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‘UNDERCOVER’ AGENTS WORK i HERE FOR U.S. P District Attorney’s Office Is i Kept in Dark on Aim of !J •. Five Sleuths. ’’f'v"* * ‘NOTHING TO LOOK INTO’ r-i o -v Crew Here for Several Days, in and Near City, 'u on Secret Mission. Five “under cover” Federal agents, presumably directed by Washington, have been in and near Indianapolis upon a secret mission for several days, though the United States district attorney’s office was ignorant of the fact today. A nationally known secret service man is understood to be at the head of the agents. He has been seen in the city several times lately. Assistant District Attorney Alex G. Cavins, in charge during the absence of District Attorney Albert Ward, said he did not know that the agents were here, and that there was no reason for them to be here, that he knew of. The Department of Justice several months ago, sent agents, unknown to the local Federal officials, here to investigate after the Squibb liquor scandal, in which approximately $84,000 worth of whisky was stolen from the Federal building. Spurred by Disclosure* The “under cover” agents were particularly active after local Federal officials made an attempt to “cover up” the Squibb liquor theft, failing to make a check of the liquor stock until after repeated demands were made. One of these agents, assigned to inquire into political corruption, if any, in connection with the disappearance o the Squibb liquor, took, with Times permission, pri./atc files of The Indianapolis Times a large jacket of data gathered by Times Agents. Later he sent this data back to The Times from Washington in a registered parcel. While this parcel was in the Indianapolis postoffice it was split open and the contents passed about among several postal employes, who read it at their leisure, according to the admission of one of them. A postofflce inspector promised an investigation. Nothing has been heard from it. Felton claimed that he was “Shanghaied” to the plantation while driving north from Florida in his automobile. The group of agents now in the city is known to have covered wide territory. It is believed they are following up avenues of information opened by the first independent investigation. Sift Liquor Trial It became known that they have gone into some evidence which Judge Baltzell kept out of the trial of Sheriff Roy Chambers and his deputy, Harvey Smith of Vincennes, in a liquor case at Terre Haute last fall. Chambers and Smith have been Interviewed by Federal agents at Leavenworth prison, where they are serving terms. In connection with the visit of the agents, it is recalled that William J. Donovan, first assistant United States attorney general, while in the city recently in an case, held several 'conferences. PRISON TERMS STAND Two Rum Ring Leaders Lose Supreme Court Appeals. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, June 6.—William V. Dwyer and Edward C. Cohron, convicted as central figures in a million-dollar New York liquor smuggling ring which bribed coast guard crews, must serve the twoyear Federal prison sentences imposed on them. The United States Supreme Court today denied their appeals for review of conviction on charges of conspiring to violate the Volstead act. No further appeal is possible. MRS. SAVAGE DIES Rites for Legion Head’s Wife in Chicago. Mrs. Howard P. Savage, wife of the national commander of the American Legion and assistant general manager of the North Shore Electric Lines of Chicago, died in the Sacred Heart Sanitarium in Milwaukee, Wis., at 4 a. m., Sunday, according to advices received at national Legion headquarters here. Mrs. Savage had been ill several weeks. The funeral is expected to be held Wednesday from Aherns Chapel, 3229 Jackson Blvd., Chicago. Hourly Temperatures 6 a, m,..... 49 10 a. m 56 7 a. m 52 11 a. m 60 8 a. m 54 12 (noon) 63 8 a. m 55 1 p. m 64

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"We Are Feeling Fine, ’ Say Fliers in First Interview

Bu United Press BERLIN, June 6.—A broken propeller brought the Bellanca monoplane down near Forst, Prussia, Charles A Levine, backer and passenger in the Bellanca’s record-breaking trans-Atlantic flight, told the United Press today. While five airplanes with correspondents were speeding to Cottbus to meet Levine and Pilot Clarence D. Chamberlin, the Uniteil Press obtained an exclusive interview with the fliers by telephone. Chamberlin was changing his clothes when the United Press called the airmen at the Ansorge Hotel, Cottbus. He sent word to the phone that he was sorry he could not come to talk in person but that his clothes had to be changed, being “rather soiled.” Levine talked ten minutes.

