Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 68, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 July 1925 — Page 1

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VOLUME 37—NUMBER 68

59)1010 BOOST GIVEN TAXFBURES Increases for Valuation in Fifty-One Counties Recommended by State Board to Local Review Officials. MARION COUNTY NOT AFFECTED BY ORDER On ! y One City and Three | Townships Favored by Decrease —Will Be Passed Upon by Local Groups Tuesday. Asa result of equalization orders sent out today by the State tax board to the boards of review in fifty-one counties, it is believed that at least $50,000,000 will be added to the total tax valuation of Indiana for this year as set by local tax officials. Marion County was not affected. Although the exact effect of today’s equalization recommendations could not be computed at once, the increase in land valuations alone will be probably $40,000,000, according to Philip Zoercher, member of the board. Last year the total State valuation was $5,362,804,728. When the tax board had before it the original valuations this year a loss of nearly $125,000,000 was disclosed. Today’s action will reduce this figure to a point below $75,000,000, Zoercher thought. Increases Vary Land valuations in thirty-four counties were increased by the l board’s orders, the increases rangf ing from 3 per cent in Benton and Delaware Counties to 20 In Fountain County.| Jennings .County land was raised 15 per cent. In eight counties 10 per cent increases were ordered and in ten other counties 5 per cent increases. In other counties of the thirty-four, partial changes were recommended affecting one of more townships. In seventeen counties adjustments affecting only cities and "towns were ordered. The board ordered a 50 per cent increase on land improvements in Warren County and a 5 per cent increase on laud. A 25 per cent Increase on Improvements was recommended for Jasper County and a 20 per cent Increase on improvements for Montgomery County. One Reduction Reduction was ordered in only one county. The board recommended a 3 per cent decrease In three townships in Union County, which will result in a valuation decrease of about $280,000. Only one city in the State received an order to decrease valuation. The tax hoard finding that a local committee in Sullivan had increased the city out of all proportion recommended the 10 per cent decrease. In other cities, increases ordered ranged all the way from 5 per cent to 100 per cent. The 100 per cent increase was ordered for Cannelton, in Perry County, in order that the board of review might make a complete adjustment. Orders issued by the State board k will cause the county boards of rer view to reconvene Tuesday, when they are expected to carry out the recommendations.

STATE RESTS IN BICKFORD CASE Plot to Kidnap Film Star Is Explained in Court. Bu United Press LOS ANGELES, July 81.—Plots evolved in underworld haunts to kidnap Mary Pickford, film star, and hold her for $200,000 ransom, were related today as the State closed its case against three men charged with conspiracy. Louis Geek, the prosecution’s star witness, was used in the final stroke of State’s attorneys in clinching their case. “Louis the Spider” is the way Geek is known by associates of the underworld. He, according to his confession, was with the alleged plotters when they laid plans for Miss Pickford’s abduction. Then he turned State’s evidence and is now a defendant in the case. The defense will start its case with attempts to strengthen the charge that the asserted confessions gained from the three were obtained through third-degree methods. SLATED AFTER COLLISION Lon Dlldive, Fortville, Ind., faces changes of assault and battery as the result of a . collision Thursday nigAt between an automobile he was driving and the car of Leo Nichols, 26, of 2734 N. Sherman Dr. Niclols suffered cuts about the face.

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Horn Law to Hook Auto Sheiks j The horn law will be used to hook "auto sheiks," Lieut. Lewis Johnson said today. Honk your horn at a girl or woman, and you’ll be haled before the city judge, he said. Many girls and women have been annoyed by men, who cruise along curbs, in their autos. The women, however, refused to prosecute because of publicity. The horn law states auto signals may be used only as an alarm. Motorists who honk for service at drug stores and soft drink stands will also be nabbed, Johnson said.

