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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
Indianapolis Exposition
Opens With Contest at
W0OdIaWn Ave.
Pictures On Page One

There have been champions who
blushed and stammered and almost
collapsed under the strain of receiv-
ing loving cups, but it remained for
William Pearce, Jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Pearce, 1886 Spruce
ST., to go to sleep during the pres
entation.
William, 7-months-old prize baby
was selected as the champion
at the Greater Southeastern In
dianapolis Exposition of Progress,
held under auspices of the South
eastern Business Mems Association
on Woodlawn Ave-, between Virginia
Ave, and Leonard St., Wednesday
night.
Just Like Coolidge
Later, he chewed the handles of
the cup and looked deeply medita-
tive, la Coolidge.
Betty Jean Huff, az -year-old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Huff,
319 S. Rural ST., received second
prize, a silver knife and fork.
The youngest baby at the show
was Mary Louise Cheney, 6-weeks-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Cheney, 219 E. McCarty st.
Folks who couldn't get near the
babies, in the dense crowd, rather
consoled themselves with gazing up
on the fluffy white Eskimo and the
shiny white little cocker spaniels
which formed the exhibit at the
show of a south side kennel.
Lots of folks seemed to get ire
mendous kick out of gazing at an
ancient f1ivver, vintage of 1908,
painted bright red, in the tent of
an auto agency.
Dance in Street
A spirited band and an orchestra
played until late hour and there
was street dancing after the crowd
had thinned.
Harold j. Koch, president Of the
association, spoke preceding the
opening of the exposition, declar-
ing that the Business Mems Asso-
citation was lending every support
to track elevation, park improve
ments, stop and go signals, and,
." above all, to the paving Of Shelby
ST."
The exposition will continue
through Saturday night. Tonight
will be Indianapolis night and
the winner of the southeastern
beauty contest will be announced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
FLIERS' QUARREL
is PATCHED Up
Levine, Drouhin to Hop Off
in Two Weeks.
BIZ Lniied Press

BIZ United Press
PARIS, Aug. 4-Chrrles A. Levine
and Maurice DrouhinS flight from
Paris to New sYork in the Bellanca
monoplane, Columbia, will start
within two weeks, under an agree
ment between the two men made
public today.
Drouhin forced a showdown after
charging Levine with bad faith and
deliberate delay of the proposed
flight. A process server represent
ing Drouhin called on Levine yes
terday. telling the American capital
iSt that Drouhin'S provisional con-
tract to pilot the Columbia must be
executed. Otherwise, Drouhin
threatened to use legal means to
prevent removal of the Columbia
from lie Bourget field.
Levine agreed yesterday to de-
post 100000 francs. approximately
$4,000. for Nine. Drouhin in case of
accident during the Atlantic flight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
May Arrive Too Late

BIZ tnltCu FreSS
VILLAFALLETTO, Italy, Aug. 4.
Delayed ten days by passport for
malities, Vincenba Vanzetti, sister
of the condemned man, was only
a day out of this tiny village today
on her way to Boston, where she
will arrive in time to attend her
brothers funeral.
When she left she though she
would arrive in time to console Bar
toiomeo before his execution, If the
Massachusetts Governor so decreed,
or rejoice with him If a pardon were
granted.
But unless the electrocution is de-
layed, Sign&ina Vanzetti will arrive
too late.
Meanwhile, Vanzetti's parents are
spending their days in prayer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
DREYFUS WON;
CAN vANzETTI?
Paris Attorney Sees Parallel
in Radicals Case.

BIZ United Press
WILLIANISTOWN, Mass, Aug. 4.
Commenting upon Governor Full
ler's decision in the Sacco-Vanzetti
case, Pierre lie Paulle, Paris at
torney attending the institute of
politics here, compared the case
with that of Maj. Alfred Dreyfus in
France.
Dreyfus was convicted of being
traitor. and in spite of much pub
lie agitation in his favor, was sent
to Devils Island. Later public
agitation became so strong he was
returned to France and liberated.
His defenders proved almost con-
clusively that the evidence against
him had been false.
lie Paulle pointed out that in the
American case, the investigation by
Governor Fuller and his committee
appeared to arrive at justice. He
said he was impressed by the frank
ness of the examination and the
high caliber of the men who assisted
in IL
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
OWNER OF Ohio
: Mine IS Slain
BY union HEAD
Son-in-LaW, Killer, Gives
Up, and Pleads He Shot
in Se!f-DefenSe.

