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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-14
SPEEDING TRAIN
HITS CAR, KILLING
FAMILY OF SIX
Investigation Started of Grade
Crossing Tragedy at
EmiSon, Ind.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
VINCENNES, Ind. Jan. 14.-The
Knox County coroner and officials OF
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Rail
road today started a dual investigation
of the grade crossing accident which
cost the lives Of six persons. Claude
Wittenmeyer, 81, a farmer, and his
family. when their auto was ground
to pieces by a passenger train at
Emisor, north Of here, yesterday.
Wittenmeyer and his wife, Lula,
80; three daughter. Helen, 16; Lorene.
4: Mary, s, and a son, Charles, three
months old, were killed. Every mem
her of the family persisted.
Wittenmeyer stopped to let a
freight train pass the crossing and
then drove in the path Of the passen-
ger train speeding to make up lost
time, on another track.
Auto Hurled Against Station
The auto was smashed and the frag-
ments hurled against the Emison sta
ton. The six occupants were strewn
on the tracks. The bodies were ter
ribly mangled.
Wittenmeyer and his family were
driving to the home Of a relative for
Sunday dinner.
Two men standing in front of the
Emison station narrowly escaped
being crushed by heavy parts of the
auto which were thrown against the
station.
All tho DaSsapearc v1-era thrown
from the automobile. The dismem-
bered body of the older girl. Helen.
was found nearly 100 yards away.
The baby was caught on the COW
catcher Of the locomotive. The child
outlived other members of the family.
dying an hour after the accident. 1t
received a severely fractured skull.
Parts Of the automobile were strewn
along the right Of way for hundreds Of
feet.
Operators Escape
e. H. Cunningham, station tele-
graph operator, who was seated at the
window of the depot, narrowly es-
capped death from flying fragments.
when the auto was thrown against
the station window, crashing through
the supporting frame
William Wolfe, standing at the spot
where the auto was struck, was saved
from death when he lodged into an
open doorway and slammed the door
shut as the car came crashing against
the building.
a tragic after,note Of the terrible
accident is the fact that Junior Walk
er, adopted son of Mr.. and Mrs. Wit
tenmeyer, is again an orphan.
The boy was attending Sunday
school at Emison and so escaped death.
The. Wittenmeyers adopted the boy,
then an orphan, several years ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-14

Victor Murdoch, Kansas, chairman
Of the Federal trade commission. has
sent his resignation to President Cool.
idge, to be effective Feb. 1.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-14
"ThereT Be No More Charity"

Charles Shepherd, employe of a Nv.
cry barn at 319 S. Alabama SSt., has
less faith in mankind today than on
Sunday. He gave a derelict money
with which to buy food. The man re-
turned to the barn later for a free
bed, found Shepherd asleep. and re-
moved a watch valued at SIS, police
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-14

Democratic speech and was sorry it
did not suit some Democrats.
The statement which is said to have
given offense was: Every year So
cialist, Communist, reformer and up
litter has the nerve to spout his the
cries at dinner given in honor of the
birthday of Thomas Jefferson"
Governor Sweet is interested in po-
litical and social reform and in
prohibition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-14
MARSHALL DENIES
INTENTIONAL SLUR
Ex-Vice President Explains
Colorado Speech.

Thomas r. Marshall, former Vice
President, who has just returned
from Denver, where he delivered a
Jackson day address, has denied state
ments of friends of Governor Sweet
Of Colorado that part OF the speech
was aimed at the Governor.
Marshall said he made his kind of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-14
ESCAPED Convicts stiu Free

Police Pre- on the lookout today for
Rex Stacey, %, and Herbert Wallace.
"a, who escaped from the State Re-
formatory at Pendleton on Saturday
while working with road gang.
Evening star., 1924-07-21
VETERAN CLERGYMAN
s DIES AT TAKOMA PARK
Rev. William Ostrander Succumbs
to Heart Attack After
Operation.

