Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 154, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 November 1927 — Page 1

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NEW STATEHOUSE INQUIRY WILL FOLLOW INDICTMENT OF FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS Grand Jury Will Reconvene Next Week, Sift Affairs at Capitol; Nature of Investigation Is Kept Secret. DEC. 5 SET AS ARRAIGNMENT DATE Bond of SI,OOO Each Posted by Accused Quartet and Realty Dealer, Also Named in One of True Bills. With four city councilmen indicted late Friday on bribery charges, Prosecutor William H. Remy today announced that the grand jury will turn its investigation of political corruption from city hall back to the State House Monday. Nature of the new investigation into State affairs, which already has resulted in indictment of Governor Ed Jackson, was not disclosed. Remy made the announcement* after conference with Special Prosecutors Emsley W. Johnson and John W. Holtzman, who said that the end of the councilmanic inquiry did not mark the end of their services for the State.

Criminal Judge James A. Collins set arraignment of those indicted Friday for Dec. 5. Those indicted, at liberty under SI,OOO bonds eachi Councilmen Boynton J. Moore, 1626 Spruce St, real estate dealer at 701 Union Title Bldg.; Walter R. Doreett 1215 Kealing Ave., barber; OtlJ E. Bartholomew, 1216 S. Senate Ave., electrician, all Republic tans; Millard W. Ferguson, 380 N. Holmes Ave., grocer, Democrat, and Martin Frankfort, real estate dealer, 701 Union Title Bldg. The four councilmen are named In one affidavit; Moore in two, Bartholomew in two and Frankfort in one. In general, the indictments charge the councilmen and Frankfort with accepting or giving bribes in connection with re-zoning ordinances, fire Mparatus contracts and the blocking of impeachment proceedings against John L. Duvall when he was mayor. Each Provides Bond Capiases for the arrests were issued immediately after the indictments were returned. Sheriff Omer Hawkins and deputies waited in the courtroom and received the papers with nineteen other capiases upon routine indictments. The four councilmen had gathered at county Jail and were waiting arrest there when the sheriff arrived. He took them to the sheriff’s office, where each provided SI,OOO bond, signed by John F. Walker, street cleaning superintendent during the shank administration. Quiz Score of Officials Until council ousted Duvall last week real estate men, contractors and other business men doing business with the city were virtually the only witnesses heard. But after council’s action in ousting Duvall, the ex-mayor came before the Jury 'Tuesday and a score of present and former city officials have followed. The first part of the Investigation was centered on council real estate and zoning activities and the purchase of fire apparatus in which councilmen are alleged to have collected "favors’’ from those desiring city business or wishing a certain section be zoned for business. But this week the jury, it is understood, has considered what induced council to balk after twice starting to impeach Duvall. Council members came to him after the first impeachment resolution was introduced, and as a result Police Chief Claude M. Worley, Detective Chief Claude F. Johnson and City Purchasing Agent John J. Collins raised a pot from “boys who were friendly to me,” from which several hundred dollars apiece were distributed to various councilmen, Duvall is understood to have told the jury. Johnson is said to have denied any part in this when before the jury. Duvall also is said to have admitted th&t he shook up city departments when the council threatened impeachment the second time because council members threatened "to go ahead” if he did not make appointments dictated by them. Councilman Boynton J. Moore’s father-in-law was given the assistant city building commissioner’s post in the shake-up. Fails to Find Records Duvall is unde,-stood to have denied any knowledge of zoning and fire appartus purchase deals of the council faction. Thursday Duvall and Deputy Prosecutor Sheaffer searched city hall records for stenographic notes of dictaphone records Duvall is said to have had made of some of his conversations with councilmen and others. They were not found. He placed dictaphones in his office and the board of works office, It is said.

