Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 280, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1928 — Page 3

MARCH 20, 1928

REBUKE ROBINSON FOR SLUR ON FRANKLIN K. LANE

WILSON'S AID IS DEFENDED IN SENATEDEBATE G. 0. P. Leaders Join Jim Reed in Upholding Name of Late Secretary. LINKS AL AND SINCLAIR State Junior Member Hints Oil Man Contributed to Smith Fund. Pj Timm Special WASHINGTON, March 20.—Senator Arthur R. Rooinson was rebuked in the Senate late Monday by leading Republicans as well as by Senator Reed (Dem.\ Missouri, for questions understood by these men to refer slightingly to the reputation of the late Franklin K. Lane. Democratic Secretary of the Interior. He got off more lightly for his questions as to whether Harry F. : Sinclair had not contributed to the campaign funds of Governor A1 Smith of New York in 1920, and had not held office for four succeeeding years as a member of the New York racing commission by appointment of Smith. Senator Reed of Missouri, an old antagonist of Robinson in Senate debate, referred to the latter questions only as attempts to drag a red herring across Republican responsibility for the Teapot Dome scandal. Defends Name of Lane Hut to Robinson's questions about Lane, Reed answered comparing Senator Ecarh of Idaho with Robinson : "The great Senator from Idaho (Porah) faces facts as those do not who impugn the integrity of the dead whose voiceless lips can not speak in defense of an honorable reputation.'’ Robinson has asked in effect if Lane had not been “fired” by Presi- ; dent Wilson after disagreeing with j the latter upon the wisdom of leas- j ing certain parts of the California oil reserves, and had taken a job with the Sinclair interests at $50,000 a year. Senator David A. Reed of Penn- i sylvania, a leader among the conservative Republicans, sprang to his feet. “No word in the testimony be- j fore the committee or act in Lane's administration could be held against j him. I would say this if he were alive as I do now that he is dead,” he cried. Senator Iliram Johnson of California followed Reed. “I went to college with Franklin Lane and knew him from boyhood, and he was a decent, upstanding j American citizen all his life,” he I said. Kill Tassed in 1920 “I was merely asking the ques- ! tion.” said Robinson. “I should like to' know further if : the legislation under which the oil leasing transations cccured. wasn't passed during a Democratic administration?” Senator Walsh of Montana, saying he didn't see what relevancy the question had. answered: "It was passed in 1920 when President Wilson was in the White House and the Republicans were in power in Congress. But the Supreme Court has pointed out the oil lands were aliented in spite of and not because of the law. Mr. Lane took employment with E. L. Dohery.” "What comfort would the Senator from Indiana get in'connection with this gigantic corruption and fraud j in his party if the statements about j Lane were true?” asked Senator I Bratton (Dem.) of New Mexico. "I despise corruption in either party,” returned Robinson. Robinson then suggested that the ! Teapot Dome committee call Gov- i ernor Smith to question him about | Sinclair and the racing commission appointment, asking if Sinclair didn't hold the office of racing com- : missioner through all the years with which the committee is dealing. 1 Hints Sinclair Aid to AI “The Senator from Indiana is making an unreasonable request, j That is not the committee's province ] unless it is shown that Governor j Smith was involved in the oil scan- j dal,” returned Senator Nye, chair- j man of the committee. "The Governor of New York might j explain,” said Robinson, “a lot of things might be brought to light! which might show that on the Dem- j ocrat side people working in the dark knew more about the Conti- : nental Oil bonds than they are will- j ing to testify.” "When a man gets up here on. this floor and makes such insinua- : tions, I don't know but what he is ! going beyond his privileges on the | floor,” said Senator James Reed, j "Surely the Senator doesn't mean ; Governor Smith turned over State | property to Sinclair?” "I don’t know,” answered Robin- j son. "There is much circumstantial evidence that Smith should be called before the committee.” HOLD CRATTY MEMORIAL National Secretary Honored for Y. 1 W. C. A. Work. A memorial service for Miss Mabel Cratty, general secretary of the national Y. W. C. A., was held at the local monthly Y. W. bbard meeting j Monday in charge of Mrs. William Herbert Gibbs. Miss Cratty was chiefly responsible for the formation of the national organization from hundreds of independent associations throughout the United States. Mrs. Samuel Ashby, president of the local board, and Miss Annette Dieckmaun, national industrial secretary, took part In the services.

