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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
SCHOOL BOARD
EXPECTED TO
APPROVE SITE
Three Locations for New
Shortrldge to Be Pro-
posed.

Approval Of one Of three sites for
the new Shortridge High School
location win probably be given at
a special meeting Of the Indianapo
lis school beard at 4:s0 D. m. today.
A sub-body. appointed to look into
a larger site for the school. viii
recommend the purchase Of fifteen
acre site at Forty-Sixth ST.. between
Central Ave. and washington Blvd.
to the buildings and ground COM
mittee before the board meeting.
Two other sites. Fortieth and
Meridian SITS, and the Hassellman
estate at Thirty.Fourth st. and
Central Ave-. viii be recommended
as second and third choices.
The board is seeking to find a site
about twice as large as the five
acre location at ThirtyFourth and
Meridian SITS.
Jacob Hilkene, superintendent of
buildings and grounds and Charles
w Kern. majority faction member
and buildings and grounds commit
property this morning but said the
Forty-Sixth st. site was better.
The property at Fortieth and Me-
ridian SITS. belongs to Mathilda and
Anna S. Topp. sisters, who also
owned the present Thirtv-Fourth St
site. They announced they would
Oppose any moves Of the board to
obtain the second piece OF property.
They also have indicated that
since the Thirty-Fourth st. property
was obtained by condemnation pro-
ceedings for school purposes and
was not used. they might take court
action to prevent its sale and also
to seek a rebate between the amount
paid them for 1t and the amount
the board will receive in sale.
At the meeting of the Parent
Teachers Association of Shortridge
tonight at Caleb Mills Hall. the date
of a special meeting which win be
held to consider the boards action
will be announced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
LOCAL SCHOOLS
ARE affiliated
Teachers College, Butler
Plan to Cooperate.

Affiliation Of the Teachers Col
lege of Indianapolis, 2S01 N. Alabama
ST., with Butler University, was an
nounced today by Dean J. w. Put
nam Of Butler.
DR. Eliza A. Blaker is president
of the Teachers College, which
specializes in instruction of kinder
garden and primary grade teachers.
The Teachers College will be under
the same faculty organization and
DR.. Baker win continue as president.
Butler win be able to provide
training for teachers from kinder
garden work to the. school superin-
tendency under thefnew cooperative
plan, Putnam said.
Students can receive credit for
work in either institution IN the
school, where they are working for
a degree.
Butler already has affiliation with
John Heron Art Institute and
Metropolitan School Of Music.
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Former Commissioner Tells
Court Walls Showed
Daylight.

Concrete in the two wings at JUL
eta erected by the George A. Wea-
YER a Sons. contractors, was so soft
II could scrape It with my foot. :"
John Kitley, former county com
missioner, testified at the trial cf
Windsor J. Weaver In Criminal
Court today.
Weaver is charged with present
ing false claims to the county. The
contracting firm OF which he IS a
member failed to erect the new build
ings at Julietta according to specifi-
cations and ffaudulently presented
claim fer $17,s5S held by the
county until completion OF the work.
the State charges.
Prosecutor William II. Remy
succeeded in introducing as evidence
the specific claim on which Weaver
is alleged to have obtained the sum
after 1t was identified.
Walls Out of Plumb
Kitley told Of conditions at
Julietta on several visits there. He
said he and Charles Huffman. for
mer commissioner. found walls out
Of plumb. and brick chipped.
''The attic floor was sunk from
four to seven inches in the center.
We could look through the south
wall and see daylight, he said.
I'VE walked around the edge Of
the upper room because we feared
our weight might cause the floor to
cave in"
Kitley said sand and gravel used
was not according TO specifications.
A very poor quality OF sand and
he said 1t contained dirt. leaves
and sticks and was not. washed.
Wooden floors were laid Of diff
ferent length materials and with
what looked like scrap wood"
Floors bulger and in some instances
doors would not open, he testified.
Bricks on top were loose and
could be removed with the hand.
Kitley said.
81 asked Mr.. Weaver what kind
of mortar do you use?' and he said
'nonfreeze mortar" Kitley said.
Identified Claim
The former commissioner identi-
fed the claim which Weaver is al
legged to have filed.
Special Judge Charles Wiltsie over
ruled objections of the defense to
Kitley's Identifying the document.
On cross-examination by Merle
N. A. Walker, defense attorney,
Kitley said Weaver had attempted
to correct faulty construction after
commissioners ordered them not to
make repairs. Weaver had already
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
ELEVATOR FIRM
INCORP PORATES
To Erect Storage Bins at
Beech Grove.

