Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 242, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 February 1928 — Page 9

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WALSH LOSES SENATE HGHT ON UTILITIES Vote Favors Turning Over Power Inquiry to U. S. Trade Commission. DEMOCRATS IN FLOP Several Party Leaders Join With G. 0. P. Old Guard to Block Move. BY ROBERT TALLEY WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Senator Thomas J. Walsh’s proposal for a senatorial Investigation of the power industry has been turned 'over to the Federal trade commission. It was beaten when eighteen Democrats lined up with the Republicans against the resolution. Defeat came at 9 o’clock last night, after a four-hour filibuster, in which proponents fought vainly for delay. The Senate voted, 46 to 31, to accept the amendment proposed by Senator Walter George <Dem.), Georgia. Tire resolution then was adopted by a viva voce vote. Eleven Republicans, including several Progressives, joined with Walsh. Shortly before the vote on the George amendment was taken. Senator Carter Glass (Dem.) Virginia, a strong Walsh supported, warned the Senate that “a vote to refer th ; s investigation to the Federal trade commission means a vote for no investigation at all.” He said the commission is openly friendly to "big business.” Progressives With W>lsh Voting with Walsh and against the amendment were: Democrats—Ashurst, Black, Barkley, Dill. Gerry, Glass. Harris, Harrison, Hawes. Hayden, McKellar, Neely, Reed of Missouri, Sheppard, Swanson. Trammell. Wagner, Walsh of Massachusetts. Walsh of Montana, Wheeler. Total, 20. Republicans—Blaine, Capper, Cutting, Couzens, Johnson, La Follette, McMaster, McNary, Norbeck, Norris, Nye. Total, 11. Voting against Walsh and for the amendment were: Democrats Bayard, Broussard, Bratton, Copeland, Edwards, Ferris. George, Heflin, Kendrick, Mayfield, Overman, Pittman, Ransdell, Robinson of Arkansas, Steck, Stephens, Thomas, Tydings. Total, 18. Republicans Bingham. Curtis, Deneen, Edge, Fess. Gillett, Gooding, Gould, Greene, Hale, Jones, Keyes, McLean, Metcalf, Moses, Oddie, Phipps, Pine. Reed of Pennsylvania, Robinson of Indiana, Schall, Shortridge, Smoot, steiwer, Warren, Waterman, Watson, Willis. Total, 28. Borah Paired for Walsh The pairs were: For Walsh: Republicans, Borah, Brookhart, Howell, Frazier: Democrats, King, Fletcher, Tyson; Farmer-Labor. Shipstead. Against Walsh: Republicans, Du Pont, Sackett, Goff; Democrats, Blease, Caraway, Bruce, Simmons. Absent and unpaired: Dale, Republican. Walsh went down fighting, making an hour's speech just before the vote by which he got into the record much of the material that he had intended to present at his investigation. He cited instances of watered stock, of gigantic security flotations on small properties, and of excessive rates. Senator Glass of Virginia and Senator Norris of Nebraska stood by him throughout. Willis for Amendment Senator Willis, Ohio, another Republican presidential candidate, spoke for the amendment. Senator Curtis, Kansas, also a presidential candidate, remained silent, but voted for it. Among the Democratic votes that Walsh lost was that of the Democratic floor leader, Senator Robinson, of Arkansas. Thus, all the Senate’s candidates and potential candidates for President Willis, Watson, Curtis, Robinson and George—voted against the Walsh resolution. PLAN MEMORIAL BODY Admirers of Gene Stratton Porter Propose to Organize. By United Press DECATUR, Ind„ Feb. 16.—A committee to lay plans for the commemoration of the work of Gene Stratton Porter, author, and to preserve the memory of Geneva's most illustrious citizen, was appointed at a meeting of the Geneva Chamber of Commerce attended by eighty Decatur men. Several plans were discussed, but the plan which drew the most favor was one which provides that an organization be incorporated under State laws for fifty years on a nonprofit basis, and to make an effort to preserve the territory around Geneva mafie famous by the writings of Mrs. Porter. PRIZE CUPS AWARDED Warren and Bartholomew Counties, Bouth Bend Win Health Contests. By Times Special GARY, Ind., Feb. 16.—Cups were awarded winners in contests conducted by the Indiana Tuberculosis Association, which is holding its annual convention here, by Murray A. Auerbach, association secretary, Friday afternoon. South Bend won the city honor. Warren County, the school children’s health crusade winner, while the prize for the largest per capita sale of Christmas seals went to Bartholomew County,

