Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 42, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 June 1929 — Page 2

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HELBYVILLE TO /DEDICATE NEW CITY STRUCTURE Ceremonies Will Be Held Sunday to Open sllO.000 Building. Bv SHELBYVILLE. Ind.. June 29. Bhelbyvilk new ?! 10.000 city building will b~ dctiica‘ed Sunday afternoon with the local Elks lodge in ehaiio. H. G. Montgomery. councilman of the first war \ is chairman of the dedication program committee, fellow members having chosen him for the t’lace in recognition of his services In connection with the new structure. Hr headed the building rornmittee. Assisting him with the program are Councilmon Frank Carr end Edwin Stith. The dedication ceremony will be conducted bv Elmer McNay. exalted ruler of the Elks, and other officers tof t.hi* order. The dedicatory address will be delivered by Dr. L. T. Freeland, pastor of the First Methodist church.. Invocation and benediction will be respectively by the Rev. L. O. Richmond, First Presbyterian church pastor, and tlie Rev. Paul E. Million, pastor of the First Christian church. Tire building replaces one destroyed bv fire Jan. 1. 1928. It is the third official structure in the city’s history, the first having been erected at a cost of $2,800. All have been on the same site. WAR PRISONER DIES Fortville Man Knew Suffering at Andersonville and Libby. Bji Ti in Is sin FORTVILLE. Ind.. June 29. Funeral services were held Friday for Byron Kurtz, who reached the age of 86 despite suffering the rigors of confinement in Anderscnville and Libby prisons during the Civil war. Tire veteran often recalled the suffering in the former prison, relating that on one occasion when a dog followed a guard who brought a supply of sweet potatoes to the prisoners, they enticed the animal to stay, killed i: and cooked its body with the vegetables. Tax Review Nears Close. BU Tim<* Hi. /'lf ANDERSON. Ind., June 29—The Madison county board of review will end its annual meeting here Tuesday. It has finished work on commercial schedules and is devotI ing the last few days to hearing complaints of taxpayers or valuations placed on personal property and additional improvements. There ? are fewer grievances made this “year than ever before. Members of the board excepting those who serve by virtue of office arc Thomas McCullough. Andr 'm. and Alonzo Maudlin. Elwood. VVifr Tiri'd Being Wed. B</ Timi *Mu i inMARION. Ind.. June 29—Because his wife left home June 7 and told him she wa- •tired of married life and wanted to get out in the world where she could see people." Alva L. Corwin has filed •suit for a divorce from Mrs. Ruth fLucile Corwin. They were married ijulv 23. 1927. and separated June 7, 1929. June Bride Asks Divorce. Bi'TimrtSP" if MARION. Ind.. June 29—Charging her husband deserted her five months after their marriage. June 3. 1915, at Leavenworth. Kan., and that nothing has been heard from him since. Mrs. Della May Williams has filed suit in the Circuit court here for divorce from Charles N. Williams. Hospital Service Sought. Bt Times M< ' ><’ MARION. Ind.. June 29—The Grant county council will meet in special session July 6. to consider a $2,000 appropriation to provide hospital beds at the Irene Byron hospital. Ft. Wayne, for tuberculosis patients of this county. Injured Girl Recovering. B , Times Sp .ill ANDERSON. Ind.. June 29—Miss Margaret Riley. McCordsville. who was reunited with her family as the result of an auto crash on the day she was to be married, is recovering from injuries in St. John’s hospital here.

