Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 75, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 August 1927 — Page 13

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U.S.TO MOULD PUBLIC OPINION FOR NAVY CUT Limitation Will Be Made Subject of Discussion Through World. , HOLD DOWN ON SHIPS Wilbur Leaves Washington to Confer With Coolidge on Budget. BY HERBERT LITTLE United Prees Stiff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Aug. s.—An effort to limit the world’s great navies through the force of public opinion was seen today as the Coolidge Administration’s next disarmament activity, now that the Geneva parley has failed. The United States is to call a five-power disarmament conference early in 1931, under the terms of the five-power Washington naval limitation treaty of 1921. Against Big Navy American Government officials intend meantime to make the limitation subject one for general discussion by the citizenry of the United States and other countries, as well as by officials. President Coolidge is expected to take a firm stand against the anticipated “big Navy” campaign in the next Congress, although he favors some “reasonable” increases. Secretary of Navy Wilbur is leaving Washington today for Rapid City to confer with the President on the situation, and also on the Navy s budget for next year's appropriation- ... Hold Britain Responsible The following outstanding features of the situation are noted here: . _ . 1 American officials are firm in holding Great Britain responsible for the breakup of the Geneva conference. 2. At the same time they emphasize the good feeling between the two nations, apparently to counteract “big navy” sentiment. 3 The bonds of friendship between the United States and Japan appear stronger than ever, the Oriental delegates having supported the American proposals to the limit. 4. The United States will continue inferior to Great Britain in cruiser strength, but superior in destroyers, for several years at least. ‘Told You So/ Says Paris Bir United Press PARIS, Aug. 5. —“We told you so,” was the attitude of French officialdom in commenting today on the failure of the naval conference ut Geneva. France refused to participate in the conference, although a representative was sent tc report the proceedings to Paris. French naval experts were elated and made no attempt to hide their feelings. France always has felt that she was badly treated at the Washington conference and the failure at Geneva yesterday was accepted here as meaning that another such conference would be difficult to arrange. No Japanese Naval Race B.y United Press TOKIO, Aug. s.—“ Japan will hold herself aloof from any naval race,” the minister of marine said today in commenting on the failure of the Coolidge naval limitations conference at Geneva. "The world wide sympathy for Japan’s efforts at Geneva,” said Premier Tanaka, “constitute a triumph for Japan, whatever else failed.” Italy Is Not Surprised By United Press ROME, Aug. s.—President Coolidge’s naval limitations conference which failed yesterday merely fulfilled its destiny, observers believe will be the general belief in Italy, when all facts have been digested. Italy rejected Coolidge’s invitation to participate but sent an observer. There was no surprise here at the conference’s failure. Europe Regrets Flop By Vnited Press LONDON, Aug. s.—Regret but scant surprise is general throughout Europe today at the failure of President Coolidge’s naval limitations conference. Germany felt the failure more keenly than' any nonparticipating nation. Since Germany was disarmed by the treaty of Versailles, the Germans have been foremost in advocating disarmament among the nations of the world. United Press inquiries in Berlin discovered deep regret among officials. There was apprehension lest failure of the Coolidge conference affect the propects of the League of Nations disarmament conference scheduled for this autumn. Editorial comment in London ranged from complacent contemplation to vigorous criticism of conferees.

Fines Fly Bv Times Special GREENSBURG, Ind., Aug. 5. —Money literally flew to Justice of the Peace David T. Holmes. The mpney was fines paid by E. F. Junglas and L. W. Holt of Cincinnati, arrested at Lake McCoy, where they landed in airplane. They were charged with fishing without taking out a non-resident liwmse.

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James Tolbert of 429 Minerva St., laboratory assistant, trying Dr. Rolla N. Harger’s new alcoholic breath tester.

