Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 May 1927 — Page 1

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VOLUME 39—NUMBER 13

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Here*s Mystery for a Sherlock Oh, for a Sherlock Holmes or an Arsene Lupin! Here's why: Woman: “You have but forty-eight hours to live. If you want to Kve, beat it now. “THE MYSTERY.” P. S. We are desperate characters.” Mrs. Charles Payne, 4231 N. Capitol Ave., found that note slipped under the front door of her home Wednesday night. “I heard a noise at my back door,” she told police. “I looked out the window in time to see a boy, about 14 years old, run from my yard and hop imo a Ford roadster-. When I went downstairs to investigate I found the note.”

CLUBS PLAN KICK OVER PAVING BAN Civic Federation Again to Demand Concrete Be Specified Material. t Elimination erf concrete as a specified street paving material by City Engineer Frank C. Lingenfelter and the new Duvall board of works will be protested Friday night by the Federation of Civic Clubs, President John F. White declared today. White said the Federation, composed of representatives of the city’s civic bodies, doubtless will reaffirm its previous stand demanding concrete be a specified material. Last week the >oard approved recommendation to ■drop concrete as one of the four ' specified materials provided by law. Such action by Lingenfelter, an asphalt friend, was predicted when Duvall ousted City Engineer Chester C. Oberleas and named the former engineer under the Shank regime. Make Demand “We will demand that concrete be included as one of the four materials and that brick or wood block ba eliminated,” White said. “That would throw the burden of petitioning on those who want bHck or wood block streets which certainly are In the minority. At present the burden is on property owners desfring concrete. “Our reason for wanting concrete in is so it will be a competitive bid against asphalt. Experience has demonstrated that asphalt contractors boost their bids when concrete is out,” said White. “Concrete should be in direct competition with the other three materials so the peo(Turn to Page 15) MONEY THORN IN mm SIDE Defense Charges Shiloh Girl Not So Simple, Pure. WBu United Free ß ST. JOSEPH. Mich., May 26.—The defense in the House of DaVid dissolution hearing, resumed here today, revealed it would attempt to show action against the religious cult was conceived by disgruntled members for revenge and financial gain. H. T. Dewhirst, defense attorney, resuming his cross-examination of Dolly Wheeler, former Shiloh girl, accused her of living in a New York apartment with a man whom she introduced as her husband, Mark Wheeler, from whom she had separated. Dewnirst’s questions indicated Dolly's testimony of last week had been investigated. Dolly emphatically denied having lived with any man in her apartment. She maintained she had rented one of her rooms to a man named Carlson and two other rooms to women. TRIES DEATH BY MZOR Man Slashes Self at Hotel; Recovery Hope Slight. Following an attempted suicide by slashing his throat and abdomen with a safety razor blade, H. H. Walls, 30, of 3631 W. Michigan St„ was taken to city hospital at 5:30 a. m. today from the Qolonial Hotel. Slight hope is held for his recovery. Walls is said to be separated from wiis wife, Coledo. They have one "child, age 4. S. M. Johnson, night clerk, said Walls came in about 3:30 a. m., and about an hour later telephoned, saying he had slashed his throat. Hiller Office Supply Co.' Ma. 0612. Canton steel files and systems.—Adv.

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Franklin Jurist Tells Experience With Prohibition Law., OTHER HOOSIERS TALK Citizens of Four Towns Interviewed, By Eldora Field “I cannot censure Governor Jackson nor Attorney General Gilliom. I broke the law to save my father's life and I think I would do It again under the same circumstances.” Thus, former Judge W. E. Deupre of the Johnson Circuit Court, Franklin, Ind., answered query as to what he thought of the action of Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom and Governor Jackson in breaking the Wright bone dry law to procure whisky to save the lives of members of their families. "My father, shortly after prohibition came In, was suffering severely

