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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
SUSPECT BLAZE
WAS INCEND|ARY
$4,000 Asphalt Fire Is
Probed by Firemen.

Fire department officials today in.
vestigated the BELIEF of Marion
County Construction Company Off
Gals that a $4,000 fire, at their
asphalt plant. 1000 S. West St,
Wednesday night, was of incendiary
origin.
The blaze. which started on the
top floor, was believed of incendiary
origin because electric wiring was
safeguarded against short circuits.
Six companies responded at 10 p.
m. to the first alarm, seven answer
ing the second call. Valuable ma.
chinery, a seventy-flve ton bin in.
stalled Tuesday, kettles, kilns and
asphalt tanks were damaged, accord.
ing to Paul Gray, superintendent.
Gray said the loss was insured.
'"I believe repairs can be made so
we will not be delayed on city street
repair contracts" Gray said.
Sergt. Earl Halstead on his motor.
cycle gave chase. firing two shots.
when an auto drove over fire hose
at Morris and West SITS. The car
skidded when turning a corner and
was abandoned by several youths.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
OLD OFFENDERS FREED

Willie Carey and Willie Ford, vet
eran indianapolis police characters,
were freed of robbery charges in
Criminal Court Wednesday afternoon
by Special Judge Fremont Afford
They were charged with taking a
small sum of money from Roy Glas-
cock Of Greenfield.
Prosecutor William II. Remy de
clared Carey had a record of thirty
arrests and five convictions and Ford
had been arrested eleven times. but
never convicted
Judge Afford told Remy he would
not convict the men on general
principles
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
DAWES NOT CANDIDATE
Vice President Declares He Is Seek
ing No Office.

Ba LHitcd Press
EVANSTON, H., April 7--C AZ s
G. Dawes win not be a candidate for
any office in 1928, he stated upon ar
rival at his home here.
The Vice President returned this
answer to queries whether or not he
would seek the Republican presiden-
tial nomination in the event President
Coolidge withdraws from the race.
Dawes has made no definite plans
for continuing his fight against
archaic" Senate rules this summer
He expects to enjoy a protracted
rest. He arrived yesterday from
New Orleans, after visit to Pan
anna and the West Indies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
EARS TRACKFOR C.. G. Sl7ZPP
Kern'S Motion to Throw Out
Other Air Systems
Prevails.
JOHNSON FIGHTS MOVE
Favorite Device Wins on
Shortridge Bids.

The c. C. Ship direct-indirect
system of school ventilation was
given clear track by majority men,
bers of the school board at a spe-
cial meeHng today when bids were
opened on the heating and ventilat-
ing Of new Shortridge High School.
Upon motion of Charles w. Kern,
bids on other types of ventilation
were not considered by the board.
Fred Bates Johnson, minority lead
err, fought the move and succeeded
in providing chat a certified copy of
Kern's motion be attached to the
bids when they are submittedRto the
State tax board for approval.
Technical Point
The school board was ordered two
months ago by the State tax board
to reopen Shortridge heating and
veatilating bids on the grounds spec
ifcations had closed bids to all other
systems but the Direct-Indirect sys-
tenn. The bids on the Shipp SYSTEM
were excessive, the board said.
Kern moved to ignore bids under
the split" system of ventilation be-
cause plans and specifications were
not submitted to the board ten days
previous to their being opened to-
day.
why did the board advertise for
several systems if they intended to
accept only d. bids?" Johnson
asked.
Contractors bidding on the split
system of ventilating can draw I'D
plans and specifications cheaper
then the board cam" Kern replied.
Plans Free, Charge
why should they be required to
spend $4,000 to draw up their own
plans when the d. people had theirs
drawn up by the school board with
out spending a dollar for them?"
was Johnson's next question.
If the State tax board had acted
fairly in this matter they would
have authorized us to spend $4,000
to draw up split system plans and
specifications" Kern said.
The tax board ordered that bids
be received on other than the direct
indirectc system.
Under questioning by johnson it
developed that money was available
for the plans if the board had au.
thoriZed it's use.
When johnson admitted ignorance
OF a minor point brought up by Kern
the latter said, you have been on
the board long time not to know
that"
New Situation
We never had a situation before
where we drew up plans and speci-
hcations for one bidder and forced
another to draw up his own" John.
son retorted.
Kern seconded Johnson's motion
to have a certified COPY of his
tKern's) motion to ignore split
system bids, attached to the tahu
latiol Of bids when they are submit.
ted to the State tax board.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
POLICE SEEK SIX
SCHOOL CHILDREN
GONE FROM HOMES
Three Boys and Three Girls
Missing, Parents
Report.

