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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-03-17
ENToMBED 10 HOURS

Fuquay Springs, N. c., March 16.--
Entombed for 10 hours in 70-foot
well, Jeff Ashworth was rescued to-
day.
Ashworth had been pinned by caved
in walls forty feet down in the well
and was extricated after a group Of
rescue workers dug away the debris
all night by the light Of automobile
headlights, farm lanterns and can
dies.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-03-17
CLEMENTS TO START MONDAY

Lee Pyle, superintendent of the Sal
keld Coal company, received teie-
gram Wednesday evening to start the
Clements mines again, beginning next
Monday. This company will employ
several men. The rumor has been
that this company would start soon,
but not until Wednesday was there
anything definite.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-03-17
DIES IN ELKINS

r. A. Gillespie, travelling salesman,
who sold china for Frank China Co.,
died Wednesday night in the Old Inn,
in Elkins Of asthma pneumonia. His
home is in North Carolina. He was
making the towns in central West
Virginia, and intended to return home
after he had finished working that
place. He was about As years old
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-03-17
BEARD MOTOR COMPANY MOVE

Tho Beard Motor Company has
rented the Belingtin Garage of E. A.
Barte, and have moved their stock
and supplies into che new quarters.
They will also hold the old place until
about July 1st, it is understood, after
which time all the business will be
done from their new locatiin. They
have added some new equipment III
the way Of metal shelving.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-03-17

LOST-One Pocket Book, between
B. & N. crossing and passenger sta
ton, with money and other papers in
it. Finder bring to The Progressive
Office and receive reward.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-03-17

Now, gentlemen, you have been pa
tient and attentive and if there is any
merit in any Of the things I have
proposed and said, it has not been a
vain attempt at oratory or writing,
hut a sincere interest in the good of
humanity, our friends and foes alike.
thank you.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-03-17
INJURY is FATAL

BLUEFIELD, W. Va, March H.
Earnest Belcher, 16, of Crystal w.
Va, died today at st. Luke's hospital
from fractured skull. He was in
jured when the driver Of the machine
in which he was riding sideswiped a
telephone pole. Belcher was flung
head foremost into the pole. The
youth, together with his brother
Louis, who was driving the car and
two friends were inroute to Blue
field to spend Sunday with relatives.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-03-17

The Eastern Star Club will give a
Bake Sale, Saturday, March 10Th at
Price & Co. Store at 1870. Come.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
MINE UNION BODY
MEETING MONDAY
Confab Expected to Break
Silence on Strike.

Silence, which has held both union
miners and bituminous operators
since the futile Miami Fla.) wage
scale conference last month, is ex-
pected to be broken with a meeting
at United Mine Workers headquar-
ters Monday Of the policy committee
of the miners.
Hopes for a separate Indiana
agreement between operators and
miners were blasted Wednesday
night when the Indiana Bituminous
Coal Operators Association ap-
proved the action of the Miami con-
ference and took no steps to initiate
further parleys.
For the first time in years union
miners are authorized to take steps
to consummate separate agreements
with district operators. Heretofore,
the central competitive district, COM
prising Indiana. Illinois, Ohio and
western Pennsylvania, has acted as
a unit in fixing wage scales. The
old scale expires April 1.
The situation Is rapidly nearing
the crucial stage that developed the
general strike of 1922. Neither oper-
ators nor union officials viii CON-
ment on the situation for fear OF
drawing the fire Of the opposition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
ROY HAYNES new
ACTING DRY CHIEF
Man Championed by Liquor
Foes Gets Office.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON. March 24.-Roy
A. Haynes of Ohio today was named
acting commissioner of prohibition
under the new centralized enforce
ment system by Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon.
The appointment of Haynes, ar
IDENTIFY championed by the drys,
raises the Ohio man from a position
Of practical obscurity in prohibition
enforcement to one of commanding
Importance such as he occupied
formerly as head of the prohibition
unit.
He will serve directly under AS
sistant Secretary of the Treasury
Lincoln c. Andrews, whose candI-
date for the place. John d. Penning-
ton, was passed over because of tre-
mendous pressure from dry forces
throughout the country for Haynes.
e. c. Yellowley, prohibition adj
ministrator for Indiana and Illinois,
will remain at his post in Chicago
under the prohibition reorganization
plan, Assistant Treasury Secretary
Andrews said today. Retention for
release of agents at local points will
be entirely up to Yellowley when the
plan goes into effect April /.
Yellowley's friends here and in In
diana had brought considerable pres
sure to bear to have him named pro-
hibition commissioner. Among the
indorsers are said to be numbered
Senators Watson and Robinson and
E. S. Shumaker, superintendent of
the Indiana Anti-Saloon League.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
DEARTH JURIES CALLED 'CR0OkED'
Seeker of Realism
for Film Killed

