Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 159, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 October 1926 — Page 2

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OUSTED OFFICIAL CAN HOLD BIG AX OVERGOVERNOR Presides at Dinner in Connection With Lanier Mansion Dedication. Bu Time* Brteclnl MADISON, Ind., Oct. ft.—William A. Guthrie of Dupont, ousted chairman of the conservation commission, if he desires, will hold the ax over. Governor Jackson's head tonight at a dinner in connection with the dedication here of the historic Lanier mansion, according to the scheduled program. Guthrie was to preside at the dinner at Clifty Inn, Clifty Falls State park, near here, as a climax to the dedicatory program. Jackson several months ago lamented the “resignation'’ of Guthrie as head of the State conservation body, in a statement to the press, while Guthrie had offered no resignation. Salary Affair Over It is said Jackson ordered Guthrie to slash SI,OOO from the salary of Richard Lieber, conservation director. and after Guthrie followed orders several months later the Governor denied he had made a such a demand. The salary recently was restored to its origianl figure. It was likely that Guthrie would introduce Jackson, who was a headliner on the program. Many Indianapolis persons, including State officials, and Charles N. Thompson, president of the Society of Indiana Pioneers, attended the opening of the home by the Pioneer society. Other Speakers Dr. James A. Woodburn, Indiana Historical Society president; Stanley Coulter, conservation department chairman: Christopher B. Coleman, State historical director, and Gavin L. Payne, friend of the Lanier family. were other speakers. The magniflcant Lanier home, built in 1844 by J. F. D. Lanier, who in the dark Civil War days came to the financial aid of Indiana,, has been purchased by the State. On authority of the 1925 Legislature, the State accepted the title to the home through the conservation department. which restored the place to its original condition. ‘TROUBLE’ HA PP Y IN NEW HOME Little Wooly Dog, Whose Mistress Was Taken Away, Quits Crying. “Trouble” has found a home. He's a little wooly dog with a dirty white coat and big, brown eyes, who was left to grieve last Monday when his aged mistress was taken to the poor house. Later, “Trouble' was taken to the dog pound, where he kept up a continual crying for his mistress, never taking his pleading eyes from the door where he thought she might enter. “We can’t bear to chloroform him. Won’t somebody give poor faithful ’Trouble’ a home?” Dr. Elizabeth Conger, poundmaster, had asked. In Friday’s Indianapolis Times, Mrs. May Kashman, 417 W. Market St., read the story of “Trouble” and it touched her heart. She went out to see him, took him home and for the first time in five whole days, “Trouble” has Quit his mournful little cries, he's eating and there's a tiny little light in the sad brown eyes. He sniffs contentedly at his wooly coat which is white and clean now and says as plainly as a dog can, “I've found a real home. I'm a lucky dog.” Mrs. Kashman even has engaged a veterinary to help “Trouble” throw off the effects of poor care and lean days when his half-blind old mistress had been his caretaker. PROSPERITY IS SHOWN Business, Industry Expanded, C. of C. Survey Reveals. Bu United Prenn WASHINGTON. Oct. 9.—American business and industry during the first nine months of 1926 expanded in new activities, further stabilizing the country's economic condition, the United States Chamber of Commerce announced today in a business survey. Employment has been greater this year than in 1925, pay rolls larger, and production in industries reached anew high level, the Chamberi stated. Department store snles have increased in volume, railroad oar loadings are at a high peak, and virtually all commodities produced are actually passing into use. The Chamber believes the cotton growers of the Nation are equipped to solve their surplus problem from experience gained in handling large cotton crops in preceding days. LAWYERS ARE CALLED Democratic Chaiirman Summons All Members of Local Bar. All Democratic lawyers of Marion County have been called by County Chairman Leßoy J. Keach to meet at 8 tonight at the Indiana Democratic Club. The letter to the attorneys does not state the exact purpose of the meeting .although it suggests that a program of particular interest to the members of the bar will be presented. fall county candidates are expected to be present.

