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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-23

For fifteen years Patrolman
Harry Ross has been walking
the streets of Indianapolis pre-
serving law and order.
Recently Ross was changed
from his district to that Of
watching over a filling station
from. Z p. m. until IL p. m. and
then he goes to the assignment
Of watching District 56. That
territory is known as a rough
sector where gang fights, blind
tiger operators and murders
have been committed.
Ross was appointed to the
department in November, 1910,
and has served faithfully with
out a bad mark against him
ever since.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-23

t~AANe ~ ~AAN@ 1900 N@~I
take care Of my
own baby. I al
ways had a pain
in my right side,
and it was so bad
l was getting
round shoulders.
I would feel well
one day and then
feel so bad for
three or four days
that l would be
in bed. One Sun
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-23
CITIZENS MAKE
PROTEST UPON
WET STREETS
Mr.. Fixit Receives Many
Letters Regarding
Muddy Places.

Let Mr.. Fixit adjust. your troubles in
inducing City, hall officials to repair
streets and other public works, 4 let
ter. to him at The Indianapolis Times
will bring results.
Water, water everywhere, and no
repairs in sight. There is an ava
lanche Of letters in Mr.. Fixit's mail
streets.
DEAR MR.. FIXIT: You are do
ing good work in relieving some of
the taxpayers wants relative to
street Improvements. Therefore I
am going to appeal to the street
commissioners through you to see
II property owners living adjacent,
or in the vicinity Of w. Vermont
ST., between Warman and Burwick
AYES, to have said Vermont St.
graded properly to center,
giving the water a change to
get out of the street. This street
lies along the north side of the
Central Insane Hospital grounds,
u
1t would relieve lots Of travel on
w. Michigan st. Burwick Ave. has
been graded so that the surplus
water runs south from Michigan
st. and stops in a pond at the in
tersection Of Burwick Ave. and Yer
mont St., making the latter street
impossible and leaving a lake of
water in front and at the side Of
the property Of my son and wife at
401 Burwick Ave.
If Vermont st. were properly
graded in and open bitches left on
sides, this water could get away to
the Tibbs Ave. sewer. 1t is almost
impossible to get to the garage in
the alley over Vermont st. in rainy
or muddy weather. Will you please
look this matter over and see If we
can't get something done? Please
let us hear from you through the
columns Of the, Times, Of which l am
O. constant reader.
B. F. WHELAN.
You may expect an immediate
investigation Of the difficulty, w.
P Hargon, clerk of the street
commissioner department, prom.
ised Mr.. Fixit. This will be fol-
lowed by steps similar to the ones
you recommended, If at all prac-
teal
DEAR MR.. FIXIT: Lord st. from
Pine st. east to Ittenbach st. is in
a deplorable condition. Yellow mud
from factory nearby is thrown
into the street. At time this mud
makes the street all but impossible
This street is oiled quite often, but
WHAT'S the use when they come
along and throw that horrible mud
all over it? Here Is a nuisance If
there ever was one. At times this
mud stops up the sewers and 1t
backs up all over the sidewalks.
Mr.. Fixit, I hope you will take
this up with the proper officials
and have permanent stop put to it.
AN INDIGNANT CITIZEN.
The street commissioners de-
partmenc has authority to halt
this practice and will do so, If an
investigation satisfies the depart
ment that conditions are as bad
as you describe them, Mr.. Fixit
was told. Hargon will order i'm
mediate action.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-23
ID ON q. no nANCE

An inaugural dinner and dance
will be held July 6 for new officers
of the Junior Chamber of Commerce
at Pages chicken dinner resort, east
Of indianapolis. Plans are now be-
ing made.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-23
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
" Times Special

. RICHMOND, Ind, June 23.-Rob-
ert Charles Kessler, infant son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Kessler, born
recently, has seven grandparents,
including a great-great-grand
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-23
WELL ONE DAY
IN BED THREE
That Was the Life of Mrs.
HOLSTER Until she Began
Taking Lydia E.Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

after my baby was born l did
not do my own work for six months
o4I could "a xJlxy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-23
Hair Stops
Coming Out