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from asthma,” Deupre declared. “He believed, and we did, that whisky was positively needed to keep him alive. Sneaked Past Officer “What did I do? I procured whisky at $?5 a quart. I sneaked right past an officer. I felt terrible. People shouldn’t have to feel like that. “I believe a loosening up of the Indiana bone dry law is inevitable, although I stand for law enforcement. The people themselves are loosening it up by their refusal to accept it.” Judge Fremont Miller, at present sitting in Johnson Circuit Court, and a resident of Franklin, was emphatic in his denouncement of the action of the officials. Urges Law Be Respected “If I thought it would be possible to have modification of the present law, carefully revised so that there could not be abuse of it for com(Tum to Page 9) FORD ANNOUNCES NEW MODEL OAR Will Be Speedier, Says Man- , ufacturer. Bu United Press DETROIT, Mich., May 25.—Henry and Edsel Ford today announced that within a tew weens the longexpected new model Ford car will be produced. Henry Ford declared he has been working upon the new model which, he says, will conform to the modern demand for speed, style and flexibility in traffic for several years. Ford did not disclose whether he was going to have a gear shift, what the new price will be, nor when the new model will be available. He did say the new car would cost more to .manufacture. LOCAL PLANT KEEPS ON Ford Branch Here Continues Present Schedule. George Steinmetz, manager of the local Ford Company branch, said he has no additional information about the new Ford product. “Any information on the car will have to come from Detroit, Mich., he said. “We know nothing here except that an additional car will be produced. This plant will continue Its present schedule.” FOUR SPEEDS FAVORED Automatic Engineers Hear Proposal Efficiency. Bu United Press FRENCH LICK, Ind., May 26. Protesting that most automobiles now burn more gasoline and oil than necessary and vibrate needlessly, S. O. White, chief engineer, Warner Gear Company, Muncie, today described to the Society of Automotive Egieers In covention here how these things can be overcome by introduction of a four speed transmission. The society’s committee on standards recommends that bumpers be placed closer to the ground—eighteen inches above in front and nineteen in back. SLAYER OF 44, SANE Kehoe's Neighbors’ Verdict in Six Minutes Closes Blast Tragedy. Bii United Press BATH, Mich., May 26.—Andrew P. Kehoe was sane when he murdered his wife and exploded dynamite which killed thirty-eight children, five adults, and himself, a corner’s jury of six of his neighbors believes. Verdict, reached in six minutes, officially closed the Bath school tragedy of a week ago. $26,500 Browning Estate Will of Ellzzabeth G. Browning, assistant city librarian, who died May 17, was filed for probate today in Marion Probate Court. Real estate listed at $20,000 and personal property at $6,500 were set out.

Lives 56 Days With Bullet in Brain Bu United Press COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 26. Mrs. Bessie Gillespie, who for fifty-six days has lain here at the point of death, continues to live today with a steel-jack-eted bullet In her brain. Physicians express wonderment that she could survive so long. Little hope was held for her recovery, although, according to attending physician, it is possible she may linger for months. Her right side is paralyzed. She was shot accidentally by her husband, who was cleaning a revolver, I