BB United Press 49,
CORONA, Colo, March 24.-The
desire for reality brought death in
the filming of a motion picture atop
blizzard-swept James Peak in the
Rocky Mountains.
One employe of the film company
was killed and another was taken to
q Denver hospital seriously injured.
Both had been buried by an
avalanche, set off by dynamite yes
terday in order that action pictures
of a snow slide could be taken.
Fayette Bishop was dead when
taken from the debris of the spent
avalanche. John Steckler, buried un-
der six feet of snow and rocks, was
dug out, suffering from three crushed
ribs and possible internal injuries.
The two had climbed the noun
tain of snow to start the slide. While
cameras clicked the snow rumbled
down Unexpectedly into a canon 500
feet below, catching the pair in its
path.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24

because he sent Dillon to the farm
once before"
Hard to Find
At noon he was still seeking a
suitable barrister.
II want this case to go to trial
before a man who is not mixed up
nj politics and who is without politi-
cal affiliations" Prosecutor William
II. Remy told the court he would
not hear the case.
Collins then submitted the names
of five local attorneys, all of whom
were objected to. either by. Ira
Holmes, Dillon's attorney, or Remy.
Hopeful
AS the two-hour mark in the
search came to a close Collins was
still hopeful.
IN have somebody by 2 o'clock, Z"
he declared. I've been all over this
courthouse and couldn't get any of
them to serve. They are all tied up
in some way or other and Judge
James Leathers said he knew Dillon
intimately"
Dillon was charged with possession
and manufacture OF 17S one-half pints
Of liquor on Jan. &c. 1925, accord
ing to the indictment.
Before the judge-hunt began, Col
Inns ,overruled motion filed by
Holmes to quash the indictment.
Holmes then waived the jury right
in the matter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
POINT LOST BY U. S.

BIZ United Press
GENEVA, March 24.-France won
another supporter and the United
States lost proportionately today
when Sweden announced preferences
regarding limitation of naval arna-
ments during the meeting Of the
League of Nations preparatory dis
armament commission.
The basic difference between the
French thesis for naval disarmament
and that of the United States is
that France would allow each ma
tion a certain tonnage of warships
of any class, while the United States
would limit each class, submarines,
destroyers, cruisers, ETC., to a stip.
ulated tonnage. Sweden announced
preference for limitation by ton
mage, rather than limitation by
classes of ships.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
FARM WITNESS
Detroit Woman Leaves for Cali
fornia to Testify.

DETROIT, March 24.-Mrs. Mar
garet Meyers, 23, former maid at
the alleged California "baby farm"
of Mrs. Minnie Foss. Hines. will
leave for Los Angeles Saturday to
testify in-the investigation Of the
farm.
Mrs. Myers said she turned her
baby over to Mrs. Hines immediate
ly after its birth and that it was
given to a Mrs. Rowena Johnson
for $50. She said soon after its
adoption the baby became blind and
violently i'll, dying a few days later.
She said she worked at the farm
for more than year, during which
time Mrs. Hines took in more than
a. dozen babies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
Student Kills Self;
spH Wire,' Is Note

DETROIT, Mich, March 24.-Del-
belt F. James, 19-year-old Detroit
student, died in a hospital today
Detroit's first victim Of the student
suicide wave.
James, a postgraduate student at
Northern High School, was found
in an automobile on a highway just
outside the city last night with
bullet wound in his skull. He was
rushed to hospital.
A note found beside him said:
ITO Whom 1t May Concern: Well,
I don't know where I'm going, but
j will wire you when I get there.
don't see any use Of hanging around
any longer. The flesh is willing but
the spirit is weak"
Police have refused to make public
the last paragraph Of the note.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
MARKET OUTLOOK MIXED
By Tim es Special

BIZ Times Special
NEW YORK, March "a. AL
though recent reaction has improved
the market position of many stocks.
the general outlook remains mixed
and uncertain, the Brookmire Eco
nomic Service, Inc, reports in an
analysis of fundamental conditions.
They advise investors to follow
cautious program, and those who
hold a good selection of stocks
bought at low levels to continue to
hold them.
A plentiful supply of credit and an
easy flow of funds indicate that in
vestment demand will continue sup
porting the better grades of stocks
and bonds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
FAvoRs AID IN CHINA
Should Be No Stopping Educational
Work, Kiwanians Are Told.

