Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 270, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1928 — Page 3

MARCH? 8, 1928.

THIRTY SUSPECTS GRILLED ON POLICEMAN’S SLA YING

SEARCH FAILS TO BARE NEW MURDER CLEW 4 Several ctf Men Quizzed Placed Under Arrest by/ Victim. A . NO burglary evidence Grudge Theory'. Is Being Carefully Sifted by Investigators. Detectives have questioned thirty suspects and friends without discovering any clews to murderer of Patrolman Norman Schoen, Detective Chief Jerry Kinney said today.. Many of those questions were persons whom Schoen had arrested recently, Kinney said. Schoen was found shot in the back in front of his home, 33 N. Irvington Ave., Tuesday night. Quiz Man He Arrested Among the persons quizzed was a man Schoen arrested three weeks ago on a drunken driving charge, but he, like the others, was able to prove he had nothing to do with the murder, Kinney said. Six additional detectives, making a total of ten, were assigned to -the case today by Kinney. Every possible theory for the murder is being checked, he said. A thorough check showed no evidence that burglars were at work at any homes in thfe neighborhood that night, but that does not entirely disprove the possibility that Schoen was killed by burglars he surprised at work, Kinney said. There were four burglaries in the 5400 and 5200 block, Pleasant Run Blvd., four blocks away, Wednesday night. Grudge Theory Sifted The possibility that the shooting was a “grudge" killing also is bein r; probed. Kinney sent detectives to obtain Scoen’s arrest book in hopes Schoen hat made some notation indicting one of the prisoners had threatened him. Police discounted the theory, however, that Schoen was killed by a maniac, suggested by a threatening letter received today by Capt. Jesse MeMurtry. 'Hie letter inclosed a newspaper account of Scoen’s death and said: “Read this piece -and prepare to meet your God, for you will be the next one if my plands work out. you dirty crook. I han’t forgot yuo. You . Ha Ha." The back of the envelope was Signed “The One” or “The Owl.” Military funeral services for the j murdered patrolman will be held at j his home at 2 p. m. Saturday. The j American Legion and police will j have charge of the rites. Schoen j served fourteen months in France during the World War and was a National Guard lieutenant. CLERGY SURVEY SHOWS APPROVAL FOR DRY LAW of Christ Ministers Vote Continuance Justified. Modification of the eighteenth amendment would not promote temperance, according to a nation-wide poll taken among Disciples of Christ ministers. Out of 2,000 questionnaires sent out, 960 answers were received, according to Dr. .Alvah W. Taylor, secretary of the board of temperance and social welfare of the church. Nine hundred fifty-five pastors declared that the amendment is successful enough to justify its continuance. , In all but 138 towns, dry enforcement was said to be as strict as before national prohibition. Eighty-six were doubtful and fiftytwo thought it worse. Only one pastor thought prohibition not successful enough to warrant its continuance and four were doubtful on the issue, _ Dr. Taylor said. SEEKS NEW ALIEN LAW Rep. Andresen Promised Early Action on Bill in House. WASHINGTON, March 8. A hearing on his bill to repeal the national origin clause of the immigration law, has been promised Representative Andresen, of Minnesota, “in a few days” by the House Immigration Committee. Andresen’s bill was the first “national origins” bill to be introduced In the House this session. In view of the fact that President Coolidge on April Ist make some sort of announcement regarding the new bases for figuring quotas that go into eflect July 1, Congress must speed up legislation for repeal of this provision, unless it is to be effective on this date. JEWETT CLUB PLANNED Organization to Push Candidacy of Former Mayor. The Jewett-for-Govemor Club, to sponsor the candidacy of Charles W. Jewett, Indianapolis attorney and former mayor, for the Republican nomination for Governor, will be organized Monday at a luncheon in the Riley room of the Claypool. The club will be organized here first, but will be extended to cover the State, Jewett leaders said. Officers will be elected at the luncheon, which will be open to all friends of Jewett, although in the nature of a meeting of business and professional men and women who support his candidacy. Jewett opens his speaking campaign in Franklin, Ind., his old home, tonight. - ( J Refinance your auto payments now on easier terms. Confidential and quick. CAPITOL LOAN CO., 141 Vt E. Wash. St.v-Adver iisement.

