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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-18
PLAN RITES FOR
REV. M'k|NSEy
Veteran Minister Killed at
Lebanon.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
LEBANON, Ind, March 1S.-Fu-
neral arrangements were being COM
pleted today for Rev. W. P. McKin-
sey, SO, Civil War veteran and wide
ly known minister. who was killed
by Big Four passenger train here
Wednesday. The funeral probably
will be held Sunday.
The Rev. Mr.. McKinsey was
walking along the tracks and either
fell or sat down to rest, according
to Mrs. Bessie English. witness to
the accident.
Before she could warn him Of his
danger, the train struck the Rev.
Mr.. McKinsey, killing him instantly
He was at one time chaplain of
the Indiana Department OF the G..
A. r and for many years was presi-
dent of the veterans of the 40th In
diana regiment of the Civil War.
During his long service as Meth
odist minister he held charges in
Brazil, Lebanon, Attica, Plymouth,
Delphi, Monticello and other Indiana
cities.
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To Those Who Suffer Stomach
Distress, Gas and Indigestion
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Tho way has been found to combine
Pepsin with other corrective stomach
agents so that it will do the most good
in the shortest possible time.
Why bother with slow actors, since
one tablespoon of this splendid and
pleasant liquid remedy usually causes
gas, bloating, heaviness. heartburn or
that upset condition of the stomach,
when due to excuses or faulty elimina-
ton to speedily vanish.
And why should any man or woman
suffer another hour with indigestion or
annoying stomach misery from such
causes when the remedy that acts al
most instantly can be easily procured?
But there Is more to say about this
remarkable remedy-something that
will interest thousands Of respondent
people.
Dare's Mentha Pepsin not only quick
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-18
TWO ARE HURT IN
I CROSSING CRASH
So
indianapolis Couple in Acct
dent Near Franklin.

This Indianapolis residents, Min
ME Burch, rs, of 533 s. Delaware
ST., and e. r. Snyder, 81, of 1926
e. McCarty ST., were painfully in
jured when their automobile was
struck by an intefurban car at a
grade crossing a mile north of
Franklin, late Thursday.
They were brought to city hos
Rital here. Miss Burch suffered a
POSSIBLY fractured skull and severe
bruises, and Snyder was badly cut.
IS Police have as yet been unable
TO find the driver Of an automobile,
who failed to stop after knocking
Harry Thomas, II, of 21b4 Winter
Ave-, from his bicycle at Bloyd and
Winter AYES. The boy SUSTAINED a
fractured left ankle and was taken
to the city hospital. Police were told
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-18
JACKSON AT PURDUE
Annual Military Carnival Staged by
X. d, II. G.

b. United Press
LAFAYETTE, Ind. March 49,
Governor and Mrs. Ed Jackson and
Adjutant General and Mrs. William
Kershner were guests of Purdue
University Tuesday night at the sew
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FUNERAL FOR
EDGAR c. SPHINX
SET SATURDAY
Builder in City Since 1904
SuCCumbs After Several
Weeks Illness.

Funeral services for Edgar G.
Sphinx, so, who died Thursday at the
Fletcher Sanitarium, 1140 E. Market
St, will beheld at the family home,
a. m. Saturday and at 8 a. m. at SIS.
Peter and Paul Cathedral. Burial
will be in Crown Hill cemetery.
Born in Washington, Ind, Feb. Z,
1867, Mr.. Spink's early life was
spent in Daviess and Martin Coun.
ties, the family moving to Kentucky
during his youth.
Came Here i'm 1904
For several years he was in bust
ness at Lexington, KY, coming to
indianapolis in 1904 to engage in a
real estate and apartment building
program.
The Fletcher Sanitarium, in which
he. died, after several weeks illness,
was one of Mr.. Spinks first projects.
In the last few years the company
which bears his name built the Sphinx
hotel, the Spink-Arms, the Medical
%rts Bldg, the Marott Hotel, and
more than sixty apartment buildings.
Body to Lie in State
The widow, four sisters and the
mother, Mrs. Rosanna Morgan Sphinx,
survive. The sisters, DIR. Mary A.
Sphinx, manager of the Fletcher SAM
tarium; DIR. Urbana Sphinx, Mrs. Ber-
nard Cuniff of Pembroke, Mass, and
Mrs. Raymond B. Stevens, wife OF
the advisor to. the King of Siam.
Mr.. Sphinx was a member Of the
Chamber of Commerce, Columbia
Club and knights of Columbus. The
body will lie in state at the family
home this evening.
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enth annual military carnival Of the
Purdue reserve officers training
corps.
Every Purdue student enrolled In
the r. o. T. c. took part in the
drills, formations and stunts which
featured the evening program. The
program was presented under the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-18

