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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17
STATE LEADERS
OF PIT. A. MEET
Annual Convention to Open
Tonight at SEVERN.

The annual convention of the
State Parent Teacher Association
will open tonight at the Hotel Sew
erin with meeting of the board of
managers, and will be in session
through Thursday.
TIL mornings will be devoted to
reports and other business and the
afternoons to addresses. Tuesday
evening, Hospitality Evening" will
be held at the SEVERN at o'clock.
The annual banquet will be held
at $3.50 p. m. Wednesday at the
Claypool, with Mrs. Homer J. Miller
acting as toastmistress, and adj
dresses by Mrs. G., G.. Derbysl-ire
and Dean L. A. Pechstein of the
University of Cincinnati, an out
standing educator.
The leaders of the Parent Teacher
Association, which is a volunteer
movement of $4,000 members, say
it is an organization of parents and
teachers and others interested for
the purposeof studying the prob
lens of the child in the home and
the school and their relation to the
community and State.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17

Of over one-third. Ten new sta
tons have been opened in the last
year..
An Extensive Program
The Soviet government has laid
down a five-year program which
calls for the expenditure of $125,-
100000 the first year. During this
period they plan to erect thirty
regional stations having a total
capacity of 100000 kilowatts.
It is interesting that the Russian
engineers, many of whom are not
Bolsheviks, are working seventeen
and eighteen hours day, at wage
less than $500 a month. 1 asked one
of these experts, What jean pos
sibly induce you to work this way?"
He answered. During the Civil
War and after, we were not trusted
with important work. 1t was awful.
Now it seems so fine to be actually
doing again that we just throw our
selves into it for the pure fun of
seeing something done"
Perhaps the most ambitious pro-
ject which the Russians are at
tempting is that of the Dneiper
river dam. They plan to construct
the largest, hydro electric plant in
the world.
1t would have capacity of 600,-
100000 horse power and it's ultimate
production would be about one-third
larger than Muscle Shoals because
it has larger flow of water.
NEXT: National Planning-and
Oil.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17
Ex-MAYOR, IN
CELL, CHARGES
POLITICAL PLOT
Charles F. Nemeier, Prince
ton, Strives to Raise
$4,000 Bond.

BIZ Times Special
PRINCETON, Ind, Oct. 17.-Po-
litical plotting is blamed by Charles
F. Niemeier, former Princeton
mayor, charged with misuse of pub
lie funds, for his inability to obtain
bond pending trial. He has been in
Jail here four months and only last
week did he succeed in getting a
$4,000 bond set which he is now try
ing to obtain. Trial has been set
for Nov. g..
Il am going to find out who Is
behind all this" declares the gray
haired prisoner, who five years ago
was swept into the mayors office on
wave or reform element votes.
Sure of Vindicatiof
This political by-play has gone on
long enough" Niemeier continued.
Influences are at work to keep me
from securing bond. I know that I
will be indicated when this case
comes to trial. There's the rottenest
kind of political intrigue behind
this. Some person or persons are
awfully anxious to keep me in jail.
Gesturing at the rusty iron of his
cell and the dimly lighted surround
ingS in the Jail here, the former
mayor said:
only once have I seen the out
side of this place since was brought
back here 116 days ago. Some of
my closest friends have been scared
away. Why, during the hot weather,
one of them had practically COM
pleted arrangements to secure my
freedom on personal indemnity
bond. I was packed up, expecting
to be in my own home within an
hour, when word came that he had
had to abandon his plan"
Friends Afraid
Asked about the ministers and
their followers who formerly praised
him for his efforts in behalf of law
enforcement, Niemeier replied:
.,"Oh, they have forgotten me. too.
They are afraid to come for some
mysterious reason. They also have
been frightened away, so I can't
hold their absence against them. All
I ask from any body is a suqare
deal. I gave this town a square deal
when I was mayor and that's all ]
want in return"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17
HOLD ROAD HEARINGS
Objections Are Raised to
County Bonds.

Two Marion County road bond
hearings were held before the State
tax board today.
Twenty-one citizens, most of
whom were favoring the bonds, ap-
peared at the hearing on the pro-
posed $92,100 Leonard M. Hugh
banks county unit road. The paving
would commence at the intersection
of Troy and Harding SITS. and run
south on Harding to Bluff Rd.,
four and one-half miles.
Directors declared that two paved
roads already suffice for traffic in
this direction, running parallel to
the proposed paving.
Bonds totalling $28.4O0 are pro-
posed for the George w. Lyman Rd.,
Perry Township, which would in
clude paving Edgewood Ave-, known
as Stop 8 road, from Madison Ave.
to Thompson Rd. Objections are
that the road is gravel and in good
condition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17
Who Is Your Skinny
Friend, Ethel?

