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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
H00SIER FIRMS
ARE INDICTEDIN
FURNITURE WAR
Forty-Four Indiana Com.
panies Charged With Part
in Price Fixing.
TOTAL OF 263 NAMED
Seven indianapolis Manu-
facturers Are Included.
BY James T. Robert
TJ0{fed pYess stan CoyrcSDond0at

Untfed PTess StoU CorrcepondcHt
CHICAGO, May 20. - The May
Federal grand. Jury here today re-
turned indictments against 263 fur
niture manufacturers on charges
violating the Sherman antitrust act.
The indictments charge price.
fixing and curtailing OF production
TO maintain high prices and destroy
competition.
The jury also indicted the SIX sec
retaries and assistant secretaries OF
the National Refrigerator Man
ufacturers Association. the National
Alliance OF Furniture Manufacturers
and the National Association Of
Chair Manufacturers.
Investigation Of the industry was
to determine why furniture prices
are from 100 to ESQ per cent higher
than the pre-war levels. and how
they have been kept up In the face
Of partial defihation OF prices OF 9th.
er commodities.
Forty-four Indiana manufacturers
we're indicted Seven Indianapolis
firms indicted included: Cabinet
Makers Union, Enrich Furniture
Company. Furnas Furniture Com.
pany, II. Lauter Co., The
UdelI Works, Western Furniture
Company. and the Krieg-Melen Com
pany.
Penalties possible are fines OF IS 900
each on the corporations and $4,000
and one year in jail for the iRdi.
viduals named in the indictments.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
All Records for First Spec
tator at Race
Shattered.

All records fell at the gates of
the Speedway this year. and fans
using experience as a criterion
were badly fooled, in their hopes
to be first through the gates to
the big race Saturday
Artie Gowen Poplar Bluff, Iowa,
In the first car at the middle gate
last year, gained the same distinc-
tion again this year, but arrived
a day earlier. In company
with Herbert Ubelein, also of Pop
lar Bluffs, and Earl Wilmoth Of
Troy, n. Y, he parked his auto at
the middle cato at 2 p. m. Thurs.
day. Four hours later the second
car pulled in
Roland Stang, Joseph Lang and
Edward Hartman, Clarence Ober-
felt and Harold Almond, all Of
Sandusky, Ohio. drove in at 4 p.
m, with cars one and two in the
second line. This is the third year
Stang has held the same position.
Miss Vera Oster, Toledo, Ohio,
was the first woman to wait in
line. She drove here with her
father, A. w. Oster. and arrived
at the track at $3.50 a. m. today.
Oster said he was No. last year
1T p. m, BIT utoday he found
himself twelfth in line.
There were seven cars in line
at the main gate. s. n. Hardy,
542 Lynn St., was in car one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
BAIL FIGHT OF
STEPHE HENS0N TO
BE like TRIAL
Chief Witnesses for State
viii Testify at June II
Hearinq.

Hearing on petition TO admit D. c..
Stephenson, former grand dragon of
: the Indiana Ku-Klux Klan; Earl
Klinck and Earl Gentry, charged
with murder Of Miss Madge Ober-
holtzer, %, of 1902 University Ave,
to bail, at Noblesville. June IL, will
partake largey of the nature Of a
regular trial, it was said today.
Witnesses, including Miss Ober-
holtzer's parents, Marshall yOber.
holtzer, her brother; DIR. John K.
Klngsbury, her physician, and
police officers whose names appear
, on the indictment, will be examined,
pIra M. Holmes, one of the defense
attorneys said
A motion to admit to bail is similar
in character to habeas corpus pro-
ceedings and give the petitions the
right to call the States witnesses.
At times the object of the proceed
.ings is to force the State to uncover
its hand as we'll as to get defendants
out Of Jail.
The case will be heard by Judge
Fred e. Hines of the Hamilton Cir
cult Court on a~change Of venue
from Marion Circuit Court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
JURORS IN DEADLOCK
OVER F,AT TIE OF SHA w
Locked Up for Twenty
Hours, Twelfth Ballot in
Vain for Verdict - Judge
to Hold Them Until Sat-
urday Morning.
By John L. Niblack
Times staff Correspondent


