Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 208, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 December 1926 — Page 1

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CUES CLOUD OVER GOOLD BEFOREOATH Walsh, Montana, Democrat, Hits Maine’s New G. 0. P. Senator. RECALLS PRIMARY FIGHT Dramatic Protest May Bring Action Tomorrow. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 6:—The formality of administering the oath )f office to Senator Arthur R. Gould Rep.), Maine, was interrupted in a dramatic protest made by Senator Walsh (Dem.), Montana, at the opening of the Senate session today. Walsh arose and stated charges of a “grace and serious nature” had been made against Gould. Senators Curtis, Republican floor lead er, and Senator Moses (Rep.), New Hampshire, immediately protested against Walsh’s effort to halt administration of the oath to Gould. Finally Moses appealed to the rule of the Senate that such matters should go over a legislative day, and Vice President Dawes saved the tense situation by ordering a day’s delay. Walsh made no effort to carry the matter further, and Gould took the oath of office with the other new Senators. After Gould's credentials had been presented by Senator Hale, Republican, Maine, his colleague, Walsh made his maneuver. Gould was kept waiting before the Vice President's rostrum with his head bowed while th© clerk read at Walsh’s request the charge made by Judge McICeown of a New Brunswick court that Gould had been involved in an improper transaction in giving SIOO,000 to the Canadian premiership campaign of J. K. Fleming, while he (Gould) expected government favors for railroads he represented. The charges were repeated by Democrats in the Maine campaign against Gould’s election, and his Democratic opponent, Fulton J. Redmon, had announced that he intended to file a^pontest. B Walsh askea"uiat the charges be deferred to the Senate Priivlegen and Elections Committee for investiga tion. Curtis and Walsh, however, objected. The charges now are technically upon the Senate table and any action regarding them will be taken tomorrow.

INDIANA BARBERS HOLD CONVENTION To Push Passage of National License Law. A committee to prepare resolutions dealing with efforts of the organization to push the passage ot/the bar her license law in the coming Legislature was appointed at the opening of the first annual convention of the Associated Master Barbers of Indiana at the Severin this morning. The law provides for the national licensing of barbers and will be pro posed before the Legislatures of all States, declared L. E. Mcllvain, gen eral secretary of the Associated Barbers of America. Dr, P. Montford of Des Moines, lowa, gave a. lecture on diseases of the scalp and skin, before the seven-ty-five delegates from barber union locals all over the State attending the convention. £ dozen out-of-women delegates are attending two-day meeting. Man Charged With Murder by Flames Bu United Press HENDERSON, Ky„ Dec. 6—Edward Powell, 50, farmer, was arrested here on charges of murdering Elmer Yates, 22. Powell was released under SI,OOO bond. Police announced that Powell and Mrs. Yates admitted being/ “friendly.” Charred remains of Yates were found several days ago in an abandoned house which was mysteriously burned.

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Deaf Mute Perishes When Home Burns llu Times Soecial HARTFORD CITY, Ind„ Dec. 6. Lonnie Miller, 60, a deaf and dumb farm hand, was dead today as a result of a fire which destroyed the farm home of S. C. Rickert, near here, Saturday night. Miss Mildred Rickert, an Indiana University student, recovering from a recent operation, dragged an invalid brother to safety. Rickert carried his aged sister, Miss Margaret Rickert, down a ladder to safety. He was painfully burned. Miller was awakened and came to the window of the flaming house. He was unable to understand the frantic directions from those below. His body was recovered from the ruins.