The United States can continue to
hold Chinese respect and gratitude
by aiding the mass educational move
ment in China, c. H. Robertson
pointed out to the Kiwanis Club
Wednesday at it's Claypool luncheon.
Robertson, Purdue University
graduate, has been with the Y. M.
C. A. in China several years.
1.-THE, United States already has
given valuable assistance in educat-
ing China" he declared. 1--WE should
continueto tolerate the Chinese in
their struggle to overcome their lack
of progress in past hundreds Of
years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
White Riuer Drops
to 81 Feet Stage

White River recorded a fall from
16.5 feet Wednesday to 8.7 feet to-
day and was expected to continue
dropping slowly for several days un-
til it reaches normal stage of about
SIX feet.
The drop was expected to be lower
within the next few days, unless
rains swell the stream. Meteorolo-
gist J. II. Armington declared the
s crest probably will not be reached
downstream until Sunday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
BELIEVED LOST
BIZ United Press

Bu UHfted Press
PARIS, March 24.-Little hope
was held in shipping circles today
for the steamer Triton, which sent
out SOS signals from position 120
miles off Quessant Island, near the
French coast. last night. A severe
storm blew all night in that section.
The tugs Ircise and Wilhelm Ba.
rendz were sent from Brest to seek
the steamer.
Lloyd's shipping register lists the
Triton as 1,s94-ton steamer. belong
ing to the Argentine Navigation
Company. Its home port is Monte
video, Uruguay
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
WIDOW ANDLOVER
/. PLEAD INNOCENCE
Mrs. Snyder and Henry Gray
Face Murder Charge.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, March 24.-Mrs.
Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray
pleaded not guilty in Queens County
Supreme Court today to the murder
of Albert Snyder. They were held
without bail for trial April IL.
Their arrangement before Justice
Stephen Callahan was the first step
in the legal process by which the
State hopes to send them to the
electric chair for the carefully
planned murder Of Mrs. Snyder's
husband, who was found in bed at
his home in Queens Village last Sun
day, beaten, chloroformed and
strangled
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
DIG OUT YOUTH ALIVE
Student Rescued After Being Buried
Four Feet Deep in Cave-in.

Athletic prowess helped save the
life of Vernon White. %, Indiana
Central College student, who was
buried alive in ditch late Wednes-
day.
White, with Bennett Fulp and Earl
Lemme. also student athletes were
working at the Calvary United
Brethren Church, State and Hoyt
Ave.
According to DIR. E. F. Boggs. the
pastor, White was buried under four
feet of earth but was able to breathe
from an air pocket about his face.
Lemme. Fulp, and Robert Cass,
another workman, dug White out
after he had been buried ten minutes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
HITS SECRETARY WORK

BB United Press
WASHINGTON, March 24.-De-
claring that Secretary of the In
terror Work 'places dollars and
cents above the interests of the peo-
pie in the West" Senator Oddie
(Rep.), Nevada, said today that the
Interior Department would be far
better off if Work were out"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
BUILDERS ARE TO MEET
Will Inspect Model House, Feature
of April Home Show.

Dinner for members of the Indian
apolis Home Builders Association
and firms supplying material for the
centerpiece house of the Home Com
plete Show will be held Wednesday
evening at the State Playground
manufacturers building. The pur-
pose of the gathering will be to give
the guests an opportunity to see the
completed centerpiece structure.
The home show will be held in the
same building April 20.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
JUDGE MINUS POLITICS
PROVES HARD TO FIND
Collins Refusal to Sit in Dillon Liquor Case Started
Tedious Search for JuriSt Without Strings.

