Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 274, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1932 — Page 1

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MONTHLY WATER RATE CUT TO SI.OB

‘GIVE us beer; CRY AS SALES TAX IS BEATEN Legalized Brew to Bring 350 Millions Into U. S. Treasury Is Goal. BALLOT TO BE FORCED Manufactures’ Levy Defeat Viewed Great Victory for Poor. BY MARSHALL M’NEILL Timr* Staff Writer WASHINGTON, March 25.—AntiprohibitioniEt.s sought a house vote today on a tax on beer to add hundreds of millions of dollars to the depleted treasury, as a substitute for the sales tax decisively rejected, 253 to 153 in a revolt against the house leaders Thursday. Before nightfall the wets expect to force a vote on the Cullen amendment to the Democratic tax bill, legalizing beer of 2.75 per cent alcohol by weight, and taxing it at a rate calculated to bring in $350,000,000 a year. Defeat of the amendment is predicted if the vote is obtained, but not until its proponents have an opportunity to reiterate that it provides an unparalleled opportunity for congress to obtain fiscal relief and help balance the budget. Acceptable to Payers Chairman J. Charles Linthicumof the house unofficial wet bloc, in a statement called on congress to turn its attention to “a tax which will be acceptable to those who pay it.” A beer legalization and taxing amendment, he said, “will enable us to eliminate bootlegging, hijacking and the deficit at the same time.” “Legalizing 2.75 per cent beer will mean that the people will be drinking something palatable instead of bootleg booze now consumed,” he said. “Moreover, it will remove the necessity of imposing high taxes on automobiles and radios and other luxuries, of taxing admissions to amusement places, and the many other nuisance taxes which now threaten. N Others Not Sanguine “One hundred eighty-seven members voted with us on the repeal resolution. I am confident that every one of those, and many more, will vote for the beer amendment. I trust it will be adopted.” Other wets were not sanguine of success, but Representative Frank Oliver (Dem.. N. Y.), threw this promise at the normally dry majority: “Give us beer, and we’ll drink up the deficit.” “In the present bill the committee officially has recognized the existence of bootlegging,” said Representative Thomas N. Cullen (Dem., N. Y.), in his report on his amendment, “by providing for a tax on malt syrup (used in manufacture of illegal beer) by imposing a. tax. . . . The federal government thereby undertakes to tax an illegal business.” Honorably Raise It By taxing the illegal business we .raise approximately $50,000,000 .... by making the same illegal business legal (by enacting the beer tax> we can honorably and morally raise $350,000,000.” The house just after 3 p. m. Thursday, with a great shout and vote of 223 to 153, struck from the Democratic revenue bill the sales tax provisions. Victory for the Poor The tragedy of personal defeat for the leaders of both parties was intermingled with the exultation of victory for persons of modest means and the poor, as the house voted. With the sales tax removed, and the higher income of the rich, and inheritance taxes written in, the treasury figures the bill as it now stands will raise $527,500,000. A subcommittee from the rank and file of the house ways and means committee was appoitned today to work out a plan of taxation to be substituted for the sales tax, now eliminated from the bil-lion-dollar revenue bill. To Report Monday Appointment of the subcommittee was announced by acting chairman Charles R. Crisp (Dem., Ga.>. He said he expected it to report Monday with a budget balancing program. The beer tax amendment is being advanced independently. Crisp did not name himself or Democratic Floor Leader Henry Rainey on the committee. Neither did he give any recognition to Representative Robert L. Doughton N. C.), who led the insurrection against the sales tax. Crisp selected Representative Heartsell Rogan (Dem., Ark.) as chairman and Representatives Fred Vinson (Dem., Ky.) and Harry C. Canfield (Dem., Ind.) as majority members. The Republicans suggested their two tax leaders. Representatives Willis C. Hawley (Ore.) and Allen T. Treadway (Mass.), and Crisp accepted them. All members of the subcommittee favored the sales tax. but they were not closely associated with the Gamer-Rainey-Crisp leadership in advocating it on the floor.

