Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 110, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 September 1930 — Page 8

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GERMAN FASCIST, RED POLLS VICTORY STIRS EUROPE

POSSIBILITY OF DICTATORSHIP IS VIEWED MENACE Bruening’s Cabinet Decides to Place Fate in Hands of Reichstag. FUTURE CALLED GRAVE Hatred of Communists and Enemies for Each Other Offers Respite. Jv United f’rju BERLIN. Sept. 16.—The cabinet of Chancellor Heinrich Bruening decided at a meeting today to remain in office and place its fate in the hands of the new relchstag. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS, Scrinpii-Howard Foreijrn Editor WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. Not since the World war has Europe had such a case of cold chills down its spine as it now is suffering as a result of the victories of Germany’s dangerous extremists in Sunday’s elections. Boosted along by a sort of tidal wave of popular dissatisfaction with things as they are. fascists and Communists today occupy a strategic position where they can threaten, if not exact, the very life of the republic. Given the occasion, they might force a dictatorship upon the country', which might lead to heaven only knows what. For the crisis which Germany is facing is of international as well as national gravity. Not only is the future of the republic at stake, but the peace of Europe as well. Parties Hate Each Other Two things temper the domestic end of the situation, however, and may save it so far as the immediate future is concerned. In the first place Fascists and Communists hate each other so bitterly that co-operation between them, even to overthrow a regime which both oppose, would be difficult. Each would insist upon riding in front after the destruction of the republic had been brought about. In the second, the more moderate political groups, now that they once more are fairly up against a national peril, may forget their own party quarrels sufficiently to form a coalition majority. While Fascists and Communists have become respectively the second and third largest parties in the Reichstag, the Socialists remain, as they w’ere before, the most important single group. International Complications If Chancellor Bruening can induce the Socialists to help him put through the budget, tax and other vtal reforms, the first phase of the domestic crisis will be over. But international complications remain. Hungary is reported secretly to be arming, presumably in anticipation of an early restoration of the Hapsburg monarchy and a possible clash with Yugoslavia. Relations between Yugoslavia and Italy are more menacing than ever, and a Yugoslavian-Hungarian conflict might find Italy lined up on the side of Hungary'. And France. Yugoslavia's ally, would be drawn into the fray. Little love is lost between Paris and Rome. v Sentiment Running High Meantime, sentiment is running high in Germany for a revision of the treaty of Versailles and a redrawing of the eastern frontiers. France, Poland and their allies uncompromisingly are opposed to any such procedure, being prepared to defend the status quo by force if necessary. The startling increase of Fascist sentiment in Germany, suprising even the most ardent of the Fascist leaders themselves, can but add to the demand for revision. Feeling there already is about 100 per cent determined never to yield until the Polish corridor separating East Prussia from the rest of the country is returned to the fatherland, and as time goes on watchful waiting may give way to a policy of dijrect action. It surely will if. at the same time, super-nationalist sentiment, as personified by the Fascist, grows in the future as it has in the past. Feel Freedom Again What observers predicted would happen in Germany has happened. They prophesied that a virile nation of 60,000,000 people could not long be held down. For twelve years following the armistice she carried on with more or less patience under the w'atchful eyes of the victors. Now the last of the army of occupation has left the Rhine, reparations payments have been settled, on paper, at least, and Germany feels free again. What Europe now' is afraid of is that Germany’, by way of reaction, may begin to cast out the statesmen w’ho acted for her as peace-makers and post-war reconstructionists, and turn to the new disciples of the old school—the young Junkers, the Fascists and the rest whose motto again will be “Deutschland Über Alles." MAN AND WIFE KILLED Automobile of Anderson Couple Crashes Into Parked Truck. Bu Times special ANDERSON. Ind., Sept. 16. Qeorge W. Crow, 63, and his wife Daisy, 47, Anderson, are dead as the result of an automobile collision with a truck parked on State Road 67, three miles north of Alexandria, Monday night Walter Armstrong, 68, driver of the automobile, and his wife Ada, S3, also of this city, are suffering from severe wounds in a hospital here. The truck is owned by J. B. Rinker, Alexandria, who left it at the side of the highway while he walked to Alexandria for material with which to repair a broken \wheel. The crash occurred during his absence.