Formation of a grain elevator
company and the erection of a series
Of concrete grain elevators in Beech
Grove is contemplated by the Early
& Daniel Realty Co., which filed
articles of incorporation with the
secretary Of State today. The
project win represent $S75,oO0 in
vestment.
Albert e. Thompson Of this city
and H. Lee Early and e. d. Daniel,
both Of Cincinnati, are the in
corporators The firm stock is
divided into $125,000 common stock
and a$250,O00 preferred stock. The
elevators will be used for storage
Of wheat and other grains, Thomp-
son said
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
GOT THAN FIGHTS
fire in CLOUDS
Does $4,000
Damage.
Blaze
BIZ unftcd Press

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-Fire start.
ing in the cable shaft of the $751;
100000 Equitable Bldg. in the heart
of New AYorks fashionable financial
district today. penetrated the
twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth floors
and did sI5O.OO0 damage.
Fifteen firemen were overcome by
smoke and taken to hospitals. Three
men, living in an apartment on the
buildings roof, were forced to flee
as the fire threatened to cut them
off in their airy dwelling forty sto-
ries above the street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
POLICE LIKE HIS CAR
Driver Says He Has Found Auto at
Headquarters Twice.

Grover Shubert, 723 N. Noble
St, says police have taken his au-
tomobile twice in the past few days.
Shubert said when his car was
gone the first time he found It at
headquarters. Officers stated an
other man hal reported a car stolen.
with the same license number, the
only difference being that Shubert's
license had dealers letter IN :"
Monday night Shubert again found
his car missing and recovered 1t at
headquarters. Now he asks that
police be more careful in recovering
stolen cars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
PUT OFF ONCE MORE
Hearing on Motor Coach Company
Petitions Set for March 8.

On consent Of attorneys for the
Indianapolis Street Railway Com
pany and the Peoples Motor Coach
Company, hearing on petitions Of
the latter firm to start two new
north side bus lines, originally sot
for March /, has been postponed un-
til March 3.
The coach company is asking per-
mission to start lines from the Circle
to keystone Ave. and Thirty Eighth
st. and to Ravenswood Rd. and
sixty-second st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
GET ALLEGED SPEEDERS
-Four Arrested by Police-Fifteen
Fined in Court.

Police arrested four alleged speed
ers today.
They were: Harry H. Diffendor-
fer, So, Knightstown, Ind; Kenneth
VESSEL, 10, Of S5 N. Irvington Ave-;
Norval Dilts. 2S, of GIG Ambassador
Apis. and Gerald Reitzel. %, of 2510
N. Capitol Ave.
Fifteen motorists received fines
ranging from 81 and costs to $40
and costs in municipal courts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
.EMPL DYES OF RETAIL
STORES WILL ATTEND
'Husk' 0'Hare's Orchestra
Furnishes MusIc-Indlan-
apoIls- Made Cars Attract
Atts 1tion-CheWoIet Has
Honor of First Sale.
Scintillatingi

Scintillatingi
Thus, in a single word, may
be described the interior Of the
auto show building at the State
Playground, where the fifteenth
annual exhibit of the Indianap-
oils Auto Trade Association is
in progress.
II the Monday night crowd, esti-
mated at seven thousand, may be
taken as harbinger. this years ex-
position viii be a record one John
B. Orman. veteran manager. said.
With today officially designated as
Merchants Day, doors of the auto
mobile palace opened at 10 a. m. for
an uninterrupted program Of display
until 10 tonight. Out-of-town visi-
tors were on hand early. eager to
catch a glimpse of the generously
decorated building and of the many
new pleasure creations on exhibit.
Employees to Attend
Tonight's normal attendance is to
be augmented by hundreds of retail
store employees, who have been urged
by their employers to attend.
To the tuneful strains Of ''Husk"
OHare's Casino Gardens Orchestra,
the exposition formally opened Mon
day night at Z. Hundreds Of auto.
mobile enthusiasts surged in as the
doors were thrown open.
From the orchestra platform at
the west end Of the building. Mayor
Duvall. standing in the midst of a
group of city officials, gave an ad-
dress Of tribute to the Indianapolis
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
HOOSIER Mine
TROUBLE SEEN
Evansville Deputies Armed
With Tear Gas.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
EVANSVILLE, Ind Feb. I6s--
Sheriff Mcdowell rushed his entire
force of deputies to the Crescent
Coal mine here, armed with tear
gas bombs, on orders from the State
adjutant generals office.
Reports to Mcdowell stated 100
union miners were coming from
Terre Haute to aid in efforts or
southern Indiana union workers to
close the non-union Crescent mine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
FAIL FILES pEMuKRER

