Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 281, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 March 1928 — Page 3

’MARCH 21, 1928.

DOCUMENTS SHOW U. S. IGNORANT OF DANGER IN 1914

PROPOSALS TO STEM CONFLICT OFFERED LATE First Volume of Official War Correspondence Is Published. NATION HOPED TO LAST Moves to Mediate Made Only After Europe Had Mobilized. BY MAURITZ A. HALLGREN, United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, March 21—The first volume of official American war correspondence, published today, lifted the curtain on the tragic days preceding the war's outburst in 1914. The document revealed the United States hopeiul to the last that the world catastrophe would not come. It pictured this nation as making no attempt to stem the war flood until most of the powers had actually mobilized, and then not until Ambassador Herrick at Paris cabled President Wilson the startling warning that the situation “is regarded here as the gravest in history.” The correspondence, being published in six volumes covering the I years 1914 to 1919, contains all im- : portant communications between the State department and diplomatic representatives here and abroad. Ignorant of Situation In the summer of 1914 American diplomats in Europe were apparently without authentic information as to the true situation. Even a month 3fter the Serajevo assassination on June 28 had kindled the fire which was to envelop the world, they be- j •ieved a general war was not in sight, the document shows. As late as July 27, Ambassador Gerard cabled from Berlin, “I have reason to believe matters will be arranged without a general European war.” P. E. Mallett, vice consul general at Budapest, knew of the mobilization of Austrian troops along the Serbian border, a movement which plunged all Europe into conflict, but instead of cabling this vital news home, he sent it by mail, his letter reaching Washington July 27. The following day came Herrick’s warning that “civilization is threatened” and urging President Wilson to make “a strong plea for delay and moderation.” Secretary of State Bryan immediately messaged Ambassador Page in London asking if an offer to mediate would “be acceptable or serve any high purpose in the present crisis.” Page replied July 31 that Sir Edward Grey, British foreign minister, was unresponsive.

Mediation Attempts Fail Bryan again cabled Page, explaining that the President was “anxious to do everything in his power to avert war.” To this the ambassador answered Aug. 3, “There is not the slightest chance of any result if our good offices be offered at any continental capital. This is confirmed by the judgment of the British foreign office.” On Aug. 4, with Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Serbia and Belgium already in the war, and with England about to join, Bryan transmitted to Russia, Germany and Austria, Wilson’s offer to mediate. Aug. 5 the proposal was also sent Great Britain and France. These governments all rejected the offer.

BOOST MILITARY CAMP Series of Talks Planned in Schools and Before Clubs. Col. A. J. Daugherty will talk on the citizens’ military training camp at the Advertising Club luncheon Thursday noon at the Spink-Arms; the Exchange Club at the Lincoln Friday noon and the Purchasing Agents at the Severin Tuesday noon. West Newton High School will be addressed by Dr. J. Albert Bristow on Friday, in an effort to interest Students in attending. V. M. Armstrong is county representative of the movement. CHICKEN SALE LIMITED Pan Selling Dressed Poultry on Sidewalks Near Market. Sale of dressed chickens on the sidewalk near city market was banned during summer months today by the board of safety. Chickens with the feathers oir may be sold at the outside stands all the year. The board issued the order Tuesday following investigation of a complaint of a standholder. The order is expected to improve the sanitary conditions of the market district, according to Dr. Herman G. Morgan, health secretary. Seeks SIO,OOO for Suit Bl) Times Special DECATUR, Ind., March 21. Damages of SIO,OOO is asked of the Chicago & Erie Railroad in a suit filed here by Elmer Tricker as the result of the death of his daughter, Maxine, 8, last Aug. 5. A push pole suspended on two posts fell on the child as she swung on it. The pole was not properly secured, the father alleges. Indiana Bakers Elect Bn Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 21. Paul Brickley, Hartford City, is the new president of the Indiana Bakers’ Association, elected at the closing session of its twenty-fourth annual convention here Tuesday. Other officers are George Dunn, Indianapolis, vice president; , V. C. Vanderbilt, Indianapolis, re-elected treasurer, and C. P. Ehlers, Indianapolis, secretary-manager.

