Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 163, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 November 1934 — Page 1

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CONTINUE QUIZ OF CALLAHAN CASE SUSPECT Police Seek Additional Data From Divorcee Held as Accessory. HEARING IS SCHEDULED Woman 4sks Relatives to Send Knitting Materials to City Jail. Police today resumed their ques- I t inruns: of Mrs Th'-o Horney Sherman. 43. divorcee and mother of six children, held here as an accessory to the murder of Bert F. Callahan, wealthy Indianapolis real estate operator. Follow me her arraignment yesterri v before Municipal Judge Dewey Myers. Mrs. Sherman was returned i to the M .non county jail to await resumption of her hearing Wcdnes- : dav. Continuance was granted oxer nblection of Mrs. Sherman's attorney. Before being taken trom rnuniripav court Mrs Sherman requested that woid be sent to her home in Cincinnati to forward knitting materials in order that die might ha.e something to do in jail. Meanwhile a nation-wide search wn being pressed for Charles Streeton. who. police say Mrs. Sherman totri them, admitted the slaying while he and Mrs. Sherman were rated on a park bench in Cincin- l nau April 7. the day after the murder. . I Mrs Sherman, the homicide squart declares, denies she was pre-ent w hen the realty operator was -hot to death m his bachelor apartment. Ifi36 North Illinois street. GIRL IS KNOCKED DOWN. KICKED BY FOOTPAD Negro I* Frightened Away by Screams of Older Woman. Miss Ritta Blanchard. 18. of 2022 North Pennsylvania street, was recovering from bruises and fright today received when a Negro knocked her down, hit her and kicked her last night in an attempt to grab her purse m front of 1716 North Pennsylvania street. Miss Blanchard was walking with her mother. Mrs. June Blanchard, when the Negro leaped out at them He was frightened away by the screams of Miss Blanchard and ran between two nearby houses without the purse. ENTHUSIASM GREETS RED CROSS CAMPAIGN leaders Hopeful New Record May Be Set for Members. Enthusiastic response by employes in Indianapolis industries and business houses has led leaders of the < rent Red Cross roll call' membership to believe that the drive, which ends Thanksgiving day. may oft a record for similar efforts here. Companies mentioned yesterday by Red Cross officials as showing unusual activity included Kingan ACos. packers: Pennsylvania railroad. New York Central lines and the Trust Company. FINAL RITES ARE HELD FOR FREDERICK LANDIS Services Held in l.ogan>pnrt Home of Congressman-elect. U* f Trr* LOGANSPORT. Ind.. Nov. 17 Final rites for Frederick Landis, editor, author and congressmanelect from the Second Indiana district. were held at his home here todav. Burial was in Mt. Hope cemetery. Mr Landis died Thursday, nine days after the election in which he was the only victorious Republican congressional candidate in Indiana. AREA”SUPPLIES WINE FOR FIVE CENTURIES Tokay District of Hungary Exports Product to I'. S. By Coifr4 Per •* BUDAPEST. Nov. 17 A vineyard covered area only twenty-five miles square in Hungary, known as the Tokay district, has supplied popes kings and emperors with special vintages for 300 years. With the passing of royal courts the owners of this historic district, wine experts declare, are sending this Tokay area wine exclusively to the United States

TODAY'S WEATHER

Hourly Temprraturrs 6 a. m 43 8 a. m. ... 45 7 a m. ... 43 9 a m ... 44 Tomorrow's sunrise. 6 34 a. m : sunset. 4.27 p. m. % In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a m : Southwest wind, eight miles an hour: barometric pressure. 30 25 at sea levei; temperature. 43; general conditions, high overhead, lower overhead, ceiling, estimated at 6.000; visibility, five miles, hazy.