‘TUNE’ ON MERGER CASE iIiRISDICTION CHANGED

Utilities Attorneys Who Stood by Once Now Attack It. On Nov. 17 Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom appearing for the public service commission waived the question of jurisdiction before Circuit Judge Harry O. Chamberlin in the suit of Corporation Counsel Alvah J. Rucker for an injunction to prevent the commission from considering the Indianapolis electric utility, merger. Attorneys for the Indianapolis Light and Power Company, the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company, and the Merchants Heat and Light Company, sat by while the. attorney general urged v immediate action on Rucker’s petition, because the public service commission had been charged with grave bias toward utilities in Rucker’s petition. Today these same utility attorneys stood before Judge Chamberlin and attacked his jurisdiction, seeking to prevent Rucker from having an opportunity to prove his grave charges. Meanwhile Harry Reid, president of the Interstate Public Service Corporation, for whom grand jury process servers with a subpoena have been seeking for two weeks continued to be absent from the city. Rucker charged in his suit that Insull and other utility interests paid $19,000 in to the campaign fund of Governor Ed Jackson in order to control the public service commission. Lawrence Lyons, former Republican State chairman, admitted to The Times by long distance telephone that he had talked with Reid about campaign funds. Reid’s company is an Insull concern. The argument on Chamberlin’s jurisdiction continued this afternoon.

PARENTS DEFEND MISSING OLSON Testify at Inquest Over Gir I’s Body That Son Is Not Guilty as Her Slayer—lnterviews Contradicted.

ftp Vailed Press PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis., Dec. 6.—The heartbroken parents of Efdman Olson, missing colleeg student who is accused of murdering his sweetheart, Clara Olson, tried valiantly today to defend their son from the charge. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Olson, parents of the missing college boy, took the witness stand In succession at the coroner's inquest into Clara death. SCHOOL BOARD TALKS FINANCE ♦ Budget Handicap Is Closed Session Topic. Methods of alleviating present financial handicap were discussed at a closed session of the school board this afternoon. The meeting was called at tho request of Fred Bates Johnson, board member, who advised representatives from a number of east side clubs that their petition for an Irvington High School was inopportune because of the recent tax levy. The petitioners Indicated they will present a bill before the Legislature which will give the people a chance to vote directly on school levys and budgets. STATE EMPLOYE QUITS Service Commission Accountant to Practice Law. John S. Cowell, public service commission accountant, has handed in his resignation to become effective Jan. 1. He will take up the practice of law in the office of Max F. Hosea. He has been with the commission the last two years. Powell is a native of Elkhart, Ind., a graduate of the school of liberal arts at De Pauw University and the University of Michigan Law School. FIFTY-SEVEN ARRAIGNED Fifty-seven persons were arraigned in Criminal Court this morning on charges of law violations. They have been indicted recently by the grand jury. Among those under indictment is Baxter Webb, Negro, 713 W. North St. He is charged with the fatal shooting of Alford Taylor, Feb. 16.

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Four Are Victims of Slick Streets The open season for slips and falls” is at hand, it was noted today _by police, who received reports of four accidents on icy pavements last week-end. Miss Eva Armbruster, 62, of 228 E. Vermont St., received a broken ankle when she fell on steps at her home. Miss Pansy Smith, 28, of 1831 Fletcher Ave., also fell on the steps at her home, and received a fractured right leg. Joseph Rushe, 70, of 1517 Reisner St. has a fractured left leg received when he fell near his home. All three are at city hospital. Bert Frye, 1533 E. Washington St., fell while walking from his home to a police auto Saturday night. Police held {dm for questionnig.

STEELE EXHIBIT OPENED George C. Calvert Gives Gallery Talk on Memorial Work Collection. George C. Calvert, Indianapolis conneoisseur and art collector, gave a gallery talk at the memorial exhibition of the work of the late Theodore C. Steele, which opened at the John Herron Art Institute Sunday afternoon. More than 300 persons attended. The characteristic examples of different periods in the artist’s life was commented on by Calvert. Pictures of all sizes, totaling 183, are shown in the exhibition. N. Y. C. police head dies George A. Collins Succumbs While Attending Convention. Relatives of George A. Collins, 58, Cleveland, Ohio, are expected to arrive today to take the body there for burial. Collins, chief of the New York Central Railroad police, died suddenly Sunday night at the Severin, where he was attending a convention of railroad police. Coroner Paul F. Robinson declared the death duo to heart trouble. FORM AUCTION FIRM Company to Specialize In Real Estate Sales. The Indianapolis Auction Company, specializing in real estate auction sales, has been formed by Orin Jessup and F. H. Hulick, it was announced today, the partners returning to this city after a year's absence. Jessup was In the real estate business here for many years and Hulick, for twenty-two years has been connected with the auction business and has operated In eighteen States.