MARTINSVILLE, Ind, May
29.-Unable to break a dead
lock of more than twenty hours,
jurors were still balloting TO-
day on the fate of John Thomas
Shaw, colored, Indianapolis,
charged with the murder Of
Helen lager Whelchel.
The jurors went out to lunch at
IL and returned shortly afterward
to resume their deliberations.
They have not called for instruc-
tions.
Martinsville residents, familiar
with juries here, expressed the be-
lief that hopeless deadlock existed.
The case went to the jury at 5:45
p. m. Thursday. The jurors retired
at 10 p. m. and were aroused at
5 today.
Judge Joseph w. Williams opened
court at a. M, and when told the
jury had not reached a verdict, said
he would give them until Saturday
morning and possibly later If there
was any hope for verdict.
Omar O'Hara, prosecuting at
torney of Morgan County, was in
court to receive the verdict. William
II. Remy, Marion County prosecutor
and Homer Elliott, special assistant,
left late Thursday night for In
dianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
SEEKING MORE
BRIBE EVIDENCE
Grove After Higher-ups in
Shepherd Case.
By United press

Bv United Press
CHICAGO, May 29.-State's At
torney Robert E. Grove, today
sought fresh evidence that witnesses
In the William u. Shepherd
81 100000 germ murder" trial have
been offered bribes.
Newspaper men on the scene de-
manded the list of names for pub
lication, but Grove refused.
1t was further made known that
Grove intends to push the case
through the grand jury and demand
indictments against the "higehr
ups Whether William Scott
Stewart and w. w. O'Brien, Shep-
herds two attorneys, are connected
with the alleged plot could not be
learned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
PETITIONS EXPECTED
School Board May Be Asked to Re
Appoint Miss Alexander.

Petitions asking that Miss Georgia
Alexander, principal of school No.
10, Thirteenth st. and Ashland Ave,
be reappointed were expected to be
submitted to the school board before
it's special meeting at p. m.
The meeting was called to con-
slider bids for houses on site of the
new colored high school.
Miss Alexander's name was omit
ted from list of recommendations
for reappointment made Tuesday
night by Superintendent E. u. Graft.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
NO WORD OF LEE HERE
Official Win Start SPECIALIZATION
Soon, Says WafiS-,

County officials will start investi-
cation next week if no word is re-
ceived from Knoxville. Tenn, re-
garding return ofsRalph Lee, wanted
here on charge Of first-degree MUIR
der, Claude M. Worley, county in
vestigator said today.
Lee, who escaped Jail at Franklin,
Ind, is charged with killing Abner
Peck. He is held in Knoxville on
charge of robbery Worley wrote
Knoxville officers ten days ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
Best Ways to Go
to Speedway

Busses, street cars and rail-
road trains will take care of
thousands of race fans to the
Speedway Saturday.
Peoples Motor Coach buses
will operate on a ten-minute
schedule from Monument Cir
Gle and from Illinois and Wash
ington SITS. Buses, taxis and
trucks will be routed on Wash
ington st. to Warman Ave. and
north to the Speedway, on or
ders from Traffic Inspector
Michael J.: Glenn.
Traction cars will leave the
Terminal Station every minute
and shuttle trains will leave
Union Station every five min
utes, according to announce
ment at Speedway office.
A special train and ears for
Speedway employees will depart
from Traction Terminal and
Union Station at 4:so a. m
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
HA WXLMS LOSES
FREEDOM FIGHT
Judge Refuses to Accept
Surety Bond Offered
by Sisters.

Efforts to release Morton S.
Hawkins from the Marion County
Jail today failed when Federal Judge
Robert C. Baltzell fixed bond at $780,.
900 and refused to accept surety Of
fered by Hawkins two sisters.
Hawkins is awaiting trial on a
charge of conspiracy to use the
malls TO defraud in $4,000 900
stock swindling scheme through the
Hawkins Mortgage Company Of
Portland, Ind.
Defaulted Bond
. He defaulted bond of $500 when
he failed to appear for trial here Oct.
l.. 1924. He was captured in Ohio
and brought to Indianapolis Tues
day
Hawkins has violated every as
surance in the past and his assur-
ances now are of no value at all. +
declared Homer Elliott, special as
sistant attorney general.
United States District Attorney AL
bert Ward asked for $4,000 bond
but the court placed 1t at 100000.
Mrs. Estella NJ. Fall and Mrs. Zella
II. Jones, both Of Portland. sisters
of Hawkins. testified their property
was worth $4,000, but admitted 1t
was assessed for only S50,000 and
was under a. $4,000 mortgage.
Judge Leaves
Ward will make an examination
of the property to ascertain its
value. it is said. Judge Baltzell left
Indianapolis Immediately after the
hearing for Sumner, ILL.,, where he
will spend Memorial day. He is ex-
pected to return Monday. In the
meantime Hawkins will remain in
Jail.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
AIR LEADER TO
SPEAK TONIGHT 7
Maj. Gen. Patrick Will Ad-
dress ENGINEERS.

Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief
Of U. S. A. air service, will be the
principal speaker at a dinner to be
given by Indiana section. Society OF
Automotive Engineers, tonight at
Indianapolis Athletic Club.
General Patrick arrived from
Washington by airplane shortly be-
fore noon.
Dinner is in connection with
twenty-fifth anniversary of automo-
tive industry. Other. speakers arc
c. F. Kettering. president Cen
eral Motors Research Corporation;
Charles M. 'Schwab, steel magnate,
and Albert J. Beveridge. r'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
SHANK CRIES CITY SALE
Mayor Disposes of Building ON New
School Site.

Mayor Shank today auctioned
eleven houses, a barn and a garage,
belonging to the sch oil city of In
dianapolis on land 1T Twelfth and
West Sts., site Of a high school for
colored students.
Structures were sold for $1,000,
only one building remaining to be
sold. An offer Of $1,000 had been
rejected. The school board will meet
this afternoon to approve sales.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
OFFICIALS MAKE DENIAIN
Those Indicted Say Prices Have
Been Fxorbltant.

ofiicials Of indianapolis companies
named in the indictment in general
denied prices had been exorbitant,
"They have that wrong" said WI.
liam r. Enrich, secretary Of the I'm.
rich Furniture Company. s24 w.
Morris st.
That's a mistake" +" was the state,
ment of officials Of the Western Fur.
niture Company. 1898 Madison Ava
Officials Of the H. Lautsr Com.
pany saiy they had mo statements" "
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
REMOVE THIRTY
MINERS BODIES
Twenty-Four Believed Left
in Wrecked Workings.
Bv United Press

BI United Press
SANFORD. N. c.. May 29.-Thirty
bodies have been removed from the
shaft of the Carolina Coal Company's
mine near here. Hope OF rescuing
alive the others trapped in the mine
by Wednesdays explosion has been
abandoned. Mine officials believe
twenty-four remain to be rescued.
The work of retrieving bodies is
progressing swiftly under direction
of experts from Thomas. w. Va.
Twelve bodies were brought up
during the night. Officials believe
the others viii be removed today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
Judgment Is Suspended

Helen Squirting. AZ w. Fourteenth
St., was fined $5 and costs and SEN
fenced to ten days in Indiana
Woman's Prison on an assault and
battery charge, filed after an alleged
fight with Fannie Granger same
address. City Judge Pro Tenn. Garth
Nelson, suspended Judgment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
TO DEDICATE TEMPLE
Bishop From New York Will Preach
Sermon Sunday.

Bishop p. A. wallace of New York
viii preach the dedicatory sermon
Sunday at p. M. at new St. Mark
A. M. e. Zion Temple. 1903 Shelby
ST.
A number OF ministers OF the de-
nomination will participate. Special
morning program will be given. Ban.
quet in honor of Bishop Wallace will
be held Monday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
GANGLAND PAYS
GENNA TRIBUTE
Rum Runners Funeral Cost
Is $4,000.
BIZ United Press

CHICAGO, May 29.-Gangland
paid grand tribute today to Bloody
Angelo" Genna. prince of booze, who
was shot to death by competing rum
runners here few days ago.
There was all the pomp that $780,
900 could buy. There were thirty
luxurious touring cars. packed with
flowers that ms.de even the slums
Of the southwest side fragrant.
There were $50 limousines bearing
the family. the relatives. the politi-
clans, the fellow gangmen cs Angelo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM

Permanent Organization is Planned
Monday Night.
Permanent organization of the
Chlldrens' Museum Association OF
indianapolis is to be effected Mon
day night at the Heron Art Insti-
tute. according TO Murray Dalman.
head of the department OF research
Of Indianapolis schools.
The organization. patterned after
the Brooklyn. N. Y. association. is
being formed TO create child 8
museum with a permanent building.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
fireman dies
In GARY FIRE
$350,000 Loss In Store
Blaze.

BV Un'ted Press
GARY, Ind. May 2e.--One fireman
was killed and four others injured
here today nj an explosion in fire In
the Boston store. The fire broke
out early this morning. II started
in rear room on the first fioor. An
explosion believed due to gas caused
wall to collapse and the nremen
were caught by the debris.
LOSS was estimated at $3.50. 900.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
TAYLOR COMMENTS
Declares Prices Only 20 to e5 Per
Cent Higher Than Pre.War.