With six missing persons reported
to police, Miss Leona Foppiano,
head of the missing persons .bu
reau, today believed the spirh
of2 wanderlust had struck the
younger generation in indianapolis
Three girls and three youth.
were sought by relatives, Mis-
.'oppiano said.
r. f. Mayhem ST., 1922 Carrolto,
Ave, said his son. r. f. MayheN
Jr., Is, a student at Technical Higi
School has been missing since liz
started to school Tuesday.
The father traced his son and an
other youth, Lewis Robinson, Is, of
125 f. Forty-Eighth ST., and learned
they stayed at a downtown hotel
Tuesday night.
Raphel Alfonso Head. Is, is miss
ing again, his father. ]. L. Head,
754 +. McCarty St. told police. The
youth played "hooky" from school
all winter, ran away two weeks ago
and was traced to Arkansas, police
said. The father brought him home
and he had been there a week when
(he disappeared Monday, relatives
said
Parents of Dorothy Biglow 49, of
1874 Ralston Ave, reported her miss
ing. They said she wore a silk
dress. cream colofed shoes, pink
hose. blue coat and brown straw hat.
Louise Ridley. 13, Negro, of 1897
Massachusetts Ave. is missing for
the second time within a few weeks
She failed to attend school Wednes-
day. according TO her mother.
Annabelle Scullenberger. 16, of
2152 n. Temple Ave, wore a red
silk dress. blue and yellow checked
coat. gray hat, yellow stockings and
black slippers when last seen, &C
cording to her parents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07

1t was especially interesting to
hear what a cultured Italian thinks
of Mussolini and in no measured ca
dences did he tell us! What with the
storm roaring outside and Professor
Roselli in, we had a thrilling eve
ming. He is young-he is good look
ing-and he is violently IN favor of
Mussolini. The audience came away
rejuvenated-Lati - and them
selves violently in favor of Musso-
lini.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
ASKS $2,4O0 FROM FUND

Because the annual school inspec-
ton fund of $4,000 almost was ex.
hausted under the regime of Dr.
Henry Noble Sherwood, Charles f.
! Miller. new superintendent of public
has asked Governor Jack
son to supply $4,000 for this work
from the Governors contingent fund.
Only $715 remained in the fund
when Miller took Office in March and
no new funds would be available un-
I'll the close of the fiscal year in
September.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07

Eu2 E said that of course the dicta-
W tor used violent and spectac-
49, ular methods, but for the
Italian people those were the right
methods. Just after the war Italy
was in a state of chaos due to the
growing self-consciousness of what
Lenin called a Aspineless and undis.
ciplined proletariat." From a con-
dition of utter disintegration Musso-
hni has in five years lifted Italy to a
position of dignity and stability that
has not been equalled since the days
of the Roman Empire. Italy now
has 700 new schoolhouses; Pompeii
and Herculansassa are EeSaas< A<ca-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07

fayette today % create interest in
work being done by the State Ii
brary and its branches. Other ses-
sions will be held at Marion, Leba-
non. Cambridge City. Brazil, Boon
vile, Ligonier, Plymouth and East
Chicago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
COURT OF CLAIMS
TEST OF DEARTH
CASE DECIDED ON
Suit for Salary During In
parchment to Be Filed
Friday.

Suit TO test validity of the law of
1S97 under which Circuit Judge
Clarence w. Dearth of Muncie, was
impeached by the Indiana House of
Representatives will be filed in a
Marion County Superior Court Fri
day, it was announced today by
Frederick Van Mugs, attorney for
Dearth.
The litigation will be petition to
the Court of Claims seeking 1898 for
Dearth's pay between the time he
was impeached and date of his ac-
quittal by the Senate last week by
the narrow margin of two votes on
one count. The suit will be directed
at State Auditor Lewis S. Bowman
who has refused to honor vouchers
FOR Dearth's pay.
GilliOm Approves
The case probably will come up
during the next general term of the
Superior Courts when all judges sit
as a court of claims.
Attorney General Arthur l.. Gil
liom, who ruled the impeachment
unconstitutional, declared he will
welcome such q case.
Gilliom said he will name one Of
he attorneys who held the act con
stitutional to represent the State.
To Supreme Early
Van Nuys believes the case prob
ably will not be delayed long in
Superior Court and will go to the
Supreme Court for final decision.
A suit to mandate Governor Jack
son to appoint successor to Dearth
filed before the Senate trial, was
Quashed in Circuit Court by Judge
Harry o. Chamberlin late Wednes'
day when he sustained demurrer
filed by Giliom and Van Mugs. This
suit was filed by f. r. Templen,
Muncie attorney. This case is not
expected TO go any further in view
of Dearth's acquittal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
MAKE CLEAN GETAWAY
No Trace Found OF Crown Point
Prisoner.

