Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 201, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 November 1926 — Page 2

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‘ls There a Soul?’ ‘Yes,’ Declares Famous Surgeon

LOAN COMPANIES THREATEN JOBS OF BORROWERS Firms Under Indictment Send Out Letters to Railroad Employes. Loan companies, whose' officers are under indictment in Criminal Court on usury charges, it was learned today, are threatening persons who have borrowed money and i-efsed to repay it with the enormous interest charged. Several persons have come to the prosecutor's office in regard to the matter. Deputy Prosecutor John L. Niblack announced that none of the persons will be required to pay the loans until the charges are disposed of in court. Send Out Letters According to borrowers, the companies first threatened legal action to obtain the money and now have sent letters declaring that the company will notify employers and see that the borrowers, all railroad employes, are discharged. Indictments have been returned against the following: Walter E. Payi.on. Indiana Purchasing Company; Wayne W. Ayres, 120 Arcade Bldg.; Irvin Miller and Kenneth Cox, 23 N. Pennsylvania St., and R. DeWitt King and C. Spurgeon King, Atlanta, Ga., represented here by Miller and Cox; the Central Purchasing Company, 46 N. Pennsylvania St., and Lee Moore and J. Binkley of the Marion Brokerage Company. The law firm of Robinson, Symmes and Melson •is representing the loan men. Indictments charge that usury was committed when interest as high as 240 per cent a year was asked. “The loan companies have no recourse in the courts, under the law, to collect the money,’’ Niblack stated. “They have loaned the money without the signatures of wives of the men. The State law requires the wives’ signatures on any loan." Niblack said the companies were threatening the men’s jobs under the order enforced by all railroads, that none of their employes can borrow from “loan sharks.’’ The railroad companies here, bowever, have assured the prosecutor’s office that none of the men will be discharged. The Russell Sage Foundation of New York has been probing the Marion County situation and will aid in the fight against usury.

RAT GIVES CUE IN DUAL DEATH ROLE Man and Wife Found Dead —Accident and Grief Motives. Bn Vnitrd Press MATTAPOISETT, Mass., Nov. 27. —A barnyard rat was the indirect cause of a double tragedy in which a former’ Harvard football star killed both his wife and himself here. The incid >nt occurred lat yesterday at the Mattapoisett home of J. E. Norton Shaw, New Bedford attorney and Harvard graduate, class of ’9B. According to Mrs. Catherine Sherman, housekeeper, Shaw loaded an old-fashioned 12-gauge shotgun and started for his barn, telling Mrs. Show he was going to kill a rat. Shortly after he returned to the house, Mrs. Sherman said, she heard a gun’s report. She hurried to Mrs. Shaw’s bedroom and found the latter on the floor with Shaw standing over her, gun In hand. “My God!”, Shaw explalmed. “I’ve shot my wife. Go get a doctor.” Mrs. Sherman went downstairs. While she was telephoning she again heard the gun explode. When Dr. I. N. Tilden arrived both Shaw and his wife were dead. Police believe Shaw killed his wife accidentally and, overcome by grief, took his own life.

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to: Austin Hyatt, Falmouth, Ind.; Ford, from New York and Meridian Sts. H. B. Kenworthy, 615 Murphy Bldg.; Ford, from Delaware and Ohio Sts. Eugene Schmidt, 2347 N. Alabama St.; Ford, from Capitol Ave. and Ohio Sts. J. M. Loftiss, 402 W. Twenty-Ninth St.: Chevrolet (546-281), from TwentyFifth St 1 , and Fall Creek Blvd. Darrell D. Davis, 721 E. Eleventh St.: Chevrolet (551-670), from Mary land and Illinois Sts. Frank Hart, Y. M. C. A.; Ford (586-755), from New York and Illinois Sts.

