The Huntington Press from Huntington, Indiana • Page 1

i TTIB 'WEATHER aettjed Tuesday and Wednesday; not cool in north portion. High, 81; tow, 67.. 1 in PAGES I TODAY I UNTDiGTOPPORTUNnTGATEWAYT VOLUME XVI (Bj the Associated VxtuT MUNTINGTONT" WDXAIJ A. TUESp NING, JULY 13, 1926, (By the Associated Press) No. 130' 1 PRESS ii i i ii a 'I i .1 i i i i i I SLAYING VJUIMI HIS BROTHER PAID PENALTY XmCAGO, July today Robert B.

Scott bsisted upon placing hi life witWn an hotir after acceptance of hi decision to throw'himself upon ththerey of the court, he heard testimony that his brother, Russell T. Scott 'MWiniiftM the murder to which he pleaded guilty. 0 Arraigned for the slaying of Clerk, killed Apnl ly, wnen iue ocwy wv" pharmacy and for which Russell "has been sentenced tP death, Robert nodded his head when his attorney WnRamScoU Stewart said: "We plead guilty your Jionor," 4 i of leaving'no loop hdle for further court delay the prosecutors insisted that Judge rrrr Scott the possible consequences William N. GemmiU explain to of his plea, that; the minimum lenience was 14 years imprison ment and the maximum death. Realizes PossibiUty "My attorney has that" put in Scott.

rr Judge Gemmill ar verthelma oponded A law and askd: ybo persist in jour pleat" "I do, ydue. honor" replied Scott. rrtat places a Belry responsibility up the court," said Judge "I haU desire to bear the erideoce just aa foflr as though the plea ba4 been other "irlse and a jury i Floyd K. Pinekney then testified that ke entered tbe drug afore with bts wife purchase candy: and. found Robert Bcott guarding Uourer, who at tacked Scott and they rolled upon the floor, fighting for possession of a pistI, hile riackney raa into lh atreeV I r' Haari ThrM She4a said heard three ahoU Bred, saw Eobert Scott leap to his.

feet ind dash" into the streets and saw an rtbr man carrying a pistol emerge from tbe rear and follow Maurer arose and. aeiaed Robert's pistol, Pinekney said, but fell dyinf with Jt In his band. Tbat. pistol, testified Tinckney was opened in his presence aud i had not been fired. Two preceding witnesses, 'Charles II Edison, proprietor of tbe drug store, and John Douglas, a hotel bell boy testified that while Robert Scott forced Maurer to open.

the cash drawer, Russell Scott tuarded them in the store basement, basteajatg upstairs when Robert and klsnrer clashed and Maurer shouted for Edison and Douglas agreed tbat immediately after Russellau up stairs three allots rang Soiatkei aouded Until today the matter of fVspom ibi Cty for the actual alaying had been clouded. All daring Russell's two year fight to escape the gallows, first by a rhsnged' plea when the initial judge In dicated be' would impose the death sentence and then by' obtaining a jury ver diet of insanity, it was indicated Robert had fired fatal shot. The last aant ence receiiUynraa vacated, howeter. when another jury found him sane annhe is now under sentence to be handed CKHoVr 15. Robert Scott wa brought back to Chi cago, from the California state prison re he was serving mnJeiTtbe alias of eVhn Redding.

Indications tonight' were that the shearing to4 determine Robert's penally would be completed within two hours upn on its resumption tomorrow afternoon. Hart Pays Fine of $15 on Speeding Charge Frank Hart, who was arrected a few ago on a charge of speeding, came into city court lastnight and entered a plea of guilty to the charge and paid the fine and costs of $15. It been on derstood that he would contest the PLEASING EVERYONE to please crerybody and you please nobody" is one of those beliefs held by pasffra tbat modern times have so radically changed. Pleasing everybody is admitted to be a serious task, yet it is pretty safe to' say that Prese classified ads accomplish it. The ready reference arrangement, offering a multitude.

of. opportunities, provides the reader withthe room, used car or other m.rch andlse, he wants and the advertiser gets fluickj profitable results, Everyone concerned was pleased by the ad inserted by W. Route Ne. 1. Mr.

Layman advertised a two row corn plow foraale, and disposed of it. shortly after the appeared. Thus, both the buyer and advertiser received complete satisfaction. In the event YOU want either to buy or sell, you'll find Press A tads aim to please and what'a more, they hit the mark. Just call 400 and ask for an ad taker I TUB I1UNTINGTON PRESS The Paper wltli feaar 'i uaasuied Atajr Joseph drug IITI1I IflflV1 flVM linUflllULUI llUII WITH AFRICANS Two Engagements' Fought, Rebel Routed, Italy's Commander: Killed ROME, July 12 More thaar 110 rebela were killed in two auccessire fn gagementa with Italian troops in Cyre matia, Italian Korth Africa, an official statement announces.

