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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
M'K|NLEY RITES
TO.BE FRIDAY At
HOME IN ILLINOIS
United States Senator Died
of Cancer at Martins
vile.

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MARTINSVILLE, Ind, Dec. s.
The body Of United States Senator
William B. Mckinley, who died here
ate yesterday afternoon, was taken
to his home in Champaign, ILL.,, to-
lay.
Senator McKinley's death followed
N illness which necessitated his
ntering a hospital here during the
after part Of August. Several times
Turing his confinement he had been
lear death, but until yesterday after
noon his dominant will had kept him
live. Death resulted from postatic
cancer. The Senator was 70 years
Id.
According to an announcement to-
day. funeral services will be held
1t 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the
frst Presbyterian Church in Cham
oaign.
For twenty years Senator Nc
lLinley was prominent in Congress-
The last six were spent in the Senate.
Beginning life as a poor clerk
his first job paid him $3.50 per week
He became one Of the dominant
factors in Middle Western trans.
portation and he was reputed to be
one of the wealthiest men in Con-
gress.
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FATAL TO
MRS. MEDIA ROTH
Funeral Friday at 2::30 p. m.
Sick Six Months.

Mrs. Media Busse Roth. 40, of 3S45
n. Meridian ST., wife of Walter j.
Roth, president OF the Success Pub.
fishing, died at the Methodist Hos
pital at 1:25 a. m. today. Her death
followed an illness Of six months.
Mrs. Roth was born in Chicago.
She was married in 1901. Three years
after her marriage she came to In.
dianapolis, where she has since re.
sided.
Surviving besides her husband are:
her mother, Mrs. Caroline Busse,
Chicago; two daughters, Media Jeane.
Ia and Carolyn. s; three brothers,
Paul Busse, Washington, ILL.,, and
Edwin and Clayton Busse, Chicago;
and one sister, Mrs. George Himmel,
Pekin, III.
Funeral services will be Friday at
$3.50 o'clock at the funeral parlor
of Hisey & Titus. Burial will be in
Crown Hill cemetery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
CLEARING HOUSE
WORK IS STARTED
Good Beginning Made in
Giving Christmas Aid.

The Christmas clearing house is
away to a flying start with BAT fami-
lies already cleared in the week since
it organized for it's fifteenth season,
Herbert S. King, chairman, an
nounced today. The clearing house
this year is located ae 317 N. Penn
sylvania ST., with Miss Ruby Stein
ruck in charge. Miss Steinruck is
again this year being loaned" to
this work by the Family Welfare
Society. where she is assistant reg
istrar Of the social service exchange.
Close cooperation between lodges.
churches, fraternities. sororities,
clubs and other groups and the
Christmas Clearing House is urged
by King to prevent duplication Of
gifts. The volunteer committee,
headed by Miss Steinruck and King
will serve as a center of information
on charitable giving.
A telephone. Main 0420, has been
installed TO facilitate the giving of
information. Almost five thousand
families were taken care Of through
the Christmas Clearing House last
year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
AUDITOR OF WILD
BANK REARRESTED
IN STOCK PROBE
Charged With Violating
State Securities Law
Bond $4,000.

Frank Heller, 81, Of 90 e. Forty
Sixth ST., auditor of the ]. f. Wild
Company Bank, was arrested at $3.50
a. m. today by detectives, and
charged with violation of the Indi-
ana Securities act. Frank Z.
Wright, auditor and assistant COM
missioner Of the State securities
commission, filed the warrants
against Heller, George A. Weaver,
Ga, Williams Hotel and another man,
not yet arrested.
Late Monday Detectives Reynolds
and Jordan and Private Detective
Harry Webster arrested Heller and
Weaver, and charged them with
selling $4,000 worth of fake stock to
William p. Clark, Bridgeport, Ind.
According to Clark, they pretended
that they were the officers of a
Florida paper pulp manufacturing
company that does not exist. The
securities commission charge also
was placed against Weaver, who is
held in Jail in default of bond.
Heller will be questioned today,
according to Detective Inspector
Claude Worley, concerning his pos
sible connection with the disappear
ance of $71,5O0 worth of liberty
bonds, discovered missing from the
Wild Bank bond cage, Friday Nov.
10. A. II. Humphrey, manager Of
the bond department, was relieved
by Heller at the lunch hour every
day. Worley said as far as he could
learn no check of the bonds had been
made since last August, and whether
they all were taken at one time or
in smaller amounts is not known.
Heller obtained his release Tues
day when Judge Dan White reduced
his bond from $4,000 to $4,000 on a
charge of false pretense. His
mother, Mrs. Title Heller. signed
the bail. Today he is held incom-
municado, with his bond. set at $10,-
900 on the new charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
CH|LDHOODDAYS
RECALLED IN SUIT.
'Lotsa CrabappIeS' Figures
at Estate Trial.

