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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-31

graved on it, that Aaron, the high priest
''may bear them on his heart" Thel
comes another order. Inside the breast D
plate are to be placed ''the Urim and tn
Thummim," and they, too, are to be OF
Aaron's heart when he goes in before thu
Lord. EXODUS xviii, 30.)
In the blessing of Moses (Deut. xxxiii
so, the browning glory of the priestlJ
tribe of Levi is, "Thy Thummim and thu
Trim are with the Holy One; that is, thd
power of the priest lies in the direct inl
spiration of God through this oracle. How
the oracle was consulted is by no means
clear. Josephus and the rabbis of thf
Talmud say that the stones shone in some
peculiar way when consulted, thus giving
the reply. /
Nobody actually knows what the Urin
and Thummim were, and therefore any
light which may be shed upon this vexed
question by the excavations on this ancient
site will be of great value to every Bibld
student. If one of the old temples with
its library is uncovered, no one can begiI
to guess how valuable the finds will provei
Undoubtedly there will be some ,tablet$
in cuneiform, which was the international
laungage of that time, as is proved bI
many tablets written in that script, found
not only at Tel-Amarna in Egypt, but alsd
at Gezer and other sites in Palestine. II
Debir was not only the site of the ancient
oracle, but was "book town" as well, th9
exeavators have every reason to expect
that entire libraries such as have beeri
found in the ruins of Nineveh and Nippuf
and Ur will be revealed at Debir
DR. Kyle headed, in 1924, an expedition
in search of the destroyed cities of Sodonk
and Come rrah. OF this he said:
"Our aim was to find evidences of thd
wicked cities of the Plain Sodom and
Gomorrah. We believed they were buried
beneath the waters of the Dead Seal
There had been talk of using divers!
Divers must work in water on a good boil
tom. The rushing waters of the littld
rivers, bringing down the alluvial soil fol
centuries, have been constantly filling thd
bottom of the shallow water with soft
mud. In that mud no diver could work.
The Lord in His devastating Judgment
blasted these cities with fire and briml
stone from heaven, and then in mercifus
care covered their shame from view i'll
mud and water, and there they will rel
main until the judgment day. and therd
we left them"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-11
START MOVING
HOTEL TONIGHT
Street Closed to Traffic Dur
ing Operations.

Michigan st. was to be closed 10
traffic today between Meridian and
Pennsylvania SITS, in preparation
for the moving of the Haugh hdbel,
six-story structure, from IL E. Michi-
gan ST., to site more than a block
east on Michigan ST.
. I'VE hope to move it toward the
street some time during the night, .
officials of the house wrecking com
pany in charge said.
Bond for $4,000 to cover all possi-
BILE damage to the streets, buildings
and loss of life was deposited with
the board of works today.
The structure has been hoisted
nearly five feet on supports. Roll
ers of extraordinary thickness will
be placed beneath the building. Sew
eral weeks will be required to move
the structure. according to z. B.
Hunt. purchaser.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-11
OPINION WILL AID
STREET WIDENING
Proceeding With Board
Plans Is Ordered.

Widening Of a number of Indian
apolis major thoroughfares received
legal impetus through submission of
an opinion today from John K.
Ruckelshaus, city attorney, that the
board of works has authority to ig-
more remonstrances of property own
ers against widening projects.
Immediate procedure with plans
for widening Of NJ Meridian st. from
st. Clair ST. to Sixteenth from forty
four to sixty feet, was ordered.
The board is widening Sixteenth
st. from Capitol Ave. to Northwest
ern Ave.
"The board now feels legally free
to proceed with a number of widen
ing projects to conform to the major
thoroughfare plan developed by city
plan experts" said Roy c. Shane
berger. board president.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-11
REPUBLICAN
VACANCY rs
OFF, BOOKS
G. D. P. Women Name Sue
CesSor to Mrs. Wheat
Graft-'AII Happy

