Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 269, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 March 1932 Edition 02 — Page 3

MARCH 19,1932:

LINDY QUIZZES SAILOR LOVER OF CHm NURSE First Time That Colonel Has Talked to Johnson Since Arrest. BY BATES RANEY TJnlUd Press Stiff Correspondent HOPEWELL, N. J., March 19. Henry (Red) Johnson, sailor who failed to “keep a date” with nurse Betty Gow the night the Lindbergh baby was kidnaped, was questioned personally this morning by Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. It was the first time since Johncon was first detained, two weeks ago, that the kidnaped baby’s father had seen or questioned the sailor. It was believed the questioning was due to the colonel’s determination not to overlook a single possible clew. The sailor, former deckhand on the yacht of Thomas Lamont, Wall Street figure and partner of the late Senator Dwight Morrow, father of Mrs. Lindbergh, had been removed secretly from Newark city jail at 1:30 p. m. Friday. He was taken to Jersey City, and later to Hopewell. Johnson has been held on a warrant charging illegal entry into this country, but has not been charged with any definite connection with the Lindbergh kidnaping. State police announced, however, that “this man was never completely absolved from connection with the Lindbergh case.” MORE TREASURE FOUND BY TOMB EXCAVATORS Beads of Precious Metal Yielded by j Monte Alban Search. By Science Service MEXICO CITY, March 19.—Famous “tomb No. 7” of Monte Alban, in which great prehistoric wealth recently was found, still yields treasure. Piles of dust and dirt from the floor of the tomb which heretofore had not been sifted completely, have yielded another quarter of a pound or so of tiny beads of gold, turquoise and other precious substances. There are tiny beads with holes so small that the finest needles do not pass through them. Little gadgets of bone, with two or more holes, show how the multiple strands of the ancient necklaces were kept together. Ancient Mixtec codices, picture records in colors, that have survived to the present day, show how strands of gold, turquoise or red shell beads were combined. Onq necklace has been reconstructed after a codex design, out of the large amount of loose beads from the floor of the tomb. LUDLOW BILL SEEKS LAWMAKER PAY CUT Measure Calls for 25 Per Cent Slash to $7,500 a Year. By Timm Special WASHINGTON, March 19—Representative Louis Ludlow of Indianapolis today introduced a bill in the house of representatives reducing the salaries of representatives and senators 25 per cent, from SIO,OOO to $7,500 a year. The bill probably never will be considered as a separate measure, but if congress decided to cut the pay of all government employes, which now appears likely, the salaries of the senators and representatives will be subjected to a proportionate reduction. Ludlow’s bill also would reduce salaries of cabinet members from $15,000 to $12,500 a year. He estimated adoption of his measure would save the government $1,362,500 annually. PRISONER MAKES BREAK Flees From Michigan City; Another State Convict Dies. By United Press MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., March 19.—Population of the Indiana state prison was reduced two today as one prisoner escaped and another died. Roscoe Goff, sentenced in Marion county May 1, 1931, to one to five years on a charge of issuing a fraudulent check, walked away from the prison farm. Benjamin Jennings, sentenced in Marion county May 26, 1930, on a burglary charge, died of cerebral apoplexy. INFLUENZA ON WANE Slight Decrease in Number of Cases Noted in Last Week. By Science Service WASHINGTON, March 19.—A slight decrease in number of influenza cases in the country appears in the reports of state health officers to the United States public health service here. For the week ended March 12, there were 8,230 cases reported, as compared to 8,409 cases the previous week. The decrease is particularly noted in the Rocky Mountain states, which had a large number of cases early in this present outbreak. Influenza reporting is known to be so unreliable that these figures are not taken to represent the actual number of cases in the country, but are considered a good index to the prevalence of the disease.

