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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
BY Maurine Watkins
Author OF Chicago"

NEW YORK, April 25.-If we're
going to weep, let's sob in the right
direction.
Every paper in town has told you
of Mrs. Gray's devotion to her boy.
Judd, and each one has painted the
dramatic entrance Of Rut. Snyder's
mother to the mournful accompani-
ment CT Nearer, My God, to Thee"
from a funeral band on the street
below.
"a pale, worn little woman. whose
tired eyes never wander from the
face of her child, somebody's moth
er. She remembers the touch of a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
FLOOD OF MISERY, TOO,
AS HIGH WATER RACES
United Press Correspondent BroadCaSts Eyewitness
Story From Ravaged Districts.

children, that is holding Vicks-
burg's attention.
1 have today seen thousands of
homeless, penniless ruined American
families. They are all about us here
in this city tonight. 1 heard the
steamboat Minnesota whistle at the
bend in the river this morning at
4 o'clock. On her decks were 1000
persons whose homes had been swept
away. / saw them land--men, women
and children.
What do you suppose they were
carrying? Well, what would you
carry away from home. if you were
only a few things? / know what
you'd take; I've seen it myself, to-
day. among these thousands, at first
hand. You'd take bedding. Your
last thought, if you were crowded
out Of your comfortable homes to-
night. perhaps with the children,
would, be not so much where shall
we find the next meal" as where
shall we find roof and a place to
sleep?"
Ride on Car Roofs
Down at the railraod station. sew
eral times this Sunday, l have seen
the refugee trains come in. A num-
ber arrived between midnight and
early morning. In box cars, on the
roofs of box cars, in cabooses, came
hundreds of the homeless families.
Everybody, even some of the chill
dren, were carrying bedding. Father
nearly always carries the mattress;
mother and children the clothing.
Maybe the children are asleep to-
night; hundreds Of them said their
now 1 lay mes" beside bare mat
tresses stretched out on floors. But
there isn't much sleep for fathers
and mothers who have lost every
thing and who have no money with
which to buy food; it's hard to sleep
when you face the prospect of start
ing ali over again in life.
1 saw a hundred children this
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sUnIoaded Gun to
Cost Sight of Eye

City hospital doctors today said
that Willard Neal, IL, of 145 Doug
las ST., will lose the sight of his
right eye. He was shot Saturday
by Aaron Aronstam, IA, of 1906 S.
Meridian ST., who told police he did
not know the .22-calibre pistol was
loaded.
The Neal youth wandered about
the street until two women, attract
ed by his tears. took him to his
home. Police found the Aromstam
boy selling papers downtown. He
said he threw the gun in a ditch
that men were covering up. He
bought the gun from another boy,
he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
VANDALS DAMAGE
COLLEGE BRIDGE
City Hires Night WatChman
Await Bond Sale.

Following destruction Of railing
at the sunken College Ave. bridge
over Fall Creek a nightwatchman
was hired today to guard the bridge
at night, City Engineer Frank c.
Lingenfelter announced.
Vandals pushed part of the
crumbled railing into the creek one
night last week, Lingenfelter said.
Repair of the bridge by the board
Of works is being held-up pending
sale of the bonds by City Controller
William c. Buser. Virgil Wanda
grifft, works board president, said
the contract would be let and work
rushed as soon as the bonds are sold,
making the procedure legal.
The bridge has not fallen any in
the last few days, Lingenfelter said.
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IF YOU HAVE TEARS, PICK
RIGHT PLACE TO WEEP
Mane Watkins, Speaking of Mothers Grieving in Snyder
Case, Remarks Victim Had One, Too.

little head on her bosom. of soft,
clinging arms about her neck-her
baby. now in the cruel clutches of
the law now in the cold gray shadow
Of the chair and the sunshine
streams on, but it's glory is gone, her
baby! Mother love, that endures
and suffers ALL"
Grab your handkerchiews, gentle
men-it's our national weakness. It's
insidious, that appeal. because it
strikes genuine sentiment as well as
sentimentality, because it touches
something really worth while.
How would you like for your
mother" We go LJwn before that
instantly; we have mothers, all of
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DALE MUST
SERVE 90
DAY TERM
Highest Court in Land Up
holds Editors Con-
viCtion.
TRUTH IS NO DEFENSE
This Effect in Indiana Con-
tempt Cases.

