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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09
C, OF C. COMMITTEE
CHAIRMEN RENAMED
Several Heads Are Chosen
by BorinStein.

disappointment of several major
committee chairmen has been an
nounced by Louis j. BOrinstein, In
dianapolis Chamber of Commerce
president.
The civic affairs committee will
continue to be guided by William
Fortune, chairman, and DR.. Garlic
ton B. McCulloch, ice-chairman.
Charles F. Coffin was named legal
affairs committee chairman and
James w. Noel vice chairman.
G. H. Rottger, City Trust Com
pany receiver, will remain as indus
trial commission chairman, and Paul
G. Richey, Russell M. Seeds Com
pany president, as marketing chair
man. Theodore B. Griffith was re-
named marketing committee vice
chairman.
Chairmen of the five major di-
visions of the industrial commission
also were named They include
Charles Brossman, engineering;
George S. Olive, financial; c. L.
Harrod, location; George Vonnegut,
distribution, and William Higburg,
chemical
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09
TED NEWBERRY,
GANG CHIEFTAIN,
SLAIN IN STATE
Ride Death Is Added to
Long list of UnSoIved
Chicago Killings.

By United Press
CHICAGO. Jan. 9.-The ride as
sassination of Edward (Ted) New
berry, last of the active north side
gang big Shots" was added today
to the long list of Insolved under
world killings on police records.
Newberry's body, riddled with bull
let's and shotgun slugs, was found
Saturday on lonely road some
fifteen miles east of Gary, Ind. 1t
lay today on a morgue slab in Ches-
tertown, Ind, awaiting claimants.
The widow was reported on the
way from Miami, Fla. Gang asso-
ciates of the slain man protested
to know nothing about her.
Newberry, a soft-voiced, suave
man of powerful physique, had lived
through the major era of gang
dominance.
He started in with Dion O'Ban-
ion, and lived to see Al Capone be-
hind prison bars.
He was memorable as the only
major gangster, who ever turned
traitor to one gang, and joined an
other, to live to profit by his per-
fidy.
Newberry had been allied with
George Bugs Moran and Joe
Aiello prior to the st. Valentine s
day massacre in 1929.
He had left the garage where
seven Moran gangsters were moved
down by machiHe gun fire only a
few Isinutes before the slaughter
began.
He was accused of having put
the finger on" the men in return for
an assignment of the north side
territory by Capones syndicate.
Whether or no, he joined Capone
Immediately thereafter.
When his body was found in a
ditch, Newberry wore costly cloth
ing, including silk underwear and a
silk c,2irt. and had on one Of the
diamond encrusted belt buckles that
Capone gave to his friends in his
heyday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09
HOLD FUNERAL RITES
FOR SALEM CLARK
Former State Senator Laid
to Last Rest Here.

Funeral services for Salem D.
Clark, 81, 3O76 North Delaware
street, former state senator, who died
Friday night of heart disease, were
held at II a. m. today in the Elan
ner and Buchanan mortuary, %
West Fall Greek Parkway. Burial
was in Grown Hill cemetery.
Mr.. Clark was born in Hendricks
county and attended Valparaiso
university and Central Normal COL
lege at Danville.
He was a state senator from Mar
ion county in the 1909 and 1911 ses-
sions and in 1922 was a nominee for
superior court judge.
He was a member Of the Broad
way NJ E. church. Evergreen Lodge.
F. and A. NJ; the Scottish Rite.
Sahara Grotto. the I. o. o. F, the
order of Eastern Star and the Indi-
annapolis Bar Association.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09
Gone, but Not Forgotten
Automoblles reported to nollce as stolen

Automobiles reported to police as stolen
G H. whitsen Noblesvile. Ind. Ford
coupe. 590-S06. from NooleSvlle Ind.
Harry Glass. r. r. 5, BoX - Beech
Grove Chevrolet coach. 1l9-76l. from
Market and New jersey streets
Abe Cohen 1918 South Meridian street
Ford tudor. Sl-OS4. from Morris and Union
r A. Bowen 1892 Broadway. Chevrolet
ruff place.
r. A Reinhard. 2sl4 East sixteenth
street Pontiac coach. l23-0l5 from Yer
mont and Pennsylvania streets
Vern w. Peacock. 246 North Mount street
MARYLAND streets.
Marv Hicks, 1880 North Senate avenue.
Hupmobile sedan. from 1880 North Senate
avenue.
Dan Brown: Brownsburg Ind. Ford
coupe. from 600 East Morris street
CLAYTON Ravhuurn. 1926 west Washing
ton street. Buick coupe. from 2024 RooSe-
Welt avenue.
Lester l. Christian 2lO2 Barth avenue.
Ford coach. 1901. from 2l02 Bsrth avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09
DR., david A, HOUSE,
NOTED DENTIST, DIES
Funeral Services to Be Held
Here Tuesday.

