Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 104, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 September 1927 — Page 3

SEPT. 8,1927

I). S. HAS NO AUTHORITY TO halthjghts , Growing Public Disapproval Shared, However, by Naval Chiefs. BY HERBERT LITTLE United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sept. B.—Growing public disapproval of ocean flights by land planes found response today among Government officials, but circumstances and lack of authority apparently will block any attempt to stop three pending American flights of this type. The apparently tragic end of Old Glory in mid-Atlantic, the Sir John Carling’s ambitious attempt to reach England from Canada, the three long and dangerous Pacific jumps of the Schlee-Brock roundworld route, coupled with recent air tragedies, brought general reaction here against what some termed “cheapening of life.” Navy leaders, however, said they coqld do nothing in the private flying venture of Schlee and Brock, and contemplate no action to prevent Lieut. L. W. Curtin from acting as navigator for Capt. Rene Fonck on his projected New Yorkto_Paris or Rome flight, or to halt the proposed Elder New York-Paris flight. Acting Secretary of the Navy T. Douglas Robinson, Admiral E. W TCberle, chief of naval operations, and Rear Admiral W. A. Moffett, Navy aeronautics chief, agreed land planes were not practicable' for ocean flights. World Fliers Hop to Siam By United Press RANGOON, Burma, Sept. B.—William S. Brock and Edward F. Schlee left Rangoon in their monoplane, Pride of Detroit at 6-15 a. m. today for Bangkok, Siam, 350 miles away. It was believed the fliers after a brief stop for lunch would resume their flight about midday with Hanoi, French Indo-China, as their next stop. The distance from Bangkok to Hanoi is 625 miles. When they arrive at the Siamese capital Brock and Schlee will have covered approximately 9,025 miles of their 22,087-mile journey around the world. The fliers will follow a north northeast course from Bangkok until they reach Tokio, a distance of 1,650 miles. Tokio, the half-way mark, probably will not be reached until Sunday night, on the fifteenth day out of Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. Weather Ties Up Courtney Fly United Press CORUNNA, Spain, Sept. B.—Bad weather over the eastern Atlantic today caused the further postponement of Capt. Frank T. Courtney’s flight to Horta, Azores Island, en route to New York. Hundreds of people who had gathered to see the flying boat Whale rise from the water and continue the flight begun last Saturday, were disappointed when a weather report from London made the scheduled departure foolhardly and impossible. Plane May Seek Old Glory By United Press HARBOR GRACE, Newfoundland, Sept. B.—C. A. Schiller and Phil Wood of the monoplane Royal Windsor were unable to depart for England today, but they offered to fly in search of the missing Old Glory. They informed the United Press + hat the offer would remain open so iong as there was a chance of Old Glory’s airmen being alive. There was a strong southeast wind today with fog and rain in this area. The forecast was for unsettled coi litions. The Royal Windsor will'not start for England until conditions improve. CITY SALESMAN DIES j James I. Smith Was Resident of Indianapolis 35 Years. James I Smith, 55, of 2732 Shelby St., who died Wednesday at his home, will be buried in Crown Hill cemetery Saturday afternoon. Funeral services will be held at the Shelby St. M. E. Church at 2 o’clock The Rev. John J. Collins, pastoi, will officiate. Mr. Smith had been a resident of Indianapolis for thirty-five years. He was a salesman for the Williamson Heater Company. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Emma K. Smith; two daughters, Mrs. G. B. Walton of Buffalo, N. Y., and Miss Katherine Smith of Indianapolis; five brothers, Hardes and Jesse Everett, of Zionsville; Ellsworth, of Bainbridge, and Henry, of Whitestown, and one sister, of Sheridan. Ugunda Rocked by Quake By United Press CAPETOWN. South Africa, Sept. B.—A severe earthquake which rocked houses and agitated Lake Victoria occurred in Uganda today. The shocks continued for three minutes and were followed by roaring sounds.

