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TORRENTS RIP PATH OF RUIN IN 4JTATES Thousands Homeless, Toll of Property Is Huge in New England Flood. VERMONT IS ISOLATED Rivers Roaring Over Banks as Rain Continues; Relief Rushed by Boats. By HENRY MINOTT Bv United Press BOSTON, Nov. 4.—Death and destruction lay beneath swirling flood waters of more than a dozen rivers and lakes in four New England States today. Many sections of Massachusetts and Connecticut were under water. New Hampshire reported some damage. Most telephone lines into Vermont were useless, and telegraph wires were crippled. Six persons were known to have perished. Unconfirmed reports indicated the death toll might reach thirteen. Many are reported missing. Thousands Homeless Thousands of homeless were reported in Vermont. National guardsmen were called out in Vermont and Massachusetts to assist police and firemen. Reports indicated that one of the hardest-hit points in Vermont was Montpelier, the capital. Boats laden with food and medical supplies were dispatched from Burlington, Vt.. over the Winooski River to Montpelier this morning. Torrential rains of the last few days continued this morning in most parts of Vermont. Rain Is Continuing Rain or snow tonight was the focecast for Vermont and New Hampshire, with falling temperature. The Dartmouth football team, scheduled to play Brown at?. Providence, R. 1., tomorrow, was marooned at Hanover, N. H. Overflowing of the White River had flooded a bridge between Hanover and White River Junction, Vt., jnaking it impossible for the team to reach White River Junction by train. A report that the water had attained a depth of more than five feet in Ludlow caused fear for the safety of Mrs. John G. Sargent, wife of the attorney-general and her 8-year-old granddaughter, Mary. The attorneygeneral is in Washington. River’s Rise Fast At Nashua, N. H., 4.05 inches of rain fell within ten hours. A gale which accompanied the downpour caused extensive damage. The Nashua and Merrimac River were rising rapidly. In Vermont, the most serious washout occurred at White River Jufjjptiofi. It was reported from Becket, in western Massachusetts, that a dam had burst, causing tremendous property loss, Beckett was cut off from telephone and telegraph communication. The Central Vermont Railway is reported to have suffered severe losses, caused by many large washouts.

Many washouts also have been reported along the Rutland, Delaware & Hudson and Canadian Pacific Railways. Passenger service on the Central Vermont Railway was reported canceled last night, and two work trains Were sent out to begin repairs. Rising -rivers became an even greater menace this morning, with renewal of the rain that had deluged the State for days. Towns Are Isolated All Vermont cities and towns north of White River Junction were without telephone communication with the outside world. Telegraph service also was affected, and only scant reports came from the flooded region. A large portion of Vermont’s 9,564 square miles of territory was under water this morning, the depth ranging from two to twenty feet. Northwestern Massachusetts also felt the effects of the flood, property loss being estimated at more than $1,000,000 in North Adams alone. Eastern New York Flooded B’l United Press ALBANY, N. Y.. Nov. 4.—Swollen by the heaviest rainfall on record, small streams in eastern New York overflowed today, making hundreds of persons homeless, disrupting communication and causing thousands of dollars damage. Eastern New York’s canal system was menacing. Child Malady Fatal Bv United Press FT. WAYNE, Ind., Nov. 4.—lnfantile paralysis claimed its third victim in Allen County today with the death of Calvin Weaver, 12, from the disease which has taken two other lives in the last few weeks.

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Goose Chase Bn United Press SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Nov. 4.—Because he chased a flock of geese with his airplane, Leland S. Miles must go to trial next week on charges of “molesting and interfering with migratory waterfowl.”

