Kokomo Tribune (Newspaper) - September 12, 1921, Kokomo, Indiana MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE KOKOMO DAILY TRIBUNE PAID CIRCULATION VOL J LAST EDITION KOKOMO MONDAY SEPTEMBER TEN PAGES CENTS CIRCUIT COURT OPENS WITH A HEAVY DOCKET NANCY E JOHNSON DIES The Maid of Mystery AT HOME ix THIS CITY OF PIONEERS BOKX 65 YEARS AGO A B Kirkpatrick Is Presiding In the Absence of Judge W C Overton MUCH PROBATE BUSINESS Grand Jury Not To Be Called Into Session Until Return of Judge Overton of the circuit with a heavy A R Kirkpatrick In of Judge V C In 1 Michigan where relief from hay fever of which hile a victim received motions from tho of the bar and disposed of a hatch of accumulated bUMl Thri was much business on the of the court In the way of find approving re ports appointment of nnd final reports In which re during the day While a grand Jury has been drawn that body if It HI all will not bo called Into until the re turn of Judge Overton two hence IH expected home a that time and upon that date the appointment of Judge expires There are numerous canes upon the criminal docket for disposition a number of which may be taken up while Judge Kirkpatrick Is on the bench Hall is plaintiff In a divorce null against Benjamin J Hall filed by J C She assigns ns one of the reasons why she believes their marriage Is not a success that her hus band Is 45 of age while she is but 20 yearn old They havo one child Huth Ann Hall aged 2 years of which custody She avers that they quarrel constantly and that long periods of pans without their speaking with the result that her health has become She nays her husband is not satisfied with the marriage falsely accuses her and constantly reviles her Mrs Nancy E Johnson aged 66 years wife of William Johnson Scuth died at the late home Sun cay morning oclock of a com of Tho was in 25 ISM ami was a daughter of pioneers James ani She was a sinter of Lindlsy former sheriff wh is the only living member of a family of children th husband and brother the survived by Mrs Maude Kvans of Mrs Kdith G West i Walnut Kokomo and Mrs J Flossie Hammond corner of Kennedy streets this city The was converted early in uniting with the Friends church i The will be held from the i Imon church lit 1 oclock ENDS IN A BLAZE Without Knowing Exact Figures Prediction Is That It Will Break About Even WEEKS ATTENDANCE IS ANSWERED BY Saturday Nights Crowd Was Pig Club Awards Were Made Saturday A Veteran Building Contractor Succumbs Early Today To Long Illness LONG A FAMILIAR FIGUR Another suit filed tor this term of court is the State ex rel Charles representing the Sweetser Lumber Company against Lee Mo Turnam Morris com pany The action is to recover for cedar posts of the value of bought by the defendant company it is alleged to use on a state highway being builded by the defendants Wolf Barnes and C W Roll are the attorneys In the suit M Bowman has brought suit against Edward for dam ages in the sum of for failure to place on record a deed to land in Jackson county The complaint filed by that tho Mr and Mrs Bowman traded land in Clark county for the Jackson county land which they at once mort saged to the defendant but instead of recording tho deed as they allege he to do he came to their home Distinguished For His At Home Wed Afternoon John S Williams aged 74 years vet oral carpenter and contractor died a 2 oclock this morning at his late bomi corner of Monroe and Webster street after a long illness The deceased Is survived by th widow Mary E Williams and tw sons Claude and Leo Williams hot of this city The funeral will be held from th late home Wednesday afternoon a threw It on the table and said would never place it on record the meantime he la alleged to have the Jackson county farm for property a deal they had expected to make and which was to their advantage but of which the de fendant know and which he hastened to make after deciding to omit record ing deed MARK TO SPEAK Will Address and Wires At Dinner At Country Club Tuesday The Rotary clubs meeting this week win take the form of a Ladies Night dinner and party at the Country club Tho speaker at the dinner will be Mark A Brown who was the clubs delegate to the International conven tion of Rotary which was held in feet land last Juno Subsequently Mr and his wife made a tour of France Italy Switzerland and Bel returning only a fortnight ago The club Is expecting a mighty inter esting address from Mark and it goes without saying that he will oclock and burial will be had 1 Crown Point cemetery John Williams was a familiar figur in Kokomos life and he was alway respected for his sincerity and of opinion Ho believed in being fran In nil his beliefs and positions He dis nothing and struck from the shoulder Politically he was a democrat of th old school lie did not believe in new fangled doctrines and fads and fancie Jn administration but in the applica tion of Jeffersonian principles which he believed to be unto emergency There was no improve ment upon them as he saw the game He believed in the square deal in poll tics and the exposure of graft and sham and was restive under anything that smacked of crooked deals in matters He