Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 29, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 June 1927 — Page 3

JUNE 14,1927

BERLIN FLIERS JAB THORNS IN £ COOLIDGE SIDE ■ §2i Reception for Chamberlin and Levine, Foe of New, Is Touchy Matter. R 'Washington, June 14.— As President Coolidge has extended the Nation’s welcome to Lindbergh the question arises, what will the Government do for Chamberlin and Levine? The enthusiasm shared by people here and overseas over Lindbergh’s flight was reflected by the President and Mrs. Coolidge and they gave &■. fitting touch to the national tribute paid the young flier. But two other Americans also have flown across the ocean, one as a pilot flying an even greater distance than Lindbergh did, while the other went as a passenger, the first man to enjoy such a distinction. As ambassadors to Germany, Chamberlin and Levine, according to dispatches, are creating as much good will as Lindbergh did in France, Belgium and England. Ready for Tribute When they leave Germany. Austria, Italy, Hungary and Roumania are waiting to pay tributes. Central Europe is making as much as much fuss over Chamberlin and Levine as other nations did over The central nations •were disappointed because Ambassador Houghton hurried Lindbergh back to the United States before he had a chance to visit them. The lavishness of the German reception and that expected in other countries is a serious problem in conduct for Coolidge and his associates. Levine is, however, the source of annoyance to the government, particularly Postmaster General Harry S. New. big boss of the air mail service. He has had a row with New over air mail contracts on which he was the low bidder, but failed to land. B-vause of this, presumably, the President and other cabinet officials ignored Levine in their official congratulatory cablegrams. The allegations against Levine on which New bases his hostility are vague, thus far. They relate to contracts for the purchase of salvaged war-time materials. __ Not Satisfied Not satisfied with this, Postmaster General New caused to be circulated widely by some press associations a report that Levine-Chamebrlin •was ignored in New’s charges—had violated the postal regulations by carrying with him a number of air mail letters, one of which, New admitted, the stamps had been bought and cancelled in the regular way through a Long Island postmaster. His complaint was that Levine had not gotten authority fi*st from Jhe Fostoffice Department. B Official Washington still must Conclude what it will do for Chamberlin and Levine. They will be coming home soon and the Government cannot afford to ignore them. Chamebrlin is an lowa man and his home folks are proud of him. Levine is a Jew, and Jews long have felt that Coolidge has given them less political recognition than any other President in the last quartercentury. RICH PHYSICIAN DEAD Dr. Walter Otis, New York, Stricken While Visiting in Chicago. Bu United Press CHICAGO, June 14.—Dr. Walter J. Otis, 75, wealthy New York physician, died suddenly of heart disease last night. Dr. Otis had been in Chicago visiting his brother, Phil A. Otis, and was preparing to return to New York within a few days. He was stricken suddenly while motorlnc: and hurried to a hospital, but died within a few minutes.

EXCURSION To f CINCINNATI *2.75 V Shelbyville .... $ .65 Greensburg . . . sl.lO Batesville .... $1.50 SUNDAY, JUNE 19 Special train of all-steel equipment will leave Indianapolis 7:00 a. m.; returning leave Cincinnati 8:00 p. m., Eastern Time, same date. BASEBALL Cincinnati vs. Philadelphia For tickets and full particulars call at City Ticket Office. 113 Monument Circle, phone Main 0330, or Union Station. BIG FOUR ROUTE

*AM SANDUSKY AND RETURN Children 5 and Under 12 Years—s2.2s Saturday Night, June 18 SPEND SUNDAY AT CEDAR POINT Finest inland bathing beach in the world. Every known amusement on the concourse. World’s largest dance hall. Special train will leave Indianapolis 11:30 p. m., central time, arrive Sandusky 8:00 a. m. eastern time. Returning, leave Sandusky 5:00 p. m., eastern time, Sunday, | June 19. f Tickets and full particulars at city ticket office, 112 Monument Circle. Phone MA in 0330, and Union Station, phone MA In 4567. J. N. LEMON, Division Passenger Agent 810 FOUR ROUTE

Lindy Greets World War Victims

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No part of Charles Lindbergh's second day in Washington was more impressive than his visit to Walter Reed Hospital, where he met wounded veterans of the World War. This picture shows the man who risked his life to fly over the Atlantic shaking hands with the men who sacrificed their health and strength to gain victory in France.

