Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 102, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 September 1929 — Page 3

SEPT. 7, 1929

REAL QUIZ NEAR FOR CONDITIONS IN LAKE COUNTY Federal Jury Expects to Begin Investigation at Next Week's Session. f>U Times Sperial SOUTH BEND. Ind.. Sept. 7. Early next, week the Federal grand Jury which since Tuesday has been occupied with its usual run of cases, will take up the Lake county situation in which charges have been made that liquor and vice flourished in utter defiance of the law throusrh alliance with politicians and office holders. In building the Lake county case. District Attorney Oliver M. Loomis has conferred in the last few days with three Gary men—Oscar Goodrich and John Lewis, facing trial on Mann act charges and with William Burrus, Negro member of the city council. It is believed Loomis was told Lewis brought women into Lake county for immoral purposes, having been promised by Goodrich that he would be immune to prosecution. A fee of sllO a person is reported to have been the price. Burrus. said to be aiding the government, is declared the man who induced Goodrich and Lewis to talk. That a 500-page report on the Lake county situation has been presented to Loomis by Leon C. Torrou, department of justice ace, is known. Loomis characterized it as the best summary of information in the case he has yet received. Torrou is a former student of the Sorbonne, Paris. France. Others with whom the district attorney talked are Mrs. Selma Powers. East Chicago police matron, and Vincent Crawford, a member of the yoU"e force there. rinmig'a.tion authorities wno have been making an investigation with a view of deporting from among 124 persons arrestee* at East Chicago any aliens illegally in this country, announce they found only two that can be returned. Their names are being withheld. TWO WOMEN INJURED Wife of Former Indianapolis Man One of Crash Victims. B't T nit* <1 Prc** EVANSVILLE. Ind., Sept. 7. Two Louisville <Ky.t women, Mrs. J. A. Garrett and Mrs. F.. C. Snyder, were injured here when an automobile in which they were riding with their husbands crashed Into a truck. They were taken to a hosptal. The husbands sustained only slight bruises. Snyder is president of the Wood Oil Company and Barrett is connected with the Jeffersonville Oil and Gas Company. The latter formerly was sales manager of the Real Silk Hosiery Company, Indianapolis

Arson Hinted in Barn Fire Bit 7 imes Special COLUMBUS, Ind, Sept. 7.—'Three Arrests and rumors of arson marked a fire here which destroyed a large barn owned by the Noblitt-Sparks Company, and used by Frank Abel, who lives adjacent to the structure. The barn was full of hay. corn, harness and farm implements, part of wh>ch were saved as were also five horses. Mr. and Mrs. Abel arrived home a short time before the fire was discovered and saw a man run from the barn. Clarence Murphy, Fd Thompson and H. T. Vandegrift, hurrying to the fire, drove their automobiles over fire hose and were arrested. Water Income Increases P n Times .'•pedal MARION. Ind., Sept. 7.—An Increase of $1,313.93 in the net income of the Marion water works for the first seven months of 1929 over the net income for all of 1928 is shown by a report, of Superintendent S. M. Van Cleave for the period of 1929. ending July 31. A cash balance of $103,019.90 is shown. Return From Ohio Visit pu 7bm Harriot NOBLESVILLE. Ind.. Sept. 7. John E c . henlober. Joseph Davis and David Ireland have returned from Akron. O, after a visit with Mrs. Vivian Ireland. Eschenlober was a classmate in Germany of a son of Hugo Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin and Mays was a member of a cast that presented the "Passion Play" in Germany. City May Get Death Blame B Time# spt vial RICHMOND, Ind.. Sept. 7—Because Ben Kovach was killed while driving over a street which was graveled recently. Coroner Russell Hiatt intimated that in his report he will hold the city responsible. Hiatt said that the gravel had run over the approach to a railroad bridge which caused Kovach's machine to skid. Aged Man Dies Bn Time* Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind.. Sept. 7. Jerome Hartley. 82. is dead at his home north of this city. He leaves two children. Mrs. Ora Achenbach. George and John Hartley, eighteen grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. Pastor W'H Move By Times Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. Sept. 7. Dr. Clarence E. Flynn, pastor of the F'rst Methodist Episcopal church here, has accepted a call to the pu’pit of the Trinity church. Berkeley. Cal. Anderson Woman Buried By Times special ANDERSON, Ind.. Sept. 7.—Funeral services were held today for Mrs. Forrest J. Hill. 61. widow of a former Anderson manufacturer. 52,000 Live in Anderson Bv Times Special ANDERSON. Ind.. Sept. 7.—A. V. Reschar. postmaster, basing an estimate of Anderson population on postal figures, places it 52,000, a gain of 2,000 in the past year.

