Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 129, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 October 1931 — Page 9

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HOOVER URGES LOAN CAUTION Repeats Former Advice to Pan-American Parley. By 1 nitcil Press WASHINGTON, Oct. B.—President Hoover told the fourth PanAmerican conference today what he had told the first one four years ago —no nation should lend or borrow money for balancing its budget, military pwposcs or anything that does not b.mg productive return. “I repeat this today,” said the President, “because had it been followed during the last five years, our problems throughout the world would be far different, our difficulties infinitely less.” Mr. Hoover pointed out that his advice was delivered to the first conference four years ago in the heyday of foreign loans. He devoted half of his address of welcome to reading again his warning of that period against the international lending of money for purposes which do not bring a direct improvement of the living standards of the people. No greater step than the adoption of this principle could be taken internationally for the prevention of war, he maintained. He made no mention of the tariff, silver or other questions agitating the delegates. He appealed to them, however, for a closer cooperation of American republics, in view of the depression. SCULPTOR TO BE BURIED Kites for Daniel Chester French to Do Held at Concord. B)t United Press STOCKBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. B. Funeral services for Daniel Chester French. 81. renowned sculptor, will be held Sunday in his studio at “Chesterwood.” The Rev. George Greenville Merrill wil officiate. Burial will be at Concord, where French’s first important work, “The Minute Man.” stands as a perpetual monument to his genius. French, designer of the Lincoln memorial at Washington, died in his sleep Wednesday following a two-week illness. Before taking sick he had completed a marble statue of Andormeda, mythical character. PARK PROGRAM MAPPED Recreation Department Prepares to Open Community Houses. Opening of community houses in the various city parks tyegan Tuesday. Physical training classes, a program of sports for the winter season, organization of mothers’ clubs, and oi drama associations, have been planned by the city recreation department. Physical training will be divided into six classes at each house: Junior boys and junior girls, up to 14 years; senior boys and senior girls, 14 to 20 years? and men and women, above 20 years. The sports program includes basket ball, volley ball, and other indoor games.

Remote Control Guides Tractor Around Field For the first time in world history, farming successfully has been carried out by remote control. With no guiding hand at the wheel, a tractor pulling three four-teen-inch plows lumbered over the stubble of the Barker farm, twe miles northeast of Noblcsville. Wednesday afternoon, and turned over long furrows of damp earth. Short radio waves sent and controlled by John J. Lynch of Miles City, Mont., originator of the idea, were received by four serials strung on posts above the tractor. Receiving the radio waves, an automatic clicker was turned to the switch required. Twelve batteries operated parts of the tractor —the plow, clutch, steering gear and horn. Separated by many feet from controls in a truck, the tractor was turned at the end of the field and started back to its starting point while hundreds of technicians and farmers plodded over the course around the eightv-acre field. Technicians present believe that the time is coming when the farmer can seat himself in nis heme, operate tractors, milking machines and other farm implements by radio and see every movement of the machines through television. | Arrangements for the exhibition were made with the International Harvester Company by Noblesville merchants.

