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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
WORLD WAR
AIM, CHARGE
BY RUSSIAN
Premier Rykoff Cites Pow
erS' Consent to Raid
on Embassy.

BH OHited Press
MOSCOW, April 11.-Soviet Rus
sia will retain consular contact with
the northern Chinese government
despite Withdrawal of her embassy
staff from Pekin, it was emphasized
here today after an impressive
speech by Premier Rykoff charging
that the powers were attempting to
foment new world war.
The Soviet government took pains
not to refer to any rupture" in its
note to the Chinese mission here, an
nouncing that the Russian charge
d'affaires in Pellin, head of the en-
bassy in the absence of the ambassa-
dor, had been recalled.
1t was made clear that the soviet
government regarded the raid on the
Embassy at Pekin and picketing of
the Shanghai consulate on orders of
the municipal police as deliberate at
tempts by the powers to provoke
Russia into a war
Although the, Embassy staff will
be withdrawn, consulate staffs in
various Chimes cities will remain on
duty. it was announced.
Addressing 1900 delegates to the
provincial Congress of soviets, Ry-
koff charged insults had been de-
liberately offered the soviet govern.
lnent. He referred to the recent raid
in the soviet embassy at Pekin, as
'an unprecedented phenomenon, un-
paralleled in the history of the rela
tons Of friendly states
\ 1T is especially peculiar that all
Bthe raids were made with the CO.
operation of the diplomatic corps,
he said.
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BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, April 11.-A riveter,
perched atop an embryo skyscraper
in noisy Manhattan today, listened
to the soul.wrenching clatter of his
trade, grinned appreciatively, spat
into space and remarked to his COM
panion:
"We artists are getting appreci-
ated at last"
He referred to the formal apotheo-
sis of the machine age in Carnegie
Hall last night, where three thou
sand persons heard the ultimate in
cubist music-George Antheil's Bal
let Mechanique"
A score Of men and women sat on
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
Sacco-Vonzetti Case
Probe to Be Asked
BV United Press

BV United Press
BOSTON, Mass. April 11.-Fight-
ing against time, the Sacco-Vanzetti
defense committee today was pre-
pairing to petition Governor Fuller
to appoint a special commission for
an impartial investigation of the
case that has aroused interest on
three continents.
Such an investigation. the com.
mittee believed, would produce facts
that would save the lives of Nicola
Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. who
Saturday were sentenced to die in
the electric chair during the week of
July 10 for double murder com.
mitted nearly seven years ago.
A resolution to provide for a COM
mission to examine and review all
proceedings of the State in the case
was filed in the Legislature today
by Representative Roland d. Sawyer
of Ware.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
COLLEGE BRIDGE
BOND SALE WAITS
City to Advertise $4,000
Issue Beginning Tuesday.

The $4,000 bond issue for repair
ing College Ave. bridge, which sunk
into Fall Creek, March IL, will be
advertised Tuesday, City Controller
William c. Brser said today.
During the twenty-nine days re-
qulred before sale of bonds will be
legal the works board will advertise
for bids concurrently, seeking to
speed up repair of the span, Roy c..
Shaneberger, board president, said.
Shaneberger declared Corporation
Counsel Schuyler Haas informed him
it would be legal to advertise for
the bids and reject them If the bonds
are not sold. A few days will be
saved by advertising concurrently,
Shaneberger said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
SHANGHAI GUARD REDUCED
Cantonese General Sends Crack
Troops Against NOrtherners.

By United Press
SHANGHAI, April II. The
Chinese defense OF Shanghai was re-
duced to skeleton guard Of young
sters today as all of Gen. Chang
Kai-Shek's crack regiments were
withdrawn from the city and sent
to the Marking area to reinforce
the defeated Southern army there.
Reports from the interior indi-
Gated that the battle Saturday, in
which the Northerners, hard pressed
by the Cantonese, made a last des-
perate stand and won, was the most
severe engagement of the entire rev.
olution. Five hundred wounded,
presumably Nationalists, were re-
ported to have been taken from
Pukow to Marking. Field guns and
cavalry were taken across the
Mngtze from Marking.
In Hankow the situation was
Understood to be growing increasing
ly threatening. The municipal police
guard continued to surround the
Soviet consulate here.
One hundred and fifty Nationalists
were reported to have been executed
at Taingtao, where all ships and
particularly those from Shanghai
Wee being searched
Eighty.five Americans remained
. In the increasingly dangerous
i AlIankow region. The United States
consul general chartered a steamer
to shelter them. The eighty.five,
mostly business men, indicated they
expected to stay on the ground un-
less some new untoward incident
occurred.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
WEBSTER, EDITOR,
IN SLANDER SUIT
Elmer Eddy Charges Week :
Iy Journal Attacked Him.