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PRINCETON, Ind., June 29. The public may get an opportunity to learn during a trial in Gibson circuit court here just how much allurement there is in the catchy advertising illustrations and phrases which have brought DRUG RAID NETS THREE Man and Two Women Await Federal Court Trial at Gary. GARY, Ind.. June 29.—Three persons are awaiting trial here on a charge of violating the national narcotic act, following raids by federal agents. Those held are Sydney Calander. Ruth Kline and Marie Mcßride, the latter reported having turned a government witness. Bond for each has been set at $2,900. Man Believed Dead Returns * I'ii Timt s Sin rial ANDERSON. Ind.. June 29Church Mayberry. 85. believed dead by relatives in Anderr.cn and Lapel, is here on a visit. Mayberry, a Civil war veteran, who at the age of 16 fought at Missionary Ridge, recently made his first trip “north” to visit a relative at New Albany. He learned there, that some May* berrys live here and came to investigate, meeting his great nephew, Harry Mayberry, whom he had not seen in thirty-five years. He was reunited with his nephew. Alexandria Mayberry, Lapel, a few hours later. Smoker Fatally Burned, fill Tim Is .'-In rial EAST CHICAGO. Ind.. June 29 Thomas Wilmont. 50. is dead of burns suffered when a bed caught ine from a cignret he was smoking. The fire started while Wilmont was asleep. Awakening, crazed with pain, he dashed into a thicket which became ignited from his flaming clothing. Upland Student Best. " 7 imi .< >in I in! MUNCIE. Ind., June 29—Miss Gvetehen Connelly of Upland is the honor student for the first spring term as Ball State Teachers’ colVge here. In five subjects during the term. Miss Connelly won five A's for a total of 60 points. Miss Charline Isgrig. Eaton, and Miss Charlotte Stafford, Muncie, were second and third. Safe Robbed of SIOO. P '■> Timeft'Spi rinl COLUMBUS. Ind.. June 29—The office of the Western Southern Insurance company was robbed of approximately SIOO. by a thief who knew the combination of a safe in the office. The robbery took place during the noon hour, when there were few persons in the building. Machine Severs Dog's Tail p a 7 im< 1 Sin < ial ANDERSON. Ind.. June 29—The cat that was killed by curiosity wasn't as lucky as Nibby. Spitz dog owned by Mr. and Mrs. John Richardson. Lapel. Nibby lost part of his tail which caught in the gears of an electric washing machine he was investigatin'. Cherry Ticker Hurt. Bn 7 i:.v. - sped;: ANDERSON. Ind.. June 29 George Murlen. 10. is the victim of Anderson’s second cherry tree accident this year. He fell from a tree, injuring a foot.

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BATTLEGROUND ASSEMBLY WILL .OPEN THURSDAY Epworth League Institute and School of Religion on Program. /’>/ Timr* Sjjt *ini BATTLE GROUND. Ind., June 29. : —The seventh annual Battle Ground assembly will open here Thursday under auspices of the Northwest Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. An Epworth League institute will be held during the second week of the assembly, with the Rev. T. Fred Williams, Plainfield, as dean. A summer school of religion will be held during the third week, with the Rev. Charles C. Ford as dean. Evangelism classes to be held in connection with the institute will be in charge of the Rev. J. A. Lord, Danville. Children’s play will be supervised by Mrs. Julian D. Hogate, Danville. Among speakers will be G. Bromj ley Oxnam. president of De Pauw i university; Bishop Edgar Blake, Indianapolis; the Rev. T. F. Williams, Trinity church. Lafayette; the Rev. L. M. Lounsbury. Terre Haute; the | Rev. H. D. Bollinger, student pas- | tor; the Rev. Elmer Jones. Indiani apolis. and the Rev. M. C. Hunt, 1 West Lafayette.

