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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
FACTORY FOR ELKHART
81, 500, 900 Company, Employing 900
Men, to Move There.
BV United Press

Bg United Press
ELKKHART, Ind, Dec. 22.-The
Adams G. Westlake Company, Chi
'cago manufacturing concern, capital
lied at $4,000, 900, and employing
900 men, will move it's entire plant
from Chicago to Elkhart, Thomas
w. Holt, general manager, an
nounced here today.
Stockholders of the Adams & West
lake Company and the Curtain Sup
ply Company, located here, will meet
in January to consider merging the
two companies, Ward w. Willis,
president, announced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
IMPROVEMENTS ASKED
Central Hospital for Insane Seeks
s639, 900 Appropriation.

Indiana paid $4,000 for the care
Of forty-seven additional patients in
the Central Hospital for the Insane
in comparison with the 1925 figures,
according to the report of that insti-
tuition.
The average number Of patients
in 1925, the report says, was 1856,
compared with 1 1888 for 1926. The
additional cost over 1925 was S10,-
900. The institution will aSk the
coming Legislature for S639,000 for
improvements.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
TWO PERISH IN FLOOD
Rivers Overflow i'm Kentucky
Property Loss Heavy.

Bu United Press
LEXINGTON, Ky, Dec. o. Two
men were known to be dead and
heavy property losses were reported
as a result of flood waters in the
Cumberland and Kentucky Rivers
today.
The towns of Pineville and Faz-
ard and many neighboring villages
were isolated. All roads were i'm
passable and wire communication i'm
possible.
Traffic on the Cumberland & Man
chester and a branch Of the L. & N.
Railways was suspended because of
washed out roadbeds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
HALTS AIR MAIL SERVICE

Bn United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Tempo-
rary suspension Of contract air mail
service between Atlanta, Ga. and
Miami. Fla. effective Jan. 1. was
authorized by Postmaster General
New today. The line has operated at
q loss both to the contractor and
the Postoffice Department, it was
announced. Service will be suspend
ed until the proposed trunk line
route from New York to Atlanta is
opened.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
WOUNDED MAN DIES

BIZ United Press
DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 22.-Gun-
shot wounds suffered Dec. 8, when
he was fired upon by two Federal
prohibition agents, resulted last night
in the death of William A. Nueder-
meier, 81, rural mail carrier of South
lockwood, Mich. George b. Pratt
and E. L. Benway, agents involved,
told authorities they fired when
Niedermeier and a friend refused to
stop their boat for investigation
They had been duck hunting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
CLEARS THREE STATES
Reed Committee Also Cites Expendi-
lures in Pennsylvania Primary.

BU United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. ga re-
port citing evidence Of $4,000, 900
expended in the Pennsylvania Re-
publican primary and declaring
charges of Irregularities in the Ore
gon. Washington and Missouri pri-
maries unfounded, was presented to
the Senate today by the Reed inves-
tigating committee.
The committee merely noted the
testimony in the Pennsylvania case
and made no recommendations as
to possible action in connection with
election of William S. Ware, who
spent $S00,000, or Senator Pepper,
who spent more than $1,500, 900.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
SENATE LAYS FOR" SMITH
BU United Press

BU Uhitc6 Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-The
fight to keep Frank L. Smith from
taking his seat as Senator from Illi-
nois awaits his arrival to present
credentials and nothing will be done
until then, Senators opposed to seat
ing him said today in response to a
statement of Governor Len Small of
Illinois that Smith has accepted APP
pointment to fill out the uneXpired
term of the late William b. Nc
Kinley.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22

