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HOOVER FORCES, TO ASK COOLIDGE TO MAKE SPEECHES'
PLAN INVASION
OF DEMOCRATS'
STRONGSTATES
Secretary to Wage ‘Silent’
Campaign During Next
Month.
TUNE UP BAND WAGON
OJd-Time Bally Hoo With
New Methods Will Be
Used.
BY JOSEPH S. WASNEY
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, June. 23.—Presi
dent Coolidge will be asked to make
at least four speeches to aid the
Hoover-Curtis presidential cam
paign.
Leaders of the Republican organi
zation today said the President
would be urged to make several ad
dresses in the East and Middle
West, in sections where Democrats
have great strength.
The Republican committee has
decided that the most strenuous
campaign is needed in the East,
where Governor Alfred E. Smith,
anticipated Democratic presidential
nominee is most widely known.
Hoover to Be "Silent”
•v r .
The President, therefore, prob
ably will be asked to make his
most important address in New
York State.
Meantime Herbert Hoover has
decided temporarily to conduct a
“silent campaign."
He will not appear in public or
talk politics for publication for at
least a month. Hoover has deemed
it advisable to let his campaign
managers conduct the ballyhoo
and cheer-leading. The nominee
will direct all activities, however,
quietly from the background.
While the Hoover-Curtis cam
paign officially was opened three
days ago with selection of Secretary
of Interior Hubert Work as chair
man of the Republican national
committee their band-wagon just is
getting tuned up, according to
Work.
Plan Big Campaign
Plans call for placarding the
country wtih Hoover-Curtiss pic
tures, buttonholing every voter with
Hoover buttons and stumping the
United States from coast to coast.
Old-fashioned Republican pabu
lum, mixed with modern political
devices, will be used in the combi
nation. Radio will be the backbone
of the campaign, and even sky
writing will be used.
All major details of organization
have been completed with the ex
ception of naming eastern and
western division managers. James
W. Good, lowa, Hoover pre-conven
tion manager, will confer with Hoo
ver today on the western manager
ship.
Hoover is anxious to have Good
work the West for him, but the
lowan is doubtful whether he can
neglect his Chicago law business for
four months to direct the campaign
west of the Mississippi.
Secretary Hard-Worked
Several eastern Republicans are
mentioned for the Atlantic man
agership. Representative Tilson
(Rep.), Conneticut, who was de
feated for the Vice President nom
ination, and Daniel E. Pomeroy,
New Jersey, vice chairman of the
Republican committee, are men
tioned for this task.
Hoover is beginning to show
evidence of the strain of interview
ing the hundreds of' politicians, who
have called on him since he received
the nomination. He smiles bravely
and cheerfully, but nervously chews
a cigar and mops his brow fre
quently.
The value of property insured in
London against fire exceeds $10,000,-
000.000.
Private motor cars supplied for
use in Great Britain last year num
bered 778,056, more than double the
figure for 1923.
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Condition, Association
Advises.
The best route from Indianapo
lis to Houston, Tex., is given by the
Hoosier Motor Club for the benefit
of delegates and their friends who j
desire to attend the Democratic na- j
tional convention June 26. The
route is as follows:
Go West on Washington St.
and follow U. S. Rd. 40 through
Plainfield, Brazil, Terre Haute, to
the Indiana-Illinois state line: State
Road 11 through Marshall, Effing
ham, to Vandalia; south on State j
Road 2 through Centralia, Carbon
dale, Anna, to Cairo, 111.
Ferry to Bird's Point, Mo., via the
car and 25 cents a passenger), then
Three States ferry (charge $1.50 a
follow U. S. Rd. 60 to Sikeston, Mo.;
south on U. S. Rd. 61 through New ;
Madrid, Hayti, Blytheville, Ark., 1
Luxora, to Mertiphis, Tenn.
From Memphis follow the ‘Mis
sissippi River Scenic Highway
through Clarksdale, Rosedale, to
Greenville, Miss. Ferry river to Le
land Landing, and follow Arkansas
State Rd. 2 through Lake Village to j
Montrose, Ark.; south on U. S. Rd.
165 through Mer Rouge, La., Mon
roe, Pineville, to Alexandria; State
Rd. 1 to Lecompte; State Rd. 24
through Kinder to lowa, thence over
the Old Spanish Trail, or U. S. Rd.
90 through Lake Charles, Beaumont, j
Tex., to Houston. Mileages:
Indianapolis to Vandalia, 111. 172 mi. j
Vandalia to Cairo, 111 152 mi.!
Cairo to Memphis, Tenn..... .185 mi. j
Memphis to Monroe, La 269 mi. j
Monroe to Lake Charles, La. 209 mi. j
Lake Charles to Houston, *
Tex 150 mi. i
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Total 1137 mi.
Road Conditions—The road is of
pavement to Cairo. 111., with the ex
ception of a few stretches of cinder
and gravel in Illinois and a gravel
bridge approach rt Mounds, 111.
You will encounter a bridge run
around at Stilesville, twenty-eight
miles west of Indianapolis on Rd. 40.
