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TOW-IN LAW 1$ EFFECTIVE ON WEDNESDAY City Council Does Net Act on Business Men’s Repeal Pleas. COURT FIGHT POSSIBLE Officials Prepare to Resume Impounding on New Traffic Rule. Cars parked in violation of the new traffic ordinance prohibiting downtown parking from 7 to 9:15 a. m. will be towed in Wednesday morning with resumption of enforcement of the law following legal delay of several weeks. Decision to enforce the law again was reached today by the safety board and other city officials after city councilmen Monday night turned a deaf ear to pleadings of business men that the morning parking ban is a handicap on downtown business interests. How long the new traffic law will be enforced with the impounding and parking ban clauses, remained a question today in view of the business men's threats that an injunction suit will be filed to block carrying out of the regulations by police. Business men will attack the law chiefly on the 7 to 9:15 a. m. parking ban, but William Boyce, attorney for the protesters, said other sections of the ordinance, including sticker fee collections by police, will be assailed. Unless a special council meeting is called or a temporary restraining order issued, the parking ban is certain to receive at least two weeks’ trial. Two ordinances, one modified and the other rescinding the ban, were introduced *at the council meeting Monday night, but will not be acted on until the next regular meeting in two weeks. Have Little Support The ordinance repealing the ban, introduced by Councilman George A. Henry, appeared to have little support from other council members. The modifying ordinance, prepared by City Attorney James E. Deery, would reduce the area under ban, making the boundaries Capitol avenue, Maryland, Delaware and Ohio streets and changing starting hour fVom 7 to 8 a. m. Enforcement of the parking ban was halted the third day after it was started when William A. Boyce Jr., former city clerk, discovered a flaw in the ordinance. Boyce Monday night voiced pleas of business men who signed petitions asking removal of the ban as harmful to business and unnecessary. The city already has a weapon to deal with the all-day parker in the previous* sticker ordinance, if it is enforced, Boyce claimed. Voices Similar Protest Boyce cited figures to show only a small proportion of sticker fees were collected, declaring “there is no reason why business men should be penalized because of failure of the city to enforce the old ordinance.” Similar protest was voiced by E. G. Segal, representing the Indianapolis Union railway, who urged provision be made to permit parking in the vicinity of Union station. Stephen A. Clinehens, who said he represented Butler-Fairview Civic League; Prank Fishback, chairman of the protesting business men’s committtee, also presented objections to the ban. H. A. Hildebrand, Boyd W. Templeton and O. G. Passwater asked a change in the ordinance permitting parking on one side of Delaware street and Washington boulevard from Fall Creek boulevard to Thirtieth street. Councilmen instructed the legal department to prepare an ordinance granting this request. A number of business men who signed petitions for removal of the parking ban attended the meeting. FILM COMBINE CHARGED Paramount Publix Named in Report of Canada Probe. By United Press OTTAWA. July 7.—The Paramount Publix Corporation of the United States was named today in a royal investigating commission report as a leading party in an alleged motion picture combine in Canada. The report, made by Peter White as roya' commissioner, held that Paramount Publix owned 93 per cent of the stock of the Famous Players Canadian Corporation, thereby being the active power in control of the combine. TRADE BOARD INSTALLS 11 W. Hathaway Simmons Takes Office as Head of Organization. Indianapolis Board of Trade installed officers Monday at a meeting or tifte board of governors. They are W. Simmons, president; Johli, P, Frenzel Jr., vice-president; Tom Oddy, treasurer, and William H, Ho -ward, secretary.

