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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-20
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French Lick
to Observe
Halloween

A ARRANGEMENTS have been
IA begun for the annual Halo
ween festivities at French Lick
Springs with appropriate parties,
decorations and selection as Halo
ween queen of the most beautiful
woman at the Springs DUNG the
celebration.
The autumn season at its height
now and continuing so until late in
November is attracting many from
Indiana, joining the great majority
of guests who are drawn from all
parts of the country. The two golf
links. the hills and valleys, are filled
daily with men and women players,
with much activity among the
women on the nine-hole miniature
course.
Mr.. and Mrs. William J. Hogan,
3103 North Meridian street, who
were at the springs, have returned
home. They had as their guest Mrs.
Alfred Tayloe, Memphis, Tenn. The
Hogans will return later in the sea-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Stanley, New
castle, have been at the springs for
several days with Mrs. M. j. Peed,
formerly of Newcastle, but now OF
Toledo, and her sons, Roy Peed,
Toledo and Detroit.
Mrs. M. S. Block, 2O4o North Della
ware street, is making her fall visit.
Mrs. A. B. Carlin, Indianapolis, has
arrived to spend a month at the
springs, joining her sister, Mrs. ST.
mon Lyon, Washington, D. c. Mrs.
Carl Walk, Indianapolis, who has
been visiting her niece, Julia
Fletcher, Indianapolis, at the springs
hotel, has returned home. Mrs.
Wills Chapman, Indianapolis, who
came with Mrs. Walk, remains and
will he Joined bY Mr., Chapman.
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IRVINGTON ARTISTS
WORK TO BE SHOWN

An exhibition of the work of well
known Irvington artists will be
given Dec. to 8 at the S. j. Carr
sales room, 5436 East Washington
street. under auspices of the Irving
ton Union of Clubs. Among artists
who will exhibit their work are S.
P. Baus, Robert c. Craig, Constance
and William Forsyth. Dorothy Nor
land, Clifton and Hilda Wheeler.
This is the first exhibition OF its
kind in Irvington.
Mrs. James H. Butter, chairman
has named the following committee
to assist in arrangementS: Co
chairmen, Mrs. Clarence Forsyth
and Miss Katherine Layman; gen.
eral committee, MeSdameS Hilton
U. Brown, E. G. Ropkey, Thomas
Elrod, S. j. Carr and E. King.
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>1VlY 0ono OAa~~~.

MISS MARY ANNE ADAMS,
WI daughter of Roy Elder
Adams, Alas Washington boule-
ward, whose marriage to William
Macomber. son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert H. Macomber. Kendall
vile, Nov. II, at the First Bap-
fist church will be one of the
most brilliant Of the early winter
events.
Miss Catherine Margaret War
render became the bride Of George
Frank Hilgemeier Wednesday eve
ming at the First Baptist church.
Miss Warrender is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Warrender,
4554 Broadway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. Little,
4525 Guilford avenue, announce
the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Florence, to Robert S. Schu-
munk, Jr., Cleveland, o., which
took place Oct IL. Mr.. and Mrs.
Schumunk will be at home in
Cleveland after Nov. 1.
Members of Mrs. Hilgemeier's
bridal party are: Front row, left
to right, Misses Rosemary Clue
and Lucille Tyner. bridesmaids;
Mrs. Francis j. Feeney, matron
of honor; Miss Mildred Piner,
Muncie, bridesmaid, and top, Miss
Rosalind Hammond, bridesmaid.
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HnMoaueen Breakfast

Mrs. Earl D. Durbin, 1902 Con-
gress avenue, entertained this
morning with a Halloween break
fast in honor of Mrs. John Lewark
and son, Charles, Fortville. Table
decorations carried out the Halo
ween colors. Covers were laid for
Mrs. Durbin, Mrs. Lewark, Charlie:
Lewark, Misses Joan and Margare
Durbin; Mesdames, E. Floyd Nc
Cord, Elmer l.. Becker, Miss Esther
Becker and Robert Becker.
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Pen Women Meet

Members of the Indiana branch
of the League of American Pen
Womne held a luncheon today at
the Propylaeum. Mrs. George Philip
Meier spoke on "Thumbnail
Sketches of Some Prominent In
dianapolis People," and an address
of welcome was given by Mrs.
Blanche Graham Williams, presi-
dent of the local branch.
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Home-Comina Luncheon

The me-coming luncheon and
semi annual stockholders meeting
of the Mu chapter house associa-
ton. Kappa Kappa Gamma So
rority, Butler university, was held
today at the chapter house, 4546
North Pennsylvania street.
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HOnOrs Sisters

