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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
FULL HALL4M|LLS
SECRET MAY Be
GIVEN TO STATE
VeStryman Promises He viii
Come Clean With
Story Today.

SOMERVILLE. n. j., Sept. 1S.-
The full story of the illicit love affair
of the Rev. Edward w. Hall and
Mrs. Eleanor Mills. choir singer,
was sought by the State today from
Ralph V. Gorsline. vestryman in
Halls church.
Under threat of indictment for
perjury because of his story Of the
Hall-Mills murder told to the grand
jury. GOrsline announced, through
his attorney, that he would come
clean" today and reveal the secret
he has guarded for four years, since
the preacher and Mrs. Mills were
found shot to death.
Last Link
Gorsline's story may be the last
link in the chain OF evidence the
State is building against the pastors
widow, Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall.
and three of her relatives.
For the first time since the
murder. Mrs Hall has been able to
make legal denial of the charge that
she murdered her unfaithspl hus-
band and his sweetheart Arraigned
before two judges in the court of
Oyer and Teminer here Friday she
pleaded mot guilty" and was re.
leased again under the increased
bail OF $4,000.
Her brothers. Henry and Willie
Stevens. and their cousin, Henry
DE La Bruyere Carpenter, also
pleaded not guilty and were taken
back to Jail.
Not So Serious
The only revelation of the hearing
was the intimation by Alexander
Simpson, special prosecutor. that the
charge against Mrs. Hall is not as
serious as that against her kins-
men.
The questioning Of Gorsline will
be coupled with the examination of
Mrs. Minna Clark, a choir singer in
the Episcopal church of st. John
the Divine, of which Hall was rec.
tor. She and Gorsline are accused
Of having spied on the rector and
Mrs. Mills at their forbidden love
meetings and to have been in full
possession of their guilty secret.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18

Held in city prison today, Mrs.
Helen Bente, 25, r. r. 4, Box %,
is the center Of a tangle involving
two bigamy charges, three husbands
and two wives.
She was arrested on a bigamy
charge filed by Edward Wood. 46 s..
Kansas st. Recently Wood was ar
rested on bigamy charge field by
his present wife who charged he
had been married to Mrs. Bente and
had never gotten divorce.
Wood said he believed his mar
riage to Mrs. Bente illegal because
he charged she was married to a
j. w. Gossett when she married him,
and that divorce was not neces-
sary.
Mrs. Bente admits three husbands.
Il thought my first husband was
dead and my second husband told
me he had divorced me-" she said.
She said she was married to Cos.
sett, an indianapolis man, in 1920,
but left him three days after the
ceremony. Later that same year she
married Wood and lived with him
until March, 1924.
In July, 1924, after she and Wood
had separated she married Bente
here and went to Terre Haute with
him, later separating from him. She
started n suit for divorce from
Wood. but dropped it when Wood
told her he had already obtained a
divorce, she said
Detectives are seeking for Bente
and Gossett to aid in clearing up
matrimonial tangle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
RELEASE MAN IN
MAIL CASE QUIZ
Exonerated of Charge He
Plotted Truck Robbery.

Because there was no evidence to
link William Donlan. Sic Oxford
ST., with an alleged attempt to rob
United States mail trucks, he was
released from custody of police on
Friday afternoon. A vagrancy charge
under which he has been held since
Sept. 13 was dismissed by Municipal
Judge Dan V. White, on recommen-
dation of Postal Inspector William
Ella.
A Hudson sedan had been re-
ported as following mail trucks and
was reported to police. Donlan also
driving a Hudson was arrested as
suspect, but proved conclusively
he had no connection with the plot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
TO
HEAR TALES
OF BLOCKS
Pavement That Floats Will
Be Up for Discussion
Monday Night.
REPAIRING is PROBLEM
New Engineer Faces Hard
Job at Once.

