Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 300, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 April 1930 — Page 1

England Recalls War Raid Horrors in Graf Zep Visit

Bv United Press LONDON, April 26,-The dirigible Graf Zeppelin, continuing its series of test flights prior to departure on a flight to Brazil and the United States next month, flew over England today on a trip from Friedrichshafen. The big ship crossed the channel from France after a speedy flight from Germany and was sighted over Brighton at 3 p. m., heading for Wembley.

WARDEN LAYS PRISON UNREST TO RED GROUP Thomas Charges Confirmed Anarchists Are Behind Seething Resentment. BT HARRY W. SHARPE United Press Stsff Correspondent COLUMBUS, April to.—Warden P. E. Thomas of Ohio state penitentiary today blamed agitation among confirmed anarchists and malcontents as responsible for unsettled conditions within the prison. Approximately one hundred of the four thousand population are anarchists, Thomas told the United Press, and intimated that they were aided by propaganda which might have had its origin outside the walls. “We have Bolsheviks, radicals—all hardened criminal—in there,” Thomas said, ‘‘who represent the law, its enforcement and officers as vile ana unjust. "They attempt to hold up their crimes a.; something virtuous and their punishment as something malicicu . "They seek to disseminate their propaganda to unsuspecting and model prisoners in attempts to win con/erts and cause a revolt. Search All Mails "We always have had to remain vigilant to keep out doctrines of radicalism. That i* one reason why we search the mails. Thomas said most of the propaganda had been circulated by word of mouth, but some of it. “might” have been published within the prison and distributed. He regards radicalism among convicts as one of the major problems of prison life. ‘‘Within ten years.” he said, "every prison in the country will be patrolled permanently by armed troops. The warden described threefourths of the prisoners as model and unblamable Meanwhile, conditions at the prison, where 322 convicts were either fatally burned or suffocated Monday night, apparently were back to normal. For a moment Friday night memories of the disaster were recalled when a fire alarm rang through the prison. It- quickly was declared false. Other than the momentary excitement the prisoners were quiet. Star,' Troop Withdrawal While an Investigating committee was preparing its report to Governor Myers Y. Cooper, arrangements were being made to remove many of the troops which have .surrounded the prison since the fire. At the same time. Warden Thomas announced 550 convicts are to be removed to another prison within a few days to ameliorate congestion. He did not name the institution. Only two developments served to heighten the closing hours of the investigation. Hubert L. Richardson, a guard, repudiated former testimony when he declared that a range door in the cell house was open at the time he discovered the blaze. This was in contrast to his and Captain John Hall's previous testimony that said a quarrel over keys to the locked door caused the fatal delay. Another phase of the investigation was opened when reports were circulated that knives and guns were found on the bodies of convicts burned to death. Officials, however, refused to confirm or comment on the report. BOY SERIOUSLY HURT Detroit Visitor Injured When Car Hits Two on Bicycle. Riding on the handle-bars of a bicycle, Frank Lake. 9. of Detroit, was injured seriously late Friday when the bicycle ran into an automobile driven by Louis Hensley. 602 East Fifty-sixth street, in the 300 block on East Fiftieth street. The Lake boy. visiting at the home of W. D. Browning, 5122 Kenwood avenue, was riding on the handle-bars of a bicycle ridden by Albert Fesler, 11. of 428 East Fortyninth street, when injured. EXCHANGE IS ACCUSED Ftfleld Charges Loose Stocks Sale Methods; Hearing May 14. Charging that officials of the Boston (Mass.) Stock Exchange have permitted loose methods in listing securities. Secretary of State Otto G. Fifleld has ordered them to appear before the Indiana securities commission. May 14. and show cause why they should not be removed as an accredited exchange in this state.

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The Indianapolis Times Generally fair tonight with possibly light frost; Sunday cloudy with showers in afternoon or night, not much change in temperature.

