Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 260, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1931 — Page 9

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COUNTY SPLIT STIRS BATTLE j ON CHAIRMEN Party Leaders Fear Marion Will Have Undue Power in Councils. WOW IN TWO DISTRICTS Watson Has Control of State Organization in Changed Lineup. BY BEN STERN Bitter battle in both state political organizations as to whether the larion county chairmen shall have voice in councils of the new Eleventh district loomed today. Because of the new congressional reapportionment act, signed by Governor Harry G. Leslie, the west half of Marion county Is a district by itself—the Twelfth—while the east half of the county, together with Hancock and Madison counties, form the new Eleventh dis- ; ' rict. The question confronting state ■caders now is: “Shall the Marion i ounty chairman help elect the i Eleventh district chairman and hall they be members of the executive committee? If so, will Mar- : ion county have too much power in tate politics?" Back of this situation are two imnortant political factors. Watson in Saddle The first applies to the Republican state organization. As the district heads are lined up today, Senator Arthur R. Robinson has but one district chairman dedicated to his cause—Schuyler Haas, Seventh district head. The remaining twelve chairmen tire adherents of Senator James E. Watson, and this gives him almost absolute control of the state G. O. P. organization. If the Marion county Republican chairman is a member of the executive committee of the Eleventh district, which elects that chair-! man, there is a possibility that he will hold out for a Robinson chair- j man. It must, however, be re- j inembered that he will be outnum- , bered two to one and always may be ! a minority member. Problem in Eleventh The other problem is this: The aast half of Marion county, in the new Eleventh district, lias a population of 153.659, while Hancock and Madison counties, combined, have but 99,593 inhabitants. Yet, because they are two counties to Marion's one, the bulk of the-population of the-new district I may be Without adequate represent ation in Eleventh district councils. An attempt to decide these problems will be made at the meetings of state committees of both parties, to be called soon, it was indicated today. Marion county organizations will hold out for representations on both ! district executive committees. Fairer Plan Offered One solution of the problem, it was indicated, would be to have the state committee rule the Eleventh district chairman shall lie elected at a convention of precinct | committeemen. . This would be much fairer, it was j pointed out, as the precincts represent more equitably the population. Protests continued to be heard roday from present Vigo county Democrats because the new Sixth district includes Warren county, which will make that district 8,000 Republican and so destroy the balance of power which existed in the old Fifth district. GOOD JOB IS WORTH SENTENCE TO MAN Fine Will Be Worked Out in Kitchen of County Jail. A job's a job to some persons, but ’o William Lacy, 52. address “where my hat’s at," some jobs even are worth going to jail for. His lengthy pleas failing to sway Municipal Judge Paul C. Wetter, Lacy v.’as fined $25 and costs today on charges of defrauding two; local hotels, one of his "weaknesses,” police fay. "Say, Judge, how about letting me serve out the fine across the street in jail?" Lacy asked. “I’ve been in there since Saturday, and I have a good job in the kitchen waiting tor me.” His request was granted. BUTLER MEN FORM SCHOLARSHIP ORDER Freshmen Association to Petition National Organization. Dr. Stanley A. Cain, chairman of Ihe men’s council at Butler university. today announced formation of the Freshman Scholarship Association at the university, organized to petition the national scholarship rratemity. Phi Eta Sigma. Eleven freshmen have been declared eligible to join the association and now are charter members of the organization. They are Herbert Egbert, William Gearhart. Elbert Gilliom, Hunter Kennedy, William P. McClelland, William Peacock. William Rassmussen, Carl W. Seet, Joseph Taylor. Richard Thompson and Julius Thorman. Members of the men’s council, who will act as sponsors of the organization, are Dr. Cain, Dr. A. C. Garnett, Professor Russell G. Weber, Professor Clyde Clark, Professor Nathan Carder and Dr. Merwyn Brldenatine. Aged Man Acquitted By Tim** Special MARION, Ind., March 11.—Grant superior court jury acquitted J. F. Hughes, 72. of a charge of criminally attacking Mrs. Mary Snodgrass, 70, Fairmount.

