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The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
CLEMENCY IS ASKED
Jackson, Senators, 13 Congressman
Sign Brownlee Plea.

Slgn DrOWnlee EIed.
John L. Norman of Knox, chair
man of the Indiana State Prison
board Of trustees, has obtained the
signatures of Governor Jackson anG
a number of other State officials TO
a petition asking clemency for Fred
Brownlee. "a, former South Bend
youth, sentenced to die in Florida.
Brownlee shot and killed a mo-
torist who failed to stop at a bar
ricade erected by he and other
deputy immigration officers.
Norman also has obtained the
signatures of Senators Robinson
and Watson and the thirteen In
diana congressman to the petition.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
ATTENDS U. S. SESSION
DIR. william P. Best at Medical
Meeting in Kentucky.

Meeting in Kentucky.
DR.. William P. Best, 610 Bankers
Trust Bldg. is in Lexington, KY,
today attending the fifty-eighth
session of the National Electric
Medical Association, which opened
this morning and continues until
after Thursday.
DR. Best is recording secretary of
the organization.
The electric school of medicine is
leading the advocacy for return of
the old-time general practitioner
and considerable attention is to be
given at the convention to ways
and means of bringing this about.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
Purple Engine

BIZ United Press
PHILADELPHIA, June 19-
Reading railroad displayed a
purple locomotive today.
The engine which will be
shown at Atlantic City. is the
first effort to get away from the
drab black for locomotives.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
VARIETY SHOW PLANNED
Bubble Players to Perform at Kirch-
baum Center.

A vaudeville show and dance will
be presented by the Bubble Players
at Kirchbaum Community Center
Wednesday night
Members of the club who will
participate are Belle and Helen
Kline, Sarah Kaminsky, Ruth Bonn
stein, Esther Leftkoritz, Esther
Winkler, Celia Kaufman, Schula-
mith Rabb, Hortense Kaufman,
Esther Greenburg, Sadelle Lemon
tree, Fay Gurvitz, Helen Miller and
Misses NTabelle and Ruby Hendle-
man, sponsors.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
TOSSED FROM CAR, HELD
Youth Arrested for Drunkness; /;
Driver Speeds Away.

When John Broderick. %. Meeker
Hotel was tossed from his automo-
bile at Palmer st. and Talbot Ave,
about 2:30 a. m. today, Patrolman
Purcell picked him up and shouted
at the driver to stop. The driver
didn't Broderick explained that it
was his own car that the man tossed
him out of and Purcell took him to
city prison and charged him with
being drunk.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19

Sign United States Austrian Pact
VIENNA, June 19.-American
Minister Washburn and Chancellor
Seipel today signed an Austrian
American treaty Of friendship and
commerce
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19

Need a water heater. Save money
buy the practically new one ad-
vertised for sale cheap in tonight'S
Miscellaneous For Sale want ads.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
Why Treat Corns
Three Days
Take them out in 3 Minutes! /!

Shur-Of, the wonderful new discov-
cry in corn remedies, will remove the
worst corn or callous in minutes.
No other remedy is like it! Ends
Forever day treatments and foot soak
sang. And it's positively guaranteed not
Fto harm or irritate the healthy skin.
Yet it softens old, tough corns so
quickly that in minutes you can TAXA
them out-root and all
Why envy people with corn free feet :?
Get a 50-cent bottle of Shur-Of at
Hooks Dependable Drug Stores, or any
pther good druggist today and in just
3 minutes you'll be rid of that sore,
aching corn or painful callous.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
R0UTS HEN THIEVES
Four Marauders Flee From Coop
When NeighbOr Appears.

Wnen NelgnDOr appears.
Appearance of w. F.. Wilt, 1918 E.
Tenth St., scared chicken thieves
away from a coop in front of the
Graham Poultry House, 1118 E.
Tenth ST., at 2:30 a. m. today. Wilt
heard the six chickens in the coop
cackling and approached an auto
mobile without license plates parked
in front. Three men and a woman
drove off. The door had been pried
open.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
Gains STRENGTH
and WEIGHT
By Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

II was nervous, tired, all run down
and didn't have any pep" I al
Evening star., 1928-06-01
CHAPTER Ill.
At the Greene Mansion.

