Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 49, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 July 1927 — Page 2

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RUM POURS IN ' LIKE NIAGARA DESPITE DRYS Commerce Department Figures Indicate $400,000,000 Bootleg Revenue. Bil Un}ted Press WASHINGTON, July 7.—Fortymillion dollars worth of foreign liquor was smuggled into the United States during 1926, according to estimates of Department of Commerce experts now preparing their tabulation of exports and imports for last year. This represents the valuation set on the goods in foreign countries, which means it sale at bootleg prices probably netted the botleg trade from $150,000,000 to $200,000,000. Cut and doctored, according to prevailing in our best bootlegging circles, it could easily represent a revenue of $400,000,000. Not a Bit of Decrease Department of Commerce estimates of the value of these clandestine imports show no increase, despite the coast guard’s war on rum row. The total was only $20,000,000 in 1922, $30,000,000 in 1923, and $40,000,00 in both 1924 and 1925. Secretary Hoover’s department makes as careful a check as possible on liquor smuggling because of its effect on the “international balance of trade.'’ Every dollar paid out for liquor by American bootleggers or consumers who deal directly with the rum runners represents a loss insofar as it cannot be figured in our trade balances. Commerce experts base their calculations on liquor clearances from foreign ports, domestic cousumption and exports of liquor by neighboring nations. Stand 200 Miles Out The coast guard’s report for the end of the 1927 fiscal year reveals considerable progress, despite the $40,000,000 total smuggled liquor. A year ago, according to coast guard officials .there were fifty rum ships off our coasts, whereas now only an infrequent straggler makes its appearance. Half a dozen supply ships are standing by about 200 miles off shore. These ships do more business than seems possible in view of their distance from the coast, according to the coast guard. The coast guard’s hardest task is to check up on American craft, supposedly pleasure yachts or boats in the coastwise trade, which ply between these rum runners and the shore. CITY MAY FACE SUIT Man Arrested at Anderson in Firecracker Case Hires Counsel Bu Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., July 7.—An arrest here on a charge of shooting -'firecrackers on a street may result in a damage suit against the city. ' Fred Farlow, Burlington, was one of eight men arrested on the firecracker charge. He asserts there was no justification for taking him into custody and has retained an attorney with intention of seeking damages for false arrest and imprisonment. KILLS CHILD l!\l FRENZY Irate Man Slays Baby, Attacks Wife, and Attempts Suicide. By United Press CHICAGO, July 7.—A l&flous rage engendered when he found his wife away from home and suspected her of being with another man, police believe, caused William Goeschell to stab his 3-year-old daughter to death, attack his wife with a knife, and attempt suicide. Goeschell cut his own throat and probably will die. Mrs. Qoeschell, whom he stabbed in the throat, may live.

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CHAMBERLIN QUITS; LEVINE BREAKS ‘CODE’

Fliers on Outs Because of Race Challenge Sent to Byrd PARIS, July 7.—Clarence D. Chamberlin and BY A. L. BRADFORD “I apologized to Byrd upon his arrival at Paris, Charles A. Levine, who risked their lives together united Press staff correspondent realizing that he, the same as I, never coyld be

when they flew from New York to Germany, have quietly but surely broken off their relations, it became known today. The reason dates back to a telegram Levme sent to Commander Richard E. Byrd, virtually challenging him to race back from Paris to New York. That is why Chamberlin refused to pilot the Bellanca plane back to the United States and Levine has announced he will make the trip with a French pilot. _ Chamberlin and Levine still live at the same hotel and speak coolly, but their cordial relationship has ended. Chamberlin openly criticises Levine for sending the challenge to Byrd. “Levine,” Chamberlin said, “in sending the message to Byrd, suggesting that the America and

