Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 May 1927 — Page 1

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VOLUME 39—NUMBER 6

SCHOOL BLAST DEAD EXCEEDS THIRTY

HIM LIGHTNING RUNS HIGH Fire After Bolt Destroys Interior of Gates Company Plant. UTILITIES SERVICE HIT Electric and Phone Wires Impaired. Crashing in from the West, a severe electrical storm swept over Indianapolis aiM central Indiana shortly before daybreak today, leaving in its wake damage which will reach into thousands of dollars after lightning struck a downtown factory and at least one residence in the city. Lightning which struck the peak of the Gates Manufacturing Company building at 824 N. Meridian St., at 4:30 am., started a fire which destroyed the- interior. Although damage was small, lightning played some peculiar tricks at the home of Robert H. Ellis, 3104

Wish Came True —and How! Htl United Press S '- CHAPPAQUA, N. Y„ May 18. —“Burn my shoes if this ain’t some storm,” said Leslie Copeland, Negro employe on the McKay estate during a storm yesterday. A lightning bolt obliged. It killed his two horses and burned not only his shoes, but one of his feet.

College Ave. An Indianapolis Light and Power Company transformer at Thirty-Fourth St. and Washington Blvd., was badly damaged when jdruck by a bolt. The storm broke over Indianapolis at about 4:15 a. m. Thunder crash-1 ing with the roar of heavy fiield artillery was accompanied a spectacular electrical display and thick hail and rain. Two Distinct Storms There were two distinct storms, according to United States Meteorologist J. H. Armington. The second broke about forty-five mintes after the first. Hail accompanied both storms. Damage estimated at approximately $6,000 was' done to the Gates Manufacturing Company by the lightning and fire. The damage to the building, owned by Henry Spann, was estimated at about $1,500. Damage was also done by efforts (Turn to Page 2) MELVILLE BREAK WEAKENS DELUGE Lafitte Fort May Be Inundated—Mulattoes Flee. • Hll United Press NEW ORLEANS, La., May 18.— The romantic and colorful lower Mississippi valley country today was gripped in the great flood maw. i The little colony of Lebeau, inhabited by mulattoes, is deserted as ten feet of water courses its streets. The old fort established by Jean Lafitte probably will be over submerged within a week. But as the Acadian country was whipped by flood waters thee great plantations have been saved, Government and State engineers believe. A break of the Atchafalya levee near Melville, already widened to 1,000 feet, has lessened the hazard of the levees toppling farther south. Reports of drownings in the 4, sugar howl" area were deprecated by Adjutant General Toombs. “These reports are founded entirely on rumor,” he said. The Acadians have migrated slowly, their unwillingness to leave causing reproach from relief workers. Destructive Fire for Construction? Bit United Press BRAZIL, Ind., May 18.—Mrs. Ellen Hare was under arrest on a charge of arson today, accused of firing a neighbor's home so she could salvage timber to complete a Bhack that she was building. Mrs. Hare is alleged to have fired the home of Henry Slensker early Tuesday. Her husband, David Hare, was charged with being an accessSory. Deputy State Are marshals are investigating. * Oil Heater Fire Passersby, alarmed by a smoking oil heater, called the fire department to the Carman & Fryer Company’s electrical repair tool shop, 710 E. Market St., at 5 a. m. today. Officials of the company reported that there was no damage from the fire.

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Spelling Bee Old Fashioned Party for You

Come to the State Match at S. H. S. Friday Night.

They're Champs!

