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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
Reasons for Resignation
Revealed by Vandag1ij1t

Resignation of Virgil Vandagrifft,
president of the board of public
works, given to Mayor Duvall to-
day, is printed below.
Vandagrifft gave his resignation
after talking with Attorney S. C..
Kivett, Martinsville, whom he con-
suited not only as lawyer, but also
as on old friend.
Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 4, 1927.
ITO the Hon. John L. Duvall,
Mayor of the City of Indianapolis:
For the reasons hereinafter stated
1 have determined to resign as pres
ident of the board of public works Of
the city of Indianapolis, and hereby
respectfully tender my resignation
as member and president OF said
board, the same to take effect at
once.
81 have filled the position of pres
ident of the board of public works to
the best of my ability, honestly and
solely in the interests of the people
of the City of Indianapolis. While
the entire city administration has
been under critical investigation for
months, as I am informed, no trace
of evidence exists of any improper
official misconduct in my depart
ment.
Expects Innocence Proof
However, find myself indicted
by the grand jury of Marion County
growing out of a private transac-
ton, which, as I was then advised,
and still believe, was lawful and
honorable in every respect.
"I sincerely believe that when all
the facts are brought out in a fair
and impartial trial, the people will
know that I am not guilty.
Notwithstanding the fact that I
am not guilty, 1 believe that, in fair
ness to the public interests, I should
not attempt further to administer
an Office having to do with the i'm
portant functions which by law are
assigned to the board of public
works of the City of Indianapolis.
IT reach this conclusion over the
protests of many of my friends and
against persuasive arguments which
have been offered against my resig-
nation. Those opposing my resigna-
ton have said that I am permitting
certain selfish interests to accom-
plish their purpose and that I am
playing into the hands Of the very
people who have sought to destroy
my character.
States His Position
"Others have said that if I resign,
many people will accept that as an
indirect admission of guilt and that
at any rate I will be branded as a
'quitter under fire.
my position is as follows: The
Office Of the president of the board OF
public works of the City Of Indian
apolis should be filled by a person
who is mentally free to give his best
thought to the discharge of the
duties, unhampered by personal con-
siderations or the contention of fac
tons.
"No person should be appointed
to that Office unless he is thus free
in the discharge Of these duties.
Speaking for myself, I know that If
this Indictment had been pending
against me at the time 1 was APP
pointed, I would not have thought
Of accepting, and I do not believe
that the citizens of the city would
have felt that it was a proper ap-
pointment under such circum-
stances.
Reasons Are Given
"They rightfully could have said
that surely there can be found a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
D0TY M TIE
UNIFORM or A SOLDER
oF1HE LEGION

their fire, killing two Bedouips
and wounding six. The remainder
fed.
1.-THE next day, when we were
only few miles from the Pales-
tine border and within sight of
our goal, we were arrested by Syr-
ian gendarmes, who turned us
over to the French troops. They
sent us back to Damascus under
guard.
Being locked up in the Da-
mascus citadel was the most
painful experience Of my life,
more so than all the other ordeals
I underwent until finally was re-
leased"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
RETIRE ARMY VETERAN
Sergeant Blake, in Service FL Years,
Given Watch by Associates.

Retirement of Sergt. Clayton A.
Blake from the United States Army
recruiting service was the occasion
of an impressive ceremony today at
the Federal building.
Sergeant Blake has served in the
army since 1898 and in the recruit
ing service for twenty-one years.
For many years he has been sta
toned at Louisville, KY, a part OF
the Indianapolis district. Louisville
station associates and representa-
tives of other substations presented
him with a watch.
Lieut.. Col. Wiley Conway, retired,
head of the Indianapolis district re-
cruiting service, presided over the
ceremonies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
STEAL FROM PARKED CAR
Suit Case and Clothing Valued at
S257 Taken From Tourists Auto.

A suit case and clothing valued at
$257 was stolen from an automobile
belonging to James Argento,
Rochester, N. Y, parked at Capitol
and Washington Sts., Monday night.
Clothing valued at $35 was lost in
a suit case stolen from an automo-
bile owned by Mrs. Lafayette Per-
kins, 1910 E. Fifty Ninth ST., parked
at Illinois and Washington SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
SENTENCED TO EIGHT
YEARS HARD LABOR By
COURT MARTIAL

tillery of the Thirtieth division,
A. E. F., which saw action in st.
Mihiel and the Argonne, I went
home when the armistice was
signed.
"But after the thrills of France
I found home life too tame, so
after a few years Of inactivity and
restlessness, I joined the legion in
1925.
81 was sent to Syria, where I
discovered that the Druses were
terrific fighting men. Armed
with modern rifles, they are dead
shots and use fighting tactics
which make them hard to catch.
LAS long as the fighting contin-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
SPLITTING OF FEES BY
DOCTORS DENOUNCED
Surgeons Counsel Says Practice
More Dangerous Than "Quacks".

