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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
SANITY TEST
ORDERED FOR
POISON WIDOW
Medical Experts Examine
Woman Accused OF
Sons Murder.

BIZ United Press
CROWN POINT. Ind. July is
Medical experts today examined Mrs
Anna Cunningham, poison widow
of Gary. to determine whether she
Is sane.
Request for the examination was
made by the prosecution as II drew
to the close Of it's evidence in the
trial Of Mrs Cunningham charged
with killing her son, Walter, by
poison.
Judge Smith sustained the States
The trial reached ita most ORA
matio moment late Friday when
David Cunningham. %. hopelessly
paralyzed from the effects OF pois
on. said 10 have been administered
by his mother. was carried into the
courtroom.
Son Sworn In
Holding up a withered hand. Dav.
id was sworn in - a witness for
the court.
II was little no had 10 tell. and he
made Il plain that he does not wish
TO convict his mother. although he
knows that he still has no more than
an even chance 10 recover. He said
he did not know who poisoned him.
Tho middle.aged window. stolid
and black gowned. leaned forward
TO hear what no was saying. Tears
rolled down her cheeks.
Mother Denies She Did To
"You know 7 didn't do g." she
cried. "You know Il. David"
Yes. mother" the young man re
piled, with his eyes fixed on the cell
81 know"
ITS all too awful" Mrs. Cunning.
ham cried.
Again the motlonless David re-
sponded I'm q huoky whisper.
IT'S too bad. You didn't do II.
They'll let you out"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
SCOTT CHEERED
BY FRESH HOPE
OF GOING FREE
Detroit TeIegrapher De-
cIares He Witnessed
Murder of Maurer. =

Blu United Press
CHICAGO, July 1S.-Fresh hope
of escaping the gallows came today
to Russell Scott, former millionaire,
as his friends and attorneys. frantic
ally sought new evidence and wit
nesses. BY the terms Of Governor
Smalls eleventh hour reprieve, Scott
has six days in which to raise a
reasonable doubt" that he killed
Joseph Maurer, a drug store clerk.
A telegram from James M. Ball,
a Detroit telegraph operator. was
SCOTS chief hope of going free.
Small was expected in Chicago
some time today to investigate Rus
sells claim that it was not he, but
his missing brother Robert, who shot
Maurer.. George E. German, the
assistant States attorney that won
SCOTS conviction however, ex-
pressed confidence that SCOTS hopes
would be blasted and he would final
ly go to the gallows.
I'VE arrested all the eye-witnesses
and got their testimony" German
pointed out. cit seems incredible
that this man, Ball, could have been
a witness and kept quiet about 1t
all this time"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
ALL OVER BUT SHOUTING
Lawyers Will Do This Before Jury
in Arguments.
BY n. ID. Cochran
Times staff Correspondent


DAYTON, Tenn, July 1S.-The
amazing Scopes trial is all over but
the shouting and that will be done
by the lawyers to the jury who will
have to determine the law and the
facts from the shouting especially
that of William ]. Bryan. What he
says in this vicinity is both the law
campaign against evolution by
speeches in churches and public
places for nearly a week before the
trial started.
What the jurymen learned about
evolution they got from Bryan be-
fore they became jurors. Except for
the few moments it took for the
prosecution to introduce it's evidence
the jurymen were absent from the
courtroom throughout the eight days
of trial. By the courts orders they
could not listen to the loud speakers
in the Courthouse square or attend
any meetings.
Anybody else in the county might
attend court and learn something
about evolution from attorneys for
the defense but the jurymen who
must pass upon the law and the
facts and determine whether evolu-
ton is in conflict with the Bible
were legally bound to remain deaf,
dumb and blind.
Bryan has absolutely dominated
the situation. The moment the de-
Tense undertook to prove what evo-
luton is he took personal charge
and directed the bitter fight of the
attorney general to keep out the
evidence of noted scientists, edu-
Gators and clergymen, who see no
conflict between science and the
Bible. One Of the purposes of keep
ing out the testimony of experts was
to shut off attorneys for the defense
from even arguing about evolution
to the jury.
Boldly announcing days before the
trial that this was to be duel to
the death" between science and re.
ligion and that the monster Of evo.
luton was to be dragged out into
the open so it could do longer work
is devilish purposes In the dark
Bryan proceeded to lock evolution in.
telligence and learning in a technical
hoosegow and the jury was parked
out of sight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
find WOMEN
AUTO DRIVERS
Are CAPABLE
Competent as Men, AS
sertS Psychologist After
Test.

