Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 185, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 December 1928 — Page 3

SHUMAKER USES MYERS’ RULING TU BEAT FARh Attorney for Dry Leadei Cites Decision to Keep Freedom. The Rev. E. S. Shumaker, through his attorney E. A. Miles, today sought to confound the supreme court justices who sentenced him tc the state farm, with a decision by one of their own number. In the parlance of the bootleggers whom the Rev. Shumaker as superintendent of the Indiana AntiSaloon League has so zealously fought for ten. years, “he pulled a fast one. - ’ Miles filed an additional point in his demurrer to Attorney Arthur L. Gilliom’s motion that Shumaker be compelled to serve the sixty days sentence on the farm. Gilliom contends the Governor does not have the power to pardon in such a case. Placed In Jeopardy Miles today contended that whether the Governor had such power or not has become a moot immaterial question. He contends that Shumaker went beyond the power of the court Dec. 17, which is the date he would have completed serving' his sixty-day term, had the Governor left him at state farm Oct. 18, when he issued the pardon. To back up the point Miles cites a decision of Judge David A. Myerc, one of the three judges who have consistently ruled against him in the long, bitter fight.' "An additional sentence by the court at this time puts the respondent in jeopardy a second time for the same offense,” Miles argues in his brief. The decision of Judge Myers cited is in the case of Rode against Baird, rendered several years ago In this case Judge Myers is quoted: “We hold that the court's jurisdiction to enforce its judgment of Imprisonment expired at the end of the six months period and its assumption of power to act after that time was without authority ct law.” Court on Vacation Miles also cites a later decision of Chief Justice Clarence R. Martin in the case of Varrish against the state: “His second contention is that he completed the term of the minimum sentence on June 11, 1925, and the court thereafter had no power or authority over him. His second contention under the rule stated in Rode against Board would unquestionably prevail if the entry made by the court . . . was a judgment.” Miles contends that Shumaker wa&- taken to the farm on Oct. 19 ready to serve his sentence in good faith, and that although he has been free since the Governor pardoned him his sentence, in effect, ran right along with the calendar and was comnleted Dec. 17, closing the case forever. The court is in vacation, but is expected to return within a week to decide the new points raised by Shumaker. CALM IN THEATER FIRE, MANY LIVES ARE SAVED Children Crowd House as Flames Start to Sweep Ceiling. Bn United Press LAUREL, Ind., Dec. 24.—Philip Merrill, theater owner, is looked upon as a hero today. Saturday night his movie house was filled with more than 200 persons, many of them children, enjoying a wild west thriller when flames swept through the ceiling. In a few minutes the theater was a raging furnace but Merrill, assisted by cool-headed grown-ups in the audience managed to get everyone out without panic or injury. When the building was discovered afire, the manager calmly announced it to his audience, assured them there was no immediate danger and requested that they quietly file out. Those in the audience followed Merrill’s directions and a tragedy was narrowly averted. BECOMES - CTTY PASTOR The Rev. Morris H. Coers. Shelbyville, to Be Baptist Church Minister. The Rev. Morris H. Coers of Shelbyville will become pastor of the Twenty-first Street Baptist church after Jan. 1. He is said to be the youngest ordained minister in the Baptist church. He attended the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, being ordained at the age of 18. Evangelistic services were conducted by the Reverend Coers at Twenty-first street last October. OGDEN SELECTS AID J. W. Hutchinson Named Assistant to Attorney-General-Elect. Joseph W. Hutchinson, Indianapolis attorney, is the latest deputy appointment to be announced by James M. Ogden, attorney-general elect, who takes office Jan. 1. He was graduated from the Indiana law school in 1903. He practiced in Lebanon before coming here. For a time he was associated with William A. Ketcham, former attorney general. Ogden announced that Hutchinson will give legal advice and write opinions for various state departments. BODY is UNCLAIMED Woman Dies in Room She Had Not Left for Several Months. An autopsy over the body of Florence Wright, 35, of 118 South Cincinnati street, who died Saturday in the room which she had left for several months, will be held today by Coroner Charles H. Keever. Mrs. Wright, whose body is unclaimed at the city morgue, had been ill for several months. She was found, dying, Saturday morning by Hiram Honeycutt, proprietor of the rooming house at the Cincinnati street address.

Durbin Rites Held

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The body of former Governor Winfield T. Durbin being carried from the Masonic temple to its last resting place in Crown Hill cemetery by members of the Indiana National Guard. Mr. Durbin died last week in his Anderson home. Masonic services were held here Saturday in the Masonic temple.