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ATTACK HOME BREW STARES Doran Explains Fine Points of Ingredient Business. Bu Times Special WASHINGTON, July 7. Dry agents are making a drive on what Prohibition Commissioner Doran describes as the “home brew store.’’ A home brew home store is one that sells 'all the ingredients and apparatus for manufacture of homj brew. The prohibition bureau takes the position that grouping all the ingredients in one place is a violation of the law. But if one storekeeper sells the malt, another the sugar, another something else, and still another the apparatus, the. bureau will not molest the merchants. The home brew sr,ore drive has just got under way. in El Paso, Texas. Doran said even the malt manufacturers are cooperating. “They much prefer to have their product sold separately from the other ingredients,” he said, “and have adopted a pacific attitude towards the bureau.” NINE DEAD IN TRAIN • WRECK AFTER STORM Banks of Mountain Stream Are Searched for Additional Victims. By United Press WERNIGERODE, Saxony, July 7. —The banks of a swollen stream in the Hartz Mountains were being searched today for bodies of passengers lost when a train plunged into the torrent. Nine persons were killed and ten seriously injured when the engine and one coach left the tracks, which had been weakened by a cloudburst. Wernigerode is a town of Prussian Saxony , forty-three miles southwest of Magdeburg. The Hartz Mountains are in northwestern Germany between the Elbe and Weser rivers. 47,000 HORSE MILEAGE Indiana Mail Carrier Claims Record for Animal. Bn Times Special AUSTIN, Ind., July 7—A twentyseven year old horse, owned by A. W. Barriott, mail carrier on a route out here, has traveled 47,000 miles, and his owner believes that is a record for the nation. Parts of the route are over roads impassible for an automobile. The horse has never been touched with a whip in all the time he has piled up a mileage equal to almost twice the idstance around the world, according to Barriott.

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Oil King Plays Pinochle in Jail as Courts Argue

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla., July 6. —While Oklahoma’s two high courts argue over his case, O. O. Owens, Tulsa Oil man and legislator, today remained in the county jail here, playing pinochle and conducting a large oil business lrom a cell. Owens has been following such a schedule since April 23 last when "the State Supreme, declaring the oil man had made derogatory remarks of its members following litigation involving his $1,000,000 oil company, held him guilty of contempt./“sui generis.” / The Supreme Court therewith assumed sovereignty in the case, adjudged Owens guilty of contempt, and sentenced him to a year in jail and fined him $5,000. Attorneys for Owens immediately went into the Criminal Court of appeals seeking a writ of habeas corpus. But the Supreme Court, challenging the Criminal Court to question its authority, issued a writ

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Bu Times Special EA PORTE, Ind , July 7 —Olga Kuk, 15, is just a Hoosier girl, but she made Sergeant ’inomas Keating of the Chicago police “beat it.” Olga ran away from her home here to Chicago. The sergeant located her in a rooming house. She was in bed. She threatened to jump out without waithing for clothes and the sergent was routed. Policewoman Margaret Wilson then took charge and brought Olga home.

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pushed into making a race out of a flight which requires the most careful preparations and the most careful navigating and flying. “When I learned the telegram had been sent, I told Levine that I was through; that I had made my last flight in the Columbia. "My wife and I hre going home together. We are flying to London tomorrow in an ordinary passenger plane and probably sail without returning to Paris.” French airmen believe Levine will have difficulty in finding a French aviator to pilot the Columbia back to New York, as the Bellanca plane is not built according to specifications suitable to French aviators.

Costes, who with Rignot once held the world distance record, said. “The Bellanca plane does not provide the necessary guarantees. Its flying radius is insufficient.”

of prohibition enjoining the Criminal Court from taking action. Sheriff Ben Dancy of Oklahoma County was ordered to hold Owens by the Supreme Court, which, in its opinion, held there was no appeal from its judgment except to a Fed--eral Court, where a Federal question may be involved. But today the Supreme Court stood challenged by the Criminal Court in a twelve-page opinion written by President Judge Tom Doyle, declaring Owens was improperly sentenced, illegally denied a wit of habeas corpus and held in violation of the bill of rights. Alcohol Poisoning Fatal LOGANSPORT, Ind., July 7. Alcohol poisoning was credited as the cause of the death of Jason J. Myers, 40, a telephone lineman, whose body was found along a country road near Logansport early today.

Bu Times Special 0A FAYETTE. Ind.. July 7. , Police and county authorities here have decided just what to do with Arthur Rum- j pza, 10, one of the youngest pris- J oners ever held in the county jail. The boy is accused of stealing ssl ; from the cash register in the office j of a garage. Previously, Arthur did a burglar's job at a commission house and on the same night attempted a burglary at the Elks Club.

