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GLOSSBRENNER IN PLEA FOR NEGRO VOTES 'Just Call Me Glossie,’ Is Appeal of G. 0. P. Candidate. ‘AMEN, BROTHER,’ REPLY ‘l’m Drafted to Do Things,’ Third Ward Gathering Is Informed. BY BEX STERN “Call me Glossie!” "Amen, brother," shouted 500 Negroes, a-rembled in the church at Twelfth street and Senate avenue. Thursday night for the Third ward Republican rally and barbecue. And today. Alfred M. Glossbrenner, dignified business leader of Indianapolis with whom George V. Coffin hopes to remove the bitter taste of the Duvall “maladministration.” is known as “Glossie” along Indiana avenue. It was a hilarious meeting. From the moment that the Rev. J. D. Johnson, pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist church, introduced Glossbrenner as “Glossengreener,” until the last Negro speaker, in obvious doubt and with palpable hesitation, called him “Blossenbreiner.” Amid a storm of laughter over the mispronounced name, Glossbrenner declared: “An Honest Name” "I am proud of that name. I have looked up its genealogy and find that it is an honest name. "I have done my best to add credit to it. Among his friends, my father was known as Glossie,’ and if you want to remember me, if you please, call me Glossie.” "Amen, brother,” came the chorusing shout "I have been a business man. I have been trying to attend to my own business. "I have been drafted to do things for Indianapolis, if you please. "I am a victim of circumstances in this campaign.” “I have been accustomed to writing, not speaking.” “Amen, brother.” “I have been a student of many things. “Amen,” came the chorus again.

Uses His Head "My years of study have taught me that some men use their heads to grow hair upon, and other to separate their ears, but I have tried to use my head for something else, if you please.” "Thank God for that,” swelled a mighty chorus. Glossbrenner declared that there was “one great kick a man gets out of playing the game and that is winning.” “And I am out to win, if you please.” “The popular cry of the citizens of Indianapolis during the last two years has been: We need a change in city government.’ How' is that demand to be answered and when will the change be made? "My answer to that question is: The change already has been made in the minds of the people. They succeeded in displacing an administration that had lost popular respect. Some folks were satisfied when a change in managing officials had been made. But the people also went to the polls and voted to get rid of a form of government they did not like. “Unfortunately for those who wished to do so, it later became impossible to change the structure of city government. Offers Experience “Business experience is the qualification that I have to offer to the voters. Although I have served loyally the Republican , rty whenever called upon, I have not been a politician in the usual sense of the word. I have worked diligently at making a success of my own business. From experience, I am familiar with sound business principles, systems and methods that could be applied profitable to city government. “I would try to improve its plans and practices so far as the ltfws would permit. Although not a professional city manager, I have studied the procedure of this new school of government and believe that many of its important purposes can be accomplished simply by the application of good business management” Talks also were made by former Mayor Charles Jewett. Dr. Charles Sumner Wililams. Chief Eaglefeather and David Venerable. FOURTEEN EXECUTED Heads of Russian Religious Sect Are Put to Death. Bn United Pf'* MOSCOW, Oct 25.—Two brothers named Grigorovlchi and their twelve “apostles,” charged with heading a counter-revolutionary organization, were executed today by the Soviety secret sendee. The men were alleged to have headed a group organized under the flag of a religious sect called Tmiaslavtzi,” whose refuge was the wild mountain and forest regions of the northern Caucasus.

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RAY GIBBENS QUITS . POSITION ON STATE INDUSTRIAL BOARD Anderson Man’s Resignation Was Tendered Oct. 18, but Not Made Public, at Request of Governor Leslie. • Ray V. Gibbens, Anderson, has resigned from the state industrial board, it was learned today. His letter of resignation to Governor Harry G. Leslie is dated Oct. 18, but he made it public for the first time today. Failure to do so previously was at the request of the Governor, Gibbens said. The resignation is effective Nov. 16. Gibbens has been a member of the industrial board since April 22, 1927. He w r as appointed for a four-year term by former Governor Ed Jackson.

