Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 330, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 April 1927 — Page 1

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BEVERIDGE RITES SET FOR FRIDAY r~ Services at Meridian St. Methodist Church at 2 o’clock. WILL NOT LIE IN STATE Eminent Friends of Former Senator Expected. Simple but impressive funeral services for former United States Senator Albert Jeremiah Beveridge •will be conducted Friday at 2 p. m., at 'Meridian Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Friends of the family, in behalf of •trs. Beveridge, refused a request f Pliny H. Wolfard, secretary to Governor Jackson, that Mr. Beveridge's body be removed to the Statehouse to lie in state this afternoon or Friday. Notables of the State and nation were expected to arrive in Indianapolis tonight to visit the home and attend Friday’s services. At the Beveridge home, 4164 Washington Blvd., messages of condolence from all parts of the country continued to arrive from personal and political associates of the noted author and statesman. The former Senator died at his residence at 6:20 a. m. Wednesday, following a heart attack. He was stricken two weeks ago. Private Rites Also Brief private services will be held at the home previous to the public rites at the Meridian St. Larz A. Whitcomb, a friend of the family, announced. Obsequies at the church will be 1n charge of the Rev. Virgil E. Rorer, pastor, and Bishop Joseph M. Francis of the Episcopal Church. Burial will bo in Crown Hill cemetery In the vicinity of the tomb of James Whitcomb Riley, Iloosier poet. Friends of the family reported Mrs. Beveridge had a restful night and was refreshed this morning. The Beveridge’s two children joined their sorrowing mother at the home today. Albert ,1. Beveridge Jr.. tf&S, a. student at St. Mark’s Academy BRouth Borough, Mass., traveling iilone, reached the city at 11:15 a. m. Miss Abby Spencer Beveridge, 16. a student at Foxcroft Academy, Middleburg. Ya., arrived at 11:32 a. m. She was accompanied by Mrs. Marshall Field of Chicago and Washington, aunt of Mrs. Beveridge. Met By Friends The children were met by Frederick C'. Bartlett. Chicago, her close friends and John C. Shaffer, editor of The Indianapolis Star, intimate friend of the family. Myron Eddy, brother of Mrs. Beveridge, formerly in the consular (Turn to Page 2) GILUOMOPPOSES SIEVE’S RETURN Asks Order on Warden Daly Be Set Aside. Contending the court acted beyond Its authority Saturday when it ordered Warden Walter H. Daly of Indiana State Prison to return D. C. Stephenson, serving a life sentence for murder, to Indianapolis, tlay 6, to testify in a civil suit rought against him by a former wife, Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom today filed a petition to set aside the order in Superior Court One. Because Floyd Mattice, attorney for Mrs. Nettie Stephenson Brehm, the plaintiff, was out of the city, Judge James A. Leathers could not hear oral arguments on the petition. He said he would do so next week. Mrs. Brehm is seeking $i0,500 from the former Klan dragon for the eupport of their daughter, 11. Gilltom’s petition set out that Superior Court has no authorty in the matter because the prison isr outside its judicial district; Stephenson is a life prisoner, lodged permanently in the prison; no constitutional provision is made for bearing the expenses of bringing Stephenson here, and that the order fails to show that the evidence sought of Stephenson is material to the case. LAWYER SUES AIMEE Evangelist Paid Only Part of Fee, Attorney Alleges. Bu United Press LOS ANGELES, April 28.—Writs of attachment on real estate owned by Aimee Semple McPherson, famous evangelist, have been issued in behalf of Roland Rich Woolley, her former attorney. Woolley sued to collect $8,500 he claims Mrs. McPherson still owes for representing her during her Shearing last year on charges of conspiracy to defeat justice. He alleges only SII,OOO of $19,500 has been paid.

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DIVORCES SLOWLY GAIN ON MARRIAGE FIGURES Still Three Times as Many Tie Matrimonial Knots as Sever Them, but 1926 Shows Ratio Changing.

