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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-09

Other counties also report that
the competition is keen and that
youngsters have spent hours in
the evening in drilling for the
bees. Winners of grade cham
pionships are now preparing
everywhere for the Building
Spelling Bees, which will be held
late this month.
Pupils of the fifth, sixth,
seventh and eighth grades Of the
public schools in the outlying
counties are determined to fight.
their way to county champion
ships, to State championships and
to the National Championship.
Teachers in all schools have
pledged their cooperation to
grade champions and will coach
them in the words of the Mccall
Speller for the Building Spelling
Bees, in which all grade cham
pions will compete. They have
promised to carry through with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-09
WORKMEN OVERCOME
IN GAS-FILLED CELLAR
Narrowly Escape Asphyxation When Leaky BenzoI Tank
Fills Paint Company Basement With Deadly Vapors.

ployes of the paint company, were
treated at city hospital and taken
to their homes.
Mohley hal gone into the base
ment to repair a leaky benzol tank
when he was overcome by the gas.
Ricketts,, watching through a man
hole on the sidewalk, saw Mobley
slump to the floor and Immediately
went down after him. He grew faint
before he could assist Mobley to his
feet and managed to climb ont be-
fore he became unconscious.
Throwing down rope, Harry
Bergman, 80, of 121 st. Paul ST.,
descended long enough to fasten the
rope about Mobley, then climbed out
and drew up the unconscious work
man.
Firemen answered an alarm and
Capt. George Townsend, equipped
with mask and pipeline to the sur
face, entered the basement and sue
ceeded in closing a valve to stop
the leak.
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RATE
COLLEGE AVE.
BRIDGE FUND.
Council Authorizes Bonds
for Repair of Fall Creek
Structure.
WORKS BOARD TO BUILD
Park Commission Steps
Aside as Council Acts.

City legal machinery for the re-
pair Of College Ave. bridge, slowly
slipping into Fall Creek, which was
put in motion again by city council
with passage of an ordinance pro-
viding a $4,000 bond issue, Friday
night, was temporarily throttled to-
day while City Engineer Frank C.
Lingenfelter figured out the next
step.
Although the board Of works has
passed the resolution and plans have
been drawn, actual work can not be-
gin in less than five weeks, it was
said.
Approval Of the State tax board
must be obtained before Lingen-
felter can advertise for bids on the
project. Two weeks will be required
to advertise for bids, two weeks
must pass to allow filing Of a re-
monstrance and One or two weeks
for receiving bids and awarding
the contract.
Roy G. Shaneberger, board OF
works president, said the next step
would be up to Lingenfelter.
1t was believed the park board
which had taken up the burden after
other departments had delayed, will
acquiesce to the new program.
The bridge started to fall early in
March, after former City Engineer
Chester c. Oberleas had declared it
safe. City councilmen asked that it
be closed to traffic.
The meeting Friday night at
which council authorized the bond
issue and directed board of works
to go ahead with the repairs was
called by Mayor Duvall and was the
second special council session Of the
day.
The park board recently agreed to
repair the span after consid-
cradle delay among city officials.
The council had taken previous ac-
ton in a resolution, but work on tho
span was not begun.
"The.park board is very congenial
and will step aside and allow the
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AMERICANS RELEASED
Man and Woman Freed at Pelxin
Through u. s. COnsuls Efforts.

Man and Woman Freed at Pelin
Through u. s. Consuls Efforts.
BIZ United Press
PEKIN, April 9.-Mrs. Mildred
Mitchell of San Francisco and Homo
lulu and Wilbur Burton, Columbus,
Ohio, Americans, arrested Tuesday
by Chinese police on charges of en-
gaging in Nationalist propaganda,
were released today. The United
States legation compelled the release
following the failure of the Chinese
police to take legal action to obtain
warrants.
The international situation sur
rounding raiding of the Soviet en-
bassy by Chinese police seemed calm
as replies were awaited to the en-
bassys protest to Chang Tso.Lin
against the raid and the Chinese
protest to Moscow against an al
legged Soviet plot to overthrow the
Pekin government, which Premier
wellington Koo charged was proved
by documents found in the embassy
raid. Reports that Koo had resigned
were officially denied.
Nothing of value was seized by
Chinese police in raids on Soviet
business houses at Tientsin, and no
important documents were found, it
was understood here.
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HOME SHOW SEEN
BY OVER 100000,
OFFICIALS STATE
Exposition Closes Tonight
With Out of Town ViSi-
tors Greeted.

