Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 120, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 September 1925 — Page 1

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VOLUME 37—NUMBER 120

M’NAMARA ASKS CASE DISMISSAL

Motion to Instruct Jury to Find Iron Workers’ Union Leader 'Not Guilty’ of Blackmail Charge Is Presented Judge. ONE STATE WITNESS STILL ON WAY HERE Prosecution Closes Its Case —Jury Dismissed While Court Hears Arguments on Latest Move —Failure Is Alleged. | A motion to instruct the "Criminal Court jury hearing blackmail charges against John J. McNamara, leader of the local iron -workers’ union, to find him not guilty as charged was presented Special Judge F:ed Gause today by defense attorneys. The State has utterly failed to prove blackmail charges as defined by the statutes, the attorneys insisted. The motion was presented at the close of the State’s case, in which it w-as attempted to prove that McNamara had threatened workmen on the new Elk’s building-, with the intent to gain employment for union irou workers. The jury was dismissed until 2 p. m while Judge Gause heard the arguments. The trial has dragged out all week, broken by arguments and adjournments. Fred McAllister, one of the defense attorneys, in presenting the motion to the Judge, argued that blackmail under the law only applied to an attempt to extort money, chattels or valuable securities. He pointed out that the indictment on which the labor leader is being tried alleges McNamara threatened Ben Staggenborg, an em jlcya of the Niman Transfer Company, durling the installation of boilers at ’the Elks’ home with the intent to gain a pecuniary advantage, namely, Staggenborg’s Job. Defined by Law "The object to be obtained by blackmail must be the subject of larceny, under the State law,” said McAllister. ‘‘You cannot steal a man’s Job.” The indictment also charges that Staggenborg had under his control the disposition of other work in the (Turn to Page 17) TOKIO SUFFERS NEW DISASTER

$1,000,000 Fire Sweeps Parliament Buildings. By Miles W. Vaughn United Press Staff Correspondrnt TOKIO, Sept. 18. —Tokio was visited with fresh disaster this after--•noon when Are raged through its parliament buildings. Both the House of Peers and the House of Representatives were destroyed totally. Many valuable Parliament papers were destroyed. Firemen succeeded in saving a few others. Troops were called out soon after the Are started. After demolishing the two Parliament houses the Aames spread in the late afternoon to adjoining buildings. By nightfall the Aremen’s efforts brought the Aames under control. but not until damage estimated at more than $1,000,000 had been done. Tokio in 19';3 was visited by a quake, followed by Are which swept away hundreds of itructures, eating its way through the Aimsy construction as though paper. More recently Tokio has had disastrous floods.

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Now You Tell One, Mr. Jonah Bu Times Special x 11N I M hen Miss Lena * * Brown, nurse was cutting up a chicken to be served at the local hospital, she found a live honey bee in the craw. As soon as the craw was opened the bee flew away.

STATE C. OF C. MAY WAR ON PHONE BOOSTS Conference to Organize Fight on Proposed Rate Increases Asked. Representatives of Sixty-four cities and towns with membership in the State Chamber of Commerce may be called together for organisation of a State-wide fight against the raise in rates asked by the Indiana Bell Telephone Company, it was learned today. William H. Arnett, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of Kokomo, Ind., todav conferred with George Mosser, secretary of the State body, and suggested a general conference. Mosser said the meeting probabljf would not be held until word has been received from the presiden , J. E. Fredrick, of Kokomo, who Will be out of the city for about a week. The telephone company recently petitioned the public service commission for an increase in rates over Indiana and raising the rate for unlimited business service in Indianapolis from sl2 to sls monthly and limited service under ninety calls, from $5 to $6. SEEKS SCHOOL OFFICE Mrs. Lillian Sedv.ick Files Petition; 840 Signatures. Mrs. Lillian Sedwlck, 1854 Central Ave., today filed her petition for a place on the board of school commissioners. She had 840 signatures. The law requires 300 signatures. ‘BOB’ IS CONGRATULATED Labor Federation Head Felicitates La Follette on Victory. Bv United Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—President William Green of the American Federation of Labor today congratulated Robert La Follette Jr. on his nomination to be United States Senator from Wisconsin, in the following telegram: ‘‘Congratulations upon your nomination as United States Senator from Wisconsin. Your friends everywhere, and particularly the man and women of labor, are gratified over your decisive victory. We are confident you will win by an overyhelming majority at the election, Sept. 20.”

