Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 57, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 July 1925 — Page 1

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VOLUME 37—NUMBER 57

SCIENCE RULED FROM SCOPES TRIAL

STILL SEEK BUSINESS ON N. MERIDIAN Real Estate Dealer Will Try to Get Filling Station Permit for Thirtieth St., Despite Ruling by City Zoning Body. Iroperty is purchased FOR PRICE- OF $49,000 Wooling Asserts Plan Commission Transacted Business Without Quorum — Says Location Is Logical Commercial Center Efforts to extend the business district at Illinois and Thirtieth Sts. east with another center at Thirtieth and Meridian Sts., will continue despite the city zoning board’s refusal to permit erection of a filling station at the southeast corner of Thirtieth and Meridian, it was indicated today. Frank F. Woolling, Indianapolis real estate dealer, has bought a property with frontage of 117 feet on Meridian and Pennsylvania Sts. and 300 feet on Thirtieth St., and said today he will seek to use it “for business purposes." £ The property was purchased from Wlrs. Ida Osgood Stanley for $49,000 "n traded property and cash. Wants Permit Woolling said he would attempt to obtain a permit for a filling station and declared he had been urged by other real estate men, who have objected to recent plan commission rulings, to carry the case to the courts, if the permit js denied. Woolling charged the plan commission with transacting business without a quorum, referring to the meeting June 30, when the filling station permit, which he presented in behalf of Mrs. Stanley, was refused. “The intersection of Thirtieth and Meridian Sts. is a logical business center because Thirtieth is a crosstown street,” Woolling declared. “The office of the Indianapolis Life Insurance Company is on one corr.sr and across the street is a Standard oil filling station.” Resist Transformation Tom L. Dillon, plan commission president, said that body had determined to resist transformation of N. “Meridian St. Into a business thoroughfare. He declared the filling station now in operation was placed before the zoning board was created and that the insurance office permit was granted only on condition that the former home of Charles Warren Fairbanks, which it occupies, remain unchanged in appearance. Dillon said the zoning board’s ruloccurred when a quorum was )t present, but declared that five embers attending voted unanimously to disapprove the petition. Another quorumless session was held by the commission Tuesday, according to Macklin Mack, secretary. “That’s two meetings without a quorum in two weeks,” Woolling commented.

POISONED GIRLS FOR ‘REVENGE’ Youth Says He Quarreled With Mother. lii: T nitrd Pr^ss FT. WAYNE, Ind,, July 17—Joseph Robert Effert, 21, adopted son of Henry Effert, Chicago real estate dealer, pleaded guilty In city court today to a charge of administering poison to his two cousins, Beatrice, 11, and Rosemary Clinton, 9. Effert declared a quarrel with Mrs. Mae Clinton, mother of the girls, over his gambling, led him to seek "revenge.” He admitted poisoning a pet cat of the two little girls because It climbed a screen door and annoyed him. He was employed as a prescription clerk in a Chicago drug store before he came here July 2.' The two girls became violently ill kas a result of the poison which Ef’fert says he sprinkled on their food at the dinner table Monday. Both are expected to recover. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 60 10 a. m 68 7 a. m 09 11 a. m 70 8 a. m 63 12 (noon) .... T ° ■ I # •’

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vVAGE REDUCTION MADE Voolen Mills Workers Cut 10 Per Cent. ( ’! ii United Press LAWRENCE. Mass., July 17.—A general 10 per cent wage reduction was posted today in mills of four New England wool companies. Conservatively estimated, between 20,000 and 30,000 operatives are affected. The cut will go into effect Jhly 27. S9BO THEFT PROBED Girl’s Report of Robbery at Barbecue Is Explained. Detectives today were investigating the reported theft of S9BO from Dave Sutton, Fillmore, Ind., whose address here is the Davlan apartments, 430 Massachusetts Ave. Sullivan was robbed while at the Blue Pig barbecue, near N. Meridian St. and the Canal, Tuesday night, he said. Miss Josephine Weber, proprietress of the Davlan Beauty Parlor, reported the matter to police. She was not at the scene of the theft, she said. BANKERS WILL MEET Protective Association for County to Be Framed Tonight. Marion County bankers will meet at 7:30 tonight at Chamber of Commerce to organize against bandits. The representatives will form the Marion County Barkers’ Protective Association. The Idea is to furnish five armed special deputy sheriffs to each banking community. They will be men who work in the vicinity of the bank. Sixty-five Indiana counties have similar organizations. NEW MORNING PAPER? Democrats Plan to Start Party Organ Here. Indianapolis is to have anew morning newspaper if present plans of a numbe rof Democratic leaders are realized, it was learned today. The publication, which would be known as the Indiana State Tribune, would be the party organ. A tabloid paper is planned, it is said. Several thousand dollars have been pledged by leading Indiana Democrats, hut it Is the intention of organizers to prevent any Individual controlling.

