Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 177, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 December 1929 — Page 13

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RUM DEALING RING BELIEVED NEAR ARREST Injured Man at Newcastle Classed as Leader’s Delivery Man. RICHMOND MAN FLEES Alleged ‘Brains’ of Liquor Group Said to Be in New York. lift Time * Rvrrial NEWCASTLE, Ind., Dec. 4 —Officials here believe they are on the verge of uncovering operations of a large liquor dealing ring which covered various eastern Indiana cities, and are of the opinion that Herbert Webster. Negro. Richmond, reputed leader of the ring, has fled to New York in an effort to escape arrest. Another Richmond Negro, Robert Smith, believed employed as a delivery man for the ring, is in a hospital here with a fractured skull suffered when an automobile he was driving and in which fifty-five gallons of alcohol was found, was wrecked near here. Despite the suspicions directed at him, Smith has given little information to the authorities. He asserts that he does not recall anything about the accident; denies driving the car and asserts he was never in any automobile in which liquor was carried. Smith says he got into the automobile at the home of his parents m Richmond, but says he does not remember driving away in it. License plates on the car were issued to Webster, but for another make of automobile. John Wilke and Walter Jenkins, federal prohibition agents, after an investigation here, expressed a theory that Webster heads a ring which has been doing business here, at Anderson, Muncie, Richmond and other cities in this section. It is believed the ring financed bootleggers in these cities or at least kept them supplied with liquor. Authorities declare they suspect a bootlegging group here of connection with the ring. This group has been under surveillance for some time, but so far evidence sufficient to warrant arrests has not been available.

MONTROSE HEADS GROUP Armistice Day Committee Is Selected by Local Clubs. Frank A. Montrose, Indiana Bell Telephone Company general manager, was elected general chairman of the Indianapolis Armistice day committee at a meeting attended by representatives from twenty-nine patriotic, civic and fraternal organizations at the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night. A permanent general Armistice committee was formed, comprising delegates from the Grand Army of Republic, Veterans of Foreign Wars, tJnited States War Veterans, American Legion, civic clubs, fraternal orders and junior patriotic organizations. Colonel Oran Perry, Civil war veteran and superintendent of Soldiers’ and Sailors' monument, who died last week, was remembered in a memorial resolution. SEEKS BUS AGREEMENT License Chief After Pact to Stop Retaliatory Arrests. James L. Bradley, chief of the state auto license bureau, will attend a conference of Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky license officials Thursday at Frankfort, Ky., when an attempt will be made to arrange a reciprocal agreement regarding bus and truck operators. Kentucky state police have arrested Indiana truck and bus operators for failure to have Kentucky licenses. Indiana was involved in such a license war last spring when Ohio. Kentucky and Michigan bus and truck operators failed to display Indiana licenses. The Kentucky arrests have been made in retaliation. ASSUME CLUB DUTIES Newly Elected Medical Society Officers Are Installed. Dr. J. A. MacDonald today took over his duties as president of the Indianapolis Medical Society following his election Tuesday night at a meeting of the society in the Athenaeum. He 'was elected with the following officers: Dr. H. Joseph Barry, first vice-president: Dr. Harry J. Weil, second vice-president, and Dr. Chester A. Stayton, secretary Ten delegates and their alternates were chosen to attend the state convention. I Dr. S. W. Herrington of the Mayo clinic. Rochester, Minn., spoke on “Diaphragmatic Hernia.” STUART IS APPOINTED Will Represent State in National Education Survey Body. Appointment of Milo H. Stuart, Technical high school principal, to the national secondary' education survey advisory committee, was announced today. This survey will be conducted by the bureau of education, which operates under the department of interior. Stuart will be amoni thirty educators on the committee to assist Dr. William J. Cooper, United States commissioner of education. in directing the survey, recently authorized by Congress.

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THE NEW “The Beasts of Taiwan” is a pic-ture-sequel to those stirring pictureTARZAN stories, "Taiwan of the Apes” and “The Itetum of Tarzan.” Tarzan, PICTURE- a whlt, child of noble lineage brought up to manhood by a tribe STORY of gigantic anthropoid apes, has become, by virtue of his fighting ability TT-Ttr RF Awn tribe and 1 XXXj DJuriU X C 7 master of the jungle. Love comes to him /k t? r p A 7 A IVT when he meets a l/T 1 xA. X\ Li ±\. 1 1 shipwrecked American girl, Jane Porter. At their first enBy counter, the veil of centuries ,of civilization is swept away from her. EDGAR RICE It is the primeval man who has BURROUGHS fought for her and won her. Tarzan penetrates to the golden city of Opar, where he obtains the Author of fortune that establishes him when , . he goes to claim his birthright as J arzon Os the Lord Greystoke. Then, two years Apes,” later, his wife and child are kid“Thßeturn naped. Tarzan, the victim of a far- . ' reaching plot, finds himself once of I arzon, more alone in the jungle with the etc. beasts— See and Read The Beasts of Tarzan Beginning Monday , Dec. 9 , in The Times

