Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 269, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 March 1929 — Page 1

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RESCUE CHILD \ FROM PRISON, ; STATE PLEADS hundreds of Letters, Wires and Phone Calls Sent to Governor. MANY OFFER TO HELP Thorough Investigation of Bloomfield Girl’s Case Is Ordered. The warm heart of Indiana is touched and letters, telegrams and telephone calls came by the hundreds today to ask of Governor Harry G. Leslie, “just another chance in life” for Daisy Sullivan, 1, of Bloomfield. The girl is under sentence of two to fourteen years in the woman’s prison for forging a $2.80 check. All day Friday and today the Governor's office received offers to aid the girl in a legal way. letters urging her release from prison, and one offer to take her into the home of a manufacturering jeweler of Indianapolis. Even the women’s prison in this city has received many pleas for Daisy’s release. Miss Margaret Elliott, superintendent of the prison, said numerous calls have been received by her. Case Being Investigated Persons interested in the girl from \ the Greene county hill country are I: cquested nut to file their petitions I for her pardon at the woman’s I prison. Miss Elliott does not have j the power to release the girl. I State probation officers and parole 1 a gents, at the direction of Governor | Leslie and the board of trustees of [ the Indiana Woman's prison, are investigating the case of Daisy Sullivan, to determine whether she is deserving of a parole. They expect to report on her case next week. Meantime, Daisy will spend Easter Sunday in the company of attaches at the prison. Miss Elliott said the seven days of isolation enforced on each prisoner would be hf tyf, Sunday to permit her to spend in the company of others. • j Indianans clamor for a new' rlr Daisy, a force of opposition tmors—the same rumors that -,-Aher trial—defend the “jus- > - V'.k gave Daisy a two to four- ’’’ \ sentence for forging a m i •- hJied Partly on Rumors C t was triec * in the cir cuit Iff Greene county on the wfj&MT charge of a $2.80 forged * nd rumors. rumors are: That she forged Mher check for sl2; that she took Spring from a Worthington store approval and did not return it; pmt this girls of the hills—just 18 #went with a boy who now is at jhe state farm; that her behavior jfn Bloomfield “was not of the best; 1 hat she is another small-town Lhatrack.” j in a letter to The Times, Mrs. 11®. F. Chambers, chief probation fcffieer. tells of delinquencies in She says that she was In court when Daisy was sentenced. The judge, who sentenced Daisy, told a Times correspondent, who first investigated, that no one was in court with her. “Personal history reveals that the girl comes from a broken home, the mother died seven years ago; no special supervision of her own sex since that time. Educational advantages have been meager, a lack of ■(suitable clothing making the school "days anything but a joy. “The girl was reared in unsocial surroundings, with low standard of living, physical, educational, moral and religious training, therefore the girl has not reached a correctional on her first offense,” Mrs. Chambers writes. m Mrs. Chambers blamed the girl’s ■father for her alleged moral de■inquincies and upheld the judge. Attorneys Ready to Aid I Excerpt s from letters received by ■The Times from two attorneys who * have interested themselves in Daisy’s case follow: i Russell B. Harrison, attorney—‘‘Right thinking people of this progressive state will agree with you that it is absolutely wrong in principle that a girl who by her forgery nets 20 cents and a bank, looter who nets $150,000 to $200,000 receive the same punishment, two to fourteen years.” “Having been chairman of the Judiciary committee of the general assembly of Indiana for four legislatures. I am volunteering my services to right this wrong,” Harrison writes. Verne C. Chaoman. attorney —“ln i the writer's opinion, this is a case , | that demands tie attention of society and a movement should be started to parole the girl. I am very i busy, but will /nd time to give Ms matter whatever attention is to help place it before jfgHpovernor.’’ •WRT HOLDS ATTACKER TVith Running Faces Jury Action. Blaybrook. Negro. 26. of 621 ;h street, was held to the * ; jK-u-flunty grand jury Friday in iyleourt. Claybrock was r.r'WBSmsday after he was alleged yijjgii®acked a child, chased two p® attempted to gain enwveral homes on the north

