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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
SACCO JOINS IN
HUNGER STRIKE
Vanzetti Only Drinks Cot
fee; Companion Declines.

BIZ United Press
BOSTON, July 18.-Mystery in the
reported hunger strike by Bartolo-
meo Vanzetti was increased to-day
when Nicola Sacco, his alleged COM
rade in crime, refused to eat break
fast.
Vanzetti drank cup of coffee,
but left untouched the solid food
that was brought to his cell at the
State prison. where he and Sacco
are scheduled to die. in the electric
chair, Aug 10, for two murders COM
mitted seven years ago.
Sacco declined even the coffee.
Previously, prison officials had de-
MED rumors that Vanzetti was ON a
hunger strike, while the Sacco-Van-
zetti defense committee had issued
astatement insisting that Vanzetti
was taking no nourishment..
IT do not know whether there is
any hunger strike" Warden William
Hendry said today. Perhaps they
have told their lawyer"
William G. Thompson. counsel for
Sacco and Vanzetti, had no comment
to make.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
STATE EXPORTS DROP
Decrease of $663,295 Is
Shown for Quarter.

Exports of merchandise from In
diana during the first three months
of 1927 were valued at $16,579, 1927
compared with 7,243, 1872 during the
corresponding period of 1926, de-
crease of $663, 1895, according to fig
ures made public today by the De-
partment of Commerce.
Passenger automobiles valued at
S3,095,773 we're first in order of i'm
portance. Shipments of lard to
overseas markets we're valued at
81 $3.50, $40 followed in order by parts
of automobiles. except tires. $1,034,-
1884; hams and shoulders, $4,000:
iron and steel plates, sheets and
strips, $707 ,240; and automobile
service appliances. $664,755.
Animals, tools. motor trucks,
chemicals, musical instruments,
cornstarch, sausage castings, silk
hosiery, parafin wax, harvesting
machinery, railway cars, paper,
wheat flour, and glass products were
included in the individual commodi-
ties exported from the State.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
|. u. WILL INVITE
STATE BOY SCOUTS
Tickets to Be Issued for Michigan
Football Game

Tickets to Be Issued for Michigan
Football Game
By United Press
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, July 49,
Every Boy Scout in the State will
receive an invitation from Indiana
University to be its guest at the
Michigan State-Indiana football
game this fall in Memorial stadium
here. Free tickets will be ISSUED to
them, and nothing will be Gndone to
make their visit here one to be long
remembered.
Motor caravans will be organized
over the State. The Indiana Uni
versity band of 100 pieces will be on
deck to provide scout marches.
Tours of the campus and other
points of interest will be conducted.
The Michigan State game comes
on Nov. 5, a week after the Indiana
eleven returns from Harvard.
The celebration has the approval
of the regional council headquarters
of Boy Scouts, and also of Walter
Kiplinger, regional executive at
Chicago,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
d OI NO, I0AI -
A|RPLANES MAY
LAND ON union
STATION ROOF
Paul H. Moore Predicts City
Will Have Downtown
Flying Terminal.

A downtown landing field" in In
dianapolis in ten years is predicted
today by Paul H. Moore, 1ndlanapo-
lis Airport Corporation secretary.
"rt is believed Within the next five
or ten years commercial aviation
will be developed to such degree
that we will have a landing Held
or platform built over some portion
of the downtown district, probably
over the Union Station and sur
rounding tracks, where passengers
and mail will be handled. The pres
emit airport would be used only for
shops and storage of planes" Moore
said in an article in Activities.
Aviation Issue
Activities, Chamber Of Com
MERGE magazine edited by Morris G.
Young, devoted the entire July issue
to promotion of aviation.
Moore said in part:
"There is no reason why Indian
apolis should not be one of the larg-
est air centers Of the United States
Our location very near the center OF
the United States means that a
large proportion of future air routes
will come within few miles of this
city.
However, with no proper landing
facilities, it will not become neces-
sary for planes to stop here. They
can very easily land in surrounding
cities. such as Columbus, Cincinnati
or Louisville.
1--WE are located within thirty
hour ride, by rail, of eighty -flve per
cent of the population of the United
States, and with air transportation
this time can be reduced to fifteen
hours or less.
Must Compete
"Tf we expect to compete with
other cities and maintain or in
crease this figure. we must have air
TRANSFORMATION, as many passengers
will travel by air within the next
few years.
"Air mail now is taken In five
hours from Indianapolis to Chicago
by rail. while with an air mail route
through indianapolis, this time
would be reduced to two hours.
eff we do not continue interest
in commercial aviation, other pro-
gressive nearby cities will take
advantage of the situation, and In
dianapolis will find itself entirely
of future routes"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
POSTMASTERS
HERE TUESDAY
Four Hundred Visitors At
tend State Convention.