DEATH QUICK IN HOMSBELIEF Disaster Came Soon After Start, Opines Flier. By United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 25.—The opinion that the attempt of Urban F. Diteman Jr. to fly from Newfoundland to London ended in disaster a few hours after the take-off Tuesday was expressed today by Lewis N. Yancey, Maine-to-Rome flier. “Blind flying over the ocean especially with clouds and fog, is no simple matter,” Yancey said, “Diteman, acording to report, did not have much more time in the air altogether than we required to learn how to fly blind.” Yancy was referring to his practice with Roger Williams, his partner on the Pathfinder’s Atlantic flight. “When darkness overtook us, we needed several times all the experience and knowledge we gained in our practice flight to keep on an even keel,” he said. Although there still were rumors holding out hope for Diteman’s safety, none of them had received any trace of verification today.

BLEAK WATERS OF LAKE YIELD BODIES

Quest for Storm Victims in Ferry Disaster Is Slow Work. BY ROBERT T. LOUGHRAN rn-’V Press Staff Cr>rresii'”’dent CHICAGO, Oct. 25.—The cold, gray waters of Lake Michigan gave up their prey stubbornly today, relinquishing one by one the bodies of the more than fifty sailors who went down with the Grand Trunk car ferry Milwaukee. Bleak dawn saw airplanes winging above the choppy waves through which coast guard boats plowed in the search for victims. No trace had been found of the hulk of the ferry, which was believed to have slid under in a storm Tuesday night. Five bodies, including that of Captain Robert McKay, were known to have been recovered. Others possibly had been picked up by lake craft or by landsmen along the shores where breakers were casting up wreckage torn from the ferry. Coast guardsmen said they believed the Milwaukee foundered off Wind Point, a peninsula which extends seven miles into the lake three miles north of Racine, Wis. There the storm struck with the most fury. Waves crashed over the narrow neck of land, swirling over the top of a twenty-foot lighthouse at the end of the peninsula. Twenty-seven loaded freight cars were clamped along the four lines of rails on the Milwaukee when the big ferry headed into the storm Tuesday afternoon. The cars probably were thrown from their moorings by the tempest. Once free, the cars proved battering rams, tearing the ship to pieces as it lunged and reeled under the shock of the racing waves. If enough were loosened at once, they capsized the ferry as if it had been a shingle. No craft, however sturdy, could have withstood the sudden rush of hundreds of tons to one side, shippers declared. It was a heroic ending to Captain

$786,000 IS FIXED AS COMMUNITY FUND GOAL

of aernries assisting In the Cotnmunltv Fund driro will be found on Pare 21.) Two thousand volunteer workers in the Indianapolis Community Fund will solicit $786,853 in the tenth annual campaign Nov. 15 to 25, according to Hugh McK. Landon, fund president, who today set that figure as the goal. Tfcis amount will be a $33,117.41 increase over last year, when $753,755.59 was raised by fund workers for distribution to various Indianapolis organizations. “The goal set represents only the basic needs of thirty-five social service organizations which can not be ignored.” Landon stated. "With a goal of $786,853. Indianapolis will come nearer its social service obliga-

Previously, he was rail-oad inspector for the public service commission, starting in this capacity June 1, 1921. Although nothing is said in the letter to the Governor regarding his future plans, Gibbens stated he resigned to acceept the state claims agency for the Globe Indemnity Company of Newark, N. J. His office will be on the thirteenth floor of the Consolidated building. Free From Politics The new position offers a better salary and is “free from politics,” Gibbens declared. The industrial board post pays $4,000. Charles A. Rockwell of Cloverdale, Putnam county, secretary of the board for the last five years, seeks to be Gibbens’ successor. Gibbens is a Republican and was a member of the house of representatives at the 1919 and 1921 sessions. He was joint representative for Madison and Tipton counties. Denied Klan Charge , He is a Mason, member of the United Brethren church, is married and has four children, the family residing in Anderson. At the time of his appointment by Jackson he was charged with being active in the Ku-Klux Klan, but denied the accusation. Other members of the industrial board are Chairman Roscoe Kiper, Boonville; Walter Wills, Linton; Horace G. Yergin, Newcsatle, and W. A. Faust, Elwood. The latter two or Democrats.

