Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 220, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 January 1926 — Page 1

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VOLUME 37—NUMBER 220

POLITICS IN CIVIC RULE IS ASSAILED ' Deputy Attorney General Says Alleged Bribing of Police Shows Need for Manager Form Executive Committee to Meet. EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO BE CARRIED OUT Last - Minute Additions to Force by Retiring Executive Would Not Take Place Under Business System, Says Beckett. Manager form of city government, proposed for Indianapolis, received another boost today from Joe Rand Beckett, one of the four deputy attorneys general appointed to assist Prosecutor William H. Remy in Marion county liquor prohibition enforcement. Beckett said the suspension of four Indianapolis policemen on charges of accepting bribes from bqotleggers was a natural consequence of the political form of municipal rule. The rryerit system police force provided for by the manager form insures efficiency, and, above all, honesty, in this important arm of city government, Beckett declared. To Expose Weakness “One of the reasons we got those statements from those poolroom operators was to publicly expose the weaknesses of the system we have now,” he said, adding that the charges and suspensions didn’t accomplish any specific purpose in enforcing the liquor law. “As long as bootleggers, poolroom owners, and law violators contribute to political slulsh funds,” Beckett said, “conditions will remain bad. Now the fellows that made these statements said .Vy contributed to both parties’ campaign funds. As long as the police must take orders from political superiors about who to raid and not to, we’ll have a hard time keeping down corruption.” Beckett is a member of the executive committee formulating plans for a far-reaching educational campaign on the advantages of the manager form over the political system. Administration Move It was pointed out also that the addition of more than 100 policemen to the force by the last administration Just before it relinquished governmental control to Mayor Duvall and his department heads was a farce that never would have occurred under the manager form. The purpose of the additions was to give jobs to friends of the former administration. All, of them were suspended when Police Chief Claude F. Johnson assumed office. Plans are being made for a meeting Boon of the executive committee of the manager drive to lay concrete Ipilans for the educational drive. When the drive was dropped temporarily a little more than a month ago it was said it would be resumed after the first of the year. Charles F. Coffin, vice president and general counsel of the State Life Insurance Company is committee chairman.

CONVICT SEEKS TO , GET BACK $20,000

Wife of Niles Art Company Head Is Refused Return of Cash Pledge by Federal Court Clerk.

Aided by his wife and a fellowconvict attorney, whom Federal officials say is shrewd and resourceful, Glenn D. Fryer, Ft. Wayne, sent his fight for return of $20,0,00

COUNCIL AFTER HAUFLER’S JOF William Lacey Backed for Street Engineer. Another councilmanlc drive to unseat an administration employe was in progress today. Councilman Walter E. Dorsett announced all nine couneilmen are fighting to remove Arthur F. Haufler as assistant city engineer in charge of streets, and to substitute William L. Lacey, 839 Oxford St., former city engineer’s assistant. Their efforts before the board of works are opposed by George C. Schmidt, city engineer, who said he is well satisfied with Haufler’s work and professional ability. Dorsett and Boyton J. Moore, council president, appeared before the board Wednesday.

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FIRE AT FACTORY SHOP Damage Estimated at About $5,000; Started While Thawing Pipe, Fire originating from a blaze used to thaw okt frozen pipes damaged the machinery and raw material a-t the Thomas Madden Sons Company, furniture manufacturers, shops, 2119 Fletcher Ave., v early today. The loss is expected to total about $5,000, fire department officials estimated. CONFERENCE CLOSES Assistance Asked in Moklitig Good Character in Students.. The State Conference on Character education drew to a close today at the Lincoln. The report of the findings committee solicited assistance of school patrons’ organizations, particularly Parent-Teacher organizations in the work of molding good character in students. BRYSON TO STAY HERE i Will Not Attend Hearing on Appointment Before Committee. Postmaster Robert H. Bryson will not go to Washington to attend the hearing Monday, called by Senator Moses of the Senate Postoffice Committee, when the protest against the reappointment of Bryson as postmaster will be heard. It is understoodthat the hearing will be held as a courtesy to Congressman Ralph E. Updike, who protested Bryson’s reappointment. PERSHING HOME FEB. 9 Lassiter to Meet Him at Arica This Sunday. Bu United Pres* WASHINGTON. Jan. 14.—Gen. John J. Pershing, retiring president of the Arica-Tacna plebiscitary commission, is expected to arrive in Washington for medical treatment Feb. 9. Maj. Gen. William Lassiter, Pershing’s successor, who left Panama on the U. S.ls. Cleveland yesterday, will meet Pershing at Arica on Sunday. ROBINSON BACKS BILL Urges Lowering Age for and Increasing Civil Service Pensions. Bv Times Bvecial WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—Senator Arthur R. Robinson today appeared before the Joint Postal Committees of House and Senate in support of the bill which would lower the age of divil service employes eligible for pensions, and would increase the maximum pension from $720 to $1,200 a year. Robinson presented petitions from many of his constituents asking the bill's passage. POLICE CENSOR~DRAMA “Desire U’nder Elms” Must Be Changed, Says Worley. Police Inspector Claude M. Worley today was to request Ad Miller, manager of English’s Theater and 11. A. Benson, manager of Eugene O’Neill's drama, “Desire Under the Elms,” current attraction, to change language and scenes about which several citizens complained. Lieutenant Fred Winkler and Policewoman Anna Buck viewed the show at the matinee Wednesday and objected to certain parts. ROBINSON TO RETURN Senator Expected Home Late This Week—Plans Campaign. Bv United Press WASHINGTON. Jan. 14.—Senator Arthur R. Robinson will return to Indiana late this week. He will be the guest of the Angola. Ind., Rotary Club Friday, and will address a meeting in the evening. Sunday night he will speak in South Bend on “The Constitution,” under the auspices of South Bend churches. It is expected the Senator also will lay plans for his coming primary campaign, consulting with leaders in Indianapolis.

