Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 277, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 April 1929 — Page 11
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CANDIDATES IN HORDES SEEK CITY OFFICES Filing by 106 Persons Sets New Record at South Bend, 44 ENTER AT ANDERSON " Fifty-One Names on Three; Tickets Await Kokomo Ballot, Bend with 106 persons seeking nominations for city offices, and La Porte with each ticket filled, thus making a primary election unnecessary, are the extremes in Indiana cities with the preliminary to municipal elections, the May 7 primary, less than a month away. Withdrawals can be made up to Friday. Never before in Sou’h Bend's history have so many persons entered a race for office. There are f itysix Republicans and fifty Democrats entered, but only one Democrat is seeking the Democratic mayoralty nomination—William Ru Hinkle, works board president. Republican contenders for that honor are City Judge Chester L. Ducomb and William A. Bertsch, St. Joseph county G. O. P. chairman. The two mayoralty aspirants at La. Porte are John Line, Republican, now mayor, and A- J. Miller, Democrat. Three Quit at Anderson Anderson’s candidate list carries forty-four names. Originally there were forty-seven contenders, but three, all Democrats, withdrew. These included Frederick L. Ray, who had announced as a candidate for mayor. Forty-three candidates are seeking nomination for nine offices at Crawfordsville. These include five Republican and three Democratic mayoralty aspirants. Seventy candidates have filed at Muncie. Among those who filed a few hours before the close of entries Saturday was Henry Hager, a manufacturer, seeking the Democratic nomination lor mayor. Three tickets, composed of fiftyone candidates, are in the field at Kokomo. Eleven of these are for mayor. The third ticket, labeled citizens independent, has only one candidate for mayor, A1 Gourley. S. E. Spurgeon, present mayor, is seeking re-election. He is a Republican. Fifty Enter at Shelbyville Shelbyville has fifty candidates, including four seeking the Democratic nomination for mayor and one the Republican. At Columbus, four Republicans and a like number of Democrats have entered the mayoralty race. There are four aspirants for mayor at Greenfield, evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans. In all, there are seventeen seekers for various city offices. Rushville, with a population ot 6.000, has fourteen candidates for mayor, ten Republicans and four Democrats. The last to file for mayor were Albert Stevens, Republican, and John Meredith, Democrat. Fifty-five candidates have filed at Elkhart thirty-eight Republicans and seventeen Democrats. There are eleven aspirants lor mayor of New' Albaany, and more than sixty candidates for city clerk and councilmanic nominations. Forty-two persons have an- j nounced their candidacies for city offices at Clinton. Ten candidates, including John Paine, Democratic incumbent, are seeking the mayoralty nomination. Six are Republicans and four are Democrats. Dave Salmond. Republican city chairman and councilman candidate is the only officeholder unopposed on his i party ticket. ASSAIL NONUNION TYPO JOURNAL LABOR Charge Mailers on Publication Are Not Organized. The Indianapolis Allied Printing Trades Council today was on record as being opposed to the use of nonunion labor in mailing the International Typographical Union Journal. A resolution which was adopted Monday night attacked President Charles P. Howard of the typographical union lor his clash with the Indianapolis Mailers’ Union No. 10. The international union was scored for ' doing the very thing it tried to keep the private employer from doing. ’ The mailers withdrew their employes when Howard refused to permit them to prepare the mailing lists for the Journal. This was a breach of contract and departure from twenty-three years custom, the local contended. Use of the union printing label was questioned. GIRL'S DEATH MYSTERY Mrs. Incille Caine, 18, Dies From Poison Taken April 1. Mystery surrounds the death of Mrs. Lucille Caine, 18. of 522 Coffee street, late Monday at the city, hospital from poisor. taken April i. A verdkt of suicide was returned by the coronor’s office. Mrs. Caine had been married but had not lived with her husband for a year and a half. She was living with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Rushton, who said they could give ao cause for the suicide.
