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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
ITALIAN Debt
UP In SENATE
Settlement Faces Fire of
IrrenConciIabIeS.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, March 25.--Under
pressure from the White House and
the treasury for early and favorable
action, the long delayed Italian rebt
MISUNDERSTANDING Italy's S2,045,-
100000 war debt TO this country
was called up in the Senate today foe
final disposition.
Chairman Smoot Of the Senate Ri
nance Committee, through precedent.
was given first opportunity to pre-
sent his side of the case but he faced
a group Of solemn.faced irreconcil-
ables and others who have long
planned determined fight against
the agreement onthe ground that IL
offers financial concessions 10 Pre-
mier Mussolini at tho expense Of
the American tax payers.
The irreconcilables are planning
to link their fight on the issue with
recent statements OF Ambassador
Houghton concerning European su.
spicions, and with their fight against
American entry into the world court
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
CHARGE POLICEMEN
BEAT TWO PERSONS
Citizens AIege Unwarranted Blows While Arrests Were
Being Made-Both in Hospital.

Fullen. 1881 Blaine Ave, in Me h
odist Hospital.
Prosecutor William II. Remy, a
friend Of Fullen. started a private
investigation of his case. Fullen IS
an active worker in civic affairs.
The case of Oliver was brought to
Johnsons attention Wednesday, by
Mrs. John Hayden, San Jose. Cal.
She said Oliver, with George Halter,
81, city, was arrested Monday night
in the 500 block on w. Washington
St, on charges of drunkenness and
resisting an officer Sergeants Dee
ter and Hanley, Patrolmen Fahey,
Hodges and Shope made the arrest.
Mrs. Hayden said one Of the officers
struck Oliver with mace. though
he made no resistance.
Fullen was arrested Wednesday
night by Motorpoliceman William
Miller at Capitol Ave. and Twenty
First St, when returning from the
North Park Masonic Lodge with
Harry Ridgeway, a fellow employe.
Both are abstractors for the Union
Title Company, working at the court
house.
Miller stated Fullen failed to stop
at Capitol Ave, a preferential street,
but the driver insisted he did stop.
According to Fullen's story, Ridge
way started downtown to obtain
bond, and then Miller struck him
with a mace.
The officers said Fullen stopped
only after he had ordered it; that
he was slow in giving his name and
address, and that after Ridgeway
left Fullen struck at him. He said
he thought he smelled liquor, but
on smelling the breath of the two
men was unable to find any odor.
Fullen was charged with failure to
stop at n preferential street and re-
sisting an officer.
Fullen is ointment in Sahara
Grotto activities. He is total alb
stainer, his friends stated.
I'VE are going into this thing
thoroughly" Chief Johnson said.
Miller was interviewed by Traffic
Inspector Harvey Bedford and
Lieut.. Lester Jones, while Fullen
told his story to Lieutenant Houston
and Sergeant Richter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
ASPIRANTS file
AT STATEHOUSE
One Congressional Candi.
date in DAYS List.

One candidate for Congressman
from Indiana, two for Marion County
judicial positions and eleven for the
State Legislature filed formal declar-
ations today with Secretary Of State
Frederick f. Schortemeier.
Samuel G.. Newman of Evansville,
a Democrat, filed for Congress from
the First District.
Judge Him d. Hay, Marion Su-
perior Court Two filed as candidate
for the Republican denomination and
Stephen A. Clinehens, 423 w. Forty
Sixth ST.. an attorney. filed for the
Democratic nimination for the post.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
PLAN S. H. S. MEETING
Gigantic Gathering to Be Held After
Easter, Announced.

A gigantic mass meeting of those
interested in building the new Short
ridge High School at Thirty-Fourth
and Meridian Sts., will be held after
Easter, it was announced today fol-
lowing meeting Wednesday night
at the Seventh Christian Church.
School board majority faction mem
bers are seeking to construct the
building on F'orty-Sixth st. between
Central Ave. and Washington Blvd
A mass melting will be held at
the North Park Christian Church,
Twenty Ninth t. and Kenwood Ave.s
Friday night and he regular month
ly meeting of the Indianapolis Fed
Grafton of Community Clubs will be
held the same evening at the Cham
Der Of Commerce. The ShortriGge
controversy will be discussed at both
gatherings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25

Investigation Of two cases in the
last three days in which policemen
are alleged to have struck and In
jured, without cause, persons they
were arrestins. was being made to-
day by Police Chief Claude +. John
son. The two injured men are John
Oliver, "a, Of 1914 w. New York
ST., in city hospital, and ]. stephen
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
ANOTHER BOY
bitten BY DOG
Joe Jackson, 9, Fifth Victim
in 48 Hours.

