Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 106, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 September 1932 — Page 3

SEPT. 12, 1932

ALL-MIDWEST FARMING STRIKE IS THREATENED Indiana to Take Part in Uprising, Declares Head of Holiday Board. B >i TANARUS, nitcd Prei* DES MOINES, la.. Sept. 12.—A general farm strike in eleven midwestern states effective Sept. 21 was predicted today by Milo Reno, head of the National Farmers’ Holiday Association. Reno said the strike, if called, would be in protest against failure of the Governors’ conference on farm problems to meet all demands of the holiday association. He admitted the Governors’ conference was a “long step in the right direction.” The Governors of nine great farming states meeting at Sioux City, la., proposed that American agriculturists, aided by the federal government, “withhold farm produce from the markets of the world until favorable prices can be obtained. Embargo Is Refused The Governors also recommended that such a project “ultimately should provide for control of production of food products in the agricultural states," but they flatly refused the request of the Farmers’ Holiday Association for state enforcement of an embargo on farm products until prices reach “equitable” levels. Governors of South Dakota, lowa, North Dakota. Minnesota attended and representatives of Governors of Nebraska. Ohio, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Wisconsin took part. Reno revealed that at a meeting of the executive committee of the holiday association in Sioux City, Saturday, a resolution was adopted calling upon the Governors for decisive action, and indicating that if the farmers’ demands were not met a general strike would be called. Indiana Ready, Says Reno The same resolution provided for meeting at Sioux City Sept. 18. The following states already are organized and prepared to strike, Reno said: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, lowa. Kansas and Oklahoma. He said Nebraska would be organized this week. Reno viewed “any appeal to the President on behalf of American agriculture as a waste of time.” He ridiculed the recommendation that farmers be recognized as suitable risks for loans from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. “If other groups of society will concede us production costs for our goods, we will need no more credit,” he said. lowa Roads Picketed Pickets reappeared in full strength on all lowa highways leading into Sioux City. Picketing of roads near there had not ceaseo during the conference, but had been prosecuted in a desultory manner until today. J. F. Kriege, acting head of the Nebraska Farmers Holiday Association, announced all Nebraska highways would be picketed beginning Sept. 20. The blockade would affect not only Sioux City, but all market centers in the state, he .said. “It will sperad like wildfire to every town and city in the midwest,” said Kriege.

SUSPECT IS TRAPPED Alleged Prowler Caught in Man Hunt: 200 in Chase. Efforts of approximately twentyfive policemen and 200 citizens finally brought to earth an alleged Negro burglar early today in a manhunt lasting almost an hour extending from the 1200 block Alabama street to the 1400 block, Bellefontaine street. Friday, Mrs. Leslie Hamilton. 1220 North Alabama street, reported the theft of a bundle of laundry. Saturday, she heard a Negro intruder who fled when she confronted him. Sunday, she again saw the same prowler, who again fled. This morning, he came back again, and demanded food. He approached menacingly, Mrs. Hamilton said, and she ran into her back yard. Police squads answered the alarm. Neighbors joined in the search. Police finally cornered the fugitive in an alley. He gave the name of Adolph Temple, 28. of 514 Blackford street. He recently served a four-months term for public indecency. He was identified as the prowler at the Hamilton home. BIRTHDAY DINNER TO BE EATEN OFF COFFIN Aged Hermit Hans Novel Meal When He Reaches 90. B•/ >.'.4 Sen ice MINERAL WELLS. Tex.. Sept. 12. —When A. Schnocke reaches his 90th birthday, soon, he'll eat his birthday meals off his coffin. Schnocke, an aged hermit who has resided in the hills near Perrin for sixty years, is one of the territory's curiosities. He lives in a one-room shack one end of which is stacked with canned goods, and the other filled with a table and coffin. Two cowskins laid on the floor have served as his bed for twenty-five years. Until recent years he tended his few cattle clad only in a burlap sac'-, with holes for arms and neck Tire coffin has been his dining table for eight years. PLANES BEING BUILT FOR FAMED FLIERS Special Craft Are Constructed for B&lchen and Hawks. By SEA Service LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12.—Airplanes are being built here for two of the greatest pilots in the United States. These planes are special jobs, being built to the specifications of Bernt Balchen and Captain Frank Hawks. Balchen's plane is being outfitted for his next polar flight. It is planned to carry two men and 600 pounds of supplies more than ‘4,ooo miles without stopping.

