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SUPPLIES FOR GCEAH PLANE ; REACH ISLAND Ford Relief Plane Lands 1' at Greenly Camp of German Fliers. REPAIRS TO BE RUSHED Bremen Crew Still Hopes for Takeoff Tuesday to Hew York. MONTREAL, April 23.--The Ford Srelief plane sponsored by the North American Newspaper Alliance and the New York World landed on Greenly Island today after a 460rnile flight from Seven Island, Quebec. A Canadian Marconi Company message received here said the plane landed at 11:40 a. m. The plane which left Detroit last week was loaded with supplies and repairs for the monoplane Bremen, stranded on Greenly Island after ji flight from Dublin, Ireland. In the relief plane were Capt. James Fitzmaurice, the Irish member of the Bremen’s German-Irish trans-Atlantic crew, Bernt Balchen, pilot; Ernest Koeppen, mechanic, and a representative of the flight’s sponsors. Koeppen immediately will set to work to repair the Bremen. Whether the Junkers mechanic can make the Bremen ready for a take-off Tuesday morning as originally planned was a matter of speculation. Among other things the plane carries the following: Havana cigars, Turkish cigarets, beer, oranges, Canadian cheese, Roast chicken. There are reports that Baron Huenefeld, unaccustomed to such non-baronial fare as corned beef and beans, has a tendency to stomach trouble. The Bremen should be able to •leave Greenly Island late Tuesday Or Wednesday. Present plans call for the Bremen to fly directly to Murray Bay, Quebec, where additional repairs will be made on the under carriage, and then proceed to Mitchel Field, L. I. Bennett Has Pneumonia Bu United Press QUEBEC, April 23.—Floyd Bennett, who started out with Bernt Balchen from Detroit in a Ford airplane with relief supplies for the stranded German trans-Atlantic airplane, is seriously ill here of pneumonia at the Jeffrey Hale Hospital. He will recover, physicians believe. He was brought to Quebec by airplane from Lake St. Agnes Sunday. Many Ask Fliers’ Visit £il United Press MONTREAL, Que., April 23. Many cities in the United States desire to s?te the German and Irish pilots of the Bremen. Press advices today indicated that Philadelphia, St. Louis, Chicago, Boston and San Francisco may have visits from them. The aviators plan a transcontinental flight. Chamberlin Hops Off Jty United Press HARTFORD, Conn., April 23. Clarence Chamberlin, first nonstop flier to Germany from America, took off shortly before 11 a. m. today for Greenly Island to greet the first German nonstop fliers to America. Carl A. Dixon took off after the trans-Atlantic flier in a sister ship fto accompany him. Byrd to Quebec ®j/ United Press BOSTON, April 23.—Commander Richard E. Byrd planned to leave here at 9 o’clock tonight for the bedside of his friend, Floyd Bennett, in Quebec. Bennett accompanied Byrd on the Jatter’s Polar flight, and the fliers have long been close friends. U. SrCOURT TO RECESS Supreme Tribunal Will Adjourn April 30 to May 14. Hit United Press WASHINGTON, April 23.—The TJnited States Supreme Court announced today it would recess from next Monday, April 30, to May 14. Hearing of arguments for this .term will stop after Friday, April 27, until the opening of the new term in October. 2 KILLERS DIE IN CHAIR Pennsylvania Exacts Supreme Penalty for Killing. By United Press BELLEFONTE, Pa., April 23. fTwo murderers were electrocuted at Rockview penitentiary today. Marko Matakovich, 35, of Washington County, was executed for the murder of George Gregich, of Cokesburg Junction, Pa., March 26, 1927. Robert Loftus, a Philadelphia Negro, paid with his life for slaying Flora Terrell, a Negro woman, in Philadelphia in 1926. EXCELLENT MEATS. Prepared by chefs who know how. FLETCHER CAFETERIA, basement Fletcher Trust Bldg. 10:30 a. m. to 7:30 p. m.—Advertisement

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VOLUME 39—NUMBER 309

Hard-Boiled’ Bandits Get Long Term

Policemen Peter Mause (left) and Martin Fahey (right) escorting Bandits Scott Boles (left) and Byron Dillenger to Criminal Court, where they received five-to-twenty-one-year sentences from Judge Collins in record-breaking time today. They were captured Sunday night and Pol'ce Chief Claude M. Worley rushed the case as part of his hard-boiled treatment for hard-boiled bandits program.

