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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15
DM Point Lines Up With
Prohibition LazOS Foes
Dry Act Blow at Liberty,
Has Bad Economic
Effect, He Says.

By NEA SerUice
WILMINGTON, Del, May IS
Pierre S. du Pont, chairman of the
directorate of two of the worlds
greatest corporations, has become
an outSpoken foe of prohibition.
Du Pont, head of the boards Of
General Motors and of the E. I. du
Pont de Nemours Company, be-
lieves the Eighteenth Amendment
should be erased from the United
States Constitution.
Copies of recent QUESTIONABLE
on prohibition sent to more than
100000 Delaware adults by the AS
ISOLATION Against the Prohibition
Amendment were accompanied by
letter from du Pont.
He voiced the belief that prohi-
bition has had a bad economic eff
feet, and is an infringement on lib
erty.
Money which would go to the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15
BY ROBERT MOOREFIELD
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May 15.-When
President and Mrs. Coolidge leave
the White House at 100 o'clock to-
day for Annapolis they will turn
back the calendar $50 years to walk
among a citizenry of powdered wigs,
knee breeches, swords and three
cornered hats.
The occasion will be the Colonial
day celebration under auspices of
st. Johns College to commemorate
the Annapolis convention of 1876.
President and Mrs. Coolidge will
receive a welcome similar to that
accorded George Washington when
he visited the city, en- route to New
York to accept the presidency of
the United States.
Annapolis, rich in historical lore
and background of the colonial era.
has been transformed to present as
closely as possible the city Of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15
PLAN TOLINK
EAST-WEST IN
48-HOUR TRIP
Would Combine AirpIaneS
With Fast Trains for
Passenger.
Indy DECLINES OFFER
Stays Free From CONNER
CiaI Field, but Praises New
Air-RaiI System.
BU United Press

BU United Press
NEW YORK, May 15.-A nationa.
transportation system-combing air.
planes and fast passenger trains
has been planned with the idea Of
placing San Francisco within forty
eight to f1fty-two hours OF New
York.
A series of conferences to work
out details for the system was in
progress today. Announcement OF
the complete West to East schedule
was expected this afternoon.
Wall Street reacted to the an
nouncement of the service when the
Stock Exchange opened with stocks
of companies involved in the proiecy
going up.
Shares in the Wright Aeronautical
Corporation and the Curtiss Aero
plane and Motor Corporation
reached new high prices, stock III
the former selling for $2O5 a share,
and the latter, $165.
Indy Declines Offer
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has
been approached with the idea Of
heading the new organization, but
thus far has decided against con-
Meeting himself in any way with
commercial airplane organizations.
The plan as considered now
would include the Pennsylvania
Railroad, the National Air Trans
port Company and possibly the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad and either the Boeing or
the Western Air Transport Airplare
Companies.
G. M. Keyes, president of the
Curtiss AerOplane and Motor Com
pany is actively interested while
Blair g. Co., New York BANKING
house, has become the fiscal agent.
Definite announcement is expected
soon.
Take Trains at Chicago
Passengers now are carried from
coast to coast by the air mail COM
panies but pilots are disinclined to
take passengers on the night flights.
The tentative plans call for
a program that would have a
passenger leave New York in a
regular airplane, operating on
schedule synchronized with railroad
schedules, and make a day flight to
Chicago.
At Chicago the passenger would
be transferred to a fast passenger
train for the night trip. The fol-
lowing morning The passenger
would transfer to airplane and
perfect schedules would be kept for
the entire journey.
Plane Dining Service
Fourteen-paSsenger cabin planes
equipped with restaurant service
would be used. The operating COM
pany of the newspaper was said to
have been capitalized at $5,000,000.
Plans are still in a tentative
state and it has not been decided
definitely what railroads and air
planes in the West would operate
with the National Air Transport
and the Pennsylvania Railroad in
the East.
Colonel Lindbergh lauded the idea
of the new National transportation
system and said he thought it would
work out well However, he said he
was not yet ready to go into COM
mercial airplane business, feeling he
could be of more aid to aviation in
the undertakings he already has.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15

the testimony of other physicians
at one of the hearings on the
case. DR.. HUMPHREYS has treated
all five of the women.
''We know they have radium in
their systems" he said, "but no
one yet has succeeded in develop
ing an antidote for the disease.
1t may be that the radium poi
soning makes them so weak as
to be susceptible to other diseases.
1t destroys their will to live.
Gust how long they will live,
I cannot say. We do know that
radium is so devastating that it
cannot be long,"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15
'ANK HEARING Sc.