STATE PRIMARY LAW REFORMS TOBETALKED G. 0. P. Legislators to Discuss Repeal at Meeting Scheduled. Just how far to go in the matter of so-called primary “reform" by repeal of present primary laws and restoration of convention control will be among the major problems to be discussed at a pre-legislative meeting of all Republican senators and representatives being arranged by Elza O. Rogers, state chairman. While the party platform pledges such a move, many members of both houses are expected to oppose it as they have done in the past Return to the convention system has long been advocated by professionals in political affairs, but the independents who got on the ticket without machine support favor retention or expansion of the primary system. To Pick Chairman Selection of a Tenth district chairman to succeed the late John Kifiigrew will be made at Rensselaer, next Friday, when county chairmen of the district will meet. A fight for the position looms. Walter Schrage, Lake county chairman, and Attorney W. J. McAleer, Hammond, are among the caniidates mentioned. Announced withdrawal of Oscar A. Ahlgren from the race for speakership of the house of representatives has settled some difficulties in the Lake county delegation, which is a portion of the Tenth district. Concede Nejdl's Defeat Ihe county will support J. Glenn Harris, Gary, for speaker, and the veteran Lake county legislator is expected to make a more ardent fight for the post than in the past. It has almost been conceded that Senator James J. Nejdl, Whiting, will be defeated as floor leader in the senate by Senator Denver C. Harlan, Richmond. BURY SEN. ROBINSON'S MOTHER-IN-LAW TODAY Funeral of Mrs. Marie Elfers, 78, Held From Robinson Home. Funeral services for Mrs. Caroline Marie Elfers, 78, mother-in-law of Senator Arthur R. Robinson, were held at the Robinson home, 5933 East Washington street, at 10 a. m. today. Mrs. Elfers died there Saturday. The body is being sent to Kelley’s Island, 0., for burial. Bom in Germany, Mrs. Elfers came to this country with her parents when 3. She married Henry Elfers and lived at Kelley’s Island. Mr. Elfers died about three years ago. Surviving Mrs. Elfers are two daughters, Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. LyGia Bokerman, both of Indianapolis; two §s>ns, Gus A. Elfers, Bushnell, Fla., and Irving M. Elfers, Chicago; a sister, Mrs. Henry Boese, Atwater, Minn., sixteen grandchildren and six great-grand-children. ELECTION BET BRIDE SEEKS HER FREEDOM Asks Annullment on Grounds That Marriage Was “a Jest.” Bp United Press PATERSON, N. J., Dec. 24.—Leo Altman of Passaic won a bride with the election of Herbert Hoover, and now his bride is trying to have the marriage annulled on the grounds that it was only “a jest.” The bride, Bessie Dokter, 23, told Altman that if Mr. Hoover won, she would marry him. On Nov. 7 they went to New York and were married returning that night to their separate homes. Not long after their marriage Altman disappeared, his wife said. He is now being sought in New York City. •LINCOLN’ HIDES STILL ‘Marble Cutting Plant’ Merrily Grinds Out Yule Liquor. Bp United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Charged with disguising a still as a statue of Abraham Lincoln, nine men arrested in a Bronx “marble cutting plant” were arraigned hem Inspector Joseph Thompson became suspicious of the heavy Christmas trade in tombstones which apparently caused the factory to work night and day, and found the still concealed behind a huge statue of Lincoln, which someone had decorated with a paper hat and large eyeglasses.

In the Air

Weather conditions at 9:30 a. m. at Indianapolis airport: South wind, 3 miles an hour; barometric pressure, 30.37 at sea level; temperature, 36; ceiling, unlimited; visibility, one-half mile; ground fog.