There is a on U. S. Rd. 60
between Sikestown and New Mad
rid, Mo., good in all weather.
From Memphis the road is of
gravel practically all the way to
Lake Charles, La. At the present
time the road is reported in good
condition. From Lake Charles to
Houston the road is of pavement
and gravel, in good condition. The
gravel roads south of Memphis are
concisions, therefore it is advisable
to stop frequently and check condi
tions ahead.
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ROBS EXPRESS
CAR; HOPS OFF
Bandit Hidden on Train
Gets $1,500 in Loot.
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BLISSFIELD. Mich., June 23.
Posses Friday spread over this sec
tion today in search of the bandit
who late Friday night robbed New
York Central train No. 14 en route
FIRST DEGREE MURDER
INDICTMENT RETURNED
BY JURY AGAINST SKEEN
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Carl Skeen, held on murder charge, photographed in his cell at Denver
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
to Buffalo of loot estimated at
about $1,500.
The bandit, after robbing the
American Railway Express messen
ger, stepped out into the rain here
shortly before midnight and no clew
has been found to trace him.
Deputy Sheriff H. J. Fritz said
today that the slight description of
the robber furnished by Robert Ca
ruthers. express messenger, was of
little aid. He was no more than
23 years old. Caruthers said.
T was believed that the bandit
entered the express car at Adrian
and concealed himself until the
train started.
Then, accordnig to Caruthers, the
bandit slipped from his hiding place,
CORDELL ILL
LOOMS AS AL’S
RUNNING MATE
Appears as Smith’s Chief
Rival in Early Voting
at Convention.
BY RAY TUCKER
HOUSTON, June 23.—Claims that
A1 Smith now has 662 assured dele
gates and reserve strength of 151
were made today by his managers
or eighty more than necessary,
here.
These figures were given out fol
lowing a meeting of the Smith board
of strategy, consisting of George R.
van Namee, National Committee
man, Norman F. Mack of New York;
Geoige W. Olvany, Tammany head,
and Representatives of numerous
i western and southern States.
As Smith and anti-Smith forces
made their plans, it seemed that
Smith’s chief rival would be Rep
resentative Cordell Hull of Tennes
see, with almost 200 delegates from
southern States.
Favorable to Smith
Hull's growing strength is a devel
opment favorable rather than ad
verse to Smith. He has exhibited a
desire for harmony, has indicated he
would be strong for the New Yorker
on a platform that stressed certain
Democratic principles which he con
sidered vital.
The outcome probably will be a
Smith-Hull slate. Hull’s candidacy
appeals to Democratic leaders be
cause it is believed he might give
I the party a better chance to carry
his home state and the adjoining
border state of Kentucky. Hull is
j aalso said to have strength in In
diana.
These estimates, of- course, are
predicated on the hopt that Smith's
restatement of his wet views will
not send the dove of peace flying
out the window.
How Votes Line Up
Delegates pledged to Smith in
primaries and conventions follow:
Louisiana. 20: Idaho, 8; New
Hampshire, 8: Minnesota, 24; North
Dakota. 10; Michigan, 30; New
York, 90. Wisconsin, 26; Maine, 12;
Illinois. 58; Washington. 14; lowa,
26; Rhode Island, 10; Massachu
setts, 36; Pennsylvania, 66; Hawaii,
; 6: California, 26; Connecticut, 14;
Maryland. 16; Delaware. 6; Nevada,
6; Wyoming, 6; New Jersey, 6;
Vermont. 8; Montana, 8; Oregon,
10; New Mexico, 6; South Dakota.
10; West Virginia. 16; Kentucky, 26;
Alaska, 6; Distrcit of Columbia, 6;
Philippines, 6; Porto Rico, 4; Vir
gin Islands, 2; Canal Zone, 6.
The Sith people count on the fol
lowing delegates as reserves: Ohio.
Pomerene. 48; Indiana, Woollen, 30;
Arkansas. 18; Virginia. 20: North
Carolina. 7; Arizona. 8; Okla
| homa, 20.
Hull is expected to get his 180 or
1 200 votes from Tennessee. North
1 Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama.
Florida, Mississippi and probably
Oklahoma on the first ballot.
hild him up .and stepped from the
j train with his loot.
Caruthers sounded the alarm by
firing three shots.
Engineers have dumped thou
| sands of tons of earth into the San
! tiago volcano in the hope of perma
nently extinguishing the burning
sulphur bed.
A Brighton <England* bookseller
j named Brewer invented the envelope
lin 1830; while Edwin Hill, brother
of Sir Rowland Hill, invented the
I first envelope-making machine.
New True Bill Provides
Greater Penalty in
. Jarboe Death.
Carl Skeen, 22, butcher. Friday, was
reindicted by the county grand jury
on a first degree murder charge for
the death of Mrs. Pearl Jarboe, 24,
waitress, 614 E. North St., June 13.
Skeen was arrested in Denver
Tuesday night and indicted Wednes
day on a manslaughter charge.
