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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
.|ND|CT OFFICERS
OF LOAN AGENCIES
USury Alleged in BiIlS-FoI-
lows Remy'S Inquiry.

officers of several local loan
agencies, branches of national opera
tors, were. indicted today in true
bills filed with Criminal Judge James
A. Collins charging usury. The in
dictments are result Of an intensive
investigation instituted by Prosecu.
tor William II. Remy following com
plants that several so-called loan
agencies were charging exorbitant
rates of interest here.
Names of the defendants were not
made public, because they have not
yet been placed under arrest In
vestigation disclosed that as high as
24O per cent annual interest was
charged on funds loaned When an
officer re of the com. mics was
interviewed by Prosecutor Remy. The
Off said he did not make loans,
but bought mems wages. Most
of the clients are railroad men,
Remy said. ~
Remy said some OF these men
have paid many times in int crest
the amount of money borrowed. He
said the loan officials threatened the
men with loss Of their jobs If they
failed to pay the interest rate every
two weeks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
Trend Toward More Natur.
alneSS, Say Beauty
Experts.

Milady will have a trifle more hair
with which to tickle your cheek this
winter. and you'll be able to pick
the women from the men on the
streets, beauty experts here declare.
The trend is to be more natural
leaving off a little rouge. with none
on the chin. It will be proper to
tint the ear lobes and checks, but
not as heavily as heretofore.
And the nHnnish bob is passing
into oblivion. according to Mrs.
Viva Fulton. proprietress of the
Rainbow Beauty Academy. 157 n.
Illinois st. Women will use plenty
of lip stick and eye brow stencil the
coming season, she said.
Twentieth century women, though
they have numerous new means of
drawing attention to them, still de.
pend on their pulchritude for popu.
larity. said Mrs. Pauline Medam
Fansler, 400 Meyer-Kiser Bank Bldg
Mrs. Fansler, who is local secretary
of the Indiana Association of Co.'S
metologiSts, is shown made up" as
Miss 1927. The association is hav-
ing a convention here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29

INJURED BY
PRISON FALL.
Slips on Iron Stairway in
CelIhouse at Michigan
City.
LEGAL STAFF CHANGES
MunCie Attorney Retained
as Personal Adviser.

d. c. Stephenson. serving a life
term for the murder of Madge Ober
holtzer of indianapolis, is in the
hospital of the Indiana State Prison
at Michigan City recovering from a
wrenched back.
Stephenson fell down an iron stair
way in his cellhouse last Friday,
Warden w. II. DAILY disclosed to
The Times today. His injury. while
not serious, will keep him in the
hospital a week longer, Daily said.
Meanwhile Stephenson escapes
labor in the prison chair factory.
Change Announced
While Stephenson recovers q
change in his staff Of lawyers pre-
pairing his appeal from the murder
conviction in Circuit Court at Mobiles
vile to Supreme Court was an.
nounced.
Thomas V. Miller, attorney, OF
Muncie, Ind. announced that he had
been retained as personal ad.
wiser to Stephenson. that he had
talked with Stephenson at the prison
and that Eph Inman. Indianapolis
lawyer who led in StepheHson's s de.
fense at Noblesville. Is no longer on
the staff.
Miller and Inman conferred here
Tuesday
Holmes Has Transcript
Ira Holmes, another leading attor-
ney on the staff. has the 2.OO0-page
transcript. The appeal will be filed
in few days. Immediately thereaft.
or Holmes will withdraw the trans
cript and prepare the brief. for
which sixty days is allowed. An ex-
tension may be asked because of
the magnitude of the task.
John H. Kiplinger, Rushville at
torney, also will remain on the staff,
Miller said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
SHIFT FUNDS TO
MEET PAY ROLL
$4,000 in State Money Is
Transferred.

State funds totaling more than
$4,000 were transferred today bv
the legislative finance committee so
that the different State departments
could meet obligations falling due
Thursday, the end Of the fiscal year
Many of the changes were made to
permit departments to meet their
monthly pay rolls.
Larger transfers: Conservation
department, approximately $4,000 to
personal service; State board of
health, about $4,000 to operating ex
penses State sanitorium, $4,000 from
operating expense to personal serv-
ice; Indiana girls school. $3.50
from equipment to operating ex.
pense; State library, $S,2O9 from per.
sonal service and S1.7S4 from
operating expense to equipment,
State department Of public in
struction, $1,140 to operating ex
penses, and the State probation de.
partment, $500 from operating ex.
pense to personal service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
Health Head Issues
Diphtheria Warning

