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SCRIPPS-HOWARD
STEEL, MOTOR
COMBINE MAY
BATTLE FID
Automobile Struggle Might
Extend to Fight for In
dustrial Domination.
DU PONT EXTENDS FIELD
Detroit ‘Flivver Maker’ Is
, Girding for Fray With
J, Ads; New Model.
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(,'nited Pr.css
NEW YORK, July 27.— Reports of
an approaching link between the
General JVfotors Corporation and
the United States Steel Corporation
led observers to speculate today
upon the possibility that the sup
posedly impending battle between
General Motors and Henry Ford for
supremacy in the automotive field
might be extended into a gigantic
competition for American industrial
domination.
While Wall Street studied the. M
otors and Steel earnings reports made
public yesterday, reports that Pierre
S. Du Pont, chairman of General
Motors, and an important figure in
the Du Pont explosive companies,
would become a director of the Steel
Corporation and might even suc
ceed Judge Elbert H. Gary as chair
man, gained wide circulation.
Du Pont Influence Spreads
It was understood that overtures
for placing a motors executive or
the Steel board came from the
steel company because of the re
markable record of the present man
agement of General Motors.
The Motors executives, however,
were understood to have refused to
consider the plan unless methods o
conducting affairs of the Steel Cor
poration were changed to accord
more nearly with the methods
which have proved so successful in
the automotive field.
Du Pont interests have purchased
114,000 shares of steel stock in re
cent months.
k Ford Controls Vast Interests
P If pierre Du Pont became chair
man of the Steel Corporation, the
Du Pont family, already strongly
represented in some railroads,
would have widespread influence in
the three great branches of current
industry, steel, motors and rails.
Ford already has absolute control
over his great motor company and
over a miscellaneous collection of
railroads, coal mines and other in
dustries.
Thus the way would be prepared,
according to speculations of ob
servers, for a conflict which could
easily dwarf any of the colorful
nineteenth century struggles of
American financial giants.
The General Motors-Ford battle
for motor domination already has
passed the preliminary stage, and
at the moment General Motors un
doubtedly has gained a slight ad
vantage. Its earnings statement for
the first six months of 1927, show
a net profit of $129,250,207, the larg
est six months’ profit ever made by
a corporation except the abnormal
war-time earnings of U. S. Steel.
But increasing evidence comes
from Detroit that Ford has fully
awakened to the threatened loss of
the motor dominance he has held
so long.
Reports that a $15,000,000 adver
tising appropriation had been made
for the Ford company for the cur
rent year shows greatly stimluated
Interest in sales promotion.
Wait on New Model
And Ford has been preparing for
.months for a typical stroke of Ford
[drama with his new model.
For months rumors of the new
model have been permitted to leak
from the Dearborn factory, but not
an authoritative word of its design
or the changes it involves has yet
been published.
Motor sales in many places were
reported to have dropped consider
ably because of anxiety over pos
sible effect of the new Ford model
on demands for other cars.
Illness of Judge Gary, who was
finable to attend yesterday’s steel
directors’ meeting, added to the un
certainty of the situation.
REINSTATE FIRING COP
Schoen Gets Job Back, Despite
Verdict of Guilty.
Norman Schoen, motorcycle po
liceman assigned to park board, was
reinstated today as result of ac
tion by the board of safety Tues
day.
Schoen has been under suspen
sion since shooting and injuring a
small girl some time ago while chas
ing a speeder. He was found guilty
by the board Tuesday, but was re
instated at request of R. Walter
Jarvis, superintendent of parks, and
representatives of the Southeastern
Civic Association.
COL. CARRINGTON SUED
Lawyer Asks $20,000 Fee for Sensa
tional Divorce Trial.
Bn United Press
CHICAGO, „ July 27.—An after
math of Col. Edward C. Carring
ton's “brother against brother” di
vorce suit appeared when attorney
Paulus Koenig sued the New York
millionaire for $20,000 fees in the
case. __
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Generally fair, continued warm tonight and Thursday.
VOLUME 39—NUMBER 66
Famous Film
Writer Dies
at Theater
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June Mathis
June Mathis Screams to
Mother and Succumbs
Moment Later.
Bu United Press
NEW YORK, July 27. - June
Mathis, who has thrilled millions by
the drama and tragedy of her screen
scenarios, made a sudden and dra
matic exit from life while hundreds
of spectators at a play looked on.
