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DENIES RUMOR THAT COMBINE BACKS HOOVER Foellinger Says Polls Will Show Indiana’s Demand for Secretary. STANDS WITH COOLIDGE Declares Candidate Offers New Opportunity Against ‘Log Rolling.’ Reply to “insincere charges” that Herbert Hoover’s presidential campaign in Indiana “represents a struggle of the so-called ‘Goodrich-Hays-News faction’ against the socalled ‘Watson faction’ to control Indiana politics” was made by Oscar G. Foellinger, Hoover’s Indiana manager, here today. Foellinger, whose insistence brought Hoover's entry into the Indiana primary as the opponent of Senator James E. Watson for the preferential vote of the State, declared emphatically that Hoover's candidacy bore no semblance of factionalism, but was the answer to "log rolling methods of making nominations.” Invites Poll Anywhere "If anyone doubts where the demand for Secretary Hoover’s nomination comes from,” Foellinger challenged, “let him poll his own neighborhood, the office or shop in which he works, or any group of Hoosiers assembled anywhere.” “The fear of Secretary Hoover’s popularity in Indiana,” Foellinger said, ’is shown by the effort of his opponents here to smoke-screen the issue through insincere charges that the contest is one between party factions in this State. “Knowing all the facts, I state upon my honor that both former Governor Goodrich and Mr. Hays advised Secretary Hoover against entering the Indiana primary to the last minute, and that Postmaster General New, being ill and out of Washington during most of the time while this matter was being considered, took little part in this matter. Pressure From Friends “The pressure upon Secretary! Hoover came from his friends with- j in this State, representing thousands of Republicans who care nothing about any factional struggle for control, but are interested only in the nomination of the strongest possible candidate for President, who will insure victory in Indiana for j State, congressional and local tickets ; and give to this country an admin- j istration that will be a party and a | public asset. “Secretary Hoover is being assailed with many charges which every fair-minded man and woman will resent. Perhaps we could ask nothing better than that such attacks should continue, because the people of Indiana are sufficiently intelligent and just to learn and act upon the facts. “There was no opposition or cry of ’factionalism’ when Calvin Coolidge entered the California primaries in 1924 and carried the State against the favorite son Hiram Johnson. Coolidge was right then, so why should the opposition now find fault with Hoover for entering Indiana? Opportunity for Indiana "The rank and file consider Hoover not only a candidate but an opportunity for Indiana. No responsibility can be attached to Hoover because there happens to be so-called Roosevelt, Beveridge. Goodrich, New, J Watson factions in Indiana. "Secretary Hoover is assailed as an internationalist. One of the reasons I am for him is that it is clear that he is the one man the international bankers and all those who respond to their pressure, want to defeat These interests want to cancel the European debts, destroy the protective tariff and subordinate the economic and political welfare of the United States to their foreign investments. “It is true that he was for the League of Nations with the Lodge reservations and for the World Court with the reservations which have caused its rejection by the other powers. His position is and always has been identical with that of President Coolidge from the time he was Governor of Massachusetts. Stood With Coolidge "Why have the critics of Secretary Hoover never had the courage to attack President Coolidge on his identical record? Why do they admit in one breath that President Coolidge's record makes him the most popular man in America and at the same time assail Secretary Hoover for standing on the same ground? "Secretary Hoover is a sound protectionist, a sound nationalist and a sound Republican. Mr. Hoover’s Americanism and Republicanism received the acid test when the United States Senators, including Willis, Watson and Curtis, confirmed his two appointments as Secretary of Commerce under the Harding and Coolidge Administrations. "None of these Senators voted against his confirmation on any ground, a course Senators have often followed when the character and fitness of the presidential nominee did not meet their fancy. The answer to the attacks on him is found in the record of his past words and deeds. We have the facts and invite inquiry for them. “The people of Indiana, and es_ pecially the women of Indiana, are tired of the old style political method of beclouding the issues, the substitution of rumor and gossip for facts, and the log-rolling method of making nominations. They are going to demonstrate this on May 8 and vindicate in the eyes of the people of this country Indiana’s reputation for Intelligence and political honesty.”

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Gene Tunney’s Sweetie?

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Carolyn Bishop is “one of the most charming young ladies I ever have met," Gene Tunney is quoted as saying. They saw much of each other in Florida this season. Carolyn is a dancer and movie actress. Are they engaged? Guess!