Long Lost Ma?i Back at Elwood Without Story R’i Timex Special ELWOOD, Ind., Sept. 7. Refusing to explain his mysterious diasppearance from his home near here nearly seven years ago. Claude Hester. 34. has returned and is visiting his mother. Mrs. Lulu Hester, and sister. Miss Connie Hester, at their home here. Leaving home Nov. 22, 1922, in an automobile. Hester drove to Anderson, where the car was found abandoned, and all trace of him lost. Two years ago when his father died, radio was employed in an effort to find him. Recently his mother found trace of him and this resulted in locating him on a farm near Genoa. 111. During Hester’s absence his wife obtained a divorce and married another man. She is now living in Detroit. Hester is said to have told his mother that he has spent most of the time since he left here in Illinois.

LEGAL BOTTLE CARRIER SUES Officer Locked Up Man Who Had Only Medicine. Bu Tin’l l ■''ijrria! BEDFORD, Ind., Sept. 7.—Damage of SIO,OOO on an allegation of false imprisonment are asked in a suit filed against John Tyree, Law rrence county sheriff, and his deputy, Flavian Beasley, by Lester Hall, a farmer, north of here. Arrested with a bottle in a pocket. Hall declares, the deputy refused to accept his statement that it contained medicine and took him to jail charged with violation of the dry law. He was a prisoner five hours, being re’eosed when it was learned his statement about the bottle's contents was true. PRISONER SUES MAYOR Man Serving Dry Law Term Alleges Appeal Bond Refused. Bv 'l inn* Sp'-rial ANDERSON. Ind.. Sept. 7.—A suit has been filed in Madison superior court here asking a writ of mandate requiring Mayor John Herritage. Alexandria, to approve a bond for Harry Savage, factory foreman, who is serving a sentence on the state farm. Savage was convicted on a liquor charge in Alexandria city court, Aug. 22, fined SIOO and costs and sentenced to six months on the farm by Mayor Heritage. Later, the complaint cites, when bond was arranged for the release of Savage pending an appeal to Madison circuit court, the mayor refused to honor it.

MEETING AS PROTEST South Bend Jews Take Note of Palestine Disorders. Bn Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind.. Sept. 7. Jewish residents of South Bend will meet Sunday night in a mass meeting of protest against disorders in Palestine, in which their fellow's are being attacked by Arabs. Plans to raise funds for the relief of victims of the outbreaks will be discussed. Two rabbis, Philip S. Greenstein and William M. Stern, will be among the speakers. Beauties Will Compete Bn Times Special KOKOMO. Ind., Sept. 7.—A central Indiana bathing beauty contest will be held at Sand Island near T'pton. Sunday. The contest is open to any woman between the ages of 16 and 25. Several other attractions including the Collins Boys of thirtyfive members are on the program. Postal Receipts Gain Bn Times special KOKOMO. Ind., Sept. 7.—Receipts at the postoffice here in August totaled $14,704.80. it is announced by A. C. Davis, assistant postmaster. The receipts brought the total for the year up to $133,015, a gain of $3,514.68 over the first eight months of last year. G. O. P. to Open Office Bn Times Special ANDERSON. Ind.. Sept. 7.—City Republican campaign headquarters were opened today in a building occupied by the Anderson auto license bureau. Precinct meetings are being held and a sixty-day poll is being taken. Demoerats opened headquarters in the Anderson Bank building two weeks ago. Anderson Woman Dies ANDERSON, Ind., Sept. 7.—Mrs. Forrest Hill, 61, active in civic and social circles here many years, is dead. She leaves three daughters, Mrs. Ross Coffin. Indianapolis; Mrs. Kenneth Spurgeon, Muncie, and Mrs. Seth Elli, Detroit, and a son, Forrest Hill, Anderson. Stalk Bears 180 Flowers NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Sept, 7. A sunflower stalk in the back yard of John Cornelius' home is thirteen feet high and bears 180 blooms.

