Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 88, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1928 — Page 3

SEPT. 1, 1928.

RUSSIA ACCEPTS CHANCE TO SIGN ANTI-WAR PACT Makes Many Reservations, Requests in Answering French Invitation. BY EUGENE LYONS United Press Staff Correspondent Jf* MOSCOW, Sept. I.—Russia has accepted France’s invitation to sign the anti-war pact—but with many reservations and requests for interpretation. M. M. Litvinoff, assistant commissar of foreign affairs, Friday handed French Ambassador Herbette a lengthy note accepting the invitation. The note said that the pact was incapable of preventing war but added: “Nevertheless inasmuch as the pact objectively imposes certain obligations upon the powers before public opinion and gives the Soviet government anew chance to put before all participants of the pact the question of disarmament solution—the only guarantee for preventing war—the Soviet government expresses its consent to sign, the pact.” Claims Pact Indefinite Litvinoff said it seemed strange that the Soviet government had not been invited to participate in the preliminary negotiations Russia was not invited as an original signa-tory-recounting the Soviet efforts on behalf of disarmament at the last disarmament conference in Geneva, and also her series of bilateral treaties for outlawing war. He regretted the absence in the pact of any disarmament obligations and protested against the “insufficient definiteness and clearness of the first cause,” which permits arbitrary interpretation by the participants. He also cited the pact failed to mention informal wars—the pact dealing with warms of aggresssion—■which he interpreted as “intervention, blockade by military occupation of foreign territory and foreign ports.” On this latter score he cited previous interventions in Russia and the present interventions in China. Attacks British Clause Litvinoff especially attacked the British reservation which deals with freedom of action towards certain regions. “If that reservation means portions of the British Empire, then the reservation is superfluous. If it means elsewhere the participants of the pact are entitled to know where the freedom of action of the British Government begins and ends.” He concluded by saying that “this reservation the Soviet .government can not but consider an attempt to use the pact itself as an instrument *of imperialistic policy.” PRISONER CAN’T RECALL. ALL HIS ROBBERIES Man Confessing at Elkhart Claims to Be De Pauw Graduate. By United Press ELKHART, Ind., Sept. I.—Henry Rumps, 48, South Bend, today confessed to more robberies than he could remember, according to police here. Rumps, who claims to be a graduate of De Pauw University and for the past seventeen years a school teacher, confessed to petty robberies in Elkhart, Goshen, South Bend and Mishawaka. Acting under the instructions of Rumps, South Bend police found most of the loot in Rumpf's home in South Bend. For the most part it was composed of women's wearing apparel, jewelry and other small articles. Rumps was returned to South Bend today from Elkhart. MOTHER’S MEDICINE IS FATAL TO 2 CHILDREN Babe Drinks Contents of Bottle and Dies. By United Press ALEXANDRIA, Va.. Sept. I. Faith Taylor, 3, had too much acid in her blood. She lay' crying fretfully in her parents’ home at Ballston, Va., near here. Her mother gave her some medicine from a bottle, then impatiently went to the door to see if the doctor was coming. Vernon Taylor, 18 months, toddled near his sister’s crib. He picked up the bottle and drank. Some of the medicine clogged his windpipe. He fell, choking. The mother took both children to a hospital here. Faith died Thursday morning. Vernon died Thursday night. BOXER BEATS WIFE Featherweight Champ Arrested On Mate’s Complaint. By United. Press NEWPORT, R. 1., Sept. I. Claiming that her husband misused his boxing skill and gave her a beating in a family quarrel Mrs. “Chick” Suggs has had New England’s featherweight champion arrested on an assault charge. Mrs. Suggs told police her husband knocked her down when she resented his attentions to another woman, The boxer was released under S3OO bonds. Support Obregon Principles B’l United Press MEXICO CITY. Sept. I.—Standing before an oil painting and bust of Alvaro Obregon, 184 deputies of the Obregon bloc swore today to uphold the principles of the assassinated president-elect. Ricardo Topete was re-elected leader. British Flier Killed B <i United Press GRANTHAM, England, Sept. 1. —Pilot Officer Edward Johnstone was killed today in the crash of a Royal Air Force training plane.

