Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 282, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 April 1930 — Page 2

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FUND FOR POOR HELD LOSER ON FALSE CLAIMS North Township Trustee on Trial in Lake County Court. Bat Times Special CROWN POINT. Ind., April 5. The case of the state against Urick Lund, North township trustee, charged with payment of false claims from the township poor fund, has practically been established, it is declared by Judge Martin J. Smith of Lake criminal court here where the official is on trial. It is alleged Lund paid claims to Drs. Leo Goodman and Hugo Kuhn, both of Hammond, knowing that no services had been rendered. Among witnesses for the state was John Renwald, Hammond, who declared that his wife, Mrs. Laura Renwald, died in Omahi, Neb., March 6. 1928, but Dr. Hoffman, according to an exhibit identified by George Carlisle, state board of accounts examiner, had been paid $197 in August of that year for medical services to her. Mrs. Ida Rever, another state witness, said Dr. Kuhn operated upon her daughter Dorothy in January, 1927, and that she paid him an agreed fee of $45. Carlisle identified a voucher lor S6O paid Dr. Kuhn from the poor fund in July, although Mrs. Rever testified her daughter had received no medical attention in that month. THREE CASES SENT TO COLUMBUS FOR TRIAL Venue Changes From Franklin Shift Sait for $5,000 Damages. By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., April 5 Three cases have been filed in Bartholomew circuit court here on changes of venue from the Johnson circuit court of Franklin, including the case of Roy S. Higgins against William C. Robinson and Ethel Loretta Robinson for $5,000 damages. as a result of an automobile accident. Another case is that- of Walter A. Aikens and Raymond S. Sellers against Cecil Simpson, auditor of Johnson county, asking for damages for alleged failure of the defendant to give certain legal publications to the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs are publishers of the Franklin Republican, only Republican paper in Johnson county. The third case is that of the Republic Finance Investment Company of Indianapolis which filed a complaint on guaranty against Wilson H. Legan and others. Whe complaint alleges certain accounts which were guaranteed to the plaintiffs by the defendants are uncollectible. EVANSVILLE COUPLE TO ADOPT NEWBURG BABY Mother Unable to Support Infant Deserted by Father. By Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., April 5.—A dark-haired baby girl, 5 months old, whose mother was deserted by the husband and father before the infant was born, has found a home with Mr. and Mrs. Harris Dewese. Their sympathies aroused by newspaper accounts of the plight of the mother, a resident of Newburg, who was making a losing fight to support the baby, its 4-year-old brother and her aged mother, the Evansville couple visited the baby and immediately decided they wanted her. Steps for adoption will be taken within a few days. The baby has been named Ramona Jeanne Dewese. Boy Scouts Aided By Times Special FRANKFORT, Ind., April 5. Following the resignation of R. L. Idckell, scoutmaster here. Boy Scout work in Frankfort has been completely reorganized through the efforts of the Walter T. Cohee post of the American Legion. Business and professional men are aiding In the work. For the past several weeks the work has been carried on by Dr. J. A. Van Kirk and William P. Lockwood. Under the new plan scouting will be made a community project and more than thirty citizens already have agreed to assist. Veteran Wins Suit By Times Special CONNERSVILLF. Ind., April 5. Stanley A. Senefeld of this city, a disabled World war veteran, has been awarded $9,057.20 by Judge Robert C. Bal zell. in federal court on a United States war risk insurance policy. The Veteran’s bureau had denied the validity of the policy, alleging that some of the premiums had not been paid. Single G Sires Filly By Times special CENTERVILLE. Ind.. April 5. Single G. the famous race horse, now in retirement at Jus tame re farm, near here, has sired another filly colt. The dam of the young filly Is the famous racing mare. La Paioma. Single G’s record is 1:58*2. Dies at Noblesville By Times Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind.. April 5. Miss Nelle Carr. 45, daughter of Phillip Carr, is de3d at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Johnson, with whom sh<* lived. She leaves a sister, Mrs. William Forrer. Kokomo. Wood Chopper Proves Skill By Times Special COLUMBUS. Ind., April s.—Peter McLaren champion wood chopper gave a demons tration here by cutting through a 17-inch log in 2 minutes, 54’ a seconds. A number of persons who had intended to partiepate in a contest with him, failed to take part after he showed his skill. Paralysis Ends life By Times Special SHFLBYVILLE, Ind., April 5. Mrs. Mary Schroeder, 66. widow of Adam Schroeder, is dead of paralysls.at her home here. *

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Pu Times special GREENCASTLE, Ind., April 5. The third candidate to oppose Noble Johnson for re-election as representative in congress from the Fifth district is Courtland C. Gillen, Democrat, a Greencastle attorney fer twenty-five years. He has served as prosecutor and county attorney of Putnam county, as a mmeber of the Greencastle school board and has been a member of the state Democratic speakers bureau. He attended De Pauw university here and was graduated from Indiana Law School, Indianapolis.

