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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
AGREEMENT ON
CRUISERS NEAR
England and United States
Are in Accord.
BY HENRY WOOD
United Press Staff Correspondent

GENEVA, July 6.-Great Britain
and the United States delegations at
the naval ornaments conference ap-
parently were nearing an agreement
today on total cruiser tonnage.
The American delegation had
agreed to raise It's maximum ton
mage figures from 100000 TO 100000
and a statement by w. G. Bridge
man, first lord of the British ad-
mh'alty. to the press had indicated
that his commission might meet or
approach the American compromise.
Bridgeman's statement, like the
speech the day before Of Rear Ad-
miral Hilary p. Jones of the Ameri-
can commission. emphasized that
Great Britain's only intention was
to provide herself with a navy
adequate to keep her far-flung trade
routes open.
The British delegate answered
press charges that Great Britain
was seeking to build an excessive
fleet by saying that his country
was not asking for greater cruiser
strength than she possessed before
the war.
Britain, he pointed out, in asking
for small cruisers fitted with small
guns, made II obvious that such
craft were not intended for offen-
sive purposes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
IMMENSE TOLL
TAKEN IN FLOOD
Kentucky District RaVaged
Again by Torrents.

BIZ United Press
WHITESBURG. KY, July g.
Ravaged by flood for the second
time within two months, four diff
ferent localities near here today had
reported inestimable damage.
Although no loss Of life had yet
been reported, hundreds of thou
sands of dollars loss was suffered in
the sections about Colly. Milestone,
Thornton and Sergent.
Coal mining activities near Ser
gent will be suspended for weeks,
due to the flooding of the mines
and damage to railroad facilities.
There the water stood five feet deep
in business establishments.
Telephone and telegraph lines
were down and all crops were swept
away.
Much of the property damaged In
the four districts only recently had
been repaired, following the floods
of late May and June.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
CUT ELECTRIC RATES
Ten Indiana Towns Benefit
by Reduction

Ten Indiana towns, including the
pleasure resort cities of French Lick
and West Baden, will benefit from a.
reduced electric light rate schedule
filed with the public service commits
sion by the Interstate Public Service
company, Indianapolis. an insult
utility.
Schedules provide for reduction of
the minimum kilowatt hour rate
from Is cents to 12 cents.
Other towns are Pine Village,
Campbellsburg. Sellersburg, Lanes
vile, Cortland, Orleans, Mitchell
and New Albany.
Gas rate reductions for consumers
using more than the monthly
minimum are provided in new
schedules for Goshen, Warsaw,
Winona Lake and Jeffersonville.
The gas companies also are owned
by the Interstate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
HAND OF BYRD
HEALS CRIPPLE
Aviator Walks After Years
of Inactivity.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
PARIS, July 6.-While nurses
screamed, a broken, pain-wracked
human war wreck, his body held to-
gether by braces, walked for the
first time in nine years today, when
his fellow aviator, Commander
Richard E. Byrd, shook hands with
him.
Byrd and his crew of the trans
Atlantic monoplane America, were
visiting disf1gured and manned
aviatcrs, all deformed, many OF
whose faces were masses of scaid-
SCARED flesh, the result of crashes
in burning warplanes, at the his
toric Invalides.
Captain LIE Gendre was sitting IN
his wheel chair as he had done in
daylight hours since his recovery"
from crash in 1918, when nearly
every bone in his arms and legs
and many in the rest of his body
were broken.
"You give me courage" he said
suddenly, when Byrd shook hands
with him.
Without hesitation, he got tc his
feet for the first time since the war,
and started walking with the Amer
ican airman.
= "Sit down; sit down." nurses and
attendants screamed Historically.
mo, l want to walk" LIE Gendre
replied, and. leaning on the arms OF
Lieut.. George Neville, OF Byrd's
crew. walked fifty yards to Napo-
Icons Tomb and back to his chair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
Prisoner Divulges That Important Docu-
ments Still Are in His Possession;
Talks Freely to Officials.
SINCERE, PROSECUTORS
Sensational Disclosures Expected to Follow
Revelations Made by Former Dragon
ia Interview at Prison.

