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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
BU Unitcd Press


MEMPHIS, Tenn. Dec. 2S.-Re-
lief measures were started over the
central South today, where high wa
ters following torrential rains have
flooded thousands of acres of land
and forced more than $4,000 persons
from their homes. A check-up at
noon today showed that eleven per-
sons had been drowned in the swirl
ing waters which have swept over
highways and out-of-river banks.
will be greatly increased when re-
ports come in from rural towns,
which are isolated by the flood tides.
Damage is estimated at moe than
50 ,000,0 900, as homes have been swept
away. stock killed, buildings ruined
by the backwash and fertile acres
flooded
Although the rains today caused
rivers to rise in most sec
tions even above their previous
high marks, the waters in Arkansas
began to reeede slightly. Transporta-
ton in central and eastern Arkansas
today was at a standstill, except over
the main railroad lines. Acting Coy.
ernor Dennis Murphree ordered the
entire personnel of Battery B, 17Sth
Artillery. to duty in the Tombigee
river flood zone of Mississippi fol-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
GUARDS AGAINST
PRICE INCREASES
Interior Department Leases
Lands Reclamation May
Affect.
Times VdShindton Bureau.
1872 Nclr Nnrk Arcnmn

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2S.-For
the first time in history the Interior
Department has obtained options on
thousands Of acres of land to guard
against price increases when recla-
nation areas become populated.
THE Interior Department today
completed options on 5000 acres in
the lower Yellowstone and 1000
acres in Bellefourche," G.. c. Kreut-
ger. chief of the division of reclama-
ton economies, said.
High land prices during the war
period forced so many settlers into
bankruptcy that only 81 per cent of
the farms on the Bellefourche project
are occupied by resident owners.
The Government hopes to Induce
farmers from other sections to buy
lands and railroads serving the
northwestern territory have launched
a publicity campaign to aid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
WOMEN INDIGNANT
OVER EXPULSION
OF MRS. GARDNER
Club Leaders to Protest
G. 0. P. Action in Barring
Representative.

Representatives of many women's
organizations, at a mass meeting
at D. m. Thursday in the Claypool
Palm room, will express indignation
at the recent expulsion Of Represent
alive Mrs. Ella V. Gardner from
the Marion County Republican eau
Gus.
Woman Barred
Mrs. Gardner was barred from at
tending all meetings until after the
election of the Speaker of the House
of Representatives" at a recent
meeting, because she would not
agree to the unit rule for recording
votes of the Marion County delega-
ton.
An underlying cause was Mrs.
Gardeners advocacy Of reelection of
Speaker Harry G.. Leslie. Coffin
machine members of the delegation
are backing Lemuel A. Pittinger.
Will Explain
On the indignation meeting pro-
gram will be a number of .promi-
nent club women.
Mrs. Gardner will present a pub
lie explanation of the incidents lead
ing to the insult of the only woman
representative from Marion County
in the General Assembly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
LOCAL MAN
IS GRANTED
CLEMENCY
Going Straight After Re-
lease From U. S. Prison,
Says Henry Pittman.

eve gone straight for eight
months and I'm going to keep it up,
declared Henry Pittman, 81. of pa
Lincoln ST., today.
Pittman, released a few days ago
from the Federal Penitentiary at
Leavenworth, was the only Indian
apolis man to be granted a Christ
mas parole, by the Federal board
of pardons.
Glad to See Wife
Eyes, sir, it certainly made me
happy to be back to my wife on
Christmas" he said as he reported
this morning to Linus p. Meredith,
United States marshal.
1.-THE treatment of prisoners at the
penitentiary is fine, and it sets lot
Of us thinking. Life even at the
prison is what you make It.
prisoners at Leavenworth are
furnished what is called a guide
book, which contains the rules and
customs of the institution. If a man
obeys them, he gets along all right.
Learned Lesson
"Any trouble he gets anto because
of violating the rules is of his own
making. But I've learned my les
son and I'm going straight, just like
have since 1 entered the peni-
Tertiary"
Pittman was sentenced to serve
fifteen months for q violation of the
Mann Act
1.-THE work at the prison is honest
labor" Pittman concluded. THE
prisoners make all their own clothes
and shoes, and work on the prison
farm. There is no food allowance
a man can eat all he cares too
during good behavior.
ut is so good . be free again, that
I know I'm going to get along in
good shape"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
BY Roscoe b. Fleming,
Times staff COrreSDoudent

