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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-13
DriUers to Derby
Should Auoid Rd. 81

Motorists, Derby-bound to Louis
vile: Don't travel United States
Route No. 81. by way Of Columbus!
That warning was sounded this
morning by the State Highway Com
mission. 1t was meant as a friend
ly tip to those who leave today by
automobile for the Churchill Downs
attraction Saturday.
y Failure of State highway work
ers, improving Route 81, to roll the
four-inch covering of crushed stone
has made the road almost impass-
able south of Columbus, John Will
liams, State highway director said.
A detour, between Amity and Co.
lumbus, also adds to the grief of the
motoriSt.
The director advises motorists to
travel over Route No. 81 to Bloom
ington, Bedford and Paoli and then
over Route $50 to Louisville. The
route is 147 miles, twenty-one miles
farther than Route 81. There is,
however, only one detour-about a
mile over excellent county road at
the edge of Paoli.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-13
u. P. to Circle Globe for Missouri u.

will be James 1. Miller, vice presi-
dent and South American manager
Of the United Press. Four hundred
editors and wives of editors are ex-
pected to attend.
Iron Mike" Also
Clicking near the speakers table
will be high-speed printer tele-
graph machine, known in the news
paper world as Iron Nike This
is an electric typewriter connected
by direct wire with United Press
headquarters in New York, and as
the dinner proceeds this automatic
typewriter will reel off the news of
the world at a speed of sixty words
minute. This will illustrate the
fastest and most modern method of
handling news now in use in the
United States. The United Press uses
hundreds of printer-tel ma
chimes in delivering the news to it's
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clientele newspapers in North Amer
ica. Also operating into the BAN
'quet hall will be a Morse wire to
New York illustrating another
method Of news transmission, which
was the fastest until invention of
the printer, and which is still in
widespread use.
An attempt is to be made to break
the record for circlipg the globe with
a cable message. as a demonstration
Of the speed with which important
dispatches can be handled. The
United Press, which supplies news
to papers in thirty-seven countries,
has bureaus and correspondents all
over the world and these will par
ticipate in getting the cable around
the earth most speedily. The mes
sage, consisting of the words uni
press Around World Greets Mis-
souri," will be sent from the speak
ers' table bearing the signature Of
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Hurried From London

more than a year ago. Since that
time, all my experience has more
and more confirmed me in the
absolute conviction that any
community that really desires
better city government has the
best chance OF getting it under
the city manager plan. 1t goes
without saying. that any COM
munity can get substantially the
kind Of government 1t really
wants, but it Is much easier to
get that kind of government un-.
der city manager plan than under
the old-fashioned plan Of maxi
ing a popularity elected official
the chief executive of the city.
"There can be no question but
that the result of a political pri-
mary to secure the nomination
and election to secure the Office
is inevitably great mass Of po-
litical obligations and limitations
which defeat the elected official
before he has even entered
Office"
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spirited business men for the
work of making your city gov
ernment the greatest force in
the city for the promotion of it's
best interests and the realization
of its greatest possibilities.
"City councils are generally re-
sponsible to well-defined public
sentiment and you may reason
ably expect that your Council will
elect the kind of city manager
your people really want and that
when so elected he win be free
from personal and political obIi-
cations inseparable from popular
election to the office of mayor.
Under the city manager plan a
genuine public desire for better
government has more chance to
win and less danger of defeat
than under any other plan yet
tried.
Statement Garbled"
The interview you mention
was very partial and garbled
statement of what had to say
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-13
CLEVELAND MANAGER HITS JEWETT

A statement Of Charles w.
Jewett, formex mayor, that Will
liam r. Hopkins, Cleveland city
manager, had declared that the
city manager form of govern
ment was unsuited. to large cities,
was refuted by Hopkins today.
Jewett in talk before the Ro-
tary Club recently quoted Hop
kins at some length.
This interview was a very
partial and garpled statement of
what had to say" Hopkins said
in a letter to city manager
leaders here.
Urges Trial of Plan
From my knowledge of the
city of Indianapolis and the evil
dent general desire for more eff
ficient city government, I am sat
isfied that the city would gain
much by adoption of the city
manager plan. 1t would make
possible the drafting of one of
your most capable and public
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-13
Chinese PalUnS MoUe
for Shanghai Attack

