Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 116, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 August 1926 — Page 1

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VOLUME 37—NUMBER 116

GOVERNMENT ACE OFFERS CANTON AID Federal Prosecutor Bernsteen Consents to Assist. Mellett Murder Probers. ■i t WOULD ACT PERSONALLY Meanwhile, Flaws Are Found in Mazer Alibi. Bu United Press CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 20. States District Attorney A. K. Bernsteen, whose successful prosecution of bootleggers has attracted nation-wide attention, con sented today, before leaving on a week’s vacation, to assist personally with the grand jury probe of the Don R. Mellett murder at Canton. “ I have been requested by wire and letter to take a hand in the Stark County grand jury investigation of the Mellett murder and crime conditions in Canton,” Bernsteen told the Unived Press. "If the citizens of Stark County want me 1 shall be glad to go without remuneration, providing the attorney general permits. I consider it a civic duty.” Carl Studer, one of three men arrested on liquor conspiracy charges arising from the murder investigation, was offered freedom on low bond, following a full confession of his part in Canton bodtleg activities. Originally set for $15,000, Bernsteen reduced the figure to $2,500. because “Studer told us w'hat we wanted to know.” Friends of Studer predicted, however, that he would not take advantage of the offer, preferring the safety of Cuyahoga County jail to precarious freedom. A number of Canton police officials, including a police court judge, were implicated in the bootleg ring blamed by authorities for Mellett’s death, according to reports from the Federal buildingl Further arrests are expected on the strength of his statements. Louis Mazer, charged with murder as well as conspiracy, will not be on bail. Norman Clark, assistant police prosecutor ■ t. Canton, the third arrested. ,was eleased late Thursday under bond. ’Tp was also reported to have given ’’"deral agents useful information., "Atlanta Federal penitentiary even 'ooks like an oasis to Mazer and Studer in the predicament they are in,” said Howell Leuck, who is handling the Federal liquor probe at Canton. "Both told everything they could without implicating themselves in the Mellett murder."

ALIBI HAMMERED Flaws Found In #rtory Told By Louis Mazer. 81/ United Preen \ CANTON, Ohio, Aug. 19.—Alibi of Louie Mazer, held in Cleveland charged with the murder of Don R. Mellett, was under careful investiga tion by Joseph R. Roach, special police counsel, and others working on the case here today. I Two discrepancies appeared in Mazer's account of his actions before and after the murder, according to Roach. Mazer said he was a' the home of Floyd Streltenbergcr, a policeman, at the time Mellett was shot. Streitenberger, interviewed in Buffalo where he was attending a convention, corroborated Mazer’s story. He bold interviewers, how ever, that he had not been friendly with Mazer for thr.ee years. Roach said today he has learned that Streitenberger and Mazer have been especially Intimate the last few jnonths. ■I The Stark County grand jury *which is probing the Mellett murder was adjourned today until next Wednesday to allow further time to collect evidence and appointment of a special assistant to County Prosecutor C. B. McClintock. DENY RUMORS Brothers of McDermott Believe He Is Dead. Bu United Preen 1 JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Aug. 20. . Thomas and Bernard McDermott, brothers of Patrick McDermott, wanted in Canton, Ohio, in connection with the murder of Don R. Mellett, today denied rumors from Ohio that Patrick was on his way from Wasnington, D. C„ to Nant-y-Glo. where the brothers reside. They do not know where he is. In fact, they have voiced a suspicion that Patrick McDermott is dead—done away with because he knew facts that might solve the murder. MUNCIE DRIVER HURT Receives Itooken Ann, When Car Overturns. Tharles Golder, 24 of Muncie, received a broken right arm and left leg today in an automobile accident at Twenty-First St. and Emerson Ave. Long Hospital attaches said he may have internal injuries. Golder's machine overturned twice after striking an auto driven by Miss Pdith Henninger, 2124 Hawthorne ane FARM BUREAU INCORPORATES Articles of incorporation for the Lake County {arm bureau were filed at the Statehouse today. No capital stock is provided.

