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3 THE IXDIAXAPOLIS STAR, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1933. So Sad Over Gasoline MTESTOCBTOOTl REVAMPS BOARD DRIVER CRASHES "PICTURE WIRE" License, Weep Much But Keep Fee Up DF AGRICULTURE HORSE TH EF LAW I SENTEWGED It's Touching, This Plight OBITUARY. Officer of Reformatory 21 Years Dies at Home Harry W. Haskett, an officer at the Indiana reformatory twenty-one years, died yesterday in his home, 424 East Nineteenth street, after an illness since last May. Mr.

Haskett was born near West-field. He was employed at the state reformatory when it was located at Jeffersonville. When forced to retire because of illness he was head of the shirt shop at the reformatory. Mr. Haskett was a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge in Cicero and the First English Lutheran Church.

Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Clara K. Haskett; a daughter, Miss Dorothy Haskett of Indianapolis, and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Perry of Westfield and Mrs. John Welch of Portland, Ore.

Funeral services will be held at the home at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. Burial will be in on Each Pump Loss of $30,000 Would Be Worse. HY 151 SSKI.L K. r.MI'HHI,l.. City councilmen feel sorry for tilling station operators In hard times like these, but the tears they shed are nut sufficient to blind them to the fact the city coffers derive some thirty thousand dollars annually from the dispensers of gasoline.

All the councilmen felt sorry for all tilt1 one hundred or more filling station proprietors who moved into the council chamber last night. They all said they would like to help till those fellows asking that the license fee of $15 a pump be erased, wiped out, expunged and made null and void. Upholds Speaker, And With a Chair House Springs Surprise on Crawford Presents Furniture "to Remember." Speaker Karl Crawford of Milton, was the butt of a good-natured joke yesterday afternoon but came out on the long end when it was all over. During debate on the passage, of the Fgnn Senate bill, which would make state laws on narcotics conform to the Federal laws. Representative Lawrence Cannon of Michigan City moved that further action be postponed indefinitely.

The speaker unsuspectingly ruled thai the motion was in order and immediately several members jumped to their feet and appealed the chair's decision. Hands (invel (o Downey. Speaker Crawford banded the gavel to Representative Martin J. Downev of Hammond, who put the question "shall the chair be All of the members stood. Crawford, a little nonplussed, then understood I he joke as two doorkeepers entered the chambers carrying an overstuffed lounge chair and a footstool.

"The chair has been sustained and the chair will sustain the speaker," Downey said. Representative Rollin S. Place of Denver then mounted the rostrum and made a speech, presenting the chair to Speaker Crawford "lo sit and think over what we've done," Mrs. Crawford, who was in I he audience, was presented with a large bouquet of Talisman roses. Youths Linked in Local Holdups Each Get 4 Concurrent Life Terms.

ST, LOl'lS, March 6. (ft Ralph Jarboe, is years old, and Harold Urban, 17. "picture-wire bandits" who committed six robberies here on successive nights, killing a Negro in one of the holdups, today were sentenced to four concurrent terms of hie imprisonment after they pleaded guilty to charges of murder and robbery. The youths, who said they came from Toledo, were identified as the robbers who committed seven holdups in Indianapolis before coming to St. Louis.

In each of their robberies here they bound their victims with picture wire. Ralph Jarboe, alias Donald Morris, and Harold Urban, alias Jack Lewis, sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and robbery in St. Louis, had been identified through photographs as bandits who committed seven holdups in Indianapolis. The pair is alleged to have held up and robbed Frank Mi'llvaine, manager of a Standard grocery store at liOti North Illinois street; Russell Prindle. Standard grocery manager at "JOO North Miley avenue; Waller Wnrmser's grncerv at SOI North Illinois street Orville Gwinn, Standard grocery manager at North Illinois street; Grover C.

lioRers, filling station attendant at I.MII West Washington street, and Samuel Grecn-wald, 21 IS North Illinois street. McNutt Sends Message to General Assembly Governor Paul V. McNutt last night sent messages In the presiding nllicers of the General Assembly complimenting them on the accomplishments of the session. Identical messages were received by M. Clifford Townsend, Lieutenant Governor, anil Speaker Karl Crawford from the Governor, who is in Washington a 1 lending the conference of Governors culled by President Roosevelt The message said: "I wish Id express my deep appreciation of your splendid co-operation and line sense of public service in i performing the pledges made to Hie people.