Liner Captain Tells Graphic Story of Search for Missing ‘Old Glory '

A detailed story telling how Captain Bone ol the Cunard liner Transylvania received Old Glory’s 808 call and of the steamer’s search for the plane was received today by the United Press from John N. Harman, vice president and Reneral manager of the Brooklyn Times, a passenger aboard the Transylvania Bn United Preen ABOARD CUNARD LINER TRANSYLVANIA, AT SEA, Sept. B.—From dawn until darkness yesterday, the Transylvania searched in Mid-Atlantic for Old Glory. Failing to And any trace of the plane, the steamer resumed its Journey to New York. For more than fifteen hours Oaptaln Bone and the officers kept a strict watch on the horizon and zigzagged over an area where it

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The State fair brings dreams of long ago to these two persons, both of whom attended the first State fair here in 1852. Miss Fannie E. Potter (above) of Greensburg, who is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Brooks, 2002 Hpvey St., was 11 when she came here for the first fair in Military Park. James W. Beck, former Indianapolis resident now living in Danville, Ind., was 6 when he visited the first fair. Beck, as a soldier in ’6l, camped on the site oL the present State fairground.

Pains and Aches Keep Pair Physicians Busy

“Doc, I got a pain in my head,” is perhaps the most frequent comment heard by Dr. Herbert Wagner, director in charge of the Red Cross Emergency Hospital. “They come here to the hospital with, all manner of ailments and ask for their favorite home remedy,” said Dr. Wagner. “We don’t usually give them what they ask for, but make a complete diagnosis first. This is a hospital, not a drug store.” The baby clinic, tucked away in one corner of the grounds* goes on from day to day uninterupted by the noise and confusion on the rest of the grounds. Occasionally a wail of discontent filters through the building, as some infant bemoans its fate. Judging in the dog show drew entries and enthusiasts from all parts of the country. Competition in most of the classes was keen, according to officials. One lone Dashchund yelped joyously when he met no competition and was awarded first prize. • Although additional chemical tanks were installed in the grand stand Wednesday by the fire department, the heavy rain eliminated all chance of a blaze. Only one fire in the stand has been reported. of ao*'s were really hot at one 1 shortly after the gates ' A gasoline stove explosion >t.' ue Coliseum in front of the f e .. ' .. brought chemical tanks on thw Loss was S2O. Stuiv., .ttle ponies in the horse barns are always the center of an admiring group of children. Most, of the animals are gentle and allow* the boys and girls to stroke the glossy coats. Whippet races in front of the grand stand each afternoon cause more excitement than the Grand Circuit events. Spectators stand up in their seats and shout encouragement to their favorites. The races many times develop into a rout as the leading dog stops to grab at the nose of his nearest contestant. The dogs are enclosed in small boxes at the starting point and are released to race down the course to

was supposed the Old Glory had dropped into the sea. During all that time fourteen lookout men, armed with binoculars and telescopes, also tried to find some trace of the missing plane or its three occupants, but all to no avail. Captain Bone gave the following account of his instructions to watch for Old Glory before the distress call, the receipt of the SOS., and the search for the plane. “I was called on at 3 o’clock yesterday morning with a message that the California had sighted the airplane Old Glory in latitude 48.3 north, longitude 48.43 west, “The message added that the

