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Motor Coach Schedules
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N. W. 3:16 p. m. 81 20 one way: 50 %
limo: Main 1875.
w. 1915 .. m. 90 .. M: fare 81 80
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W. also xor 10 nGur n On tss m 5Sf a. SAT- &
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The most celebrated phrase in all music is
the group of four notes at the start Of Bee
thovens Fifth Symphony, shown in the drawing
above. The phrase is supposed to represent the
mysterious figure Of "Fate knocking at the
door,"
CONTINUED Tomorrow
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CONTINUED Tomorrow
Announcements
PERSONALS
Scientific Masss
CLAlRVOYANTS

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2523 18th st. n. W. 4 to 8 p. m. Col. 46S
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MRS. AGNES HAFFERMAN
teadings daily. 1410 w ST. NV, Pot 1887

MRS. BR0wNELL. formerly of 9O6 Eye st.
W, viii see patrons and friends at
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PROF. GEORGE
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DR.. JANE B. COATES
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VIRGINIA ANDERSON. PSYCHIC
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Unity is unlimited Where You can soon on
dictate your own income? Right now is
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through drawing account against commi0-
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a failure IN business. love mar
rage or divorce. this message IL for you.
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01
VOTE SPLIT KILLS
SHORTR|DGE CUT
School Board Majority Fac
ton Suffers Break.

A split among majority members
of the Indianapolis school board
Tuesday night prevented revision OF
the Shortridge High School heating
and ventilating system plans to cut
the cost down to the $230,000 bond
issue approved by the State tax
board.
The tax board declared the C. G.
Shipp type ventilating system was
too expensive and twice ordered the
board 20 consider other systems,
finally approving the Ship system
and ordering the cost cut.
The division occurred when a vote
was taken on a proposal to eliminate
approximately $3.50 worth Of con-
struction from the heating and
ventilating system.
Fred Bates Johnson, minority
group member, objected on the
ground that elimination of some list
ed articles would seriously impair eff.
fectiveness of the system. johnson
was backed by the other minority
member, Charles r. Yoke, and two
majority members, President Theo.
dore +. Vonnegut and Mrs.
Lillian Sedwick. Charles w. Kern,
who has previously voted with Won
negut and Mrs. Sedwick, voted for
the plan.
Items the board objected TO elm
mating were temperature control.
toilet ventilation and steam pipe
line covering.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01
INJURED RACING
DRIVERS BETTER
Kohiert Not Yet Out of Dan-
ger at Hospital.

Henry Kohlert, "a, st. Charles, Ill,
driver seriously injured in a Speed
way race crash Monday, did not
know what had happened until he re-
gained consciousness, Mrs. Kohlert
disclosed today.
Mrs. Kohlert is with her husband.
Physicians say he is not out OF dan
ger.
Jules Ellingboe, another danger
ously injured driver. is improving.
and Norman Batten, seriously
burned when his car caught fire, is
improving rapidly.
The three drivers are at Methodist
hospital.
When Kohlert regained conscious
ness Monday, he asked who won the
race, his wife said. Then he asked
what happened to his car. Kohlert's
head is swathed in bandages and he
can not see his wife.
Hell never drive again, declared
Mrs. Kohlert.
Kohlert's father, II. heard OF the
accident over radio at St. Charles,
H.. Monday.
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Gone, but Not Forgotten

Stolen automobiles reported to po-
lice belong to:
Esker Brown, r. r. L., Stilesville,
Ind, Ford, 503-s43. from Capitol
Ave. and Maryland SITS.
r. 3. Kester, 205 N. Warman Ave,
Nash, 562-743, from Washington and
Illinois SITS.
Thomas Ford, 912 Broadway, Ford,
51S-279, from in front Of 1856 Black
ford st.
Raymond Herring, westport, Ind,
Ford. 1zS.199, from Ohio st. and
Capitol Ave.
Clarence Newcomb, 1929 Laurel
ST., Ford, 595-095, from Sanders st.
and Madison Ave.
William H. Martin, 44o Massa-
chusetts Ave-, Chrysler, 1885, from
Vermont and Capitol Ave.
r. H. Mckinney, 1868 Union st.,
Essex, 593.937, from 100 s. Meridian
st.
Crescent Oil Company, Wyoming
and West SITS, Dodge, from 900
Massachusetts, Ave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01
SPRING RA|NF ALL
SETS NEW MARK
Moisture Recorded on ~ of
90 Days.

