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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-17
COURTS RULING
HITS Ex-MAYOR
State Wins Point in Trial at
Princeton.
By Times Special

BIZ Times Special
PRINCETON, Ind, Nov. IT,
Counsel defending Charles A. Me
meier, former mayor here, on trial
in Gibson Circuit Court on charge
of embezzlement, is proceeding I'M
der the handicap of a court ruling
Wednesday which gives the State a
strong advantage.
The court held that despite tht
fact that the present trial refers
only to alleged embezzlement from
the funds OF ward of which Me
meier was guardian, evidence re-
ferring to twenty other charges
based on alleged misuse of public
funds can be admitted. This is on
the ground that evidence of the
other charges tends to establish in
tent to defraud.
No session of the trial is being
held today, but will be resumed Fri
day. Witnesses for the State
Wednesday presented testimony to
the effect that fines of 5000 were
paid into city court of which Me
meier as mayor was judge, of which
no record was made in books of the
court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-17

Ayres, cashier, of the Huntington
County State bank of Huntington.
Upon arraignment the five plead
ed not guilty.
Charge Kiting Checks
Postal inspectors charge that
Steinbrenner bought the Burdick
Rubber Company of Noblesville,
practically by assuming it's liabili-
ties.
They charge that he kept the
concern from bankruptcy by kiting
checks through the two banks, re-
sultinG in their failureS and in de-
frauding the Guardian National
Bank of Chicago of $55,000. The
Chicago bank held some of the
checks, they charge.
Postal inspectors say the Mobiles
vile bank lost $4,000 and the
Huntington bank $245,000 in the
transactions.
Steinbrenner's suicide followed a
visit to his apartment by D. F. Ly-
ons, postal inspector, who was
checking his actions in Chicago
Steinbrenner was not at homc rand
Mrs. Steinbrenner received LYONS
card. She gave it to her husband
upon his return and he left for the
club, where the tragedy took place,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-17
POISON Staying
VERDICT WATTS
Mrs. Margaret Smith Still
Unaware of Fate.

BIZ Times Special
LIBERTY, Ind, Nov. 17.-Mrs.
margaret Smith this afternoon was
still unaware of the outcome of her
trial on a first degree murder
charge in the death of her husband,
George Smith, by arsenic poisoning.
The jury in Union Circuit Court
here received the case at 10:45
Wednesday night. Two hours later
thS jurors. having failed to arrive
at a verdict, asked to be locked up
for the night and today are con-
tinuing their deliberations. Death
or life Imprisonment are the only
sentences possible in Indiana for
first degree murder.
In order to complete the case,
the first night session in the
history of the Union Circuit Court
was held Wednesday night.
A crowd that overf1owed from
the courtroom into the halls heard
the closing of the trial, which in
cluded the testimony of Mrs. Smith
and Ilene, Is, her daughter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-17
MANY ERE TRAPS ON VEST SIDE PERIL ENTIRE CITY
Boast of Court Drag
Costs BOndSman $500

for intoxication and was fined $25
and costs and sentenced to ten days
in jail on the driving charge. But
fine and sentence on the latter were
suspended.
Then Greenspan went to NAL
colin and told him to leave the city
before midnight! He told him such
cases usually were punished by
sentences of five to ten years, but
that through the bondsman's great
political power, officers of the city
obeying any d 'ection made by him,
Malcolm was t off easy.
"Greenspan also told Malcolm to
get out of the city and forget about
his car or Greenspan would cause
him to be arrested and sentenced
to the penitentiary for five years"
Greenspan denied the charges.
Trial of the case was halted when
Federal Judge Robert G. Baltzen
said apparently the suit had no
place in Federal Court and sug-
gested a compromise.
Malcolm gave his address as the
Government Hospital at haywood,
Chicago suburb.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-17

