Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 28, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 June 1927 — Page 3

JUNE 13,1327

LEAGUE COUNCIL HOLDS PRIVATE MEETING TODAY Disarmament Question to pe Dominating Problem of Session. Bu United Press GENEVA, June 13.—The council of the League of Nations met privately today with its formal and informal calendars crowded with matters bearing directly on the well being and perhaps the peace of Europe. The question of disarmament —or, rather of failure to disarm—was scheduled to be the dominating problem. The council has before it two reports, registering the practical failure to date of all the league’s efforts of disarmament, following over a year of intensive preparation and work on the subject. The first report will be that on control of the private manufacture of war material. Last year’s League assembly insisted that an international conference on this question should be called before the coming 1927 assembly. No Agreement Seems Possible The commission charged with the preparation of the draft convention has been obliged to report, however, that no agreement on the question seems possible. The United States insisted that the control should be extended both to the government manufacture as well as the private production of war material. To this Italy, Japan and other countries absolutely refused to agree, with the result that no draft convention could be reported back to the council. Even more serious than this failure, however, will be the report of the league’s preparatory disarmament commission on the question of world-wide limitation and reduction of armaments. While the report contains what is purported to be a draft project for an international convention on the subject, it also registers the fact that no agreement was possible on the limiting of military reserves, on the method of limiting naval armaments and on the question of limiting armament budgets. In addition on virtually every other question, on which more or less agreement was reached, reservations were made by so many nations as to render it certain that the convention could never be launched and ratified. Strong Protest Expected The failure of the. league’s disarmament efforts is expected to bring out a strong protest from Foreign Minister Stresemann on the grounds that Germany accepted disarmament under the Versailles treaty only, on condition that the rest of Europe disarm accordingly, and that this obligation has now been rejected. In addition the Germans insist that the proposed draft convention, even if it could be launched would only result in a stabilization of Europe’s present armaments, while Germany insists that the first step toward disarmament must mean a reduction at least. It is expected the council will merely refer the two reports to the September assembly, first in order to await the outcome, of the Coolidge three-power naval conference; and, secondly, for the purpose of giving the assembly an opportunity to air the whole question of disarmament and see what step can be taken next. The session of the council will probably last ten days, as the agenda includes some forty international questions. CITY GIRL IS INJURED IN KOKOMO ACCIDENT Crash Victim’s Wounds Not Considered Serious. Bu Times Special KOKOMO, Ind., June 13.—Miss Kathryn Isler, 16, daughter of Mrs. Minnie Isler, 853 Buchanan St., Indianapolis, was one of five persons injured in a double accident here Sunday. Her wounds, cuts about the head and face are not considered serious. Miss Isler was injured when an automobile driven by Gilbert Languell, 18, and carrying Winifred Butcher, 16, and Joe Evans, 17, other Kokomo young people, crashed into a moving traction car while the party was returning from church. Walter Koontz, 8, suffered serious head injuries when he fell and was run over by the car driven by Basil Ironmonger. This accident occurred near the scene of the other. ORCHESTRA PLAYER DIES John B. Knittel, Former Resident Here, Succumbs. Word of the death of John B. Knittel, former Indianapolis musician, at St. Louis, Mo., has been reqeived here. He was a member of the Maennerchor and the Lyra, here. At the time of his death, Mr. Knittel played in and was librarian of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. He is credited with bringing the first saxophone to this city. He married Miss Hattie Kramer of Indianapolis, in 1876. He is also survived by a daughter, Mrs. Paul J. Bierman and Miss Lilly C. Knittel, St. Louis. ‘LINDY’ BOATS COLLIDE Continue on to New York Battery— Passengers Unhurt. Bu United Press NEW YORK, June 13.—The ferryboats Julius Milller and the Bronx, both crowded with persons headed for the Battery to see Charles Lindbergh, collided today. Damage was slight and the passengers, although frightened, showed no signs of panic. The boats re-

‘Killer’, on Trial

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Earl Russell, who went on trial at Greenfield today on a charge of first degree murder for the death of his wife (below). Russell is alleged to have cut his wife’s throat with a butcher knife in their home, 1069 Eugene St., Aug. 18, 1926.

