Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 59, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 July 1927 — Page 2
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WORKERS FROM NICARAGUA ASK MARINEOUSTER Delegates to Labor Parley Call on Coolidge to Withdraw Forces. Du United Frees WASHINGTON. July 19.—Nicaraguan delegates to the Pan-American Federation of Labor Congress here today introduced a resolution calling upon President Coolidge to withdraw United States forces from their country immediately. The resolution said the majority of the 200 to 300 Nicaraguans reported salin in the July 16-17 battle between marines and rebels at Ocotal were “pacific and long-suffering workers who have taken up arms because they can not tolerate that armed forces of a foreign nation should rule their country.” The document would place the congress on record in “fullest sympathy with the aims of the working masses of Nicaragua, who are resolved to withstand foreign invasion of their country.” U. S. Plane Shot Down Bu United Frets MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 19. Two American airplanes, sent on a reconnoitering trip by Capt. Gilbert Hatfield, were struck by bullets yesterday and one was forced down when the gasoline tank was punctured, it was reported today at marine headquarters here. Skillful navigation by Gunner Sergeant Albert S. Munsch brought his crippled plane to earth at Ocotal, where he plugged his gas tank and took off again. He next was heard from at Esteli,. where he telephoned to marine headquarters at Managua that General Sandino, Liberal leader, again was attacking Ocotal. Hatfield was advised that 300 Nicaraguans and one United States marine were killed in the 16-hour battle at Ocotal last Saturday, which ended with the routing of the Nicaraguans by five American planes. Word of the new attack' caused Marine Major Floyd to leave with a column of troops to prevent Sandino from reorganizing his forces. BOLT STUNS MILLIONAIRE Robert Goelet Struck by Lightning While Playing Golf. By United Press NEWUORT, R. 1., July 19 —One of America’s richest men, Robert Goelet of New York, was stunned but not injured by lightning while playing golf at the Newport Country Clu’: late yesterday. Dazed, the multimillionaire was assfsted from the links but soon recovered at the clubhouse. William B. Rogers, also of New York, who was playing with Goelet, was slightly affected, but unharmed. Patents Seed Tester Bu Time* Special MUNCIE, Ind., July 19.—0. H. Pershing has obtained a patent on a seed-testing device, for which both simplicity and efficiency are claimed. A perforated aluminum pan, a glass jar of corresponding size, a perforated cap and textile material comprise the outfit.
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East side residents anxious to see E. Tenth St. opened at the Belt elevation were cheered today by the sight of Marion County Construction Company paving equipment. Virgil Vandagrifft works board president, ordered work rushed on the street. It has been blocked for months. Cost of paving with asphaltic concrete is $7,500. Paul Gray, bareheaded foreman, is shown in the right of the picture.
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MANAGER GROUP MEETS Vacation Period Plans Formulated at Luncheon. The City Manager League policy committee outlined vacation period plans at a luncheon Monday. Henry L. Dithmer, chairman, announced regular policy committee meetings will be held. Executive Secretary Claude H. Anderson will head the organization work during the summer. Methods of enrolling members will be given 1,500 volunteer workers In a bulletin drafted by Anderson. Quotas will be assigned wards and precincts. VETERAN EDITOR DEAD Henry Clendenin Active in Illinois Journalism Since 1881. Bu United Press SPRINGFIELD. 111., July 19. Henry W. Clendenin, oldest active editor in Illinois, died at his home here late last night. He has been editor-in-chief of the Illinois State Register since it was founded in 1881, and had he lived until Aug. 1 he would have been. 90 years old. His death has been expected momentarily since Sunday when he was stricken with an attack of acute indigestion. HELP CUT FILM COSTS Actors in Accord Wf.h Producers in Campaign Bu United Press HOLLYWOOD, Cal., July 19. Screen players are willing to cooperate with producers to secure a permanent solution of the motion picture production cost problem, it appeared today. Samuel Goldwyn, producer, said the actors’ ranch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is entirely in accord with the producers in their attempt to cut costs. EXECUTING COMMUNISTS Anti-Nationalist Forces Slay 400 in Chinese Provinces. LONDON, July 19.—A Manchester Guardian dispatch from Shanghai today said newspaper correspondents returning from Hsnkow reported that more than 400 trade union members and peasant leaders have been executed in Hupeh and Human provinces during the Wuhan government’s suppression of communism. The correspondents reported that the Wuhan government has two policies: First, to eliminate communism, and second to eliminate general Chiang Kai-Shek, moderate Nationalist leader.
