Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 153, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 November 1927 — Page 3

[NOV. 4, 1927.

IREMUS SANITY HEARING IS DECLARED OFF BY COURT

Mttorneys of EX-BOOZE KING FAVORJULING Slayer of Wife-Will Go on Trial for Murder on Nov. 14. 3 ALIENISTS REPORT Move Is Made for Purpose of Expediting Action in Case. Bu United Press CINCINNATI, Nov. 4.—Attorneys and the court entered agreement today cancelling the insanity hearing of George Remus, former millionaire bootlegger, set for Monday. Remus will go on trial here Nov. 14, charged with the murder of his wife, Imogene Remus, on Oct. 4. The order cancelling the insanity* hearing was issued by Judge Chester R. Shook and was agreed to by Charles H. Elston, representing Remus, and Charles P. Taft 11, county prosecutor. Three Alienists Report The order against the insanity hearing was issued after Judge Shook received a report from three alienists appointed by the court which asked further time for investigation. In his order today Judge Shook said he would have the alienists in court at any time they might choose to observe Remus further. He said he would call the mental experts, probebly as witnesses during the trial, but that he wbuld not delay hearing the murder charge. The three doctors appointed to examine Remus are E. A. Baber, head of Longview Hospital for the insane; David Wolfstein and Charles E. Keily. Case Up on Monday Then George Remus, who is an attorney, asked the privilege of addressing the court. “I speak for the defendant,” Remus began, “and I see no reason for calling other alienists.” Remus said he was willing to be bound by the report of the court’s alienists. In order to expedite the trial as desired by the defense, Judge Shock set Monday for hearing objections to questions and answers in depositions taken by Remus’ attorney in eight cities and designed to show a conspiracy existed between Mrs. Remus and Franklin Dodge Jr., a former Department of Justice agent. “Some very high reputations will be damaged when George Remus tells his storf,” the former millionaire bootlegger declared today in an interview in which he intimated for the first time the testimony he will present in his trial Nov. 14 on charges of murdering his wife, Imogene. Remus stated his defense would be temporary insanity. Names Ohio Senator “When George Remus stood in Federal Court when he was sentenced to Atlantic for violating prohibition laws,” he said, “George Remus did not talk. He felt sorry for the twelve defendants who stood with him before the bar. George Remus’ mouth was closed on things that came from the very steps of the White House. Now George Remus can talk. “What would you say if I told you that (and he named an Ohio Senator) drank some of George Remus’ liquor. Another got Remus to supply him liquor for his family when they needed it for medicine. “George Remus probably could have had high political office for himself, for George Remus had much to do with politics.” KENNEL PERMITS GAIN Increase in breeders’ licenses for both domestic and wild animals is shown in the annual report of fish and game division of the State conservation department being prepared by Division Superintendent George N. Mannfeld. Dog kennel licenses issued' numbered 362. Certificates issued to persons holding game birds and fur bearing animals for breeding purposes numbered 346, anV increase of 180 over last year. “There is a great interest manifest in breeding fur animals, especially raccoons, silver fox and muskrats,” Mannfeld said. Caught Napping in Stolen Car. KANSAS CITY, No., Nov. 4. Paul Nixon, 22, stole an automobile and parked it in front of a store he planned to rob. Then he fell asleep in the car and didn’t awaken until a policeman tapped him with a club.

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MINERS’ STRIKE IS NEARFINISH Walkout Apparently Over in Two Colorado Fields. Bn United Press . DENVER, Nov. 4.—The coal sttike apparently had been broken today in the Northern and Fremont fields, but Southern miners refused to end their fight for higher pay. No action towards settlement had been taken in any of the fields, however. Northern miners met at Lafayette and approved recommendations of Governor Adams that they submit their grievances to the State Industrial Commission. Southern miners at Aguilar rejected the Governor’s proposal. Fremont miners were to come to Denver today to seek an audience with the Governor to discuss plans for settling the strike. “Conditions appear very much improved,” Governor Adams said. GIFT FROM FRANCE TO CITY TABLEAUX ‘FOCH’ Presentation Will Be Made to Thompson at Legion Meeting. In token of appreciation of his talent in portraying the part of Marshal Foch in the “Signing of the Armistice” tableaux at the Armistice day celebration here last year Ralph F. Thompson will receive a gift at the meeting of McllvaineKothe Post, American Legion, at the Athenaeum, Monday evening. The gift, a mother-of-pearl inlaid reproduction of the scene of the signing of the armistice, was brought from the shrine which marks the spot by Lawrence N. Helm, one of the Indianapolis delegates to Legion convention at Paris. Helm will make the presentation.

