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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09
BOARD AGREESO
SHORTR|DGE PLAN
FOR HEAT SYSTEM
Commission Head Scores
Tax Board-To Break
Ground March |.

After assailing the State Tax
Board for refusing to grant bond
issue covering the $303,S51 bid for
the G. G. Shipp direct-indirect
method Of heating and ventilating,
made mandatory in the plans for the
new Shortridge High School, the
school board Tuesday night agreed
to accept bids on the "split" system
in readvertising the bid as ordered
by the tax board.
THE tax board has placed us in
a very ingenious muddle.' declared
Theodore +. Vonnegut, school board
president. "They allowed us no
money to defray the expense of re-
advertising, but simply ordered us to
do So"
Charles w. Kern, school board
member, made the motion to include
the additional system, stating that
expense incurred in altering the
plans or affecting the cost of the
general contract, would be included
in the dealers bid on the split
system.
Bates Approves
The system specified in the origi
nal plans. discarded when the in
coming majority faction promised
new plans Jan. 1, 1926, calling for a
building not to exceed a cost of more
than one million dollars, is not suit
able in the new plans, Kern said.
Fred Bates Johnson, minority mem
Der, who has been i'll Tor some time
and unable to attend the board
meetings, appeared Tuesday night
for the first time in several weeks
and advocated the unit system be
included in the advertisement.
1.-THE tax boards action is an
usurpation of power" Vonnegut con-
tinued. "Mr. Kern's motion for the
split system is the best method out
of the tangle."
Urge Speed
Charles r. Yoke, the other minor
ity hold-over member, and Johnson
approved in order to avoid further
delay in starting construction. A
bond issue of 100000 covering the
general contract and the electrical
wiring was granted by the tax board
and the II. r. Blagg Company of
Dayton, Ohio, have promised to
break ground March l for general
construction. They were awarded
the 1919, 900 general contract.
Johnson reaffirmed the school
boards policy forbidding contribu-
tons from school children for the
Barton Bradley memorial. Bradley
was the 1S-year-old Technical High
school graduate who lost his life sew
cral weeks ago in a futile attempt
TO rescue Hadley Hull, 8, from
drowning in Fall Creek.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09
Treat in Store for
House Music Lovers

Sweet music will swell the breeze
quartet opens up on it's barber
shop melodies. Representatives
Floyd A. Freemyer, first tenor;
Charles M. Trowbridge, second tenor;
Harry V. Brown, first bass, and
Frank d. Nolan, second bass, COM
prise the group of Legislative synco-
paters that is nightly practicirg
Sweet AdeIine" and other back
room" standbys.
When a greater semblance of har-
mony has been reached, the quartet
promises to entertain the Legislature
with a program of soul-stirring
rhapsodies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09
CARRY AGED WOMAN FROM HOME
Brothers Killed in
Horseback Crash

BU United Press
PETERSBURG, Ind, Feb. Carl
Myers, driver of truck which
killed two brothers, Carl Craig, 16,
and Walter Craig, IS, near here late
Tuesday, was exonerated today.
The two brothers were driving
home from school in buggy and at
tempted to pass Myers truck, which
was loaded with coal.
Their horse became frightened and
swerved in front of the truck. The
buggy was hit and demolished by the
truck and both boys were crushed
to death
Myers had no chance to avoid hit
ting the buggy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09

The first telephone conversation
between persons in Europe and In
dianapolis was held today.
Curtiss H. Rottger, president of
the Indiana Bell Telephone Company,
talked from his Office here with H.
E. Shreeve, technical engineer of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company at London, England. In
dianapolis newspapermen were
listening to the conversation
through extension head sets.
Shreeve's words, spoken more than
four thousand miles away, were as
audible as those in an ordinary tele-
phone conversation in indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09
SUGGESTSFLAT II
So FEE FOR ALL
MOTOR VEHICLES.
Auto License Cost Reduction
Plan Backed by Group of
Industries. =