in cash, which he posted when arrested on charges of using the mails to defraud, back to Indianapolis toI day. Mrs. Fryer appealed to Federal Court Clerk William P. Kappes for return of the money, which guaranteed Fryer’s appearance and which pledged him to “abide by the order of the court.” Kappes refused her request, referring her to the court for an order. Kappes believes Fryer is not entitled to the money in view of his appeal, saying that constituted a violation of his pledge to abide by the judgment of the court here. Fryer, head of the Niles Art Company, which sold stamped designs for fancy work through the mails, promising to buy them back when completed, was convicted, fined SB,OOO and sentenced to serve ten years In Leavenworth Penitentiary. After entering prison, he and a fellow convict-attorney prepared and had filed an appeal. Mrs. Fryer, after the refusal, left for Kansas City. , HOURLY TEMPERATURE ' 6 a. m 17 10 a. m...... 25 i 7 a. m...... 18 11 a. m..,,„ 29 ' 8 a. in .. 19 12 (noon) .... 34 .’ 9 a. m.....„ 21 1 p. m......... 36

H. B. SMITH FACES NEW INDICTMENT Former Adjutant General of Indiana Charged With Embezzlement of $17,225.71 in State Funds by Grand Jury. FILING FALSE CLAIMS ALREADY IS ALLEGED Eleven Separate Counts Are Listed Said to Have Concealed Shortages and to Have Made Deposits in Own Accounts. ' An additional indictment alleging the embezzlement of $17,225.71 of State funds was returned by the Marion county grand jury today against Harry B. Smith, 3438 Birchwood Avc., adjutant general of Indiana under former Governor Warren T. McCray. This is the second indictment returned against Smith. The first was filed Dec. 31, alleging he filed false claims with the State treasurer and collected the money. He is to be arraigned on the false claims indictment Monday before Judge James A. Collins in Criminal Court. The embezzlement bill contained eleven counts, each specifying a certain sum which Smith is charged with misusing. In 1931 The first count charged Smith with the embezzlement on Sept. 1, 1921, of S6OO belonging to the State which had been paid him and was in his possession for safe-keeping for the State. It is alleged that he "unlawfully, feloniously and wilfully embezzled, converted and apppropriated the same to his own use.” The count further alleged that he concealed the fact that the crime had been committed, by making false statements to persons engaged in examining his accoufAs, by the conduct of his office; by depositing the funds held by him as adjutant general In various banks and draw(Tum to Page 15)

OWENS GIVEN PRISON TERM Barber Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter. Louts Owens, 31, charged with murdering a feUow barber in December, 1924, today pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and received a sentence of two to twenty one years at Indiana State Prison. Mrs. Owens was present when Special Judge Charles S. Wilsie pronounced the sentence. Prosecutor William H. Remy consented to let Owens plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter. Owens was tried twice on a murder charge and the jury failed to agree. Charles J. Orblson was attorney for Owens. Owens had been in Marion County Jail since his arrest the night after he stabbed George Robinson with shears in the men’s washroom on fourth floor of L. S. Ayres & Cos. He had been in jail longer than any other prisoner.

PRINTERS TO BANQUET

The Old Time Printers’ Association of Indianapolis will hold a banquet in the Rainbow Room of the Severln, Monday, according to an announcement by William A Green, secretary of the organization.

