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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
Mother Kills Baby,
Takes DUN Life

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Dec. 2S.-
Worry over the illness of her q
year-old daughter Betty, was blamed
today for the suicide of Mrs. Thomas
Martin. AZ, who before killing her
self. shot Betty to death.
The bodies OF the mother and
baby were found by Mary, 16. an
other daughter Of Mrs. Martin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
STAYS TOY GUN BANDIT
Mail Clerk Uses Real Pistol Robber
Overlooked During Hold-Up.
BIZ United Press

BIZ UnEted Press
CHICAGO, Dec. 2S.-Using only a
toy pistol to intimidate their victims,
two youthful bandits were well on
their way toward a successful eve
ming as robbers when they over
looked real gun concealed in the
hip pocket of their third victim.
AS a result, John Renzio Is dead,
Tony oliver is in Jail awaiting a
hearing on robbery charges, and a
young woman who gave her name as
Elma Crawford is held as accessory.
Renzio was killed by Robert Ray.
a mail clerk who was robbed by the
pair. Ray submitted to the robbery
and lost SIT, but Renzio failed to
find the mail clerks gun during his
search.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
RECEIVER FOR H. C. S.
Judge Acts on Petition Against Cab
Manufacturing Firm.

Circuit Judge Harry o. Chamber
lin has appointed Charles o. Merz
receiver for the II. c. s. Cab Manu-
featuring Company on petition filed
Ivy the Central Manufacturing Com
pany on a petition filed by the Cen
trail Manufacturing Company Of Con-
nersville, which claimed s2.T7S.5S for
goods sold. 1t is alleged in the petit
ton that the H. c. 8. concern is in
debted in excess Of 100000.
Merz, assistant to H. K. Grub,
president. provided s25, 900 bond as
receiver and stated he would operate
the plant at least temporarily.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
FIVE CHILDREN IN YEAR
~ United Press


KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Dec. 2S.-
Mrs. John Johnson has given birth
to FIVE children IN one year. Triplets
we're born yesterday, less than a
year after the arrival of twins. Mrs.
Johnson is 33, and her husband, who
drives a truck, is %. They have
two other children.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
LAD SHOT IN FACE

BIZ United Press
TERRE HATTIE, Ind. Dec. ga
new airgun. a Christmas gift, may
cost the eyesight Of John Vol, 8.
The lad was shot by his chum. Har-
old Boswell, who was examining the
gun.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
ALTOS KILL 876

By United Press
CHICAGO. Dec. 2S.-With 1925
still having four days to go, auto
mobiles in Cook County have taken
a death toll of S76 during the year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28

sands Of women IN all parts OF Tho
country. Every ruptured woman Is
invited to call.
The demonstrations are positively
free and will be given only on the
three days by Mrs. Thompson, who
has Just returned from all the large
Eastern cities, as she will leave In
dianapolis Friday evening.
All women with rupture, large
navel rupture. post-operation rupture.
fallen stomach, bullying abdomen or
abdominal weakness should visit Mrs.
Thompson for private demonstration
on one of the days she will be here.
Call between the hours Of to IL a.
M. or 2 to s .. m.-Advertisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
PROBE STRANGE ILLNESS
Paris Police Act After American
Concert Artists Suffer.

Concert Artists Suffer.
Bp United Press
PARIS, Dec. 2S.-Police today
were investigating a mysterious ILL.,
ness that overcame several Ameri-
can concert artists in a small hall
in the Latin quarter last night. Bev-
er1dge Webster of Iowa, a pianist.
and Samuel Dushkin of New York,
a violinist, tainted on the stage.
Blair Fairchild, a composer; Florence
Haywood, author and lecturer, for.
merly of Palo Alto. Cal; Junius
Morgan and Dwight Prouty collapsed
as they were leaving the hall.
None in the audience was affected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28

For the benefit OF
all such women, a
free demonstration
will be held at the
) c h uilin g Com
pany, 500 Murphy
Building, 80 East
Georgia St.. In
dia n apolis, on
Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday.
Dec. 29th TO S1st.
Mrs. Thompson
the n a I 1 o n a |
authority on cor
setting and sup
ports for women
will demonstrate
free the famous
Schuiling Method
to show why it is
praised by thou
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
TRACTION HITS TREE
Passengers Shaken Up; Traffic De
layed Two Hours.
BIZ Times SpectdI

