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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
COURT TEST
Of DEARTH
TRIAL SURE
Van NuyS Declares Definite
Plan to Decide Legality
-
Ready Monday.
FOLLOWS SALARY STAND
Attorney General GiIliom
Welcomes Action.

That there will be a belated test
Of the constitutionality of the law
Of 1897, under which Circuit Judge
Clarence w. Dearth Of Muncie was
impeached by the Indiana House OF
Representatives and by the Senate
was certainty today.
Although the Senate failed to find
Dearth guilty by the narrow margin
of two vites on one count Friday
Frederick Van Nuys, attorney for
Dearth, announced constitutionality
Of the 1897 law will be tested IN the
courts.
Based OH Refusal
The test, he said, will be based on
refusal Of State Auditor Lewis S.
Bowman to pay Dearth his judges
salary, $293, for the time between
his impeachment and acquittal BY
the Senate.
Just what form the legal action
will take will be determined BY
Monday, he said.
A mandamus suit to compel Bow
man to pay the salary, a suit in the
Court of Claims, or an injunction
suit by a taxpayer to forbid Bow
man to pay the salary were among
the actions considered.
Bowman announced this morning
he would refuse to pay the 1898 on
the advice of Attorney General
Arthur l.. Gilliom.
Welcomes Test
Although Gilliom has ruled the i'm.
peachment unconstitutional, he
would welcome a test case and final
decision by the Supreme Court on
the 1897 act, he said.
He will name one of the attorneys
who has held the act constitutional
to represent the State in the test,
he said.
In the meantime, Dearth, his
nerves taxed by the ordeal Of the
trial. planned to so to Ohio over the
weekend to rest, according to word
from Muncie.
He said he would resume the
bench Monday, the opening of the
April term.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
HURT, BUT GOT NUMBER
Police Say They Have 'Hit-Run'
Driver Who Struck Youth, 16.

Himie Greenburg. 16, of 2435 n.
Delaware ST., was painfully injured
when struck by "hit and run
motorist at Central Ave. and Fall
Creek Blvd, late Friday.
Greenburg told police the number
of the auto and they arrested Fred
Bozel, "a, Negro, of AZ w. Eleventh
ST., who, they said, admitted driving
the car. He is charged with assault
and battery and failure to stop after
an accident.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
GEORGE OBERHOLTZER,
FATHER OF MADGE, DIES
Worry About Daughter
Cause of Death, Wife
Declares.
BY Eldora Field

by EIuOfd FAelu
when d. c. Stephenson took
away the life Of our Madge, he
might as well have killed her father
and me a. the same time. for that's
what it will amount to in the end.
Madges father died of a broken
heart"
This was the statement made to
neighbors by Mrs. George Z. Ober-
holtzer, 5S02 University Ave, Friday
evening, following the death of her
husband at the Methodist Hospital.
Their daughter Madge. died April
Il, 1925, from self-administered
poison. following an alleged attack
by d. c. Stephenson. who is now in
the Indiana State Prison, serving q
life sentence.
Two Years Ago
Two years ago this April when
the trees were family budding in
Irvington-just as they are today;
when rows of syringia bushes in the
lovely big yard of the Oberholtzer
home were showing green and
fresh, and an occasional bird note
was sounding. this father, who his
wife says has died of broken
heart, paced back and forth through
the rooms Of the Oberholtzer home
with clenched hands and white, set
face.
All outside was lovely and spoke
Of vital, returning life, but inside
was awful suffering, that sent down
means of pain from an upstairs
room, and death lowered near. The
man believed that his only daughter
could not stay with them, but there
was never from the lips of the
father or the mother bitter denunci-
alton.
What We shall do to help bring
punishment to that man (Stephen-
son) will be to help other girls from
like fate" both said many times.
Without Bitterness
Later, when the girl breathed her
last, after twenty-eight days of pain,
these parents stil tried to keep down
an agony of bitterness that travelled
with their grief. they followed the
still form of their girl, down the
long, winding path that led from
their beautiful home-the home
bought a few years before because
Madge wanted things pretty" i"
Madge was buried in Memorial Park
Cemetery April 1G, 1925.
Monday, lone woman-bereft,
she declares, of both daughter and
husband by the act that killed Madge
Oberholtzer-will follow the winding
path from the Oberholtzer home, be-
hind the still form Of her husband.
And George Oberholtzer, who, his
wife declares, died of a broken
heart, will be by his little girl agein.
They will lie side by side in Me-
mortal Park Cemetery.
Postal Employe
Mr.. Oberholtzer was an examiner
in the United States railway mail
service and was connected with the
department for twenty-five years. He
was vice president of the Railway
Mail Clerks Association and a mem.
Der of the knights of Pythias and
the Odd Fellows.
He is survived by his widow, a
son, Marshal Oberholtzer and two
grandchildren all living in Indian
apolis. and four brothers. The
funeral services will be at the home
Monday at p. m. Burial will be in
Memorial Park cemetery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
NEW PATIENTS
MAY Be REFUSED
Hospital Closing Order Is
Before Health Body.

