Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 36, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 June 1929 — Page 1
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MEXICO ENDS 3-YEAR FIGHT WITH CHURCH Religious Services Will Be Resumed by Catholics by Next Sunday. PRISONERS ARE FREED Restrictive Laws Still in Force, but Liberal Interpretation Is Agreed. BY GESFORD F. FINE. * nitrd Pre*s staff C'orrrponrient MEXICO CITY, June 22.-The long standing religious strife be-f-veen 'he Mexican government and the Catholic church has been settled. Religious services with priests in charge will resume in Mexican Catholic, churches not later than June 20. The working agreement reached between the Mexican government and the Catholic church leaves the Mexican religious laws, to which the Catholics had objected, in force, but allows interpretation of the most contested points in such ?. manner as to remove friction between the government and the church. The interpretation made by President Emilio Portes Gil in his statement announcing the agreement Friday includes three principal points: 1. That the government can require the registration of those priests only who have been named by the hierarchical superior of the religious creed in question. AH May Teach Religion 2. That ministers of any religion may teach their doctrines to Mexican adults and children within the confines of their churches when attendance is specifically for that purpose. 3. That all citizens have the right to petition the repeal, amendment or passage of any law, and that therefore the members of any church may apply to the proper authorities for such action. While not the final settlement hoped for between the church and the state, the agreement announced by President Portes Gil and Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz Y Flores was regarded as definitely ending the discord that has existed since 1926, when the religious laws went into effect. The president in his statement, however described the agreement as "a basis for settlement.” Further negotiations will be carried on, it was understood, to smooth out the slightest differences, after which a written agreement will be drawn up. Gil said. The archbishop's shorter statement referred to the “spirit of mutual goodwill” observed in the negotiations with the president, and hoped that the same spirit would be manifested by the people. Catholics Released Only a few r hours after the two statements were issued, the Mexican interior department announced that all Catholics who were prisoners in Mexico City jails would be released. The agreement was announced after two weeks of conferences between the President. The terms were agreed upon last Saturday and forwarded to Vatican City for the approval of Pope Pius XI. The announcement was withheld until word was received from him, and some alarm at the delay was expressed in unofficial quarters at times. Five men. in addition to the three negotiations, were credited with taking leading parts in the events leading up to the agreement. They were former President Plutarco Elias Calles, who himself signed the proclamation making the religious laws effective: Dwight \V. Morrow. United States ambassador; Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, vicepresident of Georgetown university, Washington: Father John Burke of the National Catholic Welfare Council. Washington, and Miguel Cruchaga. former Chilean ambassador to Washington. Ends 3-Year Strife The religious war began three wears ago when President Calles attempted to enforce the religious provisions of the 191" constitution, which the Catholic church claimed contained intolerant and restrictive measures. Priests, protesting against the registration requirement, went into hiding or left the country, and church services were held without the direction of the clergy. Those who remained put aside their clerical robes.
LAWS GRAY SKIES HIT 'SONNY. BOY’ Parents of Davev Lee Fined for Exhibiting Youngster. g ; , r nitf'i Pr** CHICAGO. June 22. Davey (Sonny Boy* Lee has quit Chicago's stage—at least until he is older. Officials of Balaban and Katz theaters. who featured “Sonny Boy s" act. were fined SSO and costs Friday for violation of the Illinois child labor act. Jacob Epstein, manager of Davey's act; Nathan Platt, manager of the Uptown theater, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Lee. Sonny Boy's" parents. each were assessed $lO and costs for permitting his stage appearance.