GRANT DELAY IN FILING IN DUVALL CASE Postponement of Action on Motion Until Friday Is Allowed. Postponement until Friday of filing a motion for change of judge for Mayor Duvall and City Controller William C. Buser, charged with election expense statement frauds, was granted in Criminal Court today on agreement of attorneys. Arraignment of the two city officials had been scheduled for today. Duvall presumably was in Windsor, Canada, attending the International Police Chiefs’ convention. He left Sunday by auto with Police Chief Claude F. Johnson and Detective Sergeant Arthur Reeves. Special Prosecutor John W. Holtzman asked Judge James A. Collins to grant postponement. Defense attorneys announced last week the change of judge plea, which the judge must grant to escape committing a reversible error in the case, when Prosecutor William H. Remy and his aids refused to consent to delay in arraignment. The prosecutors agreed to postponement because the law requires that the three persons from whom the special judge is to be qhosen be named immediately on filing of the motion, Holtman said. As Duvall will not be back until Thursday, he could not be present if the motion were filed before Friday. Judge Collins did not seem to be pleased with the postponement request, but granted it. BABY’S UPS BURNED BY ELECTRIC CURRENT Eight-Months-OJd Girl Put Charged Plug in Mouth. Burned lips reminded Patsy Schaffer, 8-months-old daughter of Mrs. Verlin Schaffer, 1101 Beville Ave., today that the connection plug of an electric sewing machine cord is not meant to be eaten. The baby put the plug into her mouth Sunday while the other end was connected. The burns were treated at Methodist Hospital. O’BAN lON FaTESOON Stabbing Case Expected to Go to Jury Today. The case of John O’Banion, 59, charged with murder of James Sparks, 43, last November, was to go to the jury in Criminal Court this afternoon. He is alleged to have stabbed fatally Sparks after an argument at the home of Mrs. Mary Pfieffer, 1030 Southeastern Ave. Judson L. Stark, chief deputy prosecutor, opened arguments for the State and Deputy Paul Rhoadarmer closed. H. B. Pike, O’Banion’s attorney, argued.

Times Uses Easy-to-Read Type; Protects Readers’ Eyes

(Old type face) In furtherance of its aim to make The Indianapolis Times easy to read, as well as worth reading, anew type dress is today being used for the first time. Compare the print in these adjoining columns. To the left is the old style face in general use throughout the country. On the right is the latest perfection of the printing art, pronounced by optical experts the easiest-to-read type face that has ever been cut for newspaper production. It is the Mergenthaler Linotype Company’s new lonic No. 6, a oeven point type set on an eight point base. Although on the market but a few months the new type has proved the greatest printing inovation of the past ten and has already been adopted by the Scripps-Howard, and many other leading papers througout the country. Readers of The Times today are invited to compare the readibitfty of the new type with that of any other paper with which you are familiar. Coincidentally the attention of Times readers is invited to the more conservative head line type hereafter to be employed in furtherance of the purpose of The Times editorial department to produce a better balanced, more closely condensed, more readable, more entertaining, more tersely informative newspaper.

‘Splendid 9 Bu United Press WASHINGTON. June 6 Secretary of State Kellogg today sent the following congratulatory message to Clarence Chamberlin through Ambassador Schurmann in Berlin. “I congratulate you on your splendid achievement in flying from New York to Germany. It is a great accomplishment and should be an impetus to the development of commercial aviation, which cutting down as it eventually will the time of” direct communication between Europe and the United States, must bring the two continents more closely together. “You will always be recognized as one of the pioneers in this great development."