The case of Irving Webster. 46,
of 81 W. Thirty-First ST., editor
and publisher of the Indiana Jour
nal, charged with slander, was con-
tinued until April 20 in Municipal
Judge Dan V. Whites court today
when Elmer Eddy of 2346 Dearborn
St., did not appear.
Webster was arrested late Satur-
day on a warrant sworr out by
Eddy. Eddy charges that Webster
slandered him in an article in the
Journal, a weekly political paper.
Webster was released after his ar
rest upon his own recognizance. Con-
trary to police custom the initials
of the officer upon whose order the
defendant was released without bond
was not placed upon the turkeys
record.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
CITY BEGINS IT'S
CLEANUP DRIVE
Sanitary Commission to
Collect Refuse From CurbS.

The two weeks "Clean-Up, Paint.
Up" campaign sponsored by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce started
today when Mayor Duvall superin-
tended the flushing Of Monument
Circle pavement.
Civic organizations, city officials
and schools have pledged coopera-
ton to the campaign which ends
April %.
All rubbish placed at curbs will be
collected, except straw, paper, leaves,
tree limbs, plastering, cement, brick
or other building material refuse,
sanitary commissioners announced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
HEARERS FLEE NOISE
OF MODERNISTIC MUSIC
Ballet Mechanique' Fills Carnegie Hall, New York, With
Ear Splitting Crashes.

the stage and released an indescrib-
able, crashing uproar through the
medium of whistles, bells, sheets of
tin, ten hand-played pianos, a player
piano, base drums, cymbals, six
xylophones and a Gathering wind
machine like an airplane propeller,
making 1900 revolutions a minute.
The effect was devastating. Here
and there men and women rose and
fled precipitatcly, to be followed by
jeers from harder souls from among
the Greenwich Village modernists,
who were luxuriating in the heaven
ly harmony. Boos, stamping of feet
and shouts arose from parts of the
house. but, contrary to expectations,
there was no rioting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
Measure Which Would Permit Duvall
to Escape Custer by City Man
ager Vote in Question
BILL TO JACKSON LATE, CHARGE
Must Be Given Executive Two Days Be
fore Assembly Close, Attorneys Say

suit prevent the amendment to the city manager law
providing that the city manager form of government
be instituted in city until expiration of the Of the mayor
from becoming part of the law filed in Circuit Court
day.
The suit seeking prohibit Secretary of State Frederick
Schormeier from publishing the amendment thus making
part of the law filed by attorneys for Franklin Vonne
gut Vonnegut Hardware Company and W. H. Insley president
Of the Iny Manufacturing Company plaintiffs and leaders in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
Jail Quarantined;
Visitors Barred

The mo Admittance" sign has
been hung at the door of the county
Jail.
1t applies. however. only to the
public. Prisoners still are received.
The welcome" mat was removed
from the prison door today when
the county bastile was placed under
quarantine. The 22S compulsory
residents of the barred "hotel' may
not receive visitors.
The Jail was quarantined as a pre-
caution against spread of smallpox,
which broke OUT last week in Fed
eral Row" Only one case was re-
ported All prisoners have been
vaccinated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
Bridge
Contest

A novel bridge contest
in which you and your
friends may participate is
described in the column Of
Milton G. Work, Americas
foremost auction bridge
expert, on The Times edi-.
torial page today.
If you are, a regular
reader of Works column
in The Times you know
the value of his lucid ex-
plantations of means of i'm
proving your game. His
contest idea is simple, but
requires enough applica-
ton to make it a brain
teaser for even the most
blase bridge player.
Turn to the editorial
page and enjoy the con-
test.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11

