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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
THINK PRESIDENT
WILL SEND NAME
IN FOR MARSHAL
Senate Due to Get Nominal
ton of A. 0. MeIoy
Monday.


President Coolidge Is expected 10
send the nomination of A. o. Meloy.
GOA n. Tibbs Ave, as United States
marshal for Indiana to the United
States Senate when Congress con-
venes Monday.
Meloy, who now is bailiff In SUI
perior Court Four, was agreed upon
as the next marshal by Senators
James e. Watson and Arthur r.
Robinson many weeks ago.
Meloy has been active in Repub-
lican political circles for years and
was city street superintendent under
former Mayor Charles w. Jewett.
His selection as marshal has been
rumored for months, long before the
term of Linus p. Meredith, now mar
shall, expired, Oct. /.
Meredith completed his four-year
term the last of September, but,
due to the fact that no one had been
appointed to succeed him, he re-
NAMED in office.
Meredith, during the latter part of
his term, became political liability
that Senator Watson did not care to
carry. Meredith had custody Of the
nationally known W. p. Squibb &
Co. whisky stock stored in the Fed
eral Bldg. Three hundred. and thirty
cases of this stock, valued at $4,000.
was stolen from Meredith's custody.
Four Negroes and a white man
were sent to Jail for conspiracy to
violate the prohibition law growing
out OF the booze theft.
A scramble for appointment as
deputies is sure to follow, if Meloy is
appointed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
YOUTHS FREED ON
ATTACK CHARGES
Dental Students Released in
'Drugging' Case.

Charges of assault and battery
were dismissed against Meredith
Gustus, "a, of 2OS E. Twenty-Fifth
St., and Morris Gavin, 10, Of 312 w.
Morris ST., today by Municipal Judge
Dan V. White.
The youths, Indiana University
School of Dentistry students, were
alleged to have attacked Miss
Rowena Saalman. 20. of 149 e. Pratt
St., in a rented auto one night last
week.
On cross examination by Lawrence
Shaw, attorney for the youths, Miss
Saalman admitted she could not re-
member incidents of, the night she
charged she was drugged.
A city hospital physician testified
the girls wounds were dirty,
substantiating the story of the
young men that she jumped from
their auto.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
MAN STILL HELD :
IN DEATH PROBE
Officials Hope to Bring More
Witnesses.

Police today continued to hold
Cornelius Van Edwards, SO, OF 1907
Pleasant Run Blvd, in connection
with investigation Of the death OF
Guy o. Pritchard, TT. Benjamin
Harrison soldier, though two Koko-
mo officials who had questioned
him had returned home.
The Kokomo men did not believe
they had evidence sufficient to war;
rant taking Van Edwards with
them, but hoped to find more wit
nesses here. Pritchard's body was
found by the roadside, near CARMEL
Oct. II.
It was the theory that he had
been murdered, with a blunt in
strument, in Howard County. and
his body taken to the place where 1t
was found. A letter from Van Ed
wards was said to have been found
on the body.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
BRIDE ENDS
HONEYMOON
AT DINNER
American Girls Romance
With Russian Duke
Shattered.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. Am impul-
sive marriage which endured but
few hours, with an American heir
ess and Russian baron as the prin-
cipals, will end in annulment,
friends Of the bride predicted today.
Miss Florence Marjorie Clendenin
and Baron Tornow were married late
Wednesday against the wishes Of
Miss Clendenin's father, Joseph
Clendenin, vice president of the
American Smelling and Refining
Company. The protesting papa ar.
rived at the Waldorf during the we'd
ding dinner. Whatever his persua-
sion, his daughter left her titled hus-
band before the end of the dinner.
The baron. formerly a colonel in
the imperial Russian army, who now
calls himself a Wall Street broker,
checked out of the hotel about two
hours after his bride had gone and
carefully told no one where he was
going.
The girl is reported to have
returned to the home Of her parents,
but members of the household re-
fused to confirm this.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04

