Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 271, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1927 — Page 1

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HSH WATER nn CALIFORNIA Jeath List at Twenty- Four —San Diego Warned of Another Gale. 3,000 WITHOUT HOMES Residents in Los Angeles Area Suffer. Bu United Preen SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17. Southern California, winter playground of the nation, crept slowly out of the grip of the worst floods in its history today to take stock of its losses in deaths and property damage. While sections of the southland, particularly around San Diego,'were still endangered by rushing streams and continued rainfall, warning of another-approaching gale came'from the Government Weather Bureau in San Francisco. High lights in the storm’s toll to date included: At least twenty-four killed in a mountain snow slide, train wrecks, traffic accidents or drownings. Property damage in the Los Angeles area alone is estimated at more than one million dollars. Three thousand persons homeless, with other residences endangered and liable to be 3wept into swollen streams. Twenty or more highway and railroad bridges washed away. Railroad ‘service completely disrupted with the exception of one line of the Southern Pacific. The Marine base at San Diego endangered by high waters. Los Angeles has been swept by almost seven inches of rain to date, with more in prospect. With bridges highways washed out, telephone telegraph lines down and entir'aijpections of the southland inundatecfc every type of communication, with she possible exception of the radioj|s shattered and will be crippleddnr days. Trains HaltfldJr Efforts to resume traqjSjtntinental train travel from Los Angeles, which has been almost completely at a standstill, will be made today. Few trains have entered or departed for the East in the past twenty-four hours. < Public utilities suffered enormous damage, and employes of light and power and telephone companies battled with swollen and torrent-like rivers throughout the night and today to restore normal serviced The Red Cross, Salvation Army and. other organizations have turned out in full strength and are administering help to the needy. Dams in many sections of Los Angeles County were reaching capacity, but officials of the county flood control expressed belief that the peak of the high water had been reached, and no fear is felt from that source. San Diego, last to be hit by the cloydburst, was the last to emerge. Marines battled all night to prevent the dyke protecting the Marine base front crumbling. It was believed the crest of the flood had been reached and fears for the safety of the base were lessened. The city is completely cut off from the rest of the State by highway and railroads, only ocean travel being possible. Tia Juana, south of the border, is isolated by the washout of a highway bridge, with no prospect of communication for days: Bodies Sought Meanwhile, in Big Creek Canyon, back of Fresno, workers sought more bodies of dead, caught in the avalanche which swept down upon Camp 2 of the Southern California Edison Company. Only five of the thirteen know'n dead have been located, and bodies of the remainder may not be located iintll the snows melt in the spring. Rescue crews were cautious, recalling that a snow slide which followed the first great avalanche buried five workers digging in the snows for those first trapped. Fear was expressed that the new Tiajuana bridge over the Tiajuana River would be swept away. Supports at both ends of the bridge went out shortly before midnight. Chula Vista, seven miles from San Diego, has lost Its water supply, reports said. Food and water are being rationed by police.

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Girl, Fearing Reprimand for Breaking Rules Takes Poison. Rn United Press ELMIRA, N. Y., Feb. 17.—Fearing she was to be reprimanded because of a minor infraction of college rules prompted Miss Edith M. Stewart, 23, of Tuxedo Park, to commit suicide by swallowing poison, friends said today. Miss Stewart was a senior at Elmira College. Recently she obtained permission to leave the campus for a week-end so that she might visit'a friend, but instead went to rthaca, where Cornell University is situated. The deception was discovered and the girl faced possible suspension. Brooding over her case. Miss Stewart obtained some poisort from the office of a faculty member and swallowed it yesterday afternoon, dying within an hour.

AVALANCHE SURVIVOR . DESCRIBES FATAL SLIDE Houses Crushed Like Egg Shells When Snow Slips Down Mountain Into Construction Camp.

