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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17
HUGE CARGOES OF BOOZE
SLIP PAST CUSTOMS ARMY
$4,000, 900 Worth Yearly
Struggled to Gotham,
La Guardia Charges.

WASHINGTON, Dec. ia boot
Logging syndicate handling more
than $20,000,000 worth of foreign
liquor a year has been outwittine
the prohibition bureau through use
OF cancelled custom stamps, Repre-
sentative La Guardia of New York
charged today.
He barred details of the rings
operations, following his offer on
the House floor to turn his data
over to the treasury. Though New
York is the principal port of ac-
tVity, the said, the same system is
in operation at San Francisco and
at large ports on the Atlantic and
the gulf.
The main offices, he said, are at
80 Broadway and in the Knicker-
booker Bldg. at Broadway and For
ty-'Second st, New York City. La
Guardia declined to make public
the names of buyers, but he said
his photostati ccopies of orders and
deliveries contain names of social,
business and civic leaders.
He estimated that at least 5000
cases week are brought in through
New York at a price of $48 for the
liquor and $40 extra for delivery.
The syndicate, according to La
Guardia, employs taxi drivers, its
own agents and baggage handlers to
cut cancelled custom stamps from
trunks after they have left the piers
Empty trunks are then deposited on
the piers. supposedly for loading on
the vessels alongside, but actually
to be filled with liquor from the
ships.
The cancelled stamps then are
pasted on, La Guardia said, and
the liquor-laden baggage passes the
custom cordonS without question.
He named, among ships from
which liquor is obtained, the Homer
ic, Majestic, Aquitania and Teren-
garia of the British Cunard line,
and the lie De France and Paris of
the French line. f'N
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floor of the hotel building, which
once housed gambling resort. Ad-
joining buildings and an automobile
in the street in front of the hotel
also were damaged.
The hotel belonged to Jack ZutE.
proprietor of neighboring gam
bling house, bombed twice within a
month.
AL Ferger, clerk was cut by glass
and was taken to a hospital. John
Sweeney and John Joyce also were
cut by glass, but their injuries were
considered not serious.
Two men were held by police in
connection with the bombing, and
authorities sought a short heavy set
man who ran from the hotel crying.
"a bomb! Look out!" just before the
explosion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17
GR|LLS MIND EXPERT
RemuS CroSS-ExamineS
AIieniSt on Stand.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 17.-George
Remus, pleading transitory insanity
as legal excuse for the killing of
his wife, today continued vigorous
cross examination of one of the in
sanity experts who have declared
him sane.
DR.. E. A. Baber, alienist, spent an
uncomfortable period on the witness
stand as RemuS asked for defini-
tions of the various terms denoting
mental disease. The defendant as
sumed the position of a professor
asking questions of a somewhat
hesitant student.
Some of the queries advanced by
Remus amused the spectators as
when he asked DR.. Baber whether
Julius Caesar had been considered
lunatic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17
Ex-State Treasurer Asked
to Pay Back Commits
SionS on Big Deposits.

Suit to recover $11,500 from for
mer State Treasurer Ora j. Davies
said to have been paid him by the
now defunct American Trust Com
pany, KokomO, for keeping large
amounts of state funds in that in
stitution, has been filed in Howard
Circuit court.
Joseph G. Heron and Grover
Bishop, receivers for bank, closed
by the State bank examiners Sept
IA, filed the complaint.
Davies served two terms as State
treasurer, from 192O-1924 He is
considered a lieutenant of Senator
James E. Watson's Republican fac
ton and managed the campaign OF
Senator Arthur r. Robinson last
year.
Obtained Commission
The fact that he had received !
PEI cent commission for the State
deposits first was made public by
The indianapolis Times. A Times
representative was called before the
Howard County grand jury.
The suit charged that Davies col
elcted $4,000 from the bank for an
average of $165,000 of State money
deposited in the bank while he was
State treasurer.
Davies did not account for the
$500 as treasurer of State and ap-
propriated the sum to his own use
the suit alleged.
About the time he retired from
Office Davies, with the consent and
on the order of the State finance
board, increased the amount OF
State funds on deposit with the
American Trust Company to $685.
600, it is charged.
Ignores Conference Request
From the last of January, 1925
until March, 1927, the bank paid
Davies per cent year on that
amount on his representation that
he would cause the $225,O0O deposit
to be withdrawn, if he were not
paid, the suit alleged.
A total of $5,OOO.0O, $1875O a
month, was unlawfully paid Davies
after he left the treasurer's Office
the receivers charged
The receivers declare they wrote
to Davies several weeks ago and in
formed him Of their claim and that
they would fine suit, but Davies has
ignored their requests for a confer
ence.
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the coppers were SO thick they
fell over each other.
"I like California fine" Capone
continued. "I saw Mary Pick
ford's new house, but I liked the
old one better. Next time make
a trip I'm going South, though
think the climates better. It
rained two days out In California.
Anyway. I'm not going away
again7even if the coppers do
keep bounding me. I like it here
and I'm gonta stay, that's ALL"
When he returns to Joliet to
stand trial on charges of carry
ing concealed weapons, Capone'
said he intended making "a good
big donation to the charities of
Joliet, just to show I'm not mad
at anybody"
He was released, together with
seven companions, under $2,400
bail each.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17
Hou, the Market
Opened