WASHINGTON, Dec, 2S.-one-
fifth of all bread and pastry sold
to United States homes is manufac-
tured by the three huge baking cor
porations directly or indirectly con-
cerned in the dread trust" ivesti-
Cation by Senate committee head
ed by Senator Walsh Of Montana,
The three corporations control lat
individual plants in more than 100
United States and Canadian cities.
They are operated, by the Ward in
terests, which attempted last spring
to launch a o-billion-dollar baking
concern.
Senator La Toilette and others
charge that the consent decree" dis
solving the super-trust. agreed to
by the Department of Justice, really
left the three subsidiary companies
intact as practical monopolies;
This, La Toilette said, was espe-
ctal1y true OF the Continental Baking
Company against which Federal
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
LAME DUCK BILL
MAY Be DELAYED
Little Hope Measure Will
Pass House at This Session.
Times Washington Bureau.
1922 New York Avenue

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-Little
hope is held that the House will pass
the Norris lame duck amendment to
the Constitution at this session.
This amendment, which would do
away with short sessions, such as
the one through which Congress is
now speedily passing, would have a
Congress or President elected in No
vember take office on the first of the
year following.
1t has passed the Senate three
times.
Representatives Hayes B. White
OF Kansas, guiding the measure in
the House, said today he disliked to
ask just now for a suspension of
tht rules so that the measure could
be voted on. This would require a
two-thirds vote. He fears that many
would vote against it.
Lame ducks In the Senate num-
Der ten, and in the House more than
twenty.
A year from this December Nor
ris will again introduce the amend.
ment in the Senate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
THREE STRONG IN
BAKERY BUSINESS
Companies Affected by Consent Decree Produce One
Fifth of Nations Bread and Pastry.

Trade Commission charges were dis
missed simultaneously with the CON
sent decree
This company controls ninety-eight
bakeries in eighty-three cities, in
Guiding Washington, Memphis,
Youngstown, Columbus, Cincinnati,
Toledo two plants), Akron, Indian.
apolis, Omaha. Oklahoma City. Ell
Paso, Denver, San Diego and Seattle.
The local companies are under var
ious individual names.
This company alone bakes 10 per
cent Of the country's bread. Secre-
tary Johnson Of the Federal Trade
Commission testifes.
The Ward Baking Company has
eighteen plants in fourteen cities. in
GLIDING Pittsburgh two plants), Bal.
timore. Cleveland, Youngstown and
Columbus.
The General Baking Company has
plants in thirty-one cities. including
Baltimore, Washington. Cleveland.
Toledo and Oklahoma City.
Walsh's committee, including SEN
ators Borah and Deneen, win resume
ttp hearings after. the holtdays>
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen to po-
lice belong to:
Samuel Gerking, 1901 S. Lyons
Ave, Ford, 565-03S, from Ills N.
Capitol Ave.
Dewey Carpenter, 2023 E. Michi-
gan ST., 472-571, from Kentucky Ave.
and Illinois st.
Orville Kendall, 703 N. Alabama
St, Dodge, 1916, from st. Clair
and Delaware SITS.
Cleveland Grain and Milling Com
pany, COG Board of Trade Bldg.
Chevrolet, GAS, from Illinois and
Georgia SITS.
John j. Maroney. r. r. 16, Beech
Grove, Overland, 217-2S, from Ne
ridian and Ohio SITS.
Gregg oliver, TOT N. East St.,
Ford, T-50.S31, from Cornell Ave.
and Twenty-Sixth st.
Phillip Refholz, 2239 N. Capitol
Ave-, Ford, 52O-S22, from in front
Of that address.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28