A S5-cent bottle Of
delightful, refreshing
"Danderine" will do
wonders for your
hair. After a few
applications you can
not find a particle of
dandruff or any fall
ing hair.
Lair grows thick,
heavy and luxuriant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-23

toilet counters sell millions of bottles
Of 'Danderine ADVERTISEMENT.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-23

Let Mr. Fixit adjust your troubles in
inducing city hall officials to repair
streets and other public works. A let
ter to him at The Indianapolis Times
will bring results
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-03
Truck Markets
Today v; ..,, s'Es, n.... radio

AUSTIN, Tex. April 3.-Carlot ship
ments Of fruits and vegetables Spinach,
Texas, 10; Virginia. 81; others, z; cab
bage. Texas, %; Florida. g.; South
Carolina. 35; New York, 12; others, ~;
mixed vegetables, Texas, 80; others.
81; sweet potatoes, Texas. i; total, 26;
string beans. Texas, 5; total. 10;
strawberries, Texas. 8; total, 20; beets
Texas, 8; carrots, Texas. IL; beets and
carrots, Texas, %; grapefruit. Texas.
5: total. 1872; onions. Texas, So; total,
SO; potatoes, Texas, A; total. s16.
Shipments by district of origin, Tex
as-Lower Valley, beets, 8; cabbage.
72; carrots, 10; spinach. 2; beets and
carrots, 26; Laredo, carrots, 4; spinach,
/; upper coast, spinach, 3; Winter Gar
den, spinach, 13.
Shipping point MISUNDERSTANDING
steady, carlots usual terms. $12; cash
track, $40; potatoes. unsettled. asking
8 1-2 cents; usual terms: spinach. un-
quotable.
Fruits and vegetables shipped from
Continued on page %
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-03

.tentiOn of the French ambasSa-
dor there, had already express
ed willingness for the redeemed
provinces to have a representa-
tive with the Holy See.
The new finance minister announced
he will introduce in parliament next
Monday the governmental bill to which
Premier Herrot referred in the senate
last night, providing for the needs of the
treasury without fresh issue of bank
bills.
NJ. Clementel penned his resignation
last night after Premier Herriot had
made remarks in the senate tantamount
to disavowal of his policy Of increas-
ing the fiduciary circulation.
The first part of last nights confer
ence was devoted to the financial situa-
tion as affected by the sitting Of the
senate. Leon Blum and other socialists
present are understood to have insisted
on capital levy instead Of an increase
in currency.
1t was pointed out that such a solution
of the problem would require the most
careful study and mature preparations.
This, the socialists admitted and they
therefore agreed to vote for measures
necessary to furnish the treasury with
fresh resources, on condition that re-
course be had neither to initiation nor
| to a loan, pending realization of their
capital levy scheme The radical party
repre- after some discussions
and with some reluctance, accepted this
viewpoint in principle.
1t had long been manifest, political OBJ
servers say, that NJ. Clemente was in
clined to act on his own responsibility
taking steps without acquainting his
, colleagues in the cabinet of what he was
planning and thereby embarrassing the
government. Hitherto these incidents
had been passed over, but the manner in
which he announced to the senate his
new financial measures put the govern
ment in such position that the premier
Continued on Page Two)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-03
RIO CRANDE SHIPS
FIRST CAR TRUCK

The first carload of vegetables ever
loaded on the Rio Grande railroad was
loaded today by w. E. McDavitt of Nc
Davitt Bros. The carload consisted Of
cabbage grown by Wiley Truss and John
Hunter, and was loaded at Swinney
Switch, five mEIes from Brownsville,
where McDavitt Bros have installed a
scale.
McDavitt Bros. also loaded the first
carload of vegetables ever shipped out
of Brownsville on the Gulf Coast Lines.
This was in 1905, exactly 20 years ago.
The first carlot shipment of cattle
also went over the road today the cattle
being loaded at Mesquite, six miles out
from Brownsville, by Frank Rabb. Two
more carloads of cattle will be moved
over the road from Mesquite tomorrow.
The Rio Grande railway is carrying
the usual shipments of fish and other
products from Point Isabel, and is run
ming regular passenger service, using
the Brill motor cars which were shipped
here by W. T. Eldridge.
The road expects to ship between rs
and 100 carloads of truck into Browns
vile from the Ell Jardin district during
the present season, officials said this
morning, and preparations to handle
shipments to this extent are being made.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-03
SCHOOL MEET
OPENS TODAY
All Sections of County
Represented; Finals
Saturday Night

