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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25
GAS AND POISON
CLEWS DEVELOP
IN SNYDER CASE
Staying Victims Brother
Brings Out Former-Mer-
curry Found in Whisky.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, March 25.-Possi-
bility that an attempt was made a
month ago to asphyxiate Albert
Snyder, slain art editor, was sug-
gested today by his brother, George
B. Snyder. The brother said that
Mrs. Ruth Snyder, who with Henry
Judd Gray has been indicted for her
husbands murder, had left their
Queens Village home while Snyder
was taking nap. When she re-
turned she found the art editor in
the back yard gasping for breath.
oh, I thought you were sleep
ing" George Snyder today quoted
his sister-in-law as saying to her
n usband.
y Nearly Overcome
He. told her he had reused him
self from the lounge when almost
overcome by gas. A tube from the
gas stove was disconnected.
ST must have kicked it off acct
dentally," Mrs. Snyder said, as re-
lated by George Snyder.
George Snyder and two sisters.
Mrs. Edward Thate and Miss Mabel
Snyder, became suspicious when
they were told of the incident and
examined the gas tube. They found
it could not be knocked or kicked
off accidentally, George Snyder said
Mercury in Liquor
District Attorney Newcombe of
Queens said the brothers story
would be investigated fully. Evidence
already gathered by police indicated
that a previous attempt was made
to STAY Snyder before he was beaten
with sash weight as he lay in bed
last Sunday morning. Liquor con-
tanning mercury bichloride was found
in the home.
Henry Judd Gray who with Mrs.
Snyder will go on trial April IL
reached such a state of nervous ex-
haustion during the night that a
guard was placed outside his cell in
the Queens County Jail.
Mrs. Snyder spent a more restful
night, sleeping well for the first time
since she was arrested. She was
looking forward to the visit Of her
9-year-old daughter, Lorraine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25
DANCE LONG AGO
DREW CRITICISM
Writer in 1881 Deplored
Widespread Craze.

BH Jnted Press
BOSTON, March 25.-The dance
craze was the object Of almost as
much criticism century ago as II Is
today. This was shown by n book,
yellowed with age, which was re.
Gently found in the walls OF an an
cient mansion demolished In Med
ford.
Under the heading, Dancing" the
author, in 1881, wrote:
Nothing shows the national char
acter, or thoughtfulness and gaiety,
more plainly than a strong and gen.
eral propensity for dancing.
"a passion for this amusement az.
fects persons in every grade of life.
1t might be supposed that those
only would be disposed to engage
in it whose spirits are continually
elastic and buoyant, under the cheer.
ing smiles of prosperity and ease.
But this is not the fact.
"The thoughtless and gay will
often do it in order to suppress those
movings of conscience which would
lead them to a life OF religion"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25
destroyer William B. Preston on the
Yangtze River.
Shots Answered

Shots Answered
Williams said the Preston was
escorting a steamer taking American
refugees to Shanghai from Marking
when it was fired on from Marking
The ship returned the fire with ma
chine guns and then proceeded. Fur
Their down the YangtZe the destroyer
was bombarded from the forts below
Chinkiang, and the Preston returned
the fire from four-pound battery
There were no casualties on the de
stroyer.
At Chunking, Williams said, the
situation was serious" as affecting
American Nationals, and at HankoW
it was tense Two hundred and
fifty American missionaries have
sailed from Hankow for Shanghai,
he said.
The Government is aroused over
the reported massacre of Americans
in China. President Coolidge took
charge of the situation today,
throwing the full weight of the Gov
eminent behind Minister MacMur.
ray and Admiral Williams in their
efforts to protect Americans.
President Coolidge and his Cabinet
today considered the dangerous
Chinese situation in u one hour and
half session. They decided no
action from Washington is needed
md they upheld Admiral Williams
8r,i+A -,
Asiatic waters, and his daring con
fere, Admiral II. H. Hough, at
Marking, whose steel nerve and cool
determination had brought at least
temporary easing of the Marking
situation.
The President is expected to an
nounce he is giving Admiral Will
liams orders to call for all the addi-
tional ships and troops considered
necessary ito save American lives in
the danger zones.
Minister, MacMurray at Pekin
probably will be instructed to pro-
test the outrages and to inform the
Nationalist government, through
Consul-General Lockhart at Han
kow, that it will be held accountable.
Calm Public Desired
In this serious emergency, Pres.
ident Coolidge is described as try.
ing to- give full support to the Amer.
lean military and naval command
ers on the spot, without interfering
in any way with the internal Chin
csc struggle and without unduly
alarming the American public. Off
Gals are anxious for the American
public to remain calm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25
.WARDg FOE
OF BOOZE
PLOTTERS
Promises Prosecution OF
Persons Who Frame
innocent Victims.

