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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
Out OF the West

Practically everything in the CON-
munity is a loss because a seventy
five-mile-an-hour wind swept out Of
the west shortly after p. m.
Wednesday and literally blew away
all that had made the place a beau
tiful area in which to live.
Houses were torn down. business
places were ruined, trees were lifted
out by the roots, autmobiles and
other personal property were swept
along like so much chaff, residents
were injured, and-almost every
thing that amounted to anything
has gone.
l Today the scene prs-snted queer
contrast to that which residents of
the neighborhood have been accus'
toned to.
Today to Salvage
Where Wednesday morning the
people came out of their homes and
blithely went about tileir work, to
day they walked up to them to try
to salvage what the wind had left
Sometimes they found part of their
home, once in q great while the place
was almost intact, but more otter
there was nothing to cheer them.
Washington st. from Hendricks
Pl. to Tacoma Ave, looked much like
the barbed wire in mo mans land,
so entangled were wires and tele
phone poles which yesterday stood
along each scurbing.
Hendricks Pl,, from Washington
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19

eastern part of the city. Many
motorists were replenishing fuel
there.
Dearborn st. just north of New
York was closed when a telephone
pole, bearing a transformer, was
blown over. carrying with 1t wires
in which an auto became entangled.
The roof of a two-story residence
south of Michigan on Dearborn st.
was supporting two power line poles
which had toppled against the build.
ing.
One of the many freakish acts of
the wind was the crushing of two
sides of the drug store at the north
west corner of Dearborn and Mich
igan Sts. and leaving unframed a
grocery In the next room north. The
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
Neighborhood Ghost in Gray Sky
Evidences Natures Man MOckery

said, but we're dry and have some
thing to eat and we're happy for
that"
And there was the dog which lay
quietly in front of what was once
home, but now is a jumble OF
tinbers.
Police Patrol
Police patrolled the section. Once
one of the officers was interrupted
in his regular work to investigate
story that a 70-year-old woman,
Mrs. Mary Frankly. lay in partly
wrecked house. 40 N. Hamilton Ave,
i'll with influenza. Major Louis John
son, in charge of relief work, ordered
her sent to the hospital.
High up OH a building corner
only one wall left-a birds nest lay
unharmed.
Trees were everywhere. Sometimes
they were uprooted. sometimes twist.
ed in two. Some were split in doz-
ems Of pieces.
Under Giant Hand
Automobiles-or, rather, what
were automobiles-were piled indis-
criminately about the streets. Some
were overturned, others wrecked.
One, a Ford, No. 2407, looked as
though a giant hand had crushed it.
Hardly a garage was left. Many
of the houses appeared as though
they had been crushed with a giant
hammer. Others looked like a mann
moth knife had been used to slice
them. In some places circular l,oles
showed in roofs. as. though they had
been taken out much in the same
manner that one plugs" a water
melon.
One house. at 242 Hendricks Pl.
was untouched. Even the radio
aerial was in place.
Like Stick Candy
Another house had only the drain
pipe damaged. The pipe was twisted
like the stripe on a piece of stick
candy.
A single wall of one home re-
manned. On It picture of a woman,
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
WOMAN DAZED\ BY BLOW
Screen Prevents Serious Injury
When Glass Breaks.

Mrs. Wanette Johnson, 220 N.
Hendricks Pl,, was dazed when she
received a blow on the ear in the
kitchen Of her home. ShSe went to
the rear of the house when she no.
ticed the rising storm and looked out
the window. The wind crashed
through the glass. A screen inside
the window prevented her from be.
ing seriously cut.
II heard a great grinding noise
like a gigantic motor. There was
screaming, as If every one was be-
ing ground up in great mill, said
Mrs. Johnson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
c., |. & [. Bond Permit

Bv United Press
WASHINGTON. May 19.-The
Chicago. indianapolis & Louisville
Railway was authorized by the In
terestate Commerce Commission to-
day to issue $1,OOO,0OO of first and
general mortgage per cent bonds
to be used as collateral security for
notes it may issue in the future.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
GLASS TO STORM AREA
Kokomo Factories Ship to Indian
apolis and Other Points.