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Adolph Hitler, head of the German Fascist party, is the man of the hour in Germany today as a result of the general elections, which gave his party 107 seats in the Reichstag. The Fascists are bitterly opposed to republican form of government in Germany.

CHICAGO BUCKET SHOP IS fiOSED State Halts Alleged Stock Swindling Scheme. Closing of an alleged Chicago bucket shop, said to have taken $1,000,000 from unwary investors in Indiana and Illinois, has been brought about by the Indiana securities commission, Secretary of State Otto G. Fifield, announced today. The case was brought to the at - tention of Chicago authorities by Earl Coble, chief examiner of the commission. It resulted in the rapid closing of Douglas H. White and Company, 10 South LaSalle street, which was operated by New York gangsters. Coble charges. Although Coble interviewed White, head of the company, the latter escaped before w'aramts could be isued for his arrest. Restitution had been made to Indiana investors, however, according to Coble. The company dealt in fradulent stock sales, he a'serted. LUDLOW IS SPEAKER Addresses Session of Third Ward Workers. Three accomplishments of his less than two years service as representative from the Seventh congressional district were narrated by Louis Ludlow, candidate for re-elec-tion at the meeting of Third ward officials and workers Monday night at the Women’s Department Club. These results w r ere: Selection of Indianapolis as the site for the new veterans’ hospital; obtaining for Indianapolis a cross-country air mail line giving this city overnight mail service to New York and Washington, and the naming of a cruiser for the Hoosier capital. Meredith Nicholson, Seventh district chairman and author, discussed the campaign and predicted a victory for the entire ticket this fall. Ludlow will discuss the methods used in obtaining the hospital at the meeting of Service post, No. 128, American Legion, Thursday night, at the LawTence high school.

AGED MAN KILLED IN FALL FROM LADDER Funeral Services for John N. Bly Set for Wednesday. Funeral services will be held at 2 Wednesday for John H. Bly, 86, of 2471 Riverside drive, who was killed Monday when he fell from a ladder while painting the ceiling of a porch at 1510 Montcalm street. Services will be held at the home of the daughter. Mrs. H. P. Willwerth of the Riverside drive address. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Mr. Bly was born in Cheat Neck, W. Va., and came here before the Civil war. He was employed for thirty-six years by the Indianapolis Street Railway Company, retiring in 1911. Surviving, in addition to the daughter, are three nieces, Mrs. Mamie $ Russell, Mrs. Thomas Whalen, and Mrs. Frank Pursell. all of Inidanapolis. Mr. Bly was a member of the Knights of Pythias and Christian church. PEACE PLEA IS SOUNDED Further Steps Against War Asked of League by Germai.. By United Press GENEVA. Switzerland, SeJt. 16. A strong plea for further steps towards world disarmament was made before the League of Nations assembly today by Dr. Julius Curtius, German foreign minister. He expressed hor i that war would not only be wiped out by aggressive means, but prevented at tts source. BOBBY MEETS HOOVER Golf King Pays Visit to President at White House. Bu t mtrd Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—Bobby Jones, British open and amateur champion and American o.ien champion in golf, called on President Hoover at the White House today. Bobby was accompanied by Roland MacKenzie, Washington and Wilmington <Del.) amateur; Freddy McLeod and MacDonald Smith, golf professionals, with whom he is playing a benefit match here today. Wife Spanker Fined 8 MILFORD,°Ind., Sept. 16.—Convicted of spanking his wife, J. D. Smith, living near here, was fined $1 and costs in the court of Justice of thg Peace Frank La sc.

