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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-26

sensational raids on the best known
cabarets that night.
Again 1 urged revoca ton OF the
dance license. Again the mayor took
no action.
Shortly before the raid on the
hotel, the Cafe L'Aiglon, a popular
night resort, was raided. The fol-
lowing is the memorandum OF a con.
versaton with the mayor concerning
this raid:
"At has a. M, Wednesday. March
11,1925, in the mayors office, no
one being present but the mayor and
myself, the mayor opened the con-
versation by mentioning the L'A1glon
Cafe affair. Qn the course Of that
raid, in which liquor was con-
fiscated, young man whom I will
call Blank was arrested after he
had attempted to throw a detective
over the balcony rally This young
man Blank was not doing anything
the mayor said. I replied, Mr..
Mayor. Blank had been drinking
Mayor Dissatisfied
1.-THE Mayor said, I am not salts
fed with the conduct OF affairs in
your department; I do not approve
Of some of your appointments OF
bureau chiefs and your captains
and lieutenants. I do not like the
way you handled the L'Aiglon affair;
have here a number of affidavits
from a detective agency, who have
been employed to watch that place;
there have been no violations OF
the law in 1t. Now, who is this man
OMEN? How long has he been on
the force? 1 said. About six
months why do you use a man
who has only been on six months;
these detectives are lying to you.
They are not telling you the truth,
they just want to make a reputation
with you and get promotion. I don't
like this way Of doing it.
Now this man Blank has been
in to see me; he is a fine man; his
boy the Mayor continued. He IS a
student at Princeton. You under
stand me, he is a student at Prince
ton. His father assures me that he
never took a drink IN his life; now
1 believe him before 1 believe one
Of these detectives of yours. Now,
you have arrested him, he viii not
be able to go back to Princeton; he
is disgraced for the rest Of his life.
The worst part of it is you marched
policeman. with gun sticking
aaginst his ribs and disgraced him
before everybody
1.-The mayor then instructed me to
send to him the detectives who
staged the raid
Returning to my office. rather
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RITES FOR THEATER MAN
Joseph Gavin, Associated in Earring,
Dies After Short Illness.

Funeral services were held this
afternoon at the Flanner and Buch-
anan mortuary for Joseph II. Gavin.
90, theater manager, who died Sat
urday at st. vincent's hospital fol-
lowing a short illness.
Mr.. Gavin was connected with the
old Park Theater for fourteen years
and served as Lyric Theater man.
ager. At the time of his death he
was at the Earring Theater. Surviv-
ing are the widow, two sons. Walter
L. and Robert Gavin OF Indianapolis;
two brothers, William G.. Gavin of
indianapolis and Charles Gavin of
Jacksonville. Fla, and four sisters.
Mrs. Bert Saffel, Mrs. Nellie Cava-
naugh and Miss Della Gavin, all OF
this city. and Mrs. Elizabeth Hogan,
Logansport, Ind.
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PLAN ALLEN FUNERAL
Insurance Man Dies IN Louisville
Body Returned.

Funeral arrangements are being
made today for Hezekiah A Allen,
AZ. $50 W. Thirty-Fourth ST.. assist
ant superintendent Of the Empire
Health and Accident Insurance
Company, who died Saturday in
Louisville, Ky. The body was re
turned here Saturday night. Mr.. AL
len, who had gone to Louisville for
an operation, had lived here sixteen
years.
Besides the widow, he is survived
by two daughters, Mrs. Newton
Buser, and Miss Arlyn Miller; a Sis
ter. Mrs. Florence Dranke, all Of
Indianapolis, and Mrs. Ida Hill, a
sister, and Floyd Allen, a brother.
both of Louisville.
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angry, I wrote the following letter
to the mayor:
"Unless 1 greatly misunderstood
you this morning, in your office, you
informed me that you were not salts
fed with my conduct Of the affairs
of the department of public safety,
including the performances of bu
reau chiefs and other executives, but
most particularly the actions OF this
department in the enforcement of
law in connection with violations in
the L'Aiglon Cafe.
Your attention is respectfully in
vited to the fact that there was no
| difference between the action of the
police in this case and all similar
cases approved by you. 1 regret ex-
ceedingly your disapproval OF my
conduct of the affairs of this depart
ment, but l will not moderate the
| policy of the police toward law en-
forcement in view of the terms Of
my acceptance Of this office
The next morning l found the
mayors reply on my desk. 1t read,
in part:
"In future communications to me,
oral or written, you will refrain from
even the slightest intimation that
I desire you in any way to moderate
the policy of the police toward law
enforcement"
That-after the hotel roof garden
episode.
Incidentally, neither the hotel nor
the L'Aiglon licenses were ever re-
volled by the mayor.
Copyright, 1926. by the Bell Syn
dictate. Incl
Tomorrow General Butler will dis
cuss the problem OF prohibition in
a general way i'm the light Of his
Philadelphia experiences)
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BY SMEDLEY ID. BUTLER