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SENATE BILLS SIGNED, MARCH 10. S. B. 26 (Peerktns of South Bend-Row-ley)—Defining the boundary line between St. Joseph and Laporte counties. Necessitated by change in course of Kankakee river. S. B. 88 (Perkins of Indianapolis) —Codifying the sewage ana drainage laws of Indianapolis. S. B. 110 (Slenker) —legalizes records of instruments executed by corporations where the corporate seal was not affixed to the record. S. B. 221 ißrown) —Legalizing assessments for construction of a sewer in the town ol Chesterton where the sewer was constructed under the drainage act. S. B. 255 (Clements-Kehoe) —Prohibiting appeal from decision of county commissioners in granting or denying claims for distribution of funds collected by donations for charitable, humane or philanthropic purposes. S. B. 314 (Rowley)—Abolishes all free automobile license plates for public officials. effective Dec. 31. 1931. HOUSE BILLS SIGNED. MARCH 10. H. B. 15 (Kenney)—Making the closed season on rabbits the same as that on quail. Jan. 11 to Nov. 10. Cuts about forty days from the open season on rabbits in the fall. Changes the open season on squirrel from Aug. 1-Nov. 1 to Sept. 1Oct. 15. H. B. 17—(Kistler)—Prohibits use of motor bdats on lakes of less chan 325 acres at low water mark from April 1 to June 15. to prevent death of fish. Provides fine of not more than $25 and maximum Imprisonment of six months lor violation. H. B. 231 (Ale-Denny)—Appropriates $6,800 to make tuberculin tests' cf cattle in counties where appropriations made by county councils are insufficient, and provides for the making of such tests by persons deputized bv the state veterinarian. H. B. 250 (Hoffman)—Amend 1913 act, as amended in 1914 and 1919. which permits incorporated towns to combine in the establishment of sewage and drainage districts. to include Chesterton. Porter. Dunes park and the proposed town of Port Williams. all in Porter county, and amends the present law to provide that, trustees of the sanitary district must obtain the consent of town aldermen, before voting bond issues. H. B. 255 (Kuesperti—Repeals 1929 Barrett law act and provides new regulations for the Issuance and collection of such bonds. Provides that when prepayment of such bonds are made bv property owners, the payer must pay interest for one year in advance of his payment date, and that such funds must be invested by city controller or treasurer in similar bonds, bearing interest at similar rates, and be held in trust bv the city until the bonds mature. It also provides that when bonds have matured without sufficient funds on hand to pay them, they shall draw interest after they have been stamped "not paid for want of funds.” no matter when, they were issued. H. R. 294 (Babcock-Ryan) Amends World War Memorial act to provide for a 4-mill tax for completion of shrine Into 1932. 1933, 1934. 193a. H. B. 299 (Core)—Provides for apportionment of the state's congressional districts. reducing the number from thirteen to twelve. H. B. 305 (Webb-Bates) —Appropriates S2O a week to be paid to Lester Bowles, who was partially paralyzed when a horse kicked him while he was serving as a sergeant in Battery A. 139th field artillery, at an annual encampment of the Indiana National Guard In Camp Knox. Kentucky, in 1927. H. B. 318 (Knightl—Permits Mill township. Grant county, to enter into contracts to have township pupils taught in public schools of Gas City and Jonesboro. H. B. 321 (Black-Streetl —Requires referendum before municipally owned utilities may be leased to private corporations. H. B. 330 iMcKesson-Knapp)—Appropri-ates. $2,000 to the historical bureau of the public library to print an edition of the Indiana territory laws of 1801 to 1809. H. B. 349 iSmlth of Laporte)—Provides that divorce decrees granted in cases where complaint has not been filed on same day as affidavit of residence shall be legal, but specifies that the act shall not affect pending legislation. Emergency. H. B 350 i Bates)—Provides that airports mav receive gasoline tax refunds on the basis of invoices presented to the county auditor when they issue invoices and keep duplicates providing for the deduction of such portions of the gasoline as are sold to automobiles and similar vehicles that use highways. H. B. 382 (Bennett-Farreil)— Biennia! appropriation measure authorizing expenditures of $75.939 588 during fiscal years 1931-1932 and 1932-1933. H. B. 462 (Webb-Coleman-Stolfe)—Per-mits county councils to appropriate funds to pav salaries and office expenses of persons to direct activities of boys and girls 4-H clubs on petition of 100 or more taxpayers. not less than five of whom shall be from each township in such oMunties. H. B. 515 (Stanton-Guernsey)—Amends 1929 act to permit fishermen to catch steelhead trout in nets. H. B. 554 >Simmons-McKesson-Core-Kenney-Knapp-Bvers-Purnas-Lte) —Levies a tax of one and a half mills in 1931 and 1932 to complete the George Rogers Clark Memorial at Vincennes. Hotel to Be Built KOKOMO, Ind., March 11.—W. E. Hawk, manager of the Court land hotel here, has been elected president of a corporation formed to erect a fourteen-story resort hotel af Indian Lake, O.

