Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 33, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 June 1928 — Page 9

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KANSANS TURN EYES ON CROP. SHUN POLITICS Sunflower State Is More Interested in Wheat Than Election. POLL SHOWS DRY FAVOR Wet Argument Hurts Smith; Both Hoover and Curtis Are Popular. BY ROSCOE B. FLEMING NEWTON, Kan., June 19.—Kansas is more interested in saving her big wheat crop, threatened by crashing rains which have beaten down the wheat, than in presidential politics. At least that reaction is obtained by talking to about fifty of the plain folks of Harvey County, typical central Kansas wheat, corn and dairy county, of which this bustling town of 15,000 is the county seat. Thirty-five of those interviewed were farm folks on the Salina road Even the placing of a Kansan native son on the presidential ticket for the first time in history has not aroused blazing enthusiasm. Show Curtis Favor Kansans like Curtis. Some Republicans who didn’t like the nomination of Herbert Hoover will now vote the Republican ticket. They say they think Curtis will see that the farmer gets a square deal. But that is as far as it goes. Only one politician was interviewed and he was aggrieved. "I got back from the national convention Sunday and went down to the corner where there was a crowd, expecting to be asked all about it,” he said. “But they were all talking crops and I finally had to bring up the convention subject myself.” John Gray, hardware clerk, said: “Yes, there were a lot of farmers in here all Saturday afternoon. But I don’t believe I heard a word of politics. They were all ordering these bend-up guards to save fallen wheat. Oh, yes, I did hear Fred Prouty, who farms a half section west of town, say he was satisfied with Hoover.” State for Hoover Not that Kansas isn’t willing to talk politics when approached directly. Out of the approximate fifty persons interviewed, thirtyseven had made up their minds how they would vote, provided Governor Smith were the Democratic nominee. Twenty-three were Republicans and fourteen Democrats. All Republicans except one were going to vote for Hoover and Curtis. Five of these were in doubt as to whether they would have done so had Curtis not been named vice president. Three of the Democrats on the other hand, believe definitely they won’t vote for Smith. Smith’s church affiliations apparently aren’t hurting him, but the wet talk has, here in “dry” Kansas. According to both the results of this hasty poll and the opinions obtained Kansas should give a normal or slightly more than normal Republican majority. This State has been a battleground over the merits of McNaryHaughenism, with Senator Arthur Capper’s daily and farm papers for it. But with most of the other newspapers and Agriculture Secretary William Jardine, popular former president of the State agriculture college against it. Aprove Farm Vetoes Kansans seem to have a clear idea of how it was intended to work, but no more idea than Congress itself how it woulcl actually have worked. Those folks I talked with at some length were distrustful of it and mostly approved the Coolidge vetoes. P. C. Lowden, Democrat, who farms 160 acres east of town, thinks the tariff on machinery and general manufactures should be lowered. The manager of one of the largest hardware and agricultural implemnt stores thinks the Government could aid more in establishing markets and so on. This is the district of W. A Ayres, only Kansas Democrat in Congress, and folks aroui and here think the Democrats could make a ten strike by nominating him for Vice President to offset Curtis. WARNED OF MEASLES Parents are Told to Guard Against Complications. Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health board secretary, today warned parents to be particularly cautious with children who have measles. “Several cases have developed complications, many resulting in pneumonia and bronchial infections. There is a high percentage of cases which developed complications requiring particular care,” Dr. Morgan said. Last week 175; cases were reported, making more than 400 this month. PLAN TO CALL .BIDS Estimates on Sunnyside Water Plant to Be Invited. Bids on the $12,000 water plant improvement for Sunnyside Tuberculosis Sanatorium, approved by the. county council early this month, will be called for soon, it was said today at the courthouse. The plana were approved in their entirety by the council, after a delay of aeveral months during which the water shortage at Sunnyside has been acute.

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Salvation Army ‘Prizes’

Mich i band member, .nidged best boy cornet soloist in the United States.

Above: Lieutenant Commissioner John McMillan, congratulating Kathryn Elmquist, proclaimed “perfect girl,” according to Salvation Army ideals. Below: Bernard Smith, Salvation Army, Flint Mich.) band member, judged best boy cornet soloist in the United States.

