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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-03
PROBE TO DECIDE
MURDER CHARGE
TaIbert Staying Quiz Gets
Under Way Today.

Whether William Gay. 45, Negro.
1929 Cornell Ave. will be charged
with numbering Wallace B. Tslbert,
Al. of 2147 N. Olney St, was TO be
decided today at an inquest con
Quoted by Dr. Paul F. Robinson,
coroner.
Gay. nightwatchman at the Best
Grand Laundry. "a N. Senate Ave,
shot Talbert, he told police, after he
had been follwoed from the sidewalk
to the inside of the laundry by Tai
bert and Roy Waltz, 219 w. Twenty.
Eighth St, and beaten. Waltz is
held in the city prison today in de-.
fault of a $4,000 vagrancy bond.
Gay was charged with manslaughter
pending the outcome of the inquest.
Bud McClarrin. Negro, All w.
Ohio St. told police the two men,
Talbert and Walt, tried to overpower
and rob him as he passed them in
front of the laundry. Gay said he
heard the trio Arguing and ordered
them away The two turned and
struck him. Gay tod Lieut.. Thomas
and emergency police.
They followed and were welding
vicious blows when Gay drew his
revolver and fired he said. The bul.
let struck Talbert in the chest and
he died soon after. Waltz was in
toxicated and unable to talk, police
said. Several witnesses verified
Gays story. Fred Nanny gao ~,
tral Court, and John r. Cannon, sec.
retary of the laundry, signed his
bail of $500.
Police say several weeks ago, two
Negroes attacked Gay in the laun-
dry. They bound and gagged him
and attempted to break open the
safe. Severely injured. Gay was
taken to the city hospital, where
he remained for several days.
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Charge Family Sold
to Slavery for $40

BIZ Jnifed Press
NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. g.
Two white men were under indict.
ment here today charged with SELL
ing iyto virtual slavery for consid-
GRAFTON of $50 family Of FIVE Ne
groes. The accused are John AL
ford and Webb Beliue, Amite. La.
1t is specifically charged that on
Aug. 5. 1925, they spirited from his
home Crawford, Allen, an aged Ne
gro. his wife and three children. car
ried them in an automobile to
Fluker and sold them to r. Hurst,
a farmer.
Witnesses testified that the pre-
Civil War practice of selling Negroes
was not uncommon in the Amite
vicinity.
The, Negroes. they said, are led to
believe that they are in debt. and
must accept whatever employer is
given them until they work out the
obligations.
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Aimee Semple Mcpherson, Los An
geles evangelist, whoHreceived a mil
lion dollars worth of front-page
newspaper publicity Throughout the
Nation a few months ago, following
a mysterious disappearance in Cali
fornia. arrives in Indianapolis Fri
day morning to deliver six free"
ovangelistic sermons in Cadle Taber-
nacle.
Aimee's coming has been heralded
by an advance publicity man, and
she will be accompanied by a reti'
nue. of five associates interested in
spreading the gospel between Los
Angeles, Cal, and Miami, Fla. Aimee
is en- route to Miami, according to
her booking agents. where she will
recuperate from the ordeal resulting
from her California experiences.
Although the services here have
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-03
LEAST GAMBLING LURE
Americans Resist Best-Russians
Fall Easiest.

Bu United Press
NEW YORK. Feb. S.-Americans
are stronger against the lure of the
gambling table than any other peo-
pie, according to an ex-croupier at
Monte Carlo, who exposes the
secrets of that gambling resort in
and most reckless losers while the
the current issue of the Elks maga-
zine.
Russians. he says, are the easiest
and Greeks. are the cleverest and
sanest of gamblers. Men. because
they play systematically. lose less
proportionately than women, who
follow Intuition.
"a system has never yet been
found to win" he says, but sys-
TENS do limit your losses"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-03
PARK BOARD SHAKE-UP
is BELIEVED PROBABLE
Word Passed Out That Employees Should Have Sigma
lures Of Coffin Leaders in Wards, Precincts.