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Try Ski-Joring If Your Auto Freezes on One of These Wintry Mornings

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Above: Mrs. Hastings Fiske in her sleigh at Meridian Hills Country Club. Below: Miss Louise Adams ski-joring with aid of George W. Bridges.

Or Spruce Up the Old Sleigh to Take You to Work. N’lO, these scenes weren’t taken In Montreal, Can., but right here in the vicinity of Indianapolis, where winter sports, now that a real supply of snow is on hand, are on the increase. “I don’t believe that most Indianapolis folks realize how much fun winter sports are,” commented Mrs. C. Willis Adams of 1452 N. Alabama St., Mrs. Adams skates and skiis, and with her daughter, Louise, often ski-Jors with the aid of George W. Bridges, Meridian Hills Country Club riding instructor. Many members of the Meridian Hills Country Club have discovered the delights of skiing and ski-jor-ing, skiing with a horse. Miss Janet Holliday and her father Alex Holliday of 1235 N. New Jersey St., are among followers of the sport. Sleighing would be more popular these snowy days if there were more sleighs In town, Mrs. Hastings Fiske, of 2933 N. Meridian St., who with her saddle horse Sheik, aare out every day now. “It’s fine exercise for the horse,” laughed Mrs. Flake, "and of course I enjoy it immensely. Sheik is a Kentucky bred saddle horse, and I’m suie had never heard the jingle of sleigh bells before this winter, but he never objected to getting into harness, and seems to enjoy the sport.” “There is much skating in Indianapolis these cold days. Lakes iq the parks are crowded with small boys and many of the older folks are equally enthusiastic. Among the best adult skaters In Indianapolis are Dr. and Mrs. G. H. A. Clowes, of 4139 Broadway. Dr. Clowes is bacteriollgist at Ell Lilly & Cos., and learned to skate In St. Moritz, Switzerland. He and Mrs. Clowes do “figure” skating.

$750,000 LOSS IN DOCK FIRE Four Piers Destroyed at Galveston, Tex. Bo United Prett GALVESTON, Tex., Jan. 14.—Fire destroyed four piers here early today with a loss estimated at $750,000. Entire blocks of waterfront warehouse facilities were burned. The fire started in the east end of the Mallory line docks near Pier 22. About 4.500 bales of cotton stoivd near by were lost. Galveston business district was threatened when a strong northeast wind carried flying brands. No serious blaze had resulted tlyyre, however, At 2 a. m., when the waterfront conflagration was finally checked. No lives were lost. BLAZE AT NOBLES\JILLE Restaurant Bums, With Estimated Loss of $6,000. Bo Timet BveeUt ' NOBLESVILLE. Ind., Jan. 14. The restaurant of Noble & Nicholson was destroyed by fire late Wednesday night. Loss is estimated at $6,000.

Stands By 4 His George’

Bv United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. Rupert Hughes, novelist, stands by his description of George Washington as a "distiller of whisky, a great card player, and a champion curser,” no matter how much the Sons of The Revolution may fume about it. “George Washington was all these things I called him,” he said today. "I stand by my guns. I stand on the historical record." Hughes, who is taking special work at the Army War College,

NINE ‘STOP AND GO’ VIOLA TORS IN COUR T

Municipal Judges Give Fines Ranging From $1 to $5 — Seventeen Taken in Drive on Motorists.

Nine of seventeen drivers arrested in a drive started Wednesday by Traffic Inspector Walter White against motorists passing “stop and go” signs were fined in municipal court today. Fourteen were arrested Wednesday night and early today. White refused motorists the right to plead guilty in his office and pay fines at city clerk’s ofrlce, the plan of the post administration, and ordered all violators to face judges. Those fined were: Robert Burford, 608 Agnes St., $5 and costs; William Tyler, 522 N.

KETTLEBOROUGH TO QUIT POST Library Board Considers Director's Resignation. Action was to be taken this afternoon by the State library and historical board on the resignation of Charles Kettleborough, director of the legislative bureau, who filed formal notice of his intention to quit last October after the State legislative finance committee cut his salary from $5,000 to $4,000 a year. Kettleborough said he would remain in the position, however, until close of the 1927 Legislature if his old salary Is restored. If not, he will retire Sept. 30. m I Shortly following reorganization of the library board Kettleborough assisted In the unsuccessful fight to dislodge Demarchus C. Brown, State librarian for the last twenty years. Brown’s friends now are opposing restoration of Kettleborough’a salary.