George r. Dale, the Muncie editor,
must go to the Indiana State Farm
for ninety days under a sentence
imposed by Circuit Judge Clarence
w. Dearth for an article written in
q E4sruary, 1923.
~he United States Supreme Court
today dismissed his appeal at Wash
ington because it found that no Fed
eral question was involved.
Dale's own lawyer, former Senator
Moses Clapp, Minnesota, informed
Chief Justice Taft that upon read
ing the printed transcript Of the de-
cision in lower courts he found no
Federal question was involved.
Justice Taft frowned and informed
Clapp the courts mandate would be
issued at once. Taft said he wished
more attorneys would follow. a
similar course when they found
their cases lacking in Federal
questions.
The decision of the Indiana Su-
preme Court in the same case which
held that the truth is no defense"
stands.
In the final appeal Dale was rep
resented by former United States
Senators Moses Clapp and Augustus
o. Stanley, but they found no legal
way of raising a Federal question
and the appeal was dismissed on
the motion of Attorney General Ar
thur l.. Gilliom.
The article on which Dale was
sentenced followed his indictment on
a LIQUOR charge. That case was
never tried and was dismissed.
Jurors Unfair" His Charge
Dale, when indicted, charged that
the jury commission, then composed
Of Jacob Cavanaugh and John Hamp-
ton, now the mayor of Muncie, had
so drawn the jurors that the indict-
JSs amounted to a conspiracy. He
tWged that the jurors were unfair,
that the charge was framed" and
that he was the victim of a political
ring which objected to his demands
for clean city.
He offered, when brought into
court, to prove the truth of every
charge he made, but the courts held
that the truth was not a defense.
His plea on the contempt charge
was that he desired only to inform
the court OF conditions so that
changes of conditions could be made.
Since that time Judge Dearth has
been tried by the State Senate on
impeachment charges brought by
the House of Representatives.
Close Vote Results
The charge made by the lower
house was that Cavanaugh had been
Illegally appointed jury commissioner
and later qualified by the deed Of
a small piece Of land valued at not
more than $40, the deed being made
by Judge Dearth.
It was on this charge that the
Senate voted 80 for conviction Of
Judge Dearth to II for a vindication.
The impeachment failed by two
Senate votes.
On other charges, involving some
of the matters charged by Dale in
his article, a majority Of the Senate
voted for the conviction of Judge
Dearth. The law requires that two
thirds of the Senate vote to sustain
any impeachment charge.
Now after four years, Judge Dearth
retains his seat upon the bench
through the slight margin OF two
Senate votes. Dale goes to jail. The
r&sXAg of the Supreme Court that the
trrm is no defense in a contempt
proceeding stands as the law of
Indiana.
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Editors Note: e. W. Lewis. United
Press staff correspondent who is car
ryiug out rowing assignment in the
Mississippi flood zone. wired an account
vicinity of Vicksburg to New York last
night and il was broadcast over sta
tion WIZ and other members of the
WIZ chain OF radio stations as the Sun
day night program of Golfers maya
zine The broadcast, heard by thou
sands of radio listeners. presents a coll
orful description of scenes of the flood
zone and is herewith carried in full
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Macdonald Better

BIZ Untted Pre8s
PHILADELPHIA, April 25.-Ram-
say Macdonald, leader of the British
Labor party and former premier of
England, spent a comfortable night
and was much improved" It was
said at the Jefferson Hospital, where
he is confined with sore throat and
cold today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
Radio Helps