Catholic and Protestant Churches Unite for City-Wide Good Friday

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Use Form Letters, Radio, Movies to Promote Observance. Plans for the city-wide observance of Good Friday, on which Protestant and Catholic churches are co-operating, were made at a luncheon-meeting of the Good Friday general committee at the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday. Committee members are Dr. Ernest N. Evans, Church Federation of Indianapolis secretary; A. B. Cornelius, Father Ambrose Sullivan, H. H. Bushong, Joseph A. McGowan, and John R. Welch. Arrangements include special moving pictures to be shown at the theaters explaining the purpose and meaning of Good Friday. Distribution of approximately 50,000 cards in Catholic and Protestant churches asking for the closing of business and industrial interests between the hours of 12 and 3 on Good Friday afternoon and the sending of cards with the slogan, “Buy before 12 and after 3 on Good Friday.” The radio will be used to give information on the progress of the Good Friday movement, Thursday night through the Wheeler City Mission hour over WFBM. Thirty bill boards will be donated by the General Outdoor Advertising Company through L. R. Bauers, local manager, appealing to Indianapolis people to attend services through the Lenten season. Publicity will be arranged by a sub-committee composed of Father Sullivan, Dr. Evans and Lester C. Nagley, church federation publicity committee chairman. ‘RESIGN/ DEMAND OF MINISTERS TO JACKSON Pastors From Seven Eastern Indiana Counties Adopt Resolution. By Tines Special WINCHESTER, Ind., March B. Demand that Ed Jackson resign as Governor of Indiana is contained in a resolution adopted at a session here of the ministerial fellowship of the Eastern Indiana Christian Conference, composed of seven counties. The resolution follows: “Inasmuch as we believe facts brought forth ‘n the recent tsial of our State executive indicate corrupt practices which we believe are dangerous and destructive to good government, therefore be it resolved. That it is the sense of this organization that he (Governor Jackson) should resign immediately from the governorship of our State.” Officers of the fellowship are the Rev. D. R. Lusk, Winchester, president, and the Rev, Cecil Leek, Albany, secretary. KEEVER RUNS AGAIN County Coroner Seeks Re-Election; Announces Policies. County Coroner Charles H. Keever has announced for re-elec-tion. Dr. Keever said he will “continue serving the public, referring cases to the grand jury where investigation proves such is needed, regardless of whether they are individuals or corporations involved,” and to continue to assist the police department in its accident prevention campaign. Dr. Keever was born in Kempton in 1896. He is married and has one child. For seven years Dr. Keever has been a practicing physician in Indianapolis.

LONE TERN/ OCEAN FLYING GULL, IS RIVAL TO LINDY

BY ROBERT TALLEY WASHINGTON, March B.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is not the only lone aviator who has made a non-stop flight to France, the United States Biological Survey revealed at hearings before the House Committee on Appropriations. A tiny Arctic tern, banded on the coast of Labrador, was recovered recently near La Rochelle, France, Paul G. Redington, chief of the bureau, told the committee in describing the results of bird

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BURGLARS GET SSOO IN LOOT Jewelry, Clothing Stolen in All Parts of City. Clothing, jewelry and automobile accessories valued at more than SSOO were stolen by burglars who worked in nearly all sections of the city Wednesday night. The home of H. L. Scott, 5435 Pleasant Run Blvd., was entered by forcing a front window and jewelry valued at $l5O stolen. A burglar in the same neighborhood robbed the home of Charles Pittinger, 5307 Pleasant Run Blvd., of $l2O worth of jewelry. Unsuccessful attempts were made to enter two homes in the 5200 block Pleasant Run Blvd. Robert Lewis, 2622 Paris Ave.,.reported that two suits of clothing valued at S6O were stolen from his home. Jewelry valued at SSO was stolen from the home of Charles Meyers, 5123 Norway St. The home of J. D. Hannan, 5133 Norway St., also had been entered. Other burglaries reported: John Fournace, poolroom, 112 McLean PI., cash and cigarets, S3O; Mrs. Helen Klemtner, 4212 Graceland Ave., $10; Euphems Cole, Y. M. C. A., watch, $35; Mrs. Emma Roeder, 515 E. Twenty-Second St., automobile accessories, $97; Miss Ruth Hubble, 43 W. Fall Creek Blvd., purse and valuable papers; Edward Raub, 3510 N. Pennsylvania St., $4. COFFIN ‘BOSS CONTROL’ DENOUNCED IN LETTERS Anonymous Writer Asks Selection of Respectable G. O. P. Leader. “Boss control” by George V. Coffin, Republican county chairman, was denounced in anonymous letters received through the mails by Republican precinct committeemen today. The letter urged that if a county committee meeting is not called by March 15 committeemen “shoiftt insist upon one being called to elect anew deal county chairman—one who will respect the rights and appreciate the services of the precinct committeemen.” “Will you exercise your rights and vote for a clean, respectable genuine Republican leader whose past party record is above reproach?" the anonymous writer asked. LINDY’S PLAN? SECRET Plans Still In Hangar at Washington Flying Field. By United Press WASHINGTON, March 8. Officers at Bolling field reported today that the plane of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh was still in a hangar there and that they had received no word as to when the noted airman planned to leave Washington. Lindbergh, who flew here Tuesday from Belleville, 111., shrouded his plans with secrecy. He refused to answer questions put to him by reporters.

