Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 57, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 July 1927 — Page 1

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ALL GAS GONE AS SEA FLIERS LANDON ISLE Amazing Feat Accomplished by Smith and Bronte on Hawaiian Flight. HONOLULU PLANS FETE Aviators Taken From Lonely Landing Place to Hotel by Plane. BY H. R. EKINS United Press Staff Correspondent HONOLULU, July 16. While Ernie Smith and Emory Bronte were sleeping here early today, Honolulu was preparing to give them an ovation equal to that given Lieutenants Maitland and Hegenberger, two weeks ago. Aviators here considered the feat of Smith and Bronte entirely as great as that of their predecessors. The distance flown by Smith and Bronte was about 100 miles less 1 than the distance of the army plane, but their time also was 23 minutes less than that of the Bird of Paradise-. The army fliers landed at Wheeler Field 25 hours and 49 minutes after they left Oakland airport. Smith and Bronte landed on Molokai, 25 hours and 26 minutes lifter they had taken off from the same runway. Landing Is Skillful As far as the landing is concerned army fliers who saw the plane Friday say the fact that the men escaped without injury was due only to the skill of the ship’s pilot. The City of Oakland used .only 370 gallons of gasoline against more than 1,000 gallons for the big Fokker. The Bird of Paradise held 1,140 gallons when it started across the ocean. i The reason the fliers were unheard from for four hours Thursday was because their radio antenna broke I Although Bronte worked for two ' hours rigging up an emergency aerial, it was carried away as soon as it was finished. Their motor stopped dead soon after they had sighted the Island of Molokai, they explained, and they glided to land without a drop of gasoline in the tanks. Planes Sent to Molokai The first man who greeted the fliers on Molokai was Judge Edward McCorrison of Kaunakakai, United Press correspondent and magistrate of the island. He wired the United Press office at Honolulu and took Smith and Bronte to his home. Later Smith wired Capt. Lowell Smith, round-the-world flier at Wheeler Field, Honolulu, and asked him what they should do next. Captain Smith responded- by sending a squadron of army planes to the island to bring the airmen to Honolulu. They arrived at Wneeler field at 3:48 p. m. (8:18 p. m. Indianapolis Time). The fflers told the United Press they had foggy weather throughout the trip and that they sent out SOS Signals when their fuel supply was running low and thejA didn't know how far they were from land. Buck Head Winds , The ship behaved perfectly throughout the flight,” said Smith. “Things couldn’t have been better, except for the landing.” He revised this rosy account by adding that they had to buck head winds all the way, which caused thj I plane to consume more gas than they had anticipated. “It was foggy during the daylight hours and we never saw the surface of the sea from the time we left San Francisco Bay,” he said. Captain Smith took-charge of the fliers when they reached Honolulu, going to the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Refreshed by a light meal, the fliers refused to go to sleep and asked to go for an automobile ride. Captain Smith took the for an evening drive around the Island before they turned in. FIND HUMAN SKELETONS Workmen Excavate Hamlin Mound Near Worthington Bu Times Special WORTHINGTON, Ind., July 16. Human skeletons are being dug from the Hamlin mound on the Baker Lowe farm a quarter mile west of here. Dr. W. N. Logan of Indiana University is directing the excavation work with the object of obtaining data proving the existence of a race antedating the Indians. Besides the skeletons, the mound Is yielding beads, earthen ware, hammer stones and flints. TOWN SUED FOR $4,400 Chesterfield’s Dark Traffic Signal Blamed in Auto Crash. Bu Times Special CHESTERFIELD, Ind- July 16. This town faces two damage suits asking a total of $4,400 as the result I of an auto accident ascribed to a traffic signal light being off at 4 o’clock in the morning. Their auto crashed into the signal, ftcocrdlngvo complains in the suits of Paul L .Todd and Robert Brewster, Muncie, both of whom ' were j hurt.

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Pair Challenge Pacific With Second-Hand Plane; Win

Emory Bronte (left) and Ernie Smith today were receiving the acclaim on the aviation world today for their feat in flying from Oakland. Cal., to the Island of Molokai, in the Hawaiian group, ip a second-hand plane. They landed safely late Friday, their gas tanks empty, after a perilous dash over the Pacific. Smith is a former air mail pilot. Bronte is navigator of the plane.

