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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-14
No Estimate Of Number
Killed by Rebels in Cap
tured Towns.
DECISIVE FIGHT
Rebel Chieftain and 13
Followers Killed in ORR
zaba District.

NOGALES, Oct 13 tA1--A semi
official dispatch to the Herald
tonight told of heavy fighting
between rebels and federal troops
this afternoon at GuatalajaTa,
Jalisco. The battle resulted IN
50 being killed and an unknown
number wounded.
NOGALES. Oct. IS P)-Sen1i- Diff
cial dispatches to the Herald tonight
told OF two towns in the state OF
Jalisco Mexico, being pillaged by
rebels, and 66 conbatants and an ull-
known number oil townspeople being
killed and many wounded in a day
of fierce fighting near Guadalajara
Jalisco, today.
The rebels under Generals Leon
Sanchez and Antonio DeGollado first
met the federal forces under francisco
Flores at Lake Hopulo, near CIuadala-
jara. The rebels were said to have
had the advantage of numbers and
put the federal soldiers to flight, al
though the insurgents received the
greater loss in dead, SO OF their num-
her falling on the field of battle,
The federal losses in that battle were
placed at Is men
Marching On the small farming
town of San Nicolas, the rebels looted
it and continued to HsoyoIan
Here the toWnspeople resisted the
attack and apparently in revenge,
the rebels not only sacked the town
Dut tore down and set fire TO build
ings
The federal forces, reforming their
lines and reinforced by members OF
The Agrarian party again met the
rebels near Soyotlan and this time
we're victorious
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 10, Ry-A
rebel chieftain named "Viernes" and
13 of his followers have been killed
by the military forces of the Ori-
zaba region in battle near Huatsco
in the state of Vera Cruz. The region
where the battle occurred is about
40 miles from Perote where federal
troops are pursSing General Arnulfo
Gomez.
The reports of the battle which
occurred Wednesday morning do not
give the number of rebels and militia
engaged but say that Viernes who
is a bandit leader in the Orizaba
region, is supposed to have assem-
bled small force to support the
Continued on Page Ten)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-14
Broken Oil Pipe Causes
FIiers to Come Down 600
Miles from Coast.
COVER 5000 Mi.
Airplane Destroyed by Fire
According to Meagre De-
tails Radioed.
(By The Associated Press)


The mOnopIane. American
Girl which carried an American
girl. Ruth Elder, off over the
Atlantic last Tuesday afternooa
for a nonstop flight from New
York to Paris, is today burned
wreck in the ocean, the goal nm
reached, but the girl herself is
safe.
With her companion in the
adventure, Captain George HaIde-
man, also safe, she is aboard the
Dutch steamer Barenbrecht, which
rescued them early today from
the fallen plane some 325 miles
northeast Of the Azores, about
SEQ miles from the Portuguese
coast. They were then about
5000 miles along their course.
Something serious happened to
the mOnOplane'S machinery - {,
hrOken oil pipe. the filters had TO
come down, perhaps they floated
until the Barendrecht came along,
or perhaps they deliberately came
down when they sighted her, the
whole story has yet to be told,
hut as they were being rescued
fire started aboard the pane and
it was destroyed.
A wireless from the Barren
drecht, yainIy beSieged all day
for. further news, may tell more
of the dramatic tale before the
tanker reaches the Azores, prob
ably Saturday morning. The facts
already known. came partly from
Ruth Elder herself in terse
wireless message to the Associated
Press bureau in Paris that she
and Haldeman had been picked
up by the tanker and were OK
from the agents of the tanker in
Rotterdam and from her captain,
whose message told OF the de-
Struction of the american Girl"
by fire as her crew was being
rescued.
There is one lone wireless
operator aboard the Barendrecnt.
PARIS, Oct 13 Gp--Ruth Elder
allied by a scant 800 miles of ac-
the feat of being the
lrst woman to cross the Atlantic by
irplane.
She and her cc-pilot, Captain
ieorge Haldeman, were forced down
n the waters of the Atlantic by a
roken oil pipe and tonight arc safe
nd sound aboard the Dutch tanker
which rescued them
heir plane, the American. Girl, was
stimated to have travelled 5000 miles
long its $500 mile journey.
The plane was destroyed by fire
S the tanker was attempting tc
alvage it. the ship reported. The
Continued on Page Ten)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-14
DEPRESSION and
FEAR GIVES Way
TO JOY IN Home
Parents of Ruth Elder Re-
joice That Daughter
Has Been Rescued.

