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TALE OF TAMMANY
Tiger’s Roar Heard Across U. S.
v Th ' Tammanr Ti*ar rowl . . . and his ero*l 1* hsard not onlv in N>w
*.' ,r ** 'v' populous horongh*, but in volinr booths on far-distant Main strrotr
_ • •* e land 1 What makes the vheel* go round in the unparalleled political
jnarhtne that Is Tammanr Hall? How has it sustained itself and grown in power
through sears of pnliitiral turmoil? Who are its leaders, past and present'
These questions are answered in a series of three articles, of which this is the
first, written for The Times and NF.A Service.
, BY GENE COHN
SKA Service Writer
YORK, Oct. 13.—1 tis not by accident that The Sidewalks of
New York" happens to be a tune recognized and cheered by the
throngs at a Democratic convention. Nor is it by accident that a great
party figure turns out to be an A1 Smith, with a picturesquely slanted
cigar in one corner of the mouth and a brown derby tilted in the opposite
direction. For A1 is from the sidewalks of New York, and his entrance
usually is accompanied by the "East Side, West Side" refrain. And there
was Jimmy Walker's climb from an
obscure figure in Greenwich village.
There are dozens of others.
For years this has been part and
parrel of the Tammany legend;
tha* chieftains rise from lowly
backgrounds'
a an
\ LL of which is part of a tale
which began way back when
old New York was young.
It came to pass that there were
horn some shrewd politicians who
awakened to the fact that the vote
of an oppressed, ignorant, and ex
ploited immigrant from Europe
was quite as good as that of an
aristocratic and bewigged fellow
who happened to be two leaps re
moved from the American Revolu
tion. Massed downtown in that sec
tion of New York, know r n as the
Five Corners, the immigrant vote grew so strong that sometimes there
appe ired to be two votes instead of one per voter.
What is this powerful political unit which brings wrinkles to the
brow of a presidential candidate and has the power to change many lesser
political destinies? How does it function and how do the cogs fit to-
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John Curry, grand sachem of
Tammany Hall
interested in getting one of the 195
lirenses that, the City of New York issues to various trades and busi
nesses. A sick fireman wants to be transferred, and a street cleaner can't
stand the winter breezes.
The district leader hears every one on every subject. He is patient,
a gcod adviser, and he makes copious notes. Thus does he make friends
Beyond that, he becomes a boun
tiful host. In warm weather he
takes crowds of children for boat
rides. He stages excursions and
picnics and clam bakes.
Food is distributed to many of
the needy. Children are given
Christmas parties and presents are
distributed. Thus they become the
inend of Tammany almost from the
cradle.
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DISTRICT leaders are named
according to assembly districts.
There are thirty-five such leaders.
Since -women have had the vote,
there are thirty-five feminine co
workers.
The women are given, much re
sponsibility, but not a great deal
of prominence. They are used chief
ly at election time.
New York does not have thirty
live assembly districts, but many
districts have two leaders when the
population is particularly great or
if districts have been merged.
Each district leader has a captain.
Each captain has a staff of lieuten
ants. Most of them are locally
prominent in public life. Most Tam
many Club members hold city jobs.
At election time it's up to the
captain and his staff to get out the
votes. Rewards and punishments
await the varied results. A cap
tain who can get big results will go
far. One who doesn’t will come to
a hasty finish.
These votes, of course, are Demo
cratic votes, since Tammany is
nothing more nor less than the
Democratic county organization.
This organization, however, has
been gradually changing and its
strength has been shifting. If the
Tiger’s skin shows alterations, it’s
because the face of the city has
been lifted and altered.
The old East Side is not what it
used to be. Vast millions have
moved, with Brooklyn as the favor
ite changing point. The Bronx, too,
has taken tens of thousands from
the old tenements. The power
which once rested in the East Side
has shifted largely to Brooklyn.
TIME was when the Tammany
was limited to the
area between the Harlem river and
the Battery. This has stretched.