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KIDNAPERS WALK INTO TRAP—YOU CAN SEE IT WAS A RIOTOUS PARTY

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The treatment kidnapers may expect in Connecticut is illustrated by this picture, taken in the home of Gustave W Westheim. wealthy steamship broker, in Darien. Conn., after four men had walked into a trap set for extortionists who had threatened to abduct 12-year-old Robert Westheim. The violence of the welcome is attested by the broken rifle butt lying in thr center foreground, close

City Organizations Eager for Part in Great Santa Claus Parade Nov. 30

Widespread interest and early ac- j ceptances of invitations to partici- | pate in the Santa Claus parade to be held under the sponsorship of j The Times Friday. Nov. 30. give as- j surance that it will be one of the! most colorful Christmas spectacles j ever presented in Indianapolis. Sponsored as a noncommercial U, S, AGENTS PROBE BALKED KIDNAP PLOT Trio Arrive in Darien to Question Suspects. By I nilt and Pi ess DARIEN. Conn.. Nov. 17—Three department of justice agents arrived \ today to aid investigation of the attempted kidnaping of 12-year-oid Robert Lewis. They arranged to question three Rhode Island men held at county jail at Bridgeport and then go to Providence. R I. to interrogate three others detained there. The agents were said to be interested in a report a house had been rented on the outskirts of Providence where, it was believed, it was planed to hold Robert for ransom. HERO'S MOTHER RESTS IN GRAVE BESIDE HIM Son Lost Life When Lusitania Sank. After Aiding Woman. * Bn Unit’d Press PITTSFIELD Mass,. Nov. 17 The body of Mrs Josephine Bates, wartime chairman of the women's section of the movement for national preparedness. has been buried beside that of her son. a hero of the Lusitania disaster, at the rocky summit of Lebanon mountain. The son. Linden Bates. Jr., gave his lifebelt to a woman passenger on the ill-fated liner. It was his mother's last wish that she be buried beside him. Benefit Party to Be Held The Progressive Spiritualist church. Park avenue and St. Clair street, wifi hold a public benefit card party at 8 tonight in the church casement, it xvas announced today.

Father Nieuwland Paid Tribute as Indiana Scientists End Conference

A diminutive, self-effacing, grayeyed cleric whose discovery’ of synthetic rubber came after twenty-five years’ intensive research, today was added to the list of Indiana's scientific great as the Indiana Academy of Science brought its golden anniversary meetings to a close at Arthur Jordan Memorial hall on Butler campus. The Rev. J. A. Nieuwland. C. S. C. Notre Dame, who yesterfiay 'winced when he discovered a split infinitive in his manuscript describing the commercial success of his discovery, retired as academy president. IThe archives now hold his story, with accounts by other illustrious scientists who have added to the

to Joseph Gord (left) on whose head the weapon was broken. Others lying on the floor are John Collins (right! and Edgar La Rose (center), who also felt the fury of Connecticut troopers and Darien police when they attempted to shoot their way ont of the trap. Lieutenant Amos Anderson, seated in center background, was wounded dn the leg during the melee. A fourth suspect got away.

civic project, the parade is enlisting , the co-operation of organizations ; representative of the entire com- j munity. A tentative route has been laid ! out that will cover the principal downtown business streets and afford plenty of opportunity for spectators to view the parade from beginning to end. When the Santa Claus parade swings into view, children and grown-ups alike will recognize xxlth delight a score or moe of those never-to-be-forgotten nursery rhyme characters that are part and VACCINATION LACKING IN EFFECT ON YOUTH Seventeen Attempts at Innoculation Show No Result. By United Press YORK, Pa., Nov. 17—Charles Zeigler, 15, high school pupil, has undergone seventeen vaccinations against smallpox and each innoculation failed. The youth recently was withdrawn from school when his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zeigler. refused to have him vaccinated an eighteenth time. First efforts to vaccinate the youth were made in 1925. Times Index Page Bridge 5 Broun 7 Church Sendees 9 Comics 11 Crossword Puzzle 2 Curious World 11 | Editorial 6 Financial 12 Pegler 7 Radio 9 Sports 8.9 State News 9 Burns Kill Woman Smoker By l nitrd Press ST. LOUIS, Nov. 17.—Funeral sendees for Mrs. Caroline Lewis, 88. a xvidow, will be held today. Sparks from a corncob pipe, which Mrs. Lewis has smoked for years, ignited her clothing, resulting in fatal burns. O. E. S. To Hold Friends Night Friends night will be observed by Irvington chapter. No. 364, Order of Eastern Star, at a stated meeting at 8 Monday night in Masonic temple.