‘Hold Your Breath,’ May Join ‘Don’t Give Your Right Name’ Advice Class. With invention of a scientific “breath tester” by Dr. Rolla N. Harger of Indiana Universtiy School of Medicine here, every Indiana law enforcement officer soon may be equipped to go into court and prove conclusively the exact degree of intoxication of his prisoner. Dr. Harger has offered use of this new scientific device to Secretary of State Frederick E. Schortemeier for use by state officers in testing sobriety of alleged drunken drivers. Schortemeier has not yet announced acceptance. Breath Will Be Measured If the new tester becomes generally used, when the town drunkard wabbles unsteadily into court, the tester will be called on to “do its stuff.” “Blow your breath into this sack,” he will be told. He will be given what looks like a football bladder or toy balloon. The bladder, when inflated, will be connected with an apparatus containing sulphuric acid and an oxydizing agent, which will catch the alcohol in his breath and form a colored substance. Intensity of the color will determine the extent of intoxication. The analysis, Dr. Hager emphasized, will not make it possible to determine how much liquor the prisoner has drank. When Is Man Dead Drunk? This is the fairest test possible, the inventor said, because a seasoned drinker’s blood absorbs less of the alcohol he drinks than a novice. Dr. Harger cited some data recently published by Dr. Emil Bogen of Cincinnati, who said: “A man is dry and decent when each cubic centimeter of his blood contains less than one milligram of alcohol. He is delighted and devilish when his blood contains one to two milligrams, delinquent and delirious after he has absorbed three to four milligrams, dazed and dejected after four to five milligrams, and dead drunk after a five milligram limit has been passed.” BYRD DELAYSnJOHT South Pole Hop Postponed Until Next Year. By United Press NEW YORK, Aug. s.—The south pole expedition to be, headed by Commander Richard E. Byrd, transAtlantic aviator, has been postponed until 1928. Commander Byrd and his backers decided against hasty preparation and the start originally scheduled for this fall, has been set back. The flier intends to take thirty men. Bernt Balchen, member of the crew of the America on the flight to France, will leave Monday for Norway to obtain the services of men skilled in Arctic work.

Judge for Yourself How Accurate Long Distance Forecasts Are!

This is the fourth of six articles regarding the long distance weather forecasts of Herbert Janvrln Browne, who predicted this would be a year without a summer. Is it? Nothing is the matter with the weather, saya the weather bureau. BY RUTH FINNEY WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—A cold, dry year was the particular kind of disaster which Herbert Janvrin Browne foresaw for 1927. This was his prediction on the first of last January. “There will be sections which will have adequate rainfall and sections which will have abnormal heat, particularly and briefly during July and August, but for the larger areas of the United States and Canada, and for a large majority oN their population, 1927 will be written down as a memorahly cold, dry year, paralleling in its most

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SHUT-INS WILL SEE LINDBERGH ON VISIT HERE Car Drivers Volunteer to Take Hospital Inmates to Special Grandstand. Little folks and old folks, numbering more than 425, are looking forward to Tuesday when they are to be taken to a special grandstand along Thirty-Eighth St., between Meridian and Central Ave., to see and greet Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. They are from hospitals and Institutions of the city, and transportation for them is being arranged through the Community Fund by Homer W. Borst, executive secretary. Owners Pledge Cars Among individual car owners who have signified their desire to help in transporting the shut-ins by telephoning die Community Fund are Mrs. H. ’L. Claghom, Henry C. Ketcham, B. V. Havens, Mrs. M. E. Helf. Mrs. Mary Reynolds and Mrs. Ada Smith. Already special transportation for all the old folks has been arranged. Through Mrs. O. E. Anthony, the Elliott Anthony Company, Inc., has offered to take out the old people from the Home for Aged Women, and the Altenheim Old Folks Home, and Mrs. Wolf Sussman has volunteered to transport the old folks from the Jewish Shelter House and Old Folks Home. * See Parade From Lawn All of the old people have been invited to watch Lindy pass from a vantage point on the lawn of Mrs. Edward Ferger, 104 E. Maple Road Blvd. Volunteers from the American Business Men’s Club will take all the children old enough to go from the General Protestant Orphan’s Home, 1404 S. State St. COUNCILMAN’S FATHER MADE PARK WATCHMAN Albertson Reported Present at First ‘lmpeachment’ Caucus. Appointment of Henry Albertson, father of Councilman O. Ray Albertson of the majority faction, to a park department job today is causing discussion at city hall. Selection of the elder Albertson as watchman at Casino Gardens, former dance resort recently obtained for park purposes, was recommended by Mayor Duvall. Park commissioners made the selection Thursday. Albertson, the councilman, was one of the half dozen of the majority faction reported to have attended the first caucus recently when steps toward impeachment of Duvall and Buser were discussed. He did not attend the second caucus. When the Duvall ultimatum to “lay off” was delivered before the council meeting Monday, Albertson was reported present.

