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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
GF MHEEA MEEM
Oh s.UUEv Ill 10
INDICT MENTS In
Big BOOZE Ring
Internal Revenue Collector
and Mrs. RemuS Among
Those Named.

Arnold ]. Mellmich, collector Of In
ternal revenue at st. Louis, Mrs.
Inogene Remus, wife of George
Remus, millionaire bootleg king, and
several other prominent st. Louis
persons were among those indicted
by a special Federal grand jury here
last week on charges Of conspiracy
to violate the national prohibition
law, according to United Press dis
patches from st. Louis today.
Names of those indicted were not
given out here.
The dispatches said that warrants
for the arrest of about thirty-nine
persons in the case were received at
the United States marshals office in
St. Louis today.
1t is understood that Remus was
not indicted.
Hellmich arrived in indianapolis
Friday night, but did not testify be
fore the grand jury.
Capiases were issued for the arrest
Of about thirty-eight persons, it was
said. 1t is expected that Federal
agents today will begin making
arrests of persons in Cincinnati, also
said to be indicted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
G. 0. p. BACKS
KL.AN SCHOOL
BOARD Slate
Audience of Several Thou
sand Hear DuvaII Urge
K. K. X. Choice.

Republican organization sup
port of the Ku-Klux Klan slate
of school board candidates ap-
peared certain at a mass meet
ing of United Protestant Clubs
of Indianapolis at Cadle Tab
ernacle Saturday night.
An audience of between 5000 and
1000 persons heard John L. Duvall,
Republican nominee for mayor, and
a number of councilmanic candi-
dates urge support Of the fxian
school ticket, which includes Charles
w. Kern, Mrs. Lillian Sedwick,
Theodore F. Vonnegut, Fred Kepner
and Lewis r. Whiteman.
Instructions Given
The persons attending were fur
ther instructed by a large board on
which the voting machine positions
Of the Klan candidates were ind.
Gated.
Denunciation Of George v. Coffin,
Republican county chairman, and
William II. Armitage, Mayor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
STEAMER CREW
MISSING after
fire ON OCEAN
Gales Lash TranSOCeanlC
Vessels on Atlantic
Many PeriIed.

BU United Press
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-Gales and
high seas which have lashed the At.
lantic constantly since oct. II, con-
tinued today. with two more vessels
flashing out distress signals.
According to a report reaching the
Independent Wireless Company here
the steamer Algiers was afiTe of
Norfolk last night and the crew
forced to take to life boats. The ship
ping board vessel. Birmingham City,
was unable to find the crew.
Two other ships reported having
seen the Algiers afire and sinking
with no sign OF life aboard. 1t was
believed the crew might have been
picked up by a ship without wireless
facilities.
The British freighter Mount Park
was believed out of danger along
the Virginia Capes with the steamer
Jioto towing her into harbor. The
Mount Parks rudder post was brOk-
en- and her distress signals toI a
time disrupted radio broadcasting.
Another rescue yesterday wae
made off Norfolk when the steamer
Childs responded to an S. o. S sig
nal of the schooner Isabella Par
menter and took off the schooner
crew Of six hands and the captains
wife and child.
Passenger vessels in the trans
oceanic service continued to arrive
here from one to three days late.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
TRAIN HITS BUS:
6 6REPORTEDDEAD
School Children Perish in
Front of Fast Ever
gIadeS Limited

Bu United Press
WAYCROSS, Kan, Nov. 2.-Speed-
ing across the Georgia lowlands. the
Everglades Limited, crack fiier of
the Atlantic Coast Line. today
crashed into a bus load of school
children at grade crossing in Ma
hunta, near here.
First reports said six children were
killed and twenty injured. The bus
held forty-two passengers.
The injured We're placed aboard an
emergency train and brought to a
hospital here.
The accident occurred 200 feet
from the school to which the chill
dren were being carried. Strings of
freight cars were standing on both
sides of the crossing it was said. 1t
is believed the driver did not see the
approaching limited.
1t was believed at the hospital
that the death list would increase.
Five of the children were said to be
on the danger list.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
So TAX ON each
H0OSIER LIKELY
State Governments Costs
Increase.
Times WASHINGTON Bureau.
1900 Moan Vork A1,prue


