Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 81, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 August 1931 — Page 9

Second Section

Grill Suspects in Torch Crime

■ TWINSACCUSED IN BANK HOLDUP Confession Is Reported in Pennville Case. By United Press PORTLAND, Ind., Aug. 13.—Lester Walker’s twin brother, Lewis, was identified today as the third of the bandit trio who sought unsuccessfully to rob the Pennville State bank Wednesday, in a confession purported to have been made by Paul Garwood, 28, to Charles D. Bolte of the state bureau of criminal identification; Lester Walker, 20, and Garwood are alleged to have run from the bank when they mistook a factory siren whistle for a burglar alarm. Their companion drove away without them, and the two were soon captured. Garwood exonerated Lawrence Dilley, also of Hartford City, ■who was arrested there on suspicion, Bolte said. Lester Walker, who had been released Wednesday night, was arrested again today, and brought, to jail here. Both the Walker boys denied that they had anything to do with the holdup, Bolte said, and offered alibis.

BRITISH SURRENDER TO BE RE-ENACTED York town Sesquicentennial Heads Reverse Derision on Pageant. By United Press YORKTOWN, Va„ Aug. 13.—The climax of the battle of Yorktown, Lord Cornwallis’ surrender to George. Washington, will be reenacted after all in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the end of the Revolutionary war. The fedral commission in charge of the celebration reversed its original decision to delete the scene from a pageant that will be given here in October. The deletion had been ordered as a result of suggestions that British guests might be offended. Final decision to portray the surrender was taken over protests of Dr. W. A. R. Goodwin, president of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association. He held presentation of the scene would shift emphasis from the basic purpose ,of the pageant, which is to depict the founding of the United States as an independent nation.

TIME TO END RACIAL PREJUDICE, PASTOR SAYS Dr. Pritchard Addresses Disciples of Christ Conference. Dr. H. O. Pritchard of Indianapolis, speaking before the high school conference of Disciples of Christ church at Bethany Park on Wednesday, said that the solution of all racial prejudices lay in “time and the religion of Christ.” “World Fellowship" is the theme of the conference. Entertainments were staged on Wednesday night under direction of Miss Vena Bratten of Gary and Percy Kole of Willoughby, 0., directors of recreation. The dramatic class of the conference, taught by the Rev. Doyle Mullin, will present a pageant tonight. Gas Company Builds Tank Steel tank for tar storage is under construction for the Citizens Gas Company. When completed it will be twenty feet in diameter, sixty feet high, and covered with a conical roof. S. Stanley, of the Chicago Bridge & Iron Works is in charge of the construction crew.

Time Extended The board of judges in The Indianapolis Times-Indiana Theater $3,000 Vacation Contest has decided to extend the time limit for entries to be in the office of The Times, as hundreds of them are being received in every mail. It has been decided that no exhibits will be received or considered after 12 noon, Friday, Aug. 14. Every effort will be made to announce the winners not later than next Tuesday.

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Steadfastly maintaining his innocence Paul Keene, one of the suspects in the brutal slaying of two young couples near Ypsilanti, Mich., is shown in the center picture, his left hand manacled to a guard, on the scene of the crime, where officers took him for questioning. Keene’s brother Lawrence, shown in the inset above, also was arrested when the two were found washing blood-stained clothing and scraping blood from heavy clubs, according to Michigan state police. At the left, bearing mute testimony of the terrible struggle put up by the four young people before they were murdered, this watch, buckle, and hammer head were round on the scene of the crime. At the right are shown the two boy victims, Thomas Wheatley, 17 (above), and Harry Lore, 16.

BIG BUSINESS WAR OVER GAS HINTED

What a Bed! By United I'rcss NEW YORK, Aug. 13. Motorman Albert Husser pulled his elevated train out of the station—then jammed on his brakes. He had seen a bundle between the rails. He called police. They called an ambulance surgeon. Then John Hussey, 39, woke up. “He’s sober,” the surgeon replied, so Hussey went on home in a taxicab.

FLANAGAN IS SILENT Gary Gambler Refuses to Talk About Kidnaping. By Times Special GARY, Ind., Aug. 13.—Freed by his abductors early Wednesday in a Gary suburb, William G. Flanagan, gambler, refused today to talk about his kidnaping except that he had paid no money for his liberty, and that he had been treated well. Flanagan, a gambler here for sixteen years, recently organized the race horse bookies of the state into a syndicate. He was raided several times by police under former Lieutenant Jake Thixtun, but since Thixtun's suspension and resignation, he has been unmolested.

