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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-13

general treasury. From this fund
come the high bonds raised SO nys-
teriously by apparently destitute
criminals, bribes and attorneys fees.
Hundreds In Ranks
Hundreds of addicts, slave to any
master who will guarantee them a
steady supply Of dope" are in the
ranks Of the big Sixty" leaders,
the reports declare.
Again confirming an old police
theory, the present expose was made
possible through the trapping Of a
woman.
A week ago pretty Kitty Gilhooley
was arrested in her elaborate apart
ment as a dope queen" Nearly
100000 worth of narcotics and an
equal amount of stolen jewels and
other valuables were found in her
possession.
Kitty was arrested before dawn.
Detectives hastened her to the police
station through rear door, leaving
two of their number in the apart.
. ment to wait on callers"
Four Are Caught
. What those who stayed behind
learned was that scores Of narcotic
addicts were employed by the
beautiful Kitty as pickpockets,
thugs and hold-up men. Practically
all brought Kitty the proceeds of
their crime. In exchange she gave
them dope"
From this point on detectives
raced rapidly from lead to lead. To
day Col. Will Gray Beach, head of
the governments anti-narcotic force
in Chicago and widely known as a
lecturer before women's clubs on the
dope evil, and three Of his aides
are under arrest as leaders in the
crime trust.
Thousands of dollars worth Of
stolen property in the Colonel's
suite is being traced back to those
from whom it was stolen.
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Miss Fletcher Denies
Her Engagement
Is Broken
Halo of Mystery Hangs
Over Status of ReIa-
tionS, However.

Copprioht. 1925. bu United Press
ERLIN, Aug. 13.-With her
Xxi wedding scheduled for to-
IL day postponed, Miss Louisa
Fletcher, daughter of Stoughton
Fletcher, former Indianapolis bank
er, branded as false reports there had
been cancellation of her engagement
to the youthful Count Won Schmet-
tow.
Previously she had announced
that the wedding was postponed due
to German red tape. She had to
file a birth certificate to obtain a
marriage license and this had been
done tardily, she said.
Meantime certain occurrences lent
an air Of mystery to the situation.
Miss Fletcher conferred here with
Count Won Schmettow Sr., at length
Tuesday, while her f1ance was ad-
mittedly absent in Sweden. Sub
sequently the United Press inquired
at Pommerzig, where the wedding
was to be observed today on the
Won Schmetto westate, but was un-
able to talk with the elder Count
though it was established that he
was at home.
His secretary, who, however, can
not be taken as an authority,
snapped over the telephone:
There won't be any wedding"
Subsequently he tried to mitigate
this blunt statement.
Miss Fletcher is being chaperoned
in Germany by Mrs. Jean Judson,
widow of a former New York news
paper man and representative Of a
German shipping line.
At the time of her engagement to
the German nobleman it was said
that the father Of the young count
would present him with a fine es-
tate which had passed always from
father to oldest son for generations.
Miss Fletcher had made her plans
for the wedding along American
lines, but announced that she would
have a trousseau made in Ger
many"
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Nine Boys and Girls to
Win Cash Prizes

EV7 you with SO bill in
" Indianapolis boy going have that SO
Park o. when the Hoosier Post
624. Veterans of Foreign Wars hold their lawn fete
will another So; five will
special 81
The way to among essay,
"The Future Of Indianapolis and
Essay Editor before midnight of Aug 49,
There will be cash prizes listed above
There almost that
Write only side OF
Sthe
Any boy or girl years Several
children 10
and they good Let's see
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COUNTY FIGURES O. K.
Tax Board Commissioners Approve
Assessment Submitted by Dunn.

Members Of the State tax board
today approved figures for the 1925
assessment Of Indianapolis and Ma
ron County without change. The
figures which raise the assessment
s16,745.75 on real estate and i'm
provements, were submitted to the
board late Wednesday by Auditor
Harry Dunn.
Dunns figures placed a total val
uation OF SAC .999, ,910 on real estate
and Improvements this year. as COM
pared with $433,254.1 $50 for 1924.
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PULLED CITY OUT OF
SLUMP IN INDUSTRY
Fifteen Business Men on
Board of Directors, To-
gether With Secretary,
Manage Fund-Aided by
Board of Trade.
BY John L. Niblack
Times state CorresDondent

LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. 13.
Business men of Louisville,
Ky, have an unique system.
second to none, Of handling the
industrial future Of their city.
Nine years ago they incorporated
the Louisville Industrial Foundation,
to DO in Louisville what indianapolis
civic leaders are now seeking a way
to do in napolis-establish a
fund to bring new industries into
the city.
A revolving fund of sS73.306 was
secured through stock subscriptions
to promote the industrial develop
ment of Louisville and vicinity.
In it's nine years of existence the
Foundation has brought f1fty-four
industries to Louisville. These plants
employ 4,764 men, and have an
average annual pay roll Of S4,S65, 900.
Loans to Industries
Assistance to worthy industries
wishing to locate in the city is given
by loans, not to exceed 100000 and
for not longer than ten years
secured by first mortgages.
Frank B. Ayres. full time sec
retary and manager, and a board OF
fifteen directors, composed Of the
best business men in Louisville
manage the fund.
Secretary Ayres explained to The
Times correspondent the system
which brought Louisville out Of an
industrial slump that prevailed in
the city from 1912-1916.
THE thing started when G. NJ.
Phillips, secretary of the Louisville
Title Company, said his company
would give $1,000 a year for five
years toward fund to help bring
factories here" said Ayres. phil
lips sad the company would donate
the money to such a cause instead
Of spending that much annually on
calendars. pocketbooks. etc.
THE Board of Trade took up the
plan and advanced funds to finance
a campaign. r. S. Hughes. a
wealthy business man. was made
general chairman. That was in
1915.
Stock Sold
"Jnder tho plan worked out, 1,12s
sol citers took the field, and in four
days obtained 3,11S subscribers to
stock in the new corporation, the
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VoIstead'S Daughter on Trip
With Scott, Evidence
DiSCIoSes.
BY Clark B. Kelsey

United Press stair coTresDondeht
ALPENA, Mich, Aug. 1S.-Pres
entation of testimony in the Scott
divorce trial ended today and re
cess was taken to allow counsel fol-
both sides to prepare their flnal
arguments.
Mrs. Edna James Scott, wife oi
Congressman Frank D. Scott, oi
Michigan, was the last witness
She made a denial of all charges
of misbehavior made by her hus
band. who is seeking a divorce.
Mrs. Scott denied indiscetione
with Gilbert Bensinger, in Wash
ington hotel. which were ascribed
to her by Fred Skies, a hotel detec
tive.
"Never Got Half Shot"
"I met Mr.. Bensinger and found
him to be a perfect gentleman,
she said. "I never sat on Be
sir gers knee nor cuddled up to
him. Neither of us were ever
drunk or half shot as Skies de
posed"
Mrs. Scott followed her husband
on the stand.
Testifying in his own defense or
Mrs. Scott's cross bill, alleging he
drank heavily, Scott emphatically
denied that there were riotious
liquor and gambling parties on the
United States transport when mem
bers Of the 1921 Congress took q
tunket into Southern waters at Gov
ernment expense.
Denies He's Sport
There was no drinking ol
gambling on the Crystobal," Scott
said in answer put to him by Mrs
Scott's attorney, Ward Peck.
ALSO we did not keep a great
quantity of liquor in our home as
alleged"
Laura Volstead. daughter Of the
author Of the dry law. was present
at parties on the Crystobal. Scott
said.
II never saw Miss Volstead take
a drink" he testified. Neither have
I ever seen Representative VolsteaC
take a drink. Miss Voltsead was
on the boat on the trip, but her
father was not"
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OFFICER FIRES SHOTS
Driver of Truck Called Police-Did
Not Know Patrolman.

C. F. Faust, 143 E. Raymond St.,
called the police late Wednesday and
said some one had shot at his Model
Laundry truck. at Massachusetts
Ave. and East st. He drove to
Delaware ST. to make the call. Po-
lice found Patrolman Harry Hays,
who said the truck struck his auto
and kept on going, causing him to
fire one shot. Faust said he did not
know any damage had been done
and did not know Hays was an Of.
flcer,
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TO RETURN PRISONERS
Detectives Go to Kentucky; Ar
rested in Car Thought Stolen.

