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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
FREE TERROR
LABOR LEADER
Lefty Lewis Is Acquitted
of Chicago Murder.

CHICAGO, Nov. 19.-Cook Coun-
ty has lost its first battle to save
Chicago from terrorist labor organ
izers."
The initial setback came IN an
acquittal verdict which absolved
Harry Lefty" Lewis of blame for
the murder of Max Braverman, junk
dealer.
Lewis is alleged to have killed
Braverman when the latter object
ed to belonging to a union of junk
dealers which Lewis organized.
States Attorney Robert E. Grove
took active charge of the case and
insisted in his plea to the jury that
unless you return a death verdict
it will be impossible to obtain fu-
ture convictions in these terrorist
murder cases."
Meanwhile, police shot and wound
ed, possibly fatally. John P. Nc
Laughlin, financial secretary Of the
dental mechanics union, as Nc
Laughlin and a companion were
waiting to "maim" a non-union
worker.
The officers said they obtained in
formation in a raid which tipped
them to the scheduled manning of
John. KomoSa, and two other at
tacks.
They awaited Mclaughlin and,
after he had failed to put up his
hands on command, fired.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
COUNC!L.MEN IN
COURT DEC. 5
Four to Face Grand Jury
Bribery Charges.

Arraignment of the four council
men indicted by the grand jury on
bribery charges Friday afternoon
has been set by Criminal Judge
James A., Collins for Dec. 5.
Walter r. Dorsett, Boynton j.
Moore and DR.. Austin H. Todd re-
fused to comment on the charges
against them. The councilmen
were charged with soliciting and ac-
cepting various sums of money in
return for failing to impeach John
L. Duvall, the mayor.
Council President Claude E. Neg
ley, also indicted, denied receiving
any money from Duvall, but said
Duvall several times asked him for
advice and help and he had given
it.
Detective Chief Claude F. John
son gave Todd $100 for his support
in killing the impeachment move,
the indictment charged. Duvall
and John j. Collins, former pur-
chasing agent, are alleged to have
given the other bribes. johnson,
Duvall, Collins and Duvalls former
secretary, Miss Pearl Nichols, were
named as wit eS.
Dorsett and -doore also will be
arraigned Dec. 5 on the bribery in
dictments returned a week ago
against them, and Councilmen Mil
lard w. Ferguson and Otis E.
Bartholomew, in connection with
city fire apparatus purchases and
council rezoning ordinances.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
SHUMAKER TO
DEFEND SELF
in HIGH court
Dry League Chief to Take
Stand at Opening of
Hearing Monday.
STORIES IN CONFLICT
Watson Deposition Clashes
With Version Given by
Defendant.

For the first time in the long his
tory of the Shumaker contempt
case, Superintendent E. S. Shu-
maker of the Indiana Anti Saloon
League will take the stand in Su-
preme Court Monday and witnesses
will be heard.
Breaking the usual rule of not
mounting the bench on the first
day of the week, justices of the
court will assemble at 10 a. m. First
action is likely to be refusal of a
motion of defense attorneys to
quash on grounds of double jeop-
ardy.
Shunaker is under $1,000 bond
and faces a $3.50 fine and sixty days
imprisonment at the Indiana State
Farm for contempt of this court.
The hearing was set upon motion
of Attorney General Arthur L. Gill
liom that his original sentence be
increased.
Watson Gives Deposition
Gilliom already has procured
dispositions from Senator James E.
Watson and Henry Lane Wilson,
telling what they know of Shu-
makers political efforts in the mat
ter
Senator Arthur r. Robinson, State
Republican Chairman Clyde Walb,
Attorney Paul Davis, Democratic
candidate for Supreme Court Judge,
and the Rev. G.. F. Hubbartt, Au-
burn, a Methodist pastor and friend
of the defendant, are the witnesses
called for the Monday hearing.
At the two former hearings in the
contempt case, large delegations of
w. G. T. u. members were on hand
and officials of the organization
predict a larger attendance this
time.
Shumaker's present plight was
brought on by publication of corre-
spondence between the dry chief
and Watson regarding a phone call
to Washington made by Shumaker
from the Indianapolis residence of
Robinson.
Versions In Conflict
Watson and Wilson, in their de-
positions taken at Washington
Thursday, gave versions of the
telephone call conflicting with the
original statement of Shumaker.
The latter indicated that he will
stick to the original" when he
mounts the stand Monday.
First steps in the contempt move
were made early in 1926, when
Gilliom filed a copy of the 1925 an
nual report of the league secretary
and cited paragraphs as contempu-
GUS of the court.
A committee of the Indiana Bar
Association was appointed as
friends of the court and the
majority reported for holding Shu-
maker in contempt.
The case was not decided finally
until the 1927 vacation session of
the court. Exhausting all avenues
for rehearing, ShuInaker's attorney,
James Bingham, ST., since has
been preparing to take the case to
the United States Supreme Court,
holding that the constitutional
right of free speech and free press
have been violated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
Juryt0Act
Next Week i'm
OiICaSeQui2