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Automobiles reported found by police belong to: Marcus Wyant, Noblesville, Ind.; Ford, found at 530 S. West St. Leslie Manlove, 650 Arbor Ave.; Ford, found at Louisiana and East Sts. Electric steaming irons, with a water reservoir and tiny holes in the Ironing surface for the emergence irteam are now being produced. It la said this device obviates the need of dampening clothes before ironing. , . |

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REZONING BILLS BIG BOMBS AT PUBLIC HEARING In Council's Hands Now— Personalities Make Session Heated. Sizzling from contact with heated oratory, two rezoning ordinances were in the hands ts city councilmen today, following a fiery council committee public bearing Friday. The ordinances propose to rezone for filling stations two corners at the south approach of the Delaware St. bridge over Fall Creek and business blocks locations at FortySixth St. and College Ave. The districts now are zoned only for residences. Argument on the actual Issues was subordinated at the public hearing to personalities. There was the rising from his sat of Gustav G. Schmidt. “It’s a lie!’’ Gustav G. Schmidt declared at one point in the hearing. The occasion was an assertion by Councilman Otis E. Bartholomew, meeting chairman, that Schmidt, city plan commission president, was associated with the Ostrom Realty Company. Councilman Rises Councilman O. Ray Albertson was perhaps a shade faster in rising from his ehafr when J. M. Tindall, properey owner opposed to rezoning Delaware St. corners, declared. “He (Albertson) told us that the Standard Oil Company had done more to elect him than the entire Fall Creek Civic Association.-” “That’s not true,” Albertson yelled. "I’ll call you to account to prove that.” “Seven or eight members of the association heard you say jt,” Tindall replied. Bartholomew pounded the gavel and Councilman Austin H. Todd demanded that Tindall be removed. Contention by Attorney Property owners contended that practically all residents within three blocks of the location were opposed to the oil stations, but Merle N. A. Walker, attorney for Mrs. Mary Spann, owner of one of the corners, said Delaware St. has become a business thoroughfare and should he zoned for commerce as far as Fall Creek. A. E. Mantell, real estate dealer, admitted he bought a corner at Forty-Sixth St. and College Ave. for SIO,OOO and had asked SIB,OOO for it after passage of tlie zoning ordinance. He said he would build a beautiful brick and stucco block with regard to the beautification program of the neighborhood. Irregular practices of the plan commission In the past were disclosed when Schmidt admitted that “while six is a quorum, it is customary for five of us to act on some matters.” A meeting of only five approved Mantell’s request, he admitted. Kissing Is not favored in Japan, with the result feet of embraces have from recent films exhibited in that country.

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GLASS OF HARD CIDER HAD ‘KICK’ Wallop So Terriffic That It Gets Autoist Jail Sentence. Fred Freyn, 1701 W. Vermont St., needed a little stimulant while helping his brother move, so he drank “a jelly glass of hard cldei*.” Today he is making arrangements to serve a ten-day sentence in the Marlon County jail for being a “hit and run” outoist. He was also fined $lO. He was found guilty by Criminal Judge James A. Collins of operating a vehicle while under the Influence of liquor, striking Miss Louise Hunt, 1806 W. Michigan St., as she stepped from a street car. and failing to stop after an accident. Although Miss Hunt was not seriously Tiurt, Judge Collins said he was “going to do the public a good turn” by sending “such a man to jail.” Because of the illness of his wife, Freyn was given time to make arrangements for his jail term. "It was on a Saturday, Judge, and I was off work at noon,” Freyn said. “I was helping him move and I drank a glass of hard cider, you know, just a jelly glass.” "Well it's a rule of this court that on the first offense of this kind a man goes to jail for ten days,” Collins said. WIFE, WOUNDED BY MATE, WILL LIVE Man Escapes After Shooting Woman in Back. \ Bv Vnitrd Press WARSAW, Ind., Nov. 27.—Mrs. Urshel Norris, shot in the back Friday night by her husband, was reported recovering here today at McDonald Mospital. The shooting took place on one of the main streets of Pierceton. Norris was angry at his wife’s suit for divorce, acording to Mrs. Norris. He met her on the street, drew a pistol and fired three shots, two of which went wild. Norris escaped. DEDICATE WITH DINNER Cliristamore Settlement to Mark Opening of Martha Carey House. Four hundred persons will attend the dedication dinner of the recently completed $ ICO,OOO Martha Carey house of Christamore Settlement. 2400 W. Michigan St., the evening of Dec. 10, Mrs. O. D. Edwards, direc tor of the settlement, has announced. John L. Elliott, president of the National Federation of Settlements and director of the Hudson Guild of New York, will speak on "Contributions to the Settlement to the American City.” A Cinderella festival will be presented by children in the school classes the afternoon of Dec. 11, together with a program by the children’s chorus.