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VOLUME 39-NUMBER 154

RECORD FIRST DAY TONIC TO FUND CAMPAIGN Workers to Increase Efforts for Community Chest Over Week-End. A busy week-end is in prospect for the army of Indianapolis men and women soliciting for the Community Fund. The surprisingly large pledges Friday have given fund workers additional hope of finishing the eighth annual campaign within the ten-day period allotted to the drive. If this is done, it will be the first time in Community Fund history ‘here that the goal has been reached by the specified closing date. Workers enlisted in the woman’s army and the six employes divisions are expected to be especially active over Sunday. Leaders in the employes divisions are determined to reach the half-way mark in their respective quotas early next week. Pledges Reach $262,000 Official tabulation of pledges to the fund reported Friday places the day’s total at $262,144.52, a gain of $119,004.05 over the sum reported on the opening day of the 1926 campaign. To reach this year’s goal of $722,800, additional subscriptions of $510,655.48 are needed. Gifts announced by the six main divisions at the first report luncheon Friday noon were: Special gifts,’ ‘A” division, $177,230; special gifts, “B” division, $9,836.75; branch house division, $10,863.50; mile square divisions, $37,152.50; employes’ divisions, $8,562.65, and woman’s army, $18,499.12. Divisions Over Quota Division 5 in the branch house group went over the top $450 in excess of its quota. In the woman’s army several district teams also are over. These include districts led by Mrs. David H. Cohen, Mrs. Mary Moriarity, Mrs. W. J. Blackley and Mrs. H. Frarkfort. Robert Bryson, director of the public employes group, announced that all letter carriers have Subscribed. Voicing a warning against overoptimism, Walter C. Marmon, general campaign chairman, declares that to reach the campaign goal of $722,800 by Nov. 14, will require hard work on the part of fund workers, backed up by generous public support, BOY CAPTURES SOLDIER Pursues Fugitive 20 Miles for Failure to Pay for Gasoline. Joseph Heigl, reported having gone absent without leave from the Quartermaster Corps at Ft. Benjamin Harison Thursday, is in jail at Plymouth, Ind., today because he tried to defraud Charles Parker, 15, out of gasoline for an auto he was driving. Parker, son of a Plymouth auto dealer, chased Heigl twenty miles and held the fugitive fifteen minutes until Sheriff Falconbury of Marshall County and. three deputies arrived. Heigl is said to have told Falconbury he had stolen the auto in Indianapolis Wednesday. . FIND STRANGLER GUILTY “Gorilla Man” to Die for Murder on Friday, Jan. 13. Bu United Press WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Nov. 5. Earle Nelson, "strangler killer,” today was found guilty of the murder of Mrs. Emily Patterson. He was sentenced to hang Friday, Jan. 13.

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Four ‘ln Cower’ Over Two Corners

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These are the two comers about which four city councilmen got into trouble with the grand jury. Indictments charge the councilmen accepted bribes for rezoning the comers for business purposes. Above, the northwest comer of Twenty-Seventh and Meridian Sts. Below, southeast comer of College Ave. and FortySixth St.

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FIRST SNOW OF SEASONIN CITY Temperature to Drop Below Freezing Tonight. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 35 10 a. m 37 7 a. m 36 11 a. m 37 8 a. 36 12 (noon) .. 38 9 a. m 36 First snow of the season was reported at noon today by J. H. Armington, United States Weather Bureau head, in the vicinity of Fifteenth and Illinois Sts. The light flakes continued falling for some time. A killing frost, with temperatures dropping to 25 to 28 degrees, 7 to 10 degrees lower than last night, is predicted for tonight. Cloudy skies prevented a frost here last night, although a low temperature of 35 was reached, equaling the low mark of the season of Thursday night. Temperatures today will be 6 or 7 degrees lower than Friday’s, according to Armington. It will be somewhat warmer, however, Sunday afternoon. Friday’s temperature average was 44, 3 degrees below normal. Bn United Press WARSAW, Ind., Nov. s.—Ground in this section was white with snow early today for the first time this season. Water in outdoor receptacles in the open froze Friday night, when the temperature went to 30. Bn United Press KENDALLVILLE, Ihd., Nov. 5. The first cold snap of the season here sent the mercury down to 28 this morning. A light snowfall occurred during the night. RUSH TOJPAY TAXES Monday Is Last Day for Fall Installment. County tax officials faced a day and night job today with Monday the last day for paying the fall installment of taxes. The office will be open regular hours Monday, but any checks placed in the mail before midnight will be considered as last day payments. For the first time in several years county taxpayers showed inclination to pay early. The lines of persons waiting has been kept to a minimum by extra help. AMUNDSEN IN NORWAY Explorer Refuses to I~ plain Sudden New York Departure. By United Press „ _ _ ~ OSLO, Norway, Nov. s—Roald Amundsen,, famous Polar explorer, refused on his arrival today to explain his sudden, unexpected departure from New York—reported at the time to be due to anything from a romance to dissatisfaction with terms offered him for a lecture tour. Amundsen told the United Press he would sail for South America after Christmas.