More rain fell during March,
April, and May, 1927, than in the
same months during any other year
in the history of the Indianapolis
Weather, Bureau, Meterologist j. H.
Arlington said today
On forty-fouly cE@the 1ninety-two
days at least one-hundredth inch was
recorded. 1t sprinkled on other
days, but the weather bureau does
not notice a fall less than oil inch
The next wettest period was
March, April, and May, 1922, when
rain was recorded in forty out of
ninety.two days.
The resultant damage to corn is
inestimable, crop experts say. Many
Of 100000 Indiana corn growers are
thirty days behind in ploughing.
Arlington said the heaviest rain
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01
ROCKY COURSE AWAITS
POLICE IN GEOGRAPHY
City Officers Going Back to School for "Larnng on How
to Protect Themselves

Indianapolis policemen are going
back to school.
And geography is going to be one
of the most important courses-local
geography. They're going to study
physical culture, law, target prac-
tise, observation, first aid and gen.
eral subjects. But there's no de.
gree to be won, just the knowledge
that the students will be better pc.
licemen.
The school will be opened in about
sixty days, Police Chief Claude F.
Johnson said.
Veteran "Larning"
At first only new force appointives
will attend. but later some of the
veterans may get a chance at
farming"
Major Lewis Johnson, who prob.
ably will head the school, has been
studying police schools in Los
Angeles, New York, Louisville, and
other large cities.
Police work is a profession"
Major Johnson said. Everyone
can't be appointed to the force and
become an efficient officer. Police
men should be trained thoroughly
and we proposed to build up the local
department.
To Protect Selves
~ police officer will never learn
the profession from an old timer
who has never been taught
scientifically himself. 1t is proposed
to teach officers how to protect
themselves as we'll as others.
"a policeman should be physical
ly ft. understand city, State. and
Federal laws, and know local
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01
LindyS' Feat Starts
Stampede for Sky

" WAsIiiNGToN, l.
imagination of American youth.
Army air officials said today that what already record
a Lindbergh exploit
approximately applications army
that this number will be
The number of applications he sad is about twice
with n
a
a AIarshfed
IN the flying largely
The fact that Lndbergh training
school being
embazoned the boards.
The rigid
=
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01
JEWS PLAN FIRST
COMMUNITY DRIVE
Goal $80,382 - Previous
GiVerS Too Few

Plans for the first Indianapolis
Jewish Community Chest campaign
were outlined at a meeting Tuesday
night at the Elks Club. Coal was
place at $80,3S2.
Among speakers were Ralph
Bamberger, attorney. campaign COM
mittee general chairman; Albert NJ
Rosenthal, director; j. A. Goodman,
president of the Jewish Welfare
Fund. which will conduct the cam.
paign; Samuel Frommer, publicity
manager.
THE funds that have been secured
heretofore have been coming from
too small a group" Rosenthal said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01
PADDING SAVES BOY, 8

mothers promise to have ia
Their use the paddle" and a teachers
plea saved an S-year-old pupil of
School 4 from juvenile court Tues.
day afternoon.
The boy admitted taking money
from Miss Monica Rice. a teacher.
Miss Rice asked that no arrest be
made, and the boy was taken to his
mother.
Just let me have him." the moth
er said; when his father arrives
home tonight he will take care of
him."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01
MYSTERY SHOT IN WALL
Ray Wl1easley Home Fired Upon by
Unknown AssaiIant.

A bullet was fired through the
kitchen window Of the home of Ray
Wheasley, 2230 Winter Ave, Tues
day night, narrowly missing mem
bers of the family and lodging in the
opposite wall,
Wheasley ran out the back door,
but found no one near his home. Pc.
lice were called.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01
AL SMITH NOT
REPEAL LEADER,
/. COPELAND SAYS
New York Senator Asserts
Governors Stand on Dry
Law Is Sane.