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VOLUME 41—NUMBER 36
500 Policemen to Enforce Law Against Betting, Worley Warns as New Dog Track Is Made Ready for Opening Races
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Envelope System to Evade Statutes Will Not Be Tolerated, City Official Says; Giant Plant North of City Complete by June 29, The prand stand has been built. The dogs are yelping. The track has been smoothed. The electric rabbit which is to tease the fleet canines is on its way—all is ready for opening of dog races at the now plant of the Indianapolis Kennel Club, Ltd., on the Xoblesville road one mile north of the city limits about June 29. But above the bark of the dogs and the sound of hammers todav rose the voice of Police Chief Claude M. Worley:
“It' the races are run wit limit betting, there will be no objection. 13ut if anyone believes that the laws of Indiana can be evaded by any envelope system, such as is used in other states, they are mistaken. This city will not stand for it. “Police jurisdiction extends to county lines. It will be used, if necessary to stop conditions such as have been brought to cities where dog races and camouflaged betting have been introduced. Dog races as an amusement may be attractive. As an excuse for race gambling they simply don't go in Indianapolis.” Patrons Will Not “Bet.” Patrons arc not going to “bet" on the dog races, declared A. C. Baxter, Columbus, 0., manager of the Indianapolis Kennel Club Ltd. They are not going to “be:” they are going to “invest” in the dogs which race, according to Baxter. “This system, which is being used in Illinois, Ohio, New York and Florida, provides that all investments will be made by the 'envelope’ plan and no actual cold cash will change hands,” said Baxter. “Every person paying an admission to the dog track will be given a ticket bearing a number. This number is to be used in the making of investments. Any person desiring to invest two dollars or more must obtain an investment envelope, place the sum inside, seal the envelope and on the outside in the spaces denoted write the number of his admission ticket, the number of the race and the number of the dog upon which the investment is to be made and the amount to be invested. 'Dividends’ are Earned. “The investor will take the envelope to a window where he will give the envelope to an attendant. The investor does not receive a receipt. “This envelope is then taken to the brokerage office where a calculator totals the amount of investments, and deducts 10 per cent as the fee charged by the investment brokerage house, which is operated by the Kennel club. "Then the profits percentages are estimated. The dogs do not win place or show. Instead they come in one, two, three. At the close of the race the investor appears at the brokerage' window, displays the number on his admission ticket and is returned an envelope bearing the same number and containing the dividend earned by the investment. Os course, if your dog loses you do not go back to the window.” “Pure Sport” Venture. Baxter made it positive that no horse racing lingo would be tolerated around the b ack. This is not going to be a gambling venture; it’s a matter of “investment” and. according to the promoter, "pure sport.” “We are going to have signs up saying ’No Gambling Allowed' and “No Intoxicating Liquor Allowed on the Grounds.’ “We will carefully police the race track and the grand stand.” Baxter declared that the promoters next week will invite Chief Worley, Sheriff George Winkler, Prosecutor Judson L. Stark. Mayor L. Ert Slack, and other city and state officials to the track for a "school race." which is a practice session to get the dogs, ticket tak-
FLIER HANGS BY FEET TWO HOURS TO REPAIR PLANE LANDING GEAR IN AIR
B’i I'nilcd Pm s T Y ARTFORD. Conn., June 22. n Lieutenant Carl A. Dixon, • Hartford aviator, nonchalantly went about making repairs on his five-passenger airplane today while ■ fellow fliers hailed him for one of the most remarkable exhibitions of coolness and skill in aviation history. Discovering lire landing gear , was disabled while flying over Wil- i limantic. Dixc, turned over the ;
ers, investment brokers, ushers, police and other attendants familiar with their jobs. 175 Greyhounds at Track. One hundred and seventy-five greyhounds are quartered in the track kennels (three long shedlike buildings south of the track) and there will be 300 there when the race meet opens, Baxter said. The club plans two meets a year, if it hurdles the anti-gambling law. One will be in the summer and the other in the fall, each for thirty days. Four acres are available for free parking. Giant electric searchlights will provide illumination. Indianapolis men known to be aiding in the promotion are Godfrey Yaeger, attorney, secretary of the club; John Darmody, acting as treasurer, although Ralph Lanins of Cincinnati is the official treasurer; and Frank W. Young, Lawrence and Anderson, Ind., lumber dealer. Check up on Treasurer. Darmody was made acting treasurer to facilitate the handling of the club’s funds in the banks here, since the treasurer is a resident of Ohio. Darmody said that before he accepted the responsibility he went to Columbus and Hamilton, Ohio, and looked up Baxter. Pie said he learned Baxter was financially responsible, that Baxter was chief game warden of Ohio for six years and in the Ohio fish and game department for eighteen years and has been in the dog racing business for the last three years. The Kennel Club promoters were bothered for several weeks by uncertainty over the patent “rabbit” which on a metal track of its own inside the dog track lures the greyhounds into occasional bursts of speed. Without a “rabbit” a dog race is like prohibition drug store cocktails. Quarter-mile