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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-23
BATTERIES RUN PHONES
Bu United Press

Autos Deprived at Mt. Vernon to
Maintain Service.
BV United Press
MT. VERNON, Ind, June ga
shutdown of the local switchboard
Of the Indiana Bell Telephone Com
pany when the electric power plant
broke down recently was averted
when storage batteries removed
from automobiles of Bell Company
employees furnished the current
which operated the entire system
until the power plant was repaired.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-23
NAME CHIEF DRY SLEUTH
BIZ United Press

W. B. Robinson Made National Pro-
hibitiOn Investigator.
BB United Press
WASHINGTON, June 23.-W. B.
Robinson, former chief of special
intelligence agents of the Internal
Revenue Bureau for the District of
Columbia, was today appointed
chief prohibition investigator for
the nation by DR.. j. M. Doran, pro-
hibition commissioner.
Robinson succeeds Philip Hamlin,
who has been made assistant dry
administrator at Boston.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-17
Order Is
Missing
Witness

WASHINGTON Nov. Is, ,P-The
gales of testimony which have LASH
ed into fury the governments inves-
tigation into charges of tampering
with the Fall Sinclair trial jury sub
sided today with only an occasional
puff to break the quietness which
marked the inquisition by the grand
jury.
An order citing Harry M Black
mer, missing witness in the conspir-
acy case, to show cause on January
6, next why he should not be adj
judged in contempt for failing to
appear to testify at the trial before
Justice Frederick L. Siddons, in the
supreme court of the District of CO.
lumbia, was issued by the justice.
The order directed the United
States marshal to seize any property
of Blackmers to the extent of $780,
600. The action was based upon a
statute passed at the last session Of
congress.
Blackmer, who was chairman of the
board of the Midwest Refining COM
pany, was wanted to testify regarding
the Continental trading company
through whom, it was charged, $780,
500 in liberty bonds found their way
to Albert B. Fall, then secretary of
the interior, after the leasing Of Tea
pot Dome Naval oil lands to Harry
F. Sinclair.
The citation was ordered mailed to
Blackmer's attorneys, Nathan l.. Mil
ler former governor of New York
and James Gordon Battle, of New
York, who, it was understood would
not oppose seizure of Blackmer's
property or seek to prevent service of
the order 1t also was ordered that
American consuls in Europe, where
Blackmer now is, serve the citation
upon him and that it be published
in a newspaper in this country. !,
While the silence hung over the
grand jury activities, it was announced
that the inquisitorial body would not
hold session tomorrow, and that
connecting kilograms in the investi-
cation of the jury tampering charges
would be placed before the grand
Jury Friday At the same time the
district attorneys staff will explain
to the jurors certain statutes which
Lit is charged were violated by the
shadowing of the oil conspiracy trial
jury by operatives of the Burns De-
tective agency.
Threatening clouds that hung off
on the horizon of the investigation
included the committee ordered yes
terday by Justice Siddons to in
vestigate affidavits regarding Edwin
j. Kidwell, juror No IL, charged by
j. Ray Akers and Don K. King, a
Washington newspaper man, with
talking about the conspiracy case
No action had been taken by the
committee toward carrying out the
courts orders.
Kidwell will be granted hearing
| by Justice Siddons, Friday.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-17
SUNDOWN CLOAKS FATE
OF AVIATORS BOUND FOR INDIA

80 miles an hour, observers cal
culated that the Princess Xenia"
must have been well over Asia
tonight unless forced down. The
1000 mile route of the fliers to
Karachi, India, lay across Ger
many, Poland, southern Russia.
the Caspian sea and Afghanistan.
A more northern course than that
followed in three previous unsuc-
cessfuI attempts to reach India
in nonstop flights, those of two
royal air force machines and of
Levine mOnOplane Columbia.
The course lies over some ter
ritOry that is very wild and re-
mote. The princess Xenia"
carried fuel for SO hours and the
fliers believed they would reach
their goal within that time, prob
ably early tomorrow morning.
An element of safety taken into
consideration by observers here is
that the plane, which weighed
five, tons at the start, would be
continually lightened by cOnsump-
ton of gasoline.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-17
RLIAMtIilT
IS SCENE Of
A NEAR RIOT
Disorders Break Out in
Debate Over UnemplOy-
ment, Coal Situation.
CENSURE VOTE
Former Premier, Ramsey
MacD Donald, Would Gust
Baldwin Ministry.

