Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 328, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 April 1927 — Page 2

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Pupils Strike in Two State Schools to Save Teachers

SIX MONTHS’ ROW OVER SHORTRIDGE BIDS NEAR END Settlement Expected Tonight With Acceptance of Freyn Bros. Cut Figure. “Finis” is expected to be written tonight to the six-months-old controversy over the heating, ventilating and plumbing of new Shortridge High School when the school board will meet to accept the altered bid of Freyn Bros. Total cost of the work, including architects’ fees and #IB,OOO spent on plans which later' were scrapped, will approximate #280,000. Shipp System Fight Center Os this figure, $30,000 will have to lie transferred from the general school fund because the State tax hoard refused to allow more than $230,000 for the work. The tax board protested the $230,000 allottment on the grounds of being excessive and allowed It to prevent general construction delays and a possible suit .with the general contractor. Controversy over the engineering ibids resulted from the'school board’s insistence upon t’. ShiV'P's ‘'Di-rect-Indirect" ' system of ventilation and close.d bids to alll other types pf ventlatlon. Original bids were rejected by the State tax board "because they were too high and the school board was ordered to receive bids on competitive ventilating system^. A sjecond set of bids were received j but the school board again refused j to receive bids on any ventilating systems except the “Direct-Indirect.’' i Bid Reduced $37,000 I Although the second bids were lower than the first, the tax board still insisted they were too high and censored the school board for closed bid tactics. In 'a final effort to gain the tax board’s approval and prevent con- : struction delays, $37,000 was pared off the Freyn Bros, bid by eliminating twenty-eight Shipp wall lioxes, automatic radiator controls and minor boiler room niceties. Fred Bates Johnson, minority school board member, protested changing the Freyn Bros, hid without readvertising to. allow other bidders the same privilege, but he was over-ruled at the last special meeting of the board. RUTH UNMOVED AID SHUDDERS (Continued From Page 1) skull, of the bruises on bis body; of the blood that spurt id'from nostrils and ears; of the tongue swollen thick as be strangled. They craned their necks—this way and that, over around the press—to see the heavy window sash weight end the picture wire that caused his strangulation. Lady of Snow They rose in their seats, then shivered and shook their heads and looked again at the quiet corset salesman—only the back of bis bead could they see, but Ruth —Ruth was turned In exquisite profile, white, gold, Chiseled, less moved. It seemed, than anyone else in the courtroom—a woman in black, a lady of snow. They had come for scandal, and fecandal was theirs, as witness after witness (office mnager, room clerk, floor clerks, etc.) established the fact of their love nest at the Waldorf—time after time they hod registered there as “H. Cl ray and wife.” “The purpose of this testimony," vjt.he judge explained to the jury, “is 7to establish the moitve for the crime, not to show that adultery was comfnltted.” Nudges and Smiles But that’s what it meant to the browd; the illicit love of a cowardly traveling man and a cheating wife. And they nudged each other and smiled a little. ‘ How cheap, how tawdry—and yeti how human! It’s happening somewhere this very day, fcnd it will happen again tomorrow! And sofnehow you begin to see how this double life was a preparation for the murder. For months they had lied to their families and practiced Constant deception In order to carry on their Intrigue, till lies, were seccaid nature, till standards were gone, till moral fiber was eaten away—step by step, unconsciously perhaps, they approached the murder. . „ Wives sickened In nausea as Newcombe told how sho made her husband drunk, lay by his side till he fell asleep, then stole from the bed to plot his death with her lover. Shuddering Mothers And yet, so often had she betrayed him —this .was only one time more! Mothers shuddered in revulsion as he toid how she and her lover murdered the sleeper while her child lay slumbering in the next room, but she was used to. Lorraine —had even taken her to meet Gray two weeks before when he gave her the sash weight they intended for the death. What, a lpncheon party that must have been with that grewsome Instrument between them! And the crowd turned to study her again, this marble woman—no wonder she didn't cringe or weep or faint; long practice she’s had in hiding every emotion, In steeling her heart and blood. And they wondered, woman-like, the secret of her appeal to men. Tim more technical points they didn't care so little points that may mean grounds for reversal cr appeal—why should the crowd care for these? They came for blood ft Well, they’re getting it. K Copyright, 1027, by New York Telegram)

JAIL FAILS TO CALM JILTED HUSBAND’S IRE Not Sorry for Attack Following Divorce Trial Which Brought Sentence for Contempt of Court.