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STUDY DRY QUERIES Anti-Saloon League Sends Candidates Questions. Candidates for nominations for Governor, Congressmen, United States Senator and the Legislature were pondering their replies today to the “wet or dry?” questionnaire sent them by the Indiana AntiSaloon League. Four questions were leveled at the candidates in the letter dispatched by Anti-Saloon League Superintendent E. S. Shumaker. Two candidates, Arthur L. Gilliom, attorney general, seeking the Republican nomination for United States Senator, and Saniuel B. Wells of Scottsburg, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor, did not receive the questionnaire. Shumaker explained they were passed up because both have declared for the legalization of whisky for medicinal purposes to make the Indiana dry law conform to the Volstead act.

CAPTURE YOUNG COUPLE IN RUNNING GUN FIGHT Police Arrest John Carrigan and Wife for Chicken Stealing. John Carrigan, 24, of 560 N. Bell St., and his wife, Minnie, 16, alleged wholesale chicken thieves, are in city prison today after being captured by deputy sheriffs following a gun battle Tuesday night. They confessed to chicken stealing and the theft of two automobiles according to Sheriff Omer Hawkins. Five deputy sheriffs and a posse of farmers surounded the home of Ed Cloud, near Clermont, Tuesday night when Carrigan and his wife were known to have fled there. They ran from the side door of the dwelling. Carrigan shooting and his wife armed The deputies returned the fire and the pair surrendered. It is estimated that they stole 1,500 chickens during the last six months from Hendricks County farmers, according to the deputies. They were driving an automobile belonging to John Hession, of Brownsburg, bearing license plates from another machine they had stolen from a man in Terre Haute, the officers declare. MISS VIOLA GREEN DIES Pioneer Nurse Had Spent Most of Life Here; Native Hoosier. Burial services for Miss Viola Green. 56, of 1504 N. Pennsylvania St., who died Tuesday night at Methodist Hospital will be held Friday afternoon at Martinsville. Short funeral services will be held at Planner & Buchanan chapel, 25 W. Fall Creek Blvd., at 11:30 a. m., Friday. Miss Green, who was born in Johnson County, was a pioneer private nurse. She graduated from the Joseph Eastman hospital in 1905. Most of her life was spent in Indianapolis hospitals and surrounding homes. She serves as chairman of Nurses the Central Directory for several years. She was a member of the Christian Church and Indiana State purses Association. Three brothers and a sister survive.

SEE DEMOCRAT VICTORY Northern Indiana Counties Hold Organization Meeting. /?,;/ United Press LA PORTE, Ind., March 21.—Predictions of a Democratic victory at the polls in November and pleas for careful organization throughout the State were made at the organization meeting of Northern Indiana counties here Tusday. The next rally of the northern Indiana Democrats will be held here probably April 3, when Senator James A. Reed is to make an address. ASK RIVER CLEANED Municipal Garden’s Women’s Club Petition Mayor. Purification of White River so the stream may be used by bathers along municipal garden, was \asked today by a delegation of twenty women representing the Municipal Gardens Women’s Club. Mayor L. Ert Slack promised the women he would do all he could to remedy the situation. City officials are working on a plan to purify the sewage which overflows into the river. Father, Daughters Die in Crash By United Press COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 21.—A father and his two small daughters were killed today when their automobile was struck by a train at a grade crossing near Worthington. Papers in the man’s pockets identified him as W. W. Colmery, Columbus,