And John McCooey. Brooklyn chief,
is now a mighty figure.
But it's another John—Curry—
who reigns in Tammany Hall. One
day a week is ‘ open day’* for Curry.
He was Mayor Walker's choice. And
the two threatened to go down to
gether when Walker was removed
from office.
The more recent nomination ot
Surrogate Judge O'Brien for the
mayorship revives Curry's hopes of
remaining “in the saddle,'’ however.
For O’Brien was Curry's choice.
Tammany Hall, having been born
in the ghetto zone, looks out on
Union Square, where the underdog
squats on benches or, grown radical,
fights with the cops.
In keeping with its traditions,
the Hall is of colonial design. There
is a touch of the stage set about it.
Curry’s office in “the Hall” re- ;
sembles the directors' room of a
big corporation. He is shielded
from the outside by a thick and
long glass partition.
The only political sign is pro
vided by a decorative porcelain
tiger, the gift of a loyal henchman. ;
The "chief” is, per se. a district
leader, but dominates the others.
mum
THE Tammany Society, a distinct
and separate group, with mem
bers who are not of “the Hall,” car
ries on the ideas and functions of
Fall Lci*cd tVlrs Servic# of
the United Presg Association
The Tammany Tiger as portrayed
years ago by Thomas Nast. famed
cartoonist, in Harper's Weekly.
gether? First you’ll have to consider
the under-dog. Tammany always has
centered its strength on those mass
populated areas where the poor and
the middle class dwell in tenements
and cheap apartments.
The oast and west fringes of Man
hattan are the Tiger’s strongholds.
Scattered everywhere in such areas
are Tammany clubs. These are located
in residential buildings and halls. The
basement usually is a combined pool
and card room. There are offices and
dance halls and meeting rooms on the
other floors.
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THE Tammany club is the head
quarters of the district leader.
The district leader is everything from
Santa Claus to an adviser of the love
lorn. He’s a fixer and a provider.
To him come men out of work. They
get a card, or a note.
It hasn’t been so simple this year.
The widow whose husband was killed
in an accident comes to ask help in
arranging a funeral—or.she seeks in
formation on compensation insurance.
Someone else waits outside to get
aid in filling out an income tax re
port. Others ask ‘‘what can be done”
about some traffic charge. Others are
the original Tammany organization,
which can date back to George
Washington's time.
This is a 100 per cent
patriotic society,' given to Fourth
of July parades, to oratorical out
bursts and similar functionings. Its
sachems wear tricky, gay ribbons on
their straw hats on festival occa
sions and affect paradt dress.
It has branches which engage in
public charity and worthy causes.
It denies affiliation with "the Hall.’.’
Once the two were banded, but
"Honest John" Kelly, one-time boss,
demanded a separation.
When all the district leaders get
together they make up the county
executive committee. The leader of
Tammany Hall is chosen from this
committee and holds the title of
chairman of the committee.
And, when all is said and done,
much of their power lies in the fact
that they work the year round.
They do not get together merely
at election time; they are active in
their district from one season to
another. s.
Thus it functions —a giant ma
chine which overlooks few bets—
and knows every doorbell by heart.
Which, whatever else may be said
of Tammany, is the basic secret of
its power and strength.
Next—The Tammany Tiger on
parade.. .through stirring pages in
New York’s history.
ENVOY TAKES VACATION
Minister to Netherlands Has Served
in Four Countries.
Hu SKA Herr ire
NEW YORK,
Oct. 13. The
United States’
minister to the
N e t h e r 1 ands,
Laurits S. Swen
son of Minne
apolis has ar
rived in New
York on a vaca
tion. Swenson
has served in
3 w i t z e r 1 and;
Denmark. Nor
way and Hol
land during his
diplomatic ca
reer.
In the Air
Weather conditions at 9 a. m.:
West wind, 17 miles an hour;
temperature, 59; barometric pres
sure. 29.98 at sea level; ceiling, clear,
unlimited; visibility, 12 miles; field,
good.
