Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 191, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1928 — Page 13

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IXIE COUPLE lO DIE; PLAYED | SNYDER-GRAY Bllage Doctor and Light of PLove to Pay Murder Penalty in Noose. IoGM DATE IS JAN. 5 louisiana Governor Not to I Interfere, After Giving I Yule Reprieve. B y SEA Service FRANKLIN, La., Dec. 31.—A mall-town physician and his maried light-o’-love, who chose to take le Snyder-Gray murder case as a lodel of action when their mixed ves came to a crisis, will hang in |e courtyard of the red-brick parBi jail here on Jan. 5 unless Gov■nor Huey P, Long changes his Bind. ■The man is Dr Thomas E. Dreher r Morgan City—-a middle-aged Bader of the “aristocracy” of that ■pall town. ®The woman is Mrs. Ada Bonner le Boeuf, wife of a power plant sufcrintendent and mother of six nildren. ■ls she goes to the scaffold—and Be Governor has indicated he will E>t interfere—she will be the first Ihite woman hanged in Louisiana. ■ Given Christmas Reprieve Brhe proposed double execution Bs stirred the state. Originally, 0? hanging was set for Dec. 21, Bt it was postponed on account ■ Christmas. ■Since the reprieve was granted Be state pardons board has reversed Bformer decision and recommendHlife imprisonment for the pair, Long intimated that this Commendation would be refused. Hbr. Dreher and Mrs. Le Boeuf ■i been intimate for some time, Ui Le Boeuf’s suspicions had been Aused, so much so that he is said ■ have threatened the life of the Hptor. Hit that time the Snyder-Gray He was much in the newspapers. Hese small town lovers read about Hind decided to copy it. They adHtted as much after their arrest. H Try Snyder-Gray Tactics Ho they arranged a meeting with ■ Boeuf for one night on Lake PaHrde, just outside the town, “to He things over.” With them they Hk James Beadle, a trapper and Hp a hired man for Dr. Dreher. Hvhen Le Bouef’s boat reached the Bdezvous he was shot to death, ■idle slashed his body with a knife Hghted it down with railroad iron, Hed 200 feet into the lake and Hed it overboard. was against them. Lake was in flood at the time they had rowed in the wrong H:tion. Le Bouef’s body fell in water, and when the flood ' Hied it was exposed to view. ■td they rowed an equal distance Kother direction the body would gone down 200 feet and the ,H might have escaped detection. pjgßen they were arrested Beadle nerve, pleaped guilty and life sentence. The doctor V|wß,irs. Le Bouef chose to fight it Trial Was Sensational r trial was the sensation of Jvjgte. The little courtroom was counsel fought bitwhen the vei'dict was jKJ them they continued their ■They took their case to the ;/.■ States supreme court, and had eleven of the jurors f " y.Swpetition for clemency—the had gone to Texas and JMfljftt be found. Then, in seekREjMßiency, the convicted pair rShIH entirel y new story of the S®|3Haying that Le Boeuf had arijooMßohe lake meeting to murder I?fj|msier and that Beadle killed * when opened fire. Mfijrajal two are waiting, now, in little jail here—dgVWfor Jan. 5, when they are qfeßjrajl to play the last act in the |lJftSßhat began when they actions of Ruth Sny- . OTjflßJudd Gray as their model. QG 63 YEARS OLD eb rates Anniversary in ’>£ ■ jSSlanncr for Sussex Estate. Sussex, Dec. 31. famous poet, cele-sixty-third birthday quion his beautiful counBatesman. i|m:ias appeared but little in last few years, hiding Jjan all sight-seers and **. v' '* SfJthe little valley beneath Sussex town. He is in . and walked about Harly today with his wife, 63 years old Monday. S TO IMPROVE Dec. 31.—Some rJyg&sjent. particularly among fv-jfs and unskilled workers, for 19'20 by Director labor department's emhere today. T * however, he preHf will be well employed, world enters into the -t t : : BBith greater confidence employment, basis !Mn 1928 ’” Jones said. .'tv Me Wins Convention r this afternoon j# the national conven- - three Negro Greek '.•■d'fiSaiities at the Bethel Baltimore, Md„ ~ ’* ' the 1929 session.