A fiat registration fee of IS for all
motor vehicles is provided for in
bill to be introduced in the Indiana
House of Representatives
Horse power and tonnage are to
be eliminated as a basis of classi-
fication.
Backed by Industries
The bill is to be sponsored by
group of industries who claim that
a flat fee of S. will serve to equal
ize the tax.
1t is said that many trucks pay.
ing high license fee do not use the
State highways-never leaving the
city limits.
Original plans are said to have
called for an increase in the gaso-
line tax. This proposal, however, has
been dropped.
Increase Expected
The plans sponsors declare that
the State Highway Commission will
receive as much money in 1928 as
it did in 1926, but not quite as much
as will be realized in 1927. Increase
in the number of vehicles and gaso-
line consumption are being relied
upon for the promised result.
The average of all license registra-
ton fees is reported to be $500. The
SIS fee would result in an average
saving of $1.90. Calculation has been
made on the basis of 100000 regis
tered conveyances.
No one has been selected to intro
duce the measure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09
PHONE FIRE IS FATAL

BH Times SDecidl
TELL CITY, Ind, Feb. 9.-Burns
received when fire destroyed the tel
ephone exchange at Rome, Ind,
proved fatal to Miss Gertrude Acker-
man, telephone operator. Her moth
er. Mrs. Katie Alderman. and a
niece, Miss Alma Seifert, also burned,
are recovering.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09
DOORKEEPERS CENSORED
Resolution Scores Disorder on Floor
of Indiana House.

Disorder on the floor Of the In
diana House of Representatives was
scored in a resolution read Tuesday
afternoon. by Samuel K. Ruick
Rep.), Indianapolis.
Doorkeepers were censored and a
recommendation made that IL better
order could not be maintained, meas
ures should be taken to maintain
peace and tranquility.
The resolution was read at the
close of Tuesdays session. 1t was
seconded by William Henry Harrison
Rep.), also of Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09
FOR RADIO JOB

BIZ TNitcd Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Landon
Kay, announcer for WSB. operated
by the Atlanta Journal, today was
proposed to President Coolidge as
possible radio commissioner under
the. pending radio bill. Kay was
recommended by Representative Up
shaw (Dem), Georgia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09
AUTHOR FACES DIVORCE
Mrs. Harry Leon Wilson Charges
DesertiOn-Husban Silent.

BIZ United Press
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 9,-Mrs.
Harry Leon Wilson. who filed di-
vorce suit against her novelist hus-
band charging desertion, today de-
clared he is capable Of earning $780,
900. year. In her complaint, made
yesterday in Los Angeles. Mrs. Will
son asked custody of their two chill
dren and $500 monthly temporary ALI
nlOnY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09

Earl Chanley of Greensburg a
student-pastor proved the adage "a
prophet is without honor is his own
country all wrong" His first ser
mon in his home town Baptist
Church won high praise.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09
BACK HOME AGAIN

Automobiles reported found by po-
lice belong to:
Rufus Syfers, 2O5 Consolidated
Bldg. Chrysler, found at Meridian
and Washington SITS.
Earl Anderson, 4O7 Muskingum ST.,
Hudson. found at Noble 81. and Mas
sachusetts Ave.
Leonard Maddox, 1906 n. New
Jersey ST., Ford, found at New
Bethel, Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09

Alexandria police were called out
TO drag Pipe Creek, swollen by recent
rains. for the body of little Paul
Schier, reported drowned. Later
they found little Paul hidden under
bed in his home, He was keeping
"still as a mouse as a joke" he ex-
planned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09

About 100000 in cash and nego-
table Enclosures, received annually
in the dead letter office, goes into the
exchequer of the office. Each sue
cessful claimant for advertised I'M
claimed letters is assessed one penny.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09

A cask, containing forty gallons
of denatured alcohol, was stolen
from a Standard Oil filling station
at Anderson. Police suspect boot
leggers or motorists nervous over
the predicted cold wave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09

Ira f. Keesling, farmer living near
Kokomo, has invented a garage door
which opens automatically as the
auto approaches. The wheels run
over a trip located near the drive
way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09

John .Kantar Of South Bend is
suing for divorce, alleging his wife
left him Immediately after the we'd
ding ceremony and used the mar
riage certificate to identify another
man as her husband.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09
Bg United Press
nnn III NN

BIZ CHlfed Press
PORTLAND, Ore. Feb. 9.--Harry
Leon Wilson, author Of Merton Of
the Movies" and other widely read
novels. lis too busy" with a new
story to talk about a divorce suit
just filed by his wife, he declared
today. Beyond expressing no sur
prise at Mrs. Wilson's action, the
novelist was silent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09

"a mayor without a stenographer
is no mayor at all said Mayor John
Hampton of Muncie when the city
council, in an economy move, de-
prived him Of his. Hampton hired
one out Of his own pocket.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09
FIRE AT ALEXANDRIA
Factory Burns With Loss Estimated
at $4,000.

