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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-13
APPEAL SENDS
HIS CASE UP
Judge Binds Man Over to
County Grand Jury.

An appeal from the old city court
on conviction for impersonating an
officer, has resulted in Ralph Griner,
22o6 Pleasant ST., being bound over
to the grand jury under 81 900 bond
by Judge Fred McCallister of Mu-
nicipal Court Two. Judge Mccall
lister ruled the charge was a felony
and and the lower court had no
jurisdiction. He was fined $5 and
costs in city court.
However, the court sustained the
lower court in a 81 and costs fine on
a profanity charge. According to
Robert j. Clark, Columbia Club clerk,
Griner stopped him and represented
himself as a special park policeman.
Griner is said to have accused Clark
of driving his automobile through a
safety zone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-13
DR.. R0YSE
SUES FOR
STATE JOB
Former Assistant Health
Board Secretary Brings
Legal Action.
WANTS BACK SALARY
Mandates Against DR.. King,
and, Auditor Asked.

DR.. James G. Royse, former
assistant secretary of the State
board of health and director of
the division of venereal dis
eases, today filed two mandate
suits in Marion County Circuit
Court against DIR. William f.
King, board secretary, and
State Auditor Lewis S. Bow
man to regain the Office and re-
ceive back salary he alleges is
due him.
This makes a new outbreak in the
troubled affairs of the State board.
King attempted to GUST Royse
April Is. 1925. The board, May IS,
1925, refused to confirm the disnis-
sal. On July 20, 1925. King again
ousted Royse.
The board never has formally
acted on the second dismissal. King
declared he acted under orders of
Governor jackson.
The suit against King personally
asks mandate restoring to Royse
his office and all en,oluments there
Of. The second suit, making the
State auditor a codefendant, asks
back salary from the date OF the Sec
ond dismissal.
Both suits were filed for Royse,
by Attorney Milton w. Mangus, $50
Consolidated Bldg.
DIR. King said the board, in effect,
has sanctioned the dismissal by
merging the venereal disease division
with the communicable disease divi-
sion under DIR. II. w. McKane.
The summons issued after filing OF
the suit is returnable in Circuit
Court before Judge Harry o. Cham
berlain. Feb. 26.
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WATSON TO QUIZ
SAILORS CASE
Will Investigate Mexican
Treatment of HooSier.

Bg Times Special
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1S.-The
case of Elmo Pindell Gordon, Craw-
fordsville youth, given an undesir-
able discharge from the Navy and
now serving a two-year sentence in
a Mexican jail as result of a brawl
In Tio Juana, win be investigated,
1t was said at Senator Watson's OF
flee today.
Investigation will be based on a
United Press dispatch in The Indi-
annapolis Times, which said officials
believed Gordon's charges were
framed" Although the Navy's
general policy OF giving such dis
charges to sailors in foreign cities
is usually not questioned. Senator
Watson feels that a further investi-
cation is necessary in view of the
reputation of Tia Juana.
Watson will also question the
length OF the sentence.
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consulted by the girl had enjoined
great secrecy and had sent the
leprosy victim out of town. The
man who had told him the addi-
tional data lives on Brookville Rd.
The Brookville Rd. man hastily
named his wife as his informant
She gave the name of a woman on
Euclid st. Mrs. Euclid Street. re-
ferred the reporter TO a woman on
N. Arlington Ave.
Here the story went back to the
mon as the woman said her husband
who works at the Big Four Rail-
road office. was told by man there.
1t was learned this man, who lives
on N. Gladstone was away for the
evening. The reporter abandoned
the search Tor the night.
On the next day the rumor was
chased from the railroad office to
the yards and to a real estate Office.
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tendant reluctantly disclosed the
identity Of the loquacious customer.
The woman lives on S. Meridian
ST., and the reporter after three
trips found her at home. A boarder
had told her there was leprosy in
Indianapolis. He said the victim was
young girl. and the source of the
leprosy had been traced to clothes
sent to Chinese laundry. The
Oriental laundryman was supposed
to have confessed he had traces Of
leprosy for years. This sounded like
real news and the reporter could
scarcely wait to consult the boarder
who worked at saw works on the
south side. He said his partner.
who lives out east told him. The
reporter, scenting a story, made
straight for Irvington.
This man added to the dramatic in
terest by relatiag how the physician
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evening only. and continued the
search.
The young man didn't arrive at the
class. His business address was as
certained and the reporter called
upon him next day.
"Yes, indeed, it's true" he de-
clared, emphatically. You hear it
lot of places. Let's see, where did
l hear it first? Oh, yes, in dental
Office"
The patient at the Office was de-
scribed and the footsore reporter
consulted the dentist, who wasn't
sure, but gave the reporter names
of eight persons who might be the
one the young man overheard"
Before proceeding on the search
the reporter, nursing weary soles,
would appreciate further informa-
ton.
Have you heard the rurnor2 II 50.
just forget It.
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MINERS READY
TO WORK AGAIN
Anthracite Fields Hum With
Strike Over.