Victims Of liquor plots are to have
the best protection the Federal Gov
eminent affords, Albert S. Ward,
United States district attorney, de-
clared today.
I'll prosecute-with pleasure
any one against who mevidence is
found Of their being implicated in
framing innocent persons in liquor
cases." Ward said, in reviewing the
recent case of W. Fiske Landers Jr..
20, son of the superintendent of the
Encaustic Tile Works, 359 w. Six
tenth st.
A mo bill was returned by the
Federal grand jury on the case. Dry
agents arrested Landers as he
signed for an express box contain
ing eight pints of bonded liquor sent
from Utica, N. Y, addressed to
Mrs. Landers. The family denied
knowledge of the affair, the accused
youth stating he was framed"
George L. Winkler, deputy pro-
hibition administrator, is attempting
to trace the sender.
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M. e. Tracy is As. His mother died
when he was 4. From 1883 to 1887
he lived with his paternal grand
parents on farm in the interior of
Mt. Desert, one of those hard, sterile,
rocky farms that make or break the
human will.
His grandfather Tracy having been
a sailor and light-keeper, the house
was a sort of headquarters for a
circle of old salts. During the long
winter evenings they would gather in
the big Tracy kitchen to whittle and
tell stories-stories of strange ports
and strange peoples, stories of storm
and wreck and murder Rnd mutiny.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25

Immedite steps to force the city
administration TO obtain more efii-
cient smoke abatement In Indian
apolis will be taken by the Commune
ity Welfare Department Of the Won.
ems Department Club. according to
Mrs. c. A. James, chairman.
These steps, outlined at a meeting
Of the club Thursday, will not be
made public for fear the combustion
engineer and city administration win
lay plans to combat them. she said.
Mayor Silent
A copy Of a resolution charging
that Joseph Buchanan. combustion
engineer, was inefficient and seldom
at his office and that some action
should be taken at once by the
mayor for~smoke abatement, was
sent TO Mayor Duvall about three
weeks ago. The mayor has not
answered, Mrs. James said.
Many buildings which have been
constructed in the last year cause
the greatest trouble, she declared.
1--WE thought the combustion en-
gineer's job was to see that proper
furnaces were placed in new build.
ings to combat the smoke evil" Mrs.
James said.
Buchanan Replies
At a meeting OF the club a letter
was read from a coal man at Terre
Haute which declared that mo re-
suit in this work will he had until
the city hall OF indianapolis is
cleaned out politically"
Buchanan commented that while
the club was criticising him ut
would be leaving others alone
THE women are at their favorite
form of pastime. he said, Jumping
at conclusions. Our records speak
for themselves"
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LEADERLEss ORCHESTRA
Rn Unitcd Prcss

DW IWITFW FTF6b
MOSCOW.-The Persimfans, Rus
sia's leaderless symphony orchestra
which plays without conductor. is
taking classical and modern music
direct to the people. 1t played re-
Gently in a barrack OF the Red
Army. all available tables being
placed together as n platform for
the eighty musicians Not long ago.
the orchestra played in the big
kitchen of a factory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25
0. HENRY GAINED
FAME AS WRITER
WHILE IN PRISON
w. Sydney Porter, Real
Name, Was in Ohio Peni-
Tertiary Three Years.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March U.s.
20. Henry" was the pseudonym used
by w. S. Porter after July "a, 1901,
and it was under that name he won
his reputation as one of the world s
greatest short story writer's.
But the pen-name before July "a,
1901, was not a name but a number.
From April rs, 1898, until three
years and four months afterwards,
w, S. Porter was known as No.
30664 in the Ohio Penitentiary. He
won all honor possible under his first
nom-de-plume.
The 20. p. News" the newspaper
of Ohio penitentiary, holds up w. S.
Porter as an example and model to
the 1929 convicts now incarcerated
behind the gray walls of the prison,
in a recent editorial.
The parole system, based upon the
indefinite sentence law now in use,
was not in force at that time, and
prisoners were given definite periods
of imprisonment, with days deducted
for good behavior.
o. Henry earned more than 900
days off for good behavior, in little
more than three years,
The prison paper also used O..
Henry's later achievements in the
world of letters as an example to
the men in prison., suggesting that
"a record" need not prevent them
from attaining success.
o. Henry was 81 years old in April
1898, when he entered the prison.
While in the penitentiary, No. 3O664
was assigned to work in the phar-
macy. Early training as pharma-
cist enabled him to fill such a posi-
ton.
Although biographers generally
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25