stou of human knowledge since William Maclure and the French naturalist and artist. Charles Alexandre Le Sueur, first brought science to Indiana when they landed in 1825 from the boat. Philantropist. at New Harmony, on the Wabash river, in Posey county. More than three hundred Indiana scientists attended the founders' dinner of the academy in the Claypool last'night, where Dr. Will Scott. Indiana university biologist, was elected leader of the scientists and where Dr Amos W Butler. Indanapolis. academy founder, declared the establishment of a state museum to house scientific exhibits is "the greatest project for the coming years.” The entomologists of the academy

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1934

parcel of every American’s childhood days. Included, too, will be many new and unusual features, all of them symbolic of the happy holiday spirit now so nearly upon us. It, in short, will be a parade that will appeal to all ages, one long to be remembered by those who see it.

CONDITION OF AGED CARDINAUMPROVES Heart Pressure Is Relieved by Blood-Letting. By United Press VATICAN CITY, Nov. W.—Pietro Cardinal Gasparri. former papal secretary of state, was better today after a blood 'extracting operation intended to reduce blood pressure on his heart. “The cardinal’s pneumonia is fol-. lowing a normal course, ’ said Prof. Francesco Petacci. chief physician. "His general condition is comparatively good. The blood extraction will make circulation easier, and its result is visibly beneficial. Cardinal Gasparri passed a comfortable night.” The 82-year-old cardinal was in high spirits. " Professor Petacci assured him that his illness was not serious and that he would recover. Cardinal Gasparri listened to him skeptically, and commented: “An old diplomat like me may outwit, but not be outwitted.” DEPRESSION BRINGING HORSE BACK TO FARM Lack of Money to Buy Tractors Cited as Controlling Factor. By United Press BOSTON. Nov. 17—The depression is bringing the horse back, according to Dr. Robert S. MacKellar of New York, president of the American Veterinary Medical Association. One of the chief reasons for Old Dobbin's comeback, says Dr. MacKellar. is that farmers have neither the money to repair worn-out tractors purchased in boom times nor sufficient funds to buy new ones, so they are going back to the horse i instead. •

held meetings this morning, after which the academy adjourned to i join the Junior Academy of Science in the fourth annual session at Butler. Other officials of the academy : elected last night are: Dr. W. E. Edington. De Pauw, vice-president; Dr. Ray C Friesner, Butler, secretary; Dr. William Pitt Morgan. Indiana Central college Dr. Paul Weatherwax. Indiana, editor, and Thomas 71. Johnson. Purdue, press secretary. As the academy observed its fiftieth birthday, the program was divoted largely to recollections of the important part Indiana scientists have played in the advancement of science.