BU United Press
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1e.-Demur-
rers were filed in the District Of
Columbia Supreme Court today on
behalf Of Albert B. Fail, Edward L.
Doheny and Edward Doheny, Jr.. to
indictments charging bribery in the
passage Of 500 900 between the Do
henys and Fall, then Secretary of
the Interior. in November. 1921.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
Quick Action

MRS H. GAINES. llos N New Jersey
RENTED vacant room,
WITH Room for Rent Want Ad
IN The Times.
IF youhave a room
THAT you wan. to rent quickly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
MISSING COED RETURNS
Franklin Student Taken Back to
Campus by Friends.

Miss Helen Parks, 10. Detroit.
sought here a few hours when res
ported missing from Franklin Col
lege by President Charles z. Goodell.
returned to the campus early today.
Gooden said friends persuaded her
to return to the campus. She was
in Indianapolis, discouraged be-
cause OF illness and starting for
home, he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
Unprecedented Legal In
vaSion of Municipal Gov
eminent Made - Council
Lawyer Provided for in
Ordinance.
POST DESIGNED FOR
ORBISON ORIGINALLY
kpWever, Son Of Klan Coun-
sci Has Park Board Job
and 'Judgie's Chances
May Be Lessened-Many
on Pay Roll.

Throw a pebble in the cor
ridors Of the city hall and
you'll hit a lawyer.
With passage by city council Of
an ordinance creating the position
of council attorney, the city hall
faces an unprecedented legal inva
SION
The position, which pays $1,000 a
year, for a few hours week a week.
originally was designed for Charles
J. Orbison, former Democrat, and
now counsel for the national Ku-
K1ux Khan.
But IN comes Telford Orbison, a
son. appointed recently by the park
board as its attorney at $4,000 a
year. This position, however, re-
Qutres a few more hours a week.
Whether his sons appointment will
impede Judges" chances to pluck
the oouncilmanic plum, Is a ques-
ton.
QuiIlen Gets Post
State Senator William T. Quillen,
however, is deemed the lucky one.
He Is to be recreation department
attorney at $1,70O a year. There is
practically no labor involved in this
nmpsition, the department seldom be-
Inning entangled In litigation.
Newton B. Mcguire formerly held
both park and recreation depart
ment attorneyships in addition to
handling private practice
The theory of the present form of
city government Is that the legal
der%A tment shall care for city legal
affairs, but the various boards and
commissions have gradually built up
their own private systems.
G. O. p. Leaders in List
In the regular" legal department
are Eve attorneys. They are: Alvah
J.. Rucker, corporation counsel, S.
900 a year; John K. Ruckelshaus,
city attorney, $4,000; Donald Rob
erts, assistant, $4,000; w. w. Hyde,
assistant, $1,000, and Arthur B.
Dinsmore, city prosecutor, $1,5O0
The board Of sanitary commissions
ers has it's special lawyer, j. j..
Daniels, who receives $2,4Oo year
Former Mayor Shank eliminated
the plan commission attorney for
1926, but thar body retained j. Clyde
Hoffman, who held the job, to finish
a number of legal transactions.
Loyal g. 0. p platform spell
binders are among the legions Of
legal counsellors and the beauty Of
it all, the attorneys whisper, is that
you can keep your practice on the
side
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
NEW CHICAGO MURDER
Campaign to Deport Killers Given
Impetus.
|, United Press

~ United Press
W CHICAGO, Feb. 16.---The cam
paign to deport Sicilian 'assassins.
many said to have been imported by
beer runners and alcohol merchants
to serve as killers, gained impetus
today with the murder Of Orazzo
Tropea. feudest, who was shot down
on a busy corner in the Italian sec
ton Monday night.
Tropea, one Of the lieutenants in
the powerful Genna gang, had been
engaged in raising a defense fund
to save two other Genna henchmen
from hanging. His activities caused
resentment in some Italian circles
and he was marked for death.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
MAN. l1O. Is DEAD

