Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 291, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 April 1926 — Page 1

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VOLUME 37—NUMBER 291

FIRMING OF CITY F0 START SOON Engineers of National Board of Underwriters Expected to Begin Regular Survey of Indianapolis —Lower Rates Aim of Leaders. HAZARDS, EQUIPMENT ARE VITAL FACTORS Sour-Year Battle to Get Present Schedule Recalled —Difference in Estimates Upon Losses This Year May Figure. City officials and civic leaders are expected to start a fight for lower Insurance rates for Indianapolis when engineers of the National Board of Fire Underwriters start inspection of Indianapolis fire hazards and fire fighting equipment soon. The experts survey the city about once every five years. The coming visit recalls the battle, started during the Jewett city administration six years ago, which resulted two years ago in advancement of Indianapolis to class l*i fire insurance rating and a consequent reduction in rates. Indianapolis now aims at class 1 rating. The engineers study fire losses, personnel of the fire department, equipment and effect of politics upon efficiency of firemen.

Estimates Differ kOne of the matters which may fig's in the survey is a difference in timates upon fire losses for the fin?t three months of this year. Fire Chief Jesse Hutsell reported to the board of safety the loss was estimated at $255,000. The Indianapolis salvage corps, directed by the underwriters, estimates the loss at $297,000, E. M. Sellers, head of the Indiana Inspection Bureau of the underwriters, said tne salvage corps figures are used in computating rate ratings. City officials and the underwriters dickered for almost four years before the rata cuts were obtained two years ago. Protracted negotiations axe expected to follow the coming survey. Six years ago the Jewett board of safey attempted to meet every requirement of the underwriters. The fire department was motorized, at a cost of about $450,000; several fire stations were relocated or rebuilt, the two platoon system, necessitating addition of about one-third more men, was installed; the Indianapolis Company cooperated in extension of water mains and bettering of fire plug equipment and location. • Shank Carried On The Jewett administration ended before the underwriters were satisfied and with John J. O'Brien as fire chiCf, the Shank administration K carried on, finally to success. The Jewett board attempted to t af least the form of civil service Into effect, being hamper' and considerably by politicians. The Shank administration overthrew the Jewett organization to the extent that. the persomy 1 was almost reox-gam.-ed, The Duvall administration did the same thing to the Shank fire department the first of this year. It is understood that the present safety board is endeavoring to get the fire department into tip-top shape for the visit of the experts. The engineers have just completed a survey of Evansville, Ind.

OFFICIALS HUNT FOR MURDERER Fails to Return After Expiration of Parole. Indiana State Prison officials, aided by police departments throughout the State, today began an intensive search for Dr Nelson B Hoss, Muncie murderer, following Ross’ failure to return to prison last Thursday after expiration of a temporary parole. Dr. Ross had been staying at the home of Michael J. Walsh, 3201 E. Thirty-Eighth St., where his mother, Mrs. Lucinda Sisson, lives. Mrs. Kalsh is a sister of Dr Ross. Memrs of the family said Ross left Thursday morning to return to the prison. They said he had been depressed over the death of a doctor friend. Dr. Ross was granted a 30-day parole Jan. 30 by Governor Jackson. On recommendation of the pardon board a thirty-day extension was granted in older that he might be with his piother. The board refused a third parole March 29. Dr. Ross wds serving a life sentence for the murder in 1909 of Daniel Linder of Hartford City, an interurban conductor, whom he shot during an argument overa ten-cent excess fare,

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Editor's Note —This is the first installment of General Butler's story of his work as head of Philadelphia police and his dismissal early this year. The articles will appear daily. The Times owns exclusive rights to the articles in this territory. By Smedley D. Butler It hurt to be dismissed —hurt with a sharpness that will last the rest of my life. The sensation was not, however, one of humiliation or wounded pride, as it would have been had 1 been fired for dereliction of duty. The sensation was one of bitter disappointment and futile anger at being deprived of the opportunity to continue the war, just when the first engagement was imminent; just when the two forces had finally come face to face and the true issue had been definitely disclosed—the naked and raw issue of impartiality in law enforcement; the issue of equal treatment for rich and poor,

