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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
She Was So
Fat She
Waddled

You're so fat you waddle.
This remark made to Idah
McGlone Gibson by n close per-
sonal friend started the famous
writer of fiction on a~reducing
campaign which peeled off forty
pounds in five months.
Now, Mrs. Gibson is going to
give women readers OF The
Times the benefit Of her ex-
perIence in a series of twenty
articles, the first Of which will
appear in+The Times next Mon.
day.
In these articles Mrs. Gibson
tells, in detail, the methods she
used to bring down her weight.
Whether you are 16 of so
you must march with your
regiment" says Mrs. Gibson. in
one of these articles. when
all the world Is talking about
slender women-for slender
women mean clever women
you are falling by the way
side unnoticed If you are too
fat to keep up with the other
marchers."
Mrs. Gibson relates that she
weighed 1919 pounds when the
proximity of the 200 mark
frightened. her into launching
her desperate effort to reduce
her surplus poundage.
Now, she weighs between 100
and 165.
Don't fail to read the first of
these articles in The Times
next Monday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
CEMETERY BILL
TO Be FOUGHT
Special Council Meeting This
Afternoon.

An ordinance to allow establish
ment Of a cemetery on kesler Blvd,
near the Broadmoor Country Club
was bitterly fought at special council
meeting, p. IN. today. The meeting
was called by Council President
Boynton Moore in order that a meas
ure to repeal a present ordinance
prohibiting location Of cemetery
at that place could be considered.
Councilmen Moore, DR.. Austin II.
Todd, Walter r. Dorsett and Otis +.
Bartholomew were said to favor the
cemetery, but opposition was antici-
pated.
Country club members have OBJ
jected to the cemetery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
RUNA WA VS.
BACK AFTER
ADVENTURE

How they lived three days on S5
cents worth of jelly, bread and
crackers was told today by Bruce
Hinsley, Q, and his sister, Alice
Hinsley, H. Of BAT S. Walcott ST.,
who ran away from home Monday to
"enjoy the world" after they were
refused movie money Sunday.
IT'S not so much fun" said Alice,
but Bruce spoke glowingly Of the
pleasures of not having to go to
school, or wash, or go to bed at bed
time.
They returned home Wednesday
night. They said they sold 25 cents
worth Of old iron and bottles given
them by a man who was moving
and bought two glasses Of jelly, cost.
ing 20 cents, and cents worth Of
crackers. This was all they had to
eat while gone, they said, except q
loaf of bread, which they charged
to the family grocery bill, Monday.
They slept Monday night in a
downtown stairway, leading to a
basement restaurant. without police
interference, they said. Tuesday
night they slept on the porch Of
Mrs. Bessie Foltz, 50 y. keystone
Ave. a niece Of their father, Ralph
Hinsley. Pennsylvania railroad sheet
metal worker
They ate their crackers and bread
and jelly in vacant garage, they
said They did not remember where
it was.
HIM" said Bruce, 81 bet we
couldn't find it right now if we had
to-"
It's too hard and lonesome, said
Alice. "I1l never run away again. -
Bruce evaded answering his mother
if he would leave if the opportunity
presented itself again.
"A policeman saw us. but he didn't
say anything" Alice said telling Of
sleeping downtown.
The runaways said their minds
were not made up to run away
when they started to school, Monday,
though they had considered it, but
that picking dandelions delayed
them until they would have been late
for school. so they played hockey"
and as a result were afraid to go
home at night.
The little girl used a pair of
shippers off n parked tin workers
truck to cut her high-top shoes
down to pumps because it was cool
err
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
FRAUD QUIZ
STARTED BY
|. PROSECUTOR
Grand Jury Investigates Re-
ports of Count Manipu-
Iation.
AFFIDAVITS PRESENTED
Seven Precincts Not Heard
From at Noon.

