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The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23

Until his death he never told
me, although we frequently met,
but always made me believe. by
conversation and in other ways,
was his wife" stated Mrs. Hart.
while he was, by reason of old
age and idiosyncrasies separated
from me, it was not my fault,
and we met frequently during 1912
and 1918, and subsequently, on
streets, in homes and elsewhere. -
The old divorce jeopardized the
pension. causing the plea to have
the decree set aside.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23


MOUNT VERNON, Sept 23-Naming her pastor as her
raducer Elsie Sweetn 81 today confessed poisoned her
husband Word she could be free her pastor Rev
Lawrence VI. Hight
After alnight session of questioning in the Jefferson
County JAIL following her result Mon
day night by Hight duplicating her the pretty told
full story accepting the crime as her own
Rev Hight mlddle-aged Methodist Episcopal pastor of
na the village in which she lived with her husband for anv
years loved her and she recproeated Affection she said
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23

Recipients OF the letter construe
it as a very thinly disguised threat
to get" their jobs II they don't
come across" They thought they
were protected by civil service
laws from forced campaign contri-
buttons. but now they are whisper
ing around among each other.
quietly, very quietly. for the Of
fetal AK is heavy and sharp and
the ways OF politics dark and mys-
terious, that those who do not
voluntarily contribute $50 to the
Republican State campaign fund
will find themselves looking over
the help wanted columns of the
newspapers before snow flies.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
PROBE SESSION CALLED
Daugherty Will Be Witness in Effort
to Sift Charges.

BV United Press
CAMP PERRY. Ohio. Sept. 23-
Special session of the Senate com
mittee investigating the Department
of Justice will be called Immediately,
Senator Smith w. Brookhart an
nounced here today.
Brookhart had just received tele-
gram from Senator Burton Is.
Wheeler authorizing the hearing
Harry NJ. Daugherty former at
torney general. is to he called be
fore the reconvened session, Senator
Brookhart said. in an attempt to
sift the truth from the many rumors,
charges and counter-Charges result
ing from Daugherty's open letter to
John w. Davis and the alleged re
pudiation statement of CASTOR b.
Means.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23

AI1AAAA1s III otAAA' cANNiN III
Indianapolis, a pushmobile
l abandoned by a child grown
too large for such toys?
Or is there, perhaps. someone
who is willing to dig down into his
pocket to buy a pushmobile for a
crippled boy?
Five or six months ago, a neigh
Dor bought a pushmohile for Nick
Matesick, 15. of 3s4O E Twenty
Sixth st. Nick has had tubercu-
losis of the bone since he was a
child. One leg is in a plaster cast
and the other in a brace. Nick
had a wagon, but he couldn't ride
in it comfortably. The pushmobIle
was just right for him.
Last Thursday night Nick went
TO a neighborhood movie with a
friend. When he came out his
pushmobile. or push automobile
as he calls it, was gone.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bell,
who have been mother and
father" to Nick since he was or
phaned nine years ago, wish they
could buy him another push auto
mobile" But they cannot afford
one, so they are hoping some kind
hearted person will help them.
Nick needs only one push au-
tomObile." so any one who wishes
TO give him an old one or buy a
new one is asked to call the city
editor Of The indianapolis Times,
Main $500. to avoid duplication.
There was a time when Mr..
and Mrs. Bell would have been
able to buy many pushmobiles.
or other toys, for their beloved
foster child. In England. before
they came to America and Indian
apOlis sixteen years ago. Bell was
a horse collar manufacturer. His
products were used by Queen Vic
toria. the Vanderbilts and the
MOrgans.
But automobiles grew popular
and times became hard for the
Bells.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23

s THE civil service "A joke?
Is there any real protec-
tion for Federal employees
who wish 10 hold their jobs 10y the
oldfashioned method Of doing their
work we'll instead Of buying safety
by campaign contributions
These are questions civil service
employees in the revenue depart
ment at the Federal building. are
asking each other following re.
ceipt Of letter bearing the name
Of willis B. Dye chairman Of tine
Republican Ways and Means Com
mittee Of Indiana. soliciting con
tiibutionr Of $50 for the Repus
lican State campaign
The letters were written ON std.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23

