Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 140, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 October 1925 — Page 1

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VOLUME 37—NUMBER 140

STEPHENSON DEATH DEMAND HINTED

PLAZA FIRM IS DEFENDED AT HNG Attorney Before State Engineers’ Registration Board Says Examination Will Show Architects Were Not Dishonest. STEEL COMPANY HEAD DREW SPECIFICATIONS Fourteen Witnesses Called in Case of War Memorial Designers Revocation of License to Practice in State Sought. H. E. Weeks and P. R. Walker, members of the firm of Walker & Weeks, Cleveland architects who designed the World War Memorial Plaza, “are not a couple of crooks and evidence on their specifications for the foundation of the main Plaza building will not reveal any crookedness.” This was the declaration of Samuel Downen, their attorney at a hearing before the State engineers’ registration board, defending the architects in proceedings brought for revocation of their licenses to practice as engineeis in the State. Proceedings were brought by Charles G. Joseph, Indianapolis the two architects violated the State Memorial Plaza act and the rules of the engineers’ board in specifying “Rivet Grip” steel in the foundation of the main Plaza building. Charges Made According to Joseph, whose action was the outgrowth of an examination by the State board of accounts, the specification of this type of steel restricted competition in the submission of bids for the foundation. The steel, Joseph says, sold by the Rivet Grip Steel Conypany of Ohio, of which the architects are officials. It was also charged that the specifications were made with out the board of trustees of the memorial moving of the relation between the architects and the steel company. Dowden asserted that neither of the architects were in charge of the operation of the Rivet Grip Steel Company and that neither knew of the type of steel included in the specifications at the time they were drawn up. Drawn Up By President The specifications were drawn by Armen H. Tashjian, president ->f thRivit Grip Steel Company. Further more, Dowden added, Tashjian specified a steel which could be manufactured by any structual steel concern. He was employed as an tgineer by Walker & Weeks. Fourteen witnesses were called to testify at the hearing. William P Cosgrove, field examiner for the State board of accounts, was the first witness. He told of the examination of the plaza building foundation plans and endeavored to show where the specifications designated the “Rivet Grip” type of steel.

DRY AGENTS ARE WARNED Federal Men Must Toe Mark, Says Harris. If Federal prohibition agents want to hold their jobs they’ll have to toe the mark. This ultimatum was issued today by Deputy Administrator Ansel R. Harris. Harris said that he expected all reorganization information to arrive here from Chicago by Thursday. There are twenty-eight men in Indiana working out of the Indianapolis offices. \ “I do not believe that the reorganization will work many changes in this office,” Harris said. ALEX~MXABE IS : REE Third T ial Results in Acquittal on Murder Charge. Bii Times Svecial VALPARAISO, Ind., Oct. 12.—For the first time in a year, Alex McCabe alleged Chicago gunman, who has gone through the ordeal of three trials for murder, was a free man today. He was acquitted by a jury’ Saturday night. McCabe was charged with the murder of Thad Fancher, Crown Point attorney in a road houlpe hold up.

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U. S. INVESTIGATOR SLAIN Auto Thief Suspect Kills Agent Attempting to Arrest Him. Bn United Press CHICAGO, Oct. 12. —A search was made today for Martin J. Durkin, who last -night shot and filled Edward C. Shanahan, a Federal Investigator. Durkin was w r anted on a charge of transporting a stolen automobile from California to Chicago, a federal offense. When Shanahan surprised Durkin and ordered him to raise his hands, the gangster drew his own revolver and fired six times into Shanahan’s body. He fled in the California automobile, lated found abandoned.

