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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-16
BRIT0N BACKS up RAID
Russian House Not DiplomaticalIy
Immune, Contention.
BIZ Times Special

Bu Times SDcciGt
LONDON. May 16.-Britain to-
day officially denied the Soviet
Russian contention that premises
enjoying diplomatic immunity had
been violated in the raid on ARGOS
House in Moorgate ST., which began
Thursday and which still was in
progress today.
Oliver Locker.Lampson. under
secretary of foreign affairs, told a
questioner in the House of Commons
that neither the Russian trade
delegation, it's staff, its premises or
its chairman enjoyed diplomatic i'm
munity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-16
ALLEGED SLAYER MUTE
Plea OF Not Guilty in Wifes Death
Entered for DIR, Loomis.
Bu United Press

BU United Press
DETROIT, Mich, May 16.-Dr.
Frank ]. Loomis' stood mute when
arraigned today on a first degree
charge of killing his wife, Grace
Burns Loomis, and a plea of not
guilty was entered for him in Judge
John V. Brennan's Recorders Court.
Judge Brennan set next Monday
morning at $50 as the date for be.
ginning of the trial.
Mrs. Loomis was found beaten to
death in the sewing room Of her
home by the doctor when he re-
turned from an alleged forty five
minutes walk the night of Feb. %.
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Ry Will Irwin

Copyright, 1927. by the United Pressl
ALEXANDRIA, La, May 16.-
The last of the Big Bend levees, pro-
tecting a good half of the rich Louis
lana cane sugar belt from the angry,
drunken Mississippi, as well as what
is called the Big Ben Levee proper,
corresponding to an army's front
line trench, have fallen.
The levee of Bayou Des Glaises,
the second line, went first. There
followed number Of smaller dikes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-16
HuRLs LIE AT MAzER
Former Canton Ohio Detective De-
MES Mellett Completely.

/, BV United PrCSt
CANTON, Ohio. May 16.-Floyd
Streitenberger, former Canton de-
tective, completed his testimony to-
day in his trial for the murder of
Don r. Mellett, militant editor Can
ton Ohio Daily News. He had been
An.t the stand more than four hours
s branded as lies the testimony of
louis Mazer, also indicted for the
murder, who had named him as muir
der plot brains
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Mayor Said to Have Urged Catholic
Priest, Judge Collins About Easing
Probe Blow.
CLERGYMAN QUOTES O. R. SCOTT
Rev. Joseph F. Weber Declares City
Employe Was Spokesman.

With nense activity indicating the investigation in In
diana political corruption nearing climax Prosecutor
William H. Remy and his aids today into the
of the Rev. Joseph Weber that Mayor Duva him
twice and pleaded with him go Judge James Collins and
IF something could not be DONE in Duvalls behalf
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-16
Life Prisoner Files Petition for Tenn
porary Release, Alleging He Is
Cruelty Treated.
CHARGES PLOT AGAINST HIS LIFE
Asserts Intent Was to Make Attack
Appear Self-Defense.

Charging that ne is the victim of Hirman W. Evans In
peria Wizard of the Klan, and ccrtan politicians" D.
Stephenson today appealed Governor jackson for ninety
day parole from Indiana Prison the purpose Of en-
abng him to collect evidence his appeal in the Oberhozer
murder and to bis business interests.
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CHIEF OF. s. A. r. ILL
National Commander Walsh Stricken
at Santa Rosa, Cal.

