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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-27
ALGER WILL
FACE TRIAL.
FOR MURDER
Youthful Slayer Of Police
man Indicted by County
Grand Jury.
FOLLOWS 15-DAY QUIZ
Penalty on Charge Death or
Life Imprisonment.

The Marion County grand jury to-
day indicted Gene Alger. 10, Of 1710
I r. Ohio ST., Butler University stu
dent and bandit-slayer on a charge
OF first degree murder. the penalty
for which is death or life imprison-
ment.
The Indictment In one count, al
leges Alger murdered Trafficman
John Buchanan. Negro. July 10,
"felonlously, purposely and with pre-
meditated malice The youth ad-
nitted the killing in a signed confes-
sion.
Returning of the indictment fol-
lowed a fifteen day investigation, in
which twenty-five witnesses were ex-
amined.
Alger is in the detention ward at
city hospital recovering from wounds
suffered in the gun battle with his
victim.
Arraignment Sept. 6
He will be arraigned Sept. 6. His
trial likely will be held some time in
October or November, Criminal
Judge James A. Collins said.
Upon the filing of the indictment,
Prosecutor William Fl. Renny reit-
Grated that he will demand the ex-
treme penalty for the youth.
at makes no difference to me
whether they are white or black,
young or Old" Remy declared.
'It would be inconsistent for me
not to strive to the utmost OF my
60 10
penalty imposed in this case"
Case Cited
The case of Wallace McCutcheon,
16, Negro, slayer, who was to have
been electrocuted July 5, was cited
by Remy to show that Alger's age
will avail him nothing.
Remy' won his fight in court for
the life of McCutcheon and the boy
lives only through the grace OF
Governor Jackson. who stayed his
execution until December pending an
appeal.
The State intends to prove, Remy
declared, that Alger. armed, set out
the day of the murder to steal an
automobile, and that when ap-
pretended at Capitol Ave. and Ohio
ST., he fled from his captors to the
Boyer House. 25 N. Capitol Ave,
and killed Buchanan when the later
followed in to recapture him.
Fleeing, Alger was wounded by
three bullets. His condition was
said to be fair at city hospital,
attaches declaring all indications are
that he will recover.
Woman Indicted
/ Lovey Thomas, Negro, held in the
county JAIL also was indicted on a
first degree murder charge. The
woman is alleged to have fatally
shot Admiral Harris, Negro, former
policeman, on June %.
Five other indictments were filed.
Defendants and charges faced are:
Gerald Plaskett, John Mccormick
and William Warren, burglary and
petit larceny; William D. Byrd, in
Jailed. Ray Kirk, 1345 w. Ray ST.,
and Theodore Blumberg, I'LL
Fletcher Ave, vehicle taking; Robert
Alexander and James Stepleton, both
in Jail, grand larceny and James
Walker, in Jail, burglary and grand
larceny. All defendants will be
arraigned Sept. 6 before Judge
Collins.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-27
TO REPAIR" NIAGARA

BIZ Unifed Press
WASHINGTON, July 27.-The
first meeting of Canadian and Ameri-
can engineers to attempt to repair
Niagara, falls will be in September.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover an
nounced today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-27
CONF F|DENCE:
IN PO|NCARE
PLAN VOTED
French Chamber Gives New
Premier Overwhelming
Mandate. n
POLICIES ARE SET OUT
Sees Possibility for Rapid
Improvement of Finances.

Bu United Press
PARIS, July 27.-Premier Ray
mond Poincare today obtained an
overwhelming mandate from the
Chamber of Deputies to proceed with
the application of his remedies for
the financial ills which have
stricken the nation.
The chamber voted confidence
after Poincare demanded the ad-
journment of interpretations, which
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-27
COOLIDGE SEES BOOM
Says Business Has Shown Remark.
able Advance.
Bu United Press

BU LHtTen FFtSS
PAUL SMITHS, N. Y, July 27.--
Business conditions have shown a re-
markable advance since the first Of
June, President Coolidge's spokes.
man said today, and general con.
ditions are much better than were
predicted by Commercial experts.
The President believes the un.
expected advance to be due partly to
the reduction in taxes that allowed
big business to re.invest funds other
wise consumed in Federal taxes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-27
DRY RAIDERS JAILED.
Rn Enifcd Press

CLEVELAND, July 27.-Two dry
raiders today were ordered jailed
by District Attorney Bernstein. in
connection with the hi-jacking of 300
cases of beer at the Fairview Village
town hall ten days ago.
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Statue MutiLafed

