Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 261, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 March 1929 — Page 9

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BOOZE HIGHER, HARD TO GET, OFFICIALS SAY Drastic Jones Law Throws Fear Into Bootleggers, Deputy Asserts. PENALTIES ARE HEAVY Courts Will Give Strong Jolts, Declaration of District Attorney. Liquor is harder to obtain and more expensive in Indianapolis since the Jones law, providing drastic penalties for liquor violations, went into effect, James G. Browning, acting deputy dry administrator, said today. “The law has thrown a chill into the bootleggers,” he said. “They know they can get five years and SIO,OOO fine for the first offense, and without a single prosecution thus far under the law, which became effective March 2, it has had the effect of slowing up activities of bootleggers.” The law will result in heavier penalties for all classes of violations, George R. Jeffrey, new district attorney, declared. •Regardless of the maximum penalty, a court always gives lesser offenders less than the maximum, to have an jolt left for the worst offenders,” Jeffrey explained. Minimum Is Same ‘‘With maximum penalties increased to five years, a federal court judge may increase greatly the sentence for the average offender, without making it so high that there will be nothing extra for the flagrant violator.” Minimum penalties remain the same. Under the Jones law, possession and conspiracy are the only offenses where the maximum penalty is not increased to SIO,OOO and five years. Possession remains an offense punishable with a maximum fine of SSOO and no sentence, for first offense, while conspiracy penalty remains unchanged, with a maximum of two years and SIO,OOO. The new law probably will eliminate the necessity of using the conspiracy statute so frequently, Jeffrey said. Under the old law, maximum penalty, on first offense, for manufacture and sale of liquor was SI,OOO fine or six months or both, with a fine of from S2OO to $2,000, and imprisonment from one month to five years for second or subsequent offense. Penalties Go Higher Transportation and possession were punishable only, on first offense, with a maximum fine of SSOO and no jail sentence, and on second offense a fine of from SIOO to SI,OOO and a maximum of ninetydays, with a fine of not less than SSOO, together with a sentence of from three months to two years, for third offense. Under the Jones act, manufacture, sale, transportation, importation and exportation are punishable even on first offense with a maximum fine of SIO,OOO and sentence of five years. The bill makes provision for discrimination between degrees of offenses with the provision: “That it is the intent of congress that the courts, in imposing sentence hereunder, should discriminate between casual or slight violations, and habitual sales of intoxicating liquor, or attempts to commercialize violation of the law.” Will Relieve Juries Under the new law, possession of liquor will be the only charge on which defendants can be prosecuted on bills of information, in which the defendant signs an affidavit against himself and receives his sentence without awaiting grand jury action. The law permits filing of a bill of information only on charges where the maximum penalty provided is one year or less. But few cases have been handled in this manner in federal court here, but the district attorney’s office is understood to have arranged only recently with the court to file more such bills, in an effort to relieve the grand jury of minor liquor cases and permit it to spend more time on other matters. NEW U. S. PRISON IN OHIO TO HOLD I,ooo* 27 Buildings to Be Erected at Chillicothe in 5 Years. Pjt United Press WASHINGTON, March 21.—Accommodations for a minimum of 1,000 prisoners will be available at the Chillicothe (O.) federal reformatory when the present building program has been completed within the next four or five years, .he justice department said today. Plans call for erection of twentyseven buildings, including eight shops and six dormitories of brick colonial design. Building operations will begin soon. Five Admit Robberies Bu United Press CROWN POINT. Ind., March 21. —Confessions that they had participated in a burglary in Lowell was obtained from members of a gang of five held in the county jail here as suspects of a series of robberies in Lake, Newton and other counties, police announce. Tom Mooney of Chicago, one of the gang, admitted his part first, police said," and the others then confessed.

