Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 148, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 October 1927 — Page 1

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TWO MAYORS IN COURT TO WAGE BATTLE Holmes Combats Negley’s Attempt for Permanent Restraining Order. DECLARES JOB IS HIS ‘\ Was Here First, So My Rival Has No Right in Suit/ Attorney Says. “I’m in. I was here first. You have no right to file a suit claiming you are in and I am trying to interfere with you.’’ This, in effect, was the defense which “Mayor” Ira M. Holmes put up in Superior Court 5 today against the suit of “Mayor” Claude E. Negley to gain exclusive right to the title of mayor. Negley is asking Superior Judge Joseph Milner to make permanent the temporary restraining order he issued early Friday morning, directing Holmes, John L. Duval, and their associates not to interfere with Negley in exercise of the powers of mayor. Both Claim Chair Negley was elected moyar pro tem. by city council Thursday. Holmes says he is mayor becdhse Duvall and his wife, Mrs. Maude Duvall, former city controller, resigner, permitting him to succeed to the chief executive’s chair an hour before the council took action. Holmes and Duvall filed a motion to dissolve the temporary restraining order when the hearing dpon the application for the permanent order began before Judge Milner today. If this was overruled, it was Holmes’ plan to file a demurrer. The demurrer contends that insufficient grounds for action are stated in Negley’s complaint and attacks the jurisdiction of the complaint on the score that, from Holmes’ viewpoint, Holmes was rhayor before the city council declared Duvall and Mrs. Duvall ousted, and that therefore there is no virtue in Negley’s contention that he is the mayor and Holmes the interloper. New Line of Attack Hopeful that they would succeed with this argument in having Negley’s suit thrown out of court and Holmes’ title thereby partially cleared, the Holmes lawyers, led by former Supreme Court Judges Lewis B. Ewbank and Charles E. Cox and Attorney Thomas Whallon, were understood to have anew line of direct legal attack upon Negley ready. What this action would be was not disclosed. Which ever side loses the action today is expected to appeal to State Supreme Court, but in a civil action the decision of the lower court is operative until the higher court overthrows it, so Holmes, in case he losses tbday, was expected to start some kind of action with the direct purpose of unseating Negley. Holmes and Negley at 9:45 linked arms and walked from city hall to courthouse together.- They parted on the first floor, Negley dropping into |the office of Auditor Harry Dunn and Holmes going on the second floor. Negley beat Holmes to city hall this morning, arriving at 8:40. Holmes came in at 8:50. Duvall Clears Out Duvall came to city hall last night nd removed his personal belongngs from the mayor’s office. Holmes said that if he was “fairly defeated” he v(ould step put of the office„gracefully, with the hope that “Indianapolis immediately will start . redeeming herself.” “If the final ruling is in my favor, I will start in at once to give Indianapolis an honest business administration, modelled along city manager ideas as nearly as possible with the present form of government. I houpe the people would judge me by the kind of men I surround myself with. “I will keep office hours from 8 to 5 with an hour for lunch, instead of from 8 to 4 with two hours for lunch. I never took two hours for lunch in my life. Must Have Loyalty “I would make just two demands of city employes—that they be loyal to me and give efficient service to the public. I must have loyalty to me, though. I would be understood that I was boss.” Negley said that if he won he would start upon “ten days of hard work.” City council is scheduled to meet Nov. 8 and pick a permanent mayor to succeed Negley, the pro tem official. Doubted Strawberries Bu United Press MARTINSVILLE. Ind., Oct. 29. When Smith Lewis, fruit grower here, brought a box of strawberries of healthy size, to his office for sampling, some thought they were candy and wouldn’t believe otherwise until they tasted them. If you wish to change yotir present listing in the Indianapolis Telephone Directory, or if you contemplate moving to anew address, please call our Business Office at once, as anew Directory goes to press Nov. 10. INDIANA BELL TELEPHONE CO.—Adv.