There are still nearly three times as many marriages as divorces in Marion County annually, but the marriages gradually arc deareasing while divorces increase, figures for 1926 showed today. In 1926 the courts legally separated 1,371 couple who had faithfully “promised to honor and obey,” but found matrimony not their liking.

BEVERIDGE PRACTICED AGAINST TRAIN’S ROAR Days as Student Orator Rich in Anecdote —Carved Initials on Tree—Memorial Service Planned.

By Edwin V. O'Xecl Tima Htaft Correspondent GREENCASTLE, Ind., April 28. The late Albert J. Beveridge while a student in De Pauw University here, used to go down to the Big Four bridge and attempt to make his SOUTHARD AID TO LINGENFELTER IN ENGINEER’S WORK Former County Office Holder Succeeds Dupree Next Monday. W. W. Southard, 77 N. Irvington Ave., former county engineer, today was appointed assistant city engineer in charge of the sewer department. lie succeeds Dan Dupree Monday, it was announced by Engineer Frank Lingenfelter, who recommended Southard's appointment to the board of works, and will receive a salary of $2,160 annually. Southard, during his service as county engineer, was involved in the gravel-stone fight. Southard followed George Schmidt into the county office when the latter resigned to become city engineer. Southard served throughout 1926, but was defeated in the primaries. Henry Campbell is now engineer. Schmidt had drawn .up rigid specifications for road improvements which gravel leaders said discriminated against them. Southard continued to carry out the specifications. The State tax board in several Instances, . refused to approve road bonds because of the rigid specifications. Recently county commissioners issued an order that ail county speciflcations be similar to those of the State highway commission. An effort was made recently to have Southard appointed engineer of the White River flood prevention widening and levee work. Nighties Naughty as Evening Wear Bu Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ir.d., April 26. Boys in pajamas must stay in their own dormitories. This ruling, backed up with a threat of instant dismissal for offenders, was the blow to one of De Pauw University's traditions delivered by the faculty today. Not that the lads are wont to wander frequently through somebody else's dormitory. But once a year, the night before May day,' men students have held it thr inalienable right to slip pajamas over their street clothes and go trooping through the sleeping quarters of every sorority house and woman’s dormitory in the University, singing as they surge past the smiling girls in kimonas. The faculty has not indicated just how it is going to stop the parade. The first student reaction to the ultimatum, expressed in fraternity house conversations, was a defiant: “We’ll parade anyway.” “W allie”M isses Master’s Voice “Wallie,” collie at the Beveridge mansion, was lonesome today. Friendly wagging his tail, the dog lay on the front steps of the home of his late master, former Senator Albert J. Beveridge. “Wallie” seemed to understand that sorrow had befallen the Beveridge household, said Edward Bohne, former secretary of the late author. “Wallie nearly always accompanied Mr. Beveridge on his walks,” he said. A wreath of white lilies hangs on the front doorcasing at the bereaved home.

Barking Dog Stops Raiding Police Anew “tip off” system was encountered by Sergt. Roy Pope and police squad, as they attempted to raid an alleged gambling room, late Wednesday night, Pope declared today. A large dog kept the officers from mounting the stairs at 444-46 W. Washington St., the residence of Louis Thomas, Pope said. The barking dog "signalled’’ fifteen men in the rooms, who walked across the roof to an adjoining building and escaped, Pope said.

A total of 3,804 couples began wedded life. Comparison with divorce and marriage figures for 1924 shows the gradual decrease in popularity of the marriage state. In 1924 a total of 4,064 couples took the nuptial vows, 260 more than in 1926. And in 1924 there were 1.299 divorces, 72 more than in 1926. ,