Republican enemies of Mrs. Vivian
Tracy Wheatcraft today succeeded
in their first objective in their move
to remove her from power at G. o.
p. State headquarters.
> State district chairwomen. meeting
at the Severin. named Miss Mary
Sleeth, Rushville, to succeed Mrs.
Wheatcraft as director Of the
womens bureau.
Mrs. Wheatcraft still is State vice
chairman. but her duties as an en-
ploye of the national organization
committee with headquarters al Chi
cago. will take her out of the State
much of the time.
Mrs. Wheatcraft stepped grace
fully out of the dictatorship Of the
womens bureau. She did not re.
sign. She was promoted to the
national committee job, it was ex.
planned. Miss Sleeth was her choice
for her successor, it also was ex-
planned. Miss Sleeth said she would
continue Mrs. wheatcraft's policies.
II got all wanted" said Mrs.
Wheatcraft. Everything went as
smoothly as could be"
Her political enemies also smiled.
They got what they wanted too.
After a weeks rest Mrs. Wheat
craft will go to Maine to participate
ir the campaign there for several
weeks. Then she will return to
Chicago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-11

BIZ United Press
MEXICO CITY. Aug. 11.-Dr. Al
va Taylor. OF Indianapolis. author
and former college professor, led a
group of American tourits who called
on President Gales today.
Gales told the Americans that
taking over the Catholic churches
in the present religious conflict was
necessary because the vast holdings
of the church enabled the groups to
thwart the government"
Gales said If Catholic ohurchmen
in Mexico maintained the position
held by Catholic churchmen in the
United States there would have been
no dispute with the Government.
Meanwhile a United Press CORE
spondent sent to Queretaro to check
up reports of violence there, report
ed that most of the violence resulted
from political animosities before the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-11
SLASH
IN COST OF
CITY LIGHTS
Council Majority Faction
Turns Attention to Cut
ting Expense.
BLUE PENCIL IS READY
Illumination of Suburbs
ArouSeS Wrath.

Majority faction city counciImen,
occupied with plans for buying the
Indianapolis Water Company, now
have turned their attention to cut
ting the city's bill for street lighting,
according to Boynton J. Moore, coun-
Gil president. The city buys cur
rent for it's street lights from the
Merchants Heat and Light Com
pany. under contract.
Moore said the councilmen plan
to blue pencil the request of the
board of works for more money for
lighting during 1927.
Couneilmen Aroused
Frequency OF high-powered iIlu.
minating units in suburban districts
where there are no houses, a con-
dition discovered by the board early
in this administration. has especially
aroused the councilmanic wrath, ac-
cording to Moore.
The Shank administration board of
works bound the city to a ten-year
contract for street lighting with the
Merchants Company.
When the Duvall administration
board learned that lights were being
installed fast and furiously in dis.
tricts where passerby a night was
an event. members ordered cessation
Of installations.
"Crowding" Opposed
Board members also objected to
The crowding together of the bril-
liant lights. contending that the
practice contributed nothing but ad.
ditional profits for the light com.
pany.
The allotment of light funds to
the highpowered system has cur.
tailed extension of corner lighting to
districts where lights are needed to
hamper the activities of highway.
men. board members say. .-
1t has been exceedingly difficult
for petitioners to obtain corner lights
for many months because of the
concentration upon brilliant illumi
nation. ii is said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-11
POLICE REMOVE
THREE STRIKERS
FROM MEETING
Called When Attempt Is
Made to Get Vote on
Ending WaIk-0ut.