LONDON, Nov. 16, R)--Disorders
that broke out twice during debates
in, the house of commons over un-
employment and the coal situation,
climaxed day of excitement in par
lament today.
While Viscount Cecil in the House
of Lords was accusing the govern
ment of responsibility for the break
down of last summers Geneva arm
ament conference, the house reached
such pitch of excitement over a
note of cenSure of the government jOn
other questions that the speaker was
compelled to adjourn the session
twice.
The disorders arose after former
Premier Ramsey Macdonald had CALI
ed for vote of censure of the Bald
win government for its neglect of
the unemployment situation. He CALI
ed for an immediate remedy for the
increasing distress and unemplo
among the coal miners.
Sir Philip Conliffe Lister, president
of the board Of trade, attempted to
answer for the government, but the
laborites commended that Premier
Baldwin himself was the only person
qualified to answer. When they
shouted Baldwin" "the prime min
ister," "we want a responsible minis
ter" so loudly that Conliffe was un-
able to begin his speech, the speaker
of the house adjourned the session
until o'clock
When the session re-opened at the
scenes were repeated, government and
opposition ranks facing each other
angrily AS the prime minister start
ed to leave the house he was bonn
barded with derisive remarks from
the laborites. The cry "coward cow
ard!" was frequently heard.
A conservative called to his col
leagues, "let's clear them out" and
there were answering challenges from
the laborites. The situation was saw
ed by a labor member who turned
the excitement into laughter by TAX
ing mock vote on the motion Of
censure. The members then dispers-
ed to meet again tomorrow at noon.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-17
.VISCOUN'T CECIL
.BARES SECRETS
GENEVA PARLEY
Tells House of Lords 1T Was
Madness to Let Conference
Fail

LONDON, Nov. is, P9r Refusal OF
the British government to admit the
principle of mathematical parity in
naval strength with the United States
bangs, bolts and bars the door
against any hope of agreement with
America on naval ornaments, Wis
count Cecil declared dramatically in
the House of Lords today.
In a speech barring the secrets Of
the three power naval conference
which broke down at Geneva last
summer, the veteran statesman ex-
planned his recent resignation as
British delegate to the League of Ma
tions. His explanation included a Sc
we're attack on the whole attitude Of
British government toward dis
armament.
His gaunt, Lincolnesque figure
stopped and his shoulders dropping
like those of a tired man, Viscount
Cecil told the lords he returned from
Geneva exhausted and discouraged" !"
He declared the unyielding attitude
of American delegates to the three
power conference on some questions
such as the the right to put eight
inch guns on any cruiser, was entirely
wrong, but that it also seemed mad
ness to allow the negotiations to break
u pom such point.
Viscount Cecil declared that he was
repeatedly put in the position of hav-
ing to defend in League committees
propositions which seemed indefensible
to him. He said the impression was
produced at Geneva that the British
governments desire for the success of
the disarmament commission was
lukewarm.
Admiralty representatives scarcely
concealed their indifference, if not
their hostility, to the whole proceed
ing, said the Viscount, adding that
he was sure that this was not the
attitude of the entire cabinet.
Lord Cecil's speech brought an
other elder statesman, the Earl OF
Balfour, to his feet. He spoke in
behalf of the government.
ct regard the Geneva conference" I"
he said, "as interrupted, not ended.
Nothing will make me believe that
Continued on Page Eight)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-17

LONDON, Nov. 16 R- The
darkness of second sundown
tonight clOaked the fortunes of
two British airmen on their way
to India in a nonstop flight.
No word was received all DAY
today of the progress OF Capt.
r.. III. Macintosh and Bert Hinck-
Ter, who set out yesterday from
the airdrOme at UpavOn to break
the distance record now held by
the Americans, Clarence Cham
berlin and Charles A. Levine.
The only news from the fIiers
in the monoplane Princess
Xenia," was that they had been
sighted passing over Mansion AIR
drOme at Kent, England, 12O
miles from their starting point,
yesterday.
The air ministry looked upon
the lack of news as good news
in the belief that any accident
to the fliers would be reported
quickly.
Estimating the planes speed at
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-17
STRIKE LOSING.
GROUND; men
CO To WORK
Guards Manning Guns Have
Orders to Shoot All Tres
pasSers.
PICKETS S T OP
Demonstration of Organiz-
ers Fail AS All Miners
Are at Work.

