Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 215, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 January 1928 — Page 2
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BONE DRY LAW GALLED FARCE, , HUGE SUCCESS Wright Proud of His Work; ‘Flat Failure,’ Says § Liberty League. "A glorious success,” says Frank Wright, author of Indiana’s “bonedry” law. in commenting today on the eighth anniversary of national prohibition. “An absolute farce and failure” is the other side of the picture as described by Capt. Harry M. Franldin, manager of the Indiana Liberty League. Loth views were given to The Times today by these wet and dry leaders. Belter Homes, Better Schools Following are excerpts from the Wright statement: ‘“We pause to celebrate the eighth anniversary of what to my mind is the most constructive piece of legislation that the world has ever seen • —the Eighteenth amendment—the thing that gave us a saloonless Nation and a stainless flag. “We have today better homes, better schools, better churches, better economic and industrial conditions than this country ever enjoyed under the old saloon days. “Before prohibition we spent in this country every year over the American saloon bar more than $3,000,000,000, money that was worse than wasted. “What sane thinking man can •look on the havoc wrought by the booze traffic without being prejudiced against it and saying that conditions are much better because of prohibition m the good , old U. S. A.?” ; Modem Over zealousness Here is how Franklin feels about It. “Prohibition is a vast social experiment, undertaking to standardize by Federal and State legislation the personal habits of all the people of all the States. It is the most conspicuous example of modern overzealousness for Government regulation of the personal habits of the individual. '“The Federal government has spent something like $150,000,000 trying to enforce this law, has lost or sacrificed something like $4,000,000,000 in taxes and has failed to enforce it. “Prohibition has made more expert home brewers, gin makers, wine makers and whisky distillers than anyone ever thought could be possible. Increase in Convicts "The most disastrous result is the effect it has had on the young. Untold numbers of parents are being confronted with the problem ol keeping children of 18 and undei from drinking and becoming drunkards. “Last year there was an increase of 10 per cent in our State prison population, most of whom are serving time for liquor law violations.” Drys of Nation Rejoice Bu United Press WESTERVILLE. Ohio, Jan. 16. While the churches of Westerville—the “little kingdom” of prohibition—tolled bells, the eighth anniversary of the enactment of the Eighteenth amendment was observed throughout the nation today. More than 35,000 churches in villages, towns and cities from coast to coast and Canada to Mexico, pare ticipated in the observance, while in Westerville, where the Anti-Sa-loon League was cradled, dry leaders of national prominence assembled for speeches and special services. Dr. Ernest H. Cherrington, general .secretary of the World League Against Alcoholism, today declared that prohibition has succeeded in its purpose and asserted that in the education of future generations rests the case of the continuance of prohibition in the United States and its spread to other countries. j State Observes Day Observance of the eighth anniversary of national prohibition was practically State-wide in Indiana, some programs being held Sunday, others today. In Bartholomew County special Sunday school and church services were held an dtoday all county W. C. T. U. units had programs, as did the Lindbergh Loyal Temperance Legion, a boys and girls organization. Special services were held in Anderson churches. A program was given at Hartford City today by th% Blackford County Ministerial Association. Announcement of organization of the Delaware County Civic League, pledged to law enforcement, was made at special church services in Muncie in celebration of the dry anniversary. Union services were held by Rossville churches Sunday night. The speaker was John L. Downing, Frankfort, Clinton County prosecutor. Dies Running to Fire Bu Times Special MUNCIE. Ind„ Jan. 16.—William L. Shady, 59, dropped dead as a result of a heart disease attack while running to a fire near his home.