Bu United Press FRESNO, Cal., Feb. 17.—An avalanche which claimed at least thirteen lives at a construction camp high in the Sierras crushed camp buildings “like egg shells,” John Utterback, first survivor to reach Fresno, said today. “The avalanche came without warning,” Utterback said. “It struck the bunk house night with a terriffic roar, and the men within

MOORHEAD BILL DOOMED 10 DIE AFTERCAUCUS Matter of Special Business This Afternoon on Author’s Request. The Moorhead utilties measure is slated for the morgue where the Cann bill already rests in peace. This was the final disposition decided upon by a conference of majority members of the Indiana Senate held to discuss the matter Wednesday night. Senator Robert L. Moorhead (Rep.), Indianapolis, author of the bill, asked that it be made a matter of special business at 2 p. m. today, when it was called as a matter of special business on second reading in the Senate Wednesday morning. He declared that “some changes were necessary.” Two Senators had announced that they would amend the bill to strike out the election of public service commission, which is the heart of the Moorhead plan. As originally drawn the bill provided for election of one commissioner from each of the five judicial districts. It called for abolition of th* present commission by May 1, arm appointment of other commissioners until the fall election. Backers whose main complaint is against the personnel of the present commission, will try to preserve enough of the Moorhead plan to efft an ouster. Attempts were being made on Wednesday by interested parties to have the Republicans caucus on the measure, but Senator Edward Q’Rourks Jr. (Rep.), Ft. Wayne, caucus chairman, refused to hear their pleas. “We need no caucus on the Moorhead bill,” he declared. O’Rourke was one of the speakers against the Cann bill, which provided for abolition of the public service commission. HOLIDAY AT POSTOFFICE Only One Regular Mall Delivery on Washington’s Birthday. One regular mail delivery and no parcel post or rural delivery is scheduled for Washington’s birthday Tuesday, Postmaster Robert H. Bryson announced today. The special delivery department will function all day. The general delivery section will remain open until noon, the parcel post and registry section from 7:30 a. 8 p. m. Stamp window will be open from 7 a. m. until 5 p. m. The money order department will be closed all day, and classified stations open until noon. Collections from street boxes will be made according to holiday schedule. Only such employes as *re needed to maintain service will be on duty, Bryson said. CONFESSES TO WORLEY Youth Arrested in Atlantic- Admits Part in Hold-Up. Eugene Ingram, 21, of Danville, held here awaiting trial on.a Federal charge of transporting stolen automobiles, confessed to a part in the hold-up of a filling station at 3335 W. Washington St. last August, Detective Chief Claude M. Worley announced today. Ingram was arrested on a ship In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, returning from England. The officers of the ship were notified by wireless when it was learned that the youth had joined the merchant marine for the Federal authorities.

Missing High School Pupil’s Body Discovered. Bu United Press ELIZABETH, N. J., Feb. 17.—T0 the growing list of student suicides the name of Clark Kessler, 17-year-old son of a local chemist, was added today. The body was found in the All Saints Church here after police had searched throughout the night. Beside the body were three boxes containing paris green, which Clark purchased at a drug store after he had left the high school, where he was a junior, yesterday afternoon. Inquiry among classmates revealed he had given a note to a fellowstudent with instructions to hand it to his Frank D. Kessler, Contents of the note were not divulged. Kessler was an average student and no reason for the suicide could be advanced by friends.