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St. George, You*re a Piker Bu United Press NEW YORK,' Aug. 20. Dragons that blow smoke from their noses, eat a small pony for Sunday dinner, built like giant lizards, some twelve feet long, with long claws and long red tongues, which they flourish in the air were reported to exist on the Island of Komodo, off the coast of Australia, by Alan Cobham. the British aviator, on his air return to London from Austrial. He described the dragons as terrible creatures emitting vapor like the ones St. George killed. On report of the discovery scientists became interested, believing that the reptiles might be a link remaining from some prehistoric age. Now • word has come that a party of American sportsmen soon will leave London to bring home a sample.

POLICE AND FIRE LADDIES LAUNCH BIG FIELD DAYS Ball Game Opens Pension Fund Benefit Affair at Fairground. The opening event of the police and firemen's field days at the State fairground today was a baseball game between the firemen and police which ended in a tie in the tenth inning. The tie will be played oft tomorrow morning as a feature of the second day and last day of the field events. Firemen claimed the game by a 3-tq-2 score, but police charge’! that Ripi Turner, the firemen's Ditcher, batted out of turn in the tenth, and it was decided to call the gaijie a tie. Hod Eller pitched for police. The celebration, which is backed by numerous civic organizations, is being held to raise funds for pen sions for police and firemen. The baseball game was to be followed by field events, under direction of Paul R. Jordan. Track Meet The Indiana-Kentucky A. A. IT. championship track and field meet began at 1:30 p. m., to be followed by horse and bicycle races. The Coliseum will be the scene of a horse show tonight. Exhibitioi.s of all types of riding with awards of prizes for the successful competitors were scheduled. Palmer Laykoek and his orchestra will play for a dance in the exposition building tonight and tomorrow night from 9 to 12. Drills and Dances With baseball games from crack playground organizations, drills and folk dances, the city recreation department was to aid the field day committee in today's program. The entertainment: 11 am., boys’ ball game, Negro, Fall, Creek vs. School 24; 2 p. m., boys’ ball game, Garfield Park vs. School 30; 3:30 p. m . girls’ ball game, Brightwood vs. Willard Park; 7:30 p. m., volley ball game, Brightwood vs. Riley; 8 p. m., singing, school girls; 8:15 p. m.. Charleston, solo and chorus; Lewis Flowers and Military and Riley playground girls, 8:25 p. m., group dances, country dance, Danish dance; 8:40 p. m., folk dances; 9 p. m., flag drill; 9:20 p. m., singing

ALGER, IN PRISON, TELLS NEW STORY

Young Slayer of Policeman, Removed From Hospital, Says He Returned 0 fficer’s Fire in Hotel.

Gene Alger, 18, of 1710 E. Market St., confessed slayer of Trafficman John Buchanan, called the “cry baby murderer” by police, today was removed to city prison from city hospital. The young slayer told anew story of the shooting of the officer July 9 at the Beyer Hotel, 225 N. Cap.tol Ave., when Buchanan sought to arrest the youth after an alleged attempt to steal an auto. Alber had pulled a revolver from a package he was carrying, fired between two other officers who first arrested him and fled. He later was shot by officers who captured him. Gives Version In a weak condition, as result of wounds in the back and leg. Alger today gave this version of the killing: “While hiding in the closet I heard someone coming down the hall Instead of saying something, the officer fired two shots, which startled me. The door caught on a rug or something and I could not get out so I returned the fire. "I had started to pawn the gun which was won in a card game. The reason I ran was that I attended Butler University and did not want my name to apear in the papers after being arrested.” Parents “Wonderful" Expressing sorrow over the tragedy, Alger broke into tears when asked if his parents were still standing by him. “Wonderful,” he sobbed. Alger gave a clouded picture of the Incident In a statement to police the day of the shooting, and admitted firing at “someone.” Hospital attaches at first did not expect him to survive. Marion County grand jury has indicted youth for murder and Prosecutor William H. Remy will ask the life penalty, he said. The