voice heard above the roar of passing trains as part of the training which later made him one of the outstanding orators cf the century. This and countless anecdotes today were revently discussed by those who knew the former United States Senator from Indiana when he was a student here at De Pauw University. Beveridge was graduated in 1885, but was a frequent visitor at the institution manifesting great interest in hi Filina mater. He received the honorary LL. D. in 191S. For years the Delta Kappa Epsilon • fraternity preserved a full length mirror before which Beveridge used to practice gesticulation. During the recent spring vacation, while students were away, this mirror was smashed. The parts were preserved and the mirror is to be restored and rehung in an honor position in the halls of the beautiful new chapter house. The plateglass mirror was used by Beveridge to practice bis speeches (Turn to Page 2) Engine and Nine Cars Plunge Into Cave-In Bu United Press PITTSTON, Pa., April 28.—A locomotive and nine mine cars plunged into a cave hole which suddenly opened under the tracks at the No. 9 colliery of the Pennsylvania Coal Company here today. The hole, which appealed without warning as the train approached it, was 50 feet deep and 80 feet wide. Mike Shopko, engineer of the train, saw the earth dropping in front of him and saved his life by leaping from the cab of his engine just a second before it plunged from sight. HELD IN 145 ROBBERIES Two Small Town Youths Identified by Victims in Chicago. Bu United Press CHICAGO, April 28. —One hundred forty-five hold-ups in four months is the new record for criminal activity in Chicago made by two “small town" youths, held by police. Almost 200 owners and patrons of drug stores, restaurants, meat markets and dry goods stores have identified the two, who are Daniel Moylin, 22, Bear Falls, Kan., and William Becker, 23, Sheboygan, Wis. $350,000 ART STOLEN Rembrandt and Titian Canvases Missing From Moscow Museum. Bu United Press MOSCOW, April 28.—Rembrandt s painting of Christ and a work of Titian were missing today from frames in the Museum of Fine Arts whence they had been cut and stolen. The theft recalled the famous dis* appearance of the Mona Lisa which was ripped from its frame in the Louvre. In addition to Rembrandt and Titian’s works, three other Dictures by Correggio, Pizzano and Collodolcci were stolen. The theft occurred the night of April 25. The pictures were valued at $350,000. ‘ARREST 1 VICTIM GETS REVENGE Has Alleged Bogus Officer Jailed on Four Charges. George Morris, 43, of 240 N. Gray St., is in city prison today charged with grand larceny, blackmail, impersonating an officer and vagrancy. Bond was fixed at SB,OOO. When Morris was searched police found the fancy "Sergeant of Detectives” badge Morris is alleged to have worn on April 2. when he “arrested” Frank E. Reeder, 6020 N. Pennsylvania St., in the Traction Terminal Station. Also inscribed on the gilded badge, in small letters, was “State of Michigan.” Morris is charged with approaching Reeder in the basement of the Terminal Bldg., after having first employed a small boy in his alleged “game,” and placing him under "arrest.” Morris, according to Reeder, then took him to pqlice headquarters, but left him alone in (he corridor while he went to “fix It up with the seargeant and evade the newspaper reporters.” Reeder said he withdrew $1,033 from a bank and gave Morris SI,OOO as Wash bail” and $2 “for the sergeant.” Reeder said he became suspicious a few days ago wrhen Morris demanded “more money for the sergeant.”

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1927

SNYDER CASE NOW READY FOR DEFENSE Slain Man’s Widow to Be First Witness—State Side Ended. UNDECIDED ABOUT GRAY Counsel Withholds Attitude on Testifying. Bu t nited Prist LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y., April 28.—The task of explaining away the State’s story of the murder of Albert Snyder today passed to counsel for Ruth Brown Snyder and, Henry Judd Gray. The prosecution rested at 12:28 p. m. A crowded courtroom awaited eagerly the beginning of defense tactics by the two lovers, whose affaiAed to tragedy and to tho shadow of the electic chair. Adjournment was taken until 4 o’clock this afternoon to permit defense counsel to prepare'motions which will be made at that time. Opening statements and introduction of evidence probably w ill not begin until tomorrow. Flans Speedy Action Edgar Hazelton. counsel for Mrs. Snyder announced definitely that Mrs. Snyder would be his first witness. and that he hoped to conclude his side of the defense tomorrow. William Millard, of counsel for Gray, said he had not yet definitely decided whether Gray would testify in his own behalf, and that the decision probably would await Mrs. Snyder’s appearance on the stand. Trial Unusually Short It was a remarkably short case for such a trial—four days for both opening statements of attorneys and presentation of evidence —but the case against the defendants was clear cut. The difficult part of the State's fight will come on rebuttal, after the defense has been established. Until the line of defense was more definitely shown, the State could do little but show that Snyder was slain, prove the presence of Mrs. Snyder and Gray, and introduce their confessions. Complain ‘Central’ Kept Them Waiting One hundred thirty-four subscribers of the Prairies Telephone Company, Brookston, Ind., feel that they have suffered by long waits for "Central,’’ and this is one of the complaints incorporated In a petition 'for better service filed today with the Indiana public service commission. They also state that they are required to pay $1.50 a month in advance and if ten days late with payment, $1.75. William A.Edwards, commission telephone expert, is investigating. TROLLEYS CRASH AT GARY; 13 HURT Catch Fire—Panic Is Averted. Bu United Press GARY, Ind., April 29.—Thirteen men were injured here today when two Gary street railway cars crashed head-on. Both cars were crowded with ,passengers and a near panic broke ,<ut when both cars caught fire. However, steady nerved people, '.n the crowd made themselves heaid above the din and an orderly emptying of the cars followed. The Injured were taken to a hospital, where It was said most o.' them were suffering from slight cuts.