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Clash Between Powerful Interests Seen in Move to Supply City. (Continued from Page 1)

Kentucky and Manufacturers’ company, which are under the same Parrish ownership. Questions regarding the Columbia company’s proposed entry and possible deal with the Citizens company were put by Henry H. Hornbrook, who represents the local company. That Cuthbertson may not be able to muster the necessary three votes to throw out the petition on jurisdictional grounds was being predicted today. To pass any order, three of the five votes of commissioners are required. First intimation that the natural gas introduction might be a blow at municipal ownership was made by Edward H. Knight, Indianapolis corporation counsel, in addressing the commission Wednesday afternoon. Branded as Menace "This proposition is not feasible for the city to assume,” he declared. ‘‘lt is being supported as a hopeless minority. It means wrecking the properties t>f the existing company at a time when it is about to be taken over by the city for the benefit of the citizens generally. ‘‘We know from experience in Indiana that natural gas is not inexhaustible. When the supply died down, the city again would be forced into the hands of private companies. ‘‘The city administration can not consider only the manufacturing interests in this matter. We must consider what is best for the most of our citizens. It is up to the commission to decide the matter of public necessity and convenience and we hold that no necessity for this petition exists.” Knight also made the point that the natural gas interests first proceeded on the grounds that they were not a utility and needed no permit to operate. Chief protagonists among local manufacturers were John H. Wallace, president of the Indianapolis Castings Company, and H. C. Atkins, president of E. C. Atkins & Cos. Both took the witness stand. Sorry He Did Not Move It was brought out that the castings company would save $6,000 a year by using natural gas and the Atkins company $15,000. Cost of gas would be between 30 and 45 cents a thousand cubic feet. Atkins lamented that he did not move his plant to Charleston, W. Va„ where they have natural gas and would have given the company a factory site. He related the difficulty of tempering steel saws with artificial gas, due to variation in the heat. His company uses 1.000,000 cubic feet of gas a month, he said. L. G. Huntley, a geologist, testified as to the capacity of the Kentucky natural gas field. Blast Wrecks Munitions Dump HONG KONG, Aug. 13.—A terrific explosion rocked Macao, Portuguese concession in China, just south of here today. The blast destroyed a munitions dump. Fears were expressed that many had been killed.

JOE JUST CANT QUIT PLAYING THE PONIES

By United Press MERCHANTVILLE. N. J., Aug. 13.—Joe Buzzard, the eternal horsethief of Welsh Mountain Buzzard clan, was glad to be taken back to a Norristown (Pa.) cell today, there to answer to the sixteenth charge of horse stealing placed against Joe during his 70 years of life. Joe laughed as state troopers walked into the home of his niece, Mrs. Irene Barnes, found him cowering in the attic, and called him “horsethief.” . “One ofcitbe best," the old man

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1931

SCORES DEAD, CUBAN REVOLT IS NEAR END President Machado Goes Into Santa Clara to Meet Insurgent Heads. 200 MADE PRISONERS 60 Are Slain by Loyal Troops in Skirmishes Over Country. By United Press SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Aug. 13. President Gerardo Machado came into the heart of Cuban rebel territory today from Havana to discuss peace terms with leading insurgents who have revolted against his regime. The president arrived here on the presidential train at noon. He was accompanied by two military aids and a guard of forty soldiers. Dressed in a white suit and wearing a wide-brimmed Panama hat, Machado stepped smilingly from the train and was greeted by local officials. It was hoped in official circles at Havana that the president’s trip would break the revolt in which some sixty persons have been killed and 200 taken prisoners. Although the “prominent rebel leaders’’ were not identified by palace officials, it was understood that the president would confer with General Mario Menocal, former president, and the insurgent leaders, Mendita and Gomez. Killing of thirteen rebels and arrest of twenty-six was reported as result of fighting early today at Ceja Del Negro, - ' Government forces won the battle, after three hours of fighting in which one soldier was killed and another wounded. Latest estimates of rebels killed put the number at about sixty, with about 200 captured. Havana police announced resumption of search of private residences here for ammunition and revolutionary literature.

