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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
DEARTH IMPEACHMENT ASKED
IMPEACH this Judge

In the name of the citizens of Indiana and in the name OF
freedom The Times demands that the Legislature
mpeach Judge Clarence W. Dearh Of Nluncie
Neither The Times the people OF the State are specially
interested in whether vice. gambling and booeggng flourish
Nunce They notpartcuary interested IN whether 1t
protected not That matter for the citizens OF Muncle
Suppression of the does interest every czen not only OF
Indiana but Of the Nation.
Judge Dearh has outraged the Constitution OF the State
of Indiana and the Constitution of the United States.
He has used his official power suppress the press OF this
State by ezng and onfscang copies Of newspaper IN the
hands Of newsboys.
ordered these newsboys into his court without warrant
and without charges and by the threat Of his power wrung
pledge do thing which they boys had
every right to do-namely to sell newspapers
He did this upon his motion, without hearing and
without trial He established himself the sole judge Of
what shall be printed in newspapers and asserted that
ranna than before has been exerted
attempted in the history of any State.
Other judges stretched their power punish for
tempt until public conscience rebeled This judge has done
He has forcby and physically suppressed issue Of
newspaper because it contained article crtcsing himself
If he injured by that article, the law gives him his
remedy.
If the article false in every word if the criticism
unjust he citizen had full and ample remedy under the
law to obtain redress.
He has just same remedy that afforded every
citzen-and But he acted judge And The Times
submits that his action judge yrannal
ton Of the Constitution.
The Times submits that Judge the Constu-
ton and ourages the Bill of Rights has place upon the
bench and that the Legislature it has regard for liberty
should drive from the bench tyran who muses his
Pwsr;
Shall the word out that free speech and free press
no longer exist in Indiana?
Shall this State be branded the home of tyranny
which the Constitution longer protection for the ndvd
ua in his guaranteed rights.
free the hope Of free people Free speech
is right for which men have fought for centuries.
Once again, be it remembered that tyranny in whatever
form first destroys freedom of the press The boil
shevists of Russia did it. NIussolini did it.
And still again The Times declares that this Legislature
has important business than investigation of this
act OF Judge Dearth forgetting if peases the other
OF complaint made by citizens of Delaware County, and by its
action drive from power this Mussolini of Muncie
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
DEARTH'S FRIEND
AT LEGISLATURE
MunCie Attorney Confers
With G. O. P. Chief.

Wilbur Ryman, Muncie attorney
and friend of Circuit Judge Clarence
w. Dearth. was at the Legislature
today.
The Muncie lawyer admitted he
was there in the interest Of Dearth,
whose impeachment is sought in Pc
titions circulated at Muncie.
Ryman conferred with Representa-
tive j. Glenn Harris, Lake County,
Republican floor leader, and sought
an interview with Speaker Harry G.
Leslie, Lafayette. He denied talk
ing with Harris.
Eyes, 1 am for Judge Dearth and
against such newspapers as the one
published by George Dale, held in
contempt Of court by Dearth,' he
said.
IF the newspapers here don't
think Dales paper lied let them re-
print the statements of his publica.
tion Of last Saturday and see how
soon they are held in contempt by
Judge Dearth," he declared.
"Dearth stands for decency, and 1
am back Of him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
"Honking Gander'
Goes OUer Big

BB United Press
NICE, France, Feb. 94.-An
unidentified American woman,
reported to be the wife OF n
Florida real estate operator.
stole the show on the Prom.
enade Des Anglals, when she
d led an african honlSing gan
der" held in leash by n red
ribbon, along the thoroughfare
The gander, blood cousin to
the most famous Of all ganders
the one Edward West Brown
ing borrowed for Peaches
Grabbed all the notoriety and
publicity to be had along the
Riviera, where unusual pets
are no wthe rage.
A cheetah, a salamander and
a silver fox are among the run
ner.ups OF the season, but the
gander outshone them all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
JURIST SENDS THREAT
TO INDIANAPOLIS EDITOR
"look Out for Your Own Grand Jury" Dearth TeIs
Times Reporter-T axes Down Names.