A county jail cell today had not chilled Joseph Kline’s determination for “vengeance,” nor will it, he declares. “Every time I meet that guy Wilbur Elliott I’m going to ‘sock’ him, and if I were let out of here right now, and met him, I would do it,” Kline said. Kline went to jail Monday evening for six months for contempt of court. He had “knocked Elliott cold”' in Judge William O. Dunlavy's. court room just after Judge Dunlavy had granted Kline's wife, Eva, a

ALFRED F. POTTS, ATTORNEY, DIES Funeral Services Wednesday for Pioneer Citizen. Funeral services will be held Wednesday for Alfred F. Potts, 70, of 237 E. Fifteenth St., an attorney

and business man here for many years. He died died Monday after a four-year illness. Services will be held at Planner & Buchanan mortuary, 25 W. Fall Creek Blvd., at 3 p. m. Burial will be in Crown Hill. Mr. Potts was active In public affairs, being one of the founders of the Commercial Club, forerunner of the Indianapolis Chamber of

Alfred F. Potts.

Commerce, and the Century Club. He was a member of the Meridian St. M. E. church and the Woodstock Country Club. Surviving are the widow and two daughters, Mrs. Don Marquis, wife of the New York author and columnist, and Mrs. Norman W. Cook of Englewood, N. J. USE AUIO MB BEN DAVIS STOREj Burglars Haul Away S4OO Stock—Miss Cash. Reward of S2OO was offered today by Edward Betalz, proprietor, for capture of the burglars who early today “moved out” much pf the stock of the Dan Dunham Company drug store, Ben Davis, and hauled it away in an auto. Loss was estimated at S4OO. Forcing the rear door with a crowbar, the robbers entered the store between 1 a. m. and 7 a. m. They took ten flashlights, all the watches, pens and pencils In the case. Then they carried away the store’s entire supply of baseball equipment and fishing tackle, a large quantity of perfume and many compacts. All the eigarets and most of the supply of cigars also were stolen. Two radios were carried out. The thieves, however, found only $2 In change and overlooked about SIOO in cash which Betatz had hidden in the store. 80 Still Keep Life in Paralyzed Youth Bn I nil I'd Press ROANOKE, Va., April 26. —• Friends who for four days and five nights had’ pumped air into the collapsed lungs of 18-year-old Walter L. Booth took heart at continued success of their efforts today, while physicians shook their heads and said “hopeless.” The youths clung desperately to a faint thread of life in a hospital here despite Intense pain. Paralyzed from the waist down since an operation for automobile accident injuries dislocated a vertebrae and caved in his lungs, Booth submitted with alternate smiles and tears as eighty young friends continued artificial respiration. PLAN SOUTH BEND TRIP B'nal R'ritli to Send Delegation to South Bend Meeting. One hundred members of Indianapolis Lodge 58, Independent Order of B’nai B'rith, will attend a group meeting at South Bend, May 1. Plans for the trip were made Monday night at Kirshbaunr Community Center. Plans were also made for an initiation ceremony and entertainment to be held here May 9. Rabbi Samuel S. Mayerberg, Dayton, Ohio will speak and one hundred candidates will be inducted. Dance will follow to which all Indianapolis Jews will bo invited. CHURCH UNION ELECTS MoKamey Is Chosen President of Presbyterian Society. C. A. McKamey of Sutherland Church, was elected president of the Presbyterian Union at the annual meeting Monday night at Fairvlew Presbyterian Church. Other officers: H. S. King, vice president: D. H. Whitman, secretary, and J. Edward Stilz, treasurer. Dr. Jesse Heermann of Cincinnati, Ohiofl declared sincerity, sympathy, intelligence and faith are fundamental qualities lit developing an open view on life. \ , _