2 ESCAPE REFORMATORY City Police Asked to Look for Pendleton Convicts. Authorities at the Indiana State Reformatory, Pendleton, Ind., telephoned local police that two men escaped the institution Thursday night. Morris Everitt, serving a burglary sentence, lived at 122 N. Kealing Ave., and Morris Peacock, 28, the other, has relatives here, they said. FILLING STATION LOOTED While one bandit alighted from the automobile and held up, R. L. Pettit, 1737 Thaddeus St., attendant at the Silver Flash station at Pleasant Run Blvd. and Madison Ave., Thursday night, another sat at the wheels of an auto and pointed a gun at-Fred Ogle, 729 W. ThirtySecond St., and Miss Esther Cords, 4000 Madison Ave., who were sitting in their automobile waiting for gasoline. Twenty dollars was taken from Pettit.

Impressive ceremonies attended the laying of the corner stone of the hew $1,250,000 Shortridge High School at Thirty-Fourth and Me? ridian Sts., Thursday afternoon. Sealed in a copper box upon which the stone was set, were newspapers, student publications and voluminous data on Shortridge history, alumni and teaching and supervisory personnel, past and present. Standing about the stone as it was lowered into place were, in the photo, left to right: Charles W. Kern, school board commissioner; Theodore F. Vonnegut, school board president, and Charles F. Miller, superintendent of schools. James Howard Otto, Shortridge senior, who spoke for the student body, is pictured in the inset.

SHOOT 4 DRY AGENTS Posses Search Woods for Ambushers. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. A sheriff’s posse today searched wooded terrain fifteen miles south of here for four men who late Thursday ambushed five prohibition raiders, wounding four, one critically . After firing 100 shots from behind trees, the gunmen fled in a hail of return bullets. John W. Smith, deputy sheriff, received a bullet in his chest. Others less seriously hurt were Sam Burgess, Federal agent; W. Lacey White, State prohibition agent, and S. W. Burgess, special officer. These four, with Prohibition Inspector Willis, had arrested Nelson Stanley and Lee Grant Coleman near a still in the woods. They were ambushed on their return to destroy the still. BRAKES TESTING HIGHER Cent Defective State Police Find Only Five Per Hoosier motorists have better brakes this year than in 1926, reports to Chief Robert L. Humes of the State police, indicate. The State and local forces are staging brake tests this week and .the results thus far show an average of less than fifteen cars without good brakes for every 300 tested, the chief declared today. Wednesday’s results brought but a dozen failures to pass the test out of 300. Those in poor condition were ordered fixed at once. In 1926, when first official tests were made, at least fifty or sixty out of each 300 failed to pass. SEIZE SMALL BREWERY Sergt. John Sheehan, who raided Apt. 3, at 1530 N. Illinois St., Thursday night said he found himself in the midst of a small brewery. A copper tank full of brewing liquid, 121 quart bottles, empty bottles, hose, and other equipment was seized. The occupant of the apartment, known as “Skinny” Webber, was not found.

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GERMAN PLANE ISOFFFORU.S. Three Airmen Leave Lisbon for Azores Port. Bu United Press LISBON, Nov. 4.—The German Heinkel plane, D-1220, piloted by Hortz Merz, took off for Horta, on the Island of Fayal in the Azores, at 6:15 a. m. today, en route to North American. Merz is accompanied by a mechanic and a passenger. Without naming his American destination, Merz previously had declared he would attempt a flight to North America from Horta just as soon as the weather permitted. The great Heinkel biplane rose gracefully from the flying field on its takeoff and soared into an easy bank as it half circled the city. Then it continued seaward, vanishing into the distance. The weather is favorable for flying. LITTLE ALCOHOL IN CAN TO HOLD FIVE GALLONS Prosecutor at La Porte Demonstrates Bootlegging Trick Bu Times Special La PORTE, Ind., Nov. 4.—Devious ways of the bootlegging business were demonstrated in Circuit Court here by Prosecuting Attorney Louis E. Kunkel during the trial of Thomas Downs, Chicago, charged with transporting liquor. The prosecutor, displaying a five gallon can, one of three taken from an auto driven by Downs, showed how a tube extending from the top of the can to the bottom contained alcohol but water filled the rest of the can. The opening through which water had been poured was soldered, and the whole can wrapped in paper to conceal all trace of an opening except the one for alcohol. There was only a half gallon of alcohol in the can. FREIGHT RATES TALKED Chamber President Suggests Plan to Attract Industries. Joint through rates for freight traffic on eelctric and steam lines was suggested as a means of giving interurban lines needed increased revenue by John E. Fredrick, Kokomo, president of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce Thursday. Fredrick addressed the traffic committee of the State chamber at the Board of Trade. Sixty representatives of manufacturing plants and chambers attended. Interchange of freight would help electric lines and bring new industries to the State, Fredrick asserted.

