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PECK, GENARG REFUEL PLANE DURING NIGHT Flamingo Fliers Misread Gauge, Call for Gas at 4 A. M. PASS 110TH HOUR IN AIR Pilots May Fly to Chicago for Exhibition: to Drop Ball at Butler. Repetition of the gasoline shortage which a week ago forced the Indianapolis Flamingo to earth was avoided early today when an S O S message from Lieutenants Walter R. Peck and Lawrence Genaro, endurance pilots, for more gasoline was answered at 4 a. m. with a night refueling. Observers at Hoosier airport, the flight base, saw the fliers toss a lighted flashlight from the plane at a height of about 600 feet The flashlight hit the ground, bounced, and then lay still, continuing to burn. Attached to it was a message imploring the ground crew to rush gasoline. Misread Gauge The Travelalr refueling plane, piloted by Lieutenant C. O. Perry, with Sergeant Kent Boyer as refueler, was warmed up hurriedly, took off and refueled the Flamingo with only flashlights to illumine the contact. The refueling had been completed and the refueling plane was back on the ground thirty minutes after the message was received. A checkup of gasoline later showed the fliers had misread their gauge and they had sufficient gasoline to last until the usual refueling hour, but the incident proved the possibility of refueling at night in case of a real emergency. At 2 p. m. today the fliers had been in the air 110 hours and their plane had traveled more than 9,000 miles, based on an average speed of eightv-flve miles an hour. Including the first attempt, which failed after seventy-eight hours, the plane has been aloft a total of 184 hours and had flown 15,640 miles. Other Cities Request Arrangements were being made today for the big yellow monoplane to fly to Chicago Wednesday or Thursday for an exhibition. The plans are contingent upon the loan of a sister ship from the Metal Aircraft Corporation, Cincinnati, manufacturers of the endurance plane. The second Flamingo would carry Colonel John S. Fishback. National Aeronautical Association Indiana representative, as observer. In addition, requests have been received in the past few days to have the plane fly over Bluffton, Muncie, Peru, and Bloomington. Major H. Leßoy Muller, flight manager, said it is planned to have the fliers drop a football over the Butler bowl Saturday when Butler opens the football season with Illinois Wesleyan. WIDOW GIVES EVIDENCE Testifies Against Coal Firm s Sleuths in Murder Trial. Bil United Press PITTSBURGH. Sept. 24.—Mrs. Julia Barcoski, widow of John Barcoski. testified today against the three former coal and iron policemen on trial in criminal court for the murder of Barcoski, a minerfarmer. Her husband is alleged to have been beaten to death by Walter J. Lyster, Frank Slapikas and Harold Watts, all former coal policemen of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Selection of the jury was completed late Monday. INSANITY TO BE PLEA Colorado Banker Will Deny Guilt in Bank Swindle. Pit United Press CHEYENNE. Wyo., Sept. 24. Charles D. Waggoner, whose scheming netted his Telluride, (Colo.) bank $500,000 from six New York banks, today was speeding back to the eastern city, in custody of two officers, to face a New York grand jury indictment. It was believed the banker will reach New York Wednesday morning. Samuel D. Crump, attorney for Waggoner, said his client would plead not guilty and would rely on an insanity plea when tried. ARABS~ATTACK VILLAGE American-Supported Refuge for Jewish Children Menaced. Bu United Press , JERUSALEM. Sept. 24.—A Jewish children's village in Jezreel valley, supported by American philanthropic organizations, was attacked bv Arabs Monday. Shalom Elisha a village guard, was shot to death. The telephone lines were severed. Police sent from Afueieh saved the village and routed the attackers. Courier Believed Assassinated Bn I sited Press _ . _ BUCHAREST. Sept. 24—Unconfirme dreports reaching here today said Captain Serditch, special coulter from the Queen of Yugoslavia to Queen Marie of Rumania, was assassinated at Banat,

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VOLUME 41—NUMBER 116

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HUGGINS’ CONDITION AT CRITICAL STAGE