POLITICAL PLUM TO BE AWARDED SOON

Political faction leaders were scrambling today over the impending election of a deputy coroner to fill a vacancy created recently in the office of County Coroner Charles H. Keever. Regarded as one of the choice jobs among county offices, the appointment is receiving considerable attention from county officials. The recent death of Ola B. Powers, who held the post most of this year, has left the appointment open to Keever. Two names, both associated with various political jobs in the past, have been mentioned. They are Samuel T. Campbell, once county “bridge inspector” and present -ward chairman and William Hamilton, Fourth ward chairman. Salary for the job is on a fee basis, averaging from $l5O to $250 a month. Hamilton is reported as having the backing of county commissioners and County Auditor Harry Dunn.

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Miss Selma Baumgart, 22, of 2266 South Pennsylvania street, who died at city hospital today from injuries received when a Pennsylvania railway locomotive struck an automobile in which she was riding Nov. 30.

WORK ON DISPOSAL OF NEW BOND ISSUE

Conforming to an order of the state tax board, county commissioners today were preparing to accept and sell a $139,000 bond issue authorized by the state board for building an addition to the Marion county board of Children’s Guardian's home. They had, however, abandoned their first procedure of awarding the construction contract before selling bonds, and were acting according to statute by first selling bonds and then awarding contract The former course of action was attacked as illegal by County Attorney Clinton H. Givan.

, TOM MIX RECKS NOT OF THE GRIEF HE CAUSED THE FOUR MUSKETEERS

BY ARCH STEINEL TOM MIX and his horse. Tony, gallop over chasms, hunt Indians, rescue heroines, on movie lots in Hollywood today. They gallop out new reels of cinema to be shown in the Dream theater in Brightwood. little realizing that four of their most ardent fans, ones who “stomped'* applause to more than one perilous ride, face federal charges because of them. Nor do they know that a federal judge took cognizance of the “hootin’ tootin’’* riding of Tom

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Keever was in conference today with Commissioner George Snider, presumably regarding the appointment. Following the session, Keever said “nothing has been decided definitely, but probably will be Thursday.” Campbell, who served several weeks in October and November as county bridge inspector, has the backing of the opposing afetion, in view of his retirement from the Dunn-Snider faction after the Nov. 5 municipal election. Four others whose names appears periodically in some section of the county pay roll also are being considered, but have been reported out of the running, as the prospects for Campbell and Hamilton improve. REAL SILKTnTERTAINS Cost Accountants Guests at Tour of Mills and Dinner. Indianapolis chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants and friends of members were guests this afternoon of the Real Silk Hosiery Mills. J. A. Goodman, chairman of the board of directors, welcomed guests at 3. A tour of the factory was scheduled for late afternoon with talks by P. Fifer, production manager, and M. N. Carpenter, personnel manager. Dinner will be served at 6 with a dance following.

INN MEN IN SESSION State Hotel Keepers Meet for Yearly Parley. Plans for the annual convention of the Indiana Hotel Men’s Association, Dec. 13, were announced tentatively today following a conference of officers of the organization Tuesday. Paul Q. Richey, president of the Chamber of Commerce, will open the meeting with a welcoming address at a luncheon at the Severin. Delegates will go Into business session in the afternoon and a dinnerdance will be held in the hotel in the evening. Officers will be elected the next day and wives of delegates entertained with a luncheon-bridge.

The board had resolved itself into two factions over the contract award. John Shearer and Charles O. Sutton had disregarded the opinion of Commissoner George Snider, and given the contract to the second lowest bidder, which the tax board refused to permit Contractors probably will be asked to re-bid on the construction work. It was pointed out that the contractor to whom the bid had been given by the majority faction of the board now will have an opportunity to reive his figures on the basis of other prices submitted.

and Tony and. understand its appeal to adolescent youth, was lenient with two of their fans. So this is the scene as it unwrapped itself in the courtroom of Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell. Gene, 11, and Tenny, 13, were brought before the Judge. John W. Kern, United States commissioner, explained that the youths were two of a quartet of gay Caballeros who left Indianapolis Sept. 21 on their way to worship at the shrine of the master vaquero of the movies, Tom Mix.

