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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-19
Reformation Of Ruth

ONE day last summer | listened
~ to Ruth tell Of his reforma
ton which by the way was
staged at Havana. Cuba
Guaranteed 5000 per game for
Is games. Ruth journeyed to
Havana at the close OF the season
to pick up some soft change The
series of games were TO be played
over a period OF one month
The ponies were running at
Havana at the same time said
Babe in leading up to his turning
over a new leaf and when |
WASH OH the ball field was al
the track.
Il took $4,000 with me as
spending money earned $l5 600
while in Havana and when was
, ready to depart ! wired home for
an additional $4,000 and didn't
have more than enough left to buy
my ticket to the States.
f, That experience proved to me
that maybe someone may break
the bookies. but Babe Ruth is
! through trying
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-19

Horses, Horses, Horses!
'SHoRsEs' horses horses SHES He's
crazy about horses, horses
horses!"
The guy that wrote the popular
song along those lines must nave
had no less parsonage than
Rogers Hornsby in mind. II we
would believe the word OF a
wealthy bookie.
The day following the signing
of Hornsby to a New York con-
tract for two years calling tor
$4,000 per annum, said bookle
broke into print with a statement
that Hornsby was indebted to him
to the extent of $4,000
In other words. the bookle IN
timated that for the next two
years Hornsby would be playing
ball merely for his love OF horses
horses, horses!
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-19
Unusual Coincidence

UnuSudI COlnCluGIlC0
TTORNSBY ridicules the word OF
Il the bookie. says he doesn 7
owe him as much as a wartime
franc. but is willing to settle the
claim if his accuser will take stage
money
1t is rather unusual coinci-
dence that two of the greatest
stars in the history of baseball
should be fall guys for the ponies.
Babe Ruth admits that quite a
pile of his earnings has gone to
swell the bank roll Of the bookies.
While the Babe no doubt still
likes to make an occasional bet,
for there is glamour to the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-19
BILLY EVANS SAYS:

running races that has distinct
appeal to many OF the major
league athletes, he has learned his
lesson.
In the old days. when Babe was
breaking home run records and
making an equally earnest effort
to bust all the bookies. he thought
nothing of betting a grand. as
they say in the parlance of the
race track Now century note
is a whale OF bet for him. his
limit.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-19

Dispatch Telephones--81 and So
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
BOARD TO ARGUE
TEACHER SALARY
Proposed Increase Comes
Up for Discussion.

The Indianapolis school board Will
meet in special session next Monday
to discuss further proposed salary
increase for grade school teachers in
the city.
The plan under consideration
would add approximately $50,000 to
the educational costs of the year by
increasing the salaries OF grade
school teachers so that they may
draw as much in salary as high
school teachers with the same
amount of education.
Under the proposed schedule ap-
proximately 900 teachers in the
grade schools would become eligible
to a maximum salary increase Of
$500 per year. At present the grade
maximum is $4,000 and the high
school $500.
The new plan would give each
grade school teacher the privilege
Of drawing the $2,S00 maximum
provided she added to her education
accordingly.
The board is reported to favor the
new plan and it is expected that the
schedule will be adopted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
MELVILLE BREAK
WEAKENS DELUGE
Lafitte Fort May Be Inun-
dated-MuIattoes Flee. :.

BU United Press
NEW ORLEANS, La, May 49,
The romantic and colorful lower
Mississippi valley country today was
gripped in the great flood nav.
The little colony of Lebeau, in
habited by mulattoes, is deserted as
ten feet of water courses it's streets.
The old fort established by Jean La
fltte probably will be over sub
merged within week.
But as the Acadian country was
whipped by flood waters the great
plantations have been saved, Gov
ernment and State engineers believe.
A break of the Atchafalya levee near
Melville, already widened to 1000
feet, has lessened the hazard of the
levees topping farther south.
Reports of drownings in the
"sugar bowl" area were deprecated
by Adjutant General Toombs.
These reports are founded en-
tirely on rumor," he said.
The Acadians have migrated slow
ly, their unwillingness to leave caus-
ing reproach from relief workers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
Fist Death Natural,
Says Kelly Defense

BIZ United Press
LOS ANGELES, May 17.-De-
fense today started its attempt to
prove that Ray Raymond, musical
comedy star, died from natural
causes rather than from a beating
by Paul Kelly, film Juvenile.
Kelly admittedly was the rival of
Raymond for the affections of the
latter's wife, Dorothy Mackaye.
Mss Mackaye spent a moment
on the stand.
Did you ever sleep with Mr..
Kelly?" she was asked.
mo, sir" she replied.
Max Wagner testified too much
gin" had dulled his memory of the
days before Raymond's death.
There were ''plenty of parties" at
Kelly's apartment, he said. But he
could not duplicate the feat OF Jun.
gle," Kelly's Japanese houseboy, in
remembering when Miss Mackaye
had spent the night in the actors
apartment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
FLIGHT NOTE
DOUBT TOLD
BY ENGLAND
Nungesser Bottle Would Not
Have Floated in, Be-
lief.
LL0YD'S CITE CURRENT
Weather Clears, but u. S.
Fuss Continues.