Actual investigation by the jury
will be wound UP by Friday, Wilson
Furnas, foreman, stated in the court
room after he had turned over to
Judge Collins the regular institu-
tional and Jail case report.
When the judge considered asking
for the probe report on that day,
however, the jury objected and the
date was set for Monday.
In their report, the jurors recon-
mended that buildings at the Marion
County infirmary should be torn
down and the inmates removed else.
where. These buildings were termed
"a disgrace to the county,"
Call Home Menace
Asserting that the county deten.
ton home for children is "a menace
and a hazard for it's present use,"
the jury declared it absolutely
necessary" that new quarters be Sc
cured when the present lease ex-
pires, March l.
Nine indictments on Jury cases
also were included in the report.
The jurors stated they were sur
prised to learn that no action had
been taken in the infirmary matter,
though the previous grand jury also
had recommendation that the struc-
lures be abandoned. They charged
that they had urged Charles o. Sut.
ton, president of the county COM
missioners and George N. Mont
gomery, county council president, to
reach an agreement on the infirmary
situation.
Transfer Sought
An effort has been made for some
time by county officials to have
patients at Julietta, county hospital
for the insane, transferred to the
Central Indiana Hospital for the In
sane. and to place infirmary patients
at Julietta.
Today's report was labelled "final"
when handed in.
"Is this your final report?" asked
the judge.
mo, but we will complete our in
vestigation of the corruption charges
in two days" Furnas replied.
Order for the institutional report
was given Dec. 6, by Judge Collins.
Since then the corruption probe has
been, for the most part, abandoned.
No Witnesses Called
After leaving the courtroom this
morning, the jurors repaired to their
r-nnrn hi1t called in no moro wit
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22

Clarke, first witness at the open
ing of the public service commission
hearing on the proposed merger of
the Indianapolis Light and Heat
Company and the Merchants Heat
and light Company, with a $55,000,-
600 capitalization, introduced a
schedule of residential rates which
he said would be put into effect if
the merger is permitted.
The $315,000 the new schedule
would return to consumers would
be the saving made possible by the
merger, he said.
Not Promise
But Clarke acknowledged that it
might not be possible to put the low
er rates into effect. and declared that
his statement should not be accepted
as a promise.
The schedule he said the company
would try to put into effect offers
no saving to the householder who
now pays a monthly light bill of
$1.S7 or less a month.
1t offers a saving Of only 1875
cents to those whose bills are over
$1.87, but l,ss than $3.75.
Clark's group proposes to expend
m$51 100000 to purchase the proper
Mes Of the two utilities and pay off
Sghe outstanding Indebtedness, Clarke
testified. The plan for the financing
the proposed merger calls for the
issuance of $29, 100000 in bonds and
$12,SS0,000 in preferred stock. The
remainder of the purchase price, $S,-
$4,000, is to be paid by Clarkes
company.
No explanation of what uses the
consolidated company, the Indianap-
oils Power and Light Company pro-
poses to make Of the remainder of
the $55,00O,00 capitalization, was
given.
Four Commissioners
Four members Of the commission
were present at the hearing. The
fifth member, Frank T. Singleton,
is in Terre Haute, presiding at hear
ings.
Frank Wampler presided, while
the other commissioners on hand
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22

Miss Laurel Thayer, municipal
probation officer, nearly got her
meek broke in a crusade to save
the courthouse pigeon tlocks today.
When she caught w. p. McVey,
go, of 1907 Pleasant St., trapping
the pigeons in the courthouse yard
she took the trap away from him
and with him at her heels threw it
in the courthouse fountain. Mcvey
rescued the trap. vowing he would
break Miss Thayer's neck"
The wordy battle was furious. The
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
FIVE BELIEVED DROWNED
High Waters of River Hurl Fourteen
Workmen From Bridge.

BIZ United Press
CATLETTSBURG, KY, Dec. a.
Five men were believed drowned
today when high waters in the Big
Sandy River knocked a support
from under a bridge span and four
teen workmen tumbled into the icy
water.
The high water in the river was
a result of recent heavy rains.
Nine men were hauled from the
water soon after the accident, but
no trace was found of the other five.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
DEATH LIST MAY BE 55
Thirty Fatalities Accounted for So
FAR i'm Launch Sinking.
BIZ United Press


NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-While the.
known dead remained at thirty,
check UP of the men who sailed on
the launch Linseed King, which
sank in the Hudson River, Monday
morning. today convinced officials
that the death total may reach fifty
five.
Officials of the Spencer Kellogg
Company, owners of the launch, said
that approximately eighty men
were aboard when the foundered
amid the ice foes. OF these, twen-
ty-one were listed as missing.
But police officials, investigating
reports from wives and rooming
house proprietors of men who left
to board the boat, said the total
might be higher.
The hull of the launch, from
which twenty-seven bodies were
taken yesterday, will be lifted from
Ice which encloses it by derrick.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
OH, MY! 5000 GALLONS
Federal Agents Seize Plenty of
"Cheer" in State During Week.

