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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-20

ray IL. SeaSOnSOOd OF cincinnati,
'ore 500 representative citizens on
the Claypool:
to the politicians getting more COM
plete control, how can that be when
their control is complete now? The
truth is, you will be able to get out
standing citizens, as we were able to
do to stand for Council. With an
aroused citizenship, you can elect
them, and they in turn will choose a
city manager no more interested in
politics than is the general manager
or superintendent of large private
industry.
Just now, in our own city, the
politicians are shouting so loudly for
the city manager form of govern
ment and for the city manager, be-
cause they think it popular to do
so, and that they are likely to get
in on protestations of undying de-
votion, that they are apt to be
hoarse and lose their voices after
election so that they will be I'M
able to speak in praise Of either
the system or the manager. I'm
less 1 am greatly mistaken, how
ever, our people know the story of
the wooden horse and of Joab and
Amasa in the Bible.
Then it is said that the city man.
ager form Injuries the national par
ties. The exact reverse is the fact.
1t tends to make the party stand for
what it<should stand for, namely,
principles, and relieves them of
what the local machines actually
stand for, namely, patronage.
About Losing Jobs
Next, it is industriously circu-
lated that all city employees will
lose their positions and that police
and firemen's pensions will be in
terfered with. The slightest reflec-
ton will show how little basis there
is for this DOGGY man. The city
manager necessarily desires to make
good. AS a skillful employer, he
knows that labor turnover is the
bane of industry. He realizes that
there are many excellent men in
city positions and that they have ac-
quired proficiency in their depart
ments. Employees who are compe-
tent and loyal should be the most
enthusiastic adherents Of the city
manager plan because they should
realize that their positions are not
dependent Oh political favor or dis
favor, and that merit is recognized
Employees Happier
When 1 first came into office 1 was
asbed a number of different times Ply
policemen, either directly or through
friends, to intercede when the police
man desired to be stationed Or in
questions of promotion. 1t was hard
to make clear to some who had been
subjected to the system of politician
interference that these matters were
solely in the hands Of the manager
and chief of police, but now 1 think
this is thoroughly understood and
our police and firemen and city en-
ployes generally, as / have been told
by numbers of each, have never been
so happy. No one in the present city
government would think of taking
away police or flremen's pensions,
even If that could legally be done;
the whole effort has been to strength
en- the administration of, these pen
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-20
Lower Street Cost

A principal highway, Spring Grove
Ave, was in such condition as TO be
practically impossible. To have ia
ken up the granite and to have reset
it would have cost about $40 900. BY
the use of a superheater, layer Of
asphalt was laid on the granite at
a cost of $1,000, and every one on
the street wrote a letter expressing
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PAGE 13

municipal government is the most
important of our governments. be.
cause it touches most closely the
large numbers OF people living un.
der 1t. and according as they have
confidence in their city government
or fail to have confidence in 1t, so
they viii judge the national governs
ment and be loyal to it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-20

The change in attitude is illus
trated by suit. which the city had
against the railroad. This suit was
brought about twelve years ago and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-20
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

satisfaction except one man who
operated a garage. He said his bust
ness was ruined by the improve
ment.
The city was without street signs,
because while $4,000 was available
this purpose, it was thought the
amount was insufficient. OF course,
it was, when under the ugly and
impractical method to be used, each
corner would have cost $4S. In
stead, neat legible signs are put up,
one pole serving in many cases or
the light poles being utilized, at a
cost of $3.50 a corner.
Gets Full Value
1 could go on with similar exam
pies, but to mention them all would
keep you so long you would proba-
bly, not get out to vote. Under the
city manager plan. we'll admins
tered, the city gets a dollars worth
Of service for dollar and there is
no split with any one.
Your city manager plan, under
stand, will not become effective until
the expiration of the term of the
present incumbents. While this is
disappointment, no doubt, you will
be given plenty of time to canvass
the field, to impress your best citi-
ft,fn In eav~xrirA ~ fhn oil
and to select a city manager who
will take over the government with
vigor and skill.
Illegal Action Stopped
We, in Cincinnati, have an auditor
whose term, by the charter, was
continued until Jan. /. 1928. AT that
time his successor win be appointed
by the mayor with the advice and
consent of council. This auditor,
when the city officials Of the former
administration diverted some $751;
600 from the trust fund for street
repairs to general purposes, de-
manded an apology OF the Automo-
bile Club, whose officers called his
rattention to this, and this auditor
likewise failed to notice that the
rapid transit commission used thou
sands of dollars from the proceeds
of bond issues for rapid transit and
park purposes Illegally for the pay
ment of their salaries. but it has
been a matter Of amusement to me
that when my old instructor, George
p. Baker. telegraphed me as mayor,
requesting the city of Cincinnati to
place a wreath on the Shakespeare
statue in New York, and 1 replied
by telegram. because the time was
short, that the city could not make
this expenditure, but that / would
be glad to do so personally. and al
though I have an appropriation for
kilograms from the council, the au-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-20

