Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 194, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 November 1926 — Page 1

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UNIFICATION ON MERGER EIGHT, PUN Conference of Lawyers on Electric Utility Consolidation Sought. CONFERENCE IS PLANNED Battle Monday to Be on Commission Jurisdiction. Attorneys for organizations and local power users opposed to the merger of the two local electric utilities today planned to unite in their fight against the merger. . The next scrimmage in the merger fight will be staged Monday when the commission resumes the hearing started Thursday. The opposition attorneys will unite in an effort to sustain a motion asking the merger petition be dismissed because the commission has no jurisdiction in the case. Attorney Edward O. Snethen, who, with Samuel Dowrftn, is representing the Federation of Civic Clubs, said that a conference of all the attorneys supporting the motion would probably be held before> Monday to discuss the defense plans and to make arrangements for further action in case the commission decides to go ahead with the hearing. Need Unity United action is necessary if the merger is to be prevented, he declared. In addition to the Federation, the Chamber of Commerce and Corporation Counsel Alvah J. Rucker, representing the city, are attacking the plans to merge the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company and the Merchants Heat and Light Company with a $55,000,000 capitalization. The city at once conterded that the $55,000,000 was an overcapitalization and will result in rate raises. Mary power users have opposed the merger in its entirety and employed counsel to represent them at the hearings. Should the matter of jmlEdiction be decided in favor of the commission, motions are on file asking further delays so that those opposing the measure may have time to gath er data needed to carry on their contentions. Hearing on the merger was originally scheduled for Thursday and efforts to get the public service commission to change the date and give (Turn to Page 34)

BRIDE OF IE WEEKS IS DEAD Operation Fatal to Mrs. A. M. Ogle, Society Leader. A bride of three weeks, Mrs. A. M. Ogle, 1324 N. New Jersey St., who was Mrs. Isabel Gates Jacoby, daughter of W. N. Gates, 1828 N. Illinois St., died at the Methodist hospital today following an operation. Mrs. Ogle had been ill only a few days. She was a director of the Junior League and active in that organization. Besides her husband and father Mrs. Ogle leaves two brothers, Gerald and W. Byron Gates, of this city. Funeral services will be held at the residence at 3 p. m. Saturday, with burial at Crown Hill. Feeble *King Ben 9 Under Doctor’s Care Hu United Press BENTON HARBOR, Mich., , Nov. 19.—After a harrowing two days pot duplicated in Michigan's Court historf, "King” Benjamin Purnell, enfeebled aged leader of the House of David Cult, today wait confined to his private quarters here under care of a physician. Purnell is at liberty under bond of $125,000 to insure his presence Dec. 22 In criminal and civil court actions against him, the outgrowth ot alleged immoralities and illegalities of the strange religious organization which he formed as “The Seventh Son of the Parelites.” Late yesterday "King” Ben was dramatically brought into court on a stretcher to plead not guilty to a new warrant charging a statutory offense against Mrs. Bessie Daniels Woodworth,' former member of his flock, who led State troopers to his hiding place .early Wednesday morning.

You’ll Find the Closed Model Used Car Values that Indianapolis dealers are offering during, Closed Car week, listed in the “Automobile for Sale” columns of today’s Want Ads. Don’t fail to investigate the special offerings bring made in Closed Model Used Cars, this week. Turn to the listings in the Want Ad section, choose your CLOSED car now.

