Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 20, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 June 1927 — Page 13
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SECRECY TO 1 SHROUD QUIZ ABOUT STEVE Charges Board Head Says New Probe Is Due in 10 Days. MAY REPORT ON JULY 1 To Confine Activities to Inhuman Prison Treatment Charges. Secrecy which has marked, all State investigations of the affairs of D. C. Stephenson will surrotind the State charities board probe of the former Klan grand dragon’s charges that he is treated inhumanely at Indiana State Prison. Secretary John A. Brown announced today that the new investigation will start within ten days. The board voted the secret inquiry l at an executive session Thursday aftt ernoon, when it considered the resolution of prison trustees asking that Stephenson’s charges be sifted. Jackson to Get Report A report will be made to Governor Jackson and the prison trustees, Brown said; Whether they make public the findings is up to them. Stephenson, in a petition for a ninety-day , parole, filed with Governor Jackson, charged that he was subject to cruel and unusual punishments; that he could not confer unhampered with his lawyer upon his appeal from his conviction of the murder of Madge Oberholtzer, Indianapolis girl; that attempts to take his life have been made; that prison officials are e<Hrnizant of his plight and concur in it, and that all his troubles are traceable to Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard of the KuKlux Klan. “Our investigation will be confined, of course, to the charges made against prison authorities,” said Brown. “We undoubtedly will have a complete report ready by July 1. Will Visit Trison ’ The charities board members will visit Stephenson at the prison and interview persons wherever they deem it necessary. The board has the power to summon witnesses. Corroborating some details of a copyright story printed in The Times regarding punishment of Stephenson in the prison, Mgr. Francis H. Gavisk, charities board member, deI scribed the method -known as placr ing a prisoner in ‘‘the hole.” “The hole is a solitary confinement cell,” Mgr. Gavisk declared. “The prisoner who has been unruly is placed there and required to stand upright during working hours with his iiands manacled outside the bars. There is a concrete floor and plank for sleeping. He is held immovable and erect, perhaps four or five hours at a time. Doctonp examine him at the end of each stretch of standing.” Jackson Heads Board Members of the board investigating the former Klan dragon’s charges includes Monsignor Gavisk, Rabbi Morris M. Feuerlicht, W. H. Eichorn, Biuffton; the Rev. William J. Sayers, Muncie; Mrs. E. C. Rumpler, Indianapolis, and Secretary Brown. Mrs. Florence H. Ham, Knightstown, will not take part, as she is leaving for Europe. Governor Jackson is president of the board, but left for Chicago, Thursday, to attend the flood prevention conference and was not present at the meeting. Eichorn presided.
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Brother Meets Sister Here After 32 Years
Long Hunt Ended Here; Pair Declare They’ll Never Be Separated Again; Appeal in Press Answered. 4 Nearly thirty-five years ago, a brother, 17, and a sister, 14, parted when the youth, a strapping Irish lad, went out in the world to fight his own way. Today, out at 1103 S. Sheffield St., a grandmother! and a grandfather are living over days gone by, each trying to tell the other his or 1 her joy, each too overcome by their reunion to say much. They are Mrs.. Mary Annie Zimmerman, 45, of Cleveland,O., and John Edward Ryan, 48, of the Sheffield St. address. Mrs. Zimmerman lost track of her brother 17 years ago. “We corresponded with each other until then,” Mrs. Zimmerman said, “but suddenly my letters to him began coming back. He had gone away. I tried hard to find him, but without success. “Last Sunday my husband and I came here for the race. I looked for iny brother again. We drove through almost every street in the city. I went to all the places where he used to live. “I went to the chief of police. He could’n’t help me. I was at my wit’s end when a woman with whom I talked suggested I broadcast an appeal through the newspapers. And Wednesday John found us at our hotel. “I am not going to let him get away again, if have to tie him up.” Ryan was equally emphatic that he was not going to lose his sister again. “I came out here from Pittsburgh,” he said. “I worked a while, and I wandered around oyer the world a great deal. I came back to Indianapolis many times. “I am getting old now and have to settle down. It's been a long time since I saw my sister, .but it isn't going to be that long again, not one-thirty-second asjong.” * Ryan is employed in the receiving
GOGGLE SPECS ‘OUT’ Optometrist President Says Lighter Rims in Mode. The man or woman who wears shell-rimmed glasses is as oldfashioned as the June bride, who knows all about cooking. That was the opinion of Dr. O. I. Crawford of Marion, Indiana Optometrists’ Association president, in two-day session at the Severin. “Shell-rimmed, over-heavy glasses have given way to a lighter, more handy white-gold rimmed spectacle,” Dr. Crawford said. “We have found that the lighter glass is easier on the eye.” Eyesight is improving chiefly because optometrists are learning more about treatment, Dr, Crawford declared. Never before, he added, has so much time been spent in educating the public to the needs of perfect sight. A banquet and darjce was given Thursday night for delegates. The convention was to adjourn Friday Clinical lectures were on the program for both days. HANFT AD VICE PREXY Former President Named by Club at Special Meet. Advertising Club of Indianapolis members named Jesse E. Hanft vice president at a special meeting at the Spink-Arms Thusrday. He is a former president of the club.
