Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 182, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1925 — Page 1

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VOLUME 37—NUMBER 182

NATIONS OF EUROPE TO PILE ARMS Italy and Britain Promise to Fight Any Aggressor on Continent. LOCARNO PACTS SIGNED Germany, France and Belgium Pledge Peace. Bu United Press LONDON, Dec. I.—Europe • —world’s worst breeding ground of war —today was given an order to stack arms, for the first time in history. Representatives of Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain, Belgium, Czecho-Slovakia and Poland, at the Foreign Office signed the treaties of Lbcarno, guaranteeing the sanctity of the blood-drenched frontier between France and Germany along which Europe's armies have clashed for twenty centuries. By signing the treaties Germany, France and Belgium agreed to submit disputes to the League of Nations While Italy and Britain agreed to fly to the defense of either side of the frontier actually threatened by Invasion. Suspicion Removed The signing ceremony constituted the greatest voluntary peace move in the history of the old world, marked the beginning of anew post-war phase in the relations among the former warring nations and signalized the official re-entry of Germany Into the European concert of nations after eleven years absence. Europe’s statesmen believe the pact far more important than the things it guarantees. They see in its psychological effect upon the people of Europe the affective lifting of the cloud of suspicion which has persisted since the great war and the advancement of the peaceful efforts of the League, cf disarmament and of the general cause of arbitration. Dispel War Threats The terms of the pact strike directly at the heart of the causes which bred the last war and which many have feared were foreshadowing another greater war to come. The leading nations of Europe definitely promised to cease aggression Frenchmen and Germans no longer have cause to fear the artificial border which separtes them. The inviolability of Germany’s present western frontier was guaranteed. France, Belgium and Germany are bound not to attack each other." Britain and Itaily have agreed to intervene against any agressor, no matter whom. East Also Affected The pact will come into force as soon as Germany becomes a fullfledged member of the League of Nations. With no obstacles standing In the waj? this is expected to occur about the middle of this month. Eastern Europe—hot-bed of plot and counter-plot—also comes under the peaceful influence of the pact. The signatures appended mean that an arbitration treaty between Germany and Poland probably will be consummated. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—-Presi-dent Coolidge today reiterated his belief that the Locarno pacts mean peace for all concerned.

YOUTHS SEIZED AS HOLD-UP SUSPECTS Arrests Follow When Garage Attendant Recognizes Voice of One When Trio Takes S2O From Register.

Two youths, age 19 and 20, and a woman are held under $6,000 vagrancy bonds today as a result of police efforts to capture the trio of hold-up men who have held up many restaurants and drug stores during the past few weeks. The two men were arrested when Thlxton Westfield, 17, of 314 N. East St., night watchman of the E. & M. garage, 515 N. East St., said he recognized the voice of one of three bandits who held him up and took S2O from the garage cash register as

Shortage of Cop Badges Bared I - ' 'I'LICE powers were passed I K* I out so freely to firemen * * | they’ve run out of badges, it was revealed at board of safety meeting today. Oscar Wise, secretary, said it would be necessary to await collection of badges issued to firemen before properly designating the forty-eight policemen Mayor Shank and the board added Monday. The board at a special meeting Monday night revoked police powers issued to firemen several months ago to combat the crime wave. William T. Bailey, assistant city attorney held first in number of policemen recommended for appointment Monday, Mayor Shank said. Joseph L. Hogue, city controller, was second, according to Shank. “I got only three,” Shank ■ i'd ruefully.

