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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-04

When the huge cedar logs used in
a corduroy road built in 1775 in Yer
mont were removed recently during
improvements of the highway, their
centers were found to be intact.
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for proprietor or visitors. When the
show is over, he jumps down and
trots quietly out, to return the next
day whether there is a change Of
program or not.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

fixed it three times in the last two
years. He promised to take it up
with the railroad officials at once
and see if they would not perna-
nently improve 1t.
Evening star., 1927-11-18
PROBE Of GIRLS
DEATH IS ASKED
Fellow ToWnsmen Hint Po'
Iiceman's Bullet May Have
Killed Alleged Suicide.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SELMA. Ala, November 1S.-Ap-
proximately loath to accept the
original verdict of suicide, prominent
citizens of this town are actively in
teresting themselves in an investiga.
ton into the causes that Monday led
to the death by shooting Of Miss
Louise Montebarro, "a years old.
Gov. Bibb Graves and Attorney Cen
aral Charlie G. Mccall have been urged
to see that a proper search into the
facts is made, requests coming from
those supporting what is locally
known as ''the Montebarro side of the
affair" and which implies variance
with the original announcement-that
Miss Montebarro fired a bullet into her
own head while seated in an automo.
bile beside II. f. Blake, chief of police
of Calera, Ala, after that officer ar
rested her for speeding near Calera.
Chief Blake late yesterday added to
his original statement that he had
fired single shot into the air" while
speeding 55 miles an hour in an at
tempt to overtake the girl he said he
arrested for speeding.
The girl is said to have carried a
32-caliber pistol at the time of the
shooting, and the autopsy is said to
have revealed that the bullet which
caused her death was not of that
caliber. DIR. F. G. Dubose of this place,
who performed the autopsy, also de-
clared that there were no powder
burns visible around the bullet wound,
indicating. it was pointed out, that the
fatal shot was fired from a distance of
at least more than feet away.
Evening star., 1927-11-18
TODAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

National-"Show Boat" musical
play, at 500 pm.
POlfs-"My Maryland" national
operetta, at 500 pm.
BelascO - &c mt ! e m Prefer
| Blondes" comedy, at $40 pm.
President-"The Black Hussar,"
| light opera, at $40 pm.
Keith's-Gus Edwards Revue,
vaudeville, at 2:15 and S:15 pm.
Earle-"Miss America of 1927"
| vaudeville, continuous, 1870 to II pm.
Gayety-"A Perfect &c." burlesque,
at 2:15 and 8:15 pm.
Strand-"Sugar Babies" burlesque
at 2:15 and Sis pm.
Fox-"The Gay Retreat" continu
Gus, IL am. to IL pm.
Air." at 1850 am, 1:50, S:55, $50, 1850
and $50 pm.
Palace-"Two Arabian knights" at
1885. IL am, 2:o5. 4:10. $40. 7;45
| and $50 pm.
Riait0-"One Woman to Another, )"
at II am. 1926, 2;l5. 4:l5. 5:55. 7:55
and 10 pm.
Columbia-"Ben.Hu Second week.,
at 1890 am, 1880. 2:45, 4:50, 7:05 and
9:20 pm.
Little Theater-"Tartuffe, the Hypo.
crite," at 1870. $50. $50, 1880 and $3.50
pm.
Tiyoli-"The Fighting Eagle" at
2:10, 4, 5:45, 1885 and 9:25 pm.
AmbassadOr-"Sh Bound" at
6:20, sos and 9:55 pm.
| Central-"Barbed Wire," at 1890, 2.
$3.50, s, $50, 8 and $40 pm.
Wardman Park-"Manon Lescaut,"
| at Z and pm.
Evening star., 1927-11-18
EASTERN HIGH BRANCH
OF LIBRARY TO OPEN
Formal Exercises to Be Held Mon
day Under Auspices of Com
munity Center.