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Automobiles reoorted to Dollce as stolen belone to: Elliott Buckner 2148 Schrleber avenue. Bulck coach. 58-666. from 1022 North West street. Emma Cornwell. 2955 Bellefontalne street. Ford coach, from 2055 Bellefontalne street. Carl Schloesser, Shelbvvllle. Ind.. Chevrolet roach. 255-658. from Shelbvvllle. Henry Humphrey. 1 East Thlrtv-slxth street. Ant. 20. Ford coupe. 58-342. from 3128 North Pennsylvania street. Jack W. Fletcher. 6214 Carrollton avenue. Ford sport coupe, 63-177, from 2345 Broadway. Albert Mcßride. Mitchell. Ind.. Chevrolet special sedan. 221-062. from Mitchell. Ind.

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Stolen automobiles recovered bv police belong to Fred Bergman. 729 South Noble street. Shelbvvllle. Ind.. Chevrolet coach, found at Alabama and Ohio streets. E Stone. Danvile. 111.. Gardner sedan, taund at Alabama and Market streets.

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RAIL SITUATION IS MINIMIZED Hoover Doubts Position as Serious as Believed. By United Press WASHINGTON, March 19.—President Hoover said today that his personal investigation of the railway situation had shown that the financial difficulty confronting the roads “is of smaller dimensions than generally has been believed or recorded.” In a formal statement, the President said it was estimated the railroads in 1932 would need between $300,000,000 and $400,000,000 in loans. He said the own credit corporation would provide $50,000,000 to $60,000,000 of this and that most of the bank loans would be continued in the normal way.” Mr. Hoover emphasized that the chief problem was to handle the situation as a whole so as to lay the foundations for restored employment on the railroads.” He again pointed out that the railroads are one of the key industries in the nation’s economic structure. CURTIS IN CALUMET Vice-President to Speak at Crown Point Tonight. By Times Special GARY, Ind., March 19.—Impetus is expected to be given the Republican cause in the Calumet tonight when Vice-President Charles Curtis will address a rally in the community building at Crown Point. Republican headquarters, located here at the Hotel Gary, were opened by Ivan C. Morgan, state chairman, Friday night at a dinner conference with city chairmen. A conference with district leaders followed. Governor Harry G. Leslie and Mrs. Leslie were expected to head the visiting delegation of state office holders. M. Bert Thurman, former Republican national committeeman and contender for the governorship nomination, began organization work in the new First district.

CHARLES WELLIVER, ATTORNEY, IS DEAD

Long Active in Democratic Politics; G. C. Haerle Also Succumbs. Charles B. Welliver, 45, attorney, active in Democratic politics, died Friday at his home, 4130 Guilford avenue. He retired from the practice of law two years ago because of poor health. Mr. Welliver was born in Oxford, 0., and attended Miami university there. Later, he attended Harvard law school. He was a member of Calvin Prather lodge No. 717, F. & A. M., and of Beta Theta Pi frateritny. Was Insurance Counsel Before his retirement, he was legal counsel for the American Central Life Insurance Company. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. The body will be taken to Oxford for burial. George C. Haerle, 63, of 1449 North Pennsylvania street, retired business man, died Friday in Cromwell, Conn., where he was staying temporarily. He had lived in Indianapolis all his life. Mr. Haerle’s father was the founder of the old William Haerle store on West Washington street. Mr. Haerle went into the business and later operated it. He retired in 1911. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Mrs. Parker Dies Following a week’s illness, Mrs. Kathryne Muncie Parker, 20, of 736 North Bancroft street, died Friday in St. Francis hospital in Beech Grove. She had lived in Indianapolise twelve years. Mrs. Parker was born in Brazil. She came to Indianapolis when 8 years old, and attended school No. 15 and Technical high school. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Funeral services will be held at the home oi her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Muncie, 242 Hendricks place, at 2 Monday. Burial will be in Washington Park cemetery. SENATOR'S MOTHER I DIES Tom Connally Loses Race to Bedside at W r aco, Tex. By United Press WACO, Tex., March 19.—Mrs. Mary E. Connally, 87, died today at her home near Eddy while her son, Senator Tom Connally, of Texas, was speeding from Washington to her bedside.