BIZ United Press
LONDON. May 13.-Northern Chi
nese troops today prepared for a
surprise attack on Shanghai, it is
reported
Sun Chung-Fang, northern gen.
eral who was virtual ruler of Shang-
hal until it's capture by southern
troops under Gen. Chang Kai-Shek,
has landed 5000 troops at Woosung
preparatory to a flank attack. Chi
ang concentrated available troops on
the south bank of the Yangtze to
meet the attack.
The moderate nationalist govern
ment at Marking today issued an
order removing from office Eugene
Chen, nationalist foreign minister
at Hankow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-13
POLITICAL PROBE
AFFIDAV|TS AVER
CRIMINAL DEEDS
Prosecutor Remy and Aids
Preparing ACcusa-
tionS.

Affidavits charging several per-
sons with criminal acts disclosed by
the grand jury investigation of In
diana political corruption, were be-
ing prepared today under the direc-
tion of Prosecutor William Fl. Remy
and special prosecutors John w.
Hoffman and Emsley w. Johnson.
The prosecutors refused to state
when they would file the affidavits
ordered by Criminal Court Judge
James A. Collins when he dis
charged the grand jury after finding
James E. Armitage guilty of con-
tempt of court for an attempt to
bribe Grand Juror Claude A.
Achey to vote against indictment
of Mayor Duvall.
Rebukes DuvaIl
Judge Collins in statement to-
day -nebuked Mayor Duvall for a
letter delivered to him this morning
by City Controller William C. Ruser,
Duvalls brother-in-law The letter,
written by Duvall, was his second to
the judge on the political corruption
investigation.
1t attacked Special Prosecutor
Johnson.
The matters referred to in the
letter of the mayor were not prop
erly a subject of correspondence, "
Collins stated ut has never been,
nd la
this court to administer the criminal
laws of the State by correspond
ence."
Collins would comment no further
than his statement. He was on the
bench when Buser came into court
and both men laughed aloud when
the mayors representative handed
Collins the letter.
Accused Prosecutor
Duvall's first letter attacked Remy.
He charged the prosecutor with be-
ing involved in a conspiracy to
ruin" him and asked a special grand
jury session so that certain informa-
ton he had might be laid before
the proper investigating group"
Judge Collins, then told the mayor
a new jury will be impanelled the
first Monday of July and me should
present his evidence to it.
Johnson was on the park board
with Frank p. Manley and Albert
Mcguire, against whom charges of
mismanagement were filed by Alvah
]. Rucker, former corporation coun-
sci, on order of the mayor. This oc-
Cured after a several weeks fight
when the board refused to resign.
Although charges were not filed
against Johnson, he resigned.
In the charges filed then against
the former park board members, it
was alleged they had, through un-
lawful acts, taken over great
CTurn to Page ~
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Grandmother Seeks
Lorraine's Custody