1t may be necessary to refuse new
patients at city hospital because Of
the order Of Harry S. Styner, chef
deputy State fire marshal, that the
old building at city hospital be razed.
DIR. F. f. Jackson, board of health
president said today.
Styner ordered the building, pre-
viously condemned as a fire trap,
razed in ninety days. 1t may be
necessary to refuse patients until
new buildings are erected to take
care of 1S0 patients in the con-
demned building. who will be re-
moved to the other buildings, Jack
SON said.
DIR. Jackson declared the health
boards ''hands are tied" until the
city council passes the $1,7O0, 900
bond issue for a new building.
The health board will meet next
week to decide what action to take,
DR.. Jackson said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
Bathtubs Will
Erase Evidence

Police today were in. a race with
Saturday baths as they searched
about the neighborhood of Beville
Ave. and Michigan st. for small
boys with chocolate cake icing in
their ears.
Only mild surprise was occasioned
by a duel in that vicinity Friday
when youngsters were seen firing
cakes and cookies at one another
But the hostilities took on signifi-
cance for the police when William
A. Witt. 324 n. keystone Ave, re-
ported that his garage was entered
and $40 worth of pastries stolen
sometime Thursday night.
Police hoped to effect arrests be-
fore the evidence" was wiped out"
by well-lathered washrags today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
TAXI PASSENGER
BROWNS IN CANAL
Police Believe Negro and
Friends Were Drinking.

Police recovered the body %
George Byrd, Negro, 317(Toledo St.
from the canal at thirteenth st. to.
day.
Byrd, who was known to some ac-
quaintances as Edward Byrd
was drowned when a taxi owned
and driven by Harry Carr, so,
of 244 S. La Sale ST., crashed into
canal at 2:40 a. m.
Carr and George Monfort, 1924 W.
Twenty-Third St, and Miss Del11,a
McGregory, Negro. 700 DarneIl ST..
other passengers, escaped from the
cab and struggled ashore.
Lieut.. o. d. Thomas said his in.
vestigation revealed that Carr
picked the passengers up downtown.
and all were drinking. He said Carr
drove west on Thirteenth st. direct
ly into the water.
Police took Monfort and Miss NJ.
Gregory home. Carr, bruised and
shaken up, was taken to the deten-
tion ward of city hospital. He Is
charged with involuntary man.
slaughter under $2,50o bond.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
Spring Auto Boon1
On, Records ShoU

