Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 19, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 June 1931 — Page 3

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PRESBYTERIANS BACK DAILY TO ELECT HOOVER New ‘Christian Newspaper' in N. Y. Also to Fight for Dry Law. By United Press PITTSBURGH, June 2.—Proposed establishment of a “daily Christian newspaper" in New York City to support President Herbert Hoover and prohibition In the presidential campaign of 1932, today was approved by the one hundred fortythird general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States in session here. No promise of financial aid in the project was made by the assembly. A recommendation that a study be made of the unemployment problem was in the report of the board of national missions on the basis of three communications from presbyteries on that subject. The movement against lynching and all forms of mob violence was indorsed in a resolution urging support of the inter-racial commission in its work among Negroes. The assembly voted not to withdraw from the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, because of the council's pronouncements on birth control and other subjects. Church Council Reprimanded

The vote was vocal after leaders of both sides of the discussion had voiced their opinions. The report adopted merely reprimanded the r xmcil for its action and stated that the council had no authority to speak for its membership denominations. Delegates from three churches which have presented invitations for the 1932 assembly have been campaigning for their respective districts. Invitations have been received from Seattle, Denver and Los Angeles. J . . The assembly Monday adopted three reports, those of the board of Christian education, the American Tract Society and the special commission on marriage, divorce and re-marriage. Criticise Immoral Pictures The education report included resolutions on prohibition, world peace, compulsory military training and conscientious objectors to bearing arms in time of war. The American Tract Society report commented upon the growth of atheism in the United States and outlined its work to combat the movement. The marriage commission report criticised Hollywood for "depicting" immorality in motion pictures and Nevada for its divorce courts. FOUR NEW AUDITORS PUT IN STATE OFFICE Names Are Added to Pay Roll of Public Service Board. Webb Gilbert, chief accountant of the public service commission, today announced the appointment of four new auditors. Those back on the public pay roll from which they were dropped when the Democrats took office the first of the year are: J. D. Thacker, for eight years field auditor in the automobile license department; Frank Richards, formerly deputy state treasurer; James M. Hadley, former deputy postmaster of Plainfield, and Ralph Bobbitt, brother of the former auditor of state, and for a time night clerk in the automobile license department. Miss Claris Gibson of Danville was also appointed a stenographer in the department. U. S. ERRED ON INDIAN TRAINING, SAYS HURLEY Should Have Been Taught to “Grab,’’ War Chief Tells Grads. By United Press BACONE, Okla.. June 2—This government’s outstanding error in dealing with the Indians was in not seizing their land to teach them acquisitiveness, Secretary of War Hurley today told the graduating class of Bacone college. Speaking in the institution where he graduated twenty-six years ago today, the secretary said: “In my opinion, it would have been far more honorable to have disregarded the Indian claim to any land to have given to the Indian citizenship, and to have given him an education. Through generations, we should have taught him values. We should have instilled In him the acquisitive sense of our own race." LIVES FOR 38 YEARS AFTER BREAKING SPINE Telephone I.ineman Spent Most of life in Carriage. By Science Service SHEFFIELD, England, June 2.—A man who lived for thirty-eight years after having had his spine broken has just been reported by Douglas Green, a physician of this city, to the Lancet, British Medical Journal. Two years is generally considered the longest a person can be expected to live after such an injury, Mr. Green pointed out. The patient was a telephone linesman who fell from a high telephone pole and broke his spine in 1892, when he was 21 years old. After a stay in the hospital, he was sent home and continued to live until he died of kidney trouble, just after his sixtieth birthday this year. Both legs and the lower abdominal muscles were paralyzed as a result of the Injury and the patient had been forced to live in a spinal carriage. SPLIT TICKET ELECTED Evans Woollen Jr. Named President •f Service Club. A split ticket was elected at the Service Club annual election Monday. Evans Woollen Jr., who was named president; William Gavin, treasurer, and John Bookwalter, aergeant-at-arms, were white ticket candidates, and Perry Lesh, vicepresident, and Roy Murphv. secretary, went over as blue ticket candkiatea