DENVER, Nov. 16 tP)-The theater
of war in the Colorado coal strike
has. shifted to the northern fields
The only activity displayed by strik-
ers today was at the Columbine mine
near Lafayette, IS miles north OF
Denver, where more than 100 pickets
faced the frowning rnuzzleS of ma
chine guns which menaced them
through the strands of barbed wire
entanglements.
A woman in red, waving a large
American flag, led the band OF
picketers to the Colun1bine property
but the party stopped at the gates
and did not try to force an entrance.
The drone of airplane motors over
head where four national guard
planes circled and swooped gave Q
truly warlike aspect to the scene.
Guards manning the machine guns
had orders to shoot at any one
attempting to trespass.
In the southern field the strike is
slowly losing ground. The Colorado
Fuel and Iron company today had
Sc more men at work in the Walsen-
burg and Trinidad districts than they
had on Tuesday. Sixty-five men al
the Jewell mine near Aguilar last
night voted to return to work ano
four other mines in that section re-
Sumed operations today.
A demonstration Tuesday by I. w
w. organizers at the Pike View n1ins
north of Colorado Springs failed al
all miners appeared for work. today.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-17
DEATH TOLL IN
EASTERN BLAST
WILL REACH 20

PITTSBURGH, Nov. l6 Q0 The
final death toll in the north side dis
trict gas tank explosion probably will
not mount much beyond 80, officials
declared tonight, after another day OF
intensive search had failed to reveal
any additional bodies
Virtually every section of the plant
Of the Pittsburgh Clay Pot company,
wrecked when huge gas tank Of the
Equitable Gas company let go Mon
day, was thoroughly explored today
it was announced, without increasing
the number of fatalities Company Of
ficials said that although Is of their
employees still were listed as missing,
they believed all were safe at their
homes or unidentified in hospitals.
twenty six bodies were either at the
morgue or at the homes of relatives
All but two of these had been identi-
fled.
Reconstruction work went steadily
forward in the section devastated by
the blast.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-17
THIRD ARTICLE BY DEPOSED
REAR ADMIRAL FORTHCOMING

many navy yards, and pointed out
what he thought we're unneces-
sary expenditures, Admiral Ma
gruder submitted his third article
to Secretary of the Navy Wilbur
for his inspection.
What material changes, if any,
were suggested by the secretary
is not known, but it is understood
as originally submitted it did not
contain anything that would
arouse the objections of the de-
partnent.
Admiral Magruder in the article
in this weeks Saturday Evening
Post says that twice within the
past five yAars the submarine
has. shown its power at peacetimc
conferences ashore.
"At the limitation of arma-
ments in Washington, in 1922, it
figured in the results to a far
greater degree than was suspect
ed" the article states. cat the
1927 conference in Geneva it was
the force, subtly mysterious and
CONTINUED on Page Eight)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-17
mex. NICARAGUA
CHARGES FALSE
STATES
Nicaraguan Representative
Denies Money Received
From Gales

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 16 P1-Un-
! n a m e d interests are attempting
through publication Of false dCcu-
nents in some United States news
papers to fornent i'll feeling, not only
between Mexico and the United
States. but between all of the Latin
American countries and the North
American republic, in the opinion OF
DR.. Pedro j. zepeda, representative
in Mexico Of the Nicaraguan liberal
party
] DR. zepeda denied categorically
that he or any other of the MIC
araguan liberals, headed by Juan B.
Sacasa ever received any money dl-
rectlv or indirectly from President
Gales or the Mexican government as
alleged by the Hearst newspapers,
He declared that any documents
intended to prove this were pure
fabrications.
] 1T believe that publication of such
false documents" DR.. zepeda told
the Associated Press today rs not
only intended to prevent Mexico and
the United States from adjusting
their differences and to contlnUs
friction that has existed between the
two countries. but is intended to make
| the approaching Pan-Amerlcan con-
ference at Havana an occasion for
i'll will instead of good will toward
/ the United States and to defeat
realization of President Coolidge
seemingly altered Latin american
policy and his apparent hope for
creating better feeling toward the
United States through the Havana
conference.
"I do not know the details of these
falsehoods being published IN the
i United States and I only express my
personal opinion, but it is clear from
what is knoYn here that the docu-
ments are false. The question then
arises:
sWhat is the motive? It seems. tc
me the only purposes could be fol
lfN,r rers to get money through selling
their fake documents and, on the part
of the buyers, to continue the friction
that has existed between Mexico AND
the United States and any i'll feeling
against the United States IN Latin
America.
However, I am glad the falst
documents ere being published be-
cause they have again brought the
entire Latin American question into
public attention and have again in
terested the people of the United
States in Nicaragua, thereby giving
us an opportunity to tell the truth
about the Nicaraguan situation.
s"The Nicaraguan revolution still is
under way The Nicaraguan revolu.
tionists are only fighting for liberty
! Continued on Page Eight)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-17
farm CONGRESS
OPPOSES CROPS
PRICE FIXING
Unanimous Opposition In
dicated to Government
Sterilization.