Blythe and Tommy Hendricks, pioneer basketball broadcasters, got almost as excited as if they again were witnessing the thrilling 13 to 12 victory cf Muncie over Martinsville in the State finals, when they heard their own records as reproduced by the Dictaphone today. Fred W. Torrence, Indianapolis manager for the Dictaphone corporation and Sam Walters, Muncie representative, took a complete record of the broadcasting cf the final game Saturday night by the Hendricks brothers. The Hendricks boys have broadcast State tourneys for The Times over WFBM for four seasons. Today the announcers had an opportunity to listen to their own stuff, as “canned” in nine Dictaphone records. How well the recording pleased them is shown by their expressions in the photograph above. The Dictaphone company is not going to keep the treat to themselves. Walters plans to have a public “re-broadcast” of the records for the Muncie fans, who are devoting the entire week to celebrating their State championship. Muncie fans thus will have another opportunity to hear just how the lanky Secrist sank that heartbreaking basket that blasted Martinsville with only thirty seconds to play. PLAN TO BRING TWO CONVENTIONS HERE Bureau Seeks Y. W. C. A. and Retail Furniture Meetings. Preparations to bring two large conventiQns to Indianapolis, the national Y. W. C. A. and the Ohio Valley Retail Furniture Association meetings, are being made by the Convention Bureau, Henry T. Davis, manager, announced Tuesday. The furniture association will meet at Columbus, Ohio, next week with an attendance of 1,000. Sam Mueller, president of the Great Western Furniture Company and third vice president of the association, Is assisting in the plans. The Y. W. C A. convention, which meets in Sacramento, Cal., in April, should bring an attendance here of 2,700 delegates in 1930, Davis said. The convention meets biennially. A committee composed of Mrs. Sam Ashby, Miss Pearl B. Forsythe and Mrs. Fred Millis has been named by the local Y. W. C. A. to assist the Convention Bureau. MISS BASS AIDS WATSON Takes Over Organizing Professional Women for Senator. Miss Mamie L. Bass today took over charge of organizing business and professional women for Senator James E. Watson’s Indiana presidential campaign, at Watson headquarters in the English Hotel. Miss Bass, who has been In California the last year, has been local, State and national president of Altrusa Clubs, president of the Woman’s City Club, the Mutual Service Association, secretary of the Nature Study Club, and member of the educational and art committees of the Chamber of Commerce. She was one of ten women whb organized the National Federation of Business and Professional Woman Clubs. M. Bert Thurman, Watson’s manager, said today the roster of Watson’s managers in the ninety-two counties in the State probably would be completed today.

;PERJURY IS CHARGED Accuse Brazil Man of False Testimony in Bankruptcy Suit. William Klaes of Brazil, former Indianapolis resident, is in the Marion County jail awaiting arraignment on a Federal indictment charging perjury. Klaes is alleged to have admitted to Carl Wilde, referee in bankruptcy, he falsely testified he supported his wife and daughter and was a householder at a bankruptcy hearing in 1926. He was arrested Tuesday at the State penal farm, where he is employed. Clarence Bootorf was arrested at Crawfordsville on a grand jury indictment charging liquor conspiracy.

TAKES campaign home Raymond Murray Addresses Democrats in Second Ward. Raymond F. Murray carried his campaign for the Democratic nomination for prosecuting attorney into his own, the Second, Tuesday night with a meeting at the home of Dr. William J. Hendricks, 1720 N. New Jersey St. He lauded Evans Woollen for the presidency and said the “Democratic party should dedicate itself to the service of destroying political corruption in the county, State and Nation.” Refinance your debts now and repay as you earn. Low cost, confidential and quick. CAPITOL LOAN CO., 141 Vs E. Wash. St.—Advertisement,

