Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 161, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 November 1927 — Page 9

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HINT PLOT BY /ITY OFFICERS AND ROM RING Federal Agents Arrest 41 in Muncie Raid, Sift Conspiracy Rumors. BRING PRISONERS HERE Suspects Given Hearing in Commissioners’ Court on Booze Charges. Fifteen of the forty-one alleged liquor law violators arrested Saturday afternoon at Muncie by Federal prohibition agents were given hearings this morning before Commissioner John W. Kern, six providing bond and being released. Hearings were expected to continue until late in the afternoon. Brought to Indianapolis from Muncie in three busses late Saturday night, the prisoners had no opportunity to provide bond until today. They were held under Federal vagrancy charges. Federal officials were silent about reports that high officials of Muncie might be implicated in a conspiracy. Affidavits of defendants willing to plead guilty were being taken today by agents, testimony implicating others being given in the affidavits, it was learned. Barlows Among Prisoners One of the most important arrests made by the agents was that of Walter (Pete) Barlow, popularly known as the “mayor of the Muncie underworld,” proprietor of an alleged gambling den and several booze joifats. Mrs. Barlow, four times arrested on liquor charges, but never convicted, also was among those arrested. Mrs. Kenneth Whitsell, 20, was released when her husband surrendered Saturday night and assumed responsibility for twenty gallons of liquor, several thousand bonded liquor labels, counterfeit strip stamps and a quantity of chemicals found by agents at their home in a fashionable residence district. * Two Left Behind Two prisoners were not brought to Indianapolis, Elmer Lee, Negrorwho became suddenly ill after arrest, and Ervin Hurley who was permitted to remain at his father’s home to care for his invalid mother. The father, Homer Hurley, 76, living near Daleville, the oldest prisoner held, was taken to the Marion County jail. Joe Davis, Delaware County prosecutor, to whom much credit was given by Federal agents for assistance in uncovering the liquor conspiracy in Muncie, came to Indianapolis to take part in the hearings. A majority of the persons arrested lived or operated in the notorious Muncie "red light” district, bounded by Walnut, First, Plum and Willard Sts. Law Is Flouted Two prohibition agents were left at Muncie for a few days by George L. Winkler, deputy dry commissioner, who directed the raids, to serve warrants on a number--of persons not found Saturday. Agents had sixty arrest warrants Saturday. ANOTHER PRINCE FALLS Henry, Brother of Wales, Escapes Injury on Fox Hunt. Bu United Press MELTON, Mowbray, England, Nov. 14,_Prince Henry, younger brother of the Prince of Wales, narrowly escaped serious injury today when as he was fox hunting his horse fell at an obstacles it was jumping, throwing Prince Henry over its head. The horse, struggling to rise, barely missed stepping on Prince Henry’s chest. Henry rolled aside and was not injured. He resumed the hunt on another mount. GILES TO HOP TUESDAY Pacific night Starting Dat ( Depends On Weather Bu United Press SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 14. Capt. Frederick A. Giles will take off frem here Tuesday for Honolulu, on the first leg of his flight to Australia, if weather conditions permit, he said today. -J. FIREBUG IS SUSPECTED Arson Division Probes $5,000 Fire in Vacant House Capt. Harry Gould of the fire department arson division today investigated the blaze at 2707 Northwestern Ave., early Sunday, which he said was of incendiary origin. The building, of frame construction, was vacant and owned by M. B. Derainian, 2701 Northwestern Ave. Derainian gave the set at $5,000, one-fourth covered by insurance. Firemen said that this is another of the series 6f incendiary blazes here in the past few weeks. Motorist Killed By Train Btl Times Special I RICHMOND, Ind., Nov. 14.—Roy Davis, 23, Newcastle, is dead here today and his companion, Miss Willa Bell, 20, Newcastle, is in a serious condition with a skull fracture, the result of Davis’ auto being struck by a Pennsylvania train at Hagerstown Sunday. Decorate Noted Composer Bu United Press PRAGUE, N;ov. 14.—President Masaryk has decorated with the order of the White Lion, the famous Italian composer, Pietro Mascagni, who composed “Cavallieria Rusticana,” “L’Amico,” “Fritz” and “Ratcliff.” ♦ \

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Alfred H. Moore, named city engineer today by Mayor Slack.

