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Entered as Second-Class Matter Outside Marion County Cente VOLUME 40—NUMBER 62 INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, AUG. 2, 1928 at Postoffice, Indianapolis TWO CENTS 3 BANDIT LIVES MONTHS BY Ex-; Here GOODRICH TO LINER FAILS TO LOCATE HOLDUPS AS PRISON HEAD 28 Years as Vote FACE BATTLE ENGLISH PLANE FORCED SIGNS HIS PAROLE PAPERS War Exile, Is Dead IN VALPARAISO W. S. Taylor, Who Fled to Dies in Exile DOWN IN MID-OCEAN Leslie Homer, Violator of Clemency, Bares After Goebel Citizens Fight Effort to Get Guilt in Series of Robberies After Killing, Passes. Strangle Hold on Phone Searches Spot Where Fliers Service. Twice Most Popular Capture in Hotel Here. Death ended the exile here early Land; Radio Calls Are

today of W. S. Taylor, 14, who fled - •%; - - ;■ v v..--, • ; *m>2: r/; Unanswered. in 1900 as a result of the ASK COMMISSION’S AID CHIEF TRUSTEE VOUCHES FOR HIM assassination of William Goebel, his Democratic opponent for Governor. FIVE SHIPS TO RESCUE Mr. Taylor died at 1:30 this morn- Illinois Bell Better Fitted to President of Reformatory Board Admits He ing at Methodist Hospital of heart disease and complications, following Operate in District, Courtney Help Put 0. K. on Prisoner Without an operation Tuesday. He had spent Sounds Call twenty-eight years in Indiana be- Appeal Says. Early Today Flight Investigating Activities. cause of the accusations against him in and his political followers after the Citizens of Valparaiso today are death of Goebel. Mr. Taylor was basing From Azores. While Indianapolis and State police frequent their hope on the public serv- were making charged with complicity in the ice commission to prevent the Wi- (By radio to United Press) trips to Lebanon, Ind., in their six-months’ search for Leslie death of Goebel. nona Telephone Company and for- At the time of his death Mr. mer Governor Homer, Tay- James P. Goodrich BOARD S. S. THURINGIA, 36, who today confessed to nine burglaries and holdups lor was general counsel of the Em- from getting what they fear will be pire Life and Accident Insurance Aug. 2.—The steamship Presi- in Indianapolis and Muncie, John Hoy, cigar a strangle hold on telephone service 11. Lebanon man- Company, 215 E. New York St. He in that locality. dent Hayes has arrived at the ufacturer, and president of the board of trustees lived at 2143 N. Delaware St. He A petition to modify the com- of the Indiana wau rated as a wealthy man. mission order granting permission approximate position in which was to State Reformatory, receiving monthly visits from Homer Flees to Indiana the Northwestern Indiana Tele- Capt. Frank T. Courtney’s phone Company to sell and the seaplane and personally was signing Homer’s parole reports, guarantee- Although declared Governor of Crown Point Telephone Company landed in the Atlantic ing that Homer was employed regularly. the State. Mr. Taylor fled the capi- a’fd the Winona Telephone Com- but has been able to find no tal. Frankfort, in the night, in a pany to buy the Northwestern In- Examination of parole records at of the Radio Indiana State Reforma- buggy. He came to Indiana and diana Telephone Company and leave trace plane. calls at successfully resisted numerous ef- the Valparaiso service under control to the plane are unanswered. tory Pendleton and statements of Hoy verified this today. <: forts extradite him for trial, and of the Illinois Bell system has been v' w v Hoy was appointed by Gov. to as a witness in other trials that re- filed with the commissioners. Steamers Rush to Aid Ed 31) 1925. sulted from she slaying. It is signed by the civil city of ernor Jackson Dec. Valparaiso, the Bit United Press Homer finally was captured by Mr. Taylor is survived by his city council, and Val- NEW YORK, paraiso Chamber of Aug. 2.