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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
Most Sensational Parts of
Deposition Are Ruled
Out.
DEFENSE CASE RESTED
Ex-Dragon'S Stake Burning
and Branding Charges
Stand in Court.
BY ROSS DOWNING,
United Press STAFF Correspondent

PITTSBURGH, Pa, April 12.-The
deposition OF D. c. Stephenson, for
mer K. K. K. official in Indiana.
Nwas introduced in Federal Court to-
day in the equity trial of Khan
against five rebel members.
The deposition was taken by Van
G. Barrickman, defense counsel from
Stephenson, who is serving a life
sentence for murder in the Indiana
State Penitentiary.
Judge w. H. S. Thomson, who is
hearing the suit, ruled much of the
deposition out of the evidence as
it was read to the court.
Try to Suppress Evidence
The deposition was introduced to-
day over the motion of B. II. Con-
naughton, Khan counsel, that the
entire deposition be suppressed.
Judge Thompson overruled the mo-
ton.
Practically all statements of SEN
Sational nature made by Stephenson
were ruled out by the judge as be-
ing irrelevant to the suit of the
Khan against the five rebel mem
bers.
Questions as to whether Evans
had anything to do with the in
generation OF Stephenson and as to
the murder of Capt. w. S. Coburn
at Atlanta, Ga, were ruled out.
Violence Testimony Remains
The statement by Stephenson that
Evans had told him that they" had
burned Negroes at the stake in
Texas, that they" had cut off the
ears of one, and branded another on
the forehead with the letters K. K.
K. were permitted to remain.
The allegation that the black
mask robe was that authorized by
Evans for use on killing or whip
ping expeditions also stood.
The allegation that Evans repeat
edly had said that if violence could
be provoked and the impression Gre
ated that the Khan was being perse-
cuted, there was no better way to
recruit members also remained.
That Evans said the death of a
Klansman at Carnegie was worth
$4,000 new members to the Khan,
was permitted to remain.
Defense Rests Case
The reading of the deposition, ITO
pages long, required only an hour
after the most sensational parts had
been objected to by Khan counsel
and their objections sustained by
the court.
In the deposition, Stephenson at
tackled Hiram W. Evans, imperial
wizard, and other officials of the
Khan.
After the deporition had been read
the defense rested its case.
The calling OF rebuttal witnesses,
which began shortly before the
luncheon recess, was resumed at the
afternoon session by B. H. Con-
naughton, Klan counsel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
Long Fight
of e. s. and
LeUineEndS
BY JOSEPH S. WASNEY
United Press Staf Correspondent

WASHINGTON, April 12.-The
Governments suit against Charles
A. Levine, transatlantic flier, for
heavy damages because of alleged
manipulations in surplus war ma
teriai contracts, has been settled out
of court.
Attorneys for the Justice Depart
ment and lawyers for Levine have
agreed on fiat settlement price,
reported to be $150,000, it was
learned at the Justice Department
today.
Levin's check for the settlement
already has been received by the
Government, but it has not been ac-
cepted, pending some change in
phraseology in the agreement.
The Government originally sought
to recover 100000 from Levine. Ne
gotiations for a settlement have
been going on since he flew to Ger
many with Clarence Chamberlin
last summer.
Federal officials said the settle
ment was satisfactory to both sides,
but that some technical points in
the contract, diSapproyed by Justice
Department lawyers, must be
changed before it finally is &C
copied by the United States.
They explained this was only a
minor matter, however, and that
Levine's counsel had expressed a
willingness to meet the Govern
mentS requirements.
Levine, after the war. purchased
a large quantity of surplus war ma
terials from the War Department,
and because of a misunderstanding
about who would pay freight charges
the contractor or the Govern
ment-and also about the prices Of
certain stocks, the legal contro-
versy developed.
Because of the pending litigation.
Levine lost several air mail contracts
with the Postoffice Department, as
Postmaster General New ruled the
airplane manufacturer could not
hold a contract with the Govern
ment, pending settlement Of the
claims.
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udU UttII hbpI
secret for some
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court no lie like that!"
A statement by the cross
examining attorney that his pre-
vious question was pretty near
up to that" was objected to by
the defense attorneys, and was or
dered stricken from the evidence.
Later testimony introduced by
the plaintiff, in the form of writ
ten minutes of a meeting, proved
a boomerang. when defendants
counsel discovered a statement in
the minutes confirming Stubbs'
evidence.
The trial was adjourned and
final arguments have been set for
Saturday morning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
ESTATE OF CHURCH KING SUED FOR CASH RAISED TO F

