Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 66, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 August 1928 — Page 2

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; HIGHLY ORGANIZED HOOVER CAMPAIGN IS LAUNCHED

FEW SPEECHES, < EMPHASIS PUT i ON PROMOTION % - Housewives, Civic Clubs and College Fraternities Are Lined Up. WOMEN ARE BIG AID Nominee Thinks His Speaking Program Too Ambitious, but Holds to Plan. BY PAUL R. MALLON United Press Staff Correspondent : PALO ALTO, Cal., Aug. 7.—The highly organized but quiet campaign planned by Republican leaders in beginning to swing into action, according to reports brought Ito Herbert Hoover by various party directors during the last few days. Housewives’ leagues, civic organisations, college fraternities and 'lbusiness men’s clubs have been lined *up for the Republican presidential ■jiominee throughout the country, Jthe party intelligence service has Reported. William MacChesney, Chicago attorney, who has been in charge of shis work west of Pittsburgh; Secretary of War Dwight Davis and William H. Crocker, national comfrnitteeman of California, all agreed in their reports to Hoover that the already is functioning better than it has ever been before #n a presidential campaign. ! Few Speeches, Much Promotion I "Few speeches and a lot of promotion work,” is the watchword of the workers, who are following lines fDf Liberty Loan drivers during the jwar in perfecting their political larmy. A model organization is being set Slip in Hoover’s home county by the California leaders. Women here Jiave started a house-to-house canvass to enlist 7,000 members of the 3Hoover-for-i resident Club of Santa Clara County, 'they are to march Sn a body to the Stanford stadium for the acceptance ceremonies next Saturday. i Each woman organizer has been allotted a four-block square in ■which she will be charged with the duty of seeing every housewife. In conjunction with the women, organizations of local business men are working. They intend to attend the ceremony in a body. Hoover clubs have been formed in the summer schools of every large college in the State of California. In addition, alumni organizations are being formed under the guidance of fraternity representatives at Stanford University. Pleas’d by Progress The nominee is highly pleased with the reports of progress. He always has adhered to the belief that a little action is better than a lot ,of words. He has expressed the belief that the speaking program mapped out for him is too ambitious. Speeches were scheduled for him In Los Angeles and Albuquerque j |CN. M.), during his return journey to Washington next week, but he fras declined for the present to make $ set speech at either place. His advisors say, however, he will Jnake many more speeches ithan he Iwould like to, and they believe he Jwill not follow out the plan agreed upon a week ago which would carry him into most of the eastern and Border States on brief trips nearly jevery week-end from the date he frrives back in Washington until he day of election.

DESIGNS SCHOOL POST (JVlurray Dalman Takes New Job With Chicago Firm. Resignation of Murray A. Dalian, former school research director, who was reduced to Latin instructor at Washington High School recently, was received today by SuJpcrintendent Charles F. Miller. ' Murray has accepted a position sets educational consultant with Perjains, Chatten & Hammond Company, Chicago architects. The research position was abolished by the School board at the same time as '(were those of the three assistant Superintendents. Dalman has been serving as associate professor of education at Butler University this summer. He toll assume his new position MonHay. PROTESTS LIQUOR RAID threatened Policemen With Bottles Officers Charge. Angered because police searched his home and found considerable home brew on ice, George Parker, 2942 Schofield Ave., is alleged to have attempted to strike Patrolman Henry Ludgin and Sergt. Michael Morrissey with bottles. The officers had gone to his home Monday after Mrs. Gertrude Shaw, 3418 E. Thirtieth St., told them tyhen they raided her home that some empty beer bottles there had been purchased full from Parker. CROSSING CRASH FATAL {Truck Driver Dies of Injuries Received Near Ben Davis. James E. Louden, 39, of Sterling Heights, near Ben Davis, is dead today as the result of a crash at the Banner Ave. Pennsylvania railroad ■grossing Monday night. Louden died at 11:30 at St. Vincent’s Hospital. Apparently 'unaware a train was approaching he drove a truck on to the tracks in front of a traiia Pennsylvania officials said. Lo;:den was driving a truck for the Marion County Gravel Company. The truck was demolished.