CONFESSES TO THREECRIMES City Man Held at Nashville Lists Robberies. Bp Times Special NASHVILLE, Ind., Dec. 24. George W. Larrison, 24. of 917 Virginia avenue, Indianapolis, has confessed here, Brown county authorities announce, to two robberies, a holdup in Indianapolis and an attempt at another. With four other men, Larrison was taken into custody in connection with an attempt to wreck a Pennsylvania mail train at Franklin last week. The others are George P. Gamine and John Roach, Indianapolis; Orville Brown, Trafalgar, and Ansil Fleetwood. Greenwood. Robberies listed by Larrison include that of the Russel Lutes store, New Belleville: Bert Baughman store, Helmsburg, and of four girls at Indianapolis .and an attempt to hold up a grocer at Peoga. Larrison implicated Carnine, Fleetwood and Roach in the New Bellsville and Helmsburg cases. All five of the- prisoners deny any part in the train wrecking attempt. ‘PEACHES’ PAPA STAYS ON JOB FOR SANTA Riots Do Not Deter Browning in Giving Out Presents. Bp United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Edward "Daddy” Browning was still playing Santa Claus today. Undaunted at Saturday's riot, in which several thousand children fought, mothers fainted and some were cut in a crash through a p:ate glass window while waiting in line to receive gifts, Browning again threw his office open to children this morning. But the crowds were less than on Saturday. The first ones arrived about 8 p. m. instead of at 6, as on the first gift day. There were still several thousand in line, however, at 10:30 and he hoped to give away the last of his 600,000 presents by nightfall. Some twenty odd Santa Clauses helped him distrbiute the presents. Police reserves were on the job to prevent any recurrence of rioting. ART BODY RECEIVES $5,000 ‘MUM’ CHECK Donor Wishes to Remain Unknown; Bequest’s Use Not Specified. The Art Association of Indianapolis today received from a donor who wishes to remain unknown a check for $5,000 for an object as yet unspecified. A. R. Holliday, chairman of the association’s finance committee, commenting on the gift, said: “There is evidence of increasing attention to the needs of the art association by generously minded citizens. This gift fittingly ends a year in which the association has been privileged to announce others, including the especially notable gift of the new school building now in course of construction.” The association operates John Herron Art Institute. WEAR MT’ Practical Value of Whiskers Shown in Diplomatic Letters. Bp United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—The practical value of whiskers as worn by former Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, the Smith brothers and Santa Claus seems to have been revealed by the state department in a volume of diplomatic correspondence made public today. Writing from Berlin to the state department in 1915, Ambassador James W. Gerard referred to Admiral Von Tirpitz, commander of the German navy, as being popular with the German people, and the ambassador explained this popularity as “largely on account of his aggressiveness and his beard.” NOTED - AUTHOR Is" ILL Sir James Barrie Confined to Bed With ChiU. Bp United Press LONDON, Dec. 24.—Sir James Barrie, famous playwright and author of “Peter Pan,” was confined to bed today by a chill.

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RAIL AND BUS LINES TO CARRY GREATCROWDS Special Christmas Service Provided; Celebrations * All Over City. Railroad, interurban, and bus company officials are making special arrangements today to handle the crowds of Indianapolis residents leaving the city to spend Christmas with friends and relatives in other places. Extra cars and sections as needed will be placed on all trains leaving the Union station, station officials said. The Big Four, Monon, and Pennsylvania railroads are running special non-stop trains to Chicago, Christmas morning. The T. H., I. & E. and Union Traction companies have put into effect special one and a half fare round trip rates. The rates will continue to Jan. 1. Association Is Santa The Thirty-fourth and Illinois Streets Merchants’ Association is acting as Santa Claus to more than a thousand children in seven local institutions this year. Candy provided by the association has- been distributed by F. H. Harold in Santa garb. Woodruff Place will stage a unique Christmas eve celebration this evening. A bugler will drive through the streets summoning residents to a Christmas party at the Woodruff Place community house. The children’s chorus of School 33 will sing. The Lions Club will hold its annual party for children this afternoon at the Indianapolis Day Nursery. 542 Lockerbie street. Gifts L and boxes of fruit and candy were distirbuted to residents of the Home for Aged Women at a Christmas party Sunday afternoon. More than six hundred employes of the Taggart Baking Company and families were guests at a party Saturday night. A number of churches held Christmas services Sunday. Choir Gives Program The big chorus choir of Cadle tabernacle gave its annual Yuletide program Sunday afternoon. A play, “The Japanese Madonna." was given at the Northwood Christian church Sunday night and the church choir sang carols. The vested boys’ choir of the Hillside Christian church made its initial appearance in a program of holiday music. A dramatization of Dickers’ “A Christmas Carol” was given at the University Place Christian church by Professor Rollo A. Talcott, former head of the Butler University dramatic department. The Live Wire class of the Fairview Presbyterian church held special Christmas exercises at the Wheeler city mission Sunday afternoon. Members of the class distributed a number of baskets today.. The Sunday school of Christ Episcopal church gave a Christmas allegory, “The Spirit of Christmas.” in the church parish house Sunday night. Two Services at Church Two services w’ill be conducted at Christ church tonight by the Rev Floyd Van Keuren, rector. A candlelight service will be held at 5 o’clock. A midnight Christmas communion will begin at 11:30. There also will be a holy communion service with a program of Christmas hymns at 11 Christmas morning. Masonic lodge. No. 720, F. and A. M., and Brookride chapter. Order of Eastern Star, held their annual Christmas party in the new Brookside community hous;' Saturday night. Officers of the organizations received gifts. About 600 attended. Motion pictures, music, and dancing made up the entertainment program. Children were given cand> and balloons. Asa Christmas present to employes, offices of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce were ordered closed today and Tuesday by Paul Q. Richey, new president. UNCLE SAM TcTbANQUET MEN WHO WRONGED HIM 3,300 Prisoners at Atlanta to Have Taste of Christmas Spirit. Bp United Press ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 24.—One of Uncle Sam’s biggest Christmas dinners will be served to 3,300 men who “did him wrong.” At the Atlanta federal penitentiary forty big Chester White hogs were in the process of baking today, 1,500 pounds of candied yams were boiling and 3,000 pounds of apples were prepared for apple sauce. Two dozen cooks were busy. Along the grey dark corridors are, wreaths of holly, red bells, and even mistletoe proclaimed Christ • mas time. The usual yuletide cheerfulness is dampened this year by an influenza epidemic. More than 400 men have been ill. Hospital beds are crowded but there have been no deaths. OFFER SINGERS TRIP Chicago Music Students to Receive Training in Italy. Bp United Press CHICAGO. Dec. 24.—Three Chicago music students will be sent to Italy next fall for a year’s operatic study by the Chicago Civic Opera Company. The scholarships will pay the student $3,000 a year and will be awarded yearly to the three best fitted students in Chicago. The winners of the scholarships will study in Milan and if they show sufficient talent another year elsewhere will be provided, said an announcement, issued by Samuel Insull, president of the opera company. fighT~dueTto death HAZARD, Ky., Dec. 24.—Policeman Matt Holland, 45, and John M. Ellington, whom he tried to arrest shot each other to death in a pistol duel on the streets of Combs, a small village near here last night.

