Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 114, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 September 1927 — Page 2

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STRESSES NEED OF STATE WIDE UTILITIES RULES Essential for Protection of Public and Companies, Says Wilde. "State-wide regulation of public Utilities is absolutely essential both for protection of public utilities and continued efficient functioning of utilities,” was the keynote of a speech by Carl Wilde, Indianapolis, today at the eighth annual convention of the Indiana Telephone Association at the Claypool. Wilde, who formerly was dirAtor of service for the public service commission of Indiana, was the first speaker on the morning program. “Regulation of public utility rates by charter, franchise or contract is unwise, because it is inflexible,” he said. “Abolishment of State-wide regulation where it has once been obtained, would be a calamity both to the utilities and the public.”

Warning to Public F. B. MacKinnon, Chicago, president of the United States Independent Telephone Association, sounded a warning to the public to analyze statements of investment houses offering telephone securities. Frank E. Bohn, Ft. Wayne, vice president and general manager of the Home Telephone and Telegraph Cos., spoke on “The Safety and Security of Our Business.” A. L. Stadermann, Terre Haute, secretary and engineer of the Citizens Independent Telephone Company, spoke on “Engineering As Applied to the Teelphone Business.” The talk was a technical outline of telephony. Technical Problems Talked C. L. Jones, Athens, Ohio, president of the Ohio Independent Telephone Association and the Athens Home Telephone Company, gave an outline of technical and business problems confronting telephone companies in Ohio. The afternoon session was given over to technical discussion. A banquet in the Riley room of the Claypool this evening will close the day’s session. Frederick Landis, Logansport, will speak. OPENING CONVOCATION OF TERM HELD ATI. U. President Bryan Speaks j Freshman Event pn Sept. 28. By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind/Sept. 21. The first convocation of the present term at Indiana University was held today with President William Lowe Bryan speaking. Freshman convocation will be hold Sept. 28 with Dean C. J. Sembower, Mrs. Grace Philputt Young and Dr. Alford C. Kinsey as speakers. 4 The convocation schedule for the term, following the first two, has been announced as follows by Dr. Will Scott, convocation committee chairman: Oct. s—Plano recital by Mrs. Charles A. Mosemlller of the I. U. School of Music. Oct. 12—RUey birthday program bv B. L. Pogue of Taylor University. Oct. 19—Lecture by Auguste V. Desclos. assistant superintendent of education in Prance. > Oct. 26—Violin recital by Miss Winifred Merrill of the I. U. Bchool of Music. Nov. 9—Lecture on Russia by A. L. McKenzie, a newspaper man, who recently returned from Russia. Nov. 16—Music recital by Prof. D. D. Nye of the X. U. School of music. Nov. 20—Lecture by Mrs. Caroline Dale Owen Snedaker of New Harmony, on Robert Dale Owen. Dec. 7—Plano recital by Prof. Ernest HofTztmmer of the I. U. School of Music. Dec. 14—University orchestra program. Jan. 4—lllustrated lecture on “Wild Animal Outposts." by William Finley. Jan. 11—Play by play, acting class of the university. Jan. 18—" Student Life in the Middle Ages,"-bv Robert Rait of Scotland. Jan. 25—University band program. Glass flowers, already popular as table decorations, are now to appear as trimmings for hats and in chapiets for brides. . Found Lasting Relief For Asthma Was Better in 4 Days. Trouble Left and Has Never Returned. Folks who have sat up and choked all night from asthma or bronchial trouble, will be glad to learn how W. H. Hughes, 1154 W. 28th St., Indianapolis, got entirely rid of the disease. He writes: “I suffered severely from asthma for S years. I choked up, and had to sleep sitting up In a chair, often for 2 days at a time, I didn’t take my clothes off. 1 had no appetite, could work only half the time, and life was absolute misery. Just before I began taking N'aeor In April, 1920, I was completely down, unable to work and didn’t go to bed for 3 weeks. In four days, relief came and I could sleep in bed without trouble. I formerly weighed 228 pounds. Asthma took me down to 160 pounds. I am bnck up to 202 pounds, feeling fine and have never bad a return of the asthma.” Yon will enjoy reading many other letters from people who have recovered after years of suffering from asthma, bronchitis and severe chronic coughs, and have had no return of the trouble. These letters and also ar interesting booklet giving information of vital Importance about these diseases, will be sent free by Naeor Medicine Cos., 413 State Life Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. No matter how serious your ease, write or call today for this free information. It may point the way back to health for you, as it has for thousands of others. —Advertisement.

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Mrs. John L. Duvall, as she sat beside her husband (left) after she testified in his behalf in Criminal Court today. Mrs. Duvall wore a black hat and a black coat with grey trimming, the ensemble exciting the admiration of women spectators.