Fourth Blood Transfusion Decided Upon to Aid Yankee’s Boss. Bn United Press NEW YORK, Sept. 24—A fourth blood transfusion was decided upon today in an attempt to save the life of Miller Huggins, manager of the| New York Yankees. Huggins' condition was reported as unchanged. The last report said he still was critically ill and one of the nurses at the hospital, told the United Press: “The next twenty-four hours will tell the story.” Huggins was able to take somti nourishment today, a hopeful sign, but his temperature remained close to 104 degrees. He had a fairly comfortable night. The baseball manager is suffering from erysipelas, complicated with influenza. The Yankees left Monday night for Boston on their last road swing of the season. Most of the players sent flowers or telegrams to the manager they were leaving behind. Huggins was delirious most of Monday. He called for his brother and sister, already in a nearby room, but they were not permitted to see him. WIGGINS PLEADS GUILTY Prize Fighter Willing to Accept 60S Day Jail Term. Charles F. (Chuck) Wiggins, Indianapolis pugilist, will accept fines totaling $5Ol and serve sixty days in jail for a fistic encounter with two police and a fireman Aug. 18. he told Homer Elliott, special criminal judge, today. Wiggins pleaded guilty to nine charges resultant from the fight, and will be sentenced Wednesday morning. His attorney today agreed with Prosecutor Judson L. Stark on the fine and jail term. CUBANS DENY CHARGES Formal Statement Is Given U. S. Foreign Affairs Committee. Bu United Press PARIS. Sept. 24.—The Cuban legation issued a formal statement today denying recent charges before the United States committee for : foreign affairs alleging discriminations against American citizens living in Cuba.

JOHN, FLO DRIVING NORTHWARD TO SOLITUDE OF MAINE WOODS FOR HONEYMOON

BY BOYD LEWIS United Press Staff Correspondent PLAINVILLE, Conn., Sept, 24. Mr. and Mrs. John Coolidge motored northward today to a honeymoon lodge in the Maine woods. Florence Trumbull Coolidge’s red sports roadster left Plainvilie Monday night on a two-week jaunt, most of which will be spent at the summer home of Governor John H. Trumbull. Two miles from a telephone, the young couple will surround their honeymoon with secrecy. The secrecy already has started,

REFORM WAVE HITSGAPITAL Senate Charges Pave Way for Drive on Liquor. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—A drastic reform movement has swept the nation’s capital. In the last forty-eight hours, demands have been made of the President to “clean up” Washington. On the floor of the senate it was charged that opium dens and other “narcotic joints” were being operated in the shadow of the Capitol; police were accused of “accepting money on the side and winking at blind tigers;” the administration was charged with “stalling,” where prohibition was concerned. Local and federal authorities are drafting a program to make Washington a model city. Federal agents were making secret investigations to learn the exact conditions in the capital. Officers were ready to investigate the narcotics charge made by Senator Blease (Dem., S. C.) while special treasury agents were prepared to receive information that bootlegging was a thriving business here. HAZY NIGHTS ARRIVE Weather Man Says Indian Summer Is Here. Indian summer, with its cool and hazy nights and golden moons, is here. J. H. Armington, meteorologist, said the definition for Indian summer is: “The fine weather that generally follows the first frost.” Autumn officially arrived at 6:53 a. m. Monday and was accompanied by a rise in temperature when the mercury soared to 82. The average temperature for Monday was 66 degrees. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 63 10 a. m 78 7 a. m 68 11 a. m 79 Ba. m 72 12 (noon).. 79 9a. m 74 Ip. m 80

for the itinerary of their trip to Maine was guarded carefully at the reception that followed the wedding Monday. It was presumed Erwin G. Stevens, caretaker of the Trumbull lodge, would meet them, probably in Boston, and escort the couple the rest of the way. What started out to be “just a quiet home wedding” developed into a state celebration Monday when the bells in steeples here tolled 4 p. m. More than 2,000 persons, most of them uninvited, surged against the line of state policemen, Attempting to get a

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W.G.T.U.TO STAY NEUTRAL IN FM FIGHT Report Wednesday Likely to Call for Use of Education Only. MRS. BOOLE RE-ELECTED Cigaret Ads Deplored, but No Active Opposition • Is Scheduled. No direct offensive will be made by the National W. C. T. U. against tobacco and cigaret advertising, it appeared today as the annual convention neared a close at the Murat. Officials and delegates are determined on a stand of ‘‘hands off” offensively and the use of education only against the cigaret smoking of boys and girls. The only opportunity for division of the organization on the smoking habit will come when the report of Miss Ida Lillian Page of New Jersey, chairman of the narcotics departmen, is read Wednesday morning. Mrs. Boole Re-elected Mrs. Ella A. Boole, Brooklyn, N. Y„ was re-elected president of the National W. C. T. U., and Mrs. Ida D. Wise Smith, Des Moines, la., was re-chosen vice-president. Mrs. Anna Marden De Yo, Evanston, 111., was renamed corresponding secretary. Re-election of the three other national officers appeared probable. It was learned today that Miss Page, although denouncing the use of cigarets and deploring cigaret advertising in magazines, will urge that the W. C. T. U. “keep an even keel” and continue its fight on tobacco by educational means only. “I do not expect any organized effort to combat the advertising of cigarets or their use besides educational methods,” Miss Page said. Will Approve Resolution It was predicted the resolution introduced in congress by Senator Reed Smoot against exploitation of cigarets by advertising will receive the approval of the W. C. T. U. Despite editorial comment that President Hoover subtly rebuked the W. C. T. U. in a letter to its fiftyfifth convention, the organization feels that he intended commendation for its work of education, Mrs. Boole said this morning.

