Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 67, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 August 1928 — Page 2
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AL TO DEBATE POLITICAL PAST WITHSTRATON Baptist Minister Accepts t Challenge Hurled by P. Candidate. By United Press NEW YORK, Aug. B.—Alfred E. Smith, Democratic candidate for President, has challenged Dr. Johq Roach Straton, Baptist minister, to public debate on Smith’s record, and Straton has accepted. There is a possibility the debate may be held in Madison Square Garden, broadcast to millions through America and then,resumed on a speaking tour of the 'Southern States. If the meeting materializes, observers here regarded it as likely to become the most noted political debate since the Lincoln-Douglas exchanges. Suggests Tour Straton is pastor of Calvary Baptist Church and one of the Nation’s best known ministers. In a sermon Sunday he attacked Smith’s legislative record in a manner similar to the charges brought recently by William Allen White, Kansas editor, and called Smith the “deadliest foe in America of moral progress.” Smith challenged the statement. In a letter sent Tuesday to the churchman he asked an opportunity to appear at Calvary Baptist Church, and have the charges repeated in his presence so he might answer. But Dr. Straton in answering said! he thought such a debate would attract too great an audience for the church and that it should be at Madison Square Garden. In addition the pastor said his warning had been to southern democracy, ' and that therefore he thought the two should make a tour of southern States, debating the question. A1 Takes Issue The letter Governor Smith sent the pastor read: “Dear Dr. Straton: The New York Times of Monday, Aug. 6, quotes you as saying from the pulpit of your church that, as a public man, I am the deadliest foe in America today of the force of moral progress and true political wisdom. “I do not know why you should make a statement of the kind, but I do know that I will never permit it to go unchallenged. I have spent twenty-five years in the service of the State in elective offices and the record of that service is open to the public. I do not feel that I should charge you with making this statement for any political purpose as it was made in a church devoted to the teachings of Christ, one of which was, “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.’ Will Answer Questions “I therefore ask you in a spirit of American fair play, to invite me to your church at any time that suits your convenience during the week inclusive of and beginning Sept. 2, and I ask you to make the same statement in my presence, with such proof of its truth as you may be able to advance. “I further ask that you permit me to make full reply. That you may not be embarrassed I will permit you, if you choose, to conduct the meeting by question and answer. I wall be ready to answer any question you may put to me which, in your opinion, will in any degree tend to justify your remarks. “For eight years I have been the Governor of the State of which you art a resident, and I firmly am convinced that you owe it to me to give me an opportunity to be heard before your own congregation on the statement that you made about my political career.” ADMITS SCHOOL BLAZE Darlington Youth Sentenced to Reformatory for Deed. Herman Ray, 21, Darlington, Ind., was sentenced to from one to ten years at Indiana State Reformatory in Shelby Circuit Court for sec-ond-degree arson. Sentence was based on a confession made to Deputy Harry Gates of the arson division of the State fire marshal’s office. It involved two other young men. Ray stated in the confession that the trio set fire to an abandoned school building in Addison Township, Shelby County, April 14, and stood on a nearby bridge and watched it burn down. “Look at it burn; isn’t it a pretty fire?” was the comment of one of the youths, according to the confession. The other two have not beeen arrested. I
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George Brennan, Democratic leader of Chicago, pictured a few days before his death. Mrs. Brennan inset.
BUSSES REROUTED New Runs Announced After Safety Board Order. New routes of the Beech Grove, Ben Davis, Sunshine Gardens and South Indianapolis bus lines efr fective Aug. 15, were announced today following an prder issued by the board of safety Tuesday. The new routes prevent the busses from going farther north than Maryland St., when in Indianapolis for “public convenience and necessity.” The new routes are: Ben Davis, east on Washirtgton St. to Senate Ave.; south on Senate to Maryland; east on Maryland to Capitol Ave.; south on Capitol Ave. to Georgia St.; west on Georgia to Senate Ave.; north on Senate to Washington and west. Beech Grove and Sunshine Gardens: North on Pennsylvania St. to Maryland; east on Maryland to Virginia Ave. and south on Virginia Ave. South Indianapolis: North on Missouri St. to Maryland St.; east on Maryland to Pennsylvania; south on Pennsylvania to South St., west on South to Meridian St. and south. PASS BOND ISSUE FCR REPAIR OF CITY MARKET 542,000 Ordinance Adopted; Cut Tomlinson Hall Budget. Repairs will be mLde to the city market house and to the exterior of Tomlinson Hall, but not to the interior it was decided by city council on Tuesday night. An ordinance for a $42,000 bond issue for the work was passed. This wa3 reduced from $45,000, the $3,000 having been set aside for renovatifeg the interior of the hall and buying new chairs. Councilmen took the stand* that persons using Tomlinson Hall in the past probably will use it in the future without its being redecorated. The board of works asked for the additional figure for the hall. Anew roof for the market building, repairs to the roof of Tomlinson Hall and installation of a separate heating plant are provided in the ordinance. HOLD NEGRO SUSPECTS Questioned After Series of Burglaries on North Side. After a roundup of thirteen Negroe suspects in a series of north side burglaries, detectives singled out four to hold for further questioning. The four have served time at the Indiana State Faym. Columbus (Ohio) Postmaster Dies COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. B.—Fred H Tibbets, 57, Columbus postmaster and head of the Tibbets Printing Company here, died in Franz Hospital at Confluence, Pa., today. Tibbets was taken to the hospital Tuesday after he was stricken at his I surqmer home at Winding Ridge, Pa.