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PIANO BREAKS ROME Sues Salesman for Taking Wife’s Love. Piano selling and love making proved disastrous to the home of Vasile Vitelaru, 1040 Fleming Ave., according to a SIOO,OOO damage suit he has. filed against Charles M. Bates, piano salesman, 1436 Ashland Ave. ,He alleges alienation of the affections of his wife, Louise. The suit was filed in Superior Court by Lawrence Shaw, attorney. Thfe complaint alleges Bates sold a musical instrument to them, returned later, and convinced Mrs. Vitelaru she should divorce her husband. She now is married to Bates, it was alleged. According ot the petition she filed a divorce suit against her husband at Bates' request. The court “opined there was ‘too much Bates’ in the case” and denied the divorce. Vitelrau, however, was granted a divorce by Superior Judge James A. Leathers a few weeks ago. Vitelrau was granted custody of the 3-year-old son. Attorney F. G. Holden, who entered an appearance for Bates, said he expected to file a general denial. CONFER IN RUBBER SUIT Attorneys in Defunct Bank Cases to Set Conspiracy Trial Date. A conference of attorneys representing the two Huntington and three Noblesville defendants in the Steinbrenner Rubber Company conspiracy, alleged to have resulted in failure of two banks, will be held Saturday in Federal Court to arrange a trial date, Albert Ward, distrist attorney, announced today. Defendants are E. B. Ayres and E. Porter Ayres, former president and cashier, Huntington County State Bank; N V/. Cowgill, cashier, and Walter W. Bray, bookkeeper, First National Bank, Noblesville, and S. Homer Federmant former treasurer, Steinbrenner Rubber Company, Noblesville. Henry W. Steinbrenner, former president of the rubber company, committed suicide in Chicago following his indictment. BOOM HALL FOR HOUSE Open Campaign Wednesday; Booster Club Formed. Archibald M. Hall's campaign for the Republican nomination for Congressman from the Seventh district will be opened at 8 p. m. next Wednesday, with a meeting in the assembly room of the Denison, Hall's manager, William A. Royse, announced today. Names of fifty men and fifty women were announced as members of the Hall-For-Congress Club which is sponsoring the meeting next week.

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Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to; W. R. Woods. 816 DeQuincy St., Ford, 615-687, from St. Clair and Meridian Sts. B. B. Skillings, 933 N. Gladstone St., Overland, 623-127, from Vermont and Pennsylvania Sts. Gerald Goodwin, Danville. Ind., Ford, 452-976, from West and Washington Sts. Pauline Danahey, 822 Goodlet Ave., Ford, 422-962, from in front of that address. Pierson Piano Company, 128 N. Pennsylvania St., Dodge, 22-770, from New York and Meridian St. Lawrence L. Keyes, 825 N. Denny St., Chevrolet, 623-340, from Market St. and Senate Ave. R. J. Comstock, 1525 Gladstone Ave., Hudson, 35-321, from 1400 E. Washington St.

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Automobiles reported found by police belnog to: Overland touring, license 623-127, at Ogdon and Ohio Sts. Miss Catherine Porter, Kokomo, Ind., Oldsmobile, at Pennsylvania and New York Sts. Calvin Fausett, Pendleton, Ind., Marmon, at 321 E. Fiftieth St. John Sarkision, 3310 Northwestern Ave., Chevrolet, at 700 S. Delaware St. Hunt, Fenn Petition Bankruptcy Almon Hunt and Fenn, comprising the firm of Hunt & Fenn, Greentown stock buyers, have filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in Federal Court. Liabilities of $56,236 and assets of $26,917 were listed by the firm. Accompanying petitions listed liabilities of $56,538 and assets of $3,058 for Hunt and liabilities of $60,594 and assets of $9,490 for Hunt.