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MISSING COLLEGE STUDENTS BODY BELIEVED FOUND

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Corpse Held That of Smith Co-Ed Who Disappeared Year Ago. B.u United Press SPRINGFIELD, Mass., March 30. —Discovery of the nude, decomposed body of a young woman in a deserted field near here may bring to a close the search for Miss Frances St. John Smith, whose disappearance from Smith college more than a year ago created nation-wide attention. Identification of the victim was expected to be completed today when a New York dentist who had done work upon the young college girls’ teeth, arrives here at request of Major Thomas J. Hammond of Northampton, attorney tor the girl’s family. Major Hammond, who viewed the body Friday night at the undertaking rooms where it was taken, expressed the opinion that it was the body of Miss Smith. Due to the long exposure, the sole means of identifying the body lies in the teeth. Silver wires attached to two of the lateral teeth from a silver band were said by a New York denist, whose name is withheld, to be similar to work done on the Smith girl’s teeth. Though the description of the victim given out by Frederick Jones, medican examiner, does not tally completely with Miss Smith’s description. authorities expressed the belief that long immersion in water had changed the body almost beyond recognition. A protruding forehead, which had been one of the most noticeable of the girl’s features, supported Hammond’s belief. Employes of the Merritt Chapman and Scott corporation found the young woman’s body Friday afternoon. They were searching for the body of a fellow worker who was drowned Wednesday morning. The body hung suspended from the branches of a tree about twentyfive feet from the bank of the Connecticut. A piece of blue serge cloth, trimmed with a red tape border, found about the neck, was the only piece of clothing on the body. As far as could be immediately determined, there were no signs of violence before death. It would be impossible to determine the cause of death, medical examiner Jones pointed out. Hourly Temperatures 6 a, m 48 8 a. m 48 7 a. m 48 9 a. m 49 10 a. m 51

GOVERNOR WILL DIRECT FIRE AT DR. KING, FRIENDS STATE

Governor Harry G. Leslie will continue to direct his lightning bolts at the statehouse annex it was rumored at the statehouse today. Persons close to the Governor declare that Dr. William F. King, who nas been state board of health secretary since the late Vice-President Marshall was Governor, may be ousted. Ouster proceedings have already Oeen brought against Director John D. Williams of the state highway departments Hearing is set for 2 p. m. Wednesday, in the annex. The health and highway departments occupy the building jointly. It is directly across from the statehouse on Senate avenue.

Cut Price of Milk in City 1 Cent Retail Buyers to Pay Less Beginning on Monday. Retail price on quarts of milk will be lowered from 13 cents to 12 cents Monday, it was announced today by Carl L. Hedges, manager of the Indianapolis Milk Pool, through James R. Moore, director of information of the Indiana Farm Bureau. The price on pints of milk and cream will remain the same. The agreement of all milk companies was reached several days ago through secret conferences with the milk pool and was not announced until today. The price was raised in October, 1928, and the present cut restores the 1928 level. The prospect of new spring pasture tor farmers was given as a likely cause tor the cut. The distributors absorb the cut. The price of butter fat per pound to farmers was raised in October to 67% cents a pound and dropped to 65 cents a pound Feb. 1, 1929. The butter fat prices to farmers remains unchanged. PORKERS 25 CENTS HIGHER IN YARDS Vealers 50 Cents Lower; Cattle Scarce to Steady. Hogs of 160 pounds and up were mostly 25 cents higher than Friday’s average at the local stockyards today. The bulk of 160-300 pounds brought around $11.75. The top also sold at $11.75. Receipts were estimated at 2,000, and holdovers totaled 500. Cattle were scarce to steady. Vealers were 50 cents lower selling at sl6 down. The sheep and lamb market were quoted steady. Most billings direct. The Chicago hog market opened steady to strong with Friday’s average. Few loads of choice 180-200-pound weights sold at $51.35 to $11.50. Receipts were 4,000. including 2,500 directs, and holdovers numbered 8.000. Cattle receipts were 300; sheep receipts were 4,000.