88 U. 8. BEER AGENTS OPEN WAR i SODS Brigade Intends to Remove Beverage From Market by Christmas. t COL. WADDELL IN CHARGE Andrews Is Confident He Will Succeed. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 20—The newly organized Federal beer squad under Col. Jarhes C. Waddrtl took to the field today in an attempt to remove beer from the bootleg market by Christmas. Millions of gallons of genuine beer Is reaching thirty citizens annually, and assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews has ordered Waldell to stop the leak. Waddell has eighty-eight agents under his comma id to check on breweries and cereal beverage plants. These detectives will also war on "wild-cat” breweries which produce large quantities of high powered beer. With a Federal tax on one-tenth a cent a gallon imposed on cereal beverages, prohibition investigatorshave authority to enter all such manufacturing plants to ascertain if the beverage made meet legal Te quirements.” “Alky” Squad Active Special attention will be given plants where high-powered beer *is made and then dealcoholized to onehalf of one per cent before being distributed. At the same time, Andrews’ alco* hoi squad swung into action against the diversion of 15,000.000 gallons of commercial alcohol into bootleg channels each year. The new offensive of the alcohol brigade also is aimed at “needle" or “shot” beer. Prohibition leaders feel that with the exit of real beer speak-easies will take near-beer and put a kick in it by "shooting” in 3 per cent of raw alcohol. Sure of Success Andrews is convinced Wad Well can stop the flow of beer within four months and that once it Is removed from the market it will never return. Waddell started his drive by going to Pennsylvahia to investigate the beer situation in that State. A large percentage of the beer distributed in the East is made in the Keystone State, he believes'. Roosevelt Flays Vote Slush Funds Bu United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—Great sums must not be spent to control elections, Theodore Roosevelt told members of the Young Men’s Republican Club at a diftner Thursday night. “It makes but little difference whether they are raised from big corporations or levied as the price of protection of illegal operations such as gambling,” he said.

youth probably will be removed to county jail to await trial this fall before Criminal Judge James A. Collins. No date has been set. Debating Gertrude f s Swim, Two Drown Bu United Press , NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—Two men died here because they picked the edge of a wharf to debate Gertrude Ederle’s swimming methods.“She throws her arms up over her head like this and brings them down like this,” explained one of the men, whose name is Foley. His waving arms knocked Thomas O’Keefe into the water. Foley jumped in after O’Keefe and a spectator jumped in after the two. Policeman Corcoran went in next and saved o,’Keefe. But Foley, wh<te first name was not known, and the spectator, who is unidentified, drowned.

Drifts Ten Days in Arctic; Lives

Bu United Press DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska, Aug. 20. —John Owen, 59, fisherman from Provincetown, Mass., drifted for ten days in an 9pen dory on Bering sea, lived on raw fish and rainwater wrung from his clothes, and nad given himself up as doomed when tides cast his leaking shell ashore at Sarichef Light, Thursday night. He recounted his battle with the northern elements as he lay on a cot in the home of the United States deputy marshal at Unalaska today, awaiting the monthly mail steamer, due Saturday, which wi?’.

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BOY i FACING ROPE, CAN'T COMPREHEND Youth Who Attacked Child Fails, to Realize Death i Sentence. Bu United Press WELCH, W. Va„ Aug. 20.—Unable to comprehend, the significance of the death sentence imposed uptj/ 1 him, Adam Burress, 15, remainsin the county jail here undisturbed by his fate and uninterested in the moves being made to save him. The boy, a moron, was convicted of. criminal attack upon the 9-year-old daughter of a coal miner at Havaco, a mile from here.. Without a normal mind, Adam was unable to realize the seriousness of the crime, nor was he able to understand what his trial was all about. iVhen Judge James A. Strothers pronounced" the sentence he said; “Your crime is beyond comment, and it is the sentence of fhis court that you be taken to the State penitential and confined there until Oct. 29 when you shall be hanged by the neck until you are dead," but to the boy It meant nothing. Prison of ficials say he has no conception of death, and cannot be made to understand what faces him . The boy’s attorneys have secured a stay of' execution for sixty days, and are working on papers which will be filed in an attempt to at least change,the sentence to one of life imprisonmer.t.