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It’s Almost Wampas Pickin’ Time in Hollywood

Hollywood hasn’t yet announced Its thirteen selections for “The Wampas Baby S.ars of 1929.” but these young ladies are almost certain HBHjfog: m t*mUL HH / m 11 / S to be among those thus picked for future stardom. (1) Anita Page, I (2) Doris Dawson, (3) Ethlyne Clair, (4) Raquel Torres, (5) Merna mm I Kennedy, (6) Mona Rico, (7) Loretta Young, (8) Jean Arthur. jit * I Every year about this time the Wampas, organization of Holly- V / ■ ■ AHiITII AIIT wood publicity men, settles down to the business of selecting the thirteen young girls who show promise of making the greatest strides in ’ \ / ML OITII lIBUU I film circles during the coming year. To date the organization has "—' made a great record, many of the biggest stars such as Colleen Moore, Jp AP |A| ALB All F Clara Bow, Dolores Del Rio and Dolores Costella having gotten their * \ lip 111 IS Hll fvE I starts as Wampas protegees. m Ml ULnUIIUITIL It will be several weeks yet before the baby stars are announced. ** ~ r=== r9J— ~~

Hollywood hasn’t yet announced its thirteen selections for “The Wampas Baby S.ars of but these young ladies are almost certain to be among those thus picked for future stardom. (1) Anita Page, (2) Doris Dawson, (3) Ethlyne Clair, (4) Raquel Torres, (5) Merna Kennedy, (6) Mona Rico, (7) Loretta Young, (8) Jean Arthur. Every year about this time the Wampas, organization of Hollywood publicity men, settles down to the business of selecting the thirteen young girls who show promise of making the greatest strides in film circles during the coming year. To date the organization has made a great record, many of the biggest stars such as Colleen Moore, Clara Bow, Dolores Del Rio and Dolores Costella having gotten their starts as Wampas protegees. It will be several weeks yet before the baby stars are announced.

ARMY PLANE WILL SEEK WORLD MARK

PENNSY TO RETIRE FOUR Railroad to Pension State Employes on New Year’s Day. Four Indiana employes of the Pennsylvania railroad will be among a group of ninety-four to be retired on pension New Year’s day. They include George W. Weaver, conductor, Logansport; Charles W. Miller, crossing watchman, Jeffersonville; William F. Long, electrician, Terre Haute, and James H. Currie, machinist helper, New Albany. The railroad has retired 21,935 employes since establishment of its pension system in 1900, of which 9,132 still are living and receiving pensions. NAB NEGRO SLAYER Two-Day Man Hunt Ended; Killed Policeman. Bn United Press TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 31.—David Ware, 61-year-old Negro, wanted on a murder charge of state trooper Peter Glaydes, was arrested Sunday night in Carteret, N. J., after one of the greatest man hunts in New Jersey history. The capture ended a forty-eight-hour search by volunteer posses, state troopers, bloodhounds, airplanes and an army dirigible. Ware was arrested when the man whom he asked for food and shelter and to whom he confided he had killed a man, called the police. Ware surrendered without a struggle. He was arrested Friday evening upon the complaint of Mrs. Pansy Keaton, a Negro of Robbinsville, with whom he boarded. He was being taken to Highstown in a police car by Glaydes, accompanied by Mrs. Keaton. Ware, according to police, struck Gladyes and cut his throat after Glaydes had told him to keep quiet when Ware started to abuse Mrs. Keaton. Ware then took the dead policeman’s revolver and cartridge belt and escaped into the woods.

