Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 198, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 January 1929 — Page 3

JAN. 8, 1929

ENEMIES TURN HEAVY FIRE ON KELLOGG PACT Bruce Ridicules Treaty as •Lunatic's Dream for Ending Wars.’ SENATE Continues debate on Kellojti: treaty. Indian affafra committee continue* Invmtication of bureau of Indian affairs. HOUSE Consider* election contest on seat of Republican James Beck. Pennsylvania Republican. Continues consideration of war department appropriation bill. Special bouse prison inveaticatinit committee bearfnt on federal prison condition*. foreign affairs committee hearine on calendar simplification. Way* and means committee hearin* on tariff rerlsion. BY PAUL R. MALLON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. B.—A heavy toad of shot and shell was levelled at the Kellogg anti-war treaty in the senate today when the opposition again swung into action. After Senator Bruce <Dem„ Md.) had ridiculed the document as a "lunatic's dream for ending wars,” Senator George Moses, Republican reservationist, presented the demand of his side for an official statement limiting the treaty from any application to traditional American policies against involvement in European affairs. The offensive against the treaty was started after anew agreement seeking to force an early vote of ratifications had collapsed. For three days negotiations have continued in cloak rooms to end the deadlock but this afternoon they were little closer to realization than when they were started. Work for Compromise The latest objection to the proposed peace is understood to have been made by Secretary' of State Kellogg. The opposing forces had worked out a plan whereby the American interpretation of the treaty would be embodied in a report from the foreign relations committee. Chairman Borah of the committee already had drawn this report. The reservationists say they -would withdraw- the Reed-Moses resolution if Kellogg would agree to transmit this report to the signatory powers. They agreed not to press their fight for an official vote on the issue in the senate, provided Kellogg would take this step putting the United States on record as to its interpretation of the treaty. Kellogg was cold to the plan, the United Press is T informed, and it was dropped. < Watson Seeks Agreement In view of this development. Senator James E. Watson (Ind.) sought to get an agreement to limit debate on the treaty in an effort to force a vote before the end of the week. The two senate committees following trails of oil investigations made no progress during the day although the way was prepared for further developments. The Indian affairs committee did not hear Secretary of Interior West about New Mexican Indian lands as had been planned and postponed this phase of the inquiry until Senator Bratton (Dem., N. M.) arrived from his home. Meanwhile it dug deeper into the Jackson Barnett Indian oil case in preparation for the appearance Wednesday of a number of government officials involved. House Considers Beck % The house was considering the election contest against Representative Beck ißep., Pa.), close friend of that city’s Republican leader, Senator-Elect Vare, who is involved in a senatorial contest. The ways and means committee continued it’s tariff hearings, representatives of the chemical industry being on the stand for the second consecutive day. The rules committee decided there should be no more than three hours debate Thursday on the reapportionment bill which indicates that long delayed 'measure may be speedily paw jinson to Take Floor / ies Special tSHINGTON. Jan. B.—Senator Arthur R. Robinson (Indiana) announced today that he intends to take the senate floor in favor of reservations to the Kellogg peace pact, which reservations are designed to protect the United States in the application of the Monroe doctrine. Negotiations are now going on between proponents of the treaty as it now stands and the reservationists. Robinson said, which may result in the peaceful adoption of a mild reservation of this nature. If it is adopted, he said, the treaty will not agree to the reservations. Robinson said he did not know r how he would vote on the treaty if the reservationists are overridden and It comes before the senate without reservations for final passage. Senator Watson of Indiana is understood to be in sympathy with the reservationists and may vote with them. CRASH PROVES FATAL Woman Dies of Broken Back: Two Men Are Held. A broken back she received in an automobile accident near Traders Point Dec. 5. was responsible for the death of Mrs. Gladys Bastin. Lafayette. Ind.. Monday night at the Robert W. Long nospital. according to Coroner C. H. Keever. Mrs. Bastin was riding in a car driven by Lewis Ilarbit. Lafayette, when it collided with a machine in which four men were riding which, according to deputy sheriffs, was on the wrong side of the road. Two of the men fled and the other two \qere arrested and still are held at the county jail here They gave their names as Henry Dawson. 38. Crittendon, Ky„ and M. Phillips, Chicago.