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The Graf Zeppelin was received with rr‘xed feelings, especially in Kent, where fourteen years ago, on April 26, 1916, the residents of that area were awakened by the roar of Zeppelin motors and the shattering explosion of bombs. It was an attack of the dreaded “sky raiders” on the so-called “Garden of England.” The residents who gazed into the peaceful sky as the Graf Zeppelin passed overhead today recalled viv-

Start Here Mary Della Chubb, 18, pretty, hardboiled, with plenty of It, works in the clock shop. Her closest friend is Miriam Bobbin, who warns her of the Red Mask, brutal slugger, terror of parking couples. Mary Della goes to meet her steady, Joe Sparks, but Joe fails to appear. Angered, Mary starts across the street, and Is run down by the long yellow roadster driven by Robert Henley Calkman 111, scion of wealth, Yale student. Robert starts a rush to the hospital, but Mary Della, unhurt, opens her eyes, and directs him the wrong way. They speed along until they reach parkers’ paradise, off the main highway. Mary Della Impulsively throws her arms around her handsome companion and kisses him. Another car comes into the lane and the driver turns off its lights. The night is black. A woman screams. Robert leaps to the rescue. He fails to return. NOW PICK UP THE STORY, MARY DELLA, GREAT NEW TIMES SERIAL, „ ON PAGE 11.

0. S. CONVICTS RALPH CAPONE Al's Brother Found Guilty of Evading Tax. Bv United Press CHICAGO, April 26.—One of the most notorious of the twenty-eight names of “public enemies” designated by the Chicago crime commission for banishment from the city, was imminently close today to being checked off the list. It appeared not improbable that Ralph J. Capone shortly might be heading south, though not to join his big brother, Scarface A1 Capone, who is vacationing in Florida. The younger Capone was convicted Friday in federal court of attempting to defraud the government in connection with taxes on his income from the Capone beer business. In event the new trial demanded by his counsel is not granted when their arguments are heard May 16 he is liable to a maximum term of twenty-two years in Leavenworth prison and a fine of $40,000.

GOLD IS SCHEDULED Forecast Offers No Relief for Week-End. Although official thermometer readings were slightly higher today than Friday, Indianapolis faced the week-end without sign of great relief from an unseasonal cold wave that has chilled Hoosier spines more than a week. Recurrence of frosts that have formed nightly this week was forecast for tonight by the United States weather bureau here this morning. It will be light, the forecast predicted. Increasing cloudiness and showers. with little change in temperature. were billed for Sunday, according to the weather bureau. INSPECTION OF SITES FOR HOSPITAL SET Federal Board to Sean Prospects in, Near City Monday. Inspection of sites for the proposed veterans hospital will be begun here Monday by a sub-commit-tee of the United States hospitalization board, according to dispatches from Washington, D. C. Major-General Merritt W. Ireland. surgeon-general of the army, Hugh S. Cummings', surgeon-general of the public health service and General George H. Wood. Dayton. 0., president of the national home for disabled veterans, compose the sub-committee. They will be accompanied by Colonel J. J. Phelan. engineer, who made a preliminary study of the sites. It is understood that the favored site is in Indianapolis.

MAN BELIEVED DRUNK IN COURTROOM DIES IN JAIL

Investigation into the death in county jail early today of Thomas J. Flaherty. 50. of 1502 North Illinois street, serving a thirty-day sentence for contempt of court, was begun by Coroner Charles H. Keever. Flaherty was sentenced this week by Circuit Judge Harry O. Chamberlin after he was ordered into court to explain why he failed to pay support money to a child and his divorced wife, Mary L. Flaherty. As Flaherty's former wife stepped

idly the wartime scene when sirens sent them rushing to cellars and subways to escape the attack. One of the passengers aboard the dirigible—Captain Dietrich—looked down on the spring-clad English countryside where—in the darkness of spring night in 1916—he gazed down in search of targets for the bombs carried on a raiding Zeppelin. The Graf Zeppelin was not greeted in England by the British dirigible R-100, as scheduled. The R-100 was

