Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 284, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1929 — Page 9

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FOCH PRAISES U. S. SOLDIERS IN BIOGRAPHY Entry Into War Allowed Allies to Win, Says Late Chief. CLEMENCEAU CRITICISED Accuses War Premier of Wasting Fruits of Victory. BV RALPH HEIN/EN Unit'd Pres* Staff Correspondent PARIS. April 17.—Tribute to the United States Army, whose entry into the conflict “allowed the allies to win the war,” is paid by Marshal Ferdinand Foch in the first, biography of the allied commander-in-chief published since his death, which appeared today. The book, by Raymond Recouly, noted French journalist and author is almost an autobiography, since it consists of a series of interviews with Foch. It is entitled "Memorial De Foch. ’ The sensation of the book is Koch's denunciation of former Premier Georges Clemenceau. whom he accuses of wasting the fruits of victory. The tribute to the United States Army comes in a passage where Foch commended: “Only the arrival of the Americans permitted us to fill the hole caused by Rusisa's collapse and allowed the allies to win the war.” Should Hold Rhine The book contains bitter criticism ot Clemenceau who, Foch contended, lo.it the advantages of the victory by abandoning the French claim to the left bank of the Rhine. Foch charged that Clemenceau and others tried to keep him away from the peace conference and would not permit him to have contact with Woodrow Wilson and David Lloyd George. Foch accused the Tiger of stubboiness. recalling that both Foch and Poincare urged France to keep the Rhine frontier, “but Clemenceau refused to consider Poincare's observations any more than mine. France committed a sort of harakari by leaving the Rhine.” Foch was particularly angered bv Clemenceau’s refusal to make him a member of the French official peace delegation. He asked: "Was this because he was jealous of the military men or. desired to affirm the supremacy of the civil lorces, or feared to see a general enter diplomatic, negotiations?” The author of the book, Recouly, served as a captain during the war. is an officer of the Legion of Honor and wears the croix de guerre. Clemenceau Answers Clemenceau was angered by the attacks on him in Recouly’s book. “I hesitate to start polemics around a coffin but I must defend mysell against these untruths,” the aged but vigorous war-time premier told the United Press. “I will reply point by point to the attacks of Marshal Foch and M. Poincare. “Marshal Foch reproaches me for not annexing the Rhineland, but if we started along that toad, there would be no end. We v*uld try to annex China and everything.” DREISER'S NOVEL READ AT PUBLISHER'S TRIAL Author Testifies at Hearing on Obscenity Charges. Bn Uni'cd press BOSTON. April 17.—Reading of Theodore Dreiser’s "An American Tragedy" was expected to take up most of today's session of the trial of Donald S. Friede, New York publisher. charged with selling a book containing “obscene, indecent, and impure language, manifestly tending to corrupt the morals of youth.” Dreiser, on the stand Tuesday, was permitted to answer a few questions dealing with his birthplace, age, and the writing of the novel in question. Attorneys for the government succeeded in excluding questions which would involve discussion by him of modern standards of literary frankness and also the question, "Can one get an idea of the background of the book by reading less than the entire book?" UTILITY VALUATION UP Assessment of Insult Firm Increased $3.971.644. Taxable valuation of the Insullowned Northern Indiana Public Service Corporation was increased 53.971.644 by the state tax board Tuesday. The 1928 valuation was fixed at $41.360.747 as compared with 537.389.103 a year ago. William Mclnerny. oi South Bend utility lawyer and Insull lobbyist, headed a delegation of Insull attorneys and officials at the hearing One other valuation was fixed today by the tax oard. The Kokomo Gas and Fuel Company was left at s392,ooo—last year's figure. Train Plunges Into Creek /;„ fatted Press ITHACA. N. Y.. April 17.—Two members of the crew of a fast Lehigh Valley train were injured seriously and passengers were tumbled from their seats when the engine and seven cars plunged into a creek bed at Newfleld station, nine miles south of here today. Austin Bank Charter Renewed State charter board members today approved the Austin State Bank charter renewal and discussed, but withheld action, on the proposed Citizens Sate Bank of Gary.

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By Times Special RUSHVILLE, Ind., April 17. —Ben Grass of Brazil was fined $lO and costs here on an intoxication charge after he accosted Sheriff L. M. Coons, among several persons he had stopped while walking on Main street, making inquiry as to where he could buy liquor.