Appeal to parents to take precau-
tions to prevent their children from
contracting diphtheria was made to-
day by DIR. Herman G. Morgan, city
health officer, who reported twenty
six cases with three deaths during
the past month.
Parents should view cases of sore
throat, tonsilitis or croupy cough
with suspicion, Morgan said. "Only
one method is safe-that of having a
culture taken of the throat Of wind
pipe. Early diagnosis usually means
an uncomplicated case and rapid re-
covery."
DIR. Morgan urged that children.
particularly those of pre-school age,
who cannot be watched by school
nurses and doctors, be given the
Schick test. The test determines
whether the child is subject to
diphtheria. If it is not immune, the
health board urges toxin-anti-toXiu
immunization. In cases Of direct ex
posure anti-toxin is urged.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
WINS OVER
BAD LUCK.
WEA THEIR
Capt. Cook Back From Flor
ida-Red Cross Relief
Total $18,O93.

Battling the twin jinx of bad
luck and bad weather, Capt. H. w.
Cook, 4617 Sunset Ave-, managed to
tiy an Army plane to Florida, with
serum from the local Red Cross, in
time. to reach the storm sufferers
and help prevent a typhoid epidemic.
He returned Tuesday, having hoped
off there on his mission of mercy at
laylight last Thursday. Local Red
Cross officials arranged the trip.
Checks for $500 in the morning
mail brought the total of local Red
Cross contributions to $1S,O93, Will
liam Fortune, chapter chairman, re-
ported.
Meets Rough Weather
Almost Immediately after leaving
the ship encountered rough weather
the captain declared. By noon he
was forced to land at Marietta. Ga.
because of a broken connecting rod
He Communicated a passing auto
mobile and made fast overland trip
to Atlanta, Ga. There he got in
touch with the Army fiiers at Max
well field, Montgomery, Ala, and
told them of his stranded ship. They
sent a new plane to Atlanta and
Friday the captain again hoped off.
In Borrowed Ship
The. tail-end of the great storm
was still being felt and the ship en-
lcountered extremely rough weather,
with rain and black clouds from At.
lanta to Jacksonville, Fla, the pilot
declared.
At Jacksonville. when it was
found gasoline and other supplies
for the ship were not available, the
serum was transferred on a fast
train and arrived in Miami just when
it was needed badly,
The captain returned in his bor-
rowed plane and will take it back
to Maxwell field when his other
ship is repaird.
Indications are that relief work.
ers to serve several months will
be sought here, Miss Agnes Cruise,
secretary, said. Four local workers
have gone to the Florida field. Three
Of them were Family Welfare So.
ciety workers.
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Word of the boys being bitten
spread about the neighborhood and
parents were aroused and worried.
The dog that bit the Thompson
boy was a pet of E. L. Welding,
1850 Rookwood. Mrs. Welding
came to the school at noon to brins
her children home.
The boy approached the machine
in playful mood. Climbing on the
running board, he tried to pet the
small dog. which was in the front
seat. The dog lunged and snapped.
tearing the boys nose in three places
and causing it to bleed profusely.
The lad rushed home. His father
took him to the hospital. The dog
is being watched.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
ICE MAN IS
NEXT, 81 VS. :
GAY AIMEE
Evangelist JubiIant Over
States Efforts to Prove
Love Nest Story.
BU United Press

Bv United Press
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29.-Aimee
Semple Mcpherson was in a joyous
mood today as she faced the third
day of her preliminary hearing on
charges of conspiracy. to defeat jus
tice.
They have called on the carpen
ter, the grocery. the laundry man and
the messenger boy to identify me as
the woman who occupied that horrid
cottage at Carmel. but their plans
have failed" she said. 81 expect
they will subpoena the iceman and
the milkman next"
The evangelist was referring to
Tuesdays session OF court when
none of six State witnesses was able
positively to identify her as the
woman who occupied a bungalow at
Carmel-bythe-S last May with
Kenneth G. Ormiston. former radio
man at Angelus Temple.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
CATCH A BALLOON
-W7N A PRIZE

