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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-13
1000 SELL
BOOZE HERE,
SAYS Law
Authorities Estimate Veri-
table Army PeddIes Illicit
RUM Basing Figures on
Arrests Made \ Boot
logger Business Man.

Upward OF a thousand indianapolis
persons, authorities estimate, peddle
bootleg" liquor. Ifsflgures tell the
whole story, the estimate may be
small, but there is substantial In
formation to back this estimate.
City court records show 3,1S5 In
dividuals convicted on blind tiger
charges during the period OF 1922 to
1924. Some may have been convict
ed on false evidence and others may
have escaped arrest. The latter
group generally holds forth in great
er numbers. --u.
For the last six years, city court
attaches estimated, 6.2S5 persons
have been convicted. And convic-
ton of a bootlegger simply means a
postponement of his activity. He
generally feels the urge to re-enter
the lucrative field when free again.
Every cloud has its silver lining
and the public Golfers have received
a generous share OF that silver since
the advent OF the State and national
prohibition. The city strong box
has been enriched nn average Of
$4,000 a year, an aggregate OF
$450.00O. since Volstead and his
army swept the country in the wake
of war.
Police officers said there are at
least 500 'leggers" scurrying about
at this time. They are not hard to
find. Imagine yourself in want Of
shot" Plant yourself in the
lobby of a downtown hotel. The
bootleggers will read your mind.
What has Federal Court done
about It? you may ask, yourself.
Federal attorneys won S54 cases out
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GENEVA SECURITY
PACT POSTPONED
Canada Refuses to Approve
Disarmament Protocol,

By United Prces
GENEVA. March 1S.-The council
OF the League OF Nations voted
unanimously today TO place the
Geneva security protocol. In the
agenda of the sixth assembly, sched-
uled for next September and to post
pone all preparations for another dis
armament conference until the as
sembly has made final decision in
the matter. .
This action was taken in resolu-
ton proposed by Foreign Minister
Benes OF Czecho.Slovakla.
Canada notified the 4secretariat of
the league she is unableet to accept
the Geneva security protocol, but
would be disposed to accept the
treaty for compulsory arbitration Of
international differences provided
certain reservations are made.
One of Canada's principal objec-
tions to the protocol, is the rigid
provision for sanctions and the eff
feet, OF the United, States non
participation on attempts to force
them in the case OF Canada. which
adjoin5 the United States.
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SchooIbOy Fires
at Burglar
William Serrin, IS, Routs
Intruder at Home
UnasSisted.

