Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 98, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1927 — Page 3

SEPT. 1, 1927

FLORIDA COAST * NEW HAVEN OF BOLDJAD MEN Criminals Flock South for Liquor, Dope and Bogus .* Coin Harvest. I*l Tim cs Special WASfIINGTON, Sept. I.—Coast Guard officers today regard the region around Florida as the most hazardous in the United States lor a law-enforcement officer. More than 100 vessels engaged in running illicit liquor and narcotics have been captured in Florida waters since the early part of February. Most of the contraband is obtained In the Bahamas. The Florida bootleggers are well financed and equipped and are served by men who are apparently' determined to stick to the trade until jailed or killed. Counterfeiting and the smuggling of liquor, narcotics and aliens into Florida are among the crimes attributed to the bootleg element now active in coastal waters. Chicago Gunmen Attracted Chicago gunmen and others of their ilk have been recruited to aid the Florida smugglers. They are represented by Govern•ent officials to be of a criminal pe ever ready to assume any risk to further the profitable trade in illicit whisky and narcotics and to land at big prices aliens who, for one reason or another, are barred by American laws. Handled Liquor Only Three years ago the rum-runners off Atlantic City were the bane of the Coast Guard. They were a bold lot of marauders, and they went to any extremes to land their cargoes. They were willing to exchange shots with the Coast Guard, and frequently they did, with casualties on both sides. The Atlantic City gangs handled liquor only and kept clear of other forms of smuggling. Their brethren on the Florida coast are of a different breed. Liquor is only one of the commodities they trade in. They are more eager to smuggle “dope” which brings even higher prices than liquor. Next in importance comes the business of effecting landings for aliens who can not meet the requirements of our immigration laws at regular ports of entry. Allied With Coiners The Florida bootlegger also has alliances with skilled counterfeiters, and spurious money now in circulation in Florida and the West Indies has been traced to gangs originally attracted to Florida by the lure of enormous profits in the smuggling of liquor. The official report on the fight that took place off the Florida coast An Aug. 7, when three Government Aien were killed, has led to a determination on the part of enforcement units of the Treasury to wage relentless warfare on the criminal forces in Florida. NOTED CHICAGO LAWYER SICK AT INDIANA HOME Patrick H. O’Donnell Gravely 111 on Farm Near Burrow. By United Pres* BURROW, Ind., Sept. I.—Patrick H. O’Donnell, famous and picturesque figure in Chicago's legal political world was gravely ill at his farm near here today, his left side paralyzed following a heart attack. . Through twenty-five years practice of criminal law, O'Donnell has been considered one of the leaders of his profesison. It was not until recently that his contemporary, Clarence Darrow, achieved greater prominence. He became counsel for the Chinese in Chicago, and during, the Tong was a decade ago, traveled over most of the United States defending them. His defense of Harold Croarkin, sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of six-year-old Walter Schmith, is the most recent addition t j his record. O’Donnell is a Democrat and well known in Roman Catholic church circles. INJURIES FATAL Man Struck By Truck Succumbs at City Hospital. Samuel Garkin, 76, of 612 W. fcearl St., died at city hospital Thursday morning of injuries suffered in an auto accident late Tuesday *nlght at 1 West and Washington Sts. He was struck by a five-ton gravel truck driven by George Withered, 35 N. Liberty St., after he was confused by a driver backing his auto into a parking space on West St,, and ran directly in front of the truck, police said. Brings Son From Russia By Time Special ANDERSON, Ind., Sept. l.yJohn Newman, local steel mill worker, and a naturalized citizen of the United States, has just returned from his native Russia .with his son, now a young man, whom the father had not seen since babyhood. A daughter whom Newman also intended to bring with him remained in Russia because she preferred to stay with her grandmother.

Vacation? By Times Special BICKNELL, Ind., Sept. I. The Rev. J. M. Osborne, local pastor, is back to his duties here after spending a vacation at his home town, Confluence, In the hill region of Kentucky, during which he: Stayed with victim of drunken brawl until death came. Preached funeral for victim. Testified as principal State Witness in the case. Gave funeral sermon for victim of another shooting episdode.

