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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10

'Theya find places I never knew
about.T
Favorite spots where the park po-
licenen find lovers are in the wooded
curves of Eighteenth ST., between
the South Grove club house and 4.
Riverside Dr.. on the road through
Spakes Park and in Dearborn Park,
according to Morgan.
To Borrow Men
The board members hesitated a
bit about expenses of doubling the
force. but President John e. Minor
explained that the men could be bor-
rowed from the recreation depart
ment and equipped with motorcycles.
Mayor Duvall said to employ the
additional policemen if it is neces,
sary," Minor explained.
Romine said the offenders he ar
rested last week for various offenses
in the parks and boulevards paid
fines and costs in municipal courts
amounting to 1854.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10

A crisp. sunshiny autumn morn
ing today greeted central Indinaa
and dried out some OF the fields and
roads that were beaten by the ter
rife storm Of Wednesday night.
Rivers and other streams contin-
ued to cover lowlands, but the wa
ters on the upper courses had start
ed to recede. At Indianapolis, White
River fell during the night.
Transportation, crippled by the
storm, which did damage conserva-
lively estimated at $1,O00,O00 in this
State and Illinois, was creeping back
to normalcy.
Fields Flooded
And farmers viewed their fields
with misgivings. Many Of the fields
could not yet be seen. They were
covered with water.
Downstream, White and Wabash
Rivers were above flood stage and
were expected to rise somewhat dur
ing the day.
Indianapolis. drenched Wednesday
night, on Thursday evening shivered
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10
MILLER GAVE HIM
100000 Cash,
GERMAN TE.ST|F|ES

BIZ Tinted Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 10-With
Richard Merton of Frankfort-o -on.the
Main, Germany. as its star witness,
the Government today wrote into the
court records q remarkable story
by which II expects to convict Harry
M. Daugherty, former Attorney Cen
eral, and Thomas w. Miller, former
alien property custodian, of conspi-
racy to defraud.
Merton testified:
That he agreed with either John
T. King or Jesse Smith, both now
deceased. to pay $4,000 retainer
fee and a commission of or 2i5 per
ctnt, dependent on time element.
IL they would secura return to him
S7.e00,o00 of property NNized from
German ownrs durning tn war.
Champaign Dinnr.
That tn 100000 was returned tc
him in cash and bonds at a cham
pagne dinner at a New York hotel,
after Miller had brought 1t here from
Washington, ID. c.
That the following day he turned
over to King liberty bonds to a total
of 1891 900.
After Merton had told Of the din
ner and Of King taking him to the
National City Bank the following
day to deposit the money he de.
scribed his instructions to the bank
to sign the receipts and forward
them to the Government at Wash
ington.
THAT was just a detail" he said.
Il had my money and the rest was
none Of my business"
Went to Bank
He and King then went to the Of
fees of Goldman, Sack and Com
pany, where the bonds had been
sent, Merton testified.
Ibid you receive there the $751;
900 in bonds?" he was asked.
Yes" was the answer.
"Did YOU give the bonds to King?"
"Tes,' said Merton. my recollec;
ton is that ] gave them to him irf
the building; gave them to him in
a bundle, small bundle, either in
the office or in the building.
"lIink said goodbye and we sep
arated.
Il think that was the last time /
ever saw Aim."
Recess was then ordered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10
SORROW FOR PETERS

Sedate members of the park board
are aghast today.
For Thursday they received a
revelation Of the 'petting" customs
of indianapolis young folk that in
duced them TO double the force of
park policemen that patrol the
shadowy rendezvous in city parks
and boulevards under the moon.
"Why, we find them by the
dozens, parked under the trees or by
the side of the road in and near our
parks and boulevards," George
Morgan, assistant karks superin-
tendent, told the board at meet
ing Thursday.
with only two policemen on duty
at night and one in the day time.
chasing the peters Is like trying to
cut water in two. 1t comes right to-
gether again.
Spooners Laugh
The spooners are laughing at us
because they know we can make the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10
Won1en's Shoes Fit
Poorly: Mems Well