: Rev. William Ostrander, rs years
old, pioneer clergyman of the
Seventh Day Adventist Church, and
for several years pastor of the NJ
Street Seventh Day Adventist Church,
died at the Washington Sanitarium,
Takoma Park, Md. Saturday.
Rev Mr. Ostrander had undergone
an operation about three weeks ago
and was thought to be improving. He
was taken with a heart attack. how
ever, and died within about a half an
hour.
: Funeral services Will be conducted
in the Seventh Day Adventist Church,
Takoma Park, tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 o'clock Interment will be in
eIenwood Cemetery.
Rev. Mr.. Ostrander entered the
clergy of the church in the West
about 40 years ago. For a number
OF years he was travelling evangel-
Lst in that section of the West which
was then building up. Later he was
pfesident of the Colorado conference
of the church at Denver. Subsequent
ly he served in pastorates at Grand
Rapids and Saginaw. Mich; Des Moines
iowa, and at other places.
stHe assumed duties as pastor Of the
NJ Street Church about five years ago
and after giving up the pastorate he
continued active in the affairs of the
church.
TsHe was a veteran Of the Civil War
He was born in Oakland County, Mich
Re celebrated his golden wedding an
niyerSary, August Is, 1922. He is sur
viyed by his widow and one daughter
Mrs. d. w. Edwards of Takoma Park
Evening star., 1924-07-21
SMALLPOX SPREAD
ALARMS OFFICIALS
Cooperation Vital to Check
Serious Epidemic, Warns
Dr.. leake.

Medical science must solicit in
dtv'hual co-oneration if the present
outbreak or smallpox In various parts
}. +. Leakc. chief of the infectious
disease laboratory OF the Public
Health Service, said today.
The apprehension felt by Health
Service officials has been heightened,
he said. because Of the seeming in
difference of people to vaccination
and the taking Of treatment for mild
cases The present outbreak of a
virulent form OF smallpox, he declar-
ed. probably is a development from
the mild form which has been mani
fest in the country since 1895.
Science is practically able to pre-
vent smallpox through vaccination,
but can do compare lively little after
the disease has been contracted The
Health Service is attempting to sup
ply all physicians with the latest in :
formation concerning the diagnosis
Of smallpox, in which much new data
have been secured
Physicians also are being told to
disseminate Information that the old
method of making a large scar on
the patient through vaccination was
no longer necessary.
"A little sanitary dimple." DR..
Leake said today. "is the only mark
that should remain"
Attacks OF smallpox, Dr. Leake
said. begin with headaches, accom-
panied with a slight attack of grippe.
followed by red spots appearing all
over the body. In mild cases, the
patient usually feels better after the
spots appear. and if they are not
profuse or very noticeable, he fire.
quently may not be aware that he is
infected with the disease.
After exposure to smallpox, the
doctor said, vaccination within "a
hours usually will prevent it's con-
traction.
Evening star., 1924-07-21

time table rack of Pullman car
through Detroit, Buffalo and on to
New York before 1t was found.
1t was the first slip-up Of the mur-
derers when they failed to communi-
cate with Franks by telephone in
time for him to catch this train. Had
he caught ii, the orders were to ride
d few miles until a certain building
was reached, then throw the money
from the train. He failed to get the
message in time.
Later the police began a search for
the typewriter upon which the ram
som letters had been written. Loeb
pointed out to a spot in the lagoon
in Jackson Park. where he said Leo
pold had thrown the typewriter. A
diver dug it up after three days Of
searching.
Virtually every bit of the confess
sions Of the boys was checked up and
corroborative evidence was obtained.
Evening star., 1924-07-21
PLAN MEMORIAL PARK.
Spot Where Columbu Landed in
1893 to Be Developed.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
SAN JUAN. Porto Rico, July 21-
Gov. Towner today formally ac-
cepted from the insular government
the gift of the tract of land, near
Aguadilla- where Christopher CO.
lumbus landed in 1893. the only spot
under the American flag where the
disroverer of America ever set foot
The government will develop tho
ra>t a i,u.n, AL wuICh Iue h4Ilgnts
Of Columbus of the United States
have offered to erect a suitable Co.
lumUuS monument.
Evening star., 1924-07-21
Came from Germany.

The grandfathers of both Nathan
and Richard were among those who.
like Carl Schurz, came to this coun-
try from Germany because of the
failure of the revolution of 1S4S. The
Leopold family has been in Chicago
since 1857. Albert Loeb. father of
Richard, was born in Chicago in 1868.
Nathan Leopold, ST., whose fortune
grew as the city grew, was formerly
engaged in lake transportation and
is now a paper manufacturer. Albert
Loeb. son Of small shoe merchant.
taught evening school. practiced law.
and eventually became vice president
of the Sears-Roebuck Mail Order
Company, of which julius Rosenwald
is president. His brother, Jacob
Loeb, was president of the Chicago
Board of Education from 1916 until
Evening star., 1924-07-21
RADIO PERMIT DENIED.
Judges Refuse to Have Murder
Trial Broadcast.