SENATORS HOPE TO END SERIES THIS AFTERNOON Coveleskie and Aldridge Picked for Mound Duty —Bluege Out. PIRATES OUT OF ORDER Slump of Corsairs Puzzles Baseball Men. , STARTING LINE-UPS WASHINGTON PITTSBURGH Rice, cf. Moore, 2b. S. Harris, 2b. Carey, cf. Goslin, If. Cuyfer, rs. Judge, lb. Barnhart, If. J. Harris, rs. Traynor, 3b. Peck, ss. Wright, ss. Ruel, c. Grantham, lb. Myer, 3b. Smith, c. Coveleskie, p. Aldridge, p. By Henry L. Farrell United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.—Overcast skies with comfortable temperature greeted early arrivals for the fifth world’s series game at Griffith stadium today. The weather bureau at noon foresaw little probability of showers to interfere with the contest. If Pittsburgh wins today and the series goes back to the Smoky City, however, rain may interfere with the sixth game as the bureau’s weather forecast for western Pennsylvania tomorrow was showers. Within one game of the world’s championship and the richest prize in baseball the Senators hoped to end the series by taking the game. Three victories in the first four games are recorded for the Senators against the National League champions, three victories that mean more than a mathematical advantage. The 1924 champion now need only one game to win the championship and they have more than a good chance to take the deciding game today. The Senators were almost prohibitive favorites to win the series and the fdds were long that they would win today behind Stanley Coveleskie, who failed to win the second-gam? o fthe series. What’s Wrong With Friates? The brilliant support that was given Walter Johnson in the few tight places he worked into during yesterday's game, made the Washington fans believe that almost any pitcher can win one more game with such spirited defense. Although Washington considers it a cinch that the Senators will win again there was no waning of in terest in the game. The most interesting topic seemed to involve the question “what’s the matter with the Pirates?” The poor showing of the National League leaders might be explained if they were in a terrific batting slump, if they were crippled at a vital corner like the Senators ar*. or if they were geting poor pitching. But their stupid baseball and their rather curled up spirit cannot be explained. Bluege Is Out Bucky Harris said he feayed that "Ossie” Bluege, who was beaned by Vic Aldridge in the second game, might not be able to play in the remaining games of the series and that he would use “Buddy” Myer, the $50,000 rookie, on third base. Coveleskie is sure to pitch today and if he does not win his game, Alex Ferguson will be started tomorrow. “Firpo” Marberry and Tom Zachary will be used for relief men. Bill McKeehnie, manager of the Pirates, said he planned on using Vic Aldridge. He seemed certain that the teams are going back to Pittsburgh tonight for the sixth and seventh games of the series. President and Mrs. Coolidge will attend the game. After consider able indecision it was announced at the White House at 12:41 p. m., that the presidential party would occupy a box at the park, as they did Saturday.

FAVORS BELL MERGER Commission Approves Acqiisition of Independent Companies. WASHINGTON. Oct. 12.—The Interstate Commerce Commission today approved acquisition of the Independent Long Distance Telephone Company of Indiana by the American Telephone & Telegraph Company of Indiana and the Louisville Home Telephone Company by the Indiana Bell Telephone Company. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 48 10 a. m 50 7 a. m 48 ll a. m 51 8 a. m 48 12 (noon) .... 52 9 a. m 50 1 p. m 52

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CONTESTS OPEN DAY S PROGRAM AT DAIRY SHOW Organizations Have Meetings During Day—Horse Show Scheduled. Judging contests opened this morning’s program of the nineteenth annual National Dairy Exposition which began Saturday at the State fairground. Among these were the boys’ and girls’ cattle judging contest, the vocational school students’ contest at the Coliseum and the students’ dairy products judging contest, at the Polk Sanitary Milk Company. The International Association of Milk Dealers’ convention met at che Claypool today, and the International Associaeion of Dairy and Milk Inspectors convention at the Spink Arms. The American Dairy Science Association met at the Severi n. Tonight cattle will be paraded at 7:45 p. m. followed by a horse show at 8 p. m. Youngsters Not Bored Os the 1,200 champion cattle from all over this country and Canada, two baby Holsteins, who couldn’t have been more than a few days old apiece, seemed the least bored by attention. They stayed close by their mother and were willing to admit that this is the best show they ever attended. More than $4,000,000 worth of dairy machinery is on display at the exposition. But it takes someone who knows the difference between a cream separator and an electric hair trimmer for cattle to really appreciate it. An interesting exhibit which takes much space in the Horticultural Bldg., is the Fountain of Youth—milk. The indication, from a stuffed Ponce de Leon at one end to the fountain at the other, is that the fountain of youth does not lie in the Everglades, or' in drugs, or cosmetics, but in healthy, nourishing milk. Ice Cream Display In the ?ame building the ice cream manufacturers of Indianapolis, have a display of their various individual molds. Chief of these is an ice cream replica of our Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, and a large wall clock, not to mention a huge brick of cream containing sixty-six gallons. The national league of commission merchants, the Indianapolis Trade and Vegetable Growers, co-operating, have a display of fruits and vegetables, the centerpiece for which is a large four foot square of apples made into an enormous red apple outlined by Grimes Golden apples. It took 1,242 apples in all for the display.

POSTPONED ONCE MORE Army Horse Show Still Has One Day’s Program Left. The Ft. Benjamin Harrison army horse show was postponed again today because of inclement weather. The • show is scheduled to run another day, but the program for the first day will be given Wednesday. The second day of the show was held Sunday. Spectacular riding on the heavy field marked the performance. r The 11th Infantry was the high scorer.