AS automobile drivers, women are
as competent, or more so. than men,
according to a report Of American
Automobile Association, received to-
day by Todd Stops, manager of
the Hoosier Motor Club.
Advent of millions of women
drivers must be regarded as an en-
couraging factor. for the reason that
actual tests conducted under scien-
tific observation have proven women
are capable of handling machines"
Stops said.
In a series of tests women scored
for good driver DIR. f. A. Moss
of the Institute of Government Re
search, a leading psychologist. who
made the tests. considered the two
primary factors that constitute driv-
ing ability as follows:
Two Factors
First, the speed with which the
driver reacts to danger and takes
steps to avert it.
Second. the consistency with which
the driver responds in such a situa-
ton.
Women showed a quicker reaction
time than men. Tests were made
with students of George Washing
ton University.
Society Myth
There is no basis for the asser-
ton that women are more liable to
become excited. 1t is largely a
myth that society has fostered by
playing up the idea that women are
expected to be emotional. There Is
no physical reason why they should
be- the report said.
Physical strength is no longer a
factor in favor of men since with
modern machinery the element Of
strength is not called into play"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
SHEPNE RD PLANS
DOGGED BATTLE.
Fight for Estate May Take
Several Years.

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, July 1s.-Beaten in his
attempt to obtain the S1.000.000 Nc
Clintock estate, William d. Shep-
herd today prepared for a long
drawn-out court fight that may take
several years.
Probate Judge Henry Horner de-
cided that it was up to Shepherd to
show sufficient evidence that he had
not used undue influence" on his
millionaire ward, Billy McClintock,
to have him sign the will which left
practically all Of his money to him.
shepherds next chance is in the
Circuit Court, where he may pre-
sent more complete evidence. If he
is beaten in that court his next step
is the Illinois Supreme Court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18

Once an active opponent of
women's suffrage, Mrs. George A.
Werbe, 1872 w. Vermont St., is now
Democratic women's chairman.
II certainly would have kept the
vote from woman if I could have
had my say" said Mrs. Werbe. But
I didn't and now that we have the
vote, l think it is the duty Of every
woman to vote, and vote intelli-
gently"
You see. it seemed we American
women had enough privileges, much
more than those of foreign coun-
tries, and 1 thought we ought to be
content"
Mrs. Werbe said she thinks
women should not run for office,
but leave it to the men who have
created such a fine country for us
to live In and enjoy"
She was CT utter member of the
Seventh District Women's Demo
cratic Club.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
MARRIAGE Licenses

Clarence. u Poole. 30. laboratory. A..
% SflsS' ae oambdraudH. ipd Kathryn
=, James G. Breeze, -. CHmbcrland snd,
Mary Hill 40, lanndress. 3ls 2, Vermont,
s72 Udcil Mary oKcofc 10. stenog
rapher ea30 n Dearborn.
ora Harrison, %. mntormAn, llOl EN-.
gene scena Caldwell. 81, 1909 W. Twen.
ty-Scvcnth
Rocco Monaco. 80. iaborer, s3b u.
Maryland Maria fnmarlni 40. S3S u.
Maryland.
Cornelius J. Boscowill 81. laborcr. 1000
w. Twcnty-Sevcnth Irene Borryhin, 30,
1006 W Twenty Seventh.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
SHOWS ROLL; LOSES IT
Theft of S16O Reported; Kind Ban.
dts" at Work.

George Kibble, 500 w. Twenty
Ninth St., exhibited $3.50 when he
paid his bill at the Indianapolis
Light and Heat Company, Friday.
Later he discovered it gone. He
said half the money belonged to the
Postal Employees Mutual Benefit AS
ISOLATION.
Reluctant to let their victim, Sam
Jackson, 937 N Pershing Ave, go
hungry, two bandits handed him
back 40 cents and his broken watch,
and fed with s2S in a roadster. Hold
up occurred at Tenth ST., and In
diana Ave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
COUNTRY CLUB OPENS
President of Meridian Hills Organi-
Zation Drives Off Tee.

