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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-24
SMITH MENFIs..lI
TWO-TH|RDS RULE
Supporters of New York Gov
ernor Favor Change in
Convention Custom.

Supporters of Gov. Alfred f. Smith
nation for President are hammering
the two-thirds rule for nomina tons at
Democratic national conventions. Rep
resentative Sol Bloom. Democrat. of
New York, in a statement ISSUED last
night calls upon the Democrats to do
away with the two-thirds rule and
predicts continued defeat for the party
unless il adopts majority rule and
pulls together.
In 1924 the supporters of William
Gibbs McAdoo. then the leading candi-
date for the Democratic nomination,
we're vociferous in their demands for
a ma jority rule in making nomina-
lions for President and Vice Presi-
dent. At that time the opponents of
McAdoo, who rallied to Gov. Smith,
hung on to the two-thirds rule as to
a life preserver. The boot is on the
other leg today.
Representative Bloom naively ad-
mits that "even Democrats generally
agree that, the country over, Demo
Gratis are somewhat less numerous
than Republicans"
Mr.. Bloom insists, however, that
the Democrats underestimate their
soldly."
Discussing the two.thirds rule and
fits effect, Mr.. Bloom said Majority
rule, with no majority of less than
two.thirds counting as a majority, is
not majority rule at all. 1t is mi
nority veto of the ma jority. There is
no logic in two-thirds rule. 1t
might just as well be a nine-tenths
or 100 per cent rule. OF course no
such preponderance can be expected
of any candidate"
The two.thirds rule forces a COM
promise and compromises are not in
spring, Mr.. Bloom said. A COM
promise candidate under such a rule
is likely not to be the first, second,
or even the dozenth choice of any
ity candidate has been defeated his
friends naturally feel that he ought
10 have been nominated and that they
have done a rank injustice.
It's difficult for a beaten ma jority,
following a Democratic national con-
rention, to shout enthusiastically,
'hurrah.' Now let's take off our coats
and help the minority" said Mr..
Bloom.
The two.thirds rule is no more or
less than a veto placed in the hands
of the Southern States at the Demo
cratic national convention, Mr.. Bloom
insists, who fear that the North may
name the Democratic candidate for
President, although the South must
put up the majority of the electoral
votes for him.
Mr.. Bloom predicted that a waiver
of the two-thirds rule would bring
such results at the polls that the
South would never again insist upon
It.
ut would be the surrender by the
South of an unfair veto power" he
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-24

Seat for 1926 and 1927 models OF all makes of
cars $495 for Ford Coupes. $195 for standard four
door sedans Really great saving, for they not only
protect your upholstery, but your clothes well. An
excellent nvestmenhat will increase the value of your
Observation-Disclosures
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(Copyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-24
ESTATE IS $25O,O00.
Will of Samuel A. Luttrell Is Basis
of Petition.

In a petition for letters testament
airy filed in Probate Court yesterday
by Meta C. Puerner and Walter b.
Guy, executors under the will Of Sam
uel A. Luttrell, automobile dealer,
who died June %, the value of the es-
tate was given as approximately
$250,000.
The entire estate is devised in trust
for the benefit of the widow, Mrs. Bes.
sic P. Luttrell, during her life and for
the benefit of the children. Meta NJ
Luttrell, Samuel A. Luttrell, jr., and
John c. Luttrell. Included in the es-
tate is the home at 1868 Woodley road
and premises, 1914 New Hampshire
avenue. I,
Attorney Frederick B. Warder rep.
reSentS the estate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-24

LOUISVILLE, KY. July % LP.-
w. A. bearing, hailed into police
headquarters for violating a parking
ordinance, told the lieutenant he had
to so into a store to collect a bill and
simply took a chance on getting ar.
rested.
There's at least one honest auto.
mobile driver" the lieutenant said,
and tore up the ticket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-24

Fifth Floor--Sth Street
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Pre-InventOry Sale
of Fiber Furniture

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ID PIECE FL B E r
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merly $110 ..............
ID PIECE FIB Err
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$110 .................
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forest green, former 1890
~ $147.50 .........
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2-3.PC. FIBER SUITES. bis.
cayne color, handmade. SD
Were $6o ...............
2-3-PC. FIBER SUITES.
moonlight green. for. $47.s5
merly $50 ............
%. PIECE FIBER
S VI T E S. brown. $35 500
value
% PIECE FIBER
SUITES, delphone. For SD
merly $65 ............. -
2-3- PIECE FIBER
S u I T e S. copenhagen, SD
were sos ................
1-3. PC. FIBE r $7O.95
SUITE, coral, was 500, -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
MARS HILL AIR
. CIRCUS THRILLING
Estimate $1,000 Stole a
Look at Aviation Stunts.

