Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 119, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 September 1927 — Page 3

SEPT. 26,1927

ENGLISH SEAPLANE WINS SCHNEIDER TROPHY RACE

THOUSANDS CROWD SEA COURSE I TO SEE CRAFT HIT RECORD MARK IN CONTEST FOR FAMED TROPHY , Italian Fliers Drop Out After Swift First Laps; Great Advance in Aviation Is Shown Over Earlier Races. * 7 1 " 1 r ' . DISAPPOINTMENT IS VOICED IN WASHINGTON Americans Were Pulling for Latin Victory After Delay Forced Own Entrant to Remain Out of Annual Competition.

Bn United Press LIDO, Italy, Sept. 26.—Flight Lieutenant S. N. Webster of England, in a fragile, spidery craft, today won the Schneider cup race for ten. }!anea. T ;;is of thousands of persons occupied the famous Lido sands to wa .;h the airmen dart around the triangular flfty-kilometer course. seas prevented the r. z Spi yesterday, as scheduled. Seven laps were required to complete the race. Two Withdrawn Flight Lieutenant S. M. Kinkead, efv England and Major Mario de Bernard! ar.d Captain Ferrari of Italy withdrew after starting the race. £•“ Bernardi-won last year’s race *; I-famptcn Roads, Va., with an a '.erase speed of 246.496 miles an Irur Webster's average time for • the at' cn laps of fifty kilometers each v i 285.1 miles an hour. Webster e: * ceded the time of last year’s win* D" • by 3C.G04 inile san hour. The t>'e cf the winner in the first race, hel l at Monaco in 1913. was 44.7 nV'es an hour. v !ight Lieutenant O E. Worsley of England averaged 272.2 miles an hour, considerably faster than the 245.496 miles an hour which enabled Major Mario De Bernardi jo win for Italy last year. Great Advance Shown Flight Lieutenant S. M. Kinkead. one of the British fliers, was the first to start. The tremendous advance in aviation since the race was Inaugurated in 1913 was attested emphatically as Kinkead’s tiny craft sped around the trianglar fifty-kilo-meter course. In 1913 at Monasco the winner made an average speeed of .44.7 miles an hour. Kinkead’s first lap today was at a speeed of 267 miles an hour. , By 3 p nT. all seven entrants in fui race were in the air. Flight i Jeutenant S. N. Webster, ace of the ritish fliers and the favorite to win today, made the first lap at * sjfeed of 280 miles an hour. The Italians were slower than the British. The Schneider maritime aviation cPp, full name of the trophy for which the airmen raced today, was presented to the Aero Club of Ffarice in 1912 by Jacques Schneidfr, a wealthy sportsman. The ctjp is of gold, silver and bronze $d is a handsome trophy, iJnder terms of the award, next year’s race will take place in England, the winning country always acting as host at the next contest. .The United States has won the efip twice, in 1923 and 1926. The first race, in 1913, was won by France. England won the second In 1914 and there was a lapse until 1919, when the race was resumed at Bourenmouth, England. No award was made that year, however. Italy won fct Venice in 1920 and a*. Naples in 1921. England won in 1922. NEGRO KILLED BY TRAIN youth, 18. Walk, in Front of HI, Four Flier. A George Duncan, Negro, 18, of 2218 Massachusetts Ave., was killed instantly when he walked in front of a Big Four passenger train, Toledo division, near his home early today. ♦Police were told that he had left ime to hunt a job. -Engineer C. H. Williams, 707 E. Eleventh St., told Lieut. O. D. Thomas that he whistled several times, but Duncan did not look up.

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to: : Moille W. Zeigler, Muncie, Ind., Martnon, from 2444 N. Meridian St. Robert' L. fcoma Ave., Ford, from Illinois and ■Washington St. Kenneth Krisher, Peru, Ind., Ford, 352-808, from Senate Ave. and Washington St. Albert O. Bemloehr, 6120 Ralston Ave., Chevrolet, 624-439, from Meridian and Ohio Sts. Virgil Hileman, Rushville, Ind., Hord. 184-133, from Alabama and Market Sts. Jack Cooper, Anderson. Ind., Ford, 390-528, from Georgia and Illinois Sts. Ollie Reed, 410 Leeds Ave., Ford. 646-137, from Walnut and Illinois Sts. Robert Haak, Madison, Ind., Jordan, 174-198. from Vermont and M e * rldian Sts. ; Cecelia Schoentrup, Shelbyville, TtSd.. Ford, 149-647, from Georgia abd Illinois Sts.