While playing near his home, Joe
Jackson, 8, of 4419 Park Ave, was
bitten by a dog today. Police said
five persons were reported bitten in
the last two days.
The dog, said to be owned by
Stanley Thompson, 4440 Park AHe.,
was ordered penned for investiga-
ton. A physician treated the boys
Awound.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
HINER TO GIVE
STATES Views
Transfer Man to Present In
diana's Stand.

Ward B.. Hiner, chairman of di-
Warehousemen's Association, will
present Indianas views Friday be-
fore the Interstate Transportation
Committee Of the United States Sen
ate, where an effort is being made
to settle disagreements between diff
.ferent States over interstate bus and
truck traffic.
Indiana and Ohio have been in trou-
BILE the last two years because Of
ihcompatibilities of laws.
United States Senator James E..
Watson is chairman of the commit
tee and arranged for Hiner to be
heard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
POLLS FAIL
TO DAMPEN
DRY SENATE
Comparatively Little Effect
Noted as Result of Press
Referendum.

BB United Press
WASHINGTON, March 25.-The
tremendous wet majority" rolled up
in the newspapers nationwide wet.
dry" proposal has had comparatively
little effect on the prohibition lineup
in Congress.
A United Press poll Of the Senate
disclosed today that It was over.
whelmingly dry. There are sixty.
eight "dlys," fifteen VETS" and
thirteen "doubtfuls" in the Senate.
Mean Nothing
Several Senators asserted that the
newspaper polls meant nothing.
Others charged that only those who
patronize the bootleggers voted"
On the other hand, the few VETS"
said that the newspaper poll was
significant and indicated a definite
trend against prohibition.
Some Of those classed as doubt.
1ul" suggested that the question
ought to be put to nationwide
referendum to end the argument.
Other doubtful" Senators said
they wanted 10 "see what legisla.
tion was offered in the way OF modi.
ficatioR before declaring their stand"
1t is certain from the results Of the
United Press poll that any beer"
or modification" proposals now will
be defeated.
The Polls
The United Press poll Of Senators
included:
Drys - Brookhart, Republican,
Iowa; Cummings, Republican. Iowa;
Deneen, Republican. Illinois: Howell,
Republican, Nebraska; Benroot, Re.
publican, Wisconsin; Mckinley, Re.
publican, Illinois; Norris, Repub-
lican, Nebraska; Robinson. Repub.
lican, Indiana; Schall. Republican,
Minnesota; Shipstead, Farmer-Labor.
Minnesota; Watson, Republican, In.
diana.
Wets-La Toilette, Republican,
Wisconsin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
SER 2VICES FOR
CALEB DENNY
TO BE FRIDAY
Pardon Board Secretary,
Three Times Mayor of
Indianapolis, Dies.

Funeral services for Caleb S.
Denny three times mayor Of Indian.
apolis, who died suddenly Wednes-
day night following an attack OF car.
diac asthma, will be held Friday aft
ernoon at at the Second Presby.
terian Church, OF which he was
senior elder. Burial will be in Crown
Hill cemetery.
He suffered a heart attack Tues
day at midnight. following siren.
uous days work at the Statehouse,
where he served as State pardon
Turn 10 Page ~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
COLDER WEATHER DUE
Low Tonight Should Be About %,
Say Bureau Officials.

Colder weather should descend
upon Indianapolis tonight and Fri
day, the United States weather
bureau announced today. Low tenn
perature tonight is expected to be
about %, bureau attaches said.
The mercury stood at As, or de-
grees above normal, at Z a. nj.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
S1,So0,oOO
IN INCOME TAX
Levies Gain Forty Million,
Despite Cut.

BU United Press
WASHINGTON, March 25.-De-
spite tax cut of. $3S7,0O0,0O0 under
The new revenue bill, income tax col
lections for the current fiscal year
will exceed $780, 900 compared
with 81, 200. .OO0000 for the fiscal year
1925, Secretary of the Treasury Mel
lon said today.
Income tax revenues for March
will be approximately $445, 100000
compared with SAL, 100000 last
March, he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
CAPITOL rum
PEDLER IS HELD
Mysterious Washington
BootIegger Caught.
RI Tinted Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, March 25.-The
"man in the green hat" the elusive
capitol bootlegger who sprang into
prominence by dropping five quarts
Of rye whisky in a hallway of the
House office building. was captured
today by Federal dry agents.
George L. Cassiday, "a, positively
identified by agents as the mysteri-
Gus stranger who was reported to
have a large clientele in both wings
of the capitol, was arrested in his
home here on a warrant charging
possession and transportation Of
liquor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
Use in Hospitals,
Says Doctor