$25,000 Offered for Krim’s Head li'i United Press r— —IARIS, Sept. 18.- -A price IP I has been placed upon ts . 1 the head of Abd El K> <m. Le Journal reports that the Sultan of Morocco has offered this amount to any one who brings Krim or his brother in dead or alive and that Krim now is in fear of assassination.

HEIN AIR SPEED RECORD IS SET Racing Plane Averages 302 Miles an Hour. Bu United Press CURTISS FIELD, L. 1., N. Y.. Sept. 18.—Speeding faster than a human being has ever traveled before, a Curtiss racing plane piloted by Lieut. Alford J. Williams, U. S. N., averaged 302.03 miles an hour over a one-kilometer course in a test flight here today. CHARGES ARE AIRED Comndttce Investigating Defeat of Magnus Johnson. Bu Urn ted Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—Investigation has been started by a ~ubcommittee of the elections committee of charges by former Senator Magnus Johnson, Minnesota farmer-la-borite candidate in the last election against his successful opponent, Senator Thomas D. Schall. Senator Deneen, Illinois, Republican, chairman of the subcommittee, said today after a call on President Coolidge that he and Senator Neely, West Virginia, have taken up charges that Schall stated untruths regarding his opponent and accepted money for improper uses. BUS PERMITS GIVEN Eleven Jitney bus operaters at Anderson were granted beginners certificates today by the public service commission. Ninety-day certificates had been refused and the operators filed another petition.

OGDEN SPEAKS AS PATHFINDER AIRSHIP LANDS Corporation Counsel Declares All Are Backing Investigation. COMMITTEE AT FIELD Plane Paves Way for Trophy Race Later. Declaring that all loyal citizens are supporting President Coolidge’s in /estigation of the air service, James M. Ogden, corporation counsel, urged that obstacles be removed for steady development of air defense and commercial transportation today, Ogden greeted the eight members of the pathfinder plane for the Edsel Ford commercial air trophy race, which landed at noon today at Sehoen Field, Ft. Benjamin Harrison. Pilots and passengers were taken to the Indianapolis Athletic Club for luncheon as guests of a reception committee, headed by Ogden. Met by Group Members were: Frank C. Fishhack, son of the Chamber of Commerce president .John B. Reynolds, Chamber secretary; Frank E. aGtes. Indianapolis Real Estate Board presl dent; Henley T. Hottel, executive secretary, and Dan W. LeGore, chairman of the board’s airport committee. Lieut. Louis Johnson. Sergeant Shine and motorpolicemen escorted tho visitors to the city. Lieut. Earl Halstead, flying an Army plane, led the visitors to the field. Arrangements were discussed for establishing an emergency landing field and supply stations for twentyfour aircraft, participating in the Ford reliability race. The planes are scheduled to lr.nd in Indianapolis, Oct. 2, leaving .he following day. Airport Talked Plans to establish an airport at Indianapolis also were discussed at the luncheon. Air guests were: William A. Mala, general manager, and E. Le Roy Pelletier, publicity director of the tour; Eddie Stinson, pilot; Ben Jacobson, mechanic, and three newspaper men of Detroit.

CHIEF TELLS HOW TO SCARE BANDITS Rikhoff Says Residents Should Take Greater Precaution —Praises Women for ‘Nerve.’