The formal opening of the new
Eastern High branch of the Public
Library in the new Eastern High
building, Seventeenth and East Capt.
tol streets, will be held Monday eve-
ming at o'clock under auspices of
the East Washington Center of the
Community Center Department, of
which Mrs. Lucretia Walker Hardy
is supervisor and general secretary.
The program will include an ad.
dress by Henry L. Cecil of the Ma.
tional Association of Book Publishers,
who will speak on "Vision Through
Books" and a recital of harp music
by Miss Katherine Riggs, concert
harpist, of this city.
The public is invited, children espe-
cially being invited if accompanied by
adults.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08
California Women Best
Dressers. Saws Expert

Paris. - Californian women dress
better than any others in the United
States. says Mrs. Benjamin Hayme,
Paris dressmaker, who runs a shop
under the name Of Marjorie Lou.
Mrs Hayme is herself a Californian,
having been born in Santa Barbara
and educated in San Francisco. But
her opinion is unbiased, she believes,
because years Of life in New York,
South America and Paris have inter
vened since she was actually resident
In California.
Next to California women, In the
approval Of the fashion designer, come
women Of the Argentine. The Cali.
fornia woman breathes vigOr, health
and whOlesOmeness, she says. Argen-
tina typifies grace. She can achieve
style with a breadth Of black cloth
and a string Of pearls, according to
Mrs. Hayme.
Three years ago Marjorie Lou
opened shop in Buenos Aires. where
her husband is a planter. Last year
she extended her business to Paris
and now she operates dress houses
in both cities.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08
BRIDE ACTS AS LOOKOUT
WHILE HUSBAND STEALS
Couple Confess to Having Committed
Is Burglaries IN and About
New York City.

New YOrk.--A young man and his
bride Of few months, arrested in
Jersey City as suspicious persons, con
fessed 70 having committed twenty five
burglaries 80 Hudson county in the
last month They are Alvin Black.
twenty-three years old. alias Alvin
Jessup, Of Az Pacific street, Brooklyn,
and his wife, Elizabeth, twenty-One.
The young wife, the police said, act
ed as a lookout while her husband
forced his way into apartments. Sew
enty-two pawn tickets were found IN
their possession, representing loot val
ued at from $4,000 to $4,000, the pO-
lice said. A Jimmy also was found on
the husband.
For several hours after their arrest
the two offered variety Of defenses
and explanations for the possession Of
the pawn tickets, but when the hus-
bands police record was produced,
showing half dozen arrests and one
conviction, they confessed and offered
to take the detectives on tour of JET
sey City to show them houses which
they had looted.
Inspector John Underwood said the
Blacks told him they had been driven
to crime last September when in ur-
gent need of money for doctors bills
and when both were without employ
ment. Black said he had been a law
student, but the police have not vet
confirmed his assertion. They told the
police they were married on December
10.
The police report that Black said
he and his wife started their thefts in
Weehawken. After several burglaries
there they went to West New York
and then in turn to Union City. North
Bergen, BayOnne and Jersey CITY
The husband said he rang bells OF
tenements, and if he received no re
spOnSe he ventured to enter the house
while his wife remained on guard II
the hallway. Not once in the twenty
five rObberies did they encounter diff
Guilty.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08
Steer Stranded Under
Gotham Pier 21 DAVIS

New YOrk.-Wildeyed with fear. q
negro ran into the offices of the Jer
Sey City stOckyards, shouting for help
"Ive been chased by Il wild ami
NAL ~ he cried. There's a mad steer
under the pier crazy with hunger" he
told company employees.
The men laughed dubiOusly. but fcl
lowed the negro out Of the office.
They went to the company pier at
Sixth street, and one of the men
walked under it while the others
waited.
He led them back to the office
where he confirmed the negrO's story,
and the men got ropes with which to
tie the animal.
Under the pier they found a Texas
steer, which fought them desperately
until one of the men ''hOg tied" him,
and he was lured into a pen in the
stOckyards.
A roundup of the cattle revealed
that the steer, one of a shipment
brought to the yards about three
weeks ago, had been missing p
days.
Above and around his hOOfs are hOr-
rible sores, caused by rat bites.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08
MOVING Hills AND RIVERS.

Ditching with dynamite to
straighten a small stream or creek
has become somewhat of a common
practice among engineers, but it
was an unusual thing to do when
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
changed the course Of a river over
100 feet wide. The railway COM
pany's engineers had to provide for
SO miles of track in their freight
classification yards near Clifton
Forge, Virginia. A hill and a river
seemed to have the proposition
blocked so they dynamited the hill
and put it on a level with the sur
rounding landscape. When that job
was done they blasted a big river
bed through the new ground that
they had leveled and then turned the
river around so that it would run
through their ditch. That made the
old space that was formerly occupied
by the river available for the purpose
of the railway yard. Of course they
had to fill the old river-bed-but a
little thing like that was not at all
disconcerting. They did it in a jiffy,
The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08
Business Conditions in the
United States