AGED MOTHER FIGHTS TO FREE CONVICT SON

Brave Battle Waged for Killer ; 4 My Only Boy,’ Serving Life Term in Pen

(Continued From Page One) 1921. For a time they resided here and later at Miami Beach, Fla. Returning here the couple was separated a year after their marriage. After living apart for a year, Colen\an then living at New Harmony, Ind., says he received a phone message and a letter from his wife, both urging that he return to her. Heeded Pleas of Wife Late in April, 1923, he heeded her pleas and went to Crossville in White county, Illinois, where she was staying at the home of Jeff Young, now said to be an inmate of a hospital for the insane in Illinois. Elizabeth Coleman djed April 26, of three bullet wounds. The story of the husband, as related by his mother, is that he called at the Young home to discuss reconciliation with his wife. He entered the front door. A blow felled him. He regained consciousness to find himself lying in a room with a revolver in his hand. Nearby lay the body of his wife. Officers were called immediately and Coleman was placed under arrest and taken to the White county jail at Carmi. The mother reached Carmi the following day. “When I pulled Arthurs head down to kiss him.” the mother declares, “I felt a bump on his head and noticed blood on my hand as I left the jail.” Colemans petition for release from prison does not refer to this. However, the petition relates an almost incredible tale of alleged third degree treatment. The sheriff, Coleman charges, “came to my cell with a man he introduced as a professional hangman, who showed me how the rope would be placed around my neck and how my body would appear when the trap was sprung.” Entered Plea of Guilty It also is charged that hints were dropped to Coleman that there was danger of mob violence. His mother asserts he was taken to a window of the jail, and a spot pointed out to him with the remark: “That’s where we will stretch your damned neck.” Coleman was taken before Judge C. H. Miller of White circuit court at Carmi on May 19, 1923, and entering a plea of guilty, was sentenced to prison for life —that is, a term of ninety-nine years. He now is 33. “I was sick and nervous at the

SILK STRIKERS BATTLE COPS 400 Picketers and 20 Officers Fight, By United Prcss HIGH POINT, N. C., Sept. 12. Twenty High Point policemen clashed today with 400 striking operatives of the Stehli Silks Corporation in their efforts to break a strikers’ blockade of a driveway leading into the mill property. Tear gas bombs were hurled by officers into the large group, and a hand-to-hand skirmish lasted for several minutes. Four men and three women, all strikers, were arrested, six were charged with blockading the entrance to private property, and the other with assault and battery on an officer. Several of the women strikers jumped on a policeman and forced him to the ground, where they beat him with their hands.

‘BEER-MAKER’ WINS DIVORCE Forced to Brew for Mate, Wife Tells Judge. A wife testified today in superior court five that her husband beat her to force her to make beer for him, but she considered that drinking in their home was better than having her husband spend his money for beer elsewhere. Asa result of the testimony, Mrs. Bertha Kleine, 1418 English avenue. was granted a divorce from William J. Kleine. 1147 English avenue, who spent fifty-one days in jail because he refused to comply with a court order for support of his daughter Geraldine. 4, pending settlement of the divorce suit. Judge Russell J. Ryan withheld ruling on custody of the child. Ryan sent Kleine to jail in June. Shortly afterward Ryan left on a trip to Europe. During his absence Kleine. after being a prisoner nearly two months, was released Aug. 9 by Superior Judge Joseph R. Williams. CHILE PANS GOLD TO RESTORE PROSPERITY Andean Streams Are Searched for Precious Metal. By Times Special SANTIAGO. Sept. 12.—At a time when so many nations are trying to devise means to strengthen their financial position, the experiment undertaken by the Chilean government can not fail to arouse interest. An army of unemployed to the number of 100,000 is to be set to work washing for gold in the scores of streams that flow down the .Andes between Arica and Cape Horn. By this means the government believes it will be able to replenish its coffers and restore a favorable balance on the treasury ledgers. That the Andean streams have not completely lost that wealth-giv-ing power that contributed to the fabulous treasure of the Incas, seems to be shown by the fact that 40,000 men ‘ panning - * on the water courses in June produced 5,000 ounces of gold, and justifies the expectation of the government that 100,000 men working in August can produce 15,000 ounces.

