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MAY 80, 1927 Y

and Market Sts.. Sunday night. but
without avail. No sooner was one
jam cleaned up than another fol-
lowed. 1t was the same old story.
Jam Around Speedway
: Automobiles from Maine to Cali.
fornia blocked highways to the
Speedway early today. Heavy traf-
fic Sunday caused traffic ue.up
around the bowl police said.
Cars were lined up four deep on
Speedway Rd. to the Big Four Rail
road on the east. Machines using
the Thirtieth st. approach lined Me-
ridian st. and other north side arte-
ries as far south as Fall Creek.
Hundreds. paraded the streets all
Sunday night, unable to find a place
to sleep,
Many were accommodated by the
convention bureau housing service.
according to Henry T. Davis, man.
ager. Hundreds crowded into parks
to get relief from jammed streets.
Auto Makers in City
Heads of automobile concerns
manufacturing the cars in which
America rides daily were in Indi.
annapolis today attending the race.
Many toured in, others came in
private railway cars, while still
others took their places on trains
and traction cars with the remainder
of race fans.
Among those attending the races
are Charles F. Retiring, vice presi.
dent of the General Motors Corpo
ration; E. A. Erskine of South Bend
president of the Studebaker Motor
Car Company; Lawrence P. Fisher
president of the Cadillac Motor Car
Company; F. C. Seaholm, chief engi-
neer of the Cadillac Company; Rus.
sell Firestone of Akron, Ohio, an ex-
ecutive in the tire plant of his
father Harvey S. Firestone; r. l.,
Cord of Auburn, president OF the
Auburn and Duesenberg Motors
Company; Horace z. Dodge. of
Dodge Brothers Company. Detroit.
and o. Lee Harrison Of Detroit,
president Of the Delco. Remy Com.
pany.
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, Ameri.
cas- war ace of aces, is attending the
races.
One Of the most interested specta.
tors at the Speedway today was Carl
G. Fisher. father of the races"
Fisher arrived Sunday In a special
car,
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Anderson Cemetery

The Rev. Charles e. Line delivered
the principal address at the Ander'
son Cemetery ceremonies in Irving.
ton this morning.
He took for his principal topic the
gratitude of America toward those
who served her.
Gratitude is a great blessing"
he said. I'VE have seen 1t with all
our heroes. George Washington,
of course, leads them, but these
other boys who have fought and died
for this country have made us CRATE
full"
The Rev. E. p. Jewett pronounced
the benediction and delivered the In
vocation.
William r. Shearer served as mas,
ter of ceremonies. -..
High places of Hoosiers in annals
of American sacrifice was extolled
by Attorney Michael z. Foley in the
principal address at services at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Sunday afternoon.
Greatest of all war time Cover
nors in the United States was Cow
ernor Morton of Indiana" he de-
clared. mo State has a better rec
ord than our commonwealth in the
great Civil War. There were
210, 400 Hoosiers went forth to battle
for the Union and 24.419 were slain.
Hoosiers Volunteered
This splendid sacrifice was re-
peated in the World War and
the war with Spain. More In
diana young men volunteered than
were drafted in the World War.
or this number 1854 made the
supreme sacrifice and to this toll was
added the lives OF fifteen women who
served as nurses.
I'VE should be proud Of our State
and proud of our country, ever ready
to defend it in war and to aid it in
guiding the world in paths Of peace
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C. e. Bishop, of the st. Mathews
Episcopal Church. Several songs
were sung by the audience under di-
rection of Albert l.. Pauley.
Services at Fort
1.-THE Army stands for service"
This was the keynote Of Brig. Gen.
Dwight E. Aultman's memorial DAY
address at exercises held Sunday for
FIT. BENJAMIN Harrison troops. lie
said the army was a peace time or
canization and cited the usefulness
of troops during the recent tornado.
Col. George d. Freeman Jr., was
in charge. Eleventh Infantry SOL
diers and Chaplain Samuel j. Miller
decorated the graves at the fort.
Goal of Life
Former Judge Delbert o. Wilmeth
urged that inspiration provided by
the war dead and living be consid-
cred by citizens as the goal of life,
in a Memorial Day address at the
New Crown cemetery this morning.
Ceremonies were in charge of the
G.. A. r. and Otis r. Brown Post,
World War veterans, with Henry
Lowe representing the Civil War
veterans, and Capt. Harry B. Dynes,
Brown Post.
Invocation and benediction were
offered by Layman E. Tardy, Gar
field Baptist Church. Assembly was
given by Boy Scout buglers. recita-
ton by Louise Bergman Of School
"a, and flags and flowers were placed
by Garfield Church Boy and Girl
Scouts.
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WAL In HEAD VICTORY
Every Car in Motor Classic Powered
With Engine Like Buick.