Oval. The promoters, it is understood, have settled with the owners of the “rabbit” patent for a fiat royalty of $5,000, and one of the two men who owns the patents is installing the “rabbit.” The track is a quarter of a mile oval. The club plans nine events every night of the meet, purses totaling SI,OOO an evening. The dogs are owned privately, just like horse races. The owners get the SI,OOO according to their dog's performances and those who “invest” luckily in the dogs can get as much as the total “investment” in all the dogs in the particular race amounts to, less the club's 10 per cent “brokerage fee.” The races will vary in length from three to five-sixteenths of a mile. Admission will be fifty cents. Two Classes of Partners. Yaeger. the club lawyer and secretary, says that he is prepared to successfully resist any legal action to stop the race meet. “The systepi under which the club is organized is a European plan, known as a limited partnership,” said Yeager. “Under it there are two classes of partners, general and special. Special partners have a imited liability and can not be assessed more than the amount of their holdings. A general partner's liability is unlimited.” Yaeger declared that the Illinois and Florida supreme courts have upheld the system, declaring it not betring but an "investment business.” Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 68 8 a. m 74 7 a. m 70 9 a. m 76
controls of the ship to a mechanic. ! cut a hole in the bottom of the ! fuselage and repaired the land- ; mg gear with rope and a shoestring while hanging by his feet. Then he brought the plane and j its three passengers down to twenty-flve-mile-an-hour landing at Brainard field. ts a FOR nearly two hours. Dixon hung from the plane, his work ! hampered buffeting winds and ,
INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1929
™ii!l •i Will Not Marry Mrs. Cory,* Royal Spaniard Declares. BY PRINCESS AM FRAZIL United Press Staff Correspondent PARIS, June 22.—Mrs. Mabel Gilman Corey's matrimonial misfortunes reached an anti-climax today when her fiance. Don Luis De Bourbon, a prince of the Spanish royal house, returned unsigned the marriage contract which had been sent to him. Attached to the marriage document was a note reading: “I will not marry Mabel Corey.” Mrs. Corey, former wife of the American steel king, William E. Corey, insisted, however, that she possessed in writing many assurances from the prince that he would marry her. The trouble continues to center over the failure of the prospective couple to agree on the financial arrangement of the marriage. Don Luis insists that Mrs. Corey deposit in an Italian bank 5.000,000 French francs in cash, to furnish him an income of 250,000 francs a year, plus pocket money from Mrs. Ccrey of about 50.000 francs a year. Mrs. Corey, it is said, offers to deposit securities, mostly American, whitfh she insists will bring in an equal income for the prince, although the face value of the deposit will not be as great as the 5,000.000 francs in cash which he insists be deposited. Luis also insists that Mrs. Corey come to- San Remo, Italy, to settle the question definitely, while Mrs. Corey equally is insistent that he come to Versailles when he has changed his mind about the project. Meanwhile Mrs. Corey says that the marriage plans are unchanged, although the story that the engagement had been broken was technically wrong since they never have been formally engaged.
FIND BODY IN RIVER Henry Bade, Veteran Rail Man, Missing Two Days. The body of Henry F. Bade, 65, of 224 West Twenty-ninth street, veteran Pennsylvania railway employe, missing since Thursday, was taken from White river near the West Morris street bridge early today. Rex Seeley, South Bend, Ind., construction foreman, and A. J. Amman, 518 East Twenty-eighth street, superintendent of anew bridge being built across the river at the foot of Morris street, found it, floating face downward, lodged against rocks in the middle of the stream. The widow. Mrs. Tillie Bade, and Mrs. W. H. Rohr, 230 West Thirtieth street, neighbor of the Bade family, identified the body in the J. W. Patterson funeral heme, 1324 North Illinois street, where it was sent by Dr. C. H. Keever, coroner. WEDDING REPORTED' OFF Mrs. Corey Won’t Marry Spanish Prince, Rumors Say. Bn United Press PARIS, June 22.—Persistent rumors. backed by statements from friends of both parties, insisted today that the contemplated marriage between Don Luis De Bourbon, prince of the Spanish house, and Mrs. Mabel Gilman Corey, former wife of William E. Corey, American steel king, has been definitely called off.
the discomfort of his position, while aviators from Brainard field here flew around the disabled plane, unable to help. One aviator took up the parachutes which he offered to drop to Dixon's plane, but Dixon waved him away. Dixon took off from Brainard field for Willjmantic with three passengers late Friday. They were David Weingart, his
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New dog racing plant of the Inidanapolis Kennel Club. Ltd., one mile north of the city limits on the Noblesville road, which is expected to be the center of a hot legal battle over whether making as2 investment” in a dog in a race with the expectation of winning anything from a dollar on up is gambling or legitimate “investment brokerage business.” Above is a general view of the plant, which promoters say will cost about $175,000. Entrance at left, grandstand in center and kennels at the far right. Below is a close-up of the grandstand, which will seat 5,000 persons. Note the little windows in the space under the rear of the grandstand. These are where you will make your $2 “investments,” if you are inclined to take a flier, and the law doesn’t stop you.