TOLL OF SEVEN DEAD EXPECTED IN CAR WRECK —i Three Fatalities at Evansville Likely to Increase Among 45 Hurt. By Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., Sept. B—Additions to the. death list of three are expected by tonight among the 45 persons hurt here Wednesday afternoon when an interurban car crashed into three freight cars loaded with brick. Four are believed fatally hurt. The dead are William Tilley, a farmer; Chester Brown, interurban motorman; Max Meyers, Evansville. Bricks Cover Wreckage. Moving at about forty miles an hour, the car, inbound from the Dade Park race track, went through an open switch which held the freight cars. All scats in the passenger car were torr from the floor and thousands of brick covered the wreckage, adding to the difficulty of reaching dead and injured. Mrs. Edna White, manager of the New Occidental Hotel, 27 S. Illinois St., was among those seriously injured. Others in critical condition include Mrs. Hancook, Grandview, Ind.; W. L. Yancey, Owensboro, Ky.; W. H. Tuitt, Garden City, Ind., and G. W. Combs, Evansville. Others less seriously injured include: List of Injured R. D. Stenson, E. P. Duvall, L. M Ashley, Jack McArdle, Arthur Royster, Jethro Stnckler, Mrs. W. J. Love, Ora Buttermore, M. Buttermore, Miss Ida Mae Strickler, Mrs. S. M. Nonweiler, Alfred Lowell, Ben Lambers, Miss Mary Watson, Marlin Lundry, Alfred Laswell, Miss Geneva Jones, Rusaw Holt, William Williams, Bain Morrison, Thomas Sanford and W. R. South wood, all of Evansville; Albert Hunter, Negro; J. J. Blacker and George Pieger, Louisville, Ky.; Reed McCarty and Miss Beatrice McCarty, Madisonville, Ky.; E. D. Cox, C. G. Cox and Collery Karr, Lexington, Ky.; Mrs. Mary Bracker and Mrs. Tieman, Los Angeles; Nathan Weinre and Dowie Kessner, Rockport; R. T. Caddy, Calhoun, 111.; John Young, Denver, Colo.; C. J. Yancey, Owensboro, Ky.; Thomas Brammon, Detroit, Mich.; B. J. Wall, Oracle, Ky.; T. B. Campbell, Hopkinsville, Ky., and W. G. Hill, Calhoun, Ky.

the finish, where an attendant for each dog waves a large towel. Weather-beaten railbirds haunt the grand stnd enclosine in the morning to watch theVorkout of the harness racers. Stop-watch in hand, they are perfectly oblivious to anything except fast horses. Drn V. Goodman, director of publicity for the fair, receives many queer and unreasonable requests. One sweet voice over the phone asked Goodman to “page Mr. Long, a trombone player at the fair.” There are at .least a dozen bands and each carries from one six trombone players. “Fool the hen” Is the byword of one Purdue University exhibit. It Is explained that the hen can be made to lay more eggs by mixing a 2 per cept solution of cod liver oil in feed mash. Ultra violet rays accomplish the same purpose, but are more expensive, it is explained. Minerals are a necessary part of a chicken’s food, but without the vitamine D the mineral can not be taken into the system. Cod liver oil and ultra violet rays supply vitamine D; Tragedy stalked the midway today as Sammie Smith, 18, one of the members of the Wild West show, battled for his life in the Methodist hospital following an accident Tuesday night when he was thrown from a bucking horse. The act must continue, of course, and another member of the show rode the horse today. BUSINESS SITE LEASED Three-Room, One-Story Structure Planed on North Delaware. Bridges & Graves Company, real estate dealers, of 237 N. Dc>ware St., have obtained a ninety-nine-year lease on property at 239 N. Delaware St. and will build a thieeroom, one-story business structure on the site as soon as the present brick residence is removed. The lease, rent for which will aggregate more than $445,000, was obtained from Edward E. and Elen E. Stout, Oliver H. and Helen V. Stout, Sidney A. Btout and Dorothy May Stout.

plane on the trans-Atlantic eastbound flight had passed over the California, flying well. “At 3.14 a. m.," said Captain Bone, “the officer of the watch reported that tin SOS message had just been received which read: ‘WHRP Old Glory—to all ships SOS—five hours out of Newfoundland east.’ “With fourteen lookouts in all directions, in addition to the navigating officers on the bridge, and with boat crews standing by with boats, in readiness to afford assistance, we steered on a course indicated. “I instructed the wireless officer to obtain information if possible of the potential speed of the airplane. The Cape Cod station informed us

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Sad Child Remembers \Sing Me to Sleep • By Times Special ' NEWCASTLE, Ind., Sept. B.—“ Sing Me to Sleep” today is back among the phonograph reco'ds at the tragedy-stricken Kindley home near here, after being played Wednesday at the double funeral of Joseph Kindley, slain Monday by his son James, who committed suicide. Ttoo years ago when the wife and (mother died, the “Sing Me to Sleep” record was played at the funeral, on request of the elder Kindley. He then told his little daughter Theodosa that he desired the same music at his funeral! Although tom with grief over the slaying that left her alone in the world except for brother “Bill,” wounded by their infuriated brother, the little girl remembered about the record and her father’s request was carried out at the last rites for murdered and murderer.

