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JUNE 21, 1927
AIRPORT MOVE
IS SPURRED BY
CIVIC LEADERS
Business and Industry
Heads Get Behind Avia
tion Campaign.
An adequate program for mak
ing Indianapolis a key city in devel
opment of commercial aviation in
the United State was considered
today by a group of business and
civic leaders.
Business leaders, Indianapolis
Airport Corporation representatives,
and Chamber of Commerce officials
discussed means of putting the
Hoosier capital to th efront in aero
nautics at a luncheon Monday at
the Chamber of Commerce.
Interest in aeronautics has~treen
spurred in Indianapolis as a result
of the nation-wide enthusiasm
roused by the trans-oceanic flight
of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.
Heads of several industries, banks
and business houses have indicated
they would support a move to de
velop commercial aviation in Indi
anapolis.
Propose to Boost Flying
Paul Q. Richey, Rusel M. Seeds
Advertising agency president, said
the conferees discussed proposals
for furthering interest in the local
airport and possible stimulatifin of
commercial flying. O. B. Isles,
Chamber aeronautics committee
chairman, presided.
C. H. Rottger, Indiana Bell Tele-
Company president; Frank
E. Gates, realtor; Scott R. Brewer,!
State Savings and Trust Company
president; Nicholas H. Noyes, of Eli ;
Lilly <fc Cos.; Paul H. Moore. I
Indianapolis Airport Corporation j
secretary; Clifford L. Harrod, Cham- j
ber manager, and Dick Miller, Cham- j
ber president, attended.
Moore, Chamber delegate to the
recent national aviation conference |
at St. Louis, Mo., visited Kansas j
City and St. Louis, studying airport
needs.
The national conference, attended j
by the country’s business leaders, j
developed in the conclusion that an
airport in every city and public sup- 1
port are the outstanding needs for I
development of a greater flying pro- j
gram, Moore said.
Need More Backers
“Support of reliable business men, i
willing to financially back the pro- j
ject is needed. Many expressed the !
view that aviation now is backed [
only by flying enthusiasts,” said
Moore.
The public will give its support j
to commercial aviation as soon as,
reliable service is established, Moore ;
believes. At Kansas City the city ,
manager expects to approve a sl,- I
000,000 bond issue for a municipal!
airport in a few day, Moore said.;
Hugh Lewis, Denver banker, was
elected head of the national asso
ciation, which will meet annually
for the next two years at St. Joseph.
Indianapolis will be represented.
Other officers elected because of
■heir interest in air lines are:
•Eharles H. Wagner, South Bend,
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
official; R. R. Clarke, St. Joseph,
Mo., Aunt Jemima Pancake Com
pany president, and Rodman Wana- j
maker, New York capitalist, vice
presidents; M. A. Cox, St. Joseph
Chamber assistant manager, secre
tary-treasurer.
See Action Here
Belief that Indianapolis will be 1
placed on an air mail route within
a few months, when demand in
creases, was expressed. Moore has
conferred recently with William P.!
McCrackin, United State Depart- j
ment of Commerce, assistant secre- j
tary of aeronautics, who has charge i
of commercial aviation, relative to |
the proposed air development in In
dianapolis.
Moore said the Indianapolis Air-;
port at Mars Hill, subleased to the
llllth Observation Squadron, is one
of the best located landing fields in
four and one-half miles from the;
city, while the St. Louis field is sis- ;
teen miles out.
The airport here may be reached j
by driving west on Washington St.
to Holt Road and south to the field.
Moore cited the fact that Chicago
has four municipal airports as evi
dence of enthusiasm in other cities.
Opposition to municipal airports
has been registered in several cities
because politicians, rather than
qaulifled experts, have been em
powered to direct activities. Two t
men with considerable experience j
successlly are directing the St.!
municipal field.
■ Beacons, Markings Suggested
™ Markings on public buildings and !
light beacons to guide night fliers
are suggestions to improve local con
ditions. The Central Indiana Pow
er Company has agreed to lower
from 60 to 30 feet the high tension
lines on the west side of the field, j
greatly decreasing the hazard.