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COUNCILMEN CONSIDER PROPOSED CITY BUDGET Public Hearing Is Set for Aug. 20 On Finances. With a public hearing on the 1929 proposed city budget and tax levy set for Aug. 20 by the city council, ccuncilmen continued today to dig into each item of the entire request schedule. They conferred with department heads today. Following an afternoon session Tuesday, the council spent part of the evening going into the budget in detail. Although council members were silent, it was reported there may be several changes in requests. It is understood slices are contemplated in many places. At present the city tax levy stands at $1.15 as set out in* the proposal presented the council Monday night. 0. K. HOSPITAL ISSUE Council Passes Ordinance to Start Work. An ordinance authorizing a bond issue of $60,000 to start the city hospital construction program was passed by the city council in recess session Tuesday night. This ordinance provides funds for employment of an architect, engineer and consultant to make plans for anew power plant, administration building and additional wards at the hospital. Dr. William Walsh of Chicago is being considered as'consultant. He recently conducted a survey of hospital conditions for the Indianapolis Foundation. He has an extensive report on needs here which will be examined. This is the second move' of the council in behalf of the hospital this week. Monday night an ordinance for a $125,000 bond issue to pay operating expenses at the hospital was passed. Loses Purse as She Applauds Mrs. Mary Mosley, 1222 Blaine Ave., enjoyed the picture at the Arcade theater, 191 l W. Morris St., Tuesday night. So much so that it cost her money. She reported to police that she applauded and someone snatched her purse from her lap. ,
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TROUT FISHING AND REST MAKE CALAFFABLE Jests About Raspberries on Appearance at Executive Office. BY ROBERT MOOREFIELD, United Press Stall Correspondent SUPERIOR, Wis., Aug. B.—The peaceful environment along the Brule River, where President Coolidge is spending his vacation days fishing and resting, has had a pleasant effect on the chief executive. In his executive offices here, the President demonstrated his good humor by chatting affably about raspberries and his fishing capabilities. Jokes About Raspberries Asked about his future trout expeditions, the President smiled and said: “There are about 45,000 trout in the summer White House waters. I haven’t caught them all, but they are pretty well intimidated. I might give up some sightseeing trips so I can land them.” The President also had a jest to make about the English raspberry joke. When W. C. Sargent, Minnesota horticultural societies, presented him with a large basket of raspberries, the chief executive said: “I’ve had the raspberries before but they were never finer than now.” At his desk, the President was more serious and represented himself as being ready to veto appropriation bills at the next session of Congress that would exceed the Federal income. No Decision On Hoover As to treasury conditions, he expectes a fair return because of a general good business situation. He was without exact information on Treasury receipts for the current fiscal year. The President has not fixed the date for his acceptance of Herbert Hoover's resignation as secretary of commerce and it could not be learned today whether the chief executive has decided upon the secretary’s successor. Mr. Coolidge has oeen considering a visit to the Agostie Island in Lake Superior off *Bayfield, Wis., but the unhandiness of travel makes the proposed trip doubtful. He has expressed a desire to see the islands and if such a trip is made, it will follow his journey to Wausau, Wis., where he will address the State American Legion convention. Gone, but Not Forgotten Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to: C. Pauer, Broad Ripple Park, Oldsmobile, M-44, from Kentucky Ave. and Washington St. Earl Fulton, 3837 E. Thirty-First St., Ford, 654-501, from in rear of that address. S. A. Langley, 2356 Prospect St., Ford, 25-383. from Thirtieth St. and Riverside Dr. Marvin Smith. 1401 E. Eleventh St., Oakland, 49-335, from Spring and North Sts.