Seated with her mother in the
Forty-Eighth St. theater last night,
watching a performance of. the
highly emotional play, “The Squall,”
Miss Mathis suddenly screamed,
“mother, mother, I’m dying.”
The theater was in a commotion.
Men and women pushed forward,
■actors faltered in their lines and
Miss Mathis was carried out.
They laid her in an alley along
side the theater. When a doctor
examined her, she was dead.
Believed Heart Disease
No explanation of cause of death
had been made today, pending a
thorough examination, but it was
believed to have been heart disease.
The audience, panicky at Miss
Mathis’ cry, tried to push forward,
but ushers held the spectators in
check.
The mother refused 4o believe her
daughter was dead and for an hour
or so cradled her daughter in her
arms, chaffed her wrists and sobbed
out, “June! June! Speak to me.”
At last an ambulance came and
the body was taken to a funeral
parlor, where an autopsy will be
performed today.
Discoverer of Valentino
Miss Mathis was about 35 years
old and held two distinctions—she
was the highest paid scenario writer
and she was the discoverer of Ru
dolph Valentino’s possibilities as a
screen hero.
Among the better know pictures
adapted by Miss Mathis were “Four
Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” ‘‘The
Rajah,” “The Ten Commandments,”
“Blood and Sand,” “Turn to the
Right,” and “Camille.” She was at
one time an actress and played in
“Brewster’s Millions” and “The
Fascinating Widow.”
She was the wife of Silvanio Bal
coni. also of Hollywood. She came
to New York two months ago to
visit her mother.
RIVER CONTRACT LET
Charles Jefferson Gets
Dredging, Widening Job.
A contract for dredging and wi
dening White River between Morris
and Raymond Sts. and constructing
a sixty ?five-foot levee with thirty
foot roadway on top along the east
side, was awarded by the board of
works today to Charles E. Jefferson,
Indianapolis.
Jefferson was the low bidder with
an offer of $497,390.05.
The board made the award with
out comment upon recommendation
of City Civil Engineer Paul R.
Brown.
Rumors that the bids were to be
held up were current during the
past week because of several con
ferences between Mayor John L
Duvall, Brown and the board of
works.
Family With Tails Is
Believed Evolution Link
By United Press '
SYDNEY, Australia, July 27.—Reports of a family in which
every member except the mother posseses a perfect tail which, in
the case of the father can be wagged as though it were a dog’s,
has excited the interest <"f medical men here.
The father, a 10-year-old son and two daughters, 3 and 6, re
spectively, have tails.
The grandparents of the children were normal, and the father
and the children are normal except for the tails which grow from
the bases of their spines.
No ill effects have been suffered by any member of the family.
The growth of the tails has coincided and has been in proportion to
the growth of the remainder of the body.
“There is no doubt that this family possessing perfect tail ap
pendages is anthropologically very important. They are noteworthy
links in the chain of man’s evolution,” declared a Sydney medical
man.
A reputable Sydney newspaper investigated the story of the
tailed family and vouched for its existence.
DUNUVY BARS
CITY MANAGER
VOTUN FALL
Judge Issues Order Banning
Commission Election
Before 1929.
MAY APPEAL DECISION
Case Likely to Be Taken to
State Supreme Court
by Board.
Superior Judge William O. Dun
lavy today ruled the election of
commissioners under the city man
ager form should not be held this
fall.
Dunlavy issued a temporary order
against the manager election board
restraining it from ordering an elec
tion before the fall of 1929.
The election board filed a friendly
suit before Dunlavy to obtain a
court ruling on the legal date for
the election. The board had set
Nov. 8 for the vote. The suit was
filed with Edward Snider as plain
tiff.
May Take Appeal
There was possibility that an ap
peal will be carried to the Supreme
Court to test validity of the Sims
amendment passed by the 1927 as
sembly.
The Sims amendment, designed to
save Mayor Duvall and the Evans
ville mayor, provided that the city
manager form could not become ef
fective until after the incumbent
mayor served his legal term. Some
attorneys argue Sims measure
is unconstitutional.
Dunlavy held that a section of
the Sims law in effect amends the
Section of the city manager law of
1921 which provided that the elec
tion of commissioners could be held
the same year as citizens voted to
have the election.
