Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 166, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 November 1929 — Page 2

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COUNCIL PROBE IS LIKELY TO MOVE SLOWLY Use of Split Requisition in Auto Purchase Is Substantiated. The city council's investigation of charges preferred against city employes by Charles W. Jewett, former mayor, began to assume the proportions of a “white elephant’’ today as it appeared it would be weeks before the matter is disposed of. This appears certain if the probe is limited to three-hour sessions, two or three days a week. Testimony thus far has substantiated the charge that a LaSalle sedan was purchased for Police Chief Claude M. Worley on split requisitions despite the law requiring all purchases of more than $2,000 be approved by the council. Emergency Existed However, Fred W. Connell, president of the safety board, declared that the split requisitions were approved by him because an emergency existed for the car. Joel E. Baker, city purchasing agent declared the emergency had been outlined to him and that he permitted the split requisitions to pass. The car was purchased at $505 under list price. The special probe committee, composed of Herman Lieber, Earl Buchanan and Edward Harris, assisted hy Special Counsel James Noel, Wednesday afternoon plunged into an investigation of the purchases by the city of flood prevention land from Dilling <fe Cos. and the Granite Sand and Gravel Company, at figures which, according to Jewett, had been raised at the request of John Holtzman, former corporation counsel. Two Witnesses Heard Only two witnesses were heard Wednesday afternoon and the hearing was continued until this afternoon at 2. On sprcial request of Merle Walker of Walker & Hollett, counsel for the two gravel companies involved, Jewett was subpenead today to appear before the probe committee. That the appraisal of the Dilling Company land by the committee of the Real Estate Board was made purposely low at $55,550 “because they were trying to •hornswoggle’ the city and we were going to make it low enough.” was the testimony of David A. Coulter, veteran real estate man. "But they did hornswoggle the city before they got through?” queried Noel. “I don’t think so,” was the rejoinder. Coulter Tells Story Coulter testified that he was asked to make a reappraisal of the land by Holtzman when suit for an appeal was filed by Dilling & Cos. “I saw the other members of the committee, we did not view the land again but we talked it over and obtained an appraisement of the land just north of this tract from the city engineer's office and we found that our appraisal was too low. Then we wrote a letter to Holtzman placing the valuation of POWELL SIGN CO. ASM . MANNING BROS * *TME BUSY DENTISTS COR..WASHINGTON AND PENW.STS 3Q4 KQE.EGE Bldg

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the land at $100,000.” Coulter said. He testified that the first appraisal was made as a trading proposition. To Cover Damage The new estimate was to cover damage to the other gravel land of Dilling & Cos., pay for grading and construction of a roadway, and sidewalks and the installation of water mains. Coulter declared that the purchase price of SIOO,OOO paid by the city was not high. Roy W. Templeton, another mem- : ber of the appraisal committee took ' the stand and testified that he had i contended from the beginning that ; the land was worth SIOO,OOO. Templeton elaborated on values iof industrial and gravel lands to i show that the price paid by the ! city was not extraordinary. Trace Land Purchases History of the flood prevention land purchases was traced from works board records by Ernest Frick, | board did not participate in the | s. Hack, present corporation coun--1 sel and then member of the works bord did not participate in the council’s deliberations regarding ilie | purchases. Jewett has charged that Hack resigned from the works board to become counsel for Dilling Cos. ar.~ j helped hike the appraisal, t Attempts of Walker to intervene in the case were halted by Noel with the statement that: “You (Walker) will have plenty of time to show your evidence later. We are handling this as we see fit.” FRENCH FLIERS HOME - Return to Paris After RecordBreaking Trip to Manchuria. PARIS.'Nov. 21.—Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Belionte returned to ! France today from their recordbreaking flight to Manchuria, landj ing at Le Bourget field at 11:30 a. m. after a morning flight from Rome. Storms twice prevented them from flying from Athens to Paris Wednesday and they landed at Rome. Hundreds of admirers swarmed i over Le Bourget field as the plane j landed. Minister of Air Laurent Evnac greeted the fliers in the name of the government and praised them for their flight, of more than 5,000 miles, from Le Bourget to Tsitsihar. Manchuria. Name Change Proposed j /?v Tin’cm Special ANDERSON. Ind.. NoV. 21.—Dej daring that, the t-.m “charity” as ! applied to social service organiza- . tions has come to imply a haphazard system of benevolence not in keeping with present day ideals, trustees of the Anderson Associated Charities has proposed a chr.n~e in name, favoring one similar to “The Family Welfare Council,” as used in Indianapolis.

DRY DRIVE IGNORED Juarez Saloons Merry as Liquor Is Fought. II u United Press JUAREZ, Mexico, Nov, 21.—The clink of glasses and blatant melodies of pianos resounded through this picteuresque border city of eaoarets and saloons today in defiance of a concentrated move to “make Juarez dry.” Led by a detachment of 100 federal soldiers, in command of Genneral Francisco Del Arco, 2,000 school children paraded through the streets Wednesday as part of the campaign sponsored by President Emilo Portes Gil for reduction in the consumption of alcoholic drinks in Mexico. DAWES VISITS IN PARIS Insists Trip to French Capital Is Personal; Sees War Comrade. 11 II United Pn ss PARIS, Nov. 21.—United States Ambassador Charles G. Dawes announced that he was returning to his duties in London late today. Ending a brief visit in Paris, his first since the 1923 reparations conference. Dawes denied that he had conferred with any French' government officials, insisting that his visit -was purely a personal one. During his three-day stay, he spent considerable time with an old war comrade, General Charles Payot, commander of the Thirteenth corps, who obtained a four-day leave to be with the American ambassador. Anderson Man Buried Hit Titties Special ANDERSON. Ind., Nov. 21.—Funeral services were conducted at the Trinity Episcopal church lor George H. Matthews, 71, native of England. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Mary Matthews: two daughters, Mrs. Sarah Leicht, Anderson, and Mrs. Selma Totterdale, Cannonsburg. Pa., and a son, William J. Matthews, Kokomo.