City councilmen Monday night are
expected to hear a fearful tale of
wooden blocks floating away in sum-
mer rains, when city officials en-
deavor to obtain funds to repair
several miles of block-paved streets.
Allotment of part of $S5,O00 from
the citys share Of the State gaso-
line tax for repairing wood streets
probably will be considered, Council
man Otis e. Bartholomew of the
majority faction said today.
Meanwhile, George Woodward,
streets superintendent, is battling
with the repair problem. attempt
ing to stretch a few dollars over
many blocks.
Will Be Passable
Kentucky Rock asphalt is being
the street viii soon be passable, ac-
cording to Woodward.
Long stretches of washed out
blocks on e. Michigan ST., between
Noble st. and State Ave, and on E.
Market st. from Pine st. to Arsenal
Ave, have remained untouched be-
cause there is not enough money for
workmen and material necessary.
I'VE don't know when we will
start repairs there" Woodward said
Need Repairs
Other streets where wooden blocks
have caused trouble are, Delaware
st. from Sixteenth st. to Pratt st.
and Ashland Ave. from Fourteenth
st. to Twenty-First st.
Chester C. Oberleas. newly ap.
pointed city engineer, will face the
problem of permanent repairs when
he takes Office Monday. He must
make wooden streets pasaable until
resurfacing.
The board OF works already Is en-.
gagged in plans to -resurface N. Me-
ridian St, but has encountered op-
position from many property own.
ers, who have no desire to pay as
sessments.
The board Friday was forced to
postpone decision on resurfacing
and widening Meridian ST., from
property owners objected.
Pass the Buck
Passing the buck is a favorite pas
time in. dealing with the situation.
The park board, which recently
bought several thousand dollars
worth of wooden books for Meridian
St. now is trying to convert Merl-
dian St. north Of Fall Creek into a
street. AS n boulevard. its present
status. the thoroughfare is under
park board jurisdiction. The pro-
posal is to pass the street back to
the board of works to avoid the
wooden block problem.
Mayor Duvall has indicated he
may grant the request.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
FOOD COSTS LOWER
Prices Drop Per Cent Locally
During August, Is Report.

Although the average reduction
in food costs over the country was
only l per cent, the decrease for In.
dianapolis in August over the pre-
ceding month was 3 per cent. ac-
cording to United States Department
of Labor statistics.
However. the prices remained 81
per cent higher than in 1918.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18

suit of the swollen Big Sioux River
leaving its banks here.
Water stands in the business Sec
ton of this city at depths ranging
from three to six feet. Unless the
river recedes within the next few
hours scores Of people living along
the lowlands~ of the river near here
will lose entire crops and belongings.
One fatality was reported. Nina
Brussing, IL, was carried away with
footbridge. as It washed out. The
unprecedented rise of the river fol-
lowed a cloudburst, which began at
l p. m. Friday and continued for
six hours.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
TRACTION KILLS ONE
Man Riding Speeder Dies in Crash
With Interstate Freight.

BU United Press
. COLUMBUS, Ind, Sept. 1S.-Harry
Henderson, 80, was KILLED today
when a motor speeder was hit by a
freight train en- the Interstate Pub
lie Service traction .line, five miles
south Of Columbus.
Both of Henderson's legs were cut
off. A fog prevented the motor.
man from seeing the speeder in time
to prevent the crash. Daniel Eckle.
man and John Day, riding with
Henderson, jumped. Eckleman was
seriously injured.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
HAWKINS APPEAL
DENIEDBY COURT
Second One Entered by
Mortgage Company Men.
BIZ United PreSS


CHICAGO, Sept. 1S.-The United
States Circuit Court of Appeals to-
day denied a motion for a new trial
entered by Mortimer S. Hawkins,
William Webb and Frank Jacqua.
all convicted in connection with the
operations of the Hawkins Mortgage
Company of Portland, Ind. Using
the mails to defraud was the spe.
ciflc charge used in convicting the
men.
Hawkins, president of the com
pany, now is serving a fifteen-year
sentence in Leavenworth, ard the
other two men are serving shorter
terms. The appeal denied today was
the second one to be entered by the
mer, both having been based on
''writs Of errors" allegations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
LETTER FROM DIRIGIBLE
Hoosier, on RS-1, Sends Note to
Family; Ship in Detroit.
D., Tr.Sf.6 D~,ak

DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 1S.-While
passing over Miami, Ind, at IL Fri
day night, letter was parachuted
from the Army dirigible RS-1 to the
family of Capt. William A. Kettner,
a member Of the crew, 1t was re-
vealed in the log Of the airship here
today. The letter landed on the
north side of the town, the log said.
The RS-1 was maneuvered to the
Ford air mast here shortly after
this morning, following an unevent
full trip from Belleville. Ill, which
started Friday night.
The dirigible sailed from the Ford
Airport at 12:43, heading for Sell
fridge Field, Mt. Clements, Mich,
where it will remain for short time
before starting back for Belleville.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
WAR AGAINST WASHERS
SHOTGUN Squad Put on Duty by
Police in Salt Lake City.

