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CITY MANAGER RULING IS HELD VOID

Aimee Denounces ‘Persecutors’ as Judge Is Cleared

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Aimee McPherson, in one of her famous devil fighting poses, forgets her tears to denounce her “ persecutes.”

TWO BORN TO DEATH AFTER MOTOR CRASH Auto Sideswipes Car and Speeds On: Two Girls Are Injured. Two more victims of the motorist who does net practice the Golden Rule were added to the appalling list today. Two youths were burned to death and two girls injured when their car catapulted into a ditch and caught fire after another motorist had sideswiped their vehicle and sped on without even slowing to determine what damage had been caused. Trapped by Flames The youth who were pinned beneath the flaming car were Raymond Ealy, 20. of 206 North Oxford street and Lester Wilkerson. 19. of 3322 East Robson street. The accident. occured nine miles northwest of Shelbyville on Michigan road. Miss Etta May Wilkerson. 16, sister of the burned man. and Miss Betty Meadows, 17. of 214 North Oxford street, were thrown clear of the car when it catapulted in the ditch after swirling alpng for about two hundred feet. Motorists who stopped to give the youths assistance were unable to extricate the men from the machine because of the flames. Brought to Homes Here Both girls were taken to the William S. Major hospital at Shelbyville and later brought to their homes in Indianapolis. Neither was seriously hurt. The party of four had been to Shelbyville visiting friends and were returning when the accident happened. Mr. Wilkerson was driving. The girls said the automobile in which they were riding was sideswiped by a passing car. causing it to go into the ditch. The other car did not stop. It was a Chrysler sedan and the property of the Saun-tiers-Heater-Mitchell Company, 39 Kentucky avenue, and had been rented my Mr. Ealy earlier in the evening.

Coroner Ed Boyd of Shelby county, could not ascribe the cause today. Several fence posts and a telephone pole had been clipped off before the car turned over. I.ist of Survivors Surviving Mr. Ealy are his father John C. Ealy, of 206 North Oxford; John W. Ealy. brother. 723 North Emerson, and Mrs. May Ealy, an aunt. Funeral and burial services will be held at New Albany. Ind., Sunday. Surviving Mr. Wilkerson are his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wil-ker-4n. 3322 East Robson street, and two sisters. Etta May and Mary Josephine both of the same address. Funeral arrangements for Mr. Wilkerson have not been announced.

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BV HOMER L. ROBERTS United Press Staff Correspondent SACRAMENTO, Cal., April ?!. While the flaming red head and fiery tongue of Aimee Semple McPherson wagged bitterly against her "persecutors,” the shadow of accusation in the evangelist's mysterious kidnaping was lifted today from the white head of Superior Judge Carlos S. Hardy by the acquittal verdict of the California senate court of Impeachment. The sad, quiet woman, who cried audibly as assembly prosecutors branded her kidnaping story as an "unmitigated fabrication” and ac-

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BULLETIN The effect of the state supreme court decision upholding the city manager law, as announced late Friday afternoon, was nullified this morning, when Justice David A. Myers announced that a notation on the decision showing he concurred was an error. This left nly two justices upholding the law, whereas a majority is three.

New battle lines were forming in the Indianapolis political field today as the result of the supreme court decision Friday upholding the constitutionality of the city manager law. Surrending to the inevitability of the new form of government, approved by an overwhelming majority of the people, the politicians are already laying plans to capture the commission and manage the manager. Election of commissioners will be Nov. 5, and the manager government will go into effect in January. Primary Plans Abandoned Plans for holding the regular party primaries for municipal offices on May 7 have been completely abandoned, Ira N. Holmes, Republican member of the city election commission, announced. Since two of the five court judges failed to approve the conclusion of Chief Justcie Clarence R. Martin in upholding the law's constitutionality, it was intimated that new suits might bring an additional point before he court for decision. Holmes declared today that he would not be disposed to do this and that the decision settled matters. he thought. Major Points Upheld Leading lawyers asserted that all major points of constitutionality were covered in the suit decided Friday and that the law is bound to stand. The point not covered, they pointed out, is in regard to the five-day provision for certification of petitions of electors by the city clerk. This was raised to fifteen days by the amendment in the 1929 legislature and Indiana courts have held that an amendment correcting such a point makes the law hold, if no other flaws are found. This would eliminate any possibility of further attack.

