Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 42, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 June 1929 — Page 1

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LOST SPANISH FLIERS SAVED AT SEA

Hoover Ousts Lowman as Dry Chief

RESIGNATION IS DEMANDED BY PRESIDENT Post to Be Filled by New Appointee Within 30 Days. DIFFER OVER POLICIES Executive Displeased by Publicity, Violence in Enforcement. Bu t nil< •' iPi' - WASHINGTON’, June 29. President Hoover has asked for the resignation of Seymour Lowman, assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of prohibition enforcement, the I nited Press learned today. Bowman's post will be filled by a new appointee within thirty days, according to information from official circles. Lowman was formally notified that the President desired his resignation during a White House conference Friday night. The conference between the President and Lowman came twenty-four hours after a similar discussion of recent prohibition pubicity at the treasury with Secretary Mellon. Displeased by Publicity The President repeatedly has indicated his displeasure over publicity methods employed by Lowman and J. M. Doran, prohibition commissioner. After the White House conference with Secretary Mellon, Thursday evening, reports were current in Washington that both Lowman and Doran would be replaced. Storir of dramatic enforcement efforts emanating from the prohibition bureau since March 4, have been contrary to the policy set down by Hoover early in his administration when he repudiated ail sensational methods and dramatic appeals. No Official Statement Reports that marines would be ordered to the Detroit border sector, that educational propaganda would be extended to public schools and ill considered comment on border patrol killings forced the President . to examine the conduct of the prohibition bureau, it was said. There was no official statement from either the White House or treasury as to the reasons bphind tha President's request for Lowman's resignation. Lowman issued an unequivocal ejenial of the reports that he had been asked to resign. "I have not .seen the President in some time.” Lowman said, ‘and neither have T been asked to resign. I do not intend to resign and the story to that effect are the bunk.” CITY TO PAVE MICHIGAN STREET AUTO MORASS Prospect that the motorists' 1 morass represented by unpaved car ■ tracks for a mile on Michigan street, between Sherman drive and Emerson avenue may be eliminated, came Friday with adoption of a resolution for pav • ' board of works. The street railway company plans J to double the single tracks before || the city paves. Civic clubs have a fought for the improvement for H years. Widening of Massachusetts avenue I to sixty-six feet, between Ohio and S North str- • • was finally approved.

In the Stock Market

I NEW YORK. June 29.—With the Iflrst half of the year completed we V'an now look forward to perhaps he most interesting period—the honth of July—when results ac- I gtomplished will gradually unfold, exceptionally favorable business statistics should now become availfoie at frequent intervals. The mail Shier and chain stores should be jte rst to report most satisfac--B>ry sales, then second quarterly krnings of various other industries Jill be coming along, wtih the steel 1 jrporation one of the last to make Ireport late in the month, when it -Jll quite likely be shown that all .frords for a similar period will have Sen outdistanced. Reports showffig disappointing earnings will Xjbablv be few and far between. Hireased dividends as well as exS dividends can be confidently anHpated. With almost a billion dolS; distributed in dividends and ?X?rest seeking reinvestment, a is afforded market wise |Ht could not be improved upon X particularly so in that the credit i 'lg^ tlon Uno longer a stumbling j

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VOLUME 41—NUMBER 42

Out as Prohibition Chief

Opening Markets

NEW YORK, June 29.—Profittaking attracted by the recent sensational advances in various leaders caused somewhat mixed price movements in stock exchange dealings today at the week-end. Nevertheless, strong support was in evidence for various industrial and public utility favorites. Allied Chemical moved up several points, while Chrysler. Consolidated Gas, General Electric, Radio and Westinghouse Electric were in moderate demand, the latter issue selling at a further record high at 186 1 -, up l'i from the previous close. American Telephone and Telegraph was the outstanding feature of the high grade utilities, advancing 3!i points to 230. International Telephone was also firm. On the other hand, some heaviness was shown by United States Steel. General Motors. Texas Gulf Sulphur, Union Carbide and Union Pacific, these issues making losses of a fraction to as much as two points. Trading, however, showed a disposition to slow down on recessions. indicating that leaders were being afforded strong support. Special / issues like Lambert. American and Foreign Power and Westinghouse Air Brake advanced sharply on a large turnover, whole m a c y displayed outstanding strength in the merchandising group. Unprecedented activity continued in Missouri-Kansas-Texas. the issue rising to another record high on a large turnover. Other low-priced carrier issues were firm and active, notably Missouri Pacific and Western Maryland. New York Central was a firm spot in the high-grade rails, rising nearly a point. Pennsylvania was also firm. A somewhat better tone developed shortly after the opening and Public Service and other leaders which were depressed at the start recovered to around their previous closing levels. However, there was a marked disposition on the part of : the speculative element to take profits on price advances. New York Stock Opening Jur.f 29 Allis Cha.mrrs 2C3 ! Am Can 152 1 Am Loco 124 „ I Am Smcltins 107 Am Stffl Fdrv 67', Am Tfl A- Ts! 230 Am Tob B 14*, Am Wool 16 5 a Anaconda ll*'-. Armour A lO 3 , B & O 123 , Beth Stf?l 111'-. Chrysler . 74= • Cons Gas Cos 132 Cont Can 77-’. Cor.t Motors 13 * Corn Products 100 : Cub Am Sugar 13L Famous Players 65 Flelschmarr. . 82 \ Gen Asphalt 82 Oen Electric 324* Oer Motors 74*, Hudson Motor . 8s T = 111 Central Com 140 Inspiration 44’* Kenn Cop 84 3 „ Marland 35 Mont Ward 108'. N Y N H A- H 11l Nor Amp. 148 Pennsvlvania . 83 T s Pullman 88 Reading !12 T * Rep Iron & Steel 100', St I A S F 118' , St Paul 31', Sears-Roebuck 164 Sinclair 36 s , Stew Warner J 73'i On Carbide it Carbon! 110>,

