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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
MEXICANS HELD
IN PLOT AGAINST
CITIZEN OF u. S.
Conspiracy to Kidnap Oil
Company Official Is
Charged to Six.

BIZ United Press
MEXICO CITY, April Six
Mexicans were under arrest today
charged with plotting to kidnap A.
f. Watts, vice president of the
Sinclair Petroleum Company. One
of the arrested men was Gonzales
Cordova, a former Zapatista general.
Describe Plot
Police said the plotters intend to
accost Watts on the street, pro-
ducing forged police credentials, and
to ask him to accompany them to a
police station. Instead, the plotters
would have taken Watts in a motor
car to the Cuernavaca road, where
their accomplioes would have
awaited. 1t was on the Chernavaca
road that Jacob Rosenthal. retired
New York business man, was kid
naped some time ago. Rosenthal
was murdered.
Several men were arrested on the
Cuernavaca road and were believed
by police to have been involved in
the plot. Watts left for Washing.
ton last night.
Accuses Rebels
The recent kidnapping and murder
Of Edgar M. Wilkins, American engi
neer, was plotted by revolutionists
to embarrass the Gales government
by involving it In international diff
culties, Gen. Jesus Ferreira, Federal
commander in the state of Jalisco, re
ported to the war office today. Fer
reira said he had discovered cor
respondence between Gonzales
Flores, rebel lawyer executed last
Sunday, and Mariana Calzada, a
rebel leader, planning the wilkins
death.
Seven members Of the gang which
killed the American have been exc
cuted, the foreign office officially in
formed the United States embassy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
% Convicted in
"Sex" Play Case

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, April 6-Mae West
and nineteen other actors associated
with her in the cast of Sex" a
drama presented on Broadway by
the Moral Production Company,
faced probable Jail sentences today
after their conviction on charges of
presenting IAN obscene show tend
ing to corrupt the morals Of youth. ="
James A. Timoney and Clarence
W. Morganstern, producers Of the
drama. also were convicted and face
the same sentence-ten days to one
year in Jail and $50 to 1000 fine.
Bail for all the defendants was con-
tinued pending sentence April 10.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
Two of Eight Injured at
Parco, Wyo., May Not
Survive.
ENTIRE VICINITY ROCKED
Blast Occurred at Plant
Early in Day.

BIZ United Press
PARCO, Wyo., April Fifteen
charred bodies lay in an improvised
morgue at the Producers and Rein
ers Corporation plant here today, the
death toll of an explosion which
rocked the country side at Sis a. nj.
Eight other workmen are being
treated for serious burns sustained
in the blast. Two Of them may die,
physicians said.
Tank Bursts
The twenty.three men, the grave
ward shift" were working in front of
two oil process storage tanks when
one mysteriously exploded hurting
oil in all directions. -
The dead: Frank Taylor, 30; w.
W. Dodd, AZ; r. NJ. Sherman, Al;
victiorano Morntaya. 81. Orcelo
Martinez, SO; Fred Jesmer, 81; Clar-
ence Pozy, %; A. c. Ayala, 80; F. C.
Speyer, 40; Albert Smith, %; Victor
Nickerson, As: II. o. Eb, %; G. G.
Turbin. 90; r. r. WEIGH, 80, and
John Paul Palmer. 80.
IdilhS ISHIleu
As details of the tragedy became
known it was learned two high pres
sure stills exploded, igniting two oil
process storage tanks. one Of 1000
barrels and the other Of $500 barrel
capacity.
Several persons We're thrown out
of bed by the force of the blast and
went screaming from their houses
in scant attire.
Light System Wrecked
The entire electric lighting system
was paralyzed. Twenty-three men
working in the distillery were hurled
in the air and the bodies crashed
against a brick wall to the rear.
Workmen 200 feet away from the
scene of the explosion were injured.
Authorities gave three probable
causes for the blast: Pressure in the
tanks being too high or too low, or
water flooded tanks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
World Broadcast for
Coolidge Speech

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK. April 6.-Arrange.
ments for national and international
broadcasting of President Cool
idge's address at the twentieth an
niversary banquet of the United
Press Association here, April %, are
virtually complete.
The National Broadcasting Com.
pany announced today that both the
''red" and the blue" networks would
be used in carrying the speech in the
United States, station WEAF feed,
ing one chain and station WIZ the
other
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
RETURNING FROM CHINA
Third Christian Church Missionaries
Flee From Marking.