Efforts of three members OF the
striking street car mems union to
railroad a resolution for ending the
walk-out failed at the union meeting
this morning and police were called
by President Albert Greeson. to
prevent acts OF violence said have
been contemplated.
The police. Patrolmen F'ogarty
Kern and Long, ordered three men.
Elmer Williams. clifford Pickel and
William Schnarr. from the hall and
elected Williams forcibly. taking him
10 police headquarters and then re-
leasing him. Each of the three at
tempted to present the resolution for
ending the strike, Greeson would
not permit them TO continue and
they accused him of not giving
them a square deai' and said they
couldn't "even talk" The meeting
ended abruptly after the three were
elected.
Boynton J. Moore, city council
president. today raised the club of
municipal ownership over the street
car company unless something is
done to reinstate decently those fel-
lows on strike"
Moore said\he was opposed to "giv-
ing a lot of men from outside In.
dianapolis positions on the cars and
that 'it never would have occurred
if the city had owned the company.
Moore expressed doubt that the
car company is operating under a
legal city franchise.
Were on Board
The three men elected from the
meeting held positions on the
executive board of the union un-
til Tuesday when they resigned.
Merits of discontinuing the strike
were discussed Tuesday when the
men asserted they could not get
other jobs in indianapolis.
Creeson said he had reports Of the
plans Tuesday and also that VIII
liams. Pickel and Schnarr were at
the Highland Ave. street car barns
Tuesday night and asked several
Alabama SITS. this morning to go to
the meeting.
Union members told Greeson that
the three men told them the street
car company would protect them
If there was any trouble.
Greeson had passed out $50 in
strike benefits and was urging the
men Ito continue the strike when
each of the three men declared the
strike should be called off.
In the meantime, Joseph Foot,
who resigned as financial secretary
of the union Tuesday, declared he
had no records of financial donations
to the union.
Members of the union auditing
committee instructed him to produce
figures showing the income and ex-
penditures this afternoon A mass
meeting will be held at Dorman and
Tenth Sts tonight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-11
LOCAL MAN SEES
PRESIDENT GALES
Or. Taylor, Former College Head, Leads American
Tourists in Visit With Gales.

religious situation became acute.
The Catholic elements in Queretaro
organized parade Of protest against
taneously made the parade a demon
stration in favor of the Catholic can
didate for Governor. One person was
killed and three seriously injured
WHEN two federal cavalrymen swept
down the street with rope stretched
from one saddle horn to the other.
The paraders fed. The number of
persons slightly injured was large.
The boycott is not effective in
'Queretaro, according to the 'mer-
chants. The normal garrison Of one
thousand soldiers has not been in
creased, and the people regularly
worship in the churches, although
the priests, Of course, are not pres
ent
American officials here said they
have received reports from Guadala-
jara confirming previous reports
that between fifty and sixty persons
were killed in rioting when the re-
ligious laws were made effective. At
present all is quiet there.
Arriving from Morelia, in the state
of Michoanca, Archbishop Leopoldo
Ruiz Cisneros said forty persons, in
cluding two priests. were killed
there. The number includes seven
teen who he says were executed by
troops because of religious rioting at
Sahuayo. He also said FOURTEEN per-
sons have been killed in the past
week at Irapuato.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-11
NATION EYES
BALLOTS IN
FOURSTATES
Ohio May Bring Forth Demo-
cratic Hope Result of
Its Primary.
AL SMITH is SLAPPED
His Opponent Is Winning in
Alabama.

By United Press
Prohibition, the Klan; presidential
aspirations and local issues were
voted op/~by the electorates of four
States, who went to the polls Tues
day in Ohio. Alabama, Arkansas and
Nebraska.
In Ohio, Governor A. V. Donahey
and Myers c. Cooper for Governor
and former Senator Atlee Pofner-
enc and Senator Frank B. Willis for
United States Senator were leading
with incomplete returns.
Cooper went into the lead over
Thad Brown for the Republican CUB
ernatorial nomination by an over
whelming plurality in Cincinnati. his
home. He had 1858 votes to
Browns 44.402 precincts. Governor
Donahey was ahead Of his three OPP
ponents by approximately a four
to one vote in the Democratic race.
POmerene Leads Woman
Pomerene led Supreme Court JUS
tice Florence f. Allen sby nearly
5000 votes for the Democratic NOM
ination for United States Senator.
Willis, Republican incumbent, had
a 23,000-vote lead over his nearest
rival
Donahey's nomination and election
would put him in the class of Gov.
ernor AL Smith of New York as a
three-term Governor and would add
to his national prestige. If Pomerene
is nominated and defeats Willis. he
also will have real prestige as a pres
idential candidate.
AL Smith was an issue in Alabama,
where Bibb Graves, Democratic cam
didate for Governor. charged his op-
position with planning to back the
Catholic Governor for President.
Graves was leading in early returns.
Hugo Black, senatorial candidate to
succeed Oscar w. Underwood. had a
substantial lead over John II. Banks
head, his nearest opponent.
Both Graves and Black were
backed by the /T<lan.
Wet Leads
In Arkansas, John f. Martineau.
attacked as a wet during the cam
palgn, was leading Governor Tom ].
Terrall, supported by the Anti
Saloon League, in the Democratic
primary race for Governor. Mar
tineau had denied opposing prohi-
bition. however.
Nebraska issues were mostly local.
Governor Adam McMullen, candidate
for nomination. was leading his
two opponents in the Republican
race. Charles Bryan. brother of the
late William Jennings Bryan, was
unopposed for the Democratic guber-
material nomination. OF six Con-
gressmen seeking reelection. only
three were opposed and they were
expected to win.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-11
BANK DEPOS|TS|N IN
STATE INCREASE
Reflect 'CommendabIe Con-
ditiOn,' Commission Says