As is the highway case, it will be up to the board to carry out, or decljne, Leslie’s orders, if he wants King dismissed. Dr. John H. Hewitt, Terre Haute, state senator and staunch Leslie supporter, is said to be considered for the post. Hewitt has conferred with the Governor several times since the senate adjourned. And so has Dr. King. Both declined to discuss the purpose of their visits. Hewit* was one of the chief backj ers of King’s health bills in the senate and they often conferred , during the session, i Two of the four health board

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1929

THREE DEAD, RAINY NIGHT’S TRAFFIC TOLL Man and Woman Struck by Cars; Driver Dies in Crash. AUTO, TRACTOR COLLIDE Son Identifies Mother in Hospital; Charges Are Filed. Three persons are dead here today, the toll of traffic accidents on slippery city pavement, Friday night. The dead: John Siler, 60, of 1246 West Twenty-ninth street, night watchman at the Excelsior laundry. Mrs. Jennie Anderson, 54, of 521 Abbott street, Leo A. Lusk, 36, of Franklin, Ind., insurance broker. Charges of involuntary manslaughter have been lodged against drivers who figured in the fatal accidents to Mrs. Anderson and Lusk, while a similar charge was expected to be filed against George Beckett, 204 East Forty-ninth street, whose car struck Siler at Ft. Wayne avenue and New Jersey street. Crashes Into Tractor Siler was sent to city hospital where he died at 1 a. m. today. Beckett told police he did not see Siler until he was within a few feet of him, because of the rain. Lusk’s neck w r as broken when his car, in which Harry Wright, 27, of Franklin, was a passenger, skidded and crashed into a tractor and trailer at Pennsylvania and South streets. Wright said the tractor and trailer were moving west slowly on South street. When Lusk applied his brakes, his car skidded on the wood block pavement and crashed in between the tractor and trailer. Lusk was thrown out of his car by the impact and died within a few minutes. His father, William Lusk, is near death at his home in Franklin. Relatives feared to notify him of the tragedy. Lusk's mother, widow and three chilren, also survive. Driver Is Held Thessie Bryan, 31, of Kokomo, driver of the tractor, was slated on a charge of involuntary manslaughter, but released on his own recognizance after a ■ police investigation. Charles C. Anderson, 27, 333 South State avenue, driver of the car which struck Mrs. Jennie Anderson at 601 Kentucky avenue where she was walking across the street, was held in lieu of $2,500 bond today. Anderson said he was driving about twenty miles an hour and did not see the woman until too late to avoid striking her. Mrs. Anderson died in the admitting room of city hospital. She was not identified until late Friday night when her son, William Elwood Anderson, went to the hospital and recognized her. Mrs. Anderson had lived in Indianapolis about a year, 1 i is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Richard Silcox, with whom she lived, and Mrs. Rose Britt and the son. WEATHER UNCERTAIN May Be Fair, May Be Rainy Here Snuday. Fair weather and foul are in an Easter race for Indanapolis. From the northwest a fair weather area is advancing. From the southwest is coming an unsettled area. “From the routes they are takng,” said J. H. Armington, head of the United States weather bureau for Indaina, “central Indiana will be just about between the two.” That occasioned the forecast for Indianaoplis: “Partly cloudy tonpht becoming unsettled with probably showers Sunday; not much change in temperature.” ‘•There is not likely to be much precipitation here Sunday,” Armington said. “The prospect is uncertain and we may have some sunshine. Temperatures probably will correspond to those Friday and today, ranging from 40 to 43 degrees Sunday morning and up to 50 degrees or higher, Sunday afternoon.”

members are up for reappointment by the Governor in April. They are Dr. Amos J. Hostetler, Lagrange, April 4, and Dr. James A. Turner, South Bend, April 22. Both are Republicans. It is considered unlikely that Dr. Hostetler will remain. Unlike Williams, who is employed for not definite service term, Dr. King was re-employed by the board on April 14,1927, to hold his position until April 14, 1931. This, however, does not preclude the asking of his resignation at any time. Like Williams a futile attempt was made to oust him during the Jackson administration.

GIRL, 16, NEAR DEATH Victim of Hit-Skip Driver in Critical Condition. Christina Gareloss, 16, of 315 Blake street, is in a critical condition today in the city hospital with a fractured skull. She was taken to the hospital Thursday. She was injured several days ago by a hit-and-run driver and taken to her home. Her condition was not thought serious at the time.

