Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 21, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 June 1925 — Page 1

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VOLUME 37—NUMBER 21

FINAL TRIBUTE PAID TO MARSHALL

New Heat Record for Year Set in City

CRAZED MAN IN SHOOTING ORGY MURDERS EIGHT Family AM But Wiped Out When Heat Claims Victim. TURNS GUN ON SELF Brother, Sister-in-Law, Five Children Die. Bu United Press HAMILTON, Ohio, June 4. Crazed by the heat and financial reverses. Floyd Russell, 42, today shot ani killed eight relatives. He then turned the gun on himself, sending a bullet through his chest, but physicians say he will recover. The murder orgy took place at Russel’s home. His victims were his own mother, his brother and slster-li.-law and their five children, ranging in age from 4 months to 10 years. "The mortgage was due. I couldn’t meet it. I wanted to go and take them all with me so they wouldn’t worry," Russel said at the jail. It was so hot I couldn’t think." Bodies Strewn About When police arrived at the house In response to calls sent In by neighbors, they found Russell weaving about the living room. "Walt, I want to shoot my picture off the wall,” he told police. The bodies of Russell’s victims were strewn throughout the house. Dorothy Russell, 8, was the only member of the family to escape with her life. She fled to the house of a neighbor at the first shot. The dead are: Mrs. Rose Russell, 60, Russell's mother, slain igi bed. j John I Emma Rusself, 35, his sister-in-law. ♦; Julia, 10: Robert, 8: Grace, 6; P*Ul Louis, 3, and Richard, 8-months old, children of John and Emma. Flee Before Shots *The ocation ofthe bodies indicated the fnm'ly had fled before Russell’s wrath. The shooting started about 5:30 a. m. Mrs. Russell, killed as she slept, apparently was the first victim. Russell then ran through the other rooms of the house firing two pistols. The report of the first shot apparently awakened little Dorothy and she fled into the yard screaming. At least fifty 'shots had been fired before police arrived. The bodies of some of the little children were literally riddled with bullets. Robert, 8, was shot five times through the head and body.

QNG OUT, BUT HE STILL GRINS Sportsmanship Shown by Local Marble Champ. By Ed O’Neel Times Marble Editor ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 4. Kennard Ong, Indianapolis marble champ, had his usual grin today. His true sportsmanship was shown by the spirit in which he lost the fight for Central League championship W ednesday. Ong stands sixth in the league, winning nine games and losing twelve. Charles Brunson of Evansville, Ind., took first and Lester Oakley of Terre Haute, second. The Indianapolis champ took marbles seriously and practiced several hours daily until the lasL game scheduled. When his last game was over he started out to enjoy the amusements offered the marble players. James Cambeau of Youngstown, Ohio, who set national record by winning twenty of twenty-one games, is favorite in finals Friday. CITY EMPLOY RESIGNS J. R. Snowball, construction engineer of the olty building department today tendered his resignation to accept a position with the Portland Cement Corporation, Columbus, Ohio.

They’re Dancing in Ghoulish Glee Bv Timet Special NEW YORK, June 4.—Dr, Nicholas Murray Butler, preeident Columbia University, in the 17l0t annual commencement address, refers thus to Indiana in his outcry against the "rising tide of bigotry," anti-evolution and "bone-dry” laws: "The Legislature and Governor of Indiana have likewise taken occasion to dance in ghoulish glee on the prostrate forms of common sense and the most elementary of the inherited liberties of a free people."