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NEW VIEW PUT ON SCRIPTURES LINDSEY CITED Shumaker Says Bible Is No Support tc Backers of Medicinal Liquor. Judge Ben B. Lindsey, Denver, is charged with misinterpreting the Biblical references in his message of congratulation to Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom in connection with giving medicinal,liquor to his children, in a statement issued today by the Rev. E. S. Shumaker, superintendent of the Indiana AntiSalocn League. Judge Lindsey, in his message to Gilliom, said: “I ask the Legislature of Indiana how they dare repeal the law of God as given through his inspired prophet in the Bible at chapter 31, verses 6 and 7 of Proverbs, where it is commanded ‘Give strong drink unto him that is readjt to perish and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. Let him drink and forget his poverty and remember misery no more.”' Cites References Mr. Shumaker, in his statement, offers several citations from Bible commentators, in refutation -to Judge Lindsey’s interpretation of the passages from Bible quoted by him. “One of the great commentators of the Bible was Adam Clark, a contemporary of John Wesley’s,” said Shumaker. “Clark in his comments on the passage quoted by Judge Lindsey says: “ ‘We have already seen that inebriating drinks were mercifully given to condemned criminals to render them less sensible to the torture they endured in dying. This was what was offered to our Lord; but he refused it.’ “Then, that great Scotch commentator, believed by many to be the greatest that the religious world has ever seen, in explaining the Bible has this to say of the same passage: Judges Called Fallible “•The Jews say that upon this was grounded the practice of giving a stupfying drink to condemned prisoners when they were going to execution, as they did to our Savior.’ “Thus,” continues Shumaker, “it can be seen that even some judges are not infallible, but that they are subject to the same frailties of judgment as are other people. Judge Linosey’s ideas as to the life-giving qualities of whisky are just as erroneous as his interpretation of this passage of the Word of God. “Then, why did not the judge quote the two preceding verses in this same chapter, which are a part of the one subject, namely, ‘lt is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink the wine; nor for princess strong drink: lest they drink, and forget the law and pervert the Judgment of any of the afflicted? Other Authority Needed “Thus, it is seen that strong drink in this passage referred to dying criminals and was given them as a sort of anaesthetic to deaden their sensibilities and let them down into their graves easily. But it was not referred to as a cure for sickness. “The medicinal whisky advocated will have to get some other authority than that given by Judge Lindsey to sustain their contention that whisky is a medicine.” G. A. R. Post Chief Dies Bu United Press MT. VERNON, Ind., Nov. 4. Funeral services will be held here Saturday for Sylvester Kirk, 83, commander of \the Harrow Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and one of the few remaining local civil war veterans. Kirk plied his trade as an interior decorator until ten days before his death.

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OIL TRIAL COST 11, S. $50,000; MAT INCREASE Proposal Act Would Force Fall’s Nephew to Tell About Bonds. BY RUTH FINNEY WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.—lt cost the United States something like $50,000 to present its case against Albert B. Fall and Harry F. Sinclair to the jury just excused from further service. The cost of bringing Government witnesses to Washington was about $20,000 and to that was added fees for expert accountants, jury salaries, and court costs, office rent and attorney fees. See* Conviction As much more must be spent again when the case is retried, probably early in January. But the delay probably will Increase the chances of conviction. As soon as Congress convenes, It will be asked to pass a measure providing that no persons shall be excused from testifying for the United States on the ground of self-in-crimination; and granting Immunity from prosecution to any person thus forced to testify. If this measure Is enacted into law, M. T. Everhart, son-in-law of Fall, will be required, when he comes to the witness stand again, to tell where he got the liberty bonds he used to pay Fall’s debts. The answer, which he has refused for two years to give, will form the last connecting link in the evidence upon which they seek to prove conspiracy between Fall and Sinclair, Government attorneys believe. Died in Filibuster The bill granting immunity In return. for testimony fer the Government was reported favorably by the judiciary committee of both houses of Congress last spring, but failed of passage in the March filibuster. It is similar to provisions in the Bankruptcy Act, the Interstate Commerce Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Volstead Act, all of which ojmpel a witness to testify, and immunize him from punishment for anything he may testify about. They all leave to the prosecuting officials the decision as to whether a witness’ testimony is important enough to the Government to earn him immunity. The new act would extend these provisions to all Feteral Court cases. CALL FIREMEN TO MEAL Breakfast Is Only Damage When Stove Is Upset. Firemen and police hastened this morning to help rescue the breakfast of Thomas C. paldwell and family, 717 N. East St. The kitchen stove upset while breakfast was being prepared. Damage, except to the breakfast, was slight.