The ltcnan com mander also was killed. 5 Italian forces operating on the central I plateau in tne Italian territory routeai I tfM rhJa near Wadl Geraif. killnr tea. Another concentration of about 400 reb was routed after four hours fighting. They lost more than 100.

dead. The Ital ian casualties were slight DR. AT FORT WAYNE 11 Funeral Serrices Held Wednesday At 2:30 DrTtmil T. Dippell, 49 years prominent 'Huntington physician World War veteran, died Sunday morn ing at 0:50 o'clock at the" 8t. Joseph's hospital in Fort Wayne.

Dr. bqd been suiTering from sinus trouble for tbe last two weeks and had become ri busly ill Thursday, being taken to the hospital Friday evening. r. Several daya ago an operation was performed to relieve the infection which bad developed, bu( this failed. Friday Dr.

Dippell waa rushed to Fort Wayne for an emergency operation, but it was decided that he was too weak. Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock the operation was performed: and Dr. Dippell began to grow better. Sunday morning he became Worse, however, and he gradually became weaker. At this timcaahe attending physicians gave up hope.

Born Dec. 25, J.S7S. He was born on December 25, 1876, in Huntington to Rev. and Mrs. P.

II. Dipsell. Rev, Dippell served as pastor of the St. Peter'a Reformed church here for' aixteen years, this, tcing bis first pastorate after His inordination. Dr.

'Dippell. attended the Huntington public schoola antil ten years of" age when his to Philadelphia (Torn Pue Four' Please) Number Three WEEKS LAYS IN STATE AT HOME Body Jo Be Placed 'in Tern porarjr Vault at Weit Newton LANCASTER, N. 11 July H. r(JPh John W. Weeks lay tonight for the last time on his beloved White Mountain top overlooking the place of his with a.

lifetime of service to his city, state and country behind him. It was this unre mitting service which underlay the phys ical causes of his death, early today. Worn out by 'the dutiea as secretary of war to which he bad given himself so whole heartWIy, Mr. Weeks bad sought health and rest in South America and California before he turned, once more to his native New Hampshire. Here on Mount.

Prospect, bis own possession, with hia son and daughter to companion him, he fought his last battle with illness. Tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock begins the journey from his birth place to West Newtno, which was bis home in the years during his business success. There national and atate officials, business anil financial associates and a legion of friends'Will pay final tribute on. Thursday afternoon at 2 'o'clock," The body will be placed in a temporary vault in 'West Newton to be transferred to the Arlington national cemetery in DIPPELtllES ana i It A jM JuT JiiaaTitaiiaiaaiaiitaTiaiiansaaBBsnBa iM 1v. II I I I 1 1 i LIGHT POSTS TO GO ON 2 STREETS i oard of Works Orders Im provement on Byron and Park Drive Extensions of ornamental light posts on Park Drive and Byron street were asked and granted by the board of public works at its session yesterday afternoon.

In one case a special arrangement for. ornamenta) posts was made, the person benefiting to defray the additional expense. Tbe petition for the Park Drive posts asked for an extension between Lafon; tain and Dimond streets, with one post on each side of tbe Schacht driveway. This lataer part was the. special petition.

The arrangement is that W. II. Scbacht will pay fbrthe posta at the driveway. The other petition for posts from State to Division street on Byron street. The contract for the local on Grayston avenue and Harris street was let to Wililiam C.

and T. A. Ilipskind on their bid of 12.68 a lineal' foot. There was one other bid, from Harris, the contactor, at $2,72,, Tbe assessment roll (or the East Frank liin atreet sewer from Center street enot to Lot Jl In the Bippus east side addition waa filed and notices, ordered. Tbe hearing wal set for July 20.

An application bjvWilliam E. Slagel for a position on the fire department was received and the appointment of. 'Slagel waa made. J. ROBBERY VICTIM IDENTIFIES TRIO Says Notorious Gunmen Took From Him $75,000 Worth Vr of jewefry CHIC AG July 12 (ff) Wibur R.