METAL THIEVES LOOT FACTORIES Two at Crawfordsville Suffer SI,OOO Loss. /: 7 nnrs Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind.. April :; Another of a long series of thefts of valuable metals occurred here when nearly SI,OOO worth of copper, lead, brass, babbitt metal and aluminum were stolen from the Crawfordsville Foundry and the Poston Brick Company. The foundry was the heaviest loser. The loot included a half ton of brass-, numerous brass valves, 500 pounds of pig aluminum, 600 pounds of lead and a large quantity of copper wire. At the Poston plant the thieves obtained 250 pounds of babbitt metal, fifty pounds of brass and a number of brass valves. During the past few weeks, the line shacks of the T. H., I. & E. Traction Company and of the Vandalia railroad have been entered a number of times and in each case the only thing stolen was brass, copper or lead. WORLD TRADE NEEDS PEACE, SAYS LAMONT Commerce Secretary Addresses Exporters’ Convention. By Unit<d /‘reus BALTIMORE. April 17.—American imports reflect a high standard of living and an elaborate industrial system, Secretary of Commerce Robert P. Lament told the National Foreign Trade convention today. He stressed the necessity of world pence as an aid to foreign trade. "All that is necessary to assure steady and large growth of foreign trade throughout the world and of our trade in particular, is peace,” Lamont said. PAVING CONTRACT - LET Evansville Company to Surface 5.89 Miles of State Road 61. A contract was let today by the state highway commission for 5.89 miles of paving on State Road 61, known as the Petersburg-Vincennes road. The stretch is from Petersburg to five miles northwest. The Glove Construction Company of Evansville got the contract with a bid of $104,855.48. The commission will open bids on 1.300,000 barrels of cement April 23. The cost Is expected to be more than two and a half million dollars. It represents about 325 miles of paving. More than 4.000 barrels of cement are needed for each mile of road, according to William Titus, cheif engineer. ROOT FAVORS COURT Urges United Slates In Action on World Tribunal. Bn United Press NEW YORK, April 17.—The friendly attitude displayed by members of the world court at Geneva to the proposal of America's try should “Inspire the hope that the United States will take favorable action,” Elihu Root said today upon his return from Europe, aboard the lie De Fiance. Root, accompanied by Professor Philip Jessup of Columbia university, returned after spending several weeks at Geneva conferring with the committee on revision of statutes of the world court. FARM AID ACT PRAISED Agriculture Will Benefit by House Bill, Says Dickinson. B" I'nitcd Press WASHINGTON. April 17.—Farmers will feel the benefits of the proposed house agriculture relief bill as soon as the federal farm board assumes jurisdiction over commodities. Representative Lester J. Dickinson (Rep. Iowa), predicted today. Dickinson, considered one of the staunchest friends of the farmers in congress, analyzed for the United Press how the pending legislation would benefit agriculture. He characterized the bill as a permanent farm program rather than an emergency measure. FLEEING MAN SHOT Penal Farm Fugitive Sought to Evade Capture. Bn Vnited Press VINCENNES, Ind.. April 17 —Shot in the leg when he attempted to elude arrest. Charles Chanley, 28. who escaped from the state penal farm several weeks ago is in a hospital here today. Deputy Sheriff Chauncey Can said the first shot was fired into the air in an effort to halt Chanley without injuring him, police said. Chanley was serving a farm term for larceny.

MR. COHEN’S BLOW TORCHES ‘BLOW’ AWAY $2,000 TRACTOR; SO PAY HE MUST

BACK in 1923 Nathan Cohen, 2450 North Delaware street, operator of a second-hand store at 623 East Washington street, vas a trusting soul. People called Cohen on the telephone and told him things and Cohen believed them—implicitly. For instance there was sad day when a woman phoned something like this: “There’s an old tractor sitting