ADMISSION, "A ALA, d. Oct. 13, R)-
Depression and fear has given away
to joy tonight in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. j, o, Elder at news of the
safe rescue of their daughter, Ruth.
The strain of the daring attempt of
their adventurous daughter to span
the Atlantic, has weighed heavily on
the parents, and Mrs. Elder who
has been in feeble health was forced
to take to bed yesterday.
Since Ruth and her co-pilot, Cap
tain George Haldeman, nosed their
plane, the American Girl, into the
air Tuesday afternoon on the at
tempted flight to Paris, her father
and mother have maintained their
belief that she would come through
safely
Their assurance was visiblyy ming
led with worry, however, and neither
of Ruth, who was the baby girl OF
the family, gathered in the Elder
home to await the news that seemed
so long in coming.
Mr.. Elder had borne the situation
bravely, but this morning was on the
point of giving up hope. M
II did my best to feel all right
about it, he said, "but about 5
o'clock this morning when she was
due in France, my heart began sink
ing and told my wife that thought
our daughter was lost. Our JOY ts
now unbounded
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29
RUCKER DOOMED
? FOR MAYORALTY
RACE BY BUSH
Political Machines Scored
by Speakers at Merger
Protest Meeting.

Rapping the Coffin. .Duvall- Dodson
machine in the city of indianapolis
and the Jackson-Walb machine in
the State, the mayoralty boom Of
Alvah j. Rucker, former city cor
poration counsel. was launched by
speakers Friday night at Tomlinson
Hall.
The meeting was called TO con
denim the public service commission
and about 1000 attended. Passage
Of the Cam bill to abolish the com
mission entirely and establish "homc
rule was urged. Those attending
the meeting were asked to lobby for
the bill.
Duty Pointed Out
"The duty of honest citizens is to
put down the Coffin.Duvall.Dods
political stangle-hold in Marion
County and to abolish the Jackson
Walb grip on State affairs" Rucker
declared. lie was recently ousted by
Mayor Duvall from the Office of
Corporation Counsel and declared
that the reason for the custer was
because he had determined to launch
suit for injunction against the mer.
ger of the local electric utilities com.
pany at a capitalization of $4,000
900.
This valuation Rucker declared to
be false and arrived at by the
Chamber Of Commerce guessing
committee" lie urged support of
the Senate bill abolshing the COM
mission
Former Lieutenant Governor Edgar
D. Bush, Salimn, also urged abolition
of commission control and "home
rule" He predicted that Rucker
would run for mayor of Indianapolis
and urged his election.
Tool of Utilities
'The Indiana public service com.
mission was launched as n project
to protect the people," Bush declared.
ut has become the tool of the util-
tiles and the present personnel
should be abolished by all means.
"I was urged not to come to this
meeting by paid lobbyists of the
utilities. They told me that it would
endanger my political future"
Bush then launched into a descrip-
ton of lobbyists methods and told of
the fine hotel rooms, cigars and other
things that are used to influence leg.
islative votes.
"If the Legislator does not accept
actual bribes it is because of his
own feelings in the matter" Bush
declared.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29
LEGION TO HELP
IN EMERGENCIES
Prepare Working Units for
Times of Crisis.

Activity of Indiana posts Of the
American Legion in relief work in
fires, tornadoes, mine explosions and
similar disasters played large part
in the formulation by national head
quarters here of plans just an
nounced for definite organization for
such emergencies, Department Adju-
tant j. H. Klinger said today.
. Posts throughout the country are
organizing corps for specific duties
in time of disaster in cooperation
With the American Red Cross and
other organizations.
The Legion plan Of organization
within the post contemplates a patrol
unit to do police and guard duty;
transportation unit to mobilize and
operate trucks and automobiles: a
medical unit to render first aid and
convey the injured to hospitals, and
a supply unit, in which Legion aux
iliary members would play a large
part, to prepare and distribute food
to victims and workers and provide
clothing and shelter for refugees.
Outstanding recent instances of
disaster work in Indiana include the
work of Oakland City and Princeton
posts in the mine explosion at Fran
cisco mine No. 2, Of Marion and VAL
paraiso posts in severe Tres in the
business districts of those towns and
work in the tornado in southern In
diana and in a mine disaster at Sui
livan.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29
BRIDGE REPAIR IS
NOT COUNTY DEBT
RuCkeIShauS Says City Can
Go Ahead With Work.