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VOLUME 43—NUMBER 274

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The bunny-hug! And, in this photo, there’s sixten pounds of Easter bunny getting a hug from Miss Ruby DeMoss, 3816 East Twenty-eighth street, as she visits the annual

MAX KOS MUST 60 TO PRISON Slated to Start Wednesday on 1 -to-10-Year Term. Max S. Kos, World war veteran, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, will be committed to the Indiana state prison Wednesday to serve a one-to-ten-year term. This was announced today by Harvey Grabill, special judge, following conference with Criminal Judge Frank P Baker, who urged immediate imprisonment of the former veteran. Grabill ordered Kos’ bondsman to bring the convicted man into court, where the commitment papers will be served. Kos is understood to be in northern Indiana since his case was appealed to the supreme court. It was this appeal which led to a fight between Kos and Ira M. Holmes, his attorney, over perfecting of the proceedings. Kos charges Holmes with failing to perfect the appeal, although Holmes countercharged his fee did not include this move. The fight was revealed by the American Legion officials, -who laid a plea for leniency before Governor Harry G. Leslie. Leslie has the appeal under advisement. Sentence was pronounced against Kos by Grabill shortly after the veteran was convicted of fatally injuring two workmen for the Indianapolis Street Railway Company while driving on East Washington street New Year’s eve, 1928.

“It’s a Date” Yes, I’m one of “The Man Hunters” and we’re going to meet when the new serial by Mabel M cElliott begins Wednesday, * ' March 30, in The Times

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1932

Indianapolis rabbit show today at 25 North Delaware street. The show is open to the public without admission charge through Sunday night. New Zealand Whites and Havanas predominate in the rabbit breeds shown.

RAID UNCOVERS CRIPPLED STILL I Mash, Equipment Found on Tutewiler Property. Raiding premises at Shadeland avenue and Fifty-eighth street, formerly occupied by the Jack-O-Lantern night club, deputy sheriffs today seized parts of a liquor still with a capacity o( 150 to 200 gallons daily, a quantity of mash and several barrels. The property is owned by Harry Tutewiler, 1515 Park avenue, Republican politician. He reported to Sheriff Charles (Buck) Sumner that when he went to the place Thursday to collect rent he found it deserted and noticed evidence of liquor manufacturer. Tutewiler asserts he knew the tenant only as Tyler, and that he moved into the property about three months ago. Crank of the still was missing. The device was mounted on an iron framework on the first floor of a two and one-half story house. A rubber hose of large size extended from the attic to the still for use in conveying mash, two barrels of which were found in the attic. Persons living in the vicinity told officers automobiles of expensive makes were seen frequently at the place. No trace was found of the tenant or a man known as Robert Clark, yffio stayed at the place ostensibly for the purpose of feeding the livestock, which was missing today. SWINDLE PLOT BARED Cablegrams Seen Fake by Chicagoan’s Secretaries. By United Press CHICAGO, March 25.—Skeptical private secretaries have saved two wealthy Chicagoans $6,030 in a swindle which cost a third prominent victim nearly that amount recently. “Cablegrams” purporting to be from Edward A. Cudahy, meat packer, and Walter R. Kirk, president of the Dickinson corporation, both traveling abroad, were sent to their secretaries. The employes were instructed to turn over a sum of money without questions to a man who would deliver several “stones.” The plot failed when the secretaries informed police. Last month Chauncey McCormick lost $5,925 in a similar ruse. LOST CITY JOB, STEALS Chicago Man Couldn't Draw Pay; He Turns Bandit. By United Press CHICAGO, March 25.—Failure to receive his salary as a city employe forced Mauriee Meehan to rob two men of $6, he told police here today. Police told the arresting officer, James Morrissey, that he worked for the water pipe extension department. He is the second city employe arrested after a holdup. A city fireman was apprehended after robbing Alderman William A. Rowan two weeks ago