She did not love her husband He
neglected her she declared.
After debating a complete confes-
sion, the woman. exhausted. fell into
a deep sleep.
The Rev Hight. still pious. held
in the same Jail for the murder of
his wife by arsenic which he has
confessed prayed when told the
woman had confessed.
Il love her. She reciprocated my
affection. 1t was all aterrible mis-
take
Rev. Hight furnished the woman
with the arsenic to poison her hus-
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
REPAIR FLIERS' PLANES
World Aairmen Scheduled to Start
for Santa Monica.

SAN DIEGO, Cal. Sept. 23-The
Army round-the-world Tiers. who ar
rived here Friday, probably will not
hop off for Glover Field, Santa Mon
ica, Cal. their next stop, before l
p. m. today. Pacific Coast time.
Capt. r. G. Ervine. engineering Of
ficer Of Rockwell Field, here. said
requirements 10 the motors cannot
be finished before that time
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
MRS. WATSON'S FUNERAL
Senator's Mother to BE Buried at
Winchester Wednesday.

BB Times Special
WINCHESTER. Ind, Sept %
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon for Mrs Mary
Watson, mother of Senator James
E. Watson, who died Monday at the
advanced age of 90. Services will be
at the Methodist church.
Senator Watson and his son James
arrived here from Chicago Monday
night.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
BOARD SQUEEZES PURSE
Bids Rejected on Trucks for Sani-
tary Department.

Strict economy necessitated by re-
ductions in the 1925 budget caused
the sanitary board to reject all bids
today on two two-ton truck k-tractors
for use in garbage and ash collec-
ton.
we will continue to operate the
department on an efficient basis as
long as we have funds" said Frank
c. Lingenfelter city engineer, and
president of the board. We need
the trucks. but will have to get along
without them until we get more
money"
year was cut to the same amount
as this year by Mayor Shank in his
tax reducing program.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
DAHLIA SHOW SATURDAY
Third Annual Event of Bankers
Trust Company

Plans for the third annual amateur
dahlia show and garden flowers ex-
hibition at the Bankers Trust Com
pany Saturday were announced to-
day.
Silver and bronze medals of the
American Dahlia Society, the Bank
ers Trust Company 1924 dahlia
trophy, membership in the dahlia So
ciety and other prizes are awarded
for various classes of blooms.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
WEATHER BLAMED
FOR MANY COLDS
City Doctors Warn Citizens
to Watch SneeZeS,
Watch your colds.

Watch your colds.
An epidemic is reported from all
parts of the city.
Extreme weather changes from
hot to cool coupled with wet weather
were held responsible by Drs. Her
man G. Morgan. city health officer,
and r. Y. Converse, police phy-
sician.
Temperatures Of more than, 100 de-
grees are common with some colds,
DR.. Converse said. Weather ex-
tremes reduced the resistance and
breed germs causing colds. ply
sicians said.
Watching the clothing TO conform
TO weather conditions. and keeping
proper ventilation at night are best
preventive measures, they said.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
OUGHT TO CHARGE RENT
Albert Jennings Sleeps in Court,
Then in Jail.