BLAME FOR PRISON FAILURE IS PLACED AT SOCIETY'S DOOR

Convicts’ Pitiful Pleas for Liberty Before Parole Board Bare Tragedy. f BY BOYD GURLEY Editor The Times MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., March 30.—Prsoners do not reform. They come back again and again. They stutter through life. They start in the reformatories and they end in penitentiaries. And they stay in the prison cells. That was the impression that came inevitably after listening to the pitiful pleas of the pitiable convicts whose minimum terms of sentence had expired, appearing Friday night before the parole board. All wanted liberty. Governor Leslie sat with the prison board as the parade of convicts came to repeat again the story of their misfortunes and ask tor just another chance. The one striking fact that presented itself was that of the ninetyseven prisoners whose minimum terms had expired and who were theoretically possible applicants tor release on parole, there were eighty who had started in either other prisons or in reformatories. It was a monotonous story, first the reformatory, then the farm, then the penitentiary. There were those whose list of offenses contained almost a directory of penitentiaries. There were some for whom other warrants were awaiting at the doors of the big house if they should be released. The prison system educates in crime, but there is an exception to criminals. They were the prohibition offenders and they fall easily into two classes. There were foreigners who could hardly speak the language and could not understand that the selling of alcohol might be a crime. The rest were farmers. They were poor, they were hungry. They had planted stills where once they planted corn. They were nard pressed. They were, of course, ignorant. But they were the victims of necessity, men who had families and who made whisky when they could not sell pork. Set aside, too, the sex cases There was a sickening parade of suen oifenders, and in every case the Ciiminal was most patiently weak minded, a Victim of arrested development, with the mind of a boy. They were cases for doctors, not for prison boards. They needed treatment and supervision. To release them was most apparently to menace society. They were the products of society. So apparent was this true that in one case where the offender offered as the basis of his release that he intended to marry the feeble-minded girl who had been the partner of his offense, M. E. Foley turned his sorrowfifl eyes away from the scene and most hopelessly shouted, “send him back, we want no breed of feeble-minded to prey upon society. ‘The result will be more than horrible.” It may be said, without either apology or indictment, that it is Foley who is the hard-boiled member of the board. It may be his training as a lawyer. He frequently was overruled by a vote of John Morrman and Roy Denniston, who protested that men must have a chance. The humanitarians would applaud the courage of Denniston and Moorman in opposing the invectives of Edley. They asked, again and again, that some poor devil who* seemed hopeless be given again that last chance against hope. Not a pleasant picture. It was a confession. The prison system had failed. He had a retort and a defense that may be worth thinking about. “You say that prisons have failed. It may be true. Someone else failed first. You say that our convicts graduated from reformatories. I tell you that they first came from homes. The home failed. They went to a church. The church failed. They went to a school. The school failed. We got them. Why say that we failed?” queries Denniston. Perhaps we would better agree with Denniston that —society fialed. AWARD ROAD CONTRACT Evansville Firm Low Bidder on Highway 50. Globe Construction Company, Evansville, low bidders on 7.049 miles of concrete on U. S. Road 50, in Jennings and Ripley counties, was awarded the contract by the state highway department Friday. The contract price is $143,262.59. Engineers’ estimated the work at $163,586.47. The pavement will begin at a point one mile northeast of Butler* viile and extend to Holton.

