Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 298, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 April 1930 — Page 11

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SURVEY GROUP SEEKS KEY TO TAXJDDLES Committee Grapples With Exemption Problems and Revenue Losses. INCOME LEVY IS ASKED Out-of-State Holders of Stock Get Dividends, Make No Returns. “That tax U best which can pluck the most feathers with the least noise from the goose.” This “wisecrack” from the famous Frenchman, Talleyrand, was used at the second public hearing 01 the Indiana tax surve" committee today to Indicate the problem facing the committeemen. They are Intrusted with devising legislative suggestions to relieve the present admittedly burdensome taxes on Hoosier property holders. The Talleyrandism was advanced by Eben H. Wolcott, broker and onetime chairman of the state tax board . “What about the morals of this goose plucking?” John F. White, former city councilman, inquired. “Morals haven’t entered Into this discussion,” Wolcott countered. Q Income Tax Urged He had urged an Income tax to relieve the burden on real estate and a registration tax for securities, with no exemptions. The session was devoted to discussion of intangibles and it generally was admitted by investment bankers and brokers present that under the present law securities are being sequestered to avoid taxation which investors consider confiscatory. Both Wolqptt. and Donald Morris, vice-president of the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company, advocated abolition of the present exemption on real estate preferred stock. They denied that it aided greatly in building and said the same thing would be accomplished with mortgage bonds. Gavin L. Payne, broker, defended t.he real estate preferred stock exemption and urged an income tax as the only means of securing revenue from common stock dividend recipients living outside the state. He cited the Philadelphia ownership of the Indianapolis Water Company as a classic example. Rate Payers Carry Load “The property tax on the Indianapolis Water Company is paid by the rate payers,” Payne pointed out. “But the owner of the common stock can live in Philadelphia and collect his dividends without paying • cent of taxes in this state. An income tax would permit the state to collect.” Wolcott contended, that while tax valuations have doubled in Indiana In the last ten years, the wealth of the state has tripled. He pointed out that in 1920 there were but $35,000,000 in exemptions and now there are $188,824,000. The exemption of taxable property he termed one of the worst features of the present system. Morris would not. exempt municipal bonds, or any other form of investment. He pointed out that the exemption of Indianapolis municipal bonds means nothing, since they often are sold to New York houses, where the Indiana exemption does not apply. Exemption Tilts Prices Raymond Jackson, Investment banker, asserted that the high price paid for Indianapolis bonds is brought about by their tax exemption feature, bringing better bids, however. The morning’s discussion brought most favor to some form of income tax to relieve the situation, with registration of securities, excise, or even sales taxes, as other possibilities. State Senator J. Clyde Hoffman, chairman of the committee, presided. He urged an aroused public interest in the discussions and announced that the next public hearings will be in the senate May 7-8, starting at 10 a. m. Taxation of corporations will be discussed the first day. and the second will be devoted to income tax proposals. HOLD COMMENCEMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOLS Seventy to Be Graduated Tonight at New Bethel. Acton. Joint commencement exercises will be held at New Bethel high school at 8 tonight for New Bethel and Acton public school graduates. Twenty-two high school and forty-eight grade pupils will receive diplomas from Fred T. Gladden, county school superintendent. The Rev. H. Grady Davis, pastor of the Whitestown English Lutheran church, will deliver the commencement address. $25,000 ASKED IN SUIT Pittsburgh Company Sacs City 'nsurance Firm. Suit asking $25,000 judgment was filed in federal court here today oy the Pennsylvania Surety Company of Pittsburgh, against H. H. Woodsmall & Cos., Incorporated, of Indianapolis, and Hubert H. Wood- j small. Its president. The suit alleges the WoodsmaU company, agents for the Republic Casualty Company in Insurance sales, retained $25,000 in funds, continuing sales after the Republic company had been sold to the Pennsylvania Surety Company.

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12 INDIANA CITIES TO ‘SAVE DAYLIGHT’

Fortune Frowns Bu United Press HAMMOND. Ind., April 24. Shoe clerk, millionaire shoe store chain owner, and penniless court defendant have marked the path of David Milgrim who recently surrendered the last of his chain of stores in Hammond, Gary and Peoria to creditors. Only a few years ago Milgrim was a youthful shoe store clerk. Then he rose to ownership of a chain of stores, only to lose half a million dollars in *the stock market crash. Last winter he was arrested and charged with giving a worthless check in payment of an account. He had been a leader in civic affairs here.