Today's race is another victory for
the valve-in-head principle Of engine
design, regardless Of the victor.
Every car in the race is powered
with that type. of engine.
1t is nearly twenty-five years since
Buick adopted the valve-in-head en-
CINE which is now built into almost
100000 motor cars. The success
of that type of engine was so imme-
diate, after it's adoption back in 1904,
that racers began to experiment wit4
it, too. AS on the highways Of the
world, valve-in-head design vindi-
Gated itself on the speed track.
Every Indianapolis race since 1912
has been won by car with valve-in-
head engine.
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traction terminal general agent. One
hundred and fifty city street cars
were borrowed to augment regular
interurban traffic by the Terre
Haute, indianapolis & Western Trac-
ton Co. One-nhinute service began
at a. m. and was to continue until
the last person had left the Speed
way.
Buses left the various downtown
terminals every three minutes with
loads of fans. The Big Four rail-
road ran special shuttle trains to the
oval every fifteen minutes.
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THOUSANDS PAY
HONOR TO DEAD
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in Germany and that this idea was
conveyed to John A. Logan, first
commander of the G. A. r., who
started the first Memorial day May
30, 1868.
Year After Year
Commander Logan on the first
Memorial day said: 1T is the pur-
pose to institute this observation
with the hope that 1t will be kept
up year after year while a sur
vivor Of the war remains to honor
the memory of the departed
80 for fifty-nine years on this
annual day we have decorated the
graves Of the soldier dead and paid
high tribute to the sacrifices Of those
yet living.
President Grant, the outstanding
officer Of the Civil War, speaking on
one occasion said: I hate war; and
when Gen. John Sherman noted its
devastation and death, said: War
is hell
with all this in view, we should,
on this Memorial day, highly re-
solve that war shall be no more.
But Unsettles
Bishop John w. Hamilton says
war never settles anything, but un-
settles everything.
with the increased destructive
ness of the instruments Of war, a
war of the future will be distin-
guished by wholesale slaughter,
while wars of the past were retail.
1.-The range of guns and the dead
Illness Of gas has increased since
the last war. Instant death awaits
the warriors. And since Captain
Lindbergh has demonstrated flying
across the Atlantic, airplanes could
fly from Europe to America and de-
stroy the population, or vice versa.
1--WE must either destroy war or
war will destroy civilization"
Preceding Address
The address was preceded by plac-
ing of flowers, evergreens and flags
on the hundreds OF neatly arranged
graves and the salute of twenty-one
guns of the Indiana National Guard.
Dedication and prayer was pro-
nounced by Chaplain E. H. Wood.
Commander F. A. Hay gave ritual
istic services. Several songs were
sung by the audience and a sixty
second silent tribute was paid the
heroes. Following three rounds by
the firing squad Of the Harold c. Nc
Grew Camp Of the United Spanish
War Veterans, in the charge of Com
mander c. F. Williams, the cere-
monies closed with taps by Bugler
Charles Runyan.
To Cemetery
Under proposed plans the Civil
War and disabled veterans were to
be taken to the cemetery in autos
supplied by indianapolis persons.
They fvere to leave for Crown Hill
from Pennsylvania and Maryland
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. PAUL'S BUSY BOY

Paul Hasty, for seventeen years
the official Speedway messenger, was
the busiest man on the grounds
during the early hours. Long before
the race started Hasty's bicycle had
piled up a mileage between the gen.
eral offices, the judges stSAd and
the drivers garages which equaled
the distance some Of the race cars
were able to make.
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Ho0Sier Woman browns

BU TtmeS NDeCtQE
ELKHART, Ind, May 31.-The
body of Miss Cassie Russell, 80, was
brought to the family home here to.
day from Detroit, where she drowned
in Detroit River Sunday after fall
ing from a motor boat. Her sister
in.law, Mrs. Leonard Russell, also of
Elkhart, was rescued by her hus-
band.
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SILK SLICKERS SEEN

