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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-17
BOY KILLER Is SPARED
Plea of Extreme Youth Saves Him
From Chair.

BV United Press
LINCOLN, Neb.. Aug. 1.-THE
plea of extreme youthfulness" made
by Donald Ringer. convicted muir
derer, before the State pardons board
Monday, today resulted in commuta-
ton of his death sentence to life
Imprisonment.
He was found guilty several
months ago of numbering Carl
Moore, motor car salesman. and SEN
fenced to die in the electric chair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-17
NEW ALIBI is FAILURE
Woman Loses Nerve Before Judge
After Fibbing to Officer
BIZ United p-ess

A1ter FIbDIng TO UmCer.1
BIZ United p-ess
NEW YORK, Aug. lit has re-
manned for a woman to discover a
new alibi when accused of driving
an automobile without license, but
it didn't work. Peggy Miller,
actress, told the traffic officer that
her Pekinese dog ate her license.
The officer thought it so good that
Peggy should tell the judge-but
she didn't go through with it. When
she got to court she said she had
libeled the dog-the kcense was
home on the piano.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-17
VETERANS NOMINATE
Four Put in Race for Head of
Spanish Warriors.

BV United Press
DES MONIES. Ia, Aug. IL
Spanish-American War veterans in
annual convention here today noni-
mated the following for national
commander-in-chi Harvey A.
Hannah, Tennessee; Frank B. Dodd.
Lawrence, Kas.; Charles G.. juneau,
Milwaukee, Wis, and United States
Senator Rice Means of Colorado.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-17
Forecast

Mostly cloudy tonight and
Wednesday; probably showers ;
mot much change in tempera-
ture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-17
Face Grining

lett, fearless editor of the Canton
News and crusader against vice
and crime, are here to grill
Mazer and an associate, Carl
Studer, who is held on charges Of
national prohibition law violation.
Studer has been unable to furnish
bond. He will be held until bail is
forthcoming. But Mazer will be re-
turned to Canton.
Mazer was identified this after
noon by Steve NOschOlk as the
man who drove him from Massillon
to Canton when plans were being
made to punish" the slain editor.
Koscholk is a police informer who
said he had been hired by Patrick
McDermott, for whom a nationwide
search is under way, to beat up
Mellett. but withdrew from the plot
because he feared the consequences.
That's the Man"
That's the man who drove the
car that hauled Pat McDermott and
me from Massillon to Canton" said
Koscholk, pointing out Mazer among
the officials and investigators who
had silently waited the identification
in a room at the Federal building.
According to KOscholk, the pur-
nose of the drive was to see the lay
out of the Mellett home preparatory
to execution of their punishment"
/ Mazer's arrest was the first since
the killing a month ago, in state
ment issued by Joseph Roach, Chi
cago criminal prosecutor, immediate
ly after Justice of the Peace Bruce
Correll issued the warrant, it was
explained that Maser was arrested
entirely on evidence gathered by Ora
Slater, Cincinnati detective. and his
assistant. George Armstrong.
Roach also said at least ten others
are involved in the murder, among
them several members of the po'
lice department. Warrants for
further arrests are expected. The
first murder charge was based on
an affidavit sworn out by Michael
Glenn, of Indianapolis, one of
Roach's assistants.
Under Suspicion
The first actual murder charge in
the now famous case was dramatic.
All the principal Investigators were
present at the little office of the
Justice of the Peace. Most of them
had been in Cleveland during the
day and kept Justice Correll waiting
late into the night for their return.
When all were assembled the
murder warrant was issued. Then
Roach made his statement charg-
ing ten others with completely.
charges that respected police Off
cials played a part in the shooting
from ambush of the young editor,
>unarmed and helpless, because he
was waging a newspaper campaign
against lawlessness and corruptions
Mazer first came under suspicion be-
cause he was one Of the group
whom Melletts campaign was af
fecting. He had been under suspi
cion, although never indicted, in
liquor cleanup four years ago when
Ben Rudner, Massillon bootlegger,
was sent to prison.
Another connection -of Mazer be-
sides Korcholk's s story with
the crime is said to be a pearl
handled revolver of foreign make
unusual in this country. 1t is be-
lieved one of the guns used by
Mellett's assassins, because bullets
taken from the door of the garage,
where the publisher was shot would
fit and because an arms expert has
testified \they were probably shot
from that type of revolver.
Evening star., 1926-10-11
SPECIAL SESSION URGED
MIR. Pou Appeals to President to Aid
Cotton Farmers.