The Times will stage balloon chase from the downtown
district between II 80 a. m. and l. p m. Thursday
The Times telling you what it's all about, just
That's part of the fun.
It's sufficient to tell all of you that several hundred toy
balloons will be released from truck cruising the down.
town district between IL 80 and Thursday
Several hundred of these balloons will carry tickets which
when brought tee Times office good for tickets B. F.
Keiths theater next week and number of cash przes
Kehs will show next week eight acts headned by Theo-
dore Roberts (n person. in sketch >The Man Higher Up
Get ready for the scramble There rules the chase
Run down the balloons afoo ahorse avver aplane-but
run em down. You Day capture emitting you prize
Remember the hour Eat lunch early and get on fun
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
SIX DARE
Mine DEATH
TO SAVE: 43
Rescue Workers Make Per.
iIous Ascent Into Michi-
gan Iron Mine.
RISK NEW LANDSLIDES
Climb to Be Made to Level
Where Men Are Held.
BH Unitcd Press

BH UnffG0 Press
IRONWOOD, Mich, Sept. 20
Six daring rescue workers risked
their lives today in a perilous as.
cent in the &c" Pabst mine shaft,
hoping to reach the spot where for
ty-three miners have been entombed
nearly five days.
The newest rescue attempt was
made possible when party of drill
ers reached the &c" shaft at the
twentieth level and found it open
Ladders up the steep incline were
found to be intact at that point and
it may be possible for the rescuers to
climb up to the eighth level, where
most Of the prisoners are trapped.
The climb will be extremely haz
ardous, however, as tons of earth
are likely to, be shaken loose by the
least jar Such a land slip might
not only close up this avenue of res
cue, but might bury the rescue
crew.
Lamenting wives, mothers, and
sweethearts of the entombed miners
were given fresh hope when news
Of this new rescue possibility was
bought to the surface during the
night. They were warned, however,
not to place zoo much confidence in
the news, because it was feared the
ladders have been torn away at
higher levels. The dim miners
lamps at the twentieth level could
not penetrate the blackness of the
upper recesses.
According to present calculations,
one of the forty-three miners is shut
off in a tor'h at the eighteenth level.
1t Is considered likely that this man
can be reached within a few hours.
Two others are believed to be
trapped at the thirteenth level and
the remaining forty at the eighth
level.
If the ladders are intact as far up
as the eighth level rescue by this
channel will be easier and quicker
than to dig downward from the sur
face. Other rescue efforts are being
contributed, however. These include
narrow shaft that Is being drilled
down from the surface, a shaft too
small to bring out the prisoners, but
large enough that food and water
may be lowered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
PARENTS AROUSED
AS DOG BITES LAD
Boys Nose Torn When He Jumps on Auto in Which AMI
nal Is Guarding YounqSter

Mothers in the James Whitcomb
Riley school district were accom-
panying their children to the school
house at Capitol Ave. and Fortieth
ST., today. after a boys nose was
severely bitten by a dog at noon
Tuesday.
George Lee Thompson. ., a youth
ful favorite in the school and neigh
borhood, is In Methodist Hospital,
where an operation Tuesday night
resulted in removal Of the torn tissue
and rebuilding of his nose.
Has High Fever
He was reported as having n
high fever and was to be given anti.
toxin for rabies, according to his
father Irwin L. Thompson, 4110 N.
Capitol Ave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
BE INDIVIDUAL
WORD ON DRESS
Teacher Speaks at D. A. R.
Luncheon.

Two-hundred women were guests
at the Caroline Scott Harrison Chap
ter d. A. r. luncheon at the chapter
house today. Mrs. Blanche Il. Chen
oweth, director of household arts,
indianapolis Teachers College, spoke
on What a Line Will Do"
A display of gowns and feminine
accessories was presented by L. s.
Ayres & Co.
"To have style" Mrs. Chenoweth
pointed out, "one must do more than
buy fashionable clothes at fashion
able places. One must select them
with common sense and a certain
daring. Wear them appropriately
with elegance and an air of authori-
ty."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
OKLAHOMA c. O.P.
IN STRIFE OVER
HOOS|ER WOMAN
One Faction Asks Recall of
Mrs. Wheatcraft-
Other for Her.