BIZ JnIfeT Press
KOKOMO, Ind, May 19.-Plate
glass factories here today began to
ship glass to replace the hundreds of
windows that were blown out in In
dianapolis and surrounding towns.
Skilled workmen accompanied the
glass shipments from Kokomo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19

Two hundred United States doughboys will be guard to-
night in the east side devastated of indianapolis
prevent possible oong homes wrecked by the 76meanhour
tornado which swept the city from the shortly before
o'clock Wednesday night.
Adjutan Thornton Chase Of Ft Benjamin Harrison
promised the troops Police Chief Claude F. Johnson They
will go guard in the stricken p m strengthen
the guard police guard the storm struck
Relief Survey Begins
Chief johnson declared modified martial law in effect
In the meantime Red Cross and city officials surveyed the
district in which estimated 900 garages
badly damaged determine what steps should be taken to aid
the hundreds who abored bring order the wreckag of their
homes.
With about 175 city blocks Of property damaged the
nados property toll estimated conservavey from
$750000 to $2,O00O00
Six persons critically injured in hospitals Hospital
records showed of Seriously enough to be
treated at hospitals Twentysx still in hospitals
More than 100 others injured treated drug
and doctors
Escape With Lives Remarkable
The marvel that there deaths Police Chief
Claude johnson after surveys of the stricken east
side district estimated the damage there $750000 Coroner
Paul F. Robinson Major Louis johnson estimated it al
$1,0O0000 and probably
Mayor Duval estimated the damage at $2OOo0Oo
All declared definite figures would be obtainable for
several days.
today of wrecked homes
buildings and garages in the east end.
The first district bounded roughly by Pine ST. the
west Michigan the north Ave. the and the
Pennsylvania railroad tracks the souha section eighteen
l. oa1o1 civ bool
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
BY Bert nj. Demby

The ghost of a neighborhood that
was, silhouetted against a gray sky
today-gr/1 evidence of mockery
that nature sometimes makes of
man-made glory.
And into what but few short
hours ago were the homes of hun
dreds of people living on the east
side between Pine st. to Eastern
Ave. and Michigan st. to the Penn
sylvania tracks there has come the
true meaning of the word devasta-
ton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
WIND HITS WINCHESTER
Mile of Telephone Poles Leveled
During Heavy Storm.

BIZ Times Special
WINCHESTER, Ind, May. 1s.-
About a mile of telephone poles
were blown down along the Union
Traction right-of-way by high
wind which accompanied heavy
rain storm here last night. Traffic
was disrupted for several hours. No
serious property damage or loss of
life was reported.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
Parade Postponed

The Junior Chamber of Commerce
safety parade scheduled for this aft
ernon was postponed on advice of
Police Chief Claude r. johnson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19

KILLER Office Supply Co., Ma. 06l2.
We supply Office needs-Cheerfully.
ADV.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
CRITICAL

FRANCES SHEETS. IL, eOSO e.
Washington St, decorations, possible
skull fracture, City Hospital.
LULU HIXON, 10, of $50 N. Rural
St. scalp lacerations, bruised arm.
possible skull fracture, City Hospital.
EARL WOLvERTON. II. of 40e
S. Harlan ST., broken shoulder, arm
cut and possible internal injuries,
City Hospital
MRS. JULIA LYONS, se, of 2os
n. jefferson Ave-, head injury, st.
Vincents Hospital.
MRS. MARIE DUDERSTADT, 241
Hendricks Pl.. SO, City Hospital.
MRS. LAURA STUART, 20, rear
of 81 N. keystone Ave, punctured
lung, city hospital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
Hourly Temperatures

11Ie Best-Grand Laundry, Main O774.
Economy finished. 10 lbs. $l.51, II
half fat. Everything ready to use.
Adv.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
Injured List

OF the forty.three injured seriously
enough to be treated at hospitals.
six were reported in critical condi.
ton today. OF the thirty-seven treat.
ed at the city hospital. twenty-six
were still there this morning. The
rest had gone to their homes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
OTHERS INJURED
CITY HOSPITAL

