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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-16
FORMER LOCAL
MAN MURDERED
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garage door when the assassins
opened fire. Shots lodged in the
door from both sides, showing that
one gunman had been hidden on
either side of the back yard.
One neighbor, the first to the
scene, told police he heard two men
running down the street behind the
garage.
Officials are inclined to the theory
that two hired gunner committed
the murder, probably the same men
who were seen earlier in the week
driving by the Mellett home fire.
quently in a large automobile bear
ing Pennsylvania license.
Mellett has been for year pub
Usher of the Canton Daily News,
owned by James M. Cox, once Demo
cratic nominee for President. Mellett
once operated newspapers in Column
bus and Rushville. Ind. and was an
employee of the advertising depart
ment of The Indianapolis Times for
while.
Mother Lives Here
Mellett's brother. Lowell Mellett
is head of the Washington Bureau
of Scripps-Howard newspapers. His
mother, Mrs. Margaret Mellett re-
sides at 1857 Washington Blvd, here.
John Melett. author. and Homer
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.SHR|NERS REPORT
100000 FUND
Workers in Financing Cam
paign Hold Luncheon.

Another report meeting and lunch
con of the team captains and work
ers in the Murat Temple campaign
for refnancing was held today at
the Claypool under the direction of
Edward ]. Scoonover, general chair
man, and Arthur r. Baxter, ex-
ecutive chairman. Subscriptions to-
falling 100000 have been subscribed.
Subscriptions are for loans, payable
over a period of five years, at the
conclusion of which period the tenn
pies entire preferred stock and in
terest charges can be retired.
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central figure in the controversy that
ragged for months over the busting
of Police Chief S. A. Lengel there.
Mayor Led Fight
Mayor S. M. Swarts of Canton led
the fight which brought suspension
to the head of the police depart
ment on charges OF inefficiency. He
was later restored to Office by the
civil service commission and the
county Court Of Common Pleas up
held the reinstatement. Later the
mayor filed removal charges against
three. civil service commissioners.
Judge A.. w. Angler granted a
temporary restraining order enjoin-
ing the mayor from hearing the re-
poval charges, ard asked the SUI
preme Court to assign another judge
to the case. Through all this pro-
cedure, Mellett was prominent on the
side OF Mayor Swarts.
Mellett received a number OF
threatening letters last week, and
until yesterday had a special officer
guarding his home. But. when no
violence was attempted, he conclud-
ed the letters were idle threats to
stop his fight against vice and boot
leggers and dismissed the officer.
Mrs. Mellett lays all the blame
for the murder on the police depart
ment." Chief Lengel said. "She said
lot of things in her mysteries that
we won't consider. The Daily News
has been .criticising the police de-
partment. That may have led to her
to say the things she did"
Everything under the sun will be
done by Canton police 70 solve this
mystery" be promised"
Neighbors, first to the scene of the
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SIX YOUTHS SENTENCED
All Fined and Sent Up For Taking
Automobiles.

Six youths, all charged with
vehicle taking, were convicted today
in Criminal Court before Judge
James A. Collins. Roscoe Hash, 81,
was fined 81 and costs and sentences
one to fourteen years at the Indiana
Reformatory. Hash was returned
from Morgantown, In, where he is
alleged to have driven stolen ma
chine with Ulysses Tony, 49, who
was fined $25 and costs and SEN
fenced to ten days In Jail.
Beveridge Cole, Walter Hancock,
Burnice Brazzell and Fletcher Bend
Ter, each 10, pleaded guilty t.
vehicle taking. Hancock was given
one year on the Indiana State Farm
and the others ten months. Cole
also was given ten months term
on charge of issuing fraudulent
check
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CITY SANITARY
BOARD MEMBER
HITS INTEREST
MacFaII Syas Pressure Is
Being Exerted for
Engineer.