Mildred Biddle, Marion County. Helen Martin. Grant County. Lillian McClain, Johnson County, tfclen Carter, Bartholomew County. Indianapolis Andre Rhoads, Zone 1. Marcella Ardem, Zone 2. Maxine Van Pant, Zone 3. Wilbur Moran, Zone 4. Marjorie Benson, Zone 5. Emma Gibson, Zone 6. Blanch Schoneker, Zone 7. Ruth Dorman, Zone 8. Want to sit in on an old-fashioned spelling bee? The invitation is yours and it costs you nothing. Happen up to Caleb Mills Hall, Shortridge High School Friday evening, and attend the Indiana State Spelling Contest, begining at 8 o’clock and at which the champion of champions will be chosen. Bea guest of the Indianapolis Times, which under its educational policy is sponsoring the spelling contest program in Indiana schools. Just a friendly tip, however —there are but 1,500 seats in the Caleb Mills auditorium. They cost you nothing, nor are there "reservations. The first 1,500 persons there will be seated. Better come early. Twelve champions have entered the State contest to compete for the title and the trip to Washington, D. C., to compete in the National Spelling Bee, in which a first prize of SI,OOO is offered. Miss Helen JMartin of Pleasant Township, Grant bounty, is the Didst entrant in the State beo. She won the Grant' County championship at Marion. Miss Martin won in one of the most keenly contested county bees ever held at Marion, where pupils take their spelling seriously and where school authorities hold annual bees. “Those who witnessed the championship contest were greatly impressed with the ability shown by all the contestants,” says the Marion Chronicle, sponsor of the meet there through cooperation with The Times. “In the oral contest all the spellers remained on their feet so long that the judges became apprehensive that a champion would not be determined before morning.” The contest finally simmered down to Miss Martin and Robert Dorton. They spelled on and on. The word lists were exhausted and the judges turned to other spelling books. The contest continued for some time before Robert misspelled “proffer.” Ten Hard Words The ten other words that had spelled disappointment for that number of contestants were prescription, jardiniere, artificial, kimono, pretentious, irresistible, appalling, alliance, Protestant and essential. The public Is invited. It is free. Winner of the State title will be sent to Washington at expense of The Times, to compete in the national bee, late in June. A total of $2,500 in gold is offered in the national meet, SI,OOO going to the winner, while the remaining $1,500 will be divided among the others, with a second prize of SSOO. Thief Hunter Hits Own Toe Instead A pet Irish terrier started it, but C. A. Hadley, 215 N. Oakland finished it. Somebody tried to get in a window at the Hadley home shortly after midnight. The dog barked, arousing Hadley. Seizing his 22-year-old revolver, .he started downstairs, but fate Intervened. He stumbled and fell and gun W’as discharged. The bullet picked up the wrong person, however, and the burglars escaped. Hadley was his own victim. The bullet entered the calf of his left leg, ranged downward for five inches, emerged and struck his big toe, splitting it. The wounds are not serious. Last week the Hadley residence was looked over by would-be burglars. But Mrs. Hadley had more success with the gpn than her husband. She fired it into the air, frightening the burglars away. Convicted Mellett Slayer May Appeal Bit t'nited Press CANTON, Ohio, May 18.—Immediately after the jury's verdict last night finding Floyd Streitenberger guilty of murder of Don Mellett, Canton publisher, Defense Attorney James Robertson announced that the case would be appealed. The jury recommended mercy, which means a sentence of life imprisonment. Judge Clevenger agreed to defer sentence three days.

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Miss Helen Martin, Grant County champion, will compete for Indiana championship lit State Spelling Bee, sponsored by The Times, at Caleb Mills Hall, Shortridge High School, Friday night.

SO THIS IS MARRIAGE!

Five Years With Him Enough — Bu United Press CHICAGO, May 18. —Mrs. Anna Hansen and Mrs. Hazel Shepherd Hansen, who share George Hansen as their husband, appeared in court to discuss whether the former should grant her husbaijd a divorce and permit the second Mrs. Hansen to have a legal marriago. Judge Joseph Sabath asked: “Are you willing for ihe otiiei woman to have_ your husband?” Mrs. Anna Hansen looked at her husband —who is under arrest for bigamy—and then answered: “I certainly am. Five years with that man is long enough.” But This One Tried 44 Years Bv United Press SAN DIEGO, Cal., May 18.— Mrs. Ida Rhea Elliott today was attempting to terminate her fortyfour years of married life with James Wilkinson Elliott, Pittsburgh millionaire. Charging mental cruelty and infidelity, Mrs. Elliott filed suit for divorce. The community property of Elliott was lis(ed at $1,000,000, with separate property in Pittsburgh approximating $650,000. His income was said to be $75,000 a year. A residence at Point Loma. here Wis, valued at $125,000. The couple have nine children, six of whom are living. Questionable Case , What? Bv United Press LOS ANGELES, May 18.—Cornelius Deasy was without a wife today just because of the “Ask 'Me Another” question and answer craze. . Deasy, his wife, Moneta, told the court, was bitten by the question bug, and after that her life was one round of “Who Is Queen of Monrovia?” and “How High Is Up, If Any?” she said. “I stood ;t as long as I could,” | she testified, “and one day in selfdefense. I bid his question book. He whipped me when I wouldn’t tell him where it was.” Mrs. Deasy was granted a decree. ‘Dark’ Plea for Alimony Cut Bu United Ptrss CHICAGO, May 18.—Friendship which Mrs. Zulme Knowlton, divorced wife of a wealthy consulting engineer, Is said to have had with Prince Kojo Tozakin Hoiieno of Dahomey, Africa, was used by her husband, Harry' Knowlton. as basis for asking reduction in alimony. Knowlton was taken before Judge Harry Lewis to show cause why he should not be cited for contempt for not having paid $2,500 back alimony. Two detectives appeared 'for Knowlton and testified the dusky prince had visited Mrs. Knowlton frequently while Knowlton was in New York and also showed pictures of Mrs. Knowlton and the prince on board ship as they were about to sail to France.