ACADEMY CHOOSES NOMINEES FOR SCREEN’S LEGION OF HONOR AWARDS
Bj/ f hi fed Press
T TOLLYWOOD. Oct. 13.—Nom
inations of players, directors
and producers for the screen's
Legion of Honor—awards of merit
by the Academy of Motion Pic
ture Arts and Sciences—were re
vealed today in anticipation of the
final election Nov. 1.
One candidate from each of
nine classifications will be selected
by secret balloting of the academy
mbership, which itself is com-
—The Day in Politics —
TERROR REIGN
TO WIN VOTES
LAID TO G. 0. P.
I
Republicans Start ‘Brass
Knuckle’ Tactics, Charge
of Socialists.
■BACK HOOVER OR ELSE’
Bank Employes Threatened
in New York, Assert
Thomas’ Aids.
By T’nited Prr **
NEW YORK. Oct. 13.—The
‘‘brass knuckles" of economic coer
cion already are being applied to
influence the voters, the committee
supporting Norman Thomas, So
cialist candidate for President,
charged Wednesday.
"The fact that the threat is be
ing used earlier this year obviously
means that the purpose is to stim
ulate employes to campaign after
working hours; this speeding up in
dicates reckless desperation in Re
publican ranks,” the committee
charged.
"It is reported that a large New
York bank has told employes to
vote for Hoover—or else!” The
committee statement said: "The kid
gloves are coming off and the brass
knuckles are coming into play.”
The committee warned workers
and farmers they might expect
"coercion and downright terrorism”
before the election. It pointed out
that the voting booth still is legally
private, and urged all to register
and vote.
Mills Warns of Fear
Hu l nitrd Prcsn
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 13.—The
"great fear that overhangs the busi
ness horizon” is election of a Demo
cratic President next month, Ogden
L. Mills, secretary of the treasury,
charged Wednesday night.
In a Republican campaign speech
at the Minneapolis auditorium, the
secretary cited a long list of "straws
which tend to show the wind is
veering and the storm abating” in
the depression. A change of admin
istration on March 4 and the uncer
tainty it would bring is holding back
business recovery, Mills said.
"The issue is a simple one. On
the one hand, you have the vague
and conflicting promises of the
Democratic candidate on scattered
issues. On the other hand, you
have a vigorous and constructive
program already in operation and
already resulting in business im
provement.”
Gary Favors Roosevelt
By i nited Press
NEW YORK, Oct. 13.—Literary
Digest presidential strew balloting
announced today;
Roose
, Hoover, velt.
I M 6 6 387
I ifan 8,614 5,998
I®?. s**B? 1.786 3.334
•PhUadel p hi a 20.447 24,195
Somerville, Mass ggo '471
Atlanta "i”; $2? 4 til
Hamilton. O '’ ' 455
So 745
tDenotes second report.
♦Denotes third report.
Capitalism Held Failure
By f nitrd Press
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 13.—Nor
man Thomas, Socialist candidate
for the presidency of the United
States, attacked the capitalistic sys
tem as a failure in a speech be
fore 1,000 persons here Wednesday
night, and declared that Socialism
is the only hope of the country to
prevent a dark age such as “fol
lowed the downfall of imperial
Rome.”
"Capitalism has proved that it
will not work,” Thomas said. "In
ternal contradictions are causing
the death of capitalism and the
country is drifting toward anew
war—a war of capitalistic social
ism.
"The country wants a war—but it
must be a war against poverty.”
Spencer Raps Nepotism
Gloomy prospects face relatives
of Dale B. Spencer, Greensfield'
editor and Republican nominee for
congress from the Eleventh district,
if he is elected.
For Spencer, in addressing a meet
ing Wednesday night at 1331 Brook
side avenue, promised the voters he
would not pad the public pay roll
with relatives. He bitterly con
demned legislators who practice
nepotism.