Tell him to take McCoy's Tablets
for few weeks and get enough
good, healthy flesh on his bones to
look like real man.
Tell him that the whole country
recognizes McCoy's as the one great
flesh builder.
Tell him that thousands of men
and women once just as thin as he
are now proud of their well-knit,
attractive figure.
One thin woman put on Is
Pounds in six weeks.
Mccoy takes all the riSk-Read
this ironclad guarantee. If after
taking 4 sixty cent boxes of Nc
Coy's Tablets or One Dollar boxes
any thin, underweight man or wom-
an doesn't gain at least pounds
and feel completely satisfied with
the marked improvement in health
your druggist is authorized to re-
turn the purchase price.
The name McCoy's Cod Liver Oil
Tablets has been shortened-just
csk for McCoy's Tablets at Hook S
Dependable Drug Stores or any drug
: ore in Observation-Disclosures
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17

Toll of the accident, in which a
Union Traction Company interur-
ban Friday night crashed into a
trailer of a truck bearing Sahara
Grotto members, their wives and
friends to a barn dance, increased
to nineteen Sunday with the death
of Miss Margaret Pauley, 20, at
city hospital.
Funerals this afternoon and on
Tuesday win be as follows:
At 1870 p. m.-For Robert w. Dali
las, 33, and his wife, Mrs. Margaret
Dallas, 80, of 742 N. Garfield Ave-,
in funeral parlors of Bert S. Gadd,
213O Prospect ST.; interment in
Washington Park cemetery.
At 2 p. m-For Charles o. Poisek
40, of 2002 Mansfield Ave-, at Tenn
pie Baptist Church, 2245 E. River
side Dr.; burial in Memorial Park
cemetery, with members of North
Park Lodge, F. and A. M. No. 646,
officiating.
At 2 p. m.-For Mrs. John H. Ber-
ling, 4214 Maple lane, wife of the
secretary of Sahara Grotto, in
Emerson Avenue Baptist Church,
308 N. Emerson Ave-; burial in
Washington Park cemetery, with
representatives of Centre Lodge, F.
and A. NJ, No. %, attending.
At 2 p. m.-For Charles Virgil
Wheeler, So, of Edgewood, at First
Methodist Protestant Church, in
Greenfield; burial in Greenfield
cemetery, services attended by rep
resentatives of Sahara Grotto and
Greenfield Blue Lodge Masons.
At 2:30 P. M.-For Lee v. Merri-
man, 33; his wife, Mrs. Ethel Pauley
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17
Last HOn0rs Paid Crash
Victims by City Grott0

Merriman, 80, of 1852 Good Ave., and
Mr.. Merriman's sister, Miss Opal
Merriman, 5701 Julian Ave-, at Irv-
ington Methodist Episcopal Church;
burial in Washington Park ceme-
terry with members of Irvington
lodge conducting the ritualistic
service.
3P. M.-For Harold Wolford, 81,
at his home, 4728 Shelby ST., with
interment in Washington Park
cemetery, attended by Grotto mem
bers.
Five other victims of the trag-
edy will be buried Tuesday.
At 10 A. M.-For John G. Watson,
80, of 213 S. Audubon Rd., at the
home, with burial following in
Washington Park cemetery.
At 10 A. M.-For Mrs. Rowland
P. Rhodes, IS, of 331 N. Temple
Ave, at the home, with burial in
Washington Park cemetery.
At 2 P. M.-Eor Carl Jones, 33,
and his wife, Mrs. Ada Jones, GIL
Arch ST., at the j. G. Wilson funeral
parlors, 1890 Prospect St.; burial in
Washington Park cemetery.
At 2::30 P. M.-For William M.
Hodges, 81, of 5949 Beechwood Ave,
at the home. Interment in Wash
ington Park cemetery.
AL. accident victims to be buried
in Washington Park cemetery will
be inferred in one section of the
new burial ground. This part of
the cemetery just has become &C
cessible. The new paving was
opened last Thursday. Only twen-
ty-two persons had been buried in
the new cemetery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17
PAGE 2

forty eight years ago, when a little
lamp with sewing thread carbonized
filament completed a successful
forty-hour test at Menlo Park.
Goldman's Band, directed by Ed
win Frankie Goldman, will be fea-
tured on the network program which
begins at 10 p. m. (E.S.T) AT lO:4O
p. m. each station, independent OF
the network, will broadcast short
talks by central station officials.
The network, which is the larg-
est ever used by commercial or
ganization, will be supplanted by
2XAD and 2XAF, the 22.02 and 1921
meter stations of the General Elec-
trio Company at Schenectady.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17
10000 GO ON STRIKE
Thousands More Will Quit
Work in Germany.