MORE RAIN AND MERCURY DROP ARE PREDICTED Floods Feared m Some Parts of State —Not Expected Here. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 54 10 a. m 61 7 a. ni 55 11 a. m 62 8 a. m 54 12 noon) .... 64 9 a. m 5S 1 p. m 55 The April rain season, which opened with a high batting average of one and four-hundredths of an Inch Tuesday in Indianapolis, Is clue to continue to some degree tonight, according to the United States Weather Bureau. Fair skies are anticipated for Thursday, hut this evening should see clouds and some rain, bureau officials said. The sun broke through the clouds this morning. Expect Drop Along with cessation of the rain Should come a drop in temperature, J. 11. Armington, meteorologist, sqid. The mercury, which stood at r.s'aT\S a. in. is due for a tumble to about 35 by Thursday morning. Accompanying the heavy rainfall Tuesday night, Was a thunderstorm and electrical display. Floods Feared Rain was general over Indiana. Tuesday, but the intensity varied, according to Arniington. Floods are feared in some parts of the State, according to reports received here. The Wabasli River at Terre Haute stood at li.B feet this morning and was rising at the rate of three-tenths of a foot in five hours. At the present rate it should reach flood stage by night. At Ft. Wayne the Maumee rose two feet during the night. Basements were flooded near the river. Fall Creek was reported to have overflowed lowlands at Anderson. At Edwardsport and other points in Greene and Knox Counties, White River is above flood stage and lowlands are flooded. No danger is anticipated in Indianapolis and vicinity unless the heavy rains continue for some time.

VINCENNES SLA YER SENTENCED TO DIE Dreyfus Rhoades, Bank Bandit, Who Shot Patrolman in Getaway, Given Extreme Penalty.

fiu United Prrsa VINCENNES, Ind., April 7. Dreyfus Rhoades, alias James Shumake, escaped convict and bank bandit, today was sentenced to die in MRS. POMZI IS FREED Case Against Wizard's Wife to Be Nulled. Bv United Pres* JACKSONVILLE,, Fla., April 7. Charges against Mrs. Charles Ponzi, who was Indicted with her husband in connection with their Florida real estate operations, will be dismissed, County Solicitor Howell announced Tuesday. The solicitor indicated he would ask Judge Peeler In Criminal Court to nolle prosse the case on the next plea day, April 20. Hearing on a motion for anew trial for Ponzi, who was found guilty by a Criminal Court jury last week of violating a State law by falling to file a declaration of trust to operate his Charpon Land Syndicate, was postponed until April 21 on agreement of counsel. It was to have been held Tuesday.

COAL DRIVER INJURED Unable to Account'for Cut Over Eye; Horses, Wagon /Gone. James Sweeney, 55, Negro, 451 Rankin St., driver for the Allied Coal Company, Twenty-First St. and Northwestern Ave., today was unable to account for a cut over the left eye. Sweeney said he felt something strike him "while driving near Shriver Ave. and Thirtieth St. When he regained consciousness he said his horses and wagon were gone. Meanwhile a man returned the horses and wagon, which he said he saw near the company yards.

General Smedley D. Butler, former safety director, tells why he exposes conditions as he found them in Philadelphia.

powerful and weak. At that critical period I was dismissed without cause from my post as director of public safety in Philadelphia. Pa., by the mayor, J. Freeland Kendrick. Crisis in Battle For two years the great forces of privilege and impartiality had been maneuvering; innumerable small skirmishes and a few large engagement had taken place and the forces of impartiality had become more expert through experience and study. Now they were about to grapple in’ a life and death struggle,• a struggle that, while it might not have resulted in immediate victory, would have at least expelled every traitor and put distinctive uniforms on the combatants of both sides. The Mayor of Philadelphia had taken an oath as commander-in-chief of our army, but for two years he failed to appear at its head. The responsibility which was bis and which he accepted in campaign pledges, he passed on to me. He never wore the uniform of this army of his and never aided it, in any except disinterested ways. It is true he never interfered in small scraps,' beyond admonitions to'ea.ition, but it is equally true that he never used his influence to its real success. Saved His Hide Elected to lead, he rode comfortably miles In the rear and' only that near in order to restrain his first line troops, lest they injure social, political and financial friends among the enemy. So far as impartial law enforcement is concerned, he is a strong pacifist. I was his subordinate, commander of Ills front line troops and apparently the only one who believed he meant war—(Turn to Page 3) SECOND CHIL[T~GONE Daughter Follows Son in Mysterious Disappearance. Bu Vnil t'd Press COLUMBUS, lnd„ April 7.—For the second time within five weeks sadness today gripped the home of William Yeley, a firmer living near here. daughter Opal, 15, disappeared Tuesday and no trace of 'her lias been found. Her brother William, 17, disappeared five weeks ago and no word has been received from him since that time.

