Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 224, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 December 1926 — Page 3

DEG. 24, 1926

EXPECTS wooes TO GO OVER WITH ► HELPOFWATSON % Reed, Sponsor of Appointee, Counts on Help From Indiana Senator. By Roseoe B. Fleming Times .S' taf/ Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Support by Senator Watson of Indiana of Cyrus E. Woods for a place on the interstate commerce commission was cited today by Senator Reed (Rep.), Pennsylvania, Wood’s sponsor, as a reason for beleiving Woods will be confirmed. Nomination of Woods by President Coolidge si expected to precipitate one of the bitterest Senate fights since the nomination of C. E. Warren for Attorney General. It is regarded as a political appointment made by the President to placate Reed. Woods was Senator Pepper’s campaign manager in the recent campaign in which Pepper forces spent $1,800,000 and failed to nominate him. Watson predicts the Senate will confirm Woods, according to ReedSenator Robinson of Indiana is also expected to vote for confirmation. Reed also said he expected Watson be a leader for Woods upon the Poor. The seventeen members of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee are said to be divided 4 to 13 against approving Woods’ nomination, which has been sent to it for, action. Watson is chairman of this committee, and one of the four Woods supporters. BIG MYSTERY EXPLAINED Here’s Why Those Who Lick Envelopes Don’t (Jet Hungry. Bu Times Special WARSAW, Ind., Dec. 24.—The mystery of why office girls who lick hundreds of stamps during the Christmas rush aren’t hungry for supper has been explained here by Postmaster D. E. Puryiance. The gum on the back of envelopes is food, he said, containing 88 per cent cassava deerin, a starch obtained from South America and used in tapioca, and glucose. BABY BUGGY BANDITS Ft. Wayne Police looking for New Type of Criminal. Bu Times Special FT. WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 24.—Police here are worried. Mrs. Mildred Ilurbeck stepped outside to place her infant in its baby buggy. In the buggy was a .38 caliber revolver. Police fear bandits have been using ‘he baby buggy in some crime. • '

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HOOSIER VILLAGE SEES BIG OIL BOOM Middletown Sold on Idea Prosperity Ahead No Skeptics Are Found There.

Bu Times Special MIDDLETOWN. Ind., Dec. 24. Middletown, a little village of 171 residents, located fifteen miles southwest of Terre Haute, doesn’t know whether it is coming or going since the recent drilling of a recqrd oil gusher. The village sees visions of an oil boom rivaling that of Oklahoma. The well near Middletown, now "shut-in, ’’ is a good one, says the driller. And A. R, Morris, promoter of the well, says the same. There are skeptics, too, but Middletown citizens are not In this class. Two restaurants have been established in the village. Automobiles of every description from many States and Canada are to be seen moving about in the street and out to the well, three miles to the southwest. i Prosperous Strangers Prosperous-looking strangers of prosperous proportions, smoking expensive cigars, tight-lipped and mysterious, are becoming fixtures in the village. Farmers talk little, discovering, before answering questions, your Identity and business. Wild tales of what Farmer "Jones'” just received for oil lease of his property flit hither and yon .and become larger and larged with each relation. The Siosi Company, of which A. R Morris, Terre Haute real esstate man, is a member, announced that a pipe line will be laid from the well to the Llnco Refining Company plant in Robinson, 111., about twenty miles distant; that another well will be started soon. The well was shut-in, the company says, because storage tanks were unavailable. A "scout” of the Ohio Oil Company says that the well has "all the earmarks of a real well,” but that it Is humanly Impossible at this time to tell Its real worth. Oil Men There , Representatives from many of the largest companies in the country are watching developments In the “oil field” and are bargaining for leases from the "well advised” farmer residents. Some of the most enthusiastic of