FOURTH TRIP IS LAST

Boy Steals $14,000 Car, for Night Rides. /Like the pitcher which went once too often to the well, a 15-year-old boy went back once too often to enjoy the thrills of a night ride in a $14,000 Mercedes auto. The boy, who lives in the 4300 Block Washington Blvd., four times took the auto from the garage of Louis Schwitzer, 4401 Washington Blvd., enjoyed a night ride, and returned the car, detectives who took him to the Detention Home say he admitted. He tried it again last night. When he returned to the garage he found the door locked. Schwitzer, who has been out of the city, had rcturen. He abandoned the machine, with a broken back., window, on Washington Blvd. several blocks -from the house, where detectives found it. Greet Coolidge High State officials are at Hammond. Ind., today giving the State’s official greeting to President Coolidge. Among those from the Statehouse to attend are Governor Jackson and Secretary of State Frederick E. Schortemeier.

Calls for Liquor to Be Used as Medicine Slump

Number of Prescriptions Is Nearly Million Less in 1926 Than 1925. 6 WASHINGTON, June 14.—Liquor as a medicine was less popular in 1926 than in 1925 by 968.770 prescriptions, or almost 250,000 gallons, 1 according to figures made public today by the prohibition bureau. A drop in the steadily mounting total of prescription liquor was : shown in the 1926 fiscal year for the first time since 1922. The total in the twelve months ended June 30, 1926, was 12,996,327 prescriptions, as against 13,963,097 for 1925. New York, although supposedly the wettest of all, showed the largest decline in 1926, with 638,588 fewer than the previous year. Members of Congress, both wet and dry, are going over these statistics in the belief that a demand I for removing restrictions will be voiced the next session of Congress, as requested in a resolution of the American Medical Association. The States which led the procession in 1926 were: New York, 3,125,184 prescriptions; Illinois, 2,138,941; Pennsylvania, 1,044,755; California, 1,044,573; Massachusetts, 717,711; Missouri, 670,397; Ohio, 515,634; Wisconsin, 495,000; Texas, 487,184; Kentucky, 382,865. In going over this list, certain dry members of Congress have called attention to the fact that, in their belief, these are among the wettest States in the Union. They are inclined to believe that some of the i wetness is accounted for by the | large number of prescriptions. Wets j however, answer that these States I are also among the most populous.

Re-Elected

Dr. William F. King, who was re-elected secretary of the State board of health for four years today.

FISHING TIME AT HAND Season Open Thursday; State Stocks Streams. Open season for lawful fishing for all kinds of fish begins In Indiana Thursday. According to George K. Mannfeld, State conser- | vation department fish and game division head, lake fishing should be good this year. The fisit stock in streams and rivers, however, has been cut down by the high waters and cool weather j which have hindered spawning, he | said. The State department has planted 2,150,000 yellow perch and 9,260,000 wall-eyed pike fry in streams. ENVOY TO VISIT CITY Roumanian Minister Will Be Dinner Guest Tonight. George Cretziano, Roumanian Minister to the United States, was scheduled to arrive in the city late today en route to Washington. Cretziano with his daughter are driving from Chicago and will stop at the Columbia Club tonight where a dinner will be given in his honor at 7. Alec Lupear, local attorney and representative of the Roumanian government, is in charge of the reception. GRAIN MAN EXPELLED G. E. Thompson, Armour Company, Chicago, Branded Dishonest. Bu United Press CHICAGO, June 14—George E. Thompson, Armour Grain Company, general superintendent, was found guilty of dishonest conduct by the board of governors of the Chicago Board of Trade last night. The verdict calls for expulsion. Charges against Thompson grew out of difficulties between the Armour company and the Grain Marketing Company. Armour company activities have been under investigation for several months. State Wins on Appeal In one of the few cases appealed by a prosecutor, the State triumphed today when the Supreme Court held that the statute of limitations was not effective in cases of Milton and Edward Mabrey, Lawrence County. Defendants asked change of venue in a fek4prcase and were tried in Monroe Circuit Court. The lower court held that the statute was i effective and the State appealed. Poison Potion Kills Woman ' Bo l iiitrd Pres* J j LOGANSPORT, Ind., June 14. . Mrs. Cora Colons, 47, housekeeper. I died here today as the result of 4finkmg poison, she had been 111,