Competition By United Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. Thursday is beginning to rival Friday as a bad luck day. The navy has found, without ascertaining any reason, that more naval airplane accidents have occurred on Thursday than on any other day. One of the worst stock market crashes in years occurred Thursday. The late President Harding died on a Thursday.

McKay’s thirty-five years of outwitting the perils of the Great Lakes, begun when he was 17. "The ferries always run; damn the weather,” was his creed. The captain assured his superiors at Milwaukee that he could take the ferry safely to Ludington, Mich., on the other side of the lake. The Milwaukee was an all-steel ship, 338 feet long with a fifty-six-foot beam. Her value was $1,000,000. United States steamboat inspectors launched an investigation of the disaster at Milwaukee this morning. GIVES PROCLAMATION Mayor Urges Observance of Armistice Day. Official proclamation urging observance of Armistice day, Nov. 11, throughout the city, was made today by Mayor L. Ert Slack. The mayor asked that the flag be displayed and requested employers to allow employes to participate in the celebration "lest we forget the many great and even supreme sacrifices made in behalf of the preservation of civilization.” Felix T. McWhirter today was named commander of the ci/ie section of the celebration, B. W. Breedlove, general chairman, announced-

tions than it has in past year, but only will meet the needs which are so important they can not be ignored.” During the last ten years the Community Fund has raised $5,000,000, which has been distributed to the social service organizations. Members of the budget committee are: H. C. Atkin®, Mrs. Brandt C. Downey, Isidore Feibleman, J. W. Fesler, Eugene C. Foster, William H. Insley, Samuel Mueller, Dr. Cleon Nafe, Freeman B. Ransom. P. C. Reilly, Mark V. Rinehart, Almus G. Ruddell, Franklin Vonnegut, Warrack Wallace and John R Welch.

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PANTAGES TO LEARN FATE LATETODAY Jury Expected to Return Speedy Verdict in Attack Case. ‘NO COMPROMISE,’ PLEA Acquittal or Penitentiary Term Urged by State and Defense. BY GEORGE H. BEALE United Press Staff Correspondent LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25.—Before nightfall, Alexander Pantages, wealthy theater man charged with attacking 17-year-old Eunice Pringle, a dancer, may know whether he must go to San Quentin penitentiary. Attorneys for both state and defense argued against compromise and predicted a quick verdict, as did courtroom attaches. The case was expected to be given to the jury late this afternoon. "Either send this man to San Quentin, where he deserves to be, or set him free,” was the plea of Chief Deputy District Attorney Robert Stewart, in his closing argument. "Restore this man to his rightful place in the community or else send him to prfeon,” urged Defense Attorney Jerry Geisler. Following completion of ' i arguments for the defense t y by attorneys Joseph Ford and W. I. Gilbert, District Attorney Buron Fitts will close for the state. Superior Judge Charles Fricke indicated his instructions to the jury would be brief. Pantages, if convicted, may be sentenced to a year in the county jail or from one to fifty years in prison. Stories told by the two principals formed the basis of final arguments. Miss Pringle claimed she was attacked Aug. 9, when she went to ask the theater man to book her act. Pantages declared the young dancer disarranged her clothing and his as part of a plot to blackmail him. YOUNG AUTOIST BURNED Car and Filling Station Destroyed by Flames. Theodore Perry, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Perry, 4224 Carrollton street, was burned on the face today when a hot manifold on his automobile set a quantity of gasoline on fire at a Puroil filling station, Forty-second street and College avenue. , His condition is not serious,, St. Vincent’s hospital physicians say. He will be returned to his home this afternoon. The automobile and the filling station were destroyed.

