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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
MOTION
TODELAYR
OF STEPHENSON
Gilliom Seeks Ruling on
Subpoena for Ex-KIan
Head in Civil Case.

Attorney General Arthur L. Gill
liom today prepared a motion to set
asiCe the order of Superior Judge
James M. feathers for d. C. Ste
phenson, life convict, to appear in
his court in civil proceedings.
Gilliom hopes to secure a court
ruling on the authority of a judge to
order appearance of a prisoner in
civil proceedings. The final fight
may be taken to the Supreme Court.
On previous occasion Gilliom held
it was lot necessary for the prison
warden to recognize such a subpoena
for Stephenson.
Serving Murder Term
The subpoena for the former In.
diana Khan dragon, now serving a
life sentence for numbering Miss
Madge Oberholtzer of Indianapolis,
was not expected to be served on
State Prison Warden Walter II. Da-
ly today. Sheriff Knoll left Mich
igan City for La Porte on another
mission. The subpoena mailed to
the sheriff had not been received this
morning.
The order instructs Stephenson to
appear forthwith in Superior Court
One, to testify as to whether or not
he owns property at 5432 University
Ave. This is in connection with a
suit filed by his former wife, Mrs
Nettie Stephenson Brehm of Okla
homa, for $40, 800 to support Stephen.
sons 11.year-old child, Florence
Catherine Stephenson.
The complaint alleges Stephenson
owns the property and the court
claim might be levied on it.
DAILY said Tuesday, after the order
was issued, that he probably would
not honor it, and would get an opin-
ion from Attorney General Gilliom.
Floyd Mattice, attorney for Mrs
Brehm. declared he did not expect
the subpoena to be honored, but will
follow with a petition for a writ of
habeas corpus ad testifcandum.
which would order DAILY to bring
Stephenson here.
Has Precedent
This procedure was followed
several months ago when Herbert e,
Wilson. receiver for Hoosier Tailors.
Inc, brought Stephenson into
Superior Court Three for examina-
ton about property holdings.
Stephenson refused to answer ques.
tions.
Gilliom ruled at that time the man
could not be borught here for
participation in civil suits.
Another subpoena also was issued
for Ira Holmes, attorney, and Fred
Butler, Stephenson's former sec
rotary. to appear in court April s,
and tell whether or not Stephenson
owns real property in the county.
Holmes signed s.tephenson's bond
when the latter was arrested on the
murder charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
THREE EX-LOCAL
WOMEN BURNED
IN FLORIDA FIRE
Mrs. William J. Wright and
Two Daughters Victims
Two Critical.

BU Times Special
HOWEY, Fla, March 30.-Three
Indianapolis women were seriously
burned, two perhaps fatally, today at
a, m. in an apartment house fire
caused by an unmarked high test
gasoline drum.
The victims were Mrs. jeanette
Wright, So, whom it is believed can
not live; Marion Wright, %, a
daughter, whose condition is almost
as serious, and Dorothy Wright, also
q daughter.
Rolled i'm Sand
Dorothy Wright is believed to have
saved her life by hurrying outdoors
and rolling in the sand.
The father. DR.. William j. Wright
formerly a Christian Church minis
ter in Indiana, was away from home
at the time.
Mrs. Wright lighted kerosene
heating stove. which had been filed
with high test gasoline from a newly
installed drum which bore no
marks to indicate its contents and
which had been set beside kerosine
drum of identical color, it is alleged
In Orlando Hospital
The Wright family came to
Florida last October, the daughters
to teach in the Howey schools and
he father to sell real estate. They
were taken to Orange General Hos
pital in Orlando.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
PAROLES ARE REVOKED
Pardon Board Limits Clemency as
1t Nears End OF Existence.

