Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 124, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 October 1927 — Page 1

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fMOORE PLANS NEW DOVALL OUSTERMOVE South Side Councilman to Ask Impeachment at Monday Meeting. IRE AROUSED BY NEGLEY Revival of Action Follows Naming of Ex-Titan to $3,000 Job. Heeding the increasing demand of public opinion that Mayor and Mrs. John L. Duvall resign their city posts, Boynton J. Moore, south side councilman, today said he planned to introduce a resolution to impeach the mayor and city controller at council session Monday night. Moore’s revival of the ouster proceedings, killed by council a few weeks ago. came on the heels of the appointment of Robert F. McNay, former Klan grand titan, as municipal garage superintendent. The appointment of McNay to replace William Hamilton, strong “Coffin man,” was made by the works board on recommendation of Mayor Duvall, according to John W. Friday, board member. Push Negley for Mayor Ray Siebert, brother-in-law of Moore's, is assistant superintendent of the city garage. Majority council members were irate over a rumor that Council President Claude E. Negley had prom iced to “handle the council” if he would appoint McNay. “Negley or no one else is handling me,” said M. W. Ferguson, Democrat. “I don’t do that sort of things,” Negley said. In other quarters it was reported fcthat a move has been started to |Bke Negley mayor. ■ Resolution Being Prepared night the Federation oi immunity Civic Clubs, representBHpseverai thousands of residents, HKed several civic clubs demandPrag the removal of Duvall and his wife. Moore’s indignation was traced to sonie by the sac the had been anxious to place his brother-in-law in the garage post. Moore and other majority members failed to support the Impeachment measure several weeks ago when President Negley “made double sure” to kill the r'solution by striking it from the files after it was defeated. “I have attorneys drawing up the resolution right now and will introduce it Monday night if things are not radically different in twentyfour hours,” Moore said. See Council Lineup Shift "I have not asked any one to support it, and I won’t. But it is coming, and I am not going to take the blame.” The resolution will provide for removal of Duvall, his wife and cabinet members,, according to Moore. When questioned as to the legal procedure he refused to explain, i Majority councilmen have con- { tended Duvall’s appointment of his Ifvife as! controller would be illegal ■f he is ineligible to hold office. Kills, in the opinion of some, would ■ermit the council to name the successor. ■ It was pointed out councilmen ■lay not vote as they did some Keeks ago on impeachment in the Might of recent incidents. Henry Klbertson, father of Councilman O. ■lay Albertson, has been dropped ■rom the park pay roll, and James ■odd Jr., son of Councilman Austin K. Todd, has been named junior ■eld aid in the city engineering department. Demand Resignations ■ The Kiwanis Club directors Fri■ay adopted a resolution demandthe appointment of an “outManding citizen as city controller” ■d resignation of Mrs. Duvall and mayor. Klndianapolis almni of Phi Delta took similar stand. Kihe Chamber of Commerce civic committee will meet Monnoon to discuss the city's po■ical troubles. ■ Duvall Declines Comment ■John W. Esterline, executive ■airman of the Indianapolis City ■maper League, said the body had ■t acted on the political situation the non-partisan movement directed at no particular adKnistratior. It is understood the ■gue p’ans a meeting Monday to ■cuss the need for action. ■Mayor Duvall declined to comon the situation except to his statement that he did ■ plan to resign. A rumor that had asked several friends to him still was current. Child Fatally Hurt Press ■OKOMO, Ind., Oct. I.—Eugene ■JKrichter, 4-year-old son of WilS. Hofrichter, died at a hosthis morning of injuries re'fMd when was struck by an while playing. Drowns In Bath Press Ohio, Oct. I.—Eight of water proved fatal to Mrs. IHlna Gonaslaves, 24, a moth of six |Kpeks. Mrs. Gonaslaves was found Hnad in a bathtub by her husband. MBrowning was pronounced as cause Ha death.

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VOLUME 39—NUMBER 124

Tornado Plays Pranks in Tragic Sweep

The St. Louis tornado was freakish, striking like a sardonic Jester. Note how it shaved the side wall of this apartment house completely off, but left the other walls and much of the interior undamaged. The •building was an apartment house at Maryland Ave. and Whittier St.