Gifts to Bicknell Yule Fund

Additional money contributions to the Bicknell Christmas fund received up to noon today are as follows: Mrs. L. M. R $ 3.00 Dr. Louis Burckhardt 5 00 Julia P. McCarthy 100 Mrs. H. B. Brown 2.50 Mrs. Emma Hoefgen 2.50 Unknown 1.00 Employes of Schlosser Bros 7.00 Joseph A. Feltz 1-00 Mrs. 10 00 Thomas M. Quinn 5 00 A. H. Goldstein 5.00 Augusta R. Knight 5.00 Master Walter Howard .25 No Name 1-00 Mr. and Mrs. Erbtn McCord 1.00 J. Prank Holmes 6.00 Prom Ma v 1-00 Silver Moon 1-00 Mrs. Charles Baker J -Op John Manor }-00 Mrs. William M. Lindley 1-00 Rov Carlisle • ••• 2-00 Marion Building Trades Council.. 50.00 Cash , 50 Irvin Moss 3.00 Harley R- Jones 2.00 F. Fred Davis 10.00 Mrs. F. C. Romer 200 Alice Nicholson 2.00 O. K. Horner 5.00 A Friend 100 James L. Murray 3.00 Goodheart . H. W. Weimeyer J-00 H. C. Northern 5.00 Ernest B Thompson 3.00 Mrs. Wilbanks } 00 Plasterer 100 Cash . 25 Cash 100 Cash 1.00 Freeman Teeguarden J-00 Robert Spence I-JJS Cash 2.00 Ed. V. O'Neil 100 Herschal Denning 5.00 A Friend -JO Daniel Segars 2.00 I. Wolf Auto Company 10.00 Walter C. Manthey 1-00 Sam Abels 2.00 Sam Wolf 2.00 Merlin Ray 1-00 Girl Scout, Troop No. 10 o-OO V. D. Vincent 2.00 "Blue Coat" *25 "Grey Coat" ••••• 2.00 Hurst. Wisehart. McNeeley. Jack son. Salgards. Gardner, Wood. Hathaway A. Friend -50 309 East Nineteenth street J OO Mrs. Eustace Holliday 1-00 D. M. Buffer ~ 3.00 A Friend 2.00 Curtis Anthony Patton -25 A Friend of the Miners 100 A Man , 20 Louise Ktmbro The Spalding gang 1-77 A young mother 2.00 A young lady 2.00 A young lady ] 00 A young friend l-00 Children of Room 9. School 20.... 2.00 A. V. Stackhouse 5.00 Selma Thurston ] 00 A friendly man 5.00 Women's Union Label League .... 2.00 Hettie Overstreet 1-00 Mrs. Wnrren Bird 5.00 B. D. Mallory 1-00 O. E. B 1.00 F. W. C. 1-00 V. D. Vincent 2.00 Christs Willing Workers 100 A friend 100 A. J. Robinson 6.00 Cash 1-00 J. 100 "Just Brown" 6.00 Just a working man 2.00 J. W 100 F. S. P 1.00 Mrs. Martha Holland 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. I>. B. Carroll & son 1.25 May and Fred Reynolds 2.00 E. Weller 25 F. Stelnert .25 A. Donahue .25 J. Aimer .25 B. Ferguson : .25 J. Carroll .25 F. Lltterall .25 E. Felf 25 J. Fevfreld .25 C. Grinner .25 E. G. H 2.00 From a cop 1.00 O. L R 2.00 R. R. P 1.00 F. H. K 3.00 Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Roth 5.00 William J. King 2.00 John Perkins. Rushvtlle, Ind 1.00 Charlie Barry. Rushvllle. Ind 1.00 John Titsworth. Rushville, Ind... si 00 Howell Brothers, Rushville. Ind... 2.00 Bid Groom. Rushville. Ind. 1.00 Dr. Frank Green. Rushville. Ind... 1.00 Good.vr. Tire & Rub. Cos.. Rushville 1.00 Ora Logan. Rushville. Ind 1.00 Harry Wlllev. Rushville. Ind 1.00 J. D. Case. Rushville, Ind. 5.00 Charlie Moore. Rushville. Ind 1.00 Tom McAllister. Rushvtlle. Ind... 1.00 Frank Mclliwaln. Rushvllle, Ind... 1.00 Derbv Green, Rushville. Ind 1.00 George Todd. Rushvllle. Ind 1.00 Rev. C. S. Stevenson. Rushville.. 1.00 Mrs. Richard Abernethy. Rushville 1.00 A. L. Riggs. Rushville. lad. 1.00 Edgar Bates. Rushvtlle. Ind 1.00 Ptnnell Tompkins. Rushville. Ind. 5.00 George Wingerter. Rushville. Ind. 1.00 Joe Cannon. Rushville. Ind 1.00 Will M. Frazee. Rushvllle. Ind 1.00 A Friend. Rushville. Ind , 6.50 Pat Collier. Rushville. Ind 1.00 Bert Ormes. Rushvllle. Ind 3.00 Harry Markley. Rushvllle. Ind 1.50 Mrs. John Starks. Rushville. Ind... 1.00 Jessie Brooks, Rushville, Ind .50 Mrs. Jessie Drake. Rushville. Ind. .50 Clarence Owens. Rushvllle, Ind... 1.00 Max Pearcy. Rushvllle. Ind 1 00 Lewis Flagan. Rushvtlle. Ind .50 William Lewis. Rushvllle. Ind 1.00 Harry Petry. Rushvllle, Ind 1.00 Nollie Oster. Rushville. Ind .50 Employes of Dill Fdry.. Rushvllle 2.00 Rush County Mills. Rushvllle, Ind. 5.00 A Friend. Rushville. Ind 1.00 Norman Norris. Rushvtlle, Ind-.. 