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Bade farewell by a throng of friends who packed the church at his funeral, Lafayette A. Jackson, head of the Standard grocery chain, slept today in Crown Hill cemetery, victim of bandits against whom he drew a gun last Wednesday. Search for the slayers pressed on as eulogies echoed from the pulpit of Centra; Christian church, and demands fer their punishment were backed by friends of the slain grocery executive with rewards of $2,600, inaugurated by The Times. Stores Are Closed Mr. Jackson was buried Monday afternoon. The funeral cortege moved from the home at 2258 North Illinois street to the church where the Rev. William Shullenberger, pastor, preached. A motorcycle police squad headed the procession from the church to the cemetery, where, covered with a

COLE TALKS TO SCHOOL HEADS Politics Grip Is Threat to Office, He Asserts. More than ninety county school superintendents in the Travertine room of the Lincoln this morning heard from George S. Cole, state superintendent of public instruction, the contention that in Indiana the office he now holds constantly is threatened with a political whirlpool. This afternoon, following a business session, educators were to discuss several problems confronting superintendents in building curricula, and Wallace Bruce Armsbary of Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, will speak. "The state superintendent,” said Cole, "is subject to the advice and direction of the state board of education and the leaders of his party. Under no conceivable circumstances can there be greater possibilities for a state superintendent to be drawn into the maelstrom of politics than right here in Indiana." He added, however, that thus far he has not been troubled with political interference with policies he sought to pursue. HINT FREIGHT HIKE 10 Per Cent Rail Boost Reported Coming. By United Press CHICAGO, June 2. —Executives of railroads throughout the United States may confer within a few weeks on a proposal to regain lost revenue by increasing freight rates by 10 per cent, it was reported here today. Members of the Western Association of Railway Executives were said to be In favor of the increase. It was known that the executives considered such a proposal at a meeting here Monday. “We have decided to discuss the matter of rate advances with the eastern roads.” said H. W. Higgins, president of the western association. It was reported reliably that the western roads are willing to join the eastern carriers in seeking an horizontal increase of 10 per cent, if thq eastern roads are willing. SPONSOR JTORALSHOW Irvington Society to Award Prizes in Amateur Garden Contest. Peonies will toss their colorful heads in challenge to each other at a floral show sponsored by the Irvington Flower Garden Society in Carr's hall, Irvington, Friday afternoon and Saturday. The contest is for amateur gardeners. and prizes will be contributed by peony growers of Irvington. The display will be open to the public, and Sunday the flowers will be given to various churches. RANSACK CITY SCHOOL Marauden Rifle Desks at No. 50 Thefts Thought Small. Pupils in Nathaniel Hawthorne school. No. 50, Belle Vieu place and Ohio street, rather enjoyed the confusion they found in classrooms this morning. Marauders, during the night, had tansacked desks throughout the building, Dan Repp, custodian, told police, but apparently removed nothing.

blanket of orchids, the casket was laid in the grave. Pallbearers were George A. Hilgemeier. John P. Frenzel Jr.. Samuel Ashby, C. A. Hilgenberg, Walter J. Slate, Joseph Buning, T. C. Dye of Dayton, 0., and David L. Hirsch of Louisville. The big chain of 250 Standard groceries closed during the funeral, which virtually all employes attended. Shot Down by Bandits Mr. Jackson was shot down by one of two bandits who tried to rob the headquarters store at 419 East Washington street. The owner of the chain fired four times at the gunman before he fell to the floor, mortally wounded. Bullets that killed him are being examined by patrolman Arch Ball, ballistics expert, but thus far no discoveries have been made that might lead to identification of the slayers, Ball said this morning.

Dead? Not Me! By United Press DANBURY, Conn.. June 2. Six persons, including three policemen, identified the body of an aged mar. found dead as result of suicide Monday night as George Taylor. While they were standing around the body, Taylor pushed through the crowd, peered at the body and said, “Nope, it ain’t me.” The victim had cut his throat with a razor.

PROBE POISON CASES Seek to Link Chicago Widow to More Killings. By United Press CHICAGO, June 2.—State’s Attorney John A. Swanson ordered further investigation today in the case of Mrs. Margaret Summers, accused of poisoning four men and suspected in fifteen other mysterious deaths. “We know that four persons who lived at her house died of arsenic poison, and that she got their insurance,” said Swanson, "but we have yet to learn where the poison was procured, how it was administered and by whom.” The 47-year-old widow has been charged formally with killing four men by a coroner’s jury. That Mrs. Summers had been married six times instead of five was discovered Monday night and an investigation was started to learn what had become of Warren J. Merrett, to whom she was married about six years ago.