BM United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Advancing
tendencies were still in order on
the stock market in early dealings
today. Coppers, merchandising
shares and airplane issues moved
up sharply and demand continued
for United States Steel and Gen
eral Motors.
Greene Copper scared nearly 8
points to 1924, a new high record.
American Can made a new high at
1875, up r.; Pacific Gas and Elec-
trio gained 81 to so; Hudson III
to tn; Curtiss Aero 1% to 66% !;
Sears Roebuck 3s to 8624.
General Motors opened at 1875,
up 7s and then moved to 1334a, a
new high on the recovery. Other
motors were in demand, including
Studebaker, White, Overland and
Mack.
United States Steel held steady
around it's opening at 1879, up 1s.
Other steels were dull. Oil issues
firmed up with Sinclair very active.
Food shares received attention,
featured by National Biscuit, which
spurted to ITS. Railroad issues
ruled firm in quiet dealings.
New York Curb Opening
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17
COED BANDIT
CASE TO JURY
Stirring Appeal Made by
Husband of Girl Robber.
NO. 8 Head-see Puzzle

y coURfEooM, o0rfEcf soc;s LA GRANGE
Tex, Dec. ia jury of twelve
farmers this morning began de-
liberating the fate of Rebecca Brad
ley Rogers, Texas first coed bank
robber.
The stirring appeal of a stricken
young husband rang in the jurors
ears as they retired. The plea OF
Otis Rogers, 25-year -old lawyer
husband of the pretty University of
Texas graduate, brought sobs from
court attaches.
His tubercular- -wracked body tir-
ing under the strain of his appeal
Rogers leaned against the rail OF
the jury box while he pleaded in a
broken voice that if the jury must
find his wife guilty they send her
to death rather than to prison. s
Becky sat Internationally staring at
the floor while her husband spoke.
Her mother, sitting beside her,
sobbed continually.
Toward the close, when Rogers
sagged against the railing, his face
paled from the. physical strain
Becky was seen to brush aside a few
tears, her first since the trial opened
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17
GAME WILL START IN THE TIMES MONDAY

TIME Times starting Monday is bringing puzzle-con-
test to Indianapolis puzzle and combined
puzzle fascinating than cross words and the
of others that swept the country years.
cause it deals with the of the day
contest in which there will be daily cash prizes for
cessful puzzlers.
1t is called PUZZLEHEAD. Here's the way it's played
Every day in The Times there number Of head lines
called No heads These consist Of two
lines Of heavy type They marked in today you
can identify them readily.
PUzZLEHEAD consists in taking the No heads in each
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17

Simply take the No heads and write your list
plain piece Of paper Nothing clip out-uness
venence sake wish clip the No heads before you start
to jumble them.
The contest begins Monday The No heads in Monday
Times will be your TOOLS Your list be in The Times
Office by p. Thursday.
PUzzLEHBAD is great sport IT. easy and it's fascnat
ng Start Monday to PUzZLEHEAD for and daily cash
prizesl
Winners will receive $40 daily-$5 for the of
PUzzLEHEADS So for the second and So for the third
Complete rules will be printed Monday. They simple
Watch for them
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17
LUCID IS SENTENCED
Judge Scores ManSIaughter
Charge in Death.

