Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 251, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 February 1933 — Page 7

FEB. 28, 1933.

REPEAL CONVENTION BILL EXPECTED TO GO THROUGH SENATE TO HOUSE TODAY Weiss Loses Fight to Suspend Rules and Win Quick Passage of Measure; Amendments Voted Down. Method of voting on ratification or rejection of the eighteenth amendment to the federal Constitution, as contained in a bill sponsored by Senator Jacob Wiess (Dem., was to come before the senate today. Weiss was defeated Monday night in his attempt to suspend the rules and place his bill on final passage, but today he expressed confidence that the neecssary votes would be forthcoming to complete senate aetion and send the bill to the lower house for action.

Three attempts to amend the Weiss bill were made. One would have cut the number of delegates to the convention from 414 to 150; another sought to postpone choice o l delegates until the 1934 general election, and the third reduced the number of signers of nominating petitions. All were voted down. Election Boards Divided An amendment offered by Senator Larry Brandon (Dem., Auburn), a dry advocate, specifying that members of election boards shall be divided evenly between wets and drys was adopted. House amendments to the senate bill to abolish teacher tenure in township schools were adopted by the senate Monday night, closing action on this bill and sending it to the Governor for approval. Another part in the program sponsored by Governor Paul V. McNutt was put through Monday, when the senate passed a bill providing for a state clemency commission to have control over all pardons and paroles from penal institutions. If the lower house also approves the measure, McNutt will appoint two members of the commission, a third member will be one of his secretaries, another a trustee of the state reformatory, and the fifth a trustee of the state prison. Supersedes Present Board The clemency commission will supersede the present beard, established in 1927 and composed of trustees of the penal institutions. Acting swiftly Monday afternoon, the senate approved a bill to authorize cities of the first and second classes to issue bonds for improvement projects and to make tax levies to repay the bonds over and above the $1.50 levy limit. Accompanied by several samples of impassioned oratory, the senate abolished the Horse Thief Detective Association, active in Indiana during the Klan period. The bill was sent to the house for action. ARTHUR V. BROWN IS FUND LEADER AGAIN Banker Re-Elected President; Edward A. Kahn Is Vice-Chief. Arthur V. Brown, president of the Indiana National Bank and U’.iion Trust Company, was re ~voted president of the Indianapolis Community Fund at a meeting Monday night at the Indianapolis athletic Club. Three other officers also were reelected to one-year terms. They are: Edward A. Kahn, president of the Colonial Furniture Company and former fund president, first vice-president; Elmer Stout, president of the Fletcher American National bank, second vice-pres-iden, and Clifford L. Harrod, president of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company, treasurer. Browui was elected fund president a year ago after serving two terms as general chairman. FLORISTS OF INDIANA TO MEET AT PURDUE Ways of Improving Quality and Yield Will Be Discussed. P;i Times Spfrinl LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 28.—Ways and means of improving the yields, quality, and salability of florists’ products will be considered in detail at the sixth annual Indiana Florists’ conference at Purdue university Tuesday and Wednesday, March 7-8. The two-day program is planned to present a brief synopsis of needs and practices of the floricultural industry. It is designed to help grower, retailer, and employe and provide an insight into the work being done by specialists in different fields. GIRLS ESCAPE INJURY Car Containing Four Shortridge Pupils Overturns in Crash. Four girls, all Shortridge high school pupils, narrowly escaped injury today when the automobile in which they were riding, overturned following collision with a truck at Pennsylvania and Thirty-second streets. Miss Mary Lungbine. 15. of 2218 North Delaware street, one of the girls, was bruised on the head. None of the others were hurt. They are Thelma Lamphere. 18. of 734 North Capitol avenue, driver; Miss Ella Lee Gardner. 17, of 2039 North Talbot street, and Miss Julia Fray. 17, of 100 East Tenth street.