BD United Press
WASHINGTON. June Gov
ernor AL Smiths wet position in his
campaign for the Democratic nomi-
nation for President, will not go be-
yond demand for modification of
the Volstead act, Senator Copeland
declared here today.
Intimating that his prediction was
based on definite and recent COM
mnnications with New York execu-
tive, Senator Copeland said Smiths
attitude would be for revision of the
Volstead Act so as to permit a State
to legalize beers and wines that are
held to be Notwithstanding in fact.
There is nothing in Governor
Smiths speeches or platforms" as
serted the Senator, (which shows
him to be demanding repeal of the
Eighteenth Amendment. Never in
his public life has he said or done
anything which justifies attacks
upon him as a nullifcationist."
Copeland Made Tour
Basing his declaration upon an ex-
visits below the Mason and Dixon
line, the New York Senator asserted
that Smith was the only Democrat,
who had a chance of election over
Coolidge. In the Senator's opinion,
however, Coolidge will not run
eRain.
''The three great arguments made
by some Democrats against Smith"
said the Senator, ARE his religion,
his wetness and his connection with
Tammany hall. 1 don't think the
people of the United States. or mem
bers Of the Democratic party will
deny a nomination or an election to
such an outstanding and able public
servant as Governor Smith merely
on the ground Of , religious in
tolerance.
Stand Called Sane
{ S'T1is position on prohibition Is per-
fectly sane. He believes in enforce,
ing all the laws while they are on
the statute books, and he has as fine
an enforcement record as any execu-
tive in the land. But he thinks the
volstead act should be modified"
81 don't understand what the argu-
ment is against him on the score of
his association with Tammany,"
Copeland continued. HE is able and
honest. He has demonstrated his
ability as Governor of New York
In estimating Smiths chances,
Senator Copeland gave him the fol-
lowing States: = e
The solid South, New York, New
Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New Hampshire, Delaware, Mary
land, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona,
wyoming and Tennessee. These
States total So6, or forty more than
! necessary for election.
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SCHOOL REQUEST HEARD

The school board today. had un-
der consideration request for a
Broom addition to the Broad Rip
pie High School.
The request came from a large
delegation of Broad Ripple citi-
zens who attended the meeting on
Tuesday night, submitting a petit
ton with 400 names.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01
BACK HOME AGAIN

Automobiles reported found by po-
lice belong to:
Thomas Streaberry, Greenwood,
Ind, found at 315 W. Ohio St.
J. P. Dorrell, zoos Prospect St.,
Ford, found at Keystone Ave. and
Pleasant Run Blvd.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01
BUehanan's Kin Dies

BIZ United Press
PHILADELPHIA, June Miss
Annie Buchanan, 80, niece of former
President Buchanan and Stephen G.
Foster, the composer, died at her
home here today. She was a mem.
Der of a prominent Philadelphia fam
lily and for years had been identified
with religious and philanthropic &C.
tivities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01
Realty Trading, Topic

How to Make a Real Estate
Trade" will be a topic for discussion
at the meeting of the Indianapolis
Real Estate board Thursday noon
at the Chamber of Commerce.
Speakers will be z. B. Hunt, Paul l..
McCord, E. K. Mckinney, and
Walter r White.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01
Bedroom Thief
Alarm Works

Z. II. Schroeder, 1900 Church
man Ave-, troubled by chicken
thieves, tied a rope to the coop
door and the other end to a
chair in his bed room.
Last night thieves upset the
chair. Two fed across a field
Schroeder jerked open a
window and fired several shots.
Police said Schroeder missed,
because tracks showed the
thieves leaped a fence with UNI
diminished speed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01
Animated Pin Cushion

CAPE MAY, N. J.-More than
fifty years ago, Mrs. George Nc
Neil swallowed needle. No Ill
effects resulted and after worrying
for a while, the incident was for
gotten. Recently. she felt a pain: in
her hip and went to a doctor, who
removed the needle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01

geography. 1t is as necessary for
an officer to know how to make out
an intelligent report Of his ac-
tivities and observations as it is for
him to catch a criminal or mischief
maker"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01
Meeting Tonight

The indianapolis Sheet Metal Con-
tractors Association will meet at the
Denison at tonight.
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BIZ United Press
ABOARD S. S. PENNSYLVANIA
AT SEA, June lon May 80, at IL
p. m, G. NJ. T., the lookout in the
crows nest. reported a light, low in
the sky, on the southern horizon
which be believed to be an airplane.
The sky was clear and there was a
light easterly wind. The position of
the Pennsylvania was latitude 1851
north and longitude 1929 west.
The officer on watch could not see
the light from the bridge and sent
Cadet King aloft with binoculars.
King reported he observed light in
the sky moving eastward. He first
observed the light low over the hor-
lion and later it rose to great alti-
tude and disappeared in an easterly
direction. The light was observed by
two persons for ten to twelve min.
utes. The ships officers suggested
that the light might have been
from naval plane maneuvering in
connection with fleet exercises.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01
PLANE, GHOST OF
ATLANTIC, SEEN
FOR 10 MINUTES
Rotary Ship Lookout Spies
Light, Low in Sky, Fad
ing Into East.