LENGEL CASE IS READYFORJURY Judge Expects to Give Charge Before Noon. By Unite# Press CANTON, Ohio, July 16.—Fate of Saxanus A. Lengel, former police chief, probably will be decided today by the seven women and five men, who have heard him charged with the murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton Daily News publisher, exactly one year ago. While Rollin Hahn of Youngstown, Lengel s defender, shouted his argument for acquittal, Former United States Senator Atlee Pomerene a r ew blocks away prepared to lay ths corner stone of a memorial to the slain publisher, anew plant of the Canton Daily News. Common Pleas Judge Frank M. Clevenger expects to charge the Lengel jury by noon. * C. B. McClintock will close the argument for the State, demanding for the fourth time a first degree murder verdict for one accused of the assassination. Mrs. Florence Mellett, John and Lloyd Mellett, brothers of the murdered publisher, and Mrs. Lengel and the chief’s daughter, Daisy, faced each other across the packed courtroom. GRAIN PRICES FALL Fifth Day of Declines on Chicago Market. By United Press CHICAGO, July 16.—Today’s opening brought no relief for tumbling grain prices, and first quotations were lower. Wheat was 4 to 1% lower than the previous close; corn was % to 1% lower, and oats were %to % lower. This is the fifth successive day for lower prices in all grain pits here. Cables from Liverpool were lower than expected and played Important part in sending prices down here. Wheat buying was held in check by continued excellent weather in the northwestern spring wheat belt, movement of the new business. cro pin the southwest, and no export Corn continued to be under liquidation of longs, withal traders watching the weather. So far it has been most advantageous to the growing crop. Unless some unexpected buying influence enters this pit, prices will continue to be low while the weather favors the new crop. Harvest conditions > for the oats crop were reported to be fair, but the commercial demand is slow, .and this pit is guided by prices of other grains. Provisions opened unchanged. NEIGHBORS AID FARMER Crops Cared for Tenant, Stricken by Illness. COWDEN, 111., July 16.—Stricken by illness in the midst of his summer farm work, David Welch, tenant upon an eighty-acre farm near here, was worried about his work. Sympathetic neighbors, decided to complete the plowing, discing and planting. Twenty-six of them assembled, bringing nineteen head of horses, twelve discs, five harrows and six planters. By, working from sunup until dusk the entire job was completed in a single day.

CIVIL WAR THREAT GROWS IN AUSTRIA

By United Press BERLIN, July 16.—Military, gendarmerie and police throughout Austria were held in readiness for emergencies today, it was reported from Innsbruck, in the Austrian Tyrol. The general strike movement. It was said, has extended into the provinces. Railwaymen in the Tyrol laid down their tools at 5 a. m. today, halting aU trains. Communication wa ' hampered seriously by censorshpi. An eye-witness who arrived at QUICKSAND MAY COVER TRAGEDY Abandoned Bicycle, Shirt of Boy Are Found. An abandoned bicycle and boy’s shirt, initialed “L. R.,” found near abed of quicksand at White River and Pleasant Run, are believed by police to tell a tragic story of how a 13 or 14-year-old boy met death Friday. The clews were found early Friday evening by C. O. Willis, 438 Terrace Ave., searching for a neighbor boy, "Bud’’ Petro, 11, son of Mrs. Bessie Petro, 1142 N. Illinois St. The boy's mother said the shirt was not her son's. He had no bicycle. Willis came upon footprints of a man and barefoot boy and.marks of a bicycle several hundred:, yards before the trail, leading through swampy ground, ended. The boy’s footprints ended in the quicksand, where the bicycle and shirt were found, while those of the man continued up the steep bank of the creek on the other side, police found. Police do not believe the man could have carried the boy up the steep bank -'Without leaving traces. Willis almost lost his life in following the tracks. He stepped into the quicksand and sank to his waist before wrenching loose. EDITOR-FLIER IN STORM Van Lear Black Reaches Basrah After Forced Landing Along Coast. By United Press BASRAH, Asiatic Turkey, July 16. —Van Lear Black, publisher of the Baltimore Sun, arrived today in’ his Fokker air yacht from BunderAbbassi. He said he had intended to fly from Bunder-Abbassi direct to Bagdad, but was forced by a sandstorm to land on the Persian coast and spend the night in a village.

