Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 22, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 June 1925 — Page 20

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BANKHEADAND GOVERNOR TALK ABOUTBANDITS Thought to Be Considering lowa System of Operation. Admittedly concerned •with the recent wave of bank robberies in the State, J. V. Carpenter of Brazil, president of the State Bankers’ Association, accompanied by RoSb Saunders of lowa and Miss Forba McDaniels, secretary of the association, today conferred with Governor Jackson in an effort to devise some practical way of stemming the curent tide. Carpenter refused to disclose the exact substance of the conference. The Governor, likewise, was silent, but it was indicated from the length of the interview that some time was given to the lowa system of curbing bank banditry. Saunders, former Des Moines chief of police, was the organizer of the so-called vigilantes, an organization of bankers who have successfully coped with the situation in that State. At the office of Eben H. Wolcott, State bank - .aminer, it was said that the vigilantes have succeeded in reducing the bank insurance rate in lowa from $4 on the SI,OOO to about sl. TWO ARE CONVICTED Found Guilty on Charges of Blind Tiger Operation. Emmett Donahue, 900 N. Pennsylvania St., in city court today was fined S3OO and costs and consigned to the Indiana State Farm for three months on conviction of operating a blind tiger in viplation of the' new “bone-dry” laws. James Taylor, Twenty-Ninth St. and Columbia Ave., was convicted of like charges. He drew SIOO and costs and a month in jail. BONiT mistake made si,ooo Copied as S2oo—Defendant Fails to Appear. A clerk’s mistake in copying may give W. J. Johnson, 30, of 966 N. Meridian St., his liberty. Johnson’s case, p. charge of vagrancy, was called in court of City Judge Dan V. White today, but Johnson did not appear. His attorney said he was now in New Castle, Pa. On looking up records it was found that while bond was presumably $2,000, on the affidavit it was written as S2OO, and that was the bond given. The case was continued until June 26. An auto in which Johnson was arrested the night of May 29, is said by detectives, to have bee nstolen from Gary, Ind. eighTspeeders^fined Judge White Brings Hand pf I>aw Fpon Drivers. City Judge Dan V. White today fined eight speeders. They were: Emmett Parson, 819 N. Jefferson Ave., $5 and costs; J. J. Malroney, Crawfordsville, Ind., $1 and costs; Herschell Jordan, 35 S. Harris Ave., S2O and costs and $25 and costs for reckless driving; Thelma Wabritz, 1320 N. Ashland Ave., $5 and costs; Clinton Whitney, 1540 Churchman Ave., $5 and costs; George Applegate, 1128 Haugh St.. $5 and costs; Floyd Gardner, 1361 N. Meridian St., $1 and posts, and .Joseph Turner, 358 Blake St., S2O and costs.

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NAVAL LEASE APPROVED Comp Shank Is to Be Located in Riverside Park. Mayor Shank and members of the park board Thursday approved request of United States Naval Reserve Association for ten-year lease on Camp Shank in Riverside Park, for use as a naval training camp. Navy department will proceed with installation of additional equipment and enlargement of personnel of instructors in the near future as result of boaid’s action, it was stated. Mayor Shank and Ensley W. Johnson, board member, will participate in program at opening of the camp, June 14, Flag day. STATE-JULIETTA QUESTION AGAIN County Commissioners to Write Governor. Letters urging the State to take over the 300 inmates now held at Julietta, county insane asylum, will be sent in a few days to Governor Jackson and Max A. Bahr. superintendent Central Indiana In ane Hospital, It was announced .otlay by County Commissioners John Kitley and Charles O. Sutton. Kitley and Sutton both Insisted that inmates at Julietta belong to the State. Commissioners offere<J to give Julietta to the State providing they; maintained it, but the State refused to accept it. Sutton and Kitley said they will not ask the county council for any addditional appropriations for Julietta. FIVE HELD AFTER RAIDS Police Slate Four Men and Woman On Tiger Charges. Three men were charged with operating a blind tiger when Lieutenant Halstead and squad are sai dto have found two and a half pints of white mule, in the rear of 938 E. Washington St., Thursday night. The men, I. F. Lynch, 39, of 310 Dorman St.; C. A. Mitchell, 38, of 1106 E. Vermont St., and E. C. Miller, 57 of Craig Hdtel, den ed ownership. Roland Harris, 26, colored, and his wife Lucille, 25, colored rear 1041 N, Illinois St., were charged with operating a blind tiger after police found a quanity of mule. COMMITTEE ON N. E. A. Will Meet to* Plan Convention This Afternoon. The executive committee in charge of arrangements for the national convention of the National Education Association at Indianapolis, June 28 to July 3, was to meet at 3 p. m. today at the office of Superintendent E. U. Graff, chairman of the committee. All chairment of sub-compiit-tees were expected to attend. The entertainment committee of the State Teachers Association, headed by Dean H. L. Smith of the school of education of Indiana University, met at 10:30 in Graff’s office. The Teachers Association will give a banquet during the convention. WOMEN STAGE FIGHT Mrs. Beulah Woods, 19, of 302 4 Euclid Ave., was slated at the city prison today charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. She is alleged to have attacked Mrs. Fred Sanders, 3022 Euclid ~ve., with a knife, inflicting several cuts, Thursday. Mrs. Woods said Mrs. Sanders made a remark about her and hit her with a hammer.