DALE REFUSED SEPARATE QUIZ BY MITCHELL 'Attorney-General Listens to Muncie Mayor’s Plea for Investigation. ACCUSERS ARE FLAYED Indicted Executive Brands Foes as Perjuers in His Brief. BY WALKER STONE Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, March 25.—Mayor George R. Dale today failed to secure from Attorney-General William E. Mitchell a promise of a separate and impartial inquiry into the alleged perjury of witnesses whose testimony before the Indianapolis federal grand jury resulted in the Muncie liquor conspiracy indictment. The Muncie mayor conferred today with Mitchell and Assistant At-torney-General Youngquist, in charge of prohibition cases, for more than an hour, but they gave to him nothing more than a promise to take up the case with District Attorney George Jeffrey in Indianapolis. The justice department executives promised to forward to Jeffrey a copy of the memorandum submitted by Dale, purporting to show that the indictment of himself and a dozen other Muncie officials and residents resulted from a conspiracy entered into by bootleggers, gamblers and federal agents. Request Held Unreasonable According to Dale, Mitchell took the position that his request for an impartial investigation was “unreasonable,” saying his many duties precluded him from giving his personal attention to the case. “So I told him,” said Dale, “that I didn’t want him to do anything but detail a couple of investigators to gather the facts. I told him I thought I was doing him a favor to warn him in advance of trial that perjurers and racketeers had deceived District Attorney Jeffrey.” Youngquist was expected to write Jeffrey today, asking for a complete report on the Muncie case, and asking Jeffrey to trace down the charges against the grand jury witnesses contained in Dale’s “brief.” Assails Foes in Brief Dale scathingly arraigned his accusers and the methods by which evidence was gathered, in a brief filed with the attorney-general. To charges of sixteen overt acts, he made answer, portraying his accusers as law breakers driven from Muncie during his city-wide cleanup; as politicians out for revenge, and as contractors whose stranglehold on the city he had broken. In answer to the charge that he transported liquor to the Indianapolis state Democratic convention in 1930 from Muncie city hall, Dale says that the accusation is entirely untrue. He states that he believes the “evidence” was presented by Earl Randolph, Republican, discharged from the board of public works by Dale for alleged irregularities. Kept Campaign Promises In conclusion, mentioning overt act No. 22, Dale says in his brief, “In my campaign I promised three things: To destroy the paving monopoly that had exacted tribute | from real estate owners and the public; to kill the gambling and j liquor racket; and, last and most j painful, to fire everybody I found | on the city pay roll. “This has been done, as promised. It is not strange, therefore, that ■the thieves who felt the halter draw’ are not in the best frame of mind. “But it does amaze me that the I government should lend ear to their complaints and threaten me and j others of my administration with i long terms of imprisonment as a penalty for freeing Muncie from graft and lawlessness.”

As 57,000 Heard Call of Vacation Days

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The clan of 57,000 Indianapolis children crashed through school doors this afternoon —their books and class worries shoved into the background until April 4. The picture is typical of the scene enacted in every public school and in high schools where pupils lost much of their dignity in their flight for freedom.

Mayor Thanks The Times

Mayor Reginald K. Sullivan today thanked The Times for inaugurating the drive which has resulted in reduced water rates for the small consumer and a saving of $66,000 in hydrant rentals to the city. At the close of hearing today, the mayor said:

