Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 188, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 December 1928 — Page 3

DEC. 27, 1928_

HOOVER CUTS TOUR TO TEND TO FARM JAM Congress Leaders Tangle Over Special Session for Relief. BY PAUL R. MALLON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Presi-dent-Elect Herbert Hoover cut short his South American visit and is returning to the United States be cause his friends here were dissatisfied with the way things are going. They particularly are aroused because of the activities of congressional leaders who are beginning to fight over when farm relief and , tariff legislation is to be enacted; whether and when a special session of congress is to be called by the new President and over appointments. Letters outlining the situation reached Hoover in Buenos Aires. They urged that the Presidentelect abandon his plan for a more lengthy visit below the equator and curtail his program so he could return directly to Washington instead of landing at Key West for a winter vacation at Miami, Fla.

Presence Needed Hoover plans to remain in Washington a week or ten days before he goes to Miami. His friends believed the affairs could not be settled by telephone or telegraph and that Hoover’s presence absolutely was necessary. The first problem which will be put to Hoover will be the question of whether he wants farm relief legislation enacted now or whether he desires to call a special session of congress after his inauguration to deal with the problem. . President Coolidge has communicated to congress privately his de- , sire for immediate passage of farm legislation. The farm bloc is reluctant to follow these instructions. Its members want to wait until the special session is called, believing Hoover will sign a more satisfactory measure from their point of view, than will Coolidge. Senator Borah holds a similar opinion. He said today that -it would be impossible to act on the farm problem in the short session. Want Opinion on West The diverging congressional groups want a definite statement from Hoover as to whether he intends to call a special session and if so, when. This question involves the whole course of program of the present congress. For instance if Hoover desires to avoid a special session, he would want farm legislation passed now and tariff revision deferred until next December. The senate group contesting the nomination of Roy O. West, secre- > tary of interior, wants to know also whether Hoover intends to reappoint the secretary. No congressional delegations will meet Hoover when he arrives Jan. 8 at Old Point Comfort, Va. He will come to Washington by train, settting himself for a brief stay at his home here. '* House farm leaders plan to call on Hoover as soon as he returns ' here to obtain his farm relief pro- * gram. Hoove." is expected to confer with President Coolidge and ‘ then advise the farm bloc of the * administration’s attitude and his own desires. Jardine Urges Action > With Secretary of Agriculture ‘ Jardine urging immediate passage * of the new McNary bill, house leaders admit they are perplexed on how to handle the agriculture problem. They do not want to appear to be . opposing Jardine, who is believed to be representing the President’s view but at the same time they feel Hoover, with his campaign pledges to fulfill; should be consulted before any action is taken. Hoover, it was point out, will be held responsible for farm relief no ’ matter when legislation is enacted and he should have a free hand to appoint members of the federal farm board. Members said also that the pending McNary bill was the old Mc-Nary-Haugen measure without the equalization fee and that Hoover undoubtedly would have some new suggestions toward remedying the farm situation.

COUNTY LEGISLATORS TO DISCUSS PROGRAM City Manager Law Will Be Topic at Meeting Tonight. Marion county legislators will meet tonight at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss proposed legislation. Amendments to the city manager law probably will be discussed by Winfield Miller, state senator and City Manager League legislative chairman. The legislators have had several conferences with league leaders, but desired an opportunity to go over the proposed amendments in con- . ference. PLAN 20-YEAR~ CLUB ► - ■"■■■ Dinner for Employes to See Formation of Body. Employes of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company, who have records of twenty years or more gervice with the company, will meet at a dinner at the Athenaeum at 6:30 tonight to complete the formai tion of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company Twenty-Year Club, i At least 211 employes employed by the company twenty years are eligible to Join the club. Flag: at Half Mast for Servant ■ !hl United PriKß BOSTON, Dec. 27.—A flag at the 'British consulate was at half mast today as a tribute to Mrs. Rosina Winton, widow of a Boer war vet- ■ eran, who died after ten years’ service as a charwoman in the consular .quarters.