Word has been received of the safe
arrival in Shanghai of Mr.. and Mrs.
Benjamin Holroyd, missionaries, who
have been supported at Marking by
the Third Christian Church of In
dianapolis. DR.. Charles T. Paul,
president of the College of Missions,
said today. They are returning to
the United States, it was said.
Late in February the Holroyds
wrote from Marking to friends in the
local church explaining that trouble
was expected hourly and they were
prepared to flee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
DRIVER LEAVES SCENE
Police Seek Motorist Who Fled
After Striking Automobile.

Police today sought the driver of
an automobile which crashed into a
car driven by James Wilson, 1924
5. New Jersey St. at Mccarthy and
Nickel SITS, Tuesday night. Motor
policemen Norman and Caldwell
were told that the driver fed,
throwing away a bottle. 1t is be-
lieved that this is the same car
which struck another machine sew
eral blocks away.
After his car collided with a
machine driven by Arno Wade, 929
Riviera Dr., in the 900 block No.
Meridian ST.. Lester Klingman, 1926
r. Walnut ST., was arrested on
charges of drunkenness and operat.
ing a motor vehicle while intoxi-
Gated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
Temporary Radio
Licenses Planned

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, April 6.-Tem.
porary licenses for operating broad.
casting stations will be isued by the
Federal Radio Commission when the
sixty-day extension of licenses by the
Commerce Department expires at
midnight April "a.
The temporary licenses will hold
until the commission takes final &C
ton on applications for licenses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
TIGERS ARE PADLOCKED

In United Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, April g.
Two blind tigers were padlocked
today as the result Of sentences
handed down by Judge Robert C.
Baltzel before adjournment Of the
spring term of Federal Court here
yesterday.
The judge also handed down an as
sortment of sentences to liquor law
violators, and permitted four other
former soft drink parlors to remain
open only on condition that they be
rented to some other form of bust.
ness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
LATIN FINALS FRIDAY
Sixty Champions to Compete at
Indiana [ University.

BLOOMINGTON. April 6.-Plans
for the finals of the Indiana State
High School Latin contest. to be
held Friday at Indiana University
were completed today.
Sixty district Latin champions
will compete. These students are
the winners from each congressional
district of Indiana. five from each
district. Medals will be awarded to
the winners Friday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
LOCAL MEN SENTENCED
Warned Not to Appeal Case by JEFF
fersOnville Prosecutor.
Bv Times Special

By Times Special
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. April 6.
Lee Wickard. 3S. and Harry CALI
van, Sc, both of indianapolis, today
were warned by Prosecutor G. c.
Todd that If they appealed their
ninety-day sentences on intoxication
charges, he would file charges of
liquor transportation against them.
The men were arrested by State po-
lice when they wrecked their $4,000
automobile. Whisky was found in
the car, police said. Wickard also
was fined $500 and Callivan S170
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
ENGLISHMAN COMING

Matthew Cassin, peace commits
sioner of the Irish Free State, one of
twenty British business men which
the Virginia State Chamber of Com
merce will entertain in Virginia in
May. will visit Indianapolis June 1.
The British party will tour the
middle western States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
SMITH AND D0NAHEY?
New York Mayor Suggests AL and
Ohio Governor for 1928 Race.

Bu United Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April S.--Jim-
my Walker, who took a vacation
from the business Of being mayor
Of New York long enough to come
here and boom Al Smith for the
Democratic presidential nomination,
went today after appraisal Of Gov
erno- Vic Donahey as a possible run
ming mate. Donahey today refused
TO discuss the proposition.
Mayor Walker, greeted and feted
on the official occasion of the grand
opening Of a new hotel in Column
bus, spent part of his visit in a visit
with Governor Donahey at the Capt.
toll.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
CHINA WANTS EQUALITY
Y. NJ. c. A. Foreign Secretary Ad-
dresses Group at Columbia Club.