RETIRES AS FIREMAN After 34 Years of Service G. G. Toon, Quits, Pals Give Him Present. George G. Toon, 69, of 1128 North Oakland avenue, a fireman stationed at Engine House 25, retired today after thirty-four years service with the Indianapolis fire department. His engine house companions gave him a smoking stand and cigars. Toon served as a captain from 1899 to 1924. TWO LOOT BANK; ESCAPE Bandits Take $1,500, Warning Woman Manager Against Scream. Bn United Press CLEVELAND, 0., Dec. 31.—Two bandits today held up a branch bank of the Franklin Savings and Loan Company here and escaped with $1,500 in cash and currency. Mrs. Mary Roseberry, manager, was told to “stay here fifteen minutes and don’t scream.”

ENGLAND IS PARADISE OF SMOKER; PUFFS PERMISSIBLE EVERYWHERE

BY MILTON BRONNER NEA Service Writer LONDON, Dec. 31.—England is the paradise of the smoker. In no other country is the lover of the fragrant wed allowed so many liberties. To begin with, there is hardly a restaurant or hotel dining room in which one may not smoke at will. Occasionally there is one restriction—pipe smoking is forbidden.

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Craft Will Stay Aloft Till Motors Wear Out in Test. Bn United Press VAN NUYS, Cal., Dec. 31.—At dawn New Year’s day the army plane Question Mark, carrying five fliers, will roar away from Metropolitan airport here in an attempt to set anew world’s endurance flight record by staying aloft until the motors wear out. Fuel, food, and supplies will be transferred from a smaller plane while both ships are circling high above the city. Refueling tests were conducted successfully at San Diego, Saturday, and officers are confident anew sustained flight record will be the answer to the Question Mark. Major Carl Spatz, commanding the flight, has announced that every test had been tried before the Question Mark left San Diego yesterday, and that chances for success were bright. The mystery ship, accompanied by its sister plane, arrived here after a two-hour (light from San Diego. While little work remains to be done on the plane, mechanics were engaged today in giving the motors their final touching up. The refueling plane was scheduled to fly here today from San Diego and complete preparations for the flight.

‘COPY BOY!’ CALLS HIS LAST EDITOR

Jimmy Durkin of Tribune, ‘World’s Greatest,’ Dies at 49. Bn United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—It’s “thirty” for Jimmy Durkin, “the world’s greatest copy boy.” “Thirty”—the copy symbol that indicates to newspaper men that the work is finished—was written on Jimmy’s record by heart disease after thirty-three years of carrying copy in the editorial rooms of the Chicago Tribune. The longest story in the Tribune this morning was devoted to Jimmy. It occupied the choice position on the first page and ran two and one half columns long. Jimmy, christened James Aloysius, was 49 years old and had bossed reporters and editors since 1895 until early Sunday when stricken on his way home after “putting the paper to bed.” One of Jimmy’s traditional duties was to release the reporters for the night with “all right there, gents, if you’re clear,” meaning they could go home if they had finished their work. Jimmy had bossed many “cubs” on the Tribune who later rose to national, prominence in the newspaper field. Rob Blind Vendor’s Home R. L. Summers, blind newspaper vender, returned to his home at 945 North Illinois street Sunday night to learn that thieves had ransacked the home and taken his radio and $25 in cash.

Smoking is permitted ir all hotel lounges except one, which is reserved for old ladies who object. All trains are provided with carriages in which smoking is permitted, and these greatly outnumber those in which smoking is not allowed. Smoking is freely permitted in the restaurant cars and in the sleeping cars. Men do not have to huddle in the washroom of a Pullman as they do in America.