MBS. HILL’S BODY TO BE EXHUMED Defense Hopes to Establish Innocence of Son. Ru T'aited Press SPRINGFIELD. 111., Oct. I.—Another examination of the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Hill will be made today, in the belief it will reveal circumstances which will aid in freeing her son, Harry, of a charge of matricide. The examination was halted temporarily yesterday when State authorities learned the prosecution was not to be represented at the disinterment. Dr. H. C. Hill, the boy’s father and divorced husband of the dead woman, was granted permission to remove the body by H. H. Tittle, head of the Springfield health board. Tuttle revoked the permit, on advice of the prosecuting attorney of this county. It was hinted that Dr. Hill thought he might find powder burns which would indicate suicide or that the body has been identified mistakenly as that of Mrs. Hill. The body was found in a shallow grave in the basement of her home in August. She had been dead about ten days. Young Hill fled from Streator, but was arrested in Seattle, Wash. He’ls* now in Jail in Ottawa.

How the Market Opened

NEW YORK, Oct. I.—Contrary to expectations stock prices continued strong in early dealings today with railroad issues soaring under the leadership of Canadian Pacific, which rose 4V4 points to anew high at 198. Business was active. Missouri Pacific rose 1 % 'points to 56%. New York Central gained fractionally, while C. & O. moved up % to 206. Industrials also showed a firm tone, though a few losses due to profit-taking. Paper and utility stocks rose with mercantile issues and Harvester shares. In the latter group International Harvester rose 1% to 229%. —Oct. 1— Allied Chem Amer Can 63% Amer Smelting 173* Atchison 192 H Beth Steel 61% B * O 122% Chrysler 58% C & O 206 C P & I 81% Dodge 17 Famous Players 109% Freeport 81 % General Motors 266 % Hudson 79% ICennccott 73% Marland 35% Mont & Ward 85 Mack 108 N Y Central 168% Nash 92% Phillips 42% Packard 43% Pro & Refg 30% Rem Rand 34% Stew & Warner 72% Sears Roebuck 78% Sinclair 17 So Pacific 121% Studebaker 57% Standard Oil N J 40% Texas Cos 51% U S Steel 149% U S Rubber 57% Union Pacific 191 Wabash 72% Yellow Coach 31% Westinghouse Electric 85% Willys-Overland 15% New York Curb Opening —Oct. 1— Bid. Ask. Humble Oil 63% 63% Continental Oil 17% 17% Imp. Oil of Canada 61% 61% Ind Pipe Line 74% 76 Ind Pete 32% 33 Ohio Oil . ,rr. 60 60% Prairie Oil auw Gas 51% 51% Prairie Pipe Line 181% 182 S. O. Indiana 73% 73% S. O. Kansas 17 17% S. O. Kentucky 121% 123 S. O. Ohio 44% 45% Vacuum Oil 126% 127% Salt Creek Prod 28% 28% Curtiss Aero j... 45% 46 Durant Motors. Del 1... 10% 10% Ford of Canada 520 527 Reo Motors 22% 22% Stutz Motor 14% 14% Cities Service com 49% 49% Marmon 41 % 42% —i — iM? Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m,,.... 70 9 a. m...... 76 7a. m..i... 70 10 a. m 79 8 a. 74

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Sixty-three patients, most of them prospective mothers, were rescued when the cyclone struck the Mullanphy Hospital, a Catholic institution. This photo shows how badly the hospital was damaged; note, at the upper right, beds and the form of a busy nurse can be seen through a gap in the ruined wall.

ARRANGE FOR VISIT OF PRINCE IN CITY

Mrs. Hall Marmon was elected treasurer and Arthur V. Brown was elected secretary of the general reception committee for Prince William of Sweden, who will speak here HINT MAYOR TO QUIT Politician Approached on Controller Job, Report. While Mayor John L. Duvall was asserting again “I am not gqing to get out of office,” as a result of his conviction of violating the corrupt practices law, it was learned that at least one politician, now holding a county office, was approached with a proposal that he take the office of city controller and eventually succeed Duvall. This came as partial verification of the rumor that Duvall intends to resign before the movement to oust him. DEATH HELD ACCIDENT Glen Sockrider, Portland, Fell or Stepped From Train. 81l Times Special PORTLAND. Ind., Oct. I.—Glen Sockrider of this city, found dead beneath a railroad bridge near Westfield, N. Y., was accidentally killed, according to advices reaching here from the Westfield authorities. He was accompanying a carload of poultry from Portland to the Buffalo (N. Y.) market, and is believed to have fallen from the train or stepped off when it came to a stop at the bridge. Funeral services were he" ’. here today.

