Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 300, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 April 1930 — Page 3

APRIL 26, 1930

HISTORY-MAKING GRAFT EXPOSE HINTED IN RUM QUIZ

ALLEGED WEST INDIANA RING IS UNDER SCRUTINY Federal Jury Adjourns for Week-End With Lid Scarcely Lifted. GANG REVENGE GUARDED Use Precaution to Protect Witnesses; Terre Haute, Clinton Key Cities. Revelations that will rock Indiana’s liquor still hotbed in Vermillion and Vigo counties are expected to result from the federal grand jury investigation now underway. Further evidence, supplemental to the mass that was laid before jurors Friday, will be presented Monday. The jury adjourned Friday afternoon for the week-end. Business men, police, bootleggers and officials of Clinton and Terre Haute, headquarters of the alleged booze ring and gangs, are slated to testify next week. The probe is not expected to reach a final stage until late in the week. Guard Against Gang Revenge Assertions that the investigation will lead to "something bigger than the East Chicago case,” in which city officials and police were involved, have been heard from various sources. During the probe, authorities are using every precaution to protect witnesses and others from any gang revenge that may result from the investigation. Evidence presented to the jury has come from weeks of work by agents. In addition private investigations also have been underway. Excessive sugar consumption in the territory being probed is said to be one of the chief points in the quiz. Still operators in the vicinity are known to have received large shipments of five-gallon cans for alcohol purposes weekly. Protection Routes Charged Investigators say still owners are selling booze in the district for sl2 a five-gallon can. Os this amount purchasers, who are rum runners from the middle west, are told that $1.50 on each can goes to maintaining a “protective chain.’* "Alky” manufacturers, it. ts said assert that by following outlined routes, runners can be positive ot protection from hi-jackers and the law. Reports from the section have brought the information that the runners who purchase booze are not only from Indiana, but also from Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky. The present set-up in the counties Is said to dovetail with operation of several stills that have been confiscated by federal authorities. Eleven Men Indicted These stills, which included an enormous plant at Montezuma, are said to be part of the chain of more than sixty which have been reported as operating in the counties. Eleven men were indicted in the Montezuma case and they are reported to have worked with other booze runners who also are awaiting trial in federal court. Terre Haute is said to be headquarters for the stall operators and protection racketeers. Clinton has been marked as the town where the payoff for protection and employment of lieutenants for the gangs is alleged to take place. For years the territory has been considered the source of the greatest liquor supply in the state.

FUNERAL RITES SET FOR MRS. STEWART aervkts for Pioneer City Resident Will Be Held Monday. Last rites for Mrs. Daniel Stewart, 94, pioneer resident of Indianapolis and Widow of one of the founders of the Klefer-Stewart Company, wholesale druggists, will be held at 2 Monday at the home of her daughter. Mrs. William Scott, 1126 North Meridian street. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Mrs. Stewart died Friday at the home of her daughter. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. John N. Carey ar Mrs. WUllarn Scott; two nephew*. EU .m Tarklngton. who was reared by Mrs. Stewart, and Booth Tark--leg ton. and a niece. Mrs. Ovid Butler Jameson all of Zidianapolls: four granddaughters. Mrs. E. I. Lewis of Washington. Mrs. Morris Kalnes and Mrs. Frederick ApoeL both of Indianapolis, daughters of Mrs. Carey, and Mrs. O. Barrett Moxley of Inddlanapolis. daughter of Mrs. Scott, and several great-grandchildren.

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen belong to: Dick Miller. 3130 North Delaware street. Stuts sedan. 7-634. from Market and Delaware streets. William Saltau, 339 North Summit. Ford tudor. 734-004. Irom Ohio and Meridian street*. Allen W. Creekbaunj. 4858 East Thirtieth street. De Soto sedan. 74-897. Irom Wabash and East streets. Paul Graham. 1345 North Pershing avenue. Ford roadster. 741-022. from Capitol avenue and Ohio street. Ruth Clark. 2234 North Alabama street. Chevrolet coupe, 93-138. from 3334 North Alabama street. Jesse SpurUng. 534 Chase street. Hudson sedan. 70-916. Irom 917 West New York street. Robert Reesner. 901 North New Jersey street. Apt. 31. Chrysler roadster, from 21 East St. Joe street.