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COL. CHAS. A. LINDBERGH’S OWN LIFE STORY

THE STORY SO FAR Lindbergh completed hi:* education at the University of Wisconsin, where he became interested in aviation. He entered a flying school and later joined a barnstorming outfit nad learned para* chute jumping and wing walking. He bought a Government airplane for SSOO and made his first solo flight at Americus, Ga. I.indy decided to fly to Texas by direct air line against the advice of more experienced pilots. He made a safe landing the first night at a Government field, but the next night made a hazardous landing in a soft field near Meridian. Miss. A crowd gathered, and Lindbergh offered air rides for $5 each. Avery heavy man accepted, and Ihc weighted plane missed a fence bv three feet in taking off under the load. Lindbergh left Meridian for Texas, but got lost and descended in a fic'd I*ls miles frn*u Meridian. A hidden ditch in the field spelled disaster, and the propeller was broken. Lindbergh was unhurt. Alter repairing the plane, he had a rushing business in passenger carrying. CHAPTER IV THAT afternoon a group of whites chipped in fifty cents apiece to give one of the Negroes a hop, provided, as they put it, I would do a few "flip flops” with him. The Negro decided upon was perfectly willing and confident up to the time when he was instructed to get in; even then he gamely climbed into the cockpit, assuring all, of his clan that he would wave his red bandanna handkerchief over the side of the cockpit during the entire flight in order to show them that he was still unafraid. After reaching the corner of the field I instructed him, as I had the previous passengers, to hold the throttle back while I was lifting the tail around. When I climbed back in my cockpit I told him to let go and opened the throttle to take off. We had gone about fifty yards when it suddenly occurred to him that the ship was moving and that the handle he was to hold on to was not where it should be. He had apparently forgotten everything but that throttle, and with a death grip he hauled it back to the closed position. We had not gone far enough to prevent stopping before reaching the other end of the field and the only loss was the time required to taxi back over the rough groundto our starting point. Before taking off the next time, however, I gave very implicit instructions regarding that throttle. I had promised to give this negro a stunt ride yet I had never had any instruction in acrobatics. I had, however, been in a plane with Bahl during two loops and one tailspin. I had also been carefully instructed in the art of looping by Reese, who, forgetting that I was not flying a Hisso standard with twice the power of my Jenny, advised me that it was not necessary to dive excessively before a loop but rather to fly along with the motor full on until the plane gathered speed, then to start the loop from a level flying position. I climbed up to three thousand feet and started in to fulfill my agreement by doing a few airsplashes, steep spirals and dives.

With the first deviation from straight flying my passenger had his head down on the floor of the cockpit but continued to wave the red handkerchief with one hand while he was holding on to every tiling available with the other, although he was held securely with the safety belt. Finally, remembering my ground instructions, I leveled the plane off and with wide open motor waited a few moments to pick up maximum speed, then slowly pulling back on the stick I began to loop. When I had gotten one-fourth of the way around the ship was trembling in a nearly stalled position: still, the Curtiss motor was doing its best and it was not until the nose was pointing directly skyward at a ninety degree angle that the final mertia was lost and for an instant we hung motionless in the perfect position for a whipstall. I kicked full right rudder immediately to throw the plane over

Ingratitude By Timex Special INDIANA HARBOR. Ind., Feb. 16.—Mrs. W. A. Gaddis is out a bulldog and her son, George, an overcoat, stolen by a youth the mother befriended. The youth, giving his name as Hershel Lornes, was taken into the home after telling Mrs. Gaddis he was jobless and friendless.