George Lucid, IS, 926 Prospect St.,
was sentenced to two to twerty-one
years in the Indiana State Prison,
Friday afternoon by Criminal Judge
James A. Collins, after he was found
guilty Of stabbing Leo D. Carpenter.
1921 E. Minnesota ST., Oct. 25.
Judge Collins criticised prose-
cutors for bringing a voluntary man
slaughter charge when the evidence
warranted a second degree murder
allegation, which is punishable with
life imprisonment.
Deputy Prosecutor Vinson H.
Manifold told the court the grand
jury indicted Lucid and no one in
the prosecutors Office was author
lied to do anything but try the
charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17
MURDER TRIAL
LACKS JURORS
Eighty-Nine Rejected al
Lloyd KimbIe Trial.
70. 3 Head-Ses Puzzle.
Bp Times SDeciaI

BU Times Special
DELPHI, Ind, Dec. 17.-Trial of
Lloyd Kimble in Carroll Circuit
Court, where he is charged with the
murder Of Daniel Sink, is in ad-
journment today until Monday
morning when examination of
twenty-th three veniremen remaining
of a total of 112 called since the
trial opened Tuesday, will be re-
sumed. The four days proceedings
have resulted in no progress toward
obtaining a jury.
Many of the eighty-nine examined
and rejected for jury service are
members OF the Dunkard religious
sect, tenets of which include opposi-
ton to capital punishment and re-
fusal to take an oath. The State
Is demanding the death penalty,
which Is opposed by many Of those
examined who are not Dunkards.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17
AL is HOME AND GONTA STAY
Nice Trip but Sac Too Many Stars Says King

hours while they decided what
they had arrested me for, but
that's all right, too. I'm just plain
glad to get back.
I'm really getting too prom
inent to travel, anyway" he con-
tinued. II had fine time.
though, especially in San Diego,
where lots of people invited me to
visit them.
"And say, that Biltmore Hotel
out in Los Angeles didn't ask me
to get out, either. I just left when
the papers started talking about
running me out of town.
Il bought my tickets under
another name, expecting to get a
little privacy.
"Privacyl There amt no such
thing. Every time the train
stopped sheriffs with great big
stars guarded it. At Kansas Citv
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17
In the Stock Market
(By Thomson & McKinnon)

NEW YORK, Dec. 17-Three mill
lion share days do not occur often
enough to be allowed to slip by with
out comment. They have in the
majority of times been the accom-
paniment of violent declines. That
they should now be attained on or
derly upturns signalizes the new or
der of things. Wall Street is no
longer merely the financial district.
1t is now bounded by the two oceans,
by the great lakes and the gulf, and
doesn't even stop there. 1t is an
outlet for the tremendous prosperity
of the nation and for a demonstra-
ton of it's belief in the future.
Nevertheless the spirit of conserva-
tism should be observed and profit
taking after such markets as we
have had this week would seem to
be advisable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17
Mother Going to Mexico
Ba United Pres.

bU Cn1be0 Press
DETROIT, Dec. 17.-MrS. Evang-
cline L. Lindbergh, mother of Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh, has decided
to accept the invitation of President
Gales and spend Christmas in
Mexico City with her son.
She probably will leave here Sun
day or Monday morning, arriving in
Mexico City either Friday or Satur-
day. 1t was believed she would
travel alone in q compartment, al
though her brother, Charles Land,
may accompany her.
1t will be necessary for Mrs. Lind
bergh to obtain a leave of absence
from the city high school where she
teaches a chemistry class.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17
FIRST plane
REACHES HERE
With AIR MAIL
Service Inaugurated With
Little Ceremony; Late
From Chicago.
FLIES THROUGH SNOW
Cincinnati Lieutenant and
One Passenger on
Initial Trip.
FLIES THROUGH SNOW