PART OF U. $. TO LOSE HOUR EARLYSUNDAY Millions Start on Daylight Saving Time at 2 A. M.; Europe Has Jump. By United Press Millions of persons throughout the United States and Canada, particularly in the larger cities, will turn their watches one hour ahead before retiring tonight. The annual observance of daylight saving time will start officially at 2 a. m. Sunday and will last until 2 a. m. Sunday, Sept. 28. States which use daylight time almost wholly are New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, while Maine and Connecticut have state laws which attempt, although not successfully, to prohibit its observance, according to a survey by the Merchants Association of New York. Chicago and its environs in Illinois and Indiana have chosen daylight saving, while parts of Michigan hold out for standard time the year around. Duluth and Minneapolis in Minnesota always are one hour earlier than their neighboring cities, and members of the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce go by daylight saving time although a state law forbids it. The entire state of Ohio is on eastern standard time throughout the year, while sixteen cities in Pennsylvania observe the daylight time. Abroad, daylight saving time is known as “summer” time, and Great Britain, the Irish Free State, France, Belgium and Portugal already have set their clocks up one hour, which means they are six hours ahead of eastern standard time while summer time is in effect. Holland begins observance May 15. Germany, Italy and other European countries to the east do not observe summer time. Theirs (Central European' is normally six hours ahead of eastern standard time.

MEIKEL RITES HELD

Veteran of Civil War Was on Sherman’s March. Funeral services for Frederick J. Meikel, 86, Civil war veteran and lifelong Indianapolis resident, who died Friday at the home of a son, George W. Meikel, 6011 Broadway, were held this afternoon in the Finn Brothers undertaking establishment, 1639 North Meridian. The Rev. W. H. Harris, pastor of the Temple Baptist church, conducted the service. Burial was in Crown Hill cemetery. Meikel served three s r ears in the war under General Benjamin Harrison as a member of the Seventeenth Indiana infantry and participated in Sherman’s march to the sea. He was connected with the Indiana Dry Goods Company for many years. Survivors are a son, a granddaughter, Mrs. Caroline Marschae, and a great-granddaughter, Charlotte Anne Marschae. LEADS BY 27 VOTES Indicted Congressman Is Given Small Plurality. Bv United Press CHICAGO, April 26.—Congressman M. A. Michaelson, who was indicted last spring on charges of bringing liquor through the United States customs, was only twentyseven votes ahead of his opponent for the republican nomination today ir ’-.o official count of votes of the prunr.ry election two weeks ago. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 37 9 a. m 52 7 a. m.,... 41 10 a. m 54 8 a. m 49

to the witness stand during the hearing Fatherty fell to the floor unconscious, striking his head against a corner of the jury box. Immediate attention by a doctor revealed the man was drunk, and Chamberlin ordered him sent to city hospital for treatment. Hospital attaches said he had been drinking poisoned liquor, and when he was taken to jail Flaherty for a tliird time fell unconscious. The body is held at the city morgue, s

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damaged when being removed from its hangar this week. PARIS, April 26.—The dirigible Graf Zeppelin passed over Paris on schedule at noon today, on its way to England. The dirigible actually reached the Orly aerodrome, south of Paris, fifteen minutes ahead of schedule, but rather than disappoint Parisians who might not leave their offices

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Herbert J. Fahy Injured in Attempt to Sell Ship to Cliff Durant. Bv United Press GRAYLING, Mich., April 26. Herbert J. Fahy, noted California aviator, w T as in a critical condition today in a hospital here after his airplane crashed near Roscommon, Mich., late Friday. He suffered skull fracture and other serious injuries. Mrs. Claire Fahy, also a flier, escaped with slight injuries although she was so shaken she was unable at first to give a coherent account of the accident. She later explained the plane struck a tree stump in taking off. Fahy was a former army flier and holds the world’s solo endurance record. He is a salesman for the Detroit Aircraft Corporation and was attempting to sell the airplane in which he crashed to Cliff Durant, sportsman and automobile manufacturer.