the electric chair at the State prison at Michigan City on July 19. The death penalty was imposed by Judge Coulter for the murder of Simon Carrie, Vincennes detective, after a jury had heard Rhoades’ plea of guilty to the crime. The condemned man, according to police, has a ldng criminal record. He escaped from the State prison at McAllister, Okla., in -1925, after serving two years of a sentence for highway robbery. A few weeks ago he robbed the First Nat "or.al Bank of Hartford, Ark., of $8,500, with Albert King of Bicknel!, as an 'accomplice he told authorities. Carrie was shot when he attempted to arrest Rhoades and King as they were passing some of the money stolen in the Oklahoma robbery. King, wounded in the fight in which Carrie was killed, is under indictment for first degree murder and will be tried later.

WATER CASE TO BE HEARD SOON Tentative Date for Arguments April 15 or 16. Oral arguments on the Indianapolis Water Company valuation case have been tentatively set for hearing for April 15 or 16, before the United States Supreme Court, a dispatch from Washington said today. The public service commission and the city of Indianapolis are appealing from a $19,000,000 valuation allowed the company by Federal Court. If the Apluatlon Is upheld present rates will continue.

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7,1926

MUSSOLINI SHOT; NOSE IS PIERCED Irish Woman Fires Point Blank at Italian Premier as He Is Leaving Building After Making Speech— Wound Is Not Serious. * WOULD-BE ASSASSIN IS SAVED FROM MOB Fascist Leader Maintains Composure and Gives Orders to Prevent Com- ' motion Missed Death Last Fall in Another Plot. Bu United Pres*

ROME, April 7.—PremierMussolini was shot and slightly wounded by a 62-year-old woSian today as he est the Plaza Camcongress of the Intilege of the premler s nose. Leaping from the crowd which ’ had gathered to see . y A, ~ v the premier depart, the woman fired itr at short range. The crowd surged forward to seize l her, but she was Mussolini saved from summary punishment and placed in jaii. The would-be assassin gave her name as Violet Gibson. She is understood to be the daughter of the late Lord Ashburne, former Lord Chancellor of Ireland. The Premier maintained his composure and immediately gave orders to prevent public commotion as a result of the attempt against his life. Despite police efforts to control the anger of Fascists, a crowd of youths gathered and marched on the newspaper office of the Democratic II Hondo, shouting protests against the opposition, whom they blamed for the attempted assassination. The plant was damaged slightly. The attempted assassination occurred at the summit of the famous Capitoiine hill, where the municipal palaces are situated, on the scene of Rome's greatest glories. Mussolini was passing through an applauding crowd when the woman fired; Many Enemies Mussolini has been the object of would-be assassin’s plots since October, 1922, when he organized and led the spectacular Fascist march on Rome which unseated the existing Government and made Mussolini premier. In creating his new Fascist government, Mussolini found bitter opposition, and in the early days the rise to Fascism was marked with corttinued violence. Its enemies were attacked, slugged and beaten. They retaliated. Their headquarters and political clubs were raided and wrecked. The approved Fascist manner of convincing a politician that opposition was useless, was to seize him, force a large dose of castor oil down his throat and then parade him through the street. Plot Last Fall Last autumn Mussolini was in the shadow of death from a plotter’s bullet. He was scheduled to speak from his balcony of the Chigi palace, and on the morning of his appearance a former army officer engaged a room in a hotel across the square. A few hours before Mussolini appeared on a balcony in full view from the window of the hotel room, police entered the hotel, arrested the officer and seized an Austrian rifle equipped with telescopii sights. The officer confessed. He had been betrayed by a person to whom he had entrusted his secret.