1.00 Marls Perkins. Rushville. Ind .50 William Fitzgerald. Rushvllle. Ind. 1.00 Lowell Headley. Rushville. Ind... 1.00 Guy Abercrombie. Rushvllle. Ind. 100 "Grev Hat" 1 50 Caroline Snell TOO A. W 1.00 Mr. Hughes 1.00 Miss Evelyn Dcwson 1.00 Harry Morran. for Joe Cargol.... 1.00 Albert Stump 5.00 L. C. Roose 2.00 M. L. Carter .10 Mabel Lowe 1.00 George Nevil'.e 1.00 William Pfieffer 1.00 James Doyle .50 C. Spencer 1.00 John Anderson 1.00 Jake Ambuster 1.00 Harry Barnclaw 1.00 William Shultz 1.00 Charles Calvin 1.00 Pete Huhm .25 Joe Henn 1.00 C. Wagner .25 Ed long 25 Joe Kestler .50 Jess South .50 Cash .25 Adolph Fritz 20.00 Jean Logan 5.00 Merl Marks 1.00 Marie Swett 1.00 Frank Hallman 1.00 Edward Lambert 1.00 L. McPherson 1.50 J. F. Musselman 1.00 Frank Quick 1.00 Uz McMurtrie 10 00 K. M. Hall 2.00 A Friend 1.00 R. E. C 2.00 F. N 1.00 S. H. K 3.00 Charles Hallerberg 2.00 D. R. Mullins 2.00 Paul M. Schultz 2.00 J A. Q 5.00 J E. T 1.00 H. Wilson 1.00 A. E. Gordon 1.00 Union Trust Employes 5.80 D. R. Ramsev 1.00 Ralph Tenevck 2.00 Mary and Georgiana Terrill 2.00 Hoosler Lodge No. 261 10.00 E. A. Stewart 1.00 Albert C. Fritz 5.00 Mary L. Kvle .' 6.00 Post Office Clerks. Local No. 130.. 25.00 A Friend 1.00 Irvington Presbyterian Men's Club 13.00 Mrs. William B. Patton 5.00 Cash 1.00 W. T. S 1.00 Charles E. Demarre 2.00 B. Gaddy 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Dart 5.00 The "A. B.” Flower Fund, bv Big Four Telegraph and Telephone Offices 10.00 Mrs. H. M. Hopkins 2.00 Cash 1.00 Cash 1.00 Times Composing Room 14.75 W. R. F.. New Augusta 10.00 Indianapolis Times Carriers 38.55 Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Blrk 2.00 W. Folger 1.00 Mrs. William L. N. Workman 10.00 Times Employes 31 ee C. E. Reed 5.00 Thelma Morris. Brownstown .... 1.00 Wilhelmina Winter 5.00 Margaret W r . Puhlmann 2.00 Mrs. M. Williams 2.00 Shelbv 5 00 Daniel Yaver 1.00 M. Forman 1 on A. Zimmerman 1.00 Simon Cohn 10.00 Gamma chapter of Alpha Omlcron Alpha 5.00 Mrs. Whitney Coiner 2.00 Ray C. Frlesner 3.00 Florence C. Mellett 5.00 Cash 2.00 M. L 1.00 W. H. Tennyson 1.00 John W. Selmer l.O" Mrs. Agnes Robinson 2.0 r O. D. Thundere 1 or M. C I.OC Chapter No. 20 woman’s organization of the National Association of Retail Druggists 10.0' Charles W. Wells 5.0 E. J. Kunst 2.0' G. A. Geer 10 Mrs. William Uhl 2.0' IndianaDolis chapter of American War Mothers 5.0 Cash 1.0 Eirmloyes of Indiana Wheel and Rim Company ll.fli E. B. Davis 5.00

Mona Colleen Cole. Morristown... 1.00 M. Bert Thurman 5.00 Today’s total $ 767.48 Saturday's total 1,913.25 Grand total $2,680.73 ONE IS KILLED, EIGHT INJURED IN ACCIDENTS Driver Loses Control of Car and Is Hurled to His Death. One man was killed and eight other persons, three of them women, were injured seriously in automobile accidents over the week-end. Denzel M. Wood, 33, of 2258 North Meridian street, was killed instantly when he lost control of his machine on the Crawfordsville road and Sixteenth street Saturday night. The car turned over three times. Miss Lucille Reed, 26, of 42 West Eleventh street: Orville Luse, 28, of Sheridan, and his wife, Mrs. Martha Luse, 27, were injured in the crash. A car piloted by a hit-and-run driver struck and seriously injured Joseph Knapp, 57, of 916 Bellefontaine street, as he attempted to cross Massachusetts avenue near College avenue, Saturday night. He was taken to city hospital suffering from several fractured ribs, internal injuries ,a broken ankle, and a dislocated shoulder. Hit by a Pennsylvania passenger train at Southport Saturday, Herbert Gandy, 21, of Southport was injured seriously. Gandy was driving a coal truck across the tracks. He was taken to the Indiana Christian hospital. Miss Caroline Lyzotte. 