Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 46, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 July 1927 — Page 5

JULY 4, 1927

JAMMED ROADS •CAUSE DEATHS IN NEW YORK Toll Expected to Increase as Holiday Throngs Return to City. Bu United Press NEW YORK, July 4.—The holiday death toll in the Metropolitan area had reached seventeen today and was expected to grow farther before the thousands of cabs which left New York for the country returned over crowded roads this afternoon. Seven persons were killed at Belmar, N. J., when the sedan in which they and three others were riding was struck by a Pennsylvania train. Pour other persons were killed in automobile accidents near New York, and six persons, seeking relief from heat in the water, were drowned. " N Fully half the population of New York had departed either for distant resorts or nearby beaches. An even million went to Coney Island and today yvas expected to draw an even larger crowd. The procession away from New York by automobile, bus and train has continued for three days, but the return of the millions will be concentrated within a few hours toand great congestion on railand highways is expected. Two Dead at Capital 'Bn United Prr— WASHINGTON, July 4.—Two lead and seventeen injured was the ;01l of the first day of the week-end holiday near the capital. Walter G. Hamilton, engineer, of Sparrow’s Point, Md., was killed sear the Quantico (Va.) marine base and nine were' injured in a triple automobile collision. A car driven by Hamilton smashed into two other cars in speeding down a steep hill. Clarence Lloyd, 30, Alexandria, Va., was drowned in the Potomac. While on a boat cruise he fell overboard and the other five men on the party were slow in going to his assistance, believing ait first that he could swim. Three Are Drowned Bu United Press PITTSBURGH, July 4.—Three persons were drowned in Pittsburgh rivers during the week-end, including a father, who was trying to rescue two daughters near drowning. The feirls eventually were rescued by another man. PASTOR RESIGNS AT DOWNEY AVE. CHURCH IJ. D. Armstead to Leave Pulpit L. Here on October 1. of the Rev. Joseph D. Hhnstead, pastor of the Downey W\e. Christian Church, effective Oct. 1, was announced to the congregation at Sunday morning services. A statement by the board of elders, who recently received the resignation of Mr. Armstead, was read by Thomas C. Howe, board member, setting forth the congregation’s appreciation for his services and regret at his departure. Mr. Armstead came to the Downey Ave. church five years ago, after holding pastorates at Cynthiana, Ky.; Nashville, Tenn.; Cincinnati, and Walla Walla, Wash. Until a successor is obtained, supply pastors will fill the pulpit.

PRISONER’S JOKE FAILED Woman Speeder Made to Count 2,500 Pennies Paid as Fine. Bn United Press NEW YORK, July 4.—“Twentyfive dollars fine for speeding,” said Magistrate Rarrell in Traffic Court. Mrs. Orelea Marconi deposited on the magistrate’s desk a sack holding 2,500 pennies. The court clerk refused to count the pennies, the magistrate upheld him, and the woman had to remain in court to count them. Bootleg Paid School Bills 'll 11 United Press .WASHINGTON, July 4.—Arrested Mrs. Jane Osborne ifiHPlillan declared, “it was the quickest way to make money to send jny daughter to college and care for my invalid son,” according to police. , Seeks Divorce at 63. Bn Times Soecial , MARION, Ind., July 4.—Mrs. Clara Boyer, 63, suing for divorce from George Boyer, alleges he nagged and quarreled and threatend to kill himself. She asks restoration of her maiden name, Holderman. AMUSEMENTS v sr vs? VAUDEVILLE STARTS 2:C0 —1:20 —7:00 and 0:20 O’CLOt'K ‘HONEYMOON LIMITED 7 Wm. Singer and a Notable Cast “HITS | Oliver & Hayden and Gaby DuValle BITS Hickman Bros. of and Company 1927” I Three Orantos “GENERAL” ED LAVINE DAILY I*IPK OKGAN RECITAL BY LESTER HUFF. STARTS 12:40 NOON. DOORS OPEN 12:30

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Fight in Every Block Looms in Capital War 'Twixt Snoopers and Liberty Boys

