Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 199, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 November 1926 — Page 9

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,G! SNAPS AND THIEF GETS AWAY I Shell Fails to Explode When Robbery Victim Pulls Trigger. A burglar escaped being shot early today because a shell in the gup of Albert Kempe, 1739 S. Randolph St., failed to explode. Kempe, awakened at 5:15 -a. m. by the flare of a flashlight in his bedroom, told police he got out of" bed quietly and seized his gun, standing in the corner. Levelling it at the man who was outside the widow, Kempe said he snapped and resnapped the trigger. Evidently the burglar heard the gun snap, for he fled. Kempe said the window had been raised and his trousers and underwear left on a chair, were gone, together with a $35 watch and $2 in cash. . Seized by Man } Miss Geneva Moore, 513 Bright St., walking between Bright and Blackford Sts., on Michigan, was seized by a. man, she told police. Overpowering her, he took her purse, containing $2.50, keys and other valuable and ran. Detectives today continued their investigation of a robbery, Wednesday, at a dry beer/saloon operated by Charles McCutcheon, 1319 Bates St. Lloyd Bailey, Brightwood Y. M. C. A., charged he was robbed of S3O and valuable papers. Bailey said he had just pawned his watch to obtain the money, and while asleep in the saloon his purse was taken. Police found torn railroad passes and insurance receipts in a rear room. \ Proves Better Runner Pete Willis, 71 N. Addison St., proved a better runner than the man he believes intended to hold him up near 234 N. Belmont Ave., Wednesday night. Willis said he heard someone coming toward him and saw the man, dressed in Army clothes. Taking to his heels. Willis said he reached the C., I. & W. Railroad roundhouse and the man, who called to him to stop, hesitat°d at the door when he saw other workmen, and retreated. E. G. Udell, 1029 N. Keystone Av?., reported the theft of a suit case, silk dresses and uncfcrgarments^valued at S2OO from the sidewalk at 418 E Norh St. Udell said he started to get into hi3 auto and set the suit case down. When he turned bapk, after unlocking the auto door, the suit case was gone.

BURGLAR BLAMED ■ IN m FIRE Believe Thief Sought Foodstuffs in Barn. Fire that destroyed a barn owned by Sam Butler, 1256 S. Tremont Ave., might have started from a match dropped by a burglar, seeking potatoes and chicken for the Thanksgiving hol'day, police said today. The damage was about $2,000. •' The blaze broke out at 1 a. m. Sergt. Edwayd Deeter and squad Investigating an accident at Belmont and Barrett Aves., were attracted by the flames, and awakened the Butlei* family. They dressed and prepared to move furniture .from the house, but the firemen extinguished the flames before the fire spread to the house. Butler said chickens and fifty bushels of potatoes were in the barn. He believes a burglar dropped a match in the hay. One horse, harness, a light wagon, hay, 150 bushels of corn and tools also were destroyed. APPLES TO BRITAIN RICHMOND, Va.—Two shiploads ks Virginia apples comprising nearWf 12,500 barrels recently put out from Hampton Roads for England. With an increase of more than 2,000,000 barrels over last year’s crop, Virginia's apple production ranks third largest In the United States, only New York and 'Washington exceeding this State.

Horns Blare Advent of Fox Hunters

Winding of' horns, prancing of impatient hoofs and the tugging at leashes and barking of the hounds' announced to the world today that the annual fox hunt of the Meridian Hills Country Club was about to get under way. At 10 a. m. the hunt started and in a few minutes pack and riders were in full cry. The lowering day proved somewhat disappointing, lyut more than 800 persons on hand to witness the event or take part in the hunt C. H. Buddenbaum, master of hounds, announced. Army men from Ft. Benjamii Han-ison were on hand with their sleek mounts. Fox hunters from throughout the State gathered in costumes official and otherwise. The hunt went cross country, over fields and ditches in the traditional manner. Only two things marked the local hunt from those of:the English aristocracy and squires. There was no “Hunter’s rye” and the fox was a raccoon.