Oiled! Arrested Man's Wife Put Kerosene in Raid Liquor Evidence.

By Times -pedal Hammond, ind., April 5. Andrew Lott, 38. has a wife who isn’t awed in the least by a liquor raid. Detectives Ralph Bogardius and Matthew Tetak entered the Lott home on a raid. Mrs. Lott poured what the officers says was a quart of whisky into a sink. They mopped up a small quantity of the liquid and placed it in a glass jar for use as evidence. As the detectives were leaving the house with the jar and Lott, his wife smashed the container with a poker. They salvaged enough liquid to make a showing and placed it in a pan. Then Mrs. Lott threw kerosene into the pan. “Now, go show the judge a pan filled with kerosene,’ Mrs. Lott said in derision. But her husband, the officers and the pan went away together, bound for jail. DEATH DRIVER APPEALS Man Whose Car Killed Girl Takes Case to Supreme Court, By Times Special SOUTH BEND. Ind., April 5. George Norgar. Chicago bond salesman. will appeal from a sentence of one to ten years imposed on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in connection with an automobile fatality. Norgar’s automobile, going 50 miles an hour, passed a street car on the wrong side and struck and killed Isbaelle Wentzel, 16-year-old Mishawaka high school girl, last fall. Judge Cyrus E. Pattee, imposed sentence in St. Joseph circuit court here. Norgar’s counsel immediately filed notice of appeal to the Indiana supreme court. Manufacturer’s Wife Dies By Times Special CONNERSVILLE. Ind., April 5. Funeral services will be held Monday for Mrs. Nancy D. Heron, 67, wife of J. M. Heron, secretary of the Rex Manufacturing Company, who died after a long Illness. Besides the husband, she leaves two daughters, Mrs. F. B. Ansted and Mrs. J. T. McKinney, Los Angeles. Convention to Be Planned By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind.. April 5. Nine committees will be appointed at a meeting Sunday to make plans for entertaining the state convention of the Eagles lodge here June 11 and 12. The committees will be in charge of reception, parade, dance, entertainment, decorations, program, prizes and floats. Motorist Faces Charge By Times Special ANDERSON. Ind., April 5.—P. A. Lewis, Anderson, is aw: ng trial in city court on a cha: reckless driving as the res of an automobile accident on State Road 67, near the Welch airport. Mrs. Jessie Tharp and Mrs. Mary Ellison. occupants of an automobile struck by Lewis’ machine, were injured.

68 GIVEN PAROLES AT REFORMATORY

By United Press PENDLETON. Ind., April 5. Forty-four applications for commutation of sentences were considered by the parole board of the Indiana state reformatory here Friday, and seven of them were granted, according to Superintendent A. F. Miles. The board considered 104 parole cases, granted sixty-eight and continued thirty-six. Eleven parole violators, whose cases were heard, all were held ovc- to serve from one to thr e years longer. Included in the cases were: Clarence Ruffner, Kosciusko county, auto banditry, sentence reduced to two to twenty-one years, from five to .wenty-one years. Roscoe Perry. Morgan county, ten to twenty-five years lor auto