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Georgia Hale to Be Chaplins Third Wife, Hollywood Hears

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SPRING STREET REPAIRBEGINS Asphalt Plant Reopened to Speed Work. Spring patching of city streets was begun by the street repair department today, with the reopening of the city asphalt plant, New York and the Nickel Plate railroad. Repair of downtown streets was first. The workmen are expected to continue patching downtown chuck holes for a month or so, depending on weather. Four gangs will start in the outskirts as soon as the business district is taken care of. Edward Rochat, street repair superintendent, will increase his force from twenty to 120 men within a few days. City council, appropriated $60,000 of the gasoline tax fund for improved street repair Monday night. City Engineer A. H. Moore said about $1,500 was saved on SIO,OOO worth of asphalt by buying before the season opened. “We hope to pay for the cost of a $5,800 portable asphalt machine we will buy through savings in material and labor the first year,” said Moore. “We can operate the year round with this small plant and save the cost of hauling from the plant to remote sections of the city. This will enable us to make real repairs in winter instead of the temporary patches,” Moore declared. The city will save $15,000 through operation of its own asphalt plant this year, Moore estimated. PLAN SCOUT EVENTS Announce Program for Annual Observance. Program for the annual Boy Scout week from March 31 to April 6, has been announced by F. O. Belzer, Indianapolis Scout executive. The Rev. Homer C. Boblitt will talk on “In The Land of the Esquimaux” at a mass meeting on Easter Sunday. Monday a swimming carnival will be held at the Hoosier Athletic Club. Tuesday evening a father and son dinner will be held at the Central Christian church. Gunner Berg of New York, will talk. Civic day will be observed Wednesday. A theater party will be held at the Indiana Thursday and a parade of all Scout troops is scheduled. Friday and Saturday, will be devoted to a Scout exposition at Tomlinson hall. LA FOLLETTE STATUE IS PLACED IN CAPITOL Famous Progressive Will Stand Among Heroes. Bu Times Special WASHINGTON, March 21. “Fighting Bob” La Follette is taking his place among the nation’s other heroes in statuary at the Capitol. Workmen have toiled for several ,days to put the ten-ton statue in its place. Carved by Jo Davidson, famous American sculptor, La Follette is posed seated, with his hands on the arms of his chair and an intent expression on his face. Well tc the center of the big room, the statue will front the life-like speaking pose of Henry Clay* When the statue has been placed, it will be wrapped in an American flag for the unveiling ceremony, which will probably be about April 25. PHYSICIAN TO SPEAK Medical Society to Hear Talk by Professors. Dr. Virgil H. Moon, professor in the Jefferson Medical college and hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., will address a dinner meeting of- the Indianapolis Medical Society at the Athenaeum Tuesday. Dr. Moon formerly was professor of pathology at the Indiana university school of medicine in this city. * Dr. E. B. Mumford and Dr. Ste- | phen A. Douglas, superintendent of j Sunnyside sanatorium, will speak at | a tuberculosis meeting Tuesday, ! April 2, at the Athenaeum.

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Georgia Hale . . . will she be Charlie Chaplin’s third wife?