BU United Press
SANTA ROSA, Cal, May 16.-
Frank A. Walsh, 70, national COM
mander Of the G.. A. r.. was stricken
with an acute attack Of chronic in
testinal trouble shortly after he
arrived here today to attend the con-
vention of the California depart
ment of the G.. A. r.
Walsh lives in Milwaukee, Wis.
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The Rev. Weber, pastor of AS
sumption Church. 1925 Blaine Ave.
was before the prosecutors for more
than an hour.
Then o. r. Scott, chief clerk of
the city Barrett law assessment bu-
reau, was subpoenaed. Scott, the
pastor said, accompanied the mayor
to his home and pleaded with him
to intercede for Duvall.
Admits Accompanying Mayor
When Scott refused to answer the
prosecutors questions he was taken
before Judge Collins in Criminal
Court and forced to answer in spite
of pleas that he would incriminate
himself. He admitted that he ac-
companied Duvall to Weber's home
two weeks ago, but denied that he
asked the minister to intercede for
Duvall.
Following quizzing OF Scott and
testimony Of the Rev. Weber, Judge
Collins ordered a transcript of the
proceedings prepared.
That Scott might be liable for
contempt of court for his alleged ac-
ton in asking the minister to see
the judge and thus interfer with
judicial procedure for Duvall, was
believed possibility.
Quizzed by Special Prosecutor
Emsley W..Johnson. Scott said they
discussed an article in a Chicago
newspaper that Duvall was to re-
sign, but repeatedly denied and
said he could not remember any re-
quest that the Reverend Weber
should see Judge Collins in Du-
wallis behalf.
About Is Visits
The Rev. Weber was then placed
on the stand.
He said that Duvall had come to
his home twice and that Scott had
visited his house about fifteen times
in the last thirty days.
The last time Duvall came to see
Weber was stormy night about
two weeks ago between 1880 and
IL p. m, the priest declared. He
was accompanied by Scott, he said.
II told Duvall that if l were
mayor I would take charge as a
mayor should and clamp down on
the politicians Weber said he told
Duvall when asked as to his part
of the conversation.
Both Made Requests
Weber testified that both Scott
and Duvall had asked him to use his
influence with Prosecutor Remy.
II told them that | did not know
Remy very we'll" Weber stated.
"They then cited the fact that I
know Judge Collins well and asked
me to go to him. told them that
I did not think it right to tamper
with judicial affairs and would be
afraid Of contempt OF court if took
any such action" said Weber.
Weber told the court that Scott
Idu tdiieu VIII duu sdlu lllt may VI
would like to see me-
IT told them to come on down
that morning but they said they
were busy and would be down in the
evening.
"I have the reputation of being
willing to help anyone ] can. I'd
walk miles to help 'Scottie' but 7
see no reason why should go
around the corner for Duvall.
II never sought an interview with
the man in my life. but they wanted
to confer with me-
Priest Made Reply
The Rev. Weber made his state
ment that Duvall had pleaded with
him to seek clemency for the mayor
in the corruption probe after Duvall
issued a statement that Catholic
minister had told him he DuvalD
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The Best-G Grand Laundry, Main 0774.
Economy finished. 10 lbs, $1.51, If
MAlf nat. Everything ready to use.
ADV.
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Charges Bribery

He charges that after his arrest
a meeting was held in the Lincoln
Hotel, attended by Evans, at which
S100,0 900 was raised to assist in the
prosecution and that one of the
jurors in his case was bribed.
Stephenson says he delayed pre-
senting the petition until tho board
OF pardons was abolished and now
makes his appeal direct to the Gov
crnor. He asserts that he is the only
person who can gather the evidence
he says he can present and that it
must he obtained within the next
ninety days
Stephenson says that when he en-
tered the prison. he had no gray
hairs and that now due to the flend.
ish workings of the conspiracy" his
hair is completely gray.
Stephenson says that he Is the
only prisoner who Is the special
charge OF the warden and whose
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Forty Miles an Hour

Motorist speed limit is forty miles
an hour. Penalties for drunken
drivers have been increased.
Registration and absent voter laws
are repealed. Sterilization OF the
unfit is permitted after due process
Of law.
Marion county measures permit
the erection Of municipal coliseum,
put Barrett law funds back into the
treasury. provide transfer of park
lands, increase park board debt
limit, provide Irvington sewers, per-
NIT use of Julietta aas an infirmery,
reorganize financing for resurfacing,
and permit bond issues for thorough
fares.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-16
THOUSANDS MORE
FLEE HOMES AS
LEVEES CRUMBLE.
Additional Flood Refugees
in Louisiana Estimated
at 10000.

En- IHi'cd Prose
NEW ORLEANS, La, May TO-
Preparations were made today TO
care for 10000 additional refugees
from the south central parishes Of
Louisiana as the food waters seeped
across their lands.
a scant mile from where the flood
torrent piles down into the valley
west Of the Atchafalaya coast guard
boats today picked up more than
5000 refugees huddled on the weak.
ened levee. Naval aviators, flying
low over the sugar bowl" lands,
saio the Hood tide was fifty miles
below the crevasses along Big Bend.
Levees along the Bayou Des
Glaises arc slowly crumbling and a
great wall of water is pouring over
the fertile lands. The residents. how
ever have had sufficient time TO pre-.
pare for evacuation, and most of
them are reported to be moving from
the territory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-16

PROCLA|MS
1927 ACTS
Signs Proclamation at Noon
Enactment Dated
1925 A. M.