His boast of influence with the
courts" cost Abe Greenspan, pro-
fessional bondsman, $500.
Trial of suit for replevin of an
automobile, in which Attorney Ber-
nard StroySon, counsel for Hugh
Malcolm, shell-shocked World War
veteran, charged ~Greenspan with
unethical practices, was compro-
missed for that amount out of Fed
eral Court late Tuesday, after at
torneys had made their opening
statements.
Stroyson said Malcolm, while suf-
fering from a nervous attack due
to injuries in the war, was in an
automobile collision and was
charged with driving while intoxi-
Gated. He gave his automobile as
collateral for 5000 bond to Green
span.
while Malcolm was Ill in bed,
GreenSpan went into court, and en-
tered a plea of guilty for him, the
attorney said.
Malcolm was fined $40 and costs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-17
Works Hard, Dances,
Gains 3 Lbs. a Week

Il work hard, dance and have gained
3, pounds a week since taking Vinol.
My nervousness is almost gone"-Mrs.
f. Lang.
Vinol is a delicious compound Of cod
liver peptone, iron, etc. Nervous, easily
tired, anemic people are surprised how
vinol gives new pep, sound sleep and
BIG appetite. The very first bottle
often adds several pounds weight to
thin children or adults. lasts delicious.
Haag Drug acknowledgements.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-17

Doctors find that this hospital medi-
cine does far more than stop coughing
instantly. 1t goes straight to the seat of
a stubborn head cold or chest cold. Abb
sorbed through and through the whole
system, it quickly checks phlegm, heals
irritation and drives out the cold from
tubes.
Even sick children love the flavor
and mothers who have once tried Cherry
Pectoral have been delighted to find
that it keeps the whole family free
used according to the hospital direc-
lions in each carton. At all druggists,
Goo; twice as much in $1.O0 aospital
size
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-17
MAKE MOVE TO !
join BUS LINES
With TROLLEYS
Railway Company Asks to
Change North and
East Routes. 1

The Indianapolis Street Railway
Company today filed petitions with
the public service commission to
extend four Peoples Motor Coach
Company bus lines and abandon
one street car company bus line
and four feeder bus lines.
This was the first step in merger
of the coach company and street
car company bus lines to follow
purchase of the motor coach COM
pany by the railway.
Permission is asked to extend the
Peoples Motor Coach Company
Cent.ai Ave. line from Fifty Second
st. an. Central Ave. north on
Central to Sixty-First st. and to
divert some of the BUSES east on
Fifty-Second st. to keystone Ave.
Other extensions asked are:
Coach company's E. New York
st. line into territory now served by.
the street car conpany's Emerson
Ave. and Twenty-TirSt st. bus line
and the E. Tenth 81. feeder line.
Thirtieth st. cross-town line into
territory now served by Thirty
Eighth st. and keystone Ave. feeder
line.
Brightwood line into Territory OF
Emerson and Twerty-First st. line
Lines to be abandoned:
Street railway Emerson Ave. arc.
Thirty First st. line; Thirty Eighth
st. and keystone Ave. feeder line,
E. Tenth st. feedlr line, Central
Ave. feeder line, College Ave. feeder
line
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-17
BREAKS ARM IN CRASH
Truck CoIIides With Automobile
and Overturns.

Carl w. Hickman, 26, of 1245
Herbert ST., suffered broken arm
when a truck belonging to the Pitts
ford Purity Pie Company, which he
was driving, overturned at Twenty
Sixth st. and Indianapolis Ave. late
Wednesday. The truck collided with
an auto driven by Earl Lamont,
Negro, "a, of TAO w. Twenty Fifth
st. Hickman was taken to the
Methodist Hospital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-17
SMALL START
WOULD SPREAD
TO WIDE AREA
Blaze Incubator Battery Is
Standing Ready to
Hatch Tragedy.
OWNERS NEGLECTFUL
Eight Big Apartment
Houses, Side by Side,
Fail in Protection.
OWNERS NEGLECTFUL
BY DENNIS ]. O,NEILL