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BURY ITALIAN FIELD MARSHAL Coffin Carried Through Rows of Kneeling People. Bey United Press PALLANZA, Italy, Dec. 27.—Solemn requiem mass was said for Field Marshal Count Luigi Cadorna at St. Joseph’s church here today. Burial was in the Pallanza cemetery. The funeral cortege began moving from the church at 11 a. m. with the casket of the former commander of the Italian armies on a gun carriage drawn by six horses. The tri-color of Italy was wrapped around the casket. Cadorna's sword and cap lay on the casket, while his decorations were borne on a crimson pillow. Relatives and Crown Prince Umberto, representing the king, were in the cortege, followed by ambassadors from foreign countries. Clergymen and troops from all branches of the military service headed the procession, which marched slowly between deep rows of kneeling people, who pray;d as he coffin passed. Large quantities of flowers and laurel wreaths were thrown from icofs, windows and balconies on the coffin. There were no rifle salutes nor speeches and the coffin was carried to the Cadorna vault.

LOSE FAMILY TREES Few Americans Know of Ancestors, Scientist Says. By United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—The average American family is lost, not knowing where it started or where It is going, cr even how it got where it is, Dr. Florence Brown Sherborn of he University of Kansas, told delegates to the American Sociological Society today. “Few American families can produce even the branches of the family tree,” said Dr. Sherbon, “and when it comes to putting on the leaves and fruit of trait.'.: and achievements they usually are lost. Consequently, the social worker, when he wants to get data on ‘fitter families’ rarely finds historic information.” ~Dr. Sherbon urged a well-defined “fitter family” program for the United States, anci suggested that a department o fhealth and eugenics be established for examining and scoring “human stock.” FROM CHINA TO PRAIRIE Elms From Orient Are Relieving Kansas Landscape Monotony. By Science Service NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Elms from China are brightening the farms of Kansas and giving relief to the onetime level monotony of the windblown plains of the west, Dr. Frank C. Gates of the Kansas State Agricultural college, told the Botanical Society of America here today. West of the rolling prairie region the climate is too severe and droughty for the successful growth of the American elm, favorite street and yard tree in eastern states ever since colonial times. But three species of Asiatic elms have shown their ability to withstand the hot, droughty summers and the long, dry winters of the west. The best of the three, known to botanists as ulmus pumila, reaches a height of sixty feet and a trunk diameter of a foot under average Kansas conditions.

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TALK RECORD SET BY WOMAN College Girl Passes 42nd Hour of Marathon. By United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Miss Betty Wilson, college girl, set a world record at 8 a. m. today for continuous “Larynx” exercise by a woman. With the exception of a few minutes for eating, she had engaged in an unbroken monologue for fortytwo hours, at the “world rodeo,” brainchild of Milton Crandall, Pittsburgh promoter. Miss Wilson is one of the six woman contestants. Seven men, however, have been talking as long as she has. They are: Chief Hawk, Cherokee Indian; Howard Williams, a flag pole sitting champion; Simon Long, Brooklyn law student; Frank E. Cohen, George Palmer, Woodside, L. 1., fancier; Herbert Vos, anticapital punishment lecturer, and Claude Yeomens of Australia. This morning Miss Wilson showed the strain from her long effort, and wagers were being made that she could not last through the day. The number of competitors has been cut to twenty-three.

LESLIE NAMES AID John Brown |s Appointed Secretary. John J. Brown, Rockport, who was not reappointed tax commissioner by Governor Ed Jackson in order to make room on the board for Pliny Wolfard, Jackson’s secretary, has been appointed secretary to Governor-Elect Harry G. Leslie. He will take office Jan. 14, when Leslie is inaugurated. After relieving Brown of his tax commissioner’s position, Jackson tendered him the position of secretary, which had been held by Wol- i fard for your years. Brown declined and the position : w’ent to Gaylord Morton, who was; not reappointed in the auditor’s! office by Archie Bobbitt, state 1 auditor. POSSE TAKES SUSPECT IN U. S. AGENT MURDER Woodsman Captured Near Roseau, Minn., After 12-Hour Man Hunt. By United Press ROSEAU, Minn., Dec. 27.—Trapped by a sheriff’s posse after a twelvehour man hunt, a woodsman who gave his name as George Ryan, will be charged today with the first degree murder of Robert Lobdell, 30, immigrtaion inspector. Lobdell’s body with a bullet wound in the head was found along a border highway Tuesday. It was at first thought that he had been shot by rum runners, but Ryan was arrested after two witnesses reported that they believed they had seen him arguing with Lobdell. Ryan declined to say whether he was a Canadian or an American. He denied any connection with the death of the inspector. HIT-RUN DRIVERS HELD Two alleged hit-and-run drivers were under arrest today. They were Mrs. Florence Bewley, 1417 St. Peter street, charged with failing to stop when her car collided with another at New York and East street, Dec. 21, and Charles E. Mallory, 71, of 1725 North Illinois street, charged with striking and injuring Alfred Langford, Negro, 418 Blackford street, Dec. 13, at Tenth and Missouri streets. Lieutenant Frank Owen made the arrests.

