Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 112, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 September 1927 — Page 3

SEPT, 19,1927

LOST MONEY ON DRY SPEECHES. SAYS ROBINSON Expenses Paid by League, but Paid Part Out of Own Pocket. Senator Arthur R. Robinson said today he did not desire to say anything further for publication “at this time” concerning his conversation with Senator J. E. Watson regarding the contempt case of Supt. Shumaker of the Indiana Anti-Sa-loon League. Nor has he anything to say for publication now regarding his demand upon the Indianajjolis Times that It retract certain statements regarding him. He intimated that upon both issues he might make statements later. Has Said Enough Publication of Watson's letter to Shumaker preceded the petition of Attorney-General Gilliom that the contempt sentence of Shumaker be increased, alleging ‘attempts to corruptly Influence” the courts. In the letter Watson said that Robinson had called upon him in Washington and had said he was "exceedingly anxious” for Watson to work in his own way “as far as I felt I could consistent with my views in regard to courts, to keep you from being sent to Jail." Robinson said he believed a statement he made Saturday when the letter was first published, covered everything he desired to say now. This earlier statement said his only conversation with Watson was to express his “sincere sympathy with Dr. Shumaker, and to discuss the possible effect on the Republican party.’V Robinson said he had spoken under the auspices of the AntiSaloon League, “perhaps five times in my life.” “I had part of my expenses paid for the trips necessary to make these speeches, but on the whole I believe I am considerably out of pocket,” he added. Spoke Five Times for League He said as he remembered them, the speeches were one each at Boonville and Evansville in one day during 1916. and one each at Terre Haute, Indianapolis and South Bend, since he became Senator. The Anti-Saloon League, he said, had paid him S7O, as he remembered it, for his Terre Haute trip expenses. “Figure It out,” he said. “The fare from Washington to Indianapolis, with a lower berth, is $31.60. And $3 for two meals, and $1 for a tip to the porter, and you have $35.60; for both ways this would be $71.20. I do not remember exactly the fare to Terre Haute, but with a chair the round-trip cannot be much less than $lO. There you are; I was out of pocket between $lO and sl2 for that one trip. “I should add that I have made many more prohibition speeches, during, my whole public life, because I believed in the cause and believe in it now.”

CUTS SCREEN, GETS S3O Thief Enters Nineteenth St. Home by Rear Window. Mrs. O. C. Dye, 1618 E. Nineteenth St., reported to police that while her family was on the front porch Saturday night a thief cut a hole in a screen in a rear window, entered the house and stole three purses, containing more than S3O, and valuable papers. While visiting friends at 413 W. Pratt St., W. R. Anderson, 847 Oxford St., was robbed of SSO and a watch valued at $35, he told police Saturday night. Other burglaries reporte'd: William Adams, 416 W. New York st„ cash, $11.50; Amanda Gilbert, Negro, 2235 N. Meridian St., clothing, $54; S. W. Nye Grocery Company, ‘2381 Adams St., merchandise, sl2; John J. Moulden, Washington, D. C., clothing, S6O; Harlan S. Rollings, 14 S. Euclid Ave., valuable papers. 5 STATE FIRMS EXHIBIT \ —— V Hoosier Industries Display at Cleveland Exposition. Plv Indiana industries have displays at the National Machine Tool Builders’ Exposition this week at Cleveland. They are: International Tool Company and Link-Belt Company of Indianapolis; National Automatic Tool Company, Richmond; Logansport Machine Company, Logansport, and the Foster Machine Company of Elkhart. O. B. lies, International ToolCompay president, is a member of the arrangements committee. REPORT REBEL ATTACK Admiral Sellers Advises Washington of Nicaraguan Assault. WASHINGTON. Sept. 19.—An attack by Nicaraguan “malcontents’’ on Wawa Central, which resulted in killing of the Nicaraguan commandante and the gang leader, Francisco Barrios, was reported to the Navy department today by Admiral Sellers, commander of the United States special service squad- * ron. The gang was dispersed by an American marine'patrol. Sellers reported. It was believed part of a group joined with the outlaw Sandino who was reported in the vicinity with about fifty men. CADDY IS DROWNED Attempt to Recover Ball in Water Hazard Is Fatal. By United Presg CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 19. While attempting to recover a lost ball in a golf course water hazard, Julius Jurias, a caddy, was drowned here Sunday. The ball had been teed off into *he water and Jurias, trying to “fish” it out from the slippery bank of toe lagooon, lost his balance.