S-4 at Last in Harbor

With the flag half-masted on its conning tower, which was all that was visible of the water-filled wreckage, the submarine S-4 was towed to the Boston navy yard Monday for removal of the eight bodies of the crew of forty that still remained in the craft.

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Only by a narrow margin did the submarine S-4 escape sinking a second time after it was raised off Provincetown, Mass. Here are the navy tugs bringing it safely into Boston harbor Just a head of a storm that would have broken it from the pontoons in the open sea. The conning tower, with the colors at half mast, is visible between the cylindrical floats that brought the wreckage to the surface.

GOLLEGT PAY BOOST Cops Out After License Fees; 50 Arrested. Police began a drive today to replenish the city coffers with money to meet the recent police and firemen pay increase of sllO a year. Warned at roll call by City License Inspector Otto Ray that the city controller did not have the money to pay the increase principally because numerous rooming house keepers, coal dealers, peddlers and the like have not paid license tees due Jan. 1, patrolmen decided today that it was their opportunity to earn their own pay boost. Fifty alleged violators were slated to appear in court before the officers were on the job two hours. A hundred more appeared doomed to start before the judge unless they hurriedly obtained license tags. SEEK MEMORIAL LAND Condemnation Proceedings on George Rogers Clark Site Begun. Condemnation proceedings to acquire land for the George Rogers Clark memorial at Vincennes were filed Monday in the Knox Circuit Court by the State against a lot owned by William E. and Jennie Hutton, located at the south end of the proposed memorial plaza and valued between $5,000 and $7,000. The complaint filed by Connor Ross, deputy attorney general of Indiana, sets out that the members of the Clark memorial commission could not come to an agreement with the owners as to the value cf the property and asks that three appraisers be appointed. ASK POST ASSETS BIDS Bankruptcy Referee to Sell Property of Defunct Newspaper. Bids for sale of the defunct Indianapolis Post Publishing Company physical assets will be received from 10 a. m. April 2 to 30, Carl Wilde, referee in bankruptcy, announced today. After the private sale, assets remaining will be sold at auction. | While the bankruptcy petition listed i assets of SIOI,OOO, the unencumbered ; assets to be sold have been ap- ! praised at $29,284. Liabilities are | listed at $53,460. NEGRO SHOT AT PARTY Thirteen Negroes are under arrest and police sought two others in an attempt to apprehend the persons who fired the shots that struck William Mathews, Negro, 1738 Mill St„ at a party late Monday night. Matthews, who was taken to the city hospital where his condition is regarded as critical, was shot three times in the back and legs. Police were unable to learn where the party was held.

900 DOG SHOW ENTRIES Final Details Are Completed at Kennel Club Meeting. Mere than COD entries have been made for the annual dog show to be held in Tomlinson Hall March 27, 28 and 29, and will continue to be received by Show Superintendent E. W. Leach at headquarters, 317 N. Pennsylvania St., until noon Wednesday. Final details of the show were completed at a meeting of the Hcosier Kennel Club directors Monday night. PICK CAMPAIGN HEAD Dr. Glen Kimball to Manage Carter Race. Dr. Glen D. Kimball of Marion, active in Eleventh district Republican politics for many years, v/ill manage the primary campaign of Solon J. Carter, local attorney, candidate for the Republican nomination for United States Senator, It was announced today. Kimball was a Representative in the 1903 Legislature, was Eleventh district manager for Senator James E. Watson in 1908 and directed George Lockwood's race for Congress. He served with an ambulance corps on the Mexican border and organized and commanded an ambulance corps, with rank of captain, in the World War. Carter’s campaign, Kimball said, will not be “an elaborate money spending campaign, but borne by voluntary offerings of small amounts by his personal friends." Carter Will open his speaking campaign in Parke County, his former home. Friday night. A torch light parade will precede the meeting. SET ORATORY CONTESTS County High School Events Will Be Held March 30. County high school oratorical contests will be held throughout the State on March 30, State School Superintendent Roy P. Wise hart announced today. The city contests were held March 16, and local winners entered for the county meets. Congressional district competition is j scheduled for April 15 and the final I State contest will be held a few weeks later. Sugar Factory Proposed ■ By Ti'nrs Special PORTLAND, Ind., March 20.—A | beet sugar factory may be obtained for this city as a result of a meeting here tonight at which Jay County farmers and representatives of the j Holland-St. Louis Sugar Company i will consider beet raising possibilities.