banding. In another case, he said, a common tern banded in this country was found on the West Coast of Africa. The tern is a small gull, familiar on both coasts of the Atlantic. Banding records compiled by the bureau indicate that many birds cross the Atlantic in both directions. a a a A BLACK-HEADED gull, banded at Rossitten, Germany, was returned from Bridgetown, West Indies. Another gull band-

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Sloan School Pays Tribute to Memory of Lelia Bartholomew. Memorial services were substituted : for the usual happy opening ex- ! ercises today at the George W. Sloan School, Thirtieth and Rader [ Sts., following an announcement of j the death of a favorite teacher. Miss ♦Lelia Bartholomew, 63. of 712 E. Twenty-Second St., Wednesday. The children gave their own expressions of grief for Miss Bartholomew, who had taught them music and sewing; had helped them win poster prizes and whose ideas, according to one boy, “always worked out.” Some of the childrens' tributes were: Eulogized by Pupils “She inspired us to rise higher in our work. We are indebted to her for so mpeh patience and service to help us do well.” “Words cannot express our appreciation for Mis Bartholomew. She inspired us to do our work better and to win our art prizes." “She was so sincere in all she said and her ideas always worked out.” “She taught the girls interesting ways of homemaking and was so kind in explaining things." Taught for Fifty Years Miss Bartholomew had taught in Indianapolis public schools for fifty years and went to the Sloan school fifteen years ago, where she taught art and sewing. Teachers associated wtih her at Sloan School gave the following expressions: “Her dramatic talent and keen sense of humor was our chief source of merriment at all our teachers' social gatherings. This same characteristic was felt by her pupils.” Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the Memorial Presbyterian Church, where she was a member The Rev. W. H. Kendall, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Crown Kill cemetery. RAIL SERVICE CHANGED B. & O. Advances Time for Departure of Washington Sleeper. Effective Sunday, the Baltimore & Ohio railroad will advance the time of its Indianapolis-Washing-ton sleeper to leave here at 2:50 p. m., and arrive at Washington at 12:15 noon the following day, it was announced by George F. Scheer, assistant genera! passenger agent. The present train leaving Indianapolis at 5 p. m., will be discontinued. Anew morning service, leaving Indianapolis at 9:35 a. m„ will be established. This train will connect with the main line at Cincinnati at 1:55 p. m., providing service to Ohio and West Virginia, as well as a Washington arrival at 7:10 a. m., the following day Stops are scheduled for Rushville, Connersville, Liberty, in Indiana, and College Comer, Oxford and Hamilton in Ohio. Report Horse Radish Famine By United Press CHICAGO, March 8. Among other effects of the floods of the lower Mississippi River is a horse radish famine, the Illinois Chamber of Commerce reported here. The report said horse radish farms had been flooded.

ed at the same place and at the same time was found later near Vera Cruz, Mexico. Two kittiwakes, banded in England, were shot later in Newfoundland and Labrador. A tern banded in Maine was found dead in British West Africa. In describing bird migration before the committee, Redington said that most of the ducks that winter on the Potomac River near Washington nest- in the prairie provinces of Western Canada.