More than 100000 persons will
have attended the sixth annual
Home Complete Exposition when the
final curtain is rung down tonight.
according to Indianapolis Real
Estate Board officials. Attendance
records of other years will be shat
tered if fair weather prevails to-
night, they predict.
Twelve Milwaukee CWis) realtors
and builders visited the show today.
The final day of the exposition
has been designated "Out-of-Town
Guest Day" and several hundred
visitors from surrounding towns
were expected.
Many exhibitors, pleased with the
success of this years event, have
reserved space for the 1928 exposl-
ton, j. Frank Cantwell, director,
said.
Committee workers in charge of
the city manager campaign booth at
the show, have been among the
busiest exhibitors" there. Their
booth has been the gathering place
of throngs and hundreds of sigma
lures have been affixed to petitions
asking a city manager election.
Exposition doors will close at
1890 tonight.
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ger were drowned early yesterday
when a Missouri, Kansas & Texas
train was derailed into Flatroclx
Creek, an eight-inch waterspout
flooded the city.
40 on Island Isolated
Big Island, in the Neosho River,
south Of st. Paul, Kan, was isolated
today by high water. The forty in
habitants of the 1,000-acre island
were completely cut Off.
Trains are running far behind time
on all lines. Washouts in many
places have disrupted regular serv-
Ice and travel is difficult.
Two wrecks occurred on the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas early yester-
day in which three were killed and
twenty-one hurt. A Missouri-Pa-
cific train was derailed near Engle-
vale last night as the result of a
washout, but no one was hurt.
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GIFT DIME
FOUND BY DEATH SCENE
Girl Dies Planning to Cheer
Mother-Youth Killed
on Bicycle.

Pink tissue paper with which to
make something for mother"
caused few minutes delay in a
little girls getting to school Friday
afternoon.
Perhaps those few minutes were
the cause Of her death, for as Mary
Alice Ruark, IA, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Ruark, 1926 S.
Delaware ST., ran happily across the
street toward a drug store on Madi-
son Ave-, she circled around one
car and was struck by another,
driven by Wallace Wood, r. r. 6.
The girl died within a few minutes
and Wood was slated on charge Of
involuntary manslaughter.
Dime Is Returned
Forty minutes later, another IA
year-old child, Robert Sellers, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Huston, 2043 E.
St., riding bicycle, was
struck by a truck, driven by Philip
Plum, Of 1916 Union St.. at State
Ave. and Washington st. Plum
was also slated for involuntary man.
when the boy died after
reaching city hospital.
The little girl victim was a pupil
at School 80.
"She was bright and happy when
she came home for lunch," said Mrs.
Ruark. "'I want a dime, mother,
I'm going to get some pink tissue
paper and make something for you
at school," she said, all eagerness.
Then she went away, my little girl.
When 1 saw her again she was
dead. Later, some one brought me
the coin that had been struck from
her poor little hand"
Pet Cat ''KnOws"
A white cat, Jack, Mary Alice's
boon companion, circles disconsolate-
ly around the rooms of the Ruark
home.
Every night Jack slept by Mary
Alice" the child's mother explained.
II think he knows something is
wrong"
The Sellers boy, whose family
came to Indianapolis from Lakeland,
Fla, two weeks ago, expected to
enter Technical High School next
His brother. John, 16, was
riding few feet behind him when
he was struck.
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CITY, CHAMBER
JOIN IN PLANS
Officials Pledge Cooperation
on Improvement Plans.

Mayor Duvall has accepted the Of
fer Of William Fortune, chairman
Of the Chamber of Commerce civic
affairs committee, to cooperate with
the Chamber in making plans for
future city improvements.
In letter to Mayor Duvall, For
tune pointed out that a number of
city departments have proposed i'm
provement programs involving the
expenditure of several million dol
lars.
IAN unorganized program Of ex-
penditure will endanger later prof.
ects that may be vitally necessary" /"
Fortune said.
In accepting the offer Duvall ex-
pressed appreciation and asserted
that "every assistance would be
given the Chamber of Commerce in
its investigation and study Of the
situation"
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FINAL DRIVE.
FOR S|GNERS
TO PETITION
City Manager Campaign
Workers Drive for Neces- I
Sary Signatures.
CLOSE RECORDS TONIGHT
Sound Last Minute Appeal
for More Petitioners.