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, DEC. 31,1928

WOMAN TRAPS NEGRO SLAYER Captures Killer as Posses Search State. Bn United Press PARCHMAN, Miss., Dec. 31. Charles Shepherd, 41-year-old Negro, hunted for four days by national guardsmen, sneriff’s posses and volunteers, after he murdered J. D. Duvall, prisn farm guard, and abducted the guard’s 18-year-old daughter Ruth, was taken into custody by a woman today when his own brother revealed his hiding place. m Miss Laura May Keiler was the woman who captured Shepherd and turned hi mover to national guardsmen. He had taken refuge in his brother’s hut on the Keiler plantation and the brother notified Miss Keiler that he was there. She armed herself with a shotgun and went to the hut alone. Shepherd was not armed and gave himself up when Miss Keiler pointed the gun at him and ordered him to surrender. Emotions throughout this section of the state were keyed to a high pitch by the outrage which Shepherd had committed, and although Ruth Duvall escaped from him and made her way back to the prison farm Saturday, it was considered likely that the Negro would be lynched if he were not kept in hiding.

TALKIE DERBY FLOPS: SO DO ITS ENTRANTS Marathon, Out of Wind, Ends Like a Child’s Balloon; Money Failure. Bn United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—The world's only talking marathon ended officially at 11:45 o’clock Saturday night, but some contestants still continued talking over the weekend. Herbert A. Voss, 24, of Bronx, exercised his vocal chords in a cell, instead of a platform, while Albert Hartz of Brooklyn, talked from a cot in Bellevue hospital. Voss was arrested for disorderly conduct after he had been dismissed from the contest. Hartz collapsed fifteen minutes 'before the marthon ended. Betty Wilson and Howard Williams, who tied for the SI,OOO prize, and who are each to collect SSOO this afternoon, were a bit disgruntled, because they did not win the SI,OOO. Milton C. Crandall, promoter of the show admitted it was a financial flop. TEETH PULLED: DIES Heart Attack Believed Result of Extraction Two Days Before. Two days after he had two teeth pulled, Robert Williamson, 55, of 317 East St. Clair street, died today in Indiana Christian hospital from a heart attack believed to have been brought on by the dental operation.

THE underground trains all have more cars in which smoking is permitted thap those in which it is forbidden. „The tram cars have a top story in which smoking is allowed. So have the omnibuses. The vast bulk of the London theaters permit smoking in the auditorium. Every movie in town permits it. This is in sharp contrast with America. In New York, for in-

AL SMITH OUT OF ‘OLDJMME’ Governor Quits New York State Mansion. Hu United Prcxs ALBANY, N. Y„ Dec. 31.—Governor Alfred E. Smith was an outsider today with respect to the brownstone mansion that is the official state residence of the governor. For the first time in six years, the Governor did not awaken in the mansion today, for he and his family moved out last night—on the occasion of the Governor’s 55 birthday—to the DeWitt Clinton hotel. There the Governor will remain until he relinquishes control of the state government after a tenure of four terms, three of them in succession. Smith’s moving from the mansion was marked by no note of sadness, for he arranged to move his family after having a party celebrating his birthday. He will remain at the DeWitt Clinton hotel until after Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated tomorrow and then with his wife will go directly to New York, probably in William Kenny’s private car, which has been placed at Smith's disposal. Smith has declined to comment on his future plans other than to say he has taken a suite at the Biltmore hotel in New York city.

PLAN NEW BUILDING 10-Story Structure to Be Built in Circle. Plans to erect a modern office building on the southeast corner of Monument Circle and East Market street were announced today by Leo M. Rappaport of the Tower Realty Company. The building will cost upward of $1,000,000 and will be more than ten stories high. Work will begin April 1. The State Savings and Trust Company will lease its present quarters, 9 Eest Market street, for nine-ty-nine years to the Tower Realty Company, involving a rental of approximately $2,000,000 and a cash consideration, President Scott R. Brewer stated. The present bank building will be razed to make way for the new structure. Rubush & Hunter, architects, are drawing plans for the new structure. DISCOVER DEADLY GAS War Will Be “International Suicide” With Its Use, Chemist Says. Bn United Press LONDON Dec. 31.—The wellknown chemist, Milton Jones, announced today the discovery of a new gas, so deadly that it would make war “international suicide,” Jones said the gas causes death instantly with the slightest inhalation. ANN OUNCE REALTY DEAL West Washington Property Held at SI,OOO Front Foot. Ira P. Haymaker of Boyd M. Ralston real estate agency, today announced the sale of property at 463 West Washington street to Mrs. Frank D. Stalnaker. The property was sold by Ora Powell at a figure reported to be SI,OOO a front foot.