Request numbers will be
played for Red Cross Flood Re
lief contributors over WFBM,
Indianapolis Power and Light
Company radio station from 8
to midnight tonight.
The promise TO contribute aud
request should be telephOned
over Main 1916, 1S41 or 1348,
or telegraphed to the Carr Tire
Company, Delaware and Michi-
gan Sts., indianapolis.
Contributions must be sent
direct to the indianapolis
Chapter, American Red Cross,
War Memorial Bldg, III n.
Meridian st. Checks must be
pade payable to Frank ID.
Stalnaker, treasurer.
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the other side, southern Arkansas
and northern Louisiana have felt the
same scourge. Through central and
southern Louisiana--the delta coun-
try where the river widens slowly
until it ends, below New Orleans. in
a score of branches-the waters are
rising and are expected to reach a
critical level this week.
The same story Of loss Of life that
has come in the last week from
Missouri. Tennessee. Arkansas and
northern Mississippi may be ex.
pected to be repeated as the days
pass from more southern points.
The tragedy of the flood has scare
ly started.
Whole Families Perish
Refugees brought stories of iso-
lated, nameless ragedies-children
drowned here, a mother and her Off
spring flung helpless into swirling
currents, whole families wiped out
deaths which in many cases can
never be verified and officially re-
corded. The established death list
has passed 125.
Scores of refugees who had spent
days soaking wet huddled in houses
foul with the slime of the river
suffered from severe colds which
threatened to become pneumonia.
Mumps, chicken pox and measles
spread. The sufferers, weak from
exposure and hunger, could give
little resistance against disease. and
1t was feared many would not
survive,
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BIZ United Press
LOS ANGELES, April U.s.
Aimee Semple Mcpherson has
bobbed her hair and split her
church.
The bobbed hair was the sole
cause of the split. Gladwyn Mich
OILS, leader of 500 former members
Of Angelus Temple who left it last
week, said today. He was radio
announcer for the temple.
1t wasn't that the ex-followers
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OF Mrs. Mcpherson were angry, he
explained. They were just hurt
deeply hurt.
Nichols based his objections on
the words of the Apostle Paul as
found in ! Corinthians, eleventh
chapter, fifth and sixth verses,
which are as follows:
For every woman that prayeth
or prophesieth with her head un-
covered dishonoreth her head, for
that is even all one as If she were
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shaven, for if the women to be
shorn or shaven, let her he GOV.
cred"
Mrs. McPherson's hair has al
ways been one of her most attrac-
tive features. 1t drew the eye like
a magnet, especially when she
wore the white robes she usually
affected on the platform.
But the evangelist recently loft
her evangelical city. after her kid
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
Kills Girl and Self

BU Unitcd PreSs
BEDFORD, April 25.-Susie Was
son, 20, Negro, and Will Jackson,
SO, are dead today as the result of
a murder and suicide. Police said
Jackson killed his sweetheart and
then himself because of dependency.
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Tents Give Shelter to
Refugees Crowding Vicksburg
BIZ United Press
TTNKGD1

VlCKSBURG, Miss, April 25.-Vicksburg, built on high
ground out of reach Of the flooded Mississippi like city
on the edge of today preparations were made
receive 5000 refugees from the north About equal
Der already has gathered here thousand on the out
skirts of the city housed refugees Relief work moved with
mill itarv
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
BY +. w. Lewis.

United Press staff Correspondent
VICKSBURG, Miss, April 25.-
We're not going to do much sleep
ing in this city of Vicksburg, Miss,
tonight, no matter how well the rest
of America sleeps.
A human flood hit us today, a
flood of misery. The Mississippi's
flood of waters is rising along this
city's embankments-but it is the
flood OF homeless men, women and
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naping experience. and toured the
country. She held meetings in
New York. And she came horne
and bobbed her hair.
Il didn't know my hair had any
thing to 90 with the break" Mrs
Mcpherson said today. eff 1 did,
the Nichols group is foolish. Re-
ligion, not length Of hair. is the
basic thing about Angelus Tenn
ple.n -,
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FLOOD AREA RESIDENTS
FACE FORCED REMOVAL
BY MILITARY AUTHORITY
Mississippi National Guard Command
er rDeclares Obstinate Will Not Be
Permitted Ito Die Like Rats"
VICKSBURG SERVES AS HAVEN
Five Thousand Refugees Bound for City
Already Caring for Like Number.
VICKSBURG SERVES AS HAVEN
DISASTER BRIEFLY TOLD

Forcbe evacuation of residents in flooded Of Misss
sppi ordered by commander of States National Guard
Known dead reach 1885, with probability that actual toll
due to widespread destruction will be known.
Vcksburg, Miss will be shelterng 10000 refugees by
night.
Red Gross and other relief agencies organize wartime
basis with Secretary Hoover directing activities from Mem
phis, Tenn.
Doctors and fight disease succeeding far in pre-
venting any serious epidemic
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
Changes Tire, Drops Dead