The rate of general business activ-
ity has continued its gradual advance
during the last few weeks, while in
several basic industries the exnar-
sion has been very pronounced. states
the current issue of the Guaranty
Survey, published by the Guaranty
Trust company of New York.
These developments have STRENGTH
ened confidence in the fundamental
soundness of present conditions and
in the outlook for a continuance Of
active business for the next few
months, the Survey continues. Il re-
mains true, however, that the volume
Of trade for the country as a whole
appears to be somewhat smaller than
a year ago.
On the whole, business seems to be
responsive to the normal seasonal in
fluences, with the likelihood of some
summer reaction later, and of fur-
ther advance in the autumn probable.
In spite of some expansion in com-
mercial loans, a large volume of new
security offerings and an increase Of
loans in the security market, money
rates have risen only slightly and
there appears no indication of a
tightening money market. AS q
measure Of current commercial ac-
tivity, the first million-car week of
freight lOadings was reported for the
second week in March, two months
earlier than this figure has ever be.
fore been reached.
Among the leading industries. the
most significant trend is that of iron
and steel manufacture, in which the
The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08

present rate of activity is nearly, if
not quite, the highest in the history
Of the industry. The situation in the
automobile industry is also encour-
aging, despite a few recent price re-
ductlons by manufacturers. Although
the February total of production is
smaller than that of a year ago, this
is reported to be wholly due to the
restriction of output by one leading
producer in anticipation of changes
in models. Most of the large manu-
facturers are operating at capacity.
Building activity showed a distinct
gain in February, new construction
undertaken during the month having
been somewhat larger than the total
for February, 1926. The increase,
however, was confined to a few large
cities, with the rest of the country
reporting a small reduction.
Coal production and shipments con-
tinued to reflect the general anticipa
tion OF a strike on April 1, and the
stability of prices indicated that the
market had thoroughly discounted the
possible effects Of a suspension of
mining. Railways, public utilities
and industries generally have been
building up coal reserves for some
time, and apparently faced the
prospect of a walkOut without seri-
Gus misgivings. Unless the strike
lasts much longer than is generally
believed, or unless the non-unior
fields become involved to a consider
able extent, there is little reason t.
fear that the business of the country
as a. whole will be greatly affected.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08
Chief HONORED,
Then EXECUTED
Chinese Justice Moves
Swiftly in Case of Con-
victed Traitor.

Hardin, Manchuria.-Sleeka and pros.
porous, smiling at the recollection of
the honOrs just heaped upon him at
the capital city of Mukden and happy
to be back in his home city, where he
owned luxurious mansion. where he
was a heavy investor in real estate
and a theater magnate. and where his
Russian wife was awaiting him, Gen
eral Yang-chO, the Chinese vice presi-
dent of the Chinese Eastern railway,
alighted from his special car here one
morning recently.
The next morning his body lay in
rude coffin set out ON the bleak plain
at the edge of the city used as gar
bage dump. The wealth that was his
was cOnfiscated to the Golfers of Chang
TsO-lin. His titles, rank, and posi-
tions were stripped away and he died
before a firing squad, a convicted
traitor.
Such is the way justice moves in
China.
Was Backed by Moscow.
Information had reached Chang
Tso-lin that the man he had trusted
and placed in high office In Hardin
was plotting a revolution, had re-
ceived a large sum of money to carry
out his plan from Moscow, and had
betrayed China to Russia in matters
connected with the Chinese Eastern
railway. This information came to
Chang through the Japanese secret
service
The suspected general was accord
ingly invited to Mukden to confer
with Chang Tso-lin, who entertained
him and generally kept him busy long
enough for the Harbin Chinese milf.
tary authorities to seize his wife,
search his house, and secure dOcu-
mentary and other proof of his guilt
He was arrested just as he was step.
ping into his limousine and hurried tt
military headquarters. where a special
cOurt-martial, sent secretly from Muk.
den by Chang TsO-lin, was already
sitting on his case.
Admits His Guilt.
He was confronted with the dOcu-
mentary evidence seized, broke down.
and confessed. Sentence Of death was
passed upon him, confirmed by tele.
graph by Chang TsO-lin, and carried
out during the night, the firing squad
consisting of a single soldier, who put
a bullet into the traitOrOus generals
head at close quarters, shooting by
the light Of lantern held close to the
condemned mans face by another SOL
der.
The exact details Of the plot in
which General Yang-cho was engaged
have not been made public. One re-
port is that he was about ready tC
launch revolution, establish the Com
munist state Of Manchuria, and pro
claim himself its first president.
Yang-chO had been known to every
foreigner in north Manchuria. HI
was well educated, spoke English anC
Russian perfectly, attended most o
the dances given In Harbin and enter
tanned extensively In his beautiful
home. Recently he bought a control
ling interest in Harbin's three larges
moving picture theaters and had an
nOunced his intention Of starting
string Of such theaters throughout tn
cities Of both north and south Man
Churia.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08
Rides Horse az Miles
to and From School