Additional afidavits will be filed against Indianapolis
officials within the few days result of revelations made
by D. c. Stephenson to four Marion County prosecuting at
orneys to whom he talked freely of his connection with local
affairs at Indiana State Prison Tuesday.
While of the prosecutors will dvuge the of the
revelations extent to which Stephenson took them into his
confidence they back with sufficient evidence which they
expect be corroboraed justify further prosecutions
Stephenson oseted for four hours the prison with
Prosecutor William H. Remy Deputy William H. Sheaer and
Special Deputies Emsey W. Johnson and John W. Hoffman
He talked very freely to certain point gave very
valuable nformation.n said johnson o. his return.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
LEGAL FIGHT LOOMS
Objections at st. Paul Rail-
way Hearing Cause Tilt.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, July ga long
legal battle threatened today over
objections raised by Henry W. An
derson, Jameson bondholder COM
nittee attorney, at the Interstate
Commerce Commission hearing on
application of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee, st. Paul & Pacific Railroad to
take over the bankrupt Chicago,
Milwaukee 61 st. Paul line.
Finance Director Mahaffie upheld
Anderson in many instances when
the latter objected to introduction
of documents, including the bank
ruptcy investigating record, but did
admit some documents, including
the Binckley Coal Company's re-
ceivership action against the old ST.
Paul.
Robert r. Swaine, for the new
railroad, noted exceptions to Ma
haffe's rulings and insisted the full
commission pass upon relevancy of
the rejected documents. ~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
L|NGENFEL.TER
BLAST SEARS
CITY COUNCIL
OustedjBecause He Refused
to Pull Out Chestnuts,'
Declares Engineer.
TURNS GUNS ON GANG
Bares Details of Clash Over
Bids and Estimates on
lnterceptor Job.
BIZ Times SpeciaL

BV Times SDeci1l
DENVER, July 6.-Frank G. Ling
enfelter, former Indianapolis city
engineer, was ousted last Saturday
by Mayor Duvall because he refused
to /'pull the chestnutS out of the
fire" for the city council In the
Pleasant Run interceptor contract.
That was his explanation of his
sudden expulsion last Saturday,
given when he arrived here today to
attend a convention of Optimist In
ternational.
Il don't regret losing the job, -
he said, because I don't want to
work with that kind of gang.
told Mayor Duvall when he ap-
pointed me three months ago that I
would work with the council only as
long as everything was straight and
aboveboard,"
Trouble over the interceptor con-
tract started two weeks ago, Lin
genfelter said when a wide dis
crepancy between one bid and the
engineers estimate appeared.
The estimate was $780,000, he said,
and had been made by George
Schmidt, city engineer, who held
Office prior to Lingenfelter. This
was $4,000 above an estimate pre-
pared by Lingenfelter when he was
engineer during the preceding ad-
ministration, he said.
When bids were submitted an In
dianapolis firm, the Sheehan Con-
struction Company, submitted a
bid of $766,000, while a Chicago
firm, the Krenn-Dato,C Company, put
in a bid of only $637,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06

BIZ United Press
/, LOS ANGELES, July 6.-Sepa-
rated from their patient by 1,5o0
miles Of ocean, two Los Angeles
physicians today were battling to
save the life of an 8-year-old boy,
tossing in the cabin on the tramp
steamer Nora, bound from Panama
to San Pedro.
The drama of sick child on the
wastes of the Pacific being cared
for from a far-away port followed
an S o s picked up by radio
operator on the coast here.
IS o S came the message.
steamer Nora, 1900 miles south Of
wilmington, north bound from Bal
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
BYRD HOPES
To LAND AT
SOUTH POLE
Radio to Flash Information
to World at Moment
Goal Is Reached.
INTEREST Is SCIENTIFIC
Filler Wants to Fill in Maps
of Uncharted Region on
Hazardous Flight.
INTEREST is SCIENTIFIC
by A. L. BRADFORD
United Pres. stafr Correspondent