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MARMON DISPOSES OF FLOUR MILLING MACHINERY PLANT Business, Operated Under Old Name, to Be Moved to Milwaukee. IndiarmiMjlls no longer will lead the world in th<* production of flour milling machinery. Announcement was made today < f the sale Friday of the Nordyke .v Marmon Company milling machinery business to its leading competitor. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company of Chicago. For many years the local company has been a leader ip the flour machinery field, hut now the plant will he stripped and the entire business concentrated with the Allia-Chaimers machinery factories at West Allis, Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee. The name Nordyke & Marmon. long outstanding in local manufacturing circles, will be used no longer. The Marmon Motor Car Company, which for some time has carried on both the manufacture of high grade cars and the machinery production and foundry work of Nordyke & Marmon, will absorb the plant housing the milling machinery department, as more room is needed for the manufacture of the new Marmon Series 75, according to Arthur R. Heiskell, vice president and secretary of the company. “Although the machinery will he removed from the woodworking and flour milling departments by the Allis Chalmers, we do not expect this move to create a great amount of unemployment,” Heiskell announced. "We nre to continue the foundry business and expect that the mounting sales of the new smaller size Marmon car soon will require additional space and an increased force of workmen.” Agreement to sell the flour machinery business was reached at a conference late Friday, attended bV Heiskell and O. M. Williams, president of Nordyke & Marmon and the Marmon Motor Car Company. AllisChalmers was represented by A. E. Hall, mnnager of the milling machinery department: William Watson, works manager; Max W. Babb, vice president and general attorney, and W. A. Thompson, controller and secretary. Consideration in the deal was not disclosed, hut Heiskell termed it ’’sizable.” u. LAD FIGHTS FOR LIFE Believe Boy-VicLim in Auto Crash May Live. Bv Vnitrd Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 27. John Hensley, 9, believed fatally injured in an automobile crash Thanksgiving day that instantly killed his mother, is fighting for his life in a hospital here. Young Hensley’s pulse was stronger today and it wa sbelieved he has a chance to recover. He has not yet regained consciousness. He is suffering from a fractured skull. Eighteen regular landing fields and more than ninety emergency fields are maintained by the government on the transcontinental air mail route.

