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LOCAL NOTICE

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far as Portland on their way home,
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Pawlowsky
and Ralph Nelson of WATERFOWL,
Mass, were guests of relatives here
over Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
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CENTER-Rev. and Mrs. George
Davis. who have been here for the
past five months are leaving for Jay,
where Mr.. Davis has call to be the
pastor of the Jay Baptist church.
They both regret leaving their many
friends and relatives here, but their
new field of labor is not far away
and they plan to be back OCCASION
ally. They will be missed by the
community.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Turner were
called to Augusta, Monday, to attend
the funeral of their cousin, the late
Frederic G. Kinsman.
w. G. Turner of Jefferson. and
Otto d. Turner were at w. w. Turn
| er's, Wednesday, gathering apples.
Eli Smell went to Gardiner, Tues
day and thursday with loads of po-
| tatoes.
Mrs. Ell Shell has been passing a
| few days with relatives in Gardiner.
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k1rGUsTA LOCALS l.
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,,rER ATTRACTIONS

uo,se Today: Harold Lloyd
|ovsra p heavens Sake; Tsehn II.
'Fo' nee blue Boy; Songs
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
MEXICO PLANS
WATER PROJECT
ON The YAQUI

TUCSON, Dec. 20.-R)-Approxima
ly $1,000, 900 pesos will be spent in sirri-
cation works on the Yaqui river in
Sonora, according to a bulletin received
from Mexico City today by Juan EVar-
isto Anchondo, Mexican consul at Tue
SON. The bulletin quotes as it's au-
thority Jorge Vera Estanol, representa-
tive of the Richardson company, an
American concern.
"These works will be among the most
important not only of the United States
and Mexico, but of the entire western
hemisphere the statement sets forth.
"By means of the system, 1000, 900
acres can easily be irrigated for cultf-
walton of garbanzos, rice, wheat, beans,
corn, fruit and vegetables"
So far, according to Estanol, 1000, 900
pesos have been invested in the works
for capturing, the waters of the Yaqui
river
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
PLANTER KILLS
ANOTHER, Then
ENDS own LIFE

ALLIGATOR Miss, Dec. 21 R.-A
quarrel over a small sum of money
led V. II. McCraney, So, to shoot to
death c. G. Callicott, 40, in Callicott's
office here Monday and then Kill
himself according to inforn)lHon
given Sheriff v. w. Palmer of Bolivar
county, by the sole eyewitness Of the
tragedy.
Both men were operators of plan
tations here. Callicott is widely
known in the Mississippi Delta. He
was president of the Bank OF
CIarksdale, IA miles north of Alliga-
tor. McCraney's family live in Mem
phis.
Richard Moore, bookkeeper for Cal
licott, told the sheriff that he was
in Callicotts store office at work
when McCraney entered. The visitor
charged Callicott with owing him q
said, and Callcott denied An argu-
ment followed and McCraney drew
out a pistol.
Callicott was shot three times
Moore rushed at McCraney after CAL
licott had been shot, he said, but
McCraney put the pistol to his head
and pulled the trigger before Moore
could Interfere He fell dead on
the floor as Callicott died in his
chair.
Mississippi law provides that where
a killing and suicide of this nature
are apparent no inquest shall be held
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

Uncle Asbury Cobb, whose life wuz
snuffed out by a Ford while he wuz
settin' on his own porch, wuz laid
away t'day, unsung, unmourned, an
almost unidentified. Uncle Asbury
cobb wuz one those blameless sous
that attends T. ther own business an
lives their whole lives in commu-
nifty with out ever ben' noticed. MY
acduaintance with him begun durin,
4haaTilden campaigns. when we filfed
our torches out o. tn same barrel
He looked very much like an au-
thority on bees. His eyebrows Wuz
shaggy an 'droopin', an he had ztA
small, sharp gray eyes so often no.
ticeable in ragpickers. His general
appearance greatly belied his real
nobleness O. character. His great
great grandfather Cobb wuz on Gen.
Washin'tons staff, but I'd known him
almost week before he confided
.thsssfaet tame. He never referred I
tn election O. Tilden t his dyin day,
although he gave SIS. He had COOK
stove that wuz brought across tn
Allegheny mountains on pack mules,
but he kept still about it. His wife
came from an ole historic North
Carolina family but I heard O. 1T IN
th' most roundabout way, He raised
several orphans, unbeknownst t any
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

