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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15
ROBS MAN,
SETS FIRE
TO CLOTHES
Monticello Farmer Is Near
Death From Burns When
Found in Home.
DRENCHED IN GASOLINE
Sheriff and Posses Hunting
for ASSaiIant.

BH Itme6 Special
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Feb. Is
Angered when he obtained only SIS,
bandit after robbing John Baker.
20. a farmer, Monday night, sat
urated his victims clothes with gaso-
line and set fire to them and fed.
Baker was burned so seriously he
cannot live, physicians said today.
Baker, a bachelor, lived alone in
a farm house near Monticello, a
quarter of a milo from a road.
Monday night about Z he said the
bandit, whom he is unable to de-
scribe, entered his home and de-
manded money.
Baker said he handed over his
wallet containing SIS.
Produces Bottle
The bandit then produced a bottle.
Drink this" he commanded.
I'm not a drinking man." Baker
said he replied.
The bandit then poured the con-
tents of the bottle. which later
proved to be gasoline, over Bakers
clothes.
Then he stepped back, lit a match
and tossed it at Baker, whose
drenched clothing burst into flames.
The bandit fled.
Baker. a living torch. ran to a
small stream near his home and
jumped in the water to extinguish
the flames.
He thought the fire waE out and
climbed back on the hank only to
have his clothing burst into flames
second time. He jumped back into
the water.
Goes to NeighbOr
Then with practically all Of his
clothing burned from him. he stag
gered to the home OF Henry Habber.
a quarter Of mile away.
Habber summoned physician and
Sheriff 1. M. Stanley of White
County
BY the time the sheriff arrived, a
posse of more than sixty farmers
had gathered to search for Bakers
assailant.
Bakers story is borne out by the
finding of foot prints left by the in
truder.
An organized search was being
made today for the bandit.
Authorities said there was no mo-
tive for the crime, other than rob.
berry that Baker lived alone, had few
friends and no known enemies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15
HUNDREDS Of
JUGO-SLAVS
DIE IN QUAKE
Heavy Damage Results
Shocks Nearly One a
Minute.
RELIEF AGENCIES MOVE
Military and Red Cross
Units Dispatched.

Bv United Press
LONDON, Feb. 15.-Several hun
dred persons were killed by the Jugo-
Slavian earthquakes, The Daily Mail
correspondent at Vienna telegraphed
his paper today.
The area of the dead was between
Spalato on the coast of the Adriatic
and Mostar, principal city of Herze-
govina.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15
Forecast

Fair tonight, becoming un-
settled with probably rain
Wednesday; lowest tempera-
tures tonight near freezing;
warmer Wednesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-15
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
PREP ARE
'REINFORCEMENTS
FOR CHINA PORT
Determine to Exact Full
ReparatiOns for Nan
king Outrages

LONDON, April 4 (P.-Without wait
ing for the other powers to decide
whether to make jot1t demands on the
Chinese nationalists for the Nanking
affair, the British cabinet today re-
affirmed it's decision to carry out a
strong policy, single handed if neces-
sary, in obtaining full satisfaction.
Reinforcements for the Shanghai de-
fense force are hurriedly preparing to
embark at English ports and officials
declare that the government is deter
mined to exact full reparations for the
outrages to which English nationals in
China have been subjected Then Great
Britain will consider the Nanking Incl
dent closed and proceed with the policy
of trying to conciliate British and ma
tionalist interests in China.
1t is stated at Downing street that
the British demands on China are like
ly to be made within a very few days.
Nevertheless the cables tonight still
are carrying exchanges of views be-
tween Washington, Toxic and London.
Foreign Minister Chamberlain re-
marked in the house of commons today
that the nationalists at Marking We're
showing increased turbulence toward
foreigners and that Moscow agents APP
parently were encouraging the anti
foreign feeling in China.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
$4,000 DAMAGE
DONE BY FIRE IN
PHOENIX BLOCK