Are you a woman? If you are,
it's a four to one shot that your
shoes fit poorly. If you're a man,
it's about three to one that they fit
well.
All this is the result of an X-ray
examination of the feet of 1900 State
fair visitors by Miss Meta Martin of
the Purdue University home eco
nomics extension department.
Miss Martin, with the assistance
Of foot experts, has examined the
feet and shoes of 493 men, 795 wom-
en-, 202 boys and 80 girls.
Here's what she found:
OF the women examined, 406 had
poor fits, 293 had fair fits and So
had good fits. Only eightyfour OF
the men had poor fits, while 1877
had feir fits and 272 had good fits.
Twenty-Five boys had poor fitting
shoes, sixty-eight had fair fits and
100 had good fits. Like their grown
up sisters, the majority Of the girls
had poor fitting shoes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10
GIRL. MAN
HEARD HALL
DEATH SHOTS
Church Official and Choir
Singer Were in Lovers
Lane on Fatal Night.
SILENT FOR FOUR YEARS
Both Kept Secret for He Was
Married.
BIZ Nni,cd Press

BU United Press
SOMERVILLE, N. j.. Sept. TO-
Ralph V. Gorsline, vestryman in
the Church of st. John the Divine,
who for four years has denied he
knew anything of the murder Of
the Rev. Edward y Hail and Mrs.
Eleanor Mills, admitted today he was
on the Phillips farm ana heard shots
and screams on the night Of the
crime.
Gorsline, a married man, said he
was in De Russeys lane the night Of
the murder with Miss Catherine Ra-
sail, a choir singer in the church.
Girl Admits IL
Miss Rastall also admitted to de-
tectives that she was in Gorsline's
auto with him in the lane within
800 feet of the crab apple tree under
which the pastor and his choir sing
er were found murdered.
Inspector John w. Underwood Of
the Jersey City police, who grilled
Gorsline for more than twenty-four
hours. quoted the vestryman as de-
of the murder as follows:
81 left home and went to the Y. NJ.
c. A. at about p. M. l stayed there
until 10 p. m. and then left for
home. On the way 1 met Miss
Rastall 1 offered to drive her home
and she got in my car. We drove
to College Avenue and then into De
Russey's lane. We heard shot and
then pause. and then three more
shots. Between the first and second
shots we heard a woman scream.
After the second shot it seemed to
be a wall which continued into a
moan. and then it seemed to die out. :"
Backs Up "Pig Woman"
Gorsline partly confirmed the
story told by Mrs. Jane Gibson the
Pig Woman" who said she had
seen the murder and had recognized
Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall. wife of
the preacher; her eccentric brother.
Willie Stevens. and their cousin,
Henry De La Bruyere Carpenter.
All three are held on murder
charges. Gorsline said of Mrs. Glib
sons story:
81 know her statement regarding
mumhled voices, shots, screams and
moaning. They coincide with what
saw and heard while was present
In De Russey's lane"
Low Speeding Auto
Gorsline said he and Miss Rastall
saw a car coming out of the lane af-
ter the shooting. but did not recog-
nize the occupants. They agreed not
to mention anything about the
shooting.
He said the murder occurred at
1920 p. m. That comedies with the
time given by Mrs. Gibson. Gorsline
said he had told Miss Rastall:
'If ! had turned on the head
lights, we would have seen some
thing"
There Before
Miss Rastall said she and Gors-
line had been in the lane before the
night of the murder.
How many times, asked Under
wood.
"a few times. I could not tell
how many"
WAS it always at night?"
Yes ~
Underwood said he was not
certain whether Gorsline and Miss
Rastall had told all they knew and
would question them again.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10
BEES SIGNAL BY SCENT

BERLIN. Sept. 10.-Experiments
with bees have shown that the in
sects are enabled by scent and pc
culiar direction-fnding apparatus to
find their way back to their hives.
II hive is moved, the first bees to
find it throw out a smell signal
for the guidance of their followers.
The bee also has a keen sense of
sight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10
WILL WE COME TO THIS,

GLASGOW-Tailors here haveAAn-
nounced their new fall styles for
men. For street wear. they recon-
mend: A stiff hat. crown from four
to hve inches high and the brim
modelled something like an auto
mobile fender. The suit is blue serge.
double breasted. the coat very short
and loose at the shoulders and the
trousers very loose and fappy, their
bottoms about three inches above
the shoe tops.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10
STATE is SENSATION

Arnold Statz of the Angels will
have a monopoly on individual rec
ords IL he continues to travel at his
present speed during the closing
weeks of the season. State now
leads in times at bat with $50. in
safe hits with 100, In doubles with
As, and in triples with ~. In runs
scored he is only three behind Ike
Boone. the leader.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10
ROB CHICAGO
MAIL TRAIN
OF $14O,0OO.
Bandits 0verpoWer Clerks
and Leap From Car With
Registered Pouches.
LOSS MAY BE $350,000
Men Overlook $3.50, 900 for
Indiana Bank.