INDIANA STATE PARKS’ VALUE IS $2,900,000 Annual Inventory Shows 21 Pieces of Property Now Owned by Citizens. Citizens of Indiana own twentyone pieces of recreational and historical property, totaling 23,233 acres and valued at more than two million dollars, Richard Lieber, director of the conservation department announced today upon completion of the annual inventory. Building this vast estate for the public progressed more rapidly during the past three and one-hali years than in the four and one-halt years previous, Lieber, who has been head of the department for nine years declared. During the present administration 23,760 acres were added to the public domain, the last addition being made Monday when 5,200 acres were added to the Brown County game preserve as a public park. Park Control Unified When the present administration headed by Governor Ed Jackson took office Jan. 1, 1925, there were but 4,473 acres of State park land divided into nine properties. Nine years ago, when the conservation department was inaugurated, Lieber said, conservation in this State was something vague and but little understood other than by a small group of people, who saw in its practices an opportunity to underwrite advancement of the State in utilization of natural resources. Many people at that time could see only a selfish or personal motive in the coordination of several independent State offices into one department. Today it is generally accepted. Lieber declared, that si.; main divisions do a better job handling the conservation interests of Indiana than twenty-three boards, commissions and offices did working disconnectedly. Plan River Fark Parks owned by the State include: McCormick’s Creek Park, Turkey Run Park, Clifty Falls Park, Muscatatuck Park, Clark County State forest. Riverside, Tri-Lakes, Wawasee and Bass Lake hatcheries, Indiana Dunes Park, Pokagon Park, Brown County game preserve, Kankakee fish and game preserve, Nancy Hanks Lincoln burial ground, Tippecanoe battlefield. Avoca fish hatchery’ and the Lanier memorial and the Corydon Statehouse. Plans are rapidly being completed for a State park to extend along both sides of the Tippecanoe River for eighty miles between Winamac and Warsaw, which will preserve for the people one of the most beautiful streams in the country, Lieber said. HIT-SKIP DRIVER HELD Roy Ogle Found Under Bed; Arrested for Bus Crash. Lieut. Frank Owen arrested Roy Ogle, 25, as a hit-and-run motorist Tuesday night when he found him hiding under a bed at his home, 1140 W. Twenty-Seventh St. Ogle is charged with failing to stop after his automobile collided with an Indianapolis Street Railway Company bus at Thirtieth St. and Paris Ave. Sunday. Lieutenant Owen said that when he visited Ogle's home Sunday he was told that Ogle had moved to Sheridan. Obtaining a warrant, he went to Sheridan Monday, but Ogle was not there. He searched the house on Twenty-Seventh St. and found Ogle under the bed. He was charged with drunken driving and failure to stop after an accident.

FOUR PERSONS MISSING Miss Inez Coleman, 18. Vanished Three Weeks Ago. Four missing persons were sought by police today. Sherman Ball, 14. of Mars Hill, left his home Monday, his father, Calvin Ball, said. Miss Inez Coleman, 18, has been missing from her home, 273 N. Warman Ave., for three weeks, police were told. John Woolbright, 1224 Udell St„ reported his wife, Flossie Woolbright, 32, missing. William Burge, 54, walked away from the Central State Hospital.

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The picture shows all that was left of the Chicago-Indianapolis-Cin-cinnati air mail plane that crashed near the Ohio River near Cincinnati Saturday. The pilot—Okey Burns, an Embry-Riddle flier—escaped injury. The plane went into a nose dive after the engine stalled.

WOMAN, 91, EXPIRES Mrs. Amanda o’Brian Resided Here 75 Years. Mrs. Amanda O'Brian, 91, a resident of Indianapolis for seventy-five years, died early today at her home, 4025 College Ave., following a short illness. Mrs. O’Brien was the widow of John O'Brian, who died in 1905. and who was for many years a passenger conductor on the Lake Erie & Western Railroad. She was born in Columbus, Ind. She was a sister of William H. H. Terrell, adjutant-gen-eral of Indiana during the Civil War. Mrs. O'Brian was married twice, her first husband being John S. Fish of Peru, Ind., who died in 1870. In 1877 she was married to Mr. O'Brian. During their entire married life they lived at 2007 N. Meridian St., and Mrs. O’Brian continued to occupy the home for a number of years after her husband’s death. Mrs. O'Brian had been a life-long member of the Episcopal church. She leaves one son, George T. Fish with whom she lived and a grandson. Friends are invited to the funeral services at Flanner and Buchanan's mortuary at 2 p. m. Saturday. Burial will be at Crown Hill Cemetery. LEHMAN RITES ARE SET Funeral for Former City Resident to Be Held Saturday. Funeral services for Henry Lehman, 70, former Indianapolis resident, who died Saturday at San Diego, Cal., will be held here Saturday at 2 p. m., at Shirley Biothers chapel, 946 N. Illinois St. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Mr. Lehman had been in the West since last fall when he resigned as Mill street plant manager for the Indianapolis Power and Light Company. He had been in the employ of the utility for forty years. The widow survives him.