City manager campaign leaders
devoted their energy today toward
getting all of the signed petitions
for special election back to head
quarters in time for filing with the
city clerk by Monday, the last day,
They urged workers who are cir
culating petitions to bring them to
headquarters, $40 Illinois Bldg, not
later than tonight Headquarters
will be kept open until midnight.
Campaign leaders will be at head.
quarters at all hours to answer ques-
tions. The telephone number is
MA in 22S7.
To Make Count
The leaders desire all petitions in
tonight so the total names may be
counted. There must be 1875 bona
tide voters names on the petition in
order to compel the calling Of the
special election this summer upon
whether the manager form shall be
adopted
If the petitions are short of the
required number of names a small
army Of workers is available to comb
the city Sunday for the additional
signatures required.
To insure plenty of names
churches will be canvassed Sunday
morning, no matter how many
signatures are found in the
tabulation tonight.
Industries Report
Petitions bearing more than 1,1OO
names were received from Eli Lilly
& Co employees. Esterline- Angus
Company workers turned in more
than 500 names. Many other in
dustrial plants remain to be heard
from.
Twenty Butler co.e Is, members of
the Young Women's Voters League,
who combed 1rvington for signers,
will work from headquarters today
finishing certain sections of the city.
Headquarters also will be open all
day Sunday to receive petitions.
Canvass Buildings
Apartment buildings and down
town office buildings were canvassed
today.
Campaign leaders said that the re-
markable success in securing sigma
lures in the brief two weeks the
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SPEED WORK ON
STREET REPAIRS
Three More Gangs Go on Job
Under Contract Monday.

Three additional gangs of work.
men will begin Monday repairing city
streets under contract with the In
diana Asphalt Company. Assistant
City Engineer Arthur Haufler said
today.
The new force will work on w.
Washington, Michigan and New York
SITS. and cross streets, while two
gangs of city workmen will continue
work on downtown north side streets.
Hauler said the east side streets
are in good condition and the SIS 900
gas tax fund appropriated by the city
council Friday night with $35, 900
from last year will enable the de-
partment to put streets in good con-
dition in six weeks.
Indiana Ave. and main arteries
will be put in shape before the ar
rival of Speedway crowds, Haufler.
declared.
Park Engineer J. e. Perry said
boulevards will be treated with oil
as the weather permits. About
100000 gallons of oil will be used
on gravel boulevards.
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Mrs. Case May Keep
Auto, Court Rules

Criminal Court Judge James A.
Collins today permitted Mrs. Minnie
May Case, 1915 Ruckle ST., wife of
Elmer Case, alleged North Side So
ciety bootlegger, to retain her Stutz
automobile. The car was placed un-
der 81 900 bond after Case was ar
rested hauling booze in it last No
vember.
Prosecutor William II. Remy at
tempted to have the car confiscated
on the ground that it belonged to
Case, but was merely transferred to
his wife's name for protection"
Mrs. Case told Collins she bought
the car with money she had inheri-
ted"
Case is on suspended sentence of
one to two years on the liquor
charge in which the car was ins
volved.
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PARENTS
SEPARATE
ELOPERS
But Girl, 16, Refuses to Con-
sent to Wedding AnnuI-
ment.

Shattered romance of an eloping
couple is to be written into the rec
ords of the county courts if parental
determination wins.
1t will be a suit to annul the mar
riage of Everett Whalen, 20, of SIG
Hovey St., and Bertha Earlywine,
16, Broad Ripple school girl, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Earlywiner
4216 Baltimore Ave. They eloped to
Lebanon Friday.
The youthful lovers were separated
Friday night by Bertha's father and
an escort of two policemen.
Using Persuasion
"We are using persuasion to show
Bertha that she must agree to an
nulment proceedings. If she per-
sists in her determination to oppose,
we will annul the marriage against
her WISH" her parents declared.
There's just no use," declared
Bertha. ''I love Everett and he
loves me. I'm trying to see this the
way my parents want me to do, but
1 just know I can't"
Bertha left home for school Fri
day morning. But arrangements
for the elopement had been made.
A girl friend had taken charge of a
bundle of Bertha's clothing, dropped
from the Earlwine window Thurs
day evening. Bertha met young
Whalen and they went to Lebanon
by auto and were married.
"Then we came back to Indian
apolis and went to where Everett
boards on Hovey St." Bertha
sobbed. "Afterward, the two police
men and father came, and they made
me leave Everett there and come
home. It's terrible. I'll never get
over it. 1 love him and I can't give
him up"
But Bertha's parents think differ
emily. Wen give her until Mon
day to see this right" they said.
1--WE don't want to be cruel, but
there's too much foolish marrying
and divorcing among the young folks
howadays.> We want to save our
girl from this, with her consent, if
possible"
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CrawLs Under Auto;
Leg Broken