The decision Friday was In the Evansville case, but the constitutional questions involved - are the same as those in the New Albany case, which is still pending. The Michigan City case does not raise questions of constitutionality. Mandate reversed Judges Julius C. Travis, La Porte, cision upholding the constitutionality. reversed the mandate of the Vanderburgh circuit court ordering Louis P. Sarlls, city clerk, to approve a city manager petition on the grounds that there was not sufficient evidence to show that the clerk knew the 13.388 names on the petition were those of qualified electors. The decision points out that the clerk must verify each name, but m a footnote cites the fact that this now is changed by the 1929 amendments so that the names themselves are prima facie evidence. Judge Martin points out that the constitutional question need not be gone into in the mandate appeal, bu that because of its present importance decision would be made. • Parties Not Forbidden He upholds the law. contending it does not forbid the operation of political parties, as follows: •'The people have an inalienable right to organize and operate political parties and the law in question does not prohibit political parties nor authorize interference with them. Any political party may indorse, support and work for the election of any candidate of its choice, but no authority has been noted which holds that a party can, as an abstract right, require that a designation of the candidates political affiliation be placed upon the ballot, in the absence of statutory provision to that effect." CHARLEY’S RESTAURANT open for Sunday dinners, 5 to 9 p. m.— Advertisement.

cused the elderly jurist of official misconduct and obstructing justice in defending her, suddenly was transformed into a defiiant woman who employed every ounce of her revivalist’s fervor in denunciations of her "persecutors.” Before the echo of the senate roll call acquitting the jurist of four impeachment charges had died, Mrs. McPherson had begun her attack. The statement of Assemblyman Walter J. Little that the assembly managers, "believing that ample proof now exists of conspiracy,” would be wiling to turn over to the Los Angeles district attorney all their evidence against the evan-

TRIES TO HALT GAS TRANSFER Trustees Will Consider Broker's Demand at Meeting Today. Citizens Gas Company trustees and directors were to meet in special session at 11 a. m. today at the gas company office to consider the formal demand of Newton I. Tood, broker, that the gas officials rescind their action preliminary to turning ovevr the properties to the city. Henry H. Hornbrook, a director, and William H. Thompson, attorneys for the gast company, called the special conference to take up the Todd movev to block the turning ovver of the property to the city in accordance with the 1903 agreement. Todd’s formal demand which was served on the gas company Friday was the first open step to block the city administration from enforcing its option on the utility as intended in the city's franchise. The formal demand on the company is considered a preliminary step to a suit in federal court to restrain the gas officials from carrying out the plan for municipal operation and control. It is not known what steps were considered by the attorneys for the gas company. The entire proceedings to turn the property over to the city were designed to force the persons opposed to municipal ownership to file the suit to restrain them rather tnan for the city to bring suit to obtain possession. John W. Holtzman. mayor when the gas franchise was granted, and Fred C. Gause, city gas counsel, and Oren S. Hack city corporation counsel, will confer next week on the Todd demand. , Holtzman expressed surpri* over Todd's statement that he desired to "save the citizens from a disastrous and dangerous experiment.” The > former mayor took exception to Todd's inference that the city's plan to enforce its option on the properties is a “hazardous business venture.”

Todd's statement, declared he owned 250 certificates of stock and represented other certificate holders. He is known to have represented interests owning 10.000 certificates at one time. Trustees and directors were asked in the demand to rescind action of April 3. acknowledging the city’s ownership claim and ordering liquidation on May 15 of 20 per cent of the $2,00.000 common stock certificates. and rests! the city’s plan for taking o v cr the plant. In the Air Weather conditions at 9:30 a. m. at Indianapolis airport: Southwest wind. 14 miles an hour; temperature, 65; barometric pressure. 30.01 at sea level; ceiling and visibility unlimited; field good.