Your record has attracted most favorable attention and has i e-deenied Indiana in the eyes of Hie nation. President Roosevelt joins me in extending heartiest cougratula Hons." his parbami'iilai'v skill, his unfailing good humor, his patience, bis lor bearanee, and above all lor bis eminent fairness, all shown during Ibe ilehbera I ions of Ibis boilv siding in Hie seventy-eighth General Assembly of the stale of Indiana," 4 Bill Rushed Through Legislature Limits Power and Subordinates Body. A bill reorganizing the state board of agriculture and placing it under Ihe department of commerce and industry created as one of the eight divisions of state government under the new setup was rushed through the Legislature during the closing hours last night. The bill, which passed the Senate under suspension of the rules, deprives the hoard of all lis authority except that of operating the Indiana state fair. Itarker to Finish Term.

The lull also permits the present secretary, JO. J. Itarker of Thorn-lown, lo complete bis present term which will expire Jan. Membership on Ihe board will be selected under the present system which gives Ihe various farming interest groups representation. Governor Paul V.

McNutt has not yet organized the department of coiniucrce and industry which is one of eight divisions into which the en-lire stale government will he divided under terms of Ihe departmental reorganization bill passed this session. New Feeney Title A Forgotten Man He Has Much Work, Many Jobs But There's No Pay Roll Check. The Stitehouse handy man. A I CI. Kocnev of Indiana polls, turned out yesterday lo be Ihe lorgollen man, Mr.

Kccncy, under the new schemo of things established by Ihe departmental consolnla I ion law, has more jobs than any other person in the building Put everybody lo arrange lor his salary. Mr. Keeuey discovered vcslerday that nobody put linn on pay loll. Governor Illicit Today, lie is head of Ibe department of public safely, the chief of the stale police department, the lire marshal, Ihe one man hosing commission, the excise director ibeer czarl. chief of Ihe bureau of criminal identification titul investigation Hut he is nol on any pay roll Wlu-n Governor Paul V.

Mi-Null comes hack, and he is due today, he probably will arrange a salary for Mr. I'Vcnev lioni one of bis several departments. Mimic Carlo, Muham House Passes Senate Bill for Abolishment of Special Police Powers. Abolition of the Horse Thief Detective Association is provided for in a Senate bill passed, 56 to 27, by the Indiana House during the closing hours of the Indiana General Assembly session yesterday. The House disregarded pleas that the law be saved so that bank viga-lantes, private detective agencies and merchant policemen could operate under it.

The measure, which was passed without amendment, was sent to Governor Paul V. McNutt for consideration. He can sign it and deposit it with the secretary of state as a new law or he can pocket veto it. Evans Amendment Tabled. Representative H.

H. Kvans of Newcastle, Republican floor leader, proposed an amendment that would eliminate the Horse Thief Detective Association but would permit the law to continue. "The bank vigilantes in our county meet regularly for rifle and pistol practice," he said. "They are efficient, and they have captured nine bank bandits during the last twelve months." Representative Edward P. Barry of Indianapolis moved to table the amendment, and the motion was carried.

Indirect Klan Reference. There was only one reference to the connection between the Horse Thief Detective Association and the Ku KIux Klan, and that was indirect. Representative Samuel Feiwell of South Bend warned the House that it must remember the experiences that ''Indiana has had with this association." "The state has redeemed itself in part," he said. "Let us redeem ourselves entirely by repealing this law. Let these men who are so anxious to become policemen file their applications and become officers of the law." Representative John N.

Dyer of Vincennes, explaining his vote, said he would have to vote against the measure because it prevented the organization of vigilantes and detective agencies. $500 for House Clerk to Complete Work Lost A motion to pay John Ryan of Lafayette, chief clerk of the. Indiana House, $500 for completing the House journal was rejected last night during the closing hours of the Indiana General Assembly session. Finally, after a debate, he was voted $6 a day, his regular salary as House clerk, for the actual time required to complete the work. Pay as high as $1,600 has been given chief clerks in past sessions for the same work, but.

early in this session there was a verbal understanding that clerks were tn receive only their actual pay for work done. A provision also was inserted in the hill appropriating funds for the General Assembly to limit the pay nf the clerks to their nctual daily wages during the period that the Assembly was in session. The motion to pay Ryan $500 was i presented by Representative Charles P. Tigne of New Albany. Engrossing Room Guard Bars Way for Garrott Guarding against any last-minute efforts to tamper with legislation, Nish Dienhart, chief of the Senate engrossing room, placed a guard at the door of the engrossing room with instructions to permit no persons ex-cept members of the Senate and persons employed in the room, to enter.