notable weather abnormalities and their destructive crop reactions the conditions of 1816, historically known as the year without a summer.” On the seventh of June the United States Weather Bureau issued the following summary of spring weather: “The temperature for March to May inclusive was uniformly moderate with only a few stations reporting departures of temperatures from the normal greater than two degrees, A rather limited area in the Northwest was one to three degrees cooler than normal, while practically all sections of the country were normal or wanner. “Precipitation was unusually heavy in the Mississippi Valley and

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URGES BAN ON PARKING CARS BY MONUMENT Superintendent Perry Will Ask Council to Repeal Ordiance. STATE LAW IS CITED Effect Is Alleged to Be Same as That of Board Fence. City council will be asked to repeal an ordinance permitting auto parking on Monument Circle. Oran .Perry, Monument sunperintendent, said today. Perry said he would write councilmen a letter requesting them to rescind the action of the city in the belief it was a violation of a State law. “I think it would be a good thing. We will consider the matter carefully,” said Boynton J. Moore, council majority leader, when informed of Perry s plan. Holds Parking Illegal In response to an inquiry from Perry, Edward M. White, assistant attorney general of Indiana, gave an opinion to Pliny H. Wolford, Governor Jackson's secretary, that parking of automobiles or busses, if they obstruct approaches or view of the monument, can be considered violations of the State law. “Cars parked for hours at a time around the Circle not only obstruct the view of the monument, contrary to State law, but also help to blockade traffic, endangering lives and property,” said Perry. Perry explained he had been authorized by the Monument board of control to take up the matter with the council. Blames Council “It Is the council that caused all the trouble,” he said, “when they passed an ordinance, undoubtedly unconstitutional, permitting parking on the Circle. Stopping of busses or private automobiles for a moment to take on or discharge passengers is not objectionable.” Acts of 1901 provided that it shall be unlawful to desecrate the monument or Monument Place or any of the premises or approaches by building any wall, fence or other obstruction in or about the premises. “A fringe of parked automobiles about the Circle has the same effect as that of a high board fence, through which one cannot look out or in and which further reduces the already inadequate size of Monument Place,” Perry said.

$330 TAX PER FAMILY PAID Statistical Reports Show Governmental Costs. Government in Indiana cost each family in the State $330 in 1926, according to figures in the statistical report issued today by the legislative bureau of the State library and historical department. Total governmental cost was $243,644,447. Distribution of funds and charge per family is given as follows: State departments, $2.98; , general State expense, $5.13; counties, $21.69; townships, | $17.60; cities, $46.33; towns, $4.25; highways and street#, $54.61; schools, $92.78; universities and normal schools, $9.41; libraries, $2.09; dependent classes, $13.13; parks and recreation, $3.59; monuments and memorials, 31 cents. Total charges amounted to $273.90, to which were added $2.64 for investments, malting total disbursements, $276.54. Federal internal revenue of $53.73 made the total governmental charge per family $330.27. Marion County disbursements are listed as general administration, $103,009; purchase and construction of buildings, $705,589; upkeep and repairs, $56,062; public health, $154,722; highways and bridges, $597,304; administration of Justice, $257,441. These figures are totals for 1925. Indianapolis disbursements were general administration, $102,947; building construction, ,$2,986.729; repairs, $37,895; police, $1,093,744; fire protection, $1,340,223; water, $414, 757; lights $265,209; health, $718,343. Boy Electrocuted By Times Special BROOKVILLE, Ind., Aug. 5. Arnold Smith, 16, met instant death by electrocution when he touched a wire in a garage. He was the youngest son of Deputy Postmaster Joseph Smith.