No Horse Listed on Gov. Jackson's Tax Return

The horse and saddle which Governor Ed Jackson says he sold to D. C. Stephensote for $2,600, receiving acheck for that amount in October, 1923, was not listed by the Governor in his personal property for taxation in 1923 and 1924, scrutink of Warren Township assessor’s records showed today. The horse is believed to have been “The Senator,” an animal traced from Governor Jacksons former hotne, 3850 B. Washington 6t., to the

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Prague from Vienna at midnight said the situation was verging on civil war and would become critical unless the federal government, and Viennese socialists arrived at an agreement today. The socialist party, fnd the trade unions appeared determined to eject the government. However, it was reported that the republican guard seemed to have the situation under control. An unconfirmed Vienna dispatch to the Berlin Tageblatt said looting had broken out in the Austrian capital and that palls of smoke hung over the city. Death List at 60 By United Press v VIENNA. July 16.—TSy telephone to Berlin and London)—Sixty persons were killed and between 300 and 400 wounded in yesterday’s riots between socialists and police, it was estimated today. The dead and wounded included many police. Except for minor rioting in Vienna and at Neustadt, it was quiet throughout the country during the night. The general strike, called in support of the socialists’ retaliatory riots over the acquittal of Austrain Fascists accused of murder, affected the entire country. The cabinet met last night and decided to convoke parliament as soon as possible. The Socialists were demanding a reorganization of the government. It was believed that a coalition cabinet might be created with Socialists participating. Report Order Restored By United Press LONDON. July 16.—The Austrian minister here announced today he had received an official telegram from Vienna stating that order had been restored. The situation is well in hand of authorities and all possible precautions have beep taken to prevent further disturbances. SENTENCE SUSPENDED Carpenter Fine Only $25 in Beating of Brother-in-Law. Ofal Carpenter, 22, of 1437 Prospect 6t„ Charged with beating his brother-in-law, Walter Neal, 13, With a strap, was fined $25 and given a suspended flftecn-day State Farm sentence by Municipal Judge Paul C. Wetter Thursday, instead of SSO fine and thirty-day farm sentence, as reported to The Times. Mrs. Carpenter, the boy’s sister, testified for her husband. The boy's face was not scarred by the beating. Louis Nagel, 1425 Prospect St., preferred the cruelty to children charge on which Carpenter was tried. It was reported the wife made the charge.

Irvington Stables in Bonna Ave., where Stephenson paid its bills, thence to the fruit farm of Bert Schultze, former close friend of Steve, near Laurel, Ind. The horse choked to death on a corncob eighteen months ago, according to Schultze, who said the horse was a gift from Stephenson and could not have been worth more than S3OO. Jackson s personal tax return for 1923 not only does not show a horse

ALLEY PAVING ; IS CRITICISED Property Owners Ask City to Require Change. Ten property owners allege an alley from New York to Michigan St. between Chester and Oarfleld Aves., paved with concrete by Abel Brother?, did not meet, with city specifications in a petition filed with the board of works. They declare that the alley was cut two feet while specifications called for one foot drop in the alley level. “Proper drainage could have been secured without dropping the alley level so much. The deep “cuts” are unnecessary and very unsatisfactory.” said J. C. Van Sickle, 316 Garfield Ave. Garages are above the grade line, requiring special approaches, residents said. The petition asked the board to correct the condition before accepting the job. Virgil Vandagrifft. board of works president, ordered City Enginer Paul R. Brown to investigate. INDIANA NOT BROKE Citizens May Be, but State Has $18,093,647. Indiana has a total of $18,093,647 hi the treasury to meet expenses siccording to the report of Auditor L. S. Bowman to Governor Jackson on State finances as of July 1. V The report was made at request of Jackson and included figures on the balances in the various funds since 1920. There now is $12,850,471 in the general fund and $5,243, 175 in all other funds, Bowman reported. On July 1, 1920, the total balance was $8,738,165. The balance rose gradually each year and in 1926 amounted to $16,452,718. Bowman points out that Indiana is one of five State with no bonded indebtedness and ope of the three States with no debt. ACCIDENTS ADVERTISED Legion Puts Up Sign Listing Auto Crash Deaths. By United Press KNOXVILLE. Tenn.. July 16.—A signboard showing the number of persons killed by automobile in Knox county each month has been erected by the local chapter of the American Legion in a campaign to reduce automobile accidents. The sign carries a cross for each person killed and compares the number of deaths this year with those in 1926.