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C ALL SCHWAB, ROCKEFELLER IN COAL QUIZ Senate Committee Issues Subpoenas; Cooiidge Disapproves Parley. Ify/ f'nitcil Pros WASHINGTON, March 20.—The Senate coal committee has issued subpoenas for John D. Rockefeller, Jr.; Charles M. Schwab and R. B. Mellon, Senator Wheeler announced today. Governor John Fisher of Pennsylvania will also bo summoned, but no subpoena will be issued unless he fails to accept an invitation. Wheeler will also ask subpoenas for the following: A. K. Oliver, Pittsburgh; W. D. Reiss. Sheboygan, and J. D. Lyes, Pittsburgh. Wheeler said he hoped to have the first of the new witnesses here before the end of this week. Meantime, it was learned President Cooiidge feels little could be accomplished at a coal strike settlement conference suggested by Fisher Monday. Such a conference to be participated in by State and Federal Government officials and representatives of the miners and operators would embody too many divergent attitudes to affect practical or permanent results, the President believes. The committee decided to make public a list of stockholders in the Pittsburgh Coal Company, which was submitted today with a request that it be kept secret, unless officials of the company can give adequate reasons for their request.

BATTLE POLLUTION Engineers May Clean River to Keep Beaches Open. City officials today took steps *o relieve the pollution of White River, to prevent closing of Canp Gridley, United States naval training camp, and McClure municipal bathing beach. City Engineer A H. Mcore and Charles H. Hurd, sanitary consultant, have worked out a temporary plan for lessening the pollution if $3,000 can be found with which to make the improvement. There is no fund from which the money can be used, it is said. A permanent sewer project, now under way, will not be completed for a year. James Angelo, concession holder at McClure beach, hired three life guards to protect swimmers while the beach was dosed last year after a youth drowned. Several ignored the health board’s ban last year. STEAL DIAMOND, DIMES Three Homes Are Reported Robber at Franklin. Detectives scanned pawned diamonds at local loan offices today and also watched for persons spending from an unusual supply of dimes, following a report from Franklin, Ind.. of a theft there. Deputy Sheriff Carl Losey telephoned that three homes there were entered by a burglar Monday night and a diamond Fing and a bank containing $23 in dimes taken. CITY BOXER SENTENCED Roy Staklev Get Two Years for Impersonating Bond Payee. Roy Stakley, 34, who as Bobby Lee fought in a number of Indianapolis boxing matches some years ago, Monday was found guilty at Louisville, Ky.. of impersonating the payee of a Government bond and sentenced to two years in Atlanta prison and fined SSOO, according to a Louisville dispatch. An appeal will be made. The Louisville authorities charged that Stakley gave Leo Rosenham of Indianapolis SI,OOO in stolen bonds for a diamond ring. Stakley contends he did not know the bond was stolen and that he had gone to Louisville to buy a load of liquor instead of a diamond ring. Esterline in Legislative Race Pledged to uphold the city manager statute, Merrill B. Esterline. 26, 5120 N. Pennsylvania St., announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for State representative Monday night at a meeting of the Irvington Republican Club.

| COFFIN RIMS 1 CONTINUE FSOHT FOR NEW CHIEF Prepare to Balk Chairman’s Move in Reorganizing County Party. George V. Coffin's declaration today that he will not accept re-elec-tion as Republican county chairman when the committee is reorganized in May failed to halt the drive against Coffinism by other factions of the party. The other factional leaders were suspicious that Coffin, recognizing that the linking of his name with ’Stephensonism" in the long political corruption inquiry, had so weakened his position that he could not be elected, is stepping out of the picture as graceiully as possible with the intention ox running another man whom he could control. Fight “Coffin Man” The opposition was convinced it would have to beat a “Coffin man” ! to gain control of the county or- | ganization. Coffin announced he would call 3 meeting of the various factional I leaders in the county after the primary election ”to have them agree ; upon a high-class Republican for i chairman, who has not been iden- ; tified with any political faction.” Coffins promise to call the sac- ! tions together may have resulted, ! say his opponents, from the know!-* edge that just such meetings are j being held this week without his j approbation. | The faction group headed by I Ralph A. Lemcke; the Otis Dodson, i the Claude E. Neglev and William j 1 A. Boyce groups; and the Republican Reorganization League are figuring in the conferences, it is understood. George Denny, chairman of the executive committee of the Republic-1 an Reorganization League, said anent Coffin's announcement; “We intend to go right ahead trying to eliminate factionalism and assist in electing a truly representative Republican as chairman.”