T7OURAGE OF 15.year-old viii.
liam Serrin routed a tall
III colored burglar at Tie home
Of his father. p. A. Seirtn. 4641
y. Capitol Ave. Thursday night.
The man entered under -pretense
OF using the telephone William
fired FIVE shots at the intruder.
who fed when he was caught
cutting a telephone wire.
i.sI wasn't 4 BIZ afraid" will
liam told his mother and father
when they returned from a theater.
when the man said his car had
been In an acoident and asked
permission 10 use the phone.l l was
suspicious went upstairs. ex-
cusing myself by saying 1 wanted
to get my bAthrobe slipped
Dads gun into the bathrobe
pocket. .tt.s1tt
when / saw the man cutting
the telephone wire I asked why
he was doing It. He didn't an
swer. Then I told him to get out
and fired as he went through the
door,
Today William was afraid. But
his fear was that his friends at
Arsenal Technical High School.
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Developments in the crossing stu.
alton today were: ~
1. Ono conductor fined $15 and
costs in city court.
2. Two trainmen suspended with
out pay for one week, following
railroad inquiry.
g. Proposed ordinance to be sub
mitted 10 the city council holding
railroads responsible for overlooking
trains stalled at street crossings.
A city ambulance. rushing the
Pierson child to the hospital March
4, was held up at Miley Ave. Wash
ington st. crossing of the Belt Rail.
road for fifteen minutes. Frantic
over the delay, the father placed the
child in his own car and raced to
the hospital.
Child Died March 8
Death of the child occurred March
s. but did not become known to
Coroner Robinson until today He
stated that If facts show that the
delay was responsible for the child's
death, he will conduct rigid in
yestigation,
However" ne Added, "if the
death was just 4 case OF pneumonia,
there is nothing for me to do"
Two cases OF ambulance delays
have been reported to police by
Leonard Cox. driver.
Conductor Fined
Frank Van Scoyoc, so, of 80 n.
Webster ST., c. L.. and w. con-
ductor, was fined SIS and costs in
city court today on charges Of vio-
lating section s73 of the municipal
code.
Van Scoyoc was held responsible
for delaying city ambulance d
second time Wednesday. Judge Pro
TEN. Garth Nelson rebuked the con-
ductor for not cutting the train. He
replied he did not have enough men.
and that he told Leonard Cox. am
bulance driver, that. he had better
drive to another crossing.
Persons i'll or injured are not
supposed to be subjected to ex.
posure and possible death while the
ambulance is held up at a cross.
ing Nelson said.
Cox was making an emergency
run at the time.
City Corporation Counsel James
NJ Ogden and Councilman John r.
King were studying the legality of a
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proposed ordinance to be submitted
to the council to hold railroads reg
sponslble for overlooking trains ana
their consequent stalling at cross
ings. They said the present ordi.
nance fixing at three minutes the
maximum time for train to hold a
crossing would not be affected.
Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff
had copies of a testimony taken at
a trial OF the trainmen in the blocks
ing of March 4, where the ambulance
carrying the Pierson child was de-
layed.
Trainmen Suspended
FL. j. Warner, conductor and Z.
l.. Henry, engineer, were suspended
from duty for one week without pay,
Henry at the hearing, conducted by
j. j. Liddy Belt Railroad train.
master, A. K Davis. Big -Four, and
LA. Champ. and w. %. Horn, OF the
Chicago Division OF the Big Four de.
clared his train was overloaded. Of
flcials in their finding said Henry
did not handle his train properly and
that Warner should have known the
train had too heavy a load TO pullSs
IN Father Talks.
Duane Pierson, said: ft
Every minute was precious IN
getting the baby to the hospital.
We had just consultation and the
doctors said meningitis was threat.
ening and that we should get to
the hospital without delay"
I'VE were held up at least twenty.
five minutes. We first tried ia
cross at Washington St, and when
told the .trainma nthis was
hospital case and an emergency, he
said, We'll can't help If.
1--WE then tried to cross at diley
Ave, and the same train blocked US
there. The trainnian said his air
brakes were stuck but they never
made any attampe TO take up the
slack
"The railroad is liable II they sent
the train out overloaded and they
should have sent a switch engine 20
help pull the load. railroaded for
three years and I know Jierson
said
Plerson said he would have q con.
ference with the Coroner.
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HEAVY FIRE DAMAGE

Home OF Chriss Bruce Sustains
$500 Loss.
Fire caused a s1,50O damage at
home of Chriss Bruce, 1916 Troy
Ave, early today. Fire officials said
defective fiue was cause of blaze.
None of the family was home as
Bruce Is recovering from broken leg
at relatives home received In fall
from scaffold several weeks ago.
Firemen we're forced to lay 1000
feet OF hose in order TO obtain water
connection. Lieutenant Phillip Moss
said the nearest fire plug was half
mile from house
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-13
FERGUSON GETS PARDON
Wife to Sign Bill Restoring Rights
to Former Texas Governor.

BIZ Times Special
AUSTIN, Texas, March ls.-The
Senate amnesty bill. designed to re
store civil and political rights to for
mer Governor James K. Ferguson,
was passed by the lower house oi
the Legislature here Thursday.
The vote was ~ to 81.
The bill now needs but the sigma
ture OF >Governcr Miriam A. Fergu
son. wife OF the inipeached Governor
to become law.
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THIEVES ESCAPE. WOMAN
Three Youthful Bandits Given Chase
BY Victim.

Mrs. C. AZ. Eccies, sO7. E. Twenty
third S., lost out in her chase after
three youthful bandits Thursday
night.
Mrs. Eccles told police she saw
the three steal coaster wagon
valued at $40 from her front porch,
Shc gave chase and followed them
to the Nickel Plate Railroad, where
they pulled the wagon after them
between the box cars and escaped.
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Borah and Norris Vote With
Democrats to Reject
Presidents Choice a
Second Time Leaders
Losing Hope,
MAY FORCE VOTE ON
NOMINEE SATURDAY
Walsh Offers Resolution
Questioning Constitution
ality Of -CooGdge's Action
in Resubmitting Name
Once Refused.