the ‘cigaret war” to the forefront of public interest. A value of $25,000 has been placed by James H. Meyer on the following conversation between two men, as follows: “Have one of these.” “No. thanks: I smoke Chesterfields.” Meyer alleges that he suggested the illustration of the two men, and their conversation to the Liggett & Meyers Tobacco Cos., Inc., three years ago. and the company used his suggestion without offering remuneration. The suit was originally filed in the Vanderburg circuit court, taken to Posey circuit court on a change of venue and brought here by the same method. Storm Causes Damage. Bu Timex Special CRAWFORDSVILLE. June 29Wind. rain and lightning, striking simultaneously, caused considerable damage here and in surrounding territory. The home of Charles | Britton was badly damaged when it was struck by lightning. Signs j and trees were blown down and several windows broken in stores. Reports from farms in various parts of ; the county indicated that much heat and oats had been blown down. Kiwanis Club Fleets Bu Times Special ALEXANDRIA. Ind., June 29 ! New officers of the Alexandria Ki- " anis club are W. A. Lewis, president; F. G. Keller, vice president; C. T. Wright, treasurer; E. W. Lee' trustee, and S. D. Goodwin, Fred Reiss, R. L. Franks. Leo Garringer, K. J. Sullivan. Harold Cooper and the Rev. Steuben Tummer, directors. Alleged Auto Thief Held. Blt 7 \ ))U .S ! . ’ ANDERSON, Ind.. June 29—Daymon Warner, 29. is in custody here av aiting the arrival of the sheriff of Union County, Ky. Warner was arrested while riding in anew automobile which was stolen from Mori ganfield, Ky. Grocers Han Picnic. Bn Times special ANDERSON, Ind.. June 29—Invitations are being sent to grocers m Elwood, Alexandria. Marion and Kokomo to join members of the Anderson Service Stores in the an- | ' rd , a ‘ P’* cuic °f that, organization. July 14. It. will probably be held at Camp Nawakwa. near Frankton. IT Groundhogs Killed. ~"“ i Bu Times Sp. dal DANVILLE. Ind., June 29—J. K. Eve claims the record for killing groundhogs with a rifle. At the Neil Disney farm northwest of here he killed seventeen of the animals in one afternoon. Picnic to be Held Sunday. B” Timi s Special EVANSVILLE Ind.. June 29 \ . Spcncpr county residents now hung m Evansville will hold a picnic Sunday at Mesker park It if expected 1.000 will attend/ a casket dinner will be served at 5 New Money Ordered. | Bu Times Special COLUMBUS. Ind.. June 29—Two banks here, the First National and Lie Irwm-Union Trust Companv have ordered SB,OOO in new curi rency to be delivered by July 10.

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Store Burglar Refused Clemency Despite Efforts of G. 0. P. Leader. By Timet special MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., June 29. —Political pressure has been ignored by John Moorman and Michael E. Foley, Indiana prison board members, in pleas for release of Thomas Toohey, serving a two to fourteen-year term for burglary of the L. S. Ayres & Cos. store at Indianapolis. The members made known their attitude following a hearing at the prison here Friday night at the conclusion of which clemency was refused Toohey. At the hearing it was brought out that Elza O. Rogers, Lebanon, Republican state chairman, had been interested in efforts to obtain release of the convict, and indirectly, there was evidence of other activity in his behalf in political circles. Toohey was convicted in Marion criminal court. Pending trial, he was at liberty under a cash bond of $30,000. Two daughters of the prisoner, a brother and a sister presented pleas to the board for his release. Another petitioner was the Rev. Joseph Weber of Indianapolis. Jose Castro, a life term murder convict, was also refused clemency. He was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the slaying of an Indiana Harbor policeman, but this was commuted to life imprisonment by Ed Jackson, then Governor. Appearing before the board was Castro’s father, claiming he was a personal friend of General Obregon, Mexican leader, recently assassinated. He urged the board to free his son, saying he wanted to take him back to Mexico to die. The son is said to be suffering from tuberculosis. • , Governor Harry G. Leslie and George Ade. author, sat with board members at the hearing. TWO OFFICERS HURT Anderson Police Automobile Crashes Into Another Car. B y T i in < s Spec in l ANDERSON, Ind.. June 29. Speeding in the west section of the city on an emergency call early today. A police department automobile crashed into a car driven by Winfied Keys, Alexandria. The police car was overturned and demolished injuring Captain Charles Williamson and Patrolman Benjamin Ashby. Convict Faces Divorce Suit. I'll Times special MARION, Ind.. June 29—Sherman Brewer, Jonesboro, who is serving a one to ten-year term in the state reformatory for grand larceny, was made defendant in a suit for divorce filed by Mrs. Marguerite Brewer. They were married Jan, 23. 1922. and separated June 20. 1929, the day he was arrested. The plaintiff asks custody of their four children, the oldest 6 years. Train Kills Two in Wagon BV Ini ini Press' GARY. Ind., June 29.—When a wagon in which they were riding was struck by a Pennsylvania train, John Toaorica. 46. and Jacob Casceria. 57, were killed instantly. Herman Pflughoet, deputy coroner, who investigated, said both men had been drinking. Horseshoe Pitcher Beats Rivals. Bv l imes Special ANDERSON. Ind., June 29 Walter Lane, dean of Madison county barnyard golfers and usually a leading contender for state honors, continues supreme among, county horseshoe pitchers. He won fourteen straight victories this week, crushing the youthful Lapel star, Manford Neese, and his old rival. Jack Copeland.