Albert Jennings. colored. S24 w.
Twenty-Fffth ST., was discharged in
city court today after he was held
in Jail overnight for resting too easy
in the courtroom Monday. Proba-
tion officer Robert Dennis aroused
Jennings from a nap and finally
slated him on a vagrancy charge
when he refused to keep awake.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
GERMANS VOTE
TO JOIN LEAGUE
Cabinet Decides on Step
To Ask for Guarantees,
BV Enitcd Press

BIZ Cnitcd Press
BERLIN, Sept 23.-German cab
met today decided in favor of this
country joining the League of Ma
tions at the earliest possible mo.
ment
The cabinet voted, however, to
inquire cf the Lea que council re-
garding guarantees to Germany's
position before formally applying
for admission
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
C. C. PERRY SINKING
Condition of Utility Head Reported
Grave at Hospital.

e. e. Perry. president of the Indi-
annapolis Light and Heat Company,
who has been confined at St Vincent
hospital for several weeks. was in
a critical condition today. according
to hospital attaches.
Hospital attaches said that Perry
suffered a relapse early Monday and
has been slowly sinking. Perry was
admitted TO the hospital after a long
illness. and has never fully recovered
from an operation he underwent
some time ago. it is said.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
Shed Entered

George Stanos, 315 Ogden St. to-
day caused the arrest of Max Riley.
Il, of 40 n. Noble St. on charges
of entering a house to commit a fe!
Ony, Stanos said he watched Riley
enter shed in the rear OF his home.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
~1IVORCED for more than
II ten years and never knew
- 49,

Such was the strange story told
Superior Judge Sidney S. Miller,
by Mrs. Elizabeth Hart, 70, of
2119 Park Ave. Judge Miller, set
aside the divorce granted her hus-
band, John Hart, April Z, 1913.
Hart, Civil War veteran, who
died April 1S, 1922. obtained a
secret divorce from his wife by
representing sh, ; left the city
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
Poor Means!

BIZ nitcd Press
WASHINGTON. Sept. 23.-
The Federal Government today
filed in the Supreme Court a
tax lien against CASTOR B.
Means, star witness in the
Senate Department Of Justice
investigation. amounting to
S267 ,614-40 for alleged unpaid
income taxes for years, 1921.
1922 and 1923.
The lien assessed the unpaid
taxes at S214,O91.52 and the
penalty s53.522.SS.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
SAYS DOUBLE MURDER PACT
WAS SUGGESTION OF PASTOR
1T Was All a Terrible Mistake" She
Sobs-Signs Statement and Falls
= Asleep in Chair-Prosecutor Will
Ask First Degree Indictments.
BULLETIN

MOUNT VERNON, ILL.,, Sept. 23-Fearng possible
mob violence although openly threatened Sheriff
Grant Holcomb today took Elsie Sweetin and Rev Law
renee Hight out Of the Jefferson County jail here and
rushed them by automobile another Jail in unnamed
Illinois city.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
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The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23

O. your ationsh1p with the Internal
Revenue standpoint OF civil Service
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of
thAt
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very needed at this time
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Republ can days
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The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
Forecast

TAIR tonight and Wednes-
l. day. Rising temperature
anticipated Wednesday.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
PUSHMOBHE
WANTED
Who'll Help Make Crippled
Theft Victim a Happy
Boy2

rs THERE. in some attic in
indianapolis, a pushmObile
l abandoned by child grown
30 large for such TOYS?
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
Kick i'm Or Kick Out Is Threat Made in Letter
to Federal Workers Asking Funds for G. O. P

WILLIS q OVE cI.AiRhbN
kOkONo
~es. A 7. COX s,cE-c',Ao. ~A>.
EAST CHICAGO
Evening star., 1924-05-01
EPISCOPAL LEADERS
ASK CATHOLIC UNITY
Three Bases for Reunion of An
glican and Roman Faiths Offer
ed at Convention.
WOULD RECOGNIZE POPE
Division of Sect Deplored as
Scandal and a Sin"
By the Associated Press.