ASPHALT, CONCRETE EQUAL BIDS OFFERED Result of Paving War —Indiana Company Low. % The Indiana Asphalt Company resorted to anew plan of bidding today as a result of the asphaltconcrete paving materials war. W. C. Richter, Indiana secretary, submitted the same bid on sheet asphalt, asphaltic concrete, and concrete on Cornell Ave., between Sixty-Third and Sixty-Fourth Sts., and Hancock St., between Bellefontaine St. and Cornell Ave. The Indiana firm was low bidder. Asphalt usually is considerably higher than concrete. City Engineer Frank C. Lingenfelter recommended asphaltic concrete for the two streets in a preliminary order to the board of Vorks. He recommended concrete for Haugh St., between Tenth and Twelfth Sts. The concrete bid, requested by property owners, was low. OPPOSE CIRCLE PARKING G. A. R. Members to Consider Resolution for Governor. Col. Oran Perry, Soldiers and Sailors Monument superintendent, today informed Councilman Boynton J. Moore that the G. A. R. will take steps to prohibit Circle parking at the annual Indiana encampment at Gary June 14. Perry said a resolution to Governor Jackson will be considered. GROTTO PLANS DINNER The seventh anniversary ceremonial of the Indianapolis Sahara Grotto will be held at the Athenaeum June 18, with 300 candidates receiving initiation. Three candidates for the veiled prophets degree are expected to receive the work at that time. A specially arranged program will feature the dinner.

Explosive Cocoanuts Blast Dealer’s Profit

Law Says Destroy Natural Stills Customers Brought Back. Eight dollars and forty cents worth of Ma Nature’s own stills, capable of producing some of the most palatable, and potent, liquor that imbibers ever imbibed, fell into the clutches of the law today and now is destroyed. That is, it should be, or an Indianapolis commission merchant may find the side of his warehouse blown out. So reports Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health bokrd secretary, who ordered a consignment of cocoanuts destroyed. innocent city market standholder bought a lot Saturday. By Saturday evening he was besieged by irate customers wanting to know why he sold them high explosives. The cocoanuts had fermented and when customers tried to crack them they exploded. “The standholder would have had no trouble if the customers had bored holes in the cocoanuts and sipped the contents.” said Dr. Morgan. “He wouldn’t have heard from the customers for several days. Then a Federal agent might have come along. Remember the marooned man in literature who split cocoanuts and let the milk ferment for jits yinfty*

RUSSELL TRIAL FOR MURDER ON Jury Selection Started at Greenfield. Bu Times Special GREENFIELD, Ind., June 13. Selection of a jury to try Earl Russell, 46, Indianapolis, on a murder charge began here in Circuit Court today. Russell cut the throat of his wife with a butcher knife Aug. 18, 1926, in their Indianapolis home, 1069 Eugene St., the State charges. The murder, it is Charged, followed a quarrel over a notebook in which Mrs. Russell told her husband had dpffa to give her attorney for divorde suit evidence. Clarence Russell, 20, Butler University student, heard his mother scream and, followed by his brother, George, 17, rushed downstairs with a shotgun. He found his father sitting in a chair, smoking a pipe, awaiting the arrival of police. Mrs. Russell, according to Marion County Prosecutor William H. Remy, who will present the State’s case, aided by Deputy Paul Rhoadarmer, worked at Fairbanks-Morse Company to get the money to keep her sons in school. The sons are expected to be the principal State witnesses. 150,000 MAY HEAR COOLID6E Speaks at Hammond Memorial Tuesday. Bu United Press HAMMOND, Ind., June 13.—One hundred fifty thousand persons are expected to throng into Wicker Memorial Park Tuesday afternoon to hear an address by President Coolidge in honor of America’s soldier and sailor dead. Veterans of the Civil War will be among the listeners. Arrangements were completed today to transport all veterans attending the annual Grand Army of the Republic State convention from Gary to the park in automobiles loaned by members of various clubs and societies. Fifty airplanes from Illinois and Michigan flying fields will circle overhead as the presidential party turns into the highway to the park. COOLIDGE ADDRESSES FIRST SOIL CONGRESS Twenty-five Nations Represented at Washington. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Jue 13.—Winding up his final day in Washington before starting tonight for his Black Hills vacation site, President Coolidge today welcomed the delegates of the first International Soil Congress in a speech urging co-opera-tion between the nations of the world to provide food for future generations. Twenty-five nations, including Russia, were represented by delegates who will discuss for a week the problem of continuing fertility of the soil and development of barren land for crop production. WOMAN DOCTOR HELD AFTER BOY IS SLAIN One Dead After Dispute Over Hunting Rabbits. Bu United Press LOS ANGELES, June 13.—Dr. Louise Cable, 45, prominent Los Angeles woman physician, was in jail today on suspicion of murder in connection with the shooting of Ray Frazzini, 14. The boy was killed yesterday when Dr. Cable’s husband, C. F. Cable, attorney and high school instructor, ordered the youth, his brother, Albino, and his father, Dominino, to cease hunting rabbits on the Cable property. When he ordered the Frazzinis off the premises, Albina beat him over the head with the stock of a rifle, Cable told police. Cable then called his wife to help him, but he did not see the shooting, he said.