Canton Paper Sold fill Pres* CANTON, Ohio, May 18—Announcement was marie today of the sale of the Canton Repository, one of the oldest newspapers in the [ country, to the Brush-Moore group, which includes tlie Marion Star, for ' merly owned, by the late President HanUn*.

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1927

FLIGHT NOTE DOUBT TOLD BY ENGLAND Nungesser Bottle Would Not Have Floated in, Belief. LLOYD'S CITE CURRENT Weather Clears, but U. S. Fuss Continues.

Bit United Press LONDON, May 18.—Doubt that authentic word had been received from captains Nungesser and Coll in a bottle removed from tho sea at Falmouth, England, was expressed today by representative of Lloyds. Lloyd’s tva Informed of the finding of the bottle by its agent at Falmouth. The representative said that the authenticity of the find was doubted because prevailing currents would have carried the bottle north of Ireland instead of to the English coast.

Falmouth is on the English Channel near the extreme southwestern tip of England. To reach Falmouth a bottle dropped in the sea off the Irish coast would have to round Land's End. which is the extremity of England in that region. FLIGHT FUSS UNSETTLED Weather Clears for American Air Hop to Paris. Bu United Press NEW TORK. May 18.—Clearing weather over the Atlantic was reported by the weather bureau today, but Bqualls in the camp of the Bellanca monoplane, Columbia, made It doubtful whether that craft would be prepared to start for Paris even if perfect atmospheric conditions developed. Commander Richard Byrd planned more test flights in his triple-mo-tored America before starting tho trans-Atlantic venture, and It seemed likely that if the weather continued to clear, Capt. Charles Lindbergh, last of the aviators to become an active contender, might be the first to start. The dispute between Charles Levine, president of the Bellanca Columbia aircraft corporation, and Lloyd Bertaud, one of the aviators chosen by him for the Paris flight, reached such an acute stage that Berndt Balchen, one of Byrd’s aids, was understood to have been offered Bertaud's seat in the two-passenger Bellanca plane. Bertaud Wants Plane Balchen was understood to feel, however, that Byrd would not welcome his entry into the Paris race as a competitor, and it was predicted he would reject the offer. Bertaud was reported to be planning to seek an injunction if necessary to keep the plane from leaving for Paris with another aviator in his place. Levine continued to insist that the Bellanca plane would make the Paris flight even if anew crew had to be obtained. Bertaud renewed his offer to buy the craft for a "reasonable figure.” Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis was ready for another test flight. He was reported to be satisfied with his plane's condition. Tests of Byrd’s Fdkker plane continued to be fully satisfactory. White Bird Rumor Two airplanes left Gloucester, Mass., today to search off the Massachusetts coast for a piece of wreckage which was believed might be a wing of the White Bird, in which Capt. Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli attempted a nonstop trans-Atlantic flight, and failed. The wreckage was reported seen Monday by Capt. S. F. Inge, commander of the United States Shipping Board steamer Bellepline, about 200 miles east of Boston. Coast guard officials here believed that the report of Captain Inge was the most logical of any of the scores received since the disappear* ance of the White Bird. Boy Free in Killing of Girl Study Mate Bu United Press BROOKLYN, N. 7„ May 18.— Walter Goldberg, Brooklyn High School boy, was freed of murder charges today by Justice Townsend Scudder, before whom he has been on trial for three days on an indictment growing out of the fatal shooting of his classmate. Anna Harris, 16. The case did not go to the jury. Justice Scudder, of the SnyderGray trial, ruled the State had failed to make a case of first degree murder. The boy was accused of having shot and killed Miss Harris in her home where he had gone to study with her. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 53 10 a. m 63 j 7 a. m 59 11 a. m 65 8 a. m 60 12 (noon) .... 68 9 a. 61 If. m 68