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1929

BREAK PLOT STOPPED AT MUNCIE JAIL Kidnaping of Sheriff’s Baby Grandson Had Been Planned. PRIVILEGES UNDER BAN Food From Outside and Other Favors Forbidden as Punishment. Pm Times Pt'erfoi MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 4.—lronhanded discipline is in effect at the Delaware county jail here today, following a mutiny among a group of prisoners who planned a break, including kidnaping of a year old child. Harold Poe, awaiting trial on an auto banditry charge, is accused by Sheriff Harry McAuley of being the leader of the plot, in which William Warfel, awaiting anew trial on an assault and battery with intont to kill charge, was also implicated. Trevett Baker, Irvin Jones and Albert Nickerson, each under a two to fourteen-year reformatory term on banditry charges, refused to join in the mutiny, leading to a fight. Baker, with a broken ankle, is using crutches, and thev were his effective weapons during the clash. Nickerson suffered a bruised nose. The first indication of disorder came when Poe refused to attend a church service. Later it developed that a woman who visited Poe was involved in a plot to kidnap Jackie Brammer, little son of Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. Jacob Brammer. and a grandson of, the sheriff. Only her failure to obtain an automobile prevented the kidnaping attempt, officials declare. Since the trouble, all special privileges have been stormed at the jail. Prisoners are not allowed to enter the cage surrounding the cell comoartment, and forbidden to have food sent to them from outside the institution.

STREET SIGNS TO BE ERECTED BY CITY FIRM Local Company Is Awarded Contract By Safety Board. The board of safety today recommended that the purchasing department award the contract for 1,700 street signs to K. E. Erickson & Cos., 909 Massachusetts avenue, following conference with city council safety committee and Charles Steeger, assistant purchasing agent. Purchasing Agent Joel A. Baker, who was scored in the city council’s report on purchasing methods, did not attend the conference on stop signs. Steeger had tabulated the fourteen bids and explained them to the safety board. The city will buy 1,000 red and yellow stop signs with a red “bull’s eye,” mounting them on cedar posts. The 700 other parking signs will not contain the “bull’s eye.” The bid was $4,996.

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Addressing the first “one hundred per cent attendance luncheon” meeting of the Optimists Club Friday at the Claypool, Myron R. Green, assistant vice-president of the Fletcher American National bank will discuss the country’s financial future in “The Business Outlook.” Because of the interest in finance, resultant from recent stocks movements, the club will arrange the program to be broadcast over WKBF, beginning at 12:45 p. m.

GENE and Tenny with Wayne, 15, and Orville, 15, were caught in a stolen car near Toledo, 111. They were charged with violation of the Dyer act. The older youths were taken to an East St. Louis jail. “What about it, son?” asked Judge Baltzell of Gene. “Well, it’s just this here way. Me and Tenny ’n’ Wayne ’n’ Orville played lots together, and used to go to the Dream theater in Brightwood.” explained Gene, as he shifted from toe to toe. “Well—well, we used to like to

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EMMELMANN IS Defeated G. 0. P. Candidate Returns to Office. Wayne Emmelmann. defeated Republican candidate for city clerk, today was back on the job as county “bridge inspector” at $214 a month after being off duty “on a leave of absence.” Appointed to the place Oct. 10 by county commissioners as occupying a place “indispensable to public necessity,” Emmelmann carried on the inspection of bridges until Oct. 1, prior to the election, when he was granted the absence leave. In his place, under the name “bridge inspector,” commissioners appointed Samuel G. Campbell, whose duty it was to inspect two county bridges under construction and three county roads. For his services from Sept. 16 to Oct. 31, Campbell drew $220 salary. Commissioners’ records show, however, that Campbell was appointed foruteen days prior to Emmelmann's denarture. The overlapping salaries for that period amounted to $l3O, the records show. Campbell is chairman of Fourth ward, west side.

DIES AFTER EXPOSURE F. L. Beals, 70, Found Unconscious Tuesday, Is Victim. F. L. Beals, 70, of 714 Cincinnat* street, died early today in city hospital from exposure. He was found unconscious on the floor of his home Tuesday, after neighbors had noted a light in the house, but had not seen Beals for several days. At his side were a letter and a sum of money. Coroner C. H. Keever said- he would begin an inquest today. Beals is believed to have been a j't. ired printer.