SNOWBOUND TOWN AWAITS AID BY AIR

y T'nitrd Frc*n RANTOUL. 111., March 14.—Lieut. J. D. Hart left Chanute army flying field here for Selfridge field, Mich., at 7:15 a. m. today, flying a Douglas transport plane which will be used to carry supplies to Detour, Mich. Hart will turn the plane over to another pilot at Selfridge field, officers at Chanute field said. It will be equipped with skiis before flying to Detour, where the food supply was reported almost exhausted. Peril in Landing Pet United Press SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., March 14.—As word reached here today that an army transport plane would be sent to carry food to 650 persons in the snow-isolated village of Detour, a telephone message from

Dunns Done B’J Times Special BLUFFTON. Ind., March 14. —lt seems the Dunns are done. Mrs. Ruth Dunn has filed suit in Wells Circuit Court here asking a divorce from Everett O. Dunn. She alleges cruelty, in that he refused at times to talk to her, remained away from home nights and ordered her and the couple's children to leave home.

HOGUE GAINS POINT IN MAYOR BATTLE

Claim of ex-City Controller Joseph L. Hogue to the office of mayor was believed strengthened late Tuesday when Circuit Judge Harry O. Chamberlin sustained his demurrer to the quo warranto suit brought by another contestant for the office, Ira M. Holmes. At the same time, Judge Chamberlin overruled motion of Mayor L. Ert Slack to strike out certain parts of the complaint. Slack was a codefendant with Hogue, who was city controller under Mayor Lew Shank. Slack was given until March 20 to answer. * Hogue’s title to the office is being adjudicated in a suit pending before the State Supreme Court.

ROBINS DON’T MEAN SPRING; WRENS ARE MORMONS; TIMES HAVE CHANGED

THE first robin isn’t the first at all—he's more than likely the last. The chaste wren isn’t the same constant mate we’ve always thought her—she has anew sheik every year. Our time-tried ideas about George Washington and his hatchet, and that Eve wore a fig leaf, aren’t the only standard beliefs that the experts have been upsetting. Now, we’ve got to change most of our views about the birds that frequent Indianapolis—change ’em or overlook the indisputable evidence that S. E. Perkins 111, 3251 N. Pennsylvania St., attorney and

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the marooned residents advised that supplies must be dropped from the air.

The area about the village has been turned into a mire of mud and snow by a heavy downpour of rain and any attempt to land would be extremely hazardous, it was said. The residents reported they were settling down to reduced rations to conserve the food supplies until roads are reopened or food dropped from an airplane. The village was isolated Feb. 29 when heavy snowfalls and winds placed drifts ranging from twelve to fifteen feet in roads. Additional snows have kept the roads impassable since that time and no trains have been able to enter there. STRUCK DOWN BY CAR Fred J. Brooks Seriously Injured by Policeman’s Auto. Fred J. Brooks. 49, of 634 N. Rural St., is in a critical condition at St. Vincent’s Hospital with a fractured skull received when I 'he was struck by an automobile at Rural and Michigan Sts. Tuesday night. Patrolman Harry W. Brooks, 536 Eastern Ave., en route to work, was driving the automobile. Fred Brooks had alighted from a street car and was walking around the rear end of the car when struck.

Tuesday’s decision did not enhance Hogue's chances other than holding in effect that Holmes has little claim to the office. This interpretation was placed on the decision by attorneys in the case. Hogue’s demurrer took the position that Holmes can not show his right to the office by attacking the right of Hogue; although a quo warranto suit does place the burden of proof on the defendants in that they must show their claims to the office. Hogue’s claim to the office is based on the/claim that as Mayor Shank’s city controller, he became mayor at the time Mayor John L. Duvall was found guilty of violating the corrupt practices act.

expert upon the feathered tribe, has been gathering for many years. While the robin remains a migratory bird there are several things that cause them frequently to become non-migratory, Perkins says. For instance, the small bird? of the late brood may not be able to start on the long trip with the main flight. They are left behind, along wth those who are sick or moulting. Having lost out, they soon lose the migrating instinct. So there always are a few around, no matter what the weather. On March 6 this year robins became really numerous in Indianapolis, particularly in the re-

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14,1928

AID TESTIFIES UPHAM KEPT BONDSSECRET Secretary to Late G. 0. P. Treasurer Not Told of Sinclair Gift. COMMITTEE IN RECESS Hearing to Open Thursday in Chicago: Hays Can Not Be Prosecuted. By T'nitrd /Vrs* WASHINGTON, March 14. Chairman Oldfield, of the Democratic national congressional committee, renewed today his demand that President Coolidge require return of contributions made to the Republican national committee by Harry F. Sinclair in bonds of the Continental Trading Company. Meantime, in the Senate, Will Hays, former chairman of the Republican national committee, was charged by Senator Caraway iDcm.i, Ark., with having acted as “a fence disposing of stolen property” in handling the $160.000 Harry Sinclair bond contribution.