Passing Of the Indiana Pardon
Board, as decreed by act of the re-
cent Legislature, is marked by rev.
ocation, rather than granting of
paroles. The second batch to be
passed upon by the last session of
the board have been signed by the
Governor and made public. Thirty
paroles were revoked and only six
granted, these temporarily.
Eleven indianapolis persons were
on the list Of parole revocations, all
for failure to make fine payments
as agreed. The temporary paroles
were granted in cases OF sickness
or death in the prisoners family.
Those from Indianapolis whose pa
roles were revoked are Robert Cox
William Dilley. Philip Bible, George
Yocum, Ernest Davis, John Morgan,
John Morrison, Airy Lowe, John
Petro, Julius Dibrell and Dave Ruff
man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
FLOOD COVERS
TWELVE TOWNS
BU United Press

DU CHltcU FTGS6
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, March 80.
Swallowed up by a wall of muddy
water, dozen small towns Of Desha
County, Arkansas. today were al
most completely under water, while
frantic efforts are being made by
workmen along the Mississippi river
front to prevent further floods.
Villages in the area-known as
Laconia Delta-were reported here
to have given way late last night,
letting the river into thousands of
acres of crop land.
Danger warnings broadcast since
o'clock yesterday afternoon gave
residents of the area time to flee
with the most of their movable
goods, 1T was reported, and no deaths
had occurred.
Residents of the area are being
provided for in homes outside Hhe
Hood district and in nearly four hun
dred boXcars- at Snow Lake. The
Missouri Pacific Railroad has sent
officials to provide relief
Inc mississippi mas Deen rising
for some time, fed by northern
rains, and yesterday afternoon had
reached a fifty-foot stage at Knowl-
ton. The levee there was one of the
iirst to go out.
Livestock Drowned
1enrico, LaConia and Knowlton
a,e thought to have suffered great.
est damage. The towns are on
marshy ground. The total population
OF the three villages is less than a
thousand, however, and the damage
u.s. therefore, comparatively small.
Property and crop damage will be
heavy. Thousands of acres of fertile
land Is inundated and many head of
livestock believed drowned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
REED AND
SAPIRO IN
WITS DUEL
Two Sharply Contrasting
Men Fight in MiIIion-DoI-
lar Case.
BY Earl Sparkling

Tlm' s. starr fG.TCSHOndcnf
DETROIT, Mich, March 3d.
Greek, to take a few racial liberties,
has encountered Greek.
Or, mixing things even more. the
Jim Reed, Scotsman, has grabbed
a legal deadlock on Aaron Sapiro,
Jew. and found himself holding a
tartar.
Not since a certain memorable
110-round bout in 1898 has there been
so much to look forward to.
Even the Honorable Jim, In poll.
tics most pugnacious, seemed to
realize what he was Up against as
he renewed today his attempt to
save Henry Ford's million dollars
by breaking down Aaron Sapiro' s
own story of his farm marketing
career.
Frightening GrOwI
How long will it take me to cross
examine him?" The Senator's browt
did strange things above his steel
gray eyes and the growl of his voice
was such as to scare the whole Re
publican party, Senators-elect Smith
and Ware included. And then he
grinned. as only Jim Reed grins,
How can I tell?"
It's a grand drama, this rumbling
white.haired man of iron matching
wit and will with a blackhaired
soft-spoken opponent who strikes
with a smile and gives blow for blow,
And, for the first time, Detroit is
seeing Jim Reed really in action
Thus far in Aaron Sapiro's million.
dollar libel suit against Henry Ford
the man from Missouri has been as
much like his senatorial self as
gum is like what he customarily
chews.
AS he explained to Federal Judge
Raymond, Your Honor, I'm trying
to speak low. I have a habit of
raising my voice"
But, before his first tilt with
Aaron Sapiro had ended yesterday,
the Senator had shifted at least into
second gear. He tried to prevent
Sapiro from testifying how much
money he had made out of farm CO.
operatives. Smiling enthusiastically
Sapiro told the jury. however, that
he had made from $4,000 a year in
1916 to a maximum of $61,531 in
1922.
Reed tried to delve embarrassing.
~ into his early legal career. intent
apparently to make the jury wonder
how young man admitted to the
bar in 1911 could, five years later
be embarked on comet career.
Helped SapirO
The questions merely enabled
Sapiro to tell greater details how
he battled his way up against the
greatest difficulties. In 1911 he was
getting only $50 a month; in 1913
$500; in 1914, more than 5000.
This money angle is important be
cause F'ord's Dearborn Independent
alleged Sapiro made at least mil
lion in the last ten years and Reed
informed the jury early in the trial
he would prove 1t.
Sapiro admits his firm made per
haps that much, but asserts he re
ceived less than third Of 1t.
And, as Reed tackles Sapiro, an
other attorney sits at the lone
counsel table and loads for Henry
Ford w. H. Gallagher. chief
counsel for Sapiro. will get his
! vengeance late in the week. il
everything goes swiftly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen to
police belong to:
George Deeb, 753 De Quincy St.
Studebaker; from Michigan and Ala
bama SITS.
Claude Bivin. 4O4 Massachusetts
Ave-, Hudson; 512-01S; from in front
of 400 N. Alabama st.
Harry Shell, 90 Union St., Chew.
rolet; 563-109; from in front of that
address.
Allister Smith, 51O15 w. Wash
ington St, Chevrolet; 529.953; from
garage at 173 N. Bright st.
Freda Heider, 3131 Kenwood Ave,
Chevrolet; 14.427: from Pennsyl-
vania and Vermont SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
MASONS GATHER HERE
500 Attracted Daily to Scottish Rite
Annual COnVOcatiOn.