Powerful interests, which have re-
ceived contracts for supplies in the
building and maintenance of the
$3,500,000 sewage disposal plant are
exerting pressure on Russell T. Nc
Fall and City Engineer George G..
Schmidt to halt the ousting of c. K.
Calvert as plant engineer, MacFall
charged today
MacFail, member of the board of
sanitary commissioners, contending
that Calvert and his associates are
hating completion of the plant, has
tried to obtain passage of a board
resolution to dismiss Calvert, but has
been blocked by defense of Calvert.
O. c. Ross, board president and the
indecision of Schmidt, the other board
member.
To Reveal Facts
4 IT expect to have some interesting
data ON the motives of persons who
would retain the Calvert regime, :"
said McFaH. 'I cannot tolerate con
ditions now prevailing with respect
to conduct of the boards affairs"
MaeFall scored the lavish ex-
penditures allowed c. Fl. Hurd, who
built the sewage disposal plant.
Hurd he said drew his salary of
$3.50 month during two trips to
Europe. The zoard paid the expenses
Of his last trip, amounting to $500,
in August. Hurd wet to Europe to
investigate the claim of European
engineers that the Chicago board of
sanitary commissioner had infringed
upon their patent rights in, construc-
ton of a disposal plant there.
Failed to Report
The theory of the jaunt was that
the. Indianapolis board might be as
legally liable for infringement as the
Chicago body.
TIurd, MacFall said has failed to
submit d report he agreed to make
concerning that trip. He received a
leave of absence without pay late
in December and has never reported
for duty since. according to Mac
Fall.
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IDENTIFICATION SOUGHT
Suspect Greencastle Prisoners of
Postal Theft.

Federal postal inspectors went to
Greencastle today to identify four
men, believed toihave taken part in
the robbery Of the New Lisbon (Wis.)
postoffice some time ago. The men
were arrested a few days ago by
the Putnam County sheriff, and will
be turned over to the Federal au
thorities.
They are Edward A. Allison, alias
Eddie Shorty Casey; James Ste
vens, alias Charles Hagener: Harry
Gaddis, alias Robert McGregor, and
Thomas A. Ellis, alias Thomas A.
Elliott.
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A reorganization of the Indiana.
polls Chapter of the Izaak Walton
League of America will be effected
at meeting called for this eve
ming at s o'clock, at the Chamber
of Commerce, 2S S. Meridian st.
State Senator l.. G.. Bradford Of
South Bend, president Of the In
diana State Division of the Izaak
Walton League will be present
at this meeting and will be the
< speaker of the evening.
Major r. A. p. Holderby of Chi
cago, national representative of
the League, and A. e. Bodine,
State organizer of the Depart
ment of Conservation of Indiana,
are cooperating in the organiza-
ton work.
The local committee in charge
of tonight's meeting is as follows:
George i. Denny, John A. Hook,
Fred l.. Appel, Perry w. Lesh
and " G.. Roberts.
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FARE DEFICIT GROWS
Car Company's Reserve Fund to
Cover S135, 577.09 Loss.

AS a result of heavy loss of re-
ceipts by the Indianapolis Street
Railway Company during June, the
deficit in the company's depreciation
reserve fund rose from sos, 924.63 to
$135, 577.09, according to a report
filed today with the public service
commission. Total receipts for June
were 1884 s213, as against SAIL
234.59 for the same month in 1928,
thus increasing the deficit $26,652. 40.
The June, 1926, receipts also fell
$2,550.59 under those for the same
month in 1925.
The depreciation reserve fund
created two years ago by the public
service commission when fares were
last increased, is supposed to be used
to replace WORKOUT equipment. The
fare increase, however, has never
brought about the increased revenues
} anticipated.
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CITY HALL TOO BRIGHT
Board Members Find Total Of Light
Bills High.

It's to be soft pedal on the bright
lights at the city hall.
WED better hire man to turn
out the light here" Lem Trotter,
board of works member, exclaimed
today when he discovered that the
light bill for the last six months for
the hall amounted to $3,51S.97, or
nearly $500 month.
The board members also were
considerably perturbed when they
learned that the commercial heating
of Tomlinson Hall for the first five
months of this year cost $5,7S5.
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: THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Mellett. newspaperman. also reside
in Indianapolis.
Another brother. Lloyd. city editor
of the Canton Daily-News. formerly
was in charge Of the Indiana bureau
of the International News Service
here.
Roland Mellett OF the Mellett
Printing Company of this city and
Hickman Mellett of Anderson. Ind,
are also brothers Of the murdered
man.
Three brothers, Hickman, John
and Roland. left early today for Can
ton, Ohio.
Mr.. Mellett and Miss Evans. who
later became his wife, attended
school together at Shortridge High
School and Indiana University.
Mr. Mellett attended Indiana Uni
versity in 1914. He was born In
Elwood, Ind. in 1890. His father
was j. II. Mellett.
Fourteen Shots Fired
Fourteen shots were fired by the
assassin, some Of them into the
house where Mellett and his wife
were entertaining a party of friends.
Two of the bullets lodged in Mel.
let's head. killing him almost in
stantly.
The party had returned late to the
Mellett home and was in the house
where the publishers wife was pre-
pairing a lunch. Mellett had gone
outside to put his car in the garage
and the shooting took place when
he started back to the house.
Mellett had been active in munici-
pal reform movements since be went
to Canton a year ago to take charge
Of the Cox newspaper. He was a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-16
FOREST FIRES UNCHECKE
Thousands Of Men Fight Flames
in Canada-One Killed.