Bp United Press
WASHINGTON, March 13.-The
nomination fCharles B. Warren
was adversely reported to the Sen.
ate today by the Senate judiciary
committee.
After a brief discussion the COM
nnlttee voted 2 to to present the
selection of President Coolidge as
Attorney General to the Senate with
recommendation that it be rejected.
Two Republicans, Senator Borah.
Idaho and Norris. Nebraska. voted
with the solid Democratic group Of
seven in the committee against the
nomination which was resubmitted
Yesterday by President Coolidge after
1t had once been rejected by the
Senate. .ff 5t
Republican leaders apparently lost
hone today and movement was
started to force final vote by to-
morrow night and adjourn.
Opposition Unchanged
In view Of this preliminary defeat
at THE outset and to the fact that
opposition to Ware nseems un-
changed despite Of the pressure from
the White House. some Republican
leaders saw no reason TO drag out
the controversy In a prolonged par
iianentary fight.
The committee session lasted only
about an hour. Senator Thomas J..
Walsh, Democrat, rsised the ques-
ton of the Presidents constitutional
right to resubnilt cabinet nomina-
tion to the same Senate that pre-
viously repudiated 1t.
But be did not press for a deci-
sion in the committee. He will raise
this issue on the floor.
How They Voted
The lineup in the committee was:
For Warren Republicans 7)--
Cummins, Iowa, chairman: Ernest,
Kentucky; Spencer, Missouri; Means.
Colorado; yHarreld, oklahoma; De-
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the hood Of tho rickety car, to int
spect the engine. The old tin which
composed the hood gave way. and
Ralph was thrown to the street.
The funeral will be held at 2 D. m,
Monday at the Blackwell chapel, o2s
n. Capitol Ave. Burial VIII be Ia
Crown Hill Cemetery.
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BoNDsMAN TAKEN Ill
Charles NIiddaugh, Has Stroke
While Walking on Street.

Charles Middaugh. 43. of 241 Trow-
bridge St. known as police head.
quarters as "Shiner,, professional
bondsman. is at the city hospital to-
day suffering from stroke. Police
said he was walking on s. Alabama
ST., and when he reached Pearl ST.,
he fell, his head striking the pave
ment inflicting a severe cut over the
left eye. Sam Evans. Isl Villa Ave-.
was With Middaugh. Ills condition
is serious
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BANDITS AT LA PORTE
Chicago Men Blamed for $500 Rob.
berry Thursday.

BB Times Special
q LA PORTE. Ind, March 1s.-Chi,
cago bandits are believed to be re.
sponsible for prying open a safe at
the steigely meat market here
Thursday night.
Checks and cash totaIing more
than $500 were taken. Checks
amounting to s125 we're recovsred
at the railroad station
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FACE SERIOUS CHARGES
Two Men Are Charged With We
hicle Tal1ng.

Simon Jones. "a, OF 1891 Maple
St.. ane Cubic Jackson, TO-. Of, s5e
Maple ST., were alrested today on
charges Of vehicle taking. Officers
arrested jackson when they. found
an automobile said to 5elon.y TO b
r. Kelly. 81 r. Fffty-yitsi st., In
his possession. jackson said the
machine belongel to Jones and that
it was only left in his care.
The car was stolen March 3, from
Ohio and N. Pennsylvania SITS.
police said q
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MALoTT HOME ENTERED

Neighbor Sees Window Blind Move.
Investigates.
James Hoffmeyer. So5 E.. Ninee-
teenth St., today told police that a
glance out OF his window revealed
that some one was In the home of
Charles NJ. Malott,, president In
dianapolis Paint and Color Com
pany. 1905 N. Alabama St. Malott
is visiting in Florida, Hofneyer
said. Hoffmeyer said he saw the
window shade move,
Hoffmeyer called John Black.
cclored, 1882 Yandes St.. housenaii.
who discovered the house had been
ransacked He was unable to tell
i hat was missing.
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How They Voted


Frank Baker, 656 Warren Ave,
was fined $40 and costs today in
city court by Judge Pro Tenn. Garth
Nelson on a charge OF driving
thirty.four miles an hour.
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RAILROAD CONDUCTOR FINED;
TWO ARE SUSPENDED BY ROADS
City Judge Rebukes Grew Head for
Failure to Cut Train, Declaring
Sick and Injured Should Not Be
Forced to Wait.

