Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 79, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 August 1929 — Page 7

'AUG. 12, 1929.

Aviation ROBIN LEAVES AFTER 50,000 SEE REFUELING More Than 800 Passengers Carried by Endurance Plane Here. After a busy week-end, featured hr s. refueling demonstration o'er the Curtiss-Mars Hill airport Sunday evening Dale (Red* Jackson and Forest O'Brine. world’s endurance record fliers, today left for Moline, 111. It was estimated 50.010 persons witnessed the refueling demonstration, in which Jackson and O Brine, tn their record breaking Challengermotored Curtiss Robin monoplane, rorriypd a supply of gascoline in mid air from a sister Robin operated by Major Ray Wassail and P. V. Chaffee. The two yellow and orange plants took off, circled to gain altitude, and took their position.; and dropped the refueling hose. Crowds Block Roads They circled over the field for about ten minutes demonstrating to the huge crowd, which blocked roads in all directions for a mile, how they managed to obtain fuel during the 420-hour flisrht over St. Louis. When they left this morning, Jackson and O'Brine took with them the James A. Perry endurance flying trophy, presented by the Solo Club of Indianapolis at. a. banquet in honor of the record fliers at the Chamber of Commerce Saturday night. They will re‘ain the cup until their record is broken, when it. will be passed on to the new champions. Following their arrival at noon Saturday, the fliers were guests of H. Weir Cook. Curtiss Flying Service of Indiana general manager, who had induced them to visit the city, at luncheon at the Columbia Club. ROO Take Air Rides Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon and evening, the trimctored Ford monoplane which accompanied the two Robin monop’anes, transporting a. number of Curtiss company officials, was kept busy carrying passengers over the city. Curtiss officials reported more than eight hundred passengers w£re carried in the plane Sunday. Jackson performed a number of thrilling aerial stunts over the airport Sunday morning and afternoon. Sunday morning he and nßrine were taken by Captain Cook to view the Soldiers and Sailors monument and the World War Memorial plaza. Sets Parachute Record Jj)/ Vnitr* prrfifk CHICAGO. Aug. 12.—Jack Cope, veteran air stunt, man. stepped from a plane 15.200 feet above municipal airport and fell 14.000 feet before pulline the rip cord of his parachute last night. Fe established anew record for a delayed drop, field officials said. ’Chute Record Claimed Pv United Pres* COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., Aug. 12.—A world record parachute jump from an altitude of 19.500 feet was claimed here today by Jimmy Donohue. The nationally known aeronaut landed three miles from the point where he was rut loose from an airplane. The drop took nmffeen minutes. Guardsmen Fly Here A number of members of the Onp Hundred and Thirteenth Observation squadron. Indiana National Guard, encamped at Camp Knox. Kentucky, flew to the guard Pirport at Mars Hill ove* the weekend. Pilots included Captain Oliver fPout. Lieutenants Matt G. Carpenter. Fred Sellers, Cecil Reynolds. Ray Parbin and Sergeant E. N. Caldwell. Among passengers were l ieutenants Long. Martin and Sergeants Maxwell. Graves and Wall.

WEEK-END EXCURSIONS NICKEL PLATE ROAD LOW ROFND TRir FARES from Indianapolis to Plymouth ..... .$5.10 La Porte $6.40 Michigan City . . .$6.70 Rochester $4.25 Walkerton . . . ■ . .$5.70 and many other points. Tickets good going on all trains on Friday* and Saturdays. Return limit, following Monday. Consult Tirket Agent for Train Schedule*. Fare*.

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THE KING GETS SENTIMENTAL

Rewards Lad Who Captured 500th Homer Ball

The Charge of the Busting Babe f BY WERXER LAUFEIi I Half a mile, half a mile, \ l Half a mile onward, < l / Far e'er the garden wall I / SM his fifth hundred. But they're pretenders all, I GTi I Weak laurels plundered. \ .. 1 J\ l| II •: A 'e'er will Babe's fade \ |