The guard, a member of the bonus expeditionary force to Washington several months ago, took his duties seriously and when Senator I. Floyd Garrott of Battle Ground, a member of the Senate minority, attempted to enter, the guard blocked the door, and despite entreaties and urging that he was entitled to enter, the guard refused him admittance. The Senate engrossing room was within half an hour of being up with the Senate during the day. despite the rush with which last-minute legislation was passed. NEW! at HALF the usual price of other quality FOR HALITOSIS MOUTHWASH GARGLE TRIAL SIZE value) 0 irliLF Due to $15 Yearly Outlay and talk of waiting another two weeks, but Mr.

Tennant and Mr. Welcb couldn't get the figure out of their minds and they insisted on striking the measure from the tiles They finally garnered enough support to bring this about, although Mr. Morgan and Mr. Henry were contrary lo the final vote. dust More to Cry About.

Thus the 100 men of gasoline filed out, looking very sad indeed. They had thought they could expect at least as much consideration as the junk dealers and the concrete block manufacturers who in recent weeks have obtained drastic license reductions. What they failed to recognize was that the junk dealers and the concrete block men never had paid the i-ily enough revenue lo cry about. Ordinances passed authorized the purchasing agent to buy supplies for city street repair projects in transferred $0O in the board of safety, and amended an ordinance passed recently reuniting a $'J00 license fee from itineranl peddlers tn include milk, poultry and egg dealers. Ordinance on Perry Stadium.

Air. Wheatley's sympathy last nigh! was oompletelv exhausted by the drain to which it was subjected by the filling station men and the starved city coffers. An ordinance boosting the license fee on Perry stadium from $100 to $1,000 was introduced at his request. The baseball park gels loo much police service for the amount of license it pays and the ordinance was aimed at an equalization of this unbalanced condition, it was reported. airness of Townsend Commended by Senate I.ieulenant Governor M.

Clifford Townsend nf Marion reliniiii.slieil the R1 V(, llf Sl.n,,. tiient last night with the best wishes of the membership of Hint body, tin embodied in the following resolution, adopted at. the motion of Senator George Sands of South llt-nd "Re It Resolved by the Senate of the sevenl -eight General Assembly that this chamber formally commend the presiding officer I hereof, the Honorable Clifford Townsend, Lieutenant Governor, for 9 as MRS. MARY E. WKSTFAI.L.

Mrs. Mary E. Westfall, 70 years old, a lifelong resident of Indiana, died Saturday at her home, 45 North Temple avenue, ten days after celebrating her golden wedding anniversary. She was born in Vincennes, July 5, 1862, and was married to John Westfall Feb. 22, 1882.

The Westfalls came to Indianapolis in 1903. Mrs. Westfall was a member of the Washington Street Presbyterian Church. Survivors are the husband, a daughter, Mrs. Maud Blair of Indianapolis, and a son, John Westfall of Cloverdale.

Funeral services will be conducted at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the home by the Rev. T. J. Simpson. MRS.

ALMA MAY RUSH. Mrs. Alma May Rush, 3712 East New York street, died on her fifty-eighth birthday Saturday after an illness of ten days. She had been a resident of Indianapolis thirty-three years. Mrs.

Rush was a member of the auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Survivors are a son, Karl L. Stimpson, and a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Brockslager. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock this morning at Shirley Brothers central chapel, 946 North Illinois street.

Burial will be in Washington Park cemetery. ALBERT MILLARD. Albert Millard, 72 years old, retired grocei, died yesterday in his home, 2222 Belief ontaine street, after an illness of four years. Mr. Millard, a resident of Indianapolis sixty-five years, was in the grocery business at 1118 East Nineteenth street forty-five years.

He retired twelve years ago. He was born in Bedford. He was a member of Capital City lodge No. 97, Knights of Pythias. Survivors are the widow, Mrs.

Adine Millard; a daughter, Mrs. Frances Wilson, and live grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the home. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. MRS.

KM, MA C. COONFIKLO. Mrs. Kmma C. Coonfield, 56 years old, 1103 North Illinois street, died Saturday afternoon in her home.