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WATSON'S RAIL MERGER VIEWS BRING ANSWER . President Kurrie Explains Opposition to Plan Should Continue. REFERS TO FESS BILL Monon Head Asserts Measure Would Eliminate Consent Combine. Bn Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., April 17. —President H. R. Kurrie of the Monon railroad has issued a statement explanatory of a letter received recently from United States Senator James E. Watson by William Graham, local postmaster, relative to a proposal of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad that it be merged with the Monon. v The senator declared there is no law by which the merger can be effected if a majority of Monon stockholders oppose it, but Kurrie asserts a law is under consideration which would permit such a transaction regardless of stockholders’ desires. He declares he wishes to explain the situation so that there will be no tendency, as a result of the Watson statement, to cease opposition to the merger proposal. Kurrie calls attention to a bill introduced in the United States Senate by Senator Simeon D. Fess, the measure being Senate Bill 5817, authorizing the unification ot carriers engaged in interstate commerce and for other purposes, commonly known as the consolidation bill. It was favorably reported by the Senate interstate committee of which Watson is chairman. Gives View of Plan It is declared in Kurrie’s statement that the Baltimore & Ohio plan is to gain consent of the interstate commerce commission for the merger, proceedings in which are already in progress, then to follow with enactment of the bill. Section 207 of the Fess measure provides that if the commission decides it is to the public interest for one railroad to acquire another, the latter shall be taken over by condemnation proceedings. In such a case, Section 208 of the bill provides no consent of the road to be absorbed shall be required. Cites Previous Cases In reference to these two sections, Kurrie asserts that in every consolidation proposal heard by the commission in the past, affecting an Indiana railroad, it has been the decision that the line should be taken over. The Monon president indorses action of Bloomington and other cities along his road in organizing committees and employing counsel to resist the proposed merger. NEW - BOULEVARD'ALONG WHITE RIVER PROPOSED Suggested as Means to Divert Traffic to Bluff Road. Construction of a boulevard along the east bank of White river, from Morris to Raymond streets, was considered today by city officials. The boulevard would connect with Bluff road and provide an outlet for traffic to tire southwest section of the state. Extension of West street to Bluff road also is considered as a means of diverting the Bluff road traffic from Meridian street. Mayor L. Ert Slack asked that Bluff road and Bethel avenue crossings remain open at a track elevation conference Tuesday between the Belt railroad officials and city officials. Work has started on the Belt bridge over White river which is the first step in the south side elevation program. CITY PLAN L TO OPEN Westinghouse Will Start Lamp Manufacture Here. Installation of machinery for manufacture of electric lamps and radio tubes in the Westinghouse Lamp Company building at Michigan and La Salle streets, with production scheduled for Sept. 1. is planned by the Westinghouse company. Decision to utilize the vacant building, erected in 1920 at a cost of $1,080,000. including ground, was announced to the Chamber of Commerce in a letter from A. E. Allen, company vice-president. Need for the building wa removed almost before it was completed by improvements in machinery and it never was used. Two hundred persons will De employed at the start, with expectations that the number in time may increase to 1 200. Efforts to induce the company to establish the branch plant here have been made tor some time by the chamber industrial commission.

out in front of my house in West Minesota street, Mr. Cohen, and you can have it for the trouble of hauling it away.” Cohen didn't even get her .lame, but out went Cohen's cohorts in a truck. Strong those Coheri cohorts, but they* couldn't lift that tractor. No one. apparently, thought of trying to start it. The men reported to Cohen. A

IXDIAXAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1929

Colors ul Scenes Mark Prying of Baseball Lid

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Top, A truck-load of policemen and firemen; center left, Bruno Betzel, Indians' manager, with the lucky bat and flowers given him by fans. Center right, Columbia Club float; lower left, James Perry and Miss Florence Killilea, owners of Indians and Brewers, surrounded by girls from Indianapolis Power and Light Company; lower right. Shorty Burch of program-selling fame, calling his inimitable: “Get yer batting orders for today’s game.”

POLICE CHIEFS OPENjSESSION Indiana Association Meets at South Bend. By Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., April 17. The Indiana Police Chiefs Association opened a two-day convention here this morning with cities and towns in all parts of the state represented. Addresses of welcome were given by Mayor Chester R. Montgomery; E. W. Morris, Chamber of Commerce president, and George Firmin, chamber secretary. The response was by Thomas Martin, Vincennes police chief, president of the assocaition. A banquet will be held tonight, at which speakers will be Federal Judge Thomas W. Slick, Circuit Judge Cyrus F. Pattee and Superior Judge Orlo R. Deahl. There will be business sessions Thursday morning and afternoon and a banquet in the evening at the dining hall of the University of Notre Dame. BANDITS GET QUICK TRIAL, LONG TERMS Ohio Men Sentenced Seven Days After Bank Holdup. By United Press BUFFALO, N. Y., April 17.—Just seven days after they had held up and robbed the Manufacturers’ and Traders’-Peoples Bank here of SB,200. Frank Leagen, 20, of Cleveland, and Claude Udwine, 27, of Dayton, 0., were on their way today to Auburn prison to begin serving sentences aggregating not less than fifty-five years. Brought before Justice Alonzo Hinkley in supreme court today, Udwine was sentenced to serve not less than thirty years and Leagen not less than twenty-five years. A longer record than Leagen cost Udwine at least five more years.

little thing like that didn’t stump a resourceful man like Cohen. He sent the men back with acetylene torches and in a trice the tractor was trash. It was easy enough to load the piece on a truck, transport them to a junkyard and sell them for $52. Everybody was happy. The woman had the unsightly "junk” away from her street, the work-

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Wet Family By Times Special NEW ALBANY. Ind., April 17.—Mrs. Mary Gass, 49, and her son, Fred Gass, 30, French Lick, are under sentence of the federal court here on conviction of violating the prohibition law. The mother was fined S2OO, and the son S3OO with a four months jail sentence.