PW TBifcd Press
BERLIN, Oct. 17.-Approximately
10000 laborers will be on strike in
Germany before the end of the
month, eliminating widespread la
Dor unrest, it was said today.
In the first major wage conflict
in Germany since 1924, 10000 Ignite
miners at Halle went on strike this
morning.
More than $4,000 textile workers
in the Muenchen-G ladbach area last
night were ordered to go on strike
Oct. 90, following the failure of ar
bitration to reach an agreement
over wages.
Unless the mining strike ends
soon it may affect other industries
and endanger Berlin's supply of
electricity, as Berlin's power plants
are in the affected area.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17
BY JEROME DAVIS

One of the most striking feats in
Sall Russia is the daring attempt to
plan scientifically for the economic
life of the nation.
The ideal toward which the Com
munists are aiming is the natfonah-
cation and specialization of the basic
forces of production and distribu-
ton. This includes the land, the
mines, the railroad and the fac
tories.
It is one thing to plan, but an
other thing to do, and the Russians
are a long way from fulfilling
their economic dreams. In Moscow
a huge sign over an Office building
reads: Society for the Electrical
ton of All Russia" On the inside
door one finds a small sign over the
electric bell reading: "Out of Order
Please Use the Push Bell"
Nevertheless, in a few fields they
are making progress. AS far back
as 1921 Lenin declared, "Commun-
ism is the Soviet power plus electri-
fication."
Electricity as IMPLYING the key to
the twentieth century has caught
the imagination of the bolsheviks.
To their minds, if Russia can be-
come the dominant nation electric
ally it will have established its SUI
periority. Actually, in development
of electric power, they are but using
the achievements of capital.
With the dynamo Russia can not
only remake her industrial and
transport systems, but the commun-
lists believe that they can also rev.
olutionize the village. Besides dis
placing the kerosene lamp in every
hut, electricity, like powerful mys-
tic genii, can tighten the burdens of
the peasant all along the line.
Districts for Power
In planning her electrical system,
the Russians have chartered all po-
tential sources of power. The coun-
try is divided into twelve great dis
tricts, so that each will eventually
have an adequate supply.
Russia refuses to divert certain
natural resources into electricity.
Thus she considers her tremendous
oil deposits as flowing gold' to be
used only for export. Similarly her
high-grade coal must be saved for
manufacturing. Water power con-
stitutes the chief basis of the cleo
trical system, but this is not avail
able everywhere.
On the other hand, Russia has
large peat beds. The Russians have
learned how~to dry it and use it in
production of electricity. The Sha-
tura electric station, near Moscow,
is the largest peat fuel station in
the world and has capacity of
$4,000 kilowatts.
In 1918 all power plants combined
produced about 1,945,000,000 kilo-
watt hours. Today the total is al
ready over 3,OO0OoO,OOO, an increase
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17
ACQUITTED OF Staying

Suspended Connersville Policeman
Cleared in Bonnie Lucas Death.
BIZ Times Special
CONNERSVILLE, Ind, Oct. IT,
Edman Jones, suspended patrolman
of the local police force, is cleared
today in0the Staying of Bonnie Luz
cas-, fatally shot last summer dur
ing police raid on an alleged Traps
game. -
A Faystte Circuit Court jury &C
Quilted Jones late Saturday after
three hours elaboration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17
NIGHT
HONORS edison
Forty Radio Stations Will
Join in Observance.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Oct. IA net
work of forty broadcasting sta
tons in the United States, and ra-
dio stations in South America, and
Europe, will observe Electric
Night" Friday on the occasion of
the forty-eighth anniversary of the
incandeccent lamp by Thomas A.
Edison.
The program is sponsored by the
General Electric Company as trib-
ute to Edison, and in recognition
of the light and power industry
which has developed since that day,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17
81 INITIATED BY EAGLES

Judge Thomas E., ODonnell of
Kansas City was the principal
speaker Sunday at the seventh dis
trict convention of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles at the Indianapolis
Aerie hall, 40 w. Vermont st. No
blesville, Greenfield, Martinsville and
Franklin members attended.
The feature of the day was the
initiation of eighty-two candidates.
Dancing and motion pictures were
part of the fun session in the eve
ming.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17
Shake!