Curfew Asked on Gasoline Bu Tiuies Special GOSHEN. Ind.. Sept, 7. Purchase of gasoline here from 10 p. m. to 5 p. m. will be impossible if an ordinance passed on second reading by the city council is adopted. Only one filling station here now’ operates on a night and day basis, and property owners near it, complaining of noise made during sleeping hours by automobiles and trucks urged the council to pass the closing ordinance.

MAN KILLED BY TRAIN WANTED IN CRIME CASE Victim of Tragedy Near Yorktown Fugitive on Forgery Charge. Bu Time* Special YORKTOWN. Ind.. Sept. 7. Death under the wheels of a train here of Earl Doud, 34. revealed that he was wanted in Pittsburgh. Pa., on a forgery charge and that he left his wife and three children there several months ago. Letters on the body from the wife begged that money be sent her to feed and clothe the children. From the missives, it was learned she was shielding her husband by refusing to tell Pittsburgh authorities where he could be found. Doud had been employed with a gang of workmen double tracking the Big Four railroad between Muncie and Anderson. His body w r as found near the men’s camp a short distance from Yorktown. There was a note on the body, evidently written by Doud, reading: “Earl Doud w r as killed in an automobile accident here last night.” Coroner Clarence Piepher held the death wa:t due to accident, dispelling a belief among associates of the man that he committed suicide. The accident note, Piepher believes, was written as part of an effort to keep authorities holding the forgery warrant off the trail. Doud had been using the alias of Charles Wallace.

TERRE HAUTE WOMAN IN ONE HOME 60 YEARS Loneliness Finally Causes Her to Become Inmate of Institution. Bu Timex Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 7. Miss Rosa Schmitt, who had spent all her 60 years In the house where she was born and never slept anywhere else even for a single night, has entered Fairbanks Home for Aged Women here. Removal to California of a niece who lived next door caused the aged woman to become lonely and reach a decision to enter the institution. Until Miss Schmitt came to the institution, its inmates were tied 15 to 15 on bobbed and unbobbed hair, but the tie is broken now. Miss Schmitt’s hair is unbobbed. WOMAN DIES IN CRASH Thirteen Others Hurt When Interurban Cars Collide, B. i/ United Prexe GARY, Ind., Sept. 7.—A 47-year-old mother was killed and thirteen other persons injured, four seriously when two traction cars collided head-on near here. The dead woman. Mrs. Catherine Scharf, was crushed. She died while workmen w T ere cutting away part of a seat in efforts to extricate her. The crash is believed a result of slippery rails. Most of the thirteen were injured only slightly and were released after receiving first aid. Bees Swarm at Theater Bu Timex Special MUNCIE, Ind.. Sept. 7.—A local theater missed an opportunity to advertise the show 7 —“ The Keeper of the Bees,” when a sw 7 arm settled near the building. Another picture was on. The bees for a short time threatened to drive away patronage rather than bring it in, but a resourceful attendant succeeded in capturing'the insects and they are being held by the management until the owner calls for them. Anderson Man's Kir Killed Bn Timex Special ANDERSON. Ind.. Sept. 7 O. D. Foster, proprietor of the Foster Motor Sales Company, was called to Bloomington. 111., following the accidental death of his brother, D. E. Foster, 69. The Bloomington man, employed as a conductor on a Chicago & Alton freight train, stepped in front of a moving car in railroad yards at Lincoln, 111., and was instantly killed. Gas Franchise Refused Bn Times Special GREENWOOD, Ind., Sept 7.—A gas franchise proposed by the Interstate Company which has been under consideration for several weeks was rejected by the town board. On the grounds that the rate was too high, that the fifty-year permit was too long, and that there was no definite provision for installing the plant within a certain time. Old Settlers Meet Bn Times Special GOLDSMITH, Ind., Sept. 7.—The forty-ninth old settlers meeting of Tipton county is being held today in the Magnet Grove north of here. Fred Landis of Logansport is the speaker.