PEACE APOSTLE TO LIE TONIGHT BESIDE HEROES Bryan Burial Is Late Today From ‘Church of Presi- . dents.’ CAPITAL IN LAST TRIBUTE Fundamentalist Creed to Be Read at Services. By Paul R. Malion united Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, July 31. William Jennings Bryan will rest tonight in a warrior’s grave beside the unknown soldier and generals and privates in the ranks who died in battle. Today his body lay in state in the “church of the Presidents ” a weath-er-stained red brick edirice enveloped by trees in the center of the bustling capital. Through the night, when all the lights of the city were dark, three comrades in arms of the SpanishAmerican war stood sentinels at his bier- Twenty thousand persons had marched up in line through the front door yesterday to see the Commoner. Funeral at 2:45 This morning the d' ors were again thrown open, and despite a drizzling rain, more came to view his body. They were admitted from 8:30 a. m. until noon, when the church was to be closed to the public In preparation for the final funeral service, which was to begin at 2:45 p. m. The services were to open with the singing of “Lead, Kindly Light.” Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo was to enter the church chanting a Christian anthem. The Twenty-Third and Ninth Psalms were to be read. The latter was selected by Mrs. Bryan because it embodies the creed of fundamentalism for which he died. Army Band to Piay The hymn, “Faith of Our Fathers Living Still” was to be sung and with only a slight military touch the body was to be borne to the grave on the knoll at Arlington. The funeral cortege on its journey to the grave was to march through the center of the capital. At the gate of the cemetery, the batteries from the Sixteenth Field Artillery and the Third Cavalry Band were to meet it to escort the casket to its final resting place. Only brief services were to be held at the grace. An army bugler was to sound taps. Despite her condition and the strain of the ceremony, Mrs. Bryan is said to be as well as might be expected. She was to be carried to the church services and to the graveside because paralysis prevents her walking.

FORESEEN QUAKE OCCURS Italian Prophet’s Instruments Record Predicted Tremor. Bu United Press FAENZA, Italy, July 31.—An earthquake at a great distance was registered on the instruments of the earthquake prophet, Raffael Bendandi, at 8 o’clock last night. He had foreseen the tremor at the month end, and now he predicts an earthquake in the Mediterranean region for Aug. 2. The past forty-eight hours have been'marked by seismic disturbances of ho critical extent in Italy, Hawaii, California, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. COOLIDGE TALKS TAXES Madden Confers With President On Revenue Legislation. B United Press SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 31. President Coolidge took another step today in his campaign to hold down Federal expenditures to ?3,000,000,000 a year. Representative Madden, Illinois, chairman of the house appropriations committee, was his visitor to discuss the departmental and other appropriation bills which will be drafted by his committee and presented to Congress in December. Upon the success of this committee in holding down the size the budget depends the success of the Coolidge tav reduction scheme. STATE CLERK RESIGNS Cecil P. Hudson, clerk in the State building and loan department, has submitted his resignation to Governor Jackson, effective Saturday. Hudson has accepted a position as secretary-treasurer of the State Mutual Savings and Loan Association.

DRAKE RAID BRINGS NEW CRIME WAR

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Liquor is blamed by-Joe Holmes, left, and Jack Wilson, alias Woods, for failure of plans to rob the Drake Hotel, Chicago’s most exclusive hostelry. Holmes was captured in the kitchen of the hotel after being beaten unconscious and Wilson was arrested when he visited a hospital for treatment of a hand shattered by a police bullet. Here the men are shown being identified by hotel attaches. At the extreme left are Aliva l/>v gren and Irene Bergendahl, hotel secretaries attacked Juring the raid. In center, dressed in a gray suit, is John Sharbaro. assistant State’s it tomey. Five participated in the holdup, two being slain by police, two being captured, and the fifth is at large with more than $5,000 loot.

Aroused by Robbery and Murder Civic Bodies Join in War. Bu United Press CHICAGO, July 31.—Aroused to action by the daring robbery of the Drake Hotel and the murder of a clerk who offered no resistance, Chicago’s civic bodies 'today joined in an active crusade against crime. The stigma of "the crime capital of the world” must be removed was the united decision of law-enforcing bodies. The State's attorney's office obtained murder indictments against the three surviving bandits. Police announced the capture of the single missing robber was imminent. Chief Justice Jacob Hopkins called for twice the number of criminal judges to prevent delays In bringing criminals to trial. The Chicago Bar Association offered "any number of our ablest attorneys,” to act as special prosecutors aiding State’s Attorney Crowe. "The Chicago Bar Association realizes the seriousness of the crime situation prevailing here,” Russell Whitman, its president, declared. "Chicago has a bad name. Extremely drastic action must be taken. We will ando 1 all in our power to assist in the swift punishment of criminals at the bar of justice.” Inquest over the bodies of "Texas Kid” Court and Eric Nelson, the slain bandits, was continued.