BIZ United Press
LONDON, May 1s.-Doubt that
authentic word had been received
from captains Nungesser and Coli in
bottle removed from the sea at
Falmouth, England, was expressed
today by representative of Lloyds.
Lloyd's was informed Of the finding
of the bottle by its agent at Fal-
mouth. The representative said
that the authenticity of the find
was doubted because prevailing
currents would have carried the
bottle north Of Ireland instead Of to
the English coast.
Falmouth is on the English Chan
mel near the extreme southwestern
tip of England. To reach Falmouth
a bottle dropped in the sea off the
Irish coast would have to round
Lands End. which is the extremity
of England in that region.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
.LAWMAKER PAY
AGAIN IN ISSUE
GiIliom Questions Legality,
Asks Rehearing.

The salary raise from $500 to
10000 year given Supreme Court
judges by the last Legislature does
not "afford any legal or proper rea-
son for sustaining the increase
which members of the Legislature
provided unto themselves" Attorney
General Arthur L. Gilliom declared
today in an answer to a brief filed
Tuesday by Attorney Louis B. Ew.
bank, former Supreme Court judge,
in the legislative pay case.
The case is that of Senator James
j. Nejdl to mandate State Auditor
Lewis S. Bowman to pay the mem
bers Of the 1927 Legislature the $40
day which they voted themselves,
rather than the Sc day which Bow
man allowed them on advice of the
attorney general.
The mandate was denied in Ma
rion County Circuit Court. but that
decision was reversed by the Su-
preme Court. Gilliom has filed for
rehearing in the Supreme Court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

Want to sit in on an old.fashioned
spelling bee?
The invitation is yours and it costs
you nothing.
Happen up to Caleb Mills Hall,
Shortridge High School Friday eve
ming, and attend the Indiana State
Spelling Contest, beginning at s
o'clock and at which the champion of
champions will be chosen. Be a
guest of the Indianapolis Times,
which under it's educational policy is
sponsoring the spelling contest pro-
gram in Indiana schools.
Just friendly tip, however-there
are but $500 seats in the Caleb Mills
auditorium. They cost you nothing,
nor are there reservations. The first
1900 persons there will be seated.
Better come early.
Twelve champions have entered the
State contest to compete for the
title and the trip to Washington, d.
c., to compete in the National
Spelling Bee, in which first prize Of
$1,000 is offered.
Miss Helen Martin of Pleasant
Township. Grant County, is the lat
est entrant in the State bee. She
won the Grant County champion
ship at Marion.
Miss Martin won in one Of the
most keenly contested county bees
ever held at Marion, where pupils
take their spelling seriously and
where school authorities hold an
nual bees.
''Those who witnessed the cham
pionship contest were greatly i'm
pressed with the ability shown by
all the contestants" says the Ma.
rion Chronicle, sponsor of the meet
there through cooperation with The
Times. Sin the oral contest all the
spoilers remained on their feet so
long that the judges became appre-
hensive that champion would not
be determined before morning"
The contest finally simmered down
to Miss Martin and Robert Dorton.
They spelled on and on. The word
lists were exhausted and the judges
turned to other spelling books. The
contest continued for some time be-
fore Robert misspelled "proffer."
Ten Hard Words
The ten other words that had
spelled disappointment for that num-
ber Of contestants were prescription,
jardiniere. artificial, kimono, preten-
tious. irresistible, appalling, alliance,
Protestant and essential
The public is invited. 1t Is free.
Winner of the State title will be
sent to Washington at expense of
The Times, to compete in the ma
tional bee, late in June. A total of
81, 500 in gold is offered in the ma
tional meet, $1,000 going to the win
ner, while the remaining $1,50O will
be divided among the others, with ..
second prize of $500.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
Thief Hunter Hits
OUn Toe Instead