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CONDEMNED PAIR REFUSEJO EAT Sacco and Vanzetti Disdain Prison Meals. By United Press BOSTON, July 19.—Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti refused again today to eat breakfast brought to their cells in the Cherry Hill section of Charlestown State prison. Thus the two men facing the electric chair for murders committed in 1920 continued the apparent hunger strike which began after their morning meal last Sunday. At 8 a. m. today more than fortyeight hours had elapsed since either of the prisoners had taken solid food. Vanzetti slipped his coffee this morning, but, as was the case yesterday, declined all solid food. Sacco continued his abstinence from both food and liquids, with the probable exception of water. There is running water In each cell. The warden, who has authority to order forced feeding, gave no hint today that he was considering such methods. The physical condition of the prisoners was reported unchanged.
ELECT LABOR OFFICERS Results of Contested Election Are Withheld; Taylor Is President. Balloting on Indiana State Federation of Labor offices for which there was oppositiqn. closed Monday. Counting of ballots will Aug. 9, and results will be announced at the Bloomington convention, Aug. 31. Those elected without opposition were: Thomas N. Taylor, Terre Haute, president; James Lechler, Ft. Wayne, first vice president, and Edward P. Barryl, Indianapolis, fourth vice president. All other offices were contested. TRAIL JAIL BREAKERS Indianapolis Police Asked to Head Off Two Fugitives. Police were notified today by Indiana State Farm authorities, at Greencastle, that two men escaped Monday afternoon and are believed to have headed for Indianapolis. James Smith, 18, of Indianapolis, sentenced on March 19 to one year for grand larceny, and Taylor Holliday, 20, of Richmond, sentenced March 12, for a similar time for vehicle taking, are the two reported at large. SLAIN IN $lO DISPUTE Employe of New Albany Man Held in Fatal Hunting. By Times Special NEW ALBANY, Ind., July 19. Richard Kyees, 40, was shot dead during a quarrel over $lO, according to Carl Butler, 27, who is held in jail here charged with the slaying. Butler says Kyees, his employer, accused him of stealing money. Kyees formerly operated the Valley View roadhouse near here. MAN LOST; MOTHER DIES Police Hunt James Downey to Convey Tragic News Elkhart Police Chief C. V. New today asked police to locate James Downey, formerly at 2221 Kenwood Ave., and inform him that his mother died Monday. New said the man’s father was near death.