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OPERA SINGER SHOOTS SELF Gustafson Commits Suicide After Family Quarrel. By United Press NEW YORK, March 11.—'William Gustafson, leading basso with the Metropolitan Opera Company, committed suicide Tuesday night after a quarrel with his wife in their apartment, police said today. The dispute arose over a telephone call, according to police, and after a prolonged argument Mrs. Gustafson declared she would take their two children, Elizabeth, 7, and William, 6, and return to her mother’s home in Boston. Gustafson threatened to kill himself, but his wife discounted the threat because of his temperamental disposition. While she was preparing to leave, her husband took a pistol from a table drawer and shot himself in the temple. He was dead when an ambulance arrived. Police said the telephone call was from Mrs. Gustafson’s milliner, and that Mrs. Gustafson had criticised his abrupt manner of speaking to the woman. HOOSIER TO RECEIVE OLD AGE PENSION PEN Colorado Governor Makes Gift to Leader of Eagles Order. By United Press SOUTH BEND. Ind., March 11.— The pen used by Governor Adams of Colorado to sign a state-wide mandatory old age pension bill, will be sent to Frank E. Hering, South Bend, who for years, as a representative of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, has worked for such a. law in Indiana. After signing the bill and giving the pen to a national officer of the Eagles, who in turn will forward the pen to Hering for his collection, Governor Adams said: , “Old men and women who have lived fifteen years in Colorado and who, through no fault of their own, find themselves in destitute circumstances in their declining years, should receive more humane treatment than they now are receiving. It gives me great pleasure to sign this bill and congratulate the Fraternal Order of Eagles for its splendid work.” An old age pension bill passed by the 1931 general assembly of Indiana, also backed by the Eagles, was vetoed by Governor Harry G. Leslie. FORMER” JUDGE DIES A. W. Hamilton Completed Wells Circuit Court Term Jan. 1. By United Press BLUFFTON, Ind., March 11.—A. W. Hamilton, 57, who completed his term on the Wells circuit court bench Jan. 1, died at his home here Tuesday of a blood infection. Hamilton was a graduate of Indiana university law school, and a member of the Wells county bar since 1900. He was mayor of Bluffton from 1906 to 1910. He leaves his widow and three children.