SALESMAN IS DEAD C. R. Banks Had Been 111 Since Last November. -C. R. Banks, 71, of 5181 Pleasant Run Pkwy., S. Drive, widely known traveling salesman, died at 4 this morning at his home. Mr. Banks had been ill since last r November. He was a member of the Masonic and Modern Woodmen Lodges. He leaves the widow. Mrs. Conde Banks, who he married in 1887; three sons, Gail of California; Roger at home; and Donald, Rosedale, Ind.; one brother, Elmer E., Ft. Wayne; and one sister, Mrs. Jennie Dickey, Ft. Wayne. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday from the home. GETS SWARTHMORE A. B. J. Paxton Unger, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Mahlon Unger, 2219 -N. Pennsylvania St., has been graduated from the department of English, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa. Unger was a Technical High School graduate of 1923 and was one of five out of 204 applicants to win a $2,000 scholarship to Swarthmore. He was rear guard in the Tech basketball team and was Captain of the 1922 Tech football team. He will teach ia Connecticut schools.

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Lindbergh Fit Bu United Press WASHINGTON. June 13. Charles Lindbergh is in perfect physical condition, according to President Coolidge’s personal physician, Dr. James F. Coupal, who examined him before he left for New York. Six feet two inches tall, he weighs 165 pounds. “He could stand a little more weight,” Coupal told Mrs. Lindbergh yesterday. “That’s what I tell him,” she replied, “but he keeps his weight down to save gasoline when flying.”

PRIEST IS HONORED Officiates in Church He Attended as Boy. The Rev. John F. kolloran, recently ordained a priest, was celebrant of a solemn high mass, Sunday at St. Anthony’s Church, Warman Ave. and Michigan St., which he had attended as a boy. He was assisted by the Rev. Charles Duffey and thee Rev. Barbard Sheridan. The Rev. Pierce Dixon, Mount Vernon, preached the sermon. Hundreds gathered at a reception at the Holloran home, 3850 W. Washington St., Sunday night to pay tributee to the Retf. Mr. Holloran. The Rev. James Moore of SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral parish, also recently ordained, until a few years ago a member of St. Anthony’s parish and the Rev. Messrs. Holloran, Sheridan and Henry Dugan will read a requiem high mass, Tuesday morning io honor of the Monsignor Joseph F. Byrne, now dead, their pastor and childhood tutor at St. Anthony school. FAINTING IN CROWD i Women Collapse During Lindy Celebration. Bv fnltcff Prrxs NEW YORK, June 13.—Ulusrating density of the crowd that thronged about <£ol. Charles Lindbergh as he passed up lower Broadway today, a United Press correspondent counted twelve women who fainted in the immediate area he was occupying. Later, at another spot, he saw six more faint. A lighted _ match dropped in front of the Standard Oil offices at 26 Broadway set fire to heaps of tape and other paper which littered the street. The blaze spread rapidly up Broadway. Persons surged in all directions trying to escape. Police connected the fire hose, turned it towqrd the crowd to make it disperse and then on to the fire, which was extinguished in less than five minutes. A bolt of paper plummeting down from a broker’s window struck a spectator on the head, knocking him unconscious. He was taken to a hospital. $15,000 GEMS STOLEN Bandits Also Take Jewelry Salesman’s Rented Car. Bu United Press DETROIT, June 13.—Sam Steinberg, jewelry salesman for Stear & Susskin, Providence, R. 1., was held up here today and robbed of jewels valued at approximately $15,000. Seinberg was in a rented car at the time. Forcing both Steinberg and the driver out, the bandits escaped in the car.