DUVALL TESTIMONY

The defense today continued to build a wall of “no promise of patronage to the Klan” by Mayor John L. Duall to refute the testimony given by the State’s star witness, William H. Armitage, the opening day of the trial ot Duvall on charges of violating the corrupt practices act. Charles W. Kern, school board member, 1207 Kealing Ave„ was the day’s first witness. Kern was elected to the school position in 1925 and is now a member of the majority faction of the group. He testified to attending the meeting in the E. Tenth St. community house in March, 1925, when the Rev. George S. Henninger, pastor, read a series of questions to Duvall and other candidates for office before an audience of 1,500 Klansmen. Didn’t See Candidates Q—Had Duvall filed his papers of candidacy when the meeting was held? A—l don't know. Q—Were any other school candidates there? A—l didn’t see any. Q —State the subject of what was read to the candidates and audience by Henninger? A—l remember it as a lengthy article, a sort of a questionnaire. Some of the queries were: “Do you pledge yourself to support the government and Constitution of the United States? “Do you believe in strict enforcement of all local and Indiana laws? “Do you believe in enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment as it now exists?” I was listening intently at the time, but that was two years ago and I have forgotten some of them. I remember two were directly about the school board." One on School Attendance One was, “Do you believe in compulsory attendance of all children in the free public schools of the city of Indianapolis?” and another was “Do you believe in daily reading of the Bible in the public schools in the city of Indianapolis?” > Q —Was there a question asked that in consideration of support of the Klan the elected candidates would name a percentage of Klansmen to official positions? A—That was not in it. . Q —Was there anything, in effect, of a pledge of patronage of 60 or more per cent, to the Klan, provided the Klan applicants would measure up to the others applying for the places? A—That was not in the questionaire. Q —Anything at all said about percentage? A—No sir. Some Pledge Support He said after reading the document Henninger turned to the candidates and asked them If they would strive to support the clauses of it. He said some of them replied, “I will” or “I do,” while he testified he heard several say “No.” He said Republicans and Democrats were in attendance. He declared he could see the front row in which Duvall was sitting and did not see any of the candidates, including Duvall, raise their left hands —the “voting sign” of the Klan. He testified that Henninger laid the paper on a desk on the platform and left. On cross-examination by Special Prosecutor Emsley W. Johnson the witness said he had talked to attorneys for Duvall about the meeting before taking the stand. He said he bflieved he had discussed it several times in the last two years. • Thirty-five Candidates Present Q—How many candidates were there? A—About thirty-five. Q—And you heard nothing said about percentage? A—No.

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“During the time he read the questionnaire Henninger .faced the audience most of the time.” Kern testified. “There was nothing said about percentage, and when I went to the platform some of the candidates were behind a curtain that had been drawn. There might have been some conversation about percentage then. I don’t know. “I didn’t answer any of the questions or subscribe to any of them. Q —You were indorsed for school commissioner by the Klan? A— I don’t know of any formal indorsement. I was a candidate in the run-off primary of the Klan. That is, I don’t know whether I was or not. Would Ibe a candidate if they put me in? I was victorious in the run-off primary.” Q—Was Duvall in the run-off? A—No. “He didn’t have any opposition, did he?” Johnson added, fitting black hat and a black coat, followed Kern to the stand. She wore blonde stockings and strapped patent leather pumps. “Give Charlie the Money” Robinson testified that William C. Buser, brother-in-law of the mayor, called him Sunday, Nov. 8. 1925, and told him to come to Duvall’s house that evening. Q—What did he give you when you arrived? A—A check for $2,000 and a note. Q—Do you have the note? A—l have not. - Q—Was it addressed to you? A—Yes. Q —Do you remember the substance of it? A—Yes. Cashed at Bank Q —Tell the jury what it said? Q The note he gave me said something like this: “Give Charlie the money on this check.” Q —Was It signed? A—Yes, by Mr. Duvall. He said he got the money on the check from the Marion County State bank’s corresponding bank, the Indiana National Bank. He said it Was $2,000 in currency and he took it to his room at the Seminole Hotel, where he delivered it to Buser. On cross-examination, Robinson said the amount was charged to Duvall’s account immediately. Wanted “Large Bills” Robinson testified that the note from Duvall which Buser brought him along with the $12,000 check made payable to cash, said “give large bills.” The money was obtained by a draft on the Indiana National Bank, he said. Q —Did you have sufficient number of large bills at the Marion County State Bank? A—No, we seldom carry large bills. L- C. Swisshelm, auto accessory dealer, 542 E. Washington St.; Frank Cones, board of works and county council member; Robert R. Riser, R. R. H, Box 312, automobile tire distributer, and Frank Stuck, garage and bus line operator, Beech Grove, were next introduced by the defense as character witnesses against Frank Sipe. Slpe testified that Duvall, after