They frankly admitted knowledge of the fact Erdman had been intimate with his sweetheart, but they professed confidence that he was not guilty of murder. Before a crowded courtroom, Albert Olson took the stand. Contrary to Interviews he is purported to have given, the father said he did not know of Erdman's whereabouts the night of the murder. (The interviews quoted him as saying Erdman had come home and tuned in on the radio.) “Clara Olson came to me in the middle of August,” Olson testified, “and said she wanted my boy to marry her. I sent Erdman down to see her and get a doctor’s examination made.” Over the snow-drifted roads of this hill country today swarmed witnesses and spectators from miles around to attend the inquest. Evidence expected to/ aid in the solution of the love tragedy was to be presented and authorities also hope to find some clew to the whereabouts of the missing suitor. (Turn to Page 13) rulelsdayTn SCKLENSKER CASE Parts Dealer Seeks New Trial Against Commission. - Ruling on a motion for anew trial filed by Otto Schlensker, local auto parts dealer, against the State board of accounts wor $50,000, will be given in Superior Court Two on Tuesday morning. AH the Superior Court Judges heard oral arguments for anew trial on the matter this morning. Schlensker was under contract with the State highway commission ter-appply parts for commission autos and trucks. The board of accounts charged that the auto parts dealer was overcharging the commission. Schlensker then depdsite da $50,000 check with the accounts board, which Lawrence F. Orr, chairman, turned over to the State treasurer. Schlensker then brought suit to obtain the money. In Superior Court Two last spring is was ruled that the money should remain with the State. Schlensker now avers the amount is only SIO,OOO and the remainder should be refunded.

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, DEC. 6, 1926

TWENTY DIE IN BLIZZARD OVER EAST From Mississippi to Atlantic Coast Snow Falls Heavily. CREWS OF SHIPS SAFE Lake Ice Trap Holds 2,500 to 3,500 Men. Uu United Press The entire East, from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic coast, from Montreal to the Delaware breakwater, paused today before its snow-inundated doorsteps to take toll of its first blizzard of the year—the worst early December snowstorm in the weather bureau annals since the record-breaking storm of Dec. 8, 1886. Sweeping out of Ohio, the blizzard whirled northeast, over the Atlantic coastline, leaving disorganized ship ping apd snow-blanketed cities in Its wake. In the storm area, approximately twenty lives were reported lost. Casualties are expected to run even higher. HO SHIPS IN ICE TRAP Worst Tie-I’p in lathes History— Crews Reported Sarfe. Bu United Press SAULT ST. MARIE. Mich., Dec. 6.—One hundred and forty ships, including the passenger carriers Athabasca and Hamonic, are locked In the ice around Neeblsh Island, twenty miles south of here, a check-up of the worst traffic snarl In Great Lakes history revealed'today. The car ferry, Sainte Marie, which is leading the ice attack, was ordered today Into the lower west channel because of the almost Impregnable ice condiGons In the upbound eastern channel, from which no ships have been freed in two days. Meanwhile, members of the weird "city of ice” around Neebish were making the most of their plight, in some instances temporarily leav-> lng their ships on foot for trips ashore for tobacco and provisions. They generally made light of their condition, although it was estimated the combined value of the ships and cargoes wa appproxlmately $150,000,000. Telegraph offices here are swamped with messages to relatives of between 2,500 and 3,500 sailors comprising the ships* crews, while hundreds of letter awaited “posting. COLD IN MIDDLE WEST Lowest Temperatures of Wirtter Prevail in Most Sections. Uu United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 6.—Lowest temperatures of the winter prevailed over most sections of th* middle West today The mercury ranged between 6 and 20 degrees above zero in most localities last night and was rising only slightly today. Two men died of exposure tor the cold in Chicago. EXPOSURE KILLS THREE Michigan Has Cold Week-End— Heay Snow in Detroit. Bu United Press DETROIT, Dec. 6.—Three deaths from exposure to the biting cold which covered Michigan over the week-end, along with a six-inch snow, were reported here. City officials estmated It would cost more than SIO,OOO to clear snow from streets. STORE BANDITS . TAKE SSOfIOO Christmas Receipts Form Loot at St. Paul. Bu United Press ST. PAUL, Minn.. Dec. 6.—Burglars blew two safes In a department store here ana escaped early today with $50,000 in Christmas receipts. The robbery was discovered when the watchman failed to make his customary rounds. He said he had been handcuffed and forced to ring call boxes at half hour Intervals for four hours while the safe blowers worked unmolested. APA RTMEJIT HOUSE SOLD $115,000 Marathon Deal Reported Completed by Marlon Stump. The sale of the Marathon Apartments, Fairfield and Balsam Aves., for a price said to be in excess of $115,000 has been reported by Marlon Stump, realtor, 704 Union Title Bldg. Dr .W. H. Hanning purchased the building In the transaction, which included a four unit apartment In Terre Haute. The Marathon consists of twentyeight units of brick and stone construction. lIOURLY TEMPERATURES 6 a. m 20 10 a. m L 23 7 a. m 20 11 a. m 26 8 a. 21 12 (noon) .... 27 $ sr* $1 1 p. 28