Last minute arrangements for
entertainment and reception of
from 400 to 500 visitors Tuesday on
the opening of the new Tri-State
Postmasters' convention here we're
being made today by Chairman
Robert H. Bryson, Indianapolis
postmaster, and other members of
the local committee.
All sessions of the three-day con-
vention will be held in the Clay
pool hotel.
Harry S. New, Postmaster Gen
eral, will deliver the feature address
of the convention at the annual
banquet at $50 o'clock Wednesday
evening. Second Assistant Post
master General Glover will speak
also.
Postmasters from all parts Of In
diana, Ohio and Kentucky will be
present at the convention.
Members of the entertainment
committee of the local postoffice
are: Robert H. Bryson, chairman;
Fred r. Ewing, H. P. Willoughby,
Thomas j. Jackson, E. w. Showal-
ter, E. r. BARLEY, Charles F. Porter,
James ]. Patched, L. w. Otto, A. S,
Hess. William H. Jones. Harry w.
Baals, DR.. M. A. Schutt.
This committee has arranged sew
the visitors, including a matinee
party for the ladies at the new In
diana Theater Wednesday after
noon, and an automobile ride
through the residential district of
indianapolis and to the Indianapo-
lis Motor Speedway for the ladies
Thursday morning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
DEFERS DEATH PENALTY
Negro Slayer Granted Respite by
Governor Jackson.

A reprieve has been granted WAL
lace McCutcheon, IS. indianapolis
Negro, sentenced to die at the In
diana State Prison. July 20.
Governor Jackson granted the
respite following filing Of a petition
for clemency by E. Louis Moore.
Negro attorney. The petition will
be turned over to the prison trus-
tees, July %. It asks that a SAM
ity commission be appointed to ex-
anime the youth and that sentence
be changed from death to life Inn
prisonment. McCutcheon was SEM
fenced in Marion County Criminal
Court for the hold-up and murder.
of John Ward.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
BUTLER STAFF Il
FOR RELIGION 1
SCHOOL NAMED
New Heads of Departments
Are Widely Known in
Mission Work. !

Virtual completion Of the faculty
of the school OF religion OF Butler
University for the next school year.
beginning in September, was an
nounced today.
Teachers and special lecturers will
be:
Robert Judson Alley, Phi. D., LID,
president; Frederick d. Kershner,
M. A., LID, dean and professor OF
Christian doctrine; Bruce l.. Kersh-
ner. M. A., professor Of the New
Testament; G. l. Hoover, B. b..
A. M, professor Of practical the
ology: Rabbi M. M. Feuerlicht. A.
B., B. H. L., professor Of semitics;
Talbert F. Reavis, M. A., professor
of church history; Everard r. Moon.
B. D., A. NJ. d. D., professor OF
missions; william +. Bacon, B. D..
instructor in the Old Testament and
semitics; Allena Grafton. M. A., in
structor in religious education and
church secretarial training.
Shullenberger Lectures
DR.. w. A. Shullenberger will lee
ture in the department Of practical
theology. DR.. Thomas w. Grafton
also will lecture in this department.
DR.. Grafton will be chaplain and
student adviser. Associate Profess
sor H. p. Armstrong is on leave OF
absence to finish work for the de-
gree of doctor Of philosophy at the
University of Chicago.
Among special lecturers will be
DR.. ]. Ross Stevenson, president OF
Princeton Theological Seminary;
Dean Walter S. Athearn, of Boston
University; DR.. Arthur Holmes, I
the University Of Pennsylvania; DR..
B. A. Abbott. of st. Louis, editor Of
the Christian Evangelist; and Dr.
P. H. Welshimer. of Canton, Ohio.
pastor of the largest congregation
of the Disciples Of Christ.
Many New Courses
Numerous new courses including
the history of religions, religious
anthropology. history of missions.
science of Latin America. religious
expression, and seminars in the re-
ligions of Africa, Latin America, the.
philosophy Of Immortality and
others.
New heads OF departments ara
widely known missionary vorkera.
Professor Reavis was for twelve
years in Buenos Aires as a mission
airy in the Argentine. He studied in
the University 81 Buenos Aires.
leading to the degree Of Doctor Of
Philosophy, and will receive this de-,
gree from Indiana University in a
few months.
Two Floors Leased
Professor Moon has been a men,
Der of the faculty OF the College Of
Missions for the last three years.
He was in the Congo mission field
for fifteen years and has acquired
distinction as a preacher and
teacher.
The college has leased the first
and second floors of the College OF
Missions building. 222 Downey Ave.
for It's work during the coming year,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
Missing Boys Mothers
Pray Search VIII Fail
MRS. LAURA DRAPER
FUNERAL is PLANNED
Services to Be Held Wednesday
From Residence.

