Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 May 1928 — Page 3

MAY 31, 1928.

KLAN SPENDS NO MONEY IN CAMPAIGN SAYS COUNSEL

HEFLIN PAID IN DRIVE TO KILL AL SMITH BOOM Locals of Kluxers Finance Speeches of Senator, Probers Told. ‘LECTURERS’ ARE HIRED' Huffington of Indianapolis Group Is Named in Testimony. Bn United Press WASHINGTON, May 31.—William F. Zumbrunn, counsel for th KuKlux Klan national headquarters here, told the Senate campaign committee today that the Klan had spent no money in the presidential campaign. Zumbrunn said the Klan always retained hired lecturers, but had employed' none specifically for this campaign/ “Have you spent any money to circulate, for instance, the fact that any of the candidates are Catholics?” Chairman Steiwer asked. “Not one nickel in that regard, ' Zumbrunn replied. “What do you know about the anti-Smith campaign Senator Heflin of Alabama has been conducting?” Steiwer asked. Heflin Receives Pay “I don’t know anything except what I have read in the newspapers,” Zumbrunn said. He then added he understood local Klan organizations in several States had paid Heflin from $l5O to $250 each for speeches. Ohio, Illinois, lowa, North Carolina, Indiana and New York were among the States in which the local Klans financed Heflin speeches, he said. “I am sure, though, he spc..c in many other States,” Zumbrunn added. Loca l Klans would guarantee Heflin a certain sum and then would sell tickets for the meeting, he said. The publication circulated by the Klan locally and nationally oppose Governor Smith of New York on *the ground not that he is a Catholic, but that he is a member rtf an institution the head of which is a foreigner and that the political activities of his church are directed by a foreigner, Zumbrunn said. Alarmed by Smith Strength At first, he said, the Klan did not plan a campaign against Smith, “because we did not know then he was going to be as formidable as he has become.” The Heflin speeches were arranged j by the Klan, “to popularize a popu- j lar man and to increase the mem- i bership of the Klan,” said Zum- j brunn. “Heflin was employed first to j speak about the Catholic situation j in Mexico. It then had nothing to { do with presidential campaign and | if Smith's name was mentioned it j was purely incidental,” he said. Zumbrunn named the following j State Klan leaders who he said j would have information concerning i Hefflin’s employment: J. Huffing- j ton, Indianapolis; James W. Coles- { cott, Columbus, Ohio; Ralph W. Hoyt, Des Moines, Iowa; Amos W. Duncan, Charlotte, N. C„ and Gale S. Carter, Springfield, 111. He said that in the matter of direct political expenditures he could speak only for the National Klan organization, but he did not believe there were any local expenditures. Seeks Pole Standing Record By Times Special NEW ALBANY, Ind„ May 31. David Deweese, 8, intends to beat his own record of twelve hours standing on a piece of wood 5 by 6 inches atop a ten-foot pole. The boy and some playmates erected the pole and young Deweese mounted it, and on the first trial remained only two hours, but achieved twelve in the second attempt. Mine Trouble Zone Quiet PETERSBURG,. Ind., May 31. Quiet prevails today at the Littles mine, near here, where Tuesday a crowd of 500 men caused disorder as a protest against opening the mine for work under a $5 a day minimum wage. William Johnson, mine superintendent, who was beaten by some of the men, is reported in good condition at a hospital in Vincennes.

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Military Pomp Marks Pope’s 71st Birthday

WALSH SCORES REPORT BY NYE Brands Statement on Teapot Dome False. By United Press WASHINGTON, May 31.—The Senate Public Lands Committee wifi meet today in an effort to avert threatened political argument over the two conflicting reports on its Teapot Dome investigation and to lay plans for its inquiry into Salt Creek oil leases. Senator Walsh (Dem.) Montanaveteran oil investigator, has taken exception to statement made by Senator Nye (Rep.) North Dakota, youthful chairman of the committee In a supplemental report on the Teapot Dome investigation Nye saia that oil men involved in the deal contributed liberally to both political parties. Walsh’s report, which was unanimously adopted by the committee, made no mention of any connection between those who profited by the Teapot Dome leases and the Democratic party, and he said in the Senate shortly before it adjourned that there was no evidence to justify Nye’s conclusion. Nye said he would change that part of his report if the full committee agreed with Walsh at today’s meeting.