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“FIRE AND BE D—D”
Vivid Story Told of Ship Sinking
Scenes that marked the shelling and sinking of the Canadian rum runner I'm Alone, as narrated by her skipper, Captain John Thomas Randell, are sketched here. The photo shows the latest weapons of the United States coast guard in its war against liquor smugglers, anti-aircraft guns which have just been mounted on deck.
Captain John Thomas F,andeU, skipper of the Canadian rum runner I'm Alone, todav tells of the shelling and sinking of his vessel bv the United States coast guard. Yesterday Captain Randell told of his adventurous life in many lands before he became a liquor smuggler. B XE.I Service NEW ORLEANS, April 9. Early on a morning late in March the Canadian schooner I'm Alone, bearing several thousand cases of liquor in her hold, dropped anchor off the coast of Louisiana and awaited the motorboats that were to come and relieve her of her contraband cargo. Captain John Thomas Randell, British war hero who commanded the craft, was quiet and unemotional as he gave an interviewer the first detailed story of the events that began on that March morning. He and his ship, which now lies at the bottom of the sea. have since become the central figures in an international argument; but this worries the captain not at all. He is used to excitement. He remembered than as the crew went bjelow to breakfast Leon Mainjoy, the French qrartermaster. got' out his fishing tackle. "I'm goin’ to do some fishin’ while we wait for 'em to come,” said the quartermaster. • But the poor devil got no fishing.” said Captain Randell, sadly. Mainjoy a few hours later lost his life when the I'm Alone was shelled by the United States coast guard cutters Dexter and Walcott. a a a JUST as Mainjoy prepared to start fishing, a little cloud of smoke appeared on the horizon. Captain Randell knew that the people he wanted to see would come in smokeless gasoline yachts, not in steamers; so he had the anchor raised and the I'm Alone stood off to the southward. At that time, declares Captain Randell. his ship was some fifteen miles off the Louisiana coast. The coast guards, on the other hand, insist that he was within the twelve-mile limit. This discrepancy in testimony is what Las made the whole affair an international incident. TJie I'm Alone slanted off to the south. The cloud of smoke resolved itself into the trim gray steamer Walcott, a coast guard cutter with a wicked-looking gun gleaming on the fore deck. A string of colored flags danced from the signal yard of the steamer; in the international code they bore the command "heave to"—which is sea language for "stop.” Captain Randell had flags, too. He brought them out; and from the I’m Alone's halyards there fluttered the response, “I am on the high seas outside of treaty waters. I can not and will not heave to.” a a a A PUFF of smoke drifted up from the Walcott's bows, and a sharp report came across the water. The coast guards had fired a blank shot in warning. Captain Randell stood on the
DRY HEFLIN’S WET SON TAKES TOUR OF JOY AND GOES TO JAIL
Bu United Press NEW YORK, April 9.—Thomas Heflin Jr., advocate of states’ rights in the matter of prohibition. nursed a black eye today—the price he paid for a flaming piece of research work on the workings of the Volstead law he conducted along Broadway. Monday night. Young Heflin, son of the dry :?nator from Alabama, ended his tour of the bright lights belt at the West Thirtieth street police station.
