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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
Veteran, Stays With
Eayonet of War Days

BIZ United Press
HAMILTON, Ont. April 1S.-Car-
rying his wartime bayonet today to
a pawnshop. where he had hoped
money obtained for it would relieve
his poverty. a Canadien war veteran
became involved in a fight, employed
the bayonet with all the skill the
western front had taught him and
now faces a charge of murder.
John Simpson, the war veteran,
explained when, arrested for the
death of Nick Tosky, that poverty
had forced him to sell one war
trophy after another. En- route to
the pawn shop, he said, he was held
up by a band Of foreigners. Nick
Tosky was among them. In the
fight that followed, Simpson drew
his bayonet, rushed the gang and
Tosky was impaled. He died short
ly after police arrived.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
CISTERN, CREEK
ARE PUMPED DRY
But Firemen Are Unable to
Save Home From Flames.

Pumping a creek and a cistern
dry in an unsuccessful attempt to
save the home of Bruce Harding,
Gilbert and Shelby SITS. before it
burnt to the ground Sunday after
noon, the fire department reverted
to primitive fire fighting methods.
The house is located outside of the
city limits with no water mains near.
Firemen damned a small creek
which ran back of the house and
used water from that source until
it ran dry. They then ran their
hose TO a neighbours cistern and
exhausted that supply.
The house was totally destroyed
with q loss of $4,000. 1t was only
partially insured. A few personal
effects were saved. Occupants did
not know the cause. Firemen be-
lieved the fire started from sparks on
the roof from a defective f1ue. Two
companies answered the alarm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
CHARGES MIDDIES DRINK
Judge Tells Grand Jury Liquor
Bought by Naval Students.

BIZ United Press
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, April 1s.-That
illicit liquor traffic is so fragrant in
Annapolis and Annearundel County
that midshipmen of the United
States Naval Academy blacklisted
bootleggers because of high charges
during the Christmas holidays. was
among the declarations of Judge
Moss in charging the grand jury at
the opening of the Circuit Court for
Anneraundel County today.
The jurist asserted that notwith-
standing he has previously directed
attention to 'deplorable conditions. 4"
no apparent effort has been made
to g4 at the ''big fellows" engaged
in th5illegal traffic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
BUILDING FUND GROWS
Preliminary Gifts Reach $4,000 for
Phyllis Wheatley Structure.

With an $1S,500 appropriation from
the Indianapolis Foundation to the,
Phyllis Wheatley Y. w. c. A. build
ing campaign initial gift fund, the
public campaign will start May 2
with at least a preliminary fund of
1000. according to Dwight S. Rit-
ter and G. B. Ransom, chairmen Of
the initial gifts committee.
The movement for funds to build
a suitable quarters to house young
Negro women in a Y. w. c. A.
branch, also was aided, by $4,000
gift by Fred Ayres. A site for the
new building at West and Walnut
SITS. has been selected and payments
have been made on the lot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
PATROLMAN SUSPENDED
Charge of Unbecoming Conduct to
Be Filed as Result of Accident.

Charges of conduct unbecoming
an officer are to be preferred against
Patrolman w. M. Hansford, 190715
College Ave, at the board of safety
meeting Tuesday, according to Major
of Police Louis Johnson.
Hansford was suspended by Capt.
Herbert Fletcher, Sunday, after he
had been taken to the office of Sher-
if Omer Hawkins by Deputies Wag-
ner and Bell, who Investigated an
auto accident at Stop 4, W. Marris
ST. The Hansford auto collided with
one driven by Edward Bowers, 1O43
w. New York ST., and Bowers small
son was slightly injured.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
ELEVEN VIOLENT
DEATHS, INDIANA
WEEKEND TOLL
Automobiles Kill Six; Three
Commit Suicide and One
Drowning Reported.