I who now. it is believed, faces an in
dictment for criminal libel"
"Who wrote that Mussolini thing?"
The Times, in a first-page edito-
rial, said: "Impeach this Mussolini
of Muncie."
.'I don't know who wrote II. Boyd
Gurley, editor of The Times, how
ever, is responsible"
Takes Editors Name.
Boyd Gurley? How do you
spell it?" The judge reached in his
coat and brought out a piece Of
paper.
1 spelled it.
The Judge wrote 1t down.
did Mr.. Gurley write that thing?"
II don't know. / said he is re-
sponsible."
You circulated those papers up
here, didn't your"
"Oh no, I'm just a reporter"
But you cam up with the papers,
didn't you?"
"Yes, sir"
Gives Warning
"And they were circulated"
''Yes, sir"
Now, let's see, what's your
name? I'll need you, too"
I told him.
He wrote down my name.
The Times, in a first-page editorial.
'Yes, sir"
I'VE walked over toward the
grand jury room, guarded by a po-
liceman and an elderly man.
What's the grand jury going to
do?"
"All have to say at this time is:
Watch your own grand jury.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
CITIZENS GRATEFUL TO
TIMES FOR EXPOSURE
Prominent Munce Residents Anxious to Buy Indianapo
lis Papers Telling of Local Conditions.

their arrest.
One man gave a Times boy 30
cents.
Its worth it," he declared.
Many of the boys were tipped
dimes and quarters.
The newsboys created din on the
street with their yells. They were
even heard in the courtroom of
Judge Clarence w. Dearth. He
scowled. Finally he called one of
the bailiffs and whispered to him.
The bailiff went over and lowered
the windows.
Times reporters believed. they
must have had signs printed on their
backs labelling them.
Citizens picked them out; told of
this political gang and that political
gang; volunteering information.
Muncie is aroused.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
HOURLY TEMPERATURES
BY Times staff Correspondent

MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. 24.-Scores of
Muncie citizens accosted Indianapolis
Times employees on the streets here
today, thanking them 'for what The
Times is doing for Muncie."
A feed store man bought number
of copies of The Times.
II want them to give to the
farmers when they come in. It's the
first time conditions as they are
have been told"
A prominent business man stopped
one of The Times reporters.
Say, if you are arrested and want
bond, call me up. I'll get you out.
used to be newspaperman my
self and 1 have been praying that
some newspaper would do some
thing"
Times newsboys were trailed by
Muncie newspaper men, expecting
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
STUDY FINGER PRINTS
Section of Glass Brought Here for
Police Analysis.

A section Of glass, bearing finger
prints believed to have been made by
yeggs who blew the safe at the J. o.
Hancock hardware store, Wilkinson,
Ind, todayGwas brought to Indian
apolis by Sheriff Harry Comstock,
Handbook County. Result of the
analysis by Bert Pcrrott, police Ber-
tillon expert, was not made public.
HI. f. Geizendanner, druggist, 263S
Northwestern Ave-, said sneak thief
took scissors and knives from the
show window valued at $40. y
Clara Beach, 1926 w. Twenty
Seventh St., said she. left her purse
hang in a Massachusetts Ave.
restaurant and missed it when she
was a short distance away. Return
ing, she found the purse gone. 1t
contained a watch and insurance
papers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
BY Ross III. Garrigus
Times Staff Correspondent


MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. 24.-Judge
Clarence w. Dearth walked out OF
his Office Wednesday afternoon.
Although previously had been de-
tained in the sheriff's office on the
judges orders, I stopped him.
I'm Garrigus Of The Times" I
told him.
Eyes. yes"
"Have you seen our paper7"
Eyes"
What do you think of it?"
Worse Than Dale's"
why, it's worse than what Dale
wro ;e. You know the Dale case is
still pending"
George Dale is the Muncie editor
who has been cited for contempt of
court for criticising the judge, and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
SENATE BATTLE RACES
Neither Side Weakens I'm Fight Over
BOwIder Dam Bill,

bu CntteG Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-A final
test of strategy and endurance
with Americas largest waterpower
vision in the balance-gripped the
senate today as the dramatic con-
fict over Bowlder dam legislation
approach a climax. The same sort
Of grim determination which caused
Senators to sit 80 hours and Is
minutes through two days and q
night until 5:15 p. m. yesterday,
characterized announcements from
generals Of the opposing forces as
they came fresh from a nights sleep
to renew the battle.
Compromise was obviously i'm
possible. 1t was not even being dis
cussed. By common consent it was
made fight to the end with the
seasoned warrior, Senator Hiram
Johnson Rep.), California, trying by
every means to keep his bill before
the Senate and the filibusterers be-
hind Senator Ashurst Dem.), Ari-
zonia, promising to use their last
ounce of energy to ditch the
measure,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
'SunHouUer Girl
Sues forDiuorce
BB United Press