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-The
grand jury investigating jury-tam-
pering charges growing out of the
Fall Sinclair oil trial, wound up its
third week today with action indi-
Gated for early next week.
Meanwhile, possible court action
for contempt arising from the same
jury-shadowing activities was fore
seen, following United States At
torney Peyton Gordons resignation
from a committee appointed by
Justice F. L. Siddons to investigate
and prosecute any persons who have
affronted the courts dignity and
authority.
Gordon has instructed the grand
jury on the laws involved in the
conspiracy charged by the Govern
ment, and the next step is a pre-
sentiment by the grand jury, ad-
vising the United States attorney
whether to write an indictment.
If indictments are sought, Cor
don, an authority on the subject,
viii write the long document, COW
ering the many activities disclosed
by the Government in it's inquiry.
Government lawyers today ex-
pected to receive 100000 in cash
from Harry M. Blackmer, key wit
ress in the Teapot Dome trial, post
ed under the Walsh law to assure
payment of a penalty of like amount
if he is held guilty of contempt of
court for refusal to answer a sub
poena.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
ORDER BUS SERVICE
Increased Between Indian
apoIis and Southport.

Increased bus service between
Indianapolis and Southport, by the
Interstate Public Service Company
was ordered by the public service
commission, Friday.
The order written by Commission
er Howell Ellis, denied petition of
Maude c. Fowler and others for
increased service on the Southport
line of the Indianapolis Street Rail-
way Company and requires the IN
terstate to furnish it.
The Interstate intervened in the
original petition as protestant and
submitted a schedule for this in
creased service.
The commissioners ruled Terre
Haute ordinance prohibiting two bus
companies to operate on the same
street as void.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
HouU the Market
Opened

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Nov. 19-Construc-
tive forces were still in the ascen-
dancy at the opening Of the stock
market today, though the list as
a whole presented slightly irregu-
lar appearance, due to profit taking
in some sections.
Steel and General Motors were
firm, the former holding around
1435s, up a, its opening, and Mo-
tors moving up to 1925, up 5s.
Montgomery Ward advanced to a
new record high at 691a, up 5s, and
Sears Roebuck rose Il to 81 after
opening down n at 80is.
Pan-Amefican Petroleum B was
strong point in the oil group, ris-
ing * to 52% on the favorable de-
cision granted Mexican Petroleum
by the Mexican Supreme Court.
Other oils were firm.
Motor shares were less conspicu-
Gus, but coppers turned continued
to display firm tone and depart
ment stores shares made progress
on the upside. In the copper
group, Anaconda ros1 5s to 5O%
while in the store list, Associated
Dry Goods was up 2s at 531z.
Railroad issues came into better
favor at higher prices.
Weekly mercantile reviews de-
clared high temperatures were hav-
ing adverse effects on general busi-
ness. However, arrival of colder
weather Offset this and stocks con-
tinued to advance in early dealings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
NIP ExTORTION PLOT
$4,000 Sought From Kin of
Harry K. ThaW.

BIZ United Press
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. 19.-Po-
lice have trapped and are holding
a Frederick F. Wits in connection
with plot to extort $4,000 from
Mrs. william Thaw, Jr., wealthy
widow, and relative of Harry K.
Thaw.
He was captured Friday night
after detectives had driven the
Thaw car and another automobile
to a spot designated in threaten
ing letter received by Mrs. Thaw.
The letter had ordered that her
chauffeur toss $4,000 from the au-
tomobile, after following a devious
route, when a man should step for
ward and shout "D-30"
A detectives was at the wheel OF
the Thaw car instead of the chauf-
feur, according to the police, when
the suspect stepped out of the dark
ness and shouted the signal. Be-
fore. he could escape, the driver
leaped out and the detectives in the
following car surrounded him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
200 Vices at IA

BIZ United Press
FEZ, Morocco, Nov. 19.-
Sultan Mouley Mahommed,
with the gravity of his four
teen years, took up today his
first problem of state-what to
do with the couple of hundred
wives and members of the
harem left by his father,
Mouley Youssef.
"Hamada," as he is known
familiarly in his family, must
decide the problem alone, and
his decision may never be
known. For no man but he is
permitted through the door Of
the sultan's private apartments.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
PACIFIC Filler
READY To HOP
Giles Plane on Runway for
Honolulu Dash.