But Charlie Says 'We’re Just Good Friends/ to Rumor Mongers. BY DAN THOMAS NEA Service Writer HOLLYWOOD, Cal., March 21. Will Georgia Hale become the next Mrs. Charles Spencer Chaplin? Perhaps, and then again perhaps not. A few months ago Hollywood was full of rumors to the effect that Miss Hale would become the third wife of the comedian. Both Charlie and Georgia emphatically denied all such stories. But Georgia was the only girl Chaplin would see during his recent illness. Officials at the Chaplin studio still deny that there is any chance of the comedian and actress ever becoming engaged, despite the fact that Georgia spent many hours at his bedside. Wanted to See Georgia Nobody was allowed to see Charlie largely because he didn’t want to see anybody. But he did want to see the girl who was his leading lady in “The Gold Rush.” And her chief concern since Charlie was taken home from the studio sick a few weeks ago has been his welfare. “To say that we are engaged or ever will be married is absolutely unfair,” declares Chaplin. “We are just good friends, nothing more.” Maybe so—but then, even good friends have been known to marry. Pathetic in Illness Charlie, known as one of the lonesomest figures in the movie hamlet, was almost pathetic in his illness. Alone in his hilltop mansion, he saw nobody except Miss Hale, his nurse, Dr. Cecil Reynolds, his physician and Alfred Reeve, his studio manager. Few people in Hollywood, supposedly his friends, even showed sufficient interest to inquire about his condition. The only visible note of concern was on the part of newspaper reporters and his studio “family.” Fans are Anxious Not so with his millions of fans throughout the world, however. No sooner had the wires broadcast the news c. nis critical condition, than letters, telegrams and cables started pouring in by the thousands expressing regret and the hope that he would soon recover. Although he will not make any reference to it, I think one of the most discouraging incidents of Charlie’s entire illness was the fact he never heard a word from his former wife, Lita. There wasn’t even a wire saying that his two small sons wished him a speedy recovery. SEEK VENUE CHANGE % % ——— Miners to Ask Judge to Transfer Case. Attorneys for the United Mine Workers of America this afternoon were to try to convince Superior Judge Linn D. Hay that a change of venue should be taken from him in the injunction case brought against the union by Edwin D. Logston, receiver of the Knox Consolidated Coal Company. Petition for the change was filed late Wednesday and Henry Warrum, union attorney said he file a plea in abatement, prior to the hearing this afternoon. The petition was signed by James H Terry, president of district No. IT of the mine workers’ organization, and averred that “a fair and impartial trial could not be obtained in the court.” HEADS MASONIC CLASS Charles Benedict President of Scottish Rite Unit. Charles P. Benedict, past master of Mystic Tie lodge No. 398, F. and A. M., 4 was elected president of the first section of the farewell class of the Scottish Rite Wednesday night at the cathedral, 29 South Pennsylvania street. • Other officers are the Rev. Edward Haines Kistler, pastor of the Fairview Presbyterian church, first vicepresident and chaplain: Dr. R. O. McAlexander, second vice-president; I James W. Lampkin. historian: John j Paul Ragsdale, orator; Ross E. Cof- | fin, treasurer, and Carl D. Patterson, secretary. * ' •

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1929

THIEVES GLEAN RICHJjARVEST Several Hundred Dollars Stolen in Homes. Prowlers, busier than usual Wednesday night, stole a variety of articles from several homes and parked cars. One thief was surprised by Mrs. Arthur Eads, 441 Parkway avenue, who returned to her home at 9 p. m. to find it ransacked. The burglar flashed a light in her face, made a threatening gesture, and fled. He took only a few household articles. Clothing valued at more than SIOO, a watch worth S3O, and $1.50 in cash was the loot of a thief who entered the home of Lewis Reiseis, 1423 South East street. A microscope valued at SBO was stolen from a laboratory at Butler university, the third instrument taken there in the last two months. Thieves took SSO and two children’s banks from the home of Mrs. Blanche Johnson, 1916 Park avenue. Mrs. Malinda Taylor, 1204 West Market street, reported to police that her former home in Beech Grove had been looted of clothing and household articles valued at more than S2OO. An expensive coat and suit were stolen from the parked automobile of Mrs. Edith Cates, 1622 Rembrandt street. Three rings, valued at S2OO, were taken from the washroom of a downdown theater, where they had been left by Mrs. A. E. Butler of Muncie. ARTIST-NO PAINT! William Forsyth Gives Talk at P. T. A. Meeting. William Forsyth, Irvington artist, was scheduled to demonstrate the intricasies of painting and “how an artist works” before the ParentTeachers Association of School 85, Wednesday. He did—in all naturalness—for as he set his easel on the platform of the school auditorium he remarked that he absent-mindedly had forgotten his most important tube cf paint—white. While he drew preliminary lines of a scene cn Pleasant Run creek for the audience a messenger scurried to his home for the missing tube. > The paint on his palette at last Forsyth with a naive smile said to his audience, “That’s just like an artist. If my wife had been home she’d made sure that I had everything before I came here.” The audience lauched with him and gave approbation by hand applause at the conclusion of his lecture for his homely, understanding talk.