United States Consul at Marking
SFLANGHAI,N March 25.-We es-
capped over the wall. After both the
BRITISH and Japanese consulates had
been attacked and the counsuls re-
ported killed and after the known
cold-blooded murder of one American
missionary presumably DIR. ]. E.
Williams Of the Presbyterian Uni
versity at Nanking), and the at
tempted murder Of many others.
the Chinese police informed us that
we would be destroyed unless we
could escape.
The violence was committed by
Nationalist soldiers.
Accordingly our party, including
one vice counsel presumably ]. Hall
Paxton), eleven sailors, nine civilians
constant fire across country to the
Standard Oil Company houses on
Scoony Hill, just above the city wall.
This place was visible from the river
and many Americans and British
had already found refuge there.
Ropes Needed
The Standard Oil buildings are on
top of a hill and adjoining an ex-
tremely high wall. To escape from
this improvised citadel without
getting into that part of Marking
which was being shelled or was
otherwise unsafe the refugees would
have to be lowered by ropes over the
wall to landing parties awaiting
them below.
Although we were repeatedly
robbed and threatened by the Nation.
alists, the vice counsel, the Stand
ard Oil manager and myself man.
aged to keep them out of the house
for two hours.
Warships Fire
Finally the Chinese broke in.
Seeing out numbers, they retired
and commenced firing on us. The
firing increased, but the American
and British warships in the river
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25
NANKING REFUGEE TELLS
OF ESCAPE FROM CITY
J. K Davis American Consul One of Party Which included
Two Children, Describes Chinese Violence.

laid down protective barrage Of
shells Immediately around the house
and we were able to escape over the
wall.
The American consulate was en-
tered by the Nationalist and was
reported by the Chinese to have
been thoroughly looted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25
BIT OF HAWAITS
ROMANCE WAVES
Beach Boys Take Jobs at
Hotel.
BIZ NEA Scrrice
HnNnT TTT ~

BIZ NEA Service
HONOLULU, -Afarch 25.-The
beach boys" OF Waikild. strolling
serenaders who each night crooned
and strummed the plaintive melodies
Of the southern seas, have put on
white trousers and have become en-.
tertainers at n new 100000 hotel
here.
Thus another bit OF romance falls
before the commercialization OF the
island paradise. The beach boys
were an established institution and
had thrilled thousands OF tourists
with their songs, many OF which
they composed themselves.
Sam Kahanamoku. brother Of the
famous Hawaiian swimmer. Duke
Kahanamoku. Ia a member Of the
group.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25
OYSTER CATCHES RATS

\ RICHMOND, Wa good, strong
oyster can put cat to shame when
it comes to catching rats, says Ray.
mond Gathright. deputy revenue
commissioner. When he went to his
cellar to get some oysters that were
in a barrel, he found large rat
held in the NAV of one of the hi.
valves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25

agree that o. Henry was not guilty.
that he was not even employed at
the Austin (Texas) bank on one of the
days upon which he was charged
with embezzling $1,153, and that he
was convicted largely because of his
flight to South America, the 20 P.
News" concerns itself but little over
that possibility.
1t only mentions that w. Sydney
Porter Served time" behind the
walls of Ohio penitentiary, and left
behind him a record that all prison
ers would do well to emulate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25
MOST GRANDPARENTS