TARIFF REVISION GROUP IS NAMED BY PRESIDENT Five of Six Experts Ready to Take Up Task of Rescaling Act. Bu United Brest WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—President Hoover today announced appointment of five of the six members of the new tariff commission upon which will fall the task of revising the Hawley-Smoot act, under the flexible provisions of that legislation. The members are: Henry P. Fletcher fPa.), former diplomat, chairman. Republican; Thomas Walker Page (Va.), former member of the commission, Democrat; John Lee Coulter, Fargo, N. D., nationally known economist, Republican; Alfred P. Dennis <Md.), present vice-chairman, Democrat, and Edgar B. Brossard (Utah), chairman of the old commission. „ It was explained that owing to an unexpected declination, the sixth member of the commission would not be named for ten days or two weeks. Nomination of Brossard may result in senate opposition to confirmation of the appointment, as in. his present post as chairman of the old commission, Brossard has been subject to frequent attacks from Democrats and western Republicans. Benefit of Experience The President said inclusion of Brossard and Dennis from the old commission assures the reorganized commission of the benefit of their experience and will provide continuity in the investigation of cost of production w'hich has been under way since congress adjourned Fletcher, 57, is a diplomat of long experience and also served as undersecretary of state. His most recent diplomatic post was ambassador to Italy, which he resigned a year ago. Fletcher also w'as a member of the Haitian commission appointed by President Hoover which investigated affairs in the island republic a few months ago. Page, 64, served previously on the tariff commission from 1918 to 1922, being chairman during his last two years. He is a recognized authority on tariff, tax and financial matters. Member Since 1925 Dennis, 61, has been a member of the commission since 1925 He was a special representative for the commerce department under Mr. Hoover in central and eastern Europe in 1922-23. Brossard, 41, w'as appointed to the commission by President Coolidge in 1925. He had served for two years previously as an economist for the commission. He is a former college professor. Coulter, 44, lists himself as a "progressive Republican” and was included, it is thought, to give a voice to the agricultural w'est on the’ commission. Most of his adult life has been spent in investigating and teaching rural economics subjects. Since 1921 he has been president of the North Dakota Agricultural and Mechanics college. Democrats Meet Bn Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Sept. 16. Paul McNutt, Bloomington, was. the chief speaker at a Democratic rally held here. Others who spoke were R. Earl Peters, state Democratic chairman; Mrs. A. P. Flynn, state vice-chairman, and C. C. Gillen, Democratic candidate for representative to congress from the Fifth district. A concert was given by the Greenscastle band. Supper was served by the Democratic Women's Clubs of Putnam county.

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MINE GHIEFS TO . GATHER IN CITY Routine Business Will Be Discussed by Board. Business of a routine nature will lie before the international executive board, United Mine "yVorkers of America, when it meets in Indianapolis Wednesday at the call of President John L. Lewis, it was announced at his office today. The work will consist chiefly, it w'as said, of examination and decision of membership appeals, discussion of conditions and recent developments of the union’s affairs and ordinary business matters. Concerning the recent move of Illinois courts in denying the use of the name, United Mine Workers of America, by the insurgent group in Illinois, Ellis Searles, editor of the Mine Journal, said: “There is no doubt that the board will discuss the development, but no action will be taken. President Lewis issued his call to the members before the decision was handed down, so it is evident the meeting was not inspired by that action.” Members are expected to be in session at least a week. DAM WORK TO BEGIN Secretary Wilbur to Open Boulder Project. Bu United Press LAS VEGAS, Nev., Sept. 16.—Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur officially will begin construction on Boulder Dam, the greatest engineering project of modern times, at a celebration here Wednesday afternoon. Before Secretary Wilbur drives a silver spike into the fii’st tie of the branch line railway to the dam, he will deliver an address stating that work will be continued without a break through the eight-year building program until the $165,000,000 dam is completed. Governors, senators, congressmen and Colorado river commissioners from six of the seven basin states will attend the ceremony. These states are California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah Colorado and Wyoming. Governor John C. Phillips of Arizona has announced that his state has “nothing to celebrate,” and will not take part. Arizona has been a bitter opponent of the project since its start.