PERMITS SHOW BUILDINQ BOOM $2,108,200 Increase Over Five Months of 1926. Building permits for the first five months of 1927 shewed a $2,108,200 increase over last year. Building Commissioner Bert J. Westover reported today. Valuation to June 4 totalled $lO,795,683. Permits for the week ending June 4 showed a $1,596,395 valuation. Corresponding week last year waS $348,448. Westover .issued the S sottish Rite Realty Company a $1,100,000 permit last week for the new Rite temple, at North and Meridian Sts. ‘BUTCHER KNIFE’ TRIAL MONDAY IN GREENFIELD Earl Russell May Plead Insanity in Wife Slaying. Preparation for trial of Earl Russell, 45, 1059 Eugene St., on first degree murder charge for slaying of his wife, v’as started today in the county prosecutor’s office. The case will open next Monday at Greenfield, where it was taken on change of venue. Prosecutor William H. Remy and deputy Paul Rhoadarmer will present evidence before Judge Arthur C. Van Duyn. The slaying occured Aug. 17, 1926. Russell is alleged to have slashed his wife’s throat, with a butcher knife following an argument over divorce they were considering. Russell’s defense will be insanity, it is understood. THREE ESCAPE JAIL Two Saw Way Out of C’rawfordsville Lockup. Bu United Press ORAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., June 6.—Authorities today were seeking Leroy Kugle and Carl Martin, both of Lancaster, Pa., and Lloyd Carter of Yeddo, Ind., who last night sawed the bars of the county jail and escaped. Two were charged with automobile thefts, while Carter was arrested in Indianapolis last week on a forgery charge.

(New lonic No. 5) • In furtherance of its aim to make The Indianapolis Times easy to read, as well as worth reading, a new type dress is today being used for the first time. Compare the print in these adjoining columns. To the left is the old style face In general use throughout the country. On the right is the latest perfection of the printing art, pronounced by optical experts the easiest-to-read type face that has ever been cut for newspaper production. It is the Mergenthaler Linotype Company’s new lonic No. 5, a seven point type set on an eight point base. Although on the market but a few months the new type has proved the greatest printing innovation of the past ten years and has already been adopted by the Scripps-Howard and many other leading papers throughout the country. Readers of The Times today are invited to compare the readability cf the new type with that of any other paper with which you are familiar. Coincidentally the attention of Times readers is invited to the more conservative head line type hereafter to be employed in furtherance of the purpose of The Times editorial department to produce a better more closely condensed, more readable, more entertaining and more tersely informative newspaper.

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY/JUNE 6, 1927

“We are leaving for Berlin this afternoon,” he said, “by a Lufthansa (German civil air line) plane. “Our first act on arriving in Berlin will be to drink two glasses of Pilsener beer and to eat some sausages or hot dogs. “When we landed near Forst we saw that the broken propeller would make continuation of our flight impossible, so we came to Cottbus by automobile.” “During the flight our only sustenance consisted of a few glasses of water and one sandwich between us. We were not hungry when we arrived and both of us ate only a light lunch. Wc are feeling fine and are not tired and we are delighted at the result of our adventure.” Through the United Press, Chamberlin and Levine sent greetings to their families, friends and countrymen.