By United Press
JACKSONVILLE, Ohio, Aug. 4.-P.
j. Merz, president of the Lick Run
Coal Company, was shot and killed
near here this morning by James
McManaway, president of the Mel
sonville local of the miners union,
his son-in-law. -
McManaway gave himself up to
authorities and pleaded he had fired
in Self-defenSe.
Don McGill, manager of the mine,
yesterday appealed to Governor Vic
Donahey to send troops to the prop
erty for protection. McGill, in his
appeal, said that he feared blood
shed unless the State interviewed in
the dispute between the mine own
ers and union sympathizers.
Merz was shot and killed about 8
O'Clock this morning as he was on
his way home, after spending the
night in charge of the guard which
has protected the company property
with arms and machine guns.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
URGE INSTITUTE
TO STIMULATE
CITY INDUSTRY
Civic Clubs Committee Sees
Pressing Need to Correct
Present Trend.

Research of the Federation Of
Civic Club committee has shown the
absolute necessity" Of a movement
to establish an indianapolis Indus
trial Foundation to stimulate local
industry, John F.. White, federation
president and member Of the COM
mittee, said today.
White said the federation com
mittee had investigated Indianapo-
lis labor and industrial conditions
and secured valuable data relative
to the necessity of some bureau ~
stimulate local industry.
viii Call Meeting
The committee, other members
of which are Edward o. Smother
and A. l.. Portteus, plans an early
meeting of civic, business and labor
representative to discuss the pro-
posal, he said.
ITO correct some misconceptions
the committee desires TO emphasize
that the federation has no desire
to organize the industrial founda-
ton or any ambition to lead in such
a movement. These preliminary
steps have been taken for the pur-
pose of calling a cooperative meet
ing to consider the plan.
Reports Unemployment
1.-THE members feel that the re-
search shows beyond any question
the absolute necessity for such a
movement at this time. Reports In
relation to the real estate situation
reveals some interesting facts,
showing vacant dwelling houses,
business rooms and millions Of
square feet of floor space in idle and
dismantled factory buildings. OFF,
cial reports are showing an increase
of such vacancies of more than one
thousand above that of six months
ago.
The labor situation, as shown by
the investigation, is significant in
its relation to general conditions. II
is estimated by the officials Of or
gained labor that a very large per
cent of its membership are now out
of employment. and it is evident
that this situation is equally true OF
unorganized labor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
Ugh! HOrYid!

PITTSBURGH, Aug. A.
There's a guillotine at work
in Pittsburgh. It's not used to
chop off heads of convicted
criminals, but to batter to
pieces stills seized by prohi-
bition agents.
The modern guillotine,
located in the yard Of the main
warehouse for storing Illicit
liquors and liquor-man-
ufacturing paraphernalia, is
very similar to the one used in
France. Instead of a sharp
cutting knife, a heavy steel
beam is used to batter stills
into scrap copper.
A revue Of nearly $4,000 a
month is derived for the Gov
eminent from this scrap ma
terial.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
CHICKS FAIL TO APPEAR;
BLAMES ROAD BLASTS
Woman Sues, but Attorneys Fail to
Find Precedents.

Woman Sues, but Attorneys Fail to
Find Precedents.
BIZ NEA Seruice
Usage, Ia, Aug. Ain front of
the home of Mrs. William Soy
worked township road gang. Day
after day, with charges Of dynamite,
they blew out rock and earth 10
cut the road to lower level.
Worried, Mrs. Soy watched her
large incubators from which 400
baby chicks we're due to appear. The
day came and not an egg shell was
broken. several more days and still
no chicks. Mrs. Soy went to court,
demanded damages of 10 cents each
on the 400 eggs which did not hatch.
The explosions of dynamite, she
contends, produced vibrations which
killed the unborn chicks. Poultry
experts agree with her. But attor-
neys on neither side have been
able to find precedents in court de-
cisions. =
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
statesmen FOR
EMPIRE FETED
Prince of Wales and Party
Enjoy Social Affairs.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
OTTAWA, Ont, Aug. 4.-Three
super-salesmen of the British En-
pire, the Prince of Wales, his
brother, Prince George, and Premier
Stanley Baldwin of Great Britain,
devoted today almost exclusively to
informal and personal functions.
Their program for the day was
the lightest since last Saturday
when they arrived at Quebec to Gin
terpret England to Canada"
The two princes have only a din
ner given by Prime Minister Mac
kenzie, King of Canada, and a re-
ception by the Ottawa Country
Club on their calendar for the day.
1t was the last day of the stay in
the Canadian capital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
CHARGE FUNDS MISUSED
FOR VETERANS FARLEY
Purchase of Jeweled Badges Held
Not Legitimate Expense.

