Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 50, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 July 1927 — Page 3

July 8, 1927

FRENCH PILOT LEARNS TO FLY LEVINFSPLANE Chamberlin Gives Drouhin Lesson on Hop Across Channel. f Bu United Press CROYDON, England, July B. Pilot Maurice Drouhin today connpleted his first course of instruction aboard the Bellanca monoplane Columbia in preparation for flying the cfaft to the United States. Drouhin and Clarence D. Chamhfirlin, the Columbia’s pilot on the New York to Germany flight, arrived in the Columbia at 3:13 p. m., today from Paris. They circled the field twice. Drouhin told the United Press he would pilot the Columbia back to Paris tonight. Levine said he would accompany Drouhin and that a second Frenchman, Machis, would be aboard. Chamberlin Gives Lesson Mrs. Clarence D. Chamberlin also arrived from Paris by air. The Chamberlins will remain until July 11 when they will sail for the united States aboard the Leviathan Chamberlin showed Drouhin the tricks of the Bellanca ship out of courtesy to a fellow pilot although he and Levine have broken off the partnership whicii began when they started for Berlin from Roosevelt Field. /John Carisi, chief mechanic of the Columbia Aircraft Corporation, ■is expected to sail from New York tomorrow bringing with him anew motor for the Columbia. Women Are Eager Before Levine named his pilot he Was flooded with requests from American and European women to be taken along on the westward flight. Some offered to go as passengers, some as pilots, and some as either or both. Levine has signed a contract with the German aviatrix, Praulein Thea Roche, calling for exhibition flights by her in the United States. After a week of receptions and banquets Commander Richard E. Byrd, and his companions were ready to leave Paris today for a week-end of rest at the seaside resort Le Touquet. They sail next Tuesday on the Leviathan for New York.

LONGEST RAIL TUNNEL IS NEARLY COMPLETE Eighteen Killed in Work Started Four Years Ago. Bn United Press . MOFFAT TUNNEL, West Portal, Colo., July 8. —One of the West’s greatest engineering feats moved a step nearer completion today when the rail bore of Moffat tunnel was holed through. Work on the tunnel was begun In September, 1923, and eighteen men have lost their lives in the enterprise. . • At East Portal, the tunnel elevation is 9,198 feet; at West Portal, 9,085 feet, and at the apex, 9,242 feet. When completed, Moffat tunnel will be the longest on the American continent—6.l miles, and will shorten the rail distance between Denver and Salt Lake City, Utah, 173 miles, eliminating thirty miles of 4 per cent grade and leaving a mixitnum grade on the road of 2 per cent. FRANCE TO RAISE DEER Alaskan Industry May Be Tried as Food Source. Bn Times Special NEW YORK, July B.—The raising of reindeer has been a successful industry in Alaska for some time, bu' In the various States it has not flourished. Now comes the report that France will attempt to raise them perhaps as an added source of food supply. Railroad Officials Meet Bn Times Special - FRENCH LICK, Ind., July B. The presidents’ conference committee on Federal valuation of railroads closed a two-day executive meeting here today. Presidents and other officials of practically every railroad In the United States attended. '[ATTENTION GARAGE MEN 400 Tires—3,ooo Tubes Must be sold in sixty days. Lease expires. 145 E. Maryland St. All the Credit You Want at Cash Prices PENNSYLVANIA TIRES Consumers Tire Cos. 301 N. Delaware St.

YELLOWSTONE PARK TOURS / x LEAVING''feVERY Vv r EEK A trip to the Wonderland of America—through Yellowstone Park, Salt Lake City, Royal Gorge, Colorado Springs, Manitau, the Garden of 'the Gods. <to9o CA All Necessary Expenses - iPfadbtOu Included. Richard A. Kurtz, Manager Travel Bureau Leading Travel Bureau of Indianapolis.” It*UNION TRUST*

Friends Help Identify Camera-Shot Strollers

Dozens of phone calls "far into the night” were received by Police Sergeant Jack O’Neal, headquarter's clerk, from friends who were sure they recognized Jack in Wednesday’s WHOOZIT picture. “I don’t kno\lF whether they recognized me or the cigaret,” O’Neal