101 RANCH OWNER UNDER PEACE BOND IN SHOOTING

Oklahoma Pioneer Pleads Not Guilty to Charge of Gunplay. By United Press NEWKIRK, Okla., March 25. Colonel Zack Miller, who used his shotgun Thursday to drive from his 101 ranch white house two receivership attorneys, was arraigned today on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. The pioneer showman and rancher, his voice trembling with : emotion, pleaded not guilty. I Colonel Miller, his physician and ! attorneys back of him in a semicircle, stood before County Judge R. M. Parkhurst to enter the plea. His friends had to help him up the steps of the large stone courthouse. He was seriously ill, his physician told the court, and the trip endangered his health, impaired by worry over futile attempts to save the ranch from creditors. Judge Parkhurst ordered his release on $1,500 bond, which was signed by Harry Cragin and W. H. Boucher, Ponca City, his lifelong friends, and put him under SI,OOO peace bond. Hearing on the charge was set for April 15. No Further Violence By United Press MARLAND, Okla., March 25. Pacified by friends, Colonel Zachary Taylor Miller reained quiet today as he watched his 101 Ranch personal property sold over the auction block. It was against this auction, which he called “legalized robbery,” that the last of the famous Miller brothers fired a shotgun toward the heels of two receivership attorneys Thursday. Neither was injured. Rancher Issues Challenge Then the 52-year-old pioneer, who with his father, George Washington Miller, and his two brothers, Joe and George, established the vast ranch of 101,000 acres, defied * The trouble arose when Fred Clarke, former manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and now receiver for the ranch, on order from District Judge Claude Duvall, refused Miller a twenty-four-hour extension in which to set forth his personal property, as distinguished from that of the 101 Ranch trust, Paul Potter, the rancher’s attorney and brother of the prosecutor, said. At the same time the court permanently enjoined Miller from claiming this property. Acted Rashly, Says Lawyer “Settlement of ranch affairs will j be just a quiet routine,” Judge W. E. Rice, one of Miller’s attorneys, said today. “It will not be fought with firearms, but with legal tomes. “The colonel was a very sick man, | and can’t be blamed for acting rash- [ ly, but he has cooled down now and there will be no trouble.” Meanwhile, three auctioneers were busy in the ranch corral, selling his blooded livestock. The 101 ranch stands as the last j stronghold of the old west in this j section. It still is the scene of pow-wows for Otoe and Ponca In- I dians. Buffalos graze in a large pasture. Stage coaches and covered j wagons, relics of pioneering days, are on exhibition. The ranch has an area larger j than Cleveland, and it once yielded ; wealth to the Miller brothers. Discovery of oil on the ranch brought them one of the largest fortunes in the southwest. But the Miller estate slowly deteriorated. Crops failed, and the price of oil went below production costs. The famous 101 show was j stranded last year in Washington, j

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“I want to thank The Times for the splendid work done in getting this minimum rate reduction, which will be greatly beneficial for those who most need it. “I am not unmindful of the pioneering that was needed to bring this about and want The Times to have full credit for it.”

GRILL THREE ON DYNAMITE PLOT Sixty Sticks of Explosive Found in Rooming House. Three men are being questioned by police today following finding of sixty sticks of dynamite in a rooming house at 315 West New York street. Those held are Harold Walkup, 33, a roomer at the address; Lloyd Grimes, 32, 19 North Gladstone avenue, and Frank Rice, 34, of 533 North Belle Vieu place. The explosive, a coil of fuse and box of detonating caps were found in the attic of the house. Lawrence Gray, 311 West New York street. who operates the rooming house at the other address, found the explosive. He was cleaning a bathroom on the second floor when he noticed fingerprints around a trap door in the ceiling, where he had applied paint Thursday. He raised the door and found two packages containing the explosive. Gray notified police and squads headed by Lieutenant Ralph Dean and Sergeant Dan Scanlan began an investigation. After questioning occupants of the house, they arrested the three men in Walkup’s room. Each is held under $5,000 bond pending outcome of the investigation. They deny any connection with the dynamite, but according to officers, gave unsatisfactory replies to several questions. The men have been separated for thorough questioning. Russians to Explore Arctic By United Press MOSCOW, March 25.—A Soviet expedition will explore the Arctic regions this summer to survey a possible transpolar air route from Russia to North America.

Shown above are more than a score of pupils from Benjamin Harrison school, No. 2, who were the first out. Books are in the air and feet pounding the pavement in the hilarity of release from the three R’s. Their liberty is not shared by the janitorial force of the city schools. The janitors Saturday open a week’s campaign of cleaning and repairing in all city - schools.

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Grim ‘Fixer’ Death ‘Takes Care of’ Long Parking Sticker on Car; Owner Suicide.