Surgeons Counsel Says Practice
More Dangerous Than "Quacks".
By United Press
DETROIT, Oct. 4.-Fee splitting
practitioners who expose their
patients to unnecessary operative
and specialist treatment for the
sake Of the commission involved
were denounced today by Judge
Harold M. Stephens of Salt Lake
City.
Judge Stephens is attending tine
eighteenth congress of the Americas
College of Surgeons, of which he is
general counsel.
The practice Of splitting fees,
Judge Stephens told the United
Press, was widespread, especially in
the midwest and parts of the east.
This type of practitioner, he said,
was more dangerous than any
quack.
He inferred that groups of con-
spiracies existed between general
practitioners and specialists by
which patients we're passed from
one to the other on a commission
basis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
FPEED AFrE17ApPEAL FROM
FATHER TOUCHES HEART OF
TRENCH WAR. MINISTER

ued I was happy, but it was soon
over and I got the blues again. I
told my three pals-two of them
were German and another English
that 1 wanted to see Jerusalem,
so we started off.
1--WE all had suffered greatly
from the intense heat of Syria and
the fatigue of mountain fighting.
I had won the Croix De Guerre
and Colonial medal, but honors
meant nothing and we were fed
up with Syria in peace time.
1--WE started across the Syrian
desert. We were attacked by Be-
douins. Fortunately we had
brought our rifles and returned
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
OBSERVED M SYRIA IN
1926 BECAUSE. OF
HOME SICKNESS.

sat among a score of Legionnaires
and explained what impelled a
young American to flee a COM
Portable life for the hardships
and perils of the Foreign Legion.
tits action and life I want" he
said, turning his eyes to the cor
respondent from the sight of a
native belle shaking her hips in
an imitation of Gilda Gray.
81 can't stand inaction," he con-
tinued. That's why I joined the
Legion. That's why I deserted.
That's why I'm glad I'm here
again, because now I'll see &C
ton"
after serving In the 115th ar
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
CAL IS RATHER HURT
President Feels France Is Wrong
in Tariff Discrimination.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-Presi-
dent Coolidge and the United States
Government were described at the
White House today as feeling rath-
err hurt that France has inclined to
discriminate against American COM
merce.
Coolidge was said to feel that the
sole problem involved in the current
tariff dispute with France is one of
discrimination, and he desires only
that this Government be treated
by France with as much favor as
France employs toward other ma
lions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
Hoosiers Will Enter

By Times Special
CLEVELAND, Ohio. Oct. An
diana farm girls and boys will be
among the hundredS also coming
from Ohio and Michigan with en-
tries for Cleveland's third annual
livestock show Nov. Is to 10.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
JolNED FOREIGN LEGION
N 1925 WINAlNG cRolx DE
GuERPE M REFtAN WAR

case attracted international noto-
riety, pulled on a cheroot with SUI
preme satisfaction and told his
side of the story.
Doty was thrown into prison
for deserving the French Foreign
Legion in Syria. He had eight
years to serve. Less than week
ago. Paul Painleve, French minis
ter of war, announced he had
granted Doty a full pardon, hav-
ing been moved by the pleas of
his father, l.. H. Doty, of Biloxi,
Miss.
While mechanical piano
whanged out a monotonous
rhythm in the noiSome cafe. Doty
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
MISSING AFTER INJURY
Man Struck Twice in Crashes, Then
Disappears.