Holding of ambulances at blocked crossings under
today Coroner Robinson announced he investigating
death of the infant of Mr. and Mrs Person 2033
W. Washington ST. The arrival of the child at the city hospital
delayed fifteen minutes when city ambulance unable
to ey Ave- the Washington ST. crossings the night
March4
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TUcKAHoE, n. j., March Ia
Two men we're shot AS the ~dfe Of
bank director beaten w three men
who held up the Tuckahos National
! Bank shortly before noon today and
esca nod
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Bottle of Typhoid BaciIIi Dis
Appears-Head Of COL
Iege Quizzed.

Bp United Press
CHICAGO, March 13.-William d.
Shepherd, former Indianapolis man,
and foster father of William Billy)
McCllntock millionaire orphan" ;"
who died and left Shepherd his for
tune, took a weeks course in bac
teriology, DIR. Charles C. Faiman
proprietor ofs the National Univer-
slty of Sciences, told States ator
neysN early today after hours of grill
ling. Shortly after Shepherd con-
cluded his course, three bottles con.
tanning germs, one OF them filled
with, typhoid bacilli, disappeared
from the school, DIR. Faiman said.
McClintock's death was laidfto ty-
phoid fever.
Assistant States Attorney John
Sbarbaro, who secured the state
ment from DR.. Faiman, dispatched
George German, a fellow prosecutor,
to bring Shepherd to the office.
Two Get Into Fight
Ever since the Shepherd inquest
LAS postponed TO give McClintock's
attorneys an opportunity to make
their own Investigations, the States
attorneys office has been examining
various persons. Last night DR..
Faiman and John p. Marchand, once
salesman for the school, were sum
moned. After questioning the men
separately at great length, they were
placed in a room.
Sbarbaro and detectives overheard
Marchand accuse the doctor OF de-
liberately withholding information
about a letter said to have been
written by Shepherd asking the
terms and details of course in
hacterology. DIR. Faiman and
Marchand got into fist fight and
were separated by Sbarbaro and the
officers.
sbarbaro then quoted DIR. Fair
mans story as follows:
"Shepherdd wrote me the letter
about a year ago last fall. That
would be in the fall of 1923. His
name was signed to it, and there Is
no reason to doubt that it was his
letter and signature. Marchand went
to see him and made him a rate and
told him about the course Of in
struct1on.
Cultures Missing
Very shortly after that Shep-
herd came out and began hearing
lectures. He was there only about
a week. I remember very we'll
that he wasn't particularly inter
ested I'm the regular course Of in.
mStruction, but he seemed to want
pecific information more. He was
interested in bacteriology. l say he
remained there only about week.
Shortly after he left looked in
the incubator where we kept sup.
ply Of cultures. There were three
tubes missing. They were missing
from the room In which we kept
all the cultures and 1t was in this
room that Shepherd spent most OF
his time. I know for a certainty
that one of these tubes contained
typhoid baccili would not be sure
OF the others. but I think they also
contained typhus baccili."
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Governor Jackson may be unable
to sign the Lafuze killer" bill,
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Home Edition.

hollow the progress Of the
~ Indians with Eddie Ash,
Times Sports Editor, every day.
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Forecast

ID AIN tonight and Saturday,
IN possibly turning to snow.
Much colder with temperatures
below freezing Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-13