Possibility of shake.up effecting
the city park board force was dis
cussed today at the city hall FOL.
lowing the request of Park Board
Member Adolph G.. Emhardt wednes-
day that employees fill out new ap.
plication blanks for their positions.
Reorganization Of the board and
election of officers was scheduled for
this afternoon. according to Presi.
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investigation. is due the State of
Indiana that the guilty ones should
be investigated.
Representative DELPHI L. McKes-
son, Plymouth, defended the right
Of the Legislature to make the in.
vestigation and cited Kansas and
South Carolina precedents.
You can't use the excuse that this
investigation will consume the time
Of the Legislature. 1t will not in
terfere. A committee of five will do
this investigating. he said.
Don't cry that it will interfere
with the work of the House. That
is all bunk.
We are the butt Of burlesque in
vaudeville. We are looked down
upon throughout the whole Nation.
1--WE must regain the confidence
of our people. Such conditions as
confront use do more to undermine
confidence in government than
dozen Legislatures can overcome.
Sunlight Never Hurts"
Sunlight never hurts anything
except corruption, I don't believe,
there are any more corrupt Repub-
licans than Democrats. They are
not many in either party.
Now, i'll conclusion, say the peo-
pie of this State have right to
know the truth Of these matters.
Minority Floor Leader Edward z.
Bender, TOWNSVILLE. declared the only
reason he supported the ivestigation
was to bring the State board Of ac-
counts and highway commission to-
gether.
He referred to items in the ac-
counts board investigation OF the
highway body which resulted in in
dictment of several highway officials
in 1925 for alleged misuse of Federal
war materials.
'sDid the State board Of accounts
ever give the highway commission
a hearing on this report?' he asked.
Did the State board of accounts
use all of the material available in
their investigation?
"why were they so diligent in
getting testimony from discharged
employees and disgruntled salesnen
without taking the trouble to investi.
gate their authenticity"
He referred to the last page Of the
accounts board report which stated
that only thirty-one of sixty army
escort wagons could be accounted
for.
Sold and Paid For
THE truth of the matter Is thirA
ty.three were sold and paid for, thir.
teen at Butlerville and one at Cam
bridge City. Aaking the total of
sixty" Bender stated.
"It seems to me that nobody of
this State government can get so
large that this Legislature cannot
go to the bottom of every accusation
and determine once and for all their
truth or falsity," Bender concluded.
Bender was followed by David II.
Byers of Vincennes who, after tell
ing the House members how he also
regretted the necessity of speaking
on the charges. said:
1.-THE men subject to these charges
should seek this investigation. They
should have done all that lay within
their powers to urge this investigs-
ton. That is the natural thing for
an innocent man to do.
'If guilty, opposition to this
resolution would be the natural re.
suit. That is the natural thing for
guilty men to do"
The galleries were crowded with
school children from various cities.
Every bit of available space was
taken by spectators, many OF whom
were State employees,
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Liberty of Bobber
Bobbed for Bob
Bp United Press

Bu United Press
NEW BEDFORD, Mass,
Feb. 3.-Because he bobbed a
woman's hair without her con-
sent. Jose Cravinho, barber,
must spend two months in jail
1 wouldn't have had my haE
bobbed for $1,000" tearfully
complained Mrs. Agnes Rod
rlques, showing the court a
two'foot hank of black hair
which Bobber Jose had nipped.
She said the defendant was
SO positive that bobbed hair
would augment her beauty that
ne came up behind her and abb
oreviated her coiffure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-03
REBELLION IN PORTUGAL
State of Siege Declared In Effort to
Check Uprising.

DIV CUtftu ffcoo
LISEON, Feb. 3.-ReYolution
against the government began today
at Oporto.
The government proclaimed a
state of SIEGE similar to martial
law, throughout Portugal.
Oporto is the second city of Portu-
gal in population and Importance and
is the capital of the district of that
name. 1t is IT'S miles northeast OF
Lisbon.
Private advices received here mere
ly announced that the disturbance
had begun, but contained no intima-
tion Of the extent Of the revolu-
tionary activity, 1t was presumed
that the disturbance had not ex-
tended to the entire country and that
it probably will be confined to single
city.
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Wait 1000 Years;
See What Happens

Bu United Press
LANSING. Mich, Feb. 3.-One
thousand years hence there will be
another day like yesterday. but not
until then.
1t was the second day of the Sec
ond month of the second year of the
second quarter of the twentieth
century.
The Rev. Frank Kingdom of
Lansing. who ms de the discovery,
pointed out that in 1858 will occur
the third day of the third month OF
the third year of the third quarter
of the thirtieth century.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-03
PROHIBITION A JOKE

Bv United Press
TOPEKA. Kan. Feb. S.--Jay z.
House. former mayor of Topeka, de-
clares there is no question about the
swing of the prohibition pendulum.
Maybe it isn't so apparent in
Kansas" he said, 'but in the east
prohibition is becoming more of
joke every day--if you can call such
tragic thing a joke"
During the course of dinner re-
Gently given in Topeka the speaker
asked House If he was still Repub.
lican.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-03
SCRIPTS MILLIONS
INVOLVED IN SUIT
Widow Sues Over Division
of Newspapers Value.