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on its side, but it was too iate, the controls had no effect. The Negro meanwhile decided that the "flipflops” were over and poked his head over the side of the cockpit looking for mother earth. At that instant we whipped. The ship gathered speed as it slid backwards toward the ground, the air caught the tail surfaces, jerked them around past the heavier nose and we were in a vertical dive; again in full control, but with no red handkerchief waving over the cockpit. I tried another loop in the same manner, but just before reaching the stalling point in the next one I kicked the ship over on one wing and evaded a whipstall. After a second failure I decided that there must be something wrong with my method of looping and gave up any further attempt for that afternoon. But it was not until we were almost touching the ground that the bandar.na again appeared above the cowling. I remained in Maben for two weeks carrying over sixty passengers in all cr about three hundred dollars worth. People flocked in Irom all over the surrounding country, some travelling for fifteen miles in oxcarts just to see the plane fly. One old Negro woman came up and asked—- " Boss! How much you all charge foah take me up to Heaben and leave me dah?” I could have carried many more passengers but it rained nearly every day and each flight rutted the field badly. When I landed It. was necessary to pass over a soft spot between two hillsides, and before taking off I had to taxi back over this soft place on the way to the far corner of the field. During the last few days several men were required to push the plane through the mud to the hillside beyond. Another difficulty was that the old black wartime rubber shock absorber card had deteriorated to such an extent that I replaced it with hemp rope and taxi-ing over the harder parts of the field was a very rough procedure, especially since the ground had been plowed in years gone by and allowed to grow sod without being harrowed. I made several attempt to find another suitable field nearby but there was none from which I could safely operate. Landing fields are of primary importance to safety in aviation. It is not a question of how small a field a plane can operate from, but rather of how large a field is necessary to make that operation safe. Large and well equipped airports situated close to cities will go far toward developing commercial airlines and keeping the United Steles at the top in aeronautical activity. The cities who foresee the future of air transportation and provide suitable airports will find themselves the center of airlines radiating in every direction. When an airline is organized, one of the primary considerations is the condition and location of the various landing fields where terminals are contemplated. If the airport is small and in poor condition, or if a passenger must of necessity spend nearly as much time in traveling from the business district out to the field as it will require fpr him to fly from the field to nis destination, then it is very probable that some other city will be selected for the stopping point. The condition of the field together with the fact that after a heavy rain it was often necessary to carry gasoline in five gallon cans a mile and a half over the railroad tracks by hand forced me to leave Maben and a large number of would-be passengers behind, and early one morning I took off for the last time and again headed for Texas. Copyright. 1923. bv Charles A. Lindbergh (To Be Continued Tomorrow) Ft. Wayne Woman, 98, Dies FT. WAYNE, Ind.. Feb. 16.—Funeral services were held here today for Mrs. Elizabeth G. Mason, 98, one of the twenty oldest persons ox Scotch birth living in America. She died Tuesday of injuries received Jan. 21 in a fall at the home of a niece, Mrs. F. M. McLeish.