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BALLOONIST IS KILLED IN TOY FOR ALTITUDE Flier Found Dead as Winds Drop Bag in Hills of Tennessee. Bn United Pres* SPARTA, Tenn., Nov. s.—Evidently the victim of high altitude suffocation, Capt, Hawthorne C. Gray, Scott field Army balloonist, was found dead in his balloon, the S-80-24;i, in n treetop ft Stiles, Tenn., seven miles from here, early today. * * * He left Belleville, HI., yesterday at 2:22 p. m., in an attempt to break the world’s record for balloons, using an Army bag of 80,000 cubic feet, inflated with hydrogen. The last notation in his log read: “Threw out last sandbag at 40,000 feet.” The record is 34,424 feet. The S-80-241 was sighted drifting at a low altitude by farmers late last night in the wooded valley near here. It was coursing lazily over the mountains. When found by farmer bovs early today, the bag of the balloon was collapsed. Gray’s body wls identified by a note sewed to his clothing. Physicians who examined the body said indications were he had been dead for hours. They expressed the belief Gray had died either from suffocation or heart failure. Left Log Entry Another entry in the pilot’s log which was found lightly clasped in his hand read: “A blue sky, sun very bright, sand all gone, 40,000 feet. Music gone, antenna out." x Authorities who examined the basket of the balloon expressed the belief Gray may have pushed his aircraft doggedly on beyond the safety point'of his emergency oxygen supply. Instruments Guarded Gray’s altimeter was taken from the basket and placed under guard by authorities pending arrival of air service officials from Belleville and Nashville. He wore a full Army uniform, a knitted sweater, woolen under clothing and several pairs of thick, woolen socks. His eyes were protected by oil-glazed goggles.

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THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION, by Dr. Will Durant, will start in The Indianapolis Times Monday, Nov. 7. Like his “Story of Philosophy,” Dr. Durant's new literary gem is bound to be received with acclaim by all who read it. Dr. Durant has what might be classified as a “different” slant at philosophy. His clear and concise method of relation of facts enables readers of all ages to understand ano appreciate his thoughts. “Civilization, writes Durant, “is 'political order, economic provision, moral development and cultural creation. The order and provision are the soil in which the flowers of art and consideration grow. Rulers and governments are not civilization except as they promote security, co-ordinate industry, encourage education. Labor is not civilization unless it leads to leisure; and wealth without art is barbarism.” “CONFUCIUS AND THE SECRET OF CHINA” is the title of Dr. Durant’s first article. In engaging Dr. Durant to write this series, the ScrippsHoward newspapers, of which The Times is one, believed they could do their readers a real service.

One Way Out By Times Sveeial SEYMOUR, Ind., Nov. 5. Harry F. Walton, Charleston, arrested here on a charge of driving while drunk, sold his automobile to raise money to pay the fine and costs, a total of $l2O.

RUTH ELDER ON VOYAGETO U. S. ‘Envelope Full of Dresses’ Among Her Baggage. By United Press CHERBOURG, France, Nov. 5. Miss Ruth Elder and George Haldeman arrived here at 4:45 p. m. to--day (U;45 a. m. E. 8- TT to embark oh the liner Aquttania for New York. They were tendered an official reception by town authorities and Miss Elder said to them: "I have sworn to be the first woman to follow the path of Lindbergh. I shall try again at the first opportunity.” By United Press PARIS, Nov. s.—Just an American girl again, with “an envelope full of dresses and a trunk full of souvenirs,” Miss Ruth Elder entrained at 10:46 a. m. today for Cherbourgh, to board a train for New York. Tired out after the heroine-wor-shiping that followed her rescue from the sea at the end of her trans-Atlantic flight attempt, Miss Elder went to the railway station in care of a doctor. George Haldeman, Miss Elder’s co-pilot, showed a diffidence that contrasted with the American girl’s eagerness to start home. "It’s the uniform,” Haldeman explained. “I had to stop wearing my flying uniform. And here I am.” He was wearing a French-tail-ored "cute-cut” suit, built on pinchback lines. FORM BASEBALL FIRM Incorporation Papers of Evansville Club Arc Filed. Robert Coleman, Granite City, HI., new owner of the Evansville Three-I League franchise, today filed incorporation papers of the Evansville Baseball Company with Secretary of State Frederick E. Schortemeier. The company will take over the Evansville club. It is capitalized at SIO,OOO.