Pests Often Infest Homes After Being Closed for Summer. Numerous inquiries are being received daily at the State Entomologist’s office regarding such matters as “How to make fleas flee,” “beetles beat it” or moths disappear. Assistant State Entomologist Harry F. Dietz announces publication and free distribution on fleas. The pamphlet may be had for the asking. “With the passing of the leafchewing insects, household pests are having their season and must be brought under control,” Dietz said. “Fleas often infest a house that has been closed during the summer months, or premises where dog or cat pets are permitted to roam freely. “Silver moths come with the turning on of steam heat and although they do slight damage, they are extremely annoying to the housewife. Sodium fluoride will exterminate them. “Os the numerous household pests the most destructive and vicious are the sigaret beetle and clothes moths. These little insects generally have worked for some time before being discovered and often costly over-stuffed furniture is ruined.” To exterminate this pes't Dietz recommends sending the infested furniture to an establishment where articles may be subjected to a heat treatment of 140 degress for twentyfour hours. This kills all development stages he says. PLAN ROTARY DANCE 2,000 Guests Expected at Party Nov. 28. Rotarians are planning entertainment for from 2,000 to 2,500 guests expected to attend their open house party and dance at the Indiana ballroom, Monday night, Nov. 28. Three hundred Rotarians are to be accompanied by their families and guests at the event, the first of its kind to be undertaken by the club. Plans are in the hands of the entertainment committee: Louise Haerle, chairman; William Herschell, vice chairman; Irvin C. DeHa,ven, Thomas A. Elder, Edward W. Harris, William A. Hough, Herbert S. King, Herman P. Lleber, Joseph A. Miner and F. Durward Staley. RUSSIA MAY BUY INDIANA MACHINERY Belief Expressed After Trade Group Visits Michigan City. Bu Times Special MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Nov. 4 Soviet Russia may become a purchaser soon of machinery made in this part of Indiana, the State’s great industrial section. A Russian trade delegation has Just concluded a visit here, during which methods of production were studied. S. T. Nelson, works manager for the Sullivan Machinery Company here, greeted the visitors. He says the Russians are Interested principally in mining machinery.

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FIRST SHOTS IN ‘FARM WAR’ON LOWDEN FIRED Nye Denounces Illinois Leader; Dickinson to Defense. BY* PAUL F. MALLON United Prni Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. The long threatened “farm war,” revolving around the prospective candidacy of Frank O. Lowden of Illinois for the Republican presidential nomination, opened today. Senator Nye, Independent Republican, of North Dakota, sent a letter to pqrty leaders of his Btate plainly cautioning them against espousing the Lowden cause, while Lowden adherents took a shot at the Borah-Norris Independent farm group when Representative Dickinson, Republican, of lowa, Issued a statement telling Republicans of Lowden’s advantages. The two statements brought differences between two farm groups more clearly Into the open, and Indicated clearly that the end of the conflict of opinion Is not yet In sight. Renew Charge Against Lowden In his telegram, Nye did not mention Lowden by name, but left no doubt as to his views when he advised the farm leaders of South Dakota; “Let us not overlook the fact that one of our friends, now most prominently mentioned as a candidate, was defeated at the Chicago convention in 1920 because of a scandal raised over the use of his money by his friends in attempting to unduly influence the vote of the Missouri delegation, in which effort, hearings before the Committee on Privileges and Elections disclosed, they were caught redhanded.” Some of Lowden’s opponents have made this charge before, but not openly in recent years. Nye’s letter was addresesd to C. C. Talbott, Jamestown, N. D., to be used by Talbott at the convention' of the farmers union now in session there. Appeal Made for Unity Dickinson’s statement appealed for unity of farm forces. He suggested the possibility that Governor A1 Smith of New York might be the Democratic nominee and might make a campaign for farm relief, ‘You would then haie a repetition of the campaign of 1V96. and chaos would reign in both parties,” he said. "With Smith carrying two or more large eastern states, where will Republican party make up the loss? "Only In the border states. What candidate can be selected to Insure such results in Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Nebraska, New Mexico and Nevada and possibly Indiana? Lowden is the only man who can do the trick.” , Dickinson recommended that the farm slogan be “listen or lose the West.” TOM WALSH „ 53 Virginia Ave. Next Door to llanx’a Drag KloN Phone Lincoln PSO4 Delivery Service Cleaning and Pressing, SI.OO Tailor-Made Suit, $23,75. (Union Made)