WASHINGTON. Nov. 2.-State
Government, according to early fail
and winter indications. will cost
Hoosiers close to So each for the
year 1925.
Last year each Hoosier had to
shell out $7.57.
In 1917 the per capita cost of State
Government in Indiana was only
$42S.
The high cost of Government
naturally caused increased State
debt and at the opening of the
present year each Hoosier owed
about Sc cents. In 1917 a citizen
owed only cents. The total State
debt near the end of 1924 was
$1.70O,615.
Total cost of general department
operation in 1924 was s22,928,956.
Interest on debt and outlays for per-
manent improvements increased this
to $36,SS9,363.
Each Hoosier paid $5.34 in proper
ty and special taxes last year as
compared with 1922 in 1923 and
$3.10 in 1917.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
OFFICERS make
MOTOR ARRESTS
Twenty-Five Drivers Taken
Over Weekend.

Twenty-Five auto drivers were ar
rested by police over the week end.
Ten were charged with driving while
intoxicated.
Those arrested, with charges. were:
Roscoe Criswell, 3S, Of 2S w. Six
teenth ST.: Holland Gardner. 19. Of
1925 Lawton ST.; Claude Taul. 2S. OF
S26 Christian Pl.. and Francis Jones.
28, of 1929 Windsor ST.. speeding.
Thomas Clifford. 43, of 2745 Mink
ner ST.; Edward Moore, "a, of As S.
Tuxedo ST.; Burk N. Robinson, "a,
Of 2336 Broadway; Willie Little, 80.
of 1922 E. Maryland St; Lawrence
Keifer, %, of 1403 Union St; John
Eads, 40, Of 92S N. Belmont Ave;
Sam Shield, SO, of 1923 Wilson ST.;
Everett johnson, 26, of 2213 Pierson
Ave: John Galyas, 2S, Ft. Benja
min Harrison, driving while intox-
icated.
Frank Miller, "a, of 123 ". Wal
nut ST., failure to stop after an ac-
cident, driving while intoxicated.
failing to stop at preferential
street and intoxication.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
Notorious Criminal Dies in
Ignominious Role of
Counterfeiter.
SOUGHT SINCE AUGUST
Federal inspectors Identity
Dead Bandit.

% MUSKEG0N, i tjiS I Mich, Nov. 2.
George "Dutch" Anderson,
notorious bandit pal of Gerald
Chapman, with whom he
executed the sensational mil
lion dollar mail truck robbery
in New York, died here Satur-
day in the comparatively
ignominious role Of a counter
felt bill passer, it was estab-
lished today.
Federal and local officials who
viewed the body and made finger
print tests were satisfied that the
man who slew patrolman and then
was slain with his own revolver by
the dying officer was Anderson.
Chief of Police Peter F. Hansen
announced that finger print tests
made by Lieut.. Roy w. Ferris "es-
tablished beyond a doubt" that the
body in the Clock Undertaking
Parlors here, is that of the notori-
Gus criminal.
A. w. Hamilton, United States
postal inspector from Grand Rapids,
Mich, who viewed the body, told
United Press he believed there
could be no question about identi-
fication."
TN addition to the finger prints,
which are the best possible identi-
f1cation," Hamilton said, "Other
marks of Identification have been
found which strongly point to the
same conclusion"
When picked up dead after the
fight with Patrolman Hammond,
who also was killed. counterfeit
$40 bills totaling $1,000 were found
on Anderson's person. Hamilton
said.
Anderson has been hunted in In
diana since August as the alleged
slayer of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Hance,
who lived near Muncie and harbored
Anderson and Chapman in their home
when they were being hunted for
the crime that resulted in Chap
mans sentence to the gallows. The
hunt was enlivened now and then
by threatening notes to detectives
. and police, ostensibly from Ander'
son, which said You're next." Sew
eral large robberies, especially $50,
900 Toledo bank holdup, have been
blamed on the criminal since the
search started.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
Believe HANGED
MAN MURDERED
Unidentified Victim Strung
Upon Plum Tree.
BIZ United Press

BU United Press
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Nov. g.
Hanged to a plum tree to indicate
suicide. the body of an unidentified
man was found shortly before mid
night Sunday in the barnyard of
the George Erhard home, near here.
Authorities are working on the
theory that the man was murdered.
They believe he was hanged to the
tree by his slayers to give the inn
preston he had hanged himself. A
neck tie was used to suspend the
body.
Marks on the body and the fact
that the mans knees were dragging
on the ground bore out the murder
theory. The initials IN. L." with a
heart and anchor, were tottooed on
his left forearm. His suit was pur-
chased from the Damschroder and
Berry Company, Toledo. Ohio.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
STRAW BALLOT
SHOWS TREND
TOWARD MYERS
DuvaII Still Slightly in Lead
at Close of Poll,
However.