Boys Fail to Rescue Oldest Lifer From Cell

Jesse Pomeroy

CALL PARLEY ON BUILDINGS FORMAL Extent of Construction to Be Decided Next Week at Conference. BOND ISSUE IS SOUGHT Entire Program Expected to Cost $1,500,000, Officials Say. Extent of the city hospital building program will be decided next week at a conference between councilmen and health board members. Date for the meeting has not been fixed. Architects for the health board are expected to have complete plans ready for presentation to council within a few days. The board of health will ask council for a bond issue to pay costs of anew power plant, laboratory, outpatient building, and ward units. Whether the city will build one or two ward units at this time will depend upon the amount of money available, Dr. Frederick E. Jackson declared. Although architects have not completed preliminary estimates of costs, it is understood the program will total about $1,500,000. It is proposed to erect two six-story ward units, each accommodating 220 beds. One of the units may be built later, if council deems wise. Six-Story Unit Preferred Dr. Christopher Parnell, hospital consultant, recommended the sixstory type units instead of the present lateral type units. Robert Frost Daggett, architect, is preparing plans for the power unit and laboratory. The power unit will be located west of the present hospital, in the vicinity of the Riley hospital power house. It is proposed to locate the outpatient and laboratory unit west of the present surgery. Quarters for an extensive research department are to be provided. An Indianapolis institution is understood to have agreed to furnish the equipment for an extensive research division if the type structure is in keeping with the plan. Health authorities would not comment on the proposal. Vonnegut, Bohn & Miller, architects, are preparing specifications for the wards. They will be located south of the main part of the hospital, available to the surgery and service units. It is understood the city will receive about $50,000 bequeathed city hospital by Mrs. Margaret Snow, of Washington. The American Securities and Trust Company, executor of the will, has notified the city health board that the money will be available after May. The will specified that it may be used in erecting a dispensary. Money Left in Will The board instructed Attorney Howard Caughran to study provisions of the bequest and determine whether the money can be used in connection with the building program. Under the terms of the will of her mother, Mrs. Susan W. Butler, widow of John M. Butler, attorney, the death of Mrs. Snow will make available about $34,000, which was left as an addition to the bequest of John Morris Butler, her son, to the city hospital for a dispensary. The sum has been held in trust by the Union Trust Company because the amount was not sufficient for the purpose intended. The city hospital also was made beneficiary of the will of the late James A. Lane, bequeathing Hamilton county farm lands to the city, the proceeds to be used for city hospital. The health board has available SIO,OOO, a like sum, as stipulated! in the will. The farm holdings have not been sold because of the value of land at present. BOY ROBS AGED WOMAN Purse Snatcher Knocks Victim Down With Bike, Gets $7. Knocked down by a youthful purse snatcher’s bicycle in the 300 block on East Thirteenth street Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. J. M. Donahue, 70, of 1026 Central avenue, was robbed of $7. She was bruised slightly. Her assailant was described as a youth of 17.

Organization Abandons Effort to Free Him From Prison. Bu United Press BOSTON, March 21.—Jesse Pomeroy, believed America's oldest lifer in point of service, today had lost whatever chance he had of securing his freedom through the efforts of the Chicago Boys’ Brotherhood Republic. That organization, which had planned to send a committee here next month to work for Pomeroy’s release, has abandoned its campaign, according to word received here. , Pomeroy, now confined to Charlestown state prison, has spent more than half a century behind the bars for the murder of two boys. He was sentenced in 1876.

Wins Snow-Tropics Race

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Miss Joyzelle Joynier, shown here as she stripped off her Eskimo suit at Arrowhead Hot Springs, Cal., was one of the winners in the novel snow-to-tropics race in which Los Angeles girls and boys dashed from the snowy slopes of Los Angeles county park to a warm plunge in the pool. The winners accomplished the marathon in an hour and four minutes. Beneath their heavy furs they wore bathing suits. The race was a preliminary 'event to the snow sports carnival directed by the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce.

Irvington Mothers Vote to Spank NowandThen

BY ARCH STEINEL IRVINGTON’S Johnnys and Marys will need extra cushions to sit on following a conference of a group of mothers of the Parent-Teacher Association of School 85, Wednesday, on the question, “To spank or not to spank.” The axiom, “spare the rod and spoil the child,” was tossed into the discard, when the mothers, admitting spankings in their own ’teen age, agreed that a stinging palm rebuke or a switching with “ye old hickory” in ages beiow 8 years was frequently necessary. “Fewer and Better Punishments” was s he subject of the group meeting led by Mrs. Sydney Brown, 5817 Beechwood avenue.