vocation of the Ancient Accepted
Scottish Rite, Valley of Indianapo-
lis, which opened Tuesday at the
Scottish Rite Cathedral. is attracting
more than five hundred Masons
daily.
Degrees from the fourth to the
thirty-s econd will be conferred. The
conyocation banquet win be Thurs
day at $50 p. m, after the thirty
second degree has been conferred.
Charles L. Patton is general recep-
ton chairman, assisted by j. Frank
Holmes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
Arbitration Blocked"

William Hamilton, president of the
Indiana Bituminous Operators" AS
ISOLATION, declared arbitration is i'm
possible where fixed conditions are
demanded by the miners"
The attitude of the Indiana oper.
ators is identical with that of the
other operators of the central com
petitive fields, who held out for a
wage reduction at the joint Miami
conference in February, according to
Hamilton.
He said he saw no hope for an
adjustment of the dispute as long as
the miners insisted on retention of
the basic pay of $3.50 day fixed by
the Jacksonville agreement which
ends at midnight tomorrow night.
Operators of Ohio and Western
Pennsylvania, the other two States
in the central competitive territory
also are standing behind their wage
reduction demands, according to in.
formation received here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
KILLS FELLOW ENIPLOYE

DIT NWIItU FTFNH
EAST CHICAGO Ind, March 30.
-Salvas ingalls,, employee of the
East Chicago plant of the Youngs-
town Sheet and Tube Company, was
held here today on a charge of
murder following an argument at
the plant here which ended when
ingalls, shot and killed Apolonia
Martinez, a fellow employee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
VACATION
ACCIDENT TODAY
Negro Boy Rides Bicycle
Into Automobile.

The first school child injured dur
ing spring vacation week was Cliff
ford Towers, 10, Negro, 1919 w.
Walnut ST., who, riding a bicycle,
turned the corner of Walnut and
Lock SITS. this morning and ran
headlong into an automobile driven
by Verne Harvey, r. r. NJ, Box 1874.
The boys right leg was injured,
but after treatment at city hospital
he was taken home. He attends
School "a.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
TRINKETS BEQUEATHED

NEW YORK-Under the will of
Morton Patton, retired lawyer, ]. p.
Morgan received a sold pencil APP
praised at $25, which formerly was
the property of his father. and
Clarence II. Mackay was left a 81 900
sapphire stickpin and a 81 collection
of athletic trophies. The latter We're
won by Patton and Mackay jointly
in contests.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
Judge Approves
WELDING Rod
BIZ Unitcd Press

BIZ InIfCd Press
ALEXANDRIA. Va. March
3O.-Teachers in this city who
WELD the rod on unruly pupils
were upheld by Judge William
Snow. who cleared Mrs. Cora
Kelley. public school teacher,
of charges that she had ex-
cessively whipped a pupil.
For the purpose of correc-
ton" Snow ruled, the teacher
represents the parent. 1t is a
settled rule of common law that
in such cases a teacher stands
in the place of a parent" =
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
BIZ United Press

CHICAGO, March 30.-Sobs of
four hungry children brought sorrow
today to three homes on Chicago's
West Side.
Joseph Clemente, 40. was driven
mad by dependency last evening
when he found his children suffer
ing from lack of food. He had lost
his job as a laborer and blamed his
employers for the suffering of his
family.
And so Clemente sought revnge
He approached John Palumbo. 80.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
RAIN MAKERS"