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BOSTON, Dec. S.-Picturese of
twentieth century Huck Firms run
ming around Hannibal, Mo-. pulling
little girls braids and calling her
"Lotsa Crabapples" were conjured
up today in the suit of Mrs. Carlotta
Cockburn of San Gabriel, Cal, to
share in the 100000 estate left by
Lolita Crabtree, famous actress OF
the western mining camps. The Rev
Father Jesse McVey came from the
Holy Cross monastery at West
Point, N. Y, to- excite the magma
ton and to identify Mrs. Cockburn
as the niece of the famous Lolita.
Mrs. Cockburn bases her claim to
a share of the fortune which miners
threw at the feet of Lolita in the
early days Of California, Nevada and
Arizona mining history on a claim
that she is the daughter of Jack
Crabtree, brother Of Lolita.
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AIR CORPS
WILL GET
NEW SHIP
Latest Type Plane to Be
Plotted Here Next Week
by Capt. Cook.

With the arrival early next week
of one of the three new Douglas o.
type observation airplanes allotted
to the Thirty Eighth Division Air
Corps Of the Indiana National
Guard, Indianapolis will be proud
possessor of the latest development
in heavier.than-air aircraft.
The first of the new planes is now
ready for delivery at the Douglas
Aircraft Corporation factory at
Santa Monica, Cal, according TO q
dispatch received by Major Richard
f. Taylor from the militia bureau
at Washington. Captain w. II.
Cook, of the Thirty Eighth Division,
will leave Friday or Saturday to
pilot the plane here.
"A distinct Improvement has been
made in the new type of plane"
Major Taylor said.
line tank and a ten-gallon reserve
tank. the plane Is given a cruising
radius of 700 or 500 miles without
landing for replenishment, compared
to the usual 35Omile radius possible
with the usual De Haviland type of
observation plane"
Five advanced training models
will also be allotted US" Major Tay-
Tor said, "as soon as they are COM
pleted. These new planes, coupled
with our present seven Curtiss pri-
mary training planes, will rank us
among the foremost in equipment"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
FILLING STATION
ROBBED DESPITE
POLICE GUARDS.
Bandit Enters After Officers
Leave, Gets $40--Safe in
Another Place Robbed.

Even police guards cannot stop
them.
Meaning, Of course. the filling
station bandits, who, of late, have
managed to pull at least one job
daily in indianapolis.
Tuesday night the Western Oil
Refining Company station at Pros
pect st. and Madison Ave-, was the
scene of action. Acting on orders
of Police Chief Claude f. John.
son that stations appearing as likely
prey for bandits be guarded, a squad
Of officers loitered about this place
all evening.
Had Been Watching
Apparently the willy bandit had
been spying on the minions of the
law for as soon as they had left,
he entered, according to Charles
Cook, 1918 N. Dearborn ST., the at
tendant.
open up the cash register and
the safe" Cook said the bandit or.
dered. Cook complied. The bandit
made the attendant turn over about
$40 and on leaving ordered him to
stay away from the telephone be.
cause he had a buddy" outside
watching. From general description,
he appears to be the bandit who has
been holding up other places
Safe Battered
A safe cracker broke a glass in the
rear door at the Merrick Coal Com
pany office, 1880 Brookville Rd., en-
tered and battered the combination
off the safe. John Muessing, one Of
the owners, said 500 in checks ana
currency was taken.
Burglars took 5,400 cigarets at
the Lawrence J. Reed grocery at
Augusta, Ind. Wool socks, forty
boxes Of assorted candy, and between
800 and 400 pennies also were taken.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
CLEW IS SEEN IN
WELL POISONING
Seek Person Who Destroyed
School Books.

BU Cntte1 PTeSS c,.
WARSAW, Ind, Dec. S.-County
officials here were convinced today
that the poison in well water at the
Mt. Tabor district school, which
made thirteen children violently Ill,
was placed there deliberately.
A hurried visit to the school this
week by Sheriff Frank McKrill and
Prosecutor Morrison Rockhill led to
the belief that some one in the vi
cinity is under suspicion.
One of the leading patrons Of the
school admitted there is a confirmed
belief in the community .that who
ever entered the school last fall and
maliciously destroyed books is also
responsible for the poisoning.
According to p. G. Fermier, county
health officer, 1t was paris green
rather than arsenic proper with
which the water was contaminated.
More samples of the water have been
sent to Indianapolis for analysis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
ATHLETIC FIELD
DECISION SOON
Hearing on Matter Held Be-
fore Zoning Board.