Spencer pledged himself to a pro
gram of economy and to do every
thing in his power to bring about a
return of prosperity.
McNutt Busy Today
Today is McNutt for Governor
day for Marion county democracy,
as the Governor nominee, Paul V.
McNutt, is scheduled to address five
meetings here.
He was to address the Indianapo
lis Real Estate Board on a non
political subject at luncheon at the
Washington.
The night schedule provides he
will speak at 8 at a Third ward
meeting. Boulevard place and Twen
ty-first street. From there he will j
go to Twenty-ninth and Clifton !
streets to speak at 8:30. He will!
speak at 9 at King avenue and Wal- j
nut street; 9:30 at the Arcade'
Swenson
Dressier
The Indianapolis Times
posed of representatives from all
branches of the film industry.
For these fifty annual awards,
the winners will receive tradi
tional gold statuettes for out
standing work in the year ended
July 31.
Best performance by an act
ress: Marie Dressier in “Emma: - ’
Lynn Fontaine in “The Guards
man;’’ Helen Hayes in “The Sin
of Madelon Claudet.”
Best performance by an actor:
Wallace Beery in “The Champ;”
Alfred Lunt in "The Guardsman;”
INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, OCT. 13, 1932
32 STATES UNDER INSULL SWAY
Power Czar Extended Ride Over Far-Flung, Empire
Continuing the amazing storv of the
House of Insull. Forrest Davis todav
traces the development of the Middle
West Utilities Co.—a corporation that
affected communities in thirtv-two
States, sections of Canada and Mexico.
BY FORREST DAVIS
Times Staff Writer
fCopyright. 1932. by the New York World-
Telegram Corporation!
THE electric light plant in
Alexis. 111., housed on Main
street in a squat brick shed wdth a
tall smokestack, noisily puffed out
current from nightfall until 10:30
p. m.—ll on Saturday nights.
Storms put out the lights. The
service was costly, inconvenient,
unreliable. It typified thousands
of power plants in villages, small
towns and, for that matter, cities
in the midlands as of the year
1912.
Such inadequate use of electric
ity’s blessings offended the or
derly, energetic imagination of
Sam Insull.
“It is_not necessary, it is an eco
nomic blunder.” he said, “to have
a generating station in every small
community.”
Hence the Middle West Utilities
Company, which, taking legal form
in May, 1912, reached out as a
Continmne the amazing storv of the *" ' __,
lous<> of Insull. Forrest Davis todav *
races the development of the Middle __
Vent Utilities Co—a corporation that / -'/A "v j iw"* “
fferted rommuniti-s in thirtv-two * r
States, sections of Canada and Mexico. jrj " 1 . y? ■' V .
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treet in a squat brick shed with a- .J f
all smokestack, noisily puffed out - r l" l T [
urrent from nightfall until 10 30 iifAM inii A
>. m—ll on Saturday nights. M B -.
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erviee was costly, inconvenient, v
inreliable. It typified thousands '~ v -V " ' jBLoy , .
'f power plant* in villages, small AJ>offl ' \
owns and. for that matter, cities BF 'hflS . \
n the midland* as of the year W | \
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ty’s blessings offended the or- HpllhSi lipP' lUk\ \/ 4y ’ \
energetic imagination of ft' ‘ f- wA-'fln ;' • J \ \
“It isjiot necessary, it is an eco- X r \ x Ml IS — ■ * — ~
iomic blunder.” he said, “to have *:,J U u \ t
generating station in every small f/lt / \| \
ommunity.” U f t 'I \
Hence the Middle West Utilities . ■ f ■
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yY Martin I ln*till. creator wit
s><nl * nv,l!l ° f ,tir power knuiim
photographed ia*t week in U
J * { ronto. where lie learned that- th<
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y Chicago attending ’le- coi
v " - ■ ■■■■■■ 1 I stantlv exDanding need for nf
Samuel Insull, photographed at the height of his power, shown before a background of high tension
lines, tentacles of the gigantic Middle West Utilities Company.
spraddling, stilted octopus along
high-tension power lines through
out Illinois, Indiana. Kentucky,
Ohio, lowa, and even farther.