BIZ Uhltcd Pfc8S
ALEXANDRIA, Ind, Feb. 9.-The
brick-making room of the General
Insulating and Manufacturing Com
pany was in ruins today following
the fire which swept the plant Tues
day night. The loss is estimated at
$35, 900. Over-heated tar was blamed.
Anderson's fire department aided in
fighting the flames, drawing water
from a nearby quarry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09
HOOSier
Briefs

The old Warfield and Wilson
planning mill and table factory, for
sixty years an industrial land.
mark at Rushville, is being RACED
as a fire hazard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09

Brazil will dial soon instead of
calling numbers. Automatic tele-
phones are being installed by the
Citizen Telephone Company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09
Far and Near

SANTANDER, Spain-Riciotti Ga
ribaldi, who was expelled from
France for Illegal possession of arms,
has arrived here aboard the steam
ship Oroya, en- route to Havana. and
was informed that he would not lie
permitted to land there. He said he
would try to'enter the United States
or Chile, and failing there, would
return to England.
ROME-The Chamber of Deputies
will convene Feb. 23 to consider the
budget and was expected to remain
in session for several weeks.
LONDONAThe government an.
nounced that the following would
represent Britain at the May eco
nomic conference Of the League of
Nations: Sir Arthur Balfour, Sir
Norman Hill. Sir Max Muspratt and
Arthur Pugh.
MEXICO CITY-Complaining that
foreign-owned or managed primary
schools distort Mexican history, the
National League of Teachers petit
toned the Government to close such
institutions. The only exception
noted was schools managed or owned
by Germans.
NEW YORK-Using a rope ladder
from the roof of a twelve-story
building, thieves gained entrance to
the fur shop of Cohn & Rapport, on
the top floor Of an adjoining four
story building, and stole furs valued
at $4,000.
, LIMA, Peru-The United States
Army's Pan.Amer'can flight squad
ron has arrived at Port Ito. where
the planes will be left while the
fliers visit La Paz, capital of b.
livia.
BROCKTON. Mass,-A million-dol.
lar fund for the benefit of needy
Massachusetts, orphans has been es-
tablished here by Edgar ID. Davis,
millionaire oil man.
NEW YORk.-EXpressing II de-
sire to go to prison so that he
might "sce the MOVIES" John
Genie pleaded guilty to a charge
of assault i'm the second degree.
Under the Baumes law his aggre-
gate sentences on the assault
charge as second offender and
for possessing a pistol will keep
him in prison fifty-eight years.
CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa Five
year-old Irene Mccain recovered
consciousness after 200 hours sleep,
only to lapse into coma again due
TO lack of nourishment during her
illness. She was recovering when
the attack of sleeping sickness ra-
turned. Sunshine has been pre-
scribed as the final effort to save
her life.
NEW YORK.-The custodian of
the Bronx Jail reported 10 police
that an effort apparently had been
made to steal tine 400-pOund bronze
gate from the jail entrance. The
bronze is worth 81 a pound.
BROOKLYN-When summoned to
appear in court because she permit
ted her Pekinese Pippin to roam the
streets without a muzzle. Miss Mar
garet Joost said there was no muz-
zle small enough to fit the dog. Pip
pin weighs three pounds and is only
few inches in height. Neverthe-
less, Miss Joost must answer the
summons.
NEW YORK-Certain American
hunters are slaughtering lions so
ruthlessly in East Africa that game
laws are needed urgently. Frederick
S. Collins of Chicago said upon his
return from a three-months' hunt
ing trip.
PEKIN, China-Gen. Chu Yu-Pu
of China, addressing students at
Paoting on the RED Evil" ad-
vised girls not to bob their hair.
because it is sign Of bolshevism.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09

