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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
$4,000 Estate
Is Left by
Marshall
Former Vice Presidents
Will, Filed Here, Gives
All to Widow.

Will of the late Thomas r.
Marshall. former Vice President of
the United States and Governor
of Indiana. was filed in Probate
Court today. Personal estate was
valued at $4,000 and real. $4,000.
William L. Elder was named ad-
ministrator.
The will. dated Jan. 90, 1924,
leaves all property, real. personal
and miscellaneous. to the widow
and directs that his personal
friends may have such souvenirs
as they wish.
In case Mrs. Marshall had not
survived him, the will directed
that all volumes of cartoons of his
political life be given to Mark
Thistlewaite, Washington news
paperman and former secretary.
Thist,ewaite, e. l.. McI.allel, H.
d. McLallen, William l.. Elder and
Bowman Elder were to receive any
article of his personal property
they wished in remembrance. An
oil painting. books and library
were to go to Wabash College.
Morton and Clanie Kinsey.
Scottsdale, Ariz.. were to receive
$4,000 for purchase Of a farm;
William c. Kinsey. their son,
$4,000: Thomas Marshal Suther-
land. son of Rev. Alex d. Suther-
land. chaplain in the u, S. Army.
$4,000; Wallace d. Kinsey. $1,000;
trustees of First Presbyterian
Church. Columbia City. Ind, $4,000
for a pipe organ in memory of his
mother; trustees of the Odd Eel
lows cemetery at Marion, Ind.
$500 for upkeep of the family
vault.
Balance Of the estate was to go
to Wabash College to be invested
and the earnings therefrom used
for instruction Of students by
lectures or otherwise in evidences
of Christianity and to preserve
normal life in the republic.
Harold Taylor and George l..
Macintosh were witnesses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
FROST DESTRUCTION IS
J, ESTIMATED AT $4,000
Wheat, Oats and Hay in
Critical Condition - Fruit
Potatoes and Tomatoes
Also Hard Hit by Unfavor-
able Weather Conditions.
BY William A. Evans

Indiana farmers are losing
approximately 100000 daily
by the continued drought in
damage to wheat, oats and hay
crops alone, it was stated today
by M. M. Justin, agricultural
statistician.
This condition has existed since
June 1, Justin said, and is the. re-
suit of the long period of dry 'weatn-
or. He pointed out that Indiana has
had only about 40 per cent of the
usual amount Of precipitation since
the first Of the yeah.
The damage by the drought and
the extreme heat of the first week of
June far exceeds the damage caused
by the frost about two weeks ago,
Justine believes. Purdue University
experiment station fixed the frost
damage at $10,o00,OoO.
Wheat, oats and hay are in a
critical condition. he said Hay is
practically beyond the point where
It can be saved. Wheat is filing out
and will be ready for cutting soon.
The dry weather and extreme heat
cause the heads to fill out poorly
and the kernels themselves to
shrivel up"
In addition, Justin pointed out
that the wheat will be short and
rluch of it will be lost In harvesting
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
INQUEST BEGUN
In BOYS DEATH
Mother Tells OF Finding Son
Shot.

A coroner's inquest was begun to.
day into the death of William Roller
Jr., 8, son of William Roller, $50 w.
Twenty Ninth st. The boy, was
found by his mother lying on the
basement floor OF the home recently,
with bullet wound in his head. He
had been playing with his brother,
Lawrence. s,
Mother, Willie Is lying on the
floor and he won't talk to me-" the
younger boy reported to the mother,
she testified. Rushing to the base.
ment she foSnd her son dying. He
was lying directly under the spot
where the father had hung a 90
caliber target pistol. which also was
on the floor. with an empty shell
in Il.
Lawrence told Coroner Paul F.
Robinson he did not touch the gun,
and had never played with II. II is
thought the gun fell from the holster
and was discharged, perhaps when
one of the boys reached for It.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
WILL RESUME
BUS HEARINGS
Motor Coach and Street Car
Petitions Up Again.

Hearings on beginners petitions
Of the Peoples Motor Coach Com
pany and the Indianapolis Street
Railway Company to operate motor
bus lines in the city will be resumed
Wednesday before Clyde H. Jones,
member of the public service com;
mission.
The motor coach company Is ask
ing to operate the Park k-Carrollton,
Capitol Ave. Meridian-Broa Rip
pie. Meridian n-Kenwood, Churchman
Ave. and Madison Ave routes. The
railway company is asking for the
Riverside. E. New York and Central
routes. all of which parallel estab-
lished routes of the bus company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
WILL AID B0LSTERING
FINANCIAL CONDITION
Says Everyone Will Be
Running After Candi-
dates for Mayor; Charges
School Board With Ex-
travaganCe in Plans.