NICHOLSON TO BEjHAIRMAN Hoosier Author to Preside at Religious Forum. Meredith Nicholson, Hoosier author, will preside at a religious forum in Indiana National Guard armory Wednesday night, In which

Clarence Darrow, Chicago; Quin O’Brien, Chicago. I and Rabbi Morris! M. Feuerlicht fend Bishop Edwin Holt I Hughes, Indianap-1 olis. argue their re- j ’.gious viewpoints. Starting at 8:15 j p. m.. the forum will continue two hours, with each. representative al- j lotted thirty min-: utes. Nicholson will' determine each speaker’s position

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by lot. Darrow, famous attorney and agnostic, will speak on “Why I Am an Agnostic;” O’Brien will give his side of the religious question, in an address “Why I Am a Catholic;’’ Bishop Hughes of the Methodist Episcopal church will speak on "Why I Am a Protestant,” and Rabbi Feuerlicht will talk on "Why I Am a Jew.” APPEAR FOR PROBE Three Ready to Testify in Vigo Booze Quiz. First steps in the federal Investigation of alleged bootleg ring operations in Vermillion and Vigo coun - ties were reported to have been taken today with the appearance of three persons from Terre Haute to appear before the federal grand jury. It was learned that the jury will drop other Investigations Friday and devote time to the alleged liqour violations in the counties when federal agents and more than fifty persons from Clinton and Terre Haute are to testify.

TINY KINGDOM WITHIN BOUNDARIES OF U. S. MUST GIVE WAY TO PROGRESS

Bn United Press DAMSITE, Mo., April 24.—The swift waters of the Osage river rippled against the island. A constant swishing sounded as the current sucked in near a small draw. A short way distant from the thickly vegitated island a bend In the river carried It out of sight On a small lift in the island a gaunt, big man stood. He peered anxiously across the picturesque stream. He was bareheaded and locks of hair brushed across his face. His face wrinkled and he turned. He again strained as if looking for something on the other

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All Except South Bend to Move Clocks Ahead Sunday. Br United Press Residents of northern Indiana cities will retire an hour earlier Saturday night or else lose sixty minutes of sleep, for eleven of the cities In that section will adopt daylight saving time Sunday morning. South Bend, the twelfth city, will wait a day longer to set its clocks an hour ahead. , Popularity of fast time in the state is confined principally to northern Indiana, probably because of its proximity to Chicago, which annually begins its days an hour ahead of standard time during the five summer months. In several other cities and towns the adoption of daylight saving was considered, hotly contested by enemies of fast time and as forcibly supported by its proponents. Industry Wants Saving Industry nearly was unanimous In its support, although business and professional men of Plymouth opposed daylight saving. The Delco-Remy corporation plant at Anderson will observe a daylight saving schedule beginning May 5, affecting the working hours of 7,000 persons. The- city, itself, will continue on central standard time. Elkhart, Plymouth and Mishawaka voted down fast time proposals in their city council meetings. To the tourist, South Bend and Mishawaka appear to be a single city, because one meets the other, but the clocks in one will be an hour faster than those In the other. Change Prohibited Here Indianapolis is prohibited from operating under a daylight saving plan by an act of the legislature which makes fast time Illegal in cities of over 300,000 population. Valparaiso was preparing a fast time ordinance for 1930 when It was discovered last year’s act provided automatic change to fast time each year. Standard time. In most cities, will be resumed on Sept. 28. Those cities adopting daylight saving time for the next five months are: South Bend, Michigan City. Valparaiso, Gary, Hammond. Indiana Harbor, Whiting, East Chicago, Crown Point, Kendallville, Ft. Wayne and Laporte. PROPELLER HITS NUNS IN RACE FOR LINER Motorboat Smashed by Leviathan; Sisters Escape Injuries. Bv United Press CHERBOURG. France. April 24. Two nuns from Chicago just missed death when they raced after the liner Leviathan in a motorboat and ran Into the liner's propellers. The nuns. Sisters Dominica and Lasisdeb, gave their address as 2649 Hamlin avenue, Chicago. The propeller almost smashed the motorboat. The nuns, badly shaken and terrified, but unhurt, were returned to shore and will sail on the America.

bank; peering through the descending twilight which rapidly was falling on the island. This man was King Frank. A king not only in name but in rights. And the kingdom of King Frank is crumbling. Crumbling not from lack of faith of his followers, but falling literally before the approach of the age of machinery and progress. mam HERE on thla Island, miles from civilization. King Frank for years has ruled a band of twelve families.