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Death Cheated Bv Times Special ANDERSON. Ind.. June 29 Charles Brown, Anderson motorist, had no prize to win but everything to lose in a race with a Pennsylvania passenger at a crossing three miles northeast of here. Caught on the crossing. Brown turned his auto and headed down the tracks. He kept ahead of the locomotive until the engineer brought the train to a halt a few feet from the rear of the automobile.

BOYS CAMP AT CULVERSCHOOL Three Groups Attend the Summer Session. Bv Times Special CULVER, Ind., June 29—Boys from thirty-seven states and seven foreign countries are attending summer camp activities at Culver Military Academy. Other nations represented are Germany, Brazil, Cuba, Santa Domingo, Panama, Mexico and Canada. Groups represented are the Naval school, in twenty-eighth annual session, the twenty-third cavalry term and eighteenth Woodcraft camp session. The following boys from Indianapolis are in attendance: Earl A. Blakley, Paul E. Tischer. Charles E. Eberly, Louis H. Schwitzer, Morris Morris. Melvin R. Guthrie. John C. Ertel, Cornelius Helwig, Edward L. Springer, Richard C. Fitch, Harry H. German, John Bertermann, Jr., William C. Bertermann, Norman A. Perry. Jr.. J. David Baker. J. Irving Holcomb. Henry Holt Jr.. Paul T. Hurt Jr., John S. Kittle Jr.. Daniel P. Morse. Thomas F. Mumford, Robert W. Ramage, Joe R. Beckett Jr., Henry S. Fauvre, Robert William Croyle, Edward E. Fouts. Billy Hosea. William M. Kendrick Jr., and John C. Fitch. Knife Wielder Fined SSO Bv Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind.. June 29 Through an agreement, Verne Terry 26, Belle Union, cement plant employe charged with asault and battery with intent to kill upon the person of Frank Lane, cement plant foreman, pleaded guilty to assault and battery, and the prosecution dropped the intent part of the charge. A fine of SSO and costs was imposed. A fight between the two occurred April 8, when Terry, discharged by Lane, returned to the plant and attacked the foreman with a knife. Light Bulbs Stolen. Bv Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind.. June 29 “The Towers,” an old house which has been equipped as a summer camp for undernourished children, was robbed of 21 electric light bulbs, gift of a Greencastle citizen for the camp. Mrs. Carol Ream, Putnam county nurse, believes she knows the guilty party, and has offered not to prosecute if the bulbs are returned. Schools to Open Sept. 2. Bv Times Special . ANDERSON. Ind.. June 29Township schools in Madison county will begin the new term Monday, Sept. 2. Teachers’ Institute will be held here the preceding week. Two speakers have been obtained. They are Prof. S. C. Schumucker. West Chester, Pa., and Paul V. Voelker, Battle Creek, Mich. Building Worker Hurt. Bv Timt x Syn rial ANDERSON. Ind.. June 29—A scaffold being used in the construction of the new Anderson post office fell on Hibbart Cullin, employed on the building, inflicting scalp lacerations.