Funeral services for DR.. David A.
House, 65, of 5245 North Pennsyl-
vania street, WHO died Sunday in
ST. Vincent's hospital following
a brief illness, will be held at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Edward
L. Mitchell, 371O Washington boule-
ward, at p. m. Tuesday Burial
will be in Crown Hill cemetery.
DR.. House, a graduate of the In
diana university school of dentistry,
was one of the most widely known
members of the profession of den
tistry in Indiana and was mem
Der Of many dental organizations
IN the state He also was a mem
Der of Sigma Delta fraternity, the
Scottish Rite and the Murat Shrine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09
BACK HOME AGAIN

Cecil A. Kiser. 5l27 washington bouIe-
varo; Doose secan. found on Hamilton
county line west OF State Road No. 81
stolen automobiles recovered bv police
belong to.
Dorsey Schink. 223s Parker avenue. Oak
land coach. found IN front of 1918 IngIs-
ham street
oliver Collins. 62ia North Brookyille
road founo az zoos Church street
Henry Adamsun. Terre Haute. Ind
ChrVsler sedan found rear of 1901 North
Alabama street.
EDWARD Lit. 1882 North Chester avenue
Chrvsler sedan 27-924 found at Meridian
and South street
Abe Cohen. 1918 South Meridian street
Ford tudor found at 500 Division street
Kav Geiger. 1923 North Meridian street
Chevrolet tudor. found at Forteth street
and Bvram avenue.
Eugene Leonard. 22o6 North Harding
street Ford coupe. found at rear OF s25
West ST. Clair street automobile stripped.
Charles Lawrence. 1902 West Thirty-fifth
street. Ford roadster. found at DanYile.
Ind. automobile stripped.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09
DRINKING DEATH PROBED
Quantity of Alcohol to Be Analysed
by CorOner's Aid.

Or. John Salb, deputy coroner. to-
day will analyze a small quantity of
alcohol found in the room where a
man believed to be Jack Kelly died
on Sunday.
The man, about SO, whose perma-
nent address is unknown, was found
in the room of Francis Cook at a
rooming house operated by John
Price at 10 South Senate avenue.
Police were told that Cook and
Kelly had been drinking, when Kelly
suddenly fell to the floor Death
was caused by acute alcoholism, Salb
said. The body was sent to the
city morgue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09
SIGN KEITH CONTRACT
Socialist Leaders Complete Deal for
Norman Thomas Speech.

Contract for the rental of Keiths
theater for the address by Norman
Thomas to be given in indianapolis
Wednesday night Jan Is, has been
signed, local Socialist party Lead
ers said today
The lecture by Thomas will be
followed by seven other lectures by
authorities on social and economic
questions in the Y NJ. c. A. build
ing on consecutive Wednesday
nights.
The committee in charge of the
series, which is sponsored by the
League for Industrial Democracy in
New York, is composed of Gertrude
Brown, Harold E. Fey, F. f. De-
Franz, c. E. Knapp, Helen Swoyer.
Roy Wilson and r. o. Berg.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09
SON OF big SIX IS
HURT, WIFE KILLED
Plane Crash Brings Tragedy
to MatheWSon Jr.
BIZ Z Hited Press

~ Hitcd Press
SHANGHAI, Jan. 9.-LieUtenant
Christopher Mathewson Jr.. son of
Christy Mathewson, major league
pitcher, was injured seriously, and
his bride of two weeks killed in an
airplane crash here Sunday.
Lieutenant MathewSon suffered
fracture of one arm and both legs.
Physicians said he probably would
recover.
His bride, the former Margaret
Phillips of New York, died shortly
after she was taken to the county
hospital, in the fashionable west end
residential district of the Inter
national settlement of Shanghai.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09

