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New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
Dole Flight Postponed


Airport, Oakland, Cal, Aug. II P)
The start of the James Dole
$500 prize aerial derby from here
to Hawaii today was postponed I'M
til next Tuesday noon by agreement
among nine of the II entries already
here.
The agreement was reached short
ly after midnight after day Of
muddled planning. during which the
original starting date was condition
ally postponed two weeks, then de-
cIared on again, and finally set back
until next Tuesday, when the pilots
took a hand in the matter. The
starting time originally had been set
for noon today.
Disaster having struck twice
against the entries in two days. the
subject Of qualification and COM
potency OF pilots, navigators and
planes continued to be the foremost
subject in flight circles today.
The latest entry to be removed
from the air derby is the twin
motored tr1plane spirit OF Los An
geles," which crashed into San Fran
cisco bay yesterday while trying to
land on the starting field. Captain
James L. Griffin, the pilot, Ted Lund-
gren, navigator, and Lawrence Well.
passenger. escaped uninjured and
were dragged out OF the water by
attaches at the field. The plane was
wrecked.
The accident to the Spirit OF Los
Angeles" and the deaths near San
Diego Wednesday OF Lieutenants
George w. D. Covell and r. S. Wag-
gener, Of the navy, while testing
their monorlane served to heighten
the talk OF qualifications and safety
precautions.
The Tuesday starting agreement
was made to permit all signers to
pasS federal tests
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
Old Glory Has Tests

Old Glory Has Tests
Roosevelt Field, N. Y. Aug. II Up
Old Glory, the Fokker monoplane
which Lloyd Bertaud and James De-
Witt Hill, air mail pilots. will fly to
Rome this month completed its
final load test today.
The plane weighed 1880 pounds,
or within five pounds OF what it
will weigh on the fight to Rome.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12
Germans Are Ready

Germans Are Ready
pessau Germany, Aug. II Pl-
Both the Junkers transatlantic
CONTINUED on Page Three)
New Britain herald., 1927-08-12

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30
CITY BANKERS
FATHER dead
Hilary Morris, II, Stricken
on Trip to Florida.

J. Edward Morris, Washington
Bank and Trust Company president,
today received word of the death Of
his father, Hilary Morris. at Chat
tanooga, Tenn, on Thursday.
The elder Mr. Morris, on his way
to Florida by motor with his son,
Oscar Morris, Greenwood, Ind,
dropped dead in a Chattanooga
hotel.
Funeral services will be held on
Monday afternoon at the j. Edward
Morris home in Williams Greek Es-
tates.
Mr.. Morris would have been 70
years old if hehad lived twenty days
longer. He had spent his entire
life in Indianapolis. In the early
days of Broad Ripple he operated
a store there. He gave up the
store to take up farming on Inc
old Morris farm, which is now the
site Of the Meridian Hills Country
Club property, living on the farm
until four years ago, when he took
up his residence at 6045 Ashland
Ave.
A daughter, Mrs. Helen Johnson,
lived with him there. Another son,
Irwin Morris, 6037 Colleg Ave, also
survives. His wife died a year ago.
Mr.. Morris was active outside his
home and family only in work of the
Broad Ripple M. E Church, Of
which he was a trustee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30
PROBE GROUP
NEARS END OF
SEARCHING QUIZ
Old Grand Jury UnCoverS
Corruption Two Others
Failed to Find.

