Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 149, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 October 1930 — Page 1

STATE TICKET DESERTED BY COFFINCLIQUE Fifield Regarded as Too Big a Liability for County Machine. ‘BIG FIVE’ GET BACKING Boss’ Efforts Centered on Election of Key Men Next Tuesday. BY BEN STERN Desertion of the Republican state ticket by the Marion county Coffin organization, and concentration solely upon election of the '‘Big Pive” here, is pausing anxiety for state heads o ‘he party, it was learned today With omin' reports coming in from all sectu.. * of the state, indicating almost universal disapproval of the G. O. P- state ticket, headed by Otto G. Fifield, secretary of state, and Archie Bobbitt, auditor, Marion county leaders are • /iking no effort to gain support /r it. On the contrary, study of the 1 campaign speeches here reveals that the subject of state affairs and names of state candidates are carefully avoided, and every effort is being exerted toward election of Ccffin’s candidates for judge of the criminal court, sheriff, county clerk and county commissioners. Too Heavy a Load “The state ticket is too heavy a load for us to carry if we expect to put over the local boys,” one ward chairman declared today. “’Eevry one you talk to seems to feel that Fifield, Bobbitt and Roy Wisehart (supernitendent of public instruction) have failed in their offices and naturally you don’t think we are going to worry about them.” Sporadic attempts to aid Fifield, because of his appointments of sixty Marion county Coffin attaches to posts in the state police and automobile license divisions, were made early in the campaign, but when it was noted that he was in high disfavor, all attempts were abandoned except upon the part, of those in his employ. Fifield Has His Troubles These are loyal Coffinites and are also devoting their energies in the main to the “big five” county candidates. All has also not gone well with Fifleid and the state committee. From all appearances it is obvious he is running an independent campaign. None of his speeches are being released through the state’s publicity bureau. An effort to capture loca> support was made by Fifleid at the meeting of the Marion County Good Government Club, Coffin’s “reform” organization, Monday night, but there was little enthusiasm. Many Republican state candidates will be only too ready to blame the defeat, predicted on all sides, on Fifleid, Bobbitt and Wisehart. Discredited With Voters (Consistent use of the state police in politics, over-payment for automobile driver’s licenses and breakdown of the work of the securities commission are charged to Fifleid. The thousands lost the state through bootlegged gasoline and other carelessness is reacting against Bobbitt, while the fact that Wisehart and his aids spent their time lobbying to retain control of the state school aid funds, instead of working out a method whereby school bankruptcy would be forestalled, is hurting Republican chances in the rural districts. Democratic leaders today were planning methods whereby nothing untoward will occur at the polls. "One easy manner of retarding an opposition vote is to jam a machine and so delay voters until those citizens waiting in line tire and move away,” it was pointed out by H. Nathan Swain, Democratic county chairman, at a meeting of workers, Thursday night. "With thousands of doubtful voters expected to turn out, and these citizens determined to clean Coffinism from the county, it is possible, that delays may be attempted, so be on the watch and call the county election commissioners,” he warned. TRAIN CRASH AVERTED Boys Push Heavy Wagon in Path of Filer as Halloween ‘’Prank.” Bu United Frees MKEESPORT. Pa., Oct. 31. Scores of sleeping passengers on the Capitol Limited, Baltimore & Ohio railroad fast train, Chicago to New York, narrowly escaped possible death today when boys, playing a Halloween prank, rolled a heavy wagon on the company’s tracks here early today. Police discovered the wagon and after calling aid, removed It from the track. Two minutes later the train speeded past. JOBLESS IN PROTEST Colimrhßa, (O.) Mob Angered at Rumor of Labor Importation. Bu l nitrd Press COLUMBUS, 0., Oct. 31— Seven hundred unemployed marched on the statehouse here today after circulation of reports that Cleveland labor would be Imported to raze old buildings on the site of anew $3,000,000 state office building. Governor Myers Y. Cooper was not in his office at the time and the Job seekers dispersed after they were informed only local labor would ba used. , .