—Five fleet detectives at a downtown hotel here FEARS WANT; wife, Mrs. Nora Taylor, and son, Commerce. It Atlantic liners were converging is backed by the citizens to- He was sought first on a Charles Linden Taylor at the N. generally, day on a spot in Monday. Delaware home; another who have expressed themselves mid-Atlantic to of running from a crash of St. son, . MBmi as rescue the flying boat, charge Wendell Taylor, Los Angeles; J V unable to understand why Goodrich Whale, and his car with a school bus of the its four occupants, forced KILLSFAMILY four daughters, Mrs. Merrill William S. Taylor, once Governor- entered the field and took the service down on Educational Association last Jewish Wilson, 1733 N. Meridian St.; Mrs. elect of Kentucky, who died here away from the Illinois Bell a flight from the Azores to New- January. holding foundland. E. Leo Davidson, 1008 W. Thirty- today after twenty-eight years of company, which they believe would Abandons His Car exile from his native State. have bettered the The Whale’s radio sputtered out bus, Dentist Slays Wife, Boys; Fourth St.; Mrs. Irvin Miller, 1309 service. The driver of the school Mon- Want its :all for help during the early Roach St., was in- W. Thirty-Second St., and Mrs. Illinois Bell Service i roe Fisher, 941 Lynn Bailey, Columbus, Ohio, and The petition points out that the morning hours and the ships of the crash. Homer, Calls Police. jured in police six grandchildren. Illinois Bell has control of the several nations combined in the race charge, drove a few blocks from the to By United Press Funeral services will be held at Northwestern stock and that "said save Capt.. Frank T. Courtney accident and abandoned his car. the home at 2 p. m. Saturday. ITALIA company better Is fitted and ind bis companions. ELIZABETH, N. J., Aug. 2.—Dr. CRASH more Police still hold it and a set of Th: Arthur F. Woolsey, a reputable Friends may view the body there efficiently aen operate the Valpa- American ships President suspicious-looking tools they found Hayei young dentist of good family and tonight and Friday. Burial will be raiso and Routs exchanges of the and Minnewaska, the White In it. quiet habits, was in jail at Crown Hill in the faimly lot be- Northwestern Indiana Telephone Star liners Celtic and Cedric and Investigation today disclosed that today, QUIZ ADVANCED with side the grave of his first wife, who Company than the Winona Tele- the North German Lloyd liner Co- looking for Homer charged the murder of his wife police started and two children, whom he shot to died in 1901, a year after their phone Company, purchaser of said lumbus were definitely known to be immediately after the accident. They taking residence here. exchange.” speeding to the rescue. from the death because he wanted to save learned he was on parole Bishop H. H. Fout of the United Orders by Mussolini Spur Twice before the commission Other vessels, including the Penn- he had been them the “embarrassment” of im- reformatory, where pending bankruptcy. Brethren Church will officiate at agreed that it was in the public in- land, Gripsholm, Franconia and sentenced from ten to twenty years Investigation. He loved his wife and children, he the funeral services. Mr. Taylor terest to prevent the Goodrich or- Thuringia, lent their wireless to the for burglaries in Indianapolis. told police, but was a Presbyterian, but in later ganization from taking over this work and the safety of the Whale he could not stand B,y United Press - service. 'US® ~.. tmxJ* V m '\ / , Police Watch Closely to inflict suffering on them. years attended the United Brethren ROME, Aug. 2.—Preparations for V seemed almost assured. Woolsey church. An adverse owed a $9,000 mortgage on his resi- He belonged to neither the investigation of the Polar flight ruling on the commis- Miss Frances Mary Matz city and State police from lodges city. sion’s decision by Radio Call for Help Both dence and SB,OOO in other debts. nor clubs of the of the dirigible Italia were advanced was obtained the trips former Governor in the Lake girls popularity many then on made frequent to Leb- Police Chief B. M. Avery of Ro- Story Is Thrilling One today on orders from Premier Benito Cir- Lots of win contests, but how of them can She was down about 720 miles cuit court. Judge E. Miles Norton, come back and win one the second year? Miss Frances Mary Matz, northwest of Horta, Azores, anon on tips that the fugitive was selle received a te’ephone call: The story of intrigue, of a bitter Mussolini. which originally appointed to the bench by Shortridge High School student, 3168 Kenwood Ave., did it. she left at 1:55 p. (E. TANARUS.) visiting his mother and other “Chief Avery, this is Dr. Arthur fight for the nomination, Meanwhile, rescued members of m. S. partisan Governor Goodrich, but since twice Miss Matz was chosen the most popular girl of the neighborhood Wednesday, there. F. Woolsey, 133 Sixth Ave. I wish struggle that unfortunate expedition await- and about 880 miles friends and of the final in the gen- elected, handed down the ruling fa- the