‘SOARFACE’ OUT FOR PUBLICITY Al Capone Seeks to Hire Rockefellers’ Aid. En Vnilrd Erma NEW YORK, June 19.—Mark Hellinger in his column in the Daily News today says that “Scarface" Al Capone, Chicago gang leader now identified with the pants pressing industry there, has sent a representative to New York to try to hire Ivy Lee, publicity man for the Rockefellers. Hellinger says that Capone wants Lee to go to Chicago and change the attitude of the country toward Capone the same as he changed the attitude of the country toward John D. Rockefeller, Sr. “He (Capone) has millions of dollars,” says . Hellinger, “and he is willing to turn over a goodly portion to Mr. Lee if the latter will come to Chicago in order to cleanse his reputation- Accordingly, his representative is even i ow in this town of ours in an endeavor to sign Mr. Lee to a contract.”

REVIVE LOST CAUSE

Traders Hope for Horse Comeback

HORSE prices, which in 1926 reached their lowest po nt In forty years, have started to advance. The result, old-timers hope, mky be a renewal of activities in Traders’ Alley, once famous as the horse center of Hoosi<?rdom. The “Alley” occupies two blocks on Pearl St. west of Missouri and was known among horsemen throughout the land. Each Monday for nearly a half century the bark of the auctioneer, crack of the whip and prancing of shod hoofs as they circled about before the eyes of some of the best judges of horses in America, rang through the street.

Only last year the weekly auction was abandoned and Traders’ Alley became a tradition. Where fifty buyers once held forth, now there are but two. Yet there are perhaps a dozen “diehards,” who assemble in the alley daily and talk about the times when every man was not a motorist or truck driver. They come with the heavy crooked canes that became symbols of the horse-buying profession. Occasionaly a horse is brought to one of the two stables that still remain there. With a gleam of satisfaction in their eyes, these horsemen argue over and discuss the animal with great spirit. It is a one-horse reproduction of “old times.” Fred Howe is owner of one of the barns that remain and William Henry the other. The latter deals

EMILY BLAIR NOT IN DEMOCRATIC RACE

Bu Vnilrd Press HOUSTON, Tex., June 19.—Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, who will direct women’s activities in the Democratic national convention thinks she would make a better vice president than Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas, whom the Republicans nominated at Kansas City. The idea of her being a. candidate for vice president, she said, is “perfectly ridiculous.” “And by that,” she added, “I do not mean that a woman is not capable of handling the vice presidency. I do not doubt my ability. “I know I could make a better

BIG HANDSHAKE OF TEXAS HOSPITALITY READY TO TAME TAMMANY TIGER

BY LOUIS J. HEATH United Press Stiff Correspondent T TOUSTON, Texas, June 19. Houston is getting re%dy to feed the Tammany tiger, not twist his tail. When the Al Smith boys with their brown derbies cocked on the backs of their heads, arrive, they are going to be made welcome in a "big way.” Texas is a Democratic State and

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HULL BOOMED AS ALS MATE Tennessee Leader Seen as Best Choice. Bil Time* Special HOUSTON, June 19.—Representative Cordell Hull of Tennessee has the best chance to be the Democratic vice presidential nominee, according to sentiment among early convention arrivals. Hub's recent announcement of his intention to retire as • national committeeman has helped strengthen this belief. Hull either plans to become vice presidential nominee or to withdraw entirely from national politics. He has been active so long Democrats refuse to believe he intends ’to quit politics, so they think he is anticipating a place on the ticket. Hull’s selection would be easy to understand, Democrats say. The greatest opposition to Smith is the Southeast and Hull is the favorite candidate of his State and several surrounding ones. If chosen he would be expected to the solid South intact and to hold border States in line.

largely in horses for the eastern market and the former for the trade here. Their buyers search the countryside to keep the market supplied. Incidentally, they do this searching in automobiles. Rise in prices is attributed to the fact that few farmers are breeding horses. An increase of from 10 to 15 per cent* for ordinary work horses has been recorded since the first of the year. They sell now all the way from $75 to $175 for what might be called the “garden varieties.” Henry has brought in many fine horses from Illinois and some of these have sold for as much as $375 in the east. So the “old-timers” are feeling optimistic. They think “Dobbin” is due for a comeback.

