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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-05

No more romantic or exciting sto-
ries Of mistaken identity Of children.
Babies born in Indianapolis hos
pitfalls are so well tagged these days
that no exasperated mamma Of the
future. with an obstreperous small
boy. is going 10 be able to eXclaim'
I'm just sure that they got you
mixed at the hospital and gave me
the wrong baby"
And no fond mother Of straight
haired. snub-nosad little daughter
will have the slightest ground for
melitating "GwendOlyn ought 10
have curly hair and there never was
a snub nose in the family before.
l wonder
There's absolutely no chance for
babies TO get mixed here" said Miss
June Rule. Methodist Hospital nurse.
She held John Robert Perry. son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Perry
2O36 :. East S.. in her arms. John
has been nlcknamed Jack Demp-
sey" at the hospital because OF his
robust ten pounds ard nine ounces
ana his UNUSUAL crop OF thick. black
hair. Miss Rule pointed TO the ad-
hesive tape record pasted on the
baby's back.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-05
HEAT ANDLIGHT
MERGER OPPOSED
ON HUGE CAPITAL
Corporation Counsel Refers
to 1918 Statute as
Possible Bar.

A legal battle looms on the
merger of the Indianapolis light
and Heat Company, and the Mer-
chants Heat and Light Company at
a capitalization OF approximately
$55 100000. The new company is to
be known as the Indianapolis Power
and Light Company. Hearing on
the petition for the new company is
set before the public service com
mission for Thursday. Nov. IS.
The law regarding such a merger
is taken from the statutes of 1913
and reads as follows:
The capitalization OF a corpora
ton formed by the merger or consol-
dation OF two or more corporations
shall be subject to the approval OF
the commission, but in no event shall
such capitalization exceed the sum
Of the capital stock Of the corpora
tons so consolidated, at the par val.
ne thereof, or such sums and any ad
ditional sum actually paid in cash. "
Corporation Counsel Alvah j.
Rucker is studying the legal phase Of
the situation and stated that should
such law as the 1913 statute apply
the capitalization OF fifty-hve million
dollars would be Illegal in his opin-
ION. Both Mayor Duvall and Ruck.
er have expressed their disapproval
Of the plan.
Theory of Transaction
Attorney Carl Mote. who is rep
resenting the companies in the
merger. stated that the term
merger" is a misnomer and that
the Indianapolis Power and Light
Company is an entirely separate cor
poration that desires to purchase the
two existing companies. Such being
the case the 1913 statute does not
apply. he declared.
Present capitalization OF the
Merchants company consists OF
common stock with n par value of
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-05
Quail Season Gets
Under WAY Nou. 10

Indiana hunters may try their luck
in search OF quail after Nov 10.
providing they stay within the limit
prescribed by the division OF fish
and game of the State department
Of conservation, which places fifteen
birds in one day as the maximum
allowance, per hunter. Weekend
hunters also are cautioned to OBJ
serve the regulation which limits
each hunter to not more than forty
five quail for more than three sue
cessive days. The season closes
Dec. 90
The division. superintendent by
George n. Manifold, gives warning
that it is unlawful to net or trap
quail. Selling or transporting quail
outside the State also is prohibited.
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Defeated, but viii
Refuse to Quit
BU United Press

BU Dnit6d Press
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Nov. 5.-Al-
though defeated as Democratic
candidate for justice of the peace,
Joseph H. Baker, present justice,
emphatically declared today he would
refuse to quit his office when his
term expires Jan. 1.
Baker said the law requires two
justice in Vanderburgh County and
only one candidate was permitted to
run for the office.
Daniel Ortmeyer, who acted as
legal adviser for election commits
sioners at the primary election this
year held that Evansville has city
court, and that under the law, the
county can have only one justice
for three townships.
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HUSBAND Of
MRS. MILLS
TES STILES
Tells Story of Married Life
With Choir Singer, Slain
v, Pastor.
LIVES WERE SEPARATE
Mar" : How He Sought Her
in Vain on Fatal Niqht.