AS a result, school children are
carrying their own water to their
schools, afraid that other wells may
be poisoned.
No one has been placed under ar
rest.
Water Tested
Sample of the water, taken a week
later, was sent to the State health
board at indianapolis. Analysis
there showed poison in such quani-
ties as to cause nauseau, rather than
death. Had there been a less quaint
ty, the children would have died, ac-
cording to physicians.
Authorities here have asked that
the State board of health send a
representative to testify concerning
the analysis. He may appear before
the grand jury, which is in session
now.
Prosecutor Morrison Rockhill re
fused to say whether the grand
jury would investigate or whether
there would be any arrests.
No CIew
He declared there was no clew as
to the identity of the poisoner.
Sheriff Frank McKrill said he had
been unable to find motive. There
is no school controversy.
Parents Of children who attend
the Mount Tabor school have been
interviewed, Prosecutor Rockhill
said All stated they liked Mrs.
Pearl Applegate, the teacher
Mrs. Applegate said there had been
no trouble Of any kind, that she and
the parents were on the friendliest
terms.
Prosecutor Rockhill admitted he
Gid not know where to turn.
The poisoning occurred Nov. II.
Fifteen pupils attend the school,
ranging in age from to IA. The
thirteen drank the water as recess
ended. In a few minutes all became
violently i'll, and were nauseated.
One child, named Ganshorn, would
die, it was at first thought. Later
he recovered.
Two children and Mrs. Applegate,
who had not taken of the water,
converted the one-room schoolhouse
into a temporary hospital and sum-
moned a doctor.
Carry Own Cups
All Of the children carry their own
drinking cups. The water turned the
cups green and this led to suspicion
that the water had been poisoned
Prosecutor Rockhill said a sample
was taken Immediately and sent to
Indianapolis. The sample never
reached it's destination.
A week later another sample was
taken from the well. This was the
sample in which the State health
authorities found tremendous
quantity Of poison.
County Health officer T. T. Fer
mier at first said only traces of
poison were found He insisted on
this until told today that the State
health board had found otherwise.
Then he admitted that the poison
was in large quantities.
The arsenic was so heavy, accord
ing to Prosecutor Rockhill, that the
water still shows traces of poison,
although every attempt has been
made to pump 1t dry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
Milton Had a Lamb,
Election Scandal

BIZ Times Special
ATTICA, Ind, Dec. 4.-Attica is
agog over an election scandal"
When County Assessor-Ele Milton
Petet filed his election expense
statement, he revealed in that Sec
ton where promises are recorded
that he pledged in case Of election to
give Mrs. Henry Starnes Of Hills
boro, wife of his opponent, q pet
lamb.
Petet was elected by some 800 ma.
jority.
He claims immunity, however,
from prosecution"
at did not ask Mrs. starnes to
vote for me-" he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
DROP IN NUMBER
OF BONDS SIGNED
Cash Deposited for Most of
Prisoners Released.

Number of bonds signed at city
prison had noticably decreased today,
following the order Of Police Chief
Claude F. Johnson tightening regula.
tions on professional bondsmen.
OF seventy three persons arrested
Friday and Friday night only twen-
ty-five had been released, fourteen
of them on cash ami eleven on prop
erty bonds. None of the ten per
sons slated this morning had been
released by noon.
Johnson has forbidden bondsmen
to see prisoners unless the prisoner
asked for that particular bondsman.
Several bondsmen have been tenn
porarily barred.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
DROPS ALL
HALL.-M|LLS
CASE COUNTS
State Acts After Jury Ac-
quits Three of Singers
Murder.
BELIEVED LAST CHAPTER
Double Staying Likely to FI
main UnsoIved.
BELIEVED LAST CHAPTER

