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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-18
F farm BILL FATE
-1W|EE REST with
COOLIDGE TODAY
McNary = Haugen Measure
Awaits Executive After
Passing House.

BU United Press
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1s.-The Nc.
Nary.Haugen farm relief bill goes to
its fate today.
Having been approved by Con.
gress, the measure now, goes 10
President Coolidge. who Is represent.
ed as ready TO exercise his veto
power With the bill slated for de.
livery at the White House late this
afternoon, the President must ap.
prove or veto II before Wednesday.
March ..
The bill completed it's final legis.
lative stage last night with passage
by the House after one OF the most
turbulent sessions in recent years.
Speaker Longworth announced the
vote as 214 for tp 17S against, with
one member vodng present, but a
check on the ballot showed the vote
to he 2l0 for to 176 against. a ma
jority Of thirty.four.
The entire Indiana House delega.
tion again voted for the bill last
nlEHl, tNNtptf tdilitlut i'tiloNAAlf VI
Batesvllle, Garfield was absent but
was paired for the bill. This again
puts the Indiana delegation includ.
Ing the Senators solldly on record Tor
the Legislation and against the ad-
ministration as all members OF the
delegation voted for II last year.
Additional checks and tabulations
might again change the vote, but
the result cannot be altered. The
recheck showed 1l2 Republicans, %
Democrats. Farmer.Laborites and
l Socialist Joined hands in passing
the bill. One hundred and six Re
publicans and seventy Democrats
voted against the measure. with Rep.
resentative Strong Rep), Pennsyl.
vania, answering present"
Opponents Of the bill offered ap.
proximately 100 amendments. but
the farm bloc defense defeated every
one.
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RELIGIOUS
COLONY OUT
FOR PROFIT
Zion City Offers Parcel Of
Realty for Sale in Valuable
Area.

Bn United Press
ZION CITY, ILL.,, Feb. 1S.-Wilbur
eileen Voliv% picturesque leader of
the Zion Church, Is mixing business
astuteness with gospel teaching to
the advantage OF this little religious
colony.
Twenty years ago the Zion Church
was formed here. Several hundred
families came in. There was an i'm
mediate enactment of religious laws,
OF blue" nature. Zion City became
famous.
But at that time the North Shore,
Of which Zion City is a part, was
becoming famous as one Of the
choice residential districts for those
Chicagoans who preferred to live
outside of Chicago. The Gold
Coast" was extended from Just north
Of the loop and big country estates
were sold for subdivision. the owners
taking over farmland still farther
from the metropolitan area.
Zion City, the religious colony,
was gradually hemmed in by palatial
country mansions bordering on the
lake shore. The pressure has be-
come too great and Voliva, through
his attorneys, has announced that
a choice parcel Of the religious COM
munity is to be offered for sale.
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sancs. The board has the right to
set the line IN 1914 to keep unsightly
things from park property.
Action Promised
According to Ruckelshaus. the
board of works also has a right to
Kick about the dumping Of ashes In
the creek.
The refuse has been dumped from
twenty-six feet to sixty feet beyond
the line set by the park board for q
distance of about two hundred yards.
In some places the ashes are seven
to eight feet deep. At one place
they extend almost to the center Of
the creek causing the creek to cut
into the north bank.
Park board members inspected the
place today and immediate action
will be taken, according to John L.
Minor, president.
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|MUNC|E EDITOR
| TO GET HEARING
U. S. Supreme Court Acts in
Dale Case.
Times Wdshin0ton Bureau.
1872 NefD YORK ArenNe

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-George
Dale. Muncie, Ind. editor, will get
another hearing before the United
States Supreme Court. The editor,
who is asking that his appeal from
a contempt of court Jail sentence
be heard, conferred with Supreme
Court Justice Butler, yesterday.
Butler, in charge of appeals from
the Indiana district has instructed
the Supreme Court clerk not to send
back to indianapolis the transcript
and mandate to the State Supreme
Court, which would put Dale in jail.
The justice also recommended that
Dale have lawyer present Monday
when the Supreme Court reconvenes.
to move formally that Dale's appeal
be reinstated. 1t was thrown out by
the court, because of an incomplete
record six weeks ago.
Dale has not decided who will
make the appeal for him. He prob
ably will remain here until Monday.
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GAS FIRM
OVER LINE,
SAYS CITY
Board May Order Company
to Shovel Back Refuse on
Stream Bank.