Purchase of Jeweled Badges Held
Not Legitimate Expense.
Purchase Of six jeweled badges
for past department commanders of
the Spanish War Veterans of In
diana from the $1,000 legislative
appropriation for the annual in
campment, held at Shelbyville last
June, is termed a gross mis-
handling Of the fund in a letter to
Auditor L. S. Bowman from State
Senator Russell B. Harrison.
Harrison, a member Of the
veterans organization, wrote upon
receiving complaint from Francis
L. Thompson, chairman of the
Shelbyville citizens entertainment
committee.
OF the $52325 paid from the fund
thus far, $375.50 went for badges
and this is mot legitimate ex-
pense," Harrison and Thompson
contend.
Blame for the purchase was placed
on Louis P. Deuner, Logansport,
department adjutant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
Donahey Urges Peace

#bD CMted PreSS
' COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 4.-Gov-
ernor Vic Donahey today, in an
appeal to. representatives of the
union miners and coal operators of
the central competitive field to end
the suspension, effective since last
April, declared conditions, now bad,
can only grow worse.
Donahey, pointing out that the
Governors of Illinois, Indiana and
Pennsylvania had joined with him,
asked the factions to hold joint
meeting in Toledo, Aug. Is, to reach
q new wage agreement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
NEGOTIATES FOR PLANT
Greenfield May Get Shoe Factory
Employing 1,200.

BIZ Times Special
GREENFIELD, Ind, Aug. "A
shoe factory employing 1900 per-
sons may locate here as the result
of negotiations under way between
G. B. Watkins of indianapolis and
a committee of 200 Greenfield citi-
zens
Expenditure of $141,oo is includ-
ed in tentative plans for the fac
tory. which would occupy building
formerly used by a bottle manutac-
turing company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
.PARLEY'S AIM IS PEACE

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, Aug. with the
Geneva conference about to fail as
have so many other European con-
ferences calculated to promote in
ternational good will and mutual
understanding. American officials
today are looking forward to con-
ference to be held in Cleveland
next May at which they hope def
mite progress will be made.
The American Peace Society will
celebrate its centennial in Cleve-
land. Congressman Theodore E.
Burton of Cleveland, its president,
is leaving for Europe personally to
invite officials of European countries
to attend the celebration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
From Indiana Fields Comes
the Sound of Gr01Oing Corn


LAPEL Ind Aug 4-Corn makes noise while
Mbn farmer two miles north Of here asserts
Of his family were picking backberries
they something like check check and investigating
the Of the sound When
boy, Milburn said 70 had the experience.
Engwood route mail carrier between Anderson
and Nobesvle asserts when boy the
farm grandfather Fisher similar experience
is related by E. D. Passwater.
believing noisy declare the sound is heard only
Immediately followed by high temperature speeding
growth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
$500 AIRPLANE MAY
DO so MILES TO GALLON
Inventor Working in Cellar on
Folding 22-Foot Craft.

Inventor Working in Cellar on
Folding 22-Foot Craft.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. An the
cellar of his home here Henri
Dashiell Wright, 25, is building an
airplane to sell at $500 and travel
500 miles on ten gallons of gas.
He says his invention will "revo-
lutionize" cheap flying. He will use
a 23-horsepower motorcycle en-
CINE capable, he declares, of sew
enty-five miles an hour. The plane,
weighing 483 pounds complete, will
have a 22-foot Widespread and
should lift 350-pound "pay load"
The wings will fold to fit in a
garage and a tail skid attachment
will make the plane towable by an
automobile, according to Wright.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
Championship B0reS0n1e,
So Baby Goes to Sleep
'C0wboy' Shot
By Times Special

BY IlWCS cpcCtub
ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. A.
Floyd Cantwell, 6, is expected
to recover despite the fact
a bullet from a large caliber
revolver passed through his
body. He was shot accident
ally by a playmate, Raymond
Ingram, 10, while they were
playing cowboy" After pass
ing through the Cantwell
boys body, the bullet pene-
trated a rocking chair and the
wall of a house.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
POODLE GIVEN FUNERAL
'Flussie" Lies In State Amid Flowers
at Owners Home.