had no chance to escape. The houses were crushed like egg shells. “I was above the ravine and until I heard the screams and cries from below, I didn’t know what happened. All was confusion in the darkness—the white snow looming up against the blackness of the wrecked houses and survivors running around with excited calls to each other.” Utterback said he narrowly escaped death in a second slide a few hours after the first. “I was working with five others, trying to pull bodies from the snow," he said. “There was a yell—and I saw an avalanche thirty feet high bearing down upon us. I jumped to the right. The others ran to the left and were trapped.” Utterback gave it as his opinion that some of the bodies would not be brought from their snowy graves until spring. SNOW IN MOUNTAINS Worst Blockade In Colorado During Twenty Years. ’ Bn United Press SILVERTON, Colo., Feb. 17. Snow continued to fall in the Rocky Mountains today, adding depth to the worst snow blockade in twenty years. Bnowslides were reported r frotfT Telluride, Durango and Ouray, blocking highways and railroad tracks. Sliverton virtually was isolated by great drifts six to nine feet deep. Although several buildings and snow sheds in various mining camps have been destroyed by small avalanches, no deaths were reported. Crews of railroad men with rotary snow plows today were attempting to get a train into Telluride. Officials admitted any effort to reach Silverton would be hopeless. 50 COUNTIES DAD CLINICS, REPORT Anti-Tuberculosis Work Advances During Year. The sixteenth conference of the Indiana Tuberculosis Association opened today at the Claypool for a two-day session as the forerunner of the national convention here May 23, 27. Registration was expected to reach 250, Murray A. Auerbach, State secretary, announced. Auerbach’s report on 1926 activities emphasized the development of clinical facilities. “During the past year 114 tuberculosis clinics were held by physicians. More than fifty counties carried on this type of work,” he declared. v “With 2,554 deaths from this disease in Indiana last year, and the need of at least 2,500 beds for tuberculars, the State can show but a 922 bed capacity.” Auerbach stressed the need for improvement of this situation. BANS NEWS OF CRIME Bill Introduced in State Legislature of Missouri. Bu United Pn ss JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 17. —A bill proposing to outlaw crime I news in Missouri newspapers was before the State Legislature for consideration today. The main section of the bill would make it unlawful to print or publish a statement of facts of proceedings in any criminal court in the State or of proceedings preliminary to trial in a criminal court. Jail sentences ranging from two to six months are the punishment stipulated for violation of the law. SMITH PROBE DELAYED Illness of Illinois Senator-Designate Prevents Hearing. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—Further investigation Into the qualifications of Senator-Designate Frank L. Smith, Illinois, was delayed indefinitely today because of Smith’s illness. The privileges and elections committee, making the investigation, acquiesced in a request from his counsel, Cornelius J. Doyle, Chicago attorney, that Smith, who Is at his home in Illinois, be excused until he recovers from his illness. Oscar Carlstrom, Illinois attorney general, joined in the request.

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, FEB. 17, 1927

$1 TAG FEE, 5 CENT GAS TAX ASKED Measure in House Would Change Auto License, Charge. BIG SAVING ESTIMATED $2,000,000 More Revenue for State, Says Author. A gasoline tax of 5 cents a gallon instead of 3 and a flat registration fee on passenger automobiles of $1 is proposed in Representative C. Elmer Garrard’s bill, introduced today in the Indiana House of Representatives. Fostered, according to Garrard, by the secretary of State and the State auditor the bill seeks to impose a tax of 5 cents per gallon on all gasoline purchased in the State, with exemptions fornuse in manufacturing or farming. $lO for Busses Busses would be taxed a flat $lO, and trucks $3 a ton capacity. Garrard estimates his bill would provide a revenue of approximately $21,000,000 in 1928, $2,000,000 more than now is provided by the gas tax and auto license fees. Notary fees, which now cost applicants for plates 2b to 50 cents each, would not be necessary. No Perpetual Plate* Efforts have been made to make the auto license plates perpetual so that the expense of issuing yearly plates could be avoided. “It will be impossible to eliminate this expense entirely,” said Garrard, “because it is necessary to have the owners of cars listed each year.” Move to End Games ' of Firemen Is Lost Efforts to pull the small town firemen away from their checker playing by establishment of the platoon system in cities of 7,500 and less were thwarted In the Indiana Senate Wednesday, The platoon system, which proIfWWiimr bt ?Tftours on and 24 hours off duty, is in effect in larger cities. A bill to put it Into effect in the smaller places came up for third reading and was saved from complete extinction by a motion to send it back to Committee on Cities and Towns. Senator Andrew E. Durham (Dem.), Greencastle, urged Its defeat. “Whoever heard of an overworked small town fireman?” he Inquired. “Why down in Gruencastle we haven’t had a fire In six weeks and the last run was a false alarm. Do you think we can afford to add three more men and establish the platoon system while those already on the force are resting 24 hours every day?” FIVE AVIATORS KILLED Two Fata! Crashes Within an Hour in Texas—Three Army Men Dead. 111/ United Press SAN ANTONIO. Texas, Feb. 17. A collision *ln mid-air between two airplanes at Camp Stanley late yesterday resulted in the deaths of three Army airmen, killed instantly when the planes fell 150 feet to earth on the flying field. The dead are First Lieut. Benedict A. Coyle, Canadian, Kelly field, San Antonio; Cadet John W. Green, Chicago, and Private Rudolph C. Bartel, Detroit. Within an hour after the three were killed in a mid-air collision at San Antonio, two civilian aviators fell to their deaths on the Winfield Scott ranch, twenty-five miles southwest of Ft. Worth. Quincy Burnett, 29, and James C. Coogins, 27, both of Ft. Worth, are the dead. AIMEE HEARD BY 7,000 Barnstorming Evangelist Draws Well in National Capital. Bv United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—One of the most successful meetings of Aimee Semple McPherson’s national barn-storming tour was held here last night, when an estimated 5,000 persons were turned away at the door of the auditorium. About 7,000 heard the evangelist tell “The Story of My Life.” Six thousand heard the Los Angeles woman preach in the afternoon, and at the end of her sermon half of them stormed the stage, causing a small-sized riot which Mrs. McPherson had to stop. One woman was knocked down in the jam. Telling of her Angelus Temple in Los Angeles, Mrs. McPherson said: “I was interested in radio but never in radio operators.” She got a hearty laugh from the audience, and applause, for this. SII,OOO HIDDEN IN RAGS Money Left by Woman to Bishop for Cost of Masses. Bu United Press MARSHALL. Mich., Fb. 17. Eleven thousand dollars found tied in three cloth sacks and scattered among rags and under the pillow oof Miss Nora Nolan, 64, who was buried here this week, will go to the Catholic bishop of Chicago for masses, according to her will. Miss Nolan and a sifter, May, for thirty-three years conducted a dressmaking establishment in Chicago. The sister died last June.