BU United Press
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb 3--Mrs.
Josephine Scripps of Miramar, Cal.
has brought suit in Federal court
here against Robert p, Scripps as
executor and trustee of the estate of
his father the late e. w. Scripps, to
recover an excess of 100000 she
maintains is due her. Mrs. Scripps
is acting as executrix of the estate
of the late James G. Scripps, who
was her husband and the son of e.
w. scripps.
Mrs. Scripps is represented by
Charles Evans Hughes, Charles Bro
dek and John H. Perry of New York
and Leon r. Yankwich of Los AM
seles as attorneys.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-03
MORE AERIAL TRAVEL
New Record of 1000 Passengers
Set Ddring 1926.
Bv United Press

By United Press
LONDON. Feb. S.-Nearly 1900
passengers. or. an average of more
than forty-six a. day. flew between
London and the Continent on nper-
lai Airways during 1926. setting a
new record. This is the government
subsidized British service, .and the
figures do not include passengers
carried by French. Dutch and Ger
man lines.
During the entire year there were
no mishaps involving injury to pass
engers or crew in the Imperial Air
ways service. One liner had a
forced landing in the channel, but
all aboard were rescued by a fishing
boat without suffering serious sf-
fects.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-03
G. O. P. House Members Stick to Party
Lines When Democrats Force Test
on Corruption Probe.
VOTE STANDS 61 AGAINST; sc FOR
Debate, Which Fails to Become Fiery,
Lasts Hour and Quarter.

Sticking to party lines Republican members of the Indiana
House of Representatives today killed the for
legislative inquiry into Indiana political corruption of the last
several years. during which Republicans have been control
State government
The probe controversy suddenly issue when Demo
cratic leaders threatened exposon upon the floor of
House Judiciary committee held up any longer the reso
ton calling for the quiz
The resolution that divided committee report was
hastily made The majority favored indefinite postponement
the minority passage motion adopt the minority report
was made and debate which became fiery an hour
and quarter
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-03
Eats Way to Juicy
Championship

BH United Press
CINCINNATI, Feb. 3.--How.
ard Stribiing, 1S-year-old Column
bus boy. today had an ew cham
pionship added to his list Of
freak accomplishments. How.
ard was crowned the orange
eating" king when he out-ate
all competitors in a contest
here. He had stuffed sixty-two
oranges and still had a half
hour to go in the contest when
his opponents gave. up. His
nearest competitor had -hfty-six.
Stribling already holds the
peanut rolling championship.
having won the title by rolling
n goober with his nose the
length of the Fountain espla-
made. He claims the hamburg
er eating title with a record of
twenty-one sandwiches.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-03
BOYS BRAVERY COUNTS
Bandit Slain by Father With Weapon
Lad, 10, Provided.

BU United Press
DETROIT. Feb. S.-Bravery and
presence of mind by Albert A. Corey,
Jr., d0-year-old son of grocer, last
night resulted in the killing of a
Negro thug who attempted to hold
up his fathers store.
The thug. believed 20 be Dewey
Jones, 23, backed the father and into
the rear of the grocery store. Spy.
ing a revolver behind meat cleever,
Junior managed to pick 1t up and
hand it to his father.
The Negro turned his head for an
instant, and received two bullets.
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dent John E. Minor, an appointee of
Mayor Ddvall.
Park Superintendent r. Walter
Jarvis said Emhardt ordered him to
have employees fillaout new blanks.
and stated 'city employees should not
sign," as recommenders.
Signatures Nice"
Jarvis stated that someone may
have suggested that 1T would be
nice to have ward and precinct com
mitteemen. sign the blanks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-03
BRITAIN MAY CHANGE
Cabinet Considers Proposal to Halt
Advance ON China.