Wholesale reduction of num-
Der of city hall employees EFF
fective Oct. l was ordered by
Mayor Shank today at city
cabinet meeting.
"There1l be very little work done
here after election anyway because
they'll all be running to Duvall or
Myers for appointments, so you
might as we'll cut your staffs TO the
bone" Shank told department
heads.
Mayor Shank said elimination of
employees would enable the admins
tration to bolster its financial stand
ing and that decrease in amount of
work undertaken from Oct / to
Jan. 1, would allow a smaller num-
ber of employees to operate eff
ficiently.'
Gives Example
Mayor Shank cited as an example
Of pruning, the Office of the board
Of safety, which he said could be
run with one employe instead of
three, as at present.
Consolidation of the departments
Of unimproved and improved streets,
proposed by John f. Walker, super
intendent of street cleaning. was
opposed by Joseph H. rIIogge, city
controller, who said grouping Of de.
partments is impractical.
I'VE won't buy thing after Oct
L." Mayor Shank declared. "If we
did stock up. a lot of these fellows
would steal the stuff Why, when
this administration came into Office
we didn't have a bar of soap"
Attacks Schools
Charging members of the school
board with extravaganza in drafting
plans for new high school buildings,
the mayor also directed a verbal
'on general conduct of school
affairs.
He first attacked allowance of 5
per cent of total costs to architects.
which he said should be reduced TO
2 per cent.
Then he turned his attention to
alleged inclusion of private offices
for school teachers in building plans.
Next came a general broadside at
the entire project. which. he assert
ed, should cost $1,500.00 instead of
5000, 900 he said the board planned
to expend.
School Manager Replies
Shank's attack met with stubborn
defense from William II. Book, bust
ness manager of the school board,
today.
Book said the present board was
not responsible for allowance to
architects. but asserted the fee was
reasonable for architects Of a high
type. He denied private offices for
teachers were included in plans and
asserted entire costs would amount
to approximately $4,000, ,000.r
Following a conference between
Shank and Book a few minutes after
the charges were voiced, Book said
the mayor had agreed to modify
his instructions to the city legal de-
partment, which had been charged
to draft c resolution criticising the
board
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
SEES COLISEUM DOOMED
Shank Expects 1000 to Remonstrate-
Bond Issue.

Belief that the project for munich
pal coliseum at Washington. Devid-
son. Pine and Market Sts.. is doomed
was expressed by Mayor Shank to-
day. He said he thought there would
be one thousand demonstrators to
the proposed bond issue of S465. GOO.
Question of legality of bonds au-
thorized by cisy council is now be-
fore Charles Remster, bond expert.
1t was submitted by Mayor Shank
Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
SENDS WITNESS
EXPENSE MONEY
Shepherd Case Prosecutor
Pushes Trial Preparation.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO. ILL.,. June e.-Expense
money today was ordered sent to
Jerome Mattillo, Indianapolis. sub
poenaed to testify in the trial of Will
liam d. Shepherd. former Indianapo.
lis man. on charges that he killed
his millionaire ward, Billy McClin.
took, with typhoid germs. Mattillo
is an old acquaintance of Shepherd.
Although the jury Is not yet COM
pleted, States Attorney Groves
action in ordering expense money
sent wltnesses indicates he expects
a full panel late today or to-
morrow.
Grove today also issued subpoenas
on three banks for the accounts of
Shephepd in 1923. He will attempt
to prove Shepherd and his wife were
broke" before Billy's death and
that they had lived on the bounty of
the McClintocks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
Mayor Orders Large Slash in City Pay Roll
Glenn Almost
'Yinched'
State Cop Didn't Know
His Who Who-BaWls
Out Traffic Boss.
Peace reigned again between State

Peace reigned again between State
and city police today.
Traffic Inspector Michael Glenn
Saturday night was driving along
Canal Rd., near College Ave-, in slow
traffic. He passed two cars and
Stats Policeman Clarke.
What's the matter, the heat
botnering you?" challenged Clarke.
not, knowing his who's who.
Glenn said he retaliated and Clarke
ordered him into court. You were
going thirty miles an hour" said
Clarke.
Sure I'll be in court. Am there
every day." Glenn answered.
Glenn said matters were adjusted
with the State office. He was not
driving over twenty miles an hour,
he said
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
GRADE INVESTIGATION
Camden Residents Make Petition
to Commission.