Blu NEA Serricc
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-The
Washington treaties of 1928 affect
ing Central American affairs are
cited by the U. S. State Department
in support of it's attitude toward
Nicaragua, now being very widely
advertised.
These treaties bound five Central
American States-Nicaragua, Qua
temala, Costo Rica, Honduras and
Salvador-not to interfere with each
others internal affairs, and not to
recognize any government that came
into power by force of arms or revo-
luton.
The treaties were executed under
the auspices of the United States
and Mexico.
The State Department insists there
is no inconsistency in it's policies to-
ward President Adolfo Diaz of
Nicaragua and his Liberal enemy
former Vice President j. Bautista
Sacasa.
Sacasa was vice president under
President SolorZano. Last January,
SolorZano was forced to resign. Gen.
Emiliano Chamorro tried, to seize
the government. But under uhe
same 1928 treaties, the United
States refused to recognize Chamor-
70, and he gave way to Diaz..
Now comes Sacasa, saying that
as vice president under Solorzano
he was entitled under the constitu-
ton to the presidency when Solor-
zano stepped out.
But, retorts the United States.
Sacasa was absent from the country
at that time. =
Right" say Sacasa's friends.
''He had been exiled, under penalty
Of DEATH
Mexico sides with Sacasa, contend
ing the Diaz government is force
OF arms" product. But the United
States can't see it.
Protests that the United States
foisted Diaz, friend of American
business interests. on Nicaragua are
emphatically denied.
The election Of Diaz after Cha
morro's retirement was Investigated,
and the State Department decided
that although attendant clrcum-
stances left much to be desired, it
was about as good an election as
could be hoped Cor in Nicaragua.
Therefore, so far as Washington
IS concerned, Diaz seems in for
good-and Sacasa out for good.
Copyright, 1926. NEA Service, Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
JUDGE ENLOE ELECTED
Justice on Appellate Bench Heads
Foreign Veterans.

Judge Scion A. Enloe of the Indi-
ana Appellate Court is the new COM
mander Of Hoosier Post No. GA, Vet.
Grams of Foreign Wars, having been
chosen at the annual election Mon
day night at the post hall in Castle
Hall building.
He succeeds Frank s. Clark of the
F. S. Clark Realty Company, as com.
mander. Other officers elected: Sam
uel j. Williams, senior vice COM
marder. Harry A. Shane, junior vice
commander; Charles Crumbo, officer
Of the day, and DR.. G. l.. Spearing,
trustee for eighteen months. Post
Chaplain Martin Land and Quarter
master Charles T. Doty were re-
elected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
U. S. PRISONERS FLEE
Two Men Walk Along Icy Balustrade
in Dash for Liberty.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 2S.-Her-
bert Smith, alias J. A. Williams, 80,
and James d. Reedy, 20, Enola, Pa,
facing terms in Atlanta penitentiary,
escaped from the Federal building
here late yesterday by walking along
and icy balustrade for 1875 feet and
calmly walking down three flights of
stairs.
With fifty other prisoners they
were on the fourth floor Of the
building guarded by a deputy
marshal. Other deputies were sta
toned in the corridors outside.
Gaining permission to enter an ad-
joining room, Williams and Reedy
locked tho door, opened the window
and made good their escape over
the perilous ledge. No trace of them
has been found.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
HiStOryQuiS

Students of history should have
little trouble answering these ques-
tions. To check your answers COM
pare them with the correct answers
on page u.
What United States President
was called "Old Hickory"
2-What was the name OF the ship
that carried the first Puritan colon
lists to the Emitted States?
$40 what island was Napoleon
first exiled?
4-What Indian princess saved
the life OF Captain John Smith?
5-What countries took part in
the battle of Austerlitz?
G-What is the Magma Charta?
Who is known as the Maid of
Orleans?
S-Who was president Of the
United States during the Civil
WARP
9-Who wrote Poor Richards AL
manao?
10-What wss the name Of the ar
mored ship which defeated the Mer-
rimac during the Civil Ware
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
MOTORMAN IS INJURED

Percy Taught, 81, of 1915 e. st.
Clair ST., was injured about the
hands, head and face MkXRNy
when street car on which hy4Nas
the motorman was struck by a mail
truck at Massachusetts, Ave, and
Cornell st. Driver by Harold Bray,
1S, of 631 Parker Ave, the truck
skidded into the street car. Bray
had attempted to stop suddenly to
avoid striking another machine.
Taught was taken to city hospital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
CONDITION is SERIOUS
Boy, 2, Hurt in Train-Auto Crash,
in Hospital.

