Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 329, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 April 1927 — Page 1

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VOLUME 37—NUMBER 329

ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE DEAD

REFUGEES ON BRIDGE FACE FLOOD PERIL Red Cross Unable to Learn Fate of Group Near Hollandale, Miss. 50,000 FIGHT WATERS of Workmen Occupies Levees. Bu United Press VICKSBURG, Miss., April 27. The fate of scores of persons who sought refuge from the swift flood currents on a bridge across the Sunflower River, near Hallandale, Miss., was unknown at Vicksburg rescue headquarters today. Red Cross workers last night received an emergency call from Rolling Fork, Miss., saying the bridge near Hollandale was crowded with refugees and that there were fully 2,000 fugitives in that vicinity. The swift current was piling up debris of houses swept from upstream against the bride and it was in danger of going out and carrying with it the scores gathered on the

Warning of New Flood Crests Bn Vnited Fret* WASHINGTON, April 27. Warnings of new flood crests in the Mississippi at Vicksburg, Miss., tomorrow, at Natchez, Miss., shortly thereafter and additional rises in the Red and Oucaliita Rivers were issued by the Weather Bureau today. A general, though slow, fall Is expected in the Mississippi k at. St. Louis about Friday, at ■which time the Illinois. River also will begin to recede.

structure, the report said. The steamer. Vicksburg left the mouth of the Choctaw River immediately for the danger point. The steamer Murray also hurried to the scone. It was believed thd two vessels took the victims off during the night, but with all communications cut, it was impossible here to learn the situation. Both vessels will steam down the river here as fast as possible, but will not reach Vicksburg before nightfall. Both are without radio facilities. An army of fifty thousand men is fighting to save the Southland from Inundation. Along the slopes of the Mississippi River, which in many places has leaped out of bounds to swell over rich acres, workmen patrol the levees attempting to stop any leaks that mjfht unleash the mighty river on the fertile territory. Work in Fear “We are leaving nothing undone,” Charles H. West senior member of the Mississippi River commission, announced. “We have fifty thousand men working on the levees. But we fear when the great force of the river hits.” West is fearful that many sections of river bottom land can not be saved from the mighty flow of the river, despite precautions taken by Government, State and relief organthroughout the territory came word of distress today. Arkansas is reported suffering with

Relief Fund Past Half-Way Mark Bn United Press WASHINGTON, April 27. The Red Cross campaign for a $5,000,000 Hood relief fund passed the half-way mark today. Contributions totaling $2,546,800 were listed in the third daily report. The eastern area States contributed $1,705,500; midwestern, $606,000; Pacific, $135,300.

rivers continuing on their turbulent flood paths. There is even a report that disease has taken hold in several communities. Chief fears expressed here are that the Mississippi and Red Rivers will combine to send destruction to new fields. The flood is not expected to hit that southern area for three days, but in case the overflow comes more than 200,000 persons in Louisiana will be forced from their homes, It was said. Relief Well Organized Organization of rescue and relief work was well in hand today in the vicinity of Vicksburg. Gen. Curtis Green of the Mississippi National Guard announced that food is rapidreaching crucial refugee points xWtl there Is less actual suffering. Refugees have bepn reaching Vicksburg in decreasing numbers in the past twenty-four hours. Sanitary conditions in the refugee camps here are good. It is estimated that there are n (Turn to Page 2) j,..

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FIVE YEARS DEDICATED TO ‘LIFE OF LINCOLN’ -A. Judge Martin, Intimate Friend of Mr. Beveridge, Reveals Characteristics of the Author.