RU United FF6N6
ATLANTA, Feb. 16.-John Alex
ander Stroup lived 110 years and was
i'll but two days. He died here Mon.
day. His brother Aaron. who is "a,
is coming for the funeral.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
SUZANNE BEA is
HELEN, FAINTS
Basketball Game
Cost Him $50

E7LOYD r. FARLEY, 1045
r Reisner St, was so busy
IL watching the ball roll
through the hoops at Short
ridge High School basketball
game Monday night that he for
got all about everything else
Today he reported to police
that some nimble-flngered Eel
low spectator took q purse con
tanning sos from his pocket
during the game.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
DUE TO GET WARMER
Predicted Temperature Drop Is Not
as Marked as Expected.

A predicted temperature drop for
indianapolis and vicinity failed to
reach it's expected intensity during
the night, the United States Weather
Bureau announced today. Low tenn
perature was 23 at a. m. and at
z the mercury stood at "a. or be-
low normal.
Rising mercury is forecast for to-
day. with the low mark tonight due
to be about freeing. Fair weather
is included in the prediction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
BANDITS GET $4,000
Ru Unlted Press

BIZ Unsted PTesS
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 16.-Band.
its early today held up the Water
Tower Bank here and escaped with
$8 900.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
Home Edition

MIR. FIXIT is on the job for
1Vl Times readers. He looks
up matters at City Hall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16
Forecast

HAIR tonight and Wednes-
l. day, with rising tempera-
ture; lowest tonight about
freezing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-16

nSssspo Da Mater , gsD5s TWO GENTS
Smyrna times., 1926-02-17
Oxygen on Mars

That the amount of oxygen on Mars
is relatively very low has been shown
by a spectroscope fixed on the Mount
Wilson telescope. It is only 60 per
cent as great as the oxygen supply on
Mount Everest, where exploring ex-
peditiOns have had to resort to the use
of oxygen tanks in order to keep alive.
Though deficient in water and OK
ygen, there is no doubt that Mars still
possesses an atmosphere. E. c. Slip
her Of the Lowell observatory at
Flagstaff, Ariz., showed that photo
graphs made with red light filters
made the planet appear larger and
showed greater detail than those made
with blue light filters Red light is
known to have greater powers Of pene-
tratlon through the atmosphere than
blue; so that the photographs would
tend to indicate the presence of an at
mosphere on Mars.
Smyrna times., 1926-02-17
Genius Not Immune
to Domestic Trouble

It may be some consolation for those
who have a servant girl problem to
read the following reference to similar
troubles in the life of great man.
It is hard to believe that Beethoven,
so much of whose life must have been
spent In communion with the marvel
GUS vision of his genius, was constant
ly immersed also in petty details Of
housekeeping. In his diaries and let
ters are numerous references to them.
His servants, from his own account,
were nearly always incompetent, for
he describes at length their neglect Of
him. And one passage in a diary is
devoted to entries concerning kitchen
maids, one Of whom ran away" and
another Of whom he writes-"gave the
kitchen maid warning" that
is satisfactory to see by the next en-
try that "The new maid came" In the
intervals of these distresses Beethoven
wrote the Choral Symphony, and the
great Mass in D!
Smyrna times., 1926-02-17
CoLeridRe

Great in his writings, he was great
est in his conversation. In him was
disprOved that old maxim, that we
should allow every one his share of
talk. He would talk from morn to
dewy eve, nor cease till far midnight,
Jet who ever would interrupt him
who would Obstruct that continuous
flow Of converse, fetched from Helicon
or Zion? He had the tact Of making
the unlntelliglble seem plain. Many
who read the abstruser parts of his
Friend" would complain that his works
did not answer to his spoken wisdom.
They were identical. But he had a
tone in oral delivery, which seemed to
convey sense to those who were other
wise imperfect recipients. He was
my flfty-year-Old friend without a dis
sension. Never saw his likeness, nor
probably the world can see s"ain.-
Lamb.
Smyrna times., 1926-02-17
Spanish Brought the
Orange Into America