DEATH TAKES RQBERTJLLIOTT Prominent in City Industry for 30 Years. Robert Elliott, 69, Standard Dry Kiln Company president, prominent in IndiE.napolis industry for more than thirty years, died of pneumonia Sunday midnight at Robert W. Long Hospital. Mr. Elliott was taken to the hospital two weeks ago. He had been in failing health for several months. Born at Detroit, Mich., Feb. 11, 1869, Mr. Elliott was educated in Detroit. He entered business there and gained a technical knowledge of the dry kiln business. In 1887 he formed a partnership with A. T. Bemis in the dry kiln business at Louisville, Ky., and in 1894 the plant was moved to Indianapolis. He was active in civic and social affairs, being a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Woodstock Country Club and Rotary Club. Mr. Elliott was a Knight Templar, Murat Temple Shriner, ThirtySecond degree Scottish Rite Mason and member of Oriental lodge, F. & A. M. Surviving him are the widow, Mrs. Anna Schaefer Elliott; three children, Robert C. and Edward J. Elliott and Mrs. Victor R. Jose Jr., of this city. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p. m. at All Souls Unitarian Church. The Rev. Frank S. C. Wicks will officiate. Burial will be at Crown Hill cemetery. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m,... 40 10 a. m.... 51 7 a. m.... 41 11 a. m.... 54 Ba. m.... 45 12 (noon) .. 58 9 a. m.... 47 1 p. m.... 60

PRISONER DENIES . ATTACK ON NURSE

Insisting he is innocent of charges that he struck a Methodist Hospital nurse on the head with a revolver and attempted to attack her Saturday night while she was in his automobile, James Willard, 40, Pendleton, in default of $2,000 bond, is in City jail. His alleged victim, whose name is kept secret, suffers with serious head lacerations, and probably a fractured skull in the hospital. Willard was arrested Sunday by State Policeman Charles Bridges. The nurse left the Methodist Hospital Saturday night to go to the Indiana Christian Hospital. As she left, Willard, sitting in his parked machine, called to her, according to Officer Bridges.

U.S. CLERK KAPPES LEFT OUT, WALKS OUT; JUDGE BALTZEL NAMES SOGGEMEIER

INFORMED today by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell that he would not be named clerk of the new southern Indiana Federal Court district when the new( court law goes into effect, United States Clerk William P. Kappes went back to his wing, got his hat, closed the office and walked out. Callers found the doors locked and went to Judge Baltzell’s office fro find out what .was wrong. [The

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MAE MURRAY SUED

Masseuse Says She Had Contract to Keep Figure Beautiful. By United Press LOS ANGELES. April 23.—Mae Murray, screen actress, is made de-

fendant in a suit filed here by Mrs. Sylvia Ulbeck, who asks $2,140, allegedly due on a contract. Mrs. U 1 beck, masseuse, charged that she was engaged to keep Miss Mur r a y’s form beautiful, but that the screen actress terminated the contract prematurely.

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FIGHTS FLOOD VETO Frear Urges House to Head President’s Warning. By United Press WASHINGTON, April 23.—The country will support a veto of the Jones-Reid Mississippi flood control bill, Representative Frear (Rep.), Wisconsin, declared in a final appeal to the House today to make amendments the President requested. “I firmly believe the House will do the same,” Frear said. “All should hesitate to invite a veto not alone for our own legislative record on the bill, but for the danger of failure of flood control legislation.”