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Once Humble Sandwich Now Is Idol of Bakei~s

Whole Meals Now Wrapped Between Couple of Slices of Bread. How the sandwich—once an humble thing of two slices of bread and a wedge of meat, and now likely to be anything up to a fourdecker with a whole meal inside—has grown into an important American institution, was discussed at an Indiana Bakers’ Association conference at the Severln today. ‘‘Concentration of population, the difficulty of feeding massed numbers of persons have brought the sandwich into unprecedented popularity,” declared John W. Hartley of Chicago, secretary of the Associated Bakers of America and Editor of the Bakers’ Weekly. ‘‘The old-fashioned restaurant and its stretched-out meal is a thing of the past as far as the crowded and business districts of cities are concerned.” ‘‘With the mounting popularity of the sandwich, the staff of life assumes even added importance. It is made into colorful and appetizing affairs containing everything from vegetables to fruit, a whole and concentrated meal oetween slices of bread. Every tall building that goes up, means more demand for sandwiches to feed its teeming workers.” Plans were discussed for the coming convention of the American Association of Bakers in Chicago the week of Sept. 25. BURGLARS GET S4OO IN FORAYS OF NIGHT Jewelry, Cash, and Clothing In Loot Taken From Homes. Jewelry, clothing and cash totaling S4OO was taken in four burglaries Wednesday night, police were told. A screen was cut from a rear window at the home of John Richoff, 4047 E. Washington St., while the family was away and jewelry totaling slls taken. A lock on a rear door at the home of E. L. Laydock, 715 E. McCarty St., was forced and clothing totaling sll7 was the loot. Three women employes at 36 S. Meridian St., Miss Anna Dawson, Kdiss Elsie Miller, and . Miss "Ina Foster, reported coats valued at $l2B taken from lockers at the place. Mrs. Fred Stedfelt, 110 E. FiftyFirst St., said a burglar at her home used a skeleton key and took SSO.

SHOT IN FAMILY BRAWL Man Near Death After Quarrel Over Neighborhood Affairs. A fight and shooting scrape, outgrowth of trouble between children of two neighboring Negro families; took place at 2202 Pleasant St., at 5 a. m. today. Carson Noel, 29, Negro, 2204 Pleasant St., is held in the city hospital detention ward charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. He is near death from a bullet wound in the left side, near the heart. Police said Ed Pinner, Negro, 25, of 2202 Pleasant St., fired the shot. He is a fugitive. REPORT 150 DROWNED Violent Storm Sweeps Poland and Causes Huge Lma. United Prctt BERLIN, Sept. L—Reports from Warsaw said a terrific hurricane struck the Markowce district of Poland today, causing loss of l'fe and large property damage. , The wind was accompanied by heavy rain. Extnesive foundation was reported, especially in Galicia. A dispatch irom Lemberg to the Telegraph Union today said 150 persons had been drowned in Galicia.

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to: Charles Brady, Beech Grove, Ind.. Ford, 587-309, from Capitol Ave. and Georgia St. John Kesler, 1158 E. TwentyNinth St., Ford, from 620 E. Market St. Solomon Grady, 2631 Graceland Ave., Ford, T-18-344, from in front of 3527 College Ave. Joe Bisesii, 4005 8 Keystone Ave.. Auburn, 14-660, from Market and Illinois Sts. Charles A. Stroup, 2719 /Burton Ave., Ford, from Twenty-First St. and Northwestern Ave. Irene Faust. 1526 S. New Jersey St., Buick, 40-699, from Washington St., and Delaware St. - Phil Greenwald, 26 N. Delaware St., Chev.olet, from in front of that addiess. Lee Remmetter, 960 E. Washington St., Nash, 48-219, from Broad Ripple Park. George F. Gerver, 430 E. New York St., Ford, 575-606, f rom Maryland and Meridian Sts. Harold Moeller, 815 N. Drexel Ave., Ford, from New York and Meridian Sts.

BACK HOME AGAIN

reported found by police belong to: Walter E. Forrester, R. R. O, Box 5 F, Ford, found rear of 418 W. Washington St. Allied Truck and Equipment Company, 730 E. Washington St., Ford, found at Illinois and TwentySeventh St. Mrs. Agnes Crossley, Greenfield, Ind., Ford, found at Belt Railroad and English Ave.