BIZ United Press
COURTROOM. SOMERVILLE, ".
j.. Nov. 5.-James Mills, widower
OF Mrs. Eleanor Mills. who for four
years has waited to see some one
brought to trial for the murder OF
his wife and the Rev. Edward w.
Hall, had his hour In court today.
when he was called as the days
chef witness in the Hall-Mills muir
der trial.
Mills appearance and the contin-
ued illness of Mrs. Jane Gibson. The
Pig Woman" preventing her appear
ance in court and threatening TO
eliminate her all-important testi-
mony, were the two outstanding
events OF the third day OF the trial
in which Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall.
Henry and Willie stevens are ac-
Cused of murder.
Mills was called just before noon.
Tail. thin and bewildered. he drawled
out his testimony. telling how he and
his wife had lived for years with
their two children a somewhat sepI-
rated existence: she spending much
time with her work as soprano solo.
!st in the choir Of st. John the Evan
gelist's Church and he earning some
times as much as $50 week as jan.
itor OF the same church.
Is l8 Years Old
Mills said he was IS years old. lie
was attired in n gray suit, which
closely TT his slender frame He wore
a stiff collar and his four-ln.hand tie
was awry.
Special Prosecutor Alexander
Simpson showed the witness a por-
trait.
do you identify this as a portrait
Of your wife, asked Simpson.
Mills looked at the portrait care
fully. His expression did not change
yes. he said. softly.
She Was About 80
Mills testified his wife was "about
SO or ga years old when she died.
lie told bit OF their family life. and
said they had two children-Char-
lotte. now. 20. and Daniel. now &c
years old.
They lived in a modest house near
the church where the Rev. Han was
pastor. Mrs. Mills and Charlotte oc-
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-05
WATSON CARRIES
MARION COUNTY
BY 733 MARGIN
Official Figures Announced
Beat Taggart 1920
by 1851.

Senator James E. Watson carried
Marion County by 1873 votes over Al
bert Stump, Democrat. according to
complete official figures announced
today by the county election com.
missioners. In 1920 Watson carried
the county against Thomas Taggart.
Democrat, by 1851.
The Times Thursday, in an unofi
cial tabulation of the vote, gave Wat
son a county lead of 1872, only one
vote away from the official figures.
The official county figures: Wat.
son, 5,462; Stump, 1920. The fig
ures on the short term senatorial
race: Robinson, As, 4S3; Woollen. 46.
761; Woollen's majority, 1878.
With the county vote disposed of
interest Of politicians centered IN the
Secretary of States office, where f.
fetal election returns from the va.
rious counties are being received for
compilation.
The principal point of interest was
whether or not the complete official
returns would cut down or increase
the lead which unofficial returns
gave Senator Watson over his Demo
cratic opponent for the Senate seat,
Albert Stump.
Unofficial Totals
Complete unofficial totals gave
Watson a lead of 1866. The vote
was: Watson, SIG ,92S; Stump, sos, 073
The unofficial totals gave Senate"
Arthur r. Robinson a lead of slight
ly double that of Watson over Evans
Woollen, his Democratic opponent
for the other Senate seat. The vote
was: Robinson. 516,419; Woollen,
493,S77, giving Robinson a lead of
22.542.
Fifteen counties have been coy
cred so far IN the State canvass.
Republican candidate for state Of
fees won out over Democratic op.
ponents by pluralities ranging from
80, 900 to $4,000.
Delay in Mailing
Herman B. Gray. deputy secretary
Of State. was in charge of compila.
ton of official totals. County totals
are sent by registered mail by each
county clerk.
Some county clerks were delaying
mailing their returns, Gray learned,
because they had no blanks upon
which to list them. Gray said the
law provides the clerks must provide
their own blanks.
Thomas ID. Barr, assistant State
bank commissioner, represents Gov
ernor Jackson in the canvas. Harry
c.. Fenton, represents the Republic.
an State central committee and Her
bert Spencer. the Democratic State
central committee as observers.
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GRAND JURY
RESTS FOR
THIS WEEK
AdjournS Till Monday After
Hearing ex-City Officials
and Banker.
BOND FORFEITURE ASKED
Remy Seeks Definite Action
in Mrs. JuIian'S Case.