stance, it is an offense even to take a lighted cigar or cigaret down the stairs to the subway, much less smoke in the cars or on the platforms. Germanic countries have been more like the United States in this regard. There are practically no theaters in Berlin where one is permitted to smoke. Smoking is Uowed on top of tram cars and busses, but these are uncovered, so that it is like smok-

REVELERS TO FACE TROUBLE FROM SLEUTHS Army of Dry Agents Will Patrol Chicago, Seeking Flask-Toters. CLEANUP IS PROMISED Federal, County and City Authorities Will Join to Curb Crime. Bn United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 31. —Celebrators polished and filled their flasks today for what the government prohibition department says will be the last New Year’s eve in Chicago when such things will have any use. Before 1929 has run its course, liquor will be hard to get here, was the New Year’s promise of George E. Q. Johnson, United States district attorney. The drive to put a real lid on wet Chicago will start tonight, he said. Two hunrded dry agents will don Tuxedos tonight and visit cases, hotels and cabarets, with orders to arrest violators of the Volstead act. Some of the agents will be accompanied by women operatives. One of the first steps in the campaign to clamp down the lid will be putting all minor liquor cases in the “racketeer court,” anew division of municipal court. There the government will prosecute minor liquor cases, relieving the docket of the federal courts and permitting prohibition agents to concentrate on large conspiracies and syndicates. John A. Swanson, state’s attorney, elected on a platform to clean up Chicago, will put an assistant on the ‘racketeer court” and government agents will file their cases there. Johnson said by leaving his office free from minor prosecutions he and his assistants would be in a position to hamper the liquor racketeers by taking the “easy money” out of the business. Saloons will be the first objects of the drive, Johnson said, followed by a war on the distributors and then to climax the campaign, an attack on manufacturers and smugglers. Tight in Gotham Bn United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—The shrill blasts of police whistles will have a prominent place in the uproar tonight when New York shouts the old year out. Grover Whalen, police commissioner, has announced he will continue his raids on “crime breeding” speakeasies, but will not molest night clubs. Since he neglected to specify just where his patrolmen would draw the line between night clubs and speakeasies, Broadway is prepared for anything. To New Yorkers, a speakeasy is a place where you put your foot on the brass rail, salute the bartender, and drink a fair quality of rye whisky at 50 cents a “shot.” A night club is a place where you sit at a table in a smoke-filled room and pay $1 a bottle for 25-cent ginger ale and in most cases provide your own liquor. Speakeasies usually are quiet; night clubs not olny breed noise, they thrive on it. Sunday was the busiest Sunday the police department ever has had. by midnight 454 persons were in cells, seven of whom were wanted on homicide charges. Among the prisoners was William Bailey, who is being held in connection with the murder of Frankie Yale, former gang leader of Brooklyn. Bailey is not accused of the actual slaying of Yale, but police believe he can supply valuable information. It was the first arrest in the case since Yale was murdered last July. Most of the 454 suspects were seized in speakeasies, which Whalen insists provide gathering places for criminals. Squads of police went through the five boroughs, entering doors through which no policeman had even passed before unless he happened to be in search of a drink. YOUTH TTOPS SUICIDE Woman Prevented From Hurling Self Into Fall Creek. A 15-year-old boy checked the efforts of a woman, to commit suicidd by hurling herseif into Fall creek from the Meridian street bridge, Sunday night. The woman, wearing only a dress and slippers, was Mrs. Maude Hodnick, 33, of Chicago. Her rescuer, who grasped her and shouted for aid when she attempted to climb to the stone balustrade, is Marshall Moore, 1226 Ashland avenue. Mrs. Hodnick, who formerly lived at the Graystone hotel, 239 North Illinois street, is held in the detention ward at city hospital.

ing in the open air, whereas most of the top stories of the London busses and tram cars are glassed in. tt # tt IN Vienna the extreme of rigidity is observed. The theatergoer is not only forbidden to smoke in the auditorium, but is not even allowed to smoke in the lobby. Vienna municipal authorities have a wholesome fear of fires.