ONE DEAD; ONE HURT IN WRECK Traction Car Strikes Milk Truck. One man was killed and another was seriously injured today when a T. H., I. & E. traction car struck and demolished a milk truck at Gale, about five miles east of Danville, Ind. Tom Moore, 20, was killeld. William E. Eve, 25, driver of the truck, was Injured. Moore was an ' employe of Eve, a farmer living near Gale. Moore’s home Is said to be in Kentucky. S. Oscar Stewart, 940 N. Oxford St., was conductor and Roy J. Middleton, 641 Bosart Ave., motorman of the car. The traction car was en route t > Indianapolis at the time. The accident happened at 9:10 a. m. The traction car was badly damaged.

WABASH FREES KNAPP SUSPECT Man Held There Is Not Alleged Slayer. Bu United Press WABASH, Ind., July 17—Wabash poPce today released Robert Jackson of Kansas City, on receipt of word from authorities at Syracuse, N. Y., that they were certain he was not .Philip Knox Knapp, hunted throughout the United States for the murder of a taxicab driver. Jackson was arrested because he looked like newspaper pictures of Knapp and his description was wired to- Syracuse, Knapp’s home town. Word from Syracuse was that Jackson bore slight resemblance to the huntde man. Jackson went on to Peru, Ind., to join his wife and a man with whom he is traveling across the country In an auto with a prairie schooner body.

A Little Car, a big car or no car at all? Sett’e the last part of the question first. The size and cost will settle itself when you go investigating the excellent values advertised in the Classified “Automobile Columns of the TIMES. There is absolutely no reason why any man who works cafinot enjoy the advantages and pleasures of an automobile. Scores of dealers are day by day offering good used cars at really astonishing prices in the TIMES WANT ADS. The terms they offer actually make it cheaper to own a car than to do without one. Own a car. Increase your efficiency. Enjoy life. Read the WANT ADS, they’ll show you how to do it. TIMES WANT ADS GET RE KT’LTS. V'-one Main 3300.

NAB BAKER FOR SPEEDY CINCYJRIP ‘Cannon-ball’ to Face City Court on State Charge, After Arrest on Warrant Filed June 9, Growing Out of Stunt Drive. NEWSPAPER AD GAVE ACCOUNT OF JOURNEY Average Said to Have Been ' Fifty-Four Miles an Hour —Gained Fame by Coast-to-Coast Dashes on Motorcycle Mounts. Edwin "Cannon Ball’’ Baker, 42, of 902 Garfield Pl„ cross-country endurance test auto driver, was

slated at the city prison today on a charge of speeding. He was released on his own recognizance and ordered to appear in city court by State Policemen Young and Shinn who made the arrest. A warrant on file dated June 9, and signed by Shinn, bearing the names of William Depperman and Arthur Young, both of the Chamber of Commerce Bldg., alleges that Baker drove at a speed of

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54 miles an hour in the State on or about May 29. It is said that the charge grew out of a newspaper advertisement stating that Baker, drove a stock automobile from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Indianapolis at an average speed of 54 miles an hour. Baker since has not been in the city, it is said. The warrant states that this speed violates the State law allowing 15 miles an hour in closely built-up residence districts, 25 miles an hour in town and villages and 36 miles an hour on the country roads. Baker gained fame several years ago with his mad dashes against time on motorcycles and set records for coast to coast trips. He then took the wheel of autos and set the same records which are used as selling points by auto concerns.

SHEPHERD LOSES PROBATE FIGHT Judge Refuses to Admit McClintock Will Bu I’/iited Press CHICAGO, July 17—William D. Shepherd today temporarily lost his fight for the fortune of his fosterson, Billy McClintock, when Judge Henry Horner, refused to admit Billy’s will to probate. Attorneys for Miss Isabelle Pope, the youth’s fiancee, and the nine cousins of Billy, made a bitter attack on Shepherd and his wife, charging undue influence. Judge Horner said that while there was no evidence of the charge, there existed a presumption of undue influence. Shepherd recently was acquitted on the charge that he murdered Billy to obtain the estate. JURY MAY SEE POISONED SON State Would Present Victim of Mother Bu United Press CROWN POINT, Ind., July 17 Paralyzed from poison given him by his mother. David Cunningham today awaited the ruling of Judge . .nith as to whether he will testify as a court witness in the trial of Gary’s “poison widow.” The mother, Mrs. Anna Cunningham, is on trial charged with killing Da■ id's brother. Walter, with poison. The prosecution late Thursday asked Judge Smith to call David as a court witness, saying it was unable to vouch for him. If Judge Smith rules In favor of the motion David will be carried into court today on a stretcher to be questiohed. David declared he would not tesbi*y against his mother, but the prose • believes the evidence of hit

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This was snapped during Clarence Darrow’s impassioned assault on “bigotry” during the Scopes trial at Dayton, Tenn. At the right Harrow is shown arguing, in his shirt sleeves, against the validity of the indictment, while at the left is a portion of the prosecution counsel—including William J. Bryan, at the right, and his son at the left.

