Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 54, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 July 1927 — Page 9

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U.S. LAUNCHES QUIZ IN BOOZE ‘frame; case Baltzell Warns Federal Agents to Stick to Facts and Abandon fraps. WIDOW IS ACQUITTED Sleuth Supplied Liquor, Then Turned on Her, Says Woman. Albert Ward, United States district attorney, today began thorough investigation of charges that Elmer Berryman, paid "snooper” for Police Chief Elmer Nighbert of Anderson, "framed” Mrs. Minnie Carmony, widow, H After questioning Berryman here morning. Ward took him to Anderson to give Mrs. Carmony opportunity to file a warrant charging Berryman with transporting liquor, Berryman then will be held for action of the Federal grand jury, which will investigate the case? jhe said. Ward declared he did not believe the widow’s charge in Federal Court Tuesday that Berryman brought a fruit jkr of alcohol to her home and told her he would bring her customers if she would buy her liquor from him. If Berryman is guilty, he should get a long penitentiary term, or if Mrs. Carmony was guilty of perjury she should be prosecuted on that charge, he declared. Brought Officers Mrs. Carmony related that the first "customers” he brought were Federal Agents Joseph Dorr and L. O. Rarick, who made "buys” and brought about her arrest later. Berryman, on the witness stand, admitted he had been paid by Chief Nightbert to “get” the widow. Chief Nighbert denied the imputation, declaring he had not mentioned Mrs. Carmony’s name to Beryman. 9 During the testimony of Agent Rarick, Baltzell became quite sarcastic. The court warned Rarick to stick to the facts and not to attempt to bolster up the case. Acquittal Approved KMrs. Carmony was acquitted by he jury after Baltzell instructed urors that if Mrs. Carmony had been “framed” she should be acquitted. “In the eyes of the court, this case is very plain. It should not take you long to reach a verdiat. , You men know what to do,” Baltzell remarked. When the verdict was announced a few minutes later, the court congratulated the jurors on their action in acquitting Mrs. Carmony. Morphine Sentences Theodore M. Bradfield of 6 W. Michigan St., convicted of narcotic violation, was sentenced to fifteen months at Leavenworth. Fred Harry Quick of 1522 Broadway, ' was sentenced to a year and a day, the same sentence being imposed on Harry E. Merriam. The case of Earl Foster, Lexington Apts., was continued until Monday. The four men were charged with conspiracy in bringing morphine here from Detroit. All but Bradfield pleaded guilty. The court sentenced Leo Davey of 555 Wilkins St., and Robert Davey of 551 Wilkins St., to ninety days in jail and fined them SIOO each for liquor law violations. Their mother, Mrs. Delia Davey, was sentenced to sixty days in jail. "Fox” Brown Sentenced

Edward ("Fox) Brown, Negro politician, was sentenced to eighteen months at Leavenworth and on a liquor charge fined SSOO. He plead- 4 ed guilty. His wife, Delilah Brown, of conspiracy, was sentenced to serve thirty days in jail. Other sentences were imposed in the Brown conspiracy case. Floyd Schuler, 1931 Howard St., was sentenced to four months in jail. Joe Wernke, 1931 Howard St., was given ninety days, while Paris Cantwell, 614 N. Liberty St., was sentenced to ninety days and S2OO fine. Others who pleaded guilty in the conspiracy case were: Margaret, Crump, Senate case maid, fifteen' days in jail; Pete Johnson, 1774 Roosevelt Ave., four months and $100; George Simmons, 1435 Roosevelt Ave., three months; William Woods! ninety days and S2OO fine; Ross Majors, 1712 E. TwentySeventh St., ninety days; Clayton Thompson, 2702 Boulevard PI., one day, and Homer Billups, 306 N. Senate Ave., one day. Two defendants in the Brown conspiracy case, Landis Johnson, 920 E. Fifteenth St., and James Barnes, 1542 Lewis St., were released Other liquor case defendants sentenced: Paul Mueller, 2540 Madison Ave., six months in jail, and Sam Pendygraft, Indianapolis, no address, sixty days in jail. Case of Walter Mueller, 2604 Madison Ave., was taken under advisement. BACKFIRE BRINGS COPS Police Answer Plea That Someone Is Shooting Up Town. Nervous neighbors in the vicinity of Market and Pine Sts., summoned the police emergency squad in charge of Sergeant Petit, Tuesday at h midnight with the exited plea, "“Come quick! Someone is running wild up here apd shooting up the neighborhood!” The squad found a bold, bad bus resenting attempts to start the motor and protesting with a volley of “backfires.” __ .