PARIS, July 27.-A Russian
named Grivenko was arrested to-
day in the act of mutilating the
statue to American volunteers in
the French army, which stands in
the Place des Etats Unis. Grivenlxo
was smashing the arms and legs
of the statue when arrested. An ex-
cited crowd collected.
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THAW DENIES GIFT.
"Why Should / Give Miss Nesbit
S5O,0O0?" He Asks.
Ri United Press

BIZ United Press
ATLANTIC CITY, JFly 27.--"why
should l give her $50,000?"
That was Harry K. Thaw's denial
of the reported gift of a check to
Evelyn Nesbit at a reconciliation
party" at cabaret here last night.
Thaw said he had no intention OF
giving Miss Nesbit anymoney.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-27
STATES RIGHTS UP

BIZ JnffPd Press
CHEYENNE, wyo., July 81
States right" will be the subject of
discussion today befort the approx
mately thirty State executives at
tending the Governors conference
here.
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DETECTIVE TO BE TRIED
Schubert Alleged to Have Been Alb
sent Without Leave.

Detective Sergeant Edward Schu-
bert today was to he tried before
the board of safety on Charge Of
absence without leave.
Police Chief Claude f. Johnson has
charged Schubert. failed to come to
the police station for several days
and that policemen sent to his home
were unable to find him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-27
2S2 PERMITS ISSUED
Building Valuation Of S6O7,190 Re
pointed to Safety Board.

Bert j. Westover. city building
Commissioner. reported a total of
2S2 building permits with a valuation
of $607,190 during the week ended
July "a. at Il meeting of the board
of safety today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-27
STRIKE CASE
Jury TRIAL
IS OPPOSED
Ward Asks Judge to Rule on
Contempt Charges
Himself.
SAYS VENIRE NOT NEEDED
Attorney Asks Twelve Men
Hear Evidence.

United States District Attorney
Albert Ward today in Federal Court
objected to a jury trial Of the con-
tempt charges against John NJ. Par
ker and Robert Armstrong, organ
izers of the local street car mems
union.
Ward entered his objection after
a motion TO quash the charges and
an answer in specific denial of them
were overruled by Federal Judge
Robert c. Baltzell.. Defeated in these
two moves. Frank p. Baker, attor-
ney for the men. filed a request for
a jury trial.
Under these issues / do not think
this should have a jury trial. be-
lieve it would be improper to call
a jury in this case. This is an or.
binary contempt case. The action
is a violation Of the order Of your
honor" Ward said.
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Violation OF Order

Later Ward explained he did not
believe the case demanded a jury
trial. because there was no violation
of state or Federal statutes and
that the case was merely a violation
of the order of Judge Robert c..
Baltzell.
Judge Baltzell gave Baker until
a. m. Wednesday to file a brief
citing his authority for demanding
trial by a jury.
The charges against Parker and
Armstrong are new one flied by
Ward Monday after Baker filed a
motion to quash an original bill
filed by Ward last week.
Ward last week, said he had no
objections to a fury trial on the
contempt charges and a jury and
sixty witnesses have been ordered
into court at 9:30 a. n. Wednesday
for the trial
New Charges
The new charges are similar to
ones filed by Ward last week alleg-
ing the men violated an injunction
issued July 3 by Judge Bait
zell prohibiting them from inter.
fering with operation of street cars,
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CITY,S BUSINESS
FUTURE BRIGHT
Index to Trade Prospects


pects fort his
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Home Edition

Today's swimming lesson, by
Lillian Cannon, is printed on
Page 4.
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Forecast

Unsettled tonight and
Wednesday; probably local
showers or thunderstorms; not
much change in temperature.
Evening star., 1926-03-22
SEES TUNG OIL INDUSTRY
ESTABLISHED IN SOUTH
Commerce Department Chemist Be-
lieves Tree Nuts Will Become
Source of Profit.

Department of Commerce experts
believe that tung Oil, extracted from
nuts of trees of the Aleurites family
and used in the manufacture Of high
grade varnishes and linoleums, may
bra nch out as a profitable industry
in the South.
g. G. Concannon. chief of the de.
ma rtment's chemical division, who has
inst concluded a personal survey or
nrospects in the South. reported today
that growing possibilities have been
proyen in "Florida, Alabama and
Louisiana. and that climatic and
other conditions seem favorable in
other Southern localities, including
parts of Georgia and Mississippi.
All commercial tung oil now on the
markets is imported from China, the
United States last year purchasing
over 100 100000 pounds, valued at
S11 100000.
Mr.. ConcannOn declared 1t was his
understa nding that an American COM
pany is planning to construct cen
tral crushing plant, equipped with
modern machinery. in the vicinity of
Gainesville, Ga, as soon as trees
which have been planted bear suf-
ficient nuts to Warreane commercial
extraction Of the oil.
Experts declare, the report said,
that preliminary experiments have
demonstrated the possibility Of obtain
ing a tung oil of superior quality
from the cultivated nuts. Approx
mately 1000 acres, with 100000 trees,
were said to have been set out in vari-
GUS sections of the South.
Evening star., 1926-03-22
CIGAR STORE EMPLOYE
ADMITS $500 BURGLARY
Youth, Working in One, Robbed
Another in Chain Three Blocks
Away. Police Sar.