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TOWN DIVIDED ON SWIMMING TRIAL ISSUES Oldest Woman of Waldron and Bank Head Give Views. By Edwin V. O’Neel Times Staff Uorresvondent ALDRON. Ind., July 17.—In\XI terest is high here as the * “ day for the hearing on “the evolution of women's rights” approaches. Whether boys must wear bathing suits at Cold Springs swimming hole so girls can use the pool will be decided in the trial of Norman Kanouse, 14, and Earl Aldridge, 17, Monday. and Kanouse were arrested on charges of public inde>cency after Miss Eunice McKay, 21, high school teacher, and two girls, found them swimming in their birthday suits. A Jury will hear the case in a Justice of Peace court. A special hall has been rented for the trial. Emerson Brunner, young Shelbyville lawyer, wall assist Ralph Adams, Shelby County prosecutor. “We are ready for the trial, and will leave It to the jury,” said William Aldridge, laborer, father of one of the defendants. Practically every citizen of Waldron has been drawn into the controversy one way or another. "Boys around town” are sticking with the two youths who were following a tradition in the community. Many wome>' believe the girls should some place to bathe. The Rev. R. O. Pearson, Methodist pastor, Is interested because he has boys and girls of his awn. “I think there is plenty of room for the girls,’ he said. Older residents declare “possession is nine points of the law,” and the swimming hole has been used by men and boys since the town was established about ninety years ago. It was orlgionally named Stroupville, after George Stroup, an early settler. The name was changed in the 50’s when the old Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Lafayette railroad, now the Big Four, wap built. Oldest Resident Heard Mrs. Elizabeth Cummins, 99, the oldest resident of Waldron, Is not too feeble to take part in the argument. “If I had a daughter who did that I would hang her,” she said. Frank M. Gleason, real estate dealer, and ex-newspaper man, predicts the time will come when Waldron will have a beach and boys and girls will swim together. ‘There is “Uncle” Pete Jones, 72, who swam in that place fifty years ago. There are a lot of old timers here like Charles Haymond, 63, Billy Powell, 70, i-nd Kansas Hay mond. 67, who “couldn’t stand to see the women run the boys away,” Gleason said. Mrs. Margaret Green said “the girls have lust as good a right to swim as the boys, but they should go to another place.” Roy Pope, who was raised at Waldron, is one of the strong advocates for the men’s rights. Earl Hayman, president of State Bank of Waldron, said “boys must have some place to swim. Riley considered ’the old swimming hole’ one of the important things in a boy’s life. Most of the # lads cannot afford suits, and the girls can go some place else.” TIDAL WAVE REPORTED Ij&ke Ontario Shores Swept by Plienomenon. Bn United Press ROCHESTER. N. Y„ July 17— Tidal waves swept the shores of Lake Ontario between Charlotte and Forrest Lawn, following a severe squall last night which was accomanied by wind, lightning * and • d-v • ■ 'd?n , s reported

Argued Evolution Too Much Outside School, Says Successor. Floyd H. Deen failed to obtain reappointment as principal of the township high school at Oriole, Perry county, because he talked evolution rather than taught it In school, according to G. W. Strassell, the new principal who will succeed him. Deen In a letter to Henry Noble Sherwood, State superintendent of public instruction, said he had been dismissed for teaching evolution out of a textbook, officially prescribed by the State school board. He appealed his case to Sherwood to learn, he said, if an Indiana township trustee is “absolute monarch” over what shall be taught in public schools. Town Aroused Strassell. who lives In Rockport where he was county school superintendent for a number of wars, said over long* distance telephone, that the townspeople of Oriole had demanded that Deen be refused a reappointment as principal. “It wasn’t teaching evolution in the schools that got him in bad,” Strassell said. “Deen instead aroused the people when he argued evolution versus the Bible before a group of citizens at the postoffice. He talked evolution other place in the town. I am not opposed to evolution as a science, but I am when it is discussed as opposed to the ,Bible.” Trustee Is Supreme Sherwood said that the State board oould not interfere. He said so *v.r as he knows there is nothing in the State school law to prohibit teaching of evolution, but if a trustee wished to discharge a teacher for that reason, he could do so. or for any other reason, even a personal one. Dean said he taught evolution as discussed in a history textbook, Robinson & Beard's “Outlines of European History.” Four pages, he said, are devoted to the theory and a picture of Charles Darwin accompanies the excerpt. Officially Adopted The Robinson & Beard history was an officially adopted book until the summer of 1923, State records show. It is known among educators as an excellent text, and for this reason local school men admit the Deen case presents a difficult prob lem In Indiana. Deen, while principal of the Perry County school, was In the employ of A. V. Doogs, Oil Township trustee. Doogs denies the question of evolution was involved In the dismissal. The Oriole school Is an accredited school. Records at Sherwood's office show that Deen hold a firstgrade license, good for five >ears, to teach literature and composition, history and civics, and chemistry. He also holds a second-grade principal's license.