19, of 1326 South Meridian street, and Leonard Ramsey, 21, of Edge wood, were injured seriously Sunday night when the car in which they were riding crashed into a telephone pole in front of 3021 South Meridian street. They were taken to Indiana Christian hospitaJ. SEEK WOUNDED MAN Authorities Want Patient of Clayton Doctor. B.y United Press DANVILLE. Ind., Dec. 24.—80 yd Dickerson, Middleton, 0., was being sought by Sheriff Henry Rodney of Hendricks county today as the result of a report from Ohio that the man was wanted for participation in a gun fight. Dickerson stopped at the home of Dr. Jones at Clayton, early today, said he had shot himself accidentally and asked for treatment. The doctor became suspicious when he noticed the wound was several days old. Under questioning he gave his name and home town. A telephone call to Middletown brought the information that he was wanted there and a request that he be held for Ohio authorities. FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR JUDGE J. H. SHEA Bar Association to Conduct Special Memorial Services. Funeral services for Joseph H. Shea, 65, former ambassador to Chile, former judge of the appellate court and former state senator, who died Saturday, were held at 7:30 this morning at the home of his sister. Miss Agnes Shea, 856 West drive, and at 8 o'clock at St. Joseph’s Catholic church. Burial was in North Madiscn. The Indianapolis Bar Association will hold special memorial services for Judge Shea in the appellate courtroom Wednesday at 11 o’clock. Emsley Johnson, association president, will be in charge. Milton B. Hottel, who served on the appellate bench with Judge Shea and was his law partner, will be the principal speaker. Others who will deliver eulogies are Bernard Korbly, George H. Batchelor, Ralph Bamberger and James W. Fesler. PHONE OFFICERS PICKED W. R. Hirst Named Head of Hoosier Post No. 16. W. R. Hirst, 125 West Wellington drive, safety director and employment supervisor of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company, today headed the Telephone Pioneers of America, Hoosier post, No. 16. Other officers elected are E. T. Bonds, South Bend, senior vicepresident; H. B. Coldwell, Indianapolis, vice-president; Miss Margaret Cooper, Indianapolis, secretary, and Miss Bessie Loomis, Indianapolis, treasurer. Hirst has had thirty years’ continuous service with the telephone company. BEHAVIOR TO BE TALKED Pastor of Christian Church to Address Men’s Meeting. Dr. Homer C. Boblitt, pastor of the Linwood Christian church, will speak on “The Spirit of Behavior” at the regular Wednesday night meeting of the Bible Investigation Club in the Y. M. C. A. His address will be the last of a series of eight on the theme, “Why Young Men Misbehave.” Supper will precede the address. The meeting is open to men only. A program of Christmas music will follow the address. FIND GUNS; HOLD PAIR Two Indianapolis men, in whose vutomobile Newcastle authoritie. ound three guns, are held for inestlgation at Newcastle, accordin o word received today by Polic ihief Claude M. Worley. The me’ re McKinley Fields, 31, and Cai Jrown, 20, of 1916 West Washington street.