Smith did at the Congress of the
church in Atlanta in August and
September, 1919.
A statement that Smith at
tended every Gay meeting, but did
not attend night meetings, led to
evidence that the meetings went
on at least eighteen hours day
for the fifty days of the congress.
Stubs said he didn't attend all
night meetings.
Were you in the restaurant
business at the time of the con-
grcss?" questioned the plaintiffs
attorney. The witness responded
in the negative.
How much time did you put in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
WARN AGAINST SIGNS
Ban Political PIaCaTdS on
State Highways.

Political candidates were asked
today by the State Highway COM
mission not to put up within the
rights-O way of State roads, pos
tiers and placards calling attention
to their candidacy. Under the rul-
ing of four years ago, this was class
flied as advertising matter and must
be removed.
Many thousand of small signs
tackled on fences and utility poles
within States rightS-of-way were
removed by the department when
this ruling was made. after warn
ing was issued to advertisers.
Attention of the commission was
called this week to advertisements
of candidates and the field forces
were ordered to remove them.
Highway officials expressed the
hope that candidates would see the
justice of this ruling and place
their advertisements in the news
papers. pointing out that highway
advertising is of uncertain value in
this age of high motor speed.
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as king, apostle and bishep, in
marrying in every city where his
faith was established.
The acknowledgement of the
apostles marital affairs has held
the estate in court for seven
years, and the present suit of the
church is but one of many, sew
eral of which have reached APP
pellate Court.
r
XKTEDNESDAY'S star witness,
w one Rev. Mr.. Stubs, proved
unassaiiable ON the stand. At
torneys for the plaintiffs seemed
amazed at Stubb's testimony that
he attended every meeting that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
HOLD DIAGNOSIS WRONG

Gary Woman with Pyorrhea
Treated for Heart Disease.
By Times Special
GARY, Ind, April 12.-Mrs. Anna
F. Bell and her husband, John Bell,
each ask $4,000 damages from DR..
John I. Miller, alleging he made a
wrong diagnosis while treating Mrs.
Bell.
They allege that while she was in
reality suffering from poisoning due
to pyorrhea, Dr. Miller treated her
for heart disease. She charges a
hypodermic needle used in injecting
medicines caused one of her arms
to become infected and that It is
permanently injured.
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The apostle having been refused
a passport-possibly as one of
the attorneys suggested, because
he didn't know his age-the mis-
sion was abandoned, but the
funds remained in Smiths hands.
The present suit is an attempt
to recover the funds, which have
been in probate since Smith died
while on a missionary journey in
Abyssinia in 1920. Smiths heirs
contend that the money received
was disbursed prior to his death
in the work of the church.
The already tangled complex
ion of the case further is COM
plicated by the practice of Smith,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12

A POSTLES, visions, and Ford's
L n peace ship broke the -ou-
tine Of Probate Court Wednes-
day in the trial of the case Of
the Triumph Church of Christ in
God, ct al, VS.. the estate of Elias
D. Smith, Negro, deceased. For
the testimony developed that
Smith-who was bishop, king
and apostle of the church-had
a vision in which he was instruct
ed to go to France with the Ford
peace mission in 1918, as the
delegate of the church he found
ed, and collected funds for that
purpose.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
DAMS ARE BRANDED
GRAFT DEATHTR

Francis dam, with hundreds of
deaths, demands an immediate
government investigation to reveal
true conditions in southern Cali
fornia.
THE Mulholland dam in Holly
wood, built by william Mulholland,
chief engineer of Los Angeles, who
constructed the st. Francis dam,
now has great cracks in it and
threatens more than 200 700 persons
in Hollywood" NordSkog asserted.
Nordskog said he would demand
the water impounded by the Null
holland dam be drained i'm
mediately. Pictures of the cracks,
he said, were presented to the
Senate Ir.sa.ion Committee while
he was in Washington.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
In Lin1eHght at Capital