Eleventh-hour gains by Walter
Myers, Democratic candidate for
mayor, were the closing feature OF
The indianapolis Times straw vote,
compiled from interviews with
3,617 voters of all grades OF Nociety
and in many part sof the city.
Myers cut down Duvall's lead OF
ninety.two votes shown Saturday
and achieved a margin OF thirty
eight in the polls taken over the
weekend.
However, the end of The Times
vote shows scant margin Of fifty
four for the Republican candidate.
On this percentage, Duvall would
win the election with a total OF 76, 500
votes to 73.425 for Myers, figuring
10000 votes will be cast. The Duvall
margin would be only also II
should be remembered, however.
that no straw poll Is an absolutely
accurate forecast OF voting.
With 20 per cent of the voters
undecided, according to the poll, the
election might be swung either di.
rection without difficulty.
To this vast body Of fence
roosters" must be directed the final
words of oratory at the precinct
voting places Tuesday. They win
hecide the Issue.
Whether the Myers movement
will be sufficient to overcome the
early lead DuvalI buiit.un will he
Turn 10 Pare 81
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Shank's political general, came from
George S. Elliott, grand cyclops Of
the Marion County Klan, who pre-
sided.
Elliott said the protestant" or
ganization would fight the two Re-
publican bosses ito extinction" and
that the body was opposed to all
politicians.
"The future of the Indianapolis
schools depends much upon the men
you elect on the school board" said
Duvall You must work hard to
elect your school board candidates. "
Duvall Silent
However, Duvall made no com.
ment on Eliotts denunciation OF
Coffin and. Armitage.
From the moment Duvall and
retinue followed drum corps with
flourish and ceremony into the hall,
enthusiasm and spontaneity marked
the gathering.
A large portion of the evenings
program was devoted to castigation
of an afternoon newspaper, which.
according to Duvall and Charles j.
Orbison, former Democrat, who also
was a speaker, switched abruptly
from praise and support of the Du-
vail keynote principles to "villifica-
tion and condemnation" of the Re.
publican nominee.
Shift Explained
Both speakers intimated the shift
ing of position was the result Of
failure of Governor Jackson TO ap-
point Warren Fairbanks, an owner
of the newspaper, to the senatorial
seat Of the late Samuel M. Ralston.
What Fairbanks is said to owe to
the Republican party was described
vividly by Duvall.
Republican councilmanic and
Klan slate school candidates were
exhorted to place the flag in the
schoolhouses" and follow other
Klan doctrines.
All candidates on mayoralty and
Endorsed school board slate
spoke except Charles w. Kern.
Orbison, who a few nights ago
asked Republicans to come around
after election and say, 'Judgie, we
did 1t, was popular speaker.
He said he may have committed
political suicide by leaving the
Democratic party and supporting
Duvall, but that he had undergone
a moral regeneration" through that
procedure
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
STATES MEDICINE WAS GIVEN
TO EASE GREAT SUFFERING
Washington Hotel Clerk Testiies
Defendant Ordered Tickets to Ham
mond-Judge Overrules New Mo-
ton to Start Trial Over.
By John L. Niblack and William L. Toms
Times Stan Correspondents

CIRCUIT COURTROOM, NOBLESVILLE, Ind, Nov. g.
Attorneys defending d. c. Stephenson Earl Knck and Earl
Gentry against charges OF numbering Miss Madge Obehozer
eated when they elected from Miss Beatrice Spratey
Madges nurse that the girl given dose of morphine just
March %.
Dr Kngsbury gave it. He did not to wake me- said the
States witness Il always it. remember well He sad
Let her Sleep B"
Eph nman, chief defense attorney cross-examnng
Miss Spratley at the time, following morning Of humdrum
testimony details of the medical given the poisoned
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02