GIRL, 13, SAVES LIVES OF MOTHER AND SISTER

DUVALL COUNSEL’S ME 1j x I ON HEARING DATE

DUVALL AWAITING COUNSEL’S ADVICE ON HEARING DATE Mayor Isn't Even Sure Yet That He Has Attorneys. Whether or npt he will ask an early trial on the perjury and corrupt practice charges brought against him by Prosecutor William H. Remy and his aids will depend on advise of his attorneys, Mayor John L. Duvall said today. And the mayor was not yet sure he has any counsel in the case. He has asked Ryan. Ruckelshaus & Ryan to defend him. but has not hoard whether they will act, Duvall said. “I am in no hurry to pick attomeys,” the mayor said. Lawyers Debate John C. Ruckelshaus, who was Duvalls mayoralty campaign manager, said he would confer with Michael Rvan, his senior partner, tonight on Ryan’s return to the city, and then announce whether his firm will accept the mayor's case, Duvall and City Controller William C. Buser, his brother-in-law. will be arraigned before Criminal Court Judge James A. Collins June 6 on the charges made in seven affidavits filed by Remy and Special Prosecutors John W. Holtzman and Emsley W. Johnson Tuesday. Buser was charged with conspiracy to commit a felony jointly with Duvall in one affidavit.

Probe Continued The political corruption probe, i which lead the the filing of the charges against iluvall, will be continued and more witnesses heard, it was announced at the prosecutor's office. Former City Corporation Counsel Alvah J. Rucker was hefora the prosecutors three-quarters of an hour this morning. In announcing continuation of the probe Holtzman indicated there were several other affidavits forthcoming. Remy is noncommittal on future moves. "I have nothing to say at all; no plans to reveal," he said. The affidavits charging Duvall and Buser with conspiracy to commit a felony alleges the men agreed to filing a statement of Duvall’s campaign fund for 1925 in which the amount of contributions totaled $l3O, which a contribution of $14,500 made by William H. Armltage, former city hall boss, was not listed. Ruser becomes a defendant in this because he was the notary public who swore Duvall to his statement and filed the statement with the city clerk. Basis of Other Charges The other charges against Duvall also are based on Duvall's campaign fund statement and his failure to list alleged promises to name William H. Freeman, George Snider, George S. Elliott and John F. Rain- ; ier to office. The promises of appointments and alleged promises that he . would name Klansmen to office also were in violation of the corrupt practices act, it is charged. STEVE GETS EXTENSION Lifer Has Sixty More Days to Perfect Appeal From Sentence. D. C. Stephenson, ex-Klan leader, has been granted a second sixty-day extension of tlnn to perfect his appeal from conviction and sentence for the murder of Madge Oberholtzer by the Indiana Supreme Court. The action was taken by the Supreme Court upon motion of Stephenson's attorneys late Tuesday. In asking this second extension Stephenson's attorneys' charge that 294 errors are assigned in the transcript and that eighteen causes for reversal are cited. The finad date for filing the appeal was set as July 25. Driver Sought Police today sought the driver of an anto. who ran from Senate Ave. and Ohio St., Tuesday afternoon. \then his auto turned over. The car was 'confiscated, after police found twelve quarts of alcohol it.