ORAND JURY’S REPORT NEAR Final Check Being Made of City Hall Evidence. There was possibility of a grand jury report to end the investigation of activities of the majority faction of city council late today, prosecutors announced, as the jury reconvened this afternoon. After hearing three witnesses this morning, the jury went into conference with Prosecutor William H. Remy, Deputy Prosecutor William H. Sheaffer and Special Prosecutors John W. Holtzman and Emsley W. Johnson. The conference lasted until 12:30 and was resumed at 1:30. The jurors and prosecutors were believed to be making a final check of evidence gathered in the council probe, which began Oct. 7. If the final report, which it is believed will contain indictments, Is not returned today, it is expected early next week. The jury will not be in session Saturday. The three witnesses today were A. W. Brayton, city landscape architect; Councilman O. Ray Albertson and Claude McCoy, board of safety secretary. It was Albertson’s seventh trip before the jury and McCoy’s second. Indictments had been prepared last week, it is known, but they were not voted on by the jurors. Prosecutors have denied they entered into any trade with council in connection with the jury report and the ousting of Duvall. IN HOSPITAL FOR CRASH Truck Hits Sand Pile, Overturns; Driver Is Hurt. A truck driven by Ray Mote, 32, Tibbs Ave. and Michigan St., ran into a sand pile at Virginia Ave. and Georgia St. at 4:30 a. m. today, swerved, crashed into a pile of bricks and overturned. Mote was taken to the city hospital unconscious. Police said the sand pile belongs to the Indianapolis street Railway Company and that no red light was displayed.

KIDNAPED BY BANDIT Wife of Motor Firm Official Robbed; Unharmed. DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 4.—Mrs. Ethel McClellan, wife of H. S. McClellan, production superintendent of the Chrysler Motor Company, was kidnaped last night by two bandits, who forced her to drive them to Chicago, she telephoned her mother, Mrs. C. E. Conner today. She was not harmed. While she was driving on Woodward Ave., Detroit’s main thoroughfare, Mrs. McClellan said the men leaped into her car, grabbed her purse, flourished revolvers and said: “To Chicago.” She complied. GERMANS TO HORTA Junkers Planes Ready for New York Hop. Bv United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 4.—The Western Union telegraph office at Horta, Azores Islands, cabled to the New York office that the German Heinkel seaplane, D-1220, arrived there from Lisbon at 11:15 a. m., eastern standard time, today. The Junkers seaplane, D-1232, already is at Horta, awaiting favorable weather for a flight to Newfoundland and New York—the route the Heinkel plane plans to follow. It was at Horta—now for the winter season crans-Atlantic flight headquarters—that Miss Ruth Elder and George Haldeman, American fliers, were , landed by the Dutch tanker, Barendrecht, that picked them up at sea.

WILL DURANT’S ‘STORY OF CIVILIZATION’ STARTS MONDAY IN THE TIMES

pTIR. WILL DURANT, famed author of the Story of Philosophy, has been engaged to write THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION for the Scripps-Howard newspapers, of which The Indianapolis Times is one. Dr. Durant probably did more to popularize philosophy than any other writer. His style can be understood and appreciated by grown-ups and children alike. Note''the interesting manner in which he enlightens the leader on his theory of civilization: “Let us watch civilization grow. Perhaps we shall grow

In Humanity’s Name, Give Your Community Fund Answer Today; Indianapolis Dares Not Fail; Indianapolis Will Not Fail

DUVALL TAKES CHARITY FUND OUTJTHHM Intends to Keep Large Sum Until He Decides What to Do With It. SHANK STARTED IDEA Money Supposed to Be for Use in Emergencies and Catastrophes. When John L. Duvall went out of the mayor’s office he took the mayor’s charity fund with him, it was disclosed today. Duvall admitted he had the money, which he said was “a good deal,” and declared that he was going to keep it until he decided what would be the proper way to dispose of it. The mayor’s charity fund was created by the late Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank. It sometimes contains as much as from SIO,OOO to $15,000 and is supposed to be used by the mayor in meeting emergency charity demands or for relief in case of a catastrophe. Gets Proceeds of Ball Proceeds of the annual Valentine Day ball at Tomlinson Hall, for which police and firemen sell thousands of tickets at 50 cents each and other social affairs go into the fund. Only last August Claude F. Johnson, then police chief, turned over to Duvall $3,788.36, representing 20 per cent of the proceeds of the police and firemen’s field day at the State Fairground. "I’ll take the matter up a little later,” said Duvall. “I want to do the right thing about it, whatever that is. I haven’t had time to consider it yet. “There are some outstanding obligtaions to churches. I don’t know whether I should turn the balance over to the next mayor or distribute it myself.” Mrs. John L. Duvall, former city controller named by her husband, announced when she tdok office she would give her pay to charity. “I have donated part of my salary to city churches and to some chapter which aids Riley Hospital. I didn’t refuse anyone who came to the office and asked for help. I do not know how much I did donate. I’ll have to look it up in my check book,” she said. Living Quiet Life Now She was controller six weeks, but two weeks salary was ordered held up by County Treasurer Edward A. Ramsay. “We are living a quiet, happy life at home now,” said Mrs. Duvall. She is chairman of Community Fund district No. 12 and has been busy several days soliciting fund contributions in the Broad Ripple and surrounding areas.