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, OCT. 1, 1927

Wednesday, Oct. 12. under auspices of The Indianapolis Times. The address will be for benefit of the camping funds of the Campfire Girls and the Girl Scouts. First meeting of the arrangements committee was held Friday in the Columbia Club, with Wallace O. Lee, general chairman, presiding. The group included representatives of the two girls’ organizations and others interested in the Prince’s visit. Those present were: Mrs. Norman A. Tracy, Mrs. Henry E. Hayward, Mrs. O. C. Neier, Mrs. L. P. DeVelling, Miss Bernice Boynton, Mrs. Charles H. Smith, Mrs. Hallie Kirtley, Miss Carrie Scott, Mrs. Harry E. Jordan, Mrs. A. J. Clark, Mrs. Ralph L. , Colby, Mrs. John Sink, Mrs. F. Gardner, John Springer, Mrs. P. J. Simpson. William H. Stout, Mrs. E. H. K. McComb, Miss Emma G. Lemon, Mrs. George Fromm, Edward W. Harris, Eric Leth and Wallace O. Lee. Prince William, the second son of King Gustav, is internationally known as an explorer and big game hunter. In 1922 he led an expedition into the heart of Central Africa to collect museum specimens. His lecture Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the Armory will be based on his experiences.

How’s This? By Thnes Special PENDLETON, Ind., Oct. I. Gooseberry bushes were found growing in the top of a beech tree by Elias Fry while he and a force of men were engaged in clearing up a stretch of woods .on his farm near here. The bushes are large and had been bearing fruit.

DEATH LIST IN ST. LOUIS MAY HIT 100 MARK City Begins Gigantic Task of Digging Free of Ruins; 89 Bodies Found. TROOPS ARE ON GUARD Hundreds of Homeless Are Given Meals and Places to Sleep. By KENNETH G. CR VWFORB t'nilrd Prct, Strt (nririanndrni ST LOUIS. Oct 1 - With State and Federal troops on guard and fully organized Red Cross forces aiding in relief. St Louis today began the work of repairing the $50,000,000 damage caused by the tornado of Thursday afternoon The casualty list continued to increase and It was believed the number of dead may reach 100 Eightynine bodies have been recovered, a few more may be in the wreckage of buildings destroyed by the wind and several of the 500 or more seriously injured were in critical condition Hundreds were housed in temporary quarters arranged in public buildings and thousands of others were in private homes or hotels. It was estimated between 5.500 and 6.000 homes were destroyed. Meals Given Refugees In poorer district, where the storm left hesidents virtually destitute. Red Cross canteens were furnishing meals, as well as clothing, blankets and shelter. No looting had been reported, due. it was'believed, to foresight of authorities in arranging for adequate patrol Os the devastated area. All available members of the city police force of 1.500. the Entire Missouri National Guard and the 6th Infantry from Jefferson Barracks were doing patrol duty. Swarms of pedestrians filled the streets In the area of six square miles worst affected by the storm They came to view the wreckage out of curiosity and no disorder was reported. Although much of the city still was dark last night and little had been done toward clearing away the debris, hundreds of the partially wrecked houses and apartment buildings were occupied. Many Sleep Outdoors The night was warm and clear and beds were improvised on porches, roofs and in rooms from which the outside walls had been torn by the tornado. Red Cross officials declared today there was no suffering and all in need of aid had been taken care of. Almost all bodies of identified dead had been removed from a temporary morgue in the basement of city hospital. Dozens of funerals were to be held today. Blank death certificates have been furnished undertaker, An inquest was to be opened today to consider all of the tornado deaths. It will be merely a formal proceeding and a verdict of “death as result of disturbance” will be returned.