“I’m certainly sorry we haven't any medals to give to the women who keep their nerve when burglars get in the home,” said Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff today. ‘‘They ought to be patted on the back.” Early Thursday, Mrs. Arthur Turner, 1470 W. Thirty-Third St., routed KING INJUNCTION SUIT SCHEDULED Hearing Due to Take Place in Superior Court Four. Hearing on an injunction suit in which Judge Clinton H. Givan issued a temporary restraining order several weeks ago to prevent members of the State board of health from interfering with the duties of Dr. William F. King, board secretary, was postponed this morning until this afternoon in Superior Court Four on request of attorneys for both sides. Board members have sought to remove Dr. King from office. King was charged with raising nay of employes without authority end receiving extra money for preparing vital statistics for the Federal Government. Thursday the board met at the Statehouse, but immediately adjourned without hearing the case of the Washington Water Company, which was set for then. Members refused to consider any business on advice of legal counsel, for fear action might he construed as a violation of the restraining order. CRASHES BRING INJURIES Three Drivers Slated By Police After Automobile Accidents. George Pollard, colored, 22, of 925 Indiana Ave., drove around the corner at Cornell Ave. and TwentyFirst St., late Thursday and struck head-on, an auto driven by Mrs. L. J. Coster Jr., of 1402 Marlowe Ave., according to police. Mrs. C. G. Hinchman, 2345 Bellefontaine St., was cut and bruised. Pollard was charged with driving on the left side of the street. Charles Clark, 5159 Carrolton Ave , and Lee Harding, colored, 1402 Roosevelt Ave., were injured when an auto driven by. Will Collins, colored, 1422 Cornell Ave., when his auto collided with a machine driven by Clark at Fifty-Second St. and Washington Blvd. Both drivers weie charged with assault and battery. BIS PERMIT DENIED Max Reisberg was denied a beginners petition to operate a bus on W. New York St. today by the public service commission.

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Butler Dean Is Swamped By Rush

Left to right: Rosemary Dyer, .Mildied Cooke, F'rances Thorpe, Dean- Evelyn Butler, Billy Dunkle, Joan Wall, LaVonne Burns and Dorothy Fife.

Like ‘Old Lady Who Lived in the Shoe,’ She Has Many Children. ‘‘The old lady who lived in a shoe and had so many children she didn’t know what to do” might have been a dean at a college, for her situation was almost identical with that of Miss Evelyn Butler, dean of women at Butler University. Miss Butler's duties are pressing any school day, but this week was an exception, because not only were upper class students seeking advice and asking questions, but more than three hundred freshman girls have registered. Among the girls who went to Miss Butler for advice were Rosemary Dyer, 2848 Washington Blvd.; Mildred y Cooke, Carmel Road; Frances Thorpe, 2238 College Ave.; Billy Dunkle, 2923 Bellefontaine St.; Joan Wall, 3353 Kenwood Ave.; Lavonne Burns, 644 E. Thirty-Fourth St., and Dorothy Fife. 3142 College Ave. Misses Dyer. Cooke, Thorpe. Dunkle and Wall graduated in the June class of Shortridge, while Miss Fife is a graduate of Technical. Miss Burns formerly lived in Shelbyvllle. A total enrollment of over 1,300 students is expected.

a bandit by hurling milk bottles at him. Rikhoff said tle present crime wave could be checked if residents took greater precaution. Here's what you should do, according to Rikhoff, when you hear a noise in the house: First, be sure it isn’t the cat or the wind. Then get to the phone quietly and call police. Scream Loudly If the burglar is between you and the phone, scream with all your might. If you can’t scream very loudly, buy a whistle and put it under your pillow and blow it. Even better, pick tip a shoe and hurl It through the window. Sound of breaking glass carries and will attract attention. Or keep a gun under your pillow and Are it out the window. Buy a dog. A dog is the best night watchman. His barking will not only awaken you, but will scare the burglar. Burglars Invited Most burglars, however, are invited into the home, according to Rikhoff. Lock every window and door in the house except those in your bedroom, he said. If you haven’t good locks on your doors, put a bolt on the Inside. And keep your eyes open for suspicious persons around the neighborhood. Call police quickly if your suspicions are confirmed. LIGHT CONTRACT 0. K. Public Service Commission Approves City Agreement. Contract of the Merchants Heat and Light Company with the city to furnish lights for parks, boulevards, buildings and bridges was approved today by the public service commission. • The ten-year contract went into effect July 1, 1925. TEST ON GINGER SALE Drug Store at Marion Closed; Allege Dry Law Violated. Bu United Pri ss MARION, Ind., Sept. 18.—The Tlcen drug store, located near the Marino national sanitarium for war veterans, was closed today by court injunction for the sale of Jamaica ginger to patients ar. the sanitarium. The case was brought as a /test on the right of druggists to sell Jamaica ginger for beverage purposes under the Wright bone dry prohibition law. Criminal charges under the Wright law have been filed against the owner of the store and proceedings to close several other drug stores may be instituted soon, according to Sheriff Renberger.