BODY OF MISSIONARY WILL BE BURIED HERE Funeral for Mrs. Esther Lee, 31, to Be Held Friday. Body of Mrs. Esther Haggard Lee, 31, native of Indianapolis and one-time missionary to China the Third Christian Church here, will lie in state after 4 p. m. today, at Johnson & Montgomery funeral parlors, 1032 Central Ave. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m„ Friday, at Third Christian Church, and burial will be at Crown Hill cemetery. Mrs. Lee died at her home at Lafayette, Ind., Wednesday. She was a graduate of Manual Training High School and attended Butler University, later going to Drake University, where she was graduated. She was in the Orient from 1921 to 1925 and then lived one year at Madison, Wis., and since that time at Lafayette. Her husband, C. O. Lee, is a member of the Purdue University faculty. The Rev. T. W. Grafton, former Third Christian Chi ;ch pastor, and the Rev. William . Rothenberger, will officiate at the funeral. Surviving are the parents, Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Haggard, 2916 Washington Blvd.; the husband and two small children, Ruth and Noel Lee; two brothers, Dr. E. B. Haggard and Gordon Haggard, and two sisters, Mrs. Robert W. Littell and Miss Doris Haggard, all of this city.

Soldiers of Vatican Parade in 'Splendor: Nobles Stand Guard. Bil United Press ROME, May 31.—The little kingdom of the Vatican was astir early today with preparations for the celebration of the seventy-first birthday, of Pope Pius XI, now in the seventh year of his pontificate. The courtyards and corridors of the papal palace resounded at dawn with the clatter of swords and the commands of officers, as the units of the Pope’s miniature army prepared for the- review that was a feature of the program. Pope Pius began the day as usual by saying mass in his private chapel. Later hi attended another mass said by one of his private chaplains. Members of the Swiss Guards, in their picturesque uniforms with yellow and purple stripes, their quaint hats and long pikes with streaming pennons, attended mass in squads of ten at a time. Other components of the papal army—the Carabineers dressed like the warriors' of Napoleon’s old guard, and the Palatine guard, were reviewed during the morning. The “Noble guard,” one of the most aristocratic corps in the world, being recruited from members of the Roman nobility, was on special duty in the ante-chambers of the Vatican. Princes and counts of ancient lineage stood sentinel outside the Pope’s reception room. Church on Fast Time St. Philip Neri Church adopted daylight saving for church services and the parish school.

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UTILITIES QUIZ TURNED WEST BY COMMITTEE Denver Men Are Called for Questioning About Propaganda Drive. Bii United Pram WASHINGTON. May 31.—The Federal Trade Commission shifted the spotlight of its utilities investigation to the West again today, calling two Denver men for questioning. Correspondence files and financial records of the Denver utilities groups will be placed in the record and the witnesses will be asked to explain what efforts Colorado utilities have made to sway public opinion. New evidence of the power industry’s fight against Government development of Boulder Dam. on the Colorado River, is expected, to result from quizzing of the Colorado witnesses. Previous testimony has shown this project to be one of the main targets of utilities propaganda. High hopes of rewriting textbooks used in America’s schoolrooms, so that they would advocate private rather than Government ownership of public utilities were entertained by organizers of power propaganda, according to evidence before the commission. The New York propaganda bureau's report on a textbook survey revealed that certain authors once hostile to the industry’s theories and favorable to public ownership were changing their views in revised works.