PAY DAY IS SATURDAY City Employes Salaries Are Delayed by Technicalities of Loan. Pay day for city employes will be Saturday, Jnstead of Friday, Jan. 15, William C. Buser, city controller, announced today. Buser said legal technicalities incidental to obtaining the $200,000 temporary loan authorized by city council are responsible for the slight delay.

stunned a patriotic dinner given by the Sops of the Revolution, by his characterization of the Father of his Country. Washington never favored or meant to fight for independence, according to Hughes, who called the revolution “a Civil War.” The first President loved to dance, said Hughes And on occasion danced for three hours with the wife of his principal general. He never prayed and "consistently avoided participating in communion.” The tragedy of Valley Forge, he said, was cue to profiteers as much as t® u.e rigors of winter.

Blackford St., $1 and costs, and Orville Snowdon, 122 Fulton St., $3 and costs. The fines were all suspended. Costs were suspended in cases of A. E. Williams. 115 E. Ohio St. $2; Jessie Webb, Negro, 43 Rankin St., $2; William Bittner, 4016 Brookville Rd., $2; Howard Ostetter, R. F. D. 3, box 649, $1; Eliza Edmonds, Negro, 618 E. Twenty-First St., sl, and Carl Klngrove, city, $2. Others arrested: R. A. Scherer,' 426 Sanders St.; F. O. Rouse, Heiers 4 Hotel; Loren Abbott, 913 Denny St.; T. H. DeHart, 525 Keystone Ave., and W. E. Folder, 2220 N. State Ave. The department also Is making a drive on taxi drivers who turn in the middle of the block, park double and in other ways violate the law. White said. Martin Hulse, 25, of 1706 W. Michigan St., was charged with improper driving near the Tractional Terminal, Wednesday night. Those charged with speeding were: Paul M. German, 21, of 1416 N. La Salle St Hugh Mason; 19, of 726 W. Drive, Woodruff Place: George Burkhart, 18, of 208 Butler Ave.; Forrest Hackley, 27, of R. R. G, Box 44; Robert McCall, 19, of 827 Prospect St.; John A. Webster, 29, of Newcastle, Ind.; Morris Kritsch, 28fl Edwards Hotel; J. W. Cochran, 23, of 226 Orange St.; Winifred Baird. 24, of 815 Sherman Dr.; Fred C. Spillman, 34, of R. R. G, Box 300, and Louis Langer, 28, of 419 W. ThirtyNinth St.

TAX BILL ‘OUT’ SOON r .m Fear of Democratic Amendment Is Dispelled. Bu United Prett WASHINGTON, .Tan. 14.—Fear that the new tax bill might be held up in the Senate by Democratic amendments were dispelled today \jrhen Senator Simmons;' North Oaarolina, Democrat, informed the Senate Finance Committee, of which he is ranking Democratic member, that as far as he was concerned the bill could be reported out of committee tomorrow. He later said that three days after the bill is taken up in the Senate he will be willing to "set an early time" for voting on it.

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TWO MINERS, GIVEN UP FOR! DEAD EMERGE FROM SHAFT AS RESCUERS QUELL FIRE

Man Climbs Over Body of Own Father in 23-Hour Crawl, After Experts Had Declared All Hope Abandoned. BOSSES WHO SAID PIT WAS 0. K. LOSE LIVES Fire and Flood Endanger Rescue Workers in AllNight Hunt—One of Survivors Tells Story of His Experience. Bu United Pres* WILBURTON, Okla., Jan, 14. The Degnan-McConncll mine No. 21 today reluctar.tly gave back two lives, two more of the 101 men entombed Wednesday by a terrific blast. After veteran miners and rescue experts had declared there was no possibility of any of the entrapped miners being alive, Cecil McKinney, white and Burl Hollis, Negro, came out. Weak and trembling from twentythree hours imprisonment, McKinney crawled out before an amazed crowd of nearly 2,000 spectators, and was followed two hours later by Hollis. It was like a man returning from the dead. McKinney had crawled on his hands and knees for twenty-three hour—had crawled over the body of his dead father, whom he recoynized, and came out to learn thut a brother was still in the mine. He was only slightly burned but terribly fatigued. The two men came out after rescue teams conquered a fire that had raged all night in the mine. Preparations to remove the remaining eighty-five men believed dead were started. All night long, rescue teams worked, their life periled by flood and fire. Parts of the mine were still filled with gas, but workers curtained off these chambers and fought the flames. Water seeped into the mine, adding new danger. Most of the bodies will be brought up today, but many which are (Turn to Page 15)

11. S. MAY CUT NICARAGUA TIE Break in Diplomatic Relations Seen Inevitable. Bv United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—United States will sever diplomatic relations with Nicaragua if the Nicaraguan congress, meeting today, accepts the resignation of President Soloranzo and General Chamorro constitutionally assumes office, it was announced. United States has decided to stand on its policy of refusing recognition to any Central American government which secures power other than through constitutional methods. Chamorro has been military master of the country since last fall. President Cqolidge has indicated American Marines will not be sent there unless civlft war or revolution menaces the embassy and consulate.