COLORFUL RITES UNITE SON OF GYPSY CHIEF WITH $2,700 BRIDE

lIU United Pres* T OUISVTLLE, Ky., April 27. Aroma of campfire roasts mingled today with enchanting strains of gypsy over the waters of the winding Ohio, on the banks of which a $2,700 gypsy bride' today will become the wife of the 27-year-old son of a gypsy chief.

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1929

gelist, failed to halt Mrs. McPherson’s attack. She charged the assembly prosecutors ■were “publicity seekers,” that they had boasted of evidence against her in her surf-to-sand disappearance, which they could not substantiate and that they had made it appear that she and not Judge Hardy was on trial. “Many ridioulous and sentational statements were issued by the board of managers, forcasting the terrible things that would befall me when I went on the witness stand,” the evangelist said. "I was not permitted while on the witness stand to refute the fabri-

HUNDREDS JOIN SAFETY CLUB Chorus of Praise Reaches Times for Campaign to Cut Auto Toll. City and state officials, professional and business men, motorists in general ard pedestrians united today in a chorus of praise for The Times campaign for safe automobile driving. Hundreds of pledge cards, representing membership in The Times Golden Rule Safety Club, came into the office by mail and personal delivery. I More than 1.500 motorists have promised to ‘‘drive as they would have others drive” since the call for signatures was sounded Wednesday through the columns of this newspaper. The safe driving crusade gets in full swung today, with the first public showing of the safety film, “The Penalty,” at Loew’s Palace theater, through co-operation of the theater management with The Times. Scouts Aid Cause Hundreds of Boy and Girl Scouts, city and state officials and other invited guests saw a pre-view of the film this morning. After the performance, which included some special features through courtesy of Manager J. F. Flex of the Palace, the Scouts moved through the business district, and scores signed the pledge cards at their behest. The safety film will be shown ai the Palace all next week, in connection with the feature picture, “The Coquette,” with Mary PiCkford. held over another week because of the tremendous demand from hundreds who had been unable to get into the theater to see it. Expressions of praise came today to The Times fom citizens in every walk of life.

Praise for Campaign A few of them follows: JUDGE C. R. CAMERON—I congratulate The Times on its effort to save life and avoid suffering. If you can get the motorist to understand and fully realize the misery caused by reckless driving you will be entitled to the praise of all. JAMES M. OGDEN, AttorneyGeneral of Indiana—l congratulate you on the splendid and humane service your paper is giving to the community in this safety campaign. R. WALTER JARVIS. Superinteno'ent of Parks and Recreation— Let me assure you of my hearty approval of this campaign. I shall urge all drivers of trucks and automobiles of the department of parks and recreation to respond to the appeal of The Times Golden Rule Safety Club imd assist In reducing accidents in 1929. PAUL RICKEY. President Chamber of Commerce—The Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce would like to enroll every one of its members in The Times Golden Rule Safety Club. STERLING R. HOLT I think The Times has undertaken a great work and must succeed. GOVERNOR HARRY G LESLIE —I am glad to indorse your enterprise and give it my heartiest support. JAMES P. GOODRICH. ex-Gov-ernor, Winchester The Times is performing a real service in its effort to lower traffic accidents. ELIAS WHITE, Hall, Ind.—l like to help The Times in this safety drive because it helps every good thing in the country and is for the building up of laws. The Times is a help to a community at all times.

A three-acre field, offering the gypsy's beloved fredom of air and land, served as a national convention ground for several hundred gypsies who gathered to witness the union of Frank John, sen of Chief Gregory John of the John tribe of Philadelphia, and Rosie Stanley, 16. daughter of William Stanley. Louisville member of the tribe.

cated stories which the prosecution had so gladly approved and used. “People ask me constantly how I have kept up through the barrage of sensational stories concerning me in three years of persecution. I

Just a Quiet Divorce!