BU united Press
CROWN POINT, Ind. April T.
No trace had been found today OF
three Federal prisoners who escaped
from the Lake County Jail early on
Tuesday morning after saving bars
in their cell.
Other prisoners reported the trio
sawed their way out before dawn,
and slid to freedom on a rope con
structed of twisted blankets. All
were confined in the same cell.
The fugitives were: Albert Grau-
man, 80, alias Albert Phillips. and
Count Ludwig; Rex Weidner, %, of
st. Louis, and Lee Baugher. %. OF
st. Louis. Grammar was arrested in
Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07

waited beyond the dreams of the
Psychologists the railroads have
been lifted from debt to prosperity;
the Ira has been stabilized. The So
called Nordic supremacy has yet to
be proved And with that the con-
sentative old Contemporary Club
broke into wild applause. Nothing
tickles the risibilities of an American
audience more than a warm pan
ming. Its a wonderful illustration of
our national sense of humor. don't
you think?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
POPPED INTO EAR

SPRINGFIELD. Ill.-An opera
ton was necessary to remove a
grain of corn hich lodged in the
ear of 6-year-old owen Inskip while
he was watching a corn pepper on
the kitchen stove.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07

m ATURDAY morning l went to
III the Little Theatre to see the
IL puppets in Alice in Wonder
land" And the playhouse was liter
ally a playhouse. The children
were most enthusiastic and so
vocal about lit was cute. Took
me back to the time when I had
nothing more to do with my
energy than to register loud and
thunderous approval Of the general
upsidedownness of life from the point
of view of four years. or was it FIVE?
Mrs. Walther Lieber was there with
Betty and Dick in tow. Mrs. Alex
Metzger was having a party-Mary
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
G. 3. S. Wins in Court

BIZ nfffu PffSN
NEW YORK. April 7.-George
Bernard Shaw, British dramatist. TO-
day won an injunction restraininc
further sale of viii A. Pages book
Behind the Curtains OF Broad
ways Beauty Trust" containing
four letters written by Shaw to the
books author.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07

Louise Ottinger. Nancy Campbell.
Barbara Jean Brown. and her own
small daughter. Dorothy Metzger.
Mrs. Robert 'Winslow brought
Peggy, and Mrs. Herman Wolff was
there with Florence. Lillian and
Bobbie were with Miss Mary
Reynolds, and Mrs. John Harrington
was managing a small but vociferous
flock.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
Librarians Gather

BU JmtCd Press
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. April
THE second of a series of meet
ings under the auspices of the State
library commission was held at La
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07

Does a coed president of the
junior class have sufficient political
power TO win the election as prom
queen or do gentlemen prefer
blondes? This political question at
Indiana University will be decided
at the prom queen election in Bloom
ington Tuesday and Wednesday,.
Candidates are Mary Elizabeth Fer
guSon of Boonville, president of the
Junior class and member of Kap.
pa Alpha Theta; Virginia Alice Kres.
Ter Of Rensselaer,, a Tr Delt. and
Mary Melton, Delta Zeta, ofsTipton.
the only blonde candidate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
De Pinedo Will Fly
IN American Plane

BV UHited Press
APACHE LODGE, ROOSEVELT
LAKE. Ariz. April 7.-Commander
Francesca de Pinedo will resume his
world fight tomorrow, the United
Press learned today. Undaunted in
the face of fire that swept his huge
monoplane to the bottom of Roose-
welt Lake yesterday, the Italian ace
made plans to resume his 30,000-mile
air voyage.
According to present plans, he
will leave here late today by auto
mobile for Phoenix, where he will
be- met by a plane from the naval
base at San Diego.
De Pinedo plans to take off from
Phoenix and make a nonstop fight
across the hazardous desert country
to the Pacific coast, part of his
original plans which were disrupted
when the Santa Maria burned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
SUE PUTS ARM IN
SLING, POSING AS
PRINCE OF WALES
The Bachelors Ball Was Wow of Party, She Tells
Iene in Latest Letter-RecaIIS
VaSSar Days.