Argue Quash Motion Thursday in
SymOns Case
Judge Hurt Hunt of the Miami
Circuit Court will hear the motion
OF Fred Cause and Victor Ringer
at Williamsport Thursday that thu
indictments be quashed against
Luther Symons, State banking
commissioner, charging negligence
in connection with the closing of
the Warren State Bank.
Original indictments were quashed
when it was found that the grand
jury had not ben properly sworn In
and new indictments were drawn
by the prosecutor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15
FINDS RICHES IN FAKE GEMS
MoUie Diamonds Are Mint for Ingenious Dane
BY DAN THOMAS
NEA Snruicn Wrilnr

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, May Is
IL Diamonds, pearls and other
rare stones which adorn "Prin-
cess" Florence Vidor or "Coun-
tess" Esther Ralston when they
parade across the silver screen
aren't real jewels at all.
But they enable Willie Peterson,
Danish faker of jewels, to buy
real diamonds and anything else
which strikes his fancy.
The story of Willie Peterson is
the same story that has been told
so many times-and yet it is diff
ferent. A poor foreigner, Peter
son came to this country to make
his fortune.
Made Wealthy by Films
He didn't know what he was
going to do, although he was an
experienced jeweler. When he
came to Hollywood, Peterson
didn't have any idea of CRASH
ing" the movies. To him they
were merely form of entertain
ment.
But it is til iilm industry that
has made him wealthy.
Naturally the jewels that are
used in motion pictures cannot
be real. The cost would be pro-
hibitive and there is too much
danger of them being stolen.
Therefore cheap limitations
must be made so that they will
photograph like the genuine
article.
Discovered by Paramount
It was while Petersen was
working in a Hollywood jewelry
store that he was discovered" A
property man from the Para
mount studio had been sent out
to find someone who could copy
quickly a group Of Louis xIVs
crown jewels.
The Dane did the job and did IL
so we'll that orders started pour
ing in from all studios. Willie's
employers profits went up, but
Willie's salary stayed where it was.
So he quit and went into bust
ness for himself, one room of his
homemade house serving as his
workshop.
Originality Needed
In his new line, Petersen
quickly learned the value of the
originality which had been liter
ally pounded into him during his
six years of apprenticeship under
various European jewelers..
I'm Europe there is not so much
money and the jeweler must be
more original and artistic" ex-
plains Petersen. American wom-
en- have too much money to spend
on jewelry. Most of them sacri-
flee beauty for size.
Even in pictures there is a
tendency for that same thing.
They try to make a woman lock
fashy instead of beautiful with
jewels.
Finds Joy in Creations
However, the film directors do
want something original. They
don't want the women in their
pictures wearing ordinary bits of
jewelry.
"They want them to have some
thing different so that it will at
tract attention on the screen.
THAT is why I like this bust
ness-because I enjoy creating
original things.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15
BIZ Times SpeciaI

BIZ Times Special
= WASHINGTON, May IA sena-
torial investigation of circumstances
under which the treasury attempted
to collect $1O,OOO,OOO in extra taxes
from profits of Senator Couzens in
selling Ford stock seems assured.
The Senate judiciary committee
yesterday reported a resolution by
enator La Toilette of Wisconsin for
the investigation. 1t had been
unanimously recommended by a sub
committee consisting of Senators
Borah, Blaine and Walsh, Montana.
Senate interest in the La Toilette
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15

The next hearing on the plea
of the plaintiffs to enjoin the ra-
dunn company from taking ref
uge behind the statute of limita-
tions has been postponed until
September.
A motion by Raymond H. Berry,
attorney for the complainant,
seeking to have the hearing
speeded up, will be argued in the
Newark chancery court next
Tuesday.
y
(Tomorrow's dispatch on the New
Jersey radium cases will deal with the
legal .tangle which thus FAR has pre-
vented the victims from obtaining re-
dress through laW,l
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15
FRIEDRICH TO FIGHT
viii Carry Contest With
Daley to Floor.
BIZ Times SpecidI

