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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-16
Judge Steps From Bench
to Help SolUe Baby Tangle
Orders No Stone to Be Left
Unturned to Help Mother
Identify Infant.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept 49,
Common Pleas Judge Carl v, Wey-
gandt stepped down from his bench
today personally to interview a
mother who is doubtful of the iden-
tity of a baby hospital officials say
is hers.
In laying aside his duties as a
jurist for the day, Judge Weygandt
said he would leave no stone un-
turned in arriving at a solution of
the case. His reiterated previous
statements that he meant to re-
check the hospital records and IN
formally question nurses and physi-
clans at the hospital
May Make Blood Test
Mrs. Sam Smith has questioned
whether baby girl said to be hers
by nurses at the Maternity hospital,
is the child that was born to her
three weeks age. Mrs. Smith believes
she is the mother Of a baby boy and
states that physician told her at
its birth her child was a boy.
In his effort to get at the facts
of the case, Judge Weygandt late
yesterday appointed committee OF
four blood specialists to determine
whether a blood test would be
feasible in determining the baby's
maternity. Charles Mcconnell, at
torney for Mrs. Smith, will confer
with the experts today.
IF these physicians say a blood
test Will help, we can have them go
ahead with the test and perhaps it
may be possible to accept their YER
dict and reach all agreement, +"
Judge Weygant said.
Nurse Doesn't Remember
Judge Weygandt also announced
he will appoint a physician to ex-
anime the physical characteristics
of Mr.. and Mrs. Smith and the dis
puted baby in an effort to discover
some physical resemblance which
may aid in solving the case.
A nurse who was present at the
birth of the baby said in Detroit
yesterday she did nc. remember the
sex of the child, but that Mrs. Smith
had admitted to her that "the girl
was her baby" A companion nurse
mad testified in court previously
that she had bathed the Smith
baby for eight days before she dis
covered its sex.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-16
FUCKERS MOVE
NEXT in SUIT
Judge 0verruIes Demurrer
in Libel Case.

Federal Judge Robert G. Baltzell
has overruled demurrer Of Alvah j.
Rucker, former city corporation
counsel, to the amended malicious
libel complaint of Harley L. Clark,
Chicago public utility promoter,
asking 5000 damages.
Rucker charged in suit filed in
Marion Circuit Court last winter
that Clarke contributed to Governor
Jackson's campaign fund in return
for appointment Of a favorable pub
lie service commission.
Fuckers answer to the amended
complaint is the next legal step. A
general answer" will place the case
at issue and ready for trial, while a
special answer" requiring an
answer from Clarke will result in
further delay.
The original complaint was filed
in Federal Court Nov. 18, 1926, fol-
lowing fight over proposal to merge
the Indianapolis Light and Heat
Company and the Merchants Heat
and Light Company.
Fuckers suit in Circuit Court
charging Clarke and other pro-
moters with contributing $4,000 tt
Jackson's campaign fund, forming
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-16
AIRMEN AT YOKOHAMA
Brock and SchIee Make Hop From
Toxic to Port Safely.

By United Press
TOXIC, Sept. 16.-William s.
Brock and Edward r. .Schlee of the
round the-world monoplane Pride
of Detroit, flew to Yokohama from
here today.
They have abandoned their plans
to fly across the Pacific and will
travel by boat. They expect to fly
on from San Francisco, making the
fight to Detroit without stop.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-16
3,OOOATTEND
LODGES PARTY
AND PAGEANT
TWenty-Eight Groups Are in
Parade; Hold Stunts
at Park.

