Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 65, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 July 1929 — Page 1

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Mabel Walker Willebrandt will write o*.*!°™ “Thelnside of Prohibition** for THE TIMES

THE most discussed in this country today, after a decade ( >f experiment, is prohibition. A letter from former Attomey-Heneral Wiekerpham. head of the Hoover crime commission, looses the tontines of the nation, and both those who believe in prohibition and those who oppose it eagerly talk about his suggestion. One great historian. Ida Tarbell. seriously suggests that the state of public mind is similar to that which existed on the question of slavery before the Civil war. Tbc Indianapolis Times does not believe that any question peed be settled by violence, by prejudice, by suppression. It believes that when the people have all the facts, they will act wisely. On every controversial question that affects* the government or public opinion. The Times endeavors to priut all sides fairly. It is pledged to a policy of giving light, all the light that it can obtaiu. It has faith that the people will find their own way. 808 It B B TN pursuance of that policy. The Times will begin publication. Aug. 5, of a series of twenty-four articles by Mabel Walker Willebrandt, for seven years the assistant attorneygeneral in charge of federal enforcement of prohibiion. articles have been secured at large cost. They will not bo printed in any other newspaper in this part of Indiana. Mrs. Willebrandt is the most criticised and the most praised woman of this country. The believers in Volsteadism plaee her upon a pedestal. Those who object have denounced her in terms as damning as her praise has been high. The Times not know what these articles will contain. except that Mrs. Willebrandt promises to tell the whole of the “Inside of Prohibition.” She will deal with the incidents under her own experience. She has full and free rein to write what she pleases. The Times has her promise that she will write nothing which can not be substantiated by evidence. B a a B a a TN publication of these articles. The Times only follows its general policy of bringing to its readers all the information that can be obtained from recognized authorities on any public question. Ts you have faith in prohibition, you will want to read these articles by Mrs. Willebrandt. If you have doubts, you will be even more interested in ber experiences. Your neighbors will be talking about these articles. You can not afford to miss one of them. Remember the date, Aug. 5. Tell your friends.

PARK MAINTENANCE MEN ON FIVE-DAY WEEK; 57 DISCHARGED; FUNDS LOW

Slash in Forces is Made Necessary by Poor 1929 Budget. Maintenance laborers in Indianapolis parks, playgrounds and golf courses will be on the job only five davs a week, beginning next Tuesday. as the result of cuts in personnel made necessary by the inadeouate 1929 budget. R. Walter Jarvis, park superintendent, announced today. It is necessary in addition to discharge fifty-seven maintenance employes outright next Tuesday. The discharges and the five-day week will cut $1,300 a from the payroll. Only 150 persons will remain on the maintenance force for the city's thousands of acres of play space. Jarvis expressed concern for the future of the park development program because, in accordance with the administration policy, the budget for 1930 calls tor no more money than this year, keeping the tax rate at 6 cents. The park board asked for 8 cents. Mayor L. Ert Slack ordered this cut to 6 cents. Long-delayed development of Dearborn. Christian and Holliday parks will be curtailed by the 1930 cuts. Jawis said REWARD TO 'OLD KATE' Fund Raised for Poor Woman. Admirer of King George. By United Press LONDON. July 26.— "01d Kate." who kept a faithful vigil outside Buckingham palace during the illness of King George last winter, has been rewarded by the king. Kate sold race cards for a living and the king often bought his cards from her when he attended the races. A sporting magazine is now raising a fund to enable Kate to pass the remainder of her life in comfort and the king has contributed SSO.

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VOLUME 41—NUMBER 65

2 TIRE THIEVES ESCAPE Flee Under Fire of Patrolman When Caught in ActTwo automobile tire thieves escaped under fire early today when Patrolman Frank' Fa gin discovered them taking a tire from an auto owned by Mrs. Cora Dale, 1645 English avenue, parked in front of her house. Bert Barrett. 748 Lexington avenue, later was arrested as one of the thieves and held on vagrancy charges pending investigation. Auto Kills Oaktown Boy B'J United Press. VINCENNES. Ind.. July 26. Struck by an automobile driven by Vemel Harstine. Oak town. Patrick Mulheron. 8. died in a hospital here today.