White Wig to Adorn Head of Olga Petrova

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B V United Press NEW YORK, July 13.—Olga Petrova returned from Europe today aboard the liner Paris, bringing a white whig to go with "her newly bobbed hair and the manuscript of her new play, "What Do We Know?” which was barred from England by the Lord Chancellor. The liner brought 464 passengers. Mme. Petrova admitted she had her hair bobbed over the opposition of her husband, Dr. John D. Stewart, who returned with her. She said the white wig was a late fashion in Paris, but that she bought it mainly so she could get used to gray hair.“What Do We Know?” will be produced here next season, she said. “In America, the censors object to gestures which they regard as obscene, but permit any words to go,” Mme. Petrova said. “In England they object to the wdtds, but pass any gestures.”

GIRL FLIER ON WAYTOHAWAII School Teacher Hopes to Hop Pacific. By Unifed Press MT. CLEMENS, Mich., July 13. A school teacher from a quiet Michigan villlage, where she has known adversity most of her life, Miss Mildred Doran, 22, has entered the field of adventure and hopes to be the first woman to make a transpacific flight from California to Hawaii. Accompanying Miss Doran will be Pilot Auggie Pedlar of Flint, Mich. The fliers took off here Tuesday afternoon for Long Beach, Cal., where they expect to leave for Hawaii, Aug. 11, weather permitting. Responsibility of caring for the younger children in the family fell upon Miss Doran at the age of 12, when her mother died. Not only did she succeed in this task, but because of her excellent high school record, she was awarded a scholarship to the State Normal College. She has been teaching three years.

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By United Press LONDON, July 13.—A fortnight of weather extremes, climaxed by the disastrous Holy Land earthquake, following the total eclipse of the, sun in northern Europe June 29, is alarming superstitious persons and puzzling scientists Earth shocks, dazzling lightning storms, cfoudbursts, fioods, and heat waves vkited Europe and the

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HALF OF U. S. SWELTERS IN TORRID WAVE Another Night of Humidity Faced by Region East of Mississippi. JO RELIEF IN SIGHT Mid-West Has It Easier, With Cooler Weather in •Wake of Hot Spell. By United Pr\ss WASHINGTON, July 13 v —A great heat wave covered the entire region east of the Mississippi River today. Another night of swelter and humidity was indicated. The United States Weather Bureau promised relief for the Great Lakes and Ohio valley regions by tomorrow, but Middle and North Atlantic States are not due for cooler weather until tomorrow night. The midwest, including the Missouri Valley, Minnesota, Central Plains and Central Rocky Mountain States, had it easier with cooler weather in the wake of a hot spell. Thundershowers are expected tonight in many of the areas undergoing tropical temperatures. New York Swelters Again Bn United Press NEW YORK, July 13.—New York sweltered in humidity and heat again today, although weather forecasters promised relief tomorrow. At 9 a. m. it was 78 and rising rapidly, compared to 67 at the same hour yesterday. It touched 86 once during the early part of last evening. Although the humidity was 70 today compared to 98 yesterday, the city was just as uncomfortable because of the higher temperature. The forecasters said showers tomorrow probably would end the heat. One man was drowned last night trying to cool off by swimming and emergency hospitals reported three heat prostrations. In the lower east side, where the congestion of population and the cramped quarters makes the heat the most severe problem, many slept on fire escapes and spent the night outdoors. At noon the temperature was 81.