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Stolen automobiles recovered by police belong to: Paul Graham. 1345 North Pershing avenue. Pord roadster, found at Senate avenue a>d Washington street. Henry Carver. 31 West St. Joe street. Esse* coaeh. "53-763. found at Indiana avenue and Vermont street. Markltn Martin. 3356 Sheldon street. Esre* eoaeh. found at Seventeenth street and Garfield Place. Chrysler roadster. 83-505. found two blocks west of Keystone avenue and one block south Pall Creek.

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SCAN KOHLER'S PRIVATE FILE State Makes Little Gain in Governor Ouster. Bt/ Vnited Pre** SHEBOYGAN, Wis., April 26. Hurried efforts to obtain “substantial evidence against Governor Walter J. Kohler, who has been on trial here for the last four days on charges of excessive campaign expenditures, were made today by the special prosecutors assigned to the task of trying to remove him from office. Adjournment of the trial until Monday was ordered by Judge* Gustav Gehrz Friday night. Giving the state's attorneys a brief week-end opportunity to dig through a mass of the Governor’s correspondence in an attempt to find something to take the place of the “trivialities” barred by the court. The judge's adverse rulings as the Governor, on the witness stand nearly two and a half days, was questioned in regard to the free, matches, meals and tire covers that were handed out during his campaign in 1928, clearly indicated the prosecution was making little headway. Kohler's private counsel declared that obviously the state’s attorneys were making little effort to impress the jurors,- but were preparing a record for appeal to the state supreme court to show' technical violations of Wisconsin’s corrupt practices act.

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Bv Science Service WASHINGTON, April 25.—'"1 haven’t heart tro ub 1 e,” gasped P. V. Wells as he finished blowing into a tube from a little wooden box on a table before members of the American Physical Society meeting at the United States bureau of standards here. “If I did. I would have become exhausted and stopped blowing long before fifty seconds had passed,” he explained. The flarimeter, anew instrument which will enable people to tell whether they have heart trouble far in advance of serious developments, was being demonstrated. It now is in experimental use by insurance companies and promises to greatly reduce the risks taken by these organizations. “Shortness of breath, the leading symptom of an impaired heart muscle, is measured,” Wells explained. The person being tested forces air out of his lungs at a slight constant pressure, and those who suffer from shortness of breath become exhausted much sooner than normal persons.

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‘BEER SEEKER’ INJURED Man Hurt in Fall Through Skylight Was After Brew, Police Say. A skylight over which he was crawling gave way, precipitating Dewey Morris, 31, of 1341 North Tuxedo street, thirty-five feet to the third floor of an apartment building in the 900 block North Meridian street, Friday night. After a scalp wound was treated at city hospital, Morris told police he thought there was beer secreted in the attic of the building and he was in search of it when he fell.

AID IS PLEDGED FOR G. M. T. C, School Heads Urge Boys to Make Application. Support of state, city and county school authorities was assured Citizens’ Military Training Camp movement today as all joined in urging Indiana boys to enroll in the summer camps Roy P. Wisehart, state superintendent of public instruction, and Raymond Grider, Broad Ripple auto dealer, both World war veterans, are members of a Service Club committee organizing school support of the movement. Twenty-three scholarships In Indiana colleges will be offered to youths at the camps, David H. Jennings, state C. M. T. C. chairman, said today. The schools are: De Pauw university, Purdue university, Franklin college, Hanover college, Indiana Central college. Oakland City college, Wabash college, Rose Polytechnic institute, Indiana State Teachers college, Terre Haute; JTanklin college and Lockyear’s Business college at Terre Haute. Fred T. Gladden, county superintendent of schools, and Wisehart both indorsed the C. M. T. C. movement. Colonel A. J. Daugherty, chief of staff of the Eighty-fourth division, organized reserves, wall speak in several high schools here in May on the summer camps. Camp periods are: Ft. Benjamin Harrison, from June 20 to July 19. and Camp Knox, Ky., from July 2 until July 31. HURT IN CAR MISHAP Bargersville Man Injured When Truck Turns Over. Floyd Sapuling, 37, of Bargersville, Ind., was struck unconscious when the motor truck he was driving tipped over at Brill road and Sumner street Friday night. A light car driven by Ralph Hall, 16, of 2039 Singleton street, slightly sideswiped the truck, police were told, and it tipped over. Sapuling was not seriously hurt. Hurt to Fall on Stairs Falling down stairs at her home early today. Mrs. Beulah Harris, 60, NeNgro, 9304 East Walnut street, suffered severe injuries. She was taken to city hospital.