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SINGLETON LEAD BIGGEST GAMBLE There Are Rare Times When It Is Advisable, but It Is Dangerous, Says Bridge Expert. By Milton C. Work One of the standard questions that 1 always expect to have asked when I am conducting an “open forum” is one concerning the lead of the singleton. The question is phrased in various ways: “Is the lead of a singleton ever permissible?” or "Is the lead of a singleton ethical?” or "Should you lead a singleton?” Some Bridge players seem to entertain the idea that any unusual play is unethical. Nothing could be more absurd. Any lead or play Is ethical unless its maker has some secret understanding with his partner concerning its meaning. Assuming, however, that the question about the permissibility of a singleton lead refers to its tactical rather than its legal aspect, and also that no bid of that suit by partner or adversary affects the situation. I can best answer the question by saying that against a No Trump contract the lead of a singleton would be unthinkable, but against a trump contract it is probably the biggest gamble of any play made at the Bridge table, as it may readily be either the only lead that will save the game, or the only lead that will lose it. It is the former more often than it is the latter and, therefore, it is a favorite lead, unless the leader has some advantageous high-card sequence to open. There is one important point, however, about the singleton lead that many players are prone to disregard. The only object of the lead is a ruff and when the hand does not desire a ruff, it is the limit of folly to ask for it. When strong in trumps, a ruff is the last wish of an adversary of the Declarer. In that case his game should be to force the Declarer and to try to reduce the Declarer’s trumps to a number equal or less-than his own. Almost invariably with five trumps, and generally with four, there are pregnant possibilities for a defending hand, hut the advantageous trump position that it holds may he jeopardized—if not ruined—by an early ruff. Therefore, with four trumps, unless they are all “babies, a ruff should not be asked for, and consequently a singleton should not be led. When the trumps are all so small that there is little chance of their being of service in capturing any held by the Declarer, it may be good play—even with four—to ask for a ruff; but if the top trump be as high as a Ten or Jack, asking for a ruff is as a rule playing the Declarer's game. With the hand given yesterday: Spades: Jack-x-x-x. Hearts: Queen-Jaek-10-x. Diamonds: King-x-x-x. Clubs: Jack-the Queen of Hearts —not the singleton Jack of Clubs—should be led. The hand, with Jack and three other trumps, does not wish to be forced. The pointer for today is: Against a trump declaration, do not hesitate to lead a singleton if you desire a ruff: hut with four trumps headed by a ten or higher card, youi should not desire a ruff and should not lead a singleton. Tomorrow's pointer will be upon an important point in play. Copyright, Milton C. Work.

FIRST ‘REAL SNOW OF SEASON IN CITY Flurries May Continue Tonight and Saturday—Temperature Due to Go Lower This Evening.

HOURLY TEMPER MURES 6 a. m 29 .10 a. m 28 7 8 a. m 29 12 (noon) .... 29 9 a. m 28 1 p. m 29 'Boys and girls of Indianapolis awoke with glad hearts this morning. The first “real snow” of the season was falling and it could be seen plainly upon the ground. During the norning, however, the flakes were only scattered and the fall tonight and Saturday probably will be no heavier, according to the United States weather bureau. J. H. Armington, bureau meteorologist, reported that the snow amounted to .2 of an inch. It was the first measurable amount that had fallen since last winter, though there have been a few flurries heretofore. Temperature probably will be somewhat lower tonight, according to the bureau, registering between

LEVIATHAN HIKES ROUGHESTVGYAGE Several Hurt as Stormy Seas Tc:: Liner. Bu United Press • CHERBOURG, France, Nov. 19. The U. S. lines liner Leviathan arrived today with several passengers slightly injured from being thrown off their feet during the roughest voyage the biggest vessel in the world ever has experienced. On-Wednesday ar.d Thursday the Leviathan was tossed by waves. Passengers sought the shelter of the covered deck, but all were not able to keep their feet. CRAFT BURNS IN BAY Crew Rescued as Cement Laden Steamer Is Destroyed. Bu United Pram BALTIMORE, Md.. Nov. 19.—Mysteriously catching fire while bound from this port with a cement cargo (Turn to Page 34) Assails Mother as Compelling Marriage Bu United Press ROME, Nov. 19.—Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, New York social leader and wealthy patron of charity, today stood accused by a prelate of Hie sacred rota of the Catholic Church with having forced her daughter Into a distasteful marriage with the Duke of Marlborough, which the Catholic Church found, upon examination, never to have existed, although two children were born of the union. “Such a vicious form of consent,” said a prelate, who is a permanent member of the rota, in referring to the former Consuelo Vanderbilt's consent to marriage with the Duke, “does not correspond with that required by canonical law. which says, ‘matrimony shall be void when it is consummated by violence or through fear exercised by third parties unjustly.’ In the present case, this third party seemed to be the bride's mother." ANTOPSY CONDUCTED. Deputy Coroner C. A. Tolies to day conducted an autopsy investigation over the body of Ernest Sanders, Negro, 623 Fayette St;, found sick at North and Fayette Sts., and who died a few minutes after being taken to bis borne.