A r o Speeches! Cit#/ councilmen, board and department heads will be guests of Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan at an informal dinner at Fo-est Park inn, near Noblesvviie, at 6 Monday night. Program* of entertainment will be rest r j C f e( j f 0 ••gamboling on the ?reen (accent the ‘ol’) and no speeches,” the mayor promise^

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SALESMAN ENDS LIFE BY^ RAZOR John Rehm Sr. Slashes His Throat in Bathroom. Slashing his throat with a razor, John E. Rehm Sr., 55, of 5250 North Delaware street, salesman for a Chicago roofing firm, today committed suicide at his home. Mr. Rehm, who had been ill several months following injuries sustained in a fall in a hotel, recently had been on the verge of a nervous collapse, members of his family said. He went to the bathroom this morning and locking the door, ended his life. His body was found by members of the family, who crawled through a transom to enter the bathroom. Coroner Fred W. .Vehling investigated and sent the body to J. J. Blackwell undertaking establishment, 926 North Capitol avenue. Funeral services wlil be held at the home at 2 Thursday afternoon, followed by burial in Crown Hill cemetery. Mr. Rehm resided In Indianapolis twenty-one years, coming here from his birthplace in Lancaster, Pa. He was a Mason and a deacon of the Second Presbyterian church. Surviving him are the widow, Mrs. Caroline Rehm: three sons, John E. Rehm Jr., Richard and William Rehm; two daughters, Ruth and Caroline; a brother, Warren, in Lancaster; and two sisters, Mrs. J. H. Thorbahn of Boston and Mrs. S. Carl Meyer, Menominee, Wis.

PAPAL ACCORD NEAR Fascist, Church Breach End Awaits Duce’s Note. By United Press ROME, July 7. Marked relief from tension of the last several days was apparent today as Rome and Vatican City awaited an anticipated conciliatory note from Premier Benito Mussolini. Antagonism of the Italian press, prevailing since the papal encyclical of last week, underwent sudden modification as it became known that the premier was taking a moderate position which might bring early termination of the discords prevalent for weeks. KILLER GETS 100 YEARS Sentence Pronounced on Cop Slayer Three Hours After Indictments. By United Press CHICAGO, July 7.—Just three hours and twenty-three minutes after he was indicted on a murder charge, Coy Thompson of Louisville, Ky., was placed in an automobile and started to the state penitentiary to serve a term of 100 years. Thompson was charged with killing a policeman. ' SHOT AS SHE SLEPT Woman Riddled by Pistol Blast as She Lays in Bedroom. By United Press CHICAGO, July 7.—Mrs. Rose Miraglia, 68, was shot nine times early today as she slept in her home. Police believed her assailant leaned through an open window of her bedroom and fired with a pistol in each hand. Mrs. Miraglia was taken" to a hospital in a dying condition. HOOVER TO GET PLEA Capper to Ask Aid for Kansas Wheat Fanners. By United Press WASHINGTON, July 7.—Senator Capper (Rep., Kan.) said today he would carry directly to Presktv* Herbert Hoover h(s appeal that Kansas wheat farmers be further assisted by the federal farm board. “We didn’t get much encouragement from the farm board,” Capper said. “I am going to put the whole thing up to the President, telling I him just how things are out there.” <

in o/d cane ‘■t the hands of a hoy early this morning most stopped burglar who rept into a house and made away with S7O. Here is pictured f red Schenck, 18, the son, with the cane he used as a weapon when the burglar's footsteps awoke him. It was through the door behind Fred that the intruder entered.

Prowler Flees Home With S7O as Youth Wields Cane in Pursuit. A son’s courage and a cane fought a losing battle against a burglar early today. Retreating under a flurry of blows from the stick the burglar escaped with about S7O lodge dues from the home ot Zilpha Schenck, 517 North Sheffield avenue. He had pushed a key from the rear door, sneaked through two rooms into a downstairs bedroom where Miss Esther Schenck, 25, was sleeping, and had withdrawn the money from beneath the mattress. A creaking floor board and an erratic step through the dark which sent him stumbling over a rocking chair, awoke Fred Schenck, 18. In the gloom Fred saw the form of a man moving toward the door. Swinging the cane he lunged at the intruder and shouted to awaken his family. A blow from the burglar before he dashed through the door to freedom scratched Fred’s cheeks and arm. Mast disconsolate of the Schenck household today was Toots, a small, white, gingery housedog, whose barks, the family say, never fail to threaten any stranger near the house. But early this morning when a real burglar came in, Toots was sleeping at his post. It was not until the entire family was aroused that his yelps increased the din that sped the thief away. Balloon Entry Approved •By United Press WASHINGTON, July 7. The navy department today authorized entrance of a naval balloon in the national elimination races, scheduled for July 18 at the municipal airport at Akron, O.