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his election, offered to sell him the market master job for $3,000. All the defense character witnesses testified Sipes “reputation for truth and veracity was “very bad.” Swisshelm read Sipe’s testimony in the newspapers and went to Duvall’.*, home the same night to offer to testify, and later conferred with Duvall’s attorneys. Upon ‘cross-examination gwisshelm was asked: “You don’t feel very kindly toward Sipe. do you?” “No, you bet I don’t,” he replied. Attend/ ‘Mystery Meeting” Cones, upon State cross-examina-tion, admitted attending a "mystery meeting” Monday night in Police Chief Claude M. Worley’s office at the police station. Fire Chief Jesse Hutsell, Police Chief Worley, Fred Connell, safety board member, Ote Dodson county politician, and Harvey Grabill, one of Duvall’s attor-

neys, were present, Cones said. Q —How long did it last? A— About thirty minutes. Q —What time did you go down. A —About 8:30. Q—Did you discuss this case? A —I don’t recall. Q —Who called the meeting? A— It was not a called meeting. Not Kindly to Sipe Q—What was the occasion of your getting together? A—There was a rumor and we wanted to hear some more about It. Q —What was Graybill’s ousiness there? A—l don’t know. He was there when I got there. % The State concluded inquisition of Cones and defense lawyers once more questioned him. Q —Mr. Cones, this meeting had nothing to do with this case, did it? A—Not at all. It wasn’t even mentioned. Ris r .”. admired to State attorneys, that J ,- sold tires to the county, and that he “didn’t, feel very kindly toward Sipe.” Q —Have you talked this over with Mr. Swisshelm? A—Yes. Sells Tires to County Q —Wnen was your last tire sale to the county? A—About sixty days ago. Q—And before that? A—l’ve sold them for several years. Q —Does Cassius C. Hogle and County Commissioner Sutton buy them from you for the county? A— Yes sir. Stuck testified that he knew Sipe when he was a constable and that he had served several court summons on Stuck’s employes. Q—Didn’s you like him because he served them on your employes? A—Not the way he served them. Q—You are now basing his reputation on the way he served sum-

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DEATH CLAIMS STATESENATOR Rowland H. Hill, Rushville, Is Paralysis Victim. Bn United Press RUSHVILLE. Ind., Sept. 21. State Senator Rowland H. Hill, 49, who represented Rush, Shelby and Hancock counties in the last Legislature and before that served a term representing Rush, Fayette and Hancock counties, died at his home at Carthage today of paralysis. Senator Hill’s death was sudden. He suffered a stroke last night from which he did not recover. Two years ago he suffered a similar stroke. Since 1914, he had been one of the executives of the. Hill Grain and Coal Company. In the last Legislature, he wi., chairman of the Senate committee on employing assistants and of the Senate committee on joint rules and railroads. The widow survives him. mons on your employes? A—Not altogether. Q —But in large measure? A— Not altogether. Lew Shank *n Stand The defense rested at 10:50 a. m. immediately after a recess. Former I Mayor Lew Shank was called to the stand by the State for rebuttal. He remained only a few minutes, however, because the defense objected to the first important question asked by State’s counsel. Q —Do you know John Duvall? A—Slightly. Q—Did you see him at your house the day Armitage came to your house? A—Yes. Q —Where was he? A—He was in his car. Q —Did you have a conversation with him? A—Yes. Object to Question Q —Did he say to you, “I want you to go along with me in the election and said if you did he would make you superintendent of parks?” and did you give him three reasons why you would not do it, namely, because you didn’t believe in appointing persons who did not support a candidate and that you hadn’t supported him; that you wouldn’t have R. Walter Jarvis’ job because Jarvis was not well; and that you would not be connected with an administration in which George V. Coffin was acting, and that you told him to watch out for Coffin, because he would get him (Duvall) in trouble? And did he say to you that Coffin was not going to have anything to do with the administration? The defense objected on the grounds that the testimony should have been introduced in chief and not in rebuttal. Winks at Reporters Shank sat on the stand durine the fifteen minutes of argument, turning the witness chair around and winking at a group of newspaper reporters at the press table. Judge Cassius C. Shirley sustained the objections temporarily and said he would reconsider If the State could present authorities. Shank was told to be prepared to return. When the former mayor left the witness stand he leaned over the press table, exhibiting a colorful checked tie. “Ain’t that a keen one?” he asked and left the courtroom through the rear entrance. Court Reporter Testifies Norman Metcalf, shorthand reporter, followed Shank, taking his own testimony as he talked. Remy asked him whether or not he took the testimony of Oscar L. Hupp, a defense witness, before the grand jury May 19, 1927, in which Hupp is said to have related that Klansmen in a downtown meeting pledged support to Duvall. Metcalf’s answer “Yes” was objected to on the grounds that a witness’s testimony could not be impeached on rebu ital. Coroner Orders Autopsy Coroner C. H. Keever, today ordered an autopsy over the body of Mrs. Mary Blackman, 48, of 638 Douglas St. Mrs. Blackman was found dead in bed yesterday by her daughter, Alalee, who was forced to climb In a window to g&ln entrance.