TRUCK INJURES BOY Ravenswood Lad Run Over by Ice Car. Run over by an ice truck on which he with two small companions had been gathering scrap ice, Junior Ellis, 4, of Ravenswood, suffered injuries from which he was in a critical condition at Riley hospital today. Wheel of the truck passed over his body, fracturing the pelvic bone and inflicting other internal injuries from which physicians are afraid he may not recover. Charles Jacobs, 20, of 3707 Northern avenue, driver of the ice truck, said he did not know the children were behind the vehicle when he backed it out. Edna Holderith, 3, of 1842 Lambert street, sustained minor injuries when she ran into the side of an automobile In the 1200 block Shepard street Wednesday night. ‘SMILING ED’ FINED sls Radio Entertainer Convicted of Speeding at 54-Miles-an-Hour. Convicted of speeding at a 54-mile-an-hour gait, “Smilin’ ” Ed McConnell, local radio entertainer, was fined sls in Municipal Judge Clifton R. Cameron’s court Wednesday afternoon. McConnell was arrested Tuesday night by Motorcycle Officer Fred W. Titus. McConnell resides at 5701 North Pennsylvania street.

THEY TELL ME

BY BEN STERN ALL Indiana is interested in the reported move of leaders of the state Republican organization and business men of Indianapolis to make a bid for the G. O. P. 1932 national convention. Although the invitations will not be considered formally by the . ational committee until December, a number of cities, including Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and San Francisco already are seeking the honor. Frederick E. Schortemeier, former secretary of state and a possible contender for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, who has been boosting the move to make Indianapolis the convention city, announced today that he would confer later in the week with L'uis J. Borinstein, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and Fred Sims, secretary of state. 1906-1910. as to possibility of raising sufficient funds to warrant extension of the invitation.

grinned. “The very best, of course, is my brother Abe, over in Eastern penitentiary. Now, Abe has been in jail about sixty years (he's 84 years old now), and I’ve been in only about twenty years, more or less. “I hope you fellows send me with Abe. Sure I’ll waive extradition if you’ll do that.” a a a JOE . this time is accused of stealing two horses, jewelry, chickens and dresses from the home of John Kauffman at Bird-in-Hand, Pa.

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SEIZURE THREATENS TAX DELINQUENTS

Pure Brilliance By United Press OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 13. —Governor William H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray believes it is equally up to the women of China “and nobody else” to save the world's cotton industry in solving the overproduction problem. “If all the women in China would put four-inch ruffles on the bottom of their dresses," he said, “they soon would use up all the surplus cotton."

BANDITS SYNCHRONIZED Mode Thieves Work With Expertness; Real Ones Do, Too. By United Press MEDIA, Pa., Aug. 13.—Thieves on the stage and real robbers unwittingly worked together here Wednesday night when the lights went out in the course of the “Solitaire Man,” at the Hedgerow theater. Stage shots rang out, the theater was darkened, and three men stepped up to the cashier’s window and demanded the night’s receipts. As the lights went up, the roar of the bandits’ car faded into the distance. Police, finding no clews, remained for the rest of the show.

Schortemeier declared that he did not think Indianapolis would need to raise as much money as othei cities to get the convention. ‘‘lndiana is debatable ground and it always is wise politics to hold the convention in such territory to stimulate interest,” he pointed out. The same type of argument is being advanced by Chicago and Cleveland, but it is felt here that inasmuch as Indianapolis has not bqen host to a. convention for years, it should be shown preference. 8 8 8 Hotel men and taxi operators are lcud in their praise of the convention bid, inasmuch as at least 25,000 persons attend. That Hoosier Republicanism needs something to pep it up, inasmuch as the visit of President Hoover here did not accomplish this desirable effect, is well known. The national convention would do much to accomplish this, backers of the invitation declared. Whatever be the result, it would be good advertisement for Indianapolis to extend the bid.

Abe and Joe once started out together—wanted to hit the Pacific coast. They got as far as Ohio, became homesick, got tired fee 4! and took a horse and buggy. For that they received terms together in Western penitentiary. They served their time, then got another sentence for breaking out of a jaii at Lancaster. Abe always got religion during any long enforced term behind the bars, and between terms became a revivalist. The past few evangelistic seasons, however, have