was intelligent in his grasp o public affairs and was deeply interested politics and the citys growth As a builder he did his work well anc he understood the manner in which it should be rightly executed He was devoted to a friend loyal in his alle giances faithful to his family and bubbling with good humor Mr Williams had rendered service of a public kind a number of times as an Appraiser of improvements on real es tate for taxation purposes His ex as a building contractor had especially qualified him for such serv ice and he performed it most He assisted in this branch of taxation work the last time real estate anc improvements were given a tion for taxation purposes TO SETTLE A QUARREL come dinner will be served at 1 oclock and a full attendance of the club is The notification letter bears the agreeable announcement that you aro going to be entertained educated und fed all for the deposit of one dol It is going to be one of the liveliest meetings the Rotary club has had in many a day AI AI Deardorff simply cant stay out of the game He sold his restaurant the Union Traction station a few days ago and has been like a fish out of water ever since He grew desper ate and has bought back the stand of which he was the builder and former owner the eating place in the rear of the pool rcom Bast Mulberry street John Manning who purchased the place of Mr Deardorff will leave His establishment will be open to the world in a few days Prosecutor Is Called To Grecntown By Neighborhood Spat Prosecutor Forest Harness was call ed to Greentown last Saturday to hep settle a neighborhood quarrel which may result in the matter being thrash ed out in the circuit court A charge of provoke was filed against Lon Har of assault and bat tery against Lon Harrison in the court of J P Osborn Due to the request of the plaintiffs for a jury trial the cases were postponed from Saturday until a future date The trouble is the outgrowth of an alleged attack upon a seven year old daughter of David Lewis The affi davits against the two men were signed by Mr Lewis Prosecutor Harness stated today that if the matter is not settled within a short time he would refile the affidavits in the court The eighth annual Industrial Exposi tion will about break even financially W H Arnett director genera of the enterprise said today He added that he had not yet had time to po into the figures but was familiar enough with the situation to hazard such a state ment The show just closed was in many respects the largest and best of any of but it suffered certain handicaps The exhibits were larger and better than at any previous exposition was the comment of many and the display of live the poultry anil pet stock far and away ahead of any previous undertaking of the kind here But the expression of opinion was common on every hand that the enter prise lacked its oldtime pep and punch many freely declaring that a fair can not be successfully operated when shorn of the features are as the breath of life to such spectacles An other common complaint was aimed at the raising of the price of admis sion from fifteen to twentyfive cents How these universal expressions of opinion will affect the future police of the exposition management it is too early yet to surmise The crowd Saturday night was all that could be desired More than persons crowded the grounds flinging confetti and constituting a scene of noisy merrymaking that was colorful and lively enough Attendance figures for the week were announced by the management as hay ing been The Florida Four colored quartette and one of the most popular features of the exposition bade Mr Arnett a pleasing farewell by gathering round his office door and singing My Little Gipsy The winners of the pig club for boys and girls In order are as follows Frelda Batey Glen Davis Earl Ander son Rose Mary Smith Laron Davis CITY SCHOOLS IKE BIG GAIN Start With Three Hundred More Pupils Than Were Enrolled One Year Ago ALL BUILDINGS ARE FILLED ZOLA CREASON Where is Zola Creason the maid of mystery Miss Creason is the girl whose strange disappearance from the place where she was employed in this city more than a year and a half ago provided one of the most baffling cases that ever confronted the local police and later on reached a crisis that was given extended newspaper publicity all over the United States Today her case no longer affords a mystery though there are some angles of it that appear contradictory and others which may not properly be printed However it may be stated with assurance that the girl is alive and well and goes to con trouble expense and inconvenience to avoid any pos of being brought back home or of coming into contact with her father So much the police know pretty lively about the girl together with and accompanied her to her Mrst destination and saw her comfortably situated before returning home Then he came back to Kokomo Zola at that time was only 16 and in experienced In the ways of the world It is also proper to say here that in the opinion o the local police she is number of other facts ail of which provide the materials for a story of extraordinary interest As in all such cases the search the missing