Dr. William J. Mayo, Wlio Knows Most About Human Body, Strongly Asserts Belief in Religion. ' U 'ROCHESTER, Minn., Nov. 27—Is their a soul? “Yes,” says Dr. William J. Mayo, who knows .more about mans material make up than perhaps any other Jiving person. Dr Mayo is a world-famous surgeon, senior of the two equally distinguished Mayo brothers and chief of staff of the Mayo clinic here. The keen blade of his scalpel may never have disclosed the soul as a tangible jart of the mystery called rnan, but be knows it is there. He is as confident of its presence as he is of the most elemental truth to which his own medical science adheres. Humanity, too, sadly needs fuller acceptance of the spiritual teaching from which the concept of a soul arises, Dr. Mayo believes. Religion—Not Creeds “The world needs religion,” he put it. “It needs religion as distinguished from creeds born of theologians’ disputes. “I( the world Is bettered by disputes over creeds, I can not see It.” 1 In-re is nothing of dogma In the opinions as to the importance of tl.e spiritual that he voices. There is little, if any, theorizing. His beliefs are of simpler origin. “The surgeon and physician of experience realize quickly that they need religion to help them,” he said, “i do not mean the personal religion of the surgeon and physician—l mean the personal religion of the patient. “I have seen a tulnistt r come to the bedside of my patient and do for that patient what I could not <•, though I had done everything in my professional power." Sees Truth in Sermon on Mount There was no hedging as tills master of ijiedlcal science subscribed to religion. “No thinking, reverent man cun read Jhe Sermon on the Mount or the life of Christ without knowing that here is truth,” he said. Dr. Mayo was born an Episcopalian, aud is a member of the Episcopal church. But he lias not atteuded a service of his church in twenty years. He subscribes to the spiritual, but not to spiritualism. “Fraud,” he said of "psychic phenomena.” such as dark room seances. "Ninety five per cent of our knowledge comes through the eye. In a darkened room, the faker has but 5 per cent of our intelligence to eorulmt. “If men like Sir Oliver Lodge aud Sir Arthur Conan Doyle fail to smell out the fraud well, when a man goes into dark places, deprived of his chief means of obtaining information, the scientist is as likely to be led astray as any one else.” (Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc.)

WATSON’S ANGER OVER KOKOMO’S SNUB IS SEEN Believe Brown, ex-Chairman. Forced to Resign Plum in Justice Bureau. Bn Times Special KOKOMO, Ind., Nov. 27.—An inkling of the displeasure of Senator James E. Watson over losing Howard County both in the election and last spring's primary, was seen today in the announcement from Washington that Omer Brown, former Republican county chairman, had resigned his place in the investigation bureau of the Department of Justice, at Chicago, effective next Tuesday night. It was believed here that Watson had forced Brown to resign. Under Sentence Now Brown has been in disfavor with many Republican voters, especially the women, since his arrest and conviction on charges of operating gambling devices in the county. He was sentenced and his case is now pending appeal before the Supreme Court. Asa result, Howard County went for Claris Adams in last spring'll primary, the only county in the State Watson lost. The battle cry was "Beat the Watson-Brown machine.” Promised Postoffic® Watson, It is said, had promised Brown the postmastership of Kokomo. Following Brown's rebuke at the primary, Watson compromised by getting Brown appointed last July to the Department of Justice at Chicago at a salary said to exceed that of the Kokomo postoffice and Morton Lamb was named county chairman. Now that the election is over, politicians believe that Watson, angered at losing Howard county, ordinary strongly Republican, in two tests at the polls,, has ditched Brown for good, forcing him to resign his Department of Justice job. IMPLEMENT MEN TO MEET Members of the Indiana Implement Dealers’ Association will gather at the Claypool, Wednesday, for a three-day session, the tenth annual convention of the organization. Among the speakers will be President Floyd Grannon, D. M. Bottorf, Columbus, Ohio; Paul E. Herschel, Peoria, III.; George r. Wagner, Jasper, Ind.; John W. Gamble, Omaha, Neb.; and Dr. W. E. Taylor, Moline. 111.

G. 0. P. LEAD INCREASED Muncie Democrat Losing in Sheriff Vote Recount. Bu Vnitrd Press MUNCIE, Ind., Nov. 27 —With ten 'f forty-two precincts recounted, Sheriff Harry McAuley. Republican, has Increased his lead thirteen votes over John C. Humphries, Democrat, who Is contesting the election. According to the original tally, McAuley was elected by seventy votes. Precincts in which Democrats charge Irregularities have not been recounted.