A move is under way to improve j
Holt Road west from the National!
Road to the Martinsville Road to j
facilitate motor traffic. Negotia-1
tions have been held with Marion|
County commissioner and the Penn
sylvania railroad to fill in a ditch,
which will enable pilots to utilize
the 234 acres of the ground. At
present only 130 acres are available.
The field is leased for ten years. j
It has been predicated that pri- j
vate pleasure ships will be in use ;
here within a few months, with the
increasing public confidence in aero
nautics .as a result of recent oceanic I
feats. Numerous private ships are,
used in eastern cities.
The late Linton A. Cox, Jr., World ;
War ace who flew with Eddie Rick- ;
enbacker, famous wartime pilot, j
probably was the first person to j
dream of an Indianapolis airport, j
On returning from the war, Cox |
toured Indianapolis outskirts with
his mother, Mrs. Linton A. Cox, Sr., |
seeking a site for an adequate land- i
ing field.
Mr. Cox was killed in an auto j
accident en route to the Dayton Air
circus.
Lutherans Elect Officers
Times Special •
■ FT WAYNE, Ind., June 21.—Cen
tral istrict of the Missouri Luth
eran 'nod, in convention at Con
cor Jollege here, elected the Rev.
W Lischtsinn of Hammond
p >nt and the Rev. Paul Klein-
Ij of Cleveland vice president,
than 600 delegates from Ohio,
Kentucky and Indiana are attend
ing the session. „
Ohio Child's Life Saved by Whisky
Presented for Bite of Rattlesnake
TOLEDO, Ohio, June 21.—“ M
ama, something hit me with a stick!”
That was what Betty Ann Wright
told her mother a week ago Satur
day when she came limping back
to the cottage after being bitten by
a rattlesnake. Whisky saved her
life, her doctor said.
Betty Ann sat up in bed Monday
DIVIDE BARRETT FOND
Eight Banks Named Deposi
tories for $1,925,000.
Eight local banks were made de
positories for the $1,925,000 Barrett
law funds by the Marion County
board of finance Monday afternoon.
The awards and interest rates fol
low. : -
Dormant fund, Peoples Bank,
$300,000, at 4.15 per cent.; Citizens
Bank and Trust Company, SIOO,OOO,
at 3.75 per cent; Farmers Trust
Company, SIOO,OOO, at 3.5 per cent;
Union Trust Company, $500,000, at
4 per cent, and the Inland Bank
and Trust Company, $25,000, at 4
per cent.
Active fund, Union Trust Com
pany, $500,000, at 3 per cent; Se
curity Trust Company, SIOO,OOO, at
3 per cent; Meyer-Kiser Bank, SIOO,-
000, at 2.4 per cent, and Merchants
National Bank, $200,000, at 2 per
cent. *
The funds cannot be placed with
banks until litigation in the Hen
dricks County Circuit Court is com
pleted. In this, former Corporation
Counsel Alvah J. Rucker seeks re
fund of SBOO,OOO from several county
treasurers for interest alleged to
have been held by them.
JURY NEARLY READY
FOR MURDER TRIAL
Rigsby Case Testimony Likely to
Begin Wednesday.
Bu Times Special
NEWCASTLE, Ind.. June 21.—State
and defense attorneys expect to
complete selection of a jury by eve
ning to hear the case of Melvin S.
Rigsby, 24, former Shirley town
marshal, charged with the murder
of Herman Riggs, farmer, in a pool
room fight April 1.
First evidence will be heard
Wednesday morning, it is expected.
Rigsby sits between his wife and
his mother as attorneys question
prospective talesmen about their at
titude on the death penalty.
EX-MAYOR RETURNED
TO FACE INDICTMENT
Princeton Man Lays Charges to His
Folitical Foes.