girl was not kept up to i fever heat Within a few weeks after 1 her disappearance the matter had thing occurred to revive interest and James Pearcy and Roberta Beatty The start speculation off afresh Even the judges were B H Largent of Phoenix John Souder of Galveston and 1 H Tarkington of Kokomo THE EXPO WAS ORDERLY Xo Arrests Busy Over Sunday Though Captain O L Main who had charge of the special police force at the expo rounds reports that his men were not called upon to make an arrest during the six days of the exposition Two of the regular force assisted by wo special men had charge of the rrounds Their duties consisted to a arge extent in regulating traffic Leo E Gray was arrested Sunday on East Sycamore street on a charge if unlawful possession of intoxicating One pint of what is said to e white mule was found by the police n his possession James OBrien giving his home as Columbus was arrested Saturday light In the court house yard on a harge of intoxication Hair tonic is aid to have been the cause of his fall rom grace OBrien had in Postal Certificates in his possession arrested Daniel L Stone was arrested by the Saturday night at the corner f Mulberry and Main streets on a harge of Intoxication Charles Wal er was arrested the same night in the house yard on a similar charge James Taylor North Lindsey street as cited by the police Saturday night o appear in city court to answer a harge of provoke filed against him y Marie Campbell The above mentioned cases will be iyen a hearing in city court this at 2 oclock Parents though they never forgot could not be expected to carry on the quest for their vanished daughter with unflagging zeal particularly as all clues had led them to naught but dis appointment and a limit was set to in her return Located In Southern City Now as to tiie balked attempt to find her which happened last week Miss Creason was located in a southern city some 350 miles from ville one might say The father accompanied by a private their personal efforts by insufficient I journeyed to the city on Tuesday means to prosecute the search conj last week The Nashville police gav From timeto time howI them every assistance placing a polic and Leave For California Lawrence Walters 1701 South ye street left this morning with his uncle unts Mr and Mrs Arthur Newlin of and Mrs Charles Newlin nd daughter Pauline They are making the trip In a Ford edan and intend to camp most of he time They will spend the winter ere and may make their future home lere ever Roy Creason Zolas father would journey to nearby cities following some fresh tip or suggestion that might lead him to his daughter None of them ever Friends Here Remained Loyal In view of these facts it seems strange that there were other persons in Kokomo who continued to keep alive their interest in the girl Among the facts that have come into the possession of Chiof of Police Gross and Captain Omer Main within the last two or three weeks is that Zola has maintained a correspondence with at least one girl friend in this city and possibly one or two others There are reasons why it would not be proper to publish the names of any of these persons as their motives have been all disinterested excepting in so far as they have befriended the girl and they deserve to be shielded from newspaper notoriety Zola however has been kept informed of every step taken to discover her whereabouts as is evi by the ease with which she baffles every attempt to trace her down One such thwarting of a jour ney to a city where she was positively known to be living happened only dur ing the week just past But of this more farther along The fact is that she has been in constan touch with Kokomo during her ab sence and that there are persons hen who are so interested in shielding her that they can not be tempted by mone tary reward to reveal her whereabouts automobile and two plain clothes me at their disposal But they learne that the girl had received a apprising her that the two men wer en route to Nashville and when the applied at the place where she was em ployed and at her rooming house the discovered that she had flown leavin no trace behind Creason is said have declared that the girl sought a Nashville was unquestionably h daughter of Case Summed up the status of the Crea son case seems to be this Th girl left home of her own free wil She folt that she had good cause fo doing so and so far convinced friend that they were willing to extent ever assistance in their power to speed he flight and conceal her whereabouts She is still unmarried earning an hon est living and enjoys the full respec and confidence of employers an friends DELIVERS ELOQUENT SERMON Happy at Marion Reports from Marlon are that C H Droke formerly Indianapolis News agent here is happy He returned to Marion of which he was especially fond after importunities for his com ing back When Mr Droke came to Col Jack Addle Closes Salvation Army Meeting Sunday Col Jack Addle delivered one of his most eloquent sermons of the week last night at the Salvation Army bar racks when he concluded the revival which has been held in the Army headquarters He will close his religi here this evening when he