AMERICA JOINS IN SENDING NEW NOTE TO CHINA i Refuses Demand Prisoners Be Released—Blames Student Rioters. BiJ United Irens WASHINGTON. June 5. The United States Government has joined with other powers in directing a sharp not*, to the Chinese government at Pekin, rejecting its demands and placing full responsibility for the disordet sand bloodshed at Shanghai on thr demonstrators and rioters. The note from the powers followed leceipt of a note from China, which demanded release of arrested rioters and neld the foreign authorities responsible for the killing of Chinese students. The note was made public by the State Department here today said in part: Blames Rioters "Demonstrating groups who were distributing subversive and ,antiforeign section on banking road were requested to disperse and the leaders - were arrested. “The crowd which refused to obey the orders of the police then attacked them and attempted an assault on the police station. “It was only* then that the foreign police made use of their arms. “It would therefore result that the responsibility of tho event which followed arrests on the demonstrators and not upon the foreign authorities of the concession.” BUSINESS DISRUPTED Schools and Banks in Shanghai Are Closed. Hit I mted Press SAN FRANCISCO, June 5. Generally disrupted business conditions and closed schools were reported in Chinese cables today to the Chinese Times here. All Shanghai banks ■tfero closed, but banks at Pekin and T en Tsin were reported taking care of busi ness there and at other points affected by the strike of laborers. At Shanghai and Siangtan, two of the largest citieu of the province of hunan, shops and schools were reported closed by the students strike. Foo Chow, Nanking and Peking schools also were closed. The Times believes the Shanghai strike did not originate with the Chinese, hut was fostered by persons of other nationality with “red” or radical tendencies. CHURCH RECEIVER ASKED Diversion of Funds Charged in .South Bend Suit. Bu United Press SOUTH BEND. Ind., June 6. Congregation of the First Christian Church of Mishawaka was upset today following filing of a suit by six members in Superior Court here Thursday asking for appointment of a receiver for the church. The six members charged funds collected for missionary work were diverted to other purposes and demanded an accounting of funds from the church treasurer. The suit said disserting members had Veen barred from the church and ienied a voice in its affairs. BICYCLIST IS INJURED Edward Drye, colored, 48, of 1305 Missouri Sts., was injured Thursday night when he is alleged to have turned his bicycle in front of'an auto driven by Clifford Smith, 48, colored, 705 N. Senate Ave., at 800 Massachusetts Ave.