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Paris Showers Gifts on Ruth Elder

BY JOHN O’BRIEN United Press Staff Correspondent EARIS, Oct. 29—Miss Ruth Elder disappointed Paris crowds today by wearing a smart green frock under a fur coat. It was the first time since she took off from Roosevelt field more than two weeks ago, that Miss Elder had appeared in public without her plus fours and sweater. “I’m sick of breeches and tired of being called a tomboy,” she said. As have other trans-Atlantic fliers, Miss Elder and George Haldeman, co-pilot in the flight, made it their first duty today to place wreaths on the tomb of thte Unknown Soldier. It has become evident that Miss Elder need not worry over the extensive clothes buying she had planned before her departure from New York. The leading dressmakers of Paris are fighting among themselves for the right to outfit her without cost. Her hotel has been bombarded with gifts of silk stockings, perfumes, hats and jewelry. One of the first gifts in Paris to Miss Elder was an "Elder doll,” a miniature of herself, dressed in

DENTIST IS SLAIN; TEETH ONLY CLEW

Victim Found in His Office, Bullet in Heart; No Trace of Killer. R ’nEW ? YORK, Oct. 29.—A search started today for “the man with three bad molars” as police delved into the peculiar murder of Dr. Jacob Gross, dentist, found shot to death in his office Friday. Dr. Gross had an office jointly with Timothy Healey, a radio man. The doctor’s office was the typical small dental laboratory, with a much used couch, well-thumbed magazines and the odor of various medicines. Gross and Healey had only one telephone. Yesterday when Healey returned to his office he asked Gross if there had been any calls. When he received no answer, he walked infi| the room which served as Dr. Gross’ laboratory and there found the dentist dead—a bullet through his heart. In one of the dentist’s hands was a dental pick, in the other a dental mirror. A towel near by had three small spots of blood on it, evidently where the dentist had wiped off his pick after probing a patient’s mouth. On the dental tray hung a chart of upper and lower teeth with three lower molars crossed —indicating the doctor had been working just before he was shot, on a patient who had three defective lower teeth. Police were unable to find a motive in the curious murder. There was no robbery. So far as known, Dr. Gross had no enemies, as he lived a quiet and orderly life. Healey recalled a man of somewhat disreputable appearance called at the dentist’s office yesterday just before he left. A search is being made for this man in the lower East Side. ASK ‘HE MAN' MAYOR Don’t Choose a Councilman, Says Bartholomew. Requirements for the next mayor of Indianapolis were outlined by Councilman Otis E. Bartholomew Friday night before the Garfield Park and Surrounding Civic league. The man to be named by the city council, if court action, does not require other procedure, must be a regular “he-man,” an outstanding citizen and not a council member, Bartholomew declared. The league voted in favor of immediate issuance of bonds for widening and dredging of White River. Protest was voiced against reported removal of Mrs. Jennie Robeson, of 2028 Olive St., by the park board as matron at the park shelter house. 7n DIANA poiis TWO WOMEN HELD ON SHOP-LIFTING CHARGES S3OO in Merchandise Is Found in Homes, Police Say. Two women are held in city prison today on petit larceny charges, following their arrests Friday by operatives of tne Quigley-Hyland detective agency in a downtown department store. The women, Mrs. Maria Baker, 34, of 2443 Bellefontaine St., and Mrs. Sadie Preux, 38, of 3501% N. Illinois St., were arrested after they had been watched as shop-lifting suspects for several days. When detectives searched their homes they found lott valued at more than S3OO, said to have been stolen from downtown stores. Detectives say they recovered coats, dresses, hosiery, linens, laces and other valuable goods. Operatives of the detective agency said that the two women had been shoplifting regularly from Ayres, Goldsteins, Blocks, Wassons and the Pattis Dry Goods Company. WOMAN HURT IN PRANK Halloween Hoodlums Blamed for Injury to Arm. A pre-Halloween prank is blamed by police for an Injured arm suffered by Mrs. Alice Kinney, 43, of 408 Dorman St. A group of boys in the rear of her home threw a rock through the screen door and ft struck her.

sweater and knickers, which is destined to become a craze in the city. And meanwhile Haldeman almost has been forgotten in the strife to bestow honors upon the bewitching aviatrix. He trails along among her admirers almost lost to notice. He had some difficulty in getting past the doorman at the Aero Club reception because he wore a chamois sport coat. Referring to the flight of the American Girl, Miss Elder told the United Press that although she realized it wafe quite late in the year for an attempted air voyage to Europe, the stinging criticism which she received in hundreds of letters had forced her to fly. “Believe me,” she said, “when we saw the steamer Barendrecht through the clouds, she looked like a castle. For five hours we knew we had to come down soon, as the engine was making a pounding noise. I had been dressed in my swimming suit for more than an hour before we saw it. “I’ll try again next summer, but never alone or with a woman. I have learned the lesson of the necessity of having a man as navigator and pilot for the first few hours, as then it is hardest to steer. * .