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20 Tips on Traffic to Help YOU

Here are twenty tips for the motorist who ivants to obey the new traffic code, effective on New Year’s day. Clip them and memorize the regulations. Park flat-to-curb, except in vicinity of city market. Stop at all “through” streets before joining the stream of traffic: Remember the driver on the right has the right of way when you’re driving on a through street. Pedestrians move only on “go” signals at corner controlled by electric signals or policemen, and have right-of-way over vehicles. At Washington and Illinois, Pennsylvania and Meridian streets the special period for pedestrians is retained. Remember the yellow caution light is shown only after the “go” to warn of the approaching stop signal. Use your horn only as a signal when approaching a car or person and not as a “door bell.” Parking for more than an hour prohibited on all streets between 2 and 6 a. m. to prevent use of streets as garages. The pedestrian has the right of way over traffic when he once starts from the curb on the “go” signal until he has reached opposite curb or a safety zone. Provisions of the ordinance apply to public employes except those operating police or fire emergency cars. Traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the intersection when the yellow caution light is shown, except when a stop can not be made in safety. It is illegal for pedestrians to cross streets diagonally in the congested downtown area, Keep to the pedestrian lanes at the end of the block. Pedestrians shall use the right half of cross walk when possible. Standing in the roadway to solicit a ride in private cars is unlawful. Drivers must give right of way to street cars when signal is given motorist in front of street car. No operator shall drive on car tracks after a street car has started to cross an intersection. It is unlawful to park more than one hour in the district bounded by Capitol avenue, New York, Delaware and Maryland streets, and more than one and one-half hours in the territory bounded by Senate avenue, Michigan, New Jersey and South streets. No vehicle for sale should be parked on the street. Drivers must give arm signals designating intention to turn or stop. Right turns only are permitted from private drives or alleys in the congested area. All vehicles must stop before entering the traffic stream from an alley or private drive. Interference with the operator’s safe control of a vehicle by such a number of persons in the front seat as is deemed dangerous is unlawful. All vehicles must have front and rear lights displayed a half hour before sunset and after sunrise. It is unlawful for drivers of private cars or public conveyances to disobey a railroad crossing warning. DEATH TAKES ENGINEER; RITES ARE ARRANGED Supervising- Architect for Spink Company Succumbs at Home. Funeral services were being arranged today for William K. Eldridge, 70, of 3515 North Pennsylvania street. Indianapolis engineer who died at his home Sunday afternoon. Mr. Eldridge, the first graduate of the Purdue university engineering school and former Lafayette city engineer, came to Indianapolis in 1900. He was supervising architect for E. G. Spink Company fifteen years. At his death he was a member of the firm of Eldridge & Fox, building contractors. He also was a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Indiana Engineering Society, and a directer and treasurer of the Indiana Engineering Society. Surviving are the widow, a daughter, Mrs. Helen Eldridge Pohlnian, and two granddaughters of Napoleon, O.; a sister, Mrs. John O. Morgan, Glendale, Cal., and a brother, Charles Eldridge, Troy, N. Y.

SPURNS SUICIDE POISON Muncie Boy Discloses Grandmother’s Attempt to End Life. Bn Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 31.—Mrs. Emma Way, 58, fearing she would be evicted from her home because she was unable to pay rent, attempted suicide by poisoning, and sought to take with her in death her favorite grandson, Estel Hopper, 10. The boy did not take poison his grandmother gave him and informed neighbors of her act. Her condition is reported fair by hospital attendants.