STREET CARS CRASH Five Injured; Motorman Is Seriously Hurt. Five persons were injured, one seriously, at 8:40 a. m. today when two street cars collided at Morris and Division Sts. A West Indianapolis car in charge of Otto Ellis, motorman, crashed into the rear of a work car with three loaded gravel cars in charge of Luther Charles, 1456 S. Harding St., and two others. Both trains were outbound. Mrs. S. O. Leak. 64, 2015 College Ave., was cut under the chin; Charles Livingston, 61, of 253 S. summitt St., was cut on the head; Mrs. John Bennett, 42, of 702 Russell Ave., was injured on the left leg; H. S. Robb, 40. of 245 W. Thir-ty-Eighth St., was bruised. i Motorman Ellis was so serious,., injured he was taken to city hospital. SEA DASH PLANE READY Ruth Elder Expected to Hop Off, Across Atlantic Today. By United Press CURTISS FIELD, N. Y., Oct. 1. —Placed, on the mouild at the head of Roosevelt field’s runway today, Miss Ruth Elder’s monoplane The American Girl was ready to take off on a projected non-stop flight to Europe. Weather condition for the flight looked favorable, according to an announcement by Capt. George Haldeman, who will pilot the Stinson-Detroiter. Definite decision will be made when the 2 o’clock weather map is received, he said. Order Paralysis Test Bn Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., Oct. I.—With seven cases of infantile paralysis under quarantine here, health au- | thorities have ordered physicians to | make a test of any child whom they I suspect of being affected by the disease.

Dailey in Race for Governor

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F. C. Dailey Famous Foe of Graft to Seek Nomination on Democrat Ticket. "I will be a candidate for the Democratic nomniation for Governor.” In these few words Frank C. Dailey, nationally known as the prosecutor of graft, the foe of Newberryism, today announced that he had yielded to the importunities of many Democrats to enter the l‘~ts next spring. That the announcement will have a vast effect on Democratic policies is conceded. It may rearrange the entire list of probalibitles not only for the governorship, but for the candidate for the Senate. Famed for Fearlessness Dailey, as Federal district attorney. established a reputation for fearless prosecution of political graft. He was chosen as the special prosecutor who went to Michigan to unearth and prosecute Senatoo Truman Newberry, the first of the great prosecOtions of corrupt methods of controlling senatorial elections. The announcement of the Dailey candidacy assures a vigorous effort in the Democratic party to make corruption in elections and control by supergovernment the dominant issue. Election corruption at Terre Haute furnished another battle ground in his fight against election fraud. Mr. Dailey was born at Bluffton, Ind., Dec. 22. 1870. He was educated In the Bluffton schools and then received his law degree from Indiana University. Named United States Attorney Following graduation, he joined his father, Joseph Samuel Dailey, and partner, Abram Simmons, in their law firm at Bluffton, continuing there until his appointment as United States attorney, Jan. 1, 1914. He never was a candidate for office, but held his appointive post until Jan. 1, 1916. He then entered into the profession of law in Indianapolis. where he has continued since, in the firm of Miller, Dailey & Thompson, with offices In the Consolidated Bldg. His residence is at 1321 N. Meridian St. In 1894 Mr. Dailey married Miss Edna Field of Bloomington. They have three sons: Field T. Dailey, 32, manufacturer at Bloomington, Ind.; Joseph L. Dailey, 31, attorney, Alburquerque, N. M.; and George Dailey, 24, law student at Stanford University, California.

Chicago Grain Opening Bu United Press CHICAGO, Oct I—Wheat—December, unchanged; March, off H; May, off !4. Corn—December up March, up May, up Vs. Oats December, unchanged; March, off H. Provisions higher.

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BARE PAYMENTS TO FORMER STATE TREASURER DAVIES ON FUNDS PUT IN KOKOMO BANK One Per Cent “Commission” on All Indiana Deposits Made With Trust Company, Now Bankrupt, Is Revealed. “PLUM” TOTAL SHOWN TO BE $9,000 Amount Will Be Collected From Him, Say Officials; Defunct Institution Had v Strong 1 Klan Leanings. BY FRANK J PRINCE KOKOMO, Ind., Oct. I.—Ora J. Davies, former State Treasurer of Indiana, received 1 per cent on all State of Indiana funds deposited in the now bankrupt American Trust Company, it is revealed by the passing over of the books of the bank to the co-receivers, recently appointed. The practice started while Davies was a State official and continued after he left office. This is admitted by Thomas D. Barr, deputy State bank examiner, who says that his department discovered this practice and stopped it. • It is asserted by former City Judge Fred J. Byers, now city attorney and attorney for four of the directors of the defunct financial institution, who states that his clients objected to the practice about eighteen months ago and stopped it then. From other sources it was learned that the practice continued until Jan. 1, 1927. ’