Erown, president of New Tork jewelry concern, who today' reported to he police that he had been robbed jewelry valued at $75,000 by three men, tonight Identified from police pbotofcrapha tbe trio he said robbed him: 'Those identified and aougty were Vincent Druccl, Peter Dusenberg and his brother Frank, all well known Chicago gangsters. Brown told the ppllce that the, trio Knocked at his door, one representing himself as a bellboy, and that' when be opened it, forced their way In at tbe point of pistols, bound and' gagged him and toahis gun. He said the jewels were A bo This photograph, waa taken of when a bolt of lightning set fire to the after the original explosion amunition Below One of the wrecked homes, in tbf vicinity of tbe naval amunition here. Will Produce Woman to Aimee M'Phei son's Jury OS ANGELES, July 12 W5) Interest in the case of Aimee Semple McPberson centered today on the mystery woman" witness which District Attorney Keyes bad indicated he will produce when tbe Los Angeles county grand jury reconvenes tomorrow to continue its investigation of the asserted klduapping of the Angelua Temple The new witness is said to be a former confidential secretary to Mrs. Mcpherson, who recently resirned.

Tne nature of the woman's teHtimnnv is hoin jclosely guarded by tbe district oltoruey'a prove startling. Meanwhile investigators from the district attorney's office were continuing BANK OUTLAW. LOOT CAPTURED as Arrest Follows Noon Hour I 1 Raids on Three Institutions LOS July 13 (F) Noon hour raids on two banks here and one in Pasadena were followed here late today by the arrest of one man and n'cr ly recovery of nearly all of the loot token from one of. the banks. The suspect under arrest gave hia name as Fred Stone.

He waa trapped in a garage some time after the Pacific National Dank'a Hollywood Branch was robbed of approximately 2,000. Police aaid they found a handbag containing almost all tbe money takeo from' tbe bank, OUttr institutions robbed were Tblrti Avenue and West Pico branch of the Hellman Commercial Trust and Savings bank" and the Lake Avenue branch of the Pasadena National bank. About 24)G0 and $2,000 respectively waa obtained by the robbers. Press Directory LocaT News 2 Editorial 4 Society 5 6 Markets 8 Classified Pagt ,9 the navy'a amunition dcot, destroyed amunition, from an airplane. For hours and shells were exploding.

destroyed by exploding shells which fell depot at Lake Denmark, N. is shown 'Mystery1' Testify to office, but attaches intimated tbat it would meir announced sen rati lor Kenneth Or miston, former radio operator at Angeles Temple, and for a trace of a letter which Armiston is, said to have' left tbe mission inn at Riverwde on June 23 to be called for by Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, the evangelist's, wother. A grand jury summons was late today on Clyde Villlors, a Los Angeles aviator, after he, had told police that he could furnish proof that Mrs. MePherson left.

Los Angeles by airplane when she disappeared. The subpoena was Issued despite the fact that Villiers failed to produce the alleged pilot of tbe SUBlWSTlE CRISISJELAYED Company toDcfinitely Dis charge All Workers on Strike NEW YORK, July 12. The crista in the subway strike was postponed lor 24 hours totlay. The Interboro'ugh Rapid Transit com pany announced that strikers would have until noon, tomorrow to return to worlc or be permanently removed from the payroll. The "aero hour" had been Bet for noon today but company, officials an nounbed they had received reports tbat men who win ted A return to work were being Intimidated Jj strike pickets.

The principal development today in the strike which hag now been in progress 1 week were counter claims of impending victory by atrlke leaders and com any officials and reports of the first ierioua sabotage since the strike TROOPS BRING ORDER If AREA ABOUT ARSENAL; Ell A AMONG MISSING BULLETIN DOVER, N. J. July 12 P) New Jersey's shell wreck ed area trembled before the threat of another disastrous bombardment tonight. Flames smouldering for three days flared anew with a shifting wind, and fired one of the dozen magazines remain ing In Lake Denmark's burning arsenal. iThe other magazines were endangered Jby the explosions and the task of reclaiming the dead of Saturday's disaster was abandoned temporarily.

Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, who was at the scene Ordered the searching parties from the devastated area when the veering wind turned the flames toward the magazines as yet unexplded and threatened blasts as violent as those, on Saturday. Parts of seventeen bodies were found in today's first ex ploration of the shell torn naval reservation, bringing the) total number of known dead to 19. Naval officers said that the bodies were so badly mutilated that identification would be impossible until duplicate records containing finger prints and dental charts arrived at the hospital from Washington. DOVER, N. July 12 The armed forces of the United instates WPri rp.arnri vxwci luiugia iium me cnaos oi gunless bombardment launched by the forces of nature.