BB United Press
PARIS, Feb. 24.-Belle Livingston
once famous on Broadway as the
"Sunfiower girl" has filed suit for
divorce from Walter Hutchins.
Miss Livingston figured in the
news recently when a book, Belle
of Bohemia bearing her signature,
was published. 1t related various al
legged experience of her life, including
an accounpt Of an acquaintance with
Herbert Hoover, then a young Min
ing engineer. Hoover denied her
permission to accompany an ex-
pedition to the Lost Mines of the
Pharaohs, and to induce him to give
her a permit she invited him to her
apartment, the book said. A visitor
knocked and Hoover hid in a closet
until the caller left, the story
asserted. Friends Of Hoover said he
was in China at the time Of the al
legged incident.
Miss Livingston is a native Of
Emporia, Kas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
SEN. ROBINSON
AGAINST INQUIRY
HooSier SoIon Would Pre-
vent Reed Probe.
BU Times Special
w SHINCTON

BU Times Special
WASHINGTON. D. c., Feb. "a
Senator Arthur r. Robinson of In
diana, today fought the resolution to
extend the life of the Reed COM
ittee investigating election cam.
T'aigns. The resolution would per-
init Senator James A. Reed Of Mis-
souri, to continue his investigation
of campaign conditions in Indiana
and elsewhere. Robinson was a can
didate in the last election.
Robinson charged that Reed is
seeking publicity to attain the Dem
ocratic presidential nomination and
Reed replied wit ha speech character.
izing Robinson's remarks as Coward.
iy insinuations."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
PASS W0RKMEN'S BILL
Compensation Measure Goes TO Gov,
ernOr for Signature.

Increasing the maximum compen-
sation for injured worlmen from
1920 to $16.50 weekly, the Indiana
House Of Representatives late
Wednesday afternoon passed the
new workmen's compensation law
to Governor Jackson for signature.
Lengthy debate featured the bills
final appearance in the House.
Charges that insurance rates on
compensation would be boosted %
per cent and that only 20 per cent
Of Indiana's workmen would be
benefited were made and denied.
Passage of the bill marks the end
OF long struggle on the part of
Indiana labor to change the work
mems compensation act. The bill
was considerably changed by amend
pents, however, from its original
form.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
SHIP SINKS OFF ALASKA
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
CORDOVA, Alaska, Feb. 24.-An.
other tragedy along the treacherous
Alaskan coast was recorded today
when the international fisheries
commission schooner Scandia ran
aground fourteen miles east of the
bell buoy entrance of Kokiak Har-
Dor and was wrecked.
Two hours after the Scandia
grounded the crew was reported
safe ashore, having been taken off
in small boats. Six men, including
the radio operator. were left aboard
when the boats first put off, but one
boat was returned for them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
Grand Jury Indictment
Awaits Return of
Dale. t'.
WARRANT is SWORN OUT
Editor Expected to Face
Criminal Libel Charge.
BY Times Staff Correspondent

MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. 24.-When
George Dale, editor of the Post
Democrat, returns from Washington
this week, he is expected to face ar
rest on a, new charge-probably that
of criminal libel.
The Delaware County grand jury,
late Wednesday afternoon, returned
an indictment after hearing a num-
ber of witnesses. A warrant was or
dered prepared. 1t will not be made
public until an arrest is made.
Dale is in Washington, where he
appealed conviction on contempt
charge, preferred against him by
Judge Dearth, to the United States
Supreme Court.
Among the witnesses known to
have appeared before the jury was
clell Maple, manufacturer, who
Wednesday announced he was the
author of an anonymous letter which
appeared in the Post-Democrat, sup
pressed last week by Judge Dearth.
Others were Patrolman Ira Pitten-
ger and a deputy sheriff. Pittenger
is the patrolman who slapped one of
the Post-Democrat newsboys for sell
ing the paper on the street.
One Exciting Day
The grand jury action eliminated
an exciting day in the Delaware
County courthouse.
Judge Dearth ordered Ross Garri-
gus, Times staff correspondent held
in the sheriff's office while he de-
bated on whether Garrigus should
be admitted. 1t was open court.
Judge Dearth personally ordered
Ernest Pearson, Times staff photog-
rapher "off Of the courthouse
grounds" when Pearson went to the
Turn to Page 81
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
SEEK JURIST'S CHILD
New York Police Quietly Hunt for
15-Year-Old Girl.
BU United Press