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—Times Staff Photo. Teachers "see double” this term at Charity Dye school No. 27, Seventeenth street and Park avenue. Six sets of twins are atending school there. In the wagon (upper left) are “A. D.” and “J. D.” Ballenger, 550 East Fifteenth street. “A. D.” is doing the pushing this time. They take turns. Upper Right—Georgetta and Georgeanna Giltner, 1615 Bellefontaine street. Georgetta is wearing a white dress and carrying a book on her left arm, while Georgeanna is carrying a book on her left arm and wearing a white dress. Lower Lest —Their mother and father can tell them apart, say Lawrence and William Ogle, 1404 North New Jersey street, but that doesn’t help anybody else. What does helD is that William's hair is a little lighter than his brother’s. Center—Nedra and William Pilkington, 1634 Ashland avenue, like being twins. Many an #otherwise boresome hour can be passed at such games as leap frog. Right Center Donald and Dorothy Kincaid, 2019 Ruckle street, think being twins is fine. Dorothy especially does when her brother will take a little time in helping her With lessons. Lower Right—Billy and Mary Frances Finney. 1724 Broadway, the oldest of the school’s twins. They’re in the 8B grade. Next year at this time they’ll be twinning at one of the high schools. MUDDLE CREATED BY NEW LICENSE LAW Attorney-General to Rule on Poll Tax Receipt Showing. Indiana’s new statute requiring applicants for licenses issued by the state to produce poll tax receipts before the license is issued, perplexed Joseph Hoffman, head of the corporation bureau in the secretary of state’s office today. He asked the attorney-genei-al’s 1 office for an opinion on the effect of the law, which stipulates that receipts for poll tax payment for the current year be shown. Hoffman pointed out that the current year’s tax would not be payable until the next year, and said applicants, for example, for 1932 license plates could exhibit no tax receipt later than 1931. Joseph M. Hutchinson, a deputy attorney-general, was designated to submit an opinion on the law. NAMED TO STATE POST New Albany Man Is Appointed License Bureau Auditor. Secretary of State Frank Mayr Jr. today announced appointment of E. L. Huber, New Albany, a Democrat, to succeed R. L. Singleton of Indianapplis, a Republican holdover from the last administration, as auditor in the automobile license bureau. James Carpenter, head of the bureau, explained that Singleton had resigned to accept a connectioh with a transit company.

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CRIME BLAME LAID PARTLY TO SCHOOL

EDITOR TO TALK ON SCIENCE IN BUSINESS Dr. Harrison E. Howe Will Speak at Kiwanis Club Luncheon. “Science in the New Competition” will be the subject of Dr. Harrison E. Howe, Washington, D. C., before the Kiwanis Club at luncheon Friday in the Claypool. Howe, editor of the magazine, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, will trace the changes that have taken place in business and industrial competition. The change, he will point out, creates a hazard in business requiring aggressive concerns to employ research for their protection and progress. Members of other luncheon clubs have been invited to attend.

FLAYS BAR FOR SHAKING IDEAL 'Pedestal’ Judges Slapped by Justice Travis. Judges who “place themselves on a pedestal ‘and tell the world that they know it all,” were criticised severely by Justice Julius C. Travis of the supreme court in addressing the Indianapolis Bar Association at dinner at the Indianapolis Athletic Club Wednesday night. “I believe that the bar of the United States has drifted away from its first precept, that of officer of the court,” the judge declared. “Private business and taking of clients for profit has been placed above this fundamental duty. “I see a growing tendency, however, among lawyers in Indiana to serve as officers of the 'court and advise the courts on law matters, Travis declared. Judge Noel A. Neal of the appellate court also spoke. The meeting was attended by 250 members of the bench and bar from Marion and seven surrounding counties. EXPRESS VETERAN DEAD Rollin S. Hughel Served Carriers 45 Years Until Retirement. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Friday afternoon for Rollin Shelley Hughel, 72, a veteran Indiana express messenger on the Monon and Big Four routes, who died Wednesday at his home, 4808 Broadway. Mr. Hughel was retired April 7, 1929, after forty-five years service with the American Express Company, now the Railway Express Company. Survivors are the widow, and two sons, Prentiss S. Hughel of Indianapolis and George C. Hughei of Chicago. MUNCIE LOSER IN SUIT City Must Pay 54,700 Balance in Park Land Deal. Bn Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Oct. B.—A trial which required less than an hour, resulted in a jury verdict that the city of Muncie must pay $4,719.63 to Mary Bennett and others, balance due and interest in a deal whereby the city bought five lots for park purposes. The price was set at $14,250. of which SIO,OOO was paid during Mayor Hampton’s administration. His successor, George R. Dale, present mayor, asserted the price was too high, and as a result the city withheld payment of the balance, and a suit followed. Pioneer Druggist in Deal KOKOMO, Ind., Oct. B.—C. A. Scott, who has been in the retail drug business in this city for the past fifty years, has so’d his store to O Thistlethwaite, formerly of ’but later of Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1931