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BOY'S DEATH PROBED C. H. Givan’s Son Fatally Hurt by School Hack. Coroner C. H. Keever today began an investigation into death at the Methodist hospital Friday night of Robert Givan, 8. son of Clinton H. Givan, county attorney and former superior couro judge. The boy was injured Tuesday when, riding in the door of a school hack returning home from school at Camby, he fell from the bus and the rear wheel passed over his body, Coroner Keever was informed. Fire Caused by Cigaret A cigaret, dropped into cushions of an overstuffed suite, is blamed for a fire which caused S6OO damage to an apartment occupied by Frank C. Severin at 5245 Central avenue Friday night. Utah is considering the elimination of electrical equipment in coal mines and substituting compressed air apparatus.

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STATE SAVINGS BANK CLOSES; TO UPDATE 8,000 Depositors Affected as Doors Shut on City institution. Doors of the State Savings and Trust Company, 123 East Market street, were closed today on order of the board of directors, as state banking department officials started liquidation of the company’s assets. Decision to close the doors of the institution was reached Friday afternoon. affecting 8,000 depositors, according to Scott R. Brewer, president. Brewer, although making no definite comment on the possibility of full payment of claims, said with proper management payment might be made in full. Police Assigned to Bank ‘‘The reason for closing, in the mind of the board, was the matter of liquidity rather than solvency, especially as this was affected by shrinkage of deposits,” Brewer stated. Police were asigned to the bank this morning as a protective measure. Thomas D. Barr, assistant state banking commissioner, said the inventory of assets and liabilities was started today. This will be followed by court action for the appointment of a receiver next week. Resolution Is Adopted Directors adopted a resolution stating that inability to market real estate holdings, depreciation of farm values and shrinkage of deposits made it expedient to go into voluntary liquidation in order “to save its depositors and stockholders from loss.” When the closing order came, the financial situation was: Deposits, $1,410,000; capital stock, $375,000; surplus and reserves, $48,500, Brewer said. Samuel P. Good, state bank examiner, assisted by K. G. Inwood and J. W. Parrett, examiners, is working on the bank’s books. The company moved into the Market street location several months ago, taking over the property formerly occupied by the J. F. Wild & Cos. State bank, which crashed three years ago.

‘Beer’ Vs. Golf Miniature Course Barred; Soft Drink Stand May Win Board’s 0. K.

A SOFT drink establishment was decreed “the better ’ole” by the city park board this week and a Tom Thumb golf course was banned. Russell Wilson, school board president and attorney, told the park board a client owns a lot on Meridian street, north of fourteenth street and desired to lease it for a year to a soft drink establishment. Wilson said he thought the product was something like root beer. The park board members may have thought he said "good beer” for, when two men appeared and declared they had arrangements made to place a Tom Thumb eighteen-hole golf course on the lot, the park board decided not to permit the miniature golf course. The park board members said David Kilgore, recreation director, fears traffic tie-ups from the miniature courses. Decision on the soft drink establishment location was delayed until next week.

Learning to Fly—No. 12 New Instructor Hands Tips to Times Air Pupil

BY LOWELL NTSSBAUM Time* Aviation Editor TODAY my regular flying Instructor, Bob Shank, permitted me to take a flight with Clarence Dowden, Hoosier airport pilot and instructor. I also have had instruction under Harold C. Brooks and French Livezey, other Hoosier airport pilots and instructors, and I have noticed a remarkable uniformity in the instruction of all four, one taking up the course where the other left off. While it is rather unusual for a student to train under as many as four instructors, I requested the privilege, for the experience. Dowden permitted me to start and warm up the motor, with the assistance of a mechanic, Dowden standing by to instruct me. I sat in the plane’s cockpit while the mechanic stood in front of the plane, ready to spin the propeller. Blocks had been placed in front of the wheels to prevent the plane rolling forward. "Off,” the mechanic called out. “See that the ignition switch is turned off, and then repeat ‘off,’ Dowden told me. man AFTER I had assured the mechanic the ignition was off, he turned the prop several times to suck gasoline into the cylinders. “Contact,” he ordered, and as I