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1,982 UIE UF FLU, PNEUMONIA IN LAST WEEK Deaths in 78 Cities and Million New Cases Are Reported. By United Press WASHINGTON. Dec. 27.—Nearly 2,000 persons died of influenza or pneumonia in seventy-eight of the larger American cities last week, the commerce department reported today. Beginning with 608 deaths in these cities of influenza or pneumonia for the week ending Nov. 3 the commerce department death list has grown each week and reached a total of 1,982 for the week ending Dec. 22. Estimate Million New Cases A total of 240,562 new influenza cases in thirty-nine states for the week ending Dec. 22 was shown today by reports to the United States public health service. This figure was multiplied by five to give an esmated total of 1,202,810 new cases for last week, as health service officials believe the state reports include only a portion of the total cases in existence. In the week preceding there was an estimated total of 700,000 new cases. States reporting today follow: Rhode Island, 14; New York City, 271; Ohio, 1,872; Minnesota, 1,749; Virginia (estimated), 40,000; West Virginia, 2,642; Georgia, 6,852; Tennessee, 4,101; Alabama, 1,518; Mississippi, 2,689; Oklahoma, 3.574; Idaho, 11; Wyoming, 320; California, 2,908. 59 Die Here Reports to the commerce department show 710 of the total number of deaths were caused by influenza and 1,272 by pneumonia. Some of the larger cities reported the following deaths: Boston, 38; Chicago, 259; Cincinnati, 18; Cleveland, 60; Dayton, 9; Denver, 78; Detroit, 79; Philadelphia, 166; St. Louis, 47; San Francisco, 27; Washington, D. C., 34; Kansas City, 72; Salt Lake City, 16; Portlai and, 20; Seattle, 28; Indianapolis, 59; Baltimore, 35; Buffalo, 39, and Rochester, 6. BURY PLANE VICTIM Full Military Honors Paid to Lieutenant Senges. Funeral services for Lieutenant William H. Senges, 36, pilot in the 309th observation squadron, officers’ reserve corps, who was killed Sunday, when the plane he was piloting crashed at Schoen field, Ft. Benjamin Harrison were held Wednesday. Full military honors were paid. Two airplanes piloted by Lieut. Lawrence Genaro and Lieutenant Charles Cunningham, Ft. Harrison fliers, circled overhead, while the body was lowered into the grave. Following services at the home of the widow’s mother, Mrs. William Meyer, 2645 Madison avenue, conducted by Rev. Robert Kuebler, pastor of Frieden’s Evangelical church of the Synod of North America, the body was taken to Crown Hill cemetery. C. A. BATES FUNERAL IS SET FOR FRIDAY Prominent Mason and Building Firm Official Died Wednesday. Funeral services for Charles A. Bates, 49, secretary of the Krebay Construction Company, who died Wednesday morning at his home, 2827 Bellefontaine street, of influenza, will be held at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon at the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary with burial in Crown Hill cemetery. Mr. Bates was born in Logansport and came to Indianapolis with his parents when a child. He was a member of the Ancient Landmark Masons, the Scottish Rite and the Shrine. He is survived by the widow and a daughter, Dorothy Jean Bates. CHILDREN DIVORCE CURE CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—Chicagoans stand a better chance of escaping the divorce court if they have children Os 9,621 decrees granted in Chicago courts this year, 85 per cent of the couples had no children. Cruelty led in causes for divorce with desertion a close second.

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Jailed by Nail By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—A protruding shoe nail caused him to stagger, Tony Williams explained to Police Judge Schuldt today. The judge expressed sympathy and told Williams his fine would only be $lO.