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TO RE TRIED ALONE Dorothy Mackaye Will Face Court Thursday. Bu United Press LOS ANGELES. Cal., June 14 Dorothy Mackaye, emotional actress, j charged with attempting to “cover up” facts surrounding the death of her actor-husband, Ray Raymond, will face trial alone Thursday morn-! ing. At a brief hearing yesterday, Superior Judge Burnell ruled the evidence against the actress might prejudice a jury against Dr. Walter Sullivan, Hollywood physician, indicted with Miss Mackaye, and granted Sullivan's plea for a separate trial. Sullivan and Miss Mackaye, it is charged, attempted to prevent authorities from learning that Raymond had been beaten in a fist fight with Paul Kelly, screen actor. Kelly now stands convicted of manslaughter in connection with the death. HELD IN MOTOR DEATH Unnamed Man Linked in City Woman's Fatality. HILLSDALE. Mich., June 14. Police are holding an unnamed man today in connection with an automobile accident in which Mrs. Hamilton Markus, Indianapolis, was killed and her husband and a son. Hyman C. Markus, were injured. The two men, who lived at 98 E Maple Rd., Indianapolis, are in the Hillsdale hospital, reported suffering from broken ribs and a broken shoulder. The accident occurred late Monday. The sheriff’s office refused to give the name of the man held, pending a check-up. The Markus family operates the Wilson Jewelry Company, 114 N. Illinois St. FLYING CLOUD IS VICTOR Winning Pigeon Travels 507 Miles in 12 Hours 33 Minutes. Flying Cloud was first and Frank C. second in the Indiana Racing Pigeon Club race Saturday from Seneca, Mo., to Indianapolis, a distance of 507 miles. Secretary H. S. Wyeth, 1416 E. Thirtieth St., announced today. Fred Newman, 611 Minnesota St., owns both birds. Best Man, owned by C. F. W. Husted, 1130 N. Dearborn St., was third. Twenty-nine birds from six lifts participated. Time of the winning bird was 12 hours 33 minutes, an average speed of 42.5 miles an hour. A similar race will be held next Sunday. JOHN COOLIDGE STUDIES Youth Will Join Parents in Black Hills in August. Bu United Prrns AMHERST, Mass., June 14.—John Coolidge, son of the President, will not go to the Black Hills summer White House until the last of August. He has enrolled in the University of Vermont summer school for a six weeks’ course in English literature.

Circle | [the show place of Indiana |

Times -Publix Opportunity Contest Tonight at 7:45 Miss Indianapolis will be chosen from six talented contestants. A contract for a nineteen-week tour of Publix Theaters at a handsome salary will be awarded the winner. Indianapolis will be proud of this girl.

GEORGIA GANG FLOGS MOTHER I Son Also Whipped; Rangers in Texas Seek Lashers. Bu United Press dfTOCCOA, Ga., June 14.—Four men, among them a school superintendent, were namec} in warrants today as flogger3 of Mrs. A. H. Bowers and her son, Floyd, 15. Warrants were sworn out by young Bowers for W. J. Acree, principal of the Eastonelle High School; T. R. Lowery, furniture factory foreman; Elmer Clark, railroad conductor, and Charles Thomas, railroad employe. Acree and Lowery were arrested yesterday and released under bond. Both denied guilt. The Bowers were taken from their home Sunday i night by twelve masked men, j escorted to a secluded spot and flogged, according to their story. ' Rangers Hunt Floggers Bu United Press MARSHALL, Texas, June 14. i Texas rangers and Federal authorities today iinvestigated the flogging of five members of two families, including two women, here last week. The floggings have resulted in three of the five assaulted persons leaving Marshall. Mrs. Hester Lee Mills is in Dallas, and W. A. Straps and his wife vanished Saturday night. D. Osborne, farm hand, has been arrested and is under SI,OOO bond or. a charge of aggravated assault. J. R. Anderson and his wife, the other victims, will remain as prosecuting witnesses, despite warnings to “leave the country,” they said. BICYCLE RIDER IS HURT WHEN STRUCK BY AUTO Collector Suffers Internal Injuries, Leg Fracture. Edward H. Hilkenbach. 53, of 243 Parkview Ave., collector for the D. Sommers Furniture Company, was ; injured today when an auto driven by Otto N. Moore. 303 N. Webster St., collided with the bicycle he was riding at S. Hamilton Ave. and Southeastern Ave. Hilkenbach was taken to city hospital with a possible fracture of his right leg and internal injuries. WISCONSIN PROFESSOR IS MARTYR TO SCIENCE Victor I.enher Dies as Result of Chemical Research. Bu United Press MADISON. Wis., June 14—A martyr to science, victim of selenium poisoning contracted in his extensive research in that phase of chemistry, Prof. Victor Lehner, 54, University of Wisconsin, is dead here, following an illness of six months. During the twenty-seven years he -served at the university. Dr. Lenher was noted for his original and creative researches in the study of selenium and tellurium, two comparatively rare elements found in copper ore. In the war he was a major in the chemical warfare service. He is survived by the widow, formerly Miss May Blood. Berkeley, j Cal, and two sons, Samuel and ; George. LEGION TO HEAR FLIER Captain Cook to Tell of Flight to Greet Lindbergh. Capt. H. W. Cook. Army air instructor for the Indiana National Guard, will tell of his flight to Washington for the Charles Lindbergh welcome, at the dinner meeting of John H. Holliday, Jr., Post No. 186, American Legion, at the First Presbyterian Church, Sixteenth and Delaware Sts., tonight. C. Alfred Campbell, commander, and Lawrence N. Helm, adjutant, invite all Legionnaires and ex-serv-ice men and women to attend. Mrs. Frieda Spinman Robinson and L. V. Cornish will sing, accompanied by Mrs." Bert Hawkins. CHOOSE MURDER JURY State Ready in Butcher Knife Killing Case. Bii Times Special GREENFIELD, Ind.. June 14.—Se- | lection of a jury to try Earl Russell, 46, charged with first degree murder for alleged killing his wife with a butcher knife in their home at 1069 | Eugene St., Indianapolis, was expected to be completed in Circuit Court here today. Deputy Prosecutor Paul Rhoadarmer, Marion County, will make | the opening State statement. Asa J. Smith and Griffith Dean, Indianapolis, and Charles Cook arid Jonas P. Walker, Greenfield, are defending Russell. The State is aided by Omer S. Jackson and John B. Hinchman, Greenfield attorneys.

