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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-20
Stranger Calls

Mrs. Hammond said that Wednes-
day she sent Ruby downtown with
Ruby's sister-in-law. Mrs. Clarence
Hammond, to seek another position.
At 5:55 p. m. she disappeared, saying
she had a date" She has not been
seen since.
Thursday night a man who would
not give his name called and said
Ruby was at a friends house. Mrs.
Hammond said.
Miss Irene Russell, 16, daughter Of
John W Russell, 122 ". Raymond St
did not Ike homework. She preferred
to act as an usher in theater. Mis-
Russell disappeared from home
Wednesday. She was described az
being feet inches in height AMI
weighing 12S pounds. She has brown
hair and blue eyes. She wore a biue'
hat, a lavender suit, a green coat and
black stockings and black shoes.
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HELEN c. BENBRIDGE. Secret
N0nIf,Is n, AnDoI ,rir,I rn=6l

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed has duly qualified as executor of es-
tate of Martha Jane Derry. deceased, late
of Marion County, Indiana Said estate is
supposed to be solvent
LINNAEUS v. ROBERTS.
No o11o6
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Man Leaves Wife

Samuel Adams, So. of 912 E Thir
teenth St, was missing from his home
today. His wife, Mrs. Virginia Adams
told police her husband drew his
money from 4 foundry where he wa
and disappeared
Detectives were searching for Ora
Moody, IS, and Mrs. May Stevens.
35, of Winchester Ind, today. Pc
lice of Winchester notified the Ind
annapolis department that they helG
warrants for the arrest of Moody and
Mrs. Stevens. who are said TO have
been seen in Moody's automobile.
They have a 12-year-old boy with
then
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MISSING PERSONS
THOUGHT VICTIMS
OF WANDERLUST
Five Disappear in One Day
Mother Fears Girl
Harmed,

Spring weather Is blamed by police
today for the unusual number OF
missing persons reported during the
last twenty-four hours.
Five boys were reported as missing
Thursday but within a few hours
these boys either had returned home
or were found by police. In Indian
apolis two girls, and one man were
reported missing while police Of Win
chester Ind, requested the local Off
GERS to search for man and woman
missing from that city.
The missing;
Miss Ruby Hammond, II, Of 746 N
Sheffield Ave.
Miss Irene R ssen. 16, of 122 W.
Raymond St.
Samuel Adj ms. 80, of 912 E. Thir.
teenth st.
Mrs. May Stevens, 80. of Winchester.
Ind.
Ora Moody, 48, of Winchester, Ind.
Mother HystericaI
Miss Ruby Hanond was de
scribed as being medium sized, with
red bobbed hair. She wore a red
spring hat. a brown coat, black dress,
satin slippers and black stockings.
Hysterical because she feared her
daughter, Ruby Hammond, missing
since Wednesday night. is the girl
who was reported violently forced into
an automobile at Hansen Ave. and
Owosso st. the same night, Mrs.
George Hammond. TAG N. Sheffield
Ave, still hoped today that her
daughter might be returned I'M
harmed.
Ruby failed to return home from
work at the Prest-O-Lite Company
one night a week ago. The next day,
when she reported for work, she was
called home and said she stayed at
the home of a friend Frances Ed
wards, all night. she was absent
from work Monday and Wednesday.
and reported Tuesday.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF SWAMP
LAND, BELONGING no The STATE OF
INDIANA. IN THE CITY Ok HAMMOND.
LAKE COUNTY. INDIANA.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-27
Radio to Disseminate
More Widely Religious
Teachings Churches

Chicago, Dec. 26-To disseminate
more widely the religious teachings
of Christian churches, radio broad
casting is soon to be undertaken by
many of the larger denominations,
according to an article in the forth
coming issue of the Radio Digest.
The magazine states that active
steps already have BEEN taken by
several churches to utilize radio
communication as a means of reach
ing millions of persons who might
have no other contact with religion.
1.-THE Vatican will, in few
months, adopt radio to spread the
word of the Pope to millions of per-
sons over the world" the article de-
clares. due to efforts of company
headed by Guglielmo Marconi, radio
inventor, a broadcasting station may
soon be operated in the Vatican. By
this means Rome will be enabled to
transmit the voice of the Holy Faith
err to almost any land.
"Of similar magnitude is the prob
able scheme of Protestant churches.
particularly in the United States"
the writer continues. "The next
quadrennial meeting of the National
Council of Churches of Christ in
America, may include in its program
plans for utilizing radio in national
scheme to bring the church to the
people,"
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Sees No Hope of
Church Reunion