BACK HOME AGAIN

Automobiles reported found by belong to: W Ford, no title, linense 352-592, at and Eapt Sts. Nellie Barker. 1105 Hamilton Ave., Ford, at Fall Creek Blv. and Capital Ave. : Russell Van scoyce, 452 N. Warman Ave.. Ford, at Harding and RaymoflM Sts. -

Bn Ttnited J’ress WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—England’s victory in the Schneider cup races was received In aviation circles here today with mingled admiration and disappointment. Because British opposition prevented a month’s postponement of the races required by Americans to allow Lieut. A. Williams to compete, American fliers have been pulflng for Italy. First reports of the race result* however, indicated the British fliers had surpassed all speed records in their clean cut victory. Commander Webr.'er's" speed of 285.1 miles an hour surpassed the official land plane speed record of 278 miles, set by Warrant Officer Barnett, France, as well as the seaplane record of 246.49 miles set by Major De Bernardi of Italy, in winning the Schneider cup race at Hampton Roads last year. Record Not Recognized Lieutenant Williams has flown 302 miles an hour in a land plane, but Ills record was not recognized, and Commander Webster's probab' • will be. American aviation enthusiasts, frustrated in their desire to have a competitor in the race this year, probably will start earlier next year in their efforts to get a plane ready for an attempt to win permanent possession of the trophy for the United States. Three victories in five years affe required for permanent possession. On Two Legs Now The United States has two legs now. through the 1(123 victory of Lieutenant Rittenhouse and the 1925 victory of Lieutenant Doolittle. England won In 1922. Italy in 1926 and there was no race In 1924, so Britain and Italy now have only one leg each of the cup. 'The Navy has practically ceased participation in such aviation competitions, but Lieutenant Williams, a leading Navy flier, was provided with a special plane by aviation enthusiasts. Originally designed as a land plane, Williams’ 1200-horse-njwer flier could not be made into a seaplane and put through necessary tests In time to be sent to Venice.

MANY DIE IN TIDAL WAVE Toll of 5,008 Lives Reported at Youngkong, China. Hu United Press LONDON. Sept. 24.—The Exchange Telegraph reported today that advices just received from Hongkong said that 5,000 persons were killed last Thursday at a tidal wave at Youngkong, 150 miles southwest of Hongkong. . The Exchange Telegraph dispatch added that 20,000 homes wer<* destroyed at Youngkong by the tidal wave and that 400 Junks and sampans were destroyed. Damage was estimated at $1,000,000. The United Press had no confirmation of the above dispatch. Youngkong is not shown in any reliable reference books. The Youngkong River is given, 150 miles northwest of Hongkong; also a coastal town by the name of Ungkong, 200 miles northeast of Hongkong. HOLD 22 AS GAMBLERS Two Alleged Games Are Raided by . City Police. Twenty-one persons face gambling charges today, the result of two, raids Saturday night by Sergt. Ralph Dean and squad. An alleged “red-dog" game on the third floor of the Brevort Hotel and what police charge was a crap game In a cigar store at 829 Indiana Ave., were broken up. John Davis, 52, of 438 N. Senate Ave., and Charles Custer, 34, Grand Hotel, were charged with gaming house keeping in the first raid. Police confiscated $48.70. West Alexander, Negro, cigar store proprietor, was booked on a similar charge, result of the second raidDIES ON FACTION CAR Coroner Seeks Relatives of R. A. Grice of Mulberry. Coroner Chtrles H. Keever today sought relatives of R. A. Grice. 45, of Mulberry, who died on a T. H., I & E. traction car Sunday at Thirtieth St. and Northwestern Ave. Conductor John Hooton of Lebanon told police Grice boarded the car at the traction station and became ill as the car left the station. The body was sent to city hospital morgue. Bti United Press BORGER, Texas, Sept. 26.—Shock was felt fifty miles away when 11,000 quarts of nitro-glycerine stored by an explosive company eight miles from here was discharged accidentally Sunday. The nitro-glycerine was stored in a remote canyon. ' Dog Bites Boy James Burris, 9, of 4320 Vandalia St., was bitten on the shoulder Sunday by a dog owned by Miss Lena Worth, 1440 A*tor St. Ernest Cook, 13. of 1434 W. Ohio St., was holding the dog In his lap when the Burris boy hit the deg with a stick.