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GALE TAKES FIVE LIVES IN FLORIDA ; Tropical Storm Lashes Western Coast After Heavy Rainfall. REPORT DAMAGE LARGE Life Toll Is Exacted During Night. Du United Press TAMPA, Fla., Dec. I.—A tropical gale roaring along in the wake of the most severe rainstorm in the history of the State, lashed the west coast of Florida during the night, causing heavy damage and some loss of life. Five are known to have been killed. FLOODS RECEDE < Miami Damage Is Estimated at $1,000,00!). Bv United Press MIAMI, Fla., Dec. I.—Miami’s flood receded today, leaving behind a trail of mud and debris and property damage conservatively estimated at a million dollars. The city was under two feet of water Monday following a Sunday night rainstorm. Hotel lobbies and business house first floors are overrun with water. Newspapers were expecting to resume publication with the restoration of power service. Hilleah, a suburb of race tracks and other sporting attractions, suffered most. ‘ANNOYER’ IS SOUGHT Police Watch Oliver Ave. Bridge Vicinity After Receiving Report. Police are watching the Oliver Ave. bridge and vicinity for a colored man, said to be loitering about the district annoying women. Omer Boyle, 327 N. Davidson St., said he heard a woman scream, saw the man seize her and then saw her gain her freedom. The assailant ran and Boyle said he took the woman to town in his auto, but failed to get j her name.—

OWNERS REJECT PEACE Pincliot Proposal ~on Mine Strike L Turned Down. Bn Times Flpecinl PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1. Anthracite coal mine operators have turned down Governor Plnchot’s proposal which would have ended the strike in hard coal fields. This pro posal, accepted in its entirety by the miners, upon which the operators would consent to a modified checkoff system, called for a resumption of mining and submission of disputes to an arbitration board. postmasterTsfavored KiwanLs Club Urgen Reappointment of Bryson In January. A movement to secure reappointment of Postmaster Robert .Bryson in January has been started by the Kiwanis Club, Mervin J. Hammel, secretary, said today. Current issue of the club publication urges Kiwarilans to write Washington officials urging Bryßon’s reappointment.

that of a youth he knew. He gaye police his name. Police went to this youth’s home. He was not there, but his mother said she thought he was with another boy. Police went to that hoy’s home arrested that youth and learned where the first boy was. They found him with a woman who was held for questioning. Police are seeking the third members of the trio. The same trio, police say, a short time before the garage hold-up, held up a restaurant at 25 N. East St., and took $9.80, and might have been the ones who held up Arthur Dalby, proprietor of a drug store at 3713 W. Washington St., and took sls. cour7~ousts~priest Minority Faction in Greek Church Wins Battle. John Kargakos, priest of the St. Trias Greek Orthodo Church, 231 N. West St., can no longer preach there. Judge Sidney S. Miller of Superior Court Three ruled today. Two factions of the congregation have been battling each other for several years. The minority faction which won the latest move was given control of the church building and other property and equipment. Judge Miller ordered the receivers, Joseph R. Morgan and Donald LaFuze, should continue. The church has 140 members. The majority may appeal to the State Supreme Court.

DETROLT TOLL HIGH DETROIT, Dec. 1. —Deaths from traffic accidents in Detroit during November totaled fifty-seven. Total deaths from traffic here thus fa- ••

Women Named on Police Force

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Two women were on the list of forty-eight named to the police force by Mayor Shank and the board of safety. Mis* Alma Baker Is now a stenographer in Mayor Shank's office and Mrs. Josephine Fairhead is telephone operator at city hall.

NEW JUDGES ARE ASSIGNED Felt and McCallister Get Courthouse Rooms. Edward W. Felt and Fred McCallister, two of the four Municipal Court judges recently -named by Governor aokson. will preside over the courts in the Courthouse basement, county eommlssiopers said today. Paul C. Wetter and Dan V. White, the other Judge, will preside in the present courts at headquarters. Judges Felt, McCallister and Wetter conferred this morning with the commissioners and Russell J. Ilyan, county attorney Ryan said Loo E. Swails, county school superintendent will vacate his office to be used for one of the courts, Wednesday. S wail's furniture will be moved to t,he county board of review office temporarily, Ryan said. Work on converting the former office of the Courthouse custodian which adjoins Swails’ office into a courtroom has already started. Equipping the two rooms will start immediately.