‘MEN, FIGHT FOR LIBERTY/ URGES EDITOR DEFENDING PAJAMA GARB

W O. Saunders, publisher of the ~'izabth Cttv C.> Independent, has attracted -tide attention during the past two weeks bv wearing pajamas in public as a suitable mans costume for the Mimrr.fr timf Hf has written follotting article for the United Press and Th Times, giving his idea of pajamas as the proper summer wear, and suggesting ‘he appropriate styles for men who would be comfortable. BY W. O. SAUNDERS Publisher Eliiabeth City O'. C.l Independent ELIZABETH CITY. N. C.. July 26. —The surprising thing *o me is that everywhere in America there is a superstition that it is against the law for a man to dress comfortably in hot weather. Cartoonists bolster up the superstition by drawing cartoons of paiama clad males being chased by policemen. A preacher mounted his pulpit last Sunday and denounced me for dressing contrary to holy writ. Where do they get that stuff? My suggestion to men everywhere who approve of more liberty la

Ax Slaying Suspect Is Seen in Car

Willard Ewing.

The two-year search for Willard Ewing, 44. charged with the ax murder of his wife and step-father near here Oct. 15. 1927. was resumed today by posses from Bedford, Ind., when several farmers who knew Ewing reported seeing him in a stolen automobile near Orangeville, Ind. Ewing, a farm hand who had been working near Plainfield. Ind.. had been married to Mrs. Zenith Burris Ewing. 2342 Brookside avenue. She discovered he never had been divorced from his first wife, who lived at McCotjdsville, Tnd., and left him. On Saturday night. Oct. 15. 1927. Ewing appeared at the home of Mrs. Burris-Ewing’s step-father, David Bayles, on Brokside avenue, told her he had started proceedings to annul their marriage at Greenfield and asked her to go t-o a lawyer's office to sign papers. Being afraid of Ewing, she induced her step-father to go with them. They left in an automobile, which Ewing had stolen from a Plainfield farmer for whom he was working, at noon Saturday. That w r as the last Mrs. Ewing and her stepfather were seen alive. A farmer found their bodies, half concealed by weeds, in a ditch beside the Thirtieth street road, ten miles east of the city 7. Monday morning. Oct. 17. 1927. Their heads had been crushed by a hand ax. Ewing was alleged to 'have stolen the ax from his employer when he took the'ear.

SLEUTH BEATEN; FIREUT AUTO Horsethief Detective Rouses ‘Hijacking Battle' Rumor, A “hijacking clash" in, which several shots alarmed residents of Washington Place, East National road early this morning, was revealed late today to deputy sheriffs as the attempt of a horsethief detective to halt an automobile in which a, man he sought to question fled after beating him. The detective, whose name is Davis, and whom the deputies believe is Robert E. Davis, Washington Place, told deputies he came upon the man asleep in his Ford coupe, with the motor running, at the side of the road. "■What are you doing?” he asked. “None of your business,” the man replied. Dans siezed the keys to the car, and the other leaped out and struck him several times. Then he leaped into the coupe and and sped away. Davis fired six shots, one of them puncturing a tire on the speeding car and pursued the machine in his own car. Police, called by residents, trailed the coupe north from Cumberland to the Thirtieth street road, but lost the trail on a hard-surfaced road. Davis turned over the keys to the deputies.

clothes for men is to give pajamas a modest try out. If they are not quite enthusiastic enough to wear them openly, let

No! My, No! Bv United Press Norman, okia.. July 26. There will be no pajamas worn on the streets of Norman by University of Oklahoma students this season, according to announcement by school authorities. The decree was handed down after Paul W. Partridge, a senior, appeared at the university cafeteria in purple pajamas and bedroom slippers to match.

them slip into their pajamas these hot summer evenings and go for a motor ride: dare to sit on their porches in pajamas: organize pajama parties. And when a considerable number of males everywhere have taken