Anderson Man Gives Facts Strengthening Stephenson’s Story. During his trial at Noblesville, D. C. Stephenson had photographs made of a large number of checks, with indorsement of officials and politicians, a number of . letters and documents. C. M. Hull of Anderson, Ind., worked two days upon these photographs and delivered them to Forest Strader, one of the close employes of Stephenson. Although Hull was a friend of Stephenson, the matter was considered so important by Stephenson that Strader remained in the room while Hull, assisted by his wife, made the plates and prints and then carried away all the documents. To Be Used as Club While the work was being done Strader, according to Hull, declared that the documents would force aid from a high State official for Stephenson. “I made these photographs which. I remember, Strader said would eventually force the release of Stephenson,” said Hull. “I know that the most of the photographs were of checks drawn for considerable sums. I made photographs of the indorsements on the back of these checks and the cancellations. “There were also numbers of letters. Some were in handwriting and others were typed. Two Sets Made “The photographs were made on two different occasions. One set was made before his trial began and while he was in jail at Noblesville. The other was just after the verdict.” The statement of Hull was corroborated by Mrs. Hull, who had assisted her husband in making the photographs. Both recalled details of the occasion, the length of time they were compelled to work to get them made, how they visited with Strader who, among other incidents, took them to dinner-so that they could return to the office and complete the work. The statement of Hull and his wife is considered important inasmuch as it tends to bear out the statement of Stephenson that he could deliver documents which would rock the State. It is some evidence, it is argued that at that time he was in possession of documents which he considered so important because of their value, for some purpose, that he safeguarded himself by making copies so that he could be safeguarded if the originals were obtained from him. Where Are They? The evidence that such documents did exist and were photographed has again renewed interest in the location of these documents and their contents. The statement of Hull substantiates, to some extent, the statements in letters which Thomas Adams of the Republican Editorial Association said were sent from the prison by Stephenson in which he declared he could prove by documents corruption on a wide scale. Attorney General Gilliom has asked that evidence be brought to him. Prosecuting attorney Remy has said he would act if the evidence is produced. No officials have as yet talked with Hull or secured his statement on the matter.

The Vagabond, Untrammeled Indiana University Magazine, Fights for Life

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—Photo by Sinclair Studio. Bloomington Supporters of The Vagabond, uncensorod publication of Indiana I'nlveristy, left to right: Roy Tower, Edmund Bienvagen, editor, John Henry Johnson, Thelma Hahn and Herbert Burble. The thermometer • shows progress of the drive for money.

By Eleanor Huffman BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Oct. B. The Vagabond, one of the few uncensored college publications In the country, is in danger of dying at Indiana University after a three-year struggle in the interests of free speech and educational advancement. The Vagabond’s fight, for the most part carried on by Philip Blair Rice, of Martinsville, non Rhodes scholar at Oxford College, England, has been a hard one. Frequently faculty, trustees and even the president of the university have had their feelings ruffled by suggestions and statements made in The Vagabond. At one time two university trustees even went on record as opposed to granting Rice and his co-worker, Robert E. Harris of Bloomington, their diplomas. The matter in hand, just now, however, is to raise enough money to assure publication for another year. Each year The Vagabond is issued live times to about 1.000 students and alumni homes. Last year, the cost of publication exceeded receipts by about S4OO. All but $l2O of this amount was made up by about eighty faculty members, a few interested students and campus or* ganlzations. /