BY PAUL R. MALLON United Vrrsi Staff Cerrefpondrnt WASHINGTON. March 14.—’The late Fred W. Upham, treasurer oi the Republican national committee, did not even let his confidential secretary. A. V. Leonard of Chicago know about Harry Sinclair's bond contribution to the Republican party funds. Leonard told the Senate Teapot Dome committee today. Leonard, who worked with Upham from 1919 to 1925, said Upham had no correspondence about the $60,000 of Sinclair Liberty bonds he received from Will H. Hays, then chairman of the Republican national committee. All Upham’s records were de* stroyed in 1924, Leonard said. “I do not know anything about any Liberty bonds which might have been received from Hays.” Leonard added. “Upham did not discuss that with me.” Subcommittee to Chicago Leonard also said he knew nothing about lease of the Teapot Dome 1 naval reserves to Sinclair, and could not recall that Upham wrote any 1 letter to the then Attorney General Daugherty and Postmaster General New protesting against lease of the dome. Leonard could not recall that Col. , Robert W. Stewart of the Standard I Oil Company of Indiana visited Upham’s office. Nor could he remember any letter Upham wrote New j uring that the dome be given to Stewart. j Leona .'d also denied knowing any- | thing about distribution of the bonds among wealthy Chicago Republicans. | The committee then adjourned. I A subcommittee composed of Chairman Nye and Senator Norbeck, Republican, South Dakota, will meet | Thursday in Chicago. Norbeck replaces Senator Bratton (Dem.), New Mexico, who is unable to go as 1 originally planned. | The committee can not consider prosecution of any one involved in the $160,000 Sinclair contribution | because the statute of limitations i has expired, Senator Walsh of Montana revealed today. Can’t Prosecute “No indictments for conspiracy could be sought because the statute requires such proceedings to be instituted within three years after the overt act,” Walsh told the United Press. “Likewise, no perjury proceedings could be Instituted against Will H. Hays for the same reason, if for no other. "Hays’ first testimony before the committee was given in 1924. The perjury statute does not permit proceedings in cases where witnesses merely fail to tell the whole truth. The only possible fact upon which proceedings might be instituted in this case is that Hays in 1924 said Sinclair did not make the contribution to him personally. Now he says Sinclair did.” The demand for prosecutions was made recently by Senator Reed, Missouri, and Walsh’s announcement was made in answer to request for comment on Reed’s statement. BAN DIT CONFESSES Kellar Coal Company Holdup Solved. A holdup six months ago at the office of the J. M. Kellar Coal Company, 1542 Hoyt Ave., was solved today with the arrest of Willard Cottrell, 23, of 1713 E. Minnesota St., held on robbery and grand larceny charges. Cottrell is said to have admitted to Detectives Peats and Schulz that he held up Keller and took S2B.

gion of Riverside Park, according to Perkins. The following day mourning doves made their appearance in large numbers. Several house wrens were reported south of the city before the above date, but the real flight should be in evidence about the middle of the month. it tt tt THE house wTen, held up as an example of domestic felicity in song and story for many years has turned out to the less domestic than it has always been supposed. Now that the banding of birds has become an important method of checking up on the birds and is

Where Death and Destruction Struck

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Tliis photograph, transmitted over telephoto wires to The Times by NEA Service, shows the wreckage of the St. Francis dam, forty-five miles north of Los Angeles. The dam was a massive concrete structure, 185 feet high, built across San Francisquito canyon. The picture shows the the center section still standing, but both ends of the dam, which was 1,250 feet long, were washed away.