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EXILE SOUGHT j FOR CHICAGO GANG CHIEFS 'Hoodlum Squad’ of Police Proposed to Harass ‘Public Enemies/ ‘BLUE BOOK' COMPILED Roll Call Headed by Name of Al Capone: Other Thugs Listed. Bj United Press CHICAGO, April 24. Twentyeight “big shots” of gangland, : branded by the Chicago crime : commission as the “dangerous ; twenty-eight,” may be accorded the undivided attention of a “hoodlum squad” of police, chargod to drive them into exile. The gangster “blue book,” submitted to police and law enforcement agencies Wednesday night by Prank J. Loesch, 72-year-old crime fighter, lists the outstanding gangsters of Chicago, calls them “public etismifis” and demands that the poj lice harass them continually until i they become disgusted and quit their murder, liquor, vice and gambling rackets. William F. Russell, police commissioner, indicated the police departJ ment would follow the suggestions, and said a special “hoodlum squad” probably will be appointed to tend to the matter. i Headed by Capone The roll call of gangland is headed by the name of Scarface Al Capone, kingpin of gangland, who last week went to Florida for his annual vacation. Loesch, who is a member of President Hoover’s crime coinmission, declared the twenty-eight are "public enemies.” Loesch called on the police, state’s attorney and judges of the criminal courts to harass the gangsters without mercy, to raid their disorderly houses, saloons, gambling dens, night clubs and dog tracks, and to ferret out their political and financial interests. Some of the others named besides Capone were: Public Enemies Named Joe Aiello, north side gang leader, and suspected of several murders. Ralph Capone, brother of Al, and ■ just now engaged in fighting the : government over income tax payments. Jack Guzick, Capone’s right-hand man, while the chief was in jail for a. year. Frank McErlane, inventor of the “ride,” and known as the most dangerous criminal in Chicago. . Jack McGurn, Capone’s machine gunner. George (Bugs) Moran, north side gang chief, seven of w'hose followers were massacred St. Valentine’s day, 1929, and suspected of killing a half dozen or more of his enemies. Edward (Spike) O’Donnell, erstwhile politician, and now a beer runner. Joe Saltis, back-of-the-yards beer baron, and who now says he has retired to his Wisconsin golf course# STARK ‘CALLED’ ON VOTEREPLY Indict Alleged ‘Fixers,’' Is Henderson's Demand. Judson L. Stark, Marlon county prosecutor, who declared the reason the pall of the Indianapolis Bar Association was adverse to his candidacy for renomination, was that he refused to “fix” cases for attorneys, was called upon today by his opponent, Laurens L. Henderson, to Indict and prosecute the “fixers.” “It is the duty of the prosecuting attorney to allow no lawyer or any one eke to “fix” criminal cases; and any one who does so or attempts to do so, likewise is violating the law and should be prosecuted.” Henderson said. “Any prosecutor who does not do so violates his duty.” In the first poll of the bar association Henderson beat Stark by ten votes, and in the rui-off Henderson was given 180 votes to the 151 for Stark. SNEERS AT DRY POLL | Interesting, bnt Not Reflective of True Sentiment, Says Bishop. Bu l'n ,ti 'd Vr *s NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 24. Literary Digest prohibition poll “simply Is an interesting incident,” j and fails to reflect “true dry sentiment” Bishop James Cannon Jr. said i here today.

Years ago, led by this gaunt man, Frank Srooks, the families came to the little island located in the Osage in the heart of the Ozark mountains. The families homestead the land. They created a world of their own. seldom to venture from it. Brooks was named king of the colony. He settled disputes with an iron hand. He administered punishments. He made laws. King Frank is the only member of the tribe who can read and write. Crops were planted. Virtually all needed to sustain life was produced on the island.

Girls! Fill These Requirements and Ziegfeld Will 'Glorify You Either on Stage or in Films

A few of the beauties whom Flo Ziegfeld “discovered” and glorified No. 1 is Dorothy Mackail, now in the movies, who got her start in 'j Ziegfeld’s “Midnight Frolic,” as did Billie Dove. No. 2. Marilyn Miller, | I who burst into fame in “Sally.” is No. 3, while No. 4 is Esther Ralston, I the “glorified American girl” in Ziegfeld’s first mevie. And No. 5 is the ■■■ / jk-- •• Jj fermer Billy Burke, now Mrs. Ziegfeld, who has held her husband for £ •' M sixteen years in the face of competition by the world’s most beautiful ~ ; u—. women.

A few of the beauties whom Flo Ziegfeld "discovered” and glorified are show T n here. No. 1 is Dorothy Mackail, now in the movies, who got her start in Ziegfeld’s “Midnight Frolic,” as did Billie Dove, No. 2. Marilyn Miller, who burst into fame in “Sally.” is No. 3, while No. 4 is Esther Ralston, the “glorified American girl” in Ziegfeld’s first mevie. And No. 5 is the fermer Billy Burke, now Mrs. Ziegfeld, who has held her husband for sixteen years in the face of competition by the world’s most beautiful women.

