The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-26

statute books in 1905, following
which 1900 Indiana saloons were
closed.
Active in Passing Law
The blind tiger law, under which
thousands of liquor law violators
have been prosecuted, was enacted
in 1907 and DR.. Shumaker was &C
tive in its enactment.
DR.. Shumaker probably expended
his greatest effort in winning pas
sage for the Wright "bone-dry" act
in 1917, which became effective
April 2, 1918, as one of the most
stringent anti-liquor statutes ever
enacted.
His next legislative activities cen
tered about strengthening Of the
dry law in 1921 and 1923, the codi-
fed dry act in 1925. and the drunk
en- driver law in 1927.
Friend and foe agree that, with
DR.. Shumaker'S passing, militant
prohibition in HooSierdom has lost
its greatest champion. His adj
mirers loook upon it as martyrdom,
since the dry chieftain has been
in i'll health since his release from
the Indiana state farm, where he
served a siXty-day sentence for
contempt Of court
He had called certain of the SUI
preme court judges wet" The
was at election time, in 1927, but
it was two years before his
punishment. This period Of
worry was blamed for his broken
health, even more than his actual
imprisonment, his friends asserted
DR.. Shumaker was born July 80.
1867. in Greenville o., and was
educated in the public schools Of
that CITY. He later attended
De PAW university and received
an A. B. degree in 1895. In 1913
he was given the degree Of doctor
of divinity at that institution.
In 1885 DR.. Shumcker was Ii
censed as an eXh0rtCr by the
Methodist church and a year later
became licensed preacher. In
1890 he was ordained preacher.
On Sept. II, 1895, he married Miss
Lena Bell TruaX of Cassville, Ind,
who died March "a, 1899 There /
were no children by this marriage.
Welded Second Time
Miss Flora May Holliger. was
married to DR.. Shumaker on /
Sept. 70, 1900 She was con-
stantIy at his side during the /
long months when he was fighting /.
to escape imprisonment and during /
his last illness.
Before entering the nor. Invest /
Indiana conference Of the Meth
odist church. DR.. Shumaker was a |
student pastor at cambridge and /
Knightsville.
Following his admission to the /
conference he served III the Maple !
Avenue church at Terre Haute and !
in Williamsport.
DR.. Shumaker's first full-time (
employment with the Indiana Anti /
Saloon League was when he be-
came field secretary in 1903 BY /
1904 he was made superintendent /
of the South Bend district, and in .
1907 state superintendent. He held /
the latter Office at the time Of his .
death.
Was Economical Worker
During the more than a quarter
of a century of service with the
league. he raised S239, 7OO87 to sup
port the dry crusade, and addressed
525.120 people at 1913 public gath
erings. recurring that he travel
349.821 miles. His expenses were /
listed as $1260S.77 for this entire
work, according to league headquar-
tiers.
He was editor of the Indiana edi-
ton of The American Issue. from
1897 to 1915. and an ardent worker /
for the dry cause in campaign and
during sessions of the HooSier legis- ,
lature.
1t was his report on activities Of
the Indiana league, published in The
American Issue, which brought him
in contempt.
Charged Wet Sentiments
"a majority of the supreme court
Is at least liberal in its sentiments" /
he wrote. One of its members, Mr.. /
Willoughby. is said to be bitterly
hostile to prohibition. and, if he
had it in his power, would wipe all
prohibition laws from the statutes
The report further charged in
efficiency in the office of Arthur L.
Giliom. South Bend then state
attorney general, insofar as certain
liquor prosecutions were concerned.
It also criticised previous decisions
of the high court.
Gilliom met the refusal to his
demand for an apology with con-
tempt charges. alleging the Anti
Saloon League superintendent. with
q group of churches. sought to build
ND "a political ecclesiastical hege-
monv over civil government, and
seeking power over the supreme
court" i
On Aug. 6. 1927. DR.. Shumaker
was convicted by q decision OF three
10 two in the supreme court and
sentenced to sixty days on the state
penal farm A $3.50 fine also was
imposed. He obtained temporary
release under bond on a motion to
arrest sentence.
Asked Sentence Increase
A month later Gilliom petitioned
the court to increase its original
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