POLICEWOMEN GET PAY Fourteen Who Would Not Quit to Receive Part of Back Salary. The fourteen policewomen who have not been paid this year will receive pay checks totaling $14,000, part of the back pay due them, Saturday, City Controller Frank Cones announced today. Council failed to provide pay for the policewomen in this year’s budget. They refused to be dismissed and got a court order that they be paid. The $14,000 was transferred from the police salary fund. OWNS NEW MODEL FORD British Official Presented Car, But Won’t Describe It. Bn United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 4.—Perhaps the first man outside of Henry Ford’s factory to possess one of the manufacturer’s new cars is Sir Philip A. G. D. Sasson, British under-secre-tary of state for air, it was disclosed at a dinner In his honor. One of the guests referred to the presentation of the car by Ford and Sir Philip later said he had been given one of the new models. He did not describe it. Woman May Win Nobel Prize Bv United Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Nov. 4. —lt was reported in Stockholm today that the Nobel literary prize for 1927 would be given to a woman, Grazia Del Edda, Italian writer.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, NOV. 4, 1927

‘Diana 9 Chosen in Ballroom Contest

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Miss Ellen Burton, 22, of 307 E. North St., was chosen as “Diana,” to represent the heroine of the new serial story, “Diana,” in The Indianapolis Times, at the Indiana ballroom Thursday night. She was selected as the one of ten girls, picked from the crowd, who nearest resembled pictures of The Times’ Diana.

$256,368 PLEDGES REPORTED ON FIRST DAY OF FUND DRIVE

TEXTBOOKS TO BE UNCHANGED Junior High School Ruling Is Good for Five Years. No new text-books will be used in Indiana junior high schools during the next five years. Such was the text of a resolution adopted today by the State education board. The resolution points out that junior high schools still are in the experimental stage and that it is well to keep the present texts in use for the next five-year period. A special committee appointed to investigate the matter and frame the resolution consisted of Superintendent of Public Instruction Roy P. Wisehart, W. W. Borden, Henry B. Lengden, Miss Martha Whitacre and Clifford Funderburg. All State board members attended today’s meeting. HELD IN ACCIDENT Brakes Poor, Police Say After Car Hits Woman. The Rev. Wilbert Forde, 47, Negro, 347 W. Twenty-Fifth St., was arrested today when his machine struck Mrs. Clara Scholler, 29, of 1724 S. East St., at Pennsylvania and Washington Sts. The auto knocked Mrs. Scholler down, one of the wheels passing over her leg and ran over the curb nearly striking several other persons. Motor Policemena Weddle after a brake test said that the car at twelve miles an hour could not be stopped within sixty-five feet. Mrs. Borah to Undergo Operation Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. Mrs. William E. Borah, wife of the Idaho Senator, will be operated on here tomorrow for an ailment which has troubled her nearly a year. The operation Is said not to be especially | serious.

a little with it as we write and read. And let us begin as far from home as chronology will permit, so that we may build the completest perspective in which at last to find ourselves. “No one can say whether civilization arose first in China, or in Egypt, or in Mesopotamia; we shall not stop over learned disputes; if we give first place to the Chinese here, it is because their culture is so alien to our own, and does not, like that of Egypt or Assyria, enter into a sequence which links us with it in one chain.”