Bu Times Suiciaf
PRINCETON, Ind., June 21.—For
mer Mayor Charles Niemier was to
be returned here today to face in
dictment on a charge of embezzling
city funds, during his term as
mayor from 1922 to 1926.
Niemier left Princeton soon after
the State board of accounts began
a check of his record. He was ar
rested in Detroit. The Gibson
County grpid jury indicted him on
twenty-one counts. Clarence Rumer,
city clerk under Niemier, also is
sought.
Niemier charged that his indict
ment was the work of political ene
mit;-, who “framed” him, using testi
mony of bootleggers to whom he
had given stiff fines.
SELECT PIONEER MODEL
City Casts Most Votes for Bryant
Baker Statue.
Indianapolis has followed six
other large cities in choosing the
Bryant Baker model for the
“Pioneer Woman” to be placed in
the Cherokee strip in Oklahoma.
The twelve models submitted for
reproduction in Oklahoma had been
on exhibit here for a month and
the Baker model received almost
twice the number of first place votes
accorded any other. The exhibit
was held at the John Herron Art
Institute.
Cities which previously had voted
for the Baker model are New York,
Boston, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Buffalo
and Cincinnati.
making doll clothes. She didn’t
realize how close she had come to
death, nor how she had been held
on this side of the border by the
valiant fight and vigil of her mother
and father, her aunt, Mrs. K. B.
Whitworth of Cleveland; a Dr.
Sheppler of Brooklyn, Mich., and
Miss Gibbs, a trained nurse.
Betty Ann is the 4-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Wright of Toledo. She and her par
ents were spending the week-end
with her aunt, Mrs. Whitworth of
Cleveland, at her cottage at # Wolf
Lake, Mich., six miles from Brook
lyn, near Jackson.
Leg Turned Black
There was only a little red mark
on Betty Ann’s leg to show where
the snake’s fangs had struck, but j
in a few moments the chubby leg
began to turn black, and Betty
Ann’s father called Dr. Sheppler
of Brooklyn.
He immediately diagnosed the j
case as snakebite. He said that in i
his many years of practice he had
had only eight cases of this sort,
and he prescribed whisky at once, i
Then he made an inch-deep cut
where the reptile l>ad struck, to
bring blood.
Snake bites of the type she re- ,
ceived paralyze the r.erve centers j
and brings death in a comparatively
short time, the doctor told Mrs.!
Wright.
Writes Whisky Prescription
They also congeal the blood, he :
said, which was the reason the ar- |
teries in the child’s leg became hard |
their entire length.
Dr. Sheppler hastily wrote out a |
prescription for whisky; it was;
filled, and Betty Ann was given a ■
half teaspoonful every half hour |
from the time she was bitten, 4;
o’clock Saturday afternoon, until 8 ;
the following Monday morning.
Dr. Sheppler explained that the j
whisky saved the baby’s life. Some
thing, in the case of snakebite, al- |
ways is necessary to keep up the j
heart action because of the para- j
lyzing of the nerve centers, he ex
plained. v
Recalls Indiana Case
The statement recalled the case,
of the child of the attorney genera!
i
ILLINOIS U. PROFESSOR
HEADS TESTING SOCIETY
i
Engineering Research Body Begins
Flinch Lick Sessions.
Bu Times Special
FRENCH LICK SPRINGS, Ind..
June 21.—Praised as one who re- j
placed guessing about steel’s endur-1
ance with acccurate measurement,
Dr. Herbert Fisher .Moore, Urbana,
111., twenty years professor of en
gineering materials at the University
of Illinois, today was unanimously
elected president of the American
Society of Testing Materials at the
opening session of its silver anniver
sary convention here.
Dr. Moore announced, immediate
ly after his election, that encourag
ing progress has been made during
the past year in the society’s efforts
to eliminate rust, chief destroyer of
metals, and to discover which met
als can best endure terrific factory
heat which is becoming increasingly
essential to maintain America’s Su
premacy among manufacturing na
tions.
ARREST OWNER OF CAFE
Harry Gasho Sold Near Beer as
“Real Stuff,” Say Sleuths.