Six deaths in auto accidents, three
suicides and one drowning in In
diana over the weekend were re-
ported today. a Hoosier woman
also was burned to death.
James Lewis, 20, died from in
juries received when his auto over
turned on the Dixie highway near
New Albany.
Dean Hill, 7, of Elkhart, was
struck by an auto at Goshen and
tured skull.
Burns received in the explosion
of mixture of paraffin and gasoline
caused the death of Sister Marguer-
tie Mary Leahey. teacher in st. ST.
mons Academy at Washington.
Outward Pope, Is, Vicksburg
high school student, jumped from a
movi lg auto at Linton and was ia
tally hurt
An auto driven by Harold Rich
art, q, of indianapolis, crashed into
the side Of a concrete culvert near
Jeffersonville, killing Mary Gam
mons, II, Of Louisville, Ky, and in
juring Richart's wife, Luta.
Running in front Of an auto driven
by Leo. Baldwin at Terre Haute,
6-year.old Jack Kuykendall was
killed.
Raymond MCGEE. "a, died at
Greensburg from injuries received
when his auto was ditched after
throwing a tire.
Worrying over the loss of his leg
In an operation several months ago,
Jacob First, Ga, shot himself at
Liberty Center. near Bluffton.
Cecil Swope, so. Boone County
farmer, hanged himself near
Lebanon. A grandchild found the
body hanging in the barn. Relatives
knew no motive for the act.
Despondent over damaging an
auto he had just purchased, Victor
Burrell, %, of Jasper shot himself
to death.
The 2.year.old grandson Of Charles
fIaxton of Blackhawk, near Terre
Haute was drowned when he
wandered away and fell into pond.
Arthur Spangler, II, was serious
ly injured when the auto in which
he was riding left the road and
crashed into a telephone pole, near
Logansport.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
BARROW
LAUGHS
AT SELF
Noted Criminal Lawyer, 70
Years Old Today, Gives
Views.
BIZ Lnited Press

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, April 1S.-Ciarence
barrow, noted criminal lawyer. a
human being who laughs at himself
and his ideas and then laughs at his
own laughter, is 70 years old today.
And while nearly 1000 of his
friends prepared a huge fete in his
honor here tonight, barrow gave the
United Press an interview telling
how-not why--he had achieved
three score years and ten. He also
set forth his ideas on modern move
ments, and among the things he
said was that the world is in the
grasp of a "materialism which may
engulf it in another dark age"
Intolerance Gains
eve are turning to materialistic
usage the fine scientific discoveries
of the nineteenth centurr," Darrow
said. I'VE are doing nothing our
selves. The tide of ignorance and in
tolerance is rising. There is no
original thinking being done. But we
are not. as some believe, on the brink
Of another war for the reason that
the world is too tired"
In telling of his life and its lessons
barrow made the following charac-
teristic points.
He believes he has lived long
mainly because of luck and partly
because he INDUCED in pleasures
blue noses" term harmful.
He never went to college and he
believes any study that does not
help one to live and feel the bigness
of life is valueless.
Life for Pleasure
Life is a pursuit of pleasure and
an avoidance of pain.
He is inclined to agree with Henry
Ford that most history is bunk
He is certain that. knowledge Of
Latin and Greek is useless"
He thinks the youth Of America
is probably the best the world has
ever seen.
He has enjoyed life and his joy has
been greatest when convincing audi
ences of the final unimportance of
man and the universe and the prob
able absence of God.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
HOLLYWOOD HERE TONIGHT
Cleveland Editor to Address News
per Men at BANQUET.
Letter From Watson

Better Journalism" will be the
topic Of Erie c. Hopwood Cleve-
land, president Of the American So
ciety of Newspaper Editors, speak
ing before Indiana newspaper men
at the Lincoln tonight.
About sixty newspaper men and
college journalism students will at
tend. Pupils of Mile. Theo Hewes
College of Fine Arts will provide
entertainment.
The dinner open e. Ir uiana
editors and writers, is sponsored by
the Indianapolis alumni. chapter Of
Sigma Delta Chi, IN observance OF
the anniversary Of the founding
Of the professional journalistic
fraternity, April II, 1909, at De
Paw University.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
REINSTATE ATTORNEY
Milton Siegel Is Restored to Practice
in Two Municipal Courts.