With the "next five years of his life" dedicated to the completion of his "Life of Lincoln,” his diligence to the task was the predominant characteristic of Albert J. Beveridge in the closing days of his life. This was the expression of close friends of the late ex-Senator today in giving an intimate picture of the man, r*vealing shades of his character generally unknown to the American public which revered him as a statesman, orator and author. Turning his back to political advances. some of which offered hopes of the presidency, Mr. Beveridge Woman Injured by Needle Asks SIO,OOO Bu United Press ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., April 27. —Miss Mary J. Nelson. Pittsburgh, Pa., today filed suit for SIO,OOO damages against the Ritz-Carlton Hotel here. She charges that when she came to the Ritz in July, 1925, there were needles on the floor of her room and that she stepped on one. Septic poisoning set in, she claimed, necessitating an operation. She said site lost her SIOO-a-week position as secretary of a Pittsburgh insurance company because of the operation. Sculptor Comes to Make ‘Death Mask y A "death mask" of ex-Senator Albert J. Beveridge, was to be made by Fred Storey, Chicago sculptor, this evening. From the mask a bust may be {sculptored later of stone, copying in every detail (he lineage of Mr. Beveridge's profile. At tWe request of Mrs. Beveridge, Lorado Taft, famous sculptor, first was summoned but, unable to come, he recommended that Storey be called. Storey left Chicago on a noon train. BOOST INTERSTATE TAX Property Valuation Increased, While Rail Worth Is Lowered. Interstate Public Service Company property was increased $1,898,323 for tax valuation purposes by the Indiana Tax Board Tuesday. Railway property of the Interstate was slightly reduced. The 1927 figure for general properties was placed at $15,350,000 for 1927. It was $13,351,677 last year. Railway valuation was fixed at $3,410,812, as compared with $3,975,620 for 1926, a reduction of $364,808.

TAD WILL NO! BE ORATOR HERE Coolidge Also Declines Memorial Invitation. Times Washinnton Bureau. t.IZi! Sew York Avenue WASHINGTON, April 27.—Chief Justice Taft today declined the invitation of Governor Jackson to speak at the Indiana World War Memorial cornerstone ceremonies in Indianapolis, July 4. Jackson presented the invitation in person, but Taft declined on grounds of his health. President Coolidge also will bo unable to attend and the Governor will seek another speaker. After his visit with Taft this morning, Jackson called on the President and remairted nearly an hour, an unprecedented lengthy visit. Upon emerging, the Governor merely declared that they had "talked over general matters in a social way.” He refused to talk politics. When asked pointhlank if he were contemplating running for Senator, Jackson merely smiled and repeated his refusal to talk. The Governor expects to return home Thursday. He is accompanied on the Eastern trip by Mrs. Jackson and Adjutant General and Mrs. William H. Ivershner.

PLANS MADE FOR MANAGER DRIVE • Speakers Will Use Charts to Show Advantages. Ward and precinct organization plans were advanced at a luncheon meeting of the city manager campaign committee today at the Chamber of Commerce. Frank K. Gates, chairman, outlined the program. An incomplete list of ward workers has been compiled and workers in every corner of the city will be named soon, Claude H. Anderson, executive secretary, said. Charts illustrating the manager form and showing its similarity to organization of big business organiza- ' will be used by the speakers,