She thought she recognized Willard. Finding her mistake, she started to walk, but Willard offered her a ride home, which she accepted. He, according to her story, said he was going in that direction. Willard drove rapidly in the vicinity of Northwestern Ave. and Fall Cfeek Blvd. When she started getting out of the car, he caught her and dragged her back toward him, according to the police story. She fought. He struck her on the head with the revolver, it is alleged. She screamed and he drove away, leaving her in the street. He was traced through the license on his automobile, which she remembered.

judge learned of Kappes’ action in this way. He immediately appointed Albert C. Soggemeier, 140 E. Pleasant Run Blvd., to the post. Soggemeier has been chief deputy since Oct. 22, 1922, at $2,500 a year. The clerk’s job pays $4,800. Soggemeier was at Ft. Wayne for the Walb-Weaver trial. He was notified of his appointment by long distance by the judge. Judge Baltzell refused to com-

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Two Robbers Sentenced in Record Time; One Tries Suicide. Two bandits captured after a holdup early Sunday pleaded guilty today in Criminal Court to affidavits charging automobile banditry and were sentenced to from five to twenty-one years in the Indiana State Prison by Judge James A. Collins. Commitment papers were prepared at once and they were to leave for Michigan City this afternoon, arriving behind prison bars less than forty-eight hours after their capture. The men, Scott Boles, 30, and Byran Dillenger, 33, of Martinsville, held up F. O. Beck in his drug store at 2602 Shelby St., about 7 a. m. Sunday. Cornered by Police They took $137 from the cash register and drove east on Cruft St. in a stolen machine. A short distance away the machine crashed into the curb breaking an axle. A police emergency squad under Sergt. Harry Kernodle, which had made a quick run to the scene, cornered them as they fled across back lots toward Troy Ave. Dillenger drew his revolver and threatened to shoot one of the officers, but dropped his gun when the others covered him. Both Dillenger and Boles have served terms in the Indiana State Prison, Boles on a burglary charge and Dillenger for escaping from the Indiana State Farm. Atempts to End Life Dillenger declared he would kill himself rather than be taken to prison again. He tore off the handle of a tin cup brought him with his Sunday dinner at city prison, and slashed his arm. In statements to detectives and prosecutors, Boles admitted four recent hold-ups here. Dillinger confessed to one. Boles said he was an artist and operated an art shop here several years ago. He has been rooming on N. Senate Ave. , ORATORS ARE SELECTED Cathedral High, Marti.lsville Pupils Go to District Contest. Edward Fillenwarth, of Cathedral High School, and Eileen Myrich, of Martinsville High School, will represent the central area in the State finals of the Lincoln oratorical contest at central library, next Saturday. Fillenwarth and Miss Myrich, winners in the Indianapolis district, contest, won the central area contest Saturday afternoon. State winners will be given a trip to Washington by the Indiana Lincoln Union.

ment either upon why he intended not to reappoint Kappes or upon Kappes’ “walkout.” n n u ATTACHES of the clerk’s office said Kappes merely told them “there is no clerk,” and ordered them to take the money to the bank. Kappes and Soggemeier were appointed at the same time by Albert B, Anderson, BaltzelTs prede-