An investigation Of the primary
election was begun today by the
Marion County grand jury on orders
of Prosecutor William II. Remy.
who said he had information that
attempts were to be made to
manipulate the count Of ballots in
same city precincts for the benefit
of certain Republican candidates.
At the same time Deputy
Prosecutor William H. Shaeffer in
charge Of the grand jury, was in
vestigating affidavits turned over to
him by the Marion County Voters
League charging election frauds.
Persons who swore to the affi-
davits will be called before the jury,
Shaeffer said
Repeat Voters
Remy also said he had received
reports that a number Of persons
had voted several times.
Particular attention will be paid
to precincts where counting Of the
ballots is not completed until late.
AT noon returns from seven pre-
cincts had not been received. Elec-
tion officials who had worked since
Tuesday morning. many Of them
without sleep, were near exhaustion.
Work lS Hours
Election Commissioners Ira
Holmes. Frank Baker and Gideon
Blaine only had time off to eat.
Members Of the canvassing board
at work in Superior Court One and
precinct officials in precincts where
the count had not been completed,
had also been at work for over forty.
eight hours.
Tally sheets from several pre-
cincts were incorrectly filled out
when received today. 1t was neces-
sary to send them back so they
might he corrected in the presence
Of the precinct board according to
law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
BUS SERVICE COMPLAINT
Commission Gets Petition From
Msrtinsville Line Patrons.

Complaint on bus service OF the
T. IT,. ]. & f. Traction Company
between Martinsville and Indianapo-
lis was made in a petition signed by
seventeen patrons OF the line, pre-
sented the public service commission
today.
The petition alleged that only one
bus each way is being operated daily
and asked that the commission or
der at least three trips each way
each day. Petitioners live in Valley
Mills. West Newton. Mooresville and
Candy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
AUTO DRIVER IS SOUGHT
Police Investigate After Finding De-
serted Machine.

Deputy sheriffs communicated
with Blountsville police today to
learn the whereabouts Of a Virgil
Cook. An auto bearing that, name
ON the certificate Of title was found
deserted on the banks of Eagle
Creek at Stop /, r. H., I. & f. trac-
tion line, Danville division.
The title called for a larger make
auto. Police suspect either that the
car was stolen or that the owner
committed suicide or was murdered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
ESTATE Of
ENGLISH TO
FOUNDATION
Late State Senator Wills
Practically Everything
to Charity.
WIDOW LEFT INCOME
Home for Poor, Sick Chill
dren in Honor of Daughter.

The bulk of the $2,O00,O0O estate
Of the late State Senator William
e. English goes to the indianapolis
Foundation for charitable purposes
upon the death OF his widow, Mrs.
Helen Orr English. according to his
will filed for probate today before
Judge Mahlon c. Bash.
All of the English Hotel ana
Theater Building, covering the north
west quarter of the Circle, which is
not under lease. will become head
quarters for Indianapolis organized
charities when the Foundation takes
over the property
"Englishton Park Estate" 600
acre Scott County country home Of
the English family since 1918, will
be maintained for poor, sick and
INDECENT children, primarily Of
Marion County and secondarily Of
Scott County" 1t will be known as
the "Rosalind English Home for
Sick and INDECENT Children as a
memorial TO his daughter Mrs.
Rosalind English Parsons, who was
killed in an automobile accident,
near Greencastle in 1924.
Widow. Company Executors
The widow and the Fletcher Saw
ings and Trust Company were named
executors Of the estate. The will
was dated Nov. 10, 1925, and CO.
dicil, under date of Feb. 10. 1925,
made at Miami Beach, Fla, was ap-
pended. Senator English died a
week ago today, at the age of II.
The codicil provided for transfer Of
a bronze bust Of William III. English,
the Senator's father. from English.
ton Park estate to the museum Gre
ated in the basement Of the soldiers
and sailers monument, on the Circle.
The sculptured bust was the work
Of Professor Gabbesi of Rome, Italy.
The English Hotel is under lease
to an operating company, and If IL
is not available when the property
passes to the Foundation. provision
was made for acquiring of suitable
building to be known as the "Wil-
liam T.. English Charity Home, -
where organized charities shall be
permitted without restriction as to
race, creed OF color, to have their
office headquarters, and 70 have ac-
commodatiOns for the meeting Of
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
500 TRANSFERS STRIKE
Suspension of Building Program at
Hammond Seen.

BIZ United Press
HAMMOND. Ind, May 6.-Suspen
sion Of work on the big building pro
gram Of the Calumet district was
threatened today by a strike of 500
teamsters, many of whom were haul
ing material for the buildings.
The men quit work when the
'Teaming and Truck Owners Asso-
citation refused their demand for a
scent hourly wage increase.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
DESIGNS HELICOPTER

LONDON-Sir Bradford Leslie, IA
nous bridge builder. is finishing a
design Of a helicopter which, IL it
flies, will become the proprty of the
British government. Sir Bradford.
who is 95, has been working on the
model fifteen years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
TEAM PICKED
Van Or1nan Officially Declared Win
ner i'm National Race.