Scene of Double Tragedy

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer I. French, and the scene of their electrocution in the rear of their home, 712 E. Fifty-Ninth St., while Mr. French was stringing a radio aerial which crossed a high tenlion wire Monday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer I. French, . > * and the scene of their electrocu- # / tion in the rear of their home, 712 \ * * / f. E. Fifty-Ninth St„ while Mr. |? French was stringing a radio liflP jPI y tw, aerial which crossed a high ten- C4I •*’ ,n, Hon wire Monday evening.

TWO KILLEO BY ELECTRIC WIRE Woman Gives Life Trying to Save Husband. Mrs. Mable French, 52, gave her life Monday night in an effort to save her husband, Elmer I. French, 62, contractor and builder of 715 E. Fifty-Ninth St., who had been electrocuted when he seized a radio wire which rested against a high tension wire in the rear of their home. French, according to his son, Po-1 land E. French, who also lives at ; the E. Fifty-Ninth St. address, was! erecting an aerial for a radio set. i He threw a rope over a 320-volt high tension wire, the rope being tied to the raido wire. He then pulled the rope and radio wire accross the high tension wire and was electrocuted. Mrs. French ran to her husband Mrs. French ran to husband’s aid and attempted to pull his smoking body from the wire. She was killed instantly. Friends kept Roland French from being killed as he rushed to the rescue of his parents. At last he was permitted to attempt to knock the wire from his father’s hand with a wooden clothes pole. The pole was wet and he was twice knocked to the ground by the current. His 6-year-old daughter, Nancy Jane, saw her grandparents killed. She was sitting on the porch at the home. Witnesses at last broke the high tension wire by throwing timbers against it. Funeral services are to be at the home at 2 p. m., Thursday, and burial at Crown Hill cemetery. Another son, Neal French, Charleston, W. V., also survives him. CHASED WITH KNIFE Husband Pursues Spouse; Pushes Bystander Through Window. Her husband chased her from their home at 439 Madison Ave. with a butcher knife this morning, Mrs. Ivan Hunsucker, told police. When he continued to pursue her she ran up to Harry Mitchell, 420 S. Meridian St., who was standing in front of 474 S. Meridian St., she said. Hunsucker knocked Mitchell through a window, according to police. Mitchell’s head was cut by the glass and he was taken to city hospital. Gone, but Not Forgotten Automobiles reported to the police as stolen: Albert Newby, 752 S. Mount St., Hupp touring car from ( garage, rear 752 S. Mount St. C. S. Wallin, 127 E. Michigan St., Olds coupe, license M-44, Kentucky Ave. and Washington St. Nelson Richardson, 1083 W. McCarty St., Ford, 664-262, Senate Ave. and Court St. BACK HOME AGAIN Stolen automobiles recovered by the police: Ford touring, license 657-652, found in alley, west of Agnes St., just north of Michigan St. C. C. Jordan, 941 Laurel St., Paige sedan, found at Roosevelt Ave. and Ludlow St.