A battery OF lire incubatorS,
standing almost side by side, wait
ing for time to hatch a tragedy that
might sweep the western part of
the city, was found on the second
day of the investigation being con-
Quoted into fire hazards by the
Indianapolis Fire Prevention Bureau
in cooperation with The Times.
On w. Washington ST., between
Missouri and California StS., Fire
Inspector Writ H. Torbet, assigned
by Fire Prevention Chief Horace w.
Carey to the special investigation,
and I, found eight three-story
apartment buildings in which own
ers and tenants have been neglectful
of their civic responsibility to help
prevent fires.
In many cases owners had failed
to provide even the minimum pro-
lection for tenants in case of fire,
demanded by law.
Pile Trash in Corridors
In other cases tenants have en-
dangered their own lives by piling
corridors high with everything
from old furniture to rubbish.
Third-f1oor tenants of one build
ing stored hot ashes in cardboard
boxes and in an old suitcase, at the
head of the stairway beside a box
of kindling and a bin of coal. Each
apartment has its own stove.
There is no front entrance to this
building. A fire escape at the side,
reached through one of the apart
ments, and a stairway at the back,
SO narrow that Torbet and could
not walk abreast on it, are the only
exists.
Fire Escape Door Nailed Shut
A hotel nearby has two large
stoves, one at each end of the Sec
ond floor lobby. The pipes from
these run through open transoms
into rooms at each end of the build
ing before finding chimneys.
A door leading to the fire escape
on the third floor of this building
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-17
THOUSANDS OF
CORNS REMOVED

For years people all over the 5orld have
suffered from corns and callouses. Now
we have a remedy that will really remove
can prove 1t.
II you are one Of the unfortunate ones
who have tried all kinds Of so called corn
born old corn or callous that just won't
come off--drop in today and let us tell
far away. write to END-O -CORN LAB
ORATORIES. Garfield Blvd. Chicago,
and we will see that you receive .. far.
Haag and Goldsmith Drug Stores.-Adver-
tisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-17
COSTLY TO BE BOMBED

BIZ UUtJ6U PT6S9
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 17-"Sun-
days attempt to assassinate me has
cost me $4,000 besides the damage
done by a bomb to my car" said
one-armed Gen. Aware Obregon,
sole remaining presidential candi-
date, today-"$5 for new pair of
spectacles and $2,495 for answering
kilograms of congratulation."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-17
UNCONSCIOUS 27 DAYS
,rwins Born Shortly After Woman
Is Hurt in Crash.
Bu united Press

Bu United Press
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. 17.-Mrs.
Joseph Dech, who for twenty-seven
days has been unconscious of an
automobile accident, probably will
regain consciousness within the next
two days, attending doctors said to-
day. Three hours after the acci-
dent, Mrs. Dech gave birth to twins.
Mrs. Dech was thought to have
regained consciousness for a few
minutes ten days ago and the babies
were brought to her bedside.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-17
Wooden Chute for Ashes
SATAN IN INDIANAPOLIS
Evangelist Will Use Vices of City as
Sermon Topic.

Sinclair Lewis could not exhaust
Gods 2nce in ten minutes. the
Rev. 4olette, evangelist at I'LL
nois al Thirty-Eighth Sts., said
Wednesday night.
Lewis stood for ten minutes and
def1ed God last year in the Linwood
Forum, Kansas City, Mo.
Mr.. Violette will speak on Satan
in indianapolis"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-17

was latched and nailed shut. The
drop ladder was missing from the
fire scape and several side pieces
were rusted almost in two.
On the first floor, reached by a
stairway at the rear Of the lobby,
the hotel proprietor stores his au-
tomobile, another hazard.
Use Gas for Lighting
One three-story building was
found with a central stairway lead
ing up from the sidewalk. There
was no rear exit above the first
floor. The halls formerly were
lighted with gas jets, but to get
ventilation in the summer the front
doors had to left open and tenants
were constantly being awakened in
the middle of the night by the
strong odor of gas.
Prevention bureau action forced
electricity to be substituted for gas
in halls, but the wiring is of the
open type, liable to short circuit, a
principal fire cause, and the apart
ments are still lighted with gas.
Next door is a similar three story
building. The stairway to the
second floor is similarly placed and
the one to the third floor becoming
weak in time, is kept in place by
rough-cut two y-fours" braced
against the lower staircase.
Stairway Is Hidden
The back door to this building
leads onto the roof of an adjoining
wooden structure and thence to the
ground by way of an enclosed wood
en- stairway, also used by the build
ing adjoining on the other side.
This stairway is cleverly camou-
f1aged as coal shed, similar to
several adjoining ones on the roof
of this building. We spent several
minutes searching for it and were
successful only after taking it I'M
awares from a different path than
persons rushing from the fire door
would take.
Wooden Chute for Ashes
One corner building has wooden
chute leading from rear second and
third story balconies, down which
tenants throw garbage, paper and
smoldering ashes. There are no
steaps leading off the balconies.
Open wiring festoons the walls
and ceilings of this building. A
cluster of gas meters fills one cor
ner of the hall. The corridors are
thickly carpeted and each apart
ment prides itself on its own stove
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-17