SPECIALIST TO COME TO WARD City Hospital Gets Resident Psychiatrist. Through the Indianapolis Foundation, Dr. Booth Miller, staff psychiatrist, F o xm c borough MassachuI setts State Hospital, has been secured as • residoni psychiut*'l®* °* 'be Cliy HosMjjji pital psychopathic war(l > Dr. Cleon A. 'fj. Xafe, hospital suv perintendent, anAJ* nonneed today. This Jlf was made possible through the gif', of A. to the if graduate of the ... l’ennsj 1 vania Med leal School, and has had twelve years Dr. Miller experience in psychiatric work. The psychopathic ward was established In January, 1925, by the city board of health, headed by Sol Schloss, to provide a place other than the Marion County Jail to keep the insane patients of the county until a diagnosis of the, case could be made and treatment begun. The county pays the ward expense. t

Civilian State Police Are No More

State police powers, in possession of about sixty civilians, ordered revoked today by Secretary of State Frederick E. Schortemeier. ‘‘l have discontinued a practice which was In effect when I took office,” said Schortemeier. “I do not

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, DEC. 1,1925

COMPANIES FIGHT FOR BUS LINES And Street Car Concern Seems to Have Better Luck. BOWMAN GETS ROUTE Eight Peoples’ Coach Petitions Are Rejected. Competition between the People’s Motor Coach Company, which first began opera- | tion of busses in Indianapolis, I anil the Indianapolis Street [Railway Cos., which soon entered the business, has been keen to obtain permits for new bus routes since the law giving the public service commission sole authority to authorize new lines went into effect last spring. To date A. Smith .Bowman, preailent of the Motor Couch Compuny, has obtained permission for one new Jne, from the Circle to Urlghtwood. The street car company has obtained permission to operate nine—six ■‘feeder’’ lines and three through lines. In addition, the Motor Coach Company is operating three lines which were running when the law went into effect. Bowman has fought the granting of nearly all the permits to the street car company. In return, the car company has as strenuously protested all ( his petitions. Petitions Rejected The public service commission, arbiter of the squabble, has rejected one of the street car company’s petitions. The commission has likewise turned down Bowman on eight plwis. Bowman has three more petitions pending and the car company soon will file more, officials say. The fight to operate busses on Capitol Ave. was hot. Bowman filed his petition May 4, this year but the Car Company got theirs in two earlier. Commissioner Clyde Jones heard the* arguments, and on July 17, granted the certificate to the Street Car Company, denying Bowman's. The city administration appeared at the hearing, through Corporation counsel James M. Ogden, and protested that Capitol Ave. was a boulevard. upon which heavy traffic, like trucks and busses, wer eprohibited by ordinance from operating. Commissioner Jones gave that as one of I the reason In denying the Bus Company’s petition. Other reasons stated were that the Car Company had street car lines serving the territory. The Street Car Company busses do not operate on that part of Capitol Ave. which is a boulevard. Others Denied At the same time petitions by the Bus Company to operate a line out Meridian St. to Broad Ripple: another out Meridian St. and Kenwood Ave.; a third down Madison Ave.; a fourth out Churchman Ave., and another out Park and Carrollton Aves.. were denied by Commissioner Jones. The Park-Carrollton, the Madison and the Churchman Ave. routes competed with the street car lines already in existence, the order said, and under the Spencer law giving public utilities a monopoly, bus lines could not be established. The Street Car Company recently was granted the right to operate a bus line down Madison Ave.