Carl A. Taylor, president OF the
Taylor Carpet Company. said
charges that furniture prices are
from 100 TO 800 per cent higher than
before the war are absolutely with.
out truth"
II am prepared to prove that in
Indianapolis people pay only from
20 to 25 per cent higher prices than
in 1914 for all types OF furniture.
Tayior said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
GIRL FOUND MURDERED
24-Year-OId Sister Of Brooklyn De
tective-BOdy Mutilated.

BIZ United Press
BROOKLYN, N. Y. May 29.-Miss
Florence Kane, 24-year-old sister OF
a Brooklyn detective. was brutally
murdered near her home here today
while returning from a theater party
in Manhattan.
A few hours after she was
strangled to death, Miss Kane's
mutilated body was found in a
vacant lot in Brownsville district,
where few years ago Mary Mac
Donald. subway cashier was killed
under similar circumstances.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
PAINLEvE is UPHELD
Vote Of Confidence Given ON Moroc-
co Policy.

BN United Press
PARIS. May 2s-The Painleve
cabinet received an overwhelming
vote of confidence on its Morocco
policy this afternoon in the Cham
Der of Deputies The vote stood 537
to 90
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
Ideal Speedway
Day Predicted

Fair weather for Speedway
day was forecast today by J. H
Armfngton, Government me
teorologist.
He said there was no sight Of
rain for Saturday. although n
may become unsettled ny Sat,
urday night
Arr1tnKton also prodicted
warmer weather and said mod.
crate summer temperatures
would probably prevail.
Indications were FOR an IDEAL
day, ne said. =
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
FLAT REFUSAL
TO REAPP0INT
TEACHER MADE
Graft Tells School Board
Miss Alexander Will
Be Barred.
REASONS ARE EXPLAINED
Refused to Cooperate,
Superintendent Says.

Superintendent of Schools E. u.
Graft this afternoon told the school
board definitely he would not recon-
mend Miss Georgia Alexander, 1916
N. Pennsylvania ST., principal Of
School 10, Tor reappointment or give
her a place in any indianapolis
school.
Explaining his position, Graft
said:
prior to a year ago Miss Alex
ander had undergone some changes
in her official position with the
school system and il was we'll known
that her attitude in refusing to obey
the rules and regulations Of the
system and other wise in refusing
was the basis for that course of ac-
tion. Formerly she was n super
vising principal When that system
was abandoned for a system Of more
central authority, she was pro-
NOTED and made one OF seven dis
trict superintendents.
Again the system was centralized
to a larger degree and the seven
district superintendents were re-
placed by three assistant superin-
tendents. She then was made
principal of School AZ, one Of tho
large elementary schools, where her
salary was at the maximum for
principals. A trial there resulted in
her demotion TO the principalship Of
School s. smaller school. with a
decrease Of s4o0 a year in salary.
The following year she spent In
Columbia University.
It was while at Columbia that
she wrote me promise of co.opera-
ton. as quoted in my letter to her.
Her promise was taken for full
value. An effort was made to for
get the past. On her return she
was made principal Of School 10. also
a large school, but with salary,
on account of some special work.
larger than that of any other ele-
mentary school principal by $500
year. The year at School 10 has re.
suited in her failure to carry out
that promise"
Writes Miss Alexander
Graft also wrote Miss Alexander.
His letter said: II am not at all sat-
isf1ed with your attitude toward your
work, the kind Of cooperation which
you show toward your associates.
nor with the degree of compliance
you render. to the requirments of the
school board and the properly con-
stiuted school authorities. Also 1
am not at all satisfied with the atti.
tude which you have shown toward
the assistant superintendents and
other directors who have been asso-
ciated with you in various phases
of our common work. In my opin-
ion these deficiencies on your part
have become harmful to the best In
terests Of the Indianapolis schools"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
WEEKS is RECOVERING

Secretary Of War Spends Comfort.
able Night--ConditiOn Good.
BIZ United Press
BOSTON, May 2S.--6ecretary OF
War John w. Weeks, who under
went an operation for removal OF
gall stones here yesterday, spent a
comfortable night at Massachusetts,
General Hospital and his condition
today is satisfactory. DR.. Daniel r.
Jones. attending surgeon. an.
nounced
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
Forecast