Manslaughter carries only a prison
sentence. Death or life imprison
ment is the punishment for first
degree murder.
The new indictment charges that
Skeen ‘ purposely and with premedi
tated malice killed Pearl Jarboe by
striking and pushing her from a
motor vehicle."
The indictment was returned soon
after Thomas C. Whallon, attorney
for Skeen, dropped a motion
before Criminal Judge Pro Tem
Frank A. Symmes to prohibit the
prosecutor or police from interview
ing Skeen when he is brought here
from Denver. The motion still is
before the court, but no action was
taken on it.
Detective Patrick Finneran is ex
pected back with him Sunday.
The motion was dropped when
' the prosecutor declared it was not
his custom to grill prisoners and he
had no intention of trying to wring
a confession from Skeen.
Skeen has admitted to DenVer
newspaper men that he drove the
car from which Mrs. Jarboe made
her death plunge, June 13, receiving
a fractured skull from which she
died the following day.
Efforts for speedy justice in the
Jarboe death case are going forward
rapidly at the courthouse. Remy
said he will seek a trial at the earli
est possible date.
Where Tornado Killed 8
These scenes of ruin and wreckage were photographed in the little
town -of Blair. Okla, following a tornado that killed eight persons
and wrought widespread property damage in Jackson, Kiowa and Till
man counties.
Gavel for Democrats
:■* mill
The gavel which will rap the national Democratic convention to
order at Houston. Tex., next week is pictured here in the hands of
Miss Betty Jane Barrett, Wellesley sophomore and daughter of Fred
Barrett, Indiana Democratic Club president. The gavel, built for
strenuous usage, is the gift of William Patton, Martinsville furniture
manufacturer.
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TEXAS HOOSIERS
PLAN WELCOME
FOR DELEGATES
Indiana Party Will Be
Given ‘Big Time’ During *
Houston Stay.
Bu Timet Special
HOUSTON, Texas. June 23
Houston former Hoosiers made
arrangements Monday night to give
the seventy-five Indiana delegates
and visitors to arrive here on the
"Woollen special” Monday morning,',
a welcome warmer than the leather.
Out of the meeting grew a per
manent organization to be known
as "Houston Hoosiers.”
Plans include a dinner at the
historic San Jacinto battlefield
Monday evening at which Clude G.
Thomas R. Marshall and C. A.
Bowers, convention keynote. Mrs.
Greathouse are to be guests of
honor.
The Houstonians have formed a
committee which is to meet the In
diana special at a w r ay station
twenty miles from Houston, dis- #
tribute Indiana badges and ribbons,
and make the Hoosiers feel at home
before they get in.
200 Hoosiers in Houston
At the station here a fleet of au
tomobiles owned by former Hoosiers,
will be waiting, which will take the
guests to their hotels.
In the afternoon a drive around.
Houston is proposed, followed by
the San Jacinto dinner. The hospi
talitly is to be kept up all week.
The local arrangements committee
is headed by J. H. Cornell, formerly
| of Terre Haute. Among the prom- *
inent Houstonians from Indiana are
1 E. E. Oberholtzer, Houston superin
! tendent of schools, from Clay City; l
j H. R. Sanford, executive vice presi
dent of the Missouri-Pacific Railway
j lines in Texas and a graduate of
Purdue University; J. M. Rockwell,
formerly of Greencastle and now a
banker; J. H. Kirby, owner of sixty-
I two lumber yards in Texas, and
| others.
The committee estimated there
| are 200 former Hoosiers here. Among
! those who helped to Organize the
! Hoosier welcome are: Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Strouse, W. D. Swinehart,
Jesse Tucker, H. O. Critchfleld. Paul
! S. Duenweg, H. N. Lukens, all of
j Terre Haute; Clarence Orman, Coal
| City; Mrs. Fay Satterfield. Mr. and
j Mrs. C. J. Giezendanner, C. H. Sher-
I man. all of Indianapolis; Mrs. G.
; S. Warner, Mt. Vernon: C. F. Diltz,
! Anderson, and many others.
J. H. Shively, brother of former
Senator Shively of Indiana, will en
tertain Mrs. Marshall while here. .
The delegates will be quartered in
the Rice Hotel and Sam Houston
Hotel, and the Hoosier visitors in
the dormitories of Rice Institute.
Greathouse Busy
C. A. Greathouse, national com
mitteeman and secretary of the na-
I tional committee; Lew C. Ellingham
of Ft. Wayne; Earl Peters, State
j chairman, and Marshall Williams,
| secretary of the State committee,
; arrived Friday night.
Greathouse plunged today into
j the work of distributing tickets to
! the delegates and alternates, which
| devolves on him as secretary. The
Indiana leaders conferred Friday
night.
Peters said that the Indiana dele
gation would caucus Monday night
at the Lamar Hotel. He announced
plans to give a dinner there which
would interfere with those of the
Houstonians.
W. H. O'Brien of Lawrenceburg
will be chairman of the delegation,
and Ellingham probably will be its
representative on the important
| resolutions committee.