Indianapolis first air mail plane
glided down at the Indianapolis air
port at a. m. today, bringing
twenty pounds of mail from the At
lantic and Pacific coasts and all
parts of the country.
The plane was an hour and five
minutes late, although the trip FROM
Chicago was made in an hour and
forty minutes, fifteen minutes less
than the regular schedule. 1t left
for Cincinnati at 9:45 a. m.
The start from Chicago was de-
layed from 6 a. m. to 7:20 a. m,
awaiting arrival of planes from the
east.
There was no ceremony at the
field to mark the Inauguration Of the
event which fifty years ago would
have been beyond the widest
dreams of any HOosier.
Ceremonies This Afternoon
The ceremonies will take place
this afternoon, when the first
north-boun plane of the Cincin-
natl -Indianapolis-C Chicago air mail
route arrives here at 3:45.
Lieut.. Homer RAIDER of Cincinnati,
27-year-old reserve flying officer
piloted this mornings plane from
Chicago.
John H. S. Stonng of Chicago,
Chicago Aviation and Service and
Transportation Company, whose
plane was used for the first trip was
a passenger.
The plane flew in snow for sew
enty-five miles out from Chicago,
RAIDER said.
The silver-gray Ryan monoplane,
the same type of plane Lindbergh
flew to Paris and fame, carried
twenty-five pounds and seven
ounces. ,565 pieces of mail, from
Indianapolis to Cincinnati and
points south.
Few at Field
1t carried thirty pounds to Gin
cinnati from Chicago.
Frank A. Ware, local operating
manager for the Embry- Riddle Com
pany of Cincinnati, which holds the
Government contract for the air
mail route, few National Guard
fiers, airport employees and news
paper men composed the only re-
ceptio ncommittee for the arrival
from Chicago.
The northbound plane, which al
rives here at 3:45, is due to leave for
Chicago at 4.
The northbound air mail was to
be held open until p. m. to permit
as many as possible to get mail on
the first ships, Postmaster Robert
H. BrySon announced.
Bryson was to greet formally this
afternoons plane, piloted by John
Paul Riddle, secretary Of the En-
bry- Riddle Company.
Luncheon on Schedule
The afternoon plane was sched-
lled to leave Cincinnati at 3:45s
Eastern time.
1t will arrive in Chicago at 5:45,
making connections with east and
westbound mail planes from that
point, so that air mail to any point
in the country will be delivered the
day after it is mailed here.
A luncheon at the Chamber OF
Commerce at noon began the after
moons air mail Inauguration
celebration.
Mayor L. Ert Slack, Governor
Jackson, and Earl B. Wadsworth,
Government air mail service super
intendent were to speak.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17
SUE DAVIES IN BANK
TANGLE AT KOKOMO
1929

Each Saturday The Times
mirrors the city'S fraternal life
in its weekly Lodge Page.
Today this feature includes a
list of all conventions of fra
ternal organizations to be held
in Indianapolis in 1923.
TURN TO PAGE 2.
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All Countries of Central
America Will See Him;
Nicaragua First.
GALES TO TAKE RIDE
Ocean Filler Goes Up Today
With Mexican NotabIeS
as Passengers.
BY G. f. FINE
United Press staR Correspondent


MEXICO CITY, Dec. 1.-THE
president and an ex-president o.
Mexico planned to be Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh's guests III the ali
today.
Both President Plutarco Elias
Gales and former President Aware
Obregon, who again is candidate fol
the presidency, had been sent writ
ten invitations to fly with the Amer
lean visitor, it was understood.
Lindbergh planned to use a Mexi-
can plane, since the other half Of
"We"-the Spirit of st. Louis
would not offer sufficient room fol-
the two famous passengers without
radical changes in the tonneau.
The American Viking" today
planned his route to Central Amer
lea. The first halt in the flight
probably would be Nicaragua, it was
said authoritatively.
VIII Visit All Countries
Although Nicaragua had not been
mentioned yet, Lindbergh apparent
ly intended to fly to all the Central
American countries to which he had
been invited.
Lindbergh'S program for today in
cluded the postponed athletic cele-
bration in the national stadium.
Some 10000 school children from
the capital were expected to pay
their homage to the hero of all
Mexico. Calisthenics, national
dances and patriotic songs were
planned.
. Final decision on whether the
American ambassador of good willr
would win the good will of the
Mexican people by attending the
bun fight Sunday night in his
honor, or If he would be influenced
by numerous kilograms from hui
name societies in the United States
still was undecided.
All agreed it was for Lindbergh
to decide whether the Charro fes-
tival Sunday morning would be the
only part of his program tomorrow
or if he would go to the fight.
Feels Free to Go
Lindbergh himself said he be-
lieved he was entirely free to decide
in spite of many kilograms from the
United States. Both the aviator and
American Ambassador Dwight Nor
row have received numerous tele-
grams of protest.
Ambassador Morrow said he felt
the decision was up to Lindbergn
who was under no obligations to at
tend, since the fight was not a part
OF the official program.
The Flying Colonel" said he felt
it was not in the province of any
one in the Urited States to crticise
customs Of another country and II
was not his business to try to re-
form the country whose guest he
was.
After attending the one event in
his schedule for yesterday, a visit to
the American school, Lindbergh
yearned for action. And he found ii
in flying.
Once at the flying field Lind
berg took up a Moran monoplane
for nearly three hours late in the
afternoon. He had many passen-
gers. They included General Alva-
rez and Ramon Limon, both Of the
presidential staff; VIII Rogers, hu-
morist, and Major Castarejon, Mex
ican aviator.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17