BIZ United Press
SOMERVILLE, N. j., Dec. A.
The final word was written in the
Hall Mills murder trial today when
the charges Of murder against Mrs.
Frances Stevens Hall, Henry and
Willie Stevens, and Henry De La
Bruyere Carpenter were dismissed.
Motion to nolle PROSE- the remain
ing indictments against Mrs. Hall,
her brothers, Willie and Henry
Stevens, and her cousin, Carpenter,
today was granted by Supreme Court
Justice Parker.
The quartet, accused Of the murder
of Mrs. Eleanor r. Mills and the
Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall on the
night of Sept. IA, 1922, were then
formally discharged.
State Senator Alexander Simpson.
special prosecutor in the trial OF Mrs.
Hall and her brothers on the charge
of Staying Mrs. Mills, which ended
yesterday with a verdict of acquitta!.
was not in court. Attorney General
Edward Katzenbach came here from
Trenton with his, assistant, Theodore
Backes, and moved to- drop the in
dictments after a conference with
Justice Parker and Defense Attor-
ney Clarence E. Case.
All four defendants were in the
courtroom when the States admis-
sion that the Hall-Mills murder had
not yet been solved became fact.
Mrs. Hall Smiles
Mrs. Hall, usually austere, was
smiling pleasantly as she entered
with her brothers. They had no in
dication that the dismissal of the
indictments would be so prompt. The
hearing before Justice Parker was
scheduled as an application for bail.
There probably will never be
another investigation of the crime,
It was learned from Attorney Gen.
eral I<atzenbach, who said:
1.-THE mystery remains a mystery,
Iard I doubt that any steps will be
taken, at least for the present, to
solve the enigma"
Katzenbach added that he had
come here to represent the State
after Senator Simpson, the fiery
prosecutor, had asked Governor A.
CTurn to Page p
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
BEAMEs LITA,s MOTHER

WICHITA, Kan, Dec. A de-
Tense for the behavior of Lita Grey
Chaplin is offered by her father,
Robert e. McMurray, printer here,
who blames his divorced wife for the
marital trouble of the Chaplins.
Even when Lita had juvenile roles,
her mother set fast pace with the
daughters $500 a week contract by
buying automobiles and other luxur-
les, he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
GOULD DEPUTY CLERK
George Hutsel Announces Assistants
I'm County Office.

Charles A. Gould, 1866 Carrollton
Ave, was named chief deputy clerk
to succeed Frank Childers, who will
become county recorder Jan. 1, to-
day by George Hutsel, elected county
clerk on the Republican ticket.
Ralph Bratton was named chief
clerk to succeed Paul Malcolm. Bur
ton l.. Beville, an attache of the
clerks office, was named as marriage
license clerk. succeeding Miss Mar
garet Mahony, who has held the
position through/several administra-
tons. Miss Birdie D. Billman was
appointed as deputy record clerk;
Leila B. Chesline, deputy in main
office, and Charles E. Bebinger, pro-
bate department.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
Cost 75c to .
Sell Ford Coupe

D. e. Orvis. 1851 N. Hi.
nois ST.. advertised his Ford
coupe for sale in the eau
tomobile For Sale" want
ads of The Times and sold
his car the third day the
ad appeared.
Not only did the ad pro.
duce results. but also cost
less. only 75c, for want ads
cost less in The Times.
If you want to buy a
used car shop through the
attractive offerings listed
daily in The Times. Use
Times want ads If you have
a car for sale.
Call Main $500 to order
an ad. Your credit is good,
just say charge it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
DEER HUNTER KILLED

7
HAGERSTOWN, Nd, Dec. A.
Maurice L. Rhoades of Chambers
burg, Pa, member of a deer hunting
camp at Caledonia, near here, was
fatally shot today 1t is believed he
was mistaken for a deer by another
hunter. The bullet struck him in
the leg, SCATTERING the bone and cut
ting an artery. The wounded man
bled to death on his way to Cham
bersburg pa hospital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
PLANS TUEcnnAY SESSION
Women's Democratic Club to Talk
Next Campaign.

Organization of the Indiana Wom-
ems Democratic Club for the next
campaign will be discussed at a
meeting Of directors Tuesday at the
Claypool.
Mrs. A. P. Flynn, Logansport, head
of the party's State women's organ
ization was in Indianapolis today
arranging for the gathering.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
"Why" of Smokers
Superstition

BH United Press
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Dec. A.
That burning question, "Why do
most smokers shudder at the idea
of lighting three cigarets from one
match?" has been answered by a
Harvard professor.
After tireless research, Prof. A. M.
Tozzer, curator of the Peabody Mu-
scum, believes he has traced the
origin of this pet American super
stition.
Boer sharpshooters were respon-
sible for this eccentricity, according
to Tozzer. He says British "Tom-
mics" discovered that two cigarets
might be lighted on one fuse, but
if time were taken for a third, ia.
talities followed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
FIREMAN RESCUES CAT
Lieut.. Frank Ralph Brings Cat Out
of Smoky Basement.

