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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
NEW HOPE SEEN
FOR MINE PEACE
Agreement Reached for
Strip Operation.

BIZ URiied Press
TERRE HAU7'E, Ind, April 21.-
Renewed hope was seen today for
early resumption of bituminous coal
mining throughout the central com
petitiye area following announce
mont that Indiana strip mine owners
have reached an agreement with dis
trict l OF the Indiana Branch of the
United Mine Workers Union.
Signing. of a two years contract
between strip miners and operators
followed a weeks conference here.
1t is the first agreement to be
reached between pickering groups
throughout the central area where
approximately 100000 miners have
been on strike since April /.
Exact terms of the Indiana con-
tract have not been announced, but
It is believed that the wage scale
is that of the Jacksonville agreement
which terminated March 81. The
agreement included a $3.50 a day
wage.
Strip mines produce about 20 per
cent Of Indiana's coal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
VERMONT PARTY
ON BRIEF VISIT
Governor Weeks Heads
Tour-BreakfaSt Given.

Hoosierland and the Green
Mountain State became firm friends
today when Governor Jackson vel
coined Governor John f. Weeks and
distinguished officials and business
leaders on the Vermont Special,
which arrived at 1880 a. m.
Met at the Union Station by a
delegation OF Chamber of Commerce
officials, the eastern visitors were
taken to the Chamber for breakfast.
At speakers table were: Gov
ernor Jackson and Mrs. Jackson;
Governor Weeks and Mrs. Weeks,
DR.. Ray Ernest Smith. representing
the mayor of Rutland, VT; Mrs.
Fred n. Whitney of the Vermont
State welfare department; II. L. kel-
ton, of the City Club Of Fairlee, VT;
Lewis S. Brigham, manufacturer
and Randolph e. w. Clark. secre-
tary of the Fellows Falls Chamber
of Commerce; Adj. Gen. Herbert e.
johnson and Mason S. Stone, COM
missioner of education of Vermont.
Brief speeches were made. Cham
her President Dick Miller, presiding.
The visitors left at Has a. nj. for st.
Louis, Mo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
WALKERS NEED TRAFFIC
ORDINANCE FOR SAFETY
Interval for Pedestrians Can't Be Provided Without In
Creasng Police Powers, Chief Declares

Probability of a city ordinance de-
signed to give pedestrians a fair
break" at downtown intersections
doomed today.
Police Chief Claude +. johnson
said an ordinance permitting the po-
lice department TO control pedestri.
an traffic would be necessary before
the proposal to give an interval for
pedestrians between the stop and go
for motor cars.
Safety board member John George
Wednesday declared the present arm
signal system on trial is "confus.
ing to motorists and hazardous to
the pedestrians"
Confusing Now
George said he would like to see
the plan tried out giving a period
Tor pedestrians while autos are
halted. He contends the present
plan is confusing because it does not
Immediately establish signal clear
to drivers.
Il have received no complaints
on the present system and felt we
were getting along pretty well. !
am open-mfnded on the subject and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
Fifty-Five Bodies Account
ed for After Tragedy in /.
Mexico. y
CHURCH PLOT BLAMED
President Gales HurIs Ac-
CuSati0n.

BIZ United Press
MEXICO CITY, April 21.-Fifty.
five persons were known dead and
more bodies were expected to be re-
covered today from the ruins of a
wrecked and burned train which
President Gales charged in an official
statement was attacked as part OF
church plot.
Two priests, Veg Pedrazza and An
gulo; a lawyer named Loze, asso.
ciated with the League for the De-
Tense of Religious Liberty, and the
bandit eel Catorce" led the attack
ing rebels who burned the train and
shot the passengers, Gales said.
The cars were soaked in Oil and
set afire. Passengers were shot down
as they fought their way out of the
flaming prison.
Four Wounded Die
Fifty.one bodies were taken from
the wreckage and four wounded died
en- route to Yurecuaro from the scene
of the hold-up near La Barca, be.
tween Limon and Feliciano in the
Dictated the death list might be as
high as 100. Passengers on an in.
coming train which passed near the
scene brought reports of 222 casual-l
ties, of which twothirds were fatali''
ties. Members of the crew of the
same train, however, estimated the
total dead at fewer than 100.
The fate of Major Ponce De Leon
and his wife, a daughter Of former
President Obregon. who We're re-
ported aboard the train, could not
be learned.
Bullets Swept Train
The rebel band wrecked the train
by removing one rail from the track,
it was reported The engine and
express cars were derailed, and as
the train came to a humping stop
bullets from the rebels, invisible in
the darkness, swept 1t from end to
end. The Federal guard of fifteen
soldiers and two officers returned the
fire and put up successful defense
for three hours. until all were killed,
Gales statement continued, Other
reports said the rebels oyercame re.
sistance in an hour.
As soon as the soldiers were in.
capacitated the rebels soaked the
cars in waste oil and set them afro.
A barrage of rifle fire prevented
passengers from ropelling the incen-
diarists.
Shot Into Flames
AS the flames lighted the sky,
and frenzied screams of women and
children in the cars rang out, the
rebels kept up a sharp fire, picking
off one by one the passengers at
tempting to escape through doors
and windows. reports reaching the
capital said. Some reports said,
however, that none was burned n
death. all the victims having fallerN
before the attackers bullets.
Secretary Of War Amaro went 10
the scene to assume personal charge
of the pursuit Of the rebel band
How many federal troops were
available was not known.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
Oh, CAL! This Ones
on Your State