When a bandit invaded the stu
dio where Miss Helen Tompkins of
Washington, left, was taking
music lesson, she pretended to
faint, fell to the floor While the
bandit went for water Miss Tomp-
kins hid her own and her teachers
valuables.
At the right is Col Edmund P.
EaSterbrook, new chief of chaplains
of the United States Army. Sworn
in at Washington the other day,
he succeeds Col. John T. AXton,
retired.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12

BB Times special
KANSAS CITY, Mo, April r.
Lives of hundreds of thousands of
southern California citizens are en-
dangered by dams constructed
dishonesty by the City Of Los
Angeles, Andrae B. Nordskog, Los
Angeles, chairman of the Southern
California Rate and Traffic COM
mission, charges here.
Nordskog stopped off IN Kansas
City on his return from Washing
ton. where he appeared before the
Senate Irrigation Committee.
"Manipulations of government
officials and graft in construction
of dams provide a scandal of Tea
pot Dome proportions, Nordskog
said.
He said the collapse of the st.
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in restaurants during the meet
ing?"
"Why, I just told you wasn't
in the restaurant business, but if
you must know, spent just
enough time in restaurants to
satisfy my hunger" The witness
paused and added, "about once
day, I guess it was"
=
DO you mean to tell the court
~ that you spent all day and
all night at these meetings for
fifty days and only ate once a
day?"
mo, sir" replied the witness
Indignantly. Il wouldn't tell this
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
FORD URGES UNITY
OF i. S. AND BRITISH

IN TiNcs Spccial

81 iGlcS NpCctdt
BICKNELL. Ind, April II.
While cooking. Mrs. Ruth
Colgrove absentmindedly ate
a piece of pineapple which
remained in an opened can
over night. Just as absent
mindedly few minutes later,
she drank the whiteS'of some
eggs from a cup which she
thought contained fruit juice.
She became i'll with ptomaine
poisoning, but the attending
physician said she escaped
serious effects because the egg
whites served as an antidote.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12

He is a member of the I. o. o. F.,
Modern Woodmen of America. B.
P. o. E., Legion of Honor, and the
Indiana State Bar Association. He
has served as special judge in
municipal and superior courts on
number of occasions. AS a cam
didate for State Representative in
1925, he was twelfth among a list
of fifty-seven.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
MYERS RAPS ROBINSON

Says Rotten Eggs Produced Birds
in Senator's Nest,
BIZ Times Special
WORTHINGTON, Ind, April II.
-" Birds of a feather we're Matched
in the same nest in which Senator
Arthur Robinson pecked through
the SHE'LL" said Walter Myers, can
didate for the Democratic nomina-
ton for United States Senator, adj
dressing the Green County Women's
Democratic Club here Wednesday.
The production of these birds
was a miracle, because, against the
law of nature, they we're all Matched
from rotten eggs" said Myers.
What would you think of a grocer
who deliberately sold you bad eggs?
If a candidate expects to become a
statesman, should you not know
what his views are?"
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the Republican
nomination for
r epr sentative
in a statement
today.
Shaw came here
from Pittsburgh,
Pa, where he
o bit aine d his
grade, high school
and college edu-
cation, fifteen
years ago. He
was graduated
from the Indiana
Law School in
1916 and has been
practicing law
since
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12

visited A m c r l c q
two years ago,
Jeddu KrlSllna-
murti again is in
the United States.
He is en- route to
Los Angeles to
attend meetings of
of his followers.
KrishnamurJi, who
objects to the
a pplic a ton Of
Messiah" dresses
in up to- the min
ute English styles
keeps closely in
touch with all
modern thought.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
OPEN FRIEDRICH OFFICE
Campaign Headquarters Are Estab-
Iished in CIaypOOl.