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CITY, IN RAIN OF OIL, FIGHTS FIRE MENACE

Wild Gusher Sprays Oklahoma’s Capital; Traffic Is Halted, Schools Closed

But nitrd Frees Oklahoma city, Oct. 31.— a wild gusher sprayed oil and gas over Oklahoma City’s wholesale district today, stopping traffic and causing the section to be declared by firemen as “in immediate danger.” All available firemen and oil workers in the city field, part of which is within the city, were mustered into the fight to control the well, w’hich was blowing thousands of barrels of oil and millions of cubic feet of gas over the district. The wild well, known as the No. 1 C. E. Stout gusher, is near the valuable downtown wholesale houses, factories and railroad property. Residents were warned not to kindle a fire under

REBELS FAIL IN ATTEMPT TO KILL KING Bulgarian Ruler and Bride, on Wedding Tour, Are Bullet Targets. By United Frees SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct. 31.—King Boris 111 and his bride were acclaimed wildly by the capital today after an escape from a volley of bullets said to have been fired at the royal train near the ancient Macedonia city of Philippopolis, The attack on the train, bearing the king and the former Princess Giovanna of Italy from the Black sea to Sofia, was made by unidentified persons as it approached the station of Madole, in the border of the region where Macedonian revolutionaries have been active. A guard was wounded in the foot, a guard’s rifle stock was splintered and bullets struck the train, according to information here, but none of the royal party was injured. The train made a brief halt and proceeded to the capital, where the king and quen were married again according to eastern orthodox church rites. The royal party included the king’s sister, Princess Eudoxia, and his brother, Prince Cyril, and high government officials. Macedonian insurgents, led by the notorious lan Mihailoff, have been responsible for many acts of terrorism in Bulgaria and on the Greek and Yugoslavian frontiers in their campaign for autonomy. The outlaw bands, united as the internal Macedonia revolutionary organization, live in mountainous strongholds, from which they emerge for dashes into nearby towns in defiance of police and troops. Recently the Bulgarian government has intensified its activities against them.

TORCH CLEW FAILS High School Road Victim’s Clothes Not Syrian’s. Clothing on the body taken from a blazing automobile on High School road May 31 was not that of Allis Shaya. 30, a Syrian, Mrs. Mabel Davis, Liberty. Ind., told Marion county deputy sheriffs today. Shaya has been missing from his rooming house at 1102 North Alabama street since April 21. A key, said to fit the door of his room, and a rosary acquaintances believe he carried, were found in the charred auto. Mrs. Davis, who worked with Shaya in a Richmond hotel, scanned fragments of the dead man's clothing taken to Liberty by Deputy Sheriff Ollie Mays and Fred Fox, and said they were several shades darker than a tan suit Shaya wore. Harold Herbert Schroeder, Mobile, Ala., owner of the auto in which the body was burned, is in Marion county jail awaiting trial on first degree murder charges.

STUDY OF POISON BY AUTHOR SAVES MAN Antidote Found in Preparing Book Prevents Student's Death. Bu United Press PALO ALTO, Cal., Oct. 31.—Because Charles Norris, novelist, wanted a character in one of his books to die by a subtle poison, the life of Marron Kenrick, Stanford student, was saved. To gain information concerning poisons, Norris sought out Dr. Granville C. Wood, who after research supplied him with facts concerning a little known but deadly poison. Dr. Wood also learned the . antidote. When Kendrick drank the same poison Thursday through a druggist’s mistake in filling a prescription, Dr. Wood administered the antidote and the student is expected to recover.

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any circumstances. The mist and vapor carried a threat of disaster should they be ignited. The oil and gas were blown over the downtown district, halting traffic and bringing business activity to a temporary standstill. All trains, automobiles and pedestrians were barred from the wholesale district. Buildings became coated with the inflammable mist. Firemen said that if even a small fire broke out in the area, explosions and flames might sweep the district. The roar of oil and gas as they rushed through the broken connections of the well and out over the city was audible for miles around. Officials said that if the oil and gas flow showed no signs of decrease they would request the company

False! Biting Prisoner Quickly Quelled When Control of Plate Is Lost.