vice president than Senator Curtis, I know business and he doesn’t. I do not underestimate my ability as a politician, but the vice presidency needs a man—one who has devoted his life to politics and public affairs. “Anyone who accepts office, whether it is the presidency or vice presidency, without being fitted, is playing traitor to his country—as much a traitor as Benedict Arnold. “Harding is a tragic example of the pathos of the misfit in the highest office of the land. “No man has a right to accept that office unless he can bring to it more than the office brings to him.”

this convention is going to be a Democratic show with all the trimmings traditional Texas hospitality can furnish. The second largest building that this show has brought to Houston, next in size to the convention hail itself is "Hospitality House.” It is low gigantic bungalow type of structure spreading over a whole block and has been designed to

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1928

REAL HEAT IS ON WAY, SAYS WEATHERMAN Most Torrid Time of Day in June About 3:45, Says Observer. 1928 BELOW NORMAL Rainfall for Year Is Not Above Average, Despite Calamity Wails. It’s time to prepare to get hot, according to Weatherman J. H. Armington—hot under tne collar and generally hot. Contrary to popular opinion, noon isn’t the hottest tim>i of the day. With most of Indianapolis timing its movements on daylight saving, it will be nearly evening when Mr., Mrs. and Miss Indianapolis will be entitled to “feel the heat" the most this summer. According to the weather bureau, which Armington heads, the hottest time of the day during June usually is 3:45 daylight saving time. 4:30 Peak in July And in July the mercury will reach its maximum poino at 4:30 p. m., according to past performances. The average high daily temperature for June is 81 degrees. In July the mercury usually reaches a high mark of 85 in the afternoon. In August, when the high mark is reached usually about 4:30 daylight time, 83 is the average peak. So far this year Indianapolis has not experienced any really hot weather. On only one day did the temperature reach the usual daily mark, June 12, when 86 degrees were registered. Average Below Normal The average so far this month has been six degrees below normal, according to Armington. But higher temperatures are bound to come, Armington says. Last summer the high point of the season was 95 degrees on July 28 and again on Sept. 14. The hottest mark Indianapolis ever has been, since the weather was established in 1872, was 106 degrees on July 1, 1901. The city's hot waves, according to Armington, usually last three to four days. A high pressure area develops in the southeast and along the South Atlantic and a low pressure area in the Northwest and upper Mississippi Valley. The low pressure area draws the warm winds from the low pressure area in the South across the State and it gets hot here. Watch Reports There is no way to tell when such wave is coming, except to watch the weather reports, according to Armington. Your corns or chickens won't give you any reliable advance information. While the complaint is heard on every hand. “It has rained most every day this spring,” weather bureau records show that rainfall since the first of the year has been below normal. Rainfall since June 1 has amounted to 5.27 inches, and since Jan. 1 it has been 18.69 inches. .82 inch below normal. From Jan. 1 to June 1 last year the rainfall amounted to 22.61 inches; in 1926, 16.09 inches, and in 1925, only 7.92 inches. Keeps Lawns Fresh While rainfall has not been excessive, it has been so scattered over June days that the rain god, and not the Indianapolis Water Company, has been keeping lawns fresh. This is shown by graphs at the water company's office. The heaviest demand the pumps have been called upon to fill came June 15, when the maximum production reached a rate of 49.5 million gallons. An extreme example of the demand occasioned by a protracted drouth is found on the chart for June 5, 1925, when production reached the rate of 108 million gallons a day, the highest ever recorded by the local company.