ATTENDANCE RECORD FOR RACESEEN All but 6,000 Grand Stand and 1,000 Bleacher Seats 7 1 Disposed Os. If weather conditions are favorable, an attendance exceeding 140,000 is expected at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Memorial Day race Monday. With many visitors from abroad and thousands from every State in the Union, the ticket sales are expected to break all records for the fifteen years’ history of the 500-mile classic. Last year’s attendance, was about 135,000, it was said. Theodore Myers, Indianapolis Motor Speedway secretary, imid all grand stand seuta hate bc/n sold. All grand stanl seats except Grand Stand H. containing 6.000 new scats, have been sold since April. About 1,000 bleacher seats are available. New Grand Stand The new grand stand is located on the north turn near the main stretch. The Speedway grounds, the greatest properties maintained for a oneday event, have been remodeled and painted and are in splendid condition for the 1927 classic. Maj. George F. Green, is planning a large force of Speedway police to handle the crowd. Several new roads have been vided for accommodating parked autos. About 20,000 can be cared for in free spaces and 2,500 in reserved stands. After elimination today only thirtythree of the forty-one cars entered in (Turn to Page 15) Father to Prison in Child*s Whisky Death Bu United Press CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., May 26. —Convicted of involuntary manslaughter because his 4-year-old son died from the effects of whisky given to him as medicine, Robert Perry started a sentence of four months in the workhouse today. He had been indicted for murder, but the court ruled that charge was Invalid. The boy became drunk and died from the effects of liquor, given him to cure and illness, according to witnesses. Jazz King Here Paul Whteman, noted orchestra conductor of New York, was the guest today of Ace Berry, manager of the Circle Theater. He visited the Speedway this afternoon. Whiteman came to Indianapolis to drive back anew Macfarlan automobile made fpr him at Connersville, Ind. $3,000 Pin Lost Mrs. A. W. Early, 825 Marott Hotel, reported to police today that some time Wednesday she lost a diamond and platinum bar pin valued at $3,000. The pin was centered with three one-karat diamonds and was surrounded by about 100 smaller diamonds.

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From the series of tiny “anterooms” comprising the county prosecutor’s office, today came the wail of Deputy Prosecutor John L. Niblack, for more space. Nlblack, in a letter to County Auditor Harry Dunn, pleaded that the prosecutor’s office be remodeled. County commissioners have announced they will put in two highspeed elevators and place the civil municipal courts on the fourth floor of the Courthouse. “Conditions in this office are such that it is only 50 per cent efficient, despite our earnest efforts,” Niblack wrote. “In one little room, which has been subdivided by beaver board partitions

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1927

LINDBERGH ACCLAIMED BYioaooo Stalwart Flier Weeps at Sight of War Heroes in Hospital. IN AIR AGAIN FRIDAY Demonstration for Boy Sweeps All Paris. May 26. —Capt. Charles Lindbergh today spent the most amazing*day in the twenty-five years of his life as the heroes, statesmen and people of Paris combined to do him honor. Whether or not New York will outdo her sister city when Lindbergh comes home must remain to be seen, for today's almost unprecedented popular acclaim was marvelous to behold. One hundred thousand French men, women and Children cheered Lindbergh from the Arc de Triomplie to the city hall. Within the massive structure Lindbergh was toasted again, not as a mere airman who had flown across the Atlantic, but as a youth who had improved, the relations of America and France b! his daring. At Invalides Lindbergh looked on some of the human wreckage of the war today and wept. Leaving the home of Marshal Foch, where the aged militarist and some of his friends accepted the youth as an equal. Lindbergh paid

Would Save Paris Flier*s Neck Bu United Press NEW YORK. May 26.—Contending that an accident to Capt. Charles Lindbergh would be a national calamity, a Brooklyn reader of the Evening World, asked the paper to prevail upon the. Government to discourage the aviator from flying any more.

an unscheduled visit to the Invalides, where some of the terribly disfigured veterans of war are housed. The adaptable poise which has sustained Lindbergh through adulation and acclaim faltered before the broken and torn garrison, which is in the quarters occupied during their last days by Napoleon's faithful grenadiers of the grand army. Tears streamed down Lindbergh’s cheeks when he clasped tlie deformed hands of two disfigured (Turn to Page 15) BEE EM PLANE AFTER BIG PRIZE Craft to Enter $35,000 Hawaiian Contest. Bu United Press NEW YORK. May 26.—The Bellanea monoplane. Columbia, holder of the endurance flight record, will be entered for the $35,000 Dole prize contest for. a flight from the Pacific coast to the Hawaiian Islands. Charles A. Levine, president of the Columbia Aircraft Corporation, in making the announcement, said another flight was being projected in the meantime, although no objective had yet been chosen. Clarence D. Chamberlin, co-pilot with Bert Acostaa when the endurance record was won. would be the pilot on the Pacific trip. Levine said. MANILA WANTS FLIGHT SSOO Offered for Dash to Philippine City. Bit United Press MANILA, P. 1., May 26.—Jacob Rosenthal, proprietor of the Manila Times, today offered SSOO to start a prize fund for the first trans-Paclfl# flight from the American coast to Manila. Rosenthal stipulated that the fund must aggregate at least $12,500. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 59 10 a. m 60 7 a. m 57 11 a. m 60 8 a. m 58 12 (noon) .... 60 9 a. m 58 1 p. 60