‘The Last Cry’ Bu United Press PROVINCETOWN, Mass., June 13.—The last town crier in America, Walter T. Smith, of this quaint Cape Cod town, has given up his job—not because of the advance of the newspaper and radio, but because of lameness. Smith, who for twenty-seven years has trod the streets crying the news of the day. and announcements of local merchants, is 78.

Miss Dorothy Clark

Half-Dozen Girls Compete for ‘Miss Indianapolis’ Tuesday. Rounding out the half dozen girls, chosen from more than sixty entrants, who will compete for the honor of being Miss Indianapolis, Miss Dorothy Clark, 1914 N. Harding St., was selected for her splendid harp playing by judges Saturday night in The Times-Publix Theater Opportunity Contest. Miss Indianapolis will be selected in the final contest to be held at the Circle Theater Tuesday evening and will receive a contract calling for not less than nineteen weeks with “Young America,” a revue, at a salary of $75 a week and railroad fares with hotel accommodations in some cities supplied free. Rehearsals at Paramount Rehearsals in which Miss Indianapolis will participate begin at the Paramount Theater, New York, world's largest show house, June 24. From then until July 9, when the premiere takes place, the lucky girl will be entertained on a scale surpassed only by the welcome to Lindbergh. Screen and stage producers, prominent stars, and principals on Broadway, will join in giving a royal welcome to the opportunity girls. The "Opportunity Contest” is fostered here by The Times and new Indiana Theater, of which Ace Berry is managing director. Final Selections Final selections will be made from the following: Monday winner. Miss Helen’Raftery, 1605 Woodlawn Ave., vocalist, in place of Miss Dorothy Williamson, withdrawn; Tuesday winner, Miss Mae Ladin, 2740 Cornell Ave., marimbaphone; Wednesday winner. Miss Martha Ann Rundell, 962 Congress St., violinist; Thursday winner, Miss Maxine Moore, 601 Buchanan St., vocalist; Friday winner, Miss Marcy Dirnberger, 741 N. Bancroft St., musical monologue; Saturday winner, Miss Clark. Contestants will be judged on personality, beauty, and talent by Dr. Frank S. C. Wicks, All Souls Unitarian church pastor. Mrs. Henry Shurmann, Indiana College of Music and Fine Arts president, and Randolph LaSalle Coats, Indiana artist. In addition to Miss Clark Saturday’s elimination program included Misses Betty Insley and B. L. Moreland, 522 E. Raymond St., vocalists, Miss Helen Stein, 501 E. Thirtysecond St., whistler, Miss Ida Gray, Mt. Comfort, reader, and Miss Faye Thomas, dancer. KINDNESS DOESN’T PAY Attendant Loses $95 in Trying Too Oblige Stranger. It sometimes doesn’t p&y to oblige strangers Irvin McKinsey, 14 Euclid Ave., attendant at the National Oil Refining Company filling station, at Chester Ave. and E. Washington St., j learned. | When he opened the cash drawer ; Sunday to give a stranger two ' nickels for a dime so he might use i the telephone, the stranger drew a | revolver, ordered him into a back i room and fled with a companion in an auto with $95. McKinsey had to climb through a rear window. 28 GET NURSE DEGREES St. Vincent’s Graduation to Be Held Tonight. Twenty-eight graduates will receive diplomas from St. Vincent's Hospital Nursing School at 7:30 tonight. The annual alumnae luncheon was held today for approximately 175 persons. The homecoming program followed. The graduation ceremonies began this morning with a solemn high mass and a procession through the hospital ground. The Right Reverend Joseph Chartrand will make the commencement address. 4 DIE, 50 HURT IN FIRE Bu United Press CARACAS, Venezuela, June 13. Four persons were killed and fifty were injured, police said today, in an explosion which occurred yesterday in a fire which destrlyed a part Os i-bp. jinslryra hei^