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Left to Right—Robert E. Proctor, Harvey L. Smith and Bert Snyder.

This is a scene being enacted Proctor, defense counsel, former daily in Elkhart superior court at I state senator, is raising a doubt as Elkhart where Harvey L. Smith is to the identity of what he terms on trial for the murder of Mrs. “junk” found in a lime grave near Genevieve Stults. Robert E. I Elkhart, but which the state as-

'Friendly'Bandit Gives Cigaret to Bank ‘Boss'During Holdup

Businesslike Robbers Take Time for ‘Repartee’ as They Work. The bandits who looted the Irvington State bank today were smokers and showed a sympathetic feeling for a fellow smoker without a cigaret. Some of the bandits smoked cigars and some cigarets during the holdup. While the employes and customers were being held under guard as one of the bandits looted the vault and cages, the telephone rang. The bandit leader directed Ted M. Campbell, manager, to answer. As Campbell reached for the phone, he noticed the lighted cigaret one. of the bandits had put down by the phone. "Do you mind if I smoke that?” asked Campbell. “Naw, go ahead,” answered the bandit. So Campbell smoked as he answered the call and informed the party calling he had gotten the wrong number. Three or four customers came in the bank as the holdup was in progress. They were taken in charge by the bandit leader, who stood just inside the door. One customer entered after all the others had been put into the vault, as the bandits were leaving. The robbers delayed their departure to put the late comer in the vault, too. No money was taken from customers. Keeps His Money James Dinsmore, clerk for Merrill’s drug store, across the street from the bank, came in while the holdup was in progress, carrying SIOO in cash and checks in his left hand. "Is that money insured?” one of the bandits asked Dinsmore. "No,” Dinsmore gulped. "Well, stick it in your pocket and sit down here,” indicating the floor —"you are too tall.” "One of the bandits came in and asked me the price of travelers’ checks,’’ said J. L. Moffett, teller. “I quoted him some prices. "He said: ‘That’s pretty high. I replied ‘That’s about the regular price all over town.’ “The bandit then ejaculated: •Well, by . . . you’d better stick ’em up,’ and shoved a sawed-off shotgun through the window into my face. He Changed His Mind "I was too paralyzed to move, thining he was drunk. At that a second bandit who had come into the cage shoved a gu ninto my ribs and said, ‘get the hell out of this cage right away with the rest of the people.’ I got out.” Edward Mulvaney, bookkeeper, said one of the bandits commanded him to sit on the floor. “ ‘I won’t do it,’ I said,” said Mulvauey. "But I’ll sit on this guy’s lap.” "Another bandit, busy with some of the other victims, turned toward the bandit who was covering me for a moment and remarked menacingly: ‘No. Crack him on the head!’ He spoke out of the corner of his mouth. "I flopped down on the lap of the nearest person. I don't know who he was. and the bandits let me alone after that.” Miss Margaret Askren, R. R. 9, Box 480, note teller, said she thought the bandit who told her to "stick 'em up" was fooling until the hard glaint in his eye over the barrel of his gun convinced her otherwise and she rapidly moved to the front of the bank to join the other victims. Husky. So Te Gets Scat A. R. Martmer. 5842 East Washington street, one of the customers, enjoyed a seat during the holdup because of his husky build. Jammed into the enclosure where the victims were held with the others, he was crowded so close to the bandit leader ner.r the. door j that he brushed the bandit's sleeve. The bandit looked him over and commented. "You're too husky to stand so close. You sit down.” The leader then made one of the other victims stand up so Martmer could sit down. STARK BIBLE SPEAKER Judson L. Stark. Marion county prosecutor, will speak before the Bible Investigation Club. Wednesday night at the Y M. C. A. The address will follow a bean supper at 6 p. m. in the auditorium. Admits Spanking Needed B a Tunes Special MUNCIE. Ind.. Jan. B—Charles Burden, negro, escaped prosecution on a charge of spanking his stepdaughter when she admitted she deserved the punishment.