PARIS. July 6.-America and the
rest of the world may be able to
hear, by radio, Commander Richard
E. Byrd announce from his plane
the moment he and his companions
fly over the South Pole next Deem
ber.
Byrd, discussing his plans for the
South Pole adventure, disclosed TO-
day that he has ordered a powerful
wireless for his polar plane.
A few minutes before he takes
off from the edge of the Anarctic
ice fields south of New Zealand, to
fly across the pole, he will notify
radio stations, so they will be ready
to pick up his message when he
reaches the pole.
Byrd intends to take portable
wireless sets to be installed a. his
jumping off and his landing base
at the other end of the Polar area.
Plans for Cross. Check
Thus, in case snowStorms prevent
his navigator from taking bearings
from the sun, Byrd hopes to be able
to cross-cl1eck his position by TAX
ing radio bearings from two direc-
tionS.
However spectacular may be the
idea of talking to the world while
flying across the, mythical pole,
Bryd's principal interest in the
flight is scientific. He hopes to be
able to fill in maps which at pres
ent give only a /sketchy outline Of
the south polar regions.
He hopes to be able to confirm
whether an extensive continent ex-
lists or If it Is broken up by water.
Plans for the trip still are un-
certain, he said. but he is thinking
of trying to land at the pole with
one of the two planes to be taken
on the expedition, provided that re-
connoitering before the final take
off shows the possibility of landing
and taking off at the pole without
great danger.
Balchen May Land
Bernt Balchen, vino will be one
of Byrd's companions on the trip,
already has offered to land at the
pole and keep the motor turning
slowly while an attempt is made by
others IN the party to find traces Of
previous expeditions to the pole.
The feature of the flight, however.
will depend largely on the weather.
Byrd and his companions con-
tinued today to go through the
rounds of official functions. but
their main interest was in starting
back to the United States to fur
ther their plans for the expedition
to the pole. They probably will sail
on the Leviathan next Tuesday.
Byrd is bearing the brunt of the
official receptions and ceremonies.
much to the relief of his three flight
companions.
Enjoy Bright Lights
All that Montmartre saw of Lind
bergh we're his pictures, but not so
now. Most of those along the mar
row, winding, tagged streets leading
up to the heights of Montmartre
know Eyrd's companions by their
first names. The gayest spot on the
world has adopted Balchen, Acosta
and Neville as its heroes.
While" Byrd Is spending his eve
nings in his room at the Hotel Con-
tinental, the Americas popular
crew, accompanied by American
friends, are spending most of their
usual sleeping hours exploring the
bright lights bordering along the
Palace Pigalle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
Marriage Will Be Climax of
Romance Begun in
Embassy.

By United Press
LONDON, July GA diplomatic
romance, III which an am
baSsador's confidential secretary
won the heart of his chiefs
daughter. will culminate tomor-
row. when Miss Matilde Houghton,
daughter of the American AM
bassador. Alanson B. Houghton,
will be married to Chandler P.
Anderson Jr., New York banker.
London society, in addition to
diplomatic and British official
notables, will attend the wedding.
1t will constitute one of the most
important social affairs of the
most brilliant postwar London
season, now drawing to a close.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
Sticks to Story

BU Times Special
GREENSBURG, Ind, July 6.
Jefferson Davis, president of
the Southern Confederacy in
Civil War days, wore feminine
attire at the time of his cap
ture by Union soldiers.
That's the story of Henry
Miller, Civil War veteran here,
and he's sticking to it. A
granddaughter of Davis, writ z
ing from the old Davis home
stead in Georgia, urged Miller
to retract a previously pub
lished statement about the
woman's garb, but Miller, be-
lieved to be the sole member
of the capturing band now liv-
ing. wrote that the story was
true and so far as he is con-
cerned will stand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
Doctors Use Radio. to
Treat Boy on Vessel

boa. Boy, 8. sick. No doctor on
ship"
The radio operator called the re-
ceiving hospital here and Police
Surgeon Sebastian and DR.. j. B.
Renfrew took up the fight to save
the child's life.
Symptoms of the boys illness were
relayed to the physicians and they
in turn diagnosed the case and
sent back full instructions for medi-
cal treatment. The youthful patient,
DR.. Sebastian said, was suffering
from grave intestinal disorder and
may not live.
DR.. Sebastian and DR.. Reilfrew
stood by the radio throughout last
night to receive reports and file adj
ditional Instructions for treat8ent,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
filters QUIT HAWAII
Army Pilots Sail for Home,
but Leave Plane.

