Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 185, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 December 1928 — Page 2

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WETTEST CITY IS FLOATING IN HOLIDAY BOOZE Buffalo Residents Lay in Great Stocks; ‘Plenty More‘ From Canada. BY HARRY VAN LUNGER “ United Press Staff Correspondent BUFFALO, Dec. 24.—1f Canadian exporters have anything to say about it, Buffalo, commonly known as the wettest city in the United States, will live up to its name ove** the holidays despite assertions to the contrary by dry law enforcement units. Reports today from a great number of the “soft drink” parlors in dicate Buffalo residents are placing in a great stock for consumption during the holidays. Liquor and ale is being sold openly over the bars in large quantities. “Plenty in From Canada” - “When you run out, come on hack; we’re getting plenty in from Canada,” is the usual remark made by bartenders to customers. Immigration, customs and coast guard units have combined to halt the flow of “Christmas cheer,” buts apparently the flow has not been checked to any great extent. Advices received here from Bridgeburg and Port Colbome, Ont., two of the largest exporting points along the Niagara frontier, indicate that 20,000 cases of liquor and ale have been smuggled across the border within the last month. In an effort to crush petty smuggling across the peace bridge, customs officials are giving individuals closer scrutiny at this time than is customary. Nab 'Little Fellows’ The “one and two quart” man, who either tries to smuggle it through the lino by placing it in his car or overcoat pocket, is becoming nettled at the success of customs men in catching so many violators. A fine of $5 is imposed for each bottle found, regardless of the quantity. Most of the liquor is smuggled across the Niagara river in boats, principally due to the narrowness of the stream. A boat can run from the Canadian side, unload on American soil, and return to its base in about twenty-five minutes. For the convenience of American customers, the Fort Erie (Ont.), government liquor store has remained open for the last few days until 8 o’clock at night in order to allow purchase of bottled goods. The store usually closes at 6. SPENDING ORGY ENDS IN JAIL FOR YOUTH Breaks Faith With Good Samaritan Who Provided Him Lodging. After allegedly stealing $1,240 his friend, a 19-year-old Kokomo youth indulged in an orgy of spending that lasted just one day before his arrest. The youth Everett Elwee, who is said to have stolen the money Friday night from Worley Lindley, also of Kokomo, in an Indianapolis hotel, was arrested late Saturday. He had spent $404. ; Lindley, who planned to go to Texas to enter the grocery business, invited the youth to spend the night with him in Indianapolis. He had $2,000 sewed in his clothing. Elwee, police said, admitted obtaining the $1,240 while Lindley slept. Anew wardrobe two wrist watches and several miles of taxicab rides formed most of the youth’s expenditures. Gone, but Not Forgotten Automobiles reported to the police as having been stolen: J. R. Reeves, 2028 Brookside avenue, Auburn sedan, 75-168, from Ohio and Pennsylvalnia street. 2 F. D.. Hardrick, 3309 Prospect street, Ford sedan, from Seventeenth street and Columbia avenue. - Dale Morgan Service Company, 3756 College avenue, Studebaker sedan, from in front of 3756 College avenue. Harvey Harmon, Marott hotel, Buick brougham, 12-484, from Market and Delaware streets. Payne Mitchell, 314 West Sixteenth street, Ford touring; 23-764; from Thirteenth and Missouri Streets. J. L. Smeyer, 3115 Washington boulevard; 10-367; from garage at 3115 Washington boulevard. Durbin Tacoma, Rural Route P, Box 167; Ford roadster; 656-197; from Shelby and Prospect streets. Miles Nelson, 854 Eugene street; Chevrolet touring; 539-444; from Maryland and Illinois streets. Brightwood Auto Company, 3525 Massachusetts avenue; WillisKnight sedan; M-2-716; from Station street and Roosevelt avenue. Report from Greencastle (Itid.) police department; Chrysler roadster; 264-307; from Greencastle, Ind. J. O. Matthias, Rural Route A, Box 170-A; Overland sedan; 25-287; from Illinois and Thirty-fifth streets.