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ONE MOTORIST KILLED ON WAY TO AUTO RACES J Fatally Hurt at Lebanon; Few Mishaps Here in Heavy Traffic. Despite unprecedented traffic Wednesday there were no major accidents reported in the city. The one man killed en route to the Speedway died from injuries received when the machine in which he was riding overturned early Wednesday morning near Lebanon, Ind. The man was Lex Coats, 29, of Veedersburg, Ind. Following the accident he was taken to Robert W. Long hospital here' and died late Wednesday afternoon. Ira Rhodes, 28, of 825 E. New York St., was cut and bruised on the head when thrown against a concrete abutment at Noble and Washington Sts. in an auto collision. He was taken to city hospital. J. W. Hensley. 68, of 122 W. Eighteenth St., driver of the automobile which collided with that of Emmons Harrell, Bloomington, Ind., with whom Rhodes was riding, was arrested on charges of assault and battery and failure to stop at a traffic signal. James Simmons, 27, Negro, 1851 Boulevard PL, was injured when thrown from his automobile after it hit the curb and turned over at Refinance your, auto payments now on easier terms. Confidential and quick. CAPITOL LOAN CO., 141 Li E. Wash. St.—Advertisement.

' Eddie Cantor Sings Out of Jam With Traffic Cop NEW YORK. May 31.—Walter Winchell, in his column in the

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Fifteenth St. and Northwestern Ave. He was sent to city hospital by police. John Alberts, 23, of 952 Elm St., and Harry Schick, 24, of 1321 Wade St., were arrested on vagrancy charges and for driving while intoxicated, when found with the automobile of Eliza King, 831 Lord St., at East and Washington Sts. Wednesday night. EVERY RUN A HOMER! But It’s Cricket. Not for C. Hallows. Bn United Press MANCHESTER. England, May 31 —Eclipsing Babe Ruth’s efforts m baseball, C. Hallows of the Lancashire team, today batted out enougn runs in the Lancashire-Sussex cricket game to give him a total of 1,000 for the month. The record has been accomplished only twice before. In crifcket, every run is a home run.

SENATORS’ CLERK SAVED By United Press WASHINGTON, May 31.—Nineteen blood transfusions In four months are believed to have saved Morrice A. Larson, 23-year-old clerk of Senator Frazier of North Dakota, from death by blood poisoning. Vernon Frazier, the Senator’s son, twice gave his blood, and several George Washington Uhiversity students did likewise. SCOUT AWARDED FLAG A silk American Flag was presented to Frank Mark, scoutmaster of Troop 68, by the Alvin P. Hovey Womens Relief Corp, in recognition of his services at the memorial exercises at Mt. Jackson cemetery, Wednesday. Mark has been assisting in the Memorial day services for nine years. Mrs. Madge Frady, chairman of the services, presented the flag, Max Young delivered the memorial address.

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CHANG LOSES STRONGHOLD IN PATHTO PEKIN Chinese Capital Expected to Fall Before March of Nationalists. Bit UnttM Press • LONDON. May 31.—The important north China city, PootingFu, has fallen before a vigorous drive of the Chinese Nationality army, and Pekin now is in imminent danger of going into the hands of the invaders from the south, a dispatch to the Daily Mail from its Pekin correspondent said today. There were no indications in the dispatches received here whether there had been many casualties In the battle that resulted in collapse of the town. Paoting-Fu Is one of the strategic centers that marks the center of the defense line that Chang Tso Lin threw around his northern capital of Pekin. It is on the Pekin-Hankow railroad and commands the rail entrance into Pekin. Advices here said that the southern armies, aided by Shansi raiders, also were making vicious attacks in an attempt to dent the left wing of the line. Educators to Give Lectures Dr. Sterling A. Leonard, English professor at the University of Wisconsin, and Miss Lucy Gage, professor of elementary education at George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tenn., will conduct a two weeks’ lecture course at Teachers' College, June 18-30. The lectures will be on “The Elementary Course in English.”