Fliers Wing Westward Toward Brimming Pot of Gold

' ■ <PEA Service. New York Bureau.) Two of the teams entered for the big money prizes in the New York-to-Spckane air derbies: Fred F. McGlynn of Jamaica, Long Island, and H. E. Campbell of Riverhad, Long Island (above, left to right), who fly an “Eagle Rock;" and Jay Radlike and R. E. Hudson, whose machine is a Buhl biplane.

TESTIMONY IN DUVALL CASE

Mayor John L. Duvall took the witness stand at 9:J6 a. m. Monday and began a tale contradictory to that told by the State’s star witness, William H. Armitage. Duvall followed Buser, recalled for a few minutes by the State. Befpre going into the courtroom the mayor talked for some time with Clyde Robinson, president of the Marion County State Bank, in a corridor. The mayor said he had lived at 6242 College Ave. for the last four years and before becoming mayor he was in the banking business, connected with the Marion County State Bank, the Ft. Wayne Ave. State Bank and the Citizens State Bank in Haughville. He said he was county treasurer from 1924 to 1926 and practiced law two or three years before that. Prior to becoming an attorney he was living on a farm near Pekin, 111., where he was born, ho said. Tells of Kinship He said William C. Buser and Thurman Washburn, both defense witnesses, were brtohers-in-law of his. He said he is married and has two children. He said he announced his candidacy April 2, 1925, and was nominated in the primary May 5, 1925. Q —Did you have conversations prior to filing your papers of determination to be a candidate, in April, with friends and acquaintances on the subject of becoming a candidate? A—l did’. , Q —Do you know William H. Armitage? A—l -do. Q —How long have you known him? A—Perhaps three years. Q—Did you have any business or social relations with Armitage prior to announcing your candidacy? A— No, sir. ' Knew Him Casually Q —Your acquaintance with him was just casual? A—Yes, sir. Q —Did you have any political associations with Armitage? A—No, sir. Q—Before the primary in 1925, did you have any conversations with Arm.tage bearing on your candidacy? A—Yes. Q—Where? A—ln the Washington Hotel. He said he didn’t know the room number, but he had a room there as headquarters. Q—When was that conversation with Armitace? A—A few days before the primary. Q —That was fcfter you announced your candidacy? A—Yes.

Called Duvall at Bank Q. Hov did you happen to meet him? A. He called me at the bank and said he wanted tb see me. I told him I thought the Washington Hotel would be the best place, at 2 o’clock. Duvall said he was chairman of the board of directors of the Marion County* State Bank at the time and was there about every day. Q—Did you have the meeting with him? A—Yes, about 2 o’clock. When we got there—rather I went first—he came in the room and said he had quit the Lemcke camp and said he wanted to get benind me and I told him I didn’t think it would be the thing to do. Q—What did he say, if anything? A—He said he’d put $15,000 behind me in the primary and that he would be able to do me a lot of good. Would Talk to Shank Q —What did you say, if anything? A—l said I didn’t think he ought to do it. He said I might talk to Lew Shank about it and I said I would. Duvall said Armitage asked him if he would talk to Lew at Shank’s house about 4 p. m. that day and arrangements were made. Duvall said he drove to Shank’s house and parked behind Armitage’s car, In which Armitage and Shank were talking. Q—Had you asked Armitage for support in the primary? A—l hadn’t seen him. Q—Had you asked him? A—No, sir. I mean I hadn’t seen him or talked to him up to that time. Q —What occurred at Shank’s home? A—Armitage was there in hiss car talking to Shank when I drove up. Didn’t Leave Car Q. Md you go into the house? A. No. Q. Did you get out of your car? A. No. Q. What occurred. A. Shank got out and came into my car. Q. Did you have a conversation with Shank? A. Yes. Q. Was Armitage present at any conversation between Shank and yourself? \A. He was not. Q —After your conversation with Mr. Shank, did you talk with Armitage? A—Yes. In my auto. Q—Tell 'the jury what was said by either of you. A—Armitage said he would like to come over with us and I told him that would be absolutely impossible, because it wouldn’t do to have him in my camp. He said I was about right. Didn’t See Him Again Q—Did you see Armitage again or have any conversation with him prior to the primary? A—No. Q—So far as you know, after your meeting with Armitage at Shank’s home, did Armitage take any part in your behalf in regard to the primary? A—No, sir. Q—Did you see him on primary day? A—Yes. Q —Where? A—ln what we call