RETRY SWEETIN CASE Woman Convicted With Hight Gets New Chance in Court. By United Prett MT. VERNON, 111., Sept. I.—Elsie Sweetin, who had been ; convlcted of the murder of her husband and had been sentenced to thirty-five years’ imprisonment, is preparing for her retrial next week which was granted by the State Supreme court. She was convicted with the Rev. Lawrence Hight in December,- 1924, of the murder of Wilfred Sweetin. Hight received a life sentence. Last April the Supreme court ordered anew trial for her on the grounds she was denied a separate trial. PACIFIC FtIERS RETURN Goebel and Davis Are Given Quiet San Francisco Greeting. By United Pres* ■ SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. I.—Art Goebel and Lieut. William V. Davis, whose plane Woolaroc” won the $25,000 Dole trans-Pacific flight prize, returned to San Francisco, Wednesday from Honolulu. * Instead of a celebration, they were given; at their own request, quiet, simple greeting. “We’re both sad am happy,” Goebel explained. “Our sympathies are with the families of the seven fliers, who tried and lost what we tried and won." Shepherds to Hold Convention Annual f£entacostal convention of the Ancient Order of Shepherds will be held Saturday, Sept. 3, in the P. H. and C. Hall. W. A. Woodsleld, secretary, said today. Delegates are expected, from every county in the State.

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SWEAR IN NEW „ SCHOOL CHIEF Wisehart Gets Title; Miller Still Holds Office. Roy P. Wisehart of Union City, newly appointed State superintendent of public instruction, was sworn into office today in the Indiana Supreme Court clerk's office by Charles L. Biederwolf, clerk. After the brief ceremony, Wisehart failed to go to the State superintendent’s office, where a clash was expected between Wisehart and Charles F. Miller, who is attempting to hold the State Job in addition to being Indianapolis school superintendent. Upon being formally sworn in, Wisehart said his “future plans were not determined." Miller said, “I am in, that’s my advantage” and intimated that court action by Wisehart would be welcomed. Pliny Wolfard, Jackson’s secretary, said no action by the State to remove Miller is likely. “Tlfat is up to Wisehart." Wolfard said. SHIFT cops; work Johnson’s Chauffeur Goes to Field; Nephew Gets Place. Several changes were made in the police asignment slate made public today when the men changed working shifts. The old system of two detectives on emergency instead of two patrolmen was revived. This will enable plain clothes men to follow through in hold-up and murder investigations. The policy of having lieutenants pn the emergency car keeps one man in charge, according to Chief Claude F Johnson. Lee Hensley, who has acted as chauffeur to Johnson since the start of this administration, and recently passed civil service examination for a position as sergant, was assigned to field duty? Forrest Watson, nepheew of Chief Johnson, who has been assigned to the electrical department as an operator, takes Hensley’s place. Patrolmen William Brickley and Patrick Finneran were assigned to the detective department. • MRS. HOUGH BURIED Woman Had Spent Most ofgLife in Indiana. Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Smith Hough. 76, of 1819 N. Illinois St., who died early Wednesday morning at her home, after a long illness, were held this afternoon at 3:30 Burial was in Crown Hill cemetery. Mrs. Hough was born at Franklin, Ohio, where she lived for several years before coming to Indianapolis. Upon her marriage to L. G. Hough she moved to Lafayette, Ind., and lived there twelve years. • Mr. Hough died seventeen years ago and Mrs. Hough has lived in Indianapolis with her sisters. Misses Sallie and Anna Smith, since. Mrs. Hough was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.

Liars 9 Contest Bu Times SucCid^ SERVIA, Ind., Sept. I.—Liars had their inning today in this little village, a contest for prevaricators being a feature of a community day celebration. t t

STRANDED BUS TOURISTS MOAN FOR U.S. RELIEF Companies Often Refuse to Honor Tickets Sold by Other Concerns. SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. I.—Salt Lake’s position on the highway map of the United States serves to call attention very emphatically to the need for some form of regulation of interstate bus traffic. Passengers seeking cheap transportation between the Pacific coast and Eastern centers, such as Kansas City, St. Louis or Chicago, purchase tickets at their starting points which, they are assured, will furnish transportation to the desired destination. At Salt Lake, as at several other main points along the routes, they frequently find that their tickets are not honored. The bus company agents here say that the Eastern or -Wes <irn companies, as the case may be, has not,' forwarded the money. This arises from the fact that separate companies hahdle the traffic for each division. A St. Louis company, for example, may sell a ticket to Los Angeles. The selling company actually *runs busies only to Denver. Another company operates between Denver and Salt Lake, and a third between Salt Lake and Los Angeles. These various companies are supposed to have a traffic enterchange agreement. But “mistakes” continue to happen, with the result that passengers —-usually persons or families who choose the bus route because they cannot afford the higher railroad fares—and themselves stranded at division points. , There is no Federal law covering the subject, according to the United States District Attorney here. The passenger, if his claims are correct, undoubtedly would, in the instance cited, have a case at law in St. Louis, but usually he is not willing or able to go back there to bring suit. The company operating between Salt Lake and Los Angeles, has made no representations, and its refusal to carry a passenger until it receives the fare does not render it amenable to legal action in this State. • Os course, these instances develop only in a number of cases, and the bus lines contime to do a steady, and apparently a large business. But State and Federal officers alike report that complaints are made to them almost daily, and express regret that they can do nothing to remedy the situation.

