Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 121, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 September 1929 — Page 2

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STRONG NAVY AND ARMY URGED AT LEGION CONCLAVE

GENERAL AND ADMIRAL TELL OF U. S. NEEDS 45,000 Present at Annual Sessions of Veterans in Louisville. FROLIC ALL OVER CITY Bands Blare and Throngs Parade Streets for Opening Day. Hil T'nitrit Perm LOUISVILLE, Sept. 30.—Adequate defense on land and sea for the nation whose colors they followed in the World war was urged before some 45,000 legionnaires by army and navy leaders at the opening ses- j sion of the eleventh annual conven- i lion of the American Legion here J, today. After spending Sunday parading ! the city behind gayly-caparisoned drum corps and bands and larking under the tutelage of the Forty-and-Elght detachments, the legionnaires today listened to Admiral Hugh Rodman, U. S. N., retired, compare a second-best navy to a second-best poker hand and General Peyton G. March, former chief of staff of the United States army, urged a highly trained army, a navy equal in strength to the strongest and a strong merchant marine. Admiral Rodman declared the ; United States needs, both in peace and war times, an adequate navy on parity with that of any other nation. •‘There is little or no use in having an inferior navy,” he said. ‘‘You might just as well expect a lame mule to win the Kentucky derby as a country with a second best navy i to win a war. "No doubt the world court, the | League of Nations, treaties and ar- ! b'tratlons all are contributory in preventing wars, but there still are , national jealousies, resentment and i deep human emotion to be controlled, which burst into flame at seme real or fancied injury or ag- I gression and for the control and \ prevention of which there has not | yet been found any universal pan- j acea.” ALLEGED AUTO THIEF JOKES AT JAIL DOOR Til be Rick Soon. So Have a Good Car Ready’ Is Quoted. Bit Tih*< * X £cini 1 GRELNSBURG. Ind.. Sept. 30. I'll be back soon, so have a good .ar ready.” With these words, as reported by j v bystander, Robert Robbins, 25, of | rankfort, was placed in the De- : vtur county Jail here to await ar- j vgnment on a charge of vehicle ! vking. Robbins was arrested in ! Irand Rapids. Mich., In possession of a Hudson sedan stolen Sept. 13 j from Charles C. Powell of this city, i It Is Robbins’ third offense, ac- j cording to police who have checked j his record, and he is reported to have confessed. He served a sentence imposed In Marion county i criminal court for vehicle taking in 1926, and a year later was arrested in Jamestown. N. D., for theft of a Clinton county car. and was again convicted. He is said to have taken the Powell car from this city to j take his wife for a visit with rela- i tires in Michigan. ATTORNEY'S MARRIAGE IS ANNULLED BY COURT Isidore Wulfson Charges Bride Believed in “Free Love.” Superior Judge William O. Dunlavy today annulled the marriage of Isidore Wulfson. attorney. 728 South Illinois street, to Mrs. Rubin Rader. Chicago. In a petition for the annulment Wulfson charged that his wife. ’ whom he married eleven months ago. “believed in free love." He also charged that his wife did not divorce her first husband before her marriage to Wulfson in Indianapolis. Mrs. Rader was in court and did nto oppose the annulment. HEADS TRAINING-SCHOOL E. T. Albertson Is Named Dean for Religious Training Course. F. T. Albretson, general secretary of thp Indiana council of religious education, will be dean of the fivenight interdenominational training school to be held' in the Central Christian church. Sept. 30 to Oct. 4. The school will be conducted under auspices of the Marion county council of religious education and he ministerial association. A combination course for leaders of in‘ermediate senior and young peonle's work will be given by Charles R. Llnzenby. Indiana council young !>eople's superintendent. CIRCUS TO QUIT’OCT. 14 Sells-Floto Will Return to Pern for the Winter. Itu Timrt Special PERU. Ind., Sept. 30.—The SellsFloto circus will be the first of three which have winter quarters here to leave the road this season. It will close Oct. 14 at Paducah. Ky., and return here the next day. The Hagenbeck-Wallace and John Robinson shows will continue performances until Nov. 1. Two Sewers Completed Rtt Timet Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Sept. 28. Completion of a district storm sewer on North Walnut street by W. C. Stewart, and storm sewer on East Second street between Fees and Woodlawn streets by Fred C. Reed, Igdianapoiis contractors, was made