Copyright 1924, by Consolidated Press Asso-
citation.
CHICAGO, July 21.-Courts are one
domain that radio is likely never to
enter.
The decisive answer of judges to
| the proposal of local powerful broad
| casting station to carry the Leopold
Loeb murder trial to the four corners
of this country seems to justify that
| conclusion. The closed sanctity of the
courtroom in which killers are called
must never be violated
Radio would turn the grim battle
for life of the two youthful slayers
of 14year-old Robert Franks into a
great entertaining show. This imagi-
nary spectacle itself has brought de-
nunciation from Chicago judges
Space for Only 200.
To listen in" on the murder trial Of
the century; what could be more thrill
ing? Nothing could better satisfy
morbid curiosity. nothing appeal more
to the deep-seated interest in any kind
OF fight for life. SO argued those
proposing that radio be called in TO
broadcast this court battle Only 200
persons are going to be able to crowd
into the courtroom itself when the
trial Is under way-the rest will be
clamoring for some way Of listening
in. Radio was the solution proposed
for the problem
Here. however, those who are to
control the courts asserted them
selves They showed that the Illinois
supreme Court in an important Grim
mai case had reversed a conviction
or trial court on the ground that
no court should permit the oouver-
sion of a trial into show" This
particular decision resulted from the
permission the Judge gave the spec
tators sitting on the rostrum, and to
photographers who took pictures of
the defendant in the presence Of the
jury.
Trial Not Show.
"A trial" the Supreme Court advis-
ed. is not to be regarded as an en-
tertainment, or in any sense as a fes-
tive occasion. The court should not
permit the conversion of the court
room into a picture gallery or the
trial into a show"
Clarence Darrow. attorney for the
defense in the Loeb-Leopold trial. in
dicated that he would object to broad
casting the trial because 1t would. in
his opinion. prejudice the case again ST
the boys. District Attorney Robert Z.
Grove. the prosecutor. takes q con-
trary view.
Il do. not see that such publicity
can be in any way harmful" said Mr..
Grove today. "On the other hand,
believe 1t can be made OF the utmost
benefit provided that it be handled
properly, and provided parents would
regulate their children's conduct in
connection with hearing the trial"
But the judges have said no, and
radio fans will be denied a new thrill.
Evening star., 1924-07-21
Clue From Glasses.
Letter Went to New York.

After the confessions il developed
that the final letter sent to the elder
Franks. giving him details as to the
exact manner in which he was to de-
liver the $4,000 ransom to them. had
been placed aboard a Michigan Cen
trail train and had travelled in the
Evening star., 1924-07-21
WILLARD LETS CONTRACT
FOR S5OO,O0O ADDITION
Seventy Rooms to Be Provided in
f Street Structure-Wo
to Begin at Once.

The half-mllion dollar addition to
the F street side of the New Willard
Hotel will be erected and occupied
within ten months, 1t was announced
today by the Virginia Hotel Company.
owners of the hotel. Contract for
construction was awarded today to
the George A. Fuller Company. Work
will be begun as once.
The structure will be erected on the
site of the bank building adjacent to
the present hotel. located on a lot
4OXl00 feet in size.
1t fronts 40 feet on + street. The
building was formerly occupied by
the Union Trust Company.
The new building will be of struct-
ural steel construction, faced with
Indiana limestone and granite for
the first story, and with brick above.
1t will be ten stories high and will
communicate with the present hotel
at each floor.
In the addition will be approx
mately 20 rooms. bringing the total
number of rooms for the hotel up
to more than 400.
Tropical trees at the British En-
Evening star., 1924-07-21
Girls Keep Your Skin
Clear and Fresh

No matter how well You dress.
how attractive your personal
ity. or how talented you may
be-one LITTLE pimple or black
head can rob you of all your
charm. For nothing is more
offensive to the masculine eye
than skin eruptions in woman.
Thousands now realize that the
quickest way to Danish humili-
ating skin defects is through
Fe-Lak. These wonderfully ef-
fective tablets supply your
system with certain vital ele-
mentS needed TO keep your skin
clear and fresh. Simply take
two tablets with each meal
Before you know it you have a
clear, fresh. youthful complex
ion. free from even the slight
est defect. You won't believe
what A wonderful change We
LAX can bring in your appear
ance until you try it. Get IL
today. Recommended and sold
by Peoples Drug Stores and all
other good druggists. Ve-Lak
Co, Atlanta, Georgia.-Adver-
tisement
Evening star., 1924-07-21