Early in 1925 the mayor sent for
me one afternoon. I found him in
earnest conversation with two real
estate operators and their attorney.
The mayor at great length explained
to me just how much the past friend
ship and hacking of his callers meant
to him and how anxious he was to
help them in their difficulty over a
large central city hotel. 1t should
be recorded that in November and
December the police had had to
cope with much law violation and
indecent behaviour by patrons of the
hotel roof garden. On numerous oc-
casions police had seized intoXicat-
ing liquors on the tables, had ar
rested unusually disorderly patrons
and had witnessed disgusting scenes.
The conduct at this roof garden, in
many instances was equal to If not
worse than that in some Of the low
dives which we had to close and
padlocked.
1OllC6 ItpOIlGQ LilG nldllctSculGIll
was making no effort to control the
behaviour of its patrons and so 1
took the usual steps to secure the
revocation Of the dance license. The
mayor took no action.
Business Was Poor
Now the mayor explained to me
that one Of his callers was interested
in the hotel, that business was so
poor that they were starving to
death" and that there was a great
difference between million dollar
hotels and cheap dives.
He asked me if l would not give
them another chance. I replied I
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Here is brand new Boots Bob
worn by Mrs. Josephine Foreman,
70 S. Fourth ST.. Beech Grove.
Here, also, is the tight-banded lit
tie tam hat that best fits down
over the modish trim lines Of her
new haircut.
After getting a Boots Bob, it's
really a task to find a hat that will
go with it." said Mrs. Foreman.
There isn't much hair left on
ones head, and all the hats in
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tended for the ordinary bobbed
head are oceans too big. My, but
this Boots Bob will be dandy and
cool this SUMMER
BARRIERS report that the new
bob, introduced in The Times
comic strip. Boots and Her Bud
dies" has picked up" wonderful
ly the past week. Shouldn't be
surprised If the Boots Bob gets to
be all the rage" one barber re-
marked. Its pretty nifty with
some types of faces"
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PLAN 100000 THEATER
New Motion Picture House for North
Side Proposed.

Plans are being made for erection
of a 100000 moving picture theater
at Thirtieth and Illinois St., on part
Of the Charles w. F'airbank estate, it
was announced today by w. II. Grit
fin, GarriclS Theater manager. 1t
will replace the present Garrick.
Plans call for one of the most beau
tiful neighhorhood picture houses in
the city.
Seating capacity will be $500,
Griffin said. Griffin plans to open the
new house Jan. l.
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Puzzle a Day