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Stolen automobiles recovered by the police: Russel P. Ritchey, 2316 East New York street, Buick sedan, found at 43 South Oriental street. Overland sedan, found in front of 223 North Delaware street. Dewey Morgan, 2130 South East street, Ford sedan found at Illinois and Michigan streets. Oliver E. Steinkamp, 3904 Rookwood avenue, Dodge touring, found at Capitol avenue and Thirtieth street, deserted in middle of street blocking traffic. Driver got out of Dodge car and got into taxi. The first typewriter, for which It was claimed that "it could print almost as fast as one could write with an ordinary pen,” appeared Just 100 years ago.

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Few fires were reported in Indianapolis Monday, but scores of fire trucks sped over the city's streets as firemen prayed devoutly that no conflagrations would handicap them in the real work of the day—distributing Christmas baskets to the city’s poor. More than 1,500 wellfilled baskets were delivered by the fire fighters. Funds for the distribution were donated by merchants and wholesale dealers. Above is pictured a truck laden with Christmas cheer departing from No. 13 engine house, Maryland sheet and Kentucky avenue. It is typical of what went on at all fire houses in the city. Captain H. J. Keppel was in charge of all arrangements at 13’s.

SEVEN DIE IN PLANEGRASHES Heavy Toll of Lives Taken in Middle West. Bn United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—Seven persons were killed and three injured in airplane accidents in the middle west Sunday. A Fairchild-Wasp cabin plane crashed in Chattanooga as it took off, bound for Atlanta, killing the pilot and three passengers. Failure of the motor was blamed for the accident, as the big plane failed to gain altitude, struck a house and careened to the ground in flames. The pilot, C. D. Shield, ouisville; R. D. Harris, another pilot riding as a passenger; C. T. Mayers, St. Elmo, Ga., and C. L. Burnette of Macon. Ga., were burned to death. William Rozar, Chicago, escaped by crawling through the fuselage. Fred Detlefson, 40, an unlicensed pilot, was killed and Stuart Pepin, a student pilot, was injured seriously at Minneapolis when their old-type army plane crashed from an altitude of 200 feet. Willis Thorsen, 29, Toledo, was killed when his plane went into a nose dive from an altitude of 250 feet in Toledo. Harry Long, 31, the pilot, was injured seriously. Their motor went dead as they took off. Lieutenant William H.. Senges, 36, died Sunday night, a few hours after the plane he was piloting nose dived from a low altitude at Indianapolis. Smith Boring, a passenger, was injured slightly. SEIZE ONE IN RAID i _______ Police Capture Youth, Booze and Dynamite. A quantity of whisky and dynamite was seized Saturday night at an alleged gang rendezvous in Beech Grove by a raiding squad composed of police, federal agents and deputy sheriffs. One youth was arrested in the raid and two other captures are expected to be made in the near future. The youth held is Harlan 1 Lewis, 23, of 710 North Seventh avenue, Beech Grove, where the raid was made. Seven pints of whisky and several half pound dynamite sticks, with several weapons and a quantity of signal lanterns of the type used by hi-jackers and booze runners, were confiscated. MOTHER OF 6 GOLFING SONS TAKEN BY DEATH Funeral Arrangements Are Being Made for Mrs. Emma Jane Nelson Funeral arrangements are being made for Mrs. Emma Jane Nelson, 70, mother of six sons who are nationally known as golf instructors, who died Sunday night at her home 710 Congress avenue, after a six months illness. Tentative arrangements are that the funeral will be held Wednesday and burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Mrs. Nelson was born in Boone county and had lived in Indianapolis for thirty-five years. Her husband, John C. Nelson died six years ago. She was a member of the St. Paul M. E. church. The six sons who survive her are Lee, golf instructor at the Indianapolis country club; Wallace, opera tor of a golf school here; “Chick,” golf instructor at the Indianapolis Athletic Club; “Dick,” golf instructor at the Meridian Hills country club; Chester, golf instructor at Fort ..Wayne; and Ervin, golf instructor at Culver military academy. MORE GUNS ADORN HIPS 563 Apply for Permits, About Double 1927 Figures. Applications for gun permits in Marion county in the last year totaled 563, about double that in 1927, according to Mrs. Elnore Lynch, deputy county clerk. “Number of permits taken out depends on the crime situation. After every outbreak of lawlessness a large number ask for permission to carry guns,” said Mrs. Lynch. Two women asked to carry guns, one a Negro beauty operator, and the other a cashier in a bus station. “Protection” and "business reasons” are the usual reasons offered by applicants, Mrs. Lynch said. It is calculated that there is enough oil in sight to last a full century and sufficient potential motor fuel to supply all needs for another 2,900 years.