Detectives left today for Paducah.
KY, to return Robert Dean. alias
Davis, 35; Harry Dean, 81; Thomas
Cartwright. So, and Mrs. Leona
Cartwright, alias Bittle, arrested
there in an auto bearing the license
of Elmer Mccormack, 3943 Fair
view Ave. The auto was stolen on
Aug. 4.
A wire from Chicago, Ill, said that
Nathan James and George Rub
man were under arrest there as fu-
gitives from here. They had an
auto owned by Lawrence Young,
1921 E. Market st.
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RADIO TEST SUCCESS
Eskimo Quartet Entertains Chicago
Audience.

BV United Press
CHICAGO. Aug. 13.-An Eskimo
quartet singing folk songs within
IL degrees of the north pole enter
tanned a little group Of radio en-
thusiasts at the Arlington Heights
radio experiment station, 9-XN, here
last night. Loud and clear, the mu-
sic came through the air and listen
ers declared the test success.
The music was broadcast from the
deck Of the ship Peary Of the Mac
MILAN Arctic expedition.
E. F. Mcdonald, president of the
Zenith Radio Company, and second
in command, acted as announcer.
IT wish to introduce the following
Eskimos. who will sing for you:
In You-G -Geetook, Kaueah. Nuk-Aping-
Wa and Ak -Komo- -Ing-Wa," McDon-
aid said.
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Addicts Driven
Desperate
BIZ United Press
CHICAGO !

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Aug. 13.-Scores
of narcotic addicts, driven to
desperation, by the Federal
cleanup here which. has cut off
their supply OF 'dope,,p
swarmed the Chicago Internal
Revenue office today.
G. L. Converse. special agent
of the internal revenue depart
ment, announced all sick ad-
diets will be given treatment
if they applied to his office for
aid. They took advantage Of
the offer in droves.
Federal official say this
weeks raids have increased the
price of dope from $35 to $100
an ounce.
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UNITED COUNTY PICNIC
Residents of jackson, Jennings and
Scott to Have Outing.

Brookside Park will be the scene
Sunday Of the annual reunion of
residents and former residents of
Jackson, JENNINGS and Scott Coun-
ties. An interesting program and
musical numbers have been ar
ranged.
John R. Williams is president and
DIR. James R. Anthony, secretary and
treasurer.
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CLEAR SKIES COMING
Weather Bureau Reports Lower
Temperature Tonight.

Indianapolis is due to have
genera ally fair weather tonight and
Friday, with lower temperature to-
night, the United States Weather
Bureau predicted today.
Rain which fell Wednesday and
Wednesday night totalled .73 inch.
Temperature at 7 a. m. was 70 or
about 8 degrees above normal. Rains
were general over the State, Terre
Haute reporting 2.22 inches, Bloom
ington 1877 inches, and Martinsville
1.72 inches.
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BOY GONE FROM HOME

Mrs Marion Young. I'LL p. Ohio
ST.. today informed police that her
son, Leroy. II, has been missing
from home since Tuesday. She said
he had brown eyes, light HART and
wore blue overalls and waist and
tan shoes.
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NOW BOTH ARE WISER
Wisdom and Love Collide, But No
One Is Hurt.

Wisdom, perhaps on mission Of
love, and Love, driving with per-
haps insufficient wisdom collided
Wednesday night in the 500 block
on Indiana Ave.
An automobile driven by Gurden
Wisdom, colored, 1415 Massachus-
etts Ave, collided with a taxi driven
by Raymond Love, colored, 751 w.
Walnut st. Both machines were
damaged. No arrests were made.
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TAKE BOY TO CINCINNATI
Deserted Child Identified; Police
Look for Couple.

Jackie Loonis, 3, is back in the
was taken to the home Wednesday
by Miss Ethel Rugg, superintendent,
who identified him as the lad who
had been taken from the home by
his mother, Mrs. H. C. Jones, alias
Essie Loomis.
The lad was desetted Sunday by
his mother and stepfather at Cap
itol Ave. and Washington st. Police
are attempting to locate the couple.
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NOTHING FOR
SOMETHING