The help-yourself plan of
a cafeteria enables the
finest of foods at "odd
penny prices" to be serUed
at Whites Cafeteria, 81
". Illinois. "
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-17
SET BUTLER FUNERAL
Arrange to Bury Train Victim Sat-
urday.

Funeral services for ]. E. Butler,
s., of 81 Frank ST., Waterman, who
was killed by a train at the Barth
Ave. Belt Railroad crossing Wednes-
day, will be held at 10 a. m. Satur-
day at the home of his son, Roscoe
Butler, 218 w. Rogers st. Burial
will be in Crown Hill cemetery.
Mr.. Butler, born in Kentucky, had
lived here for forty years and also
has been a section gang foreman
for the Belt Railrad. He is sur
vived by the widow, Mrs. Nettie
Butler. and two sons, Roscoe and
Edward.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-17
U. S. WILL PUSH
FRAUD CHARGES
DESPITE DEATH
Suicide of Steinbrenner Not
to End Prosecution of
Bankers, Aids.

Following the suicide in Chicago
of Henry G.. Steinbrenner, under
indictment on charges of mail fraud,
United States District Attorney AL
Bert Ward announced today that
Federal cases against his five CO.
defendants probably will be post
poned.
Ward said Steinbrenner's death,
however, had little bearing on the
postponement. The case may be
resubmitted to the grand jury upon
new evidence.
Steinbrenner was president OF
the Steinbrenner Rubber Company,
Noblesyille, and vice-president OF
the Brown Industrial Hoist Com
pany, Cleveland.
Leaves Note to Wife
Steinbrenner shot himself at the
exclusive South Shore Country
Club Tuesday night. His body was
not found until Wednesday after
noon when a maid entered the room.
He left this note to his wife:
Dear sweetheart:
ITO have had and lost has be-
come unbearable. want you all to
forgive and forget me. 1 regret ex-
ceedingly the trouble I have caused
you all.
my dear wife, the best that God
ever created. 1 wish her happiness
and every comfort for the balance OF
her life. Take good care of Jack,
Kent Chis sons. hope they will be
successful and a credit to their par
ents. I also wish Pierre and Irene
every comfort, happiness and sue
cess. May they live long and pros
per-Sorry."
Caught After Long Search
Steinbrenner was under $4,000
bond to appear in Federal Court
here, Nov. 20. The indictment
charged him and five others with
using the mails in Scheme to de-
fraud, resulting in losses of $4,000
to two Indiana and one Chicago
bank
Steinbrenner was arrested Now 1
in Seattle, after a nation wide
search by Department of Justice
operatives.
The five co-defendants are: s..
Homer Federman, Steinbrenner
Rubber Company secretary; Walter
w. Bray, assistant cashier, and
Newton w. Cowgirl, cashier, of the
First National Bank of Noblesville;
E. B. Ayres, president, and E. P.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-17

REFINANCE YOUR AUTO pay
ments now on easier terms. Conf
Dental and Quick. Capitol Loan
Co., 141k E. Wash. St.-Advertise-
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-11
s EVE RAJ
p AYE. r 9
IN DE Al.
Giants, Robins, PhiIIIeS and
BiSonS Trade Athletes, II
Being involved.
By United Press