I of recent years concentrated his whole energy and attention on the writing of his "Life of Lincoln.” It was bis consuming ambition and his diligence in gathering material for the work that fatigued until he was unable to resist the heart disease which claimed his life today, friends said. Confides in Martin Intimate friends paid that Mr. Beveridge frequently would work far into the night, disregarding the hour in his passion for the work His tirelessness In this work was his predominant characteristic ~at the time he was stricken. To his friend, Clarence Martin, State Supreme Court judge, Mr. Beveridge told of the fatiguing work he had done in gathering new material for Lincoln's biography. Much of the material, he said, had not been unearthed by Lincoln's earlier biogrrapbers. He had gone to Springfield, 111., and there pored through the original journals of the Illinois General Assembly, not indexed, to find Lincoln's every vote on motions, bills and other acts of the Legislature. AVhat disposition will be made of this mass of reference data has not been decided. Became Companions Judge Martin checked a great deal of the manuscript for the "Life of Lincoln,” and through this Intimacy with Mr. Beveridge became his companion on many of the author s walks about Indianapolis. "Walking was his only relaxation,” Judge Martin said. "Mr. Beveridge had what he called his 'short walk' and ‘long walk.’ When time was short he took the ‘short walk.' Tlie course was from his home, nijrth on Washington Blvd. to Forty-Sixth St., west to Meridian, then to Forty-Third St. and back home. He Liked to Walk "When demands for time were not so pressing, it was Mr. Beveridge's pleasure to take bis ‘long walk.’ He would have his chauffeur drive him to Fairview Park, where he would slight and walk down along the canal to Northwestern Ave. There his chauffeur would meet him again. "On the many walks I took with lint, he always led. be conversation and it chiefly concerned the ‘Life of Lincoln,’ Martin said. Mr. Beveridge's home at 4184 Washington Blvd., was built eighteen years ago. In its spacious lawn, in the shade of Its old trees and shrubbery, Mr. Beveridge was to be seen frequently, rending or working on his manuscript. Spring and summer he spent at his home here; winters at his Beverly Hills farm, acquired twelve years ago. Tells of Friendship “Mr. Beveridge at first bought only a small tract where his home now staTtds,” Judge Mantin related. “He was a young attorney at the time, and when Granville S. Wright, who owned the land, urged him to buy a larger tract, he replied he 'couldn’t pay for it.’ Wright, however, insisted that he take it, saying he wasn’t worried about his not paying for it, and Mr. Beveridge ex-, tended his holding through to Pennsylvania St.” Judge Martin said their friendship was opened by a letter he wrote Mr. Beveridge when he was a Senator. Martin commended the Senator warmly for his utterances, and to his surprise received a gracious reply of thanks. When Mr. Beveridge returned to Indiana he sought out Martin at Lawrence, Ind., and out of their acquaintance grew a warm friendship. "College Politics” Mr. Beveridge's last public utterances were at a banquet of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity of which he was a member at De Pauw University. He retained an active interest In affairs of the fraternity and university. A leader in college “politics” it was frequently said of Mr. Beveridge, that he learned his “political tricks” at the Greencastle Institution. His close contact with newspaper men made him a warm friend of the profession. On a speaking engagement in southern Indiana a few years ago, he was asked by a reporter, now with The Times, what the nature of his afternoon address would be. “You observed the masterly way in which I said nothing this morning,” he answered. *

Six Hurt as Trains Collide in Subway Bu tinted Prcsn NEW YORK. April 27. Six passengers were injured today when a Bronx local subway train crashed into the rear of a broadway local at the Broadway and SeventySecond Street station of the Interborough Rapid Transit Lines. Crowds thronged the entrances to the station and police reserves formed lines through which the Injured were carried to Ambulances on stretchers. Power on the west side subway line was turned* off. stalling all trains. The collision started a fire which was put out by hand extinguishers. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 62 10 a. m 66 7 a. m 64 11 a. m 66 6 a. m 65 12 (noon) .... 66 9 a. 66 1 p. m...... 67

. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1927

ARMITAGE IS BLOCKED IN NEW DENIAL Judge Rejects Effort to Quash Contempt of Court Charge. TRIAL PROCEEDS FRIDAY i I Defense in Bribery Case Subpoenas 73. James E. Armitage lost again today jn his efforts to avoid trial before Criminal Judge James A. Collins on a charge of attempting to bribe Claude A. Achey, a grand juror. Collins refused to file a specific denial by Armitage to the bribery charges, presented by Prosecutor William H. Remy. Reiny charges that Armitage offered Achey $2,600 and a job if he voted against indictment of Mayor John L. Duvall. Armitage is the brother of Willi: m H. Armitage, former political boss of city hall. Blocked on the answer Eph Inman and Harvey Grabill. Armitage attorneys, prepared for the trial before Collins. ■ Friday. Former Mayors C alled They issued subpoenaes for sev-enty-three persons including: Witnesses subpoenaed include; Charles Jewett and Lew Shank, former mayors; Herman F, Rikhoff, former police chief; John O'Brien, former fire chief; Police Chief Claude Johnson, Detective Captain Jerry Kinney; Bert Perrott, head of the Berlillon department, who is requested to bring all records, measurements, finger prints and data, of “every character covering all times relating to Claude Achey to be used as evidence." Joseph Hogue, former city controller., and Barnett Breedlove of the United States A’etcrans’ Bureau, who is requested to bring records and files on Ach£y. Grand Jurors, Too The defense also subpoenaed James Miller and William Pace, serving sentences for liquor law violations. pn the State Farm. Each of the grand jurors will testify for the defense and the State, it is said. In refusing to accept the Armitage denial. Collins said' “The defendant must remember he will not get out of this by merely saying it is ail a He. Such move will not bring the contempt action to an end.” Collins said he would adjourn the trial during the funeral of former Senator Albert J. Beveridge, expected to be held Friday or Saturday.