Services to Be Held Wednesday
From Residence.
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura
DRAPER. 2506 N. Capitol Ave. who
died Sunday afternoon at st. Fran
els Hospital on her fifty third BIRTH
day, will be held Wednesday at
p. m. from the residence. Burial
Wal be in Memorial Park Cemetery
Mrs. DRAPER was the widow of
William II. DRAPER, who died in
1914.
The only surviving relative is a
son, Lawrence w. DRAPER, monarch
of Sahara Grotto.
Mrs. DRAPER was a trustee of the
Ladies Auxiliary to Sahara Grotto,
and member of University Place
Baptist Church. which merged with
the First Baptist Church several
years ago. She had lived in Indian
apolis twenty years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
WanderIust Called Two
Away, Women Want
to Believe.
BY BERT DENNY

In the hearts OF two south side
mothers today the hope that
springs eternal in the human
breast" intermingled with the sor-
row that comes to sthose who feel
tragedy lurking near by.
And as police dragnets covered the
water of White River where they in
tersect with Pleasant Run, both
women, Mrs. George Roberts, 523 S.
Senate Ave, and Mrs. Bessie Petero,
1142 S. Illinois ST., hoped that the
bodies of their boys would not be
found in the swirling waters.
Hope Boys Ran Away"
They want to bedlieve that George
White, Mrs. Roberts son, and Bud
Petero have merely answered the
call of wanderlust and gone some
place"
The two boys disappeared from
their homes last Thursday, Subse-
quently Georges bicycle, shoes, shirt
and sox we're found on the bank
of the river, near where police are
dragging.
Mrs. Petero doesn't know what to
think about the whole affair"
1.-The last time 1 saw Bud was on
Thursday morning" she said. HE
didn't say anything to me then
about going any place. Everything
seems queer. They say he will be
found in the river. Somehow or
other I can't believe it. I hope
they have just gone away for while
and are not drowned"
One Mother Loses Hope
Mrs. Roberts believes differently.
Almost forlorn in her hope that he
isn't dead, she believes that George
will be found in the river.
Looks to me like the little fellow
Bud was IL and George 17-got
into the water and called to George
for help. Seems like George threw
off the part of his clothes that he
had to to swim and then jumped
in to help him. I wish I could be-
lieve that George is alive. Bit
somehow or other I just can't. OF
course, I'm hoping-thougt it seems
like hoping against 1ope-that
they've gone away for while"
Once last year, in August, George
went away for three days TO Louis
vile, without telling his mother he
was going. "But he did indicate
he was going" Mrs Roberts said,
though he didn't tell me the exact
day he would leave.
Then about a month ago he
went away again to Louisville, but
told me he was going. think now
that the two were just out prowl-
ing around, like boys will, and they
both drowned.
Il know George would have told
me if he intended going any place.
Meanwhile police dragged the
river. It was thought that the
bodies, if the boys have drowned
would have been in the water long
enough to rise of their own accord
today. However, police feared that
the current may have carried them
far down the river.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
RULES PROPHETS PURSE
Raymond Murray Made Chairman
of Financial Committee.

Raymond F. Murray, 2422 Belle
fontaine ST., past monarch of Sa-
hara Grotto of indianapolis and
president of the, Indiana State
Grotto Association, has been Nap
pointed chairman of the finance
committee of the supreme council
of the Mystic Order, Yelled Prophets
the Enchanted Realm.
Murray will succeed Otto F. Hill
debrandt, Rock Island, Ill, who was
elected to the supreme line as grand
venerable prophet at the recent
Cleveland meeting. Murray was
chairman of the neurology commit
tee in 1923 and judge advocate in
1924. He has been a member OF
the finance committee since 1925.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
five AWARDED
HOME SITES IN
ESSAY CONTEST
Robert A. Butler Wins First
Prize; Next Prizes for
Students.