BUTLER FANS ON SPECIAL TRAIN More Than 200 Rooters to Witness Grid Battle. Headed by their snappily-costumed band, more than 200 Butler University rooters today journeyed tf> Champaign, 111., scene of the But-ler-Illinois football game this afternoon. There was a profusion of Blue and White, the school colors, in evidence as the special train of twelve coaches pulled out of the Union Station at 8:30 a. m. The special, over the Big Four road, was to arrive in Champaign about 11:30. Many students, alumni and other backers of the team made the trip to the university town by auto and the Butler section was expected to be a large one when the whistle sounded for the kick-off. The Butler band was to parade before the game. Headquarters for the Butler rooters and players, who arrived ready for the fray on Friday, were at the Urbana-Lincoln Hotel in Urbana, sister city of Champaign. After the game, Butlerites will have a special dinner at the hotel. The special train will return this evening, arriving in Indianapolis at 10:22 p. m. 120 ENTOMBED IN MINE BLAST Four Whites Among Those Believed Dead. Bu United Preen CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, Oct. 9. —Four white men and 116 natives have been entombed by a gas explosion in the Durban Navigation Colliery. All are believed dead. The explosion completely destroyed the shaft and gas has prevented reccue work so far. Thirty bodies have been recovered. ORMISTON JS HUNTED State Concentrates on Search for Aimee’s Friend. Bu United Preen LOS ANGELES, Oct. 9.—Operatives from both the sheriff’s and district attorney's office joined today in a renewed man hunt for Kenneth G. Ormiston, fugitive co-defendant in the Aimee Semple McPherson case. All efforts of the State’s force handlist the case were to be concentrated over the week-end on the search for the radio operator while the evanglist’s hearing on charges of conspiring to defeat justice was adjourned. CHICAGO GRAIN OPENING CHICAGO, Oct. 9.—Wheat—December off Yn ; May. off Corn —December. off tg; May, unchanged. Oats—December, unchanged; May, off Provisions unchanged.

Now, the student editors face the problem of paying the remaining obligations and of securing a fund to help defray this year’s expenses. Some money was raised by presentation, Monday and Tuesday, of a benefit play "Gigoio”. Among those aiding in this effort were Roy Tower, graduate student; Edmund Bierwagen, editor of The Vagabond for the last two years, John Henry Johnson, Thelma Hahn and Robert Burkle. A thermometer, at the entrance of the Student Bldg., showed progress of ticket sales. Various methods of obtaining money have been suggested. The best suggestion of all, it seems, has come from Douglas P. Haskell, editor of the The New Student, New York City. In a letter to The Vagabond last February Haskell asks: ‘‘Can’t you get some alumnus or friend to undertake to endow The Vagabond? There must be some liberal alumni and the cost can not be very great. If you could show them things like the Mencken article of last summer, they would be convinced.” The editors of The Vagabond admittedly would appreciate any contributions from friends''or alumni; but being busy their school work, they cannot find time to go out and -make solicitation.

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Pic Indianapolis Times A 3CA/AO3 HO*AMO Mt*3*A*€* ornez or the cditop Ootober 9, 1926. Hon. SA. Jackjon, Governor of Indiana, Indianapolis. 3ir:. Tour pledge to penalt an Investigation of fraud and corruption is fine aud admirable. That 13 what the Times has demanded and still demands. nil you name Frank C. Dailey, eminent a 3 a .roaeoutor, and Balph Kane, pro3outor of Itepehenson to have charge of tbi3 Inquiry? The Time 3 believes that the puhlio will be satisfied with any inquiry over whiob they have control . The only interest of the Times in thl3 matter is that Indiana be freed from any 111 fame which come 3 from let.iargy and Indifference or send those guilty, if there be guilt, to pri3cn. ffiil you, Governor, name these aenf U)ur3 very truly, Boyd Gurley, / IT'! TOR. P.3. If.you have any hesitancy in spending money from your Emergency Contingent fund for this purpose The Indlhnapolls rimes will pay the entire expense. B.G. BGtP