BIZ United Press
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, July Is
Forest fires in Alberta and British
Columbia were flaming today with
renewed vigor despite a heavy rain
fall last night. The fire jumped a
creek and spread many thousand
feet up Mt. Wardie. Thousands of
men are fighting the flames.
One man was killed near Nelson,
B. c.. by a falling tree. A desperate
fight is being waged along the Banff-
Windermere highway. One hun
bred fire fighters were hemmed in
there yesterday and escaped with
their lives only after hard battle.
Several lumber camps were de-
stroyed yesterday in the Nelson
area.
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FAMILY BUSTED BY FIRE
Defective Wiring Believed Cause Of
Blaze on South Side.

Family of Louis Neff, Stop s. Mad
ison Rd.. was aroused at a. m.
today when a blaze broke out in
their home. With the aid Of neigh
bors they were able to remove house
hold furniture. Damage was about
$3.50.
Defective wiring was believed to
be the Gauss. Hscording to the IRE de-
partmeiat.
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w. c. II. U. WITHDRAws

BIZ CHtb6U PfeSS
PHILADELPHIA, July 16.-The
National Women's Christian Temper
allure union had Withdrawn from
participation in the Sesqui-
NAL exposition. it was announced to-
day because of the operation of the
exposition on Sunday.
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murder said two shots were fred at
Mrs. Mellett. visible through the
kitchen window.
Mrs. Mellett was on the verge of
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GAS WAR ON

BIZ United Press
ST. PAUL, Mimi, July ia
gasoline price war in the twin cities
was indicated today in the action Of
an independent concern in reducing
prices AZ cents a gallon.
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collapse this morning. Beside his
widow, Meliett leaves three daush'
ters and a son. ranging In age rom
q To ~ wears.
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Rn United Press

BIZ CHfbed PreSS
LONDON, July 16.-The Exchange
Telegraph's Vienna correspondent
has wired a Bucharest report that
strong force Of Roumanian troops
has been sent to the Dobrouja zone
The troops are under orders to dis
perse a band of 900 Macedonians
and number of Bulgarians, the re-
port states.
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THRONE
TOTTERS, REPORT
Domestic Violence Looms
May Restore Father.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
ATHENS, July 16.--Unconfirmed
reports from Sofia indicate that Bul-
garia today is on the verge of do
nestle violence which might result
in the abdication of Boris III, the
bachelor king, and the return to the
throne of his father King Ferdinand.
Macedonian revolutionary ,organi-
cations, backed by former Premier
Alexander Zankoff, were alleged to
be preparing for the violent over
throw of the Liapseffs cabinet. 1t
was reported that the Macedonian
organizations imposed upon Boris
the half-secret journey which he be-
gan last week. Boris is in Lucerne,
Switzerland, with his sister, Princess
Eudoxie.
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DUNN WILL ASK
ROAD BONDS BID
Continued From Page II

primary because Of his activities in
behalf of crushed stone, politicians
said.
The State highway commission,
with the approval Of the Govern
ment bureau of public roads, uses
both crushed stone and gravel as
the coarse aggregate" in roads of
the rigid type. Proximity to the
source Of supply is the determining
factor.
After the tax board had refused
to permit bonds to be sold to cover
construction of road on basis
which that body regarded as, "un-
fair" the county commissioners did
not use State specifications. Instead,
specifications were changed entirely
and bids were asked on a bituminous
rnacadam construction, a non-rigid
type in the building Of which, more
stone and asphalt is used than in
the rigid type.
Tests made of rigid type roads in
which either gravel or crushed stone
has been used as the coarse aggre
gate" show variation of less than
one-half of one per cent. Such a
difference is regarded as inherent in
tests.
Easily Deformed
The non-rigid type of road does
not have the life length granted con-
crete roads because of the lack of
cement. The surface is easily de-
formed by traffic and requires more
repairs and greater cost of up-keep,
according to Government reports.
A check of contracts let by the
highway commission in the past year
shows an average price of approx
mately $4,000 per mile for concrete
roads. On this basis the three and
one-fourth miles to be paved in
Tibbs Ave. would cost about $4,000,
sum less than the amount the
county commissioners have agreed
to pay the Hayes Construction Com
pany for the work.
Local contractors would rather
bi | on concrete roads in this svicin-
ity where gravel is permitted as the
coarse aggregate on account of the
many pits in Marion County from
which the material can be secured.
There are no stone quarries in
this county. The nearest quarries
are located in Putnam County near
aGreencastle.
, 1926-06-16