A pet Irish terrier started 1t. but
C. A. Hadley, 215 N. Oakland Aye,
finished it.
Somebody tried to get in window
at the Eadley home shortly after
midnight. The dog barked, arousing
Hadley. Selling his 22-year.old re-
volver. he started downstairs, but
fate intervened. He stumbled and
fell and gun was discharged.
The bullet picked up the wrong
person, however, and the burglars
escaped. Hadley was his own victim.
The bullet entered the calf of his
left leg, ranged downward for five
inches, emerged and struck his big
toe, splitting it. The wounds are not
serious.
Last week the Hadley residence
was looked over by would-be
burglars. But Mrs. Hadley had more
success with the gun than her hus-
band. She fired it into the air,
frightening the burglars away.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
Dark Plea for
AHrnony Cut

Bu Cnifed PfcSs
CHICAGO, May 1S.-Friendship
which Mrs, Zulme Knowlton,
divorced wife of wealthy con-
sulting engineer, Is said to have
had with Prince Kojo Tozalxin
Houeno of Dahomey. Africa, was
used by her husband, Harry
Knowlton, as basis for asking re-
duction in alimony.
Knowlton was taken before
Judge Harry Lewis to show cause
why he should not be cited for
contempt for not having paid
$500 back aliInOny.
Two detectives appeared for
Knowlton and testified the dusky
prince had visited Mrs. Knowlton
frequently while Knowlton was
in New York and also showed
pictures of Mrs. Knowlton and
the prince on board ship as they
were about to sail to France.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
But This One
Tried ~ Years

BIZ United Press
SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 49,
Mrs. Ida Rhea Elliott today was
attempting to terminate her forty.
four years of married life with
James Wilkinson Elliott, Pitts
burgh millionaire.
Charging mental cruelty and In
fidelity, Mrs. Elliott filed suit for
divorce.
The community property of El-
lott was listed at S1,000,O00, with
separate property in Pittsburgh
approximating S650.O0O. His in
come was said to be $4,000 a year.
A residence at Point Iona here
WIG valued at $125.000. The cou-
pie have nine children, six of
whom are living.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
SO THIS IS
MARRIAGE!
FiUe Years With
Him Enough

BU Jnifcd Press
CHICAGO, May 1S.--AIrs. Anna
Hansen and Mrs. Hazel Shepherd
Hansen, who share George Hansen
as their husband, appeared in court
to discuss whether the former should
grant her husband a divorce and per-
NIT the second Mrs. Hansen to have
a legal marriage.
Judge Joseph SABBATH asked:
Are you willing for lhe othel
woman to have. your husband?"
Mrs. Anna Hansen looked at her
husband-who is under arrest for
bigamy-and then answered:
IL certainly am. Five years with
that man is long enough"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

Andrew Kehoe, the treasurer, who
was killed when subsequent ex-
ploslon demolished his automobile
near the school. was held responsible
for the tragedy in the first semblance
Of an investigation launched amid
the confusion OF wreckage and dead.
Two hours after the west wing
collapsed troopers working under
Charles Lane, chief of the fire mar.
shal's division, reported they had
found ten sticks of the explosive
with slow fuse still burning under
the east wing of the school.
Discovery of the additional explo-
sive admittedly averted augment
ing the worst tragedy that ever be.
fell this rural village, seven miles
north Of the capital of Michigan,
where the wounded were rushed in
ambulances to hospitals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
Young Heroine Signals
Train to Stop in Nick
of Time.