In effect, the judge holds that the
Sims law supersedes this provision,
.making it impossible to hold the i
election until November, 1929.
Committee to Meet
The manager policy Committee,
headed by Henry L. Ditmer. will
meet Thursday with counsel to de
cide whether to take an appeal.
Election Board Attorney Clinton
H. Givan, Fred C. Gause, L. Ert
Slack, Harvey Hartsock and
Claude H. Anderson, manager execu
tive secretary, attorneys, will be con
sulted by the policy commitee.
SHAW IN ITALY DODGES
TASK OF ‘MOVING DAY’
Novelist 71 Years Old; Will Pay
Visit to Mussolini.
Bn United Press
LONDON, July 26.—George Bern
ard Shaw elected to spend his
seventy-first birthday anniversary in
Italy, Tuesday, while his wife and
his secretary moved his littered
books, papers and clippings from his
flat in the Adelph, between the busy
Strand and the Thames, to anew
and more modern one in Whitehall
Court, a couple of blocks away.
Shaw expects to see Premier Mus
solini during his visit.
At Whitehall Court, Shaw will be
a flat mate to H. G. Wells.
POISON CAUSES DEATH
Despondency Given as Motive for
John Frey Tragedy.'
Funeral arrangements are being
made for John Frey, 29, of 856 East
ern Ave., who died on the way to
the city hospital Tuesday night from
poison taken his home. Despond
ency was given as the motive by
relatives.
Police were told by the widow that
she heard her husband breathing
heavily and found him unconscious.
Coroner C. H. Keever is investigat
ing.
SAVES TWO CHILDREN
Logansport Women Prevents Drown
ing After Auto Crash.
Bu United Press
LOGANSPORT, Ind., July 27.*
Although pinned beneath an auto
mobile after it had left the road,
Mrs. Charles Anders released herself
in time to rescue her two daughters
from drowning in a three-foot
stream Tuesday night.
INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27,1927
Inasmuch —
No Whisky Could Be
Found for Medicine,
Terre Haute Baby Dies.
By United Press
mERRE HAUTE, Ind.. July
27.—Inability to find a few
drops of pure whisky cost
the life of one of his triplets,
thinks W. F. Lenges. The child
had a convulsion when nine days
old.
The family physician recom
mended a few drops of pure whis
ky in either milk or water. Lenges
walked the town and couldn’t find
the whisky.
The child died a few hours
later. And Lenges said: "When
the Governor and Attorney Gen
eral needed it for their dear ones,
they got it, but I didn't.”
FISTS FLY AT
CITYHALL TILT
Paving Men Wax Pugilistic;
One Arrested.
Paul Gray, 29, of 4105 Graceland
Ave„ and R. F. Lee, 41, of 1518 N.
New Jersey St., representatives of
the waning asphalt-concrete paving
interests, came to blows today in
city hall corridor, according to
police.
Sergt. Ralph Dean and Patrolmen
Nagelson and Hubbart rang the bell.
Gray, Marion County Construction
Company superintendent and as
phalt contractor, was arrested on a
charge of assault and battery on a
warrant signed by Lee.
Lee is a promoter for the National
Concrete Association and recently
circulated a k petition for concrete
among Bicking St. residents.
The paving war was agitated by
the elimination of concrete from
board of works street specifications
on recommendation of former City
Engineer Frank C. Lingenfelter.
Concrete promoters now must ob
tain petitions of property owners be
fore concrete is included in bids for
improvements.
The fight followed an argument
in the corridor while the works
board was ir. session.
50,000 ARE EXPECTED
AT W. MICHIGAN PARTY
Celebration of Widened Street to
Be Held Thursday Night.
Attendance of 50,000 is expected .
at the W. Michigan St. celebration i
Thursday night according to L. B.j
Calvelage, W. Michigan St. Improve
ment Association president.
The event will celebrate the
widening and resurfacing of W.
Michigan St. from White River Blvd.
to Holmes Ave.
The street will be blocked to pre
vent traffic from interfering with
the festivities, Roscoe Cinkle, 1934
W. Michigan St., said.
Mounted police, five bands and a
delegation of city officials will lead
a parade. Dancing between King
and Belleview PI. will follow.