SEEK ELECTION TO FARMBOARB Fair Officials Here for Annual Meeting. With the gathering of county fair officials to attend the Indiana Association of County and District Fairs at the Claypool today, interest centered in the annual battle for membership and offices on the state board of agriculture. Meeting to elect board members is scheduled for the house of representatives at 10 a. m., Wednesday and reorganization of the board will take place in the afternoon. Five members of the board are up for re-election or retirement. Eight customarily are chosen. This year the Governor has appointed three members. Levi P. Moore, Rochester, retires as president and it is predicted that his successor will be E. D. Logsdon, Indianapolis, now vice-president. There is a possibility that John R. Nash, Tipton, may try for the position, or contest the vice-presi-dency with C. Y. Foster, Carmel. Those up for re-election or retirement are: Roy E. Graham, Franklin; O. L. Reddish, Wavcland; Russell G. East, Shelbyville; Edgar E. Phillips, Walton and Foster, BURGLAR SENTENCED Gets 1 to 10 Years for 25 Crimes Here. Charles Samuels, 29, of Portland, Ore., who was changed with twentyfive burglaries in Indianapolis, was sentenced one to ten years at the state prison for burglary and received a similar sentence for larceny. The sentences are to run concurrently. Criminal Judge James A. Collin? enfranchised Samuels for five yearn Samuels, according to prosecutors, has served sentences in Jeffersonville, Ind.; Walla Walla, Wash., and Newcastle, Penn. Others sentenced were: Arlie Howard, 19, one to ten years, state farm, for burglary; Thomas Moore. 21, one to ten years, state reformatory, for vehicle taking and Arthur Oliver, 17, four months, state farm, for vehicle taking.

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serts is what remains of Mrs. Stults’ body. Bert Snyder, Elkhart county sheriff, is constantly at Smith’s side during trial sessions as a guard.

Dry Threat By Times Special ALEXANDRIA, Ind., Jan. B. City officials here are opposed to the practice of consumers who let water faucets run almost continuously, to prevent freezing. They say the practice is costly to the municipally owned plant and have warned that persons found restorting to it will suffer loss of service. It is also pointed out that pressure is cut down when numerous faucets are open, which would be a handicap in firefighting.

STATE BLOCKS WOMAN JURY Northcott Defense Loses Move for Mixed Panel. By United Press RIVERSIDE, Cal., Jan. B.—Norbert Savay, chief of defense counsel for Gordon Stewart Northcott, accused “murder farm” slayer, abandoned today his attempt to place women in the jury which will hear Northcott’s trial. Savay announced that when the trial was resumed today he would accept the twelve men impaneled Monday. Savay had argued vigorously to unseat a large number of alleged “unfavorable” jurymen and replace them with women. He said he feared the state intended to wait until he had exhausted his twenty peremptory challenges and then select its jwn jury. The state contested Savay’s demand on the ground the prosecution would submit evidence of alleged “murder farm” abuse that would be unfit for a woman to hear. Savay challenged a special panel of veniremen, charging that Deputy Sheriff Charles Worcester, who served the subpoenaes. bore enmity toward Northcott. The objection was overruled by Superior Judga George R. Freeman after both Northcott and Worcester had testified. Gary Church, to Be Rebuilt Bu United Press WHEATON, 111., Jan. B.—The Elber.t H. Gary Memorial Methodist church of Wheaton, destroyed by fire early Monday, will be rebuilt.