COUNCIL ASKS PUBLIC’S VIEW ON ‘FAST’ TIME Raub Calls on Labor to Voice Sentiment on Daylight Saving. INDORSES TIMES POLL May Call Special Session to Consider Moving Clocks Ahead. City councilmen, convinced there is real division of sentiment upon daylight saving in Indianapolis, today sought to learn the desires of the majority of citizens before voting upon the ordinance putting the summer time schedule into effect the second Sunday in May. The ordinance was introduced at the last meeting. The next regular meeting is the first Monday in May, but Council President Edward B Raub said he probably will call a special meeting next Monday night to consider the daylight saving and several other important ordinances. The ordinance is in the hands of the welfare committee, of which Councilman Earl Buchanan is chairman. A public hearing probably will be held before the special council meeting if one is called next Monday. Backed by Gyro Club The ordinance was introduced by Councilman Robert E. Springsteen upon request of the Indianapolis Gyro Club. Meanwhile the council desires to hear from as many persons as possible. President Raub indorsed The Times daylight saving poll, begun today, as a good means of obtaining a cross section of the public view. He also urged industries to conduct polls. “We want to find out how the man who goes to work at 7 a. m. feels about the matter,” said Raub. Seek Labor Sentiment “Some say daylight saving is for the white collar class but I can not see that it makes any difference to that type of individual. It makes no difference to me personally. The plan is favored in many of the surrounding cities. “The council is interested particularly in how the laboring folks feel. I will not make up my mind on the issue until I have been able to sound public sentiment," Raub said. *- Raub invited representatives of organizations to appear before the council committee at the hearing. Ordinances for daylight saving have been before council twice since the war, but were defeated. Hearings on th ordinances were marked by bitter debates between opponents and proponents. CHILDREN’S DAY IS SET Event to Be Observed in City Parks on June 16. Children’s day will be observed June 16 in Indianapolis parks and playgrounds. Appropriate contests will be staged for children of the city, Walter Jarvis, park superintendent, said Director Jesse P. McClure will direct the activities. Jarvis said it is likely that the playgrounds will open June 16, the opening and children’s day programs being combined. SINCLAIR LEWIS TO WED Novelist Engaged to Former Berlin Newspaper Women. Bu United Press ROME, April 23.—Sinclair Lewis, the novelist, told the United Press today he was engaged t<J Dorothy Thompson, former Berlin correspondent of the New York Evening Post.' “Miss Thompson and I are engaged,” he said. “It is official now.” POLICY CRITICS UPHELD Norris Defends Criticism of U. S. Foreign Attitudes. Bit TJnited Press WASHINGTON, April 23.—The right to criticise the Administration’s foreign policy was upheld today by Senator Norris (Rep.), Nebraska, as the Senate resumed debate on the Navy appropriation bill. “Criticism of the Administration’s policy in Nicaragua does not mean that we are impugning the President’s motives,” Norris said. “It is our duty to criticise his foreign policy if we believe it wrong.”

cessor. Kappes practiced law from 1881 until his appointment in 1922. Soggemeier was a deputy county clerk here for several years before his Federal appointment. The bill for northern and southern Federal districts in Indiana was signed by President Coolidge Saturday. It becomes a law in sixty days. It makes it necessary for Baltzell to reappoint all officers of his court, since the district is an

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Vote on Daylight Saving City councilmen have declared they want to ascertain what public sentiment is on daylight saving before voting upon the ordinance putting it into effect in Indianapolis. The Times is printing this ballot to give citizens opportunity to express their preference. Results will be reported to the council before next Monday night. Mark an X in the square, sign the ballot, and mail or bring it to the Daylight Saving Poll Editor, Indianapolis Times. , I am against Daylight Saving □ lam for Daylight Saving. .. .... □ Name Address

MAN SHOT BY CITY SLEUTH TO RECOVER

Claude F. Johnson Fires at Victim Who Holds Gun at Him. Recovery of Eddie Siersdorfer, 25, who was shot by Detective Claude F. Johnson, former police chief, at Ray St. and River Ave., Sunday night is expected. He is at City Hospital. Siersdorfer was shot as he stood with gun leveled at the officer and refused to heed two commands by Johnson to drop the weapon. The bullet struck Siersdorfer’s right wrist and continued through his arm and into his abdomen. Beating Third Man Johnson in a report to Police Chief Claude M. Worley, said he was visiting Louis W. Camefix, druggist, at 1008 River Ave., when Thomas Asche, 1217 Hoyt Ave., came into the store and told him that two men, using guns as clubs, were beating a third man in the street. Johnson said he found Ray Totten, 26, of 1239 Standard Ave., badly beaten about the head and saw two men walking away. As he overtook and stopped the two, one known as George Geisendorf, leaped on his back and held his arms, Johnson said. As he held him Geisendorf yelled to Siersdorfer to “drop him Eddie” and repeated it three times, the detective reported. Asche struggled with Geisendrof until he allowed Johnson to free his arm and get his gun from his holster. Long Police Record Totten and Siersdorfer were carried into the drug store and later sent to the city hospital. Totten is held on a charge of Intoxication and vagrancy. Siersdorfer is charged with assault and battery, drawing deadly weapons and vagrancy. Geisendorf escaped in the crowd and has not been apprehended. Police identified Siersdorfer at city hospital as having a long police record. DEATH TRIAL OPENS Try Hill Second Time for Murder of Mother. Bu United Press OTTAWA, 111., April 23.—Harry Hill, charged with murdering his mother, Mrs. Eliza Hill of Streator, 111., went on trial for the second time today. After three days of deliberation the jury in his first trial was dismissed two months ago when it failed to reach a verdict. Hill, a former Knox College student, disappeared after the body of his mother was found in the basement of their home, a bullet through the head. Hill was arrested in Seattle, Wash., after a Nationwide search. Woman Tries to End Life Despondent over ill health, Miss Alva Woods, 30, of 3331 Robinson St., attempted suicide Sunday night at a friend’s home, 1413 S. Meridian St. She will recover.