The Vermont Special"
pulled into the Union Station
and with the crowd waiting to
greet Governor John Z. Weeks
of Vermont was Virgil Wanda
grifft, new board of works pres
ident.
A man rushed from the sta
ton, dropped his grip at Van
dagrifft's feet. and grasping
his hand, exclaimed excitedly:
well, well. Governor Weeks.
How are you? Glad to see you.
Haven't seen you for long
time. Would have known you
anywhere. though. Vermonter
myself you know"
And before Vandagrifft. could
explain he was only works
board president, the man had
grabbed his bag and scrambled
aboard his train.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
) ACCIDENT ARRESTS
Delinquency and IntOxication
Charges Follow Mishap.

Five arrests grew out of an acct
dent at 1000 E. Washington ST.. at
/ a. m. today, when a car driven by
Claude Stetler Jr., II. of 219 y.
Liberty St. overturned when forced
off the road by an auto which sped
on.
Mrs. Matte Hiatt, 40, of $50 Z.
Miami ST.. badly cut about the face,
is in city hospital charged with in
toxication, vagrancy and contribut.
ing to the delinquency of minor
Mary Beard. II, of 443 f. Tenth st.
was sent to the Detention Home as
a delinquent, Claude Stetler, 3S, Of
219 n. Liberty ST., was charged with
lintoxication and his son. Claude
Stetler Jr., with driving while in
toxicated.
John Rose. 80. of 2617 y. Olney
St. who was taking the elder Stctler
and Mrs. Hiatt to the hospital, was
charged with intoxication when
Lieut.. We Houston stopped the car
at 46 w. Ohio st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21

would be glad to study any sugges-
tions," said Police Chief Claude F.
Johnson
s The hand semaphore plan was sus-
pended for thirty days pending trial
of the arm system. recommended by
Traffic Captain Lester E. Jones.
Mayor Interested
Johnson declared he likes the Los
Angeles plan, which is similar to the
system on trial. but provides pause
in traffic for the pedestrian to skip
across the intersection.
Mayor Duvall has interested him
self in the move to give pedestrians
a chance" He expects to tour the
city and survey conditions.
THE electric signal supplement
with bell on the change works
fine in many towns, but some folks
object to the. noise. We've got to
get together and work out something
satisfactory" said Duvall.
Il understand Johnson and the
safety board is studying the situation.
l would favor an interval for pedes-
trian traffic exclusively" said the
mayor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
LITA SEEKING ALIMONY

BIZ United Press
LOS ANGELES. April 21.-Lita
Grey Chaplin today was to make
another attempt to get into the
money bags Of her famous comedian
husband, Charlie Chaplin. accord
ing to an announcement by her at
torneys.
A petition for alimony for Mrs.
Chaplin will be filed in Superior
Court today. her representatives said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
EDUCATION BOARD
MEMBERS CHOSEN
Governor Names Mrs. Hol-
land and Miss WhitaCre.