By United Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE New
York Giants and the Brooklyn Rob
ms have been considerably strength
ened by a four-sided baseball deal
involving those clubs. the Phillies
and the Buffalo Internationa1s. sports
experts agreed today.
The Giants got Burleigh Grimes.
clever spitball pitcher, out of the
deal. which was made public Monday
night. The Robins emerged with
Walter Henline, star catcher.
McGraw traded Jack Scott, pitch
err. and Lafayette Thompson, infield-
err. to the Phlllies for Henline and
George Harper. batting outflelder.
Then McGraw snapped Henline TO
Brooklyn for Grimes.
Buffalo gave the Phillies Alex Fer
guson. veteran pitcher, for Bill HUI
Der. third baseman, and Ray Pierce,
pitcher.
The Giants agreed to give the
Buffalo Bisons pitcher and an out
fielder on option at the close Of the
season, and Brooklyn agreed to send
q pitcher.
The opinion here was that every
body ought to be happy, except Bill
Baker, president Of the Phinies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-11
Fitz Halted RojaS'
Ring Career

One Of the standout feats in the
pugilistic career of Young Bob Fitz-
simmons, son of the old champion,
was k. o. victory over Quinton
Romero RoJas about one year ago.
Rojas, who was being billed as a
second Firpo. was going good at The
time and fans will recall when he
performed in Indianapolis and fiat
tened Joe Mccain.
Young Fitz, who battles Chuck
Virgins at Tomlinson Hall next
Monday night. stopped Rojas in three
rounds and saddened the hearts of
many. New York promoters, who
were drawing big gates with the
South American. Rojas previously
had beaten Jack Renault, John
Rlsko, Leo Gates, Homer Smith and
others.
Fits age is 20, he having started
late in the ring. He weighs 1876
pounds and will stack up about even
with Virgins on the scales.
The exact rating given Fitz by the
Collyers Eye publication is 26S
points and Virgins 255. Conyer's
rates from 300 points and scales
downward. Tunney, of course. is
placed at 300. Collyer's is not always
correct in its ranking of the heavy
weight crop. but its point system
gives an idea of how Fitz and Wig
gins are thought Of nationally.
The Fitz-Wiggins bout will be
ten-round affair and the show will
be promoted by the National A. c.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-11
POLO TEAM
Generous Indian Prince
Comes to Britain'S Aid.
By United Press

By United Press
LONDON, Jan. 11-Through the
generosity of a sporting Indian
prince, the Maharajah of Jodhpur,
Britain is now almost certain to be
represented with a strong team in
the international polo matches to be
played in America next September.
The Maharajah has given SIS. 900 to
the fund for the Army of India
team, which will represent Britain
in the contest. He also has allowed
twenty picked ponies to be selected
from his own stables. and insists
upon paying the expenses of their
removal.
This means the army players will
be able to 90 ahead with their pre-
parations and that they will be
splendidly mounted. Thirty ponies
will be shipped to America in March
and a further fifteen will be sent
from India.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-11

business in the major league parks
falls off this year 1t will not be due
entirely to the charges made by
Chick Gandil and Swede Risberg
Sympathy With Players
AS in the case of Ty Cobb and Iris
Speaker, a large part of the baseball
public is in sympathy with Ray
Schalk, Eddie Collins. Clarence Row
land and the other mentioned by the
two former White Sox players.
There is almost n general belief
that pure motives we're not behind
the accusations that dug up dirt of
ten years ago. Gandil and Risberg
claimed they had nothing against
the players they accused and that
they were influenced only by a de-
sire to help the game Their claim.
considering the part they played in
the 1919 worlds series scandal, can,
not be taken too seriously.
The motives behind Dutch Leon
ards charges against Cobb and
Speaker, was attributed generally TO
revenge.
Lands Hand Forced
Commissioner Lands has been
criticised for the manner i'm which he
conducted the Investigations. especi-
ally the one I'm the Cobb-Speaker
case. Lawyers perhaps are right in
criticising TIE commissioner for
making public what may be a very
weak case against Cobb and Speaker
but In fairness to the commissioner
1t must be realized he was forced to
do 1t.
Newspapers were in possession of
all the evidence the commissioner
had secured and if he didn't release
all the material he held, the news
papers would have done it and It
would not have looked we'll to have
the case exposed from unofficial
sources.