HEADS BUTLER UNION Norman Hanna Chosen President of Campus Organization. Formerly a member of the governing board of Men’s Union at

Butler university, Norman Hanna, 6177 College avenue. has been made president of the organization. The presidency is one of few allcampus offices at Butler. Hanna is a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. All men students on the campus are eligible to membership in the union.

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which annually sponsors Fain-lew Follies, the student revue, and a series of mixers for men students. SCALDED BY COFFEE City Woman Faints, Bucket Tipping Over; Treated at Hospital. Scalded by hot coffee, Mrs. Mildred Arthur, 2235 North Meridian street, was treated today at city hospital. She fainted in a house in the rear of that address Monday, and in falling, pulled a bucket of coffee from the stove on her body. Rare Old Wine Found By United Press AUBURN, N. Y., June 2.—Attic cleaning proved profitable to Robert Westover, veteran attache of Auburn prison. He unearthed several bottles of wine, of forty-year vintage. The wines, according to Westover, were brewed by an Auburn prison inmate who was serving a term as a murderer, forger and pickpocket.

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00Y KILLER OF POLICEMAN TO PLEADINSANITY Defense. Attorneys Charge Confessions Wrung From Youths. By United Press CHICAGO, June 2.—A defense of insanity will be made for Varner Corry, 15, who shot a policeman with a pistol which he carried because it “fascinated” him, attorneys for the youth and two companions charged with murder, announced today. Charges that police intimidated the boys and took advantage of their youth in obtaining confessions to the shooting, also were made by Ransom E. Walker and Samuel Antonow, defense attorneys. “Society is on trial—not these children,” said Antonow. “At least two of these boys are not guilty, and I have my doubts about the third. Citizens are losing power every day to the police, as is shown by the fact that confessions were squeezed from these three children.” While the boys sat wide eyed and awed in a crowded west side undertaking parlor, authorities puzzled over what to do with them. If Varner is indicted on first degree murder charges and prosecutors ask for his death, he faces the electric chair. Earl and Schuyler likely will be placed under jurisdiction of the juvenile court. Boys Are Stunned The story of the forbidden swim and the killing of the policeman at the edge of the white-tiled pool, aS told by witnesses;, seemed to stun Varner, Earl and Schuyler. Varner, a Boy Scout, a member of the Y. M. C. A., and regarded by his teachers as a model student, w-as particularly impressed. The story goes thus: The school was closed Saturday afternoon. The flaming - haired Corry brothers and their companion shinned up a drain pipe, forced open a window, doffed all their clothes and soon were laughing and splashing in the cool water of the pool. In Varner’s pocket was a revolver he had found in a desk at the schoolhouse a few days previously. Like the heroes in detective stories he had read, Varner carried the gun in a home-made holster. Janitress Calls Officer A janitress heard the youths shouting in the water. She called patrolman Smith. He rushed in, ordered them from the water, and told them to get dressed so that he could take them to the police station. They struggled, dripping wet, into their clothes. Varner felt the gun in his holster. He pulled it out and shouted “Hands up.” 'The patrolman ducked behind a pillar, drawing his gun, but Varner fired first, and Smith- fell at the edge of the pool. The officer shot once and Varner fired two more bullets In his body. The boys rushed out the window and down the drain pipe, only to be recognized by playmates in the school yard. Their arrest followed. Mrs. Helen Smith, widow of the slain officer, was among the inquest witnesses. She pointed at Varner and screamed hysterically: Wife Point;; Him Out “There’s the boy who killed my husband! There’s that model killer!” Varner cringed. Earl sobbed. Schuyler seemed to shudder. Mrs. Adelaine Corry, mother of the brothers, was dazed with grief. She told how she had attempted to guide her boys in righteous paths by giving them good books to read, by encouraging them in their Boy Scout and Y. M. C. A. activities. “Varner was a good boy,” she said brokenly. "A model, I thought. I always tried to surround my children with the happiest and finest influences in the belief that that would help more than strict parental discipline. “If Varner had run around with bad boys, I might have expected something like this, but I frequently had to coax him to leave his books and play with other youngsters. “And my poor little boy. Earl .. .” Tears choked off Mrs. Corry’s words. She has been an art teacher in schools here for twenty years. | ABOLISH FEDERAL IOBS | Five Supervisors of Indian Affairs Reassigned New Duties. By United Press WASHINGTON, June 2. —The office of educational supervisor of the five civilized tribes will be abolished about July 1, Indian Commissioner Rhods announced today. This action, he said, is part of a general plan for reorganizing the educational activities of the office of Indians affairs. All of the socalled “independent educational agents” will be reassigned to new duties and the whole service will be co-ordinated.