divorce, and denied Kline the decree on cross-complaint in which he charged Elliott, who lives at 702 W. Michigan St., with being the "home wrecker." Knocked Him Unconscious When the divorce had been granted and those Interested in the case were filing from Superior Court Three. Kline walked up to Elliott, a witness in the trial, and “pasted" him on the right jaw. Elliott streehed out on the floor, unconscious. When ho “came to” he was taken to city hospital, where his injury was treated. After Kline had sent the powerful right to Elliott's jaw he turned to Judge Dunlavy. “Sentence me if you wish," he invited the court. “I will. Six months and $250. contempt of court,” the judge shot back. And Kline, resident of the Stubbins Hotel, was led away. Today, however. Judge Dunlavy reduced the jail sentence to three months. “It probably would have been cheaper if I hadn't hit Elliott until we left the courtroom," Kline declared, adding: Elliott Denies Charges “I told my attorney I was going to ‘sock that guy' and I did. I'll sock him again, every time I see him. He'd better keep out of my way. He cost me my home, happiness and several thousands of dollars. That’s why I’m in the ‘socking business'.” Kline declared that he married his ex-wife, now 24, when she was 13. Kline is 33. They have two children. Elliott, on the stand Monday, denied the "home-wrecking” charged by Kline. Mrs. Kline was granted the divorce on her charge of cruelty and mistreatment. HEALTH WEEK IB HAVE KING, QUEEN Nutrition Class Winners to Be Crowned Saturday. Indianapolis will have a juvenile king and queen Saturday when the two children showing the greatest gain in the public school nutrition classes’ will be crowned by Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health board director, as a feature of child health week, May 1 to 7. The coronation ceremonies will take place on the city hall steps at 10 a. m. Dr. James H. Stygall, director of nutrition work, is conducting examinations for the winners this week through school nurses, Miss Genevieve Anderson, Miss Mary Ferguson, Miss Edith Lakey and Mrs. Mary Sylvester. PROBE DELAY IN AMBULANCE RUN Police Finally Take Injured Youth to Hospital. Police and city hospital officials today were investigating cause for the delay Monday afternoon in removing Guy McMorris, 17, of 209 W. Twelfth St., from the scene of an accident at Ft. Wayne Ave. and Pennsylvania St. to the hospital, McMorris, employe of the Sanborn Electric Company, was riding a bicycle when struck by an automobile driven by Wilfred Hinkley, 19, of 1421 N. Delaware St., about 1:30. Hospital ambulance drivers declare they received no emergency call until 2:02 p. m. a,nd left two minutes later. Policemen Graham and Oakley, detailed to investigate the accident, found the youth still there. They called the ambulance, they reported to headquarters, but afetr waiting eighteen minutes took McMorris to the hospital in the police car, meeting the ambulance at Senate Ave. and North St. McMorris, It was said at the hospital, was “painfully bruised.” Nip His Plans to Find Missing Wife Walter Bland, 45. Negro, 1142 Burdsall Pkwy., imbibed too freely of the forbidden fluid today, stole an automobile and with his four children started for Chicago to find, if possible, Mrs. Walter Bland, who recently abandoned her home and family here. Now Walter’s in jail, charged with drunkenness, drunk driving, blind tiger and illegal possession of an automobile. The four children have been given into care of his mother, while Bland is “away.” Bland, a car washer at' the Mason garage, 319 W. New York St., was caught at Thirtieth St. and Riverside Dr. by W. H. Sheridan and Clyde Sheridan, brothers, 730 N. Illinois St., garage employes. He was driving car owned by J. F. Elgin, 709 Rochester St., which had been stolen from the garage. Theft was discovered by Elgin when he appeared at garage soon after Bland’s departure. HUNT $2,000 DIAMONDS Detectives watched pawnshops today for a diamond pin, contaaining forty stones, valued at $2,000. The pin was lost by Mrs. C. F. Klee, 3635 N. Pennsylvania St v Saturday between her home and the Indianapolis AthleJo Club, . ......