BEN LINDSEY LOSES BATTLE TO KEEP JOB Supreme Court Ousts Famous Juvenile Judge. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, June 6—Judge Ben B. Lindsey today lost his Job on the bench of Denver's Juvenile Court. The United States Supreme Court denied him a review of the Colorado Supreme <Court order ousting him. This leaves the State's order in final effect, and no further appeal is possible. Lindsey, famous for his sociological work and advanced views on marriage, divorce and other problems of the home, was ousted by the Colorado courts in an election contest suit, brought by his opponent in the November, 1924, election. The opponent, Royal R Graham, since has died. Lindsey’s attorneys, headed by Huston Thompson, former Federal trade commission chairman, attacked the State Supreme Court’s ruling as unconstitutional, in that it directed Lindsey ousted from office. It was argued on behalf of Lindsey that the court had authority only to reverse the district court decision in favor of Lindsey and order another trial. This, admittedly the only Federal question, infringed Lindsey's constitutional rights and deprived him of equqal protection of the laws. Decision against Lindsey in. Colorado was announced Jan. 24, 1927. Lindsey's appeal to this court stated that the court's ouster order failed to follow the “usual and hitherto unvaried course in such a case, of remanding the case for anew trial.” The court held that the incorrectly maked ballots in a contested precinct invalidated all of the precinct's votes which eliminated Lindsey’s narrow majority. Chief Justice Taft announced the decision in the course of a long list of docketed cases, merely reading the word "denied” at the end of the list. There is no appeal, except possibly in a petition for a rehearing and an average of about one in fifty of such petitions are granted. Filing of such a petition, however, would not hold up the mandate of the court which under court rules will go down in twenty-five days from today. TO UNIFY I. P. & L. Company Erecting Three Buildings to Cost $400,000. Three new buildings, a garage, a warehouse and an administration building to cost more than $400,000 are being erected at the Morris St. yard of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company. The building program was planner, reports Norman A. Perry, company president, in order to centralize departments scattered about the city. The garage is almost completed. Construction of the warehouse is under way and the administration building is to be completed this summer. A heating plant is to be built back of the three main buildings. The structures are of brick. NEW HOTEL PLANNED Nine Story Structure May Be Built This Year. Work on a proposed new downtown hotel will be started shortly, according to plans announced by the Indiana Hotel Brokers. The hotel will be erected at Capitol Ave. and Market St., opposite the Traction Terminal. The hotel will be nine stories. It will be thoroughly modern, with built-in telephones and radios as standard equipment, William E. Russ, Indianapolis architect, is completing plans and specifications. Work of clearing the ground, now occupied by a bus terminal and stores, will be started in ninety days, it was said. Manager Case Appeal Appeal of Louis E. Sarlls, Evansville city clerk, from a Vanderburgh Circuit Court decision ordering him to call a city manager election in Evansville was filed In Supreme Court today. Sarlls has refused to call the election, although a petition with sufficient signatures was filed, on the ground he did not have time to check the names.

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WIVES TO ROSH ACROSS OCEAN Pair Will Sail Tonight to Join Mates in Berlin. Bn I lilted Press BROOKLYN. N Y., June 6 Mrs. Clarence D. Chamberlin, accompanied by Mrs. Charles A. Levine. said this afternoon that they expected to leave tonight for Berlin aboard the North German Lloyd liner Berlin to join their husbands.. The trip will be made as guests of the steamship company and on invitation of the German ambassador. They were given an impromptu reception in Brooklyn this afternoon first at the office of the Brooklyn Standard-Union and later at Borough Hall. Jtalph Jones, president of the Chamber of Commerce and connected with the Brooklyn Standard-Union. notified Mrs. Chamberlin that a check for SSOO was waiting her acceptance. Not until It became certain that Chamberlin and Levine had spanned the North Atlantic did their wives consent to *leep. Wylda Chamberlin is used to her husband’s exploits. Prior to this, she has known worry when a plane has been overdue. But the restless ocean is another thing and that is why she wept hysterically with relief when the Columbia reached Europe. Grace Levine found the hours of waiting an agony. Her husband’s abrupt departure left her poorly prepared. When she finally heard that the plane had landed in Germany and that the fliers were safe, she could not stand alone. BRIDGE BIDS SENT IN Repair of College Ave. Structure Under Consideration. Bids on repair of the College Ave. bridge, part of which toppled into Fall Creek in March, were received today by the board of works. Flood Prevention Engineer Harvey Cassidy will analyze bids and make recommendations. Bids are: Edward F. Smith Company, city, $50,896; Meade-Balch Construction Company, city, $59,954; KressOvertz Company, Pittsburgh, $69,847. The Smith firm submitted an alternative bid of $64,783, redesigning the nose of the piers; GROUP FLIES HERE New York Delegates on Way to Omaha Meet. Twelve members of the New York and Brooklyn Junior Chambers of Commerce arrived here by airplane today, bound for the national junior convention in Omaha, Neb., to be held Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Met at the Speedway by a local delegation the visitors were taken for a tour of the city this morning. The New York delegation, accom•panied by a local delegation, headed by William H. Harrison, president, was to leave today lor Oqpha,

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It was obvious that both Levine and Chamberlin were disappointed that they had fallen short of their goal—Berlin. But even while they talked with the United Press, the airmen began to receive congratulations from Berlin as their whereabouts at the Ansorge Hotel became known here. Levine said that crossing the Atlantic was smooth most of the time, although the Bellanca monoplane occasionally encountered extremely strong winds. That necessitated swift drives and plunges as Chamberlin changed his altitude searching for more favorable conditions. Both airmen were lavish in their praise for the Wright whirlwind motor with which the Bellanca was equipped and for the other equipment of the plane.—Copyright, 1927, United Press.

