Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 161, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 November 1928 — Page 2

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PLANES TAKE LIVES OF FOUR CIHPERSONS Couple Dies in Crash on Night of Wedding ‘ Anniversary. Four Indianapolis persons have met death in plane crashes in the last three days. Funeral services were being arranged today. Double services for Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Howard Bassett, formerly of 912 North Alabama street, killed Saturday night when their plane crashed in a snowstorm near Edgerton, 0., will be held at the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary, the date not yet arranged. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. The bodies were brought here today. Funeral services for Lawrence H. Garrison, 30, of 535 North Bosart avenue, air mail pilot, killed Sunday night in a blizzard near Bristolville, 0., await arrival of the widow, who has been visiting in New York City, The bodies of Louis De Burger, 24. who died in a plane crash at Spokane, Wash., Friday, during a heavy fog, will arrive at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George S. De Burger, 225 North Addison street, probably Wednesday. Die on Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Bassett were obsefving their eighth wedding anniversary Saturday, Mrs. Basset refusing to ,be separated from her husband on'the occasion. They had planned to spend Saturday evening at Rocky River, suburb of Cleveland, but Mr. Bassett was assigned to fly Glen R. Butt, Cleveland commercial photographer, to his home at Cambridge City, Ind. Mr Butt, formerly of Richmond, died shortly after the crash of injuries. Mr. Bassett had been flyiing his monoplane, owned by Universal Air Lines, Chicago, at a high altitude, and was caught in a blinding snowstorm when he came down to get his bearings, it is believed. Farmers living near the accident scene reported Mr. Bassett circled several times, apparently attempting to see the ground, and cut off his ignition to prevent an explosion. His plane dipped into two trees in its path. Mr. and Mrs. Bassett were dead when witnesses reached their plane. Served in France Mr. Bassett went to France in the Rainbow division, being transferred to the aviation school at Chateroux, France. His instructor was Albert J. Schneider, Indianapolis aviator killed Aug, 6 in Louisiana when his plane crashed into a tree when he was dusting cotton fields. For a time Mr. Bassett had been engaged in the cotton field dusting with Mr. Schneider. The Bassetts left Indianapolis three years ago for Langley field, Virginia, where he served as an air corps lieutenant two years ago. A year ago he moved to Chicago to become a pilot for Universal Air Lines, operating betwefen Cleveland and Chicago. Surviving Mr. Bassett are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bassett, Indianapolis, and a sister, Mrs. J. R. Cavanaugh, Detroit. Mrs. Bassett is survived by an uncle, W. H. How • ard Board of Trade secretary, and the grandmother, Mrs. Mary Howard, Indianapolis. Burned in Crash Mr. Ga'rrison, pilot of a National Air Transport Company air mail plane, also was killed when he at-' tempted to land his plane during a blizzard, apparently misjudging his height. The gasoline in his plane exploded 'in the crash, burning his body beyond recognition. A mail sack was thrown from the plane by Mr. Garrison before the crash. Mr. Garrison served a year in