Mrs. Robert Byrne entertained at
the home of her aunt, Mrs. o. M.
Forbes, 344O North Meridian street,
this afternoon with a bridge party
in honor of her sister, Mrs. Law
renee Holn4es.
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Entertain Dramatic Teachers
DRAMATIC teachers who are in In

DIdHIdIIC ItdCIltIS WHO are III III
dianapolis to attend the state teach
erS convention were entertained
Thursday afternoon at a tea by
members of the Little Theatre So
ciety of Indianapolis. Mrs. j. D.
Pierce was in charge, assisted by
Mrs. Raymond Mead, Misses Bar
bara Brandon and Lola Perkins.
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MOrris-BGrneS

Mr.. and Mrs. C. j. Morris, 1927
North Temple avenue, announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Mary Margaret, to Carl A. Barnes.
The wedding will take place Nov. IL.
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Indinnn VnS8nr Glib Meets

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A luncheon and bridge party at
the Woodstock club today marked
the opening meeting of the Indiana
Vassar club. Mrs. Walter Bieling
was chairman in charge of ar
rangements, assisted by Mesdames
Eugene G. Willie and H, Maurice
Angel.
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Golden AnniuerSarn

Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Fogleman,
Martinsville, will observe their
wedding anniversary Sunday
al, their horne with a family reunion.
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Card PGrtu TOni0ht

The women'S auxiliary of Indian
apolis Aerie. No. Oil, Fraternal
order of Eagles, will give a card
party at Eagles temple, 4S West
Vermont street, tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-23
Reed Supporters
To Hold Rally

Much interest is being taken by
Democrats of the valley in the first
real live political gathering of the
year relative to the presidential
campaign, scheduled to be held in
City Park at 7:30 O'Clock tonight.
The time has been changed from 7
O'Clock to 1880 o clock by the com
mittee in charge in order to give
all an opportunity to be on hand
for the opening of the meeting.
The main purpose of the meeting
is to boost "Jim' Reed, Missouri
senator, for the Democratic nomina-
ton on the presidential ticket.
Backers of Reed are behind the
movement and have arranged for
the meeting tonight, several promi
nent Democrats of the west being
scheduled to talk.
The speakers will include John T.
Gose, former lieutenant governor of
Missouri; Monroe Butler, prominent
Los Angeles attorney and Wilber
lie Gette, state organizer and man.
ager of the Creed for President"
club.
John Gresham of Holtville, Demo
cratic delegate for the national con-
vention at Houston, Texas, on the
Reed ticket will be in charge of the
neeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-23
To
Bill Adopted
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WASHINGTON, March o3.-The
house irrigation committee adopted
today an amendment to the Swing
johnson Boulder Dam bill so as to
distribute IS 3-4 per cent of surplus
revenues from power sales to Ari-
zona and a similar percentage to
Nevada.
The vote was 9 to 4. Representa-
tive Douglas, Democrat, Arizona,
led the fight against the amend
ment, arguing it would deprive the
two states of their sovereignty
through recognized federal govern
ment domain over their rights. The
provision also is included in the sem
ate bill.
Douglas amendment requiring the
consent of Arizona to extension of
federal authority over any resources
of the state in connection with
Boulder Dam was defeated without
a record vote.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-23
Producers OF
Show Arrested

LOS ANGELES, March 23.-An
immediate trial will be sought by
the city prosecutor office today
when Ed w. Roland and A. Leslie
Pearce, producers of "The Cap
tive" appear in municipal court to
answer charges of presenting a
lewd and obscene play.
The men demanded jury trial
when arrested yesterday and were
released on $3.50 cash bail.
Meanwhile the much discussed
and assailed sex drama continues
its run at the Mayan theater with
out interference. The theme of the
play deals with the asserted tragedy
of young man who discovers his
wife is enamoured of another wo-
man. The "other woman is not
seen on the stage.
While police have been assured
by the prosecutors office of every
support, the police have done moth
ing to raid the show. However,
Captain jackson of the vice squad,
and a party of ten persons, includ.
ing two police stenographers, at
tended last night s performance.
Rowland and Pearce late yester-
day were denied an injunction a.
gainst a possible police raid. They
contended attempts to halt the show
or arrest the cast at this time would
cause a great loss as the play has
run only two days.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-23
Held On
Assault Charge

