Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 120, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 September 1927 — Page 2

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HOOVER VISIONS NATIONAL CHAIN OF WATERWAYS Partial Solution of Farm Problems Seen in Plan of Development. v NO LOAD ON TAXPAYER Foreign Competition Could Be Met in World Markets, Secretary’s View. BY CARL D. GROAT United Pres* Staff Correspondent (Copyright, 1927, by United Press) WASHINGTON. Sept. 27. -Secretary of Commerce Hoover trlcl the United Press today that development of a great inland waterway system would aid the farmer and Midwest industry. In an interview,, the engineerstatesman outlined, as a basis lor stable prosperity to farms and towns of the great central plain, his visioned—and partly accomplishedprogram for making the Mississippi and its tributaries a great pathway for commerce-laden steel barges linked up with intracoastal canals, with improved Great Lakes navigation and with a vast water roadway to the ocean via the St. Lawrence. This development, he said, would “assist the American farmer, though it is not the whole of his problem.” He foresaw also that it would check the movement of Midwest factories toward the Atlantic seabord—a presently unfavorable economic condition. Railroads Unhurt Rail rates, he pointed out, have of necessity swung upward since the war. But, he declared, the proposed waterway chain would open new transportation avenues'* at rates comparable to the railroads’ pre-war rates, and without damage to the railroads. By completing the project, American farmers would be able to meet Argentinian and Australian competition at the great price determining markets at Liverpool and the Atlantic seaboard. At present, Hoover said, American grain, because of higher increase, due to the war, of transportation rates than Argentina and Australia pay, is at a disadvantage of from 8 cents to 15 cents a bushel. The costs of the projects are comparatively small, and could be paid for with the savings in rates over a single year. Four Enterprises Named “The inland waterways problem,” Hoover said, "is divided into four large segments or enterprises, namely: “The Mississippi system, which includes not only the Mississippi River, but also its tributaries. “The Great Lakes. “The Great Lakes to the sea. “Intracoastal canals.” As for the costs of development, Hoover estimated thus: Mississippi system, $120,000,000, for which Congress already has begun making annual appropriations; St. Lawrence waterway (after deducting for water power sales) about $140,000,000, divided between Canada and the United States, and perhaps susceptible of further reduction by increasing waterpower sales; intracoastal canals, a “couple of millions” a year; stabilization of the Great Lakes, probably about $5,000,000. No Burden on Taxpayer And all of this would be spread over a period of six to twelve years, as construction must move slowly. “So while the development is of tremendous importance, it would not be a burden to the American taxpayer, and it does not interfere with programs for tax reduction,” Hoover said. ATTACKS DEBT PROTESTS Attitude of Foreign Nations Founded on Jealousy, Says Robinson. Debt cancellation by nations owing the United States was attacked by Senator Arthur R. Robinson in a speech Monday night at the first monthly dinner of the fall series of the University Place Christian Brotherhood at the church. "Let the foreign nations who are our creditors pay their debts to us as American citizens have been accustomed to paying theirs,” Robinson urged. “The attitude of our creditor nations is founded on a jealousy of the success and prosperity of this country.” Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith talked .in behalf of a revival to be held in anew north side tabernacle. Bad Name Fails to Hurt Him list United Pregg

LONDON, Sept. 27.—“ You must not be prejudiced by his name,” said a lawyer at the Epsom Court when Alfred Waterer, a milk dealer, was arraigned charged with diluting his milk. “We won’t,” said the court, and dismissed the charge.

Frills Banned Bv Timeg Svecial WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. Evangelist Aimee McPherson may bob her titian hair, but lady Bible workers of the Seventh Day Adventist faith neither will do this nor wear short drtsses nor earrings, nor follow many other present-day fashions, according to pronouncement today. On the list of things banned for the well-dressed Bible worker are: Bobbed hair, extremely small flapper hats, bits of bright colored handkerchief or lace dangling from the sleeve, sleeveless dresses, short skirts (less than 10 or 12 inches from the floor), stripeu or checked hose, bright-colored hose, variegated shoes, vanity cases or miniature Ihat-bpxes in place of iAndbags.