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CONGRESS OPENS TO LEGISLATIVE, POLITICAL MAZE Perplexities Abound as Last Session Begins—Message Tomorrow. Bu United Press WASHINGTON. Dec. 6.—-Caught in a bewildering blizzard of politics and legislation, the Sixty-Ninth Congress ushered In Us final three months' session here today with accustomed ceremonies. Flurries of perplexing questions of taxation, prohibition, radio, farm relief policies and presidential aspirations swept about the Capitol like yesterday's sleet and snow. Vico Watson Not Present Bu Times s serial WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Senator Watson was not present at the o|cning Senate session today. He has been in bed since Thursday with a boil on'his knee. President Charles G. Dawes an.l Speaker Dick Long worth summoned both Houses to busiiyjss when tho clock struck noqn. The formal function of bringing the National Legislature into session in accordance with the rules of the constitution was followed out before brilliant galleries. Diplomats in the gold-decorated uniforms of foreign lands, society women returned for the winter social season, wives of distinguished statesmen and politicians from the hinterland were jammed into the spectators' balconies at both ends of the capitol. Page boys in knee breeches bustled about the charfiher floor answering the calls of formally attired members. New Senators Sworn In VVfter the chaplain's prayer In the Senate, three new Senators were sworn in by the Vice President. David I. Walsh (Dem.), Massachusetts, was escorted to the rostrum by Senator Gillett (Rep ), Massachusetts; Arthur R. Gould (Rep.), Maine, was presented by Senator Hale (Rep.), Maine, and Harry B. Hawes (Dem.). Missouri, roduced by Senator Robinson (Dem.), Arkansas. These three took the oath for the first time. There were others who reaffirmed oaths previously taken. Then Senator Curtis. Republican floor leader, presented the first official business. His resolutions, informing the House and President Coolidge that Congress "Is now in session and ready to transacts business,” were adopted by unanimous consent and then adjournment was taken out of respect to the late Senators Fernald (Rep.), Maine, and Cummins (Rep.), lowa, who died during the summer recesh. Those sworn in the House Included Representative Harry L. Englebright, and Richard J. Welch, (Turn to Page 7) MAN ATTACKED BY*DOG William Anderson Bitten While Scuffling With Owner. William Anderson, 50, of the Craig Hotel, said today any one he scuffles with in the future will not be the owner of a dog. While scuffling with Strader Young, 440% E. Washington St., at the Young home Sunday night, Anderson said he was attacked and bitten about the legs and feet by Young’s dog.

Outside of Marion Countv 12 Cents Per Week. Single Cooies

Above, Standard Oil filling station (l ight) and National 0:1 Company station w. Twenty-Ninth St. and Capitol Ave., held up'Sunday night; below (right), R. C. Gooihvine and (left) L. C. McKinsey.