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Blanche Sweet By Uiiilrd Pres* HOLLYWOOD. April 27.—Film colony rumors said today that Blanche Sweet, screen actress, and her director-husband, Mickey Neilan, are contemplating divorce. The divorce, it was said, would be arranged quietly and without sensationalism. The actual separation was said to have occurred several weeks ago when Neilan left lor New York to attend a conefrence of Pathe officials. The couple was married in Chicago in June, 1922.

GEORGIA TORNADO DEATH LIST GROWS

Latest Tabulation Indicates More Than 45 Lives Are Lost. " ATLANTA, Ga., April 27.—Four central Georgia counties, sections of which were laid waste in the worst tornado in the state’s recent history, sought order out of chaos today as the death toll slowly grew. The latest tabulation revealed forty-five deaths in Georgia, twen-ty-one of which were whites. The injured were estimated at between three and four hundred, with property damage believed to stand well above $1,000,000. Two distinct tornadoes were responsible for the great damage ana loss .of life in Georgia, which wreaked greatest havoc in Candler and Bulloch counties. A stretch half a mile wide between Metter and Statesboro was laid waste. Every house in the path of the second disturbance, which struck Metter about 11 p. m. Thursday night, was demolished. Many of the dead and injured were counted at outlying farms and country communities, and it is believed reports of far greater loss of life originated through duplication Mother of Seven Accused V>" Timex Special GREENSBURG. Ind.. April 27. Mrs. Iva Bockover, mother of seven children ranging in age from 16 years to 13 months, is accused of infidelity in a divorce suit filed by John Bockover. He asks custody of the children be disposed of as the court sees it, alleging the mother is not a fit person to have them.

THE union had as a background true gypsy romance. Frank John and Rosie met only ten days ago. when Rosie's father called to pay his respects to Chief Gregory John. The brief courtship led to negotiations which ended in the agreement on a price of $2,700 for the bride. The ceremony began at 9 a. m. Two separate ceremonies were planned.

have ben able to do so because of my innocence, and my faith in the ■work of the master, and I have been strengthened through it all through confidence and loyalty of my 200,000 mmbers and followers.”

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The legal marriage was to be performed by a magistrate, the sanction of the law. The other ceremony is in conformant with old Romany traditions. Dancing, feasting and singing will continue into the next day as part of the elaborate festivities. Twenty-five pigs, turkeys and chickens are being prepared for

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JUDGE REFUSES NEW TRIAL FOR HILL CHILD; LESLIE TO GET SECOND PARDON PLEA Daisy Sullivan Case Will Be Appealed to State Supreme Court if Governor Again Refuses to Grant Clemency. EXPERT TRIPS ON CHECK SIGNATURE Handwriting of Defense Lawyer Is ‘ldentified’ by H. L. Doney as Written by Admitted Girl Forger.

Governor Harry G. Leslie tor the second time in the past mouth will be appealed to for a pardon for Daisy Sullivan, 18 of Bloomfield, admitted forger of a $2.80 check for which she received two to fourteen years in prison. Attorneys for Daisy announced that a request for a pardon would be made, following the refusal of Judge Thomas Van Buskirk of the circiut court of Greene county, to grant Daisy anew .rial.

DOUBT WIFE’S DEATH STORY Seek to Pin Charge of Murdering ‘Old Crab’ Mate on Woman. By United Press BRIDGEPORT. Conn., April*27.— Past life of a Hartford telephone operator who married a wealthy but eccentric scion of a substantial New England family was under scrutiny today as investigation of the death of her husband, Oliver Beardslee, who she says was an “old crab,” was continued. The part men played in the life of Gladys Foster, who became Mrs. Beardslee for the admitted purpose of sharing a SIOO,OOO legacy he received three years ago, was getting particular attention from state prosecutors who sought evidence which they believed would help to pin a charge of murder upon her. The investigation was undertaken on the basis of the testimony Thursday of H. Lebanon Peters, medical examiner, who appeared at a coroner’s inquest and declared Beardslee could not possibly have shot himself, as the young and attractive widow claims. Lorin W. Willis, state's attorney, is conducting his case without effort to conceal his feeling that a crime was involved.