Shunned

Ohio Professor Tells Teachers at Muncie True History Disliked.

By Timet Special , tUNCIE, Ind., Sept. I.—History books in Amerii__| can schools omit the truth aoout one phase of the American war for independence against Great Britain, Dr. Henry T. Colestock of Ohio University declared in addressing the Delaware County Teachers’ Institute here. Referring to the armies of George Washington and Gen. William Howe, British commander, Dr. Colestock said Howe was a Whig and gave orders that Washingtn’s forces were not to be too hard pressed. He asserted a certain history text giving this version is ' objected to by some school boards; saying the facts are not popular. Dr. Colestock declared the public’s “thumbs down” attitude on the truth, discourages learned men who wish to record history correctly and “there seems little market for their works.” WATSON FOR PRESIDENT Club Witn\6on Members Organized A Noblesvllle. Bn Timet Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Sept. 1 Six hundred persons here have organized the Watson-for-President Club and indorsed a resolution supporting United States Senator James E. Watson for the Republican for President in 1921?. Friends of the Senator from Marion, Boone, Madison and Tipton Counties, in addition to his Hamilton County supporters, attended the meetfog at which .the club was organiftd. AD CHIEF LEAVES NEWS Frank T. Carroll Joins Staff of f Scripps-Howard Paper. Frank T. Carroll, advertising director of the Indianapolis News, will become assistant general manager of the Pittsburg (Pa.) Press, a Scripps-Howard newspaper, leaving the local paper Sept. 20. Dbn U. Bridge will become advertising n anager of the News, it was announced. Earl Shea will be assistant advertising manager. SIO,OOO Fire at Foundry b Tima Special ANDERSON, Ind., Sept. I.—Fire caused SIO,OOO damage at the Lavelle foundry here Wednesday afternoon. Firemen worked two hours before the blaze was under control. p Lawyer Gravely 111 By United Prett BURROWS, Ind., Sept. I.—Conditions of Patrick H. O’Donnell, prominent Chicago attorney, continued critical foday following a relapse. He is suffering from paralysis.

Royalty Defies Ocean

' The 63-year-old Princes* Lowen-stein-Wertheim, with Capt. Leslie Hamilton (above) and CoL F. F. Minchin (right), is on her way from Upavon, Wiltshire, England, to Ottawa, Canada, in the plane St. Raphael. The princess, a licensed pilot, has flown for a number of years.

DRUGGIST DIES IN LAKE PLUNGE Retired Business Man Is Drowning Victim. The body of a m,an drowned in Shannon Lake, ten miles south of the city Wednesday night, today was identified at city morgue as that of Julius Laude, 57, retired druggist, 2321 Shelby St. Hi sdaughters, Emma and Loretta Laude. who lived with him, identified the body. They declared he went to the lake Wednesday night to meet a friend. Coroner Keever say* his Investigation indicated that Laude slipped off a bank into the lake while in a stupor. Laude came here from Germany when 2 years old. He operated drug stores at Raymond and Shelby Sts. and In the 2200 block of Shelby St. for about thirty years. Miss Eleanor Laude and Mrs. Wil r liam Mott, also living at the father’s home, are other survivors. Funeral services will be held at Blasengymn funeral parlors, 222S Shelby St., at 2 p. m. Saturday, with burial In Memorial Park cemetery. OLD PLANES DOOMED 11 -Year-Old Machines to Be Burned at Airport. Five eleven-year-old Government planes assigned to the* 113th Observation Squadron at Stout-Cox Airport, Mars Hill, are being dismantled by squadron officials and wlh be burned Friday. The planes have completd their quota of flying hours and have been ordered destroyed by the Government. Three new Curtiss observation planes will take their place within a few weeks, Adjt. Gen. William H. Kershner said. * The plane in which Robert A. Gordon, observation squadron mechanic, and Mrs. Vivian Jackson, 1044 Reisner St., were killed last week, was to be destroyed. Motors, Instruments and propellers will be salvaged, Kershner said. Special Army orders have been received from Washington against taking photogrsyphs of the burning, Kershner said. r STAGES ONE-MAN RIOT Bystanders Take Sides and Wife Beater’s Fight Spreads. By United Press WASHINGTON, Sept. I.—Robert M. Kendall was in jail today charged with beating his wife, striking his mother-in-law, breaking a policeman’s arm and Inciting a small riot. Summoned to Kendall’s home, Policeman Orville Staples placed him under arrest. Kendall fought. Staples’ arm caught through the bannister and broke. They struggled to the street. Several taxi drivers rushed to the officer’s assistance. Several Negroes yelled, “Let ’em fight,” and joined the fray against the chauffeurs. The patrol wagon arrived to settle the argument. Jubilee at Alexandria By Times Special ALEXANDRIA, Ind., Sept. I.—A baby show, hog callers contest and old fiddlers contest aire on the program of Alexandria’s first homecoming Jubilee which opened today to continue the remainder of the week. Two Held on Liquor Charges Two men arrested by prohibition agents under George L. Winkler, administrator, were lodged In Jail Wednesday afternoon when they were unable to furnish bond set by United States Commissioner John W. Kem. They were Charles A. Hyman, 1436 Astor t., and Garland Snelpps of the same address.