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At top are shown Clarence Chamberlin, left, clasping hands with Charles Levine, just before their Atlantic hopoff. Below are shown the victory smile of Mrs. Chamberlin and Mrs. Levine posing with Chamberlin.

The Log

11 ii United Press The log of the Columbia’s flight in eastern daylight saving time (two hours faster than Indianapolis time): Saturday 6:05 A. M.—Hops off at Roosevelt Field, N. Y. * 8:00 A. M.—Sighted over North Westport, Mass. 12:06 P. M.—Passed over Yarmouth, N. S. 3:00 P. M.—Passed over Wedge Island, N. S. 5:30 P. M.—Steamship Salicia sights plane about fifty miles south of St. Pierre Miquelon. 6:20 P. M.—Passed over Cape Race, N. F„ to the open sea. Sunday 11:30 A. M.—Dips over Steamship Mauretania in jaunty fashion 300 miles from the Irish coast. 3:33 P. M.—Sighted off Lizard Head on southern tip of England. 3:40 P. M. —Clearly identified flying low over Padstow, twenty - nine miles northeast of Falmouth on Cornish coast. 3:45 P. M.—Watchers report plane skimming Cornish coast. 6:30 P. M.—Flew over Channel Islands heading for Paris. At 9:10 P. M. the airplane passed over Plymouth, England, flying at a height of 12,000 feet. 10 P. M.—Passed Dortmund, Germany. Monday 1:40 A. M.—Landed at Helfta, Germany, to refuel. 3:35 A. M.—Left Helfta. 5:40 A. M.—Forced to alight near Forst* Prussia.

‘LINDY’ SPENDS QUIET SABBATH Bellanca Craft Almost in Sight of Cruiser. Bu United Press ABOARD THE U. S CRUISER MEMPHIS, En Route to Washington D. C.. June 6.—Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh, returning to the United States after two triumphant weeks in Europe, spent a quiet but interesting Sunday. He attended brief religious services and received reports from the ship's wireless of the progress of the monoplane Columbia across the Atlantic. The Memphis was only ten miles from the Cunard liner Mauretania when the Columbia circled the steamship and continued its flight eastward. Haze prevented the lookouts on the cruiser from sighting the Bellanca plane. Lindbergh was in his cabin at the time. When informed of the message from tfie Mauretania, he said, “They’ll sure make it now.” At the religious services Lindbergh sat beside Admiral Burrage and joined in the hymns, which included "My Faith Looks to Thee” and “Just as I Am.” “America” also was sung. The cruiser sailed smoothly at twenty-three knots, and in spite of a thirty-knot wind was maintaining its schedule. GIRL WRITES ABOUT SUICIDE, THEN DIES Hollywood Miss Kills Self Through Taking Poison. Bli United Press HOLLYWOOD. Cal., June 6.—ln a happy mood last month, pretty Patricia Marshall, 19, included the following words in chatty letter to a girl friend: “There are so many murders and suicides in Hollywood that one is wise to wear armor and make vows against self-extinction. It seems quite the thing to find yourself the subject of a newspaper headline, ‘Suicide by Poison.’” Today Miss Marshall, according to investigating officers, was a “suicide by poison.” The girl swallowed poison late Saturday, according to Dr. Sydney Weinberg, whom she called to attend her. Late yesterday Dr. Wineberg called to note the condition of his patient arill found her dead, apparently from a second dose of poison. PEONAGE” TRIAL ON Florida Plantation Owner Must Answer Charge. Bu United Press ATHENS, Ga., June 6.—Dr. W. R. King, a plantation owner, was to go on trial In Federal Court here today charged with peonage. It was on Dr. King’s plantation that James Felton, a Negro, worked for seventeen months. Felton recently informed Governor Walker and Federal authorities of alleged peonage conditions on the estate, where fifty Negroes live. An investigation was instituted by State official*