Seymour Lowman

Union Par, 2.12 U S Alcohol 119% U S Cast Iron Pipe 31 % U S Rubber 5214 U S Steel 189% United Air Craft 127% Wabash 70 White Motors 42;, Yellow Truck 42% New York Curb Opening --June 29 a:Led Power 83% Amer Gas 210 Assoc Oas . 54% Aviation Corp (Deli 18 Aviation Corn iAMAi 55% Buffalo NIAC <A t 103 Buffalo NIAC 104 Canadian Marconi 7% Conti Oil 20‘4 Curtiss Fly Sen 23% Eiec Bond and Share 125 Elec Invest 205% Fox Theater 22% Goldman Sachs 104% Gotham K 8 Mount Prod 16% N Amer Aviation 17 Normanda 58% Nat Aviation 69% Pantepec 6% Pentoad 20% Sikorsky 49 Std Oil Ind 55% S E Power 125 Stutr Motor 17% Trans Cont A T 30 United Gas and Imp 241 New York Stock Opening ißv James T. Hamill & Co.' Opening Sale. Adams " Auburn 332 Bendlx Aviation ou Borg Warner 119 Butler Bros 28% Erla 7% Grtgsbv 141 Houdaillf 48 Iron Fireman 28% Insull 47% Natl Standard 47% Noblitt Sparks 43 Perfect Circle 82 Sonatro 32% Gen Sprg Bumper 47%

PROBE LIQUOR GIFTS U. S. to Investigate Evansville Political Presents. District Attorney George R. Jeffrey Monday will request James G. Brown, acting deputy dry administrator. to investigate a possible iiquor conspiracy among Evansville officials, he indicated today. Investigation of alleged official corruption at Evansville which has* resulted in indictment of a number of officials has revealed certain things which scarcely could be overlooked. Jeffrey asid. One of the things Jeffrey will ask Browning to investigate will be the charge that certain officials received frequent gifts of liquor from George Pontarelli. sewer contractor, under state court indictment for presenting a false claim of 5217.099 j above the contract price for a city sewer. Browning was out of the city today. concluding a one-week vacation. ! but was expected to be back in his office Monday. Woman Dies of Burns ii '• *' nit* *1 pr. 44 MADISON. Ind.. June 29.—Burns sustained by Mrs. Orpha Stillhammer Thursday when her clothing was ignited by an explosion of gasoline with which she was cleaning garments caused her death. John Stillhammer. her husband, and Mrs. Gertrude Clements, a daughter, who were seriously burned while endeavoring to extinguish the flames are recovering. *