New Wet Organization to Make Life Miserable for Sleuths. BY RODNEY DUTCHER NEA Service Writer WASHINGTON, July 4.—lt may or may not be true that the American people never had a real chance to vote on prohibition. What they were unable to decide with ballots, they may be able to decide with baseball bats, rocks and perhaps even guns. The game is to be played in Washington first, but both sides are admittedly anxious to spread it to the rest of the country. In this corner, ladies and gents, is the Citizens Service Association for Law Enforcement, sarcastically dubbed the Snoopers by their opponents. \ In the opposite corner are the Liberty Boys of ’27. Let’s go! Gong! After the Scofflaws The object of the Citizens Association, which first entered the field, is to make life miserable for violators of the Volstead Act, and also for gamblers and petters if there is time to attend to them. The object of the Liberty Boys is to make life miserable for the snoopers. The master stroke in the association’s campaign is to have a “member in every block” who will report violations to the association’s paid field secretary, who will in turn report to the police and see that they act. The counter-plan of the Liberty Boys is to have 25 members in every block to make the snooper wish he hadn't snooped. Want 20,000 Members The Citizens claim 4,000 members and the Liberty Boys have begun a drive for 20,000. • The Liberty Boys .call the dry spies “stool pigeons” and the latter, while apparently reveling in the nickname Snoopers, can’t think of anything awful enough to call the Liberty Boys. Hire Ex-Dry Agents The Citizens Association grew from the ruins of the Church Service Association, whose aims as they affected the cellars of the ordinary citizenry aroused such criticism that it soon died. The present organization, promising to concentrate on bootleggers rather than home consumers, is under the presidency and spiritual guidance of the Rev. W. S. Abernethey, a very prominent Washington preacher, and under the executive direction of Harry N. Douthitt, a former prohibition agent now acting as the association’s paid field secretary. Offer Real Fight It was a case of organized Snoopers against unorganized scofflaws until the Liberty Boys got into the field. Many prominent anti-prohi-bitionists such / as Senators Bruce and Edwards and John Philip Hill had denounced the Citizens Association, but the Liberty Boys offered the first serious menace. C. C. Lowe, a retired army captain and magazine writer, with the aid of Attorney Frank T. Fuller, organized the anti-aptis. In almost no time at all he was issuing more press releases than Wayne B. Wheeler himself, persuading prominent men to join, issuing badges and membership cards and organizing a campaign which includes an “enrollment station in every block” where a merchant %r other citizen could distribute the badges and cards at 25 cents apiece. Sarcastic Inscriptions The badges are inscribed: “Liberty Boys of ’27. Hold your breath—Snoopers are near!” Labor union officials and neighborhood merchants have come to headquarters to order as many as a hundred badges at a time for their members or neighbors as the case might be. Posters have Been issued for the “enrollment stations.” ‘The first duty of a Liberty Boy is to search out the Snooper in his block and then to do his stuff,” says Lowe. “We certainly do not advocate violence, but no Snooper need expect to spy upon his neighbors and at the same time lead a happy life now that we are in the field. I hope we’ll soon ridicule the snooper

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Leaders of the rival forces In the new “dry war” In Washington. Upper right is C. C. Lowe, head of the “Liberty Boys of ’27”; lower left is the Rev. Dr. W. S. Abeme thy, head of the drys’ organization. Lower right shows the badge the “Liberty Boys” wear.

movement to death, but we will retain our organization. “I understand that bodies such as the Citizens Service Association are being organized in Baltimore and in other cities, which means that the Liberty Boys will become a national affair. A Chance for Expression “We are going to give John Citizen a chance to voice his feelings against these non-constitutional movements which seek to deprivi him of everything from his home brew to his Saturday night game of penny ante.” Although neither side advocates violence against the other, the maintained earnest efforts of both would seem bound to bring on clashes of more or less serious nature. Thus far no blood has been drawn by either side, although the. Snoopers claim to have causeffTso arrests of which the police admit knowledge of less than a dozen. (Copyright, 1927. NEA Service. Inc.) ORDERS ALL WEEDS CUT Street Commissioner Warns Property Owners of Law’s Provision. If you own any weed patches, you’d better get them cut. George Woodward, street commissioner, today warned property owners that those who have not cut weeds will be informed Tuesday of the law providing the city can cut the weeds and add the cost to taxes. Woodward has received numerous complaints of dangerous corners. MOTION PICTURES QIfUQMS? RICHARD DIX “QUICKSANDS” AGNES AYRES IN ‘‘EVE’S LOVE LEXTERS.” FOX NEWS. EARL GORDON, APOLLO MERRYMAKERS.

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