NO RAIN EXPECTED Football Fans Are Cheered by Weather Forecast. Football fans need have no fear of rain during any of Indiana’s seven gridiron contests Saturday. J. H. Armington, meteorologist, said today that Indiana will not have any more rain for several days. The temperature will rise from the low marks of the last four days to about 50 degrees over the week-end, he said. COLLEGE DEAN DIES Henry Craig Jones Had Served in Schools of Law. Bv United Press lOWA CITY, la., Qct. 25.—Henry Craig Jones, 50, dean of the college of law at the University of lowa, died at his home here today. He had been ill a year with maita fever and heart complications. Dean Jones came here in 1922, after serving on the faculties at Harvard and George Washington. He also served as dean of the University of Illinois and West Virginia colleges of law. DOUBLE KILLING PUZZLE Man, Wife Slain, Hostess Wounded in Shooting Affray. LUSHTON, Neb.. Oct. 25— Mr. and Mrs. Bert Stollar of California, were killed and -Mrs. Harvey Swartz was wounded in a shooting affray at the Swartz home near here today. Stollar arrived in Lushton Sunday, friends said, presumably to return to California with his wifi, who had been visiting here. Officers were seeking to establish the motive for the double slaying and determine who did the shooting. Meat Packers Name Officers Bv United Press CHICAGO, Oct. 25. William Whitfield Woods, Chicago, was reelected president of the Institute of American Meat Packers in annual convention here. Frederic S. Snyder. Boston, was re-elected chairman of the board of directors.

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Yo Yo’Champions Will Compete for City Title

THE city’s best Yo Yo manipulators will meet at 1 Saturday at the Indiana theater to compete for the city-wide championship title and prizes offered by The Times. The first place winner will be awarded a three-day contract at the Indiana theater and $lO in gold. Money prizes and trophies will be awarded the others who place. The First district winner will be selected at a contest Saturday afternoon at the Ritz and he will

ADVISES REVISION OF TRAFFIC CODE

Worley to Act Following Ruling of Illegality in Arrests. Amendment of the “model” city traffic code to give police authority to arrest traffic violators on sight will be sought by Police Chief Claude M. Worley and City Prosecutor Herbert M. Spencer. Worley announced he would confer with the city legal staff on the ruling made Thursday by Municipal Judge Paul C. Wetter holding it illegal for police to arrest traffic violators on twenty-four sections of the city code. The traffic ordinance provides for issuance of a “sticker,” ordering the violator to appear at the police traffic bureau within seventy-two hours. Wetter held that the police legally could not make the arrest before expiration of that period. The ruling was given in the case of Charles Brown of Jeffersonville when Attorney Edward O. Snethen filed a demurer to the charge of failure to stop at a preferential street. Must Have Authority “Police must have some authority if we ars to cut down the accident toll,” declared Chief Worley in reference to Wetter’s decision. “The arrest of violators or issuance of a sticker for traffic offenses must be a matter left to the judgment of the officer, who should be governed by circumstances,” Worley declared. “If we’re going to control traffic and stop this orgy of deaths we must have authority to make proper arrests. We can’t cut the accident toll if a court sits up and encourages such things. We’ve got to take some action to stop careless driving.” Offcn S. Hack, city corporation counsel, began a study of the ordinance with the view of giving an opinion to city council. Section in the code which are also in the state motor law would be superseded by the state statute, giving police authority to aefunder the state law, Hack said. Up to Council “This question of whether officers should make arrests or give stickers is clearly a legislative matter for the city council to decide,” Hack said Arrests on the spot are illegal on these charges, according to Wetter’s opinion. Failure to stop at a preferential or “through” street. Driving on the left side of the street. Failure to give emergency cars right of way. Following fire apparatus at less than 500 feet? Emerging from alley or private driveway without stopping.

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meet the winner of the finals in another challenge championship event at a date to be set. The five district winners who will compete Saturday are: District No. 2, Joseph Johnson, 905 Fayette street; District No. 3, Richard Dininger, 145 North Vine street; District No. 4, Frank Techinger, 42 Kansas street; District No. 5, George Rennick, 1616 Williams street; District No. 6, Owen Davidson, 1725 Ingram street.