RESUME TRIAL OF SCHOOL HEAD Call Many Witnesses in M’Andrew Hearing. Bu United Press „ . . . CHICAGO, Nov. 14.—The trial of William McAndrew, suspended superintendent of Chicago schools, charged with insubordination and and fostering pro-British propaganda, was resumed today and ought to keep the spotlight of publicity turned in the right direction until February, when McAndrew’s term of office expires. Charles Grant Miller, president of the Patriotic League for the Preservation of American History, and one of a long line of witnesses, was scheduled to testify today to his experiences with the insidious attempts of England to capture America by corrupting the minds of school children. CONSULATE GUARDED Jugo-Slavians Protest New Treaty With Italy. Bu United Press BELGRADE, Nov. 14.—A double cordon of police with fixed bayonets protected the Italian consulate at Spalato Sunday night against a mob demonstrating against Italy and in favor of France. The mob was celebrating the signing of anew Fvench-Jugo-Slavian treaty and the anniversary of the signing of the Rapallo treaty. There were similar demonstrations in many other Jugo-Slavian towns, although a government decree had forbidden such expressions of sentiment. ' FORD PLANT IN JAPAN Factory to Cost $1,000,000 Planned in Yokohama. Bu United Press DETROIT, Nov. 14.—Edtel Ford today announced plans for building a $1,000,000 Ford plant at Yokohama, Japan. Construction will start immediately, he said, and the plant will be ready to produce two hundred Fords a day A site has been secured by the Ford Motor Company of Japan, Limited.

DELAY JURY REPORT Special Prosecutors Not to Disclose Work Today. Special County Prosecutors, John W. Holtzman and Emsley W. Johnson, are not .expected to submit a report of their activities today to Criminal Court Judge James A. Collins. Holtzrnan took over his duties as city corporation counsel today and said he would not be at the Courthouse. Johnson was out of the city. Johnson said Friday the report would be submitted to Collins today. Holtzman stated he has not seen the report being prepared son and was waiting on Johnson to present it to him for approval. The Marlon County grand jury called no witnesses for today’s session. 3,000 AT FLOWER SHOW 100,000 Blooms Are Displayed at Garfield Park Exhibit. Three thousand persons Sunday attended the flower show at Garfield Park greenhouses, sponsored by the city department of parks. One hundred thousand blooms were displayed. The show will continue all this week. Exhibits will be on display tonight from Purdue University. Injury to Spine Fatal Bu Times Special MOORELAND, Ind!, Nov. 14. Emment Moore, 69, is dead of injuries suffered to his spine in an aufS accident Oct. 9. He was prominent in the insurance business, having been one of the organizers of the Tri-County Farmers Insurance Cos. ~ Uses Gas For Suicide Bu Times Special WABASH, Ind., Nov. 14.—Frank Cover, 64, is dead here today, a suicide, from inhaling gas. He waa despondent over 111 health.

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SLACK NAMES A. H. MOORE AS (MENGINEER Appointee Accepts Berth; Hoke Declines Job on Works Board. BOOK NOT TO SERVE V Declares He Is Unable to Act as Purchasing Agent Under New Regime. Mayor L. Ert Slack today announced that he had named as city engineer Alfred H. Moore, civil engineer of the firm of Jeup & Moore, 307 Indiana Trust Bldg., and former deputy city engineer. He succeeds Paul R. Brown. He also announced that he would offer the poet of city purchasing agent to William H. Book, secretary of the civic affairs committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and that Fred Hoke, vice-president of the Hocomb & Hoke Manufacturing Cos., had refused appointment on the the board of works. Informed that the mayor would offer him the city purchasing agent's post. Book issued a statement declaring he would be unable to accept. Has Other Duties He has undertaken duties with the Chamber of Commerce which he must finish, he said. Moore, named t othe $8,500 city engineer’s post to succeed Brown whom Slack ousted last week, said he would take over the office’s duties Tuesday. “I am accepting this position and am going over there and make a reputation for myself,” he said. “To do that, I will play fairly and honestly. Politics, during my period as city engineer, will play but a small part in the affairs of the office. “As yet I have no appointments to make and will not do so until I get my bearings.” Democrat in Politics Moore is a Democrat in National politics.- He has not taken an active Interest In political affairs for twenty years, however, he said. He and £■ T. Jeup organized their firm in 1901, shortly after Jeup was city engineer under Mayor Bell, a Democrat, and Moore was his deputy for eight years. He is a member of the Indianapolis and Indiana Engineering Societies, the Chamber of Commerce, the Methodist Church and is ThirtySecond degree Mason and Shriner. Moore came to Indianapolis thirty i years ago from Cincinnati, He was born in Illinois. Hoke, in his letter declining appointment to the board of works by Mayor Slack, referred to a conversation with the mayor in which Slack prevailed on him to accept the place. Would Have Been Mayor ‘I will say frankly that had the unexpected occurred, resulting in my election as mayor, I would have accepted and served, even though it were necessary to sever all other connections to do so,” the letter said. “While I recognize the great importance and responsibility of the board, there are scores of conscientious, capable fellow citizens of ours available for the board. If appointed, they are in position to accept and render unselfish, constructive and satisfactory service.” Hoke has been a city manager movement leader and was one of the five men proposed by the civic groups as mayor.