Guests to Play Hands Under Actual Guidance of Work, Bridge Expert

Are you embarrassed by your inability to properly bid your hand at bridge parties? Does your partner shudder when you fail to make all the tricks you have in your hands? Perhaps Milton C. Work, the outstanding authority on auction bridge, will be able to help you. Work, whose daily bridge lessons are printed in The Times, will be at L. S. Ayres & Cos. tea room next Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons to demonstrate his theories which have stood the test of years of experience and which have made him the great figure of this game which has become almost the national pastime. At these demonstrations the guests will actually play the game, deal the haads, and then listen to explanations by Mr,

MEDAL FOR GIRL WHO RESCUED HER BROTHER

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By Eldora Field A person, who knowing how to swim, strikes into deep’water and brings a drowning person to shore, is a hero. What then shall be said Os a little 12-year-old girl, who unable to swim and desperately afraid of water, plunged into the canal and saved a human life? The girl is Neola Alton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alton, who on June 28. last, year, brought her brother Raymond, three years old, from the deep waters of the canal. Next Sunday morning, a bronze medal will be presented to the little girl at avspeclal service at the North Indianapolis Church of God, at 900 W. Thirtieth St. The Rev. P. B. Turner, pastor, will be in charge and Juvenile Judge Frank J. Lahr will make the presentation. His Life Her Reward Neola, pretty, brown-eyed student at School 41, declares she has already had her reward —ever since the minute on that June day, when dripping and breathless, she laid her little brother in her mother's arms and knew that he would live. “I don’t know that I just deserve a medal, Neola observes modestly. "You see I didn’t really have time to think what I was doing—maybe I'd been afraid if I had. I just had time to know that it I didn't get brother out of tKe water, he’d be gone.” The children’s home is not far from the canal. Just before the accident, the children had been picking wild strawberries, near the canal bank. Heard Mother Call But let Neola speak: ”1 heard mother call ‘Raymond’ and I realized I hadn't seen him for several minutes,” Neola relates. “I thought of the water, because we were always a little afraid cf that, and I ran up and down looking along the shore and Into the water. Then my heart almost stood still! I noticed a heavy rippling, then a bobbing speck of red —Raymond's little waist. “I just can’t tell you much what happened after that. I hate water. I'm afraid of it. but I didn’t know or see anything but the little arm that shot up and one glimpse of a little white face. He did not cry out. He never did. I just kept kicking and