BU United Press
JAMICA, n. Y, May 13.-
Mrs. Josephine Brown, mother
. of Ruth Snyder, today filed a
petition in Surrogate's Court
for custody of Lorraine Snyder,
9, daughter of the condemned
woman. Surrogate Noble filed
May 81 for a decision.
Action of Mrs. Brown may
precipitate a contest between
her and relatives OF Albert
Snyder. slain father of the girl.
Mrs. Brown seeks only the Gus
tody OF the person of Lorraine,
leaving the matter of her prop
erty to be determined by later
events. The amount of the
child's property will depend
upon the decision on payment
Of heavy life insurance carried
by Snyder.
Mrs. Snyder joined in the pc
tition that her mother be given
custody of Lorraine.
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BH United Press
COLUMBIA, Mo-, May 13.-Tele-
graph, wireless telephony, radio and
the cable are being utilized today at
the University OF Missouri in a
demonstration Of the science of
news transmission, arranged by
United Press in connection with the
university's annual Journalism
week.
The climax comes this evening
when, at the United Press dinner, all
the latest devices for rapid col
lection and distribution Of news will
be shown operating directly into the
banquet hall, and the diners will be
put in touch with United Press
bureaus all over the world.
All at Banquet
Between the soup and the dessert,
it is expected that the guests will
hear messages from ships in both
the Atlantic and the Pacific, they
will see a cable dispatch sent out
and the same message return to the
room, after going around the globe,
and they will have the latest
bulletins on foreign news flashed
right to the dining room from Lon
don, Rome, Berlin, and other distant
cities. In short, while eating in
Columbia, Missouri, they will be the
center Of a network of communi-
cation lines extending all over the
earth which will bring them into
almost instantaneous contact with
United Press correspondents thou
sands of miles away. In this way
they will see just how the world
news gathering organization of the
United Press functions, and how the
news is. transmitted to U. p. client
newspapers everywhere.
Bickel to Speak
Dean Walter Williams, school of
journalism, wilf>preside at the din
ner. Karl A. Bickel, president of the
United Press, will speak. Ralph H.
Turner, assistant general news man.
ager of the United Press, will.-ee
in direct charge of the news trans
mission demonstration. Governor
Sam A. Baker of Missouri is on the
list of speakers. Among the guests
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-13
PATRIOTIC THIEF

BH JHfed PFeSS
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. May 13.
Friday the thirteenth proved I'M
lucky for Il. II. Gray and William
A. Haines of the American Deco
ratOrs Company Of Evansville, Ind.
The decorating firm was ell
gagged to decorate the city during
the Shriners' new mosque dedi-
catOry ceremonies.
Two men had taken down flags
and banners on practically one
entire downtown street early this
morning and had piled them on a
street corner. When they re-
turned with another load the first
one had been appropriated by
some patriotic thief. The stolen
flags were valued at $3.50, accord.
ing to police.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-13
Hourly Temperatures
Derby Winner!

AS fast as the horses
flash past the judges, with
such speed The Times Pink
goes to press on Derby
day.
Saturday is the day for
Americas most famous
horse race.
1t is only a matter of
seconds after the first three
horses flash across the fin
ish that The Times Pink
edition is on its way to
Times readers.
The Saturday Pink also
win carry colorful details
and pictures Of the
Churchill Downs event.
Buy a Pink-Out in a
Wink.
Complete entries and
post positions are printed
on the Sport Page today.
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Turner, who is an alumnus Of the
university. Thence it will go over
a United Press wire to New York
and then transferred to the Com
mercial Cable Company for trans
mission to London via automatic re-
lays at Canso, the Azores, and Wa
terville, Ireland.
Hurried From London
In London the Great Northern
Telegraph Company goes into action
and hurries the message to Shang-
hal, China, Wit Newcastle, Libau,
Leningrad. Vladivostock, Irkutsk
and Nagasalsi, Japan. From Shaig4
hal the dispatch is to be handled
by Postal Pacific Gable Company to
San Francisco via Manila, Guam,
Midway and Honolulu. 1t will be
but a matter of a few seconds then
to flash the message to New York
Turn to Page 2O
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-13
We Have With
UsToday, Friday
the Thirteenth

Those who found a horseshoe.
four-leaf clover or rabbits foot to-
day considered themselves lucky
very lucky, indeed.
While those who crossed the paths
OF black cats and cats not quite so
black, aad who walked under leaning
ladders, spilled the salt, shattered
a mirror or opened an umbrella I'm.
doors. shuddered with the thoughts
of the jinx they expect may descend
upon them.
And the omens of i'll luck carried
extra pressure today for the super
stitious, it, according to the cold
realization Of a calendar that many
preferred to ignore, being
Friday, the 18th!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-13
Friday, 18th, Ghost
Stalks PGralytic, IS

The Friday the Thirteenth ghost
stalked early in the garden at the
home of John Alsto't, Sc, 1877 Barth
Ave, and Alstott is in city hospital
today suffering with a broken leg.
Alstott, paralyzed from the waist
down, was being carried to a garden
seat in the rear of his home Thurs
day night by his brother-inlaw,
Theodore Vending, when the latter
stumbled and fell.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-13
UNLUCKY MOTORISTS

Whatever Friday, the thirteenth.
may have meant to Edward Mason.
2417 Shriver Ave-, and William Cot
ton, 1908 N. Senate Ave-. Negroes,
1t will mean more in the future.
Secretary of State Frederick r.
Schortemeier today revoked their
automobile licenses because the pair
were guilty of drunken driving.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-13
MRS. MAHIN.
SUICIDE IN
FALL CREEK
Woman Hunted by Family
Since Disappearance
Early tuesday.
SWEATER OVER HEAD
Threat to End 1t AI'' Is Car
ried Out.