The annual spring boom of the
automobile business has begun, ac-
cording to new car purchase records
Of the Indiana. Clipping Service.
A total of 1923 new passenger
autos were bought by Marion
County residents in March, compared
with 1,211 in February and 1908 in
January.
Three hundred and eighty new
Chevrolets and 353 new Fords were
registered in the Secretary Of States
Office in March. Buick was third
with 1888, according to the report.
Ford leads in trucks sold with sixty
nine purchases registered, COM
pared with twenty-seven Chevrolets.
A total of 149 new trucks was
recorded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
Youth Near Death
by Strange Malady
BIZ United Press

6u Gntbed Pfe9e
CHICAGO, April a. Tilden
Straus, 15-year-old son of S. j. T..
Straus, senior vice president Of J..
w. Straus & Co., Is in a dangerous
condition from a strange malady, it
was learned today.
The youth has undergone four
mastoid operations in the past eight
weeks and the infection comes from
these operations. Thrice doctors
have given-up hope, but he rallied.
Relatives from New York have ar
rived in Chicago.
Young Straus was stricken about
eight weeks ago and an abcess in
his ear spread to the mastoid. An
infection spread to the jugular vein
and it has become necessary to tie
this vein, it was said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
MANAGER DRIVE
OFFICE OPENED
Campaign for Signatures
From Illinois Bldg.

Announcement that permanent
city manager campaign headquar-
ters had been set up at $40 Illinois
Bldg. was made today.
The campaign for an election in
June on the city manager form of
government will be directed from
the new. Office.
More than 1000 volunteer workers
are obtaining signatures on petit
tions calling for an election, Claude
H. Anderson, secretary, said.
Persons interested in the cam
paign are invited to visit the offices
and obtain literature and petitions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
Less Than
Week to
Spelling Bee

Today is another day nearer
the first of the Spelling Bees to
be held in the Indianapolis pub
lie schools.
This great educational move
ment is sponsored in Indiana by
The indianapolis Times.
April Z is the opening date, and
1t behooves every boy and girl in
the fifth. sixth. seventh and
eighth grades of public schools
to study hard and try to win first
honors.
1t is much easier to win one of
these spelling contests than the
average pupil imagines.
Elimination Bees
The two best spoilers in each
of the eligible grades will take
part in school contest to deter
mine the school champion.
School champions in Indianapo-
lis will enter eight zone contests
and the zone winners will be
eligible to take part in the State
Spelling Bee.
outside of this city a contest
will be held among school win
ners for the selection of a Mar
ion County representative, who
will be given the same privilege
as the zone champions. Other
counties in Indiana will select
their single county representative
through. a contest among school
champions. All the county and
Indianapolis zone winners will
compete in the State Bee in In
dianapolis.
The Indiana spelling champion
will be given the wonderful trip
to Washington to participate in
the national spelling bee about
June. Is.
$1,000 in Gold
One thousand dollars in gold
will be the first prize in the
national spelling bee. Just think,
what a lot of good things that
money can do
Travelling on a Pullman to
Washington in the company OF
chaperon in itself is a wonder
full treat. The travelling time is
about eighteen hours.
The train leaves here one day
and arrives in the national CAPT.
tai the next. The pupil will en-
joy the finest service the large
railroads have to offer.
The beautiful and ever chang.
ing scenes glimpsed all along the
way are thrilling indeed.
Sec Large Cities
Several OF the largest cities in
the country will be seen and in
some Of them the train stops
long enough to give the cham
pion speller and chaperon
chance to see some of the inter-
esting sights.
Upon arriving in Washington
reception committee will meet
the train and escort the Indiana
champion speller and choperon
to the hotel where they will stay
for several days. All the trained
servants o.: this beautiful and
costly hostelry will be at the COM
mand Of the champion. Every
day will be filled with excitement
and interest.
It's a wonderful opportunity
and spelling will win it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
Macy DENIES GUILT

Michael Macy, Chicago, one of the
Sc alleged members of the Pope
conspiracy ring accused of running
liquor here from Chicago, pleaded
not guilty before Federal Judge Rob
ert c. Baltzell today. Macy was re-
leased on $1,000 bond pending trial
May 5. John Stella, Chicago.
changed his plea to guilty, Judge
Baltzell took the case under advise.
ment until April 8.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
ARMAMENT DEADLOCK
French Position on Aerial Limita
tion Practically an Ultimatum.