Here's Why Bu Times Special VINCEIfNES, Ind., Oct. 29. No money to feed his family and eight hogs, nor to paytaxes; a neighbor refused free pasture for his cow—so John Styles, 47, burned his home at Aliceville in an effort to obtain SI,OOO insurance, he confessed to Chief of Police Thomas M. Martin here. According to Styles, he set fire to his home last Sunday night while his wife was attending church services.

WOMAN SAVED FROMNIAGARA Relatives Form Human Chain for Rescue Feat. I'U United Press NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y„ Oct. 29. —Rescuers, in human chain effect, cheated the American Palls ** of another victim last night when Mrs. Blanche Race of Detroit, was taken from the water about 150 feet above the brink of the falls. Daniel Vandergriff of Peoria, 111., his wife and the latter’s sister, Mrs. W. J. Taylor of Cleveland, joined hands and as Mrs. Race passed them, Vandergriff grasped her dress. She was taken safely ashore and removed to a hospital. According to Vandergriff, he heard the woman scream and saw her being carried toward the falls. He waded into shallow water, but realized Mrs. Race would be carried past him unless he ventured several feet farther. Calling his wife and cousin, Vandergriff formed the human chain successfully. Mrs. Race told police she must have suffered a dizzy spell. Mrs. Frank Warhous of Buffalo, Mrs. Race’s aunt, said she had received a telegram about an hour before the rescue dated Niagara Falls and saying that Mrs. Race had been drowned in the Niagara River, near Goat Island. The telegram was unsigned. ERRING HUSBANDS TO BE CHARGED BY U. S. Wives Arrive to Head Welcoming Committee, Police Learn. Remembering that “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” police are apprehensive today. While there is only one of the former, two of the latter arrived in Indianapolis Friday. The two wives are h re from Chicago to await the arrival of erring husbands, accompanied by two women from Detroit, where they are said to have gone after taking “off season” vacations from flourishing businesses in Chicago. The wives have notified police of their arrival and District Attorney Albert Ward will be called upon today, the wives said, to bring Federal charges against the husbands. JURY TO MEET MONDAY County Probers Will Resume Sessions After Recess. The Marion County grand jury will resume sessions Monday morning. A short meeting was held Friday after a day’s recess during the funeral of Juror John J. Madden’s sister.

! YOU’LL FIND* DIANA’ A NEW TYPE GIRL; READ THE STORY

SOU read a great deal of the present-day flapper, who begins romping her merry way through life, unrestrained, headstrong, carefree, and unmanageable. It is true that there is such a type; that the larger cities are filled with girls who live only for today without a thought of what tomorrow may bring. • * * Br— IT there is another type—not so well known, perhaps, —nevertheless just as in-

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, OCT. 29,1927

MAYORS FROWN ON HOGUE PLAN Let Courts Settle Matter, Say Negley and Holmes. “Mayors” Negley and Holmes thought little of the Hogue compromise plan of settling the mayoralty contest and expressed their sentiments regarding it when it was unfolded to them today. The plan is to have all contestants for the mayorship agree to submit selection to a board of arbitration composed of the nine Marion County judges. It was announced Friday night by Joseph L. Hogue, Shank administration controller, and also a contender for the mayor’s chair. Walter Meyers, defeated Democratic candidate, also contends that he has legal title to the place. The Hogue plan would be for all four candidates to sign waivers agreeing to abide by decision of the judges’ board, selection to be made from the four contestants, or any one else whom the judges would consider fit.