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STICK BY OLD DOBBIN Illinois Township Loyally Boost More Horses Than Autos. Bu United Press HOOPESTON, 111., July 7.—01d Dobbin still is popular ia Grant township, assessor's figures revealed today. After a pareful checkup it was found that there are 1,167 horses in the township and only 1,114 motor cars. No airplanes were reported. ZONING PUT IN ISSUE Bloomington Citizens to Hold Mass Meeting July 12. Bu Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., July 7. Whether or not Bloomington shall have a zoning oridance may be determined at a mass meeting of citizens called for the evening of July 12. Citizens will be asked to express views at a joint session of the city council and zoning commission.

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MANY FALL ON PATHTOCLORY Annapolis and West Point Eliminate Big Per Cent. Bu Times Special WASHINGTON. July 7.—Nearly 1,100 American youths are preparing this summer to enter Annapolis and West Point, the academies that educate commissioned officers for the Army and Navy. Four years from now 715 will graduate and become officers. At times during that period 385 will drop out or be dropped. Only 65 per cent of the students survive the four years of training they must undergo. Each Congrressman is allowed two students at a time in West Point and three at Annapolis. Os those appointed by congressmen only 70 per cent actually pass the physicial and mental examinations, the other 30 per cent falling by the wayside before they ever get into the two institutions. One southern congressman appointed seven youths to the naval academy before one was acceptable, but he admits his recond is out of line with the average. The reason is that he tries to pick out youths from families of moderate means rather than those who have had the advantages of a liberal education. The list of applicants accepted at West Point has just been made public. There are 474 vacancies of which only 378 have so far been filled. Annapolis has nearly 600 but still holding physicial examinations so that its list is not yet ready. Less Corn Planted Bu Times Special GRIFFIN. Ind., July 7.—Paul Maier, landowner near here, estimates that only half the corn acreage in the Wabash river lowlands of Posey and Gibson counties will be planted this year. Heaevy rainfall and unseasonably cold weather discouraged farmers.

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BLIND MAN ADMITTED TO BAR IN NEW YORK Long Fight to Overcome Handicap Won by Student. NEW YORK, July 7.—Blinded nineteen years ago, Augustin F. Massa of 498 East 167th St., has won his fight with his handicap and on Friday will attain his ambition, admission to the New York State oar. He is 28 years old and the first blind man in fifteen years to win this honor. Massa plans to form a partnership and hopes to specialize in criminal law along with his general practice. The story of his struggles is known by most of the men who were graduated in the last seven years from Columbia University. Throughout his college career he was a regular attendant at intercollegiate athletic contests. Companions kept him informed of the progress of the games and he maintained a keen interest. BOY ROBBERS GET JOBS Must Pull Weeds For Stealing Candy From Store. By United Press WILLOWS, Cal., July 7.—For breaking into a confectionary shop with sls worth of candy, Teddy Hall, here and filling their “tummies” 6, and Floyd Hall, 8, and Billy Hall. 9, were assigned by court edict to pull weeds at the rate of 25 cents an hour to pay for the loss. PRESERVE DEATH HOUSE Building Where Czar Was Executed Made into Museum. Bii United Press MOSCOW, July 7.—The tragic building'in the cellar of which the Czar Nicholas 11, his wife, the boy Czarevitch and his sisters, the Grand Duchesses, were executed after their dethronement has been made into a museum by the town government of Ekaterinburg, now renamed Sverdlovsk.

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ASKS U. S. HELP IN QUARANTINE State Officer Continues Fight on Coin Borer. Frank N. Wallace, State entomologist, announced today that he intends to make every effort to have the Federal Government pay for establishment of quarantine lines in Indiana against the European cornborer. Wallace declared that in Ohio the Federal Government had paid for establishment of the quarantine, and added, that he has written to the Federal Horticultural Board at Washington. D. C., to find out exactly what is the status of Indiana for this work. The entomologist pointed out that although the Indiana Legislature had made an appropriation for fighting the corn-borer, he needs every dollar of that amount for the actual clean-up work in the State, and feels that the United States should do its part in carrying on the fight through the quarantine. Up to the present time, Wallace said, the horticultural board at. Washington has taken the attitude that Indiana must pay all expenses of establishing the areas which are infested by the pest, and which must not be allowed to ship com into other parts of the country. WOMEN CALL FOR QUIZ i Americans in China Ask Clubs t® Investigate Outrages. By United Press SHANGHAI. July 7.—American women of Shanghai will urge the General Federation of Women’s clubs to make an official inquiry into the Nanking outrages of March 24, and to spread their findings among clubwomen of America. Decision on the matter was taken at a recent meeting of the American Women's Club of Shanghai.