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By United Press WASHINGTON, July 7.—President Hoover is “the boss to Ogden L. Mills, acting secretary of the treasury. When Mills emerged from Mr. Hoover’s office after the last French note on the debt moratorium had been re-

ceived, questioners immediately surrounded him. 1 on ll have to see the boss,’’ Mills said, pointing his thumb over his shoulder.

By United Press Atlantic city, n. j., July 7. —When some Indians appearing in a rodeo went on the warpath, terrifying their customers. there w'as an investigation, and after the investigation, Morris Seaman, 27, denied selling the Indians firewater. “I did give one or two of them a nip out of my bottle,” he admitted, and was held in SSOO bail. tt tt tt By. United Press Montebello, cal., July 7. Samuel Bowlby, 50, was without funds and thought himself a source of concern to many people. Dead, he would annoy no one. He drove his automobile up against the back door of an undertaking establishment and sent a bullet through his head. The body was carried ten feet into the mortuary.

By United Press " * " KANSAS CITI , Mo., July 7.—When a dog crawled under a porch to get away from patrolman H. S. Doennecke the retreat was strategic. The officer crawled under the porch, too, his gun was discharged during the maneuvers and he shot himself in the leg.

Generally fair and somewhat cooler tonight and Wednesday.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1931

SCHWAB AGAIN BUYS CONTROL OF STUTZ CO. Purchases 70 Per Cent of Common Stock in Motor Firm. DUE HERE THIS WEEK Famed Industrial Leader Will Outline Future Program, Policies. Re-entering the business field in Indianapolis, Charles M. Schwab, internationally-known industrial leader, today again became holder cf the largest block of common stock in the Stutz Motor Car Company of America, Inc. Announcement of the purchase of 70 per cent of the firm’s common stock by Schwab and associates was made by ofacials of the motor company. Schwab, they announced, will come to Indianapolis Thursday. He will spend the majority of the day in conference with leaders of the automobile manufacturing company outlining future program and policies of the concern. Sold His Interests For many years Schwab was the largest stockholder of the company, but sold his interests and retired from the board of directors of the company. In a statement directed to Stutz officials, Schwab said: “It seems to me the progress made by Stutz this year is nothing short of marvelous. The management deserves great credit for what it has accomplished, and it is one of the miracles in the entire history of the automotive industry how any company could have done so well as Stutz since the crash of the stock market.” “I Take My Hat Off’’ The war-time sl-a-year man added that “I take my hat off to the boys at Stutz.” Since January, the company has increased its surplus more than $2,225,000, according to a report of officers. In this time the ratio of quick assets to quick liabilities has shifted from 1.6 to 1 to 11.4 to 1, they said. In addition the company’s net quick assets have increased by more than SBOO,OOO during the first six months of the year and $92,000 of the firm’s outstanding bonds have been retired, they said. Under clear skies, the mercury rose to 85 at noon, the second highest Indianapolis temperature recorded since the heat wave smashed last week. The weather bureau forecast calls for cooler weather tonight in this section of the state followed by similar mercury drops in other parts Wednesday. Record temperature for July 7 was set fifty-seven years ago when the mercury touched 97. The present record for the year is 98.4, established at the height of the recent heat wave. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 70 10 a. m 84 7a. m 73 11 a. m 85 Ba. m 78 12 (noon).. 85 9a. m 80 Ip. m 87

By United Press LOS ANGELES, July 7.—Superior Judge B. Rey Schauer reached for his fountain pen in a desk set to sign his name to a court order, and discovered that the pen and desk set were gone. A bailiff informed him that Judge Charles W. Fricke, in an adjoining chamber, also had reached for a pen to find it gone. The sheriff’s office today has the hall of justice under surveillance. a a By United Press TOLIET, 111., July 7.-=Lynette J Kemp, 23, quit her job as life guard at Joliet municipal pool in order that she might have more time to swim. She said in her resignation that the one hour daily she was allotted for going in the water for pleasure was not sufficient.