How the Market Opened

Bii United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 29.—Mixed movements characterized early trading on the stock market today. The opening was narrow, with United States Steel and General Motors both fractionally higher. Steel, however, promptly dropped to 130%, off %, and anew low on the movement. White Sewing Machine dropped 1% to 35% on selling based on its poor earnings report. Later it rallied slightly. Railroad issues were moving with the best display of strength on the list. C. & O. opened unchanged at 205 and then advanced % point. Missouri, Kansas & Texas was bid up to 43, a gain of 1% froni. the previous close. New York Central and Pennsylvania gained fractionally, while most of the others held unchanged. Mack Truck, which started off % at 102%, rose to 103% and other motor issues ruled steady to firm, in response to strength in General Motors. Stocks were slightly firmer In early dealings, due to the feeling that pessimisni regarding business activities were being overdone. Descriptions of general trade conditions by weekly mercantile reviews helped to offset bearishness regarding the state of business throughout the country. New York Stock Opening Allied Chem .. .7°?!'. Arner Smelting ? Anaconda ,’2 A Beth Steel 49% B. & US* C. & Dodge .11$ Famous Players Tg* lf Freeport ,2s'* General Motors General Electric • Hudson “7/2 Xnt Paper “4 Mont & Ward fj,, N Y Central “L, Nash g 2% Penna Ry Phillips 40% Radio Stew Warner 4 Sinclair ,}g% Studebaker “3,° Standard Oil. N J 39% Timken 110$ Texas Cos ..* ,59™ U S Steel 131 Union Pacific l?®,, Wabash 64% Yellow Coach 28 4 Westinghouse Electric 77% Willy-Overland 14%

teresting and sometimes just as much of a problem. This type has had the closest of supervision at homee; it has been taught to be cool, aloof, reserved and dignified. It has been taught of the dangers of the outer world. * * * iOMETIMES after a parent Shas devoted several years to carefully rearing a girl, something happens that throws the girl on her own resources. She finds that she must face the outer world—and she finds to her

REMUS PROBE SPOTLIGHT ON STATEKILLING Attorneys Ready to Move to City for Depositions Here Monday. LINK IN SHERIFF DEATH Contend Ex-Bootleg King Slew Wife to Hush Murder Story. BULLETIN Prosecutor Charles P. Taft 11, and defense attorneys for George Remus arrived here this morning to take depositions in the Remus case. They planned to question Claypool attaches in regard to relations between Mrs. Remus and Franklin Dodge, former United States dry agent, and to investigate an alleged plot to kill Remus while he was government witness in the Jack Daniel liquor conspiracy case. Indiana and Indianapolis today took the spotlight in the proble of the past activities of George Remus, colorful millionaire bootleg king, who will go on trial in Cincinnati in a few weeks for the slaying of his wife Imogene. With prosecutors charging that Remus murdered Sheriff William Van Camp near Rockville, Ind., in 1923, State-*and defense attorneys completed taking of depositions in St. Louis and were expected here late today or Monday to take depositions from Indianapolis persons who knew the bootleg king and his wife. Probe Here Monday T. Ernest Maholm, local attorney, who will assist in the defense, expects Cincinnati attorneys here Monday for the deposition taking here, although the schedule has been somewhat disarranged by the disclosures of the last few days. Maholm said he had heard the charge that Remus murdered Sheriff Van Camp some time ago, but declared he knew of no evidence to support it. Prosecutor Charles P. Taft, n, of Cincinnati indicated at St. Louis that the State will contend Remus killed his wife on the eve of the opening of her divorce suit against him, to prevent her from baring the murder of Van Camp at the trial. Claim Death Plot Making public depositions from John T. Rogers, St. Louis reporter, Defense Attorney Charles Elston Indicated the defense would attempt to show that Mrs. Remus had plotted against her husband as an extenuating circumstances to his shooting of her. Rogers testified that “Jew John” Marcus, one of the Jack Daniel liquor conspiracy defendants, twice told him Mrs. Remus sought to have him arrange for Remus’ death. Tells of Claypool Meeting Rogers also told of a meeting with Franklin Dodge, former Federal dry agent, in the Claypool here, at which he said Dodge revealed two revolvers and led him to believe they were “for Remus.” This incident occurred presumably at the time Remus was chief government witness against Jack Daniel liquor conspirators in Federal Court here. Mrs. Remus was one of those under indictment, but charges against her were nolled so her hus - band might testify. It was at about this time that Remus fought with Dodge on the street here and was indicted fpr assault and battery. The charge never was pressed. Two Charged With Death Three or four local persons who heard Mrs. Remus threaten her husband at that time and heard her declare her husband was extremely jealous, will give depositions for the defense, according to Maholm. Whether the attorneys will go to Rockville to take depositions on Sheriff Van Camp's death is not known. Rockville authorities always have believed Van Camp was .killed by two men wanted in Ohio for bank robbery whom he had learned were camping in the woods near there. The two they charge with the murder are now in the Ohio penitentiary serving a robbery sentence. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 62 9 a. m 68 7 a. m 63 10 a. m 71 8 a. m 65

alarm that she must fight a continual battle if she is to live up to the good teachings of her parents. * * * mT was so with “DIANA,” heroine of Vida Hurst’s new and amazing serial story, “DIANA,” which starts Monday in THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES. Only Diana’s mother had proved a bit too strict. She never had allowed her daughter a bit of freedom, where she would be called upon to develop a method of her own in dealing with others.