COMEDY TO BE STAGED Young People's Society to Present Play at Friends Church.

“The Arrival of Kitty,” a three-act comedy, will be presented by the Young People’s Society of First Friends church, at the church, Alabama and Thirteenth streets, on Fr i day evening, April 25, at 7:45. David W. Day, assistant pastor and e and ucational director of the church, is directing the play.

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Melvin Davies, 1032 North Bsville avenue, will have one of the leading roles. RETURN CRASH vTCTIM Son of City Wotnan, Killed on Coast, to Be Buried Here. The body of H. Leslie Broadbridge, 20, son of Mrs. Lura W. Broadbridge, 1539 College avenue, who was killed instantly in an automobile accident at Pasadena, Cal., Wednesday, will be returned to Indanapolis for burial. Reports Wolf Killed Bu United Press WARSAW, Ind., April 24.—Reminiscences of old times were in vogue here with a report that Robert Fawley killed a wolf six miles north of the city. Five wolves were killed in the same section five years ago, but none since.

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Occasionally King Prank and a few followers ventured from the kingdom to a nearby village to "do a little trading.” Pew knew of the “‘lsland of Peace.” Visitors were not welcome. Few came. They were greeted with silence and did not return. But King Frank and his followers have been unable to stop the onslaught of the army of progress. Work has started on the gigantic Bagnel! dam, the largest project of its kind in the world. The Osage river will be damned up

1 SINNED,' SAYS PASTOR; MISTED Minister Admits He Broke Up Home. Bn United Press TULSA, Okla., April 24.—Because of alleged indiscretions with a former Sunday school teacher, which “caused much talk,” the Rev. L. E. (Parson) Beeper of Glenwood Baptist church has been ousted from membership in the Tulsa Baptist Ministers’ Union. Action was taken after the ministers’ union had investigated reports that the pastor had broken the home of a member of his congregation through illicit relationship with a youthful mother. The pastor did not defend himself. “The temptation was great and I was weak. I sinned,” he said. Leeper was widely known throughout the southwest as a pastor-evan-gelist who broadcast daily sermons over radio station WVOO. STATE BANK TO OPEN Lapaz Institution, Closed in March, Is Reorganized by Officials. The State Bank of Lapaz, closed in March during a series of bank failures in Marshall county, has been reorganized and will resume operations on May 1, state banking department officials said today. W. K. Fraizer, Van Buren, is president and Guy Thayer, cashier.

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and form a lake covering thousands of acres. And in the path of this huge project is the Island of King Frank. It will be completely submerged by the lake. The Island will disappear some forty feet under water. MUM KING FRANK and his band must migrate. That is the reason for the long walks the king takes to the edge of his dominion. He does not hate the builders of the dam. But he does seek a solution for his kingdom.

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Follies Impresario Cites j Three Essentials for Candidates and Tells How He j Finds Them. ! BuNEA Service NEW ORLEANS, April 24.—Just ! suppose that you are a young and ! beautiful girl—as, of course, Is quite j possible—and you want to get a job 1 as a chorus girl in Ziegfeld’s Follies, I either on the stage or on the screen. What qualifications will you have to have? Here’s the answer for you, as given by the famous Florenz Ziegfeld himself, as he paused to visit New Orleans en route for Hollywood and a venture in the talking picture game. If you want to be glorified by Ziegfeld—in the talkies cr otherwise—here are the essentials: 1. You should be a brunet. Your hair must look as if It were alive. Your skin may be an indoor or an outdoor skin—as to texture and coloring, that is—but it must be smooth and look like health. Even if you are a blonde, you still have a chance; but brunets are preferred 2. Your eyes must be blue or gray. Gray is better, and if you can look a. trifle wistful, also intelligent, so much the better. There also should be a bit of laughter in them; in fact, Ziegfeld says they should be “the kind of eyes you can ' dive in.” Hands Must Be Nice j Then you must have nice hands—slim, long and fine. But your nails mustn’t be overmanicured, and you mustn’t wear too many rings. 3. Your figure—well, you simply must have one, and it must be slim. However, it must have curves; In Ziegfeld’s opinion, the crime of all the ages was the Parisian Invention of the bean-pole silhouette. For the rest, your feet must be ’ong and slim, you must have graceful ankles, a soft and agreeable voice with clear enunciation, and good taste in clothes. And there you are. If you can answer “present” to all of those aualifleations you may be a Ziegfeld chorus girl—and, what Is more, you’ll be his ideal woman, as well! He says so himself. Where He Finds Them When this point was disclosed, the interviewer asked the impresario where he finds all of his beauties. “Everywhere,” replied Ziegfeld quickly. “Beauty crops up in the strangest places. This year I discovered one of the most beautiful girls I ever saw in my life. Where? She was a waitress in Childs in New York. I spotted her when I dropped in for hot cakes and coffee. If you’re in New York when the Follies open in August you’ll see her in the cast. A brunet—the daughter of Italian immigrants.” i “But why,” pursued the reporter. | “if your ideal is a brunet, do you I pick so many blondes for the Fol--1 lies?”

