Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 254, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 March 1929 — Page 3

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.CLEAN INDIANA ELECTIONS PUT UP TOJ.ESLIE League of Women Voters Urges Chief Executive to Sign Bill. “If you women want to do something to clean up politics why don’t you start right here in Indianapolis —this is the rottenest place in the state,” Governor Harry G < Leslie today told a delegation supporting the league of Women Voters permanent voter registration bill today. The women had gone back to the Governor’s office a second time in a campaign to push him into signing the registration bill. The Governor strongly has indicated he regards the bill as setting up too cumbersome machinery and that he will pocket veto it. The Governor indicated he resented strongly a statement issued Tuesday by the women declaring: “Shall Indiana have clean elections? The answer lies in the approval or disapproval of the Misener bill, now in the hands of Governor Harry G. Leslie.” It generally was understood, the statement said, that the Governor favored a registration law. Indiana Is one of three states without such law, Texas and Arkansas, the other two, require poll tax recepits as voting qualifications, the statement recounted. ■ It related also how the Misener bill was drafted after long study of registration laws in other states and in co-operatin with the legislative chairmen of the Indiana State Bar Association, the Indiana Farm Bureau, political science experts from Indiana university, Butler university and the University of Wisconsin, and from the foremost Women’s organizations in the state. As drafted, the bill was approved by W. W. Spencer and Fred C. Gause, state election commissioners. “There is but one question involved in the life or death of the Misener bill,” the statement concluded. ‘Shall Indiana have clean elections?’ The answer lies in the approval or disapproval of the Misener bill, now in the hands of Governor Harry G. Leslie.” At the conference. Governor Leslie raised objection to that provision of the Misener bill requiring identification of voters at the polls by signature. Leslie argued this placed an added qualification upon the voteer by statute, contrary to constitutional provisions. “I want a registration law, for the city. We don’t need it in the country,” Leslie told the women. “I think it is essential in the cities. I am sincere in my opposition to that, that it will not do what we all hoped it would do.” Again the Governor argued the proposed plan is too cumbersome, and added: “I want you to bear with me in this. There is no politician back of this, directing me.” - At the close of the conference, he • said he was not ready to say “yes” or “no” to the measure. He extended invitation for another conference, but the league’s representatives indicated they did not plan to confer with the Governor further. GERMANY STIRRED BY GENERAL MOTORS DEAL Trust to Fight American Auto Invasion Is Predicted. By United Press BERLIN. March 13.—The German automobile industry reacted turbulently today to reports of an impurchase of a 76 per cent interest in the German Opel automobile concern by the General Motors Company, at a reported price of approximately $30,000,000. The reported deal is expected to prompt the Ford Motors Company to open a retaliatory campaign forcontrol of the European automobile market. The contract will cause an upheaval in the Gennan automotive industry, financial observers assert, leading to vast mergers and the ultimate birth of an automobile trust to fight foreign motor invasion, principally American. RETURN INDICTED MEN One Held in Pettis Robbery, Other on Army Charge. James Brown, Chicago, under indictment in federal court here in conection with robbery of a postal substation in the Pettis Dry Gods Company Dec. 28, was returned here Tuesday by a deputy marshal. Trial of defendants in the Pettis case has been set for May 7 in federal court. Louis A. Catellier, former shoe repair shop operator at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, also * as returned from Chicago. He is charged with receiving $1,012 from the camp quarter master for repairs to shoes which did not comply with army specifications. Fat Girls! Here’s A Tip for You All . over the world Kruschen Salts Is appealing to girls and women who strive for an attractive, free from fat figure that cannot fail to win admiration. Here’s the recipe that banishes fat and brings into blossom all the natural attractiveness that every woman possesses. Every morning take one quarter teaspoon of Kruschen Salts in a glass of hot water before breakfast. Be sure and do this every morning for "It’s the little daily dose that takes >'ff the fat.”—Don’t miss a morning. The Kruschen habit means that every pavtick of poisonous waste matter and harmful acids and gasses are expelled from the system. 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Actress Is Main Legatee in Second Will of Playwright. Byii United Press NEW YORK, March 13—Laurette Taylor, actress, is the principal legatee in a second will nu de by her late husband, J. Hartley Manners, English playwright. In the earlier and now invoked will, filed a few months ago. Miss Taylor also was the principal legatee, receiving the entire estate, with the exception of an annuity to a sister of the playwright. One neij£ provision is for the payment of SSOO each year for six years to the Royal General Theatrical Fund of England, providing the organization performs two of Manner’s plays, “All Clear” and “God of My Faith,” at its anual benefit, usually held in the Drury Lane theater, London. PAY INCOME TAXES to Remain Open to Midnight Friday. Internal revenue offices will remain open until 12 p. m'. Friday, the final day for paying federal income tax, George L. Foote, collector, announced today. The office has remained open from 7 to 9 p. m. each day this week. Foote said more than 200 more returns had been filed by 4:30 p. m. Tuesday than in the same period last year, and $250,000 more money had been paid in. Total receipts to date were estimated at $1,650,000. The bulk of the payments will be received by mail Thursday and Friday, he said. A long line of income taxpayers waited in the corridors Tuesday and today to make their returns. PLAN WORK ON HALL Ground for Church Building to Be Broken in Week. Work on the new $50,000 auditorium of the St. Peter’s English Lutheran church, 1034 North Temple avenue, will begin next week when ground is broken for the new edifice. The church addition will seat 400. The exterior will be of brick with stone trim in detailed Gothic design. A set of chimes is to be installed later in the auditorium’s tower. The present church building was erected in 1925. The addition will front on Temple avenue with a smaller entrance on Eleventh street. Wilson B. Parker, Indianapolis, is architect of the auditorium with Carl F. Schulheis. Dayton, 0., the contractor. FIVE NEW POLICEMEN APPOINTED BY BOARD Patrolman Fired for Neglect of Duty; Fireman Hired. Five vacancies in the police department were filled today by the board of safety with the appointment of patrolmen. Those named: Willard E. Hawkins. 1236 Eugene street; Fred D. Staggs, 2114 Barth avenue; Fred Swego, 164 Pleasant Run boulevard; Ralph Chambers, 430 North Alabama street, and Chester W. Timmerman, 806 Fletcher avenue. William McCloskey, 731 East McCarty street, resigned from the fire department and Raymond C. Fleetwood, 1634 Arrow avenue, was’reinstated. Otto R. Marischke. 6215 Ashland avenue, was appointed a fireman and Elmer C. Claffey reinstated. Charles Parham, patrolman, was discharged Tuesday after he was found guilty on charges of conduct unbecoming an officer, neglect of duty and inefficiency. Church Glass Unbroken FT. WAYNE, Did., March 13.—A 3x3 foot section of a stained glass window in Trinity Episcopal church here, blown from its setting during a wind storm, w;as found unbroken on the church floor. The glass, imported from England, was placed in the church shortly after its enaction. sixt£-four years aga