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IMPROVE PHYSICALLY Citizen Soldiers Find Training at Camp Is Benefit. Parents of 1,815 Citizens Military Training Camp students who attended the Ft. Benjamin Harrison course this summer today found their sons in ship-shape physical condition, according to fort authorities. The youths showed an improvement in physical condition after the first week of training, officers said. Camp physicians rejected 105 students because of physical unfitness. Sixty who had not been vaccinated received free attention at Ft. Harrison. FARM BUREAU SESSION Fourth District Meeting Convenes at Portland. Bu Times Special PORTLAND. Ind., July 19.—The Fourth district farm federation is in session here today. The district comprises ten counties: Tipton, Howard, Miami, Wabash, Blackford, Grant, Huntington, Adams, Wells and Jay. Among - those active in farm bureau work in attendance are William H. Settle, State president; L. H. Hull, manager, State purchasing department; Mrs. Verna Hatch, social and educational director; M. J. Briggs, field agent. State fertilizer department, and W. T. Martindale. DAWES PULLS IN FISH Vice President Taking Angling Honors in New Mexico Camp. By United Press CHICAGO, July 19.—Vice President Charles G. Dawes is taking high honors as a fisherman according to reports reaching Chicago. The vice president with a partji| including Ben Ames Williams, novelist; Kenneth L. Roberts, write! and John T. McCutcheon, cartooifc' Ist, is vacationing at Cimaroon, N. M. According to word received from the party. 116 fish have been caught. MILLIONAIRE TO TRIAL Goldstein Is Indicted in Slaying of Business Partner. Bu United Press LOS ANGELES, July 19.—Jacob Goldstein, millionaire president of the Rothschild Investment Company, must stand trial on charges of murdering his business partner, Frederick Stern. The county grand jury voted the murder indictment against Goldstein last night fifteen minutes after a coroner’s jury had decided that the capitalist struck Stern on the head with a hammer and then I shot him to death with homicidal 1 intent. QUAKE DEATH TOLL 200
! Palestine Commissioner Makes Official Report to London. Bn United Press LONDON. July 19.—The high commissioner at Palestine has advised the colonial office that casualties of the recent Palestine and Egypt earthquake totaled 200 killed, 356 seriously injured and 375 slightly injured. | It was estimated roughly that 1,000 homes had been damaged severely. Fugitive’s Wife Held Bit Timex Special PORTLAND, Ind., July 19.—Mrs. Gladys Page, wife of Fred Page of Redkey, wanted in connection with the SIO,OOO burglary of the Appenzeller department store there April 8 last, is a prisoner here. She is charged with complicity in the burglary. Question Two For Theft Attempt Two Negroes, alleged to have attempted to rob Mrs. Elizabeth Thornberry in the Thomberry sec-ond-hand store, 1531 E. Seventeenth St., were questioned today by detectives. Neighbors called police.
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BOY PATIENTS EAGER TO SEE LINDBERGH FLY Hero Worshiper Asks Visit to Hospital; Aviator to Start on Tour. Bu United Press BOSTON. July 19.—Little patients at the Boston Children's Hospital will be unable to go to the Boston airport Friday to greet Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, but Lindbergh may go to them. Mayor Nichols has forwarded a letter sent to him for the flier from an enterprising young hero-wor-shiper, confined to the hospital. The lettef* read: “Dear Colonel Lindbergh: “I made*a mistake and sent my letter to you care of the Mayor of New York, but my aunt said that was a mistake, because he would lose it. So I am writing again and this time I am sending it to the Mayor of Boston. I asked you in my other letter please to fly over the Children’s Hospital when you come to Boston Friday. “I would like it much better if you would come to see me, but if you can’t, will you fly over the hospital, very low? I am on the third floor and I have double mastoids. but I’m not sick and I will watch tor you all day Friday on the porch and I’ll tell the other children. "I hope the Boston mayor won’t forget to send this to ybu. I live in Spokane, Wash , and I am here on a vacation. “From your friend, “NED.” Leaves Mitchel Field Colonel Lindbergh left Mitchel field at 9:300 a. m. at the controls of a Wright service plane for Hasbrouck Heights, N. J. From there he planned to go by automobile on an inspection trip of the plant of the Wright Aeonautical Corporation in Paterson. /Charles L. Lawrence, designer of the Wright Whirlwind motor and President of the Wright Corporation, and Lew Gower, test pilot for the Wright Corporation, were passengers with Lindbergh. Will Fly Own Plane After the visit to the plant, Lindbergh was scheduled to fly back to Mitchel field in the Spirit of St. Louis, his own plane, which has been overhauled at the Wright plant. At noon tomorrow Colonel Lindbergh was expected to take off for Hartford. Conn., the first leg of the nation-wide tour under auspices of the Guggenheim fund for the promotion of aviation.