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poop beside the quartermaster, Mainjoy, who was at the wheel. "Keep her as she is,” he said. Captain Randell had been under fire many, many times before —in South Africa, in the North Sea, at Gallipoli and other places. So had Mainjoy. He held the croix de guirre for his war-time bravery. The I’m Alone held its course. Then the blue-uniformed sailors on the cutter removed the tarpaulins from a machine gun, also mounted forward. In a moment the men on the I’m Alone heard the staccato rat-tat-tat of that weapon. Bullets slashed the waves alongside; then, as the coast guards got the range, they peppered the hull, masts and sails of the fleeing schooner. Captain Randell was wounded in the right leg. “Just a flesh wound—it didn't bother any,” he explains. The chase continued all night, with another coast guard vessel—the Dexter, joining the Walcott. a a a AS soon as it was light enough the coast guards could be seen casting off the lashings of their rapid-fire guns. Once more the brightly colored signal flags shot up to the Walcott’s signal yard. Captain Randell thumbed his code book. "Surrender or we sink you,” said the flags. Captain Randell turned to his flag locker. Presently the I'm Alone flags were whipped aloft. "I'm on the high seas—l won't surrender,” said the flags. There was a flash and a jet of smoke from the forward deck of the Dekter, and a shell whistled over the foredeck of the Walcott, and another shell went overhead. The cutters were close, now'— so close that flags were not needed. The captain of one of the coast guard ships shouted across the water to Captain Randell: "Lay to for boarding, or we’ll shell you!” And Captain Randell yelled back: "Fire, and be damned!” Another shell zipped overhead, and another. Then a shell found its mark and nasty splinters flew up from the deck of the I'm Alone. More shells followed. Woodwork flew in splinters, sails were ripped, windows were broken, bits of flying steel zipped through the air. ana THE I'm Alone lost her headway and began to settle into the water. The coast guards had the range now r , and were sending their shells accurately into her hull, close to the waterline. They wanted to sink the ship, but they didn't care to kill the sailors if they could help It. Captain Randell called out to his crew: "Jump!” Over the side they went, into the water of the gulf, with the bottom 2,000 yards beneath them and the nearest land 200 miles away. Captain Randell stood still. Then, finally, he took off his
Monday he arrived on the liner Ancon from Panama, announcing that the six bottles of Scotch with which he started out had proved insufficient, but that he had met many generous and kind-hearted persons aboard ship. a a a TODAY Heflin was in charge of his father s secretary, J. L. Thornton, who was sent here to guide him back to Washington. “I put him to bed last night.” Thornton told tho United Pr?- <
INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1929
PRINCIPAL WINS IN COURT AFTEROUSTING Circuit Judge Declares Authority Exceeded in Dismissal. OFFICIALS FACED SUIT County Chief and Township Trustee Were Defendants. Bv Times Special DE MOTTE. Ind.. April 9.—Dismissal of Rufus A. Eudaly as principal of the Keener township consolidated school here, which attracted attention of teachers and school authorities throughout Indiana, has been followed by a court victory for Eudaly. Judge Grant Crumpacker of Porter circuit court at Valparaiso, to which a suit by Eudaly asking reinstatement was taken on a change of venue from Jasper circuit court a4 Rensselaer, has ruled that Frank M. Hart, Keener township trustee, and Morgan L. Sterrett, Jasper county school superintendent, exceeded their authority in dismissing the principal. Brands Charges False In his suit, Eudaly recited that he signed a contract with the trustee to serve as principal for an eight-months term, but that several months before the contract period expired was dismissed on false charges. Eudaly's wife, a teacher in the township school, also dismissed, has a suit similar to her husband’s pending against the township trustee and county superintendent. In deciding the case, Judge Crumpacker declared that a trustee has a right to dismiss a member of the teaching staff provided a majority of the patrons of a school ask it. In the Eudaly case, a petition for dismissal w*as filed, but there was no evidence to show that a majority of patrons signed it. Cites Dismissal Grounds Judge Crumpacker pointed out that it has been held that dismissal shall be only on grounds touching qualifications or performance of duties, and that removal for any other cause would be in excess of authority held by the trustee. The court declared there had been no evidence Eudaly w'as not qualified or had failed to do his u'ork in a proper manner. Judge Crumpacker declared dismissal of Eudaly was without legal justification and that it was arbitrary and in excess of the authority. Residents of De Motte have been divided for more than two years over the Eudaly case, friends of the principal contending that his dismissal w'as a result of spite wrork. PARTY JJEADER DIES Ex-Lieutenant-Governor of Pennsylvania Stricken. Bv United Press HARRISBURG, Pa.. April 9.