CZAR ACT MAY BE BOOMERANG TO‘KING HUEY’ Dictatorship Laws Likely to Wind Up in Trouble, Louisiana Finds. PWA HOLDS UP GRANT Chain Store Company to Withdraw From Field, Officers Reveal. By United Press NEW ORLEANS, La.. Nov. 17. First repercussions of Senator Huey P. Long’s dictatorship struck New Orleans today. The federal government stated it was temporarily withholding funds for a municipal project and a chain store company announced its all but complete withdrawal from the local field. This city, whose municipal government was stripped of practically all power by the Long-controlled legislature, was quiet—‘‘saying little, thinking much” —as one prominent citizen said. The newspapers, all bitterly opposed to the Long regime, had little comment. "Why comment —why shout into a cistern?” was the private comment of one sub-editor. Opposition Is Stifled The attitude of the old regular Democratic machine, in control of the machinery of local government which now has little to govern, was one of discouragement. Apparently, the Kingfish had this opposition stifled. The Schulte Cigar Store Corporation announced that because of high chain store taxes passed by the Long legislature, it was closing three of its four local stores immediately and was keeping the fourth open only “temporarily.” A store in Baton Rouge also will remain open for the time being. The New Orleans sewerage and water board, whose control was taken over by tne state government under another legislative act, was informed by the federal public works administration that a $1,800,000 loan and a $700,000 grant for remodeling work had been held up “indefinitely.” The administration's telegram said officials would study the change in control before acting. Kingfish Is Elated | The federal government has dis- | played marked antipathy for the i Long political machine. Federal appointive offices in the state have been filled with anti-Long Democrats. The laws finally approved by Long's legislature yesterday do not become effective for twenty days. Meanwhile, some of the state's leading attorneys will scrutinize them on constitutional grounds and it was believed probable that some, or all, would be challenged in the courts. The Kingfish himself remained in Baton Rouge, exulting in his triumph. The forty-four laws passed yesterday concentrated control of all police and fire departments with the state government, stripped the New Orleans municipal government of control of three other agencies where old regular Democrats now employed will be replaced by Long Democrats. Many of these employes were planning to “get right with Huey’ so they could keep their jobs. LA SHIR CONVICTED IN OIL WELL FRAUD Swindler of Priests to Be Sentenced Today. John E. La Shar, Denver. Colo., who claims he once was a millionaire, was to be sentenced today by ; Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell ! following ( his conviction last night !of using ’the mails to defraud ten ! Indianapolis residents, including two Catholic priests, in an oil well j scheme. [. After one hour and twenty min- | utes, the jury found the promoter j guilty. A maximum prison sentence of five years on each of eight counts is possible. The government contended La Shar did not own the oil well, but received SIB,OOO for stock under promises of quick riches. Val Nolan, United States attorney, denounced La Shar’s actions as “one of the most sordid and disgraceful tales of fraud in history.” La Shar. he said, used’the good offices of the two priests, the Rev. j Joseph Weber, pastor of the Church of the Assumption, and his assistant, the Rev. John Riedinger, in obtaining victims. Pastor Will Speak The Rev. W. H. A Booker. Columbus. 0.. Negro pastor, will deliver the principal address at 3:30 tomorrow at a meeting in St. Philip's Negro Episcopal church. Walnut and West streets. Churchill Warns of War By l nif> and Press LONDON. Nov. 17.—Winston Churchill, former chancellor of the exchequer warned in a speech last night that Great Britain must arm , in preparation lor war against GerI many.

100 Die as Floods Deluge Village After Philippine Typhoon Belated Reports Disclose Extent of Havoc Wrought in Islands by Terriffic Gale: Many Are Reported Missing After Night of Horror. By United Press MANILLA. P. 1.. Nov. 17.—Flood waters following in the wake of a typhoon swept at least 100 persons to their deaths in Mauban, Tyabas province, the postmaster of the stricken village reported to government agencies today. Many other persons were reported missing after a night of horror and disaster. From 8 p. m. Wednesday until daylight the next morning, mountain streams and the Maupan river poured swift currents, swollen by the heax y rains accompanying the typhoon, into the town.

The flood carried everything before it. small homes and large buildings, electric light poles and pipe lines. Streets were torn up and the water mains were ripped apart. When the flood subsided, most of the Maupan was inundated to a depth of from three to four feet. Cocoanut groves and rice fields were demolished and other agricultural lands vere covered with silt. The message sent by postmaster Micor to the bureau of posts here was filed from Lucena, a nearby town. It was delayed by a,crippled communications system, damaged in the typhoon which had swept over fifteen provinces of the southern section of the island of Luzon. Government reports showed that at least thirty-six persons had lost their lives in the other provinces, where the property damage was estimated at $2,500,000. Belief that the death toll at Mauban may exceed 100 and may reach as high as 200 was expressed in a message 'sent from Lucena by Dr. Genero Ong, Red Cross staff worker. In asking for $2,000 additional relief funds. Dr. Ong reported to headquarters here that other towns in the vicinity of Mauban also had been damaged heavily. Accompanied by a government relief party, he set out for the stricken town after sending the report. En route they were forced o abandon their automobiles and to mount horses to take them over impassable roads. Messages from Mauban must be relayed by courier to Lucena or Fucban.