14 INDICTMENTS ARE RETURNED Grand Jury Makes Last Report of Term. Fourteen, indictments were returned today by the Marion County grand jury in its last report of the term. Earl Thompson, 59 E. Morris St., faces two charges of violating liquor laws. Edward McCarty, R. R. D, Box 239, is charged with embezzlement and petit larceny. Charles Miller is charged with robbery and petit larceny. Otis Johnson, colored, alleged to have shot and killed Francis Stark, colored, was indicted on a first degree murder charge. Curtis Johnson, 2060 Martindale Ave., was charged with assault and battery. Dave Bonner and Robert ' Smith face charges of burglary and petit larceny. Seven other indictments were returned. P. 0. BAND I TO PLAY First Concert to Be Given at Federal Bldg. Tuesday. The Indianapolis Postoffice Band will give its first public concert on Tuesday ifrom 8. to 9 p. m. at the southwest corner of Federal Bldg., it was announced today. The band, under the direction of Charles Able, a- registry division clerk, numbers about twenty-flve pieces. The Organization was formed about three months ago. The musicians expect to go to the National Letter Carriers Association convention at Detroit, Mich., the first week of September. SCOUTS TO CAMP HERE A troop of Loui%ville Boy Scouts en route to New York will pitch their tent at the Scout reservation this week-end. The party will arrive Saturday about 1 p. m. in a motor truck. W>cal scouts will escort them over thAtity.

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WIFE ADMITS HIRING SLAYER OF HUSBAND Disposed of Mate for S4OO, She Says, and Thinks It Was Worth It.

Bo United Press CHICAGO, July 31.—Calmly and in a matter-of-fact voice, Mrs. Nellie Nobile today told police she paid S4OO to have her husband killed because he annoyed her 15-year-old RIDICULE CARS TOBRIGHTWOOD Woman Testifies at Bus Line Hearing. “If you want to get a cheap drunk, ride the Brlghtwood street car line,” declared a woman witness today at a hearing before Clyde Jones of the public service commission on application of the People’s Motor Coach Company to start a bus line through the same territory. Several other witnesses, all women, testified the present street car service is inadequate, inconvenient and not dependable. Attorenys for the Indianapolis Street Railway Company, which is opposing the line, cross-questioned each witness. The coach company’s ninety-day petition for the line was denied some time ago.

City Pays Tribute to Commoner Indianapolis paid silent tribute to the memory of Wiliams Jennings Bryan for one minute today at 2 p. m. the hour his funeral services began in Washington, D. C., In compliance with a proclamation by Mayor Shank. All street cars were stopped as ordered by James P. Tretton, superintendent of the Company. Work ceased in most of the factories and offices In the city. C. H. Rottger, president of Indiana Bell Telephone Company, said the Mayor’s request was observed by employes. No calls were received during the minute.

TWO SENT TO PRISON Special Judge Hands Out 2 to 14 Year Terms. Special Judge Emsley W. Johnson in Criminal Court today sentenced Hurley Mclntosh, 21, colored, to one to fourteen years in the Indiana State Reformatory on a grand larceny charge. Mclntosh was also fined $25 and costs. On a charge of assault and battery, Rcscoe Brown, 31, colored, 1207 Maderia Ave., was given a two to fourteen year Indiana State Farm sentence. REALTORS PLAN SESSION 100 Per Cent Local Attendance Sought for Anderson. Henley T. Hottel, secretary of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board, said an effort Is being made to get every Indianapolis realtor to attend t‘ :e twelfth annual convention of the Indiana Real Estate Association Aug 26-28 at Anderson. An extensive program is being arranged.

daughter by another marriage. The payment was made out of her husband's insurance policy of SI,OOO she said. “It was worth It", Mrs. Nobile told Lieut. Philip Carroll of the detective bureau. “I didn't mind his beatings, but when he started to annoy Mildred, I decided to have him killed.” Andrew Capo and James Sulino are under arrest. Capo fired the fatal shot, the woman said. The killing erme a few days after Mrs. Nobile made her arrangements with Capo. “Louis (her husband) was beating me when Andy walked In," she said. “Andy tried to stop Louis and Louis got a chair and tried to hit Andy. Andy shot him.” When police investigated, Mrs. Nobile said that an unidentified man did the shooting. Capo was arrested through a tip and Mrs. Nobile readily told her story. Sulino is held as a witness. BANDITS INVADE LOOP Jewelry Store Near Busiest l-orner in World Is Robbed. Bu United Press CHICAGO, July 31.—Two bandits today raided a jewelry store In the heart of the loop, two blocks from the busiest comer in the world, and escaped with- jetvelry valued at $lO,000. S. L. Simmons, proprietor, was knocked down with a revolver blowon the head when he attempted to thwart the robbers.