Not Content With His Loot, He Robs Another Across Street. The vicinity of Twenty-Ninth St. and Capitol Ave., hold a particular attraction for one fllling station bandit, police believed today. For this bandit, who two weeks ago robbed the Standard Oil station at that location returned Sunday night and took S2OO from the attendant, R. C. Goodwine, 1943 N. Pennsylvania St., who was on duty at the time of his other visit. Not Contented But he was not content with that. He also took SSO from tho National Oil Refining Company station, across the street. Police Chief Claude F. Johnson today called his department heads into a conference to plan means of halting the crime wave which struck the city over the week-end. Declaring that the increase In crime is usual with the advent of cold weather, Johnson planned to halt lawlessness at the start. Seven holdups and numerous burglaries were reported since Saturday night. One youth was hold in investigation of tho hold-up at the laenflani grocery, 1045 E. Ohio St., Saturday night. While one of two masked (Turn to Page 7) Oklahoma Officer Slain While Asleep Bu United Press OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Dec. 6. —Authorities today were pushing efforts to trace clews leading to tho Identity of the slayer of Luther Bishop, an operative of the State hureau of investigation and identification. who yesterday was shot to death ns he lay asleep at his home here. Bishop was shot seven times Apparently his assassin was at close range, as several of the bullet wounds bore tnarks of powder burns. Authorities are working on the belief that some of the several men Bishop had been instrumental in sending to the penitentiary had sought revenge. READYMII MEXICAN REVOLT De La Huerta Waits in U. S. for Time to Strike. Bu United Press TUCSON. Ariz.. Dec. 6.—Adolfo de la Huerta, one time provisional president of Mexico, asserted here today he was "marking time” for an opportunity to go into Mexico and assume charge of an uprising. Although the Mexican consulate announced that de la Huerta had been arrested on charges of violating American neutrality laws, United States authorities denied that the famous Mexican was being sought and he was located with his secretary and a companion at a dingy hotel. sleetT rain predicted Temperature to Rise Slowly,^Says Weather Bureau. Slowly rising temperature, accompanied by snow, changing to sleet and j-ain, is th© weather outlook for Indianapolis tonight, and Tuesday, according to the United States Weather Bureau. Temperature probably will be between 25 and 30 degrees tonight, it was said. Sunday night’s lowest was 20. Rain is expected to be general throughout the southern counties of the State. PASTOR WILL RESIGN Rev. Thomas W. Grafton to End Fifteen Years In One Pulpit, The Rev. Thomai W. Grafton, pastor of the Third Christian Church, Seventeenth St. and Broadway, for the last fifteen years, has submitted his resignation to the official board. The resignation Is to be effective March *l, 1927, or as soon as a .successor is selected. No action has been taken on the resignation, according to Dr. E. M. Haggard, chairman of the board’s advisory committee. * During the fifteen year period, the church membership ha* grown from 700 to almost 2,000.

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PROSECUTIONHITS OIL OMITS Government Seeks to Minimize Fall-Doheny View of 1921 War Scare. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Seeking to minimize the 1921 “war scare” defense in the Fall-Doheny case. Owen J. Roberts, Government coun sel, today developed in cross-exami-nation of Admiral J. K. Robiscn, that during negotiation of the Pearl Harbor and Elk Hills contracts, the Washington conference was signing the arms limitation pact and drawing up the Pacific peace accord. Further, he obtained from Robison afl admission that tho Pearl Har bor tanks, which Doheny was to construct for “patriotic reasons,” could not have been completed before 1924 To aid the “Patriotism” defense of Albert Fall and E. L. Doheny of the Navy, Curtis D. Wilbur will be called on to divulge the concealed but not sQ-secrct “Japanese war score.” information of 1921. Wilbur probably will not be called until tomorrow, it developed when the trial convened today. * Defense Attorney F. J. Hogan said examination and cross-examina-tion of Admiral J. K. Robison would take most of the day, and he haa some other testimony which he desires to precede that of Wilbur. Wilbur is expected to refuse definite information. The defense does not mind that. It is seeking to show to the jury that the Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) oil tanks which Doheny traded for the Elk Ilills (Cal.) naval oil reserve leases were made necessary by threat of an invasion of the Pacific coast. Tho Government will charge that the .‘‘immediate Invasion" threat story” is not a factor in the case because three and one-half years were required to build the oil tanks for the Pacific fleet, and because of the four-power fact garanteeing the pence of the Pacific was being drafted in Washington in December, 1921, at the very time the defense says the Navy was warning Doheny of the danger to his country. SUGGESTSDATE FOR CONFERENCE Kentucky Confab on ‘License War’ Proposed. • * Acting upon a letter from Governor William J. Feilds of Kentucy, Secretary of State Frederick Schortemeier has suggested that a conference be held In Louisville, Ky., either Dec. 30 or Jan. i2, in an effort to get Kentucky to join other Middle Western States In settling the “border warfare” on automobile licenses. These suggested dates and a copy of the resolutions adopted nt a conefrence In Chicago last week were sent to the entuckjf Governor, who refused to attend the Chicago meeting, but informed Schrotemeier that he would consider the problem at a meeting in hi* own State.