CAPT. David ". Bone Of the Cunard-An.
Choir liner Pennsylvania en- route TO Eu-
rope with party of Rotarians for the
an airplane flying east about one thousand
miles off the Irish coast. caused momen-
tai.y excitement in London and New York
Yesterday The United Press obtained the
following account from Charles E. Duns-
co:nbe, Rotarian party member, Berkeley
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01

of the spring was at Madison, Ind,
May 8, when a fall Of 400 inches in
twenty-four hours was recorded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01
Four Walls Can Make a
House, but it takes a Wom-
an to Make a Home

To be a successful homemaker, a
woman must guard her health. When
mother is not well, the home is up
set. Women everywhere are learn
ing through their own personal ex-
periences, as these women did, the
merit Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. -
Lancaster, Ohio.-"For ten years
after my marriage. had poor health.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-01
NO WOMAN CAN KEEP
HOUSE EFFICIENTLY


! was on a visit to my sister in
Utica, Michigan, and she had taken
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. Her husband got me a bot
tie and 1 took it and felt so much
better that got second one. Now,
whenever feel rundown l take the
Vegetable Compound and soon feel
all right again. have had three
little girls in the last six years and
do all my homework, sewing, wash
ing, and ironing. My time is pretty
we'll taken up, but / will answer any
letters receive. Mas. FRANK DIN
DoRE, Box 239, Lancaster. Ohio.
Sturgis, Michigan.-"I am very
thankful for what your medicine
has done for me and have recon-
mended it to others. / took it to
give me strength before my baby
was born. / would have to stop work
and lie down sometimes all the after
noon. felt as If 1 did not care
whether anything was done or not. I
got tired out so easily. One day I
found little book on my porch and
that night l showed it to my hus-
band and he went down town and
got me a bottle of Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. The
medicine has helped me so much
that was soon able to do my work,
and when my baby was born, my
nurse, Mrs. Forbes, said it was the
easiest birth she had ever attended.
will be more than pleased if am
helping someone else by giving my
testimonial. "-MRs. EDWARD PER
SING, GA Sturgis Ave.. Sturgisr
Michigan.
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What Traffic Will Bear

The rates charged by the railroads for transportation
of freight are influenced by many considerations One
Of the most important to business generally the prn
ciple embodied in the familiar expression, what the
traffic will bear; yet few railway principles are so
widely misunderstood.
The adjustment of freight rates to what the traffic
will bear is not as many persons assume, matter Of
increasing those rates wherever possible The purpose
is not to force the last penny out of each item of traffic
handled Rates are tempered to what the traffic will
bear in order to develop the maximum volume of all
kinds of traffic by fair and equitable distribution OF
charges Both in theory and application the principle
is not one of extorton but of moderation. Per
haps clearer statement of would be 'wha will at
tract or develop traffic
The simplest method of determining freight rates
would be to have them all conform strictly to one pat
tern such the length of haul the value OF the COM
modify and the character of service. These elements
are considered of course but they subject to many
exceptions. If no exception allowed, good
many commodities in general would be barred
from commerce because of disadvantages of location
other reasons. The largest possible volume of COM
merce is obtained only by adjusting rates they will
develop every kind of potential traffic.
variation in rates for comparable services is not
always the injustice that it may sometimes seem to be-
For example, by handling some commodities at rela-
lively low rates the railroads obtain great deal of
traffic which otherwise would not The volume
of business thus obtained obviously benefits the rail-
roads and those who produce, distribute and use the
commodities concerned Not obviously, but no less
truly it also benefits those concerned in the movement
of commodities which and do pay the higher rates
This is because the provided by the ow-rate
traffic helps to bear the general overhead cost of rail
way service which otherwise the highrate traffic would
have bear unaided Moreover, the increased volume
of traffic resulting from this practice is of benefit to
railway patrons generally through the improved eff
cheney of railway operation made possible by heavier
loading of trains greater percentage of move
ment under load, and so on.
The present structure of railway freight rates is the
result of many years of study and experience That it
is effective is indicated by the widespread and unham-
pered flow of Whenever rates fail to stimu-
late to the maximum extent possible railway
managers themselves among the first to urge their
readjustment.
1t is to the interest of the public we'll to the in
tercs of the railroads keep rates levels that will
both stimulate traffic and provide revenue sufficient to
pay all the costs of providing railway service. The
future of this highly important service be assured
in other way.
Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited.
l.. A. DOWNS,
President, Illinois Central System.
CHICAGO, June ], 1927.