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early frosts and freezes, the present unprecedented hot wave and lack of rain have ruined a large amount of garden products. Small Crops Seen Dozens of truck-growers near Indianapolis will hßve practically nothing to offer at city market this fall, it was indicated today by Robert R. Sloan, manager of the market. While considerable replanting has been done since late frost, the replantings hav* c taken root and flourished because of the continued drought. Many of the plants lay withered in dust, it is said. Leases for curb stands, ordinarly all taken by this time are being sold very'slowly, Sloan said. Os 373 stand places for farmers at the market curb, only about 150 or 175 have been taken. Many of the farmers are renewing leases simply to keep their names on the books, they say, as they expect to have very little to sell this fall. BICKNELL ASKS AID Water Shortage There—Railroad to Help—Tipton Suffers. Appealing to the public service commission for relief from a serious water shortage, Blcknell officials today were assured the use of a large well owned there by the Pennsylvania Railroad. John W. McCardle, chairman of the commission, placed the matter before W. C. Downing, general superintendent of the railroad, who assured full cooperation of the Pennsylvania during the present drought. Bicknell's regular water supply Is obtained through the Bicknell Water Company from deep Wells and distributed through huge cisterns. The situation is complicated because of the fact that the water is heavily impregnated with iron and has clogged the mains. The water company has before the commission a petition for rate increases in order to provide necessary betterments and extensions. Water shortage is also reported at Tipton. Residents there have been cautioned against sprinkling lawns and restricted • use of water uxged. HIGHWAYS BLOW UP Dunes Highway Grumbling Under Heat, La Porto Reports. Dispatches from La Porte said intense heat of the few days has

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wrecked the Dunes highway concrete pavement in places, pavement has blown up as if by dynamite, it was said. George Pearce, highway superintendent there said eight places in the road have been disintegrated. Similar conditions on Lincoln highway, west of Y’alparaiso, were also reported from La Porte. No report, however, had been received at noon by the State highway commission, according to Earl Crawford, member of the commission. Crawford said a “blow-up” of brick pavement was common, but declared it to be the second time he had ever heard of concrete roads crumbling under the heat. Last year heat broke up a short stretch of concrete highway, he said. Crawford said that last night he noticed a stretch of brick road in Indianapolis near the Speedway that had been broken by expansion. "The suddenness of the heat wave, rather than the temperature, is responsible for the ‘blow-ups,’ ” Crawford said. To repair the faults, the commission will remove a considerably portion of the cement on each side of the fault and replace It with new cement. irs Tip to Termany Note Saddles Central Power With Job of Insuring Peace. Bu United Press LONDON, June 5. —The allied note on German disarmament defaults, delivered to German Chancellor Luther, yesterday, declares that it rests with Germany to Insure allied evacuation of Teuton territory. The note, made public this evening, declares this can be accomplished by Germany showing her good intent to rectify her short comings in respect to fulfilling the Versailles treaty armament clauses. SOLICITOR GENERAL NAMED Ba United Press WASHINGTON, June s.—President Coolidge today appointed William B. Mitchell of St. Paul, Minn., to be solicitor general of the United States to succeed General James M. Beck, resigned.

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STATE PARK DISCUSSED Governor Confers With Commissions on Dunes Strip. Governor Jackson was to meet this afternoon with members of the State conservation commission and the Dunes park commission to discuss acquisition by the State of a strip of Dunes land for use as a State park. The land will be acquired through a cumulative appropriation being obtained through a special tax levy. PATROLMAN IS INJURED Auto Driver Charged With Assault and Battery—Struck Log. Patrolman . Charles Taylor, 911 Bates St., was taken to his home Thursday night injured about the body, the result of an accident at the entrance to the Twenty-Sixth St., bathing beach. Edward Fox, of 15 N. East St., auto driver was charged with assault and battery. Taylor said he placed a log across the lane to prevent persons driving down to the river. Fox said he could not see the log and policeman until it was too late to stop. UPHELD Federal Judge Slick Fails to Dissolve Restraining Order. Right of the Federal Government to control interstate highways were upheld by Judge Thomas W. Slick at South Bend, Ind.. Thursday when he overruled a motion t odlssolve a temporary restraining order enjoining the J. P. Babcock Construction Company from cutting a ditch across the Lincoln highway near Ft. Wayne, Ind. United States District Attorney Albert Ward sought tho injunction. Court granted a preliminary Injunction against the ditching company pending final judgment which is expected within ten days. Ward said. The case isc the first of its kind, Ward said, 'and involves jurisdiction of the Federal Government over highways used in interstate commerce. v

