Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 June 1937 — Page 3

FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1937

NEW WITNESSES ALLEGE MORLEY STOCK FRAUDS

Trace Ownership of Shares Used as Collateral With Broker.

Testimony purporting to show undelivered stock purchases, unauthorized stock transfers and other fraudulent security dealings continued in Federal Court today in the trial of C, J. Morley, former Colorado governor, and four codefendants un charges of alleged “bucketshop” investment house operation. Three witnesses told of experiences with the firm similar to those already described on the witness stand. Elmer A. Lumley, Indianapolis chemist employed by the Citizens Gas |& Coke Utility, testified he had ordered 100 shares of stock and as collateral had assigned about eight shares of Fletcher Avenue Savings & Loan Association stock to the C.

J. Morley Co. pending cash payment

for the purchase. $1 Check Received

Mr. Lumley said he received a receipt for the building and loan association stock only after repeated telephone calls and finally a visit to the investment office. Then he was given a check for $1, he testified. He said he had invested about $700 and had received $1 in return. C. R. Richardson, Indianapolis, followed Mr. Lumley to the stand and testified he had bought Mr. Lumley’s collateral loan association stock for $585.32 soon after it was assigned to the Morley company as collateral. . George B. Bigler, Fletcher Avenue Bank auditor, testified the loan association stock was transferred from Mr. Lumley to Mr. Richardson.

Other Witnesses Called

Two other witnesses were placed on the stand. Fred Deitzer, Shelbyville, testified he had invested $1571.75 and had never received any stock. He said he paid cash in full for his purchase in contrast to previous witnesses, most of whom have said they bought securities on margin. Guy McCowan, Ellettsville, testified he had invested $600 with the Morley company. He said his securities had béen traded for “General Bronze” stock, an issue which has been mentioned frequently in testimony and has not yet been identified. : More than a score of Government witnesses remained to be called in the trial. Mail Fraud Charged Yesterday's 16 witnesses further corroborated the government's attempt to show the use of the mails in promoting an alleged fraudulent stock scheme. Highest loss was the $6050 reported by Earl C. Dryden of Wirt, Ind. J. H. Curry, Shawneetown, Ill. testified a “salesman” sold him 200 shares of stock over the telephone, and then sent a man and woman to his Shawneetown home to collect an additional $200. The stock never was delivered, he said. Mr. Curry said the man who had come to his home had been in the court room Monday but had not been there since. He said he had forgotten to mention the fact to anyone at the time. According to company reports and Mr. Curry’s own, he was owed something between $300 and $1100 by the C. J. Morley Co. He turned over the job of collecting the money to his attorney, Mr. Bartley.

THREE COUPLES WED IN SINGLE CEREMONY

Times Special VINCENNES, June 25.—Three couples of newlyweds held the distinction of being the first participants in a triple-wedding here in this generation. These young people made their replies in. unison yesterday: Norman H. Walling, 26, and Miss Rhoda E. Irvin, 22: Norton H. Walling, 26,

and Miss Mary J. Tressel], 23, and

Parl O'Donnell, 26, and Miss Mar-

before the train reached the spot.

dent, presenting the medal.

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Hoosier Brakeman Is Honored

Times-Acme Photo.

The Heroic Service Medal of the Pennsylvania Railroad, presented for courageous act beyond the call of duty, was presented to Delbert D. Minnick, yard brakeman of the Richmond, Ind. yards, in Philadelphia, Pa., in the presence of officials of the railroad. Mr. Minnick risked his life to prevent a man from being run over by a train earlier in the year. The man was walking along a track, unaware that the train was bearing down, Minnick flung himself at the man, just

Left to right are H. E. Newcomet,

of Chicago, vice president of the Western Division of the railroad, reading the citation; Mr. Minnick, and Martin W. Clement, presi-