Following his custom OF making
all important appointments late in
the day, Governor Jackson Wednes-
day night announced that Mrs.
Beryl Holland, Bloomington, and
Miss Martha Whitacre, Richmond,
are the new members of the State
education board. They will succeed
Miss Etelka Rockenbach, New AL
bany, and Mrs. Nellie Warren, Indi-
annapolis, May I.
Miss Whitacre IS mathematics
instructor in Richmond High School.
Mrs. Holland is the wife of DR.. j. f.
Holland, Second district Republican
vice chairman.
There were a number of appli-
cants, including Oscar Williams
secretary Of the Indiana Teachers
Association.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
BURGLARS GET VARIETY
,JeweIry, Clothing, Silver and Guinea
Pigs Reported Stolen.

A burglar entered three homes
Wednesday night, during absence of
residents, and stole loot valued at
$3.50.
Mrs. Rose Berry, 3S5 n. Denny ST.,
said a So diamond ring, a SIS watch
and $40 cash was taken from her
home.
Frankfort Hull, 331 n. Denny St.,
said a burglar stole a $50 diamond
ring from his home.
V. c. Smith, 1924 Guilford Ave,
reported a burglar took clothing
valued at $145, a SOS cameo pin, six
silver dinner knives worth $50, and
a s25 ring.
J. Copulen, 1444 Climber ST, said
forty guinea pigs valued at $50
were taken from his property.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
$50 May Be Death Toll on Train Bandits Raided
PROFESSOR HELD AS
PEPPER EXPLAIN
Purdue Man Says He Was Only Trying to Find Number of
House While Seeking Cgaret Data.

Under the Indiana statute he may
be sent to the Indiana State Farm.
His trial has been set for April %.
Prof. McCluskey was caught by
Fritz r. Mott, Purdue senior, after
chase at midnight. Molt was calling
on Miss Maxine Mills, 207 Fowler
Ave, near the Purdue campus, when
the young women's mother called
down from upstairs that there was a
man on the porch peeping in the
window. Mott dashed to the door and
caught McCluskey after a chase of
several blocks.
Auto Found
Several other students collected
and Mott was taken to a fraternity
house. where he was about to be
padded when his identity was dis.
covered. They took him to his home
a mile away and later found Nc
Cluskey's auto parked near the Phi
Kappa Psi house.
In an interview Professor Nc
Clusky said that he had been per-
forming some of his. studies in
higher education at his university
Office and had left for home at II
p. m. The night being so beautiful,
and, needing exercise, he said he
decided to leave his car at the uni
versity parking grounds for the
night and walk home. Walking east
on Fowler ST., he saw a couple
emerge from an automobile and en-
ter the Mills home. The coed looked
to be the girl whom some Lafayette
persons had requested him to in
vestigate on the charges of smoking
against the dean of women's rul-
ings, and he said he walked back
and forth in front of the Mills home,
trying to ascertain the number of
the house. Not being able to see
from the sidewalk, he ventured up
to the porch. Suddenly Molt jumped
from the house.
Was Frightened
ct was frightened" the professor
said, land l ran. I know that |
should rot have done so, but I did.
Then when he caught me I became
more frightened and ran again.
This means that my career is
ruined" he sobbed. II know that
the evidence is all against me, but 1
am a victim of circumstances. l was
only looking for the street number
and was not peeping."
When asked about his automobile,
which he said he had left at the uni
versity and which was found near
the spot to which he ran, he could
not account for its being moved, "un-
less it had been stolen and ditched."
The keys, however. were found in
his pocket and the transmission of
the machine was securely locked.
Professor McCluskey was en-
ployed by the university last year as
head of the department of education.
al research. His work was to super
wise the intelligence tests given to
freshmen VINO enter the university
and TO conduct similar tests through
out the student body. University Of
icials refuse to divuiGe their plans
concerning the case.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
PAY HEARING IN COURT
Police Women i'm Mandamus Suit to
Compel Payment of Salaries.

Hearing on the mandamus suit of
fifteen Indianapolis police women for
their pay since Jan. Is was to be
held this afternoon before Superior
Judge Byron *. Elliott.
The women were discharged by the
board of safety as no provision was
made in the 1927 budget to pay them.
They refused to quit without charges
being preferred. Ira NJ. Holmes is
their attorney.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
LITTLE THEATRE ELECTS
FurscOtt Succeeds John Reynolds as
SOciety's President.