Finally, in 1931, it lighted homes,
offices and streets, rap facto
ries, supplied gas, ice and central
steam heat, operated trolleys and
electric interurbans in 5.0C0 com
munities scattered in thirty-two
states, in sections of Canada and
in Mexico.
Here was the power colossus. If
a social historian wished to epito
mize the drama of super power,
the headlong concentration of
control over a great new re
source, he would study the course
of Middle West Utilities.
Other great holding corpora
tions bit off regions; Middle West
appropriated for itself the whole
continent.
In the end, Middle West sup
plied 1,718,000,000 customers—a
population of at least 10.000.000
employed 32,000 workers, had
nearly 600.00 C security holders.
It operated 324 steam, 196 hy
dro-electric generating stations, 89
gas plants and 328 ice plants.
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POWER flowed along 44.500
miles of transmission lines.
Gas to cook millions of meals fed
out of 10,600 miles of mains.
At one time the value of Middle
West securities fluctuated on the
volatile Chicago Stock Exchange
at btween $2,500,000 and $3,000,000.
Not since Rockefeller battered,
negotiated, and contrived his way
into oil ascendancy had the
Middle West seen so determined
a rise to industrial power.
All this, in Middle West, the
Instills—Sam and his younger
brother, Martin—controlled. And
that ramified empire stood apart
from Sam's local kingdom in Chi
cago.
By 1920 Samuel Insull, absolute
monarch of the electric and gas
purveyors of Chicago, ruled also
the elevated lines which encircle
the Loop and stretch far out on
the populous prairie; he directed
surface lines, busses, central heat
ing.
His interests touched the daily
lives of 6.003,000 souls in Chicago
theater, 1909 West Morris street,
and at 10 at the Hoosier Athletic
Club, Ninth and Meridian streets.
Walter Myers, speaker of the
house of representatives, also will
speak at the latter meeting.
Van Nuys Urges Relief
By Times special
HUNTINGTON. Ind.. Oct. 13.
“Need for relief in the United
States is acute and the public has
a right to demand of its government
and of all political parties and nom
inees, courageous and constructive
measures and suggestions, not only
for alleviation of prevailing con
ditions. but for future prevention of
like conditions.
While a crowded house listened,
Frederick Van Nuys, Democratic
nominee for United States Senator,
gave his view’s at a rally here
Wednesday night.
“It has been predicted by the
American Federation of Labor that
Fredric March in “Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde.”
nun
BEST direction: Frank Borzage,
“Bad Girl;’’ King Vidor,
“The Champ:” Josef von Stern
berg. "Shanghai Express.”
Best photography (cinemato
graphers’ award): Ray Jumz.
“Arowsmith;” Karl Struss, “Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde;”LeGarmes,
“Shanghai Express.”
Best art direction: Richard
Dgy, “Arrowsmith;” Lazare Meer
and northern Illinois at a dozen
points.
To get an approximation of his
position in Chicago, imagine one
man controlling the subways, the
L’s, the trolley lines, the electric
and gas companies not only in
Y’ork City but in New Jersey, ad
jacent New York state and Con
necticut.
Moreover, the electric lines to
Milwaukee, south in Indiana along
the lake shore and crisscrossing
northern Illinois were "Insullized.”
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THAT was the Insull power
empire before the crash
which swept the brothers into
stubborn exile and ruined thou
sands of “little people” who trust
ed too sincerely in the magic of
modern Aladdins.
But in 1912, when Insull set out
to rectify "economic blunders,” do
away with the Alexis-type light
plants and transmit Michigan
avenue's night time splendors to
Main street, he nowhere was re
garded as a “vague influence.”