FARM SWITCH TO HARLON AIDS SENATE BOOM Richmond Man’s Drive for Post Gains Impetus at Meeting. Candidacy of Denver C. Harland, state senator, of Richmond, for president pro tern, of the state senate was given strong impetus at the conference of Republican senators today at the Severin when Senator Alonzo H. Lindley of Kingman, farm bloc candidate for the post, declared that he was for Harlan. Senator Bruce Cooper, of Posey county and first district chairman declared that he favored Harland for the post and Cooper was seconded by J. Clyde Homman, Marion county senator. The candidacy of James J. Nejdl of Lake county was not given much audible approvel. Nejdl was president of the 1927 senate. He obtained the election by one vote. He has established headquarters in the Claypool and has been strenuously campaigning for re-election. Seek Domination Break Nejdl and Harlan are viewed as the outstanding contenders for the post with the dropping out of Lindley. The disposition of the majority of the senators attending the conference was that in selecting Harlan the domination of Lake county, which had been so bitterly fought in other sessions of legislature would be halted, at least temporarily. The question of primary interest was what effect selection of Harlan would have upon the candidacy of James M. Knapp of Hagerstown for Speaker of the house. Both men come from the same county and it was felt that this would give too much power to one section. The representatives will confer at the Severin. Friday. Senators from farm counties displayed antipathy towards the candidacy of J. Glenn Harris of Gary for the speakership. Here again was felt the distrust of Lake county. Quiet on Wright Some favorable comment was voiced for Truman G. Murden of Cass county. Farm members of the senate declared that Murden would proven to be an excellent choice for speaker. Candidacy of Frank E. Wright, Marion county representative and father of the Wright Bone dry bill was received without comment. It was apparent that Wright was the candidate of the Anti-Saloon League only. Leland Fishback, who was in charge of the speaker’s bureau during the campaign, appeared to be the outstanding choice for secretary of the senate. Zell Swain, an employe of the state insurance commission, who has served as secretary, came in for mention. Snyder Billed for Clerk It seemed to be a foregone conclusion that A1 B. Snyder of Indianapolis, for twenty years an employe of the state printer, would be selected principal clerk of the house. Although the conference with State Republican Chairman Elza O. Rodgers was called for 11 a. m., it was decided to permit the senators to hold a get-together session in the lobby during the morning and to hold the conference following luncheon. The conference was devoted to expressions of opinion regarding proposed legislation. Discussion of the state platform of which the modification of the state primary law is the principal feature, was left untouched. There seemed to be p distaste among assembly members for the subject. The plank advocates the nomination of United States senator and Governor in the state convention, and nomination of congressmen in the district conventions.

GAS COMPANY TRUSTEES ARE IN CONFERENCE Parley Is Preliminary to Election of Directors Jan. 14. Citizens Gas Company trustees and directors met this afternoon in private conference, preliminary to the Jan. 14 meeting to elect new directors of the company. The session was held in the directors’ room of the gas company building. Maryland and Pennsylvania streets. It was reported that trustees desired to discuss the contemplated transfer of the gas properties to the city, in accordance with the original contract, made in 1905, with the view to obtaining their opinions. If any o: the present directors are opposed openly to carry out the original agreement of the city franchise, providing that the city take over the plant, it was understood they would not be re-elected by the five trustees who have voting power for the certificate of stockholders. Buying Up Stocks Trustees are on record in favor of carrying out the original agreement, provided they are not ordered to make other disposition of the* property by a “court of last resort.” The fact that financial interests have been buying up huge blocks of the cerificates, with the view to fighting municipal control, gave rise to reports that there may be a few of the directors who are “in the know” relative to the move of utiltiy interests to prevent the city from enforcing its rights. It has been estimated that more than 50 per ctfnt of the certificates are in “unfriendly hands,” indicating a group of financiers plans to fight the move. City to Hire Counsel Robert Lieber. Lucius B. Swift, Henry Kahn, Gus Schnull and Thomas L. Sullivan, president, are the trustees. John R. Welch is president of directors. Mayor L. Ert Slack today instructed the city legal department to prepare contracts with Fred C. Gause and John W. Holtzman as special city counsel in the gas case. Appointments will be effective Jan. 1. The council appropriated $15,000 from the 1929 contingency fund for employing the attorneys to protect the interests of the city in the fight to take over the utility. Slack will set out his plans for “saving the gas company for the citizens” in a letter to the attorneys which will accompany the contracts. Two Major Problems The mayor will point out that the two major problems before the special counsel are to determine the best procedure for the city to take over the utility as planned under the 1905 contract and the method of operation. He will ask the attorneys to prepare legislation creating a utility unit, which would enable the city to operate the gas company after it has taken it over from the five trustees. “I personally feel that the trustees should take steps to redeem the $2,000,000 common stock by some sort of a mortgage, but that is a matter which will be left to the special counsel,” Slack said. NESBIT KILLS SELF Brother of Evelyn Commits Suicide by Hanging. Bii United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Howard W. Nesbit, 41, brother to Evelyn Nesbit, committeed suicide in the kitchen of his home Wednesday night by hanging himself from a steam pipe