Karl Lind Jr., 2, remained in a
serious condition at the Clark Blal1es.
lee Hospital today, suffering from a
fractured skull received in a train.
auto crash at Commerce Ave. and
the Big Four Railroad, Monday.
The youth, with his sister Dorothy,
5, and his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Lind, all of Springfield, Ohio, were in
the auto when it was struck by an
inbound passenger and mail train
from Cleveland, Ohio. Lind was
only shaken up, but his wife and
daughter were cut and bruised by
flying glass. They are improved at
the hospital today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
Healed His Rupture

was badly ruptured while lifting n
trunk several years ago. I feared my
only hope of cure was an erKAp.
Trusses did me no good. Finally bt
hold of something that quickly and Com
pletely healed me Years have passed and
the rupture has never returned. although
l am doing hard work as carpenter.
There was no operation, no lost time. no
trouble. | have nothing to sell. but will
give full Information about how you NAV
find complete relief without operation IL
you write to noe, Eugene M Pullen' hr.
penter. 1913 N, Marcellus Ave, Manasnuan
n. J. Better cut out this notice and skos,,
IL to any others who are rupturnd --wnu
may save LIE Or ~ least stQp. the rnaSery
OF rupture apq thS worTy and cRea6 II a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
CRISIS NEAR FOR FALL

BIZ 'Jntted PTe8S
Ell PASO, Tex, Dec. 28.-The first
crisis in the illness of Albert B. Fall,
former secretary of the interior, suf-
fering from pneumonia at his home
here, will be reached tonight, ac-
cording to his physician, DIR. IL. T.
Stafford. DIR. Stafford said pneumonia
has affected one lung and because of
Falls age, IS, the physician ex-
pressed fear as to recovery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN KILLED

BIZ Tnffed PrcSS
CHICAGO, Dec. 2s.-An unidenti-
fed woman, believed to have been
travelling from Chicago to Clinton,
Ind, was instantly killed when she
either fell or jumped from q Chi.
cago & Eastern Illinois passenger
train near here. The woman was
carrying a bundle Of baby clothes
but no means of Identification were
found on her body.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
PHILANTHROPIST DIES

BIZ tnUPN If|SS
TULSA, Okla, Dec. 2S.-Charles
Page. industrial king" of Oklahoma.
and multimillionaire philanthropist,
died at his home in Sand Springs
late Monday. Page, who was So
years old, was engaged in mining
and lumber projects in western
States as well as in the oil industry.
An orphans home and a widows
home were established by Page in
Sand Springs as part OF his philan-
flaropao program
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28

Lowlands are flooded and farmers
are busy moving corn and live stock
to higher ground. Several hundred
acres of unharvested corn are under
water, although the greater part of
the corn crop in the river bottoms
has oeen harvested.
The Green and Barren Rivers We're
slowly receding today. Rumsey.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
SEVERAL SEEK LEASE
Leading Firms Want to Operate
Hotel on Denison Site.

Several of the leading hotel oper-
ating companies in America seek
control of the new hotel, construc-
ton of which is planned by the
Perry estate on the Denison site,
Pennsylvania and Ohio SITS. Norman
Perry, Indianapolis Light and Heat
Company president. said today.
A decision will be made on the
question of the operation Of the new
hotel early in January and actual
building will be rushed as soon there
after as possible, he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28

Ky, small village some sixty miles
up Green River from here, was
flooded today, all the streets being
under water
No loss of life has been reported
ins the West Kentucky flood area.
Damage to property is expected to
run into thousands OF dollars
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
SERIOUS FLOOD FEARED IN SOUTHERN INDIANA
Playmate Wounded
by Toy Gun

Santa Claus made a mistake,
police said, when he delivered
and air gun to George Beech,
1886 w. Vermont st.
George and Charles Stafford,
s, of 1926 w. Vermont St., to-
day were shooting at a pole.
Georges aim is said to have
been bad, and he shot Charles
on the leg. The BIB bullet did
not infiict a serious wound. but
Mrs. Beech learned Of the shoot
ing and the air gun was
smashed to pieces. Police took
no action.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
BACK HOME AGAIN

Automobiles reported found by po-
lice belong to:
Joe Drake, $40 N. Gladstone Ave-,
Stephens, at 1912 S. Pershing Ave.
Jack Carr, 2465 Broadway, Pack
ard, at 532 w. Tenth st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
RECEPTION AT CHURCH

The Antioch Baptist Church, Thir-
teenth and Missouri SITS, will hold
reception tonight in honor OF the
eleventh anniversary of the pastor
ate held by the Rev. N. r. Joseph.
Claude M. Worley, chief of detec.
tives, will make the principal adj
draSs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
FATHER SHOOTS CHILD
Hope Held for Girls Recovery
Wounded Accidentally.