BIZ Times Special
LEBANON. Ind. Dec. 2S.-Traffic
was tied up nearly two hours here
Monday night when an Indianapo-
lis-bound T. H.. 1. & e. interurban
crashed into tree in front of the
home Of Len Titus. Twenty-four
passengers were shaken up, but none
hurt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
New Style
Support for
Women
To Hold Rupture and for
After Abdominal
Operations
FREE DEMONSTRATION
By Lady Filter

Thousands of Indianapolis women
suffer the most trying misery with
large, bullying rupture, because they
do NOT know what to do to get relief
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28


tive at the city hall. Write him at The
Times.
winters solidification of street
mud Is feared by a correspondent OF
Mr.. F1xit today.
DEAR MR.. FIXIT: A great many
of us west siders would appreciate it
very much II the city could be per-
suaded to drag or scrape Belmont
Ave, between oliver Ave. and Nor
ris St., before the street freezes up
for the winter. This is one of the
main thoroughfares between West
Indianapolis and West Washington
st. and is almost impossible.
WEST SLIDER.
Scraping has stopped until
spring but there will be a consign-
ment of ashes for your street
forthcoming soon.
DEAR MR.. FIXIT: Year after
year we have heard that south side
track elevation was under way. But
never do We see any action or indi-
cation that there will be action. Is
there no way to speed this necessary
Improvement? SOUTH SIDER.
The city engineer now is engaged
In redrafting flood prevention
plans, which is step toward ele-
walton inasmuch as the elevation
contract with the indianapolis
Union Railroad Company does not
take effect until the flood preven-
ton contract is signed.
Public opinion also must be
aroused to insist upon the maxi
mum levy Of cents for elevation,
because the levy for 1927 provides
only for elevation Of Pennsylvania
and c., I. & w. tracks at Pine.
Cruise, Oriental SITS. and Southeast
ern Ave-, a minor part Of the ele-
walton program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
MIR. FIXIT
No More Street Dragging
Till Next Spring,

Let Mr.. Fixit present your casa TO cdty
officials. He is The Times representa-
tive at the city hall. Write him at The
Times.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-24
NEW HOUSES DEMAND ANTIQUE FURNISHINGS

1t is a paradox of our times that
Americans, having provided them
selves with the newest and most con-
venient houses in the world, and so
made themselves the envy of their
European neighbors, should then do
all in their power to make those
houses look as old as possible.
Time was-and not so very long ago
when the exact reverse was held.
The charming, staid, old-fashioned
people who lived in Boston, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore and points South in
the Age of Leisure. were as anxious to
appear modern and up-to-date as their
dashing descendants of the Age of
Speed are to appear correct, conserva-
tive and founded in the timeless rock.
Now, we follow the fashions indeed,
but someone has reversed the clock s
action. With every year forward our
standard of elegance jumps a century
back, until soon we shall have re-
placed the armor in our baronial
halls with stone clubs, our Gothic
tapestries with incised drawings of
bison and reindeer, our priedieu with
rough stone alters to Baal and our
very houses with rock-hewn caves.
For even in our furthest archaeology
cal flights we will reserve our eclectic
ism. And happily there will always be
our bathrooms to remind us that we
live in the Twentieth Century.
1t is charming snobisme and easily
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-24