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DALE’S LIBERTY SAFE FDR FORTY DAYS AT LEASE I U. S. Supreme Court Mandate Will Not Reach Indiana Immediately. Roscoe B. Fleming Time* ,s 'Mil t'orrrsvon<Unt WASHINGTON, April 26.—George I Dale, Muncie (Ind.) editor, may re- | main out of jail forty more days. I The mandate of the United States Supreme Court that it has dismissed ! Dale's appeal from the ninety-day penal farm sentence and SSOO tine given him for contempt of court by Judge Clarence Dearth in Muncie will be sent to Indiana forty days from yesterday, it was said at the Supreme Court olllce today. The Supreme Court yesterday finally dismissed Dale’s appeal from the sentence after it had once been reinstated on motion of Dale’s own chief attorney here, former Senator Moses E. Clapp of Minnesota. Clapp said he had become convinced from studying the record that the case involved “no Federal question and none upon which the court could pass.” Dale's Contention The Federal question Dale had attempted to raise was of his protection against illegal imprisonment, according to E. M. White, assistant attorney general of Indiana, who, with Edward J. Lennon, also an assistant attorney general, had come here to argue the case against Dale. White said the point made by Clapp was one that he had raised in the brief he had filed against Dale's appeal. Technically, it was that Dale had not made the point of his constitutional rights liefore the State courts and under the Federal code was not entitled to raise It, before the United States Supreme Court. It had nothing to do with the “truth is no defense” dictum of the Indiana court, although that dictum under the special circumstances is also upheld by former United States Supreme Court rulings, White said. Court Surprised White said he was "not surprised” at Clapp’s action, although it evidently surprised the court. The ease was called for argument yesterday, but in the usual course of events would not have been reached until later in the week. Clapp, however, made his motion soon after the court met. It was explained t the Supreme Court offices that the restoration of Dale’s appeal to the docket after It had been stricken off some time ago prevents the mandate from going forward at once. The forty-day period is given in all cases to allow further motion before the court's ruling goes into effect. Dale's local counsel could not he reached last night to learn if any further effort here in his behalf is contemplated. White and Lennon will visit New York before returning home. Roscoe Fertieh, Washington attorney, who has been handling Dale's case here since the original appeal, said that the present case is “a closed chapter,” and nothing remains for Dale to serve his sentence unless he can prevail upon Governor Jackson of Indiana to extend clemency. In the other cases now pending against Dale, however, he understands that an effort will be made to so complete the record in the Indiana courts that a Supreme Court appeal will be possible. 0. K. $160,000 BONDS Tax Board Approves Issues for Two Roads in County. Indiana tax board has approved bonds totaling $160,000 for two Marion County paving projects. Issue of $134,000 was approved for the Frank Mann road over which there has been much controversy. The road extends 5.43 miles on what is known as the Mars Hill or Spring yalle.v gravel road, from No. 12 to the south county line. The board had refused the first petition for bonds, as State highway officials would not accept the county specifications. Bituminous concrete will be used by Hayes Construction Company which will do the work. Three bridges on the road are to be constructed by Marshall Oberholtzer for $16,152. Bonds totaling $29,000 were approved for the William Ivoester Rd., or Brill St., between Troy and Hanna Aves., 1.07 miles. This contract went to J. It. Hiatt & Cos., Indianapolis.

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to: Kdgers Dones'leel, 746 Roach St., Ford, 518-524, from Tenth St. and Senate Ave. Hazel Munden, 4700 Hillside Av-e., Chevrolet, 10-381, from Ohio St. and Senate Ave. Herbert Lapp, 638 Eugene St., 577082 from Senate Ave. and Washington St. -v BACK HOME AGAIN Automobiles reported found by police belong to: Rickenbacher, four passenger, no license plates on title card, found at 407 E. Michigan St. George Holt, 520 N. Meridian St., Ford, at 136 W. Maryland St. Huesmann Foundation Files I Incorporation papers of the Eouis C. Huesmann Foundation, recently organized within the membership of the James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association to create a fellowship and research bureau at Riley Hospital for investigation of malignant t childhood diseases, have been r filed with the Secretary ol - 1