G. 0. P. GROUPS WAIT CHANGES IN PRECINCTS Dodson Men See Chance to Gain in Remapping Boundaries. Eyes of politicians both within and without the majority Republican faction turned on the county commissioners today following announcement of contemplated changes 'in precinct boundaries. About twenty precincts will be changed, commissioners said. Numbers of those under consideration for changes were not divulged. Members of the Dodson faction took hope because by slight gerrymandering in strategic points their minority of precinct committeemen may lie increased materially. Majority for Dodson There is a majority of Dodson men on the commission, President Cassius L. Hogle and Charles O. Sutton. George Snider is a member of the Coffin faction. The Coffin men are said to have lost considerable strength in recent changes that resulted from city hall shakeups, and slight maneuvering in precinct boundaries now might yield a more equitable balance of power In the party. Democrats, too. turned hungry eyes toward the commissioners, but it was conceded that little in their favor will be done. Population Shifts Most of those under consideration for changes are precincts lying near the edge of the city. Hogle said. These changes were made necessary by shifts in population chiefly, he said. It has been four years since gerrymandering has been resorted to to shift the power. At that time the Coffin men gained considerable strength. The changes will be made this month, Hogle said, but no announcement of which precincts are affected will be made until the end of the month. Primaries are in May. Several requests for changes have been made which the commissioners have not had time to investigate, it was said. STEVE TO GET CHANCE TO EXPOSE KLAN AGAIN Pennsylvanian Prepareed to Take Deposition at Prison. D. C. Stephenson, former Indiana Klan leader, will get an opportunity to tell about workings of the KuKKlux Klan again when his deposition is obtained this month by Van A. Barrickman, Pittsburgh attorney, for use in a court suit there to oust the Pennsylvania Klan. Barrickman, in a letter received by Lloyd O. Hill, attorney for Stephenson, said he planned to go to the Michigan City prison soon and would notify Hill so he can be present. Barrickman now' is awaiting a reply from Warden Walter H. Daly for permissison to talk to Stephenson. Hill said he desires to attend the deposition taking, but is waiting further word before taking action. “I am sincere in my desire to put the Klan out of business and show up the real moving spirit behind this criminal organization,” Barrickman wrote. “I know Stephenson knows it well, and it Is for that reason that I want him to speak out.” MYERS LAUDS WILSON Says G. O. P. Destroyed Idealism He Taught. By Times Special PORTLAND, Ind , March B.—“lf the Republican party had produced one Woodrow Wilson it would stay in power for fifty years,” said Walter Myers, Indianapolis attorney, candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator at a meeting of Democrats here Wednesday night. Myers added that “if the Democratic party had produced one Fall, one Daugherty, one D. C. Stephenson, or one Ed Jackson it would be kept, out of power for fifty years.” He said the United States had incurred the distrust of foreign nations when “Republican politicians destroyed the idealism that Wilson taught.” BUSINESS SITE IS SOLD Meridian Service Inn to Build Plant at Southeastern and Washington. Automobile service station site at Southeastern Ave. and Washington St., has been purchased by the Meridian Service Inn, Inc., from Dr. David Ross, It was announced today by the John D. Brosnan Realty Company which handled the deal. The property fronts 146 on Washington St. and 156 feet on Southeastern Ave. Nine houses will be razed to make way for the new station, expected to be one of the largest in the State. T. J. Sourbler is president of the company, which now operates four stations. Edward G. Sourbrier is vice president and Walter C. Boetcher is secretary treasurer.

Some of them nest even farther north in British America. “If it were not for banding we would not know a great many things about birds that we now know,” Redington said. “For instance, birds that were banded in Utah have been recovered in California and fourteen other States and also in Canada and Mexico.” Many of the ducks that go as far south as Louisiana in winter nest on the Gulf of St. Lawrence and on the Hudson Bay.

Statehouse Flag Half Staff for ‘Major’ Wilson

Official Will Attend Rites for Popular Civil War Veteran. Sorrow cast its shadow over the Statehouse today as the flag flapped at half staff in mourning for W. D. (.Major) Wilson, the most popular figure beneath the great domd. The “Major,” 82, died Wednesday afternoon at Methodist Hosp.tal, where he was taken Saturday, after falling and fracturing his hip on the Statehouse steps. For the last seven years Major Wilson’s slight and soldierly figure has been familiar to all the offices of the building, where he had charge of the information bureau and served as a guide for visitors. Officials to Attend Rites His sprightly manner belied his years and his droll tales smacked of the modern trend as well as recollections from his service as drum major in the Civil War. Governor Jackson and other State officials will attend his funeral at the Home Presbyterian church, at 2:30 p. m„ Saturday. Burial will be at Crown Hill cemetery. He is survived by his wife, with whom he lived at the Hotel English. I Some months ago Major Wilson wrote the following account of his career and told the Statehouse newspaper men to use it as his obituaryWas Telegraph Operator “William D. Wilson was born April 12, 1845 at Winchester. 111. At the age of 15 he went to Jacksonville to learn telegraphy. He was one of the first ‘sound’ operators. “When the Civil War broke out he tried to enlist, but was rejected, but later was successful in getting Into Company K., 14th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, then at Ft. Donaldson. Tenn. With this regiment he went through the battle of Shiloh. During the campaign he was stationed with the headquarters of Gen Gordon as telegraph operator. After the surrender of Corinth, he became ill and was sent to a hospital at St. Louis. His discharge from the service followed on Aug. 19. 1862. “After his recovery he again enlisted and Joined Company H. 129th Illinois Volunteer Infantry at Winchester, 111. He was promoted to drum major. April 1, 1863, and went through the war. He was discharged June 15. 1865, at Washington after having been with Sherman i on his famous march across Georgia , and after having been with the; First Brigade, Third Division Twentieth Army Corps in the Atlanta campaign. Worked on Railroads “At the close of the war he returned to Winchester, 111. then went West to Lexington and Kansas City, Mo., where lie entered the railroad service as a telegrapher. In August, 1870, he came to Indianapolis, where he was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad. He left tills road to take a place with the Big Four, and later with the Erie Railroad, and later went to the Lackawanna, where he remained in the service twenty years before retiring. “Dec. 17, 1874, he was married to Miss Rosa Johnson o’ Indian-