Former Mayor Lew Shank and
Michael E. Foley, park commission
er, are scheduled to speak.
LINDY FLIESJN GALE
Arrives at Albany in Wake
of Storm.
ALBANY, N. Y.. July 27.—C01.
Charles A. Lindbergh arrived over
the Albany airport at 2:05 this aft
ernoon, in the wake of a violent
thunderstorm, on the seventh leg of
his cross-country flight.
SPRINGFIELD, Vt., July 27.—C01.
Charles A. Lindbergh took off from
the Springfield air field at 11:20 a.
m„ Eastern daylight time, today for
Albany, N. Y„ on the seventh leg of
his national air tour.
Hundreds were at the airport to
see the flier off.
Lindbergh planned to fly over
over Plymouth, where President
Coolidge was born, Keene, Brattle
boro and Bennington before enter
ing New York State.
BRIDGE BIDS OPENED
Highway Commission Gets Offers
on Jobs in 19 Counties.
Bids on twenty-eight bridge con
struction jobs in nineteen counties
were opened today by the State
Highway Commission. Eighty-three
bids were received.
Low bids on seventeen contract
projects totaled $262,776. The* en
gineer’s estimate was $294,850.
The majority of the bridges are
small projects in advance of forth
coming road improvements or re
placements made necessary by obso
lete types which gave way to traffic
strain, Director John D. Williams
•said.
Hourly Temperatures
6 a. m 68 10 a. m.... 82
7 a. m 70 11 a. m 84
8 a. m 74 12 (noon) . 85
S a. m...... 78 1 p. m...... 89
LEGISLATORS
| QUIZZED BY
grand JURY
Dickerman, De Haven and
Duncan Questioned in
Political Probe.
MAY FOREGO VACATION
All Documents Turned Over
by Attorney Hill Put Be
fore Grand Jury.
Altering its original plan, the
Marion county grand jury today
swung into the investigation of the
disclosures from D. C. Stephenson
black boxes.
Calling of three Marion county
legislators before the jury indicated
that the first tack of the new in
vestigation into political corruption
is into Stephenson’s vaunted manip -
| illation of the 1925 Indiana General
Assembly.
State Representative Russell V.
Duncan was with the jury for
an hour, Representative H. Walker
De Haven was in the jury room for
ten minutes and Senator Fred M.
Dickerman was interviewed for
about twenty minutes, at intervals,
during the morning.
The interviewing of Duncan kept
the grand jury in session until 1:20
p. m„ the longest session this year.
The jury will reconvene at 9 a.
m. Thursday and more witnesses
will be called.
Before Duncan went into the
room he remarked to newspaper
men:
“It's my guess that I’m here in
regard to some Federal Bldg, ap
pointments."
Remy Back on Job
Prosecutor Remy, who has been
home ill for several days, was on
the Job today. He, Special Prose
cutor Emsley W. Johnson and John
W. Holtzman, and Deputy Prosecu
tor William H. Sheaffcr were with
the jury all morning.
Johnson took a straw suitcase full
of Stephenson's papers to the grand
jury room. 11 was so heavy he
staggered as he came up the stair
way.
The original plan of ‘he jury was
to spend about a week going over
the huge volumes ol testimony taken
by former grand juries while the
prosecutors sorted the material ob
tained from Stephenson's black
boxes and files of correspondence.
It was indicated that the jury now
will forego the August vacation and
plunge directly into investigation of
the leads provided from the black
boxes.
Checks Given to Jury
Stephenson's check for $2,500
made payable to Ed Jackson,
and alleged by Stephenson to be
one-foutrh of a SIO,OOO contribution
to Jackson’s campaign fund, and all
other checks turned over by Ste
phenson’s attorney, Lloyd O. Hill,
to The Times were presented to the
grand jury today.
The Times surrendered the checks
to' Special Prosecutors John W.
Holtzman and Emsley W. Johnson,
at Johnson’s request.
Last October, when existence ot
the check first was claimed, Jack
son denied that he “ever received
$5,000 or any amount” from Ste
phenson for campaign purposes. Be
yond this, the Governor “had noth
ing to say.”
“Payment for Horse”
When a photograph of the check
recently was published in the Times,
Jackson first said “I have nothing
to say,” but later said the check was
payment for “a valuable horse and
equipment."