KANSAS CITY, Nov. 16 F)-
Specific farm relief legislation such
as. advocated by some other agrl-
cultural organizations was passed up
here today at the final session OF
the American farm congress.
An informal vote, however, showed
almost unanimous opposition to any
attempt at price fixing by. the gov
ernment in an effort to staolllze
agriculture and take care of surplus
production.
More than a score of delegates met
this afternoon with the resolutions
committee, which had announced i
would accept for discussion any writ
ten resolution bearing on farm relief
legislation, but no concrete proposals
were advanced by the delegates.
w. L. Thcmason, a delegate from
Platte City, Mo-, expressed the belle.
that some legislation along the lines
of the ary-Haugen bill was need
ed to solve the surplus crop problem
His suggestion was given no en-.
couragement by others present.
A resolution dealing with the sur
plus problem, which was laid before
the meeting by W. I. Drummond, O
Kansas City, chairman of the boare
of governors, as basis for discus,
sion, was referred back to the boare
of governors for study. 1t declared
against statutory price fixing ane
urged replacement of surplus crop
! with other crops, the creation o
additional foreign markets for thu
manufactured products of the farm
and a curb on the importation o
competing or substitute agriculture
commodities.
A resolution was adopted by th'
committee, whose decisions are fina
tso far as the farm congress is con
icerned, pledging the organization tt
continued efforts to "bring about th
proper solution of the allied problem
of flood control, river navigation ant
water conservation for agricultural
power and municipal purposes
Construction of the Great Lakes
st. Lawrence waterway "at the earli
est possible moment" was endorsed
as a means of bringing relief to agri
culture though reduced transporta
ton cost to the sea.
Resolution by G. E. Collins, live
stock raiser of Kit Carson, Colo, wa
(Continued on Page Eight)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-17
COMMIss1oNED IN HURRY

WASHINGTON, Nov. Is QP)-The
fastest time in the recollection OF
navy department officials in issuing
a reserve commission was made today
when Emory Bronte, navigator of the
airplane "City Of Oakland" in the
first flight to Hawaii by civilian
aviators, was granted commission
as lieutenant. He applied for q
commission at 10 o'clock this morning
and it was signed by Secretary Wilbur
at $3.50 p. m.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-17

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. l6 lP9-
The third of the series of articles
on naval matters by Rear Admiral
T. p. Magruder, now on waiting
orders as a result of what ne
said in the second Of the articles,
will appear in the Saturday
Evening Post, out tomorrow.
1t is entitled Submarines" and
is devoted almost entirely to
describing the construction, opera
ton and functions of the under
water boats, their record and
their possibilities.
Navy regulations do not require
the writer of such articles to sub
init them to the navy department
for inspection prior tOs publica-
tions. but provide that they shall
be filed with certain bureau In
the department at the time of
their publication.
After the flare-up caused by
the second article entitled 'The
Navy and Economy" in which
he referred to "over- organization
in the navy" said there were too
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-17
WISCONSIN and
MICHIGAN DIG
OUT FROM SNOW
48 Hour Blizzard Sweeps
Eastward Over Lake
Huron Wednesday

CHICAGO, Nov. 16 P = Michigan
and Wisconsin we're recovering today
from the destructive effects of the
middlewest's first winter storm, as the
blizzard swept eastward over Lake
Huron.
Subjected during the past 48 hours
to a dual attack by snow and wind,
the upper Great Lakes states were
digging their way back to normalcy.
Shipping still hesitated to venture
out upon the subsiding Lake Superior,
which for the past two days was
lashed by a 4O-mile gale, and had
driven all vessels into land locked
refugees,
The temperature hovered around the
freezing mark in the Chicago district
with intermittent but light flurrles OF
snow.
At Superior, Wis, traffic was being
resumed after all available snow plows
had been pressed into service to clear
the streets. IronWood, Mich, in the
upper peninsula region, had re-estab-
lished contact with the outside world
Schools re-opened in northern Wis
consin and Michigan.
Damage to docks and fishing Graf
near Ashland, Wis, was reported
Whether any lake steamers were dam,
aged has not been ascertained. Cap
tain H. G. Hanson, master of an ore
vessel which arrived at Ashland saic
/ he encountered the worst sea he evel
experienced. The Duluth-Superlol
harbor was covered with ice.
The lowest temperature northwes
was at Havre, Mont, where the ther'
mometer was eight below.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-17