Harry Gasho, proprietor of the De
Luxe Case, 3116 W. Sixteenth St.,
today faced trial on charges of
violating the prohibition law, fol
lowing a raid on liis case last night, i
by Federal officers.
Gasho was arrested on a warrant
sworn out by officers who allege they j
purchased “white mule” in the case.
A quantity of what was believed to
be “beer” was confiscated, but in- ]
vestigation revealed that It was
“near-beer.” Officers said Gasho
had been selling it as "real stuff.”
Mrs. Rozelle V'isits Coolidge.
Bu Tings Special
> RAPID CITY, S. D., June 21.
Mrs. Frank Rozelle of Lagrange,
Ind., visited President Coolidge for
a few minutes here. Mrs. Rozelle’s
husband was chief of the Indiana
Republican speakers’ bureau in
1924-26.
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
of Indiana and the wife of the Gov
ernor of that State.
Mrs. Wright said Monday she was
fortunate that no such law was in
effect in Michigan. Only the prompt
use of it saved her baby. A night
and day watch was kept over Betty
Ann for nearly a week. Recovery,
now, is certain.
NEW AIR LINE PAYS
Mail Contract on Pittsburgh
Route Profitable.
fill Times Special
WASHINGTON. June 21.—An air
mail contract route which experi
enced air mail contractors refused
to bid for is proving one of the most
profitable routes in the country.
It is the Pittsburgh-Youngstown-
Cleveland route awarded to Clifford
Ball, Pittsburgh aviation enthusiast.
Ball was the only bidder and he
asked $3 a pound for carrying mail
the short route, one of the highest
prices paid by the Govertament. But
because he had no oppesition and
his bid was regular, he got the con
tract.
With a small amount of equip
ment he launched his service and
to the surprise of postal officials, it
is proving a real money maker.
Pittsburgh business men are proving
their desire to back an airport,
through large patronage.
PENALTY FITS HIS ALIBI
Judge Skeptical of “Picture Story”
Told hy Defendant.
Bu United-Press
CHICAGO, June 21.—Harvey
Johnson of Chicago tried to make
the court believe he got that way
when he fell to the floor while
hanging a picture.
Judge Joseph Burke knew better
and sentenced Johnson to have his
picture taken while his head was
shaved and to hang it on a wall
at home. The judge further or
dered Johnson to look at the pic
ture whenever he wanted to take
a drink.
Gone, but Not Forgotten
Automobiles reported stolen to
police belong to:
H D. Buchanan. 408 N. New Jer
sey St., Ford: 507-647; from In front
of that address.
Lutie Collins. 1238 S. Belmont
Ave.; Ford: 573-478; from Capitol
Ave. and Market St.
Maurice Shields, Danville, Ind.;
Ford; from Capitol Ave. and Mar
ket Sts.
John/Sugrue, 422 N. State Ave.;
Buick/ 563-238; from Meridian St.
and Monument PI.
Mrs. Martha Jane Snyder. 1724
Cottage Ave.; Chevrolet; 545-377;
from Virginia Ave. and Washington
St.
Dr. T. R. Rubush. London, Ind.;
Hupmoiwle; 143-221; from Meridian
and St. Clair Sts.
Automobiles reported found ~by
police belong to:
Lutie Collins, 1238 S. Belmont
Ave.: Ford; found at 324 W. Geor
gia St.
Thomas Sparks, 1213'a E. Twenty-
Third St.; Willys-Knight; found at
Sixteenth and Pennsylvania Sts.
Fred Virtue, Spink Hotel; Ford;
found at Troy Ave. and Bluff Rd.
Harvey Handy. Logansport, Ind.,
Ford; found at Warman and Wash
ington Sts.
William Tooney, 344 W. Thirtieth
St.: Oakland, found at Tibbs Av|.
and Washington St.
CITY SEEKS CONVENTION
i
National Sanitary Engineering May
Meet Here In 1928.