Five Indianapolis men will receive
home building sites as rewards for
essays upon What Forms the Basis
for the Present Prosperity Of In
dianapolis." g.
Newspaper men acting as judges
for the Indianapolis Real Estate
Board, which offered the lots as
prizes in the first of four essay con-
tests selected winners as follows:
Robert A. Butler, 1928 Ruckle ST.,
first; w. G. Fitzgibbon, 1907 College
Ave-, second; Claude H. Anderson,
IA N. Irvington Ave-, third; Frank
Iacobelli, 1882 N. Tacoma Ave-,
fourth, and Arthur Houdyshell,
6040 College Ave, fifth.
Next for High School Pupils
The next contest closes July %
and is limited to high school pupils
of Marion County who will write
upon Why I Want My Parents to
Own a Home"
The essay with which Iacobelli
won fourth prize:
Indianapolis city whose de-
velopment has been so steady, and
at the same time SO solid and per-
mament. must have some under
lying reason for its rise to prosper
ity. some cause for the solid foun-
dations upon which it is laid, some
motive for its right to that title
mo Mean City,"
Home Owners Build City
Certain individuals, certain bust
ness houses and long established
industries whose intelligent and sin
cere interest in the affairs of our
city have won the highest approval
Of many citizens have indeed con-
tributed greatly to the prosperity
of our Hoosier capital.
But the honor of placing Indian
apolis in its present thriving posi-
ton must rest on the shoulders OF
others. These Others are the home
owning citizens of this city, a city
in which they have and always have
had unbounded faith. Their un-
varying trust in Indianapolis has
made possible the securing of new
industries and the conservation ano
developing of the present industries
Typical Hoosier City
The buying power. the thrift. the
industry, the responsibility, and the
reliability of the aforesaid citizen;
have made the cost of living in In.
dianapolis substantially lower with.
out disturbing the solidity of oul
economic condition. The cooperative
enterprise of the home-owners ha:
also made this city dynamic with
opportunities for everyone.
In short, this particular group o.
home owners and home lbvers have
made Indianapolis what it is
typical of the progress of the
Hoosier State; industrially. socially
center of the State of Indiana.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
GUARDS FUNERAL SET
Mayes r. Taylor to Be Buried Tues.
day Afternoon.

Funeral services will be conducted
at 2. Tuesday afternoon at the home
Of a brother, G. o. Taylor, of 1884
Kenwood Ave-, for Mayes r. Taylor,
SO, Indiana Reformatory guard, who
died Saturday at st. Vincent's Hos
pital. He was member of the
Masonic Lodge.
Surviving him are two daughters,
Mrs. Howard Sallee of Ft. Ben
jamin Harrison. and Mrs. Audrey
Byerley of Marengo, and three
brothers, o. D. Taylor of Indianapo-
lis, Clarence Taylor Of Alexandria
and II. T. Taylor of Princeton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
WINS 226 CONVICTIONS
U. S. District Attorney Ward Re-
ports on Years Work.

ports on Years Work.
Albert Ward, United States dis
trict attorney, and his assistants,
Alexander G. Cavins and william
Mitchell, obtained 226 convictions,
twenty-six by jury trials and 200 by
pleas of guilty, in Federal Court dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 30,
their report shows.
The reports shows 1873 criminal
cases are pending, 1913 cases were on
hand when the year started and
279 were started during the year.
Fines assessed amounted to $43,-
20064, collections reaching $751;
71116. Prohibition fines repre-
sented s29,7O0, narcotic fines $1,000
and postal law violations $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
GEORGE sICKFORD DEAD
Veteran Indianapolis Musician Ia
Be Buried Tuesday.

George A. Sickford, IS, of Al N.
Taub Ave-, active in musical circles
for many years, died Saturday at
his home. Funeral services will be
held at the home of William Peters,
of 102 N. Taub Ave-, Tuesday at
2 p. m. Burial will be in Crown
Hill cemtery.
Mr.. Sickford had lived in Indian
apolis forty years, organizing the
Ringbold band, operating a jewelry
and musical instrument store for
years and later engaging in the pat
tern making business. He was a
member of the Masons. Saraha
Grotto, Moose and Maccabee lodges,
and the German Luthern Church.
A son, Harry Sickford. survives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
HORNADAY FUNERAL IS
TO BE HELD TUESDAY
Former Overseer in Street Building
Deuartment Died Saturday.