The county does not have to pay
a part of the cost of the repair of
the College Ave. bridge across Fall
Creek, according to law. City Attor-
ney John X. Ruckelshaus announced
today.
Charles Remster, bank attorney,
ruled Thursday that the $50, 900 bond
issue sold by the city for this work
was illegal because he thought the
county had to pay As per cent of the
cost.
Another legal technically has
arisen, Ruckelshaus said. The ordi-
nance passed by the council pro-
viding for the bond issue stated that
the bond issue was being made under
the flood prevention act and the
general municipal bonding act.
Ruckelshaus stated that this made
the ordinance illegal as n bond issue
can only be raised under one act at
time. A new ordinance under the
general bonding act will be prepared
and presented at the next council
meeting, Feb. Z, he said.
Roy c. Shaneberger, president of
the board of works, said that bids
for the repair work will be held up
for the passage of the new ordinance.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29
NEW STREET CUTTING

"A new method of cutting in a
street to make water or gas line re-
pairs, to be made effective immedi-
ately, was announced by City Engi
neer Chester c. Oberleas.
The new method will require the
company making to repairs to cut
an eight-inch shoulder on each side
OF the cut in the street. This will
be done so that when the cut is filled
and concrete and surface material is
placed over it, the settling of the
filled trench will not cause the con-
crete over it to settle below the level
of the rest of the street. Cuts eX-
ceeding four feet in width will have
to have the concrete covering re-
inforced by steel rods, Oberleas said
This method is in use in larger cities,
Oberleas said
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29
TOWNS MAROONED
BY HIGH WATERS
AS OHIO BO0MS
CanneltOn, Ind, Cut OFF,
ShaWneetoWn Battles to
Save Levy.
BIZ United Press

BH United Press
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan 27.-
Shawneetown, ILL.,, was completely
isolated by Ohio River flood waters
today.
It's inhabitants were reported bat
tling to prevent the levee which
protects the town from breaking
and inundating the town. Both tele.
phone and telegraphic communica-
tions were out and it was impossi-
BILE to definitely determine the stu.
alton today. A Government flood
relief boat from Evansville is patrol
ling the river in the vicinity Of
Shawneetown. Virtually all other
Illinois and Kentucky towns along
the river in the Shawneetown sector
were also cut off from communica-
ton, including Harrisburg, Ill.
Shawneetown is below the river
level, in a crescent-llke bowl. The
river is on all three sides and all
the country about the town is below
the rivers level. The disastrous
flood of 1918 completely covered the
town and took a heavy toll of lives.
Cannelton, Ind, on the Ohio some
sixty miles east of Evansville, was
also cut off from highway traffic to-
Gay, although wire communications
were still open.
The river was still rising very
slowly here this morning. A crest
night. The weather bureau says
when the river starts falling the de-
cline will be rapid.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29

isolates the camps there will be no
hardship and the work will go on.
In reality, the tunnel will be a
COMPOUND affair. The main shaft
will carry the railroad track; a
smaller tunnel, parallel to it. will
divert water from the Pacific side
of the continental divide and carry
it through to the Atlantic side for
the use of Denver and nearby towns.
Seventeen lives have been lost in
construction of the tunnel, and S13,-
100000 will have been expended by
the time it is complete. The money
was subscribed by the city of Dem
yer and the counties through which
the road passes.
The tunnel will allow trains to
cover in six miles ground that the
existing line takes twenty miles to
cover. 1t also reduces the grade
very materially, and when a cutoff
now under construction farther up
the line is finished six hours will be
Topped from the running time of
Denver-Salt Lake City trains.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29
STRIKES GOLD DIGGER
Bill Would Make Harder the Ali
mOny Path of Divorces.

BH HitCd Press
ALBANY. y. Y, Jan. "a bar
rier between the gold digging" di-
vorcee and the wallet of the eX-hus-
band was proposed by a bill intro
duced in the assembly Friday by AS
semblyman Fred l.. Hackenburg,
New York, Democrat
Coptending that the alimony fea-
ture' is one the worst attending the
divorce problem, Hackenburg pro.
posed that no divorced husband
would pay alimony for longer than
a year, unless, at the time of divorce,
the wife was more than so years of
age and had been married at least
ten years; that there were children
under IS, issue of the marriage, or
that the divorcee had made honest
efforts to support herself but was un-
able to secure sufficient income
to do so.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29
PRICE OF GREEN
BEANS ADVANCED
1O-Cent Jump Sets Quota
ton at 60 Cents a Pound.

Three price changes were made at
the city market today, although
prices in general have been stable
during the week. No new com
modities We're shown.
Green beans made sharp advance
of 10 cents a pound, selling at GO
cents. A small increase brought the
ever changing price Of Strawberries
up to So cents a quart.
Caulifiower was the only food
stuff selling at a lower mark than
heretofore. The new price varies
from 20 to SO cents a head, de-
pending upon size.
Only an extremely limited supply
of ducks is available. This is a
normal situation at this season, con-
sequently the price is still so cents
a pound.
Among the several kinds of apples
on the stands are greetings, for
cooking, four pounds for 25 cents
Fancier varieties include Ortly, 10
cents or three pounds for 25; iona
thans, 10 cents, and Delicious, Is
cents a pound.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29
VICTIM STABBED
BY BANDITS; ROB
FILLING STATIONS
Man Is Taken to Hospital
Will Live-RObberS Enter
Five Places.