‘MEAL TICKET’ IDEA IN TRAFFIC WAR IS URGED Punch Card for Each Instance of Reckless Driving Proposed. Bn United Press ORANGE, N. J„ Dec. 24.—Ticket punchers for traffic policemen have been recommended by the local Service Clubs’ council as a curb on reckless driving. The clubs suggested that the policemen punch drivers’ licenses once for each viiolation and transfer the record from old cards to the new from year to year. DANCE FOR NAUGHT Marathons at Casino Closed —Lack of Money. Ten couples who have danced more than 700 hours in the two simultaneous marathons, promoted by Joseph B. Day at Day’s Casino, southeast of the city, had all of their efforts for naught today. The promoter announced Sunday that the marathon had ruined him financially. Day told the marathoners that he did not have the S2OO to pay the Negro orchestra, which walked out Saturday night. He said the coal supply had dwindled rapidly. The dancers protested that 1 if they left the floor they would be disqualified in the marathon and a group of friends, which comprised the audience, joine din the protest. Deputy sheriffs were called to quiet the disturbance. The marathoners continued dancing to an electric piano while Day posted signs declaring the marathon closed. When the fire had expired at noon and there was no more coal the dancers and their admirers finally left. The contest opened a month ago and $1,700 in prizes had been offered by Day. . < . The promoter announced that the marathon had ruined him financially. PARTY HONORS .RAUH Tribute Paid at Dinner on 75th Birthday Anniversary High tribute was paid Samuel *E. Rauh, president of the Indianapolis Union Stockyards, as friend and community leader, at dinner arranged in honor of his seventyfifth birthday, at the Broadmoor Country Club Saturday night. Louis J. Borenstein was toastmaster, and the speakers included Meredith Nicholson, Hilton U. Brown, Henry H. Hornbrook, Rabbi M. M. Feuerlicht, William Herschell and Alfred M. Glossbrenner. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rauh responded to the toasts. Congratulatory messages w*— ceived from prominent persons throughout the city, state and nation. FORLORN; TRIES SUICIDE Husband’s Desire to Eat Christmas Dinner Alone Attempts Suicide. Because her husband announced he would eat his Christmas dinner alone, Mrs. Gladys Kettlewell, 25, of 1539 Bates street, attempted suicide Sunday night by swallowing poison, police said. She was taken to city hospital, where physicians expect her recovery.

