Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 234, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 February 1928 — Page 3

FEB. 7, 1928.

100,000 HAITIANS PAY HOMAGE TO FLYING ACE OF U. S.

GREAT THRONG CHEERS WHEN LINDYARRIVES Marines on Hand to Greet Compatriot as He Reaches Capital. GETS ORDER OF MERIT Highest Tribute Is Paid by President; Special Stamp Made. B,y United Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 7.—A country, some of whose natives believe In voodoo superstitions and practice them, today paid the greatest honor to America’s “Lone Eagle’’—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. The flying ambassador of good will circle to Haiti from Santo Domingo yestez-day and dropped to a perfect landing, as a crowd, estimated at 100,000 people, waited to see just what sort of person this young aeronaut could be. In fewer minutes than it takes to tell the story, Lindbergh had won the hearts of the great throng—many of whom were the inland natives, who believe in the voodoo cultures. He had taken more time than necessary to complete the 160 miles from San Domingo, because he flew slowly and took an out of the way z - oute. But he arrived when he said he would arrive, and found a tumultuous celebration awaiting. Marines Greet Flier Marines from the United States were at the field to watch over and to greet their compatriot. Officials were there. And there were residents by the thousands. As Lindbergh climbed from his plane he looked apprehensively at the crowd surging towards the Spirit of St. Louis, smiled the smile that has made him famous in the remotest parts of Central America, Europe and the United States, and then greeted the United States commissioner. He was in an open motor car in the procession to the city proper and along the entire route there were vociferous cheers. He smiled at the throng, told officials he was mighty glad to be here, and then began planning for the last leg of his good-will flight. Havana Is Terminus Wednesday he will take-off for Havana, the terminus of the long tour, where he wall be greeted not only by thousands of Cubans, but probably by representatives of twen-ty-one nations who are there attempting to work out a greater cordiality through many of the countries Lindbergh just has visited. Haiti gave and will give Lindbergh the greatest honors it can do. A special postage stamp bearing Lindbergh’s portrait will be issued. The principal avenue leading through the city will be named The Avenue Charles Lindbergh. The order of merit, never before given to a white man, will be presented to him by President Borno. The latter award is the highest honor that Haiti can bestow. Today the American flier was to be the guest at several functions in his honor.

FLEURY RITES PLANNED Victim of Auto Crash to Be Buried in Crown Hill. Last rites for Miss Marjorie Lous Fleury, 18, who died at St. Vincent’s Hospital Monday from injuries received in an automobile accident Sunday, will be held Wednesday at 9 a, m. at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church. Burial will be at Crown Hill cemetery. Miss Fleury, a sophomore at Butler University, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Fleury of 3933 Park Ave., the only immediate survivors. She had lived in Indianapolis all her life and was w'idely known in musical circles as a talented violinist. DIES OF ‘ALCOHOLISM’ City Negro Found Dead in Bed by Wife. Acute alcoholism was given as the cause of death today of William Washington, 58, Negro, 2236 Northeastern Ave., who was found dead in bed today by his wife, Mrs. Hanna Belle Washington. Sam Miller, 60, Negro, of 16CN Yandes St., dropped dead this morning at Michigan St. and White River. 1-Ie was employed as a laborer for the Wacker Construction Company. Alleged Peeper Shot B Timex Snccial MARION, Ind., Feb. 7.—Wilber Chenoweth, 16, is a prisoner here suffering from a bullet wound in one of his legs, inflicted when he is said to have been caught in the role of a “Peeping Tom.’’ The shot was Aired by Harry Shanks who says he saw Chenoweth peeping into the home of George Dickens.

He’s ‘Told’ By Timex Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Feb. 7. —Robert Robinson, informer for Federal dry agents, was branded “a man who liked his liquor and his women” in Federal Court here by Mrs. Mary Kolupa, being tried on a liquor law charge. Robinson collected evidence at a place operated by Mrs. Kolupa last Halloween, being disguised as a clown at the time.