Harry oConnell, Al, Of go w,
Ray ST., planned burial rites for
"Flussy." a white silk poodle. which
had been a family pet for FIVE years.
THAT dog was almost human. He
was so good 10 my mother, who died
last June, that I wanted to do some
thing fer 'Flussy.'" O'Connell said.
The dogs body lay in state in the
O'Connell home amid a bank of
flowers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
Watson For President

By United Press
MUNC1E, Ind, Aug. 4. - The
"Wenfan's Watson-for- President
Club" was organized here Wednes-
day night by Republican women of
Delaware County. 1t is the first
organization, so far as known, for
the promotion of Senator James E.
Watson for President Of the United
States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
Five Animals Die in Fire.

BIZ United Press
LOGANSPORT, Ind. Aug Fire
which destroyed a barn on the S. A.
WATSON farm here Wednesday night
caused a loss of $4,000. Two horses
and three COWS persisted in the blaze.
Spontaneous combustion in a NOW
of new hay was believed the cause.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
Prays; Sees

By Times Special
PORTLAND, Ind, Aug. Jack
Leedy. retired business man here,
declares his sight has been restored
and he is able to walk without a
cane after prayers at a meeting
being conducted here by Evangelist
Tribbett, Sturgis, Mich.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
NON BREAKABLE POST
F0ILS SPEEDING CARS
Careless Driver May Knock II Fiat.
but II Springs Up Again.

but 1t Springs Up Again.
By UJtcd Press
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. Am
noyance over the acts Of careless
motorists in breaking mo Parking"
signs, caused the inventive genius
of Vincent Spath. Portland cleo
trician, to flame and he designed an
unbreakable post to be used for such
signs.
The post has heavy spring at It's
base and If a sharp blow from
speeding car knocks 1t fiat it will
spring to an upright position again
unframed.
Spath invented the post after he
had been forced to labor long and
hard in replacing broken mo Park
ing" signs at the place where he is
employed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
RETURN FUGITIVE HERE
John Sullivan Faces Wife Deser-
ton, Auto Theft Charges.

Criminal Judge James A. Collins
today signed an order for the re-
turn of John A. Sullivan, 80, 20l5
Ruckle ST., being held in st. Louis.
Sheriff omer Hawkins will return
Sullivan here.
Sullivan, aalias Harold Neptune.
left Indianapolis while charges Of
wife desertion were pending against
him in juvenile court.
officials of the Stutz Motor Ca
Company charged, Sullivan EN-
ployed at the auto factory. stole I;
car to leave the State.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
BORER REGION SPREADS
Two Additional Townships Added
to Infested Area.

Two additional townships outside
She original corn-borer quarantine
lines reported presence of the corn
borer today.
They are Pleasant Township in
Allen County and Union in White;y
County.
The total number of townships
now infested is sixty seven.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
NAGGING SWEET MUSIC
Judge Believes Way to WOman'S
Heart Is Through Ears.

Heart Is Through Ears.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Aug. 4.
the way to mans heart
may be through his stomach, the
way to a woman's heart, County
Judge William H. Smathers said to-
day, is through her ears.
1.-The woman who complains OF
her husbands nagging is all wrong"
said the judge in the Court of Do
mestic Relations. "a husbands nag
ging should be sweet music in a
wife's ears, and the more he nags
her the more she should love him."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
DOG HERO IN SEWER
Rescues Attica Boy Trapped in
Drain Under Street.

By Times Special
ATTICA, Ind, Aug. 4.-Jerry, a
bulldog, is g. hero today in the eyes
of four small boys-Tommy Rupert,
Aaron, Allen and Kenneth Freed.
With his playmates, Tommy had
been crawling through a sewer
under a street. But he tried 1t i'm
mediateIy after a rain which washed
gravel into the pipe, leaving an
opening that trapped him.
The Freed boys called Jerry, who
was made to understand what the
situation was. He entered the sewer
and dragged Tommy out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
PRISONERS WILL WORK
Hamilton County Sheriff Abolishes
Rest Sentences.