Paris bids fair soon to link itself up rather on the side of New York, Berlin and Vienna rather than with London. Chiappe, the energetic new prefect of police, has decided agains l smoking in all amusement place; unless permission has beer granted at the express request oi the managers and then only after a body of his technical experts has inspected and approved the ventilation and fire precautions.

CITY TRAFFIC IS UNDER NEW CGDETUESDAY Radical Changes Are Made in Old Control System by Council. PUBLIC TO GET CHANCE Chief Worley Declares His Force Will ‘Be Patient at First.’ The traffic code recently adopted by city council will go into effect Tuesday at 7 a. m. Although the new regulations are a radical departure from the present system, Police Chief Claude M. Worley expects no difficulty in enforcing telim, because the public has familiarized itself with the ordinance. The ordinance was passed by council after a careful study of traffic problems by a committee headed by Robert E. Springsteen. The model municipal traffic plan which Is being adopted widely throughout the country was used as a basis. Various sections were adapted to local conditions. “We will be generous in enforcement of the new rules until the public has a chance to become thoroughly familiar with the changes. It will take some time to get all the signs up, as required,” said Chief Worley. Called Good Measure “The ordinance is a good safety measure and should be obeyed by every one. I hope the public will obtain copies of the pamphlet and study it. Copies can be obtained at police headquarters or at the city clerk’s office. Worley said ♦■he department will be handicapped in erecting new signs on preferential and stop streets because of lack of funds in the 1929 budget. “We’re going to find some way to get funds with which we can erect the signs. We are going to enforce the new ordinance as it should be,” Worley said. The traffic department has supplied officers with the code and Lester E. Jones, traffic captain, called attention of officers to special provisions. Although the code provides that pedestrians shall move “on the goj sign” at intersections, the three-way] signals, with an interval for pedes-l t.rians, will be retained at Illinois! Meridian and Pennsylvania inter# sections on Washington street. I Board Gets Power The code permits the board of safety to deviate from the prescribed system by an emergency clause which provides that the board can handle any situation by special order. If City Engineer A. H. Moore and the street railway company devise a plan for elimination of right and left street car turns in the downtown sections, the bell signal will be abolished. City Clerk William A. Boyce Jr., pointed out the need for motorists and pedestrians to “know their rights and duties.” “Inattention and thoughtlessness are largely responsible for accidents. Every motorist should realize that it is essential to give his undivided attention to driving for safety's sake,” Boyce said. Boyce wrote the safety board, pointing out that the ordinance provides the board shall designate taxi, bus and safety zones. Right of Way Explained Boyce stressed the importance of motorists understanding the new provision for preferential streets. Motorists are entitled to the right-of-way over cars from the left after they have stopped at a preferential “stop” street. Heretofore the motorist had difficulty In getting into a stream of traffic on a preferential street. The yellow warning light at electric signals will be shown only after the green “go” sign under the new code. All auotmobiles must be parked flat to curb except on Ohio between Delaware and East streets and on Market between Delaware and Alabama, in the vicinity of city market. Flat parking will be permitted on Manument Circle under the new code.

MILLIONS SOUGHT FOR FEDERAL BUILDINGS Commission Will Ask Congress for Huge Amount. Bn Times Special WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—Congress will be requested next month by the joint postofflee-treasury public buildings commission to authorize an additional $25,000,000 for construction of new federal buildings in all sections of the country. This decision just has been reached by the four members of the commission, who are meeting daily to complete the allocation of the $265,000,000 which congress already has authorized. . Although this sum will be adequate to construct new federal buildings In more than 300 ■cities, such large amounts are required for some of the larger cities that smaller towns will have to be neglected unless more money is forthcoming. 10,671 in Sheibyville tin Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Dec. 31. The population of Sheibyville Is 10,671, according to estimates of city officials just made public. The 1920 census gave 9,701 as the population, the estimate showing an increase of 10 per cent.