“Many newspapers editorially have misinterpreted that part of the President's communication which read, ‘Too many people have come to rely wholly on the strong arm of the law to enforce abstinence, forgetting that the cause of temperance has its strong .foundation in the conviction of the individual,’” Mrs. Boole said . “If that is criticism of any one, it is of other people,” she stated. “We naturally support the government. We would like to know whether our critics advocate open disrespect of the law.

NO VERDICT ON LAW City Manager Suit May Be Decided Late Today. The supreme court in special session today again failed to hand down a decision in the Indianapolis city manager suit upon which rests the future government of the city. The judges spent the morning in listening to an oi-al argument on a petition for writ of prohibition pending an appeal from Lake county superior court. The writ is sought by Alex Wichster, Gary, against the upholding by Judge Maurice E. Crites of condemnation proceedings ugainst Wlchster’s property by the Gary park board. The judges announced they will take the case under advisement this afternoon. They may also decide the city manager case late today or Wednesday, it was indicated. goebel delays hop Only Air Derby Contestant Left Will Take Time. Bu United Press BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Sept. 24. Art Goebel announced today he would defer his start on the second lap of the Mexico City-Kansas City air derby until tomorrow. Original plans called for him to take-off at 9 a. m. today. Goebel indicated there was no flurry to get to Kansas City, since he is the only entrant left in the race.

glimpse of the bridal party at the First Congregational church at the Trumbull mansion. They saw the bride in a Patou gown of ivory satin, relieved by a long string of pearls, with black-lined panels. Young Coolidge was in afternoon dress, his hair plastered and a lily at his buttonhole. Calvin Coolidge, who came down with Mrs. Coolidge just before the wedding and left soon after the reception, also was in afternoon dress. The former President made the concession of wearing a gardenia

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“Mother” Grider and the children who don’t belong to her. Left to right—Lois, 6: Earl, 1, and Luella, in crib; Nancy, 6, extreme right on tricycle; “Mother” Grider holding Freddie, 3 weeks old.

Naval Parity DESPITE the mission of good will that soon will bring Ramsay MacDonald, Great Britain’s prime minister, to Washington to discuss the question of naval parity with President Hoover, a number of vexing problems will face this history-making conference. Milton Bronner, European manager for NEA Service and The Times presents the interesting background of this situation in a series of six interpretative stories, written from London, which will appear in this newspaper, beginning Wednesday. You’ll w r ant to read each of these instructive and interesting articles. You’ll be interested in each of these stories, which will appear locally exclusively, beginning Wednesday, in The Times.

MANY INJURED INOILBLAST 1,000-Gallon Tank Explodes in Memphis. Bu United Press MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 24—A 1,000-gallon crude oil tank exploded at the Illinois Central railroad shops here today. Ambulances and fire companies were called. Reports said many injured had been removed from the wreckage. Four buildings were damaged by the blast. The first victim taken from the wreckage was in critical condition. WOMAN SUES~~DOCTOR Assault in Hospital Strong Room Alleged in Damage Case. By United, Press ASHEVILLE. N. C., Sept. 23. Suit for $60,000 damages against Highland hospital and Dr. Robert S. Carroll, noted southern medical expert on nervous diseases, was filed here today in superior court by Mrs. Emily C. Brandt, wife of U. S. Brandt, wealthy Columbus (O.) citizen. The plaintiff claimed the surgeofi assaulted her under pretense of making a medical examination! and that she was held a prisoner in the strong room of the hospital. DAMAGE SUIT IS FILED SIO,OOO Asked of Traction Line For Crossing Crash. A suit for SIO,OOO damages against Arthur W. Brady, receiver for the Union Traction Company, as result of the Sahara Grotto crossing crash Oct. 14, 1927, at Twenty-first street and Emerson avenue, was filed today in Superior court one by Rowland P. Rhodes, administrator of the estate of Ruth Rhodes, a victim. It is the twelfth action filed against Brady as result of the accident.