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 29. 1929

HAWKS MAKES NEW RECORDS; CRACKSPLANE Coast-to-Coast Flier Hits Fence in Ending Return Hop to East. 36-HOUR ROUND TRIP Breaks Marks Both Ways on Flight to Pacific and Back. 81/ United Pres* ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., June 29—Captain Frank Hawks, our foremast transcontinental commuter, came back today from -where he started Tuesday, with two more records and a damaged plane. The records were achieved by flying to Los Angeles and back faster than any one, even himself, had ever flown before; the damage to his plane was done when he rammed into a fence here, the only serious mishap of the trip. Hawks landed at Roosevelt field at 1:16:04 a. m. (.eastern daylight time), shoved his goggles up into his hair and called for water, “lots of water.” Gulping a pint of it, he surveyed the cracked wing tip of his plane and said: “Well, when I crack ’em up, I crack ’em good, don’t I?” Broke Own Record It took him just thirty-six hours forty-eight minutes and sixteen and three-fifths seconds to span the continent twice—nineteen hours ten minutes on the westward flight and seventeen hours thirty-eight minutes sixteen and three-fifths seconds on the return journey. He broke his own west-east record of eighteen hours twenty-one minutes and fifty-nine seconds, and had bettered the east-west mark of the late Captain C. B. D. Collyer and the late Harry Tucker, who flew from here to the Pacific coast in twenty-four hours fifty-one minutes. Hawks remained in Los Angeles seven hours and fourteen minutes before starting back. The flier was reticent about speaking of his - collision with the galvanized iron fence here, although when he first crawled out of the plane he was heard to say: “Not enough lights on this field.” Blinded by Lights There Is only one flood light at Roosevelt field and it was on when he landed. In addition, two beacon lights were blazing. He was believed to have overshot the field because he was blinded by the floodlight. Hawks swung his plane toward the south side of the field to avoid the crowd of £9O persons that dashed toward him. The plane crashed through the fence and the left wing was damaged. Mrs. Hawks, the first person to greet him. said she felt no apprehension during the flights, but “my heart was in my throat when I saw' him hit that fence.”

22 HURT IN CRASH Pittsburgh-Detroit Bus Skids, Overturns. P 7 I liitr,/ frr ha YOUNGSTOWN. 0.. June 29. Twenty-two persons were injured, eleven of them seriously, when a large Pittsburgh-Detroit bus of the Ncvin lines skidded on a wet pavement and overturned early this morning. There were twenty-seven passengers on the bus. which was driven by Jack Irvine. Pittsburgh. DEALERS HEAR EDITOR Chicago Experts Addresses City Electrical League. Efficient electrical installation and the value of organization were stressed as two important points worthy of consideration of the Electric League of Indianapolis in an address by S. C. Williams of Chicago, editor of the Electrical Contracting. at the Chamber of Commerce Friday night. Through efficient organization the credit system could be controlled and through a study of the electrical code ruinous price cutting could be avoided. Williams said. Tacna-Ariea Vote Near L nited Prcut LIMA. Peru, June 29.—The Peruvian congress probably will take its vote on the Tacna-Arfca treaty with Chile next Tuesday.

LESLIE REFUSES TROOPS TO GUARD MINERS AT DANA

Ten Strike Bit United Pnxn XENIA, 0.. June 29.—Vernon Elliott, who has only one leg, got along with his wife Alberta until sh© began kicking his crutches from under him, he says in a suit for divorce filed in common pleas court here.

PRIMA OONNA ASKS DIVORCE Edith Mason Married for Ten Years. /?.'/ United Peest CHICAGO. June 29.—A divorce petition of Edith Mason, prima donna of the Chicago Civic Opera company against Giorgio Polacco, director of the organization is on file in circuit court, it was learned here today. The news leaked out in spite of orders by Judge Harry M. Fisher that the complaint be suppressed. The suit was grought just one day before the musicians’ tenth wedding anniversary. Although Miss Mason would make no comment, it was understood she intended to demand custody of her daughter, Grace Edith Polacco. It was recalled that when Grace was born in 1925 Polacco immediately insured his life to $500,000 remarking that “my daughter will need a lot of money if her tastes are like her mother’s.” LOVE VANISHES; GIRL SUICIDE Woman Who Aided Sweetheart Escape Cell Dead. Hot nited Prrsn CHICAGO, June 29 —Junita Gal- j lardo, the Mexican girl who helped her sweetheart escaped a death cell, is going to a suicide's grave. All romance fled from her life as she drank poison. Nearly three years ago six men were in Will county jail at Joilet awaiting execution for the murder of Deputy Klein of Joilet. penitentiary. One of them was Bernardo Roa. Junita’s lover. Juanita smuggled saws to Roa and Gregorio Rizzo and Roberto Torrez, fellow countrymen. One night the trio overpowered guards and dashed for liberty. Rizzo was killed in a gun battle with Chicago police. Torrez was recaptured and executed. Roa fled to j Mexico. Juanita served a prison term for aiding her lover i.i his break for freedom. Roa. she knew, would come back to her. As the months wore on he failed j to return, she transferred her affection* to a Mexican barber, known only to police as “pretty boy." A few days'ago “pretty boy” deserted her. Her lovers both gone. Juanita committeed suicide. Street Car Bruises Boy Ed Bany, 13, of 201 South McKim street, narrowly escaped death early today when, to dodge an approaching automobile while crossing Washington street at Arsenal avenue, he stepped backward against a moving street car. He was bruised slightly and taken home.