—Edward E. Beidleman, former Lieuten-ant-Governor of Pennsylvania and one of the most powerful political leaders in the state, died suddenly at his home here today. Death came at 5:30 a. m. w'hen the former Lieutenant-Governor suffered the second heart attack within a period of less than twelve hours. Beidleman was first stricken while speaking at Edison Junior high school Monday night. He was revived at a hospital, but at 5 a. m. he suffered a second attack which caused his death thirty minutes later. Breaks Windows, Rob Stores Two front show window's valued at about $350 were broken from the Wolf Dry Goods Store. 1214 North Senate avenue, early this morning and $25 in merchandise stolen, according to Nathan Wolf, manager. coat and cast it carelessly on the deck. The shelling had stopped now. Perhaps the skipper didn't notice. He had been at Gallipoli, you know 7 . ... He turned, walked to the rail, and slid into the water. A few.’ moments later the I’m Alone went out of sight. Boats from the Dexter and Walcott came off to rescue Captain Randell and his sailors. They picked them all up and brought them in to New Orleans. The French quartermaster, who hadn't had his fishing, after all, was dead—drowned before the coast guard could get to him. Captain Randell saw his lifeless body after he went aboard the Walcott. The officers had just told him he was under arrest, and he smiled at them; but then he saw Mainjoy. and he didn't smile any more that day.
today. “Remember that he is just a boy and what happened yesterday and last night is just one of those things.” What happened last night was that young Heflin received a couple of cuffs from a policeman and was escorted to the West Thirtieth street station. There he applied for lodging for the night, or what was left of it, and was refused. Thornton finally arrived to take him to the Hotel McAlpim
Talks Latin That's Principal Language in Conversation of Granville Now.
GRANVILLE. N. Y.. April 9. Granville citizens stood about at the stores, on the corners and over back fences today arguing about Latin conjugations. Letitia Whecron, 19, high school senior, failed to pass her regent's examination last January and her father, Milford D. Whedon, an attorney, said today it was because she had an incompetent Latin teacher. Meanwhile, the state department of education at Albany considered a petition filed by Whedon for the removal of Miss Nina Hammond, pretty young Latin teacher at the high school, on charges of incompetence. Whedon asked that Miss Hammond’s New' York state teacher's license be revoked. e a a MANY persons insisted today that Miss Hammond .knew her conjugations. There were others who thought differently Members of both factions admitted, however, it had been a long time since they were reciting conjugations and they might be a little rusty on that sort of thing. ‘lt’s & shame," declared Whedon 'Our boys and girls can’t go to college from our high school without taking an examination. We need better teachers here and I’m going to fight this thing through.” a a a C. F. M'MASTER, principal of the high school, said Whedon's charges were “absurd.” "Miss Hammond is completing her second year as a teacher with us and her services have been entirely satisfactory. We are’ going to keep her another year.” Whedon brought similar charges against another teacher about five years ago, McMaster recalled, but he was unsuccessful. Miss Hammond graduated from Wellesey in 1926 and was one of the first six in her class.
OLD POLICY OF FAIRAPPROVED Gambling and Carnival Under Ban. Bu Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., April 9.—Gambling devices and carnival attractions will be eliminated at the Montgomery county fair this year, according to an announcement made by the directors of the association following a meeting. It is the plan of the directors to give an old style fair with numerous horse races, large agricultural displays and other features of fairs of decades ago. Members of the board of directors stated that in their opinion the chief reason for the financial failure of the fair during the past three or four years w'as the fact that the annual event had deteriorated into little more than a carnival and that the purpose of having fairs—the display of agricultural products of the county had been forgotten. The dates for the fair have been set for Aug. 26 to 30, inclusive.