With a new county grand jury
in the process Of selection, the
present jury, one that did what two
others tried to do and failed, was
rapidly nearing entry on the pages
of Indiana political history today.
At midnight Saturday the July
term of Criminal Court will end
and the January term will start.
The retiring jury is composed Of
William J. Mooney, foreman; John j.
Madden, w. O. Thiele, H. Julius
Wangelin, Ross Hill Jr., and Charles
Bernloehr.
The probe body began its in
vestigation into alleged political cor
ruption in Indiana last July and
closed it today.
Throughout this time the jury
went through the mass of evil
dence collected by two previous jul
ries, and, in addition, called nu-
merous witnesses and gathered more
testimony and evidence.
Find Steve's Black Boxes
When the probe started Oct. IL,
1926, the search for D. c. Stephen
sons "black boxes" in which he was
supposed to have kept most of cor
respondence, relative to contracts he
made with political aspirants and
Office holders for the support of the
Ku-Klux Khan, began.
The retiring jury was the first to
examine contents after they were
found near Washington, Ind, by
Emsley w. Johnson, special prose-
cutor, July %.
They we're guarded carefully and
have been opened several times by
the jurors.
Stephenson, who is serving life
sentence in the State prison at
Michigan City for murder, has been
before this jury twice. Approximate
ly a dozen trips have been made to
the prison by Prosecutor William H.
Remy Deputy Prosecutor William
H. Sheaffer and members of the jury
to interview the one-time Khan car.
Governor Jackson Indicted
Two of these trips we're made
within the last week and Stephen
son came here about two weeks ago,
spending almost four hours with the
grand jury.
The jury has indicted Governor
Jackson, George " Coffin, county
Republican chairman and Robert 1
Marsh, former law partner of jack
sons, for conspiracy to commit a
felony. They are alleged to have
offered former Governor Warren T.
McCray $4,000 and promised no
conviction in Indiana courts, when
he was in financial difficulties, if
he would appoint James E. Nc
Donald, county prosecutor. William
P. Evans, brother law of McCray,
resigned at the time and McCray
appointed Remy, his chief deputy.
Special Judge Oscar H. Mont
gomery of Seymour held the in
dictment returned was valid and
sufficient for trial when he recent
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30
Headache from Slight Colds

Laxative BROMO QUININE Tablets
relieve the Headache by working off
the Cold. A Safe and Proven Remedy
Look for signature of f. W. Grove on
the box. Acknowledgement.
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~ overruled a motion to quash it,
filed by the defendants attorneys.
COuncilmen Face Trial
The trial date. has been set for
Feb 7.
The jury also indicted six mem
bers of the city council and a real
estate dealer for alleged bribery.
The charges were based on alleged
money taking activities of the coun-
cilmen in the efforts to halt i'm
parchment proceedings against
former Mayor John L. Duval, pur-
chase of fire apparatus for the city
and rezoning Of various property
sites for business purposes.
Motions to quash these charges are
pending before Criminal Judge
James A. Collins.
An Indictment, charging viola
ton of the Indiana Blue Sky law
was returned against Virgil Wanda
grifft, former works board president.
Vanadagrifft resigned his official
position when the charge was filed
Arguments on a motion to quash
were heard recently by special Judge
Alonzo Blair of Shelbyville, and a
ruling is expected soon.
Despite all the work that has
fallen in the path Of the jurors, they
have found time for some sideline
amusement. During Thanksgiving
holidays they took a weeks vacation
before resuming the probe. At this
time the jurors, all of whom are To-
cal business men. Strengthened out
their business affairs.
On Dec. %, they had regular
Christmas party in the juryroons
Tuesday night of this week they de-
voted an evening as guests of john
son at a farewell dinner given at
his home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30
SEEK SLAYER SUSPECT
Local Police on Watch for Man
Wanted at Lafayette.

Search was extended to Indian
apolis today for Arnold Short,
wanted at Lafayette in connection
with the Staying of Peter Minicus,
81, during gambling house hold
Up ten days ago, by two masked
men, whose loot was $68.
Lafayette police revealed today
that the stories of the six patrons
held up indicated that the shoot
ing of Minicus was accidental. The
bandits were tying up their
victims, and one of them was
leaning over Minicus to fasten a
rope, when the trigger of his gun
caught and was discharged, fatally
founding the victim.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30
ANSTESS TO U. S. CELL
Taken to LeavenwOrth to Serve
Eighteen Months Booze Term.


Wallace Anstess, Indianapolis, was
taken to Leavenworth Penitentiary
Thursday night by Oscar johnson,
deputy United States marshal, to
serve an eighteen months sentence
on a Federal liquor charge.
Anstess was arrested last spring
by George l.. Winkler, deputy dry
administrator, when Anstess APP
peared at a local trucking company
to claim a number OF boxes, marked
Household goods" which were
found to contain bonded whisky,
valued at $4,000, shipped from De-
troit.
Anstess appealed his conviction
to the United States Circuit Court
of Appeals, the conviction being up
held.
Vincent Dude, FIT. Wayne, SEN
fenced to year and day on a
charge of possessing a still, also was
taken to the penitentiary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30
SUBVERSIVE TO
U. S. PRINCIPLES,
LETTER STATES
Gives Views in Statement
to KIuxer Protesting Ban
on Parade.
RULE BY LAW URGED
Organizations Protection in
Court Same as That of
Any Other.
EnLnitcd Prcss