SMITIfFIELD, NJ c.. October ii
R.-President Coolidge was asked
to call a special session of Congress
in November 20 consider the depres-
sion Of grain and cotton prices In a
telegram sent today by Representative
Edward T. Pou of the fourth con-
gressional district and ranking Demo
crat Of the House rules committee:
Cotton farmers are threatened with
financial ruin because of the recent
decline in price," his telegram said.
eff they are forced to sell at prevail
ing quotations they must accept from
$50 to $25 per bale less than the cost
OF production. In this desperate
situation I earnestly urge that you
call the Congress to meet In extra
session on or before November In
order that opportunity be given as
quickly as possible to pass emergency
legislation which may save from rum
the grain producers as well as the
cotton producers of the Nation.
II have a profound conviction that
any recommendation you may deem
wise and proper to submit to the Con-
gress to avert threatened disaster to
the farmers of the Nation. or any
legislation reported from any com
mittee with the same purpose In view,
will be considered in spirit OF utter
disregard to any partisan advantage
whatsoever"
Evening star., 1926-10-11
bORAH SEEKS DATA
ON INDIANA CHARGE
Calls for Facts in Corruption
Case-Grand Jury Probe
Is Ordered.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. October II.
Thomas II. Adams. publisher of the
Nincennes Commercial, said today he
had received request from United
States Senator William T.. Borah OF
Idaho for Information as to the
charges of political corruption which
Adams has been making,
Judge James a. Collins today in
s;ructed the grand jury in the Marion
County Criminal Court to give it's
fullest consideration TO Adams
charges. Judge Collins appointed At
torney General Arthur III. Gillicoln
and Ralph Kane TO assist in the IN
vestigation. VIII Remy, Marion
County Investigator, requested their
aid.
Adams has declared in his charges
that ID. &. Stephenson, former
grand dragon of the ku kluX klan.
exercised corrupt influence on high
political leaders. In his charge to
the grand jury Judge Collins said
mat stephenson would be among the
witnesses called by the prosecuting
attorney. Stephenson is now In the
state prison at Michigan City serv-
ing life sentence for the murder
OF Madge Oberholtzer. Kane, who
Was appointed as assistant 10 Remy
today, was also assistant to the prese-
cutor In Stephenson murder trial.
Adams will be called as a witness.
Although Adams previously has eX-
pressed frank skepticism as to the
thoroughness of Il grand jury inves-
LEGATION there We're indications that
he planned To cooperate with the
authorities in the inquiry just started
Prosecutor Remy said he would
not make public immediately the per
sons he would call but that Adams
and Stephenson certainly would be
among those brought before the grand
jury.
Coy. Jackson late last night de.
cided that II would be unnecessary
for him to appoint an investigating
committee to inquire into the Adams
charges. The governor took the posi-
ton that the grand Jury probe would
be sufficient. This decision was made
after conference with Attorney Gen.
eral Gilliom
Evening star., 1926-10-11
WORK ON REVENUE
BUILDING DELAYED
Details Still to Be Decided
Before WreCking Crews
Can Start on Site.

Wrecking work on the site OF the
new Internal Revenue Building,
scheduled to start this morning, was
delayed to permit final details to be
worked out. and it was said it would
be several days before operations that
will mark the construction program
authorized under the $50, ,0O0, 900 ap-
preparation for Government buildings
here could begin.
=. l.. Hechinger, who was awarded
the contract for tearing down build
ines in the square bounded by
Eleventh and Twelfth, little B and G
streets. was ready to go ahead this
morning with his crew tearing off
the first bricks. but details in CON
nectiOn with the contract remained
to be worked out.
Survey Of the block this morning
disclosed the fact that, although ten.
ants had been served with notice to
vacate by October 4. scarcely any of
them We're out of the government
owned buildings. In fact, only one
corner of the block is empty and ready
for the Wrecker's men.
Moving was under way from several
business establishments today, how.
ever, and it is expected the places
will be ready for tearing down as
rapidly as the Hechinger men get to
them.
Operators of the Pennsylvania Drill
ing Co. are busy on the site making
tests of the under ground to deter
mine what kind of foundations will be
necessary for the big building.
Evening star., 1926-10-11
GROUND is BROKEN HERE
FOR LUTHERAN CHAPEL
Special Ceremonies Attend Start of
Construction for st. Stephens.
Ready March l.