MRS. ANDREW SHEETS, 20. Of
2030 L. Washington St., head and
upper body decorations.
HOWARD COCKRELL, 17oe II.
Forty-sixth ST., fractured arm.
JAMES SMITH, Newcastle, laccr-
ated foot.
IONA KOENIG, 50. OF 2s15 Hoyt
Ave, lacerated foot.
r. j. LINDLEY, s2s N. Oakland
Ave-, lacerations.
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Forecast

Mostly cloudy tonight and
Friday; probably hunde e r
showers, not much change in
temperature.
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New Britain herald., 1927-05-07

. few drops of kerosene or crude oil to prevent mosquito breeding.
 Q. What did Franklin Pierce do after the expiration of his term as President?
 A. After three years of travel in Europe he retired to his New Hampshire home and died there in 1869.
 Q. What were the. seven won. ders of the ancient world?
 A. The Pyramids of Egypt; Pharos of Egypt: Hanging Gardens of Babylon; Temple of Diana at Ephesus: Statue of Jupiter by Phil dlas: Mausoleum of Artemisia and the Colossus of Rhodes.
 Q. What is the derivation of pin money?
 A. Back in the 14th century after the invention of pins. makers were not allowed to sell them cx- cept on the 1st and 2nd days of January. The reason was that wo- men, delighted with the novelty and usefulness of pins. spent an undue proportion of the family in- come on them, since they were very expensive. It became the cus- tom for the women of the family to place aside 8 bit of money on the 1st and End of January. Tlis came to be known as "pin money" and the natural development of this phrase has come to mean small amounts of money Set aside for 8 special purpose.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07

Breakfast--Stewed figs with lemon. cereal, cream. baked French toast, maple syrup, milk, coffee.
 Walnut Brittle Ice Cream.
 Two cups granulated sugar. 3 cups broken English walnut meats dozen dry macaroons. 1 quart milk. cup light brown sugar, eggs, l cup heavy cream, few grains Galt.
 Melt sugar in iron or heavy aluminum spider stirring constantly over q low fire. When sugar is a thin syrup add nuts Turn onto a well bottercd platter or sheet and spread very thin. When cool and hard put through food chopper Crumble macaroons tnd toast in hot oven for five minutes. Combine and thoroughly mix the chopped brittle and macaroons. Scald milk in top of double boiler. Beat egeS slightly with brown sugar and slowly add hot milk, stirring constantly. Return 10 double boiler and cook over hot water until custard coats metal spoon. Let cool and add cream whipped until firm. Turn into freezer and freeze with or without stirring. When half frozen add about three fourtl1s of the nut and macaroon mixture. saving the rest 10 sprinkle over the cream when serving. Finish freezing and pack in mold 10 "ripen for one hour or longer
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New Britain herald., 1927-05-07

tore off branches from trees as we fed. We trampled paths where none could pass save ourselves. All the people of that big forest, which Is called jungle, bowed before us and none dared to touch us, not even Stripc-Coat the Tiger. And then these two-legged creatures called men came. They did not bow before us. They dug great holes in the ground and covered them, and into one of these l fell. And since that day I have been a prisoner, the prisoner Of these two-legged creatures called men"
 My Lord the Elephant stood swaying from side 10 side. Peter said nothing. but a great pity filled thing to him that this great animal should be prisoner. Gradually the far-away look died from the eyes of My Lord the Elephant and A twinkle took it's place. Anyway" said he. now I always know where the next meal is coming from" and he reached for a wisp of hay.
 Copyright. 1927, my T. W. Burgess)
 The next story: Peter Sees Striped Goat"
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07
Your Health How to Keep It.
 Causes of Illness
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and Of Hy-
 ReiA the Health MaDazino