The horse subsequently choked to
death on a com cob and his care
taker fixed S3OO as a high price for
the steed.
Checks to “Big Jack” Jackson,
negro newspaper publisher, Vivian
T. Wheatcraft, and others turned
over to the grand jury were alleged
to have been spent to finance Jack
son’s gubernatorial campaign.
LIMIT CONVICTS’ DIET
Bread and Water Decreed for Beat
ing Underworld Traitors.
By United Press
CHICAGO, July 27.—One hun
dred prisoners at Cook County jail
began a sentence of a week to a
diet of bread and water today be
cause some of their number severely
beat two confessed bandits who
turned State’s evidence.
William Decker, 19. and Walter
Michael, 25, the men attacked, said
they could not identify their assail
ants and other prisoners refused to
name the ring leaders in the riot.
The bread-and-water sentence was
therefore made general for inmates
of the section of the jail involved.
AX SLAYER HUNTED
South Bend Man Dies Following
Unexplained Attack.
By United Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind., July 27.—Po
lice were searching today for an ax
killer, who Tuesday afternoon fatal
ly injured Arthur Kare, 52, room
ing house keeper. Kare's almost
lifeless body was found late Tuesday
night and rushed to a hospital
where he died. One suspect is be
ing held by police. No motive for
the attack has been found,
Entered as Second-Class Matter
at Poatofflce, Indianapolis
TIMES TURNS OVER
CHECKS TO JURORS
The grand jury today is in possession of the canceled checks turned
over to The Times at the order of D. C. Stephenson.
At the request of the special prosecutors, who had been informed in
advance of their publication that they were at all times available for
any purpose, The Times delivered these documents.
The complete list of checks turned over to the Marion County grand
jury by The Indianapolis Times today follows:
Drawn to Amount Notation Made by D. C. Stephenson
Ed Jackson s2,soo.oo—This check is the first one-fourth of
SIO,OOO given Jackson personally for pri
mary exoenses.
H. R. Bennett s66.4o—Expense driving Jackson, paying bills,
etc., for party.
H. R. Benentt sso.oo—Driver of Jackson, reporters and others
in fall election, 1924.
H. R. Benentt sso.oo—Salary and expense, driving Jackson and
party.
Howard Bennett s324.99—Expense Jackson meetings, hotels, car, etc,
W. Boyer s2oo.oo—Send workers to Logansport and Peru.
Wm. Boyer s3oo.oo—Payment of bills incurred in primary and
to send man to South Bend to check up
after primary and convention.
Wm. Danner sll7.4o—send men to Richmond for two weeks.
Wm. Danner s7s.49—Expense check while driving my car with
Jackson in primary.
Omar F. Brown sso.oo—Hall rent for Jackson meeting at Kokomo.
Fiery Cross sl,soo.oo—Put up to keep this paper going so It
could be used in 1924 campaign to keep
’em stirred up for Jackson primary fight.
Rep. State Committee sl,ooo.oo—Donation to State committee at Jackson
request.
The Union sloo.oo—Colored paper owned by H. W. Bassett—
for Jackson publicity.
Rev. G. I. Jackson slso.oo—Colored minister for work in behalf of
Jackson.
Mrs. Edna Walling $175.98 —Working in behalf of Jackson.
Hendren Printing Cos. .s3B9.9o—Printing Jackson campaign literature.
V. Wheatcraft s24o.oo—Salary for Mrs. Fleming for work at Re
publican headquarters while in Jackson
campaign.
Edw Tegtmeier ssoo.oo—To send five men to St. Joseph County
for two weeks each, preparing organiza
tion for Jackson.
D. J. Thornton s62.27—Jackson speaker.
D. J. Thornton s94.73—Jackson Speaker.
C. A. Sanders sl2o.oo—Speaker, salary check, working and
speaking for Jackson in Fifth District—
Terre Haute. Vigo County.
C. A. Sanders s6o.oo—Jackson speaker.
W. H. Jackson s6oo.oo—Owner of Indianapolis Leader for Jack
• son publicity among colored people.
Cash s32o.oo—"Big Jack,” owner of Ledger, colored
paper, for Jackson publicity and to use
among colored people who could be In
duced to work in behalf of Ed.
Cash s2oo.oo—Paid to Indianapolis Ledger—“ Big Jack's”
paper— for Jackson publicity.