to make three little rooms, each about the size of a hen coop, must be done the entire work of preparing all the criminal work for the Nineteenth judicial circuit of the State of Indiana, which comprises, as you know, the ‘No Mean City of Indianapolis,’ and the rest of Marion County, a community approching some 400,000 souls. “In addition we have one other room on the third floor where the late lamented grand jury labored and where future grand juries will meet. “We meeet, daily, dozens of the general public who want advice and Information on anything rang*

BANDITS GET $4,000 IN LOCAL BANK RAID

Bank Robbed Twice in TKree Years

Here is the Central State Rank, robbed of about $4,000 by two youthful bandits this morning. It was the second time in three years that the hank was robbed. Inset is Orville I)end<>, assistant cauhler, who was the only employe in the bank at the thne.

MANAGER PLAN’S ADVANTAGES PUT BEFORE WORKERS Langenkamp-Wheeler Employes Hear Attorney Explain System. The city manager movement Is an unselfish effort to place Indianapolis in a position where it can compete with other cities in business, Joe Rand Beckett, attorney, declared et a noonday meeting at the Langenkamp-Wheeler Brass Works today. “Business is the life of any city. Citizens depend upon business,” Beckett said. Tho working man as well as the financier must have proper business conditions In order to succeed. City manager Movements have been criticised and called aristocratic and autocratic governments. Claims Unfair "Such claims are unfair, as examination of other cities under this form will prove. It is only through the closest cooperation between city government and business that increasing business can be brought to any city.” Beckett cited the difficulties of the Fairbanks-Morse Company with county officials to prove- that “the dickering methods of hinder industrial expansion. County officials contended a tract of land bought by the company at Twenty-First St. and Northwestern Ave. did not include a track spur necessary for plant expansions. Four-Year Muddle “It took approximately four years for public officials to straighten out this question and when it finally was decided the position of this company was held to be correct absolutely. But in the meantime the business of the company was going ahead,” Beckett said. “The result of this controversy was that their increased business (Turn to Page 15) PROBE MOVE INDICATED Prosecutors Disappear Front Courthouse During Dw> . Marion County prosecutors swung into action again today in the continued probe into political corruption in Indiana, by mysteriously disappearing from the courthouse. Before they left they said “there is work to be done and we are going to do it.” Prosecutor William H. Remy and his special aids, Emsley W. Johnson and John W. Holtzman, als made a mysterious trip Wednesday. Frank Sipe, county constable, and Harvey Bedford, former traffic Inspector and Klan power, appeared at the jury room but did not enter.

ins from delinquent dog tax and unpaid board bjlls to murder. My office Is a smoky little den about six feet by eight, with no ventilation. It is an anteroom to Mr. Remy’s room which is an anteroon to another room. ‘‘We have no privacy, no ventilation, no room, no carpets, no filing cases, no library—nothing, but a lot of work and no where to do it. Our set of Supreme Court decisions reaches up to 1910 and the Appellate Court decisions to 1909. I have hean} it rumored both courts have done some work since then. “The ancient safe we have can’t be locked except once in while,