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MAY NAME NEW U. S. STEEL CHIEF Directors Meet Today; Hope Seen for Choice. By United Pregg NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—Directors of the United States Steel Corporation were scheduled to meet today after the close of the stock market. There was a possibility that anew chairman would be named to succeed the late Judge Elbert H. Gary. President Coolidge’s nomination of Dwight Morrow as ambassador to Mexico has eliminated one of the list of possible candidates for the office. The group of elegibles as set forth by the financial district now includes Myron C. Taylor, member of the corporation’s executive committee; Nathan Miller, former Governor of New York and legal counsel for the corporation, and James A. Farrell, president of United States Steel. # Os the three, Taylor has been given the best of the gossip of late. He is said to have the backing of George F. Baker and J. P. Mof|an, whose sanction will carry most weight in the appointment. CATCH PURSE THIEF Kermit McKay, 18, Convicted Before, Held. A three-week search for Kermit McKay, 18, of Commercial Hotel, 215 S. Illinois St., alleged office building purse thief, ended late Monday when Detectives Brickley and Finneran recognized him in the State Life Bldg. He was carrying a purse just taken from Room 916, the property of Mrs. Ethel Thomas, 10$ E. Thirteenth St., they said. During the last three weeks, according to Detective Captain Jerry Kinney, more than thirty pocketbooks have been stolen from downtown offices, and in most cases McKay is alleged to have told women employes that someone in another office wanted to see them. When they went out he would ransack desks. McKay was convicted once before for the same offense, Kinney said, and when the recent thefts were reported the victims all identified McKay’s picture. MOTHER -SHIELDED SON Police Believe Boy, 12, Killed Father In Family Quarrel. Bv United Pregg BERKELEY, Cal., Sept. 27. Jerome Cornell, 12, killed his step; father as he said he did and his njother confessed the shooting merely to shield her son, police were convinced today. Charles Van Alderwelt was found fatally woupded in his home Monday morning and the conflicting confessions were made by both his wife and her son. They agreed, however, that Van Alderwelt and his wife had quarrelled and that he was attacking her when the shooting occurred, and later the mother changed her account of the incident to coincide with Jerome’s. JURIST VISITS MARION Justice Van Devanter of Supreme Court Guest in Home Town. Bv ’ Timeg Svecial MARION, Ind., Sept. 27.—Associate Justice Willis Van Devanter of the United States Supreme Court is here the guest of his mother, Mrs. Violette Van Devanter. During his stay, the jurist will visit scenes of his boyhood days where he played baseball and went fishing and swimming. Van Devanter was born here where he practiced law for several years. He went to Wyoming in 1884, and was appointed to the Supreme bench from that (-State by President William H. Taft. He sits at the left of Taft, now chief justice. WALLACE TO BE JUDOE Lew Wallace, Indianapolis attorney, was to qualify in Criminal Court today as special judge lp the trial of John J. Collins, city purchasing agent, charged with soliciting a bribe. Jackson Carter, former grand Jury deputy, qualified late Monday as judge for the trial of Earl S. Garrett, former market master, charged with official misconduct for alleged irregularities in leasing i stands at the market house.

‘PILGRIMS’ TO SAIL 1,200 Trom England to Greet U. S. Descendants. BV VKA Service LONDON, Sept. 27.—More than 1,200 modern “Pilgrim Fathers” will sail to America next June to greet the descendants of those who went over on the Mayflower 300 years ago. At Plymout Rock will be held a great reunion of Anglo-American Congregationalists. Later a mass demonstration on Boston Common will be attended by many thousands. The twentieth century pilgrims have chartered the White Star liner Celtic for the trip and will make the crossing in about as many days as it took the Mayflower weeks to complete the voyage. The Colonial Missionary Society, organizer of the 1928 pilgrimage, has been snowed under with letters of application from those wishing to take part in the reunion. WILL HEAR PLEA FOR BUS SERVICE OCT. 5 Mcadlawn Addition Residents Ask More Frequent Schedule. Petition of residents of Meadlawn addition for additional bus servibe on the English Ave/ feeder line of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company will be heard by the Public Service Commission Oct. 5. Monday the commissioners approved sale of the municipal light and power plant at Osgood to the Hoosier Public Utility Company, Greensburg, for $65,000. The money is to be used by Osgood officials tc construct a water plant. In a letter to the commission, Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom ruled that they were without jurisdiction in passing on an ordinance limiting the weight of motor trucks on the streets of Brazil. FREIGHT RATES SUBJECT R. B. Coapstick to Address Kiwanis on Freight Charges. “The Freight Rate Situation in Indiana” will be the subject of R. B. Coapstick, Indiana State Chambei of Commerce traffic manager, at the Kiwanis Club luncheon at the Claypool Wednesday. A special train, leaving here at 8 a. m. Thursday, will take Indianapolis Kiwanians to the Kiwanis district convention at Lafayette, Ind. Harry Yockey is the Indianapolis candidate for district governor. BARBER BEATEN IN SHOP Search for Assailant by Police Is Unsuccessful. Search for the man who beat William Anderson, 57, barber shop proprietor at 447 W. South St., Sunday night, was unsuccessful, police said today. Anderson, found in a semi-con-sdous condition late Monday, said he argued with a man who came in his shop and the latter struck him on the jaw, breaking it.