The Citizens Gas Company may
have to shovel back ashes and
cinders they have dumped into Fall
Creek near Northwestern Ave-, from
the Langsdale plant.
]. Z. Perry, park engineer, charges
that the company dumped cinders
and other refuse twenty-six to sixty
feet over the line set by the park
board in 1914, as the boundary of the
creek. This practice is filling up the
creek and causing it to cut into the
north side bank, he declared.
Kirk Unaware
c. L. Kirk, company manager,
said he did not realize the company
was encroaching on the rights of the
park board.
I'VE will do what is right in the
matter" he said. Anything that
the park board says to do will be
done. If they decide that we should
take out what has already been
dumped we will do it and stop dump
ing our refuse there"
"The park board has a right to
stop this ash dumping" City Attor-
ney John K. Ruckelshaus said.
"They have the right as abutting
property owners to stop the dump
ing, which is unsightly and a nui.
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ment by the Governor with confirma-
ton by the Senate.
About all that will be left OF the
bin II amendments to be proposed on
second reading are adopted will be
some minor sections providing for
regulation Of holding companies, 1t
was. pointed out.
Moorhead said he would call the
bill up for second reading this aft
ernoon.
With the prospect that the amend
ments to te offered practically kill
ing the measure, will be accepted, it
seemed certain that the public serv-
ice commission would ride through
this session of the Legislature intact
The Cam bill, the other serious at
tempt to abolish the public service
commission, was Overwhelmingly de-
feated in the Senate.
Opponents of the commission are
attempting to persuade various Sena-
tors to introduce another measure
which would oust present commits
sioners, but have been unsuccessful.
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MERCURY
DECLINE TONIGHT
1O-15 Above Is Forecast
Warmer Saturday.

A cold wave will drive the mercury
down to 1915 above tonight, accord
ing to the United States Weather bu-
reau forecast.
However, the cold spell is not ex-
pected to linger long, says Meteorolo-
gist j. II. Arlington. Rising tenn
perature Saturday afternoon is pre-
dicted.
Cloudy weather will prevail to-
night and Saturday in the central
portion, probably fair and moderate
ly cold over the State Saturday.
For the first time this month the
thermometer stood at normal. 81 de.
greea, at Z q. N.
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.BRYSON'S future
AS POSTMASTER
STILL UNSETTLED
Senate Committee Pressing
Indiana Senators on
Local U. S. Plum.
Timcs stat oOrrespondent

a ANlto NNUlf -OufFfoUCNufHT
WASHINGTON, Feb. is.-The
contest over the indianapolis post
mastership now appears to be a
waiting game with Robert II. Bry-
son still in possession.
With only two weeks left Of the
Senate session, only a sudden change
Of front on the part Of Indiana's
Senators would secure Bryson's con-
firmati n for his second term. There
is no Indication that President Cool
idge will yield to what Is be-
lieved the Indiana Senator's real de.
sires. expressed or unexpressed, and
withdraw Bryson's name. Postmas-
ter General New is unyielding be-
hind the latter.
Representative Updike of Indian
apolis, who asked for a civil service
examination for the place more than
year ago, and was turned down
by New, who recommended Bryson S
reappointment, pointed out today
that wishes of all other Indiana
Congressman for such examinations
have been quickly honored.
Representative Johnson got an ex-
animation and a new appointment
for Terre Haute; Representative
Rowbottom. for Evansville: Repre-
sentative Purnell, for Kokomo, and
Representative Vestal, for several
towns. to mention only a few in
stances.
Updike said this bore out his orig
inal contention he is being unjustiy
treated. He reiterated he has no
personal objection to Bryson. II the
latter keeps his job until March 4,
when the sixty-eighth Congress ends,
he will keep it until next December,
at least. as he holds office until a
successor is appointed. The Senate
will not meet again until December.
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TRAINS EMPLOY
RADIO SIGNALS
Safety Device Uses Short
length Waves.
Bv United Pyrss