Remember your youthful enthusiasm when at
VassarSignor Rosel? You of his Italian
weren't you? Well he here this week addressing the Con
temporary Club Nussolni with all the old fire and
that made him so popular at school
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07

BU tHitrd Press
ROME, April 7.-Severe punish
ment to the culprits would result,
United States Ambassador Henry p.
Fletcher telegraphed Premier Mus.
solini today, if the destruction of
Francesca De Pinedos four-conti-
nent flight plane at Roosevelt Dam.
Ariz., proves to have been a criminal
act. There was a tendency in the
press today to attribute the destruc-
ton Of the plane to an anti-Fascist
plot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07

ri ATURDAY afternoon I spent
amalgamating a costume for
~ the Bachelors ball that night.
1 wore my riding habit and my arm
in a sling and went as the Prince of
Wales. The party was a wow, Ilene.
| wish you had been there. Lots
Of continental atmosphere, low lights,
perfume and good music. Mr. and
Mrs. George Parry wore Dutch
costumes. Mrs. Ed Norvall was a
Japanese girl, Mrs. Otto Frenzel and
Mrs. OF Donald Mcleod were little
girls, Mrs. Fred Holiday wore blue
silk bathing suit and Amelia a Chin.
ese costume. Mrs. Kurt Painter
went as an oldfashioned girl in a
lowered gown with a tight basque
She is fragile like old ivory-she re-
minds me of a pastiche mot that I'm
sure what a pastiche is, Ilene, but If
l were, she would remind me of it,
The loveliest costume of all was that
of Mrs. Ted Griffith. She wore a
white ballet costume spattered with
silver, aud a silver wig.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
CHILD BROWNS IN TILE
Falls Into Water Used as Cooler In
Summer Time.

BIZ Times Special
GREENFIELD, Ind, April g.
While his mother was busying hang
ing out the washing, Robert, 8, son
of Elmer Kessler, living near here,
fell into a sixteen inch tile, filled
with water and drowned. The tile.
sunk in the ground, had been used
as a cooler in summer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07

E7E danced on the second floor
WI Of the University Club and
. had a lovely time. I thought
of you twice-once harshly and once
reminiscently. Harshly when 1
slipped on some confetti and nearly
broke my neck trying to see what
Julia Brink had on so 1 could write
and tell you about it, and the other
time when someone dancing by watt
ed me a Whit of Femme de Paris.
and 1 bethought me it was your IA
vorite perfume and you have a birth
day in the offing!
miss you. Ilene-the family
sends their love.
AS always.
OI></
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-29
BLUE LAW JUSTICE IN JERSEY

There is more thanZaere tinge of blue in of the
Consolidated Laws of New Jersey The statute made and
provided in the of Sunday observance is of deep,
dark blue Attention directed from time to time by
wholesale arrests of violators.
But it appears according to Prosecuting Attorney
Joseph Stricken that the New Jersey law is terrible
in its consequences might first be supposed He
that offenses against it be committed in manner to
constitute nuisance He maintains that make working
in the garden nuisance under the blue laws that the
offender be caught that wicked proceeding more
than one Sunday SO with other oenses against the letter
statue Here obviously great opportunity for the world
ly Work play Sunday you please provided the
occupation or the game is changed from week to week
That Sunday law in Jersey down from the days
Of the fathers shown by the Thus the Introduction
upon attendance upon sinerludes. Here is ban placed
specifically upon ves nnepins, bowls long bullets or
quoits Anybody who played long bullets on the Lord
Day in the long ago likely get into Jail or into the
stocks ANYBODY who seeks revive that ancient game
in New Jersey wentethcentury Sunday the risk
Of being handed ticket and having his presented to
grand jury but probably worldly that i would
refuse inct The fathers had heard OF baseball
SO It finds specific mention, but Introduction OF other
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-29
pastimes or diversions" would