STEVE APPEAL WILL BE FILED Prisoner Makes Speech at Court Hearing. By Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. B. William V. Rooker, Indianapolis attorney for D. C. Stephenso-., is expected to appeal to Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago soon from Federal Judge Thomas Slick’s ruling of Wednesday, refusing Stephenson’s plea for a writ of habeas corpus for release from Indiana State Prison, where he is serving a life term. • Slick’s ruling followed arguments by attorneys and a speech by the prisoner himself, who, in characteristic, dramatic fashion, declared he refused to be bound by anything attorneys might do or say which might imply that the transcript of his murder case from Marion to Hamilton Counties was legal. The transcript was unsigned by the Marion County clerk and Stephenson contends this means he is held illegally in prison.^ DENTAL BOARD TO RULE Two Claimants to Vacancy Asked to Abide by Action. Two regularly appointed and officially sworn.in claimants to one vacancy in the State dental examiners board will be asked to let the board decide between the two, Dr. William F. King, health department secretary, said today. The board meets but four times a year, for two or three days’ session and the annual salary of members at $lO per diem is less than SIOO. The situation arose when the health board rescinded its appointment of Dr. Scott Shields of Brownstown. Dr. A. E. Gilchrist of Greensburg was sworn in Tuesday. Both men have almost identical claims to the title of fifth man on the board, the number prescribed by law. TEACHERS AT MEETINGS Accident Prevention Program to Be Organized. Dr. Howard F. Jensen of the faculty of Butler University addressed the annual city teachers’ institute this afternoon at Caleb Mills Hall. His subject was “Education Our Times Demand.” Group meetings at Shortridge, Caleb Mills Hall, and School 2 were features of the morning. Charles F. Miller, superintendent of blic schools, will address the instil tie at its closing meeting in Caleb Mills Hall, Friday afternoon. An active accident prevention pro. gram has beon decided upon by principals of schools attending the institute. A committee of five to supervise the campaign is to be elected. EMBEZZLER SENTENCED Former Terre Haute Bank Treasurer Given Prison Term. By United Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 7. Deciding to enter a plea of guilty, although his trial had been set for Oct. 6, John G. Shaw, 51, former treasurer of the Terre Haute Savings Bank, wat to start serving a sentence of two to fourteen years in the Indiana state Prison today. He was charged with embezzling $15,000 of the bank’s funds. Shaw was arrested at Seattle, Wash., whence he had fled with the money, a month ago. The bonding company, which made good the shortage, caused his arrest. $300,000 FACTORY FIRE Garment Plant at Anderson Destroyed—3oo Made Jobless. By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Sept. B.—Loss of $300,000 was faced today by the Ward Stilson Regalia Company as a result of a fire which late Wednesday destroyed its maisonette garment plant. Insurance covers most of the loss. Three hundred persons are out of work because of the fire which started in the basement from a cause as yet undetermined.

that the speed was 100 miles per hour. “I added ten miles as makeweight and sent out a message to all ships that I was steering toward a position in 49.55 north and 40.39 west and requested all ships in the vicinity to indicate position.” The Transylvania proceeded at full speed to the place where it hoped to find Old Glory or its collapsible rubber boat afloat, with Bertaud, Hill and Payne in it. It was afternoon before the Transylvania reached the scene of possible disaster to Old Glory. Continuing, the captain said: “We reached this position and searched an area of about thirtymile radius without result. “The weather at this time was \