buddy. He never told anybuddy n
funny story after they'd told him
one He never held you by tn lapel
when he talked t. you. He farmed
timistic If he remembered any cold
some, but wuz allus pleasant an ops
winters he never mentioned 'erhF lie
told me before tn war thatS RHshy
couldn he depended on, butthe, swoFe
me t secrecy His brother wuz tn
first feller that ever tried t. go over
~Niagary Falls in q. barrel; but II ifcifl Z
git this information from him. He had
a niece, whose husband wuz chess
champion o. Maryland, but he didn3
tell me- Through some misunder-
standin' he Jest missed joinin tn
ill-fated Franklin expedition tn
north pole, but a nephew o his n
told me. about it years ago. He had
figured out gasoline propelled We
hicle as early as 1880, so learned
an hour after he died When, Ike
Soles begun t. fail in tn grocery
business three years ago. Asbury
Cobb kept still about il till he failed.
He could have bought tn ground
where Melodeon hall now stands fer
a dollar an an half but he seemed
t. think it would be silly t mention
it at this late day. He heard Jenny
Lind sing twice, but that leaked out
in TIL most natural way. He heard
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

Charles Dickens lecture at Sandusky,
an rode on tn train with him clean
from Clyde t. Forest, o., but his half
brother told me that. He only voted
fer Bryan several times, an that's
surmised. He'd seen Marquis
sLafayette, too, eatin' in tn depot at
l.MaTietty, o., but he allus evaded tn
AGBJect when approached He saw tn
Oldest Haines boy hit his mother with
salf AK That wuz years ago, but
he& never mention4a it, an tn boy
got away@with an alibi. Although
he reached tn. age or 80, it wuz never
Known whether he drunk coffee or
not till tn grounds wuz discovered
back O his smokehouse When asked
II tell how he accounted fer his
longevity, he jest walked away. He
commenced e git1 ready fer prohibi-
ton 1S years ago, but wuz never
known {, mention ''pre-war stuff. /"
His fear o. th' limNlight wuz almost
AZ religion with him. "Tve seen a
heap O. folks rise, flourish an then
flash in tn pan," he said t me one
day. Asbury Cobb wuz wonderful
feller, but a poor advertiser, an now
that he's gone, don't mind lettin'
it out that he wuz coatxed an coaxed
Z git in tn movin picture game when
it first started
Copyright John F. Ollie Coz
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

Strange that the continuity experts
at Hollywood can't do anything for
trimony-Chioago Journal
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
FIVE SHOT DURING A
ROW AFTER ONE MAN
STEPS UPON A DOG

PAINTSNILLE, KY Dec. 21' H9.-
A shooting scrape at Carver, Magoffln
county. yesterday, that is said to have
started when one of the participants
men being shot, three probably fatally
stepped on dog, resulted in five
Ollie Williams, Addie Jackson and
Add Salyer were brought to a hos
pital here s..in a critical condition
today and hospital attaches said their
wounds would probably, prove fatal.
Ariie Cole and Earl Jackson We're
the ethers wounded but less seriously
The shooting occurred al, Lee Rigbys
store, according to Johnny Jackson,
who said the trouble started when
ono Of tire men atcidertally stepped
on the dog lying by stove around
which the men were sitting. He said
the men began shooting at each
other without any of them knowing
who fired the first shot or which
one shot the other. 1t is said that
all Of them admitted having pistols.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

to make the classes even more fire.
quent, so that every man upon dis
charge will have good ground work
in primary education. $50
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

Nine of the 13 ministers in NJ Poin-
cares cabinet confess to being au-
thors. In fact, NJ Poincare himself,
and M. Bartheu his minister of JUS
tice, have so shone, in the field of
history .and2 Iliterary criticism that
they are both members of the French
academy Minister of War Painleve,
producer of some noted mathematical
treaties as yell as war books, be
longs to the Academy of Sciences.
M. BRAND, foreign minister, popular
ly supposed never to read or write
to any great eXent, has nevertheless
published the brilliant series OF
speeches he delivered when the sep
aration of church ana state was e--
fected in France. NJ. Sarraut, his
colleague of Che Interior, has sew
eral books on civil government to his
credit.
M. Herriot, minister of education, is
perhaps the most valuable writer in
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
MILK SHORTAGE
IN FRANCE DUE
TO FEED LACK