BIZ United Press
SCRANTON, Pa, Feb. 13.-The
anthracite region has recovered It's
equilibrium after the joyous an
nounceinent that the long and bitter
coal strike was virtually ended and
this section was humming again
with activity.
AS the hard coal miners are
not expected to return to work un-
til Thursday thus deferring for at
least week the first shipments Of
coal to the seaboard, operators be-
gan advance preparations at once.
Railroads rounded up forces of
trainmen dropped for the duration
Of the suspension and empty cars
started rolling toward the mines.
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HOURLY TEMPERATURES

where a stenographer declared a
young man informant knew the
girl who had leprosy very well"
This was exciting, but the young
mans Christian name was unknown
to the girl. His last name was
Johnson. 1t seemed as If the thread
was about to be lost, but the girl
remembered Johnson worked either
in a bank or a trust company"
Seeming the end of the story the
reporter spent good time finding the
young man who fitted the girls
description. Located at last, he de-
MED knowing the leprosy victim,
but declared he had a young man
friend, who was her personal ac-
quainrance. The weary reporter find
ing the personal friend" would ap-
pear at an uptown gymnasium class
that evening, resigned two perfect
ly good theater tickets, good that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-13
HUNDREDS PAY
LAST TRIBUTES
TO W. C. B0BBS
Rev. Wicks Conducts Serv-
ices for Head of Publish
ing Firm.

His zeal for better books, people,
politics and a better Indianapolis en-
graved in the hearts OF thousands.
William C. Bobbs, president of the
Bobbs- Merrill Publishing Company
was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery
this afternoon as hundreds paid
sorrowful tribute. Borne away by
heart disease, Mr.. Bobbs died Thurs
day afternoon at the age Of IS.
Public funeral services at the
residence, 1910 N. Delaware ST., con-
Quoted by the Rev. Frank S. c.
Wicks Of the All Soults Unitarian
Church, followed the church Gus,
tom of a silent hour" when Mrs.
Bobbs and son, Julian, together with
other relatives, were alone with
their dead.
Close friends acted as pallbearers
They were: j. w. Fesler, Henry
Bennett, Frederick Ayres, DR.. Carle
ton r. McCulloch, former Senator
Albert j, Bevel,idge, Walter Mil
liken, Adelbert s. Benson. Henry L
Raymond Jr., d. T.. Chambers, Johr
r. Carr, Robert l.. Moorhead, c. C
Kryter. William lockwood and
Hugh McGibeny.
Known affectionately wherever
books are read. kilograms Of con
dolence which continued pouring in
to relatives and associates indicated
his loss would be felt just as keenly
in literary circles all over the
Nation as in Indianapolis.
William II. Rankin, former EN-
ploye OF Bobbs and prominent New
York advertising expert, paid tribute
to Bobbs' business ethics. Bobbs, he
said, by his friendship and kindness
made it possible for him TO enter the
advertising field.
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SECOND FOOD
TRUST SUED
Government Takes Action
Against National Products.
Bu United Press

BB United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Suit to
restrain the National Food Prod
ucts corporation from operating, on
charges that the concern was
formed in violation Of the Clayton
antitrust act was filed in New York
Federal district court today, At
torney General Sargent announced.
The Government asked that the
court order the corporation to dis
pose of the stock of competing
corporations acquired by it in a
5000. 100000 merger and that the
corporation be perpetually enjoined
from subsequently acquiring or
voting stock of any two or more
corporations engaged in interstate
trade and commerce
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DRAKE BANDITS DIE
MDOURLE HANGING
TWO Who Staged Sensational Hod-up at Chicago Hotel
Go to Doom, Protesting Innocence.