ANOTHER FETE FOR LINDBERGH St. Louis Welcome to Start Friday. Bu United Press ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 13.—Doubts about the time of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's arrival in St. Louis finally dtspelled by a telegram from Harry H. Knight, the official welcoming committee today proceeded with its original plans. By foregoing rest between New York an<f St. Louis functions, Lindbergh can fly the "Spirit of St. Louis” here in time to arrive late in the afternoon Friday. He will land at the Lambert St. Louis flying field. Fifteen hundred persons will attend the Chamber of Commerce banquet in Lindbergh’s honor Saturday night. Contributors to the fund for Lindbergh's welcome will have first call on reservations, followed by Chamber of Commerce of Commerce members and finally the public at large. Lindbergh himself will be the principal speaker at the banquet The Lindbergh fete will start Friday and continue through Sunday, Saturday being an official holiday for the entire city. Hotels reported a premium on rooms for the three days. 12 HURT BY BUS Eight Autos Stuck on Philadelphia Bridge. Bu United Press PHILADELPHIA, June 13. Twelve persons were hurt, two seriously, when a motor bus skidded on the Delaware river bridge early today and crashed into eight other automobiles in a double traffic line, reducing several of the cars to wreckage and demoralizing traffic on the span. The bus, driven by John Bryan, 28, was running outside the double line of vehicles at 35 miles an hour, according to police, when it skidded, crashed sideways into the mass of cars and brought up against the steel guard rail of the bridge. Five of the motor cars were piled in a confused heap and others up and down the line suffered damaged fenders and bumpers. NEW ENGINE APPEARS Cut-off Type Saving Fuel, Railroaders Told. Bu United Pres* CLEVELAND. 0., June 13.—Veteran engineers here attending the annual convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers learned of anew type of locomotive today. Today’s feature was an illustrated talk by John A. Talty, Buffalo, N. Y., on the limited cut-off locomotive. The limited cut-off engine departs from the standard engine in the manner of using expansive steam, the new type using it from the start, saving fuel and water, according to Talty. It also permits very much higher draw-bar pull as speed increases, he said. Talty said the new type is being used on many U. S. railroads and saves a large quantity of fuel. ‘JUST FRIENDS’ NOW Charley Paddock Classifies His Status With Bebe Daniels. Bu tilitrd Press HOLLYWOOD, Cal.. June 13. Bebe Daniels, film actress, and Charley Paddock, sprint star, have decided to remain “just friends,” Paddock said today. Their engagement has been broken definitely. Paddock announced.

Mr. Lewis Stone In Person —will be in attendance at the Inaugural of The Indiana Theatre as a courtesy to Mr. Robert Lieber, Chairman of the Board of First National Pictures, and to view the world’s Premiere of “The Prince of Headwaiters” in which Mr. Stone is starred A number of other The Indiana Inaugural—with screen stars have also its brilliant ceremonies — Sat - signified their intention urday evening, June IBth f ad - to Presentmission $2.20 (including tax). ( Beginning Sunday, EVERY TICKET WILL GIVE THE HOLDER A GOOD SEAT Ju prevail). THE INDIANA “A Great Theatre Named in Honor of a Great State**