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CITY IS LINKED ON RADIO CHAIN Scripps - Howard Newspapers Interested in Project. Indianapolis is to be one of the key cities on the radio chain of the recently incorpirated Universal Wireless Communication Company, it was announced in Washington today when the federal radio commission granted the new company forty full channel short wave lengths. Within a year the new company, incorporated at $25,000,000, is expected to begin major competition with the Western Union and Postal telegraph companies. The company’s radio network will include every state in the Union and will embrace 110 cities. The telegraphic field will be entered as soon as fundamental stations can be erected. At least fifteen of these stations must be completed by Dec. 31, 1929, according to the radio commission’s terms. Plans of several newspapers and press associations to use the air also were revealed when the radio commission granted twenty short, wave lengths for the use of newspapers and news gathering agencies. The Scripps-Howard newspapers and the United Press Association are among the concerns at present interested in the venture, by which the wireless service will be available to all newspapers, according to the commission’s ruling. Representatives of the press will confer with the commission in the near future to discuss plans, wave length frequencies and channel assignments. BLAST PLOT FOILED Seek Woman as Bomber of Cicero Mayor’s Home. Bn United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 27. Police in Cicero, a “village” of 70,000 persons on the west side of Chicago, hunted a woman today in an attempt to solve the attempt to murder Mayor Klenha and his family of three by placing twelve sticks of dynamite on his front porch. ‘ The fuse had burned to within a fraction of an inch of the dynamite when Klenha found the bomb.

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AUTO PLUNGES 4 INTO TRAIN; SIX PERSONS DEAD Driver Fails to See Gates of Warning; Boy Near Death. Bit UnitnJ Press CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—00wn from the north sped a Soo line passenger train. The bell at the Oak Park grade crossing clanged a warning that the gates were about to descend. Suddenly on to the tracks through a blinding rain storm shot an automobile loaded with seven persons. There was a crash as the cowcatcher of the locomotive struck the car amidships. A hundred yards ahead its brakes grinding sparks from the wheels, the train came to a halt. Joseph Baherty, the crossing watchman hastened down the tracks. In the wrecked tonneau of the automobile and along the right of way of the Chicago Great Western railroad tracks, lay the broken bodies of two mothers, two fathers and two children. A four-year-old boy was still alive and was to taken to Oak Park hospital where he probably will die. There the dead were identified as Mr. and Mrs. Halver Olsen; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Olsen, the latter’s 7-year-old son, and the former’s 11-year-old daughter. The 4-year-old boy was said to be Robert, another son of Henry Olsen. The families were en route back to their homes after attending a three-day Jhristmas celebration with relatives. Police took the crossing watchman into custody for questioning. He said he believed Henry Olsen’s attention had been diverted by another motorist who raced across the tracks just in time to miss the train. COUNSEL’S CONSCIENCE SAVES MAN LIFE TERM Prosecutor Passes Up Chance to Give Bootlegger Limit, H>f l nlt at Prc*H MUSKEGON, Mich., Dec. 27. Alex Zack, who makes liquor for his own consumption will serve ten months to one year imprisonment instead of a life term because the conscience of Prosecutor Harold Smedley would not allow him to jail a man for life for liquor law violations. Zack worked eighteen hours a day and supported his wife and seven children. Zack was sentenced Wednesday for the fourth time for breaking the dry law, but instead of receiving the life term, for fourth conviction, received the., shorter sentence because Sm idley refused to include the pre ious convictions in his bill of particulars. In sentencing Zack, Judge John Vanderwerp, and ardent dry, said the supreme court may declare Michigan’s habitual criminal act invalid. SHIP BURNS; ONE KILLED Explosion in Galley Starts Blaze on Navy Vessel. Bn United Press KEY WEST, Fla., Dec. 27.—One man was killed and three others injured when the lighthouse tender Poinsettia caught fire and exploded at her berth in the navy yard today. The explosion occurred when a cook struck a match in the galley to start breakfast. The entire port side of the craft was blown away.