Decision on whether the board Of
zoning appeals will approve the In
annapolis Foundations athletic
Held for Manual Training High
school was expected within the next
few days.
The board Tuesday held a public
hearing on the matter. 1t is pro-
posed to locate the field on eight
acres between Madison Ave. and
Pennsylvania St., just north of
Pleasant Run.
Representing 100 property owners
living near by, Charles ]. Orbison,
attorney, said the noise Of athletic
contests would diminish property
valuation, create traffic congestion,
block three streets and endanger
safety of school children.
z. H. X. McComb, Manuel princi-
pal, denied assertions Of Orbison and
drew attention to the necessity for
athletic activities and for field near
the high school.
Charles w. Kern and Theodore F.
vonnegut of the school board and
Councilman Otis E. Bartholomew
also spoke in favor Of the field.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
BARRIERS TO COME BACK
1927 Convention Of Indiana Associa-
ton Will Be Here.

The 1927 convention of, the Asso-
citation Of Master BARRIERS of Indiana
will be held here, 1t was decided
Tuesday at the closing session of the
first annual convention at the Sew
erin. officers were elected in the
afternoon, while wives Of the dele
gates were entertained at Keith's.
Otto L. Smith Of Evansville was
unanimously elected association
president. Other officers elected
were: Harry G. Long. Marion. first
vice president. J. N. Shelton, La
Porte, second vice president; P. j.
Main, Elkhart, third vice president;
Louis Buehner, Michigan City,
fourth vice president; Walter c. Fin
eran, Terre Haute, fifth vice presi-
dent, and Guy w. Slagle, 1851 Grace
land Ave-, Indianapolis, secretary
treasurer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
METHODIST BODY HERE
Commission Studies City's Re-
sources for Handling Conference.

After visiting downtown hotels
and churches this morning. seven
members Of the Methodist Episcopal
church commission inspecting Indi-
annapolis facilities for handling the
1928 general conference, left for
Kansas City. having surveyed the
city's accommodations for taking
care Of the 10000 persons expected
to attend.
Bidding against Indianapolis for
the conference are Kansas City,
Washington, Atlantic City and Co
lumbus, Ohio. At dinner Tuesday
night at the Claypool, Bishop +. D.
Leete outlined the advantages Of
holding. the conference here.
Dr. Dorr f. Diefendorf of East
Orange, N. j., chairman Of the COM
] ission, stated Indianapolis will re-
ceive consideration when the COM
mission makes it's recommendations
next April.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
CAR COMPANY REPORTS
S402, $40 Street Railway Receipts
for October.

Total receipts Of the indianapolis
Street Railway Company for October
were $4O2, 349.11, according to the de-
tailed monthly report filed with the
public service commission.
OF this amount $376,9S1.24 were
receipts and s25,S67.S7
transfer receipts. In the report this
amount is contrasted with the same
month in 1923. the total at that time
being $41S, $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
SUNNYSIDE WILL HELP

Thousands Of Christmas seals
were shipped today by the Marion
County tuberculosis Association to
DR.. Harold S. Hatch, superintend-
ent of Sunnyside Sanatorium at
Oaklandon, where an organization
has been perfected among patients
to sell Christmas Seals \to their
friends and relatives. William
Blandford is chairman of the special
committee from the sanatoriurn.
Each year since 1917, when SUM-
nyside was opened, the patients who
have been partially recovered have
taken part in the annual sale Of
Christmas Seals and Health Bonds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
FACTORY OFFICIAL
DISCUSSES SAFETY
At STATE CONFAB
Greater Compensation Urged
for Workmen Who Are
Injured.