GYPSIES MAKE HAUL OF SI Then Disappear, as Judge Wetter Ordered. Ordered out of the city by Friday evening, a group of gypsi?s, who have been plying their trades here for several weeks, made a SSOO haul on the eve of their departure, ac cording to reports to police today Seemingly they have complied with Municipal .Judge Paul C. Wetter's ultimatum, for they were not to be found. Mrs. Edna Davis, 1116 N. Capitol Ave., Apt. 59, said one of the gypsy women asked to be allowed to bless her valuables. She extended S3OO In cash and three diamond rings, valued at S2OO. Taking them, the woman disappeared. N Several other thefts, were reported.. Mrs. Marie Snidman. 3003 Graceland Ave.. said $lO and a $95 diamond ring were taken by a sneak thief. Jewelry valued at $22 and $5 in cash were stolen from Miss Leona Coonse, 1418 W. Washington St., by three Negro boys, who seized her purse. Marshall Copeland, 25, Negro, 807 Blake St., was arrested on burglary’ and vagrancy charges, police saying he was one of two men seen runing from a store at Colton and Blake Sts.

Wherever It goes, the Vagabond makes friends among the thinkers. Many of its articles are republished by national magazines, and it has especially found friends among such men as Haskell and H. 1.. Mencken, editor of the American MercuryThe New Student last year printed a review of the best things it had published in the four years of its existence as a national magazine. Only two of these reprints were by undergraduates, and both were from the Indiana Vagabond. The Intercollegiate World, in reprinting the best material produced by college students of America, found space for “The Sophistication of Avril,” by Philip Rice, and "The Strange Case of Wildern,” by Mauck Brammer. Other magazines which commented on the Vagabond during the past year are the New Republic and the Italdeman-Julius Weekly. The Chicago Tribune discussed some of the work of the Vagabond in connection with an editorial on H. L. Mencken and David Starr Jordan, eminent educator, former president of Indiana University and now president emeritus of Leland Stanford University, will devote some pages to quotations from the Vagabond in his new book, which will bo published soon.

SELECTION OF SEED CORN IS PROBLEM

Unusually Wet Weather Makes It Difficult for Farmers to Get Good Ears for Next Year’s Crop Before Frost.

Farmers In all parts of Indiana are facing an unparalelled situation in the problem of selecting seed corn for next year’s corn crop, as a result of the unusually wet weather during the past sixty days, which has kept farmers out of their fields. Only a small part of the 700.000 bushels of seed necessary to plant 7. W. C. A. Notes The monthly meeting of the committee of the health education department will be held Monday at 12:30 In the gym office. , • • • Basketball for employed girls will start Monday at 7:15 p. m. • • • t There will be skating for Juniors under 16 on Saturday afternoons from 2:30 to 4. This Is open to boys as well as girls. • • • Girl Reserve Notes The Manual Club meeting Friday night at the Y. W. C. A. was one of unusual Interest. A swimming party from 4:30 5:30 was followed by supper In Social Hall. Then the club members gathered around a mock camp fire In the middle of the room and enjoyed songs and stories. Mrs. Leo Fesler gave a talk. • • • Technical Club will meet Friday, Oct. 15, for swimming and supper, followed by a program. •• • • University Heights Club will hold its meeting Wednesday evening at 7 p. m. at the home of Mary Ellen Shambough. * • • • Shortridge Club will hold a party for Freshmen Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 at the Y. W. C. A. • • • l Monday night the Southport High *School Girl Reserves met at the Baptist Church with their advisers, Mrs. Samuel Hartsoch and Miss Mary Swartz, while at the same hour a new grade school club was organized at the church under the leadership of Miss Marie Roberts. • • • On Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 16 and 17, a conference will be held at Camp Delight for the officers and chairmen of committees of the following clubs: Technical, Manual, Shortridge, Southport jyid Central Heights. Forty girls will attend. Reports will be given by the delegates attending the Saugautuck summer eonf< rence. On Sunday morning at the worship hour, MSss Florence Lanl am, assistant general secretary of the Y. W. C. A., will tell Bible stories. In the afternoon a dramatization of two Bible stories will be given. • • • A supper meeting for grade school advisors will be held Tuesday evening from 6 to 8 in Social Ilall at Central Y. W. C. A. Mrs. W. P. Morton, chairman of grade school work throughout the city, will preside. Mrs. Morton, advisor for the club, at School No. 33. Other advisors are: Misses Fay Smith, Dale Waterbury, Mary Cory dell. Marie Roberts, Olga Bonke, Thelma Tacoma, Katherine Tacoma, Mrs. Allen Dorsey, Katherine Harrod, Vera Fee, Priscilla Pittenger, Margaret Walker, Anna Purcell. Advieme Schnedel, Clare, Wyble, Florence Renn, Margaret Toy, Grade Robb, Helen Rilling and Mary Hasting. * • * Girl Reserves and the Girl Reserve committee entertained with a fall party at the South Side Branch Y. W r . C. A., today at 2 p. m., with 175 school children as guests. A tea was given In honor of the principal and members of the Parent-Teacher Association. Miss Gertrude Brown gave a talk on the Girl Reserve movement. Miss Kathryn Harrod entertained with an echo of "Camp Life.”