SIAMESE TWINS SEPARATED; ONE SURVIVES KNIFE

By United Press CHICAGO, Feb. 7.—An operation which severed Siamese twins and permitted one to live was revealed here today. The twins were born on Feb. 1 to Mrs. Frank Keller in a little farm college near Marseilles, 111. Dr. Paul E. Clark, who attended the birth, said they were joined together in the lower part of the

FIND NO TRACE OF MENON ICE Police Doubt Reports of Ten Lost Fishermen. By United Press BUFFALO, N. Y., Feb. 7.—Lake Erie held today the secret of whether ten fishermen had gone to their death. An all-day search, ending at dusk yesterday, revealed no trace of the men reported to have drifted away from the Canadian shore on an ice field Sunday. ■ The search was conducted by airplanes, ships, and land patrols. Every inch of the area was scanned by official searchers, but nothing was foiznd to indicate the men had been drowned. When the search was ended both American and Canadian police were of the opinion that an optical illusion caused the report of the stz-anding. The fact that no fishermen were reported missing supported this theory. Those who first reported the strandizig to coast guardsmen here said they were less certain in their opinions. It was pointed out that the sun on an ice field sometimes caused a mirage.

Juicy Loot Burglar Refreshes Self With Oranges as He Plies Trade.

'T'W O individualist burglars -*• the “candle burglar,” who works by the light of the latest in red tapers and an intruder with an appetite for orange juice—took the limelight in police reports today. Emerson Terrell, 3510 E. TwentyFifth St., reported to police that he and his family returned from a week’s abseizce to find the drippings from the red candle all over the house. The rear door had been broken open and the house ransacked. Loot consisted of light shades and bulbs, clothing, four felt and four straw hats, dishes and two wrenches, total value, $lO2. The “orange juice” burglar refreshed himself before ransacking the home of T. F. Toe, 3034 Broadway, with the juice of half a dozen oranges he found on a table. He took $3 and other loot valued at $lO. The same burglar is believed to have entered the house of F. D. Ensminger, 3366 College Ave., but he got nothing there. Others who reported thefts: Otto Gulling, Seventy-First St. and State Rd. 31, house ransacked and gizn taken; Mrs. Josie Blankford, 120 P Harlan St., sll taken by man who used telephone; Lieut. R. M. Brewer, Indiana National Guard, two Army pistols, value S4B, taken from locker at Armory.

67 EXHIBITORS IN 60 Per Cent of Space Taken for Realtors’ Show. Sixty-seven exhibitors have signed up for space at the seventh annual Realtors’ Home Show at the State fairground April 7-14, J. F. Cantwell, director of the exposition, announced today. This is about 60 per cent of the available space, Cantwell reports. Landscaping of the “mystery house,” which will form a centerpiece of the show, will be carried out on a larger scale than ever attempted before, he said. Two smaller structures, designed as a gatekeepers’ lodge and a utility building, will be erected just inside the entrance to the Manufacturers’ Bldg., where the display is to be held. A low brick wall, with a gateway in the center, will extend between* the two buddings, forming a frame for the centerpiece in the background. Although of brick, the smaller buildings will harmonize with the early American architecture used in designing the “mystery house.” Prizes are being offered for the best front elevation sketches of the house. QUAKE FELT IN ALASKA Severe Earth Tremors at Corodva; No Damage Reported. CORDOVA, Alaska, Feb. 7. Severe earth tremors were felt at the naval radio station here late last night, it was disclosed today. The tremors, which lasted about ten seconds, were of an east and west motion, it was said. The movements also were felt at Cape High Brook, it was reported. No damage resulted. ENGINEER IS PROMOTED Promotion of Tellas D. Lee, structural engineer, to assistant building commissioner, was ordered today by the board of safety Lee will receive $3,600 instead of $3,000 a year. He is a Purdue University graduate and a Republican.

abdomen in such manner, that the same blood stream ran through both bodies. One child apparently was normal, but the other showed no sign of life, except the blood circulation. Inasmuch as the circulation came from the heart of the other baby, Dr. Clark decided that an immediate operation was the only hope for the normal child. It was impossible to perform

Milady Will Strut Amid Glitter in New Footwear

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Miss Laveme Watson, one of many beautiful maidens who brighten the halls and display rooms at the Indiana Shoe Travelers * convention at the Claypool. Shimmering buckles add a touch of formality to the patent leather pumps and the glittering Pierrot on the shoulder is the last word in college crazes.