WASHINGTON - II o tt g n { OTIS
around Mt. Brukkaros, Southwest
Africa, believe instruments used by
American solar observers there have
power to make II rain, according to
a report from the observers to the
Smithsonian Institution. They are
worried, however. in that his hash I
rained at Mt. Brukkaros since The
Americans arrived.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
7O,OOO,OOO u. S.
Dollars in China
BV United Press

bU CnfteG Press
WASHINGTON, March 80
American business interests
have approximately $4,000, 900
invested in China, the Com.
merce Department estimated
today, while similar amount
is involved in missionary and
philanthropic enterprises.
The industrial money invest
ment is in bonds of the Chin
ese government, railway bonds
and concession advances. long
term credits by American con-
Germs to the Chinese govern.
ment and land, buildings and
equipment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
ARM|TAGE' STAR
ASCENDS IN CITY
HALL ARMAMENT
Boss Coffin'S Efforts to Save
OberIeaS' lob Are Fruit
less.

Prestige of William H. Armitage
as political power at the city hall
continued to grow today at the ex'
pense of George V. Coffin, Repub-
lican county and city chairman, as
Collins efforts to save the job of
Chester c. Oberleas, city civil engi'
neer, appeared fruitless.
Oberleas was dismissed by Mayor
Duvall, effective Friday and Frank
C. Lingentelter, who had the job
under the Shank administration
when Armitage was boss, was named
to succeed Oberleas.
Places Blame
Oberleas said Armitage and a
group of asphalt paving contractors
caused his dismissal because he
changed street specifications making
asphalt paving more expensive to
lay and concrete cheaper.
Rumors of a general shake-up
continued. These had become Sc
general that politicians were specu'
lating upon whom the mayor would
pick to succeed Roy c. Shaneberger
and Oren Hack, board of works
members, and George Woodward
street commissioner. Shaneberger
and Hack stood with the engineer
in the change on street specified
tons and the asphalt interests are
openly denouncing them.
Break RumOred
Woodward is a Coffin man. Politi.
clans We're saying that the mayor
recognizing that Collins political
hold has been weakening while Ar
mitage quietly has been rebuilding
the fences Coffin once tore down fol
him, might ditch Woodward and re
place him with an Armitage ap
pointee as a means vof serving no
tice he has broken with Coffin.
The talk that Armtage is coming
back into power at city hall was sc
strong that politicians were specu
lating upon whom he would select
for the board of works and street
commissioner jobs. The names OF
William Fl. Freeman and DIR. NJ. j,
Spencer, board of works members
in the Shank administration, were
mentioned frequently in this con
nectiOn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
Excitement When
Home Burns Fatal

BIZ Times Special
WILKINSON, Ind, March 30
Mrs. Minnie Collier, II, was dead to-
day from excitement caused when
her home burned here Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
FLYNN CASE IS ENDED
Rochester Men Sentenced on Pleas
of Guilty.
IN Times SpeciaI

ROCHESTER,. Ind, March 3d.
Glen Butts. "a, and Chester Young,
2S, who were with Ray Foxy Flynn
when he was shot to death when the
trio tried to hold up a farmer here
last January, were sentenced to two
to twenty-one years when they
pleaded guilty to charges OF conspir-
acy to commit a felony.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
BACK HOME AGAIN

Automobiles reported found by po-
lice belong to:
John 1. Rush, Morris st. and
Tibbs Ave, Moon; found at Illinois
and Ohio SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
RELIGIOUS MEETING ENDS

Bp Times Special
MARION, Ind, March 3O.--Coun-
Gil Of Religious Education conference
closed here today. E. T. Albert
son, State secretary, spoke.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
Second Section The Indianapolis Times Z
WIFE is INCOMPETENT AS MURDER WITNESS
Spring Vacation
Accident Score

In l925--TwO children were
killed and fifteen in
iured during spring
vacation.
In 1926-0ne child was killed
and seventeen injured
during spring vaca-
ton.
This week;
Killed. O
Injured. |
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-30
WAS SALESMAN HERE
Family Resided in Ambassador
Apaptments-FrOm Charlottesville.

DIR. William j. Wright, his wife
and daughters lived at the Ambassa-
dor Apis, $50 N. Pennsylvania ST.,
here until they went to Florida last
year.
DR. Wright retired from the min
istry several years ago, moving to
Indianapolis from Charlottesville. He
was in the real estate business, with
an office in the Hume -Mansur Bldg.
Evening star., 1927-10-30
Modest as TO Ability.