Bu United Frees LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31.—Philip Barry's false teeth went back on him, and he ended up in jaij. Stopped for speeding by two policemen, he was given a tag. Panicky, Phil tossed a bottle of whisky into a brush. The officers retrieved the bottle and told Phil to head for Jail. Instead he started biting. He was ahead, in the fight, but lost control of his upper plate, when it became clogged up in his throat. The officers then quickly quelled him. a a a A “Break” for the World Bu United Press LONDON. Oct. 31. George Bernard Shaw gave himself another boost in a speech at the Savoy hotel Thursday when he said: In the middle of the nineteenth century two things happened of some importance—l was born and Tennyson wrote, ‘God fulfills himself In many ways.” a a a To Jail Over Bathtub LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31.—“I’U be doggoned if any one can make me buy a license to take a bath in my own home,” declared Theodore G. Sherwood, 86, Civil war veteran, today as he went to jail for two days. Judge Wilbur Curtis fined the eteran S2O two weeks ago, suspending sentence on condition he obtain a permit to install a bathtub. Sherwood, still adamant, refused to back up. "I won’t pay, by heck,” he said, “I’ll go to jail." He did, too. a a a Beauty Costs Liberty Bu United Press CHICAGO. Oct 31.—Craving for French beauty treatments — and no money to pay for them—sent Mrs. Golden M. Peters, 24, mother of a 5-year-old child, to jail for six months. Mrs. Peters defrauded shopkeepers of shampoos, massages, waves, artificial eye lashes, French lip stick and expensive Paris powder. Her checks were worthless. So Mrs. Peters, haled before Judge Jones, was sentenced to six months in jail and fined $25. a a a Deaf “Hear” Politician Bu United Press Youngstown, 0., oct. 31.— The Youngstown society for deafmutes claimed the distinction today of being the first organization of its kind ever to hold a political rally at which its members “heard” a plea for voting support. The society was addressed Thursday night by Ray Thomas, Mahoning county prosecutor, who “spoke” in the sign language, which he had learned during his college days while rooming with a deaf-mute. a a a Prank Ends Long “Sit” Bu United Press LANSING, Mich., Oct. 31. The career of Michigan's foremost tree-sitter, Edgar Sickler, came to an abrupt end here on Thursday night when pre-Hal-loween enthusiasts climbed to his perch and pulled him from the branches of the maple tree that had been his sole companion for 2,448 hours. Edgar had been up the equivalent of 102 days, “took off” July 21 and since then had built sufficient shelter to ward off winter winds. a ' a a Abandon Hoover Laundry Bu United Press WASHINGTON. Oct. 31. President Hoover hereafter will send his laundry out. The space reserved in the west wing for washing utensils is being remodeled to make additional offices for the expanding executive staff, it was learned today. The laundry will be sent hereafter to Ft. Myer, an army post, across the river in Virginia. BISHOP CANNON BETTER Churchman’s Condition ’Cause for Concern,* Physician Says. By Vn'ted Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—Bishop James Cannon Jr., of the Methodist Episcopal church (South) spent a comfortable night and was somewhat better today, it was said at Sibley hospital where the churchman has been confined since last Saturday. Thursday evening his physician, Dr. R. Lyman Sexton, issued a bulletin saying Cannon was suffering from inflammatory arthritis and that there was “cause for some con- “•" -~4 ——