WCOOPERSTOWN, N. Y. - The
largest living family tree is claimed
by Miss Eleanor Hayne of Coopers-
town. Besides her parents, she has
two grandmothers, four great-grand-
mothers, two great-great-g grand
mothers, two grandfathers and two
Observation-Disclosures
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played, and Melba sang.
~ RACY left Perkins in 1897. at
T Is, and went back to Maine.
From 1897 to 1900, he did
almost nothing but read.
At last his father, a general con-
tractor, decided the boy should go
into business with him.
The. younger Tracy did we'll as a
contractor. He and his father built
factories, houses, dams and odd
jobs that fall to general contractor.
He studied the theory of architecture.
He learned perspective drawing.
Also, ne learned materials. After
flve years, if enybody within twenty
miles had a ticklish job like cutting
timber for bridge arch, they called
on Tracy.
At 81 he was chosen moderator. or
chairman, of Tremont's town meet
ing. 1t was a big office in the town.
Some 500 male citizens attended the
town meeting at fremont. TIe held
the job five years. After various
political and newspaper experiences,
Tracy went to the Southwest and
became editorial writer for the
Houston (Tex) Chronicle. Later he
joined the Houston Press. a Scripps-
Howard newspaper. The high
quality of his writing attracted wide
spread attention and finally he as
sumed the task of writing a daily
column for Scripps- Howard news
papers. He is in New York at
f, present.
Physically. Tracy has the bulk of
his seafaring ancestors; rudy face,
topped by hair that won't stay put.
His speech is vigorous and brusque.
His wit is of the hair-trigger- kind.
He has twinkling, kindly eyes. He
likes people.
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~ RACY. His initials are M. E.,
but he is one of the few mon
- in the United States who need
no initials to identify them. Thou
sands of Indianapolis Times readers
turn to his column on the editorial
page every day to get his always
human slant on current issues,
What manner of man is he?
Well, he became blind when an
infant. An operation at the age of
eight months resulted in the gradual
and partial restoration of his sight.
He attended the famous Perkins In
stitution for the Blind. He learned
to cane chairs and bit about piano
tuning.
He was not able to read ordinary
books until he reached the age of
Is. He has one-ffth of a normal
vision today, but this is greatly in
creased by the powerful glasses he
wears. These glasses are so strong
that he can start a fire or light his
pipe with them in bright sunshine.
Despite this handicap, he has the
reputation of being one of the most
widely-read newspaper men in the
country. He has fine library, con-
tanning reference books that even
public libraries do not possess. He
has read 1000 books in a period of
several years.
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1.-THE United Press presents herewith
happened at Marking when Chinese
mobs rioted and looted in the city.
shelled the hill where foreigners had
themselves by the guns of British and
American warships anchored in the
YanRfZn River 1
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25

A red diamond weighing eighteen
carats has been found in the Lichten.
burg diamond fields Of the
Transvaal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-25
WOMEN THREA TEN ACTION O " SMOKE Evil
Mayor and Combustion Engineer
Taken to Task for Apathy on
Demand-Duvall Silent

Immediate steps force the city administration to obtain
efficient smoke abatement in indianapolis will be taken
by the Community Welfare Department of the Womens De-
parment Club according TO Mrs G. A. James, chairman.
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The picturesque gondolas of Ven
ice are rapidly giving way to motor
boats
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F1HE first Tracy in the group to
III which NJ. E. belongs came
across the English channel
with William the Conqueroi. "A de-
scendant. Lieut.. Thomas Tracy,
ninth son of Sir Paul Tracy, came
to Connecticut in 1886. His grand
father, Sir Thomas Tracy. was the
man who arrested William Shake.
speare for poaching.
Henry Tracy, M. e. Tracy's father,
lived, and still lives. on Mt. Desert
Island, Maine.
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E. Tracy

One among them had been sail
ing master for Farragut, one had
been Turkish admiral, one had been
wrecked on the Fiji Islands and two
had been captured by the Alabama.
M E. Tracy used to lie on the
lounge and drink in the wild, weird
tales of these old seadogs, gathering
in a fund of information which was
to be of great help to him in the
days to come.
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THREAT OF SHELLS
: QUELLS CHINESE

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talked to the scholars. Paderewsh
played, and Melba sang.
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FRI RACY. His initials are M. E.,
but he is one of the few men
49, in the United States who need
Evening star., 1927-09-30
CIVIL LIFE WAGES
IN ARMY PROPOSED
A. r. L. Convention May Con-
slider Resolution Urged by
Three Branches.