Additional gifts of toys, sandy and food received up to noon today are as follows: One day drive ol Rush post No. 150 of American' Lealon, Rushvllle, Ind., 16 bundles of clothlnc, 1 bushel of potatoes, large quantity of preserves. 1.000 pairs of stockings also cash and checks totalling $68.50. Mrs. Bradley Bailey and Dad, teddy bear. Donn Nicewander. new toys. Mrs. E. F. Shoemaker. 2 baskets toys and food. Marv Jean Chaddlck. candy. Ralph Elves, toys. Irma Taylor, box of chocolate. Mrs. K. Moran. 2 dresses. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Schulmeyer, basket of toys. A Friend, box of toys. Meara Brothers. Noblesville. large quantity candy. A Girl Scout Leader, food. Frances Patton, a girl scout. 2 dozen toy autos. A group of children In Tuxedo Park, large gift of food. Jelly, toys and clothing. A Card Club, large quantity Jellies, food. A Lover of Children. 6 pounds candy. James Healy. candy and sweater. William Bell, candy. A Man Who Loves Children, candy. Young Men's Class, First Reformed church, 10 pounds candy. George Cox. box of toys. H. E. Havward. 4 large Jars malted milk. Miss Bertha Denzler. large toy. L. S. Aires, 4 large boxes children’s clothing. A Young Mother, toys. W. W. Miller, toys. From "Nobody,” box of food. Thompson’s restaurant, 4200 E. Washington. box of food. Claude Weddle, galoshes and gloves. A Friend, toys and clothing. Mrs. Edward W. Lowe. 25 pounds candy. Mrs. Drucle Llewellyn, candy and nuts. C. C. D.. box of toys. Mrs. Dowd. large quantity of toys. Ladies Auxiliary of Firemen's Association. cardv and apples. A Widow, box of groceries. The Misses Hazel and Mildred Kirkpa trtek. tovs. School No. 39. 6a and 6b classes, toys made by the children. "No Name,’’ candy. C. M.. large box of toys. R. O. Graves, box of toys. Mr. Murphy, box of toys. Indianapolis Times Business Office Girls, tovs and food. 1 crate of oranges. 1 crate of apples, 250 lbs. candy, case of prunes. 2 boxes candy. C. C.. box of candy. Miss Evelyn Dawson, doll and candy. Harrv Morran. flashlight for Joe Cargal. 2914 North llinois, food and clothing. Rosemary Stallings, toys. I. L. Feris, toys and two pairs gloves. Mrs. Rockwell, toys. Gilbert Owens, food. H. B. t doll. Percy Jones, bushel potatoes, foods, toys. Ira Mitchell, candy. J. L. Sanders, clothing. Boy Scout Troop No. 84. Tndpls., food. A friend, toys and clothing. Cradle rool and infants' class. First Presbyterian church, toys. Mr. and Mrs. filings, toys and clothing. H. A. Hicks, toys. Russel Chatham, quantity of lead toy*. Don't need my name, food. J. and T D. Fowler, doll and buggy. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Slffers. Jellies and canned goods. From a friend, blankets, toys and fruit. D. F. Ackerman, candy and toys. W. A. Green, fruit, candy and clothing. 501 North De Quincy, toys, shoes and food. Mrs. W’. C. Andrews, clothing and food. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Carroll, quantity clothing. From a cop, flashlight. C. B. Jackson, tablets. R. R. P. can of frutt. Morris Roeder, toys. Mrs. George C. Johnson, two baskets of preserved fruits and vegetables. Carl Metzker, books. Little Jimmy Tandy, toys. Once a Scout, fountain pen and knife. Mr. and Mrs. John Rise, clothing and toys. D. W. Lamoreaux. fruit and food. Jack Holmes, basket of toys. Mrs. Theron Waddell, canned fruit, toys. Roy Shaw, clothing, flour. Sam Chamberlain, milk. Mrs. D. C. Jenkins, 5 pounds of chocolates. Mrs. S. C. Lawrence, bag of rubber balls. Receiving room employes, L. S. Ayres Cos., 10 crates apples. M. H. Fox, clothing, toy train. May Irene Dorsett. Danville, doll, toys. Employes of Indiana Bell Telephone Cos., box of toys. Eva Somerville, Newcastle, miscellaneous. Mrs. Charles A. Wren. Chicago, 111., box of eifts. Babv Gloria, doll. John M. Murphy, toys and candy. Mrs. M. Gardner, toys and candy. Mrs. D. R. Anderson, clothing. Mrs. W. N. Carpenter, candy. Miss Freda Draeger, toys and clothing. A boy friend, toys. Mrs. John Long, toys and clothing. Mrs. S. M Aymes. toys. Thompson's restaurant, oranges and apples. Earl and Newton Welding, toys. Wayland-Walker