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Four Indianapolis persons killed in aviation accidents in Ohio and the state of Washington within the last three days were: Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Howard Bassett (above); Lawrence H. Garrison left, below), and Louis Deßurgef. the marine corps during the war. He was one of the first air mail pilots employed by the government and had more than six thousand hours in the air to his credit. His mother, Mrs. May Guvette, lives at 535 North Bosart avenue. Ds Burger was employed in the Ford-Stout airplane factory at Detroit, and was co-pilot of the trimotored monoplane which crashed into a tree near Spokane while seeking to land during a dense fog. Three others in the plane were killed. Killed in Storm II y United Pres* CLEVELAND, 0., Nov. 26.—Tilden (Pete) Johnson, 21, youngest air unail pilot, was killed Sunday in a snow storm when his plane crashed while landing in a swamp near West Lebanon. He left Akron at 4 a. m. Sunday and when he failed to appear at Cleveland, planes begar searching for him. Two boy trappers found the plane, Johnson’s crushed body inside the cockpit with his hand still on the control stick. He was an instructor at Waieon field. Cincinnati, before entering the air mail service. He learned flying in St. Louis, part of the time under Col. Charles Lindbergh. NEGRO WRITERTiTtALK Author of ‘Flight’ to Address Y. M. C. A. on ‘The Battle Front.’ Walter White, author and assistant executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will speak tonight at the Negro Y. M. C. A. dfider the auspices of the Indian*apolis chapter of the association. His subject will be ‘‘On the Battle Front.” White recently returned from Europe where he was a Guggenheim foundation student. He is the author of “Fire in the Flint," “Flight,” and anew work, “Rope and Faggott” will be off the press in January. He is also contributor to “American Mercury” and nine other magazines and a correspondent of four Metropolitan dailies. PLAN TERRIER SHOW Boston Pups to Seek Prizes at Denison Saturday Night. A Boston Terrier show will be staged Satuiday night in the Denison hotel under auspices of the Boston Terrier Club of Indianapolis. The show has been sanctioned by the American Kennel Club and will be conducted under the club’s rules. Liberal prizes have been posted. Mrs. Alice Benjamin of Cincinnati, nationally known judge, will officiate. Bostaon Terriers between the ages of two and eighteen months will be eligible to compete. DISCUSSES PROHIBITION “Every good citizen must consider himself a missionary, striving for the cause of better government, declared Paul C. Wetter, municipal court jjudge in an address Sunday night at the meeting of the Christian Endeavor Society of the Fountain Square Christian church. Discussing the subject of “Prohibition” he declared: “Some bootleggers are caught, but many get away because the right people do not aid in pressing their convictions. Citizens of the community should back up their officials in prosecution of criminals if the laws of the land are to be enforced.”

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STUDENTS SEE RADIO EXPOSE ‘SPIRFPFAKES Wireless Wizard Displays Wonders of Science at Manual Training. FRANCILL'S SCHEDULE MONDAY 2:00, 4:35, 6:00, 8:35 P. M. Lyric Theater. Supreme all-week vaudeville attraction. Operating a miniature wireless controlled battleship, a driverless automobile, and performing other wireless wonders. TUESDAY' 12:15 P. M. Illinois street, from Oeorgia to Ohio. Operating by wireless control, without motorman, conductor, or touch of human hand, a standard trolley car of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company. 2:00. 4:35, 6:00, 8:35 Lyric Theater; vaudeville presentations. 7:25 to 7:35 P. M. Address, “The Radio Age." over station WFBM of the Indianapolis Light and Power Company. * Phantom hands, in the form of wireless waves, caused all manner of ghostly manifestations to take place Monday morning, in the auditorium of Manual Training high school, when Maurice J. Francill, America’s radio wizard, gave a special expose of the tricks and frauds of fake spirit mediums, clairvoyants and other so-called “fortune tellers,” for the benefit of students and faculty of that institution. Without touch of human hand, the wizard, by electro-magnetic impulses, duplicated many of the most treasured feats of the self-styled seers, prophets, and oth< r disciples of hokum and bunk, and then even went them one better by doing by science more than they can do by magic and other methods of deception. Francill caused bells to ring, spooky lights to burn, horns to blow, trumpets to talk, hands to rap, and produced many other phenomena. Marvels Performed By passing the open blade of a knife through the air, he severed a cord, supporting a big red ball, thirty feet away. By striking a match In the audience, he caused a candle to flame on the stage. The knife was borrowed from a student and so was the match. He even caused powder to explode in a small receptacle on the stage, although he was many feet away from the point of the explosion. Francill’s scientific expose of the frauds and fakes of spiritism and so-called “psychic” phenomena was given under auspices of The Times. He told the students and faculty there was no such thing as a ghost, no such thing as “spiritism” and occultism. In the slangy parlance of the day, he said the weird and deceptive practices of mediums and so-ca’/’d "psychic” workers was “a lot of hooey.” Then the wizard set out to perform an array of manifestations even more elaborate, more baffling, and more daring than the fake mediums can produce. And after he had performed his manifestations, he showed his audience exactly how, by the science of wireless, millions of innocent persons are being deceived and defrauded under the guise of occultism and spiritism and other kinds of fortuhe-telling isms. Exposes “Spirit” Tricks And he exposed each manifestation as he went along, so that there might be no doubt whatever in the minds of his spectators that he was telling them the truth. Francill will be in Indianapolis all this week, appearing four times daily in a program of radio experiments and wireless wonders on the vaudeville stage of the Lyric theater. The wizard is rated by scientists as probably the greatest living authority on the application of radio remote control to motive and other forms of power. In addition to his stage presentations and the scientific expose of fake spiritism, he will give a number of other demonstations of sensational wireless feats, under auspices of The Times. WIN TURKEYS AT SHOOT Hundreds of Birds Awarded as Prizes at Legion Contest. Almost a carload of turkeys, geese, ducks and chickens were carried home Saturday by marksmen who were victorious in the “turkey shoot,” staged at Ft. Benjamin Harrison by Irvington Post, American Legion: Several hundred men competed. Among those who took the lion’s share of the prizes were E. H. Rhodes, J. L. Wildering, A. L. Hunt, William J. Hunt, William J. Wilson, O. L. King, James Hurt, Mark Rhoads, L. E. William, W. Guernsey, S. S. Earhart and J. M. Walsh.