Little Body of Murder Victim Rests in Grave
Funeral Held Today for Edith Dierdorf; Slayer Hunted. Bu United Press TERRE HAUTE. Ind., April 9. The body of 10-year-old Edith Mae Dierdorf, news girl, whose body was found Sunday afternoon in Busseron creek near Paxton, after she had been missing since Jan. 27, was borne to a grave today by members of her Sunday school class. The funeral sendees were held at the Congregational church in West Terre Haute and in the Evangelical church in the city proper, where the little girl attended Sunday school. Monday hundreds of persons paused before the undertaking establishment which held the body, many of them children. Both the father and mother of Edith Mae, one of nine children of the Dierdorf family, have been in a state of prostration since the badly decomposed body was discovered by Nimrod Slavin, principal of the county school at Pleasantville, lodged against a tree in the stream. In a statement punctuated with sobs, the father pleaded with authorities to “find the slayer of Edith Mae.” All Terre Haute and the Wabash Valley have been aroused to a high pitch by the finding of the body. Many telephone calls have been received by police
SOME suggested young Heflin was depressed by a statement issued by Mrs. Ella A. Boole, national president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. “If young Heflin had remained on the water wagon while in Panama his father would not be heartbroken now,” Mrs. Boole said. When the Ancon arrived, Heflin was in a convivial mood. He waved his large Panama hat at reporters and announced his stand
SCHOOL HEADS FACE FIGHT TO OUST MILLER Offensive to Be Started in Protest of Expected Walsman Dismissal. FIRE ALSO ON EURTON Minority Does Not Expect to Get Far With Battle. A counter offensive with the ousting of Charles F. Miller, Indianapolis school superintendent, as its object w;ill be staged at the meeting of the school board tonight by the minority faction composed of Charles W. Kern and Theodore F. Vonnegut, Lacking enough votes, the minority did not expect to get much farther than expressing its sentiments. The offensive will be started in protest of the majority faction’s expected ouster of Albert F. Walsman, business director, which is scheduled to take place tonight. The only real fight contemplated is that on Walsman, who has incurred the enmity of Mrs. Lillian Sedwick, majority faction leader and reported new ally of George V. Coffin, Republican city dictator. "But. if Mrs. Sedw’ick, Lew'is F. Whiteman and Fred Kepner, the majority faction, want to get rid of Walsman, who is the best business director the schools have had in twenty years, we believe that we should get rid of the less efficint members of the department also,” Kern said. Blasts at Eurton The minority faction will argue for not only the ouster of Miller, but that of the superintendent of buildings and grounds, Carl W. Eurton. First choice of Kern and Vonnegut for the successor to Miller is Donald DuShane, superintendent of Columbus (Ind.) schools, editor of the Indiana Teacher, and former president of the State Teachers’ Association. “We want a man who. will stand high in the profession,” Kern said. He made no effort to hide that one of the reasons the minority faction is dissatisfied with Miller is that he hired Fred T. Gladden as an assistant when the latter resigned as assistant state superintendent of public instruction after it had been found that he had issued a teacher’s license of an affidavit which was spurious. “Don’t Want Gladden” “We did not want Gladden, but Miller slipped him over when we were asleep at the switch,” said Kern. “In our opinion it also is desirable that the superintendent of building and grounds be a contractor of wide experience and we believe that C. C. Pierson, Indianapolis contractor, would be a good man for the job to succeed Eurton.” Although Wayne Emmelman has been spoken of as being Walsman’s successor, Mrs. Sedwick today denied that he was being considered. “You will know tonight who we have decided upon to succeed Walsman,” she said.
requesting that nothing be left undone in the search for the child’s slayer. The little girl’s body was identified by her parents, while it was held at Sullivan, after being recovered. Authorities are firm in their opinion today that Edith Mae’s abductor killed her elsewhere by striking her across the head with a blunt instrument and then tossed the body into the stream. FISHER FUNERAL - TO BE HELD FROM HOME Veteran Dairyman to Be Buried Wednesday. Funeral services for William R. Fisher, 42, of 1630 Lawrence avenue, University Heights, who died at his home Monday morning will be held at the home Wednesday, at 2:30 p. m. Burial will be in Washington Park Masonic cemetery, which he helped to found. Mr. Fisher had been a dairyman and resident of Indianapolis for the past twenty-four years. He was a member of the Methodist Church, Scottish Rite and Murat Shrine. Survivors are; the widow, Mrs. Sarah E. Fisher; a son, William R. Fisher Jr., a sister, Mrs. Omer Green, Greenwood, and two brothers, Jesse M. Fisher and N. L. Fisher of Indianapolis.