ditor refused to approve the tele-
graphic bill, amounting to Y cents,
charged by my secretary to the city.
This appears to be straining at a
gnat and swallowing a camel.
Hopes for Success
sincerely hope that all the effort
and enthusiasm represented by your
campaign will result in success, be-
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TEXT OF SEASONGOOD'S
CITY MANAGER SPEECH

Seasongood of Cincinnati
citizens
Thursday night at the Claypool
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-20

The first of these is that the poll
ticians are not really opposed to the
city manager plan and calculate on
having even more complete control
under it. This argument is intended
to discourage workers for the new
system, and is untrue in fact You
will find, when he election comes,
Just as we found in Cincinnati, an
intense organized opposition by ward
and precinct politicians. Then, as
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-27
MARINE CORPS
MEMBER KILLS
GEN. CABULLA
Capt. William p. Richards OF
u. S. Forces Says He Shot
in Self Defense

Chinandega, Nicaragua, May CT
lP)-Captain William p. Richards of
the United States marine corps shot
and killed the liberal general, Ca
bulla, here early this morning, al
legedly in self defense.
General Cabulla is declared to have
been intoxicated and firing his re-
volver ut people in the street when
Captain Richards returned the fire,
killing him.
Managua dispatches on May II said
that band Of former troops under
General Cabulla, who called himself
a liberal but who was described by
the liberals as bandit, had entered
the outskirts of Chinandega, killing
a half dozen natives, wounding
number Of others and engaging in an
orgy of plundering. They fled be-
fore the arrival of American marines,
a detachment of whom was concen-
trated near the railway.
Dispatches three days later said
Cabulla, with 400 men, still was hold
ing out near Chinandega. On May
16 it was reported that Cabulia in
tended going to Managua to confer
with the liberal general Moncada with
regard to disarming his forces under
the agreement between General Mon
cada and Henry L. Stimson, who
recently visited Managua rs the per-
sonal representative Of President
Coolidge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-27

DECIDES ON
BLACK HILLS
South Dakota Senator Leaves
White House With Dcfi-
mite Prediction

Washington, May 27.-(R - All
doubt that President Coolidge would
spend the summer in the Black Hills
Of South Dakota apparently was re-
moved today when Senator Norbcck,
of that state, who has been urging
the state game lodge as vacation
site. left the White House with the
definite prediction that the president
would go to his state when he left
Washington on June 13.
Nevertheless. the White House
held in allegiance any formal AM
nouncement that a definite site had
been chosen. White House attaches,
however, have been making arrange
ments with the view that the Black
Hills were to be the scene Of their
summer activities.
Arrangements Discussed
Senator Noiueck, who heretofore
has been cautious in his statements
of South Dakota's chances to enter
tain the president, was called to the
White House to confer on arrange
ments for the presidents trip. With
in few hours, E. W. Startling, secret
service man who made preliminary
inspection Of the sites offered the
president. will leave for the Black
Hills to look over arrangements
there.
Undismayed by the accepted be-
lief that President Coolidge will
spend the summer in the Black Hills.
a Michigan delegation, headed by
Governor Green, today renewed the
states invitation for the president
to make his vacation home there.
They said the president replied
that his plans called for trip
farther west.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-27
NEW CLUES TO
BIBLE HISTORY
i n EAR 7 HE'D
Discoveries at. Mount Sinai
May Throw New Light
on Moses Life