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Upper left—Arthur J. Coleman serving a life term in the Illinois state prison for the murder of his wife. Background is the state museum in the Indiana capitol where he was employed four years as a taxidermist. Right—Mrs. Elizabeth Coleman, the slain woman. Lowar Left—Coleman with J. S. Bruhnaus, sculptor with the Field museum, Chicago, who is interested in efforts to free Coleman. Center—Coleman at 17, with a pet fox. Right—The prisoner and his 74-year-old mother, Mrs. Nancy S. Coleman, 339 South State avenue.

time,” Coleman s "plea for release states. Neither Hamrick, who was paid the SI,OOO fee, nor Joseph Pierce, Carmi attorney, said to have been employed by Hamrick, appeared at the hearing. The mother asserts that no one ever claimed ownership of the revolver which was used in the slaying, and that her son’s revolver which was carried in an armpit holster had not been removed. She insists that a man who was at the house at the time of the shooting left immediately and was away from Carmi for a year.

Wisconsin Likely to Give Roosevelt Strong Support Ray Tucker Predicts at Least 50,000 Plurality for Democratic Candidate in November; State Contests Are Wild. BY RAY TUCKER Times Staff Writer p MII^V AUKEE, Sept. 12.—Wisconsin squared off to vote for Governor Ve t fc o' at 6aSt 50,000 plurality in the widest campaign, involving PniS f Pr s g ! e s lV ® S ’ Socialists and Democrats, since “Old Bob“ La Follette founded his dynasty, forty years ago. a Almost every political prophet concedes the Democratic nominee blunder tUm PreSldentHHoovesr ’ s 94,000 plurality of 1928, barring a terrific The revolt against the administration is not vocal or demonstrative

Stalwart candidates sent against the La Follettes by the administration do not mention the President. Thousands of Hoover tire covers lie unused in storage. But tiny auto signs urging “Repeal with Roosevelt’’ splash in the sunlight on rural and urban highways. The ordinarily Republican Poles and Germans in this erstwhile barony of bser like the Democrats’ demand for immediate modification. AI Smith Surprised ’Em The Democrats, since Al Smith surprised them by rolling up 450,000 votes in 1928, have formed a militant organization from the precinct up. They have rallied behind Roosevelt. They have no bosses yet, only workers. And theirs is a duespaying outfit even in the hard times. For the first time since 1910 they have refused to fuse with the Republicans in the usual, nonpartisan drive to break the Socialists’ control of the city government here. They hope to grab off a few local, state and congressional offices. Even though their go-it-alone policy may permit two Socialist candidates to win seats in the house. La Follette Battle Close Although there is no open alliance, it is predicted that La Follette progressives will vote for Roosevelt. Party lines, as usual, have gone to smithereens in Governor Phil La Follette’s desperate fight for renomination against ex-Governor Walter J. Kohler and in Senator James J. Blaine's contest against John B. Chappie. The La Follette-Kohler battle is close and in doubt. But Blaine probably will'win easily. His Republican enemies plan to throw their full strength to his enemy in the election, where he faces Ryan Duffy, Democratic candidate. The primary is Sept. 20. •Y’ LEADER IS NAMED Ross H. Clarke Appointed Physical Director of Central Branch. Appointment of Ross H. Clarke as physical director of the central oranch of the Y. M. C. A. has been announced by Edgar H. Evans, president. Clarke comes from Youngstown. O. Yeggs Escape With $250 S;/ United Press SHELBYVILLE. Sept. 12.—Thieves who entered the Buehler Brothers meat market here Sunday night made away with $250.96. The burglars broke into the safe.