Honor Smith and Bronte Bu United Press HONOLULU; July 19.-*-The honorary Order of Kamehameha will be bestowed on Ernest L. Smith and Emory B. Bronte, American- aviators, at a public reception tonight at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. e > he air mail flier and the- ship' navigator who last Friday dropped iji their plane on Molokai Island will be cloaked in the feather cape, famous in Hawaiian tradition and worn in earlier years by Hawaiian warriors. It will be a resplendent gathering with notables of the islands present to honor the fliers. “I’m just a nordinary fellow and not strong on formality," Smith cabled yesterday to his old home town. Gilroy, Cal.
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Have you been photographed for WHOOZIT yet? Each day The Times photographer snaps pictures on the downtown streets, which' when reproduced in The ..Times mean free theater tickets. . All that Is required is that you come in to the WHOOZIT editor of The Times and identify yourself. Two tickets for either Keith’s, the Circle, English’s or the Apollo will be issued for each person identified. Miss Vivian Tobin, Indianapolis favorite, is being starred in “Alias the Deacon” by the Stuart Walker company at Keith's. George Gaul also is in the cast. A mystery play written by Robert St. Clair of the Berkell players, at English’s, is being produced this week. A SIOO prize is being offered for a name. Zez Confrey. composer of "Kitten on the Keys,” and his orchestra play at the Circle this week, while the HEAR ARBITRATION CASE Arthur Roundtrees Plea Put Up to Commission. Arbitration case of Arthur Roundtree, discharged Indianapolis Street Railway Company employe, was heard yesterday by Commissioner Howell Ellis of the public service commission. Attorney Frank Baker, who represents Roundtfee, also is attorney lor James Green and other employes in the pay raise petition filed for arbitration by the commission. Ellis announced that after the Roundtree hearing he would attempt to brip? Baker and the street railway attorneys to some decision on the Green -case also. Roundtree contends that he was discharged in violation of contract. SPEND POUNDS OF COIN Every day in Indianapolis there are more than 380 pounds of pennies spent for newspapers. According to the circulation statements of the three leading local newspapers Indianapolis residents buy an average of 19,329 newspapers on streets. This number means that 47,284 pennies are spent. The weight of that number of pennies is 280 pounds.
picture is “Dearie," in which Irene Rich dresses up and breaks into society after having been an > “ugly duckling.” A hen-pecked husband is wonderfully portrayed by W. C. Fields in “Running Wild” at the Apollo this week. Fields was a Ziegfeld star for many years. Mrs.. Zella Hengel. 2521 E. Pratt St., saw herself in WHOOZIT and claimed her tickets. Mrs. Hengel like The Times better than any other paper because “it has news that never appears in any other paper.” Mrs. Edna Sparks, 3912 W. Washington St. and her daughter Nettie, are taking the whole family to the theater. They both appeared in Saturday’s WHOOZIT.
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AIR BOOSTERS WILL LAY PLAN BEFORE GLOVER Possibility of New Mail Service for City to Be Discussed Wednesday. Postmaster Robert H. Bryson and George T. Bryant, Central Airways, Inc., representative, will confer Wednesday with W. tfvlng Glover, second assistant postmaster general in charge of air mail, relative to local air mail possibilities. Glover will be here for the trl-State postmasters’ convention. Bryson said there is no doubt Glover will advertise for bids when he learns that Central Airways, which proposes to establish commercial' routes in sixty days, is anxious to bid on air mall. It is Bryson’s hop®.that Indianapolis will be made the “air mail cross roads” of America, with a Southern trans-continental line and a Chicago-Atianta route connecting here. Bryant returned today from Detroit where he collected data to bo used by the local grm. He has been collecting data on cooperation methods and costs and other technical information which will be presented the Central Airways directors after Aug. 10, when it will be decided what lines can bo operated profitably. Paul Q. Richey. Airways secretary. Is studying eastern airports. Bryant will go to Chicago Friday to confer with Paul Henderson, National Air Transport Company president, relative to linking an Indianapolis line with the Chicago air mail service. A plan whereby Indianapolis patrons can mail a letter at 3 p. m. and reach New York at 7 a. m. is being considered, Bryant said.