PARIS. Dec. 81 H9-There are no
contented cows in France this win
ter In consequence of the barn
yard discomfort, the entire country
has had to go. on short milk rauons,
The dry summer reduced the hay
crap 10 half. it's normal and shriNeled'
up most of the beet roots, which also
form part of the bovine diet in the
winter time The peasants cannot
afford to buy imported cotton seed
oil cake for their cattle, so the
cattle have to go hungry. The less
they seat the less milk they produce.
Hence the national milk shortage
Rationing was generally adopted
with the advent of autumn, The,
Wholesalers rationed the retailers, and
the retailers rationed their customers.
Half a pint day is about as much
milk as the retailer will dole out to
any one person.
Humorists have been finding silver
Innings in the dark clouds that doubt
less will hang over the barnyards
until spring brings forth fresh sup
ply of green grass. 1t has ever
been suggested that French cows
I1lSHl DS lduSuJ " use <NiiiSA iN''i'
chewing gum for cuds. 49,
One of the feathered ifef1ex. of the
great war---a, ,s;eearrciier pigeon, which.
helped save yerdun4 mas jusbdied OF
old ages The, bird had wound stripe
on its leg, :band and was Y, one of
the governments pensioners, having
been given home andtaSlarder by
a grateful nation. NJ"
Through a barrage of shrapnel the
pigeon in 1916, carried a message that
kept Ffoideterre Hill from being cap
tured. In an order .of thes.day the
army @cited'5i the pigeon forf "having
maintaineds communication with the
front line when ali human means
failed" In its flight through the
barrage Nthe. pigeon was shit by a
shell splinter that carried away its
claws.
The pigeon will be mounted and
placed in the Verdun war museum.
Illiterate conscripts of the French
army soon will be under regular
courses of instruction to drill the
three Rs's into their heads. Hitherto
regular officers, when they had time,
tried to give their men something
of the fundamentals, but the teach
ing was haphazard and all too many
of the peasant poilus went home at
the, expiration of their IS months
service just as unlettered as when
they4 donned the horizon blue.
This all. to be changed Civilian
instructors twice a week will hold
classes which all illiterate conscripts
will sbe required to attend. With{ the
coming of one year military services
NJ Painleve, minister of war, and
himself university, professor, hopes
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

the cabinet. His fields tof endeavor
include literary biography ("Mane.
Racamier"), political science cTo
Create, "I'o Act'D, nature descrip-
ton, ("The Norman. Forest') and
travel sketches of Germany, Russia
and America.
Andre Tardieu, minister of public
works, has published notably "Amer-
lea in Arms"
The poet of the cabinet is M
Georges Leygues, minister of marine
who, besides. two volumes of verse
has a life of his distinguished prede-
cessor, Colbert, and kpedagogical
work to his credit. M. Leon Perrier
minister of colonies, has published
two books on fishing and fish cul-
ture.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

vate conversations with notable Eng
lishmen, living and dead. At the
time of the original Investigation it
was reporteA that +he9% British EN-
bassy in Paris had asked the french
government to investigate.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

Dispatch Telephones 81 and so
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
COLOMBIA DAMAGED AS
EARTHQUAKE CAUSES
BUILDINGS TO FALL

IPIALS, Colombia Dec. 21 (P.-Many
houses have been destroyed includ :
ing church and convent by an
earthquake in the Cumbal district
of southern Colombia. No loss Of
life has been reported.
The volcano of Cumbal, a peak in
the Andes mountains, rising to a
height of more than $1,000, was in
eruption in 1923, while other vol
canoes were active and series Of
earthquakes was shaking parts OF
central and South America.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
WEALTHY L. A. MAN
ENDS OWN LIFE AS
WIFE ASKS DIVORCE

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21 R.-C.
Gordon McKim, wealthy oil promoter,
ended his, life in his home here sun
day night by swallowing poison after
failing to effect reconciliation with
his estranged wife, a police report
revealed today.
McKim called at his home seeking
a reconciliation with his wife who
had started divorce proceedings. He
was playing with his two children.
when he was served with papers in
the case. without warning he
rushed into the kitchen and drained
the poison contents of a small phial.
He died before police reached the
house.
His wife, Mrs. Blanche McKim, pros
trated, denied herself TO interviewers.
The McKims were married three years
ago.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22
HUGH r. BLEv1Ns DEAD