‘We Can Not Shirk Share of Resposibiiity,’ Club Is Told by Stetson. “The schools’ share in the responsibility for the present wave of crime and banditry can not be denied,” said Paul C. Stetson, superintendent of city schools, on “Citizenship and the Schools,” speaking before the Caravan Club luncheon at the Murat temple today. “It is true,” lje continued, “that the schools alone could not have stepped this outburst of lawlessness, but neither can they shirk their just share of the obligation.” Work of the schools in combatting crime, he pointed out, receives cooperation of other character building institutions. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Y. M. C. A.. Y. W. C. A., and church and lodge organizations. “But the type of child who at 13 is a petty thief, and at 16 is committed to a state institution never is reached by one of these agencies —only through the schools,” he said. Pleads for Co-Ordination “I should like Jo sourtd a plea for the co-ordination of all the forces for right living in this city to the end that each boy and girl may have an equal opportunity, not only to obtain a formal education, but of being trained in those qualities of moral living vital to effective citizenship.” The superintendent outlined the new methods of teaching citizenship. “We must throw away the ordinary textbook! The students need to be taught their ethical responsibilities as the real governors of the state, not who was secretary of state in Washington’s administration. They must learn to rule themselves, and to understand their local government.” Cites Bad Environment Methods of handling “the thoroughly bad citizen, the one to whom we refer as a criminal,” were presented. "Last year thirty-nine cases went from our social service department to juvenile court. In every instance, there was an unbroken record of bad family environment,” Stetson said. Concerning attacks which are made on school administration, Stetson said: “The people have a perfect right to criticise either the officers in charge or the methods which are pursued. The only type of criticism to which citizens and officials alike ofiject is that wnich is actuated by unworthy motives, that which is designed not to aid, but to harass and embarrass.” Fruit and Blooms on Tree By Times Special MONON, Ind., Oct. B.—An apple tree at the farm of Fred W. Grady is laden with both fruit and blooms.

! 'Kidnaped? Well, Look at My Public, ’ Snaps Aimee By United Press NEW YORK. Oct. B.—Ximee Semple McPherson, now a platinum blonde, came to New York today with her new husband, David Hutton, to be greeted by hundreds through the concourse at the Grand Central terminal. ' She was a radiant rhapsody in blue-elf-blue traveling suit, blue hat of not quite the Empress Eugenie style, blue stockings and blue shoes. She wore orchids. From under her hat peeked platinum blond hair. V ’ One reporter recalled her hair had been of titian tint and remarked to her about the change. “Why, my hair always has been this color—brown,” Aimee replied. Then she got to talking about David, her Four-Square Gospel tabernacle co-worker and husband. “He sings like an angel,” she said. “He says he fell in love with me the first time ho saw me,” she continued. “I suppose I ought to say the same thing, but, as a matter of fact, it was his voice that won me.” A callous reporter asked: “Have you been kidnaped lately?” Aimee smiled sweetly and replied: “You can laugh at that kidnap story all you want, but it tripled my membership in Los Angeles. The angel of the Lord always is working in His field to shepherd His flock.”