As a general rule II Is almost I'm.
possible 10 get something for moth.
Ing, but there are exceptions 70 this
rule and here's one Of them In al.
most every home there are numer.
Gus articles of furniture and other
household appliances that are stored
away and out Of use for one reason
or another These things come pret
" close 10 representing nothing.
They are only m the way and eerv.
ing no purpose In fact they're IN
sense utterly worthless 10 the
original owners. But. there are lots
OF people who could use almost any
OF these articles and who would wei.
come the opportunity OF buying
them. So, why not get them out.
clean them up, advertise them IN the
WANT ADS-AND SELL THEM.
Then use the money you get out OF
them for something you really want
or need. It's practically giving
nothing for something.
Phone your Ad--MAin $500.
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A>NRdA NHASAS Va ~ AoeANS bCAoJs
Robert H. Turner, associate par.
don attorney for the department. has
forwarded to Albert Ward, district
attorney at indianapolis, a file Of
the pardon petition and letters rec.
ommending leniency for McCray.
Ward is instructed in a letter ac-
companying the application to pre-.
pare an immediate report Of the
McCray case, and to obtain express
sions Of opinion from former Dis
trict Attorney Homer Elliott. Judge
A. B. Anderson and other persons
connected with McCrays trial.
Turner, who acted on instruc.
tionE from Attorney General
Sargent, enclosed copies OF several
hundred letters and kilograms which
were filed by the McCray pardon
delegation. Neither the application
itself nor any OF the letters a..
companying 1t were made public ly
the Department Of Justice.
Strongly Backed
1t was learned. however, that the
Justice Department looks upon the
McCray application as the most
strongly backed plea for executive
clemency that has come before the
Department in many years. The list
Of the Governors, political leaders,
members Of Congress. business men
and others is said 10 be one OF the
most impressive ever gathered in
such a plea. Though the McCray
pardon delegation left Washington
Wednesday night without any
definite assurances that their mis-.
sion would be a success they pro.
fessed TO believe that Attorney
General Sargent would consider
their case in a friendly manner.
They were pleased at the interest
shown by the Attorney General. and
let Il be known that they thought
they had impressed upon him the
fact that the sentence given the
former Governor was too long. and
that no harmful purpose would be
served by his immediate liberation.
Though the delegation pleaded for
a full pardon, they told the Attorney
General that in case a pardon was
impossible they would be In part
satisfied with parole or commuta.
ton of sentence, though these latter
do not include full restoration Of
citizenship.
Wants To Pay Debts
McCray. they told the Attorney
General, wants TO pay back his
debts. and It is their belief that II he
is given a chance, he can recoup his
losses In ten years. AS McCray is
now said to be penniless. the pardon
or parole would also carry with II
a remission OF the $4,000 fine i'm.
posed by Judge Anderson.
Together with Congressman Will
Wood. who presented them TO the
Attorney General. James w. Noel.
George Barnard. William p. Evans
and William A. Guthrie called on
Postmaster General New after the
Sargent conference. New told them
that he was friendly toward their
case and expressed It as his opinion
that the Government might well re.
lease McCray. New. however. has
made II plain that he will not ac.
lively interfere and viii not take
up the McCray matter with Presi-
dent Coolidge when he visits him
at Swampscott next week unless the
President brings up the subject.
According to Department OF Jus.
tice officials. more details concerning
this application for pardon have be.
come public at the time OF the fling
Of the document than in any other
recent efforts toward executive
clemency.
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Further Information Is Sought
By Justice Department Officers
BY @. A. Randau
Times staff coryespopdert

WASHINGTON, Aug 13-0pinions of Homer Elliott,
former district attorney Indianapolis Albert Ander
son. trial judge the petition for cemency for former Cow
Warren T. cCray of Indiana being sought by the
Department of Justice TODAY
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SENSATIONAL SCOTT
DIVORCE DUEL ENDS
WOMAN FOUND DEAD
Husband Says Mrs. Viola Crpe
Suffered From Heart Trouble.

Mrs. Viola Grippe, 3341 E. Michigan
St., was found dead today at home
by her husband, Artenus Cripe. Ac-
cording to Grippe, his wife was up
when he arrived home this morning
and prepared breakfast. Then he
went to bed.
He said he arose two hours later
and discovered Mrs. Cripe lying
across her bed dead. He said she
had been suffering from heart
trouble.
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DIES OF BULLET WOUND
Police Say Woman Shot Herself
Man Charged by Police

Mrs. Louis Moses, 35. died at the
city hospital today from a self-in
ficted bullet wound, police say.
Mrs Moses was found Tuesday
night at the home Of John F. Ro-
senfield, SO, R. r. A, Box SAB, where
she told police she had been living
for several weeks. After reading
a note to her daughter, police
charged Rosenfield with contributing
to child neglect. Coroner Paul F.
Robinson investigated.
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ARRAIGNMENT TODAY
"0utlaw" Clothing Union Members
10 Face Court.