The Indianapolis Times A 9CJMP+3 -HO*AMD Ht*3*A*t* omcc of rut coito Oo toiler 9, 1926. Bod. Jams s S. /atson, Hot.. Arthur a. Rctrlnjon. Itll anapolls, Indiana. Dear jenatorsi Tou have both demanded that there be a thorough iTobe of graft and corruption In Indiana. The one ocedittee which has gained public confidence in aiwiiar investigations is that headed b 7 Senator James A. Reed, of liisjourl. ■ay I not remind you that the party of which 70a are candidates is Involved? Tbe people of this 3tate would have confidence In any Inquiry which ienator Reed might make. Yovc 3urely have confidence in his fairness. fill you not, in the name of Indiana, wire him today to come to Indiana, waiving all technical objections, appealing to him in the name of decency, to conduct a probe and premise him every assistance in bringing before hi* whatevwtf witnesses he may wish to examine? Hay not tbs Times and you rid the Jtate of Its shame? Yours very tryly, ciy £4 . Boyd Gurley, / EDITOR. BG:P

the 1927 corn crop has bpen gathered so far. according to information obtained by the soils and crops extension department of Purdue University. Data from the weather bureau shows that the average date of killing frost now is at hand for northern Indiana and not more than two weeks away for southern Indiana. Killing frosts already have occurred in lowa, where temperatures as low as 28 degrees have been recorded. Considerable Injury has been done to the seed corn in that State, according to the lowa experiment station. The situation is all the more serious in Indiana as a result of flood damage in the lowlands and river bottoms, where thousands of acres of corn have been entirely ruined. From Higher I^ands These farmers must depend upon farmers on the higher lands for next year’s seed supply. All over the State the weather is very unfavorable to drying corn in the field, which makes It especially urgent that farmers safeguard next year’s corn crop by selecting their seed from the standing stalks as soon as the condition of the field will permit such work. The need of field selection also is emphasized by the results of community and individual seed corn testing the past two years, which show that the only dependable source of seed corn Is that from field selected seed. Selecting seed corn before killing frosts gives the farmer a chance to pick ears from healthy, vigorous stalks which are free from disease. In Dry Sheds As soon as the seed corn Is picked It should be stored In dry sheds or buildings where there is a good circulation of air. The ears should be hung by the husks or placed on racks so that the ears do not touch. If the ears are piled together, even for a few days, there is danger of molding or heating on account ot the high moisture content of the corn. A dry, well ventilated basement is preferred for home storage by many corn growers and should be more generally used where available. Where corn is stored in outside sheds, quick drying is necessary to avoid early, freezing temperatures. This may be facilitated by opening the doors and windows and by keeping the ears from touching. This year the damp and rainy weather makes it especially necessary to make special provision for drying seed corn to prevent molding. In many cases It may be necessary to resort to artificial heat. In such cases good ventilation is most important. In most cases, however, there Is a sufficient amount of mature cor* which, if selected at once and stored In well ventilated places, will soon be dry enough to escape either molding or Injury from frost. 183 JOIN RED STAR Banquet Follows Initiation of Candidates at Hall. The Red Star Movement, fraternal body of the Marion County Voters' League, a Klan antt-Coffin organization, initiated 183 candidates Friday night at Liberty Hall. Following the Initiation a banquet was held. ARRESTED AFTER RAID A. L. Smith, 30, of 262 S. Summit St., was arrested Friday night on blind tiger charges after police under Sergeant Chitwood raided his home and said they found a large quantity of “Gordon gin,” some alcohol and empty bottles. DECORATES FOR LEGION Bu United Prenn PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 9.—Bunting, flags and other patriotic decorations were being flung to the breez today as Philadelphia prepared to welcome the 100,000 doughboys who will atend the American Legion convention here next week.