Ellingboe Quits Hospital 16 Days After Race Crash

Normal Man Would Have Needed a Month —He’s Cheerful. Sixteen days ago the man pictured here was taken to Methodist Hospital with a punctured lung, a cracked frontal plate, several ribs torn loose, and enough cuts, scratche and bruises to keep an ordinary person in bed a month. He is Jules Ellingboe. race driver whose car crashed at the Speedway May 30, rolling over and over with him to land ip a bloody mess before thousands of horrified spectators. The picture shows Ellingboe as he looked today at the Elks Club, where he is putting the finishing touches on recuperation. He left the hospital Monday evening. Selling Autos Again. Wednesday Ellingboe will go back to his Job of selling automobiles at Memphis, Tenn. “I’m going to get a boat and go through the flood district and see if I can’t get some business,” said Ellingboe. After a while Ellingboe will be flashing along on the track again. He said he might get into the big race at Syracuse, N. Y., later in the year, and that most certainly he will be back on the Speedway next year. In Front of Friends “I induced several friends to come up from Memphis for the race this year." said Ellingboe. “My accident occurred right in front of them. They said they never would be back again, that it was worse than a bull fight. “But I’ll get them back when the time comes. Once you start lacing driving, you can’t quit. I love it and I’ll be back. “I guess they’ll have to fix that bad projection at the head of the straightaway on the north turn at the Speedway. It has been a menace to drivers for many years. I tore the concrete all loose when I crashed.” SERIOUS CHARGE HITS 'KING BEN’ AT TRIAL Witness Testifies Her Husband and Girls Were Misused. Bu United Press ST. JOSEPH, Mich . June 14 - Charges that illegal operations were perform** on “Shiloh girls” Who were victims of King Ben Purnell’s "purification rites,” were made on the witness stand today by Mrs Eliza Bamford, former House of David member, in the State suit to disband the colony Mrs. Bamford said she came to the Benton Harbor colony with her husbanc'. from Australia. “My husband was taken 111 with pneumonia,” she said. “Under the | faith of Benjamin, people who were j taken sick had sinned. It. was the : middle of the, winter. My husband j was removed from the houses to a I log cabin out in the open. It was ; unheated, and he died there within a few days.” Joliet, 111., with a population of 41.000 has hafd only one robbery in 100 years. The state penitentiary is i there and do not stay long I in town.