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BOMB CHICAGO HOME Leading Sportsman Target of Blast. B.il United Press CHICAGO, March 13.—A powerful time bomb was exploded early today in the doorway of the home of John C. Scbank, president of the Chicago Business Men’s Racing Club. The explosion rocked the exclusive South Shore section and shattered windows in a radius of several blocks. Doors, windows and the marble entrance of the Schank home were demolished. Damage was estimated at; several thousand dollars. None of the Schank family was injured. The blast today marks the second of a series of bombings to/ the Schank home within a year and a half. The first explosion occurred in September, 1927.

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HAAG SLAYING DESCRIBED AT DEATf[ TRIAL State Witness Tells What Happened Behind Back at Green Mill. The state put its star witness on the stand today at the trial of Rupert McDonald, 22-year-old Chicago youth, for the murder of Wilkinson Haag at the Green Mill barbecue, East Thirty-eighth street and Keystone avenue, in May, 1926. A graphic description of how Haag. Indianapolis druggist, was shot and killed when McDonald and Lawrence, also under indictment for the murder, held up the barbecue as Haag was lunching there with Miss Jessie Murphy, now dead, was given the jurors by Martin Critchfield. 2037 North La Salle street. Critchfield was a counter man at the barbecue. McDonald shoved a revolver into his ribs and guarded him most of the time the holdup was in progress, Critchfield said. Hears Shots Fired He heard Ghere ordering Haag to pass over his diamond ring and heard Haag refuse. McDonald, he said, grabbed hold of Haag's coat and threatened him with a revolver in one hand and blackjack in the other. McDonald, however, had backed him against a wall when he heard two shots fired and looked around to see Haag falling to the floor and smoke arising from Ghere’s gun, Critchfield said. Defense Attorney Eph Inman drew the admission from Critchfield that McDonald* gun was pressed against his (Critchfield’s) back when the two shots were fired. Equal Guilt Charged The state admits that Ghere fired the shot which killed Haag, but contends McDonald and Ghere had plotted the holdup in order to steal Haag's SI,OOO diamond ring and that McDonald is equally guilty with Ghere because of his participation in the robbery plot. The defense is expecting to plead that McDonald does not deserve such a heavy penalty as death or life imprisonment as he was not the actual killer. Other witnesses were Arnold Vander, 921 North Tacoma street, and Edward Fentz, 2444 North Olney avenue, who testified to seeing McDonald and Ghere at the Lincoln hotel, where they had a room, about the time of the murder. Threatens to Fine Lawyers Judge James A. Collins ordered attorneys to speed up the case as the court adjouned at noon. He threatened to fine each attorney not in court at 1:30 for the

Dent Dentist By United press NEW YORK. March 13.—J. Mortimer Smokier, a New York cfentist, must pay $19,000 for extracting seventeen teeth of Mrs. Molly Blumlein of Scarsdale a jury has ruled. Mrs. Blumlein charged she wanted one tooth extracted, and the dentist pulled seventeen, failing to remove the one that ayed.