Yes, Sir, Policemen Walk Right on In Bu United Press PEABODY. Mass., Aug. 20.—Nick Pappas today enjoyed the unusual experience of having the />olice deliver to his home pre-prohibition liquor worth 550.0C0. Back into Nick’s cellar went most of the 1,580 gallons of whisky, 15 gallons of gin and 400 gallons of beer seized during a raid three years ago. Recently a court ruled that the raid was illegal and ordered the liquor returned. ‘UNLOADED’ RIFLE KILLS Hoosier Boy Victim of Gun In Hands of Nine-Year-Old Brother. Bu United Press KENDALLVTLLE, Ind., Aug, 20. —Harry Patterson, 17, w*as almost Instantly killed today when his brother Raymond, 9. pointed an "unloaded” rifle at him and pulled the trigger. The shot pierced Harry’s heart. FIVE BANDITS ROB GIRL Bv T’ntted Press WARSAW. Ind., Aug. 20.—Five bandits riding in an automobile which bore an Illinois license plate, today held up and robbed Miss Josephine Edwards of this city. The bandits took a diamond ring valued at SIOO. Miss Edwards is in a hospital recovering from the shock. WORKMAN FOUND DEAD Authorities are investigating to learn the cause of the death today of Frank Althman, 59, of 2139 Madison Ave.; found dead at work at the Belt Railroad and Kentucky Ave. Althman, an employe of the Belt, was operating a coal hoist and It was thought ha might have been electrocuted The body was sfcnt to city morgue for an autopsy by Sergeant Owens. . REPORT MAN KILLED Coroner Paul F. *Robinson this afternoon investigated a report that a man had been struck and killed by a Nickel Plate Railroad train eight miles north of Castleton. Nickel Plate officials here also had the report. •

‘BABY BANDIT’ IS SHOTJAY DIE Second Terrorizer Cornered —Refuses to Surrender. Bu United Press PUEBLO, Colo., Aug. 20.—Having eluded sheriff’s posses a.wejek, Leslie Gonce, 14. second 'of the “baby bandits," shot it out with captors when they surrounded him in a woods near Rye. Colo., this afternoon. He refused to surrender, firing into the posse. Sheriff Sam Thomas shot the boy three times. He is not expected to live. Leslie and his brother, Forrest, 18, who was captured Thursday night, have terrorized tourists in the vicinity of their capture for a month.

carry him to the Public Health Hospital at Cordova. Owen told how with luck and New England courage on his side, he defeated an angry sea, sleepless nights, starvation and exposure to ice chilled air. He was fishing from the schooner Gallilee, forty miles north of Sanakland. He had rowed his small boat perhaps half a mile from the ship, he said. With typical suddeness a sharp squall arose, whipping the sea into high waves which tore one cf his oars away. The sea continued rising with steadily increasing wind. Attempts

JAY-WALKING DRIVE HALTS THREEDAYS Police Arrest Eighteen Persons in Street Crossing Campaign. NO MORE TILL MONDAY But All Violators Caught Will Be Warned. With eighteen persons arrested In the police drive on jay walking. Traffic Inspector Lester- Jones today granted three days of grace to those in the habit ot violating the city] ordinance prohibiting pedestrians from crossing downtown street intersections diagonally or against the traffic. No arrests will be made on the jay-walking charge today, Saturday and Sunday, tut on Monday arrests will begin again, Jones said. To Warn All Caught Until Monday, traffic officers will warn all caught violating the ordi' nance. Rearrest of the four men and one woman arrested Wednesday in the drive was ordered by City Prosecutor Arthur Dinsmore when * they failed to Appear in municipal court Thursday afternoon for trial. ‘They will be forced to provide SSO bond to Insure their appearance in cou;t next Wednesday. Thirteen Arrested * Twelve men and one woman were arrested Thursday at Senate Ave and Court St., where the arrests were made Wednesday. It was at this corner that Miss Mary Lenihan was struck by a truck and killed Monday. Those arrested Thursday: J. C. Mathews. 24. of 1823 Ruckle St.; R. McGutfln, 30, State and Comar Aves.; Frank Griffin, 35, of 1552 W. Washington St.; J. Fishberg, 24, of 3041 Ruckle St.; R. M. Deweese, 62, of R. R. A, Box 536; Arnold Cook. 20. of 328 N. Euclid Ave.. Sherman Fletcher, 62, of 3 Emerson PI.; Edward Moore, 25, of 626 Massachusetts Ave.; Mike Cole, 45. of 556 W. Washington St.; W. J. Duncan. 49, Clay pool Hotel; George Davis. 18, of 17 Berwick Ave. - Harry Foltz, 21, of 327 Minerva St., and Mrs. Helen Hinds, 41, of 516 N. Cable Se.