Funeral services will he held at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the William E. Krieger undertaking establishment, 1402 North Illinois street. Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery. Mrs. Coonfield.

the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Caldwell, was born in Missouri.

She was a i member of the Seventh Dav Adven- tist Church. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. F. G. Haynes and Miss Lelah Mc-Connell, and an adopted son, Archie Hottenopp of this city.

JOHN W. DTCAN. John W. Dugan, 48 years old, a clerk with the New York Central line lor a number of years, died yesterday in St. Vincent's hospital.

He had been ill since October. He was born in Washington. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning in St. Patrick's Catholic Church, according to tentative arrangements. Burial will be in Holy Cross cemetery.

Survivors are a sister, Mrs. R. C. Griswold. and a niece.

Miss Norma Mack, both of Indianajolis. House Passes Measure on Judgment Exemption The Perkins Senate bill, which would raise the exemption allowed defendants in judgment suits or bankrupts from $600 to $1,000, providing no more than $700 of the amount was in real property, was passed by the House, 65 to 19, yesterday. When the bill was handed down by Speaker Earl Crawford, Representative Wilfred S. Jessup of Centerville, sought to strike out all after the enacting clause and substitute a bill which would have exempted bonds issued for self-liquidating projects from taxation. Jessup and Representative John F.

White of Indianapolis said that an amendment to this effect had been prepared for House Bill 165, the administration utility measure, but had became "lost." After the House refused to accept the amendment several members urged defeat of the bill, on ground that increase of the exemption would make it more difficult for "the poor man" to obtain a loan, but were unsuccessful. I Ikl Mi 1 I The trouble was that not enough of the councilmen felt sorry enough to carry their sentiment into action. After all had indulged themselves in a Rood verbal cry and it looked as if filling station operators would have something to smile about, the stony hearts of Maurice Tennant, Republican, and Leo F. Welch, Democrat, popped out, as stony hearts invariably will. $.10,000 Annual Revenue.

They eyed the annual revenue from more than one thousand seven hundred pumps in the city and when they started thinking about the city losing all that money they got to feeling so sorry for themselves that a filling station proprietor really had no chance. Councilman Charles C. Morgan, who introduced the ordinance to abolish the fee, felt the sorriest of all his colleagues. The sadness in his heart as he thought of the gasoline men far exceeded his morbidness as regards city finances. George A.

Henry, Republican, was not sulli-eiently depressed to grant a complete cancellation nf the fee, but he thought, it ought to he reduced. Others Left on Fence. Other councilmen whose sorrow left them sitting on the fence, tears falling first into the city administration's yard and then into the filling station yards, were James A. llouck, C. A.

Hildebrand and Clarence I. Wheatley, all Democrats. Finest C. Ropkey, president, was so overcome he couldn't say anything, and no one ever figured out who he felt sorry for. But Fred C.

Gardner. Republican, presented the saddest picture of all. Mr. Gardner literally had a right to feel sorry for himself as well as for the city budget. The downtown garage in which he is interested pays licenses on four gasoline pumps.

Mr. Gardner grief prevented him I rom voting. Oeery Helps Iry Tears. James E. Decry, city attorney, brought sunshine back into the lives of the councilmen.

He discovered the ordinance as a legal proposition wasn't so good and that probably if it. were passed it wouldn't do the gasoline men much good. For a. moment there was rejoicing In every corner of tlir world, both here and overseas. wherever you find joy in Ple-asr" Man Dragged From Flaming Stolen Car After 60 M.

P. H. Pursuit. While bullets thudded into the body of a stolen automobile, Wayne Schaeffer, alias Wyatt Jeffries, 27 years old, of Newcastle piloted the car in a thrilling sixty-mile-an-hour chase through southeast Indianapolis last night, finally wrecking it against a railroad crossing signal. Police dragged him from the wrecked car as it burst into flames.

He suffered a concussion of the brain and was taken to the City hospital, where his condition is said to be serious. The automobile was the property of Walter Beck of Shelbyville and had been stolen there last night. A lescription of the car was broadcast by police radio station WMDZ and it was said to be en route to Indianapolis on state toad No. 29. Refuses to Halt.

Radio Patrolmen Murphy and Keg-eris stationed themselves at Southeastern and Emerson avenues and almost immediately saw the car driven toward the city at high speed. It swerved around the police car and continued. The policemen speeded their own car up to seventy miles an hour before they drew close to their quarry. Schaeffer refused to obey commands to halt and the police opened fire. The rear portion of the car was riddled by pistol bullets.