SCHOOL VANDAL CASE WILL BE HEARDMONDAY Custodian at Newcastle Accused of Paint Smearing Job. By Times Special NEWCASTLE, Ind., April 5. Charles Arnold, employed as night watchman at the Newcastle high school will be tried in city court Monday on a chArge of malicious destruction of public property, it being alleged he smeared paint on walls and drinking fountains of the school building. E. J. Llewelyn, city school superintendent, told police he caught Arnold in the act of vandalism and that Arnold jumped from a window on the third floor in fleeing. Police arrested him soon afterward at his home. On several occasions in the last few months paint has been smeared in the building, but authorities have not disclosed whether Arnold will be accused also of those acts. Motive for the vandalism has not been revealed. U. S. LOSER IN TAX LITIGATION Hammond Realty Company Case Sets Precedent. Ry Times Special HAMMOND, Ind., April s.—The Woodmar Realty Company of Hammond is the victor in an income tax suit against the commissioner of internal revenue, which it is declared settles a point which will be a precedent in income tax litigation. Recovery of SIB,OOO paid by the company in taxes will be the result of the victory. In the case, it was held that contracts of purchase have no value. The United States board of tax appeals decided for the company, and failure of the commissioner to act before expiration of an appeal period ended the case. Real estate operators throughout the Chicago district had kept in touch with the litigation throughout the two years it existed. CENTURY-OLD MINISTER SINGS AT MT. VERNON Pastors at Conference Greet Oldest Middle West Preacher. B.y Times Special MT. VERNON, Ind., April 5. German Methodist pastors here this week attending a meeting of the Evansville group of the church’s Cincinnati-St. Louis conference paid tribute to the Rev. Louis Miller, 100, Mt. Vernon, oldest Methodist minister in the middle west. The century-old minister, still in gdbd health, joined the visitors in singing a German hymn. He performed the marriage ceremony for many of those who greeted him. The Rev. Mr. Miller will celebrate his one hundred first birthday in September. FOUR ORDINANCES DEAD Muncie Mayor Declares Council Ignores City Attorney. By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., April s.—Criticising persons who “shoot over the heads of the city’s legal department,” Mayor George Dale has vetoed four of nine ordinances passed by the city council, among them one to license taxicabs. “The city of Muncie maintains a legal department that Is to pass on all legal matters in which the city is interested,” the mayor said, declaring that several of the ordinances were “too vague and improperly w r orded.” The council has seldom sought advice from City Attorney Taughinbaugh. Boys Flee From Orphanage By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., April 5. Three runaway boys from the Marion county orphans’ home were found asleep behind a billboard on State Road 67, east of here. None wore coats and one had no cap. They were held by police until an agent of the institution returned them to the home. The boys were Jerry and Chester Ruble, lo' and 12 years old, respectively, and Farrell Williams, 14. Lifelong Resident Dies B<' Tin - s Special BLUFF POINT, Ind., April 5. Funeral services were held today for George W. Harford, 84. lifelong resident of Jay county, who died on Thursday at his home near here.

banditry, sentence commuted to five to twenty-five years. Harvey Meadows, Lawrence county. ten to twenty-one years for robbery, sentence commuted to four to twenty-one years. Theodore Szeremeta, Lake county, ten to twenty-one years for first degree burglary, sentence commuted to six to twenty years. Jesse Martin, ten to twenty-one years, from Clark county, for highway robbery, sentence commuted to five years, six months. The Indiana committee on law observance and enforcement attended the section of the parole board. Committee members said there was need at Pendleton, as well as at the state prison at Michigan City, for further inquiry into the individual cases, to ascertain definitely past records of the prisoner.

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Henry Gersten (left) and Alfred V. Beschar. Between them are keys to Anderson’s remodeled postoffice.

By United Press ANDERSON, Ind., April s.—Completed at a cost of $160,000, the remodeled postoffice of Anderson was used for the first time this week, when Henry Gersten, Des Moines (la.) contractor, presented keys to the building to Postmaster Alfred V. Beschar.

HAMMOND TO URGE WATERWAY IN RIVER

MARRYING JOB SOUGHT Sixteen Candidates Seek Justice of Peace Office at Crown Point. , By United Press CROWN POINT, Ind., April 5. Sixteen persons have announced their candidacies for the justice of peace office here, popularized by the present holder, Howard Kemp. Kemp, the “marrying squire,” has married thousands of couples every year since he took office ten years ago. It is said he has realized $25,000 a year from the office. FLOOD 00NTR0L TO BE SHIED Committee Will Meet at Evansville Monday. By United Press EVANSVILLE, Ind., April 5. Evansville has been selected as the first southern Indiana city to be visited by the flood control committee of the house of representatives to get first-hand information as a basis for a flood control program for the Wabash and White rivers, according to information received from Washington. The committee will meet at Evansville Monday in the first of a series of stops in Indiana cities. Vincennes will be visited Tuesday and Terre Haute Wednesday. Other cities the delegation probably will visit are Clinton, Montezuma. Newport, Lafayette, Logansport and Peru. The report of army engineers, who have made a survey of the Evansville district, will be used in working out a plan for flood control and navigation. 161 Have Poor Vision By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind.. April 5. Miss Bertha Lukemier of the children’s division of the State Board of Health tested 916 grade and high school pupils here and reported 161 had defective vision. She said some of the defects were serious and needed immediate attention. One child was found to be growing blind rapidly. Practically all with defective sight, Miss Lukemier said, were behind in their studies, and said it was her opinion the condition arose from poor vision. Boy Fisher Drowns By United Press PRINCETON, Ind., April 5. William Bateman. 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bateman, was drowned in the Patoka river north of Princeton Friday when a boat from which he was fishing went over a dam near the city water works. Bateman’s companion, Ollie Phillips, who saved himself by swimming to shore, almost succeeded in saving the life of Bateman. but lost his hold on him near the bank.

