Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 52, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 July 1926 — Page 1

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VOLUME 37—NUMBER 52

DENY MOVE TO PAROLE STEPHENSON Pardon Investigator’s Connection With Case Disclosed. CALLED BY P^ROSECUTOF Alleged Witness Intimidation Probed at Time. Edward C. Bac-hfleld, a den■t, 5461 Julian Ave., named by Governor Jackson as a special advisor on pardon matters, denies he intends to investigate in any way the case of D. C. Stephenson during his brief tenure of office. Stephenson, former Klan leader, now is serving a life sentence in the Indiana State Prison for the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, Indianapolis. The unusual appointment and the history of Bachfield in connection with the former head of the Klan gave rise to speculation in well informed circles as to this being the probable purpose of his appointment. It now is disclosed that Dr. Bachfleld was called before the prosecutors in the Stephenson case and questioned concerning an attempt to intimidate 3, material witness in that case. Filled With Whisky During that interview, according to those who conducted it, Bachfield asserted that he had 'carried a suit case to the Marion County State Bank, of which Mayor John b, Duvall then was chairman of the board, and of which Clyde E. Robinson, candidate for county treasurer, then was an officer, and later took it away filled with whisky. Eater Robinson told the prosecutors that he remembered a suit case being left at the bank, but did not know for what purpose. Bachfield now denies that he ever made such statements to the prosecutors, though the statement is vouched for by three men connected with the prosecution. admits he was called before (Turn to Page 10)

MRS. FISHER IS GIVENOIVORCE Wife of Capitalist Obtains Decree in Paris. Bu United Press PARIS, July 12.—Mrs. Jane Fisher today obtained a divorce from Carl G. Fisher of Indianapolis, Miami Beach, Fla., and New York. Fisher promoted the Miami Beach development and now is engaged on a tremendous development on Montauk Point, the easternmost end of Long Island, N. Y., which is to be an exclusive summer colony. He developed the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Fishers were married in Indianapolis. RITES FOR S-51 ~ DEAD Four of Victims to Be Buried in Arlington Tomorrow. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, July 12.—Bodies of four members of the crew of the submarine S-51 will be burled In Arlington National Cemetery here bodies will be sent from New York tonight. The bodies are those of: Lieut. F. D. Foster, Washington. Harry D. Elser, coxswain, Columbus, Ohio. Rudy Firm, machinist’s mate, first class, Klein. Mont. * Charlie Carrol Thomas, fireman, second class, Chilicothe, 111. BANK ROBBED OF SI,OOO Escape Amid Hail of Shots From Aroused Villagers. Bu United Press ST. JOSEPH, Mich., July 12.—A band of three bandits held up and robbed the State Bank of Gallen, fifteen miles southwest of here, today and escaped with a sum said to be SI,OOO, amid a hail of shots from aroused villagers, according to reports reaching here. REPORTS S3OO RjNG GONE Woman Tells Police Thief Took Purse Containing Jewelry. Helen Meyer, 144 E. Washington St., today reported to police that a purse snatcher at city market Saturday night took her leather purse containing her wedding ring valued at S3OO. The ring was a large diamond surrounded by smaller stones and set in platinum.

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Coolidge Lands s •His Second Fish Bu United Press -PAUL SMITHS, N. Y.. July 12. President Coolidge caught another fish today. It was a six-pound pike, measuring twenty inches. The President was trolling in Lake Osgood when he felt the tug at his line and it required ten minutes to land the catch. THIEF WAS CONSIDERATE Only Two Bills Taken From SIOO Roll, Police Are Told. A “considerate thief’’ was reported to police today. Maurice Shauntee, 220 W. Twenty-First St., reported to police a thief took a S2O and a $lO bill from a roll of bills in his room which contained SIOO. SCHOOLS NOT OBEYING Fail to Use State Prescribed Looks, It Is Revealed. Numerous junior high schools in Indiana are not using the text books prescribed by the State for grade and high cchools, It was brought out today at. a meeting of the State board of education. Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom recently transmitted an opinion to the board that junior high schools must adhere to the list of texts prescribed for grade high schools. Due to the wide division of opinion by board .'.embers the matter was deferred until the next adoption, which will be made in two years, considerable Interest was manifest in today's meeting of the board by several book concerns whose texts are in the prescribed list. ‘ i BOND RAISED TO $5,000 Prosecutor Says He Wants to See Bootleggers “Serve Time.” Attempts to lower the $2,500 appeal bond for Charles Delong, 3855 English Ave., alleged bootlegger, convicted recently In Criminal Court for transporting liquor proved fruitless, today when Prosecutor William H. Rertiy succeeded In having the bond raised to $5,000. Delong now is held in the county jail after he was fined SIOO and costs and sentenced one to' two years in the Indiana State Prison last week. "If this man is in the bootlegging business, a $2,500 bond won’t hold him very long,” said Remy. “I am not after forfeited bonds of bootleggers who ride along the highways with guns, but I want to see them serve time.” ILLINOIS BANS AUTO Bu United Prtt* j URBANA, 111., July 12. —Because automobiles contribute to “the moral delinquency” of students owning them and “cause low grades, waste time and ofte ndo serious bodily injury," the University of Illinois has banned their use by undergraduates after Sept. 1. GARROTE IS CHEATED Bu United Press HAVANA, Cuba, July 12.—Secondio Rosales, copvipted kidnaper, chose death in a self-made noose rather than give up his life on the garrote, Cuba's medieval machine of execution.