Haze you sent in your
million dollar letter? If
you haven't, better get
busy. The time is getting
short.
Just write dorDn rDhot
you tOould do if somebody
should suddenly leoUe you
a million dollars. Don't
tOrite more than 800
wordS. Then send your
letter to the story editor of
The Times.
500 in prizes rUiH be
paid for the best letters re-
ceiUed on or before NoU.
10.
pOV1 HTSt PTtIS p<V, Sec
ond prize; $40, third
prize; SIS, fourth prize; So,
fifth prize, und ttOelUe
prizes of 81 each.
Write your letter and
then be sure to read Jo-
onn0's story, starting in
The Times tomorrow. Jo-
anna lDos left a million
dollars BY an unknorUn
benefactor. Read about
gphaf she did rUith Il.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
Gamblers See Candidates
Neck and Neck on
Home Stretch.

Walter Myers, Democratic can
didate for mayor, rounded the home
stretch on the last day of the mayor
ality campaign neck and neck with
his Republican opponent, John l..
Duvall.
The outcome of the race will be
decided at the polls Tuesday.
In the poolrooms. bowling alleys
and other places. where bets are
made, the odds have shifted to even
money. Duvall had been favored
to win by 10000 majority. And 1t
is said that Duvall money is grow
ing scarcer. Myers today denied Re
publican statements that he is op-
posed to prohibition.
To Be Enforced
"As long as any law is on the
books it is going to be enforced in
any administration with which 1 am
connected" he asserted.
Although the official campaign is
ended, both candidates spoke before
employees at noon. Duvall was at
the Fairbanks Morse Company while
Myers spoke at Hilgemeier's Pack.
ing Company.
City Hall DuvaIl
City hall employees. of whom al
most all owe their appointment to
the William H. Armitage political
machine, are remaining in the camp
Of Duvall, a check showed.
The count showed 3s votes for
Duvall and only for Myers.
IT'S been a mighty queer cam
paign, you can't tell anything about
what's going to happen" Mayor
Shank said.
John L. Duvall will win by
10000 majority, If we get all our
vote out" is the prediction of
George V. Coffin, Republican city
chairman.
THE unparalleled gain Walter
Myers has accumulated during the
last week will elect him by COM
Portable majority" said William f.
Clauer, Democratic city chairman.
However, 1 believe predictions OF
majorities are foolish"
Fair weather will favor the
Democratic nominees chances, It is
believed. for the superior organi-
zation OF the DuvalI forces will mus.
ter the vote, despite weather condi-
tions, politicians contend.
Expect Record Vote
The board Of election commits
sioners is preparing for record
vote. Returns should arrive early
because the election machines are
being used. However, the closeness
Uurn to Page q
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
MITCHELL HAS
NOT HURT ARMY
Charges Against Colonel Re-
futed by Lieut.. Col. Hicks.
BIZ United Press

BU United Press
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2.-Col. viii.
liam Mitchell's criticisms of the
War and Navy Department have not
affected Army discipline, Lieut.. Col
George L. Hicks, adjutant of the
Eighth Corps Area. told the Jury
of generals" trying Mitchell, today.
Hicks said he had yet to see any
breakdown of discipline in his COM
mand, as a result of Mitchells state
ment.
Hicks testimony. directly con-
tradicted the charges preferred by
the War Department, against Nit
chell. Before Hicks testified Nit
chell asked seventy-three witnesses
be called in his behalf, including
three cabinet officers, Jardine. Davis
and Wilbur.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
BUILDING VALUE GAINS
But Total Number of Permits for
October Shows Increase.

Francis f. Hamilton, building in
spector, today reported to the board
of safety a decrease of 300 permits
for October, compared with 1924.
There were 1905 permits issued
during the month, representing a
valuation Of $2,446.2O5. The valua-
ton was an increase of $40O, 900
over that of 1924. For the week end
ing Oct. 81. there were 2S7 permits
issued on valuation of 1882. .696.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
WILL repair
fire DAMAGE
Rockville Sanitorium Loss
Said to Be $40, 900. :.