M'CLURE ASKS AID FOR TEAM Money Needed to Send Boys’ Nine to Louisville. Public spirited citizens who are interested in the children on city playgrounds are being given a chance to help this week in financing a trip of the champion playground baseball team of Indianapolis to Louisville, Ky., where they will meet the playground champions of Louisville in a three-game series Aug. 16 and 17. Hundreds of boys have been playing in the Kitten ball leagues this summer, and Rhodius and Ringgold teams will decide the title at Willard park, Wednesday. The prize will be the trip to Louisville, and since there is no special fund in the recreation budget for trasportation, Jesse P. McClure, director? is making this special appeal through The Times. Two hundred fifty dollars is needed to take the hoys, all of whom are under 16 yaers of age. Mail your contributions today and help these young athletes to have a joyous trip and win another victory for our city. Send contributions to Jesse P. McClure, Recreation departemnt. City Hall. LIFE HUM PENALTY Pantages Faces Two Charges Filed by Co-Ed. Rn United Press LOS ANGELES. Aug. 12.—Alexander Pantages, millionaire vaudeville circuit owner, wifi face two charges of criminal attack brought by Eunice Pringle. 17-vea.r-old dancer, when he is arraigned here Wednesday. Pantages, who is at liberty on $25,000 bond, faces life imprisonment in the state penitentiary if convicted on . testimony of the former University of Southern California co-ed. He contends the girl “framed” him when he refused to give her employment. Miss Pringle ran screaming from the theater magnate's office Friday night, claiming he had attacked her.

The City in Brief

TUESDAT EVENTS Rotary Club, luncheon. Claypool. Gyro Club, luncheon. Spink-Anns. Mercator Club, luncheon. Columbia Cflub. Indianapolis Architectural Club, luncheon. 151 East Market street. Purchasing Agents’ Association, luncheon, Sererin. American Chemical Society, luncheon. Severin. Wl Cnirersal Clnb. luncheon. Columbia Club. Phi Gam me Pella, luncheon. Chamber of Commerce. I'nlrerrlty of Michigan Alumni. luncheon. Lincoln. Exchange Club of North Indianapolis, luncheon, 381 b College avenue. Alliance Francaise, luncheon. SplnkArms. E. J. C. Fischer of New York, national president of the Chi Alpha, spoke at the annual dinner of the Indianapolis Alumni Association Saturday night at the Butler university chapter house. About 100 attended from the Indiana. Purdue, Wabash, De Pauw and Butler chapters. Basil De Graphenreid. 21. Negro, 1022 West Walnut street, who was cut on the arm in a battle with unidentified assailant Saturday night, was treated at city hospital and today was held on vagrancy charges. Alvin L. Avey, Shelbyville, operating the Furniture Motor Transport Company, today filed a voluntry bankruptcy petition in federal court, listing $9,668 liabilities and $7,403 assets. Farmer Kills 46 Rattlers. HARRISBURG, Neb,, Aug. U\— Forty rattlesnakes were killed by Siacy Britt, a farmer near here. Britt encountered tae den of snakes while plowing.

BY JOHN E. DEEGAN United Pres* Staff Correspondent

CLEVELAND. Aug. 12.—George Herman Ruth today is the proud owner of one baseball that will bring back memories in the years to come. And one young country lad. w'ho still can’t quite figure ‘out how it all happened,"is exhibiting to the home towm folks a S2O bill and two brand new baseballs, each of them bearing the signature of the mighty Babe. The S2O bill, the two specimens of American League ammunition and the memory reviving pellet are souvenirs of the game between the world's champions and the Cleveland Indian; here Sunday, Willis Hudlin was serving them up when the Babe advanced to the plate as first man up in the second inning. The first ball pitched was a slow one, right in the center of the plate. And that was where George Herman's bat and that S2O ball met. Up, up, over the right field wall ar Dunn field it went and disappeared on Lexington avenue.

Wheel of Life Almost Free One Moment, Jail Sentence Next for Theft.