RAILWAY ASKS BUS LINE SPUR Extension of Keystone Ave. Route Is Plan. Indianapolis Street Railway Company today filed a petition with the public service commission asking a spur to the Keystor** Ave. and Thirty-Eighth St. line, u iw pending before the commission. One-half of the busses on the proposed line would turn east at Thirtieth St. and Cornell Ave. to Sherman Dr., under the plan. Returning the regular route will bo followed, after joining the main line, to the Circle. Two additional busses would be required. TWO HANG IN CANADA "Step On It, Kid,” Says Doomed Hi-Jacker to Executioner. Bo United Prrtt VANCOUVER. B. C., Jan. 14. Owen (Cannonball) Baker and Harry Sowash, i who killed Captain Gillls and his 17-year-old son in a hijacker battle, were hanged today. "Step on it, kid,” said Sowash to the executioner. Baker, who Is not the Cannonball Baker of race track fame, smoked a cignrct. One hundred saw the hanging, carried out In a drenching rain.

Forecast MOSTLY cloudy; probably light snow or rain; warmer tonight; Friday partly cloudy and colder. *

TWO CENTS

Horrors Faced By Rescuers Described United Press Man Braves Fire and Gas to Enter Pit.

By Curtis Ward United Press Staff Correspondent Coouriaht. JO/6, bv United Press DEGNAN - M’CONNELL MINE, WILBURTON, Okla.,iJan. 14.—The interior of the Degnan-McConnell mine No. 21 Is a place of horror. I went Into tho mine early last night with a rescue parly and stayed until John deputy State mine inspector, ordered every one out, shortly before midnight'. A falling wall of slate almost blocked our exit. A former A. E. P. sergeant and old-time miner, stilled a panic by sheer personality. We went 198 feet straight down Into the earth, thence 1,600 feet deeper, down a slope to the interior of the mine. At the end of this slope, Just outside a chamber door were thirty-one miners, all dead. The first was Barney Daley, one of the mine’s fire bosses, the men who test tho mine for gas. Daley apparently had discovered the danger and was leading the men out when the explosion occurred. A short distance away lay a man known as “43ig Alec,’* the other fire boss. Near by lay A. B. Thomas of Hartshome, a civil engineer, who had been doing some surveying in the mine. The explosion had thrown him against the ground with terrific force. He was Identified by Ids watch and surveying instruments, one of which still wan clasped in his hand. The rest were Negroes—all dead. Three of them were in sitting position, with backs against the wall as (Turn to Page 15)

WARD RETURNS FROMCHICAGO District Attorney Directs Investigations. United States District Attorney Albert Ward today returned trom Chicago and took charge of Federal grand jury Investigating. Ward on Tuesday argued In Chicago against the appeal of Meade McClanahan, Muncie, convicted of misrepresenting a farm to secure a loan under the Federal Farm laxm Act. McClanahan was sentenced to nine months in jail and fined SSOO by Federal Judge Robert Baltzell. Wednesday, Ward resisted the appeal of Dr. Jacob P, Toter, 3050 W. Michigan St., sentenced to three years at Leavenworth and fined $/>OO for violation of narcotic laws. Teter was alleged to have operated a clinic for "dope” addict*.

JARDINE SEEKS FARMER PEACE Asks Leaders to Cooperate in Solving Problem. Bo I'nited Prett WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—Secretory of Agriculture Jardine today assumed the role of “peace maker" in the rift between cooperative marketing farmers on the surplus crop. While not mentioning the surplus question in his address to delegates attending the national cooperative marketing conference, Jardine said he was interested in not only farm ers’ cooperating, but In their lead ers cooperating. / “A friendly attitude toward get ting together is necessary before yot can draft plans that will get re suits,” he declared. ; “You make and build up a progran: on facts.” Jardine said the experimental stage of cooperative marketing is, now over and that three problems must be solved by agricultural organization. 1. Adjustment of production to market conditions. 2. Improvement of market conditions or market technique. 3. Improvement of bargaining power of producers to deul effectively with other groups. LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS Bill Rebuking Miners’ Union Favorably Reported. Bu United Prett HARRISBURG, l’a.. Jan. 14.—The special session of the legislature adjourned for the week today after receiving a favorable import of the j committee on mines and mining on the Woodward bill, repealing provisions of the miners' certificate law. The bill lets down bars for employment of nonunion laboat.