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Clarence Darrow to Aid Steve’s Fight Against High Court Stand. BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY. Clarence Darrow, famous Chicago criminal lawyer, spent this morning at the statehouse trying to find out what would be the best procedure in the interest of his client, D. C. Stephenson. He conferred with Attorney-Gen-eral James M. Ogden and Judge David A. Myers of the supreme court, but- at noon, neither Darrow nor the Stephenson attorneys had come to a definite conclusion. When he returned to his room at the Claypool, he found a huge bouquet of roses labeled “From Friends of D. C. Stephenson.” Darrow was scheduled to appear before the supreme coutt this afternoon and argue against a writ of prohibition forbidding habeas corpus action for Stephenson in Laporte superior court. The morning quest was In an effort to reach a decision as to whether or not this procedure should be abandoned. If not, the case is scheduled to get under way at 2 p. m. A large crowd is expected to be on hand to hear Darrow talk. Upholds Martin View He will uphold the viewpoint of Chief Justice Clarence R. Martin of the court that the issuance of a writ of prohibition in the case is unconstitutional. The four other judges of the court, however, joined in issuing a temporary writ restraining Judge Harry L. Crumpacker from hearing the habeas corpus, and today’s argument was on making the writ permanent. Kenneth Osborne, Laporte county attorney, filed a return for Judge Crumpacker with the court this morning and a motion to quash the temporary writ. This joined the issues and permits Darrow to argue if he so decides. Here for Square Deal “But I am here in the first place to see that Stephenson gets a square deal and‘a new trial,” Darrow declared. “I am ready to do anything to bring that about. For I feel that the man is not guilty of murder and is serving an unjust life sentence.” Stephenson, former Indiana Klan dragon and political power, is serving a life sentence for the death of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, an Indianapolis girl. His murder appeal has been pending, fully briefed, in the supreme court since 1928. James H. Parker and B. C. Jenkines, Gary attorneys who instituted the present habeas corpus action, are with Darrow in the case and prepared to proceed. Darrow, however, pointed out that should a habeas corpus action be successful, the matter only would be appealed to the supreme court any way. Wants to Argue Merits He would like to argue the merits of issuing such a writ, which he believes is not within the. jurisdiction of the court except as an extraordinary remedy w*hen the government itself is threatened, he declared. “A lawyer’s duty is to think first of the welfare of his client, however,” Darrow declared. This is the first case in which the 74-year-old lawyer and social philosopher has interested himself in the last three years. “And there will be no fees, because I’ve quit working for money,” he asserted. Throughout a long career, Darrow has done similar things, always taking the unpopular side of the case where he feels that justice has not been done.

CHUCK WIGGINS MAY GO TO JAIL AGAIN

A GREAT decision —not of the pugilistic kind—rested today on the husky shoulders of Chuck Wiggins, the “Hoosier Playboy,” and, in turn, friend and enemy of police. On March 12, Wiggins was fined $25 and costs for operating a motor vehicle while drunk, $lO and costs for drunkenness and sentenced to thirty days in the county jail. However, his mother, Mrs. Ruth Brown, had the fine and costs, aggregating $95, stayed until June 12. But* somehow or other, not be-

“I am here to see that D. C. Stephenson gets a square deal and a new trial,’* Clarence Darrow, noted criminal lawyer, said here today. “1 feel the man is not guilty of murder and is serving an unjust life sentence