INDIANAPOLIS. FRIDAY. JULY 26. 1929

RECORD PLANE ON 14TH DAY IN TIME GRIND St, Louis Aviators Hope to Remain Aioft for 400 Hours. PROPELLER SPINS COIN Machine With Parents of One of Fliers Expected This Afternoon, Endurance flight pictures, Face One, .Second Section. By L niti y />)-, ST. LOUIS July 26.—Carrying on towards the end ol their second week of continuous flight, Forrest O'Brine rjid Dale Jackson kept the St. Louis-Robin monoplane soaring steadily today passing their 318th hour in the air at 1:17 a. m. The fliers are determined to stay aloft until they pass the 400-hour mark and hope to reach 500 hours. Their plane shows no signs of flagging in its steady course and the spirits of the two men are undimmed by their vigil. If they remain in air. they will begin their third week at 7:17 a. m. Saturday. Some of the finest weather o* the past two weeks—which have been exceptionally calm —favored Dale Jackson and Forrest O'Brine as they guided their “Golden Goose’’ through cloudless skies. It's a “golden goose’’ to the two men. as every day they keep it aloft mean's approximately $3,000 to them in extra living awards.

Parents Dare Air. Too FARIBAULT, Minn., July 26. Nervous but willing to dare anything to see their son. “Pa” and “Ma” Jackson climbed into the Spirit of Faribault at 9:35 a. m. here today and took off for St. Louis, where their son Dale, with Forrest O'Brine. has shattered all sustained flight records and still is going. Their little farm, with its cows, hens and pigs turned over to the "hired hands,” Henry and Mrs. Jackson started out with the cheers of 500 jubilant home towners ringing in their ears. “I’ll have to confess I’m a mite nervous,” Mrs. Jackson said as she stepped into the cabin monoplane, duplicate of the record-breaking ship, “but Pa and I would dare anything to see our boy again.” On one side of the trim craft, which was piloted by Howard Deichen of Waseca, was painted "Spirit of Faribault” and on the other was “hello, son, here is Ma and Pa Jackson. The air liner trip and the “hired hands” were the gifts of public spirited citizens here who knew Red only a few years ago as a grocery boy. The ship was expected to join Red and his companion over Lambert field about 2 p. m. “It is a great, day for us," was all “Pa” could say. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 73 10 a. m 32 7a. 75 11 a. m 83 Ba. m 77 12 (noon).. 85 9a. m 79 Ip. m 88

25-CENT RAFFLE TICKET WINS $1,000,000 OIL LAND

Bu United Press CLEVELAND, 0.. July 26.—Robert Gordon, 24, former taxi driver out of work for three weeks, was offered $1,000,000 today for land which he won on a raffle ticket costing 25 cehts in San Antonio, Tex., three years ago. “A fellow named Sanders came up Thursday morning and offered me a million dollars for the three acres I own down there,” Gordon explained today. “He said they struck oil on my property. And I told him to stop kidding me. It took him a long time to convince me. Out of work and now worth a million, gosh, what a break.” Three years ago while a student at the aviation school at the Brooks-

this step garment makers and their designers will get busy and new and delightful styles in men's summer appareling will be created. No doubt about it. Being a gregarious animal and friendly toward the herd, I shall hesitate to discard my palm beaches and tropical worsteds all at once; but I shall wear my pajamas in my office and about my work—and on the streets when the weather is unbearably hot. I expect to be in New York City next Monday and if Mayor Walker should be persuaded to issue a proclamation similar to that issued by the mayor of Elizabeth City this week. I shall be delighted to make myself comfortable on Broadway in pajamas, just as I have in Elizabeth City. Women within the past quartercentury boldly have asserted their rights and thrown off the bondage of bustles and corsets, camisoles and petticoats, long skirts, high top shoes and starched undie* ,

LIFE DUD AT 90 DEGREES ABOVE

Huskies Need Change of Furs for This Vacation

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POLICE GET RADIO CARS Cleveland Will Use Autos Equipped for Alarms. CLEVELAND, July 26.—A fleet of six police cars each equipped with radio receiving apparatus tuned to catch messages from the Cleveland police broadcasting station, will go Into regular service here within a week.