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New Weather Deal; Snow at La Porte Bu United Press LA PORTE. Ind., May 26.—After serving up three miniature tornadoes i in as many days, the weather man ! altered his program slightly in this I vicinity early today and handed a few snowflakes. The fall of snow was insufficient | to dampen the few straw hats in evii dence. or the courage of their wearers. 6 Die in Storm; Judge Landis Safe ■ Bn United Press \ NORFOLK, Va.. May 26.—Norfolk faced a mounting death toll toi day following a cyclone windstorm whieh yesterday demolished parts of a grandstand seating 3,000 baseball fans, including Judge Ken>-aw Mountain Landis. Six were killed. Judge Lendls escaped injury along with other notables gt titered for "Landis day” in the Virginia League, NO MANAGER CHARTER Atlanta (Ga.) Y'ote Against Plan, 8,000 to 3.901. Bu United Press ATLANTA, Ga.. May 26.—A new l city charter, providing for city manj ager government for Atlanta, was I defeated. 8.000 to 3.907, an official j tabulation of votes showed today. FLOOD TALONS ON ! SOUTH MANSIONS Zachary Taylor Estate Abandoned in Louisiana. Bu United Press NEW ORLEANS. I*.. May 26Flood talons today seized at the stately and historic estates of New Orleans as waters crept through ! Point Coupee parish from the wide crevasse of the Atchafalaya River. Near Innes the mansion where Zachary Taylor once lived is deserted. Its present owner, with all ; plantation workers, has fled. The mansion Is locked and the old furniJ ture is piled high inside. Between 150 and 175 square miles of the parish will be flooded by tonight, engineers believe. LABOR GROUP ASKS AID Says Congress Should Not Hesitate in Relief Work. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, May 26.—A major section of organized labor joined today those urging President Coolldge to summon an extra session of Congress Immediately to solve the Mississippi flood relief problem. Labor, official organ of the railway brotherhoods, said: “No personal, political or financial reasons should hold back the call for an hour.”

and then we have to hire a looksmith to cfack the darn thing. So both liquid and documentary evidence are not safe and have been known to disappear. “It is not surprising to me, after a year and one-half of observation from the Inside, that people escape criminal justice In this county. What surprises me Is that anybody is punished considering the physical facilities under which we struggle." In closing Niblack said the office has inherited facilities provided from for the time when “trees stood around the Circle and bustle* were about to come in

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TORNADO STRIKES PLAINVILLE AND INJURES TWENTY Three Badly Hurt When Wind Accompanies Rain and Hail. Bu Times (inerial PLAINVILLE, Ind., May 26. Twenty persons were injured during the twister that swept over this part of the State Wednesday, physicians disc osed today. Three of the injured are in serious condition. The tornado was accompanied by a heavy rain and hail which did extensive damage to crops. Fine trees In orchards were leveled and homes were damaged. Several dwelling houses collapsed In the southwest part of the town where the winds struck hardest. The storm had all the earmarks of a tarnndo, sweeping down from the west and traveling to the east. As it neared this town, it dipped downward, but before it had passed across to the east side of the community. seemed to rise high. The St. Michaels neighborhood was hard hit. Harvey Mills was congratulating himself today because his dinner was served on' time. He and members of his family had just left the tablo when the storm struck. The dining room was carried away and demolished. The remainder of the house was lifted twenty feet from its foundations, but none of the occupants was •Injured. INDIANA RIVERS FIA)OD Southwestern Part of State Affected by Rise. Bu United Pres TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. May 26. Floods held southwestern Indiana in their grip again today as a result of heavy rains along the White and Patoka rivers. Other streams were also reported out of their banks. The Wabash River, which was receding yesterday, turned upward again today, passing tho twentyfoot stage here, four feet above the flood mark. GIRL HURT IN TWISTER —i Struck by Flying Metal—Columbus Damage Heavy Bu United press COLUMBUS, Ind., Frances Shaner,• 14, East Columbus is recovering today from injuries received from flying metal in a twister here yesterday. Thousands of dollars worth of damage was done. DE PINEDO CREW BELIEVED FOUND May Be on Steamer En Route for Azores. Bu United Press LISBON. Portugal, May 26.—An unconfirmed wireless message from Ponta de Gada, Azores Islands, today said the Italian steamer Superga had found the schooner Infante Sagres towing the missing seaplane of Francesco De Plnedo. De Plnedo and the crew of the seaplane, the message said, boarded the Superga. Another Italian steamer, the Roma, was reported en route to meet the vessel. The Best Grand Laundry. Main 0774. Economy finished. 10 lbs., $1.51, If half flat. Everything ready to use. * •—Adv.