BIZ Inlted PfeSS
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. May C.
Ward r. Van Orman, pilot Of the
Goodyear w.; Capt. Hawthorne G.
Gray, pilot of the Army's "S-23." and
John A. Boetttner, pilot Of the
Akron National Aeronautical Asso-
citation, were declared today ma
tional winners in the order named
Of the national balloon race which
started last Thursday.
These three will compose the
American team in the Gordon Ben
nett international race. to start at
Antwerp, Belgium, May 30.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
NORGE STOPS TO REFUEL
Leaves This Afternoon on Final
Hop TO Kings Bay.


VADSOE, Norway, May 6.--The
dirigible Norge, en- route from Len.
ingrad to Kings Bay, Spitzenbergen,
where the Amundsen-E Ellsworth No.
bile expedition is to begin it's fight
across the north pole. landed at
Vadsoe to refuel at $50 a. m. to.
day. The ship will leave for King IS
Bay at o. m, where it is due to.
morrow noon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
STROKE KILLS FIREMAN
James NJ. MulIin Succumbs to At
tack of ApOpleXy.

4 stroke Of apoplexy today was
fatal to James M Mullin, 114& S.
West St. city fireman for eighteen
years. Funeral services likely will
be held Monday at st. Johns
Church with burial in Holy Cross
cemetery.
Mr Mullin was Engine House No
captain for many years. He had
been a private, however, since the
first Of the year. He was brother
Of John Mullin, former head Of the
Indianapolis detective bureau. The
widow and four children survive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
NEW APARTMENT PLANNED

a building permit for $150,O00
apartment house at 3419 n. Pennsyl-
vania St, has been issued TO Ar
thur Baynham, 1882 Central Ave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
TWO MORE FLEEING
CONVICTS CAPTURED
Only Three of Band Who Slew Warden and Fought Gun
Battle With Posse Remain at Large

death then, under threat of death.
marched J. w. Keely, captain Of the
guard, to the prison garage. where
he Communicated Klein's own auto
mobile and threw open the prison
gates. a trusty. John Cassidy, was
employed as chauffeur.
keely and Cassidy were forced to
accompany the fugitives until they
reached Marseilles. where they were
unloaded and handcuffed together to
a tree with Keelys prison hand
cuffs. The fugitives then continued
in their automobile and Keely and
Cassidy were found this morning.
The Battle
The seven are then believed to
have split. Five sneaked into Leo
more by roundabout methods. Citi-
zens had been notified and were
armed. When the men reached the
mid-section Of the village they were
seen and the battle started.
The vigilantes pumped buckshot
into the despradoes and the chal-
lenge was met by the escaping Grim
inals who had looted farm houses
and obtained revolvers. The battle
lasted ten minutes, three Of the
men finally fleeing. leaving two
wounded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
HOURLY TEMPERATURE
Rent Your
Vacant House

MRS. W. SMITH,
S37 N. DREXEL.
RENTED house
TO a desirable tenant.
WITH a Times Want .Ad.
PHONE Main 5000
FOR "Rent Adj results.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
H|GHER-UPS
SOUGHT IN
RUM STEAL
Negro Federal Employees In
diCted-Admit Taking
Some of Liquor.
WHO GOT REST, QUESTION
Must Have Had Help in
Squibb Plot, Ward Says.

Following indictment of three Fed
eral Bldg Negro employees on charges
Of conspiring to violate the prohi-
bition law. United States District
Attorney Albert Ward continued his
hunt for higher-ups in investigation
Of robbery Of $50 cases of confiscated
Squibb liquor from the Federal Bldg.
basement.
The Negroes admitted the theft
Of about thirty cases to a Times
reporter. Authorities said they had
confessed to removing upward Of 200
cases.
Defendants were to be arraigned
before Federal Judge Baltzell this
afternoon, following their indictment
this morning. Federal Clerk William
p. Kappes issued capiases for the
arrests on the Federal charge to
Linus Meredith, United States
marshal
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
In City Prison

The Negroes held in city prison
are Joseph Shores. 1921 Coe St.,
Federal Bldg. watchman; Lander
Dearson, 2402 Ralston St, Federal
Bldg. janitor, and William H. Mar
shall. 315 w. Forty-Fifth ST., Fed
eral Bldg. fireman.
Winkler ana Loeb said the trio
they removed the hinges
from the liquor room door in the
Federal building basement, usually
late at night and carried out the
booze in small newspaper-wrapped
parcels to a white bootlegger on the
outside.
The first. overt act was commit
ted Oct. %, 1928. when Marshall en-
tered the warehouse by pulling pins
from hinges on the door and removed
ten cases. the indictment charged.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
Who Got Rest?