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Mr. and Mrs. Teschemacher Wait in Vain for Recovery of Second Son From Submarine—Bury William Alone.

By Eldora Field Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Teschemacher, 4071 College Ave., whose 17-year-old twin sons were lost in the S-51 submarine disaster near New London, Conn., and who went to recover the bodies, are home today. One son, William, whose body was removed from under-sea craft while the parents were spec ling RAIN WILL CONTINUE Bureau Says Cloudy Weather Will Stay Through Tuesday. Cloudy weather, with occasional rains will be IndlanapoHs’ portion today and Tuesday, according to the United States weather bureau. Temperature. which was 48 degrees, or normal, at 7 a. m., should not vary mtich. Rain Sunday and Sunday night totaled .18 inch. The rains are general over the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, J. H. Armington, meteorologist, said. High temperature Sunday was 50 at 3 p. m. CONDITION OF SENATOR SAME Statement to Be Issued on Ralston’s Illness. A statement on the condition of Senator Samuel M. Ralston, who has been sick at his home north of the city for some time, was to be issued by his physician Dr. John M. Cunningham, late today, it was announced at Senator Ralston's office. Fx-iends of the family said the Senator’s condition was unchanged He is now suffering from uremic poisoning, it was said, and while his condition IS serious, his physician hopes to be able to control the malady. Reports from other parts of the State that the Senator had died led to the decision to issue the statement, it is believed.

HERETIC BISHOP ;IS SENTENCED Brown Deposed From Episcopal Ministry. Bn United Press NEW ORLEANS, La., Oct. 12. William Montgomery Brown, heretic bishop, was deposed from the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church today. The sentence was read by Bishop Ethelbert Talbot in the presence of 150 persons. Bishop Brown was not present and a copy of the sentence was sent to him by registered mail. The sentence was read in the chapel of St Paul’s church and was preceded by a short prayer. Brown had sought to stave off his xpulsion by getting a Federal injunction against the bishops. Hearing on his application for the restraining order was set for Wednesday. STUDENTS FLEE FUMES Ammonia Pipe Bursts at Ohio State University. Bn United Press COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 12.—An ammonia pipe in the horticultural and forestry building at Ohio State University ourst today, forcing more than 250 students, including many co-eds, to flee from the building. The pipe led from the university refrigerating plant to the building. It burst in the basement and the ammonia fumes quickly spread through the structure.

eastward, still hopeful, was buried Thursday in Brooklyn, N. Y. For nine days, after William's body was recovered, the parents delayed burial. It was their great wish to bury the boys together. “They were inseparable in life I want them together now,” Mr Teschemached had said, but the sea, indifferent to breaking hearts deni-*d them this last comfort. Tha body of Frederick has not been reeoverea. William was buried with appropriate honors —sixteen sailors sent from the naval base near New London, guarding the body, until last “taps” were sounded in Greenwood Cemeetry, Brooklyn. “I have no criticism of the Navy,” Mr. Teschemacher said. “There has been too much. In this disaster, as in others, the Navy has been handicapped. One has only to bo i close touch with the Navy—as we have been —to realize that the officers and men did their best with the rescue facilities. “For instance, as in this case, when there were no derricks to work with and civilians derricks had to proceed with the work —that was not the Navy’s fault. They can’t have equipment unless the money for it has been appropriated.” Navy Derrick Idle “I wish to make no critical statements —even of Congress, but draw your own conclusions. There is the fine derrick ship, the Kearsarge, rusting away—in Boston harbor, 1 think it is—because boilers and (Turn to Page 10)

MADDEN RAPS ARMY AND NAVY Maladministration Charged by Representative. Bu United Press WASHINGTON. Oct. 12.—A scathing denunciation of the War and Naval Departments for maladmin istration of the money appropriated by Congress for aircraft, amounting in some instances to “criminal waste,” was made by Representative Martin Madden of Illinois, chairman of the House Appropriations Com mittee, before the President’s aircraft board today. “Millions of dollars appropriated by Congress during the past few years of development have been squandered in a purposeless, mean ingless, endless experimental orgy,” said Madden. Replying to the statements of War and Navy Department witnesses who blamed Congress for the back waidness of American aviation, Mad den contemptuously exclaimed: ‘Blame Shifters.” 14 DROWN AS BOAT CAPSIZES Party of Home Seekers Almost Wiped Out. Bn United Press MELBOURNE, Fla., Oct. 12.—A party which came to Florida to fulfill dreams of riches and comfort and which started out Sunday on a yacht in Melbourne Bay to see lands offered by a development company, was all but wiped out when seas swpet over its boat, capsizing it. Fourteen are known to have drowned. The dead are: Harold Roach and son, Donald, 12, of Melbourne; Harry Coppeck, Kansas City; Miss Dreiling (or Breiling), Wichita, Kans.; Barton and wife, Wichita, Kans.; D. V. Ruckles, Wichita, Kans.; Miss Larson, Wichita, Kans.; Mrs. Locke D. Davidson, Melbourne; A. L. Whitstaff, Kansas City; Salmon, Wichita, Kans., and three unidentfled victims. Os the remaining seven making up the party, six were injured.