of destruction. This remarkable airplane picture shows eighteen fires smoking at one time with several other store houses reduced to smoldering ashes. In the immediate foreground are seen living quarters

EX-SECRETARY OF WAR WEEKS DIES; FUNERALPLANNED Former Cabinet Officer PassesrWay at Summer Home. Bu United Press LANCASTER, N. H., July 12. Former Secretary of War John W. Weeks died at his summer home here at 3 a. m. today. He did not recover from the coma into which he had fallen last Saturday, his son, Sinclair Weeks, said in making the announcement. A late statement Issued from the summer home had diagnosed the former secretary’s illness as "Tumor on an artery in the brain in addition to the heart condition." The former war secretary's son, Sinclair, announced that funeral services would be held Thursday at 2 p. m. In West Newton. Mass., where Weeks lived. Whether the services will be held at church or at the residence has not been de(Tum to Page 11) WIFE SLAYER EXECUTED Man Who Hid Body Under Chicken Coop Put to Death. Bu United Press ROCK VIEW PENITENTIARY, Bellefonte, Pa., July 12. John Musztuck, 42, today was electrocuted for the murder of his wire at Saegertown, Pa., Nov. 17, 1925. Musztuck was ( convicted of beating and choking his wife to death and concealing her body in a shallow grave in the chicken coop in the rear of their home. TWO BODIES IN QUARRY Children Believed Kidnaped Found Drowned. - Bu United Press CHESTER, Pa., July 12— Bodies of Eugene Griffin and Virginia Bonneville, 2-year-old playmates, who disappeared from their homes in Sunship village last Thursday, have been recovered from an abandoned quarry near here. The children were thought kidnaped.

PASTOR FAVORS ARBITRATION

Arbitration, through a ' citizens’ committee, of differences between the Indianapolis Street Railway Company and Its striking employes seems to be the best solution for ending the* walkout which started seven days ago, the Rev. George W. Allison, : Irvington Presbyterian Church pastor, said today. The Rev. Mr. Allison stated that recently he assisted in arbitrating a strike of building tradesmen of Indianapolis, and added that he believed the present walkout might be settled In the same manner. "1 certainly £slieve that the street

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, JULY 12, 1926

of the officers and men still ablaze. Bob Dorman, NEA Service ,and Indianapolis Times cameraman took this picture In the face of death. He flew by airplane from New York to Denmark, N. J. As dawn broke,' his ) 1

Work of Bringing Order Out of Chaos of Saturday’s Explosion, Which Wrecked Navy Munitions Depot, Begun—Bodies Found in Fragments.

Navy’s Worst Peace Disaster Nineteen known dead. * Twenty-two missing; t>7 injured; 64 iij hospitals. Loss officially estimated at $85,000,000. Nearly 200 buildings destroyed. $5,000,000 loss to adjacent army depot. Vast area reduced to scenes of desolation rivaling war zones. Buildings rocked ten miles away. One Indiana private dead; three others injured. Scores of homes destroyed. Between 1,000 and 3,000 civilians in need.

Bu United Press DOVER, N. J., July 12.—The Army, Navy and marine corps today started its work of bringing order out of the chaos of Saturday’s explosion, which wrecked the Lake Denmark Naval Arsenal. After 20p Maxines and soldiers • ——————————————

had worked for two hours, exploring parts of the arsenal's ruins, their reports and reports from hospitals and relief agencies, indicated the death list would exceed twenty, while twenty-two were still officially listed as mlssing;ninety-seven names were on the list of injured and several score others were known to have been treated for minor injuries and their names not secured. The known dead whose bodies hac been recovered totaled nineteen at 2 p. m. today. Loss was officially estimated at $85,000,000, including $5,000,000 damage done to’ the Picatlnny Army arsenal, half a mile away. Meanwhile fire started in another magazine at the arsenal after it had been believed there was no danger of further destruction, Rear Admiral Plunkett announced. He said there are twenty unexploded magazines left, containing shells most of which are loaded. The exact danger from the new Are could not be determined. Sixty-four of the Injured still were In hospitals this afternoon. Os the dead, eight were Identified either at Dover or in reports sent to the Navy yard at Brooklyn, N. Y. Up to noon the Marines and naval enlisted men had brought from the (Turn to Page 11)

railway employes should be allowed to form a union and to present their demands to the company,” he stated. "It seems rather ridiculous that the men should be paid such low wages. However, the situation is rendered more complex by the fact that the street railway is not able to earn money enough to pay dividends. Changes in' rates might be necessary to effect a final and definite settlement-of .the differences. . .‘‘The public ought to be willing to pay enough for street car service to give the car company a fair return and allow the men decent wages.”

