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The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30
DROP SALARY T|LTS
State Budget Committee
Refuses Major Increases.

Requests for increased pay for de-
partment heads were ignored by the
State budget committee when they
ended threeSday session Thursday
afternoon.
Among the requests upon which
no action was taken was increase
for Dr. William F. King, State
health board secretary, from $1,000
to $4,000; Adjutant General William
H. Kershner, $4,000 to $4,000 and o.
H Griest, teachers retirement fund
secretary, $4,000 to $4,000.
Five dollars monthly was added to
the pay of Statehouse janitors, MAX
ing $95, and elevator operators were
increased from $40 to $50.
Automobile mileage allowance was
increased from to 7 cents mile.
Next meeting OF the committee
was set for Dec. 49,
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30
CHAMBER SMOKERS TO
PROMOTE GOOD WILL

North indianapolis Business Men
Invited to Session.
North Indianapolis business men
have been invited to attend smoker
at 8 p. m. Monday by the Indian
apolis Chamber of Commerce.
The meeting is for promotion Of
"good-wilP' community spirit.
Similar meetings will include busi-
ness mer from other sections.
Closer Welding Of civic and busi-
ness interests of community leaders,
through converted effort and closer
corporation of those interested in
the city's welfare is expected to re-
suit.
Speakers will include A. Kiefer
Mayer, chairman, and G. L. Har-
rod, general manager of the Indian
apolis Industrial commission.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30

William T. Hacker, director of
the social service department, ex-
planned that a married girl or boy
is not normal as child and is
not mature enough to keep from
talking of their experiences to
other children.
While school age, for enumera-
ton and taxation purposes, in
cludes unmarried persons from 6
to 81 years of age, there have
been several instances of persons
over 21 bejnk permitted to attend
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30

The woman, whose name was
not divulged, pending settlement
Of the controversy, to prevent
embarrassment for her, was forced
to forced to leave school in the
seventh grade.
She desires to return to school
in the eighth grade, and wished
to attend the same school where
her own two children attend the
third and fourth grades.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30

east side and went there going
south side again.
"Of there
this fall the north
So far this month"; the has made 2365 transfers
meters compared with 5000 for the
hundred patrons
taken OUT 1725
men of meters
Fewer families who have to have water meters transferred
records at the Indianapolis Water
tins month @ water users had their supply turned while 1877 it
turned off, The following
moving scramble, Manager S Morris said
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30

course, my intention when I re-
quested an order of the court to di-
rect the clerk to issue subpoenas for
all persons the State should desig-
nate as witnesses.
II appreciate that you as lawyer
and a citizen not only are, but that
you should be, deeply concerned in
the matter"
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30

school, Ure M. Frazier, business
director, said.
He recalled two girls, one 81
and the other "a, who were per-
mitted to return to school this
year, after having dropped out in
order to work to support them
selves. Neither was married.
81 believe we have the right to
accept unmarried persons over 81
if they are willing to pay tuition"
Frazier said, "but, in my opinion,
they should attend night schools
rather than day schools"
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30
FRENCH CABINET WANTS
RUSS TO RECALL ENVOY
Protest Against Ambassador VIII Not
Result in Break of Nations.

Protest Against Ambassador VIII Not
Result in Break of Nations.
By United Press
RAMBOUILLET, France, Sept. 80.
The French cabinet it was learned
today has decided to insist upon the
recall of Christian Rakovsky, Soviet
Russian ambassador to France.
President Doumergue presided at
the cabinet meeting here at which it
was decided to instruct Ambassador
Herbette at Moscow to make further
representations to thS Soviet gov
eminent. In the interests of good re-
lations, Herbette will inform the
Moscow government, Rakovsky must
be recalled.
Recall of Ambassador Rakovsky
would not result in rupture OF
Franco Russian relations. The
French governments objections to
the Soviet ambassador resulted from
a manifesto issued by him some
weeks ago in which he urged the
soldiers of all countries to desert to
the Red army.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30

the frame of mind to profit by
school work" according to Joseph
F. Thornton, assistant superin-
tendent.
/" NY one young enough to
"A attend school ought not
to be married and any
one married has forfeited the
right to attend school. There is
danger they may effect morals of
others in school. A married child
of school age usually lacks discre-
ton"
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30
ONE KILLED, FIVE HURT