ASK M’CRAY PARDON Congressman Wood Renews Plea to Hoover, Bn Times Special WASHINGTON, April 17.—Representative Will R. Wood cf Indiana called on President Hoover today to renew his plea for a full pardon for former Governor Warren T. McCray of Indiana, now free on parole. Wood endeavored to get President Calvin Coolidge to pardon McCray as one of his last acts before leaving the White House, but was unsuccessful, in spite of a large number of letters and telegrams sent to the President by Governor Harry G. Leslie and other state leaders. He said today he was hopeful of early action by Hoover. NURSE EXPERTS TO TALK Employes’ Fellowship to Hear Health Officials. Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health secretary, and Miss Marie Winkler, assistant superintendent of the Public Health Nursing Association, will speak tonight at the Severin before the Employes’ Community Fund Fellowship. Nursing services available to the public through public and private agencies will be outlined.

men basked in the memory of a tough job well done and Cohen —he had the $52. o a a ■pvAYS after Cohen's strong men had done their work an official of the J. H. King Company, sewer contractors, issued an order to a subordinate: “Go out on Minnesota street

Former Sheriff Tells of Trip With Pretty Stenographer. By United Press ANGOLA. Ind., April 17.—Trial of Charles Zimmerman, former Steuben county sheriff, charged with the murder of Thomas Burke, alleged bandit, was postponed today until Thursday because of the illness of a Juror. The trial was halted Tuesday after the noon recess when Floyd I Carpenter, juror, was unable to rej turn to the jury box due to illness. It was considered likely that the hearing would proceed Thursday. After the state had rested its case, Tuesday, Zimmerman was placed on the stand in his own defense. He told cf his early history which brought him up to the list of events prior to the finding of a charred body'of a man in the ruins of a barn burned near here. The body has been identified by several as being Burke’s. Court was recessed just as Zimmerman started to testify where he was the evening prior to the finding of the body. It had been stated that he was with Miss Nellie Coleman, his pretty stenographer, in Montgomery, Mich. The defense failed in its attempt to present newspaper clippings, and letters to the court. The letters were said to contain threats made upon the former sheriff’s life if he did not ease up on liquor running and vice in Steuben county. PEDALS OVER"CHANNEL French Hydrocyclist Makes Trip in Less Than 6 Hours. B,n United Press DOVER. England, April 17. Roger Vincent of France arrived here at 12:45 p. m. today, after pedalling his way across the English channel on a hydrocycle in five hours and forty-five minutes.

and get that tractor we left on that job.” That was the beginning of the misfortunes of Cohen. The contractor’s employe neighbors traced the tractor to Cohen and learned what had been done. A wild-eyed executive, figurately tearing his hair, descended upon Cohen, demanding redress. Two thousand dollar pieces of machinery are difficult

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ROOSEVELT IN FORBIDDEN LAND Field Expedition to Hunt Rare Giant Panther. Bn United Press SHANGHAI, China, April 17. Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the Field Museum expedition in Asia are planning to brave the wilds of the “Forbidden Land” bordering on the Tibet in search of the giant panther and other rare animals without the aid of native guides and hunters. The correspondent of the North China Daily News at Tachienlu, located on the Tibetan border, reported that the party arrived there late in March and since has departed into Szechuan province, setting out for wild and uncivilized territory. The natives, according to the correspondent, have refused to aid the party, because of their fear of the fierce tribes of Tibetan bandits. This territory is known as the “Forbidden Land” to foreigners, as the native bandits’ penalty for white men entering their land is death. The giant panther sought by the son of the late Theodore Roosevelt and his associates is regarded as one of the most rare and ferocious animals known. MAP PENSION DRIVE Disciples of Christ Start Campaign Thursday. The nation-wide Disciples of Christ ministers' pension movement will be launched in Indiana at a dinner to be held Thursday evening at the Central Christian church. Prominent members of Christian churches in all parts of Indiana, representing district, county and congregational pension fund committees, are expected to attend. Merle Sidener, chairman of the Indiana pension fund committee, will preside. Virgil P. Brock and Guy I. Hoover, representing the Indiana Christian Missionary Association, are assisting Sidener in arrangements. A business session will be held Thursday afternoon.

to put back together when cut up with blow torches. Cohen refused to pay. BUB THE last chapter was unfolded in superior court three Tuesday afternoon when a jury awarded the King company 51,278 damages against Cohen. Contrary to popular report, the Soldiers' and Sailors’ Monument remains unsold.