Young Arrick Victim of Crash; 6 Others Die Violently in State

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Attorney General in the Administration of President William Henry Harrison. A graduate of Culver Military Academy, Mr. Arrick had been active in local amateur theatrical circles. He was a member of the Indianapolis Dramatic Club, Players Club, Lambs Club and the Woodstock Country Club. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Schurmann Arrick; his mother, Mrs. Florence Arrick, and a sister, Mrs. James Walker, Dedham, Mass. Kenneth Scott, 12-year-old son of John W. Scaqtt, Shelbyville, died of burns suffered when ga bottle of gasoline exploded. John Moorhead, 60, farmer living near Aurora, was killed when struck by lightning. William Perry, 56, farmer living near - Seymour, was found dead beside the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks near Comiskey, apparently struck by a train. Kent McCauley, 20, Springfield, O., drowned in a bath tub in an apartment at Ft. Wayne. Thomas Lalld¥, Jeffersonville, an employee of the Anchor Stove and Range Co. was electrocuted while operating an electric welder. Fred B. Trothenbaum, 16, was drowned while swimming in a pond at the Gilbault Home for Boys at Terre Haute. Four persons were injured, two seriously, in an automobile accident on ‘National Road 40 near Ogden. "Those seriously injured were Mr. "and Mrs. E. W. Tedlock, St. Joseph, Mo., who were en route home from the International Rotary convention in Nice, France. Others injured were Mr. and Mrs. William D. Williams, Montclair, N. J., all victims were taken to Henry County hospital, New Castle. Two cyclists, a driver and a pedestrian were injured in traffic accidents reported to the police here over night. Twenty-eight persons were arrested for traffic violations. George Staley, 15, of 4103 E. 38th St., and William Patterson, 13, of 3534 N. Capitol Ave. were injured when their bicycles collided with automobiles yesterday. Staley received a broken nose. Patterson, a broken wrist. Cab Driver Hurt George Lindley, 32, of 2278 Pierson St., cab driver, received arm injuries when the car he was driving was

a streetcar yesterday at Illinois and 32d St. The other car was driven hy John Roache, 19, of 608 N. New Jersey St.

Henry Fleming, 53, of 2302 Paris St., received internal injuries when he walked into the side of a car at Indiana Ave. and Michigan St. Robert Martin, 28, of 516 Agnes St., was the driver. Mrs. Gertrude Johnson, 46, of 15 S. Highland Ave., remained in a critical condition at City Hospital

jorie A. Casper, 23.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

MEETINGS TODAY Exchange Club, luncheon, Hotel Washington, noon. Club, luncheon, Columbia Club,

ptimist noon. Reserve Officers’ Association. luncheon, Board of Trade, noon. Phi Delta Theta, luncheon, Board of Trade. noon. Delta Tau Delta, Club, noon. Beta Theta Pi, luncheon, Board of Trade,

noon. Indiana Stamp Club. meeting, World War Memorial, 8 p. ™m.

MEETINGS TOMORROW

Alliance Francaise. luncheon, Hotel hington, , Tm. Vent ons Chi, convention, Hotel Sev-

erin, all day.

MARRIAGE LICENSES (These lists are from official records at the County Court House. The Times is not responsible for .any errors of names or addresses.)

luncheon, Cdlumbia

mont B. Hansen, 24, of 5021 W. 14th Sto Virginia P. Smith, 18, of 1748 GeorgeoN Selby. 28, of 23 W. 16th.; Jero a , 28, ; bh, - line E. McOsker. 33, of 1540 N. Meridian

5. Maxwell Kennedy. 22, of 314 E. Walnut St.; Clayola Faye Owen, 18, Indian"PR. chester. 48, White County: Ira Lee . 27, Indianapolis. Al rtnar J Brummett, 22, of 5158 College Ave.; Beatrice B. Jenkins, "21. of 1845 E. t. ST avid. Sargent Jr., 30, “Spencer Hotel; Margaret Rankin, 21, of 1220 N. Illinois St. Ralph Howard. 37. Richmond nd.; Geraldine L. Eikenberg, 19. of 713 N. Delaware St. Hathway. 22. of 840 S. Westbrook at a Flogd, 17. of 201 N. Sheffield