Attorney Milton Siegel, with Of
fees in Lemcke Bldg, was restored
to practice today in municipal court
by Judges Paul c. Wetter and Dan
V. White. Restoration came on rec
ommendation of Homer Elliott of the
grievance committee, Indiana State
Bar Association, who declared Sic
gels youthfulness and inexperience
had prompted him to write the let
ter which caused the jurists to bar
him several months ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
UNCLE SAM WANTS HIM
Federal Operatives Seek Boris Tai
ach on Liquor Charge.

Boris Talach, alleged proprietor
of the wind Blew Inn" road
house, 701 Arnolda Ave, was sought
today on a Federal liquor charge.
Deputy Federal Administrator
George Winkler filed a warrant
charging violation of the Federal dry
law. Talach was arrested Saturday
on a State charge. after, a raid in
which police and Federal agents CO.
operated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
STUDY B0RER ABROAD
Christie of Purdue VIII Go to
Europe With Committee.

BIZ [ Hited Press
LAFAYETTE. Ind, April 1S.-A
detailed study of the corn borer
menace in Europe will be made this
summer by DR.. G. I. Christie, head
Of the Purdue University agricultur-
al experiment station, it was an
nUunced today
Christie has been granted leave
of absence from the university and
will make the trip to Europe with
the national corn borer committee,
which will study the corn borer pest
i'm. Europe and eradication methods
used there.
The committee will sail for Eu-
rope late in June.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
ORDERS WHITING PAVING
Highway Department Lets Contract
at Cost Of S2S,135.

Contract for paving Indianapolis
Ave, Whiting, to the Chicago line.
one and threetenths miles, was let
today by State Highway Director
John w. Williams to Ahlborn and
Lavene, Hammond contractors, for
$2S 1882. This will widen the
street from forty-five to sixty feet.
After some litigation the Chicago,
Hammond and Whiting railway
tracks have been ordered NOV ed to
make a thirty foot paving on each
side Of the tracks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
BOOK INTIMATES HUSH
FUND FOR STEPHENSON
Anonymous Author Pictures ExKIan Heads Life From
Linotype Machine TO Murder Cell.

limitations that a fund aggregat-
ing 100000 was used to "defray the
expenses to accrue in the purchase
of certain-well, let us say, manu-
scripts" are contained in one of the
chapters of THE Mad Mullah of
America" book to appear soon by
an. anonymous author, dealing with
the activities used to hush the
charges of Indiana political corrup-
ton made by D. C. Stephenson,
former Grand Dragon Of the Klan.
Taking the life of Stephenson
from the time that he served as
linotype operator in Kansas until he
entered a life cell at the prison in
Michigan City for murder of a girl.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
Officers Seek CIeWS as In
fant'S Body Is Taken
From Eagle Creek.

A little brown wool sweater,
pieced together today by an under
taker, may lead to discovery Of the
identity Of the 3.months old girl
baby, whose body was found in
Eagle Creek, near Fifty-Fourth ST.,
Sunday afternoon.
And identity. authorities believe,
would lead them to the door of the
person, who sent the infant to its
death. a rope around its body tied
to a brick to weight it down in the
water.
The murderer, in the belief of
Deputy Coroner A. Toles and Deputy
Sheriffs Reagan and Brown, is skilled
in the ways of knotting rope. That
the crime was committed by man is
official theory, because of the perfect
ness of the slip knots which had
been tied to hold the body and the
brick secure.
Found by Boys
That the crime is recent is sub
stantiated, officers declare, because Of
the condition of the rope. part of a
clothes-line.,
The body was found Sunday after
noon in Eagle Creek, at FiftyFourth
St, west of the Lafayette Rd., by
three boys fishing in the stream.
They called Henry NJ. Cross, 1882
Kenwood Ave, who was walking
near by. He notified Sheriff Omer
Hawkins. who ordered officers to the
scene. The body, resting on a sand
bar, was recovered and taken to the
Register e Askin funeral parlors.
The boys left without giving
names.
The body, badly dishgured by the
water was clothed in garments we'll
made. but torn by the current. A
white dress, white stockings tied
with silk ribbon and the little
sweater were held by the coroner
for purposes of identification. The
body was that of a healthy we'll
developed baby.
Skull Fractured
A skull fracture puzzled officers.
They were unable to determine
whether the fracture preceded the
hurting of the weighted body into
the stream or an object In the wa
ter caused it.
The murderer employed every eff
fort to keep the body under water.
This is shown by the method of rope
tying and inches cut in the brick
to keep the rope from sliding off.
The rope was tied tightly beneath
the baby's arms.
Condition of the body indicated it
might have been in the water from
two weeks to several months, al
though the condition Of the rope in
dicated the crime was recent.
Heard No Cries
Residents of the vicinity say they
had seen no one lettering near.
officers believe the crime was COM
mitted at night.
Whether the babe was dead when
thrown into the creek is a matter
of official speculation. officers favor
the theory that the body was life
less because cries of an infant were
not heard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
WORK ON B0ULEVARDS
Park Board Begins Repairs and Or
ders Thoroughfares Oiled.