But after a roundelay of discussion which handed left-handed slaps at punishment by putting to bed without suppers, scaring children by threatening them with “bogeymen,” cops, and dark clothes closets, it was held that spankings depended on the individuality of the child. “How many here were spanked when they were young?” asked Mrs. H. B. Fonda, 5833 Dewey street. Every hand in the room was raised—and eagerly—. Fathers came in for “digs,” when almost half of 'the women present admitted, “we can’t stand to see our husbands whip our children.” They agreed that the dads might have a better moral effect with their punishment, but that—” I don’t want him whipping one of my youngun’s. I can do that.” After mulling over the don’t list, some were suggested: Use isolation from other children for punishment. Deprive them of the things they desire, but do not actually need, i Use firmness of character in punishing a child, whether it be with a switch or another method. If you switch, don’t let it be before 2 years of age or after 8 years. JUNE WEDDING RITES FOR LINDY AND ANNE Expected to Fly to Mexico City Several Times Before Ceremony. Bu United Press MEXICO CITY, March 21.—Miss Ann Morrow and Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh will be married some time in June, it was said in official circles here today. Lindbergh is expected to make one or two flights to Mexico City before June, In order, it is sad, to fix the exact date and place ~i the ceremony. Meanwhile Miss Morrow’s trousseau is being prepared and it is understood it will be ready by the end of May. EDUCATORS MEET TO BATTLE PROPAGANDA Plan Regulations Against Power Influence in Schools. Bu Times Special WASHINGTON, March 21.—Steps to formulate regulations to enable public school authorities to cope with propaganda in text books or school courses will be taken here next week by a special committee of the National Education Association. The committee, which is made up ten prominent educators, was appointed to survey school conditions last year following disclosures before tte federal trade commission in its public utility investigation. Although the educators have not completed their survey, sufficient progress has been made to warrant a meeting to consider regulations, according to Dr. J. W. Crabtree, secretary of the N. E. A.

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PICK HOSPITAL AIDS Dr. Jesse Martin Renamed Chief Physician. Dr. Jesse Martin, chief house physician and assistant at city hospital, was reappointed for another year by the board of health Wednesday night. New members of the staff were appointed on recommendation of Dr. William A. Doeppers, superintendent. All have completed a year’s internship. Those named: Dr. John Philo Emhart, Dr. Clayton Hathaway and Dr. Mathias S. Mounts, surgery staff; Dr. Otis M. Wilson, chief of ear, nose and throat staff; Dr. I. J. Kwitney, Dr. Roy B. Robertson and Dr. W. D. Mackey on the medical staff. ASK AIDJOR SOUTH Red Cross Collects Sums for Flood V'ctims. Contributions for relief of southern .flood victims are being received by the Indianapolis chapter, American Red Cross, following a message from James L. Fieser, acting national chairman, to William Fortune, local chapter chairman. The Red Cross is not making a national appeal at this time, attempting to raise money in the states affected, but is accepting voluntary contributions to chapters in other states. Contributions may be sent to chapter offices, 777 North Meridian street, and should be made payable to Frank D. Stalnaker, treasurer. SERVICES ARE HELD FOR DRUG OFFICIAL William A. W’oods Passes After Brief Illiness. Funeral services were held at 2:30 this afternoon for William A. Woods, 56, of 2139 College avenue, who died Tuesday after a short illness. Mr. Woods was secretarytreasurer of the Quality Drug Stores, Inc. The services were held at the home of a sister, Mrs. G. O. Huffman, 3850 College avenue. Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery. Mr. Woods was bom in Hendricks county, near Clayton. He attended school in Lebanon and later came to Indianapolis. He had lived in this city twenty-five years. He was a member of the Broadway Methodist Episcopal church, Odd Fellows, Ned Men, Rebekahs and Haymakers. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Myrtle E. Woods; two sisters, Mrs. Huffman and Mrs. Alonzo Brookshire and a brother, Otis L. Woods, all of Indianapolis. _