DAVIS PICTURES PROSPEROUS ERA More Working, by 7.4 Per Cent, Than Year Ago. Bu Vnlt'd Prf WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—“ The worker of today enjoys the highest wages ever paid in history, the shortest hours, the highest standard of living and the respect that is now paid to the man who works,” Secretary of Labor Davis said In his annual report today. “It has been a year of harmonious prosperity,” said Davis. "With the exception of a few localities and special conditions prevailing In certain industries, the volume of employment Is greater than a year ago, the average increase being 7.4 per cent. "The wage level in general has been raised an average per capita of 6.6 per cent; the building of houses in general continued on a large scale.” hol kLy temperature 6 a. m 33 10 a. m 34 7 a. m ,/84 11 a. m 35 8 a. m . 34 12 (noon) .... 36 9 a. m 34 1 p. m 38

approve of anybody holding police powers except uniformed men, with possible exception of detectives. In this way, with so many bandits infesting the roads, the public is entitled to have State motor police In uniform. "Henceforth, the public may rest

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Mrs. Catherine Rogers and Daughter, Zera. Mrs. Catherine Rogers, 40, and her daughter, Zera, 19, have confessed robbing the Renner (S. D.) First National Bank with revolvers and escaping with $530, to get money to pay off the mortgage on their farm and home and seettre medical treatment for Mrs. Rogers’ husband, an invalid war veteran.

CLUB’S FURNISHINGS - BRING $2,831 TOTAL

Three Republican Politicians Buy Old Marion Fixtures, Receiver Frank Symmes’ Report Shows.

Three Republican politicians Monday gained piytscusion of practically all of the furnishings of the old fivestory Marlon Club, 234 N. Meridian St., for $2,831.15, it became known today. The successful bidders, the only ones who bid on the entire lot of furniture, were John A. George, appointed by Mayor-elect John L. Duvall for the board o.' safety in the next administration; Harry Tutewller, former . county commissioner.

808 JR. ASKED TO G.O.P. CAUCUS La Follette Can Be Republican if He Desires. . Bv United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr., has been invited to the Republican Senate cauyus and will share party committee assignments unless he refuses to be recognized as a Republican, Senator James E. Watson, Indiana Bald at the White House today. Watson, said that in connection with Gerald Nye, appointed Senator from North Dakota, a legal question must first be answered.

MITCHELL AGAIN IS OVERRULED Trial Verges Upon Another Blow-up. Bu I'nltrd Prrt* WASHINGTON. Dec. I.—Courtmartial of Col. William Mitchell sot misconduct because he said administration of the \Var and Navy Departments was "almost treasonable,” verged on another of Its periodic blowups today. The jury of generals overruled Representative Frank Reid’s challenge to the right of Maj. Gen. William S. Graves to sit further as a Judge, after Reid challenged him because "his actions show he Is not Impartial." The challenge was made during examination of Lieutenant Commander Byrd of the Navy-MacMillan Polar expedition, by whom prosecutors hoped to disprove Mitchell’s charge that it was mismanaged.

assured that’ any State policeman, who stops them will be in uniform.” The secretary of State's office has received complaints from motorists about stopped by men in civilian clothes, who displayed the badges of State motorpolice. A num-

BATTLE PLANS, TOPIC Wisconsin Dry’s Pkin Fight on Beer Referendum. Bu United P-es* MILWAUKEE, Wts., Dec. I. Wisconsin’s dry forces met here today to lay plans for their court fight on the proposed Wisconsin beer referendum. The referendum was provided for in a resolution adopted at the last session of the Legislature and Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman will place it on the ballots of< the next regular November election unless the “drys” win a court decision on the point that the legislature blundered in adopting a resolution instead of passing a regular bill.

CITIZENS GREET NEW MOVE TO v GET MANAGER Need of Sound Organization Before Proceeding Is Cited by Coffin. Recent decision of the executive committee sponsoring the movement for adoption of the city manager form of government to continue the carqpaign was welcomed by many. Charles F. Coffin, chairman, said today. Coffin said a number of persons had told him they were glad to see the drive go ahead. Fred Hoke heads a committee to select additional executive committeemen. The number wus increased from twenty-five to fifty. A report will be made at the next meeting which will be in a couple of weeks. Need of forming a sound organize- j tion before proceculng was cited by Coffin. Reappointment of ctrimlt- ! teas will be made as soorf as additional leaders are picked. Leaders decided to push the educational campaign as rapidly as possible. E. O. Snethen, attorney, exec" live body secretary, will explain how the new form operates at a dimtVr of the Y. M. C. A. Bible Study Club, Wednesday nlr.ht. Snethen will discuss its success in other cities before Federation of Jewish Women at the Jewish Temple, Tenth and Delaware Sts., next Monday at 3 p. m.