OFFICIAL GONE; FUNDSCLOUDED Treasurer Setters, Hamilton County, Missing. NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Sept. B. Thomas E. Setters, treasurer of Hamilton County is missing and his accounts are believed to be SIO,OOO short, following posting of letters at Indianapolis to his deputy, Mrs. O. F. Scott, and his father-in-law, Alex Hair. The deputy admitted that the letter she received said Setters had gone to Canada and would never return to Noblesville. Contents of the letter to Hair have not been divulged. Six persons of those who signed Setters’ $35,000 official bond have a suit on file in Hamilton Circuit Court to be relieved, giving as ground “certain things” done by the treasurer. Setters, serving his last year in office, is a Republican. He is married and has three children, Gerald and Bertha Esther, at home here, and another son, Harold, a student lr. Indiana University law school at Indianapolis. Examiners from the State board of accounts today are going over Setters’ books in an effort to ascertain the full extent of his alleged defalcations. A number of Noblesville and other Hamilton County residents familiar with the case express the belief that family discord partially accounts for Setters’ flight. OLD SOLDIER IS DEAD Funeral of George Selig, 86, Will Be Held Friday. Funeral services for George Selig, 86, a Civil War veteran, who died Tuesday afternoon after several years’ illness, will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. W. Mains, 4557 Winthrop Ave. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Mr. Selig came to Indianapolis from Madison. Ind., twenty-five years ago. He was formerly a carpenter. Besides his daughter, Mr. Selig is supervised by three sons. Deane and Lewis Selig. Indianapolis, and Fred Selig of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the G. A. R. NIGHT SCHOOL TO MEET Y. M. C. A. Pupils to Hold First Session Friday. Pupils of the Y. M. C. A. night high school will hold their first session at 7 p m. Friday. A. F. Williams, educational director, will preside, and will introduce his assistant, C. Richter Castle, and Everett J. Black, night high school principal. .A. H. Godard, association geenral secretary, will speak. Thirty-five students have enrolled. ORGANIZE FUND DRIVE Canvass of Railroad Workers Discussed at Meeting. ' Discussion of organization plans of railroad workers for the Community Fund campaign Nov. 14 was held at noon today at the Columbia Club. George Torrence and Zeo, Leach have been named steam railways division directors by Campaign Director Walter C. Marmon. Representatives from railroads entering Indianapolis were named to have charge of the canvass. TWO-YEAR SEARCHINDS Negro Is Arrested on Old Charge of Robbery. Levi Johnson, aiias Crown Johnson, Negro, was arrested Wednesday night after a two-year search. Officers said they had evidence that he robbed the Kahn Tailoring Company, St. Clair St. and Capitol Ave., and the home of Harry Lee, Negro, 823 N. Fayette St. Motorist, 16, Fined By United Press \ CLINTON, Ind., Sept. B.—Pete Pertile, 16, was fined SSO and costs in city court here when his parents failed to pay for a boulevard light pole, broken when an auto driven by the boy got beyond his’ control and crashed into the pole.

fresh, with a westerly breeze and a rough sea. “After having searched this area as indicated, I steered toward a position in 48.3 North and 48.33 West in which the airplane had been seen by the California. “I steered a zigzag course, covering seven miles on each side of the straight line. “Nothing was seen.” Even then the captain did not quit. He communicated with other other ships suggesting further steps that might be taken in an attempt to find the plane. There was much excitement aboard the ship all day yesterday, with passengers perched on points of vantage in hopes of sighting Old Glory and the aviators.