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Varney Corry, 15, right, telling Police Captain Patrick Collins, left, how he killed a policeman who surprised him and two chums who had broken into a Chicago school building and were swimming in the school’s pool. Earl Corry, who was with Varner when the shooting took place, is standing in the center.

‘CODE SUICIDE' WOMANBURIED Unclaimed, Lillian Wilmer Is Laid to Rest. Unclaimed by relatives or friends, the body of the “code suicide” woman, known as Lillian Wilmer, was laid to rest Monday afternoon in Memorial Park cemetery. More than a month ago, persons living in an apartment building at 2010 North Meridian street, battered their way into the woman’s gas-filled rooms and found her dead. She had lain her head, blanket-covered, on a gas stove so there would be no escape from death. Hundreds of persons viewed the body. Known to .many as Lillian Wilmer, the woman was identified by others as Elizabeth McKenzie. Bank account in the latter name was found by investigators. Cause for the suicide never was determined by investigators. The burial was ordered by Coroner Fred W. Vehling. GALL MASS MEETING Protest of Farm Term for Theodore Luesse. To protest the one-year state farm sentence and SSOO fine given Theodore Luesse, Communist leader, for obstructing legal process in an eviction case, a mass meeting of the International Labor Defense has been called for the Workers’ center, 932% South Meridian street, at 8 Thursday night. The defense organization is appealing Luesse’s conviction to the state supreme court. It also is conducting a campaign against what it charges is violation of constitutional rights in Indianapolis which has resulted in arrests involving freedom of speech and assembly. Richard B. Moore, New York, will be principal speaker at the mass meeting. Other speakers will include J. Zimmerman and N. Ross, Indianapolis. FIREMAN RESIGNS AS TRIAL IS SCHEDULED Another Restored to Duty After Suspension; Loses Pay. Resignation of Frank D. Leatherman, city fireman at pumper station 22, who recently was suspended on a charge of intoxication while on duty, was presented to the safety board today and was accepted. He was to have been tried before the board today. Fireman Mahlon Myers, pumper company 22, charged with conduct unbecoming a fireman in that he frequently drank liquor, pleaded guilty before the board and was restored to duty with a reprimand, after twelve days’ suspension without pay. John A. Staab, 408 Ruskin place, was appointed to the fire department to fill a vacancy caused by death, following a conference of the board with Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan. Blast Injures Boy By United Press LOGANSPORT, Ind., June 2. Raymond Clem, 9, is in a serious condition here today following explosion of a dynamite cap. One hand was amputated and his sight was impaired.

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IMPEACHING OF GOVERNOR IS DEMANDED Tennessee House Acts to Bring Horton Before Senate Court. BY REX R. GOAD rnittd Preta Staff Correspondent NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 2. Eight articles of Impeachment, charging Governor Henry Horton with various deeds of maladministration, ranging from alleged conspiracy with poUtical friends for their own gain, to “moral delinquency” in purchase of a $2,850 piano out of state funds, were presented to the state house of representatives today. If the house approves the articles, the senate will sit as a trial court, with the Governor as defendant. The chief executive has been under fire since last fall, when various banks controlled by Rogers Cald-

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well, failed, tying up nearly $7,000,* 000 in state funds. The articles presented to the lower house were drawn up by a committee of five members, who found their basis for the charges in the majority report of a legislative committee that investigated the Horton administration. The first count of eight in the articles, made public last week, charged Governor Horton conspired wtih Caldwell, and his associate. Colonel Luke Lea, newspaper publisher, to manipulate state funds for their own gain. RIOT DEATH TOLL HIGH 60 Killed, 400 Seriously Hart la Germany This Year. By Cnitfd Prrt* BERLIN, June 2.—Approximately sixty have been killed, more than 400 have been seriously injured and about 1,000 have been less gravely ' hurt In political demonstrations in Germany since Jan. 1, according to conservative estimates obtained today. Some sources estimated tha killed as high as 150. Despite President Paul von Hindenburg's political decrees of March 28, limiting demonstrations, fifteen were killed and over 200 were wounded during the month of April alone.