the colored ward—the Fifth, near Biake St. and Indiana Ave. Q —Was anyone with you? A— Yes. Buser and Coroner Robinson. We were calling at the precincts, getting an impression of the votA I got out of the car and started toward the voting place. Armitage started toward me and we met in the middle of the street. Suggests “Good Time” 1 Q—What was said ? A—l said, “How’s it going? and he said ‘it looks like you’re going to be nominated.’ I said, ‘Well, after it’s all over, let’s go to Louisville and have a good time.’ Q—Did you see him again that day? A—Yes. We drove to the next precinct and he was there. All I said to him was, "Bill, seems like I’m following you.” Duvall testified that he did not see Armitage after this until the latter part of July, when Armitage phoned liim at his house and wanted to come to Duvall’s home for a conversation . Upon this occasion, Duvall said, “Armitage came in and sat down in a chair in the sun parlor, I guess you call it, and,said, ‘I want to talk to you about your campaign. I’m sure you are going to be elected and I want to go along and be friendly.’ Glad of Help “I Void him I would be glad to have his help—glad to have anybody’s help—during the campaign we wanted all the help we could get. Q —Did you say, ‘What do you want?’ A—l did not. Q —Did he say, ‘I want two board of works members and the city engineer?’ A—He did not. Q —Did you say, ‘What will it be worth to you?’ A—No. Q—And did he say, “$10,000?” A —No. Q—Did he mention Freeman and Kingston for the board of works and Lingenfelter as city engineer? A— No. Q —Did you say “all right?”A—No, sir. Q—Did Armitage at ary time prior to the campaign suggest about who was going on the board of works or be city engineer? A—No, sir.

Seen Again hi August Q—When did you see him again? A—in August. He said Armitage came to the City Trust building where he < Duvall) had an office, just before the opening of the election campaign. Q —How did this meeting come about? A—He telephoned me. Q —What did he say. A—He said he wanted to see me. Duvall described the office as being one of a remaining suite of rooms. He said no active campaigning was going on at the time. Q —Did he come to the room? A— Yes, sir. . Q— I Tell the Jury what was said. A—l was sitting at the desk when Armitagee came in. He said he wanted to be with me, and go along with the campaign, and be friendly to me. He said he knew I needed money and he gave me $5,000. Said He Didn’t Need Money 1 Q. What did you say, if anything? A. I told him I didn’t need any money at the time. Duvall said the money was in currency form and that it was wrapped in ajiewspaper. He said he placed it in the desk. Q. Was there any conversation? A. Yes, there was general conversation about the campaign. He said he was sure I was going to win and* I told him I hoped to and that perhaps I would. He remained only a few minutes. I stayed until late that afternoon. Q. What did you do with the money? A. I put it in my safety deposit box at the bank. Placed in Bank Q—What bank? A—The Marion County State Bank. Q —Did you see Armitage later? A —Yes, sir. / When? A—ln September. Q—After the campaign started? A—Yes, sir. He said this meeting also was at the City Trust building, but that he had taken another room for campaign purposes. Q —How did this meeting come about? A—He called me on the phone. Q —What did he say? A—He gave me $5,000 more money, in a package. He told me he wanted to support me and I said all right, and said I’d be glad to have him help me. Money Put Away Duvall said he later placed this money in the safety deposit box, as he had the other $5,000. Q —Was there any conversation as to what the understanding should be in connection with the money? A—l understood he wanted to be for me and that I would use the money. Q —Were any appointments discussed? A—No. Q —Anything said about any places to be filled in the administration? A—No sir. Duvall said be met Armitage later at his (Duvall’i) house. Visits Armitage’s Home Duvall testified to stopping at Armitage’s home one night, following a campaign meeting, at Armitage’s request, Buser drove the car, Duvall said, and sat in it, while he (Duvall) went into the house. “I went into the sunroom and sat down on the sofa. He asked me how the campaign was going along and put a package into my overcoat pocket,” Duvall testified. Q—What was said about the