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Federal Fund of $1,250,000 Desired for Work of Improvement. By United Press HAMMOND, Ind., April 5. A plea for improvement of the Grand Calumet river to induce establishment of factories farther inland and allow great lakes shipping traffic to enter Hammond, will be made by a delegation of Hammond officials to Will R. Wood, representative in congress, and chairman of the house appropriations committee. The delegation will ask Wood’s support in obtaining a $1,250,000 appropriation for widening, deepening and straightening the river to provide water transportation facilities for six and one-half miles of the stream from its junction with the Little Calumet to its junction with the East Chicago canal. City officials are enthusiastic over the project, contending that it will provide inland industrial plants with cheap lake shipping facilities. Lodges to Be Established By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., April 5. Nathan Speier lodge of the Independent Order B’nai B’rith will be installed here Sunday afternoon. The lodge is named after the late Nathan Speier, merchant. Isadore Feibleman, Indianapolis, past president of District 2, will be toastmaster at a banquet. Samuel Sevier, St. Louis, president of the district, will be the principal speaker. Delegations will be present from Marion, Muncie, Hammond, South Bend. Kokomo, Terre Haute, Ft. Wayne and Logansport. Nurse to Be Delegate Bn Times Special SOUTH BEND. Ind., April 5. Miss Mable Munro, superintendent of the South Bend Nurses’ Association, will attend the World Health Congress in Dresden, Germany, in July, as the official delegate of the American Health Association. The announcement of Miss Munro’s appointment was made at a board meeting of the South Bend association. School Principal Chosen By Times Special BOSTON, Ind., April s.—Professor O. H. Hughes, M. A. Indiana university and former city and county school superintendent at Tipton, has accepted a position as principal of the local school, following resignation of L. A. Daugherty, who has taken up work at the University of Wisconsin. Sleeping Motorist Hurt By Times Special ANDERSON. Ind., April s.—William Rowland, Anderson senior high school student, fell asleep at the wheel of his automobile and the car plunged over an embankment near the Madison county infirmary, and was wrecked. Rowland was severely bruised.

TREE FOSTERED BY BURBANK TD GROWJN PARK Connersville Will Plant Pear Bearing Gift of Former Resident. By Times Special CONNERSVILLE. Ind., April 5. A pear tree of a species introduced by the late Luther Burbank, plant wizard, will be planted in Roberts park the afternoon of April 16, as a part of this city’s observance of Arbor day. The tree is a gift to Connersville by Miss Louise Berger, San Diego, Cal. a former resident, and a sister of Mrs. John G. Murray of this city. Burbank named the tree for Miss Berger. She found the original in the garden of her San Diego home in 1917. Perpetuation of the species was the last work of Burbank. He planted 900 blight-proof seedlings, using the wood of the original tree for grafting. The growth to be planted w T as sent here two years ago and since then has been in a greenhouse for development. Fruit of the tree is shaped like an apple, but in flavor and texture is a typical pear. MySTERY DEATH STILLJJNSOLVED Paroled Man’s Body Found in River at Muncie. By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., April s.—Police are continuing to solve the mystery of the death of Charles Dempsey. 49, whose body was found in White river here. Coroner Clarence Piepho believes the man committed suicide, and in this theory is supported by friends of Dempsey, who said he appeared despondent over failure to find a job and faced the alternative of returning to the Indiana state prison, from which he was paroled on a forgery charge. A deep gash in his head caused death and this was the only mark on the body. This caused police to doubt the suicide theory, claiming that the body would have been badly bruised had Dempsey leaped into the river, which has a bed of rocks. He was a known drug addict and had supplied officers with information- relative to dope peddling in Muncie. Still Ownership Denied ftii Times Special CONNERSVILLE, Ind., April 5. A raiding party consisting of Deputy Sheriffs Herbert Mansil and Joe Haler, and Policemen James Hayworth, Frank Hines and Frank Rudicell. reports seizure of a still, a half gallon of whisky and a barrel of mash on the farm of Virgil Hadley, near Columbia. Hadley was arrested and later released on bond. Hadley at the time of the raid was ill in bed and denies guilt. He stated that he did not know a still was been operated on his farm.