Heat Wave Lingers Here Temperatures here will be about as high as those of Tuesday until early this evening when thunder storms and shift of the winds to from the north and northwest should bring relief, according to J. H. Armington, United States weather bureau head. Moisture-laden winds from the Gulf of Mexico were responsible for the hpt weather discomfort in Indianapolis and Indiana Tuesday, recording to Armington. With the temperature reaching a high point "hf 91 in the afternoon and staying above 80 until after midnight and a humidity 5 per cent above the average, the city suffered some of .the most disagreeable hot weather of the season Tuesday night. CONTRACT FOR AUTO NUMBER FILE SYSTEM License Bureau to Spend $17,695 Revising Title Records. Shaw-Walker Company, Indianapolis, have been awarded the contract to revise certificate of title files of the State automobile license bureau at a cost of $17,695, Mark Rhoads, bureau director, announced. Filing cards will be prepared on 700,000 of Indiana’s newest cars. These will be built into a complete file with the motor number as the index. This is the first time that motor numbers as well as license numbers have been systematically recorded. The work is expected to be completed by Nov. 1. Motor number records are expected to be of aid in tracing stolen cars and Indiana will be one of the few States having such files, Rhoads said. * MOUSE CAUSE OF CRASH / Runs Up Trouser Leg of Auto Driver and Cars Collide. By United Press FOND DU LAC, Wis., July 13. When a mouse ran up the trouser leg of O. W. Curne, he let go the wheel of his automobile and the machine crashed with a parked car. Rawson suffered a broken leg and possible internal injuries. Left Bloody Clew By Times Special GREENSBURG, Ind., July 13. A burglar who broke into two business establishments here not only obtained no loot, but left a bloody hand print as a clew. Smashing glass at the last place he visvere cut.

Disaster Grips Europe and Asia in Wake_ of_ Sun’s Eclipse

fringes of northern Africa and Asia. Palestine and Saxony where effects of floods are being felt seriously—have been the worst sufferers. Nearly every European -country, from Russia southward, has been visited by some climatic disturbance. Streets in big cities, notably Paris and London, tiave been flood'd In

INDIANAPOLIS,'WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1927

Food for Body and Soul Bought By Market Fans Right (above) is John O’Neill, 1137 Congress Ave., who has marketed at the city market for 45 years. Center (above) shows Misses Minnie and Mary Eyman, 2355 N. Meridian St., shopping for food for the body as well as food for the soul. Left, above, is Joe Budinck, who’s starting as a merchant at an early age. Below at left are Mrs. L. A. Downing and her daughter, Ruth, 1120 E. Washington St, who make the buying of flowers an important part of of their marketing. Right, below, Mrs. Nellie Shinn, 343 Hanson Ave., carries home the food supply.

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Newlyweds No Longer Go to Market, Say Veterans

‘Picnic’ Food Displaces Big Substantial Meals of ‘Good Old Days’. By ELDORA FIELD Newlyweds don’t market any more —not at least so you can notice it. Market stand keepers atjcity market say there is an almost complete passing of this class of customers. Apartment houses, automobiles and modem young persons’ multiplicity of interests, are blamed. “Why only a few years back, especially on Saturday nights, young couples with-market baskets, selecting Sunday dinner things, were as thick as hops,” asserted Mrs. Elise Loubscher, who has stood at the city market for two decades. “Their faces were bright and happy. They enjoyed marketing together, planning—and yes, economizing. Times have surely changed. Nowadays, young couples starting out in life, would think marketing zero in activities. Anyway, if they selected an overflowing basket with celery sticking out at one end, and chicken feet at the other, it would be a white elephant on their hands. “Oh pother,” they’d say “well pick up a few sandwiches some place, or have dinner out.” Questions Amusing Mrs. F. Scheer, who has watched the public by her stand for twenty-four ytt. o, also laments the passing of the Newlyweds as customers. “I rarely see a very young couple marketing together any more,” she said. “Occasionally, someone I recognize as a brand new matron will appear and her questions are often very funny. "Not long ago, a young woman, who had just gone to housekeeping in a two-by-four apartment, asked me how long she should cook eggs to have them soft boiled. ‘I allow four minutes,’ I answered. ‘I must be sure and remember that, she fluttered, ‘lf I boiled them over that, they’d be too soft, wouldn’t they?’ You see, she thought eggs, like potatoes, got softer the longer they boiled.” Didn’t Know How "Another young married woman bought a dressed chicken from me and "departed with pleased eagerness, after I had told her how long I allowed for baking a fowl. The next market day, she was back here bright and early. ‘Oh, I was so disappointed with that chicken you sold me,” she declared reprovingly “It wasKa real bitter chicken, and besides it was full of gravel.’ She had baked that chicken intact, just as it left the stand here.” “Yes, changing times show at the market here,” commented J. M. Williamson who has sold city market products for a quarter of a century. “What I notice is that folks don’t so frequently buy products that require extended cooking—like roasts fox instance—but buy great quantities of food that we once would have thought of a belonging to picnic luncheons.” A customer frequently seen at market is the middle-aged or elderly family man. John O’Neill, 1137 Congress Ave.,