200 ARE EXPECTED AT DRY LEAGUE DINNER Charles F. Coffin Will Be Toastmaster at Affair. More than 200 persons will attend the complimentary dinner to be given by the manufacture nnd business committee of the Anti-Saloon League tonight, 6:30 o’clock, at the Roberts Park M. E. Church. Charles F. Coffin will be toastmaster. Speakers will include: Col. Patrick H. Callahan, manufacturer and philanthropist of Louisville, Ky.: Howard H. Russell of Westerville Ohio, founder of the Anti-Saloon League of America, and Francis Scott Mcßride of Washington, general superintendent of the AntiSaloon League of America. McBride’s topic will be “The League’s Second Campaign; for Flag and Law Against Bootleg Treason.”

furnish all comers with everything from hot tamales to hospital beds a a a IF the Tammany tiger prefers to retain allegiance to Coney Island It will find “hot dawgs” in abundance at “Hospitality House.” If it chooses it can appease its appetite with a “bowl of chili” and slake its thirst with any of the native beverages. One had to run three times round the convention hall at

‘SLAVERY DAYS WERE THE BEST:

Negress Fond of Plantation; Friend Can’t Remember

Mrs. Lucille Hall, (left) is the 300pound Negro newcomer to Marion County poor farm. Aunt Maxy Jane Sissle (right) is another descendent of slavery days and now lives at the poor farm. Both iliilllly i \\- are said to he more than 100- 5 " years-old. They were sketched at //// “ .. i||f ■. -)Wi. xf 7

Mrs. Lucille Hall, (left) is the 3(H)pound Negro newcomer to Marion County poor farm. Aunt Mary Jane Sissle (right) is another descendent of slavery days and now lives at the poor farm. Both are said to he more than 100-years-old. They were sketched at the poor farm by Lee Williams. Times staff artist.

By DAN M. KIDNEY THAT was my home sweet home and I’ve never had another that I loved so well.” “Master, I don't remember no master and I don’t want to either.” Thus do two ancient Negro women, who are spending their final days at Marion County poor farm, recall their girlhood days spent in slavery in the South. Recalls Slavery Days Aunt , Mary Jane Sissle. who is “more than 100. T guess," recalls plantation days shrouded in happy memories. She was a young woman before the Civil War ended and she accompanied her parents, brothers and sisters on their exodus to the North. Mrs. Lucille Hall, who says she was “borned in slavery,” doesn’t remember much about it and prefers not to think about it at all. She | rather enjoys relating the time when she was “boss" of a restaurant near the Union Station here where all the Pullman porters ate. Mary is erect, despite the century mark, slender, with a parchment like skin and sparkling eyes that reflect the humor of her disposition. Walking Advertisement Lucille is the best advertisement that her restaurant ever had, weighing upwards of 300 pounds, with white wooly hair and snappy eyes. She has a bass voice and booms out her remarks like a commanding general. “I was born in a little old log cabin on Martin Sissies’ plantation on the Louisville-Nashville Rd.. in Kentucky, not far from Lebanon,” Aunt Mary recalls. “Those sure were happy days. Banjo in the cabin and dancing every night. Big fox hunts with Master Sissle riding a fine horse and ladies and gentlemen all dressed up. Boasts of Cooking “Believe me I was some cook in those days.” But cooking wasn’t the only business of the little slave girl. She remembers her duties of watching two still-houses. "Master said to me, ‘Mary, how can I keep this whisky from turning white?’ So I told him to just put four or five peaches on the stove until they turned brown and then drop them in the barrel, it turned the whisky brown and made it a nice flavor also. “Whisky never hurt nobody if it’s used right. I had a spoonful every morning when I was a girl. My brother used to drink too much and doctor told him that it would kill him. Last of Slavery Days “ ‘lf whisky kills daddy, daddy got to die.’ he told the doctor and sure enough he did die. Wasn’t more than seventy-five." Almost tearfully Aunt Mary recalls the close of her service with the Sissle family. Her young mistress still is living she says, a nun in a convent at Lebanon. “One day Master Sissle called us all together and sEjJd, ‘You all are free now and can go away whenever you please. If you want to stay here, you are welcome. We’ll treat you as well as we always have done.” Then came hard times to the plantation. The old plantation

Kansas City to find the two diminutive soft drink stands. Nor is Houston from all appearances worrying much about taming the tiger with food, diink and hospitality. The towns people from all surface indications are thinking more about the carnival itself than they are about any particular troup of performers that may come to participate in it. The hand of welcome is held