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On Oct. 7, Mrs. Henrietta Rogers, young widow, returned to her apartment in Louisville, Ky„ after a trip to Chicago and the east, A young man who called on her that night said as he was leaving her apartment the lights went out and he volunteered to go to the basement to see what was wrong. Mrs. Rogers said it wasn’t necessary, so he departed, he said. That was the last seen of Mrs. Rogers. Police in many cities are seeking her. DUAL TRAGEDY MOTIVEHIDDEN Gary Couple Wed in August Fatally Shot. • By Times Special GARY, Ind., Nov. 26.—Police here today are endeavoring to solve a double tragedy which apparently was without motive. Bodies of Ralph Campbell. 31, and Gladys, 24, a couple married in August, were found Saturday in a garage at their home. It appeared that Campbell, after shooting his wife to death, placed the muzzle of a shotgun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. Part of his head was blown off. Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis, mother of the dead woman, declares the couple had not quarreled and had no reason to be despondent. She was unable to give police even a hint as to a motive for the deaths. Mrs. Campbell’s body was in the seat of the couple’s auto. That of her husband lay on the floor beside the car. It is believed by police that Campbell killed his wife while they were driving, then returned to the garage and shot himself. TWO HURT IN ACCIDENTS Motorman Burned When Train Is Fired by Spark. When the street car he piloted was fired from a spark off of a controller Sunday night while in front of 331 North Illinois street. Lloyd Wilson, 932 North Illinois street, a motorman, was burned on the face and hands. He was treated at city hospital and taken home. Harry Wishman, 35, of 30 West St. Joseph street, suffered a broken arm when he fell from a ladder on the front porch of his home Saturday afternoon. •WE SEE GOD “DIMLY’ Thanksgiving Services Held at Roberts Park M. E. Church. “The difficulty with us today is that we lack a clear vision of God, the One, who through all history, has a mercy that endureth forever,” declared Dr. E. W. Dunlavy, pastor of the Roberts Park Methodist Episcopal church at the Thanksgiving and communion services held Sunday. A Harvest Home song service featured the evening program.