In United Press
ALBANY. N. Y, Dec. 30.-Gov-
crnor Smiths views on the Ku-
Klux Khan, whose purposes he re-
CARDS with adherence" we're be-
fore the electorate in a detailed
statement today.
The Governor expressed his po-
sition in a letter to Paul M Winter,
a Klan organizer in Jamaica, N. Y,
who protested to the Governor
against the barring of the Khan
from a Memorial day parade in
Queens County early this year.
The letter, which was on its way
TO Winter today, advised the COM
plainant that the Governor has no
authority to step over local officials
in such matters. A digest of the
letter follows:
The burden of your communica-
ton is a request for the protection
of the law. The whole theory of
our Government rests on rule by
law.
Equality Before Law
II find no fault with your appeal
ing to me, as you are only acting
on what seems to be a rather wide
spread opinion that the Governor.
because of his position, can reach
out, and by any assumption Of
power, right all the wrongs, public
and private, that are perpetrated,
Intentionally or otherwise, through
out the whole State.
80 far as it lies in the power
Of the Governor directly to protect
the rights of individuals or groups
of individual citizens, / have always
stood ready to exercise that power.
Although subscribe to no tenet of
the Socialist party, 1 protected its
equality before the law when I
vetoed the bill that would have made
it possible to deprive that party of
its proper representation on the
ballot.
Regard With Adherence"
Recently an endeavor was made
TO strike from the jury list the name
OF man who entertained doctrines
like yourself and the appellate di-
vision of the Supreme Court in the
first department wrote:
A man can not be removed from
The jury list merely because of big
otry that runs counter to funda-
mentalS Of religious liberation and
freedom. American liberty extends
the protection of the law even to
those who are false to its principles
Il subscribe unreservedly to that
declaration of principle. I regard
the purposes of your organization
with adherence and I consider them
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30
FERRACANE TO APPEAL
Writ of Error Granted Rum King,
Now i'm LeavenwOrth.

Tony Ferracane, now serysng a
two-year term at Leavenworth
penitentiary on a charge of liquor
conspiracy, has been granted writ
of error in Federal Court
preparatory to an appeal to the
United States Circuit Court of APP
peals at Chicago. Cases of Charles
Gay and Les Feldhaus. both of
Louisville, will be considered ny the
appeals court at the same time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30
BOY is HIT BY TRUCK
Child, 7, in City For Holiday Visit
With Grandmother.

Victor Holt, Z, of Greenfield, Ind,
came to indianapolis to spend the
holidays with his grandmother Mrs,
George Merlau, APO n Gray st.
Today he was crossing Gray and
Michigan SITS, and stepped into the
path of a truck driven by Anthony
Micelli, %, of COL E. Merrill st.
The child was cut and bruised,
but not seriously, the police report
states.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30
CITY FIRE LOSS
FOR YEAR SET
AT S76O,OOO
Increase of $4,000 Over
1926; Answer $500
Alarms in 1927.

Indianapolis fire loss up to date
this year was s76O,OO0. a SOS, 900 in
crease over the total figure for 1926,
according to the annual report be-
ing prepared by Lieut.. Verne Earl
of the Salvage Corps.
The report goes to the National
Board of underwriters.
The Indianapolis fire department.
answered $500 calls thus far, while
last year the total was 1855 Fire
men asserted that the rain Wednes-
day night cut down the usual thirty
to thTty-five calls that are sent in
daily during the Christmas season.
st. Patrick's Loss Highest
Largest fire loss of the year was
st. Patrick's Church, $4,000, and
the second largest the recent fire
at the Banner Furniture Company,
which tentatively has been placed
at 100000 The latter figure may
be raised or lowered, Earl said
Maurice De La Tour confessed to
firing ST. Patrciks and two other
Catholic churches and was sem
fenced to life Imprisonment under
the habitual criminal act.
There were $50 incendiary fires.
most Of which either were in the
northwest Or southwest sections CT
the city. The northwest fires are
attributed to a Negro firebug who
has operated there for three years,
burning vacant houses and barns.
In the southeast section the fire
bug attacks new houses, Just before
they are occupied.
GrayStOnc Worst Tragedy
Although majority of alarms still
come from the residential districts,
there was a decrease in residential
losses during the year of $4,000,
There were 983 residential calls re-
ceived in 1926 and 78O in 1927.
The greatest fire tragedy in years
occurred this fall with the burning
Of the Greystone Hotel apartments,
with loss of ten lives. including one
fireman. Property loss was S22 o00
There was a decrease of fires from
sparks on roofs Of 200, which is at
tributed to the educational cam
paigns on prevention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30
OPEN HOLINESS MEETING
Four-Day Convention to End With
Tabernacle Dedication.