A hunt for Judge or lawyer,
without political Affiliations" to act
as special judge in the trial of
Thomas Dillon, 742 S. Capitol Ave-,
Twelfth ward Republican politician,
for alleged violation OF the liquor
law was underway at the courthouse
today. Criminal Court Judge James
A. Collins, who disqualified himself
when first moves were made to open
the trial in his court, was chief
hunter.
Collins said he disqualified himself
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
JACKSON ON
FENCE OVER
BUDGET BILL
Faced With Question of
Backing Brother or SoIv-
ing TangIe.
ENROLLING ERROR, VIEW
Senate Investigation Com
mittee Visits Governor.

Whether to correct an error of the
House of Representatives enrolling
room and iron out the tangle in the
$40 100000 State appropriation meas
ure, or to support the stand of his
brother, James Jackson, was the
question before Governor Jackson
today.
The Indiana Senate special inves-
tigation committee probing the omis-
sion of the budget bill amendment
providing separate funds for two
State institutions had lengthy con-
ference with the Governor at noon.
Preliminary investigation showed
the amendment of Senator Francis
Lochard Dem) of Nolan was de-
leted in the House enrolling room,
members said. The measure, when
signed by Jackson, did not contain
the amendment passed by both
Houses.
Special Session?
In event a special session of the
Legislature is deemed necessary to
unravel the budget jumble and Gov
ernor Jackson fails to call the ses-
sion, several Senators indicated the
Senate has authority to act.
Although the House budget COM
mittee reported within ten days
after opening of the session, the
measure was not passed until the
closing night.
AT a secret session Wednesday the
Senate named the special committee
to check every step of the measure.
The meeting lasted two hours and
every Senator was sworn to secrecy
regarding what took place. Even
the committee personel WAS not di-
vulged for some time. Lieuten-
ant Governor f. Harold Van Orman
Is to serve with them.
Preliminary investigation cleared
Senate employees Of responsibility for
omission of the amendment.
Members OF the Senate investigat-
ing committee:
Denver c. Harlan, Richmond;
Alonzo H. Lindley, Kingman; Ed
ward O'Rourke Jr., Ft. Wayne;
James J. Nejdl, Whiting; j. Monroe
Fitch, Muncie, Republicans, and
Curtis H. Shake, Vincennes and Jo-
seph M. Cravens, Madison, Demo
Gratis.
Certify Record
A certifcation of the record Of the
Lochard amendment signed by five
Senators was presented State Au-
ditor l.. s. Bowman, Secretary of
State Frederick E. Schortemeier and
Chief Accounts Examiner Lawrence
Orr.
According to Senator C. Oliver
Holmes, Gary, one OF the signers,
the move was to provide Bowman
an alibi and to warn Schortemeier
against publication Of the acts with
out the amendment.
Other signers to the statement:
Robert L. Moorhead, Indianapolis;
Curtis Shake, Vincennes; Perry
Johnson, Atlanta, and Lochard.
Shake and Lochard are Democrats.
Indignant
Intense indignation was registered
regarding the tampering with the ap-
preparation bill which may render
it illegal. This was the matter
under discussion and Senators were
unanimous in condemning practices
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
Muncie Prosecutor Says He Pointed
Out Irregularities to Judge,
Who Refused to Act
JURIST BACKED COMMISSIONERS
Selection of Wives of Men Under Fire
Is Pointed Out

Crooked jures - drawn for service by crooked jury
commissioners deberaed in the of Circuit Judge Car
ence W. Dearth of Muncie H. Davis Delaware County
prosecutor, testified before the Indiana Senate today
He told the judge his jury commissioners were crooked
and were picking crooked ures but Dearh defended the
commissioners and refused to remedy conditions Davis also
testified witness in the trial of Dearth impeachment
charges preferred by the House of Representatives
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
i. S.-bR|T|SH
UL LT|MATUM
TO CHINESE
Marking to Be Bombarded II
Foreigners Are Not
Moved Safely.
AMERICANS DIE, REPORT
Naval Officer Fears Number
May Be Large.