Urge Early Trial In a conference with Prosecutor William H. Remy and Judge Charles M. McCabe relative to a. trial date for Coffins trial on a charge of conspiracy to bribe former Governor Warren T. McCray, Clyde Jtnes. Coffin's attorney, said the trial should precede the primaries May 8. because. Coffin might seek reelection as county chairman.” Coffin has headed ihe county organization since 1924. when he overthrew Shank forces. He was elected city chairman in 1925, and was reelected county chairman in 1926, without opposition. He has been a force In Marion County Republican politics for twenty years. 15 CITY ROBBERIES ARE CONFESSED BY YOUTH Harry Peak Adds Two More to His List of Hold-Ups. Harry Peak. 24. confessed two more robberies today, bringing his total to fifteen, according to police, who are holding him on a grand jury indictment, charging him with, the attempted hold-up of the A. & P. Grocery, 711 Massachusetts Ave., Jan 28. Peak was arrested Saturday night in a downtown hotel and conlessed at that time to taking part in thirteen robberies with Matthew Roe. 25, of 2016 English Ave.. police said. Roc was captured and arrested after a gun battle with the grocery store manager. He implicated Peak. The fifteen robberies included filling stations, groceries and drug stoics and extended from Dec. 15, 1927, according to Peak's confession, j OPPOSES USE OF ARMY Congressional Candidate Addresses G. O. P. Negro Women. "A sound immigration policy that will not endanger the happiness and prosperity of American labor” | was advocated by John W. Becker, candidate for the Republican nomination for Congressman from the Seventh district, addressing the Colored Women’s Republican Club, N. West and Walnut Sts., Mondaynight. Becker upheld the Monroe Dictrine, but said he was “unalterably opposed to the use of our armies, the spilling of American blood in foreign lands, or the giving of American lives to protect the investment of financiers under thJ guise of maintenance of that doc- \ trine.” SHOOTING BALKS POLICE Negro Woman Held Following Tilt With Husband. Police couldn't learn today whether Mrs. Bessie Harrison, Negro, 843 bj Colton St., fired a shot that put her husband, Everett Harrison, to flight after or before he struck j her on the head with a clock, Mon- j day night. They took her to the city hospital and had her head dressed and then i to the city prison and locked her up j on a charge of shooting with intent I to kill. 1

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TWO BANDITS FAIL TO ROB 3 WOMEN

A Negro bandit who broke the eye glasses of a woman hold-up victim, and a Negro burglar posing as a window washer, who leaped through a closed window when two women surprised him in their home STORE HOLDUP” IS FRUSTRATED Bandits Flee When Manager Grabs Knife. A quartet of well dressed, youthful bandits attempted to hold up the Standard grocery. 1698 College Ave., early today, but met with such rough treatment that they fled, police were told. Only one of the would-be bandits entered the place. He asked Manager L. E. Nichols, of 229 N. Illinois St., to "Turn over the money.” Instead. Nichols grabbed a butcher knife and started after the youth. He was restrained by Robert Mason, a clerk, who started to call police. He was met at the door by the three partners of the bandit, who struck him and fled.