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package in your overcoat pocket? A—Nothing. Q —What did you do with it? A— Put it in the bank. Q—Did you count it? A—No, not then. Given $2,000 More Q. I mean later. A. Well, I put it in a safety deposit box and counted it then. Q. How q)uch did it contain? A. $2,000. . ' Q. When did you ascertain the amount? A—Before the election, but not the night he gave it to me! Q. Did Armitage ever give you any more than three packages of money?. A. No, sir. <3 Did you use any of the $12,000 in yoiir campaign? A. Not a cent. Q. Any in your own business affairs?. No, sir. Didn't Mention Freeman Q—At the time he gave you the $5,000 packages or the $2,000 package was there any reference as to where it came from. A—No, sir. Q—Did he say part of it was from William R. Freeman? A—No, sir. Q —When was your next conversation with Armitage? A—At Pekin, 111. Q —Did you go to his house during the campaign, after receiving the $2,000? A—l did, once or twice. Q—Oftener? A—l don’t think so. Arranged by Armitage puvall testified that these meetings at Armitage’s house were arranged by Armitage by telephone. Nothing but “the progress of the campaign and how things were coming along” were discussed at these midnight meetings. Q. Was anything said about appointments or distribution of patronage in case you were elected? A. No.

Q. Was anything said about the money he gave you? A. No, sir. Q. Did you talk with Mr. Armitage at any time or he to you about patronage, prior to your election? A. No, sir. Q Tell the jury whether or not you made any promise to Armitage of any kind with reference to appointment of any members of your administration. A. No. Didn’t Ask Favors Q —Did Armitage ask for right to appoint? A—He never did ask for an appointment. Q —Did yOu have a talk with Armitage in which he said, ‘See Myers, they claim I am aligned with you and that I’ll be in control if you are elected,' and did he say you should deny my connection with you? A—No, sir. Q —Tell the Jury whether you had stated publicly that Armifcge would' have no connection with your administration. A—Yes, sir, in almost every speech. Q—Was this announced in the Indianapolis News? A—Ye§, sir. Q —Did Armitage do any work for you in the campaign as far as active’ campaigning is concerned? A—Not as far as I know. k Denies “Hideout” Warning /Q—Did you make a statement to Armitage during the campaign that me ought to keep in the background and keep under cover? A— I did not. Q —Were you at Armitage’s home the might before election? A—No, i sir. j Q —Did you tell Armitage you were going away after the election? A— No; I hadn’t seen him. Q—At any time or any place before the election, did you say you going away and you would let him know where you were? A—No, sir. Q —What di dyou do on election day? A—We made all the precincts we could. Drive to Lebanon He said he and Buser left Indianapolis at 3 p. m. that day and drove to Lebanon, Ind., where they stayed for the night, driving to Pekin, 111., where he spent two weeks with his sister, Mrs. Fred Smith. He said he and Buser visited Peoria and other nearby towns and cities. He said they went “about Pekin during the day and night” and met some friends from Indianapolis. He named two representatives of the Indianapolis News. He saicj one of the correspondents was there when they reached Pekin and was in the city all the time he and Buser were there. He said the News reporters were writing stories from there, but not revealing the whereabouts of the group. He said a Times reporter also was there, but he did not meet him. The mayor seemed to take delight in telling how they evaded The Times and remarked that the reporter “ran his hat off” looking for them. Didn’t Send Summons Duvall said he didn’t send word to Armitage as to where he was, asking the latter to come to see him. Q—Did you see Armitage while in Pekin? A—Yes. At the Tazewell hotel. v Q —From what source did you learn that Armitage was there? A— From Mr. Buser. Q—ls It a fact that while in Pekin you attempted to avoid meeting persons you might know or who might know you? A—We didn't particularly seek to hide, but we didn’t hunt for anybody. He testified that he went to the hotel and on finding Armitage there said. What in the world are you doing here. There are reporters in the hotel and it wouldn’t look good to have you in here with me.’ He said he guessed it wouldn’t. I said it would be bad for them to wire