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20 ”nd 25 degrees. This morning at 7 the mercury stood at 29. COLD WAVE CONTINUES N'o Relief Promised as Mid-West Gets Snow and Wind. Hu United J‘ress CHICAGO, Nov. 19.—Gripped by the season’s first really cold wave and blanketed under several inches of snow, the Middle West continued to suffer today from snow flurries ;ind wintry winds. As the day dawned, with the thermometer hovering in or below the 20s in most sections, the weather bureau offered no relief in its predictions. Already in several places the snow has reached a depth of eight inches, and street car lines and traffic are tied up in many city streets, v Central Illinois seems to have been hit by the heaviest snowfall. At Peoria more than seven inches of snow covers the city and street car traffic is disrupted. Moline is covered by eight inches. A continuous, twenty-four hour snowfall in Baraboo, Wis., has tied up practically all traffic. At St. Louis,- Md., snow reached a depth of six inches and roads from the Missouri metropolis into Illinois ars blocked. Workmen are endeavoring to keep highways clear with snow plows.

FIREMEN RESCUE MAN FROM FIRE Charles Conroe Trapped; Seriously Burned. Charles Conroe, 73, at 432 E. Ohio St., was seriously burned early today, when tire trapped him in his room. He was rescued by firemen. Ernest T. Smith, rooming house proprietor, said he found the kitchen filled with flames, and attempted to wake Conroe, asleep on the second floor. The blaze drove him back twice. Firemen carried Conroe out of the burning house and administered first aid. Sergeant Volderauer sent Conroe to city hospital. Fire caused SSOO damage. Conroe is employed by a local charitable organization. Queen Marie Turns Face to Homeland Bn T'niteft Press ABOARD QUEEN MARIES TRAIN EN ROUTE TO NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—Queen Marie today began her journey back to New York and Roumania. Excited by the messages she has received from her country relating to tin seriousness of King Ferdinand’s physical condition, Her Majesty today requested railroad and civic officials to expedite her passage to Bucharest in order that she might prevent any possible political demonstrations antagonistic to the present regime in case of her husband’s death. According to present plans. Queen Marie wilt arrive in New York Saturday morning. She expects to leave immediately for Tuxedo Park. N. Y„ where she will spend the time before the Berengaria sails at the home of Charles G. Mitchell, banker. Prince Nicolas will leave the train at Cincinnati to enjoy a visit to Detroit automobile plants He plans to rejoin the party at New York after visiting Cleveland Sunday.

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KIN OF SLAIN DR. HALL IN STATE CASE Sister Attended Wedding— Testifies in Four Words. INQUIRY ABOUT RAZOR Former Maid in Pastor’s Home on Stand. BULLETIN Bu I Hi ted Press COURTROOM, SOMERVILLE, X. J., Nov. 19.—The Stale today completed its case against Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, Willie and Henry Stevens, charged with the murder of the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills, and rested its case at 1:55 p. in. Bit I r nited Press COURTROOM, SOMERVILLE, N. J., Nov. 19. —For the first time since the Hall-Mills trial began a member of the immediate family of the Rev. Dr. Edward Wheeler Hall came to the witness stand today to aid the State’s*effort to punish the alleged murderers of the minister and Mrs. Eleanor Mills. And that witness spoke but four words as a direct contribution to the State's evidence. The witness was Mrs. Theodore Eonner, a sister of the dead parson, a rather attractive 1 woman of middle age. She was asked if she attended her brother's wedding, and said, "Yes.” Then she was asked: “Did you see Henry Stevens there?” “I don’t remember.’* Today’s session of the trial opened with Miss Barbara Tough, Scottish maid in the Hall home, recalled once more to the stand. “How long were you a servant in the Hall home after the murder?” asked Simpson. “Until February, 1923.” “Did you ever see the straight, oldfashioned razor used by tho rector after the latter was murdered? “I don’t know.” On cross-examination Senator Case asked: “You ,pever used the razor, did you?” The Scotch woman blushed. “No,” she said. The State has contended that Dr. Hall's razor might have been used to cut tho throat of Mrs. Mills. Inspector John J. Underwood of Jersey City was the next witness. Underworld, who was put In charge of the murder Investigation on* Aug. 8 this year testified in regard to the calling card of Dr. Hall found near the bodies. This card allegedly bears the finger prints of Willie Stevens. The witness said he had received the card from Philip Payne, editor of a New York paper, on Aug. 15. When he first saw the card it was enclosed in glass, and has remained in the same condition since, Underwood said. On Aug. 17 Underwood gave the card to Lieut. Fred Drewer, a fingerprint expert, who kept it three days. Since then It has been in the Inspector's possession, he said. Robert H. Me Carter took up the cross-examination. He quoted from testimony by Underwood on Aug. 17, in which the inspector denied he ever had seen Payne “Who has been paying your ex penses in this investigation?” asked McCarter suddenly. “I have not received one cent to date from any source for expenses incurred,” Underwood replied. Maj. C. H. Goddard, a firearms expert, was the next witness. He idenITum to Page 34)