Ave. Ww. Brown, 21, of 1130 S. KeyDe Fay Basey. 18, Indianapolis. eget :

‘BIRTHS

Boys Oscar, Rowena Brehob, at Coleman. Merval, Elfreda Jac at Coleman. Lindsey, Ivah Myers, at Coleman. Alfred. Jessie Riggins, at Coleman. Frank, Beatrice Riley, at Coleman. Paul, Blanche Tubbs, at Coleman. Zehner, Ruth Vernon, at Coleman. irls

DEATHS

George Grundy Toon, 78, at Methodist,

rosis. arteriotel 84, at 1614 S. East, cor-

; bolism. onary em balton, 30, at City, skull frac-

Thomas re. . Ransom, 85, at 828 N. California,

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ipa, Fla. Washington, D, C._.,..Cloudy -

Ernest Preston. 40, at City, skull frac-

nois, skull fracture. Betty J. Clark, 12, at City, skull frac-

ture. Elizabeth Chance, 78. at 1426 Astor, hypostatic pneumonia. Anna Eger Huston, 64, at 3946 Guilford, carcinoma. Hester Beasley, 63, at 1531 Bundy, influenza.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

United States Weather Bureau ___

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST cloudy tonight and tomorrow, warmer tonight: cooler tomorrow.

Sees 4:17 | Sunset .......7:18

TEMPERATURE —June 235, 1936— 1 pm......

BAROMETER 29.99 lp.m.....

Partly slightly

Sunrise

85

29.96 .00

7a m....

Precipitation for 24 hrs. endin Total precipitation since Jan.

Excess since Jan. 1 .

MIDWEST WEATHER

Indiana—Partly cloudy pomght and to- » morrow; possibly local thunderstorms in north portion; slightly warmer southeast, cooler extreme northwest tonight; cooler tomorrow in ‘central and north portions. ‘Illinois—Generally tair south, mostly un‘settled north tonight and tomorro%; cooler north tonight and central and ncrth tomorrow. Lower Michigan—Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and tomorrow; cooler southeast portion and Saturday southeast. Ohio—Probably local showers tonight and tomorrow; warmer in central and south portions tonight. Kentucky—Partly cloudy tonight, warm-

er in east portion tomorrow; local thundershowers. .

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M.

Bismarck, N. D Boston hicago incianati .

Helena, Mont. Jacksonville, Fla Kansas City, Mo. Little Rock. Ark Los Angeles Miami, Fla. inneapolis obile, Ala. New Orleans New York Okla. Cny. Okla Omaha, Neb, Pittsburgh ............PtCld Portland, Or an Antonio, Tex.

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ure. William Houchins, 49, at 18th and Illi- |

20.74 Loris

today after the crash of an automobile against .a railroad elevation pillar here Wednesday night. George Barbour, 42, of 1460 N. Pennsylvania St., driver, was killed in the crash.

Police Curtail Activity On Left Turn Charges

Capt. Louis Johnson, Traffic .Department head, said today arrests will be made for violation of left turn signs in Indianapolis at only two places. They are the intersections of Meridian and New York Sts.and Pennsylvania and New York Sts., he said. He said that due to Postoffice construction work, those corners come under the emergency clause of an ordinance giving the Safety Board the right to make such orders. The decision came after cases of three motorists, charged with making left turns at 16th and Meridian Sts., were dismissed yesterday in Municipal Court by Judge pro tem. Clyde Carter.

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JUNE 24 Accidents ....: Injured ..... corvienseneensd sess TRAFFIC ARRESTS Speeding saseveren BO Running red light ......ce0000e 7 Running preferential street.... 7 Drunken driving (.cceeceeseecses 1 Improper lights ..ccceceeceeees 2 Improper parking ..cceeeeeieee 2° No drivers’ license ..ccceoeeeeee 2 Wreckless driving

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CHAMBERLAIN WARNS OF PERIL IN WAR CRISIS

England Strives to Keep Peace While Duce Calls Ships.