NAlAANtA VII IL q .
practiced dem
tistry in Plain
field for fourteen
years.
While he has
had no previous
political expert
cnce, Dill always
has been active in
civic affairs. He
is a member of
t h e Plainfeld
Lions Club, Hen
bricks Coun t Y
Farm Bureau, the
American Legion,
and state and ma
tional dental as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09
Congressman Is Suicide
in Grief for Dead Wife
Representative Kendall Will
Be Buried on Wednesday;
Bullet Fatal.
BIZ Unitcd Press

bW CNtiCd ETCSS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. = The
body of Representative Samuel A.
Kendall, 73-year-old Pennsylvania
Republican, will be laid to rest on
Wednesday beside that of his wife,
whose death drove him to suicide.
Mrs. Kendall died last August,
shortly before they would have cele-
brated their fiftieth Wedding ami
versary.
The veteran congressman in a
farewell note to his children said
he had been unable to throw off
my grief" over her death.
Sunday morning he breakfaSted
with his daughter, Mrs. Grace An
gus, then went to his office in the
house Office building, made himself
comfortable in an easy chair. and
fired .38-caliber bullet into his
brain.
A note on his desk said:
My dear children: My work on
earth is completed The sudden
death of your mother was the most
severe shock of my whole life. I
have been unable to throw off my
grief. Every day has added to my
sorrow, and I can not longer bear
my suffering, which I have kept
from you.
Your mother has been ealing me
to join her and little Van in heaven
and I can no longer resist. I am
going to join them" Van was a
son who died in 1879
Kendall had represented the
twenty-fourth Pennsylvania district
since 1918. He was defeated last
November, but friends said this was
in no way responsible for his
dependency.
His home was in Meyersdale, Pa,
where the funeral will be held at
? p. m. Wednesday.
In addition to the daughter, Mrs.
Angus, he is survived by two sons,
Samuel A. Jr. and John w.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09
S0K0LSKY TO SPEAK
Expert on Orient to Talk at Town
Hall Friday Morning.

Those to whom the situation in
the far east has been a mere
Chinese puzzle win have an oppor-
tunity to get a clearer understand
ing of the chaos there when George
E. Sekolsky speaks in English'S
theater Friday morning.
Sokolsky, speaker in the Town
Hall series. is a recognized author-
ity on the Orient, having lived more
than thirteen years in China.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09

Recommendations as a matter
Of fact congress never was willing
to appropriate sufficient funds
effectually to dry up the land
but the refusal Of the people to
accept, which nullifed the eight
zenith amendment
TINE social, moral and econom-
n ic arguments which finally
brought about reversal in this
years general election would
have gone for nothing if a vast
bloc in the population had not
steadily agitated in the direction
Of their thirstS from Jan. Is,
1920, onward.
1t was a gay revolt, not morbid,
and vertically distributed through
the population. Miniature gen.
orally was reserved for the orators
and debaters on both sides.
Mr.. Wheeler, Bishop Cannon,
the Rev Deets Pickett of the
Methodist Board Of Prohibition,
Temperance and Public Morals,
fretted and Stewed during the
middle years. The victory of 1917
'18, 10, 90, once SO sweet, definite
ly had turned sour.
No access Of enforcement sever
ity, no appeal 10 patriotism, good
morals, or craftsmanship seemed
able to bulge the logged rebels
in all classes. They were drinking
down the eighteenth amendment.
The rich insisted upon cocktails,
aged whSkieS and vintage wines.
The middle classes, economically
speaking, carted bottles to country
club dances, cached TASKS in lock-
ers, poured rivers of cocktails at
home parties.
Business men were compelled
to offer Snifter to customers
who before prohibition would
primly have declined to drink
during business hours"
The working classes made home
brew and grape wine, and drank
in old-fashioned saloons in factory
neighborhoodS, unchanged except
for name and the Uttered condi-
ton Of the front windows.
The entirely dispossessed gulped
Smoke" low-grade washed"
alcohol mixed with water, retail
ing at to Is cents a shot.
n
TINE most noticeable increase in
Il the ranks of the drinkers dur,
ing the Great Revolt came from
the Trailer sex.
Historical students have been
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09
UT0IST SEVERELY HURT
Jar Is Struck by Train; Still in
Serious Condition.

Condition of Arthur Brown, 90. of
near BrOwnsburg, who was injured
in a collision with train Saturday,
remained serious today, city hospital
physicians said.
Brown was thrown fifty feet when
his car was struck at a BrownSburg
crossing by an east bound Big Four
train. He regained consciousness or
the way to the hospital, where it
is said that his injuries are a broken
leg, head bruises and an injured
hand.
Wreckage Of the car was scattered
along the track. The motor of the
automobile was found 800 feet from
the crossing, it was said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09
DENTISTS HOLD FARLEY
All-Day Conference of Associations
Convened Here Sunday.