COUNTY WANTS EXTRA MONEY Council Will Hear Requests on Monday. A temporary loan of SIOO,OOO and an appropriation of SIOO,OOO will be asked at a special meeting of the county council Monday, Harry Dunn, county auditor, said today. Half of the temporary loan, $50,000, is desired for remodeling five two-story courtrooms in the courthouse into ten one-story rooms. Some of the new rooms will be used to house new municipal courts which replace present city courts Jan. 1. Efforts are being made, however, to have the city house two of the four courts at police station. The sum of SIO,OOO is to be used in improving the county infirmary. The $36,000 appropriation is to meet current expenses, including $2,500 fee of County Clerk Albert Losche. who served as election com--1

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FINAL ACTION TODAY ON BUS LINEJPERMITS Decision Expected on Some Applications of Peoples Motor Coach Company. Final action was to be taken this afternoon by the public service commission oi some of the applications of the Peoples Motor Coach Company to operate a group of motor bsu lines In Indianapolis In competition with street cars. Clyde H. Jones, commissioer who presided over hearings on the petitions, completed orders on the company's applications to operate its group of four ninety-day lines, but it was thougl|t improbable the commission would act on petitions for six beginners’ lines. Some commissioners said they were not ready to pass on the latter lines. Those Considered The ninety-day applications to be considered comprised the following routes: New York St., Central Ave., Riverside and Brlghtwood. It was expected the commission would deny the application for the Brlghtwood route, because it was shown beyond a doubt that this line had been operated in conflict with the bus law. The beginners' lines sought by the coach company follow: Park and Carrollton Aves., Capitol Ave., Meridian St., Meridian St. and Kenv.ood Ave., Madison Ave. and Churchman Ave. Strong Opposition At the hearings on the ninety-day petitions, which occupied more than two weeks, strong fight was made by the Indianapolis Street Railway Company against the applications. Colored persons protested the coach company had excluded their race from use of the busses.

AIR MAIL ROUTE BIDS ARE ASKED Proposed Line Would Go Through City. Bids on contracts for maintaining an air mail route from Chicago to Birmingham, Ala., through Indianapolis, are being advertised for by the Postoffice Department at Washingtonington, according to a notice received by Postmaster Robert H. Bryson today. Bids are receivable Sept. 15. The specifications call for six round trips each week, making the trip from Birmingham to Chicago !n about seven and one-half hours, flying approximately 90 miles an hour. The proposed schedule northbound is: Leave Birmingham at 11:45 a. m.. Nashville, Tenn., 2:05 p. m., Louisville, Ky., 4:05; Indian apolis, 5:30 p. m. and arrive at Chicago at 7:15 p.* m. South-bound schedule is: Leave Chicago at 5:45 a. m., Indianapolis 7:55 a. m., Louisville 9:20, Nashville 11.10 a. m. and arrive at Birmingham at 1:10 p. m. The route will greatly expedite Indianapolis air mall, Bryson said. LOCAL MAN NAMED Bu Times Sveeial ELKHART, Ind., July 17—William H. Steinbrenner of Cincinnati, was the new president today of the Exclusive Distributors Association Fred Weber of Indianapolis was chosen vice president at the annual session here.

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Darrow Threatened With Contempt < of Court, but Stands Ground Grimly in Wrangle Following Judge’s Decision to Exclude Experts. CASE NEAR DISSOLUTION; ARGUMENTS ONLY REMAIN “Old Lion” Refuses to Be Photographed With Raulston After Spirited Disagreement With Him, Precipitated by Objection. By William J. Losh United Press Staff Corresoondent COURTROOM, DAYTON, Tenn., July 17.—With an elaborate display of verbal fireworks, which nearly lander Clarence Darrow under a charge of cotnempt of court, the trial of John T. Scopes for teaching evolution neared dissolution today 1 through a ruling by Judge John Raulston closing the trial doora to science.