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apolis. She died Nov. 11, 1903, and he was married to Mrs. Lydia A. Swift of Indianapolis on Feb. 5, 1910 “He had no children and is survived only by the widow.” Major Wilson was active in the rankfls of the G. A. R„ and at the time of his death was adjutant and quartermaster of the Joseph R. Gordon Post. CHARITY TAKES MURDERED DOTS George Chisholm Not to Attend Sons’ Funeral. By I tilted Press EAST CHICAGO, Ind., March 8 The bodies of George Chrisholm, 9. and his brother. Edgar. 6, lay in an undertaker’s chapel here today, awaiting burial which has been arranged through charity of undertakers and citizens here. At Crown Point, their father, George Chisholm, 35, who confessed to drowning the two boys in a ship canal at Indiana Harbor, continued monotonous pacing of his cell in the county jail. Chisholm, under indictment charged with the first degree murders of his sons, will not attend the funeral. Fortville Pioneer Dies By l imes Special FORTVILLE, Lid.. March B.—Funeral services were held Tuesday for Mrs. W. J. Smith. 72, a resident here for sixty years, who died Sunday. She leaves her husband and a son by a former marriage, Herman McDonald. Davenport. lowa.

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STINSON STARTS FLIGHT TO SET NEW AIR MARK Ruth Elder’s Atlantic Hop Aid Is Co-Pilot in Endurance Trip, J','/ United Press MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., March B.—A new American attempt to wrest the sustained flight record from the German aviators, who stayed aloft more than two days and two nights was started today under auspicious conditions from the Ice of Lake St. Clair. In an orange and black monoplane, equipped wits skiis, Edward Stinson, former holder of the endurance flight record, and Capt. Gecrge Haldeman, who accompanied Ruth Elder across the Atlantio os far as the Azores, soared into the air at 8:29:36, hoping to cruise leisurely around the lake lor sixty hours. May Try Long Flight Loaded with 550 gallons of gasoline and carrying twenty gallons of oil, the plane shot a mile across the ice in sixty seconds and rose gi'acel’ully without trouble. A barograph had been seated Just before the take-off by Ray Cooper of Detroit, an official of Lie National Aeronautical Association, assuring official recognition if anew record rt nung up. It was reported without confirmation that the attempt might be. pr< liminary to a long distance flight to be undertaken by the pair. Stinson was known to be anxious to show a flight to South America,- attempted last year in his plane by Paul Redfern, was possible. Plane Damaged Tuesday Neither flier would comment, hov. - ever, and said their immediate purpose was to bring back to this coun - try the endurance record, which Stinson held in 1921. At that time the record was 26 hours, but the record established in Germany was 52 hours and 26 minutes. The fliers carried a portable fire extinguisher and coffee and sandwiches. The take-off followed two abortive attempts Tuesday on each of which the plane was slightly damaged. LEWIS BOOK PUBLISHED Author, Native of City, Writes on Immigration Problem*. “American: Nation or Confusion,” dealing with immigration, is the title of anew book published by Harper & Bros., written by Edward R. Lewsi, son of Charles S. Lewis, Indianapolis real estate dealer. The author is a native of this city and a graduate of Shorfridge High School in 1903. He studied law at Harvard and practiced here until he entered the World War, from which he retired with the rank of captain. He since has practiced law in Chicago. Feud With Cat leads to Court ALEXANDRIA. Va., March 7. Wallace Proctor licked his neighbor’s cat. The cat killed Proctor's two pigeons. Proctor killed the c*t. The judge fined Proctor $25.