BIZ Times Special
KOKOMO, Ind, May 15.-John
z. Friedrich. Kokomo manufacturer,
who ran second in the primary race
for the Democratic nomination for
Governor, will carry his fight to the
floor of the Democratic State con-
vention in Indianapolis, June 6 and
z.
In a statement Monday night,
Friedrich said his supporters
throughout the State urged him to
give a battle to Frank G. Daley,
who led in the primary, but failed
of a majority.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15
League Gets Toxic Note

BU United Press
GENEVA, May 15.-For purely
informative purposes" Japan today
submitted to the League of Nations
copies Of two declarations made by
the government at Toxic.
One explained the necessity for
sending military and naval forces
to Shantung Province, China. The
other affirmed Japan's intention to
withdraw the forces when they no
longer were needed.
This was the first official intima-
ton the league had had Of the
Japanese Chinese crisis since the
Chinese Nationalist governments
appeal for intervention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15

300 times a day between 1917 and
1920, when she and seventy other
women were employed in the
watch factory.
Thirteen of her former work.
ing companions already have died
and doctors have despaired of
saving the five involved in the
present suit for damages,
Redress for the condemned
women is being delayed by a pro-
vision in New Jersey laws which
requires that suits for damages
must be filed within two years
after the cause of the injury. Ra-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15

dunn poisoning, however, does not
show itself until several years
after it is contracted.
In the case of the five women
in the present suit, their all
ment was not diagnosed for seven
years.
"The worst part of the whole
thing is that I don't dare do
much with my hands, for fear of
being scratched" Miss Fryer said.
"The least scratch will not heal,
because of the radium."
4 =
DR. ROBERT E. HUMPHREYS,
II head of the staff at Ortho-
pedic Hospital here, concurred in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15

Radium Corporation, her bones
are being distintegrated by the
radium which she took into her
body while painting watch dials.
Il have had nineteen opera
tions," Miss Fryer said, "but my
doctors tell me there is no hope"
The strange malady, for which
the world of science knows no
cure, has centered in Miss Flyers
right leg and in her jaw and back.
She wears large brace on her
back and the trouble in her jaw
is causing her to lose her teeth.
n
MISS FRYER estimates that
4VA she put the radium paint
brush to her lips to wet it about
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15
CRAZY PLEADS MAN
WHOSHOTTWOGIRLS
Ne10 Topper
RAJ United Press

hi UNlt6U PT6SS
NEW YORK, May 15.-Gov-
ernor Smith, attending the
10th anniversary celebration
of the Society of Tammany,
explained why he was wear
ing a new gray felt hat. 1.-THE
brown derby" he said, twas
used up on my trip south and
I've had to can it. However,
I've got another one coming"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15
ACCOUNTANTS TO ELECT
City Chapter Will Hear Talk by
Real Silk Comptroller.

The indianapolis Chapter, Ma
tional Association of Cost Account
ants, will elect officers at the final
spring meeting at $3.50 p. m. We'd
nesday at the Chamber Of Com
merce.
William Baum, Real Silk Hosiery
Mills Comptroller, will speak on
Time Study and Wage Incentive
Plans" Baum, after being grad
uated in electrical engineering from
the University Of karlsruhe, served
for number Of years as assistant
to Charles P. Steinmetz, deceased,
the electrical wizard. Later he was
dean of the engineering school of
Milwaukee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15
plane FALLS
AS PASSENGER
SLUGS PILOT
CraZed Man Attacks Filler
With Hammer 1000
Feet in Air.
CRAFT IN TAILSPIN
Maniac ReneWS Antics as
Ship HurtIeS Down;
Both Live.
PU limited Press