With impressive ceremony, ground
was broken yesterday for the chapel
of the new st. Stephens Evangelical
Lutheran Church at Eighteenth street
and Queen Chapel road.
The first shOvelful of earth was
turnet by Rev. A. ID. X. Hancher
of Richmand. Va, missionary super
intendent of the Southern district OF
the Lutheran Church, who also de
livered the dedicatOry sermon.
Others who spoke We're Rev. George
W. Diffenderfer. pastor of the Luther
Place Memorial Church; Rev. j. 4.
Huddle, pastor of st. Paul'S Lutheran
Church, and Rev. IL. bennington
Hayes, pastor of st. Marks EvanGeli-
cal Lutheran Church.
Greetings were extended from the
Lutheran Ministerium of Washington
by Rev. Henry Mankin, president Of
that body The Rev. Samuel Korn-
mann, pastor of ST. Stephens. pre-.
sided.
ST Stephens Evangelical Lutheran
Church was started three years ago
with congregation of 40 persons
The membership has increased so that
the need is felt for a church build
ing OF its own.
The chapel will have a commodious
auditorium and Il basement for social
gatherings and will be completed by
March l.
Evening star., 1926-10-11
FORD SEES BUSINESS GAIN
FROM FIVE DAYS WORK
Labor Needs Time to Win Higher
Living Standard. He Says.
Gives Credit Warning.

1y the Assocat Press
NEW YORK, October IL Business
sense and not humanitarian motives
induced Henry Ford 10 put the five
dav week in force in his factories, he
explains IN an interview with Samuel
CroWther published III the current
American Bankers Association Jour
nal.
The workingmen-Who are the
largest buyers in the country cannot
without leisure have the time I" cult
Vate n higher standard Of living" he
reasons
MIR. Ford Is 4 strong advocate for
cash business and TO have the banks
nav interest to us, rather than paF
interest To the banks" Likewise, he
decries installment buying to the eA
tent TO which the custom has grown
in this country. "lnStalment buying
has been useful under certain circum-
stances" he says. 1t may he a
method of saving ard may stimulate
saving, but the thing has gone too
Tar now
Evening star., 1926-10-11
LABOR WILL STRESS CULTURE
IN ASKING SHORTER WORK DAY
Time to Develop That Side of Life Sought.
Efficiency Held to Justify More
Leisure