Broadening of the dental associ-
atoms interest in public health and
professional standards were dis
cussed Sunday at an all-day con-
ference of trustees and officials of
the Indiana State Dental Associa-
ton and component district soci-
cites in the Washington.
Tentative program for the dia-
mond jubilee convention of the In
diana association, to be held May
is, Is, and II, in Indianapolis, was
outlined.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09

the political tide had actually be-
gun to turn in the latter year
widespread discussion developed
the novel idea that national bone
dry prohibition was not as irrevo-
cably fixed in our system as had
been supposed.
The vets, thoughtful as we'll as
merely indignant, summoned
courage; the unnatural, hypocrit-
ical censorship SO long applied to
wet sentiments was relaxed.
Presently, on many hands, ques-
tons were asked as to the eff
fects of Volsteadism on crime,
prosperity, health and the drink
ing habits Of the people.
There were no pat answers. Sta
tiStics generally were unreliable,
satisfying the bias of whichever
side collected them. The drys
claimed credit for the country's
seeming good times, but diSavowed
blame for the alarming increase
in violent crime.
II II
ORGANIZATIONS of digtinter-
" ested vets sprang up. The
Moderation League, Inc, for ex-
ample. Captain William H. Stay
ton, Baltimore shipping man,
braved the wrath of the Anti
Saloon League with his asSocia-
ton. Opposed to the prohibition
amendment, which soon would be
exhibiting a list of contributors
from among the most highly
placed industrialists and church.
going men of the republic.
The acrid disputation of the
period did little to clarity the di-
lemma. But it did reaSsure the
gallant drinking rebels that the
eighteenth amendment bore no
sacred character and that political
change might be possible.
AS wet leaders arose, their eX-
ample stimulated others until it
no longer was a signal for ex-
communication when Christian
brother expressed doubt of the
heaven-sent nature of Volstead-
ism
And so swiftly did the amend
ment rise and decline in popular
esteem, that within a few months,
the drys definitely were forced on
the defensive. Nationwide bone
dry prohibition was on it's way
to the boneyard.
The rapid succession of event
which eliminated in the repeaIis
victory at the polls in NOvembe
will be discussed in the last articl,
of this series.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09
In the Air

Weather condition at a. M:
North northwest wind, Is miles
an hour; temperature, "a; barome-
trio pressure, 5000; general condi-
ton, overcast, light fog; ceiling,
estimated 800 feet; visibility,
miles; field, good.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09
Man. Is. Injured by Auto

Mike Reddington, IS, of 416 West
South street, was taken to City hos
pital this morning in critical con-
dition after being struck by the
automobile of Charles c. Gardner,
~, of 1892 Guilford avenue, at Ken
lucky avenue and West street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09
BY FORREST DAVIS
Times stan Writer
1IIita otdH FIIttI
coDyriRht 1893 BY New York worl

AiHtts ohdh hfNtE
lCopyrlght. 1893 BY New York World
Telegram Corporatonl
A FILE Of steam tramps and
"A schooner rugged sailing yes
sells lay sullenly off the three
mile limit beyond Sandy Hook.
That was Rum Row.
In Chicago, Alphonse (Scarface
AID Capone, recently of the Five
Points, New York. had, by reliable
report, 700 guns" enrolled in his
private beer militia.
In California prohibition en-
forcement agents padlocked a
Redwood tree, which innocently
sheltered a still. Now and again
an agent of the federal government
shot a citizen suspected Of trans
porting a few slugs of rum.
Periodically, hardy guzzlers died
like flies from the effects of in
adequately cooked industrial al
cOhOl
The newspapers and public
forums had become cluttered with
the utterances of red-faced gentle
men angrily seeking to prove Cd
that prohibition would, if it hadn't
already, prohibit; % that prohi-
btion did not prohibit 80 that
Volsteadism had increased crime;
- that Volsteadism had dimin-
ished crime; 90 that prosperity
was traceable to prohibition; Co
that prosperity was in a way re-
lated to prohibition.
In spite of the Volstead act and
state enforcement measures, some
Of which rivaled in barbarity
Great Britain's penal code in the
eighteenth century, speakeasies
multiplied in city and village; the
consumption of wine grapes, pre-
pared malt ingredients, corn syrup
and industrial alcohol Ieaped
astoundingly.
THE country, if we were to
l. credit the anxious assertions
of the startled clergy, educators
and parents, was on a prolonged
jamboree.
And in 1925 the late Wayne B.
Wheeler announced with iustifi-
able satisfaction that each con-
gress since 1916, which adopted the
eighteenth amendment, had grown
dryer
The American people, no matter
how they voted, would not, it was
obvious, give up the drink.
BY the end of 1923. when
alarmed prohibitionists be an
loudly to upbraid the drinking
classes for flouting the law and,
especially in 1925, when Smedley
Butler retreated from his dry
command in Philadelphia, the
outlines of a nation wide passive
rebellion clearly could be made
out.
The people, increasingly, spurned
the graces and fruits Of prohibi-
ton The vets, still convinced
of the impossibility Of political
redress, redoubled their indirect
ed attempt to drink the dry regime
under.
The Importance of the silent,
unorganized prohibition revolt
can not be overemphasized. Had
the citizens submitted, enforce
ment would have presented no
problem.
1t was not the weakness of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09
Hunt Owner of Burning Home