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FALL IS FATAL TD WORKMAN Dies After Plunging Three Floors; Lineman Hurt. One workman is dead and another critically injured as the result of falls today. William O. Wire, 45, of 1618 E. Kelley St., carpenter foreman for the Baker Forms Company, died at Methodist Hospital of a skull fracture suffered when he fell through an open stairway on the third floor of the new Butler University building, Foi'ty-Sixth St. and Sunset Ave., shortly before noon. He lit head foremost on the cement floor, three flights down. En route Wire struck some lumber being carried by Leonard Lockwood, 25, of 2209 E. Tenth St., throwing Lockwood down and injuring him slightly Earl Osborne, of 925 W. Thirtieth St., a Bell Telephone Company lineman, is in serious condition at St. Vincent Hospital as the result of fall when a telephone pole snapped in two at Thirtieth and Rader Sts., this morning. His lung was punctured by a splinter and there is slight hope of recovery, doctors say. Wire leaves a widow and seven children, the oldest of whom is 20. William Wire Jr., 14, is a Times carrier. Others are Harry, 20; David, 7; Margaret, 17; Catherine, 13; Helen, 16, and Jane, 19. He was a trustee of St. Catherine’s Catholic church and his eldest daughter is training to be a nun. INDIANA RELATIVES OF S-4 VICTIM AT RITES Elmer Lyfford Cash, Shelburn, Rests in Arlington Cemetery. B>< Times Special SHELBURN, Ind., Jan. 16.—Relatives of here of Elmer Lyfford Cash, former local man, and one of the forty-two who lost their lives in the sinking of the United States Navy submarine at Provincetown, Mass., attended funeral services for the victims at Arlington national cemetery, Washington, today. Mrs. Cordelia Cash, mother of the victim; his sister, Miss Golda; Mrs. Violet Stephenson Cash, the widow, and her brother, Harold Stephenson, left Saturday for Washington to be present at the funeral. Cash was married only a few months ago, his bride having returned here; to live with her mother after her husband had been assigned to the S-4 as chief radio operator. Foley’s Honey and g ( Tar Compound g 1 quickly stops teasing E I deep. No chloroform, | 1 secretions and cause j 1 for elderly persons, a SOLD EVERYWHERE*
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GOODRICH FIGHT FOR PHONE FIRMS RENEWED Appeals to Court in Proposed Purchase of Companies. Another move has been started by former Governor James P. Goodrich to obtain permission to purchase the Northwestern Indiana Telephone Company for his Winona Telephone Company and the Crown Point Telephone Company. He filed appeal Saturday in the Lake County Circuit Court from the denial to purchase issued by the public service commmission Dec. 18. The denial was couched in scathing language and denounced the attempted purchase as a violation of the privilege of the people served to have any privilege of expressing their opinion. Drawn by Commissioner Howell Ellis, it stated that there was no reason for the need of the purchase and it would not tend to give the consumers better service. Notice of the appeal vas filed by former Gcvemor Emmett Branch. POWER TRUST FIGHT CONTINUED BY WALSH Teapot Dome Hero Appears Before Watson's Committee Today. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Beaten in his first attempt to bring about an investigation of gigantic power company mergers by a Senate committee specially created for that purpose, Senator Thomas J. Walsh, hero of the Teapot Dome expose, planned to carry on his fight befora the Senate’s committee on Interstate Commerce today. Walsh was to appear personally before this committee, headed by Senator Watson (Rep.) Indiana, with a plea that it vote to conduct an investigation. The Senate referred the matter to Watson’s committee for decision and possible investigation after it had voted down Walsh’s request for a special committee to conduct the inquiry. Walsh is not a member of the committee on Interstate Commerce. Ministers in Session By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Jan. 16.—Forty ministers, members of ministerial associations at Franklin, Shelbyville, North Vernon and Edinburg, are holding a group meeting here today, sponsored by the Columbus Ministerial Association. Dr. O. W. Fifer, Indianapolis, Methodist district superintendent, was principal speaker. Is a Half Hour of Hard A Work Changing a r Tire Worth 2c § Save your money, time and energyumi Bowes' Seal-FastJjgiixjrii Tire Patchr'|jHprtKJ| Eays-fp t ■pSXSj S%3vs Patent* Apr. In Point of Service It Costs the Least Particular Dealers Handle “Seal-Past" Bowes “Seal-Fast Corporation Indianapolis, XJ. S. A.