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CIVIC CLUBS’ DAY CROWDS MOTOR SHOW Throngs Are Delighted With Great Beauty of Cars on Display. STYLES OF CAPS CHANGE Visitors High in Praise of Exposition: Best Ever Held Here. Today is Civics Clubs’ day at the Auto Show at the State fairground and not even the most austere of club members can fail to be impressed by the display of automo- | live beauty that fills the great audij torium to the number of 244 cars. With cars in every price field | competing strongly from the stand- | point of beauty as well as mechanical excellence there has been no noteworthy evidence of crowds gathering in one spot. However, it was expected that the visiting Lions will gather in an excess of club loyalty about the Franklin booth, where a lion rampant graces every radiator cap. There was some talk of a return this year to the flat radiator cap of bygone days. In some cases this has been true. Chevrolet has discarded the preening peacock of last season for a large, flat cap. llup Follows Suit Fupuiobile has follov.ed suit, with only the slight variation of a ridge through the center. Graham-Paige also is in the conservative class, with a graceful fin carried out in the lights of the larger models. While salesmen deny any symbolism, the cap design gives it an impression of speed. There are many other examples of the less ornate cap. but on the other hand, any number of cars feature symbolic figures and cap designs. The greyhound on the Lincoln cap has a story. It is said to have been discovered in Italy by Edsel Ford and brought to this country to be copied for the Lincoln as an emblem of grace and fleetness. Nash and Hudson have flying Greek figures poised on the caps of all their cars. Hudson and Essex boast that a famous European sculptor designed the hurrying lady for them. Nash claims that the origin of their Atalanta was equally celebrated.

Has Egyptian Tendencies The goddess cf safety shows decidedly Egyptian tendencies as she thrusts her face forward and cleaves the wind from the vantage point of the long Stutz hood. So they go—up and down the line from today's Airplane, perched at a dizzy angle atop the Elcar cap to the motometers still used by Cadillac and Packard. The interest of the public in transportation is well shown by the unusually large crowds attending the show, notwithstanding the whimsies of the weather. Boosts for Show And it Is not unusual to hear comments to the effect that it compares more than favorably with the national shows at New York and Chicago. Friday night, designated by Show Manager John Orman as society right, will find the great showroom more colorful by the addition of formal dress on the part of the exhibitors. kiwanlansTiearTastor W. A. Shullenberger Outlines Part Religion Played in U. S. Illstory. The part played by religion in the history of America and in American life was outlined to members of the Kiwanis Club at their luncheon Wednesday at the Claypool, by the Rev. William A. Shullenberger, pastor of Central Christian Church. Charles R. Flanck, of Cincinnati, representative of the Embry-Riddle Company, government air mail carriers, _spoke on Lindbergh's flight over the former route of the air hero’s mail plane.

“MAN IS INCAPABLE OF LOVE AFTER THIRTY YEARS OF AGE”

MUM Dr. Will Durant, Noted Philosopher and Winter, Firmly Believes This Is True, but — The Country's Greatest Wits Get a Laugh Out of It. Fanny Ward Is One. M n m

A great series of answers to Will Durant will start Monday, Feb. 20, in The Times

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CITY TO SPEED RIVER PROJECT Litigation Settlement to Bring Widening. Work cn widening and straightening White River will be pushed by the city as soon as pending litigation, delaying the move, is settled, City Engineer A. H. Moore told members of the Indianapolis Engineering Society Wednesday night at the Spink-Arms. The project is being held up by a suit to determine the value of land which the city must acquire for the widening work and delay in obtaining a bond issue. Moore said a $550,000 bond issue would be required to widen the channel and straighten the channel between Morris and Raymond Sts. "Wc are eager to get the work started in 1925. so the South Side Balt Railroad track elevation may be begun.” Moore said. The $14,000,000 elevation program between W. New York St. and English Ave will take ten years to complete. Following agreement with the works board, the Belt refuses to start construction until the city begins flood prevention work. The city will pay 34 per cent, the railroad 50 per cent, and the coutny 16 per cent cf the elevation work. City and county Day 45 per cent and property owners 10 per cent of flood prevention work.