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their papers a front page story about us being together, so we left and drove to Springfield. Details Conversation Q —Give the conversation between yourself and Armitage. A—Armitage said a few things about the campaign and said he would like to talk to me about getting some representation on some of the boards. ’ I said I was going to give him back his $12,000, which was in the safety deposit box. He said he didn’t want it to go that way and that he would like to have two members of the board of works and city engineer. •‘I said I wasn’t going to barter or sell any positions in my administration and that I was going to return the anoney. “He said he wanted to follow the administration and that he always had been friendly to them. Q—What did you say, if anything? A—l said “Bill, you’re not going to get it in the board of works in my administration." q —what happened then? A— There was a long time when nothing was said. Subject Renewed the subject renewed? A— Yes. - Q —What was said? A—He said he would like to have Freeman as president of the board of works and named Kingston as another member and Lingenfelter as city engineer. Q—What did you say? A—l said “It can’t be done. I’ve got my mind made up now as to who is going to be on the board of works.” Duvall testified that after getting to the hotel. Armitage registered and on his suggestion they went to a room for about thirty minutes. Q —What was said? A—Bill says, “Now we’ll go up to the room and talk a little more about it.” Q —Who went up? A—All three of us.Contradicts Armitage He said Buserwent up and did not remain downtstairs ,as Armitage testified. Q —What was said in the room? ■ A—He insisted on wanting Freeman on tne board of works. Finally, he said: If “you give me one man, I’ll give you $25,000.” Q—What did you say, if anything? A—l said the board works already was named in my own mind. *■ Duvall said Armitage talked about the police chief appointment and about the board of safety. He said they mentioned Claude Johnson, Claude Worley. Arthur McGee and O. D. Haskett in their conversation. He said “Armitage was in a good hunpr, but seemed disappointed.” He said they separated early in the afternoon and he and Buser drove back to Pekin, discussing the situation and Armitage’s statements as they went. WILLIAM B. HILL DIES Former U. S. Internal Revenue Office Employe Was Native of State. William B. Hill, 67, of 3729 Ruckle St., died Saturday at his home, after an illness of three years. Until’bad health forced him to retire, Mr. Hill was connected with the United States internal revenue department. He had lived in Indiana all his life, coming to Indianapolis about six years ago. His widow and two daughters, Mrs. George Bull of San Francisco. Cal., and Miss Reba Hill of this city, survive. Services will be held at the home Tuesday at 9 a. m. with burial at Bunnel’s cemetery, Frankfort, Ind.

REPORT 4 HOLD-UPS Bandits Busy Over WeekEnd, Police Told. Four hold-ups were reported over the week end. Armed bandits in an auto stopped an auta driven by E. W. Best, 221 N. Illinois St., on Thirtieth St. near the Lafayette Rd. Sunday night, and took $9, a sl7 check and $35 stick pin. They took $250 and a diamond ring valued at SIOO from Miss Velma Bevinger, 39 W. ThirtyThird St., riding with him, Best said. Jack O’Connor, 430 Bosart Ave., said a bandit who held him up at Missouri and Market Sts., took a pocket knife, but missed SBO he carried. A bandit, wearing a black mask robbed Verl Weaver, attendant at the Standard Oil Company filling station. Fall Creek Blvd. and Northwestern Ave., of S9O Saturday night. Two men held up John Kieth, 218 W. North St.. Peoples Motor Coach Company bus driver, at Park Ave. and Fifty-Third St. Saturday night taking S4O.

RESIDENT OF CITY FOR 50. YEARS DIES la’nes R. East, 85, Was Veteran of "Civil War. James R. East, 85, a veteran of the Civil War and a resident of Indianapolis since 1878, died at his home, 2514 Broadway, Saturday afternoon. He had been an invalid eight years. Mr. East for many years was connected with the lot il office of the United States Pension Bureau. He was a member of the Meridian Streeet M. E. Church and of the Maj. Robert Anderson Post of the G. A. R. Two daughters. Mrs. Thomas A. Hendricks and Mrs. Elizabeth D. Bishop of Indianapolis; a sister, Mrs. Frank Morgan of Kansas City, and two brothers, T. East and Edward East of Worthington, Ind, survive. * Services will be held at the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary, Tuesday at 9:30 a. m. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. LOCAL MEDIC TO LEAD INDIANA DELEGATION Dr. Alfred Henry, Indianapolis, vice president of the National Tuberculosis Association, will head the Indiana delegation of fifty or more delegates to the fourteenth annual Mississippi Valley conference on tuberculosis at St. Louis, Sept. 26-28. Dr. Henry is also a director of the conference. Other members of the delegation'will include Dr. E. M. Amos, director of the Marion County Tuberculosis Association: Dr. James H. Stygall, nutrition director in the Indianapolis public schools; Dean Stanley Coulter, Indiana Tuberculosis Association president; Murray Auerbach, executive secretary of the State Association, and Miss Mary A. Meyers, executive secretary for Marion County; North Manchester Fair thi Timex Special NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind., Sept. 19.—North Manchester's annual fair will open Tuesday to continue three days. Entries for the horse and cattle shows have been unusually heavy this year.