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Middletown folk visualize a vista of oil derricks clustered within a few feet of each other, extending from Terre Haute to south of Middletown, and from the Wabash river to a line five or six mftee east. Meanwhile! farmers go about their usual routine, buoyed up by visions of fortunes. While a reporter was In Middletown, a farmer dismounted from a horse before one of the general stores with a basket of eggs. His conversation indicated ho wouldn’t peddle eggs much longer and he would give tl>e horse and saddle to some poor relation and buy himself a Rolls-Royce.” A farmer’s wife said to her husband: ' “Henry, I never saw so many big, fine-looking men, nor so many ’fine cars.” It Is not hard to spot the men Interested in oil. Usually they are plump and wellgroomed. Moving picture representatives of the species are fairly accurate. Gets Many Leases The Ohio Oil Company has secured many leases in the vicinity and It is rumored that It la striving to secure leases on the six-mile strip of land extending east from the river, from Middletown to Pralrieton. a distance of nearly ten miles. Charles Scott, a farmer, and purported to be an old oil man himself, has 120 acres of land directly west of the oil well. Forty acres of this land borders the land on which the well is located. Scott says he will not consider leasing his property, but that he Intends to conduct his own drilling operations. Farmers to the north are sitting tight while the different oil company representatives worry and fret over what their competitors may be offering in lease bonuses. An air of mystery prevails at the workings and in the village. Some oil company representatives are inclined to belittle the well. Laborers at the well "know nothing about it,” advisedly, It is apparent. Crepe Takes Place of Holly Wreaths _____ • Bv United Press NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind., Dec. 24.—H011y wreaths disappeared from the windows of two North Manchester homes today and bits of crepe appeared on the front doors as preparations for a festive Christmas stopped abruptly. They were the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Thomson and Mr. Mrs. "Galen Wright, whose sons were drowned Wednesday night in Eel River when they broke through the thin ice while skating. Christmas was to have been a double celebration in the Wright home. Tomorrow would have been the birthday of Eugene, 7, the son who was drowned. He will be buried Monday. Funeral services for Fred Thompson, 12, the other victim, will be held tomorrow. WHY COPS ARE LOAFING Bu United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—Chief of Police Morgan A. Collins has suspended two Chicago policemen because they "couldn’t recognize a saloon by its appearance or whisky by the taste.” According to the charges against them, the two officers failed to confiscate liquor in a saloon In which they spent part of their time while working their hgats.

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Hoosier Briefs

L. A. Klstler, farmer near Logansport, Is an honest man, but he’s having difficulty proving It. Lost summer a hunter loot a SIOO watch on his farm. He left his name anil address with Klstler in case the watch wan found. Now Klstler has found the watch, but has lost the namo and address. Mrs. Martha Glenn, of Greensburg Is now receiving two pensions from the Government. She lias been awarded an additional S2O a month because her husband fought In the Mexican War as well us the Civil War. Isadore Sussinan, Hartford City junk dealer, Is reading all the old papers he buys, lie’s looking for news of the war In Lithuania. Ills relatives live there.

Oldest Book Contest

Mrs. E. Itummell, Elwood. owns a German prayer iukl psalm book published In 1763. High school pupils and members of the Klwanla and Rotary club* will stage a spelling match In Bloomington soon after the holidays. Lamarr Dean, Winfield boy, won’t run up school steps any more when he’s tardy. Ho slippod and fell and nearly bit hla tongue off.

Longest Sausage Contest

The oldest book- contest, conducted In this column, has been such a success that anew one Is proposed—the longest, sausage contest. T. C. Stellar, farmer, near North Manchester, claims the record. |le stuffed one seventy-four feet long without n break or a splice. (Please send all entries to the editor of the Hoosier Briefs.) Boy's work In Connersvllle has been given a boost. A city-wide council composed of civic leaders has been organized. * Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Kennedy and family ore the proudest hosts In Martinsville. Otis Harlan, a movie star, la their guest over the holidays. > SHERMAN IS ALL WRONG i _______ War Is Nothing Compared to Man rled Life, Says Evansville Man. Bu Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 24. Dangers encountered In war, aviation and auto racing are nothing compared to those of married life, Ed Aleon, former auto racer and aeronautical instructor during ihe war, alleges In a divorce suit here. Hg charges his wife beat him with rolling pins, pokers and a rocking chair. PROPOSES PEACE MOVE Bu ■ United Press PARIS, Dec. 24.—Adjustment of the Landau court-martial incident which threatened to mar FrancoGerman relations was promised by Minister of War Paul Painleve today. As he left a cabinet meeting Painleve said two Germans sentenced to prison for an alleged attack on a French lieutenant, Rouzier, during which Rouzier shot them, would be pardoned or their sentences commuted.