3 WHOLESALE HOUSES ARE DAMAGED BY FIRE; LOSS SET AT $350,000

TWO CONGRESS ‘DRYS’ IN NET Os BOOZE LAW Ohio, Illinois Lawmakers Accused of Bringing Rum Into Country. By United Press Two members of congres, both of whom have consistently voted to support prohibition, stood accused today of bringing liquor into the country. A warrant was out tor Representative M. A. Michaelson of the Seventh Chicago district charging him with transporting liquor in Florida, and unless the congressman surrenders today he will b? declared a fugititve from justice. The warrant was issued by federal officials in Chicago. A report filed by two customs officials in New York accused Representatitve William M. Morgan of Ohio of having tour bottles of liquor when he returned Monday on the liner Cristobal from Panama. In Washington Morgan reiterated his denial that he had liquor with him Monday, saying he had never taken a drink of whisky and had always supported prohibition. Renew Booze Charge Bu United Press NEW YORK, March 30.—Two customs men, in an official report filed with superior officers, have reiterated their charge that Representative William M. Morgan, dry congressman from Ohio, had tour bottles of liquor in his luggage when he returned from Panama Sunday. The accusation was made despite repeated denials by Morgan, who said he had never taken a dirnk, did not have any liquor when the liner Cristobal docked here, and had always supported the prohibition law. Declared Liquor? The two customs men are L. E. Crawford and James McCabe. The former examined Morgan’s luggage while the latter watched. They described the incident as follows: “Have you any liquor?” Crawlord asked. “Yes, tour bottles,” Morgan replied.’ The four bottles were taken out and placed on a packing case. Morgan insisted he was on official government business and was entitled to free entry into the port. The congressman insisted he would “take care” of this or that man “when I get to Washington.” Negligence Charged Finally a dfeputy surveyor was summoned, and after Morgan had telephoned customc officials, the deputy surveyor ordered the baggage cleared. The tour bottles were restored to Morgan. Then prohibition guards at the pier charged customs officials had been negligent in allowing the liquor to pass. Asa result it was established that when Morgan telephoned the customs officials he had not mentioned that he had liquor in his luggage. Arrest Is Ordered B.u United. Press CHICAGO. March 30.—Congress- < man M. Alfred Michaelson, maker of laws, was to become a fugitive from justice at 10 a. m. today unless he surrendered before that hour to face charges of possessing, transporting and importing an assortment of fancy liquors in Florida more than a year ago. Michaelson, who is believed to be in Chicago, but so far is unlocated, was ordered arrested Friday by Edwin K. Walker. United States commissioner, for removal to Jacksonville, Fla., where he must stand trial on an indictment voted last October.

TOLD OF SON’S DEATH FATHER ENDS OWN LIFE

Informed of the death of his son, Robert Endicott, 29, of 1942 Winfield avenue, today, Elbert Endicott, 69, shot and killed himself in the back yard of his son’s home. The son, suffering from pneumonia, died at the city hospital Friday night. During the son's illness the father had threatened,” if anything happens to him I’ll kill myself.”

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Four Alarms Call Out Every Company in City but Eight to Fight Spectacular Blaze on South Meridian Street. EXPLOSION IS BELIEVED CAUSE Heat and Series of Blasts Peril Fighters; Paint, Shoe and Rug Firms Fully Covered by Insurance. A spectacular fire of undetermined origin starting early today caused a loss estimated at *5350,000 in three wholesale business houses on South Meridian street. The fire started apparently from an explosion in the basement of the three-story structure of the Central Wall Paper and Paint Company, 127-29 South Meridian street, at 1:50 a. m. Loss there is estimated at about $135,000. Quickly spreading to the Horuff Shoe Corporation, 1-5 South Meridian street, the fire there was checked. Most of the damage to the stock was caused by water. Loss is estimated at $150,000.

2 INJURED BY STOVE BLAST Little Hope Held for Woman to Recover. Mrs. Eugene Arnold, 58, is in a critical state, and her husband, 58, in a serious condition at the Methodist hospital suffering from burns caused by an explosion of a gasoline stove at 6:30 a. m. Little hope was held for Mrs. Arnold’s recovery. The couple was preparing breakfast on the gasoline stove when the supply of fuel ran low. Arnold apparently turned off the fuel in preparing to fill the gasoline tank, but a small flame in the wick ignited the fuel in the can. It exploded throwing flames over the couple and the entire kitchen. Mrs. Wanda M. Richardson, a daughter, and Marvin Rieha<rdson, son-in-law, were aroused from sleep in the next room by screams. They beat out the flames and wrapped Mrs. Arnold in a quilt. Deputy Sheriffs Ollie Mays and Fred Fox were called. Mays and Mrs. Richardson were burned the hands while extinguishing the blaze. A neighborhood physician gave first aid, and sent the couple to the Methodist hospital. Mays and Mrs. Richardson were treated by the physician. SHOT HITS WOMAN Hold Neighbor Who Fired Bullet. Mrs. Lillian B. Callahan, 45, of 919 North Pennsylvania street, was wounded in the arm early ths morning by a rifle bullet that came through the window of her apartment, No. 2, as she lay in bed. S. L. Ross of Apartment 4, which is across the court, admitted firing the shot. He told police he was showing the rifle to a party of friends in the hall when it exploded. He thought the gun was unloaded. Ross was charged with assault and battery. HURT INJARN FIRE Farmer Burned in Attempt to Save Animals. Bt) United Press BLUFFTON, Ind., March 30.—One man was injured seriously, and several thousand dollars in damage caused when fire of unknown origin swept a large barn on the farm of John Sours, near here. The huge structure was in flames when the family was awakened. Ondell Sours was burned about the face and arms when he attempted to save cattle which were in the bam.