dresses Group at Columbia Club.
Harry w. White, foreign secre-
tary of the national council of the
Y. M. c. A., addressing a luncheon
at the Columbia Club Tuesday at
which a large group of Indianapolis
citizens were guests Of ]. X. Lilly.
asserted that Nationalist in China
are rapidly gaining the position
where they can negotiate as equals
with the other powers of the world"
'Two-thirds of China already is
under their control and they have
the sympathy of most Of China's
400, 100000 people, who look upon
the present struggle for autonomy
as one of democracy versus autoc-
racy." he said.
White will address the Bible In
vestigation Club in the Y. M. c. A.
auditorium tonight. The meeting is
open to the public.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
BACK HOME AGAIN

Automobiles reported found by po-
lice belong to:
Claude Reynolds. 544 Jones St;
Hupmobile: found at. 1928 Bridge st.
Chevrolet touring car; license
519-S72; found at West and North
SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
CIVIC LOYALTY NEEDED

I'VE preach and believe in national
loyalty here in Indianapolis, but we
seem to lack essential civic loyalty"
Edward w. Hunter, Chamber Of
Commerce secretary, said Tuesday
before the Gyro Club at the Sphinx
Arms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
FARMERS HEAR EDUCATOR

|ALH CH1teu HfCSS
81 LAFAYETTE, Ind, April g.
Almost SO per cent of Michigan
high school students remain on the
farm after graduation, according to
Dean Eben Mumford. of the Michi-
gan Agricultural College. who Tues
day night addressed the national
conference on rural sociology now
in progress at Purdue University.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
BANDIT IS CONVICTED
Worthington Man Found Guilty Of
RObbing Brooklyn Bank.
BB Times Special

BIZ JtmCS Special
MARTINSVILLE. Ind, April g.
Dan Fuller of Worthington, Ind, to-
day faced a ten-year prison term,
following conviction for robbing the
Peoples Deposit Bank at Brooklyn,
Feb. %. John II. Downs Of Indian
apolis, his partner, who recently
pleaded guilty, testified against him!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
NEW WARSAW ARM0RY
Adjutant General Kershner COnfers
With Officials There.
BIZ Times SpeciaI

BIZ IlmcS NDeCluI
WARSAW, Ind, April 6.-Plans
for the new $4,000 armory to house
Company L of the Indiana National
Guard were expedited today, follow
ing a conference held between city
officials and Adjutant General Will
liam II. Kershner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
BURGLAR, SUSPECTS HELD

bN UNtIbu FTtdS
LOGANSPORT, Ind, April g.
Byron Finlison, "a, of Boston, Mass,
and Hugh Campbell, 81, of Wheel
ing, w. Va, are held today as sus-
poets in the woundirg of Charles
Mcdowell, stock buyer. in an at.
tempted robbery of McDowell's home
Monday night.
Mcdowell was shot three times,
but will live, physicians say.
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pear in more than 400 papers in all
parts of the country.
In private life Miss Hays is Mrs.
Ethel Tays Summs of Kansas City,
and a few months ago she became
the mother Of a fine baby girl.
The little girls name, by the
way, is NOT Fanny"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
.THOMP SON WINS
|. FULL VICTORY IN
7. CHICAGO ELECTION
Former Mayor Swept Into
Office With Complete
G. 0. P. Ticket.
RN Enited PresR