INDIANA— ' / MT IS not necessary to indulge 1 in lengthy detail as to the char* I acter and standards of Indiana s -X presentations and policies. These six words will suffice: “ Oper > ated by the Circle Theatre Company.” • To every Indianian this is a pledge of high standards, an indication of contim ual striving for perfection, a mark of experienced direction. ♦ . It means that every day, every week, N through the years, you can attend the Indiana with the assurance ot uniformly fine programs, and the utmost in com' forts and services. *. Wherever it appears, “Operated by the Circle Theatre Company’ is a symbol N os “quality” in everything as it pertains to the realm of the theatre. The Grand Opening of The INDIANA “A Great Theatre gained in Honor of a Great State” Sunday June 19 The Inaugural of The Indiana Theater atci? O rMKr with its brilliant ceremonies, is Saturday night, June 18th. Admission $2.20 (including tax). All seats are good seats. On sale at Circle, Ohi* ..... and Uptown Theaters and Betsy Rossandy Stores. , .

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Lindy Lure Bu United Press BROOKLYN. June 14.—’The Lindbergh lure caught two Brooklyn boys, one 6 and one 13, today and landed them in trouble. Samuel Schirello, 13, and his brother, Eugene. 6,'wanted to see the young hero, who. they had been told, gained fame Because when he wanted to go some place he went without talking about it. They decided to play hookey from school and get to Manhattan some way. The boys saw an automobile parked near their home. They got in and Samuel started the car. They took the wrong direction and were heading away from Manhattan when a policeman stopped them. Samuel, who, police said, recently was released from a reformatory after a term for automobile theft, was held. Eugene was sent home.

STRANGLER YET FREE U. S„ Canada Police Hunt On —$1,500 Rewards. Bu United Press WINNIPEG. Manitoba, June 14. Although more than fifty suspects have been questioned, 'he strangler murderer, slayer of a woman and a girl here over the week end, continued today to evade the combtned efforts of American and Canadian authorities to capture him. With rewards totalling $1,500 offered, additional agencies today joined the man hunt. The province yesterday posted a reward of $509. Today the city announced an additional reward of SSOO. Both call for apprehension, dead or alive.

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U. S. IN LINE FORI SOVIET ORDERS Russia Ready to Pass Out $75,000,000 Business. Bu United Press BERLIN. June 14.—Disposition of $75,000,000 worth of orders, which the Soviet government had intended. before the recent break in diplomatic relations, to place with Great Britain, will be decided Thursday at a conference here of Soviet trade representatives in Europe. The United States. Germany and Czecho-Slovakia were expected to be allotted the bulk of the orders provided the problem of financing the purchases can be solved. “Moscow is not adverse to tiansferring a large portion of its British business with the United States if credit facilities are obtainable,” a leading Soviet spokesman told the United Press today. Reports that British bankers were refusing to discount bills of German manufacturers who are expecting Russian orders, coupled with the severance of diplomatic relations, may cause a complete redistribution of Soviet foreign trade. Presence in Berlin oi the president of the Soviet State Bank and j the recent luncheon of Soviet Foreign Minister Tchicherin with outstanding German bankers and industria'ists were interpreted as I signs of intense Soviet activity to readjust its foreign trade. PRISONER WHO LEAPED FROM TRAIN IS CAUGHT Convict Recaptured as He Tries to File Off Shackles. , Bu United Pirns STERLING. 111.," June 14. Thomas L. Bryon, 27. who whilo shackled and handcuffed made a sensational leap from a Northwestern train here Sunday, today was on his way again to the State Prison at Richmond, Va., whence he escaped in February. Bryon was recaptured by two policemen along a river bank near wheer ho was attempting to break the handcuffs. He was serving a seventeen-year sentence on a highway robbery charge when he sawed his way to liberty. He was recaptured in Sacramento, Cal., and was being returned to Virginia when he leaped from the train. AUTHOR INDICTED FOR | MURDER OF HIS GUEST I Cline Trial in September—Wife Sobs in Court. I Bv United Pres: ROCKVILLE, Conn., June * 14. j Leonard Cline, playwright and j author, was charged with first, deI gree murder Monday in connection 1 with the shooting and death of his | friend, Wilfred Irwin. Trial was set for the September term of Superior j Court. Cline pleaded not guilty. Mrs. Cline, see,ted near her husn band, sebbed when the indictment was announced. Cline displayed no emotion. State, witnesses consumed five hours in testimony. The jury deliberated thirty-two minutes.. Cline is accused of killing Irwin , when the latter was visiting him. i Police claim the tragedy was the I aftermath of a wild party.