John E. Fredricks campaign for
the Democratic nomination for Gov
eraor was being directed from head
quarters opened in rooms 427-429
Claypool today.
Frank P. Baker, local attorney. is
in charge of headquarters, assisted
by Raw Walker.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
Stage Stan"
VIII Share
in Fortune
NEW YORK, April II. - Mrs.
Mortimer B. Davis will share with

her husband IN
t he $150,O00, 900
estate left by his
father, the late
Sir Davis, Canad-
ia n sportsman,
executors say. She
form erly was
Rosika Dolly of
the famous Dolly
sisters stage team.
Her marriage to
the G an a d i a II
scion of wealth
was announced re-
Gently, after it
had been kept
secret for some
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12

appointed as post
pom e m Ell t W a S
granted in the
divorce trial of
Logan F. Metcalf,
broker, against
Madge Bellamy,
star of the films.
Metcalf's illness
was given as rea-
son for the delay.
The broker charges
in his complaint
t h a t t III e film
actress was domi-
neering and stub
born. They sepa-
rated after d four
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
FRIEDRICH RAPS PRESENT
CHEAP POLITICAL GAME
Democratic Candidate for Governor
Carries Campaign to Rushville.
BIZ Times Special

By Times SpeclQt
RUSHVILLE, Ind, April r.
Administration of the affairs of
great State is no different from the
administration of the affairs of
great commercial institution said
John E. Friedrich. candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Cover
nor, in plea for business principles
in Government, here this afternoon.
Friedrich, who is State Chamber
of Commerce president, said, Let
us quit playing the cheap game of
politics and devote ourselves to a
real constructive program that will
bring industries to the State and
thereby not only increase our pop
ulation and furnish new opportuni
ties to men who labor, but will give
to the agricultural interests of our
State the most strategic market in
the world-the home market"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12

Vast, Argentine
novelist, who is re-
garded by many
as the successor in
Spanish literature
to the late vi
cente BlaSco Iba-
nez, arrived in
New York to con-
fer with his Ameri-
can pubs S h ers
about publication
of his prize novel,
BLACK Valley"
With Ibanez dead,
European critics
have acclaimed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
100 Teachers to Take Trip
BIZ Uaitcd Press

BIZ CUtc6 FTfSS
EVANSVILLE, Ind, April H.
one hundred Vanderburgh County
school teachers, accompanied by K.
w. Hemmer of the county schools,
plan to visit Wyandotte Cave, near
Marengo, Ind. April 81, on their
annual educational trip. according
to Henry Mensz, chairman of the
ARRANGEMENTS committee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
FISTS AND BULLETS
RUIN POLICE DANCE

annoying the dancers. In the melee
that followed, Police Chief Donald
K. Davidson fired on one OF Roe's
assailants, who was captured after
he fed into the street.
The dancers we're panic-strlcken
and women screamed and tainted as
they fought to reach the exits.
Angelo Dombora, "a, and Frank
Roman, %, who said his brother
was a sergeant of police at Jersey
City, N. j., were arrested.
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BIZ United Press
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, April IL.
Police Captain Scott Roe, 40, was
near death today and two men we're
under arrest, the result of riot
which almost broke up the annual
dance of the Fraternal Order of
Police here last night.
Roe was thrown down a fight
of steps when police attempted to
eject a group of youths who were
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
Rabbits Mothered by Cat
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
VEVAY, Ind, April 1.-TWO
young rabbits are being mothered by
a cat at the homeof Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Bodey, near here. The cat
brought the rabbits to the house
after all but one of several kittens
born to her we're killed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
GOVERNMENT FOR RICH
Rucker Scores inequality in State
Regime.

By Times Special
VEEDERSBURG, Ind, April H.
America has great prosperity, but
we are giving too much of it to the
big fellows and too small a portion
of it to the little" said Alvah j.
Rucker, candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination for Governor, adj
dressing the Veedersburg Commu-
nifty Club here Wednesday night.
"Our State government" Rucker
said, has been run on the theory
that if we make the rich richer
from the peoples toll, some OF these
riches might filter through to the
common man. The filter, however,
has not been working"
From the graft on our recent
electric light merger in Indianapo-
lis" Rucker said, 1--WE could have
built coliseum on each of our
downtown corners"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12

from a style eX-
pert of information
al repute. Bellies
of 1880 soon will be
the model for the
smart women of
t O m orrow, says
M i S S Marguerite
Haynes, the only
American woman
who is a success
full Partisan mo-
diste. She landed
in New York City
recently for a visit
with old friend&.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12