BN United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.--A safety
device by which signals between
trains may be sent by short-length
radio waves has been invented in
Germany, the department of COM
merce announced today.
Under the new system, each train
would be equipped with sending and
receiving sets. Warning signals
would be sent whenever the train
reduces it's speed or stands still, by
means of direct connection with
the air brake system.
, Another train following on the
same track would receive the sig
nal, its reception automatically re-
ducing the speed as long as the
radio warning continued.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-18

Charges that woman lobbyist
urged his support of the salary boost
bill for the Indianapolis legal depart
meat for the sake of the organiZa-
ton" were made from the Senate
floor today by Senator Thurman A.
Gottschalk Dem.) Berne. The bill
eprovides for an increase in the salary
newly appointed Corporation
Counsel Schuyler Hass to $4,000; city
attorney to $4,000. and assistant city
attorney to $4,000. 1t was passed,
q to Is. All Marion County Sena-
tors supported the measure and only
three Republicans voted against 1t.
This bill is an imposition"
Senator Gotrschalk declared II was
approached by a woman lobbyist in
regard to it and she said that the
extra $1,000 salary raise would help
take care OF the organization.
Evidently she didn't know that was
a Democrat. / see no reason why
we should pass bills just to take
care of the boys Surely / cannot
think that the legislatures business
is to boost salaries so as to increase
campaign funds"
Denies Charges
Gottschalk later told a Times re-
porter that he referred to Miss Cuba
Edwards, Charlottesville, now en-
ployed in the legal department Of
fees at the Indianapolis city hall.
Miss Edwards was in the Senate
chamber until after the bill was
ppassed. Asked if she was lobbying
for it she said YES" although she
is not registered lobbyist. She de-
MED that she had said to Senator
Gottschalk the things he charged,
but admitted that she had urged him
to vote for the measure.
Party Fight
The matter developed into party
fight. Senator Howard A. Cam
(Rep). Frankfort, explained his vot-
ing with the minority members
against the bill "in light of the re-
Ant occurrences in this city," He
referred to Mayor John L. Duvall
firing Alvah Rucker from the cor
poration counsel job, following the
local utilities merger. which Rucker
was fighting to prevent.
Termfng the bill a salary grab"
Senator Sam Benz Deml, English,
declared he was representing 95 per
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-18

Crooked politics Indianapolis asking crooked politics
in Indiana to hand it $4,000 year
That in plain the meaning OF an effort by D. W.
Ebaugh of Marion County continue to the end Of their term
of Office the illegal unauthorized graft Barrett law
funds by county treasurers
1T looks innocent when put legal verbiage this amend
ment which Ebaugh pushing through measure which
give back to people the interest Barrett law trust
funds only asks that reasurers office and'those now
elected be permitted this interest for their elected
In reality he fighting give the of this
county legal defense suits which force them to dsgorg
this unearned money.
The machine upon this office its greatest pride
The collects money for street improvements The
Of this and other counties charged with other
duty than epong these funds in bank hiring cheap clerks
keep accounts collected the interest these and put
it into their own pockets Where it from there
knows The machine does perhaps but it will not tell The
boss knows, beyond peradvenure of doubt.
The interest il this county those funds amounts to
$4,000 year. money than is paid to the President
his salary
The job under the machine and under this system the
best political job in the United States.
1t would pay the salaries of eight Senators six mem
brs of the cabinet and leave almost enough for Congressman
No wonder that machine fighting because there has
been challenged the right of former treasurer
O take this interest
If the public wins those suits who have held that job
will be forced dgorge hundreds of thousands Of dollars
The present mayor is defendant in these suits.
The brazenness Of the machine shown the emerity with
hch this Ebaugh, from place and going noheres,
proposes that which will make these put
that interest into public funds shall not apply until the terms
Of the present of the counties shall have expired
The boss is rather powerful There still important
bills before the Legislature This the he This is
the he will trade everything to ganand which his Gov
will sign if passed.
If there time when commercial and civic
ganzations should rush the of the public it right
Shall the beast of machine politics be egaed its loot
and prey?
If you happen to know member of the Legislature
is the time to kick and kick hard
House Bill No 12O.
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|COFF mites
SUFFER ON
FEE GRAB
Amendment to Exempt Pres
ent TreaSurerS Is
Blocked.
BARRETT FIGHT GOES ON
House Against Permitting
$4,000 Steal
BARRETT FIGHT GOES ON