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GARRETT FACES COURTTODAY Ex-Market Master Charged With Fee Grabbing. Earl S. Garrett, former city market master, one of fiv ecity officials indicted as result of the grand jury political probe, was to be arraigned before Special Judge Jackson Carter In Criminal Court today. Garrett is charged with official misconduct. He collected excessive fees from city market standholders, among other misdeeds being the charging of $25 for stand leases when the regular price was $5 and pocketing the difference, the indictment charges. Defense attorney Ira Holmes was expected to file a motion to quash. Criminal Court Judge James A. Collins, before whom Governor Jackson, George V. Coffin and Robert L Marsh, charged with conspiracy to offer a bribe, were to be arraigned Monday, said he did not expect the defendants in court then. He said he* expected their attorneys to appear and discuss the matter, and said he would set arraignment for the first Monday in November, unless the attorneys had motions already prepared they wished to file. John J. Collins, city purchasing agent, also is to be arraigned Monday. He was indicted on a charge of soliciting a bribe from a firm offering supplies for city hospital. SEEK INDICTED MAN Sheriff Fails to Locate Wellsmore After Jury Action P. S. Wellsmere, 2105 Park Ave., indicted Friday with Virgil Vandagrifft, board of works president, on charge of violating the State securities law, can not be located to be placed under arrest, Sheriff Omer Hawkins said today. Deputies visited his residence a number of times Friday and waited until midnight without finding him, Hawkins said. Neighbors said Wellsmere left town a week ago. ‘ Wellsmere was associated with Vanadgrifft in selling unregistered stock in a oil well rejuvenator, the ; indictment charged | Capias for arrest of D. L. Taylor. ! Louisville, Ky., also indicted, were sent to Louisville today.. ,

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Estimates place the amount’ collected by Davies for this purpose at close to $9,000, which, it is said, will be collected from him. Davies, now secretry of the Indiana Manufacturers Association, with offices in Indianapolis, was campaign manager for Senator Arthur R. Robinson in the campaign of 1926. On recommendation of Robinson he was appointed receiver of the First National Bank of Nobelsville, also defunct, on June 3, 1926. He still is serving in that capacity. .73,560 Is Repaid Prior to serving two terms aa State treasurer, he was treasurer of Howard County. Between the county and State jobs he paid approximately $3,500 to the county, on insistence of the State board of accounts. Shortly after Davies took office aa treasurer of the State, the finance board allocated $250,000 of State funds to the bank, which was acknowledged to have strong Klan leanings and influence. This amount has been reduced to $160,000 through insistence of Mrs. Grace Banta Urbahns, present treasurer, and Lew S. Bowman, auditor of State, after they learned more than a year ago that the solvency of the bank was questionable. The capital stock of the bank is SIOO,OOO. Jury to Be Called A grand jury will be called by Judge John Marshall to investigate the history of this bank failure, which has proved a great blow to the community, already harassed through the failure of the Haynes Automobile Company and the Ap person Automobile Company. John C. Herron, Kokomo attorney, who, with former Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Grover Bishop, is acting as receiver under appointment of Marshall, says that the depositors will receive about 25 cents on the dollar and that no payments can be made in much less than six months. No one places the salvage paid after liquidation at more than 50 cents on the dollar. Payments to Davies and the large amount of State funds on deposit under his treasurership will not be the only circumstanec to be investigated by the grand Jury. Bank Known to Be Shaky Failure of the bank did not come as a surprise to either financiers or politicians of the city. Its condition was known to be shaky for months. An attempt was made to merge it with another bank under conditions which would have forced the other bank to assume dead paper. which, it is estimated now. will reach $250,000. “Every banker and every lawyer in this town has known of the condition of that bank for a year and a half,” said Herron. “Other banks oven set aside an emergency reserve against the day when they expected a run on their institutions because of the insolvency of this bank.” Another irregularity to be investigated is among the directorate. T. W. Underwood, a director, was not a stockholder at the time of the closing of the bark. His wife, Matilda Underwood, is listed as the owner of twenty shares. Farm Transfer Shown Perusal of transfer records show that recently Underwood deeded a 317-acre farm to a Joint title. Byers, his attorney, stated that Underwood was willing to set this conveyance, aside and pay his full share in thtf failure. The transfer was explained by Byers as being for the purp-K of protecting Underwood from own family and not to sh'-V j snonsihilU." -t. the bank 219 about S7OO,CGO. Os this