By Times Special
ELKHART, Ind, Sept. So.-John
]. Wambaugh, So, local grocer, is
dead today and five other persons
are suffering from injuries, two be-
ing in critical condition, after a
car driven by Wambaugh crashed
into a tree.
The seriously injured are Mrs.
Amelia Wambaugh, 81, the victims
widow and Mrs. Lucille Crouch, 33.
Those less seriously hurt are Maxine,
6, daughter of Mrs. Crouch; Mrs. Ida
Harper, 48, and Robert Pence, 20.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30

Fowler, and showet. us the man.
moth, smooth, we:i-groomed bulls
that were making somuc h history
for the breed.
And then he had the show herd
of females brought out and lined
up-great, broad-backed, eFem-
mate matrons, full of bloom and
substance, and the younger cattle
and calves, allfinished to a turn
with a captivating sweetness. 1t
was revelation to me.
@7HAT day has fingered long
in my recollection and only
accentuated my natural
love for cattle and stimulated my
desire anG increased my determin-
alton sometime to own and pro-
duce specimens of which I also
could be proud. Upon our home
ward journey implored my father
to let me buy a COW and calf with
my savings. But he thought that
I had no place to keep them prop
erly and withheld his consent. I
then and there made up my mind
that some day I would own a herd
of Hereford cattle.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30
c. OF c. Aid in
/ MOVE TOOUST
/ DUVALL Urged
Dwight S. Ritter, Former
City Purchasing Agent,
Asks Body to Act.
MEETING TO BE CALLED
Real Estate Board and Other
Clubs Demand Mayor and
Wife Resign.
MEETING TO BE CALLED

Y On request of Dwight S. Ritter,
Grassyfork fisheries president, the
Chamber of Commerce civic affairs
committee will meet Monday noon
to consider enlisting the Chamber
in the movement to force Mayor
Duvall and his wife from Office.
The meeting was called by John
r.. White, committee vice chairman.
William Fortune, chairman, is in
Europe. About fifty leading busi-
ness and professional men are on
the committee.
The request of Ritter, the pur-
chasing agent under Mayor Charles
Jewett, asking Duvall and Mrs. Du-
vail, city controller, to resign was
made in a letter to Fortune.
Second Request Made
A second member of the commit
tee made similar request in a let
ter, William Book, Chamber civic
affairs secretary, announced. His
name was not made public.
tRitter's letter stated:
II feei that the time has come
when the citizens of Indianapolis
Shrould ask for immediate resigna-
ton of Mr.. Duvall as mayor and
Mrs. Duvall as city controller.
"The matter long since has passed
beyond any political consideration.
1t is an immediate responsibility for
all interested in cleaning the name
OF their city.
Whole Structure Affected
"The whole business and social
structure of our community is so
influenced by the present situation
that our governmental difficultives
/. must be corrected as the first step
in any Chamber of Commerce en-
sterpriseS
Il formally request that an i'm
mediate meeting of the civic affairs
committee be held to discuss this
matter, with the hope that 1t can
ben presented to the board of
directors for approval without de-
lay"
Real Estate Board Acts
Elhe committee only could recon-
mend to directors that a stand be
taken. by the Chamber. 1t was
pointed out a special directors meet
ing might be called in event the
committee favored action.
The Indianapolis Real Estate
Board, Thursday at luncheon, joined
several other civic organizations in
demanding Mayor Duvall and Mrs.
Duyall, named city controller by her
husband, resign from their posts to
allow an outstanding citizen to be-
come the city's chief executive.
DuvaH was convicted of violating
the corrupt practices act by a
Criminal Court jury which declared
him ineligible to hold Office. Duvall
has refused to heed the demands
that he give over his post to "some
person out of politics." contending
he can legally hold Office until his
conviction is upheld by the Indiana
Supreme Court.
Service Club on Record
The chaotic municipal situation
is expected to be discussed tonight
by the indianapolis Federation of
Civic Clubs, which meets at the
Chamber OF Commerce Bldg.
\ The Service Club is on record re-
questing the Duvalls to resign and
4 the Kiwanis Club directors have be-
fore them demand that the club
take a stand on the situation.
In some quarters it was con-
sidered likely that legal proceeding
would be started to force the
ousting of the mayor and his wife.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30
FACES CHECK CHARGE