LANG WILL BE STAR WITNESS IN BOND FIGHT Claim for $60,000 Will Be Presented April 22 in . Vincennes Court. BANK WILL NOT REOPEN Conditions in Sullivan Are Regarded as Too Unfavorable. Bu Times Special SULLIVAN, Ind., March 21.—Interest in efforts to clear up Sullivan county’s tangled banking situation will be centered In Vincennes April 22, when in Knox circuit court William Abbott of Spencer will present his claim for return, of $60,000 worth of Liberty bonds from the closed Citizens Trust Company. James M. Lang, 72, president of the trust company, who returned to Sullivan Monday night after being a fugitive for more than a year on a charge of forging $15,000 in notes, is expected to be the star witness in the Abbott hearing. Lang asserts he returned the bonds to Abbott. Regardless of the outcome of the case, Ben C. Crowder, receiver for the company, believes there Is scant chance that the concern will be reopened. Many Hope for Reopening With return of Lang—“ Uncle Jimmy” to hundreds of county residents—many depositors expressed hope that the bank would be reopened. But Crowder points out that the city already has two banks; that three others in the county are closed, and that industrial conditions are bad, due to idleness in the coal mining industry. Lang’s testimony at Vincennes is not expected to disclose any great volume of evidence regarding the Sinclair oil stock phase of the county banking situation. He declares he never dealt in the stock and that his sole connection with oil was represented in small sums for “wild cat” drilling ventures. The next court move in the situation will be at Newport March 28, when a list of assets of Jessup F. Bolinger, president of the closed First State Bank of Shelburn, is filed by his attorney, Lee F. Bays, with Everett Davidson, federal referee in bankruptcy. Grand Jury to Report Bankruptcy proceedings against Bolinger, who is serving a term in Indiana state prison in Michigan City, after confessing to a forgery charge, were involuntary. Estimates of Bolinger’s forgeries of notes run as high as $200,000. The Sullivan county grand jury will report April 15 on its probe of the situation, including the fatal shooting of Edgar D. Maple, vicepresident of the People’s Bank at Sullivan. Lang, facing a eharg > of forging $15,000 in notes, will not be tried before the May term of the Sullivan circuit court, unless he asks for an earlier hearing, Prosecuting Attorney Jesse Bed well announces. Business Staggers On In the meantime, business throughout the county is going on as best it can under the circumstances. Many residents have money in closed banks. As yet no estimate has been made of what percentage of deposits, if any, will be paid. “I don’t know whether I have even a dime left,” is an oft-heard remark from bank depositors. MRS. D. A. BARGE DIES: BURIAL RITES SATURDAY Mother of Police Sergeant Passes After Two Years’ Illness. Mrs. Dorothy Amanda Barge, 75, mother of Police Sergeant Curtis Barge, died this morning at the police officers’ home, 1603 Villa, avenue. She had been ill two years. Mrs. Barge was born in Green county, Indiana, and lived there until the death of her husband, William Barge, three years ago, when she came to Indianapolis to make her home with her son. Funeral services will be held at the home at 9:30 a. m. Saturday, Burial will be in Worthington, Ind. Besides Sergeant Barge, Mrs. Barge is survived by three grandchildren and three great-grandchil-dren. HOLD RITES FOR ORMAN All City Automobile Dealers at Funeral of Trades Heuc. Attended by all automobile dealers of the city, funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon for John B. Orman, manager of the Indianapolis Auto Trades Association for more than twenty years, who died Monday at Methodist hospital. The Rev. F. S. C. Wicks of the All Souls Unitarian church officiated at services at the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary. The Elks lodge had charge of services at Crown Hill cemetery. Prisoners Still Free Bjj United Press PUTNAMVILLE, Ind., March 21. —Authorities continued search today for three men who escaped from the state farm here by slugging a truck driver and taking his machine. The men are believed to be in a hilly section near here, perhaps traveling by night and hiding by day. The only clew found was the truck, abandoned a short distance from the farm. \~ ~ .