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Bn Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Sept. 7. Miss Amanda Deal, who lives alone in her little home in the northern part of Hamilton county, does not believe that because she has been blind since birth she should be unhappy. A rap at the door at any hour of the day brings a cherry: “Come right in. I am glad to see you.” Tliis greeting would be only ordinary did it not come from the lips of one who is always optimistic despite affliction. She does not question the friendship of her visitor as she extends a welcome. Miss Deal, who is past 60 years old, has lived alone twenty years, save for her pets, a big black cat, a wooly white dog and a variety of dolls. Miss Deal says she keens the dolls because she has alwajfs been very fond of them. One of her most cherished conveniences is the telephone, as it brings groceries to her home and permits many chats. A few years ago she purchased her home for SSOO and it was paid for with the help of a monthly pen-

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Sister-irvLaw of Greoncastie Resident Lands Without Injury. Su United Presx GREENCASTLE. Ind.. Sept. 7. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne H. Fisher, Los Angeles, Cal., are safe today after a harrowing experience w’hen their airplane was caught in a storm while flying over Ohio. The Fisher's plane, while en route here from Cleveland ran into a rain storm which sent it around in the air like a cork in rough seas. Fearing that he should not safely land the ship. Fisher ordered his wife to leap with a parachute. After much reluctance she jumped and landed safely. Fisher, after much manuerving, managed to safely land the plane in a field. Fisher gave Mabel Crosson the parachute in which she met her death in Arizona while conpeting in the Womans Cross Country Air Derby. Fisher is a brother of Mrs. G. Bromley Oxnam, wife of the president of DePauw university. Higher Taxes Probable Bu Times Special MUNCIE. Ind., Sept. 7.—ls Governor Leslie’s recent prediction of a 7-to-10 cent increase in the tax rate holds true, the levy on property owners here will range from $2.98 to $3.01 on each SIOO valuation, depending upon the state levy, a tabulation of county, city, township and school city rates shows. Last year’s rate was $2.68.

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sion of $36. Os her meager income Miss Deal religiously tithes, being a member of the Methodist church that stands on a lot adjoining her property. She performs all the duties of a housekeeper. To learn if floors are clean she walks over them in bare feet. She is a great lover of flowers and often remarks about their beauty. When asked. ‘‘How do you know they are pretty?” she quickly responds, “Oh, I know for I touch them and smell them.” However, she explains that she does not have the slightest conception of the colors. Miss Deal does not cross the streets of the villlage unaccompanied so frequently as in former days, owing to automobile traffic. When asked if she had any idea what an automobile looks like, she replied with enthusiasm, “Oh, yes, for I have gone over all of its parts with my hands.” She was educated in the school for the blind in Indianapolis and spends much time in Braille reading. She has written in both prose and poetry.

California, He Won 7 Come Bp Timex Special ANDERSON, Ind., Sept. 7. When Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gordon w 7 ent to Indianapolis to attend the state fair, leaving their son, Donald, 10, at home, he decided it would be a good time to start on his long contemplated hiking trip to California. He packed two blankets, a mess kit, some clothing, a loaf of bread and a butcher knife, and started. Several hours later Anderson police found Donald asleep under an improvised shelter he made of the blanket, a board and a tree in a w’ooded tract near Bell’s crossing, three miles east of here. He was returned to his home.

Wife Alleges Death Threat Bu Timex Special COLUMBUS. Ind.. Sept. 7. Charging that her husband had threatened to kill her, Mrs. Hazel Cook has filed suit for divorce from Fred Cook. She alleges she had. been living in fear of her life for the past three years. Flower Show Wednesday Bu Timex Special RICHMOND. Ind., Sept. 7.—The annual autumn flow r er show of the Garden Club, ‘one of the principal features of the club’s activities, will be held at the Richmond-Leland hotel, Wednesday. Mrs. E. H. Harris is chairman of the committee on arranging for the event