Police are investigating the
mysterious disappearance of Oliver
Leslie, 1924 Wilcox ST., seriously in
jured in two automobile accidents
Monday night in the $500 block w.
Washington st. Leslie was in an
automobile driven by Stanley Dob
bins, "a, of Mooresville, which col =
lided with another automobile. les
lie got out of the car and started
toward the other machine when a
third automobile struck him.
Witnesses and Dobbins eaid the
occupants of the third car prolh--
ised to take Leslie to city hospital.
He had not been received at any 10
cal hospital today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
JUDGE LINDSEY UPHELD

By United Press
DENVER, Oct. 1.-The work of a
juvenile court is of peculiarly con-
fidential nature, Denver Bar AS
ISOLATION committee ruled, in re-
fusing to discipline former Judge
Ben B. Lindsey for destroying rec
ords of sex cases he had considered
in his juvenile court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
NEEDS NO OUTSIDE AID
st. Louis Damage $1O,0OO,0OO, Saws
Message to City C. of C..

Property damage from last weeks
tornado will total from $1o,OOO,OOO to
S15,000,O00, the st. Louis Chamber
OF Commerce notified the Indian
apol1s Chamber by telegram today.
The st. Louis Chamber said the
damaged area covers four squares
miles, out of sixty-four in The citv
The message said no outside
financial assistance is needed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
DEBT TOTALS BILLIONS
But Antiquarian Can't Collect Note
Dated in 1880.

Bu NEA Seruice
SAN JOSE, Cal, Oct. 4.-If M. F.
Rossi, antiquarian, could collect the
principal and interest on a promis-
sorry note he holds, he would have
most of the money in the world.
He has a parchment document
dated 1880, signed by a Florentine
who promised to pay 200 gold forms
and 6 per cent interest. The amount
due today, Rossf calculates, is SAL
172, 200 100000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
INDICTED FOR MURDER
Terre Hautean Accused as Slayer of
Brother in-Law.

By Times Special
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct. A.
Edward Hagerman stands indicted
today for first degree murder fol-
lowing investigation by the Vigo
County grand jury of the Staying of
his brother-in-law, Frank Wilkie, at
Hagerman's home on Sept. q.
Wilkie is said to have blamed
Hagerman for divorce suit filed
by Mrs. Wilkie. AS he entered the
Hagerman home, he was fatally
wounded when a shotgun was fired.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
.1Do1Y AS AN AMERICAN
SOLDER. M TIE. WORLD WAR
BY DIR. ETIENNE BAILAC

BY DIR. ETIENNE BAILAC
Special United Press Correspondent
SIDI-BEL-ABBES, Algeria, Oct.
4.-In a reeking, smoke-filled ma
tive cafe in the Arab quarter of
Sidi-Bel-Abbes, where young
chocolate colored girls danced a
weird version of the Charleston
and Black Bottom for q motley
collection of soldiers of fortune,
the United Press correspondent
found Bennett j. Doty.
The young man from Missis-
sippi, whose restless spirit landed
him in a French military prison,
from which he emerged after his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
Child of 2 to Be Deported

By United Press
BOSTON, Oct. although she
is an American citizen, 2-year- old
Mary Somogzi will be deported to-
morrow because her parents en-
tered this country from Hungary
on false passports.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
HOLD UP EXTRACTION
Jackson Refuses Papers for Georgia
Negro Held at Terre Haute.

Jackson Refuses Papers for Georgia
Negro Held at Terre Haute.
John Kennedy. Negro. wanted in
Morgan County, Ga, is in Jail at
Terre Haute. He was brought there
by the Morgan County sheriff en-
route from Illinois. Leaving the
prisoner, the sheriff detoured to In
dianapolis, Monday and asked Gov
ernor Jackson for extradition papers.
Figuring that when a man is al
ready in the hands of the local au-
tl1orities where he is wanted and is
in Jail besides he can scarcely be
considered fugitive from justice,
the Governor refused the request.
In the interim habeus corpus pro-
ceedings have been instituted for the
Negro at Terre Haute.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
Some Fall

BD Times Special
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Oct.
4.-Homegrown strawberries,
blooming fruit trees and bloom
ing pansies-that's October
here. The Strawberries were
gathered in the home garden
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ritter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
Cuts Wood at 05

BIZ Times Special
GREENSBURG, Ind, Oct. 4.
Mrs. Malonia Hill, 95, has
completed splitting three cords
Of wood for use as fuel this
winter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
COMPANY DOUGH- ONLY
is TAKEN BY BANDITS
Hand Back SIS of Loot Stolen From
Bus Driver.