WHEN Municipal Judge Paul C. Wetter changed his mind today, Arthur Deer, 28. of 810 North East street, abandoned his plans to return to work at the Strohm Warehouse and Cartage Company. 212 West McCarty street, and. instead, is going to spend five days in jail. He was before Wetter this morning on the petit larceny charge for alleged theft of eight watermelons while he was transporting them on a, Strohm company truck for the Standard Grocery Company. According to the testimony, Deer sold the melons to a church for a social, but they were recovered before the congregation got to them. Ira A. Holmes, warehouse firm attorney, v told Wetter that Deer had been forgiven and might have his job back. Wetter had suspended a fifteen-day state farm sentence and placed Deer on probation, when— Chester Jackson, Standard company official, begged Wetter's pardon for interrupting and told him Deer had threatened two company employes who Deer thought had reported the alleged theft. “That's something else again,” Wetter said. “You will serve five days in jail and pay a $5 fine.” WIDOW MAKES MERRY, PAYS $1,200 DAMAGE lowa Woman's Gotham "Party” Proves Costly. Bv United P- - NEW YORK. Aug. 12.—A comely widow who said her home was in Davenport. la., repented today the “party” which will cost her $1,200. Sunday night the woman, who admits the name she gave of Jereise Morrison is fictitious, started with a group of friends to make merry in the New York fashion The friends left and she celebrated alone. Police finally had to be called to dislodge her from behind a post in the Maryland hotel and the dislodging process resulted in breaking of several lamps and ruin of a costly rug. She was arrested, and in magistrate's court today said she would gladly pay the damages, amounting to $1,200. ’ She was given suspended sentence upon deposit of S2OO and promise to pay the additional SI,OOO. PREDICTS RUIN OF CUBA By United Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.. Aug. 12.—Cuba, will be “seriously injured, if not ruined'* if the United States rßises the tariff on sugar. Henry* Kitteredge Norton. New York author, declared before the institute of public affairs today. Territorial possession, including the Philippines and Porto Rico, would benefit, he said. Dr. Thomas E. Benner, Columbia university professor, who also spoke before the Latin-Amefica round table today, denied that United States possessions would benefit. Light Company’s Picnic The annual outing of employes of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company will be held at Broad Ripple park. Thursday. W. S. Cronin, is general chairman. Dancing will be a night feature. A number of prizes will be given.

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Jake Geiser is the name of the young fellow who journeyed many miles from New* Philadelphia, 0., to see the mighty Babe and his cohorts in action. Jake was in the act of buying a ticket when he saw a ball come bounding over the wall to fall not many feet from him. All thought a ticket vanished for the time being and Jake concentrated on getting that ball, winning for himself a line in baseball history. Goal of Career For with that ball rode the longsought accomplishment of the greatest slugger in basebalil history--500 home runs in major league competition. After making the rounds of the bases the Babe sent word to H. Clay Folger, head of the Dunn field police, to be on the lookout for that ball. Babe has never been accused of sentimentality—he didn’t even keep the ball that signalized his record of sixty two years ago. But this ball represented the goal of his career. After questioning several urchins. Folger was advised that “de guy what got the ball went inside.” Folger immediately hustled back to his station at the turnstiles and* scrutinized carefully the pockets of the late customers. Jake Geizer of New Philadelphia, 0., had a suspicious looking bulge in his pocket, and a few diplomatic questions revealed the fact thtat he had found a ball—but he intended to keep it. "She’s Yours, Babe” Folger. ably assisted by Walter McNicholls, secretary of the Cleveland ball club, who hastily was called into consultation, persuaded Jake he should think twice before making a decision. Finally Folger had an inspiration. “How would you like to meet the Babe?” he asked. “Great,” said Jake. “So the two wended their way to the Yankee dugout. 'That ball means a lot to me,” said the great man as he gripped the hand of New Philadelphia’s now most famous citizen. “Could you give it up?” Now coming from an ordinary mortal that question might have been answered in the negative. But Jake is nothing if not an ardent baseball fan, and a request coming from the royalty of baseballdom is not to be reckoned with lightly. “Why, sure. Babe, she’s your’s. Glad I got. it,’’ he said feeling just a little limp over this sudden thrust into the spotlight. '‘You’re a great guy,” said the Babe. “Here’s something to remember me by.” And Jake felt two glistening white balls thrust into his hand, along with that S2O bill. NEGRO GETS 30 DAYS FOR FAST RUNNING Detective Chase Lasts Five Blocks: Woman Escapes. Steve Roberts, Negro. SO. of 1302 Yandes street, now has thirty days on the state farm to recuperate from a half-mile sprint he made in record time Sunday.’ He was sentenced by Municipal Judge Paul C. Wetter today after Detectives Charles. Russell and Louis Fossati told how they pursued Robers in an auto for five blocks, while he, in turn, with a drawn knife, pursued Mrs. Ida Ball, Negro, of the same address. Wetter sentepced Roberts on a charge of drawing deadly weapons and fined him $lO for drunkenness. Detectives said Mrs. Ball outran Roberts and went so fast they were unable to serve her orders to appear in court.