PHILADELPHIA, May Reunion
of the Anglican Catholic and Roman
catholic faiths, separated since the
time of Henry VIII. was advocated
last night at the convention of Pro-
estant Episcopal priests. The meet
ing closed today with a high mass at
ST Clements Church.
The Rev. DR. Joseph q. II. Barry.
rector of the Church Of St. Mary the
Virgin, New York. advanced three
bases on which a reunion might be
sought, while Bishop Irving p. john
son OF Colorado emphasized the fact
that AnGIicans and Romans have the
same sacraments. creeds. Scriptures
and ministry the RtS. Dr. George
Craig Stewart, rector Of st. Euke's
Church, Evanston. ILL.,, depiored the
division in the church as "a scandal
and q sim" and discussed the problem
Of reunion.
Bishop Thomas F. Gailor. president
Of the National Council OF the Epis-
copal Church, urged loyalty "aS good
Catholics to the Episcopal com
munion.
Or. Barry advanced these three
points on which he said a reunion
With Rome might be rea ched:
Concurrence in the belief that Christ
conferred primaCy upon st. Peter and
the bishops of Rome succeeGinc him
Agreement that church jurisdiction
should be aliocated TO the Pope aud.
Belief in AN infauibiIity which is
tho mind Of the church through the
Pope as its organ Of statement and
which is authenticated by its reCog-
milton by the whole church.
Evening star., 1924-05-01
BANKER HARRIS WIFE
MOVES FOR NEW TRIAL
Submits Letter From Husband to
other Woman While Annulment
Suit Progressed.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, May Mrs. Elaine
Lee Harris yesterday took steps to
obtain a new trial of the marriage
annulment suit brought by Beverly
d. Harris, former vice president of
the National City Bank, recently de-
Cided in Harris favor by a supreme
court jury.
letter purportine to have been
written by Harris to a woman friend.
another Elaine" while the annul-
ment suit was on trial. was presented
by Mrs. Harris attorneys to Supreme
Court Justice Gicgerich.
The letter was a photoStatic copy
of one written upon the stationery Of
a New York hotel last March 4, the
final day of the trial. One of the
affidavits accompanying il was that of
a handwriting expert testifying the
letter had been penned by the banker.
Mrs. Harris submitted it as evidence.
Evening star., 1924-05-01

Her husbands attacks upon her were
knowingly founded on falsities.
Mrs. Harris says she first discovered
last January. the existence of the
woman to whom the letter is alleged
later to have been written by Harris
during the trial. She sought this
woman, says Mrs. Harris affidavit
but was unable to find her until re-
Gently.
Then, she says, she learned of the
letter, and obtained possession OF il.
Evening star., 1924-05-01
BODY GOES TO DURHAM.
Funeral of Gen. Carr, Former q. C.

CHICAGO, May 1.-The body of
Gen. Julian s. Carr. former COM
mander-Im- chief of the United Con-
federate Veterans. who died here last
night OF pneumonia, will be started
on it's homeward trip to Durham,
\. c.. from here today, his daughter,
Mrs. II. c. Flowers, announced.
No arrangements have been com
pleted as yet, Mrs. Flowers said, for
the funeral services at Gen. Csrr's
home other than setting the date for
next Monday.
Evening star., 1924-05-01
Rev. Charles M. Sills Dies.

BRUNSWICK, Me, April S0.-Rev.
Charles Morton Sills, D. D.. died today
on his seventy-fourth birthday at the
home of his son, Kenneth c. NJ. Sills,
president of Bowdoin College. He re-
tired from the Episcopal ministry
two years ago. He was born in Eng
land
Evening star., 1924-05-01

pleaded guilty to robbery in the fist
degree and later intimated she might
change her plea to not guilty because
she had been rushed off her feet"
has decided to abide by her original
Evening star., 1924-05-01

alienists appointed TO examine the
mentality OF Celia and her husband
The report said the alienists hJa
found the Cooneys sane.
Evening star., 1924-05-01
HOLDS TO BANDIT PLEA.