Once upon a time there was a
wise old king, who was visited by
twentv.four of his subjects. They
asked the king to give them jobs
in the palace. Only twelve posi-
tions were open and the king knew
that half of the men were loyal sub
iects. while the other half were not.
So he told them that they would
be chosen by count. The subjects
were arranged in a circle, and start
ing with the cross, every eighth
man counted out secured lob. The
king arranged the men so cleVerly
that only loyal subjects were EN-
ployed.
Can you discover where the loyal
subjects were placed?
Last puzzle answer:
The deleted letters spell Chicago"
1 A clasp-"clip"; beheaded 1t is
lip" a portion Of the mouth.
A passage-"hall," beheaded 1t is
ALI" everything. 3. An image
Icon" beheaded it is con-" to COM
nit to memory. 4 An outer gar
ment-"coat," beheaded 1t is "oat' -
a grain. 8 To "abut," be-
headed it is but" a conjunction. o
A precious metal-'gold," beheaded
it is "old," ancient. IA gem
opal" beheaded it is pal" chum.
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would not, they had had too many
chances already. T told the mayor
the decision rested entirely with him
and he said that he could not help
his friends unless I changed my
recommendation.
No one denied conditions at the
hotel roof were as reported. They
simply demanded preference. They
were friends of the mayor and
wanted to violate the law.
When the mayor found I was I'M
willing he turned to the others and
said:
II told you 1t was no use sending
for him. 1 knew he wouldn't do It."
The mayor seemed greatly de-
pressed and sat with his head buried
In his hands. One OF his visitors,
as he was leaving. leaned over the
mayor. patted him on the back, and
said:
Never mind, Freel," just keep
on being the same big man you al.
ways were.'
Jan. IL made the following
memorandum:
About 4:30 p. m. Jan. u, 1925,
the mayor, in the presence Of City
Solicitor Gaffney. said to me in a
sneering way: Have you any news
of those bandits who robbed that
bank?' and I said: No, SIR and
explained the conditions to him. He
then said:
IF you stop going after these
big investments and have the po-
lice on the streets there would be
fewer robberies. You are going too
strong on these seven illion-dollar
investments. There is nothing wrong
with that hotel; they are running
their business as well as they can;
I was down there a little while ago
and saw the manager and the man.
ager said they were doing every
thing they can to run the business
respectfully
"Mr Gaffney stoutly defended the
actions Of the police, and advised the
mayor that the hotel is bad and
was bad place, but the mayor de-
MED it."
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Business Was Poor
His Health Ruined
BY Constipation
Tells How He Got Quick Relief.
No Sign of Trouble Now.

For five years / suffered with
liver trouble and constipation My
bowels were SO sluggish they would
hardly act more than once a week
My complexion was yellow and I
was all run down. My appetite was
poor and L had a disgust for food
most of the time. / went down to
1876 pounds, and my vitality was so
low 1 just had no pep at all. 1 felt
lazy and wanted to sleep all the
time. L tried different medicines
and nothing did me any good. Then
a relative recommended Viuna. Be-
fore had taken half 2. bottle I felt
better, and by the time l had taken
the second bottle 7 had gained 4
pounds and could eat anything, had
a good, healthy appetite and was
feeling fine. All that drowsiness
was gone and 1 would get up in the
morning full of pep. 1t has been
three months since l bought by first
bottle of Viuna, and believe I can
truthfully say that 1 am entirely
well. l have gained 20 pounds, and
never felt better in my life. Paul
d. Bragdon, 1923 Cedar ST.. Ander-
son, Ind.
Wilma acts promptly on sluggish
bowels, lazy liver and weak kidneys. II
puri6es the blood, clears the skin, re-
stores appetite and digestion, and brings
new strength and energy to the whole
body. Take bottle on trial Then il
you're not glad you tried Viuna, your
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or mailed postpaid by Iceland Medicine
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HOTEL OWNERS
TRY TO QUASH
BUFFERS RAIDS
Mayor Impatient Because
Toes of Friends Are
Stepped On.

Editors Note-This is the seventeenth
tnstallment of General Buffers story OF
his work as head of Philadelphia police
a a les viii iS appear daily is The Times
owns exclusive rights to the articles in
this territory.
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DANCE GARDEN REOPENS

The remodeled Broad Ripple Dance
Garden was reopened Sunday night
with two orchestras, Harry Stevens
Rag Pickers and the Hoosier Mite
Hawks. Earl w. Mushrush, man
.ager, announced dancing every night
except Monday.
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FOG OVER THE ARCTIC |CEPACK EARLY DASH
 IMPERATIVE --CAPT. WILKINS INJURIES HAND
A DISPATCH COMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO THE EFFECT THAT ELLISON AN CAPT.
 WILKINS LEFT FOR BARROW

FAIRBANKS, Alaska April 15, )AP).-With Capt, Wilkins hand swollen and painful the result of in jury received when he caught it in the landing wheel gear while turning the plane around the lagoon at Point Bar Saturday, the date of his next flight with the Alas kan probematica Wilkins said he would not fly until his hand healed sufficiently permit it's if he was forced in any way on the return flight to navigate with his left hand
 Four hundred gallons of gasoline are already depos- tied at Barrow is possible the Alaskan may be held here awaiting the completion of repairs the Detoiter which have been delayed pending the arrival of parts. Both ships will then take off from here preparatory the final dash Wilkins reported the fogs along the Arctic coast at Barrow his last trip made landing difficult With the fog closing in the icepack and young ice be- ginning to show marks of recession the expedition may consider early dash imperative,
 All three engines the monopIane Detroiter have been tested and the ship strengthened throughout The metal propeors have been replaced with wooden ones and everything is ready with the exception of few mi nor adjustments to take the air.
 The Alaska is fueled and reyad for flight Road graders put the runway, smoothing the rough spots and filling soft places which would indicate the final dash is near
 LATER-Eilseson and Wilkins left in Alaskan for Barrow.
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MINING ACTIVITIES IN NUKA BAY DISTRICT
 WILL START EARLY