BIZ Unttcd Press
CHICAGO, Sept. 10.-Two bandits
today held up Grand Trunk mail
train as it passed through Harvey,
Ills, Chicago suburb, and escaped
with registered mail variously valued
between $40, 900 and $780, 900.
The train robbers missed $25O,O00
In their haste.
The bandits in some way concealed
themselves on the train as 1t left
Chicago and made their way to the
mail car as the train entered Harvey.
They overpowered the two mail
clerks, seized the mail pouches, and
leaped off the moving train.
Auto Waiting
An automobile was waiting for
them with a confederate at the
wheel. They climbed in and were
whirled away before the train could
be stopped and an alarm sounded.
The train was Grand Trunk No.
10, en- route from Chicago to Port
Huron, Mich. The mail pouches con-
tanned money dispatched from the
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
and the First National Bank of Chi
cago to the First National Bank of
Harvey. Postal Inspector Grant B.
Miller announced the mail was
valued at $4,000 but Chicago police
were notified the loot was worth
S350,000.
Postal Inspector Miller ordered
Mail Clerk John II. Kelly removed
from the train at South Bend, Ind,
where he was questioned. He told
authorities in South Bend that he
had managed to conceal one mail
pouch containing n quarter of mil
lion dollars and this pouch has now
been found on the train, police re-
ported. This pouch. It was said. had
been dispatched to bank at Valpa-
raiso, Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10
|ND|ANAPOLISDAy
TAKES CROWD TO f,
STATE PLAYGROUND
Last Program of Grand Cir
cult Races - Society
Night at Horse Show.

Local interest in the Indiana State
Fair reached it's peak today.
With the entire days program
dedicated to indianapolis, home Of
the great exposition, thousands of
the Capital City's population poured
into the grounds early in the fore
noon, eager for glimpse at the
many attractions before the curtain
falls Saturday afternoon.
Today's program was to eliminate
with the annual society night at the
horse show in the Coliseum. With
clear skies, a record attendance was
anticipated. Through cooperation Of
the lnter-Club council, an organiza-
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US. SUBSIDIES TO
STATES a TIMES
+. LARGER R|NDECADE
Highway Building on $3.50
Basis Is Cause of Man,
moth Increase.
Timos Wnshinnton BMreau.


WASHINGTON. Sept. S.-Federal
IRE about fourteen times as great
now as they were ten years ago.
During the last fiscal year, according
20 figures compiled from congress
sonal appropriations, the Federal
Government advanced approximate
~ S132 100000 to the States, in addi-
lion to turning over large amounts
IF Federal lands.
Ten years ago Federal subsidies to
the States were ony slightly over
nine and half million dollars. The
principal cause for the striking in
,rease in Federal appropriations to
he States has been Federal aid in
building highways on a fifty-ffty
basis, the States matching dollar for
1ollar the advances of the national
government. Last year $75,O00,000
was turned over to the States in this
way.
Other Increases
Federal appropriations for the ma
ional guard last year took approx
mately $31 100000 and cooperative
educational programs, calling for
funds from the national government,
involved the expenditure of about
$4,000, 900.
The rapid increase in Federal sub
sides, which were inaugurated in
1857 with Federal land grants for
agricultural colleges, is being OPP
posed by those who think that it
gives the national government too
much control over state affairs. AL
though the states are free to take
or leave the subsidies as they see
6t, the lure of the money is great,
and opponents of the system are
contending that Federal control of
the purse strings provides a power
ful lever for prying into what should
be purely State matters.
Some States Object
Opposition from wealthy eastern
States on the ground that their tax
payers are assessed for payments to
be made to some of the thinly popu-
lated and poorer western states was
squelched when the United States
Supreme Court refused to rule that
the subsidy system violates the Con-
stitution.
Although Federal subsidies to the
states last year were considerably
lower than the peak year of 1922
when approximately $1S0,000, 900
was spent in that way they were
higher than for any year since that
time, and the trend seems to be
definitely upward,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10
FOoD WINS VOTES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS natives
anxiously are looking forward to
the coming fall elections and to the
"luaus' that will precede them. A
luau is a native feast, where con
vention is thrown aside and orators
crate as the guests eat. Ali the
political parties rely upon these
methods to put over their cam
paigns. and the stringed music and
hula dancing always prove % be
successful vote getters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10
TWO ARE KILLED
AT ALEXANDRIA