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Construction of a cottage type unit structure to house 100 men patients at the Central State hospital is scheduled to start within a few days. Dr. Max A. Bahr, superintendent, announced today. The structure is the second cottage unit which will be erected in the institution’s twelve-year pro-

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HOOVER WILL I FIGHT SOVIET RECOGNITION •Traditional U. S. Terms’ Are Upheld in Statement at White House. SITUATION IS STUDIED Stimson’s Action Presages No Change in Relations of Diplomacy. By United Press WASHINGTON, March 12.—The White House has made it clear to the world it will oppose any move to recognize Soviet Russia save on the traditional American terms. This was the prevalent reaction today to the White House's impromptu statement that Secretary of State Henry L. £timson’s study of Russia presages no change in diplomatic relations. But there was no indication the study will be halted, although its findings may never be known. The Wliite House attitude was announced late Tuesday by one of the President’s secretaries at his daily press conference. It was prompted by both official and press speculation about Stimson’s real purpose in ordering a scientific examination of the Soviet state and its international position. Deny Recognition Plan. Some articles had hinted that the state department might be prepared to suggest recognition of the Moscow government. It was just this suggestion the White House wished to Scotch. Asa result of this statement, j diplomatic circles are more fully j convinced than ever of Mr. Hoover’s I thorough-going opposition to recognition except on the Hughes terms - —payments of debts to America; abstention from propaganda; and protection of life and property in Russia. Meanwhile, from an informed quarter came a tentative outline of j the sort of study Stimson probably ; will seek from his associates. It is deep, yet elementary. Deep Study Planned Such questions as these will be answered, as best they can be, for the secretary: Who are the real rulers of Russia? What are their methods? What is thier real foreign policy? What is this policy’s likely effect on other nations? Is the five-year plan proving a success? If so, what may be expected of its future economic effect on the rest of the World? Are the Russian masses happier and safer under Communism than under the czars? What modifications, if any, may be expected in the Communists theories and practices?

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Dorothy Jane Atkins Rehearsals of the Butler university Fairview follies chorus have been started under supervision of Miss Dorothy Jane Atkins, 4056 College avenue, Butler student dance director, and Newell Goodrich of the Indiana theater. Miss Atkins, a freshman and Pi Beta Phi sorority pledge, will give several feature numbers in the show, April 10 and 11.

gram to replace men’s buildings which were erected in 1846. Thirty bids were received by the trustees who awarded the general contract to Brown & Mick for $118,970. F. G. Janitz, with bid of $11,460 was awarded the heating and ventilating contract; Callon plumbing at

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Pie Racket Marion Firemen Sponsor What They Call a Contest.

By Times Special MARION, Ind., March 11.—Firemen at No. 4 station in the north part of the city are sponsoring anew type of contest which is proving popular with the firemen and which is causing some good-natured rivalry among women residing in that section of the city. The firemen have agreed to act as judges in a pie baking contest and the women have entered into the spirit of the affair and provide pies at noon each day for the firemen’s meals. Publicity given the contest in a local newspaper in which it was intimated that the contest probably would end in a tie with all entrants being required to bake another pie, caused firemen to register a complaint in which they declared that the contest would be ruined. LESLIE SIGNS BUDGET BILL u Only $167,242 Cut From State Appropriations. Government will go on as usual at the statehouse and about at the same price for the next two fiscal years. Governor Harry G. Leslie has signed the appropriation bill, which calls for state expenditures of $75,939,988 for the years 1931 to 1933. The measure was one which aided the deadlock and caused members of the general assembly to linger from midnight to noon Tuesday after the sixty-one-day deadline. Cuts totaling but $167,242 were made in the budget as submitted by the budget committee. Leslie has less to spend in the emergency fund, it having been cut from $200,000 to $125,000. Maintenance for the Governor’s mansion remains the same, SIO,OOO a year. Boy Wins Scholarship REMINGTON, Ind., March 11.— Howard Tyler is the third Remington boy to be awarded a four-year scholarship in Purdue university in four years.

$13,172, and C. L. Smith, electrical work at $3,380. Single rooms will house fiftytwo patients and four dormitories with twelve beds each wijl house forty-eight. Porches for summer use can be closed and heated. Employes will reside on the third floor.