Margaret Jordan, alias Florence
Evans, Lucille Evans, Margaret @.
Gordon, and Lucille Davis, 81, of
4615 E. Tenth ST., was arrested late
Thursday in a downtown depart
ment store, and charged with at
tempting to pass fraudulent
check.
She is alleged to have passed
several checks during the past week.
More than twenty checks drawn
on four different banks were said
to have been found in her pos
session.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30
Dies as Auto Upsets

By Times Special
WARSAW, Ind, Sept .3o-George
w. McCarter, 55, of this city, is
dead today, having been pinned be-
meath his auto when it overturned
after skidding on wet pavement.
Mrs. McCarter, his wife, and their
daughter, Mary. 10, we're seriously
injured, and Mrs. Alvin Robinson,
the widows mother, slightly hurt.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30
Child Malady Kills Three

BIZ Times Special
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Sept. 3d.
Infantile paralysis has brought
death to three children here with
in a week, the latest victim being
Evelyn, months-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Spradley. Six
cases of the disease are now
under quarantine.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30
Fled From Nicknames

BIZ Times Special
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Sept. 3d.
Alice Moody, 13, and Jessie Ross, IL,
are back at the Rose Orphans
Home here today after escaping
Wednesday night because other
children had given them nicknames
they did not like.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30
Man Bees Routed Hurt
By Times Special

BIZ Tunes Sp6ctdE
ROCHESTER, Ind, Sept. 3d.
John Pratt, a farmer, living near
here, is Suffering from fractures of
both arms suffered when he fell
from tree after being attacked by
bumblebees. While hunting, a
squirrel shot by Pratt lodged in the
tree and he climbed up to re-
trieve it..
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30

nngs with their pliers monkey wenches and moving vans
have transferred from oca
Bell Telephone Company finds october and May the
months Last October 1888 patrons switched phone
locations Watson division comnercial superintendent
May year. 437 made the change and fall mgraons will
equal Watson believes
observation this moving made by John
Stenge credit manager Citizens Company:
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30
WIDOW CHOOSES TO RUN
Mrs. r. H. Mccormick Will Base
Candidacy on Her Record.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
NWASHINGTON, Sept. 3O.-Mrs.
Ruth Hanna Mccormick will base
her candidacy for Congresswoman-
at-large from Illinois ION her rec
ord"
The widow of the late Senator
Medill Mccormick, in announcing
yesterday she chooses to run" for
Office, pointed out she had been
active in Illinois public affairs for
years and represented the State on
the Republican national committee
since 1918.
ION what I have said and done
in the course of these years on ILL
nois policies and on national poll
cies, I hope for the support of the
voters of the state" she stated.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30

EzHETHER a young married
M woman, mother of two
W children, both in school, is
eiigIDle to attend the day grade
schools, is a problem confronting
Indianapolis school officials.
Various opinions are held on the
matter by school heads, some
holding the woman, ambitious
wife of a Rurnanian restaurant
owner, may not attend under any
circumstances, others that she is
entitled to attend by paying
tuition.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30
MOVIN' TIMES HERE
We re ON Our Way Is City Chorus

Er--1 HEY used to live here, but they
III That's the opening line of the Housewives
Moving Time being chanted front porches and in apart
ment house corridors light water
abreast of the shift of Indianapolis
they don't all utility
md
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30

II think folks are getting back
where they belong this fall" he said.
"If you'll Just look through these
transfer cards you'll find that John
Smith, who's been living just little
beyond his means out on the north
side is moving to the east side.
"Then Bill Jones, who had lived
down on the south side, but thought
he could safely meet rents on the
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30

For the annual fall migration
from the summer home" to the
"town house." from the five-room
cottage to the third floor back" is
on. "And howl" add the men who
move the meters and the worldly
effects.
Here are some of the records they
stack up in the office when they
Straggle hack these Sentember eve
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30

Meter men are getting their sea-
sonal workout too, at the Indian
apolis Power and Light Company.
Between Sept. l and Sept. 26, 1885
users of electric current in the city
ordered their current discontinued.
OF this number, 4,O75 apparently
were set down at new addresses by
the moving vans and promptly Or
dered the current started. Most of
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30
SO HELD IN ONE CASE
Pippert Arrest Raises Total of Fer
racane Defendants.