OPPOSE FLIGHT BAN Aviactors Land Twenty-Seven Lost on Ocean Hops as “Trail Blazers.” By United Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—The American Fliers Association made public today resolutions ilk. passed here Friday opposing any ban on overseas flying. The resolutions said past transoceanic flights, whether successful or not, all aided aviation. Twenty-seven pilots, assistants and passengers listed as missing in overseas flights or killed in crashes preparatory to such feats in the last year were lauded as “trail blazers.” EXPERTS SEEK BABY’SPARENTS Blood Specialists to Confer on Claim to Child. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 19.—A conference was to be held today between four blood specialists, two attorneys and a common please judge to devise means of discovering the parentage of a four-weeks-old girl who is claimed by no one anc! nursed by a mother who says the child is not hers. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Smith, parents who claim that a baby boy born to them about four weeks ago ws replaced by a girl, will be represented by Charles F. McConnell. Mrs. Smith, who is nursing the baby girl, hospital attendants allege Is hers, has entered habeas corpus proceeding before Common Pleas Judge Carl V. Weygandt to force the hospital to produce the boy. Both attorneys and physicians admitted early today no definite procedure had been planned for the conference, although It was expected the feasibility of a blood test would be discussed. Judge Weygandt, who was In Columbus, Saturday to confer with State officials, said State aid might be enlisted in the case which has attracted coun-try-wide attention.

LAUDS NTADOO MOVE Greathouse Says Nomination Should Be Easy. William Gibbs McJAdoo did the wisest possible thing in withdrawing from the 1928 race for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to the opinion of Col. Charles A. Greathouse, Democratic national committeeman from Indiana. Greathouse today declared that he was very pleased to hear that McAdoo had withdrawn. “It will make his a much bigger figure in Democratic politics,” Greathouse pointed out, “and will give the Democratic party a magnificent oportunity to send its candidate to the White House next year. “With McAdoo definitely out of the race, we probably shall be able to nominate a strong candidate in five days or less. If we can do that, I have little doubt that we can carry the election.” ’ HOLD SOLDIER IN FIGHT Argument Over Sandwiches Causes Alleged Attack on Case Proprietor. Frank Bolin*Ft. Benjamin Harrison soldier, is held at city prison today charged with intoxication and assault and battery with intent to kill. Police charge that Bolin, Joseph Clements and Emil Meyers, also soldiers at the fort, the latter two charged with intoxication, went to the restaurant of Vernon Wilson, 123 N. West St., and argued about an order of sandwiches. Bolin Is said to have struck Wilson with a chair. Six stitches were required to close the wound. STRANGER STEALS RING Misplaced Confidence Causes Loss for Terre Haute Man. Taking a stranger into his confidence cost Chlora Downey, 35, of Terre Haute, a valuable ring, he told police. Downey said he told a man he met In a downtown park that he was waiting until the loan offices opened so he could pawn a ring and go to his wife, ilj at Marion, Ind. The stranger offered to make the loan, took the ring and chased Downey away with a knife, Downey said. AUGUST RAHKE DIES Funeral Services Will Be Held Tuesday at Home. Funeral services for August E. Rahke, 67, who died at his home, 3606 Collelge Ave., Saturday, will be held at the home at 2:30 p. m. on Tuesday. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Rahke had lived in Indianapolis for the last forty-five years. Besides his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Rahke and three sons, Carl, Arthur and Emil, he is survived by six grandchildren and one great-grand-child, all of Indianapolis. HOMECOMING PLANNED Several Hundred Expected to Attend McCordsvllle Affair Sunday. McCordsville will have a homecoming next Sunday. Several hundred persons are expected to attend according to S. B. Prater, Indianapolis, McCordsville Homecoming Association president. 400 Vacationists Marooned Bn United Press _ WINNIPEG, Man., Sept. 19— More than 400 vacationists were marooned and unable to return to their homes because of a fifty-mile gale which backed up waters of Lake Winnipeg and submerged tracks of the Canadian National railroad.