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Drought Continues in City and State With Little Hope f of Relief Before Friday Night at Earliest —Crops Badly Damaged. RESERVE OF WATER IS SUFFICIENT FOR TIME Truck Gardeners and Farmers Suffer Great Losses — Golf Links Not Sprinkled as Planned Need at Least Inch of Rain. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 76 10 a. m 88 7 a. m 77 11 a. m 89 8 a. m 81 12 (noon) .... 90 9 a. m 86 1 p. m 92 Temperature climbed to the highest point for 1925 at 1 this afternoon. The weather bureau reported 92 degrees, one degree hotter than the mark set at 4:15 p. m. Wednesday. Relief will not come before Friday night, if then, the bureau stated. The drought grew more serious every hour with crops in danger and with river supplying Indiana towns with water dropping lower. Temperature in Indianapolis at 7 a. m. today was 77, about 15 degrees above normal. A high pressure (Turn to Page T3)

CLUBS TO TALK RELATIONS WITH OTHERJIATIGNS International Problems to Hold Boards at General Federation Convention. By Eloise WaJt-on ■WEST BADEN, Ind., June 4 The Federation of Women’s Clubs will turn its attention to international relations tonight at the banquet of the biennial council meeting, which will end Saturday. Speakers will be Mrs. Thomas G. Winter of Minneapolis, Minn., chairman of the department of international relations, and former Federation president, and Mrs. Robert J. Burdette of Pasadena, Cal., Federation correspondent for foreign territorial clubs. Mrs. O. M. Pittenger of Indianapolis, president of th£ Indiana Federation of Clubs, will pre side. Sophie Brant will sing. Porch Party Preceding the banquet, a porch party was arranged, with the Third district of the Indiana federation as hostess. Mrs. Charles S. Hartley of New Albany, Third district chairman, had general charge. This morning’s program was de voted to club work, with an open forum on uniform by-laws, State organization and legislation. A breakfast for rormer Hot. ders was held. Miss Mary Garrett Hay of New York spoke. Special guests were Miss Hay’s sister, Mrs. Wirt E. Humphreys of Evanston, 111.; Mrs. R. O. Fox, Brunswick, Ga.; Mrs. C. A. Prosser, Minneapolis; Mrs. Laura Erfush, Chicago; Mrs. C. W. Greene, of Columbia, Miss.; Mrs. M. D Cameron, Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. Albert Iflildreth, Syracuse, N. Y.; Mrs. Ida Piatt, Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Lafon Riker, Lexington, Ky., and Miss Daisy Dean Williamson. Homes Subject “Homes are the basis of our national life and we must take steps to Insure their safety against another war,” Mrs. John D. Sherman of Denver, Colo., Federation president, said in an address Wednesday evening on "The American Home and World Peace.” She named as contributing insurance toward world peace: (1) Creation of safeguards for those who trust in peaceful settlement < dis putes; (2) a working plan foi ad Justment of international differences; (3) ideals of peace and application of law to lessen > present emphasis or brute force; (4) development of a basic peace character in nations, as well as Individuals. Other speakers were Dr. Caroline Hedges on “Health Camps for Women,” and Mrs. George W. Plummar chairman of the department of applied education. Themy Georgl, baritone, sang two groups of songs DIMEiDINNER COMPANY The Dime-Diner Service Corporation of Indianapolis today filed articles of incorporation with the secretary' of State. The firm will distribute automatic food servers. Incorporators: F. S. Wellsmere, D. G. Lucas, R. L. Lucas and A. C. Denison.