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Front (left to right)—Mrs. William DavLs and son, William Jr., and Mrs. Manecy Baker. Back—Frank Neal and Mrs. Diary Neal.

Bn Times Special MARTINSVILLE, Ind.. April 5. Mrs. Manecy Baker, 97, a resident of Martinsville forty years, is the head of a five-generation family, which includes Frank Neal; his mother, Mrs. Mary Neal; his daughter, Mrs. William Davis, and the latter’s little son, William Jr. Mrs. Neal is a daughter of the aged woman. Besides the daughter, Mrs. Baker has two sons, twenty-nine grandchildren, fifty-eight great-grand-children and twenty-one great-great-grandchildren. LOVE TATOO CAUSES ARREST IN KIDNAPING Hammond Prisoner Accused of Abducting Women in Their Autos. Bp United Press HAMMOND, Ind., April s.—Clifford Evans, Hessville, is in jail here, due to his liking for women. If it hadn’t been for tttis power, he said, he wouldn’t have succumbed to the charms of Lillian and had her name and a bleeding heart tatooed on his arm. If it hadn’t been for this power he wouldn’t have taken up the “racket” of kidnaping women in their own automobiles. He is in jail because one of his victims saw the expression of sentiment on his arm and notified police. He had stepped into the woman’s car as she stopped it at a traffic light and, with a gun pressed at her side, commanded her to drive to Chicago Heights and back to Hammond. He was wanted for several such kidnapings. • Conviction will mean a life sentence In prison. Bible School Planned By Times Special RICHMOND, Ind.. April s.—Supporting itself and clearing a deficit from former years, the Interdenominational Standard Training School of Religious Education will be held here again in the fall, it is announced by J. Will Ferguson, treasurer of the executive committee. The school will be sponsored by the City Sunday School Association. It will open Oct. 20, and close Nov. 24. The second semester will be held .Tan, 12 to Feb. 16.

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VINCENNES ACTS FOR BUYING OF WATERJJTIUTY Engineer to Make Survey as Basis for Offer to Purchase. By Times Special VINCENNES. Ind., April 5.-The city of Vincennes has employed George Champe, Toledo, 0., consulting engineer, to make a survey of the Vincennes Water Supply Company's property preparatory to an effort to place it under municipal ownership. This move is a part of the city's campaign to obtain lower water rates. After a higher rate had been granted by the Indiana public service commission the city fought the company in the courts, the case being carried to the United States circourt of appeals at Chicago, where the company won, after lasing in previous hearings in other tribunals. With announcement of the city * defeat through the appeal decision, Vincennes officials declared they would attempt, to acquire the water property, and their first step in that direction was interesting Stranahan, Harris <te Oat is, Inc., a bonding firm, in the project. The firm proposes to finance purchase of the plant by the city and has agreed to employment of Champe to make the survey. He will receive a fee of $1,500. Mayor Joseph Kimmel declares that if the water company refuses the city’s offer to buy, a fight will be waged before the public sendee commission in an effort to force the deal. Champe, a graduate of Indiana university, was the engineer for the first water system in Bloomington. Later he was associated with the Indianapolis Water Company. For nearly thirty years he has been engaged in engineering at Toledo. 19 TO GET DIPLOMAS Kempton High School Commencement Set for April 25. Pv Times Special KEMPTON, Ind., April s.—Commencement exercises for the senior class of Kempton high school will be held in the Christian church, April 25. The address will be given by Elmer Marshall. A musical program will be provided by the Montani orchestra. Diplomas will be presented by Superintendent Lee Owens to nineteen graduates, as follows: Marie Floyd, Naxine Peters. Iva May Owens, Edith Amos, Ruth Johnson, John McMullen, Wilson Wheatley, Merlin Harlow, Williard Merritt, Chestor Rector, Herbert Storms, NathanS 'st, Merle Wooliver, Guy Kelly, Allen Wilson, Robert Reese, Frederick Gossard, Charles Fouch and Harold Derrickson. Baccalaureate services for the class will be held April 20. The speaker will be Wilbert Sullivan, principal of the Roann city schools, and pastor of the Roann Christian church. Tree Trimmer Hurt By Times Special HILLISBURG, Ind., April 5.—L. R. Reed, in a twelve-foot fall from a ladder while trimming trees, fractured several ribs and received a number of bruises.