All boulevards will be repaired by
the end of the week, according to
r. Walter Jarvis, park superintend-
ent. AS the weather permits the
park board will oil the boulevards.
Jarvis estimated the bouleyards
will be in excellent condition for
summer traffic in three weeks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
COOLIDGE, SMITH
HATS DEFINITELY
IN RING FOR 1928
FeSs Statement for PreSi-
dent and Religious Pro-
nOunCement Cited.

BIZ Tntcd Press
WASHINGTON, April 1S.-Two
huge political hats were flung into
the presidential campaign area over,
the President Calvin Cool
idge's and New York's Governor
AL Smiths.
Politicians here today accepted as
conclusive of the Coolidge and
Smith candidates. the Tess state
ment that Coolidge would run again
and the Smith reply on religious
questions.
Senator Tess Rep), Ohio, some
times known as the Coolidge spokes-
man" in the Senate. issued a state
ment declaring the president would
be a Republican candidate next year
and would be reelected. He argued
against validity of third term" OBJ
jections.
Held Clarifying Facts
Governor Smiths letter answering
Charles c. Marshalls interrogations
Of Smith as a Catholic was read
here as an attempt to clear away re-
ligious controversies which, might
beset Smiths path to the Democratic
presidential nomination.
Smith emphasized he was not
writing as a candidate. but politi-
clans held his answers would tend
to clear the atmosphere as far as
religious questions were concerned.
Political leaders here say the fight
for 1928 is narrowing more and more
to President Coolidge and Governor
Smith. Smith Democrats here be-
lieved the South is showing more
inclination for him, though his wet
and religious views may still prove a
stumbling block there, they admit.
Ed for Farm Vote
President Coolidge's support of a
new farm relief measure last week
is deemed significant in the cam
paign to run him again next year.
The President has sought to make
it appear he was merely supporting
Senator McNary in a move to get
new farm relief measure, but it is
known McNary was consulted in adj
vance by the President about franz
ing such a measure. His farm re-
lief move was taken as a definite
counter to the Frank Lowden boom
in the West.
The first reaction to the Smith let
ter in Washington was that the New
Yorker had at least made good
case for his own loyalty to the Con-
stitution.
View of G. o. p. Paper
This feeling was reflected by the
Republican Washington Post. some
times deemed an Administration
mouthpiece, which said:
"HJo one VINO reads his (Smith's)
letter can doubt either his SINGER
ity or his loyalty to both his coun-
try and his church. He shows that
loyalty to one is not incompatible
with loyalty to the other"
Representative Edgar Howard
Dem). Nebra ska. declared that while
he had not been an advocate of
Smiths nomination, he found the
Governors reply a ''forcible and cor
rect statement of the position the
loyal American should taake in any
controversy between his country and
his church"
Likened to Roosevelt
A Jew. Representative Sol Bloom
Dem). New York. said every Amer
lean should read Smiths letter,
which he compared with some of
Theodore Roosevelt's letters on SIM
liar subjects.
"Only AL Smith or Theodore Roose-
welt could have written it," Bloom
said. IF an election were held to-
morrow, AL Smith would be elected
overwhelmingly"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
g. DIE IN AUTO DISPUTE
Gun Battle Fatal to Husband, Wife
eG% and Another Man. 4.