SOMEBODY DISOBEYED THIS SIGN, FEDERAL AGENTS SAID AFTER RAID

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This sign was a “joker” in the livery stable operated by James Henry at 438 W. Pearl* St., according to raiders under Deputy Prohibition Administrator George L. Winkler (right), and Sheriff Oilier Hawkins (left). Officers reported the rans containing twenty gallons of alcohol were found Wednesday In the livery stable loft. They also reported destroying 218 quarts of home brew and a small quantity of wine, samples of which are in the bottles. Agents have a warrant for Henry’s arrest. He was not at home when agents called in their city-wide raids.

AMERICAN MARINE FORCE IVES AS CHINESERETREAT Defenders of Shanghai Decisively Beaten by Cantonese. Bu United Press SHANGHAI, Feb. 17.—Reports from Hangchow today indicated that the rout of the Shanghai defenders there had been complete, and It was announced at the United States consulate that the U. S. S. transport Chaumont had been ordered to proceed direct to Shanghai with 1,300 Marines aboard. Troops of Marshal- Sun Chtian Fang, defender of Shanghai against the advance of the Cantonese Nationalists from the south, today were reported to be streaming out of Hangchow aboard north-bound trains. Sun, so far as could be learned today, still was at Nanking, 150 miles northwest of Hangchow, and about the same distance west of Shanghai. No word had been received from Sun today as to his plans, if any, to stem the Nationalist tide. Report of the new defeat suffered by Sun spread consternation through Shanghai, where thousands of foreign nationals, among them 4,000 Americans, have concentrated during the Chinese disorders. But foreigners found some comfort in arrival yesterday of additional British troops and ,the parade of 1,700 British Indian troops from the Punjab. DEMAND BY CHINA Withdrawal of British Troops Asked in Note to League. Bv United Press GENEVA, Feb. 17.—Demand that the British government withdraw troops ordered to China has been made here by the Chinese delegation in a note to Secretary General Sir Eric Drummond, upon instructions from the foreign oflfee at Pekin. The note, delivered by the Chinese envoy to the League of Nations, Chao Hsin Chu, insisted that the British government rescind the order on the ground that Chinese forces were adequate to handle the situation or meet any emergency.