that the driver was on the wrong
side Of the street.
Mrs. Mary Morton, II, Of 2251
Bellefontaine St., and Miss Nadine
Nelson, 25, of 4557 Winthrop Ave-,
were slightly injured when the car
in which they were riding, driven by
Mrs. Morton's husband, Harold
Morton, upset after striking the
machinemachine Of Frank Fox, 4311
n. Meridian ST., at Winthrop Ave.
and Forty-Second st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-18
ALLEGED RED is HELD
German Arrested at Manila by
United States Secret Service.

BIZ United Press
MANILA, P. l.. March 18-Secret
service officers today arrested Ru-
dolph IIilderbrand. German subject
who arrived from San Francisco
aboard the S. S. President Cleveland,
charging him with Bolshevist activi-
ties. Hilderbrand was dressed as a
priest
The Cleveland locked today and
the arrest was made Immediately.
presumably upon the order of Gov
ernor General Leonard Wood. Hill
derbrand will be held for investiga-
ton.
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100000 Paid
For a quick, complete way to
Fight Colds

the fever and
headache, opens
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and tones the en-
tire system.
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An old custom at West Point calls
for a general renting Of punish
ments whenever royal visitor
makes the request. Both Queen
Marie and the Crown Prince of
Sweden exercised this privilege
when they visited the academy.
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said. Heretofore the financial re-
quirements of the school have been
entirely provided by the Sisters of
Providence"
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direction Of Major McNair, head OF
the department of military training.

The ground on which the White
House stands at Washington is APP
praised at $40, 900. The sixteen
acres in the plot were purchased
originally for $1,000.
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Beatrice Burton has written
new serial, 1.-THE Hollywood
Girl" Read It, starting Monday,
in The Times.
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! The last entry on the docket in the
Melini case reads: January IL, 1921.
Cause dismissed by petitioners at
torney. Geiger," which. to casual In
spection, appears to end the matter
Investigation reveals that Attor-
ney Geiger has been out of the case
for over q year and a half. having
withdrawn from and relinquished all
interest In the proceedings July .
/ 1925.
| Joyce Takes Case
An entry dated July s, 1925, shows
that Charles n. Joyce then entered
his appearance as attorney for the
petitioner The record does not ind
cate that Mr.. Joyce assented TO
the dismissal OF the cause.
| Although the record implies that
the case is dismissed. tn Implication
Is false. since 1t is hardly reasonable
to suppose that an attorney who has
been out of case for Is months can
| dismiss the proceedings without the
consent of the attorney who, accord
| ing to the record, Is in charge of the
case.
The record does not show whether
| the prisoner was remanded to the
custody of DIR. White, restored to
| liberty, or the writ dismissed by the
court.
Judging from the record In this
case (I. c. 1906 the petitioner is still
| imprisoned at st. Elizabeth's. AS a
matter of fact, he was sent from this
| jurisdiction by the hospital authori-
| ties at some unknown time d"rinS
| the proceedings. without public no
tice to the court.
Lawyers Concerned
Several WASHINGTON lawyers have
expressed concern at what SENS to
| them a sinister state of affairs.
That a prisoner who petitions for
habeas corpus release from illegal
confinement: who produces evidence
! that impels the court to issue
writ: who is stalled off" for 1S
months, from hearing: whose
whereabouts at the end Of that time
are not as indicated in the record:
and when that record. bv a Skil.fullv
worded entry. makes it appear that
the case is closed. when as a mat
ter of fact it is still pending--these
things. they saw, disclose a serious
situation.
The Frank B. Kuczynski case is
| interesting.
! KucZynskl. a prisoner in Howard
Hall, was required as the most
| important witness for the respondent
in the George Tisdale lunacy case
held June IS. 1925. TisdaIe. who
had been incarcerated for IL wears
also in Howard Hall. was without
funds to nay the necessary fees for
summoning his witnesses. and an
ARRANGEMENT was made for the. Cor
poration Counsel to summon them
as Government witnesses. so the
marshal's fees could be paid by the
District.
/ Three days before the trial the
/ Corporation Counsel was given a
list OF seven names, including
Kuczynski's. to summon. On the
day Of the trial, Kuczynski was
1 not in court. The Corporation Coun.
! sci had failed to summon him.
Kuczynski was so violently insane,
the hospital had reported, that his
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presence at the trial was out of the
question.
Tisdale denied this, saying he
had left Kuczynsli only an hour
before, and that he was perfectly
sane and normal. as he had been
during his entire stay in Howard
Hall.
Representative Schafer had be-
come interested in Kuczynski. who
was a resident of Schafer's district
The Representative was in Justice
Bailey's court when the trial began.
The day before. he had written TO
DIR. White in behalf Of a constitu-
ent, who wished permission to speak
with Kuczynski DR.. White wrote
in reply that Kuczynski was so
violently insane that no one could
visit him.
Justice Bailey. impressed by lis
dale's earnestness, ordered the sum-
mons to be served on KucZyBski
forthwith. The marshal returned
with the report that the hospital
had shipped Kuczynski ont OF town
on the noon train--CURED.
Beatrice Burton has written
.n,SoI
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'Lunacy Case Records
/ At Odds With Facts
Nv DONALD McDOUGAL