BIZ United Press
PITTSBURGH, Pa, April 49,
A gun battle which climaxed an
argument over possession of auto
mobile in East Carnegie took a toll
Of three victimsI
The dead aIe angelo Diano, AZ,
and his wife, Marie, 40, both of
who died last night,
and Car1nello Schifllno. 43, who died
in the South Side Hospital today.
Schiffino was a boarder at the
Diano residence. Diano's son,
Samuel, IS, is expected to recover
from bullet wounds in the back and
leg.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
SHARE HOSIERY PROFITS
Real Silk Branch Managers to Bene-
fit by Company's Policy.

Two hundred branch managers Of
Real Silk Hosiery Mills are to par
ticipate in profit-sharing plan an
nounced by w. c. Kobin, vice presi-
dent and sales director. Ten per
cent of the company earnings will
be distributed among them this
year. Last year the company did
a $20,000,000 business, selling hose
direct. to consumer and Robin pre-
diets increased volume.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
New Tax Chairman

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, April 1S.-Benja-
min II. Littleton Of Tennessee, today
was elected chairman Of the United
States Board of Tax Appeals to sue
coed J. G. Korner. Jr.. resigned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
Receive Bids Tuesday,

The school board will hold a spe.
cial meeting Tuesday morning to re.
ceive bids on the proposed $150.000
building for School No 81 at Fifty.
Seventh ST. and Central Ave. Award
ing of contracts for Manual Training
supplies will be considered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18

another, linking him with such men
as Governor Ed Jackson, Mayor
John l.. Duvall, United States Sen
ator Arthur r. Robinson and Re-
publican County Chairman George
V. Coffin.
Letter From Watson
a chapter is devoted to a letter
alleged ito have been written to the
former Khan mogul by Senator
James A. Watson.
Have we no longer men with us?
God give us mem"
Such was Stephenson's ejaculation
when he read letter from Indiana S
senior Senator The letter is re.
ported in the book to have been writ
ten deploring the action of Milton
Elrod, former editor of the Fiery
Cross, Khan publication. when he
announced at the Republican ma.
tional convention in Cleveland in
1924 that Watson was the choice of
the Khan for Vice President.
The letter, the anonymous author
states. Says that the writer wat.
SOM was not only willing but glad
to do all he could for Stephenson
and the Klan, but that he wished
to remain under cover"
Tells of Banquet
Discussing the time that the
Stephenson charges were put before
the public in September. 1926, the
author who uses the pen name Of
Edgar Allen Booth says:
Very shortly after the Stephen
son charges, including the charges
Of existing contracts, supposed to
then be in the custody Of a Stephen
son agent. were heralded to the
world there was a banquet held at
the Lincoln Hotel in Indianapolis.
The banquet was attended by DR..
Hiram Evans, a number of high
Klan dignitaries, and certain In.
diana politicians. The banquet was
held during the interim which
existed between the time the charges
were first made public and that
time when newspaper representa-
tives were permitted to see Stephen
son.
"At this banquet in Indianapolis.
the writer understands, large
purse was taken up. 1t is under
stood that it Appropriated 100000
and was to be used to defray the
expenses to accrue in the purchase
of certain--well. let us say, man.
uscripts. Whether or not the
purchase was made, the writer will
not attempt to say.
pictures" Coffin
''In a few days following the ban
quet, reporters were allowed to see
Stephenson"
Although the book states the con.
trary, newspaper men never were
permitted to interview Stephenson
in the prison.
How Coffin rushed into Stephen
sons office and, greately excited
cried. I'VE did it, We did it," when
he YVES elected Republican county
chairman is graph ically told in the
book.
In the foreword the author, after
explaining that the narrative is
written without malice or i'll feeling
toward any person whose name may
appear" says:
many who joined were the
unwilling tools and dupes who
formed a mighty political machine
which has been and is now being
used by designing men for their per
sonal aggrandizement and their foul
appetites for gold and power"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
Seven Die in Traffic

BU United Press
PHILADELPHIA. April 1S.-Sev-
en- persons were killed in traffic ac-
cidents incident to the Easter traf-
f1c which damned South Jersey high
WAYS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
Filters Head for Cuba
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, April
1S.--The planes of the United States
Arny's Pan.American fight squad
ron left at $50 a. m. today for San
tiaeo Cuba