Boy Takes Nose Dive in Scooter Race

P• ■ -- COMPLETE LAST e PRELIMINARY If SCOOTER DERB V Vilkins'St., was second, and Ro ert Sanford, 1102 S. Richland Av was third. Both were from Rhodii Jack McMahon, 24 N. Belmo Ave., Indianola, was first in the se: io r boy’s race. Slobodan Yovan vich, 167 Bright St., Kingan, w secund, ana Floyd Skiles, 801 Riv Ave., Riley, was third. Feme Watson. 214 Geisendorff £ Military, was first in the girl’s ra< Anna Lascus, 1024 N. Belle Vieu I Kinean. was second, and Lettit

Thrills galore featured the Times-Capitol Dairy Scooter Derby races Thursday at Greer St. playground. Many accidents brought disaster to contestants set to win. The senior boy’s race shown above had to be re-run because of violation of rules of the race which resulted in the spill shown. None were injured. The two girls below were typical ardent fans. The finals of the Derby will be run at 10 a. m. Monday on the Monument Circle. All prizes will be awarded then.

Self-Made Men in Old Egypt, Too, Ruins Reveal

Career of Ancient Prince Reads Like Alger Tale. By Science Service WASHINGTON, Sept. I.—The rise of Herbert Hoover from an lowa farm village, and of Albert E Smith from the sidewalks of New York, doubtless will be pointed out to many a poor and ambitious boy this fall, with the moral that “only in America could such a thing happen.” But that will be claiming a little too much for our country, for similar careers were possible nearly five thousand years ago in the Egypt of the Pharaohs. Excavations near the famous pyramids of Gizeh, reported by Prof Hermann Junker of the University of Vienna have disclosed the climb of a poor young man to a place in the highest offices of the ancient nation on the Nile. Seneb, the prince who started as an underling in the chambers of the royal wardrobe, had an even heavier handicap than most modern selfmade men, for he was a dwarf Scorned and laughed at by his fei-

G. 0. P. TO OPEN QUARTERS HERE Indiana Campaign Will Be Run From English. Indiana Hoover Club headquarters will be opened Tuesday at 106 Monument Circle, In the English block, where a speaking campaign in behalf of Herbert Hoover will be waged daily until the election. This announcement was made today by Oscar G. Foellinger, Ft. Wayne publisher, Hoover’s Indiana primary campaign manager, and a member of the Republican State campaign executive committee. Mr. Foellinger will be chairman. Dr. Harry E. Bernard. Indianapolis, secretary of the Hoover-for-President clubs of Indiana in the primary, will be secretary in charge of the Circle headquarters. Miss Dorothy Cunningham, Martinsville, Replican national committee woman for Indiana, will be vicechairman. Hoover clubs will be organized thro jgh the State, Foellinger said, in a spirit of “complete cooperation with Jthe State Republican committee. SThe State and local clubs < will intensify and supplement the'regular tarty organization work in the Stati”

low-servants, he stuck to his job and learned it thoroughly, learned the other fellow’s job and took that over, climbing by degrees until he held several portfolios in the King’s cabinet. In the land where rulership was not only hereditary but a divine office, and the Pharaoh considered a god, he could not, of course, aspire to the throne; but he did the next best thing and married a royal princess Their three children are represented by statues in the sculptured family group in Seneb’s tomb.

PLOT AGAINST THAW BARED Blackmail Letters Sent to Harry’s Mother. Ry United Pres* PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. I.—The arrest of a suspect today revealed a plot to extort money from Mrs. William Thaw, mother of Harry K. Thaw, police announced. Detectives arrested William Beatty, 42, on suspicions that he wrote a letter to Mrs. Thaw threatening the life of her son if the demands of the writer were not complied with. Beatty, who denied any connection with the letter, was arrested in Highland Park at a place where the letter had directed $5,000 be left. “We demand $5,000 from your son,” the letter read. “If he doesn’t take care of this matter his life will be in danger.” Threatening letters of similar nature have been received by other wealthy residents of Pittsburgh recently, police said. Discuss Safety Measures. By Times Special ROCHESTER, Ind., Sept. I.—An accident last spring in which one child was killed and twelve hurt, when a school bus was struck by a train, resulted in holding a bus drivers’ convention in connection with the annual teachers’ institute in session here. The convention was arranged by County School Superintendent Roy Jones for discussion of safety measures. Veterans to Meet Thursday Bii Times Special WABASH, Ind., Sept. I.—The Wabash County Veterans’ Association, Civil War survivors organization will hold its thirty-seventh annua l reunion here Thursday. Frederick Landis, Loganpsort, will speak. I ’