STATE LEADERS IN 4-H WORK TO ENTERSCHOOLS Spencer Girl and Syracuse Youth Win Places for Training. Bu Times Special LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Sept. 7.—Miss Helen Faye Kinney, 19. of Spencer, Owen county, and Arthur Morris. 20, Syracuse, Noble county, will be Indiana’s representatives in the International 4-H Leaders' Training School to open Monday at Springfield. Mass., and continuing until Sept. 21. Boys’ and girls’ club leaders on the agricultural extension staff of Purdue university gave out this word when they ranked the two as highest among all those considered for the camp. Both have outstanding.rlub records not only as members of the organization within their counties, but also as leaders of other clubs, giving younger boys and girls just starting in club work the benefit of their experience. Miss Kinney was a club member four years, serving one year each in baking and canning clubs, two years as a clothing club member and three years as a leader. She filled the various offices in the clubs from president down, won trips to the national club camp at Washington, D. C., was a state champion in leadership work; attended the girls’ school at the Indiana state fair and the club round-up at Purdue university. Morris is a sophomore at Purdue university and was a member eight years of beef-calf, pig and com clubs in Noble county. In 1927 he served as club leader for all boys’ clubs in Noble county and made such a success of the work that the entire county adopted the system of having older club members serve as leaders, a plan meeting with considerable success. His record as a student in Purdue has been excellent. The camp at Springfield is held each year to offer training in club leadership to outstanding boys and girls from each state. All expenses of individuals and of the entire camp are paid by Horace A. Moses. Mittengeau, Mass., a former farm boy, now a successful manufacturer and philanthropist.

CORN PICNIC DATE SET Indiana Association Members to Hold Outing Oct. 4. Bu Timex Special LAFONTAINE, Ind., Sept. 7.—The first annual picnic of the Indiana Corn Growers Association will be held Oct. 4, at the farm of C. F. Troyer, near here, Prof. Kellar E. Beeson, secretary, Lafayette, announces. Troyer is a former president of the association and has twice he’d the title of com king of the world. Talks by the faculty members of the agronomy and botany departments of Purdue university, demonstrations of corn test plots and a picnic dinner are on the program. Attendance of 1,500 is expected. School Opening Deferred Bu Times Special KOKOMO, Ind., Sept. 7.—Opening of city public schools has been postponed from Monday until Sept. 16, by the board of trustees, because buildings now under construction will not be complete before that date. Ten rooms in the Meridian school building are expected to be completed by the date set and Roosevelt and Central buildings also will be ready for occupancy. , Home Burns at Hope Bp Times Special HOPE. Ind., Sept. 7.—Fire destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Ketner near here with a loss of $2,500. It was an eight-room, two-story frame structure. Most of the contents were saved. Fire spread from the house to nearby fields causing considerable damage.

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SI.BO Pays for Dinner Stolen 16 Years Ago Bn l imes special ROCHESTER. Ind. Sept. 7. —Mrs. Solomon Keel has just received SI.BO in payment for a chicken dinner which she provided sixteen years ago without her knowledge. A hen she owned strayed into a neighbor’s yard and never came back. The money was enclosed in the following letter, the writer of which Mrs. Keel refuses to reveal: “No doubt you have forgotten me, but one time about sixteen years ago, when your chickens were coming over to our house, we killed and cooked one of them. It has been worrying me a lot lately—l don't know why. for I had practically forgotten about it. but I feel I would like to make it right with you. so I am enclosing SI.BO to pay for it, if that will make it right. I hope you will forgive me. We were young, and my husband killed the chicken and I just thoughtlessly cooked it.”

ATTORNEY FEE OF S2OO SPLIT Defense Counsel Loses in Curry Murder Case. Bu Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind.. Sept. 7.—The Bartholomew county council has cut in half a claim for S2OO presented by attorneys who defended Herschel Curry, 17, convicted of the slaying of Hubert S. Taylor, aided because of his status as a poor person. The attorneys were Donald P. Shinn, Columbus, and Roland Turner, Greensburg. where the trial was held on a change of venue. Young Curry is serving a term of two to twenty-one years on a manslaughter conviction Discussing the council's action, member said: “We don’t want to encourage retaining of high-priced attorneys at county expense, tn;t we want to pay legitimate bills. Allowing only half of the claim may serve both purposes.”