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Upper picture shows Mrs. Zimmerman; below is her brother, John Ryan. department of Murray's Body Works. He married 24 years ago, his sister 28 years ago. Neither knew the other was a grandparent.
CONSERVATISM URGED Gillimn Says State Should Be More Tolerant. liil Time* Special LA PORTE. Ind., June 3.—Reassertion of Indiana's famous conservation is the State’s greatest need, Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom told a Chamber of Commerce meeting here last night. Other State needs are more tolerance of others, strengthened control of the people’s emotions and a revival of real citizenship, Gilliom asserted. He made no reference to the liquor controversy he is in.
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Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to: O. T. Skinner, 1365 Kentucky Ave., Oldsmobile, 529-562, from Wilkins St. and Sheffield Ave. James ’"Bethulam, 2940 Indianapolis Ave., Ford, 533-348, from 1016 E. Washington St.
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Ford roadster, license West Virginia, 41-721, found Delaware and South Sts. Josina Kelly, Noblesville, Ind., Ford, found at South and Delaware Sts. William Bratton, 1052 Holburn St., Ford, found at 325 W. Ohio St. Mts. Henry Buses, 2327 Cornel Ford, found at Audubon Rd. and Washington St.
jLITA READY TO DENY CHARGES OF CHARLIE’S Attorneys Prepare Reply to Accusations Made by Comedian. CALLED POOR MOTHER Wife Neglected Children Is Statement in Long Complaint Filed. Itu United Pres* LOS ANGELES, June B.—Attorneys for Lita Grey Chaplin today | were preparing her reply to the comedian's charge that she was a “butterfly” wife who neglected her ! husband and children for the company of unnamed young men. Chaplin's long-delayed answer to her suit for divorce was filed yesterday. The comedian denied all her charges and made some of his own. In return, her attorney, Lyndol Young said, she will file an answer next week in which she will refute his charges and insist on her fitness to be custodian of the two Chaplin children. Chaplin’s reply to her allegations was that he was a loving husband and kind father while she was an extravagant and undignified wife and a neglectful mother. Charges She Drinks In a 72-page answer he denied all of her charges of cruelty and in a 22-page cross-complaint charged ] Mrs. Chaplin with associating with | at least two men, drinking liquor | to excess and planning the divorce j which both are now seeking. He | asked that her complaint be dismissed and that he be granted a divorce and the custody of their two children. An automobile salesman, unnamed, was specified in his complaint. Alleges Much Dancing "Mrs. Chaplin.” the complaint set out, “habitually occupied almost all of her time dancing at hotels, cases, and beach resorts in and about Los Ange Jes, thereby absenting herself from her home and children to the grievous neglect of said children; and on numerous occasions Mrs. Chaplin did not return to her home until 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning, and on many of these occasions she was accompanied by the same auto- j mobile salesman.” Chaplin also referred to “a young ! man with whom he said Mrs. Chaplin was infatuated during a part of their married life. The young man. who, like the automobile salesman, ! remained unnamed, was also invited j to the Chaplin home, the comedian ! said. She persisted in seeing him over his protest, Chaplin said. Attorneys for Mrs. Chaplin will make every effort to bring the case to trial within thirty days, they announced here today. “While we might ask that numerous charges in the answer be stricken out, such action would only further delay the ca3e, and we are will- j ing to overlook technicalities to bring the case to an early trial,” ! Lynol Young, counsel for the comedian's wife, said. Gypsy ‘Healer’ Sought Police are looking for a Gypsy woman, alleged to have obtained $420 from Albert Barnes, 318 Blake St., to cure his wife’s illness. The Gypsy made several collections, .Barnes said, but the charm failed to work.