Bp United Press
HONOLULU, July 6.--Lieuts. Al
bert Hegenberger and Lester Matt
land were to sail today for San
Francisco over the route which a
few days ago they negotiated in
slightly more than twenty-four
hours in their Fokker monoplane.
Their plane is to be left here in
custody of the Army. Their fight
of two hours yesterday over the
islands excited natives, who believed
they we're taking off for a return
trip by air.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
FALL, DOHENYS
!. facing trial
FOR BRIBERY
DemurrerS 0verruIed by
+ Judge in Famous $780,
r. 600 Oil Scandal.
TRIAL DATE NOT FIXED
Justice States Grounds for
! Attack on Indictment
Were Faulty.
TRIAL DATE NOT. FIXED
BD United Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON,J uly 6.-Former
Secretary of the Interior Albert B.
Fall, E. L. Doheny ST., oil magnate,
and his son, E. L. Doheny Jr., must
stand trial on bribery charges in
connection with the famous 100000
oil scandal transaction of Nov. 80,
1921, Justice William Hitz ruled in
District of Columbia Supreme Court
today.
Eitz overruled demurrers inter-
posed by the three defendants at
tacking two indictments as invalid.
No date was set for trial. Due to
the summer recess, it is unlikely the
trial will start before the october
term.
One indictment charged the two
'Dohenys with giving the 100000
to Fall, then secretary. The other
charged Fall with accepting the
same alleged bribe, intended to in
f1uence his official acts.
Found Grounds Faulty
Justice Hitz stated the grounds
upon which the indictments were
attacked were faulty.
The oil men argued that since
President Harding's executive Or
der, transferring naval oil reserves
to the Interior Department was
invalid, Fall was unauthorized to
lease Elk Hills oil reserve to Dohe-
ny's company; hence, that since he
had no official power to act, he
could not be bribed to do something
he was powerless to do.
A HitZ said both Fall and the
1Dohenys acted on the assumption
the Harding order was valid and
hence that a crime could be charged.
The revelation of the transfer of
100000 which charged Doheny
brought to Washington in famous
satchel described as "a little black
bag" or brown satchel" created
a sensation when it was disclosed in
1923, by the Senate oil investigating
committee.
Said 1t Was Personal
Doheny admitted he gave the
money, but said it was a personal
loan between friends.
Fall gave as security a personal
note, which was torn in two by
Doheny and half of it was given to
Mrs. Doheny ito protect Fall from
embarrassment in case anything
should happen to us"
The elder Doheny and Fall al
ready have been acquitted of con-
spiracy charges involving the trans
action. The Government, however,
has indicated it would press for
trial of every one of the indict-
ments.
Fall, in 1921 asked Doheny for
money to pay some of his ranch
debts, it was brought out at the
Senate oil hearings. Doheny had
his son obtain the money from
Blair & Co. in New York on his
personal check and bring it to Fall
here.
The first Elk Hills lease was
granted within four months after
ward.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
GAS TAX YIELDS MORE

Collections Show $529,550 Increase
for Six-Month Period.
Gasoline tax collections increased
$529 ,55O.51 during the first six
months of 1927 over that OF the
same period last year, according to
figures compiled by A. N. Bobbitt,
State gasoline tax collector.
Total for the period this year was
$4,386,662.90. June collections ran
$f05 ,245.3O over June, 1926. The
June total was $950,045.95. OF this
figure $4,955.61 was in back taxes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
CAT SAVES TWO LIVES

Couple, Awakened by Meow, Leap
From Burning House.
BIZ United Press
MILWAUKEE,, July 6.-The cats
meow saved two lives here. A gray
kitten awakened Paul Gray and his
wifeswhen their house was on fire,
by it's rneows. Mr.. and Mrs. Gray
jumped from the second-story to
the ground. taking the kitten with
them. The house was razed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
BEACH CASE POSTPONED
Suit to Open Mcclure Delayed
Until Next Monday.

Superior Judge Joseph M. Miner
today postponed until Monday
hearing of the suit of James Angelo,
concession holder, asking the city
be ordered to open Mcclure Beach,
Twenty sixth ST.. and White River,
which the park board closed when
DIR. Herman G.. Morgan, health
BOARD secretary, declared the river
water was contaminated by sewage.
The hearing was postponed when
City Attorney John K. Ruckelshaus
declared he had been unable to find
and study the complaint.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
DIES IN PLANE CRASH
Army Captain Killed and Pilot
Seriously Injured.
BIZ United Press

BU Ufltted Press
WATERFOWL. N. Y, July g.
Capt. Curtis Wheeler, New York,
was killed and Lieut.. Carl Socks,
New York, probably fatally injured
today at Pine Camp when their
airplane went into a nose dive and
fell 1000 feet at the National Guard
training camp here. Socks was pilot
of the plane.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
SETS FLAGP0LE RECORD

Champion to Remain on Perch
"Quite a While Yet"
BU Cnited Press
DENVER, July 6.-Leroy Spider"
Haines became the world champion
flag pole percher today. At 1901
a. m, he passed the 800 hour record
Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly established
in Newark week before last.
Just passing Kelly wasn't enough;
Haines announced that he and the
pole "have been having good time
up here together, and we aim to
stick together quite a while yet"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
USES GAS FOR SUICIDE
Kendallville Woman's Body Found
by Daughter.

henuaiiVllle WOmanS bOoy round
by Daughter.
BIZ United Press
KENDALLVILLE, Ind, July g.
Mrs. George Huffman, As, committed
suicide today by asphyxiation. The
body was found by her daughter,
Lila, Is.
Mrs. Huffman closed doors of the
kitchen of her home, stuffed cracks
in doors and windows with rags and
paper and opened jets of gas stove.
Then she sat down in a chair to die.
Dependency over family reverses
was believed responsible for the sui
eide. She had threatened several
times to end her life. The husband
and two children survive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
HOLLYWOOD is JARRED
Mrs. william De Mile Asks Divorce
After 20 Years Married Life.