Mabel Would Hop Sea

(NEA Service, New York Bureau.! Mabel 8011, whose fabulous jewelry has won her the sobriquet of “Queen of Diamonds,” comes back by steamer to her native United States from her adopted France. It was Mabel who offered Charles A. Levine a whole flock of currency to fly her from Paris to New York. He refused and now, Mabel announces, she’s going to outfit her own aerial expedition and hop the Atlantic next spring.

BATTLES ‘HUSH’ ON GROTTO CRASH QUIZ

Commissioner Declares He Will Not ‘Tone Down’ , His Findings. Attempts to “tone down” the original report of Commissioner Calvin Mclntosh on the Emerson Ave. crossing accident Oct. 14, which resulted in the death of twenty Sahara Grotto members, wives and friends were opposed today by tbe author of the report. Presented at the weekly conference of the Public Service Commission Friday afternoon, the report brought forth prolonged discussion. Mclntosh defended his data and recommendations, but at last was ordered to “tone it down” and report back at a special meeting Tuesday. Hold Driver to Blame The original report, based upon investigations by Mclntosh and Railroad Inspector David Matthews of the commission, held the truck driver and party participants to blame. It pointed out that evidence showed there was a light on the interurban car which crashed into the truck-trailer. It also pointed out that the driver testified he did not know he was crossing the tracks, that he was tired from the day’s work, was alone in the seat and did not know the exact destination of the party. "’he investigators felt that he should have been provided with an assistant as guide and lookout; that he should have been more alert and Cautious, where so many lives were involved. Softens His Words Harry Stewart, 38, of 6 S. West St., was the driver. At the time of the accident he was held on a manslaughter charge and later released by police on his own recognizance. In revamping the report today, Mclntosh softened the phraseology somewhat. “Nothing vital will be changed,” he asserted. “To do so would be unfair both to investigators and the public.” 7w DIANA poK* DEPLORES GIRLS’ FAGS Pastor Appeals for More Careful Guidance of Children. Condemning cigaret smoking by young girls and appealing for more careful guidance of the younger generation, the Rev. J. Ambrose Dunkel, Tabernacle Presbyterian Church pastor, spoke at the semi-annual meeting of the Indianapolis Council of Camp Fire Girls’ at the Lincoln hotel Friday. Navy Veteran Dies Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—Rear Admiral James Meredith Helm, 71, who helped blockade the Spanish fleet in Cuba in 1898, is dead.

[IANA found herself in a big city. She found that she was totally unlike the girl friends she met. She could not understand herself. Nor could her friends understand her. About her character, Vida Hurst has woven a wonderful story. This story will Monday in THE TIMES. It Is the type of story that will be found deeply interesting by both men and women. Start reading “DIANA” Monday. You will be sure to complete it.

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11 MISSING IN CRASH_AT SEA Steamer With 552 Aboard Rams Fishing Vessel. Bn United Press . BOSTON. Oct. 29.—Nosing slowly through a dense fog, the steamer Presidente Wilson, with 552 passengers aboard, rammed and sank the Gloucester fishing schooner Avalon off Cape Cod early today, with a possible loss of eleven lives. Only three members of the twomaster’s crew were safe aboard th® big steamship five hours after the crash, which occurred about five miles off Highland Light. Two bodies had been recovered. Radio dispatches to the United Press from the master of the Presidente Wilson reported nine men still missing. 7 DIANA poiis ALL RUMANIA ARMS Situation Grows Serious, Say Reports. BU United Press Vienna, Oct. 29—Reports alleged to have come from Bucharest during the night indicate that the Rumanian situation is becoming more serious hourly. These reports have received wide distribution in Vienna. Premier Bratiau has ordered troops in readiness to arrest as revolutionists persons arriving to attend the convention of the peasant party which has been summoned to meet at Alba Julia on Nov. 1, the reports declare. The government Is reported to have forbidden the convention to assemble. PLAN INSURANCE MEET M. Albert Linton, vice presidnet of the Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia, will speak on “Life Insurance As An Investment” at the Indianapolis Association of Life Underwriters luncheon at the Spink-Arms Thursday. Frank L. Jones, past president and past chairman of executive committee of the national association, will speak on the “American College of Life Underwriters.” Indiana Clew on Body Bu Times Special iwp*CRANE, Mo., Oct. 29.—A deposit slip of the Farmers State Bank, Valparaiso, Ind., was found in the clothing of a man whose body was discovered in a box car here. The man apparently had been dead a week or ten days. He was about 50; 5 feet, 6 or 7 inches tall; fuff set of false teeth; left thumb off at knuckle joint. Name “Effie” tattooed on left forearm; “Blanche” on right forearm.