PHOENIX April 4. R-Fire start
ing in the. checkered repair shop at
$40 o'clock tonight Quilted two busi-
ness establishments and damaged
three others, causing a total loss
estimated at more than $4,000. Three
companies of fire apparatus respond
ed, but the flames rode over the roofs
of the FIVE buildings on wave of
oil and within ten minutes the vsec-
tion of the city near the conflagration
was lighted up for radius of four
blocks.
Besides the automobile plant, the
Utility laundry was completely de-
stroyed by the flames. The Five
Points drug store suffered heavy
loss from smoke, while the Grand
Avenue Market and the Shiflet grocery
store were damaged heavily by fire,
water and smoke.
printing firm and barber ship
adjoining the repair establishment
were not damaged other than the
abutting walls Firemen We're unable
to explain why the fire spread in only
one direction, as there was no notice.
able wind. The laundry adjoined the
repair ship and was blazing Inferno
before the first equipment arrived.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
FRANCE REJECTS
AGAIN OVERTURE
OF DISARMAMENT
Washington Intends to Go
Ahead With Three
Power Conference

PARIS, April 4. R-The French
government today declined the Ameri-
can invitation to be represented ''in
some fashion at the three power
conference for the reduction of naval
ornaments which is to meet at Ge-
neva with the United States, Great
Britain and Japan participating.
President Coolidge's second disarma-
,ment overture was turned down for
the same reason for rejecting the
first one-the fact that France al
ready is engaged in armament limita-
ton discussions under the auspices of
the league of nations 1t also is stated
that from Frances viewpoint limita-
ton of naval armaments cannot be
considered apart from land and aerial
fighting forces.
memorandum containing the
French refusal has been turned over
to the United States embassy by the
French foreign office. 1t asserts that
France cannot weaken the authority
of the league, which already has
taken up the problem of general dis
armament, nor can France compro-
mise the principle of equality of all
nations, large or small.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
UNAUTHORIZED
SNAPS HUNT,
OTHERS AGREE
Hotel Dinner Party In
cluded In Expense and
Charged to State.
PAY CLUB DUES
Chancellor Puts Foot Down
On Any Further Enter
tainment Fund.

TUCSON. April 4 tP1.-Revelation of
a mysterious entertainment fund" of
$1,000 a year for DR. Cloyd Heck Mar
vim, former president Of e,ie University
of Arizona, caused a sensation at a
meeting of the board of regents of the
institution held in the presidents office
today. Every regent present that was
on the board during DR.. Marvin's in
cumbeney denied any knowledge of
such a fund.
1T was never authorized" snapped
out Governor George w. P. Hunt, ex-
officio regent.
II don't like that. at all. (the
governor stressed the personal pro-
noun) have no entertainment fund. I
suppose we shall have to lose what's
due under it. We profit by experience"
The entertainment fund" jolt was
given to the university fathers by DR..
Byron Cummings, acting president OF
the institution, who stated that at the
opening of the college year it seems to
have been the custom of the university
to place in the hands of President Mar
vim cash fund of $1,000 to be used for
such entertainment as he might deem
(Continued on Page Ten)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
$5l ,43O GASOLINE TAXES LOST
TO STATE BY RULING OF COURT

PHOENIX, April 4 P.--UncOl-
Iected gasoline taxes amounting to
S51,43O.3O were declared lost to the
state of Arizona in an opinion
handed down today by the supreme
court when it ruled in the test
case brought by the Texas COM
pany that oil distributing COM
panieS of the state could not be
penaIized for their failure to coll
Iect three-cent tax per gallon on
gasoline sold in Arizona from June
o, 1928, to July is, 1923.
The opinion, written by Justice
A. C. Lockwood and cOncurred i'm
by Chief Justice Henry ID. Ross and
Justice A. G. McAIister, reversed
the Judgment of the MaricOpa
county superior court. The supreme
court decision was based upon the
legal difficulty which followed the
vetOing of certain parts, including
three-cent gasoline tax. of the
1923 highway bill by Governor
Hunt. The veto was declared Wn-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
TWO BANDITS TAKE CONTROL OF
NEBRASKA BANK; STEAL SIS, ,0O(

SUPERIOR, Neb., April 4 R).-
Two bandits took control of the
Farmers State bank of Superior
during lunch hour today, lined up
the bank president and IL GUS
toners against wall and after n
calm, thorough 45-minute search
secured $25,OOO and escaped. To-
night it seemed certain the men
had driven over the state line into
Kansas.
The two men parked their sedan
in front of the bank at noon, saun-
tered into the building and asked
j. R. Parsons, the president to
make out draft. AS he arose
they pulled revOIVers and ordered
him to open the safe. He protested
he did NOT know the combination.
As Parsons fumbled with the
combination a customer entered,
whom the bandits forced against 81
wall. Others followed and each was
lined up alongside the others.
Satisfied that Parsons could not
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
HUNT STARTED
FOR LOST AIR
MAIL PILOT S