Indianapolis is making a strong
bid for the 1928 convention of the
.National Society of Sanitary En
gineers. drawing about 3,<Wt dele
gates. The 1927 meeting opened in
Minneapolis yesterday.
Frank Irish, president of the local
and state sanitary engineers and
James A. Diggle, local treasurer,
urged Indianapolis as a convention
city at. Minneapolis, \
PACIFIC AWAITS
AIR MAGELLAN
TO RIVAL LINDY
Trans-Atlantic Flight Next
Goa! for Aviation Leaders
of America*.
Bu United Press
WASHINGTON, June 21.—The
world awaits the aerial Magellan of
the Pacific!
TweijJy-eight years after Colum
bus found a track across the At
lantic, Ferdinand Magellan sailed
out of the straits that now bear his
: name and on November 28, 1520,
entered the broad Pacific. He ar-
I rived at Samar island in the Philip
pines group on March 16, 1521.
Charles Lindbergh struck an air
trail across the Atlantic in May,
1927. Will it be a few weeks or
many years until his Pacific rival
traces an airway to the Orient.
The general expectation in avia
tion quarters here is that the Pacific
Coast-to-Honolulu section of the
trans-Pacific flight will be accom
plished during the present summer.
Numerous possible routes for
trans-Pacific aviators have been
suggested, but that which thus far
has received most attention here
would be a flight from San Fran
cisco to Manila by way of Honolulu
and Guam. The distances are quite
feasible with present types of ma
chines, and with the exception of
the San Francisco-Honolulu leg
could be shortened by landings at
intermediate points.
A possible route for trans-Pacific
fliers from the Pacific Coast to
Manila would be as follows: San
Francisco to Honolulu, 2091 nautical
miles; or Los Angeles to Honolulu,
2228 nautical miles.
The shortest navigation route
from Honolulu to Guam would be
3.337 miles, but there are two inter
mediate points where landing might
be made. The aviator might pro
ceed, for example, via the Midway
Islands, in which case distances
would be: Honolulu to Midway,
1149 nautical miles: Midw-ay to
Guam, 2301 nautical miles.
No People at Wake
About half-way between Midway
Islands and Guam lies Wake Island,
also under the American flag. There
are no people on Wake Island, and
there is said to be no fresh water
there, but the place might be sup
plied in advance.
The shortest navigation route
from Guam to Manila, via San Ber
nardino straits, is 1501 nautical
miles, an easy hop for a modern
plane. .
The distances given indicate that
the first hop from the Pacific Coast
to Honolulu would be the longest of
the trip, unless the aviator proj
ected a non-stop jump from Hono
lulu to Guam.
In the Hawaiian Islands, jvherc
general geograpliioal conditions arc
well-known, the northeast trade
winds prevail most of the year. Dur
ing the summer months they are
almost continuous and veer a little
to the north of the average direc
tion.
Midway Has Cable
Midway Islands arc described as a
circular atoll about six miles in dia
meter, enclosing two isles. There is
a harbor at Midway, and water can
be had on one of the group known
as Sand Islands. Midway is the
site of a cable-station on the cable
line between San Francisco. Hono
lulu, Guam Manila. Cable fa
cilities here would, of course, enable
communications in both directions,
and thus minimize the hazards of
the trip.
Upon arriving at Guam, the avia
tor would find a we.’l-populated is
land, with numerous Americans and
foreigners as well as the native
population of about en thousand
Both cable and radio stations are
established there.
Guam is Nice Place
Guam lies within the region of
the northeast monsoon while that
wind is blowing iiy'the China Sea:
while from June to October the
southwest monsoon exercises more
or less control over the prevailing
winds. In June and July the pre
vailing winds are southeast to
southwest; in August, September
and October from South to west.
Guam's temperature is highest in
August with average of 79 degrees.
The rainy season lasts from August
to November, and in those months
the strongest winds are experienced.