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Tests for Girls in Opportunity Contest to Be Held All Next Week
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Miss Louise Fable, 5665 E. St. Miss B. L. Moreland, 522 E. Ray- Miss Helen Williams, 323 W. New Clair St. , niond St. York St.
How to arrange the try-outs for the large number of entrants in The Times and Publix Theaters Opportunity Contest is the problem now confronting the judges. Six evenings next week, beginning Monday, have been set by Glenn Allen, Circle Theater manager, for eliminations. Contestants will be advised of the time for their appearance and requested to furnish data on their needs in way of accompaniment. Every possible facility tending to make the auditions a success will be placed at the disposal of all girls who aspire to become Miss Indianapolis. The high character of the judges selected has caused a deluge of last minute'entrants. The judges are: Dr. Frank S. C. Wicks, Mrs. Henry Schurmann and Randolph L. Coats. “Young America.-” the personality revue, in which Miss Indianapolis will have a part and in which the will be starred when the show cpmes to the new Indiana Theater, in September. starts a twenty-one-week tour of the country at the Paramount Theater, New York, July 9. A contract calling for not less than nineteen weeks at a salary of $75 a week and railroad fares will bo signed by Miss Indianapolis when she leaves for New York. The contract is now held at the Circle Theater. Several hotels in cities which the show will visit have asked the girls in Ihe cast to be their guests. Newspapers in other cities will pet as hosts.
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—Photos by Dexhcimer. Miss Elsie Fisher, 19 X. Oriental St. Miss Janice Fieldman, 707 N. Alabama St. These girls are among late entrants in The Times and Publix Theater Opportunity Contest.
Publix Theaters, of which the Indiana is one. have engaged such men as John Murray Anderson of Green- j wich Village Follies fame to stage i the production. Stage careers, the hope of most girls, will be made possible to Miss Indianapolis and the girls from other j cities by having their work watched )
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by stage and screen directors and producers who are ever on the alert for new faces, new names, new talent and new personalities. The six winners in the elimination contests will meet at the Circle on Tuesday evening, June 14, when Miss Indianapolis will be chosen.
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SHAKE UP IN DRY UNIT NETS NEW OFFICIAL Alt Oftedal, California, Succeeds Deputy Commissioner Jones. REDUCTION IN DISTRICTS Zones Cut From Five to Three—Each Has Supervisor. Bv United Prets WASHINGTON, June 3.—The first big shake-up in tlje Federal prohibition machine since Dr. James M. Doran became prohibition commissioner came today when Alf Oftedal, California, succeeded James E. Jones as deputy dry commissioner. Oftedal, who has been a special investigator on the Pacific coast, will have complete charge of all administrative work of the bureau. Jones was made a special assistant commissioner to act as llasion officer between dry headquarters and the civil service commission. Zones Changed Stimultaneously the prohibition zones in the country were changed from five to three districts with three supervisors in the field operating be tween administrators and dry head quarters, it was understood. Maurice Campbell was named zone supervisor for prohibition regions 1. 2,3. 4, 6, 6, 7 and 12, consisting of territory north of the Potomac River and east of the Ohio River. O. D. Jackson, with headquarter atNew Orleans was given the post a: zone supervisor for the south, com prising of districts 8,9, 10, 11, 13, 16 and 17. Great Lakes Change John Cooper, who has been zone supervisor for the Great Lakes division. was named supervisor for Districts 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22. The change in zones will be officially announced at the conference of prohibition administrators called for the week of June 13 by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews and Commissioner Doran. At that time it is expected administrators will recommend a change in some of their territorial lines because of conflicting Judicial districts.
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