for the bride, although Mrs. Coolie ge warned Florence he would get rid of it at the earliest opportunity. Coolidge's wedding present to John and Florence was a check, Mrs. John H. Trumbull, mother of the bride, told the United Press today. “It was a check —a substantial amount —but I can not say how much,” the Governor's wife said. She denied reports the former President had presented the newlyweds with a $50,000 trust fund. She indicated the check was for an amount in four figures

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BY ARCH STEINEL ONE HUNDRED women in Indianapolis put babies to bed at night, doctor them when they have the colic, listen to their cries instead of a radio loudspeaker getting Los Angeles—and the babies don’t belong to them. The One Hundred are the mothers in boarding homes selected by the Family Welfare Society to care for tads whose opportunity for parental care was lost either in the matrimonial pool or the art of living. And, leading the One Hundred in quarts of tears shed on her shoulder of tales how, “Johnny hit me with a baseball bat,” “Mamie took my doll,” —is Mrs. Hazel Grider of 3532 Rockville road. In ten years’ time Mrs. Grider, “subbing” for seventysix mothers, has raised, or partially reared, seventy-six children. & St tt IN the office of the Family Welfare Society’s children’s bureau sits Mrs. Ellen George, director, to whom children are not “just kids.” She tells of the numerous women applying for jobs as "boarding mothers.” “One woman came in and said,” I’ve just paid out on a Ford car and now we’ve got a Buick—l’d like some children to raise, so I can pay for the Buick. She was not accepted.” Mrs. George says every home is investigated thoroughly before children are sent there and that “Mother” Grider’s one of the society’s best. At “Mother” Grider’s you find three babes-in-arms, one “crawler” and two who are just starting to school. “It seems all my days are mealtimes. I feed from 7 to 9 a. m. and then start feeding over again,” “Mother” Grider says. “How did I become fostermother? Well—” she hesitated, “my second boy died in 1918. I’ve just one now, 18 years old. I got lonesome and they told me where I could get all the children I wanted —and that’s how it happens I’m doing this. “It hurts sometimes, this job. Take the time I kept John Doe—the doorstep baby you remember? He wound his way around my heart.” tt t! tt OTHER” GRIDER patted IVI the heads of Nancy, 6, and Lois, 6, as she explained, “We’re doing for Lois ourselves —her own mother can’t. She seems like our very own. We’ve had her and Nancy since babyhood. They’re not sisters, but they treat each other better than sisters. Some day—who knows—they may go away from me just like the other sev-enty-odd have gone.” “Mother” Grider knows, as the other one hundred foster-mothers know, the day may come when the child-clay molded by them must be given up to the honest-to-goodness mothers. Lumps sometimes in throats—sure! But that’s all a part of the game of subbing for motherhood. Plane Wreckage Washed Ashore CASABLANCA, Morocco, Sept. 24. —Wreckage of a South American mail plane, which was lost with its pilot and four passengers last week, was washed ashore near Merdja Escerga, Morocco, today

Events moved swiftly in the church. Florence smiled as she entered on her father’s arm and threw frequent glances at her mother, who was seated in one of the front pews. John also glanced at his parents, who were seated beside the Trumbulls, but apparently was too nervous to muster a smile. The single-ring service was used; the wedding ring with its diamonds slipped on the bride’s finger without balking; John and Florence delivered their vows in firm, even tones.

Fire/All Out! But riled Press SCHUYLERVILLE, N. Y., Sept. 24—The whole town joined the fire department today. In a proclamation, Mayor Amos Jaquith pointed out to to the citizenry that the twen-ty-nine members of the volunteer fire department quit Monday night because Water Commissioner Rensler Brewer had been so inconsiderate as to turn the hose on Fire Chief Joseph Glass two weeks ago. Schuylerville’s pop u 1 a tion leaped into the breach, every man, woman and child agreeing to respond to alarms. Most of the responsibility falls upon Dan J. Falvey, majority leader of the board of trustees, who has been designated by the mayor as official “watcher for fires.” Falvey’s duties include walking around the village and yelling as loud as he can if he sights a blaze. Schuylerville’s civic pride will do the rest.

CITY MAN AUTO VICTIM T. A. Brown Suffers Fatal Injuries Near Brazil. Farrell A. Brown, 29, of 4069 Rookwood avenue, was injured fatally when the auto in which he was riding, driven by Mrs. Jean Danner, of Marshall, 111., crashed into a truck three miles west of Brazil. Brown suffered a fractured skull and died at the Clay county hospital at Brazil. Following the accident. Brown climbed from the rumble seat of the car, but collapsed on the pavement. Eddie Rardin and Frank Kasner of Indianapolis were injured slightly and Mrs. Danner’s left arm was torn off. The man’s body was to be returned to Indianapolis this afternoon. The truck was driven by Ed Young, of Evansville and was en route to Indianapolis. Brown was a member of the Scottish rite, the Broad Ripple Blue lodge of the Masonic order. He had lived in Indianapolis twenty-six years. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Brown of Indianapolis, and a brother, Dwight Brown of Los Angeles. SUICIDE TOLL lIS HEAVY Five Persons Kill Selves in Des Moines in 24 Hours. By United Press DES MOINES, Sept. 24.—Five persons committed suicide in lowa during the last twenty-four hours. Three persons killed themselves by shooting, one took poison, and the fifth hanged himself. 11l health and despondency were given as the cause in each case.