POLAND RECALLS LEAGUE MINISTER - Result of Failure to Get Seat, Belief. Bu United Prenn WARSAW, Oct. 9.—Believed to be the result of the failure of Poland to secure a permanent seat in the League of Nations council, the Government today recalled Minister Sokal. its representative In the League of Nations at Geneva. Meanwhile Poland made an important move toward a military dictatorship with the establishment of a committee of national defense composed of President Mosclcki, Premier Pilsudski and the ministers of the interior and of finance and the inspector geenral of tbe army. STILL LOVES ‘PEACHES’ Browning Denies She Was Bird in Gilded Cage. Bu United Preen NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—Edward W. Browning still Hives Peaches, his "Cinderella” bride who destered him, he said today. Denying that she wt s “a bird in a gilded cage,” Browning told of the freedom he gave her and the attention he lavished on her, in his first statement since liis 16-year oid bride left him and returned to her mother on Oct. 2.

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ANNIVERSARY BILL * DRAWSAPPLAUSE Congratulations on Times Radio Program Pour In. Message alter message of congratulation was received while The Indianapolis Times was broadcasting its first anniversary radio program over WFBM, Merchants Heat and Light Company, from the studio at the Severin Friday night. Carl Krauss and his Cardinals Orchestra were accorded one of the biggest ovations ever given an organization on a Times program. Miss Kathleen Bumbaugh, soloist, with Mrs. F. W. Glossbrenner ae accompanist, did as was expected—scored such a reception that she will be on a Times program again very soon. Mrs. Glossbrenner, by her solos on the harp, became a favorite. Dr. Frank S. C. Wicks, pastor of All Souls Unitarian Church, gave, some impressiops of his two-months visit to England this summer. PEDESTRIAN, 81, IS' CRITICALLY HURT Isaac Hutsell Knocked to Street by Auto. Physicians at city hospital state the condition of Isaac Hutsell, 81, of 249916 Clifton St., injured by an automobile Friday night at Washington and Pennsylvania St*., is critical. Hutsell was knocked to the pavement by a machine driven by Louis Stamm, 714 N. Tremont St. A card in his pocket showed that he lived with his son, Walter R. Tutsell. The son said hi3 father left Monday to visit a friend in Warren, Ind. He could not account for his father's presence here. Automobiles driven by Otis Harmon, 21, of 1246 Ashland Ave., and Kenneth Williams, 26, of 4630 Rookwood Ave., collided at Thirteenth St. and Broadway. Roy Hedges, 19, of 634 E. Twenty-Fourth St., riding with Harmon, was cut about the face. UNION REQUEST DENIED Typo Property Cannot Be NonTaxable, Board Chairman Says. Request of the International Typographical Union that its propertyJ at 2820 N. Meridian St., be declared' nontaxable was denied in a letter sent by John J. Brown, State tax board chairman, to Martin M. Hugg, attorney for the union. The union declared that the property should be exempt as a fraternal order. CHICAGO DAY AT SEQUI Bt/ United Prr s* PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9.—Marking the fifty-fifth anniversary of the great fire which laid Chicago in ruins, hundreds of citizens of the Windy City today attended the Sesquieentennial exposition for celebration of ‘‘Chicago day..”