London, Dec. 26-(By A. P.)-The
question Of the reunion Of the
churches, especially the Anglican
and Roman Catholic, which was ad-
vocated in resolutions at the famous
Lambeth conference in 1920, has
made only the smallest Roadway. ac-
cording to q Christmas letter which
the archbishop of Canterbury has
issued from Lambeth Palace to the
dignitaries Of the Anglican COM
munion.
Reviewing all that has happened
since that conference the archbishop
discloses that three private confer
ences have since been held at Ma
lines, initiated by Cardinal MERCER
and some few Anglicans. with the OBJ
ject of discussing 1.-THE outstanding
and familiar barriers getween the
Church of England and the Church
of Rome"
vate and unofficial conferences was
hishop saws, He explains that the
conferences cannot properly be de-
scribed as negotiations since the An
plicans participating were In no
sense delegates of the whole church.
The movement has merely sought
to effect some restatement OF contro-
verted questions, and the elucidation
of nerplexities. He believes that
further converse ton must follow,
but. in conclusion. says:
"The difficulties are immense.
They may prove for some Tune 10
come insuperable. Paul may plant
and ApolIos water. 1t is Goo VINO
gives the increase.
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White Wife of
New York Chinese
Found Murdered

New York, Dec. 26-The body of
Mrs. Helen Chun. pretty 20 year old
white wife of Harry c. Chun, a
Chinese, was found by her husband
tonight in their uptown apartment,
here. Her throat was cut and the
cord from a bathrobe was bound
tightly about her neck.
Detectives Immediately began a
search for. two Chinese men who
came to room with the Chuns a
week ago. Chun said one OF them,
who was unemployed. had demand
ed money from Mrs. Chun soon after
he installed himself in the house,
and on Christmas threatened her un-
less. she gave him funds.
Mrs. Chun. who was Helen Martin,
and Mr.. Chun were married Febru-
airy %. 1922
Mrs. Chun met her husband when
she was cloakroom attendant in a.
Broadway restaurant where he was
employed as cook. Blood stained
fingerprints were found on the glass
panels of the bedroom wrich was
taken to police headquarters. The,
husband told police that 800 in cash
and several pieces of jewelry also
were missing. -
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TIPSTER SERVICE ENABLED SON
OF Gen. WOOD TO AMASS FORTUNE.
IN WALL STREET OPERATIONS

New York, Dec. 26.-Lieutenant Os-
borne C. Wood. son Of Governor Cen
eral Leonard Wood of the Philippines,
who is reported to have accumulated a
fortune of between 100000 and $780,
600 in Wall street, received the infor-
nation on which he acted through a
Wall street ''tipstcr" service. which
sent him nightly cablegrams unds for
which he is reported to have paid
$1,000 month, including cable charges.
This information was disclosed today
by Alfred T. Moore head of the serv-
Ice. who exhibited to newspapermen
copies of hundreds of messages sent to
Lieutenant Wood urging him to buy
or sell stocks and giving analyses of
stocks on which information was re-
Guested. These cablcgrams ranged
from three to several hundred words
and were written in English and not
in code. the daily cable charges rum
ming from few dollars to nearly 500.
Mr.. Moore. who said he had never
met Lieutenant Wood, received an in
Quiry from the young army officer
shortly after Woods arrival in the
Philippines After an exchange of
messages Mr.. Moore agreed to supply
the information wanted and cable
grams were sent to Manila every week.
day night thereafter. While Mr. Moore
declined to state whether the service
Continued on Page Scol. y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-27
lbInlitoIy Chicago State
Hospital Destroyed -
1ubercu|ar Group Of
500. Forced Out
Into Rain
Half Hundred Wander
from Grounds - All
Of Pa tien IS Were
Men Woman At
tendant Kille d.
Death List May Be
Higher - Overhead
ed Boiler Cause of
Fire