Cash s2oo.oo—Paid to Indianapolis Ledger for Jackson's
last primary publicity.
Cash ssoo.oo—Payment of Marion County workers (and
committeeman) at county convention (to
name chairman).
Cash $500.00 Send workers to Ft. Wayne and Hunt
ington.
Cash ssoo.oo—This cr*cck was for Lake County workers,
five vry.x for two weeks each.
Cash s2oo.oo—Send men to Lafayette for Jackson.
Cash sloo.oo Expense for Jacksor's hotel bills during
primary.
Checks made out to “cash” which Stephenson's notes say were for
Indianapolis Ledger—colored paper—bear the indorsement of that
newspaper.
DALE HOME TO
GET CHAPERONE
Editor Seeks Sheriff to Get
Him in Prison.
Bit United Press
MUNCIE, Ind . July 27.—George
R. Dale, after an unsuccessful at
tempt to gain admission to the State
penal farm Tuesday, returned to
Muncie today and arranged for his
transfer to the Putnamville institu
tion Saturday morning.
Sheriff Harry McCauley said
Deputy Sheriff Luke Rowan will ac
company Dale. The latter, who has
attempted for four years to avoid
the ninety-day sentence imposed by
Judge Clarence W. Dearth for al
leged contempt of court, was refused
admittance to the state farm for
lack of the necessary comitment
papers. On his arrival at the farm,
he will be granted a parole as
recommended by the board of
trustees.
Dale said today his futile visit yes
terday was due to a misunderstand
ing. He had been informed by Gov
ernor Jackson’s secretary, he said,
that it would only be necessary to
exhibit receipts for his SSOO fine and
the court costs.
SHOWERS DRENCH CITY
Small Area Got Quarter Inch of
Rain Tuesday Night.
A thunder shower in Indianapolis
Tuesday night was accompanied by
one-fourth inch rainfall, according
to the United States Weather Bu
reau. The storm covered a small
area, according to Meteorologist J.
H. Armington.
Ed Jackson Is Governor
and Detour Is Detour
By Times BptcM
FT. WAYNE, Ind., July 27.—That Ed Jackson Is Governor of
Indiana made no difference to a road construction foreman who
compelled the Governor to turn back his car after an attempt to
drive over a newly paved stretch of highway not yet opened to traffic.
The Governor, in a car driven by a chauffeur, was on his way
to the Governors* conference at Mackinac Island, Michigan. At
a point on the upper Huntington road (Federal road No. 24), be
tween Roanoke and Ft. Wayne, the following encounter took place:
“You can’t go on up that road,” the foreman of the construction
gang bellowed at Governor Jackson as the Governor’s chauffeur
brought his car to a standstill near where the contractor’s crew
Is now building shoulders and berms along the new pavement.
“This road’s not open. Didn’t you see the barricade?” the fore
man asked.
“I don’t believe yo uknow me,” replied the man in the car.
“I’m Ed Jackson, Governor of Indiana.”
“I don’t care if you are the President of the United States, you
are not going up that road," declared the foreman, undaunted.
“Well, how do I get out of here?" asked Governor Jackson.
“How did you get in here?” countered the foreman. “You go
out the same way.”
CLING TO HOPE
IN NAVY SNARL
Austen Chamberlain Views
Pact as Possible.
Bn United Press
LONDON. July 27.—Temporary
arrangements for Immediate future
of cruiser building ought to be
reached without difficulty. Sir Aus
ten Chamberlain, foreign secretary,
said today in a statement on the
Geneva conference in the house of
commons. He was emphatic, how
ever in saying that “Britain cannot
be asked to give any such temporary
arrangement the appearance of an
immutable principle which might be
treated as a precedent.”
Sir Austin announced it was im
possible to give the British limita
tions proposition in detail, and said
his statement was designed to re
move misunderstandings.
There has been much complaint
in the London press that American
newspapers ha\ misinterpreted
events at President Coolidge’s con
ference, which ha"9*been stalemated
by the problem of cruisers.
W. C. Bridgeman, first lord of the
admiralty, and Viscount Cecil, prin
cipal British delegates, departed for
Geneva today, and at best their
parting words were interpreted as
meaning that the situation had
grown worse.
KIWANIS HONOR LIEBER
■
Club Pays Tribute to Former Presi
dent at Luncheon.