BH United Press
LONDON, Feb. 5.--A decision by
the British cabinet on the sugges-
ton that the British fleet and army
now en- route to Shanghai be di-
oerted to Hong Kong, in compliance
with the wishes of the Cantonese
nationalists. was postponed today un-
til tomorrow.
The cabinet, the United Press was
authoritatively informed, will meet
tomorrow to consider this question.
If the armed forces were diverted to
Hong Kong they would remain there
ready for action in case Shanghai
were thre&ened with immediate
trouble.
It was estimated that 10000 troops
were en- route to Shanghai or under
orders to proceed there today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-03

American Woman Levied for Toilet
Set Both Ways.
Bg United Press
WASHINGTON. Feb. s.--The
United States custom laws work two
ways-going and coming.
An American woman bought a
toilet set in France and paid a heavy
duty on 1t. Later she decided to
send it to a woman in France as a
gift.
The return duty on the set was so
high in France the gift was not ac-
cepted and returned to the United
States. The woman had to pay a.
second custom charge to get 1t back
into this country. The United States
custom court ruled that the second
duty collected was legal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-03
WEARS FEW MEDALS PAYS DUTY DouBLY

Lord Byng Appears Little Decorated
at Dinner for Prince.
BIZ United Press
LONDON. Feb. S.--"Too many
medals to be comfortable"
Tais\was the situation Lord Byng,
formerly Governor General of Can.
ada. found himself in when he was
getting ready for recent dinner at
which he was to be postmaster. The
Prince of Wales was the guest of
honor and everyone appeared with
the most silver and gold braid pos
sible. Lord Byng, however, displayed
only with the medals of his court
decorations, apparently finding that
his dress suit was sufficiently
covered without the additional large
number Of war medals he was
varded during the World War.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-03
BUDGET MAY
AID SCHOOL
BID TANGLE
Board Grasps Last Straw
in '27 appropriation
Possibilities.
HIGH FEES CONTESTED
Plan to Pay Excess Costs
Out of Regular Fund.

The school board today was con-
sidering a last straw as a means
of expediting the start of construc.
ton on the long promised Shortridge
High School. The school is at pres
ent bond bound" with a low general
construction bid of S1,3s0,e79 exceed
ing the tentatively approved $1,000
600 bond issue.
That the excess over and above the
amount of the bond issue could be
absorbed in the 1928 budget. thus
allowing construction to start imme.
diately, was the opinion expressed
by Ure NJ. Frazer, board business
manager.
IF VIC should institute new pc
tition before the tax board for a bond
issue to cover the entire cost of the
building it would result in having to
destroy the old bids. advertise for
rev. tabulate new bids and submit
them for another consideration bc.
fore the tax board" Frazer said. ~AIl
this causes delay
Vacancy Jan.
The contract Of sale Of the old
building to the State Life Insurance
Company calls for vacancy by Jan. l,
1929. The present bids are now be-
ing considered by the tax board.
which must approve or reject them
not later than Monday. The bids
were opened two weeks ago.
The tax board has strenuously OBJ
iected to the high fost Of heating
and ventilating for the new Short.
ridge compared to similar cost in
other local high schools under con.
struction. Objection also has >been
raised to the s1o4.s97.01 architscts'
feesy which 4aeludes siS,I7S.S6 wasted
on original plans when the Incoming
majority faction OF the school board
discarded them Jan 1. 1925. pronnis-
ing new plans calling for building
to cost not more than 81 900, 900.
Expensive Heating
The school board should accept
responsibility for this waste and not
include IL as part OF the general
construction price of the new build
ing. tits said. The new plans made
mandatory a direct.indirect system
OF heating and ventilating which will
cost approximately twice as much as
usual bids would have run II the
system had been left open for the
best and cheapest bid. it is estimated.
Clarence c. Shipp, local man. who
was active in UNOFFICIAL school beard
affairs at the time the change was
made. is the only manufacturer of
a "D-I" system in this section of the
country. Dealers who bid handle
only Ships product. Freyn Brothers
were low with a bid of s303,351.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-03
THEATER GRAND JURY,
Producers Offer New Plans of Stage
Censorship.

bN CntLeU Press
NEW YORK. Feb. 3.-Theatrical
producers today drew up recon-
mendation to the district attorneys
office that the play jury" at pres
ent an unofficial body which makes
suggestions and that's all, be given
powers Of a grand jury for the stage.
Such a plan is, the answer of the
theater to the present demand for
something that will place limit on
the depths to which the stage may
descend to give the public thrill and
make the cash register ring.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-03