Deadline Drivers! Get Your Licenses

twree notaries of The Indianapolis Times were working their seals Jr like 'dervishes today to keep up with the rush of motorists taking advantage of the opportunity to avoid paying the 25-cent notary fee on driver license application blanks. When The Times bureau was opened this morning 15.880 applications had been notarized, representing a saving of approximately $4,000 to the motorists. The driver license law technically goes into effect at midnight Sunday, but the secretary of state's office has found it impossible to get more than 15 per cent of the licenses issued to the drivers in the state, so no concerted effort enforcement is expected for several months.

State police however have declared it will go hard with persons caught in accidents, who have at least not made an effort to get their licenses. So. the safe thing to do Is to get your application blank made out and then get the license from the secretary of state's office as soon as possible. The secretary of state’s office “was

Won’t Declare Martial Law in Vermillion Unless Officers Ask It, BULLETIN The Governor’s office received a second call for protection from an official of the Bono Coal Company this morning. The official was referred to the Governor at Michigan City. The official said, according to L. O. Chasey, the Governor’s secretary, that the situation still was menacing and that he could get no one to guard the mines. Sheriff Harry Newland at Newport by long distance telephone told The Indianapolis Times he did not believe troops were needed. lie said he may make some arrests. Requests of Bono Coal Company officials for state troops to guard their properties at Dana, Ind., and prevent repetition of rioting such as occured Friday, was turned down today by Governor Harry G. Leslie. The officials called the statehouse by long distance phone late Friday, after two of their number had been seriously injured by some three hundred miners who forced the workers of the Bono company to abandon their shaft and then staged a fight. They were told by Lon O. Chasey, secretary to Leslie, that the Governor was at the Indiana state prison, Michigan City. One of the officials called there and told of the fighting asking protection. Forty-five Hurt in l ight Governor Leslie said today, in a long distance telephone conversation from Michigan City, that he would take no action unless the Vermillion county authorities informed him that they are unable to cope with the situation. “I will only send troops where I am assured that the local peace officers can not handle the matter,” the Governor declared. “I have had no such request from them. The person calling me Friday night was merely an interested individual.” According to United Press dispatches from Dana, approximately forty-five miners are nursing cuts and bruises today as the result of the scrap which, the authorities contend, was an attack, on nonunion workers. The local police assert that the mob of more than 300 came to the mine Friday and shut off the ventilating fans, forcing those working underground to come to the top. As they emerged they were battered with clubs, brass knuckles and otner weapons, it is alleged. “Run the Gantlet” The non-union men, who contend that they are working on a co-operative basis which will give them ownership, were forced to “run the gantlet” they charge. Superintendent Hughey Reid of the mine suffered cuts on the head and possible internal injuries. Clyde Beauchamp. treasurer of the company sustained fractured ribs. Sheriff Harry Newland of Vermillion county arrived on the scene, but by that time the rioting had ceased. Some witnesses asserted that no weapons were used and that the non-union miners were merely forced to run the gantlet between two lines. This is the second disturbance at the mine. An injunction against the union was issued, after the first disturbance, but cancelled June 15, by the Vermillion circuit court. Girl Hurt in Collision Miss Ruth Myers, R. R. 17, Box j 187, was cut on the head and face when an auto in which she was riding with her brother. V. Myers, collided with one driven by D. C. Lynch of Salisbury, N. C.. at Twen-ty-eighth street and Capitol avenue Friday evening.

to be closed at noon today, the regular hour, because of the ‘impossibility of getting all the licenses issued by Monday, no matter how late the office was kept open. The Times bureau, however, will be kept open until 8:30 this evening, to afford those who want to make an honest effort to obey the law ample opportunity to do so.

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice. Indianapolis

FRANCO, THREE COMPANIONS • DRIFTED IN PLANE SEVEN DAYS ON STORM-SWEPT ATLANTIC All of Men in Good Health; Machine Is Only; Slightly Damaged, Radio Message From British Ship Says. WILD EXCITEMENT IN MADRID Resources of Five Nations Had Been Thrown Into Hunt for Airmen Who Started on Hop to United States. BY JOHN DEGANDT United Press Staff Correspondent MADRID, Spain, June 29.—Commander Ramon Franco and. his three lost flight companions who had been tossing about helplessly on the stormy waves of the North Atlantic for seven full days were rescued today by the British airplane carrier Eagle. The rescue was made near the Azore islands, in the vicinity where the fliers were forced down in their huge seaplane Dornier No. 16 sometime last Saturday morning while they were en route to the United States via the Azores. The news of the rescue, first received at Gibraltar by wireless from the Eagle, was announced by the Spanish toreign office shortly after noon.