The situation throughout II country
is virtually unchanged. Quiet is report
ed generally. said a government com,
munique.
Ninety two thousand Volunteers en-
rolled for duty yesterday. A recruiting
center in WaIthamstoW was discontinued
because it was mobbed by strikers"
The government renewed its charges
that the strikers are seeking to starve
the nation into submission, and anuounc-
ed that food ships cannot be unloaded,
because of i~ntimidations OF strikers.
Destroy rs and naval forces are being
sent to the ports to relieve this situation.
The government created a food trans
port depot in the Horse Guards parade
today, where 5000 motors were mobiliz-
ed to move food. Shelter tents we're
erected and canteens were opened to feed
the hungry.
Premier Baldwin remained at 10 Down
ing street and has summoned a Cabinet
meeting to assemble at 6 O'Clock tonight.
Interference with buses and street
cars occurred in many quarters of Lon.
don today.
One bus was overturned and burned
at Newington.- Boston American.
, 1926-06-16

won the one hundred mile auto race.
New York.-Fifth Ave. and Madison
Ave. were thronged Sunday with esta-
blished crowd of five hundred thousand
as Cardinal Bonzaio, papal delegates Of
churches and other military OF EXAMINATIONS
were in the procession.
Oodensburg.- Thirteen cavalry horses
of Rochester National Guard suffocated
in horse car one mile from Pine Camp
Sunday, number of guards men attached
to troops were injured while removing
horses from car.
Base ball scores: American League.
Washington rain, Chicago rain, PhiIadeI-
phia 5, Detroit 3, Cleveland l, St. Louis
6, Boston Z. National League: Chicago
6, Pittsburgh 2. Boston 3
, 1926-06-16
8OO-FOOT Filler WILL CARRY
HUNDRED PASSENGERS!

Akron, Ohio, May 10 Il. N. S.)-Dr-
Karl Arnsteiu of the Goodyear Zeppe.
lin Corporation today announced the com
pletion of plans for the company's pro-
posed 800 foot air Leyiathan. Work on
designing the craft has been going for
ward for several weeks.
The dirigibIe will be 1876 feet in diane
ter and will have a capacity of 5000, 900
cubic feet compared with the :. 500. 600
of the Los Angeles
The airship will contain accommoda-
tions for 100 passengers and have a
cruising radius of 5000 to 5000 miles at
a speed of 80 miles on hour, Ibid.
, 1926-06-16
Wit and %IIuuaor.


Squire very fond of animals -Aw,
good morning, Mike. Fine horse you
have there. Have you baited him YETI"
Mike mot acquainted with stable
phrases)-"Baited is it, sorr? Wait till
| git i'm in the Wagon, and I'll bate the
loife out av the lazy brutep'
During the rush for home. and family
hour yesterday afternoon, the conductor
on a trolley discovered that one of bis
passengers bad no money-not even his
fare. He rang the car to stop between
streets.
"Phwat's the matther?" shouted the
motorman. "Anythiug broker"
"Yis" yelled The conductor; ivan of
me PASSENGERS.
, 1926-06-16
BLOOD is coming to st. Croix in the
very neal future: Look out for fur
Their information daily.
u. S. NAVAL RADIO STATION
CHRISTIANSTED, ST. CROIX,
18TH JUNE 1926.
Courtesy of The Associated Press,

(Comtesy of The Associated Pr8ss.)
Paris. Vincent Richards and Howard
Kinsey, American, won the finals of
mems hard court double tennis cham
pionship. Suzanne LengIen and Mrs.
Mannel were spectators.
Paris. Embodied in a bill to establish
a government for island of Philippines
are vigorously opposed by native newspa-
pers as plan to reduce rubber and other
big business interests in control.
Chicago Sc verdl electrical and wind
storms that ragged through middle west
a total of nine lives and much properly
/ loss with continuance in many sections.
Sunday night Chicago recorded one inch
] rainfall in fifteen minutes.
Allentown. = With toot wedged in frog
while night mail train on Central Rail
road of Jersey Shore. John Bruce had the
bresence of mind TO throw his body far
as possible from flyer and sacrificed his
feet. .
Toledo. Francis Cantlot of Detroit
, 1926-06-16
FOOD SHIPS ARE UNLOADED UN-
DER PROTECTION OF BIG
NAVAL GUNS

By H K. Reynolds.
international News Service Staff Cor
resi- Opdent.)
London. Great Britain's industrial
war reached complete dead. vJk today.
There are no prospects of peace for
at least another week, ID A. j. Cook,
secretary of the Miners Federation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-23
SCORES CHURCH MUSIC.
Rev. E. E. Harper Upholds Attack
on Poor Quality.