John Mcdonald Of Lincoln rides AZ
miles each day ON horseback in his
trips back and forth from home to
University high school at Fayetteville.
Young Mcdonald began his school ca
reer at the university school and de-
sires to continue. although his home is
now at Lincoln
At four O'Clock every school morning
the lincoln youth mounts his horse
and rides the interS ening u miles to
meet his eigbi o'clock class His class
room duties call FOR him to remain
until no,n when ne seats his lunch
and begins hs hcmeward Journey.
Mcdonald misses school only on the
worst days. and says bee Aeter suffers
from cold and expo ISIS teachers
reported lie is doing exee.eut work.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08

There had been a heavy thunder
storm the night previous, and the
teacher asked George:
Were you not frightened at the
thunder and lightning last nightT'
mo, sir; not a bit"
That's right, George; you are a
good boy. You know what causes thr
thunder, do yOl nOtT'
YES, sir! My grandfather causes
it,"
"YOur grandfather? Oh, no. WHY
do you say such thing?"
why, sir, every day before q storm
comes up. my grandfather saws he
feels it in his boues!'
The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08
Drunken Hogs on Hind
Legs Lead Drys to Still

Sacramento, Calif.-Inebriated hogs
that stood on their hind legs and
danced and grunted led a squad OF
federal dry agents under A. E. Mccoy
to a still hidden in a pigsty. The
drinking pigs were on the farm Of
Tony Sardini of Bryte. The officers
allege that the intoxicated condition
Of the hogs was due to mash feed
The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08
MOVIE STYLE

"COnfOund the movies!" exclaimed
the exasperated book publisher.
"Owing to their example, my COM
positors, electrOtypers, proof-readers
and binders all insist on being men
toned by name on the title pages"
Boston Transcript.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08
Girl Rescues Puppy,
Twits Male COwards


POughkeepsie, N. Y.-Riff
Ran, white puppy owned by
President Henry Noble Mac
Cracken of Vassar college, was
saved from drowning by hero
ism Of Celeste COrcOran. twen-
ty-year-Old senior Of Springfield,
Mass.
The rescue was staged on
Sunset lake, the campus scene
of student aquatic sports, while
several men stood about the
shore watching the puppy
drown.
Riff Raff likes to chase sticks
thrown to a distance. Follow
ing one thrown by man he
came to a hole In thin ice. He
tried to stop, but skidded on in
to open water. As he tried to
climb out the ice broke under
the weight of his paws
Miss COrcoran heard his cries
and strode out on ne cracking
ice, crawling the last few feet
to reach the dog. She pulled
him from the water toy the nape
wrapped him In her cloak and
made her way back to shore
without mishap other than wet
feet.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08
STARTING POINT.

The bus was passing a church, out
side of which an awning had been
erected and red carpet laid down for
a wedding.
whats on there?" asked the in
quisitive passenger.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08
SPRING FOOTBALL.

Under the direction of Coach OFT
Romney 80 Montana State college
students are engaged in spring foot
ball practice, which will continue for
about four weeks. The track men
have been working for more than a
fortnight, and with favorable wealth
er hope to get out of doors soon.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08
All Alike

London. - American and English
fiappers are alike. in the opinion Of
Mrs. James Higble Of San Jose, Calf
''They both like their cocktails and
their smokes"
The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08

Miss Lillian Welles, sixteen-yeaF-Old
girl, never missed a day at school
from the time she started nine and a
half years ago until she graduated
recently from high school.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08
UTILIZING HIS TALENTS.