lawn fete of Boy Scout 69, St. and Homer’s confessions today dis- you’d come over as soon as you get eral election is one of the most sen- ed an audience with the premier. at annual Troop Thirty-Fourth southwest of Cape Race, Newfound- Gen. Umberto Nobile, leader of voring the Winona company and Capitol Ave., last year. She kept right on being popular and won the land, her goal. The latitude was 42 closed that he went back to rob- time. I’ve just murdered my wife sational in American politics. reversing police the expedition, spent the entire ay t£ie commission ruling. same honor at this year's fete Saturday night. degrees north and 41 west. bery April 13, although sus- and two children.” Asa result of the killing, Caleb petition of the longitude in earlier Chief Wednesday with members of his Present citizens The call for help came about 5 pect he was involved Avery hurried to the ad- Powers, secretary of State, was tried appeals family and also entertained Capt. sets out that such court are a. m. (E. S. TANARUS.), flf- crimes. dress. Woolsey was sitting on the three times, once sentenced to hang, unconstitutional and that Lake Cir- approximately Police have made every effort to veranda, smoking a cigar. and to life imprisonment. Three Filippo Zappi, who with Capt. Adal- tee hours alter the Whale left the berto Mariano was rescued from an cuit court was without jurisdiction. Azores, and get Homer to name two accomplices “How do you do, chief,” Woolsey times the Supreme Court allowed a The STRICKEN; was picked up by sev- ice floe by the steamer Krassin. appeal was made possible un- TAX VALUATION eral VARE vessels. in the series of store hold-ups. At said. “Step upstairs with me, new trial, or freed him. der the 1927 statute, which was first he told detectives he would tell please.” After facing all this he was Nobile made two reports to Ad- Rescue appeared imminent short- miral Sirianni, under-secretary of ruled unconstitutional by Attorney ly if given assurance that he would The body of Mrs. Woolsey, washed elected to Congress from his home General Arthur L. but before noon today, as the Cedric the- navy, concerning the flight of Gilliom, nev- was only about be returned to prison as a parole carefully and free of bloodstains, district, and served the State there ertheless was signed by Governor IS NEAR DEATH SHIFTSMED 100 miles from the was for mnay years. the dirigible. Whale’s position when she violator only. on a bed. report covered the actual Ed Jackson. started “Now step in the next room,” Two One to her aid. Won’t Squeal on Pals others, James Howard and and the other Unity of operation always has Woolsey asked. There were the Youtsey, flight told of the If the Whale is picked up it will Henry an employe in hardships the six men endured on marked the telephone service in Senator-Elect Victim of Changes Made in 28 Coun- Today, however, he said he would bodies of the two boys, 8 and 4. Powers’ office, were sentenced to be only the fifth time in the peril- the ice fioe off Foyn Island. The Valparaiso, Chesterton, Hobart, not squeal, even if sent to the elec- Both had been shot in the head. life, and served part of the time. Wheeler and Kouts, but this is Apoplectic Stroke. ties by State Board. ous history of trans-Atlantic flying tric chair. The dentist The identity of the latter told of how the men waited broken by the that a plane’s has said he intended to man who act- around the little red silk tent after up commission, acting crew survived robberies: ually By Free* after being forced down on the The commit suicide, but lost his nerve. fired the shot never was es- May under the decision laid down by the United Changes In taxation valuations of Newman grocery, the Italia crashed 25. CITY, J., water. May 19, J. A. tablished with enough definiteness prepar- court. ATLANTIC N. Aug. 2. property ranging from increases up St, Nobile also is said to be The others were Harry C. Hawker 418 E. Morris SBO. to make a conviction stick. ing another report which probably New Trial Is Asked United States Senator-Elect Wil- to 50 per cent and reductions down May Kroger grocery, 501 Bu- to cent, today and McKenzie Grieve, who came 12, Sirianni Motion for -new trial has also S. of Pennsylvania suf- 5 per were ordered St., In Business in Indiana will be delivered to im- liam Vare the State tax down alongside a 1919 chanan $75.