WOOL GROWERS OF STATE FILE Association Incorporates With Eleven Directors. Plans for a systematic disposal of Indiana’s yearly wool supply were laid today with incorporation of the Indiana Wool Growers' Association with headquarters in Indianapolis. Eleven directors have been chosen, one from each of ten districts and one representing the Indiana Farm Bureau. The directors: Will L. Brown, Rushville; Basil F. Marshall, Shelbum; Charles Poland, Fairland; Clarence Laufer, New Palestine; Anson Thomas, New Richmond; B. C. Cooke, Dana; Henry E. Payne, Falrmount; I. W, Shultz, Howe; W. P. Lloyd, .Union Mills; J. H. Bone, Lafayette# and T. I. Ferris of Pleasant Lake, representing the bureau. No capital stock is provided. ,

VALENTINO SPENDS ‘RESTLESS' NIGHT But Condition Is Not Alarming—Orders Roses for Nurse Who Says ‘He’s Just a Big Boy.’

Bu Unitid Press :NEW YORK. Aug. 20—Rudolph Valentino, film actor, ill since Sunday after an operation for appendicitis and gastric ulcers, spent a rest less night, but his condition was not alarming, it w'as said at the hospital today. His was nearly normal today and his general condition satisfactory. Attending physicians have discontinued issuing bulletins on the actor's conditio".. Valentino hf and sufficiently recov ered to direct tnaf a huge bouquet of pink roses be sent to Miss Pearl Franks, the diminutive and exceed

to rig a sail with his remaining oar and coat proved Ha found himself cut off from sight of the schooner and deprived of means of returning. The boat began leaking. Owen threw' out all fish except a few for his own needs. Then began his ten-day drifting with raw fish his only food, drips of moisture from his rain-soaked clothes his only wa ter. He finds the memory of the last several days hazy. His condition was regarded as serious, but it was believed he stood a good chance for recove^K

Wife Sticks by Husband Despite 'Other Wo,man

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Mi*. Elsie McGlasson and her baby, Thelma, age 2.

CALLES REJECTS . CATHOLIC PLEAS FOR JUSTICE Mexican President Advises Episcopate to Resort to Congress or Courts. Bu United Press MEXICO CITY, Aug. 20.—Presi dent Calles of Mexico definitely re jected the truce proposals advanced by the Catholic Church, and dispelled any hope on the part of the| episcopate that the religious sit uation will be changed before the opening of Congress in September, if then. “You have rightfully exercised your right of petition by applying to one of those able to initiate laws,” Report Denied Bv United Press EL PASO, Texas, Aug. 20.—Reports that Mexican troops were being sent to border cities by authorities fearing revolutionary outbreaks there could not be verified . here today. President Calles wrote, “but I must sincerely tell you that l am the least fitted person to comply with said petition... .as the constitutional articles contended are in perfect accordance with my philosophical and political conviction.” The President, however, pointed out that there were political and judicial recourses open to the church. The consistency of the courts in upholding the governmental policies makes success of appeal to the courts almost impossible, it is asserted. , Four persons were killed and at least four were wounded in Thursday's gun battle in Madero Ave. when seven men ambushed Governor Thomas Garrido of Tabasco 4n front of the Iturbide Hotel.