Amount Subscribed Is 50 Per Cent Over Total of Last Year’s Opening. A total of $256,368.65 was reported subscribed to the Community Fund in the Riley room of the Claypool as the drive for $722,800 opened today. This figure was more than a 50 per cent increase over the amount reported at the opening luncheon last year. The increase was $113,000. Included in donations today were $177,196 raised by A division; $9,736 by B division; $73,263 by the branch house division, employes’ divisions, mile square divisions, and the women’s army. Walter C. Marmon, general campagn chairman, stated that though a greater amount was reported subscribed the first day this year, it is more of a task to raise the entire quota than ever because the goal is greater. More than 400 workers attended the luncheon. Similar luncheons will be held daily during the campaign except Saturday and Sunday. Included among the large gifts received Thursday and not yet announced are those from L. S. Ayres & Cos., E. C. Atkins & Cos., Holcomb and Hoke and the Insley Manufacturing Company. In each instance these subscriptions represented increases compared with last year. Final Instructions issued to workers call for a quick and thorough campaign. Every effort will be made to reach the goal during the ten-day period, Nov. 4 to 14. The fund organization Is divided into six main divisions. Special gifts "A” committee is led by Dick Miller, Leo M. Rappaport, Herman P. Leiber and William J. Mooney. Special gifts “B” committee is captained by Theodore E. Myers and the branch house division is under the general chairmanship of George Bochstahler. Employes divisions are working under G. M. Williams, Dwight S. Ritter, E. J. Wuensch, Robert Bryson, Frank Montrose, George P. Torrence, Zeo Leach and Earl Beck. Leaders In the mile square divisions include L. D. Bell, Roy Shields, Isidore Feibleman, Ed-

Entered as Second-Clans Matter at Fostofflce, Indianapolis

TAKES POISON, FLEESJOLICE Man Near Death; Spurned by Estranged Wife. John Bigges, 49, of Chicago, attempted suiciie by poison today in the home of his estranged wife, Mrs. Ida Bigges, 666 River Ave., when she spurned his attempt at reconciliation. He was taken to City Hospital in serious condition. Mrs. Bigges summoned police after rejecting her husband’s entreaties. Motorcycle policeman William Caldwell an dWilliam Norman were seen approaching the house by Bigges, who fled through a rear door. He was captured after a chase of six blocks. Mr. and Mrs. Bigges have two daughters, both married and living in Chicago, and a son, 15, who resides with one of his sisters. The Bigges have been separated about six months. BABY SAVED BY WHISKY 28-Ounce Infant Mav Be Ready for Milk Diet Soon. Bv United Press . . _ ... JACKSON Mich.. Nov. 4.—Faith Warner, 28-ounce daughter of Mrs. Charles Warner of Grass Lake, was kept alive at Foote Hospital today on a diet of whisky and water. Physicians hoped to be able to switch the baby’s diet to milk in a few days. gar Webb, Chester Albright and Elbert Storcr. The large woman’s army, which is divided into four main sections and thirty-five districts, is being led by Mrs. Brandt C. Downey as chairman of the executive committee. The south division is directed by Miss Leona Foppiano and Mrs. Wolf Sussman; the north division by Mrs. Hugh McGibeny, Mrs. W. C. Smith and Mrs. Jack Goodman; the west division by Mrs. Enos C. Carsten and Mrs. C. F. McLain; and the east division by Mrs. Carl S. Wagner and Mrs. James H. Dunne. Progress of the campaign Is to be shown this year by miniature racing cars suspended along store fronts on the north side of Washington St.

And so Dr. Durant has taken for his first article China, the “paradise of historians,” with its great Confucius, who said: “A man’s character is formed by the Odes, developed by the Rites, and perfected by music.”. Dr. Durant’s first article on “Confucius and the Secret of China” will appear in The Times Monday, Nov. 7. Like his Story of Philosophy, THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION is bound to be one of the outstanding literary gems of the year.

U. S. ISSUES WARRANT FOR HARRY SINCLAIR; TAMPERING WITH JURORS IS CHARGED Sufficient Evidence Assembled to Hold Millionaire, Prosecution Believes; Linked With Burns Agency “Shadows.” DETECTIVE CHIEF CALLED FOR QUIZ Day, “Contact Man” for Oil King, Pleads Not Guilty; Held Under $25,000 Bond; Retrial Set for January 16. Bv United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.—District Attorney Gordon announced this afternoon that he was revoking a warrant, sworn out a few hours earlier by one of his assistants, for the arrest of Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, on a charge of conspiracy to tamper with the Fall-Sinclair conspiracy jury. Gordon’s action was taken after a conference with George P. Hoover, one of Sinclair’s attorneys. Bv United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.—A warrant was issued today for Harry F. Sinclair, millionaire oil man, charged with jury tampering in the Fall-Sinclair conspiracy trial. After a warrant had been sought for A. Mason Day, Sinclair’s alleged “go-between,” in engaging detectives to shadow Fall-Sinclair jurors, Day was taken before United States Commissioner Turnage, pleaded not guilty to jury tampering charges, and was held under bond. This process obviated the need for a warrant against Day. Sinclair’s momentary absence from the city, however, necessitated issuance of a warrant to get him back here for action. The warrant application charged employment of detectives to influence the jurors’ actions and decision.