HOOSIER BANK HELD UP

Two Bandits Loot Mercm Institution and Flee With $2,000. CASHIER ALONE; TIED UP Men Escape in Gray Auto, Authorities Told. Bv United Press SULLIVAN, Ind., June 4. The Merom State Bank at Merom, Sullivan county, was robbed at J1:35 a. m. today of $2,000 by two bandits who drove up to the bank in a gray Chrysler car, covered the cashier and made him a prisoner. John Mason, the cashier was alone in the bank at the time. The bandits entered and covered him with revolvers:, then seized him, took him into the back room and after binding and gagging him went back and looted the till and the safe. Merom is fifteen miles southwest of Sullivan on the Wabash river. INSURANCE MAY SOAR Recent Hold-Ups Expected to Cause Boost. Indiana bank insurance ratea against robberies or hold-ups will be raised soon If bank robberies continue as frequently as they have recently, it was indicated today by Thomas W. King, assistant manager of the American Surety Company. With today’s robbery of the Merom State Bank, total loot in nine bank holdups since March 2T amounted to $41,230. Wednesday the total was jumped $3,000 when a lone bandit robbed the Rural St. branch of the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company, 1218 E. Washington St. \ Indiana's bank robbery rate has been $3 a thousand for the lae’ four years. The rating bureau of New York City, which fixes the rate, recently told King it was watching Indiana closely. Rates Go Up Rates in States surrounding Indiana have leaped from 100 to 300 per cent in the past two months; King said, and in Oklahoma the rate went frorfi $4 to $lO a thousand. Illinois' rate is $6. The Indiana Bankers’ Association is at present engaged in a campaign to organize bands of vigilantes, to be armed and trained tj shoot, in every village where a bank is located. Slight Clews With only slight clews to the identity of the lone bandit who held up the three employes of the Rural St. branch of the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company, police today compared descriptions of known bank bandits who are p.t liberty. It was also remembered a man who answered the same iescription of a foreigner more than a year ago with an accomplice, held up the E. New York St. State Bank at Rural St. The accomplice was arrested in Detroit and convicted here, but the foreigner took to seclusion in the Detroit underworld and was never arrested. Police received information that HJfc bank bandit may have escaped in his own auto. Lily Naylor, 10, of 15 S. Highland Ave., told police that a man dressed in overalls hacked his auto from the rear of a garage at ■Washington and Highland Ave., and sped south.

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MEMORIAL URGED BY MAYOR SHANK.

CHAPMAN GETS LONG REPRIEVE Prince of Bandits Death Date Moved to Dec. 3. Bv T'niteii Preat HARTFORD, Conn., June 4. Gerald Chapman, "bandit prince," under sentence" of death June 25, for the murder of a policeman, today was reprieved until Dec. 3. The reprieve was issued by Governor Trumbull of Connecticut on applicatioi. of State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn, who prosecuted Chapman. Alcorn pointed out to the Governor that the case now is on appeal and that it will be impossible for the courts to pass on the appeal before the date set for Chapman's execution. JULY 4 DEFENSE DAY Governor Jackson has received a letter from John \V. Weeks. Secretary of War, officially informing him that the War Department has designated July 4 as Defense Day. The letter suggests that the State may voluntarily 'observe the day in an appropriate way.

Little Shortridge Group Goes Far in Thirty Years

By Ruby Well M' lORE than thirty years ago, a group of sweet-faced u—J girls and serious-eyed youths walked upon the stage at Tomlinson Hall, to receive the white scrolls which signified that they now were graduates of Shortridge High School. The occasion was commencement exercises for the class of February, 1894. And as they hid farewell to one another, perhaps they spoke of the future, Jn which they would conquer the world, in one way or another. "I wonder where we will be ten years from

Starts Campaign to Build Statue to JHonor • Marshall. Mayor Shank today started a campaign to raise funds for a monument to Thomas R. Marshall, to be erected at the northeast corner of the Statehouse square or in one of the city parks. Appointment of a committee, with a public mass meeting to win popular support for the movement were announced by Shank’s as his first moves in the calrnpaign. "My conception of a fitting memorial to Thomas R. Marshall would be a monument in which all citizens would share,” Shank said. “I believe contributions should consist of the pennies of school children as well as thousands from persons of wealth. NO COPS FOR BANKS "Banks must supply their own policemen," Ernest L. Kingston, president of the board of safety, commented today, on Mayor Shank’s suggestion that an officer be assigned to each bank. “We’d like to do it, but it’s a simple case of no police available and no funds to hire additional patrolmen.”

now—twenty yeai> thirty?” they speculated. In the group were four boys whose names were linked together as the members of the High School quartet. These boye, Fritz Krull, Paul Martin and Bernard Lizius, violinists, and Adolph Seldenstlcker, cellist, appeared on the commencement program, as they had on various other school programs. Could they have peered Into the future, they would have seen after thirty years, two of them prominent in their home city, Indianapolis, one far away, In China, add the fourth, with his career out short by death.