NEW YORK. May Celia Cooney,
bandit. who last week
Evening star., 1924-05-01

resolution, il was learned authori-
tatively yesterday.
County Judge Martin refused to
comment on a rumor that he had re-
ceived a preliminary report from the
Evening star., 1924-05-01

One modern German stove burns a
peat-like substance called "lignite
char"
Evening star., 1924-05-01

Women have been elected to five
own Offices in Duxbury. vi
Evening star., 1924-05-01

Kohinoor means mountain of
light"
Evening star., 1924-09-24
MLEARY SLAYERS
SENTENCED TO DIE
South Carolina Court Con-
demns Two After Trial
Lasting Only Few Hours.

BY the Associated Press.
CHESTERFIELD, s. c., September
24.-FollowinC swiftly moving trial
rcplete with dramatic moments,
Mortimer n. King and Frank liarrcll,
Young cotton mill workers, were
given death sentences late in toIays
session of court here Tor the murder
Of Maj. Samuel ii. McI.cary, L. s. A,
on July >. which they had both ad-
! mitted in signed confessions.
Judge c. C. Featherstnnc, presiding
set November 2l as the day when
they should be electrocuted in the
State penitentiary at Columbia, adviS-
ing them that he was giving them
ample time TO repent of their most
horrible" crime and TO make their
peace with their Master.
Mrs. McLeary, who was made a
widow by the crime for which the
youths were tried. was not in the
courtroom when sentence was pass
ci She had been the first witness
called by the STATE and was present
throughout the progress of the trial
Until the jury retired.
Defendant Breaks Down.
Taking the stand as the first wit
ness for the defense, King, making
a brave effort to conceal his emo
tion. broke down and Sobbed. Plead
ing for mercy for both himself and his
companion, he attempted to take the
entire burden of the crime upon his
own shoulders. Harrell, he declared,
had never had chance and had "a
Wife with a baby born just SIX days
ago, depending upon him for support.
Harrell, he admitted. was not at
hand when he tired two bullets into
the Army officers body with fatal ef-
feet. but was back at the automohlle
of Mai. NcLcary, in which the two
Lad been :-iNeu Il lift by the officer.
Throughout his story he Tlalntain-
ed that the murder of MAJ. McLcarH
was not plaucd in advance.
Triai speedily Held.
The tr.5l started at $50 o'civck
and all testimony Was in vixen court
recessed for dinner at l:30.
The jury had the case under con
sideration just 80 minutes, returning
a verdict at seven minutes after :
o'clock.
1t was Is when Judge Feather
stone condemned the two men to
death in the electric chair.
The two condemned men were re-
turned to the penitentiary in Colum-
ha last night in custody OF the same
officers who brought them to Chester
field for trial.
Evening star., 1924-09-24
FIND TWO VERSIONS
OF WOMAN'S SLAYlNG
California Police Hold Ex-Convict,
Who Says He Sought to
Defend Victim.
BY the Associated Press.


PASADENA, Calf, September Ct
Two different versions of the staying
OF Mrs. Clifton Il. HUM. former Chi
caEo woman. found shot and beaten
to death in her apartment here last
Friday, were in the hands of the po-
lice today as the result Of the arrest
last night in Los Angeles Of Harry
Connor. Alias Harry Garbutt, ex-con-
vict, alleged to have fed from the
HUM apartment after the killing.
Connor admitted he was III the
apartment Friday night.
r. Il. Gibson also was in the apart
ment. Connor fed, according to Glib
son, after beating Mrs. HUM with a
hammer and shooting her through the
heart.
Connor, on the other hand, told po-
lice that he fed only because of the
fear that his past record as convict
would make it impossible to prove his
innocence: that it was Gibson who at
tackled Mrs. Hum with a hammer and
that it was he. Connor, who tried to
prevent the Staying.
Mrs. HUM was shot through the
heart. he explained. when the pistol he
drew 70 intimidatc Gibson WAS dis
charged during their struggle over
poSScSsion of the weapon.
Cunnor was held on suspicion OF
murder. Police meanwhile announced
they would take Gibson into custody
for further questioning.
Evening star., 1924-09-24
ANCIENT STRUCTURE
UNCOVERED IN ROME
Fourth Century Works Found by
Laborers Reconstructing Bap-
tistry of Old Basilica.
by the Associated Press.