Two Negro bandits held up and
stabbed John Chicong, 45, Of AIS N.
Liberty St., at Michigan and Leon
SITS. early today. After searching
his pockets and were disappointed
they became angry and one drew a
knife and slashed him several times.
He was taken to city hospital, where
it was declared his condition is not
serious.
Two men drove into the Standard
Oil station at Southeastern Ave, and
Washington st. and attempted to-
hold up the attendant, Jack KIM
mich, 504 w. Dr., Woodruff Place.
When he ran inside the station and
refused to open the door, they left.
he told police.
A lone bandit entered the filing
station at st. Clair and Alabama SITS
Friday night and held up Clyde Dis
bro, 23, of 646 E. Pratt st. Disbro
was forced to open the safe and
hand over $50, he told police.
Within a few minutes Friday
AA6iA IAiCS Slo SldllOllS WGIG IODDeu.
The Standard Oil station, Com
merce and Roosevelt Aves., was held
up and Murrell Hook, 1912 Hoefgen
ST., attendant, reported to police that
two auto bandits secured $16 they
forced him to hand over.
Another Standard Oil Station, at
Massachusetts Ave. and North SITS,
was robbed. J. o. Smith, attendant,
was relieved of s12 by lone auto
bandit. The police emergency squad
was passing at the time, headed for,
the first hold-up. Sergeant O'Con-
nor, in charge of the auto squad,
thinking that something was wrong,
slowed down, but upon seeing a
woman customer laughing, drove on.
r. p. Beverly, attendant at the
Standard Station, Rural and Tenth
Sts., was not an easy victim for the
two bandits who attempted to rob
him. Beverly said one man alighted
from an auto and drew a gun. Bever-
| ly seized the gun barrel and pointed
it back towards the bandit. AS he
did so he leapedl back inside the sta
tion and closed the door. The pair
drove away without loot.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29
FUNERAL SUNDAY
FOR J. 0. ADAMS
Noted Artist to Be Buried
Monday at MunCie.

Funeral services for j. Otis Ad-
ans, IS, noted Indiana artist. who
died Thursday at his home, 2022 N.
Pennsylvania ST., will be held Sun
Gay at 8 p. m. at the Flanner q
Buchanan mortuary, % w. Fall
Creek Blvd.
The Rev. Jean S. Miner. pastor
of Second Presbyterian Church, viii
officiate. Burial will be Monday in
Muncie.
Mr.. Adams was born at Amity,
July 8, 1851. He attended Wabash
College two years, and later stud
led under John Parker, London,
England, and in the Royal Acad.
emy, Munich, Germany. He had
won numerous awards in recogni-
ton of his work during his long
and active career.
Surviving are the widow and
three sons, Edward, a student at
Purdue University; Robert, a stu
dent at Harvard graduate business
school, and Alban of Philadelphia,
Pa.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29
sEYER IS TRUTHFUL, ALGER JURY IS TOLD
State in Rebuttal Calls Character WITT
nesses for Hotel Man Who Says
Youth Shot First. r..

"a narrow space, where I couldn't get
out. There were two windows in the
wall, n big one and little one, and
| put my gun in my pocket and
climbed from the big one to the little
one and kicked out the glass AMI
crawled through into the bathroom
and out into a hall"
Had Gun in Hand
'Did you have your gun IN your
hand?" asked Chief Defense At.
Jorney GulIcx.
81 did"
"And did you say. Stick EN- up?"
"I die not"
MI. Boyer was dragging n
vacuum sweeper along after him."
continued Gene. II told him to shut
it off. He said "Shut what OFF, and
said The vacuum sweeper'-and
he did. lie said, You can take any
| thing you want I said, You
haven't got anything 1 want-all l
want is to hide"
Boyer said Come with me and
I'll show you a COCA place, and he
took me down the hall and showed
me the closet and said, No one can
find you here, We both went in"
"Then suddenly some one fired
| through the door" he declared.
IL was facing the door. A frag.
mcnS of the bullet hit me on the
forehead. l heard no footsteps, no
sound. No one had said anything
before that shot was fred.
whirled around, threw myself
against the door.
IL was going to give myself up.
"The door opened slightly, maybe
six or eight inches. Something held
J it. Another shot was fired. opened
the door with my left arm and fred
back. Outside l heard some one
talking, but 1 couldn't distinguish
the words"
when you were in that closet, did
you fire before the two shots were
fired?" Gulley asked.
mo. sir.
did you see who was on the out.
side?"
Il did not"
Did Not See Officer
Did you see an officers hat?'
mo, sir
Il tried to open the door" he con
tinued. II pushed on it several
times. Then the door came open. 7
looked out. saw no one | jumped
out the window. l fell over wall.
l fell on my left hand. A numb feel
ing came over my whole body
don't remember anything after that
until l was in a hospital with my
mother and father and Miss Field,
a reporter, talking to me-"
Gene was severely cross-examined
by Prosecutor William Fl. Rcmy of
Marion County, who weakened AL.
gers story at several salient points.
He made Alger admit he aimed
"only six or eight inches-maybe
ten inches-above the head of OF
ficer Hadley in the tire shop.
Questioned about the bunch Of
auto keys in his pocket when he waN
seized by Ford. and which it is
claimed he was trying to fit in
Ford's car, he admitted he had not
been in the habit of carrying them
that it was the first time in months
before that morning.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29
STRIVE TO SAVE LEVEE
Hundreds of Workers Struggle
Against Water in Arkansas.