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Mildred Atwell (above, left), who saved her mother and sister from death under the wheels of a train by flagging it down when her little sister. Othel (shown at right) with Iter mother, Mrs. Claude E. Atwell, caught her foot in a switch. Young Heroine Signals Train to Stop in Nick of Time. On the southwest side, in the neighborhood in which Mildred Atwell lives, they're still talking today about something Mildred did Sunday afternoon which has made her the herclne of her community. The story barkens back to shortly after seven o'clock Sunday evening, when Mildred. 13. her mother, Mrs. Claude B. Atwell, and her younger sister, Othel, 12, were returning to their home at 1321 Kentucky Ave., from a movie. The party started across the railroad tracks at the Belt railroad and Kentucky Ave. Fool Caught Suddenly, Othel dashed across the tracks and stepped through a hole in the board crossing. She dropped to the ground and shouted that her foot was held fast just outside the tracks. t Mrs. Atwell rushed to her just as the whistle of a locomotive sounded at a bend not far away. Mfs. Atwell tugged at the foot unsuccessfully. She could neither free tlie foot nor take off the shoe. The train roared down upon them. Mildred ran out to help. The mother shouted to her to stay back. Mildred backed away reluctantly, out of it for the moment physically, but her mind continued to act. Suddenly she dashed past her mother and began running toward the train. Girl Flags Train r Straight toward the locomotive sh 9 ran, waving her hands and pointing to the struggling pair. And then Mildred remembered tlTe signal her dad, a railroader, had taught her. She stood still, placed one hand on her hip, and began a slow up and down motion with her right hand which in railroad parlance is “stop." There came an answer. Two short whistles from the engine. But by this time it was almost up to the woman and child. Mother and daughter stretched out alongside the rails. The engine passed by them. Then the tender. The brakes ground. Another car went by*. Mildred had flagged the train in time to allow it to stop before any of the lower cars reached the woman and girl and crushed them. A few more feet and Mrs. Atwell might not have lived to tell the story.

Fist Death Natural, Says Kelly Defense Bu United Press LOS ANGELES, May 17.—Defense today started its attempt to prove that Ray Raymond, musical comedy star, died from natural causes rfUher than from a beating by Paul Kelly, film juvenile. Kelly admittedly was the rival of Raymond for the affections of the latter's wife. Dorothy Mackaye. M#i3 Mackaye spent a moment on the stand. "Did you ever sleep with Mr. Kelly?” she was asked. "No, sir,” she replied. Max Wagner testified "too much gin” had dulled his memory of the days before Raymond's death. There were "plenty of parties” at Kelly's apartment, he said. But he could not duplicate the feat of "Jungle," Kelly's Japanese houseboy, in j remembering when Miss Mackaye I had spent the night in the actor's apartment.

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Suddenly Crazed Board Treasurer, One of Victims, Blamed for Tragedy at Bath, Mich. SEVENTEEN BODIES IDENTIFIED Children and Adults Lose Lives as Dynamite Explodes. Bu United Press BATH, Mich., May 18.—Plotting of a suddenly crazed school board treasurer was blamed by Michigan State police today for the tragic dynamiting of Bath Consoliated grad© school an dthe tsimated death of more than thirty children and adults. Seventeen of the dead had been ientifie by griefstricken parents or relatives in the improvise morgue at Bath at 1:30 p. m.

Andrew Kehoe, the treasurer, who was killed when a subsequent explosion demolished his automobile near the school, was held responsible for the tragedy in the first semblance of an Investigation launched amid the confusion of wreckage and dead. Two hours after the west wing collapsed troopers working under Charles Lane, chief of the fire marshal's division, reported they had found ten sticks of the explosive with slow fuse still burning under the east wing of the school. Discovery of the additional explosive admittedly averted augmenting the worst tragedy that ever befell this rural village, seven miles north of the capital of Michigan, where the wounded were rushed In ambulances to hospitals. BOARD TO ARGUE . TEACHER SALARY Proposed Increase Comes Up for Discussion. The Indianapolis school board will meet in special session next Monday to discuss further a proposed salary increase for grade school teachers in the city. The plan under consideration would add approximately $50,000 to tho educational costs of the year by increasing the salaries of grade school teachers so that they may draw as much in salary as high school teachers with the same amount of education. Under the proposed schedule approximately 600 teachers in the grade schools would become eligible to a maximum salary increase of SBOO per year. At present the grade maximum is $2,000 and the high school $2,800. The new plan would give each grade school teacher tho privilege of drawing the $2,800 maximum provided she added to her education accordingly. The board is reported to favor the new plan and it is expected that the schedule will be adopted. LAWMAKER PAY AGAIN IN ISSUE —. * Gilliom Questions Legality, Asks Rehearing. The salary raise from $7,500 to 310,000 a year given Supreme Court judges by the last Legislature does not "afford any legal or proper reason for sustaining the Increase which members of the Legislature provided unto themselves,” Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom declared today in an answer to a brief filed Tuesday by Attorney Louis B. Ewbank, former Supreme Court Judge, in the legislative pay case. The case is that of Senator James J. Nejdl to mandate State Auditor Lewis S. Bowman to pay the members of the 1927 Legislature the $lO a day which they voted themselves, rather than the $6 a day which Bowman allowed them on advice of the attorney general. The mandate was denied in Marion County Circuit Court, but that decision was reversed by the Supreme Court. Gilliom has filed for rehearing in the Supreme Court. STEVE CASE FRIDAY Mrs. Dickinson to Be Questioned About Stephenson Property. Mrs. Martha Diektnson, Seymour, Ind., forpier confidante of D. C. Stephenson, will be examined in Superior Court One Friday by Judge James M. Leathers in an effort to learn whether she has property of Stephenson. Floyd Mattice, attorney for Mrs. Nettie Stephenson Brehm, who is suing for $10,600 for the supporting of Catherine, Stephenson's 11-year-old daughter, petitioned the action. In a garnishee affidavit he made Mrs. Dickinson and Governor Jackson defendants, alleging both have or have i had property of Sephenson. I Governor Jackson efiteicd a written denial and may oe examined orally later.