Nearly 5000 gallons of Christ
mas cheer were confiscated last
week by Federal prohibition agents
in Indiana, it was announced today
by A. r. Harris, deputy prohibition
administrator.
AS a result of about fifty raids
all over the state, liquor seizures
totaled 2,2S5 gallons of wine, 1920
gallons of beer and 260 gallons Of
alcohol and whisky. Agents made
twenty-three arrests during the
aHeek.
i "No vacations for dry agents dur
ing the holidays" Harris declared,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
Grand Jurors Say They Can Complete
Their Work in Two Days
Remy AcQuiesces.
FAVOR ABANDONING INFIRMARY
Recommend New Building for Chill
dren's Detention Home

Final report the Marion County grand urys invesga-
ton into alleged corruption and Stephensonsm in Indiana
politics shall be made in Criminal Court 10 Monday,
Judge James A. Collins ordered today
With this report will be wound up the probing activities of
the present grand jury which started Oct H. Among the wit
have been many of the leading political lights of the
State, of them former and present officials
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
GREEN BACK ON JOB

BU United Press
WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.-Col.
Ned NJ. Green, prohibition admins
traitor for northern California and
Nevada. suspended pending trial of
charges of using seized liquor for
his personal use, today was rein
stated by Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Andrews. following his ac-
quittal at San Francisco.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
COURTHOUSE BIRDS
TRAPPED FOR MEAT
Probation Officer Threatene When She Takes Snare
Away From Man.

probation officer drew from McVey
that he had permission from a county
official to kill Of the pigeons. She
declared tie pigeons are dressed and
sold on city market as SQUADS"
Police Chief Claude f. Johnson ad-
vised Miss Thayer to carry the cru
sade to county commissioners.
She said she would.
Business men in the vicinity have
complained Of the inhumanity Of the
trapping. The pigeons have been a
city institution for many years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
GETS STOCK DIVIDENDS

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-The
Senate today directed the Federal
Trade Commission to ascertain to
what extent large corporations are
evading taxation by declaration of
stock dividends. Without objecting
a resolution introduced by Senator
Norris (Repl, Nebraska. ordering
investigation was adopted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
BONDSMEN CALLED IN
Action Taken in Case OF Mrs. Brehm
Against Stephenson.

D. c. Stephenson's bonGsmen, w.
J. Meskill, manager of the Indian.
apolis branch of the Fidelity and De
post Company of Maryland, and
John S. Hunt, former manager of
the company, were summoned today
to appear in court at 2 p. m. Jan. 3,
for examination as to whether the
company holds any of the property
of Stephenson.
This action arises from the suit
of Mrs. Nettie Stephenson Brehm,
alleged former wife of the ex.Klan
dragon, who is suing him for $125,-
900 for the support of herself and
child, Florence Katherine Stephen
son.
An attempt is being made to get
the Stephenson property attached
for the support Of Mrs. Brehm and
daughter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
SCHOOL VALUATION CUT
Decrease of S5,OOO,OOO Since June 80
Revenue $4,000 Less.


Indianapolis school property is now
appraised at 5000, ,OOe less than the
figure certified June 80 when tbe
school budget was prepared, County
Auditor Harry Dunn informed Ure
NJ. Frazer, business manager Of the
school board, today. The previous
valuation was set at s247, 100000.
The re-appraisal results in $4,000
less revenue from taxation. which is
based on the valuation Of the school
city. This cut, which is in addition
to the recent 9-cent cut on the spe-
ciai school and library fund. will be
absorbed as follows: Special school
fund, $4,000; tuition fund, S20,S25;
library fund, $2,750. and the free kim
dergartehs fund, $425, Frazer said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
EXPLOSION KILLS TWO

BU Uhtted Press
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22.-Two
engineers of the British steamship
Bellevue were killed in boiler room
exposition on the vessel, at anchor
in the harbor here last night. it was
learned today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
RECORD SNOW IN
NORTHERN INDIANA
La Porte Reports Fall of
Seven Inches.