Old Sol must have been hiding his
head in chagrin as the crowd gath
cred. What the weather man left
out in the way of the suns brill
lance the style in slickers made up
and more. A rainbow would have
shriveled up in shame, for the wom-
en- and girls blossomed out in rain
coats, the hues of which no respec-
table rainbow ever thought of.
The race crowd always is color
fully clothed, but the massed banks
of $4,000 souls in the grand stands
presented a picture today that was
almost worth the price Of admission.
A futurist artist would have called
it heaven.
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Gas Kills Three

BIZ United Press
BROOKLYN, n. Y, May 30.-Mrs
Nellie Marinaccio, 80, widow, and
two of her children, were killed to-
day by gas escaping from water
heater in their apartment. The chill
dren were Adelaide, 10, and Ernest,
.. Another child. John, also 3, was
rescued.
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LEBANON BAND FIRST

The first of forty bands to blow
into action was the snappy 1S9th
Field Artillery out from Lebanon.
1t footed Justify away before a. M,
in it's post oof honor across the track
from the judges stand.
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PICKER PICKS AGAIN

Tom Biel, official chef to the
drivers, posted his annual forecast
of winners in garage restaurant.
Tom has picked three out of the
last five winners. His choices to-
day were: First, Leon Duray;
second, Harry Hartz; third. Pete
DePaolo, and fourth, Earl Devore.
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There are 342 distinct Indian tribes
In the United States and possessions,
all Controlled by the Office n Indian
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Early Travel Lighter

Traffic officials reported. however,
that travel to the Speedway before
a. m. today was lighter than last
year. 1t picked up then and an hour
before race time facilities were taxed
to the utmost.
Downtown restauran were
crowded early today with impatient
men and women, each eager to be
served first and get out to the
Speedway. What mattered it to
them that the bright sun which had
greeted them upon arising faded as
the skies became overcast with
dreary clouds that threatened to
turn loose a deluge any minute?
But it was Sunday that race fan
dom took Indianapolis by storm.
Traffic police were all but helpless
before the press of drifting motor
lists. Pedestrians, oblivious to the
jam, darted into the streets despite
pleas Of police to move with traffic.
causing many hairs to turn gray.
Hotels Filled
Hotel clerks began saying full
up, no rooms left" Saturday. Sun.
day they merely smiled when some
belated arrival walked jauntily up
to the desk to register. 1t was the
same story at the Claypool, the Lin
coin, the Severin--in fact, every
hotel in the city reported every inch
of available space taken.
The Soldiers and Sailors Mon
ument was thronged with visitors
Sunday. 1t was closed today. Long
lines waited at the entrance for a
chance to be lifted to the top for
a view Of the city-and to pay
homage to Indiana's war dead.
Talk on the streets was of nothing
but the race. Who is going to win?
Who will win the lap money? Who
will have motor trouble? Whenever
two persons got together on the
street that was the talk.
Police Chief Claude F. johnson.
Major Lewis Johnson and\ Capt. Les
ter e: Jones, with more than one
hundred and fifty policemen tried
vainly to unravel the traffic tangle
downtown, particularly at Illinois
and Washington SITS, and at Illinois
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L|NDbERGH PLANS
RETURN HOME IN
NEXT TWO WEEKS
English Go Wild Over In
trepid American When
He Visits Them.