Boston, May 27-[P)-The key to
the battling characters of q strange
half Semitic, half Egyptian language
which flourished nearly 5000 years
ago and which science has never been
able, to deciphcr may rest today with
Prof. kirsopp Lake, head Of the
Harvard-Michigan expedition to- Mt.
Sinai, Arabia.
A terse message from Prof. Lake to
the Boston Herald reports new frag-
ments of the mysterious ."Sinai in
scripti0ns" which Harvard Univer-
sity authorities said might throw an
entirely new light on Moses and bib.
lical history.
The Sinai inscriptions were first
found more than 20 years ago on
the mountain where Moses received
the tablets Of the law. They have
never been satisfactorily read, al
though authorities have Increasingly
sought their solution.
If Professor Lakes fragments" fit
into the existing gaps, it was possi-
BILE. archaeologists here said, that
they might not only remake history
but reveal new origin of modern
languages.
Found in 1904
The inscriptions were discovered
in 1904 during the excavation of
the temple of the Egyptian goddess,
Hathor, on the side Of Mt. Sinai.
They were carved on stone tablets
and images unearthed among ruins
Of the temple and were in language
never before encountered by exca-
vators, according to DR.. Henry
Pfeiffer, Phi. D.. instructor in Sem
itic languages at Harvard.
The characters, he said, were
strangely allied to Egyptian hero
glyphics and the later Semitic alpha
bet. yet werel not identical with
Professor Hubert { rrimsne, Z j Ger
man scientist, who has advanced
translation for the earllef fragments,
which, however, has not been ac-
ceptedl by all investigators, believes
the inscriptions represent connect
ing link between the Egyptian and
Semitic languages.
Grimme's translation made Moses,
himself. the writer of che sentence
in which, After indentifying himself
- superint3ndent of the mine work
ers of Sinai and the caretaler Of
the great temple there he gives
thanks to the Egyptian queen Char
aoh's daughter for having rescued
him - : child from ~ Niless
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-27
KRETSCHMARI IS
ELECTED HEAD
OF BANK GROUP
East Slope Association Fa.
vOrs Adoption Of Uniform
Hours For Banks

Senator Paul Kretschmar, Ven
turia, was elected president Of the
East Missouri Slope Bankers associ-
alton at its annual meeting here
Thursday G. A. Hubbell of Glen
Uilin was elected vice pres ident;
J, p. Wagner, Bismarck. secretary,
and w. A. Hart, Carson, treasurer.
ITO nrotect funds Of banks and
lives Of their employees from yeggs
and murdcrers," the assoc iation went
on record as favOring adoption Of a
uniform opening and closing hour,
with banks Of each town selecting
the hours but refrainin- strictly
from admitting the public before the
hour Of opening and after the hour
Of closing. The cooperation of the
public in this was asked.
Commend Waterway
Other resolutions passed COM
mended the Great Lakes st. Law
renee waterway project and urged
congress to take immediate action
looking to it's compilations; recon-
mcnded adoption of uniform service
charges by all banks of the state;
recommended continuance Of county
bankers organizations and urged
counties not organized to make such
an organization effective rs soon as
possible; commended the Missouri
River diversion project and the work
of the Greater North Dakota associ-
alton, recommending whole hearted
support by the public; commended
the state banking department for its
efforts to secure better banking con-
ditions and for it's efforts toward
consolidation Of banks in "ovcr-
banked" territory, and thanked the
bankers and residents Of Bismarck
for their entertainment.
Members Of the resolutions COM
mittce we've Paul kretschmar Of
Venturia; Krist Kjelstrup Of Under
wood, and John Bischof Of Hague.
Opening the afternoon session was
a discussion Of exchange and service
charges which are in force in the
different counties in the East Slope
grouD. These charges were found to
be much similar, with the object in
view covering actual expenses and
a reasonable charge for services rem
dered Short talks on the matter
were given by J. P. Wagner, J. Henry
King of the Bismarck Credit Bu-
rcau. +. w. Cathro of the Bank of
North Dakota and A. 6. Divet. attor-
ney for the North Dakota Bankers
association.
Justice and integrity in all deal
ings are the best basis to build on,
Michael Tschida of Glen Ullin told
the group in talk on Public Con-
fidence Bank Asset
Banquet at Country Club
j. L. Bell acted as toastmaster at
the annual banquet, held at the Bis
marck Country club. Henry Dueme-
land, president of the Association of
Commerce, welcomed the bankefS.
G. H. Leick of Hebron, F. l.. Conk-
lin and Judge w. L. Nuessle talked.
Mrs. Frank Barnes, accompanied by
Mrs. Arthur Bauer, sang several
numbers.
There were IS present.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-27
PICTURE CZAR
TO REPORT AT
CHURCH MEET
Will H. Hays to Tell of Sue.
cess of Presbyterian En-
d0wment Campaign