Formal opening of the Meridian
Hills Country Club and golf links,
Spring Mill Rd., north of Crows
Nest, took place today. C. Willis
Adams, president. opened the golf
course with a dedicatory drive this
afternoon.
A handicap tournament followed
Tonight a dance will be held at the
clubhouse.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
BUILDING Permits

BlT EdFede errdot zggisker. a2oe Washington
soAAo E. Guedel. 4455 Carrollton. addition.
i Foltz. 11ao w. New York. repairs
"a stoeffler. 49, Congress. addition.
dwelling e =; Ssffts s00a s172 N. De Quincy
dv F E PetssGTm@an 217e N De Quincy
H%sfeme9er '0 5o Siia T. s3%F2 sshn sfS0
+. Reeves. $50 N. Bradley dwelling.
r. E. Reeves. $50 N. Bradley. furnace
90 C. Merger. 14e1 Charles. furnace
Q; T. Orr, 1901 N. Denny. dwelling
vi; ponland, e14 N. Oxford. dwelling.
- Douland. GA N. Oxford. furnace,
Cornelius Printing, Company. 325 N.
War Memorial Association. 325 N Me-
ridian, passage, $500.
500. E. Mcbride 1917 Burdsal. remodel
:. audubon Development Company. 1926
raf NatiS SaafsfR efS2 aRiT Company. Twenty.
eth 81 Tho and Meridian. service station.
" Wiley. ae1s N. New Jersey. ga
NJ 5 Feerger. 4el W. Washington. re-
R. T. Reed. $40 W. Twenty-First. fur
II. g Bowman. 2e1o N Sherman. ga
Puritan FINANCE Company, 1912 E.
Puritan Finance Company. 1915 Z.
Kelly. dwelling, ST 800
Noll. 2163 Ayondale. addition. $3.50,
Rauch Realty Company. 134 E. Ohio
~ E. walker, $3.50 Rawls, dwelling
F. Walker. 5s43 Rawls, dwelling
Union Station building. Jackson Pl.. re-
j. KTch. $3.50 University dwelling
Kirch. 1856 University furnace
s. Null. 720 N. East. furnace $3.50.
J. R. Pike. 651 e. Forty Eighth. dwell
ing $500; e5,, e Eor,v.E,rb,b t,r-
81 F Batese 1916 Kenwood. dwelling
r. n. G.inss,sde. aocl 5. PcnnsylvanlA.
dwelling. $1,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
Gone, but Not Forgotten

If you see any automobiles bearing
these LICENSE numbers, call the police
The owner may. be able to do the same
for you some time.
Automobiles reported stolen to po-
lice belong to:
F'erd Barmickol, 1921 Meridian ST..
Hudson, 937. from Pennsylvania and
Court SITS.
Lee Armstrong, IS S. Ritter Ave-,
Ford. from Ritter Ave. and Wash
ington SITS.
Meyer & Kiser, bankers, 1928 E.
Washington St., Hudson M-952, from
Merrill and Meridian SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
GROTTO HEAD HONORED

Sahara Grotto received national
recognition Friday with announce.
ment of appointment of First Mon
arch Raymond F.. Murray as men,
Der of the finance committee OF the
supreme council. considered the most
important national committee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
TWO MOTORISTS MIX
Fight Ensues After Collision-Both
Are Arrested.

Arbitration was cast to the winds
and fisticuffs were substituted Fri
day night when Walter Murphy, 80,
of 1924 Shelby ST.. and Martin Leigh,
90. of 40 N. Fleming St. sought to
determine responsibility for collision
of thei rautomobiles in the 1900 block
on Beecher ST.. police said. Both
were arrested on assault and bat
terry charges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
LODGE HOLDS PICNIC
Scottish Rite Members and Families
Gather at Broad Ripple.

Five thousand members Of Scottish
Rite and their families attended the
annual picnic at Broad Ripple Park
Friday afternoon and evening.
With the score tied to 3. base
ball game between the Rite and De
Molay was halted in the tenth in
ming.
Walter j. lie Saulnier won an ex-
citing race on The toy automobile
track from Robert l.. Elder.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
CITY HEALTH BUDGET UP
Board win Have Special Meeting
Monday Night-SchlOss Reelected.