MAN DECLARED LEGALLY DEAD GETS NEW LIFE Unusual Action in Court at Ft. Wayne Permits Sharing of Estate. Bp 7 imes special FT. WAYNE, Ind.. June 29.—Although the Cleveland Clinic explosion brought death to many, it meant life to Emil Simminger, 43, Pittsburgh, Pa., former resident here. Through action of Judge George H. Leonard in superior court Simminger, declared legally dead two years ago, has been restored to life from the standpoint of the law. After reading newspaper accounts of the tragedy in the Ohio city, Simminger was attracted to the scene. While in Cleveland he called on a brother and learned from him that he had been declared dead by court action here. Simminger had not communicated with any of hLs relatives for nineteen years and they had believed him dead. Legal action to that effect was taken upon the death of his father to facilitate distribution of an estate. With action set aside Simminger has been paid $1,899 as his part of the estate. CUPID GIVEN AID BY MUNCIE DETECTIVES Couple Reunited After Youthful Lover Wrote Suicide Threat. By Times Special MUNCIE. Ind., June 28. —Muncie detectives have their own methods of meeting any situation that may arise. Asa result a boy and girl are lovers again, though a few hours before' the girl was scorning the boy's attentions and he was threatening to end his life. A letter to the girl from the boy, containing the threat to kill himself, was the key to the situation. The girl, fearful that he might make good his threat, turned the letter over to detectives. They directed her .to write him and then they waited at the general delivery window of the postcffice for him to appear. He did and officers took him into custody. The girl was called in and it wasn’t long until all differences had been settled. They left arm in arm. HUGE TANK FOR FARMS Container Being Erected Near Washington for 50.000 Gallons Bv Times Sin rial WASHINGTON. Ind., June 29 A 50.000-gallon water tank is being erected at the Graham Farms near here, owned by the three Graham brothers of automobile making fame. The tank not only will supply all the water needs on the farm, but in addition will be for use of a cheese factory. It is being placed at a height of 84 feet to afford a gravity pressure of 35 pound^. Two Hurt in Truck Crash. Bv Times Special GREENCASTLE. Ind.. June 29William Freeman. 50. and Earl Albright, 8, both of Spencer, were injured when a truck driven by John Albright, 54, father of the boy, collided with a truck occupied by George Smitz. and Otto Lvdick of Fillmore, north of here on State road 43. Both the man and boy suffered cuts on the face. Heart Disease Causes Death. />’a Times, sin rial CRAWF’ORDSVILLE. June 29 Harley Swindler. 60. died suddenly while at work. Death was due to a heart disease.

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Bp 1 inns Special KOKOMO. Ind.. June 29.—Applying anew dry law interpretation to the effect that a husband is responsible for his wife’s acts, City Judge Shenk disposed ol a liquor case in which Phinley Ireland, 42; his stepfather and mother. Adarn Stroup, 67. and Mrs. Nancy Stroup, 60, were accused. Raiding officers testified the only liquor they saw was in the hand of Mrs. Stroup, but the court released her, but found Stroup guilty, although sentence was withheld. Ireland came out worst in the case. He was fined SIOO and costs and. sentenced to forty-five days on the penal farm. Stroup had testified Ireland kept a supply of liquor in the Stroup home, and although he objected, Ireland’s mother defended her son’s act. LIGHT BEAMS MOVE CLOCK New Device Perfected at Purdue University. Bv United Press LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 29—An electric clock which its inventors believe is anew improvement over those now in use has been perfected in a Purdue university physics research laboratory by John V. Hoffacker, physics assistant, and Dr. K. Lark-Horovitz, director of the laboratory. The new .type master automatic clpck uses light- beams instead of metal for contacts, eliminating wear on and consequent slowing which is evident as metal contact clocks become older. The apparatus operates entirely on alternating current and is so compact that it may be fitted into the bottom of any ordinary clock case. A patent for the device has been applied for. MUNCIE GETS ACCUSED Newcastle Youth Will Probably Face Highway Robbery Charge. B ii Tim at Special MUNCIE. Ind., June 29.—Muncie authorities have won the right to prosecute a young Newcastle man from officials there, who wanted to do the same thing. Asa result, Willard Harding Jr., 20, Newcastle, is in the county jail here and Prosecutor Joe H. Davis announces he will ask a grand jury indictment for highway robbery. Harding was shot and seriously Wounded by John Guffigan, filling station attendant and former detective. when he attempted to rob the station. His companion, said to have been Albert Wheat. Newcastle, escaped. Push mobile Race Planned. Bv Timt s Spei ial GREENCASTLE. Ind., June 29 The first pushmobile contest ever held in Greencastle is being planned by the local post, of veterans of Foreign Wars, to be held soon. Insurance Officers Robbed. Bp Times Sin rial CRAWFORDSVILLE. June 29Two insurance •' company officers were robbed here presumably by the same person. About sl2 in cash was taken from the unlocked safe of the Aetna Life office while loot from the office of the Metropolitan was not determined.