San Francisco, May 27.--lP)-Will
H. Hays, Presbyterian elder from
Sullivan, Ind, is expected to offer
a climax as dramatic as those in
S0Afc -nsSti0n pictures, IAN sindustry
over which he. presides, at the Pres
! byterian general assembly tomor
row. He will report the success of
his campaign for $15,OOO,OOO endow-
ment for the Presbyterian ministers
pension fund.
Mr., Hays is chairman Of a nation
al committee Of laymen who allotted
quotas for this $l5,OOO,OOO to all the
churches of the country and he will
tell what churches reached the OBJ
jectives. He set an example by SUBJ
scribing one tenth of his possessions,
although the amount was not dis
closed.
Mr.. Hays will be introduced to the
assembly by DR.. Henry b. Master of
Philadelphia, his former pastor. Dr..
Master will make the 72nd annual
report of the Presbyterian pension
board,
A Colossal Undertaking
"The task of supreme moment en-
gaging the boards attention." the
report will say, twas the completion
of the campaign Of the laymen's
committee, under its chairman, Will
II. Hays. Let US make no mistake
about the fact that this laymen's
campaign represents the most c0lOs-
sal enterprise ever undertaken by
any church or church organization
tor pension purposes.
Everywhere were heard the ex-
pressions Of pleasure and satisfaction
that here at last was an opportunity
to contribute to one Of the most
worthwhile causes ever sponsored by
the Presbyterian church. The sub
scriptions have come in literally by
the tens of thousands. There were
about $4,000 from the eastern dis
trict alone. IT,
DR.. Master pointed out. that it
would take SlOO,OOO,O0O to give the
men and women now in service, num-
bcring 10000, approximately one
half of their average salaries since
licensure or ordination. 1t would
have reQuired almost $30,OOO,0OO to
make the minimum pension $1,000 a
year. It was agreed, he said, that
to seek such q sum would be utterly
impracticablc..
Success Doubted at First
"Tlee committee had serious doubts
as t6 whether $15,O0O,OOO could be
collected" DIR. Master continued.
mo church had ,ever asked for any
such sum for any similar purpose.
The. church lis interested in caring
for its servants in old age and in
case of disability-they knew that
but was it interested $15lOO,OOO
worth? With great courage and real
faith the laymen's committee decided
it would not ask for less.'
He said that the older men Of the
church will reap the largest benefit
from the accrued liability fund.
"lnasmuch as the new service pen
sion plan becomes selfAupporting
within II to 10. years, il goes with
out saying that . great number Of
meaxEho are under so when the
plan goes into operation will never
receive cent out Of the accrued
liability fund.- he said. "All the
younger meh will provide their own
pensions. ~
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-27
Mrs. Snyder's Appeal
From Death Sentence
Filed in Court Today

New York, May 27 P)-The for
NAL appeal Of Mrs. Ruth Broll Sny-
der from the sentence Of death im-
posed upon her and Henry Judd
Gray for the murder Of her husband,
Albert Snyder, was filed in the coun-
ty clerks office at Long Island City
today. She is under sentence. to die.
in the electric chair at Sing Sing
prison during the week Of June 20.
Grav's counsel has given notice
that he also wall appeal. No date has
been set for hearing.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-27
KENNEDY HAS
PLAN TO STOP
!. MtNoF.Ft00DS
State Engineer Proposes Two
High-water Channels and
a Cutoff Channel