BD United Press
PONTIAC, Mich, May 15-On
his cot in Pontiac hospital today,
Harry Anderson, %, an airplane
pilot, related the amazing story of
his encounter with crazy man
while flying at an altitude of 1000
feet above the grounds of the State
insane asylum.
Anderson was beaten over the
head with hammer by his de-
ranged passenger, but kept his plane
under control until it was near the
ground, where it crashed. Physicians
say he will recover.
Clarence Frechette, %, the pas
senger, also survived the crash and
was under police surveillance at the
hospital.
The plane, which fell late Mon
day on the grounds of the State in
sane asylum, was wrecked COM
pleteIy.
Attacked High in Air
AS he was being prepared for the
operating table, Anderson related
an amazing story of his fiction
like experiences.
"The man paid me to carry him
from near Detroit to Pontiac" An
derson said, speaking in jerks "He
said he was a parachute tester.
Everything seemed all right I'M
til, as we were sailing along easily
about 1000 feet up, we sighted the
insane asylum. For no known
reason, I happened to turn my head
suddenly.
Il saw flash of the man stand
Ing up, swinging down hammer
with full force. Paralyzed with sur
prise, managed to duck somehow.
The blow glanced off my head,
stunning me.
Pulls Out of One Spin
II shouted to the fool The plane
dipped and 1 slid out of nv seat.
Then the ship went into a spin. I
don't know how, but I pulled out
Of it.
Il looked around. The fellow was
coming after me again with that
hammer. I ducked, but he hit me
on the head. I remember clutching
at the controls as we went into a
nose dive. Then I passed out"
Spectators, thinking, rightly, that
they were seeing some new air stunt
as they watched antics of the air.
plane, rushed to the wreckage.
Anderson was clutching the con-
troll stick, and Frechette, mumbling
incorrehently, had his hammer,
which had been broken.
Youth Claims to Be Pilot
Frechette told disconnected
story Of being attacked" by An
derson. He claimed he was plotting
the plane when Anderson began
pounding with the hammer.
Frechette's father, mother and
sister said he had acted wild"
sometimes, but always appeared
rational.
In the supposed crazed mans
pocket we're two letters.
Death is my postage, sweet
heart" was scrawled in an cratic
hand, in one addressed to Miss
Georgia Perdee of Pontiac. 1t spoke
of sundying love and said the
memory of her would be carried
forever in his heart, as he feared
death will come at any time now"
The other was to his mother.
Both will recover hospital author
tiles said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15
Body Washed Ashore

NEW ALBANY, Ind, May 15.-
The body of John Featheringill, ac-
cidentally drowned in the Ohio
River here March Is, has been
washed ashore by waves in the wake
of a passing steamboat, after use
OF dynamite had failedtQ dislodge
It.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15
TWO OFFICIALS LOSE
MICHIGAN CITY PLACES
Commission Gusts Police Chief and
Engineer Effective at Once.
By Times Special

By Times Special
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, May IS.
Richard ]. Kruse, 80, police chief
here, and believed one Of the
youngest men in the country hold
ing such a position, has been ousted
by the city commission. Wade W..
Swasick, city engineer, has also
been discharged. Dismissals are eff
fective at once. The commission
announced no reason for its action.
Some connection is believed to
exist between the dismissals and
raids here Friday by Federal dry
agents in which forty-four persons
were arrested. The raids are said
to have been made at the instiga-
ton og the Rev. Donald G. Ford,
First Christian Church pastor, and
former local leader of the Ku-Klux
Khan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15
$4,000 Fire at Anderson

BIZ Times NpeCtdL
ANDERSON, Ind, May 15.-Dam-
age of $4,000 resulted from fire at
the Winters Mercer Uranium Lum-
Der Company yard. The fire is be-
lieved to have been caused by a de-
feet in electric wiring.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15
LOCAL SPEAKERS HEARD
Three on TOday's Program of State
Church Convention.

By Times Special
BEDFORD, Ind, May ia con-
ference period opened today's ses-
sion of the convention of Indiana
Disciples of Christ Churches. The
speakers were Mrs. Effie L. Cum
ningham, H. G. Armstrong and
Genefrede Harris, all of Indian
apolis.
This evening there will be bust
ness mems commission banquet and
a banquet of young people.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15

ORANGE, N. j., May 15.-Miss
" Grace Fryer, one of the five
New Jersey factory workers, who
have been given up by physicians
to die slow and painful death,
described some of the symptoms
of radium poisoning in an in
terview with the United Press to-
day.
While she waits for the law to
come to her aid in the $1,25O,000
damage suits which she and her
former working companions have
filed against the United States
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15

"Cleaned House Through
Your for Sale Want Ads"
so LB.-Ice box, SIS; gas Stove, 50; q soft
coal heaters. 29l6 E. 18th. Oh. 2l40.
That's what Mrs. Florence
Cooper, 24O4 Delaware ST., said
about the above ad.
You, too, can sell the many used
articles of furniture occupying
space in thR attic, garage, base
ment, ETC., just as Mrs. Cooper
did. Small cost-big results-if
you use Times for Sale Want
Ads.
Call MA $500
Just Say, Charge It."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-15
19 OPERATIONS FA no SAVE DOOMED By RApUM POISONING