DEBTS HOLIDAY BRANDEIHDUMB’ Hoover’s Tactics Criticised by Senator Couzens. By United Press OGDEN, Utah. July 7.—“ The debt holiday successfully negotiated by President Hoover is just another sample of America’s dumb diplomacy,” Senator James Couzens (Rep., Mich.) said here while en route to Yellowstone park. He added that the President first should have consulted other nations before making the proposal, and contended that the plan should have been suggested by Germany. The Michigan senator said Mr. Hoover undoubtedly would be renominated, but doubted whether the moratorium w’ould help him toward re-election, Couzens believed recovery from the economic depression still Is remote. “The depression is due to worldwide causes and it will require several years for normal times to return,” he said. ALKY QUIZ IS HELD Druggists Questbned on Keeping of Records. Operators of seven Indianapolis drug stores today were called before R. C. Minton, hearing officer for the bureau of industrial alcohol, and Miss H. M. Barbour of the legal department of the bureau and questioned as to the methods used in keeping their records. None of the permits issued the drug stores to sell the alcohol were revoked and nc charges of irregularity were brought against the druggists, it was announced. Problems concerning the sale of the alcohol were discussed and instructions given in keeping the records. Minton and Miss Barbour left this afternoon for Terre Haute to check on operations there. DECORATOR IS SLMCIDE Reverses Blamed for Act of Famed Illinois Artist. By United Press CINCINNATI, July 7.—Acclaimed by New York tw r o years ago for his phenomenal rise to fortune as an interior decorator, Floyd De Marcus, 32, was found dead in a hotel room here Monday night, a poison victim. Business reverses were blamed.

ST. CAR HURTLES INTO STORE; 1 HURT

Hurtling across busy Northwestern avenue when air brakes failed on a hill this afternoon, a street car demolished the Deranian Bros. Rug Company store at 2705 Northwestern avenue. James M. Shacklefield, 48, of 2310 Kenwood avenue, mot;orman, was taken from the wreckage with only minor cuts and bruises. He was the only person aboard the car. A load of passengers had been transferred to another car at Thirtieth and Clifton streets when Shacklefield discovered the brakes were faulty.

cause he was busy defending his heavyweight “laurels,” Chuck forgot all about the $95. So the good people of Indiana waited until July 1 for their $95. But today the wait was ended. Commitments for the battler were filed with the clerk and police are under orders to “bring Chuck in again.” When Chuck is escorted to police headquarters he will be given an opportunity to decide whether he will pay the fine or serve it out at

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lU. S. TO OPEN DISARMAMENT DRIVE AS RESULT OF DEBT PACT SIGNING WITH FRANCE Stimson, Now Abroad, to Sound Out Powers on Prospects for Conference in Geneva Next February. HOOVER WEARS SMILE OF VICTORY President Is Sure of Sufficient Support in Congress to Make Moratorium Effective; Mellon Praised. .• , & A \-4 j. BY JOSEPH BAIRD United Tress Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, July 7.—The Hoover administration, it was learned today in high official quarters, plans to follow up its victorious campaign for a year's international debt holiday by an equally vigorous movement for world disarmament. Secretary of State Stimson, now in Europe, is to act as the administration’s agent in sounding out the prospects for a successful world disarmament conference at Geneva next February. The debt negotiations were concluded Monday after more than two weeks of diplomatic exchanges. Under the agreement reached, the United States will postpone for one year collection of payments upon war debts owed it by European nations.

The nations which formed the allies in the World war will, in turn, postpone collection of reparations from Germany for a like period. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon has been the President’s chief aid in the debt negotiations and Stimson, who arrived in Italy Monday is in Europe with no entanglements arising from the debt negotiations to hinder him in conducting his campaign for disarmament. Root of Debt Evil The President is convinced that competitive armaments are at the root of the world’s economic evils. He gave expression to this idea in a recent speech before the International Chamber of Commerce, pointing out that the world’s burden of hate was costing it $5,000,000,000 annually. He reiterated the idea Monday night in announcing the success of his debt postponement plan. Declaring that “the world has need of solemn thought on the causes which have contributed to the depression,” he added: “I need not repeat that one of these causes is the burdens imposed and the fears aroused by competitive armament. Contemplation of the last few weeks should bring a realization that we must find relief from these fundamental burdens which today amount to several times the amount of intergovernmental debts.” Has Pointed Lesson Just now, after the world has had a pointed lesson in the economic distress which follows as a heritage of war, is regarded as the psychological moment to drive home the necessity of disarmament. An administration spokesman said today that the disarmament question had not been considered in the question of debt suspension, but added: “Os course we are going to hammer away on the disarmament problem from now on.” With a smile of victory after two weeks of uncertainty and complicated negotiations, the President Monday night announced France’s acceptance of his plan “in principle.” All other countries involved previously had given their approval. The debt holiday will be retroactive to July 1, although the official agreement reached at Paris dates it from today. It will last until June 30, 1932. Until then all governments, including hardpressed Germany, may keep at home hundreds of millions of dollars that otherwise would have to