Jne cluy manager movement.
Band on Constitution
The suit is based on the provision
of the State Constitution, which de-
clares:
But no bill shall be presented to
the Governor within two days next
previous to the final adjournment Of
the General Assembly"
The suit is back by the committee
in charge of the city manager move
ment and was decided upon after an
argument by Attorney General
Arthur L. Gilliom, Saturday in de-
Tending Jacksons pocket veto" of
a number of bills passed by the last
Legislature.
The amendment to the city man
ager law was forced through the
Legislature by friends of Mayor
John L. Duvall and Mayor Herbert
Males of Evansville and provides
that present mayors can serve out
the terms for which they were elect
ed in spite of a vote for adoption Of
the city manager form.
The measure was opposed by
champions of the city manager
movements in both cities. It was
received by the Governor during the
last two days Of the session and
was signed by him after delegations
of citizens had appealed for a veto.
Delivered Late. Charge
The petition for the suits sets up
that the city manager amendment
was delivered to the Governor with
in the two days before the General
Assembly adjourned and that this is
in direct violation of the Constitu-
ton.
1t is therefore maintained that the
law is unconstitutional, illegal in
valid and futile"
According to the suit, the Gov
ernor did not sign the bill until
March 10.
The suit asks an injunction be
issued restraining Schortemeier
from indexing, binding and publish
ing the bill as a law.
Attorneys for Vonnegut and Insley
are Harvey Hartsock. Claude H. An
derson and Charles F. Coffin. Dur
ing the closing days of the session
over $50 bills were sent to the Gov.
ernor and the validity of these would
also be in question in the event
that the Supreme Court decides that
the mayor saving" measure is in
valid
Some Already in Effect
Some of these bills contained
emergency clauses and are already
in effect. The majority however are
in the hands of the secretary of
State and do not become effective
until publication.
Among the measures passed in the
final two days of the session and
in a similar position to that of the
city manager amendment are:
Raising salaries of Supreme and
Appellate judges to $4,000.
Raising salaries of Marion County
judges to $4,000. Raising salary of
Madison County judge to $4,000.
Creating a bureau of criminal identi-
fication under secretary of state.
Adding a half mill to tax levy for
forestry bureau.
Fixing a 2-cent levy for State uni
versities.
Increasing legal advertising rate.
Extending budget to townships.
Compelling the rock dusting of
mines.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
Reports $3.50 Watch Gone

Mrs. E. z. Gates Jr., 2S42 Wash
ington Blvd. reported to police that
a $3.50 platinum wrist watch. set
with diamonds and sapphires. which
she left for few moments in the
ladies parlors at the Columbia Club
Saturday night, was gone when she
discovered the loss and returned to
look for the watch.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
Well, Looks Like the
People Want 1t

In the final drive for city
manager petition signatures one
of the campaign workers un-
knowingly visited the home of
George V. Coffin, Marion Coun-
ty Republican chairman and
city hall boss" according to
Claude H. Anderson, manager
drive executive secretary.
Coffin came to the door. The,
worker asked him to sign, and
Coffin replied:
"Inasmuch as I'm Republican
county chairman, I don't be-
lieve I'd better sign the petit
ton, but I'm in favor of what.
ever the people want"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
MANAGER SOUGHT
At EVANSVILLE
Petition With $4,000 Names
Filed.
BB United Press

-Bu United Press
EVANSVILLE, Ind. April 11.--A
city manager petition containing
more than $4,000 signatures. twice
as many as are necessary to force
a city manager election here, was
formally filed with City Clerk Louis
Sarlls here today.
Sarlls indicated he might not
certify the petition to the city coun-
Gil within five days, as provided by
law, because he could not check the
names in that time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
Loses Fight for Life

BU United Press
WASHINGTON, April 11.-Ells-
worth Kelley, convicted of murder
ing a Salem (Ore.) State prison
guard in an escape attempt, lost to-
day in United States Supreme Court
his action to escape the hanging
sentence imposed upon him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
Bandit Suspect Held

BH United Press
ELKHART. Ind, April II. -
Thomas Goldsberry, SO, has been
returned here from Toledo to
answer charges he and another
bandit raided the home of former
State Senator A. H. Beardsley and
robbed him and eight guests Of
SS,700 on Nov. 16, 1925.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
Fight Begun
THOMPSON AWAITS JOB
big Bill" Ready to Assume Duties
as Chicago's Mayor.