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STATE LEADERS TO INAUGURAL “Special’ to Leave on Friday, Arrive in Capital Early Saturday. Indiana's “Inaugural Special’’ to attend the taking of the oath of office by Franklin D. Roosevelt wifi leave Indianapons Friday afternoon at 2:10 and arrive in the nation’s capital at 8:30 Saturday morning. I R. Earl Peters of Ft. Wayne, Democratic state chairman, will head the special train from Indiana. Those occupying special sections on the train are Mr. and Mrs. Peters and their daughter, Miss Leah Peters, Marshall Williams, secretary of j the Democratic state committee, I and Mrs. Williams; Mrs Samuel M. ; Ralston, Wray Fleming of Shclbyville; Fred B. Pickett, clerk of the Indiana supreme and appellate courts; Professor Clarence E. Manion of the University of Notre Dame, South Bend; James D. Adams, Columbia City, director of the state highway department; H. Nathan Swaim, Democratic Marion county chairman, and Mrs. Swaim; Judge Clarence McNabb, Ft. Wayne; Dr. W. D. >Vright and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kilode, Indianapolis; Judge John Paris, New Albany; Judge Glen Gifford, Tipton; Henry P’ipskind, Ft. Wayne; Mike Morrissey, | Indianapolis police chief; Otto P. Deluse, Indianapolis, and Omer ; Jackson, Greenfield. United States j marshal-designate of the southern I Indiana district. ANDERSON STRIKERS RETURN TO CLASSES Investigation into Athletic Affairs Is Started. By United Press ANDERSON, Ind., Feb. 28. Striking Anderson high school pupils returned to classes today, assured that the school's athletic department will be investigated thoroughly. Nearly 90 per cent of the pupils paraded through downtown streets Monday in protest to conditions which resulted in Anderson’s suspension from the Indiana High School Athletic Association. The suspension deprived Anderson of a chance to qualify for the state basketball tournament. Banners demanding the resignation of Principal J. L. Thalman and charging school officials with making “a business out of high school basketball” were carried by the striking students. Anderson used an ineligible player during the first semester and had to forfeit all but four of its games. Previously, an attempt had been made to divide a percentage of gate receipts from athletic contests among the coaches. Mayor Harry Baldwin appointed a citizens’ committee to investigate conditions and asked the state board of accounts to audit the athletic department books. MELLON FACES SUIT FOR $220,000,000 Huge Tax Loss Laid to Act of Former Secretary. By United Press WASHINGTON. Feb 28.—A civil suit asking that Ambassador Andrew W. Mellon and two of his former treasury aids be required to pay the government $220,000,000. was on file in District of Columbia supreme court today. The suit charges that Mellon, David H. Blair, former internal rev- | enue commissioner, and Alexander jw. Gregg, former treasury counsel, : abetted tax settlements which per- ] mitted foreign steamship companies to escape payment of sllO,000.000 in income taxes. David A. Olson, who resigned a few weeks ago as counsel for the senate stock market investigation committee, brought the suit. He based his aetion on statutes making federal officials liable for double the amount of damages the l government may suffer if they conceal facts or make false representa- ! tions. I $247 IN PURSE STOLEN Noblesville Woman Reports Theft While Visiting in City. 1 Theft of a purse containing $247.50 and jewelry Monday afternoon from the rest room of the Traction Terminal station was reported to police | today by Mrs. Clara B. Reagan, R. |R. 1. Noblesville. Mrs. Reagan said | the purse contained $240 in S2O bills, and three $2.50 gold pieces. STETSON TO BE NAMED Assured of Election as President of Edueation Department. By United Press MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 28 —Dr. Paul C. Stetson, Indianapolis’ superintendent of schools, was assured today of election as president of the Na final Education Association's dspai.ment of superintendence.