BIZ Times Special
KENDALLVILLE, Ind, Sept. 10.
Moody McCord. S6, and his wife,
Hester, 80, were killed today at Alex
andria when their auto was struck
by train on the Nickel Plate Rail
road.
They were on their way from Ken
dallville to Winslow, Ind, to attend
a family reunion. Sunday when the
fatal crash occurred.
The bodies Of the two victims,
mangled almost beyond recognition,
will be returned here for burial. :
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10
One Billionaire in
u. S.-RockefelIer

BH Uufrd Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. -
America has one billionaire, seevral
hundred millionaires and at least
1900 ordinary millionaires," ac-
cording to Joseph Mccoy, actuary
of the United States Treasury.
The wealthiest man in the country
resides in New York City, he said.
The next richest man lives in De-
troit while the third wealthiest per-
son lives either in Detroit or
Chicago"
Mccoy said he could not officially
reme the wealthiest persons, but it
was understood that the billionaire
is John d. Rockefeller, with Henry
Ford close second. Edsel Ford vies
with the unnamed Chicagoan for
third place.
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Both were former agents for the
Interna Revenue Department and
Neufleld was at one time director of
the field forces and assistant pro-
hibition director for the State of
Georgia.
Neufleld, at his trial, testified that
he was at one time a publicity
agent for the Ku Klux Klan and N
three years had received more than
$50, 900 for that work.
The effort to secure the release
Of these prohibition bootlegger and
Klan leaders is backed by Watson,
although they have served less than
three months of two-years sentence
imposed by Federal Court at Balti-
more, Md.
He is aidede In his efforts to sc.
cure their release by leaders of the
Anti.Saloon League, whose interest
in these particular bootleggers Is not
explained.
Causes Surprise
The appeal for clemency has
caused surprise, not only because it
is backed by Watson in connection
with Anti.Saloon League and Klan
Senators, but because the case
against the Jones brothers was
characterized as one of the clearest,
and one of the most important, in
the eastern u. s. for some time.
They operated the Maryland Drug
and Chemical Company in Baltimore.
A raid by Federal operatives brought
charges that the olcohol handled by
the firm was diverted from lawful
channels into supply for the boot
leg forces of Baltimore.
j. e. Baker. former manager and
president of the company, pleaded
guilty at the same time the brothers
pleaded not guilty and testified
against them. He said he discovered
that barrels of alcohol were being
taken out after the plant was closed
in the afternoon. And that he was
told to "shut up and you will be
taken care Of"
Money Changes Hands
Baker said he accompanied Jones
many times when the latter took
money from William Cohen, who
also pleaded guilty to the conspiracy
charge, only the Jones brothers
standing trial. Mrs. f. H. England,
a former bookkeeper, testified she
was aware of the Illegal activities,
but was assured by N. It. Jones that
Everything will he all right" Even
after the raid, she said, he told her
nothing will come of it. ! will pull
underground wires and get us out
Of this mess. The agents bungled
the job"
Appeal Fails
Confronted by this testimony,
Baltimore jury, traditionally hard
to convince Of liquor offenses, found
the brothers guilty, and an appeal
by them TO higher Federal Courts
failed. n. IT. Jones testified that
while serving the intelligence unit
of the internal revenue bureau he
was also conducting his Klan ac-
tivities. He was the co-autlor, he
said, of book entitled; 'The Real
Story of the Ku-Klux Klan."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10
Indiana Scion Joins Klan and Anti
Saloon Agents in Effort to Get
H. Men Out of Federal Prison.
ALCOHOL DIVERTED TO 'LEGGERS
Case Known as One of Worst in History
Baltimore, Md.

O0 WASHINGTON Sept 1O-Senator James E. Watson of
Indiana has appealed parole board for the liberia
ton of Winfield and Neufed T. JONES' sentenced less than
three months ago for of the biggest alcohol cospacs
which the Government has prosecuted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10
CLAYPOOL
SITE FOR
.S48 DOWN
Lot Cost Just S243.75 in
1821-Annual Rental
Now $4,000.