Sidelights of Flood

E-u United Press LOS /JNGELES, March 14. Ed Locke, night watchman at a Southern California Edison Company switching station eight miles from Saugus, valiantly hung to a telephone shouting a warning to those in the valley below. Hours later his body was found—evidence that he stood by his post. tt tt tt One of the persons Locke called was E. K. Eaton. 70. rancher, one of the heroes of the flood. He was warned of the impending danger as he slept in his home near El Rio. Eaton recalled that a Standard Oil Company crew was at work drilling a well in the river bod. He jumped in his car and dashed down to the site of the well. He found the workmen asleep. Hauling the men to safety in his car, he reached an embankment just as the torrent came sweeping down the canyon. u u a The flood crucified one man on a big tree, thirty feet above the canyon floor. Hirds circling above called the attention of searchers, who turned eyes upward to see the ghastly sight. 1 a a a The St. Francis dam disaster delayed William Edward Hickman’s trip to San Quentin penitentiary. Hickman, who was to have been taken to the prison yesterday to await hanging for the murder of Marion Parker, remained in his cell here while all available county offl. cers hurried to the devastated Santa Clara River valley to aid in bringing order. tt tt a A mysterious woman. Belle Frazier. told persons at a rescue camp how an eight-inch plank saved her life. She clung to it as she swept, mile after mile, down the canyon until a high swirl of water tossed her safely upon a ledge above the current. Minnie and Gene Frazier, two others of her family, are listed among the missing. a u A party of travelers from the north rode straight into the rushing wall of water and disappeared. “I tried to warn them,” a homeless Castaic man said, "but they didn’t pay any attention. I saw them hit the first big wave. God! what chance did anything have in that?” a tt Eight miles below the dam a waiter’s Jacket and shirt hung on a tree branch. "That was a cook at the power plant,” a rescuer said ironically. AUTO IN CREEK; 5 DIE Car Plunges From Road When Fog Blinds Driver. By United Press ALLENTOWN, Pa„ March 14. Five persons were killed today when an automobile, with its driver blinded by the dense fog, veered off the road and plunged into the swollen waters of Hokeftdauqua Creek, near here. The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Meyer and daughter Olga of Eagle Point, Pa.; Mike Voile of Coplay, Pa., and Mrs. Frank Ecker of West Coplay, Pa.

used both by the Government and by bird lovers a number of revelations have been made. For instance in the case of the wren at no time have banded birds been found to keep the same mates from season to season. Several interesting cases of the male wren keeping up two nests in a truly Don Juan fashion have been observed by Indianapolis bird enthusiasts. "Os the smaller birds the robins and cat birds are the most constant in their mating,” Perkins said. Warblers are expected to return to Indiana about the first of May —which is good considering that

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When the St. Francis dam in San Francisquito canyon loosed its torrent of water Tuesday, this power station and its crew of workmen was the first to be struck. Only a short distance below the dam. this is the highest of the aqueduct power plants operated by the Southern California Edison Company. The station was reported washed away.

SUGGESTS 3 SITES FOR IRVINGTON HIGH

Three suggested sites for an Irvington high school, submitted by Miss Clara S. Levy, 6036 E. Washington St., were presented to the school board Tuesday night. No action was taken. The first site faces E. Washington St., extending to the Pennsylvania railroad on the south, bounded by Webster and Catherwood Sts. Price of the various lots is estimated at $90,000. The second plot lies between Washington St. and the Pennsylvania in the 6300 and 6400 blocks east, it contains 21.7 acres. Estimated cost is $50,000. The third suggested site lies on the north side of Lowell Ave., commencing at the alley east of Arlington Ave., extending to and including the alley east of N. Webster Ave. It extends north to Shelley St. The price now asked is $64,000. The board appointed Mrs. Martin M. Hugg a director of the Herron Art Institute to succeed Mrs. Fred A. Sims, resigned. On motion of Commissioner Charles W. Kern, Business Director Albert F. Walsman was empowered to purchase an automobile for Superintendent Charles F. Miller, sup-

many of them winter in South America. The delicate humming bird is another long-distance traveler, going as far south as Ecuador for its winter sojourn. The flying speed of birds varies according to their size and strength, but most of them make a speed of from 30 to 40 miles an hour and even better under force. “The Arctic tern makes the longest non-stop flight—from Labrador to South America—a distance of over 3.000 miles,” said Perkins. a tt AFTER all, the birds have been at the flying game quite a while. The route over which Lind-

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plementing funds already appropriated from the contingency fund. The board confirmed appointment of Emily Svendson, Ruth Vernon, Olive Lytle, Helen E. Cosand as elementary teachers, and Ruth Everett, social service department. Death of Miss Lelia Bartholomew, March 7, teacher here for fortythree years, was reported. Col. W. S. Boyle of the Indianapolis Engineering Society, con. ferred with the board in regard to extending R. O. T. C. training to Washington and Broad Ripple high schools. Boyle promised assistance of the society in obtaining authority and uniforms for the extension. Superintendent Miller announced he had already enlisted cooperation of Senator Arthur R. Robinson. Woman Studies Aviation B’i Times Special CONNEESVILLE, Ind., March 14. —Miss Louise Berger, former resident here and a sister of Mrs. John G. Murray and Mrs. Theodore Massey of this city is an aviation student at San Diego, Cal., the first woman in that city to take up flying.

bergh returned from his South American flight has been a favorite with the birds who prefer a little rest on their journeys longer than anyone knows. Like their imitators the ‘ birdmen,” they have but one thing to fear above all else, a storm on the ocean. Whole flights are frequently lost when they run into bad weather and there is no friendly ship in which to take shelter. One more thing, first robin reporters, if you see a Baltimore oriole long before the first of May it’s really something to write home about. But don’t let a red bird cause you any excitement—this highly colored songster ceased migrating about twelve year* ago.