More than 5000 persons attended
the parade and jollification Of the
Associated Fraternities of the city
Thursday night in University Park,
according to M. T. Wright, member
of the executive committee Of the
organization.
Representatives of the twenty
eight groups in the association par
ticipated in the parade, which start
ed at p. m. from st. Clair and
Delaware Sts.. and marched through
the downtown district.
Drills Are Given
Following disbanding of the $500
marchers at the park, drill teams
gave exhibition drills and stunts,
accompanied by the Indianapolis
Firemen and Policemen Band. The
Boy Scout drum and bugle corps
and corps of fraternal organizations
gave programs.
AL Womack, grand marshal, head
ed the parade with a contingent OF
mounted police. The Boy Scout drum
and bugle corps and the Convention
City Post of the Veterans of For
eign Wars was followed in the line
Of march by the M. w. A., Royal
Neighbors, Loyal Order of Moose,
Improved Order of Redmen, Poca-
hontas, knights of Khorassan,
knights of Pythias, Protective Home
Circle, Women's Benefit Association,
Ben-Hur, Brotherhood of American
Yeomen, Maccabees and Shepherds.
Dance in Street
New York ST., between Meridian
and Pennsylvania Sts., was roped
of for the fun makers who danced
to music played by the K. of P. Bird
of Paradise orchestra and the Car
mel Syncopators. Refreshments
we're served.
1.-THE Association is well pleased
with the success of the first annual
parade and entertainment and ex-
poets to make it an annual affair of
the fraternities of the CITY," said
Wright.
Although the organization is
comparatively young, it is gaining
supporters from fraternal bodies in
indianapolis and is becoming
stronger each day as an element for
the construction Of brotherhood and
good will" he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-16
3 INJURED IN CRASH
Mother and Daughters Hurt
When Truck Hit Car.

A mother and her two daughters
were injured seriously late Thursday
night in a collision between their
auto and truck driven by Thomas
Sullivan, 20, of $40 Parker Ave-, at
Forty-Sixth and Pennsylvania SITS.
Mrs. II. L. Ruch, as, and her
daughters, Jeanette, %, and Martha,
IS, all of 4816 N. Illinois ST., were
taken to city hospital Mrs. Ruch
suffered severe cuts and bruises on
her face and body, Miss Martha
Ruch suffered a wrenched hip and
Miss jeanette had an artery severed
in her right arm and sustained Sc
we're bruises on her head and body.
Sullivan is held in city prison on
charges of assault and battery,
speeding and reckless driving.
Miss Violet Martin, 81, of 2122 e.
Tenth ST., and Joseph Shurman, 81,
Of 819 E. Twenty Fourth St., were
injured Thursday night when their
motorcycle overturned on Thirty
Eighth st. two miles east Of the city.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-16

The nice young man behind the
counter cut off a bolt of wooden ma
serial and worked his way down TO
Cloth by changing only one letter
in each downward step. He used
only words in good dictionary stand
ing and didn't change the order OF
the remaining letters in each new
word. How he turned Broad into
Cloth in nine moves will be seen to-
morrow. Answer to Paste, Board: l.
Paste; 2, Caste; 3, Casts; 4, Costs; 5,
Goats; 6, Boats; 7, Bears; 8, Board.
Copyright by Public Ledger
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-16
Staying OF SMALL GIRL
is LAID TO YOUNG BOY
Search Is Being Made for Dull
Witted Iowa Youth.

BIZ United Press
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Sept. Is.
killing Of 6-year-old Kathleen
Forrest, the victim of brutal at
tack, today was laid to dull-witted
14-year-old boy.
An extensive. search was in
stituted for the boy, Lyle Messner,
following discovery of the bruised
body of the little girl in the base
nent of an abandoned house next
to the Messner home. He has been
missing since Tuesday when he was
seen playing with Kathleen.
Kathleen, Virginia Gudzus and
Lyle's sister, Maxine, were playing
with Lyle in front of his home
Tuesday afternoon when he offered
Kathleen a nickel to 60 to the
abandoned house with him, ac-
cording to the story told police by
the other children.
The girl refused, and young Mess
ner was said to have become angry
and dragged her toward the
abandoned house.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-16
FLOOD FUNDS ASSURED

81 Unifed Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-Direct-
or of the Budget Lord informed
President Coolidge today that the
Government can find money to close
Mississippi River flood levees,
despite Comptroller General Nc
Carl's ruling that 100000 set aside
for that purpose could not be used.
I Lord said that if the McCarl
ruling stood and it is a matter of
dire necessity, the Government can
locate the necessary funds for the
work, though he did not specify
the source.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-16

last April. Thus that body has had
as much time to consider them as
it found necessary for the parallel
Elk Hills cases.
Legal authorities believe the deci-
sion handed down in the Elk Hills
case must mean a similar decision
in the Teapot Dome case, since the
first decision laid down sweeping
principles regarding the policy of
keeping navy oil in the ground I'M
til needed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-16
Hoosier Ill in Bagdad

BIZ TfmC8 NptcIdT
RUSHVILLE, Ind, Sept. 16.-Bur'
ton Cox, SON of Mr.. and Mrs. Ber
A. Cox of this city, is i'll with ty'
phoid fever in a hospital at Bagdad
Mesopotamis.. The stricken man hai
been in Mesopotamia several months
in the employ of the Turkish Petro'
leum Company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-16
STRESSES WATERWAY
william L. Harding, Former Iowa
Governor, Addresses Realtors.