By United Press =. r..
WASHINGTON, March 24.-Join-
ing forces with the British, Ameri-
can naval officers at Nanking 1s-
sued an ultimatum to the command
ing officer Of the Cantonese forces
notifying him that unless all for
eigners are brought safely to the
British and American warships by
10 o'clock tomorrow morning they
will open fire upon Nanking and
treat it as a. military area, accord
ing to advices received by the Navy
Department today from Admiral c..
s Williams, commanding American
forces there.
Word of the u1timatum followed
a report from Williams that Ameri-
can civilians had been killed or
wounded at Marking. He feared the
number was great.
Foreigners Rescued
Navy Department dispatches from
Shanghai today said that all for
eigners refuged in Standard Oil
buildings on a hill in Nanking had
been rescued by American and Brit-
ish landing parties from warships
in the harbor, but that several
Americans had been killed elsewhere
in Nankng after American and
British warships laid down a bar
rage.
The Cantonese sacked the British
consulate. The British vice consul
was wounded and Dr. Smith was
killed.
One hundred and seventy.five
American women and children
evacuated the city. An American
naval guard was on duty at the
United States consulate.
Refugees on Ships
Fourteen American women and
sixteen children went to Shanghai.
The others took refuge on the United
States warslips Noa and Preston in
the 'Yangtze River off Nanking.
The American warships Noa and
Preston and the British warship
Emerald were presumed to be the
vessels in action. The barrage was
designed to clear the area of the hill
OF Cantonese troops and to prevent
them reaching the refugee foreign-
ers. Sailors were landed from the
American and British vessels in an
attempt to penetrate two and one
half miles from the water front,
where the beleaguered foreigners
awaited relief.
City Buries Dead
The aftermath of hysteria began
in Shanghai today, and in dismal
setting of charred bodies and steam
ing, rain-soaked ruins the native city
started burying it's dead.
Shooting had almost ceased, al
though unruly crowds still caused
occasional disturbances. Rain that
bad been falling for more than
t,yenty-four hours had put out the
fires which for a time threatened to
spread from the Chapel district into
the foreign settlement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
$1,000 JEWELRY STOLEN
Diamond Pins. LOcket and Ring Are
Reported Taken From Hotel.

Two diamond-set pins, a locket
and ring, vauled at $1,000, were
stolen from his room some time on
Wednesday, Harry Adams, La Sale
Hotel, 303 w. Ohio ST., reported to
police today.
. Mrs. Nell w. Quinlan, Apt. IL, The
Virginia, called police when she
found keys to her aparemtn, which
had been left In the door, had been
removed. Another tenant said she
saw strange man lettering in the
hallway.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
PRINCE IN TWO RACES
Wales Finishes Fourth i'm One and
Second in Another.

Bn United Press
GRANTEIAM, England, March "a.
The Prince Of Wales rode in
point-to.point race today, without
accident and finished fourth in the
Belvoir hunt lightweight steeple-
chase at Barrowby. The Prince
rode his own horse, Lady Doone,
and was quoted at odds Of 8 to
when the race started. A. G. Milier's
Beau Cladagh won the race. Cen
eral Vaughns Merrie England, the
favorite, was second and c. Tong's
Perbert, was third.
The Prince was more fortunate in
his second race of the afternoon
when he came in second, riding his
own horse, Cark Courtier. Eleven
horses ran.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24

Wednesday afternoons
Dearth trial testimony is
printed on Page 8 of this
issue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
Forecast

Mostly cloudy tonight a,1
Friday; not much change in
temperature; lowest tonight
freezing or slightly above.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-24
Home Edition

You don't have to be an ex-
pert to understand Milton G.
Works daily bridge lesson in
The Times.
Evening star., 1927-04-12

stances-as in the case of railroad
workers-being increased. Even stable
money wages at such a time entails
a rise in purchasing power, which is
the real measure Of remuneration to
labor.
Raw Material Producers.
In referring to the plight of those
who were suffering from plenty, or
excess production. Mr.. Baruch said
further: This plight is not confined
by any means to the farmer. The
producers OF most raw materials in
America today are more or less con-
fronted by the same difficulty. There
is at present tremendous overpro-
duction of oil. and there would be an
overprOduction of copper. of lead and,
to some extent, of steel If ii were
not for intelligent voluntary Curtail-
ment in these industries tending to
limit production to the market de.
mand."
The lack of uniformity with which
corporations and industries are solv.
Ing these current economic riddles of
avoiding the dangers Of overproduction
explains the irregularity of prices at
the stock exchanges, where spectators
are seeking to discriminate between
enterprises which are showing a for
ward trend of profits and those which
are falling behind. In general, rail-
roads and public utilities are less
threatened with the perils of overpro-
duction than certain types of indus
trials, and that distinction helps to
interpret the preference for railroad
and utility securities.