Jeweled Heels, Platinum Ankle Straps or Gorgeous Buckles to Grace Feminine Feet: Men's Shoes to Exceed in Cost. BY MILDRED SCHOEN Surely the numerous wives of Solomon, in all their glory, nor yet the lilies of the field, trod terra firma arrayed like the modern woman as to footwear. It is doubtful that even Cleopatra, that z-emarkable pat-tez-n of feminity, or Helen of Troy with her ship-launching beauty, even thought of the jewelled heels, platinum ankle straps or gorgeous buckles that grace the shoes of this day’s lady. The displays, numbering over 200 and running up into thousands of shoes, on view at the convention of the Indiana Shoe Travelers Association, in session at the Claypool, are further proof of owman’s passion for color as well as adornment.

Colored shoes of every type and description from Toyl cloth—the trade name for the popular straw—in plaids and stripes, to plain colors in red, green and blue, with zed predominating in favor are tc be seen. There is no color that milday can’t have when she starts matching her gowns. Heels remain neck-breakingly high. One and a half to two inches, in fact, with a fair demand for two and a half inch stilts. Accessories Arc Snappy But it is in the line of accessories that the ladies are indeed doing themselves proud. Jewel-encrusted heels, in a wide variety of style and color, are much in the mode for evening wear. To match them there is the irmovation of the platinum or silver rinestone-studded strap. The straps are detachable links and may be worn with any number of pumps. Buckles, ranging izz size from tiny bowknots to huge squares, butterflies and peacocks, vie with each other in size and design. The ever - popular cut - steel is holding it sown against the inflex of the glittering rinestone. Wide Toes Prevail The wide toes still have the run of the field and tie patterns are in the lead over pumps. Sandals in elaborate cut-out designs are holding their place in popularity. The unkindest cut is not a cut at all, it’s the increase in the cost of footwear. According to the boot and shoe men it is steadily mount-

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the operation with the crude facilities at hand at Keller’s home. So a makeshift incubator was made. It consisted of a closed box, lined with blankets and containing hot water bottles. The conjoined twins were placed in the box and rushed to Rayburn Hospital in Ottawa. Dr. J. H. Edgecomb, a specialist, was called. He agreed with Dr. Clark that an operation was

ing. However, the laugh—if It can be regarded as laughable—is on the men. This year, for almost the first time in American shoe history men’s shoes are going to cost more than women’s. One good old household argument will be reversed! WOMAN SLAIN WITH HAMMER IN HOTEL Efforts Made to Find Man Who Registered as Husband. By United Prcus NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—Efforts to locate a man who registered at a Broadway hotel as T. M. James of Troy, N. Y., where made today after a woman, registered as Mrs. James, was found dead, her head beaten in with a hammer. The man left early Monday saying his wife did not care to be disturbed until 2 p. m. A maid discovered the latest of the Broadway murders. A cheap, new blood-stained hammer was found under a wash basin. There was no indication of the couple’s identity. Files Second Divorce Suit By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Feb. 7.—Mrs Ella Querry has filed the second divorce suit in seven months against Thurman Querry in Bartholomew Circuit Court here. A reconciliation followed the first suit, filed last July The wife alleges cruelty.

necessary. Ether was adminis-tez-ed to the baby and the connecting link of flesh severed. The baby was given oxygen for eight hours to combat the effects of the ether. Finally, little Meta Keller stirred, and in a few hours was being taken back to her mother. The child is showing the natural development of a normal baby, it was reported today.

HAY CART TAKES HAIG JO GRAVE British World War Commander Is Buried. By United Press BEMERSYDE, Scotland, Feb. 7. A rumbling two-horse hay cart bore the body of Field Marshal Earl Haig to its resting place at Drychurcn abbey today. In poignant contrast to the pomp and splendor of the funeral procession preceding last week’s service at Westminster, Abbey, the cart that took the body of the late com-mander-in-chief of the British armies in France along the flvemile route from the railway station was followed only by a two-wheeled farm cart piled high with poppy wreaths that Lady Haig had requested form the only flower offerings. A thousand members of the British Legion left their work in nearby farms and villages to line the first part of the route of the two carts to the abbey, where Earl Haig’s body was buried in the family vault adjoining the tomb of Sir Walter Scott, author of Ivanhoe. Viscount Dawick, Lord Haig's 10-year-old son and successor in the earldom, was not present at the burial ceremony, as he is ill. Before the body was taken from St. Giles cathedral, Edinburgh, where it had lain in state since Saturday, there was a special service. Relatives of the late Field Marshal and member of the British Legion attended.