Many of the children never have left the island. The elders have not crossed the Osage for years. The king does not know what to do with his tribe. He does not think that he can hold them together. And he does not think they can compete with life “on the outside.” And so while the thousands of workers on the dam move nearer to completion of the lake and dam. King Frank and his followers make ready to move. And a king prepares to doff ms crown to progress.

PARDON PLEAS OF TEN DENIED BY TRUSTEES Clemency Sought by 122; State Prison Thronged With Relatives. HEAR OHIO FIRE ECHOES Bad Past Records Prevent Release of Several Convicts. Bu United Pres* MICHIGAN CITY. Ind., April 24. —lndiana state prison trustees, sitting as a board of pardons to pa* judgment upon the pleas for clemency of 122 prisoners, had considered ten cases during the first half of this morning's session, but all were denied. The prison was packed with friends and relatives of the Imprisoned men, ready with freedom pleas. Among the nervous, anxious crqwd of visitors often could be heard the whisper “that ghastly Ohio fire—” and the rest was lost as a wornlooking mother told a friend how hard “John will work—if he only gets out.” Among the petitions was that of Howard Walters, sentenced from Wayne circuit court on Dec. 19, 1923, to ten to twenty-one years for robbing a Cambridge City resident of SSOO. The plea for commutation was rejected after the board heard the recommendation of the judge, which urged serving ® maximum sentence. Asks Freedom for Father * The mother and two sisters of Frank Heater, sentenced from Grant circuit court, appeared before trustees asking commutation of a five to twenty-one-year sentence for auto banditry. Heater, father of seven smal children, v*is sentenced Feb. 7, 1928. Trustees postponed action until a later session. Levi Lockhart, sentenced in Vanderburg circuit court Oct. 14, 1916, to life Imprisonment for second degree murder, was denied a commutation plea, because of his past record. His record showed he had made three attempts at prison breaks and at one time dashed Into the office of Edward J. Fogarty, then warden of the prison, with a revolver in one hand, admittedly planning to kill the officer. Lockhart was convicted of killing one and wounding another Owensboro (Ky.) officer when they attempted to arrest him in Spencer county. He has served fourteen years. Past Record Bad Past records were the foundation of denial of the pardon request of Joseph Clouse, sentenced from Noble circuit court, Feb. 1, 1928, to five to twenty-one years. Clouse was charged with auto banditry because he stole two skunk hides and escaped in an auto. It was brought out that he had served three previous prison terms. Among thirty-three life-term convicts who appealed to the board today was James O. Pattie, 57, Rockport, convicted in Spencer circuit court. May 13, 1928, on second degree murder charges in connection with the death of Perry Wilkinson, 29, a, farm tenant. Pattie’s case was brought up three months ago and caused considerable discussion among board members. Governor Harry G, Leslie said it was an ’ exceptional case,” and J. C. Andrews, board member, said there never had been a stronger petition presented. At that time, board members Indicated that if the trial judge's name was placed on the petition for pardon and other conditions remained unchanged, the appeal would be favored. CARPET TACK TAKEN FROM NOSE OF BOY Hospital Interne Removes Object Snuffed Into Nostril In his pocket William Wangelin, 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wangelin, 1304 Edwards street, University Heights, carried a handful of carpet tacks. When he used his handkerchief he snuffed one of them Into his nose early today. An Interne at St. Francis hospital removed the tack, and the child was sent home. COOL WAVE CONTINUES Fair, but Cold, Is Forecast for City Until Saturday. Return of springlike temperatures to Indiana was delayed again today when the United States weather bureau her. forecast continued fair, but cold weather for tonight and Friday. Saturday may bring a rise In temperature, said J. H. Armington, senior meteorologist at the bureau. A low pressure area, with warmer weather, is moving slowly eastward from the eastern slopes of the Rockies.

Live ‘Ghosts’ Robert Hayes, Negro, 533 West, Michigan street, thought “ghosts” were at large when, outside the Indianapolis Coffin Company’s plant at Northwestern avenue and Sixteenth street Wednesday night he was felled by a blow, he told police. After he was knocked down, two men searched his pockets, took $25, and fled. Hayes suffered a broken jw.