SECRET ‘DOPE’ DRIVE IS SEEN; THREE SLATED Two Federal Narcotic Agents in City—Activities Are Shrouded. Secrecy surrounded the activities today of two F'ederal narcotic agents from Washington who are believed to be Rtaging a drive against “dope” peddlers In Indianapolis and vicinity. The third arrest was made today. Two were apprehended at a downtown hotel Thursday night charged with selling morphine. All three were colored men. They were each held to the Fedreai grand jury today under bonds of $2,500 on charges of conspiracy to violate the anti-nar-cotic law and sale of narcotics. Two Are Porters Those arrested Thursday night were Percy Sanders, 23, of 312 W. Walnut St., nnd Tom Anderson, 25, of 512 W. Michigan St. George Bateman, 24, of 1222 College Ave., was arrested today. The agents, W. O. McDonald and Earl Flshbaek, bought morphine from the men for which they paid, $65, it is said. It is believed the morphine was stolen from drug stores. Sanders and Bateman are hotel porters. They failed to give bond and were lodged in the Marion County jail. F't. Wayne Arrest Fred Sltz of F’t. Wayne, Ind., is in jail in that city after failing to give bond of $2,000 holding him to the Federal grand jury on a charge of illegal possession and sale of narcotics. He waived examination before United States Commissioner T. J. Logan Thursday. Sitz was arrested by India-iapolis Federal Narcotic Agents J. J. Keene and D. A. Bagley after an exciting chase near the railway station in Ft. Wayne. TWO DRIVERS ARE INDICTED

Both Failed to Stop After Accidents, Charge. Two auto drivers were charged with failure to stop after accidents in grand jury indictments filed today in Criminal Court. They are Virgil Curry and Frank B. Walker. Curry was also Indicted on an involuntary manslaughter charge growing out of the death of Anna Dudley, 4077 Cornelius St., who was struck by a machine alleged to have been driven by Curry on July 13. Walker is alleged to have failed to stop his automobile after it struck Claude Tolbert. 2629 Northwestern Ave., on July 29. Others indicted were Marshall Copeland, robbery and petit larceny; John Cloyd, assault and battery with intent to kill; Ray Richie, auto banditry, robbery and grand larceny, and Homer Ward, robbery and grand larceny. Ten indictments naming twelve persons were returned. PHONE CASE IS SET North Manchester Plea to Be Heard Oct. 2. Petition of the North Manchester Telephone Company for authority to Increase rates will be heard by Examiner John S. Powell, of the public service commission, at North Manchester, Oct. 2. ‘ Hearing on the application of B. P. Shearon for a certificate to operate a bus line between St. Joseph, Mich., to Michigan City, will be heard at Gary, Sept. 25. DISPUTE OVER PHONE Man Accuses Woman of Talking AH the Time. Police were called to settle a telephone party line dispute, Thursday. Mrs. A. L. Clifford, 2830 Brookside Ave., told police while she was talking a man on the same line made offensive remarks to her about using the line all of the time. Mrs. Clifford said she went to see the man and he so excited her that she fainted while in an alley en route home. Police asked her to file a warrant against the man.

SEVEN DRIVERS SLATED Two Motorists Charged With Speeding By City Police. Seven motorists were slated at the city prison Thursday night. Two were charged with speeding. They were: James Carroll, 20, of 901 N. New Jersey St., and John Peckelheimer, 23, of Jamestown, Ind. Five drivers were charged with minor traffic law violations. PLAN CORN CARNIVAL Ix>banon Plans to Celebrate Huge Crop This Fall. Bii Times Snecial LEBANON, Ind., Sept. 18.— Lebanon will celebrate with a fourday carnival as a result of the bumper corn crop, predicted for the county, according to plans announced today. A fund of $2,500 is being raised. CRASH KILLS MOTORIST Wagon Tongue Driven Into Side; laves an Hour. Bn United Press DECATUR, Ind., Sept. 18. —Frank Morrical, 33. i Geneva oil man, was fatally injured Thursday night when his auto collided with a farm wagon rear here. Xhe wagon tongue penetrated his left side and he lived one hour. One horse was killed, but the driver of the team escaped unhurt. Lights of the auto blinded the horses and driver and the team swung in toward the auto. Morrical’s wife, daughter and another woman with him escaped with minor injuries.