ALLEGED SLAYER FAILS TO APPEAR AT TRAP Willard Carson, Liberty, Did Not Follow Up Demand for Money Bu Times Snceial . .... LIBERTY, Ind., Nov. 14.—Willard Carson, wanted here on a charge of murdering his father two years ago, is still at large today after failure of the latest effort to capture him. Advised that Carson had demanded his brother-in-law. Spencer Stevens, meet him at a point on the Newcastle-Richmond pike and give him $6,500, Wayne and Union County officers, aided by Cincinnati, and Dayton, 0., officers, laid a trap, but Carson failed to appear. It is charged Carson killed his father when refused money. 13 Hurt In Derailed Car EAST CHICAGO, Nov. 14.—Thirteen persons were Injured when an electric train, traveling fifty miles an hour, was derailed near here. An open switch caused the wreck.

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GANGS m PEACE Chicago Underworld Checks Gambling War. Bu United Press CHICAGO, Nov. 14.—Faced with the necessity of overcoming private -."„,. re is without bloodshed or losing lucrative business, Chicago underworld gang leaders today negotiated secretly for peace. All important gambling houses have been closed since early last week, as a result of police department determination to prevent a new gang war. “Gambling syndicates” leaders, apparently were content to lose their operating revenues in exchange for the freedom of operation they would be granted later If they succeeded in settling their disputes peaceably.

Graystone Apt. from Illinois St. bears no witness of the tragic deaths of eight persons in the fire there early Sunday morning. The flames did not reach the front. Note the dark squares on the roof. They , are the light wells into which some of 'the victims frantically plunged from the third story.

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Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ware looking over all that was left of their belongings cestroyed in the Graystone Apt. fire early Sunday. Mrs. Ware fn.int.pri in the flaming hall as she and her husband fled in night clothing. The husband carried her to the street.

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The policeman in this picture is pointing at the wooden door of the elevator shaft through which the fatal fire leaped into the third floor hall of he Graystone Apt. Sunday morning. Benind the policeman are the doors to the fire escape. No one reached the fire escape because of the wall of flame which belched out of the elevator shaft.

BODY OF MRS. MAYER ARRIVES HERE TUESDAY Indianapolis Woman, Mother of Diplomat, Dies in Boston. The body of Mrs. Kate Lathrop Mayer, widow of Ferdinand L. Mayer, who died Sunday night at Boston, after a brief Illness from a heart attack, will arrive here at 11:20 a. m. Tuesday and will be taken to the home of a daughter, Mrs. Russell M. Ryan, 3236 N. Pennsylvania St. The body will be accompanied by a brother, Louis E. Lathrop, of Indianapolis. Mrs. Mayer had lived here since 1884. Shv was born at Greensburg in 1864. Survivors include a son, Frederick L. Mayer, head of the United States legation at Pekin. Mrs. Mayor was a member of the Second Presbyterian Church.

24 INJURED IN FALL Floor Collapses at Negro Church Ceremony. Twenty-four Negroes were Injured when the temporary floor upon which 100 were standing at corner stone laying ceremonies Sunday at the Tabernacle Baptist Church, Douglass and North Sts., dropped nine feet into the basement. The floor, in falling, bulged the side walls and covered the worshippers with debris. Broken legs and a fractured arm are believed by city hospital attaches to be the most serious injuries suffered by the victims. Inadequate support was given by police as the cause of the floor’s collapse. * ,

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PLOT TO SLAY OBREGON FAILS Bomb Hurled at Auto; Four Arrested in Chase. Bu United Press MEXICO CITY, Nov. 14.—Three men are held, two of them seriously wounded, in connection with Sunday's attempted bomb assassination of- Gen. !&varo Obregon, former president of Mexico. A fourth man is believed to have escaped. When Obregon was returning yesterday from Chapultepec Parle In an automobile, another motor car drew alongside the Obregon automobile. Two bombs were tossed at the former president’s car and exploded. Obregon received slight wounds to his face and his automobile was damaged badly. Friends accompanying Obregon in two other automobiles joined police in pursuing the would-be assassins. The attackers’ motor car finally struck a light pole and almost overturned. Its occupants fled on foot, with the pursuers firing at them. Two of the men were shot. Later the four were arrested. ACCUSED WIDOW TO BE GIVEN GOOD CHARACTER Friends of Mrs. Margaret Smith Will Testify at Liberty. By Times Special LIBERTY, Ind., Nov. 14.—Friends of Mrs. Margaret Smith on trial here in the poison slaying of her husband, George Smith, will testify to her good character and medical experts will give testimony that Smith died of myocarditis induced by a severe case of pyrrohea, it was evident today as the defense got under way. Counsel for the accused woman announces tnat between fifty and sixty persons will be called to the witness stand in her behalf. Dr. Robert Kehoe, professor of physiology at Cincinnati University, resumed the stand today to complete testimony he began Saturday. He has testified that it was possible Smith’s death was caused by myocarditis, as the defense contends.