More than 100 residents of Cam.
den. Carroll County, in a petition
to the public service commits sion to-
day have asked for an investigation
of a grade crossing in their town
where the Monon Railroad crosses
the CamdenDelphi Road.
The crossing Is obscured. they
allege. and is used daily by school
busses. A grade separation is re-
Quested.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
RULE ON BUS CHARGE
Board of Safety Bacps up Police
Force in Action.

Charges that police Disseminated
against the Peoples Motor Coach
Company in arresting unlicensed bus
drivers going to the Speedway on
May 80 were declared untrue by
the board of safety today.
A. Smith Bowman, president of
the motor coach company, had made
a written protest to the board. Po-
lice Chief Herman Rikhoff said he
had ordered that all drivers not hav-
ing permit to operate to the Speed
way be arrested.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
BARRICADED IN ROOM
Man Guards Money But is Taken
BY Police.

Barricaded in a room, with a.
rifle. two revolvers, knives and
poison, James Kent. 2015 E. East
st., who police say is suffering from
mental disorders, was determined no
one would come near him or his
money.
Finally his daughter persuaded
him to come out. Four police lodged
him in the city prison pending his
removal to the city hospital psyche.
pathic ward. When searched at city
| prison re reluctantly gave up $3.50
in cash and q $500 check.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
WAVES HIS FLAP-JACK
Presient Presents Unusual Spectacle
Passing Through Town.
Rn Enitfd Press

Bv United Press
HARVARD, Ill. June s.-Early
rising citizens of Evansville, Wis.
today witnessed the unusual
spectacle of the President of the
United States waving flap jack as
his train stopped for water.
The president was in the diner
eating breakfast. A small child in
holding a small piece Of cracker. to
show Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge Whit
he was eating.
With a smile the president picked
up a wheat cake from his plate and
waved it back and forth to show the
child what he was eating.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
TEsTIFIEs ON SPEED
Witness at Inquest Says Car Was
Making so Per.

The automobile driven by Mike
Bernardo, 10. OF 443 s., Alabama St..
was travelling sixty miles, an hour,
half mile from the spot where an
other of the occupants, Miss Bertha
Wright. 21. Of Mars Hill, was killed
in an accident, according to Harry
T. Boyer. 431 Tibbs Ave. Boyer tes-
tilted in the coroner's inquest today.
Miss Wright was killed the night
of June 5. at Stop 1 4. on the Danville
Rd. A companion, Miss BERTHE
Campbell. IS, Of Danville. Ind. was
injured. when Bernardo's car struck
that of Jacob Tillman. Stop 1, Dan
Willie Rd. Bernardo is in Jail on
manslaughter charges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
LIQUOR SENTENCE GIVEN
j. Jordan Convicted of Selling
Booze; Gets 80 Days.

J. Jordan. 234s N. Sherman Dr..
was fined 5000 and costs and SEN
fenced to thirty days in the In
diana State Farm today on a liquor
charage by Special Judge Frank A.
Symmes in Criminal Court. Jordan
is alleged to have sold liquor to
Chester Toliver, 1886 e. Twenty
Eighth ST.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09

style Of music. Modern life
helps make II so. Kitchenette
apartments because they are
so tiny. have upshed along the
sale of small jazz instruments
like wailing saxophones.
1--WE are travelling along to
a new music school-the jazz
schol-our own school,"
other speakers at the conven-
ton contradicted Kennedy.
however. declaring that jazz
music already is. on the down
grade and the classics are re-
turning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09