Assembly Today

Both houses convened at 10 a. m. and adjourned at noon until t p. m. SENATE Probable postponement for Moorhead bill. Passed Lake County judges’ salary Increase bill. Passed Marion County deputies' salary increase bill. HOUSE Boxing commission bill reported favorably. Old Age Pension Bill recommended for passage. Bill introduced appropriating $275,000 to fight corn-borer. Bill introduced to make gasoline tax 5 cents and passenger auto license fee sl.

Outside of Virion County 12 Cents Per Week. Sin trie Conies

A Simply Killing Time BV Tim r# Xnerial VINCENNES, Ind., Feb. 17. —Police Chief Thomas Martin Wednesday had two chances for a “simply killing time.” He was invited to attend the hanging of Joe “Peck” Smith, wife slayer, at Shawneetown, 111, and a hog killing at the home of country relatives. He went to the hog killing.

STATE TAX ON TOBACCOFOUGHT Opposition to Bill Proposed by Farm Federation. A proposed luxury tax bill, backed by the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation, met such strong opposition today there was a probability it would not be introduced in the House of Representatives. It provides for a tax on cigarets and cigars, and will yield an estimated total of $1,750,000 a year. Representative Floyd A. Freemyer (Dem.), Jay, has been asked to introduce the bill. Freemyer declared he was studying the bill before Introducing it. Freemyer, who had been expected to Introduce the measure today, said he did not know when he would introduce the bill, and indicated the luxury tax proposal might be dropped entirely. The bill as drafted calls for a one mill tax on each clgaret and the tax on cigars would range from 10 cents to $1.50 a hundred. Scores of written protests have been received by Representatives since introduction of the bill was first hinted. The labor bloc is particularly opposed. A tax of 2 cents would be added to the standard pack of twenty cigarets by the proposed bill. BEAN I)AG EFFECTIVE Girl, 15, Uses “Strong Aiati” Methods to Thwart Abduction. Stella Williams, Negro, 15, of 619 W. Thirteenth St., beat off two men who endeavored to entice her into their auto by the use of a bag of beans and her "strong right arm.’V police were told. The girl was returning from a grocery when two white men asked her "to go for a ride.” When one of the men tried to pull her into the car the girl routed them. FARM BILL UNDER FIRE Administration's Final Drive Opened by Tilson, Floor Leader. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—i;he Administration’s final drive against passage of the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill began In the House today with a stinging attack on the measure by .Republican Floor Leader Tilson, Connecticut. Tilson said the bill “leads in the direction of Sovietism, ana Is in fact a considerable step In that direction.” He also challenged its constitutionality.

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CROWD AT AUTO SHOW SETS NEW RECORD]! CITY 9,500 Attendance Is Largest Ever Tabulated at Local Exposition. “The largest crowd that ever attended an Indianapolis auto exposition,” was the manner in which Auto Show Manager John Orman today described the record attendance of 9,500 persons at the Auto Show at the State fairground Wednesday night. The show attendance is now on the upgrade and is expected to go way above the 10,000 mark for at least one of the remaining days. Exceptionally spring-like weather swelled the afternoon attendance, Orman said. Today It is expected Wednesday’s mark will be equalled, perhaps surpassed. Announcement that Marmon has increased its auto show sales force to take care of the visitors at their show exhibit, was made by Sam V. Harding, manager of the Meridian St. sales branch of the local factory. Complete plans for the annual closing night frolic at the auto show were announced by officials. At 9 p. m. Saturday L. C. Burnett of the Buick Motor Company will begin moving the Buick's out of the way and by 9:30 the crowd will be dancing to the music of Husk O’Hare and his orchestra. Buick has the largest exhibit on the floor near the orchestra balcony, providing ample space for dancing. The frolic will last until midnight and there will be paper caps, nolsmaking devices, and paper, streamers. A frolic committee is composed of Burnett, chairman; Seth Klein, Fred Sanford, Robert M. Armacost and Robert G. Patterson. The number of sales at the show is over the hundred mark, according to dealers. HOURLY TEMPERATURES 6 a. m 39 10 a. m 49 7 a. m 39 11 a. m 52 8 a. m._... 42 12 (noon) .... 55 9 a. 46