BIZ Times Special
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Sept. Is.
Farmers and manufacturers would
be saved millions of dollars each
year in transportation charges
through use of a st. Lawrence
River-Lake Michigan waterway,
William l.. Harding, former Goyi
ernor of Iowa, declared in an adj
dress here before the Indiana Real
Estate Association convention.
Other speakers Thursday were L.
H. Lewis, president, Indianapolis
Real Estate Board, and Jack Lonn-
quist, Michigan City, president of
the Lonnquist Company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-16

Ironwood Camp, No. 1894, of
the Modern Woodmen of America,
Tenth and Rural Sts.. had the first
float in the parade of the As
ISOLATED Fraternities Thursday
night. The float was followed by
several teams of other Woodmen
camps, who gave a demonstra-
ton of fancy drilling on New
York ST., between Meridian and
Pennsylvania SITS, following the
parade through the downtown
district.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-16
M'GLENN TO AID REMY

Detective Is Assigned to Post in
Prosecutors Office.
Assignment of Harry McGlenn, de-
tective, to the office of Prosecutor
William H. Renny, to fl the vacancy
made when Jesse McMurtry was pro-
NOTED to detective captain last
Tuesday was announced by Police
Chief Claude M. Worley, and De-
tective Chief Jerry Kinney today.
McGlenn served in that Office be-
fore, being assigned there with Nc
Murtry last year during the early
part Of the Stephenson corruption
probe by the grand jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
DISTRICT FLOOD FUND
REACHES $143,791
National Red Cross Contributions
Total $14,992,447 at
Noon Today.

The Red Cross fund for the relief
of the Mississippi Valley food suf.
ferers continues to mount. At noon
today the national fund had reached
s14,992, 447.35, which includes $143.'
1871 raised through the local chap
ter.
Final preparations have been made
for the flood relief ball tomorrow night
at the Mayf1ower Hotel, under the
auspices Of Beta Chapter, Sigma Delta
Pi Sorority. Prominent leaders in
society are aiding in giving the ball
and the George Washington Univer-
sity Glee Club will give a special con-
cert during the evening.
The District branch of the National
Association for Advancement of Col
ored People announced that benefit
midnight show at the Howard Yheater
Tuesday had realized $710.65 for the
flood refugees. This sum was for
warded to the office of the association
at New Orleans for distribution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
v. F. w. CONVENTION
CONTINUES TONIGHT
Election for Department Com
mander Will Be Held Tomorrow.
Beatty Favored.

With an active prediction cam.
paign being conducted for the post
of departmental commander, the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Depart.
ment of the District of Columbia, will
hold the second session of their
seventh annual encampment tonight
in G. A. r. Hall.
Tomorrow's election has brought
out an array of candidates for the
various Offices, and it was predicted
today that Joseph Beatty of Equality.
Walter Reed Post is slated to be the
next commander. Business matters
affecting the entire department will
be considered from to 8 o'clock to.
night, after which there will be an
entertainment program under the
auspices of the Military Order of
Coolies.
The encampment will close with the
elections tomorrow night. Offices to
be filled include senior and junior
vice commander, quartermaster,
judge advocate, chaplain and surgeon.
Staff officers are to be appointed later
by the new commander. A memorial
service will be held for deceased mem.
bers
Last nights opening business ses.
sion, which brought together large
representation of veterans, revealed
the departments membership and
financial status to be in excellent
shape. Charles H. Kelley. depart
mental commander, presided and the
annual reports were approved.
A feature of last nights session was
the presentation of the colors.
Twenty times as many people will
fish this wear as did 20 wears ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10