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ARMY BEGINS QUIZ OF FATAL PLANEJRASH Lieut. William H. Senges Is Killed in Sunday Accident. Official investigation of the death Sunday of Reserve Lieutenant William H. Senges, 39, of 1522 North Dearborn street, when his plane crashed at Schoen field, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Sunday, was started today by a committee headed by Lieutenant Walter R. Peck, field commandant. Lieutenant Senges died at the fort hospital an hour and a half after the Consolidated PT-1 training plane he was flying crashed. Death resulted from a fractured skull and internal injuries. Smith Boring, 302 North Hamilton avenue, a passenger, who escaped with minor bruises and cuts, said the accident occurred when Lieut. Senges attempted a wing-over into the wind about 100 feet above the earth as he was attempting to land. Went Into Nose-Spin The plane went into a nose-spin. It crashed to the ground with the motor roaring wide open, as Lieut. Senges attempted to pull the plane’s nose up and out of the spin. Boring said he was stunned. He was attempting to extricate himself from the tangled wreckage of the plane as rescuers arrived. Lieutenant Senges was shop foreman of the Jones-Whitaker Sales Company. He was an experienced and highly skilled pilot. He had been attached to the 309th Observation Squadron, 84th Division, for about five years, and received his commission as a lieutenant two years ago. Fix Funeral Service It had been his ambition to become a commercial pilot, and he had recently filled out, but not sent in, a department of commerce application for a transport pilot's license. According to the application he has had 476 hours flying experience, 160 hours of which were in the last twelve months. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Lucy Senges; three daughter, Helen, agtd 11; Alma, 9, and Charlotte, 7, and two sisters, Mrs. Juanita Eggert, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Guy Brewer, Gary. Funeral services have been set tentatively for Wednesday from the home of the widow’s mother, Mrs. William Meyer, 2645 Madison avenue. Burial will be in Crown Hiii cemetery. Wouldn’t Take Wife in Air Lieutenant Senges had been interested in aviation for nearly eight years, Mrs. Genges said, and he had takers advantage of every opportunity to fly. Every Sunday and holiday he went to Schoen field and flew several hours. He never took Mrs. Senges or the children for an airplane flight, th? widow said. “He always told me he would let me fly with someone else, but would not take me with him because if we were both killed the children would be orphans,” she said. * The accident was witnessed by Lieutenant Earl Halstead, Indianapolis motorcycle po'iceman and member of the Officers Reserve Corps. Halstead formerly was instructor for Lieutenant Senges. Boring attributed his escape from death to the fact that he was seated in the rear cockpit of the twopassenger plane. Lieutenant Senges was seated in the front cockpit. When the plane crashed to the | ground, Boring’s safety belt broke DEFENDS U. S. RULINGS Files Brief in Rail Valuation Case for Government. Bn United Press WASHINGTON. Dec.. 24.—Former Attorney General Wickersham, acting as special counsel for the United States, filed in United States supreme court today the government's brief in the O’Fallon railroad valuation case, upholding the interstate commerce commission’s system of valuation and defending the recapture clause of the '920 transportation act. No Gift Money; Seeks Death Bu Times Special MUNCIE, ind., Dec. 24.—John Paydon, 39, jobless and without money to buy a Christmas present for his wife of two months, took poison in a suicide attempt.

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ELEVEN DIE BY VIOLENCE, TOLL OVERWEEK-END Most of Fatalities in Indiana Due to Automobiles. Eleven persons are dead today in Indiana, victim's of violence over the week-end. Automobiles figured in nearly all the fatalities. Ray W. Sailer. 31, Elkhart, was killed when a bus in which he was a passenger,'crashed into two trees. Thirteen other persons were hurt, but all are expected to recover. A. A. Curtis was killed near Hamlet when he drove his auto into the side of a freight train, at the same time a bus and a taxicab struck the train. Occupants of the other two vehicles were slightly injured. Auto Driver Killed James L. Martin. 58. near Martinsville, was killed eight miles south of there when he drove his car into a Bloomington-bound bus. Ronald Soldner, 23, Gary, was killed when a motorcycle he was riding collided with one being operated by his brother, Henry Soldner, while they were making Christmas deliveries for a Gary store. Henry will recover from’injuries. Mrs. Flo Clayton, 28, Hammond, suffered fatal injuries when the automobile she was driving was struck by a train. Gas Fatal to Baby Mr. and Mrs. George Wolf, Chicago, on arrival] at Auburn to spehd the holidays with relatives, found their 1-year-old baby dead in their closed automobile, a victim of carbon monoxide gas, which entered through a heater. Miss Katherine Ladd, 45, Bour-