BUILDING BOOM GAINS $230,000 Additional Permits Are Issued by City. Continuation of the building boom in Indianapolis, which has already soared past the $8,000,000 mark, was seen today in the Issuance of new permits calling for an addtllonal $230,000 worth of buildings. A. Baynham of Baynham and -Company, contractore, will build twenty-six brick veneer two-story residences at 3540-8 N. Pennsylvania St., to cost $175,000. The project also includes eighteen garages. C. B. Haines was granted a permit to issue a sixteen apartment bul'ding at 810 N. Illinois Bt., to cost $20,000. O. L. Webb is the contractor. Construction will be brick. _ < S. Godfrey Realty Company will erect a $35,000 laundry building on the southeast corner of Lexington Ave., and Pine Ht. Service Construction Company is in charge. HARTMANIN CHARGE Plans for erection of municipal coliseum at Washington. Davidson, Pine and Market Sts. were delegated to Charles L. Hartman, furniture dealer, by Mayor Shank today. Hartman was authorized to appoint a committee to name an architect, select designs submitted and to supervise construction. "I told him they could spend from $1.50(1,000 to $3,000,000,” Mayor Shank declared.

It was Bernard Lizius whose violin was stilled by death while he was still young. Adolph Seidengtickor rose to a place of prominence. Last January he retired as secretary of the Indiana board of pardons, and he now is with the New York Life Insurance Company. At hie home, at 4537 Carrollton ‘Ave., sometimes he takes out his cello, or his violin, agd plays. Perhaps then he thinks of that quartet of long ago. Fritz Krull is know to musical circles of Indianapolis as a popular singer. The "Fritz” of school days has given way to

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High Masons in Charge of Funeral After Brief Religious Services Conducted at Home by Pastor • V of First Presbyterian Church. BODY IS PLACED IN VAULT AT CROWN HILL CEMETERY •Lifelong Friends and Neighbors Gather at Illinois St. Home to Attend Final Rites for Nation’s War Vice President. Thomas Riley Marshall, twenty-eighth Vice President of the United States and former Governor of Indiana, found rest today amid the Hoosier trees and flowers of Crown Hill Cemetery. Following funeral ceremonies at the Marshall home, 1939 N. Illinois St., and at the cemetery, the body of Indiana’s famous son was placed in the receiving vault, where it will remain until final arrangements for burial have been made. Life-long friends and neighbors gathered at the home for the funeral services at 10 a. m., and a large crowd gathered about the home early and remained throughout the ceremony. A brief religious service in charge of Dr. Matthew F. Smith, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Sixteenth and Delaware Sts., opened the ceremonies.

Dr. Smith’s sermon was followed by the Impressive Scottish Rite service in charge of William Geake of Ft. W'ayne, deputy of Indiana. He was assisted by Arthur F. Robinson, 33, deputy master; Fred I. Willis, 32, senior warden and Dr. Lewla Brown, 33, pastor of St. Paul’s Episcopal church, chaplain. On the top of the casket was a huge wreath of lilies frojn Mrs. Marshall. This was the only floral piece to go into the burial vault with the body. Faithful to Last Originally it had been planned to hfive Mrs. Marshall remain upstairs With a number of instimate friends during the ceremony. However, she insisted upon being by her husband’s side to the last, and just before the opening of the ceremonies she came down stairs on the arm of Bernard B. Shiveley of Marion, Ind., a relative and took a seat in the front room at the head of the casket. Singing of “Lead Kindly Light" by the Scottish Rite choir, consisting of George w. Kadel, Oliver W. ’sensee. Fred N. Loomis and Horace K. Whitehouse opened the services. This was followed by the address of Dr. Smith. He opened with the leading of the 118th Psalm, which he said Mr. Marshall had marked for reading on the day of his death. Choir Sings After Dr. Smith’s address the choir sang “Some Sweet Day.” During the Masonic ceremony the choir sang "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere” and the services ended with a musical chant of Lord's Prayer by the choir. Throughout the ceremony, Mrs. Marshall, although visibly under strong emotional stress, retained her composure. Only once, at the very end of the services, did she bow her head and weep quietly. Address Given Dr. Smith in his address, said: "We dedicate the service of this hour to the memory of a man whose death will be noted and whose loss will be felt throughout the length and breadth of this nation, and even in lands beyond the seas. "To my mind, the highest tribute that can be paid to any man is that he was universally loved by his fellows. During the last two days the public press has carried numerouse comments upon the life and public service of this man whose passing a whole Nation mourns In these just and deserved tributes one sentiment is voiced more often than all others, namely, that Thomas Riley Marshall, by courageous loyalty to his convictions and unaffected simplicity of life and manner established himself firmly in the affections of his fellow men. Sacrifice and Service "Such general esteem must have back of it a life of sacrifice and service, because men are loved for what (Turn lo Page 2)