Budget of the city health depart
ment for 1925 will be considered at
a special meeting of the board of
health Monday night, it was decided
Friday night. General fund levy of
10 cents will not be increased, 1t
was understood, but there is pros
pect that the board will ask an in
crease of from / to cents In the
tuberculosis fund levy.
Sol Schloss was reelected presi
dent and DR.. Herman G.. Morgan,
secretary Of the body at the meeting.
DR.. Goethe Link will be vice presi-
dent, succeeding DR.. William II.
Foreman. who resigned from the
board and was succeeded by DR..
Thomas B. Courtney.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18

was named chairman Of the pro-
tective committee to be composed Of
cashiers from about forty-nine
banks
Joseph Rylands, representative of
the Indiana Bankers Association.
outlined the plan of organization
I'VE must go on the basis that
every stranger in our midst is
crooked until proved honest" he
said. Carry just as small amount
of money in the bank as possible.
Don't leave the bank in charge Of
women alone. Install a silent alarm
and offer an adequate reward for
captured bandits"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18

Tippecanoe battle-ground north
of Lafayette is full of histt rio in
terest for the tourist. This entire
section has numerous attractions
including the city of Lafayette,
and Purdue University.
Distance from Indianapolis is
about eighty miles. The touring
department of the Hoosier Motor
suggests the following route:
Leave Indianapolis over State
Rd. driving through Lebanon to
Lafayette. Drive due west to West
Lafayette then north over the
county road to Tippecanoe battle
ground. There is a detour about
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18

NldIlOD SOQllLN
protection against
bank banditry, for
ty Marioun County
bankers decided
Friday night.
Organization of
the Marion Coun-
ty Bankers Asso-
citation followed.
John w. Pullen.
president Citizens
State Bank, was
elected president,
and William J.
Clark, cashier OF
the Belmont State
Bank, secretary.
George Snider,
former sheriff and
a director in the
Tuya6j0 State Papk
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
OLD DAYS RECALLED
Mayor Asks Investigation of Firing
at Boys With Watermelon.

Recalling days of youth when he
was ringleader in raids on water
melon patches, Mayor Shank said
Friday he would ask the board of
safety to investigate alleged action
of Traffic Policeman Frank Wray
in firing in the air to capture BOY
believed to have been stealing
melons.
Wray is said to have captured
Tony Caruso, II. SIS S. East St.
one Of the three boys carrying a
watermelon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
LEGION MAN H0N0RED
Headquarters Gives Dinner for Re
tirign Adjutant.

Russell Creviston. who will retire
as national adjutant Of the Ameri-
can Legion July 81. and Mrs. Crews.
ton were guests Friday night at a
farewell dinner at the Elks club.
The dinner was given by staffs
of the national headquarters. the
Foryt-and- Eight. the American lie,
gion Weekly and the American lie.
gion Auxiliary. Commander James
A. Drain lauded the efficient work Of
Creviston.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
BOY STRUCK BY AUTO

Nathan Jacobs, 5, OF 1901 Perkins
St. is suffering today from injuries
received Friday when he was struck
by an auto at Bethel Ave. and Per-
kins st. Roy Van Deman. 1911
Pleasant St., driver, was arrested
on an assault and battery charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
DAUGHTER IS HELD
Man Dies After Alleged Choking In
Quarrel.
BIZ Times SpecinI

BIZ Times Special
LOOGOOTEE, Ind. July is.-Miss
Elmira Street. II. was held in Jail
under high bond today on charge
Of assault and battery with intent
10 kill I'm connection with tho death
of her mother. Mrs. Henry Street,
SO, ten days ago. Mrs. Street died,
Il is alleged. after being ohoked by
her daughter several days before IN
a quarrel over n letter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
HIGHWAY FACES DELAY
Railroad Fails to Obey Order of Com.
mission.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
GARY, Ind, July 18.-Indefinite
delay in pavement work on Indian
apolis Ave-. the connecting link be-
tween northern Indiana and Illinois,
was threatened today.
McAfee and Smith of Button, con-
tractors, announced they would be
forced to suspend work next week
because of refusal of the Whiting
and East Chicago Railway to move
its tracks to the center of the pave
ment. although ordered by the public
service commission a year ago.
An appeal to Governor jackson
for action has been made.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
Back Home Again