SEWER GETS RARE DUCKWALL LIQUORS

Wines and Whiskies Worth SIB,OOO Destroyed—Sheriff Discloses Breakage. Wines of rare vintage, French, Italian and German: champagnes of rare value even in pre-prohibition days, 'English gin, Scotch and American liquors disappeared down the sewer under the direction of Sheriff Omer Hawkins In the basement of the Marion County Jail today. The liquor represented the supply seized In, a raid Oct. 9, 1923, at the home of Herbert R. Duckwall, 3818- N. .Delaware St. Before the pouring, which partook of the nature of a prohibition meeting, with well-known dry leaders In attendance, Hawkins refused to give out an itemized list of the liquor to be checked over. He said that several bottles had been broken In checking and that (Turn to Page 19) STEPHENSON MEETING Defense Attorneys Will See Trio at Nobles ville. Attorneys for D. C. Stephenson, Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry, In jail at Noblesvllle on charges of murdering Miss Madge Oberholtzer of Indianapolis, will confer with their clients Saturday, Eph Inman, chief defense counsel said today. He refused to say vhM the next legal move of the defend* will be.

Curfew to Ring at 9 Tonight Curfew shall ring tonight. Children under 16 will not he permitted on the streets after 9 p. m., according to orders given police today by Ernest Kingston, president of the board of safety. Police will order parents of children who refuse to obey the edict before Juvenile Court. Kingston said he believed the order would solve many petty thefts In the city.

AIR MAIL PILOT LANDS IN RIVER Transcontinental Service Suffers Mishaps. Bu United Press DES MOINES. la., July 31. Lieut. Russell Minty, one of the transcontinental flyers passing over Runnels, lowa at 6:45 a. m., en route to Chicago, was drying himself at the local air mall field today following a drop Into the Des Moines River. While flying in V formation with six companions, Mintey’s motor cut out and he was compelled to glide groundward. His plane landed upside down In the river. Minty succeeded in getting to shore and was later brought to the local air mail field. He was uninjured. The accident was the first mishap suffered by the transcontinental mall flyers since the service was inaugurated recently. His companions were forced to descend by bad weather in southern Illinois, according to word reaching here.

CONDOLENCES ARE LENT Coolidge Writes Regrets to Dead Diplomats Brother. Bo Untied Press SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 31. President Coolidge today sent to Dr. Frederick Bancroft' of Washington, £>. C., the historian, a letter of condolence upon f the death of his brother, Edgar A. Bancroft, American ambassador to Japan. “The unexpected and lamentable death of your distinguished brother has brought to ;me a deep sense of personal loss,” the letter sard. 3,000 TO MAKE TRIP Odd Fellows Plan Annual Pilgrimage to Greens burg. Plans for the annual pilgrimage to the Orphans' Home at Greensburg; Aug. 23, will be made at a meeting of the Marion County Association of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs at I. O. O. F. Bldg. Saturday night. Ed Harvey, president, said about 3,000 persons will make the trip. Organization of a band at the home will be sponsored by the association. OLDS RITES SET Bo United Press FT. WAYNE, Ind., July 31. Funeral services for Judge Walter Olds, 79, active In Repuh'lcan politics and former State Supreme Court Judge, will be held Tuesday morning. Judge Olds died Thursday morning. He was a veteran of the Civil war.

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EASTSIDERS JOIN WAR ON SHANK RULE Citizens, at Street Project Mass Meeting, Enter Councilmanic Fight —Committee Named. BOARD OF WORKS ATTACKED Ray and Bramblett Stir Assembly—- ■ Explanation Demanded. The smoldering ashes of the city councilmanic rebellion were fanned into consuming flames Thursday night when citizens of east Indianapolis joined south side residents in protest against alleged sins of the city administration. “It’s east side, west side, all around the town,” at campaign times, but when the improvements are dealt out, it s nil north side, was the tenor of addresses at a mass meeting of E. New York St. citizens at Liberty Hall.