chicago, Dec. 26-Seventeen persons
are known to have persisted tonight
IN a fire which destroyed a part of
one section of one of the frame
structures of Chicago State Hospital,
tor the Insane at Dunning, on the
northwest edge Of Chicago.
AT midnight a search of the ruins
ras still in progress and other bodies
NAV be found. Six hundred men in
mates of the partly destroyed struc-
mre we're rushed out into a drizzling
rain by guards as the fire spread.
About fifty of them, confused by the
darkness and rain, escaped or wan
dercd away. Some CT them were
rounded up later, but no check on
the number of missing had been made
at midnight.
One of the victims was thought to
he woman attendant who had rush.
cd into the building to rescue some
Of the patients.
The patients were seated ut sup
per in the large dormitory compris-
iny one section of the story and a
half structure when the vre gong
sounded. E.
| Attendants, nurses and doctors
hurried to the burning building to
assist the attendants in charge of the
pa.ents, all of whom were victims
Of mild forms of insanity.
The patients were hurried from the
burning building and at first it was
thought that all had been rescued
4 Continued on Page +Coi. g.
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GRANTS ORDER TO DEPUTIES
STRICT, WITNESSES DECLARE
COST Of LIVING ONE
FIFTH LESS Than 20
3-4 MORE Than rs

Washington, Dec. o6-The cost of
living was one fifth less in Septem-
Der this year than it was in June
1920. when the highest point in liv-
ing costs since 1913 was reached. A
decrease of 2O.5 percent in tn total
cost of living in the United States,
as determined by consolidation of
the figures for - specified cities, is
shown in an announcement issued
today by the Bureau of Labor sta
tistics.
The cost of living, however, was
almost three quarters more than the
1913 average, September costs show
ing a I'll percent increase above
the 1918 average and at their lowest
point since December 1917, but De-
cember last year showed an increase.
There was a slight decrease accord
ing to March, 1928, figures, but since
that time living costs have been ris--
ing slightly.
In the specified cities for which
statistics are gathered by the bureau
the percentage OF increase in the to-
tai cost of living from June 1920, to
September, 1925, was:
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Warning Saved
People in Region
Mexican Earthquake

Douglas, Ariz., Dec. 26-There were
only two casualties in the recent
earthquake which struck the towns
of Oputo. Granados and Husabas in
Sonora. Mexico. according to authen-
tic news from the stricken area
which reached here today. t
. The two casualties were a woman
and a child at Granados. the reports
said. Husabas and Granados, how.
ever, are in ruins, but most of the
populace was saved, 1t was believed,
by a warning tremor-just enough
to be noticeable-which preceded the
more serious shocks and caused
most Of the natives to seek safety
in the open spaces of the towns.
According to today's reports, the
first tremor was felt about 6 o'clock
on the morning of December 18 and
was of slight duration. This was
followed by a series of u shoclss1 iic-
cording to, the infor..l Ia tions but
these came almost "a hour. later.
Oputo was but slightly damaged
by the shocks. according to the re-
port. but some damage was done in
the towns of Huepac and Bacuchi.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-27
Five Called by Defense
in Trial of ArOOstOOk
Sheriff for Wet Con-
spiracy Deputies
Told to Search Ev-
erybody Permit
ted to Issue War
rants Wit h GU t
Grants o. X.

Bangor, Me-, Dec. 26-Five wit
nesses for the defense testified this
afternoon in the U. S. district court
on the resumption of tho trial of
Sheriff Edmund w. Grant Of Aroos-
took county, charged with conspir-
acy in connection with the federal
prohibition act, court having adj
journed on Saturday for the holidays.
Twelve witnesses were called for
the defense and sworn, as follows:
Herbert Larson, James d. Ross,
George Cain. Ronello Austin, Harold
Mcpherson. Wendell Grant, Sheriff
Grant. Mrs. Edmund w. Grant. S.
P. Archibald. George Humphrey,
George York and George Graves.
The first five, named testified be-
fore adjournment for thenight.
The first witness. Herbert c. Lar
sen. a deputy under Grant in Janu-
airy. 1921. testified that Grant had
told him to search everybody, and
that he caught Calvin once. Saw
signal bells there and found two
hides. Grant always had previous
knowledge of the searches. but the
witness sometimes took out war;
rants without Grants knowledge.
Witness said that Calvin, when he
(witness) accused him of having said
that Grant was getting graft. denied
it, saying that he had never given
Continued on Page 8, Col. y
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Govt. May Buy
Essex Hospital
for Disabled Vets