Robert Dawson Tenley, 90 years
old. 400 Third street, employed in the
United Cigar store at Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Fourteenth street.
was said by police today TO have con
fessed to the burglary of the COM
pany's store at Pennsylvania avenue
and Eleventh street. during which
$500 was taken from the cash regis
ter between Saturday midnight and
O'Clock yesterday morning.
When first arrested, through in
formation by Policemen hughes and
Mansfield of the fist precinct and
Special Policeman William Young
who saw MIN in the vicinity of the
store during the early morning hours,
Tenley denied knowledge of the bur
glary. although four pipes taken from
the store We're found in his room. I'm
der close questioning by Detectives
Kelly, Scriviner and Waldron, he was
sa id to have finally confessed to the
robbery. The money has been re-
covered and Tenley is being held for
trial.
Evening star., 1926-03-22
99-YEAR-OLD VETERAN
SUES FOR ACCOUNTING
Franklin Jones Asks Court to Com
pei William H. Taylor to Ex-
plain Money Transaction.

Franklin Jones. 80 years old. Civil
War veteran n, resident at 1905 Kraemer
street northeast. today asked the Dis
trict Supreme Court to compel Will
liam II. Taylor, who he says is about
40 years old and lives At 305 Ninth
street northeast. to give an account
ing of various sums of money said to
have been intrusted to him by the
plaintiff during the past five years.
The veteran tells the court that he
had confidence in Taylor, whom he
had known for some time, and au-
thoriZed him about March 5, 1921, to
make arrangements to purchase the
Kraemer street house. Jones says
he is unable to read or write and al
ways make a mark" when signing
papers. He says he was told by Tay-
lor that the price of the property
would be $1,000, Of which $3.50 was
to be paid in cash and monthly notes
of $40 arranged for the balance. The
cash payment was made, declares the
veteran, and each month since taking
possession of the property he has
given Taylor sums of money varying
from $40 to $40 per month and aver
aging $50 per month. to be applied
on the deferred payments.
No receipts were taken from Tsy-
lor. the court Is told, and recently the
veteran thought to inquire about the
state of his purchase. He asserts
that Taylor declined to make an &C.
counting and Jones called on counsel,
who also We're unsuccessful in secur.
ing an accounting. it Is stated.
Through Attorneys Thomas s. Ken
nedy and Richard l.. Merrick the
court is asked to require Taylor t6
explain all about the transa ctions. 1t
is asserted that the deeds of trust on
the property are signed not by mark
but with the name Of Jones. who de-
clares he does not recall seeing the
papers.
Evening star., 1926-03-22
THIN AIR KILLS MOTHS.
Near Vacuum Revealed as Means
of Protecting Stored Clothes.

Mountain climbers and aviators are
familiar enough with the disabling
and even deadly effect of raref1ed air,
but it has remained for scientists to
utilize thin air in beneficial ways.
E. a. Back and r. T. Cotton of the
Department of Agriculture have just
reported on the work they and others
have done in using rarefied air to kill
insects in stored articles subject to
their depredations. They have found
that moths and other insects inside a
locked trunk may be killed by expos
ure for a few days to atmosphere
from onefifth to one.thirtieth Of
normal.
A trunk was placed in a vault. from
which almost all the air was ex-
hausted and after two days all the
moths were found to have been killed
and few days longer exposure killed
other insects. .S
The method is siad to be more e.
fective than fumigation.
Evening star., 1926-03-22
SERVED DIVORCE
PAPERS ON FRIEND
Rufus W. Peckham Says Man
to Whom He Lent Apart
ment Bored Him.
BY the Associated Press.