GLOBE, Dec. 21.-P)-Hugh r. Blew
ms, 80, a descendant of 5Pocahontas,
lieutenant in the Confederate army
during the Civil war and a survivor of
the battle of Lookout mountain, died
here today. He was a native of De-
catur, Tenn.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-22

A satisfactory understanding has
been reached between Frank Harris
and the French government which a
few weeks ago threatened him with
la ,eriminals suit for "outraging public
morals" This was when the second
volume of My, Life and Loves was
sold in Nice. The book has now
been withdrawn from sale in France
and all prosecution has been dropped.
The passages to which objection
WIasi made, ,sit is said, dealt with pri-
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VFBNl OPENS WITH IMPROVED EQUIPMENT,
manager as well as a member Of the

manager as we'll as a member Of the
organization.
This opera company, composed OF
wellknown Indianapolis artists, will
present scenes from Barber of Sew
lille" and Madame Butterfly as.
we'll as groups of vocal solos and in
strumental numbers.
New to Times Friends
This operate group is entirely new
to the radio friends Of The Indian
apolis Times, and it is with great
pleasure that it's debut is announced.
On the first program will appear
Miss Kathleen Bumbaugh, singer
who is we'll known on The Times
programs of last season.
She will sing two groups Of num-
bers; the first, Evening" by Hager,-
man, and Rain" by Curran, and
the second, Dawn" by Weaver;
"Cherie, I Love YOU" by Goodman,
and Mary Lou"
On the second Friday night of the
new season, Sept. IT, The Times will
reintroduce Charles De Sautelle and
his Original Royal Terrace Orches-
ira, one Of the warmest and best
known dance playing organizations
in the city. De Sautelle and his or
ganization will be assisted by Miss
Bumbaugh. The second program of
The Times will be known as De Sau-
telle Night.
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DAVIS FIRM SIGNS UP
Will Broadcast Program Each
Thursday Over WFBM.

The r. B. Davis Company. Ho-
boken, N. J., manufacturers Of Davis
Baking Powder and Davis Cocomalt,
have made arrangements through
their advertising agency, Frank Sea
man, Inc, New York City, to broad
cast a weekly program over WFBM.
Many of the radio listeners are no
doubt familiar with the splendid
programs of the Davis Saxophone
octet, broadcast the past vera over.
the WEAF' network Of nine stations.
The services of Mary Traub
Busch, contralto, have been obtained
to supervise the broadcasting of the
r. B. Davis Company over WFBM.
Franklin Greenwood, baritone, has
been engaged to appear exclusively
on these programs. The programs
will go on the air each Thursday
evening from the Indianapolis Ath-
letic Club studio.
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RAINBOW HOUR
TO Be STARTED
Through Courtesy of Beauty
Culture Academy.

The Rainbow Hour of Music to
be broadcast over WFBM, through
the courtesy OF the Rainbow Acade-
my Of Beauty Culture, sponsored by
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Fulton, will be
under the personal direction Of Mrs.
Mary Traub Busch, contralto.
Mrs. Busch will strive to maintain
the same high standard during these
hours Of entertainment as she did
in her programs last season.
These programs will be distinctive
in that, beginning on Monday, Sept.
IS, each will include a short talk,
both educational and entertaining;
the latter, because each program
will be built around the subject for
the evening. The first Rainbow
Hour will be broadcast Tuesday eve-
ming, Sept. 7, from $3.50 to $3.50.
Thereafter it will be featured on
Monday evening, from 1890 to 11:S0.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06
Merchants Heat and Light
Station Has Better
Facilities.