and Joseph L. Hogue, city controller, according to Frank A. Symmes, whe recently received a fee of $15,000 as club receiver. Symmes reported the sale to Judge Clinton H. Givan of Superior Court Room 4, who approved the report and confirmed the sale at the appraised value of the furniture, Sy .ned. Three Appraisers The furniture, which cort club stockholders many thousancs. was appraised by Frank Green, bailiff of Superior Court Room 2; Guy Rock, former barber shop proprietor, nnd Coffin faction politician, and Charles (Turn to Page 5) TEN SUBPOENAS SENT Defense in St. Ixniis Booze Case Calls Witnesses. Ten subpoenas to be used by defendants to obtain witnesses in their behalf in the Jack Daniel liquor conspiracy case, which goes on trial in Federal Court here Dec. 14, were sent to the United States district attorney’s office at St. Louls'today. John B. Marshall, special attorney general in tjie case, said today that the Government had not subpoenaed any witnesses, but expected the case to come to trial on the date set. COMMITTEE ‘IS DIVIDED j. Majority Believe U. S. Should Operate Muscle Shoals. Bu Vnitrl Prctii WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—A recommendation that the Government lease the Muscle Shoals project and failing that, operate It as a government enterprise, was made by the majority of the Muscle Shoals commission whose report to the President was made public at the White House today. The minority of the commission in a report made public at the same time opposed government operation under any circumstances. SALARY TOTAL GIVEN Firemen Cost City SI, 159,744, Report of Chief to Board Shows. Salaries for the 610 city firemen will cost taxpayers $1,159,774.13 for 1925, a report of Fire Chief John J. O'Brien to the board of safety today disclosed. O'Brien’s budget for salaries was $1,159,910.50. Balance will be $136.37. Building commissioner's report for the week ended Nov. 28, shower 197 permits, with $343,061 valuation.

ber of the badges were held by prominent politicians. Issuance of the “complimentary” State police badges was disclosed by The Times in an investigation of an attack on a motorist near Indianapolis by a party of men whq searched his auto for liquor.

Entered as Second-class Matter at Postofflre, Indlnnapolls. Published Bally Except Sunday.

COURT MAKES HOMES SAFER FROM SEARCH Judge Collins Tightens Procedure by Holding Writs Must Be Issued Only on Facts. JUDICIAL DUTY, NOT CLERICAL Rules Legal Writs Are Effective Any Place in Squire’s County. An officer, in order to obtain a search warrant, must do moro than merely state that the law is being violated, Judge James A. Collins of Criminal Court ruled today in an opinion covering in detail the law of searcli and seizure. The court held that the issuing of a search warrant is a judicial duty and that the person asking for a warrant must state facts from which the officer issuing the warrant may determine the existence of probable' cause.

CONFERENCE ON REMONSTRANCE IS HELD TODAY School Board, Taxpayers’ Association Talk It Over. Grievances of the Indianapolis school board and tWe Indiana Taxpayers’ Association, growing out of filing of a remonstrance by the association against the $1,200,000 bond Issue for the new Shortrldge High School and the alleged breaking of two agreements with the school board were aireil this afternoonAssociation directors, signers ol the remonstrance and members of the school board met at 2:30 p. m. at the school board offices to discuss the situation. The board was to accuse the association of breaking agreements not to tile the remonstrance and not to permit the remonstrance to be certified. The board Insists thnt the petition signers appear before the tax board and seek to have their signatures withdrawn. Fight Promised It was learned a Taxpayers’ Association director and remonstrance signer told Charles R. Yoke school board president, that “the Taxpnyi ers' Association would give the school board a real fight.’’ j John J. Brown, member of the I State tax board, is said to have told ; school board members that certain i Taxpayers Association members j have visited him since the remonstrance was filed. Fred A. Sims, atitomey, and remonstrance signer, | was seen about the tax board offices Monday. Resolution Adopted The Indiana Association of Engineers Monday night adopted a resolution supporting the school | boards stand in the fight. I George Buck, Shortrldge High School principal, said plana for bringing the subject before the student body are halted until after tills afternoon’s meeting. The Sclentech Club Monday appointed E. L. Goldsmith, attorney, as chairman of a committee of five men to investigate the tax board. The club plans to Investigate quietly, looking toward legislation for the abolishment of the board, depending on Investigation results.