The radio operator in TOXIC who
sent the first information of the
earthquake by radio has received a
gold medal and $500 from the Radio
Corporation of America
Evening star., 1924-07-21

1919. His wife. Richards mother
who was Anna Bohnen, has been ac-
tive in welfare work.
Both of Hebrew Faith.
Both families worship at Sinai
Temple, of which the late Rabbi
Emil q. Hirsch was pastor. Like
them. the family of the boys victim
Robert Franks. is of Hebrew descent,
though not holding the Jewish faith.
Robert failed to reach home after
school May 21 The next day a let
ter and messages by telephone called
upon his father, Jacob Franks, presi-
dent of the Rockford Watch Com
pany. neighbor of Loeb and Leopold.
for 900 ransom. The messages
stated that the boy had been kid
naped but was safe The father vir-
tually decided to comply with in
structions, but permitted his lawyer
and relative to go TO the morgue to
see the body of boy found in a
culvert. The body was identified as
Roberts. An autopsy showed that
he had been slain before the letter
Several witnesses were examined
but not until pair Of glasses found
near the culvert were traced through
the prescription to young Nathan
was either he or Richard suspected
Held for Three Days.
The two boys we're taken into Gus
the States attorneys Office for three
days Their adro1ness and assur-
ance baff1ed their examiners until
Loeb learned that their attempted
alibi was refuted by the testimony Of
a chauffeur that the car the boys said
they had used was undergoing re-
pairs at the time. Then Loeb began
to confess and Leopold. learning of
his action. did likewise.
According to the confession they
planned both Staying and Kidnapping
the extreme penalty for murder
death, being the name in Illinois as
the extreme penalty for kidnapping
for ransom, even though the victim
survives. They are reported by the
Sldle 10 nave Sdlu tney ulu II lot
money and for adventure.
Although counsel for one of the
other suspects complained that harsh
measures were used by detectives in
the case OF his client, who neverthe-
less did not confess, States Attor-
ney Robert r. Grove asserted that
the utmost consideration was extend
ed to Nathan and Richard and that
he permitted them to talk with their
relatives, though not with counsel
Clue From Glasses.
While the pair of eyeglasses found
near the body was the principal clue
upon which the boys were located,
yet after their confession there were
many angles that kept the case prom
inently before the public.
Young Franks attended Harvard
School, an exclusive educational in
stitution near his home, and for a
time three of its teachers were held
under suspicion. They maintained
their innocence, but it was not until
Leopold and Loeb confessed that they
were released.
Letter Went to New York.
Evening star., 1924-07-21

Tropical trees at the British En-
pire exhibition this year were plant
ed in their native soil tons Of which
were brought to England especially
for this purpose.
Evening star., 1924-07-21
Sons of Millfonasres,

Nathan Leopold, jr. and Richard
Loeb, confessed slayers of 14-year-
old Robert Franks, are both minors.
sons of millionaires. and graduate
students distinguished by their, at
tainments. At the time Of the slay-
ing Leopold was 90 and Loeb 10.
Probably none of Leopold's ac-
quaintances, save Loeb, connected the
Staying on May 81. which, according
to the boys confession, was pre-
meditated. with the precocious or
nithologist who had engaged the con-
fldence of the little Kirkland warbler.
bird so shy as to have been sup
posed extinct. so successfully that 1t
perched on his shoulder and ate from
his hand while a thousand feet of
moving picture film were unrolled.
According to Loeb. though this de-
tail Leopold disputed. it was the same
hand that struck Robert Franks from
behind with chisel after strangling
him.
Evening star., 1924-07-21
Question Reporters.

Then the pair turned upon the
reporters with an avalanche of ques-
uons about the details of their
stories.
How many people were outside
the building?" the pair asked
"l'n bet we're all over the front
page" Loeb said. Then he added i'm
patiently:
Il wish they'd bring the papers
up"
Several times before the interview
was ended Loeb had been abruptlv
commanded by his companion to
shut up"
Evening star., 1924-07-21

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1924-07-21
Would Ask for Jul