sudden rainstorms, and transportation has been interrupted. In France and the British Isles it is estimated that the total rainfall since the eclipse has been 100,000,000 tons. Many persons naturally connect the storms with the eclipse of the sun, in whose path a clammy, deathlike darkness covered the earth. Scientists are discussing the possi-

has been coming to market for over forty years. "Long before these buildings were here,” he said, indicating Tomlinson Hall, “The old hay market used to be back there, and wagon loads of kindling wood were drawn up to be sold. I’ve been comiiig to market since 1882. You can imagine,,it’s changed a lot.” Many folks who come to market are not content with buying food only for their bodies, but find food for their souls in the flower stands at the north and the west of the market house. “We all have customers who come regularly to market and would think their shopping unfinished if they didn't take home a bcuquet,” commented Mrs. Della Mayhew. RENEW NEJDL BATTLE Controversy Over Constitutionality of Bill Unsettled. Contention regarding constitutionality of the Nejdl bill, passed by the 1927 Legislature, providing court appeals from public service commission decisions, may be revived again. The commissioners have sent a request for ruling in the matter to Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom. At the time of passage Gilliom declared the bill unconstitutional, but Governor Jackson signed the measure. Appeals already have been started in Marion and Lake Circuit Courts. The local case is that of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company for permission to issue notes and purchase the Peoples Motor Coach Company stock for $500,000, which \tfks turned down by the commission. , Gilliom is in Michigan on vacation. He is expected back early next week. HUSBAND IS PARK COP University Student Follows Young Wife and Reaches Jail. By United Press CHICAGO, July 13.—When Rudolph Guthrie, 21-year-old. University of Chicago student, advanced toward Mrs. Dorothy Doyle, 23, with the usual “Haven’t I met you before?” she turned away, according to her version of the story. Guthrie followed her throtigh the park. Mrs. Doyle’s husband, a park policeman, saw what had happened. Guthrie was lodged in jail. $lO FOR ONE MINNOW Two Hours’ Work Brings Arrest for Fishing Without License. Bu United Press PORTLAND, Me.. July 13.—1 t cost Joseph G. Beaute two hours’ work and $lO to catch one minnow. He was arrested for fishing without a license and fined in municipal court. When his fishing was halted he had caught one minnow, no longer than a man’s little finger.

bility, that some of the manifestations may be connected with the eclipse. Following the floods in Saxony, the sudden rise of the River Rhine is causing anxiety, a dispatch from Coblenz declares. Near Constance the river has risen more than three feet. The rivers Moselle and Necker also are rising. A huge forest fire Is sweeping