kinds of playing, sports, pasmes diversions would
to the
Blue laws, like other laws, have their loopholes
Reference has been made the need of proving repetition
of the offence under the New Jersey statute Here an
other interesting possibility of getting the guilty out OF the
scrape. All persons enjoned from dancing, singing
fiddling other music for the sake of merrment and
everybody knows that in these days there great deal OF
music conducive to merrment 1t would seem that the
who Sunday merely to please his wife
might have valid defence himself. So, too, the man
who dances from Of duty More than that how
Jersey jury determine whether the respondent at the
bar is the kind of whose soul is filled with merrIen
the wang of saxophone who regards the gyratlons
Of the Charleston making life glad, sweet song
There apparently much that is ridiculous about the
New Jersey Sunday laws for further example that com
aratvey modern provision which makes it offense for
railroad to Sunday trains in the same direction
but permits the running of two trains in opposite directions
The preservation Of such may be said to Indicate
lack Of courage dealing with conditions they exist to-
day. 1t is easier leave the ancient world alone than to
enter upon the complicated task of framing that will
conform the reasonable requirements OF the times 1t
is an unfortunate condition than one 10
what does the preservation of outworn laws tend 10
the disrespect for law in general!
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-29
THIS EEL BUSINESS
lPhilahelnhia. Record.l

Word comes from the haunts OF
fishermen some distance offshore
from Atlantic City that visitation
of eeIs is noticed this year. For
several seasons the snake of the
sea has taken himself away from
the fishing grounds to the mud
holes of old ocean and the tribI-
tary bays, and the anglers were
glad to be rid of him. Although eel,
when finally untangled from his
complex knots, provides very good
food, many people refuse to
countenance even the idea of his
edibility. To be sure, it requires
a good fat eel and a skilled skin
ner to make a proper dish. This
means little cells THAT used TO
snarl ones childhood line and
twist themselves into a solid mass
of writing slime, which had to
be cut off and thrown away, are
no good to any fisherman. To get
one on the line means the loss OF
hooks and sinker practically every
time.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-29
STUDY MARKETS,
FARMERS URGED
State Senator Agans Addresses
Jersey Changers at Outing.

State Senator Agans Addresses
Jersey Changers at Outing.
'The time has come when farm
ers must use less of muscle and
more of brain,' declared State
Senator David H. Agans,, master
of the State Grange, addressing
the Atlantic County Changers at
their picnic in Lenape Park.
Agriculture should be placed on
par with all other industries of
the State and nation" said
Senator Agans.
eve must have better methods
of grading, selling and distribution.
You have worked hard to make two
blades of grass where one grew be-
fore, but now you must use your
brains to sell that extra blade
When you use your brain as you
have used your muscle then your
products will take preference over
those of other States that are now
shipped here in vast quantities. We
need less production and more
marketing"
Other speakers were: Howard
B. Hancock, president of the State
Federation of County Boards of
Agriculture; A. NJ Hubert, assist
ant director Of the State Extension
Service; H. o. Packard, president
of the Atlantic County Board. of
Agriculture, and Henry S. Scull,
chief probation officer of Atlantic
County.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-29

in Ocean City is restricted as to
Sunday sales. In the early days Of
the resort buyers of lots were warn
ed that the Sunday restrictions
would be enforced and that the re-
sort was rounded by those who
wanted quiet Sunday and that
those who did not feel that way
about Sunday ought not TO settle
in Ocean City. AS result of this
restriction in the deeds, Ocean City
will have the same kind of Sun
day that its founders desired be-
cause any property OWNER who
wants the law observed can go into
the court Of chancery and get an
order
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-29

told him to just get us there ana
would be more than willing TO
help. He claims / would want 10
spend my money for powder ana
silk stockings. When used to
work 1 gave my mother a good
share of my money, keeping a
little to buy clothes.
"Oh, | feel like walking and
walking until l come to the edge
of the earth and then just walk
ing off. I have tried to cheer
mother up by laughing and
Joking, but l can't any more.
am losing confidence in myself
and the world.
"Can you-will you help me?
would be very grateful.
,s.GLORyINA"
You don't say why you came bacl
home after working away
Glorvina. How does your motnel
feel about it? Does she think you
should stay or does she encourage
you to go and make your OWE
life? Of course it is entirely pos
sible that your father cannot at
ford to move. Does he make his
living on the place where you are
now living? Cheer up, my dear
"Where there's will there's al
ways a way" you know. Go away
now if you can, but If you cannot
see your way clear at present
things will change. You will soon
be of age-18-and free to do as
you wish.