PANAMA FLIGHT SPIRIT PRAISED Naval Aviation Chief Lauds Commander and Crew. Bn Vnitrd Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 27, Though the Navy’s proposed nonstop seaplane flight from Hampton Roads, Va., to Colon, Panama, failed to meet requirements, Navy authorities today were pleased at the spirit of the two crews engaged. This was particlarly true of the crew of the PN-10 No. 2, which reached Panama last night after having been feared lost yesterday afternoon. Admirable Eberle, chief of operations, sent Commander Bartlett and his men a message saying: “I am personally pleased and gratified that Commander Bartlett and his brave crew had the courage to complete their Panama flight after sustaining a severe setback (oil trouble off Cuba).” The No. 2, to he joined later by the No. 1 when the latter's engine is replaced, will be placed aboard a navy ship for transfer through the Panama Canal to the west coast. BROTHER GETS THE AX After trying the edge of his Thanksgiving ax, Secretary of State Frederick E. Schortemeier has whacked off the heads of five members of the State police force, Including that of Calvin M. Jackson, brother of the Governor. The official decapitation was made In the Interest of economy, Schortemeier said. Jackson, who patroled the Lafay etto district, came on the force when his brother was Secretary of State. Others released were Edward Hud son, Kokomo: Theodore Palmer, South Bend; Charles Smith, Brookville, and John Mossman, Wabash. Mossman Has been off duty some time during a suspension. Diminution of traffic, due to the winter sea son, made reduction of the force pos sible.

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MAINE'S G. 0. P. FIGUI BEARS ON SENATE CONTROL Tie of 47-47 at Present Would Make Democratic Victory Important. Bn Vnitrd Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—The special senatorial election in Maine, originally only a mere formality to confirm the Republican plurality of one one in the next United States Senate, has now developed a signifl eance which may determine the fate of national legislation tor the next two years. As the new Senate now stands there are forty-seven Republicans, forty-seven Democrats and one Fari ier Laborite, with a Republican vacancy to be filled in Maine Monday. Since 1856, Maine has gone Democratic only once, and Republican leaders here had presumed that a Republican would he elected to succeed the late Senator Bert M. Forbald, who died recently. Ralph O. Brewster, popular Republican Governor of the State has “upset the dope” with a manifesto urging Republicans to support the Democratic candidate Fulton J. Redman against Arthur R. Gould, Republican nominee. Charges have been made that Gould made Lpiproper campaign expenditures, but these charges were not sustained. In the belief of Republican leaders here Gould’s chances of election have been considerably reduced by the Brewster bolt. If the Democrats should win, the Democrats would control a plurality of the Senate by one vote. The Farmer-Lnborite Is expected to vote with Republicans upon organization matters, however, to bring about a •18-48 tie, which would enable Vice President Dawes to east the deciding vote for Republicans. But the situation is further complicated by the series of election contests being threatened against Republican Senators-elect. Notice has been served that a fight will be made to keep Senators Vare (Rep.), Pennsylvania, and Smith (Rep.), Illinois, from taking their seats. If they are not permitted to vote the Democrats would hold full sway. * CONTINUES FIGHT Brewster Goes on, Despite Dismissal of Charges Against Gould. Bv T T nltnt Press AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 27. Maine’s two-term Republican Governor, Ralph O. Brewster, will carry on his tight against the Republican nominee for the United States Senate, Arthur Gould, in spite of the secretary of State’s dismissal of election fraud charges against Gould. This aroused hopes In the Democrats, for they saw in the Republican split a chance to elect a Democrat to the seat in tho Senate. OIL FOR PLANES WAS H 1 N G TON.—Future seaplanes, with a gross weight of 30,000 pounds, burning oil, are a possibility of the future, according to Com mander H. C. Richardson, one of the foremost authorities on seaplane design. Multiple engines will be used because of the difficulty of getting power In a single unit. Air-cooled engines will gradually displace the water-cooled type, and tho fuel will gradually change from gasoline to heavy oil, reducing fire hazards.