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scrambling around, holding onto him, and then my feet were on the slipl>ery bank and I knew I had got my brother back. I was awfully glad for mother’s sake, too. She just cried hard with joy afterwards. Raymend never seemed very scared though. He just kept telling us he had got his ‘foots all wetted.’ ” Proud of Neola “It was a miracle,” said the mother. “The fact that Neola cannot swim, and yet in water so deep got hold of Raymond and scrambled onto the bank, cannot be explained. As she ran to cana. bank that day she had screamed and I had heard her, but before I got there she had Raymond out and other folks came running and then my brave little girl handed Raymond into my arms. Only mothers could know how I felt at that moment! I’m proud of my little girl—we all are.” 21 CHINESE DIE BY SINGLING Alleged Communists, One a Woman, Executed. Bu United Press PEKIN. April 28.—Twenty-one Chinese, captured when local police raided the soviet embassy compound here, were strangled to death today by order of Marshal Chang Tso-Lln. The strangled Chinese Include one woman and also the famous leader, Li-Ta-Hoa. The Chinese were alleged by Chang to be communists. They were taken in a raid by Chang’s men on the compound, permission for which had been granted by the diplomatic corps. Executions liy strangulation followed a “secret trial,” according to the announcement of the infliction of the penalty. Russian prisoners seized during the raid were not executed and there still remained today thirtyother Chinese in prison.

Work as to how they should be bid and played. The pleasure in this game is the ability to play it well, and advice from Mr. Work has eriabled thousands of players in other cities to improve their game. The capacity of the L .8. Ayres tea room is limited and reservations should be telephoned at once to the stationery department or the cashier of the tea room, Main 5200. Organize a party of your friends, if you desire. Or come alone, as you wish. It will be an afternoon of pleasure and profit for those who are interested in this game. A nominal charge of $1.50 will cover the cost of the demonstration and refreshments. Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon, May 3 and 4 at 3 p. m.

LOUISIANA FACES REVOLT OVER BREAKING LEVEES; 300 KNOWN FLOOD DEAD

Two Hundred Thousand Homeless in WaterSwept Areas. LOSS OF $200,000,000 Figures Announced by Secretary Hoover. Bu United Press MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 28. —With the threat of the raging Mississippi to New Orleans yet to be reckoned with, 300 known dead have been counted by relief workers in the flood zone and officials estimate 200,000 are homeless. Damage will exceed $200,000,000. These estimates —and it is impossible to state the terrific toll of the flood definitely—have been made by Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, relief dictators. Urgent calls for more rescue boats came today from a number of inunctated towns in southern Mississippi and southeastern Arknaaas ns the flood stagps of the Mississippi River and its tributaries rose higher in that section. Hundreds Menaced Hundreds of persons were still endangered near Belzoni, Miss., and a large number of boats put out from Vicksburg and other points to make rescues in that section today. Removal of refugeees in the Sunflower Rieer district was nearing completion and all boats possible were being diverted to the section near Belzoni. Other bouts were sent into southeastern Arkansas, where hundreds are fleeing to the hills. % LAW OF ARMY RILES Curfew Prevails at Greenville, Miss. After Reports of Looting. Bu United Press VICKSBURG. Miss., April 28. Virtual martial law was in effect In the Mississippi flood district today. Reports of looting by Negroes at Greenville has made it necessa.'y to

River\ May Rise to 58 Feet Bu United Press WASHINGTON. April 28. The Hood stage in the Mississippi River at Vicksburg will rise to 57.5 or 58 feet about Mays 5, the Weather Bureau predicted today. Below Vicksburg the rise will continue slowly, as previously forecast, with probably somewhat higher stages than were at first expected. At Helena, Ark., the river has been stationary since Tuesday morning and is now falling above

invoke an 8 o’clock curfew order. Guardsmen patrol the streets of the inundated city in boats. Elsewhere, troops are needed to assist medical authorities in their efforts, so far successful, to prevent plague attacking refugee camps. Such sanitary measures are being taken as possible, but polluted water supply, exposure and poor food has caused many of the homeless to be stricken. Spread of any malignant disease has been averted, however, largely due to efforts of Red Cross physicians who have vaccinated and innoculated virtually all those in the camps against diseases common under such conditions. Sweeping downward out of the “great bottle" known as the delta, mad waters of the Mississippi were leaping past Vicksburg today on their way to the gulf. The highest water in history at this point is expected within a few hours. Comparatively little damage woul dresult here if the levee gave way. Most of Vicksburg is on a bluff and safe. Apprehension was felt by Government engineers for the Vicksburg levee and sea wall and for levees at Delta, La., across the Mississippi from here. Throughout the night levee workers continued strengthening the embankments. UNITED FOR FARM AID Three National Organizations to Frame Bill for Congress. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, April 28.—Three national farm organizations purporting to represent 3,000.000 farmers, will meet here in October to frame a warm relief legislative program for the next session of Congress, Chester Gray of the American Farm Bureau Federation and Frederic Brenckman of the National Grange, announced today after a call at the White House. Beside the federation and grange, the Farmers’ Union also will be represented. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. 47 10 a. m 60 7 a. m-..... 50 11 a. m 63 8 a. rv..... 55 12 (noon) .... 65 9 a. m....... 57 1 p. m.j..... 67