GAR Y OASIS FOR TROUBLED

New Edifice Sets Out to Install Christ in City’s Heart. Ru XFA Service GARY, Ir.d., Nov. 25.—" That Christ may dwell a living presence at the city’s heart,” anew kind of church, different in purpose, has reared its imposing Gothic head above the very center of this steel town. It proposes to do the Master’s bidding on a basis of full twentieth century efficiency. The City Church, for that is its name, will be an oasis for the troubled, a gathering place for the young, a spiritual temple, and a modern house of the Lord from which seven days of the week instead of one will come ministerir.gs to Gary’s religious and ereature-com-tort needs. ' The chore the City Church has assigned itself is to emulate what Christ would do if He dwelt on the corner where the church now stands. “Christ worked every day,” says Rev. William Grant Seaman, pastor

DEFENSE MEETS EVERT POINT IN HALL-MILLS CASE No Detail Too Small in Most Carefully Planned Action. Bn United Pres s SOMERVILLE, N. J., Nov. 25. As carefully prepared a case’ as ever was presented in a courtroom soon will be before the jury in the Hall-Mills trial. The seven counsel retained by Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall and her brothers, Henry and Willie Stevens, have essayed in minute detail to defend their clients from charges of murder in connection with the dqath, four years ago, of the Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs... Eleanor R. Mills. Step by step the testimony of State’s witnesses has been met with evidence calculated to refute or at least to balance that presented by Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson. No point in the State’s case has been considered too minor to escape attempted rebuttal. The highlights of the defense thus far have come with the testimony of the Stevens brothers, speaking from the witness stdTul in their own behalf. Mrs. Hall probably will testify tomorrow. There was no session of the trial today. As an example of the minutia dealt in by attorneys for both sides, one might take the testimony of a milkman, called by the State to say that there was a door open at the rear of the Hall home in the early morning of Sept. 15, 1922, and that he was forced to close the door before proceeding on his route. To offset this, the defense called an architect to establish there was no door that turned outward in the rear of the Hall house. ARREST AGENT FOR BOOK LONDON, Nov. 2 $/. Heskleth Pearson, the literary agent who handled the book, “The Whispering Gallery,” was arrested on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses today. He was granted bail and will appear in court Friday.

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This stalely new home of Church of Gary, Jnd., costing more than $700,000, was built that Christ might “dwell a living presence at the city’s heart.” At the left is theßev. William Grant Seaman, pastor.

of the church, and Inspiration of the dream which brought about its construction after eleven years of work and planning. "Our doors will remain open every day of the seven.” Seven distinct ministries to coordinate its work will be put into operation. There will be a ministry of music, one of social service, education, fellowship, recreation, missionary work and pastoral duties. The church is built in three separate units. The worship unit is a great vaulted room fifty feet high. Social and Educational The second unit is the social-educa-tional wing, containing a gymnasium, cozy rooms with fireplaces, the pastor’s study, and special rooms fer young people, men, women and mothers. The latter may take their children to service with them and te assured that the little ones will 1 e properly cared for in play rooms. The second unit also houses a dining room, fully equipped kitchen, showers, lockers and rest rooms, where tired working folk may drop in for a few moments to read or to pray. The third unit is commercial, with five stores on the ground floor and two floors of offices. Rent from these

NAMELESS MAN WANTS MDTHER % (Continued From Page 1) phia hall where the recent American Legion convention was held, calling out to that sea of faces— None “Clicked.” “For God's sake, buddies, tell me who I am!” They tried to tell him. Man after man ran forward to shake his hand, stare at the scarred face, “rebuilt” by a plastic surgeon, and say: “Sure, I know you. You’re—” Then came the list of So many of them. But none of them the name that “clicked.” “I daren’t think. I just keep on the job,” Tarbot told me. "I’ve got to find my outfit.” His “outfit” means to him just one thing—his mother. "They can’t tell me she’s dead,” he said. “If your mother’s alive in the world, and has cooked a Thanksgiv-