BU Times Special
ELKHART, Ind, Dec. 2S.-Hope
was held today for the recovery of
Edna May Holdebaum. G, who was
accidentally shot by her father while
she was playing in her home. The
father was removing shells from a
revolver In an adjoining room when
the gun discharged. The bullet struck
the child in the side.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
STOVE OYERHEATED

All downtown fire apparatus re-
sponded to an alarm at 3:45 a. m.
today at Virginia Ave. and Maryland
ST., when an oil burner at the Plaza
Oil Station, II E. Maryland St., was
overheated. There was no loss.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
1000 KILLED BY AUTOS

BU United Press
NEW YORK. Dec. 2S.-Automo.
bile deaths in New York City in
1926 will total approximately 1000,
traffic experts estimated TODAY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
Die Same Time
Miles Apart
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
ROCKFORD. Ind. Dec. 2S.-
Word has been received here of
the death of Zachary T. Snyder
in California and his brother,
Hiram &. Snyder, at Washing
ton, d. c. Although miles
apart. the brothers died at prac-
tically the same time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
Thousands of Acres of Farm LaGls
Along Ohio River Under Water
Kentucky Town Inundated.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. Dee. 2S-Rain and weather,
melting accumulation of and ice expected send
the Ohio River, already above flood higher The
stage 37.7 feet, 81 feet above flood stage
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
B'NAI BIRTH ELECTS
Ruby Click Elected President of
Kirshbaum Center.

Ruby Click was elected president
of indianapolis B'nai Birth at
Kirschba UNI Community Center Mon
day night. Other officers are Sol
Schloss, vice president; Max M.
Pleaser, secretary; Adolph Biccard.
treasurer; Joseph Blieden. warden;
Samuel Hoffman, guardian. Henry
Blatt, Max Katz and Rufus Isaacs,
trustees; Isadore Feibleman, Eph
Levin, Leo Kaminsky, Adolph Bic
card, Henry Blatt and A. II. Gold
stein, district grand lodge delegates,
and Sol Hunter and Morris Strauss,
alternates.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
EleOen Dead, Thousands
Homeless i'm South

lowing an urgent request from
Mayor Vaughan of jackson.
Damage running into the millions
Of dollars has been doue by the high
water in Tennessee, Mississippi, Ala
bama, Arkansas and Kentucky.
thousands of persons have beA
made homeless and many have b1
killed. 1t was believed that 80
continuation of rain would ~
considerable suffering and prop9
destruction inasm Ich as many
the rivers and streams in the s&1
trict have but a few inches mo
rise to inundate even the hia
spots in many towns.
5000 Without Homes. s8 "
More than three thousand n
are known to be homeless
Tennessee flood area. OF thd
proXimately $500 are in TIN
of Nashville, where backwatersY
the Cumberland have inud
streets and made many square
in the lower section Of the city
inhabitable The crest is scheduNE&
to reach Nashville late today or to-
night and by that time it is feared
many more families will have had
their homes flooded. Property dam
age in the city is estimated variously
at from several hundred thousand
to million dollars.
Reports Of hunger, of death and
complete destruction in some rural
sections began to trickle in today
over crippled wires. Fuel shortages
were announced IN several Tennes-
see and Mississippi towns.
Farms Flooded
Roads are blocked by back waters
from the rivers, which first became
rushing torrents and then turned
into giant lakes as their waters rose
gradually and flooded thousands of
acres Of farm land, destroying crops,
drowning livestock and running
homes.
Relief was being sent from here
and other cities unaffected by the
flood to the vicinity of Nashville.
In some sections, towns .Tzere
isolated and complete reporNk of
conditions were not available. Many
small Tennessee towns were cut off
from communication.
Part of Columbus, Miss, was
under water and outlying sections
were isolated
In Huntsville, Tenn, north Of
Nashville, employees Of two banks
were forced to leave their buildings
and work in the courthouse.
Tourists by the hundreds, bound
from the North to the warmer South.
ern States, are reported held up in
several sections as the streams will
not admit of passage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
DENIAL FOR CHAPLIN

Attorney Says Film Comedian VIII
Not Sue i'm Mexico.
BIZ United Press
HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Dec. 2S.-Any
action Charlie Chaplin may take in
Strengthening out his tangled marital
affairs with his wife, Lita Grey
Chaplin, will be through United
States courts, according to the film
comedians attorney. Lloyd Wright.
Wright denied reports that Chap
lin contemplated seeking a divorce
through Mexican courts.
Absolutely nothing to It," he said