The long awaited Acts OF 1927,
passed by the Seventy-Fifth General
Assembly, became laws in Indiana
today when Governor Jackson signed
the proclamation declaring them
laws at noon today. In 1925 the
proclamation was issued April 81.
Distribution of copies of the acts
to the ninety-two counties was COM
pleted at 1925 a. m, when the final
receipt was received at the office of
the Secretary OF State Frederick T..
Schortemeier from the Marion
County clerk. The proclamation
bears this hour as the time when
the new laws became effective.
Leaving Bedside
Leaving the bedside OF his wife,
who has been seriously i'll several
days. Governor Jackson came to the
Statehouse at noon. He signed the
proclamation. also signed by Schorte-
meier and returned home.
All acts, except those containing
emergency clauses. become laws
with, the issuing of the proclamation.
Emergency measures are laws as
soon as the bills arc signed by the
Governor.
Among the statutes Of statewide
application are the numerous meas.
ures strengthening the criminal code,
fostered by the Indiana Bar Associa-
tion. The Indiana pardon board is
abolished and all pleas for clemency
must be addressed 10 penal institu-
tion trustees. A criminal bureau for
established in the Sec
retary Of States Office, will open
July !.
Little utility legislation was en-.
acted. the principal changes being
a new law for appeals from public
service commission decisions and one
for elimination by the commission of
excessive salaries in determining
rates.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-16
1900 NIarooned

Yesterday there was a report that
more than 1900 had been marooned
in lower Avoyelles and st. Landry
parishes.
Rescue boats Of every description
were despatched to the aid Of the
maroneed residents and late last
night it was reported that most of
them had been taken from their
porilous positions to places of safety.
No loss Of life is feared from the new
flood territory, as the rise Of waters
has been somewhat gradual.
New Relief Headquarters
The Red Cross and other relief
agencies are planning today TO open
new relief headquarters through the
district TO care for the homeless
from the new disaster area.
The waters are reported remaining
stationary in the vicinity of Natchez
but slowly rising in the southern
delta.
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Start reading "The Sob
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Forecast

Fair tonight and Tuesday
with rising temperatures.
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Action Today Unlikely

Action Today Unlikely
Governor Jackson came to the
Statehouse for a few moments at
noon today for the purpose OF sign.
ring the Acts. He announced on
leaving that the petition had been
( presented to him, but he considers it
unlikely that he would act on it to-
day. He said that he expected to
| return TO the office again this after.
noon, if his wife's illness permitted
lie has been at her bedside for sew
cral days. Lloyd o. Hill. stephen
son attorney, presented the petition
to the Governor.
Pardon Board Secretary c. c.
York, who retires today with the abo
lition Of the board. said the matter
was presented to him and he made a
recommendation. Although refusing
definitely to state what the recon-.
mendation was, he intimated il was
for denial.
4 The petition. filling eighteen type.
1 written pages and signed by ste.
phenson, charges that Warden Wal.
! ter IT. DAILY and other prison officials
with cruelties and punishments of
various kinds.
1t charges that an attempt was
made to murder him since he has
been in prison when he was showed
DOWN stairs by a fellow convict.
Loses S12O, 900, lie SAYS
1t charges that he has lost $780,
600 since he has been confined in
| prison by reason of orders which
! prevent him from delivering a power
Of attorney to a person OF his own
selection and that DAILY issued a ver-
bal order on Nov. II. 1926, in the
presence of L. G.. Julian, former
partner, and W. II. Sheaffer deputy
prosecutor. which prevented him
from comforting with attorneys until
Dec. 20, at a time when it was i'm.
portant to perfect his appeal from
the life sentence.
He charges all his troubles to Ev-
ans, whom he charges with being
intent on taking out 100000 year
from Indiana which Stephenson says
he fought to retain when he was the
head of the Klan.
His charges against Evans go
into matters in other states and vari-
Gus crimes are charged against the
klan head.
Cborres Rriherv
Evening star., 1927-08-07