Following is the second United Press
dispatch in series dealing with the
case OF five women factory workers in
poisoning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-05
Business Bureau Will
Send Delegate to Meet

Joshua Evans, jr.. chairman of
the executive committee OF the Bet
ter Business Bureau, has called his
committee 10 meet at luncheon Fri
day at the Press Club at 1870
o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-05

Mckinley. known to thousands as
Tech; Is located near the Ecking-
ton freight yards d Second and E
Streets Northeast The building Isl
approximately as large as Central
High.
Figuree on the new building are
Indicative OF the modern trend In
high school construction. The
school and its athletic machinery
and lawns occupy Is. acres which
cost $215, 00O The building cost
$2,250,00O to construct and the
equipment will require $465,0O0.
Landscaping the spacious lawns on
the north and east fronts OF the
structure and sodding and grading
the athletic stadium, win cost an
additional $275, 900. The total cost
will be $3,18O,00O.
The school was planned to ac-
commodate 1.800 students and Endii-
cations are that 1t will be filled on
Its opening.
The new school has an immense
gymnasium. which Is housed in a
separate building.
School officials point with great
pride to the auditorium with its
great seating capacity and fine
acoustic qualities. The auditorium
Is equipped with a very expensive
pipe, organ.
For the benefit Of students who
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-05
BOY WINS RIGHT
To MARRY

The path to matrimony which has
twice sent Carlton +. Mills, IL, OF
Ounce Orchard Nd. to jail was
smoothed out yesterday when Mont
gomery county officials issued him
a license emitting him to marry 10.
year-old Katherine v. Johnson OF
Denham Md.
The license was issued when the
respective parents agreed toNsign the
consent blank after they had tired
for months to defeat Cupid.
The romance came TO light SIX
months ago when young Mills was
arrested on a charge of forgery ana
brought before Judge Robert ~.
Peter. sr. Testimony at the triaI
indicated that Mills, inspired by
love for the girl. had gone beyond
his means to purchase presents Tor
her.
placed the boy on proba ton in the
custody, OF his parents. But the
boy was ordered to refrain from
driving llis automobile. This was
hard because the girl lived in an.
other village which could be reached
only by automobile.
But Mills persuaded his brother
to drive him to see Miss Johnson
occasionally and during these visits
they made their plans to circum.
vent parental opposition.
Friday Mills and his sweetheart
dI owe off in his car. Monday they
appeared at the Fairfax, Va, court.
house and made application for a
license.
Because OF their youthful appear
ance the clerk OF the court called
The sheriff, Il. r. Kirby, who locked
them up for investigation. When
they were sent back to Rockville
the boy was again lodged in Jail,
charged this time with violating
his probation.
Parents and county officials this
time considered the wisest course
to follow. After series of confer.
ences It was decided best to let
| them get married.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-05
WEDDING BARE.S
ROMANCE
rimes statf photos

The secret marriage Of Miss Lor-
eta Barrett, secretary to Repre-
sentative Frederick N. Zihlman q
Maryland, to August Crane, an EN-
pIoye Of the Federal Trade Com
mission. August % at Mt. Washing
ton. Nd, was learned today when,
the couple returned from their
wedding trip.
The couple slipped away to- Mt.
washington at the beginning Of
their vacations without letting any
one but their families know, and
were married by Father Curran at
the Shrine OF the Sacred Heart in
the little Maryland town.
Mrs. Crane is the daughter OF
Mrs. Richard Barrett. of the 5000
block OF Thirteenth st. N. W., and
the bridegroom is the son of Mrs.
A. u. Crane, of the 34OO block
Brown st. N. w. The bride will
continue to work in Representative
Zit1Iman's office for the present.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-05
Church Census aIxers
VIII Convene Tonight
Times staff Photo

The last preliminary meeting 81
the men and women who are to
rnake church census of the resi-.
dents of BennIng WI be held II
All Saints Chapel tonight The
movement was started by 4 com.
nittee of the Layman's Service Az.
ISOLATION u the Episcopal Church
In the Diocese of washington and
the members Of the congregation Of
All Saints Chapel
The Association committee
headed BY j. Harris Franklin, and
assisted BY the scopalians resid-
ing in the community will make
house-to- house canvass inviting
lesidents who are SO inclined to
attend b lay mission IN the interest
Of church attendance Busey III.
Howard, president OF the Layman's
Service Association. will preside at
the meeting this evening.