—By Martin

NOV. 27, 1926

INTANGIBLE POLNIt INTENSIFY ROW OF U. S. AND MEXICO Factors Beneath Surface More Powerful Than Patent Ones. By William Philip Simms, Times stall Correspondent WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—The quarrel between the United States and Mexico over American oil and other interests south of the Rio Grande is far more serious than appears on the surface. Powerful forces, more intangible than tangible, are at work, both in Mexico and on this side of the border, militating against a peaceful solution. This Is the opinon of one of the most prominent international oil men in the country, qne whose name is known the world over wherever there are petroleum deposits, as given to the writer. The Mexicans, he says, have jw intention of confiscating oil or any other property Americans. But there is “state of mind” both In Mexico and in this country greatly hampering to a calm, dispassionate adjustment of tangible differences. The tangible difficulty—the Mexican land laws, which Americans charge are confiscatory—are largely the result of ambiguities—laws not clearly drawn or well expressed, the speaker said. They could be given an intepretation by succeeding Mexican administrations or courts, which would amount to confiscation. Arrogant Americans The intangible difficulties ere by far the more sinister. Many Americans in Mexico nre arrogant, and Mexicans are proud and super-sensi-tive. Thus should President Calles and the other Mexicans allow It to appear that they nre accepting any dictation from the American Government they would not only lose all popularity, but would risk their political lives. Furthermore, the Mexican government Is In hot water over religious issues. It is regarded ns quite possible that a quarrel with the muchhated United States might cause the many divergent factions to rally to the side of President Calles. Washington Is accustomed to dehling firmly, to put It mildly, with Lntin-American republics. The State Department holds that the Mexican land laws nre Inadequate nnd wnnt them ehnnged. And powerful American Interests, used to having everything their own way in the oil fields of the United Fall-Do-heny oil episode Is cited by ns an example—are pressing claims in every way they know Sheffield Disliked Further complicating the situation for the American Government is the presence in Mexico City of Ambassador James Rockwell Sheffield, undoubtedly a high-class man, but unable, apparently, to get along with the Mexicans. Rightly or wrongly, Mexican officials feel he has carried on a campaign of nagging ever since he landed in Mexico City, in September two years ago. They believe he is keeping Washington stirred up. Under the new Mexican laws those claiming title to oil lands must apply before Jan. 1 for a concession over a period of years, In lieu of the title they now claim. The State Department here insists that even if new concessions r.re granted, such limited concessions are tantamount at least to partial confiscation. It is regarded as significant, however, both here nnd in Mexico, that a number of foreign concerns, Including the powerful British Aguila Cornpay and the subsidiaries of the Royal Dutch Oil, as well as a number of American companies, have already complied with the law. Admittedly, the situation is full of dangerous complexities, calling for tho utmost diplomatic skill and mutual good will on both sides If It Is to he set right short of an eventual smash-up.

BAZAAR IS PLANNED Grace Hansford Chapter, O. E. S., to Hold Affair Tuesday. Tuesday,x the Grace Chapter, O. E. S„ will hold Christmas bazaar on the second floor of Calvin Prather Temple, College Ave. and Forty-Second St., from 9 a. m. to 9p. m. Dinner will be served from 5:30 to 7:30. Mrs. Charles E. Binkley, worthy matron, has appointed the following chairmen: Miscellaneous booth, Mrs. W. E. Kyle; apron booth, Mrs. Lewis F. Malcolm: towel booth, Mrs. Harvey J. Pier; junior booth, Mrs. Edgar Davis; food booth, Mrs. Fred Duskirk: candy booth, Mrs. Charles Mann: white elephant booth, Mrs. Walter Moore: fish pond, Mrs. Daniel Bradshaw; balloons. MJss Virginia Fosler: dining room, Mrs. E. Howland Murray; kitchen, Mrs. Harry Boetcher. Mrs. C. S. Armstrong. Mrs. Charles Sellars, Mrs. D. W. Fosler and Mrs, Frank Seidenstlcker will assist Mrs. Binkley as hostesses for the day.

Xmas Money from selling the used radio, baby buggy, bicycle, furs, house hold goods, gun, trie washer, pian|| phonograph, heater, furniture, etc. A little For Sale Ad in the Times will do the job. Phone MAin 3500 It means extra Xmas cash.