PRINTING SCHOOL MAY BERETAINED Board Considers Erection of Suitable Building. School authorities today were planning means of erecting a suitable new building at Technical High School to house the printing school maintained by the United Typothctae of America and to prevent its removal to the Carnegie Institute of Technology, at Pittsburgh. The removal was threatened by E. F. Eilert, typothetae president, because quarters here are inadequate. School board members will present preliminary plans to Eilert at a special board meeting May 3. Acting School Superintendent Joseph F. Thornton suggested the new structure, be a memorial to the late Charles A. Book waiter, former mayor, who was responsible for establishment of the school here in 1919.

STATEHOUSE FUG IS AT HALF-MAST City Also to Pay Tribute to Beveridge. A note of mourning prevaded the Statehouse, where former Senator Albert J. Beveridge had lately renewed his visits, today. Beveridge often visited the building to seek in the historical archives of the State library data for his Lincoln biography. , Early in the day Building Superintendent Orville Engle ordered the Statehouse flag at half-mast. Mayor John L. Duvall also ordered flags on all city buildings lowered to half-mast. “As soon as arrangements for the funeral have been made I will Issue orders in keeping with the ead occasion,’’ said Mayor; Duvall.

EX-SENATOR SUCCUMBS

A STATESMAN GONE

Leaders of polities, letters and industry in Indianapolis today paid tribute to Albert J. Beveridge as an author and a statesman.

MEREDITH NICHOLSON The news is so astounding and unexpected as to leave one bewildered. Not only Indiana but the Nation has lost a great citizen. It is a calamity that he had not finished his “Life of Abraham Lincoln." We were looking forward to It with great interest. He lias placed America under*everlasting obligation by his life of John Marshall, which was not merely a biography, but a penetrating history of the American institution of law. Mr. Beveridge was one of the great contributors to the thought and life of his time and it is not possible in the first shock' of liis passing to pay him adequate tribute. SECRETARY OF STATE FREDERIC E. SCIIORTKMEIER— I The life of Albert J. Beveridge shows what a poor boy can do without powerful friends, wealth or influence. He rose from a poor country boy to heights of success through his own personal work. He had the rare combination of mental brilliancy, honesty and the disposition of work strenously. His success was an inspiration to young men everywhere. His fame as an author is even greater than that as a student of government. We shall deeply miss his personal charm and his contribution to public affairs. ATTORNEY GENERAL ARTHUR L. GlLLlOM—Senator Beveridge had a rare combination of courage and intellect. These qualities made him great in statesmanship and literature. His going involves an irreparable loss, in that no one can complete the structure of the volumes he was writing on Lincoln. The ability to complete that work rested wholly within his own genius. Though not classed (Turn to Page 12)

The Man Albert J. Beveridge: Bom Oct. 6. 1862, Adam* County, Ohio, farm. , Educated Moultrie County (III.) schools, Sullivan (III.) High School. Graduated from De Pauw University, Greencastle, Ind., in 1885. Law—Came to Indianapolis in 1888. Became reading clerk, State Legislature. Admitted to bar In 1887. Married Katherine Langsdale, Greencastle, Ind., Nov. 27, 1887. She died, June 18, 1900. Married Catherine Eddy of Chicago, who survives, in Berlin, Germany, Aug. 7. 1907. Elected to United States Senate in 1899; re-elected in 1905, ending second term March 4, 1911. Wrote “The Life of John Marshall,” four volumes, 19161919.