BIZ Untte6 Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Kasia Ma
honey, 15-year-old daughter of Su-
preme Court Justice jeremiah It.
Mahoney. prominent member of
Tammany Hall. today was reported
missing from her home.
Although the girl, it was said. dis.
appeared after she started for her
classes in a parochial school on Mon
day, her family thus far has main
tanned secrecy.
A confidential police alarm has
been sent out to other cities. Call
ers to the Mahoney home were re-
fused information.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
VIEW SOUTH SIDE PLAT
CounciImen Inspect Territory Pro-
posed for Annexation.

Five city councilmen today in
spected the territory on Shelby ST.,
between Southern Ave. and Uni
versity Heights, annexation OF which
is proposed.
The council members questioned
residents on the proposal. Consider
able opposition to the plan has been
expressed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
3 BOYS FOUND DEAD

Icy Pond Where Lads Had Gone to
Slide Yields Bodies.
BIZ United Press
PERTH AMBOY, N. J., Feb. "a
The bodies of three boys were found
today in an ice-covered pool in an
abandoned clay pit in Keasy, near
here.
A hole in the ice led to the search.
The boys had been missing stree last
night, when they left their homes to
slide on the pond.
The dead, two of them brothers,
were; Frederick A. Peterson, 4;
Howard o. Peterson, 8, and Ernest
Orosz, Z.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
FIRE ON BATTLESHIP

DIT WIIiW I'TfNN
BOSTON, Feb. 24.-Fire broke out
early today on the U. S. S. Utah at
the Charlestown navy yard. The fire
was confined to amidships> below the
gun deck and damage was negligible
The Utah has been. at the navy yard
many weeks and is almost dis
mantled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
Municipal League Head Sponsors Cir
culation of Petitions for Muncie
Judges Removal.
MAY GOTOLEGISLATURE FRIDAY
Citizens Aroused Over Attack on Free
Speech-Times Editor Threatened.
BY Times Staff Correspondent

MUNCIE Indr Feb. 24.-Twentyfvc petitions to the In
diana Legislature asking impeachment of Circuit Judge Car
W. Dearth were circulated here today.
The petitions prepared and being sponsored by
Dr. L. Bodkn president of the Municipal League of Munce
who stated that his policy would be the signatures
of representative citizens rather than of large numbers
for this policy apparent The league does wish
expose too large proportion of the population to Judicial
wrath.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
Ding Dong Bell
Hootch in Well

Mrs. Hazel Smith was
pleased with the appearance of
house at 22OS Morgan ST., and
rented it. But when she moved :
in Wednesday afternoon she
objected to the cistern water be-
ing favored with alcohol and
hops. She called police and
they removed a gallon of white
mule, three quarts Of malt,
three bags of hops, a five-gallon
jar, and fifty bottles that had
been placed on trap platform
built inside the cistern.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
I'm United Press

nm URitcd Press
SHANGHAI. Feb. 24.-British
hovatzers and machine guns were
landed here today upon reports that
the advance guard of the Cantonese
nationalists had passed Kashing,
fifty miles south, and was proceeding
rapidly toward Shanghai. British
forces here were ready for instant
action. The tensity OF the situation
was increasing.
Two first line United States dc.
stroyers arrived here today several
hours after 100 United States
Marines had arrived aboard the u.
S. $. Chaumont. The destroyers wero
the Noa and tho Preble. Another
United States destroyer is due here
from Manila tomorrow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
SEVEN BANKS CLOSE
United Press

PITTSBURG, Kan, Feb. "a. -
Seven banks and two savings asso-
Citations in Crawford County and in
TT. Scott, Kan, closed today as a
result of over-investment in coal
lands in this section by John Miller,
according to the State bank commits.
sioner's Office.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24

Both Houses convened at 10
a. M.
HOUSE
Consideration of changes i'm Bar
rett' law bill, taking $4,000 yearly
interest from Marion County
treasurer, special order of business.
Bills on third reading:
Favorable committee report on
Livingston bill aboIishing State
tax board.
SENATE
EngrOssed House bills on Sec
ond reading.
On third reading: Bill licensing
drug stores; naval militia bill;
teachers tenure bill: Moorhead
amended utilities measure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
100000 FIRE LOSS
Flames Level Four Blocks of Manila s
Business Section.