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ROBINSON WILL BAMOVER Approves President's Ideas on Tariff Bill. Vu Times Special WASHIr* u a ON. Sept. 30.—Senator Robinson of Indiana, in a short speech today, announced to the senate that he will support the flexible provisions of the pending tariff bill, supported by President Hoover and opposed by a coalition of Democrats and independent Republicans, Robinson said that the flexible clauses have been of great benefit to agriculture and that their continuance will aid agriculture more than any other industry. Inequities contained in the bill can be remedied ouickly by the President and the tariff commission, he said. “This is far more practicable for propipt service than the cumbersome method of having congress constantly involved in violent tariff controversy,” Robinson added. Referring to the Simmon's amendment which would have the commission report back to congress instead of to the President. Robinson said Senator Borah’s recent speech opposing the flexible provisions and demanding that the President give his views on rates was an attempt to “bait the President,” he said, however, that like Borah he was dissatisfied with many of the bill’s rates and reserved the right to vote independently on all schedules.

ESCAPES FROM JAIL Harold Toon Flees After! Serving One Day. Harold Toon, 36, of 233 North East i street, was hunted today by police j and deputy sheriffs following his | escape Sunday from the Marion county jail. Toon was serving as a trusty aiding Hans Clausen, county maintenance man, cleaning the basement in the courthouse when he escaped. He was sentenced 7 Saturday to sixty days in county jail by Judge Clifton R. Cameron on an assault j and battery charge. HOOSIER CHEMIST AIDS IN PERFECTING GELATIN I Product Used for Film of Color Motion Picture. Bu Timet Sveeinl HAMMOND, Ind.. Sept. 30.—Robert Gurnell, Hammond chemist, and associates at the plant of the United Chemical and Organic Products Company in Calhmet City, perfected the gelatin used in the film of the recently released motion picture. “On With the Show,” a full color, talking production. The gelatin represents three years of experimental work by the company's chemists, conducted at great cost. Heretofore the product as used in the color picture has come almost exclusively from Europe. 81 HAVE LOST LICENSES 28 Indianapolis Drivers Among Those Convicted in Courts. Eighty-one drunken drivers have had their driver’s licenses reoked by Secretary of State Otto G. Fifield since the law went into effect July 1. Figures were tabulated today, at the close of the fiscal year, by Judge John W. McCord, who is in charge of revocations at the statehouse. Os the eighty-one, twentyeight were Indianapolis drivers, fined or sentenced in local courts for driving while intoxicated. Leaning Tower Is Saved Bp United Prc*s PISA, Italy, Sept. 30.—The cen-turies-old leaning tower of Pisa seems assured of permanency with the success of engineering efforts to strengthen the ground around the tower’s base by injections of liquid cement. Demonstrations Peaceful By United Press VIENNA. Sept. 30.—The "strong arm" of Chancellor Johann Schober was regarded today as being chiefly responsible for the comparative peaceful outcome of the many so- | cialist and Heimwehr demonstraj tions held throughout the country Sunday,

In the Air Weather conditions in the air at 9:30 a. m.: Northeast wind, fourteen miles an hour; temperature, 54; barometric pressure, 30.18 at sea level; ceiling, 900 feet; visibility, two miles, hazy; field good.

AFFILIATION OF BOARD DROPPED Service Commissioners Will Quit Association. Aftermath of one of the series of disagreements among public service commissioners, following the reascension of John W. McCardle to the chairmanship, was reflected today in the withdrawal of the Indiana commission from the national association. Commissioner Frank Singleton former commission chairman, was invited to become a member of a committee of the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Com--missioners to act under the Walsh resolution in utilities investigation: Singleton told the 'association president, in a letter, the commission will no longer retain membership. Singleton was chairman of the committee on rates and was scheduled to present a report at the meeting this summer at Glacier National park. Commissioners Calvin Mclntosh and Jere West were scehduled to attend, after McCardle had taken the assignment himself and then decided not to go. No one went. Withdrawal means a SSOO annual saving of dues.

DRAFT RADIO LAWS Police Equipment Secrecy Sought in Ordinance. Drafting of a city ordinance to prohibit citizens from using short wave receiving sets to pick up “crime reports” over the police broadcasting station was begun today by Oren S. Hack, city corporation counsel. Hack said the penalty probably will be the maximum possible under a city ordinance, not more than $509 and 180 days imprisonment. Purpose of the ordinance is to prevent criminals from using the radio communication to escape police and “mischief-making boys” from using the sets to get police news. An ordinance accepting the $8,500 contribution, which was raised by the citizens radio commission, also will be presented council Monday night. WEDDING IS DELAYED Henry Martin Unable to Leave Hospital for Three Weeks. Bit United Press DENVER, Sept. 30.—Henry Bradley Martin Jr., son of a prominent New York family, will not be able to leave St. Luke's hospital here for at i least three weeks, necessitating a further postponement of his wedding to Valerie French, daughter of the late Field Marshal French of England. Young Martin was injured in an auto accident near here two months ago.

HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH SLAIN IN MOB FIGHT

Cornered ‘Stool Pigeon’ Suspect Stabs Boy at Bloomfield. B\i Unit'd Prt't* BLOOMFIELD, Ind., Sept. 30. Delmar Oliphant, 18-year-old high school athlete, was dead today, the result of a mob's desire to “get” Wayne Lucas, 35, alleged prohibition force “tipster.” Oliphant was stabbed to death by Lucas early Sunday when a mob surrounded the alleged informer and threatened him. The action

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The map, top left, shows the early path of the freak West Indian hurricane which bit southern Florida, then veered north and again is periling the southern section. It took a heavy toll of life and property at Nassau, as shown in the picture at upper right. This striking aerial photo, below, shows the section of downtown Miami, Fla., most menaced by the storm blowing in from the ocean. The arrow indicates ships that were blown ashore in the 1926 hurricane being deposited a full city block inland. The building in the foreground is the McAllister hotel and the third behind it (with tower) is the Everglades hotel. Parked autos on Biscayne boulevard, with its four-way traffic lanes, are shown at the right. The cross-street at the hotel is Flagler street, main thoroughfare of the city. In the background the ship channel and docks are shown.

Sanitary District 7-Cent Tax Levy Under Protest

Remonstrators Tell Board 'lncreased Valuations Are Not Heeded. Protest against continuation of the 7-cent levy by the city council for the sanitary district was heard today by the state tax board. The hearing will be continued until next Monday morning, it was announced. The protest was made by Le Grandt Marvin, Indianapolis engineer, and Carl Humble, an attorney. They declared the 7-cent levy was made in 1928 and gave the sanitary district $606,180; but, through rising valuations, the same rate will net $698,903 this year. Increase Is Defended O. C. Ross, president of the sanitary board: C. K. Calvert,, plant superintendent, and Joseph Daniels appeared on behalf of the board and declared the budget called for greater expenditures. Having slashed approximately $1,500,000 from the Indianapolis* school budget, state tax commissioners today continued to the proposal of a ssofloo reduction in the nearly $4,000,000 budget for teachers’ salaries. The cut is recommended by the

took place a mile and a half southwest of here. The youth, with a crowd of high school students, was attracted to the scene when he saw the mob roaming the streets in cars looking for Lucas. When confronted, Lucds is alleged to have grabbed an iron pipe. Witnesses say young Oliphant asked him why he didn't fight like a man, whereupon Lucas is said to have dropped the pipe, produced a knife and began slashing wildly. Several thrusts struck Oliphant and the youth died instantly. Lucas was arrested. Young Oliphant was a cousin of Elmf|r Oliphant, star on Purdue and army football teams ten years ago. * 's " • •

Indiana Taxpayers’ Association and j the civic affairs committee of the | Chamber of Commerce. It is opposed vigorously by Superintendent Charles F. Miller and the teachers’ federation. Rate of 51-62 Possible Should the cut be made and the 10-cent levy for “carrying balances” not be allowed, the school rate may remain at the present $1.02. It is unlikely to exceed $1.03 at most, it was said. The school board had asked for $1.34, The state board ordered bids received for the new Irvington high school and a grade school for which a total of $1,215,000 in bonds has been asked. Tentative approval was given to a $160,000 Marion county bond issue for construction of two wings’ to the board of children's guardians’ home at Irvington. railTob for cha~ngnon Succeeds B. W. Fredenburg as City Agent for Illinois Central. Donald R. Changnon, northern Indiana freight agent for the Illinois Central raliroad system, has been appointed successor to B. W. Fredenburg, as Indianapolis commercial agent for the railroad. Fredenburg will be retired Oct. 1 at his own request because of ill health. Fredenburg has served the railroad thirty-six years as assistant general freight agent, general freight office correspondent, and traveling freight agent. Changnon entered the service of the Illinois Central in 1917 and served successively as team track foreman, city freight agent and traveling passenger agent. His appointment becomes effective Tuesday. EVERSON TO CONCLAVE Adjutant-General William G. Everson will fly to Louisville Tuesday to attend a session of the national convention of the American Legion. Having accepted the post of ma-jor-general in command of the federal militia bureau, General Everson today asksU that he be permitted to attend the national guard convention at Los Angeles, Oct. 17-19, and his Washington staff Join him there. He resigned from the state position, effective Oct. 10.