SAN FRANCISCO, April 4. Up -
Search for Pilot Edward Neher and
Alfred Schaller, missing mail fliers,
will be concentrated tomorrow on the
swamps of northern Contra Costa
county, northeast of here, as a result
of information CLEANED in an other
wise unavainling hunt today. Reports
that a plane had been heard in that
district early yesterday morning and
belief that if the aviators escaped
death they must have landed in an
unsettled district, formed the basis
for tomorrows plans.
A fleet of IA airplanes today swept
the landscape from San Francisco
bay southeast to Turlock where the
plane was last reported Other
searchers scanned the waters of the
bay for wreckage, but all reported
equal failure.
The plane was due at San Fran
cisco at 500 a. m. yesterday after Il
hop from Fresno, about 300 miles
southeast of here.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05

constitutional ON August %. 1929.
but the oil companies had insti-
tuted collection of the three-cent
tax 80 days prior to the court de-
cisiOn when they had been advised
by attorneys that such a ruling
was probable.
According to the supreme court
ruling today the oil companies
were not legally bound to collect.
the tax for the reason that there
was in effect at the time no law
authorizing such inasmuch as the
governors veto had autOmatically
kept the One-cent tax provision in
operation.
The question determined in the
Texas cOmpany'S test case WAS
whether the oil distributors were
liable to the state for "a penalty
because they had i'm good faith fol-
lowed the provisions of the law
apparent. The opinion as written
holds that the highest duties of the
companies were to obey the law as
it appeared.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
ARIZONA JURIST
DIES FOLLOWING
ACUTE ILLNESS

PHOENIX, April ! (P1 Judge
Ernest w. Lewis, 81, for thirty years
resident of Arizona and among
the leading lawyers of the state died
al his home here last night follcw-
ing an acute illness suffered ten
days ago.
Judge Lewis following his gradua-
tion from the University of Mime
sofa removed to Arizona in 1897 and
three years later was admitted &c
practice in the state. At the time
CT his, death he was a member Of
tho law firm of Armstrong, Lewis
and Kramer
In 1909 he was chosen associate
justice of the supreme court. From
1908 until that time he acted acr-
cd a court reporter for the supreme
court Judge Lewis was presid art
of the Arizona club, a member OF
The Masonic Blue lodge, Knights
Templar and Mystic Shrine. He was
chancellor in his diocese OF the
Episcopal church and prominent in
church and civic activities. He was
Il past president of the Phoenix
Country club.
Surviving him are his widow, Ethel
Crme Lewis, a daughter and two
sons.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
Fred E. Edwards In
Post at Nogales as
Customs Collector

NOGALES, April 4. lP1-Fred E. Ed
wards Of Yuma assumed his duties to-
day as collector of customs, to which
post he was appointed several weeks
ago to succeed Charles L. Fowler, re-
signed.
Edwards appointment, on recon-
mendation of United States Senator
Ralph H. Camern, was confirmed by
the United States senate the day Of
adjournment of conRress.
The new collector is widely known
in Arizona business and political cir
cles. For many years he was as
sociated with Frank NJ Murphy OF
Prescott, being assistant snperintend-
ent and accountant of one of Muir
PHYS mining companies. He also
served as justice of the peace in Yava-
PAL county for number of years
Later he was an active cattleman OF
old Yavapai. During the first ad-
ministration of Governor Thomas f.
Campbell he served as deputy state
assessor.
Removing to Yuma county in 1915
where he engaged in the cattle busi-
ness, he was elected to the state leg
islature from the county in 1924, be-
ing the only republican elected from
that county. In 1925 he was appoint
ed mounted inspector of customs, with
headquarters at Yuma.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
FORGER MAKES
DAR|NGESCAPE
FROM SHERIFF
Man Arrested Here Feigns
Hemorrhage to Escape
From HenshaW.
RECOVER GOODS
Believed to Have Robbed
Home In Pirtleville Sun
day Evening.