MILLS FIELD, SAN FRANCISCO,
Nov. 19.-The Hess biplane Wanda
was waiting at the head of the Mills
field runway at dawn today for
Captain Frederick Giles to take OF
for Honolulu on the first leg of his
fight to Australia.
Giles slept at the flying field last
night, while a police guard stood
watch over his plane.
A. T. Peterson, fight manager for
Giles. announced at 6:15 a. m, that
Giles planned to get away within
the next two hours.
The charts for the fight were be-
ing rechecked and mechanics again
inspected the plane.
A light fog had drifted over the
flying field during the night, but
Peterson believed it would lift after
dawn.
Giles delayed his departure
Thursday and Friday. because of a
heavy fog between the flying field
and the shore which made visibility
exceedingly poor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
u. s. TOPRODE
MUNClE Death
PLOT CHARGES
Prisoner Declares He Was
Offered $500 to SIay
Dale and Reporter.
DETECTIVES ACCUSED
Attempt Alleged to Keep
Him Away From City
and Hush Story.
DETECTIVES ACCUSED

A story of official corruption in
Muncie, told to Federal agents by
Eddie Duffy, held under $1,000 bond
in the Marion County Jail, probably
will be investigated by the Federal
grand jury when it meets Dec. IL,
George L. Winkler, deputy dry ad-
ministrator, said today.
An alleged plot in which Duffy
said two Muncie police detectives
offered him $500 to kill George Dale,
Muncie Post-Democrat editor, and
John Cox, reporter, is one of the
matters to be investigated.
Duffy was reticent about reveal
ing what he had told Sanford
Starke, Federal prohibition agent,
in first disclosing the alleged plot.
Starke was expected to return here
today or Sunday to report to
Winkler.
played With" Detectives
IT pretended to play in with the
detectives plot" Duffy said, "ex-
pecting to take the money and beat
it out Of town without killing any
one, but they must have guessed my
plans"
The detectives were sent by some
one else, he said.
Duffy declared two other men,
whom he did not name, were sched-
uled to be taken for ride" after
Dale and Cox.
He said he was arrested at Mum
Gle several weeks ago on a charge
of holding up drug store and rob-
bif1g a safe at Flint, Mich.
"Flint officials found they didn't
have much on me-" he said, "and
when Muncie officers came after me
and said they had enough on me to
send me up for life. Flint officials
sent me back tc Muncie.
Asked for Judge Dearth
when I reached Muncie I re-
fused to answer questions unless
Prosecutor Joe Davis was present.
I asked for Circuit Judge Clarence
w. Dearth, Dale and Davis, and
said I was going to expose the whole
Muncie police force.
within a short time I was on
my way back to Flint. One evening,
about week ago, after had been
in the jail Office all day for ques-
tioning, I was taken back to jail
for supper and found eight of the
boys with their coats on, ready tc
leave through break in the bars
on the window.
"They let me follow them. I got
away, but was recaptured at Clay
ton Dudley's roadhouse near Mum
Gle several days ago."
Muncie Didn't Want Him
Duffy declared he was arrested by
Ft. Wayne police for Muncie some
time ago. but "Muncie police didn't
want anything to do with me and
told Ft. Wayne officers to let me CO."
He declared he did not want free
dom on bond.
Anything to get me away from
those vultureS at Muncie," he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
CITY DEBTS STUDIED
Slack Seeks Plan to Solve
Finance TangIe.

Mayor L. Ert Slack is studying a
plan to pay the city's debts.
BY Jan. Slack will have in
herited an Indebtedness Of 100000
which the city owes local utilities
for city water and light. There Is
no provision in the 1928 budget to
meet the bills.
Slack conferred with John J.
Brown, State tax board chairman.
and City Controller Sterling r.
Holt, presumably relative to the
city's financial tangle.
It was understood Brown Sug-
geSted to Slack that the utilities OBJ
tain a judgment against the city SO
the debt could be paid by bond is
sue. 1t is the only way the city can
issue bonds to meet the debt.
It is estimated the city will owe
the indianapolis Light and Power
Company $311 900 and the Indian
apolis Water Company $20S,O00 on
Jan. I.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
Husband Beat Her in Hotel
Argument, She Charges;
Gets So, 800.
Bv United Press