Parachute drops, angular banking,
leaping, barrel-rolling, twisting and
diving by expert airplane pilots pro-
vided $4,000 persons with thrills at
the air circus at the new city airport
at Mars Hill Sunday. 1t was esti-
mated 10000 persons paid to see the
stunts on the inside field, while
the other $4,000 watched from parked
cars within a radius OF two miles
of the field.
High honors for the day went to
Lieut.. E. c. Batten, Lieut.. w. N.
Amos and Lieut.. e. L. Eubank Of
McCook field, Dayton, Ohio. for skill
full management of the racy Curtiss
planes. Batten and Eubank thrilled
the crowd during their "aerial COM
bat" when they careeened, dived
and spun at each other from 5000 to
5000 feet above the ground.
The forty-mile race of ten J. N.
S. planes of Schoen field and the
18th Observation Squadron gave
the circus an exciting start. Lieut..
Albert Schneider of the 18th Squad
ron won.
Parachute jumpers from Chanute
field, Rantoul, ILL.,, and Schoen field
dropped from attitudes of about
5000 feet. 4
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
$4,000 DAMAGE
IN SUNDAY FIRES
Church Burns to Ground
and 7 Homes Have BIazeS.

Flames took a toll Of approx
mately $4,000 in Indianapolis and
vicinity Sunday and early today
when seven homes and a church
caught fire.
The Shiloh Church, one mile west
of the Marion County line on West
Tenth St., burned to the ground
with a loss of $4,000 at $3.50 a. m.
Services had not begun and only a
few members of the congregation
were at the church when the blaze
was started by an overheated fur
mace.
Damage, amounting to $4,000, re-
suited from blaze which started in
a double house at 117-119 w. Twenty
First St. owned by E. NJ. Ham
NETT, and occupied by C. H. Bry-
ant, and spread to a double at 1915
w. Twenty-F'irst ST., occupied by H.
r. Coleman and r. f. Yohler, each
house being damaged $4,000. Sparks
spread to a house at 253 Kenwood
Ave-, causing $25 damage.
Other fires and their damage: c.
E. Fossett residence, AIS n. Temple
Ave-, $1,000, and the Mary Winters
home next door, 5000; vacant house
a. us n. Senate Ave-, $500, believed
OF incendiary origin, and residence
OF z. F. Gallahue, 1898 e. Wash.
ington ST., $1,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
THREE CHILDREN
HURT IN SUNDAY
AUTO ACCIDENTS
Girl CraWIs Under Car for
BaII-Boy Tricyclist, An
other Lad Injured.
Three children were among Sun
days traffic accidents victims.

Three children were among Sun
days traffic accidents victims.
Margaret Duckworth, 6, retriev-
ing ball from under an auto in
front Of her home, 1889 Nordyke
Ave, was injured when the driver,
unaware Of her presence, drove the
car away.
Billy Rodenberg, 8, Of 765 N. Bel
mont Ave, was bruised when his
tricycle. was struck by an auto
driven by Charles w. Cassel, 74S N.
Belmont Ave-, when turning into his
driveway.
Woman Injured
James Curtis, 5, of 1919 Arrow
Ave, was hurt when he ran into
the side of a car driven by Charles
Harrington, 29, Of 1882 Olney St., at
1910 Roosevelt Ave.
Clay Beckham, 3S, of 346 e. Nc
Carly ST., was charged with assault
and battery, reckless driving and
speeding after his car struck an
other driven by George Adrian of
r. r. 4, Box sos, at $500 S. Meridian
ST., Sunday, injuring Charlotte Reed.
81, of 1902 DRAPER ST., riding with
Beckham. She was sent to the city
hospital. "a
Mrs. Leona Elliott, AZ, of 1905
Churchman Ave, was injured when
the auto driven by her husband, w.
II. Elliott, was struck at Sixteenth
and Meridian SITS. by hit and run
driver.
Autos driven by Jack Messmer, 81.
OF 243O E. Sixteenth St., and Ernest
Newhouse, 4403 N. Capitol Ave, col
lided at Canal and Kessler Blvd.
Messner's auto turned over. He was
taken to city hospital, hurt about the
chest.
A coupe driven by Peter Lamber-
tus, 2609 N. Alabama ST., was badly
damaged when struck by a hit-and-
run Negro driver at Eleventh and
Missouri SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
G|LL|OM REBUKES
KHAN AND STEVE
IN GARY LECTURE
Pleads With Republicans to
Run Public Affairs in
Public Manner