STATE TROOPS TAKE CONTROL OF TEXAS TOWN Rangers Patrol Borger as Mayor Is Freed on Bond After Arrest. Bu United Press BORGER, Tex., Sept. 30. A chastened Borger citizenry went to j its tasks in the oil fields today while state troops were en route to take i charge of the town, described by high state officials as criminal and j corrupt. Mayor Glenn A. Pace was free on 53.000 bond following his arrest on i a charge of attempting to thwart J justice by forcing state’s witness, in ; a murder trial, out of town. The city jail was in the hands of rangers. Borger police had challenged a claim by the rangers that they were in league with liquor and narcotic dealers. The rangers won out through an order from Governor Moody. The town had been portrayed as infested with vicious underworld elements following the murder of District Attorney John A. Holmes, j A lay evangelist today had come into a prominence v/hich he described as the “first fruits of the Borger.” The Rev. Colonel Guy W. Green Sunday preached to the largest congregation ever to gather under the rafters of his gospel temple and hfty-nine persons, some of whom never before had visited the church, were converted. Persons who have lived in Borger during the three years of its history—in which there have been twenty-four murders—said it was the first Sunday that blatant music of mechanical pianos at bars and gambling places had not mingled with the hymns sung in Colonel Green's church.

SENTENCE NINE FORFELONIES Washington Hotel Holdup Pair Given Terms. Nine persons were sentenced' to Indiana penal institutions today when they appeared for trial before Criminal Judge James A. Collins. Charged with robbery and grand larceny in connection with the holdup of the Washington hotel Aug. 24, Alonzo Johnson, 21, and Michael Ryan, 18, Indianapolis, were sentenced to the Indiana state reformatory for ten, and one to ten years, respectively. Other defendants and sentences are: Thomas Bailey, 23, three to ten years on a burglary charge; Elmer Jackson, 32, one year at the state farm for grand larceny; Alfonso Jordon, 30, one to ten-year state prison sentence for the same offense; Fred Cochran, 28, one to ten years for vehicle taking; Jerry Duke, 24, three to ten years at the reformatory for burglary; Abraham Winters, 34, one to ten years at the state prison for issuing fraudulent checks, and Kermit McKay, 20, one to ten years at the reformatory for vehicle taking. MRS. VANDERBILT JR. ILL Attack of Grippe Causes Removal to Hospital as Precaution. Bn United, Press PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 30.—Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. was reported resting easier in Graduate hospital here today. She was stricken with grippe upon her return with her husband from the Newport (L. I.) home of General and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Sr. Saturday. Physicians who were summoned by her husband decided on immediate hospilalization, mere as a precautionary measure than because of any misgivings as to her condition, her husband said. Gets Ice Cream Record pji Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Sept, 30.—E. E. Sisco of this city is believed to be the champion ice cream eater. At a social session of the Eagles here, he consumed two gallons of ice cream, getting away with a half gallon more than his closest opponent, Joe Heitz. The social was the first of a series of entertainments to be held by the lodge during the fall ! and winter.

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Train Needed R,i United Press CALUMET CITY, 111., Sept. 30.—Two hundred men arrested here Sunday night on liquor, gambling and vice charges, were released when it was found there were not sufficient patrol wagons available to transport them to the county jail in Chicago.

