Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 297, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 April 1930 — Page 2

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STARK EXPLOITS OFFICE, ASSERTS FORMER DEPUTY Employs-Prosecutorship in Campaign for Votes Says Sheaffer. Charges that Judson Stark has used his office as prosecutor of Marion county to exploit himself before vdters were made Tuesday night bv William Sheaffer, former grand jurs deputy, at the Wayne Republican Club meeting. • ‘Stark has organized a campaign committee composed largely of his paid deputies,” Sheaffer charged. “He has declared he has no time to make an active personal campaign, because of his present pressing duties in the prosecutor’s office. Have the voters failed to hear him at a Campaign meeting?” Drew Indictments The former grand jury deputy fc?ho had charge of the grand jury which indicted Jackson, Coffin and Marsh for attempted bribery of Warren T. McCray, declared that the method of running the prosectßor's office as instituted by Stark Jias made of the post nothing, but that of "an office manager with the real court work deputized to assistants.” “The citizens of Marion county Arc entitled to know they are not receiving full value from the money they invest in the prosecutor’s office and during the incumbency of Stark, that office has reached its lowest ebb. Cites Noted Case “The ‘chickenpox murder case' has become notorious for the inefficiency or perhaps carelessness shown by the prosecutor. “In the Jack London case, the prosecutor was found opposing the attorney-general of Indiana, the prosecutor of Vermillion county, the representatives of Indiana Bankers' Association and chief of the state bureau of criminal identification. Here Stark made an effort to send a man back to another state for trial on a holdup charge when he was wanted in Indiana for bank robbery. “Yet the prosecutor is loud in his protestations of co-operation with all law-enforcing agencies.”

MOTIONS STRIKE GAS RECEIVER COMPLAINT Brief Is Filed Before Superior Judge Linn D. Hay Here. Bringing litigation over ownership of., the Citizens Gas Company one step nearer solution, attorneys representing the gas company, the city and the Indianapolis Gas Company today filed brief before Superior Judge Linn D. Hay seeking to strike out several allegations made in original receivership action filed before Hay by Allen G, Williams and another plaintiff. Contained in lengthy brief, the three motions strike at the receivership complaint as filed March 12. liv this action, Williams and Harold L. ; Bartholomew, local residents, asked that title of the Citizens Gas Company under franchise of Aug. 25; 1905. be quieted, petitioned for a# injunction preventing interferenre by Gas Company officials and sOgght the appointment of a receiver. Hearing has not been held bdore Hay. EVANSVILLE MAN IS v NEW HEAD OF LODGE Charles Pack Elected Regent by Royal Arcanum. C. Pack. Evansville, tom succeeded James L. Bogner, Washington, as grand regent of the RSyal Arcanum following the annual state meeting of the organization in the Lincoln Tuesday. Other officers are Noah Lehman, Sdaith Bend, vice-grand regent; Valter Cook. Michigan City, grand orator; Edward Bierhaus Jr., grand Charles Zigler, South Bfibd, grand treasurer; Gus Sorge. Michigan City, grand chaplain; Cij&rles Deets, • Lafayette, grand gtfide; L. F. Pierce, Evansville, grand warden, and George Sorge, Michigan City, grand sentry, RACKS WET CANDIDATE Pittsburgh Press Supports Bohlen in Race for Senate. Bo United Pres* PITTSBURGH, April 23—The Pittsburgh Press announced editorially today its support of Francis Bohlen. wet candidate for the Republican nomination for United Smtes senator in the May primaries. Previously the Press han announced ife support of Gifford Pinchot for Governor. KROGER OFFICIAL QUITS Board Chairman of Grocery Chain Fails to Assign Reason. RltUnited Pr< #* CINCINNATI. April 23.-William Hy Alber, chairman of the board of the Kroger Grocery and Baking Company, resigned today without assigning any reason. GOFF QUITS VOTETRACE Wfcst Virginia Senator Advised to Stay Out by Doctor. itrd Pres* WASHINGTON. April 23.—Sena-, tor Guy D. Goff (Rep., W. VaA. acting on the advice of his physician, has decided not to be a candidate for re-election in November, he anranmeed Tuesday night. You Can Wear FALSE TEETH With Real Comfort ;Jfa*teeth. i new, pleasant powder, teeth firmly set. Deodorizes. No njforoy, gorny. pasty taste or feeling. eat and laugh 1 , in comfort just sftHaklr a little l\tsteefh on yonr plates. Get It today at Liggett’*, Hook Dwig Cos., and other <fcug stores.—Ad veatiti-juvnL - v

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Left to Right—Sidney Miller, president of the Smith for Congress Club: Ralph B. Gregg, director; Asa J Smith and Colonel Hiram I. Bearss.