county Jail at Jacksonville at a. m.
for the murder of William Steele,
Nortonville merchant, whom he shot
to death last September.
Frantic, eleventh hour efforts were
made to save Woods and Holmes.
Attorneys and friends spent the
night in a vain effort to get some
Chicago judge to postpone the dou.
BILE execution and call a sanity hear
ing. DR.. Ben Reitman, president OF
the Hobo College" and friend OF
down-and-outers, lent his support TO
the appeals
Holmes and Woods were taken
from the cells at $40. Both stepped
out briskly.
Good-bys Shouted
AS they walked down the corridor
on the death march fellow prisoners
shouted, "good-by, Joe," and good
by, Jack"
On the scaffold both men again re-
iterated their innocence
Last night Woods wrote into a
small testament that 81 have given
my heart to Lord Jesus and II other
boys would do the same He would
keep them out of trouble" A min
lister attended him.
Holmes. the more stoical of the
two, did not take to religion until
last night. He asked for priest.
Kneeling beside the priest in the
death chamber Holmes insisted
upon saying the only prayer he
knew:
Now lay me down to Sleep" he
said-and continued with the prayer
he had been taught at his mothers
knee.
More than 300 people watched the
execution.
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WAR ATTORNEYS
FACE CHARGES
Alien Property Quiz Shows
Excessive Fees.
ma limited preso

BA United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Investi-
cation Of the alien property Gus
rodian's office by Comptroller Nc
Carl has brought out facts that will
result in suits against attorneys
hired by the Government during the
war, Howard Sutherland, newly ap-
pointed alien property custodian,
told President Coolidge today.
In ten months Of investigation
McCarl found numerous cases in
which attorneys were allowed excess
sive fees in the seizure and sale of
valuable alien property, Sutherland
said.
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LAST EFFORT
TO FIND BODY
Game Wardens Asked to
Search for Tall.

In a last effort to find the body of
II. Houston Tall, assistant parks SUI
perintendent, who disappeared sever
al weeks ago, r. Walter Jarvis, park
superintendent, today requested
game wardens to search both banks
of White River from Broad Ripple
to Martinsvllle in a launch.
The request was addressed TO the
State conservation department.
Park department employees were to
end their search with trial of a new
electric device through which the
depths of the water will be viewed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-13
Too Seasick to
End Life

BIZ Times Special
SANTA MONICA, Cal, Feb.
13.-Too seasick TO go through
with his suicide plans on a re-
cent boat trip to San Francisco,
Jerome Winder, succeeded in a
second attempt on the return
trip.
AS the steamer San Juan
neared this port Winder leaped
overheard and was drowned.
Brought before a judge for
carrying a revolver early this
week Winder said he had in
tended to kill himself while on
the boat between Los Angeles
and San Francisco, but that he
was too seasick to jump over
board or to shoot himself.
Winder's desire to die grew
out Of his failure to effect a
reconciliation with his es-
tranged wife.
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HOOsier Flier
Dies; Mother
Desolate
She Mortgaged Her Home
to Feather Wings of
Brave Art Smith.

Bg United Press
CLEVELAND. Ohio, Feb. ia
mother who mortgaged her home to
buy her son his first plane was pros
trated at her home today.
Art Smith, former Ft. Wayne
Qnd.) u. S. mail aviator. crashed
his plane into a tree last night at
Montpelier, Ohio. and was instantly
killed.
When Art, at 16, wanted to quit
his job at an architects Office at FIT
Wayne, his mother Mrs. James F.
Smith, did not say no. Instead she
raised $1,S0O on her home and
helped sew the cloth for the wings
on Arts plane with her sewing ma
chine.
Art. who invented sky writing
who leaped from parachutes for a
thrill. inherited his courage from his
mother. She was not afraid to fly
Once Arts plane choked at 1000
feet. Mrs. Smith did not falter
though she knew death was tug,
ging at the wings. The machine
crashed. Her ankle was bruised.
At the San Francisco exposition
they assembled again TO a great
height, and the engine failed once
more. Both escaped injury.
Luck, too. saved Art on his honey
moon. He eloped with his bride,
Aimee Cour, of Ft. Wayne in his
plane. The plane crashed but the
two were not hurt.
Mrs. Smith thought kind fate
would shield her son. But now she's
willing to die too.
She has lost her courage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-13
GET PLATES BY MONDAY
Auto Licenses Must BE Purchased
to Avoid Arrest.