gives his lecture Modern Mir at the Union Street Friends church at S oclock A special musical program by local talent has been ar ranged in addition to the lecture The doors of the church will be opened Kokomo he left many friends in Marj early to afford everyone a chance to ion and his return is the occasion of j obtain welcome He enjoys it very much 1 begin a seat before the services THE WEATHER Fair and slightly tonight Tnes lay probably fair Whats become of he old fashioned had many i reasons not to care they were silk or When a colored male quartet deems it appropriate to sere nade Will Arnett with My Little Gip It should be mentioned here that there is no stain or blemish upon the girls character Among the informa tion in the hands of the police is ver positive evidence to shaw that quite the contrary Is true She has a trade and so excellent are her qualifications both as to character and skill that she never arrives in a strange city after one of her hasty to avoid pur suit without being able to find employ ment within a short time In fact em whom she has felt herself obliged to desert without notice or with the briefest of notices have been known to take her back into their em the inference that they were willing to extend every when she felt that pursuit was growing too close Had Assistance In Flight With this in mind the police have reason to believe that when she deter mined to leave home for good she was assisted upon her way by a certain young man who is still a resident of Kokomo There was no close friend sey the Expo may ship between the two His motives fully be said to have ended in a riot of Temperature readings today Noon SO maximum yesterday minim um last night 60 Rainfall inches seem to have been Inspired solely by a desire to help one whom he knew to be in deep distress and felt to be in need of prompt and drastic assistance This young man the police say es corted her on at least a part of her Such being the case the Kokomo po lice heads that she is entitled t the same privacy that any other re citizen enjoys and as far a this newspaper is concerned unless thi case takes on some fresh and unex phase of startling and sensa the notoriety given hei by her disappearance is at an end History of the Case About 8 oclock Saturday morning March 13 1920 Miss Creason appeared at the office of the Citizens Telephone company where she was employed as shp was dressed in a of mens clothing with a brown over coat and dark cap having carefully clipped her hair and announced thai she was going to pull off a She left the office and was not heard from afterwards According to information collected by the police at the time when Zola appeared at the the last time as it attired so grotesquely the girls employed there did not take seriously thinking it some sort of joke When she failed to return to her home at the Saturday evening her par ents became alarmed and notified the police Where she obtained the mans suit of also a mystery The par ents said that she had no sweetheart as far as they knew and that their daughter did not seem to care for the company of young men It was said hat the suit was not taken from her wn home where nothing be ound that was The shorn locks of the girl and her wn clothing were found at the tele office Miss Gertrude Devore aid to an intimate friend if Miss was also reported missing but she returned to the tele office at 8 oclock Saturday ON McKinley Building New School Starts With High School Booming The public and parochial schools of Kokomo will begin the current school year which opened today with more than 300 more pupils than were enroll ed at the opening of the schools a year ago The enrollment has not been complet ed but at 2 oclock this afternoon the public school enrollment amounted to In the St Francis school he enrollment was 393 Thi public school enrollment last year was The gain this year therefore is 279 The parochial school enrollment last year was 358 This years enroll ment is a gain of 35 in that school The enrollment at the High school was still going on late this afternoon the 800 mark which had already been reached would be con exceeded The enrollment at the several public school buildings not including the High school is as follows Central school 717 Willard school 301 Lincoln 327 Columbian 352 Meridian 575 Palmer 405 Washington 429 Riley 373 No D 173 Douglas 98 Grange Hall SI Mc Kinley 230 The enrollment reported for the High school at 2 oclock was SOI which is an Increase of 76 over the enrollment of a year ago Because of made be cause of the bringing of the McKinley new school in the western part of the First use com by schools with the enroll ment of a year ago would not reveal much as to gain or loss in school lation in any particular quarter of the city It can be stated however that all the buildings will be practically as full as they were a year ago and some of them fuller The new McKinley school with 230 pupils which gives it a large enrollment to start with It Is understood that arrangements are be ing made to install a kindergarten de at the building as it con tains quarters suitable for such work The total enrollment of the schools of all