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Younger Son of ‘Fitting Bob’ Opposes Incumbent at Polls Today. Bu United Press MADISON, Wis., Sept. 16.—The younger son of the late “Fighting Bob” La Follette was opposed in the principal contest of today’s state primary election by a millionaire manufacturer, who entered politics two years ago and was elected Governor the first time he ran for office. Philip F. La Follette, 33-year-old attorney, who inherited many of the characteristics that gave his father the name of “Fighting Bob,” was opposed for the gubernatorial nomination by Governor Walter J. Kohler, who made his record of the last two years his principal issue in the campaign. Ends Bitter Campaign Kohler was the choice of the Republican party, La Follette of the Progressive Republican faction, which his father founded and which has controlled most of the state offices for many years. La Follette brought his campaign, one of the most bitter w r aged in Wisconsin in recent years, to a close Monday night when he spoke in the old University of Wisconsin gymnasium. Governor Kohler made his final appeal by radio, speaking principally to the state’s laborers. At noon Monday, he spoke before 1,000 of his own employes at his model village of Xohler. Fight Centered in Milwaukee He told them that, regardless of the primary outcome, the Kohler plant would, "ontinue its policy of not reducing its output during times of comparative business depression. Campaign -*f both candidates have been centered the last few days in Milwaukee, where two years ago Governor Kohler received a majority of more than 21,000 votes. Os the numerous other contests for state offices, congress and legislature, the hardest fought was between State Treasurer Solomon Levitan and Edward Samp of Madison. Levitan was the progressive candidate, Samp the regular Republican. Prohibition Fights On Bu United Press ALBANY, N. Y„ Sept. 16.—Prohibition held the center of the stage in the New York state primaries today. Out of nine contests for Republican nominations, the wet-dry issue was dominant in five. Voters also went to the polls to select state committeemen, delegates to the state conventions and to settle numerous minor differences in many of which prohibition also injected itself. The wet-dry issue was a minor note in two contests involving Westchester county, where the main issue promised to be on the leadership of William L. Ward, veteran Republican leader. Up-state the candidacies of two of the outstanding members of congress were questioned. S. Wallace Dempsey of the Fortieth, and James S. Parker of the Twenty-ninth districts, both drys, were opposed by wet candidates. Dempsey is opposed by Waites Gresham Andrews and Parker’s opponent Is a young attorney of Saratoga Springs, Theodore Knapp, who has the indorsement of the Democrats, Republicans and Socialists of his county. Senator Struggle Torrid Bu United Press BOSTON, Sept. 16.—One of the most torrid political campaigns of recent Massachusetts history reached a climax today when voters went to the polls in the state primary election. Indications were favorable for a heavy vote. The battle between former Senator William M. Butler, dry, and Eben S. Draper of Hopedale, wet, for the Republican nomination for United States senator, stood as a feature of the balloting. A third candidate in this race was Bossy Gillis, the dynamic ex-sailor, now serving his second term as mayor of New'buryport, but he was conceded virtually no chance. Sharing the leading role with the Butler-Draper contest w-as the fight for the Democratic nomination for Governor, involving Joseph B. Ely, John F. Fitzgerald and John J. Cummings. HELD TO U. S. JURORS Plane Pilot Placed Under SIO,OOO Bond on Liqnor Charge. Cecil Rector, plane pilot, defendant In the airplane liquor conspiracy case, who was rearrested Monday by special federal dry agents who raided his apartment at Sixteenth and Central avenue, obtaining, they said, a large quantity of liquor, was held to the federal grand jury under SIO,OOO bond late Monday, by Fae W. Patrick, United States commissioner. Greencastle Woman Dies E,u Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Sept. 16. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Elijah Wallace, who died after an extended illness. She leaves her husband and a son, F -aak Wallace,