HOGUE OUT IF ‘GOODMAN’ IN Promises to Drop Suit for ‘Suitable’ Mayor. If city council elects a "suitable man” permanent mayor Tuesday, Joseph L. Hogue will drop his claim to the office, he promised today in . letter to Council President Claude E. Negley. Hogue contended he would withdraw for the good of the city, if the council elects a good man, despite his contention that council has no legal right to name a mayor. He holds that the council can only elect when a vacancy has occurred, and he says no vacancy has occurred because he rightfully is mayor. Solon J. Carter and Frederick E. Matson, of Matson, Ross Carter & McCord, said in their opinion anyone named by the council will have to establish his legal right in office before municipal bonds will be salable. A friendly quo warranto suit against the “Mayor,” filed by Hogue, would be the only legal step, they said. Attorneys, accompanied by Hogue, served a formal demand on Negley for the office today. Negley declined to acknowledge the notice until after consulting lawyers.

GOLD RECORD ‘MADE Frost Kills Last Flowers in New Low Mark. A temperature of 35 degrees at 6 a. m. today set anew low mark for the season here. A killing frost prevailed here last night and early today. Remaining flowers were killed by the frost and the fall of leaves will be hastened. J. H. Armington, United States Weather Bureau head, said. Temperatures will continue chilly over the week-end, according to Armington. It likely will be fair here over Sunday, he said. Temperatures today were 5 degrees below normal. Thursday’s average was 46, 2 degrees below normal. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 35 10 a. m 46 7 a. m 35 11 a. m 49 8 a. m 38 12 (Noon) ... 51 9am 43 Ip. m. ...... 51

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Earlier, Chief Justice McCoy of the District of Columbia- Supreme Court, exempted Day from answering questions asked him by the grand jury in its jury tampering investigation. Day's bond was set at $25,000. This large sum was asked by Burkinshaw “so that Day will not go abroad while he is wanted.” Day now awaits further action of the grand jury. Sinclair In New York Sinclair is in New York and the warrant against him will have to be served there. The warrant for Sinclair climaxed the Government’s efforts to link him directly with the group of Bums detectives who allegedly followed Fall-Sinclair jurors during the recent trial. The Government felt that it had achieved this task sufficiently to warrant this serious action against the wealthy oil defendant. It had evidence that detective headquarters was maintained in the Wardman Park Hotel here; that operatives followed every move of the jurors; that Sinclair had engaged a private chauffeur for mysterious errands during the trial and that Day had paid this chauffeur. Before taking this drastic step, the Government had issued subpoenas for William J. Bums, head of the detective agency bearing his name; for Burns’ son, W. Sherman I: urns, secretary of the agency, and for Sheldon Clark of Chicago, Sinclair Oil Company executive, who allegedly visited Sinclair during the trial. Detectives Appear Monday The detective heads were to appear before the grand Jury Monday with records of their office pertaining to the surveillance. While these startling developments occurred and the grand Jury was hearing additional witnesses, Justice Slddons set for Monday, Jan. 16, a retrial of the original Teapot Dome conspiracy case which ended in a mistrial Wednesday. A petition was filed to hold H. M. Blackmer, missing “key witness" In the oil conspiracy case. In contempt of court for refusing to answer a subpoena seized on him in Europe some time ago. Anew subpoena will be Issued for this mysterious oil man. A similar subpoena will be Issued for James E. O’Neil, another oil executive, likewise hunted in vain as a witness for the Government. Congress May Act Meantime congressional action may have a determining influence on the outcome of the new trial. The United Press learns that bills are to be introduced early next month, designed to compel M. T. Everhart, Fall’s son-in-law, to testify where he got the Liberty Bonds for Fall's account, and also to permit a change of venue from the District of Columbia if a jury cannot be selected here, where the recent Jury-tamper-ing revelations have stirred citizens. Present laws contain no provisions for a change of venue from the district. Many lawyers foresee selection of a fair and impartial jury will be an extremely difficult task. Just six days left to get your Ad in the new telephone directory! It goes to press next Thursday, Nov. 10th. Call Main 9860. Indiana Bell Telephone Co.—Adv.