At the reception the bride and bridegroom stood in the receiving line with their parents. Florence kissed friends frequently; John shook hands and smiled in public for the first time in three days. Calvin Coolidge employed the jerky, muscle-saving handshake he perfected in the White House. Young Coolidge must be back in New Haven in two weeks to resume his job in the New Haven railroad offices. Meanwhile he will eat food cooked by his wife on an oil stove at the Moosehead Lake lodge. ..

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SCHOOL BOARD TICKET NAMED BY CITIZENS Committee Selects Five to Make Race in Election Nov. 5. ONE WOMAN ON SLATE Two Attorneys and Two Business Owners Are Others Chosen. Five candidates for school board posts were named today by the In* dianapolis citizens’ school committee. They were selected by the organization’s nominating committee and approved at a general meeting at the Lincoln this afternoon. The candidates: Russell Willson (Rep.), Indianapolis' attorney, 33 Maple court: Mrs. J. Don Miller (Rep.), president of the Keystone Press. 3118 Fall Creek boulevard; Merle Sidener (Rep.), president of the Sidener, Van Riper Advertising Agency, 4246 Park avenue, and Samuel E. Garrison (Dem.), attorney, 2620 Allen avenue. Three to Retire Willson, Wetzel and Mrs. Miller will be placed on the slate for election Nov. 5 if the city manager law is held constitutional by the Indiana supreme court. If the law is declared unconstitutional, all the candidates will be placed on the ticket. The three school board members who will retire at the close of their terms, Dec. 31, are: Charles W. Kern, president; Theodore F. Vonnegut and Mrs. Lillian Sedwick. Should tho manager law be held constitutional, another school election could be held in two years. If the federal fojm is ’.pi,eld, five candidates will make the race this fall and then, if elected, Sidener and Garrison would take office at the close of 1931 to succeed Lewis E. Whiteman and Fred Kepner. The nominating committee's report was adopted unanimously. Signatures to Be Obtained. Directions to obtain signatures to the candidates’ petitions were given committee members and civic organization leaders. The petitions must be filed with City Clerk William A. Boyce, Jr., before midnight Thursday. The citizens’ committee was formed to forward “businesslike and non-political school administration and to present a plate of competent persons to voters.”

SEAT RECORD ON CURB Membership Sold for $254,000, New High Mark. By United Press NEW YORK, Sept. 24.—The sale of a New York Curb Exchange membership was arranged today at $254,000, anew record high and an increase of $4,000 over the previous cale made a few days ago, it was announced by the New York Curb Exchange. On the basis of today’s price the total membership of the exchange represents a valuation of $139,700,000, an appreciation of 6,700 per cent since the institution moved indoors in IS2I. PANTAGES CASE ENDING Jury Will Deliberate Murder Charge in Few Hours. By United Press LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24.—Within a few hours the jury which heard testimony in the murder trial of Mrs. Lois Pantages will start deliberating whether she should be sent to San Quentin prison. Deputy District Attorney James P. Costello was to be the last to address the jurors. Hi* talk was expected to renew the prosecution’s contention that Mrs. Pantages was intoxicated when her automobile struck Juro Rokumoto's car and injured the Japanese gardener so severely he died.

COAL COMPANIES MERGE Glen Alden Firm Takes Over Lehigh and W’ilkes-Barre. Bu United press WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Sept. 24. The largest merger in the history of the anthracite coal industry was revealed today when Major W. W. Inglis of the Glen Alden Coal Company announced his company had arranged to take over the physical properties of the Lehigh and WilkesBarre Coal Company. According to Major Inglis, the Glen Alden Company will give 676,700 shares of its stock in payment for properties of the new company. ECKENER’S SON TO AID Will Spend Year With Goodyear Zeppelin Firm at Akron. Bu United Press BERLIN, Sept. 24.—Knut Eck. ener, son of Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the German Graf Zeppelin, will sail early in October for the United States to begin a year’s work with the Goodyear Zeppelin Company at Akron, O.

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