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Fight to Save Sabbath If Calendar Change Is Made

Religious Groups Take Up Cudgel at Hearing by House Committee. Bjt I'tmes Special WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. Any change in the calendar which will prevent the recurrence of the Sabbath every seventh day will be vigorously opposed by the Jewish church and by other religious organizations. Opposition of Jews has been voiced to the foreign affairs committee of the house, which had before it the resolution of Representative Porter of Pennsylvania requesting President Coolidge to call an international conference for revision and simplification of the calendar. Preliminary steps to bring about the change were taken at the Pan-America i conference in Havana last February. Rabbi Abram Simon of Washington, chairman of the Synagogue Council of America, representing all national organizations of Jewish congregations and rabbis, and bon, died of injuries suffered when she was struck by an automobile driven by Robert Winans, Ft. Wayne. Homer Smith, 54, Mooreland, was fatally hurt when caught in a circular saw he was operating. N. F. McClung, 70. farmer south of Pittsboro, committed suicide by shooting. He had been in ill health. William H. Senger, 36, of 1522 North Delaware street, was killed at Schoen field, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, when an airplane he was piloting crashed to the ground from a height of 100 feet. The plane went into a nose dive as the pilot attempted to turn it. -Smith Boring, a passenger, escaped with slight injuries. Arthur Wells, 13, Alexandria, was killed when a shotgun he was cleaning was accidentally discharged.

Representative Sol Bloom of New York opposed the measure insofar as it would make uncertain the Lord’s day. It was testified that if either of the two plans for calendar reform is adopted, it would create a “wandering” or “migratory” Sabbath. Bloom asserted if the last day of the year should fall on what is now Saturday, the next day—usually Sunday—under the new plan would be Monday and a Sunday would be lost. Dr. Charles F. Marvin, chief of the wekther bureau, expressed the opinion that Sunday was set aside in the present calendars, not through a literal interpretation of Genesis, but as a result of the fourth commandment of Moses. Rabbi Simon suggested that other religious bodies, in addition to the Jews, might oppose a change in the present Sunday arrangement and he suggested that if an international conference is called, as contemplated in the Porter resolution, that every dominant religious body in the United States be given representation on the American delegation. MANN NAMED CHIEF Former Deputy Sheriff to Be Highway Superintendent. Charles W. Mann, deputy sheriff, has been named to succeed Luther E. Tex as Marion county highwaysuperintendent by county commissioners. Benjamin M. Morgan has been reappointed superintendent of the Marion County Hospital for the Incurable Insane at Julietta. Mrs. Susanna J. Pray has been reappointed superintendent of the county juvenile detention home.

DEC. 24,1928

NARCOTIC FARM BILLTO PASS Prison Congestion to Be Relieved. Bu Times Special WASHINGTON. Dec. 24.—Early' passage of the Porter bill to relieve overcrowding of federal penitentiaries and provide scientific treatment for drug addicts through construction of two narcotic farm prisons is expected by government officials. The bill already has passed the house and favorable action by the senate is forecast by the fact that the senate judiciary committee reported out the measure last week without a dissenting vote. Since 1923 not a dissenting vote has been cast against any legislation dealing with narcotic control, in either the house or senate. Legislation passed unanimously during the five-year period includes a resolution reaffirming the policy of* the United States against use of narcotics for any except scientific or medicinal uses; a resolution authorizing the government to participate in the international opium conference at Geneva and a bill prohibiting the manufacture of heroin in the United States. “I feel certain that this precedent will not be broken when the narcotic farm prison bill is considered,” Representative Stephen G. Porter of Pennsylvania, author of the bill, said today. Developments in connection with federal prison conditions strengthens Porter’s position. Recently Representative John G. Cooper of Ohio, chairman of the special house committee studying prison conditions, said that overcrowding is the worst thing the government has to contend with in its prison system. Pressure of wind does not Increase in direct proportion to its increase in velocity but as the squares of its velocities.