Use Of bonded whisky in hos
pitfalls where there is a need for
it in treating a number of dis.
eases was proposed by DR.. Her
man q. Morgan, city health
officer, today in commenting
upon the proposed destruction
Of the seized liquor OF the w.
p. Squibb Company distellery.
Whisky. may. be. utilized
splendidly in cases of pneu-
monia. influenza and the vast
ing diseases of the aged" said
DIR. Morgan.
1T seems n shame to pour il
down a sewer when it may be
able to save lives"
However, Morgan said only
good, certified whisky should
be used.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
IS MINERS die
I'M CAGE fall
Twenty Others Hurt in Ger
man Shaft.

BIZ United Press
BERLIN, March PA coal mine
cage, containing thirty-five miners.
plunged to the bottom of shaft
near Oberhausen today, accolding to
dispatrh received from Essen. Eff
teen miners were killed and twenty
injured. The rope from which the
cage was suspended snapped during
the changing OF the shifts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
ROAD SYSTEM STUDIED
Kentucky Highway Officials Visit
State Commission.

Study of the maintenance Of In.
dianas State highways was made
today by Kentucky highway engi-
neers. In the visiting group were e.
N. Todd, chief engineer of the Ken
lucky highway commission; A. w.
Partee, maintenance engineer, and
G. F. Boyer, equipment chief. A. H.
Hinkle, chief maintenance engineer
of the Indiana commission, spent
the day with the Kentucky road men
explaining Indianas highway law
and it's application.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
ADAMS SLAMS WATSON
Charges SenatS' Attempting Feudal
System in State.
Bv United Press

MARION, Ind, March 25.-Declar-
ing Senator James z. Watson, whom
he is opposing for the Republican
long-term senatorial nomination, is
attempting to fasten a feudal system
on the State of Indiana, Claris
Adams last night continued his cam
paign for nomination.
Adams declared that the Watson
machine is planning to run Bert
Thurman, internal revenue collector,
for Governor in two years.
The senior Senator was charged
with attempting to set up a per
sonai dictatorship in the State"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
JURY HEARS
Love NOTES
GIRL wrote
Indianapolis Doctor Thinks
They viii Refute Charge
He Tilted Her.
~ United Press

.2& ~ ChlteG PTe6S
~ CHICAGO, March 25.-New love
letters by the score flooded the rec
ords today in the trial of the $4,000
heart balm suit brought by Miss
Marie Grischeau Of Chicago against
DR.. Leonard A. Ensninger of 3S02
N. Pennsylvania St, Indianapolis,
chief surgeon for the big Four Rail
road.
There are 400 of the letters, pur-
porting to have been written by Miss
Grischeau to the surgeon and con-
stituting his defense against the
charge that after promising to mar
ry her in June. 1928, he walked to
the altar with another woman. DIR.
Ensminger himself may take the
witness stand today.
If DR.. Ensminger's counsel per-
sists in it's intentions to stamp ev-
cry word of every letter on court
records, it was expected the entire
day would be occupied with reading
them, delaying the appearance OF
the surgeon on the witness stand.
What Do KS Mean?
xxx" read the defense attor-
ney and peered over his glasses at
Miss Grischeau. Just what do
crosses at the end of letter sig
Nifty, he wanted to know, but Marie
insisted that only kisses were i'm
piled in the symbols. And a kiss.
when neatly scratched at the close
of a letter shows merely the inno-
cence of love of young girl for
the man Of ner choice.
Extracts from the letters Miss
Grischeau is declared to have writ
ten to the surgeon, and which he
insists negate the charge that he
proposed to her, follow:
PRECIOUS Note"
Dearest, received your precious
note today. I have been at our
new apartment all day, fixing it up.
I am thinking about you all the
time and go about as light as a
bird, regardless Of my 1856 pounds
avoirdupois. -
"Send me more letters like the one
Ireceived today" reads: Exhibit No.
2, dated Oct. %, 1921 'for 1 would
rather stay home nights reading
them than go to a theater, dance
or cabaret. Would that the railroad
men would strike the day you come
Turn to Page A.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
DEMOCRATS AT MUNCIE
Definite Plans for Campaign to Be
/ Outlined.