Gropes Every Day for His Past Groping, groping— That’s day-to-day life for Jerry Tarbot. He is groping for his past, as a key to his present and .future. “Holidays are the worst,” he says. “You hear other folks tell of what they’re going to do—get a fetter job, get a raise, plant a garden, read a book, go y to a show, take a ride —and you sort of feel that you aren’t ready to begin living like other people yet. “You think until your brain blisters. You seem to be putting your fingers out into the dark, trusting you'll touch something. Every face you see, every home you enter, every t street you walk, you grab and examine—maybe it's part of your outfit. • “But it never is.”

ing pumpkin pie for you, you know it, that’s all. When she goes, I’ll know it quick as cannon firing.” Jerry Tarbot, Man without a Name, studied his scarred face in the mirror, jfossing long, lean fingers over little mounds and valleys in the flesh. “Some folks wonder why my mother doesn’t see my picture and know me,” he said. "But my mother never could know this new face of mine. “If she could just be near me, she’d know in a minute, though, even if my voice does sound like a toy whistle.” The foam of shells that took Jerry’s memory from him whistled through his cheek bone, ploughed the left side of his face into shreds

will be applied to maintenance of the church and help defray its activities. 1,000 Seats in Community Hall In a community hall done In cream and black marble, 1,000 people may listen to weekly musicales, watch motion pictures, or attend amateur theatricals. The roof of the church has been made to yield a fine open-air tennis court, which can be converted at will into an open-air theater or covered play yard for children. The entire cost of the various units to date has been $792,325. Eventually the church hopes to extend its social help Into the city's courts and pails. jWhere Life Streams Converge “Prom the heart of a city radiates its life and influence,” Dr. Seaman comments. “That is why our church w as put where it is. “Then came the plan of service, a plan for a church open seven days a week, a church presenting the beautiful in music and architecture, a church providing Christian educational features, healthfhl recreation, appealing and clean entertainment \or youth and age, and, above all, a church spreading by deed and word the spirit of Christian friendliness.”

Faithful Cook Saves Governor’s ( Bacon*

Governor W. W. Brandon of Alabama and eight of his friends can comment like this: "Greater faithfulness hath no man than this.” A Negro cook in the fishing ramp where the Governor and liis companions were arrested on liquor law charges, has claimed thirteen quarts of whisky a his own, and consequently will be alone in receiving punishment.

of flesh and splintered the.bone and pierced his vocal cords. His voice is almos a falsetto. It's sheer instinct the thing which tells Jerry Tarbot that his mother lives—that he believes will bring him through into the Land of Memory sometime. “There is no Intelligence in it,” he explained. "I'm Just like a fly caught in a room with a million windows and only one little place, in that whole room big enough for a fly to get through.” Close—Sometimes. There are times when the sable curtain, shutting the present from the past, almost lifts. A strain of music, perfume of a flower, a woman's comforting smile, a pitying touch on his coat sleeve, a child’s face, arouses his dormant memory momentarily—then the faint vision goes. Jerry knows that he Is a Catholic. He is convinced he went to Fordham "University, New York. But that’s about all. The rest is wondering and longing. Yet Jerry is thankful to a degree. “It has made a better man of me. this amnesia business,” he said. “It has made me a fighter—taught me what trouble is. It has taught me how much a fellow’s outfit means.” (Copyright, 1926, NEA Service Inc.)

‘CARRY ON’ MESSAGE OF CIVIC HEAD Banker Urges Continuous Drive to Keep City at the Front. A continuous and never-ending drive, to make Indianapolis one of the outstanding cities of the country, will be the policy of the Chamber of Commerce under its 1927 president, iiick Miller, Ctiy Trust Company president. Miller was elected president of the chamber Wednesday afternon. He succeeds Nicholas H. Noyes of Eli Lilly & Cos. “Carry On” The r.3w president was chairman of the “Indianapolis First” movement sponsored by the Chamber of Commrce several weeks ago. Two years ago Miller headed the first development that tended toward a general movement to support the city and its industries before the “Indiahapolis First” movement became an actuality. “Indianapolis must carry on,” Miller said. “Regardless of any mindrances and obstructions, the general move for a better Indiana polls, supported by each and every one of its residents shall be carried out to the fullest extent.” Mayer Named Miller said he would malje a formal statement of his policies as president later, but Indicated that the Chamber will continue to act solely as a civic organization, looking to the improvement of industrial conditions and beautification of the municipality. Other officers elected were: A. Kiefer Mayer, first vice president and Oscar Schmidt (re-elected), treasurer.