I
 Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and Of Hy- geia, the Health Magazine Human beings all over tho
 world have. since time immemo-
 rial. regularly used drugs of ono
 type or another for various pur- | poses.
 The natives of South America
 chewed coca leaves because they | believed that this relieved fatigue. Actually it gives dose of cocain sufficient to abolish hunger and to give sense of euphoria or we'll being, although in the long run the habit is injurious to health. Natives of the Orient chew the betel nut for the same purpose.
 It has been estimated that one- tenth of all human beings in the
 world indulge in this habit. The use of opium and Its de-
 rivative. morphine. and the use of cocain are addictions apparently dependent to a large extent on
 weakness of the will as we'll as on some changes brought about in the body by the habitual use of the substance.
 Tea and coffee contain caffein as their chief drug. It has been said of coffee that it is the drink which cheers but not inebriates. It is stimulant to the higher brain centers; it quickens the pulse and relieves the sense of fa- tigue.
 The amount of caffein in a cup of coffee or cup of tea is usually sufficient to produce the drug ef- fects. It Is not habit-forming in the same sense as are opium and cocain. The best scientific e>i- dence indicates that taken in mod- eration. tea and coffee are not harmful.
 Many persons are known who have taken tea or coffee daily for periods of 50 or 60 years without apparent ill effects.
 On the other hand, children. persons with unstable nervous sys- tems. persons who react unfavor. dUly lO bIlIII IIuldllVIl Ol ally klQO, should avoid tea or coffee. In such people sleep is interefercd with, and tho system IS constantly whipped up to a point where the nervous system is unable to withstand tho strain.
 It is also tnadvisable, when greatly fatigued. to attempt to re- lieve this feeling by drinking tea or coffee. This Is like whipping a tired horse. The caffein does not relieve the fatigue, but merely gives stimulus sufficient to over- come the fatigue, placing. how- ever. an added burden upon tho worn-out tissues.
 A person engaged in mental ac- tivity sometimes finds a cup of coffee a temporary bracer of great value. Used in this way, it may be highly desirable, but not when repeatedly used without rest so that the effects of fatigue accu- mulate.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07
Loves Eabers Adele Garrison's Absorbing Sequel to
 Revelations of a Wife"
Beginning . New Serial

get Katie into the yard and th
 tall mans command to his com
 rade to talk French. as the gir
 knew the other language. Dick started perceptibly when I came l.
 that part of the story. and when
 finished immediately afterward, h. said collectively:
 Now. how could he tell that sh could speak Transvanian T don't think he knew it." l re turned. T think he deducted it iron the fact that l went in the house then came out again and told Jin not to be discouraged. to have tht men keep on talking slowly. ant that he might get their meaning When Katie appeared, he probably reasoned that l had brought her out purposely to listen. Indeed" ] smiled reminiscently. ''she was SC theatrical that it would have been almost impossible for keen ob- usual about her"
 Dicky shook his head.
 '"roo far-fetched for men Of the type you describe. They must be something other than they seem, es- pecially the taller one. Describe him again for me. will you please?"
 l went over the mans description very carefully. and Dicky asked several questions which told me that he was estimating the mans height, and building up mental picture of him. But when I had finished, he made but one comment.
 They're probably just what they say they are." he said, but with Junior and you women around there's no use taking chances tn that dog. I'll step up to that shack before l go back and take look at 'em. l probably can manage enough French so that I can make 'em un- derstand they have to keep the dog chained up."
 "I shall be glad if you do," l said. and indeed I felt the lifting of re- sponsibility which comes to every woman when her husband takes upon himself some burden which she has been carrying. But it is call which I want you to make with me tomorrw afternoon. 1ndeed-I picked up everybody on the veranda with my siance-"I want you all to go with me to The Larches, 10 call on our new neigh bors, the Lincolns."
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 Feature Service. Inc.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07
Menus for tie Family

Breakfast--Stewed figs with lemon. cereal, cream, baked French toast, maple syrup, milk, coffee.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07
Dicky TAkes . Sudden Interest in
 the TfanSvanians