Former Overseer in Street Building
Department Died Saturday.
Funeral services will be held at
10 a. m. Tuesday at Undertakes
Service Company parlors, 2243 N.
Meridian ST., for Sanford W. Horn
aday. 80, of % S. State Ave, who
died Saturday at city hospital.
Mr.. Hornaday spent the early
part of his life on farm near
ClermontD moving later to Indian
aooiis. He We f" "79''- years
overseer in the street building de-
partment. .Ac 1~a =. r--,'.s9~l Oh
the Unitarian Church.
Survivors include a son, Ered
. Hornaday, of Oklahoma City, Okla;
a daughter, Mrs. Esther Harlan OF
Monroe, La; two brothers, Col w.
H. Hornaday of the Veterans Home,
California, and M. G. Hornaday OF
Memphis, and two sisters, Mrs. A. N.
Miller of Clermont and Mrs. Lilly
Pollard of California. Mrs. Horna-
day died nearly fifteen years ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
SO YEARS, AND DIVORCE

By Times Special
JEFFERSONvILLE, Ind, July 10.
Separated from her husband
thirty-nine years ago, Mrs. Mary J.
Peters has sued for divorce from
Andrew Peters.
The wife sets out In her COM
plant that she and Peters were
married Aug. IS. 1884, and that four
years later he left her and she has
not seen nor heard from him since.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18

This is the check given to Mrs Wheatcraft.
On the face, in the handwriting of Mrs.
Wheatcraft, is a notation showing its pur-
pose. The signature is not that of Stephen
son, but of Fred o. Butler, who had power
to sign Stephensons name. The indorse-
ments carry the check to the possession of
Daley Mccoy. then secretary of the Repub-
agent by appointment of Jackson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
OLD RESIDENT BURIED
Mrs. BEETLE Z. Cox Had Lived Here
Many Years

Funeral services for Mrs. Bette
E. Cox, co. one of the oldest resi-
dents of the city, were held at 1890
Monday morning at Flanner g.
Buchanan funeral parlors.
Mrs. Cox died Friday afternoon
For many years she had resided
with her son, Arthur T. Cox, at 3161
Washington Blvd.
Burial was in Crown Hill
cemetery.
Besides her son, Mrs. Cox is sur
vived by two daughters, Mrs. o. w.
Pierce of Los Angeles, Cal, and Mrs.
James H. Mahoney of Memphis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
PEKIN CENsoRs RIGID

By United Press
TOXIC, July 18.-Travelers arriv-
ing at Toxic from Pekin today re-
ported that barriers on communica-
ton from that city were practically
impossible
A severe censorship is imposed
and everything considered unfavor-
able to the Mukden government is
taboo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
TRAIL CANDY THIEVES

Police Find Footprints on Roof
After Robbery.
A, barefoot boy thief and a COM
panion wearing rubber shoes. be-
lieved to have burglarized the Ham,
ilton- Harris Tobacco Company, 284
S. Senate Ave, last weekend, we're
sought by police today. Footprints
on the roof were found by police.
Candy and SCI we're taken.
Tools stolen from the Gordon
Furniture Company, $50 S. Senate
Ave, were used to enter the tobacco
building.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
Pay in Poultry

BIZ Times Special
LAPORTE, Ind, July 49,
Rev, M. G. Long, pastor of the
First Christian church here,
has taken a part time job for
which the weekly pay is a hen
ard five dozen eggs. The Chris
tan church at Sauktown was
short of money, but members
had plenty of poultry, so the
bargain was struck for one SER
mon a week by Rev. Long.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
CHARGE PURSE STOLEN

Two Youths Held; Claim to Be on
Way to Join Army.
Two youths who claimed to be on
their way to join the Army tarried
long enough at Sherman DR.. and
Massachusetts, Ave-, according to
police, to snatch a purse from a
parked auto belonging to Virgil
Piatt, 1401 Hoyt Ave, Saturday
night.
Motorpolicemen Mueller and
Robson, arrested John Barrett, IS,
Canton, Ohio, and Joe O'Brien, 10,
Toledo, Ohio, after chase of sew
eral blocks. They were slated on
charges OF vagrancy and petit lar
cenV
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
YEeGs GET $3.50 LOOT

Two South Bend Business Places
Lose.
81 United Press
= SOUTH BEND, Ind, July 49,
Police are investigating two safe
robberies> discovered early today
when employees of the victimized
business houses arrived for work.
A cafeteria here was entered by
burglars who smashed the combina-
ton of the safe and escaped with
$780,.
A gasoline filling station safe was
rifled of $3.50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-18
CHARGE INTENT TO KILL
Pair Claim Man Shot at Them on
Street.

Clay Sanders, "a, of 246 N. RichS
land ST., is in city prison charged
with shooting with intent to kill.
Sanders was brought to police head
quarters by w. S. Campton, 1923
Charles ST., and Frank Thomas, 1845
S. State Ave, Sunday night
Sanders approached them in front
of a soft drink parlor and fired at
them, they told police. Campton
hurled a pop bottle at him and, with
the help of Thomas, captured San
edrs after a chase.