BIZ United Press
= GENEVA, April 2.-Franco- Brit
ish differences today interrupted all
progress toward limitation Of the
worlds aerial armaments.
Paul Boncour, representing
France, presented what amounted TO
an ultimatum to the League of Ma
tions preparatory disarmament COM
mission, explaining France would
accept aerial limitation on one con-
dition-that Limitation apply equally
to ell air forces serving with land,
sea or aerial units.
England, the United States and
Japan wished to include naval avia-
ton as an integral part of the naval
limitations discussions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
FIVE UNIONS TO WORK
Iron Workers, Lathers Refuse to
Continue Pending Agreement.

All Of the seven building trades,
except the lathers and iron workers,
whose wage contracts expired April
1, have voted to continue working
under the old scale to give the Mar
ion County Building Trades Council
time TO work out a plan whereby the
wages will be raised or lowered ac-
cording to the cost of living, Charles
L. Wilson, council president, an
nounced today.
The council will try tonight to
eliminate 'jokers" from the plan,
Wilson said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
WINKLER MAY RECOVER
Police Lieutenant, Near Death Fri.
day, Improved Slightly Today.

New hope was held out today for
the recovery at the city hospital of
Police Lieutenant Fred Winkler, Al,
of 915 S. East ST., who was taken
ill with pneumonia a week ago after
undergoing a serious operation.
Hospital attaches said he was near
death Friday but spent a quiet night
and today had a better chance for
recovery. He is brother of George
Winkler, prohibition director for In
diana,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
POSTAL RECEIPTS GAIN
First Quarter of 1927 Three and One.
Half Per Cent Over Year Ago.

Indianapolis postal receipts gained
3ls per cent during the first three
months Of 1927 over the same period
of 1926, postal authorities announced
today.
Total receipts for the quarter just
ended were $1,203, 700. In 1926 they
were S1,163,1S2.
Receipts for March, however,
dropped one-half of per cent under
March, 1927. the report shows. A
total Of $4S1,SS9 is reported for
March, 1927. In 1926>it was s434, ,OO6.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
1926 Gasoline Tax
Near $500, 900, 900

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, April 2.-Gaso-
line taxes collected by States in 1926
totaled $197 ,S01. the United
States Bureau of Public Roads an
nounced today. Forty-four States
now impose gasoline taxes ranging
from / to . cents a gallon. States
that do not impose the tax are Illi-
nois, Massachusetts, New Jersey
and New York.
Collection by States included In
cluded Indiana, $S,971,741.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
TEXTILE WORKERS UNITE
Striking Employees of Real Silk Mills
Form Union.

Organization of Local 1925 Of
United Textile Workers Of America,
with 12o striking seamless looping
department employees of the Real
Silk Hosiery Mill as members, was
announced today by Mrs. Sarah A..
Conbey of New York. general Sec
retary of the textile workers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
SLAY AMERICAN CITIZEN
Mexican Bandits XIII Engineer After
kidnapping.

BIT Z NHeH PTC9S
MEXICO CITY, April 7.-Ths
body of Edgar Mark wilkins, United
States engineer kidnapped week ago
by Mexican bandits, was reported to-
day to be en- route to Mexico City
from Guadelajara.
The United States embassy. how
ever, had received no official con.
frmation of reports that the body
had been found near Guadelajara.
Fears had been expressed for sew
eral days that wilkins might have
been murdered by bandits, who de-
manded heavy ransom.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
SPAIN BUYS HOUSE

EU Jrf6d Press
WASHINGTON, April 2.-The
famous Henderson House, built by
Mrs. John B. Henderson, Washing
ton society leader, as a home for
vice presidents and declined with
thanks by the Government of the
United States, has been sold to the
Spanish government for an embassy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
HAT COSTS HIS LIFE
HoOsier Killed When He Is Run
Over by Truck.