The Judge held that scientific evidence on evolution offered by the defense was inadmissible, which left little to do but hear the closing arguments and find the young school teacher guilty. The defense, however, put forward a proposal. Testimony of scientists should be submitted for the benefit of the court with the Jury barred. Court Agrees Judge Raulston agreed to this, whereupon William Jennings Bryan interposed a demand for right to cross-examine the scientists. Clarence Darrow said the defense would not stand for this and it finally was decided that the testimony in question would be submitted in the form of affidavits. Judge Raulston will consider these and in the meantime the trial stands adjourned until Monday morning while the affidavits are being prepared. Raulston said if this testimony altered his opinion he would reverse himself and have it given to the jury. In holding against the defense, on the scientific evidence, Judge Raulston said he conceived 'r.is duty to be to take the general intent of the Legislature's opinion in passing the artti-evolution law into consideration and not quibble over a word. “Why call expert witnesses?" he said. “There is nothing complex about the wording of the act. The court sustains the State in its objection to rule out the expert witnesses.” Raulston sustained in detail the prosecution's contention that the phrase of the law, “and to teach instead that man is descended from lower animals” only clarified the prohibition against teaching “evolution” by stating what, it meant. Daily Wrangle Ensues Argument over the ruling which followed reading 'ofthe opinion brought the daily clash between At-torney-General Stewart and Arthur Garfield Hays, defense attorney. In the course of the wrangle Stewart said the defense "is trying to make a farce out of the case.” Dudley F. Malone, another defense attorney, asked Stewart to withdraw his remark. * “I’ll withdraw it," Stewart said, “ but will substitute it with another. The defense looks upon the trial as a chance to educate the world on their theories of evolution.” Malone denied that the defense was here to "educate the world." Darrow Overruled “If the defense is representing anything outside the case," he said, “it is merely Interested in meeting the campaign of propaganda which was begun by those represented by the prosecution." Bryan asked "If these expert witnesses are to testify, I suppose they ■will be subject to cross-examina-tion?” “Yes,” answer Raulston. "We have definite objection to that," said Darrow. “If it is allowed, we will ask that Mr. Bryan be put on the stand.” Raulston over ruled Darrow’s objection. Judge Defied “We expect to protect our rights in some other court.” said Darrow. "That's plain enough, isn't it? I don't understand why every motion and every suggestion we make is promptly over-ruled.” “I hope you don't Intend this to be a reflection on this court.” said Raulston. "You can hope,” replied Darrow, squaring himself. “I can do eomethlng else,” eald Raulston. threateningly. "All right, all right," said Darrow. grimly standing determinedly with his arms folded like Ajax defying the lightning. ) But Judge Raulston refused to hold the distinguished Chicago lawyer in contempt and turned to Bryan, who asked eomethlng about cross-examination. Refuses to Be Photographed "You would not have the right to cross-examine,” said Darrow em'Tnm to Page 17)

Forecast FAIR weather tonight and Saturday with rising temperature predicted.

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KLAN LEADER’S AID MAY GET STATEPOSITION Rumor Says Governor Favors Appointing Bossert’s Secretary. Political dopester* at the Statehouse for some time have been puzzled over rumora that Joseph Bell, private secretary to Walter E. Bossert, Grand Dragon of the Indiana Klan is to receive a State appointment. The rub comes in the report that Governor Ed Jackson favors Bell’s appointment. Several of Dessert's recent conferences in the Governor's office are said to have beer made in the interest of Bell. No Great Importance The Job Bell is to receive ia of no intrinsic political importance. He la to be placed in charge of motor bus detail work with the public service commission Aug. 1, to succeed John Parrett, who only recently was appointed. Parrett. in all probability, will he compelled to search elsewhere for a Job. Influences Strong That the Influences back of Bell’e selection were strong is shown In j the fact that an application of George Mutsell, secretary of the Ma- J rlon County Republican committee, was ignored by the powere In the 1 public service commission. Bell'at one time was closely associated with D. C. Stephenson when the latter was at the helm of Indiana Klandom. SHENANDOAH IS LANDED SAFELY Dirigible Out All Night in Severe Storm. Bu U-.iiteit Press NAVAL AIR STATION. LAKEHURST. N. J.. July 17—After beIng out all night and meet of the morning in severe storms which delayed its return from the Virginia capes, the United States Navy dirigible Shenandoah returned to It* station here today, landed and was housed In its hangar shortly before noon.

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