Saved at Sea

fk Jr : Commander Ramon Franco

$10,000,000 DIVIDED City Gets Two Millions From Spring Taxes. More than *10.000,000 in taxes paid during the spring installment were distributed today by County Treasurer Clyde Robinson. The largest amount went to the city general fund, the total of which was *2,166,655.29. Marion county's special school tax fund received sl.993,868.37. Indianapolis public schools received $388,826.51. Other state funds and the amounts placed in them are state school, $294,583.59; state teachers’ pension fund, $79,348.51; state educational improvement fund. $78.031.57. and the state general fund, $4-17,510.48 Among the county funds which received large amounts are the roads repair fund, $99,368.54; three-mile road, $206,383.24. and the tuberculosis fund. $99,368.54. ROOSEVELTS KEEP GOING Car 2 Completes 408 Hours of Continuous Running. With motors running smoothly, the two Roosevelt endurance automobiles continued circling the Indianapolis Motor Speedway today. Car 2 completing 408 hours of continuous running at 10 a. m and Car 1 completing 360 hours. The test is being made to determine how long a Roosevelt stock car, equipped for the road, will run without a stop under every-day road conditions. Both Roosevelts are equipped with two extra wire wheels, tubes and covers, front and rear bumpers and trunk rack. Ten Held for Gaming Ten Negroes faced gaming charges and Columbus House, 50. of 2107 Wendall avenue, was under arrest today on charges of keeping a gaming house, after Sergeant Michael Morrissey’s squad raided a vacant garage at 701 North California street Friday night, where they said they broke up a craps game. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 62 8 a. 71 7 am.,... 67 9 a. m..„. 72 10 a. m..... 74

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f The announcement was a signal for wild excitement among / the employes of the govern -J ment buildings and the scene 4 * of intense unbridled joy spread to all of Madrid. The report was immediately con jp veyed to Premier Primo De Riven , and the other high officials, includ- ; ing the ministers of war and air. The corridors of all the government buildings soon rang with the >$ | glad tidings, and before many min- | j utes had passed the whole city htd j ( heard the news. All Right, Says Commander The Eagle was sent out by the British admiralty several days ago. i with orders to search the strip of ocean between the coast of Portu* k gal and the islands. . " The admiralty’s announcement received here said: "H. M. S. Eagle found the Spanj ish seaplane in the position 36:2f1j north latitude, 26.42 west longitude. ! The seaplane was hoisted aboard! the Eagle, with its crew, who were all well, while the machine was very little damaged. The Eagle is proceeding to Gibraltar.” The Alcazares naval base received a wireless message from the Eagle today which said: •We are all right. Affectionate greetings. Ramon Franco.” Five Nations Aided Hunt Franco and his three companions left Cartagena. Spain, for an attempted flight to the United State* via the Azores on Friday, June 21. On their first night out they were heard from when they were leaving I the coast of Portugal and setting out Ito sea. After that there was no more word of them. Franco’s companions were: Cap- | tain Ruiz De Alda, Major Eduardo ! Gallarza and a mechanic, Pedro j Madariago. The resources of five i nations were thrown into the hunt for the missing men. The position given in the admiraJ- . ty's announcement is approximately | fifty miles due west of 3anta Maria island, the southernmost of the Azores group. Ask Award for Fliers LIMA. Peru. June 29.—A bill has been introduced into the Peruvian congress to award $40,000 to Carlos Martinez De Pinillos and Lieutenant Carlos Zcgarra, Peruvian good will aviators, who completed a flight from New York to Lima this week. De Pinillos would be awarded *30.000 of the sum and Zegarra the remainder. The bill also recommended promotions for the men. PORKERS MOSTLY 10 CENTS UP IN YARDS Vealers Strong, Selling at *ls down; Cattle Steady. Hog prices opened about 10 cents higher than Friday's market The < bulk of 160-300 pounds brought / $11.25 to $11.50 in local stoefcards I today. Receipts were approximately M 5,000. and holdovers from Friday market numbered 170 The cattle market was ?o in *fe steady, with vealers strong. &el!ingfc| *ls down. The sheep and lambs market was *- steady. Better grade lambs brought from *l3 to *l4 and fat ewes *4 SO to *6. The Chicago hog market openedmß steady to unevenly higher than day s average. No early sales choice hogs. Receipts were 6,000, eluding 5,000 directs, and holdov* totaled 3,000. Cattle receipts were 100 and store 1,000.