Venturing into a smoky base
ment, Lieut.. Frank Ralph, of Pumper
Company Is, today rescued a cat
at the home of Ralph Jacobs, N.
Eastern Ave. A fire in The basement
was soon extinguished. Damage
was about $40.
After the cat was brought to
safety, the fireman resusitated 1t
from a state OF coma.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
Earthquake Races
Armenian Village
BIZ United Dress
TANHAx IL ~

BIZ Jntted Dress
LENINAKAN, Russian Armenia,
Dec. A devastating earthquake,
compared in intensity to the recur-
ring temblors which wrought havoc
here Oct. %. has destroyed the vii
lage Of Kapli. The number of cas-
ualties is unknown.
Doctors are being rushed into the
stricken city, from the American
Near East relief hospital here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
Bolivia Accepts
Tacna-Arica Plan

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Uncon-
ditional acceptance by Bolivia Of
Secretary of State Kellogg's pro-
posal for the Bolivian government to
purchase the provinces Of Tacna and
africa, now disputed by Peru and
Chile, was announced by The State
Department today.
Neither Chile nor Peru has made
formal reply, but representatives Of
the latter are conducting CONVERSE
tions with the State Department.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
so DRY RAIDS ARE MADE
U. 8. Agents Conduct CIeanups in
Northwest Portion.

Word Of the results from the
wholesale dry raids Friday and to-
day In several Indiana cities. in the
northwest portion of the State, was
awaited by A. R. Harris, deputy
Federal prohibition administrator,
today.
The cleanup was staged after
under cover" men had worked for
the past two months, making buys
from bootleggers and locating stills.
The drive was scheduled to total
about sixty raids, Harris said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
SAFE RESISTS YEGGS
Third Attempt to Rob Margarine
Firm Unsuccessful.

Apparently determined to break
open a safe in the Standard Nut
Margarine Company's office, 1902
Roosevelt Ave, Friday night, yegg-
men dragged the safe around the
office. However, they only sue
ceeded in making a few dents on
the outside.
Harry e. Rumrill, superintendent
of the margarine company, said this
was tn" third time in the past three
months the safe has been tempered
with. The Office was wrecked.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
PLANS AUTOPSY TODAY
PathOlOgist Will Act; Girls Father
Tells of Romance.

BIZ united Press
PRAIRIE DU CHEN, Wis, Dec.
Aust what caused the death of
Clara Dorothy Olson before she
was placed in shallow grave in the
bleak foothills along the Kickapoo
Valley, was to be determined by an
autopsy to be performed by DIR. c.
H. Bunting Of the University Of Wis
consin here today.
The girls body. found by a party
Of searchers Thursday, after her
father had said he felt certain his
daughter had been murdered by her
boy sweetheart, Erdman Sanford
Olson, is in local undertaking par
Tor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
FIGHT TOOBTA|N
PL|NCH|LDREN
Court Battle for Custody
Being Predicted.

BIZ United Press
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 4.-Shifting
from the subject of money, the
domestic battle Of Lita Grey and
Charley Chaplin, her husband, to-
day became a fight for custody of
the two Chaplin heirs.
Friends predicted agreement would
be reached out of court on the
amount Charlie must pay, but it ap.
peared probable that a judge will
have to decide to whom Charlie
Spencer Chaplin Jr., and Sidney
Earle Chaplin are to be given.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04

Warsaw, that a sample OF the well
water examined in the State
laboratory here showed a large
quantity of arsenic. If there had
been less arsenic in the water, the
children poisoned probably would
have died instead of being violently
nauseated, he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
King Ben? Nix,
Says Kokon1o
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
KOKOMO, Ind, Dec. 4.-Ko-
komo will keep it's gold key that
was made for Queen Marie of
Roumania.
Mayor S. E. Sturgeon says
the key, properly engraved, will
repose from now on in the city
hall.
Lions Club this week booed
down the proposal Of Walter
Dixon, Jack Mayer and Will
Finch that the key be presented
to King Benjamin of the House
of David.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
Washington State
Feels Heavy Quake

BELLINGHAM, Wash, Dec. A.
The severest earthquake felt here
in many years shook the city at
$50 a. m. today. No damage was
done, but the shock was sufficient
to awaken inhabitants.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
HOTEL SITE IS LEASED
Riley Company, Headed by Holmes,
Incorporates.