From Guam to Manila the haz
ards of the flight would depend
chiefly on wind and weather. With
these favoring, distance would not
be a great obstacle.
Bclva Gacrtncr Gets Alimony
Bu United Press
CHICAGO, June 21.—Mrs. Belva
Gaertner, one of the inspirations of
the play, “Chicago,” who was ac
quitted several years ago of the
murder of an admirer, has been
granted $225 a month temporary
alimony.
Great Lake§ Cruise
Through Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie and Georgian
Bay. Calling at Chicago, Mackinac Isla.id, Detroit,
Cleveland, Buffalo, Niagara Falls.
Here is the jperfect vacation! 2,000 miles of blue
lakes, winding rivers, picturesque bays and deep
studded with pine-covarerl islands. Steam- 4
* ers with every luxury and comfort./ Exhilarating,
restful, interesting. Plan to go this summer.
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For Complete Details Communicate With
* Richard A. Kurtz, Manager Travel Bureau.
“The Leading Travel Bureau of Indianapolis"
HUNION TWIST*
12Q E. Market St "' I " MA in 157 fl
Naval Curb Comparison
A comparison of the Geneva American naval limitation pro
posal figures with present naval strength follows:
The latter figures are taken from latest estimates of the United
States Naval Institute, Annapolis, and include ships now author
ized, appropriated for and building. The cruiser figures are for
“modern” ships—namely, those less than twenty years old:
, CRUISERS
Proposed Present
Tonnage Tonnage
United States.. . .250,000-300,000 95,000 (and 60,000 authorized)
Great Britain 250,000-300,000 304,000
Japan 150,000-180,000 156,000
DESTROYERS
United States 200,000-250,000 334,684
Great Britain 200,000-250,000 211,965
Japan 120,000-150,000 105,880
* SUBMARINES
United States - 60,000-90,000 59.378 (Out of C'mi3S'n, 44,450)
Great
Japan 3?,000-54,000 65,577
Unofficial figures for cruiser tonnage, including obsolete ships not
considered part of the present effective strengths, are approximately:
United States, 334,325; Great Britain. 387,410; Japan, 247,665.
GREETINGS SENT
ENGLISH EDITOR
Ocean Phone Used on Blum
enfeld Anniversary.
Bu United Press
NEW YORK, June 21. Two
1 famous newspaper streets joined to
day in honoring Ralph D. Blumen
feld, chairman and editor of The
Daily Express, London, England.
While Blumenfeld's colleagues
were assembled at the Savoy Hotel,
London, at a luncheon tendeaed the
editor on the completion of “forty
years in Fleet Street,” Roy W.
Howard, chairman of the board of
I Scripps-Howard newspapers, tele
phoned Park Rows congratulations
across the Atlantic.
Blumenfeld was born in Water
town, Wis., in 1864, and gained
some of his newspaper knowledge
on the Milwaukee Journal.
In 1887 Blumenfeld was a cor
respondent of the old United Press
; in Europe and returning from that
j assignment he became editor of The
Evening Telegram. Later he was
\ with The New York Herald before
1 going to the London paper.
FEDERAL RELIEF FUND ,
FAVORED BY SENATOR
Congress Will Consider
Disaster Provision.
Bu Times Special
WASHINGTON. June 21.—A Fed
eral emergency relief fund to be
used in case of national disaster
is to be proposed to Congress this
fall by Senator Elmer Thomas
• Dem), Oklahoma.
A special treasury fund would be
created from which the President
would make appropriations to fur
nish relief to iyfferes from floods,
fires, earthquakes, storms, drouths,
famines, plagues, pestilences and
other disasters in any part of the
United States. In addition pro
vision would be made for deft ay ing
Administration expenses as well as
the settting up of relief work ma
chinery. /
JUDGE SEVERE WITH
N DRUNKEN MOTORISTS
Two Get Heavy Sentences for Driv
ing When Intoxicated.
Severe sentences were given to
two alleged drunken drivers who
figured in automobile accidents
Saturday by Judge Paul Wetter in
municipal court Monday afternoon.