Kelly field in San Antonio, Gordon attended an auto show. They had a raffle and I bought a ticket, and won three acres out near Paris, Tex. The land was all barren, just a couple of weeds sticking out. But they started building out near there so I thought I would hold on to it, figuring I'd take a chance for a quarter,” Gordon related. “So I paid $75 to have the land surveyed.” Gordon plans to leave Saturday night with Sanders to go to the scene of the gusher. “I want to see what they are offering me a million dollars for,” Gordon explained. So excited has Gordon been over the news that he could not remember the name of the firm Sanders was representing.

The American woman today with her sheer one-piece frock, a skimpy step-in, silk hose and light weight soft leather shoes is the best dressed

One Convert! Bv United Prcaa LINCOLN. Neb.. July 26.—Coney Kammercell has not decided whether he will adopt pajamas for street wear, but he is convinced they are the proper costume for bed. Retiring Thursday night. Kammercell dislocated his shoulder while donning an old-fashioned night shirt.

woman in the world and thoroughly comfortable. And fool men go right on wearing woolen coats and trousers, cellars around their necks and heavy leather shoes, all through the summer. Possibly they have hesitated to [seek reform through a baseless su-

Entered as. Second-Class Matter at Postoffiee. Indianapolis

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Burkher and their Algskan huskies Thor (left above) and Silver and several

LIFE'S greatest adventure for Thor and Silver, full-blooded Alaskan huskies now domiciled in Indianapolis, has turned out to be a dud. and so far as they are concerned their master and mistress. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Burkher. 413 West Fortieth steet, can start for the snowy reaches of home. Unalaklett, Alaska, any time now. For one thing they haven’t got the right kind of clothes to enjoy a vacation in “the south.” They’re, admirably equipped for fifty belo"zero, but 80 and 90 in the shade, day after day—“whiff, whiff,” pants Thor.

Add to the heat the fact that Thor's wife gave birth to seven offspring at one time while in the land of strangers—any father will understand what Thor is up against. n n m MR. AND MRS. BURKHER. former Butler university students, have been teaching in government schools at Unalaklett for several years. Theq came back to summer school at Butler in June. They valued Thor and Silver. prizes of their dog team, so highlv they brought them along. They had been here only a few weeks when the puppies arrived, winning the probable distinction of being the only true huskies ever born in Indianapolis. It wasn't long before Burkher realized something had to be done to relieve the parent dogs of the heat so he has constructed dugouts for each in his backyard. It is difficult to get the older dogs

perstition that it is against the law for them to dare to be different. It was a source of much pride and satisfaction to me to live in a town whose mayor has the stamina to issue a proclamation proclaiming the right of every citizen in Elizabeth City to dress 8$ he pleases and go and come as he pleases without molestation from the police, so long as the proprieties are not offended by indecent exposure of the person. Could I have anticipated the na-tion-wide interest that was aroused by my casual appearance on the main street of my home town clad in pajamas and house slippers, I would have pro-ided myself with better fitting and more colorful pajamas. , I want to put myself squarely on record as denying that I thoroughly approve of the pajamas I appeared in: but they were all the pajamas I had and the manufacturer who designed them never dreamed that they would be subjected to public scrutiny on a main street any where in rt merits

of the puppies of Thor a.nd Silver, probably the first real huskies ever bom in Indianapolis.

I out, but the puppies frisk all over I the not knowing there is such a delightfully cool place as the homeland of their parents. Burkher takes the dogs to White river frequently for an hour-long plunge. The fur on the dogs is so thick the inner layer is not even damp when they come out. The Burkhers will take the older dogs back to Alaska with them in the fall, but they are selling the puppies. SUTTON FINED SIOO Leniency Shown in Auto Death Case. George Sutton. 28, of 3303 West "TSnth street, today was found guilty by -a criminal court jury of failure to stop after his automobile killed Miss Elspeth Urquhari, 2922 West Tenth street. Jan. 28. He was fined SIOO. Alvah Rucker, defense attorney, said he would file a motion for a new trial. Leniency was acccorded the defendant, the jury said, because of a nervous ailment the defense contended was responsible for having fled after the accident. The jury was out four hours before the verdict was returned. REPORTER BAN LIFTED Michigan City Newspaper Man Invited Back by Prison Board, Bv United Press MICHIGAN CITY, Ind.. July 26. The Indiana state prison board has rescinded action against John Bach. Michigan City newspaper man, who was barred Thursday from attending board sessions. Three of the four members of the board invited Each to return. He was barred because of a story written about an investigation which was to follow a fatal stabbing at the