Fifty-Fifty for Home and City Jobs, Says Mayors Wife

Half of Day Will Be Set Aside for Children, Rest for Attention to City Duties.

BY ELDORA FIELD H" IALF the day she win be Mrs. John L. Duvall, keeper of the mayor’s home at 6242 College Aye., and mother of their children, John Leslie, 3. and Margaret Roberta, 9. The other half of the day she will be Mrs. Maude Duvall, city controller, and perhaps, some day. mayor of Indianapolis. And if she does become mayor, she will carry out the policies her husband now pursues. These are the plans of Mrs. Duvall, announced today, after she was named controller by her husband. she accepted at its face value the statement of her husband: “I needed somebody for the place and I didn't know any one b“’.Ler than Mrs. Duvall.” T“7|RS. DUVALL faced the sudVI den change in her life -—-J more calmly than the mayor. The change, for her, is one before which many women might hesitate. For years she has done her own housework, with occasional maids. Now, she said, she must train a maid not only to take most of the load of housekeeping off her shoulders, but also for the responsibility of keeping little John Leslie half of the day. With a smile, however, she jaid. “I’ll be able to arrange everything so that none of my new work will be neglected.” M r ' IRS. DUVALL was a stenographer at the Marion County State Bank for eight years and became acquainted with her husband while employed there. He was president of the bank. “We were married in Septembe, 1917," she said; “I was employed until the time of our marriage. I had gone to the bank from business college. I did not attend high school, however.” "Several persons have asked me what I would do if circumstances should make me mayor. Well, I feel that in that case I would follow out the policies illy husband stands for, as I fully agree with his ideas and line of thought along political and public lines.”

SLASH FIRE LOSSES £ v State Damage $1,000,000 Less this Year. Indiana’s fire losses will be $1,000,000 less this year than in 1926. State Fire Marshal Alfred M. Hogston announced today in calling attention to the observance of Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 9-15. “This week should be a period of rejoicing as well as one of instruction,” Hogston asserted. “Our losses last year amounted to $8,554,980, while this year they may drop to less than $7,000,000. We are assured of at least a $1,000,000 saving. “There is still much to be done and every week should be fire prevention week and carelessness avoided. The huge saving is due I think to the splendid efforts of the Are prevention bureau of the Farm Bureau Federation, the city Are departments and our State educational program.” CITY PIGEONS IN RACE fichwert Entrants Take First and Second Prizes. Silver Queen and Silver King, pigeons owned by Charles Schwert, 350 W .Thirtieth St., won first and second place in the 165-mile pigeon race -from Pana, 111., conducted by the Racing Pigeon Club Sunday. Other winners were Dona Pedro, owned by C. F. W. Husted, 1130 N. Dearborn St., third; Midnight, owned by H. M. Goold, 350 W. Thirtieth St., fourth; Dr. Bricoux, owned by Husted, fifth; Bird No. 44, owned by Edward Foullols, 1209 N. Evison St., sixth, and Bird No. 5, Owned by H. S. Wyeth, 1416 E. Thirtieth, racing secretary of the club, seventh place. Indianapolis annual plg_jn lawn show will be held Sunday at the home of. Harry A Stone, 635 W. Maple Road BlvdV SHOT BY STRAY BULLET Detectives Investigate story Told by Sounded Negro. Detectives today* investigated a story by Charles Meridith, Negro, 45, of 1121 Maple St., that he •.'as struck by a stray bullet and severely injured. Members of his family told police he saio he was shot while standing at Morris and Harding Sts. No one in that vicinity heara shots. Watch for Tipton Elopers Police from Tipton, Ind., to Louisville, Ky., were on the watch today to frustrate the elopement plans of a Tipton couple. Annabelle Johnson, 16, aid Ralph Hare, 20, left Tipton Sunday night supposedly to get married in Louisville, Indianapolis police were told. Chinese Peasants Seize City Hu United Press LONDON, Sept. 26.—An Exchange Telegraph dispatch today from Hongkong said that an armed peasant force entered Swatow, looted buildings, and took charge of the city, whereupon the police disappeared.

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Mrs. John L. Duvall and her two children, John Leslie, 3, and Margaret Roberta, 9.