GIRL SCOUT’S WORK AID TO CHARITIES

Louellen Trimble, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Trimble, 3755 Washington boulevard, member of Indianapolis Girl Scouts, sat at a telephone in her home and originated a Christmas appeal to personal and family friends. When she hung up the receiver today, she had sold 1,035 dozen cookies for the Girl Scouts semiannual cookie day, Saturday. Her buyers donated the cookies to charitable institutions, and asked Louellen to apportion them. They will be delivered to the following:

see Tom Mix and his horse. We got together and decided to go and see him. So—we agreed to meet —and we did. I got 20 cents to go to the Dream. Well, when we met, Tenny’s ‘bud,’ Glenn, wanted to go with us. We didn’t want him. He‘s only 10 and not old enough. So I gave him my 20 cents not to follow us and he didn’t.” The judicial mien of Judge Baltzell changed to a smile. Court attaches grinned.

“•psERE Santa: I wanna a ball, U an heaps of stick-candy—-an ” And you’ll get the stick-candy, Bobbie and Mary, for ton upon ton of the striped sweets are being stirred up by candy manufacturers of the city for Yuletide stockings. In the top left photo, Harry Van Sant, 1929 Prospect street, is shown stirring a pot of syrup for some Christmas all-day suckers at the Billing & Cos., candy-making plant, Chocolate and West Morris At top right, Miss Isabelle Robinson, 1850 Orleans street, is sampling a stick of saccharin. Lower left, Mrs. Mae Leppert, 1645 South Talbot street, is shoveling—not snow—hard candy into a container. “Wisht’ I had a candy cane as big as that,” dreams Bobbie Lupear, 7, of 455 Warman avenue, as he gazes at a West Washington street barber pole.

SUSPENDED JUDGMENT CAN NOT BE APPEALED Appellate Court Claims Lack of Jurisdiction in Adams Case. A suspended judgment is not ground for an appeal of a conviction in a criminal case, the Indiana appellate court held today, in dismissing the appeal of Mrs. Harriet Adams of Indianapolis. Mrs. Adams, found guilty in juvenile court on charges of neglect of her four children, 13, 9, 6 and 1 years old, was given a suspended sentence during good behavior. She appealed the verdict. The appellate court held that there was no judgment against her, due to suspension of sentence, and the appellate court had no jurisdiction.

Fire Destroys Valuable Paintings COWES. England, Dec. 4.—Fire, which damaged the famous Cowes castle, headquarters of the roya l yacht squadron, destroyed several valuable pictures, including a painting of King George, by Sir Arthur Cope. A painting of King Edward VII was damaged.

Indianapolis Orphans Home, Flanner house; Sunnyside sanatorium, Wheeler City Mission, Riley hospital, city hospital, Christamore settlement, and the Old People’s home. Chairmen of cookie day committees announced by Mrs. C. Willis Adams, general chairman, are: Mrs. Carl Wallerich', downtown booths; Mrs. Arthur Krick, motor corps; Mrs. George Denny, school orders; Mrs. G. H. A. Clowes, factory orders, and Miss Lorena McComb, church and club orders.

LATER Gene told how Wayne armed them with guns and his mother’s butcher knife. He told how a collision with another car on the outskirts of Indianapolis frightened them. “We, me ’n Tenney, decided to go home. But Wayne and Orville called us ‘fraidy cats’ and they wouldn’t let us out of the car. We tried the guns out and they wouldn’t work. And—we wasn’t going west without somethin.’ ” And so the ride of the Four Musketeers came to an end with their arrest.

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CITY'S KAME TO IE ON OHISSER Indianapolis Will Be Given iJaval Hcr.or. By Times Special WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Representative Louis Ludlow today announced that at his request and at the request of numerous citizens of Indianapolis, the secretary of the navy has decided to name one of the new cruisers "Indianapolis.” The old battleship Indiana was one of the famous units that made history in the war with Spain some years ago, having become obsolete, it was used as a target for big guns. At Ludlows’ request, the navy department probably will issue an order soon for transfer of the silver service of the old battleship Indiana to the new cruiser Indianapolis. The silver service was loaned to the state of Indiana following the sinking of the battleship, but the government always has retained title to it and it has been held subject to the government’s orders. It now is being held in trust in the Governor’s mansion at Indianapolis. Dr. F. W. Fitch of the Optimist Club and President Paul Richey of the Chamber of Commerce were especially active in the campaign.

EARNS PROMOTION Local Man to Take Over Kokomo District. Included in organization changes announced today by the Indiana Eell Telephone Company is the

transfer of Russell Hirschman, Indianapolis div is ion sales manager, to district commercial superintendent at Kokomo. Hirschman, who began his career with the company in South Bend early in 1927, will succeed Marcus 31 in n, who will come to this city as'cashier of the Indianapolis division.