- SEVEN BLAST mediately. been filed with the court by Attor- by board In twenty- steamer in 13, Gelinan grocery, Throughout this, Taylor, as fered a stroke of apoplexy at Vent- eight counties. while making the first attempt to April Samuel Mr. ney Bruce B. Loring, who filed the the Ave., DIEJN head of the machine cross Atlantic in a 94 Virginia SIOO. accused of the commission petition. He has assert- nor, near here, today. His condi- The recommendations followed heavier-than- July 11, Frank Roesener Phar- murder, was in Indiana, in the in- air ship. Doubling of List Expected ed that if the judge rules against tion is said to be serious. conferences between county officials The navy NC-3, which macy, 801 S. Delaware St., $65. surance business. this motion, appeal will taken and the board during the came down HEAT WILL CONTINUE be to The Senator-elect has been liv- equaliza- near the Azores while in the same May 22, Western Oil filling sta- in Illinois Tragedy. Even Democrats still accuse Goe- the Indiana Supreme Court. Appeal tion period just completed. Recom- loot. Oil bel of stealing the nomination in ing at his summer home near here year flying with two sister ships tion, no will be based on alleged unconstitu- for several months. He has been mendations are forwarded to coun- across the Kroger grocery, 717 and all point to the law Atlantic. She made March 17, E. By United Press convention* Thunder Showers Are Pos- tionality of the 1927 act. failing in health for some time. ty boards of review for action. This land Twenty-Fifth St., LAWRENCEVILLE, 111., Aug. 2. that bore his name as the seat of all under her own power. S7O. “If the Public Service Commission The stroke, it is understood, left is part of the plan of equal and July Aelved Fowler drug store, The death toll of the oil still the trouble. This provided that the go 3, ex- sible. Says Forecaster. will this far to preserve the him paralyzed on one side of his uniform assessments as to local Left Lisbon on June 28 2334 E. Washington St. ,$125. plosion Wednesday at tnc plant of election commission should consist rights and interests of the city and body. units, as to classes of property in Colonel Francesco Two months ago, Kroger grocery the Indian Refining Company here of a Democrat and a Republican, With possible thundershowers and stay the actual the and the county De Pinedo, change of ownership Physicians said Mrs. Vare was county between forced -down near the in Muncie, SBO. mounted steadily today, with addi- and the sheriff of the county af- more hot weather in the offing, and management of the local tele- and State. Azores in fected, who was a Democrat almost prostrated from the shock of her 1927. He was towed to safety. Six weeks ago, Muncie drug tional deaths reported at the Good August promises to be a sort of repe- phone exchange until the new trial husband’s illness and had been County boards were ordered to store, Samaritan Hospital at Vincennes, invariably. tition of July, with its only or high court appeal meet next Tuesday to consider the Ruth Elder and George Halde- S4O. seven can be con- placed under the care of a physi- man, who Ind. There was no appeal from this perfectly clear days, cluded, the city will prove State tax board reports and take alighted alongside a Guilty of Burglary but 331.8 hours conclu- cian. Dutch Five of the thirty-six hurt in the board’s appointment of election offi- of sunshine. sively that the Illinois Bell better action. Reports back to the State tanker near the Azores in cials. 1927 and Homer pleaded guilty to first de- explosion died Wednesday night Summary of the July weather in can serve the telephone demands of By United Proa board must be made not later than were saved. gree burglary in Marion Criminal from burns suffered from the flam- Break in Party all its details, fair and foul, were this community than can the Good- PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 2. Dr. Aug. 13. Accompanying Courtney on his Court April 4, 1918, and was sen- ing oil. Two deaths were released rich-WiMnona company,” he de- Edwin A. Stretcher, personal physi- flight are E. B. Hosmer, millionaire additional The methods employed today by J. H. Armington, Montreal banker tenced by Judge James A. Collins reported today. Authorities held by Goebel Indianapolis meterologist, United clared. cian for Senator-elect William S. and backer of the in the nominating convention re- flight.; Fred Pierce, ior from ten to twenty years. little hope for the recovery of seven States