Tom Shaver of Sweetser fell ten
feet when a rung in a ladder he
was standing on broke. He was not
seriously hurt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09

All records for book reading were
broke at Marion last month. Miss
Daisy Springer, librarian reports 49,
I'll books were loaned out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09
FOREIGN AGENTS
MAY Be CURBED
BY FEDERAL LAW
Congress Will Get Bills
Aimed at Stopping Propa-
ganda Work.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-An eff
fort will be made before this session
of Congress ends to enact legisla-
ton to stop activities of clever
who hire themselves out to foreign
factions to influence public policy OF
this country.
To this end, Senator Halves Dem.),
Missouri, has introduced two bills,
one an amendment of the corrupt
employment of these agents and con-
tributions of any foreign govern
ment to campaign funds of any
candidate for President or Congress.
Charges Press Affected
The presence of these agents in
the capital was noted by Senator
Borah Rep), Idaho, in connection
with the MeXicon-Nicaraguan col
troversies. Borah charged they were
going so far as to write editorials
for newspapers in propagandizing
for their factions.
The activities are common knowl-
edge here. The agents scurry about
the capitol promoting propaganda
and frequently appear before con-
gressional committees. Many are
veterans. Some even have served
both sides in Central American and
Mexican revolutions at various
times. From here, they pull strings
which result in the rise and fall of
governments in tiny republics, pro-
ducing those noisy, comic-opera cpl
sodes which are entirely out of pro-
portion to the size of the countries
where the occur. Launches and
their word. loaded with arms and
ammunition.
FCooperatiOn" Failed
They also have participated in
Mexican affairs. Some of their ac-
tivities are humorous. A few years
ago, two young men here were rep
resenting different factions in Mex
leo. One day, one representative
would write a statement about a big
victory for his side, and the next day
his competitor would issue a denial.
1t appears that one of the agents
neglected to pen a paen of victory
one day, but the denial appeared in
its usual form the next morning.
Borah told of an agent here who
charged the Egyptian government
$50,0 to appear before committee
here in behalf of something which
the Egyptians were going to get
anyhow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09
OLDEST PENSIoNER DIES
Mrs. MahaIa Huff, 1903, Was Widow
of 1912 Soldier.
BIZ I nited Press

BU United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Mrs.
Mahala Huff, 10S years old, oldest
pensioner on the Government rolls,
and one Of the seventeen surviving
widows of veterans of the war of
1912, is dead at her Kentucky home.
She had lived with her son on his
farm near Louisa. KY, for forty
years. Her monthly pension was $50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09

PEKIN, China-Gen. Chu Yu-Pu
of China, addressing students at
Paoting on the RED Evil" ad-
vised girls not to bob their hair,
because il. is sign Of bolshevism.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09

NEW YORK-Certain American
hunters are slaughtering lions so
ruthlessly in East Africa that game
laws are needed urgently. Frederick
S. Collins of Chicago said upon his
return from a three-months' hunt
ing trip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09

MEXICO CITY-Complaining that
foreign owned or managed primary
schools distort Mexican history, the
National League of Teachers petit
toned the Government to close such
institutions. The only exception
noted was schools managed or owned
by Germans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09

LIMA, Peru-The United States
Army's Pan.American flight squad
ron has arrived at Port Ito. where
the planes will be left while the
hiers visit La Paz, capital of b.
livia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-09

NEW YORK-Using a rope ladder
from the roof of twelve-story
building, thieves gained entrance to
the fur shop of Cohn & Rapport, on
the top floor Of an adjoining four
story building, and stole furs valued
at $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-15
3,627 REGISTER
AT PURDUE FOR
THIS SEMESTER
Increase of 244 Over 1926;
Every Indiana County
Represented.