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Other changes in personnel are: W. H. Archer, former manager of Unit 1, local business office, appointed division sales supervisor; Fred C. Schultz, former supervisor of directories, appointed manager of Unit 1; J. O. Emond, former supervising clerk, named supervisor of directories, and Walter Moore, former clerk, appointed supervising clerk, Unit 1.

Kern brought the case before the judge when removal of Gene end lenney to East St. Louis w’aa requested. He told Judge Baltzell he hated to p’.ace them in jail in default of bond while awaiting trial. Judge Baltzell agreed with the commissioner. And now Gene and Tenney are attending school while they await trial in East St. Louis. And at the Dream theater in Bright wood Tom Mix and Tony sti’l gallop over chasms, but they gallop only in dreams lor Gene and Tenney.

BANNER RADIO EVENT OF 1929 IS ON TONIGHT Times Endurance Contest Will Start in Lyric Theater Ballroom. ENTRY LIST IS HEAVY Every Arrangement Is Made for Comfort and Care ■of Competitors. The biggest radio event of the year for Indianapolis will swing into action with a bang at 7:30 tonight, when Milton Cross, noted announcer, steps before the “mike” to start the weekly program of the Sylvania Foresters, one of radio’s biggest features. The Times-Lyric-Sylvania listeners' endurance contest will be on when Cross says “Go,” the last person to remain awake 'winning first, prize a radio set as good as money can buy. Neariy 200 entries have been received by The Times radio editor and the majority of those entering are expected to qualify for the competition. All contestants must be at the Lyric ballroom, in the Lyric theater building at 6 o’clock, so all arrangements can be completed in time for seating of competitors at 7:30. Every Comfort Provided Every comfort and convenience has been arranged for both the men and the women contestants. Time will be allowed out for “primping,” and meals will be served through courtesy of Wheeler’s restaurant, a diet suitable for the listeners having been compiled by a prominent Indianapolis physician. The public is invited to attend. An admittance fee of 25 cents will be paid into the Lyric box office during the hours the theater operates, approximately from 11 a. m. to 10:30 p. m. Durin* the other hours of the day and night, a special cashier will be on duty in the box office, all proceeds going to a worthy charity to be designated after the end of the contest. All contestants must sign a release to clear The Times, the Lyric theater and the Sylvania company of any responsibility for illness or accident during the competition, and all entrants under 21 years of age must have signatures of parents or guardians.

Stars to Perform Variety will be given in entertainment. In addition to the radio programs, several performers on this week’s Lyric bill will appear for spectators and competitors, among them seme of the stars of the Radio-Keith-Orpheum circuit. KKBF of Indianapolis will broadcast the contest at intervals, with entrants going before the “mike” to tell how they are holding out. Judges will be on duty at all hours and their decision will be final as to prize winners, a board of three radio dealers to confirm the judges’ decisions. The last one to remain awake will win first prize. Another prize has been assigned for the last woman to hold out, an Atwater Kent set, b; the Wagner Radio Company. Still another prize will be given for the nearest correct guess by Times readers as to hours, minutes and seconds the contest will last. This will be a Howard set, donated by the Steman Radio Company. All guesses must be written on plain white paper, with name and address of guesser, and dropped into a box to be placed in the ballroom for that purpose. The Duco Corporation is giving J Lyric-All American outfit to the runner-up. Police Protection Given Adequate police and fire protection will be assured and nurses will be on duty. In addition, those who succumb to sleep, and are unable to reach home “under their own steam.” will be taken home in taxis. Radio dealers are co-operating with The Times-Sylvania-Lyric “hookup” to make the event a complete success. Those participating are: Duco Coporation, Lyric-All American radio: Wagner Radio Company, Atwanter Kent; Gibson Company, Fada radio: Griffith Victor Distributing Company, the Victor; Kruse Radio Company, Crosley radio; Crescent Paper Company, Freed radio: W. J. Holliday Company, Zenith radio; Radio Jobbers Company, Riser Brothers, Day-Fan; Stegman Radio Company, Howard, and Em-Roe Sporting Goods Company, Earl and Kellogg.

RECREATION TO BE TOPIC Facilities and Needs of City Will Be Discussed at Table. Reports of the survey of city recreational facilities and needs will be made at a joint luncheon of the Indianapolis recreation survey committee and the Council of Social Agencies at 12:15 next Tuesday at Christ church parish house. The public library, art institute, children’s museum and recreation in industry will be discussed. 240 Broke Game Laws Bit Timr* Soccial State game wardens arrested 288 persons during November for violations of fish and game laws. Richard Lieber, department director, announces. Fines and costs totaling £4,957.69 were paid by 240 persons who were convicted, sixteen cases remain untried and two were dismissed. •