A four-day holiness convention
will be held at the new Holy Band
Tabernacle, st. Clair st. and Mas
sachusetts Ave, starting tonight. 1t
will close Sunday with dedication of
the tabernacle.
Speakers will be DR.. Monroe Way
hinger of Upland, the Rev. c. M.
Jones of Terre Haute, the Rev.
George Jewell of Columbus, the
Rev. Emerett Hall of Oakland, Ill,
and the Rev. o. H. Mater of this
city.
Services will be held at 1920 a.
m, 230 p. m. and 7:30 p. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30
GraystOnc Worst Tragedy
Sues for S7,5ON
Bu Times Special

BU IlMcS NDCCi0f
BRAZIL, Ind, Dec. 30.-Alleging
his young daughter, Ruth Hill, will
be cripple for life as result Of
injuries suffered when she was
struck by an auto driven by Forest
Keltner. her father, Willis Hill, has
filed suit for $500 damages against
Keltner in Clay Circuit Court here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30
ROSS TO HEAD BOARD
State AppOintee May Succeed Mac
Fail as Sanitary Chief.

S1aCe AppOlnISe way succeed Mac
Fall as Sanitary Chief.
o. G. Ross, State appointee on
the sanitary board of Indianapolis.
is slated to succeed Russell T. Mac
Fall as board president Jan. l.
Ross and City Engineer A. H.
Moore have formed the controlling
faction since the appointment Of
Moore by Mayor L. Ert Slack.
B. j. T. Jeup, former city engi-
neer, will succeed MacFall as board
member. Jeup has attended meet
ings to familiarize himself with mat
tiers before the board.
Baker and Daniels, attorneys,
were employed for another year at
5000 a month.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30
Frat Bows at White House

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30-Four
hundred delegates attending the
national convention of the Sigma
NJ college fraternity called at the
White House today and were photo
graphed with President Coolidge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30
I. c. c. Elects Campbell

En- THitCd Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3O.-The
Interstate Commerce Commission
announced today Commissioner
Johnston B. Campbell has been
elected chairman for 1928, succeed
ing Commissioner John j. Each.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30

subversive of the fundamentals OF
American democracy. Nevertheless
as far as it lies within my power
under the law, I would accord tc
you exactly the same even-handeo
justice that I would give to anybody
else.
GAS long as you invoke the power
of law, be prepared to abide by it
as it exists.
Under our system of govern
ment, if you have been wronged
by local officials, you have your
remedies in the courts, and they
are the forum in which you should
seek relief"
The jury decision to which the
Governor referred was tlat of
Franklin Ford, who attacked Cath
odlics bitterly over New York ra-
do station. He was barred from
jury duty, but reinstated by the
Supreme Court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-23
FAMILY FOUND IN WANT
Mother and Six Children, Formerly
Here, Suffer at Elwood.

By Times Special
ELwOOD. Ind, Sept. ga
mother. ill since the birth Of baby
three weeks ago, waits with five
other children for, Pearl Blackburn,
the husband and father, whose
whereabouts are unknown. An Of
fetal Of the Associated Charities
found the family in a home without
food or fuel. Arrangements were
made for taking care of the mother
and children while a search is on
for Blackburn. The family moved
here recently from Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-23
DOZEN DETOURS
ELIMINATED ON
STATE ROADS
Highway Unit Announces
/, Completion of Paving
on IL Sections.