Gathering speed eastward down the hill on Twenty-seventh street, the car started to make thd turn at Northwestern avenue when the front trucks jumped the track. The car plunged headlong into the store building, crashing half its length through glass and brick before its momentum was checked. Crashing across the street the car wrecked an automobile owned by Charles W. Hyde, 2709 Northwestern avenue, parked at the curb, and by less than a foot missed hitting a large iron utilities pole.

$1 a day, a slight matter of ninetyfive days in the county jail. During the service of his thirty days at the county jail Chuck was a model prisoner. He went so far as to pronounce himself in battling trim after he T as released. The incident that brought Wiggins before the bar of justice occurred when he zig-zagged an auto on Maryland street and Illinois street and threatened to “smash” the cop that halted his uneven progress. v -

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j be paid out to meet World war debts . and reparations obligations. If Mr. Hoover’s dream comes true, the year’s respite not only will save Germany from threatened collapse, but will restore confidence, stimulate trade and help put the whole world on the road to better times. France’s acceptance was embodied in a memorandum signed in Paris. It provides, in brief, that Germany shall have a year's rest from reparations and that detailed problems arising in connection therewith shall be submitted to a committee of experts acting “within the spirit of President Hoover’s proposal.” Can’t Whittle It Down This means, according to officials here, that the experts may do nothing to whittle down the relief intended in the President’s plan. True, the accord is not perfect in all details. But the administration feels that the committee of experts can solve the technical problems without difficulty. To it, the important thing is that all nations have agreed to co-operate in a plan of mutual help. International payments of more than $800,000,000 —about half of which represents Germany’s tribute of defeat—will be postponed during the debt holiday. The United States will forfeit for a year $262,000,000 in debt payments, subject to congressional approval which Mr. Hoover feels he is assured. Realization of the Hoover plan followed two weeks of feverish negotiations perhaps unequaled since the war. Sixteen days ago, the President offered his bold proposal. All the powers except France swiftly accepted it. France feared the plan might break down the Young plan of reparations. She was reluctant to sacrifice $60,000,000 of income. Mellon Labors Long In Paris 76-year-old Andrew' Mellon, secretary of the treasury, labored long with French officials. Mr. Hoover took personal charge of the Washington end of the negotiations, cutting short his holidays and excluding almost all other business. One by one the French objections were overcome. Monday there remained only a difficulty involving German payments in goods to France. Mellon met early with French officials, presenting a “new and simplified formula” for French adherence. Paris made counterproposals. Mellon hurried to the telephone, communicated them to Mr. Hoover. The President summoned his advisers, Acting Secretary of State Castle, Acting Secretary Mills and Senator David A. Reed (Rep., Pa.). Eagerly they scanned the French memorandum, decided its terms w'ould preserve the spirit of the Hoover plan, and advised Mr. Mellon to that effect. Worry Wrinkles Vanish White House attaches called newspaper men into Mr. Hoover’s private office. The President looked happier than in weeks. Wrinkles of care gathered during a fortnight of strenuous work had vanished. He smiled. “I hope your smile indicates good news,” one correspondent ventured. The President nodded. Then he began to read a prepared statement: “I am glad to announce that the American proposal for one year’s postponement of all international debts and reparations now has been accepted in principle by all of the important creditor governments. “The terms of acceptance by the French government are, of course, subject to the approval of the other interested powers, for whom the American government naturally can not speak. “Without going into technical terms, while certain payments are made by Germany for reparations account, the substance of the President's proposal is retained as the sums so paid are immediately reloaned to Germany.” The President went on to explain that technical differences are in the course of solution. He pointed out that congress must approve America’s part in the plan, but added he had the support of a large in both houses.