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*Tis niff to be a pussy cat That clorifies the house And dines on temptinc. tasty things Like liver and fresh mouse. And nicer yet it is to be A blue blood Persian cat For then there is the homage due The pure aristocrat. tt a BY MRS. C. O. ROBINSON INDIANAPOLIS is the home of prize-winning cat;’, whose owni ers, at this time of year, have re- | turneu from the annual cat shows with award ribbdns, championship medals, silver cups, and special prizes. Because the coats of the prize beauties are in perfection for only a short time, the shows are crowded into a few winter months. Then the lucky owners show the results of the year’s effort in feeding, care, a.iU breeding. One especially elegant lady, Royanna of Claremont, is owned by Mrs. W. O. Bates of Woodruff Place, whose initiation into the cat fancy is an interesting story. During the World war, a couple calling themselves Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Wilson rented an apartment of Mrs. Bates. Mr. Wilson was away much of the time and Mrs. Wilson was very active in army circles. When the flu epidemic was at its height, Mrs. Wilson was desperately ill, and through the crying of her hungry cats, Mrs. Bates discovered her plight. A doctor was called who said she could not live. The situation seemed desperate, but with the aid of a hypodermic she roused enough to give a telephone number. The call brought Captain Thomas C. Hall of the secret service, who said that Wilson’s real name was Tefft, with the government intelligence department. a a a CONTRARY to the doctor’s prediction, Mrs. Wilson recovered, and in gratitude to Mrs. Bates gave her one of the pet cats, a lovely silver. Mrs. Bates named her Lady Gregory for a friend who was touring the United States with the Irish Players. When Lady Gregory died, Mrs. Hal Griggs of Akron, 0., purchased Royanna from the Claremont Cattery of Oakland, Cal., for her mother, Mrs. Bates. Royanna is a gorgeous shaded silver and always takes “best female in the show” when exhibited. She has been a champion since the show at Toledo last year and completed her grand championship at the Beresford show, held recently at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago. To win at this show is an added honor, as the Beresford Club is the oldest and largest in the United States, and its shows bring into competition the finest cats in the country. Her kittens, too. are famous. Instar Talliferro, a chinchilla, 18 months old. owned by Mrs. Bates, completed his championship at Chicago. The silvers are the true aristocrats in the cat fancy and almost always take “best cat in the show” if there are fine specimens exhibited. To say that a sliver looks like a ball of soiled cotton sounds far from beautiful. That is an accurate description, yet they are extremely handsome. a DO you remember the cat story by Booth Tarkington. about the characters in the radio dramas now sponsored by the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company? Two silver cats were sent by a suitor to Miss Julia. She thought they were soiled white cats and asked Kitty Silver, the Negro maid, whose name certainly is appropriate in this story, to wash the cats. Kitty was indignant and said she “Warn’t any cat washerwoman.” However, she obeyed orders and the result of the attemp and bath make a rare story. for show perfection, ulvers must have green eyes, and this color touch makes them irresistible. In addition to perfect eye color, Royanna has the other requirements of perfection in show Persians, a cobby body, legs short, head round and broad, eyes large, nose short, ears small and far apart, and a short tail. a a a NEXT to silvers in popularity are the blues, blacks, and reds, in equal favor. All should have copper eyes. The coat on the black and red should be as dark as possible and the blue should be so light that it is almost lavender, all entirely free from markings. Some unusually handsome Indianapolis blues are owned by Miss Laura Jones. They are honored with such imposing names as Carmarvon Delectable 11.. who was bred at the Jones cattery’ and took “best cast in the show” at the last Indianapolis show. Blue Fair Bluette Brother Jonathan, an import from

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Canada, is the lightest blue in the United States. Although Miss Jones seldom has shown her cats, they always win superior .ribbons. Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Robinson, who has given some splendid performances at the Civic theater, have a 12-year-old daughter Virginia. Her prize possession is a red Persian named Rusty, which does not attend shows, but it content to be a loved pet. He also is a privileged character for when he sleeps, Virginia hangs a “Do rot disturb” sign on his chair. Last fall the Robinsons visited the cat show and Virginia saw in the cages of the winning cats gorgeous rosettes and ribbons inscribed “best cat in the show,” “best and winners,” and similar awards. Soon afterward, Rusty’s chair bore a magnificent rosette with great streamers on which was written "Best Cat in.the World.” No doubt Rusty prefers that decoration to any show ribbon. POOR RELIEF DISTRICT ACT IS HELD ILLEGAL Special Assembly Measure Ruled Unconstitutional by Judge. A special assembly act creating a poor relief district from sections of five townships within the city limits was declared unconstitutional in a ruling by Superior Judge Russell J. Ryan Monday. The law also may be abolished by a measure now pending before the legislature. Ryan granted an injunction to Leslie W. Schoppe, Washington township resident, who filed the suit to enjoin county officials from enforcing the act.

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JEHOL’S FRONT LINE DEFENSE CRACKED OPEN Japanese Smash Through: Make Drive for Next Chinese Stand. (Continued from Page One) ging “bomb-proof” dugouts. Amusement places are deserted and trade j at a standstill. Motor trucks and mule carts have j been commandeered by the military’ j authorities, and consideration was J being given to civilians’ petitions for i the construction of a system of trenches along the city walls, with dugouts for protection against air raids. With the 4,000 additional troops dispatched from Shanhaikwan, the Japanese forces operating in Jehol province have been brought to approximately 35.000. including four and a half divisions and two cavalrybrigades. Opposed to them are perhaps 50,000 Chinese. Refugees Fired On BY HERBERT EKINS United Press Staff Correspondent (Coovrieht. 1933. bv United Press) YEHPEISHOU (at the front with j the Chinese troops—by courier to • Lingyuan), Feb. 28.—This sprawling j village of mudhouses, which has be- J come a strategic point in the Chinese defense of Chengtehiu, capital of Jehol, was showered today with Japanese bombs, forerunners of an expected murderous bombardment by air and long range guns. Crouching in a dugout outside the headquarters of Colonel Fan ChingChun, who commands the Chinese regiment, I watched explosives drop over the unsheltered territory. Most of them exploded harmlessly in open ground. One of the bombs fell dangerously close to the dugout but failed to explode. Officers examined it and found it was a six-inch trench mortar shell, evidently taken from the ammunition stores cf the Mukden arsenal. It was evident from this fact that the Japanese have been forced to the recourse of using these captured shells as aerial bombs. Another bomb falling while I was training binoculars on the district wounded two women, a man and a child, despite Japanese assurances that the peasant populace would not be harmed. Shortly after this incident, I saw a Japanese airplane swoop over tha highway, and turn its machine guns on carts bearing peasant refugees out of the district. The Chinese commanders say that, such attacks occur daily on Jehol highways. FLAMES DAMAGE $l5O Arson Is Hinted by Firemen After Blaze on Cornell Avenue. Fire believed to have been of incendiary origin caused damage of $l5O to two houses at 1217 and 1219 Cornell avenue early today. According to firemen, the blaze originated in a vacant house at 1217 Cornell avenue and spread to the house occupied by the family of Harvey Ware, Negro, at 1219 Cornell avenue. Damage to the vacant house was estimated at SIOO and loss to the house occupied by Ware was set at SSO by firemen.