To Direct Evidence He admits, however, that he has no direct evidence against the au-burn-haired Mrs. Beardslee. who has shown little concern over the frank disbelief of her story that Beardslee killed himself while they were alone together after a violent quarrel and an evening of drinking. Mrs. Beardsiee's relations to men were brought into the investigation by the widow herself when she said that Beardslee, who became known as a woman hater when he announced he would never vote again if women were given the franchise, was insanely jealous and had accused her of seeking the companionship of other men in preference to his own. James Curico, who has been arrected three times for bootlegging was called upon to tell how he r the Beardslees a pint of liquor .e night before Beardsiee’s death. Mrs. Beardslee said her husband had quareled with her over Curcio. Seek Boyhood Friend It was learned that an effort was underway to locate George K. Wilson, a boyhood friend of Beardslee, who introduced Beardslee to Gladys Fester. Wilson was said to have influenced Miss Foster to leave Hartford and take up residence at the Stratford hotel. They were in each other’s company frequently and Wilson dropped from sight after Beardsiee’s marriage.

the feast. Music came from a Cincinnati Russian orchestra. a u a AFTER a day of merry-making, the bride retires to her tent. Then Chief John will pay the $2,700 to Stanley, after which the parents of the couple with the groom will go to the tent of the bride, drag her out across the lot to the tent which has been prepared for the honeymooners.

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It' the Governor refuses clemency the decision of Judge Van Buskirk will be appealed to the supreme court of Indiana in the hope to gain anew trial for Daisy, her attorneys said here today. Judge Van Buskirk's decision, aftter a week’s harangue on the part of states’ atorneys against stories printed by The Times about Daisy’s case, came despite the inability of the prosecution to prove conclusively that the signature on the $2.80 check was that of Daisy Sullivan. Trips Up on Checks Defense attorneys near the close of the hearing Friday succeeded in obtaining an identification of check written by them as Daisy’s handwriting from H. L. Doncy, handwriting expert for the state. H. L. Ridenour, one of Daisy’s attorneys, wrote a check similar to the one which the state says Daisy forged to get 20 cents’ worth of fruit. He presented the check for Doney's expert testimony and the check was identified by Doncy as written by Daisy.

Judge Van Buskirk, in denying the writ of error, coram nobis, said: “I'll recommend a pardon for her now, providing Daisy promises to remain in Marion county and welfare organizations there find a suitable home for her. But if she is to return to Greene county she will do so over by protest.” Numerous Attacks on Times In the closing arguments by WHliam Voslch, special counsel for the state, Friday, numerous verbal attacks were made on the Indianapolis Times and Boyd Burley, its editor, for the interest displayed in th* hill-child's plight. Should Governor Leslie consider pardoning Daisy a second hearing before the state board of pardons may be held to consider the girl’s case. At a hearing held early this month the pardon board denied the girl clemency and Governor Leslie accepted the board's report. PORKERS 10 TO 15 CENTS LOWER HERE Cattle Steady With Not Many lea Pens; Veals Firm. Hogs were largely 10 to 15 cent# lower today at the local stockyards. The bulk of 160-300 pounds brought around $11.75 to $11.90. Receipts were estimated at 5,000 and holdovers from Friday's market numbered 219. The cattle market was steady with not much in the yards. Vealers were also steady. Good and choice calves sold at $15.30 to sl6. The sheep and lamb market was quoted steady. Few spring iamb# brought sls to S2O.

SCOUTS TO HEAR TALIC Shortridge Teacher to Give Biril lecture Monday, An illustrated lecture on bird life will be given by Miss Rousseau McClellan of the science department of Shortridge high school at the second parents and sons dinner of Boy Scout Troop 69 at 6:15 Monday evening at Utley Hut, 3741 Boulevard place. A musical program will be giveil by the boys of the troop following the dinner. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 50 8 a. m.... 5® 7 a m.... 52 9 a. m.... 63 10 a. m 64