Inc vote on tne mOtlon TO adopt
the minority report was 36 for and
81 against, definitely killing the
movement for an investigation.
Party Vote
Every Democrat in the House, ex-
cept Representative Edwin E. Eiken-
barry, Wabash, who is ill, voted in
favor of the Investigation. Every
Republican with the exception of
French Clements, Evansville. who
was absent, voted against the investi.
CATION.
Before the morning session opened
Democratic leaders let it be known
that unless some action was taken
upon the resolution today there
would be fireworks. The resolu.
ton had been in committee since it
was introduced, Jan. 10. by Repre-
sentative George L. Saunders Dem.),
Bluffton.
Speaker Harry G.. Leslie Rep.C
who had STAYED off theatehed
'blow-up" Wednesday by promising
the Democrats action would come
soon, suddenly called a conference
of Republican members in his office.
Immediately after this conference
there was a hasty meeting of Ju-
dietary A Committee.
Republican leaders passed out the
word that the resolution had to be
killed. The session opened and the
Republican members proceeded to
stand by the Grand Old Party to a
man.
Democrats fought bitterly, decIar.
ing that the Republican party owed
it to the reputation Of Indiana to
investigate the charges, punish the
guilty or exonerate all.
Fair Name Smeared'
Representative Fabius Gwin,
Shoals. said:
I'VE have before us for decision
one OF the most vital matters that
will appear before this session.
II hope the matter will not be de.
termined by politics. but by loyalty
to our State.
Eyes Of the Nation are centered
on Indiana right this minute. Indi-
ana's fair name has been sIneared
by charges made against her officials.
There has been so much said and
printed throughout the Nation that
Indiana's name has everywhere been
brought into disrepute.
"The Marion County grand jury
that investigated made a report
that It was impossible to return
a true bill, with the Inference that
corruption had entered our courts.
Should not this suspicion or in
ference be cleared up by investiga-
ton. The public wishes to see in.
side this matter. Nine-tenths of our
people want to know whether our
officers have been guilty of malfeas-
ance and misfeasance in office. They
want to know if the charges are true.
mo charges have been made
against the minority party. All are
against the officials of the majority.
1T is not up to the majority to
clear the fair name of their officials?
Bottled Up"
Charges against high executives
how rest in the courts of Marion
County, bottled up Should not
these charges be cleared up so that
men that have in vain sought to be
brought before the courts an oppor-
tunity for vindication will have a
chance here to clear their good
names?
This is a question of State 10y
atty. 1t Is question of right or
wrong. 1t is question of whether
Indiana is going to clear her
guiltIess officials and prosecute
the guilty ones.
"The innocent ones deserve this
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-03
ATTORNEYS
Of A[GER
TO CONFER
May Decide on Whether
Jury'S Verdict Will Be
Appealed.
GETS 2 TO Fl YEARS
MansIaughter Sentence to
Be Passed Later.
GETS 2 TO Fl YEARS
oJ AIiuOiU EtCiu
Times Staff Correspondent


DANVILLE, Ind, Feb. 3.-Attor-
neys of Gene Alger, 1S, Butler Uni
versity student, found guilty by a
jury in Circuit Court Wednesday
night of manslaughter for shooting
John F.. Buchanan, Indianapolis
Negro traffiicman to death last July.
conferred this afternoon on appeal
ing the case.
Judge Edgar M. Blessing said he
would formally sentence Alger for
tw to twenty.one years at the Indi-
ana State Reformatory at Pendleton,
Saturday or Monday.
Fifteen Ballots Taken
Fifteen ballots were taken by the
jury. Edgar Stevenson, foreman,
said. All agreed almost immediate.
ly that Alger was guilty, but two of
the jurors held out on the degree of
punishment.
The verdict was returned at s;45
WSuHeSudy llSHL, JULIUS ISduI liiS
little over ten hours to agree. They
received the case at 1886 a. m.
Alger shuddered from head to foot
when the verdict was pronounced.
Once called "cry baby bandit" he
made a tremendous effort to conquer
any emotion.
Mother Not Present
His father, Carl A1ger, and his
aunt, Miss Louise Alger, were the
only relatives present. His mother
was not present.
II don't know what's become of
my wife. l haven't seen her for
hours" the father said worriedly.
Later it was learned that worn with
hours of constant pacing through the
courthouse corridors, as she waited
to hear her sons fate, Mrs. Alger,
had all at once decided she could not
bear to hear the verdict read. She
had rushed to the station and taken
a car back to Indianapolis. I've
another boy at home. must go to
him." she said.