‘OUSTED’ KLANSMEN SEEK STEVE PARDON

Bu United Press GREENSBURG, Pa., April 23Representative of twenty-six “banished” Ku Klu Klux chapters startod a campaign today to bar the Klan from Pennsylvania by instituting quo warranto proceedings. At the same time they began drawing up an application to the Governor of Indiana, asking a pardon for D. C. Stephenson, former national Klan leader, who is serving a life sentence in Indiana for murder.

entirely new one. The present district comprises all ttye State. n a tt BESIDES the clerk the judge must appoint or reappoint commissioners and the referee in bankruptcy. The name of Oliver M. Loomis, secretary to Senator Arthur R. Robinson is being heard here in connection with the appointment of a district attorney for the dew

SIGNS FOR $3,000,000 Tom Mix Accepts Offer for Two Years in Movies. Bn United Press 'KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 23. One of the largest motion picture

contracts ever signed was completed in Kansas City before Tom Mix and his horse, Tony, left here, after playing a one week’s • vaudeville engagement. Announcement of a two-year contract with Mix was made by Colvin W. Brown, vice pres ident of Film Booking

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EX-CROWE AID SLAIN IN HOE Former Investigating Ace Is Shotgun Victim. By United Press CHICAGO, April 23.—Ben Newmark, former chief investigator for State’s Attorney Robert E. Crowe, was murdered in his home here by unknown assassins last night. The slayers, firing tnrough a bedroom window, killed the detective with one charge from a sawed-off shotgun as he prepared to retire for the night. An underworld grudge, probably incurred when he was the ace of Crowe’s investigating staff, was believed to have been the motive for the murder. Newmark had been active in politics. Recently he had been a private detective. He had many enemies in gangland. The windows of his bungalow in the South Shore district were protected by heavy iron bars He was sitting on the edge of his bed when the slayers stole up to a nearby window, placed their shotgun between the bars and fired. His body was riddled by slugs. He died as the police arrived. A minute after the shot, neighbors heard a motor car speed away from the home. Mrs. Newmark just had gone to bed and was talking to her husband when the shot was fired. NEW SCHOOL DEDICATED Building for Jewish Religious Education Is Opened. The new Neustadt school building, Union and McCarthy Sts., for the religious education of Jewish youth, was dedicated with impressive services Sunday afternoon. Tributes were paid to the memory of the founder of the school. Rabbi Isaac Elchunum Neustadt.