and saddle, but also does not list the total value of all Jackson’s personal property at anywhere near $2,500. The return, filed by Jackson, on March 17, 1923, shows $613 for personal property. Various persons who knew of the horse in Irvington have stated that the horse was in the Governor's possession for several months, but they are hazy about whether this was in 1923 or 1924. ‘ On March 10, 1924, according to the record, Mrs. Jackson the

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POtICE ARMY TO HALT HUGE KLANPARADE Armored Cars and Riot Guns to Enforce Detroit Ban on Procession. - ■■ m . 15,000 GATHER IN CITY Permit for March Is Denied; Every Officer on Force Is Called Out. By United Press DETROIT, July 16.—Every policeman in Detroit was on duty today to prevent** Ku-Klux Klan parade in the city. Approximately 15.000 Klansmen from Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana were encamped at the State fairgrounds. Their representatives recently were denied permits to stage a parade by both the Detroit and Highland Park city councils. The klansmen gave no Indication that they would attempt to parade without permission, but police officials said they had been informed the attempt would be made and that they would use all their power to prevent it. Armored cars, loaded with tear bombs and riot guns were parked at the suburban police stations nearest the fairgrounds, but Police Superintendent James Sprott said they would not be useo to stop the parade unless a great emergency arose. The procession; it was understood, would go from the fairgrounds to downtown Detroit past the Ford Motor Company Highland Park j plant.

Opening Markets

By Initerf Prc** NEW YORK. July 16.—Evidence that traders were anxious to get out of the market over the week-end was seen in early dealings on the stock market today. After opening at 206'*, General Motors, which Friday usurped market leadership from United States Steel, sold off to around 205. United States Steel, after a steady opening at 125%, sold off fractionally. However, there were a few issues which encountered a fair amount of support. These were Texas Gulf, Hudson Motors. Radio, Westinghouse. Southern Pacific and Mack Truck,. 11 of which we-e fractionally higher. Although attendance In commission houses was cut down to a minimum by the extreme heat, the market maintained a fairly brisk pace in early dealings. Bullish enthusiasm gained additional stimulus from week-end mercantile reviews, which described trade conditions, showing remarkable vigor for the season. This indication of general business health kept the main body of stocks goiS* in good style. Erie common continued the outstanding feature of the rails, rising to a further record high. —July 1G ■ ■ Allied Chem I}% Amer Can til** Amer Car Foundry >5 Ko 1W siting J2> •n jpte> w i‘*.1’.'.7.7.77.7.7.' Jvi Chicago At Northwestern 88% Chryaler 4V. Coca Cola 117}* Cons Gas .104', Dodge Famous Players 89 1 Fletsehmann *2% General Asphalt 73 General Electric 118 General Motors . .206*, Orest Northern pfd *B% Hudson Motor 83% Mack 97% Mtd-Contl Pete 29’* Mont Ward *7% N Y. N H At H $% Nash 79% Pan-Amer Pete (Bi 55% Reading US’* Rep Iron and Bteel S5 Sinclair IJJ4 S. 0.. N. J : 88% Stewart Warner TO*. Texas Oil 4T% Timken 108*4 V. S. Alcohol 84% V. 8. Steel 135% Wtllys-Overlsnd 17% Yellow Truck 30% New York Curb Opening —July IS— Bid. Aak. Cities Bervice 45% 45% Cont Oil 17V, 17% Durant 7% 7% Ford (Canada i 542 545 Humble OU .. *9% 58% Indiana Pipe W% 70 Int Pete 88% 29 Imperial Oil Canada 48% 43% Marmon 48% 48 Ohio Oil . 59% TO Prairie Pipe ? 178 ISO Prairie Oil At Oas 48% 48% Reo 81% 21% Stutz 14% 15 Standard Oil (Indiana! 88% 61% Standard Oil (Kansasl 16% 17 Standard OH (Kentucky) ....181% 122% Vacuum Oil ...f 131% 132%