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COMPLETE LAST PRELIMINARY IN SGOOTERDERBY District 5 Winners Chosen for Finals Labor Day in Circle. The last of the semi-finals of The Times-Capitol Dairy Scooter Derby were completed Friday with races in District No. 5 at Riley playground. Those in charge were Jesse P. McClure, city recreation director; Lewis Skinner and Henry Long, supervisors. Harold Frye, 843 River Ave., Riley playground, won first in the junior boys’ race. Wayne Campbell, 1824 V Vilkins St., was second, and Robert Sanford, 1102 S. Richland Ave., was third. Both were from Rhodius. Jack McMahon, 24 N. Belmont Ave., Indianola, was first in the senior boy’s race. Slobodan Yovanovich, 167 Bright St., Kingan, was second, end Floyd Skiles, 801 River Ave., Riley, was third. Feme Watson, 214 Geisendorff St., Military, was first in the girl’s race. Anna Lascus, 1024 N. Belle Vieu PL, Kingan, was second, and Lettitia Lupear, 51614 W. Washington St., Kingan, was third. Other children who raced were Ewel Farley, Kenneth Oliver, Margaret Lucas, Harriett Mitchell, Helen Mitchell, Paul Revere, Robert Chance, James Neese, Joseph Kelly, Thomas Elkins, Beulah Huber, Hazel Englert, Mary Malia, John Pappas, Francis Stefanko, Daniel Davis, Cornell Lupear, Alexander Youanovich, Victoria Marsykscu, Donald Ash, Harley Francis, Christ Krethiotis, Arthur Francis, Alexander Tudor, Feme Watson, Julia Sarvich, Wayne Campbell, Kenneth Oliver, Louise Green, Marjorie Wiemann, Mary Sanford. Winners of first, second and third in each of the three classes in the fiv semi-final district races will race in the finals at 10 a. m. Monday <i the Circle. All prizes will be awarded at that time. ADMITS OLD MURDER Prisoner Confesses Slaying Five Years Ago. By United Press TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. I.—A prisoner held in the county Jail here today has confessed, according to detectives, that he murdered Mrs. Clara Banneke, 45, who disappeared from Swartz Creek, Mich, five years ago. The man’s name was withheld pending the arrival of detectives from Flint, Mich., today. He was arrested here July 27, on charges of carrying concelaed weapons. Thursday night the man sent for officers and made the confession voluntarily. He said simply that he had killed the woman and disposed of her body. Beautify your home with the floor lamps, end tables, etc., offered at a bargain in tonight’s Misc. For Sale Want Ads.