Tom Athens, &c, of FL Centre en-
tered a plea of not guilty to Il
charge of battery when arraigned
lefore Judge Perkins this morning.
lie demanded trial and the ease wa
set for hearing Thursday. Bail was
fixed in the sum of 5000 and the de-
fendant remandcd to the county Joll
in default.
Athens was arrested on a warrant
issued by Judge Perkins upon com
p'aint of j. Phsiogios, proprietor of
a local restaurant, who charged that
the defendant had hit him with a
glass, cutting his face.
Pedro Gomez, 30, of FL Centre Gu
tered a plea of guilty to charge of
being drunk. He was sentenced to
pay a fine of $25 or spend IL II
Gays in the county jail. He was com
mitted to the custody of the sheriff
in default of payment of the fine.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-23
Permit For New
Freight Station
Issued By City

building permits totalling $780,
900 in construction were applied for
during .he last 81 hours at the
building inspectors office. One OF
the permits, calling for the con
struction of the new freight depot,
the erection of an automobile un-
leading dock and alterations and ad-
dltions to the express office of the
Southern Pacific company, has not
Leen issued as yet but will probably
be granted today. 1t is being held
up pending the filing of additional
documents.
The application for the Southern
Pacific construction work was flied
by L. P. Armstrong, contractor, late
yesterday afternoon. 1t sets forth
that the proposed work will cost in
the neighborhood of $28,000. Work
Las already been started on the i'm
rovements. The depot will be ere'l-
ed directly across the track from
the present passenger depot. The old
express office will be torn down and
the old passenger depot remodellcd
for use as an express office.
The ether permits call for the
erection of two dwelling houses, a
clubhouse for the Women Civic
Improvement club and alterations to
a dwelling.
The dwelling permits were issued
to l.. w. Cope for the erection Of a
five room house at 632 South Eighth
street at a cost of $4,000 and fer
the erection of a five room dwelling
at 426 Lenr,y by Victor d. Wright
at q cost of $4,000. Both will be of
wooden construction. Livingston and
Cooper have both construction con
tracts.
The clubhouse for the colorcd
women's cluo will be built on Eas.
state street at cost of approximat
ely $4,000. 1t will be of wooden con-
struction and will contain three
rooms. j. l.. Travers will build the
clubhouse.
c. II. Ii. Small was granted per,
mission for addition and alterations
to his dwelling on Lenrey at a cost
OF approximately 500. j. l.. Travers
IS the contractor.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-23
Head Not Ready
To Name Deputy

District Attorney Elmer Heald
returned to the city late yesterday
afternoon and announced this morn
ing that he is not ready as yet to
name successor to Chief Deputy
Vaughn n. Thompson, who has
been appointed judge of the super
ior court. The district attorney was
busy as result of his three day
absence from his desk and said
that he would probably be unable to
take up the matter until tomorrow.
He gave no intimation as to posi-
bilities for the position.
In the meantime Chief Deputy
Thompson is seeking to clear up all
matters pending in his present of
flee for his successor in order that
he will be able to take the oath of
office to the superior bench the
first part of next week and step
into his new duties.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-23
Olympic Team
Getting Ready

NEW YORK, March 23.-Whether
Lloyd Hahn, of Nebraska and the
Boston A. A., America s premier
middle distance runner, will 90 a.
broad ahead of the American Olym-
pic team, remained unsettled today.
The American Olympic committee
announced yesterday that the Unit
ed States team will go in one body,
sailing aboard the liner President
Roosevelt July II, but did not say
Hahn would be prevented from pre-
ceding the main body.
The track and field team will be
composed of 90 men, four for each
of 20 events and six for the Mara
thon.
The 10 assistant coaches appoint
ed include:
Dean Cromwell, Southern Califor-
mia, and Richard Templeton, Stan
ford.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-23
Soviet to Make
New Proposal
BY HENRY WOOD
UNITED Press Staff CorreSpondent

GENEVA, March 23.-The Sow
let delegation to the League of Ma
tions preparatory disarmament com
mission announced today it would
submit Immediately new project
for limitation or reduction of arma-
ments.
Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet vice
commissar for foreign affairs and
his country's chief delegate here,
had seen the Soviet proposals for
immediate complete world wide dis
armament attacked by 16 nations,
led by England and the United
States whose delegates, Lord Cush-
cndun and Hugh Gibson, had point
ed out the impracticability of the
project.
Only two nations-Germany and
Turkey had supported the Soviet
proposals, first made by Litvinoff
at the December meeting of the
commission. The project envisioned
the complete abolition within four
years of all naval, military and air
ornaments and forces leaving only
enough armaments and men to po-
lice the world.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-23
To Test Sanity
OF Mrs. Julian