Buddy, we only want company
dough" said two bandits handing
back to James Baker, 81, of 1856 N.
Capitol Ave-, Peoples Motor Coach
bus driver, SIS of the $40 they robbed
him of at Dewey and University
AYES, Monday night. Baker had
protested the S. was his own.
The two escaped in an auto trail
ing the bus and driven by an &C
complete.
Elmer Bostic, of 81 S. Gladstone
Ave-, was held up as he stopped his
car near the Hamilton & Harris
Co., S. Senate Ave. and South ST.,
late Monday to check in his days
collections. Flourishing a gun, they
took money and checks which may
total several hundred dollars, and
escaped in their auto with a third
man again at the wheel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
MILLERS IN SESSION

Southeastern Association Members
Meet at French Lick.
By United Press
FRENCH LICK, Ind, Oct. 4.
The Southeastern Millers As
ISOLATION met here today for a two
day conference. Members of the as
ISOLATION control flour mills in In
diana and other States of the
Middle West and in the southeast
ern part of the country.
E. E. Laurent, Clarksburg, Tenn,
president, of the association, was in
charge. Representatives of twenty
flour mills are attending conditions
in the flour trade are being
discussed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
DEBATE FEDERAL RULE
No Decision Is Made in Irvington
G. o. p. Club Argument.

G. o. p. Club Argument.
Debaters argued the question,
Resolved, That Capitalization of
Power in the Federal Government,
Is a Menace to Free Government"
before the Irvington Republican
Club Monday night, without a de-
cision.
DR.. Samuel McGaughey and Har-
vey Hartsock were affirmative
speakers, against Roy Lewis and o.
K. Harms, negative.
With Claude H. Anderson and
Harry Pope as captains, an old
fashioned spelling bee will be held
next Monday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
B0ILERMAKER MISSING
Cecil Sherwood Left Home Friday
for Walk; Vanished.

Cecil Sherwood, 80, a boilernaker,
of 722 Shelby ST.. left the home of
his brother, Levi Sherwood, 626
Healing Ave, last Friday for walk
through a park and has not been
seen since.
Sherwood has been in Iii health
and was respondent, his wife said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
NAMES ARBUTUS AIDS
Jane EnsIe, I. U. Publication Editor,
Announces staff.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
BLOOMINGTON. Ind. Oct. A.
Miss Jane Ensle, junior student
from Evansville at Indiana univer-
sity, who is -in-chief of the
Arbutus, campus yearbook, has an
nounced appointment Of the follow
ing staff members: George People,
Nappanee; Orah Cole, Bluffton,
Birdie Hess, Etna Green; Dorothy
Brubaker, Warsaw; Pat Slayback,
Lafayette; Jean Cratic, Richmond;
Don Vodermark. Fl. Wayne, and
Katherine FRANKIE, Robinson, Ill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
BUSHES SCHOOL PLANS
Gary Council Arranges to House
Negroes in Strike Aftermath.
By United Press

negroes In SCrlke AICermdtn.
By United Press
GARY, Ind, Oct. 4-Work will
be rushed on the new temporary
school for Negro students, members
of the city council announced today
following passage Monday night OF
a bill appropriating $4,000 for the
construction.
The school, to be completed with
in the next ninety days, represents
one section of the agreement that
brought 1000 striking students OF
Emerson High School back TO their
classes after four days of absence in
protest against Negro students IN
their building.
The school board also has agreed
to erect a Negro high school costing
100000 as soon after erection OF
the temporary structure as possible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
ROBINSON IS MOT IN

OHV UI OICy, UuI VIII BE
Back Monday, Word at Office.
United State Senator Arthur R.
Robinson was a hard man to find to-
day.
His office attaches reported he
was not in.
Where can he be reached?"
He's out of the city"
"Where?"
I'VE don't know; he'll be back
Monday"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
C. P. LESH is VERY LOW
Message Says Condition Of Paper
Company Head Is Serious.

Condition of Charles P. Lesh,
founder and president of the G. P.
Lesh Paper Company of Indian
apolis, i'll in Deaconess hospital,
Boston, Mass, was described as
Every low" in a message received by
Mrs. Perry w. Lesh, his daughter
in-law. Perry w. Lesh is with his
father.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
TUNE IN ON CONVENTION
Life Underwriters Program at Mem
phis on Air Tonight.

Members Of the indianapolis As
ISOLATION of Life Underwriters are
urged by President w. H. Meub to
tune their radio sets in on WING,
wave length $3.50, from 7 to to-
night. The entertainment program
of the thirty-eighth annual con-
vention of the National Life Under
writer's Association at Memphis,
Tenn, will be broadcast.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-04
NEWLYWED KILLS SELF
Brownsville Man Married Two
Months, Separated From Wife.