Entering the bank at $50 a. M,
before the employees had gone to
work. the bandit found Pickering
in a rear room With drawn re-
volver he stood in the doorway
and ordered Pickering to leave the
bank.
Grabs Revolver
Pickering reached into drawer
and grabbed a revolver. Covering
each other he and the bandit stood
there for a moment and the ban
dts nerve broke. He ran from a
rear door and was seen on the edge
OF Twelve Mile later.
No auto was seen and 1t Is believed
the bandit tried to escape through
the fields. A posse is securing the
woods and fields.
Meanwhile plans for armed guards
in all banks were being talked of
by the Indiana Bankers Asso.
station, stirred into action by the
hold-up at Carbon, Ind. Monday. in
which $4,000 was obtained and three
other bank robber1es within a week,
raising total Of loot for thirty days
to $4,000. "
Meanwhile. Harry G. Webster,
superintendent of our protective as
ISOLATION. has increased the number
of his operatives and Is investigat-
ing the recent crimes" Miss Forba
Mcdaniel said.
The move would be temporary
expedient until the Iowa plan" is
adopted throughout the State. Miss
Mcdaniel said. This system pro-
vides for organization of vigilance
committees" in every community,
equipped with rifles and ready at
all times to assemble and repel bank
Federal authorities Of rifles re.
quested by the Association is ex
pected by officials.
Following Endorsement of the pro
posal to organize vigilantes from
Group Four of the Association.
which includes Indianapolis banks,
bankers of many counties have
scheduled organization meetings,
Miss Mcdaniel stated.
The bankers Of Cass County will
meet at Logansport, Ind. on
Wednesday night and there will be a
joint meeting with representatives
from Jasper, Newton and Benton
counties at Brook. where a recent
hold-up occurred, later in the week
Arte Singleton, chairman of Group
4, said today further action by that
body would await instructions from
State headquarters.
Up to Police
Increased activity and vigilance
ON the part of local police officers
was seen by Governor jackson to-
day as the only means by which
the present wave of bank banditry
can be suppressed. Local peace
officers, although facing diff
cult proposition, seemingly have
been a little lax" the Governor
said.
A committee from the State Bank
ers Association recently discussed
with the Governor the plans for
forming body of vigilantes, whose
duty 1t would be to suppress bank
banditry. The Governor said this
plan might work out well IL suffi.
cient cooperation could be estab-
lished between local peace officers
and the vigilantes.
Governor Jackson said the cause
of the present wave is problems
atical.
Fear of short-barreled shotguns
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09

Grit and of bank cashier today halted Indiana
record of nearly bank robbery day.
With State and city officials alarmed at the increasing
spread of bandry which has taken toll practically every day.
and bankers discussing placing of armed guard in every
bank in Indiana o. r. Pickering cashier of the TwelveNe
State Bank Logansport single handed drove away
bandit who attempted to hold-up his bank.
No money stolen but keys to lock boxes and cash
were mis-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
MAYOR GIVES WORD
TO CHANGE ROSTER
John Zener and John King
Are Named Among Lead
ing Offenders-More Po-
Iicemen May Be Added
Soon, Says Controller.
BY Eugene Cadou

Fire Chief John j. O'Brien
today seeks to reconcile the
fact that Republican mem
bers Of the fire department out
number Democrats by 160
members from a total of 610
city fremen despite the legal
stipulation that "such forces
shall be, as nearly as possible,
equally divided politically.
O'Brien announced to Mayor
Shank Monday that he will in the
future appoint Democrats, all other
factors being equal. to jobs in the
department, to equaiize the balance
and comply with the law.
Following O'Brienis charges that
politicians have been responsible for
the appointment of disproportion-
ate number OF Republicans, he was
given permission by Mayor Shank to
reorganize his roster Of department
eligibles to corresond to O'Briens
ideas Of an efficient flre-fighting
force.
O'Brien Complaint
The fact that John Whoosis
pulled a wicked car for Joe Dingus
in his unsuccessful race for city
dog catcher doesn't qualify Whoosis
for the job of city fireman, accord
ing to O'Brien.
This opinion he delivered to Mayor
Shank Monday.
The application roll for city fire.
men is the list from which O'Brien
would select new firemen. he told
Mayor Shank, because many men on
this roll have waited two and three
years for appointment, during which
time, through recommendations, or
in many cases, ultimatums from ad-
ministration leaders. outsiders have
been installed as regular firemen.
Names Zener, King
Chief O'Brien named John Zener,
police captain who took a prominent
part in financing the Lemcke may
orally campaign and John King.
city councilman, as among the per-
SONS who had approached him re-
qlesting appointments and promo
tione.'
In attempting to name a fireman
Monday, zener is said to have Of
fered to pay his salary until July l..
Thirty or thirty-f1ve additional po-
licemen may be added about July
1, because funds will be available
from payment by the county of the
first txa installmeut. Joseph l..
FIogue, city controller. announced
h-onday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
BIZ Urited Press

r. 1HICAGO, June 9.-Blame
H. for jazz music found a
new resting place today.
ITS the kitchenette apart
ments-they're responsible,
Matt J. Kennedy. secretary of
the National Association Of
Music Merchants. told delegates
to the convention of the Music
Trades of America, in session.
here.
,''You can't down jazz" Ken
nedy said. Its our national
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
Three VICTIMS
remain In Mine
Rescuers Bring Up Bodies of
Fourteen Men.