BB Times Special
GARY, Ind, Oct. 17.-Oliver
w. Baldwin, local chemist,
doesn't like pepper. He has
invented a combination shaker
with buttons labeled salt" and
pepper-a press on a button
and the seasoning wanted
comes forth. Fate, not neces-
sity, is the mother of Bald
wins invention, on which he
has obtained a patent. He con-
tinually picked up a pepper
shaker when he wanted salt,
and apparently was unable to
avoid that fate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17

also women architects, lawyers, den-
lists, executives, and legislators.
But all too often a woman wins her
economic independence at the cost
of her health.
Mrs. Elizabeth Chamberlain who
works in the Unionall factory max
ing Nveralls writes that she got
wonderful results" from taking
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. Mrs. Chamberlain lives at
500 Monmouth St., Trenton, N. J.
She recommends the Vegetable Com
pound to her friends in the factory
and Will gladly answer any letters
she gets from women asking aboutit.
Are you on the Sunlit Road to
Better Health?
advertisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17
WOMEN CAN
NOW DO more
ecause Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable COM
pound Keeps Them
Well
Fifty years ago there were few
for women. Some taught

school, some did
housework, some
found work to do
at a few
took up nursing.
Today t b e r 9
are very few occu-
pations not open
to women. Today
t h e y W ork in
g re a t factories
with hundreds Of
other women and
girls. There are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17
Wabash Bank Closed

Ru United Press
WABASH, Ind, Oct. 1.-THE Cit
liens Trust and Savings Company
of Wabash was ordered closed today.
State bank examiners gave the or
der and announced that no informa-
ton would be given until a thorough
examination and audit of the books
had been made.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17
District Legion Meeting

BU Times NnCcI0T
GREENSBURG, Ind, Oct. H.
The fourth district convention OF
the American Legion will be held
here Thursday. Frank McHale, In
diana commander, will probably be
one of the speakers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17

BIZ Times Special
WESTFIELD, Ind, Oct. 17.-Thir-
ty-six cows are dead today, victims
of fire which destroyed a barn
on the farm of Mrs. M. A. Cavode
Sunday. Hay, fertilizer, feed and
implements were also burned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17

Nearly $100,OOO,OO0 has been spent
by one company alone in establish
ing the aluminium industry in Que
bee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-17
SOVIET VISIONS
RISE TO POWER
BY ELECTRICITY
Russia Sees Dynamo as Her
Greatest Tool in Max
ing Nation Independent.

This is the fourth of a series on con-
ions in present-day Russia by jerome
.avis. a member of the faculty of the
ale University Divinity School and
social correspondent in Russia for The
INES and NEA Service.
Evening star., 1927-08-28

school. This lecture chair is of two
designs. one for portable use and the
other for use in fixed position
Both the chairs and desks being
ordered are in eight different sizes. to
accommodate every grade of school
child
A feature of the high school desks
is that they have fiat tops. with no
room for books but the elementary
and Junior high school desks have an
open drawer for books and other
schooroom materials Low.lecGcd
tables are part of the equipment Tor
kindergarten children.
Mr. Wilmarth states that the new
type furniture will be purchased en-
tirely in the future until gradually
the old-type desks and chairs will en-
trely disappear. The cost of set of
chair and desk of the new type is
$3.50 for the portable and Sl0.50 for
the fixed being about the same as
the older types.
The $4,000 contract was awarded
to two furniture houses in Gardner,
Mass, after spirited competition of
more than half dozen furniture
houses. Mr.. Wilmarth states that the
low bidding firms were but s. lower
than the second lowest bid.
Evening star., 1927-08-28
Assigned to Walter Reed Duty.

First Lieuts. Fletcher f. Ammons,
T. w. Z. Christmas, Leonard ID.
Heaton. James B. Smith, jr.. and Ken
meth G. Smith, Army Medical Corps.
recently appointed. have been assigned
to duty at Walter Reed Genera Hos
pital. They are now at Sar Fran
cisco.
Evening star., 1927-08-28
Lieutenant Colonel Retired.