PLAN MOVE TO RETURNBANOIIS Plea to Small to Bring Back Haag Suspects. Efforts to bring Lawrence Ghere and Arthur McClelland back to Marion County for trial on the charge of murdering Wilkinson Haag, Indianapolis druggist, May 17, 1926, will be made before Governor Lett Small at Springfield, 111., Wednesday by Deputy Prosecutor Judson L. Stark. Ghere is at liberty under SIO,OOO bond at Chicago and McClelland is in jail there. They were held by Chicago police in connection with a jewel thief after being arrested at Inglewood, N. J., last November. Stark wul have Jesse Robinson, Negro. 914 W. Walnnut St.. and Martin Critchflcld. 2059 N. Adams St., as witnesses. Robinson saw the bandits shove Haag out the door of the Green Mill barbecue on E. Thirty-Eighth St., where the shooting occurred. Critehfleld was employed at the place. Sergeant Knowles of the Chicago police force, to whom the men are raid to have confessed the Indianapolis crime, also will appear. Miss Jessie Murphy, who was with Haag at the time, is ill and will not appear at the hearing. Detective Sergeant William Rugenstein left with Stark for Springfield today.

MRS. F. H. BINGHAM DIES AT M. E. HOSPITAL Resident cf City for Fifteen Years; Funeral Tuesday. Mrs. Frances H. Bingham, 65. of 5802 Julian Ave., died Sunday afternoon at the Methodist hospital following an illness of severalzsveeks. She was born in Fountain County and had lived here for fifteen years. She was a member of the Irvington Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Bingham is survived by her husband. George H Bingham; two sons. Homer and James Bingham, Indianapolis; and four daughters, Mrs. Homer Warrick, Brownsburg; Mrs. David Crawford, Glendale, Cal.; Mrs. Harry D. Wemtz, Sawtelle, Cal., and Mrs. C. W. Clawson, Madera, Cal. Funeral services will be held Tuesday* at 10 a. m. at Irvington M. E. Church, the Rev. J. B. Rosemurgy officiating. BUHaI in Rockfield cemetery, Veedersburg. INVENT HOT AIR GAGE Measures Volume Small as Five TenMillionths of Cubic Foot. Bu Un’ted Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 —This is a hot air story. Government scientists have devised a measuring apparatus which measures a volume of gas as small as five ten-millionths of a cubic foot. Bureau of standards officials who developed the new instrument, a burette, said today it would be used in every, technical gas measuring process, ranging from those in manufacture of steel to others used in canning foods. Laud Hindenburg as German Savior Bn United Press CHICAGO, Sept. 26.—President Von Hindenburg was proclaimed the savior of Germany by former United States Senator J. Hamilton Lewis and olher orators at a meeting Sunday of 3,000 Germans to honor the head of the new republic. Chicago Germans pledged $15,000 for German war orphans.

OLD CHURCH, MADE FAMOUS IN POEM, CRUMBLING

Bu United Press (-771 rOKE POGES. England, > | Sept - 26 - The Parish church made famous two centuries ago by a youth who sat in the churchyard writing slowly is decaying to earth toddy and may be lost unless funds are provided to preserve it. The young man who sat down '' to write 200 years agq finished his writing eight years later. His first were: “The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o’er the lea.

Show Stolen Uu Times Special WILLIAMSPORT, Ind., Sept. 26.—The equipment of a side show playing at the fair here, was stolen by an unidentified man driving a truck while the owner was away getting his breakfast. The tent was inr’uded In the theft.

PLAN SOUTHEAST FET Finch Community House to Be Dedicated Tuesday. Michael E. Foley, park board member, and John F. White, president of the Southeastern Civic Improvement Club, will dedicate the new Finch Park playground community heuse at a celebration Tuesday evening. The improvement club is arranging the event. The Indianapolis Newsboys Band will play v and there will be several contests and a number of prizes donatlbed by south ride merchants will be given to perrons present when their names are called. A. J. Kelly Is chairman of the committee in charge. Other members: E. O. Apel, Mr. and Mrs. George Nicholson, Mr. and Mrs. George Nicholson. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Chalmers, Mr. and Mrs. James Davenport, Mr. and Mrs. Bent-Sex-scn. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Duvall. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Miller, E. H. Haller, B. H. Facemeier, F. A. Behrent, L. C. Brandt, Theodore Losche, W. W. McClain. E. H. Parry. R. B. Spring, Rex Rudicel, A. G. Mueller, W. O. Stumph. Jr E. Burk.#