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Bw United Press NEW YORK, April 26.—Stocks rallied at the opening of the market today, with gains of fractions to a point in most sections. There were still a few weak spots, notably Canada Dry Ginger Ale, which broke 1% to 6214, anew low for the year. Coppers were firmer, with American Smelting up 1, at 7314 . and Kennecott up ®4 at 49 J 4. Utilities were firm, with the exception of American and Foreign Power, which lost 2% to 92 5 4. Montgomery Ward continued in demand in the mercantile group. A. M. Byers was up % at 112%, to head the steels, while Texas Corporation was firm in the oils and Radio-Keith-Orpheum in the amusements, the latter rising % to 48. (By Thomson & McKinnon) —April 26 Open. Atchis 171 Chgo Gt Wes 15% Del & L W 136 M K & T 159 VS NYC 179 Sou Rv US'* St Paul 21% Am Loco 171 Vi Gen Am Tank 306 V.. Gen Elec 88% Gen Rv Sig OS’. Pullman 75 Westinghse Air Bk 44% Westinghse Elec 194 Firestone 25 Chrvs'er 36% Gen Mot 1 48’-4 Hudson 44 7 i Mack 80 D ackard 18% Rtude 37% Yel Trk 2°% Bendlx Av 47% Bor<* War 44 T ANARUS Timkn Pol 81% Am Smelt 73 H Anaconda OAt; Granbv* 38% G N Ore ?% Nickel 37 *tl Ref a.s% Ho”s*oji lie ’od P-f 22 % '*e- Std 33% ’’hilPns A’. f'ehflH Pure OH 34% ’■’tehfld ?*% °ovl Dutch *'% wn-iair 30 k*llv 38% R’rt of o*l w-. SM of N J 80 • Rd Os N Y 31* . On Oil a* 7 Roi Mil *" Beth •'! Havers A M Republic <2V

and shops until noon, when they expected the big ship to pass overhead. Captain Ernst Lehmann slowed the craft and drifted gently. At exactly noon, the ship passed over the old fortifications at an altitude of 150 feet. Captain Lehmann leaned from the cabin and waved to the crowd below, but the Frenchmen were silent. They had seen forty-five dirigibles pass over Paris during the World war, dropping bombs.

BASEBALL FREE FOR m BOYS All Under 18 Are Guests of Indians, Lions Today. Boydom will parade to its annual shrine, the baseball park, as the opener of Boys’ week today in Indianapolis. All boys of Indianapolis will be guests of the Lions Club and the Indianapolis baseball club at the game this afternoon between the Indians and St. Paul. The parade will begin at 12:30 at Meridian and North streets. The Indiana boys’ school band of Plainfield will head the procession. Prizes will be awarded the most unique floats, banners and drill exhibitions. Harry M. Franklin will be grand marshal. Dr. K. B. Mayhall of the Lions Club is in charge of arrangements for the festivities.

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CHARGE SHIPS IGNORED CRIES OF DYING MEN Refused Even to Play Light on Water, Asserts Agent of Steamer Line. 16 MEN ARE MISSING Believed Drowned as Boats Swamped in Launching; Probe Under Way. Bv United Press BRIDGEPORT, Conn., April 26. A charge that several vessels passed by th escene of the freighter Thames disaster In Long Island sound Thursday without heeding the cries of drowning men, was made today by Daniel Meenan, agent of the Thames River Line, Inc., owners of the fire-swept steamer. Sixteen men of the freighter are missing. Two or three steamers passed without putting out a boat or even casting their searchlights on the water where me nwere drowning,” Meenan declared. Hints at Complaint He refused to name the vessels, but said formal complaint might be filed by company officials in New York. Ten of the crew of twenty-six who started from New York late Thursday on a routine trip up the sound to Bridgeport—a trip that had been made scores of times without incident—were safe today. They owed their lives to coast guards and boatmen who dared heavy seas to rescue them from wind-swept, icy seas. Fourteen of the missing men were believed to have been drowned in the swamping of the Thames’ two lifeboats after fire of unknown cause had forced them to abandon the ship off Cobb Point, sound beach, Thursday night. Jumps Into Water One man left behind jumped into the water and never was seen again. The sixteenth —John J. McNamara, youthful stuednt engineer of Tiverton, R. I—went to his death with the blazing vessel, laughingly shouting to the men who had taken to the lifeboats: "I’m sticking; Til be safer here.” The fire-swept Thames ploughed toward the beach with its steering wheel lashed and crashed on a reef several hundred yards off shore. Three investigations of the fire were under way today. In addition to the owners, the Thames River Line, Inc., of this city, the coast guard and United States steamship inspectors’ service are seeking the responsibility. LiNDY READYJO HOP Colonel to Inaugurate New Air Mail Route. Bv United Press MIAMI, Fla., April 26.—An amphibian plane of the Pan-American Airways was ready today for Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh to pilot it across the Caribbean to Cristobal. Canal Zone, inaugurating the new seven-day New York to Buenos Aires air mail service. Colonel Lindbergh expected to leave for Havana at 2 p. m. on the first leg of the trip, 1,200 miles of which will be across water. Colonel Lindbergh’s orange and black Lockheed-Sirius monoplane alighted at muncipial airport Friday afternoon after a swift trip from Washington in which the 1,135 miles were covered in seven hours and ten minutes. A large crowd was on hand to greet the flier, and as he posed for cameramen one woman rushed out and grabbed him by the arm. Aged Woman Dies ’Bv Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., April 26. —Long I illness resulted in the death of Mrs. Orella Piqugno, 69. Funeral services were held at St. Mary’s Catholic church. She leaves three brothers and a sister.