Lieut. Col Allen +. Mclean. United
States Cavalry. has been placed or the
retired lit of the Army on account OF
disa bility in ,ident to the service. He
is from Pennsylvania and served in
the ranks prior to his appointment
as a second lieutenant of Cavalry in
October. 1902. He reached Il grade
of lieut., mt colonel in January. 1926.
Evening star., 1927-08-28

Three scientifically approved styles
of desks and chairs to be used in the
public school system this year and
which are included in IA S10,0O0 ship
ment due to arrive. i'm part. on Sep
tember 10.
Top. left-Fixed type of desk and
chair to be used at the new Mckinley
Manual Training School. Top. right
Portable chair and desk to be used i'm
the elementary and junior high school
BottOm-F'ixed lecture room chair
with tablet sidearm to be used i'm the
new Mckinley.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-29
URGES PASTORS
TO keep Faith
Teach Youth to Think
Straight Ministers Told.
: no. 3 Head-sce Puzzle

Ministers lack of faith causes
failure" declared DR.. B. A. Abbott,
st. Louis, Mo, editor of the Chris
tan Evangelist, Wednesday, before
The closing session of the Indiana
Christian Ministerial Association at
the Third Christian Church, Broad
way and Seventeenth st.
Teaching the youth to think and
to think straight is a primary duty
of a minister" said the Rev. Will
liam Omer Foster, Angola, Ind. HE
must help them get the proper per-
spective on life"
The Rev. J. A. Long, pastor of the
North Park Christian Church and
vice president of the association,
will continue as temporary secre-
tary until a permanent secretary
can be named, it was announced.
He has been serving since the death
of W. E. NJ. Hackelman killed in an
automobile accident near st. Elmo,
ILL.,, in September.
THE old deadly Sunday sermon
must be replaced with a forceful mes
sage that is inspirational and vital, "
said DR.. A. w. Fortune, Licking
ton, KY.
Other speakers were: DR.. Bruce
Kershner. indianapolis; A. A.
Honeywell, Indianapolis architect,
and Genevieye Harris, regional
superintendent of young people.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-29
Y. M. c. A. OPEN HOUSE
TO BE HELD MONDAY
Entertainment Features Planned for
Annual Event.


Annual Event.
New Years Day Open House will
be featured with an all-day program
Of entertainment at the Y M. G. A.
Monday. The public is invited. It
is expected that last years attend
ance of 1000 will be surpassed.
The morning program, starting at
9 a. m. includes games. stunts and
tournaments in the boys depart
ment; a handball tournament for
the singles and doubles Y. NJ. C. A.
championship of the city in the gym
nasium; checker and chess tourna-
ments in the lobby; bowling tourna-
ments for men and women. and a
horse pool tournament in the bill
lard parlors.
After an athletic program in the
gymnasium and swimming pool in
the afternoon, an entertainment will
be given in the lobby. The Indian
apolis Community Orchestra will
give concert and the motion
picture, The CohenS and the
Kelleys," will be shown.
The night program will open at 7
p. m. with a concert by the Big
Meeting Orchestra. L. A. Won Staden
conducting. Michael Strogoff," a
cinema feature will be shown in the
lobby while wrestling, boxing and
basketball events are staged in the
gymnasium. Turkey dinner will be
served in the cafeteria.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-29
CORN DECLINES
LOWER GRAINS
IN CHICAGO PITS
Weakness in yellow Grain
Induced by Recent Buyers
Selling Today.

6U HtteU PTeSS
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-Weakness in
corn, induced by many of Wednes-
days buyers selling today, was the
only feature of today's session on
the Chicago Board of Trade. Late
in the day wheat had declined a
small fraction with corn, and oats
had gone slightly lower. Corn was
off about &c.
Wheat was very dull, through lack
of aggressive buying. Liverpool was
higher and export business was re-
ported at approximately 100000
bushels. A blizzard in Canada and
the Northwest checked all wheat
movements. Trading here was
mostly in small lots. Receipts were
four cars. The cash market was
unchanged
Bad weather continued to hold VI.
country marketing of corn, but
traders were inclined to take profits
on Wednesdays bulges. A cold
wave predicted for tonight, together
with expectation of enormous re-
ceipts next week took the initiative
out of the bulls, and nearly every
body was eager to make money while
he could. Export business was small.
Receipts here we're 1853 cars and
the cash market was z to 1c lower.
Oats were very dull and prices
drifted a Slight fraction lower in
sympathy with corn. Receipts were
A cars and cash oats was I'M
changed.