LENGEL CALLED CROOKJ.EADER Trial of Canton Police Chief •Is Under Way. Bu Untted Press CANTON, Ohio, July 13—Seranus A. Lengel, former Canton police chief, was branded as a partner of the underworld in the conspiracy to murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton publisher, as Henry Harter, Jr., county prosecutor, made his opening address to the jury today. Harter charged that Lengel joined with Ben Rudner, Massillon bootlegger; Louis Maser, Canton underworld leader; Floyd Streitenberger. then a Canton detective, and Pat McDermott, hired gunman, in a plot to kill the publisher because of his attacks on vice conditions. F. Rollin Hahn, chief of defense counsel, entered a general denial of Lengel’s participation. Hahn made an offer to Judge Frank Clevenger to have the defense admit all that the State expected to prove in regard to the conspiracy—except that Lengel had a part in it. The lawyer said that by admitting all the preliminary testimony, time would be saved and the trial could be ended by Thursday afternoon. Prosecutor Harter refused the offer. Coroner T. C. McQuate was the first witness called by the State. He told of the condition of Mellett’s body and the manner in which he was slain. RECEIVED LOOT, CHARGE Elwood Man Held in Lapel Bank Hold-Up Sequel. By Times Special * ELWOOD. Ind., July 13.—Vila Blair, 23, cigar store clerk, is held on a charge of receiving stolen property in connection with the Lapel State Bank hold-up last May. Robert Goodknight and Howard Wood are serving reformatory sentences for the robbery. One thousand dollars of the loot from the bank, carried by Goodknight in a suitcase in his automobile came into possession of Blair, it is alleged, and he burned the suitcase after removing the money. NAME FIVE NEW COPS Five new policemen from the civil service eligibility list were named by the board of safety on recommendation of Chief Claude F. Johnson. Those named: Roy H. Moistner. Melvin L. Hindman, Paul Laughery, George A. Tipps and William F. Stalcup. Patrolman Clifford Beeker was promoted to detective sergeant. Ruth Raywood, 2035 N. Meridian St., was named police stenographic clerk. Soviet Arrests Enemies Bu United Press LONDON, July 13.—Two thousand oppqpents of the soviet regime in Minsk have been arrested during the last two weeks, an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Prague says.

through the province of Bosnia. The King’s hunting lodge at Pijesak is in, danger of destruction. Cloudbursts of great severity are sweeping many portions of Russia. At Baku thirty excursionists were swept into the Caspian Sea and-are feared to have been drowned. Several workmen were drowned by the sudden rising of a river on the shore of the Black Sea, it is reported from Novorossysk,

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EDDIE STINSON WINS TROPHY IN FORD AIR TOUR Long Reliability Flight Ends; Victor Near Disaster on Last Day. Bu United Press DETROIT, July 13.—Eddie Stinson, mature and experienced pilot, was the proud possessor today of one of the most coveted awards in aeronautics, the Edsel Ford trophy. Fighting his way from Grand Rapids through a severe electrical, wind and rain storm, Stinson landed at the Ford airport late yesterday, winner of the third annual national air tour, Randolph G. Page, piloting a Hamilton metal plane, won second place. Stinson's lead, maintained from the tour start, was very nearly lost when the undercarriage of his plane broke in landing at Grand Rapids. However, repairs were made quickly. Covers 4,000 Miles The tour started June 27, and covered a distance of approximately 4,000 miles. Each plane and pilot had a definite schedule and points were awarded for making the requirements of the daily routine. The trophy was given Stinson by Edsel Ford at a banquet last night. Paul Hedfern, 25, of Savannah, Ga., who plans to make a non-stop flight from Brunswick, Ga.. to Rio De Janeiro, in a of Stinson’s manufacture, was introduced, but he did not reveal any of his plans for the 4,300-mile trip. Scores Are Tabulated Final score of the air tour, as announced by Lieut. R. G. Breene and E. P. Crocker, sqorers, follows: t Stinson-Deiroiter monoplane, Miss Wayco. Eddie Stinson pilot, 9.853.7; Hamilton metal pl'/ie. Randolph G. Page, pilot, 7,8tJ.5: Mercury, Harvey C. Mummert, pilot, 7,807; Ford transport. Dean W. Burford, pilot, 7,609; Waco, John P. Wood, pilot, 6,857; Stinson-Detroiter biplane, Leonard S. Flo, pilot, 6,286; Waco, John Paul Riddle, pilot, 5,785.5; Ryan, Frank M. Hawks, pilot, 5,688; Waco. Charles W. Meyers, pilot, 6,323; Buhl airsedan, Louis G. Meister, pilot, 5,375; Pitcairn mailwing, H. A. Elliott, pilot, 4,666.3; Waco. E. W. Clevend. pilot. 3,725.

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BUTLER GIVEN $50,000 Gift of $50,000 cash to the Butler University building fund was announced today by Executive Secretary John W. Atherton. The donor is an Indianapolis woman who desires that her name be withheld, he stated.