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stroyers, four sloops and five other small vessels. Britain — One battleship, two cruisers, two flotilla, leaders, 12 destroyers, one depot ship, in addition to a destroyer, a trawler and a motor torepdo boat flotilla en route. During the debate, David Lloyd George, war-time prime minister, launched a bitter attack on Germany, saying: “In the old days the difficulties in the way of appeasement used to come from France. Now they come from Germany ... Immediately there is a good excuse for breaking an agreement, and if it suits her, Germany breaks it.”

PARIS, June 25.—Great Britain and France have communicated to all governments interested in the Mediterranean a warning that any blockade of Loyalist Spain by Germany would upset the present balance in the Mediterranean, it was understood today.

Duce’s Warships

To Guard Vessels

ROME, June 25.—Premier Mussolini has ordered Italian warships to station themselves just outside the three-mile territorial limit of Spanish Loyalist waters and to be ready to defend any Italian merchant ship against attack, trustworthy diplomatic sources reported today. How many units have been ordered to participate in this patrol is not known, nor was it known whether the ships would try to halt or hinder vessels suspected of carrying war supplies to the Loyalists. * The report followed one that Mussolini had inaugurated a convoy system for all Italian merchant ships in Spanish waters. All Italian ships, from the time they approach: the Spanish coast, will be protected by navy units. This development was accompanied by intimations Mussolini was determined to act with deadly swiftness if Loyalist airplanes or sub-

marines molested Italian shipping.

U. S. Watches Crisis In Spanish War

WASHINGTON June 25.—American diplomatic agents abroad maintained almost constant communication by cable and telephone today to advise the State Department of developments in the critical Spanish situation.

Rebels Report Capture Of Soviet Arms Ship

BAYONNE, France, June 25.— The Rebel radio at Salamanca said in a broadcast today that a Russian ship loaded with 20 planes, 40 tanks and 2,000,000 rounds of ammunition

had been captured outside Bilbao.

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Incendiary Bombs

Destruction and desolation mark the route traversed by the victorious rebel armies of Gen. Franco in the siege of Bilbao. Artillery and air bombs joined

Basque forces.

Hamper Defenders

forces to blast away the defenses and hamper the Above, sorely needed fuel supplies burn after a rebel raid. X

Bombs Hurled as Workers March Back to Steel Jobs

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Ohio as officers conferred with city officials and company representatives in regard to reopening plants or speeding up operation of picketcrippled plants. The 112th Engineers Regiment of the Ohio National Guard was ordered mobilized. Breakup of the Federal Steel Mediation Board meetings in Cleveland—temporarily at least—appeared likely today. The union and company leaders concluded their participation for the time being after management representatives refused again to sign C. I. O. contracts and rejected a plea to meet “man to man” with C. I. O. chairman John L. Lewis.

Two Bombs Hurled

Two bomb explosions marked increase in the nonstriker force which has kept the Republic plants at Warren and Niles, O., in partial operation throughout the labor conflict. The explosions did little damage except to the terrorists’ automobile, at which militia fired. . On every front, the steel strike appeared to be whirling toward a conclusive showdown that threatened violence despite the pressure of 4488 National Guardsmen in the Ohio sectors and strong police patrols in the Johnstown area. The temporary dwindling of picket lines in the Youngstown district, contrasted with union activity - at Canton, O. There the Republic officials pressed an injunction suit designed to limit picketing in a manner similar to the restrictions in a court order issued recently at Warren and Niles. No determined attemps to

reopen closed plants:-or speed up operations there were expected for a day or two, however. About 6000 workers normally are employed at Canton. Plans were worked out for a gradual or “piece-meal” reopening of strike-closed plants throughout Ohio and for speeding up picketed plants.

Mills Pian Reopening

It was learned the following program tentatively had been agreed upon for the reopening: 1. Reopen the plants of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., at Youngstown and Campbell, where men already are reporting for work. 2. Reopen -Republic’s Youngstown plants. . 3. Reopen the Canton plants of Republic as soon and if the Court limits picketing. 4. Reopen the Republic Cleveland.