The Marion County Republican po-
litical machine failed to rescue its
county treasurers, present and in
coming, from bombardment on re-
tention of Barrett law fund inter-
est in the Indiana House of Repre-
sentatives today.
Disciples of the organization in the
House failed to go down the line with
Representative j. w. Ebaugh, Indi-
annapolis, who made desperate ef-
forts Thursday and today to keep
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-18
HOOsIER FAVORED

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1S,-Nomi-
nation to the United States tariff
commission OF Lincoln Dixon Of In
diana, Sherman j. Lowell of New
York and Edgar B. Brossard Of Utah,
were reported favorably to the sen.
ate today by the Finance COMMITTEES.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-18
YOUTH GETS LIFE TERM

BIZ Times SpecidI
VINCENNES, Ind, Feb. 1S.-Tom
Killion, 10, of Lawrenceville, faced
sentence to life imprisonment today
for killing Henry Flscus, farmer.
He was convicted by jury at Law
renceville Thursday. Killion plead
ed he shot Fiscus in self-defense.
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.MOORHEAD
BILL LOSES
LAST HOPE
Republican Leaders Com
pIete Wreck of Move to
Elect P. S. C.
FAIL ON AGREEMENT
So aSenator HopeIessIy Sub
mitS to Fate.
FAIL ON AGREEMENT

The wreck of the Moorhead bill,
designed to oust the present public
service commissioners and provide
for direct election of future commits
sioners, was completed today in a
conference of Republican leaders in
the Indiana Senate.
Senator Moorhead announced after
the conference that the leaders, who
already had turned thumbs down on
the elective provisions, could not
agree on a provisions for appoint
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what amounts to approximately $780,
900 of public money in the pocket of
treasurers.
Fooled in their effort Thursday TO
slip an amendment to the Babcock-
Borns bill which would have ex-
empted present and incoming county
treasurers from the provisions of the
act which compels county treasurers
to turn the interest collected into the
fund for the retirement of the bonds,
divided committee report was
handed down today.
Both committee reports recon-
mended that clause be added to
provide that pending litigation on
the collection of the interest would
not be affected.
The majority amepdment retained
the exemption feature which started
the fireworks Thursday.
They Grab 1t Here
Contention on the part of Ebaugh
that the bill affected the whole State
brought from Speaker Harry G.. Les
lie the pert rejoinder, 1T may, at
that, but this is the only place where
they grab the interest"
"The people of Marion County have
lost hundreds of thousands of
dollars" declared Mrs. Ella v. Gard
ner, Indianapolis, in speaking Tor
the minority report, because our
county treasurers have taken this
money and placed it to their own ac-
count. This is a splendid time to
start a very good work"
Representative William Dentling-
er, Connersville, who stopped the
''railroading" of the amendment
Thursday, explained the working OF
the Barrett law. He told the mem
bers Of the House that some of the
members of the committee had made
claim that candidates in the last
election were under the impression
that they were entitled to this
money"
Dentlinger also charged that the
use of the money for interest bearing
purposes had become so bad that
banks could not meet the principal
at time of maturity because not
enough money was held on hand by
the treasurer to meet them.
Contrary to expectations Repre-
sentative William II. Harrison, In
dianapolis. spoke against adding the
exemption clause.
Recalls a Pledge
"The treasurer-elect tClyde Robin
SOM does not want this interest--he
said so in his campaign-and can
see no reason to exempt him." said
Harrison. "This money belongs to
the people of Marion County, and !
want to see them get it,"
1t has been an open secret that
the Robinson influence had held the
bill in committee from Jan. FL, when
the bill was first introduced, until
Feb. 17p and was only reported out
on demand of Representative Will
liam C. Babcock.
J. w. Ebaugh, Representative
from Indianapolis, came to the res
cue of his amendment and seemed
j to make but little impression on his
fellow members. He contended that
the amendment was needed to
s'legalize the tying
THE money does not belong to
the treasurer neither does 1t belong
! to the city" declared Representative
John. w. Scott, Gary. Scott made
the point that the interest money
belongs to the contractor who does
the work.
/ At this point Speaker Leslie told
the House memtJers that no had been
a county treasurer for four years,
land I never kept cent. OF the
money. either"
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MABEL NORMAND BETTER

BIT UnlfeU FTfSS
SANTA MONICA, Cal, Feb. 49,
Mabel Normand, famed coincidence
of the screen, who has been fighting
for life in hospital here for the
past forty-eight hours, has success
fully passed the crisis of an attack
of pneumonia, her physicians an
nounced today.
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TRAFF|CPOL|CE
ARREST TWENTY
18 Disregard Stop-Go and
Preferential Streets.