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‘YOUNG TURKS’ FALL IN LINE WITH MOSES Senate Body ‘Knee Deep in Harmony’ Following Long Session. Bn United Press WASHINGTON,- Nov. 21.—The Republican senatorial campaign committee was reported “knee-deep in harmony’’ today af.er the first meeting it has held since its appo'ntment in September. Outstanding among results of the meeting was the apparent subsidence of the revolt of “young guard ’ members against Senator George W. Moses (N. HP, the chairman. “We had dinner together, discussed the senatorial campaigns of next year in twenty-four states, and closed with everybody knee-deep in harmony,” Moses said after the three and a half hour session. Moses’ recent reference to western Republican senators as “sons of the wild jackasses,” which drew the ire of “young guard" members of the committee, was mentioned a “ha'f dozen times” during the meeting, the chairman said, but his manner indi- ; cated such references were made in ; jesting manner. ; Senator Vandenberg (Mich.) gen- : erally regarded as one of the ! “young guard” leaders, declined to comment on the meeting. “I’ve said enough, he replied to questioners. “I’ve gotten in enough trouble already.” No action was taken on the recent resolution offered by Senator Metcalf (Rep., R. I.), which would keep the commtitee out of states where its service was not requested by the senator of that state, or on the selection of a committee treasurer, the chairman said. The western senatorial campaigns were discussed. Moses discounted reports of an effort to defeat insurgent western senators in the primaries, explaining the campaign committee does not participate in primary campaigns. DEATH DRIVER GUILTY Vu Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Nov. 21.—Ernest Downs, 26, Indianapolis, faces a one to ten-year term in the state reformatory as a result of being convicted by a Delaware circuit court jury here of manslaughter resulting from the death of Charles H. Strait here Aug. 3, when automobiles driven by the two men collided. The state charged Downs was drunk at the time of the crash. He not only denied being intoxicated, but said he was not addicted to the use of liquor.

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Hawaii, Canal Zone Will Be Represented at Sessions. Department presidents and secretaries of the American Legion Auxiliary from every state and from Hawaii and the Panama Canal Zone will gather in Indianapolis Friday for the opening of their annual conference at national headquarters. The conference will remain in session Friday and Saturday. National committee chairmen of the auxiliary will outline a program of activities for the coming year. Open discussions are to be held on each phase of work presented for indorsement of the convention. Mrs. Donald Macrae of Council Bluffs, la., national president, will give the opening address Friday morning and will preside at the sessions. O. L. Bodenhamer, national commander of the American Legion, also will appear on Friday’s program. Feature of the convention will be a roll call of departments. They will respond by giving number of new members enrolled for 1930. Membership increases during the last year made the auxiliary the largest women’s patriotic organization interested in war veterans. Friday noon visiting auxiliary officers will be guests at a luncheon in the publishing plant of the American Legion monthly. BANDITS ASK ‘HELLO’ GREETING FOR POLICE Boys of High School Age Rob Crippled Anderson Druggist. Bv Times Sveeial __ _. ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 21.—The second holdup in a week at Russell i Bennett’s drug store occurred when two youths of high school age armed with automatic pistols robbed Bennett, a cripple, in the presence of his wife and three customers. The bandits took S2O from the cash register, picked up two vanity cases as they left, and climbed into a waiting automobile driven by a con- ! federate of their own age. “Tell the police ‘Hello,’ ” shouted the boys as they drove away. It was the fourth holdup at the Bennett store in four years. Police say they will arrest the trio this week and that their capture will clear up a number of Indiana robberies. Midnight Party on Friday American Legionnaires will meet at 8 p. m. Friday in Municipal Judge Paul C. Wetter’s courtroom for a Seventh district American Legion midnight party that will include tours of police headquarters city and county jails, and the Citizens Gas Company plant.

LOOKS FOR FATHER, GONE TWELVE YEARS Appeal for help in search of his father, a World war veteran missing since 1917. was made to police today by George Hale Vogus, 16, of 1948 West New York street. Oscar Marion Hale, who now is 42, left the boy with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John Vogus, here, when the United States declared war in 1917. Failing in attempts to serve with American forces, Hale went into the Canadian army. The youth next heard from his parent six years ago, when a letter arrived from a small Colorado town. No trace of the father has been found since, the boy told police. Lot Buying Avoids Damages ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 21.—The city has purchased a lot from Monte Nuzum, postal employe, rather than pay damages claimed by the owner to have resulted during construction of a sewer. Paying Nuzum S4OO for the lot profited the city SIOO, S BROMO QUININE for its quinine tonic and laxative effect. This excellent laxative, combined with quinine and a stimulant, vides ideal treatment for colds<£? and headaches. Druggist* Y. _/►ls 30a V VC/ Srove’sv^^ Laxatice^^ BROMO QUININE i Tablets Sue ee*sf u l Since 1889

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