lngly attractive brunette nurse who attends him by day. “He’s just a big boy,” Miss Franks commented on her patient. F. George Ullman, Valentino’s personal manager, who sees-him daily, %aid Miss Franks had given Val entino “motherly attention" and evidently she and the master lover of the screen were getting along fine though that Valentino proved to be rather restless patient. “I don’t want that darned stuff,” he told Miss Franks when she brought him a bowl of broth, according to Ullman —but Miss Frank’s eyes twinkled, she smiled and pretty soon all the broth had trickled down the Valentino throat. PAIR TO GRAND JURY Youth and Father-in-Law Said to Have Violated Dry Act. Lester Clark, 18, of 713 Norwood St., and Thomas Utterbach, 61, 1322 Ashland Ave., the boy’s father-in-law, were held to the Federal grand jury today for alleged violation of the prohibition act. Clark’s bond was set at SSOO and Utterbach’s at SI,OOO. The men and Clark’s wife, Mrs. Emily Clark, were arrested in ar, alley near Thirty-Sixth and Illinois Sts. Thursday night with ten gallons of alcohol. The booze and an automobile were seized. Mrs. Clark was released „

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Says if Bigamy Charge Is True, It Was His First Misstep. “I shall stick *by Clyde. I love him, and besides, if he is guilty, this is his first wrong step.” So said Mrs. Elsie McGlasson, whose husband, Thomas Clyde McGlasson, 35, was accused l\ednesday of marrying Mrs. Laura Enlow Bridgewater, now staying here with |her father, J. T. Enlow, at 2538 W. Washington St., in Cincinnati in April of this year. He was arrested on a bigamy charge. In muncipal court before Judge Pro Tem. Harry Raitano this morning McGlasson’s case was continued until Aug. 24 and his bond reduced ,to $2,000. I Mrs, McGlasson No. 1 said that she and the defendant were married in July, 192 J. They have one child, 2 years old. Model Husband “My husband had always been wonderful t’o me, a model husband,” Mrs. Elsie McGlasson said; “that is, until he met this woman. that/ if lie is guilty, the lesson will be one he wonjt forget, and he again will be the good husband he was.” She said that she knew there was "a woman 4n the case” about February of this year. <"My husband got to leaving town over the weekends, ostensibly or business. He began to show evidence of having something on his mind. Once a postal addressed to him from this woman came into my hands. Then I knew her name. At one time I followed him to New Albany, Ind., and found him. He came to the door, then accompanied me home. I did not see her. He told me nothing, but seemed worried.” “On March 17 he left home saying he was going to Florida on business. I did not see him again until early in May. 1 got only one letter from him in that time and the postmark read, ‘Eh Rojute,’ and it was not- from Florida. When he got home, after that six weeks’ stay, he seemed so relieved and happy—like his old self. But then he got worried again.” Says He. Deserted Her Mrs. McG.asson No. 2 said McGlasson wooed her at New Albany, Ind., and deserted her a few weeks after they were married at Cincinnati. Although she ne\%r saw the marriage license, she has proof that they lived together as man and wife, she declared. The defense will attempt to show that McGlasson did not pupsue Mrs. Bridgewater, but she pursued him, his attorney said in courf. Before she received a divorce from Bridgewater, she wrote MdGlasson saying she would like to hear from him if he was “still single,” the attorney said. McGlasson contends tjiere was no marriage of any kind. J. E Bayliss, local DeparUneht of Justice chief, questioned Mcftliasson at the Federal building this after noon. If his alleged marriage to Mrs. Bridgewater was not legal, he might be charged with a Mann act violation, it was indicated. TO TRY TO MAKE IT IRAIN Navy to Shoot Charged Sand Into Clouds Monday. Bu United press HARTFORD, CONN., Aug. 20. Although almost continuous rain has fallen for over a week ak)d up until today, efforts to bring mne rain will be made here on Monflay when electrically charged sand wUI be shot into the clouds over this city. Two navy planes will fire the snnd into the clouds—if clouds can be found. The rainmaking experiments are being carried on under the auspices navy. PARDONS MEXICAN REBEL “Ma” Ferguson Gives Full Freedom to General Angel. Bu United* Press AUSTIN. Texas, Aug. 20.—Former Mexican General Jose E. R. Angel was given full pardon from the Toxas Penitentiary today by Governor "Ma” Ferguson Angel was convicted in 1913 of attempting to organize a revolution on American soil to Mexico.