Forecast Fair tonight and Friday; not much! change in temperature erpected tonight or Friday.

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MARION COUNTY

Two Robbers Flee With Loot After Daylight Holdup of Central State I Institution. PAIR ESCAPE UNSEEN Assistant Cashier and Customer Forced to Floor at \ Point of Gun. Brandishing revolvers, two youthful bandits held up the Central State Bank, Thirtieth St. and Central Ave., at 10:35 a. m. today and escaped with about $4,000 in cash. The bandits, believed to have timed their robbery with the absence of Cashier J. L. Bray, 4234 Guilford Ave., entered the bank when Assistant Cashier Orville Dendo and W. R. Horne, proprietor of the Washington Floral Shop, 3016 Washington Blvd., were alone. Ordering the two men to lie on the floor behind the cage and remain there for fifteen minuter after their departure the bandits scooped up all the cash in sight, put it in a black satchel, and fled. Customer Held Up Dendo was alone in tho bank when Horne entered to make a deposit. As Horne walked through the door a man poked something in his back, ordering hint to put up his hands. Horne, who has impaired eyesight, turned toward the man, whom he thought was a neighbor. "Quit your kidding,” Horne commanded. “I don’t like to play like that.” “Does this look like I am kidding?” the bandit growled, indicating the I gun which he held. I “No. sir,” Horne replied hurriedly, I and turned around, j As soon as the bandits left Dendo | leaped to a telephone and called | police headquarters. None Saw Robbers No one saw the bandits leave the bank, despite the fact that a large filling station is located directly opposite the institution, several taxicab drivers being parked at the corner and nearly 100 podestrians on the streets adjacent to the bank. J. L. Bray, cashier of tho bank, had gone to the Indianapolis clearing house session downtown, as was his custom each morning. He was on a street car returning to the bank when the police emergy squad raced by to the scene. "The thought flashed through my mind that it was the hank when the police oar went by,” he later told investigating officers. Bray said that he went to the clearing house at the same hour every day, which led police to believe that the bandits had familiarized themselves with conduct or the hank before attempting to robbery . Scoop Up Loot, The bandit ordered Horne to go behind the counter and lie down on the floor with Dendo, who was not tjware of the hold up until then. At that moment the second badit entered, and, while the first kept the two men “covered,” sealed the partition into the cage. He scooped up all the rash in sight, put It in a black satchell he carried, scaled the partition again into the patrons’ foyer and started for the door. The bandit with the gun steped back. “Stay there for fifteen minutes,” he ordered, “if you value your life.” Close Search Made Squads of police and deputy sheriffs searched the district for traces of the bandits. Posses of detectives from the State Bankers’ Association vigilance committee, patrolled highways leading from the city. Complete descriptions of the men were given police by Dendo. One of the bandits was six feet tall, weighed 175 pounds, about 27 years old, wore a light suit and gray hat with blue band. The other was about five feet and six Inches tall, weighed about 160 pounds, was about 24 years old, wore a gray suit and blue hat. Insurance Covers Los* Cashier Bray said that the loss of the bank was fully covered by insurance. This Is the second time In three years that this bank has been robbed. In November, 1924, bandits raided the institution and escaped with $5,000. The loot of today's raid consisted entirely of currency from the teller's till. Coolidge to Speak in Hammond June 14 Bu Ttnltrd Press WASHINGTON. May 26.—President Coolidge will go to Hammond, Ind., to dedicate the Wicker Park memorial there, June 14. it was announced at the White House today. The stop probably will be made on the President's westward trip to hia prospective summer vacation site in the Black Hills of South Dakota, The President will make a speech at the dedication exercises at 2:30 p. m., central standard time, l >