created by the same act which set
up the new budget system of the
Government, known as the budget
and accounting act.
Thousands of decisions have been
handed down with the signature of
j. X. McCarl. in a firm hand, with
broad-pointed pen. The nature of
these decisions. sharply protecting
as they do the taxpayers money
under multitudinous statutes. often
have fallen as hard blows on the
recipients. McCarl has made many
enemies in the Government service,
who were unable to use the Federal
funds as they thought the funds
should be used. He has made many
friends. One of his closest official
friends Is the head Of one of the
great Government agencies which
spends enormous funds.
Severe on Friends Also.
McCarrs decisions on this organ
ization have been interpreted as
being as severe as on any other.
j. Raymond McCarl himself Is as
enthusiastic that handlers Of the
Nations dollars shall be honest and
scrupulous to the last cent, as he is
anxious that the workers under him
shall have as decent working con-
ditions as possible under the pressure
Of the general accounting office sys-
tenn.
Just before he went away on his
vacation, the Controller General was
commended for his latest step express
ing confidence in employees by re-
moving the necessity of a notary
public oath for sick leave of two days
written word is now necessary.
Government workers ought to be
treated as human beings" he said,
briefly.
Removes Watchmen.
Another big step in his program of
human treatment was taken last Feb
ruary, when he removed the watch
men from the doors of the general
accounting office. This extra check
on hardness and the arrival and de-
parture hour of workers, McCarl de-
cided to dispense with. The clerks, and
their own chiefs were honest enough
about that, McCarl decided. and he
removed the Watchmen, to the conster-
nation of all the other Government
heads In town.
The career Of McCarl as Controller
General has been far from a bed of
roses. He has run against some ugly
snags in his efforts to stop. payments,
to collect payments branded by him
as unauthorized, and he still has on
his hands many cases in which vigor.
Gus protests are being registered.
Some persons have gone to the Court
OF Claims, others to Congress. In the
llnal analysis, nothing but an act of
Congress can pay a bill which McCari
ha
acts of that Congress. Even settle
ments In the Court of Claims must be
sent to Congress for special appropri-
atoms.
Evening star., 1927-08-07
BUILDING COLLAPSES
IN CENTER OF LONDON
Crash of Structure Near Bank Of
England Heard Mile Away.
g.4 None Hurt.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, August 6.-The Com
mercia1 Assurance Building, in Corn
hill, within a stones throw Of the
Bank of England, collapsed at mid
night, shaking the whole ne:ghbor-
hood. The crash was heard mile
away. 1t is said that the collapse
probably was due to rebuilding op-
erations at Lloyds Bank, next door,
Nobody was hurt, as the workers,
previously having heard crackings
and rumbings, were withdrawn.
Police diverted all traffic and roped
off the area. Barriers were erected to
keep the crowds of theatergoers off
the scene.
Three minutes before midnight the
whole side of the seven-story building
hurtled down into a 50-foot excavation
with a great roar.
Flashes caused by the breaking of
electric cables accompanied the col
lapse. Smoke and dust overhung the
Royal Exchange and the Bank of Eng
land.
Fire engines with searchlights are
guarding the ruins.
Evening star., 1927-08-07
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
: BOSTON. August 5--The spotlight
of public attention has sought in vain
to focus on Mrs. Richard f. Byrd,
wife of the intrepid naval aviator.
Although Comdr. Byrd recognizes
her as q full-fiedged partner in his
aernoautic achievements, she refuses
to take public share in his glory and
declines to allow herself or her four
children to be exploited
When her hdsband made his sue
ccssful flight over the North Pole in
1876, Mrs, Byrd went into the country,
Keeping her address a secret. After
seeing her husband off on his trans
atlantic flight she went into seclusion
at her home here.
When she went to New York to
meet her husband on his return from
his polar and transatlantic flights
she remained in the background.
But while Mrs. Byrd has sought no
share in the honor that has been
heaped upon her husband, Comdr
BYRD himself after his flight to France
PAID deep tribute to her and to his
mother as full partners in his adven-
lures
Indeed" he said. II should have
gone mad but for two things First,
my mothers sharing in my fondest
hopes, and second. my wifes adrot
discovery of the compelling urge with
Evening star., 1927-08-07
SHOOTING OF WOMAN
MYSTIFIES OFFICIAL S
Police Hold Case Is Suicide De-
/, spite Fact No Weapon Was
Found in Subway.
Dy the Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. August --6.--Official
opinion today differed as to whether
Mrs Emma Wiegand, 39-year- old
mother Of three children, whose body
was found in a washroom of a sub
way station yesterday. had taken her
life herself or whether she had been
murdered.
Deputy Inspector Cary, in charge
ri the homicide bureau, expressed
his conviction today that the woman
had fired the bullet which passed
through her body from the right
breast to the left side Of her back
However, he had no explanation to
offer for the fact that no weapon
was found, beyond the possibility
that some one had seen the revolver
and taken it.
Acting Medical Examiner Thomas
\. Gonzales, who at first was re
luctant to accept n police theory that
the death WAS a murder. declared he
believed some one had killed the
woman and placed her body in the
washroom compartment where it was
found shortly before noon yesterday
lie said the absence Of any weapon
aud the indications that more than
one bullet may have been fired
strengthened his opinion.
Evening star., 1927-08-07
CREDIT MEN LEAVE
FOR CONVENTION
100 Delegates From Middle
West Go to Providence
After Day in Capital.