EVA1 o " ANAAs1A1A 10O 4sA1A1O 45ShS 1VaFOHCC
After 20 Years Married Life.
BIZ United Press
LOS ANGELES, July 6.-Holly-
wood was astounded today by sthe
break in the domestic harmony of
the William G. De Miles after more
than twenty years of married life.
Mrs. Anna George De Mile. wife
Of the noted director, filed action for
divorce yesterday. 1t was a brief
complaint giving no hint of the
trouble. She charged desertion and
added that she and De Mile, after
their marriage in New York in 1903,
had lived together until June of last
year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
U. S. POST TO HOoSIER
Fl. Hough, Boonville, Deputy
Controller Of Currency.

Bg United Press
WASHINGTON. July 6.-E. II.
Hough of Boonville. Ind, today
was appointed deputy controller OF
the currency, succeeding w. j.
Fowler, who resigned because OF Ill
health.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
INJURED AVIATOR DIES
Ohio Pilot Thrown From Plane in
Forced Landing.

BU OhLteG PreSS
MKEESPORT, Pa, July Elm
jured on June IS, when his plane
crashes at Belts field in making a
forced landing, Clyde Emrick, 80,
of Dayton, Ohio, died today in the
McKeesport Hospital. limerick suf-
fered conclusion of the brain when
he was thrown from the cockpit of
his twin notored biplane against
the propeller. He made valiant
fight for life, and, until Sunday,
it was thought he would recover.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
DUVALL OFFERS JOB
TO OBERLEAS AGAIN
Would Make Former City Engineer
New Assistant Park Engineer.

New Assistant Park Engineer.
Chester G. Oberleas, one of the
four city engineers of, the Duvall
administration, now city engineer at
Jeffersonville, has been offered the
position of assistant park engineer
by Mayor Duvall.
Duvall said he would like to have
Oberleas, whom he ousted few
months ago, succeed Paul r. Brown.
named city engineer Saturday in
place of Frank G.. Lingenfelter
whom Duvall forced to resign.
1T was said Oberleas hesitates to
take the place as he is satisfied at
Jeffersonville.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
13 FLY TO LOUISVILLE

Planes In Ford KellaDility TOur
Leave Cincinnati.
BIZ United Press
CINCINNATI, July 6.-The air
planes in the Ford reliability tour
took off here today for Louisville,
KY, the next leg of their fight.
The thirteen planes hoped OF at
one-minute intervals after the tri-
motored Navy guest plane took the
air at 11:21.
From Louisville the planes will ny
to Memphis, Pine Bluff, Ark, and
Dallas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
'BUNKY REPLIES ROGERS
Millicent Is Not Engaged to Any
Argentine Sportsman.

ArgtntIHt SpUTCSn1dH'
BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, July 6.--Reported
engagement of Millicent Rogers, di-
vorced wife of Count Salm, to a
wealthy Argentine sportsman was
ridiculed by her father, Col. H. H.
Rogers when he and his daughter
returned from Paris aboard the
Olympic.
Bunk" said Col Rogers. There's
absolutely nothing to it," And the
former Countess nodded confrma-
ton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
WOULD ABANDON TRACK

Southern Pacific Claims Branch
Line Patronage Too Light.
BD United Press
WASHINGTON July 6. - The
Southern Pacific company today
applied to the I. G. G. for authority
to abandon twenty EIGHT miles of its
Curlie branch. two miles of sidings
and wye track in Polk county,
Oregon, because of insufficient pat
ronage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
LIBERIA PAYS WAR DEBT
African Republic Is First to Cancel
Obligation.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, July 6.-Liberia
today paid in full its war debt to
the United States.
The minister of the small African
republic rendered to Acting Secre-
tary Of the Treasury Mills a check
for $500, paying off the principal
and accrued interest.
A letter from Secretary Mellon
congratulating Liberia on being the
first country to liquidate it's obliga-
ton resulting from the World War
was made public.