E. L. Kizer, safety board men,
Der of the Studebaker Corporation,
addressed the 300 delegates attend
ing the second Statewide industrial
safety conference this morning at
the Claypool, discussing Safeguard
ing the Molder." The three-day ses-
sion opened Tuesday afternoon.
1.-The man in our factory who
fails to safeguard himself is not
allowed to go to work." Kizer ex-
planned.
Kizer's address was preceded by a
talk on 1.-THE State and Compen-
sation Law" by William P. Evans,
State Senator-elect from Marion
and Johnson Counties and general
counsel for the Interstate Public
Service Company. Evans advocated
an increase in workmen's compen.
sation for injuries.
1.-THE highest paid compensation
in Indiana is lower than that of
nearly any other neighboring State"
he declared.
Fred d. Hatfield, director Of safe
ty OF the Indiana Limestone Com
pany, outlined safety advances made
in the stone qua.ries the past eight
cen months. Dana Webster ad.
dressed the body on Safety Educa-
ton of the New Employe"
a dinner will be held this evening
in the Riley Room. followed by a Sc
+ries of readings from James Whit
comb Riley's poems by w. A.
Hough of Greenfield.
The afternoon program was to in
clude a talk by Louis C. Ward, SUI
perintendent Of FIT. Wayne schools,
on Industrial Safety instruction in
the Schools" Eph P. Daley and
Walter w. Wills, members Of the
State industrial board, presided to-
day.
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ONE MAN KILLED
IN WHITING CRASH
Second Injured When Auto
SkidS Onto Tracks.
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WHITING, Ind, Dec. S.-Edward
Friedman, AZ, Benton Harbor, Mich,
was instantly killed and Joseph
Friedman. As, his brother, was
seriously injured here Tuesday night
when their automobile skidded onto
the tracks of the New York Central
Railroad and was struck by a Chi
cago interurban train. The injured
man was taken to a hospital in Ham
mond, where his condition was said
to be critical.
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Dissatisfaction With Public
Service Body Is Ex-
pressed.
ANSWER QUESTIONABLE
Some for Adjustment, 9th
erS for Amending Law.

Widespread dissatisfaction with
the public service commission is mir
rored in replies of members Of the
Legislature, which will convene in
January, to questionairres sent out
by The Times.
The Times invited State Repre-
sentatives and Senators to express
their views upon certain major
topics.
OF the replies received so far 40
per cent fatty favor abolishing the
public service commission and 60
per cent favor amending the law
so that utility rates would be based
upon the actual investment, rather
than upon investment, capitalization
and reproduction value new, as at
present.
Evil Seen in Plan
The legislators who favor a
change in the utility law practically
all saw evil in the plan Of allowing
the utilities a return upon an
amount cleverly built up by experts
to a point far over the actual amount
Of money put into the plants. 1t is
the view Of these legislators that the
public should be required to pay to
corporation owners profits only upon
the actual dollars which the capital
lists have put into the utilities.
Typical of the views expressed
upon the public service commission
are these:
Senator G. oliver Holmes, Gary:
Does not necessarily favor abolish
ing the commission, "but 1 am seri-
ously disturbed about the present
iniquities Of the administration Of
that law"
Representative Truman G. Muir
den, Logansport: Does not favor
abolishing the commission, "but its
powers should be limited"
Representative Walter A. Huff
man, Elkhart: Does not favor
abolishing the commission "but the
law should be amended so as to give
the public real representation and
to take the control out of the hands
of the utilities"
Representative John w. Thiel,
Hobart: Favors abolishing the COM
mission, 'if they keep on the way
they are going"
Change Needed
Representative A. J. Wedelling,
Dale: II do not feel that we are
ready to do without the public serv.
ice commission, although l feel that
it might be made to work more in
harmony with the interests Of the
public"
Representative James P. Davis,
Kokomo: From its past rulings the
people would be better off without
it,"
Representative J. Francis Lock
hard, Milan: I'VE need a change. 3"
Representative ]. Monroe Fitch,
Muncie: abolish the commission,
but not the law"
Senator Robert L. oMorhead, In
dianapolis: IF the law can be
amended to safeguard the interests
of the people, 1 am in favor Of re-
tanning it."
Senator John H. Hewitt, Terre
Haute: Something must be done
to curb public utilities"
Most of those who declared In
favor Of abolishing the commission
fatty stated their view with merely
an emphatic yes" In reply to the
question.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen to po-
lice belong to:
George w. Eckner, 1902 N. Meri-
dian ST., Ford, 576-117, Ford, from
rs N. Illinois st.
Willard K. Stinneman, 713 N.
Delaware St., Velie, 504-614, from
1921 N. Meridian st.
Louis Cohn, 142 W. Vermont ST.,
Ford, M-1502, from SO Kentucky
Ave.
]. H. Arnold. 21SS N. Capitol Ave-,
Lincoln, 590-214, from that address.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
STEEL BODY TO MEET
Discussion Meeting of Local Society
Next Monday Night.