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STATE PHONE I: MEETING WILL i OPENTUESDAY Eighth Annual Convention to Continue Here for Three Days. The eighth annual convention of the Indiana Telephone Association will open Tuesday morning at the Claypool. It will continue three days. Delegates of the 189 member companies of the association will register at 10:30 a. m. At noon the board of directors will meet. A speech by H. A. Barnhart, Rochester. president of the organization, will feature the afternoon program. F. B. MacKinnon, Chicago* president of the United States Independent Telephone Association* and A. D. Lewis, division commercial superintendent of the Indiana Bell Telephone Cos., Indianapolis, will speak. Appointment of committees and introduction of resolutions will end the afternoon session. Exhibitors will open displays in the evening. Hold Operators’ Session Carl Wilde, Indianapolis, formerly director of service for the publics service commission of Indiana; F. E. Bohn, Ft. Wayne, vice president and general manager of the Home Telephone and Telegraph Company; A. L. Stadermann, Terre Haute, secretary and engineer of the Citizens* Independent Telephone Company, and C. L. Jones, Athens, Ohio, president of the Ohio Independent Telephone Association and the Athens Home Telephone Company, will speak Wednesday morning. An operators’ session at 2 p. m. will open the afternoon meeting. Miss Belle Bernetha, Rochester, chief operator of the Rochester Telephone Company, and C. R. Woods, Indianapolis, general traffic superintendent of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company, will have charge of the session. ' W. F. Johnson, Indianapolis, division traffic superintendent of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company; Lillian Cox, Knox, chief operator of the Winona Telephone Company, and Miss Myrtle Bennett, Seymour, traveling chief operator of the Southern Indiana Telephone and Telegraph Company, will be the speakers. Banquet Is Planned Frederick Landis, Longansport, will speak at the banquet at 6:30 p. m. The morning session on the final day will open with an address by R. V. Achatz, Aurora, president cf the Southern Indiana Telephone Commission. Talks by Harry Boggs of Herrick & Boggs, accountants, Indianapolis; O. L .Doud, Seymour, controller of the Southern Indiana Telephone and Telegraph Company, and Charles S. Norton are on the program. CHURCH WORKER DIES Mrs. Lura B. Shaneberger Lived in City for Thirty Years. Mrs. Lura B. Shaneberger, 50, of 3069 Fall Creek Blvd., died at the Methodist Hospital Saturday morning, following an illness of two weeks. She was prominent as a church and social worker and had lived in this city for more than thirty years. She was a member of the Welfare Club, the Hassler Club, the Sunnyside Guild and of the First Presbyterian Church. Funeral services will be held at the Flanner and Buchanan mortuary Tuesday at 2 p. m. The body will be taken to Dayton, Ohio, for burial. Mrs. Shaneberger is survived by her husband, Albert H. Shaneberger.

PARALYSIS ON SPREAD No Danger of General Epidemic of Infantile Disease, Say Experts. By United Prexs WASHINGTON. Sept. 19. —lnfantile’paralysis has continued to spread throughout the country, but) United States public health authorities today declared the situation under control and said there was no cause for alarm. While 576 new cases were reported for the week of Sept. 10 compared with 466 new cases the previous week, Government physicians said there was no danger of a general epidemic. CITY MAiTfoUND^DEAD Autopsy Ordered on Body ot Bus Barn Employe. Jesse F. Lemon, 63, of 213 W. New York St., employed on the night shift at the Indianapolis Street Railway Company bus barn, was found dead in bed when his family sought to awake him at the usual hour Sunday afternoon. Cofoner C. H. Keever sent the’ body to city morgue for an autopsy. Mr. Lemon is survived by the widow and a daughter, Miss Thelma Lemon. SENTENCE BANDIT TO DIE Matthew Kimes, Oklahoma Outlaw, Convicted of Murder, By United Press OKMULGEE, Okla., Sept. 19— Matthew Kimes, 21, Oklahoma outlaw, was sentenced today to die In , the electric chair for complicity in bank robbery and the killing of Police Chief W. J. McAnnally in Beggs, Okla., last May 18. The jury, after deliberating over the week-end, reached a verdict of guilty today. Only Three at Reunion , By United Press WABASH, Ind., Sept. 19—The Twelfth United States Infantry, a Civil War organization, Sunday held what probably was its last reunion, at the home of Col. John Butler, at Roann. The three last survivors of the regiment, Col. Butler. Georgn Sneider and William Harrison of Logansport. All answered the roll call and spent the day vdiking over war days.