My boy Is generally on the wrong
side, but he argues we'll at that"
"Make a lawyer out of him."-Lou-
isville Courier-Journal.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08
Three Dimes Per EIorse

Dauton. Pa-Three horses were sUld
at auction for 81 'erts averaging Just
3 dimes per h0ts.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08

'The beginning Of a divorce, ma
dam," replied the cOnductOr.-Tid
Bits.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08

Shelby--Six new oil wells started
in one week, with one 2O0-barrel
completion.
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WFbM ON new
WAVE TONIGHT
275.1 Meters for Fight;
Begin Regular Program.

Station WFBM, Indianapolis Pow
er and Light Company will start its
regular program of broadcasting
Friday, following its opening pro-
gram tonight with the National
Broadcasting Companys hookup of
sixty-seven stations for the Demp-
sey-Tunney fight.
For tonight's program only WFBM
will be on its new wave length of
1000 kilocycles (275.1 meters) and
with 1000 watts power, and radio
fans who wish to hear the fight re-
turns from WFBM should tune in
on that wave length.
The Federal radio commission
gave the station special permit to
operate on the new wave length and
power for this one night at its
present location. The commission
desired WFBM to give service on
the Chicago fight to as large part
of the listening public as possible.
After the broadcasting of the
Dempsey-Tunney fight tonight by
Station WFBM, Indianapolis Light
and Power Company, with sixty
seven other stations of the National
Broadcasting Company's combined
networks, WFBM will start Friday
on its regular program.
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ton like that downstairs out Of the
room and down into the street, in
stead"
Duvall's admission on the stand
that during the campaign he would
return from speeches in which he
denounced Armitage to Armitage's
home for midnight sessions" Bit
terly was denounced by Hoffman.
Attacks Double Dealing
1.-The man who deceived the peo-
pie every night he made a speech
against Bill Armitage by flying to
him late at night is the man they
ask you to believe here on the wit
ness stand" Hoffman said.
Speaking of Duvall and his al
legged attempt, as testified to by
William H. Freeman, to get $4,000
from Freeman for a board of works
appointment, Hoffman shouted.
This man is money crazy-money
mad. He asked Freeman for $500
more, even after he had received
$4,000 from Armitage for the ap-
pointment."
st sometimes think Duvall went
to Pekin on election day to escape
the people to whom he had prom
Used jobs. The Lord only knows
how many more he promised than
testified here" Hoffman said.
Asks Pointed Question
Concerning Duvall's testimony
that he intended to return the
money from the start, Hoffman
said:
eff the transaction was a clean
one, why didn't Duvsll take some
one into his confidence for his pro-
lection later? Explain the whole
matter to a disinterested party and
ask him to hold the money until it
could be returned, instead of putting
it in his own safety deposit box?"
Referring to Frank Sipe's
testimony that Duvall answered, IT
am the mayor" to Sipe's question
as to why someone else was given
the market masters job when it had
been promised to him, Hoffman
said.
IT am the mayor! We have heard
expressions of that kind before,
from people affected with power"
Hoffman scored Defense Attor-
ney Hugg, who preceded him, for in
timating that the fact that Jim
Armitage's case still was pending
before this court" had any bearing
on the present case.
THAT statement was a reflection
on this honorable court" Hoffman
said.
Hugg Is Scored
Hoffman also scored Hugg for
saying that Joe Bell, former Demo-
cratic mayor, was acquitted in this
court on similar charge"
II suppose, because a Democratic
mayor was acquitted, we now should
acquit a Republican mayor, to even
things up," Hoffman said sarcas-
tically and the packed courtroom
laughed.
1.-THE hour has struck. There must
be cleaning up Of corrupt con-
ditions in Indianapolis. Whether
it shall begin now or continue rests
in your hands, gentlemen Of the
jury" Hoffman concluded.
Hoffman closed at 1920 a. m.
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ooh, no." she said, I'm really 60
ing to fly to Paris"
And then she smiled that smile
of hers, that is almost irritating in
its persistence.
In vain have many persons told
her that the sign, CLOSED for the
season." has been hung out on the
transatlantic air routes. She has
paid no attention to well-wishers
who argue against an attempt to
s,,an the ocean. She doesn't argue
she smiles.
Miss Elder and her co-pilot. Capt.
George Haldeman, announced after
inspecting their Stinson-Detroiter
yesterday, that they might take of
tomorrow morning.
The time of departure depends
upon the weather, they said.
Thus the hour grows nearer when
Miss Elder may be proved right and
the doubters wrong. Stunt or nc