nomic side. the program of labor
was amplitied by the committee assert
ing the doctrine that the Nations
continued we'll being depends upon
recognition OF the need for an eco
nomic system to enable the people,
as consumers, to enjoy the goods,
which. as producers. they can make
and want to make; wage standards
sufficiently high to make possible alb
sorption of commodities produced and
hours of labor short enough to stabil-
ize employment and make jobs for all.
"On every hand" said committee
spokesman, there Is evidence that
we are at the beginning Of methods
of production which Will rapidly in
crease mans present power to pro-
duce. American ingenuity. efficiency
of management and capability of
workers have carried this country into
almost unbelievable prosperity. The
world never before saw one nation
so far outstrip all others.
Great Productive Capacity.
$50 great is the present capacity Of
our industrial establishments that
many of them are compelled to close
their doors many weeks each year.
Government reports reveal that sew
eral of our basic industries, If oper-
ated at full capacity for six months
each year, would produce more than
their present annual output. 1t Is
our proposal that this efficiency Of
machine equipment should be used to
alleviate the lot of the worker and to
make the lives of all citizens fuller
and richer, rather than being jockeyed
about constantly in efforts to draw
greater profits from the markets at
the expense of the public"
Proponents of the shorter working
day and week will undertake to prove
to the industrial world that reductions
in hours of labor made in the past
have invariably resulted in increased
production. The history of the ten
hour day. the nine hour day and the
eight-hour day will be recited in that
connection. 1t will further be urged
that modern super r-machinery and i'm
mense power developments have In.
creased productive possibilities until
as one writer has pointed out, If this
machine power should be divided on a
per capita basis, every man, woman
and child in America would have the
equivalent Of 80 human slaves in his
service.
The high tension Of machine opera.
ton on modern methods of specialize.
ton, which require thousands of work.
ers to perform mOnotomous tasks are
also given as reasons for urging
shorter working days and, as early as
possible, a working week OF fewer
days.
Evening star., 1926-10-11
BY JAMES Nj. LYNCH.
,ecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT. Mich, October IA
sustained effort to compel conSidera.
ton of the cultural and spiritual ele-
ment in the fixing of hours of labor
will be made by the American Fedora
ton of Labor in the coming year, it
has been decided by leading labor
spokesmen. attending the convention
of the Federation here.
This decision gives an. added OBJ
jective in the wages and hours pro-
gram Of labor. One year ago the A.
r. of l.. convention at Atlantic City
adopted a new declaration of policy
on wages and hours that aroused
much discussion among industrialists
and economists. This action was re-
affirmed and amplitied here.
The declaration, originally intro
duced by the president of the Ohio
State Federation of Labor, reads:
Social inequality, industrial instabll-
ity and injustice must increase unless
the workers real Wages-the pur-
chasing powers of his wages-is ad-
vanced in proportion to mans in
creasing powers OF production"
Proposed Shorter Day.
To this, the present writer moved
an amendment proposing "a con
tinual reduction in the number of
hours making up the working day.
Proponents of the wage declaration
were reluctant to accept that amend
ment at that time, but the report OF
the shorter work day committee at the
present convention in strong terms
upheld the joining of the shorter work
ing week and day proposal with the
increased wage plan.
lone phase of the question involved
in shorter hours and higher wages
has been neglected" said I. w. Nc
Cullough of Omaha, delegate from the
International Typographical Union.
so far the discussion has turned ex-
clusiveIy upon the material aspect OF
the problem.
"I want to present the broader and
deeper question of the cultural and
spiritual element. Whether the pur-
pose of our civilization Is merely to
create wealth, the tangible things
that we can see with our eyes, feel
with our hands, store in our ware
houses or put in the banks, to pass
from hand to hand or whether it is
to increase that intangible but more
vital and important element of human
life which is designated as happiness.
Increasing Happiness Goal.
"If the purpose is entirely material
istic then we are on the right track.
If we have the greater object in view
of increasing human happiness by Civ
ing to men and women the oppor-
tunity for full enjoyment of the
triumphs and achievements Of our
modern civilization, then we should
not only accept the letter but the
spirit of the committees report. Our
movement. l believe. is directed to
the object of securing for the workers
the fullest and most complete oppor.
tunity to enjoy all that civilization
can offer them to make the world a
better and brighter place in which
to live
On the materialistic or purely eco
Evening star., 1926-10-11
MCPHERSON CASE
LETTER IS STOLEN
Paper Containing Ransom
Demand Disappears From
PoIice--Inquiry Continues.

DJ INC AbeOclAtoO frees.
Los ANGELES, Calf. October II.
Theft of letter from Police De-
partment files. which demanded $500
600 for the safe return of Aimee
Semple Mcpherson today sent State
detectives into a new phase of the
investigation of the evangelist's kid
naping story. as the pastors pre-
liminary hearing on conspiracy
charges entered it's third week.
The letter was sent from San
Francisco May "a TO Mrs. Minnie
Kennedy, mother of the Angelus
have been written by kidnapers who.
Mrs. Mcpherson declares. forced her
into an automobile at Ocean Park
Beach on May Is and held her cap
tive for five weeks. part of the time
In q desert shack in Mexico near
the Arizona border. The letter was
signed "The Avengers" and threat
ened the life of the evangelist unless
the money was paid.
In compliance with the demands
an emissary was sent to hotel In
San Francisco. where he was to have
been approached by the kidnaperS.
by an Angelus Temple badge. Police
prepared a trap for the senders. who
failed TO appear.
Is Second Disappearance.
The loss of the letter is the see
ond case of disappearance of docu-
mentary evidence during three inves-
legations OF the case. In the second
inquiry handwriting grocery lists
were lost which the State contended
were in the evangelist's handwriting
and showed that she spent the first
10 days OF her mysterious absence
at Carmel by the Sea, an ocean re-
sort, with Kenneth G.. Ormiston.
former Angelus Temple radio man.
The grocery lists disappeared In the
grand jury room.
With investigation OF the theft Of
the letter occupying a part of ths
State forces, District Attorney keyes
indicated he would call more Arizona
witnesses today in an effort to prove
his charge that Mrs. Mcpherson was
not in the custody of kidnapers when
she arrived in Arizona. Thus far
the prosecution has been unable to
establish her whereabouts during the
three weeks prior 10 her reappear-
ance at Douglas, Ariz.
Ferryman's Story Important.
The State expects to trace the
movements of the evangelist from
Carmel to Blythe. Calf. through the
testimony of Arthur Watts, ferry
man at Blythe. Watts had identi-
fed Mrs. Mcpherson as woman
who crossed the Colorado River into
Arizona during the early part OF last
June.
f. s. Haynes, Yuma contractor. is
expected to testify that he saw the
evangelist in that city June l3. lie
was brought here last week and said
he recognized Mrs. Mcpherson in the
courtroom as the woman he had
seen at Yuma.
William Blevins. telegraph operator.
and Frank DAILY. freight agent 1T
ella Bend, also have been sub
poenaed as witnesses. Blevins de-
clared he saw Mrs. Mcpherson June
10, when she sent a telegram from
his station.
Evening star., 1926-10-11
SAYS COTTON FARMERS
LOSE IF THEY SELL NOW
Charles J. Brand, Fertilizer Execu-
tive, Places Present Loss at
5 Cents Per Pound.