‘BE HAPPY,’ SAYS JUDGE Collins Advises Elderly Couple to Patch Up Quarrel. “Go home and try to live together,” was the advice Criminal Judge James A. Collins today gave Samuel Toole, 336 Burgess Ave., when he answered the charge of assault on his wife, Mrs. Mary A. Toole. Toole appealed from justice of peace court of J. B. Mullane, 5448 E. Washington St., where he was fined $lO and costs. The couple, who are both elderly, refused to leave the courtroom together after Toole was discharged. Toole said he became enraged when his wife threw a cuspidor at him while he was’taking a bath. IN SERIOUS CONDITION Doctors Investigate Case; Police Hold Man Under Bond. Emil Chalfaux. 24. of 307 E. Vermont St., is at the city hospital today in a serious condition, while doctors attemp to diagnose his illness. Marlowe Roberts, 26, of 132 N. New Jersey St., itj held in city prison under $2,000 vagrancy bond. Chalfaux was found ill at the New Jersey St. address Thursday night. Roberts said he and Chalfaux ate a sandwich at a restaurant and then went to the room and as Chalfaux started to leave he sank to the floor. Roberts said he felt ill and suspected ptomaine poisoning. The doctors Bald Chalfaux seemed to be suffering from a different poison. BOULEVARD LAND TAKEN j Board Accepts Gift Extension of Street Next. Extension of Fall Creek Blvd. became more imminent Thursday when the park board accepted a strip of land 150 feet wide on the north sido of Fall Creek between Keystone Ave. and Forty-Sixth St., offered by Thomas D. Hammond. Board refused to name (late when improvement will be started, but indicated it may be several years hence. Board confirmed assessment roll on damage remonstrances for Kessler Blvd., from Keystone Ave. to the; Millersville Rd., and resolution for Pleasant Run Blvd., North Dr., between Shelby and Prospect bis. FRIENDS MEET AGAIN Father of R. T. Riohev at Revival in Cadlc Tabernacle. The Rev. E. N. Richey, Houston, Texas, father of Raymond T. Richey, and the Rev. S. T. Reynolds of Lebanon, Ind., met at the Raymond T. Richey revival at Cadle Tabernacle for the first time in thirty years Thursday night. The Rev. Reynolds for fifty years has been an active minister in the Baptist Church. Thirty-five years ago he was the pastor at Arthur. 111., E. N. Richey at that time being a farmer near Arthur and engaged in organizing Sunday schools. Plans are going forward for the picnic to be held at Garfield Park Tuesday. ,

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ARRAIGNMENT 19 FEDERAL COIIRI ■ More Than 100 to Face! Judge Saturday, m Arraignment of more than 10( persons indicted by the Federa grand jury in the past two weeks on charges of violat ions of Federal law. l will be held in Federal Court Satur day before Judgo Robert C. BnJtzall Thirty-five will face charge* o liquor law violations; twenty, posta law violations; white slave, seven impersonation of a Federal officer three; counterfeiting, three; theft from interstate shipments, six; for gery, five; migratory bird law, three narcotic law, eleven; packers am stock ynrds act, one; motor vehloU theft act, eight; false billing, one meat inspection law, two; and viola tion of the quarantine act, me. FIRE AT"^mTESTOWA Three Homes Burn With Total Losi or s3(>,ono. Bu Times Special ■ LEBANON. Ind.. June s.—Tota loss of $30,000 was done by Are a Whitestown Thursday when hornet of the Rev. H. Grady Davis, Russel Huffman and A. Q. Dulin burned Three other houses were slightly damaged. WABASH BUYS ROAD Ann Arbor Line Sale Must Be O. K.’d By 1. C. C. Bn United Prrss NEW YORK. Juno R.— announcement of tho sale of Ann Arbor railroad to the Wabash j ,was received here today following’ an announcement last night at St. Louis by J. E. Tusslg, president of tho Wabash. Tho stile, which has been pending for the last month, must now meet tho approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission. FOUR IN AUTO SOUGHT Desert Auto. Fled hi Another—One Wounded, Report. Police searched today for four young men, who deserted one sedan and ran to another at Michigan and Noble Sts., late Thursday. Mrs. E. Bloom, fil E. Michigan St., said one of the men was injured, and another dropped a revolver. Gauze and adhesive tape were found in the auto together with anew work shirt. Police seized the car, and learned a description of the men from a druggist where they had loitered a few hours before. MAN HOLE IS STOLEN Police now haoe a clew to where the missing man hole coyers have been going. W. H. Clay, colored. 35 W. Michigan St., told police Thursday niyht that two colored men apparently intoxicated got off of a junk wagon and took the man hole cover from the basin at Blackford and Michigan St., and loaded it on the wagon.