Mortimer Furscott was elected
president of the Little Theatre So.
ciety OF Indiana Tuesday evening.
Furscott succeeds John +. Reynolds,
who headed the society two years.
Miss IIledena Lauter was re-elcct-
cd vice president and Myron Green
treasurer. Mrs. Kurt Painter be-
comes secretary, succeeding MIS-.
James 3. Steep. Directors are Mrs.
Eunice Jameson Pierce, Mrs. Everett
Schofield and DR.. Thomas c. Howe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
DROP APARTMENT PLAN

The city will lose a 81 800, 900 apart
ment at Meridian and Thirty-Eighth
SITS. because Of the storm Of pro-
test against the proposed $1,250000
theater at the same intersection,
Edwin G. Kemper, secretary Of the
William F. Johnson Lumber Com
pany, said today.
Withdrawal OF plans was an'
nounced after Mark Marsolis, thea
ter promoter. Withdrew his petition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
FINDS RIVER OF DOUBT
Explorer Confirms Report of ROOse-
welt i'm 1914.

~ nttrd Press
NEW YORK, April 91.-Com-
mGnder George Miller Dyott, head
of the Dyott-Roosevelt exploring eX-
petition, has confirmed the late
Theodore RooseVelt's discoveries
along THE River of Doubt"
Commander Dyott returned yes
terday from the second expedition
ever made by white men in that
region. He brought tales Of ad-
venture along a course through the
Brazilian jungle from the southwark
flowing Paraguay River to the
northward flowing Madeira, which
followed the path taken by Roose-
welt in 1914.
Commander Dyott said the late
President had accurately charted a
river longer than the Rhine
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
FIST KILLER INDICTED
Paul Kelly Charged With MurG" of
Ray Raymond in Love Duel.

BIZ United Press
LOS ANGELES, Cal, April Eli
Paul Kelly, screen juvenile, who con-
fessed beating Ray Raymond to
death with his bare fists, must stand
trial for first degree murder.
Dorothy Mackaye, noted actress
and wife of Raymond, musical COM
edy headliner, was in state Of col
lapse today. She and Kelly admit
it was their friendship which
prompted the fight which caused
Raymond's death.
An indictment against Kelly was
returned last night by a grand Jury
after investigating the death.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
Peaches Released
BIZ Unitcd Press

BIT NITFH PTCS6
CHICAGO, April 21.-Frances
Peaches Browning. appearing here
as a cabaret dancer escaped punish
ment on disorderly conduct charge
when she apologized to a policeman,
who had charged her with insult
ing" him. She was held after oh.
jecting to having her escort, AL
Mann, arrested for speeding.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
SUES FOR ANNULMsNT
Edith Whithall Charges Husband
Was Already Wed.

Edith D. Whithall, 40. of 3345 Park
Ave. filed suit in Superior Court
Three today for annulment of her
marriage to William Whithall, Los
Angeles. Cal.
The complaint sets out that the
couple wed on Feb. %, 1926, at San
Diego, Cal, but that the husband
was married at the time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
THREAT TO U. S. ENVOY
Japanese Student Held at Toxic as
Menace to Ambassador MacVeagh.
BIZ United Press

BIZ Cutted PreSS
TOXIC, April 21.-Arrest of a
Japanese student who had threat
ened to assassinate United States
Ambassador Charles MacVeagh, was
announced Wednesday by police. The
student apparently was insane and
was said by police to have threat
ened to destroy the embassy as wei
as to kill MacVeagh
His grievance seemed to be against
the United States for bringing some
sort of imaginary pressure against
Japan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
Mellon Denies Split
RM limited Press

BIT UntteH PTCSS
WASHINGTON, April I'll
Secretary of Treasury Mellon said
today there was no split between
Mellon and Ware factions in Pennsyl-
vania as far as he knew. 1t had been
reported the two groups split over
defeat of an old age pension meas
ure the Ware GROUP supported.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
BIZ Times Special

LAFAYETTE, Ind, April 2i.-
Prof. Dean McCluskey, So, director of
the division of educational research
at Purdue University today offered
an explanation of circumstances
which led to his arrest as 'Peeping
Tom"
He was at liberty on $500 bond.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
PROF. TAPY TO SPEAK
Wabash College Man Engaged for
Address at Luncheon

Prof. George II. Tapy Of Wabash
College will speak for fifteen min
utes at the second luncheon meeting
Of the Chamber of Commerce, April
90, Secretary Ed Hunter announced
todal.
THE Decalogue of Salesmanship"
will be Professor Tapy's topic. An
open forum discussion of local cham
Der affairs will follow.
Dick Miller, chamber president
will preside at the first meeting Fri
day, and will explain the purpose of
the open forum move.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
BACK HOME AGAIN

Automobiles reported found by
police belong to:
John t. Kirkham, SAB N Elder
Ave, Chevrolet, found at $500
Lowell Ave.
G. r. Eggleston. $40 w. Maple Rd.,
Hudson, found at 726 n. Capitol
Ave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
SON SHOOTS HIS FAT:ER
Was Beating His Mother, outh
Charges.