LOS ANGELES, September 30.--A
resolution introduced before three de-
partments of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, all branches of which
are gathering here for the opening
Monday of it's national convention,
proposes in part that officers and men
employed in all branches of military
service be awarded remuneration pro-
portionate to that received by civilians.
The resolution. which was introduced
yesterday at meetings of the metal
trades, building trades and union labels
departments, also proposed that the
Government declare all naval bases
and arsenals permanent and keep
them in good repair. Officers of the
metal trades branch declared the res
olution certain to be reported upon
favorably in committee, and to reach
the floor of the federation convention,
where they insisted it had an excellent
chance of adoption.
President William Green Of the fed.
Grafton, appearing before each of the
Evening star., 1927-09-30
URGES PRESERVING
/ IRON HORSE FAIR
Former Secretary Baker
Would Bring Exhibit to
Washington Intact.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Uispatcn TO Ihe star.
BALTIMORE, September 3o.-The
Federal Government should take over
the centennial exhibition of the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad intact and
house ii in a building and grounds at
Washington. declared Newton d,
Baker. Secretary of War in the Will
SON cabinet. who saw the fair as the
guest of President Daniel Willard.
Following the parade he said: This
brings to mind more forcibly than
ever the fact that the railroad In this
country was the true pioneer. 1t is
departure from the regular history
of railroading. In other nations civil
ization came first and the railroad foi.
lowed. With this Nation, however. 1t
is different. The railroad led the way
and settlements sprang up around IL.
Growth of Economic Basis.
"This demonstrates to us the growth
Of the basis of Americas economic
progress" he said. and Joined other
prominent State and national figures
in advocating national museum TO
permanently house the entire exhibit.
"Any suggestion that the Federal
Government take over this affair
would meet with responsive note
Immediately. l am sure he added.
among the guests dl tlle IAN anu
at a luncheon in the private car of
Daniel Willard yesterday We're: An
drew w. Mellon. Secretary of the
Treasury, with his brother, Robert F..
Mellon, and Elisha Lee, vice presi.
dent of the Pennsylvania railroad.
Guest From Canada.
Sir Henry w. Thornton of Montreal,
chairman of the board of directors of
the Canadian National railroad. and
president of that organization, also
was the guest of Mr.. Willard.
Shortly before noon party OF
1000 members of the American SO.
ciety of Mechanical Engineers arrived
at the grounds from Washington,
where they are holding a special two
day meeting. Immediately after their
special train pulled in they began an
inspection tour of the exhibition.
Evening star., 1927-09-30
FIVE KILLED AT CROSSING,
Train Skaters Sedan Containing
Harvest Festival Party.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DANEILLE, Va, September So
An entire family will be buried near
here this afternoon as result of an
accident yesterday near Reidsville,
n. c., when a speeding Southern ex.
press crashed into a sedan, killing MIR.
and Mrs. Charles Lucas and their only
children, Roger, 13, and Alice, 16, of
Benaj ia. and L. G. Johnson, friend.
The train was running so miles an
hour. A pile Of cross ties obscured the
sedan drivers view Of the track. The
engine made a square hit and the
brakes We're not applied by Engineer
E. l.. Preble until after the impact.
The tragedy came at the close of
Reidsville's harvest festival. during
which 10000 people flocked to the lit
tie town, the victims being on their
way home. Twenty-four hours earlier
near the same spot, five persons We're
injured in motor accident, all being
now in a local hospital.
Evening star., 1927-09-30
TRUCK CRUSHES SKULL
OF COL MAR MANOR BOY
Howard Van Pelt, in Hospital,
Says He Was Pushed in Path Of
Danger by Playmate.
special D,snatch. to The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MOUNT RAINIER, Nd, September
30.-Struck by a truck belonging to
the Maryland Grocery CO. on Newton
street near Thirty-fourth street here
yesterday afternoon. Howard Van
Pelt, 9-year-old son of Robert E. Van
Pelt of Colmar Manor, suffered
fractured skull and possible internal
injuries. lie was removed to Sibley
Hospital, Washington.
The truck was driven by a colored
man who stopped and gave assistance.
The boy was picked up by Perry Bos-
we'll in front. of whose Office he was
struck and was taken to the hospital
by C. F. Schatz, 1901 Seventeenth
street northeast, who was parked
nearby
On the way to the hospital Schatz
said the boy told him another boy
pushed him in front of the truck.
The colored driver of the truck told
Schatz young Van Pelt was playing
in the street and he was unable to
avoid hitting him. 4. 8