s. L. Nichols. arrested in Douglas
March 26 following an unsuccessful
attempt to cash draft for $675 at
the First National bank to which the
name of Byron Dieckman, local Ford
dealer, had been forged, escaped from
Sheriff George Henshaw in Douglas
Sunday night
Nichols is believed to have been re-
sponsib1e for the robbery of a home in
Pirtleville, which was reported shortly
after his getaway. A suit of clothing
I and other articles We're taken from the
residence, according toa police reports.
Nichols made his escape by feigning
hemhorrage while on the outskirts
of the city with the sheriff about s
O'Clock Sunday. night, Henshaw said.
I'VE were in the car when he sud-
denly seemed to be attacked with a
hemhorrage" Henshaw said last night.
II ran from the car and into place
to get him a drink of soda or some
thing to relieve the pain. When l
returned he was gone 1t was dark at
the time and Nichols was nowhere to
be found
Since his arrest and Removal to
Tombstone Nichols has been furnishing
officials with valuable information,
Sheriff Henshaw said last night. A
large quantity of stuff purchased with
bogus checks was recovered in Bisbee
through this information.
The trip to Douglas was made by the
sheriff to follow up another tip fur
nished by the prisoner Sheriff Hem
shaw was confident last night that the
man would again be under arrest
within a few hours. Local police and
county officers are on the watch for
him.
Nichols is a narcotic addict and has
served time in the state penitentiary.
He had previously suffered q hemhor-
rage while in Jail at Tombstone, Hen
shaw stated
In attempting to cash the draft here
Nichols represented himself as a cou-
sin of Dieckman and asked bank Off
cials if the draft, would be honored if
he obtained Dieckmans endorsement.
Bank officials called Dieckman and
police when he left the bank and he
was arrested on his return. Dieckman
was unable to tell the forged signature
from his own.
Nichols had just completed serving
a sentence in the state penitentiary in
January. He was sentenced on q
burglary charge following the robbery
of a safe at Lowell.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05

open the vault, the men took all
available money ON the counters
and from the drawers, searched
each customer and Parsons and
waited for the cashier to return
from lunch.
For 45 minutes the men chatted
and jOked with Parsons and the
customers, displaying their guns
and bOasting of their accuracy
with them.
When Floyd BOersman, assistant
cashier arrived, the men forced him
to open the safe. Abandoning their
leisureIy manner one scOOped up
everything in the safe and ran to
the automobile while the other
forced the prisoners into the vault.
He failed to lock the door, how
sever, and am alarm was quickly
sounded.
No posse was organized imme-
diateIy, although Sheriff Neal
Peters and his deputies started
search later.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
BULLET PROOF VESTS NEEDED
ON ELECTION DAY BY CHICAGO
GANGSTERS, SAYS POLICE CHIEF

CHICAGO, April A [PJ.--A warm
ing to GanEstcrS to wear bullet
proof vests tomorrow in the event
they intend creating disturbances
at the polls came late today during
hectic inayOralty campaign.
Chief of Police Collins made this
announcements after it had been
decided that. the national guards
men will not be needed to protect
the polling places.
Mayor William f. Dever, demo-
crat; William Hale Thompson, re-
publican, and DIR. John Dill Rob-
crtsOn, independents, are the candi-
dates for election in the fifty-SiXth
campaign for mayor, which has
been hotIy contested from the be-
ginning.
Tonight. mObiIizinG of police for
election duty, grinding of legal ma
cAsinery, trImpeting Of the CAM
paigners, inspection of machine
gums by picked police squads. final
instructions to organization work
erS and last-minute speeches
marked the concluding hours.
AdjUtant General Carlos Black.
sent here by Governor Small to
survey the situation, announced
he would remain here over election
day although he and his advisers
decided national guardSmen WouId
not be needed to patrol the polling
places.
The suggestion of the need of
troops came from Sheriff Charles
E. GraydOn. supporter of William
Hale Thompson.
After several conferences with
General Black, Major General Roy
ID. Keenhen, commanding the IIIi-
nOiS national guard, and the sher-
iff, announcement came that
guardsmen would not be needed.
The followers of Mayor Dever an
Dr. Robertson had called the talk {
troops merely a gesture. Bullet-p prov
vests, however We're declared by Chic
Collins, who opposed the calling {
troops, TO be in order for gangsters. .
"Any gangsters that are out tomol
cow had better wear bullet-proof vest
because we are going to shoot first
said the chief I'VE don't expect tror
BILE at the election itself, but the celt
bration of the winners may get out {
control"
One gangster. Vincent Drucci, ha
warning to don his bullel
proof vest and died as the result.
A squad of detectives assigned
round up gangsters picked up Druc
and George Morane.
On the way to the station Druc
engaged in an argument with Patro
man Daniel Healy and was shot thrC
times, dying a few moments late
Healy in u statement following II
shooting said Drucci threatened him.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
DARK OUTLOOK
0VERSRADOWS
PREPARATIONS
President Keeps Close
Watch On Official Re-
ports From Peking.
CRAVE MENACE
Peking, Tientsin, Cantonese
Objectives, Have Ameri-
can Colonies.