9 DIE AS TRAIN SMASHES AUTO Boy, 8, Sole Survivor Is in Critical Condition. Bv fnO'ii MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Dec. I.—William OtSford, 8, today survived an automobile crash that resulted in the death of nine persons when their machine was struck by a Frisco Lines passenger train near Achillion Station, Ark. The boy is in a critical condition. The train going fifty miles an hour, knocked the machine for a distance of forty feet. Cotton pickers in a nearby field blamed the auto driver for the crash. The dead were Clem Oxford, 33, and his four children; Lawrence Oxford, Clem’s brother and his wife, and their two children. CRASH FATAL TO TWO ! Wife Dies Shortly After Husband—- • Traction Struck Auto. Bu t'oltcrf Prrs* COLUMBUS, Ind., Dfe. I.—Mrs. Sallie Combest, 24, died in the county hospital here today from injuries received when an auto driven by her husband, Cavaton Combest, 26, was struck by an interurban car Monday night. The husband was also fatally hurt in the crash. His. death, preceded that of his yife by n. few hours.

Forecast MOSTLY fair tonight and Wednesday; lowest temperature tonight 25 to 30; rising temperature Wednesday.

TWO CENTS

The court gave his opinion In sustaining a motion to quash an affidavit for search warrant in the case Ed jLsjlU Thomas. 154(1 £ charged wit n vlo- \ latlng the ■Hi'S; pi it jL 1 1$(! law'. He held that 801 v .% a search warrant h| legally issued by gpKßjy*" 8 * •■ ■ a justice of tho & 5 peace Is effective l* l any part of tho tUNyI county and that Jurisdiction is not Hill' confined to the Pi Jnst ice’s ow n W - ’ township. Tho ■■■■■l In question was Issued by Justice of the Collins Peace llenry H. Splher. Judge Collins released Thomas on Ills own recognizunce. Eight other city court appeals on blind tiger charges were before the court. All nine had been fined SIOO and costs and given thirty day sentences in city courts. Judge Collins said his ruling would affect all blind tiger cases In his court when validity of the search warrants ! was raised. Evidence in part of the cases was heard this morning and continued until this afternoon. Honry Nance, colored, 1313 charged when evidence w r as held insufficient. Cites Constitution The judge first set. out the Indiana laws and the Federal laws covering search and seizure. Including the Fourth Amendment to the Federal Constitution, which says: “Tlie right of people to be secure in their jiersons, houses, papers ami effects, against unreasonable searches anil seizures shall not bo violated and no warrant shall Issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place io be searched and tlie person or thing to be seized.” The court held that it has the right to question the validity of a search warrant. Cause Mast Be Shown The opinion continued: ‘But the most Important question in this is yet to be considered. Article I of our Constitution, which is the fundamental law"of the State, declares that no warrant shall issued, but upon probable cause supported by oatn or affirmation. This article of tho Constitution not only to the court’s view requires prob(Tum to I’ago 9) postof^showYgain Receipts Jupips $38,412.37 Over November lit Year. Indianapolis poetofflee receipts for November, 1925, increased $38,412.87 over receipts for November, 1924, Postmaster Rober t H. Bryson re- : ported today. Last months figures were $376,583.04 as compared to $338,170.67 for November, 1924, an increase of 11.35 per cent.

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