HURL BOMBS AT HOmfOR Gangsters’ Outbreak Near Herrin, 111. Btt United Press WEST FRANKFORT. 111.. Nov. 19. —Gangsters’ bombs rocked Franklin County again today when a group of men, riding in a motor car, whirled by the home of Mayor Joe Adams of West City and hurled three bombs at the house. Although the bombs shattered the glass in the house and did considerable damage to the front, neither the mayor nor his wife and brother, Gus Adams, was injured. Last week three carloads of gangsters dfove by the Adams home and poured a machine gunfire into houses on either side of the mayor’s residence. THANKSGIVING PROGRAMS Will Be Given in Schools Wednesday Week-End Vacation. Thanksgiving day programs and exercises will be Ijgld next Wednesday in all public schools in Indianent, announced today. Primary grades have been busy for a week in making turkeys, pumpkins and whatnots out of paper, to be used to decorate the classrooms. Public schools will not be in session Thursday and Friday, in accordance with the usual custom of the week-end Thanksgiving holiday.

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ATTORNEYBARRED IN INVESTIGATION OF CASE TUG’ Judges Act When Lawyer Is Accused —New Move to Drive Out Bondsmen. Investigation of the activities of local lawyers and bondsmen at police headquarters will be begun at once, Municipal Judges Dan V. White und Paul C. Wetter announced today. This was the outgrowth of the diisbarment of Milton Siegel, local attorney, notified today by the courts that he could not carry on his practice because he is said to have asserted he could “fix” court cases. The judges appealed to Police Chief Claude F. Johnson to Investigate the matter. It also is said that certain police department employes are aiding bondsmen in the solicitation of business. Chief Johnson said he would cooperate. He ordered captains who grant permits for bondsmen to see prisoners to stamp the hour the permit is issued. The chief will seek permission from tl> courts to charge bondsmen and attorneys who have no business in the corridors with contempt of court. Bondsmen loitering about the corridors and courtrooms have caused continuous trouble for some time. The first of the year an order was issued by the municipal judges that police should make hpurly rounds in the building and break up the groups of bondsmen and attorneys. A preliminary Investigation already has been conducted by Deputy Prosecutor Paul Rhoodamer it was said. Siegel is said to have prevented five men, arrested Oct. 31 on liquor charges, from getting in touch with their regular attorney, telling them he could “fix“the ca3e. NINE DEAD IN ~WRE€K Uu United Prist LONDON, Nov. 19. —Nine persons were reported killed and three injured today when the Birmingham Express was wrecked near Rotherham. Three coaches were smashed. sfili CLEANING SHOP Burglars Take Suits, Dresses on North Side. Burglars who entered the tailor shop of Carl Baker, 3363 N. Illinois St., Thursday night, escaped with clothing valued at nearly SSOO. Baker discovered the theft when he opened the shop today. He found the racks looted of clothing left for repair and pressing. Overcoats, men suits, and ladles’ dresses comprised the loot, he said. A screen was pried open and a glass in the door was broken. Police said a vehicle probably was used to haul away the loot. 24 ARE INDICTED • Twenty-four persons were named today in sixteen indictments returned by the Marion County grand jury to Criminal Judge James A. Collins. Charges against four per sons were dismissed. Majority of the cases involved violation of auto theft and liquor laws.

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Stenographer Says Flying More Interesting Than Typing. Sudden changes! Miss Mira White believes in them. From piloting a typewriter carriage along its limited and well-de-fined track, she plans to make her debut next spring in a role of piloting airplanes about in the unconfined expanses of the upper atmosphere. To this end. Miss White, who is 21 years old, began a course of flying training last June. She has now rolled up a number of ten and fifteenminute periods of instruction to a total of six hours and says flying is more Interesting than typing. “I got the -.ying craze one Sunday last Mav when I went up for my first time,” she said. “So I just made up my mind to learn how to fly myself.” Miss White is employed as a stenographer in a downtown law office and lives with her parents at 5222 E. Michigan St. She is a graduate of the Arsenal Technical Schools and attended at Indiana University for two years. Goodwin Weaver, who has a flying field at Arlington and Rawles Aves., is instructing Miss White. “I'm looking forward to tho time when I can “solo” —that is, take the plane up by myself,” she continued. “Then I can pass tho necessary tests required by the National Aeronautical Association, and get my license.”