STATE TO MARK ROADJETOURS Maintainence Provision to Be Asked. Marking of State highway detours will no longer be left to contractors, according to Director John D. Williams of the highway commission. He announced today that thi3 duty has been placed in the hands of the maintenance division and he predicts that the result will be beneficial to the driving public. "Heretofore, according to law, the v construction contractor handled this work,” Williams explained. "Uusally he did this very well, hut as the season advanced and he became more engrossed with his paving work, detour signs became misplaced and frequently it happened very few markings remained the end of the year.” He reiterated that the commission will ask the Legislature to pass a bill calling for the department to inaugurate detour maintenance, which he feels will add much to the pleasure of driving In Indiana by elimination of hazardous and almost Imifassable detours. WOULD WIDEN STREET Proposal on Approach to Cemetery Made at Board Meeting. Widening of Thirty-Fourth St. approach to Crown Hill Cemetery was a project begun at a park board meeting Thursday. The street would be widened ten feet between Illinois St. and Boulevard PI. The board adopted a resolution asking the Indianapolis Real Estate Board to appraise the Casino Gardens property, which the city hopes to buy for an addition # to the Coffin golf course at a price of $75,000.

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Today is sure a busy day, with not much time for fun or play. You see, old Santa's got to pack things for his trip tonight. The Tinymites are all on hand. They think the great excitement’s grand and so they’re helping with the Job with all their main and might. It’s lots of fun to hear them shout as things are, one by one, brought

out and stacked In monstrous piles along the pretty snow road. The reindeers are all set to go. They’re nervous and they seem to know that they’ll be on their way as soon as Santa packs his load. “My goodness,” shouted Scouty loud, "you sure mus't call on quite a crowd. I've never seen so many toys. Just think what fun they'll

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bring.” And Santa said, "The girls and boys all o’er the land will get i these toys. Be sure and pack all | that you see. I mustn’t miss a j thing.” They worked several hours at least, and all the time the load increased, ’till all the things In Santa Land were loaded in the sleigh. Then Santa said, “We’ll eat a bite, before we start our ride tonight. 1 ( know where there’s sgme tasty food. So, soon they sat down to a meal j of things he knew would quite appeal. The Tinymites all ate a lot. It tasted mighty good. Then Santa! cracked his trusty whip and said, I "I’m ready for my trip as soon as 1 ! put on my coat, my mittens and my I hood.” The Tinymites all yelled "Hur-j ray.” then climbed aboard the toy-J filled sleigh. Old Santa waited j patiently and then they heard him I cry, “Giddap, you reindeers. Come,! leys leave. There’s heaps to do this) Christmas eve.” And then old' Santa's sleigh went sailing quickly i through the sky. (The Tinymites go coasting in i their next story.) (Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc.)j HEADS FURNITURE MEN' l i Samuel Mueller Ile-eleeted Presidentl qf Association. Samuel Mueller of the Great Western Company was re-elected president of the Furniture Association of Indianapolis Thursday. Mueller has served two terms. Other officers elected were: Jacob| Wolf, White Furniture Company,: and C. E. Whltehlll, Banner Furniture Company, vice presidents; Na-j than Kahn, National Furniture Com-! pany, secretary, and Leslie Meyer, | Home Furniture Company, treas-J urer. A sound-proof crying room, paneled with glass, Is part of anew movie theater. Mothers with restless babies can view the picture from that room, and the infants’ crying does not disturb the other patrons.