TAIR tonight and probably
y Saturday. Warmer weather
expected Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-29
PROGRESS OF THE RACE SATURDAY
Home Edition

CHICKIE fights a growing
~ fear of consequences. Read
Chickie" on the back page Of
The Times every day.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-01-30

threshold of citizenship with it's obli-
tions and duty to carry forwsrd the
great work of the democracy, justice,
and freedom of our glorious country
Emaciated, underfed, underdeveloped
and undereducated childhood reach the
stage of manhood and womanhood in
a condition not calculated to enable
them to give proper work, to give
service and to understand the moral
obligations and duties develoving
upon the rising generations. Indus
try and life itself grow more COM
plex and require a greater order of
moral strength, spiritual stability and
as we press onward and
upward.
Those who have a genuine regard
for their children, and their children s
children and the triumph of our de-
mocracy with it's republican institu-
tions can not do justice to them
selves or future generations by deny
ing the state the right to enact just,
necessary, and humane legislation
that will protect innocent and de-
fenceleas childhood.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-01-30
Alien Smuggling Menace
10 Jobs and Wage Rates
In Many Industrial Cities

By International Labor News Service
Washington, D. C.-Is "bootleg-
ging" of aliens multiplying to con-
siderable extent the present strict
law?
Suspicion is growing in labor cir
cles that certain unscrupulous busi-
ness interests are encouraging the
"bootlegging" of immigrants in large
numbers. 1t is known that
smuggled across the
northern and southern borders of the
United States or landed on the sea-
coasts, have come in sufficient mum
bers to affect the employment situa-
tion throughout the nation. Much of
the unemployment reported existing
in industrial centers is ascribed to the
presence of smuggled immigrants.
Illegal Entries Cut
immigration Commissioner Husband
believes that the highest estimates are
exaggerated, as he is confident that
the border patrol established July ]
of last year has done much to decrease
illegal entries. He admits, however
that during the last fiscal year $4,000
foreign sailors deserted their ships on
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-01-30

try professions bring ourselves to dis
pose of our troublesome neighbor by
invoking the majesty of the mailed
fist, by what diabolical strategy shall
we intrigue the Almighty to hear our
petty prayers ?"
Hits Corporations Thugs
II have no sympathy for the strong
arm squad employed by the corpora
tions to crack mems heads and beat
them into insensibility, all because
they honestly want to better the con-
ditions of their fellow workmen," was
the declaration of Rev. J. C. Broom
field, former pastor of the Fairmont
CIV. Va.) Methodist Protestan Church
and now president of the Pittsburgh
conference of that church, in SER
mon on the subject, "The Church and
the Industrial Problem
Continuing, Mr. Broomfield said:
"Fairmont has seen in broad daylight
the operation of the strong arm squad
employed by capital beating up law
abiding citizen, then hurrying to the
office of the justice of the peace, con-
Tossing to a misdemeanor, paying a
paltry fine, and that was the last of it.
"In my judgment, if any laboring
man, or group of laboring men, had
duplicated this in beating up an en-
ployer of labor, the processes of the
law would never have ceased operat-
ing until the violators were behind
prison bars.
Defends Collective Bargaining
"This denial of rights and privil-
eges to effect perfect organizations
has caused much trouble Collective
bargaining is the basis of all democ-
racy. The Magma Charta was gained
as a result of collective bargaining.
and the federal government at Wash
ington exists through collective bar
gaining of 48 states.
"Lobbies in the legislature are con-
trolled by the money interests and
the working man has no show
against the man of means in the JUS
tice courts.
Opposition to the right of labor
to organize is foolish. The day of
industrial democracy is coming. Morn
ing is here and the labor movement
is responsible"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-01-30

arriving at American ports. Of that
number, he says, 5000 to 5000 very
likely reshipped. This would leave
from 10000 to $4,000 seamen who en-
tered the country illegally and who
found their way to industrial centers
and helped swell the number of un-
employed
The seamen who entered illegally
are only part of the number Of
"bootlegged" immigrants. Thou
sands more are known to have been
smuggled in at the sea coasts or spir-
tied over the boarders of Mexico and
Can ?ada. The total, it is thought, is
surprisingly large and even the most
conservative estimates place the
number at 100000.
This constant influx of workmen is
sufficient to have a decided effect on
employment and is big factor in de-
pressing wages Trade unions are
alive to this danger and are co-operat-
ing with the immigration officials in
helping to enforce the immigration
law and in reporting the presence of
immigrants who have entered ille-
gallyG