The last two should be considered
together. because they represent the
same crime, theft of an automobile.
Given Second Chance
Where the boy is extremely
young and Criminal Judge James A.
Collins sees a way to reform him By
not sending him to penal inStitu-
ton, he gives him lesser sentence
under the charge Of unlawful pos
session, and often suspends that
sentence.
Records show that the stlckup
man of today. the man who enters
your home at night as you sleep,
who breaks into the corner grocery,
who steals your automobile from in
front of your home, who holds up
the filling station, these are beard
less boys.
Boys, Just out of high school, or
still there by day and seeking a
thrill" at night, or what is the
case IN scores of instances. boys
who should be in high school, or at
work but who are not.
Gang Leader Tutors
Their school is the corner pool
room, the drug store and the movie,
and their tutor is the neighbor-
hood gang leader, who probably has
won the leadership by his sentence
Of a few months on the State farm.
This is not a picture of the So
called "other" side of Indianapolis.
Ramifcations of the stories behind
holdups, robberies and bandit eS-
capadeS often point to and even
enter the exclusive northside Of In
dianapoliS.
Influential business men are in
court with their sons almost daily,
asking that some arrangement be
made to free the sons-to give them
another chance.
Shield Youngest Criminals
Such facts usually are unknown
by the lay citizen, due in part by
an unwritten law in most newspaper
offices that news of crime among
the very young breeds more such
crime-sets an example for others
to follow.
In succeeding articles of this Sc
ries these figures will be compared
with those Of other papers to
show the change that is being
wrought in the age of men who
commit crime.
Each of these crimes will be dis
cussed in detail, telling the total
number of convictions, the number
of suspended sentences, how the
suspended sentence system is oper-
ating in Marion County, and what
officials suggest as a remedy for the
"crinne among youth" situation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
BOYS Still IN
TEENS COMMIT
MOST CRIMES
Survey Here Shows Scores
of Criminals Under
Fl Years Old.
YOUTHS ROB FOR THRILL
Modern Court Procession
of Law Breakers Found
NattiIy Dressed.

This is the first of several articles
upon the youthful crime situation
in Indianapolis as disclosed in survey
made by Morris Moore of The Indian
apolis Times staff.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
DIVORCE TRIAL DELAYED
Illness Of Madge Bellamy's Husband
Causes POstpOnement.

LOS ANGELES, April 12.-Movie
fans, thronging the corridors of the
courtroom here today, we're dis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
FRESHMAN URTI RETURNS
Thc0sOphist Leader on His Way to
Los Angeles Sessions.

CHICAGO, April 12-Hailed by
Annie Beseant, theosophist leader
as the Second Messiah when he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
STYLES BACK TO 1880
Bellies of Century Ago VIII Set
Fashions, Says MOdiste.

NEW YORK, April 12.-We're
going for back along the aisle of
time for fashions. That comes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
FIND SECOND IBANEz
Hugo Vast, Argentine Novelist, Is
Seen as Successor.

T
NEW YORK, April 12.-Hugo
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12

Vast as the coming literary light
of the Latin race.
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SHAW WILL SUPPORT
CITY MANAGER PLAN
Candidate for Representative Issues
Campaign Statement

A pledge to support the city man
ager form Of government and to
endeavor to improve and perfect
the city manager law was mace to
the voters of Marion County by
Lawrence A. Shaw, candidate for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-12
ASIA RAILWAY PLANNED

Germans Get Contract for Line
Across Persia.
BIZ JHitcd Press
BERLIN, April 12.-German firms
have been given a contract to build
a 1,O60-mile railway between the
Caspian sea and the Persian gulf
across Persia, it was announced to-
day.
American, British and French
firms may cooperate. The line is
expected to cost nearly $20,000000.
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Are Dapper School Youths

That picture is gone, all except
the cigaret. The criminal of 1928 is
the dapper lad of high school and
college age. He wears the latest
cut suit, and if he wears a hat at
all, it is the one you see so often
around Indianapolis streets.
In cold facts. crime is being COM
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time. The Dollys have been in Eu-
rope for several months.