Zenite Labor Case Hearing Set July 2

Robert H. Cowdrill, National Labor Relations Board regional director, today announced that hearings in the Zenite Corp. and Chambers Corp. labor controversies have been postponed till July 2 due to “press of business before the board.” They were June 28. Charges of violating the Wagner Labor Relations Act .by intimidation and coercion today had been filed against the Servel- Co. of Evansville, by Nelson Axien, Elec-

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trical & Radio Workers of America organizer. . Charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board here included discharging workers for union activities. . John Mayo, an Ohio District C. I. O. director, said if necessary strike sympathizers would return to the mills with nonstrikers and start a series of sporadic sit-downs. Homer Martin, president of the United Automobile Workers, has promised that auto workers would refuse to handle steel from strikebound mills. ‘Maritime unions may refuse to handle steel to Great Lakes ports. John L. Lewis already has notified coal operators in Penisylvania his United Mine Workers reserve the right to shut down mines that supply struck companigs. Sherman Dalrymple, president of the United Rubber Workers, has offered aid to steel strike leaders in Youngstown. Collapse of the Mediation Board's negotiations was announced in Cleveland after the Board had appealed to the steel companies to sit down at the same table with Lewis and other strike leaders to work out a settlement. The Board said the attitude of the companies had been “unwise.”

LOVER TO TESTIFY AN ARKANSAS TRIAL

By United Press HONOKE, Ark. June 25.—Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Joe Melton said today Lester Brockelhtirst would be called a a “surprise witness” against his sweetheart, Fernice Felton, 18, on trial for murder of Victor Gates ,a wealthy Arkarisas planter. Brockelhurst—An Illinois youth who took Miss Felton on a hifchhiking tour during which he confessed killing, Gates and two other men—sent word to the courtroom that he wished to testify.

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STATE TO MOVE BUTASH'S CASE

| Petition Is Expected to End

Action "in Matter, Stevenson Says.

The Atforney General's office said

!l today it planned to petition the In- | diana, Supreme Court for a renearse

ing in the Paul Butash criminal syn= dicalism case. In a unanimous opinion this week, the Court ordered a new trial for ‘Mr. Butash, who was convicted in 1936 in Steuben Circuit Court and sentenced to one to five years in State Prison. A. J. Stevenson, First Assistant Attorney General in charge of the State’s case, announced the deci= sion for appeal after a conference

| with Attorney General Omer Stokes

Jackson. Mr. Jackson earlier had said that a rehearing petition in a case of this kind was “very unusual.”

Reversal Not Expected

Mr. Stevenson indicated he had little hope that the high Court would reverse itself, but said the petition would close the case so far as. the State was concerned. Mr. Butash, Chicago magazine salesman, was convicted on the criminal syndicalism charge for alleged statements advocating over= throw of the Government. The Supreme Court termed the incident on which the case was built “so trivial as to be almost beneath the notice of the law,” and said the evidence was “so muddled and ine comp’ .” that the Court was unable to see how a verdict of guilty could be sustained. = The Supreme Court now is on vase cation and petitions will not be considered until the term is resumed in September, it was said. :

DENVER PAPER AND GUILD SIGN CONTRACT

By United Press ‘DENVER, June 25—The Rocky Mountain News, a morning paper owned by Scripps-Howard, and the local unit of the American Newspa= per Guild signed a contract today providing a 40-hour, five-day week for editorial department employees. Mos, provisions of the agreement, which makes no mention of the Guild or preferential shop, become effective July 12. The management has 90 days in which to put its employees on the five-day week.

ST. LOUIS, June 25.—The St. Louis Star-Times and the St. Louis unit of the American Newspaper Guild signed a contract last night establishing the 40-hour five-day week for editorial workers. The agreement also provides for a Guild shop and minimum wages.

POSTPONE WPA PROJECT MICHIGAN CITY, June 25.—The improvement of Washington Park here has been abandoned tempore arily, it was announced today, due to the transfer of WPA workers to

the street department and others to private industry.

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