After hearing two officials for
merly connected with the city engi'
neers Office and Dick Miller, presi'
dent of the City Trust Company
during the morning session, the Ma
rion County grand jury, which is
investigating charges of corruption
and Stephensonism in Indiana poll
ties adjourned shortly after noon to-
day until Monday.
The adjournment was taken
Prosecutor William II. Remy said,
to allow consideration by his office
Of the mass Of evidence collected
during the week.
But this afternoon Remy expected
to be busy seeking to have Criminal
Court Judge James A. Collins forfeit
the 81 900 appearance bond Of Mrs.
l.. G. Julian, wife of a former bust
ness associate Of y. c. Stephenson.
who failed to appear before the
jurors Thursday after she had been
ordered to do so.
Julian. sought by the jury for
some time, is believed to have some
important Stephenson documents
which may help prove the corruption
charges,
The two former city officials
quizzed during the morning were
George Schmidt, eXcity engineer
and former county surveyor, dis
missed recently by Mayor Duvall,
and Otto Smeltzer, superintendent Of
the city asphalt plant during the
Shank administration and foreman
there until a short time ago.
A subpoena also was issued for
Leslie Duvall present superintendent
of the asphalt plant, but he was out
Of the city. Duvall is not a relative
Of the mayor.
Miller. the first witness OF the
day. was questioned for about an
hour and a half, and was followed
by SmeltZer, who was i'm the jury
room about an hour. Schmidt, the
last witness, was in for about three.
quarters Of an hour.
why Miller was called is not
known.
Somes other witnesses subpoenaed
probably will be heard Monday, II
was said. They were John Holiday
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-05
Watson Taken to
West Baden Hotel

Senator James E. Watson left the
Methodist Hospital shortly before
noon today for West Baden Hotel,
West Baden, Ind, where he will un.
dergo massage treatments for the
back injuries received in an automo
bile accident several weeks ago. The
Senator was taken in a taxicab to
Union Station where he took a train
for West Baden.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-05
BOAT ENGINEER BROWNS
Man Whose Family Lives Here Goes
Down with River Craft.

Frank J. Sedivy, As, steamboat
engineer. whose family lives at 14O7
Marlowe Ave. was drowned in the
Allegheny near Pittsburgh, accord.
ing to word received by the family.
The accident occurred when the tow
boat J. X. smith sank. His body has
not been recovered, his family said.
Sedlvy was in Indianapolis about
4 month ago. it was said. Surviving
are the widow: three daughters. vi
ola. q; Mrs Carl Brewer. 20, and
Arnlta. II. and one son. Frank Jr..
II. Sedivy's father resides in Mont
gomery. MINI.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-05
WILL ELECT DIRECTORS
Chamber of Commerce to Choose
Board Members Nov. II.

Election of directors Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce will be held Nov.
II, John B. Reynolds. secretary. an
nounced today. Polls will be open
from 10 a. m. until Z p. m. Seven
directors have been nominated. They
are Charles f. Coffin. Frank f..
Gates. Dick Miller, Nicholas FL.
Noyes, George s. Olive, C. II. Rottger
and Elmer w. Stout
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-05
He Paid Children
With Hot Pennies

BU NlTfU TTtbH . = -
DETROIT, Nov. 5.--John Brown.
SO, is under arrest following com
plant OF four children that after
they worked at odd jobs around his
home he paid them off with hot pen
MES which he pitched on the side
walk and urged them to pick up.
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HOURLY TEMPERATURES

with a luncheon meeting at the
Claypool attended by more than 500
workers.
This years drive. directed by Her.
man P. Lieber general chairman.
has a goal Of $3.50, 900. Solicitation
will be made by $500 volunteer
workers.
Fred HoKe, fund president, and
Homer Borst, executive secretary.
spoke.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-05
MEMORIAL DEDICATION
Tablet i'm Garfield Park Will Honor
Late Lieutenant Eisenbarth.

Mrs. James c.. Rybolt, president
Of the American War Mothers will
preside at the unwilling of the me-
mortal tablet to Lieut.. Robert J..
Eisenbarth at Garfield Park, at $3.50
p. m. Sunday. The lieutenant, the
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Il. Eisen.
barth, 1914 Leonard ST., was drowned
while crossing the English Channel
during the World War.
Addresses by Dan Sauers Of the
American Legion and Mrs. May
Hahn and patriotic music will be in.
cluded in the program for the after
noon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-05
TRAINS HIT; TWO DIE
Freights Collide Head-On - Four
Others Injured.

BU JHfeu PTCSS
WILLIAMSBURG, Pa, Nov. s.
Two train men were killed today and
four others seriously injured In a
head-on collision between two special
freight trains at Millersburg junction,
where a branch lire to Lynkens
converges with the main line of the
Pennsylvania Railway.
The engines were telescoped and
derailed and thirteen freight cars
wrecked.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-05
HOFFMAN, NATURALIZED

BU United Press
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 5.-Josef
Holman, celebrated Polish pianist,
today became an American citizen
through the granting of final natural
ization papers to him by Judge J..
Whitaker Thompson in Federal
Court here, ...-l..as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-05
PARKING FLAT TO
CURB IS ADOPTED
IN TRAFFIC PLAN
Council Committee Told
Angle Way Is 'HiCk
Town Practice.