Bv United Press
CHICAGO, Aug. la-sixty.two
members Of the Amalgamated Cloth.
ing Workers Union, were 70 be
arraigned today in connection With
a new outbreak in a years old war
between the Amalgamated. an out.
law" organization. and the United
Garment Workers Union. which is
affiliated with the American Fedora
ton OF Labor.
The arrests were made yesterday
after members Of the former union
had engaged in an orgy Of bombins
and acid hurlng in shops operated
on a nonunion basis and those closed
to all save members OF united or.
ganization.
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Forecast

X ENERALLY fair tonight
VI and Friday; somewhat
cooler weather tonight.
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Home Edition

NEXT week is Greater In
IN dianapolis Week. Every
citizen Of the city should CO.
operate in the movement.
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Stock Sold

"Jnder tho plan worked out. lips
sol citers took the field, and in four
days obtained 3,11S subscribers to
stock in the new corporation, the
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Evening star., 1925-03-01
Copyright Underwood & Underwood

Mrs Charles Carroll Glover wearing
the headdress which was SO popular with
Dolly Madison, wife of the 4th PRESIDENT
Mrs. Glover is member of two of the
boards of charities to be aided by the
charity inaugural ball of March 4.
Copyright Underwood \ Underwood
Evening star., 1925-03-01
W idr World Photo
Copyright Harris 4 Ewing.

Miss Caroline Chamberlain, debutante
daughter of Mai. Gen. and Mrs. John L.
Chamberlain. wearing the headdress like
the one worn by Mrs. James K. Polk, wife
of the 18th President.
COPYRIGHT 4 ndrrrood Under
The Washington times., 1925-12-10
SEVERE QUAKES
REGISTERED
OVER j. s.
Tremors, Believed to Be In
Central America, Last
An Hour
By international News Service

CHICAGO. Dec. 1O.-Earth
shocks Of severe intensity were re.
corded today on the seismograph
Of the United States Weather Blu.
reau at the University Of Chicago.
They started at 8:21 d. m, reached
their maximum intensity at 1913
a. M. and were still going strong"
when the record sheets were
changed at $40 a. m. The estimat-
ed distance Of the disturbances was
placed at 2,1O0 miles from Chicago.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-. Dec. '1O.-Earth
sreinors of great intensity were re-
corded on the seismoRraph at st.
Louis University here today. The
disturbance was estimated at q
distance OF 100 miles and the loca-
ton was placed at somewhere in
Central America"
The first group Of waves was re-
corded at $50 o'clock this morning
and came In three groups, lasting
until 9:23 o'clock.
An earthquake, was recorded in the
seismograph Of Georgetown Univer.
sity at 9:24 O'Clock this morning
and the tremors continued until IL
o'clock.
Father Tondorf, the observer,
estimated the disturbance as about
1000 miles from Washington in
southwesterly direction.
The Washington times., 1925-12-10
MAINE FIDDLER
GOOD, SAYS
FORD
''MeIIie" Durham Plays Old
Tunes on Stradivarius for
Manufacturer
A international News Service

14GGElhMGlOAA8A
DETROIT, Dec. 10.-'Mellie"
Durham, a real down east fiddler
from Norway, Maine. has made good
with Henry Ford.
Nellie was brought to Detroit by
the motor car king in connection
with his ambition to record the
hest in old-fashioned American
tunes. The fiddler and his wife
''Gram," 1unched yesterday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Ford at their Dear
born home. After the lunch came
the fiddling. Ford told about 1t
today. :.
s.fIe plays WELL" Ford said. Il
brought out a Stradivarius and
handed It to him. He played a
waltz that was as good as any
thing ever heard-that is-to my
Nellie played a medley of Turkey
a the Straw Money Musk" and
saThe CampbelIs Are Coming" on
the expensive instrument. 1t was
The same combination Of tunes that
won for Nellie the fiddling title OF
Maine.
what was the waltz" Ford was
asked.
zone of his own connections, the
manufacturer replied. He called
4 Rippling Waves.
I'VE are going over his music,
Ford continued. He also played
q varsovienne that was very good.
He played it differently from the
way around here. He played the
round dance first. In this part OF
the country they play the mazurka