He merely was an energetic
utilities administrator, one of the
first to see the range of central
ized power possibilities, and his
brother Martin, a hypnotic, hand
some super-salesman.
They did the job hand in hand,
Sam and Martin.
Sam furnished some of what
passes for vision among industrial
promoters. It was vision of a prac
tical sort, not dreamy, easily re
ducible to cent per cent, kilowatts
and regulatory commission rate
fights.
Insull has been credited with a
vast Utopian scheme for changing
the face of nature, binding man
kind together, freeing villager and
farmer of drudgery.
If that is so, it does not appear
in any of his public addresses or
the recollections of close friends.
His dreams were imperial, right
enough, but they were concerned
with business, technology and per
sonal or family prestige.
In no utterance available to me
did the major Insull ever appear
to sense the social implications or
responsibilities of his projects.
unless some immediate relief be ex
tended 13,000,000 will be jobless this
winter,” Van Nuys said. “The Re
publican party is responsible for the
present unfo~tunate dilemma.”
Club Names Leaders
Members of the executive com
mittee of the Hoover-Curtis Marion
County Club, a unit of the state
wide organization headed by Will
Irwin, of Columbus, has been an
nounced by Claude H. Anderson,
chairman.
Robert Finfrock has been ap
pointed secretary 'of the Marion
county club. Anderson announced.
Mrs. E. C. Rumpler is vice-chair
man.
Daniels Jeers G. 0. P.
By Tim- s Special
FRANKLIN. Ind.. Oct. 13.—The
Republican high command indus
triously is trying to build up an alibi
son. “A Nous La Liberte*’’ Gordon
Wiles, “Atransatlantic.”
Best original motion picture
story: "The Champ,” by Frances
Marion; “Lady and Gent,” by
Grover Jones and William Sla
vens McNutt; "Star Witness,” by
Lucien Hubbard; “What Price
Hollywood,” by Gene Fowler.
Rowland Brown and Adela Rogers
St. John.
Best motion picture adapta
tion: “Arrowsmith,” by Sid
ney Howard; “Bad Girl,” by Ed
win Burke; ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr,
WE know less about Martin’s
way of looking at things.
Men in Chicago who knew them
both intimately speak of Martin's
social graces.
Sam was arbitrary, easily of
fended. even in after-dinner talk.
On one occasion he informed a
friend, talking casually, that he
believed himself to be worth SBS
-
This was in 1929, when the In
sull securities were selling at their
peak.
“Aren't you figuring in some
paper profits there, Sam?’ replied
the friend.
Insull, according to report, stif
fened and turned away without
response. The legend is that he
never was more than civil to this
friend afterward.
Martin was different; not stiff
necked. A clubman, he liked to
ride horses, to play golf. He en
joyed a good story, a convivial
go with the bottle.
In short, he was a companion
able man—just the sort to travel
up and down the country, per
suading bankers and small town
public utility magnates to turn
over their holdings to the new
giant holding company. Middle
West; and to jolly them after
ward in the hotel bar or at the
Elks Club.
In any event, Martin, by 1912
a considerable public utility oper
ator in his own right down around
Louisville and the Indiana river
counties, came up to Chicago with
his properties and tossed them
into the hopper to form Middle
West.
a a a
THESE made up the nucleus:
The United Gas and Electric
Company of New Albany, Ind.;
the New Albany Waterworks, the
Louisville & Northwestern Rail
way and Light Company and the
Louisville & Southern Indiana
Traction Company substantial
interests in lighting, gas. water
and interurban service in the
Louisville metropolitan section.
Samuel, who was to remain in
for the depression under the Hoover
administration. Josephus Daniels,
war-time secretary of the navy, told
an overflow crowd here Wednesday
night.
' The Republicans have gone back
to Charles Dickens’ 'Pickwick Pa
pers’ for their idea.” said Daniels.