BIZ LHttcd Press
CHICAGO, April II. William
Hale Thompson probably will be-
come mayor of Chicago today for the
third time.
Election commissioners have an
nounced the canvass of votes from
last Tuesdays election, in which
Thompson was elected by large
plurality over Mayor William A.
Dever, has been completed. The elec-
ton proclamation will be issued to-
day Mayor Dever has expressed a
desire to turn over control of the
city government to Thompson as
quickly as possible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
BaItzell in Evansville

Judge Robert c. Baltzell and
United States district Attorney AL
bert Ward will hold Federal court
in Evansville this week. All Federal
civil cases here have been postponed
until after the May term of court
because of lack of funds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
LoWden Boom Aided

BV TnifcN Press
DES MONIES. Iowa, April IL
Middle Western elements of the Pro-
gressive party of 1924 were active to-
day, as Republicans, in organizing
to support Frank o. Lowden for
President in 1928.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
To Discuss Used Cars

A Used Car Sales Talk" will be
the topic of Lloyd Allen, chief of
the General Motors Company sales
advisory staff, Wednesday night be-
fore the Indianapolis Auto Trade AS
sociation, 33S n. Delaware st.
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propriate salaries for these deputies,
but Boyce announced he was able
to obtain public spirited volunteers
who will serve as deputies and take
their chance of being paid
Boyce said he would begin a
check Of the petition at once.
Headquarters Swamped
Manager headquarters at $40 Hi.
nois Bldg. was almost swamped with
petitions. 1t was necessary finally
to stop tabulating and take the peti.
ton to the city clerks office. Hun.
dreds of names were arriving at that
time, by mail and bearer. 1t was
planned to tabulate them and send
them to the clerks office later in
the day.
The manager committee original
ly set out two weeks ago to secure
only additional signatures to the
petition circulated two years ago.
AS the names began to pour in, how
ever, 1T was decided to discard the
old petition, so the names filed today
are entirely new.
"Citizens of Indianapolis have
won the first skirmish, but the battle
has just begun" said Executive Sec
retary Anderson.
I'VE will know that we are going
TO have to have we'll organized and
thoroughly workable organization
and that is the task that now con-
fronts us. 1t will, of course, be a
non-partisan organization. The citi-
Zens Of Indianapolis should remem-
ber that the fling of this petition is
not the celebration of victory, but
a declaration of war.
For every person who has signed
the petition, we must have at least
five who will vote Yes in the cleo
ton. We could have had five signers
for every one that has signed at
this time, if we had had time to
secure them. Let all those citizens
who did not have an opportunity to
sign remember that they will have
an opportunity to vote and that they
must do so.
Fight Begun
"Our opponents could not, of
course. offer much opposition to the
signing of names to the petition, but
from now on it may be expected
that all those who prefer inefficient
and bad municipal government, for
reasons which most every one
knows, will be organizing against us.
You will be told what a mistake
Turn to Page p
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
Town Marshal Wounded
By Times Special

ORLEANS, Ind. April IT,
Citizens are Offering a reward for the
capture Of the man, who shot and
seriously wounded Town Marshal
William Guthrie here, Saturday
pight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11
Home Edition

If your Times is not delivered
to you promptly cau the Cir.
culation Department, MA in
$500.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-11

Unsettled with showers to-
night and Tuesday; somewhat
warmer tonight.
The Washington times., 1927-03-09

hade IA automobiles in barely more
han q score of years. Under q
colorfll picture Of two cowboys In
an Oldsfnobile with q group of
Indians examining the car with
arAaxeneIlt and bearing the cap
4ion, "Invading the West in an
0ldeuaobiie,n il the following de.
script ton Of what In 1905 was con.
idered the last word In automo.
EbIIes:
!. Acknowledged for over five years
tlao best thing on wheels style.
speed ana stability characterize
Medal s, the new Oldsmobile Palaee
Tourine Car. This car conforms in
Design to the most approved Euro
pean practice. 1t sets new stand.
rds IA quality Of material and
careful attention to manufacturing
geta "a. 81 Model s, has four ylinder
s1of0fs DEVELOPING 20 TO 28 actual
horsepower. weight 2 200 pounds,
wheel base log inches, price $2,250,
with completes horn and lamp equip
Nnent
.'The TWO ycls ID. the sensation
Aoe the season-the only new thing
IN automobiles In five years. Model
s4 has tWo-cylinder, two-stroke-cycl
motor. developing 20 to "a horse
sliower, weight 1900 pounds, wheel
base 100 inches, price $3.50, with
eoniplete lamp and horn equipment.
You cannot know all there is about
automobiIing until you have ridden
IN the Two-Cycle."
z Catalogues describing the present
hfx.cylinder OldsmobiIes with power,
Nornfort, safety, equipment, and
A5eality undreamed Of in 1906, and
at prices less than half the four
cylinder cars of twenty-one years
ago have been sent to Mr.. Miller.
His dime has been returned, and
in place Of the 1906 calendar he
has been sent an oil painting of
an Oldsmobile Limited, one of the
early OIdsnobile models that won
fame as being the most luxurious
car OF its time.
The Washington times., 1927-03-09
REPLIES TO AID.
\ q YEARS OLD