Dicky TAkes . Sudden Interest in
 the Tfansvanians
 I looked sharply at Dicky a he made the comment that Philip Yer itzen must have loved the rulers of Transvania very dearly because he did not miss & single function in their honor. Could 1t be possible that he would carry his jealous ran- COT against my employer to the ex- tent of uttering a cruel gibe about him to the mans son. The next second. however. acquitted him of malice. could See that he sim ply was carrying on Noel's remarks concerning his fathers love for his native Transvania.
 Noel apparently saw nothing out of the way i'll Dicky's words.
 "No, I saw his name In the list of guests at every one" he said. then flushed again as think he realized what his words implied. My heart ached for the lonely boy, ban tshed from his fathers presence, whose only knowledge of that fath- CTS movements was gleamed from the daily newspapers.
 With characteristic tact and kind ly heart. Dicky noticed the flush and turned the subject abruptly:
 Katie still in her own sphere?" he asked me laughing.
 Perfectly safe" answered. playing up to him.
 'Then let us hear the tale in which she is the heroine and the unknown Transvanians the villains. Listen. everybody. This promises to be good. if Katie is concerned. She's T whole vaudeville act in herself, hat girl.' His mother sniffed. That's what's the matter with her" she said caustically. I hurried into my tale in order 10 choke off any further strictures upon my little maid.
 I could not have asked for more attentive audience as I related the story of the savage dogs spring to- ward Jerry Ticar. of the commands which stopped it and the direction to stand still, shouted in perfect English to Jerry, although both of our unpleasant and unweicome nelghbors professed ignorance of ! our language. told them Of Jim's that the language the men were speaking was like that of the i uew tenant of The Larchcs. whom
 
 said that Katie pronounced them l both Transvanian. Last I retailed | the ruse which I had employed to !
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07

The next story: Peter Sees Striped-Coat."
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07

Peter Is quite right. There are in the world stranger things than were ever dreamed of. Peter felt sure of il when he looked out from uLder the wagon inside the animal tent ut the circus and saw before him My Lord the Elephant. He felt much as Danny Meadow Mouse had felt when Danny first saw My Lord the Elephant. He wanted to run, but he was too frightened to run. And as he was trying to get up his cour- ;:ge to run he saw by the twinkling little eyes high above him that My Lord the Eleph6nt saw him. Then Peter didn't dare move.
 My Lord the Elephant reached out with his trunk and picked Peter up. Peter though he would die of fright. but he didn't. Then he dis covered that he was being handled very gently. Then was put down right In front of this mountain of an animal.
 Well, Longears. what are you doing in here:" asked My Lord the Elephant.
 Peter couldn't reply to save him. He couldn't find his voice. He trem- lied 50 that he fairly shook. My Lord the Elephant saw this. ''Fie." said he. Don't be afraid. won't hurt you. and I won't allow any che else to hurt you. Now. tell me where you came from"
 Peter found his voice. T came from out on the Green Meadows" said he.
 Are you a prisoner?" inquired My Lord the Elephant. Have these two-legged creatures called men made prisoner of you?"
 Peter shook his head very hard. "No, ,"said he. "No. indeed. 80 and come as please on the Green Meadows"
 My Lord the Elephant sighed. Would that could go and come as please" said he and sighed once more. And the breath of that sigh almost blew Peter over
 Peter looked up at him with eyes round with amazeme ent. Are you . prisoner?" he asked.
 My Lord the Elephant lifted great hind foot and clanked a chain that was fast to it. Then Peter saw that the other end of that chain was f fstened 10 grea, stake driven into the ground and he knew that in truth My Lord the Elephant was a prisoner. Peter gulped two or three t,m.s. II was hard to believe. How could such a great mountain Of an niuial be made prisoner? It siemed to Peter that he must be dreaming. Have you always been prisoner" he inquired.
 Again My Lord the Elephant sighed, and again his breath nearly llew Peter over. for it was mighty sigh. "No," said he. "Once l. too. came and went ss pleased and where I pleased"
 "Did-did you live on the Green headows:" asked Peter hesitatingly.
 My Lord the Elephant slowly shook his great head from side 10 side and in his eyes came d far away look, which was also look O. great longing. No" said he, T Lived In a great forest, far away, 8 great forest such as ! have never seen since. There were many of us I was young then, and small, one .f the smallest Of great herd We
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07
By Thornton W. Burgess

Peter Meets My Lord the Elephant By Thornton W. Burgess Nothing in your dreams can be AS strange as things you really
 Peter Rabbit
New Britain herald., 1927-05-07

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