WFHM o. hack on the air. With
a new hroadcasting station, new and
greatly enlarged studio, improved
aerial and generally improved equip
ment, the good will station Of the
Merchants Heat & Light Company
is In a better position than ever be-
fore to give broadcasting service Of
the highest grade to radio fans.
The station opened officially to-
day, although Sunday the address
of Albert j. Beveridge on 1.-THE
Bible as Good Reading" was broad
cast from the State Playground as a
courtesy to the Indiana State board
Of agriculture, and religious services
were put on the air from two In
dianapolis churches.
Station Moved
The new station has been moved
from Lenore to the tower Of the
Stephenson Bldg, Cruise and Nc
Carly SITS. The new antenna, of
the inverted L type, about 100 feet
in the air, is designed to overcome
directional tendencies which inter
fered with reception in certain To-
calities last year.
The new studio is located on the
ninth floor of the Indianapolis Ath-
letic Club and occupies four times
the space of the studio used last
year In tine reception room is To-
Gated the control boards and tele-
phones. In the broadcasting studio
a large number of outlets makes it
possible to set the microphone
wherever desired without the neces-
sity Of dragging long lines Of wiring
about the room.
Same Wave Length
WFBM broadcasts on the same
wave length, 26S meters, that was
used last year.
The staff is composed of the fol
lowing: Tom Polk, director of radio;
Bailey Fesler, chief announcer;
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TIMES WILL OPEN
|TSRAD|O SEASON
ON FRIDAY NIGHT
First Program Again From
SEVERN, to Be operate
Festival.

Radio program which will make
all radio patrons want to tune in
will be the aim of the Indianapolis
Times during the fall and winter
season.
The first radio program Of the In
dianaoplis Times for it's second
season will begin at $3.50 p. m.
Friday, Sept. 10, from the studio at
the SEVERN over WFBM, Merchants
Heat and Light Company station.
An operate Festival will be the
nature of the opening program.
This festival program Of operate
music will introduce over the air for
the first time the Bel Canto Opera
Company.
Members of Company
1t is composed OF Miss Norma
France, contralto, student Of Fred
Newell Morris and Corrine Rider
Kelsey; Ernst Heberlein baritone,
student Of Glenn Freirmood and
Gertrude Conte; Miss Victoria Pog.
giani, soprano, student of Gertrude
Conte; Miss Helen MontaQi, soprano,
student, of Gertrude Conte and Miss
Opal Dawson, Carmel, Ind, soprano,
and student of Gertrude Conte.
Miss Gertrude Conte is director of
the company and Mr.. Heberlein is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06
Worlds Series to
Be on Air

The Indianapolis Times, in
connection with the United
Press, will broadcast a play by
play description Of the worlds
series over WFBM, the Mer-
chants Heat and Light Com
pany station, direct from the
playing fields.
A special United Press wire
has been leased which will be
connected to the local station
giving the baseball and radio
fans word picture of the en-
tire worlds series.
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OBTAIN NEW ANNOUNCER
Jack Carr To Be in Charge Of Firs(
stone Programs.

WFBM has added a new an
nouncer to the staff. Jack Carr of
the Carr Tire Company, sponsor OF
the popular Monday evening Fire
stone Corner programs, will preside
at the microphone this year during
the Firestone programs in place of
John McPhee. Carr has pleasing,
deep voice and should become popu-
lac with the listeners of Firestone
COr1lnr
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Tonight will find the Hoosier Mite
Hawk G. Dippers back on the air
from Firestone Corner studio at the
Carr Tire Company, Delaware and
Michigan SITS, when WFBM., the
Merchants Heat and Light Company
station. takes the air again after a
two-months lay-off.
Bill Lynch, the leader, said the
orchestra has been practicing up on
some Of the song hits of the summer
season and promised to play a few
tunes that have not been heard in
this city over the radio as yet. The
Hoosier Mite Hawks is the Oldest
radio organization to play steadily
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Studio Draped

The studio has been draped and
other improvements have been made
by the SEVERN management so as to
obtain the best possible proadcasting
results.
Again a Baldwin grand piano will
be used on every program.
Carl Foil again will be the an
nouncer.
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Robert r. Miller. program director;
Mrs. Lucille Petithtory, assistant
program director; William Ehlers,
station operator; Hobart Ashlock,
radio engineer. and Blythe @. Hend-
ricks, director Of publicity.
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Girl" again will be one of the reg
ular features from this studio. Her
able assistant at the piano, Colby
Saylor. will again help Miss Haugh
put over her enjoyable programs.
The Sunshine Twins request that
listeners call the Carr Tire Company
and leave their request numbers.
Billy Mciree, tenor, again will be
featured this year along with the
Sunshine Girl and requests for him
to sing should be called In early.
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sPRINGsTEEN ON VACATION

City Councilman Robert e. Spring
steen left indianapolis Sunday for a
ten-day vacation at Lake Maxim
kuckee, Ind.