FARM BUREAU TO FIGHT BILLS RAISING TAXES - Directors Outline Proposals for Legislation at Conference. Determined to fight any legislation which would entail an increase in the state tax levy, now 23 cents, was reiterated as the policy of the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation as directors went into their first quarterly conference here today. All measures carrying appropriations or salary increases which would be reflected in a tax increase will be opposed vigorously as adding to the farmers’ burden, said Lewis Taylor, first vice-president of the federation and head of its tax and legislation department. “The man who goes into the legislature this session and wants more money will have to show us a means of raising it without a tax Increase,” Taylor declared. “The farmer simply cannot stand it.” Directors were to discuss with Taylor the bureau's legislative program as disclosed by questionnaires sent legislators last fall. Setting out Its own position on four questions, the federation is on record as: 1. Favoring repeal of the 1927 act which permitted cities, towns and townships that have reached their limit of indebtedness, to contract with "holding corporations” for the rental of buildings. 2. Favoring ratification of the income tax amendment and its submission to the voters at a special election. 3. Opposing repeal of the primary law, but favoring amendments which would strengthen it. 4. Favoring a law that would compel use of utilities’ value for rate-

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Rumor Opera Star to Marry Director

Girl Singer Denies Hint of Romance With Conductor. Bu United Press CHICAGO, Jan. B.—Engagement of Marion Claire, 24-year-old star of the Chicago Civic Opera and Henry C. Weber, 28, youthful operatice conductor, was rumored here today. Miss Claire, appearing for her first season in America, denied the rumor, but her statement was unconvincing. She is a Lake Bluff (111.) girl. “Please, we don’t want to say anything for publication so soon,” she said. "We are both very young and very busy.” Miss Claire was married to Wesley Behel at the age of 19, but was divorced while studying abroad.

making purposes as the basis so taxation. Taylor professed alarm at the deficit, growing yearly, in school aid. This deficit has grown to $966,239 in thirty-nine state-aid counties in the years 1926-’27, 1927-’2B and 1928’29, he said. Os this deficit, $442,635 is chargeable to the current school year. "Something must be done to finance the schools in these counties,” Taylor asserted, "but we will oppose any tax increase to provide it. It may be done through a gasoline tax increase or by some other special tax.” Possibility of seeking a state tax on the consumers of electric current is being studied by Taylor, who said he might discuss it with federation directors. The suggestion for such a tax, he said, came from findings

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of the attorney-general of Pennsylvania in a utilities investigation. “For all purposes," Taylor said, “Indiana consumed 182,000,000 kilowatt hours of electric current in the month of November. A tax of 1 mill per kilowatt hour on this current would have given the state $182,000 of revenue in that one month alone. “Such a tax, or even a fraction of 1 mill, would return enough money to square up our school shortage without being a burden to anybody,” he argued. Aged Man Dies at Auto Wheel By Times Special PERU, Ind., Jan. B.—Floyd Tillett, 77, dropped dead at the wheel of his automobile while driving to this city from his farm. His wife took the wheel and completed the trip. He was a victim of heart disease.

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‘WITCH’RITES ‘ FIND WAY INTO MURDER TRIAL Accused Man’s Brother Brings issue Into York (Pa.) Case. Bu Vnilcd Press YORK. Pa., Jan. B.—Admission that witchcraft played a part in the murder of Nelson Rehmeyer was made here today at the trial of John Blymer, accused of the killing. Clayton Hess, brother of Wilbur Hess, who has been jointly indicted with John Curry. 14. and Blymer in the death, testified on events the night of the murder. He took the trio to Reymeyer’s house, he said. Rehmeyer had told him, he admitted, that “we must go down and get some of Rehmeyer’s hair because he has a spell on your father and mother and when we get the hair we will have to bury it eight feet in the ground.” The state has been attempting to keep the witchcraft angle out of the trial. Two days after the murder. Hess testified, he talked with Blymyer, who said that, “he was to blame for it all and he hoped if they got anyone for it they didn’t get us boys.” David Vanover told of finding Rehmyer’s body. His testimony and that of Dr. William C. Langston, coroner’s representative who examined the body, indicated that an attempt had been made to burn the house down after Rehmeyer had been killed. Bloodstained clothing and pieces of broken furniture with which Rehmeyer was struck were introduced as evidence.