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Hit and Run ’ Motorists Sought

State Policeman Charles Bridges and a collection of auto license plates at the Statehouse.

Rough sledding is in prospect for the ’"hit and run” motorist, no matter what his State may be, who invades Indiana this summer and tries to escape after his recklessness has caused someone an injury. Chief Robert T. Humes of the State motor police has made a par-

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Oh, Girls! Have You Spent Your $7? Bu United Press CHICAGO, % April 7. —Seven dollars a week should be every woman’s contribution toward individual beauty. This was the formula presented to the Chicago and Illinois Hairdressers' Association by Paul Rilling, past president. He drew up the $7 a week figure after spying that Govern- ' rnent figures disclosed women spent $20,000,000 annually on face adornment. The $7 a week should be apportioned as follows, Rilling said: Shampoo, sl. Tonic rub, 60 cents. Marcel wave, $1.50. Facial massage, $2. Manicuree, sl. Eyebrows arched, sl.

CITY CLEAN-UP PLANS OUTLINED Start Monday Sponsored by Junior C. of C. Plans for the “Clean-Up, PaintUp, and Keep It Up” campaign starting Monday, sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, were outlined by President Herbert Krauch to chamber members at their luncheon today. Campaign Chairman C. August Schrader, gave instructions for stenciling sidewalks with campaign publicity. Mayor Duvall issued a proclamation asking all citizens to aid the campaign. Helen Griffith, Technical High School student -was announced as winner of the campaign poster contest. Harold A. Quinlan of Manual won second place; Penelope Brooks, Technical, third; George E. Tomlinson, fourth, and John A. Waltz, Shortridge, fifth. Verne Haffleld, Shortridge; Katherine Hill, Technical; Louisa Sackman, Manqal; Gordon Culloden, Broad Ripple; Bvel/n Warren, Shortridge; Tom Culve •, Technical, and Dorothy Cloe, Broad Ripple, won honorable mention. Prizes were $25. sls, $lO, $5 and $5. Judges were Jesse Hanft, Frank S. Chance, William Stokes, Chic Jackson and William A. Mayborn.

REMAINS UNCONSCIOUS Coal City Schools Superintendent at Hospital. Newton Bonham. 52, Plainfield, Ind., superintendent of the Coal City public schools, was still unconscious at the Robert Long Hospital today. Bonham was taken to the hospital Sunday after he is said to have been knocked down by Joe Gates, Plainfield restaurant man. His head struck the pavement. An argument in the restaurant is said to have led to the fight. Gates is held in the Hendricks County jail. TELLS OF GRAND ARMY Formation of Organization Described at W. R. C. Meeting. Formation of the Grand Army of the Republic was described Tuesday by Capt. A. J. Ball, at a meeting of the Major Robert Anderson Corps No. 44, of the Women’s Relief Corps, at the G. A. R. Headquarters, 612 N. Illinois St. The day had been designated as Grand Army Day. Little Margaret Ann Neel gave a reading. '

ticular effort to clear the highways of this brand of motorist and has collected sample automobile license plates from every State of the Union, from Canada, Mexico and even from far-off Hawaii. Frequently an injured motorist is unable to read the number on the offending car, but is

BilliOn-Dollar Bootleeg Industry Pictured by District Attorney. Bu Unitel Press WASHINGTON, April 7.—The “billion dollar bootleg industry” of New Yoi k was pictured today by Federal District Attorney Emory R. Buckner of New York, before the Senate “beer hearings,” as pouring millions of gallons of liquor into the market, spreading simultanequsly corruption, bribery and fraud. Corrupt conditions, he charged, is existing in overburdened courts, and he asserted that prohibition could not be enforced in the great Metropoiitui district under him so long an bootleggers bribed juries. Sixty million gallons of "diverted” alcohol last year found their way into the bootleg trade in New York, said Buckner, who estimated this as an increase of 50 per cent over a year ago. At the rate of $5 a quart for the bootlegged “whisky,” these sixty million gallons eventually represent a business of the staggering total of $3,600,000,000, he estimated. Pipe Lines Industrial alcohol, he said, was poured in to pipe lines from denat iring plants. Drug stores, he said, cheated in handling prescriptions involving “drug store liquor,” and not all of this was pure. He advocated firing wages for Federal agents and their profession be made “respectable.” Grafters have become so efficient that the dry United States now exports liquor through bootleg channels to wet Canada, where the product was soKl secretly to avoid liayinent of the Canadian liquor tax, lie said. Buckner said, that under the law all the physicians in New York could only issue legitimate prescriptions for 240,000 gallons a year, but that 480,000 gallons were being withdrawn. Buckner was on the stand two hours in the morning session of the committtee and will resume tonight at JT:3O in a night session.