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Hoosier Victims

The casualty list In the Lake Denmark arsenal explosion Included Indiana Marines. Mason D. Eidson, Evansville, Ind., was killeld. Those injured: Sergt. John C. Parler, U. S. M. C.. Wyandotte, Ind. Merrick E. Prather. New Wayne A. Taylor, stipesvtlle, Ind. LIQUOR FOUND, 2 HELD Deputies Confiscate Still, 80070 Found Near City. Deputy Sheriffs, Ragan, Brown and Bell, raided a home on S. Franklin Road, near the National Road, late Sunday, and confiscated a still, twenty-two pints of beer, and a half gallon of white mule. Miss Violet Greves, 20, and James E. Wright, 21. both of R. R. H. Box 352, were charged with manufacturing liquor, maintaining a nuisance, and contributing to the delinquency of a boy 12. HOURLY TEMPERATURES * 6 a. m 60 10 a. m 75 7 a. m 64 11 a. m 76 8 a. m 69 12 (noon) .... 78 9 a. m 73 1 p. m 80

“I think that both sides sheuld abide by the decision which the citizens’ arbitration committee reaches," said the Rev. Earl Coble, Bethlehem Lutheran Church. “It Is to be hoped that the conclusions will be such that they will hold good for a lqng time. Strikes such as this, even though service Is continued almost as usual, indicate there axe gome underlying difference* which must be settled sooner or later," Bishop Joseph Chartrand, of the Indianapolis Catholic diocese, had been out of the city for an emended

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MAN CRUSHED IN ELEVATOR SHAFT Janitor Instantly Killed While Washing Wall. Arthur Watson, 25, Roosevelt Bldg, janitor, was instantly killed today when he was crushed by an elevator on the tenth floor. Watson was washing the wall between two elevator shafts when struck. Dr. J. E. Sharp, physician, Roosevelt Bldg., rushed to the scene and found Watson dead. Watson was on top of an elevator at the tenih floor, washing a strip of wall. A descending car operated by Elvin Simpson, 21, of 442 E. Vermont St., caught Watson when he got too close to the other shaft. Simpson collapsed after summoning aid. Simpson stopped his car at the ninth floor after hearing*a grinding noise. Watson's head was crushed between the elevator base and a steel beam. Bombs in Auto Lets Go; Seven Injured Bu United Press PASSAIC, N. J., July 12.—Seven persons were Injured, three seriously when a time fuse bomb exploded In the hood of an automobile here today. Fifty windows of nearby buildings were demolished. The seriously Injured are: Mrs. Martha Van Hovel and her two children, Carl, 8, and Margaret, 10. They were sitting on their porch as the car drove by. Those In the car escaped serious injury. FIND CHAIRMAN’S CAR Children Had Adopted Brown’s Sedan as Playhouse. • Alarge sedan belonging to John J. Brown, chairman of the State tax board, stolen two weeks ago from the rear of the Roosevelt hotel, \vas recovered Saturday by members of the State police force. The car was found on a vacant lot in the north side of the city with all of its tires removed. Children 4n the neighborhood had adopted the machine as a playhouse.

period and said he was unfamiliar with the conditions leading to the strike. He declined, therefore, to commit himself. "A man ought not speak on such matters unless he has an intimate knowledge of the subject,” said the Rev. Jean S. Milner. Second Presbyterian Church pastor." I feel that I do not know enough about It to express an opinion.”, The Rev. Orlen W. Flfer of the Central Avenue M. E. Church stated that he had Just been on a vacation and was not in touch with the strike situation.

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CITIZEN GROUP SEEKING STRIKE PEACE TO BOOST ITS MEMBERSHIP TO 50 Committee of Fifteen, Considering Car Employes’ Walkout, Votes Enlargement DAY DELAY IN SETTLEMENT New Body Will Convene Tuesday Service Nears Normal Efforts to secure a settlement of the strike of union employes of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company today suffered a one-day delay. The citizens' committee seeking an adjustment of the dispute, at its first meeting, voted to enlarge the committee to fiftj members, delaying peace efforts until I uesday.