Colonel Comes to Aid of •Buck Private’ Running for Congress. As great as brother love is the’ affection borne by one man for another when they have campaigned, fought, and bled together. On the hot first day of June In 1918 when the marines were advancing under shell fire in the Belleau Woods a colonel of marines, passing a group of enlisted men, noticed a weary boy weighed down by his pack and a rifle almost too large for him. The colonel, a Hoosier, who had a reputation for feeding his men better than any other officer and then getting a vast amount of work out of them, paused for a moment to grin and call out the customary “Where you from, Marine?” And the answer “Indiana." A pat oruthe back, a cheery salutation and the colonel was gone. Years later, when the colonel, retired because of his wounds, was making a bitter fight against the Ku-Klux Klan in his race for congress in the Eleventh district, the buck private learned of it and went to his aid. And the colonel, without any organization, was defeated by but 200 votes. Today the buck private. Asa J.

NEW COMEDY HIT TO OPEN AT ENGLISH’S Pacific Coast Company to Bring “Strictly Dishonorable” to This City for Three Days, TEN companies are to appear in the Brock Pemberton comedy hit, “Strictly Dishonorable,” within the next few months. Negotiations are now under way for foreign rights to this Preston Struges play, coming to English's, starting Thursday night, for three days. Pemberton already has concluded arrangements with Charles B. Cochran, the English producer, for presentation of ‘‘Strictly Dishonorable” in London in June. Besides the New York company, in its eighth month at the Avon theater with an average of twenty-five standees at each performance, the Chicago company is now in its third month at the Adelphi.

Advance reservations indicate that the Pacific coast company also will play to tremendous business. In addition to these three companies, two others will tour the United States next season. The rights to the play for Germany. Austria-Hungary and Czechoslovakia have been acquired by Gilbert Miller. Miller has arranged ! with Max Reinhardt for the produc- j tion of the comedy in Berlin or Vienna. j The Societa Italia na del Teatro Drammatico has bought the Italian rights to the play through its Amer- [ ican representative, Berta Cutti, and will place it immediately in the repertoire of the principal companies in Italy. Through R ! hard Madden. Carl Strakosch has purchased the rights' for the Scandinavian countries. Fred Le Bret has bought the rights for Holland and the play will be produced in Amsterdam early next season. o a a NEW SCHEDULE DUE AT BALLROOM Dancing will be discontinued in the Indiana Roof ballroom tonight. ! for one night only, due to rental of the ballroom to the Order of Eastern i Stars for convention purposes, ac- ! cording to Tom Devine, roof manager. Devine stated the ballroom had been subleased to the O. E. S. for their use Wednesday morning, afternoon and evening and Thursday morning and afternoon. Dancing will be resumed in the ballroom Thursday evening, when the Daughters of Isabella will entertain with an Easter frolic and charity ball. A large committee, headed by Mrs. Joseph J. Speaks, chairman, and j Mrs. W. J. Overmire and Miss Elizabeth Murphy, assistant chairman, j have completed arrangements for i the dance. A gala collegiate night is planned for Friday night, and is to be given amid the collegiate decorations installed in the ballroom for the Butler prom. CONSTIPATION RELIEVED . . QUICKLY frflßßB CARTERS Tki, Pordy V*,etable Pill u'f Iflvfti will move the bowels ■-A. | without any pain and depressing after effects. Sick Headaches, Indigestion, Biliousness and Bad Complexion quickly relieved. Children and Adults can easily swallow Dr. Carter’s tiny, sugar coated pills. They are free from calomel and poisonous drugs. All Druggists 25c and 75c red pkgs. CARTER’S ESI PULS Tailored to Tour /\KJ Individual Me&s- v/li “ CREDIT LEON'S 254 Mass. Av. - -

