Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 56, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 July 1928 — Page 5

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KNELL SOUNDS FOR ‘BIG BILL' AND GANG RULE Thompson’s Machine Fast Nearing Rocks; Friends Desert Him. BY DUDLEY E. McFADDEN United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, July 26.—The political situation in Chicago is approaching a crisis which, it is bel’eved, can be averted on’; by superhuman effort. And the result, if a crash comes, will find Mayor William Hale Thompson on the political ash heap. The faction which carried Mayor Thompson to victory over William Dever in 1926 has crumbled. The “America First” group which sounded a battle % cry against British propaganda has disintegrated. The slogan has given way to another—“ Every man for himself.” Latest development is the resignation of Police Commissioner Michael Hughes. He has been confined t*- a hospital here after an operation for tonsilitis. Controller Goes Out The first rift in the mayor’s cabinet came with the resignation of Charles Fitzmorris, controller, who, with a fiery speech at the July session of the city council, refused to approve a subway appropriation. He declared that constant drain on the treasury left an appreciable deficit. Then he handed in his resignation. The city apparently is in the throes of a political upheaval which observers believe will result in a general exodus of the chieftains who stood firmly behind the mayor and his principles. Special cfime jury is elving into charges of graft, which probably will result in naming of several persons prominent in political affairs and a host of the lesser lights. The Chicago Crime Commission and the Illinois Association for Crimnal Justice have been making reports denouncing “politcal patronage in the underworld.” Blame State’s Attorney They have placed at the door of the State’s attorney’s office a large portion of the blame for crime being rampant in Chicago. It is declared that evidence linking politcs with activtes of Chicago’s gangland has been obtained which will lead directly to the door of the city hall. Mayor Thompson is in seclusion at Green Bay, Wis., suffering from diabetes and complications. He is practically alone, deserted by his former supporters and fighting his last fight for politcal leadership. It is the consensus here that leadership of “Big Bill, the Builder” is a thing of the past. It is not believed that Mayor

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Two firemen and two engineers were killed when an engine on the Wabash railroad plunged through a wooden trestle near Omaha, Neb. The wrecked locomotive and several freight cars it dragged along with it are pictured above.

Thompson will serve out his present term. His condition is reported very grave, and those close to him fear he will not survive his illness. It is common gossip that the mayor is contemplating resigning. Defeat of State’s Attorney Robert E. Crowe for re-election in the spring primaries was a crushing blow to the “America First” group. Charges that Crowe was aligned with the underworld and further charges of case-fixing and corruption gave Judge John A. Swanson, Republican of the Deneen faction, a sweeping victory. LIQUOR OR POORHOUSE Afflicted Brazil Man Tells Why He Broke Dry Law. By Times Special BRAZIL, Ind., July 26.—Clarence Stigler is at liberty under bond pending trial in Circuit Court on a charge of selling liquor, an occupation he says he started to escape being sent to the poorhouse. Officers who raided Stigler’s home found him almost blind and incapable of holding down a job. Two children were stricken by fatal illness during the winter and his wife had a long illness. He declared bootlegging alone offered him a source of income. \

MOTORCYCLES POPULAR ABROAD; SLUMP IN U. S. World Total Increases; Most Are Made in America. By United Press WASHINGTON, July 26.—The commerce department has conducted a world census of motorcycles, and discovered that the familiar “chug-chug” of the two-wheeler is becoming less popular in the United States, but is spreading rapidly abroad. The world total Jan. 11 was 1,944,303, nearly twice as many as in 1924. Europe owned 1,577,167, more than three-fourths of the total. Great Britain uses motorcylces extensively, having 693,213 registered, an increase of 11 per cent in a year. The United States makes nearly 18 per cent of the total, although only 140,847, about 8 per cent, were registered for use in this country. Three Men at Convention By United Press OMAHA, Neb., July 26.—The third session of the national convention of the Progressive party was to be held if enough delegates attended. Three men attended the second session.