Bv United Press
CHICAGO. Nov. 19.-Charging
cruelty, Helen Menken, actress, re-
ceived divorce Sday from Humph-
rey Bogart, leading man in "Satur-
days Children" now playing here.
In lieu of alimony. Bogart paid
back $4,000. which he had borrowed
from his wife.
Miss Menken alleged 6ogart
struck me repeatedly during an
argument in a hotel here"
The Bogarts were married May
20, 1926, and separated the follow
ing April, when we decided we
could not be happy together" ac-
cording to Miss Menken.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
THE QUICKEST WAY
AND THE EASIEST

The quickest way to a mans
heart-and a woman's-is in
the food you give them.
But they must have clothes,
a fireSide-and love-to be
kept happy.
You'll find aids to possess
sion of all of these in the
WOMAN'S PAGES of THE
TIMES every day.
Martha Lee tells you q
great deal about love.
Sister Mary and her menus
assist you in preparing the
right kind of food.
Connoisseur, through rhyme
and sketches, tells you of the
latest fads that go to putting
u finishing touch on your
wardrobe.
Fashions, hints on furnishing
the home attractively and
many other features make the
Woman'S Pages of
THE TIMES
The very best.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
ASKS AID FOR OFFICERS
Senator Will Seek Retirement Plan
For Veterans.

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-Sena-
tor Tyson of Tennessee intends to
introduce in the coming Congress
his bill providing that emergency
army officers disabled in the World
War can be retired for disabilities
like regular army officers are.
The senator has attempted to get
this bill passed before without sue
cess. One provision gives the re-
tired officers rs per cent. of the pay
to which they were entitled at the
time of their discharge from COM
missioned service. Applications
would be made through the Vet
erans' Bureau.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
Gallery God Days Habbiest for Ren1ns

my chair to make his point
Listen lady. happy in all life when
druggists erand boy in the back room
for dollar week paid so cents for and saved every
could ngger heaven in Chcagos old theaters
gallery god and life has been so sweet since
saw Joe Henry Irving Ellen Terry
wept for Ophea I Shuddeed at the dagger
Macbeth Jekyn and Mr. Hyde sent home
shiverng.
just good looking sweet to the taste
wanted God what has given worth
while those quarter gallery seats in old Chip"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
BY ALLENE SUMNER


NCINNATI Nov 19Here the definition Of happiness that
IL Remus who lost his happiness in the OF
N making fortune yesterday in his Jail cell here:
Happiness is just the love and respect and companonsp Of
wife and children harmonious family life
Il Remus, the King. master million
had marble swimming pool bigger and better than the
golden house. cost $4,000 to give party at
that pool But happy?"
7HE Kings pasy kewpsh face with its chdke pale blue
wist leaned and tapped the short
fingers his little dimped pudgy, woman-lke hand
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
MERCURY HITS Low
Mark of 23 Degrees Bot
tom for Season.

A low temperature mark for the
season was reached here today at
6 and a. m, when the mercury
sank to % degrees.
The cold wave will continue over
the weekend, according to j. H.
Armington, United States weather
bureau head. Temperatures will be
just few degrees higher, however,
Sunday, he said.
Lowest temperature tonight will
be about 26 degrees. he predicted.
1t will be mostly cloudy Sunday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
SEEK BIDS ON CONCRETE
City Engineer May Change Street
Improvement Plans.

City Engineer A. H. Moore is ex-
pected to revise street improvement
specifications to permit reinstate-
ment of concrete on "fair basis" I"
Moore announced he will confer
with several engineers, contractors
and departmental aids before max
ing any changes.
Concrete contractors declare the
present plans discriminate against
their material in favor of asphalt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
LIKELY HEADS ALUMNI
Election Held at Dinner-Dance at
EIarOtt Hotel.

Fred Likely was elected president
Of the Indianapolis Alumni of De
Pauw University at a~dinner-d dance
Friday night at the Marott Hotel.
Others elected we're: Mrs. Charles
Taylor, vice president; Mrs. James
G. Carter, secretary, and Wallace
Weatherholt, treasurer.
President Fred G. Tucker was
POSTMASTER. Miss Bernice Church,
George Kadel and the Old Gold
Orchestra furnished music.
DR.. Henry B. Longden, Coach W..
L. Hughes, DR.. William Blanchard
and former Mayor Charles w. Jew
EFT spoke.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
Ghosts!
BH Times Special
KKONrTTHETIn