BIZ Times SDecfdI
ROCKVILLE. Ind, Nov. o.
Trustees of the Indiana State Sani-
torium for tuberculosis patients
were to meet here today to take
steps for repairing the children's
school building. damaged by fire
Sunday night to the extent of
$4,000. 1t will be necessary to re-
place the roof and equipment. DIR.
Amos Caster. superintendent. said.
The walls are standing.
The first is believed to have been
started by defective wiring. 1t broke
out at 1915 p. m. The heating plant,
and some furniture was not dam
aged. The building. constructed last
year at a cost of $40, 900, was opened
in February.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
CHAPMAN,S PAL.
ANDERSON, SLAIN
IN PISTOL DUEL
Filler and Patient
Die i'm Fall

BIZ Times Special
INDEPENDENCE, Kansas,
Nov. 2.-Deaf and dumb since
birth, Paul Gibson, 25, saw an
article in a newspaper telling
how a man recovered his hear
ing after taking an airplane
ride.
Clutching at this faint hope,
Gibson engaged H. Ii. Caulkins,
2S, of Parsons, Kan, flier, for
the experiment Sunday.
When the plane reached an
altitude of approximately five
thousand feet, spectators saw
one wing collapse and the ship
crash to earth. Both men were
killed instantly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
Warmer Weather
for Election

Election day, Tuesday, should
be warmer, but with some
cloudiness, the United States
weather bureau announced to-
day There is not much, possi-
bility of rain keeping voters
from the polls.
Temperature at 7 a. m. was
80, or 10 degrees below normal.
Sundays highest mark was AZ
at 2 p. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
AMDRE EWS ASKS
NEAR-BEER TAX
Flood of Liquor Sweeping
Country, He Says.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. "A flood
of beer of high alcoholic content is
sweeping the country. Gen. Lincoln
Andrews, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, told the House Ways and
Means Committee today in asking
taxes on near-beer and denatured al
cohol to aid prohibition enforcement.
Near-beer and denstUred alcohol
should be taxed one cent a gallon
so that the prohibition unit could in
spect tn breweries and more closely
regulate distribution, he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
Election Returns

The Times is preparing to
serve in every possible way in
giving Indianapolis the result of
the election Tuesday.
Extras will be issued as rapid
ly as the results justify. Unless
the election is very close. it
should be possible to determine
the outcome Tuesday evening.
Election returns will be flashed
on a screen in front OF The
Times building, 214 w. Maryland
St., beginning shortly after 6
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
COMPLAINT BY WOMAN
Police Seek Four Men Said to Have
Attempted Attack.

Police sought four men today fol.
lowing the complaint of Miss Flora
Barnett. sos N. New Jersey st.
Miss Barnett was found on the
Allisonville Pike. early today by r
c. Folan. and L. G. Caylor. both OF
Noblesville. Ind. she said four men
in an auto attempted to attack her.
but she leaped from their auto.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
STEPHENSON SCORES ON TESTIMONY
Betting Euen on Municipal Election
Charleston Blamed
for Divorce

BU Times Special
CHICAGO. Nov. 2.-When.
Roy Delvin came. back. from &.
France minus his right leg the
affection of his wife began to
cool. He couldn't do the mod
ern dance. 1T was all right
for a WHILE" Delvin told Judge
Joseph David, but she couldn't
stand it when the Charleston
came along" Delvin's testi-
mony was corroborated by
Lloyd Braithwaite. a one-armed
war veteran. David granted
the divorce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02

p. m. The Times building is just
one block down Kentucky Ave.
from Illinois and Washington
SITS. You are invited.
A list Of voting places is print.
ed today on Page 5.
Polls will be open in each pre-
cinct at 6 a. M, and will close at
6 p. m. Voting will be by ma
chine. although paper ballots are
supplied in case anything goes
wrong with the machines.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
POSTAL RECEIPTS GAIN
Increase of $27,979 Made Over Last
Year, Bryson Eeperts.

Total postal receipts for October.
increased $27979.44 over October,
1924 Postmaster Rober H. Bryson,
announced to-day. Receipts were
$406,906.03.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
FUND RALLY WEDNESDAY

South Side Meeting to Be Held at
Apex Theater.
The first all-south side rally for
the Community Fund will be held at
s p. IL. Wednesday at the Apex The
ater. Virginia Ave. and Stevens ST.
Claris Adams will speak, and there
will be music.