On the southwest side, in the
neighborhood in which Mildred At
we'll lives, they're still talking to-
day about something Mildred did
Sunday afternoon which has made
her the heroine OF her community.
The story harkens back to shortly
after seven o'clock Sunday evening,
when Mildred. IS. her mother. Mrs.
Claude 3. Atwell. and her younger
sister, Othel 12, were returning to
their home at 1921 Kentucky Ave,
from a movie.
The party started across the rail
road tracks at the Belt railroad and
Kentucky Ave.
Foot Caught
Suddenly, Othel dashed across the
tracks and stepped through a hole in
the board crossing. She dropped to
the ground and shouted that her
foot was held fast just outside the
tracks.
Mrs. Atwell rushed to her just
as the whistle of locomotive sound
ed at bend not far away. Mrs. At
we'll tugged at the foot unsuccess-
fully. She could neither free the
foot nor take off the shoe. The
train roared down upon them. Mil
dred ran out to help. The mother
shouted to her to stay back.
Mildred backed away reluctantly,
out of it for the moment physically.
but her mind continued to act. Sud.
denly she dashed past her mother
and began running toward the
train.
Girl Flags Train
Straight toward the locomotive
she ran, waving her hands and
pointing to the struggling pair.
And then Mildred remembered the
signal her dad. raiiroader, had
taught her. She stood still.> placed
one hand on her hip, and began
slow up and down motion with her
right hand which in railroad
parlance is stop"
There came an answer. Two
short whistles from the engine. But
by this time it was almost up to
the woman and child.
Mother and daughter stretched out
alongside the rails. The engine
passed by them. Then the tender.
The brakes ground. Another car
went by. Mildred had tagged the
train in time to allow it to stop be-
fore any of the lower cars reached
the woman and girl and crushed
them. A few more feet and Mrs.
Atwell might not have lived to tell
the story.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
Boy Free in Killing
of Girl Study Mate
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
BROOKLYN, N. Z, May 1s.--
Walter Goldberg, Brooklyn High
School boy, was freed of murder
charges today by Justice Townsend
Scudder, before whom he has been
on trial for three days on an in
dictment growing out of the fatal
shooting of his classmate, Anna
Harris, 16. The case did not go to
the jury.
Justice Scudder, Of the Snyder
Gray trial. ruled the State had
failed to make case of first degree
murder.
The boy was accused of having
shot and killed Miss Harris in her
home where he had gone to study
with her.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
$50 CITIES RULED
SUCCESSFU BY
MANAGERIAL PLAN
Movement Secretary ADJ
dresses Young People at
Y. w. c. A.

There are $50 cities in the United
States operating successfully under
the city manager form of govern
ment, Claude II. Anderson. city man.
ager movement secretary, told
young peoples meeting Tuesday
night, at the Y. w. G. A.
Only four cities which adopted
the business-like form have returned
to the old political system, Ander-
son declared.
Anderson replied to thescriticism
against the manager form, because
1T is an experiment" He said "the
manager plan is not an experiment.
because $50 cities have adopted and
are satisfied with the plan"
Universal Satisfaction
"Our research for information con.
Quoted through civic leaders and
civic organizations in cities where
the manager form is in operation
has shown that there has been al.
most universal satisfaction on the
part of the people and a. successful
administration of public affairs"
said Anderson.
Money raised by taxation has
been used wisely and public bust.
ness has gone forward with eff.
cheney.
But one thing we must do, that
is to keep awake after this election
Is won. Freedom is maintained only
at the price of eternal vigilance.
However I am confident that our
people Of indianapolis can be de.
pended upon to vote and to vote IN
telligently and courageously on a
question of good government when
they have an opportunity.
Il believe we will put in places Of
authority board Of seven men who
will be representatives of the people
in a real sense and displace those
now In authority who are repra.
sentatives of political party organi,
cations only and not of the people
as a whole.
Neighborhood Meets
James u. Lowry, former park su.
perintendent, addressed the Colored
Business and Professional Women's
Club at the Colored Y. w. c. A.
Other neighborhood meetings to
educate the community to the prin-
ciples of the manager form were
planned by the executive commit.
tee.
The address by Mayor Murray L.
Seasongood. Cincinnati, at a mass
meeting Thursday night at the Clay
pool will be broadcast over WKBF.
Hoosier. Athletic Club station. Res
ervations for the meeting may be
made through Blythe Q. Hendricks,
speakers bureau director, at man
ager headquarters, 500 Illinois Bldg.
Seasongood will motor to Indian
apolis early Thursday and confer
with manager leaders previously to
the dinner.
The meeting will be open to the
public after 8 p. m. to accommodate
any unable to attend the dinner.
]. w. Esterline, Esterline-Augus
Company, will speak at p. m. today,
at the North Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Roy Lewis TO Speak
Roy Lewis will address the traffic
Club luncheon Thursday at the
SEVERN Hotel on "Why the City
Manager Plan?"
; Mrs. George Finfrock will speak
Thursday noon at Sutherland
Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Harvey Hartsock will speak be-
fore the Brlcklayers, Masons and
Tile Settlers Union. Thursday at SIS
p. m. at 314 Castle Hall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
STEVE GETS EXTENSION
LITER Has Sixty More Days to Per-
feet Appeal From Sentence.