family personal tax assessment list. This time the total amount was given as $Bl5. This however, apparently did not satisfy the assessor, for the amount was raised to $965. Jesse Lowes. 5442 Hibben Ave.. Warren Township assessor, said that he did not remember examining Jackson’s assessment lists in 1923 and 1924. but that if he did he probably merely glanced at them and passed them on to the county assessor, having no knowledge of a horse.

Cal’s Pet Dies Ei/ Unite.t l Press RAPID CITY, S. D., July 16. —Prudence Prim, one of the President's pair of tfliite Collies, has sqcpimbed to distemper contracted a week ago. The dog died at the cavalry camp veterinary hospital In spite of the efforts of doctors to save It. Rob Boy. the other Collie, has not shown symptoms of the malady.

SCORES DIE 0 F INTENSE HEAT Suffering Grows 'in East as No Relief Comes. (By United Press) The East's relentless heat wave continued unabated today, adding to the death toll and assuring a sultry week-end which will cause record crowds to go to the beaches. Five more deaths in New York City and the same number in New England today brought the total for the four torrid days to 123. New York City, with a total of twenty-four, still was heading the list. The Weather Bureau said relief might come by Monday. A tabulation of deaths as reported to the United Press follows: New York, twenty-four; New • Jersey, nineteen; Pennsylvania, nineteen; Ohio, 14; New York State outside city, eleven; New England, thirteen; Chicago, ten; Washington, two; Baltimore. four; Detroit, two; West Virginia, five. ft Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 72 8 a. m ... /. 75 7 a. m 74 9 a. m 77 10 a. m 75

Local Livestock Opening Hogs—Receipts. 6.000; market, mostly 25 to 50 cents lower; top, $lO 40; bulk, $910.35. Cattle-Re-ceipts, 200. Calves—Receipts, 400; market. 50 cints to $1 lower; best vealers, sl4. Sheep and lambs—--1 Receipts, 400; market little done. . . Chicago Livestock Opening Hogs—Receipts, 4,060; market, steady to 20 cents lower; holdovers. 7,000. Cattle—Receipts, 300. Sheep and lambs—Receipts. 4.000. Chicago Grain Opening By United Press CHIC AGO. July J 6-Wheat—July, off 14; September, eff 4; December, off 4. Corn. July, unchanged; September, off 4; December, off 14. Oats—July, off N; September, off •Y: December, off %. Provisions unchanged. NORMAL CHIEF NAMED Lemuel Pittenger New President at Muncie School. A second politico-educational ward was bestowed upon State Representative Lemuel A. Pittenger. Selma, Friday, when Btate Normal School trustees meeting at the Columbia Club elected him president of Ball Teachers College at Muncie. In this, as in his recent appointment to the State education board. Pittenger succeeds the late Benjamin Burris. Many other candidates were mentioned for the presidency, but Pittenger final! jr was chosen by unanimous vote. A member of the lower house of Indiana Legislature since 1923. Pittenger entered the ring for speakership against Harry Leslie at the 1927 session. He wound up by accepting Republican floor leadership. Educated at Indiana University, Pittenger has taught school at various places in the State and has been a member of the Muncie Normal staff for some time. Since Burris' death he was acting head Trustees also inspected plans for the $140,000 teachers’ training building to be erected at the school. FLORIDA BACK ON MAP Real Estate Company Incorporation Papers Are Filed. Recovery of Florida real estate from effects of the disastrous storm is indicated by the filing Os a Florida real estate company's incorporation papers with the secretary of State yesterday. Such, filing Is required for them to operate In Indiana. The company Is the Fellsmere Estates Corporation and Is selling real estate at Fellsmere. Fla. Notice of dissolution of the De Lohg Securities Company. Indianapolis, was filed by A. Bmith Bowman. president. Upton Note and Mortgage Company, Indianapolis, was Incorporated by J. V. Tobin, F. C. Tucker and Estes Duncan. . Ambassador Apt. Hotel. Ri- isfrl. Comfortable, beautiful, reasonable. —Adv.