kinds a year ago was The total enrollment so far this year is an increase of 309 This goes to show that the additional school equip ment provided since last jear has been made ready none too soon TIM IMS LITTLE OF CR AVD SIRS JOSEPH DIE FEW HOURS Alfred and Albert twin sons of Mr and Mrs Joseph Imbler residing two miles north of Kokomo on tho Web ster street pike died only a few hours apart Sunday morning of of the intestines The twins were about four months old Tho bodies were brought to the Moore ing rooms to be prepared for burial The funeral was held this afternoon followed by Interment In the cemetery That the twin infants were fatally stricken became apparent some hours before the death of either occurred It was plain to bo seen when the first died that the other would not long survive and the second life flickered out almost before the companion little form had become rigid The double bereavement was a particularly hard one for the Imbler home SUITS TO HALT MEETING WAS BRIEF Board of Works Held Short Session This Morning Corpulent Film Star Held Re sponsible For Death of a Movie Actress IS DENTED RIGHT OF BAIL Fat Comedian Nervous and Reeks With Film World Scandal GET SETBACK Judge Kirkpatrick Sustains De To Two Complaints Suit Stands ARE ALLOWED TO AMEND Rules That Moon Had Exclusive On Judgment In a very clear convincing and able opinion A B Kirkpatrick handed down a ruling complimented by the opposing counsel in which he swept out of court for the present at least by sustaining demurrers the suits brought by George L Davis trustee and the City of Kokomo for Injunction to restrain the construction of the James B Conkle drain based upon the claim that B C Moon special judge was without Jurisdiction in the premises and that the parties affected by the proceedings had In reality never had legal notice from the sheriff Judge Kirkpatrick cited the law at showing that Special Judge Moon had exclusively that the judgment he gave and the return jy the sheriff could not be set aside save upon one ground that the pe or their attorney knew that he parties affected had in fact no legal notice that there had been a j conspiracy between them and the sheriff to deceive the court in the premises As the complaint in the application The board of works met this morning I ot j K Haij to restrain the drain has regular weekly session which fo lack of business was of short duration The board confirmed assessment roll for a number of improvements re several petitions and the usual claims The assessment rolls for the follow Ing Improvements were confirmed the board South McCann street con crete sidewalks from Park avenue t Myrtle street North McCann stree walks from Spraker street to street oiling Main street from Wheel er street to Markland avenue Philip street from end of brick pave ment to Kingston road oiling Vaile avenue from Bell to Jay street Petitions were presented to the boan requesting arc lights be placed at the following points in the city South Waugh street north of the Belt rail road South Buckeye street between Harrison street and Markland avenue corner of Buckeye and Ricketts streets A petition signed by Thomas H Walter and nine other resident prop erty owners living on North street was present at the meeting requesting for a street opening from the Pennsylvania railroad southwest to the intersection of North and Wash street This petition and the others were taken under by the The following claims were allowed O W Bailey recorder Good year Service Station er company J M Adams P II Deckle Farmers Trust company Hubbard Alvin McDowell Indianapolis Blue Print comp any Hoosier Oil company H Gerhart Street pay roll Gives Himself Up John Kid who gave himself up to he police Wednesday after a months from the city pleaded guilty 0 a charge of petit larceny in city Saturday afternoon and re a fine of and costs and a ix months Jail sentence The jail was suspended by Judge Wills good behavior The vehicle taking was left on the court docket against im Kids was the outgrowth t a theft of an automobile belonging 920 South Eliza eth street which was stripped of Us and abandoned Look Our for Frosts Washington Sept for the week beginning include Ohio valley and re on of Great Lakes Showers at be inning and during the latter half of he week cooler first half with prob bly frosts normal temperatures hereafter such an allegation the demurrer to it was overruled and it stands Attorneys J C Herron and Lloyd McClure representing Mr Davis and the city asked leave to amend which was granted By making the allega tions of their complaints stronger if they desire they can take the same standing as the Hall case Otherwise their remedy Judge Kirkpatrick held could only be by ap peal to the higher court on the grounds that the decision of Special Judge Moon was erroneous GUN FIGHT TRIAL OPENS Public Barred While Taking Testi mony In Miners Cases Williamson W Sept testimony in the second Matewan bat tle trial began here today the men on trial Reece Chambers and Fred Burgraff are charged with the killing of W J Ferguson one of seven bald detectives slain during the gun fight in May 1920 when ten men met death It was expected