Automobiles reported found by po-
lice belong to:
Miss Anna Oltean, 1925 N. Somer-
set Ave-. Ford. at Harding and Ray
mond SITS.
Nash, sedan, License 465-1S4, at
North and Meridian SITS.
Leo L. Arthur, 522 Massachusetts
Ave, Oldsmobile. near that address.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18

Nuilt JIst go ~
Au d u on Rd.
while a student
in Arsenal Tech
nical High School
brought its re-
ward to him.
N @ W I ION was
notified he has
been awarded the
w a T Memorial
scholarship from
Princeton Uni.
versity, W h 4 c h
grants a stipend
of $500, or 5000 a
year for four
years.
Nineteen Tech.
meal seniors have
received scholar.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
TO AVOID Fight
ON EVOLUTION

statute" said Dow VOORHEES,. trus-
tee of Perry Township.
Middle of Road
"As for Perry Township. we are
trying to keep in the middle of the
road. I believe in science and evo-
luton both, and think there is
way of harmonizing them. l have
not issued any orders concerning
evolution teaching, and don't intend
to. as l am not expecting trouble.
IF there is anything in the text
books on evolution or its theory 1t
will have to stay there and be
taught, as the courses of study are
outlined for our schools nv - -
"I won't say whether believe
man is descended nom d nlOnh~!,
but 1 think a great many have the
characteristics of a jack-ass."
Trustee Walsman of Center town
ship, said the only order he will issue
will be for his teachers to clay off,
arguing the whole subject and teach
what the courses prescribe. Other
trustee said they hadn't considered
the subject of enough Importance
to get excited about it.
Ban in Blackford
The action or lack of action Of
Marion County trustees is in con-
trast to that of Blackboard County
trustees, who are 'agin" any such
new-fangled notions as a theory Of
evolution, and said they will dis
cha any teacher who teaches it.
Tie 'our trustees today remained
firm in their stand.
Dispatches from other sections of
the State indicated the quartet of
anti-evolutionists stood out almost
alone in their proposal to discharge
teachers who give instruction in ev-
olution.
I'VE mean just what we said" de-
clared Charles Pierce, Licking Town
ship trustee. We'll fire teachers If
they disregard our orders"
"A
high schools of Rowl and Montpelier
are affected. g,
Action of the trustees aroused gen.
eral approval in the rural districts.
Mary Newlin Of Gary. trustee OF
Calumet township, Lake county, is
bitterly opposed to evolution.
II will not have any instructor In
the township schools here who
teaches such theory" she said.
At Goshen
No dismissal of teachers in Elk
hart county for teaching evolution is
contemplated, county school officials
there said.
80 long as my teachers prove
themselves proficient and conduct
themselves as teachers should they
are sure of their positions.
This is the attitude of Knox
County trustees on the evolution
scrap, expressed by Carter Boykin,
trustee Of Vincennes Township. w.
w. Carter, county superintendent.
said the trustees had never officially
discussed evolution.
The evolution question has never
been brought before the trustees of
Henry County, II. B. Roberts, county
superintendent, declared at Newcas-
tie He said no action on Darwin
ism was in prospect at the present
time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18

fifteen miles just north of Leba-
non. A little north of this there
Is another detour. With excep-
ton of the detours, the route is
over paved roads. Purdue is stu
ated at West Lafayette.
The motor club recommends the
following return trip: Returns to
Lafayette over the county road
and drive due east over State Rd.
20 to Roosville. Here drive south
over State Rd. A. to Lebanon, re-
turning to Indianapolis over State
Rd. 6. Return trip is eighty-five
miles long. Roads are reported
good.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-18
BALL, READY TO TESTIFY
Telegrapher. Who Claims to be Wit
ness, ACCUSES Missing Brother.

nCoS, fACCuSoCS uAiooiuS DAOOhOA'
Bu Tinted Press
DETROIT, Mich. July 1S.-De-
claring that it was time to do his
duty and save an innocent mans
life, James Ball, a telegraph oper-
ator, today declared he was ready
to go Immediately to Chicago to
prove that Russell Scott did not
shoot Joseph Mauerer, a clerk, dur
ing a holdup.
1T was in the store at the time
of the shooting" Ball said. There
was no hold-up. And, Furthermore,
Robert Scott and not Russell Scott
did the shooting. Robert is much
younger looking than his brother. ;"
Mrs Sarah Ball, wife Of the tele
grapher, said he never told her
about witnessing the shooting