Fire Causes $14,000 Loss in Tire Shop Sulphur Fumes and Heat Biamed for Blaze in Trieb Store. Spontaneous combusion today was declared to have been the cause of the $14,000 fire at the Andrew Trieb Tire Company store, 909 North Capitol avenue, Friday night. The fire started in the service room where $6,000 worth of tires were stored and the sulphur fumes and heat caused the flames to leap forth. The tires were destroyed with equipment valued at $4,000, The same amount of damage was done to the building. F. W. Papet, a salesman, and Claude Herold; bookkeeper, and Blaine Zook, clerk, were in the front room of the shop checking stock when the fire broke out. Two merchant detectives and Claude Davis, had just left the tire store when they saw the flames leap up. Business was going on as usual today. FAMILY HAS BUSY DAY Husband Shoots Self; His Father Hit by Auto; Son Bom. Bv United Press PITTSFIELD, Mass., June 22. Friday was a momentous, day for the family of Serino Bormolino. He shot himself while trying to shoot a hawk, but will recover. His father was injured by an automobile. Mrs. Bormolino gave birth to a boy.
Free Notaries on Job Tonight Saturday—half holiday and the pay enveleope in the jeans. Indianapolis Times notaries on the job until 8:30 this evening at The Times office. Food day to get your driver license application blank notarized for notiiing thereby avoiding the 25-cent notary fee, which politicians had hoped to grab. Every driver has to have one on and after July 1.
mechanic; Joseph Balstrun, Northampton, s Mass., pilot, and John Anderson, employe of a local flying organization. As Dixon came swooping down for a landing at the Willimantic field, observers noticed the right V-strut of the landing gear had become detached from the fuselage and was hanging limply. Had the plane attempted to land, aviators said, the landing gear would have crumpled a|d the
SEA FLIERS OVERDUE Azores Receive No Word From Spanish Plane. Bv United Press HORTA, Azores, June 22.—Commander Ramon Franco and his three flight companions aboard the Spanish trans-Atlantic hydroplane Dormer No. 16 were several hours overdue here today en route from Spain to the United States. Up to 9 a, m. this morning no word had been received from the plane at the local radio station. The wireless operators have been on constant duty during the night and today in the hope of establishing direct communication with the fliers.
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plane probably would have crashed into the earth with terrific force. s a a DEATH or injury to the four fliers almost certainly would have resulted. Heeding a warning, Dixon gained altitude and looked over the side of his plane. When he saw his plight, he headed for Hartford, told Weingart to take
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REFUND MAY 300 ST TAX RATE IN CITY Leather’s Ruling to Hike Levy $1 on Every SIOO, Says Dunn. Unless supreme court upsets a ruling of Superior Judge James A. Leathers every taxpayer in Marion county must pay an additional $1 on each SIOO of taxables in 1930, County Auditor Harry Dunn predicted today. Leathers’ held late Friday that county commissioners must repay to taxpayers $8,000,000 in claims for refunds on taxes paid under the horizontal increases of 1919, 1920 and 1921. State supreme court has held the horizontal increases illegal. Fifteen thousand taxpayers more than a year ago filed claims for refunds. County commissioners merely ignored the claims. Seven taxpayers filed suit before Judge Leathers to force the payments. Leathers Friday held that the commissioners must go ahead with the payment. Commissioners have not decided whether to appeal to supreme court, but they may do so. Meanwhile, a group of manufacturers have a suit protesting the refund pending in federal court. The federal court might block the refund and commissioners are expected to consider this angle of the situation before making a decision as to whether to fight further. Auditor Dunn pointed out that it would take at least a $1 tax rate increase to raise the $8,000,000. This would boost the Center township rate from $2.64 to $3.66. The tax rate is set in September. State tax board also is expected to take some action in the situation, probably in an advisory capacity to help solve the tangle.