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1930

CITY FOOTBALL CUSH TO AID CHARITY FUND Shortridge and Cathedral Game Is Arranged for Championship. The largest crowd that ever watched a football game in Indianapolis is expected to witness a Thanksgiving contest between Shortridge and Cathedral high school elevens staged to ease unemployment this winter. Plans for the post-season city scholastic championship tilt were completed at a luncheon today by the Legion of One Hundred of the Chamber of Commerce. The game will be played in Sutler bowl, and every dollar taken in at the gate will be delivered to the Indianapolis Commission for Stabilization of Unemployment, appointed last winter by Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan and Paul Q. Richey, Chamber of Commerce president. Hope to Raise $35,000 The Legion of One Hundred, headed by W. H. Trimble, will support the game, hoping to raise $35,000 through sale of tickets at $1 each, and auctioning of boxes to highest bidders. Every person attending the game, including players, will pay admission, the legion decided. Public spirited groups, however, are expected to underwrite the admission fee for players. Officials of both schools approved the proposed game before the Legion completed their plans today. Paul C. Stetson, city schools superintendent, added his sanction, and George Buck, Shortridge principal and Brother William, Cathedral principal, pledged their support to the movement. Arranging Program “Our commission is arranging a comprehensive plan of ‘made work’ for unemployed in Indianapolis this winter,” G. M. Williams, president of the commission said. “If such a fund as has been suggested can be raised, and I am sure it will, it will contribute very substantially to the success of this program.” Shortridge and Cathedral met once on the gridiron this season, and the game resulted in a 6-6 tie. Cathedral has defeated Washington, probable public school champion.

TOWN TO CELEBRATE New Pavement to Be Feted by New Augusta. New Augusta will celebrate completion of the pavement of Seventyfirst street road Saturday afternoon with games, contests, and a barbecue. The new highway connects state Roads 52 and 29. Kenneth Hightshue is general chairman of the celebration. In the Air Weather conditions in the air at 9 a. m.: Northwest wind, ten miles an hour; barometric pressure, 30.37 at sea level; temperature, 34; ceiling, unlimited; visibility, five miles; field, good.

A Land From Which _ „ Follow the No Traveler Ever New Tarzan Returns Picture Story Natives have told of “ TARZAN hills that rise out of a Av n _ ___ huge, void where the great pla- Ii |W r |^ .eau ceases as if nothing exist- THE JLiv3k_/A ed beyond. They have told of white men who have emerged 17 ]\ t T3 T 13 ¥7 ferociously from the abyss. All IT AAT AAV All The roar of life rumbles upward through the canyon like -m- -tt-t-t----distant thunder. ;; —; IT was toward this land BY • , that Erich von Harben, a „ nfl , D Dtrp young archaeologist, ventures ELHiAtt Kltb with a party of natives. The BURROUGHS natives ret-.irn inarticulate with horror, but there is no ________________ trace of Von Harben. THEN Tarzan sets out r • • alone to hunt for him, o€ffW/tlVUff moving silently into the jungle, spear in hand. He MONDAY, goes to penetrate the mystery XT r\ir o of the Lost Empire. IN UV. O,

supplying gas to the city to cut off all lines into the area. The gusher created the worst menace of any unruly well in the histoiy of the midcontinent oil fields. Extent of the threat was summarized as follows: Entire wholesale district menaced. Extreme danger area of one quarter of a mile about well established and only workers admitted. Railroad service disrupted. All passenger trains were forced to get ahead steam and run through the danger area with fires out. Six schools closed because of fire danger affecting 2,500 children. Air liners altered course to avoid gas-filled air.

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H. C. SMITHERS DIES AT CLUB Former Councilman, Civil * War Veteran." * Henry C. Smithers. 90 ; former city councilman. Civil ’war veteran and founder of the Henry C. Smithers Roofing Company, died earlj/today in his apartment at the Columbia Club after a long illness. He was born in this city, the son of a pioneer family, which owned much land in what today is the heart of downtown Indianapolis. For many years his family operated the Smithers tqvern on the Michigan road, a gathering place for politicians and prominent Hoosiers. Dicharged from service in the Civil war because of disability, Mr. Smithers rejoined another company during Morgan’s raids and servfed as a lieutenant. After the war he entered the gravel roofing business. During the administration of Mayor Charles Bookwalter he served as city councilman, and after death of his wife in 1914 lived at the Columbia Club. Mr. Smithers was prominent in several Masonic bodies. Nearest surviving relatives are nieces and nephews, including Miss Emma L. Clinton, Mrs. Jennie Bouvey and Mrs. Helen Eby, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Edna S. Severin Golden Hill. sl40 _ IN _ JE WELR Y~L 0 0 T Woman Leaves Apartment for Few Minutes; Burglar Raids Flat. While Mrs. Bertha Klein, Apartment 2, 811 South Illinois street, left her apartment ten minutes to use a neighbor’s telephone this morning a burglar slipped inside with a pass key and took jewelry valued at $l4O, she told police.