BODY OF CITY .SALESMAN IS FOUND IN RIVER Charles Baker Disappeared After Funeral; Auto Is Found Abandoned. i A body taken from White river, pear Riverview drive and Park avenue today was identified as that of Charles Baker, 53, of 6428 College missing since Monday. His car was discovered on Warfleigh boulevard, a short distance from where the body was found, face down in two feet of water, at ' the east river bank, by Benjamin Blue, special park policeman. A watch in his pocket stopped at 9:15, and police said he probably committed suicide about 9 p. m. : Monday. The body was found only a few blocks from the home, and i identified by a son, James Baker,

6419 College avenue, and a brother, Harry Baker, Lafayette. Baker attended the funeral of his father at Lafayette Monday and returned to Carmel with relatives. He left Carmel at 4 p. m. and police started the search when Mrs. Baker, who is ill, reported her husband had not returned. The car doors

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unlocked and the ignition keys gone. A pay check of Baker’s was found by police in a door pocket of the auto. Survivors, besides the son and brother, are the widow, Mrs. Leah Baker, and two sisters, Mrs. F. C. Jones, Boswell, Ind., and Mrs. May Carson, Indianapolis. CANDIDATE IS WOUNDED Five Political Opponents Are Held by Police in Shooting. By United Press NEW YORK, Sept. 16. Saul Agulmeck, w'ho seeks Republican nomination for state senator, was shot in the arm today. Five men, alleged by the police to be members of a political club which supports another candidate, were arrested charged with assault and violation of the gun l§w. Os six shots fired at Agulmeck as he was tacking up posters, one hit him in the right arm. Noted Telegrapher Is Dead Bu United Press NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—Wesley Russell, 56, former International secretary-treasurer of the Commercial Telegraphers’ union, died suddenly hereMondaynight.

BARBER JOHN, FAMED NEW YORKER, DEAD

Man Who First Discovered Jack Dempsey, Passes in ‘Big City.’ Bu United Press NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—John the barber, who for thirty years had scraped some of the best-known chins on Broadway, and was one of that famous thoroughfare’s most colorful figures, is dead. One of his many roles was as a key witness in the Rosenthal murder case. To any one who has lived, worked or played along the path that lies between Times square and Columbus circle within the last three decades, the celebrated John needed no introduction. As John J. Reisler, he came here from Austria with prize ring ambitions. He fought for years until he realized there was more money in promoting. He found a likely looking young fellow one day. He was Jack Dempsey. “He didn’t weigh 10 pounds then,” said John. “His toes were sticking out of his shoes. I bought him an outfit, everything from underwear to collar buttons. And what did he do? He run out on me.” When prize fighting was in the doldrums, John always turned to barbering. His shop always was somewhere in the theatrical district and show people were his friends. Last year he decided to build the most magnificent barber shop in the world. In the heart of the Rialto he erected a miniature edition of the Palace of Versailles. The walls were covered with the finest etched mirrors. Chairs had imitation jade arm rests and manicure girls selected from ensembles of Broadway musical comedies sang while they polished nails. Tour of Country Planned BRAZIL, Ind., Sept. 16.—A bank-er-farmer tour of Clay county will be made Thursday under auspices of the county farm bureau and county bankers association.