Clarence Roller of 702 E. Gcorgil
St., was fined $72 and given thirty
d&ys in jail.
Bernard Haugher of 560 Abbott
| St., was fined $lB5 and given a jail
sentence of thirty days. Haugher
| was alleged to have hit two different
: cars at different street intersections.
HOOSIER EDUCATOR DIES
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Pneumonia Causes Death of Hamlet
Allen, 78.
Bu Times Special
WASHINGTON. Ind., June 21.
Hamlet Allen, 78. for thirty-five
years prominent Indiana educator
and local high school principal, died
here last night of pneumonia at
the home of his son-in-law’, Dr. C.
J. Burris, secretary to the State
board of dental examiners.
Mr. Allen had been secretary of
the Baptist Association, an organiza
tion of fourteen counties, for al
most half a century.
Veteran Educator Is Buried.
Bu Times Special
VALPARAISO, Ind., June 22.
Funeral rites were held here for
William F. Ellis, 60, instructor of
education at Valparaiso University
for eighteen years. He died Satur
day of paralysis. He had been
teaching forty-three years and was
superintendent of schools at Knox
and Bremen before joining the
Valparaiso faculty.
STATE CONCLAVE OF
DEMOLAY IS OPENED
Scores of Boys in Terre Haute for
Convention.
Bu United Press
' TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June 21.
The first State conclave of De
Molay got under way here Tuesday
when incoming trains, busses, trac
tion cars and automobiles brought
j scores of members to the city.
Senator Arthur R. Robinson will
I speak, and Louis G. Lower, of
! Kansas City, who is known as the
first De Molay, will trace the growth
lof the organization. Ed J. Schoon
j over, member emeritus, grand council
I for Indiana, is also on the program.
1 A tour of the Wabash Valley, a
i huge street parade and dance will
! be entertainment features.
PLAN POWELL RITES
War Veteran and Journalist
Knew Many Celebrities.
.
j Funeral services for William A.
! Powell, 81-year-old Civil war veteran
, who died Sunday night, will be held
I from the family home, 1621 E lowa
! S£., at 2 p. m. Wednesday. Burial
'will*be in Crown Hill cemetery,
f Pow ell was widely known in news-
I paper clfcles. having started in the
! business when he was 14 years old.
He worked both as a printer and
j as #n editorial man.
• During the course of his news
paper wanderings, Mr. Powell be
came acquainted with Mark Twain,
Buffalo Bill, Bob Burdette, and other
celebrities. Once he employed
: James M. Cox, who later became
l a Democratic nominee for president.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Harriet
Bond Powell; two sons, Roland M.
; Powell, Chicago, and George L. Po
, well, Indianapolis, eight grandchil
! dren and nine great grandchildren.
■ PLANE FORCED DOWN
Oil Trouble Stops Black's Air Yacht
Near Bagdad.
; Bu United Press
I 3AGDAD, June 21.—Van Lear
; Black's Fokker air yacht in which he
is en route from Amsterdam to
Batavia, Dutch East Indies, was
j forced down today at Hinaidi short
j ly after the craft left here at 5 a. m.
Black, publisher of the Baltimore
: Sun, left Amsterdam last week ac
! companied by pilots, a mechanic and
a valet, and reached here by way
lof Budapest, Constantinople, and
! Aleppo.
Oil feed trouble compelled the
; plane to descend.
Father-In-Law Held in Stabbing
Bu Tallies Special
EVANSVILLE. Ind., June 21.
Charged with assault and battciy
with intent to kill his son-in-law,
Fred Hoover, Charles Wright, 64. is
in jail here. Hoover is in a critical
1 condition, the result of knife wounds
i received In a fight with this wife's
! father. ' x
L’S>\vfes & Ccr
We Can Still Make Just
2 Sealskin Coats
of Prime Alaskan Seal
At *4SQ Each
These two are part of the twelve Coatg the Fur Manu
facturing Department is making as an “Advance-Sea
son” Sale. They are priced far below the mid-season
price to encourage early selection, which spreads out
our production necessities.