PASTOR-MARSHAL IN BITTER BATTLE

! Petitions Ask Ousting of Board Members Who Picked Edinburg Officer. BY CHARLES C. STONE Slatr Editor, The Times EDINBURG. Ind., June 19.—W !C. Milburn, this town's marshal, who is also a Church of God minister. is the center of a bitter controversy which he declares is a re- : suit of efforts of bootleggers to j “get” him, while petitions are in | circulation demanding that twe members of the toum board which I voted to appoint Milburn be ousted. Wallace Loucks and Guy Cooper | are the board members at which the petitions are aimed. According to advocates of the petitions, Milburn's strict enforcement of the law is hurting business here, many farmers who formerly dealt with local merchants are now going to other towns. Denies Charges Filed Although it was announced a few days ago that Clyde Steinbarger had filed charges of provoke, attempted assault and defamation of character against Milburn, the marshal declares he made a trip to Franklin, Johnson County seat, and found there was nothing on file against him. Steinbarger and the marshal engaged in a battle of words on an Edinburg street last Friday. Another chapter in the controversy is a $5,000 suit for alleged slander filed against John R. Moore, by Frank Phillips, former assistant to Milburn. According to the suit, Moore declared Phillips was a bootlegger and dealt in liquor at the time he was serving as an officer. Minister-Assistant Out James Glass, former railroad telegrapher, is now the marshal’s assistant. He succeeds John’ Caldwell, Baptist minister, whose appointment resulted for a time in Edinburg having an all-minlstei police force. Asked why Caldwell no longer is on the job. Marshal Milburn said: “He didn’t measure up to what wc expected.” The marshal declares that friends of liquor have held sway in Edinburg for thirty years and accounts for the present flurry by saying “They are dying hard.”

house burned down and with it was destroyed the Bible where Aunt Mary’s birth was recorded. That is why she just guesses she is more than 100. Mrs. Hall is too big to get about. So she sits in her room and waits for meal time. Her memories are of her career, carved out of her own efforts. She was born in slavery in Tennessee, migrated to Kentucky after the Civil War and then came to Indianapolis. Her restaurant was her pride and she knows “good eats,’likes to eat and says so.

out to all. There is a reception line at the sation and the humblest newspaper correspondent gets a welcoming handshake as hearty as that dished out to beribboned delegates. That’s Texas and the old Texas spirit of “treat ’em all alike ’till they prove unworthy of it.” m * OF course the Democratic party is going to nominate candi-

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Hold It Bn Vnilrd Press MONACA. Pa.. June 19. Mike Maygak of Colona, near here, was picked up from the roadside by State troopers, apparently dead and placed in the wicker basket, provided by undertakers for the transportation of corpses. As the hearse started back to the morgue Maygak sat up in the basket and began swearing.

DELAY ON HOSPITAL Postpone Meeting to Name Architect. Selection of an architect and engineering expert for city hospital has been delayed by the board of health until late this week. A special meeting scheduled for Monday night was postponed after the board conferred with Mayor L. Ert Slack. The board interviewed architects and engineers at a conference Monday afternoon on the proposed city hospital building program. It was said the meeting probably •will be held Wednesday. SCOUTS ARE AT CAMP 175 Loral Boys Are Putting Reservation in Shape. Camp Chanktunungi Boy Scout reservation, west of Ft. Benjamin Harrison, was being put in shape today by 175 local Boy Scouts who will remain for the first camping period. F. O. Belzer, Scout executive of Indianapolis, and S. L. Norton, assistant executive, are in charge. Instructors are Harry Ice, handicraft; Frank Teague, swimming and athletics; Robert Thompson, campcraft and pioneering; H. J. Hunt, first aid and sanitation; Charles Shields, pioneering, and Theodore Sedam, programs and mess hall. One hundred and forty Scouts have registered for the second camping period, beginning July 9. FLIER, 17, SAVES SELF Anderson Youth Makes Landing After Stripping Plane Wing. Bu Vnilrd Prrss CONNERSVILLE, Ind., June 19. Farnum Parker, 17-year-old aviator of Anderson, today owed his life to skillful handling of his plane. At an altitude of 4,000 feet, structural weakness, according to Parker, caused the canvas to be stripped from the upper wing of his plane and the machine went into a tailspin. Parker contrived to pull the plane from the spin and effect a landing in a field. He was but slightly hurt.

dates —but that is some time in the future—and Houston is living today in the psychological state of the small boy awaiting the coming of the circus. ‘‘No Republican from Yankee land ever will carry Texas,” they say. ‘‘Whoever this convention nominates is assured of the vote of the Lone Star State —so why worry.”