from the Ohio and lower Mississippi Valleys northward and northwestward. Over considerable areas totals for the three months ranged from 160 to 200 per cent of the seasonal average. Elsewhere it was generally drier than usual.” Who gets the decision? You referee. More comparisons are in order. For Jan. 1 to Feb. 1, Browne predicted “a very dangerous month,” four severe cold, spells, rains well above normal on the Pacific Coast, precipitation less notable in the middle Mississippi Valley. doesn’t think much of averages, and he claims three of his cold waves arrived on schedule. But the Weather Bureau figures show that ip January it was warper

CHAOS REIGN IS FORECAST IN CONGRESS Coolidge Abdication Means Politics Will Be Played to the Limit. DAWES TO FOREFRONT Fight for Control Will Be Close; Smith and Vare Cases Big Issue. BY RUTH FINNEY WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. The Seventieth Congress will be the most chaotic in years as a result of President Coolidge’s abdication, it is predicted here. One potential candidate to succeed him will preside over the Senate, another over the House. Three or fopr candidates will sit as members of the Senate; and the strength of Lowden and Hoover will vary according to what action is taken on farm relief and flood relief. This inevitably means a mad scramble for political advantage. The next Senate will be composed of forty-eight Republicans, fortyseven Democrats and one FarmerLabor member. The forty-eight Republicans include Vare and Smith, and the slush committee’s attempt to oust them from their seats will be one of the first contests of the session. Tied Up on Organization If Smith and Vare are put out, the Senate probably will be tied on the question of organization, Henrik Shipstead, Farmer-Laborer, voting with the Republicrxs, and Vice President Dawes leaking the deadlock. Such a situation would give Dawes tremendous opportunity in the next Congress, and his supporters probably will be eager to bring it about, at the expense of Vare and Smith. Dawes, instead of being a silent spectator of Senate proceedings, then would have a voice on every major issue before Congress, as well as deciding committee chairmanships, and other details of organization. It seems probable, also, that regular Republicans may not be so eager to retain control of the Senate as they were before the Coolidge announcement. Since it longer is necessary for them to keep the onus of the next Congress from Coolidge’s shoulders, so the party may win in 1928. it might be simpler for them to let Democrats take charge of the troublesome session, and assume responsibility for whatever happens. Relief in Politics Possibility of enacting the Mc-Nary-Haugen bill or anything similar seems more remote than ever. The President will lack any possible incentive to reverse his former position if he is out of the presidential race, and probably will veto any bill of the sort the midwest wants. Secretary Hoover’s possible candidacy will make the flood relief issue decidedly a political one. If a plan of his framing is laid before Congress, it seems unlikely to receive any great amount of enthusiastic support. Failure of the Geneva conference gives Speaker Longworth an opportunity, as a consistent advocate of a large navy, to make this his leading issue next winter. The liberal Republican group will hold the balance of power In the next Senate. SUPREME DIRECTOR OF K. OF C. DIES IN BOSTON Funeral Plans for W. C. Prout Are Held Up for Day. By United Press BOSTON, Aug. s.—Funeral arrangements for William C. Prout, supreme director of the Knights of Columbus, were held up today pending word from Massachusetts delegates to the National convention at Portland, Ore., who may attempt to return here in time for the services. Prout, an attorney, president of the American Olympic committee and committee chairman of the international Olympic board, died here last night in his forty-first year, after a long illness. His wife, the former Mary Lidwin, and his two children were at the bedside when death came. He was born in Boston, Dec. 24, 1886. In 1908 he was captain of the victorious Boston Athletic Association team at the Olympic games and was president of the Amateur Athletic Association from 1921 to 1924.

than usual in every part of the United States except small areas in the north. Rainfall for the month was below normal in the West. It was above normal from the Dakotas to Texas and up the Atlantic Coast. Mark down another tally where you think it should go. For February, Browne predicted that the “markedly adverse features which have so far and so remarkably sustained the forecast made by me” would continue. He forecasts five cold waves, and heavy rains on the Pacific coast and the Southwest. Weather Bureau maps show unusually warm weather for February in every part of the country. Some places had as much as 10 degrees above normal.