The Oklahoma Natural Gas Company maintamed a crew to cut off gas to any customer in the affected area that violated orders by lighting a fire. Seventy-five drilling wells are shut down. . The well “blew in” late Thursday. Sand carried upward from the well cut through two mastergates, shot into the air and caught by the wind, billowed over the city. The well flowed 350 barrels in the. first eight minutes before it went wild and defied measurement. The flow was estimated today, to be 96,000 barrels and the volume of gas to be 65,000,000 cubic feet daily. The new gusher was believed to be larger than the “Wild Mary” Sudik well which several months ago defied efforts to curb it for ten days.

Pretty is as pretty does—but not always. For Halloween makes witches of city beauties; bold, bad pirates of meek clinging-vines; dashing tango dancers of gay old dogs, and generally turns practicalities and physiognomies into a “makebelieve” land. That's what clerks at the Halloween costume counters of city stores found out today. Upper Left Photo—Miss Bernice Hughett (left), costume clerk of the Wm. H. Block Company, just has put her approval % on the “hula-hula, , yackey, hickey doola”

NAIL CAMPAIGN LIE Ludlow Long Has Paid Tax in County. Republican speakers clearly, and probably knowingly, have misrepresented facts in their assertions that Congressman Louis Ludlow acquired property in Marion county only after his nomination two years ago. Proof came today in the form of a letter from Howard M. Stanton, 23 North Pennsylvania street. Stanton’s letter: “I understand the statement is being circulated by radio and otherwise that Congressman Louis Ludlow is not a taxpayer in this district. Two years ago my sworn affidavit refuting such charge was publisned and other evidence adduced in support of his legal qualification. “The Ludlows have owned for many years forty-six acres of land in Washington township, Marion county, pay taxes on it and pay to me as agent Interest on mortgages thereof.

SCRIPPS TO BE HONORED Name Will Be Placed in Newspaper Hall of Fame Tonight in Ohio. Bu United Press COLUMBUS, 0., Oct. 31.—The names of the late E. W. Scripps, founder of the Scripps-Howard newspapers, and James M. Faulkner, political editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, will be placed®with other noted names in the Ohio journalism hall of fame at Ohio State university here tonight. The hall of fame is restricted to Ohio newspapermen who attained national or international note as journalists. Addition of the two names will bring to fourteen the number of men so honored. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 33 10 a. m 38 7a. m 32 11 a. m 37 Ba. m 33 12 (noon).. 40 9 a. m 34w 1 p. m...*- 42

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dress picked out by Miss Mae Ladin, of 2344 North Delaware street. Upper Rignt—Miss Jean Davisson, of 2611 East Kelly street, is just another reason why Police Chief Jerry E. Kinney is prohibiting auto parking downtown tonight. Lower—“ Just an old-fashioned costume,” are the witticisms chorused by (left to right), Miss Cornelius McGreevy,* Miss Marcella Orford, and Miss Rose Netherton as they sell Miss Betty Helm (center), on the idea of being a clown just for tonight.

MARION BOMB WIDOW SUES FOR DAMAGES $50,000 Asked of City Officials for Alleged False Arrest. Bu Times Svccial MARION, Ind., Oct. 31.—Mrs. Erma Legos, widow of one of five men killed in a series of bombings here, today filed suit in Grant circuit court asking $50,000 damages, based on allegations of false arrest and imprisonment. Defendants are Mayor Jack Edwards, Police Chief Lewis Lindenmuth, the seven members of the city council, two members of the police board and a former member. The bombing occurred a year ago. No one has been convicted, although a number of investigations were conducted, during which Mrs. Legos was held prisoner. She alleges that as a result of being in custody, her business, a beauty parlor, was ruined and she has been unable to sell it or other property.