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STIFF FINES FOR SPEEDING IRE MOTORISTS Charge Court Too Severe in Support of Police Traffic Drive, JUSTICE IS PROMISED Judge Clifton Cameron Says Punishment Will Lack Any Vindictiveness, Protests from Indianapolis citizens who paid fines as high as $25 and costs for speeding and traffice violations, that enthusiasm of police and judges in Police Chief Claude Worley's safety drive has overshadowed justice, today brought from Municipal Judge Clifton R. Cameron a statement that in his court “speeding cases will be tried on their merits and fines assessed without vindictiveness.” More than 100 persons were given tickets Wednesday night and Thursday by a motorcycle patrol under Capt. Lester Jones, with orders to stop speeding on Indianapolis streets. Forty-six were fined Thursday, eighteen for speeding, on several of whom were given $25 fines, and twenty-eight were penalized for disobeying traffic signals, a few being assessed the same amount. When the drive was begun. Judge Cameron disclosed today. Capt. Jones visited him and informed him the speeding docket would be heavy. To Deal Out Justice “Drives mean nothing to me,” the judge told Jones. “I will deal out justice.” The traffic department head then sought Thomas Whallon. municipal judge pro tern during absence of Judge Paul C. Wetter, and. returning from that visit, ordered his men to slate offenders in Whallon’s couriv “And it’s going to be tough on them.” he added. Obeying Captain Jones’ orders, police sent the toll of speeding war into Court 4, where, although he denied his presence was intended to influence the judge. Chief Worley sat on the bench with the magistrate through most of the session Thursday. “Judge Wetter and I always have agreed to divide traffic cases,” Judge Cameron said today. “This month I am to sit on cases in which arrests were made west of Meridian street. Those arrested in that section can transfer their arraignment if they make a request. “Persons tried in my court will find judgment is not vindicitive, inspired by a police drive. Many Ask Trial Delay As Judge Whallon Thursday Imposed $25 fines on several speeders with the warning that if they appeared before him again a thirtyday jail sentence would be added, attorneys for the majority of those charged with offenses obtained continuances until Judge Wetter’s return. One of those who appeared without counsel protested after paying a fine of $lO and costs, totaling S2O, that the facts of his case were not heard by the judge. He was Albert Zich, 801 North Bosart avenue. “I was arrested for doing forty miles an hour in three blocks from a halt to a dead stop,” Zich said. "The judge asked me whether I drove that fast and I said I did hot believe so. That was all. I was fined $10.” Chief Worley, who when he first took office declared his policy one of consistent enforcement of the law rather than spasmodic drives, today said: “It is my ambition to have continual law enforcement. The fact one hundred arrests can be made on one night means somebody has been lying clown on the job. I’m going to find out who it is.”

STATE LETS CITY HOLD SWIMMING POOL TESTS Dr. King’s Department Too Busy to Handle Chlorine Experiment*. With Dr. William F. King out of the city on vacation, it was indicated at the state health laboratories today that they are again leting the city health department test and conduct their own swimming pools. State board of health tests caused considerable controversy recently and a compromise was reached between King and Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health department head, regarding the chlorination and purification of pools at Willard and Ringgold parks. E. L. Parks, director of the state laboratories, was assigned by King to see that the experiments in hand chlorination, under the compromise plan, really worked. 10-YEAR WAIT IN VAIN Hope That Prohibition Would Tad Fails. Vote to See Brewery. B’l Ignit'd Prr’s UNION CITY. N. J- July 26.—Tenyears of hoping prohibition would end finally convinced stockholders of the Hudson Consumers Brewery here that their wait was in vain. They voted Thursday to of the for 11,00^180

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