Copper steady; electrolytic
spot and futures, 1312c;
lead dull; spot, 6.25c.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-17
LABORITES ATTACK BRITISH MINlSTRtl
Machine Guns HaLtLW.W. in Colo. Coal Fields
MELONS Niece Weds
In SpEendOr RiuaIing
That OF Royal NaptiaIs

+ PITTBURGH, Pa, Nov. 16 lR)
The most sumptuous wedding
T. in the history Of Pittsburgh,
X rivalling the splendor of royal
y marriages, today united Sarah
+ Cordelia Mellon, daughter Of r.
X B. Mellon, finaneier, and Alan
Y NTagee Scaife, scion of wealthy
4 Pittsburgh family. The bride is
+ the niece of Secretary of the
+ Treasury A. W. Mellon, who
y came here from Washington for
Y the event.
y A temporary structure for the
X entertainment of guests, erected
y on the Mellon property in exclu-
y sive outer Fifth avenue, cost
X 100000 Here the brides recep-
x ton and the wedding supper for
x 1000 guests were held.
y
+ s.. * * y * * * y X - y 4 *
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-17
* 4 * 4 4 * * y y y y y +
Record For Endurance
Flight Will Be Sought
In Bay City Next Week

y SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. Is (49
y An attempt will be made here
y Sunday or Monday to break the
* worlds endurance flight record
y of SIS hours of sustained flying,
* it was announced here today by
y Captain Charles Kingsf or d.
* Smith, Australian flier, who, with
r Lieutenant G. r. Pond, U. S. NJ,
* will try for the record with their
* big tri-motored Fokker, believed
X capable of. staying aloft for go
y hours.
y The ship has gas capacity of
X 1,435 gallons.
y
* X * * y X * * y X X 4 * *
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-17
u. S. DESTROYERS CRASH
OFF SAN DIEGO HARBOR

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 16 R-The de-
stroyers zeiNin and Somers crashed
in a collision off Point Iona at $3.50
o'clock this evening while on the way
to maneuvers from this port.
Both destroyers returned to the har-
Dor few minutes after the collision.
1t was reported that nobody aboard
either craft had been injured. The
Zeilin's bow was smashed, and the
Somers' port side was injured.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-17
TROTsKY FACES ARREST

WARSAW, Poland, Nov. l6 Fl-~
Unconfirmed reports from Soviet
Russia say that the arrest Of TrotSky
and Zinovieff is a matter of a few
days. It is Taught that they pos
sibly will appeal to their followers in
the army, hoping to instigate revo-
lutionary action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-25

ukah fete at the Fifth Street Syna-
gogue December q. A mass meeting
at the center December 20 will be ad.
dressed by Judge Otto Rosalsky of
Special Sessions Court, New York.
who will make at this time his first
public address outside of the me-
tropols.
Smoker January 3.
An open smoker with boxing bouts
is scheduled for January and u
stunt night for January s.
The hundred.an more workers who
will be engaged in the canvass will
receive their final instructions at this
afternoons meeting from Louis Il.
Spiegler. chairman of mass enrolment.
A resume of the activities of the insti-
tuition during the past year and the
program Of new activities will he out.
lined by Maurice Bisgyer, director of
the center,
Workers will be asked to make
special efforts to enroll as social mem.
bers the parents Of all the children
now using the center. This new type
full privileges of the building. eXclu
sive of the gymnasium facilities.
Club to Help Center.
a speakers committee consisting of
MIR. Spiegler, Mr. Bisgyer, Morris
Gewirz. lsidore Hershiield. r. b.
Behrend, Joseph b. Shapiro. A. L.
Schiller. Zolman Henkin and Morris
Freilicoff has been organized to adj
dress meetings of various lodges and
clubs in the interest of increased CEN
ter enrolment.
The Jewish Center Is celebrating it's
second anniversary in March. 1t is
known as the National Center and Is
regarded as one of the finest examples
Of the Jewish Center movement in
the country. The corner stone was
laid May 3. 1925. by President
Coolidge.
The institution sponsors lectures.
educational and physical
forums. ballet classes, dra.
music study and various other
activities in cooperation with the
and Jewish societies.
More than 5000 people use the build
ing every week.