Honor Shank as Friend ' of the Common People

Flappers and ffiatrons, laborers and executives, more than 300 persons from all walks of life gathered today in the city hall to pay tribute to their friend, Samuel Lewis Shank. • From a platform banked with lerns and palms, city officials, past and present, spoke words of praise and commendation for the fallen leader. The audience gathered in the front hall and many who were unable to gain seats clustered around the railings on the upper floors. “He was a good mayor and did much for the poor and the common people of the city. I am sincerely sorry to part with Lew Shank. We miss him," said Mayor John L. Duvall. Mrs. Duvall Present. Mrs. Duvall, new city controller, sat besfcle her husband on the platform and opened the memorial with a resolution of sympathy drawn up by a committee composed of Claude F. Johpson, Robert F. Miller and Schuyler A. Haas. Charles W. Jewett, former mayor, said: “If each to whem Shank has done some good would bring a single blossom, he would sleep under a wilderness of flowers. He knew men; he loved men, and they responded to his utterances of leadership.” John W. Holtzman. former mayor, paid a tribute to Shank's keen wit and humor. “Shank held a unique and unusual place in our midst,” he said. * ' James M. Ogden, corporation counsel under Shank, cites his good will and heartiness. “Lew Shank believed Indianapolis was the best city

The ployman homeward plods his weary way And leaves the world to darkness and to me.” - The poem was the famous “Elegy Written iix a Country Churchyard.” The poet was Thomas Gray. He penned a human and stately poem recognized now by many persons to be the best piece of English verse ever written. * * * f-r-iLTHOUGH his work was IA Ia masterpiece'in the balanced perfection of meter, beating true to the pulse of hu-

SBS IS LOOT IN 4 THEFTS Week-End Buglaries Total Eight, But Little Taken. ~~ Several north side homes were entered by a daylight burglar on Sunday afternoon, but only a small amount of loot was taken. Leo McNamara, 4349 Washington Blvd., returned home and found a glass in his sun porch broken. Two ringed, valued at $22, and a small bank containing $1.50, were missing. Mrs. Ida Smith, 4061 Washingi ton St., also found a sun porch glass broken and a ,22-oaliber target pistol missing. The front door at the home of Dr. C. O. McCormick. 4041 Washington Blvd., was broken and the house ransacked, but nothing taken. A screen was cut at the home of A. E. Wcist, 4934 Washington Blvd., and a glass broken in a rear door. Jewelry was scattered over the floor but not taken. A Canadian $2 bill 1 was the only thing missed. A broken rear door glass re- ! vealed burglary at home of J. M. Drake. 3655 N. Pennsylvania St. : Loot taken was two ..small banks I containing sls. and $5, and one dollar in cash. The burglar partook of a good meal from the Ice box and left. He cut a screen at the home of Abraham Kellinger, 4214 N. Capitol Ave., and took a complete outfit of women's clothing valued at S4O. Mrs. Henry Mazur, 523 E. ThirtySixth St., was lying on the bed sleeping when she heard a noise. She pulled the window shade and saw a young man cutting the screen. He ran.

in the world, and he told it in every city he visited,” said Ogden. “Few of us could command the respect and support of all city employes as Shank did. After becoming mayor he affiliated himself with the Second Presbyterian Church be- .•! use he believed the mayor of Inc! anapolis should be a church memj b.r. 1 “Si h a personal! ty as Shank 1 .ust have been touened by some Livine power. “Like a pebble dropped in a pond the Influence of Lew Shank has touched thousands of persons and his spirit will go on in eternity," he said. William T. Bailey, former assistant city attorney, revealed that Shank has helped 1,704 families during his administration at a personal expense of more than $14,000. “He never wanted me to keep a record of his good deeds, and many times he told me to distroy the file case cards on which I kept the names of thpse he aided,” said Bailey. Others who spoke briefly: Taylor Groninger, corporation council under Shank; William Bosson, city attorney under Shank; Virgil Vandagrift, board of works president; John W. Friday and Frank Cones, board of works members; Frank Lingenfelter, Hendricks Kenworthy, Isador Wulfson, Martin Hyland, John Walker, Elmer Williams, Boyd M. Ralston, John King, Robert Cunningham, Virgil Ferguson, Miss Ellen Hediergott, Mrs. Grace Guess and James Lambkin. The assembly sang a verse of “Nearer My God to Thee” and paused in a moment of silent prayer.