BIZ United Press
STURGIS, KY, June 9.-Fourteen
bodies were brought to the surface
early today of the seventeen
miners-seven white men and ten
egroes-trapped and killed in an
explosion at mine No, 8, Of the West
Kentucky Coal Mine Company here
Monday.
Rescuers announced they had been
unable as yet to reach the remain
ing three bodies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
CASHIERS GRIT F0ILS NEW
ROBBERY NEAR LOGANSPORT
TWelve-Mile Official Draws Gun When
Lone Yegg Enters = Man Flees
Without Loot = Posses Hot on
Trail.
Robbery Wave Highlights

Bank cashier at elve-Mie Logansport routs
bandit
State Bankers Association discusses to place armed
guard in every bank in Indiana.
Holdup of Bank of Carbon, where bandits obtained
$30O0 increases loot in little month to approximately
$4,000.
Increased vigilance of local police officers urged by
Governor Jackson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
FIRE AT HELMSBURG
Business District Burns With Loss
of $4,000.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
HELMSBURG, Ind, June g.
Total loss of s27,Oo was caused to-.
day when fire destroyed the busi-
ness district here. Nashville, Bloom
ington and Morgantown sent aid.
Buildings burned: Baughmau
Brothers general store, $4,000; Will
liam Hughes general store. s6,000;
j. Stout general store, $4,000; Red
Mems hall. $4,000 Oak Grove Cream
station, $4,000.
Origin is not known.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
NEBRASKA GETS QUOTA
State Exceeds Goal I'm Legion En-.
dowment Drive.

Nebraska has exceeded its quota
in the American Legion national
$5,000,000 Endowment Fund for
World War orphans and disabled
veterans, James A. Drain, Legion
commander, announced here today.
Nebraska is the eleventh State to
reach its goal in the Legion soldier
and orphan relief movement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
BLIND TIGER ATHEISTS

Two alleged liquor merchants were
slated today by police on charges OF
operating blind tigers. They were
Herbert Baskerville. 27. OF 1911 w.
Washington St., and William Ma.
lone. 81, OF 522 z. Miami St
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
CLERKS NIECE KILLED
Zachariah 7. Dungar Receives Word
of Desth in Chicago.

Zachariat T. DUNCAN, clerk of the
State Supreme and Appellate
Courts. today received word of the
death of a niece, Mrs. ,Estelle WEIGH
man, at Chicago after being crushed
by a motor truck.
1t was the third violent death In
Dungan's family in the last two
years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
BALTZELL GOES ON VISIT
VIII be at Princeton, Ind, During
G. A. II. Encampment.

Federal Judge Robert c. Baltzeii
left Indianapolis today to visit
Princeton. Ind. his former home.
while the forty-fifth annual encamp.
ment Of the G.. A. r. Is in session.
Judge Baltzell will return TO the
Federal bench Friday morning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
PROMOTION DEMOTION
Board of Safety Takes Action on
Two Firemen..

Robert Snyder of Pumper Com
pany Ia today was promoted from
fireman to chauffeur by the board
Of safety. William Swan was re-
duced from chauffeur to fireman.
Ralph Aldrich, former chauffer
for Mayor Shank was appointed a
substitute fireman..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
POLITICIAN is SHOT
italian Leader Killed by Youths, in
Automobile.

BU Untted PTesS
CLEVELAND. o., June 9.-Gus
RIM, 40. head Of the RIM Realty.
Company and italian political leader.
was shot to death today in front
of his offices here.
Three youths appeared suddenly
before him as he sterped from his
car, fired six shots into his body
and fled. The shooting is believed
to have been a result Of a political
plot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
RECOVERY is RAPID
Secretary of War Weeks on Way to
Health Again.

BIZ United Press
BOSTON, Mass, June 9.-Sec-
retary Of War John w. Weeks is re-
covering rapidly, said a physician's s
bulletin issued this noon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
Home Edition

CHICKIE leaves home to
~ hide her disgrace. Read
"Chickie" on the back page
every day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-09
Forecast

ID ARTLY cloudy and some
i what cooler tonight and
Wednesday.