APARTMENT HOUSE FIRE CAUSES LOSS OF $4,000 Woodruff Place Blaze Caused by Sparks on Roof. Fire, starting from sparks on the roof, damaged an apartment building at 651 East Dr., Woodruff Place, Monday afternoon, causing an estimated loss of $4,000. Personal belongings of the Misses Ethel Houser, Helen McDonald and Eleanor Ament, Technical High School teachers, were destroyed. The apartment of H. C. Lecestre suffered most damage, while the apartments of Henry Davis, Paul and John Baumgarter and Richard and Theodore Barker also were damaged. * The roof and upper story of the three-story building were destroyed. ESTABLISH STATE PARK Creation of a Brown County State park, in addition to the fish and game preserve, was announced today by Richard Lieber, director of conservation. The preserve will compose an integral part of the park, which includes 10,960 acres, and when completely acquired will have 12,000 acres. The 340 acre frontage of the park will be on the Columbus-Nashville highway. Driveways will be laid around and through the park, the high point of which will be Weed Patch Hill. The fish and game preserve will be kept intact, Lieber said.

featured crime reports at police station today. Mrs. W. S. Cornier. 105114 Virginia Ave., was at Virginia Ave. and Grove St., on her way to work early today when a Negro pointed a revolver at her and demanded money. When she told him she had no money he grabbed her eye glasses from her hand, threw them to the pavement and fled. Mrs. Mary Travers and Mrs. J. M. Ryan were awakened in their heme at 312 E. Thirteenth St, Monday night and discovered a jNegro in the dining room. “I’m washing windows,” he told them. He leaped through a closed window, taking curtain and glass with him. He obtained no loot. Yeggmen, believed to be the same who have battered open more than a score of safes in filling stations and business places in the last month, knocked the combinations from two safes at the Vossler & Dennis Trucking Company office, 104 S. Noble St., but failed to get any loot from the safes. They carried off an electric drill valued at SIOO, however. Orphan Wins Essay T’ri/c RUSHVILLE, Ind.. March 20. Barbara Sego. an orphans’ home inmate who attend the home school, won second prize in a fire prevention essay contest conducted in Rush County schools.

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NICARAGUANS LOSE HEAVILY TO MARINES Many Casualties Inflicted on Sandino by Attack From Air. VU I nitrrl Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 20. —A new offensive against the forces of Gen. Augustino Sandino, which already is said to have inflictj ed more losses on the rebel forces than any engagement since last July, was under way today. United States Marine fliers already have directed a deadly bombj ing attack on the Sandino forces i near a mining region known as Murra, thirty miles north of El Chipote. The attack was said to have resulted in more casualties than that near Ocotal last July, when j three hundred rebels were killed. Marine Officer Wounded One Marine flier was injured, but I not seriously. I While the Marine ground forces j have not yet had a part in the new i attack—which Marine officers at the ; base here will not explain—they j were said to be rushing to the 1 Murra district. The bombing ati tacks will continue today, it was ; said. The one Marine flier injured was Capt. Francis Pierce, communications officer, who was wounded when ! infantry fire from the rebel guns : pierced the Marine planes. Pierce was struck in the foot. The Sandino forces Monday concentrated at Murra, an up-country : mining center, and w r ere massed there when the first of the cruising Marine planes swept overhead. Rebels Easy Target Tire bombers went into action. : The Sandinistas were in an open ; spot and easy target for the big I American planes. The bombing was j deadly. | Load after load of the high explosive bombs were dropped on the I rebel ranks who could answer only with infantry fire. Many direct hits ! were struck, according to reports coming to Managua. The rebels fought back with their rifles, and although they hit the bombing planes, could make no depression in the steady bombing attar k. The bombers made three different attacks Monday. After sighting the Sandinistas on the open range they released their entire supply of bombs. They made three replenishing visits to the base before calling the attack closed for the day. Losses In Hundreds No careful estimate of the casuel- | ties to the Sandinistas could be made, but It was said their losses were more severe than in any attack since last July, when 300 were killed. The bombers planned to attack again today and it was said that Marine ground forces were rushing up to aid in the offensive. Marine officers here were silent as to the reason for the new offensive. It was said recently, in connection with announcement Mia t .',OOO additional Marines were being sent here from United States, that the campaign against Sandim would have to end in May, as then is when the rainy season begins. Railroad Man Leaves $30,000 Estate The will of Andrew D. Pendleton, retired Pennsylvania railroad district freight agent who died last week, filed in Probate Court, divide s $30,000 personal property and $12,000 real estate equally between a son, Ralph A. Pendleton, and a daughter, Mrs. Grace P. Minor. The Fletcher Savings and Trust Company is executor.

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