Ivy the Associated fresS.
ROME, September 24--Workmen,
while engaged in the r"constru ction of
the pavement OF the Baptistry of the
BaSilica of st. John Iateran have
brought to light important parts of
buildings of the time of Emperor
Constantine. who, tradition says, was
baptized there by Pope Sylvester / in
the year S24 and who is said to have
given the church the eight splendid
columns of porphyry surrounding the
baptistry. The workmen also dis
covered ancient paintings, mosaics
and pavementS belonging to the oriGi-
nal baptistry of the basilica.
The work of restoring the porticos
and ancient pavements above the lat
eral entrance is proceeding rapidly in
preparation for the celebration this
Winter OF the anniversary of the six
teenth century dedication of the
basilica, at which many high ecclesi-
aStics Will be present. The celebra-
tion will culminate in a solemn cere-
mony in the papal chapel November 3.
and functions commemorative of the
anniversary will be held in many
ath edralS throughout the world.
st. John Latcrdu is one of the five
paroChial baSilicaS in Rome presided
over by the Pope and to which the
faithful throughout the world are
supposed to belong.
Evening star., 1924-09-24
MOBILE RIVER PILOT
PAYS DRASTIC PENALTY
Given Six Months Hard Labor
for Allowing Oil to Leak
From Barge.

by the AssociAted Press.
MOBILE. Ala, September 24.-The
drastic law of the port of Mobile
against the discharging Of oil from
vessels in Mobile River, which pro-
vides fine of 800 and six months
hard labor, was invoked here yester-
day in the case of J. J. Garcia, an
engineer of n towboat. Garcia allow
ed oil to seep from L barge that he
was towing and refused to stop the
leak. The magistrate Of the court in
assessing the fine told the defendant
that he had no alternative and that
he must do hard labor. Garcia ap-
pealed To higher State court for re-
lief
Dock Commissioner Harry r. Hart
well announced that he would not
consent to clemency in the case, say
ing that the violation was the most
dangerous he knew Of and that only
recently hard fight by firemen saved
big dry dock here from destruction.
The Mobile commissioner is member
of the executive committee of the
national association fighting the poll
luton Of streams with oil.
Evening star., 1924-09-24

drawn up by a committee consisting
Of City Managers Carr of Dubuque,
Iowa: Brownlow OF knoxville, Tenn,
and Koiner of Pasadena, Calf.
Among the planks are those urg-
ing the city managers TO remember
he is a hired man." to deal with
both friend and foe with the same
fairness and ito keep the COM
munity faithfully informed of the
plans and purposes Of the administra-
tion -
Evening star., 1924-09-24
OIL WITNESSES CALLED.
Bank Heads and Others Summoned
in United States Suit.

CHEY ENNE, Wyo., September "a.
was made today
that subpoenas had been served on
the First National Bank of Ell Paso,
Tex: l.. IT. Rule of Pueblo, Colo; Miss
Grace NJ. Jones of CarrizoZo. n. Mex,
and X. c. Heald, kirkland Hall, Yale
University, New Haven. Conn, as wit
nesSes for the Government in the suit
to annul the lease of the Mammoth
Oil Company on the Teapot Dome
naval oil reserve.
These subpoenas Increased to IS
the number of witnesses summoned
by the Government in connection with
the suit. The case is To come to trial
here october =
Evening star., 1924-09-24
DRAFTS CODE OF ETHICS.
City Managers Association in

MONTREAL, September PA code Of
ethics for city managers was placed
before the eleventh annual conven-
ton Of the International City Man
ayers Association here. The docu-
ment, comprising il planks, was
Evening star., 1924-09-24

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them grow sturdy, vigorous and
happy.
Corby's Mothers Bread is made of
Evening star., 1924-09-24

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