Weather Bureau. There were Mileage Is Increased Vare, today said the Senator-elect mechanic; and sulted in party, E. W. His petitions for clemency in others,' who were among the most a break in the and twenty-one July days labeled “partly “In its investigations the was a "very sick man.” Gilmour, wireless operator. many Democrats scratched the on orig- SET MARKS All are British. February, 1925, and March, 1926, seriously injured. cloudy,” ten with .01 inch or more inal petition, the Public Service He said Vare did not have a ticket. Goebel’s election boards de- AIRJAIL The Whale left Lisbon were refused. The dead are: Jack Freese, 47; of rainfall, hemorrhage with the attack which on June clared him and two with .25 inch or Commission found that by actual Having served his minimum sen- Louis Hensley, 50; C. F. Gaddey, winner, but the State more he characterized as “a sort of 28 to fly across the ocean with a precipitation. mileage Valparaiso, Crown Point Mileage Flown and Volume stop tence, Homer finally was recom- 34; W. E. Hinton, 56: A. D. Jack- ooard, relic of the Democratic ma- Highest temperature stroke.” At noon Vare was resting at the Azores. chine Goebel reached was ando Chesterton were within a 16 mended for parole by trustees of man, 24; Frank Stout and Forest had smashed in gain- on July 7, when the mercury rose to 22 radius, while if the comfortably, the doctor said. Courtney’s caution and foresight ing control of the party, declared mile Wi- Records Fall. the Indiana State Prison, where he Lawson, all of Lawrenceville. to 91 degrees. 29, apparently has saved the lives of Taylor, the Lowest was July nona group comes into control this had been transferred July 25, 1918. The were injured when a Republican, to be the with degrees. greatest radius is United all four. He refused to fly men Governor. 55 The daily increased to from 40 to 50 HOLD 3 IN CAR THEFT Bn Press without Governor Jackson signed his parole 1,000-barrel steam still at the plant range was July 27, when there was miles. CHICAGO, Aug. 2.—Air mail radio equipment, and when the Goebel appealed to the Supreme July 12, 1927. was exploded by a small fire which a 23 degree spread. Due to the cold “It was this circumstance that planes established two records ship’s set went out of commission, Court, was turned down, and Wednesday, one for refused to Homer’s mother, Mrs. Anna Ho- started from a gasoline leak. Prop- and : caused the in its Negro Vouths Sold Property in Auto mileage flown, leave the Azores appealed to the damp spring weather there commission ruling until mer, living with a brother near erty damage was slight. Legislature. a of 334 degrees In to hold that never could approve and the other for volume of mail it was repaired. While this action was pending, deficiency total it to Buy Gas, Police Say. Lebanon, took advantage of a slight mean temperature since Jan. 1. of so arbitrary a division of the carried, the American Air Transport Goebel was shot by a rifleman youths sold three Association acquaintance with Hoy to plead .for July this year was warmer than telephone utility field.” Three Negro announced today. Her pleading was un- NO FEAR OF ‘TALKIES’ hidden in a building, on Jan. 30, “It was this circumstance shirts they found ‘in the car of The new records were achieved , Steamers Reach Scene clemency. 1900. He last, with less rainfall. that availing, pa- was sworn in as Gover- caused Judge in upset H. B. Farmer, 361 S. Emerson Ave., simultaneously with the inaugura- (By Radio via Chatham Mass.) but when Homer was Bn United Press a Norton his roled his mother she joined her nor day or so later, and died Feb. decision to remark that he was of to get money for gasoline with tion of new air-mail rates of 5 cents ABOARD S. S. CEDRIC, Aug. 1. to BRIDGEPORT. Conn., Aug. 2. year. asking that Hoy “take care” 3 of that In the meantime, WORKER’S LEG CRUSHED the opinion that Crown which to operate, the car after they for the ounce and 10 cents for —The American liners son in The talking movie never can affect Taylor, Valparaiso, first Minnewaska Mr. because of threats of i> it Wednesday, Lieut. Patrick each additional ounce. and President Hayes of returning Homer’s parole reports. the legitimate stage, Daniel Froh- Point and Gary might be served stole are in the Goebel followers, had fled to In- The left leg of William Brant, by one company—the Illinois Bell. O’Connor charged today. vicinity of the Courtney plane Claimed to Be Bus Driver man, noted theatrical producer, said Steal Playhouse diana. 