BW United Press
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept.
18.-A squad Of twelve men, armed
with sawed-off shotguns and riding
in fast automobiles today was
pressed into service in the city's war
against mashers.
The officers have orders to treat
'em rough" and If necessary, shoot
to kill, according to Joseph Bur-
bridge, chief of police. Dance halls
will be patroled mighty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
DEFENDS PROHIBITION
Senator Fess Asserts Eighteenth
Amendment Win Stay.
Bu Tinted Press

BIZ United Press
DETROIT, Sept. 1S.-The only
chance Of modifying the Eighteenth
Amendment is by making it more
rigid. Senator Simeon e. Fess of
Ohio declared in an address before
the Detroit conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, in session
here
"The Eighteenth Amendments in
the Constitution to stay" the Sen.
ator declared, 'and those who seek
its repeal are plain FOOLS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
GAS BATH PROMISED
Wife Tells Judge That Hubby Had
Been Drunk for 10 Years.
BIZ Tnitcd Press

BU Unifcd Press
FIT. WAYNE, Sept. 1S.-A gas
oline bath and lighted match were
promised Emil Lapadot in city court
here by his wife IF he ever got
drunk again" She told the judge
he had been drunk for nineteen
years and the jurist suggested that
gasoline would hardly be necessary
in that case.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
HUGE LOSS IN ILLINOIS
Thousands of Acres of Fine Land
Submerged.

Bu United Press
JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,, Sept. 49,
Thousands of acres of the finest
land in the corn belt is submerged
from six to eight feet deep in water
and millions of dollars loss has been
recorded In corn and livestock
through the overflow of the Illinois
River in west central Illinois.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
PERsIsTANT BANDITS wsN

BU Untfed PreSS
DETROIT, Sept. 1S.-Routed from
one branch bank here today two
bandits travelled six blocks and sue
cessfully held up another bank. es-
caDing with an estimated $4,000 loot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
TO TALK ON YOUTH

Miss Laurel G. Thayer. probation
officer at municipal court, will tell
of her work and problems of
youth" before a Sunday school class
at Central Ave. M. l.. Church at
9:15 a. m. Sunday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
DRIVER KILLED BY TRAIN
Machine Struck Near Kokomo-Vic.
tim Kendalville Hotel Man.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
KOKOMO, Ind, Sept. 1S.-Leon
Shaw, AZ. of Kendallville, was killed
near here today when the auto in
which he was riding was struck by
freight train on the Nickel Plate
Railroad
The body was carried down the
track a quarter of mile, was bad
ly mangled Shaw. owned the Cat
rop Hotel at Kendallville.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
AL SEEES "WHITE HOUSE"

bU IUtTtn PTeSS
NEW YORK, Sept. 1S.-At din
ner by the Coney Island Board of
Trade in honor Of Governor Al
Smith Friday night the table was
graced by large cake. iced to rep
resent the White House.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
WARD TO SPEAK

United States attorney Albert
Ward will address the Mons Bible
Glass of Roberts Park Church Sun
day morning at $50. The public is
invited.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
Indianapolis First

The Indianapolis First"
movement, sponsored by our
new Chamber of Commerce, is
worthy of the support of every
citizen of this mo Mean City"
The necessity for an awakening
of civic spirit in this splendid
city cannot be denied. We have
prospered and made headway
despite the pessimists and lack
of boosters.
This is the psychological time
for everybody to get aboard the
wagon and assist in developing
= bigger and better Indiarapo.
Count me in on the move
ment.
ROBERT H. BRYSON,
Postmaster.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
EARTH TREMORS FELTA

Inhabitants in State of Oaxaca.
Mexico, Flee From Homes.
BU Tnitcd Press
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 18.-Earth
tremors of great intensity were felt
in Pinotepepa, State of Oaxaca, Fri
day, causing inhabitants to flee from
their homes.
Tremors lasting S5 seconds were
recorded by the government seismo-
graph here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
SHUMAKERSAYS
He WILL CONTINUE
TO TALK COURT
Answers Statements Made
by GiIIiom in Letters
to Bar.