Forecast Unsettled, probably snow, sleet or rain tonight and Tuesday ; rising temperature; lowest tonight 25 to 30.

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FUTURE OF JURY PROBE IS QUESHOH ‘We’ll Carry on Till Dec. 31/ Says Prosecutor , 7 Remy. BUT REPORT IS ORDERED Collins Says Look Into Jail Cases, Institutions Following instructions given them by Criminal Court Judge James A. Collins, members of the Marion County grand jury today investigated jail cases under reiterated orders from the judge that they should look into pending cases, visit county institutions and give a report the morning of Dec. 22. But Prosecutor William H. Remsr asserted that the investigation of alleged political fraud and graft in Indiana, would be carried on by the gand jury until it is discharged, Dec. 31, and that, if the probe Is not completed then, the new grand jury will carry on. Such a course can be taken, Judge Collins brought out in his orders, given in court this morning, but, he pointed out later, it will be necessary for ail witnesses to appear again before the new grand jury, or swear to the extensive testimony which they have given in the present investigation, now in its ninth week. Resume Quiz Tuesday The political quiz will be resumed Tuesday, Remy announced this morning. He did not say what witnesses would be called. “I am going to have a repprt Dec 22 or know the reason why,” Judge Collins said, when informed of Remy’s statement regarding the car Tying on of the quiz. "I do not have to do anything,” was Remy’s statement regarding the court’s orders. “There is no dissension between the prosecutor’s office and the judge,” he explained, as ha and Special Prosecutor Fred C. Cause left the grand jury room about 11 a. m. It was not said where they were going. While there was no definite order given by\Colins this morning regarding the corruption quiz, except men■lion of the fact that no report has been forthcoming, It was believed by those in the courtroom that the judge desired the juroros to desist, for the most part, from that activity and devote most of their remaining time to other matters. Judge Collins mentioned that the court had received no report on the special instructions concerning the quiz, given Oct. 11. Ho went on (Turn to Page 7) HOOSIER FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH Rag Picker Dies in Flimsy Shack Along River. Bu United Press GARY, Ind., Dec. 6.—Alex Bankski, 65, was found frozen to death in his box board shack on the banks of the Little Calumet River, near here Sunday, winter's first victim in this vicinity. The body was found by a friend. Authorities believe Bankskl died Thursday night. Bankskl, a mg picker, lived alone in his flimsy little shack. His body was but/ partially clad when found. Apparently he had tried to summon aid before he collapsed. Hunt for Enemies in Well Poisoning Bu Times Rnecial WARSAW, Ind.', Dec. 6.—The Kosciusko County grand jury may investigate the mysterious poisoning of thirteen school children at Mt. Tabor school, Prosecutor Morrison Rockhill Intimated today. Rockhlll has secured school records and is making an Intensive check to see if any of the pupils or their parents have any enemies. One incident being investigated is the entering of the sehoolhouse last October. School books were maliciously torn up. The children, who recovered, Were poisoned when they drank water from a well at the sehoolhouse. A sample sent to the State board of health when analyzed showed strong traces of Paris green.

The Tinymites Are Here Hurrah, kids\ THE TINYMITES have arrived! Turn to page 2 and you will find the first illustrated story about this band of lively, interesting little people. Hal Cochran tells you about them in rhyme, and L. W. Redner puts them in pictures that you can color.