LOS ANGELES, March 23.-Mrs.
Mary Olive Julian, wife of C. c.
Julian, oil and mining promoter, is
patient in the psychopathic ward
of the General hospital here, it was
learned today.
Mrs. Julian was committed to the
ward after her husband had signed
complaint asserting that she was
suffering from nervous break
down and asking that she be placed
under observation.
She will receive q formal hearing
before the lunacy commission Mon
day. Meanwhile she was denied her
liberty by Judge II. c. Gould, who
sat at her arraignment.
Julian is the founder and former
president of the Julian Petroleum
corporation which collapsed and
caused one of the biggest financial
scandals in the history of the west.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-23
Naval Hero's Body
Without Escort
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RIDGEFIELD PARK, n. j.,
March 23.--Thc body of Frank
S;ni2ck. one of the 40 men who died
when the submarine S4 went to the
bottom off Provincetown, came
home last night, unescorted, and to-
day citizens and civic organizat
ions were preparing to file protest
with the navy department.
Most of the villagers were at the
railroad station when the wooden
tox, draped in an American flag,
was lowered to the platform by
baggage men.
Mrs. Anna Fabian, sister of the
dead torpedo man, cried:
"Thcy died like rats and like
rats they send them home.'
a meeting of Post 40 of the
American Legion was called hastily
last night and members informally
discussed the question. Officers of
the post announced today no action
would be taken until after Snizek s
funeral tomorrow afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-23
PickfOrd Funeral
Will Be Private
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, March
23.-Funeral services for Mrs
Charlotte Pickford, mother Of Mary
Pickford, screen star, will be con
Quoted here tomorrow from the
family home.
Interment will be at Forest Lawn
cemotary in Glendale.
Mss Pickford said the services
would be very simple and that only
few intimate friends would be
present. Douglas Fairbanks, her
husband, asked that the public res
pcct the family's wishes and not
gather about the home.
Mrs. Pickford was 50 years old.
She was born in Toronto, Ont. She
is survived by three children, Mary,
Lotte and Jack. Her husband,
John Smith, died number of years
ago,
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-23
COR0NER'S JURY
TO VISIT SITE
OF DAM BREAK
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LOS ANGELES, March %. - A
coroner's jury seeking to uncover
the causes of the st. Francis dam
disaster, will leaSe here today to
inspect the site of the collapsed
structure and the valley into which
it poured death and destruction.
The jury of nine men will not be
accompanied by either engineers or
officials of the water board or rep
resentatives of the district attor-
news office when they visit the site
of the wrecked dam but will make
the inspection unaided by expert
opinion.
From some of the pitifully few
survivors of the catastrophe, the
Jury learned late yesterday that the
ranchers in San Francisquito can
Won observed an ever.increaslng
flow of water through the dam and
lived in terror of the impending
tragedy.
From the lips of Dave Mathews,
Chester Smith and Hugh Nichols,
the jury heard the dramatic story
of how they escaped death. Their
stories We're unadorned, told in the
simple language of plain people who
lived beneath the dam, but it left
a lasting impression.
1t was Mathews who testified
that his boss, Harley Berry, of Pow
er Plant No. told him that he had
learned that the "dam is not safe, -
and warned him "to tell no one.'
Mathews, a mournful looking
man, whose relatives were swept a
way in the flood told his story be-
tween sobs.
All three witnesses testified that
- hours before the dam broke it
was known to be- unsafe.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-23
Schwab Opposes
Labor Bargaining

WASHINGTON, March %. -
Charles w. Schwab, chairman of
the board of the Bethlehem Steel
corporation, told senate coal investi-
gators today he primarily is inter
ested in the welfare of labor but
does not believe in collective bar
gaining.
"I have not made one dollar out
of the Bethlehem Steel company
he said. "It has heen a work of
love. hope have been a pioneer
in bettering the condition of IA
bor.''
He said the cooperative system
adopted by his company is the ideal
solution for the labor problem.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-23
Young Student
Ends His Life
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SAN FRANCISCO, March %. =
Worry over i'll health was assigned
today as the cause of the suicide of
George Plimpton, 90, son of H. NJ.
Plimpton, wealthy Massachusetts
publisher
The young man lcaped to death
from a window on the eighteenth
floor of the Russ building here late
yesterday. The fall broke every
bone in his body.
Plimpton, student at the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology,
came west for his health in company
with Fred Price, Boston medical
student.
They had been in San Francisco
only few days.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-23
Michigan Senator
Called By Death