CONTRACT LET ON HOOVER DAM Giant Black Canyon Project to Start at Once. By United Frees WASHINGTON, March 11.—Secretary of Interior Wilbur today signed an authorization awarding the construction of th>. giant Hoover dam and power plant on the Black canyon of the Colorado river to the Six Companies, Inc. Last week Six Companies, Inc., a combination of as many construction firms, made a low bid of $48,890,999 for the contract to build the dam and power plant. F. T. Crowe, manager of the companies, and for many years a construction engineer in the department, has notified Secretary Wilbur that his organization is prepared to start work within thirty-six hours after it receives formal notification to proceed. ‘FORGIVE AND FORGET’ Assailant and Victim Shake Hands in Courtroom. By United Press TERRE HAUTE, March 11.—The victim of a hammer attack and his assailant, Samuel Mclntosh, shook hands and agreed to “forgive and forget” in Vigo circuit court after Mclntosh had been sentenced to one to ten years on an assault and battery charge. I. O. Donaldson, victim of the attack, alleged to have occurred following Mclntosh’s discharge from a mine ’where Donaldson is foreman, appeared in court with his head bandaged due to injuries he received when Mclntosh struck him with a hammer. MUNCIE OFFICIAL" SUED Clerk Seeks Court Order to Force Payment by Controller. MUNCIE, Ind., March 11.—Muncie’s latest city hall clerk has been carried into the courts. A suit Seeks to mandate City Controller Lester Holloway to pay salary claims of an assistant in the city clerk’s office. Special appropriation was made by the city council for pay of the assistant, but Holloway contends the council’s action illegal inasmuch as he did not approve the appropriation. The mandamus hearing has been set for March 23 by Superior Judge Robert Murray. FOUR PIONEERS DEAD Aged Residents of Grant County Pass Within Few Days. By Times Special MARION, Ind., March 11.—Death has claimed four pioneer residents of Grant county. Edward H. Howell, 80. and his wife Ellen, 72, died within a few hours-of each other. Mrs. Elizabeth Peacock, 82, and Mrs. Nancy Smith, 87, also died. Mr. and Mrs. Howell recently observed their golden wedding anniversary. Their deaths were caused by pneumonia. They leave ten children. Mrs. Peacock leaves a son and Mrs. Smith, five children. Fanner’s Death Probed By Time* Special PRINCETON, Ind., March 11.— In an investigation of the death of F. M. White, a farmer, a Gibson county grand Jury visited the granary on his farm where his body was found Feb. 24 with a bullet wound In the head.

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The second class of ten young women to receive six free golf lessons each from The Indianapolis Times and the Roy Smith-Dick Nelson golf academy for writing best essays on “Why I Would Like to Play Golf” are progressing rapidly. Pictures of them at work with the woods, mashles and putters at the school located on the second floor of the Board of Trade building are shown here. Miss Nellie Truitt, (upper left), 2654 Allen street, just has lifted one into the top of the net with her mashie, while Miss Cecil Bauer (top center), 2724 Bellefontaine street, takes stance to give the gutta percha a ride into the net. In the upper right Mrs. Dorothy Gross, 6178 Norwaldo avenue, gets a line on the cup before she makes a practice putt. Miss Edith Meyer (lower left), 892 Middle drive, Woodruff Place, takes her time getting the line on her impending putt. In the center Miss Isadora Mason, girls’ gym teacher at Beech Grove high school, takes a back swing for a chip shot, while in the circle at the right you see Mrs. Mollie Riggs, apartment 2, 309 North Sherman drive, after she has driven a “skier.” In the lower oval, Miss Ella Barricklow, 319 East Sixteenth street, Is about to swat one. Among the first twenty girls to receive free golf lessons there has been but one southpaw. In the lower right Miss Margaret Haines, 1701 South Emerson avenue, is about to take a cut with a mashie. The essay contest for the third class, to begin lessons next Monday, closes at midnight tonight. All that is required of you is that you write an’ essay of not more than 150 words on “Why I Would Like to Play Golf” and mail it to The Times golf contest editor. No expense attached, no equipment needed, so >vrite yours at once.