BIZ Times Special
VERSAILLES, Ind, April a.
Perry Brown, 60, of Dabney, was
dead today because he chased his
hat. He was riding in truck with
Walter Kamman of New Marion
when it blew off. In trying to save
it, he fell under the truck and was
crushed to death.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
CONVOCATION ENDS

A convocation banquet at the
Scottish Rite temple Friday evening
brought to close the four-day cere-
monies of the sixty-second annual
convocation of Scottish Rite bodies
in the indianapolis valley. A class
Of $50 received the thirty-second de-
gree.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
ALL POLICE OUSTED

BIZ united Press
RIVERDALE, Md, April q
Riverdale was without a police force
today, the chief and three others be-
ing ousted after a town meeting.
Discovery Of speed trap here in
which citizens of Hyattsville, neigh
boring town, wre caught, is blamed
Rr the trouble. A new force will be
pected in May.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
ASKS COST OF REPAIR
Holder of Lease on Detention Home
Site Not Sure He'll Remodel 1t.

Following conference today with
County Attorney Clinton H. Givan,
James M. Davis. holder of a 99-year
lease on the county Detention Home,
225 E. Michigan St., said he will OBJ
tain estimates of work needed to re-
pair the building to meet recommen-
dations Of the State fire marshal's
Office.
Davis said he will inform Givan
within few days whether or not he
will remodel the structure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
MORE TAXES PAID

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, April 2.-Income
tax collections for March totaled
$516,534,7S9.55. an increase of more
than s17,OoO,OOO over March, 1926.
the treasury announced today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
COL. GOFF DIES

PAWTUCKET. r. l., April a.
Colonel Lyman B. Goff, multimillion-
naire textile magnate and philan-
thropist, died at his home here today
in his eighty-sixth year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
U. S. GUNBOAT MOVES
lAshviIIe Leaves Shanghai for Duty
at Tientsin.

Bu United Press
WASHINGTON, April with
the United States gunboat Asheville
ordered today from Shanghai to
Tientsin to cope with the situation at
that point, diplomatic moves were
under way here to deal with the re-
cent Nanking incident, in which
Americans and British were mis-
treated. Ordering of 1,500 more
marines to concentrate at San Diego,
Cal, in readiness for Chinese service
is taken here today as indicating
the administration fear of further
trouble and an expectation that the
disturbed condition in China will last
a long time.
No Course Fixed
1t developed today Secretary of
State Kellogg and the British am
bassador, Sir Esme Howard, had con-
ferred over the Chinese situation
and considered the course to be
aiken toward the Marking affair.
lie conference, however developed
ITO fixed course as to procedure. OF.
Z ficials said they had not yet received
British note embracing demands
against the Cantonese regime, re-
ported from London to have been for
warded here. Nor would these Of
ficials say definitely whether joint ac-
tion with Japan and Great Britain
Is now favored by this Government.
In any event they were not ready to
announce publicly the course to be
taken.
Secretary Of State Kellogg called
at the White House this forenoon to
give President Coolidge the lates
China advices and to discuss
! Marking and other angles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
FORD INQUIRY CLOSES
Members of Own Staff Find No
Clews UphOIding Plot Theory.
Bp United Press

BIZ United Press
DETROIT, Mich, April 2.-Ford
Motor Company investigators found
nothing to indicate malicious intent
in connection with the automobile
accident in which Henry Ford suf-
fered injuries last Sunday night.
they reported today to Prosecuting
Attorney Robert NJ. Toms of Wayne
County.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
Home Edition

Sport Sidelights by an ex-
pert. This Isl what Billy Evans
gives you in The Times Sport
Section daily.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-02
Forecast

Fair tonight with lowest
temperature near freezing.
Sunday fair, rising tempera-
ture.
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