SCARFACE AL’ j BRANDED BOSS OF DICE DENS Witnesses Declare Capone Revealed Himself Owner of Gaming Dive. RACKET KING IS SHAKY Minister Tells U. S. Court of Gang Lord’s Plea for Compromise. BY RAY BLACK United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Oct. B.—Jury and spectators in United States district court, where “Scarface Al” Capone is on trial, charged with income tax fraud, were given a glimpse today behind the cigar store fronts j of Capone's chain of gambling | houses. Rattle of dice, hum of roulette i wheels, clink of poker chips and | jabber of race wire tickers became ! overtones in the trial Wednesday and additional witnesses were ready to add their versions today. A Congregational minister, a former gambling house keeper, and two members of a suburban citizens’ raiding committee led the way in testimony to Cicero, bustling outskirts city that out-Klondiked the gold rush gambling towns in the Capone regime. Won’t Involve Al The government struck a snag in attempting to draw from the gambling place proprietor admission that Al Capone was the owner. Other witnesses testified that Capone admitted “I’m the owner of this joint” when they encountered him in pajama coat and street trousers on a raid in May, 1925. The trial, in which Capone specifically is charged with defrauding the United States of $215,000 tax on an income of $1,038,653 between 1924 and 1929, went into its third day with prosecution and defense lines sharply drawn. Through scores of witnesses,' ranging from ministers and prominent citizens down to gang leaders, gamblers, vice agents and underworld toughs, District Attorney George E. Q. Johnson and his aids seek to prove that Capone dissipated his vast collections in lavish living and kept his money out of banks to thwart income tax collectors. Defense Attorney Albert Fink announced he and his colleague, Michael Ahern, would contend the statutes under which their client is charged are unconstitutional. Quizzing Is Related Sam Clawson, assistant district attorney, opening today’s proceedings by reading transcripts of conversations alleged to have taken place between Capone and officers of the internal revenue department in 1930, when the gangster was attempting to adjust his differences with the government. The questions recorded were said by Clawson to have been asked by R. W. Herrick, chief of the internal revenue agents in Chicago. The 1 answers were declared to have been Capone’s. Q. —How long have you enjoyed a large income? A.—Never. Q. —Do you own any properties? A.—No. Q— Do you have a checking account? A.—No. Capone arrived even earlier today. His nervousness seemed more pronounced. He mopped his forehead as he walked to the courtroom with his bodyguard, Phil D’Andrea. * Minister Barred Bargain The Rev. Henry C. Hoover. Congregational minister, last witness Wednesday, told of accompanying raiders to the Cicero gambling palace. “Capone came up to me and said, ‘Listen, Reverend, why can’t you and me get togeher? If you let up on me in Cicero, I’ll get out ©f Stickney.’ ” The minister said he refused to bargain with Capone. Chester Bragg, insurance salesman, and David Morgah, machinist, also members of the raiding party, testified they were both slugged by touts. Bragg testified that a “big, powerful man” pushed past him into the gambling hall, shouting: “I’m the owmer of this joint.” “Then I tumbled to the fact he J was Capone,” said the insurance man. # Body Found in Shaft By Times Special ' MONON, Ind., Oct. B.—The body of Edwin Lebeau, 65, Reynolds, was found at the bottom of a conveyor shaft of the Monon Crushed Stone Company plant here, believed a victim of heart disease.

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“You can’t park that car here!” Perhaps not, but Miss Eugenia Alderman, 6367 Central avenue, must be given credit for trying. She is one of the many motorists who have been ordered to “move on” by patrolman Charles Icenogle when they attempted to