A STICKER placed on a dead man’s automobile was “taken care of” at police headquarters today. The car was that of Mack J. Thomson, 48, of 1415 North Alabama street. His body was found in a room of a hotel near the downtown district today. He committed suicide by swallowing poison, according to Dr. E. R. Wilson, deputy coroner. Today Mrs. Myrtle Thomson, the widow, asked Forrest Allison, a traffic policeman, to endeavor to find her husband, who left home Wednesday in his automobile. Allison told her a car on which he placed a sticker Thursday, was in the same place today. He took Mrs. Thomson to the car, and she identified it as her husband’s. Allison removed the sticker, and on it scribbled: “This woman is having enough trouble without this.” She took the sticker to headquarters on the officer’s instructions. n an ALMOST at the time she disappeared, police had completed taking a report of her husband’s death. The traffic violation case was dropped. Officers lacked the heart to tell Mrs. Thomson of her bereavement, and sent her home. According to attaches of the hotel, Thomson registered between 3 and 4 Wednesday afternoon. A maid noticed a “Do Not Disturb” sign on the door of his room Thursday morning. The sign still was there this ihorning, and the maid called aid. Body of Thomson was found face down on the floor.

HOME EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents

DECREASE TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR ONE YEAR City’s Hydrant Rental Also Will Be Reduced by $66,000 Annually. HELPS SMALL USERS Cost Will Be Increased in Certain Cases for Large Consumers. Minimum rate of the Indianapolis Water Company was reduced today from the present $1.50 to SI.OB monthly. In addition, present hydrant rentals charged the city were cut $66,000. This solution, reached in a compromise settlement made by company officials and the city committee. through efforts of Harry K. Cuthbertson, public service commissioner, brought the rate reduction hearing to a close. Both sides agreed to abide by the decision for a period of one year without further litigation and each promised there will be no court appeals. Relieves 40,000 Patrons Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, who accepted the agreement as spokesman for the city committee, declared the minimum rate reduction will relieve 40,000 rate payers who are sorely in need of decreased living costs at this time. The company will -accept $55,000 of the revenue less made by the reduced hydrant rentals and whatever differences comes from the reduced minimum, according toCuthbertson’s statement' of the settlement. ' • ; But the reduction will be made up partly by upward revision of; steprates over 500 gallons a month. The new schedule has net been completed, but it is expected to be worked out for commission approval late today, Cuthberson said. Will Bring Tax Cut Sullivan pointed out that the $66,000 hydrant rental saving will effect a 1-cent city tax reduction, and all property holders will benefit. “Greatest benefit will accrue to the small user who has been paying $1.50 a month and not using that much water,” Sullivan declared. “It is this group that is in most need of relief, and all members of the city committee agreed to accept the settlement, although it will mean slight increases for some of them.” The compromise plan of settlement moved to a swift conclusion this morning, after first having been advanced Thursday night. Edward H. Knight, corporation counsel, represented the city, and William L. Ransom, New York, and Joseph Daniels the company. Question of Economics The schedules then were submitted to the mayor, who discussed them for an hour at a closed conference of his committee. Agreement being reached, the hearing was reconvened and Cuthbertson stated the case for compromise. He asserted that, from a strictly legal standpoint, basing rates on showings of valuations, he did not believe an emergency rate order could be written with the evidence at hand which would stand in court. t “This is a question of economics,” Cuthbertson declared, “in an emergency situation where immediate relief is needed.” Cuthbertson said the new rates will be effective on the April billings and cover March water consumption. LOWER TEMPERATURE AND RAIN PREDICTED Easter Weather Still in Doubt, Says United States Forecaster. Rain and lower temperatures Saturday afternoon or night will follow generally fair and mild weather today/J. H. Armington, weather forecaster, said. Easter weather is uncertain because of varying conditions in the west, Armington said. Unsettled weather will reach the city tonight, although the mercury will remain above freezing, where it is expected to hover Saturday night, he said. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 45 10 a. m 58 7a. m 46 11 a. m 61 Ba. m 48 12 (noon).. 61 9a. m 54 Ip. m 64

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