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MAN CHARGED AS SLAYER IN FLAMEDEATH Lloyd Kimball Held at Delphi After Mrs. Janet Taylor Talks. HOLDS ROBBERY MOTIVE Woman Tells of Drinking Party Before Death of Daniel Sinks. Bu United Press DELPHI, Ind., Oct. 29.—A ring owned by a dead man and worn by a woman who was his neighbor, had resulted today in the arrest of th® woman’s friend, Lloyd Kimball, 40, alleged bootlegger, on a murder charge. Kimball is accused of having slain Daniel Sinks, 70, a recluse, whose body was found in the charred remains of his home, near Burrows, Curroll County, Aug. 24, Sought Hidden Money Mrs. Janet Taylor, 27, who has been under arrest for a week on a charge of larceny in connection with her possession of a ring owned by Sinks, gave Harry E. Gates of the State fire marshal’s office, an alleged confession. She charges Kimball had killed Sinks to get $750 that the elderly man had concealed in his home. Mrs. Taylor said the murder occurred during a drinking party at the Sinks home. Kimball, Sinks and herself all became drunk, she declared, and talked about money. Tells of Firing House The story she told was somewhat hazy, but she Insisted Kimball struck Sinks on the back of the head with a buggy spring, removed a pocketbook from the aged man’s person, dragged him into a corner and fired the house by igniting kerosene. Mrs. Taylor said she and Kimball escaped in his automobile, and declared she did not know whether Sinks was dead before the house caught fire or perished in the flames. *it°<fvkvuv>i Iron Founders Convene Bit T T nitrft Prean FRENCH LICK. Ind., Oct. 29. The Iron Founders’ Association in three-day session here today, discussed prospects of Improved ness and resumptions of industrial activities which will be occasioned by production of the new Ford car. Representatives of foundries from many cities of the Middle West are attending. SIX DEAD AS ENGLAND IS SWEPT BY STORM Flood Waters Enter Sanitariumi Derrick Blown Over. Bu United Press LONDON, Oct. 29.—Six persons have been reported dead as the result of a violent rain and wind storm which swept England last night and this morning. In downtown London a giant crane atop anew building crashed to the street, partially demolishing adjacent buildings and wrecked a taxicab, from which the occupants escaped without injury. Three of the deaths were reported to have been caused by floods invading a sanatorium in Lancaster. HOME PERMITS ISSUED Twenty-One Residences Included in Week’s Total. Permits for twenty-one new residences to cost $74,550 were included in the week’s building permits which totaled $136,750. according to the Indianapolis Real Estate Board. Three new apartment buildings were In the list, one to cost $27,000, to be erected at 2124 Broadway by Edward A. Cook, and two others to be erected at 1215-19 E. Michigan St., at cost of $12,000, by the Quad Realty Company. The Walnut and Delaware Realty Company was issued a permit for a storeroom at the southeast comer of Delaware and Walnut Sts:, to cost $15,000. 7n DIANA polls CITY WOMAN ELECTED Ethel Cleland Picked to Hea'd State Librarians. Miss Ethel Cleland, director of the Indianapolis business branch library in the school board building, is the new president of the Indiana Library Association. She was elected at the convention at West Baden Friday. Frank H. Whitmore, East Chicago, was named vice president* and Lola E. Nolte of Mt. Vernon, secretary. Evangeline Lewis of Pendleton, was re-elected treasurer. Peru Buys City Hall Bu Times Special PERU, Ind., Oct. 29.—The city council here has authorized purchase of a building now use# as a city hall at a cost of $20,500. Peru organized labor opposed the deal, declaring the city owned a site on which it could erect anew building at a cost no greater than buying the old, which it asserted is not suitable.