ANuSy OOHlpdiiy1 AltduCu W AAOihACoi
Incorporates.
Articles of incorporation were filed
today for the James Whitcomb Riley
Hotel Company and a thirty-year
lease signed on the site at Illinois
st. and Kentucky Ave-, where the
hotel will be erected by a group
headed by Ira M. Holmes, local at
torpey.
Ihcorporators were: Holmes, An.
drew c. Weisburg, owner and oper-
ator of the Oliver Hotel, 8 9TH Bend,
Ind; e. M. Hertzog and J. Edward
Morris. of this city.
Weisburg, who is to be manager,
signed the lease for the property with
representatives of the Jennings in
terests, who own the tract. The
proposed structure will be sixteen
stories high. The architects, Rapp
and Rapp Of Chicago, now are draw
ing up the plans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
QUEEN AND PARTY
BACK IN ROUMAN|A
Return to III Husband and
Political Turmoil.
Bp United Press

BU United Press
BUCHAREST, Dec. 4.-Queen Ma
RE of Roumania, returning from her
American tour to an i'll husband and
a political situation which may con-
stitute one of the crises of her dra-
matte career, arrived in Bucharest
today from Paris.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
PROSECUTOR AND
AID OUT OF CITY;
Jury IN RECESS
Not Known Where. Remy,
Sheaffer Are--CoIlinS to
Call in Jurors Monday.


With the Marion County grand
jury in recess today, it was learned
that Prosecutor William H. Remy
and his deputy, William H. Sheaffer,
who have been conducting the
jury's probe into alleged graft and
corruption in Indiana politics, were
out of the city.
When Remy's home was called it
was said that he had left town. At
taches of the prosecutors Office de-
clared they did not know where the
men were.
At the same time, Criminal Court
Judge James A. Collins said he would
bring the grand jury into Criminal
Court Monday morning and issue
a formal order that the body clean
up all the business before it, in
GLIDING the Stephensonism quiz.
Trips are to be made to the county
Institutions and many Jail cases still
are pending before the group.
Date Not Given
Collins did not say on what date
he would ask the grand jury to
make its full report. He said he
believed the jury should close its ac-
tivities as soon as possible. He pre-
viously asked a report by Dec. %,
but Sheaffer asked that the date be
made Dec. 81. The jury is auto
matically discharged Dec. 81.
The report that the jury will not
reconvene until Tuesday could not
be confirmed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
PLAN TO SEE PRISONER
Olson Case Investigators Expected
at Crawf0rdsviile.

BIZ United PresS
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, Dec. 4.
sheriff Harry Sherwood and a de-
tective from Prairie Du Chen, Wis.
are expected here today to attempt
to identify Henry .R~~Stanley. held
here on a charge of forgery, as Erd-
man Olson, wanted in Wisconsin for
the alleged murder Of Clara Olson,
his intended wife.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
So Much Drug Placed in Water That
Kosciusko County Pupils Are
Only Violently Nauseated.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH
Authorities Have No CleW to Person
Who Endangered Lives.

WARSAW Ind, Dec. 4-THreen children at Mount Tabor
school, Leesburg poisoned and had narrow escape
death when they drank from school well in which
had placed large quantity Of Paris green containing
arsenic.
Who placed the poison in the wen and why they did is
mystery which has bafled the entire county.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-04
TO SEND INSPECTOR

State Health Board to Aid in Poison
Investigation.
DR.. William f. King, State board
Of health secretary, said he would
send Inspector L. ]. Raie, to Lees
burg, Monday, to investigate the
poisoning of the well at the Mount
Tabor school.
King verified dispatches from