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AVIATORS LACK 80 MILES OF GAINING GOAL Chamberlin and Levine Forced Down Near Berlin. PROPELLER SHATTERED Exceed Lindbergh's Paris Dash for New World Record. Bu United Press BERLIN, June 6.—Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine's attempt to fly from New York to Berlin ended today in swamp ground near Forst, Prussia, eighty miles southeast of Berlin. The Bellanca monoplane Columbia was forced down there and its propeller was broken after it had established a new non-stop fight record of approximately 4,000 miles. Neither Chamberlin nor Levine was hurt, reports received here said, and both were at the Hotel Andorge, at Cottbus. Cottbus is a large town west of Forst. The actual non-stop fight of the Bellanca plane ended at 7:40 a. in., Berlin time (1:40 a. m., eastern standard time) at Helfta, near Eisleben, about 100 miles southwest of Berlin, when the Columbia's fuel was exhausted. Obtaining gasoline through the courtesy of Lufthansa, German civil air line, Chamberlin and Levine continued flying as far as Forst. Chamberlin and Levine broke the non-stop distance record established by Capt. Charles Lindbergh a fortnight ago. They flew 3,905 miles from New York to Helfta in fortyfour hours and thirty-five minutes. Lindbergh flew approximately 3,610 miles from New York to Paris In thirty-three hours and thirty-one minutes. Invited to Berlin Five minutes after the forced landing at Forst became known at Berlin, a plane departed for Cottbus to bring the broken propeller to Berlin, where a duplicate would be made immediately, to enable the Bellance plane to fly again. With today's achievement, the Bellanca monoplane, designed by Giuseppe Bellanca of New York, possessed both the non-stop and endurance records. The craft remained in the air more than fifty hours last month. United States Ambassador Jacob Gould Schurmann announced he would fly to Cottbus, but the plan was changed and Counselor of the. Embassy De Witt C. Poole was delegated to go instead. Schurmann communicated with Chamberlin and Levine, urging that they come to Berlin by motor car, although the Lufthansa was ready to send a passenger plane to bring the airmen to Berlin. Poole, telegraphed Ambassador Jacob Gould Schurman today that Chamberlin and Levine would arrive in Berlin tomorrow’. First report of the mishap to the plane came by telephone to Lufthansa, officials here from an engineer named Klinger at Cottbus. Klinger’s message said the monoplane apparently experienced fuel trouble and broke its propeller in alighting. Crowds Return. Crowds at Templehof air field learned of the forced landing at noon today and began swarming back to the city. A gale was blowing, compelling scout airplanes which lingered in the air hoping the Bellanca plane would arrive to alight hurriedly. Forst is fifteen miles east of Cottbus on the edge of a forest which abuts swampy, meadow country dotted with cucumber farms. The river Neisse passes Forst and the headwaters of the Spree are nearby. Over Ocean In Glory The Columbia had a triumphant passage across the Atlantic and irom reports at sea, apparently encountered little bad weather. After starting across Europe late yesterday, however, the plane ran into rain and bad winds which slowed Its progress considerably. A crowd of nearly 100,000 had gathered at the Templehof Air Field, Berlin, during the night. Shortly after midnight leading Berlin newspapers issued extras announcing the impending arrival of the Columbia. They predicted the Bellanca would reach Berlin at 3 a. m, Thousands of persons, including most of the American colony, highest government officials, ranking army and navy officers, and Berlin business men, kept an all night virgil at the field. Tramways to and from the field were thronged. Topnotch prices were paid by many of the American colony for rooms overlooking the field. Scores of Americans hired all available airplanes in which they hoped to meet the Bellanca on the outskirts of