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SELL IRONSIDES PHOTOS Drive to Reconstruct Famous Frigate Launched Here. While on a visit to Camp Gridley Monday Mayor L. Ert Slack was given £ picture of "Old Ironsides" by Chief Signalman H. W. Elke of the Indianapolis naval recruiting station, 24 S. Illinois St. Thus the drive by the Navy men here to sell sufficient of these pictures at 50 cents each to provide for this city’s share in the reconstruction of the frigate Constitution was launched. The pictures may be procured at Navy headquarters. SEEK SCHOOL BIDS Advertise for Contracts Probably Wednesday. Bids for an eight-room addition to School 47, Warren Ave. and Ray St., will be advertised probably Wednesday in order to start work on the addition yet this fall, Albert I T Walsman, school business di- j ector. said today. Plans for the addition, prepared j by Donald Graham, architect, were ; received by the board today. The \ work is estimated to cost $89,757. School 47 addition is included in the proposed $600,000 bond issue to permit three additions and one new grade building. Other additions will be at Schools 66 and 43. School 80 is the new building, to be located in Broad Ripple. The board has option on a site at Sixty-Second and Bellefontaine Sts. at $25,240. As soon as plans for the other buildings are received, bids will be advertised and the bids and plans submitted to the State tax board, which is considering protest of the proposed $600,000 bond issue. NEGRO IS BEATEN ON HEAD WITH HAMMER Wife Insulted. Says Defendant Charged With Assault. •Markus P. Phillips, 32, of 431 N. Noble St., is under arrest today charged with striking Douglas Davidson, 27, Negro, 2009 Yandes St. on the head with a hammer, Monday night at Douglas Park. Phillips and his wife are from Huntsville, Ala., and are rooming at the Noble St address while operating a stand in a carnival at the park. Phillips charged that Davidson and another Negro had been hanging about his stand and that one of them called his wife “Red.” Davidson left the scene before police arrived, but appeared at firehouse 16 at 2 a. m. asking medical aid. He was taken to city hospital, and is said to have a serious head injury. Phillips is charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. POLICE GET LIFEBOAT All-Steel Craft Provided by County for Rescue Work. Police Chief Claude M. Worley today declared that with the acquisition of the new all-steel lifeboat given the department by the county commissioners police here now are splendidly equipped for recovering bodies of drowned persons. The boat was being equipped at headquarters today with new grappling hooks, a submersible light, and an electric motor. The county furnished both boat and motor when the chief requested that they do so, pointing out that miich of the rescue work is done by police on White River and Fall Creek outside the city limits.

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JUDGE’S FUND REQUEST TO BE TURNED DOWN County Councilman Dunn to Fight $3,700 Appropriation for Collins. Criminal Judge James A. Collins’ request for $3,700 additional appropriation on which to operate Criminal Court until Dec. 31 probably will be stricken out Wednesday by the county council, it was indicated today at the first of a two-day council meeting. “I want to see an itemized list of where this money is to go,” said Councilman Paul Dunn. The items are $3,000 for expense of grand and petit juries, SSOO for expert witness fees, and S2OO for expense of prosecutors on cases venued from Marion County. Raise Interest Rate The council today pasted on first reading and will finally pass on Wednesday 'a proposal to raise from 4 to 4’i per cent the interest rats on $150,000 bonds to be issued to pay the county’s share for track elevation, jointly with the city and railroads. When the bonds were offered for sale recently at 4 per cent, while the money market was soaring about 6 per cent no bi.ds were received, causing Auditor Harry Dunn to ask the council today to raise the interest rate. No difficulty in selling the bonds at 4'i per cent is anticipated. Dunn, John Shearer and Council President George N. Montgomery, who with Dr. Sollis Runnells compose the council ruling majority, said it is almost certain Judge Collins’ request will be stricken out. No Funds in Advance “It is customary to make no appropriation in advance for expert witness fees,” Montgomery said. “We usually wait until the cases are disposed of and pass on .requests accompanied by itemized lists. Fifty dollars is the customary witness fee for experts.” Other items in the requests for additional money tentatively approved today were $250 for a boat for Sheri ffOmer Hawkins' force to use in case of drownings, for per diem of boarod of review, $l2O per diem for towknship tax assessors, $2,000 for primary election expense, $2,000 additional jury fees in Municipal court One, and $3,000 for improvement of Municipal Judge C. R. CanSeron’s courtroom at the police station. MARION BANK MERGER GETS COMMISSION 0. K. State and National Institutions Will Combine. Merger of the Marion State Bank and the Marion National Bank, both of Marion, Ind., was approved by the State banking department Monday, according to Thomas D. Barr, deputy bank commissioner. The State bank, with capital and surplus of $150,000 was taken over by the National bank. The new institution will have deposits of approximately $5,000,000. Capital stock is $250,000. The Marion State Bank formerly was owned and operated by the late Philip Matter. Upon his death, his tvo sons, Milton and Robert Matter decided not to continue the bank in addition to their other interests. They will be connected with the Marion National Bank, of which E. E. Blackburn is president and J. H. Lefavour is cashier. Fair Opens at North Vernon NORTH VERNON, Ind., Aug. 7. The forty-eigljth annual Jennings County fair opened here today to continue through Saturday. Horse and auto races are on the program.