Out Of merriment attending coun
cilmanic committee consideration Of
/ traffic law changes Thursday night
/ emerged agreement to prohibit all
but flat-to-curb parking in the bust
ness district, with exception Of the
Circle.
Councilman Walter r. Dorset and
| some OF his colleagues have been
travelling recently and returned i'm
bued with the idea that angle park
ing is an attribute of a town where
the sidewalks are put to bed at Q
p. m.
"IIick Town" Stuff
"If some Of you councilmen would
see a few other cities, you wouldn't
want this hick.town system Of park
ing" he informed councilmen, board
Of safety members, police officials
and Hoosler Motor Club and Indi-
annapolis Engineering Society repre-
sentativcs.
81 don't care, I am in favor OF
angle parking in some Places said
President Boy1ton ]. Moore.
eyes, out in the country" Dorset
retorted.
Traffic experts had been consider
fnE universal natto-curb ruling until
City Clerk William a. Boyce Jr.,
thought OF the Gree.
Remembers Geometry
"You just can't park flat to the
curb on the Circle: | learned that
when l studied geometry in high
school," he said.
Then the anti.bus bloc of council
fired n few volleys.
IF there's to be no parking on the
Circle. I'll start a movement to pre-
vent the buses from loading and I'm
loading there" Councilman Otis T..
Bartholomew warned,
ooh. let's just move the Soldiers
and Sailors monument and let the
buses use the site for a depot" Dor
sett suggested.
Plan Approved
With nearly unanimous agreement
on flat-to-curb parking. the session
closed, but the remainder of the pro.
posed traffic ordinance. which has
been pigeon-holed in committee for
many months, will be considered at a
later session.
The council committee also agreed
to permit parking on one side only Of
streets thirty feet wide or less and
to make Virginia, Kentucky. Massa
chusetts and Indiana AYES. preferen
tial thoroughfares.
Council session proper killed by
unanimous vote the ordinance de.
signed to allow erection of a filling
station at Forty-Sixth st. and Cen.
trail Ave.
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To SUMMON
governor
AS WITNESS
Jackson and Others to Be
Witnesses q. in Trials
Set for Nov. %.
ARSON, K'7"APING CASES
K!inCk, Gentry and Butler Are
Defendants.

United States Senators James E.
Watson and Arthur r. Robinson,
Governor Jackson and a galaxy of
State officials are to be subpoenaed,
it was learned today, to testify
in the trials of Fred Butter,
former secretary of d. c. Ste
phenson, and Earl Klinck and Earl
Jentry in Marion County Criminal
Court on charges connected with the
fatal visit of Madge Oberholtzer to
Hammond and the burning of Ste
phenson's home in 1rvington.
Thomas V. Miller. attorney for
~liEck and Gentry on trial on
'harges of arson, kidnapping. may.
lem and attack, and for Butler,
harged with conspiracy to commit
'rson, said blank subpoenas had
)een obtained and will be filled out
for the official, and served by the
sheriff.
Trial Date Nov %
Trial date for the three has been
set for Nov. %.
Stephenson was found guilty of
murder following the death Of Miss
Oberholtzer after she took poison at
Hammond. He is serving a life term
. in Indiana State Prison from which
Z he struggled letters declaring he
could bare political corruption in
the State if allowed an opportunity.
Klinck and Gentry were found
not guilty of the murder charge.
The three defendants. according
to Miller, discharged Holmes and
John H. Kiplinger, Rushvlle, as at
tOrneys and employed Miller.
Inman, according to Miller, will be
required to bring into court all pa
pers pertaining to the case which h.,
has obtained during his service fol
Stephenson.
These prominent men are to be
called because they were associ
ates of one or more of the three de.
PENDANTS during the period in ques-
ton" Miller said.
Miller was in conference today
with Ralph Johnson and Albert F.
Cowan, who he said, will be co-coun.
sci in the case.
Others Called
Others included in the list Of wit
nesses are:
Mayor Duvall, Secretary Of State
Frederick E. Shortemeier, Lieut..
Governor. F. Harold Van Orman.
state Senator Delbert Blackburn,
Judge Ben Irwin of Terre Haute,
Congressman Ralph E. Updike, Ma
rion County Treasurer, Clyde E.
Robinson, Sheriff Omer Hawkins, G..
O. P. County Chairman George V.
Coffin, Inspector Of Detectives
Claude Worley; Van L. Ogle, Della
ware County Prosecutor; Walter
Bossert, former klan grand dragon:
w Lee Smith, present grand dragon:
State Representative Russell "
Duncan and Frank Borns; Harry
Hoffman, Delaware County Sheriff;
John w. Anterior, Butler College eX-
ecutive secretary; Stuart Fisher. G..
O. p. First district chairman; Willis
Dye, Kokomo. prominent Republi-
can leader; Holmes, former attorney
for Stephenson; Howard Bennett.
former chauffeur of Governor Jack
son; John Owens, Hamilton County
G.. o. p: chairman: Ralph Rigdon
who ties itied at Stephensons trial he
was a collector for the Republican
central committee; Raymond Dona-
hue, former Khan kin kleagle; and
Eph Imam, former attorney for
Stephenson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-05
DEBS WILL IS FILED
Entire Estate Of 5000 Left TO His
Widow.