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Oct. 15.--Final
figures on enrolment at Purdue
University, announced by President
Edward G. Elliott at the quarterly
meeting of the board of trustees,
show 1927 registered for the fall
semester. This is a gain of 244 over
the same time last year. A sub
stantial increase was made by all
four classes, with the freshman and
sophomore showing the largest. The
first year group numbers 1854
against 1882 a year ago, while the
sophomores number 1908 against
858 at this time last year.
There were BOG agricultural stu
dents last year and this year their
number increased to 1853, due large
ly to a gain of IA freshmen and 20
sophomores. Chemical engineering
shows 241 against 220 students last
year. Civil engineering increased
from SIS last year to 555 this semes-
ter. Mechanical engineering jump
ed from 545 last year to 661 this
year, and electrical engineering still
is the largest school on the campus
with 759. The school of pharmacy
has an enrolment of 1913. General
science has an enrolment of 504,
home economics has All against 371
last year, and industrial education,
a new course, has ten enrolled
against three last year.
The total enrolment of 1921 is
divided between 3,015 men and 612
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-15
WILL SPEAK
Talk Will Feature National
Management Week.

National Management week" will
be marked in Indianapolis with a
dinner of the Foremen's Club, on
Thursday, Oct. 27,.at Arsenal Tech
nical High School.
Lawrence w. Wallace of Wash
ington, D. c., American Engineering
Council executive secretary, will
speak on 1.-THE Trend of Science in
Management"
Wallace served on the Herbert
Hoover anti-waste committee dur
ing the World War, and has been
decorated by the Czecho- Slovakian
government for work along indus
trial lines.
The "Foremen's Forum" a new
feature, will be started at this
meeting. Tech High School or
chestra will play. The dinner will
be served in the school cafeteria by
the girls, class in home economics
and domestic science.
Indianapolis Associated Employ
ers, National Metal Trades Associa-
ton and the Foundrymen's Associa-
ton have jointed with the Fore
mems Club in celebrating the special
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-15
Rat Raids ON Treasury
Brine Cure EUen Worse
Rn United Press


WASHINGTON Oct 16-To the rats nfestng the Treasury
building added nuisance as Pied Fpers
offered their the rodents destruction
Treasury they didn't which worse the rats
the pipers.
latter reports of the rat menace
the treasury corridors offering suggestions The
most logical far is:
Mix sawdst with bacon ham fat and spread it on the
spots eoented by They'll the
bacon fat digest the rats will die
recipe it, according to treasury employees
where certain acrosanct
public building the treasury where the rat
would distinctly of paceaS instance the drain pipes
Chief F. A Brgfed decide matter,
is keeping an eye Government economy.
killing years old fashioned
methods guess keep the same way"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-15
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes
Will Deliver Principal
Address.

BIZ Times Special
GREENCASTLE, indy Oct. 15.-
Ceremonies in connection with lay
ing the corner stone of Lucy Row.
land hall, new dormitory for wom-
en- students at DePauw University,
will be held Sunday afternoon at
43O. Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes,
who will give the annual Menden-
hall lectures at the university next
week, will deliver the chief address.
Miss Helen Hester, formerly of In
dianapolis, and Miss Virginia Hay
ward, Terre Haute, students, will
speak for the women of the uni
versity. President Lemuel Herbert
Murlin will speak, paying tribute to
DePauw University's benefactor, the
late Edward Rector and his wife,
in whose honor the new building is
named, Mrs. Lucy Rowland Rector.
The University Women's Chorus will
respond to the hymn of dedication
as the corner stone is put in place.
Ready Next Fall
Work on the building is progress
ing rapidly, but it will not be ready
for occupancy before next fall.
Practically all the frame work OF
the entire three floors is completed.
The new hall is located on the
site of the Music Building which
was moved this summer, across the
street, next to Bowman Memorial
gymnasium. 1t completes quad
rangle of women'S residences and is
Joined to Rector Hall by a sun par
lor. The general type of architec-
ture is such that it will harmonic
with Rector Hall; the brick and
stone will be similar and the inter-
ior decoration will contain many of
the same features. Robert Frost
Daggett, indianapolis, is the archi-
tect, and Leslie Colvin, builder.
Three Stories High
The building will be three stories
high except for the central part OF
the structure which will be four
stories. The entrance will be in this
section Of the building, and will
open upon brick terrace. On the
first floor will be rooms for the So
cial director, large living room,
several small parlors, an office, and
several other rooms. The dining
room will be in the basement and
will be supplied from the Rector
Hall kitchen. There will be student
rooms on all four floors and all eX-
cepting fifteen of them will be single
rooms. One hundred girls will be
in the new residence.