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Imperial Commander Robie Gill C omer, Little Rock. Ark., in fuil regalia of the Women of the Kn-K lax Klan. She will head the parade in downtown streets Saturday night.

Soldier Knew He Took Poison, Woman Claims

MEN TO WEAR SKIRTSIN RACE Link-Belt Company Factory Will Close for Picnic. Ever have a secret curiosity to know how a man would act if his stride were impeded by a woman's tight skirt? Those viewing athletic events at the picnic of the Link Belt Company Saturday at Broad Ripple Park will have the chance of their lives to find out, for part of the events are two "skirt races for men.” Other interesting events will include a balloon race in which men and women partners will not only run for the airy globules, but will attempt to burst them without using their hands. Tugs of war, a potato race and about fifteen other spirited contests will precede an entertainment on the stage. A championship ball game will be the climax of the afternoon’s activities. The factory plants will be closed for the day and from 6.000 to 7,000 persons are expected to attend. G. P. Torrence is general chairman of the occasion with J. S. Cohen assisting. Other committee chairmen: F. A. Peters, H. S. Hilliard, W. E. Jones, F C. Thompson, M. McCreary, H. A. O'Brien, E. L. McKinney, J. Cloud, F. A. Drake, F. L. Warner, R. E. Hayward and H. A. Perine. AIRWAYS TO CONTINUE EXCURSIONS IN SKY Gravel Road Leading to Mars Hill Has Been Improved. Central Airways, Inc., which inaugurated air excursion service last week-end at Mars Hill airport, will continue the air trips Saturday and Sunday. More than 100 persons took advantage of the service, according to Special Representative George T. Bryant, 851 Consolidated Bldg. Bryant announced the gravel road leading to the airport from Washington St. and W. Morris St., had been graded by county commissioners for the benefit of airport passengers and spectators.

The Pacific coast’s heavy rains finally arrived. Justifying his cold wave predictions, Browne quotes a number of low temperatures along the Canadian border. Four cold waves were forecast for March along the south Atlantic seaboard toward the gulf. He further specified a stormy, boisterous month with violent swings of temperature. Everywhere except a western slice along a diagonal line between Galveston and Seattle records for March show temperatures warmer than usual, including the south Atlantic coast and Florida. Browne claims one of the four cold waves arrived on schedule. The heavy rains that led to the Mississippi flood took place in the Middle West in March. Except for

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•Unfair to Charge Me With Murder of Man I Loved,’ Says Mrs. Workman. How life without each other loomed as far less desirable than death was explained today by Mrs. Edna Workman, who was partner in a suicide pact with William Blakowski, a private at Ft. Benjamin Harrison. The man dkd from effects of prison tablets and Mrs. Workman is in the Marion county Jail charged with murder. “It’s unfair and I can’t understand how they can charge me with his murder,” she said. “We agreed to take that stuff together because as a soldier he couldn’t marry and what did life look like if we couldn't be together? Nothing. “Yes, I know he first made the statement that I had given him the tablets. He told me he did and this was the reason. “He feared that he would live and if he told them the truth, he would be dishonorably discharged and also he was afraid he would not be admitted to the post hospital. “When he realized he had put me in danger, he reversed the statement and told what is God's truth that he took the tablets because he couldn’t be my husband.” "I was wheeled in a chair out at the hospital and he walked the whole length of the room to tell me this. We said good-hv for the last time on this right there. He kissed me. I never saw him again. “We met through friends two years ago. He was the onlv man I ever went with after my husband. Charlps Workman, and I were divorced.” “For days from Saturday until Wednesday, before we took the poi. son, we talked over what we should do. We met in the Princeton Hotel lobby, and the more we talked over the situation and the more surely we saw the hopelessness of our being able to get married, the more certain we were that death was the only solution to our problem.” Steal Suitcase From Auto Someone took a suitcase, with contents valued at $250, from his auto parked on New York St. near Meridian, E. O. Miller, Chicago traveling salesman, reported to police today.

his general assertion that March would be stormy there is nothing to indicate these rains in the Browne forecast. Browne’s April prediction called for cold waves througn the plateau, great plains and the East. Rain generally subnormal. Temperatures shot above normal from northern to southern borders in the plains States and on the Pacific Coast. From Chicago to the Atlantic they were a little lower than usual, and a cold wave in Utah and Colorado damaged fruit crops seriously. The heavy rains continued in the Mississippi Valley and the flood arrived. Next: How the summer weather checks with Browne’s forecast.