“Their campaign plan is based on
Samuel Weller’s famous advice of
‘Never mind the character—stick to
an alleybi.’ ”
FEAR FOR LEGION CHIEF
sOhio Commander Has Only Slight
Chance to Live, Doctors Say.
By T lifted Press
WARREN, 0.. Oct. 13.—Ralph D.
Cole. Findlay. 0., commander of the
Ohio American Legion, has only a
slight chance of recovery, doctors
said today.
Cole is partly paralyzed as a re
sult of an automobile accident in
which he received a broken neck.
Entered as Second-Class Matter
at Poatoffice. Indianapolis
Martin J. Insull, creator with
Sam Insull of the power kingdom,
photographed last week in To
ronto, where he learned that/ they
were indicted on embezzlement
and larceny charges.
Chicago attending to the con
stantly expanding need for new
capital, became president of Midr
die West.
Martin, who was to go on the
road, operating, conciliating the
public, common councils and state
utilities boards, was the senior
vice-president.
Martin had. gone into the Louis
ville territory, under his brother's
patronage, in the year 1906.
Prior to that time, Martin, a
graduate of Cornell, mechanical
engineering, in 1893—the year
Sam entered Chicago—had been
engaged in another end of the
electrical business, the equip
ment.
He had done well. He resigned
as vice-president of the Stanley
General Incandescent Electric
Company, bulb makers, to go to
Louisville.
In 1894 Martin married Miss
Virginia Van Vliet of East Orange.
They have one daughter. Miss
Virginia Cornwell.
Martin, a university man. mem
ber of smart and gay Chicago
clubs, rooted deeper in American
life than his brother.
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■yrrlTH Sams utilities pres-
’ tige and Martin's personal
charm, the Middle West forged
ahead without setback until the
end.
It acquired more properties in
southern and central Indiana,
erected transmission lines, formed
the Central Indiana Power Com
pany, a subsidiary holding corpo
ration. They reached into north
ern Indiana and formed the Mid
land Indiana. Into Michigan and
organized the Great Lakes Power
Company.
These properties, usually forti
fied with monopolistic privileges
guaranteed by state laws and with
rates set on the basis of “fair
values," needed only to be eco
nomically managed to show profits
and entice fresh capital.
They were well managed, in the
interest of the Insulls, the share
holders and. incidentally, in the
interest as well of the consumers.
Insull always believed in pass
ing around a share, however small,
of the savings that concentra
tion and advanced technology
brought.
Jack Jarred
By I nitrd f’rrxn
NEW YORK. Oct. 13.—John
Nance Garner, Democratic
Vice-Presidential nominee, was
mistaken Wednesday for an
elevator starter.
While standing in the lobby
of a Madison avenue building,
waiting for an elevator to take
him to the office of Charles
Michelson. Democratic pub
licity director, he was ap
proached by a little old man.
“Say, boss," the man asked,
“What floor's Cholly Mtchel
son's office on?”
Gamer smiled, pushed his
gray felt hat back on his fore
head, and drawled:
"Sorry I can't help you. I’m
a stranger here myself.”
Hyde,” by Percy Heath and Sam
uel HofTerstein.
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Second Section
CONVICT SLEW
SELF, PRISON
GUARDS CLAIM
Defense in Torture Case
Bases Hope on Story
of Suicide.
CALL PASTOR TO STAND
Asked to Implore Victim ‘to
Lead Christian Life' in
Sweatbox.
Hu I nitrd Pr< *
JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. Oct. 13.
The defense paraded convicts, doc
tors and a preacher-missionary to
the stand Wednesday to tell of al
leged suicide threats made bv young
Arthur Maillefert, a convict, whom
thp state charges was tortured to
death by two guards. C. W. Courson
and Solomon Higginbotham.
“I've got nine years to spend here
and I'd rather spend it in hell." the
Rev. Isaac Moore. Baptist preacher
missionary, said Maillefert told him
in April.
He said Courson, captain of the
guards, had asked him to talk to
Maillefert (called Jersey at the
camp) and attempt to get him to
lead a Christian life.