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ißy Thomson & McKinnon) NEW YORK, June 22.—DiscoverI ing developments, either present or 1 for the immediate future, that ; might be unfavorably construed, is a decidedly hard matter. Removal I of the credit question from considI eration because of its gradual im- | provemen’t appears to eliminate I from a market standpoint the last disturbing element. To enumerate only a few of the day to day favorable developments would take considerable space and involve reptition of what is generally well known. One phase of the situation which we feel is not being given sufficient attention is the possibilities in the rail group. We are not in any way modifying my optimism toward the high class industrial shares, but in my opinion the opportunities in the rails are so outstanding that they should not be overlooked. On the average they are selling little if any in excess of ten times earnings. Conditions surrounding them both present and prospective are much better than they have been for years, and we shall be very much mistaken if the long expected move is not now under way. We doubt if they would participate to any considerable extent in any technical reaction affecting the balance of the market.
j the controls and began to work. Because of the small space in | which he had to work, Dixon was ! forced to strip to the waist. Then, patiently, he began work | on the hanging strut while the ; passengers prated for his success. At last, he drew himseif up into the plane with a sight of relief, took the controls and brought the ship , down to a masterful landing that S did not jar the crippled landing l gear.
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176 IN INDIANA FACE CHARGES BY U. S. lURY Former Allen County Sheriff Among 107 Ft. Wayne Liquor Defendants. ELECTION INQUIRY LAGS Federal Body in Report at South Bend Declares Evidence Weak. j B>i Times Bpct ini SOUTH BEND, Ind., June 22. | Shelving its inquiry into the charges | of fraud on the part of the Repubj lican machine in Lake county in the | 1928 election, the federal grand jury ; laid a heavy hand on the liquor { conspiracy situation in Ft. Wayne i Friday, when it returned forty-seven indictments against 107 persons in that district. Several prominent persons in Ft. Wayne are included among defendants. Dr. Guy Emerick, former Allen county sheriff, must face trial on charges of conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law. Names of twenty-five others in one i conspiracy case were withheld pendJ ing arrests. George Biemer and August Klenke, said to be racketeers of jFt Wayne, were also indicted for | cc. 'spiracy. This action against alleged crime j and vice rings in the city is the j strongest attack made by the local federal office in that city. Two previous jury investigations resulted in large numbers of true bills against racketeers in South Bend and racketeers and public officials in Michigan City. The jury returned a total of ninety-seven indictments against 176 persons in the northern Indiana federal district. Hotel Proprietor Accused Chief among the fifty-five. South Bend persons indicted was Andrew C. Weisberg, proprietor of the Oliver hotel, who faces trial for alleged Income tax irregularities and violation of the internal revenue law. Results of the investigation into the Lake county election fraud charges will be announced at the next grand jury session if ever. In returning its report to Judge Thomas W. Slick the jurors asserted that they had not received sufficient evidence to indict. The report reads: “The grand jury has spent considerable time in investigating charges of fraud in the 1928 election in Lake county. It has had the testimony of some eighty-four witnesses in this connection. In the ! opinion of this body there is not j sufficient evidence Kpon which to j predicate any indictment at this j time. Although there has been evi- | dence tending to show irregularities in various polling precincts in Lake county, in our opinion there is no evidence to establish any organized effort to corrupt the election or to violate the federal laws in that connection. Direct Evidence Lacking “Much testimony was heard concerning stories of fraud and much was said concerning the importation iof floaters from the south side of Chicago to Lake county to vote there on election day. However, there is no direct evidence from any witness to establish this as a fact. It is our opinion that the government agents should continue their search for witnesses who will have direct evidence of such violations if such witnesses can be found.” Among the eighty-four witnesses heard in the Lake county case were John D. Williams, deposed head of the state highway commission; R. Earl Peters, Democratic state chairman; Boyd Gurley, editor of The Indianapolis Times; Warren Fairbanks, publisher of the Indianapolis News; John J. Moroney, erstwhile department of justice agent and reputed to have once been a special investigator for Senator James E. Watson; Walter Scharge. Whiting mayor and chairman of the Lake county Republican committee, and Prosecuting Attorney Oliver Starr of Lake county.
PORKERS MOSTLY 10 TO 20 CENTS UP HERE Vealers Strong Selling sl4 Down; Cattle Steady. Hogs were mostly 10 to 20 cents higher today at the local stock yards. Pigs were quoted steady. The bulk of 160-250 pounds brought $11.40 to $11.45. The top price paid was $11.50. Receipts were estimated at 2,000, and holdovers from Friday’s market numbered 333. The cattle market was steady, with not enough here to test the market prices. Vealers were strong selling at sls down. The sheep and lamb market was fully steady. Top fat lambs brought around sl4. The Chicago hog market opened slow to steady with Friday's average. No choice light hogs were on sale. Few choice 200-220 pound weights brought sll to sll.lO. Odd lots of 300-325 pound butchers sold at $10.65. Receipts were 8,500, including 7.000 directs, and holdovers totaled 4.000. Cattle receipts were 400; sheep re- J ceipts wore 2,000.