Cos., canned goods, macaroni, nuts and toys. Mrs. W., A. McClure, 4 boxes ol clothing. nuts, toys and candy. R. E. C.. toys. A friend, toys and clothing. R. X. Ellsworth, toys and flashlight. Albert Stump, clothing. R. V. Earle, toys ana food. FLEES FROM HOSPITAL Police Asked to Hunt for Dangerous Insane Man. Breaking through a window of the Julietta county hospital. Miner Lowe, 2C, of 902 Church street, escaped early this morning. B. M. Morgan, superintendent, asked police to seek him, declaring he is dangerously insane. Lowe was clad only in a pair of trousers and a shirt. Dr. Morgan said, when he left the hospital. SCOTCH! SALTIS’ SCOTCH Bp United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—Scores of Chicagoans missed receiving the usual case of beer or quart of Scotch whisky from Joe Saltis today. Joe, head of the southside beer syndicate, is known as one of the city’s most liberal Christmas givers. This year he is in jail on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon.

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FOUR ARE DEAD AFTER 'STICKUP' OF POKER GAME Manufacturer Shoots Two Bandits; Two of Friends Are Slain. Bp Times Special NEW YORK. Dec. 24.—Peter Cardone, modest Brooklyn perfume manufacturer, whose unerring marksmanship killed two of four gunmen who attempted to hold up a friendly poker game In kitchen of Frank Rendino’s apartment, was a saddened hero today. Two of the players in the fatal game, Cardone’s friends, were also killed. One, panic-stricken when the bandits started their gun-play, dived through a window and landed on his head, three stories below. The other was shot by one of the bandits. Cardone himself was wounded, a bullet striking him in the left arm. Rendino was hit in the right elbow by a steel-Jacketed bullet and Anthony De Angelis, one of the players, received a scalp wound. Only Friendly Game The poker game, which reached its unscheduled climax in the shooting, started early Saturday night, according to Cardone. It was a “50cent limit” game. Early Sunday morning, about 1 o’clock, the players looked up to find strangers in the room. “Fork over the dough,” commanded one of the four masked and armed men, according to Cardone, Cardone protested it was “only a friendly game, not professional.” When the bandits Insisted on having the stakes, Cardone, who holds a revolver permit, drew hia gun and shot one of the gunmen through the forehead. One of the holdup men retreated toward the door to the hall stairs, using Rocco Masso, 25. one of tho players as a shield. At the door, ho shot Masso through the chest. Bandit Gets Away Cardone followed. The bandit aimed his pistol nervously at Cardone, who simultaneously drew a bead. Their shots crossed in tho air, the bandit's striding Cardone in the arm while the poker-player’s struck his adversary between the eyes. Meanwhile, one bandit dashed through the kitchen, into the bathroom, scrambled down a fire escape and got away. Cardone said he waz certain he wounded the man. The fourth bandit escaped down the hall stairs. During the fusillade. Nicholas Salzone - , 30, one of the players, jumped through a window, apparently expecting to land on a fire escape. He was found dead underneath the window, his skull frac*tured. U. S. WILL PRESERVE LINCOLN BIRTHPLACE Old Log Cabin and Farm to Be Renovated. Bp United Press WASHINGTON. Dec. 24.—The old log cabin where Abraham Lincoln first saw the light of day and the Lincoln farm near Hodgenville, Ky„ is to be renovated and preserved by the war department. Secretary Davis announced today. The war department will oversee the erection of a steel-wire fence surrounding the two acres, renovation of the old log cabin, concreting of the approaching driveway, construction of rest rooms, planning of additional trees and shrubbery and general improvements throughout the farm. MILK GUZZLER~‘GAOLED’ NEW PHILADELPHIA, 0., Der. 24.—Franklin Ickes Jr., 37, is a milk addict. “I like milk as most people like liquor,” he confessed when caught stealing milk from porches of two homes. He drank two quarts of the liquid on arrival at the jail.