WASHINGTON April A tP-Final
action by the American government
tn demand reparation from Chimes
nationalistS for the Ndnking out,
ragcs, it was Indicated today, Is
close at hand but for -he moment.
the steadily darkening outlook for
the safety of Americans in non-na
t:onalists northern China appeared TO
he cvershadowing official contempla-
tton of the problem
Minister McNIurray in Peking Is
believed to be considering the stip-
ulations covering reparaton demands
tc be laid before the Cantonese au-
thorities. The demands are ex-
rocted to be generally similar to
those formulated by the London and
Tokyo governments but not to in
cuoe any threat in the form of an
ultmatum.
Gravity of the Chinese situation
was again reflected today in tho
close watan President Coolidge IS
keeping on Official reports He con-
ferred at the White House during
the day with Nelson 4. Johnson
chief of the state departments far
eastern division and senior adviser
on Chinese policy, and later conferred
with Secretary Kellogg.
While the departments silence pre-.
cludcd any authoritative outline Oe
the demands for reparation to be
presented, or even an official In
dication as to when they will be-
handed to the Cantonese authorities,
it was admitted that official re-
rorts were confirmatory of news dis
patches portraying the Increasing
menace to foreign lives in rorth
lContinued on PAGE Tenl
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
Calf. Commission Is
Ready to Report On
Colo. River Findings
.NEA, Detroit Bureau


BRAWLEY, Calf, April 4. R-
fornia tri-state Colorado river COM
mission, announced today that the
commission at it's final meeting Sat
urday had agreed upon the form OF
the report to be made to Governor
Young and the legislature this week.
He stated that in view Of pending
legislation creating permanent river
commission, the work of the tenn
porary body is finished. He added
he received advices from Secretary
McCluskey of Arizona that the COM
mission of that state will be ready
to function next week. Arizona and
Nevada legislatures already have pass
ed laws creating permanent commits
sions.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
WASHINGTON DISAPPOINTED

WASHINGTON, April 4. (P)-Disap-
pointment, but no great surprise,
marked the reception in Washington
of news reports from Paris that
France had declined flatly to be rep
resented in any way at the three
power naval limitation conference iE
Geneva next June. State department.
officials would not comment on the
reports.
In view of the French attitude in
declining the original five-power in
vitation extended by President Cool
CONTINUED en- Page Ten)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
HAGEN GOES FOR REST

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, w.
Va, April tP)-+.Walter Hagen, ma
tional professional golf champion.
left here by motor tcGay for Florida
for two weeks rest, having can
cclled all his engagements until
April IS, as result of, physicians
orders.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05

< HOT SPRINGS, n. NJ. April
I. A [P.-COmmander francesca
< PinedO made perfect landing
( today shortly before A y. M. in
+ the waters of the Elephant
+ Butte dam. flying on schedule
( time and with fair skies and
+ calm weather to speed his jour-
( ney. The world fIier. showing
Z signs of fatigue after his peri
( lOus. nonstop trip of 200 miles
( from San Antonio. Texas. de-
( voted his first attention to re-
+ fueling arrangements.
( Dc Pinedo stated to the ASSO-
( ciated Press that he would
( leave Tuesday at 8 "a. IN. and
( will stop for not more than
( three hours at Roosevelt dam,
( his next stop. He wired to the
E. Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
( to have boat ready ON the
+ dam with crew of ten men for
+ refueling. He will leave for
+ San Diego as soon as the re-
( fueIing has been finished and
< will stay there overnight.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05
FEAR FOR AMERICANS In NORTH CHINA
Maruin's Entertainment Fund Shocks Regents
+ x x x * x * *********a
Italian FIier Makes
Perfect Landing On
Elephant Butte Dam

HOT SPRINGS. n. NJ, April
a P).-COmmander DE PinedO
announced that he would
leave at & a. m. tomorrow ON his
strip west.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05

and w ednesday
tie change In
ire.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-05

Copper quiet; electrolytic
spot and futures 1920
1925. Lead easy; spot 7.25.
Bar silver 56A2.