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Vincennes’ basketball clash with Cicero in the state tournament was no victory for Vincennes, and that fact was brought home with a vengeance to Herman J- Piel and Miss Bertha Cook, former Vincennes residents, in the secretary of state’s office. Piel’s desk was decorated with a mourning wreath and messages of condolence, while Miss Cook holds a placard calling attention to the fact that Vincennes’ population is 18,000 and Cicero but 932. Fellow departmental employes provided the decorations.

QUIZ WOMAN IN DAD COIN CASE Federal Men Attempt to Trace Counterfeit. Miss Lee Mollis, 26, Detroit, suspected of passing counterfeit money, was bound over to the federal grand jury today under bond of SIO,OOO after hearing before United States Commissioner Fae W. Patrick. Belief that a confederate accompanied the woman to Indianapolis from Detroit was expressed at the hearing after government operatives revealed they questioned the woman more than seven hours in an effort to link her with a large counterfeiting ring. A $lO bill which officers say is bogus, was tendered by Miss Mollis in payment for shoes she bought in a department store, whexe she was held until police arrived. Recently counterfeit bills of that denomination have been passed in several Ohio cities, including Cincinnati, Springfield and Toledo. The bill, according to Charles Mazey, secret service operative, and his assistant, Fred Loggins, is a poor imitation. It bears a picture of Alexander Hamilton, portions of which are so weak that a pen had been used to fill them in. “It’s preposterous to think I’d knowingly pass counterfeit money,” Miss Mollis said, according to officers. POLICE CHIEF IS DEAD Noblesville Department Head, in Office 18 Months, Succumbs. By United Press NOBLESVILLE, Ind., March 19. John Fenton, 45, police chief here for the last eighteen months, died today.

Rolling Own By United Press WASHINGTON, March 19. Hard-up America is rollong its own cigarets and spending economical evenings playing cards if internal revenue bureau figures for February are any criterion. During that month, according to the bureau, 1,255,738,880 fewer ready-made cigarets were smoked than during February, 1931. That is a decline of 62,786,944 packs. The sale of playing cards, on the upgrade for some time, continued to advance. A total of 5,424,156 packs w r ere sold in 412 in February, 1931.

POLO TICKET SALE SET Ducats for Indoor Tournament to Be Ready Monday. Downtown office for sale of tickets to the Indiana state championship indoor polo tournament will be opened Monday at 40 Monument Circle, in the Circle theater building, it was announced today by the Made Work Fund, Inc. Proceeds of the tournament, which will be held April 1 and 2 in the coliseum, state fairground, will be used for relief work by the Emergency Work Committee, Inc. The Rolling Ridge, Ft. Harrison, Culver Military academy and Franklin teams will participate in the tournament. ILL, MAN TAKES LIFE Steve Barry, 72, Slashes Hls Throat With Razor. Despondent because of a long illness, Steve Berry, 72, of 327 Minkner street, committed suicide early today by slashing his throat with a razor. He lived with a son, Cash Berry, who, with another brother, Elmer of Tulsa (Okla.) and a sister, Mrs. Lois Christ of Noblesville, survive.