BU tnitCd Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Nov. g.
The will Of Eugene V. Debs, noted
Socialist advocate, bequeathing his
entire estate of approximately S15,-
900 to his widow Katherine, was adj
mitted to probate here today.
Debs' personal property was listed
at $500. and his home here at $3.50.
The remain Ter OF his estate consist
ed Of an undivided fifth of the $2S,.
600 estate bequeathed him by his
father. Daniel Debs.
The will was made in 1907.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-05
STORMS IN CHANNEL

BIZ TnItfd PTeM
LONDON. Nov. 5.-Rainy gales
buffeted the British Isles and the
English Channel today, endangering
shipping and causing considerable
damage ashore. No deaths had been
reported late this afternoon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-05
BRITISH RESUME
MINE FARLEY
Negotiations Under Way to
End Strike.
RN [ nitcd PrcSS

Dr. IVITfN TTCSS
LONDON. Nov. 5.-Negotiations
between the Government and rep.
resentatives of the miners to end
the coal stoppage which is in its
seventh month were resumed today
as a result of preliminary con-
ferenCes at No. 10 Downing St.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-05
In Other Hospitals

other hospitals in the city use
either the letter.bead necklaces, ad-
hesive tape. and in one instance, at
the Indiana Christian Hospital, the
letter-bead bracelets, also is used.
In several New York hospitals,
foot prints of the new born babies
are taken, photographed and put
into permanent record. But Indian
apolis hospitals haven't adopted that
method yet.
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Three Ways Used

This Is an excellent way Of keep
ing the new born baby's Identified
ton invlolate." she commented, but
it's only one Of three ways that we
use. however. Each baby, only a
few minutes old and before he is
taken from his mothers side. is
tagged at the wrist. Then this ad-
heslve tape record. bearing the
childs' name. sex and date Of birth
is firmly pasted on his back. Beside
that. his little bed is tagged
Miss Margaret Jones, supervisor
Of nurses at 81. Nincent's hospital.
was equally emphatic in her opin-
ion that the modern, hospitalborn
baby isn't going to get his identih-
cation mixed with the other babies
and that n small Patrick viii not
get into a family where they're ex-
pectinc a little Isadore. Miss Jones
held MISUNDERSTANDING little Roy
Meredith SwartZ, Jr., son of Il. NJ
Swartz, 1915 y. Chester Ave, who is
tagged with the only necklace Roy
is ever likely to wear. Like all the
Identification necklaces used ut this
hospital, the baby's name Is fully
spelled out in letter beads.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-05
COMMUNITY FUND
CAMPAIGN STARTED
Goal of S68300O Set for City as Workers Attend Open
ina Luncheon.

The 1927 Community Fund cam
paign got under way at noon today
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-05
Forecast

Generally fair tonight and
Saturday; rising temperature.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-05
Home Edition

Sonia Is Approaching
Climax. It's Not Too Late to
Start the Story. On The Times
Comic Page Daily.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-11-24
Game to
Be Broadcast Here

Play-by-play reports of the Army
Navy football game to be played at
Chicago Saturday afternoon will be
broadcast by the Bismarck radio sta
tion. KFYR, owned and operated by
Hoskins- Meyer. The play play
service will be furnished the Tribune
by the Associated Press in the same
manner that the detailed account Of
the MINES ota- Michigan game was re-
ceived last Saturday, and the radio
station will broadcast the report as
received by the Tribune.
The microphone will be installed
in the Tribune's editorial rooms so
that the reports can be sent into the
air just as rapidly as they come in
over the Tribune's Associated Press
leased wire.