Having shipped the remainder of his outfit and supplies including a quartz mill, to Nuka Bay where oper- ations will begin this spring on the Nuka Bay Mining Company's property owned by Seward people. Dennis Hurley has left for the camp to pre- pare the ground for the coming sea- sons activities activities.
 The company, a closed corporation, is composed of Dennis Hurley, mana ger, Cal M. Brosius, prominent local business man; his sister, Mrs. Emily Weybrecht, John Rice, well known mining man, and George Spangler, for merly an engineer with the Alaska Road Commission. The property, which was the first quartz mine to have been located on Nuka Bay, was purchased from Frank Skeen and Otis Harrington, original locators.
 MT. Hurley is also president and general manager of the Alaska Hills Mines Corporation which is situated about one mile from the property pre- viously mentioned. The latter com pany has been operating for the past two years and this year it's stockhold- CTS are looking forward to a fine pro- duction season.
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WOULD BE WORLD TIN MARKET
 F HAD \ SHELTER
SCHOFlELD OF NOME ANNOUNCES LORD ASQUiTH INTERESTED
 IN YORK TIN MINES

SEATTLE, April 15. (Ho)-George D. Schofield of Nome, said: "The out standing opportunity for Seattle is to establish tin smelter and become the tin market of the world Raw products can be brought from China and Alaska, when we get our lode min ing operations started in the York dis trict, 100 miles north of Nome. I am in touch with Lord Asquith of London and he will probably send an expert to survey the York lodes this year. We shall need a mill for crushing preparations and concentration. The only tin smelters now are located at Singapore, Perthamboy, N. J., and one in Wales.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-04-15
sELBY AT SOAP LAKE:
 SOAKING UP SUNSHINE

H. B. Selby, former publisher of The Seward Gateway, was in the Beach Hotel & Sanitarium at Soap Lake, Wash, according to recent let ters received, where he was undergo ing special treatment. MT. Selby said he was so internally i'll that he could not raise his head from the time he arrived at Seattle from Seward. How ever, at the time of writing the last letters, March 28, he felt much better and looked for complete recovery early this month.
 Following his arrival at Seattle he was taken down with the flu and was laid up for three weeks and only for the fact he had a good doctor, he said he might now be planted under the sod.
 Of the Soap Lake resort, MT. Selby speaks a kind word of the beneficial results to be obtained and the com fortable accommodations The lake is in bowl out in the bare sage brush hills and is about eight miles around. It was 86 in the shade when MT. Selby wrote and it seldom rains there. The orchards are all in bloom and to a 'sourdough" it is a great sight. He was then laying about talk ing the baths and soaking in the sun- shine.
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PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
 |ND|SPQSE:D WHITE
 HOUSE. S0RE THROAT
TAKES TO BED FOR REST FOL- LOWING CANCELLiNG OF
 ALL ENGAGEMENTS

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15. [P) President Coolidge cancelled all en- agreements today because of illness and returned to his quarters in the White House. His indisposition was indicated as not being serious. The President for years has been a suffer CT from throat trouble and the cold and spring weather of the past week has not been beneficial.
 The indigestion attacks of President Coolidge yesterday kept the Presi- dent in the mansion during the after noon. He had similar attack a year ago which kept him away from the executive offices for only few hours, but today he went to bed for a rest.
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TELEGRAPH BREWT|ES