BY the Associated Press
An average of cents pound
is lost by the Southern farmer who
sells his cotton at the prevailing
price of approximately Is cents,
Charles J. Brand. executive secretary
of the National Fertilizer Association.
declares i'll Il statement based on "a
study OF production costs ON .405
farms last year.
"A farmer who raises 100 pounds
of cotton to the acre this year Brand
said. must receive at least Is cents
"a pound To equal his production cost
The cotton problem will require grad
ual marketing, with a wise holding
of the surplus. producing at a lower
cost per pound and reducing the 1927
acreage. The crop is produced and
must be held by some one until it
is consumed. The holding should be
So tinunced that when ii is ultimately
disposed of the price advance over
present levels, which will surely come
IL a constructive plan is adopted. will
insure benefits of the advance to the
farmer and not solely to the specu
lative buyer"
Brand formerly Was consulting spe
cialist in marketing IN the Department
Of Agriculture and chief of its Bureau
Of Markets.
Evening star., 1926-10-11
WILLIAM G. BURNS DIES.
Associate Meteorologist at Norfolk
Weather Station Succumbs.

William Gunton Burns. 68 years
old, associate meterologist in charge
of the Norfolk. Va. Weather Bureau
for the past Is years. died there yes
terday. He was a native Of Wash
ington and served In the Weather
Bureau here from 1895 10 1898; then
In Phoenix, Ariz.; Springfield, ILL.,. and
Norfolk. He was a member OF Osiris
Lodge. No. 26. +. a. A. NJ. of Wash
ington.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Anna Taylor Burns. and two daugh-
ters, Misses Catherine +. and Anna
E. Burns. Funeral services viii be
conducted in this city upon the com,
pletion Of arrangements.
Evening star., 1926-10-11
PRESIDENT AGAINST
AN EXTRA SESSION
Believes Special Committee
Able to Cope With Crisis
in Cotton States.

President Coolidge sees no reason to
call an extra session of Congress be-
cause of the present widespread de-
preston in the South. growing out of
the slump in the cotton market. as
has been urged by Representative Pou
of North Carolina. He realizes that
the situation in the cotton States Is
serious, but he feels that the special
committee appointed by him Saturday
to assist him in solving the problem
Is all that is necessary at this time.
The Presidents reply to Repre-
sentative Pou's appeal for an extra
session, besides making known this
attitude. IS understood to have made
clear his interest in the situation and
his desire to extend every possible aid
Absence from the city today OF
Secretary Mellon caused postpone
ment until tomorrow of the first meet
ing Of the Presidents committee,
Eugene Meyer, jr., head OF the war
Finance Corporation. and Secretaries
Jardine and Hoover are the otner
members Of the committee.
vyK1
Evening star., 1926-10-11
Haunted Castle,
Once BIuebeard
Den, Discovered

SISSINGHCRST, Kent, England,
October 11.--Dr. Charles II. Beard,
an antiQuary. has discovered a six
teenth century Tudor castle here
complete, with moat. secret cham
ber. murder story and ghost legend
of an English Bluabeard. The castle
was built in 1850 by Sir John
Baker, a chancellor under Henry
VIII, who was responsible for the
burning Of number Of heretics
during the reign of Queen Mary.
Sir John" says DIR. Beard.
may be called an English Blue
teard. for there is definite tradi-
ton that he was in the habit Of
inducing women to visit him and
then numbering them for their
.ewelry. He kept the bodies of his
victims in secret chamber he
meath the main staircase and his
ghost is supposed to haunt that
room To this day"
Dr. Beard intends to renovate the
castle and probably will live in it
when the work Is completed