The body of Mrs. Maxwell Ma
hin, "A. 4301 Winthrop Ave, miss
ing from her home since Tuesday
morning when she went into the
back yard to walk, was taken from
Fall Creek today.
The body. was found lodged
against a pier under the Delaware
st. bridge by +. l.. Cochrell. 125 E.
Fall Creek Blvd. 1t was taken from
shallow water by Larry Howard,
1923 Central Ave, Normal College
student, Red Cross member. before
the police emergency squad and
motor boat arrived.
After coroner's eXamination the
body was removed to the Flanner &
Buchana mortuary.
Husband Nerifles
The husband verified police iden-
tification.
Mrs. Mahin. Ill. had told a daugh-
ter, Mildred, that she felt like end
ing it all in Fall Creek" After she
disappeared the family appealed to
police to drag the riven. but request
was denied because police said they
had no evidence that she might have
carried out her threat.
The sweater she wore when she
left home was found over her head.
Police believe she used it to blind
herself when she jumped.
In Water Some Time
The body had been in the water
several days. Police believe she
ended her life soon after leaving
home.
A daughter Miss Frances Mahin.
Rushville school teacher, had been
here aiding in the search. Her
mother had been despcndent over
Illness following an operation sew
eral months ago.
! Mrs. Mahin was born In Corners
vile. Ind. on Feb. 4. 1888. She
leaves the husband. the two daugh-
ters and four sisters. one OF them
Mrs. Howard Chapman. 2152 N
Harding ST., this city.
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Los ANGE:L|. |. les
JOINS HUNT
FOR FL|ERS
Newfoundland 'CIeW' Fails
to Aid SearChers for
FrenChmen.
MAY BE IN LABRADOR
Yankee Airmen All Set for
Paris Hop.
MAY BE IN LABRADOR

BIZ United Press
The United\ States Navy dirigible
Los Angeles left Lakehurst at 4:10
a. m. today, eastern standard time,
for flight up the seacoast in search
of Charles Nungesser and Francois
Coli, missing French aviators.
The dirigible was expected to
Acruise northward for several hours,
4but was under orders to return to
Lakehurst tonight.
The Los Angeles encountered
heavy fog over Davis bank, east
Of Nantucket, at a.. m. Eastern
standard time, she reported to the
Navy department. The dirigible
was on a course west by south.
The radio station at Lakehurst
picked up the following message
from the dirigible this morning:
Position one mile north of Nam
tucket lightship; searched on line
from Point Pleasant to this point.
'Wnl continue search generally
northward over T'helps Bank and
Davis Bank. Visibility very good.''
Hope Plane in Labrador
With experts advancing a theory
that Nungesser and Coli may have
turned over Labrador, the Navy de-
partment today was hopeful the
missing French aviators may be
safe.
II the fliers are in Labrador, how
ever weeks may pass before they get
to civilization, as the country is wild
and thinly populated.
The theory is based on the assump.
ton that the fight was not inter
rupted by engine trouble and that
the course followed was the one
mapped out at first. Weather report
shows the aviators would have
struck a storm center moving north
ward across their course, and might
have turned north onto Labrador to
avoid it.
Despite statements of several per
sons that an airplane was heard
Apassing over Newfoundland Monday
Rnorning, no trace of the fliers had
been found there today.
President Coolidge sent a message
today to President Castor Dou-
mergue of France, expressing Amer
lean sympathy over the fate of
Nungesser and Coli. Coolidge ex-
pressed hope the fiiers would ulti-
mately be found.
Yanl1s All Set
Three airplanes rested at two ad-
joining fields on Long Island today
waiting to start the "jinx" flight
across the Atlantic to Paris.
Clarence Chamberlin and Lloyd
Bertaud had expected to leave this
morning in their single-motored
Bellanca plane-the smallest Cf the
three--but reports of rough weather
in mid-Atlantic forced them to post
pone it until tomorrow. Their
hangar is at Curtiss Field.
Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh Lin
coin, Neb., former air mail pilot
who flew his sipgle-motored, one
man plane from San Diego in two
days, is expected to start at first
sign Of take-off by either of his
rivals.
Looks Like Race
"If the Bellanca starts you'll see
me right on its tall Lindbergh an
nounced.
Whats the use of being second?"
queried Bertaud of the Bellanca
when he was asked what would hap
pen should Lindbergh take to the
air first.
Officially, Commander Byrd's giant
Fokker plane was described as re-
quiring another week before it would
he ready, but none of the aviators
Dor their hackers would believe that
Byrd planned to remain on the
ground and see the others soar
away.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-13
Chuckhole Damage
Awarded to Woman