PROBE OF KIRKLAND TRIAL IS DEMANDED

Gary Delegation Calls on Attorney-General for Investigation. Trial of Virgil Kirkland, Gary high school athlete, charged with the murder of his sweetheart, Arlene Draves, on a gin party in Gary almost a year ago, may be brought before the public again, it was thought today. A committee of ten Gary ministers, school officials, reform leaders, and business men at 2 this afternoon will present to Attorney-Gen-eral James M. Ogden a petition asking his investigation of the trial, following which Kirkland was sentenced to one to ten years in prison on a manslaughter charge. Ogden intimated that his office might be able to investigate the trial, inasmuch as he had heard* several stories that tended to conwince him such an investigation might be warranted. The petition, bearing 5,200 names, asks investigation of the conduct of the trial by Grant Crumpacker, Porter circuit judge, .whose son was a merAber of the defense counsel. It also asks Ogden to examine the prosecution of the case by Robert Estill, Lake county prosecutor, whom Kirkland thanked after the verdict, saying, according to the petition, “You’ve been good to me.” 1 At the time of the trial, Ogden wrote Judge Crumpacker that he could sentence Kirkland to from five to twenty-one instead of from one to ten years, but the lesser sentence was passed. In the petition, the Gary citizens will point out to Ogden that Crumpacker refused to disqualify himself as trial judge. LIFE CONVICT RETURNS Wife Slayer Spends Only Two Days Outside Prison. By Times Special MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Oct. B. After being free only forty-eight hours, Thomas Chappell, Negro, who fled from Indiana state prison where he is serving a life term for the murder of his wife, returned to the institution. Chappell, a trusty, has been serving as houseman for Warden and Mrs. Walter H. Daly, and took sl4 belonging to Mrs. Daly when he fled, but returned it when he came back. Chappell, sentenced from Lake county, has been a convict for eight years. MOORMAN RITES FRIDAY Wife of Indiana Prison Board Chairman Dies at Michigan City. By United Press KNOX, Ind,, Oct. B.—Funeral services for Mrs. John L. Moorman, 63, wife of the chairman of the Indiana prison board, will be held in Michigan City at 2 p. m. Friday. Mrs. Moorman died in Michigan City after a week’s illness. Mrs. Moorman was a native of White county. She was active in Red Cross and club work. LECTURES CADLE Christian Science Mother Church Representative in Talk Tonight. A free lecture on Christian Science will be given by Salem Andrew Hart, member of the board of lectureship of the mother church. First Church of Christ, Scientist, at 8 tonight in Cadle tabernacle. A cordial invitation to the public is extended by Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist, sponsor of the lecture.

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park cars in the traffic-way south of police headquarters. Once a haven for motorists who wanted to avoid stickers and towins, by getting under the “wing” of the department, authorities have ordered the parking places used only for city-owned police cars. 1

LAMB WITHOUT A MARY Found Wandering About Streets, Strayed From Owner. A little lamb that had strayed, from its Mary was found today at Pratt and West streets by Henry Wharton, Negro, 520 East' Wabash street. He called police and said the owner could find the lamb at his house. MASONS B SESSION Observe Past Masters’ Night at Richmond. By Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Oct. B.—Nearly 500 Masons Wednesday night observed past masters’ night, held jointly by members of Webb lodge No. 24 and Richmond lodge No. 196. The celebration also marked the 103 th anniversary of Webb lodge. Considered by officials of the two lodges to be one of the most successful Masonic gatherings held here, the program which opened in the afternoon with work in the first section of the Master Mason degree, was concluded with a banquet and conferring of the second section of the Master Mason degree. Guests were in attendance from Indianapolis, Winchester, Hagerstown, Shoals, Fountain City, Centerville, Kokomo, Boston, Mooreland, Whitewater, Milton, Muncie, Bluffton, Peru, Ft. Wayne and Terre Haute. CLAIMS LIPTON KINSHIP Jobless Man in Tulsa to Sue for Share in Sir Tom's Estate. by United Press TULSA, Okla., Oct. B.—An unemployed carpenter today laid claim to a share in the $4,000,000 estate of the late Sir Thdmas Lipton, the famous British sportsman and merchant. Thomas Paul Lipton, who lives in a modest east side apartment at Admiral place and Birmingham avenue, said he was the rightful heir to a considerable part of the yachtsman’s fortune. He has retained attorneys who are prepared to assert his claim he is a second cousin to Sir Thomas. State Girl Marathon Winner By United Press ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Oct. B. Frank Miller, 56, of Washington, D. C., and Miss Ruth Smith, 22, of Lafayette, Ind., today won a SI,OOO pri2e in a local resort dance marathon after dancing for 1,473 hours and 10 minutes.