BROWNSVILLE, Ind, Oct. d
Dewitt Doran, %, is dead here, hav-
ing shot himself through the head
with a revolver. Dependency over
i'll health is believed to have caused
the suicide. He was married two
months ago, but was separated from
his wife. Funeral services will be
held Wednesday afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-02
SELFRlDGE PLANS
BIG STORE MERGER
American Born Londoner Wants
to Acquire Whitley's-Share-
holders Vote April IL.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 1.-The marriage
of London's Oldest and youngest de.
partment stores is the way III. Gordon
Selfridge, American.born founder OF
Selfridge & Co., Ltd, last night de.
scribed the proposed amalgamation Of
his store with William Whitley's, Ltd,
founded i'm 1868.
Whitley's shareholders will vote on
April IL whether to accept Mr..
Selfridges offer OF amalgamation
which would give the combined house
a staff Of 1900 and combined CAPT
tai Of more than f10,000,000.
Standing before the fireplace in his
library, at Lansdowne House. toying
with his favorite terrier Jerry. Mr..
Selfridge, who was born in Ripon
Wis, in 1864, and later founded "A
store in Chicago, explained the deal
to the press, talking as IL the huge
amalgamation was mere incidental
phase OF his daily work.
He ianghingly confessed that he had
never been over to Whitley's until
yesterday.
Heavens he explained, cts a
much bigger store than mine. l must
have walked at least five miles
through its various departments"
William Whitley, who founded the
store which now bears his name, was
credited with introducing that type
or department store into England. AT
that time such stores were called
universal providers" Selfridge & Co
was founded in 1909.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-02
OFFICERS ASSAILANT
IS GIVEN is YEARS
Man Who Shot Policeman Also
Convicted on Four Bur-
glary Charges.

Phynes Perry, colored, who shot
Policeman Zeno Il. Wright when
placed under arrest February 10 last,
was sentenced yesterday by Justice
Hitz in Criminal Division 2 to serve
Is years in the penitentiary. Perry was
arrested by the officer as a suspect
of the criminal assault on Mrs. Daisy
yelling in the Capitol Grounds.
When arraigned Perry admitted
shooting the policeman in the arm
and also pleaded guilty to four
charges of housebreaking in Decem-
Der, January and February. The
court imposed the maximum sem
tence of 10 years for the assault on
the policeman and added years
additional for the housebreaking
cases. The terms for the four
housebreaking charges were allowed
to run concurrently so that the total
sentence Is Is years. Imprisonment.
Percy, according to Assistant
United States Attorney Horning,
began his criminal record in the
Juvenile Court In 1918 and has since
served several terms in the peni-
Tertiary.
A sentence of years In the peni-
Tertiary was given Isaac Williams,
colored, who assaulted Albert Simson
with a knife February 6. William
Alexander, colored, who committed a
similar assault on Catherine Z. Will
liams. was sent to the penitentiary
for four years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-02
WILL OF S. H. WENCk
IS SUSTAINED HERE
Chief Justice Mccoy Instructs Jury
to Find for Heirs Named by
Late Montclair Treasurer.

The will Of Samuel III. Wenck, for
mer town treasurer Of Montclair, N. j.,
was sustained Thursday in Circuit
Court No. !, when Chief Justice
Mccoy directed the jury to find for
the heirs named in the will. The tes-
tator, who was IS years Of age. died at
the Annapolis Hotel, September "a,
1925. His estate consisted Of securi-
ties and Is valued at about $4,000.
In his will. the deceased made a be-
quest OF $4,000 to his sister, Mrs.
Mary Maphis of 214 Fourth street
southeast, another of S. 900 to Miss
Marie Kiendl of Montclair, and direct
ed that the remainder should be paid
to the First Congregational Church
of this city.
The will was attacked by the four
children Of deceased brother of Mr..
Wenck, three of whom live in Balti.
more, and the fourth, niece, Mrs.
Gertrude HUMPHREYS of this city. The
Riggs National Bank, as executor, de-
Tended the will.
The bank was represented by At
torneys Hogan, Guider and Phelan.
and the relatives by Attorneys Lamar
and Thomson of this city, and Isaac L..
Strauss, former Attorney General OF
Maryland.