Washington, Dec. 266.-Dlrector
Hines OF the Veterans Bureau. who
has just returned from visit to
New England hospitals announced
today that he had concluded arrange
ments for increasing by 100 beds the
capacity of the Chelsea Hospital near
Boston, this work to be completed
early in January.
Mr., Hines said he may recon-
mend purchase of the Essex Hospl-
tai at Essex. Mass, by the govern
ment for the care of veterans. in
stead of carrying out alternative
plans to enlarge the veterans hos
pital at Rutland, Mass. County au-
tIrorities were said to be disposed to
sell this hospital TO the government:
The director stated today that II
Congress appropriates the $6.OOO.00O
to be asked for the purchase. the
bureau will have a total of approx
mately $11,O00,000 for completion of
the governments permanent hospl-
talization program. the $5.0OO.OOO
balance being the amount yet un-
expended of the total carried into
the second Langley bill.
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LOSS OF NUMBERS
PENALTY FOR Two IN
HONDA DISASTER

Washington, Dec. 26.-Captain Ed
ward H. Watson. commander of the
destroyer squadron wrecked on the
California coast, near Point Honda,
last September, will lose $50 num-
bers. and Lieutenant Commander
Donald T. Hunter, commander of the
destroyer Delphy, one of the squad
ron. will lose 100 numbers as q re-
suit of naval courtmartial sentences
approved today by Secretary DENLY.
I'M approving the findings in the
case of Captain Watson, Secretary
DENLY said that officer would '"be
placed at the foot of the captain list
of the present date and there remain
until he shall have lost $50 numbers
in his grade"
Captain Watson is now number &C
In the list of captains and has but
six years to serve before he will
retire on account of age. Commander
Hunter. who was in charge of the
flagship of the destroyer squadron,
now occupies place number 149 on
the list of lieutenant commanders.
The cases of the two officers were
the only ones to come before the
department out of the eleven officers
who went on trial, eight being ac-
Quilted and the conviction Of an
other being set aside subsequently at
San Diego.
In approving the findings of the
court in the cases of Captain Wat
son and Commander Hunter, Secre-
tary DENLY said that was done
subject to the remarks" of Rear
Admiral j. l.. Latimer. Judge adj
vocate general, and Rear Admiral
Andrew 7. Long, chief of the bur-
eau of navigation, both of whom ex-
pressed the opinion in reviewing the
court records that the sentences were
inadequate. In memorandum both
Admirals Latimer and Long added,
however. that the. court evidently had
taken into consideration the long and
meritorious services of the two Of
ficers.
. The naval sub committee of the
house appropriations committee, Sec
rotary DENLY said, had requested
data in possession of the navy de-
partment concerning the loss of the
seven destroyers at Honda and that
Admiral Eberle, chief of naval oper-
atoms. would deliver copies of all
papers in the case to the committee
tomorrow,
The committees request for in.
formation Is understood to be based
on desire for data which probably
Will be needed when the naval ap-
preparation bill Is taken up. ~.
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Mexican Federals
Capture Tamacula
200 Prisoners Taken

" NogaleS, Ariz.. Dec. 26.-Two thou-
sand federal soldiers under General
Lazaro Carenes. marching from the in
terror of Mexico to the rebel strong
hold at Guadalajara. capital of Jalisco.
made their first contact with the rebel
army today at Tamacula. capturing the
town after repulsing the enemy with
severe losses. according to official gov
eminent advices received here tonight.
The defeated rebel troops were part
of the army under the command of
General Enrique Estrada.
The victorious government forces
captured 200 prisoners and are pursu-
ing the rebels toward Guadalajara. ac-
cording to the advices. which were re-
ceived from President Obregon. who is
commander in the Jalisco offensive.
There were many casualties, the ad-
vices added.
While the Obregon army marches on
Guadalajara from the southeast. fed
eral troops from Topic. Nayarit. are
intrenched at the 'Jalisco-Nayarit from
tier in half-moon form. BY this means
the government hopes to halt retreat
of the insurrectionists toward the west
coast If the Obregon army succeeds in
driving them from Guadala jara.
President Obregon is making head
quarters at Irapuato, in Guanajuato,
during the campaign. it was stated.
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TO SEARCH FOR
MISSING DIRIGIBLE
IN SOUTH ALGERIA