MORE ‘GAS’JURNED More Than 6 Millions Spent by Motorists in July. Indiana motorists burned approximately $6,250,000 worth of gasoline during July, according to August collection figures announced today by A. N. Bobbitt, State gas tax collector. Collections are made in the current month for gas used the month before. Total tax collection in August were $1,052,812.68, an increase of $105,626.84 over August, 1926. This tax was collected on 35,092,756 gallons used in July, an increase of 3,493,044 gallons used in the same month last year. Os the total amount collected $32,498.73 was reftftided to persons using the gasoline for other purposes than driving automobiles. INJURED IN ACCIDENT Woman Thrown Through WindShield When Car Crashes., Mrs. Elizabeth Aebker, 28, of 21£5 Madison Ave., was painfully Injured by flying glass when she lost control of her car at Lexington and Grover Sts. and crashed into a light pole today. She was thrown through the windshield. Mrs. Aebker was taken to Methodist Hospital.

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PASSPORT RUSK HEAVY DESPITE! COLD SHOULDER Americans Go to Europe, and Europeans Come t Here, Ignoring Snubs, j WASHINGTON, Sept. I.—Uncle Sam’s reputed leadership in the world’s unpopularity contest Is not causing American citizens to stay at home, nor dampening the desire of foreigners to come here. According to the passport division of the State Department, more passports are being Issued this year than in any previous year. "And, according to estimates from Government official abroad, there are about 1,500,000 people awaiting an opportunity to come to - this country. This number—approximately sen times as great as the immigration quotas can accommodate—ls rehave changed little during the last year. During the first seven months, according to the State Department passport division, 138,641 passports were issued, an increase of approximately 6,000 over the same period last year. Number of passports issued during August is reported to be about the same as last year, but does not reflect the Increase! resulting from the American Legion convention -in Paris. The Legionnaires, by arrangement with foreign governments, travel on special permits, not passports. The countries where there is the most widespread anxiety to get to the United States are located in southern and eastern Europe, where approximately 1,000,000 people seek admission—with a yearly quota of only 20,447. In western Europe the pressure is much less, and in some countries, such as France, there is doubt whether the entire quota will be exhausted. FLOWERS TO BE FIRST HERE BY AIR EXPRESS Orchids Sent to City Firm by California Grower. A dainty box of California orchids will arrive in Indianapolis Friday afternoon, having left San Francisco at 7 this morning. It will be delivered to Bertermann Bros., florists at 241 Massachusetts AVe., and will constitute the first air express delivery ever made here. “In something like thirty-two hours from the time those orchids were pulled from their stems In California, they will be on display in Indianapolis,” ''Said J. W. pill, local manager of the American Railway Express Cos. Dill predicts that in less than a year “Indianapolis will have an air port and air express delivery will bo common.” The flowers are traveling by plane to Chicago, will be relayed here by train, and delivered in the usual manner. NATIVE OF STATE #D!ES Mrs. Henry Gathman Survived by Twenty-Five Grandchildren. Twenty-five grandchildren survive M”s. Henry Gathman, 71, of 614 N. De Quincy St., for whom funeral services were conducted this afternoon at her home. Mrs. Gathman died Tuesday night after a five-weeks illness. Burial was in Crown Hill cemetery. She was born in Shelby County and. has lived In Indianapolis for the last seven years. Besides her grandchildren. Mrs. Gathman leaves a brother, Alphonsus Mahan of Indianapolis; a cpn, Montie B. Gathman, Detroit; and two daughters, Mrs Harry Dahl, and Mrs. Claude Fort.