Smith, is making a campaign for the Republican congressional nomination for the Seventh district. The colonel, affectionately known as Hiking Hiram Bearss, formerly of Peru but now of New York, like all Hoosiers, likes his politics. When he read that Asa Smith was in a battle, without a word of warning he dropped his work and came to Indianapolis to aid the buck private. He will make a radio talk tonight from 9 to 9:20 from radio station WFBM. Bearss won his title as Hiking Hiram in the Philippines years ago. During the World war he commanded the Fifth regiment, marines, was assigned to tire Sixth regiment and later had a brigade of the Twenty-sixth division, a New England national guard outfit. NAMED TO MARKET POST Rosco Mio, Democratic Committeeman, Is New Assistant Master. Rosco Mio, 521 South East street, Democratic precinct committeeman in the Fifth precinct of the Eleventh ward, today took up his duties of assistant city market master. succeeding Fred Ulrich. who was transferred to the health department.

Chic Myers and his orchestra are the ballroom feature. out* Other theaters today offer; John Steel at the Lyric, “Young Eagles” at the Indiana, “Spring Is Here” at the Circle, “Honey” at the Ohio, “Free and Easy” at the Palace, “White Cargo” at the Bandbox. George Fares at the Colonial, “Such Men Are Dangerous” at the Apollo, and burlesque at the Mutual.

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U. S. JURY TO OPEN PROBE OF HUGE RUM RING Evidence in South Indiana; Booze Activities to Be Given Friday. Federal officials today prepared evidence which will be presented the grand jury’ Friday in the probe into alleged bootleg operations in Vermillion and Vigo counties. Exposure of a booze ring with headquarters in Ten-e Haute and Clinton is expected to result. The jury today heard evidence in local liquor cases and postal and narcotic cases, it was reported. Investigation into activities of rum operators ir that section of the state has been under way several weeks by operatives and has resulted in the arrest of still operators and confiscation of thirteen stills. First steps in the quiz were taken after the raid on the enormous Montezuma still when ten men were arrested and subsequent reports of the great amounts of sugar being shipped into the area were confirmed. Trial of the Montezuma defendants was postponed by federal attorneys pending outcome of the new line of investigation. More than fifty persons. Including police, known bootleggers, business men and politicians from the two counties, have been served with subpenas by deputy marshals. Their testimony, it is said, may lead to the indictment, not only of booze operators, but also politicians who are said to have been involved in a protection racket. Among those bound over to the grand jury are Wilmot Connor, former Clinton police chief, and Domenic Garnio, Clinton agent for Steamship lines. George R. Jeffrey, district attorney, who is returning from federal trials at New Albany today to take over the jury session, admitted the investigation may lead to “something rather large.” From other sources It was indicated the session was advanced five days to accommodate the additional

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TWO BRANDED AS MEMBERS OF THEFT RING Alleged Members of Group Are Bound Over to Grand Jury. ' Two additional alleged members of a thieving industry that is regarded responsible for theft of more than SIOO,OOO in building materials, house fixtures and plumbing equipment annually in the city, were bound over to the grand jury today by Municipal Judge Paul C. Wetter. George Osier, 27, of 138 South Summit street, charged with grand larceny, for alleged pilfering of S6OO worth of bronze decorative statues from the Circle Tower building while it w 7 as being constructed, waived preliminary examination. Dave Granowsky, 30, of 1459 Bates street, junk dealer, on whose property, detectives say. they recovered the statues, together with $350 worth of lead fittings that Osier is

said to have taken from a garage building under construction on East Market street, near Delaware street, was hound over on charges of receiving stolen goods. One man was held for the grand jury Tuesday, charged with plumb-

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ing fixture thefts from a vacant house. A duplex house at 2267 Eastern avenue, owned by Preston Ritchey, 2270 Eastern avenue, was halfstripped of plumbing fixtures Tuesday night.