BU Jn1tod Press
MUNCIE, Ind. March 25.-Demo-
Gratis of the Eighth District were
assembling here today for the "love
feast" which is to be held this eve
ming, at which time definite plans
for the coming campaign will be out
lined. Candidates for State offices
and at least two of the senatorial
aspirants will be here. Mayor w.
A. Faust of Elwood, candidate for
Congress from this district, will be
the principal speaker. James r.
Fleming, Portland, district chair
man, will preside.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
GIRL, 6, victim
OF ASSAILANT I
Dragged Into Empty Room
and Attacked.

BN United PresR
Dragged into an empty storeroom
as she was on her way to a grocery,
a 6-year-old girl was beaten by a
mysterious tramp assailant early to-
day and criminally attacked. Her
clothes were torn from her body.
The child is in hospital in a seri-
Gus condition.
A police net has bean thrown
around the city in a frantic search
for the assailant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
RHINELAMDER LOSES
Supreme Court Justice Denies New
Trial Plea.

BU Untted Press
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. March
25.-Leonard Kip Rhinelander lost
another stop today in his litigation
to annul his marriage TO Alice Beat
rice Jones Rhinelander on the ground
that Negro blood flows in her veins.
Supreme Court Justice Mors-
achauser denied the motion of young
Rhinelander' attorneys to set aside
the jury verdict which%Sustained the
legality of the marria.re and also
.:enied the motion for new trial.
An immediate appeal is expected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
S472 JE WELRY
STORE Theft
Four Watches, Nine Rings
Are Stolen.

Mrs. II. j. Parkerson, manager Of
a iewelry store at 913 TT. Wayne
Ave. today reported to police that
burglars stole four watches and nine
rings, valued at S472. from the store.
A check may show other articles
missing, she said. Entrance was
gained by use OF q key In the front
door, police said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
Traffic Head to Resign; Scores Politics
Harvey Bedford Says Coffin
Faction Leaders Have
Prevented Carrying Out
of Work on Police Force
-KIan Chief Denies Al
lance.

Charging political corruption and
influence rule Indianapolis and
Marion County affairs, and politi-
clans of the George V. Coffin faction
Of the Republican party have i'm
peded his work. Harvey w. Bedford
today said he would resign as traffic
inspector.
simultaneously came a statement
from George S. Elliott, Marion Coun-
ty Klan exalted cyclops. denying a
Khan Coffin alliance and appealing to
''the better citizenship Of Indian
apolis, regardless of color or creed
who are interested in good, clean
government to do all in their power
to eliminate for all time to come
George V. Coffin from Marion Coun-
ty politics."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
Pale Appearance

The liquor had a very pale ap-
pearance, but when held to the
light was clear and without sedi-
ment.
In the west end of the room was
one window, heavily bolted and
barred. The barring consisted Of
about twenty thin vertical metal
strips attached to two horizontal
bars of the same material.
The barring, bolted to the inside
of the window casing, looked undis-
turbed.
The second floor room, in which
officials estimate 200 cases are stored,
has no entrance except through two
of the grand jury rooms. 1t was
dark here and the window was COW
cred. None of the cases, that l
could see, were open. y
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
Pressure Starts

mo sooner had I taken my seat
as traffic inspector than there
started political pressure on me and
every day from many sources whis-
perings came to my ear Of what 1
should and would have to do if
retained the Office Bedford said.
Bedford also charged he had re-
ceived word he must not do any
thing that would prevent Mr.. Coffin
from becoming the next Marion
County chairman"
The Coffin element, Bedford ad
ded, 'is bent on bringing about the
retirement of Police Chief Claude F..
Johnson, one Of the most efficient,
honest and Industrious chiefs of po-
lice Indianapolis ever has had
To Fight Coffin
Bedford announced he would de-
vote all efforts to removing Coffin
influence from the police department
and fighting the Coffin machine.
my removal as police officer two
years ago was caused by political
pressure brought to bear during a
situation in which 1 was attempting
to apprehend a murderer in the
line. of my duty"
Bedford said: "At that time l
swore to myself that I would devote
my time and efforts to eliminating
such political corruption and inf1u-
ence in Marion County"
Elliott's statement, in part, fol-
lows:
"As head of Marion County Klan
No. 8 1 wish to make it clear that
1 have been eXerting every effort
for the past eight weeks along the
line that the local organization as a
body should not participate polite
ally. However, this does not prohibit
thousands of voters to unite for their
Common good, namely, to elect good
men to office and to fight the most
rotten political machine in the his
tory of Marion County politics.
II have time and again voiced my
disapproval of machine controlled
politics, bossed by George V. Coffin
and want to deny emphatically any
"tie" between myself or local leaders
and George V. Coffin"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
Reporter Visits Federal
Bldg. StoreroomS Men,
toned in Congress.
BY Charles CARL