Undaunted by recent attacks Of
Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom,
DIR. Edward S. Shumaker, Indiana
Anti-Salpon League superintendent,
has renewed criticism of the Indiana
State Supreme Court.
Laws on Search and Seizure
Thirty-Four State Supreme Courts
Hold Adversely to Indiana Supreme
Court" is the headline for the lead
ing article in the current number
of Indiana edition of THE Ameri-
can Issue.y Shumaker is editor.
Will Continue Raps
The article lists the decisions of
other State Courts in respect to
raids.
Arthur L. Gilliom can not die
cate to me and to churches of the
State what we can do and say"
Shumaker declared, before departing
Friday night for Ft. Wayne to speak
at prohibition meeting. Churches
and individual members have as
much right to personal opinions as
attorneys of the State. especially
those of the type of Mr.. Gilliom."
Gilliom Friday sent letters to all
county and district associations
citing Shumaker's speech at the
State Methodist Conference at Ev-
ansville Thursday as an attack on
the Supreme Court.
Constitutional Right
II did not viciously and falsely
attack the Indiana Supreme Court"
Shumaker said. I have e right.
under principle Of free speech, to say
what l did.
II only said our Supreme Court,
along with others, has become so
enmeshed in technicalities of law
that oftentimes real issues have
been lost sight of, and that the In.
diana court is as much a victim.
or more so, than any other State"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
FINN MAY BE DEPORTED
Former Provost Marshal of Army
Held in San Francisco.

BIZ Untfcd Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1S-
Veikki Sippola, former provost
marshal of Finlands white army
which swept through finish in
surrectionists in 1918. was under
arrest here today awaiting probable
deportation.
Sippola, because of his official ac-
tivities in 1913 has been sought as
a murderer by the Finnish govern
ment for six years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
BIG SIOUX OUT OF BANKS

Water Three to Six Feet Deep in
Iowa TOwn-One Life Taken.
BT United PreaS
HAWARDEN, Iowa. Sept. 49,
Scores Of lives are endangered and
thousands Of dollars property dam
age has already been done as re-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
FIX TAX LEVY FOR
STATE NMONDAY
Leaders Expected to Announce SK-Cent Cut in Rate
$35, 1000, 900 Increase in VaIuation-Shift Funds.

Final plans were laid today by
State administration leaders to meet
Monday, browse perfunctorily over
a maze Of figures and announce to
the waiting public that a Scent re-
duction will be made in the 1927
State tax levy.
If pure mathematics is adhered
to. the reduction will be possible, it
was disclosed today by a State Of
fetal entirely familiar with the 6g-
ures used in computing tax levies.
A lesser reduction in the levy, he
declared, viii mean glutting of the
State treasury with the proceeds
of an extra cent or so, which will
not be needed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
THREE DIE IN MINE
One Also Injured When Rock Falls
I'm Pennsylvania Shaft.

BV United Press
SCRANTON, Pa. Sept. 18.-Three
men were killed and one injured in
the Exeter mine of the Penn
sylvania Coal Company today due
to a fall of rock.
The dead are: James LOTUS, a
miner; David Owens, fire boss; John
Pedro. laborer. All of the victims
were married.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
Funds Shifted

At the beginning Of the present ad.
ministration Governor Jackson an
nou0ced that he would wipe out the
State debt and reduce the State levy.
The debt was eliminated by cNifting
State funds through tha surplus
taxes raised by excessive levies dur-I
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
CARDINALS WIN FIRST
Battling st. Louis Team Beats
Phillies Z to 8.
Bv United Press

BIZ United Press
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1S.-The
st. Louis Cardinals further clinched
the right to first place in the Ma
tional League here this afternoon,
when they took the first game Of
double-header from the Phillies, 7
to 3.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
Home Edition

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-18
Forecast

Fair tonight and Sundays.
cooler Sunday afternoon or
night.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-26

man and general fnctotum in the primitive time when thrills photo- graphed under the sunlight were the rule n tho klcig light still was Il dream,
 Dancer director and even stage hand were inc roles he essayed in ihe legitimate theatre before he tried his luck before the camera. We had to depend on sunlight. of course, and such a thing as using a reflector was never heard of" de- clared Clancy "A script usually was written on tho back of an envelope.
 And within a few years we have the great feature picture like Ben lIur, lighilng effects such as grace 1 productions like The Torrent and large studios where every branch Of science works out difficult problems.
 "The much-nooted question of stars salaries is another instance of cvolntion-or rather of getting things down to q business basis. At 1 first salaries were almost nothing Then came period of hystcria, when enormous salaries lurcd stage stars,
 De Wolf Hopper, Raymond Hitch cock, Villain S. Hart, Douglas Fair banks and many others left the foot lights, lured by glittcring wealth. Hart and Fairbanks are about the only ones who learned tlle screen was q different vehicle from the stage and they stuck. The others. including
New Britain herald., 1926-03-26

n a case Of this kind at st.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-26