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NEGRO SLAYER DOOMEDTO DIE Perkins’ Electrocution Is Set for July 1. By Times Special GREENFIELD, Ind., March 19.Richard Perkins, Negro, convicted slayer of an Indianapolis detective, was sentenced here today to die in the state prison electric chair, July 1. Sentence was pronounced by Circuit Judge Arthur C. VanDuyn, following conviction of Perkins of the murder two weeks ago by a jury of Hancock county citizens. Attorneys for the condemned man immediately filed a motion for a new trial, and VanDuyn fixed April 2 as date for arguments. Perkins shot Detective Carl W. Heckman when the officer and a companion stopped Perkins in the 3500 block North Pennsylvania street Jan. 3, 1931, to question him concerning robbery of a laundry truck driver. He was captured several months later in a Chattanooga (Tenn.) theater, and was returned to Indianapolis to face trial. The case then was brought here on a change of venue. Deputy prosecutor John Kelley of Marion county, who aided in prosecution of the slayer, was present at sentencing of Perkins. PARKED JJARS RIFLED Cage Tournament Visitors Are Theft Victims. Breaking into autos of three basketball fans attending the state tourney at Butler fieldhouse, thieves Friday obtained loot worth more than S2OO. Thefts were reported by the following: Robert L. Haines of 1701 South Emerson avenue, $150; Donald Davis of 312 Linwood avenue, $35, and Myron D. Hub -lings of Muncie, S6O. Orville Tudor of 3436 Garden avenue, reported that radio supplies and tools valued at more than S2OO were stolen from his car parked near Pennsylvania and Walnut streets, Friday afternoon. CONVICTS LINKED WITH ANOTHER BANK HOLDUP Two Men in Pendleton Identified as Illinois Robbers. By Times Special HARTFORD CITY, Ind., March 19.—Frank Valentino and Lorenz Capelli, both of East Chicago, serving terms in the Indiana state reformatory for robbing the First State bank of Dunkirk, have been identified as members of a gang which robbed a bank in Flossmore, 111., Sept. 12, 1931. Identification was made at the reformatory Friday by C. A. Jansen, a patron of the Flossmore bank, who witnessed the robbery. Asa result, authorities are endeavoring to link persons arrested in other robberies with the holdup at Flossmore. These persons are Ira Barton, former Blackford county sheriff, serving a prison term for the Dunkirk robbery; Albert Frabotta, sentenced for the same crime, and Mrs. Hazel Green, Muncie, and Herschell Miller, Chesterfield, awaiting trial. TWO HELD IN SLUGGING Face Charges Taxi Driver Struck Him During Ride. Two men face charges today as result of an alleged slugging in a taxi Friday night at West and Washington streets. Joe Johnson, 35, of 541 North Pershing avenue, driver of the cab, was arrested for alleged drunkenness and operating an auto while drunk after Charles Camden, 20, of 928 Broadway, complained to police he had been slugged by Johnson. Police arrested Camden on a vagrancy count.

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STATE UTILITIES GUARD SPLIT ON COURT APPEAL Divide 3-2 on Support of Bill Removing Lower U. S. Court Power. Public service commissioners today split three to two on urging support of the Johnson bill by the United States senate. The measure, introduced by Senator Hiram Johnson (Rep., Cal.), would require public utilities to take appeals from public service commission decisions to the state, rather than federal courts. Liberals throughout the land are backing the move as being helpful in sustaining public utility control by the states, which has suffered greatly by adverse rulings of the United States district and supreme courts. Three Favor Passage Commissioners supporting the measure and who advocated its passage by telegrams sent to Washington today are Frank Singleton. Howell Ellis and Harry K. Cuthbertson. Commissioners refusing to join in its support are Chairman John W. McCardle and Jere West. McCardle condemned the measure as being a blow at the sacred rights of property. The bill now is in a subcommittee of the senate judiciary committee composed of Senators George W. Norris of Nebraska, chairman; Arthur R. Robinson of Indiana, and Henry F. Ashurst of Arizona. Wire Plea to Senators Following is the text of the message wired to Norris and other members, and signed by Singleton, Ellis and Cuthbertson: “The undersigned members of the public service commission of Indiana respectfully request your favorable consideration of senate bill 3243, known as the Johnson bill, which would amend the judicial code so as to prevent the issuance of injunctions by lower federal courts to restrain enforcement of state commission orders affecting public utility rates in any state where adequate opportunity exists for review of such orders in the courts of the state. “Adequate provision is made by the laws of Indiana for review by the Indiana state courts of all decisions of the public service commission of Indiana. We are opposed to the procedure which permits lower federal courts to enjoin enforcement of state commission orders, but favor review of such orders in the state courts with provision for review by the supreme court of the United States upon appeal from the state courts.” NIB 3 AFTER CHASE City Men Held in Kentucky as Bandit Suspects. Detectives today are checking records of three Indianapolis men, held at Mt. Vernon, Ky., as the result of an alleged robbery attempt. Arrests were made after an automobile chase through two Kentucky counties. The prisoners are George Whitley, who give 928 Warren avenue as his address; Stanley Freels and Norman Schimer. Freels, said to be the owner of the car, suffered a wound when officers fired on the car in which the three wer riding. He is in a hospital at Stanford, Ky., and the other two are in jail at Mt. Vernon. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Snider, Saginaw, Mich., motoring near Mt. Vernon, told officers their automobile was forced from the road by the other car, whose occupants, all armed, sought to rob them, but fled at the approach of another car whose driver gave chase and spread the alarm. TRIO KILLED BY TRAINS Crashes at Valparaiso and Auburn Crossings End Lives. By United Press AUBURN, Ind., March 19.—Two men lost their lives at a railroad crossing here when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a Wabash passenger train, j Both men, Philip Rigg, 54, and | Henry Krabill, 67, were real estate dealers. VALPARAISO, Ind., March 19. Charles W. Hall, president of the C. W. Hall Manufacturing Company, was killed near here last night when his automobile was struck by a Grand Central passenger train.