One hundred visiting delegates to
the fifteenth annual convention Of the
Retail Credit Mems Association. to
be held in Providence r. l., this week,
left Washington for New York last
night after a day of entertainment
and sightseeing in the Capital. They
came here from st. Louis, arriving in
Washington shortly after noon. All
were from the Middle West. During
their stay here they were guests OF
tie Associated Retail Credit Men of
Washington, who entertained them at
dinner last night at the City Club.
On their arrival at the Union Sta
ton the visiting credit men were
taken through the Capitol, the Con-
cressional Library and other public
buildings and then drove through the
business section of the city to Mount
Pleasant and through the Geological
Park, over the Key Bridge to Fort
Myer. thence to Arlington, where they
visited the Lee Mansion and the
Tomb Of the Unknown Soldier.
Visit Lincoln Memorial.
Returning over the Highway Bridge
they visited the Lincoln Memorial,
and then went to the City Club for
John W. Tallentire, president of the
Washington Credit Mems Associa-
lion. Mr.. Tallentire addressed them
on retail credits, and detailed briefly
the history of Washington and its
Association of Credit Men. Other
speakers were Z. b. Miller OF st.
Louis, president of the National
Credit Mems Association, and David
]. Woodlpck. director of the national
office of the association in st. Louis.
Mark Lansburgh. Of Lansburgh Il
Bro. director of the Associated Retail
Credit Men Of Washington, will be a
speaker at the Providence conven.
ton. He will deliver an address,
promoting New Business. at the
afternoon session, Thursday. August
il.
Plans have been made by the
Providence Association to entertain
5000 delegates from all parts of the
United States and Canada.
Takes to Preside.
Stephen II. Takes, secretary of the
Washington association and chairman
of the credit service exchange divi-
sion Of the Retail Credit Mems Ma
tional Association. will preside at all
meetings of the division and act as
QuiZmaster at several group confer
ences.
The following leading credit men
and women of Washington will at
tend the Providence convention as
delegates: Miss Elsie NJ. Lee, Mrs.
L. NJ. Radel. Mrs. Bertha Thompson,
Harry V. Ostermayer. Mr.. Tallentire,
Charles NJ. ,Keefer, Sylvan Powder |
maker, Melvin G. Harris. j. E. Ten
ley, Walter }. Dunn. Mr.. Lansburgh.
Eugene Beatty, Kenneth J. Blundon |
and Albert Denham. Mr. Takes will |
have charge of the party.
The committee that arranged the |
entertainment of the Western credit |
men here yesterday. included Mr.. Os- |
termayer, A. Coonin, Mr.. Tallentire |
and Mr.. Takes.
Evening star., 1927-08-07

"Household sewing is becoming
lost art" said w. p. Stewart at
in Glasgow recently.
Evening star., 1927-08-07
.CHILE TO GIVE REPLY
ON TACNA-ARICA PLAN
Will Act Tomorrow or Tuesday On
U. S. Proposal to Solve
Deadlock.

By the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO. Chile, August 6.-The
Chilean minister of foreign relations
today stated that on Monday or Tues
day next he would give an official an
swer to the proposal advanced by the
United States toward the solution of
the deadlock in connection with the
Tacna-Arica borders. The belief was
expressed in official quarters that the
reply would be a favorable one.
The Tacna-Arica Boundary Commits.
sion has been meeting in New York
for some months past under the presi-
dency of Col. Jay j. Morrow, with NJ.
Riso Patron of Chile and Col Ordonez
of Peru as the other members.
In June NJ. Riso-Patron withdrew
from the commission meetings follow.
ing difference Of opinion as to what
constituted quorum. Col. Morrow
and Col. Ordonez ruled that only two,
or majority vote. was sufficient to
deal with matters needing their atten.
ton, but Senior Riso-Patron insisted