Starting Monday, Truck Wil! Make Rounds of Owners Refusing Pay. Marion county’s delinquent taxpayers have only three days’ grace to pay the county its dues or stand in danger of having their personal property seized and sold. Starting next Monday Clyde E. Robinson, ■ county treasurer, announced today, his office will send out a truck to haul in property where owpers refuse to pay. Records in the auditor’s office reveal there are nearly 54,000 delinquent taxpayers, who owe a total of more than a million dollars. "Discretion” Promised Taxes unpaid at the close of the spring installment totaled $936,489.72, to which must be added $153,207.15, due from last year. Next week will be the first time the ‘‘tax wagon” has appeared on Indianapolis streets for several years, John D. Henderson, delinquent tax collector, stated. "Stringent conditions of the county treasury make it necessary that we collect every dollar possible. However, we will use discretion this year because of business conditions,” Henderson said. All delinquent taxpayers must pay extra charges including a 10 per cent penalty, a demand fee of $1.50 and mileage for collection, at 10 cents a mile. Treasurer Will Profit Delinquencies on personal property are less than usual, according to Henderson. It is the big property owners, with real estate, who owe most of the delinquent taxes. According to a law, which was bitterly opposed, but upheld in the last legislature, the county treasurer shares 6 per cent of the 10 per cent penalty on all delinquent taxes. In Marion county this enriches the treasurer’s pockets more than SBO,OOO a year when delinquent collections are normal, records disclose. By law, the treasurer has the right to sieze property thirty days after the delinquent notice is issued. TALK AIRPORT PLANS Ludlow, Sullivan Confer on September Dedication Program. Congressman Louis Ludlow conferred today with Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan on plans for the September dedication of the new municipal airport south of Ben Davis. Ludlow stated he would confer with Washington air officials on obtaining a number of navy and army planes for participation in the dedication program.

not been so hot for Abe, so on each occasion he fell back on chickens, only to learn the chickens were considered private property again; that always led to jail. Abe's last effense, however, was in helping himself to a horse, for which he was sent to Eastern penitentiary, and state police noted with surprise and concern as they started the journey jailward that Joe inquired: “Say, do you fellows still use horses?” |f

Second Section

Entered as Becond-Claa Matter at Postoffice, Indlatui-olls

—Times Staff Photo. And this is Ravenswood. Take a snappy glimpse of the upper photo, and you're seeing the town that courts the courts. It is a town that has its injunctions for breakfast food, restraining orders for luncheon, and a brand new fence suit or electric light action for supper. The sign in the left-center photo means just what it says except on cool days like today, and then even the town’s marshal won’t bother you, for he's taking his afternoon’s siesta. And speaking of signs, Mrs. Madonna Heck, standing beside her cottage,“Lookslikeheck,” in the lower right photo, bolsters the case of those who do not believe in signs. When it’s too cool to swim, one always can work up a sweat, like Mary Lou Anderson, left, and Jean O’Brien, right, have been doing in the lower left photo. Ravenswood wasn't pepped up much when these photos were taken. White river breezes kept the bathers indoors. A sturdy radio amplifier yelled dance tunes on the empty beach for the benefit of the town’s Fido and a couple of benchloungers. Otherwise, the town seemed to be waiting for something—maybe another injunction suit.

TURNS THE TABLES r - Lawyer Wins Case for Man He Had Convicted. An attorney, whose client had been convicted by him when the lawyer sat as judge pro tern, in a municipal court recently, today pleaded and won a case for the youth. Appearing before Judge William H. Sheaffer, Wilbur Royse, attorney, said he had fined Cline Hostetter, 23, R. R. 7, Box 98, $lO and costs and revoked his driver’s license for thirty days. Today Hostetter was charged with failure to have a driver’s license. Royse said he had investigated the present charge and learned that Hostetter had driven the truck only fifty feet after baskets had fallen off it and had replaced his brother at the wheel temporarily. Judgment was withheld. RALLY PROGRAM SET Garfield Safety Fete to Feature Entertainers. Program for a safety rally to be held Aug. 15 in the Garfield park open air theater, under auspices of the city recreation and police departments, was announced today. Eleven city playgrounds will compete in the program for prizes for amateur entertainment. Entertainments from playgrounds and acts are as follows: Bunny Hartman’s Jug orchestra. FaU Creek: Weir Stewart, violinist. Fall Creek: Winston Sisters, dancers. Fall Creek: boys’ Quartet. J. V. T. Hill: Douglas melody weavers. Douglas: tan dancers. Brookside; acrobatic numbers. Brookside: one man band and soloist. Lentz: dance specialty. Garfield: feature dance. Pleasant Run: tap dancer. Rader and Udel: Russian dance and tap dancing, municipal gardens; Oriental dancers. Spades. *