Although mentioning neither the
Ku-Klux Khan nor d. c. Stephenson
and his lieutenants by name, Attor-
ney General Arthur L. Gilliom
scored the effect of these under
cover" forces in the Republican
party in Indiana in an address be-
fore the Republican Club at Gary
Saturday night.
He made a plea to his party mem
bers to conduct public affairs in a
public manner and never again sur
render to self-seekers with gum
shoe" methods.
Blames "ImpOstOrs"
Existing doubt and mistrust, he
declared, are the natural result of
"the intruded presence in the affairs
of our party of certain very strange.
ly and mystreiously active i'm
posters"
Il need not name these person >"
he continued. Their names are only
too painfully familiar in Indiana, and
in association with the fair name of
our state throughout the land"
They captured the Republican
party because they could win," he
said.
Even now Democratic Senator
Henin is coming to Indiana from the
south to revive the dying flames of
the recent CONGREGATIONS"
Rebukes Khan
Elm closing he delivered a stirring
challenge to rebuke the Klan and its
leaders.
The lesson learned and the thing
to be done is plain, Gilliom declared.
Party affairs are public affairs and
public affairs are the peoples af-
fairs. Let there be no fear of Of
Tending a half dozen impostors, who
in reality represent no one, but them
selves. The public interests of three
and a half million people is the OBJ
ject to be kept in view"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
TALL FUNERAL
RITES TUESDAY
Brooding Over Brothers
Death Blamed for Suicide.

Funeral services for Ovid Butler
Tall, 43, who took his life at his
home. 43 w. TEirtieth ST., late Satur-
day. will be held at the F'lanner-
Buchanan Mortuary Tuesday, 2:30 p.
m. Burial will be in Crown Hill
cemetery.
Tall. brother of Fl. Houston Tall,
former park board employee who was
found drowned in Fall Creek a year
ago, shot himself, using a police gun
laid on a buffet a short time before
by his brother-in-law, Sergt. William
Paulsel.
Mrs. Pausel, sister OF the dead
man, had just left the house to go
to a grocery. Paulsel was in a front
room. Tall left no note and it is
Paulsel's belief that the sight of the
gun prompted the action. Tall
brooded over the death of Houston,
it was said, and arrangements had
been made 10 take him to a hospital
today. Besides Mrs. Paulsel, a broth
er, Persifer F. Tall, survives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25


nings of the Star, Frank Stevens
and Thomas Evans.
Hundreds of friends paid tribute.
to Woody Sunday afternoon az
evening at the home of his sisters
Mrs. Ralph Peckham, 1904 Salem
st. Practically every member of
the police force viewed Woodys
body Sunday. Woody was formerly
police reporter for The Times.
The police emergency squad under
charge Of Lieut.. Fred Drinliut and
police reporters made a run" to the
Peckham home this morning IN the
emergency car in which Woody had
made many perilous trips. and ex-
pressed their grief over the report
er's death. Police department Off
Gals and members visited the home
throughout the day.
Police and court attaches raised
$3.50 fund to place a marker on
Woody's grave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
AUTHORITIES ON
CITY MANAGER
FORM TO SPEAK
Cincinnati Executive to Ad-
dress Mass Meeting
Assign LunCheonS.

Executive and campaign conn a
tees Of the city manager organNH&
ton today laid plans to bring sex.
eral nationally known authorities on.
the manager movement to Indian
apolis before the election here
June 81.
Murray L. Seasongood, Cincinnati
Ohio mayor under the city manag-
er form of government, will speak
at a mass meeting May 10.
Address Clubs
Efforts will be made to bring 9th.
er national manager leaders here
earlier in the campaign. Claude IL.
Anderson, executive secretary of the
local organization, said.
Manager speeches will be delivered
every day this week at club meetings
by Indianapolis leaders.
j. W. Esterlne, Esterline.AngHs
Company president, spoke at the,
Scientech Club luncheon at the
Chamber of Commerce today and
will address the Gyro Club Tuesday
noon at the Lincoln,
Attorney T.. o. Snethen will speak
before the Junior Chamber Of Com,
merce at luncheon Wednesday.
Choose COmitteemen s
Claude II. Anderson will explain,
the merits of the new form before,
the knights of the Round Table,
Thursday noon at the Lincoln.
Friday Esterline will speak at the'
Exchange Club luncheon at the,
Lincoln.
Ward and precinct committeeman,
are being chosen. A complete list Of
workers will be announced within a.
few days, Frank Z. Gates, campaign
committee chairman, said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
PIONEER DENTIST
IS FOUND DEAD
DR.. Thomas Rutledge Dies
After Heart Attack.