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STUDY BUDGET TO ADVISE CITY ON EFFICIENCY Slack to Get Committee Report Recommending Economies. Councilman John F. White today headed a committee of councilmen which is preparing recommendations to the Mayor to increase the efficiency and economy of operation of city government. The councilmen’s study will be an outgrowth of several weeks’ perusal of the 1929 budget which was adopted formally Monday night. A tax rate of sl.lO, an increase of 7.5 cents over 1928, was approved. The levy will bring in about $9,373,000 on the $676,000,000 of assessable property. Edward W. Harris, council finance chairman, and Earl Buchanan will aid White in drafting the recommendations to the city’s executive. The report will embody some of the recommendations of the Chamber of Commerce civic committee report presented the council by William H. Book, civic director, and other facts revealed at the council budget sessions. “Persons before the budget committee gave us a number of leads to possible imuprovements in the governmental policies. We acquired a great deal of intimate knowledge on matters of policy which are directly of interest to a legislative body,” White declared The recommendations will include recommendations as to more detailed budgets in 1929, budgeting of special levy expenditures, listing of salaries paid to persons receiving money from more than one department, equalization of salaries, lengthy sick leaves of police and firemen and proper use of balances in funds at the end of the fiscal year. The position of bookkeeper in the safety board office, now held by Claude Wilson, nephew of former Mayor John L. Duvall, was not listed in the 1929 budget by council. Councilment fet the position of secretary and bookkeeper should be combined. City officials are prepared to defend the 7.5 increased rate before the State tax board if that body sees fit to reduce the 1929 appropriation and levy as it did last year. ITEMIZED LEVIES General $ .635 City sinking 04 Flood prevention sinking 015 War Memorial sinking 01 Police pension 01 Fire pension 01 Track elevation 02 Street resurfacing 02 Thoroughfare 015 City street improvement 022 Board of health 09 School health ' 01 Tuberculosis 005 Park board 06 Park sinking fund 02 Recreation 01 fanltatlon 07 anltatlon sinking ,03^ Total sl.lO APPROPRIATIONS: General fund $4,731,909.27 City sinking 282,978.75 Flood prevention sinking .... 100,795.00 War Memorial sinking 129.280.00 Police pension 67,500.00 Fire pension 67.500.00 Track elevation 670.000.00 Street resurfacing 135.000.00 Thoroughfare 308.250.00 City street improvement .... 144,500.50 Board of health 656,368.00 School health 82.000.00 Tuberculosis 60,550.00 Park board 534.654.64 Park sinking 270,886.98 Recreation 97.232.50 Sanitation 606,050.00 Sanitation sinking 257.763.10 Street commissioner, gasoline tax 50,000.00 Civil engineer, gasoline tax.. 120.000.00 Total $9,373,218.74 JUDGE CONDEMNS 2,000 Men and Women Executed During One Year. By United Press PEKIN, Sept. I.—A foreigner living in Kweiteh, Honan, in territory controlled by Marshal Feng YuHsiang, reports that one Chinese judge, Hsing Cheng-Chang, has ordered the execution of 2,000 men and women during the past year. The charge is chiefly banditry. The report adds that recently one of the Judge’s own spies was involved in the theft of SSO. The judge thereupon himself shot down the man.

GROWTH 1921 $29,281,610.92 1923 •33,373,130.91 1925 $41,320,993.09 1927 $45,682,848.25

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Smiles at Slaying Scene

Looking more like a genial host in his own estate than the defendant in a great murder trial, Leo P. Kelly, right, is shown with a deputy on the porch of the home where he is charged with murdering Mrs. Myrtle Melius, Los Angeles society woman. Kelly, it was alleged, was the clandestine sweetheart of Mrs. Melius.

Cold Speeds Ripening of Oats, Experiments Shozv

Early Chilling Is Founc to Hasten Late-Maturing Crops. By Times Special LENINGRAD, Sept. I.—Hardship in youth is good for oats, as it is said to be good for human beings. This grain of the North thrives best and ripens earliest when it ic sprouted at a low temperature, experiments by Prof. N. Maximow noted Russian plant physiologist indicate. Prof. Maximow exposed seed grain to temperatures of about 42 degrees Fahrenheit, only about ten degrees above freezing. The stalks from these seeds headed out earlier than those from seeds sprouted at a warmer temperature. This was true even when the early chilling period lasted only for a few days, and the two lots of grain were grown at the same temperature for the rest of their lives. It was found that this treatment held good for all plants that have a late ripening period. The experiments give scientific point to an old Russian folk seying: “If you want to grow rich fast, sow your oats in the mud.” It has long been held by the peasants that the best time for sowing oats is while the fields are still muddy (and hence chilly) from the melting of the winter’s snow. Another striking example of the effect of early influences was obtained by Prof. Maximow, working on the influence of light. He found that the effects of artificially lengthening or shortening the day for plants were just about as pronounced when the. treatment was carried on for a short period during the early seedling stage as when it was persisted in to maturity. According to its specific nature, a plant would ripen its seeds early under the stimulus of lengthened or shortened dayylight hours, even though that stimulus had been ap-