The Indianapolis chapter of the
Society for Treating Steel
will hold a discussion meeting next
Monday evening at the Y. M. C. A.,
it was announced today by C. H.
Beach, secretary
Some of the questions to be dis
cussed are What Does Tempering
a ccomplish?" What Are the Els
sential Factors in a Carburizing
Compound?" and when Should the
Cyaniding Process Be Used?" The
m Getting iS nlIhlic
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
LIBERTY LEAGUE
PLANNING ATTACK
ON DRY STATUTE
Oppressive Legislation and
BigOtry Scored by Speak
erS at Dinner.

Bigotry and oppressive legislation,
such as the Wright "bone-dry' law,
has made Indiana the "hick" State
in the Union, and the Hoosiers have
won the belt fronm Kansas for be-
ing the laughing stock. Sensible
temperance in all things is sorely
needed and one of the first steps
should be the placing Of enforcement
legislation on a par with the Federal
laws. This would mean that Indi
ana doctors could prescribe whisky
for medicinal purposes when they
thought the case demanded 1t.
Such were the sentiments ex-
pressed by numerous business and
professional men who attended the
second meeting of the Indiana Lib
erty League Tuesday night at the
Athenaeum. a committee was APP
pointed to draft a bill for modifica-
ton, to be presented at the next SEES
sion Of the Legislature. This will be
presented for approval at a meeting
Of the league next week.
Shank Scores Law
The Wright law was roundly
scored by former Mayor Samuel
Lewis Shank. He charged that
many of the legislators who voted
for the law were "bribed with
whisky" to get their vote on other
measures.
"Such men are moral towards and
not fit to sit in legislative halls. "
Shank declared. They will drink
with you and then turn around and
vote for such a liberty killing law as
the Wright bill. II every honest
citizen gets behind a movement to
protest against such things. We will
wipe this law off the statute books
Of our State"
Makes Criminals
He declared such legislation is
making criminals Of decent citi-
zens."
Condemning the split decision of
the Supreme Court on whether or
not Congressman can legislate how
much whisky a doctor can prescribe
he said that such rulings should be
unanimous. The court decision in
favor Of the Congressman, the ma
jority opinion carrying by but one
vote.
"Now a thing is either right or
1t is not right and the court should
be unanimous in such matters, "
Shank declared.
Harry Franklin, secretary treas
urer CT the organization, reported
much interest in the movement.
Headquarters are to be established
at S33 Lemcke Bldg. Harry e. Neg
ley is president.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
SEEK MANS IDENTITY
Unidentified Person Found al
Traction Terminal.

Police today sought to learn the
identity of a man found in the Trac-
ton Terminal Station Tuesday
night. Hospital attaches said he
seemed to be under influence of a
drug and unable to talk.
In his pocket police found a tele-
gram addressed to Robert Nauch,
1858 Graham St., Louisville, KY,
stating, Come at once, no money"
and signed E. Mauch.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
CLUB DANCE PLANNED
GyrO's Annual Christmas Affair to
Be Dec. IL.

Announcement Of the Gyro Club S
annual Christmas dinner-dance, to
be held Dec. II at the Indianapolis
Athletic Club. has been made by
Clarence Blakeslee. general chair
man. He will be assisted by Ebs
Glass, Ray Fatout, Thomas Jackson
and Larry Hartman.
Prof. Frank B. Wade of Shortridge
High School addressed the regular
weekly luncheon of the club Tues
day at the Lincoln on Diamonds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
LAW REFORM SUBJECT
Bar Association Committees to
Discuss Changes in Statutes.

Changes in Indiana statutes that
will aid in. overcoming "the laws
delay" and do away with obsolete
and useless legislation will be
discussed at a melting of the COM
mittee on jurisprudence and law re-
form of the Indiana Bar Associa'
ton Saturday at the Columbia Club,
according to an announcement by
Secretary Joel Baker.
President William A. Pickens will
preside. 1t is anticipated that a
constructive program will be de-
veloped, Baker declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
Former President
of Honduras Dies

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NEW ORLEANS. La, Dec. s.
DR.. Frances Bogran, 60. former
president Of Honduras, died at his
home here late last night. DR.. 30
gran came to New Orleans last July
to undergo medical treatment for a
liver ailment. His entire time here
had been spent in bed.
He was made provisional presi-
dent OF Honduras in 1919, holding
that position about a year. He was
also a former member of the Hon
duras Legislature.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-08
AUTO VICTIM BETTER

Mrs. Lula Essex, 30, of 725 San
ders St., is improving today at Indi
ana Christian Hospital, where she
was taken Tuesday night suffering
from injuries received when struck
by an auto at 600 e. Sanders St