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“Come fill the cup and in the fire of spring Your winter garments of repentance fling.” Miss Ruth Hoefling, 247 Hendricks place, is shown heeding the poet’s admonition, at least to the point of putting off her winter

WRIT DODGER FOILED Judgment Issued on Firm When Garnishee Fails. Francis J. Reno’s method of ignoring court orders has been bared and today he faces a court battle against a S6OO judgment pending for three years. Attempts to garnishee Reno’s wages by service of summons at the Schlitz Mercantile Company, 425 South State avenue, failed time after time. Reno merely dropped the writs into a waste basket, it is charged. But late Friday, a deputy sheriff, spying the unpaid judgment, decided to investigate. This revealed that Reno, oeing sole agent and manager of the Mercantile company, was, in truth and fact, the company For court purposes he was just Reno but when the court sought to garnishee his pay through the mercantile firm, the court actually was asking Reno to inforce a judgment against himself. The court today issued a judgment order against the company. BANDITS ARE PURSUED BY GROCERY OWNER Four Shots Fired at Fleeing Negroes; None Take Effect. Chasing two Negro bandits who robbed him in his grocery at 502 West New York street, early today, Louis Wides, owner, fired four shots at the fleeing gunmen, but neither was believed wounded. Wides said the robbers made a small purchase, after which they ordered him to face the wall while they looted a cash register of S3B. As the bandits left, Wides seized a revolver and gave chase, but lost trail of the men in an alley after firing at them. A bandit robbed Arthur Gant of 1712 Southeastern avenue, of $lO Friday in the 300 block South Walcott street, he reported to police.

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SPRING'S ENTRY SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAYATI:S4 Old Sol Will Turn North, but Cold Weather May Not Be Ended. Winter of 1931-32 with its fickle weather and economic bugaboos soon will be history, officially. For Sunday, Old Sol, dictator of seasons, will be directly over the equator on his path northward, heralding the beginning of springtime. To the meterologist, this event is the vernal equinox, but to the layman it marks the end of a winter, now famous for its unusual weather. At exactly 1:54 Sunday afternoon the sun will start moving northward from the equator, and day by day will draw nearer until directly overhead in summer. In all probability, the season of green grass and budding flowers will be heralded with cloudy skies and moderate temperatures, not unlike the weather of winter months just past. Weather prophets old and young hesitate to predipt what lies ahead. If past records of the weather bureau are a basis for guesses, winter’s most vicious blow yet may be felt, although the average guess would relegate frigid weather to the past. The season just ending has been phenomenal, according to weather bureau officials. Temperatures throughout the winter averaged from 8 to 10 degrees above normal, with only three major snowfalls recorded. These were on Thanksgiving, then in December, then last week, when the coldest weather of the season was recorded. The mercury dropped to 4.5 degrees above zero, coldest in the city for fifteen months.