Press dispatches from Oklahoma
today indicated that Republicans are
split over the activities OF Mrs
Vivian Tracy Wheatcraft, in a way
similar to the rift in the Hoosier G
o. =. ranks.
Mrs. Wheatcraft's political efforts
were shunted to other States by the
national congressional committee of
the G.. o. p. after influential Indiana
Republican women served notice
they would Lot work with her. Mrs.
Wheatcraft stlll bears the title of
vice chairman Of the Indiana Repub-
lican State committee. She surren,
dered her duties as head Of the wom-
ans bureau at State headquarters
to Miss Mary Sleeth OF Rushville
several weeks ago.
She went to Oklahoma after a
speaking tour in Maine.
While Mrs. II. 3. Turner, a Re
publican woman OF Oklahoma City,
has sent a telegram to the national
committee asking Mrs. Wheatcraft' s
withdrawal from oklahoma, another
wing Of the party is standing be
hind her, dispatches indicate. Mrs.
II. II. Sayre of the State campaign
committee has sent kilograms to
Joseph B. Healing, Indiana Repub-
lican national committeeman, and
United States Senator James E.
Watson asserting that Mrs. Wheat
crafts activities were welcomed in
Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Republican State head
quarters charges that the agitation
against Mrs. Wheatcraft is fostered
by the Democrats.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
OFFICERS BRING
ROBBERY CHARGE
Man Said to Have Confessed
in Unusual Case.

Harry Harper, 2S, of 121 N. West
St.. was booked on charges Of rob-
berry and grand larceny, when de-
tectives alleged that he confessed to
robbing William Hodge, 2S, of 1341
S. Belmont St., who was found dead
in truck in the rear of 365 w.
Washington ST., Sunday night.
Coroner Paul f. Robinson at
tributed the death to acute alcohol
ism. The mans pockets We're turned
inside out and police at first believed
1t to be a case of robbery and
murder The money taken was
about $50 he had left from $46O
insurance policy, received upon
death of a 4-year-old son last week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
PLOT IS DENIED
BY MRS. HAMRICK
In Florida at Time of Fire,
She Says.

Emphatic denial any plot was laid
for burning the Hamrick home on
Michigan Rd.. last January, was
made today by Mrs. Della M. Ham
rick in Criminal Court today. She
and her husband, Jesse D. Hamrick,
attorney, are being tried for cou-
spiracy to commit arson. They were
indicted, with their former Negro
houseboy, James Ecton, 10, who has
turned States witness.
Mrs. Hamrick said she and her
husband were in Florida.
Mrs. Hamrick declared her hus-
hand at no time instructed Ecton
to prepare for burning the house.
Michael A. Ryan, defense attorney,
said he would probably turn Mrs.
Hamrlck over to the State for cross
examination this afternoon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
ALLEGED B|GAM|ST
GETS SIX MONTHS
Sentenced for Row With One
Wife-Investigate Others.

Everett L. Comstock, 26, Of 702
Euclid Ave, alleged bigamist, today
was sentenced to six months on the
Indiana State Farm for assault and
battery. He was returned from
ShelbyNille, Ind, late Tuesday.
Detectives are investigating the
story Of Mrs. Viola Comstocl1 Of
Franklin, Ind, who says she mar
ried Comstock in 1918 and never was
divorced. He us said to have mar
ried Mrs. Ira Hack Comstock in 1925
and to have lived with her up until
a few months ago. when it is alleged
he went to Shelbyville to live with
another woman.
Sunday, Comstock brought his first
wife and his aunt to his second
wife's home, and demanded that the
latter accompany them to Franklin.
When she refused, he struck her,
chased the others from the car and
fed, according to the story.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
FIRE MENACES
NEVADA CAPITAL
Two Bodies Found in Burned
Woods.

CARSON CITY, New, Sept. 29.-
Two men were burned to death.
another man is missing and two
others were seriously burned in a
forest and brush fire which for a
time threatened this city.
The flames have swept since early
Tuesday through the forest and
brush lands between Carson City,
Nevada's capital and Lake Tahoe,
across the California line.
Carson City today was believed re-
moved from immediate menace.
Flames were beaten back from the
towns outskirts and centered in a
roaring furnace of brush and timber
lands half way between here and
Lake Tahoe.
Little property damage was done
here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
AMERICANS !
ARE SAFE At
VERA CRUZ
Direct Word Received From
Mexican City Struck
by Tidal Wave.
LOSSES ON WATER FRONT
Two Are Known Dead
100000 Damage.

BV HUCd Press
VERA CRCZ. Mexico, Sept. 90
All Americans in Vera Cruz, which
was struck by a hurricane and tidal
wave Tuesday, are safe, according
to the American Vice Consul Myers.
No Americans were injured.
Principal losses were along the
water front where the waves broke
over the breakwater to a height of
ten feet, flooding warehouses.
1t was believed a final check-up
would show that a few sailors were
drowned when small coasting ves-
sells were sunk in the harbor.
The known dead today were two,
woman and child. 1t was be-
lieved that property damage would
not amount to more than 100000,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
WORKERS IN
CIVIC DRIVE
SPURRED ON
Leaders Urge C. of C. to
Beat Record of o. B.
lies Division.
SEES 5000 MEMBERS
Parade Scheduled After
Thursday Luncheon.