most perfect gift imaginable and will
be thoroughly enjoyed by all the men
in the family. A portable electric
heater fits very we'll into the list too.
Electrical gifts that will please the
women members of the family are
innumerable. For the mother or wife
who is actively engaged in making the
home pleasant abode there are the
larger labor saving appliances, which,
despite all arguments to the contrary,
are joyously received by the woman
who has to do her own work.
Naturally woman who can hire
all branches of work done for her
would not go into rhapsodies over an
electric clothes washer, an ironer or
vacuum cleaner, but try giving one to
the average home lover and see her
reaction. An electric sewing machine
is untnistakably an ideal gift. And
there's wide range in both price and
selection of table appliances and handy
little electric ovens.
The business woman friend or MEM
Der of the family who housekeeps in
one room would thoroughly appreciate
an electric iron, reflector heater,
table stove, curling iron, heating pad,
electric percolator, waffle iron or
toaster.
The girl at college could earn her
spending money by renting, by the
lour. to her classmates the electric
sewing machine which Dad gave her
for Christmas. And of course an
electric cha6ng dish or waffle iron
would guarantee social fame" for her.
A curling iron and hand iron would
keep both her hair and her clothes in
the best of order
The Christmas decorations can be
conferred around the Christmas tree
lights that are both so effective and
so economical. The same type lights
that are used on the tree make the
most attractive table illumination for
the Christmas table. II
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-24

cially and individually, in the produc-
tive effort. 1t is that surplus over and
above what we socially and individu-
ally consume that provides the funds
of progress. 1t is not the product of
the farmers fields which measure his
prosperity. 1t is what he has over and
above operation and living that per-
mits him to improve his tools, enlarge
his acreage, better his stock, and en-
large his family life and their oppor-
tunities. We move forward, individu-
ally and collectively, from the margins
above consumption.
1T is important to reflect upon the
stunning fact, not that government is
taking III or 1/S of our income, but is
absorbing ~ of our national surplus.
"The remedy is with the citizen. 1t
calls for individual and collective &C
ton. We must awaken Unconscious
ness which makes each realize that
the cost of government is vital part
of his own cost of living, wherever its
charge primarily falls"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-24

James A. Emery, General Counsel
of the National Association of Manu-
facturers, says there is no greater
popular delusion than the belief that
tax relief is an accomplished fact. 1--WE
save at Washington, and waste in the
state capitals.
Our tax situation cries for reform
and demands permanent and enduring
leadership, unless we are willing to
permit the vast proportion of our hard
won surplus to be taken from private
administration and expenditure, and
to be spent by and for government
Taxation is indispensable to gov
eminent, and government is indispens-
able to indivisdual and collective Sc
curity. 1t is not the fact of taxation,
but its form and amount which men,
ace our progress.
Government in all it's forms is
plainly consuming IL per cent of our
gross national income. Startling as
that may be, 1t is not the whole truth,
for we are told that three-fourths of
the national income is consumed, So
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-24

Just installed at the Hotel Breakers
Long Beach, Calf, is one of thu
largest central radio distributing Sys
TENS on the Pacific Coast. The system
provides for the simultaneous recep
ton and amplihcation of four radio
programs at the hotel.
The installation, comprising the
regular radio receiving apparatus, to-
gether with what is known as public
address system, receives, amplifies and
distributes radio broadcast programs
throughout the 800 apartments of the
hotel, as we'll as in the main and
private dining rooms, coffee shop,
lounges, marine garden and main
lobby. The radio programs are re-
ceived and amplified from a central
control room in the hotel. By means
of four outlets in each apartment, the
guest may select any one Of the pro-
grams desired.
Radio in hotels is not new idea,
but the method used in the Breakers
Is said to be the last word in provid-
ing such service in simple, econom-
ical way. The entire system is under
the control OF one operator.
The equipment in each apartment
consists of the standard cone type
speaker. Leading to each apartment
are four radio channels, there being
one radio receiver for each channel.
The entire installation, as made by
the Graybar Electric Company, has
Incorporated the latest improvements
in design of central radio distributing
systems. The radio room, which
houses the radio receivers and ampli-
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-24
TIPS FOR WINTER FISHING

The sides of an ice fishing hole
shouldn't be exactly vertical. Chop
the ice to an outward slant so that the
diameter of the hole will be at it's
greatest on the under side of the ice.
Then, a fish isn't likely to get off the
hook at the last minute when you're
hauling him out. He strikes the slant
ing sides of the hole with only glanc-
ing blow.
Tip-up fishermen usually chop a
number of holes, each about eighteen
or twenty inches in diameter. and
these sixty or seventy feet apart.
When picking your location it is we'll
to bear in mind that fish in winter
seek deeper waters than in summer.
A deep spot off the end of point may
be promising pickerel ground.
Live minnows are the best bait
when you can get them. Hook min
now so that it will neither die nor get
away. Directly behind the dorsal fin
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-24
WINTER WEATHER ADDS TO TRAFFIC HAZARDS