General satisfaction was ex.
pressed today by Mark Rhoads,
head OF the State automobile de-
partment, over sales <of 1926 auto.
mobile license plates.
Monday IS the last day motorists
may use their old plates without
danger Of arrest. Rhodes said he
believed practically all Indianapolis
and Marion County MOTORISTS Will
have procured their plates by Mon.
day evening
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F0RTY-0NE
MAKES AT
AUTO SHOW
Last Touches Put on Cars
Preparatory to Monday
Night Opening.
1HUsK' o'HARE TO PLAY
Mayor DuvaII viii Deliver
Address.

Forty-one makes of pas
senger automobiles will be on
display at the fifteenth annual
show of the Indianapolis Auto
mobile Trade Association which
Opens at 7 p. m. Monday at the
Indiana State Playground.
The big automobile building today
presented scene of activity more
strenuous than ever before. Beauti-
full cars were receiving the last
polish to glittering surfaces.
Meanwhile, employees Of fifty ac-
cessories companies were arranging
their exhibits in highly-decorated
booths.
Hang Final Drapes
John B. Orman, manager, was
supervising hanging Of the final
draping OF white and gold cloth that
will predominate the decorative
scheme and installation Of thousands
of extra light bulbs, encased in ar
tistic coverings.
"Husk" O'Hare and his famous
Casino Club Band Of Chicago, which
entertained President Coolidge and
the Prince of Wales will provide the
musical entertainment.
Mayor TO Speak
Mayor John L. DuvalI will deliver
the formal opening address at $3.50
p. m. Monday.
All exhibits must be placed before
noon Sunday with exception of a
special Chrysler chassis for the Carl
HI. Wallerich Company, due to ar
rive from Providence, r. l., Monday
noon.
Automotive fans from all parts Of
the country are assembling for the
big event and many Of the exhibits
that featured the New York and
Chicago shows are being sent here
for the first time.
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LEGION STOLE
BRONZE TABLET
Police Believed VandaIs Took
Memorial.

After seeking several hours for
vandals, who they believed stole the
American Legion bronze memorial
tablet in honor of Col Frederick w.
Galbraith, former Legion head, at
Sixteenth st. and Indiana Ave-, Fri
day night, police today learned Le-
gion officials took the tablet to make
repairs.
Police had watched the tablet
since vandals tried to steal it some
time ago.
accident at the spot several years
ago. Another tablet was stolen
some time ago from the rock base
on which it was mounted.
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BD United Press
CHICAGO. Feb. 13.-The State of
Illinois today took the lives OF three
murderers--two in Chicago and one
at Jacksonville.
Jack Woods and Joe Holmes, cow
boy bandits who participated in the
spectacular raid on the fashionable
Drake hotel last July, killing Frank
Rodkey when he blocked their path
were hanged together in the Cook
County Jail at 9:45 a. IN.
Alva Grimmett was hanged in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-13
SUSPECT BANDIT
KILLER is HELD.
Ex-PoIiceman Questioned in
New Albany Case.
BV United Press

BN United Press
CINCINNATI, Ohio. Feb. 1s.-
Clarence Moore, former Dayton po-
liceman, was questioned here today
III connection with the killing OF
Daniel Mayfield, a New Albany
Qnd) deputy sheriff, who was slaill
when he and fellow deputies at
tempted to ambush several bandits
near New Albany recently.
Moore, according to police. has
confessed the automobile from
which the fatal Shot was fred, be-
longed to him, but asserts It was
being used by Pat Murphy. a former
convict, whose bullet-riddied body
was found near Rising Sun, Ind.
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STUMP SLAMS COURTS

Said They Be Barred From Utility
Interference.
BH Unitef Press
COLUMBIA CITY, Ind, Feb. IL
Demand that ,Feoeral courts be de-
prived Of power to assume jurisdic-
ton in matters affecting the rates of
local public utilities was voiced here
by Albert Stump, Of Indianapolis.
Stump, the only avowed candidate
for the Democratic long term SEN
atorial nomination. was the principal
speaker at a gathering Of Whitley
County Democrats.
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WEATHER FOR THE WEEK

WASHINGTON, Feb. ls.-
Weather outlook Cor the period Feb.
IS to 20, inclusive: Ohio Valley and
Tennessee-Local SHOWS in the upper
Ohio valley Monday and period of
general SHOWS or rains about the
middle Of the week. Colder Monday
and again the latter half Of the
week when temperature win likely be
considerably below normal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-13
FAVOR COACH FIRM

Petitions Filed Opposing Street Rail
way Bus Routes.
Contending the Peoples Motor
Coach Company has pioneered" in
the local transportation field, approx
imately 1S0 persons living in north
Indianapolis today filed with the
public service commission petitions
asking denial Of the Indianapolis
Street Railway Company's applica-
tions to start bus line in the vicinity
and asked approval of the coach
company's petitions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-13
YOUTH GETS SENTENCE
2-l4-Year Term Given for Frighten
ing Women.