SMALLPOX ON SHIP Eight Die on S. S. Cleveland, Honolulu Bound. Pi' United Press HONOLULU. T. H.. Feb. 16. Port physicians and emergency stations here prepared today to receive ' passengers of the steamship Cleveland, aboard which eight persons were reported to have died in an epidemic of smallpox and pneumonia. Brief dispatches received Wednesday night said most of the deaths were consigned to steerage passengers. There were more than 500 passengers on the ship. Dr. George Belden, ship surgeon, had worked unceasingly for four days and nights since the smallpox appeared. Most of the stricken passengers, reports said, were Filipinos. ROUTS PAINTED BANDIT Filling Station Attendant Tunis on Robber With Daubed Face. Bjl United Press BRAZIL, Ind., Feb. 16.—A bandit who camouflaged himself by painting black spots over his face was put to flight by Van Van Horn, gasoline station proprietor at Bogle early today. Van Horn seized a piece of automobile spring when the man shoved a gun into his face and chased the bandit from the station.

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HIRED SLEUTHS TO ‘PROTECT’ OIL JURY

r. ' I nit at Pet s* WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Henry Mason Day, international agent, for Harry F. Sinclair, oil multimillionaire, testified in his own defense in the Sinclair-Bums contempt trial today that he and Sinclair employed detectives to shadow the Fall-Sinclair jury because they feared Sinclair's enemies might influence the Jurors. Day, whose work Includes opening of Sinclair's personal mail, asserted

STATE DEMOCRATS SET MEETING DATE

State convention of Indiana Democrats will be held at Tomlinson Hall, June 6 and 7, it was decided at a meeting of the State Democratic committee this morning at headquarters in the Claypool. The committee meeting and an organization meeting of the plat-

ft ft it Read what these writers have to say. George G. Nathan Irvin Cobb Ring Lardner Elsie Janis Rupert Hughes George Adc Fontaine Fox Dr. Geo. A. Dorsey Dr. Arthur F. Payne H. L. Mencken Bud Fisher Mabel H. Vrner Montague Glass Charles G. Shaw Angelo Patti 9 9* fl>

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The question is: Is Miss Mary Margaret Morton (top photo) looking at the intricate motor of the shiny new car at the Auto Shoiv at State Fairground or at the attractive salesman, A. S. Heaton? All the beauty of the show was not in the exhibits. There's Miss Hazel Francis, who plays a saxophone in the Trianon Girls' Orchestra at the show, “involved.” in the accessory displays (below).

that many intimidating letters were received by the oil king just before the trial, threatening violence arid demanding money. Sinclair was "bitterly disappointed,” Day said, when the court failed to lock up the Jury. Immediately after the failure, Sinclair directed Day to employ Burns agents to make certain they were not molested or approached. Detectives were simply to observe any suspicious acts, Day said.

form advisory committee held this afternoon were in conjunction with a meeting of the Democratic Editorial Association, also being held at the Claypool today and Friday. Editors from throughout the State assembled for the event, but candidates and prospective candidates outnumbered them. They swarmed about the lobby of the hotel and this boom and that boom was born. Various gubernatorial candidates have established headquarters and their boosters were busy among the editors. List of present candidates for Governor includes Frank C. Dailey, former United States district attorney; John E. Fredrick, Kokomo manufacturer: Samuel B. Wells, Scottsburg editor; George Hersham of Crown Point, member of the State highway commission, and Earl Crawford, former highway commissioner. Representative Finis Garrett of Tennessee, minority floor leader of the House, will be principal speaker at a dinner tonight. He was accompanied here from Washington by Louis Ludlow, veteran Washington correspondent and prospective candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress from the Seventh district. E. Park Beadle of Delphi will be succeeded as president of the Democratic Editorial Association by John Day DePrez of the Shelbyville Democrat, if the usual custom of electing the vice president president is followed. Buys Carriage at Attica />.'/ Timm special ATTICA, Ind., Feb. 16.—L. Greenwood, living near West Lebanon, has purchased a two-seated horse drawn carriage from the Leif Buggy Company here. Greenwood owns an automobile, but his farm Is off a hard road and the car fails him in negotiating a dirt highway.