Forecast Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday; probably local thunder storms; not much change in temperature.

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FEAR GANG MAY BREAK STATE JAIL Guard Doubled to Prevent Gunman Rescue of McErlane, Alleged Slayer. i ( SHERIFF GIVEN *11?! Suspect Heads Notorious Chicago Beer Ring. Bu United Press \ CROWN POINT, Ind., Aug. 20. Doubling of the jail guard and the taking of every precaution necessary to see that Frank MacErlane, Chicago gangster, transferred here from the Cook County jail, is kept in his cell, were steps taken here today to prevent a reported jail delivery from the outside. The moves were made after Sheriff Ben Strong of Lake County had received a hurried visit from Sheriff Hoffman of Cook County, allegedly warning him that he had been tipped that friends of the notorious Mao Eriane, who now awaits trial for the killing of Thad Fancher, former prosecutor here, were planning a rescue attempt. MacErlane is a notorious Chicago beer baron, heading, since he deposed the O’Donnell brothers, the famous “Valley gang,’’ according to Chicago police. For years this tribe controlled Cicero, Chicago suburb, famed i>.r its lawlessness. MacErlane successfully fought extradition several months. Tuesday Indiana authorities won his extradition. Reports were whispered in gangland that he would be freed and spirited away while making the trip to Crown Point. Fifteen selected detectives were assigned to transfer him. They armed their autos with machine guns and the gang was scared out. Apparently, from Hoffman's tip, the sheriff's stoolt-pigeons have discovered the delivery plot revived by MacErlane’s adherents, and preparations are being made to cope with them. FOUR GET $10,300 Bu United Press NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Aug. 20. —Four m*n late today stole a pay roll of $10,300 at the Spirella Corset Company factory.

POLICE LOOK INTO FOUR BURGLARIES \ Money, Jewelry, Adding Machine Reported Taken. Police today investigated four burglaries. Bagriel Segal, 606 W. TwentyEighth St., reported to police that his home was entered and slls in money and jewelry, valued at $32, was taken. J. O. Suddarth, 670 E. Eleventh St., said that while he was at work his home was ransacked and jewelry worth $250 taken. C. H. Smith reported an adding machine, valued at SIOO, taken from 802 N, Illinois St. Jacob Berkowitz, 146 S. Illinois St., poolroom operator, said burglars took money, cigars and cigarets, total value $lO. A police emergency squad searched the Riverview Packing Company, after Jack Andrews, 1145 Linden St., night’ watchman, told of seeing a man in the basement. Police found no one.

BUDGET FIGURES MEET OPPOSITION Councilmen Are Especially Against Reducing Police. With city councilmen proposing to eliminate the reduction of all grades of policemen between patrolmen and sergeants to patrolmen and the park board’s failure Thursday to oust park and recreation department attorneys, the city administration’s proposed budget for 1927 met Tonsiderable opposition today. To allow longer time for consideration of the budget, councilmen today postponed the date for public hearing from Sept. 1 to 7:30 p. Sept. 3. Majority faction councilmen will make a legal test to determine whether the council may raise the estimate, Boynton J, Moore,' president, said today. Moore contends council has the legal right to raise the budget from $1,035, while City controller William C. Buser says the legislative body only may lower the estimate. | However, park board members slashed $177,000 from its original estimate, making the chief reduction by eliminating SIOO, OOO for boulevard resurfacing.! Moore is especially opposed to the reduction of the policemen. HOURLY TEMPERATURES 6 a. m 71 10 a. ra 77 7 a. m 72 11 a. m 77 8 it. m 74 12 (noon) .... 77 l a. m 75 1 p. 7ft