SHUMAKER REFUSES DEBATE WITH SHANK Anti-Saloon League Superintendent Will Not Argue on Volstead Act Success With Mayor.

Reluctance, oven to the point of refusal, to debate with Mayor Shank on the success of the Volstead act was expressed in a letter the Rev. Edward S. Shumaker, Indiana AntiSaloon League superintendent, dispatched to Shank today. The letter charges Mayor Shank with insincerity in his offer to take either side of the question and reminds the mayor that the State prohibition law exists, regardless of KIWAIiIANSTO ADJOURN TODAY Officers to Be Elected —Marion Is Slated. Rii Times Sneelnl FT. WAYNE, Ind., Sept. 18.—Annual district convention of Kiwanis clubs was to adjourn today following election of officers. Marlon was expected to be chosen for the next convention city. John H. Clarke, former UnLted States Supremo Court justice, was to speak. Senator James E. Watson was the speaker at the annual banquet Thursday night. He pleaded for a revival of old-fashioned morals and assailed the growing disrespect for law. MAN HURT BY TRAIN Witnesses Say He Walked Into Side of P. A E. Freight Engine. John Westerback, 70, of 712 W. Walnut St., rear, was injured about the head today and taken to city hospital in a serious condition. Witnesses told police he walked into the side of a Peoria & Eastern engine on freight train 97, west-bound, at Concord St. and the Big Four tracks. Bert Woodbeek, 5619 College Ave., conductor who was on the engine at the time, said Westerback walked into the train without looking. The crew was not held. RAILROAD MAN DIES Bu United Press PERU, Ind., Sept A 18.—William Eekard, 47, superintendent of the Peru division of the Wabash Railroad, died at a hospital here today. The body will be taken to his former home in Stanberry, Mo., for burial.

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ADMITS COP BADGES HAVE BEEN ISSUED SchortJemeier Says Sixty-Two Have Been Given Out, but Mostly to Enforcement Officers. DEFENSE OF SYSTEM IS MADE Denies Arrests Made by “Complimentary Force”—Raps Courtesy Cards. Secretary of State Frederick E. Schortemeier today admitted existence of a special force of “complimentary” State police. Seho-rtemeier said sixty-two badges have been issued. Os these, he stated forty-four had been to law enforcement officials, such as city police and deputy sheriffs throughout the Slate. The remainder, lie said, were given to “special investigators,” who reported traffic law violations throughout the State.

NEW EVIDENCE IS UNCOVERED % More Light Is Thrown on Shenandoah Crash. Bu l nited Press CAMBRIDGE. Ohio, Sept. 18.— New evidence is believed to have been found here indicating that tho dirigible Shenandoah was in distress at least two hours before she crashed and that during that time no winds of velocity of more than forty miles an hour were recorded. According to statements attributed to witnesses, the ship during the last two hours, traveled only twenty-two miles and was in obvious distress although the moon and stars were out. These disclosures on the eve of opening the naval court of inquiry at Lakehurst purported to give evidence that some cause other than a storm precipitated the disaster. They were made in the Cambridge Jeffersonian by Ernest Sheehan, its correspondent.