Hookin ’ Ladder Bv United Press EVANSTON, 111., Oct. 25. Everybody for blocks around ran out to watch when Evanston’s new hook and ladder truck clanged up to a house on Dempster street. Flames darted from a second story window. "Run up the ladder, boys,” barked Captain John Mersch, while the admiring crowd edged closer. "Where is it, chief?” asked a fireman, hesitantly. The captain looked at the truck. The ladder was not there. It was not at the fire house. The firemen are looking for the thief.

DRY CHIEF WEAKER Shumaker ‘Not Doing Very Well,’ Is Report. Dr. Edward S. Shumaker, Indiana Anti-Saloon League superintendent, suffering from a malignant tumor, is “not doing very well,” league officials said today. Dr. Shumaker has been more restless since Tuesday night than at any previous time during his illness and is weakened by spells of hiccoughing that have continued at intervals since Tuesday. “Dr. Shumaker retains some vitality, although he is much weaker this week,” the report stated.

BILL FOR POLICE CHIEF’S NEW CAR UNDER DISPUTE

The $2,650 bill for Police Chief Claude M. Worley’s new La Salle sedan, bought July 5, is being held up by City Controller Sterling R. Holt pending investigation of the requisition from the office of Joel A. Baker, city purchasing agent, it was learned today. Holt objected to the two separate requisitions and separate invoices on the chassis and body to prevent the total from running over $2,000. The state law provides that all purchases over 82,000 must be approved by city council, Holt pointed out. The purchasing agent’s requisition called for a special body with non-shatter glass and two extra wire wheels “for police emergency use.” The chassis was ordered on a special requisition, signed by the board of safety June 25. Holt said he “found nothing crooked” about the deal except that

FALL FOUND GUILTY AFTER 23 HOURS’ DELIBERATION; JURY RECOMMENDS MERCY Convicted of Accepting SIOO,OOO Bribe From Doheny Eight Years Ago; Personal Attorney Collapses in Courtroom. DEFENDANT CALM, HEARING VERDICT Trial Judge Denounced Hotly by Hogan, Doheny; Seven Voted for Acquittal on First Ballot, Foreman Reports. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.—Former Secretary of Interior Albert B. Fall was found guilty by a jury here today on a charge of receiving a SIOO,OOO bribe from E. L. Doheny, oil millionaire, nearly eight years ago. The jury recommended mercy. Fall, who leased the valuable Elk Hills California naval oil reserve to Doheny’s Pan-American Company in 1922, had been on trial here since Oct. 7. His illness at one time threatened to cause a mistrial. The jury was out twenty-three hours fifty minutes. It received the case at 11:30 a. m. Thursday and returned its verdict in open court at 11:20 a. m. today, although the decision was ready some time earlier.

BANKERS INVENT MARKET GUARD Scheme Is Worked Out to Curb Stock Losses. B\f T'ttifrd Prpfiti _ NEW YORK, Oct. 25.—Some of America’s biggest bankers have worked out a plan of protection “against needless sacrifice of security values,” it became known today, as the stock market plunged through a vast volume of business. The powerful houses of J. P. Morgan & Cos., the Chase National bank, the National City bank. Guaranty Trust Company, Bankers Trust Company and the First National bank have been into the so-called portection committee, an outgrowth cf Thursday’s selling at any available price. LOST CARVING IS FOUND Cleveland Museum May Lose Work Sought by Two Nations. Bv United Press CLEVELAND, Oct. 25—The rarecarved ivory Diptych, figure of an international art scandal, and sought by French and Jugo-Slavian government officials, was discovered here today. The Diptych, one of the greatest carvings of its kind in the world, was located at the Cleveland Museum of Art. It immediately was withdrawn from exhibit, pending further instructions from the state department of the United States.