q MYSmcs SDeCtdt
NS@*'HMOND, Ind, April 25. -
ONfexertion in changing tire was
blamed today for the death of Chris
topher c. Cain, 76, who dropped dead
on the National Rd. near Lewisville
Sunday.
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1--WE cannot allow these people to
die like rats from disease and priva-
tion or permit them to be trapped
by the rising water" Gen. Green
said. 'If they refuse to leave. we
intend to force them out of the
stricken territory"
More than 10000 refugees in the
towns Of Greenville. Leland, Shaw,
Elizabeth, Percy and Hollendale will
be removed on the forcible evacua-
ton order if they refuse to leave on
their own accord. Gen. Green said.
Levee Break Reported
An unverified report that the main
Mississippi levee near Yonkapin,
Ark, several miles above Arkansas
City. had given way reached T. w.
Reese, levee board chairman, at
Helena, Ark. today.
The Memphis levee board was
without word of the reported break.
Breaking of the levee at Yonkapin
would flood Arkansas City with sew
eral feet before night, river men
said.
Telephone service was out be.
tween Memphis and Arkansas City
today although workmen had been
sent out to repair breaks in the
lines.
The crest OF the flood had
passed below Memphis today and
this city, freed from the fear of
overflow. turned its whole attention
TO succoring the stricken lands be-
low, where the yellow river still was
rising.
Fifteen Reported Dead
Fifteen women and children be.
lieved to have been Negroes, were
reported drowned when a cabin in
which they took refuge near Winter
vile, Miss, toppled into the water,
trapping them inside it's whitewashed
walls.
1t was near Greenville that one
levee collapsed while scores of work
men labored to save 1t, hurling them
INTO the river. The number who
died has not been definitely estab-
lished-probably never viii be
definitely known. 1t is estimated at
from a dozen to 100.
Down the whole length of the
Mississippi-some 600 miles in a
straight line, but nearer twice that
distance by the tortuous channel Of
the Mississippi-the river has broken
down levees, flooded farms and
towns and taken its toll of life. On
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MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 25-Orders for forcble
on of Greenvle, Leland and other flooded Mississippi towns
issued today by Gen. Cur Green of the
Mississippi National Guard feet of than 100 boats of
all sizes being assembled Vcksburg carry soldiers
into the flooded bring residents remaining
flooded regions by force if necessary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-25
SNYDER CASE
BY
PROSECUTION
District Attorney Refers to
Blond Defendant as
That Woman
KIN OF VICTIM HEARD
Brother First Witness. for
State.

By United Press
LONG ISLAND CITY. n. Y.
April 25.-The case of the State of
New York against Ruth Brown
Snyder and Henry Judd Gray, ac-
cused of the murder of Albert lSny-
der, was outlined to the jury today
by District Attorney Newcombe.
The blonde suburban housewife
and the swarthy corset salesman sat
close by the prosecutor as he pic
tured them murderers of Mrs. Sny-
der's husband, Albert.
Jury Under Cloud
Before Newcombe began his open.
ing statement Supreme Court JUS
tice Townsend Scudder received op-
posing counsel in chambers and dis
cussed the case since their selection.
Court was an hour late in starting,
and during the interim there were
rumors that a mistrial might be de-
clared, that the two jurors might
be withdrawn and that a change Of
venue was possible.
But when the court convened no
mention was made of the occurrence
Instead, Edgar Hazleton, counsel for
Mrs. Snyder, made routine motion
that all witnesses be excluded from
the courtroom until called.
The courtroom crowd, which in
cluded several women friends of Mrs.
Snyder, the Marquis and Machioness
of QueensburX, and David Belasco,
shifted uneasily while awaiting open
ing of court.
Records Guarded
A dictaphone with two dozen
records was stationed at one side of
the courtroom and was guarded by
employees of the district attorneys
office. A report that the confessions
Of the defendants, since repudiated,
had been taken on dictaphones and
would be run off" in court was not
denied by the prosecution.
Among those in the room was
Warren Schneider, brother of the
slain man, scheduled to be called as
the first witness for the State. With
Schneider were two sisters, who
also retained the original spelling
of the name. Snyder changed his
name at request Of his wife.
Newcombe began to speak slowly
and in a conversational manner. He
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The Best-Grandi Laundry, Main 0774.
Economy finishedo 10 lbs, $1.51
& half Hat Everything ready to use.
ADV.
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Home Edition

The food horror grows.
Have you contributed to the
Red Cross Relief Fund.-
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Forecast

Mostly cloudy tonight and
Tuesday; warmer with possibly
showers tonight.
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regions by force if necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
w., B. "a. BONDS RISE
WITH W. M. RY. STOCK
Fumors Linking Electric and
Steam Lines in Absorption Plan
Again Are Revived
Special Dispatch to The Star