An increase OF s3s,o17,71s.61 in
money on deposit in the various
banks and trust companies of the
State during the present year was
shown today in the report of State
Bank Commissioner Thomas D. Barr.
Discussing the report. based on the
bank call of June 80, 1926. Barr said.
THE increase in deposits represents
a very commendable condition
Since the call Of June so, 1925,
Barr's report showed, resources have
increased Ss6,OS6,4s9.S2. Since the
last previous call, issued Dec. 81,
1925, total resources have risen from
S705. .0s9, ,962.24 to $747,491, ,742.07.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-11
MAYOR BALKEp|N
DRIVE ON STANDS
Action Halted While Mer-
chants Merge.

Action on Mayor Duvall's plan to
drive the Sidewalk merchants from
the washington st. side of the court
house and from Delaware St.. -be.
tween Washington and Ohio Sts., has
been halted temporarily pending in
vestigation, o. d. Haskett. board of
safety president said today.
Earl Garrett, market master,
meanwhile, is perfecting plans for
consolidating stands, bringing them
from the walks into the shelter Of
the market house. A number of open.
air merchants have obtained leases
until Jan. 1, according to Haskell
Duvall has taken a stand against
subleasing space at the market while
majority faction city councilmen
oppose appropriation of $4,000 to
repair the present structure.
1.-The big commission men should
be required to move from the side
walks as we'll as the smaller growers
and vendors" Councilman Otis E.
Bartholomew told the board Tues
day:
Board members promised to con-
slider his suggestion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-11
SEEK BANK. BANDITS
Police Receive Wire From Nash
vile, Tenn. Authorities.

Nashville. Tenn. police today
wired local police to watch for a
gang of bank bandits. who killed a
teller. and wounded another man
there. escaping with $1,000 loot
Descriptions of the men somewhat
tally with those of Robert and How
ard Hostetter. who are at large at
this time, although facing charges
of bank robbery, here and in other
places.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-11
n CARS ARE
STOLEN AND
II STRIPPED
Thieves Work to Bear Out
Insurance Underwriters
Statement.

The statement of insurance under.
writer's Tuesday that it is less risk to
insure persons against personal in
jury on the streets of Indianapolis
than it is to insure their autos and
accessories against thefts, was sub.
stantiated by police reports Tuesday
night.
Records show that fourteen autos
valued at $4,000 were stolen, most of
them from the parking spaces down.
town. Ten OF the cars were recov-
cred today.
Fourteen Cars Stripped
In addition to the auto thefts
fourteen motorists reported their
autos had been stripped Of tires or
parts. This loot totaled $409 and
was an average total.
Mrs. r. r. Wood, 722 Belle Vieu
Pl., told police she was awakened
by noise ~ her bedroom and flashed
on a light. A Negro ran out of the
room and escaped.
No Loot Taken
The same burglar is thought to
have entered the home OF Mrs.
Cooper Alexander, rs N. Belle Vieu
Pl. No loot was reported taken at
either place.
Police were told that a man with
flash light was prowling about the
neighborhoods, southeast of the city,
flashing the light through windows.
DR.. j. H. Slygalt. 302 Buckingham
Dr., said his home was entered
through a basement window, and
jewelry valued at 500 taken.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-11
K Krishnan1urti Will
Lecture at Chicago