LONDON, May S0.-Capt. Charles
A. Lindbergh probably will be home
in about two weeks to receive the
welcome of New York and pre-
sumably to return to San Diego, Cal,
by way of st. Louis.
The European tour Of the world
famous flier has ended, he an
nounced today although he will fly
to Paris to say farewell before re-
turning to the United States.
Lindbergh did r.Nt land at Croydon
until D. M. ! sterday, after a
two and half hour fight from
Brussels. He received newspaper
men last night after dining with
Ambassador Alanson B. Houghton
at the United States embassy.
Lindbergh had decided definitely
today to see the Derby Wednesday.
but beyond that his program, which
was largely in the hands of Hough-
ton, was indefinite. Several dinners
and receptions had been planned for
him, however, and his audience with
King George was tentatively set for
tomorrow morning.
Unprecedented a
Lindberg's arrival yesterday pb-
vided a scene almost unprecedented
in the recent history Of orderly
Britain.
So recklessly did the crowd surge
about the field that Lindbergh, at
tempting to find room to land, at
first was afraid to come down for
fear of killing the welcomers. FL
nally he saw that a rope held by
boobies kept a semblance or order
at one part of the field, and landed.
AS soon as the plane came to rest,
however, the crowd overran the en-
tire field, encircling his plane, and
fighting to touch its silver wings and
get near the daring pilot. 1t was
ten minutes before Ambassador
Houghton and British officials could
reach the plane.
1T gave me the first big thrill
since 1 hit a storm in mid-Atlantic
on the way over" Lhdbergh said.
<Flees From Crowd
A way through the crowd was
finally forced for the flier and the
official welcomers, and they reached
a lookout tower at the end OF the
field where they took refuge.
Lindbergh said he had accepted
Lord Lonsdale's invitation to attend
the Derby Wednesday at EPSON
Downs, near London.
But l know nothing about
horses" Lindberg said.
After the Aero Clubs banquet on
Tuesday night Lindbergh will attend
a Swedish festival banquet and then
the Derby ball. About forty notables
were invited to Ambassador Alanson
B. Houghton's luncheon for Lind
bergh today.
Guests included Sir Austen Cham
berlain, the foreign secretaryi Sir
Samuel Hoare, the air minister; the
Duke of Atholl, Lord Desborough,
Vice Admiral Aubrey Smith, air vice
marshal, Sir Seton Brancker, Sir
Philip Sassoon, Frederick Sterling.
the new American minister to Dub
lin.
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The first casualty of the day
was Theodore Pop) Myers, the
Speedway manager. He caught
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early were covered with WHITE cam
vas when a misty rain settled over
the track at 1880. A little water in
the wrong place could easily ruin
the speed chances of the best car.
Norman Batten had a watch dog
instead of a guard posted to keep
inouisitive visitors out Sof his gar
age. 1t was his pet dog, of the
Chow species, named Chow, a big,
brown fellow, who kept them far
back.
Harry Hartz had the most per- .
feet color scheme on the track.
His blue and white car matched
his blue and white sport sweater.
Hartz and Eddie Hearne are ga
rage buddies. Hartz learned the
racing game from Hearne and for
many years was Hearne's garage
mechanician.
The three Duesenberg cars were
the early birds on the track. Souders.
car No. 80, Shoaf, No. "a, and Stapp,
No. sS, three youngsters who are
driving their first race here, rolled
their cars on the track at a. m.
Bob McDonogh. driving a Cooper
Special, was dressed up as If he were
going to run in the Derby. He wore
jockey jacket stripped black and
white, and riding boots. All he
needed was a riding crop to make
his uniform complete for a horse
race.
Leon Duray came out on the track
early when the sun was still shining,
but returned to the garage and
rolled his car into his dugout just as
soon as the weather clouded up.
He had a bunch 1t was going to rain.
Nearly all Missouri cars at the
Speedway grounds were chalked
up with signs paying tribute to
"The Spirit of st. Louis" Some OF
the cars bore banners, "Lindbergh
for President"
One of the best organized pits was
that Of Leon Duray. Dick Doyle,
who has been with Leon two years,
was the pit manager. The Duray
pit was feeling more than confident
before the race started.
Tony Gulotta, who is driving a
Miller, had his father and brother
at the track to see the race. His.
father, Marco Gulotta, lives i'm
Kansas City and this is the first
time he has seen Tony in race.
Tony's brother Charles helped in
his brothers. pit. The father came
to this country from Italy twenty
seven years ago.
(, Louis Schneider, driving Miller,
former Indianapolis motorcycle
cop, who has played around on the
dirt track for years, was the only
man who apparently didn't worry
about the weather. Louie slept on
his pit wall when other drivers were
gazing anxiously at the skies.
The first casualty of the day
was Theodore Pop) Myers, the
Speedway manager. He caught
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Laborers and aristocrats mingled
together in the crowd. Here and
there a man in overalls could be
seen seated beside a woman dressed
in the finest silks.
Environment, as heredity, plays
no part in this crowd. The attraction
is keen and all else is forgotten.
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Cars that rolled out on the track
early were covered with white can
vas when a misty rain settled over
the track at 1880. A little water in
the wrong place could easily ruin
the speed chances of the best car.
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Norman Batten had a watch dog
instead of a guard posted to keep
fnouisitive visitors out Sof his gar
age. 1t was his pet dog, OF the
Chow species, named Chow, a big,
brown fellow, who kept them far
back.
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Soldiers stationed throughout the
grounds have the crowd under con-
troll. Blue and gold colors decorated
the grand stand. -,
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Liquor-that element which plays
its part in crowds-has found its
place.
Prohibition agents and police were
ordered to pick up those who vic.
lated the prohibition laws, but as
one officer put 1t, What chance has
a handful of officers against a crowd
OF 100000 people, many Of whom
care little for the Eighteenth
Amendment
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Program was arranged by the
knights of Columbus, G. A. r.
Alvin p. Hovey. Woman's Relief
Corps No. 1876, Catholic Boy and Girl
Scouts, all Of whom took part. Mrs.
Edna E. Pauley, national patriotic
instructor, w. r. c., talked on the
origin and meaning Of the flag.
Anthony j. Klee read Lincoln's
Gettysburg address. The Rev. Al
bert D. Deery was chaplain, and
Joseph A. MCGOWAN, master of
ceremonies.
Patriotic airs were played by the
ST. Johns Academy orchestra. Rit-
ualistic service was conducted by
G. A. r. veterans under Commander
Zach Landers, with Chaplain A. B.
Charpie as assistant. Salute was
fired and taps sounded by the firing
squad and bugler of the Eleventh In
fantry.
Ceremonies were followed by dec
grafton of graves by veterans under
Capt. Charles E. Murphy of the G.
A. r.
The Rev. Fred A. Line, delivering
the principal address at Floral Park
Sunday afternoon, stressed the part
which courage has played among
our war heroes.
Courage Marked All
Courage" he said, has been
leading characteristic of the Ameri-
can soldier all down through our
national history. The soldier has met
the gravest dangers, unfinchingly."
The Rev. Line was emphatic in
his declarations that the same spirit
should be shown by citizens in the
discharging of the duties of citizen
ship as that which was shown by the
dead heroes.
THE battles for peace" he said,
ARE TO be fought and won. The call
Of the hour is for us to be Amer
leans, remembering that we can be
Americans only as VIZ are world
citizens in. the truest sense Of the
word.
The Rev. ]. e. Pritchett delivered
the invocation and school children
sang America.
The firing squad was composed of
the Lavelle Gossett post Veterans Of
Foreign Wars.
A grassy noll in Memorial Park
Cemetery was dedicated as Legion
Hill. Sunday afternoon. by Irving
ton American Legion Post.
Commander Earl T. Bonham had
charge Of the ceremony. An Amer
lean flag on a pole erected on the
hill stood at half mast in memory of
dead hernes.
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MOTION PICTURES
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4 motley collection Of colors sill.
nouetted against the background of
the grand stand. Women were
dressed in all colors. from brilliant
red to black. Green predorninated.
The men seemed to have found great
pleasure in Knockers.
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THRONGS
RULE CITY TODAY