that the trial would be of short duration In that only two of the 24 men originally indicted were to be tried The first trial in which Sid Hatfield recently killed in a pistol fight was the principal defendant re in the of nearly a score of codefendants The public was barred from the courtroom San Francisco Sept Fatty motion picture actor was booked on a charge of murder lata In connection with the Friday or Miss Virginia Ruppe film actress following a party in Arbuckles suite at a hotel here last Monday Arbuckle was locked up in the city prison for the night Arbuckle was charged according to Assistant District Attorney Milton thren under the section of the Cali fornia code providing that taking life in criminal attack or attempted crimi nal attack is considered murder Captain of Detectives Duncan son sUd the evidence shewed that an attack was made on the girl Today a formal complaint will be filed against Matheson said He added that Arbuckle refused to make a statement The complaint against Arbuckle was made followed examination of Dr M E Rumwell Miss Zey Relss and AI Zem motion picture manager for Miss Rappe and others Under the California penal code no bail Is allowable to a person charged with murder If District Attorney Mat thew Brady returns to the city In time the casts Is expected to be presented to the grand jury today according to Matheson An inquest will be held today Miss Rappe who died Friday night was re moved from Arbuckles room in a hotel last Monday in a critical condition after the party at which five men and four women were present Autopsy surgeons said death was due to peritonitis su by an internal injury Arbuckle returned to San Francisco in his famous cream colored custom built automobile often compared to a Pullman car from Los Angeles whither he had hastened after Miss Rappes alarming condition caused tho dispersal of the He wore a Norfolk jacket dark green golf breech es woolen stockings and tan low cue shoes He had made the 500 miles In less than seventeen hours He was highly nervous From an or nate gold inlaid silver cigarette casa he took one after another Tapped each on his thumb nail smoked chain fashion lighting a fresh one from the butt of the ona before Fatty was booked on the Jail blotter on the same sheet with a derelict lock ed up for vagrancy Matheson said that although much of the story of the alleged incidents in the suite has become public much more is being withheld During Saturdays Investigation there was some doubt as to the nature of the charge on which Arbuckle might ba held Persons who attended the last Monday were entering or leaving police headquarters at inter vals all day long Late last evening the statement waa taken of Mrs Jean Jameson a nurse who was with Rappe during her last Sht swore that Miss Rappe suffering great pain kept moaning that Arbuckle had injured her an he overpowered her It wouldnt be right for me to pay for all this when it was Miss Rappe moaned to the nurse ac cording to Mrs Jamesons sworn state ment In a later Interview Mrs Jameson said that Miss Rappe In her dying mo ments repeatedly requested her to get Roscoe he Is responsible for all The nurse said Miss Rappe meant her to summon Arbuckle to her bedside not to get him in the sense of re venge Arbuckles counsel yesterday permit ted him to speak for the first time con the charges and then only enough to deny them altogether HAS A FEW GOOD JOBS Gardeners and Carpenters Apply At Chamber of Commerce Able to Enter School Marion Slocum of 825 East Mul serry street enrolled In the senior year of the High school this morning although still crippling about with his reet the result of an accident a few eeks ago He was carrying molten ron In a ladle at the Cloverleaf a family enterprise when he stumbled upon a board across the loor spilling the burning metal over lis feet He has been confined to his lome since tlie occurrence WHATS DOING IN AND AROUND KOKOMO St Josephs convent at Tipton Is in Immediate need of four experienced gardners By applying to the Chamber of Commerce headquarters information may be had regarding these positions The pay Is said to be good One factory wants at once from eight to ten carpenters All interested should apply to the Chamber of Commerce free employment bureau Absolutely no charge Is made either from applicant or employer for this service by the Chamber of Commerce the service being given cheerfully as matter of public enterprise and for the good of the city Will Come Alter Prisoner i Sheriff Snyder of Marion county has Indicated to Sheriff Butler that he will be In the city within a few hours to return Reginald to Indi anapolis where he is wanted on a Beta Phi Sigma meeting fraternity of violation of the liquor law rooms j upOn a charge in the juvenile Phi Delta Kappa meeting fraternity j court Mr Murphy walked out of the rooms Indianapolis court room in April while TOMORROW waiting trial and made his escape Ha j Rotary Club dinner night was picked up Saturday at the Country club 7 oclock by Captain Main of the police j Lions luncheon Smith Goodie Shop force and lodged in jail Murphy is i under a suspended I Dance at Expo park court on a liquor charge