Bandit Spurs Courage With Kiss, Robs Bank Bv United Press BLUFFTON, Ind., April 26.—There is nothing like a kiss to put one in shape for bank robbing, according to the procedure of the bandit who was seen to kiss his woman companion before he climbed from his car and robbed the Liberty Center State bank Friday of $1,460. Today police of four counties are looking for a newly married couple because Mrs. Nova Cole, postmistress at Liberty Center saw the bandit display his affections. The car used in the robbery was found in an orchard on an untenanted farm south of Litxrty Center. m m B m m Bv United Press HARTFORD CITY, Ind., April 26.—Disgust over finding but $2 in the till of a Hartford Citv grocery store, was believed today to have turned the attention of a bandit to the Liberty Center bank, where he obtained $3,000. •“I don't want this,’ the bandit told the grocer in scorn, when he found but $2 in the till. “I thought y#u had some real money here. Take your chicken feed and give me a package of cigarets instead.” The grocer compiled with the request, and the bandit drove toward Liberty Center,

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A Bible Text How well do you know your Bible? We asked that question yesterday and maybe you’ve had time to think it over. Can you answer five questions, chosen at random, daily, from your Bible? Knowledge of the Bible Is an essential part of a good education. Most great works of liteiature use Bible quotations and Bible incidents freely, and it adds to your understanding of them if your Bible knowledge is what it should be. Just to make it easier for you, The Times will start a little feature Monday on the editorial page which should be of inestimable value to you. Five Bible questions will be printed Monday. The answers will appear Tuesday, following anew set of queries, which will be answered Wednesday, and so on. You’ll find this feature worth while, no matter how busy a man, woman or youth you may be. Remember, it starts Monday.

PASTOR'S TRIAL IS NEAR CLOSE Jury to Get 'Love Letter' Shooting Case Today. Bv United Press OTTAWA, in., April 26.-A verdict determining the fate of the Rev. James A. Wilson, charged with the attempted murder of his church Sexton and the latter’s wife, was exepeted by nightfall as counsel started their closing arguments today in the “love letter” trial of the 60-year-old minister. The defense closed its case Friday with the testimony of the defendant, who is liable to imprisonment of one to fourteen years, if convicted. Mr. Wilson, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Mendota, m., denied the crime was premeditated. He explained to the jury that he was carrying a gun for the possible purpose of commiting suicide when he visited Amos Elliott, the sexton, and Mrs. Elliott to demand an indiscreet letter he had writcen to Mrs. Emma K. Wagner, a widow and one of his parishioners. The letter, responsible for the shooting, had been given the Elliotts by Mrs. Wagner, whom the married minister had asked to live with him. CRIME GROUP MEETS TO PREPARE REPORT Final Conclusions Will Be Drafted After Extensive Study. With prohibition present as a sort of Banquo’s ghost, the state crime committee convened at the office of Governor Harry G. Leslie today to draft their ftnaj conclusions. The committee is the outgrowth of the Governor's crime conference and has been working on various angles of crime, its cause and cure, for several months. Legi s1 a tive recommendations, based on reports from various subcommittees, are expected to be the result. Leo M. Rappaport, prominent Indianapolis attorney and president of the Family Welfare Association, announced he will ask expression of the committee on prohibition. He is a wet, but the majority membership is said to be dry.