BIZ Times Special
DANVILLE, Ind, May 13.-An In
dianapolis chuckhole today cost that
city 1925 as result of judgment
entered in Circuit Court here in
favor of Mary Couch, Indianapolis,
She alleged she stepped into a
chuckhole, receiving injuries for
which she asked $4,000 The case
was venued here. City Attorney
John Ruckelshaus opposed the dam
age plea
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-13
Red Cross Relief
Fund NolD 500, ,224

The indianapolis Red Cross flood
relief fund was boosted to $60,224
today with the receipt of 81. .O27 dur
ing the day.
The quota for indianapolis Is
$4,000, according to William For
tune. chairman.
Many contributions are still being
received at Red Cross headquarters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-13
DOUBLE "1S" PRISONERS

1t was a dark day" for twenty
four men and two women. At 6 a.
m. Sheriff Omer Hawkins and his
deputies herded them together.
Seventeen went to the State Farm,
seven others to the State Prison at
Michigan City and two to the Indi-
ana Womaps Prison.
Sentences ranged from sixty days
to fourteen years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-13
Boy 'Hit-Rua' Victim

Bp United Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind, May 1S.-
Gerald Bloomfield, IA, is dead here
today, victim of "llit-and-run"
motorist. He died two hours after
being knocked from his bicycle. The
autoist stopped only long enough to
place him in another machine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-13
SIGNS BRIDGE CONTRACT
Vandagrifft Changes Mind About
Morris st. Span Repair.

NAAohSNo 4ADUuN
Morris st. Span Repair.
Virgil Vandagrifft, works board
president, who held up the National
Concrete Company $2S6,O00 Morris
st. bridge repair contract pending a
legal opinion, today signed the con-
tract.
Corporation Counsel Schuyler
Haas advised that it was legal for
Frank Cones, county councilman, to
sit on the city board at the same
time he held the county office.
The contract for remodeling and
extension of the White River span
was signed by Cones and John w.
Friday, Democrat, board member,
several days ago over Vandagrifft'
protest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-13
HARD LUCK FOR HUGH

The minutes that sped along soon
after the day was begun were
carrying no luck for Hugh Pugh,
Of 1470 N. Pennsylvania st.
Police found Pugh on the front
steps at S4S N. Meridian ST., at 1880
a. m, where they had been called
by neighbors. Hugh thought he
was bome-but police delayed his
visit there by locking him up on
charges of intoxication Rnd
operating blind tiger. A half-pint
Of alcohol was found in his pos
session, they said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-13
Putting 13 English
on the Reed

Bv United Press
HOBART, Okla, May 13.-
The jinx of Friday the 18th was
put to a test today in a golf
match between w. M. English
and L. S. Reed. The facts in
the case are:
The match was made thirteen
weeks ago.
1t started at 2:13 p. m.
Thirteen black cats were re-
leased before the tee off.
The players walked under a
ladder.
They carried thirteen golf
balls. each.
They each had thirteen clubs.
Thirteen spectators comprised
the field.
The match was for thirteen
holes.
They played for 1s cents
hole.