cided to drop a message. but we found
we had come away without a solitary
scrap of paper that we could write on.
Worried by Stiff Wind.
Just about when we had become
perfectly satisfied that as navigators
we were all to the good, the wind sud
denly stiffened and soon became so
strong that it had us worried. We knew
that If 1t kept up we would never reach
The other side of the ocean. We were al
ready two and a half hours behind
schedule in covering the first 900
miles, and we had $500 miles to go.
But soon after we passed Halifax
the wind shifted and we began to
make I'D some of that lost time. That
made US feel more comfortable.
This part of the trip was dream
of beauty. Below us the sea was deep
green with little white waves, which
gave us a good indication of which
way the wind was blowing. Visibility
was SO good that we could see so to
100 miles.
From Nova Scotia to Newfoundland
meant another jump of a couple OF
hundred miles over open water,
There we again held to our course,
despite having to rely on a magnetic
compass alone, and hit Cape Race, at
the southern tip Of Newfoundland.
Looked for Lost Filters.
Taking advantage of the excellent
visibility on this part Of our trip, we
kept a sharp lookout in the hope of
finding some trace of Nungesser and
Coli. We could see as far as 100 miles
away at times and felt there was a
good possibility that one Of us might
descry the white plane in which the
two gallant Frenchmen had flown
away from France toward America
against the dark background of woods
and rocks.
Nova Scotia, 1t seemed to us,
wouldn't have been so bad had Nun.
gesser and Coli been forced to land
there, but Newfoundland looked like
one Of the most desolate places irnag.
Unable to be lost in.
AT Cape Race we took our last
look at the American continent. Then
Here goes nothing" we said to each
other, and started out over the big
pond with the next station Europe. :"
1t was shortly before sunset, Soon
afterWard night closed in on us and
there was nothing but the sky above
us and the rolling waves underneath
and we knew that we were launched
on our big adventure with a. ven.
geance.
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ada. Mexico Cuba, South America, Janan.
Ne erope Yo ana The the British Empire BY the
whole or IN, part forbidden without per-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
IOWA PREPARES HONOR.
Program Depends on Chamberlin's
Ability to Attend.

DIES MONIES, June 10 (P).-Clar-
ence Chamberlin's home State is
preparing to honor him with an ''all
Iowa Chamberlin day."
Military maneuvers will be held in
honor of the intrepid flyer. a guber-
material reception rendered him, and
the rank of brigadier general by spe-
clal gubernatorial execution conferred
on him, if the proposal plans go
through.
Much depends on Chamberlin's
ability to come to Iowa. His mother
said that st would be up to Mr..
Levine, a good deal, whether Clarence
can come. but l hope he does
Mrs. Chamberlin promised that
when she meets her son in London,
she would talk to him about the pro.
posed return to his home State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
COOLIDGE MAY ASK
NEW FLOOD FARLEY
Request of Mississippi VAL
ley States Presented by
Delegation of rs.

Delegates to the recent flood con-
troll conference at Chicago, who called
today on President Coolidge, said the
President indicated that he would call
a new conference to map out a flood
prevention program.
The delegation representing the
Mississippi River States called on the
President to urge the conference and
its members said that the President
gave virtual assurance that he would
convene one as soon as preliminary
Investigations in the flood region had
been completed by the War Depart
ment.
IS in Delegation.
A party of more than IS called at
the White House today to present the
resolutions of the Chicago conference.
Mayor William Hale Thompson of
Chicago headed the delegation, which
also included some members of Con-
greSS.
The Chicago resolutions also urged
immediate and effective relief for the
flood sufferers and petitioned Congress
to enact flood control legislation at an
early date.
After leaving the White House the
Chicago mayor led his delegation to
the office of John Barton Payne, ma
tional director of the American Red
Cross, where a resolution was formal
ly presented him, commencing the eff
ficient work of the Red Cross in al
leviating distress of Mississippi Valley
flood sufferers.
Gifts to Continue.
The resolution spoke of the work
Of the national relief organization in
the highest terms and expressed con-
fidence that continued contributions
will be Forthcoming from the public.
After the rendering Of the resolution
former Senator Percy Of Mississippi
thanked Judge Payne for all the Red
Cross has meant to the people of his
State stricken by misfortune and
those in ne1ghboring sections of the
South. Mayor Arthur J. O'Keefe of
New Orleans and Mayor Rowlett
Paine Of Memphis were members of
the delegation, which included men
from as far west as Montana and
North Dakota.
In expressing his appreciation of
the formal resolutions and informal
of commentator and ap-
probation manifested by the delega-
ton Judge Payne stated that the Red
Cross but expresses the sympathy of
the people of the United States in or
ganized form, and that it always had
that the people would rally
to the relief of the unfortunate when
ever called upon to do so.
The delegation arrived this morn
ing. Most of them, including Mayor
are stopping at the May
flower and expect to be on hand to
greet Col Lindbergh tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
HOWARD u. CEREMONIES
ON COMMENCEMENT DAY
President-Elect Johnson's Insta1la-
tion Feature This Afterno Class
Reunions and Alumni Luncheon.