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FLOOD RAGES OVER VAST AREA; TOLL OF PROPERTY AND LIFE SOARS RAPIDLY

Connecticut River Bursts Its Banks and Threatens Springfield, Mass. RADIO CARRIES NEWS Quebec Also Swept by New Disaster; Farm Lands Are Inundated. By United Press SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Nov. s.—At a record-breaking height of 21 feet, 6 inches, the swollen Connecticut River broke its banks today and threatened to flood a large section of this city. Going from house to house, firemen, police and municipal employes warned 12,000 to 15,000 residents of the north end to prepare to vacate their homes. Throughout the night, city employes had worked to strengthen the mile-long dike. The cellars of scores of homes were flooded and the basements of business and office blocks Were under water. Many Dead in Montpelier B.U United Press _ „ „ „ BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Nov. 5. Arthur L. Kent, an amateur radio operator, reports ten persons have been drowned in Montpelier, Vt., and that greater loss of life is feared, according to information given him by station 1-BEB at Montpelier, Kent said he had picked up the Montpelier station last night, and that the operator ' >ld him he hail been trying all day to get in touch with the outside world. He said Montpelier was entirely cut off. The operator at station 1-BEB told him that while no check had been made of the loss of lile, he feared that it might run into large numbers. He said the town was under twenty feet of water in some sections. Big Loss in Canada By United Press MONTREAL. Nov. s.—Communication by rail and by wire with the New England States and the Maritime Provinces was hampered badly today because of floods, in the southern part of the Province of Quebec and the eastern section around Three Rivers. Only one good wire is working to the Maritime Provinces and most of the telegraph business for New England is being routed via New York. In the district south and east of Sherbrooke. Quebec, it is estimated that damage to the extent of $1,000,000 been done to houses, mills, highways and bridges. In the Three Rivers section, many washouts have been reported and roads and bridges badly damaged. Motorists Are Blocked Bu United Press WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt., Nov. s.—Five men who left here In an automobile today in an attempt to reach flood-stricken Montpelier, reported by telephone that they had arrived in Woodstock, having covered only fourteeen miles in three hours. They reported they were leaving Woodstock immediately for Bethel, N. H., twenty-eight miles away, hoping to reach the State capital by tnis round-about route. “At many points between White River Junction and Woodstock the roads are almost impassable,” one of the motorists reported. “We had a terrific job to get our car through the flooded districts. Many times we were stalled and thought we would have to abandon the trip.” FLAN BRAZIL FLIGHT Brock, Schlee to Attempt Hop in Spring. Kjt United Press ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Nov. 5.—A non-stop flight to South America over the route followed by Paul Redfern, lost Georgian aviator, will be attempted next spring by William S. Brock and Edward F. Schlee, round-the-world fliers. Schlee outlined plans for the Rio de Janeiro flight in an interview here today. The Pride of Detroit, monoplane in which the pair traveled more than two-thirds way around the globe, probably will be used in the flight, he said.

Flood Toll

Vermont MONTPELIER—Giant reservoir reported collapsed, drowning many. Lieutenant Governor S. Hooliston Jackson said to be victim. Water ten feet deep in city. Property damage millions. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION— Five bridges swept away. All roads blocked. Scores homeless. Woman, two children drowned. BARRE—Streets full of water, city is isolated. RUTLAND—Mammoth Chittenden dam, holding millions of gallons of water, is bulging. N SHELDON SPRINGS—Garage and twenty-four automobiles swept away. Town in darkness. WlNOOSKl—American Woolen Mills in danger. ST. JOHNSBURY—Maine Central bridge over Wassumpsic River burned to save one below it. Dam bursts. RUTLAND— Engineer and fireman rescued from train cabin after twelve hours. SHARON—Dam out. Massachusett BECKER—Three dams went out, 300 persons homeless. Two factories, twenty-one homes swept away. Damage ciose to $1,000,000. SUTTON—Three dams swept away. Other communities flooded by bursting dams include* Milford, Northbridge, North Adams, Russell, and Adams. NORTH ADAMS—Seven reported dead, damage estimated at $1,000,000. BRA YTONSVILLE—Scores are homeless. WESTFIELD Three hundred homeless. Three drowned. MILBURY—Mother and daughter lost when dam burst on Blacks tone River. BOSTON—Typhoid vaccine for 1.000 persons sent to Worcester to halt outbreak o( dist ase. Connecticut Total damage in Connecticut set at $2,000,000 at noon. SALISBUR Y—-One person drowned. New Hampshire BEEBE RIVER—“ModeI Town” of New Hampshire virtually destroyed. FRANKLIN—BristoI dam threatens whole valley. WARREN—Entire family perished. WENTWORTH Two persons drowned. CLAREMONT—TweIve feet of water on highways. . GLEN—Hundreds of cattle drowned . Farmhouses flooded. Many families rescued in boats. Rhode Island Damage in State put at $1,500,000. Several mills flooded by Blacksone River.