Brownsville will be host this after
noon and tomorrow to hundreds Of
school pupils, teachers, and other visit
ors, expected to be here for the annual
county Interscholastic League meet in
both athletic and literary events, which
starts at 8 O'Clock this afternoon, and
terminates with the last defamation
tomo morrow night.
Reports from the various schools Of
the county indicate that the track meet
will prove of unusual interest, with sew
eral fast relay teams bidding fair to
cause keen competition. The Browns
Vile track and field team has been work
ing for some time, with Robert Celaya
as the outstanding star. Young Celaya
is specializing in the discus and the
shot, and has showed remarkable ability
in both these events.
San Benito has a well-rounded team,
reports from that school indicate, and
Harlingen can be depended on for good
showing.
IN the literary events, there has been
no interschool competition except in de-
bate. in which Brownsville has been sue
ceSSlul III the county. ne local ScnOOl
is represented in debate by Fred Wagner
and Max Shapiro. Much interest has
been shown in debate. Supt. Thomas j..
Yoe of the local schools urged today,
that large crowd Of persons be present
tonight at the finals in debate Encour-
agement Of the teams is deserved, he
said
The preliminaries in debate and Class
B defamation will be held this after
noon. Saturday morning the arithmetic
contest will be started, and also the es-
say writing contest, and Class A decla-
nation and tennis preliminaries. SPELL
ing will also be started later in the
morning, and girls volley ball will be
held early in the afternoon.
The track and field meets starts in
the afternoon, and will hold the stage
until Saturday night, when finals in
defamation will be held, with a number
of Brownsville persons expected to be
present.
"We expect this to be one Of the most
successful track meets held here in
years." is the opinion of Supt. Yoe, land
I am we'll pleased with the unusual
amount of interest which is being shown
in the literary events, which we are
trying to make as interesting and attrac-
tive as possible, as we'll as beneficial"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-03
WeIk Tells Part OF
jail Delivery Plot
Before Execution

Marshall described as a "higher up
had anything to do with it.
Well: walked to the death chair with
a buoyant tread and serene counten-
ance. The preliminaries lacked unusual
developments. At :48 O'Clock Warden
N. L. Speer from his office in the main
prison building stepped to the tele-
phone and called DR.. l.. III. Bush, Hunts
vile physician. announcing that the
execution would take place shortly.
Within a few minutes the physician had
arrived and at 1908 a. m. the warden
left the office on his way to the death
house The current was turned on at
1915 and at 1919 Welk was pronounced
dead.
Fails to Name Higher Up
Il wish you would tell me yes or no.
the sheriff said to Welk as he was be-
ing strapped in the chair.
Il wish / could. but | can't" Welk
replied.
The subject of this last bit of last
minute conversation was obscure until
Sheriff Marshall cleared it up after the
execution. Bystanders in the death
chamber took it to mean that the sher-
iff was asking Welk if he fired the shot
that killed Champion.
Names of none of the persons whom
the sheriff mentioned to Welk were
made public. The effort to get Welk
to disclose the whole plot came at the
end of two conferences between the Of
ficial and the condemned man. Early
in the evening the sheriff. who, other
officials said, apparently had the con-
fidence Of Welk, talked to him for more
than two hours. Later the sheriff said
it merely was to pave the way for a
second conference during which h
hoped that Welk would reveal the entire
plot.
At the first conference Welk gave the
sheriff a red rose, sent another to Mur
ray Fisher, chief jailer at Dallas with
a bouqeut of white roses to his (Welk's)
wife, who until few hours before his
execution was continuing her efforts to
secure a reprieve. Welk also asked the
sheriff to say to his wife that he did
not desire her to re-marry until theil
four children were grown.
81 do not want them to grow up un-
der the influence of a step-father," he
said
Sheriff Has Conference
About two hours before the execution
was to take place, Sheriff Marshall
again visited Welk in his death cell and
at that time he revealed much of the
plot which was planned as a Jail deliv-
cry with the avowed object of freeing
Welk and C. R. Gaines, then in custody
as one of the participants in the sem
sational Jackson street postoffice rob-
berry in 1921 in which postoffice clerk
CONTINUED on Page Two)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-03
FOREST FIRE RACES
IN NORTH CAROLINA
fpv The Associated Press.)