Ward also will be faced with the
problem of discovering how much of
the missing $50 cases, worth $4,000,
the three Negroes stole, and what
became Of the remainder.
For, interviewed by a Times re.
porter today, they said they stole
only part of the missing booze.
They admitted taking "abOut
thirty cases"
Lieut.. George Winkler, who aid
ed in the arrest, said they admit
ted taking 200 cases.
Ward did not indicate whether he
suspected any Federal building Off
cials or attaches as the higher-ups.
He said, however:
"A man naturally would have his
suspicious three Negroes didn't car
ry out all that stuff"
Ward said that the Federal grand
jury investigation of the disappear
ence Of the liquor, valued at STA 900,
bootleg prices, would continue with
the hope that the confessed thieves
and the higher-up who inspired the
robbery planned it and arranged for
disposition Of the booze, would be in.
dicted at the earliest possible hour.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
Needed More Time

Il would rather we had had a day
or so more secrecy on the thing
and we might have had something
more startling" Ward declared.
United States Department of JUS
tice Agent Louis Loebl who arrested
the trio after a three-week investi-
cation Of the robbery, and Lieuten-
ant Winkler. former prohibition
agent group chief, appeared before
the grand jury at a. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06

Fair tonight Friday, increas-
ing cloudiness; continued mild
temperature predicted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
Home Edition

Keen insight into human ma
ture lifts Williams cartoons,
"Out Our Way" above the
ordinary. On The Times Comic
Page every day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06

"We're at their mercy now They
can give us year and a day any
how, and maybe more" he said.
mo we didn't get anyways near
all of it. 1 suspiciOned some of ii
was going out. Maybe it was taken
by someone with keys.
Shores said he always did be-
lieve the liquor was Switched" !"
when being shipped here.
at was checked by rows when Il
first arrived. Shores recalled.
"Of course we didn't get anything
like wha tit was worth. That was
too good liquor to sell for $50. what
we got. III bet the fellow who got
it from us sold it for a nice sum"
Shores maintained the elevator I'm
the west end OF the building was
Turn to Page Is,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-06
Paid Others

The indictment states Marshall
paid Dearson $3.50 in United States
money and Shores $3.50 two days
later.
On April q, 1924, ten more cases
were removed, the jury charged, and
on May ! Marshall paid Dearson
$40.
Wearing his gold braided blue cap
bearing gold United States pin,
Shores told a Times reporter how
he was unable to resist the tempta-
ton to get some cash" by turning
the whisky into bootleg channels.
THE thought Of it was too fas.
cinating," declared the watchman,
who has served at the Federal Bldg.
twenty-five years.
I've seen the door close on a
jury room many times, but never
expected my name would appear on
the Indictment" he said.
Shore, who said he never actually
handled any Of the liquor, talked
more freely than Dearson or Mar
shall. He said he was a good friend
of Ward and Judge Baltzell, and had
the highest respect for them.
Phoenix tribune., 1926-09-01
More Wedding Bells

Mr.. ]. D. Garner and Mrs. Eliza
beth Thomas were united in the
bonds of holy matrimOny a few days
ago at the c.. NJ E. church. The
Rev. A. T. Clark was the officiat-
ing clergyman and the ceremony
was performed in the presence of a
host of friends of the contracting
par les. This couple is we'll known
and popular, both being prominent
in church and lodge circles. After
Phoenix tribune., 1926-09-01

the ceremony the guests were served
a delightful repast. The newlyweds
were the recipients of many beauti-
full and useful presents. They are
at home to their friends at 909 East
Jefferson street.
!. !. !.
Returns from East
Mrs Robt. B. Phillips returned
a short time ago from the East,
where she spent several months Wis
iting relatives and friends. She re-
ports a very enjoyable trip.
Phoenix tribune., 1926-09-01
Local News
Democratic Club Organized