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SLAIN WOMAN BELIEVED LOVE OBAMA VICTIM Body Found Near Roanoke That of Wealthy Michigan Resident. Bji United Press ROANOKE, Ind., July 26.—The body of a murdered woman buried in a little cemetery near here is that of Mrs. Carl Ballard, Muskegon, Mich., who with her husband owned property valued at $200,000. Positive identification was established Thursday by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hall, Dtroit, Mich., brother-in-law and sister of the dead woman, who believes the murder resulted from a decision to leave a lover known to them only as "Mickey,” to return to her husband. The Detroit couple believes the lover killed Mrs. Ballard in Detroit, where she had been living with him since leaving her husband, and brought her body in an auto to the lonely point on a side road near here, where it was found July 18. Death Resulted from blows on the head, Coroner G. M. Nie of Huntington county declared. Mr. and and Mrs. Hall indicated they would confer with Ballard relative to removing the body for burial at Muskegon. That cursing brings vood fortune to a person against whom it is directed still is believed and practiced in some parts of Germany and the East.

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Cold, Colder By United Press FALLS CITY, Neb., July 26. —Chief White Cloud, noted Indian of White Cloud, Kan., near here, predicts that the 1928-29 winter will be a severe one. He bases his belief on old Indian signs, pointing out that the trees bear unusually heavy .oliage this year.

EIGHT GAMING CASES CONTINUED TO'AUG. 8 Judgment Withheld in One Suit Where Evidence Was Lacking. With one exception, all gambling cases were continued Wednesday in municipal courts by judges Paul C. Wetter and C. R. Cameron. Judgment was withheld in the case of Ellis Pilman, 2766 Roosevelt Ave., charged with keeping a gambling device, because there was no evidence of violation. The following cases were continued to Aug. 8: Louis Epstein, Sherman House, keeping a gambling house; Irving Auton, Sam Cohen, Jack Davis, Nat Franks and Morris Rambet, all charged with gaming anjl visiting a gambling house. The case of Fred Beaman, 207 Fulton St., charged with keeping a gambling device, was continued to July 27. Recovers Strewn Money By United Press PETERSBURG, Ind., July 26. Allen Kime, ice man, believes the public is honest. This belief was strengthened when more than $25 from a satchel he was carrying “leaked” and was strewn along Main St. Kime recovered all the money with the exception of a lone dine.

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MARINE FLIERS BOMBSANDINO Rebel Casualties Believed to Have Been Heavy. By United Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 26. —Rebel casualties were believed today to have been heavy after five United States Marine bombing planes, commanded by Maj. Ross E. Rowell, had attacked the camp of Gen. Augustino Sandino on the Honduran border. There was no definite way of knowing what the casualties were but Rowell—on reporting the fliers had gone through a terrific shelling from the encampment—believed the casualties were great, yhe Sandino camp was about

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fifty miles northeast of Mura on the Honduran border. The fivd planes circled over the encampment and were greeted by heavy machine gun and rifle fire. All of the five planes were struck by bullets but none was damaged to any great extent, and each managed to return to the post here under its own power. The territory around the encampment is heavily wooded and it was difficult for the fliers to observe what damage their bombs had done. All however, were of the opinion that casualties were considerable as the bombs seemed to make strikes. Like Name of Kokomo KOKOMO, Ind., July 26.—Twenty young Canadians who sought permission of Mayor S. E. Spurgeon to use the name “Kokomo” for a volley ball team have_ been written full consent by the "mayor. M. Lewis, writing to the mayor for the group, said the word would be used “Ko-Ko-Mo” across players’ sweater fronts.

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DIVORCES CRUELTY FOE Writer Abused Wife While He Sought to Reform' Prisons. By United Pres i TRENTON, N. J„ July 26.—Mrs. Mildred M. Morrell of Wayside, has received a divorce in Chancery Court from Edward M. Morrell of New York City, formerly a convict in San Quentin prison and later a lecturer and a writer against cruelty in prisons. The grounds were cruelt; and inhuman treatment. FIREMEN ~FREE PIGEON Rescue Bird Held to High Tension Wire by String. A pigeon held fast to a high tension wire by a string today owed its freedom to firemen who used an aerial truck to free the bird. Firemen at Station 30, South and New Jersey Sts., came to the rescue of the bird in the 800 block E. South St.