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THUfcS, CROOKS AND VAGRANTS OVERRON STATE Florida Filled With Drifters as Result of Advertising Campaign. Note: Ibis is the thirteenth of a series of article* tellinir the truth of condition* in Florida as found by a representative of The Indianapolis Times. By Harold Keats | p | LOR IDA is submerged by the I p I success of her own advertisl... —1 ing campaign. Customers have come faster and thicker than they could be handled and the peninsula is confronted by a social problem it is in no present position to solve. Not the least of her social troubles are caused by the thousands of misguided persons who believe riches come without brains or effort. These people, with little capital but abundant faith, spilled into the catch-basin of South Florida by motor, train and bus, have found that the simplest employment is hard to obtain, living costs soon eat up their funds and they are thrown on the community, a menace to its peace and a drain on its prosperity. Even Tampa, older, bigger and more substantial than some of the other highly exploited cities, has found its social agencies overrun by persons of ail descriptions, stranded and hungry. Agencies Overcrowded Miss Emily Wilkins, Family Service Association secretary, whose little office is filled with all manner of persons from college youths to palsied old men, seeking relief, said 25 per cent gs the beggars are under twenty-five, 70 per cent are without their families, and about 5 per cent have run away from home or leserted their families. The great majority are men and boys, most of whom, with no knowledge or equipment, nave gone the rounds of the reul estate offices, hoping tQ become realtors. The telegraph offices are flooded day and night with pathetic figures, pinched faces, shabby clothing, looking for telegraph money orders from home or friends. All city agencies are overcrowded. Miss Wilkins said. The hospitals are so full that only those in imminent danger of death can be cared for. Thousands come to the State seeking health in their old ago. They find their money inadequate to keep them in proper/ food, their health dwindles and they fill the hospitals. Too Few Inspectors Most subdivisions are built without sewers. Seep tanks take off the family sewerage, and where wells supply the water, they Wre dangerously near the tanks. There are plenty of sanitation laws governing lunchrooms and hotels in the big towns, but there are too few Inspectors and conditions in kitchens are generally bad. I inspected them in four towns in company with a kitchen equipment supply man. Roaches Scooted over everything. Ants had to be brushed from the food before it was sent to ’the table in dozens of lunchrooms. Negro cooks dripped perspiration as they toiled shirtless in the heat. My equipment salesman said he never ate in the Florida restaurants, but either asked for food in farmhouses or in the roadhouses on th cd —> nf town. (Tur** *

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Excusing of Two Prospective Jurors for Opposition to Capital Punishment Seen as Forecost of State’s Plan of Attack. SELECTION OF TWELVE MEN BY TUESDAY IS ANTICIPATED y Talesmen Asked if Political Connections of Alleged Slayers of Miss Oberholtzer Will Influence Them in Considering Evidence. By John L. Niblack and William L. Toms. Timp* Statt Correspondent* CIRCUIT COURTROOM, NOBLES'VILLE, Ind., Oct. 12. Process of picking a jury to try D. C. Stephenson, Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry, on charges of murdering Miss Madge Oberholtzer, proceeded rapidly in Circuit Court here today Only a small crowd was present. That the State will demand the death penalty was indicated when Ralph Kane, Indianapolis attorney, assisting Prosecutor William 11. Remy of Marion County, asked Special Judge Will M. Sparks, Rushville, to excuse two talesmen, who said they were opposed to capital punishment. Judge Sparks excused the two men, Court Irvin, a farmer, living east of Fisher, and Emory Booth, a farmer, living in Fall Creek Township.