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on a barbed wire fence and cut his
hand. He was taken to the hos
pital for first aid.

Eddie Lynn, Indianapolis, couldn't
see anything but a Miller victory.
Three years Eddie has worked in
the Miller pits. This year he is
right hand man to Dutch Baumap
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To Cemetery

To Cemetery
Under proposed plans the Civil
War and disabled veterans were to
be taken to the cemetery in autos
supplied by Indianapolis persons.
They fvere to leave for Crown Hill
from pennsylvania and Maryland
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, Louis Schneider, driving a Miller,
former Indianapolis motorcycle
cop, who has played around on the
dirt track for years, was the only
man who apparently didn't worry
about the weather. Louie slept on
his pit wall when other drivers were
gazing anxiously at the skies.
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Pat Page, Indiana University foot
ball coach and former Butler men,
tor, was one of the early arrivals in
the press stand. Pat denied that he
was scouting for football material
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Hesitant flivvers that have served
the rsh-rah boys for campus hops"
were subject to exceptionally long
flights" today. One appearing at
the Speedway in the midst of the
traffic lines carried this inscription
in hilarious colors: From Vincennes
to Indianapolis. 100-mile nonstop
flight"
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The three Duesenberg cars were
the early birds on the track. Souders,
car No. 80, Shoaf, No. "a, and Stapp,
No. SS, three youngsters who are
driving their first race here, rolled
their cars on the track at a. m.