At Southeastern avenue and the Pennsylvania railroad crossing, Schaei'fer lost control, crashed into the alarm signal in the middle of the street, overturned and skidded against the automobile of Edward S. Kahle, years old, of New Bethel, who was en route home, from work. Kahle succeeded in backing his own oar away from the spreading pool of blazing gasoline. Jewelry Found. In Schaeffcr's pockets police said they found several bracelets, necklaces find rings.

He refused to answer police questions. Accurate police shooting which punctured in turn three tires of a speeding automobile ended another automobile pursuit, this time of a drunken driver, without fatality or Injury last night. Frank Long, 40 years old, 715 Russell avenue, was charged with drunkenness, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liqui.r, speeding and resisting arrest. Leaps Into Auto. Radio Patrolmen McNeil and Keeley had In en sent lo West Maryland street, the F.intise Truck Company, on a report of "trouble." As they arrived I.ong (led from the door, leaped into an automobile and started away at high speed.

A woman screamed. "There he goe: he threatened to kill me," and the chase was on. Three times the police car drew alongside, and although weapons were, leveled at the driver's head, he refused tn stop and increased his speed, lurching zigzag from side to side of the street. Patrolman Keeley fired one shoe, blowing out one rear tire. Subdued After Battle.

As the chase reached the 20(10 block South Meridian street, be fired again, blowing out the other rear tire. Still Long drove furiously, the steel rims throwing out a flurry of sparks. Three blocks further on the police car again drew into strategic position and with another shot, Keeley punctured a front tire. Long's automobile promptly went, out of control and skidded around in the street, finally coming to a halt. The driver was subdued alter a battle.

Mis. P.essie Kellams, "lo Russell avenue. Inter told police that Long was brother and -he had called after he threatened her. HITLER TACKLES III Chancellor May Take Prussian Post Also Von Papen Likely Foreign Head. BERLIN.

March 6. i.T- Backed by his overwhelming victory in yesterday's Reichstag election, Chancellor Adolf Hitler today attacked the task of reshuffling his government, which, official circles predicted, will rule Germany unimpeded by any Reichstag session for two years. In all likelihood Hitler will be the next premier of Prussia, the largest state of the Reich, at the same time continuing as the chancellor, one of his close advisers said. Cabinet Meets Today. On Tuesday the Cabinet will meet to set the date for the first meeting of the new Reichstag, in which the combined National Socialists and Nationalists have a majority.

After a brief session the national Legislature is expected to shut up shop for two years. Whatever happens the chancellor's advisers said. "Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen will not assume the premiership of Prussia, but probably will become foreign minister, succeeding Karon Konstnntin von Neu-rath. If the chancellor decides to keep himself free for other duties, he may appoint Hermann Goering, now minister without portfolio, to Prussian premiership. Domestic Problems Stressed.

Pome of the chancellor's friends have urged that he take over the task of representing Germany at Geneva, but it was understood that at a conference this afternoon, presided over by Hitler, it was decided the domestic situation needs his undivided attention. While continuing his merciless fight on communism through Capt. Goering, the chancellor is understood to be anxious to bring about the domestic pacification of the German people as quickly as possible. To a friend he said that ideas must be met by ideas, and therefore he is determined to inculcate the ideals of his Nazi movement even in those who hitherto have voted Communist. in Custody.

With 5,000 Communist leaders taken in custody, Hitler feels that now he has a real chance of getting at the soul nf the Leftist, worker, one of those close to him asserted. His friends asserted that his first task of the immediate future will be tn educate his nation in ideals of patriot-Ism, character and decency, IN POLICE CHAS HI I Small Mines Measure Postponed Indefinitely After stirring plea by Representative John W. Weaver of Klnora on behalf of "Hie small mines of the stale," the Indiana House yes-lenlav postponed indefinitely action on the Wade Hardy Senate bill which would bring small mini's employing less than ten men under Ihe provisions of Ihe mine inspection laws. Weaver charged Ihe measure was designed wholly lo curb Ihe small mines, which are providing work lor hundreds ol unemployed miners in southern Indiana on a co-operative plan. He received hflv-one voles on Ins motion lor posl poneinenl I.aler Ihe House postponed ndeli nilely action on the Weiss Senate bill which would have eoihlleil exisl log clot-lion laws.

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