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George Head, 35, of 528 E. Market St., was killed instantly in an automobile crash at Emerson Ave. and Thirty-Eighth Sts. Sunday. Funeral services for Mr. Head will be held Tuesday morning at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. Burial in Holy Cross Cemetery. Mr. Head, a steeple-jack for the Capitol Transfer Company, was born in Davis County, Kentucky, and had lived here for twenty years. He was a member of the Moose and Red Men’s lodges. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Head, 754 E. McCarty St.; the widow, Mrs. Anna Head; five sisters and seven brothers survive him. IRONY IN BLESSING 'Make Best of It,’ Bride’s Mother Tells Elopers. Hu United Press KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 13. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Palmer, youthful elopers from Flint, Mich., today had a paternal blessing, but that was about all. Mrs. Grace B. MacDonald, mother of the bride, met the pair in police headquarters here where they had been ordered held. “Well, children,” said Mrs. MacDonald, “you’ve married now and you’ll have to make the best of it.” She slipped a small bag of coins in her daughter’s hand. A few minutes later she disappeared down the street in her roadster which the couple borrowed a week ago to elope in. TWO DEAD, SIX HURT IN AUTO-TREE CRASH Sharp Turn Near Hartford City Throws Car to Ditch. Bu Times Snrrial HARTFORD CITY. Ind.. June 13. —Two persons were killed and six injured when an automobile driven by Clare Templeton, this city crashed into a tree when a sharp turn threw the car into a ditch. Miss Lucille Clayton, 18, this city, and Arthur Compton, 21, Mario:::, were dead when removed from the wreckage. LINDY NAMESAKE HERE City Reports Arrival of Donald Lindberg Barnett. The first of the expected wave of “Lindbergh” babies was recorded today by the city health department. Birth records show that Donald Lindberg Barnett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Barnett, arrived June 10. C. Tom Johnson, chief clerk, said birth report names always reflect the signal honoring of an individual.

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TEACHER WINS IN BIBLE FI6HT De Pauw Disregards Church Ouster Proposal. Bu Times Bnreial _ „_ GREENCASTLE, Ind., June 13— Prof. Walter Bundy, head of the De Pauw University English Bible department, will continue to teach Bible despite the effort of the North Indiana Methodist Conference to have him removed. A resolution adopted by the conference was referred to the University trustees meeting here in connection with commencement and received no action. The conference had declared that Bundy’s teachers were shaking faith of students in the Bible and Christ. Bundy has remained silent, but his friends deny the charge, insisting he merely attempts to present the complete truth and let students draw their own conclusions about controversial subjects. SOVIET RUSSIA INVITESFUERS Chamberlin, Levine Asked to Visit Moscow. Bu United Press BERLIN, June 13.—Soviet Russia today formally invited Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine to fly to Moscow to become the guests of the government. The record-breaking trans-At-lantic fliers already have arranged a program which would include visits to several European capitals. If Commander Richard E. Byrd flies to Paris in his triple-motored plane, the America, and then decides to fly back, Chamberlin and Levine want to accompany Byrd back to America in their own plane. Such a proposition was made to Byrd by cable yesterday Motor trouble prevented the pro* posed flight to Vienna Sunday. Chamberlin and Levine arrived by train today from Berlin for a few days’ rest at Baden-Baden, famous resort. Representatives of the state government and the Lord Mayor greeted the fliers at the train and thousands of persons thronged the station. Both fliers were seized by the enthusiastic welcomers who carried them to automobiles on theii shoulders. TRIES TO JUMP BONO Man’s Offers of Bail Unheeded After Violation. Cecil Lynch, 23, 425 W. South St, remained in city prison Sunday night, despite his pleas and offers to professional bondsmen. Lynch had violated the confidence of one bondsman and that violation almost cost Charles (Shiner) Middaugh $l,t)00. Several days ago Lynch, arrested on a blind tiger charge, was released from jail on a bond signed by Middaugh. He failed to appear in court. The ten days of grace period was about to expire and Middaugh began searching for his man. He found him in a poolroom at Missouri ard South Sts. Police were called and when Lynch attempted to flee through the rear door, Middaugh pounced on him. COMMUNISTS ARRESTED Police Take 15 Who Attempt ttt Stop Celebration. Bu Unitel Press ST. ETIENNE, France. June 13Fifteen communists were under arrest today after a battle with police who sought to prevent communists from interrupting the celebration yesterday of the centenary of the first French railroad.