A dozen detours and bridge rum
arounds were eliminated on State
roads during the week, the State
Highway Department bulletin
shows. Rains during the week great
ly facilitated maintenance work on
stone and gravel surfaces.
Maintenance forces completed
surface treating sections of Rds. 81
just south of Indianapolis; 81 be-
tween haywood and Valley Mills,
southwest of Indianapolis; So be-
tween the Marion County line and
Julietta; and 9 from intersection Of
Rd. 6 to Albion. Detours were lifted
off Rd. 20 as paving was completed
on railroad overhead approaches at
8 miles east of Elkhart; off Rd. 81
at miles south of Columbus; Rd.
80 at Az miles east of Crawfcrds-
vile, and off Rd. So permitting all
types of traffic to use the new pave
ment between Denote and Hebron.
indianapolis road conditions were
given as follows:
No. 20 Madison. Greensburg. Shelby
junction of Rd. 20 near Michigan city,.
Detour around construction Just south Of
row. Detour. at one and one-half miles
north of Kirklin. Bridge run-around at
Middle Fork. Detour fro none mile NORTH
ton Detour from Knox to junction OF
Rd. 80 account paving.
U. s. No. 81 louisville: Seymour, colun1-
bus, Indianapolis, Peru, South Bend, Mich
lgan line)-Detour from Sellersburg to
tour around Edinburg bridge is narrl w.
Bridge run-arounds at nine and eleven
miles north of Kokomo and at one mile
north of Peru.
U. s. No. SO (authorized but not main-
tanned from Illinois line to Montezuma-
maintained thence to Rockville. Danville.
No. 81 (Tell city, English. Paoli, Bed
ford, Bloomington. Martinsville. indian
apolis)1,Drive carefully past workpm mel,
around paving.
U. S. No. So junction of Rd, Al near
Fowler, Lafayette. LEBANON Indianapolis,
mile mill detour between loxford. and Temple,
ton Detour from east edge OF Montmorenci
to one and one-half miles east Of Otter
bein. Good five-mile detour around paving
between Lebanon and Lafay tie; Paving
between New Palestine ar MorristoWn
with detours for local tre 4Iic. Pavement
from Rushville to Morristown and Marion
County line to New Palestine completed.
However men are working on shoulders
and one drives this at their. own risk.
Through traffic may route via No. 40 to
Dunreith, thence south on Rd. 3 to hush
vile.
No. 81 (vincennes. Bicknell, Spencer, In
dianapolis. Anderson, Muncie-autholi2 20
in Edwardsport account bridge construc~
ton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-23
SIMS is NAMED HEAD
OF TUBERCULOSIS UNIT
Succeeds DR.. Henry, Who Completes
Term of Seventeen Years.

Succeeds DIR. Henry, Who Completes
Term of Seventeen Years.
Election Of officers Of the Marion
County Tuberculosis Association at
a directors meeting Thursday re-
suited In Fred A. Sims, Indianapolis
attorney, succeeding DR.. Alfred
Henry, as president. DR.. Henry COM
pleted seventeen years Of service as
president.
Sol Schloss was named vice presi-
dent, Mrs. A. O. Rasmussen, trea-
surer, and Mrs. James Barrett, Sec
rotary. Four new board members
are: DR.. Henry, Mrs. j. A. Goodman
Edward H. Harris and Mrs. D.
Laurence Chambers.
Members reelected are DR.. K. M
Anas, Joseph G.. Hayes. Mrs. M. F.
Ault, Michael E. Foley, John w
Hays, John Lauck Jr., Leo Kaminsky
and Mrs. Charles H. Smith.
Township vice presidents named
were: Mrs. Charles Jay, Decatur
Township; Mrs. j. w. Moore, Center
Mrs. r. S. Records, Lowrence; DR.
e. o. Asher, Pike; Mrs William
Gale. Warren; Mrs Roy Corwin
Wayne; Mrs. William A. Brennan
washington; Mrs. Frank Kimberlin
Franklin. and Mrs. e. A. Clark
Perry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-23

first minutes book. She has been q
lined, stained coffin, a paper shroud
digging of the grave and attend
ance at funerals in person If not
otherwise occupied.
The minutes for June, 1875, show
Weaver and Vert, low bidders, re-
ceived the contract. Register & As
kin, cornty undertakers, today re-
ceive $35 allowance for funeral.
so Cents for Delivery
Sky cents was charged for de
livery of patients at hospital when
ordered" and 40 cents for each ad-
ditional person the same trip.
A fee of So was charged for de-
livery of persons with contagious
diseases to the pest house." Burial
of pest house" patients cost $11
Today's ambulance rate is SIS for a
private ambulance.
The first minutes book is preserved
carefully in the vault of Superin-
eendent William A. Doeppers.
I'VE have looked everywhere, but
Oct. z, 1874, is the first meeting we
have found on record" said DR.
Doeppers.
The first gathering recorded called
by President Theophilus Parvin to
adopt a memorial resolution after
the death of DR.. A. w. Davis, hos
pital superintendent.
"Dr. Davis entered on study Of
medicine later in life than most do
in the full maturity of his intellec-
tual powers, and with a zeal that
was stronger even for the many
years he had been compelled to
wait, from adverse circumstances, in
accomplishing the long-cherished
desire of life" the resolution stated
DR.. William B. Mcdonald, senior
hourse surgeon, was named super
intendent and Dr.. j. N. Smith Sec
rotary pro tenn.
The story of the institution OF
1874, as told by the slightly faded
record, is a decided contrast to- the