WASHINGTON, March 23.-Sen-
ator Woodbridge N. Ferris, Demo
crat, Michigan, died here at 6:15
a. m. today of bronchial pneumonia.
His death followed an illness of
several weeks, brought ON by over
strain that led to infection of bron-
chial tubes and lungs.
His condition took a sudden turn
for the worse last night. Oxygen
was administered artificially. At
$3.50 a. m. the end appeared near.
DR.. c. w. Culver, at the bedside
with Ferris wife and two sons,
summoned Admiral Cary Il. Grayson
who attended Woodrow Wilson in
his last illness.
The rs year old senator died 45
minutes later.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-23
May Arrest Cast
OF Sex Play

LOS ANGELES, March %. -
Members of the east of "The Cap
tive" sex play being presented
at the Mayan theater here, and per-
haps some members of the audience,
will be arrested if a performance is
given tonight, DR.. +, j. Lickley, city
prosecutor said.
DIR. Lickley made the announce
ment in municipal court when trial
of Ed w. Rowland and A. Leslie
Pearce, producers of "The Cap
tive' charged with presenting a
lewd and obscene play, was set for
April 20.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-23
MCDONALD
F0RFE|TS|
HIS l|FE f
Canada Executes Man
Who Joined Wife In
Killing Taxi Driver.
MEETS END CALMLY
Wife Starting on Life
Term Sends Farewell
Telegram.
BY JAMES R. KELLY
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent)


VALLEY FIELD, Que, March %.
George Mcdonald was hanged on
the flaming red gallows at Bordeaux
prison at dawn today for murder
he and his wife both admitted.
The wife, Doris, escaped n like
fate when her death sentence was
commutcd to life imprisonment
Wednesday. She was in her cell at
The women s prison at Montreal as
her husband calmly went to death.
They were convicted of killing
Adelard Bouchard, a La Chine, Que ,
taxicab driver.
Mcdonald was executed ut 5:3l
n. IN.
The convicted man was calm and
said he was ready for death. Only
once yesterday did his composu:e
break. That was when he was about
TO say final goodbye to his IS
year old father, Jack Mcdonald of
Sydney.
They wept and finally had to be
separated by guards.
The condemned man s entire fam
lily had been here to visit him. His
mother and sister came from Port
land, Maine, and with the father
left last night for Montreal, hoping
TO arrange some last minute reprieve.
"I feel | have made my peace
with man as well rs with God,' the
condemned man shouted at his
father as they were separated.
Goodbye. -
Then last night he became COM
I'osed and after eating n light
luncheon went to sleep.
He was called at ! a. m. and a
mass was said by Father Nersch-
eden, chaplain of the prison. He was
offered n chance to make a final
statement, to eat and to drink.
Then he was led up the IS stops
TO the old gallows, which had been
painted bright red.
Arthur Ellis, the official hangman,
was unperturbed. shortly befort
time of the execution he was asked
concerning his feelings.
Well, this fellow has been a
had boy all his life,'' he said some
what thoughtfully. "But the wom-
IN deserves to hang
Only the officials required f'I
the execution were present.
Mcdonald died at peace with ms
wife. They had been estranged i'll
the last few weeks.
A telegram from Doris arrived A.
the prison few hours before the
execution. IL said:
Tomorrow mass andCommuniGn
will be offered and | will never
cease to pray for you. May the
Blessed Lady receive you at the
gate of heaven
"God bless her SOUL Mcdonald
murmurcd, Ills eyes dimming.
\ group of newspapermen gather
Cd outside the prison in the cold of
darkness soon after midnight but
we're ordered away by Provincial
police. They returned shortly after
8 a. N. and waited for the raising
of the black flag over the prison
wall that would indicate the hang
ing was over. Shortly after 6 Il. m.
the flag was run up and they dis
Icrsed.
The trap was sprung at 5:37 a.
m. The body was cut down and an
inquest was held at once. The jury
returned verdict of "death by
langng. y
Imperial Valley press., 1928-03-23
Tilden Barely
Defeats Wray
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AGUSTA, Ga, March 23.-Will-
lam T. Tilden, who barely won his
second match in the Davis Cup
trials yesterday, will meet Bud
Chandler, Harvard, in one of to
days single contests.
Chandler lost to Wray Brown, st.
Louis, in an upset yesterday, 7 >,
6 3, 4, but was expected to give
the team captain close battle to-
day.
Tilden, defeated the day before by
John 1lennessey, one of America 5
first 10 managed to squeak through
with win over George NJ. Lott,
No. 3, yesterday, The score: 6 S,
6 ., ], 3 6, 5.