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plied weeks before the ripening period and then withdrawn. Plants are not concerned primarily with the whole of the white daylight when they respond to arti ficial darkening, Prof. Maximow discovered. He tried cutting off parts of the light supply, and found that when red and yellow light was withdrawn the plants acted as though they were in the dark, so far as thier response to the length of day was concerned. TOWN ALMOST TAXLESS Last Levy of 5 Mills Collected in 1926. Bu United Press HARRISBURG, Pa,, Sept. I.—A taxpayer s Utopia has been found in Pennsylvania. Records on file in the office of the Department of Internal Affairs here show that the borough of Armagh, in Indiana county, has such limited municipal needs that the visits of the tax collector are few and far between. The last time the residents of the borough paid taxes was in 1926. Then the levy was five mills. The total tax of $394.12 collected enabled the borough to operate in 1926, 1927 and It is still running on the same amount. Two Win Scholarships By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Sept. I.—Miss Marjorie Hook and Miss Elizabeth Westerfield have been awarded Indiana University scholarships for high grades ai students in the local high school. Three Killed at Crossing By United Press ATLANTIC CITY, N. J„ Sept. 1.Three persons were killed and three others injured today when their automobile crashed into a Pennsylvania freight train at a crossing near here today.

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DENIES HOOVER TRIED TO CHECK N. Y, ORY RAID Mrs. Willebrandt Irked by Rumor Nominee Asked for Soft Pedal. By Times Special WASHINGTON. Sept. I.—Herbert Hoover is not interfering with the enforcement of the prohibition law in New York nor elsewhere in the United States. This is on the authority of Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant attorney general in charge of prohibition enforcement, who is credited with having inspired the recent spectacular raids on Broadway night clubs. Mrs. Willebrandt, is outraged al press reports that Hoover, after confering with H. Edmund Machold. New York State chairman, and William H. Hill, chairman of the New York Hoover-Curtis campaign committee, called in Mrs. Willebrandt and sought to have her softpedal her official activities. Denies Hoover Connection After reading the articles which appeared in some newspapers Friday Mrs. Willebrandt invited newspaper reporters to her office and dictated this statement: “It is perposterous that Mr Hoover or any other candidate for a high and dignified office such as the presidency of the United States would presume to control the public officers in the discharge of public duties. Mr. Hoover has not done so and will not do so. The conduct of my official duties was not discussed with Mr. Hoover.” Hoover is continuing his conferences with political friends today, his callers including Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas. Hoover to See Babe Ruth This afternoon he is going out to the American League ball park to watch Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees play the Washington Senators. Hoover plans to spend Labor day quietly In Washington. He has no speeches to make nor any political engagements to keep. He plans to take a. day or two off next week for his annual fishing cruise in Chesapeake Bay.

DOG CATCHER REFUSES TO USE NET IN WORK Fears Cowboys Will Shoot Him for Butterfly Chaser. By United Press ODESSA, Texas, Sept. I.—While the police department was adding riot equipment, and various county officers were displaying modern machinery for handling their business, one official flatly refused to Join the up-to-date craze. Tom Flfer, city dog-catcher, won’t use a net in his end of the business, although he admits that it is being done by better class dogcatchers in other cities. He’s afraid to use one, as he explained: “If some of these old cowpunchers saw me running around town with a net, they’d think I’d started chsaing butterflies and shoot me.” Old Settlers in Reunion By United Press GEORGETOWN, Ind., Sept. I. Old settlers of Brown County met today in their fifty-third annual reunion at Hartman’s grove near here. Music was given by the Morgantown band. Several speeches were on the program. Prizes of $5 each were to be given tlr oldest man and woman present who have not been rewarded in previous years. An old fiddlers’ contest was to be held also. Pumpkin Weighs 120 Pounds By Times Snecial RENSSELAER. Ind., Sept. I.—A 120-pound pumpkin is on display at the Jasper County fair here. It was grown near Tefft by John Collins and won a blue ribbon.