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Coolidges Send Condolences Bu United I'rrss WASHINGTON, April 27 President Coolidge sent a message of condolence today to Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge at Indianapolis, on the death of her husband. “It is with a feeling of personal loss that I have learned of the passing of your distinguished husband,” Mr. Coolidge wrote. “In scholarship, in literature and in polities lie was a great American figure. “I express to you and to your family the sympathy of Mrs. Coolidge and myself.”

BEVERIDGE THIRD LOSS IN 2 YEARS Senator’s Death Follows Closely Passing of Ralston, Marshall. Former Senator Albert J. Beveridge, who died today, was the third Hoosier statesman of national fame to die within the past two years. Former Vice President Thomae R. Marshall, died June 1, 1925, in Washington, D. C., and was brought to his old home, 1939 N. Illinois St., to be buried then in Crown Hill cemetery. And on Oct. 14, 1925, Samuel M. Ralston, former United States senator, died at Hoosier Home, north of the city. He was buried in Lebanon, Ind. In each of the three instances the men had carried themselves to the front ranks by personal dominance, ambition, hard work and courage. Mr. Beveridge was the youngest of the three. He died at the age of 65, while Mr. Ralston was 67, and Mr. Marshall, 71. Lives of all the men were filled with public appearances as representatives of the citizens of their city, State and country. Set Bus Hearings Petition for Indianapolis Street Railway bus service extension from the Circle to Southern Ave. and Napoleon St. is scheduled for public hearing before the Indiana public service commission Monday at 10 a. m. English Ave. extension petition wi'l be heard next "Wednesday at 2 p. . ■

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Heart Attack After Two Weeks’ Illness Fatal to Former Sepator at - 6:10 A. M. DEATH OCCURS AT HOME HERE Wife at Bedside —Leaves ‘Life of Lincoln’ Half Finished. Former United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge died at his home, 4164 Washington Blvd., at 6:10 a. m. today of heart disease following an illness of two weeks. Strenuous literary work had so undermined Mr. Beveridge’s health, in the opinion of physicians, that heart disease developed April 14, from which it was believed he was recovering until the fatal collapse developed at 5:30 a. m. today. He was 65. Forty minutes later Mr. Beveridge breathed his last, At the bedside with him was lus wife and Dr. Charles P. Emerson, Indianapolis physician, who had been attending the exSenator. Dr. Emerson issued this statement: “Senator Albert J. Beveridge died suddenly at his home in Indianapolis at 6:10 a. m. Wednesday morning, April 27. For several months the Senator had not been in rugged health, owing to his very strenuous literary work, apd on April 14, heart trouble suddenly developed. Dr. William Sydney Thayer, of Baltimore, professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University, was called from Baltimore to assist in the care of the Senator, who for two weeks seemed to make satisfactory progress. “Both Dr. Thayer apd Dr. Charles P. Emerson of Indianapolis, Senator Beveridge’s personal physician, were very hopeful of recovery, but a sudden fatal collapse developed Wednesday morning. Mrs. Beveridge was at the Senator’s bedside.’’ Children Called Home The Beveridges’ two children, Albert J. Beveridge Jr,, 18, attending St. Mark 's school, Southboro, Mass., and Miss Abby Beveridge, 16, attending Foxcroft school in Virginia, near Washington, D. C'., were summoned home immediately. Funeral arrangements are awaiting the of the son and daughter. They will reach Indianapolis Thursday. It is expected the funeral will lie Friday or Saturday.