PROTEST MEETING TO BE HELD BY JOBLESS Killing of Three at Chicago Arouses Unemployed in Indianapolis. Protest meeting against killing of three persons in unemployed riots in Chicago recently, will be staged by the Unemployed Council at Military park at 6:30 Friday night. Several speakers will address the gathering, and telegrams protesting the killings will be dispatched to the mayor of Chicago and Governor of Illinois. Roscoe Hasch Bound to Jury Roscoe Hasch, 25, of 726 East Minnesota street, today was bound over to the grand jury on two auto theft charges. Court attaches said police records reveal he has served three other sentences on vehicletaking charges. £

DESTROY THIRD OF COTTON, IS FEDERALEDICT Drastic Verdict Handed to Southern Farmers by U. S. Board. CONFLICT IS LOOMING Immediate Action Ordered in Effort to Send Prices Booming. BY H. O. THOMPSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON. Aug. 13.—Immediate destruction of a third of his growing cotton was demanded of the southern farmer today as the federal farm board's plan for bolstering prices and avoiding financial disaster in the south and indirect distress in the nation as a whole. The idea of destroying wealth in an effort to create wealth is an extraordinary proposal. It brings basic economic theories into direct clash. It demands the closest cooperation among thousands of individuals. Hence widespread controversy appears certain. The plan was laid befor* the governors of fourteen cotton producing states in telegrams from the board. The governors’ first reaction was one of willingness to cooperate. Caution Is Apparent There was some caution regarding committment to a definite program. When the sentiment of the growers themselves is sounded thoroughly, there will be more basis for judging the probable result. ■ Agreement to the plan by Sept. 1 and completion of the crop destruction by Sept. 15 W’as called for by the board. It will continue to drive home the need for a quick response. Cotton picking already has started m some sections. The farm board was hesitant to advance such a drastic measure. For a time it seemed acreage reduction would ease the situation which had developed from the constantly increasing cotton surplus. Huge Crop Expected Then the department of agriculture’s August estimate of the new crop last Saturday conveyed the startling news that a tremendous crop of 15,584,000 bales was expected. The board decided the time for temporizing had passed. For the first time in the handling of its stabilization cotton and wheat, purchased last year in an effort to halt swiftly sagging prices of two of the nation’s principal farm commodities, the board now offers to keep its cotton off the market for a year. It would do so on condition that ten cotton producing states fullfil a crop destruction campaign that would reduce the supply by at least 4,000,000 bales. Would Boost Prices Destruction of a third of the cotton, the board believes, would more than justify itself by higher prices for the remainder of the crop. Four million bales at current prices would bring around $150,000,000. The board hopes to get prices back to where 2,000,000 bales would sell for more than double that quantity now. President Hoover was not consulted by the federal farm board before its recommendations were, made, It was said at the White House today. He had no knowledge of the destruction project and now considers it strictly a farm board proposition, his representative said. There was no other White House comment. Reactions Are Varied By United Press ATLANTA, Aug. 13.—The south’s leaders disagreed today on the wisdom of the farm board plan to hold its surplus cotton for a year if cotton producing states agree to destroy a third of the current crop. Reactions ranged all the way from “greatest thing the board ever did’’ to “just so much bunk.’’ Governors and cotton manufacturers were split by the proposal, as well as other state officials. Planters were inclined to favor some form of storage of this year’s surplus, with stringent reduction of acreage next year. ‘WHITE SLAVInCTPRCIBED Valparaiso Man Quizzed by city Cops; Admits One Charge. Reports of white slave traffic between Indianapolis and Valparaiso, Gary, and Michigan City, today led the questioning of James Brooks, 36, of Valparaiso. He was arrested by Sergeant Edwin Kruse and is reported to have admitted making arrangements with several Indianapolis girls to follow him to Valparaiso. Police reports indicate the girls are taken to roadhouses along the Dunes highway. Name of the operator of the places for whom, It is reported, Brooks works, was withheld by officers.

Talkative Cal By United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-Cal-.vin Coolidge was in New York City today to earn S7O. Asa director and chairman of the agency committee, he receives that sum for each meeting of the New York Life Insurance Company he attends. A reporter spied him as he came to town. Coolidge saw the reporter approaching. “Nothing whatever to say,” Coolidge greeted nim. “But, Mr. Coolidge, there is a report that ...” “Not a word.” “ . . . You are about to declare yourself in favor of . . * “Nothing." "... Four per cent beer.” By that time Coolidge stood before the open door of a taxicab. He jumped in.