on prohibition was almost directly opposite to that taken by his father, “When I am in Alabama or in Washington, I'm a dry,” Heflin said. "But when I get in a wet state like New York, I'm a wet. I may catch—from dad for saying that, but I have to say it. “Where is Al Smith? He has the right idea. Give the states what they want. I think I’ll go up to the Biltmore and see Al Smitik*
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Betty Boyd one of the recent crop of Wampas baby stars, is the latest film actress to prove that stage, experience is a. mighty handy thing to have in this era of talking pictures.
MURDER TRIAL JURHBUGHT Former Sheriff Faces Charge at Angola. Bu Times Special ANGOLA, Ind.. April 9.—Selection of a jury to try Charles E. Simmerman, former Steuben county sheriff charged with the murder of Thomas Burke, proceeded in circuit court here today, continuing the proceedings which marked opening of the trial Monday. A charred body believed Burke’s was found in the smoking ruins of a barn near Fremont shortly after robbery of the First National here of SIIO,OOO in which Burke is believed to have had a part. Defense counsel in questioning prospective jurors indicated that an alibi will be offered in Zimmerman’s defense. He is expected to assert that at the time of the murder he was in Colon, Mich., with his deputy, Miss Nellie Coleman. Each venireman is asked if he would be prejudiced against Zimmerman if it is shown he went out of the state in carrying on an improper love affair.
'BOMB TRUST' BARED Chicago Gangster Confesses to Seven Blasts. Bit United Press CHICAGO, April 9.—Existence of a bomb trust, engaged in the manufacture and "planting” of beer war and racketeer explosives, was revealed today in the confessions of Joseph Cero. Cero, according to police, confessed participation in seven bombings sinec last August. He said he was the official bomb designer of the trust and that, he also engaged in an "independent" bombing business at prices ranging from $25 to $l5O for each “job." FORMER SHORTRIDGE COACH BURIED TODAY Kenneth Brewer, Former T. U. Grid Star, Died Sunday. Funeral services for Kenneth W. Brewer. 4826 East New York street were to be held at 2 p. m. today from the J. C. Wilson undertaking establishment, 1230 Prospect street. Burial was to be at Acton, Ind. Mr. Brewer died at St. Vincent’s hospital Sunday following a short illness. , He was captain of the Indiana university football team, in 1898 and after being graduated from the university he taught school for several years. He was football coach at Shortridge high school in 1903-04-05. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Brewer; a sister. Mrs. O. P. Epler of Indianapolis; and two brothers. Fred and Omar Brewer oi Southport. STOCITINCREASE VOTED Pepnsvlvania Railroad Will Increase Capital 5100,000.000. Bji United Press PHILADELPHIA. April 9.—A proposal to increase the capital stock $100,000,000 was passed unanimously at the annual Pennsylvania railroad stockholders’ meeting today. The increase means that 2.000,000 shares of the capital stock will be sold to the public at the par value of SSO a share, or more than par, the increase being issued at the discretion of the board of directors. A stock vote will be taken at the election for directors.
SENATOR TOM CONNALLY of Texas decided that Heflin would not see Al Smith or any one else. “I have a son of my own,” Connaily said. “I’m going to take care of this boy.” Connaily, who also was aboard the Ancon, refused to let Heflin go any further in his indorsement of Smith, who is Senator Heflin’s most bitter political enemy.