In two darkened rooms in the Fed
eral building, one in the basement
and another in the east end Of the
second floor, both barred and bolted,
lies the center of the disturbance
ariting from the alleged disappear
ance Of $50 cases Of the country S
best liquor, worth at latest bootleg
prices about $4,000.
Representative LaGuardia, New
York, before the House Of Represen-
tatives Wednesday, charged that this
much Of the 1900 cases Of liquor,
formerly held in the w. P. SquibG
Company distillery at Lawrcnceburg,
Iud., had been stolen and used for
bootleg purposes.
In an effort to find out something
Of the general situation, went, with
United States Marshal Linus p.
Meredith, to the rooms in which the
whisky is stored.
In the basement room, glass
transom above the windows in the
storage room had been broken by in
truders prior to this time and two
locks bolted the door which enters
into the room.
Windows, Doors Covered
The windows and doors were GOV
cred from the inside with criss-crosa
wooden strips, securely nailed.
The room, triangular in shape, was
with the exception of a space about
ten by six feet, packed to the cell
ing with labeled cases, each con-
tanning twelve quarts Of the Squiot
liquor.
Five Of the cases had been opened
and three bottles Of liquor, each
stamped with a prohibition depart
ment seal stood, stolidly and dustily
on a stack Of cases about shoulder
high.
Five bottle places in the cases
were found empty. Two bottles
pulled from their lodging places, had
the original neck and cork band torn
from them, but were full Of some.
thing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
RELATIVES
WILL view
SKELETON
Dentists to Compare Teeth
in Skull With DesCrip-
tions.
BULLETIN

Mrs. Okla RuddeIl, sister of Mrs.
Albert l.. o. Wright, said the
skeleton found under storeroOm
at Thirteenth St. and Senate Ave.
was not that of her sister. A
dentists who had cared for Mrs.
Wright's teeth, said filings in the
teeth of the skeleton did not cor
respond to ones he had put i'm
Mrs. Wright's mouth.
Whether or not the skeleton found
buried under a storeroom at Thir
teenth st. and Senate Ave, several
days ago is that Of Mrs. Albert L. o.
Wright, Brazil, Ind, was expected to
be determined today with the arrival
from Brazil of Mrs John Leonhardt,
the mother and Mrs. Okla Ruddell,
the sister of the missing woman.
General description Of the skele-
ton, given by local doctors, tailed
with that of Mrs. Wright, missing
for two years. Relatives said she
was Of a similar size, wore a dia-
mond ring and had gold filled teeth.
Descriptions Differ
DR.. II. II. Thacker, Brazil, Ind,
dentist, declared a description
of the skeletons teeth shows it pos.
sessed two large upper central teeth,
while Mrs. Wrights upper centrals
We're small and narrow. He con-
tended that when he worked on her
teeth she had little gold in her
mouth, while a description Of the
skeleton showed much gold.
Detectives Marren and Smith,
working under Capt. Jerry Kinney
believe the shelton is not that Of Mrs
Wright.
A description of the teeth of the
skelton was obtained today by de-
tectives from the city hospital dental
clinic. 1t follows:
First upper molar, right side,
missing; second pre-molar and third
molar, left side, missing. gold crown
on the first pre-molar, right side
upper; slight gold filings in four
inclsors; slight gold filling, pre-
nlolar, right side; first molar, left
side, cement filling; upper third
molar, right side, unrupted; both
lower third molars, impacted; first
and second molars, right side mis-
sing; first molar, left side, missing
and second molar and second pre-
molar, cement filings.
Was NeWspaperW0man
Mrs. Wright, who had worked as
newspaperwOman in Brazil, mar
ried Wright after a three weeks
courtship. They lived in several
Indiana cities and later came to In
dianapolis. In November, 1928, they
disappeared, after Wright had been
accused Of bigamy. He was an au-
tomobile salesman in Indianapolis
for a time.
Kinney said the detectives had
questioned Philip Chasman, who op-
Grated a dry goods store at the
Thirteenth st. and Senate Ave. To-
cation from September, 1922, to jan
uary, 1925. Chasman said the floor
ing had never been removed or taken
I'D while he was there. Over the
hole where the remains were un.
earthed the boards had been sawed
away and fitted back again.