NAB FOURTH SUSPECT Police Say Arrests Solve 19 Recent Holdups. Two more bandit suspects in city prison today joined two men arrested early Thursday, and police said they cleared up nineteen holdups in the city since Sept. 2 with their arrests. Ray Langdon and Arthur Leuthold were arrested early Thursday and confessed several grocery and pharmacy robberies. Late Thursday afternoon two police squads arrested Wilson R. Pox, 19, R. R. 18, Box 191. He confessed a number of Ailing station holdups, police said. William Batts, 4231 West Michigan street, fourth alleged member of the gang, was arrested today.

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DRY SNOOPING HITS OFFICES OF SENATORS Special Agent Assigned to Building to Watch for Bootlegging. CURTIS CAUSES ACTION List of Officials Who Bought Liquor in Hands of Authorities. Bu United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—The Evening World, in a special dispatch from Washington, said today that a federal prohibition agent had been assigned to the senate office building to see whether senators or their assistants purchase liquor. The agent received the assignment, according to the Evening: World, from Commissioner James M. Doran and Vice-President Curtis. For more than three months the agent represented himself as an employe of the senate and made regular reports to enforcement officials, the newspaper said. “A sensational phase of the investigation by the undercover agent,” the Evening World stated, “was the seizure of a bootlegger’s customer list containing the names and office numbers of senators and congressman who have been making illicit purchases of liquor in Capitol Hill. “The list is now in the possession of high officials in at least two of the departments of the federal government.”

Handled by Curtis > By United Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—Alcohol Commissioner James M. Doran said today an undercover prohibition agent was placed in the senate office building some months ago at the request of Vice-President who desired to prevent sale of bootleg liquor to senators. “The entire matter was handled by the Vice-President and I merely supplied a man at his request, which I was required to do,” Doran said. He said it was not his understanding that there was any intention of spying upon senators, but that the purpose of the investigator was to obtain the arrest of George Cassiday, widely known as “The Man With the Green Hat,” who has admitted" selling liquor in the Capitol. Doran refused to discuss the case further, saying any details must come from Vice-President Curtis. At the time the agent was appointed, Doran was prohibition commissioner in the treasury department. GRID - SPECIAL CRASHED 27 YEARS AGO TODAY

Purdue Team on Way Here to Play I. U.; Death Toll 17. . Bu United Pr'ss LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 31. Tv nty-seven years ago today * Bi' Four special football train bearing the Purdue university squad and rooters crashed into a string of cars in the north Indianapolis yards, killing seventeen persons. Governor Harry G. Leslie, then A member of the Purdue team, was among those injured seriously. Several members of the team, a coach and a trainer were killed. The train was carrying the Boilermakers to Indianapolis for a game with Indiana university. The Memorial gymnasium at Purdue was erected as a monument to the dead. The accident occurred Oct. 31, 1903, the birthday anniversary of John Purdue, founder of the university. / ■ WIFE WOULDN'T LIE; HUBBY FACES JAIU Identifies Gun and Mask Allegedly Used by Mate in Holdup. Bu United Press ' NEW YORK. Oct. 31.—Mrs. Jennie Chariton, like George Washington, could not tell a lie, and so her husband faces the possibility of spending the next twenty years in jail. Mrs. Chariton was called to court and asked to identify a gun and mask her husband Michael, allegedly used in a holdup. She identified both, through sobs, and further damaging testimony when she said she had “a feeling” something was wrong the night of the holdup. She said she had looked for the gijn in its usual place and it was gone. “I wouldn’t tell a lie for anybody,” she said later when questioned as to why she testified against her husband. DELAY LIBRARY OPENING Broad Ripple Branch Remodeling Causes Postponement. A remodeling program will prevent opening of the new Broad Ripple branch library Saturday at 912 East Sixty-third street, as previously announced. This branch, which will serve twenty-thousand persons in northeastern Indianapolis, Mil be ready Dec. 1, Miss Cerene Ohr, city branch library supervisor, announced today. EWALD JURORS INDICT Secret Papers Are Handed to Sppreme Court Justice of New York. Bu United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 31.— The extraordinary Ewald grand jury investigating the alleged purchases of offices in New York county handed up a secret indictment to Susreme Court Justice Philip McCook Today. Tnose named in the indictment will be arraigned before Justice McCook at 2:30 p. m. *