BIZ Times Special
MONTICELLO, Ind, Nov.
19.-N. E. White and I. o.
Shelley want to be sure their
ghost story will be believed
SO they are exhibiting here the
fragments of a glass paper
weight which they say came
to pieces for no apparent rea-
son at all while they were
seated in their cottage at Lake
Shafer telling ghost stories.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
LADIES' DAY. PLANNED
Real Estate Board VIII Entertain
at Luncheon Tuesday.

indianapolis Real Estate board
will observe Ladies Day Tuesday at
a luncheon at the Chamber of Com
merce, DR.. Frank S. G. Wicks, pas
tor of the All Souls Unitarian
Church, will speak on my Trip
Abroad" President L. H. Lewis will
preside.
Thomas F. Carson, chairman of
the social affairs committee, will be
in charge of arrangements. Com
mittee in charge Of the social meet
ing following are Mrs. Thomas F.
Carson, Mrs. F. c. Cash, Mrs. j. j.
Schmid, Mrs. j. j. Argus and Miss
Martha Sillery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
SISTER OF KAISER, SO,
MARRIES RUSSIAN, 27
German Church Refuses to Sanction
Yictoria's Wedding.

Yictoria's Wedding.
BIZ Tot I'd Prcss
BONN, Germany, Nov. l9.-
Princess Victoria Of Schaumburg-
Lippe, 63-year-old sister of the for
mer kaiser. was married at the
town hall today to her young Rus
sian fiance, Alexander zoubkoff,
about 81.
1t had been intended to hold the
ceremony in church here early this
month, but because of the great dis
parity in the ages of the couple the
German church authorities refused
to sanction the marriage.
What the ex-kaiser thinks of the
romance he has not said. In a re-
cent interview with the United Press
Princess Victoria intimated that it
was none of his business, that she
was in love and cared nothing
about what the world thought.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
Veterans Of -,ss Convene
BIZ Times Special

Bn Times Special
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Nov. 49,
"Studebaker'S TigerS"-the 157th
regiment Indiana Volunteer Infan-
try, which served during the Span
ish-American war, is in reunion
here today, the veterans and mem
bers of their families being the
guest of COL George M. Studebaker,
who was their commander. The
formal part of the reunion will be
held Sunday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
FLIGHT ENDS IN MISHAP
Non Stop Trip to India Called Off
After Crash.

BN Untted Press
WARSAW, Nov. 19.-Capt. r. H.
Mcintosh and Bert Hinkler, British
pilots whose planned nonstop flight
to India was terminated dramati-
cally at Polish village, were at
Lemberg today.
Without injury to themselves,
Mcintosh and Hinkler landed on a
country road near Mazana, fifteen
miles from Lemberg. Their airplane
struck two farmers, seriously injur-
ing one internally and breaking the
others leg. The plane was dam
aged.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
SLACK TO ANSWER SUIT
Tuesday Final Day for Filing in
Mayer Protest Case.

A demurrer to the suit Brought
against Mayor L. Ert Slack in Cir
cult Court by Joseph L. Hogue, city
controller under the late former
Mayor Lew Shank. in which Hogue
claims the mayors Office, probably
will be filed before Tuesday.
The firm of Miller. Daley and
Thompson entered appearance for
Slack, Friday.
Judge Harry o. Chamberlin set
Tuesday as the return date for filing
additional papers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
FOUR DIE IN CHAIR
'Ice Cream" Bandits Claim In
nOcence to End.
United Press

BB United Press
TRENTON, N. j., Nov. 19.-Dra-
matically protesting their innocence
and calling upon the guilty persons
to step forward and clear them, the
four notorious "ice cream" bandits
were executed in the electric chair
at the State prison Friday night for
the murder of George Condit, 10
year-old paymaster of the Reid Ice
Cream Company, in Newark last
year.
1t had required nearly six months
for the State of New Jersey to ap-
prehend and convict the quartet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-19
JUDGE DECIDES DRUNK
DOESN'T MEAN DOWN
London Bricklayer Says One Must
Be on Floor, Loses.

Be on Floor, Loses.
BIZ United Press
LONDON, Nov. 19.-British varia-
ton of the Kentucky story that a
man is intoxicated only when he can
no longer move his little finger was
offered in a London police court by
a bricklayer.
"a man." announced the defend
ant bricklayer, 'is only drunk when
he is on the floor and can't get
up" to which the judge remarked
that that wasn't his definition of
drunkenness nor was it the law Of
the country"
"But it always was the law" re-
torted the bricklayer "The law is
that before man is properly drunk
he must be properly on the floor and
unable"
Twelve shillings f1ne," cut in the
judge.