BIZ United Press
MANILA. Feb. 24.-Fire did
$2,O0O,O00 damage in Manila today.
Four blocks of business buildings in
the downtown section were razed.
Flames which spread rapidly after
an explosion at a. m. left the build
ings of twenty of the city's leading
firms in ruins.
A strong wind caused fire to
threaten a wide section for a time,
efforts of firemen, soldiers and
civilian volunteers, however, kept
the blaze within the four blocks.
Cause of the original explosion
was unknown. Authorities were in
vestigating possibility of incendiar-
ism.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24

James Carrigg, (shown here)
eighth grade Muncie schOOlbOy,
was one of the thirty-eight Num-
Gle newsbOys from whom police,
on the orders of Judge Clarence
Dearth, took Saturdays edition of
the Muncie POst-DemOcrat.
James lost 81 worth of papers
when the judge called the boys
into his court, cOnfiscated their
papers and ordered them to sell no
more editions of George Dale's
publication.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
SLAYER SHOOTS SELF
Man Who Killed Wife and Wounded
Officer Nav Die.

Omcer May lie.
BIZ United Press
ASBURY PARK, N. J., Feb. %.
Edward Reiker, 25, who killed his
wife and wounded a deputy sheriff
in his home at South Langhorne, Pa,
last night, shot himself in a hotel
here today. He sent three bullets
into his chest and probably will die.
A few minutes before he shot,
Reiker sent for reporter from the
local newspaper and told how he had
killed his wife.
The South Langhorne shooting oc.
CURED when Deputy Sheriff Abram
Kulp tried to serve Reiker with the
papers in a divorce suit.
II killed her because I loved her
and because loved my baby" he
told the reporter. John Osbourne.
"a woman relative made all the
trouble. She broke up our home and
made life a hell for me-"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
A Grateful Citizen
Writes a Letter

Editor Of The Times:
Read your editorial on tho
Dale case here and the treat
ment of the newsboys by the
court. and, being familiar with
the action taken against tbese
boys, who had purchased and
paid for their papers and hav-
ing them taken away from
them by those who were not
in sympathy with the expos
ures made In the columns Of
the Post-Democrat, l want 70
protest this action against the
freedom of the press when the
editor claims that he has the
proof of the truth told In his
paper.
j ann a property owner, tax
payer, and have children In
school here. Am a printer and
work on the Muncie Star. /
am member Of the Typo
graphical Union.
Yours Truly.
II. Nj. WARD,
1910 w. jackson ST.,
( Niuncie. Ind.
III
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
BLAZE AT FRATERNITY
Fire Damages Roof at Psi Omega
House About $50.

The Psi Omega. dental fraternity
house. 2OS7 n. Illinois ST., was
damaged about $40 today when fire
broke out on the roof as result Of a
defective chimney.
Property is owned by S. c. Alig,
according to the salvage corps.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
BRITISH ACT AS
CHINESE ADVANCE
Artillery Landed - 1900
u. S. Marines Arrive.

BIZ United Press
LONDON, Feb. 2i-The Shanghai
general strike, which began at noon
last Saturday, was called Off today,
a dispatch from Shanghai said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24

He was afraid to go home with
out the papers or the money which
should have come from their sale.
Police Captain Eitel saw the
tears in the boys eyes and wrote
this note (shown abOve) for him
to take to his father:
Mr.. Steve Carrigg, Sir:
This boys papers were taken
by police. He cannot help it that
he cannot sell the POst-DemOcrat,
as it is the order of Judge Dearth,
so don't punish the boy. as it is not
his fault. CAPT. EITEL.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
Forecast

Partly cloudy tonight and
Friday; colder by Friday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
Home Edition

Boots, Cora and Opal are off
to the. Orient. See their adj
ventures in The Times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-24
Assembly Today

Both Houses convened at 10