DIR. Thomas Rutledge, 20, of 721
e. Fifteenth ST., retired dentist, was
found dead in his bedroom at 1880
a. m. today. Death is believed due
to heart attack, and from grief over
the death in February of his sister,
Mrs. Sarah Prather.
The body. a cash cut above the
right eye, was found by Mrs. Lou
osa Huntsinger, aged housekeeper.
Hethad fallen against radiator, and
had been dead several hours, ac-
cording to DR.. c. r. Shaffer.
DIR. Rutledge was a graduate of
the Indiana Dental College. He was
a Mason.
He is survived by a nephew,
Jesse Grim, 1888 Kenwood Ave, and
two brothers living in Ohio and
Iowa.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
BANDITS ESCAPE ;.
AFTER 3 HOLD-UPS.
Filling Stations Yield $3.50
to Armed Customers.

Police had no trace today of band,
its who held up three filling stationss
withing twenty minutes Saturday,
night and escaped with $3.50 in cash.
A burglary yielded loot valued at 3
$77.
Using a stolen auto, lone bandits
drove into the National Refnings
Company Station, Thirty-Eight ands
Rucl1le SITS, and forced r. f. Johns, !
attendant to back inside the station,
and stand aside while he scooped ups
$35 and ran out to the car.
Another lone bandit held up Majors
Howard, attendant at the Indianai
Refining Company station, Delaware
and South SITS, and took 500 IRONS
the register and safe. Two bandits
held up the Great Western Oils
station at White River Blvd. ands
Michigan ST., and took SIS. L. c.
Monohan, attendant, described themi
to police.
Mrs. Stella Sottong, 73O Fulton St.,s
said a burglar who forced a rearl
door at her home took a typewriter
diamond ring and another rings
totaling $77. o.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
Proposes Plea for
Flood Protection

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, April 20
Congress will be asked next
winter to provide more flood
protection along the Missis-
sippi, Senator Pat Harrison
OemD, Mississippi, announced
here today. He called at the
White House and thanked
President Coolidge for his eff
forts in behalf of the disaster
area, and for sending Herbert
Hoover to the flood district to
organize relief.
THE present crisis does not
give encouragement to those
who oppose levee control of
flood waters" Harrison said.
HAD we not had the levees
along the Mississippi in the
present circumstances, the suf-
fering and loss would have been
one hundredfold greater.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
j. S. SHIP UNDER
FIRE BY CHINESE
British Craft, Also Attacked,
Silence Smelling.
BIZ United PyesA

BIZ United Press
LONDON, April 25.-Chinese
troops fired on the U. S. S. Peary
and on two British warships in
the Yangtze River today. an adj
miralty communique announced. The
Peary was fired on from Futung
Bluff, near Kiukiang which has been
trouble center for many weeks.
II. NJ. S. Keppel and Wolsey re-
piled with their main batteries to
rifle fire from the south bank of the
river, the communique said, both
above and below Chinkiang. The
British fire silenced the riflemen.
Twelve hundred additional jap
anese marines will leave for China
Friday aboard the service ship
Muroto. 1t was announced at Toxic
today. ....sx ll.,u,a.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
FLOOD OF MISERY
FOLLOWS DELUGE
Continued From Page u

~
afternoon in a big room at the Y.
NJ. C. A. They were laughing around
phonograph. On cots near by
were two women. The doctor who
came said they had the chicken
pox. There are sick people by the
scores among the thousands on the
boats and trains who are coming
into Vicksburg tonight and tomor-
row. or course there are. Any
time you move 100000 people out
Of their homes you're bound to find
sick people among them-people
who are quarantined with malignant
diseases like scarlet fever, diphthe-
ria, chicken-pox, measles-perhaps
even smallpox and all the other
dangerous illnesses. But what does
red quarantine card count for on
house when the house is going to
be swept away in a flood? The sick
person has right to live; and so
he is talen' along with the rest.
We have them here, the malig-
nantly sick ones, perhaps hundreds
of them. They can't be picked outy
in all the rush. Some OF them may
be at the Elks Home. which has been
thrown open, or in the Y. M. c. A.,
or in some Of the private houses
which have taken in the sufferers.
DIR. Lippincott is fixing up a tenn
porary contagious hospital of fifty
beds as starter in the fight against
! disease.
Drink River Water
I have talked to many refugees
today who, while they have been
marooned on high spots or in the
upper stories of their houses, have
been drinking the Red River wa
ter for the past few days. There
are dead animals in the river water;
for hundreds of miles up the flood,
clear into Illinois and Missouri, the
flood is polluted; it isn't drinking
water, but it's all the water there is.
| No one knows how much typhoid
there is in it. So you may be sure
no doctors and nurses will sleep in
| Vicksburg this Sunday night be-
cause all of these thousands of hui
man beings must be inoculated
against typhoid fever and, perhaps,
diptheria. There is one steamboat
load of refugees from the town of
Murphy due here at any moment;
the doctors expect to hear the old
steamboat Randall. which 10 carry
ing them, blow her whistle around
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
Fail to Halt Service