vastly different situation in the Sen
ate and in the country today from
that which prevailed when the League
of Nations fight was staged in 1919
Then the league proposal was sub
mitted to Republican Senate by a
Democratic President. Today the
World Court proposal comes to Re
publican Senate sponsored by Re
publican President. In 1919 the coun-
try was just emerging from a war and
many of the people We're at odds with
President Wilson. There was re
sentiment among Americans of Ger
man and Irish descent. and they were
in many cases opposed to the league.
Today President Coolidge is ire
mendously popular throughout the
country. Germany is about TO join
the league and Ireland already has
Joined.
Nearly all of the opposition to ad-
hesion by the United States TO the
World Court on the terms laid down
by the President. however. is found
on the Republican side of the Senate
chamber. Only one Democrat. Sen
ator Reed of Missouri, as yet stands
out as strong opponent of the court
Ihere may be one or two others be :
fore the debate has concluded. Sen
ator Reed was an opponent of the
League OF Nations covenant.
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Okmulgee took up lease on a grave
yard near the town. and hit II rich on
his first drilling adventure He sold
this lease to the Atlantic Petroleum
Co. for 100000, but reverses fol'
lowed. On his later properties he
drilled dry holes, one after another,
until he offered to sell his holdings to
E. w. Kimbley for a song.
Unable to dispose of his property,
he was forced to hold on to it but
when the Youngstown field was opened
Waite again found himself. Learning
that Denver men were Interested III
the new Phillipsville pool he Jumped
on the train for Denver, staked every
thing on a desperate gamle, bought
them out at a high figure, and became
the owner of a daily production OF
more than 10000 barrels Of oil, then
selling at 81 barrel.
Now Plans to Retire.
In 1920 Phillips entered the refining
end, formed an Okmulgee company
and was so successful two years later
he consolidated all his Oil In
terests into the Waite Phillips Co.
From then on the extension of his
company was the wonder Of the oil
world. His uninterrupted advance to
fortune continued until the moment
he sold out his interests to Blair Il
Co.. when he was reputed to be worth
$40, 900 900.
Now he is back in Iowa. where he
got his start. and has declared he Will
retire from business.
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GRAVEYARD LEASE
BASIS OF FORTUNE
Oil Find on Property Nets
Phillips 100000, Since Ex-
panded to $25,OO0,OOO.
By Consolidated Press.

by consolidated Press.
DIES MONIES. Iowa. December ~.
"A little luck and | knew how to
run it when 1t came" is the explana-
ton that Waite Phillips gave today of
the career that in two decades adj
ranced him from a poor bookkeeper
to multi millionaire
Phillips was burning the midnight
electricity over the ledgers in n mine
miles east of Knoxville, Iowa. Re
Gently he sold out his interests in the
Waite Phillips oil companies for $25,.
900 900 to Blair & Co. of New York
In those years is compressed a career
like that of the most extravagant Of
fiction tales. Waite Phillips story
reads like "A page out OF Horatio AlGer
plus bit of Dumas Monte Cristo."
After several years in the Hawk
eye Mine, Waite, finding himself I'M
able to make ends meet, moved TO
Oklahoma with his two brothers,
Frank and l.. f. Phillips. He located
at Bartlesville in 1907 and started In
the oil business. Shortly afterward
he married Veva Elliott, daughter of
Knoxville banker. but his father-in.
law did not approve of him and left
them.
BY 1914, when the Phillips Broth
ers dissolved partnership, Waite had
made a small fortune of something
like $4,000. In 1916 he moved to
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u
which have gone on record in favor
of the United States joining the court
Opinions differ, too, as to the PROB
able length of the debate on the reso-
luton 1t is the plan of Congress 10
begin it's Christmas recess December
% and to resume its sessions January
f. There VIII be only four days IN
which to consider the court proposal
before the holidays. if that plan Is
carried out. A friend Of the court pre-
dicted that vote would be had by the
last week in January or the LIST or
February This is regarded. however
as somewhat optimistic, especially IN
view of the determined character OF
the opposition.
Senator Lenroot. in a debate on the
World Court at Princeton Frloay
night. said that the cloture rule or the
Senate would be invoked If necessary
to cut off debate and bring about
vote. 1t takes two-thirds vote of the
Senate to invoke the present cloture
rule, and it is not likely that 1t will
be attempted unless 1t becomes evil
dent that a real filibuster is on. Many
of the Senator'S who favor adhesion TO
the World Court are still in favor OF
allowing n full debate on the subject.
After the debate has been running
for some time, conference or sup
porters of the court proposal prob
ably informal in character. will be held
to determine just what form the reso-
luton shall take. When they have
reached an agreement, it will be
pressed for favorable action as rapidly
as possible.
Some of the Senators who have ia
vored adhere~ce to the court. but with
such amendments as will make abSo-
lutely certain its separation from the
league, have come around to the view
that the public generally will distin-
guish only between adhesion to the
court and failure to adhere. They
have reached the conclusion that they
prefer to adhere with the reservations
proposed by President Coolidge than
to see the court proposal fail.
Supporters of the court see n