That the lot on the corner Of Illi-
nois and Washington Sts., upon
which the stately Claypool Hotel
now stands was sold in 1921 for&he
small sum of S243.75, and that even
this amount was paid in five equal,
annual payments of $4S.75, is shown
by the record of the register of sales
of lots in the town of Indianapolis,
now in the custody of the Auditor of
State. The historical record of this
lot has been compiled by the title
insurance department of the Union
Title Company.
'The plan of buying lots and SUBJ
urban tracts for a small cash pay
ment, the remainder to be paid in
small instailments is believed by
many to be a feature recently intro
duced in the real estate business, "
said James S. Cruise, president of
J. S. Cruise & Company. realtors,
Although the expressions terms
ito suit and small cash payment or
balance like rent now, used fire.
quently by hustling real estate men
TO describe the method OF paying the
consideration asked. may be of re-
cent usage, the methods are not
new. The State of Indiana offered
all tine lots in the original town Of
Indianapolis on tempting terms to
attract prospective customers, and
many who were attracted thereby
laid the foundation stones of i'm
mense fortunes"
Payment Plan
BY act of the Legislature, ap-
proved Jan. 6, 1921, 1t was provided
that in the purchase of lots in the
town of Indianapolis, every pur-
chaser should pay one-fifth Of the
purchase money, the residue to be
paid in four equal, annual Install
ments. The purchasers, in all cases.
were to have a discount for prompt
payments. In 1928 and 1893 acts
were passed granting relief to pur-
chasers who had permitted their
certificate Of purchase to become for
feited and in many instances title to
mile square" property was acquired
several years after first payment was
made.
James Pell purchased the lot above
upon which now stands the Claypool
May 2S, 1882. Newton Claypool pur
chased the lot for $1,000, and paid
$3.50 cash and it was not until May
25. 1885, that he had paid the four
installments to complete the pur-
chase. The lot was sold Feb. 2. 1S41 ,
to David Yandes for $4,000, who in
turn, sold 1t on March 3. 1912, to
Hervel Bates, Sr.
Sold for S160,000
On Oct. 7, 1865. Hervey Bates Sr.
made gift Of the property to Her
vey Bates Jr. who held it until Dec.
81, 1888, when he sold it. together
with ninety eight feet Immediately
west of this lot for $3.50, 900. The
late Edward F. Claypool was the
purchaser and his devises still are
the owners.
Sept. 27. 1922, Edward r. Claypool
leased the premises to the Indiana
Hotel Company for 90 years. The
lease, among other things, provided
for an annual rental for the first ten
years of $4,000 a year. and for the
second ten years and thereafter Of
$4,000. The annual rental income
now received exceeds the full pur-
chase price named in 1921, for the
one lot, by s19,756.25.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10
First Frost

Indiana experienced its first
frost of the season on Thursday
night, several localities in the
northern part of the State report
ing white fields.
Farmers in the Iowlands of Kos
ciusco County, near Warsaw, said
the frost there did some damage to
tomatOes, melons, peppers and other
tender vines. Royal Center. in
Cass County, reported light frost,
but no damage. Garden truck in
Kendalville was damaged by the
frost.
and put extra blankets on the bed.
this, morning was 40 at
5 a. m. and 81. or Is below normal
at and 16 degrees below the mark
for the same hour Thursday.
Warmer and fair weather Is pre-.
dicted for tonight and Saturday by
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WALES HAS SORE ARM
Bitten by Insects--Unable to Play
Golf.

By United Press
LONDON, Sept. 10.-A Daily Mail
dispatch from Slarritz says the
Prince Of Wales right arm is con-
siderably swollen and quite painful
as result of bites inflicted upon his
hands and arms by insects, possibly
mosquitoes or the more poisonous
sand gnats.
The prince consequently was IN
able to play golf Thursday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10
LANGLEY PAROLE. UP
Former Kentucky Congressman Be
fore Board.
Bv United Press

Bv United Press
ATLANTA. Ga, Sept. 10.-Former
Congressman John w. Langley, of
Kentucky, sentenced to the Federal
Penitentiary here for conspiring to
violate the volstead law, was before
the parole board here today in con-
nection with his effort to obtain re-
lease.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10

Generally fair tonight and
Saturday; rising temperatures
predicted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-10

What Do You Know7 Try
the intelligence test in the
Times every day and find out.
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The spooners are laughing at us
because they know we can make the