Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 163, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 November 1927 — Page 3

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U. S. ACTS TO TAKE PROPERTY OF MISSING OIL WITNESS

BLACKMER MAY LOSE $100,000! RECESSPROBE Grand Jury Ready to Act, Forced to Await Vital Records. SCANDAL QUIZ CLOSES Two New Phases of Drama to lse Under Way on Friday. Bii United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—Judicial machinery moved today to penalize H. M. Blackmer, missing key-wit-ness in the Fall-Sinclair Teapot Dome trial, for his failure to testify in response to a subpoenae served on him in France last spring. Justice F. L. Siddons issued a rule calling upon Blackmer to appear here Jan. 6 to show cause why he should not be held in contempt of court and his property confiscated to the extent of SIOO,OOO under the new Walsh law. Such an amount of Blackmer’s property, probably in money, will be seized at once, now that the rule is signed by Senator Walsh (Dem.) of Montana, said. Walsh is author of the law which is here exercised for the first time. Law Passed in 1926 The law was passed in 1926 especially for the purpose of forcing return of Blackmer. In such a case as this, Walsh said, the judge has no further power to punish by a jail sentence or further fine for contempt of court. Fresh delay came today to the grand jury investigation of alleged jury-tampering in the FallSinclair oil case. * \ With swift action anticipated from the grand jury, that body suddenly had to recess for two days, awaiting vital records on telegrams and telephone calls in the strange drama of jury shadowing. , The grand jury Friday expects to have records of telegrams and telephone calls between Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, and his New Yor koffice, made during the oil trial With these the Government hopes to forge one link in the chain it seeks to bind about Sinclair as the alleged higher-up in hiring of Burns sleuths to shadow oil jurors. Records are Subpoenaed The records have been subpoenaed from New York and were expected today. Because of their absence, the grand jury could not proceed. Its witness list is exhausted. After inspecting the records it will be able to decide whether indictments or no true bills are to be returned. x On Friday, two new phases of the drama arising out of the Fall-Sin-clair mistrial will be under way. At that time, there will be a hearing on the petition of Juror Edward J. Kidwell for contempt citations against Don King, reporter, and J. Ray Akers, conductor. Roberts, Gordon Confer The latter two swore they conversed with Kidwell and heard from him and alleged observation that he expected, in event of Sinclair’s acquittal, to get a car ‘as long as this block.” The second phase, expected to be well under way Friday, is the investigation ordered by Justice Siddons to determine whether the events leading to the mistrial involved criminal contempt of court. Owen J. Roberts, special prosecutor in the oil trial, conferred with United States District Attorney Peyton Gordon today, ostensibly on private business, but presumably to consider the investigation question.

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to: Homer Ettenburn, 517 E. Ohio St., Ford, 533-645, from 23 W. Henry St. A. H. St., Ford, 578-529, from Maryland and Illinois Sts. Andrew Lee, 711% N. Elder Ave., Ford, 28-691, from in front of that address. Charles E. Spahr, 990 Middle Dr., Woodruff Place, Ford, 513-534, from Technical High School grounds. Clarence A. Baker, Westfield, Ind., Ford, from Ohio St. and Capitol Ave. William C. McGuire, 5693 N. Pennsylvania St., Jordan, 19-594, from Forty-Seventh St. and Central Ave. David Deery, 726 E. North St., Ford, 518-637, from in front of that address. Gordon M. Surface, Bargersville, Ind., Ford, 519-977, from Ohio St. and Capitol Ave.

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Automobiles reported found by police belong to: Napoleon Williams, Gwynneville, Ind., Oakland, at Barnes Ave. and Burdsall Pkwy. Dr. Sidney J. Hatfield, 809 Odd Fellow Bldg., Chevrolet at 315 W. Ohio St. C. H. Tomlin, R. R. B. Box 94K, Ford, at South and Delaware Sts.

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Trolley Goes in to Warm Wet Feet

Committed to the task of sur- - - unding himself with a cabinet , ffflP democratu: but free of petty poll- f ' ** s,” Mayor L. Ert Slack proceeded •wlv today in considering board H pointments. , ’ 4 JljllPc . 1 tW' 1 -’ h- * e board of works when Charles L. -"ptd dale, Republican, in response to W'llgSl |1 mm ick’s demand, promised his resiglion at any time the mayor might ; request for Riddle’s t ration Tuesday. Slack asked Oscar Smith, Republican, works board I / rsident, to resign the presidency,