The baIIny breezes late Thursday
gave motorists a desire to breeze
right by "stop and go" signals and
preferential street signs, police said.
ohicers stationed at intersections ar
rested seventeen men and one wom-
an on those charges.
One alleged speeder. w. II. Zaiser,
%. of $3.50 e. Washington St.. was
arrested.
John Strack. SO. of SIS Eugene St.,
was charged with driving while In
toxicatsd-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-18

Hepfer fired in self.defense, fearing
an attack by Schmauss.
Schmauss' mother with whom he
lived alone, was in indianapolis at
the time Of the shooting.
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sLAYs DIVORCED WIFE
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 1S.-While
his. 11-year-old daughter looked on,
Stanley Piskorski, 80, yesterday snot
and killed his divorced wife, Helen,
and turned the gun upon himself,
suffering possible fatal wounds. Ar
gunent over return Of an insurance
policy caused the shooting, Piskorski
told police.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-18
Young Chemist After Hiding All Night
Found Under Bed Shot When
Move Is Seen as Gun Threat.
RAID FEAR CAUSES TRAGEDY
Served Papers in Divorce Action While
Redistilling Alcohol.
BY Larry Sullivan
rlmea snecial Corrennondent

ALEXANDRIA, Ind, Feb. 19.-George Schmauss, 26 ex
pert chemist and medical student who shot and killed Police
Chief Opal F. Hughes in gun battle Thursday night at the
old Alexandria hospital and hid his body in wooden clothes
box shot and killed himself early today by Patroman
Walter Hepler Of Anderson
Hepler was one of a dozen Anderson police who came
to huntt he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-18
WIFE IS PROTECTED

Mrs. Schmauss Feared Husband
Would Come 20 Her Home.
BIZ Times Special
MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. 1S.-Prior TO
word that George Schmauss. slayer
Of Police Chief Hughes at Alexan.
dria, had been slain by an Anderson
patrolman, police here guarded the
home Of Mrs. Marie Underwood
Schmauss, divorced wife OF
Schmauss. Mrs. Schmauss had
feared her husband would come. here
after the shooting.
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Brilliant Student

Schmauss was former student at
Notre Dame and attended a medical
college at Chicago. He was known
as a brilliant conversationalist. He
was the son of DIR. l.. F. Schmauss,
killed several years ago in an auto
mobile accident.
Meanwhile, Alexandria prepared 10
pay tribute 10 the dead officer.
Hughes body will lie in state Sun
day. Funeral services will be Mon
day with the Rev. II. II. Wagner
of the Christian Church, and the
Rev. A. r. Hogan Of the First Meth
odist Church in charge. Burial will
be in Odd Fellows cemetery here.
Hughes was appoinzeed chief n year
ago.
Hepfer was exonerated Of any
criminal charge by Coroner Earl
Sells Of Madison County. Sells held
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-18
So The People
May Know
The Beast Becomes Bl00dthirsty

The politicians their first fight to retain the Barrett
interest on the floor the House OF representatives today
They had majority of the committee. Inc Dill as now
amended protects the people It be amended again be-
fore final action The politicians will not give up easily
See YOUR legislators demand the passage of House
bill 12o in its present amended form.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-18
WOMAN CITY EMPLOYE
HELPS PAY BOOST OVER
Democratic Senator Resents Lobbyists Plea to Help the
Boys'-Measure Passes by 27 to 18 Vote.

cent of the Indianapolis taxpayers
when he voted against 1t.
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Assembly Today

Both houses conventd nc 10 n. m.
adjOurning at noon until 2 y. m.
HOUSE
Minority committee report on
bill taking Barrett fund interest
from county treasurerS accepted.
Amendment delaying effectiveness
Of measure until 1880 rejected.
SENATE
Holmes eugenics bill ON third
reading.
indianapolis corporation coun.
sol pay boost bin passed.
Reciprocal auto license bin up
for passage.
establishments Of State psychiat-
ric hospital 10 be considered.
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