20, of 328 Guilford Ave., was crushed “It confidently Is in Val- O'Connor and squad recovered the Child’s Whale in 42 north longi- parole report, In an interview here. believed Utiitcd latitude The first submitted Mr. Taylor was a native of this morning when he was caught in paraiso that if the Goodrich-Wi- car and slated William Scott, 17, of Bn Press tude 41, west, and are for “The ‘Talkie’ never can success- CHICAGO, Aug. 2.—A child’s searching Aug. 1, 1927, reported him driving Morgantown, Ky. He had been a gear of a steam shovel excavating nona group had not forced its hand, 1037 Maple St.; Charles Williams, her, the S. S. Minnetonka, People’s fully reproduce the personality of attorney playhouse, including a small table advised a Motor Coach Company general before his party the new Butler University grounds, the Illinois Bell would be in com- 16, of 2322 Howard St., and Zebelee us by radio today. bus here. It countersigned my the actor as it is brought out on picked him as standard bearer for Forty-Ninth and four small chairs, was the loot was St. and Capitol Ave. plete control of the telephone field Mathews, 17, of 2222 Miller St. on of thieves who raided the back yard The Minnetonka advised all ships his employer, William Maley. the stage,” he said. the election battle with Goebel. He was sent to Methodist Hospital. in the Calumet district.” vehicle taking charges. of Mrs. A. A. Clement here. of the position of the Whale and From that time until they ceased the fact that the American steam- last May, Homer personally carried ers had reached there. his monthly report to Hoy in Leb- NEW GANG WAR THREAT anon. Homer had taken employment MENACES PEACE AND PROFITS OF CHICAGO RACKETEERS as salesman for an Indianapolis Bn United Press nounced DIES OF BLAST BURNS 'lacking company, Hoy said he was open warfare, causing a sudden activity Sheldon is in Phoenix, Ariz., at- every one tending to Aug. 2.—Hughey hurried conference of those lead- ■Jk/TcGOVERN’S his own kill purely through a desire to let old. resulted from his discovery tempting to regain his health. business CHICAGO,(Stubby) McGovern, 5 feet 4 ers on hand in an attempt and all factions profit- blood flow. It was McGovern, ac- Thomtown Man Succumbs to Stove "I didn’t know Homer very well," to Stanton has been left in charge of ing by the peace. inches tall, has declared war on placate the little, hot-tempered that Ralph Sheldon hasn’t been cording to circles, who Explosion Injuries. Hoy admitted, “but I knew his the Sheldon gang. during informed the entire list of gang leaders in gunman. doing right by him in the beer And But now there seems to be little took the recent shots mother. When he showed up every the leader's absence his hold at Spike E. E. Moore, Thorntown, Ind., Chicago, including Spike O’Don- on hope that a war may be averted. O’Donnell and at Danny McFall. died early today month with his report, I had no A1 Capone has thrown all his racket. He found that Ralph has the south side beer has at Methodist Hos- nell, A1 Capone, Ralph Sheldon, racket Police circles are watching all de- Neither was struck, but the pital reason to question the truthfulness resources and all his influence been shorting him around $1,500 lessened. inten- as the result of wounds re- of Spike Brown, Eddie Donovan and velopments closely. tion was there. ceived when a gas stove exploded his statements. There was into the breach, hoping to prevent a week on the beer earnings for The leaders are openly appre- Danny Stanton. * * nothing wrong about my signing the last two-years. hensive over the situation. They * McGovern set up a target range the reports, but I never signed any McGovern, declared *o be one of open deadljrwarfare.A1 came here Hor.rly Temperatures McGovern has been one of do not want one of the deadly is known in gang- In the"basement jpf his home some 71 10 81 for anyone else and from the most brutal and cold blooded from Miami last week-end and Sheldon’s ranking .7 a. m.... a. m.... now on lieutenants, but feuds to spring up. Things have McGOVERNland as a killer. His ene- time ago, and through constant Ba. m.... 74 11 83 l don’t intend to.” of all the gangsters here, has an* with his henchmen, a. m.... met now the break has come, bean going very nicely of late, * ( known 4 mies declare be has bees so uractics has become a dMUx IhPi. _ 8 19 13 .(noon),. S3