FARMER SHOT BY CONVICT-EMPLOYE Elmer Shillings of Knox Expected Wound. Bu United Press LA PORTE, Ind., July B.—Elmer Shilling* 39, Knox farmer, is in a hospital here with two bullets in his right side and Meade Barr, 42, his farm hand and a paroled prisoner, is back in the Michigan City Prison as a result of an altercation at Shilling’s home Thursday night when Barr became crazed with drink. Shilling ordered Barr to "quit the bottle,” and Barr, angered, grabbed a gun and shot his employer. When Sheriff Frank Hildebrand and Marshal Charles Bownie went to arrest Barr, the drink-crazed man, waving his gun, said, ‘‘Come and get me.” The officers retreated for reinforcements and when they returned Barr was gone. He was found early today on the banks of the Yellow River sleeping. / Shilling has a chance of recovery, it is said.

ATLANTA CONSTITUTION BOUGHT BY LUKE LEA Georgia Newspaper • Acquired in Chain of Nashville Publishers. Bit United Press ATLANTA, July B.s?Sale of the Atlanta Constitution, one of the South’s oldest newspapers, to Luke Lea and Rogers Caldwell of Nashville, Tenn., was announced today. The consideration was not given. The announcement said Clark Howell Sr. would remain in control as publisher and editor and Clark Howell Jr. as business manager. The purchase adds the Constitution to a chain consisting of the Nashville Tennessean and the Memphis Commercial Appeal, which already were owned by Lea and Caldwell. The Constitution was established in 1868 by piark Howell, father of Clark Howell Sr., and was continued under the latter’s control on his father’s death. RAISE BIG ENDOWMENT University of Pennsylvania Drive Brings $9,000,000. / Bu United Press PHILADELPHIA, July B.—The University of Pennsylvania has passed the $9,000,000 mark in its campaign to raise an endowment fund of $45,650,000 by 1940, if was announced here by Thomas S. Gates, chairman of the fund’s managing committee. The campaign, launched, in May, 1925, assumed a world-wide aspect shortly afterward, and provisions have been made for annual contributions by alumni through the rest of the fifteen-year period. BILLIONS TO INSURANCE Indiana Companies Get $76,580,622, and Others $5,154,212,145. Income of Indiana insurance companies total $76,580,622.11 during 1926, according to figures compiled at the State insurance commissioner’s office. Foreign insurance companies operating in the State had a total income of $5,154,212,145.92.

said. said, ‘lt must be you, it’s just exactly the way you smoke your cigaret.” O’Neal’s double was the man on the inside of the sidewalk promenading past Keith’s. He proved to be G. D. Ambrose, 231 East Sixteenthx St., ahd wanted to go to the Circle.

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen to lice belong to: Aden Miller, 840 N. Meridian St.; Chevrolet touring, 75-788, from Riverside Park. Edwin F. Hibner, 3329 Boulevard PL; Ford touring, 557-988, from Capitol Ave. and St. Claire St. Hayden Lashbrook, 931 N. Jefferson Ave.; Ford touring, 534-814, from 359 E. Merrill Sts. BACK HOME AGAIN Automobiles reported found by police belong to: Carl McCoy, 1639 Hoefgen St.; Ford coupe, 536-258, at Ringgffld playground. BRITISH HOBOES SHUN MODERN IMPROVEMENTS 1 LONDON, July B.—British hoboes dislike the modern comfort provided for them in the workhouse. The board of guardians in the Welsh city of Abergavenny recently decided to try the experiment of fitting their workhougg out with slipper and shower baths, separate cubicles with electric push bells to call attendants in case of illness, an apparatus for fumigating clothes, and facilities for washing socks and handkerchiefs. In a recent meeting of the committee to discuss the result of the experiment, figures showed a decrease of more than two-thirds in the number of hoboes admitted to the workhouse.

Store Open Saturday Night Till 9 Suits (2-piece) —Tropical y Worsteds / —Tailored Linens —Twist Fabrics —Tailored to a nicety——Priced where it’s a pleasure $ 1 QiZ* SI For Men 1 H W and Young Men Oxfords are * lowered fs. _____ s/pt*/ a Got 33 to 39 W. Washington St. _

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Mrs. Gertrude Besson, 322 Eugenia Apartments, proved to to the lady in the immediate foreground of the picture. Tuesday’s picture was fully Identified when William J. Wilkerson, 2752 Stuart street proved his identity.