Fixers Operate He charged that “fixers” were trafficking in justice openly In the Federal building in New York. “In the course of a year at least 50,000 bartenders, peddlers, waiters and fixers pass through the corridors of that building,” he added. “There is an air of collusion there, even in the civil parts of the building.” “What do you mean by fixers?” Senator Reed. Democrat, Missouri, asked. “I mean those who traffic in justice; those who hang around the corridors of the building and buy jurymen and with money influence the memory of witnesses.” The prosecutor for America’s largest city said he had been in-, formed that between $200,000 and $300,000 In bonds had been forfeited by bootleggers there. The bonding companies had never paid the money, he added, but the defendants had escaped. Further, Buckner severely crltlzed the system whereby prohibition agents were promoted according to the number of arrests they made —whether they were good arrests or not. “Such a system for the promotion of Inefficiency cannot be equalled,” Buckner said. The wets, already elated over the testimony of Dry Enforcement Chief Andrews, Tuesday, demanded extension of the investigation to permit many of their witnesses to take the stand who might otherwise be prevented by time restriction. SEVEN die Tin blast Bu United Prett BERLIN, April 7.—A boiler explosion wrecked a celluloid factory in Dresden today. Several persons are reported dead, twenty In hospitals and two missing.

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able to recognize the color and style of its license plates. From Chief Humes' collection he may be able to provide a clew. State Policeman Charles Bridges, one of the most active officers on Humes’ force, aided In collecting the plates.

Marriage Secret Three Y ears Secret marriage nearly three years ago of Lua May Shimer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Shimer. 422 S. Emerson Ave., to Albert William Mencke, son of Mrs. Marie Mencke, of 324 N. DeQuincy St., surprised their friends and relatives today. The giT., a Technical High School graduate, succeeded in keeping her secret from ever her mother, Mrs. Shimer said today. The couple was married July 30, 1923, at Newport. Ky. "Well, I suppose it’s all right,” Mrs. Shimer said, “but I believe I should have known about it.” Announcement of the secret romance was made Monday night at a party at the Shimer home. The couple will five in Beech Grove.

COMB CITY FOR RADIO RAFFLES Patrolman, Shot by Thief, Dies at New York. Bu United Press , NEW YORK, April 7. The largest force of police ever assigned to the Borough of Queens, has patrolled the streets there for the last twenty-four hours in a vain effort to find track of the “radio raffles,” described as “an absolutely fearless gentlemanly burglar.” The robber, who is credited with the theft of scores of radio sets and Jewelry within recent weeks, has become a killer. Patrolman Arthur Kenny, one of the four policemen shot by the burglar In his night prowling, is dead from wounds sustained on March 25. The other wounded patrolmen were Jacob Beigler, Frank Donnelly and Charles McCarthy. In each shooting, the burglar, who was soft spoken and well dressed, disarmed the suspicion of the officer before firing a bullet.

SIX HURT IN AUTO CRASHES Two Drivers Flee From Accident Scene. Police received reports of injuries to six persons in auto accidents today. Three were children. Garland Reed, 7, of 235 Detroit St., was injured about the head at Leota and Bates St. when struck by a car driven by Mrs. Doris Dobbs. 1902 English Ave. Louise Shinn, 4, of 1065 Woodlawn Ave., was hurt about the legs when struck by a machine driven by William Schults. 527 Cottage Ave., at Hoyt and Shelby Sts. William Haskins, 754 W. TwentyFifth St., and William Hlbbett, 1212 Muskingum St., were cut on the face when Hasking's car collided with another machine. The driver left the scene, saying he was going to call police. Kenneth Simon. 304 Eastern Ave., was hurt about the arms when struck by a truck at Capitol Ave. and Thirty-Third St. Mike Houles, 543 E. Washington St., was the driver. Lottie Simmons, 13, Negro, 3182 Hillside Ave., was bruised about the head and hips when struck by an auto, the driver of which stalled to stop, at Hillside Ave. andaXwentyFifth St.