Six hundred new members were
added to the Chamber Of Commerce
in the Indianapolis First campaign,
within The last twenty-four hours,
according to reports of workers at
the luncheon this noon This brings
the second days total TO 1902. The
drive will continue throughout the
week. Workers were spurred on by
news that other Chambers of Com
merce are raising funds for new in
dustries.
The team of ]. Frank Holmes led
today's reports, with sixtv-eight new
members. H. l.. Dithmer. special
committee, reported 236.
Three civic supervisors were whip
ping their teams into shape to over
take the early lead established by
Division B.. headed by o. B. lies.
All luncheon clubs have granted
members "furloughs" so that they
may attend the report luncheons
daily at the Chamber.
Although the quota OF member
ships has been set at 1000. Dan
Welgle. civic leader. told workers
there is good prospect for an addi-
tional thousand.
Following the report luncheon
Thursday, the civic workers will
march through the downtown sec
ton. The marchers will be led by
a full company of the 11th Infantry
and the Ft. Harrison Band.
With forty-five new members, the
team led by j. Frank Holmes scored
the best record in reports delivered
Tuesday. Other teams high in the
list were those led by Hugh ]. Bak-
er, George S. Olive. II. s. Morse.
Earl II. Richardson. George NJ.
Bockstahler. A. Leroy Portteus, L.
II. Lewis and Frank c. Jordan.
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Times WGshinGton Bureau.
1922 NeD York Avenue


WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.-Con-
ditions under which Senator
James e. Watson of Indiara
would take a drink" as defined
by the Senator himself, are dis
closed in the Alaskan hearings.
They are:
l. That Watson was in Alaska.
2. That he had bad cold.
Watson was testifying before
the Senate Judiciary Committee
for the appointment of Linn
Smith, formerly of Henry
County, Ind, as United States
Marshal, Fourth Alaskan Judicial
district. Smith had been protested
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
But When They Got
There

Mr.. and Mrs. c. +. Talmadge
Tuesday evening had the uni
que experience Of watching a
thief strip five tires from their
car in the garage in the rear
of their home, 30i5 Broadway,
while they waited, hoping that
the police emergency would ar
rive.
The emergency. which they
had called, arrived, but too
late. The thief had fled. talk
ing with him the tires, valued
at 800.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
TO REVIEW TAX LEVIES
Board VIII Take Up Problems From
32 Indiana Counties.

During the first two weeks of Oc-
tober state tax board will review as
sessments in eighty-five taxing units
In the state. "Reminiscences have
come from citizens of thirty-two
counties. In twenty-five remon-
strances objection is raised to the
county rate of taxation. In the re-
mainder remonstrances have been
filed against civil and school town
ship levies and municipal levies, both
civil and school.
The following county levies have
been appealed: Blackford. Carroll,
Daviess, Elkhart. Grant, Greene,
Howard, La Porte, Madison. Marion,
Marshall Martin, Miami, Noble,
owen, Randolph, Vandetburgh. Vigo,
Wabash, Warrick, Wells and White.
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When Jim W0nldmNbe

on the groi that he had
worked for a trading post. which
sold liquor in pre-prohibition
days.
Il do not know whether Smith
takes a drink or not" said Wat
son. IF l was in Alaska and
had bad cold, l would If l could.
Smith was raised under extreme
ly good conditions, ~>in Henry
County, a county of Quakers and
Ct law-abiding citizens"
How long has he been away?"
asked Chairman Cummins.
''He has been way twenty
seven years" Watson answered.
Smiths appointment was ap-
proved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
143 STUDENTS ENTERED
Classes Open at Normal College Of
A. G. u.

Glasses at Normal College of the
American Gymnastic Union started
Tuesday with 143 students enrolled.
Eleven are from Indianapolis and
others are from New York, \Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, Illinois and California.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-29
BUYS CAR TO SLEEP IN
Found in AutO-Charged by Sargent
O'COnner.

Walter Smith. "a Of 221 Spring
ST., was charged with vagrancy and
held under $1,000 bond after
Sargent O'Conner and squad found
him asleep in an auto early today
O'Connor said the car did not have
license or certificate of title. Smith
said he bought the car for $50 from
a man he met in a restaurant Since
buying the car he has been sleeping
IN Il