STATE NEEDS 10 YEARS TO! FINISH ROADS Work Must Be Carried ofl at 1927 Record Pace to ‘Clean Up/ WANT MORE REVENUE Four Methods to Increase Amount for Highways Are Suggested. Although 1927 was the greatest! year from the standpoint of highway construction by the State Highway Department, it will take ten years at the 1927 rate completely to improve the State system of 4.563 miles of roads, Ethan L. Arnold, secretary and treasurer of the Indiana Good Roads Association, 607 Illinois Bldg., pointed out today, in an appeal for increased State road improvement. He also pointed out four methods of increasing revenues for State road construction. They are a general property tax levy; giving the State all the one-cent gasoline tax, now distributed among counties, towns, and cities; increasing the gas tax: or increasing the automobile license fees. The association Is not backing any of these programs, but desires to stage an educational campaign so that the people will unite in favoring increased revenues from one of the four sources, Arnold said. Wants Better Paving Type "There are 73.000 miles of public rural highways in Indiana.” he continued. "Os the 4,563 miles embracing the State highway system, 1,730 are paved with hard surface; 191 bituminous treated stone and gravel, 1,041 stone; 1,330 gravel, and 71 of earth roads torn up for construction. “In addition to this, the department has taken over 200 miles of poorly improved gravel and stone roads, making connecting links with the Federal Highway System, which makes up the grand total. “Because of the expense of maintaining the large mileage of low type roads, together with the increased cost of transportation and the constant increasing traffic, the State system should be paved wdth a better type at an early date. "It is difficult to see how maintenance cost can be reduced unless provision is made for the more permanent improvement in a more expeditious manner. Need More Highways "We believe that Indiana, eievc.n'Jj in population and eighth in the' number of motor vehicles owned, needs to build more than 280 miles of paved highways on the State system each year and that this can be accomplished without inluriously disturbing economic conditions. “With reference to revenue derived from motor vehicles, Indiana compares with other states as follows: Eighth in number of vehicles registered, but forty-fifth in average license fee per motor vehicle; nineteenth in average gas tax receipts Dcr motor vehicle and forty-first, in total license end gas tax receipts per motor vehicle. "The average f*> for motor licenses in 1926 for tbs whole United States was $13.14 and in Indiana only $6.59. "We believe that when the peopla are informed thoroughly on the subWt iey will unite in solving tho problem and the best method of raising the needed funds.”

WOLCOTT CITIZENS BANK CLOSED; ASSETS FROZEN Loans Total sl3o,oooT~Deposlts Are 5125,000, Officials Say. The State banking department today announced closing of the Citizens Bank of Wolcott, Ind., White County, on account of "frozen” assets. State Examiner L. K. Billings is in charge of affairs of the bank. The institution had $25,000 capitalization. $125,000 deposits and $130,000 out on loans, according to State officials. I. Leopold is president of the bank and Charles H. Klesit, cashier. THREE PERSONS MISSING Boy and Jobless Man Are Among Trio Sought by Police Police searched for three missing persons today. Kenneth Miller, 13, of 725 Lord St., has left home, his father, Arthur Miller, said. George B. Knickerbacker, 23. of 2118 Martha St., left his home early Tuesday to seek work, his wife told officers, and has not returned. Mrs. Roy Eugene Hughes at Sunnyside Sanatorium. Wednesday told police her husband had been missing since Nov. 29, 1927, she learned. WATS 0 N DR IV ETO OPE N Campaign to Be Launched Here Feb. 23 by Vestal. Albert Vestal of Anderson. Eighth District representative in Congress, will address a State meeting at thus Columbia Club, r b. launching Senator Jameaf WtJB son’s presidential campaign. M. Bert Thurman, Watson’s mal ager, made the announcement tH day, adding that John K. haus, former city attorney, will preside. It is planned to have the Republican State committee meet the same day to adopt a resolution indorsing Watsoix's candidacy. Nearly Four Pounds of Egg By Timex Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Feb. 16— August Menke, near here, has on display an egg weighing nearly four pounds laid by a Rhode Island Red hen.