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DEFEAT WIDENING PLAN Senate Ave. Property Owners Also , Object to Resurfacing. The plan for widening and resurfacing Senate Ave., from Washington to Indiana Ave. was abandoned Monday by the board of works following a public hearing on the petition. The majority of property owners objected to the measure. SCIENTISTS HEAR DR. IN M. TUTT Lecturer From Mother Church at Keith’s. Dr. John M. Tutt of Kansas City, Mo., member of the board of lec- j The First Church of Scien- j tist, Boston, Mass., lectured today 1 noon at Keith's Theater under aus- j pices of the Third Church of Christ, Scientist. He was introduced by James W. Tnyitf. He said in pa..: ~ fi’True progress is the attainment and maintenance of man's reflected dominion over all, Man’s obedience to divine power and wisdom in his reflection of that power and wisdom, j “The fame of Jesus war. based upon his spiritual power to heal the j the sick and the sinning and to comfort the sorrowing. My friends. | would you. too, be strong in spiritual ; might? Would you be more useful to suffering humanity? Then wrestle with the arguments of error and prevail through reliance upon Clnbt spiritual Truth. “A Christian is no stronger than at this point of with the world. Also he is no more useful than at that point. There is neither | isolation nor segregation i., Christian Science. In obedience to Christ’s command Christian Scientists literally go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” BISHOP TO SPEAK BEFORE COUNCIL International Relations Body Convenes Here Friday. The first annual conference of the Indiana Council on International Relations will be held Friday and Saturday at the Lincoln. Sessions will open Friday at 2 p. m.. with Ray S. Trent, executive committee chairman, presiding. Bishop Francis J. McConnell of Pittsburgh, Pa„ will speak at 3:30. In the evening a mass meeting, under direction ofvthe Protestant, Catholic and Jewish Federation of Churches, will he held at the Armory. Bishop McConnell will speak. Dr. James A. Woodburn, president of the Indiana Council, will speak at the Saturday morning session. Mrs. Laura Puffer Morgan, associate secretary of the National Council for Prevention of War, Washington, and Prof. Homer T. Morris of Earlham College, Richmond, Ind., also are on the program. Reservations are now being made for the luncheon at noon Saturday, at which Dr. Frank S. C. Wicks will preside. W. A. Millis of Hanover College, Hanover, Ind., will preside at the Saturday afternoon session. John H. Clarke, former justice of the United States Supreme Court and president of the League of Nations Nonpartisan Association, wall speak at 2 p. m. ACCIDENT VICTIM DIES Nordyke & Marmon Employe Succumbs to Injuries Suffered April 9. William White, 51, of 143 4 S. Harding St., Nordyke & Marmon Cos. employe, who was found in an unconscious condition in a coal chute at the plant April 9 after a heavy wrench accidentally struck him on the head, died at the Indiana Cliristion Hospital at 7 a- m- today. White is survived by the widow, two ms and four daughters,

RELIEF SEEN FOR E. SIDE TRAFFIC Pratt St. Improvement Will Remedy Situation. With the advertising of bids today for improvement of Pratt St. from Ivealing Ave. to Sherman Dr., some relief from the East Tenth St. blockade at the Belt Railroad appeared likely soon. The improvement resolution was adopted by the old board of works and advertising omitted through ;.n error. City Engineer Frank C. Lin- ] genfelter called the new board's attention to the omission and advor- I tising was ordered. Pratt and Tenth are both blocked at the elevation, making it necessary for cast side citizens to drive blocks to Sixteenth or Michigan Sts. The assessment roll for E. Tenth St. is expected to be ready Wednesday, enabling the board to purchase adjoining land and improve the roadway beneath the elevation. Virgil Vandagrifft, board president, ordered the project rushed. Lingenfeltcr said it is possible that the Pratt St, project will be finished before the Tenth St. elevation is opened. Bi.ls also have been advertised for improvement of Kealing Ave. from Tenth to Pratt Sts. TOWNSHIP DEE IS HELD TODAY (Continued From Page 1) intendent of schools, to direct the county bee. The judges and the pronouncer also were chosen by the committee, and were in direct charge of the contest, when the spellers took their places on the platform. And, while Marion County was naming its spelling queen—because no boys survived the township spelling tests —principals in eighty-one grammar schools in Indianapolis were preparing for the Building Spelling Bees, to be held tomorrow at 8:45 a. m. Selection of city building champions will be under direct supervision of the principal of each building. The words will be selected by the principal for each building contest, *to be taken from the fifth, sixth, seventh arid eighth grade pages of the McCall’ Speller. The contest will be written and the same words will be pronounced to all grade champions in each school. Should a tie result in any contest, Wednesday, tho principal will select the winner by oral spelling contest, in which other teachers will be the judges. • The eighty-one building champions will be divided into eight city zones and will prepare for the zone spelling bees on Thursday May 5. A champion will be chosen in each zone, and the eight vyinners will represent Indianapolis in The Times State Spelling Bee. Through the phuis of the City City Spelling Bee Committee and the grade school principals, the zone bees will be In charge of principals from another zone. Words for the zone spelling bees are being chosen from the McCall Speller, but are being compiled mostly from those misspelled in grade bees. When the papers of the building bees are graded, the misspelled words will lie listed, and additional words will be added for the zone bees. The winner of the State Spelling Bee will be sent to Washington, D. C., late In June, to enter the National Spelling Bee, in which a cash prize of SI,OOO is offered the winner. All expenses of the State champion and the chaperone to Washington will be paid by The Indianapolis Times. Retains Dr. Shanklin Reappointment of Dr. Eldridge M. Shankhn, Hammond, to the State board of medical registration and examination for four years has been announced at the Govornor's office. Shanklin, a Democrat y was chosen I secretary of the boa l-d several weeks I ago upon resignation of Dr. W. T. Gott*T>f Crawfordsville.