In the light of later events Cen
Grants estimate of his own ability
seems extremely modest. He showed
clearly that he was competent not
only to command a regiment, but to
command successfully an entire army.
There are other letters signed by
Gen. Lee on display. One Of these is
addressed TO jefferson Davis, Presi-
dent, G. S. A., dated April 4, 1868, rela
tive 10 the commission of John S. Mos
by as major Of partisan rangers. G.
:. A." Another dated February 16.
1853. to President Davis, relates to
troop movements in Virginia The
letters from Lee 10 Grant. and the re.
plies of the latter relative to the terms
of surrender at AppomattoX, also are
in the collection. There are the oaths
of Gems. Sherman and Sheridan, and
letters Of the former, including his let.
ter Of resignation as captain, II. S.
Army, dated September 3, 1853. Shown
also is the acceptance, dated June 1S
1872. of conditions by "Thos ]. Jack
son" better known as "Stonewall
Jackson" upon appointment az a ca
det at West Point. and a letter from
him to Gen. Walker during the Civil
War concerning fOrtifications and at
tacks along the Shena ndoah River
There are several kilograms and let
ters from President Lincoln. The let
ters and kilograms from Lincoln, that
have been quoted heretofore. invari
fahly displayed deep sympat thy for the
! weak and unfortunate; hut there Is
one that shows q desire for unrelent.
Evening star., 1927-10-30

You can trust some men to the far
ENDS of the earth and can't trust
others unless they are there.
Evening star., 1927-10-30
"STUDENT" RUM PLOT
LAID TO MARYLANDER
Davis Charged With Consigning of
Liquor to Fictitious Persons
in Forest Glen.

Frank Davis, who gave his address
as Forest Glen, Nd, and who is also
said to have an apartment in Wash
ington, was held in $1,000 bail by
United States Commissioner Supplee
in Baltimore yesterday on a charge
of conspiracy to transport liquor
from Miami, Fla. Davis is said to
have conspired with three men in
Florida 10 transport liquor in spe
cially constructed trunks from Florida
to Forest Glen. Md. using fictitious
names credited to two students al
Forest Glen Seminary as the con
signees for the high-priced liquid de
liveries. AT the same time Commits
sioner Supplee issued bench warrants
for the arrest of Arnold J. Forsey
Eddie Edmunds and Jack Lawson
who are charged with the same con
spiracy.
Davis. who was arrested in Wash
ington Friday. sold only high-priced
liquors, according to the prohibition
agents. The trunks in which the
liquor was shipped were padded and
lined with cork, so that if a bottle
broke in transit none of the contents
could seep through to betray the
shipment.
At the hearing before Commits
sioner Supplee the Forest Glen Semi
nary and its students were given a
clean bill of health. 1t was shown
that the names of the two students
TO whom Davis had the liquor con
signments billed are not on the rolls
of the seminary.
Evening star., 1927-10-30
ARTS CLUB PLAYS
TO Be PRESENTED
Three Prize-WInning Works
viii Be Given at Ward
man Park Theater.

The dramatic committee of tho Arts
club of Washington will present the
three short plays which won the prizes
last Spring in the annual Arts Club
playWriting contest at the Wardma u
Park Thcater Tuesday night, Novem-
her %. The plays are: Cattle" by
Edith Ogden Heidel: The Princess ot
Dreams" by Edna Proctor Hayes. and
overcoming Static" by Anna Laws,
Mrs. EIeidel's play won the Drama
League prize last Spring.
This is the first time the Arts Club
Players will have been seen in Il pro
ductiun outside of the clubhouse. but
the increasing interest being shown in
the dramatic evenings at the club
made it advisable to present these
plays in place large enough to ac-
commodate all who wish to attend. il
was explained.
Mrs. Mauue Howell Smith, chair
man of the dramatic committee, an
nounces that an admission fee will be
asked to cover the expense of the
presentations at Wardman Park
Theater. Tickets are available at the
Arts Club.
The recent contest conducted by
the committee on costumes and post
ers for the Bal Bohcme. which is to
he given at the Willard, Monday. Jan
uary 30. closed Friday. The winners
for both costume and poster prizes
viii be announced by the iud"es We'd
nesday night. The designs will he on
view at the clubhouse for a week. The
costume selected will he Worn ut the
Bal Boheme by members Of the floor
committee and the poster will he util-
lied in announcing the date and other
items nf interest in connection with
the fcte.