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Leader in Red Russia Once Indiana Student

Jacob Borodin Attended Valparaiso University in 1908. Cw Times Special VALPARAISO. Ind., Sept. 21. Jacob Borodin, believed in some circles to be destined as the next dictator of Red Riissia. was a student in Valparaiso University here in 1908. %nd it was here that he met Fania Orilpk, also a student, who is now his wife. Dr. Henry A. Krasnow, Chicago, secretary of the Russian Medical Soci. , recalls Borodin’s ten-year stay in Chicago and his association with him in conducting the Progressive Preparatory School, the firs: of its ki id in that city. Borodin during the earlier pp. - : of his residence in this country was known as Michael -Gruzenberg, which he later shortened to Michael Berg. RETURN STOLEN BOY Croatians Celebrate Child’s Homecoming. By United Press DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 21. Three-year-old Frank Yergovich, kidnaped and held for $25,000 ransom for more than twenty-four hours, was back home today. His father, “Big Frank” Yergovich, Croatian saloon keeper, denied that he had paid any money for the return of his youngest, who was dumped last night outside a lighted residence in an outlying district. Police were inclined to believe that the kidnapers, two men and- one woman, were frightened by the citywide alarm that had been raised. One theory was that they were beer runner enemies of the father. There was a high time in the Yergovich saloon when the father, tears streaming down his face, carried the child back to his distracted wife. The big Croatian “set ’em up” for the 200 well-wishers gathered there. U. S. CAPITAL TO PERSIA British Industrialists Worried by Yankee Enterprises. By United Press /

LONDON, Sept. 21.—The continued flow of American capital into Persia is causing British industrialists considerable worry, principally due to fears that none of the contracts there will fall to British firms. The largest and most important .scheme in Persia will be a railroad from the capital, Teheran, to Khur Musa, near Basra, where an up-to-date port will be constructed. This port will be the official outlet for goods sent by way of the Persian gulf. Another important railway is to be built from Mohammevah, on the Peersian gulf, to Bendor-i-Gaz, on the southern shores of the Caspian sea. In addition to these railway developments, a number of canals are being built and a considerable construction scheme of roads Is planned.

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STATE BANKERS ARRIVING HERE FOR CONCLAVE Vanguard of Host of Registers for Convention Set for Tomorow. Registration of the 500 Indiana bankers attending the thirty-first annual convention of the Indiana Bankers’ Association here Thursday and Friday, began a: 2 o’clock this afternoon at the Claypool. Among early arrivals was Hugo C. Rothert of Huntingburg, association president. Late this afternoon the council of administration was to meet and outline work of the convention. Council members are: President Rothert; C. O. Holfnes, Gary; C. S. Kitterman, Cambridge City; W. W. Bonner, Greensburg; Rome C. Stephenson, South Bend; Rollo N. Walter Lagrange; J. G. Wallick, Elkhart; James Cronin, Jr., Hartford City; F. D. Thompson, Edinburg; C. C. Newlin, Terre Haute; Walter Hungerford, Shelbyville; W. M. Wells, Scottsburg, and A. J. Wedeking, Dale. This evening’s program provides a dinner honoring former presidents at 6:30 p. m.; husical for ladies at 8:30 p. m., and the annual smoker at the Athenaeum at 9 p. m. Business of the convention opens formally Thursday morning. Dick Miller, Chamber of Commerce president, will welcome the visitors. Craig B. Hazlewood, Chicago, vice president American Bankers’ Association, will make the principa' address, "Better Banks and Bankers.” Thursday afternoon’s program includes addresses by Philip Zoercher, tax commissioner; H. L. Russell, Madison, Wis., dean College of Agriculture, University of Wisconsin, andy C. H. Handerson, Cleveland, vice president Union Trust Company. Following precedent, Vice-Presi-dent C. O. Holmes will be nominated for the presidency when the nominating committee meets Thursday afternoon. The annual banquet wiil be held at the Claypool Thursday night. The highlight on Friday’s program will be an address by Hon. D. R. Crissinger, Washington, Governor Federal Reserve Beard.

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