Police are searching today for
Pete Stanach. 1O45 Ketcham street,
who fled from his burning home
late Sunday night while f1remen
were fighting the blaze. Damage of
about $500 resulted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09
State Pastors to Confer

The fourth Indiana pastors three
day conference viii open Monday,
Jan. l6, in the North Methodist
church with numerous religious
authorities of variout denominations
as speakers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09

Forrest Davis presents today the fifth
Of six articles on the amazing twelve
year Volstead era and the factors lead
ing up to it-a subject Of increased in
terest with the present battle in the
lame duck session of congress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09
NelV Legislators -
Dentist Takes
Seat in 1888
lie giSlature

DR.. E. Willard Dill, Democrat,
dentist and farmer, represents Hen
bricks county in the lower house
of the 1888 legislature. Dill. 81,
married, and the father Of two
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09
'HOOSIER' LABEL
STIGMA SAYS
ARTIST IN SUIT
Elmer TafIinger to File for
Change in Place of
Nativity

Petition asking that circuit court
change "the place f his nativity
was to be filed today by Elmer
Tadinger, indianapolis artist.
The term Indiana artists" as far
as state officials are concerned,
amounts only 10 stigma in the
Hoosier state, the suit alleges.
In support Of this, Taninger cites
the fact that Thomas Hart Benton.
New York artist, was given the con-
tract to paint murals at The Chi
cago worlds fair, depicting the his
tory Of the state, while Indiana ar
lists we're ignored.
The contract was awarded by
Richard Lieber, Indiana state di-
rector Of conservation and head of
the Indiana worlds fair commission,
Taflinger AYERS.
The commission, appointed by
Governor Harry G.. Leslie. held no
competition for the awarding of the
contract, the suit declares.
Lists Many Artists
Indiana artists also were ignored
in the Indiana World War Memo
rial plaza project, now near COM
pletion, Taflinger charges.
A long list of Indiana artists
competent to do and perform in a
highly commendnble manner any
kind Of artistic work" is given in
the petition.
Taflinger charges further that
Hoosier artists and craftsmen also
we're not recognized in contracts for
the George Rogers Clark memorial
at VinCennes the only thing sup
piled by Indiana was the dirt" the
suit alleges.
In asking change Of the site of
his birth, Taflinger requests the
court designate some place more
conductive to artistic recognition
by Indiana officials
Worked With BcIascO
The petition explains, however,
the petitioner loves the state of
Indiana and is proud of the great
contribution to art which has been
made by her sons and daughters"
Taainger was born at q Byram
place, March 3, 1891, He began his
art study in the city public schools,
continued it at Manual high school
and at the Art Students League Of
New York.
He served as art director for
David Belasco for eight and one
half years, and made eleven trips
to Europe. He also studied in Italy.
For the last four years, he has con-
Quoted life drawing and painting
classes in the Pierce building, Mar
ket and Pennsylvania streets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09

Dill is a graduate of Mooresville
high school and the Indiana uni
versity school of dentistry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09

fond of saying that one cause for
the rise of teetotal statuteism was
the exclusion by the pioneer male
of the women from his convivial
life and resorts.
Well, by no one knows what So
cial process, prohibition opened
the swinging doors wide to the
women folk. Once the saloon be-
came an unregulated, outlaw in
stitution, the girls entered into
full possession Of its joy.
The amazing increase in drink
ing among women during the Vol
steadian rebellion certainly is not
one of the least Of its significant
aspects.
In the years from 1923 to 1927
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-09

The rapid succession of events
which eliminated in the repeaIist
victory at the polls in November
will be discussed in the last article
of this series.