BURNS TO HIT BACK AT U. S. FAKECHARGE Detective Chief to Go Before Grand Jury Again to Make Denial. WORKED AS JURY SPY Sleuth Who Aided U. S. Says False ‘Fixing’ Affidavit Is Signed. BY HERBERT LITTLB United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—William J. Bums, international detective, will be allowed to reply before the grand jury probably tomorrow to the Government’s charges that he obtained and used fake affidavits in the course of the Fall-Sinclalr oil trial Jury espionage. U. S. Attorney Peyton Gordon, after an hour’s conference with the detective and his son, W. Sherman Burns, granted Bums’ request to place his denial into the record. Flat denial of the Government’s charge that Burns operatives shadowing the FBil-Sinclair Jury falsified affidavits, apparently designed to force a mistrial of the case was made today by W. Sherman Bums, directing head of the international detective agency, and one of WilTJ. Burns. Say Story Is False W. Sherman Bums, as spokesman for his father, said the entire story of William J. McCullin, who worked as “William V. Long,” Burns operative “L-36,” while he was a spy for the Government, was false. McMullin’s story was that, at the request of Bums agents, he made a false affidavit on which W. J. Bums based charges of Government Jurytampering by a Justice Department official. Hotel records showing that Sinclair’s bill at the hotel Mayflower for the two and a fraction weeks of the trial amounted to $6,000 were obtained by the Government today. The hotel bill disclosed that a telephone call was completed from Sinclair’s apartment to Harry Jeffreys, the oil man’s confidential clerk in New York, on Oct. 18—the day after the trial started. Fall Pays Own Expenses The Government contends Jeffreys was told by telephone to hire the Bums sleuths. Two hotel clerks, John F. Schlotterbeck of the Mayflower and James L. Riddle of the Wardman Park, where Bums* agents gathered, appeared before the grand Jury today. Sinclair did not pay the expenses of his co-dcfendant, Fall, who lived at the Mayflower, it was disclosed. Fall’s expenses in the Fall-Doheny Elk Hills conspiracy trial were paid by E. L. Doheny. District Attorney Peyton Gordon after making public one of the most remarkable stories of modern criminology over the week-end, said there was no doubt that Burns and his agents hired to shadow the oil trial Jury “planted” evidence “for some ulterior purpose,” presumably to force a mistrial. U. S. Shows Hand The Government showed most of Its hand In disclosing that William J. McMullin, under the alias “William V. Long” served as a Burns Jury shadower, at the same time revealing every step of the espionage plot to the Government. It was stated emphatically that the Government has corroborated on five different points, McMullin’s statement that he signed a false affidavit on the basis of which Burns publicly charged Harris R. Lamb, special assistant to Attorney General Sargent, with having private conversations with Juror Norman Glascock during the trial. Affidavit Called False The Government also disclosed that McMullin’s testimony involved Burns personally as having directed him to get out of Washington, “carry on and you will be provided for well,” after Burns had leveled his charges. The Government’s new refutation of Bums’ charge of Jury-tampering took up in detail the detective chief’s story, based on an affidavit by "Long” that Glascock met the driver of Lamb’s roadster, license number "P-1738” at a flying field here, Oct. 22. McMullin has told the Government his affidavit was "sheer fiction.” McMullin’s story also disclosed that O. G. Ruddy, directing the agents in the Jury-shadowing, ordered him to submit reports that his subject, "Glascock, read newspaper accounts of the trial, in violation of Justice Siddons’ orders. McMullin told Government lawyers these reports also were false. . Another angle held sinister by Bums’ accusers was McMlillin’s statement that he faked reports attesting that he trailed Glascock for hours over Maryland automobile roads, on suggestion of Ruddy, who pointed out his 17-cent-a-mile expense money would add considerably to his revenue. The “fake affidavit" was drafted by Daniel Wright, attorney for Mason Day, and former Justice of the District of Columbia Supreme Court —the same court before which Sinclair and* Fall were in Judgment—according to McMullin’s story. After being called off the “shadow duty.” Terre Haute Pastor Diet Bu Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 14. Rev. Howard G. Connelly* 49, pastor of the Central Christian Church here for the last four years, is dead today after a few days’ illness of appendicitis. He was a pastor at New Albany eleven yean before coming here.