Robert Lieber day was obyrved
by the Kiwanis Club at a luncheon
today at the Claypool Hotel in hon
or of Robert Lieber, president of the
club in 1918.
HOME
TWO CENTS
Outside Marlon
County $ Cent*
SIEVE CHECK
FOR $24,000
GIVENJUCK
Ex*Klan and U. S. District
Attorney Asserts He
Received Money.
PAPERS BEFORE JURY
Documents Showing Aid to
Jackson’s Candidacy
Turned Over.
D. C. Stephenson’s checks, some
of which The Times turned over to
Marlon County prosecutors today,
and one of which the prosecutors
obtained from Stephenson's black
boxes, told two more interesting
stories.
First, the story of the $24,000
check from the black boxes was dis
closed.
The check, it is understood, was
made out to L. Ert Slack, former
United States district attorney, and
afterward attorney for the Ku-Klux
Klan in several Federal Court
cases.
Says He Received Check
Slack said that there was nothing
to hide about the check and readllv
discussed it. He said that he re
ceived SI,OOO cash fee and a check
for $24,000, which he divided with
his associates of defense counsel for
the Klan in the Federal court case
in which the American Unity
League of Chicago, publishers for
"Tolerance,” sought possession of
Klan records. The Klan won the
suit.
“I was employed by the national
organization of the Klan,” said
Slack, “and while the details are
not fresh in my mind, I believe I
got SI,OOO cash and this $24,000
check. I do not remember who
signed the check.”
i The other story was in connec
tion with the series of checks Steph
enson gave to H. R. Bennett, his
former chauffeur, with notations
that they were for expenses incurred
in aiding the candidacy or Ed Jack
son for Governor.
These checks were given to the
prosecutors by Tne Times today and
are listed elsewhere In this issue.
Assigned as Jackson's Driver
In this connection, the statement
of Bennett, given to a Times staff
correspondent at Columbus, Ohio,
Oct. 10, 1926, was recalled.
“I was assigned by D. C. Stephen
son to drive Governor Ed Jackson
over the State while he was mak
ing his campaign speeches, shortly
after Jackson made his keynote
speech at Newcastle in 1924,” said
Bennett.
“We arrived at Vincennes about
two days after I was assigned and
D. C. Stephenson had sent me in
advance with about SiQO and pre
viously had instructed me to take
care of all Jackson’s expenses and
my own.
“The expense of that campaign
to me, hotel bills, meals, upkeep of
the automobile, would total about
SIOO.
Paid Jackson’s Expenses
“I paid the expense and turned in
the account to Fred Butler,
Stephensons secretary. I was with
Jackson about six weeks. The
Studebaker Six touring car that I
drove was the property of D. C.
Stephenson. Jackson rode in this
car. I drove the car about four or
five thousand miles all over the
state.
“I paid Jackson's expenses with
Stephenson's money. I expect I
spent SI,OOO of Stephenson's money
on Jackson.
“I had special instruction* from
Stephenson to pay all expenses of
Ed Jackson.
“One day during the campaign.
Jackson, Stephenson and George
Coffin (Republican county chair
man) had dinner at Stephenson'*
home and had a very secret con
ference behind locked doors.
"After that, I received Instructions
from Stephenson not to permit any
one to Interrupt them or come near
enough to overhear their conversa
tion.”
SANDINO’S MEN ROUTED
Marines Kill Several Nicaraguans
Attempting Ambush.
Bu United Press
MANAGUA. Nicaragua, July 87.
A mixed column of , American
marines and American-officered
Nicaraguan constabulary killed sev
eral and wounded a score of the
troops of the liberal leader, General
Sandino, who attempted to ambush
them.
By excellent handling of his force.
Major O. Flqyd, marine officer com
manding the column, quickly routed
Sandino’s force. One marine and
several constabulary were wounded.
The action occurred about twenty
miles from Occtal.
BALLOON RACE DATE SET
Sixteen Entries Will Start From
Detroit, Sept. 10.
Bu f'nitrri Prrss
WASHINGTON. July 27.—Sept.
10 has been definitely set as the
date of the Gordon Bennett Inter
national balloon race, starting from
Detroit, according to the National
Aemautic Association. Sixteen bal
loons from eight nations have been
entered.