PAVING, BRIDGE CONTRACTS LET Highway Officials Accept Bids on Four Projects. Three paving and one bridge contract, totaling more than $730,000, were signed Friday afternoon by Director John J. Brown of the state highway department. Harold Tharp, Fountain City, was given an $89,982.23 contract to construct a bridge on state Road 32, in Hamilton county. A $333,542.11 contract for 19.16 miles of paving on 53 from Montmorenci to U. S. Road 24, in Tippecanoe and White counties, went to Charles McAfee, Bluffton. Hinton and Smalley, Celina, 0., received a $159,090.79 contract for paving 8.38 miles on Road 27 from two miles south of the Jay-Adams county line to Berne. Tri Lake Construction Company, Columbia City, will pave a 4.56-mile stretch on U. S. 31, from South Bend to the Michigan line, for $148,876.22. BURGLAR MAKES ‘RAID’ Breaks Into House After Showing “Dry” Badge to Neighbor. When a burglar pried open the rear door at the home of Mrs. Lulu Essex, 725 Sanders street, Friday, a neighbor woman shouted there was no one home. The burglar smiled, flashed a badge, explained he was a prohibition officer in search of liquor, and entered the dwelling. He damaged the interior of the home and carried away silver and clothing. ARRESTED IN POOL RAID Twenty-Five Baseball Ticket Books Are Seized by Police. In a raid early today, police arrested Frank Ganoff, 32, Negro, of 442 North Senate avenue, on charges of operating a baseball pool. Twen-ty-five baseball pool ticket books were seized, police claim.

turned on the ignition switch, I repeated ’contact.’ We repeated this several times until the motor started. “Now let the motor run slowly for a few minutes, gradually speeding it up,” Dowden instructed. “Never attempt to take off until the oil pressure is approximately fifty pounds and the water is between 140 and 160 degrees Fahrenheit. “Then open the throttle and see how fast the motor is ‘revving up.’ A Curtiss OXS should turn up not less than 1.350 revolutions a minute on the ground. The minimum for other types of motors varies. “As soon as all these conditions are right, and only then, it is time for you to order the blocks removed from the wheels and to start taxiing to the end of the field, ready for a take-off, into the wind, as usual.” After observing all these precautions we started the flight. * * M T HAD pretty fair success today -*• on both takeoffs and landings. I found I had overcome some of my tendency to swing to the right or left on the takeoff, as the wheels bounced along the ground.' Dowden corrected my tendency to elevate the nose too high, with the stick, on the takeoff. “After you have pulled back on the stick and gotten the plane off the ground it is best to level off a little and fly along almost level several hundred feet, to pick up speed, and then pull into the proper climbing angle,” he explained. “Sometimes it is necessary to climb rather steeply for a lew moments on the takeoff in a small field, to get over fences, wires or other obstructions, but then you must level off and regain the flying speed you have last.” Monday I will be back with Shank as my instructor and I will try to show some improvement. Friday night I attended the Hoosier airport ground school. My class was examined on the subject of rigging an airplane. Practical instruction in rigging was given at the previous session Tuesday night, when the class was permitted to adjust the wings of a plane.

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HIJACKERS STOP AUTO, THREATEN MAN WITH GUNS 'Don’t Look Back,’ Warning Given Motorist After Futile Rum Hunt. Pursued by a band of hijacker* who have been operating on roads about tjie city for more than two months, D. C. Stewart, of 1215 Euclid avenue, was menaced by four guns in the hands of five men at an early hour today on West Washington street. Returning to Indianapolis after a visit to his farm near Avon. Stewart was pursued by two carloads of men, he told police. On West Washington street, near the Central Indiana Hospital for the Insane, the cars closed in on his machine and forced him to drive to the curb, he said. Three men from one of the pursuing cars alighted with sawed-off shotguns and two men from the other car, one with a pump type rifle, menaced Stewart while his car was searched. Finding no liquor, the five ordered him to drive ahead, one adding, “Dont look back.” Stewart told police the two cars turned into Rockville road in leaving the scene. No attempt was made to rob him of money or valuables on his person. The case is similar to four others reported within the last several months. Efforts by sheriff’s squads to trap the hijackers have been futile.

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