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO. April civilian Hale
Thompson returned today from po-
lltical oblivion to become for the
third time mayor 70 Americas sec.
ond largest city.
Under the slogan, America First"
Thompson and his Republican co.
workers descended upon Chicago's
polls yesterday and came out with
a. smashing victory over Mayor viii.
liam e. Dever, Democratic candi-
date. DR.. John Dill Robertson, rum
ming as an independent, was a hope
less third.
Once Party Outcast
Thompson's return to a seat of
power proved once again the uncer-
tainty of political accord. Just four
years ago he was an outcast from
his party. A forlorn figure on the
sidelines. His second administration
had been so bitterly criticised that
Big Bill" as he is Familiarity known.
did not even attempt the race for a
third term
But while the Democratic party
under Mayor Dever was in mower
for four years, Thompson rebuilt his
fences, made new political alliances
won back the confidence of his old
friends and yesterday stampeded the
polls for a plurality of S3,072. Com.
plete returns gave: Thompson,
512,74o; Dever, 429,66S; Robertson,
1909.
Widest Campaign
The campaign which brought
Thompson back into political favor
was the widest and most beIlicose
in the city's history. 1t stirred up
interest which brought out a record
vote of 993,617.
Despite this there were no ma ior
riots as police had feared. Although
there were sporadic outbursts of
bombing, machine cunning. and
ballot tampering, the 5000 police,
modified for the occasion, were
able to quell any mob spirit.
Through the loop last night there
was an outpouring of cheering
thousands. Bands played. Merry
makers brought out every form of
noise making instrument. Thomp
sons appearance in the Joyous
throng was an immediate signal for
shouts of 'HurraN Bill" big Bill
for President" Our greatest Re.
publican" and like tributes, which
must have been music to the ears
Of the once outcast.
Promises Clean City
I'VE will have a clean city"
Thompson said, "gangsters already
are on the run. We mean TO pro.
mote Chicago to becoming the
worlds greatest city"
Some political dopesters today
considered this new combine which
Thompson effected would go far
towards determining national Re.
publican affairs for the immediate
Middle West. There were those who
even limited Thompson's victory
might mean difficulties for former
Governor Frank o. Lowden should
he desire to become a candidate for
the Republican presidential nomina-
ton. Lowden does not enjoy the
full support of Chicago Republican
politicians.
Thompsons victory also carried to
victory the entire Republican ticket.
Thirteen bond proposals totaling
$21, 100000 carried by a :hree to one
vote. but the proposition to give the
city regulatory power over public
utilities apparently was defeated
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
NOBODY CARES'--POIS0
Bride of Week i'm Critical Condition
ut Terre Haute.

BU United Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, April g.
Motherless and her father, Charles
Gamble of Mecca, Ind, emphatically
opposed to her marriage a week ago,
to Ebert Hudson, 10, of Rockville;
Mrs Katherine Hudson, II, was near
death at a hospital here from a
wound, self-inflicted, Monday be
cause nobody cared"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
GOLD RUSH STIMULATED
Experienced Men Optimistic After
Visiting Mine at Weepah, New.

Visiting Mine at Weepah, New.
BIZ United Press
TONOPATI, New, April 6.-The
Weepah gold boom was intensified
today by report from a number Of
experienced mining men, who at the
invitation of Frank Horton, viewed
the new strike which Horton
previously had reported at his elec.
trio gold mine.
About fifty men, including several
gold experts. went down the 100
foot shaft of the electric mine yes
terday. They reported that a cross
cut had been widened out to eight
feet and that 1t showed a quantity
of rich ore, with numerous streaks
of picture rock.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
KILLED nv OIL PLANT EXPL OSION
y. S. JOINED ALLIES
TEN YEARS AGO TOT
Anniversary of Entrance in
World War Recalls Heart
ThrobS.

THE President has signed an act
Of Congress which declares that a
state of war exists with Germany"
That flash, ten years ago today,
came over the telegraph wires from
Washington. 1t was the signal for
extra editions and within few min
utes the city of Indianapolis knew
what had happened.
The United States had gone to
war!
It was something that had been
expected, but it required the printed
word to bring home the cold truth.
That word had come.
Mothers Wept
So it was that mothers wept and
chung to their boys as they Sought
to break away to the recruiting sta
tions. Young wives of husbands
who could not resist the spirit of
the day and the call to the colors
fought back the tears as they waved
their soldiers on. Proud fathers
broke under the strain of the part
ing handshake, and a city turned to
prayer that her sons might survive
the horrors of war.
Newspapers had carried the mes
sage ~. S. at War-Ships Seized"
to a nervous city. And the printed
page had told the stories that "Wil-
son Calls for Volunteers" Indian
apolis was answering.
Recruits were fiocking to the re-
cruiting offices so rapidly and in
such numbers that recruiting agents
were forced to forget lunch. and din
ner, and worked well into the night.
National guard units were being
modified under the orders of Ad-
jutant General Harry b. Smith.
Many Recruits
Headlines had reported that
Army Must Be Brought Up to
Full Strength. And they added, too,
that the Navy must have more
men.
There was talk of CONSUMPTION, but
so rapidly came recruits that the
step was not Immediately necessary.
A Government agent on guard for
any demonstration against President
Wilson's war proclamation, arrested
here a man who threatened the life
of the President.
There were other utterances
against the Government and others
were taken into custody for ques-
tioning. Uncle Sam took no chances.
While the men were joining the
colors and shouldering arms to make
a nation safe, young women were
also offering their services. Red
Cross offices were crowded with APP
plicants from those who would
nurse at home or on the fields
abroad.
War-NOthing Else
Indianapolis business felt the
sting of the declaration of war. 1t
was the topic of the day-nothing
else mattered.
Clerks fled shops to bid brothers
and sweethearts goodby as troop
trains pulled away or as companies
modified at recruiting quarters and
marched away. Business men de-
serted their offices to spend a final
hour with loved ones and there were
those who entrusted the cares of
business to wives while they too
took up the work Of the nation.
There had been outrages COM
mitted by the enemy and they were
bitter insults to America. Warnings
had failed. Uncle Sam had taken
too much. War was declared-and
Indianapolis contributed generously
of her manhood and her woman
hood. And many did not return.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
LAD HURT IN BLAST
Sets Fire to Dynamite Cap-Hand
Shattered.