D. C. Stephenson, ex-Klan leader,
has been granted a second sixty-day
extension of time to perfect his ap-
peal from conviction and sentence
for the murder of Madge Oberholtzer
by the Indiana Supreme Court. The
action was taken by the Supreme
Court upon motion Of Stephenson S
attorneys late Tuesday.
In asking this second extension
Stephenson's attorneys charge that
294 errors are assigned in the tram
script and that eighteen causes for
reversal are cited. The finad date
for fling the appeal was set as
July 25.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
DAMAGE BY
LIGHTNING
RUNS HIGH.
Fire After Bolt Destroys In
terror of Gates Com
pany Plant.
UTILITIES SERVICE HIT
Electric and Phone Wires
Impaired.
UTILITIES SERVICE HIT

Crashing in from the West, a
severe electrical storm swept over
Indianapolis and central Indiana
shortly before daybreak today, leav-
ing in it's wake damage which will
reach into thousands of dollars after
lightning struck downtown factory
and at least one residence in the city.
Lightning which struck the peak
of the Gates Manufacturing Com
pany building at S24 N. Meridian St.,
at 4:30 a m, started fire which
destroyed the. interior.
Although damage was small, light
ming played some peculiar tricks at
the home of Robert H. Ellis, 3104
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18

Case, What?

BV TnUcd FreSS
LOS ANGELES, May 1S.-Corne-
lius Deasy was without a wife to-
day just because of the ASK Me
Another" question and answer craze.
Deasy. his wife, Moneta, told the
court. was bitten by the question
bug, and after that her life was one
round of "Who Is Queen of Monro-
via?" and How High Is Up, If
Any?" she said.
Il stood it as long as I could"
she testified. land one day in self.
defense. hid his question book. He
whipped me when l wouldn't tell him
where it was"
Mrs. Deasy was granted a decree.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
Convicted Mellett
Slayer May Appeal

BIZ United Press
CANTON, Ohio, May 1S.-Imme-
diately after the jury's verdict last
night finding Floyd Streitenberger
guilty of murder of Don Mellett,
Canton publisher, Defense Attorney
James Robertson announced that
the case would be appealed.
The jury recommended mercy.
which means a sentence of life inn
prisonment. Judge Clevenger
agreed to defer sentence three days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
Destructive Fire
for Construction?

BIZ United Press
BRAZIL, Ind, May 1S.-Mrs.
Ellen Hare was under arrest on a
charge of arson today, accused of
firing a neighbor's home so she
could salvage timber to complete a
shack that she was building.
Mrs. Hare is alleged to have fired
the home of Henry Slensker early
Tuesday. Her husband, David Hare,
was charged with being an access
sory. Deputy State fire marshals
are investigating.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
Wish Came True
and HoU!

BH United Press -,
CHAPPAQUA, N. Y, May Is. g.,
Burn my shoes if this amt
some Storm" said Leslie Cope
land, Negro employe on the
Mckay estate during a storm
yesterday.
A lightning bolt obliged.
1t killed his two horses and
burned not only his shoes, but
one of his feet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
Coolidge Receivers

BIZ Tnited Press
WASHINGTON, May 1s.-Presi-
dent Coolidge has recovered today
from the cold which sent him to bed
Monday afternoon and incon.
venienced him somewhat yesterday.
He resumed his usual executive Of
flee hours this forenoon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
Canton Paper Sold

BIT 7 7T'FF" FTtNV
CANTON, Ohio, May 1S.-An-
nouncement was made today Of the
sale of the Canton Repository, one
of the oldest newspapers in the
country, to the Brush-Moore group,
which includes the Marion Star, for
merly owned. by the late President
Harding. y
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
Oil Heater Fire

Passersby, alarmed by a smoking
oil heater, called the fire department.
to the Carman & Fryer Company's
electrical repair tool shop, 10 E.
Market St. at a. m. today. Off
cials of the company reported that
there was no damage from the fire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-18
STEVE CASE FRIDAY
Mrs. Dickinson to Be Questioned
About Stephenson Property.

WITS. OiChiiiSOit W DC &uCSAiVhCN
About Stephenson Property.
Mrs. Martha Dickinson. Seymour,
Ind. former confldante of d. c.
Stephenson, will be examined in
Superior Court One Friday by Judge
James NJ. Leathers in an effort to
learn whether she has property of
Stephenson.
Floyd Mattice. attorney for Mrs.
Nettie Stephenson Brehm, who is
suing for $1O,6O0 for the supporting
Of Catherine, Stephenson's 11-year-
old daughter. petitioned the action.
In garnishee affidavit he made Mrs.
Dickinson and Governor Jackson de.
PENDANTS, alleging both have or have
had property of Stephenson.
Governor Jackson entered writ
ten denial and may be examined
orally later.