CITY CEMETERY SALES FOUGHT IN MICHIGAN T Order to Halt Disposal of Glen Haven Plots Is Sought. LAW BLOCKS PROJECT Ordinance Prevents Establishing Burial Ground Facing Kessler Blvd. By Times Special LANSING, Mich., March 14.—The Michigan securities commission today was investigating to determine whether a stop order should be issued against the Glen Haven Cemetery Association Inc. of Indianapolis. The investigation was begun ten days ago upon information from an Indianapolis man who was approached by agents of the Glen Haven association with a sales talk in which statements were made about the Indianapolis cemetery situation which the Indianapolis man, having Just come from the Hoosier capitol, said were untrue. A group of Indianapolis men led by A. L. Roberts as president, have been attempting to establish a cemetery on 160 acres across Kessler Blvd. from Broadmoor Country Club at Michigan Rd. for almost three years. The project originally was known as the Mt. Moriah Cemetery Association, which figured in one of the numerous embroglios of the Indianapolis city council. Ordinance Blocks Project The investigation here hinges upon whether the Glen HaVfen concern, which, since the Indiana securities opposed operation in that State, has taken almost a quarter of a million dollars out of Michigan investors, has been selling interests in the cemetery with the knowledge that legally it cannot establish a burial ground on the particular plot. The project was blocked in Indianapolis in 1925, when an ordinance prohibiting establishment of a cemetery adjacent to park property was invoked. Kessler Blvd. is park property. The Mt. Moriah people induced city council to pass an ordinance repealing this ordinance but before Mayor John L. Duvall had an opportunity to sign or veto it he received a letter from Councilmen Walter R. Dorsett, Otis E. Bartholomew, Boynton J. Moore and Austin H. Todd, asking him to veto it or send it back to council, saying they had just discovered the promises of enormous profits. Hie repeal move died there. Fight for Sale Right In 1926, the Glen Haven association was organized and took over the Mt. Moriah property. The plan of sale was changed to provide for the marketing of parcels of the land which the purchasers were to resell to those desiring to bury their dead in the cemetery. Glen Haven representatives are fighting vigorously to retain the right to sell in Michigan, contending that the Indianapolis ordinance is unconstitutional. So far as Michigan authorities can learn the ordinance has not been tested in the courts, but the question has been laid before Assistant Attorney General Emerson R. Broyles.

HOOSIER STATE BOOSTS FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS Adds Fifty Miles Since June, 1927; Total Now 811 Miles. Approximately 900 miles of the 5,000 miles of highways in Indiana are Federal aid highways, reports ! of the Hoosier Motor Club show. On June 30, 1927, this State had 841.5 miles of Federal aid highways, but since that time about fifty miles have been completed. The Federal aid system now includes 185,772 miles of roads selected by the State and Federal highway officials as of primary portance for the accommodation of interstate highway traffic. Compared with the 3,000,000 miles of other highways in the United States, they are the most important of the Nation's highways and their improvement as expeditiously \ as possible is an economic necessity of the highest importance, Todd Stoops, manager of the local club, declared. SIX PAROLES GRANTED BY GOVERNOR JACKSON j Three From Lake County Freed, One Because of Illness. Governor Ed Jackson has granted six paroles, five on recommendation of the State prison board of trustees. Henry Davis, sentenced to from ten to twenty-one years from Lake County, for robbery, Jan. 12, 1925, has been granted a parole because of his physical condition. The five recommended were: George Woodward. Lake County, robbery, Feb. 4, 1921, five to fourteen years; Peter Balco, Lake County, grand larceny. Sept. 15, 1921. one to fourteen years; Francis Sweeny, Elkhart County, rape, March 13, 1925, five to twenty-one years; * Milford Ice, Grant County, forgery, Sept. 11, 1922, two to fourteen years: George Wray, Montgomery County, burglary, second degree. Sept. 16, 1924, two to fourteen years. Harry Pollard, sentenced from Shelby County to life imprisonment for murder on Aug. 6, 1926, has been granted a three-day parole to attend Ua teMi ff his lathflb