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LATE GIFTS TO CHARITY FUND BOOSTS DRIVE Real Silk Employes Give $3,400; Diamond Chain $2,600. Many substantial gifts to the Community Fund were reported today as final efforts to bring success to the ninth annual campaign were begun. From the six employes’ divisions, which were last to begin solicitations, five group gifts ranging upward from SI,OOO were announced this morning by fund auditors. They include a gift of $2,696 from employes of the Diamond Chain and Manufacturing Company, a gift of $2,401 from employes of Real Silk Hosiery Company, cne of $1,411 from employes of the Dodge plant of the Link Belt Company, one of $1,130 from employes, of the G. & J. Tire Company, and one of SI,OOO from employes of the Indianapolis Glove Company. Women Get $55,000 In the mile-square division, four additional districts expect to join their cohorts in getting their money quota on Wednesday, when the final luncheon of workers will be held at the Claypool. These include district 48. led by Lloyd Wright; district 49. Perry Meek; district 50. E. Blake Francis, and district 52, Cicero Disher. Eighteen teams in the women’s army are already over the top, and indications point to a general barrage of successful reports at Wednesday’s meeting. Special gifts “A” division has now reported gifts totaling $447,235. special gifts “B” division has turned in $22,266, and branch house division has gone over its quota with gifts of $24,444. Milesquare gifts have totaled $62,070. and the six employes divisions stand at $126,415. Total for the women’s army is now $55,758. j O.OOO Could Give Walter C. Marmon, , campaign chairman, this morning asserted that at least 10,000 men and women in Indianapolis who are able to give to the heart fund do not realize how seriously the city's social service agencies will be crippled if the full goal of $781,800 is not pledged. “These same citizens.” Marmon said, “would never turn away from a neighbor in distress. But as yet these men and women do not realize that in a large city the only workable plan is to provide in advance for the proper care of the sick and needy instead of waiting until It is too late to meet emergencies. “The present plan Is far less costly and far more efficient than the old-fashioned plan of waiting until the horse is stolen before locking the barn door,” he said. FLY FOR TIME MARK Mail Pilots in Test to Set Endurance Record. By United Press FRESNO, Cal., Nov. 26.—Two air mail fliers today were cruising a giant albatross monoplane over the San Joaquin valley in an effort to break the world’s endurance nonstop flight record. They started at 6:43 a. m. Sunday. Lee Shoenhair and John Guglieimetti, San Francisco, were piloting the plane. The present mark of 65 hours and 25 minutes is held by the German aviators Zimmerman and Resticz. URGES FEWER OFFICERS # Schortemeier Issues Valedictory On Retiring From State Job.

Fewer state offices .with longer terms and ample facilities for removal for misconduct was advocated by Frederick E. Schortemeier, secretary of state, Sunday. The statement was prepared as a valedictory by Schortemeier, who retires from office next Saturday. He will be succeeded by Otto G. Fifield, Gary. The statement also urged modification of tax laws to encourage business, crime and accident prevention; abolition of legal delays in courts and co-operation in state boosting.

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Children at the Orchard school have been “feeding the pirate” to aid the Community Fund reach its $781,800 goal. C. H. Matravers is shown holding the “pirate box” into which children of the school have fed $73.90 in silver coins to aid the many institutions supported by the fund which care for children less fortunate than themselves.

Third Radio Bridge Game Will Be Played Tuesday

New Yorkers to Contest Whitehead and Work, Noted Experts. Third of a series of twenty radi'' auction bridge games will be broadcast from station WFBM, Tuesday at 3:30 p. m. Each game of the series will feature Milton C. Work and Wilbur C. Whitehead, New York experts, in association with players from cities throughout the United States and Canada. Listeners are urged to have four players ready with cards and to follow the game bid by bid and play by play as broadcast over WFBM. Contestants in the third game of the series are E. V. Shepard, of New York, research editor of Auc tion Bridge Magazine, author of various books and president of Shepard's Studios; R. J. Leibenderfer, of New York, probably the outstanding authority on bridge literature, whose ability as a player and analyst is respected by all other experts; and Whitehead and Work widely known as teachers, writers and experts on the game. Following are the advance hands for game three; Shepard, South, dealer holds: Spades A 5 Hearts K 5 Diamonds 10 7 3 t Clubs J in 7 5 2 Whitehead. West, holds: Spades K Q J 6 Hearts J 10 9 Diamonds A K 8 spot Clubs A 9 3 Work, North, holds: Spades 974 Hearts 8 spot 4 2 Diamonds J 9 6 5 4 Clubs K 4 Leibenderfer, East, holds: Spades 10 8 spot 3 2 Hearts A Q 7 6 S Diamonds Q Clubs O 8 spot 8 CHURCH CELEBRATES Twentieth Anniversary Observed by Centenary Congregation. Twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Centenary Christian church was celebrated Sunday with special services, including a Thanksgiving pageant, “Evangels of ttv‘ Church.” Vhe Rev. Clarecne E. Wagner, pastor, spoke at the morning service on “Consecration.” The church was founded Nov. ?9, 1908, in the Odd Fellows hall,. Tenth and Rural streets, by a Bible class of sixty persons. The church site and name wore selected in 1909. School Contracts Awarded RICHMOND, Ind., Nov. 26.—Contracts totaling $2,819.82 for equipment for the new Fairview school have been awarded. The contracts included $1,358 for movable desks and $425 for two pianos.