TOLL BRIDGE OPPOSED AT EVANSVILLE HEARING Several Objectors Appear Before U. S. Army Engineers. Bu Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., July B.—Opposition from more than one source to placing a toll bridge across the Ohio River four miles north of Evansville, developed at a hearing before United States War Department engineers held here. The EvansvilleKentucky Bridge Company seeks to build the span. J. Frank Tilley, representing the Pittsburgh Coal Exchange, said a bridge of any sort near Evansville would be “an unreasonable menace and an obstruction to navigation.” Objections were expressed on behalf of Governor Ed Jackson, the Indiana highway commission and Various business interests. TAX FERRET PLEA LOST Van Derveer Appellate Court Appeal Next. Bu Times Special KOKOMO. Ind., .July B.—Ferdinand P. Van Derveer has lost his appeal to escape refund of $23,093.87 to Howard County. Os the sum $2,000 covers court costs and the remainder fees for tax ferret work by Van Derveer. He plans to carry the case to the State Appellate Court. Denial of appeal was made by Judge Cleon Mount, Tipton, sitting as special judge.

Tickets good for Indianapolis theaters are still being issued by the WHOOZIT editor of the Times to all identifying themselves as being shown in the daily WHOOZIT feature. 1 The Berkell players, at English’s, are making many friends with their "Loose Ankles” this week. "On Approval,” the current bill at Keith’s, in which France Bendsten of the Stuart Walker company does a wonderful bit of acting, has the season’s smallest cast. Ted Lewis, high hatted tragedian of song, and his group of merry makers are filling the seats at the Circle this week. His act, beautifully furnished, is a delight to both the eye and ear.

The Victor 1* conB west'' of

Every article in our immense stock is selected with the utmost care. Regardless of what you purchase at “The Victor,” you positively receive the best your money can buy for the amounf paid. Easy Credit Terms Arranged to Suit Your Convenience. lz& Trade in Your Old Furniture for New! Let your old furniture pay for new. Inquire about our trade-in plan. Liberal alloivance for your old, out-of-style, furnishings! R e m e mbet The Victor Is conveniently located on Washington St. Just Vj block west of Illinois St.

ARRESTED ON LIQUOR CHARGE AFTER CRASH Driver of Second Car Suffers Serious Injuries. With the arrest of John McClain, 30, of 2854 W. Ray St., on a blind tiger charge, police believe they have stopped alleged drinking

I Houses Find Times II Want Ads Helpful II HI Houses in all parts of the city, practically every size and nearly M■ j every price are listed in handy alphabetic street order, making If you arc looking for a House, read and watch th'e House for Isl jjjj 1 Rent Ads in The Times, perhaps the place you are looking for is n. If you have a house for rent, a Times want ad will find you IM 18 a tenant. Many people secure tenants for vacant houses thru |B ffi CALL MAIN 3500 I YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD

3-Pc. Living Room Suite Q/VSO These charming suites are offered in an attractive and durable jacquard H M bLjM ■ velour covering that will give a generation of service! Full spring con- ■ W struction with loose spring cushion adds still more to the comfort, ■ W _ W while the design is one well worthy of any home. A marvelous value Abhe SkM that actually must be seen to be appreciated. f Easy Terms to Suit Your Convenience! Three-Piece Bedroom Suite II- f\ i j Walnut veneer exposed surfaces, with latest floral decorations. ■*—' Here you have three lovely pieces correctly proportioned and handsomely designed and in decorated walnut veneers over finest cabinet woods. Easy • H W sliding drawers and other essentials of quality. A tremendous value at far £ U less than our regular low price. Special at— Easy Terms to Suit Your Convenience!

. 231-237 WEST WASHINGTON ST.

parties in a shack at Morris St. and Eagle Creek. McClain was arrested after his auto had collided with a machine driven by Elmer Brisbane, 45, of 911 Bates St., late Thursday, at Tibbs Ave. and W. Morris St. Both autos plunged into a ditch. Brisbane was taken to city hospital where physicians say he is suffering from serious Internal injuries and lacera-

tions of the skull. McClain was treated for slight wounds. Two other men with McClain, were seen to flee toward the ahaelf with heavy sacks, witnesses told police. Motor Policemen Norman and Cauldwell found two sacks of empty beer bottles under the bridge approach near the shack. A pint Os white mulfe was found in McClain's car after the crash, police said.

Open Your Account Tomorrow! # Watch Our Windows for the Unusual in Furniture.

PAGE 3