With the arrest of Orville Pippert,
"a, of 1873 s. Noble ST., the number
Of defendants under arrest in the
Ferracane liquor conspiracy case
reached fifty. Pippert was arrested
by Jack Maroney, Federal prohibi-
ton agent. and Sergt. Eisenhut
Thursday nigat. The ninety nirre
defendants In the case will be ar
aigned Oct. 2l.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30
tents where individual meters

the 300 lost the shuttle went into where Individual meters
not necessary light company officials believe
add their testimony that Indianapolis
right getting settled for winter
the will
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30
INDIANAPOLIS schools, in
common with schools in
nearly every other CITY

II nearly every other city,
consider married PERSONS whether
IA or 30 years of age, undesirable.
Admission of such persons to
school classes is within discretion
Of school officials, Superintendent
Charles F. Miller suggested.
Married people, especially girls,
do not fit into the social life of
the schools" d. T. Weir, assistant
superintendent, said.
"a young married girl is not in
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30

EDITORS NOTE-The following
story of his life was written by War
T, McCray, for the new Breeders Ga
zette before the gates of Atlanta Prison
were opened TO free him.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-09-30

the position with which I
- was honored were so exact
ing that I was forced to neglect
my private affairs just at time
when they demanded my personal
attention more than ever before.
This played an important part in
the events which followed and
which constitute one of the sad
dest chapters that has even been
written about the life of any man.
1t has been said that adversely
has its uses. This is undoubtedly
true, though the lessons taught
may sometimes be obtained at a
terrific price. Without trials we
would never know our strength.
Without storms, house could as
well be built upon sand as upon
a foundation Of rock.
Many men Of virtue and honor
have been misunderstood and
have endured slander and ca
lumny, humiliation and disgrace
far beyond their deserts, courage
ously and humbly, because in
their heart of hearts they knew
that they had committed no
wrong, Intentionally.
In the dark days Of adversely
many things are seen with a new
understanding. The Scriptures
take on a new significance, and
many passages that had never
attracted any particular attention
come to the reader as a ray of
light that pierces the shadows and
illuminates and makes clear that
which had hitherto been either
complex or obscure.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31

other constitutional amendment, rails
ing his salary to twelve thousand dol
lars. Even administration supporters
warned him that he faces a revolt of
the rank and file for his greed at a
time when the miners union confronts
the most critical situation in its his
tory. Nevertheless the machine, we'll
oiled, rode on to its dangerous VIC
tory.
From Fake Locals.
Ninety-one resolutions had been
framed by the machine in favor of
raising Lewis salary to $4,000.
Forty-three of them came from Dis
trict 81, the dummy northern West
Virginia district where every mine but
one is non-union. There the Van Bit
ner machine had pushed through iden-
teal resolutions from dead locals in
an effort to backfire. The progress
sives claim that international salaries,
already princely, should be reduced
rather than raised during this critical
period in union history. Delegates
were clamoring for the floor after
(Continued on page p
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ELLIS SEARLES
JOHN L. LEWIS $4,000 BABY

tically every two tax-paying mem.
bers. No wonder that there have
come from this delegation more thar
score of resolutions proposing tina,
Lewis official annual salary be doub.
led be raised to fifteen or twenty
thousand dollars.
(2). Wholesale fraud in the re-
cent election campaign in the union.
According to the official report
made by Secretary Treasurer Ken.
nedy to the convention, there are now
approximately 273,00O dues-payine
members in the union. Lewis would
have us believe that nearly 235,00c
miners participated in the voting for
international officers just closed
That so large proportion Of the
Continued on page q
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New Figures Show
Soviet Union Grain
Crop Is Best Ever