The vote resulted from the expres- ( sion of opinion by some members of the original committee of fifteen that It was not representative of the entire public. Chairman Frank S. Clark was instructed to assemble the committee of fifty Tuesday, the ninth day of the strike. Facts emphasizing the necessity of immediate action were presented to the committee by Harry B. Dynes, United States Department of. Labor conciliator. ManV Shown to Be Out Dynes’ information, imparted to the committee though not made public, is understood to have shown that nearly 800 cap-men are striking and that the ktreet railway has refused to.arbitrate their demand*, contending the strikers arc out of their employ. Car company officials announced 271 ears out of a normal total of 318 operated during the morning rush hour. James P. Tretton, auperlntendent, expressed the hope service would be normal by "the middle of the week." Special street ears to park were pressed Into service for the first time Sunday, twenty-five cars operating. This service will be extended again today, Tretton said. Figures of strikers' checkers refuted the company’s contention on the number of cars operating, showing service less than 80 per cent of normal. Meantime, strikers' hopes were rekindled again at a mass meeting when leaders expressed the opinion that "the outlook today is better than at any time since you men quit work,” and by the announcement that the local union's executive committee was taking up the matter of strike benefits with the national union executive committee. Councilman to Investigate Councilman Millard \V. Ferguson today said he would investigate the system whereby the Indianapolis Street Railway Company pays for lunches of policemen assigned to special strike duty. , “On the face of it, it would appear to me as an Indication that the police are taking sides in this contro(Turn to Page 10)

RELIABILITY TEST TO BEGIN TUESDAY Planes on Tour Will Arrive Here Sunday. The thirty-eight planes participating in the second commercial airplane reliability tour, which wnl start from Detroit Tuesday, are scheduled to arrive in Indianapolis Sunday. The planes will be held here until Monday afternoon, when they will proceed to Cincinnati. The fliers will return to Indiana the following Tuesday for a visit to Ft. Wayne, where they will be guests at a luncheon. Thence they will proceed |o Cleveland and back to Detroit. Within nine days the air tourists expect to visit fifteen cities in Middle West States. CHARGED WITH ROBBERY .Man Alleges He Was Struck— Robbed or 114. Vernon Fisher, 510 E. Tenth St., and Leo Kaiser. 1138 Delosa St., are held today on charges of robbery and vagrancy after Harry Underwood, R. R. 6, Box 99, reported to police he had been robbed by two men Sunday. Underwood said he met the two men in a W. Washington St. restaurant, and after taking him to the rear of 511 W. Washington knocked him down and took sl4. THREE IN ILLINOIS RACE Fanner Files Independent Pet it lon for Senator. Bu Vnitf/I Pmi SPRINGFIELD, HI.. July 11. Three candidates are now in the *ld for the poet of United States Senator from Illinois, James A. Kirby, a Petersburg farrier, having filed an independent petitilri today.

Forecast Increasing cloudiness; probably thunder showers this afternoon or tonight; Tuesday partly cloudy; somewhat cooler.

TWO CENTS

Situation Today

Strike of union street car employe* enter* second week. Citizen*' committee of fifteen vote* to enlarge commlttet to 50 member*. Company claim* 271 out of 318 enrs operating. Resolution* pledging labor not to ride car* during strike expected to be adopted tonight by Central Labor Union. Police vigilance maintained and no further violence reported. liOcal union seek* strike benefit fund* from national union. Union mas* meeting for Tueadajr evening postponed. EXPECIC. L. U." MEETING FIGHT Reaffiliation of Four Groups to Come- Up. A stubborn battle over the resffiUaUon of the printers’, painters', carpenters’, and garment workers' unions with Central Labor Union tonight was forecast today In the statement of Arthur Lyday, secretary of the central body, that the ruling of President x William Green of the American Federation of Labor on whether the unions should be fined for dropping out “can be construed In several ways.” , According to delegates from ths unions seeking to reafflllate after a blowup of the central body mors fhnn a year ago In a Klan squabble, the heads of the central body ars seeking to block their readmittance until after the central body's annual election. The point at issue is whether the four unions should he fined six month's per capita tax. Green's ruling, delegatee from the four unions contend, was against the payment. to Install officers Junior (hamher of Commerce Has Affair Tonight at Page's. The Indianapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold Its annual banquet and Inaugural ball tonight at Page'a chicken dinner resort, east of Irvington, Herbert Krauch, retiring president, will set as toastmaster. John B. Reynold*. Chamber of Commerce general secretary, and honorary president of the junior body, will talk. Officers who will be Installed are William Henry Harrieon, president; Martin L. McManus, Albert Rust and Oscar Vogt, vice •presidents, and Dr. Paul V. Allen, Webster W. Smith and Paul C. Merchant, directors. Harmon Snoks Is* secretary.

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