Albert Nahmias, s, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. David Nahmias,
1925 s. Illinois ST., received a
fractured right leg today when
he crawled under an auto
parked in front of his home
after ball. The driver re-
entered the auto and started
away and a back wheel passed
over the boys legs.
Ernest Pasch, 1853 Ringgold
ST., the driver, was held blame
less. He said he stopped as
soon as he heard a scream from
Maurice Nahmias, 6, brother of
the injured boy, who was play
ing near by. When the lads
mother objected to his being
taken to the city hospital, the
ambulance doctor reset the leg
at the home.
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ONE VOTE SPARED
COOLIDGE ATTACK
Report Describes Anti-Sa-
loon League Move.

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, April 9.-The ex.
ecutive committee of the Anti
Saloon League failed only by a vote
of five to four late in 1925 to censure
President Coolidge and the admin
istration for "misfeasance and NAL
feasance" in administering the Vol
stead law, according to a statement
by the Association Against the Pro-
hibition amendment here today. Ac-
cording to the statement, E. S. Shu-
maker, superintendent Of the Indi-
ana Anti-Saloon League was men,
ber of the board at the time and
voted against public release Of the
censure. The meeting was described
as being held in the Sherman Hotel,
Chicago, Sunday, Nov. s, 1925.
Although failing to make public
the censure. the executive committee
sent rather curt" letter to Cool
idge, warning him that no slackness
in prohibition enforcement woul1
be tolerated.
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Enthusiasm abundant!

That's what the newspapers
and school officials in eight cen
trail Indiana counties, cooperating
with the indianapolis Times, have
to say about the interest Of pu-
pills in the State Spelling Bee.
And that's what the teachers
have been saying for two weeks
about the Spelling Bee in the In
dianapolis schools.
But Indianapolis pupils are not
outdoing the boys and girls of the
public schools of Johnson.
Shelby Bartholomew, Brown, De-
catur, Wells, Hamilton and Madi-
son counties.
While the ties are being spelled
off Monday in the local class
rooms, boys and girls who have
tied for honors in the schools Of
these other counties also will be
battling with words for the
grade championships. Some
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-09
Socco and Vanzetti
Sentenced to Die

BIZ United Press
DEDHAM, Mass, April 9.-Sombre
and stolid, Nicola Sacco and Bartolo-
meo Vanzetti returned today to the
drab county courthouse where they
were convicted of murder in 1921 and
heard the dread death sentences
which they had evaded through an
amazing six-year legal fight.
With sympathizers of the two
barred from the courtroom, standing
in silent protest outside. the two for
mer mill workers were sentenced by
Judge Webster Thatcher to pay the
extreme penalty in the electric chair
at Charlston State prison during the
week of July 10.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-09
LAUNCH WOOLLEN BOOM
Democratic Leaders Meet Here to
Push Banker for Presidency.

Former Senator Thomas Taggart,
Meredith Nicholson, National Com
mitteeman Charles Greathouse,
County Chairman Leroy j. Keach
and District Chairman Charles Well
ivr were among Democratic leaders
who met here today to launch a
boom for the candidacy of Evans
Woollen, Fletcher Savings and Trust
Company president, for Democratic
nominee for the presidency in 1928.
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FOLTZ PLEA is DENIED
New Trial Refused for Man Con-
victed on Mansliughter Charge.

Special Criminal Court Judge FIRE.
mont Afford tdoay overruled a mo-
ton for a new trial for Grover Foltz,
80, found guilty of manslaughter
two weeks ago for the fatal shoot
ing Of Malcolm Grayson, 80.
Testimony showed that Folz shot
Grayson when he returned to his
home, 22S e. Wyoming ST., Nov. Is,
and found his wife, Mrs. Ruth Foltz,
80, in Grayson's arms.
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ARREST EX-P0LICEMAN
Spillman, Who Quit Under Fire,
Faces Charge of Girl.