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Arbuckle Sued for Divorce

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600 DOCTORS IN FOOT PARLEY Delegates to Be Welcomed by Slack Tonight. First session of the seventeenth annual convention of the National Association of Chiropodists-Podiat-rists opened at the Lincoln today, with 600 members from all parts of the United States and five foreign countries in attendance. The Rev. J. A. Long, of the North Park Christian Church, read the invocation, and addresses were made by Dr. F. E. Hayden, Boston, Mass., and Dr. Albert Bronston, Chicago, 111., who has conducted a series of free clinics in Indianapolis during the past week. A demonstration of clinical work was on this afternoon, under the direction of Dr. F. T. Reiss, Boston, Mass. Dr. F. E. Weiken, Chicago, lectured on “Edema” at 2:30. and at 3, Ernest A. Burrill of the National Shoe Retailers’ Association, spoke Dr. J. F. Kelly, president of the Massachusetts, Chiropody Association, discussed treatment of diabetic feet. The delegates will be officially welcomed by Mayor L. Ert Slack and Secretary of State Frederick E. Schortemeier tonight. Dr. C. M. Wilder, Indianapolis, former president of the Indiana Association of Podiatrists, will speak, and Dr. Joseph Lelyveld, director of educational research, who is in charge of The Indianapolis Times Normal Foot Contest, will present a stereopticon fecture on “Foot Health Education.” The sessions will continue through Friday. STEALS SHOES ON FEET Motor Police Capture Suspect; Restore “Kicks” to Owner. Motor Policemen John Willis and Ary Powers saved Morris Moriarty’s shoes Monday night and today Ira Wagner, 24, of 940 Olive St., faces charges of petit larceny for stealing them. R. L. Danner, Ravenswood, told police he saw Wagner take the sb"-* off Moriarty’s feet while Moriarty was asleep at Louisiana anu bama Sts. He alleges Wagner took the shoes when he failed to find money in Moriarty’s pockets. Police pursued Wagner and they say he threw a bottle of white mule away and it failed to break. So besides vagrancy and petit larceny they also charged him with blind tiger.

By United Press LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7.—Hollywood had another interesting matrimonial failure to discuss today with the filing of a suit for divorce by Doris Deane against Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle. In the suit, Mrs. Arbuckle charged the comedian was “cruel, vicious, morose, nagging and a lover of other women.” She asked $750 weekly alimony. Arbuckle, whose career as a clown of the screen ended when he was accused in 1921 of the death of Virginia Rappe, now is operating a Hollywood case and, according to his wife, earns $3,000 a week. Rumors of strife between the pair long have been rife in Hollywood fHm circles. Arbuckle still has been much in the public eye in the film capital, despite the ban placed on him as a result of the notoriety which came to him with Miss Rappe’s death. Efforts at a “comeback” some time ago, after it was believed that much of the animosity against him had died down, prov|d to be a failure, so the rotund ex-comedian started his business venture. BANDIT ROBS GROCERY; SIXTH TIME FOR VICTIM Negro Pays Another Visit to Standard Store; Gets S2O. Holdups of Negro bandit, who specializes in Standard groceries, became even more standardized Monday night. He held up a man who has undergone similar experiences six times at the same stand. Samuel L. Newhouse, 63, of 5215 E. Washington St., manager of the Standard grocery, 336 Blake St., was the victim. The Negro, who has been robbing such stores for months, approached in the usual manner and ordered something. When Newhouse started to comply with the request he found himself covered by the bandit’s gun. The Negro took S2O and escaped. FIX SCHOOL BUDGET Ready Soon for Presenting to Board Members. Proposed budget of the Indianapolis school city, calling for a $1.03 levy, will be ready for presentation to the board within ten d-ys, Albert F. Walsman, business director, said today. Walsman said he is going over the budget, making additional reductions. Assessed valuation figures may affect the levy, Walsman said. An increase of $15,000,000 in the valuation would permit one-half cent reduction in the levy, while a $20,000,000 increase would permit a levy reduction to $1.02. An annual $10,000,000 valuation increase is required, he explained, to keep step with the average annual increase in enrollment and school costs. Fair Secretary Dies LOGANSPORT, Ind., Aug. 7. George C. Custer, 64, Cass County Fair Association secretary and active as a sportman died here Monday after a long illness.