] Euenne, tho men arrested by tho false police were haRdcuffed in such l T way that the real police had to
 take them to a blacksmith 10 re.
 lease the cuffs, The men having to aXplain their presence at police head quarters. were tried and sent to
 prison,
 Tho gold smoltcrs do not escape this sort Of trouble, One day, in Paris, as tho metal was fuslng, one of the smel'crs vent out for somr cigarettes and burst in. on his re nrn shouting "policei" Everybody disappeared so no one saw man rmcrg" from cupboard, wrap up thc heated mass in wet rags and in turn disappcar,
 Y became known that q certain roUniry priest had one thousauI twenty franc gold pieces which h. Imisht change against paper. A meeting was arranged in the church itscll The priest allowed himself to he persuaded to part with few god coins at the CW'cnt rate Of sixty
 francs paper for ncuty francs gold. but would so no s~vthcr, It wns long before the huvsr could make him change his mind, Think of my
 nosltiou,' tle reverend father argued What if such a thing became known"
 Al last hc yielded and concealed in a confession box, he passed over q heavy packet in return for paper i bills. The two men left the church and doubtless the one man had got rid of the ca sock 10 which he had no right before the other had dis lcovcred that his packet was heavy Iwitll lead, not gold.
 Not much is known Of what ho- |comcs of the gold once it Is melted down, or who buys it. IL is reckoncd . that three hundred pounds of gold reach Paris every month in this !illicit traffic,
New Britain herald., 1926-03-26
LON CHANEY NOW
 LOOKS BACKWARD
Screen Star Reviews Years in
 the Pictures

New York, March 26 P,-Lon 'haney looks back 10 the motion pie mrc days when inc directing staff filled one automobile with gun powder and cameras. another with actors, and tEpn took out for drive in the country When the party re- 'rned it usually carried an episode of a serial.
 That was how pictures were made in the days Of yore," said Clancy. who today is Metro. .Goldwyn's character star Five dollars a day vas big pay and many d player, who now has reachel movie heights, was siad to get it, Mary Pickford once drew that kind of a check: SO did Fay Tincher and many another"
 Clancy has been through the re- portoire of inc lots, He WAS d hoayE', ass'ttant director, character
New Britain herald., 1926-03-26
GOLD BOARDING
 LIKE BO0TLEGGING
French Have Great Trouble in Hiding Wealth

Paris March % PD-Buyins up soarded gold in Franco is a pursuit llat can be compared 10 the boot eGgers' industry in America lt Is lot so widespread hul it has core pondiug results.
 How much gold Is hidden away, Nobody can say exactly, but it IS generally placed at over one and under two billion gold francs. AS lIcsc sums repr, ,scut between five md ten billion in paper francs, the Inference Is great enough tu attract many 10 this n"W calling.
 This commerce, 1T profitable, is >ot free from ,hs. T. IS illegal as 'ar as French coins are concerned. he law forbidding buying and sell ug operations with tho national 'oinage, although gold coins Of other nations cln be bought win French >apcr currency and made into inso's.
 The chief danger comes from the nen engaged in the business. Sad tories are told of how men have ,cen "torpcdocd' hy gold hiPh jacks nore often than troubled by the pc ice. At q meeting in quiet saloon, vhen hundred thousand papor rancs were being handed over ir 'xchange for one thousand twenty ranc gold pieces, the police apearcd. Hands up," they commanded. and he inspector heading the police icized the money, gold and paper, md marched the bootleggers off to ,olico hcaIouartcrs, There the h. ,pector ordered thom to sl' on " ,ench in a corridor, after which h" ,mc m his hat and cape and do- arted into an adjoining chamber,
 About two hours later caretAk- 'r asked them what they were wait ns for and they realized that the inspector was false. their money zone, and themselves unable 10 take thy action.
 In a case Of this kind at st,
New Britain herald., 1926-03-26

phone was listed under the name of Barksdale C. Hicks,
 He was mulatto and absolute identification was later made by one of his brothers, who viewed the body at the New Britain undertak ing establishment.
 Hicks is survived by his wife and a son, Edward, of Hartford, and three brothers, Edward R., Walter F.. and William M.. of New York city Arrangements for the funeral are incomplete.