NYACK. y. Y, March 22-Rufus
w. Peckham: socially prominent in
New York and Washington. not only
wealthy silk merchant when the latter
is alleged to have had love trystS, but
later personally served summons in
divorce suit filed by Mrs. Hess.
Peckham. testifying before Justice
Tompkins in chambers. said that It
was because Hess bored him so that
he served the divorce papers.
Hess asked me for the use of
my apartment he said. land l let
him use it in my absence. On my
return he told me of having enter
tanned young women
DO YOU mean to say" demanded
Supreme Court Justice Tompkins,
that YOU allow men who are not
your friends to have improper rela-
tions with young women in your
apartment"
Il have always tried to avoid Hess
because he bores me-" answered
Peckham.
Mrs. Hess, suing for divorce and
custody of their 12-year-old son,
asked alimony based on her hus-
bands $4,000 a year income Hear
ing was started after the courtroom
was cleared Saturday in an effort
to avoid publicity, but details of the
proceedings came out today. Decision
was reserved
Hess failed to contest the suit.
Evening star., 1926-03-22
FORMER WOMAN LIQUOR AGENT e.
TRIES TO KILL SELF In CELL
Daisy Simpson, Noted for Radical Enforcement
Methods, Was Held in Ell Paso on Charge
of Receiving Narcotics in Mails.

a hotel where he supervised her
clothes packing.
At the time of her arrest Saturday
she gave her name as Mrs. B. b.
Moore of Los Angeles. She was not
identified as Daisy Simpson until
yesterday. An automobile which was
seized at the time Of her arrest was
claimed Yesterday by Julius Duval.
who gave his address as San Fran
cisco. He said he had loaned the
woman the car temporarily.
A note addressed to Bert Sinkens
of San Francisco as 1.-The only one
l depended upon" indicated that the
woman planned to take her life. The
note. scribbled on a telegraph blank.
read
II can't stand jail. The shame has
broken my heart. Dearest. If you
don't want me. the only one 1 de-
pended upon. l am ready to die.
They don't know my name"
Although she had held law-enforce-
ment assignments in various parts
Of the country. she attracted chief
attention as dry agent at San Fran
cisco. She frequently set traps to
catch liquor. law .violators and led
several spectacular raids. She re-
signed her commission last Novem-
ber.
Evening star., 1926-03-22
BY the Associated Press.

Ell PASO, Tex. March a.
The colorful career of Daisy Simp-
son. who established a record of law
enforcement unique for one Of her
sex, seems doomed to tragic end in
an FL Paso hospital.
With self-inflicted bullet wound
in her abdomen. the 36-year-oid for
mer prohibition agent, whose methods
of apprehending dry law violators
were so drastic as to bring the CEN
sure of Federal courts upon her, how
cred on the verge of death today.
Overcome by the shame of Jail con-
finement after her arrest on charge
Of receiving narcotics through the
mails, she shot herself late Saturday
night, after appeals TO her former
associates failed to obtain her re-
lease on bond.
Author Of many a ruse in her law
enforcement activities. she resorted
to A ruse in the attempt upon her
life She smuggled the pistol into
the Jail in a bundle Of clothing. after
she had deceived United States Mar
shal Scott White into believing she
had left the weapon in her trunk at
Evening star., 1926-03-22
SELLING FISHERMEN FISH,
TORRACA'S NEXT TASK
Peasant Who Induced Thousands
to Lose in Lottery Has New
Z, Field for Glib Tongue.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FERDINANDO. Apulia, Italy,
March 22.-Selling fish to fishermen
Is on the program Of Ignazio Torraca.
He is the illiterate peasant who
caused some hundreds of thousands
Of Italians. to go broke recently by
making them believe he could pick
winning numbers in the governmental
lottery
III Torraca could play the Piper Of
Hamelin to the entire Italian nation.
he can sell our sardines,' was the
idea of the president of a Pola COM
pany which puts up sardines in olive
oil. "And he can sell them along the
coast of Apulia where fish are so tame
they answer to the landsman's
whistle" Accordingly Torraca has
been offered and accepted the exclu-
sive selling agency for the region.
1t is stated that he will go to POla
to talk terms as soon as he recovers
from a slight nervous collapse brought
on by the recent lottery notoriety.
Evening star., 1926-03-22
KRESCE INDICATES
WIFE IN REPORT
Settlement Was Made Solely
on "SprituaI Basis"
Statement Declares.