That peculiar entry made in the habeas docket
Of the District Supreme Court and that the effect Of this entry
to obscure the action Of St Eizabeh Hospital sending
Carlo Meni this jurisdiction while his petition for
consideration by the court becomes apparent
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Now 90 on With TIE StorV.

what you're talking about. Maybe
you haven't understood. just
mean a job-any sort of job. In
lin the beauty shop. Cashier
you know, anything / could do.
I'm desperate. If you should put
me out, I'd have to gather up my
finery and 80 find u nice bench
in the park. So yen see, when I
said Job"
But that's just what we're talk
ing about" Betty Graham earn.
estly assured her.
About the new branch. About
who was to manage it-and every
thing. You'd be 50 wonderful
Tears sprang into Sally's eyes.
She looked down quickly. Her
voice was foolishly unsteady when
she spoke.
III thought once I might be
able to help you. dreamed Of
of coming back and giving you
everything you wanted. / did
ing instead. You don't know
how happy 1t makes nie-really. -
Then she lifted her chin resolutely.
There, I won't 90 on. And don't
expect me to be a bit respectful
to YOU ever again. You'll prob
ably have to discharge me for
impertinence. Gee, but I'll be
fresh to the boss this timei"
Ruth Irving laughed, one of her
unexpected, quick, clear laughs
that were worth waiting for.
Then she frowned.
You see, the question is, just
where we ought to take a place.
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mothers in q bigger and finer
sense, long centuries ago the ban
against the coming Of a child no
matter how, would have been oh.
solete. Fancy race Of super.be.
ings putting an embargo on birth!
Fancy an animal ostracizing its
young! Only the moral human Is
inspired to bully and outrage its
defenseless children.
And Roen had theorized then
that q strong woman would be
magnificently immune to criticism.
1t she brought her child here. I'm.
authorized, she would be fearless
about it--proud, unassailable in
her right.
She would be as Roen now
longed to be; as she now yisioned
herself going out into the. world,
saying to everyone: 81 am the
mother! Here is my ehild!"
This would not be difficult
for her. It would Be far easier
than this sneaking away in
in the night. II would be
courageous. Her heart thrilled
to the thought in a surging de.
fiance. Battle for her child!
Be strong for her child!
She stopped down and let the
baby's warm, sweet breath drift
against her cheek; she framed
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By Elenore Meherin