Grocer Cheats Himself, Weights Expert Asserts

THE grocer who weighed his hand is in the zoo, but in his place is the grocer who hands you too good a weigh. This was the belief expressed today by Mrs. Clark C. McQuilkin of East Chicago, Ind.. thei state’s on!y 4 feminine inspector of weights and measures, in an address at the opening sessions of the annual conference of weights and measures inspectors of Indiana in the Lincoln. And Mrs. McQuilkin would fill the bill if Diogenes had been hunting “the most honest woman,” for she explained that many times in purchasing groceries for her family that she had notified grocers that were giving her too many beans, pptatoes, for her money. "I’ve found merchants lose more often than their customers

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Robert C. Smalley European aviation will be discussed by Robert C. Smalley, general manager of Stinson-ffii-nois Company of Chicago, at an open meeting of the Fliers and Solo Club at Hoosier airport at 8 tonight. “Aviation Activities in Europe” will be the topic of his speech, to be illustrated by pictures. Demonstrations of light aircraft were to be given at the airport this afternoon by airplane manufacturers’ representatives. Bob Shank, Hoosier airport president, is sponsoring the meeting.

HANSON BURIAL SET WEDNESDAY Funeral Service at Home for Veteran Railroader. Funeral services for Charles W. Hanson, 81, retired Big Four employe, will be held Wednesday, 2:30 p. m., at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Frank Z. Sherer, 2025 North New Jersey street, where he died Monday of apoplexy. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Mr. Hanson’s retirement as foreman of the Big Four’s paint department eleven years ago terminated forty-six years’ employment with the railroad. Mr. Hanson was one of the oldest members of the Roberts Park M. E. church and had been a member of the Masonic order more than sixty years. Born in Germany, he was brought to the United States when 3 years old. He Came to Indianapolis in 1872. Surviving him besides the daughter are two sons, George A. Hanson of Ft. Worth, Tex., and Robert C. Hanson of Chicago. Services at the grave will be conducted by Pentalpha lodge No. 564, F. & A. M.

NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERS TO SPEAK Films of Air Route to South America to Be Shown by Warner. Motion pictures of the PanAmerican Airways route through

the West Indies and South American countries will illustrate a lecture by Edward P. Warner, national president of the Society of Automotive Engineers, at the Indiana Section’s first dinner meeting of the season, at the Athenaeum Thursday. Warner formerly was assistant secretary of the United States

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navy for aeronautics. Besides these pictures, a movie also will be shown of important events of the recent national air races at Chicago. RUM CASES PROBED U. S. Grand Jury Takes Up Liquor Violations. Investigation of approximately 100 liquor law violation cases was begun today by the federal grand jury, it was understood. The grand jury, which was sworn Monday afternoon by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell, was expected to conclude its deliberations by the end of this week. Approximately 175 cases involving nearly 225 persons, were to be presented by District Attorney George R. Jeffrey and his assistants, A. G. Cavins and Telford B. Or bison.

by inaccuracies of their scales,” Mrs. McQuilkin said. n n n SHE gives the following warning to housewives who desire to be sure they are receiving proper weights: “1. Buy a pair of good scales. “2. Watch the grocer’s scales. “3. Be sure the amount purchased is on the bill as well as the price, so that when you weigh the merchandise and fin l it wanting at home you can take the bill back and have it rectified. “Remember, Mrs. Housewive, that with butter at 55 cents a pound just one ounce of short weight means the loss of 4 cents,” Mrs. McQuilkin warned. Approximately thirty inspectors are attending the convention sessions, which end Thursday morning.