Two high-water channels, one cut
off channel and enlargement Of the
stream in other places is the plan
which Robert Kennedy, state engi-
neer, has adopted for protecting Mi
not from flood water.
Kennedy was in Minot during the
recent flood and made scientific OBJ
servations which he believes were of
great assistance in his work. That
Minot managed to 'pull through" by
reinforcing levces along the river
was tribute to the constancy with
which its people kept up the fight.
Kennedy said, but expressed belief
that it would be unwise to place
faith in the levee system. Condi-
tions in Minot are such as to make it
unsound from an engineering stand
point, he said.
Because of the peculiar meander-
ings of the Mouse river through Mi
not, control Of flood waters in the
stream presents an unusual problem,
Kennedy said. His remedy, in brief,
is to shorten the stream, ut least
temporarily, during high water.
1. Establish hi0h- water cut
off from the 500 bridge to the Great
Northern viaduct; widen the main
channel of the river from. the via
duct to the Great Northern Third
street bridge.
3. Cut Off the loop going under
the Third street steel bridge and
then enlarge the channel to Central
avenue.
8. Cut across the neck at Eighth
street with q high-water channel and
enlarge the stream from the end Of
the high water channel to the Great
Northern railroad.
1. Construct ! high-water chan
mel around the north end Of the fair
grounds.
Such q system, Kennedy said.
would cost considerable money but
it would protect the city from q
flood considerably larger than any
which have occurred recently. The
program, he said. can be trimmed to
fit the pocketbook, but pointed out
that in flood control, as IN anything
else, the city will set no more than
it pays for.
The high-water channels are an
ordinary device, used to control
meandering streams such 10 the
Mouse, Kennedy said, and are based
on the overflow principle. When the
water in the stream Is low It would
follow its usual course except at the
cut across the Eighth street neck
which would Be permanent. When
the watAr Approachsd flood level,
however, Il would pass into the over
flow channels and would then have
two courses. A part Of the water
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-27

ing Oi diplomatic relations with
Moscow docs not mean or imply
war against Russia"
London, May 27.-tED--A note sew
cring relations between the soviet
and British governments was deliv-
cred at Chesham House, the soviet
legation, this morninr The note
requests the official soviet represen-
tttives to leave, and specifies who
of the others will be allowed to re-
ARGOS, Ltd, the Russian trading or
ganization.
The British diplomatic mission in
Moscow will be recalled immediate
ly. 1t is not yet decided who will
look after the British interests in
Moscow. The note, which makes
about 700 words. will be given out
for publication late tonight, it was
stated.
Ten Days Allowed
1t is understood to allow from n
week to 10 days for the soviet repre-
sentatives to leave England.
The note. was sent to Chesham
House by special messenger and de-
livered personally to NJ Rosengolz,
the soviet charge d'affaircs. Simul-
tancously with its delivery, several
trunks belonging to employees Of
Chesham House were loaded into
taxicabs and started for the railway
station.
Chesham House announced this
afternoon that the German embassy
had agreed to look after the soviet's
interests here as part of system
Of winding up diplomatic affairs
which will require some months.
Part of the rhesham House staff
will be divided between Paris and
Berlin, the others returning to Mos
COW. Most of them, including
Charge Rosengolz and other Off
cials, are planning to leave in less
than Il week
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-27

HOW LINDBERCH CHEATED DEATH
WHILE FLYING THE NIGHT MAIL
Wilkins Hopes to
Make Flight Today
to Point Barrow

Fairbanks, Alaska, May 27.--<E1-
Captain George H. wilkins sched-
uled hOp-off yesterday for Point Bar
row was postponed when the plane
refused to rise off the ground with
an 1900 pound load. He hoped to
hop off today. From Point Barrow,
the explorer plans to fly across the
arctic to Grants Land, on Greenland.