Forecast Probably showers and thunderstorms tonight and Friday; warmer tonight

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Armed Men Patrol Dikes Scheduled for Opening Friday. ALL TROOPS WILL ACT State Gives Orders to Entire Guard. Bu United Press NEW ORLEANS, La., April 28.—A crisis was imminent today for a handful of lowland farmers who have defied the State of Louisiana to cut the Mississippi River levee in an effort to save New Orleans. Fourteen miles south of the city armed trappers and farmers of Bt. Bernard parish walk tho levee si-

$3,085,600 Given for Relief Bu United Press WASHINGTON. April 28. The Red Cross drive for $5,000,000 for Mississippi River flood sufferers had reached the $3,085,600 mark this forenoon. From far away Guam came nearly SI,OOO gathered by L. S. Shapley, U. S. N., Governor of Guam.

tpntly, threatening to do battle with State troops scheduled to open the dike with dynamite tomorrow. The proposed opening would allow the swollen river to flow through a fertile valley to a large lake and thence to the gulf. Engineers say this would relieve pressure on the levee at New Orleans. All Troops Ready Machine guns, rifles and shotguns back up the threats of the farmers, who refu e to sacrifice their homes. The entire National Guard of Louisiana is ready to enforce the order *>f Governor H. O. Simpson to cut the wall. —- “Our people have lived here for 200 years,” one of the’leaders of the armsd guard of the levee said. "To hell with New Orleans. We built these levees and we’ll protect them with our lives if we have to. We're not going to be driven out." Officials hoped, however, that t; way would be %ound to save the situation without bloodshed. Residents of the valley have yielded to authorities’ demand for evacuation, however. Their families, portable property and livestock have been moved to New Orelans for safety. But the men are returning to the region today, for the threatened battle. E yarns Guards Although an order prohibits any one entering the doomed valley without a permit, the rural residents know every foot of the territory and have been able to slip through the guards. The levee cut was authorized by Governor Simpson after State engineers and Gen. Edgar Jadwin, chief of the army engineers, had approved It. It is planned to blow the dike Friday. At least 3,000 persons will be made homeless, damage o£ $2,000,000 to $4,000,000 will be dona and 100,000 acres of land will be flooded. 54,330 INCREASE IN RELIEF FOND City’s Contribution Reaches $17,515.84 Total. Indianapolis today continued to give generously to the Mississippi flood relief fund being collected throughout the nation by the American Bed Cross. At noon the local fund had reached a total of $17,515.84, an increase of $4,330 since noon Wednesday. Contributions were still coming In this afternoon at Red Cross beadquarters, War Memorial Bldg., 777 N. Meridian St., William Fortune, head of the local chapter said. That the money might bo used immediately In work among sufferers in the flood zone, the local chapter forwarded its check for SIO,OOO to Washington Red Cross headquarters. A check for $5,000 was sent earlier in the week. GOVERNOR HOME FRIDAY Jackson Will Return to Attend Beveridge FuneraL Governor Jackson, who was scheduled to return to the city from the East at noon today, notified his searetary, Pliny Wolfard, that he will not arrive here from Washington, D. C. until Friday noon. The Governor is accompanied by Mrs. Jackson and Adjutant General and Mrs. William H. Kershner. They will- return In time to attend the Beveridge funeral.

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