SEPT. 16,1930

T. A. T. TALKS REMODELING OF ALL ITS PLANES Race to Oklahoma Shows Value of Streamline Ford Ships. BY ROBERT L. BEARD. Determined to keep the T. A. T.Maddux air lines abreast of aviation’s rapid advance, Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc., contemplates remodeling its entire fleet of Ford tri-motor ships to reduce wind resistar.ee with a resultant increase of twenty miles an hour in cruising speed. The project was given impetus the past week-end when a swift Ford tri-motor, identical with the present T. A. T. planes, except for new stream-line features, “raced” in an experimental flight with a T. A. T. Ford tri-motor from Columbus, 0., to Waynoka, Okla., and return. Eleven newspapermen, Including the writer, from cities along the route, were guests of the T. A. T. on the “Special,” loaned to the transport company by the Ford Motor Company. Fastest in Country At the'Chicago air races, the ship established itself as the fastest transport plane in the country, hal - ing raced around a five-mile course for fifty miles at an average speed of 144.56 miles per hour. Officials claim it has reached a top speed of 156 miles an hour and has a cruising speed of approximately 125 miles an hour, against the 105 miles of the present Ford trl-motors on the T. A. T. route. Logs of the two planes on the flight to Oklahoma and return substantiate the claim. Alhough varying adverse weather conditions were encountered by the two ships, the new model proved Its superior speed. How this was accomplished was explained by G. E. Everett, assistant to the general traffic manager of the T. A. T.-Maddux lines. Outside Motors Lowered The two outside motors have been lowered nine inches, permitting free passage of the wind stream between the lower surface of the top wing and the motor. In addition, the motors have been covered with ring cowling, struts have been streamlined and wheels equipped with stream-line covers—all to reduce wind resistance. These are the changes T. A. T. contemplates making in its present fleet, figuring the increased speed and saving in gasoline will justify the expense. At the conclusion of the flight, officials announced the new ship made the westward trip in 1 hour 27 minutes less time than the regular plane, representing an increased speed of 15.06 miles an hour, and at saving of 104 gallons of gasoline. A comparable saving of time and gasoline was show'n on the return when the special, not yet radio equipped, traversed far off the route in an effort to circumvent the storm over Illinois Sunday afternoon. Made Way in Safety The regular T. A. T. plane, radio equipped as are all the scheduled passenger carrying ships on the line, made its way through the storm in safety. For those still uninitiated in air travel, the T. A. T. flight to Waynoka will prove a revelation. The elaborate system established to insure the comfort and safety of passengers while whisking them the 925 air-miles from Columbus to Waynoka In approximately ten hours in the air, is comparable to that of a highly organized railroad. The ship left Indianapolis at 12:35 p. m., stopped at St. Louis, Kansas City and Wichita; w'as in actual flight seven hours and twenty minutes (from Indianapolis) and arrived in Waynoka at 9:35 Saturday night—too late for the welcoming Chamber of Commerce committee to require the visiting scribes to ride bronchos five miles into town, as intended, but in ample time to demonstrate to them it’s as hard to fill a straight in Oklahoma as in Indiana.

Wager Pays for Trip A recent airplane trip to Indianapolis, his first experience in air travel, cost John H. Gregg, Cincinnati, nothing because an acquaintance discredited Gregg’s story of radio development in aviation. En route here from Columbus on a TAT-Maddux ship, Gregg told the pilot he wished to make a reservation on a connecting plane out of this city. The pilot talked with headquarters in Indianapolis, and made the reservation. Relating the experience later, Gregg’s friend wagered him that the feat was impossible, and the amount of the wager is said to have paid for Gregg's ride. TAT radio communication has been used between points 1,300 miles apart. NOMINEES IN SESSION G. O. P. Legislature Choices Meet to Discuss Campaign. Republican nominees for state senators and representatives from Marion county met at the Severin today to discuss plans for the fall campaign. The meeting was called by the Republican state committee. Nominees were told that Marion county probably will hold the balance of power in the lower house, and in order to insure the best interests of the party, they must exert every endeavor to be elected. ESTATE WORTH $75,000 Hu Time* HDedal NOBLESVILI.E, Ind., Sept. 16. The will of Miss Beatrice Drake filed for probate in Hamilton circuit court here disposes of an estate valued at $75,000. Miss Drake was 49 at the time of her death, was secretary and treasurer of the Indiana Condensed Milk Company and one of its largest stockholders. For a number of years she had charge of the general offices of the company at Indianapolis. After giving all stocks, bonds, chattels, life insurance policies and other personal property and also several houses and lots in Sheridan to her mother, Mrs. Mary Drake for her use as she likes and to dispose of as she may deem best, Miss Drake made bequests to several wlatiw