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JURY TO GET ‘TORCH CASE’ BEFORENIGHT Closing Arguments Start in Schroeder Trial for Murder. DEFENDANT IS FLAYED Prosecutor Bitter in His Attack: Holmes Pounds State’s Evidence. ~ (Continued from Page One)

bama ‘killer.’ That’s the first time in Stark’s life he ever got out of bed that early.” “By God, it isn’t safe to take a men’s life on circumstantial evidence,” Holmes ejaculated, referring to the state's demand for the death penalty. Tolmes elaborated on irrelevancies in the testimony of state witnesses, and declared the state never had proved the venue of. the crime. Holmes attacked the indictment a3 “flimsy.” “It was inherited by Wilson and. his staff. They can't be held responsible for the way the case was handed to them, ’ he declared. Recalling testimony of authorities and their offer to take Schroeder to the Illinois scene of the alleged accident, Holmes said: “They didn’t dare take him there, and they know it. They were afraid I’de be on them with a writ of habeas corpus for taking this man out of the state.” Spectators Get Laughs Many points in Holmes’ arguments included stories that drew laughter from spectators. Defense cases ended abrupty before noon Tuesday, after only three defense witnesses testified. They were his father, Ernest Schroeder, 71, of Clarion, la., and two men who told of conditions of ditches cn the National road thirtyfive miles west of Terre Haute, where Schroeder says his hitchhiker passenger died of a broken neck as the car plunged into a ditch. The accused man’s father testified as to the one-time insanity of his wife, Mrs. Laura King Schroeder, and Schroeder’s grandmother. Schroeder had filed a special plea of insanity to the grand jury indictment charging him with first degree murder. Alienists Tell Story Alienists who testified were Dr. Charles D. Humes and Dr. E. Rogers Smith. Their examination was made at city hospital, where Schroeder was confined for the week-end while his trial was recessed. Baker questioned the alienists on the stand Tuesday afternoon. Holmes spent a greater part of the afternoon session cross-examining them. Holmes attempted to show that Schroeder was temporarily insane at the time of the purported accident and when he set fire to the car and its cargo. Both physicians declared that such insanity would last for a period of months or years They testified that Schroeder'r. only complaint after being captured was of “stomach trouble.” No “Momentary Insanity” Both Dr. Smith and Dr. Humes declared there is no such thing as momentary insanity, and that Schroeder’s story bore the stamp of a “defense of himself rather than being the remarks of an insane man.” Holmes tried to show that shock and fright of the accident could have produced a state of temporary insanity. Both alienists denied this. “Schroeder at the most was only emotionally upset,” Dr. Smith testified. “If a person picked up a hitch hiker and later ran his automobile into a ditch after falling asleep I suffering shock to himself, and oiii awakening, found that his companion was dead, and then, laboring under an uncontrollable impulse, set fire to the automobile, and burned the body of a man, would you say he was responsible for his acts?” Holmes asked Dr. Smith Os Sound Mind “Yes, I would say he was," was the answer, “Would a person who had a history of insanity on his maternal side be more susceptible to impulses than one who had no ancestral traces of insanity?” Holmes asked "He would not," Dr. Smith responded. • such an accident causa mental delusions?” “Not necessarily. The person might have other reasons for doing what he did afterward ” “Unquestionably, this man was of n r Un if.J and JJ® of this crime.” Dr. Smith added. Dr Humes testified that Schroemorals^’& Sense ° f ethlcs and „„ 7 lnjured Woman Asks $20,000 By Times Special ANDERSON, ind., March 11 _ Damages of $20,000 are asked in' a ‘ suit filed by Mrs. Jessie Antone Anderson, against David Neal, New. castle, as the result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident

‘Vampires' to Win Prizes The judges will be able to announce the winners In the Dracula vampire art contest conducted by The Indianapolis Times and the Circle theater, in relation to the showing of “Dracula” there this week. The cash winners will be anounced in Thursday’s Times.