SHOOTING ADMITTED Mitrach, Slayer of Hess, Calls It Accident. Paul Mitrach. 39, farmer hand of R. F. D. 4, captured by deputy sheriffs Monday, after an 18-hour search, and held as the slayer of Fred Hess, 62, same address, was to hie arraigned in municipal court today on a murder charge. He was planning to give himself up, Craig Hotel, where he had spent the night under an assuzned name. He was planning to giev himself up, he said. Mitrach admitted the shooting, but maintained that it was accidental. Mitrach, a farm hand at the Hess home, is alleged to have killed Hess during an argument early Sunday. The two men had quarreled and Hess shot at him first, he said. Mitrach left and went to the home of Alex Kahn, 36 E. Pleasant Run Blvd., where Mrs. Hess was visiting, and took Mrs. Hess and Mr. and Mr. Kahn to the Hess home. When he appeared. Hess sized again at him, he said. He obtained his shotgun from a nearby shack and when Hess shot at him again “he was going to scare him a little,” he said. When Mitrach’s gun discharged, the shot struck Hess in the heart and he fell through an open cellar way. Mitrach fled after the shooting. OPPOSE FILLING STATION Heated Debate Is Expected on N. Meridian St. Location. Heated debate on the request for a filling station at northwest comer of Twenty-Seventh azzd Meridian Sts., was expected this afternoon at the board of zoning appeals meeting. E. W. Warner, property owner, requested the permit. The park board ordered Attorney Edward B. Raub Jr., to appear and voice the board’s objections. George Marott, owner of the Marott Hotel which is south of the site, opposed the project.

HOOSIER MAY SOUND KEYNOTE OF DEMOCRATS State Party Leaders Are Reluctant for Bowers to Ask Smith Nomination. Indiana Democratic leaders would be happy to see Claude G. Bowers, former Indiana newspaper znan, now editorial writer for the New York Evening World, chosen as the keynote speaker for the Democratic national convention, but they have no desire for Bowers’ eloquence to be devoted to voicing the presidential nomination of Governor A1 Smith of New York, they indicated today. This reluctance is for the reason that Hoosier Democrats are to line up solidly behind Evans Woollen, favorite son. Because of Bowers’ long prominence in Democratic circles of the State while editorial writer for the Terre Haute Star and the Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette, he still is regarded as a Hoosier. Assured of Bfe Role If Bowers cracks the whip to start A1 Smith’s race in the convention, it will be to the dismay of his Democratic friends in Indiana, they admit. The editor’s speech at the Jacksen day dinner in Washington won Bowers the prominence that makes him alluring to Smith’s supporters and assures him of a prominent role in oratorical activities at Hozzston. Bowers’ friends here were surprised that Smith’s supporters were so ambitious as to hope the editor would nominate the New Yorker at the convention, as dispatches today indicated. Mention Davis As Chairman When national Democratic leaders were in Washington for the Jackson Day banquet the names of James E. Cox of Ohio, the party’s nominee for President in 1920, and John W. Davis, of New York, the nominee in 1924, were being mentioned for the temporary and perznanent chairmanship at the national convention. Speculation on Cox diminished when he recently indorsed Smith’s candidacy. Davis has not voiced an opinion on the presidential race and is regarded in a strong position for one of the convention chairmanships. DRUGGIST IS ROBBED Youths Obtain S4 in Hold-Up on English Ave. Two youths obtained $4 izi a holdup of John Trees, druggist at 1329 English Ave., Monday night. The pair asked for cigarets. As Trees handed the package over the counter he faced a revolver. Young Mother Kills Self /?/ Time a Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., 7.—Funeral services were held today for Mrs. Mabel Critser. 24, mother of one and stepmother of four, who committed suicide with poison. Her husband. J. E. Critser, was unable to assigne a motive for her act. Two years ago she attempted to end her life with poison.