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At a lecture sponsored by the League for Industrial Democracy, Karl Borders, mid-west secretary of the league, will speak at 8 Wednesday night, in the Y. W. C. A. Since 1929 Borders has been a lecturer in the social service administration department of the University of Chicago. In 1931 he visited in Russia to continue studies he began several years previously when he directed relief work there and also served as educational director for Russian Reconstruction Farms in the north Caucasus district. He has written numerous articles on social problems and other aspects of the Russian situation.

FIGHTS OCEAN MAILMNTRAOT Payment of 10 Millions to Company Annually at Stake. By Scripps-Hoicard yewspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. An attempt to prevent PostmasterGeneral Walter Brown from signing a mail contract providing payment of $10,090,000 annually to the Philadelphia Mail Steamship Company will be made today in the senate. Senator Hugo Black (Dem., Ala.) will ask for a vote on a resolution expressing disapproval of such action by the outgoing administration. He read to the senate Monday testimony given at a shipping board hearing Feb. 3, quoting attorneys for the company as saying, “We don’t, really hope for much from the next administration,” and urging that the board give its approval at once so action could be secured from the outgoing administration. Senator Black told the senate the Philadelphia Mail Steamship Company is part of the International Mercantile Marine, and read a list of directors of the latter organization, including Vincent Astor, host to President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt on his recent vacation trip, and Kermit Roosevelt, cousin of the President-elect. Present plans call for awarding the contract on March I, according to Black. He was advised by Senator William H. King (Bern., Utah) to institute injunction proceedings to prevent Postmaster-General Brown from acting. Farm exports of fruit, cotton, and lard last December were above the pre-war level, but all other farm commodities were exported in smaller volume than before the war.

OHOSTS ‘WRITE’ 2 CHAPTERS IN CRIME RECDRD Strange Slaying, Weird Bombing Are Aired in Chicago Courts. BY JOHN B. MILLER t'nitfd Prr.-s Stiff C’rrrspond'-nl CHICAGO. Feb. 28—Ghosts flitted through a courtroom and a fortune teller's predictions appeared near fulfillment today as two “creepy” chapters had beeen written into annals of crime in Chicago. While efforts were made to select a jury in the “ghost trial” of Mrs. Ella Hopkins and Dr. Lester I. Offner. police arrested Vera Carl, widow, and four men in connection with the strange slaying of George Carl last July 26. Mrs. Hopkins and Offner are charged with conspiring to bomb a filling station across the street from the house where the woman's Indian husband. Lafayette Hopkins, died. Warned Wife Not to Sell The state contends that Chief Lafayette warned his wife before he died never to sell the house. Lafayette's father had hanged himself there. Lafayette told his wife, it is contended, that his father’s ghost liked to roam in the house and that he planned to make it his own “happy hunting ground” also. Mrs. Hopkins sold the house, however, and went to Washington, D. C. The state contends she later tried to buy back the property from William Lambert and. failing, hired James Demilio to bomb Lambert's oil station in the hope of driving Lambert away so that her husband and his father could do their “haunting” unmolested. Fortune Teller’s Warning True The Carl case also has its eerie aspects. After Carl was killed his widow said a fortune teller had foretold his slaying. The fortune teller, she said, had turned three cards predicting death, widowhood, and justice. The first two predictions came true within a few days. Police charged today that Joseph Fess killed Carl as the climax of a plot conceived by four others. The plan, it is charged, was for John Grilec to sell Carl an insurance policy, Fess to kill Carl, Edward Veselka to dispose of the weapon, and John Milosic to marry the widow and help her spend the $15,000 insurance money. Police said Milosic, Fess, Grilec and Veselka signed confessions. Mrs. Carl denied the charges.

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