Volstead’s measure. The question of ethics because of the churches the league represents also is a factor in his refusal to accept Shank's challenge, which Shumaker received today. Insincerity Charged .‘‘By your willingness to debate either for or against prohibition, you throw yourself open to the charge of insincerity—a very serious matter,” Dr. Shumaker warned Shank. “I would not be doing the cause to which I have given the flower of my life any honor or credit by debating with a man charged with being insincere and who has no convictions of his own on such a question as this. Other Matters "There are other matters that might he noted in this same connection. Your proposal to follow what might be called in modern parlance the rules of the prize ring by splitting receipts with the winner taking 60 per rent, the loser 40 per cent, would hardly square with the ethics of the churches which the Anti-Saloon league represents. ‘‘Then, again, your proposal to debnte the Volstead not without any reference to our State prohibition law would ho only a consideration of the Federal Government's relation to the prohibition question, while Indiana was dry by enactments of Its own before either the eighteenth amendment or the Volstead law was adopted." CONTRACTORS SUE STATE Allege $25,416.97 Unpaid on Highway Commission Bill. The State of Indiana was sued for $26,416.97 Judgment today In a complaint filed in Superior Court Two by the Davis Construrtlon Company of Arcadia, Ind. Suit alleges that on Dec. 18, 1923, the construction company entered into an agreement with the State highway commission to pave roads at a total cost of $187,981.03. According to the complaint the judgment asked is the amount unpaid on the road work. Civil War Vets Meet Ru Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Sept. 18.—Isaac Wood of Anderson was elected presi dent and Joseph Pennington was reelected secretary of the forty-first annual encampment of the 130th In diana Regiment of Civil War veterans. Only seven men attended.

Forecast PARTLY cloudy tonight nnd Saturday; cooler yreathcr predicted tonight.

TWO CENTS

Earlier in the flay Schortcmeler told The Times that twenty-five persons had the ‘‘complimentary, badges.” He said then ho found the deputy State police in existence when he succeeded Governor Jackson as secretary of Stnte. Existence of tho special State force was revealed by a Times reporter Thursday in investigating an alleged nttack on a motorist whose car was searched for liquor on a road north of Indianapolis. It was another development growing out of the discovery by The Times and William Bosson, city attorney, of a “search warrant factory” at the office of Justice of Peace Henry H. Spiher, 3541 W. Michigan St., who is alleged to have issued hundreds of warrants for liquor raids on homes. Probed Report Schortcmeler said he had investigated a report that 1). C. Stephenson, former Grand dragon of the Indiana Ku-Klux Klan, charged with murder in connection with the death' of Miss Madge Oberholtezr, of Indianapolis, nt one time had one of the ‘‘complementary" badges. He said Stephenson had not held a badge since he took office and not before ns far ns he was able to learn. Schortemeler said Governor Jackson as secretary of State had passed out most of the complimentary badges. He said that he had been assured by Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom that the system was lawful. Meanwhile Schortemeler took a rap nt "courtesy cards” Issued by Mayor Shank. "We have never had them, as I do not believe in them, and no special favors have ever been granted to any one." Against Search “I agree with The Times In Us stand against Illegal search of homes. I believe in the protection of the citizen's constitutional rights,” he said. "So far as I know, none of these special police have made any arrests' and have sent In no reports for violation of prohibition laws. They have rendered valuable service In reporting instances of traffic law violations, particularly by busses, whose drivers are warned by regular State police if a check is made. “I am decidedly opposed to searching automobiles and have ordered State police to refrain from that practice. I know nothing of any horse thief detectives being members of this special police body.” Schortemeler denied there was anything secret about the body and said that the men who had accepted (Turn to Page 23)

MITCHELL ON ‘CARPET’ SOON Board Decides to Call Critic Next Week. r Hii Vnltrrt Prmn WASHINGTON, Sept. IR.—Prestdent Coolidge’.v Inquiry board, appointed to learn the truth about the condition of the national air defense forcea, today decided to call Col., William Mitchell before it early next week to testify regarding his charges of criminal negligence in the administration of the Army and Navy air services. The board asked the War Department to instruct Mitchell to hold himself In readiness to testify. It was learned that he will be culled to, appear as soon as routine testimony of Wat- and Navy Department officials has been h?ard. Meanwhile the advocate general’* office of the War Department was busy, drawing up formal charges of Insubordination against Mitchell, looking forward to a court-martial trial In about two weeks’. t HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 71 10 a. 8$ 7 a. m 73 11 a. m....... 87 8 a. m 78 12 (noon) - r 88 9 a. 83 1 j, i