WASHINGTON, D. O., April 6. [P) More than one hundred Florida real estate promoters, many of whom dealt directly or by mail in Washington, will be prosecuted within a few weeks on charges of misrepresentation in land deals. Louis Rothchild, Better Bus s:ness Bureau direction said today. He has just returned from a conference with directors of other bureaus with the Florida land investigation com mittee of the National Association in New York City.
 NEW ORLEANS, La, April 6. P- Big Boy" Peterson was suspended for six months and his end of the purse in the bout with Marullo held up by the Louisiana Boxing Commission for his deliberate fouling of Marnello. The Commission commented referee Joe McClymon for taking the course of action which he did in stopping the affair.
 LONDON, April 6. (P-The public is keenly awaiting the outcome of a meeting today between the executives of the mine owners and the miners of Great Britain called to discuss their differences and decide whether they will accept the report of the commis- sion which was made recently with the purpose of settling the long stand ing dispute, also to bolster up the coal mining industry.
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VOGL AND LARSEN TAKE
 ANOTHER TIE CONTRACT

Cutting from 1000 to 1,500 ties a month is the record of two men near Seward with the assistance of one horse who have just about completed a 5000 tie contract for the Alaska Rail- road and are ready to tackle their sec ond, this time for 2,000 narrow gauge ties for the Chatanika track out of Fairbanks. The partners, Ed Vogl and Henry Larsen have their camp at Mile 6 and are the sole owners, chief cook and bottle washer of the outfit
 No overhead for us'', MT. Vogl ex- claimed to The Gateway Tuesday. -Four years ago I took up a contract thinking I was going to make clean up. I learned my lesson, for, at the end of the contract I was S700 in the hole. Too much overhead was the answer. Now, when we cut tie we can look it in the face and say: Every dime from that is ours"
 Delivery of their recent ties will be- gin at once to the railroad. Their new contract will be cut in the same location which is ideal, sufficient tim Der being on either hand for them to cut TOT some years to come.
 MT. Vogl purchased the Ford car of Nils Hagen recently and unfortunate ly smashed it up last Sunday when large boulder struck the car, jack knifing it over the bank for a goal. <It's all in life time", Mir. Vogl end ed
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FROM MISSOURI

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15. lP) The American Mercury, the organ of H. L. Mencken, was barred from the mails as obscene on account of pro- tests of Missourians against an article dealing with a supposed Pennington Missouri woman of the streets. This is the climax of attacks that started when Mencken was arrested in Bos- ton for selling a copy of the maga- zine containing the article, and later acquitted of the charge of selling ob- scene literature
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MARATHON MOUNTAIN
 RACE WINNER READY
 ID ENTER FOR 1928

For the past three months have been running up the mountain near our tie camp near Mile 7'', Ed Vogl, winner of the Marathon mountain race last Fourth of July, stated to The Gateway, and as far as going to the top of Marathon this year, ought to climb that like a squirrel. I am glad to hear there is some talk in Seward to make the Marathon mountain race an annual classic. You can say for me I am entering the race right now and not only do expect to take home the prize money, but I fully expect to shatter all existing records"
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UNHAPPY REUNION

RACINE, Wis, April 15. (P)-Jas. Greco is back home to stand trial for murder. He sits in the county jail here a few cells removed from his brother, Arthur, who also awaits trial for murder. By chance still strang- CT, one of the guards at the jail is a brother of the accused men, William Greco, captain of the Racine County motorcycle squad.
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HEAL IF MRS. ROBERTS
 MUCH IMPROVED, REPORT

Dr. A. R. Roberts expects to return to his local dental office about July 1, according to Dr. Tyler, who is carrying on the practice during Dr. Roberts absence at Ontario, Oregon. Mrs. Roberts is feeling much improved in health, so much so that she is now able to do her own housework. En route to Seward, MT. Roberts will stop at Portland and attend the Dental Convention there in June. Mrs. Rob- erts may accompany him at that time or wait until September and come north with Dr. Roberts sister who contemplates locating here.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-04-15

Billy Sunday once said that there must be something rotten as hell when a man shows another fellow up, which is congruous to the statement of An drews in yesterdays dispatches and criticised today by Mrs. Peabody, who is connected with an anti-prohibition society. Wouldn't it be fine if we had all our executives in Washington give their clear idea of their offices, and what they have to cope with and whether they can? The Teapot Dome and other alleged miscarriages in gov ernment at the present day satisfies the majority. It hasn't cost the gov ernment cent to find out that prohi- bitiOn is taking the sap out of the United States, out of her people by the injustice wrought thru an un- popular law. More men like Andrews at the helm of our government their will be less final decisions" of our courts. Too many people look with one eye closed at the doings of others and are ready to condemn them for giving their candid opinion when they are in position to give it.
 Yes, indeed, there must be some thing rotten about prohibition.