BIZ United Press
DES ARC, Ark, Jan. 29.-Hun-
dreds of men were working against
time today to- save the river levee
as flood waters threatened 10000
acres Of land. Refugees were going
to high ground, and an appeal has
been sent to the Governor for
supplies.
The levee was expected to give
way momentarily under pressure of
the swollen stream.
Thousands of cattle were drowned
and several hundred persons had to
flee for their lives early today when
three levees broke on the Little Red
River between Cunningham and En-
rought, Arkansas.
First reports from the flooded areas
said the Missouri & North Arkansas
railroad track was under water.
Bridges have been washed out and
property damage is enormous.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29
100 FIRE FIGHTERS HURT
Total Damage at Colorado College
Nearly $500,800.
BU United Press

BU DHHed Press
FIT. COLLINS. Col, Jan. 29.-Ap-
proximately 100 persons, principally
college students, were recovering
from more or less serious burns to-
day while officials of the Colorado
Agricultural College attempted to
estimate damage done by a fire
which threatened to raze the entire
town of Ft. Collins.
The blaze destroyed the animal
husbandry building, the R. o. I. C.
barracks and a Government Arsenal.
Material damage was estimated at
100000, but President Charles A.
Lory of the college declared destruc-
ton of breeding records for prize
herds throughout the United States
was far more serious. He estimated
the potential value of the records,
most of which cannot be replaced,
at $3.50, 900.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29
Steal PatroLn1an's
Watch Dog, 6 Hens

George 3. Paxton, Negro pa
trolman, 2O14 Highland Pl., adj
mits he is a better protector
Of other peoples property than
his own.
George discredited the bark
of his pet watch dog Friday
night, and slept on. Today he
found that his henhouse had
been raided and six choice hens
taken. The thieves also took
Georges dog.
This is the third time this
has happened, Paxton admitted
to Capt. Walter White as he
vowed vengeance on the hu.
initiating burglars.
The dog came wandering
back today.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29
ABOUT BABIES

LONDON, Jan. 29.-The birth
rate. for the laboring classes Of
Great Britain, announced recently,
is 231 births for every 1000 labor
ers. In the medical profession the
births were computed as 103 for
every 1000; los per 1000 for minis
ters.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29
HOOSier
Briefs

Members OF the Acacia fra
ternity at Bloomington are sing
ing: ooh where, Oh where is my
little dog gone" Loss of their
Russian wolf hound has been re-
ported to police.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29

"Pay before you talk" phones are
being installed at Evansville, replac.
ing phones where the nickel was
dropped when told by Central.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29
Ventilation by Blowers

Giant blowers, each of $50 horse.
power, will project wind through
the tunnel too strong for man to
walk against. The ventilation sys.
tenn is being worked out by engi.
neers of the Denver & Salt Lake
railroad, subject to the approval of
the State tunnel commission.
The two big blowers are indepen-
dent of one another, will be placed
at opposite ends of the bore and only
one Will operate at time. Because
the bore is more than six miles long.
the blower end must be blocked by a
door to assure thorough draft.
All Moffat engines already use
smoke consumers, thus eliminating
the smoke evil of ordinary tunnels.
Early plans for electric traction in
the tunnel have been dropped.
AT each outside end of the shafts
there is small town where workers.
engineers and officials live. Each
camp is equipped with hospitals.
schools for children of the men and
warehouses which hold provisions
and fuel enough for a whole month.
If heavy snowfall or a landslide