These Coats are to be made under the personal supervision
of Mr. Zierz, Ayres' expert furrier, and the akin* from which
they are to be made are his own selection from the recent Gov
ernment Auction of Alaskan Seals in St. Loula. They are mar
velous skins, soft, silky, deep-piled, perfect pelts of delightful
texture and color.
Styles will be advance —and the Coats will be made, of
course, to Individual measure. One model, to give an idea of 1
the possibilities this offer holds, has been completed and may
be seen In the department.
Coats May Be Ordered for Either
Immediate or Fall Delivery
—Fur Manufacture, seventh floor.
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PAGE 3
DEMAND TEXAS I
DESTROY CROP
Rio Grande Pest Perils Its
Fruit, Says California.
Bu Times Special
WASHINGTON, June 21.—With
California clamoring for a quaran
tine of Texas citrus fruits, and
Texas fighting to prevent the de-
J stroylng of this year's crop from its
' fertile Rio Grande vallley, the Fed
! eral Horticultural Board today
| found itself between two fires.
A hearing was held before the
j boardd yesterday to determine
j whether the presence of the Morelas
I orange worm, a Mexican fruit pest,
i in Texas, is sufficiently dangerous
to cause a quarantine.
Texans, headed by R. B. Creager
of Brownsville, Republican national
committeeman, contended that the
fruit pest had appeared in only
three or four isolated instances, and
ffhat only a partial crop regulation
will be necessary.
California demanded that the en
! tire citrus crop of Texas this year
i be destroyed, to protect the Florida
and California crops from the pest.
After hearing arguments lrom
both delegations and ’•eports from
entomologists, the board took its
decision under advisement for ten
days.
NEPHEW OF DAWES
WILL SEEK DIVORCE
William M. Alleges Wife De
serted Him.
I Bu Untied Press
! CHICAGO, June 21.—William M.
Dawns nephew of Vice President
| Charles G. Dawes, will seek a di
, vorce from the former "Miss Nancy
I Keenan of .Parksburg, N. Y. it was
' learned today. * j
•The petition will be on groittdfujl
of desertion and probably
filed today. It was learned the J
couple had not lived together for J
two years.
Dawfcs and his wife, one of the
most attaractive women in the
younger married set. were married
seven years ago last Sunday.
DENIES COURT EXISTS
Attorney Argues Appellate Bench
Was Abolished in 1901.
J Argument that the Appellate
! Court does not exist was used in an
I effort to convince the Supreme
Court to overrule an appellate
opinion by Attorney John W. Beck
er Monday.
The case was that of Mrs. Caroline
O'Connor against her husband,
Joseph S„ now of Los Angeles. Judg
ment for support had been obtained
in Marion County Superior Court •
and sustained by the Appellate
Court. •
1 Baker appeared on behalf of M.
j O'Connor &• Cos., Inaianapolis.
! against whom an attempt was made
jto collect. He declared that the law
I creating the Appellate Court was
, repealed in 1901.
FOUR GET COMMISSIONS >
Pndianapolis Men on U. S. Army
Reserve Corps List,
j Four Indianapolis men are among
a number of Indianans to receive
United States Army reserve corps
commissions, according to a War
Department announcement today.
The four are Donald A. Campbell,
; 1423 Hamilton Ave.; William P.
; Holtzrr.an, 2515 N. New Jersev St.;
J Dr. Homer L. Wales. 1847 Highland
i PL; Theodore -J. Van Gestel, 5701
■ E. Washington St. t
Battle Warehouse Blaze
Three companies battled a stub- -
| born blaze in the warehouse of the
Commercial Box Cos., 1410 S. CaDitol
| Ave., for three hours late last night,
i The fire started in excelsior and
piles of inflammable material. Tt
i was thought that tramps who sleep
i in the vicinity might have started
> the blaze. Damage was estimated
I at $250.