afternoon session $1 a minute for every minute late. A jury to try the case was selected at 3:15 Tuesday afternoon during the thirteenth day of examination after 325 men had been called as prospective jurors. Members of the jury are: Albert C. Maschmayer, R. R. 4, gardener: Albert W. Reasner, 2826 East New York street, creamery employe; Frank A. Irick, 4818 Central avenue, civil engineer; George W. Massey, Greenwood, farmer; William-T. McDonald. 625 North Temple avenue, railroad brake tester; Chester E. Lawson, Oaklandon, railroad repairman; Norman W Jared, R. R. O, farmer; Clifford L. Hollingsworth, R. R. 2, brick mason: Alvin E. Line, R. R. 4, farmer; Edward J. Arszman, Beech Grove, wholesale fruit merchant; Arthur Mayer, 1634 Ringgold street, mechanic, and Henry A. Newborn, R. R. J, restaurant operator. RUMOR GIANT OILJERGER Standard of New York Reported Involved. By United Press NEW YORK, March 13.—The Standard On Company of New York and the Vacuum Oil Company are negotiating for a merger w'hich will bring their combined assets to $1,000,000,000, it was reported today. Neither company would confirm the rumor, but it was learned from other sources that if the consolidation is brought about, three shares of Standard stock would be exchanged for one of Vacuum. Financial experts were agreed that the chief ’obstacle in the way of the merger was the obtaining of government sanction. This is the first Standard Oil consolidation to be reported since the dissolution of the old Standard Oil Company by supreme court decree in 1911. BANKER KILLED IN FALL NEW YORK, March 13.—Malcome Meacham, 45, wealthy banker and real estate promoter was killed instantly today in a fall from his apartment on the eleventh floor at 55 East Seventy-second street. Police said they believed the fall was accidental.

TALK FINANGES OF GAS FIRM'S TRANSFER DEAL City and Company Officials Confer on Stock Redemption. Methods of financing the redemption of the $3,000,000 in common and preferred stock of the Citizens Gas Company and other preliminary steps looking toward enforcement of the city’s right to take claim over and operate the properties were discussed by counsel for the city and utility lawyers at a conference today The formal notice that the city desires to enforce the option on the property in accordance with the 1905 franchise also was discussed. Company Co-Operates It is likely that John W. Holtzman and Fred C. Gause, counsel for the city, will draft the formal demand for the property in a short time. The articles of incorporation provide that the board of public works shall serve a formal legal notice on the utility. With the passage of the “enabling acts” by the Indiana legislature, the remainder of the legal steps in taking over the gas company as provided in the 1905 charter are largely a matter for agreement between the utility and city attorneys. The gas trustees are friendly to the city’s cause and instructed their attorneys to co-operate with the city in working out a suitable plan. Saving to Ee Effected The articles of incorporation and franchise provided for retirement after Aug. 30, 1930, if it is necessary to mortgage the property to retire the stock. The property can be retired immediaely if there is a suffi-

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cient surplus from earnings in the company treasury. The annual financial statement is due to be filed with the public sen-ice commission before Friday. Under the new utility district provision the city can issue bonds and retire the common and preferred stock at any time, at a much lower rate of interest than would be required in mortgaging the property. City council and circuit court have sixty days to certify recommendations to the mayor on the three trustees. The mayor names two. MANAGER CLUB STUDIES PLANS Education Campaign for Voters Outlined. Plans for unifying the voters rather than splitting them into political factions were discussed by the Indianapolis City Manager League executive committee today at luncheon at the Lincoln. The executive committee met to study recommendations of the policy committee which drafted a tentative platform for the fall campaign to elect seven commisisoners. The new city manager form is effective January, 1930. Recommendations of the executive committee will be presented the league directors at a meeting of the board tonight at the Lincoln. There are ninety-four directors, representing all sections of the city. The league is anxious to start the campaign to educate citizens to the need for business like government as early as possible this summer. The representative board probably will select the city manager league’s slate for seven commissioners for the fall election. It is understood that the slate of seven commissioners will be picked from both Republican and Democrats, an effort being made to choose outstanding citizens.

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CORPORATIONS BILL DEFENDED BEFORELESUE Provides Full Check on Utility Mergers, Says Schortemeier. The Streel-Bosson corporation recodification measure leaves “nc loophole whatsoever” for merger of public utilities through perpetual contract, Frederick E. Schortemeier, former secretary of state, told Governor Harry G. Leslie and his legal aids who today were scruitinizing the bill awaiting his signature. Schortemeier headed a. delegation of attorneys and members of the corporation survey commission created by act of 1927 to recodify the state's corporation laws. Their work is represented in the StreetBosson bill and six kindred measures. “No part of the public sendee commission act is repealed.” Schortemeier said. “Every utility, to operate, must get public service commission permission. The charter, which may be perpetual under the recodified laws, can be revoked for violations of the law, and this w-ould be easier under the new act than under the old.” Attorney-General James M. Ogden, who received the bill from the legislature, has stated it might leave a loophole for utility mergers beyond the commission’s control. Governor Leslie indicated he would not act on the measure at once, for he had a stenographic report of the proceedings, which, he said, he would use in the “next two or three days.” Unless the bill is signed by Saturday it will fall of enactment by the “pocket veto."