NAVY PLANES OFF ON PANAMA TRIP Giant PN-lOs Start From Philadelphia. Bu United Prrss PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 19.—The giant PN-10 navy seasplanes Nos. 1 and 29 took off from (lie Philadlephia navy yard at 7:15 a. m. today for Hampton Roads on tho first leg of their flight to Panama. The FN-lOs were under the command of Commander H. T. Bartlett. The planes were expected to cover the distance between here and the Chesapeake capes In about two and one-half hours, but it is Bartlett's intention to stay in the &ir ten hours, cruising over Hampton Roads In order to give the big planes a thorough workout. The ships left here carrying crews of seven men each and weighed about 19,000 pounds. After a wait of several days, during which time the planes were thoroughly inspected and refueled, Commander Bartlett expects to get off on his 2,000-mile non-stop flight at the first appearance of favorable flying weather. WOOLLING HOLDING OUT School Board May Start Legal Proceedings to Get Tract. The refusal of Frank Woolllng real estate man, to accept the board of school commissioners’ offer of $30,000 for a tract of ground to be used as a site for School 81, may prompt board officials to start legal proceeding to obtain the land, according to Ure M. Frazer, hoard business manager. Woolling is "holding out” for a figure between $5,000 and $6,000 higher than that offered, it is said. The property is bounded by Parker Ave., Nineteenth St. and Brookside Blvd.

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EXTRA LONE BANDIT GETS SI,OOO AT BANK The Rural St. branch of the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company was held up this afternoon by a man posing as a salesman for a Chicago bank supply house. After sitting in the office for several hours the man pulled a revolver and held up E. W. Koeniie, manager, locked two other persons in a wash room, and eseaped with about §I,OOO. CAR THEFT RING HAD BUSY TIME 20 Autos Stolen in Last Three Months, Says Youths’ Confession. A confession, admitting the theft of more than twenty automobiles in Indianapolis during the last three months, was signed by six youths, arrested today. These machines were disposed of in various ways, some of them being abandoned, some turned over to other persons and some others stripped and the parts sold by the ring, which evidently operated on a largo scale, police said Six in Ring Os the six, five are charged with vehicle theft and grand larceny and the sixth with grand larceny. The five were: Frank Judd, 18, of 819 Dorman St.; Bennie Jacobs, 21, of 918 W. New York St.: Charles Haase, 16, of 1138 W. New York St.; Virgil Gilbert, 18, of 219 Blake St., and Edward Tolbert, 18. of 712 W. New York St. Charles McElfresh 19, of 216 Hiawatha St., is charged with grand larceny. Three Sentenced Theft of a machine on Indiana Ave. between Vermont ant New York Sts. Thursday night proved the undoing of the gang, two of the members being arrested and confessing, implicating the others. They probably will he arrdfigned at or.?e. Arrests were made by Detectives Hynes and Duncan and Patrolman Kennedy. Cooperating with the officers, Judge Paul C. Wetter today fined and sentenced three youths arrested Nov. 7 l>y State police. The three admitted thefts of tires from north side garages. They were Bruce Bushong, 18, of 51 W. ThirtyFourth St.; Thomas Cassidy, 18, of 21 N. Capitol Ave., and Robert Brown, 16, of 2915 N. Capitol Ave. Each was fined $25 and given thirty days In jail on a petit larceny charge Cassidy was fined $5 for speeding and Cassidy and Bushong was fined SIOO and costs, fine suspended, for carrying concealed weapons.

