Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 323, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 May 1928 — Page 3

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DEMOCRATS IN SOOTH TO BACK i DRY CANDIDATE f A! Smith Loses in Three States on Wet Issue; Reed Opposed, By United Press COLUMBIA. S. C., May 9.—A definite trend toward a dry Democratic presidential candidate was shown today after the Democratic county conventions Tuesday,- at which delegates to the State convention were chosen. Reports tabulated today disclosed twenty conventions had adopted resolutions opposing nomination of a presidential candidate who was rot a dry. Six other conventions adopted resolutions opposing the candidacy of Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York. One convention —Kershaw County •- opposed the nomination of Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, because of his opposition to the late Fresident Wilson. Five counties defeated dry resolutions and sent uninstructed 1 delegations—or delegations advocating only enforcement of the jaws—to the State convention which <s to be held May 16. Alabama Uninstructed By United Press MONTGOMERY, Ala.. May 9. Judications today pointed to Alabama’s sending an uninstructed delegation to the Democratic national convention at Houston. Democrats Tuesday voted on the twenty-four delegates to the convention and anti-Smith opponents were confident they had been successful in selecting an uninstructed group. Four candidates for delegate-pt-large were said to be favorable to the New York Governor, while the other eight opposed him. There was a heavy poll and definite outcome of she election {irobably will be uncertain until ater today. Texas Solid for Dry By Vnited Press DALLAS, Tex., May 9.—Texas’ delegates to the Democratic national Convention will cast their forty votes for a dry candidate, it was indicated today. Reports received from the State's 253 county conventions said that State convention delegates were pledged in nearly every county to support a dry plank in the State platform and a dry presidential candidate. The State convention will be held May 22. STATE BEN-HUR" MEETS Forty Courts'Represented by 250 Delegates at C'rawfordsKiilc. By Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., May S.—The Indiana congress of the Supreme Tribe of Ben Hur convened in annual session here today •with 250 delegates representing forty courts in attendance. The congress will adjourn Thursday night. L. H. Mills, Indianapolis, and M. H. Van Vorhies, Kendaliville, are leading candidates for the State chief’s office. Indianapolis and Terre Haute are seeking the J 929 congress. OFFER STOWAWAY JOBS Case” Immigrant Draws Interest of Two Firms. 'Pji Vnited rrcss NEW YORK, May 9.—John Thoening, German youth who entered this country in a packing case aboard the Hamburg-American liner Cleveland, has been offered two jobs. Eugene A. Sachs, president of a fur company, offered to put up bond and find Thoening a job. Dr. Joseph Rothenburg, head of the same firm’s foreign department, was quoted as saying he would give the boy a job. ARTISTS ENTER EXHIBIT Fncensoed Show Draws Work From All Parts of Nation. By United Press *NEW YORK, May 9.—Artists from all parts of the country have work entered in the seventh annual spring exhibition of the Salons of America, Inc., which opened Tuesday night. The exhibition, which has 400 entries, offers the ’ unknown artist the privilege of hanging his pictures without censorship of a jury. The youngest exhibition is Jean A. Joseph, 14. HUNT GIRL KIDNAPERS Detectives Seek Clews to Abductors of 10-Year-Old Child. Four detectives were assigned today to the hunt for three youths who kidnaped a 10-year-old girl from Highland Park Tuesday and returned her there three hours later. Police, however, were .without clews. When found the girl was hysterical and could not tell of her experience. After an examination doctors declared she was not attacked. POST PICKS DELEGATES Six delegates to the annual northern conference of the American Legion at Culver Military Academy were selected by the John H. Holliday Jr. Po§t at a meeting at the First Presbyterian Church Monday night. They are: Stuart A. Bishop, Capt. H. Weir Cook, R. C. McCoy, Lloyd D. Claycombe, Charles Switzer and Murray Johnson. , Hurt Trying to Aid Dog By Times Special FRANKFORT, Ind ..May 9.—Mrs. Anna Benjamin, 75, will probably die of injuries suffered while trying to protect her pet dog. She ran into a street after the pet and was struck by an auto driven by Miss , Ruth Reynolds.