BU United Press
LA PORTE, Ind, Dec. ga rec
ord snowfall was registered here on
Tuesday night when a trifle more
than seven inches came down be-
tween Z and 10 p. m.
All county roads are blockaded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
BEGIN DELICATE TASK
Alienlsts Put Mental Expert
Through Test for Sanity!

Through Test for Sanity
BV United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. %. A
group of distinguished alienists
started a delicate and dangerous
task at Gallinger Hospital here to-
day when they set about giving a
rigorous insanity test to DR.. Knutte
Houck, a psychiatrist who knows
the test in and out and has admin
istered it to others dozens of times.
DR.. Houck has been held in the
hospital under police guard, since he
was returned here from Hornell, N.
Y, where he was found thinly-clad
and babbling incoherently last Fri
day. No trace has been found OF
his wife, missing since a week ago
Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
ONE DEAD; ii INJURED
Heavy Rain and Fog Causes Fifteen
Auto Accidents at Evansville.

BB United Press
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec. o.
A heavy rain and fog was blamed to-
day for fifteen auto accidents on
Tuesday night. Mrs. Kathryn Beer,
72, was killed when struck by an
auto after alighting from a street
car. Another woman is near death
and thirteen others have broken
bones and other serious hurts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
NOT A RUN

Russell, rookie Red Sox pitcher,
had the rather unique distinction
Of not scoring a single run during
the 1926 American League cam
paign. Russell was in 81 games, 60
ing to bat 21 times. He made four
hits.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
Whom would you rather be than

Whom would you rather be than
Santa Claus?
Nobody"
AT least ia persons, who have
taken over the joy of bringing Christ
Jas cheer to that many needy In
A6ianapolis families through the
Times Santa Claus Club. feel just
that way about it.
You know the Times plan of help
ing needy indianapolis families. In
cooperation with the Christmas
Clearing House, names of worthy
families, who are in danger of hav-
ing no holiday cheer, are obtained.
These families are designated by
number and a list published in the
Times every day. II you read the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
Clarke States This Amount Would
Represent Annual Saving as Re-
suit of Consolidation.
POWER USERS WOULD BENEFIT
Not Much Return for Ordinary Folks,
Magnate Admits.

Harley L. Clarke Chicago utilities magnate and promoter
Of the proposed local electric utility merger today held out the
hope Indianapolis power and light lower which
would them 1915 900 year the merger permitted
But the lower rates would principally benefit big power
TSerS he adj ittad
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
COPIED THREE HITS

Tulane had a tough football sea
son. The Green Waves was little
more than a ripple in 1926, winning
just three games. 1t was defeated
five times and held to a tie another
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
FATALITY AT SOUTH BEND
Heavy Snow Blamed for WOman's
Death.

BU UHited Press
SOUTH BEND. Ind, Dec. o.
The first heavy snow storm of the
season was believed responsible to-
day for the death Of Mrs. Barbara
Kroeger, SO. killed Tuesday night
when run down by an automobile.
Mrs. Kroeger was on her way
home from a Christmas program at
church.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
HOURLY TEMPERATURE
T'HEATER MANAGER
WILL AID FAMIL Y
Times Santa Claus Club Membership Grows to IA
Store Employees to Provide Two Baskets.

facts about one of these families and
want to be a Santa Claus for them,
call Main $500 and ask for the Santa
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
APPROVAL FOR POLAND
Senate Confirms Nomination of In.
diana Man for Customs Post.
BIZ Times Special

7 FVTVo IIVFftFF
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Presi-
dent Coolidge's nomination of George
M. Foland, Crown Point. Ind, to be
collector of customs at indianapolis
was confirmed yesterday by the Sen
ate. Nomination of Harry w. Beals
to be Postmaster at Ft. Wayne also
was confirmed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
forecast

Mostly cloudy tonight and
Thursday; probably occasional
rain; lowest temperature to-
night 80 to 35; slightly warmer
Thursday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
Home Edition

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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-15
FIRE Ar ARTHIR.