Winter weather brings increased
traffic hazards, points out Walter G.
King, president of the National Safety
Council, who calls attention to the fact
that both motorists and pedestrians
should be extremely careful during
December when snow, hail and sleet
are likely to obscure the vision of peo-
pie both afoot and at the steering
wheel.
Here are some suggestions:
Be sure your auto is equipped with
a windshield wiper. Many drivers pre-
fer the automatic device which per-
mits motorists to kepe both hands free
for driving and stopping purposes.
Brakes that function efficiently are
absolutely essential at all times and
especially during this kind of weather.
They should be tested frequently and
regularly.
Chains shouldn't be left in the gar
age these days. When the tires are
worn, the car is especially liable to
skid if the brakes are applied sudden
ly. With good treads the danger is
somewhat minimized
Have all of your equipment in good
condition. Don't ignore the steering
gear, headlights and tail-lights, horns,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-24

in the right spot. Use an ordinary
handline, preferably braided. A twist
ed line is likely to develop numerous
kinks when frozen Lower the bait to
within fifteen or twenty inches of the
bottom, walk away and let the tip-up
attend to the fishing.
The ice fishing tip-up usually con-
sists of wood upright planted at one
side of the hole. Attached to it are
the line and small red flag for sig
mailing strike. A piece of brush can
be used for tip-up if there's nothing
else at hand; the flag Topped loosely
over a flexible twig.
Another simple device consists of
crossing two sticks at right angle to
each other, over the hole. Tie them
together at the point of crossing. At
tach flag to one end of the upper
stick and the line to it's other end.
The flag shoots into the air when a
fish strikes.-From Field and Stream.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-24

to be understood. Our ancestors, root
ed in the soil, ruled by tradition, had
need constantly to be reminded that
they were progressive, new people
doing new things. Whereas we, race
of upstairs, iconoclasts, rooted in
nothing, need to be assured of our
ancient lineage, our descent from the
civilizations we have cast off. To have
all our faculties bent on the future,
see everywhere constantly new things,
were intolerable. Something there
must be done to reassure us, bed
that the Virgin Queen may have slept
in, a chest that once held Charles line,
silver plate from which the great
Napoleon ate, bootjack that Crom-
well may have sworn at as he strug-
gled to jam his feet into his prepos-
ferrous boots-these add inches to our
stature, remind us that we are indeed
heirs of the ages.-Guy Eglington in
Arts and Decorations.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-24

DR.. Albert c. Dieffenbach, in an arti
Gle "The Best Seller in Christendom, >
in The Independent, names the ten
books which have saved Christianity
for the world:
"Stromota," by Clement of Alexan.
dria.
Confessions" by st. Augustine.
"Summa Theologia," by st. Thomas
Aquinas.
"The Divine Comedy" by Dante.
"The Imitation of Christ" by
Thomas A. Kempis.
"The Bible in English" by John
John Wycliffe.
die Werke," by Martin Luther.
Institutes" by John Calvin%
Paradise Lost" by John Milton
Pilgrims Progress" by John Bun
yam.
These books, says The Independent
article, have "sold" Christianity to the
world and have preserved Christianity
through the ages.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-24

Four short courses in agriculture
will be conducted at the State College
of Washington, beginning in January.
On January 3 four weeks course in
farm gas engines, tractors and farm
machinery will start, as well as two
weeks course in dairy plant operation
and a one weeks course in farm
marketing. A one weeks course in
poultry production and marketing will
start January 81. Regular college in
structors, laboratories and equipment
will be used.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-24
By MILDRED NICHOLS.
Electrical Housekeeping Department
Graybay Electric Company