SLACK TRIES TO FILL VACANCIES 0. S. Hack Talked for Works Board Presidency. Committed to the task of surrounding himself with a cabinet j “Democratic but free of petty poll-' tics,” Mayor L. Ert Slack proceeded slowly today in considering board appointments. . Way was cleared for revision of the board of works when Charles L. Riddle, Republican, in response to Slack’s demand, promised his resig- j i nation at any time the mayor might want it. With the request for Riddle’s res- i ignation Tuesday, Slack asked Oscar F. Smith, Republican, works board president, to resign the presidency, but, for the time being at least, to retain his membership on the board. No hint was given as to the fate of John W. Friday, Democratic member of the board. Friday talked with Slack an hour today. Fire Chief Jesse Hutsell and Councilmen Robert E. Springsteen and Otis E. Bartholomew also saw the mayor. Oren S. Hack, Democratic member early in the Duvall administration, is regarded as the most likely appointee for the board presidency. He has conferred, frequently with Slack. Appointment of a city purchasing agent to displace John J. Collins was imminent today. The post was left temporarily in Collins’ hands when William H. Book, civic affairs chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, declined the appointment. William E. Clauer, Democratic city chairman, former councilman and secretary of the Indianapolis A. A. Baseball Club, continues to be regarded as likely successor to Fred W. Connell, safety board president. LOOK FOR INDIA FLIERS No Word Received Since Start From England. Bu United Press LONDON, Nov. 16.—Air stations throughout Europe were asked today to look for Capt. R. H. Mclntosh and Bert Hinkler, who took off in a Fokker airplane for India over twen-ty-six hours ago on a flight which they hoped would break the world distance flight record. No word had been heard anywhere of the fliers. It was pointed out that they might have passed unnoticed, being taken for commercial fliers who criss-cross the air throughout Europe.

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When wet and slippery streets caused this car to get a bit wobbly on the pins due to the cold and dampness, it stopped in with James A. Pruitt, Highland Ave. and Michigan St., Tuesday afternoon to get warm. It entered the front room after leaving the tracks rather abruptly when the motorman couldn't hold it. The lower picture shows Pruitt taking the intruding monster to task in his own parlor.

GAR RAMS THROUGH HOUSE; FOUR HURT

Trolley Leaps Track When Brakes Fail, Crashes Into Building. Ivory Campbell, 27, of 915 Buchanan St., motorman, and three passengers todky were recovering at city hospital form injuries suffered Tuesday afternoon when an inbound E. Michigan St. car jumped the track at E. Michigan and N. Highland Ave. and crashed into a house. The injured are: Mrs. Lillian Fry, 48, of 34 N. Irvington Ave., fractured pelvis; Mrs. Charity Suber, 44, Negro, 2261 Oxford St., fractured right leg; Miss Galatea Holland, 17, of 1621 Milburn St., high school student, bruised arm, and Campbell, fractured right leg and burns on left leg. Eighty-one other passengers were shaken up. Conductor Cecil Knight, 939 Spruce St., said that he saw Campbell try to apply the brakes, but they did not hold. Rails were slippery. The car crashed into the home of James A. Pruitt, 516 N. Highland Ave. The front part of the home was demolished. Part of the vestibule entered the parlor, smashing all furniture except a day bed. When Pruitt, a custodian at the Federal Bldg., and his wife got

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home they found the ruins and firemen busy trying to extricate Campbell from the vestibule. Mrs. Pruitt fainted. Revived, she said: “Here I had cleaned up the entire house and look at the mess now.” Campbell was pinned between the control box and the car stove. His right leg was wedged under the stove. Firemen were unable to pull him out and had to tear the stove out before his leg could be released. WHITE STREET LINES White, or black and white, will displace yellow on all traffic signs, bridge abutments and safety zones, the board of safety has ruled. The change will be gradual, as equipment requires repainting. The new colors will correspond with those specified for State highway usage by the Legislature.

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WIVES FIGHT FOR BODY OF SLAINGENIUS Never Divorced First Mate, but Both Women Loved Inventor. Bn United Press HIGHLANDS, N. J., Nov. 16 Two wives fought today for the body of Herbert O. Meisterknecht, inventor and man of mystery, who was murdered just as hie believed himself on the threshold of great wealth. .The peculiar private affairs of the dead man presented authorities with a problem today. He lived with his second wife, Sophie, in this town, where he was perfecting an oil tank gauge for which he was reputed to have been offered $500,000. His first wife, Susan, lived with their two children in Yonkers. SHe told John Quinn, Monmouth County prosecutor, that Meisterknecht had driven her out to make way for the second wife. He did not obtain a divorce, she said, but contributed weekly to her support. Both Loved Genius Apparently, both women loved the 45-year-old German genius, who at 18 was a fugitive from compulsory military service in Germany, came ; to this country, put himself through i college and claimed to have been an officer in the United States Navy. ! Both are rather commonplacej looking women, about 35 years old. j They seemed unable to agree today on which should have the body, and authorities waited for them to settle it before proceeding with the burial. 1 Meanwhile, a search was on in eastern cities for Alexander Schreibey of Cleveland, brother of Mrs. Sophie Meisterknecht. His bitter antagonism to the brother-in-law he accused of being a bigamist and of abusing his sister was believed j to have led him to murder the in- ! ventor. Shot in Workshop * ! Meisterknecht was shot to death i in his workshop Monday afternoon, j Schreiber was traced to Newark i and then to Yonkers, where his trail was lost. Deteectives were working in Newark today for clews and others were sent to Cleveland. In the latter city, evidence was found tending to show that Schreiber was intensely religious and had developed a bitter hatred for his brother-in-law. He kept trying to induce his sister to leave the inventor and at the time of the murder had motored to Highlands to tell her that their mother was ill and to come home. She fefused to believe him, as he had brought her to Cleveland once before on the same pretext, which proved false. Accused of Child Attack Bu United Press EVANSVILLE, Ind., Nov. 16. William Lewis, 46. is under arrest here on charges of attacking an 8-year-old girl.