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Circle, in which members of All Saints Cathedral, St. Paul’s and Christ Church parishes joined. The value of Thanksgiving observance both to the State and individual was stressed. • Central Universalist and All Souls Unitarian churches joined with the Indianapolis Hebrew congregation in joint services at the Hebrew Temple, Tenth and Delaware Sts. Speakers included Attorney Albert Stump, Revs. F. S. C. Wicks and Fred A. Line and Rabbi M. M. Feuerlicht. Silent hour Thanksgiving service, originated by the pastor, Rev. George S. Henninger, was observed at the East Tenth Street M. E. Church. “American Prosperity and God” was the sermon subject of Rev. W. H. Eifert at the English Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Fairfield Park Aves. Danger of Plenty He warned of the danger of peace and plenty making a nation unmindful of God and urged a return to the spirit of the Pilgrims, who, though their stores were scant, gave thanks to divine providence on the first Thanksgiving day. Six north side churches joined in the union service at Carrollton Avenue Reformed Church, where Rev. Edward Ivistler preached on the theme “Thanksgiving Cheer.” At all of the union services the offering went to create a fund to provide a church worker to take care of court cases and aid in reforming first offenders. This work will be carried on through the Indianapolis Church Federation. The Second Moravian Church, Thirty-Fourth and Hovey Sts., aijd the Bellaire M. E. Church joined In services at the Ebenezer Lutheran Church. Tie sermon was preached by Rev. K. R. Roberts, pastor of the latter church. Perils of Privileges “Lest We Forget” was the sermon subject of the Rev. E. A. Pipenbrok at St. John’s Evangelical Church, Leonard and Sanders Sts. Calling attention to the many privileges enjoyed by Americans and the great gifts of.God bestowed on the country, he took for his text: “To Him Whom Much Is Given. Much Is Ex- | pected.” pointing out the perils that lie in great privileges. Rev. J. Ambrose T/inkel preached at the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, Central Ave. and ThirtyFourth St. Special services were also held at the Christian Science churches of the city. Tonight Evangelist W. B. Brannen, Milwaukee. Wis., will conduct special Thanksgiving services at the Indianapolis Gospel Tabernacle, Ala* bama and North Sts. An undenominafional service will be held at Wheeler City Mission, Delaware and New York Sts., at 7:30 p. m.. Rev. H. E. Everhardt, pastor, presiding. Throughout the day services were held at Salvation Army headquarters. where members of the AriYiy from twenty-six cities of the State were gathered. Public worship is to be lteld tonight.

BACK HOME AGAIN

Automobiles reported found by police belong to: N • Harry Meadows, 1410 Oliver Ave., Chevrolet, found at Ohio St. and Capitol Ave. Charles F. Reed, 1825 N. Rural St., Chevrolet, found at Merrill St. and Capitol Ave.

Mrs. Doheny in Court

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Mrs. Edward L Doheny, wife of the multimillionaire oil operator, goes to court at Washington during the trial of her husband and former Secretary of the Interior .Albert B. Fall. She is shown (left) with her daugh-teiMn-law, Mrs. E. L. Doheny/,Jr., as she walked up the steps of the Supreme Court building.

WOMAN, 105, HOLDS D UAL CELEBRA TION ‘Grandma’ McMahon of Kansas City Observes Birthday and Thanksgiving—Dislikes Bobbed Hair.

Bu United Prem KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 25. Thanksgiving for "Grandma" Emma McMahon today means also the celebration of her 105th year. Mrs. McMahon, who despite her years works every day repairing garments in the Good Will industries here, declared she has much to be thankful for on her birthday today and recounted some of her early experiences as proof. Grandma McMahon came to America at the age of 18 months with her parents, Captain and Mrs. William Ward from their home In Liverpool, England. The family settled on the Little Red River, Wis., south of Milwaukee. At the age of three, Mrs. McMahon saw her family murdered by a band of marauding Sioux Indians. She was taken captive and only saved from death by a squaw whose child had died. She lived with the Indians until she was seven when she escaped with a white 'woman wffio had been taken captive in another raid. Recently, Mrs. McMahon refused