WOODRUFF IS GETTING EVEN IN TAX FEUD 500 Home-Owners Discover 'Bargain Counter’ Method of Savings. STARTED UNDER SHANK Economy to Citizens Under Plan to More Than Pay Indianapolis Tribute. ] Woodruff Place is getting even | with Papa Indianapolis for a mone- ! tary spanking it received six years i ago. For on the bulletin boards inside the stone walls between Technical high school grounds. Tenth, Michigan and Tecumseh streets is tacked a notice by the town board of Woodruff Place that bids fair to write "even-up” on the $7,500 yearly which the town pays Indianapolis for fire and police protection. Under the signature of John M. Diis, town clerk, 624 Middle drive, Woodruff Place, is the notice to its 500 home owners giving a bargaincounter method of saving money on | tax assessments by listing all bonds, { stocks and negotiable securities as | of Woodruff Place and not of Indianapolis. Feud Started Under Shank The notice explains that fixtures in stores owned by Woodruff Place residents must of necessity be listed in Indianapolis when those stores are in Indianapolis but that bonds, ! stocks and other securities that are I movable have the taxation home of ! the actual domicile of their owner. Higher taxes in the city of Ini dianapolis and the advantageous tax i levies in Woodruff Place are cited as I reasons for scrutinizing which personal properties should be labeled | “Woodruff Place” and which should ; carry the high-taxing indelible stamp of Indianapolis. Woodruff Place's feud with the city that holds it in its tographical lap began in the administration of Mayor Lew Shank. Forced to Pay City Mayor Shank objected to residents of Woodruff's three drives receiving police and fire protection without paying taxes. He held that j inasmuch as the town had walled i itself outside the city it could not ! receive something for nothing, j The late mayor ordered fire trucks j in case of an alarm in Woodruff i Place to wait outside its walled enI virons for the fire to spread to Inj dianapolis, but not to enter the j town. He held that thieves could j purpoin what they wished in WoodI ruff Place without interference from i city police as long as they stayed within the confines of the little principality of aristocracy. The mayor’s edict with its threat to make of Woodruff Place a neutral ground for footpads; a heaven for “firebugs,” forced the town to I accede to the payment of $7,500 | yearly for police and fire protection. Getting Back Now That was six years ago. and each | budget year the town has paid its j tribute money, but now conserva- , tive estimates are made that the I saving in taxes under the town’s j selective method of taxation will ■ balance the ledger with its feudal lord and Woodruffans can swing i on front porches this summer while | watching Indianapolis firemen ex- | tinguish blazing rools with the j chortle it isn’t "costing us anything.” FUNERAL OF VETERAN FIREMAN WEUNESDAY Former Captain Served 25 Years in Department. Funeral services for Augustus W. Albrecht, 58, of 1314 Reisner street, veteran city fireman, who died Monday night while visiting his father-in-law. Samuel A. Hogue, 1330 Reisner street, will be held Wednesday at 2 p. m. at the home. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemei tery. The Rev. Owen A. Knox, pastor of the Blaine Avenue Methodist church, will conduct the services. Firemen will be pallbearers and Masons will aid in the last rites. Mr. Albrecht was a captain in the fire department in 1926. He suffered a stroke of apoplexy. After his recovery he was placed in the Gamewell division. He was appointed to the department in 1901. Survivors are the widow, Mr.,. Mattie Albrecht; a son. Max Aibrecht; a daughter, Mrs. L. R. Ford, and a grandson, L. R. Ford Jr., all of Indianapolis. CHILD SAVED FROM FIRE Son of Pastor Rescued by Mother From Blazing Seance Room. Paul Shambaugh, 2, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Herbert Shambaugh, was little the worse today after being enfolded with burning wall paper Monday in the darkened seance room of his father's Spiritualist church, 720 East North street. The child was playing when the wall paper was ignited by sparks from a defective flue. It dropped from the ceiling on the boy’s shoulders. His screams brought his mother who beat out the flames. Both were burned on the arms and shoulder?. Damage to the residence was estimated at SBOO. % Bulgarion King Visits Hindenburg Bji United Preei BERLIN. April 9.—King Boris of Bulgaria Jed on President Paul Van today.