the more dignified Frederic. He lives at 1433 N. Pennsylvania St, After graduation, Krull studied violin abroad. Forced to give that up because of physical disability, he took up singing and composing. And the fourth of the quartet? ‘ Dr. Paul Martin is a surgeon In a Chinese hospital. Thus has Father Time dealt with one little group. As the sweet-faced girls and serious eyed boys of today’s classes step forth to receive their diplomas, perhaps they, too, wonder what the future holds.

Forecast PARTLY cloudy tonight and Friday; continued warm weather predicted.

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Homage is Paid in Prayer Marshall’s Life Inspiration and Help to Others, Says Pastor.

mftlßl’TE to the life Thomas R. Marshall was paid by Dr. Matthew F. Smith, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, in an eloquent prayer at the runeral today of the late Vice President. His prayer follows. "Our Lord, our God. whose days are without end and whose mercy is from everlasting, Thou art the refuge of our soul. Enable us to hear Him say unto us this morning: ’I am the Resurrection and the Life; he that belleveth in Me though he were dead, yet shall he live.’ Strengthen and comfort the hearts of Thy bereaved and sorrowing children everywhere with the blessed assurance that death is swallowed up in victory, that resurrection and immortality are certain because Jesus Christ rooe from the dead and is become the first fruits of them that are asleep.” • • • “Our blessed Father, we thank Thee for this life of abundant service and usefulness. We thank Thee for the inspiration and help that he has brought to eountlcoo thousands of Thy children. We thank Thee that back of his convictions and back of the principles for which he stood there was a firm belief In the Eternal God, a God of Justice, a God of righteousness and a God of love. "Give, oh God. thy sufficient comfort to those whose hearts are heavily burdened. We rejoice that clouds of sorrow cannot hide Thee. We come to rest our souls In Thee, for nowhere else can satisfying rest be found. “Thou has heen our dwelling place in all generations. Sanctify unto us our sorrows, our bereavements, our losses. May our tears be the showers that water the springs of our spiritual life.” • * • "O Lord, we heseech Thee to bless all of the sorrowing relatives and friends, and da Thou especially bless, comfort, strengthen and sustain the one who through the years has been companion, counselor, help-meet, friend. May the grief and sorrow of this separation teach her still more of the goodness of God, and may she rest upon His unchanging love." "O God, rejoice the souls of Thy servants that none of those who trust in Thee may he desolate. Make us glad according to the days whefein Thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, Thy glory unto their children and let the beauty of the Lord, our God, be upon ua and establish the work of our hands upon us, yea the work of our hands, establish Thou it. We ask it all for Christ's salve. Amen." GERMANY GETS NOTE AlHes Send Reminder of Treaty of Versa 11 lee Duties. Bv Vniteii Prrta BERLIN. June 4.—The allied disarmament note calling attention to Germany's alleged defaults ,in fulfillment of the Verealllee treaty proGeions on disarmament, was handed tojhe German government today.