Paris, Dec. &c (By A. PHO word
has yet been received from the miss
ing dirigiblc Dixmude. which may
still be in the air. after many days,
or may have effected a landing on
some out of the way place in the
French protectorate of Tunis or in
the Sahara Desert. For several days
the airship's. wireless has been sill
enced. and the great craft itself has
vanished.
The minister of marine received
messages today from the port ad-
miral at Bizerta declaring that the
DiXmude was not seen over Tunisia
on December % or "a, and that she
had never been heard to ask for help
there. 1t is established that the last
communication received from the
airship was on December 81 at 3 A.
NJ, when she acknowledged receipt
of q telegram from Sidi Abdallah, Sa-
hara, and the intensity of the mes
sage justified the inference that she
then was not more than two hundred
miles from Bizerta.
1t is calculated that the Dixmude's
store of gasoline might be exhausted
by Sunday December %, and con-
sequently, the only thing left to do
do is to explore the region where
the airship might have come down
either voluntarily or by force of cir
cumstances.
All reports that the dirigible had
been observed over Tunisia recently
having proved erroneous, the minis
try considers that there is nothine~to
justify the belief that she was car
ried to sea. An exhaustive search
made on Sunday and Monday in the
zone between the eastern coast of
Tunis and the line of Malta Tripoii.
with help from the British and Ital- :
ian allies, yielded no result.
The opinion prevails that search
for the dirigible should be concen-
trated in southern Algeria. Cavalry
patrols were dispatched Sunday to
explore the territory and as soon as
the weather permitted airplanes
from Algerian and Tunisian bases
began a methodical exploration OF
the region where it was thought pos
sible the, dirigible might be.
Although there appears slight
probability that the Dixmude has
fallen into the sea, all light units
available of the Mediterranean
squadron as well as the province.
Algeria and Tunis fiotiilas, have
been placed at the disposal of the
vice admiral commanding the North
African waters.
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TO TURN LIGHT ON
TRADING SOUTHERN
STATES OIL STOCK

new 1OFk, dec. 26-S1multaneOu
suspension of trading IN the stock of
the Southern States OIL Corporation,
one of several Oil companies spon-
sored by Ex-Governor c. N. Haskell
of Oklahoma. and of the brokerage
firm Of Richards, Hutchinson and
Company, said to have been active in
handling the stock, were announced
today by the New York curb market.
AT the same time the New York
stock exchange announced it had I'M
dertaken separate investigation in
to the part some of its members, who
also belong to the curb market, had
played in the recent sharp advance
OF Southern States stock which
jumped between November II and
December "a from II is to 35 SIS.
While the stocks of several COM
panies with which former Governor
Haskell has been identified promi-
nently. declined sharply following the
Southern States suspension, the
market otherwise was little affected.
Rumors, however. that several
large operators who had dealt in the
stock on a large scale recently, had
declined to fulfill obligations con-
tracted for by their brokers', led Wall
Street observers to look for full and
complete investigation of all trans
actions in the stock.
Ex-Governor Haskell issued
statement asserting that the South
ern States Oil Corporation, as Il COM
pany had had no part in the trading
but admitted that he personally and
several other individuals, who he said
had no connection with the compny,
had traded extensively in the stock.
He announced also that directors
of the Middle States Oil Corporation.
an AFFILIATED company. Of which he is
chairman of the board would meet
tomorrow to consider a proposition
for acquiring a considerable block of
Southern States Oil Corporation
stock from various brokers' accounts"
Trading in the stock has been I'M
usually active for the past two
months. Wall Street reports. stating
that efforts were being made to OBJ
tain q sufficiently wide distribution
to warrant an application for listing
the stock on the New York stock
exchange. Officials of the latter or
ganization said today that no appli-
cation had vet been filed with it.
At the offices Of Richards. Hutch
inson and Company it was stated
that no information could be given
out until the curb market had COM
pleted it's investigation. One of the
partners asserted. however. that the
firm would welcome an investigation
of it's books.
1t was stated also that while the
immediate cause of the firms sus-
pension was attributed TO it's failure
to meet Obligations in Southern
States Oil stock that otherwise no
complaint had been recorded against
1t. No steps had been taken late In
the afternoon to remove it's tickers.
The Southern States Oil Corpora
ton was incorporated April Is. 1922,
under the laws of Delaware. to pro-
duce and sell crude oil and gas. The
company's operations have been con-
fined largely to the mid-contlnent
field. operating wells in Montana,
Texas, Kansas. Arkansas and Okla
homa.