BASKETBALL AGAIN Butler plays De Pauw’s basketball team at the Armory at 8 tonight and The Times again will broadcast the play by play description. Blythe Q. Hendricks will describe the game ovtr WFBM, local broadcasting station of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company. The same keen rivalry that has marked De Pauw-But-ler encounters since the rise of Butler to a “first-string" standing in athletics will be in evidence again tonight. The battle between Archie Chadd of Butler and Johnny Ward of De Pauw, the two midget wizards of Indiana basketball, , will be well worth listening to, apd if you ever have listened to Hendricks’ broadcasting you know he misses none of the sidelights. , Broadcasting of the line-ups and advance dope will j start about 7:45 p. m. s > J.

Forecast Unsettled, probably rain changing to snow, colder tonight; Friday, cold wave, temperatures 10 to 15 by night.

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GRAND JURY PROBE ECHO IN SENATE Expenditure of SII,OOO by Governor for Special Counsel Attacked. ‘WAS IT WORTH MONEY?’ Salary Measure Cause of Heated Debate. Echos of the recent Marion County jury investigation of Indiana political corruption, which resulted In no indictments, were heard In the Indiana Senate today. The expenditure of SII,OOO from the Governor’s contingent fund, upon advice of the attorney general, for the hiring of two lawyers to aid the investigation was the particular target of attack. “Was it worth the money?” Senators asked. The answer* “yee” and "no” were heard. Cravens Speaks Senator Joseph M. Cravens (Dem.), Madison, said that at least sufficient evidence was unearthed to result in dropping the charges against John G. Williams and other highway department officials as a "frame-up." “The money was spent, but eo far as results were concerned they didn't amount to a dime," Senator Sumner Clancy (Rep.), Indianapolis, contended, defending the legal ability and character of Ralph Kane and Fred Gause, attorneys, hired aa special assistants. Debate started over House Bill 80, whlcsh originally provided for an increase in salary of the Marlon County chief deputy prosecutor from $2,400 to $4,000, and the grand jury prosecutor to $3,000. Senator Russell B. Harrison (Rep.), Indianapolis, first cited the fIUOOO expenditure. Amends Rill The Indianapolis Senators amended the bill to make salaries of ch deputy prosecutor, grand jury prosecutor, chief deputy sheriff, chief depty clerk all $3,000, and the cashier In the county treasurer's office, $4,000. Senator Sam Benz (Denr.), English, launched an attack on the pay boosts, contending that the tax burden war already too great and ‘hat citizens of Marion County did not favor an Increase. Several senators came to his support and the grand jury subject was introduced when Harrison was talking for passage of the bill. After a short flury of debate the Senators returned to the subject of the bill and passed It aa amended by a vote of 30 to 15. STRESSES FORD’S WORTH Tax Case Witness Asserts Death Would Have Been Catastrophe. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.— The death in 1913 of Henry Ford would have been a catastrophe te the Ford Motor Company, John B. Oldham of Merrill & Oldham, Boston, testified today in the $36,000,000 Couzens tax hearing. He valued Ford atook as of March 1, 1913, at $5,500 a share, Arthur M. Anderson, partner in J. P. Morgan & Cos., valued the at $3,500 to $4,600, but said under cross-examination by John W. Davie that he would not have sold it at such price had he owned shares. It was worth holding as a speculation, he explained. HOOSIER BOY TO FORE Jimmy Rlsh of Montpelier Near* World Horseshoe Pitching Title. Bu United Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb. IT. —Jimmy Risk, known In horseshoe pitching circles as “the boy wonder,’* polished his new shoes today ready to show the old folks that the art of pitching ringers didn’t die with the advent of the horseless carriage. Risk of Montpelier, Ind., best bet for the title of world’s champion horseshoe pitcher, had four more vio* tories to his credit at the start of to* day's round in the international tourney. Yesterday be defeated O. C. Rrondlge, Columbus, Ohio, M to 23; D. T. Leonard, Adams Basin. N, Y„ 50 to 8: L. C. Hill, Columbus, Ohio, 60 to 26; A. Whipple, Conner** vllle, Ind., 60 to 3.