BA6E CIRCLES THE BASES TO CHURCH ALTAR Sultan of Swat Marries Former Follies Star at 5:45 A. M. OUTWITS CURIOUS FANS ‘Honeymoon Will Be at Ball Park Today,’ Ruth Tells Crowd. BY SANDOR KLEIN United Press Stuff Correspondent NEW YORK. April 17.—Babe Ruth and Mrs. Claire Hodgson ware married at 5:45 a. m. today in St. Gregory's Roman Catholic church. It was the start of a busy day in the busy life of baseball's best-paid, employe, for at the Yankee stadium this afternoon he expected to shoulder his bat and begin earning the yearly salary of $70,000 with which he hopes to furnish an apartment and buy groceries for his bride. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. William F. Hughes. Ruth had announced that he would be married at 6:30 a. m., and after the ceremony lie grinned at newspaper reporters who arrived just in time to see the conclusion of the service. Stay for Early Mass After the wedding, Ruth and his bride took seats in the second row and stayed for early mass. The bride wore a purple georgette dress, a purple toque, and black stockings and pumps. She barely came to the Babe's shoulder as they stood at the altar, with Ruth attired in a double-breasted blue serge suit rumpled by rain. The Babe fidgeted throughout the ceremony, but came through with a loud, brave “I do” at the crucial moment. “Good luck, and don’t worry any more,” said Father Hughes at the conclusion of the ceremony. “I hardly know myself,” Babe said in answer to a question as to why the marriage was held so early. “No parties! All parties off!” he replied to another question. Honeymoon at Ball Park A hundred persons gathered outside the church during mass when the word got around the neighborhood that Ruth was being married. At the door of the church, after mass, the Babe’s broad face broke into an exultant grin as he wedged his way through the crowd. “When and where are you going on your honeymoon?” a reporter shouted at him. “This afternoon—to the ball park,” yelled Ruth, dashing for a Packard car parked at the curb and dragging Mrs. Ruth along with him. The crowd surged against the automobile as the chauffeur blew a blast of his siren in an attempt to clear a path. Someone tossed a hat into the car. Ruth grabbed it, thinking it was his own, and stuck it on his head. The throng howled, for the hat was three sizes too small and barely covered the top of the Babe’s head. The automobile finally got under way and the couple drove to Mrs. Ruth’s apartment. Second Marriage for Both It was the second marriage for the baseball player and also the second for the former actress, who, as Claire Merritt, once was a showgirl in the Ziegfeld Follies. Mrs. Ruth’s first husband died in 1924 and the Babe's wife was burned to death recently. Mrs. Ruth, 28 years old, has a ! daughter by her first marriage. | Before going on the stage she was an artist's model and during the World war her lace appeared on billboards all over the nation when she posed for Liberty loan posters. The Babe’s name has been linked with that of his bride for some time. She has been a baseball fan for years, and recently she and Ruth have appeared at the theater together several times. Ruth would reveal nothing concerning his plans, beyond the fact that they expected to take an apartment on Riverside drive. NO WARRANT, SIX FREED Arrested in Gambling Raid; Charges Dismissed. William Levine, 540 West Washington street, was discharged today in Municipal Judge Paul Wetter’s court on a charge of keeping a gambling house. Arresting officers testified they arrested Levine and five other men on a complaint and that they did not have a search warrant. The five other men charged with visiting a gambling house also were discharged. LAFAYETTE RATES" CUT Public Service Group Orders Water Service Reduction. Twenty per cent reduction in water service of the Lafayette Water Company, a municipal corporation, has been ordered by the public service commission. This is to be effective for the next eight months, when further reductions may be made, the commissioners stated. The present profits of the company are $59,076 annually and will be reduced to $36,000 by commission orders. Banquet Set for Thursday Bn 'Times Special LAFAYETTE. Ind.. April 17.~Th* annual spring gridiron razz banquet of Sigma Delta Chi. journalistic fraternity, will be neid Thursday night at Purdue university.