BALTIMORE. January 15-S+ran,stt.
IN western Maryland Railway com.
mon stock the past week simultaneous
with revived absorption of WASHING.
toh' Baltimore and Annapolis bonds
mas brought forward once more tbs
fumor that the Western MaryIand
may use the tracks of the electric.
railway for entrance into Washington
congestion at New York was said In
make the Baltimore outlet of the
w estern Maryland more valuable than
heretofore to railroad interests plan.
nlng an Eastern consolidation, which
would rival the Van Sweringen pro.
Ject in its scope. while the industrial
development of the South make q
Washington terminus of strategic
value.
There was little new in this rumor
which, however, never fails to stir rp
interest in the financial district. The
Annapolis and Chesapeake Bay Power
Co, owned by the electric railway
company, of course. would go to the
Consolidated Gas, Electric Light and
Power Co. of Baltimore, according TO
the story
Washington, Baltimore and Annapo.
lis bonds rose point during the week.
There is understood to have been a.
good deal of buying Of these bonds
privately between the houses recently
without public record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
INVESTMENT BOND
DEMAND IS GOOD
u. S. Government Loans and
Foreign Issues Are Big
Features Today.
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES



NEW YORK. January 15.--TUe
week in the bond market closed with
investment buying still i'll progress
ana prices adding 10 their gain.
winch have been So uniform in prac-
licdIIN every session since the frs ~
the year. The two features todav
were tmted states government loans
ana the fpreiSns. United States Coz
eminent bonds have been simrl,
steady earlier in the week. but TO-DAY
new buying made it's appearance in
SuCH volume that five Of these obi
Fdt!ohs sold higher than ever before
~ u thelr history. The five were the
nLSl ana the fourth 4A Llbeltys. of
w., " ~ me latter made Il new high on
=, day before, the Treasury AIS. the
Treasury IA and the Treas,1rv ga
rms demonstration was not accom-
PdEied ny any fresh strength in the
hlsh grade rails. which merely held
around the highs of Friday.
- long list of separate issues Uera
advanced In the foreign group. Con
splcuous among them were French ?,
above lO1 for the first time in thor.
history and Italian Is which Iikevrisa
MADE new high for all time az III.
touched 96. Then some of the foraic,,
ihdustrlals and utility descrintjons
were taken up. Italian Public Utility
IS and Toho Electric Power rs we,s
the leaders in this class. Arotha,
strong feature was furnished bv III.
lahd IS and still another by Commen.
weaith or Australia 5s. Buying of Tho
latter was accompanied by report.
Ihat new Australian financing was nm.
der negotiations. "'''
Inc Junior rails were not as active
put prices were well maintained. Ruv'
ing favored Chicago, Great Western
r. missouri Pacific As and Chicago
Aeiie Halte and Southeastern bonds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
RAIL LIST STRONG
IN STOCK MARKET
Frisco and Rock Island Com
mon Hit New RecordS-U. S.
Steel Down Slightly.


BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. January 15.-Strengtf
of the railroad shares contrasted with
the heaviness of the industrials al
tAe opening of today's stock market
Frisco common and Rock Island com
mon mounted to record high prices
and Great Northern preferred sold nj
The highest price in five years. Initia!
recessions in United States Steel com
mon, Hudson Motors. Consolidated
Gas and other popular industrials
we're fractional.
Heavy accumulation of the railroad
shares. Coincident with a resumption
of bulIish operations in a number OF
speCialties. turned the general course
Of prices upward before the END OF
The first hour. Lehigh Valley com
mon. which scored a sensational ad-
vance of nearly II points yesterday.
quickly moved up points to another
new high record at l2ll4. Early ad-
vances of one TO two points took place
in Frisco common, Great Northern
preferred Canadian Pacific. Delaware
and Hudson. Missouri Pacific prefer
red. Colorado and Southern second
preferred and Wheeling and Lake
Erie common.
Pool activities centered at first in
such issues as American Agricultural
Chemical preferred. Remington Type
writer. Erie Steam Shovel. Julius Kay
ser. National Biscuit and Great West
ern Sugar. all of which sold a point
or more above yesterdays final quo
tationS.
Foreign exchanges opened steady,
demand sterling quoted around 4.S4 s
and French francs around 3.SI cents,