PORK PRICES STEADY AT CITY STOCKYARDS Little Change Noted in Cattle and Calf Trade. Hog prices for the week-end were unchanged at Friday’s figures with the bulk, 150 to 275 pounds, selling at $10.25. Top price was $10.25. Receipts were 3,000, holdovers, 351. Cattle held steady with receipts of 100. Calves were unchanged with new arrivals of 300. Sheep were quotably steady, receipts numbering 50. Chicago hog receipts were 6,000, including 5,000 direct. Holdovers were 3,000. Few loads were on sale. Avery limited trade was steady to strong with Friday’s average. A few loads of choice, 170 to 230pound weights, sold at $lO to $10.15; 250 to 260-pound weights, $9.90; 270 to 310-pound weights, $9.65 to $9.75. Cattle receipts were 100, sheep 12,000.

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HOOVER PUTS WHOLE POWER BEHIND PARKER Full Strength of Administration Tossed Into Breach to Ease Way. RUMOR NEW VACANCY Report Democratic Justice Will Retire Is Cause of Speculation. BY PAUL R. MALLON rntted Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, April 26.—The whole weight of the administration, with its power to punish its enemies and reward its friends, was thrown today into the senate breach over the nomination of Judge John J. Parker, southern Republican, to the United States supreme court. While Republican leaders were doing misisonary work with party bolters, preparing for the opening of debate Monday, the inspired report that there soon would be a Democratic vacancy on the court, was arousing senatorial speculation, An unofficial report that James Clark Mcßeynolds, conservative Democratic membe rof the court, is about to retire and that Newton D. Baker, noted Cleveland attorney may get his place, was being circulated appearently with White House approval. Mcßeynolds, 111 at his home here, declined to comment on the report. Can Reward Democrats This news had a disquieting effect upon Democrats who are about to oppose Parker. The most optimistic Republican polls showed no more than forty of the ninety-six senatorial votes for the North Carolina Republican nominee as the week-end recess was taken Friday. It is believed Parker must get more Democratic votes If he is to be confirmed. If Mcßeynolds retires, Mr. Hoover would have it in his power to appoint a Democrat or a Republican to succeed him. Ordinarily, a Democrat could expect to be chosen. If the Democrats do not help confirm Parker, however, Baker and any other candidate might be sidetracked in favor of a Republican. Report Accelerates Fight On the other hand, the report of Mcßeynold’s future resignation has served to accelerate the fight of the independent Republican group against Parker. News that another vacancy is coming has conjured visions of the possibility of getting 3 court majority more to their liking. The extreme pressure of the ad-l ministration has brought only two reported conversions to the support of Parker, Senators Goff (Rep., W. Va.), who recently announced he would retire, and McCulloch (Rep., O.), who has been alternately reported against Parker and on the fence. Borah to Open Debate This is not enough to put Parker over unless the southern Democrats fall in line. Their two votes are counted in the poll of forty Parker supporters. Senator Borah (Rep., Idaho), leader of the opposition, to Parker is expected to open the debate Monday, speaking upon the candidate’s attitude toward labor, He may give way to Senator Overman ( Dem., N. C.), for a defense of Parker, if Overman desires. The debate is expected to last several days and rival in importance the recent famous debate over the nomination of Charles Evans Hughes to be chief justice, against which twenty-six senatorial votes were cast.

LINCOLN OFTEN TOO LONG FOR HIS BED Two-Inch Overhang Revealed by Chicago Exhibit Entry. 01/ United Pri ns CHICAGO, April 26.—Abraham Lincoln, who was 6 feet 6 inches tall, frequently had to sleep in a bed only six feet four inches long, but whether his head or his feet overhung is not recorded. The bed, part of a parlor-bedroom suite on display at the first Chicago antiques exposition at the Drake hotel, formerly stood in a bedroom of the Jonathan Hall homestead at Hallville, 111. When he was riding circuit as a lawyer, Lincoln often spent nights there. .DR. MILLER IS NAMED Succeeds Dr. Hadden. Resigned, as School Medical Inspector. Dr. A. W. Miller. 114 East Palmer street, today was appointed successor to Dr. Claude E. Hadden, candidate for G. O. P. nomination for coroner, who resigned as school medical inspector for the city health board. DRILL TEAM TO APPEAR Arrius Court to Feature Program at Y. M. C. A. Circus. * The women’s drill team of Arrius court 5. Tribe of Ben Hur, will feature the program of the annual Y. M. C. A. circus at the Central Y. M. C A. building tonight Morr than 300 persons attended the opening o{ the circus Friday night