Forecast Showers tonight, and cooler in Indianapolis and vicinity; also cooler tonight and Thursday.

MARION COUNTY

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360 CITIES RULED SUCCESSFULLY BY MANAGERIAL PLAN Movement Secretary Addresses Young People at Y. W. C. A. There are 360 cities in the United States operating successfully under the city manager form of government, Claudo H. Anderson, city manager movement secretary, told a young people's meeting Tuesday night, at the Y. W. C. A. Only four cities which adopted the business like form have returned to the old political system, Anderson declared, Anderson replied to against the manager form, because "it is an experiment.” He said "the manager plan is not an experiment, because 360 cities have adopted and are satisfied with the plan.” Universal Satisfaction , "Our research for information conducted through civic leaders and civic organizations in cities where the manager form is in operation has shown that there hus been almost universal satisfaction on the part of the people and a successful administration of public affairs," said Anderson. “Money raised by taxation has been used wisely and public, buslness has gone forward with efficiency. "But one thing we must do, that is to keep awake after this election is won. Freedom is maintained only at tho price of eternal vigilance. However I am confident that our peoplo of Indianapolis can be depended upon to vote and to vote Intelligently and courageously on g, question of good government when they have an opportunity. "I believe we will put in places of authority a. board of aeven men who will be representatives of the people in a. real sense and displace thosi now in authority who are representatives of political party organi. zntlons only and not of the people as a whole. Neighborhood Meets James H. Lowry, former park superintendent, addressed the Colored Business and Professional Women’s Club at the Colored Y. W. C. A. Other neighborhood meetings to educate the community to the principles of the manager form were planned by the executive committee. The address by Mayor Murray L, Seasongood, Cincinnati, at a mass meeting Thursday night at the Claypool will be broadcast over WKBF, Hoosier Athletic Club station. Reservations for the meeting may ba made through Blythe Q. Hendricks, speakers’ bureau director, at manager headquarters, 520 Illinois Bid*. Seasongood will motor to Indian.apolis early Thursday and confer with manager leaders previously to the dinner. Tho meeting will bo open to the public after 8 p. m. to accomodata any unable to attend the dinner. J. IV. Esterline, Esterllne-Augu* Company, will speak at 8 p. m today, at the North Methodist Episcopal Church. Roy to Speak Roy Lewis will address the traffio Club luncheon Thursday at ths Severin Hotel on "Why the City Manager Plan?” Mrs. George Finfrock will speak Thursday noon at Sutherland Avenue Presbyterian Church. Harvey Hartaock will speak before the Bricklayers, Masons and Tile Setters Union. Thursday at 8.15 p. m. at 314 Castle Hall. Coolidge Recovers B United Press WASHINGTON, May 18— President Coolidge has recovered today from the cold which sent him to bed Monday afternoon and inconvenienced him somewhat yesterday. He resumed hia usual executive office hours this forenoon. Sam Bernard, Actor, Dies Bn I ni'ed r-ss NEW YORK, May 18—Sam Bernard, famous actor, dropped dead last night aboard the 3. S. Columbus, en route to Europo, according to wifeless advices received here today by relatives and frienda.