U. S. Senator Branded as Beer Barbecue Host By United Press ELIZABETH. N. J., Oct. B—For permitting a barbecue to be held on his estate, Green Lane farm, on a Sunday, United States Senator Hamilton F. Kean has been made the subject of a vote of disapproval by the congregation of Hope Memorial church, it was revealed today. Senator Kean said, he had nothing to do with the barbecue beyond allowing the Republican Veterans’ Association to use his property. The Rev. John B. Crowell, pastor of Hope Memorial church, today made public the text of a letter which he said has been sent to Senator Kean over the signatures of the pastor and the church clerk. The letter protests that “the law of God” was broken by holding the barbecue on the Sabbath, and that “the law of the government of the United States” was broken by the fact that those in attendance were invited to “quench their thirst from several hundred half barrels of real beer.”

EDISON, BRAVE TO END, KEEPS DEATHAT BAY Holds Courageously to Last Strands of Rapidly Waning Life. / SPENDS RESTLESS NIGHT Famous Inventor, However, Manages to Eat Fair Breakfast. By United Press WEST ORANGE, N. J., Oct. B. Thomas A. Edison, whose death is believed to be only a matter of hours, is showing tremendous vitality in his quiet struggle against ever-growing weakness. The aged inventor did not sleep well Wednesday nignt, but he managed to eat a fair breakfast this morning. He did not appear much weaker. The official bulletin, issued by bis physician, Dr. Hubert S. Howe, follows: “Mr. Edison had a restless night. He ate a fair breakfast and does not appear to be any weaker than Wednesday night. His vitality is amazing.” Prediction Is Impossible When Dr. Howe left the Edison home shortly before noon he said that dutwardly there appeared to be no change in Edison’s condition, but that he must be weaker. The inventor's case is proving one of the most difficult to predict, he said. Ordinarily, Dr. Howe said, he could foretell when a patient might slip into coma from which there is no return, but in Edison's case his tremendous vitality and the stubbornness with which he is fighting his illness makes prediction impossible. Edison talks very little and continued today to spend most of his time in a light sleep. Wednesday night he did not take his usual glass of milk. His breakfast this morning consisted of stewed fruit. While Edison is nearing death, there is none of the quiet and somberness which ordinarily goes with anticipated death. People and their many activities whirl wbout the quiet Edison home in wooded, exclusive Llewellyn park. Mrs. Edison at Beside Edison’s home is a rambling, red brick structure set well back from the park drive, with clusters of trees at each side. Edison lies in a roomy, upstairs bedroom overlooking a sweep of lawn. Nurses are in attendance day and night. Mrs. Edison, who has been his most constant companion since deafness made his world a silent one, is with him always, or is nearby. She is the only one able to arouse him from the condition his doctors describe as “lethargic.” Because of the peculiar pitch of her voice it can penetrate his deafness where other sounds fail. During the course of the day or night his children tiptoe into the room, but, fear to disturb him, they stay downstairs for the most part. Six telephones in the house ring almost constantly. Henry Ford called from Detroit. He is anxious about the condition of his old crony. The other phone rings. It is a White House secretary. President Hoover wants to know Edison’s condition. Daily Mail Is Heavy Another phone. It is the president of some corporation or a United States senator or an international celebrity, but it is just as likely to be a neighbor or a former Edison servant. Once a day, a mail truck deposits a heavy bag at the side door. It cantains hundreds of letter that convey the sympathies of the great, the near-great and the unknown from all parts of the world. A secretary, assisted by an official of the Thomas A. Edison Industries, opens this mail. The official and the secretary are on duty constantly to shield the Edison family during the emergency. The Edison garage, a two-story stone structure, wreathed with ivy, is some hundred yards from the house. Jammed in with a dozen cars, including two of the ancient electric runabouts in which Edison was pictured so often a decade ago, are telephones and telegraph instruments manned by reporters and their operators. One thinks of the days when Edison was an operator. Emergency telephone crews scurry about, installing still more instruments. Twenty-some odd men sit around on running boards at a crude table awaiting the final word from the big house. Messenger boys run in and out with coffee and sandwiches. The air is blue with cigaret smoke. One of the reporters explained: “It isn’t an ordinary man who is dying in the big house. Therefore, the reporters, the telephones, the telegraph.”