—Aviation ENDURANCE NOP FLIERS' BENEFIT DELAYED WEEK Aerial Circus Is Called Off Because of Bad Weather Sunday. The aerial circus planned for Sunday afternoon at Hoosier airport as a benefit for Lieutenants Walter R Peck and Lawrence Genaro, endurance fliers, will be given next Sunday instead. Rainy weather and inability of army pilots from Wright field, Dayton, to come here Sunday forced postponement. Lieutenant Earl Halstead, Indianapolis “flying cop,” and Hoosier pilots performed a number of stunts for the crowd during the afternoon. An exhibition of formation flying was given at Capitol airport by E H. Jose, Capitol Airways president; M. C. Hack and James F. Douglas. Stunt flying and balloon bursting entertainment crowds at the Cur-tiss-Mars Hill airport. Because of bad weather, Curtiss Flying Service postponed inauguration of night flying with its new J-6 Travel Air monoplane until next Saturday and Sunday nights. Planes of the Indiana National Guard, at the Mars Hill field, flew to Louisville Sunday for the start of the American Legion national convention. Baby Blimp Arrives A Goodyear baby blimp, en route from Scott field, near Kansas City, to its base at Akron, 0., was an early morning visitor today at Capitol airport, where it took on fuel. The blimp carried a crew of four. It was accompanied by a ground crew of twelve on a bus, which left before the blimp and met the airship here, assisting it in landing. Arrivals and Departures Hoosier Airport—H. M. Prindle and Dr. L. E. Gallee, Buhl, St. Louis to Detroit; M. W. Doty, Parks biplane, from Evansville and return; F. MarkieWig and P. A. Kohler, Laird biplane, from Chicago and return; Billy Wade and G. Vits, Stinson Junior, Chicago to Miami, Fla.; Carl Giedenmeister, Travel Air biplane, to Gary and return. Curtiss-Mars Hill Airport—Walker W Winslow, Curtiss sales director, Robin monoplane, to Muncie and return; Forest O’Brine, co-holder of the world's sustained flight record, J-6 Robin, St. Louis to Detroit to enter Ford reliability air tour; J. J. Burns and T. K. Quirk, T. A. T. passengers to Columbus; J. R. Ball, Chicago to Indianapolis over EmbryRiddle line. Capital Airport—D. T. Stedman, Waco biplane, to South Bend. Take First Solo Hops Leonard Leslie, 2241 Bellefontaine street, and Carl F. Mullican, Challenge Gauge and Tool Company president, took their first solo flights at Hosier airport over the week-end. They were instructed by Bob Shank and Harold C. Brooks. Clarence W. Coffman, 1629 Cruft street, passed his private pilot’s license examination.

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SHEARER HURLS ACCUSATIONS IN PROBEEVIOENCE Admits Arrests, but Claims ‘Frameups’ Against His Patriotism. Bu United Pr< ss WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—William B. Shearer, big navy propagandist, told the senate coinmittee investigating naval lobbying here today that any statement crediting him with breaking the 1927 Geneva disarmament conference was “ridiculous.” “It is a most ridiculous statement when you read Ambassador Gibson's statement as to why the conference broke up," Shearer said in answer to questions of Chairman Shortridge. Shearer told a story filled with dramatic charges against senators, ship builders and newspapers, and admitted before the committee adjourned for lunch he had been arrested and forfeited SSOO bond in New Rochelle, N. Y„ in a liquor case. Claims Patriotism He pictured himself as a patriot at the Geneva disarmament conference and said he represented his country' before he did the American ship builders, who paid him $25,000 to go there. He insisted he was innocent of the liquor case, just as he was of a jewel robbery at Ostend or a theft of £754 in London. He said these charges and others had been brought against him to stop his patriotic fight in behalf of American defense. Claiming the committee was hostile to him and had sought to convict him before it put him on the stand. Shearer testified the Sotland Yard dossier against him was given out by a Major Bray of the British secret service at Geneva. Shouts at Committee The witness shouted down members of the investigating committee in telling an entirely different story of his employment by the shipbuilders than they told. He said he was not hired to break down the Geneva conference but to see that America received parity and adequate national defense. He claimed to have put through congress the threecruiser bill of 1926, and said Charles M. Schwab of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, who denied he knew Shearer, was the first one to suggest he go to Geneva. The name of Senator William H. King fDem., Utah) repeatedly was brought into the evidence by Shearer. He said at one time King warned him to ease his navy fight or he would be “framed.” He claimed, too. that King wanted to get a naval base at S"alt Lake City, and spoke of having seen Chairman Shortridge of the committee on one occasion when they agreed on the question of white supremacy. WORK ON POLICE RADIO Citizen’s Commission Turns Over $8,500 to Safety Board. Board of safety today proceeded with plans for equipping ten police cars with receiving sets and making alternations on WFBM, Indianapolis Power and Light Company station, which will be used by the police department’s radio communication system. The citizens’ radio commission turned over to the safety board the $8,500 contributed to day. Further contributions will be received by the safety board, President Fred W. Connell said. The goal, was $25,000 to finance thirty-five sets. The safety board will create a separate department for radio communication.