DRYS TO KEEP CONTROL WITH COOLIDGE OUT Prominent Republican Candidates Follow AntiSaloon League Crowd. PARTY STAND IS SAME Prohibitionists Fear Wet May Lead Democratic Ticket. BY THOMAS L. STOKES Culled Pr-is Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. Th withdrawal of President Coolidge, a dry, as a candidate for re-election will leave unchanged the attitude of the Republican party on prohibition in 1928, according to dry leaders here today. “The party will nominate a drat and, of course, will declare in i%f platform for enforcement as usual,” it was said by one who is close to the situation. Unlike the leading Democratic candidates, most of those conceded to have good chances for the Republican nomination are either dry or so "slightly moist” that they will declare themselves dry to win the nomination, according to dry authorities. Longworth on Fence Speaker Longworth, of the group of prominent candidates, is the most wet, but it was stated today by one in a position to know, that he had assured certain dry leaders recently that he would declare for prohibition enforcement. Some such declaration might be expected soon, it was said. Secretary of Commerce Hoover and Former Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois both are know as drys. Though the position of Vice President Dawes is not clear. It is said he would meet the requirements of the drys, as would Charles Evans Hughes. Senator Hiram Johnson of California has indicated recently he would stand with the drys, and Senator Borah of Idaho is dry. Leading Democrats Wet Leading Democratic contenders, Governor A1 Smith, Governor Ritchie of Maryland and Senator Reed of Missouri are wet. Senator Walsh of Montana, Senator Olasa of Virginia and Governor Donahey of Ohio, others mentioned, are dry. So is W. G. McAdoo. The Anti-Saloon League In the past has thrown its strength behind drys in Btate and congressional elections. Not since prohibition haa the issue been raised in a presldentital election. The league will face a ptrplexing problem If the Democrat*? nominate a wet in 1928. Its Inclination would be to support the dry Republican, but that might divide Its forces in the South. The general board of the league will discuss the situation next month, and at the league regular biennial meeting In December decide what to do.

PRINTERS ARE HERE FOR MEET Special Trains Bring I. T. U. Delegates to City. With more than one hundred delegates already in the city, committees today were making last, minute arrangements for entertainment of 4,000 visitors during the diamond Jubilee convention of international Typographical Union opening Monday. New York and Chicago special trains were expected to arrive tonight. Delegates already here came from San Francisco. Cdl.; Portland, Houston, Ft. Worth, New York, Miami, Kansas City, Vancouver, B. C., Spokane, Boston, Denver and Cincinnati, Ohio. A social program is planned at 8 p. m. Saturday at the Armory for early arrivals. Music, dancing and light refreshments will be on the program. A theater party Sunday morning and a sightseeing tour is on the program for Sunday morning. . Convention business will start at 9 a. m. Monday at the Armory with Charles P. Howard of Chicago, international president, presiding. Man Fatally Crushed Bp Times Special - FRANKFORT, Ind., Aug. s.—John Billos, 46, farmer, near Hlllisburg, is dead of injuries received when he was crushed between the side of a barn and a tractor. Death News Fatal By Times Special LA PORTE, Ind., Aug. 6.—Mr*. Herman Arndt, 54, of near Tracy, dropped dead when advised of th* death of her brother. James H. McMahon, 66.

Kiwanis Kaper By Times Special GREENSBURG, Ind., Aug. 6. s.—The local Kiwanis club is considering assessing a fine on every member who refers to another with the prefix “Mister.” First names and nicknames would supplant the formal fitle.