NOBLESVILLE, Ind, Aug. A.
From now on, a sentence in the
Hamilton County jail will not mean
a rest. Sheriff T. E. Ramsey, with
consent of the county commission
ers, plans to have county work done
by prisoners, especially liquor law
violators, instead Of having them
serve sentences at the State Farm.
From the Jail attic, Sheriff RAM
sey has brought nine balls and
chains as insurance that working
prisoners will stay on the Job.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
BERTRAND SHIP DAMAGE
Monoplane Prepared for Rome
Flight Hit by Smaller Machine.

By United Press
NEW YORK, Aug 4.-The Fokker
monoplane Old Glory, in which a
nonstop flight to Rome is planned,
was slightly damaged today when a
small training plane was swung by
wind beneath the left wing: The
monoplane was taken to the hangers
for immediate repairs and Lloyd
Bertaud, pilot, probably will make
test flight later.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
LOOT FROM a STORES
Burglars Make S1,500 Haul at
CIaypool, Ind.

81 United Press
WASAW, Ind, Aug. burglars
broke into and robbed four stores
at Claypool, near here, between
midnight and 5 a. m. today. Radio
sets, watches, tobacco and tires were
taken. Money stolen from some of
the stores brought the total of the
thefts to $1,500.
The Wharton garage, German ga
rage, Pratt restaurant and Shoe
maker drug store were entered. The
village has no night Waterman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
Probe Portuguese Forgeries

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Aug. 4.
Forgery of Portuguese banknotes
has been discovered here and both
Spain and Portugal were investigat-
ing the plot today. =
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
FEAR BOMBING
OF CONSULATES
BY ANARCHISTS
U. S. Buildings to Be Un-
der Close Guard, Follow
ing SaCCo Decision.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-Fear
was felt here today for safety OF
American diplomatic officials abroad
as a result of Governor Fuller's de-
eision booming Sacco and Vanzetti
to the ELECTRIC chair.
Feeling in labor circles abroad has
been running high and many con-
sulates are expected to call on the
local police of their capital for in
creased police protection.
Such authority was issued to It's
representatives abroad by this gov
eminent months ago, when agita-
ton over the case first became
worldwide.
Secretary of State Kellogg has in
structed all consulateS to take all
necessary measures for their protec-
ton and some conSulates have been
guarded by local police forces con-
tinuously for several months.
Bombs Are Hurled
Bombings and attempted bomb
ings of several American consulates,
coupled with anti-American demon
STATIONS, none of which so far has
resulted disastrously, have in
dicated that the precautions were
well-grounded.
Meanwhile, labor and other lead
ers sympathizing with the two
condemned radicals cast about for
possible means of appealing the
case to the United States Supreme
Court.
No other action could block the
execution, it was believed, and diff
ficulty in establishing existence OF
a Federal legal question in this Mas
sachusetts murder case might hamp-
er taking it to the highest court.
The only possible ground for such
appeal, it was believed here, were
the alleged inf1ammatory statements
made against the defendants radical
beliefs.
Precedent Is Cited
It was believed by some that an
appeal could be taken on this basis,
similar to the appeal taken in the
Wan Chinese murder case here, in
which young Chinaman sentenced
to hang for murder of three MEM
bers of a Chinese educational mis-
sion was granted anew trial because
of alleged third-degree methods
used to obtain confession.
Justices of Oliver Wendell Holmes
and Louis Dembitz Brandeis, known
as the most liberal of the nine men,
bers of the Supreme Court, are
spending their summer vacations in
Massachusetts,. During the recess of
the court, any one justice may grant
a stay of execution, pending review
of the case.
But the one justice must be con-
vinced there is a Federal question
involved, before he will grant such
stay.
Sister Is Delayed
The State Department today
started investigation of why Bar
tolomeo Vanzetti's sister, speeding
to visit her doomed brother, was
kept from sailing at Boulogne-Su
Mer, France.
She apparently had every right
to come to this country, the Depart
ment of immigration Bureau said.
Advices were that the United
states consul at Turin had visaed
her passport when she showed him
a round trip ticket to New York.
This, it is said, removes her from
restrictions usually imposed on
third-class passengers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-04
Naval ordnance Chief Relieved

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-Rear
Admiral G. G.. Bloch, chief OF the
bureau of ordnance of the Navy,
was relieved today of his assignment
and placed in command of the bat
tleShip California.