man sympathy in its alternation of passion and reserve, Gray thought little of it. At first he modestly showed it to friends In the original manuscript. In 1751, after the poem had been established as a literary monument, Gray consented to have the elegy Despite its immortal place in the elegy, the church of Stoke Poges is in disrepair. Its roof is at the point of leaking. The “ivy mantled tower” has crumbled to dust. Whether the steeple

New Controller Is First Woman to Be Named to High City Post Here.

iRS. JOHN L. DUVALL is the first woman to hold a l___j major municipal office in mdianpaolls. She is one of the few to head any city department. Her salary as controller is $4,000 a year. The mayor receives $7,500. Mrs. Mary Pearl Riddle served as inspector of weights and measures through the Shank administration. Mrs. Ben Urbahns now is serving as State Treasurer, having been named by Governor Jackson to succeed Mr. Urbahns, when he died several years ago and reelected last year. Mrs. Edward Franklin White is reporter of Supreme and Appellate Courts. Several women have served as members of the Indiana Legislature.

PLAQUE GIVEN TO STUTZ CHIEF Friends Honor Moskovics; Leaves for Europe. Frederick E. Moskovics, president of the Stutz Motor Car Company left for Europe today with the plaudits of friends for a year of achievement fresh in his memory. Moscovics was given a silver plaque by his Indianapolis friends at dinner at the Athletic Club, Saturday night. The plaque commemorates the record breaking performances of Stutz stock cars in races and tests throughout the country this year. Solon J. Carter presented the gift. Paul Q. Richey, was toastmaster, and Dick Miller, president of Jhe Chamber of Commerce, spoke briefly. Moskovics in responding to the toast paid high tribute to Charles S. Crawford, chief engineer of the Stutz factory. Races won by Stutz: Stephens trophy, April 21-22; Chili road race, Aug. 10; Atlantic City stock car races, May 7 and Sept. 6; Mexican national road race. Sept. 18; Brooklands, England, July 16; Pikes Peak hill climb. Sept. 5, and Charlotte, N. C.. Sept. 20. Those attending the dinner: W. A. Atkins, H. H. Johnson, George Spindler, Douglas Wheeler, Joseph McDuffeer Col. E. S. Gorrell, M. E. Hamilton. C. A. Campbell, Maj. R. F. Cooper. London, England; F. E. Gates. Lawrence Cummins, Fred Duesenberg, Charles O. Roemler, Irving W. Lemaux, Charles Merz, Paul Richey, Woods Caperton, Reily C. Adams. Benjamin Tw.vman, Sam Stevens. Rome. N. Y.; Wayne Kinnaird, O. B. lies, Curtis Hodges, Dan V. Goodman and Boyd Gurley.

1 'WILLIAM TELL’ MISSES Tries to Shoot Rifle Bullet Through Funnel, Rips Man’s Scalp. Bn United Press UTICA, N. Y., Sept. 26.—An j impromptu performance “A La | William Tell” In a Nichols St. case ! today gave one man a scalp wound ; and caused two others to be ! arrested. A man said to be a crack shot, who with a 22-caliber rifle shot bottles from a bartender’s head, supplied the entertainment. When the man tried to shoot through the hole in a funnel, balanced on the head of Albert Bachle, bartender, the bullet ripped off a section of his scalp. Police held two men for questioning. HOLD FILM-STRUCK BOYS Youths Ran Away From Home to “Enter Movies” in California. The movies were deprived of two embryonic stars Sunday with the arrest of Wilbur Heidbrink, 14, and Richard Rathert, 15, both of Ft. Wayne. The boys, who left their home Friday for California “to enter the movies,” were found asleep in their automobile on a road near the city by State police. They are held pending communication with their parents. TRUCK CAULS IN KITCHEN Crashes Through Wall as Housewife Is Peeling Potatoes. Bu United Press TROY, N. Y., Sept. 26.—Mrs. Charles S. Brannen of Waterveliet, was sitting in the kitchen of her home humming and peeling potatoes when there was a terrific crash and bricks and motar began tumbling about her. Recovering from her fright she saw the front end of a motor truck a few feet from her. It had become unmanageable on a hill.

ever will be replaced is problematical. Five years ago the vicar issued a plea for funds with which to rebuild the decrepit shrine. He needed $30,000 and got virtually nothing. Local folklore has it that the ghost of Gray haunts the little churchyard where he was burled beside his mother. Many persons insist that they have seen the shadow of a huddled figure, pad in hand, on the bench which has been placed where Gray was supposed to have sat when he composed the elegy.