CABINET POST MAY BE TAKEN BYUNDBERGH Lone Eagle Would Become Chief of Commercial Aviation. Bv United Pres* WASHINGTON. Aug. 12.—Reports that Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh may be persuaded to accept appointment as assistant secretary' of commerce, in charge of aeronautics, were revived today with Lindbergh's presence at Camp Rapidafc, Virginia, the President's weekend retreat, as a guest of the President. The suggestion that Lindbergh might become a member of President Hoover’s “little cabinet" was originally made last winter when 1 Lindbergh was Hoover's guest in Florida while the President-elect was picking his important assistants. If appointed, Lindbergh would succeed William T. MacCracken Jr., who wdll return from Europe Monday where he has been an American delegate at the International Air convention in Paris. MacCracken indicated early in the Hoover administration that he w'ould like to retire to devote himself to his private business affairs. Urges Civil Aviation Since the day he returned fom Paris, after his epoch flight, Lindbergh has been urging the development of civil aviation. In his first speeches in Washington he pointed out that the United States then w T as behind Europe in the development of commercial aeronautics. At. present Lindbergh is technical advisor for Transcontinental Air Transport and aviation expert for the Pennsylvania, railroad, which jointly inaugurated a combination fast train and airplane service from New' York to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Promotes Private Air Lines In addition he is associated with Pan-American Airways, -which is developing air mail and passenger j lines in Mexico and in Central and | South America with terminals in | the United States. He is also con- | nected w'ith the Daniel Guggenheim | fund for the promotion of aeronautics. All of these duties are similar to the duties Lindbergh would have as assistant secretary of commerce in charge of aeronautics, which would be, chiefly, to stimulate and supervise the development of commercial aviation. Women Fliers to Stop Here Indianapolis will be visited within ten days by nearly twenty of the most prominent w-omen fliers in the country participating in the women's derby' from Santa Monica. Cal., to Cleveland, in connection with the Cleveland air races, Aug. 24 to Sept. 2. Stops on the race route will include St. Louis, Terre Haute and Indianapolis. Arrangements are being made to service the planes at the Curtiss-Mars Hill airport by H. Weir Cook. Curtis Flying Service of Indiana general manager. Among the w-omen participating in the race will be Lady Mary Heath, famous British woman pilot; Amelia Earhart and Ruth Elder, trans-Atlantic fliers; Mrs. Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie, Memphis, Tenn., first woman to obtain a transport license; Miss Bobbie Trout, former endurance record holder for w'omen and now chief test pilot for an airplane factory'; Elinor Smith, woman stunt pilot; Mrs. Dewey Noyes, Cleveland, and many others. Cash prizes amount to more than SB,OOO for the winners of the 2,650mile contest. The race will start Aug. 18 at Santa Monica and w-ill be concluded not later than Aug. 26 at Cleveland. A number of the participants have stopped at Indianapolis air ports en route to Santa Monica within the last week.

Arrivals and Departures Capitol Airport Sid Pierson, Fairchild Airplane Company representative, Fairchild monoplane, from Champaign, 111., and return; Leland Peeples, Travel Air biplane, Wichita. Kan., to Albany, N. Y.; Tot Douglass. Capitol pilot, Ryan monoplane. to Clarksburg. Ind., Sifnday with four passengers; John Sidebottom. William Bussburg, Lee Ruble and W. G. Kincaid. Hoosier Airport—Mickey Murphy, Waco 10 biplane, Cincinnati to Chicago; J. D. Madsdon. Travel Air biplane, Newark, N. J., to Wichita, Kan. Curtiss-Mars Hill Airport—Major Carol Cone. Command-aire biplane, en route to Little Rock, Ark.: Em-bry-Riddle air mail passengers. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gantz. Chicago, and C. W. Hare, Bloomington, to Chicago. a.nd John Sutherland, from Cincinnati to Indianapolis. Swiss Airmen Safe By United Press LISBON, Aug. 12.—The three Swiss arimen who started from Paris on Thursday on the first leg of their attempted trans-Atlantic flight to the United States, arrived at the Alverca airport, sixteen miles north of here, early today. The fliers had been missing since thev left Paris and had been sought in France, Spain, and Portugal. For a while it was feared they had been lost in the Pyrenees. The pilot, Kaeser, said he and his two companions would remain here for several days to tune up their plane for the hop across the Atlantic. In the Air Weather conditions at 9:30 a. m East wind, ten miles an hour; temperature, 80; barometric pressure, 29.87 at sea level; ceiling, unlimited; visibility, three miles, local smoke; field, good- _ _