ers Club was organized a short time
ago at the residence of Mrs. l.. A.
Walker, 1922 East Jefferson street.
The object of the club, according to
officers of the organization, is to
protect the candidates from eX-
ploitation by individuals who would
commercialize the colored vote, and
to give the colored electorate an
opportunity to vote according to
their Ccnvic- ions. MIR. EG Seymour
is president, Mr.. j. " M. Goldsmith
treasurer, and Mrs. l.. Ada Walker,
Secretary of the organization. Sew
eral interesting and well-attended
meetings of the club have been held
and the organization is growing in
popularity. All colored voters, re-
gardless of party affiliation, are in
vited o attend the meeting of the
club.
!. !: :.
Labor Day Picnic
Various organizations Of the col
ored people have united in plan to
stage a great picnic at East Lake
Park on Labor Day Sports and
games of all kinds have been ar
ranged for the entertainment of the
populace and a basket picnic will
be the feature attraction. All are
requested to bring their dinner and
enjoy an old-fashioned basket pic
mic at the park on Labor Day.
Thomas Maddox, Republican candi-
date for Governor, will be the prin-
cipal speaker on the program, and
will deliver an address TO the col
ored citizens of the valley at 4 p.
m. Be sure and hear Maddox dis
cuss the vital issues of the cam
paign. Remember the place and
date-East Lake Park, Labor Day
at 4 p. m.
Home From Vacation
Mrs Frank Shirley, beauty spe-
cialisr, who spent her vacation in
Northern Arizona, visiting the Grand
Canyon and other scenic wonders of
the state, returned a few days ago
and reports an enjoyable trip.
i. i. !.
Greatly Improved
Mrs. c. B. Caldwell, teacher in the
Colored High school, who was in
iured in an automobile accident this
summer in Nashville, Tenn, is much
improved and will be ready to re-
Phoenix tribune., 1926-09-01

Hunt has enforced the laws of Arizona
fairly for every class Of our people irrespec-
tive of their Race, Creed or Color.
Hunt has been fair to Employers to La
Dor, to Farmers, and Business Men.
Hunt has fought for the right of every
child to have an education
Hunt is fighting for water from the Colo
RADIO River to irrigate an empire several
times as large as the Colorado River.
Hunt is fighting for the power resources
in the Colorado River which are worth 10
times as much as all the wealth of Arizona
combined
Vote for Hunt
Phoenix tribune., 1926-09-01
Greatly Improved

Mrs c. B. Caldwell, teacher in the
Colored High school, who was in
iured in an automobile accident this
summer in Nashville, Tenn, is much
improved and will be ready to re-
sumo her duties on the opening date
of the high school.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-08-26
HACKNEY

Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Williams and
family of Watertown spent Sunday
at E. r. Haines'.
Mrs. Eva Morris, Mrs: Jessie Rob-
erts, Mrs. Perry Morris and sons
Billie and Ralph wers Sunday after
church guests of Val Combs
Mr.. and Mrs Wilbur McFerren at
tended the funeral of the formers
aunt, Mrs, Peter DeyolId, at Hoskins-
vile. Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Reed, Mrs.
Hannah Atkinson OF Oskaloosa, Ia.
Mrs. Edward Andrews and Miss Mar
Saret Molyneux of Akron spent
from Sunday until Tuesday with J.
Fl. and J. w. Ludman, Mrs. Glenna
Watson and family.
Geneva Wilson visited Sunday
with her friend Agnes Hughes.
Willie Dye lost valuable work
horse the first of the week
Farms Change Hands
Mr.. ]. H Ludman has sold his
farm to Cooley Silyus. We under
stand the Frank Williams farm has
been sold TO Mr.. Daley of Parkers-
burg.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-08-26
Page Two
Meigs

The title of Mrs. Cages poem
mentioned in our last items, should
have been The Housekeeper's Solilo.
guy. found on page 3S6 of Kidd's
eiocution, signed Mrs. F. d. Gage
of the edition of 1857,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Reed of Ce.
dar, Ia, former residents Of Nor
gan county, and who have been Wis
iting relatives in Indiana and Penn
sylvania, and Mr.. Reeds brother
Fletcher Reed of Washington coun-
ty, and who had come to the Finley
Reed home on hearing of the death
of Mrs. Reeds cousin John McDow-
ell. came out Friday. Mr., Reed
went on to Noble county, Mrs. Reed
remaining for the funeral, then join
ing him afterward
Edgar Wilson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. H. Little, fell and cut his
upper lip Wednesday, which re-
CURED three stitches to close.
Jesse Hill has rented the Ludwell
Spencer farm near Neelyville, and
will move there soon. We are also
Informed that Morris Gray and fam