Surveys by sailors, soldiers and marinp thrmio Vi tated area surrounding the Lake Denmark amunition depotr where a bolt of lightning Saturday night exploded T. N. T. and high explosive shells, showed the number of known dead to be 17 Many were reported missing and scores were 'suffering from injuries sustained when the undirected barrage poured tons of steel through the air. of the shattered district BEGIN WORK ON NEW ROAD ROUTE Bridge Gang Prepares to Build Over Water Course Work on the new route of tliestate highway, No.

II, near Huntington and just south of the Wabnsh river was begun yesterday by the bridge gang, which began excavations for one of the concrete bridges over a small water course at tbe foot of the It is understood tbat within ten days to two weeks a steam shovel will move to this hill and begin the eighteen foot cut that is to be made to let No. 11 down over a new course to the bridge over the Wabash river. The work that besan yesterday is on the J. Williams property at the foot of thft hill. It in 'niuli'i Kfruwl Hint three bridges of small dimensions will be constructed here to take care of the runoff from the hills to the west and south.

Now Excavating. workmen are now busy with ex cavations a long i ne ngncoi way Mt. Etna. The grade hits been made on' tne course tnrough Alt. btna, for luying the paving, and it.

Jn cxncctetl that the concrete will be laid here within a few (Turn to Page Four, Please) Number Two FACTORIES ADD NEW EMPLOYES Caiwell Runyan Shoe Factory Are Increasing Number Tun ITimHnirtnii tartnrlm ailillnv new employes, and one of them has be gun operating a part or ine piaut witn night shifts, according to informativu obtained last The Caswell Runyaa company is operating the machine room at nights and the Huntington Hboe and Leather company will have 450 to 475 employes at work within three or four Wfeks. it. u. ixwey or tne snoe tactory saw last night that be hoped to attain a maximum production of 3,000 'pairs of shops a (lav within three or four weeks. About three weeks ago, production was reduced to 1,500 pair a day, which Is rMiiltnl in an order from him to eneed up to the mixltnuni again.

The production rnstpnla was nrorni)ine at 2.000 a uay, out tne goat is zuiy per cent more than that, and will require up to 475 employes. adding employes last week. At the first of June, part of the employee were laid off, but increased business resulted In all these being called back, and new employee will be. added to the force. a 1 where 200 naval buildings tne nomes of unnumbered civi lians were demolished with loss estimated at $100,000,000, there seeped today little stories of bravery and of sacrifice, of heart breaking pathos and even of grim humor.

Shakes Country Side It was told that when the lightningstruck and the first upply of T.N.T. exploded with a roar that shook the countryside, murine ...1 sailors stationed at the arsenal ran to. ward the dancer, not it Training, discipline, and the high heri iuBe oi courage told, eye witnesses re ported, and the first thought of those not immediately incapacitated was for their comrades and the civilians living nearby. When the first blast was followed by ouiers and the earth shook with tbe roar of powder and the thud of falling steel," naval buildings and homes folded up like cardboard houses and human oppo sition to the bnmhni lniii i wvMiuv: iuiiivi siole. Wilbur Visits Seer.

of the Navy Wilbiir vittited tbe HCfTlM of the trniroilv nn.l I official party entered Hik matTs land" for a personal survey. The whole, rrgion had the aspect of a battle field today with linifnrniml niM ing across the smoking hills' and Ked Cross stations in operation. The district was under guard to 'pre. 1 vent any added confusion by an inrush of curiosity seekers. All romis were post fd with sentries and the only ones al lowed to pass were the ownpra in the explosion area who fled on Satur day.

All they found were tumbled walls and blackened boards. Their lawns torn with shell holes. Their houses were gone; their ixissessions were scattered and burned. Site Carefully Chosen. Vv When the arsenal was built some 30 years ngothe Lake Denmark 'site was chosen because of its inaccessibility and.

the nature of its terrain. Set lu a series of hills and with no nearby residents it seemed at the a perfect position for the jinffprniia UUV Willi lV passage of years its isolation gave way to the automobile and the siireading homes of commuters. At last it became popular summer resort region in the heart of a thickly populated section, with hundreds of nerunna livi It IP Wat 11 vif riM 1 the zone of the fatal bombardment. i Uomtardment CeVM. Althonell hpnvv Immhnpilmenf this" morning, there were indications dur ing tne auy that the danger was by no means yet nsssed.

tyci nsinn.i uiii kept, bursting and in the middle of the (Turn te Page Four, PleaM Number One (Turn te Page Tour, Please) Watch for Your Name If your name appears in the fltd Columns call at The Pres office and secure Free Tickets to see "The now playing at the Jefferson theater..