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Oceana Masonic lodge of Miami, Fla., of which Coleman is a member, has interceded in his behalf with a statement to Illinois authorities, citing that he never had been arrested before and expressing a belief that at the time of the slaying he was under great mental strain. Such is the view of the case through the eyes of mother love. But the man learned in the law points out that the indictment against Coleman bears the nr me of nineteen witnesses; there was testimony that “he pointed the revolver at her and fired,” despite his moth-

MENACES CITY GAMING JOINTS Cleanup Is Pledged by County Prosecutor. Clean up of drinking and gambling resorts in Marion county, with emphasis on slot machines, was pledged today by Prosecutor Herbert E. Wilson following raids last week on two places resulting in reported seizures of liquor and gambling devices. “Such law violations will not be tolerated,” Wilson declared. “AH complaints regarding them will be investigated immediately.” Asa result of one of the raids, a hearing was to be held this afternoon in superior court five with the state seeking a closing order under the nuisance law. The place is at 6400 North Harding street and was raided last week by deputy sheriffs. Seizure of beer, gambling devices and $Bl in change was reported. Tlie other raid was at the Rome restaurant, 3053 Madison avenue, where federal agents said they found liquor. Louis Defadis, proprietor, was arrested on a liquor charge. The officers are said to have informed deputy sheriffs that slot machines were being operated in the place. It was disclosed Saturday that Madison avenue, from south of the city in the direction of Southport, is dotted with restaurants, barbecue and hamburger stands, chief business of which is catering to the demand for liquor and gambling.

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er’s belief there were no witnesses of the shooting. The attorney points to the plea of guilty. He therefore has advised withdrawal of the petition for clemency. The only hope for release, and that can not be fulfilled for at least five years is a commutation of sentence. Under Illinois law, a murder term can be fourteen years to life. Coleman has been advised to wait until he has served five more years, then ask for commutation, which would make him eligible to petition again for clemency.

GIRL-WIFE OF BANDITFREED Fugitive Robber to Fight Extradition to South. Vagrancy charge against Loletta Watson, 17-year-old wife of Hunter B. Watson, fugitive bank robber and prison breaker, was dismissed today in municipal court by Judge William H. Sheaffer. The couple was taken into custody Friday night at Twenty-first and

Harding streets after a two-day search by police. Officials of Texas and Louisiana want Watson, who has announced that he will fight extradition. L. M. Davis, sheriff of Lasalle parish, Louisiana, has wired local police that an application for extradition has been mailed, and that there are no

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charges against Watson’s wife in the parish. Davis states he will have a representative here on or before Sept. 20. when Watson will be arraigned before Sheaffer on a fugitive warrant. J. L. Hazlett, sheriff of Houston county, Texas, also has wired, stating that if Watson will waive extradition an officer will be sent here to get him.

CENTRAL WILL OPENCLASSES Large Freshman Enrollment Is Expected. One of the largest freshman classes in the history of Indiana Central College is expected to enroll Tuesday at the opening of the fall semester. $ Two entertainments for the incoming students have been planned for this week. Wednesday upperclass men will entertain freshman men with a picnic supper. Friday night the entire student body will participate in a “mixer” in the gymnasium at which freshman students will be honor guests.

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STATE RECORDS BILLION DROP IN TAX VALUATION Average Decrease in All Counties of 14.2 Per Cent, Says Bowman. Total decreased valuation of Indiana property for tax purposes is $1,092,318,268. according to final figures compiled today by L. S. Bowman, secretary of the state tax board. Gross assessment for 1932 is given as $3,980,922,878 as compared with $5,073,231,146 in 1931. Local assessments submitted to the state tax board amounted to $3,093,767,470. These were increased by the board by $63,126,954. Bank, utilities and other corporation assessments made by the board amounted to $824,028,454. This was an average decrease in all counties of the state of 14.2 per cent, representing a $136,394,316 loss. In Marion county the state board assessments were cut 9 per cent, the 1932 figure being $126,622,270. This was attributed largely to the number of closed banks, according to Chairman James Showalter of the state tax board. ONE CENT A DAY PAYS UP TO SIOO A MONTH The Postal Life & Casualty Insurance Cos.. 5377 Dierks Building, Kansas City, Mo., is offering anew accident policy that pays up to SIOO a month for 24 months for disability and $1,000.00 for deaths—costs less thgn lc a day—s3.so a year. More than 148,000 have already bought this policy. Men, women and children eligible. Send no money. Simply send, name, address, age, beneficiary’s name and relationship and they will send this policy on 10 days’ FREE inspection. No examination is required. This offer is limited, so write them today.—Advertisement.