Near Nishni Novgorod, the tiny river, Tyesha, suddenly swelling, inundated the town of Lukoisnov, causing great damage. Scores of bridges were demolished at Odessa, and there was considerable property damage. Extremely low temperatures have been accompanied by hailstorms that have caused serious damage to crops and orchards, a correspondent in Valladolid, Spain, reports,

CLEMENCY FOR j EDITOR ASKED BY CITIZENS George Dale’s Cause Pleaded Before State Farm Trustees. HOLD SECRET HEARING Attorney Thomas V. Miller Argues 90-Day Sentence Is Unjust. Bu Times Special PUTNAMVILLE, Ind.. July 13. Three Muncie citizens and Attorney Thomas V. Miller appeared before the trustees of the Indiana State Farm today at the trustees’ hearing on the petition asking clemency for George R. Dale, Muncie editor, sentenced to serve ninety days on a contempt of court charge by Circuit Judge Clarence W. Dearth of Muncie. Dale's sentence was unjust and he should pot be forced to serve it, they told the board. Newspaper men were barred from the session. Miller Speaks First Miller went before the board first and declared that the charges which Dale published in his paper had been proved true at the impeachment trial of Judge Dearth before the Indiana Senate. Asked why he had not introduced that evidence at Dale's trial, he declared it was impossible to uncover the evidence at that time and that the impeachment trial was the only way it could have been brought out. The three men, who appeared befor the board separately after Miller had made his plea, are all Republicans who want to see justice done, he declared. Others on Hand Those who appeared in behalf of Dale were Calvin Faris, parliamentarian of the last Indiana House of Representatives: John Watson, former Muncie city engineer, and Earl Randolph. It was believed the trustees would take the case under advisement. Trustees are John R. Jones, Plymouth; J. T. Boyd, Vincennes; C. C. Huestis, Greencastle; J. C. Klingler, Brazil. Superintendent Ralph Howard sat with the trustees. Mrs. Dale and Mrs. Miller were at the hearing. Mrs. Dale presented the petition to Governor Jackson after United States Supreme Court had denied Dale's appeal from State Supreme Court's decision upholding the sentence given by Circuit Judge Clarence R. Dearth by the famous “the truth is no defense” assertion. Jackson referred the petition to the trustees. Supreme Court’s mandate is expected in Indianapolis momentarily. It will be certified to Judge Dearth, who then will be in position to force the editor who criticised him to serve time.

MAN SPEECHLESS DUE TO BULLET: FINED $1 Dry Officer’s Victim Before Federal Court at Ft. Wayne. Bu Times Special FT. WAYNE, Ind., July 13—James Lechleitner, 26, Lima, Ohio, made speechless by a bullet fired by Frank Conroy, Federal dry agent, who arrested him, was fined $1 and costs in Federal Court here. The defendant was charged with transporting liquor in bottles that did not bear revenue stamps. Others before the court Monday included Walpole Kaler, Archie Smith and Frank Kenner who plead not guilty to violating the national banking laws. Walpole was president and the other two cashiers of the defunct First National Bank of Columbia City. Virgil Kreigh, former Tocsin postmaster, plead not guilty to embezzlement of $2,957 of postoflice funds. MAYOR GETS MONSTER FISH BY BAMBOO ROD .New Jersey Village Official Angles for Shark Successfully. BEACHHAVEN, N. J., July 13— Frederick L. Clarkson, mayor of Metuchen, fishing with a party of friends, pulled in a blue nose shark weighing 155 pounds and measuring six feet four inches in length. The shark struck on a long shaft hook imbedded in a tasty morsel of squid and put up a savage fight for more than an hour, tearing round and round the boat and making vicious runs seaward. It took the adeptness of a master angler to handle the monster on a twelve-thread line and a light bamboo rod with a mere bounce tip. MACCABEES ON PICNIC Annual Outing Is Held at Brookside Park Today. Annual picnic of the Maccabees was held at Brookside Park this afternoon. A baseball game at 4 between a team from Ft. Harrison and on* mustered from the local membership of the order was to be the feature of the afternoon. A basket dinner will be served at 6:30. Dr. and Mrs. Kesler E. Trulove, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wencke and A. a