NEW YORK, March 22.-An agree
ment ''purely and simply on spirit
ual plane induced Mrs. Doris Mercer
Kresge to drop her suit against her
husband, Seba stan s. kresge. for
81 100000 worth OF stock, which she
alleged he promised her in a pre-nup-
tial contract.
The agreement also made Mrs.
Kresge financially Independent for
life.
These revelations We're made today
in a statement issued over Mr..
Kresge's signature. the first author
tied version of the terms upon which
Mrs. Kresge withdrew her suit last
Friday.
vmdicates Mrs. Kresge.
The statement says that 1t Is issued
in Justice to Mrs. kresge and to vim
dioate and exonerate her complet ely
from the charges. innuendos and sug-
gestions' made in a pictorial news
paper.
Though the statement issued
through Mrs. Kresge's attorney-did
not specify the monetary terms of the
settlement, 1t said Mrs. Kresge's
right in certain shares OF s. s.
Kresge's stocks has been confirmed,
thereby making Mrs. kresge indie
pendent for the rest of her life."
The settlement was effected. the
statement said. 'in order to avoid
widening the breach already existent
between Mr.. and Mrs. kresge and ito
prevent the airing of domestic griev-
Ances in courtroom"
No Conditions Imposed.
Mr.. Kresge stated that he bad i'm
posed no conditions wha soever upon
his wife as a basis for reconcilia ton. -"
Mrs. KreSge was suing for $500
shares Of stock. Since the withdra wal
Of the suit. it has heen reported. the
couple have reconciled their marital
as well as fnan ancial difficulties. Mr..
Kresge's statement did not mention
this. Il did say Mrs. kresge was Eek
tremely unselfsh' in the negotiations
and copcurred in the opinion Of those
responsible for the settlement that
the settlement should not he inf1u-
enced by any marital considera ton.
but should he based purely and sole:
ly on spiritual plane"
Supreme Court Justice Wagner and
the pastors Of the two litieants We're
tha fked for their services in effecting
the settlement.
Evening star., 1926-03-22
London Scientist
Measures Energy
Used by Athletes


NEW YORK. March 22.-The
first successful scientific measure
ments in horsepower of the energy
expended by an athlete in action is
announced in an article by A. H.
Hill professor of physiology at
University College, London. in the
current issue of the Scientific
American.
Prof. Hill, a Nobel prize winner
in medicine, found the athlete eX-
pends S0,000foot pounds of energy
in running 100 yards in II sec
onds-''enough, if employed with
a mechanical efficiency of % per
cent. to raise the subjects body
about l40 pounds) 144 feet into the
air" During a prolonged athletic
effort the athletes heart pumps
blood at the rate of IA to IS gal
Ions a minute, the article states.
Evening star., 1926-03-22
ACTORS HIT AMATEURS.
British Stage Folk Complain Bit
terly of Competition.

LONDON. March % (P.-Profes.
sional actors in Great Britain are com
planning bitterly Of competition from
amateurs. and meeting is to be held
to consider the situation. Sir John
ston Forbes Robertson the famous
actor. will preside.
There are said 10 he 400 900 amateur
actors in the country, every big store
and company having it's dramatic and
operate clubs. Reginald Bach of the
Stage Guild says they lease provincial
theaters for week engagements; con-
sequently when professional touring
companies arrive week before or a
week after the amateur performances
the professionals have difficulty in
getting full houses
Evening star., 1926-03-22
Former Editor Dies.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. March %
R.--Thomas w. Loylcss. former edi-
tor of the Augusta. Ga, Chronicle and
the Columbus. Ga. EnquirerSun. died
here yesterday at the home of Patrick
Fl. Nell. his son-in-law.
Mr.. Loyless had been i'll for sew
eral months and his death was not
The body will be sent
to Macon. Ga. where the funeral will
be held Wednesday.
Evening star., 1926-03-22
City Chiropractors Meet.

At the monthly meeting of the
Washington City Chiropractors' AS
sociation in the rooms of the Central
Chiropractic College, 1914 Seventh
street. Saturday evening DR.. Win
field s. Whitman spoke on "Chiro-
practic Legislation in the District of
Columbia" DR.. Charles A. Thompson
presided. Several chiropra ctors were
In attendance from Virginia and
MARYLAND.
Evening star., 1926-03-22
QUEENS FUNERAL SUNDAY
Royalty Expected at Rites for
Louise of Denmark.

COPENHAGEN. Denmark. March
% R.-King Haakon Of Norway,
King Gustav Of Sweden and probably
the Prince of Wales will be present
at the funeral next Sunday of Dow
ager Queen Louise Of Denmark, who
died Saturday from a heart attack,
superinduced by pneumonia.
King Christian is deeply affected
by the death of his mother. Crossing
from his palace to that Of the Dow.
ager Queen yesterday, he encountered
a. group of press photographers.
Stopping and shaking hands with
each of them, he said:
This is the home Of my childhood
which now disappears"