One horse, nine head of cattle, fifty hogs, a threshing machine and a large amount of feed was lost.

Today he made good his threat when Charles Fouty, 1225 Haugh street, a friend, told him of his son’s death and attempted to console him. The son is survived by the widow, Mrs. Ida Endicott; and two sons, Robert Jr., 7, and Donald, 2. A dual funeral for father and son may be held Monday. Their bodies were sent to the Roscoe Runkle funeral parlors. *

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Smuck Rug and Carpet Company, 121-23 South street, was damaged $13,000 by smoke. There was a slight! damage to stock in the llibben ' Hollweg Company, 111 Soutlij Meridian street, by smoke and, water. n They were saved from heavy los $ by a three-foot brick fire wall. Lin fi ens on shelves in the basement werj moved by employes to prevent dams , age. M Albert Schad, 3123 McPherscid avenue, a nightwatchman at tllT Hibben-Hollweg Company, discovered the fire. The theory that the fire started from an explosion was strengthen by Schad. “I heard a, crash of glass like two automobiles j colliding. I ran out and saw smok'J coming from the front of the Cen-1 tral Wall Paper Company. I pullecS the alarm box.” Four Alarms Sounded Flames were shooting more than ( half way across Meridian streel j when Battalion Chief John W.J Blackwell arrived less than two minutes after the alarm was sounded. He immediately sounded a second alarm. Assistant Chief Fred C. Kennedy in about two minutes sounded a third and fourth alarm. This brought all except eight companies in the city to the fire. Water was directed from all sides of the burning buildings. The glass in the front windows on the paint company was broken by the initial explosion, and a second series of explosions and Intense heat made fire fighting hazardous. A number of large cans in thp window display were blown out in the street. The fire is thought to have originated in the center of the basement where the paint was stored, according to Lieutenant John Doyle of fire station, No. 13, one of the first to arrive. Stock Fully Insured The stock ot the paper and paint company is fully insured for tflL $135,000 loss, said E. L. OsborH president. There will be little saH vage. He agreed with another theoVjl that the fire started from delecfiJß wiring. He pointed out that it wflH eight years and two months sinfl| another fire caused a similar lo#§fe The buildings occupied by tl|| paint company, the Horuff Sh<|k, corporation, and Smuck's Rug Conip pany are owned by L. M. Wairßp wright, 4014 Washington boulevardsHe is out of the city. Guy Wain* wright, his son, estimated loss orm the buildings at SIOO,OOO. It is cov-1 ered by insurance. The paint com-] pany building is practically destroyea. The stock of the company was rated as one of the best in the middle-west. Officials hoped the records of the company were protected, by fireproof cabinets and safes. The upper floors caved in on the records, and it will be impossible to reach them until the debris cools. Gives Firemen Boots The Horuff Shoe Corporation carried a S4OO 000 stock and 75 per cent of it was damaged, according to Frank J. Horuff, president. “We had our spring shipments in, and our leather goods were in the store rooms and warehouses on the south side of the building next to the paint company building,” he said. ‘The fire broke through in three places and started the automatic sprinkler system. We are covered by msurance.” Most cf the firemen came to the ,cene so quickly they left rubber boots behind. Horuff seeing their plight, went to the second floor of his building, broke open box after box of new rubber boots and passed them out. J W c. Smuck, president of thfl rug company, said damage to stoefl on the three floors of his compufH was caused chiefly by entirely covered by basement of the building vjHHHj with stock of the Paper and Paint CompaJf^jf®?