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Placing the casket of the late Samuel Lewis Shank in the hearse after funeral services at the residence in Golden Hill Monday afternoon, fielow, a Masonic emblem floral piece, part of three . truck loads of flowers sent by friends.

SEEK U.S. GOVERNMENT BUSINESS BUREAU HERE City Civic Leaders Plan Appeal to Budget Chief Lord. Indianapolis businessmen may send a delegation to Gen. H. M. Lord, director of the budget, at Washington, D. C., to urge him* to recommend to Congress an appropriation that would permit establishment of a branch bureau of foreign and domestic commerce at Indianapolis and other cities. According to Washington dispatches, General Lord is reported to be opposed to the appropriation in the interest of economy. Representative Will R. Wood was planning to meet Lord today or Wednesday to urge the appropriation. Wood, as chairman if the subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee having Jurisdiction over independent office expenditures, is expected to wield considerable influence with the budget bureau. Julius Klein, chief of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, is reported to favor establishment of a branch bureau in Indianapolis. ROBBED ON HONEYMOON Motion Picture Director Reports $495 Loss At Elkhart Bv Timeg Special ELKHART, Ind., Sept. 27.—Robbed of $495 while on his honeymoon was the experience of A1 Boasberg, Hollywood, Cal., a director in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and other film companies. With his bride, who was Miss Roslyn Goldberg, Minneapolis, Minn., Boasberg left the Twentieth Century limited here to Join friends for an auto trip into Michigan. The money was missed shortly before the train arrived here. Boasberg pointed out a touch of irony in his misfortune. The last picture he directed before starting on his honeymoon was a comedy entitled “Too Many Crooks.” PROBE ITALIAN DEATHS Alien Smugglers Throw Passengers Into Sea, Embassy Hears. By United Pregg WASHINGTON. Sept. 27.—Rumors that alien smugglers threw overboard many Italians en route to the United States from Cuba, caused the Italian foreign office today to ask its embassy here to investigate. Reports recently said alien smugglers ruthlessly rid themselves of aliens when in danger of capture between Cuba and the United States. The coast guard said it had no of Italians drowned. Dies of Auto Injuries Bv Timeg Svecial BEDFORD, Ind., Sept. 27.—Mrs. Clyde Waggoner, 20, ,is dead of injuries suffered Saturday when an auto driven by her husband overturned. The accident occurred on a bridge near Silverville, when a board was thrown againgt a wheel of the car causing Waggoner to lose control.

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PLANS WEEK’S CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE_ FIRES Chamber of Commerce to Sponsor Prevention Work Here. Elaborate plans for Fire Prevention week, Oct. 9 to 15, were formulated today by the executive committee of the Chamber of Commercefire prevention committee for approval of the committee at its luncheon meeting next Monday. Even more comprehensive than in former years, campaign plans are aimed to reduce the number of fires and fire hazards in the city to a minimum. “Indianapolis has made a remarkable record in its fire prevention work,” said Executive Committee Chairman Frank C. Jordan, “but we are unrelenting in our efforts to make condition still better, aiming some day to reach a first-class rating by the National Board of Fire Underwriters.” City in High Rating The city’s rating at present is second class, although progress of fire prevention work here has advanced the city half way toward the first-class rating, Jordan said. Indianapolis fire losses in 1926 were $696,512, as compared with $1,262,750 in 1921—practically a 50 per cent reduction. This year will show further reduction of losses unless some especially disastrous fires occur.

Announcing plans for the campaign, Harmon E. Snoke, secretary of the fire prevention committee, said an innovation In the form of a contest will be instituted. Divide in Seven Districts The city will be divided into seven districts of equal area. Records will be kept to learn which district holds its fires to a minimum. Forty city firemen under direction of ten inspectors from the fire prevention division will make inspections intended to reduce fire hazards in the residental districts and enlven rivalry in the “no fires” contest. Other features of the fire prevention campaign include proclama - tions by the mayor and fire chief; fire drills in public schools, department stores and factories; programs and lectures In fire stations; speakers before civic clubs; radio speeches by fire department and underwriting officials; essay contests in the schools; demonstrations of call box operations; inspections of fire extinguishers and sprinkler systems, campaign for cleaning up furnaces and flues; campaign for fire proof roofs, and training for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Serving on the Chamber’s fire prevention exevutive committee with Chairman Jordan, are: J. W. Stickney, vice chairman, insurance representative; Fire Chief Jesse A. Hutsell; Horace W. Carey, chief of the division of fire prevention and J. Curran, head of Indianapolis Salvage Corps.