Indiana Public Service Commission
has denied rehearing of petition to
prevent the Highway Transporta-
ton Company of Marion from operat-
ing a truck line from Anderson to
Indianapolis. The company permit
allows transportation between the
two cities, with provision that no
stops be made en- route.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
MANUAL WINS CONTEST
Danville Second, NOblesville Third in
Commercial Department Event.

The commercial department of
Manual Training High School won
first place in the district contest for
high school commercial departments
of Marion, Hendricks and parts of
Boone and Hamilton Counties here
Saturday, it was announced today.
Manual Training had fifty-four
points; Danville second with twenty
two, and Noblesville third with
twenty-one points. The winners will
meet Saturday at Ball Teachers Col
lege, Muncie. to compete with win
ners from fourteen other Indiana
districts.
The local contest was in charge Of
W. r. Barnhart, Manual Training
commercial department head,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
SHOT PIERCES WINDOW
Police Fail to Find Person Who
Fired at Street Car Sunday

Police were unable to tell what
kind of bullet it was that struck
a College Ave. street car at Eft.
Wayne Ave. and Alabama st. sun
day or who fired the shot. Ray
Comstock, GA Highland Ave-, con-
ductor, said he heard glass fall, and
saw the hole in the car window, but
did not see anyone with gun. No
one was sitting near the window.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
Think Flood Delays
Meridian CURLING

The Mississippi River flood today
was believed responsible for the
four-day delay in arrival of car
load of curbing for Meridian st. be-
tween Tenth and Sixteenth st. The
street is being widened and repaved.
The Marion County Construction
Company asked Big Four Railroad
officials to investigate the delay. +.
H. Rosebrock, company secretary,
asked rerouting through Cincinnati,
Ohio, of two other cars of curbing.
Arrival OF the material from Ii
thonia, Ga, will not delay the as
phalt paving of Meridian, Rosebrock
said.
Rosebrock has no report on the
cause of the delay, but It is believed
due to high waters, since the Illinois
Central route is through Martin,
Tenn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
DELAWARE BRIDGE
APPROACH REPAIR
ORDERED BY CITY
Temporary Fill of Chuck
holes to Relieve Present
'BumpinesS.'

Temporary relief from the bumps
and chuck holes on the north APP
proach of Delaware st. bridge at
Fall Creek was ordered today by the
Duvall administration new board of
works.
Headed by Virgil Vandagrifft,
board president and City Engineer
Frank c. Lingenfelter the works
board made an early morning visit
to inspect the appro aches which
never have been in condition since
the bridge swas built two years ago.
Grading, Oiling Ordered
scraping. grading and oiling was
begun today.
Street Commissioner George Wood
ward started a grader and roller to
work to put the approaches in con-
dition.
1.-THE permanent improvement of
the approaches is delayed by the
city's failure to asquire the ground
and we want to give citizens a tenn
porary surface" said Vandegrifft.
Bids for paving the south ap-
proaches were advertised for today,
the board said.
The new board adopted the policy
of inspecting the site of projects
the day they come up for action.
John w. Friday and Frank Cones
are other members.
Senate Ave, between Washington
st. and Indiana Ave. the topic Of a
widening and resurfacing petition,
was visited. A hearing on the Pro-
posed widening from so to 20 feet
was set for this afternoon.
Blocks Given Away
Announcement of the Marion
County Construction Company that
wood paving blocks would be given
away on Meridian between Tenth
and Sixteenth SITS, drew citizens and
farmers who hauled the blocks away
in wagons and trucks.
The street is being widened and
paved with asphalt. Paul Gray,
Marion COUNT Construction Com
pany foreman, said farmer came
from Westfield to get blocks for floor
ing barn. Others will use them
for fuel.
The Meridian project and improve
ment of W. Michigan ST., between
White River and Holmes Ave, are
being rushed to completion before
the Speedway race, Gray said.