The Inauguration of President-elect
Mordecai w. Johnson and the annual
commencement exercises of Howard
University are taking place this after
noon on the university campus at $3.50
o'clock. Tonight the inaugural din
ner in honor of visiting delegates will
be held at o'clock.
Today is commencement day at How
ard University and it was opened this
morning by the holding of class re.
unions in the Andrew Rankin Memo.
rial Chapel. A feature of the morn.
ing was the laying of the corner stone
of the new medical school building
at Fifth and w streets.
Prior to the Inauguration and com
mencement exercises this afternoon
a luncheon was held for the alumni
of the university and the, inaugura
ton delegates. This was followed by
the planting of the presidents tree
by the Howard Women's Club on the
university campus.
Harry j. Capeheart, a member OF
the State Legislature of West Vir
ginia, was guest of honor of the How
ard Alumni Association last night al
its annual banquet in Rankin chapel
President Johnson welcomed the re
turning graduates.
The association elected officers as
follows: President, Rev. George Fra
Zier Miller Of Brooklyn; vice presi
dents. Mrs. Marie Madre Marshall, anG
James A. Lightfoot; recording secre
tary, Linwood Roger; corresponding
secretary, A. S. Pinkett; treasurer
Miss Nellie Quander; financial secre
tary, Mrs. Alma j. Scott; alumni sec
rotary, Rev. Scott Wood; representa-
tives on the board of athletic control
James NJ. Carter, Benjamin S. Jack
son and Martin Powell.
An additional good will contribution
OF $3.50 was raised for the medical en-
dowment drive. The association viii
have a reception and dance at Murray
Casino tonight.
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though the streets always had been
| shoulder-deep in water.
! Drug stores, delicatessens, grocery
| stores, dry &c Is shops and other
| places of business on the main streets
are open and doing a regular trade,
the customers entering the water
filled establishments by way Of board
walks built on high scaffolding over
the sidewalks. The town gasoline
station, distinguished by the tops of
its gasoline pumps, cannot guarantee,
however, that it's motor fuel is free
from water There aren't any Gus
toners anyway.
Autos Are HOnored.
The automobiles in this section have
been singularly honored. Never be-
fore in history has the family f1ivver
been allowed to sit down on the front
porch until high water struck the
Atchafalaya territory. Now one sees
automobiles parked on the porches, as
we'll as on every other high spot
sticking out of the water. How the
machines were placed in many of
their perches is a mystery. Other
cars were abandoned to the mercies
of the tide and nothing but their tops
remain to mark the spot of their
demise.
Not all Of Louisianas flood area is
still under water. There are several
parishes to the north which have
emerged and in which relief commit
tees are beginning active rehabilita ton
work. The first step after the flood
recedes is to get the refugees back
to their homes. The second step is
to give them at least two weeks
emergency food supply. The third is
to supply them with seed with which
to replant their fields.
Mule Comes Next.
The fourth is to give them a mule
or two and some farming implements,
a COW to provide milk for the chill
dren, a few hogs for the Winters
meat and lard supply, and some
chickens to replace those lost. The
fifth is to supply feed for the stock
The sixth is to look after sanitation
facilities; and the final move is to
launch the actual work of reconstruc-
ton of ruined farm buildings, homes,
outbuildings, necessary fences, etc.
Not all Of these steps need follow one
another in the sequence indicated, and
many are instituted simultaneously.
The Red Cross is feeding nearly
100000 flood victims in Louisiana.
Less than half of these are in refugee
camps. The majority are back in
their homes. despite existing flood
conditions. That is what is worrying
flood relief authorities down here
There is danger of typhoid and
malaria under such miserable condi-
tons as exist today in much of the
States flood territory.
"Of course they want to go home"
Secretary Hoover told relief officials
yesterday "But don't let them go
there under any circumstances before
those homes are out of water and fit
to live I'M