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Odd Fellows Grand Lodge to Start Hospital Drive

Musical Entertainment Set for Tonight as Feature of State Parley. Mary Traub Busch, soloist, has been placed in charge of the entertainment Wednesday night for the ninety-fl,rst annual two-day grand lodge session of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, according to G. P. Bomwasser, grand secretary. The twenty-eighth anniversary of the I. O. O. F. Home and hospital at Greensburg is being commemorated in conjunction with the convention. The entertainment Wednesday night in the grand lodge room in I. O. O. F. building is the opening gun in the campaign to raise funds for anew hospital building. The convention lasts Wednesday and Thursday. The program follows: Quartet; “Hello People, Howdy Do,” Edward Karr man, Louise Isenbee, Robert Ledig and Ned Kerr. Tio, “Down South," Martha Winkenhofer, Dorothy Ward and Louise Moss. Solo, “Recessional,” Kiplino-De-koven, Mary Traub Busch. Quartet, “He’s an Odd Fellow.” Trio, Selections from “Hit the Deck,” Medley. Solo, “The Sweetest Story Ever Told” and “That Sweet Story of Old,” Mary Traub Busch. Quartet. LOST LOVE IS TRAGIC Girl Shoots Self in Apartment of Ex-Fiance. Bu United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—Miss Sigma Seaholm, 21, an attractive blond, was found shot today in the apartment of her former fiance, William T. Todd, production manager of the Good Housekeeping Magazine advertising department. Todd told the police when he returned to his apartment early today he heard a shot and found his former sweetheart wounded on the floor. The young woman said she had shot herself with a revolver belonging to Todd. It was said her chances for recovery were about even. Bronze is an alloy of copper, tin and zinc.

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CAROL’S HOPES ARE INCREASED Sees Acquittal of Aid as Help in Return. Bu United Press PARIS, Nov. 16.—Former Crown Prince Carol intends to return to Rumania immediately if Premier lan Bratianu, his principal enemy, is forced to resign, following th*i acquittal of former Finance Undersecretary Manoilescu, sources close to Carol told the United Press today. Garold was elated over Manoilescu’s acquittal, believing that it places Bratianu in an extremely difficult position. Manoilescu was charged with smuggling into Rumania letters intended to advance Carol’s ambition to return from exile and either assume the throne himself or direct Rumanian affairs through his 6-year-old son, King Michael. Bratianu, virtually dictator of Rumania, had hoped to crush Carol’s hopes. Carol and Lupescu still are separated, though it is hinted that the separation is purely a political one. Some Japanese oysters weigh more than a pound.

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KLAN STAGGERS BACK TO ARENA TO FIGHT SMITH Wizard Evans Seeks Victim to Pit Against Empire* State Governor. BY RAY TUCKER WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—Governor A1 Smith’s victory at the polls has led to an attempted mobilization of the Ku Klux Klan, it waa learned today. With many returning members of Congress displaying a more favorable attitude toward the New York Governor’s candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination, Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard of the Klan, has launched a rally intended to stop Smith. Only two days after the New York election, Evans and some of his chief aides assembled here in the office of a former McAdoo lieutenant. The meeting took place just eight weeks after E. T. Meredith predicted that the nomination would go to Smith “by default” unless the dry forces hurriedly selected a substitute candidate in place of the abdicated McAdoo. No ‘Victim’ Appears But the Klqn conclave developed the fact that no Democrat has been found willing to enter the lists against the New York Governor. The McAdoo man to whom the Klansmen brought their political woes presented a fairly pessimistic report. He and his group, as is indicated by the attitude of returning southern members, are about ready to accept Smith. They figure that only a miracle can stop him, and Wizard Evans was unable to promise any miracles. Some of McAdoo’s most loyal supporters feel that further attempts to head off the Californian’s 1924 rival will only emphasize the wet-dry differences, without serving any useful purpose. Drys Get Wiser. Even among the Anti-Saloon League group there are some who contend that to confine its 1928 activity to fighting Smith would be a mistake. Should he be nominated in the face of the league’s opposition, it might be taken as evidence the dry outfit was losing its grip on the politicians. With none of the leading G. O. P. candidates ranked as an extreme dry, some prohibitionists believe they ought to concentrate on getting a strong enforcement plank in both platforms.