James Banks, Is, Negro, charged
with assault and battery with intent
was fined 81 and costs and sentenced
two to fourteen years at the Indiana
Reformatory today by Criminal
Judge James Al. Collins.
Banks is alleged to have fright
ened Mrs. Eda Speaks, 3439 N.
Euclid St., after he tied and gagged
her young son in the basement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-13
TRUCK CONFAB MONDAY
Officials VIII Discuss Ohio Indiana
Situation.

State officials interested in the
Ohio-Indiana motor truck warfare
win confer Monday in another ef-
fort to effect a Cancellation between
the two States An effort will be
made later to persuade Ohio officials
to yield in their move to prohibit
Indiana truckmen from soliciting re-
turn loads in Ohio
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WOMAN AT LIBERTY
Mrs. Gipprich, Under Indictment,
Secures $1,000 Bond.

Mrs. Ruth Gippr:ch. 26, of 3134 N.
Illinois ST., indicted with Grafton
Clary. 20, merchant policeman, 20 N.
Drexel- Ave-, for an alleged plot TO
kill her husband. Leo Gipprich, was
at liberty today under $4,000 bond,
signed by Albert G. Meissen. 1923
Washington Blvd.
The original bond, $1,000. was re
duced by Criminal Judge James A.
Collins. Clary is confined in the de.
tention ward Of the city hospital.
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It'll isn't one whit more exciting
EJ than hunting down rumor
in Indianapolis.
Heard that one about leprosy in
town. It's brought a number Of
inquiries to DIR. Herman G.. Morgan,
board of health secretary.
The doctor hasn't any specific in
formation and believes the rumor is
unfounded. About ten year ago there
was a case in Indianapolis which
cost the county about $4,000, he said.
The reporter who talked to DR..
Morgan nonchalantly offered to run
down the rumor by lunch time. After
three days the rumor is still un-
bagged and is skipping along as
Justify as ever.
The first person the reporter talked
with was woman who heard the
rumor in beauty parlor. The at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-13
REMY CHURCH SPEAKER
Youth and Crime" Sunday Night
Subject of Prosecutor.

Prosecutor William H. Remy will
speak Sunday night at the First
Moravian Church, 2502 College Ave.
His topic will be Crime and Youth. >"
Christian Endeavor Society will
conduct the meeting.
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SEEK WOMAN CANDIDATE
Democrats Want Mrs. Riggs of SulIi-
van to Run for State Treasurer.


Democratic leaders, it was learned
TO-DAY, are attempting to persuade
Mrs. James r. Riggs Of Sullivan
to become a candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for treasurer OF
State.
She is a national committees
woman from Indiana. Her husband
was assistant secretary of agricul.
ture under President Wilson.
Democrats are anxious to put a
woman UP for the office if Mrs.
Grace Banta Urbahns aspires to
succeed herself. She is serving out
the term of her late husband, Ben
Urbahns. under appointment by Gov.
ernor Jackson.
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LOCAL MAN TO DEBATE
M. f. Poland Will Argue Evolution
at Greenwood Feb. 28.

M. # Poland, 2311 e. Eleventh ST.,
will argue in favor Of the evolution
theory at a public debate with
Douglas Dobbins, Greenwood attor-
new, at Greenwood Community
House, afternoon Of Feb. 28. The
Adate had been announced for Sun
day.
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Senate Sends Bill to Conference Carry
ing Drastic Reductions in
Federal Levies.
SPEEDY ACTION is FORECAST
Exemption Of $4,000 Class Cat to
One and One-HaIf Per Cent.

WASHINGTON Feb 13.-Approxmately 100000 per-
of moderate who would have paid Federal income
taxes will be exempt this year.
This became assured today when the Administration
with its drastic sahes conference between
Senate and House leaders
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And So He Got
Married

BB Times Special
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. H..
John L. Lewis. president of the
United Mine Workers, received
the following telegram from a
miner in Tamaqua. Pa, Friday:
Desire get married the day
strike is settled. Advise"
Later. in the day. Lewis re-
piled:
Your wire received. Get mar
ried today"