II Y tTFTVEU IVso
SOUTH BEND, Ind, April 21.-
Frank Konopinski, 50, was recover!
ing in st. Joseph's Hospital here to-
day from gun-shot wounds inflicted
Wednesday night by his nineteen
year.old son, Theodore.
The son said he shot his father
after Konopinski in a drunken rage
had beaten his wife and rushed to
beat him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
CONFER ON S. H. S. BIDS
Engineers Seek Compromise Agree
ment to Settle Tangle.

Final efforts to unravel the tan
gle of the State tax board and the
city school board bids for heating,
ventilating and plumbing of the
new Shortridge High School, were
made this afternoon by Walter Horn,
tax board engineer and Jacob H. Hill
hene, superintendent Of school build
ings and grounds.
The conference was called by the
tax board. If a compromise agree
ment is not reached by the two en-
gineers. the tax board will demand
new bids.
The fight centers around the school
boards refusal to consider types of
ventilation different from the "di-
rect-indirect" system, manufactured
by c. C. Ship.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
j. s. FORCES AID
IN GUARDING RED
PEK|N EMBASSY
Move of Strategy for Safe
ty of Foreign Quarter
in Capital.
BIZ United Press

on HiCU FTCSS
LONDON, April 81. - Michael
Borodin, soviet adviser to the
Hankow government and long a
storm center in Chinese affairs, has
been arrested, dispatch to the
Daily Mail said today.
PEKIN. April 21.-The western
portion Of the grounds Of the
soviet embassy were occupied to-
day by military forces of the pow
ers as a defense measure. The
grounds are on the edge of the
legation quarter. Troops of the
United States. Great Britain, Japan.
France and Italy, jointly occupied
the grounds.
Reports that the chief guard duty
would fall on Americans arose when
soldiers started making a breach
near the southwest corner Of the
southern wall of the compound, APP
parently with the intention of
making a new gateway connecting
the embassy ground with United
States Marine guard headquarters.
Prepares to Tell Moscow
a soviet cosular official. ranking
Russian left in Pekin, inspected the
situation to report it to Moscow.
Native police who have occupied
the grounds since the raid, prepared
to evacuate as troops Of the powers
entered.
The embassy has been closed to
Russians since the raid, as a result
of which the soviet government re-
called its ambassador.
The grounds were occupied. quiet
ly, apparently by Encouragement.
Although no formal announcement
was made, it was said unoficially
that tho powers intended an indef-
mite defense of the western wall of
the embassy premises as constitute
ing an ultra-important point in the
legation defenses."
Evening star., 1927-05-03
Helpful Pride.

There is a kind Of pride that
strengthens character. We do not
make enough of it in the children.
We are a little bit afraid Of making
them conceited, snobbish, naughty.
The fact that there is a mistaken
kind of pride Is no reason for our
overlooking the right kind. We can
teach the children to be too proud to
do what would not fit their idea OF
what is proper.
Old William was coming around the
corner with his tray of candy at dis
missal time. Lets rush him and
spill the stuff, grab what we can and
beat it, said MiciSy.
No sooner said than done. The
crowd rushed the old man and his candy
spilled far and wide. There was n
scramble and a jostling and then the
teachers whistle that called all with
in hearing to stand at attention.
Everybody stood. There was no
chance to get away.
Lime up" said the teacher shortly.
The line was formed In deep silence.
Old William began shuff1ing about
picking up his wares, what was left
Of them.
Help there, Micky," ordered the
teacher.
Mickey helped. The teacher sur
veyed the despoiled tray. ANY boy
who has candy belonging to William
please put 1t on the tray"
Nobody put anything anywhere.
Rigid silence prevailed. VERY well.
The class will meet tomorrow after
noon at this time and make arrange
ments to pay for whatever candy is
missing. Good afternoon, gentlemen -