MOSCOW, Jan. 81. - Russia's
grain crop will be considerably
greater than last years, according
to figures made public by the Gen.
trail Statistical department today.
The total sown area in the whole
union is rs per cent larger than
last year. More favorable yet, is
the great increase in the proper
ton of wheat sown-15 per cent in
crease in the Caucasus, and % in
the Ukraine. These figures which
are decidedly more optimistic than
those published in Economic Life six
weeks ago, are based on thorough
and accurate surveys.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31
By JAY LovEsTONE

The very bottom, the nadir, OF
fraud and terrorism to date employed
by our reactionary labor leaders to
dominate the trade unions is to be
found in the sessions of the conven-
ton Of the United Mine Workers of
America now being held in Indian
apolis.
The outstanding features of this
convention coming at the most criti-
cal moment confronting the miners,
are:
(). A reckless padding of the
convention with hundreds of dele
gates from blue-sky, non-existent
locals. In the case Of district 81,
West Virginia, the Lewis machine has
brought down one delegate from prac-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31
Wants Public Opinion
To Favor Labor Laws

Industry takes better care of its
machines than Of the children who
toll at them, Acting Mayor Joseph V.
Mckee declared yesterday at an ad-
dress of the Women's Civic Organiza-
ton at the Commodore Hotel.
at is our duty to see that labor
conditions among children are brought
to the same degree Of perfection that
is given machine. In order to pass
legislation to protect the children, 1t
Is necessary to develop public opin-
ion favoring such laws" he said.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31
STATE TESTS FOR
NATURALIZATION
CALLED UNF AIR
Claims Illiteracy No Bar
To Citizenship

The refusal of naturalization Off
Gals in New York State to naturalize
illiterates, was branded as extra
legal and unfair" by Miss Cecilia
Razolsly, chairman of a conference
on immigration policy which was held
at the Hotel Woodstock on Saturday.
Just because this state has a liter
acy test for voters, it applies this
to applicants for citizenship. Yet
naturalization is a federal function,
says Miss Razovsky, and since there
are many states which have no liter
acy tests for voters, New York has
no right to impose its particular
qualifications for electors on those
applying for citizenship within its
borders.
Courts Crowded.
Professor Arthur K. Kuhn, who
spoke at length on the problems of
the aliens, said he questioned the wis
dom of placing the function of natur-
alizing foreigners in the hands of the
judiciary, which so often is over
worked and has little time for this
important duty. He also mentioned
the fact that there is at present no
way for an immigrant whose claim to
citizenship has been questioned by
the state department or the immi-
grafton officials to have the question
decided judicially.
Tragic Results of Laws.
Many other determinations against
aliens were denounced by the speak
ers at this conference, and congress
was blamed for much of the diff
Guilty. The various proposed regis
tration and deportation measures
were not mentioned, but number uf
immigration and naturalization laws
were described as having developed
"heart-breaking" problems, and pro-
vided enough material for a blood
curdling tragedy.
Referring to some of our immi-
grafton measures, Professor Kuhn
said:
No Regard for Aliens.
"a serious legislative fault To-
which our American lawmakers are
prone more than those of any other
country in the world, is to pass laws
without the slightest regard for the
people of other nations or the inter-
national effect of the laws they make.
Our lawmakers seem to want to ST
everybody and everything into our
mold and if the person doesn't Git inl
our mold; off goes the persons feet
or head.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-31

CHiCeu Mlue WOrkerS.
Progressives fought stubbornly in
the name of union democracy against
the VICIOUS provision aimed to elm
mate all opposition to the treacherous
alliance between union bureaucracy
and employers, but the convention,
thoroughly drilled by administration
whips, followed Lewis lead blindly.
Although opposition to the amend
ment meant expulsion from the union
and from the coal industry, nearly 40
delegates voted "No"
Also in the Unions.
Van Bittner, leader of the hand
picked delegation of non-union West
Virginia, o. ]. Owens, an Ohio ma
chine leader, and Lewis, spoke for the
amendment. Lewis complained Bit
terly that the Workers Party is not
merely a political organization but
fights also on the industrial field
against employers and their agents in
the unions.
Loot, Loot, Loot!
Emperor Lewis laid up no end Of
trouble for himself earlier in the day
when his crowd pushed through an