Forecast CLOUDY with probably rain tonight; colder with lowest temperature about 35; Thursday mostly fair.

TWO CENTS

WOMEN HIT KICK TONIC; TEST NEAR 25,000 Indianapolis Club Women on Record as Protesting Issuance of Permit to Manufacture New Malt Beer. GARY DUE TO GET FIRST STATE SHIPMENT TODAY Anti-Saloon League Plans to Make Test Case to Decide Whether Wright Bone-Dry Law Prohibits Sale of 'Health Booster/ With first test of tho legality of sale in Indiana of tho now malt tonic beer imminent today at Gary, where 1,000 eases were to be received by a druggist to sell at 40 cents a pint, 25,000 Indianapolis club women were on record protest - ing the Government’s action permitting Its manufacture. Local Council of Women executive council “firmly, but respectfully" protested permit Issuance In telegrams to Assistant Treasury Secretary IJncoln Andrews, which were ordered sent at its meeting In the Lincoln, Tuesday. Mrs. Grace Altvater, Maxton County W. C. T. U. president, a council member, precipitated the action. Ethan A. Miles, Anti-Saloon League attorney, telephoned City Judge Greenlee at Gary to enlist his aid in securing an arrest if the new beer goes on sale there.

Test Case Miles and Superintendent B. S. Shumaker plan to make a test case, charging the defendant with posses sion of Intoxicating liquor In violation of the State Wright Bone-Dry law. and submitting to a jury the question of whether the new beer, "can be or is reasonably likely to be used as a beverage.” If the Jury finds It is, they contend Its possession is law violation. The spring institute of the county W. C. T. U., meeting at the Central Christian Church, was sxpected to adopt a resolution this afternoon pretesting the Government permit issuance and denouncing press reference to “beer legalization.’’ “It takes legislation to legalize,” Mrs. W. W. resolutions committee chairman declared. “Andrews’ order merely permits beer manufacture In violation of the Eighteenth Amendment, but doesn’t legalize it.” “Health Booster" The new beer is a malt “health booster" its manufacturers, Pabst of Milwaukee and Anheuser-Busch of St. Louis, represented to the Government to secure a permit for its manufacture. The permit provided not more than twenty-five cases be dispensed a week by each store, Shumaker said. "Why, they’re stocking up all right, aren’t they,** he said. “Do you suppose they think they can get away with that? Why a thousand cases is a forty weeks’ supply. They’re taking on a good deal. Beer won’t keep, especially in the summer, unless its on ice. That’s quite a stock to keep in the ice-box. "It is Just an illustration of the mistake of that permit. This order is clearly a law violation. I can’t Indicate Just exactly what our oourso will be, but we’ll get in touch with some good Gary people right awiv and get on the Job.” Pint 40 Cents According to reports, Isiwson Meyers, manager of the Gary Centra! Drug Store, said the new tonio would sell st about 40 cents a pint. "Os course,” Myers Is quoted as saying, “according to the restrictions, the beer is a tonio and will be sold to those needing such a tonic. However, a physician’s prescription is not necessary to show Illness.”

DISCUSS M ORAY WITH COOUDGE Robinson and Wood See President. Bv Timet Bnccial WASHINGTON, April 7.—Possible leniency for former Governor Warren T. McCray, and pending farm legislation, were discussed by Senator Robinson and Representative Will Wood of Indiana, with President Ooolidge today at the White House. Both men said the situation regarding McCray was unchanged. It Is understood they renewed the plea of leniency for MoCray, who is In Atlanta penitentiary. Robinson said he Impressed upon the President the need of farm relief legislation this session. “I feel that the President Is In favor of the relief legislation afctMg session,"