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Doctor, Good Roads Booster Is Dead Here

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Dr. I. S. Harold, 76, a practicing physician for more than forty years and a pioneer in the Indiana good roads movement, died Monday night at his home, 1701 N. New Jersey St., following an illness of more than a year. Dr. Harold suffered a paralytic stroke in 1926 and since had been an invalid. A native of Carmel, Ind., he was educated in medicine at the Indiana University Medical School here. He practiced in Richmond and came to Indianapolis about ten years ago, maintaining offices in the Banqers’ Trust Bldg. His active interest in the good roads work made him an honorary officer of the National Good Roads Association. He was a member of the Masonic lodge at Richmond and the Scottich Rite here. He also was active in First Friends’ Church. Besides the widow, two sons, the Rev. E. J. Harold of New Smyrna, Fla., and Dr. F. L. Harold of Richmond; a daughter, Miss Halsey J. Harold, at home, and two granddaughters, Betty and Maz-garet Harold, children of the Rev. Mr. Harold, survive him.

FIRM 75 YEARS OLD L. Strauss Employes Celebrate at Party. “The type of persons who have made this firm one of the outstanding in the country by their management, loyalty and unity will make Indianapolis the city it should be,” Mayor L. Ert Slack told employes of the L. Straus & Cos. Monday night at the store’s seventyfifth anniversary celebration at the Athenaeum. “This city needs good, honest management of municipal business,” he said. “Petty politics has no part in this plan. In less than two years there will be no such thing here as petty politics.” A small leather-bound book, showing the growth of the organization during the sevezzty-five years, was presented to A. L. Block, president, by the employes. More thazz two hundred attended the dinner. Arthur Strauss, son of the founder, gave a brief history of the organization since its founding in 1853 as the Eagle clothing house.

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‘FOX’ PLANNED DEATH SCENE BEFGHE JURY Sought Advice as to Affect Mimicry of Hanging Would Have. BY DAN CAMPBELL ’ 1 United Tress Staff Correspondent COURTROOM, LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7.—William Edward Hickman at one time considered “staging a death act” for the jury of eight men and four women hearing his trial for the murder of Marion Parker, Dr. Thomas Orbison, alienist, testified for the State today. Hickman had thought over all tha vivid details of a hanging that could oe worked into the description of such a scene, and was wondering whether the effect on his case would be favorable if he were given the opportunity to draw a word picture of the scene for the jury, the alienist said. Dr. Orbison said he refused to advise Hickman on whether it would be a “good stunt to stage for the jury.” Wanted to Play Hanging “How would it be, doctor, if I go up before the jury and draw a picture of my hanging on the gallows at San Quentin for its benefit?” the witness testified the killer asked him. “I could say, ‘Now here I am, standing over the trap; there is the rope over my head azzd the noose is around my neck,’ ” Dr. Orbison said Hickman told him. Dr. Orbison, a former member of the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, followed Dr. Frank Mikels to the stand. Dr. Mikels had been under examination most of the day yesterday. One more alienist remained to appear for the State after Dr. Orbison. Keyes Is Pleased Asa Keyes, district attorney, was openly pleased with the testimony of Dr. Orbison, and particularly with the point about the “death scene.” Earlier in the trial the State had scored with introduction of a letter from Hickman to another prisoner in the Los Azigeles County jail, telling what he planned to do when he appeared in court. In the letter Hickman said he was thinking of “throwing a fit in court” and doing a “diving, laughing, screaming act at the feet of old man Parker.” Peri’y M. Parker, father of th® murdered girl, was expected to appear as a State witness late today or tomorrow'. ARREST 85 MOTORISTS Police Make Big Round-Up of Traffic Violators. Eighty-five motorists were arrested by the police traffic department members Monday night. Officers stationed at automatic signals haled the greater majority into court, sixty-one being arrested on the failure to obey traffic signal charge. Motorcycle police captured sixteen alleged speeders and made eight other traffic arrests.