Leslie Spillman, 25, of 1924 N.
Olney ST., policeman who resigned
Wednesday after being absent with
out leave, was arrested late Friday
on charges Of assault and battery.
Police today sought William Coop
er, $50 E. Washington St., on the
same charge and on additional
charges of impersonating an officer
and profanity.
Warrants for the arrests were
signed by Miss Florence Robert. 1246
S. Sheffield Ave. She alleged they
threatened her with arrest, pulled
her from an auto in which she was
riding with another man at Illinois
and Ohio Sts.. last Monday night
and drove her about the city for
several hours before taking her to
her home. ~ ,4k
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AL Smith Replies

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, April Ex-Governor
AL Smiths Statement of faith" in
reply to a request for reconciliation
of his Roman Catholic Church men,
bership with the position he wuold
occupy if he were elected President
of the United States, today was in
the hands Of the Atlantic Monthly,
to be published April 25.
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TUo SaUe Marines
Special Train

BIZ United Press
WALNUT, Kas., April o.
United States marines, en- route
to China, were saved from pos
sible deathi and injury yesters
day by two Walnut men.
Sam Plum, So. a farmer,
waded the raging Little Walnut
Creek to flag the oncoming
military train. At the same
time, L. b. Carlos, Missouri.
Kansas & Texas railroad agent
at Walnut. ran for half mile
to give the danger signal.
The engineer of the marine
special halted the locomotive
within a few feet of washout.
Otherwise the train would have
gone into the stream.
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The workmen narrowly escaped
asphyxiation from benzol at the
Indianapolis Paint and Color Com
pany, 640-644 N. Capitol Ave, today
when one staggered out Of the gas
filled basement after a futile at
tempt to rescue his companion and
the second was hauled out through
q manhole in the sidewalk.
The men. John Mobley, 40, of 71S
N. Delaware ST., and w. a. Rick
etts, SO, of 730 Iowa St, both en-
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BU Inlt6n PFeSS
WASHINGTON, April "a spe-
cial police guard, it developed today,
is being maintained at the State De-
partment as a protection against
possible demonstrations in connec-
ton with the Sacco-Vanzetti case.
This precaution was begun Tuesday
night, though Secretary of State
Kellogg's Office today denied Kel-
logg had personally requested the
extra guards.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-09
FREE GARAGE RECEIVER
Montgomery STrrenders Control Of
Alabama-Market Firm.

Release Of George H. Montgomery,
real estate man. as receiver for the
Alabama and Market Garage Com
pany, 325 E. Market St., was COM
pleted in Superior Court Onestoday.
Montgomery reported to the court
that he was ready to return the as
sets to the corporation.
Receivership suit was filed April 4
by Ralph w. Carlson, firm official.
who charged mismanagement by
others. Wilbur Quellhorst, another
official, bought Carlsons interest in
the company, it was announced.
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Run One Man Cars

Oneman street cars were started
on the Shelby st. line by the Indi-
annapolis Street Car Company today.
The company has rebuilt num-
Der Of cars with automatic SAFETY
and door controls especially for this
Service,
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WAGE SESSION MONDAY
Contractors and Building Trades
VIII Renew Negotiations.

Representatives Of contractors and
the Marion County Building Trades
Council are to meet Monday to con-
slider further a proposed wage scale
agreement to provide a wage in ac-
cordance with living costs.
1t is said details of the plan have
not been worked out between the
union representatives and employ
ers. The present scale. agreement ex-
pired April 1, but several trades con-
tinued work pending settlement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-09
iNDORSE PARK PLANS
Plan COMMISSIONS Proposal Ap-
proved by Fairview Organizations.

The F'airview-Butler Civic Associ-
alton and the Fairview Mems Club
adopted resolutions Friday night at
Fairview Presbyterian Church in
dorsing the City Plan Commissions
proposal to develop 120-acre park
between White River and the canal
north of Fifty-Sixth st. to War
fleigh.
City Plan Commission President
Gustav G. Schmidt spoke for the
project. Part of the land is owned
by DR.. II. II. Wheeler, who petitioned
to plat it in small lots.