LOS ANGELES, July 14.-John J..
xershner, author of pamphlet entitled
"The Disappearance of Aimee Semple
Mcpherson" reported to Wiltshire po-
lice a shot had been fired at him at
his home at 2OO2 West Washington
street The shot was fired at him, he
said, at $3.50 p. m. Tuesday, while he
was in a lavatory adjoining screen
ed back porch of his home.
The bullet, police were told, tore
through the porch screen, missed
Kershner by inches and imbedded it
self in window frame. Kreshner said
he and his wife and friend who were
in the house, Immediately began q
search of the neighborhood, without
result.
Detective Lieutenants Freudenberger
and Luke of the Wiltshire division said
they believed the shot had been fired
by man standing on the walk about
15 feet away. They believed .3S-
calibre automatic had been used.
Kershner expressed the belief that
the shooting was the work of a fanat-
zeal follower of the evangelist. He
said he had received number Of
threatening letters demanding he cease
publication of his book. These, it was
said, were turned over to the police
last night.
Mrs. Kershner related that she was
called to the door by an elderly woman
tall and with gray hair, who asked
where the author of the Mcpherson
book lived, and demanded to see him.
Upon being refused, it was reported,
the woman shook her fist and remarks
ed, Wen get him yet"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-15

and private detectives were working
along different angles yesterday, the
federal government continued sep
arate Investigation begun several days
ago into the activities of PHILIPPE
Chavez, said by officials to be white
slave operator and now believed to
be below the Mexican border One
of the men mentioned by Mrs. Nc
Pherson in her account of hr kid
naping was called philippe by the
other men said to be involved.
According to department of JUS
tice operators who are working on the
case, PHILIPPE Chavez and his brother,
Pedro Chavez, We're last heard from
at Bsbee, Ariz., where Pedro was
working in the copper mines. At
about the time of Mrs. McPhersons
disappearance Pedro left Bisbee with
out calling at the mine office for
his check, and Il few days later
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-15

was the man who left the note for
Mrs. Kennedy. He said he had an
appointment with Mrs. Kennedy for
June "a last, to talk over plans Tor
taking charge of the Full Gospel
Tabernacle in Riverside and turning
it into branch of the Angelus
Temple Mrs Kennedy did not show
up. He waited until II o'clock that
night and then went home. Next
day, Rev. Jaynes said, he discovered
that Mother Kennedy" was in Doug
las with her daughter, VINO came
in from the desert on the morning OF
June 2S.
The minister, however, denied that
he was the man who appeared at the
hotel within the iast ten days and
inquired for the woman evangelist.
Il never asked for Mrs MCPHERSON
because she was reported drowned
at the time L had an appointment
with Mrs. Kennedy. Nor did 1 make
any injuries for her since thar
time" he said.
Last night Clerks w. p. Wall and
j. H. Newman identified Rev. Jaynes
as the man who left the letter
Another "hot tip" took nose
dive when Chief of Detectives Cohn
and Investigators Reimer and Darley
OF the district attorneys office To-
Gated the man said by Clyde De
Villiers, q former aviator, to have
direct knowledge of persons who
carried Mrs. Mcpherson from Venice
The man Clinton De Witt Hopkins,
told the investigators he knew moth
ing of the case. De Villiers, whose
repeated representations that he had
the facts in his possession brought
him grand jury subpoena, and Mr.
T. Houpkips were told to return this
| morning when they will be given
, an opportunity to tell what they
know under oath.
Police Sergeant A. B Murchison
rived in the city in answer to q
subpoena from the local grand jury.
/ He reported that Miss Meribah Shinn,
head nurse of the Calumet hospital
/ in Douglas, where Mrs. Mcpherson
was taken upon her return, will be
| unable to leave the Arizona city $for
several days, but will come to this
| city to tell stoE to the grand jury.
| Murchison notified Capt. Cline up
on his arrival that Presidente Bou-
bion of Aqua Prieta and Chief of
| Police Villa are willing to come to
this city and tell of their investiga-
/ tions of Mrs McPhersons story il
their expenses are paid by the local
authorities. Other Arizona witnesses
! probably will be called also, as we'll
/ as a number from northern Cali
| fornia cities
Police Sergeant Murchison yester-
4 day told Capt. Cline that he stopped
off in Tucson on his way to Cali
fornia and there checked over num-
Der Of witnesses in that city who
will probably be called before the
grand jury.
Yesterday afternoon was spent by
Capt. Cline and Murchison in check
| ing over the latter's report rendered
from Douglas a number of days ago.
''DOubIe" Sought
Private detectives employed by Mrs.
MCPHERSON spent yesterday while po-