Riverside Mothers to Present Play

Mothers of the P. T. A. of Riverside School No. 44. Twenty-First St. and Sugar Grove, who will present a three-act comedy, “Clubbing a Husband” in the school auditorium, Thursday night. Back row, left to right: Mrs. William Waters, Mrs. John Starost, Mrs. O. R. Gray. Mrs. Glen Nichols, Mrs. Charles Herdrich and Mrs. C. L. Whitham. Front, left to right: Mrs. H. E. Liesmann, Mrs. Herman Marshall, Mrs. G. L. Farr, Mrs. F. W. Kirchner and Mrs. Emmet Copenliaver. Mrs. Hal Farr, not in the picture, is another member of the cast.

BOY ‘PIRATE’ DROWNED F-iV 1 flit rtf Prcfi* BROOKLYN. N. Y.. May 9. Pirate Captain Reuben Schreiber. 12, sailing in search of “buried treasure,” was drowned on his first cruise when his home-made raft lurched suddenly and threw him

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Trojans Initiate Three fljl United /‘ress TERRE HAUTE. Ind., May 9. The Trojan Club of Indiana State here has pledged three new men. Howard Cromwell, Little Rock, Ark.; James D. Burns, Connersville, and Horace Kruzan, Middletown.

WED BY PROXY; MATE IS DEAD; SEEKSSS,OOO Soldier’s Sweetheart Asks Court to Validate War Day Marriage. Pm United Pn ss CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 9.—A young mother who married her soldier sweetheart by proxy four months after he had been killed in action has asked the Middlesex Probate Court to validate the marriage. Annie Hiscock made the appeal so she could collect the $5,000 Government insurance carried by Wales T. Hawes of the A. E. F., father of her 10-year-old daughter, Pauline. In her petition. Miss Hiscock said she first met Hawes Jan. 17, 1917. Before Hawes could carry out his intention of Marrying her, he was sent to France with the A. E. F., the petition said. On April 3, 1918, the child was born, and on Aug. 9 of the same year, Hawes appeared before a summary court-martial in France and signed a marriage contract. It was sent to Boston, where Miss Hiscock also signed it, in the presence of an assistant judge advocate on Feb. 27, 1919. Four months previously, however, Hawes had been killed in battle. SHERIFF TO FACE TRIAL PHILADELPHIA. May 9.—Sheriff Thomas Cunningham must go to Washington to stand trial for contempt of the Senate, Federal Judge Dickinson decided today. Cunningham will go on trial for refusal to tell the Senate investigation committee where he obtained $50,000 that he contributed to the primary campaign of Senator-Elect William S. Vare.

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Frederick E. Schortemeier (left), Republican candidate, and Frank C. Dailey (right). Democratic candidate, led their tickets for the gubernatorial nominations in Tuesday’s primary. Neither candidate received a majority, which means final choice must be made by the party conventions.

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RUMANIA QUIET AFTER REVOLT; NEWS GUARDED - • Peasant Leader to Confer Thursday on Demands With Regency. BELGRADE. May 9.—The strictest censorship continued today on all news concerning the present Rumanian internal situation, where the peasants party has made a demand that the existing government of Premier Bratianu resign. All reports here indicated the Rumanian government’s claim that a comparative calm prevailed throughout the Nation were correct. Advices from the correspondents, however, indicated they feared arrest in event stories unfavorable to the Bratianu rule were sent out. Several correspondents already have been arrested, the reports here said. Among them was Johann Zaranu, most promient staff member of the Bucharest Adeverul and correspondent for an Austrian press service. For a time telephone service between Belgrade and Bucharest w r as curtailed, but it has since been re-> opened, though under the most strict censorship. Juliu Maniu, the peasants leader. Thursday Is to confer with the regency on the resolution of the peasats’ congress that the Bratianu government resign. Maniu was quoted in an interview in the newspaper Politika as saying: “The present manifestation is one more move by the Rumanian people to show they are sovereign. The movement has no connection with Price Carol. The chief interest is to overthrow the feudal system of the present regime.”