FIERY CROSS BACKFIRES Negro Servants May Leave Wawasee Homes Due to Display. Bu Times Special WAWASEE, Ind.. Sept. 7.—Burning of a free cross by a group of summer home owners on Lake Wawasee in an effort to frighten some Negroes w r ho rented a cottage on the east shore, may prove of boomerang nature. Several of the 200 Negroes employed as servants at the resort center are said to be planning to quit their jobs as a protest against display of the Ku Klux Klari emblem, leaving their erstwhile employers in an annoying predicament. Bridge to Cost $370,000 Bu Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Sept. 7.—lncluded in the budget for Wayne county for 1930 is an item of $320,000 for the construction of anew bridge across the Whitewater river at South G street here. Plans and specifications, made in the last year by George Gault, county surveyor, have been approved by engineers of the state highway commission, 4nd county commissioners are preparing to advertise for bids. The bridge will be more than 700 feet long and 91 feet above water level. Lightning Causes Fatal Attack Bu United Press ANDERSON, Ind., Sept. 7.—Superinduced by a flash of lightning, which struck near an automobile, Mrs. Frank Harry, 55, Middletown, died of heart disease near here.

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‘FETTER' BANDIT POINTED OUT BY ONE OFVICTIMS Hammond Prisoner Taken Following Robbery of Six Couples. B'J Timex Special HAMMOND. Sept. 7.—One Os two men arrested here in a roundup of petting party bandits has been identified, police announce. He is John Adams. 31. Vincennes. His companion is William Bartley, 22, a Kentuckian. Identification of Adams was made by Miss Mary Skutnik. Hammond, who with her companion, John Bales. Calumet City, was kidnaped two weeks ago. robbed of sl6 and their wrist watches and left bound at Hessville. Capture of the two was effected by A1 Proudfoot, a contractor, after a maid employed at his home and her escort were aproached by two men as they sat in a parked car in a secluded part of the south side residential section. Lights of another car was suddenly thrown on the scene and the two fled. The following night the two men passed the Proudfoot home and were recognized by the maid, who enlisted aid of her employer. He followed them to the Woodmar section. They were slipping through shrubbery in the direction of a parked car. He forced the men into his car and brought them to the police station. Adams carried a revolver and Bartley a blackjack and a flashlight. Within the last three weeks six couples have been robbed in the section where the arrests were made.

YOUTH DEVELOPS NEW IRIS OF ORANGE COLOR Bluffton Grower Will Specialize in Flower Culture at Purdue. Bit Timr. 9 Special BLUFFTON. Ind., Sept. 7. Among students enrolling at Purdue university is an 18-year-old Bluffton youth who will center his attention on flowers. He is Curtis Counterman. who has developed anew type of iris said to have brought an offer of a large sum of money from A. E. Kunderd, Goshen, one of the nation's leading flower growers. . The new iris is deep orange in color. It is developed at the Longfield iris farms here, where Counterman has been an employe since he was 13. Describing the flower, its youthful grower says “it would almost knock you sideways.” FARMER CALLED BANDIT Cashier of Robbed Bank Identifies Prisoner at Portland. Bp United Press PORTLAND, Ind., Sept. 7, Charles Ross, farmer, held in the Jay county jail here, has been identified by Miss Blanche Morrical, cashier, as the bandit who robbed the banx of Pennville Tuesday of approximately S9OO. Miss Morrical identified a revolver and overalls found in Ross’ home as those of the robber who forced her into a vault and escaped with the money. Ross first was suspected after he exhibited a roll of bills and purchased an automobile. Putnam Taxes Low r cr Bu Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Sept. 7. The lowest tax rate in several years has been fixed for Putnam county by the county council. The rate will be 25 cents on each SIOO of taxable property. The total property valuation is $32,000,000. The council eliminated $39,488.85 from a proposed budg/et. Additional levies include 5 cents for hospital maintenance, 2.5 for hospital bonds, 2 for bridge bonds, 20 for gravel road repair and 10.5 for county unit road bonds.