HAUGER STORE SOLD Retail Firm Bought by Chain Clothing Concern. C. C. Hauger Cos., 237 Massachusetts Ave., retail men’s clothing store, has been sold to the Martin Stores Corporation, Grand Rapids, Mich. R. J. Tennery, manager of the Hauger store, will continue in the same position with the new owners. The Martin Corporation controls fifty-one stores in the Central and Southern States, and the Hauger store will continue under the same name with the same line of men’s clothes. A. H. Martin, president of the Grand Rapids firm, is a former Indianapolis man and was claim agent for the Parry Buggy Cos., about twenty years ago. Hauger will leave Immediately for several months vacation In California. MAKES $5 BY RUSE Woman Confuses Clerk in Asking for Change. Higher mathematics made $5 for an unidentified woman at the Edwin Pfau drug store, 2802 E. Washington St., Monday night. The -woman paid for a package of cigarets with a $lO bill. Receiving $9.85 in change from Robert Seahl, clerk, 2620 E. Washington St., she said ; ‘Oh, I have a half dollar.” Handing it and four onc-dollar bills to Seahi she requested her $lO bill in exchange. Seahi complied. Death Driver Held Bit United Pregg SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. 27. Michael Jacobs, Cleveland, Ohio, a truck driver, Is held here on a technical charge of manslaughter, growing out of .the death of Adam Klodzinski, Chicago, fatally injured in a head-on collision with Jacob’s truck.

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Interdenominational Classes Opened Last Night. Enrollment of more than 400 was reported at the opening session Monday night of the five-day interdenominational standard training school at Central Christian Church, Delaware and Walnut Sts. Classes, under anuspices of the Indianapolis Ministerial Association and Marion County Council of Religious Education, will be held each night this week for children and young people. Instructors include Miss Myrtle Huckleberry, Franklin; Miss Millie C. Young, Indianapolis; Mrs. J. Ruskins Howe, Dayton, Ohio; Dr. Sheldon L. Roberts, Philadelphia; Dr. C. W. Laufer, Phi.aedlphia; Dr. F. A. Hayward and Dr. James E. Rosemurgy, Indianapolis.

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1,200 DOCTORS ; COMING HERE 1 FOR CONCLAVE Indiana State Medical Convention Opens Here Wednesday. More than 1,200 physicians and their wives will attend annual sessions of the Indiana Medical Association Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in the new unit of city hospital. Initial session opens at 9 a. m. Wednesday, with registration at the hospital. One of the largest technical and commercial exhibitions ever shown in Indiana will open their and continue until 6 p. m. Following adjournment of the noon meeting of the council in the Indianapolis Athletic Club, delegates will stage an eighteen-hole medal play golf tournament at the Indianapolis Country Club. Prizes will be distributed at the State medical frolic and smoker at 8:15 p. m. at the Athenaeum. Dr. Cregor to Give Welcome Feature of the Thursday session is the address of welcome by Dr. Frank W. Cregor, president of the State organization. Dr. Thurman Rice, Indianapolis, will conduct a clinic on rabies Thursday afternoon, and Dr. C. G. Beall, Ft. Wayne, will conduct a clinic on periodic health examinations. ' At a general medical clinic, Dr. Julius Hess, Chicago, will speak on “Infant Feeding and Its Present Status.” Morris Fishbein, Chicago, editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, will speak at a banquet in the Riley-room of the Claypool at 7 p. m. One of the high points of the Friday session is the talk on “Physiotherapy” by Dr. John S. Coulter, yrofessor of physio-therapy at Northwestern University. Election cf officers wlil be held Friday at the seccnd meeting of the house of delegates in the city hospital.

Woman’s Program Women’s auxiliary will have a separate program of entertainment. Mrs. C. F. Voyles is president of the Indianapolis auxiliary. A musical at the Women’s Department Club at 8:15 p. m. Wednesday is the first feature of the entertainment program. Guests of the auxiliary will leave the Claypool Thursday at 9 a. m. for an automobile drive and a visit to the Indianapolis city hospital and the Indiana University hospitals. The tour will include the Robert W. Long Hospital, Riley Hospital, Coleman Hospitals, an 3 the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The drive will §nd at the Marott Hotel, where a luncheon-bridge will be held. The Real Silk Hosiery Mills will be inspected Friday morning. Automobiles will leave the Claypool at 9:30 a. m. A special police escort will be provided o neach tour. \

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