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TRACTION BID FOR BUS LINE FACESJMT Street Railway Attorneys Seek Approval of Sale For $500,000. Approval of the purchase of the Peoples Motor Coach Company by the Indianapolis Street Railway Cos., for $500,000 and assumption of $92,000 indebtedness was being sought by traction attorneys in Marion Circuit Court today. It was the first appeal from a public service ruling to be heard in the courts, as provided by an act of the 1927 Legislature. The deal failed of consummation last spring when the commission refused the street- railway’s petition to purchase the capital stock of the bus company for a half million dollars, assumption of the indebtedness and issuance of $500,000 notes to bear 8 per cent interest. The refusal, based on the finding that the price was unreasonable, was virtually reiterated when the commission denied a rehearing. Commission Not Represented A formidable array of street car attorneys, headed by Dave E. Watson, carried their appeal to Circuit Judge Harry O. Chamberlain. Although the calendar listed Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom as “defendant’s counsel,” neither Gilliom nor any of his deputies were on hand. The attorney general explained that the 1927 act under which the action is brought does not make the commmission a party to it. In giving a resume of the case to the court Watson said the evidence would show the purchase should be permitted because the price of $500,000 is not unreasonable and single operation of the two companies would improve service to the public. He contended the plan would enable the street car company to reduce its annual deficit and show a fair profit. Watson found fault with the commission's edict on the grounds that the commission had placed too much importance upon the fact that the tangible property of the bus company is estimated at only from $250,000 to $260,000. He said $358,000 actually had been invested in the bus lines and that the value of the capital stock, considering its earning capacity, was $500,000.

Assails Depreciation Value He likewise found fault with the ; commission’s having figured the bus company’s annual depreciation a> 30 per cent, which reduced the commission's figures of its 1926 earnings to $15,500, Instead of some $47,000 as they would have been on a 15 per cent depreciation charge. Annual savings under single operation would amount to about $197,000 annually, Watson argued. Frank D. Stalnaker, president Indiana National Bank, a witness, was guarded in estimating the fairness of the terms of the proposed deal He thought 8 per cent to be paid on the bond issue too high, but believed the purchase would be for the betterment of service and eliminate unwarranted duplication of service on some lines. " Albert E. Metzger, vice president Fletcher Savings and Trust Company, thought the terms of the pro- ! posed sale were fair. Fares Too High City Corporation Counsel, Schuyler Haas, said the city wanted the deal to go through and did not think $500,000 was an unreasonable price; but that if “the bus company was able to build up a $500,000 business from $50,000 in two years there should have been some reduction in fares.” Judge Chamberlin characterized as “peculiar” and of “doubtful practicability” the 1927 act under which the action was brought. It I provides that appeal from public service commission rulings may be carried to the circuit court. If the court upholds the order, appeal may be carried to the State supreme court. If the court reverses the finding of the commission, it must notify the commission of its action and give the commission opportunity to change its ruling. If the commission refuses to weaken, the court may, if it choses, go ahead and grant the appeal, authorizing the transaction. DIRIGIBLE ROUTE PUSHED Great Britain Rushes Work on Airship for Service to India. Jin T'nitrd J’rcss LONDOfy Sept. 26.—Undeterred by the general neglect of airship development in favor of airplane, the British government is preceedim steadily with its plans for an interimperial dirigible route. Work on the R-100, the super dirigible that Is to Inaugurate a passenger and mail service to India, and later to Australia, is progressing rapidly, and the giant ship Is expected to make its trial flights in the early summer of 1928. ORGAN TAKES ‘VACATION’ Services Shortened by 20 Minutes in Fosdick’s Church. NEW YORK. Sept. 26.—Sunday’s service in the Park Avenue Baptist Church was shortened by twenty minutes when the organ stopped suddenly during an opening hymn. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, the pastor, hurried his sermon and commented as the congregation filed out silently that the organ “must have struck for a vacation." Harold Lloyd HI With Cold Bn United Press NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—Harold Lloyd, movie comedian, is in bed at his Fifth Ave. apartment, suffering from a severe cold, contracted while making scenes for anew picture along the East River, a