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‘WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT’? GHERE QUERIES POLICE / Haag Death Suspect Insists Innocence; Returned Here Tuesday. “I don’t understand this at all. I am innocent. What is it all about?” Such was the comment of Lawrence Ghere, 24, who was returned here Tuesday night from California to face murder charges growing out of the slaying of Wilkinson Haag, as he was taken into the Bertillon room at police headquarters today. Here he was finger-printed, measured and photographed. Ghere told Detectives William Rugenstein and Harry McGlenn, who brought him hei'e in utmost secrecy, that he is a native Hoosier and was born in Franklin, Ind., twenty-four years ago. He appear to be at least ten years older, but is mild mannered, expertly groomed, his hair sleek. Visited City Since Although he says he doesn’t understand what it’s all about, he admits that while visiting Indianapolis during the last two years he stayed away from police. Meanwhile they were conducting a na-tion-wide search for him. This terminated when Ghere was arrested at Los Angeles for robbery of a malted milk concern and turned over to detectives after a desperate fight against extradition at San Francisco. Every effort to keep the return here secret was taken, since police believe Ghere is a member of a great jewel theft ring that might have tried to free him. He first was identified by witnesses of the slaying of Haag when he was held in Chicago for a jewel robbery. Officials here were unable to get him out of Illinois at that time. Denies Any Knowledge He is said to admit the Chicago “job,” for which he jumped bond, but denied any knowledge of the slaying of Haag or any part in the malted milk concern robbery in California, police say. Rupert McDonald, also indicted in the Haag murder, is fighting extradition at Sacramento, Cal. Haag was killed at noon at the Green Mill barbecue stand May 4. 1926. He had refused to be robbed by the bandit pair and they killed him and then shot the diamond ring from his finger. They escaped in a Chrysler roadster, driven by a third man. The driver is thought to have been McDonald and Arthur McClellen is believed to have been Ghere’s companion in the actual shooting. McClellen is held at Chicago for the jewel robbery there. Woman Shot After Party Police were called to 1316 Fayette St. about 12:30 n. m. today, where they found Anna Sharp, 26, Negro, with a bullet wound in her left thigh. She said Jessie Collins, 28, Negro, had been to a party with her Tuesday night. Coming home, they quarreled and ’-e shot her and left the house, she said. The woman was taken to city hospital.
Books Lead to Marriage
George Pearce, former All-American football star, who played the title role in the movie version of “Tarzan of the Apes,” Edgar Rice Burroughs’ noted book, chose as his bride the author’s daughter, Miss Joan Burroughs. They are shown here on the lawn of the Burroughs’ home in Los Angeles, the place chosen for the wedding. Their romance began when they met at a garden party and Miss Burroughs suggested that Pearce should become a movie, actor and take the leading part in her father’s story.
RETURNS BODY HERE: Wife Brings Dead Aviator Back for Burial. Arriving in Shreveport, La., Tuesday night, where she expected to j rejoin her husband, Albert J. j Schneider, Indianapolis aviator, only to find he had been killed Monday ' in a plane crash, Mrs. Ida Schneider j today was on her way home, returning the body by train. She was accompanied by her brother-in-law, Louis Schneider, who rushed to Shreveport when relatives here were unable to locate the widow, en route by automobile. | The body was expected to arrive \ here Thursday morning. Funeral services will be arranged probably ; Thursday. Mr. Schneider went to Shreveport a month ago under contract to spray cotton fields from an airplane, j Monday morning his plane crashed j when he attempted to avoid a tree. Surviving, besides the widow, are two children; the father, W. G. Schneider, tailor, and three broth- j ers, Frederick, Paul and Louis. A splendi buy in a trunk for 1 your automobile is listed in tonight's j Miscellaneous For Sale Want Ads.
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LIFT SUB; FIND GREW DEAD OF GASjjJ LOST Speedy Salvage of Sunken Italian Craft Proves Futile. BY THOMAS B. MORGAN United Press Staff Correspondent ROME, Aug. B.—The sunken submarine F-14 was lifted to the surface of the Adriatic Sea this morning and the thirty-one members of her crew found dead within the reeking, gas filled interior. Every agency of the Italian navy had rushed aid to the craft which went down after she rammed the Missori Monday morning. Within forty-eight hours the craft had been located 130 feet below the sea, air hose had been attached, chains fastened, pontoons affixed and the submersible raised. But even that was not swift enough to save the lives of the sailors and officers. They had succumbed to the deadly gases—released it is believed when the submersible listed after touching bottom. Chlorine gas predominated among the fumes that filled the interior of the craft—the same gas that was s - ;ch a lethal weapon during war days. The submarine had slanted at a 70 degree angle, and it was believed that sulphuric acid also had been spilled from the storage batteries. The navy had predicted there would be casualties. But as late as dusk last evening communications came from the sunken craft that twenty-two men still lived. Then suddenly all communications ceased. Air lines had been inserted into the sunken craft. Air was forced in feverishly, with the hope that the fresh oxygen would keep alive the men.
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