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PLANES JDIN IN MICHIGAN KILLER HUNT Child’s Slayer Is Believed Afflicted With Rare Type of Dementia. LY PHILIP N. O’HARA United Pres Staff Correspondent FLINT. Mich., Jan. 16.—While the body of Dorothy Schneider, 5-year-old kindergarten pupil was being lowered to the grave today, mpre than 100 officers continued an intensive search for her maniab slayer, a middle-aged man suffering from a rare type of dementia. Authorities investigated the movements of a Bay City (Mich.) man, who once posed as a physician and has lately been a leader of a religious cult. The man, whose name was not disclosed by Oscar G. Olander, State commissioner of public safety, in complete charge of the investigation, disappeared about ten days ago, after serious charges had been made against him by a girl member of his flock. Planes Aid in Hunt Dorothy's body was recovered Thursday evening from under the ice of Benson Creek, a desolate spot sevan miles from here. It soon was established that she had been lured there by a man. who. after stripping her. hacked her body in a manner which indicated the cold precision of an insane pervert. Descriptions of the man and the dilapidated sedan he drove were broadcast throughout the Middle West, but both disappeared like phantoms, despite a man hunt without parallel in Michigan. Four Army observation planes have been pressed into service. Veteran pilots circled above the wood3 and little-used roads over a wide area centered at the scene of the crime. They located several derelict cars, but not the one sought. One plane will remain here till further orders. Check f Jp Known Perverts Failure to find the slayer pointed to the probability that he Ls a man of established position, who. after the lapse cf the few hours it took to consummate the crime, was able to slip back unnoticed into his social niche. Special intelligence officers were detailed to tackle that aspect of the case by checking up with mental specialists the whereabouts of known perverts. Investigation covered a wide territory. Suspects were checked on in Berne. Ind.; Buffalo, N. Y.; Detroit, Birmingham. Pontiac. Saginaw, Bay City. Kalamazoo. Grand Haven. Owosso and Big Rapids. Mich., as well as others in the Flint district. FARM BUREAU ELECTS Walter Shearer Named Head of ‘ ~ County Agricultural Group. Walter Shearer of Warren Township was elected president of the Marion County Farm Bureau at the annual meeting Saturday at the Y. M. C. A. Other officers are; H. J. Fink, Pike Township, vice president, and Edwin S. Mills o£ Decatur Township, secretary-treasurer. Talks were made by T. A. Coleman, assistant director of the extension division of Purdue'University; Everett Hunt, director of the Sixth District Indiana Farm Bureau Federation, and C. Henry, county agent. COLD THREAT IS PAST Frigid Wave Misses City; Moderate Weather to Continue. The mercury dropped to 31 degrees here at 9 p. m.. Sunday, but the cold wave which threatened cold weather here has passed on to the New England States, according to J. H. Armington, United States weather bureau chief. Moderate weather will continue here tonight and Tuesday, according to Armington, but rain is likely. There was a trace of snow Sunday night.
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Woman Never Recovered From Nervous Strain After Haag Murder. Shock, resulting from witnessing the murder of Wilkins Haag, Indianapolis capitalist, with whom she was lunching, Sept. 17, 1926, was the chief cause of the death of Miss Jessie Murphy, 30, of 1117 E. Market St., relatives said today. Miss Murphy died Sunday at St. Vincent’s Hospital after a long illness. She never had recovered from the nervous strain of having seen two bandits shoot down her escort in cold blood in an attemi* to steal his $3,000 diamond ring at the Green Mill Barbecue in E. Thirty-Eighth St. Funeral services will be held at 8:30 a. in. from the home followed by rites at 9 a. m. at St. Josephs Church. Miss Murphy was bem in Indianapolis and had lived here all her life. She was graduated from Holy Cross grade school and St. John's academy. She was a member of St. Joseph’s church. She was employed as an accountant and bookkeeper by the J. F. Wild & Cos. bank receivers. Surviving her are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Murphy, and two brothers, Joseph E. Murphy, Indianapolis, and Raymond F. Murphy, Cincinnati, Ohio. Two men sought in the murder rase have evaded arrest, by Marion County authorities so far. They were held on other charges by Chicago officials and extradition to Indiana was blocked. Second extradition papers were obtained ab&ut three weeks ago, but it was found that one of the men had jumped his Chicago bond and the other was being held on a theft charge. PLAN R, JU C, UNIT Butler Men May Train on Fairview Campus. Butler University will have an R. O. T. C. unit within the next two years after the school is located in Fairview, it was announced today by Hilton U. Brown, chairman of the board of directors. “Members of the university board are in favor and plan to have an R. O. T. C. unit at the school,” he said. “There is no definite proposal before the group but it has been discussed unofficially.” Two years ago it was voted by directors, after a student vote and consideration by Fifth Corps area commandants, that the unit would be installed when the college is relocated. Major Thomas E. Cathro, commandant of Indianapolis units, said the new location will be suitable. Hit-Run Driver Kills One By Times Special GARY, Ind., Jan. 16.—Antonio Quaintasebe. 26, steel mill employe, was killed instantly and two other men injured on Ridge road eight miles west of here when the motorcycle and sidecar on which they were riding was struck by an auto, the driver of which sped on. The injured are Arthur Johnson, 25, and John Floris, 24. Authorities are seeking the motorist.
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POSSES HUNT FOR MISSING COLLEGE GIRL Attractive Smith Freshman Vanishes; Worried Over Grades in Classes. By United Press NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Jan. 16. —Every agency was in use today In an attempt to solve the mystery of the disappearance of Miss Frances St. John Smith, attractive Smith College freshman, who has not been seen since Friday. The girl's disappearance was likened to that of Miss Alice Corbett, who disappeared from the college on Friday, Nov. 13, 1925. She never has been seen since. The day of Miss Smith’s disappearance was Friday the 13th. Miss Smith, attracive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. St. John Smith of New York, had been somewhat despondent over her scholastic standing, it was said. While her work was not exactly unfavorable, according to college authorities, she had worried considerably about it.