Students at New Albany and Jasonville 0 Walk Out to Force Board to Reinstate Popular Instructors. Students of two Indiana high schools were on a strike today to force school boards to reappoint popular teachers.

Virtually every student at New j Albany remained out of class this morning. They seek to force the | school board to re-name Charles B. 1 McLinn, principal for twenty years, i and Miss Alice Funk for thirty years teacher of botany. More than 200 pupils at Jasonville, ! near Terre Haute, were out l>e- | cause the board there refused to re- ' appoint Jerry Naugle, athletic coach, Mrs. Nina. Neal, teacher of dramatics, and A. W. Preden, a commercial teacher. Peace Move Made The Jasonville school board met today in a peace move. New Albany students staged their second parade this morning, carrying banners demanding the reinstatement of the two teachers. More than 500 students, headed by the I school band, took part. Seven hun- ! dred marched Monday morning. Only four pupils went to school today. Two mass meetings have been called in favor of the students. One will be held tonight under the auspices of the High School Alumni Association. The citizens' committee has ( called another for Friday night at which Prosecutor Chester V. Lurch will preside. The ParentTeacher Association has adopted resolutions, declaring sympathy for the pupils but advising them to return to school. Board Adamant Dr. 11. W. Harris, school board president, said “We are not going to do anything about it. J,et the kids go on and have their fun. They'll soon begin to realize I am not an ogre." Harris and John T. Hahn voted against reinstating the two teachers, opposed by Mrs. Alary Clark, the other member of the board. No specific reason was given. High feeling at Jasonville over the school board's action culminated in a mass meeting in which the students voted to strike. Coach Naugle has turned out a number of successful football and basketball teams and is intensely popular with the students. CUT TAX BILL OF STREET RAILWAY Valuation Reduced $260,000 by Board. Reduction of $260,000 in valuation for taxation of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company properties over that of 1926 was granted by the Indiana tax board at a hearing today. The 1927 figure is $9,021,106, while in 1926 it was $9,281,237. The company had askd a reduction of approximately $400,000. Company representatives poin cd out company deficit last year was almost that of the valuation reduction allowed by the tax board. The company officials also asked a reduction for the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Cos. They recited inroads made by busses in revenues and the ever increasing annual deficit. Last year the T. H., I. & E. valuation of the road was $4,407,984. Tax Board Chairman John Brown declared that, since this was but *7,500 for each mile of tracks, it was almost a valuation at junk prices. Bus lines were also blamed for the red figures in the annual report of the street car company, petition is now pending for the company to purchase the Peoples Motor Coach Company and thus own all city bus lines. It Is scheduled for hearing before the Indiana public service commission, Mav 9. HOME BEETS ON MARKET STANDS Report Scarcity of Spinach —Green Beans 25 Cents. Homegrown beets, selling at 10 cents a bunch, were on city market stands today for the first time this season. No other new commodities were received. Spinach, rather scarce, was quoted at 15 cents a pound. Argentine grapes, which arrived Saturday, were still plentiful at 40 cents a pound. Spring chickens dropped ? cents on the pound, now 70 cents. Hens continued selling at 45 cents a pound. Grfeen beans advanced 25 cents a pound. Carrots were 10 cents a bunch. Strawberries were still 30 cents a quart. CAR LINES ARE MERGED Company Moves (o End Confusion Pending Repair of Bridge. Merging of the College Ave. line north of Thirty-Fourth St. with the Central line in an effort to avoid confusion was planned today by the Indianapolis Street Railway Company. The board of works granted permission to mark College Ave. cars routed beyond Thirty-Fourth St. with a Central sign during the blockade of the College Ave. bridge at Fall Creek. Renamed cars will bear a smaller sign, indicating whether they are bound for FortySixth St. or Broad Ripple. They have been using the Central Ave. bridge for some time. The only ears marked College Ave. are those running on College to Twenty-Seventh St. and retyrn. The present schedule will be maintained, according to Superintendent James P, Tretton.