LEGION HEADS GUESTS “Forty Eight” to Give Dinner Nov. 30. Members of Voiture 145, of the “Forty and Eight,” in Indianapolis, have been invited to bring as many friends as they wish, whether they belong to or are eligible for The American Legion, to attend a dinner at the Indianapolis Athletic Club Gymnasium, Nov. 30, in honor of National Commander Howard P. Savage, of The American Legion, and Chef de Chemin de Fer Charles A. Mills, of La Soclete des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux. Guests will include department commanders and adjutants of the legion, who will be in Indianapolis attending a conference at national headquarters. Department Commander-elect Paul V. McNutt, with National Commander Savage and Chef de Chemin de Fer Mills, will make short addresses. Other entertainment will be provided. Tickets can be obtained from correspondent Ben A. Wieneke, 220 E. Ohio St.

New H, LL Brown Jr, Commander

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Joseph H. Sappington Ac commander of the Hilton U. Brown, Jr. Post of the American Legion, Joseph H. Sappington villi soon start an intensive membership campaign. * Sappington was elected for 1927 at a meeting of Brown Post Mon Say night at the World War Memorial Bldg. Other officers elected: Harry Teitel, adjutant; Dr. Carl P. Herther, finance officer; Elmer G. Wen*, first vice commander; Everett F. Saxton, second vice commander; John E. Miller, sergeant at arms, and P. A. Munshausen, historian. Officers of chaplain and post executive committee n ember 'will be determined at the n ;xt post meeting.

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an offer of SIOO a week to appear on a vaudeville circuit and tell of her early experiences, because, she said, "this stage business is so uncertain.” She makes her own living and is proud of it, she asserted, adding that she does her own housekeeping in every detail. “They won’t find my hair bobbed,” she said, discussing a newspaper article about a 100-year old woman who had bobbed her hair. “I like it long and will keep it that way.”

NEW DOCUMENTS TO BE SOUGHT IN CORRUPTION OUIZ Man Living in Northern Indiana City May Be Brought -Before Jury. An effort to obtain new evidence for presentation before the Marion County grand jury in its investigation of alleged graft and corruption in Indiana politics will be made Friday, it became known today. A man living in a northern Indiana city' is expected to be brought before the grand jury soon. It is said that he has certain documents relating to political ’The evidence which he possesses is not in difect relation to the activities of D. C. Stephenson, former “old man” of the Klan who is serving a life sentence in Indiana State Prison for the murder of Madge Oberholtzer. Friday Move Question Whether or not the probe body will resume the corruptioli quiz Friday was still in question. Prosecutor William H. Remy said he had not decided what could be done Friday. The jury shelved the corruption quiz all this week and the jurors enjoyed a Thanksgiving day vacation today. Action of John H. Kiplinger, Rushville (Ind.) attorney, to obtain anew trial for Stephenson on the. murder charge is expected at any time. He will base his rp° ve on the fact that County Clerk Albert H. Losche did not sign the transcript of the case when it was taken to the Hamilton County Circuit Court from the Marion Criminal Court. For this reason, Kiplinger will declare that the Hamilton court was without jurisdiction in the matter. May Start Merger Quiz Inquiry into circumstances surrounding the proposed merger of the two local light companies ,nm.v be begun. Lawrence Lyons of Brpok, Ind., former Republican State chairman, has been subpoenaed but did not appear because of belated service of the order. He admitted to The Times several days ago that he had talked to Harry Reid, president of the Interstate Public Service bompany, an Insull concern, about a contribution to the Republican campaign fund in 1924. Corporation Counsel Alvah J. Rucker, in his unsuccessful action for an injunction to prevent the local electric utility merger, charged that utility interests had paid $19,000 into Governor Ed Jackson’s 1924 campaign fund.