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PRESS PROBE DESPITE‘HALT’ FROM STEVE Former Dragon Orders His Attorney to Stop Flow of Documents. QUIZ ‘MYSTERY’ WOMAN Prosecutors Continue to Delve Into Information Given Them. Marion County prosecutors today received without comment news from Michigan City that D. C. Stephenson had ordered his Indianapolis attorney. Lloyd O. Hill, to stop giving out his documents. Prosecutor William H. Remy. Deputy William H. Sheaffer an.l Special Deputy Emsley W. Johnson conferred in the grand Jury room. With them a woman in a black and white dress, unfamiliar to reporters who have watched the goings and comings from the grand Jury room since the Stephensonlsnv investigation started last fal. Hill conferred with Stephenson Friday afternoon at Indiana State Prison. Silence I* Ordered “Stephenson told me that he rather would wait, until after the Supreme Court has announced its decision before making public any more documents and ordered me to remain silent in. the political cor--1 ruption matter until further notice," ! said Hill.* Stephenson, he said, believes the public has gained the impression that he is trying to battle his way to freedom with the documents and he does not desire that. His appeal from conviction for the murder of Madge Oberholtzer is pending in Supreme Court. Wants to Prove Case YJliss issued a statement saying tnbt the documents he has released so far were for the purpose of showing that Stephenson "was not altogether a liar and a four-flusher " “The statement of the Governor was as unfortunate as it was silly and ridiculous.” safe! Hill. He states that Stephenson is trying to blackmail him. Scoffs at ‘Blackmail' "Blackmail him for what? No. he has never asked the Governor for a pardon and never will ask him for one. Further, he wouldn't accept a pardon from him on a silver platter because of the disgrace that would go with it.” INDIANA’S FLOAT WINS Elka Delegation Take Honor* In Cincinnati Parade. It took $1,200. nine maidens, and the artistic genius of W. A. Tread of Terre Haute to win first prise of SI,OOO for the Indiana state delegation’s float in the Elks' parade at Cincinnati Friday. The announcement that the SI,OOO would go to the Indiana delegation was made today. The float consisted of two papier mache Elks being driven by one of the maidens, while the other eight rode In a golden chariot against a white background. The figure of Miss Indians, who drove the Elks, was draped in green veils. The float was dismantled after the parade, which lasted an hour. It cost the Indiana Elks S2O a minute for the time It was In use, ROLLS HOSE: JUDGE WAIT Flapper's Bare Knee Alow* Up Machinery of Jnstlee. ELKINB. W. Va.. July l&—Judge William E. Baker and his court waited today while Bessie Smith. 16 wiled her hose. t Bessie, an attractive flapper, wts taking the witness stand to testify In a liquor case. As she made herself comfortable in the stiff chair she exposed a knee and incurred the criticism of the court. Judge Baker ordered the girl from the stand and told her to rearrange her clothing. She retired to an anteroom and rolled her stockings. CLIMB BY MOTORCYCLES Event to Be Held Saturday on HUI Near Ft. Wayne Bu Times Special COLUMBIA CITY, Ind., July 16. —A motorcycle hill climb, divided into five events, will be held Sunday afternoon on the Tonkfl road, at the Brlnker farm, twelve miles northeast of Ft. Wayne. Motorcyclists from Indianapolis. South Bend. Muncie, Marlon and Richmond, Ind., and from Detroit. Grand Rapids, Jackson, Lansing and Kalamazoo. Mich., are entered SETS RINGER RECORD Bu Times Special MONTPELIER. Ind., July 16. Jimmy Risk of thia city, Indiana's boy wonder horseshoe pitcher, has set anew world record of 87 ringers out of 100 trials. He afede the record. bettering by two the previous mark, on an eastern tour which he has not yet completed. Risk dans to enter the national .. tournament at Duluth, MUn* r