CURTIS VISITS HOOVER; TALK OVER TACTICS Back Porch Conference on Campaign Follows Luncheon. KEEP PLANS IN DARK Kansan Expected to Make Stump Tour Through Farm States. BY JOSEPH S. WASNEY United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, June 19.—Thff Californian and the Kansan who make up the Republican presidential ticket will spend this afternoon on a back porch, planning their campaign. ’ Senator Charles Curtis, the vice presidential nominee and one-fourth Kaw Indian, arrived here today and made an appointment for what is probably the most important conference of the campaign, with Herbert, Hoover, the presidential nominee, on the back porch of Hoover's S-Street home. Both Hoover and Curtis have refrained from making public any of their plans pending this conference. Curtis to Tour West Curtis was met at the train when he arrived from Topeka, Kan., by Hoover’s secretary, George E. Akerson. Hoover’s automobile took Curtis to the home of his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gann. Curtis has lived at the Gann’s modest house on Macomb St. since the death of Mrs. Curtis last, year, and expects to stay there while in Washington. Hoover and Curtis were to meet at noon for lunch at Hoover's home, after which they planned to spend the afternoon together. Curtis, who is considerably more of a campaigner than Hc/over is, is expected to start touring the country in a few weeks. He is to concentrate jon the farming West, according to tntative plans. Other political leaders had appointments with Hoover for today and it was indicated that the Hoover-Cur-tis plans might be made public in part later in the week. It is regarded as likely, however, that the complete plans will not be disclosed until the Democratic convention takes its action. W'll Kp r Job Awhile One of the most important factors in deciding on the campaign plans is the conference to be held Thursday by Hoover with James W. Good of lowa, his pre-convention manager, and a Republican committee of twenty-six named at Kansas City. The committee will select officers, including a chairman. “Hoover will continue as Secretary of Commerce for some time,” Akerj son said. He would not elaborate as j to whether this meant that Hoover would hold his post for several months, as reported in outside circles. Some friends intimated Hoover might continue through the election and until March 4, regardless of the outcome of the election. Others claimed, however, that Hoover will go to California in August to receive official notification, and that he will resign before leaving for the West, Democrats Pledge Aid Failure of Good to arrive Monday for a conference delayed somewhat the drafting of the nominee's plans. Good stayed in Chicago after the convention, to visit with his wife, who was injured in an automobile accident, and to attend graduation exercises of his son. ; The volume of mail and telegrams received by Hoover Monday was so heavy that additional clerks had to be added to his office to handle? it. A number of messages were from southern Democrats pledging their support to Hcover because of his activity in Mississippi flood relief work. FLEEING AUTO CRASHES Driver Hits Parked Car Trying to Escape From Cop. In an effort to escape from Patrolman D. Shope Monday night, a young man who gave his name as Harry Sherfey, of Bloomington, Ind., drove off without headlights at high speed and crashed into an automobile driven by Herbert Boreking. 723 N. Denny St-, at Tenth and Highland Sts. Shope said he was told that three men were sitting in an automobile parked in the alley in the rear of Michigan and Dorman Sts., without lights. When he turned his flashlight on the car the driver drove away. Shope followed to the scene of the accident. Two men escaped. GIRL FLIER’S CLASSMATE Miss Earhart Not Adventurous in School, Says City Woman. Miss Amelia Earhart, first woman to fly across the Atlantic, was quiet and retiring in her nature and was not at all adventurous," when she attended the Ogontz Scnool for Girls at Philadelphia, according to Mrs. Charles H. Bradley, 4044 N. Pennsylvania St., who was Miss Earhart’s classmate there in 1918. Miss Earhart was vice president of her class, but left school in the middle of the year, Mrs. Bradley said. Denby Gets Federal Post Bii United Press PHILADELPHIA, June 19—Charlpj S. Denby Jr., 27, nephew of former Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby and son-in-law of Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania, is the new assistant United States district attorney here.