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E. TENTH ST, IS SCENEOF FETE Sherman-Emerson Festival Friday and Saturday. Final plans for the ShermanEmerson Civic League’s second annual community Mardi Gras on E. Tenth St., between Emerson and Lindwood Aves., Friday and Saturday were completed, Monday night, at a meeting of the league executive board and committee chairmen. Stands and decorations are to be erected for seven blocks along the street by neighborhood business organizations, churches, and individuals. Prizes will be given by business men for the best decorated home and store. Children's scooter and pushmobile races will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at Tenth and Wallace Sts. Saturday is community night. Headquarters will be on the grounds of School 62, Tenth and Wallace Sts., where speeches will be made by Mayor L. Ert Slack, Herbert Spencer. Fred Connell, and members of the boards of public safety and public works. The police and firemen’s band will play both nights and Jones’ Minstrels will give continuous entertainments at the Linwood and Emerson intersections. A pony track will be set up at Drexel and Tenth Sts. The committee expects 100,000 persons to attend. Roy M. Swarts, league president; K. L. Harlow, secretary, and Cecil McConahay, vice president; are in general charge. Arrangements committee chairmen are: McConahay, league concessions; W. E. Heyer, advertising; Albert Neuerburg, master of ceremonies; Arthur Weftle, dancing; Floyd Baber, decorations; Mrs. W. E. Heyer, publicity; Chester A. Smith, children’s contests; Mrs. H. A. McDonald, children’s prize awards; and Julius Hollander, program.

AUG. 7, 1928

POLISH FLIERS PREPARE FOR NEWSEA DASH Second Attempt to Be Made at First Opportune Moment. By United Press OPORTO, Aug. 7.—The first opportune moment will find Majors Casimiar Kubala and Louis Idzikowski starting a trans-Atlantic flight, although their first attempt ended in a forced landing at sea. Today the fliers awaited to leave for Paris. They were ready to start by train late Monday when the Polish air attaohe at Paris telegraphed Idzikowski that a plane was leaving at once to pick them up. Though an all-night watch was kept at the Oporto airdrome, nothing was seen of the plane. Win Race for Life Expert examination of the Polish plane, whose oil feed failed and necessitated a race for life toward the Spanish coast, was to be begun today by Lorraine Motor Company mechanics. The two were saved when their great white Amiot biplane—its fuel line leaking and other major trouble having developed—shot suddenly into the water alongside the Ham-burg-Americanliner Samoa off the Spanish coast. The two fliers were thrown into the water but swam about until rescue arrived from the German liner. They had flown to a point north of the Azore Islands when the fuel difficulty started. Then they turned and tried to reach Spain when the second difficulty arose, causing the forced landing. Plan Another Attempt. As soon as they had been revived here, where they were brought after landing at Lexioes, they announced' they would make another attempt at a westward flight to New York. Their endeavors are backed by the Polish government. “It will be at the first opportune moment,” Kubala said. Their biplane was badly smashed in the forced landing, both wings having crumpled under the great force in which the craft struck the water. It was towed to Lexioes, where it is being dismantled preparatory to reshipment, to Paris. BUS OUSTER EXPECTED Greyhound Lease for Thorntown Service May Be Cancelled. Failure of the Greyhound Lines. Inc., to operate on schedule the line between Indianapolis and Chicago, through Thorntown, leased from the Indiana Motor Transit Company, owned by the T. H., I & E. Traction Company, probably will result in cancellation of the lease by the public service commission, according to Frank G. Singleton, chairman. A recent commission order prevented total discontinuance of bus service to Thorntown. Return of the operation of the Motor Transit busses to the traction company appears to be the only remedy, Singleton said.

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