APRIL 26, 1927

LEAGUE OFFICER ADMITS BOOSTING ‘PROMT DIRECTOR Wheeler Spread Propr ganda for Haynes as Dry Chief, Says Shumaker. Edward S. Shumaker, Indian.. Anli- Saloon League superintendent. today admitted that Wayne IS. Wheeler, national counsel for the league, conducted a “high powered propaganda campaign" to have Roy . A. Haynes made permanent prohibition director. The charge was made by officials of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, in letters to J President Coolidge and Secretary of * the Treasury Mellon. President Stayton of the wet organization quoted letters from Wheeler to State League superintendent urging them to have Mellon and Coolidge flooded with requests for Haynes, who was appointed “acting" commissioner by Mellon a few weeks ago. Haynes served three years and was replaced by Assistant Secretary Andrews. The Wheeler instructions advised that tlie President he urged to make the Haynes appointment permanent. “Os course, we used our Influence to see that a friend of prohibition was appointed to the place,” Shumaker declared in defending Wheeler. “Had we not done so we would have failed in our duty. Indiana really preferred the appointment of E. C. Yellowley, but we are back of Major Haynes.” WARNS OF HIGH WATER RECORD (Continued From Page I) direct cause of many of the 100 or more deajlis which have been re- a corded. The stream of refugees from the delta region continued pouring into Vicksburg in endless procession today. Additional territory is being inundated by the rise of the river south of here. It is believed that tin' actual crest of the flood has now passed Vicksburg. South of Natchez tho river is rising at an alarming rate, according to , reports to engineers working with the Red , relief organization here. Hundreds of motor boats patrolled the new flood danger districts, removing inhabitants to the safety of refugee camps. Large numbers were taken to towns south of Vicks burg that are safely out of the area threatened with inundation. RECESSION IN NORTH Mississippi River Lower Above Memphis—Farmers Move Back. Bn I nlt fit Press MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 26. —The Mississippi River has started to retreat from tho hundreds of square miles of territory in the northern valley engulfed by floods last week. Slightly lower stages were reported today by Government engineers at Memphis and practically all river points north of here. As yet the drop is almost imperceptible, but It gives assurance against further devastation in the upper regions of the flood district. Already scores of farmers and * their families who fled before tho onrush of the waters in Kentucky and Tennessee are moving back in their anxiety to repair their property and get crops planted as quickly as possible, advices to relief headquarters here said. Establishment of a large depot here for distribution of supplies to refugees was started today by the Red Cross organization under Henry M. Baker, national director o f disaster relief work. Baker announced he has requisi tioned 25,000 tents, 25,000 cots, 100, 000 blankets and 200 field kitchens and other supplies from the* War Department. These supplies will ho shipped to Memphis and rushed t<< relief camps wherever they are needed. Official estimate places the number of homeless at 147,000. There may be 200,000 who have sought refuge beyond the reach of the angry Mississippi. LEVEE BREAKING PROPOSED WASHINGTON, April 26.—'Tho Federal Government lias no author ity to assume responsibility foi breaking the levees in the lower Mississippi River, as suggested by Governor Simpson of Louisiana to Secretary of War Davis, it was announced at the White House today. Davis took the matter up with the cabinet at its meeting today, and it was the general consensus of opinion among cabinet officers and the President that the Federal Government could not authorize the breaking of i the levees, desired to prevent flood- ’ ing of Louisiana populous sections.

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