Far and Near

HICKSVILLE, L. I.—A half hour before the arrival of money dispatched by relatives to * relieve his financial distress, David L. Winchester, a jeweler, shot and killed his wife, Paula suicide here. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—Collection of a S2OO gambling debt paid with a tenth interest in lots that have increased in value to $59,500 in three years is sought by Benja-min-Levy, proprietor of the Philadelphia Turf Club, in an action against Edward and Fred Anderson. The Andersohs asserted that as the contract was made from a gambling debt it is not enforceable.

PHONE CALL BLAMED IN BOND THEFI Believed That Robber Hid n Basement or on Mezzanine Floor of Bank. That the thief who stole s7l,sU’i in Liberty bonds from the J. F Wild & Cos. Bank, 123 E. Market St., hid in the basemen; or on the mezzanine floor and slipped into the bond cage when a confederate called away tinman in charge last Friday; was on - of the chief theories followed today by detectives investigating the can . The theft was not learned publicly until Wednesday. Officials, describing the layout of the bank, said that a runway ex tends behind all the teller cages an I the cashier’s and bond cages. Tiltdoors leading from Iho runway tithe basement and the mezzanine floor are side by side and are directly opposite the door to the bond cage. Received ( all A. 11. Humphrey, who Is in charge of the bond cage, recalls that on Friday he received a telephone call from an unknown source and during' the time that he was answering tincall the cage was left unguarded. When he reached the phone the person calling had hung up. That was the only time that no one was in the cage during the day, he said. Belief expressed that, while he was out of rhe cage and at the! phone, the thief slipped out of one! or the other of the doors and into the cage, where, in a minute, he could seize the bonds. Liberty bonds are all easily negotiable, without 1 question. September, 1923, $21,000 worth of, bonds were stolen at the Indiana Nil tional Bank. In this case it Is re-! called that the bond official of the company was called across the lobby to answer a telephone, and after I trying to get soma one on the line! to answer, returned to his desk to I find the bonds missing. Later the | thief was arrested in Canada fa con nection with another bond theft and ! never returned here for trial, al-t though some of the bonds were re-; covered. Check Verifies Amount It at first was thought that the 1 day’s supply of bonds, totalling $271,001) had been taken at the Wild Bank, but a check verified the $71,500 amount. This is covered by i $76,000 Insurance with tho Standard Accident Insurance Company at Detroit. Interest In the theft ts Increased by the fact that on the same day of the theft a man posing as a salesman for a banking supply house, held up employes of the Rural St. branch, Fletcher Savings and Trust Company, and escaped with $2,000 in money. Employes of the Wild bank say that a man of the same general description, posing as a ( supply salesman, was in that bank the day before. Local police have not been notified , of the theft and private detectives , are working on the case. Humphrey T said that serial numbers of the missing bonds will be sent out at , once. In an effort to forstall cashing of the bonds, ,

SOME SENATORS OPPOSE ATTITUDE TOWARDMEXICO Predict Break Unlikely— Criticise Course of State Department. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—Dissat isfaction with the State Department’s stern attitude toward Mexico was manifested in senatorial circles today. Action or investigation in the situation was seen as a possibility after Congress convenes, Dec. fi. Opinions, prompted by their own desires, of several Senators ex pressed confidence that there would be no break with Mexico on the present developments regarding that country’s land laws. Senators Borah, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee; Swanson (Va.), ranking Democratic mem her of the committee; Norris (R' p > Nebraska; Wheeler,(Dem.), Montana and others expressed dissatisfaction with the Department's handling qf Mexican and Nicaraguan sltuatlonSome Senators privately express' 1 1 opinions that the Mexican interim religious controversy might be involved in the distemper toward Mexican affairs. Senator Borah issued n statement expressing confidence there would he no break with Mexico. If a break did occur, he it would not aid in solution of the land questions involved in exchange of notes recently between the two governments. “I do not find in the notes any threat or ultimatum,” he stated. “Mexico, of course, has a right in any kind of a property system sic wants. . “Our sole interest in the matter arises out of the fact that Amort cans have acquired property and if Mexico finds a way jto protect our Interests reasonably, we will have no complaint. And I think Mexico will find a way to do this.” The next development is expected to come when Amliassndor Sheffield deliver* a note from tlVla Governin' which he ia reported to be carry. m* to Mexico City in peraon.