ASHEVILLE, N. c., April 3.-Thous-
ands of young trees were disappearing
early today beneath the flames of for
est fires which were sweeping the noun
tains of western North Carolina in the
vicinity of Asheville.
Though the first and probably the
most destructive fire was brought un-
der control yesterday in the Bent
Greek section Of the Pisgah national
forest, at least four other were burns
ing in Madison county and forestry Of
fiicals expressed belief that virtually
every county in the western part OF
the state were being swept by different
blazes.
Flames destroyed three thousand
acres of timber in the Pisgah National
forest, before being brought under con-
troll.
Forestry officials believed the fires
were of incendiary origin. They were
ascribed to men who had been prose
cuted for trespassing upon hunting pre-
serves.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-03
STATECLOSES
IN PURDY TRIAL
Surprise Sprung When
lC of 50 Witnesses Used
in Case at Tulsa
(By The Associated Presso

TULSA, Okla. April 3.-The state
rested in the trial of Charles f. Purdy,
charged with the murder Of f. S.
Hutchison. shortly before IL a. m. to-
day
The state had examined only ten OF
80 witnesses summoned, and the an
nouncement that it would rest, was a
distinct surprise. It's testimony wa.
confined to a simple deineation of the
killing and of Purdy's surrender and
confession at the sheriffs office.
c. B. Stuart, of defense counsel. took
up at once the statement of the tes,
timony on which Purdy's acquitta
would be asked. He said the defense
would show that Purdy and his wife
prior to the entry of Hutchison into
their affairs, were devoted and de-
vout couple"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-03
THIRD MOVE STARTS
TO FREE SHEPHERD
(Bv The Associated Press.)

CHICAGO, H.. April "a third ef-
fort to get William d. Shepherd out of
Jail on bail was begun today when his
counsel made motion for bail before
Cirduit Judge William v. Brothers.
Two such efforts were unsuccessful
before Chief Justice Jacob Hopkins Of
the criminal court.
Judge Brothers, upon motion being
made by Attorney William Scott Ste
wart, representing Shepherd who is
under Indictment charged with the
murder of his foster son. William n.
McClntock. said he was not disposed to
hear the bail motion without comforting
with Justice Hopkins.
Shepherd was not in court when the
motion was offered, and States Attor-
ney Grove delayed the matter by insist
ing that the defendant be brought
from Jail.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-03
ALL CRIMINAL
CASES THROWN
OUT OF COURT
Action Serious Setback
to Government Prose-
cution; Bills Improp-
erly Voted, Is Claim

WASHINGTON, d. c., April
5.-The governments effort to
ecure criminal convictions
against Albert B. Fall and the
oil magnates who negotiated the
celebrated western oil land
leases with him, encountered
serious setback today when all
Of the indictments were thrown
out of court.
Because Of the presence in the grand
jury room Of an assistant attorney gen.
eral while the indictments were being
drawn up last summer. the District of
Columbia supreme court held that neith-
er the former interior secretary, Ed
ward L. Doheny, Harry F. Sinclair, nor
Edward l.. Doheny, Jr., had been legally
indicted.
The bill charging Fall and the Do
heny's with criminal conspiracy first
was dismissed on the ground that the
assistant attorney generals presence in
| the grant jury room was contrary to
law, and then the court proceeded in
another opinion to apply the same rule
to the Fall-Sinclair conspiracy indict-
ment
The circumstances surround ng the
granting of the oil leases, as developed
before the senate oil committee and
later before the grand jury here, were
recited at length in the indi5 nents
which wee returned on June &c last.
II ~ t. &L
Dohenys maintained an unlawful con-
spiracy from July l, 1921 to December
II, 1922, to enable the Pan-American
Petroleum and Transport company and
its subsidiary, the Pan American Pc
troleum company, to obtain and control
naval oil reserve number / in California.
The same grand jury returned simi-
lar indictment against Fall and Harry
T. Sinclair charging unlawful conspir-
acy in the leasing Of the Teapot Dome
oil reserve in Wyoming to the Sinclair
interests. This indictment was not men,
toned in today's court ruling, which ap-
piled only to an attack brought against
the Fall -Doheny indictments. A SINH
lar attack, however, has been made by
Sinclair counsel on the Fall-Snclair in
dictments and the expectation now is
that the court will follow the rule it
laid down today and throw out also the
criminal charge relating to Teapot Dome.
Government counsel accepted the de-
cision today as only temporary and
technical check, however, on their ef-
forts to secure criminal convictions
They already have presented fresh evil
dence to a grand jury now sitting here
and they expect to renew on a differ
ent technical basis their charges that
conspiracy did exist in violation Of the
criminal laws.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-03
GALLOWAY CLEARED
in DISTRICT COURT