Giving is an art. Christmas brings
to the front masters and novices
Some people instinctively know how
to choose gifts and how to bestow
them. Others blunderingly give red
ties to rudy faced uncles, and fancy
doo-dads right and left just because
they are attractive to look at.
OF course it takes time to shop
around and find the right thing for
the right person at the right price.
Specializing in one type thing for
everyone is a short cut for the busy
person. Make one year a linen year
another year, books; another toilet
articles and for start make this year
an electrical year.
Beginning with men of the family,
be they husbands, fathers, granddads,
uncles or brothers, if they like to settle
down in the evening with book, give
them a good sensible reading lamp,
either floor lamp or one that clamps
on to the head of the bed. If they
combine smoking with reading or do
lust plain smoking give them an cleo
lric cigar lighter. If they do not
belong to the bewhiskered group, give
an immersion heater that guarantees
hot water in less than two minutes
for shaving.
For the handy man around the house
who delights in turning out bookcases,
cabinets and all sorts of odd jobs,
nothing could be more acceptable than
one of the Speedway Shops. This
consists of a universal electric motor,
which is portable, collection of tools.
including drill, lathe, a buffer and
an emery Wheel =
Flash lights are acceptable to all
types and ages. And of course an
electric train for the youngster is the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-24
100 YEAR OLD GUNS AS GOOD AS MODERN ONES

A century and more ago shotgun
-double-barrel side-by-side or over
and-under-threw a charge of shot as
far, as fast and as evenly distributed
as a shotgun can today. Those prop
critics were and still are shotgun's
fundamentals; they have remained I'M
changed among the changes round
them during century-during far
more than a century
A century and more ago the world
held number of widely celebrated
makers of fine shotguns. Their guns,
while fundamentally the same as mod
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-24

The Russian information bureau re-
ports that a budget for the Soviet
Union aggregating $2,361, S41 900, the
largest in Russian history, has been
drawn up for the fiscal year 1926-27,
exceeding the budget for the present
fiscal year by $275,OOO,OOo. The in
crease in the revenues is character
lied by a gain in agricultural output
from which an increase of 81 per
cent in the tax is anticipated, yield
of per. cent higher from taxes on
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-24
Alfalfa Brings More Livestock to
County.

Irrigation means alfalfa and alfalfa
means more cows and hogs. This is
the development which is taking place
in Pend Oreille county. Irrigation is
attracting much attention among
farmers, and every ditch run by
County Agent E. e. Hupp results in
requests from two or three interested
farmers. Recently Olaf Lamon of
Deer Valley put 35 acres under irriga-
tion. and will extend the ditch to in.
clude 30 more.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-24
Egg Gambling Plant
ODened at Centra1ia

CENTRAL1A.- A Gambling plant
was placed in operation at the Cen
tralia branch of the Washington Egg
& Poultry Association. The plant fur
nishes employment to@three or four
experienced Gamblers, and this num-
Der will be increased as egg receipts
demand.
Receipts at the local branch have
been running about 400 cases week.
These have been going to the Winlock
station for Gambling and shipment, but
with the opening of the Gambling plant
here shipments will be made direct
from Centralia.
Receipts at the Winlock station the
past week were 2,S17 cases, a record
for the plant.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-24

ern ones, differed slightly in appear
ance because, their firing mechanism
as in evidence, while today it is hid
den. They differed also, but not radi-
cally, in the time required for loading
and in the number and bulk of acces-
series required in their use. However,
shotguns, like golf sticks, and tennis
racquets, being playthings, some
doubt is present whether the added
to the joy of use.-From Field and
Stream.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-24
Heard in Court.

Lawyer (cross-examining complain
ant the defendants air when
he proposed to you perfectly serious
or one of levity and POPULARITY?
Y Complainant-If you please, sir, it
was all ruffled with him running his
hands through it.-Boston Transcript.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-24

THE fact that within three-quart-
ers of an hours run from the
place where she is employed are
woods and fields where nimrods
have good opportunities to bang
away at Dummies and birds is not
overlooked by Betty Stoess, who Is
skilled in shooting upland game as
we'll as In the art Of stenography.
On Saturday afternoons during
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-12-24

: There were about 700 acres of Ridit
wheat grown in Spokane county this
year. Prospects are that most of it
will be used for seed this fall This
variety, sown without seed treatment,
produced smut free crop, yielding as
well as other varieties.