GIVEN PAROLE. AGED TRUSTY ASKS TO BE ALLOWED TO STAY

By United Press JOLIET, 111., Nov. 17.—Fred Woods, 73-year-old trusty at the state penitentiary, was distressed. . “I've always behaved myself during my four years here and now I want to ask a favor,” he told Assistant Warden George dehr ing. “I’ve heard that I’ve been given a parole. It's pleasant here. I’ve got the flower garden going good. Will you use your influence to keep me here?” Woods, serving a ten-year larceny term, was told his request would be considered. COLD WAVE 'TRAPPED' IN CANADIAN ROCKIES Chill Winds May or May Not Reach Here Tomorrow, Is Forecast. / J. H. Armington. local meteorologist, explained today where all the expected cold weather has been hiding for the last four days. It is all in western Canada, he said, and may reach Indianapolis tomorrow night. What is holding the cold weather back, Mr. Armington pointed out, is the great basin west of the Rockies out of which the menace to Indianapolis’ present moderate weather must climb. Whether or not the cold snap will escape the basin by tomorrow night, is uncertain. Mr. Armington said. He said that occasional rains seem destined to mar tomorrow as an ideal warm day for motorists.

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UTILITIES' DIP STOCKFEfITURE American Telephone Again Sets Low as Selling Continues. By United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 17.I 7 . Stocks opened irregularly lower in light turnover. Utilities, which closed last night around their 1934 lows. eased slightly, while steels were steady, rails mixed and aviation issues firm. Consolidated Gas opened 1,500 shares at 22%, off Is and equal to the record low for the present shares. It later returned to the previous close and held there. The first sale of American Telephone xvas a block of 3,500 shares at 103, off ] 2 and anew low for the year. That block did not appear until eight minutes after the opening gong. North American made anew loxv for the year at 10 : ii, off U, and small declines were noted in United Gas Improvement, National Power and Light and several others of the utility group. United Corporation opened at its low of 3, off Vs on 2,500 shares. (Bv Thomson & McKinnoni 11:30 A. M. Prev. N. Y close. Atchison 54% 54% C & O 43 ’/a 43X4 Great Northern ' 14% 15'. N. Y. Cent 20% 21'* Baldwin 6% 6% Pennsylvania 23 22% Gen. Electric 19V* 19% U. S. Rubber T.... 16% 16% Chrysler 35% 35% Gen. Motors 30% 30% Bora. Warner 28% 28'a Timker Roller 34’. 34 s * Bendix 15V* 15V* Douglas 23 Vs 22% Anaconda 10V 2 10 5 /* Int. Nickel 23% 23 % U. S. Smelt 117 117% Dupont 96*. 96% Cons. Oil 8% BJ/8 J / Ohio Oil 10’ 10'/a S. O. of Calif 33% 34 S. O. of Ind 24% 24% S. O Os N. J. 43'4 43% Am Rollin Mills 18% 18% Rep Iron & Steel 12% 12% U S Steel 34% 34% Reynolds 49% 49 X< AT&T 102% 104% Cons Gas 22% 22',2 I T & T 8% 9 Armour 6 5% Corn Prod 68% 88 Natl Dairy 16% 16% Stand Brands 13% 13 Nati Dist 24% 24% Schenley 27 27% Indust Rayon 26% 27 Johns Mans 54 54% Mont Ward 28% 29% Radio 5% 5% Am Can 104% 04% Proctor & Gamble 44 44 J I Case 51% 51% Gillette 14 %• 14% lnt Harvest 37 37% Reynolds Metal 21 1 a 21 Xa Union Carbide 44% 44 t Studebaker 2 2 ißy James E. Bennett & Cos 1 11.00 Prev WHEAT— High Low. AM close. Dec 100% 100% 100% 1.00% May 99% .99 99% 99% July 93% ,93% .93% .94% CORN— Dec 84 83% 83% .33% May 64% .83% 84 84 July 83 32% .82% 83 OATS— Dec 52% .52Xa .52% 52% May 501* .50 ,50X 50% July 46% 46 3 a .46% .46% RYE— Dec 71% 71 .71% .71% Mav 74% 74% .74% .74% July 75% .75 75% .75% “Perfect” Police Officer Dead NEW YORK, Nov. 17—Captain Stephan McDermott, 87. who served forty-one years in the police department without receiving one reprimand. died last night.