Al MESSAGE printed more than 81
years ago just brought . response.
X, This is believed to break all records
-csof the productive life OF an autono-
s.ghile- advertisement.
81 IN the issue of the Sunday Mag.
azine for January 81, 1905, the back
page was devoted to an announce
cement By Oldsnnobile. Coupons were
attached, one calling for catalog
I and another promising an art cal.
~ endar for 1906--suitabIe for franz
ssfing-if 10 cents were enclosed with
: \ the coupon.
Last week the announcements with
the two coupons filled out by Myer
eRE. Miller, 800 H st. ~. e., Wash.
ington, d. CT, were received at the
+ Oldsmobile factories. Lansing, Mich.
The dime which accompanied the
coupons was nninted in 1926. Just
ID years after the advertisement
had been printed
The advertisement is Of more
than passing interest, showing as
Il does the great Announcements
The Washington times., 1927-03-09

The harmonic baIancer Is unusual
because Of It's extreme simplicity.
II has no moving parts and sets up
counteracting or opposing force that
neutraIizcs crarllstaft vibration. The
large drop-forged cranis shaft Is dynaal-
ic and static balanced. The grain
flow of the metal in the forging is
held at right angles TO the lines Of
greatest stress to give additional rig
idity and strength. The cranlshaft
10 mounted on rigid web supports
cast integral with the crankcase.
The Washington times., 1927-03-09
]. S. SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYS

The Bureau Of Public Roads OF
the Department OF Agriculture has
completed the work Of mapping the
United States system OF highways,
consisting OF $4,000 miles OF the
most important roads in the coun-
try The system selected embraces
10 main transcontinental routes
The Washington times., 1927-03-09

water and tI1burned liquid fuel pass
into the cranlScase and form dilu-
ton. This dilution destroys the l1bri-
eating qualities of the oil. Oldsr1o-
bile eliminates excessive dilutioY1 by
crankcase ventilation One-tl1ird of
the air that passes through the car
blretof is drawn through breather
port I'm the left side of the engine.
This air, cleaned of dust and injurious
material by an air cleaner on the
breather port, sweeps through the
crankcase before entering the carbu-
rotor. It draws off with it water vapor
and u1burned fuel that may have
passed into the crankcase. This sys-
tern is simple and has no moving
parts. Crankcase ventilation improves
performance, gives longer useful life
to the oil and also by assuring more
efficient fabrication, slows depreci-
alton, prolonging the life of the car
The Washington times., 1927-03-09
R. {. NJ lowell
WITH STEARNS

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 81
Appointment of r. c. Mcdowell as
assistant sales manager Of the F..
3. Stearns Company, Cleveland,
builders Of the Stearns-Knight line
of motor cars, was announced here
today by III. J.. Leonard. president
of the Stearns organization.
The acquisition of Mr.. Mcdowell
AZ an executive Of the r. B.
SteArns Company represents an i'm.
portant and strategicai step for the
organization since the new assist
ant sales manager Is widely and
most favorably known in the auto
mobile industry.
Mr.. Mcdowell formerly was con.
fected with the stephens Motor
Car Company at Moline, ILL.,, and
when that company was liquidated
he became associated with the
standard Parts Company Detroit,
in an executive capacity.
The new assistant sales manager
has a complete knowledge OF sales
and service, both retail and whole
sale. Mr.. Mcdowell will take UP
his new duties at once as assistant
to F.. T. Larson, sales manager for
the r. B. Stearns Company.