BATTLE REDS IN PARIS CATACOMBS

Bullets Fly in Ancient Tunnels as Communists Start Riot, Bv f v.ited Press PARIS, Aug. 12.—The ancient catacombs of Paris, which lie under the French capital, resounded today to shouts and pistol shots as Communists and noncommunists battled in the semi-darkness. Anew subway is being projected in the ancient mortuaries, which date back to the earlier days ot Paris history, and a number of non- j communists, known as the “Greens, ’ were at work. The communists first descended into the catacombs and started a cry of “mutiny." The Greens responded, fighting off the Communists with revolvers, picks and shovels. Many Reds were injured. After a few minutes alter- \ cation the riot, was quelled and a i few' of the communists jvere ar- j rested. An hour later the reds again re- , turned, scrambling along the dark galleries crying “revolution." Again the tw r o forces battled and several were taken to hospitals. Police reserves w'ere sent from the brilliant sunlight of the street into the darkened recesses to quell the second uprisings. A short time later another uprising started when the Greens saw' a few Communists circling the catacombs. Tire Greens started shooting, wounding the Communist leader. Calm was restored and gendarmes were placed on guard through the tunnels. The uprising was believed to be an organized attempt of the Communists td seek vindication of being checked in their Aue. 1, ‘ Red day." COP, 84, WON’T QUIT Bv United Press LYNN, Mass., Aug. 12.—“1 don t intend to get out, and no pow'er on earth can make me This old age stuff will have no effect on me." Thus did Police Chief, Thomas M. Burckes, who is in his 84th year and who has been a policeman for nearly half a century, recently answer persistent rumors that he was about to resign.

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EXPLOSION KILLS THREE Men Were Repairing Leak in Ammonia Tank Condenser. Bv United Press HOUSTON. Tex.. Aug. 12.—Explosion of an ammonia tank condenser at the Phenix Dairy yesterday caused the death of L. A. Robertson. 35; Chester Hilton. 3(T. and Robert Williams, 25. The men were repairing a leak in the ammonia line. v OUTING ENOS IN TRAGEDY AS 13 LOSE LIVES Crack Train Crashes Into Truck Loaded With Happy Group. Bv United Press DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 12.—For w r eeks Mrs. Sherwood B. Badgett had promised her eight young daughters a trip to the Dallas zoo. Sunday they loaded a truck with picnic lunches, and with E. S/ Henry and his family of four as guests drove merrily the twentyfive miles to the city. On the ieturn trip the machine was struck by a Texas & Pacific flier and thirteen of the fourteen passengers killed. Investigators believed today that a crack in the pavement near a grade crossing eighteen miles east of here was responsible for the crash. According to Claude Chapman, Mesquite, believed to have been the only witness, the truck stalled in the hole. Finally, its engine roaring so loudly that the whistle of the approaching train was drowned, it pulled on to the tracks. The truck was shattered and the bodies of the victims scattered along ; (he track for hundreds of yards.

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Aviation BOMBERS MAKE. FLYING HISTORY ON TRIP WEST Squadron of Army Planes Hops From Atlantic to Pacific in 41 Hours. BY HERBERT LITTLE United Press Staff Corresoondent WASHINGTON. Aug. 12.—‘The 41-hour flight, of a squadron of army 1 bombing planes from the Atlantic to [ the Pacific last week was hailed by | ihe war department today as “one ’ of the most important, tactical missions performed by the air corps since the war.” The successful flight of the fourton planes, flying night and day across mountains and through fogs and storms, “clearly demonstrates the feasibility of reinforcing the defense. 4on either coast by successive flights of bombardment type aircraft in less than forty-eight hours,” it was stated. General Summerall, chief of staff, sent a telegram to Major Hugh J. Knerr commending him and his | men on the achievement, j Importance of the flight was em- ! phasized by the fact that the United | States in its post-war program has ! purchased recently more than fifty | of these “flying fortresses" each of I which will carry more than a ton i of bombs and two machine guns. I On their arrival from Langley j Field. Va., at San Diego, after thirJ ty hours of actual flying, three of ; the nine ships were sent out on a i theoretical night bombing raid, to | demonstrate that they could have acted swiftly against an enemy in a theoretical emergency. The night flying over unlighted airways of the west also was re- ' garded as a particularly difficult I task, successfully done. New radio ! equipment enabled the ship to com- | municate with ground stations for | the first time, as far as ships of this ] class are concerned. One ship was forced down at i Winslow. Ariz.. on the last lap of I the flight.