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE voice of
the so-called vehicle of the second
coming of Christ. will ring through
one of Chicagos modern theaters
the latter part of this month when
]. Krishnamurti Of Adyar. India,
speaks before the convention of the
International Theosophical Society.
Krishnamurti, who was selected
by. DIR. Annie Besant as the reincar-
nation of Christ. is making a
lecture tour and his first talks will
be at the convention here Aug. 2S
to Sept. l.
Leaders in theosophica1- study
from all ends of the world will at
tend.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-11
HER PRINCE TURNS
INDIAN IN INDIA
Chicago Girl, in Story of Harem Life Tells How Husband
Dutfu Lover in America, Turns Cold in Native Land

This is the second Of a series of
five articles written. for the United Press
ed describing her life as the wife of a
minor Indian .potentate Abani Kumar
Bose of Barodi. East Bengal India.
in Calcutta and in Abani's Jungle haremA
she escaped and came to Chicago where
she obtained a divorce. In her first ar
wind courtship while both were univer-
sity students of their marriage in Chi
cago. and of the fury of Abani's family
when they learned he had married an
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-11
Vacant Lots Target
in City War on Weeds

Wholesale slaughter Of the weeds
which have grown unimpeded in va
cant lots all over the city was or
dered by the board of works today
The board told George Woodward,
streets superintendent. to marshal
a crew of sturdy workmen and to- at
tack at once the weedy lots which
have brought great anguish to hay
fever sufferers in recent weeks.
Roy G. Shaneberger, board presi-
dent, established a uniform rate of
So a lot against property owners
who refuse TO heed the warning that
they cut the underground.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-11
Factory Bans Bare
Knees, Rolled Sox

BIZ United Press
BOSTON, Aug. 1.-THE Forbes
Lithograph Company Of Chelsea
has posted an order prohibiting bare
knees and rolled stockings. Such a
display, it is claimed, bias detracted
men from their work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-11
KEEP UP SIGNAL DRIVE
Police Continue Campaign Against
DisObedient Motorists.

Police continued their drive on
motorists who disobey the silent traf-
nc signals at street intersections.
Traffic Inspector Lester Jones said
numerous complaints have been
made about narrowly averted acci.
dents, and hazardous conditions
brought about by drivers failing to
heed the stop" and change" lights
Tuesday night motorcyclemen ar
rested twenty-five, men and four
women on charges of failing to obey
traffic signals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-11
Aged Men Duel to
Death With Rifles
Bu United Press

Y HTItW TTFN6
SWEETWATER, Texas, Aug. IL.
"A death duel in which the aged
participants used automatic rifles
was fought at Camp Spring, near
here. between w. S. Reed, 65, and
j. d. Ware, 20, following a quarrel
over employment of one of Wares
sons by Reed.
There were no witnesses. but
Ware was found barely alive, and
told of the shooting before he died.
The men had fired at close range
and had emptied their rifles at each
other.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-11
NEW BUTLER SUBJECT
j. w. Atherton Will Discuss Plans
Before Realtors.

John w. Atherton. financial Sec
retary of Butler University, will talk
on "The New Butler" at the lunch
con Of the Indianapolis Real Estate
Board Thursday at the Chamber of
Commerce. He will outline the build
ing plans for the new school.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-11
BOY INJURED BY BLAST
Curiosity Over Can i'm Dump
Causes Explosion.

Curiosity killed a cat and also
was the cause of Floyd Johnson, 8.
S26 w. Eleventh ST., being painfully
burned about the face and head last
Tuesday. Floyd became curious and
lit a match to see what was inside
can in a dump pile near Fall
Creek. An explosion resulted He
was sent to the city hospital by
Motorpolicemen Baker and Brown.