Are these boys pleading guilty as
sane or insane persons?' interrupted
Evening star., 1924-07-21
Loeb and Leopold ''Guilty';
Thro,un on Mercy of Court

the States attorney. IF the tlatter,
the State will ask for jury, as it
can demonstrate that they are sane
and knew exactly what they were
doing" .a
Mr.. Bachrach said that the object
of the conference would be to iron
the differences which ''invariahy ac-
company presentation of expert tes-
timony as to insanity in criminal
cases." He argued that the result
would be a coherent statement for
the courts consideration instead OF
wide publication of atrocious details
in newspapers and their consequent
effect upon poorly balanced minds
generally"
Unexpected BY Judge.
Judge Caverly said that the court
had no po-vcr to force such pro-
cedure ursn the States and left the
proposal 10 the States attorney, who
again stated that the prosecution
could prove that the defendants were
thoroughly sane.
A discussion OF time of hearing fol-
lowed. Both sides were ready to go
ahead at once, but Judge Caverly said
Wednesday was the earliest date at
which he could hear testimony. That
date was agreed upon with the under
standing that witnesses who might
have been summoned for the expected
opening of the trial August 4 and who
could not be present Wednesday,
would be excused until next week
You have unloaded a big respon-
sibility upon me-" said Judge CaverIy
to Mr.. Darrow after court adjourned
1t was totally unexpected
Evening star., 1924-07-21
Boys Return Laughing.

The defendants returned to the
cells in the county Jail laughing and
talking light-heartedly. but apparent
ly carefully refraining from all dis
cussion of the case.
They made light of the suggestion
that they had been nervous during
the proceedings. but admitted they
were glad the first day was over"
They manifested great interest in
what the newspapers would print
and pressed their guards for "all edi-
tions."
The proclamation of an armistice
got six-inch headline" said Loeb.
laughing heartily.
ASK us about anything but our
selves" Loeb said later in reply to
queries.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-02
Use of Gypsum Improves
The Soil of Sanders County

hay on adjoining land was brown and
parched. 1t appeared that the gyp-
sum had stimulated plant growth to
the extent that the roots developed
more rapidly and extended to lev
els Of moisture which other plants
did not reach.
On many farms where test plots
had been conducted in 1928, it was
difficult to obtain comparisons in
1924 because the farmers were so
pleased with the results that they
treated their entire acreage, leav-
ing no ~untreated plots for checking
purposes. Farmers in a number of
the communities have gone together
to order carload lots of gypsum and
its use promises to be greatly extend
ed in 1925.
The experimental work will be
continued in an effort to determine
the effect of different soil and elm
attic conditions upon the use of gyp-
sum. In the absence of a county
agent at the present time the locat-
ing of test plots and the checking of
results has become a problem but
the Extension Service is planning,
nevertheless, to go on with the work.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-02

cords gives promise of high produc-
ton. Snowflake also has a younger
daughter, two grandaughters, and a
grand son. A truly outstanding
family of seven COWS that has been
developed from a single COW that is
now only six years old.
Like most good cows, Snowflake
has the essential conformation of a
great producer. She is a large,
strong, rugged COW, deep in body and
has a great capacity for food. Her
udder is of good size and is excellent
in quality. The large milk veins and
prominent milk wells also indicate
her great productive capacity.
Aside from the conditions under
which the record was made the point
of greatest interest lies in the fact
that all the feeds used were home
grown with the exception of the small
amount of oil meal, and this, says
Mr.. Tretsven, may have come origi-
nally from Montana flax. 1t is
another splendid illustration that the
home grown feeds are quite sufficient
in themselves when fed in the right
way to the right kind of COWS.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-02
State Farm g livestock

Here A q real Mountains arm age The leading articles o. this page are prepared oy
experts OF the State Agriculture Conegs at BoEsmsn where the state and fedGru
governments are expanding large uns Of money IN experimentation to determine the
best tlage methods for Montana and these articles are descriptive Of the results of
this work Every farmer reader of this newspaper Is uged to net these article away.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-02
SHOULD FIGURE YIELDS PER
MAN POWER ON DRY LANDS

In Bulletin II of the Montana
State College Extension Service.
Reducing the Cost of Montana's
Dry Land Wheat Harvest" M. l..
Wilson and H. e. Murdoch have the
following to say: There should be
a relation between yields per acre
and cost of harvest pei acre. Prac-
tees adapted to high yielding land
do not always apply to low yielding
land. Inventive Montana farmers
are concerned with the problem of
changing their methods until low
yielding wheat can be harvested
economically, just as they have de-
vised means of seeding and tillage
at low acre costs. Systems are de-
veloped whereby one man can null
tiply his man power in handling a
greater number of acres per hour of
man labor. He is concerned more
with raising the greatest number of
bushels per man than bushels per
acre.