w. S. Galloway Of Harlingen, tried in
district criminal court here yesterday
on a charge Of operating a motor We
hicle on the highway while under the
influence of intoxicating liquor, was
found not guilty,s on an instructed YER
dict. by the jury. Another charge
against Mr.. Galloway or violation of the
Dean liquor law was dismissed in court
this morning on motion of District At
torney George C. Westervelt, the motion
being made on account of lack of evil
dence to convict.
P. Carey of San Benito was in court
this morning on a charge of driving an
automobile on the highway while under
the influence Of Intoxicating liquor, and
was found guilty, the penalty being Sc.
at one month in the county Jail.
The case against E. w. Sullivan was
dismissed for lack of evidence.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-03
EX-KLAN Head
INDICTED FOR
ATTACK Girl,
Bills Returned Against
Man and Companions
in indianapolis; Bail
Fixed at $4,000
(By The Associated press)

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April Sd. c.
Stephenson. former grand dragon of
the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana, was in
dicted today by the Marion county grand
jury on five charges in connection with
an alleged attack on Miss Madge Ober-
hotzer of Indianapolis.
Indictments were also returned
against Earl Klenck and Earl Gentry
said to have been companions of Ste
phenson.
Stephenson. who was arrested last
night on affidavits filed by George "
Oberholtzer, father of Miss Oberh oltzer
gained prominence throughout the coun-
try as organizer of the Klan in q north
ern states.
The grand jury indictments charge
Stephenson with assault and battery
with intent to kill, assault and battery
with intent to rape. malicious mayhem
kidnapping and conspiracy to kidnap
Gentry and Klenck, who are chaNec
with conspiracy to kidnap. have not beer
arrested.
Judge James A. Collins fixed Stephen
sons bond at $4,000 and bonds fol
Gentry and Klenck at $4,000 in case
they had been apprehended.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-03
THE WEATHER

Brownsville and vicinity: Cloudy and
unsettled tonight and Saturday; cooler
tonight.
East Texas: Partly cloudy and cooler
tonight; Saturday partly cloudy. Mod
crate winds on the coast, mostly north
erly.
Weather Conditions
Light to moderately heavy scattered
showers occurred since last report on
the Pacific coast, in Wyoming. Colo
RADIO, the Plains states. and in the
lower Mississippi Valley. 1t was warm
er this morning in the central and east
ern Gulf states and in the far North
west, and colder over the immediate
Northwest.
The lowest temperature last night al
Texas stations ranged from ~ at ANA
rillo to 10 1t Galveton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-03
GULF COAST LINES
HEAD IS in VALLEY

Coast Lines, arrived in the Valley short
ly before noon today on his special car,
and left the car at Harlingen to make an
automobile tour through the Valley.
His car was brought on to Brown sville,
and the rail executive is expected to
drive on down here later this afternoon.
Mr.. Stafford was quoted in a Houston
paper recently as saying that the new
depot and railway station in Brownsville
are two of the most important matters
with which the Gulf Coast Lines are
connected at the present time. He has
recently returned from the north, where
he cared for personal business and made
arrangements to live permanently in
Houston