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SMITH TO VISIT WAR MEMORIAL Al Shuns Crowds on Stop . at Atlanta. By United Press ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 26.—Still shunning crowds. Governor Alfred E. Smith stopped off here today for a trip to Stone Mountain, a luncheon with Major John S. Cohen, Democratic national committeeman, and a quiet round of golf. The Governor’s private car, St. Nicholas, was side-tracked here with his homeward bound vacation party for a twelve-hour stopover. The Smith party, including John J. Raskob, William F. Kenny and James J. Riordan, stopped in Mobile Sunday. The Governor played a round of golf at the Mobile Country club and then appeared before the student body of Spring Hill college, a Jesuit institution. “The campaign has been a great experience,” Smith told them. “I appear to be receiving greater acclaim that the victor,” he said whimsically. The President-elect succeeded in getting aboard a warship, but it appears many down here imagine I was elected anyway." MISSION TO CELEBRATE Thirty-Fifth Anniversary of Organization Will Be Feted. The thirty-fifth anniversary of the Wheeler City Rescue Mission will be celebrated at 7:45 tonight with a mass meeting in Roberts Park Methodist Episcopal church, Delaware and Vermont streets. Dr. George Arthur Franz, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will deliver the address. Other prominent Indianapolis ministers will assist with the services. Several hundred friends of the mission are expected to attend. PROBATION TO BE TOPIC Upon request of Mrs. Florence Riddick, state probation officer, judges from the various courts will meet here in January to discuss probation problems. The meeting will be during the Indiana Bar Association sessions. J. W. Williams. Martinsville, Is chairman of arrangements. Judge E. Niles Norton, Crown Point, will be toastmaster.

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ONE IS DEAD, SCORE INJURED IN CARORASHES City Traffic Accidents Take Heavy Toll Over Week-End. One man is dead and more than a score of persons are recovering from injuries as the result of traffic accidents in and near Indianapolis over the week-end. The dead man is Oscar Koss, 38, ofy 1846 Applegate street, who was struck by a truck as he attempted to cross Prospect street in the 400 block Saturday night. Harry A. Silcox, 1527 South Talbott street, driver of the truck, was arrested on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. When his automobile was struck by a Pennsylvania freight train at Shelby street and the Belt railroad Sunday, Henry Muenster, 43, of 2137 Singleton street, suffered a broken left arm and severe cuts on the face and head. His car was hurled more than 100 feet. A hit-and-run driver crashed into an automobile driven by Ross D. Hawes, 1333 North Oakland avenue, Sunday night, and sped on, leaving two person#, one of them a woman, in the wrecked machine. The accident occurred at Emerson avenue and the Brookville road. Mrs. Laura Hawes, wife of the driver, suffered severe cuts and oruises, and Hawes received a severe scalp wound. They were taken to Methodist hospital. Another hit-and-run driver caused the severe injury of Miss Minnie Troutman, 18. of 206 Minker street, who was struck Saturday night by a machine in the 1600 block on South Meridian street. She suffered leg injuries and severe cuts on ttt*> face.

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