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YOUNG FATHER IS FOUNO DEAD ON WEST SIDE Murder Is Belief of Police After Preliminary Survey of Case. HUNT WOMAN AND SON Probers Are Baffled by First Reports From Medical Examiners. Three men and a woman were under arrest today, while police sought another man and woman, as the result of the mysterious death last night of Earl Hemry, 33, of 909 King avenue, an employe of the National Malleable and Steel Castings Company, in the home of Mrs. Millie Williams, 2816 West Tenth street. Police believe that Hemry, father of three small children, was murdered. Coroner William E. Arbuekle is to conduct an inquest today and detectives are investigating the case. Mrs. Williams and her son, Ralph Richwine, 32. of 2816 West Tenth street, are the object of the police search. Held in $5,000 bond on vagrancy charges are Ralph Henniger, 1027 North Warman avenue, a laborer; his xvife, Mrs. Pauline Henmnger; John Conway. 29. of 1144 Continental avenue, locomotive hostler, and Forrest Herring, 34, of 1216 Gross avenue, machinist, Mrs. Williams, who slipped quietly from the house while police were attempting to learn the story of Mr. Hemry’s death there, has lived at the West Tenth street address thirty-one years and owns her home, according to her neighbors, who said that they knew many “wild parties” were given there. Found Dead in Front' Room Her son was described by these neighbors as a former bartender, who had been out of work some time. Police say he left the home hurriedly just before they arrived. Police were called late last night oy someone in the home and found Mr. Hemry dead on the floor of the front room when they arrived. He had a small cut in back of his right eai and his nose had been bleeding. Questioned, members of the party agreed that Mr. Hemry came staggering in through the front door of the house and fell dead. None would make any further statement. Dr. Robert Spindler, city hospital interne summoned when Coroner Arbuekle was notified of the death, said that Mr. Hemry had been dead between thirty minutes and an hour before police were called. His preliminary examination unearthed no indications of a beating, adding mystery to the case. Clothing Torn, Is Report

Then, as Dr. Spindler w'as placing the body on the stretcher to remove it to city hospital morgue, Conway demanded of police that his physician be allowed to be present when Coroner Arbuckle held his postmortem examination. The report of Sergeant William Marks' squad, from which Mrs. Williams escaped, said that her cloth- ! ing was wet and torn in two places and that her elbow had been j scratched. With Sergeant Marks on the run w-ere Patrolmen Oren L. Mangus. F. P. Griffin, Patrick White and John Roman. Mrs. Williams is said to be the widow of Bill Richwine, World war veteran with a splendid reputation, who died of a fever contracted in an army camp in the south. Her neighbors knew that she had been remarried and they believed she had' - divorced her second husband. They said they never had known her by any name other than Richwine. Widow Grief-Stricken At Mr. Hemry’s home, his griefstricken widow, Mrs. Hattie Hemry, was trying to explain to their children—Betty Lois. 9: Margaret Jean, 7, and Cecil Earl, 3—why their father was not at home. The widow said that her husband, who came here eight and a half years ago from Mitchell, Ind., had been hunting yesterday with Claude Catlin, a neighbor, and Michael Gornec, 3024 West Tenth street, a foreman at the National Malleable and Steel Castings Company, 546 North Holmes avenue. The hunting party returned to the Hemry home in midafternoon and dropped Mr. Catlin. who had to report for work last night at his place of employment. Mr Hemry then left, his wife said, with Mr. Gornec. She said her husband had not been drinking and had expected to return home in a short while. The next she heard of him was when, early today, police pnoned her that her husband was dead. She identified the body at the morgue.