Ostensibly a gathering to protest the widening of E. New York St., the assembly, stirred by the addresses of Otto Ray and Ira Brnmblett, insurgent councilmen, resolved Itself Into a testimonial meeting to enumerate the shortcomings of the Shank administration. Board Assailed The board of works bore the j brunt of the attack. Ray and other i speakers demanded an explanation from the board of preparation of asI sissment roll for widening of E. New York St. anr procedure with plans before the city council had adopted the thoroughfare plan, which they said was drafted to coordinate arrangements for opening traffic facilities for the east side. “Why does the board hasten to widen New York St. before the plan is adopted?" Ray demanded. “It’s common knowledge about the city hall that the board does nothing without the sanction of Bill Armltage, and that’s why they are trying to push it through. There’s hardly a meeting of the board In the famous rear room without the presence of Bill Armltage. "And we all know BUI Armltage • isn’t spending his time at the city hall for nothing, especially in the vicinity of the board of works. Hop on Armitage “It’s time people of Indianapolis demanded from their political parties that they throw off the control of Armltage which has prevailed for many years. Even the members of city council, elected by the people, are forced to ask William Armitage j before they can obtain rights for the people of their districts ” j Ray assailed the park board for ' "spending money hand over fist on the north side," while other parts of the city took a back seat. "Can you hold the board of works to what they tell you?” was the question raised by Samuel Harrlg, 262 N. Temple Ave., who declared the board had paved Summit St.’, from Southeastern Ave. to Bates St. with asphalt when property owners asked for concrete paving. Clerk Is Blamed Harrig said when he demanded an explanation he was told at the assessment bureau office, under Jurisdiction of the board, that the change resulted from an error by a clerk of the bureau. “But as property owners we had to pay for the mistake," Harrlg said ruefully. Councilman Walter W. Wise led one of the heavy sorties on the administration trenches recently when he charged that asphalt had been substituted for concrete in a number of strets recently, despite preference of property owners for concrete. A committee was appointed by the east side residents to wait upon the board of works and plan commission to endeavor to obtain an average width of 48 feet for E. New York St., instead of 58 feet, as designated under present plans. Property Appraised Councilman Ira Bramblett told the audience the property along New York St. had been appraised by the board of works before adoption of the thoroughfare plan, the damage being placed at $726,859.19. New York St. property owners attacked the plan because they said It would seriously damage their homes, requiring the building of retaining walls. Opening of Vermont and Ohio Sts. and widening of Michigan, Washington and E. Tenth Sts., were suggested as means to divert a large portion of traffic now on New York St. and thereby prevent undue widening of E. New York St. YOUTHS FACE CHARGES Orville Bohannon, 16, of 1222 N. Harding St., and James Haley, 16, of 1318 Nordyke Ave., are held today on grand larceny, and vehicle taking charges. Detectives allege the youths stole an auto belonging to Dr. E. C. Kernel, 230 E. Orange St., several days ago. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 59 10 a- m 65 7 a. 60 11 a. m 65 8 a. 62 12 (noon) .... 66 9 a. m. ..... II 1 p. 67

Forecast UNSETTLED with probably showers this afternoon and early tonight followed by fair Saturday; continued cool.

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BELL COMPANY IS ENGAGED IN BIG EXTENSIONS

Phone Construction Work in City for Year Totals $1,500,000. Expenditures for additions and improvements to the system of the Indiana 801 l Telephone Company in Indlnnapolls will amount to more tAin $1,500,000 this year, according to F. A. Montrose, general manager of the company. The construction program, he said. Is one of the largest ever undertaken by the company. In order to keep pace with the increasing demand fur service throughout the Stnte, 183 car loads of telephone poles and cross arms are being used. Many Calls Dally Indianapolis now has approximately 77,000 telephones through which pass more than half a million calls every day. More than 800 miles of new telephone wires have been installed to serve new subscribers and to provide lines for efficient handling of the city’s Increasing telephone traffic. Additional switchboard equipment has been Installed in several of the exchanges. Poles by the thousands are being erected, upon which will be suspended 166 miles of new telepone cable. Underground Construction Marked extension In underground construction work la being carried out. This Involves a large outlay of money for conduits, cable, material and labor. Improvements and additions are not limited to any particular parts of Indianapolis. They nre being carried out In nil sections. The fact that the monthly pay roll of the company for Indianapolis alone amounts to more than $250,000 Is an Indication of the tremendous size and Importance of the telephone Industry In this city, Montrose eald. MISSION TO GIVE PICNIC Golf Tournament Will Be Feature of Annual Outing. The annual picnic of the Wheeler Rescue Mission was to be held this afternoon und tonight at the home of Wallace O. Lee on the Allisonvllle Rd., north of Indianapolis. Governor and Mrs. Ed Jsckson, the Rev. and Mrs. Orlen E. Flfer, and City Judge Delbert O. Wllmeth have been Invited as guests of honor. A golf tournament was scheduled. A lawn supper will be served at 6 p. m.

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