‘BILL’ WONDERS, TOO Armitage Says He Don’t Know Who’ll Be Mayor. William H. Armitage, political general of the former Shank administration, today declined to predict who will be “next mayor” of Indianapolis. Armitage continued to maintain his “office” in Castle Hall Bldg., next to City Hall, atlhough he did not play a large role In the Duvall regime. "I haven’t talked to anyone,” he said. “Bill” had a few callers this morning, including former Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff. Armitage usually keeps his door open, but today it was locked and “Bill” came into the corridor to talk to newspaper men. COLLINSJOJIAME 3 Jackson Case Attorneys to Pick Trial Judge. Criminal Court Judge James A. Collins Monday will disqualify himself officially as Judge in the trial of Governor Jackson, George V. Coffin, political leader, and Robert I. Marsh, former law partner of Jackson. They are charged with bribery for alleged offering to former Governor Warren T. McCray SIO,OOO and a promise of nonconviction in Indiana courts if he would appoint James E. McDonal prosecutor, succeeding his son-in-law William P. Evans. Collins announced this Friday to attorneys. He said he will name Judge Grant Crumpacker of Valparaiso, Judge Jerre West of Crawfordsville and Judge Carl Morrow of Anderson. Collins said defense and State’s attorneys are to select one of these Circuit Court jurists to sit in the case.

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Trail of Devastation Carved Across New England by Raging Torrents. THOUSANDS IN FLIGHT List of Dead at 22, Growing Hourly; Vermont Entirely Cut Off. BY HENRY MINOTT United Press Staff Correspondent BOSTON, Nov. 5. —Leaving an awesome trail of death and destruction in Vermont, flood waters today spread with dev- ; astnting force into Massachusetts and New Hampshire. More thousands of homes were imperiled, industrial establishments were threatened, and the already tremendous burden of telephone and telegraph companies and railroads was increased. The list of known dead stood at 22. Rumors, entirely unverified, placed the total dead at more than 200, with most of the casualties in Montpelier, capital of Vermont, which had been cut off from the outside world for nearly forty-eight hours. Countless thousands were homeless. Property Toll Millions Property damage in the six States affected will run into many millions. Thousands of flood victims were being cared for by the Red Cross, national guardsmen, police, firemen and municipal employes. Over the tragic scene there arose today the danger o 1 disease and famine. Health authorities took steps to combat possible spread of typhoid, feared because of the condition of water supplies, and railroad officials laid plans for moving emergency food supplies into the stricken areas. Major General Preston Brown, commander of the First corps area, today received word from Washington that Attorney General John G. Sargent understood that Ludlow, Vt., his home town, had been abandoned. Asked to Send Plane Brown was asked to send an airplane to Ludlow to obtain accurate information n garding the situation there and to determine the fate of Sargent’s home, where the attorney general's wife and granddaughter had been periled by the flood. With telephone and telegraph service disrupted, the Army base today succeeded in establishing radio communication with Ft. Ethan Allen at Burlington, Vt., near the flood center. The fort reported that its power plant had been thrown out of commission, but that it now was in working order. Because of the difficulty attending radio communication with the fort, General Brown dispatched a light truck, carrying several men and uortable radio apparatus to Vermont. It was said the truck would go as far as possible toward Montpelier and that the portable radio apparatus then would be set up and communication carried on with Ft. Ethan Allen. Snow Is Feared Adverse weather forecasts made the situation even more desperate. Somewhat colder tonight and Sunday, with probable local rains or snow, was predicted for northern New England, where flood conditions were most serious. Lower temperatures and lain also were forecast for southern New England. An unconfirmed report reaching Burlington, Vt., today estimated that 100 persons had perished when the big reservoir at Montpelier burst. No authentic word had been obtained from the stricken city. Word from Plymouth, Vt., birthplace of President Coolidge, indicated that that little village, high in the hills, had escaped. An amateur operator in Hudson, Mass., today picked up a radio message from Barre, Vt., stating that two persons had been drowned at Newport, Vt. The message also referred to a heavy loss of life at Montpelier, but stated there was no confirmation of the report. Thousands of Farms Flooded Thousands of farms had been flooded. Household furniture, hen coops, fences and parts of wrecked homes were carried away. Inundated highways were dotted with abandoned automobiles. Thousands of heads of cattl? perished. Whole families at many points were marooned 6n roof tops. Everywhere there were little groups of the homeless, many of whom had seen all their worldly effects swept to destruction.