CH1CAGO. Dec. 17.-"scarface
AI" Capone, grand chieftain
and overload of all Chicago's
gangland, returned home last
night, announcing with relief that
he was glad to get here"
Even the police sympathized
with the much-abused beer baron.
and despite their threat of arrest
as soon as he arrived, permitted
Capone to spend the night at the
home OF his mother, unmolested.
Not even the eight-hour forced
SoJourn in Jail at Joliet dimmed
CaponeS joy at returning home.
He arrived "just full of the Yule-
tide spirit"
Il had a nice trip, but after
all, there's no place like home
you know" AL said. ."Those yokeIs
out in Joliet kept me in Jail eight
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17

days Times and "jumbing them-puttng line of one
head with another line of another headunt you list
of combinations Every headline you manufacture
way must make 1t be ridiculous udcrous-n
fact, the best PUZZLE-HEADS humorous ones.
In making your LIST of PUzzLEHEADS, use No heads
only and only those in issue of The Times You how
the line often you choose in combining
with any other line.
Your list will be judged:
l. For humor and cleverness generally
2. For length
3. For neatness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17
HOGS END WEEK WITH
1O-CENT HIGHER TONE

Porkers Advance Generally to Top
of $3.50.
Ending an irregular week at the
local stock yards, hogs went up gen.
orally 10 cents on the hundred
weight today to a top of $3.50, Is
cents below the weeks high point,
established Thursday Receipts
were estimated at $500 with 316
holdovers.
The market was fairly active at
Chicago with bidding steady to
strong. The top was $8.55. Re-
ceipts were about 5000, with 1000
held over.
Calves were steady with the new
high attained Friday and other
livestock was nominal with low re-
ceiptS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17
YULETIDE CAUSES FIRE

Blaze Caused When Christmas Dec
OratiOns Drop on Stove.
Christmas preparations, for the
first time this year, were blamed for
fire today.
Decorations, which the children
of j. Frank Campbell, 922 N. Tre-
mont ST., hung around the house
fell on u stove in the living room
and started fire which damaged
the house $500.
A Christmas tree, standing near
the house, helped spread the blaze
throughout the house.
Ralph Campbell, one of the chill
dren, is Times carrier.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17
ONCE INDIANS CAPTIVE

Oldest Native Born Cass County
Woman, IS, Is Dead.
BH Times Special
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Dec. IT,
Mrs. Mary Barnett, 95, oldest native
born Cass County resident, Is dead.
When only a year old she was sto-
len by Indians from the pioneer
home of her parents, but brought
back within a short time.
Since the death of a son, last sur
vivor Of her three children, Mrs.
Barnett ha.l made her home with
her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Cotner
Barnett, Sr., north of here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17
THIEF PREFERS BOOKS
Fountain Pens, Second Hand Vol
umes and Cash Stolen.

A literary thief broke into the
Capitol Book Store, 206 N. Meridian
ST., Friday night, taking $50 worth
of fountain pens, some secondhand
books and $40 from the cash
drawer. Entrance was made by the
rear door, Manager E. S. Blessing
reported to police.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17
HOTEL is BOMBED:
Y DAMAGE is $4,000

CHICAGO, Dec. 17.-Three per-
sons were injured here today by a
bomb explosion in the Haymarket
Hotel. The hotel was nearly wrecked
damages being estimated at $4,000.
The bomb exploded on the second
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17
New York Curb Opening
Chicago Grain Opening

CHICAGO, Dec. 17.-Wheat: De-
cember, up 1sc; March, up Nc; May,
unchanged. Corn-December, un-
changed; March, off 1sc; May, up
1Sc. Oats-March, unchanged;
May, unchanged. Provisions, weak.