Stephenson, the “banished” delegates said, was a victim of a series of “frame ups” by Klan leaders. The meeting grew out of the suit which five rebel Klan members won in Pittsburgh, Pa., a week ago, where they were sued by the organization. All evidence introduced at that trial will be turned over to the attorney general of Pennsylvania, with a request that he act immediately to restrain the Klan from operating in the State.

northern Federal judicial district of Indiana. T. M. Folland of Crown Point, has been recommended for United States marshal of the new district. Robinson and Senator James E. Watson were expected to confer on the district attorneyship late today before the latter leaves for Indiana tonight to be gone until after the Indiana primary,

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WALB-WEAVER JURY PICKED AFTER THE Creation of New Federal Court Brings Confusion at Trial. BANK FRAUD CHARGED Special Judge Lindley Is Speeding Case of Pair at Ft. Wayne. BY CHARLES E. CARLL, Times Staff Correspondent FT. WAYNE, Ind., April 23.—CreI ation of the separate southern and | nothern Indiana Federal, Court districts, made effective Saturday by President Coolidge’s signature, today threw the trial here of Clyde A. Walb, former Republican State chairman and Valentine D. Weaver, into a tangle. Before the tangle was straightened, it was found necessary for Special Judge Walter Lindley of Danville, 111., to appoint District Attorney Albert Ward of Indianapolis, who had come here to prose- ! cute the case, a special district atj torney. Ward would have been out of his jurisdiction, as he is district attorney of the southern district under Judge Robert C. Baltzell at Indir anapolis. For this trial he will serve as a special district attorney for the new northern district. Charged With Bank Fraud Walb and Weaver are charged with violating national banking laws in the failure of the First National Bank of La Grange, Ind., where they reside. Weaver formerly was president and Walb vice president of the bank. After the tangle over whether the new court bill was in effect was straightened, questioning of talesmen proceedeed so rapidly, under the dynamic urging of Judge Lindley, a short, snappy jurist, that a j jury was sworn in at 12:06 p. m. | The Jury includes James Husseli man, Waterloo, farmer; Gail BradI ley, Huntington, druggist; Clark j Campbell, Auburn, farmer; John E. Peterson, Decatur, clothier; William Montgomery, Portland, farmer; T. W. Knapp, Decatur, farmer; E. W. Dodez, Ft. Wayne, manufacturer: David Rapp, Huntington, bank stockholder; Ezra Brand, Ashley, farmer; A. D. Sudtlers, Lynn Grove, real estate; .Harry Wasmuth, Andrews, lumber dealer, and John Willern, Hamilton, farmer. Warns Against Favoritism As court opened, it was the opinion of the officials that the bill signed by President Coolidge Saturday carried a clause making it effective sixty days after signature, but a long-distance telephone call by Ward to the attoreny geneial’s office in Washington disclosed that it went into effect immediately. The court, on request of Defense Attorney Elliott, told the talesmen to disregard public opinion on their possible acts in this case. Elliott said he wanted this statement before the jurors because of the "number of bank failures in this part of Indiana." Before interrogating talesmen, the court stated that although compensation for jury service seemed inadequate, it was a public duty. *This court can not function without a conscientious. Industrious and honest jury. Friendship, lodge affiliations, politics, religion and spite have no place in your deliberations.” Walb sat throughout the examination of veniremen, studying them closely. Weaver, who suffered two strokes of paralysis Friday, kept shifting his gaze from the court to the jury box. The courtroom was jammed with prospective jurors, witnesses and spectators. Members of the Amish sect, with beards and their dark costumes, sat stolidly watching proceedings. The defunct institution was closed by national banking officials after Department of Justice agents uncovered $76,000 of alleged forged papers on the bank’s books. False Entries Charged The alleged discrepancies in the bank’s account began to appear in June. 1927, and although Walb denied it, the general belief was that he informed directors of the institution that he used some of the money to finance his personal business, the Walb Construction Company. Upon investigation by the Department of Justice J. F. Utt, Federal bank examiner, closed the Institution Oct. 24, 1927, and took charge as temporary receiver after a run on the bank. The case was presented to the Federal jury at Indianapolis beginning Dec. 21 and the indictment was returned against Walb and Weaver Dec. 31, 1927. Both men pleated not gulity and Judge Thomas W. Slick declined juridiction. LINDY IN CONFERENCE By United Press WASHINGTON. April 23.—C01. Charles A. Lindbergh conferred for a half hour with Undersecretary of State R. E. Olds. It was understood they discussed plans for Lindberg’s proposed good will flight to European and Asiatic countries this summer;