SLASH AUTO MAKING

Manufacturers Reduce Output, but Maintain Optimism. By United Press DETROIT, Oct. 25.—Drastic curtailment of production will be continued feft the remainder of 1929, reports from automobile manufacturers indicated last week, but little worry was shown in the industry. “September production of motor vehicles in the United States and Canada was 429,149, as compared with $436,507 produced during September, 1928, a drop of 7,358 units,” Automotive Industries magazine will state this week. Hourly Temperatures sa.m 34 10 a. m 50 7a. m 34 11 a. m 52 Ba. m 38 12 (noon).. 54 9a. m 45 Ip. m 56

there was an apparent attempt on someone’s part to avoid ‘‘going to the council for approval.” “The law is plain on that point. They had no trouble in getting council to approve purchase of a new car for the fire chief when it was necessary. I have called in every one at city hall who was connected with it and discussed the purchase with Burke-Cadillac Company representatives,” Holt said. “This is the same thing which the school board did in buying parts and assembling them to avoid getting bids,” declared Holt, who is auditor of the school board. The controller declared he “has not decided what to do with the bill,” but indicated he will follow the advice of the legal department. He obtained an invoice covering the entire order from the Cadillac firm.

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Fall, who has been ill with a lung- ailment since the trial started, sat still in his big green leather easy chair in the prisoners’ dock as the verdict was read. Doheny stood at his left, and his El Paso physician, H. T. Safford, and a nurse were at his right. Fall showed little emotion. He wiped his eyes once or twice. Mrs. Fall, who was in bed with a cold Thursday night, kept up a Spartan impassivity after her first sob, though her daughters sobbed audibly. Holds Cane Tightly She fixed her eyes on her aged husband, sitting slumped in h|s chair a few feet away inside the railing, only the top of his white head visible. A blue robe was thrown around his shoulders and a brown one over his knees. In his other hand, Fall held a curiously carved cane, probably some memento of his cattle days in the west and gripped it tightly. Defense Attorney Frank J. Hogan gave notice he would present a motion for anew trial and a motion in arrest of judgment. Under the law, he has four days to do this. If these are denied, as is usual in criminal cases, the Judge will then impose sentence. Thereupon, an appeal to the District of Columbia court of appeals can be noted. When court adjourned, the 73-year-old Doheny made an impassioned outburst of rage to a friend. "The jury didn’t try the case, the judge tried it.’’ he shouted. Mark Thompson Collapses A similar bribery indictment is pending against him. Mark B. Thompson of Phoenix, Fall’s former ranch neighbor, and personal counsel for many years, collapsed in the court room, ten minutes after court adjourned. The tall spare, good humored plainsman has sat at Fall’s side throughout all of the trials. He was confident of acquittal when he talked with a United Press correspondent before the jury went out. Thompson, who has a weak heart, made a passionate appeal to the jury to send his client free to the “lung-heal.ng sunshine of New Mexico.” Justice Hitz had warned the jury in his charge that it had nothing to do with the "sunshine of New Mexico.” The Jury took seven ballots before reaching an agreement, Foreman Norris said after he was discharged. "Four ballots were taken Thursday night, and on the first poll seven were for acquittal, three for guilty and two doubtful," Norris said. “When we retired at la. m. today, after taking the fourth ballot, the poll was seven for guilty and five for acquittal. Taken to Hotel “On the first ballot today it was eleven for guilty and one for acquittal. Two more ballots were taken before the vote was unanimous.” “The judge invited what he got,” said Frank Hogan, chief counsel for the defense. “The jury was not an independent bpdy. The verdict was inevitable in the face of the charge. "But this Is only the beginning.” Fifteen minutes after the verdict, Fail, still dry-eyed, was wheeled out of the courtroom to his waiting automobile and taken to the Hotel Mayflower suite, in which he has lived since he came here from El Paso three weeks ago. The Fall family had expected to leave for their New Mexico home within thirty-six hours if an acquittal verdict was returned. Thompson regained consciousness after ten minutes with administration of restoratives by Dr. Safford, Fall’s physician. He had to be carried from the courtroom.

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