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HEADS WOMEN’S GROUP IN HOOVER CAMPAIGN Dr. Amelia R. Keller Appointed by Manager Focllinger. Reins of the woman's division of the Indiana Hoover-for-President campaign were taken over today by Dr. Amelai R. Keller of Indianapolis, immediately upon her appointment by Oscar G. Foellinger, State Hoover manager. Dr. Keller has been active in Republican national campaigns ever since women were enfranchised. She was the organizer of the Woman School League of Indianapolis, which elected the first woman named on a school board in Indiana, and served as president of the Indiana Franchise League.For several years Dr. Keller was a member of the teaching staff of the Indiana University School of Medicine. She was an organizer and served as first president of the Woman’s Rotary Club of Indianapolis. War loan campaigns and the Federal food administration had the assistance of Dr. Keller as a lecturer throughout the State. She has served as vice president of the Indiana Federation of Woman’s Club;. FRAT TO HOLD BANQUET 250 Sigma Chi Alumni to Attend March 31 Affair. About 250 members of Sigma Chi Fraternity will attend the alumni association annual State banquet March 31 at the Columbia Club. Indiana, De Pauw, Purdue and Butler Universities and Wabash College will send delegations. Speakers will include: Frank M. McHale, Logansport. State Legion commander: Commander Ralph D. Weyerbacher, United States Navy air service, who designed the dirigible Shenandoah, and Fred C. Millis, president of the alumi association and of the Millis Advertising Company. John F. Mitchell, Greenfield, will be toastmaster.

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INDIANA DRYS LAY CORRUPTION TO WET RULE Liquor-Controlled Officials Scorn Majority Will, Convention Agrees. “Liquor power continues a doini. nating influence and the most corrupting element in American politics today,” declared the Prohibition party of Indiana in a “declaration of principles” adopted late Tuesday at the party's States convention in Volunteers of America Hall, 320 N. Illinois St. “This condition will continue,” the declaration continued, “as long as politicians and executive officials are subservient to a minority wet clement in their parties.” Indiana Politics Disgrace “The political condition in Indiana today is the most deplorable that ever has disgraced our honored State.” it was declared. "Bribery pervades official life;” graft is rampant; political corruption is a common stench in the nostrils of decent citizens; the domination of wet politics is perverting the right of citizens to criticise the corrupt acts of public officials. “The prevalent failure to enforce law in this State is a mockery of justice,” the declaration of principles continued. “The bootleggers' rebellion, unchecked by the dominant party administration and fostered by official inaction, is largely responsible.” Without mentioning E, S. Shumaker, superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon, by name, the party took a slap at his citation for contempt by the State Supreme Court, saying “we claim the right of the sovereign citizen to criticise the acts of any public official, even to the Supreme Court of the State.” Majority Rule Neglected The convention held that enforcement of the Eighteenth amendment “requires a party unitedly committed to prohibition as a matter of principle.” It vigorously condemned “the tendency of the leadership of both old political parties to destroy this principle (government by majority rule) through the failure or open refusal of the executive departments, national, State and municipal to enforce the laws as enacted by the legislative power in accordance with the will of the majority.” Sixty-four delegates were named to the National Prohibition Convention at Chicago, July 10, and the following nominations made for State offices: Electors at large, H. S. Bonsib and B. L. Allen, Indianapolis; United States Senator, the Rev. William H. Harris, Indianapolis; Governor, Dr. Albert Stanley, Indianapolis; Lieutenant-Governor, Owen Wierd of Winona; secretary of State, Mrs. Luella Swisher, Gary; treasurer of State, J. A. Fried, Wakarusa; superintendent of public Instruction, Prof. Edward Kentener, North Manchester; and judge of the Appellate Court, First division, J. E Kanse, Nappanee. The executive, committee was empowered to fill any vacancies remaining on the slate. EDUCATOR TO SPEAK Notre Dame Professor Will Discuss Mexican Situation. Charles Phillips, English professor at Notre Dame University, author and playwright, will talk on the Mexican situation at St. Philip Neri auditorium, Eastern Ave. and (North St., at 8 p. m„ Sunday. Phillips made a study of Mexico as commissioner for the National Catholic Welfare Council in 1925, and has written many magazine articles on the subject. He was a captain in the American Red Cross in Poland and Russia.