Stunned by her husband"? death, Mrs. Beveridge stood at the door of the death chamber most of the morning while friends called to express their deep sympathy. In the company of friends, Mrs. Beveridge went to Crown Hill cemetery shortly before noon to select the burial site. Telegrams of sympathy began pouring m from all parts of the United States, expressing the nation's sorrow over the death of one of its foremost statesmen and liter- : ary figures. Mr. Beveridge's diligence in gathering first hand materia] for his “Life of Lincoln" took him to all parts of the United States. Much of the work had been done in his home at Beverly Hills, Mass. He had returned from the East three weeks ago, intent on finishing the second voume of the work when illness interrupted his labors. Nation Awaited Volumes Following his monumental accomplishment in writing the “Life of John Marshall," tremendous interest centered on the publication of the “Life of Lincoln.” The work was to appear in four volumes, but the first two volumes were to be issued as soon as completed. These two volumes were to carry the story of Lincoln’s life from boyhood to the presidency. The first had been finished and Mr. Beveridge was writing the ninth chapter of the second volume at the time he was stricken. Other Doctor Called When Mr. Beveridge’s condition became alarming this morning, Dr. Emerson summoned two other Indianapolis physicians. Called to the home a few minutes after the were James W. Fesler, 4035 N. Pennsylvania St., long a neighbor and friend of the ex-Sen-aJor; Larz A. Whitcomb, attorney and friend of Mr. Beveridge; State Supreme Judge Clarence Martin; Benjamin Lawrence, general manager of the Star League of Indiana; the ex-Senator’s former secretary, Ed H. Bohne, and his present secretary. Albert Morris. Mr. Beveridge’s mother died four years ago In Illinois. A sister, Mrs. E. B. Eden, is living at Sullilvan, 111. Mr. Beveridge wa\ born Jn Adams County, Ohio, on Oct. 6, 1862, the son of Thomas H. and Frances Beveridge. The family Removed to Illinois immediately after the Civil .War, and young Beveridge led a life of privations. At 12, he became a plowboy, and two years later he went to work as a laborer on the railroad. Then at 15 he became a logger and a teamster. Here fate smiled more kindly upon him and he had opportunity to attend high school. Later he entered De Pauw Diversity, receiving his college degree there. Beveridge later was given degrees by University of Pensylvania, Lafayette College and Brown University. / Beveridge married Katherine Langsdale at Greencastle, Ind., Nov. 27, 1887. She died, June 18, 1900. On Aug. 7, 1907, he married

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Catherine Eddy of Chicago, 111., In Berlin, Germany. Albert J. and Abbey Spencer Beveridge are their children. Beveridge read law in the office of Senator McDomld and was admit* ted to the bar in 1887. He was associated in his first practice with McDonald and Butler, until he entered practice for him* self. He won early prominence In many important cases and also as an orator and Republican campaign speaker. Beveridge was sent to the United States Senate from Indiana In 1899 for a six-year term, and was reelected in 1905. He served until 1911. When the Roosevelt Progressive move started in 1912, Beveridge became chairman of the Progressiva national convention in Chicago. He ran for Governor on the Progressive ticket in 1912 and wa* defeated by the late Samuel M. Ralston. For several years Beveridge devoted his time to writing. He returned to politics, however, and was defeated for the Senate to 1922 by Ralston. Beveridge was a member of the American Bar Association, American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Institute of Arts and Letters, and several historical societies. He was a member of Meridian St. Methodist Episcopal Church, Oriental Lodge F. & A. M„ Knights Templar and Knights of Pythias. The great Hoosier statesmtjn was perhaps best known as an author by his “The Life of John Marshall," which he published in.two volumes in 1916. He has, however, been working on “The Life of Abraham Lincoln," which was expected to be his masterpiece. His first literary work “The Russian Advance” came from Sever(Turn to Page 13)

The Author Formes- Senator Albert J. Beveridge was the author of: “The Russian Advance” 11903). “The Young Man Mid the World” (1905). “The Bible as Good Reading” (1906). "Americans of Today and Tomorrow” (1908). “Work and Habits” (1908). “The Meaning of the Times" (1907). “Pass Prosperity Around” (1912). “The Invisible Government” (1912). “What Is Back of the Wat?” (1915). “Life of John Marshall” (two volumes, 1916). “Life of John Marshall” two volumes, 1919). “The State and the Nation" (1924). “The Art of Public Speaking” (1924).