CHICAGO, July 20 Up).-Rev. Earl
E. Harper, professor of music and
worship at Boston University and
chairman Of the worldwide Methodist
commission on music, who is conduct
ing a series Of lectures on singing and
choirs at Des PLANES, a suburb, last
night upheld the statement Of H.
Augustine Smith regarding the de-
cline in church music.
ST think the church is doing as
much harm in musical work in many
places as are jazz bands and thea
ters," he said. ut is teaching people
that bad music is good music and
many hymns are being sung in
churches that cannot and should not
receive consideration Of musicians or
those Of literary tastes.
'Tf the church is going to live up
to its past of making better music, 1t
must clean house in the matter of
jazzy music, low artistic ideals and
cheap sensationalism."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-23
WOMAN P|CKEDUP
IN COMA IN ALLEY
Mrs. Marie Ruff, Taken to
Hospital, Unable to Explain
Her Condition.

Found unconscious in st. Matthew's
court, north of Rhode Island and west
Of Connecticut avenues. about mid
night last night, Mrs. Marie Ruff, &c
years old, wife of Joseph Ruff. was
taken to Emergency Hospital by Oil
yer Jackson of 1915 Nineteenth street,
the headlights of whose automobile
revealed the PROSTATE body of the
woman lying at the side OF the alley.
Police are investigating the case to-
day
Mrs. Ruff was revived at the hos.
pita1 and later went to her home.
She stated that she was unable TO
tell whether some one had approached
her from the rear and knocked her
down or whether she had suffered a
fainting spell from the heat and
fallen. The right side Of her head
was hurt from a bump and her left
arm above the elbow was badly
bruised.
Heard Auto Approaching.
81 had Just been to a girl friends
and was going to my husbands garage.
in st. Matthew'S court, shortly before
midnight, 1 think, when this hap
TNuu Sc1i0.
hearing an automobile approach, but
do not remember being struck by it.
The last 1 remember was stepping to
the side Of the alley to avoid what
thought was an approaching car.
Then ] woke up at Emergency Hos
pital with a nurse and three police
men present. Some one told me that
1 had been picked up by an autorno-
bile and had been taken there and
that had been found lying on my
pocketbook-"
Was Beaten by Thug.
This is the second time that Mrs.
Ruff has been injured in the last six
weeks. Early in June, while in the
bathroom at her apartment at 1904
Q street, she reported to police thug
had entered and in the dark had
beaten her severely, ransacking the
place and stealing a ring and other
valuables. Police were unable to find
any clue in that case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-23
DETECTIVES UNITE
|NMELLETT PROBE
Various Investigators Join
at Governors Behest-FeW
Clues Found.
By the Associated Press.

D9 tne ASsOClAkeO FTebS.
CANTON, Ohio, July 23.-More than
a week has elapsed since Don r. Mel
lett, publisher of the Canton Daily
News, was shot down at the door of
his garage as the climax of his cam
paign against vice and crime in Can
ton, and there has been discovered
scarcely q single tangible clue.
In an effort to bring forth some in
formant with even the Ininutest strand
of a clue, ]. d. Cleary, Gov. Donahey's
detective, last night announced that
utmost protection would be given any
tipster. Offer of more than $4,000
reward for Information leading to the
arrest and conviction Of the slayer has
failed to open the lips of any one who
may know the facts in the murder.
Fear of revenge from one of the sup
posed conspirators or dread of impli-
cation in the crime, it is believed, has
caused information to be withheld.
Investigators working separately
heretofore under several auspices were
ready this morning to establish a
clearing house of information, where
evidence will be fitted together in an
effort to strike new lead. Consolida-
ton of the activities was undertaken
Yesterday by Detective Cleary upon
his arrival here at the governors be-
hest.
Searching for possible clues Mellett
may have left behind as to who his
most active enemies were, H. j. Bur
ton, Columbus detective, has been
going through the publishers personal
papers.
1t is his theory that Mellett. having
been threatened several times openly
and having recently taken out $4,000
insurance. may have had close knowl-
edge of the plot against him, because
he is known to have had "stooi pige-
ons" in the underworld getting infor-
nation for him on his drive against
vice