BIZ United Press
NEW ALBANY, Ind, April g.
Marion Spainhour, IL, is recovering
from wounds received when he set
fire to a dynamite cartridge. His
right hand was shattered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
HOPES TO SEE HUSBAND
Mrs. Frank Tinney Going Back to
Home Given Her by Husband.

BIZ United Press
HOLLYWOOD, Cal, April g.
Mrs. Frank Tinney is going back to
New York to live and she hopes to
see Frank, her former comedian
husband, soon, she said today.
She expects to leave here June l
by boat and will live on the Long
Island property that came to her by
community agreement with Frank
this week. she disclosed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
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III Under WA
ZZINortnern armies Independent u41-l y 1"N'"'

Inward China
resistance thus Northern armies have
KaiCeks
China
relative southern have progressed
with TOin,
the Pengese that have been
is the southern
Cantonese expected the Nationalist
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
Clemency Denied

Clemency was refused Stephen A.
Cole, Daviess Circuit Court, life-term
murderer, upon a divided report of
the board. The Rev. George S. Hen
ninger and York recommended de-
NAL and John C. CLANCY favored
clemency.
Cole was sentenced Dec. 49,. 1909,
for shooting his cousin. He pleaded
it was an accident, but the body was
undiscovered for several days.
Two Marion County persons who
received combinations of sentence
were: Harry Evans, sentenced on a
perjury charge Jan. 10, 1925, to a
two to twenty-one year term, reduced
10 fifteen months to twenty-nine
years, and Charles Ketterman, SEN
Aienced to ten to twenty-one years in
ne Indiana reformatory on a rob-
berry charge, reduced to six to TWEEN
tr.one years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-06
THREE MURDERERS
GIVEN CLEMENCY
BY GOV. JACKSON
Final Recommendations of
Pardon Board Deny ITO
Petitions.

Three life-term murderers were
tmong twelve prisoners who received
Communication of sentence by Cover
nor jackson today upon recommends
ton of the Indiana Pardon Board.
One hundred and ten petitions for
clemency were denied; five with
drawn, two dismissed and one con-
tinued indefinitely.
It was the boards final report as
the body was abolished by the last
Legislature. All pleas for clemency
hereafter will be heard by the boards
of the various penal institutions.
Sentences Reduced
The life sentence Of Farley King,
imposed in Vanderburgh County,
July 10, 1928, on a murder charge,
was communted to a two to twenty
one year manslaughter term.
/ King, who stabbed street car
Conductor who was beating him
with a blackjack, was enormously
sentenced for murder, the board
held.
The life sentence Of Robert VIII
iams, Negro, Greene Circuit Court,
May 26, 1906. was communted to
twenty-one years on the ground Will
Iiams has reformed. He was found
guilty Of murder for shooting his
foreman, who had whipped him, ac-
cording to testimony before the
board.
The term of Bucho Parham, Ne
gro, sentenced for life in Wander
burg County, May II, 1909, was re-
duced to twenty years.
Parham shot and killed a white
man in the old Evansville red light
district.
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she was given a contract by a big
syndicate. Now her drawings ap-
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children the folks
Timesnt introduce