ROBINSON SPENT S3,C47FOR TOGA Watson Let Loose of $1,910, Statement Says. P.u United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Senator Arthur R. Robinson of Indiana today filed bis campaign expense account with the secretary of the Senate. It indicates ho spend $3,047.54 for his re-election. Total contributions were listed as $1,900 of which S9OO each was given by Frank A. Symmes and Garth B. Melson, Indianapolis lawyer, and SIOO by V. E. Van Fleet, former member of the Federal trade commission. United States Senator James E. Watson’s account showed he spent $1,910.25 personally for re-election, receiving no contributions. COOUDGES SEND WORDOFREGRET Express Sympathy Over . Death of Mrs. Kealing. Condolence and sympathy over the death of Mrs. Joseph B. Kealing, wife of the national Repub lican committeman from Indiana, was expressed in a telegram received today from President and Mrs. Coolidge. Many messages from party leaders who were friends of Mr?. Kealing, who died Thursday at her home following a long illness, were received at the home. 1424 N. Alabama. St. "We have Just learned of the sad death of Mrs. Kealing. Please accept our most sincere sympathies," said the telegram from the Coolidges. Private funeral services will be b#dd at the residence Saturday afternoon. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. HUNG JURY INDICATED Hu t sited Press JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Nov. 19.—A second bung jury was in prospect today in the trial of Clyde Covey, 19, of Bpeed. Ind., for the alleged murder of Eddie T. Sponner. The Jury retired late yesterday and was still deadlocked today. A hung jury ended the first trial of Covey in September.

Forecast Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday; somewhat colder toaiglit; lowest temperature 20 to 25.

KLAN BREAK QUIZZED BY PROBE JURY Leaders of Revolt Against Ex-Cyclops Elliott Witnesses Again. TWO WOMEN CALLED IN ' Week-End Recess to Be Taken This Evening. The break between George 8. Elliott, former Marlon County Klan cyclops, and the rest of the hooded order s local organization formed the center of tho Marion County grand jury s Investigation of Indiana political corruption and “Stephensonism” charges today. Four witnesses, three of them admittedly identified at one time or another with the Klan, were quizzed during the morning. They were, in the order of their appearance, Ned Russell, Second ward political worker and supporter of Mayor Duvall in the latter’* may. orally campaign; Constable Jack Fisher; Mrs. Clara Aldridge, 1139 College Ave., and Mrs. Charlotte Short, Twelfth St, and College Ave. When the jury adjourned at the noon hour Prosecutor William H. Remy announced that recess would bo taken this evening until Monday morning, following the regular practice. Led Revolt The first two witnesses of the morning, Russell and Fisher, led a Klan revolt against Elliott, It is said. Both havo been questioned heretofore, Russell having been before the jury on Thursday. Mrs. Aldridge, a middle-aged, rather short and heavy woman, alao was a Klan worker, while Mrs. Short lives near the former county Klan headquarters on College Ave. The two women were brought in oh forthwith subpoenas, following an announcement by Remy that no names of witnesses would be made public until the jurors were ready for the witnesses. Police Sergt. Thomas Bledsoe also was subpoenaed and appeared at the Jury room. Ho was told to report hack when the Jury resumed Its work at 2 this afternoon. Rogers Seeks Conference Before the Jury started on the morning's tasks, William Rogers, former building department inspector, appeared at tho courthouse, seeking a conference with Remy. Rogers, former klansman npd star witness at St. Louis in Senator James A. Reed's probe into Indiana politics, said ho could give Remy some Important Information which might lend to the recalling of some Shank administration city officials who were questioned Thursday. Up to noon Rogers had been unable to confer with Remy. Eight Indianapolis persons, most of them former city officials, testified Thursday. They were: Former Police Chief Herman Rikhoff, William H. Freeman, former board of works member; John F. Rainier, former chief clerk of the assessment bureau; John F. Taylor, a constable: Virgil Furgason, former fire prevention bureau chief; Janies Isaacs, Negro, 601 Darnell Kt., said to be a city employe; V*. F. Willowoughty, Klan organizer under Stephenson. Russell was tho only witness of the afternoon, all tho others having been heard during the morning session. Rikhoff Involved According to reports, Rikhoff was to have been appointed a member of the park board under Mayor Duvall It was surmised that ho was questioned about this. When 1,. G. Julian, Evansville, former business associate of Stephenson, will be recalled before the quiz body, has not been announced by the prosecutor. The sixth week of the Stephensonism probe is closing today.

ABANDON DISTRICT CAMPAIGN LINES Town ‘Opened Up’ in Community Fund Drive. Herman P. Lieber, general chairman of the seventh annual Community Fund campaign "opened up the town” today to the workers, following the eighth report luncheon at the Claypool. It was announced that today's luncheon will be the last. Workers will continue the campaign, however, and make final reports at community fund headquarters next Friday. The south division of the woman's army was awarded a silver loving cup. Workers reported new contrlbu tlons of $11,836, making the cam palgn total to date $639,147. The drive goal Is $653.000. “Not everyone has been reached yet,” said Homer Burst, executive secretary. “Only 40,088 person# have contributed this year, whll 49,000 gave last year/’