THREE DEAD IN CHIOAOOJ3LASTS Expfosidlis Are Blamed on Bootlegger War. By United Press CHICAGO, Sept. B.—Differences of rival bootleggers were blamed by police today for explosions which killed three men and destroyed two buildings in which stills were believed to have been operatingFires followed both explosions One blast, in the vicinity of Mercy Hospital, broke windows of the institution and caused so much uneasiness among patients that outside physicians and nurses were called to assist the regular staff in quieting them. * One man was seriously injured and two firemen were hurt. The first explosion came in a garage in the rear of the hospital. A truck driven into an alley shortly before was reduced to a mass of twisted steel and the driver killed. He was not identified. Louis Kramer, another truck driver, wa3 blown through the windshield of his machine and seriously injured. Two men were killed in an explosion and fife at a building occupied by a paint company less than an hour after the first blast. One man was dead when police arrived. Another, Joseph Bangora, died in a hospitalIMPROVE FAIRGROUND New Grand Stand Planned for 1928 Exposition. Visitors to the 1928 Indiana State Fair will be greeted with four much-needed improvements, if plans Inaugurated this week are carried to completition by the fair board. Vehicle and foot tunnels under the race tmek to the infield will be constructed, and anew steel and concrete grand stand and anew building for the Indiana University exhibit are discussed. Indiana University has one of the most inadequate buildings on the grounds, and the grand stand has always been considered a fire hazard, officials said. A. W. WHELAN FUNERAL WILL BE HELD FRIDAY Former Teacher and Proofreader Died at Home Wednesday. The funeral of Alexander W. Whelan, 72, of 821 W. Thirtieth St., who died suddenly Wednesday afternoon at his home, will be held Friday at 10 a. m. at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred Evans, 934 Congress Ave. Burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery, Greencastle. Mr. Whelan was a teacher in the public schools of Indiana and Kansas for more than twenty-five years. He was born in Springfield, Ohio, and had been a resident of Indianapolis for a quarter century. After leaving the teaching profession he became a proofreader for William B. Burford Company, commercial printers. Mr. Whelan was formerly president of the McGuffeyites, and a member of the International Typographical Union and the Order of Red Men. • He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Mary E. Whelan; three daughters, Mrs. >Fred Evans, Indianapolis; Mrs. William R. Walton, Chicago, and Mrs. Charles Ehemann, Tallulah, La.; and five sons, Henry and Ralph Whelan, Indianapolis; Clifford, Cincinnati; Ray, Louisville, and Richard Whelan, Greencastle.

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WRATH FLAMES I HIGH OVER DRY! CZAR'S TIRADES Mellon Finds New Storm to| Quell as Result of Lowman Speeches. BY RAY TUCKER WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.--Secre-tary Mellon has returned to hia desk to find prohibition question raging about his head in anew form, as the result of the speechmaking campaign against the wets recently undertaken by Seymour Lowman, installed as Federal dry chief just before the treasury head went to Europe. Faced with protests against Lowman’s criticism of wet State official# and the dry czar’s request that clti* zens inform him of prohibition violations in their neighborhoods, Mel* lon said he would take up both questions with the enforcement officer at the first opportunity. Though he was not acquainted with details of Loman’s speech and suggestions, Mellon seemed to feel that enforcement was tending to fall Into ways which he frowned on when Lincoln C. Andrews and Roy A. Haynes were running the prohibition bureau. Combines All Faults Andrews was subjected to crltlcisni because of his resort to undercover agents and government blind tigers, while Haynes was criticised by hia superiors because of his seeming belief that Chautauqua speeches were an effective method of enforcing the law. Some critics have declared thafl Lowman, bv enlisting the public ae volunteer “snoopers” and assailing Governors who oppose the dry laws, combines the faults of his predecessors. The situation is regarded as particularly acute bv those G. O. P. politicians who want the whole auestlon of Federal enforcement soft# nedaled because of the approach of a presidential campaign. Representative Protests Representative John J. Bovlari of New York, in a letter to Mellon, protested against what he called Lowman’s “gross misuse of his Federal position to aim insults not only at Governor Smith, but also at the people of the State.” New York Democrats are particularly upset. They think Lowman’a freouent reference to Smith are part of an attempt bv G. O. P. politicians to in lure the New Yorlf Governor’s chances for the Democratic presidential nomination. STATE PULLING TITLE ’ WON BY PERCHERONS Portland (Ind.) Horses Take Honor# at Indiana Fair. Doc and Bill, two Percherons, ar# the pulling champions of the State today. The two horses, owned by J. C, Ankrom of Portland, broke a State record to win that honor in the 2,600-3,000 pound class at the State fair Wednesday. They pulled 2,500 pounds the full distance of 27.5 feet, breaking a record of 2,450 pounds set at the Muncie fair last month. A team of Percherons owned by the United Paper Board Company, Wabash, pulled the same load 14 inches and won secnod place!. Teams of Roscoe York, Winchester, and W. R. Canary, Franklin, won third and fourth places. Teams weighing more than 3,000 pounds will compete at 10 a. m. Friday in front of the grandstand.

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