Archie Beaver, the first juror ques tioned, was excused later. State Finishes The State finished the examination of the jury and tentatively accepting it, turned it over to the defense shortly before noon. Inman examined one man only before noon adjournment. The jury as it stood at noon was composed of Lew Fenner, who had not yet been questioned by either side, Harvey Wall, Oliver New, E. H. Durbin, Emmett Mendenhall Charles Finely, John Rupe, Hersche! Hunter, C. F. Lawer, Walter Sturdevant, Elijah Rushton and Theodore Wachstetter. AU except Fenner has been examined by the State and passed once. When passed twice by both sides, the Jury is accepted. The defendants, sitting behind their battery of attorneys, watched the State's examination with great interest. Stephenson, although he hag been In jail more than six months, is as fat and rosy as at the time of his arrest, last April. He was smiling and affable. George Oberholtzer, Indianapolis, father of the alleged victim, sat behind the State attorneja. A jury to try the case will be obtained sometime Tuesday, it seemed, as Kane did not ask many questions of each prospective juror. Remy said he thought the jury would be completed by Tuesday noon, and that it would take four or five days to present the State's case.

Anxious to Serve The talesmen who were examined, for the most part, seemed anxious to sit on the jury. “The fact that one of the defendants might be a man of social or political influence and a man of some wealth or reputed wealth would not have any Influence on your decision, would it?” was one of the questions Kane asked each man ex amined. The attorney also a&’:ed each man if he knew the defendants or had had any business dealings with them, "directly or indirectly,” and If they had any daughters. Judge Sparks opened court shortly after 9 a. m., at Which time the defendants were brought from the jail by Sheriff Charles Gooding. Stephenson w-as in high spirits at the prospect of some definite conclu sion to his long jail Imprisonment, and willingly posed with his attorneys and other defendants for newspaper photographers from Chicago and Indianapolis. Nothing to Say “I have nothing whatever to say," was Stephenson's only reply to what he thought about the whole proceedings. The first half hour was taken up with preliminaries and argument over which side should start the questioning of ,the jurors. Judge Sparks ruled that the State begin. Defense attorneys announced that John H. Kipplinger of Rushville, Ind., had been added to the staff. The First Twelve The first twelve men examined were: Archie Beaver, farmer, living three miles east of Fis-her. Ind.; Harvery Wall, manager of the Home Telephone Company, Noblesville; Oliver New, hardware dealer, Westfield, Ind.; E. H. Durbin, farmer, living near Windfall: Frank Hunter, coal dealer, Atlanta, Ind.; Charles! Finley, farmer, one mile east of Strawtown; Emory Booth, farmer, Fall Creek Township; Eliza Rushton, farmer, three miles southeast of Noblesville; Walter Sturdevant, former, living in the west part of the county; C. F. Lawer, retired farmer, Noblesville,* Ind.; Herschel Hunter, farmer. White River Township; Court Irvin, farmer, east of Fisher. “I would try and decide the case hy the law and the evidence alone,”

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replied Durbin in response to a question n to whether the social or political Influence of the defendants might influence him. Hunter, afier a few questions, told Judge Sparks that he was not physically able to sit on the Jury, and was excused. He was replaced by Emmett Mendenhall, druggist, Westfield, Ind. Mendehall sold that he kne'wabout the case “in a general way.” “Y’ou’re not related to any of the three defendants, or had any business dealings with them directly or Indirectly.” asked Kane. “No sir.’’ For Law Enforcement “Do you think the law, criminal law, is enacted for the citizens to obey, and if they violate it they ought to be punished?” “I do.” The political prominence, the wealth or the social standing of the defendants would have not influence on him. Mendenhall said. “Do you think those things should shield a man from punishment for his crimes,” Mendenall was asked. “No sir, they should not,” was the answer. “I believe In the laws, all alike, but don’t believe in all the laws, quite.” said Irtin, in response to the question, ”1 don't believe in capital punishment.” “You believe the crime of murder should be prohibited by law?” “Y’es,” replied Irvin. “If the htan is guilty of murder he ought to be punished, you believe?” Opposes Death ‘Wes, but I never believed in capi tal punishment.” “Your Honor,” said Kane, “we move to excuse this man for cause.”“Y’ou may go. Mr. Irvin,” said Judge Sparks. His place was taken by Fred Johnson, of Carmel, Ind., a farmer, who said that he did believe in capital punishment. Hunter said that he had “heard of the case” and that he believed the .criminal laws were enacted to be obeyed. He said he had no dealings with the defendants, and that their prominence would not Influence him. Lawer made practically the same replies. “If a man violates the law he ought to he punished, regardless of former political or social prominence, or wealth,” Lawer said. Rushton said that their promt (Turn to Page II)

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