The orange was originally a native
Of India, South China or the Malay
archipelago But its Hindu or San
skirt name was long ago Influenced by
the Latin word "aurum," or the French
cor" meaning gold; and the whole
tradition of the orange, as it has come
down to us, is through the medium of
Moorish splendOr and Spanish luxury.
The proud Spaniard did not carry
apples with him on his conquests. but
he did take the orange and the lemon.
The former especially came to grace
the festive board of grandees; and If
any time oranges were lacking at his
testas, the fastest dispatch riders
were sent to far-away missions to
bring back the coveted fruit.
Although the commercial growth of
oranges did not begin until the COM
pletiOn Of the Southern Pacific to New
Orleans in 1881, and received further
impetus when the Santa Fe was built
through in 1885, the first trees were
taken to what is now our Southwest
by the early mission fathers. The
Franciscan monks who emigrated from
Lower California in 1869 brought vari-
GUS semi-tropical fruits with them
and of twenty-one missions, 1t is said
that all but three had gardens and or.
chards.-Albert w. Atwood, in the Sat
urday Evening Post.
Smyrna times., 1926-02-17
Sign That Worked
He was a burglar.

He was a burglar.
After effecting an entrance into the
bank he found his way, easily enough,
to the strong room. When the light
of the lantern fell on the door he saw
this sign written in red letters:
Save your dynamite. This safe is
not locked. Turn the knob and it will
open"
For a moment he ruminated.
Anyhow" he reflected, there's no
harm in trying 1t If 1t really is un-
locked"
He grasped the knob and turned it.
Instantly the Office was flooded with
light, an alarm bell rang loudly, an
electric shock rendered him helpless,
while a panel in the wall opened and
out rushed bulldog which seized him
firmly.
An hour later, when the cell door
closed on him, he sighed:
II know what's wrong with me. I'm
too trusting. have too much faith
In human nature"
Smyrna times., 1926-02-17

standards approximately 13 feet high.
These standards will be placed just
inside the curb from the railroad to
the postoffice and on State street from
the postoffice to Hotel Richardson.
The standards will be 125 feet apart,
three to each side of block. The
lightning units are to be the General
Electric form No. 9, Novalux, all
glass, having either 600 candle power
lamps or 400 candle power tip upgas
filled lamp. Around the entire street
along in the gutter two No. 6 Park
way cables will be laid, both being
brought into the base of each lamp.
Two cables are used so that some of
the lights may be turned off at mid
night. The present plan calls for the
burning of all the lights up to mid
night and eleven to burn after that
hour. When all the lights are on,
there will be 5000 candle power to the
block, or approximately II candle
power for each lineal foot. All the
present overhead wires electric light
and telephone) and poles will be re-
moved. The commercial wires and
telephone lines will be run in the rear
of buildings on each side of the street
affected.
Smyrna times., 1926-02-17
Of Phoenician Origin?

MelungeOns are a distinct race Of
people living in the mountains of east
ern Tennessee. They are about the
color of mulattOes, but have straight
hair. They are supposed to be de-
scendants Of some ancient Phoenlcians,
who removed from Carthage and set
tied in Morocco. They have no ad-
mixture Of negro blood. From Moroc-
CO, a colony crossed the Atlantic and
settled In South Carolina. From that
locality they moved to Hancock coun-
ty, Tenn. The Melungeons are to a
considerable extent illiterate, and are
for the most part engaged in farm
ing-Washington Star.
Smyrna times., 1926-02-17

Plans are completed for the organ
izatiOn of Rotary Club in Lewes
this week. The organization commit
tee consisting of T. R. Ingram, chair
man; w. P. Orr, Jr., w. H. Hooker,
Charles T. Melvin and Cornelius C.
Marshall. Dr. J. Roscoe Elliott of
LAUREL will be in charge of the or
ganization program.
Smyrna times., 1926-02-17
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger PENN
sula Towns and Communities

Harvey Poore and Miss Roselle
Richardson, both of Harrington, were
united in marriage at Houston on
February 5th, by Rev. S. I. Hamblin,
OF Houston.
Smyrna times., 1926-02-17

Lee R. Burris, of Harrington and
Miss Geneva NJ. Collision, of Farm
ingtOn, were married at Harrington
on February 9Th, by Rev. E. F. Col
Inns, of Harrington.
Smyrna times., 1926-02-17

Harry S. Tharp, of Cheswold, and
Miss Laura Belle Graham, of Smyrna,
were united in marriage at Clayton
on January Both, by Rev. w. A. Num-
ford, of Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1926-02-17

The annual club luncheon given by
the Dover Century Club Thursday at
the Hotel Richardson was an enjoy
able affair, especially the selections
by Mrs. Dorothy Johnstone Baseler,
Hall Anderson, Of Dover, violinist.
About 125 attended.