with memories on that blessed
day. Your note only reached me
this morning"
That would be better-wait TIN
all chance Of the meeting had
passed.
The next morning Roen sent
her boxes to Chicago. In the
night. protected by the darkness,
she took her child and left.
She could have wept at this
stealthy flight. Criminals flee SO,
looking furtively to see who
watches. She was like them.
Because she had this little warm,
loving bundle in her arms-her
child, who had waited these IL
years for her welcome.
She wore d big hat and went
swiftly to the compartment she
had taken.
She thought mutely: And
when I meet others in Chicage?'
After days of searching she
found L snug place in the suburbs.
She wrote to no one--aot even to
Jackie.
But this could not 90 on. OF
course not!
The postoffice forwarded her
NAH. Early in February came
this from her brother: by the
end Of March, at the latest, wen
return. We're stopping off at st.
Louis. Wen carry you back with
US, Ron!
GO Be Continued Tomorrow
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Jackson. And how IL the wonder
child tonight?"
Roen stared into the suitcase
she was packing-the suitcase of
her baby's clothes-her baby whom
she could not acknowledge and to
protect whom she would now flee
from this city and now from that.
She went to his bed and looked
at him. He was curled up snug
as little snail, his knees against
his chin. Gently she took his fin.
gers from his mouth, closed his
lips. A smile spread over them
the angel--she longed to lift him
in her arms, fling open the door
and shout: Miner Trumpet Il
to the farthest heaven! Hers--ner
God-given little child.
She saw herself doing this
holding the child alcft-preclaim.
ing him.
Why did she not do this? why
had she not opened the door
serenely to Godfrey; serenely an.
nounced: II am here--and here Is
my son. MINE! Let who win
gainsay my right"
Often In the hectic discussions
At Jackie's and often. too, in the
chummy evenings when Godfrey
had sat before Rooms fire, they
had discussed this very thing.
Then Roen had said: IF women
were truly brave-if women were
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under an assumed name; find her
white and collapsing against the
wall.
Above the thunder Of blood roar.
ing in her ears came ct last Geof.
frey's answer: "No-never mind.
Perhaps Mrs. jackson is busy.
It's Miss Ross we want to see.
I'll leave note for her."
And after a timeless void, the
white card thrust under the door.
Steps going down the passageway.
Moist, slumping, Roen felt her
way back to the bedroom. She
lifted the baby in her arms, clasp.
ing him to her in a frenzied en-
brace. She murmured, "Oh, hush!
Sweetheart, hush!' She wrapped
him in a soft, wooden blanket and
sat rocking him, murmurisg inco-
herent love in the tired little ears
until he fell asleep with his wet,
pursed lips against her throat.
Finally she laid the baby down.
She went creeping through the
dark hall and found the note url-
der the door. It was scrubbed on a
sheet torn from memorandum
and addressed to Roen Ross, care
Of Mrs. Robert jackson.
Dear Ron-we've been on your
trail for the last month Where on
Gods green earth do you eat,
sleep, ETC.? Anyway, we want you
for Christmas dinner and have
Jackie's guarantee that you've not
made any other date We're hav.
ing some real people in and think
you'll enjoy meeting them. Please
come. Give me a ring in the morn.
ing, will you? Eagerly anticipate
a reunion.
BY mere breath she had es.
capped.
Had Godfrey come five minutes
earlier they would have met at the
door, And the true reason for her
stay here in St. Louis discovered.
Rcen sat with her head flung
back, her eyes closed. She felt
weak with a cruel physical exhaus.
ton.
suddenly she thought. Il can't
stay he.e. =
Godfrey would call again. He
would inquire where she was work
ing and might drop in to this ticti.
tious office in the intention OF tax.
ing her to his home for dinner.
He would insist on introducin3
her to his friends young doctors.
She might meet some Of those she
had encountered at she hospital
BY some wild chance she might be
remembered.
She got up numb1y and walked
from room to room, knowing that
she must pack her things and 70
Ioath to do this.
She would have to leave in the
morning. At this, the inquisitive
neighbors would gossip. Why,
suppose she had arrived just as
Mrs. Berry opened the door? Sup
pose Godfrey, too, had come then?
Mrs. Berry would say az she al.
ways did: Good evening, Mrs.