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ELECTION PROB RENEWAL DAT! 1 HELD INDEFINITE District Attorney Denier Reports of Early Resumption. Fji Times Spreial GARY, Ind., June 29.—District! Attorney Oliver M. Loomis an- ! nounces that, there are no plans for ■ recalling the federal grand jury to | ccntir 'tea probe of alleged fraud in Lake county’s November election. Reports that the investigation | was to be renewed were current fol- ; lowing a visit to the county by the | district attorney. “It is true that I did confer with some people in Lake county,’’ Loomis said here, “but there are no plans for summoning a grand jury. There will be no reason for recalling the jury unless some material evidence is obtained, unless some one is located who witnessed violation of the election law or knows definitely of them.” Loomis admitted department of justice agents arc still working on the case. The jury, after its initial inquiry, reported to Judge Thomas W. Slick at South Bend it lacked evidence of weight sufficient to be the basis for indictments. Eighty witnesses* gave testimony. YOUTH OF 20 TO FACE MURDER TRIAL MONDAY Charged with Slaying Grocer During Robbery Attempt. SALEM, Ind., June 29—Trial of Lawrence Turpin, 20, on a charge ] of first-degree murder, is scheduled : to open in Washington circuit court 1 : here Monday. Turpin, a pal of James Jenkins, ' | 23. is charged with the murder of I Zack Burton. Mitchel grocer, June ! 10, 1928. Jenkins is serving a life I sentence for the same offense, and ! is expected to be subpenaed by | the state tc testify against Turpin. Turpin and Jenkins, according to i confessions made shortly after their i arrests, attempted to hold Burton up and rob him of S6OO, and Jen--1 kins fired when Burton made a : move as if to draw a gun. $161,656 IN ESTATE Inventory of Anderson Company Officials’ Property Filed. By Times XnecUtl ANDERSON, Ind., June 29 James E. VanDeventer, official of ! the Mid-states Steel Company, who died suddenly in his office here a I few weeks ago, left personal propi ert-y valued at $161,656.76. as shown Iby an inventory and appraisement | filed in Madison circuit court. The ■ ! estate also includes a small amount ! of rral estate in this city. The late Lase Swank, also a. | stockholder in the steel company, left personal property valued at $36,949.06. Both were stockholders in the Anderson Banking Company. Criminal Cases Dismissed. j 81l Times Sp,rinl COLUMBUS. Ind.. June 29—On motion of Prosecutor William H. Dobbins, Circuit Judge Julian Sharpnack has cleared the Bartholomew circuit court docket, dismissing 87 criminal cases some three years old. The cases involved 78 persons. Among the rases dismissed were those of Truman Rembusch of Shelbyville and Donald Wagner of this city in connection with the I Sunday movies fieht here a few we As ago.