On cross-examination. Moore
could not remember what Maillefert
looked like, what his sermon topic
had been at the camp, where he
preached to the convicts or what
the other prisoners said to him.
Try to Probe Suicide
tt3 he de ,{ e " se has tried t( > show
that maillefert tried several times
to take his life and that he killed
himself when he was placed in a
sweat box" after an unsuccessful
attempt to flee the camp.
He was put in the box’ his feet in
stocks that held him upright and
made it impossible to shift his po
sition. state investigation of hts
death showed he fainted and was
strangled by a chain fastened about
his neck.
Thp defense has produced con
vict witnesses to show that Mail
lefert caused himself to be choked
b.v the chain and most of today's
witnesses were produced to follow
up that theory.
Maillefert was given four ounces
of cornbred on Thursday and Friday
before his death in the sweat box,
Lonnie Foster, a convict, testified
Under questioning of the court, he
admitted a walking boss, named
Denmark, beat “Jersey” for three
minutes with a stick, because he
failed to take any more castor oil
after drinking almost a pint.
Testimony Is Refuted
Two employes of the state road
department said the sweat box had
not been moved since Maillefert's
death. This drew comment from
Charles M. Durrance, state’s attor
ney, that the removal of the sweat
bo;?* and its renovation was com
mon knowledge and official court
record.
Other convicts testified Maille
fest had told Courson:
“If you don't kill me. I’ll kill my
self; that he had been seen smil
ing while in the sweatbox and that
Courson had pleaded with the
youth to behave himself.
SCHWITZER ELECTED
AERONAUTIC LEADER
Paul A. Zartman Named Vice-Presi
dent of Indianapolis Chapter.
Louis Schwitzer, president of
Schwitzer-Cummins Company, to
day succeeded Dr. Roy E. White
head as president of the Indian
apolis chapter National Aeronautic
Association, following election at a
dinner in the Antlers Wednesday
night.
Paul A. Zartman was named vice
president; Herbert O. Fisher, secre
tary, and Cecil F. Reynolds, treas
urer.
Principal speaker was Representa
tive Louis Ludlow, who pointed to
a bright future for Indianapolis in
the air development of America.
He predicted great benefits from
the proposed Indianapcfis-Detroit
air-mail service, and denied reports
Schoen field will be moved from
Fort Benjamin Harrison to Chicago.
The chapter held a memorial
service in honor of Major Richard
F. Taylor, national guard air squad
ron commander, injured fatally sev
eral weks ago in an airplane acci
dent near Clinton.
RELIEF DEMANDS SOAR:
MISSION FACES DEFICIT
50 Per Cent Increase Results in City
Aid Groifp Going “in Red” 51,700.
Increase of more than 50 per cent
in relief demands on the Wheeler
City Rescue Mission, coupled with a
decrease in contributions, will re
sult in a deficit in the mission's
funds of approximately $1,700 at the
end of the fiscal year this month,
it was reported Wednesday night.
Monthly meeting of the board of
directors received the report of the
Rev. E. H. Eberhardt that 17,824 re
ceived lodging this year in com
parison with 11,545 in 1931. Meals
and other relief work increased in
proportion.
Several plans for relieving the
deficit were discussed. Suggestion
was made that contributions of
clothing and other donations be
brought to the mission by the
donors to eliminate the expense of
operating a truck to collect offer
ings.
ROBBED AT CONVENTION
51,409 Loot Obtained at Tabernacle
by Pickpocket.
Martin Grisso, 2644 Ashland ave
nue, made a large involuntary "con
tribution” Wednesday night at the
Disciples of Christ church conven
tion at Cadle tabernacle.
Grisso said two men crowded
against him in the crowd leaving
the tabernacle, but he thought noth
ing of it.
He remembered the incident later,
however, when he found his pocket
had been picked of a billfold con
taining $32 in cash and seven notes
aggregating $1,400.