CTuesday, November 9; 2:30 PM
The Greene mansions 1t was COM
monty referred to by New Workers.
was relic of the city's ancient regime
1t had stood for three generations at
the eastern extremity If Fifty-third
street, two of Its oriel windows actually
overhanging the murky waters of the
East River. The lot upon which the
house was built extended through the
entire blockr-a distance Of 200 feet
and had an equal frontage on the cross
streets. The character of the neighbor-
hood had changed radically since the
early days; but the spirit of CONNER
cial advancement had left the domicile
Of the Greene5 untouched. 1t was an
oasis Of idealism and calm in the midst
of moiling commercial enterprise; and
one of the stipulations in old Tobias
Greene's last will and testament had
been that the mansion should stand
intact for at least quarter Of century
after his death, as monument TO him
and his ancestors. One If his last acts
on earth was TO erect high stone wall
about the entire propertg. with great
double iron gateway opening on Fifty
third street and postern gate for
tradesmen giving on Fifty-second street.
In the front yard were NAPLES and
clipped evergreens. interspersed with
hydrangea and lilac bushes; and at the
rear was a row Of weeping willows over
Evening star., 1928-06-01

about half past eleven But the second
shot reused OLD Mrs. Greene-her room
adjoins the younger daughters. The
rest of the household had slept through
all the excitement: but this Chester
fellow had woke 'em all up by the time
got there. I talked to all of EN- but
nobody knew anything After coupla
hours ! left a man inside and another
outside. and came away. Then / set
the usual machinery going; and this
morning Capt Dubois won't over the
place the best he could for finger
prints Doc Doremus has got the body
for an autopsy. and well get a report
tonight. But therell be nothing help
full from that quarter. She was fired
on from In front at close range-almost
man-the younger one-was all powder
marked. and her nightgown was burnt
She was shot from bchind.-That's
about all the cope"
Have you been able 20 get any sort
of statement from the younger one?"
Not yet She was unconscious last
night. and this morning sne was too
weak to talk But the doctor-Von
Blon-said we could probably question
her this afternoon We may get some
thing out of her. in case size got look
at the bird before he sh't her"
THAT suggests something to me.
Sergeant" Vance had teen listening
passively to the recital, hut now he
drew In his legs. and lifted himself a
little. Did any member Of the Greene
household possess a gun?"
Heath gave him a sharp look.
This Chester Greene said he had
an old 80 revolver he used to keep in
a desk drawer In his bedroom
"Oh. did he, now? And did you see
the gun?"
Il asked him for it, bu. he couldn't
find it. Said he hadn't seen it for
years. but that probably II was around
somewheres. Promised tc dig 1t up for
me today"
Don't hang any fond hopes on his
finding 1t, Sergeant" Vance looked at
Markham musingly Il begin to COM
prehend the basis of Chesier's psychic
perturbation. fear he's Grass mater
ialist after all Sad, sad"
You think he missed the gun, and
took fright?"
"Well-something like that i.
perhaps. One can't tell. It's deuced
confusin'." He turned an indolent eye
on the sergeant by the cy. what sort
of gun did your burglar use?"
Heath gave gruff, uneasy laugh.
Evening star., 1928-06-01
1
The Greene Murder Case
A Philo Vance Story
II By S. S. Van Dine i
III CopyriEh by Char scrhnr SONS
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By S. S. Var, Dine


! the job, We can't tell exactly what did
happen upstairs there last night. When
bird loses his head
"Ahl There's the rub When a
thief loses his head, dye see. he isn't
apt to go from room to room turning
on the lights even assuming he knows
| where and how to turn them on. And
| he certainly isn't gong to daily
around for several minutes in a black
hall between such fantastic operations,
! especially after he has shot some one
| and alarmed the house. what? II
| doesn't look like panic 10 me; 1t looks
| strangely like design. Moreover. Why
should this precious amateur of yours
be cavoting about the bouooirs upstairs
when the loot was in the dining room
below?"
We'll learn all about that when
we've got our man." courtered Heath
doggedly.
THE point is, Sergeant" put In
| Markham, I've given Mr. Greene my
promise to look into the matter, and l
wanted to get what details could from
you. You understand. CT course" he
added molifyingly. that 1 shall not
interfere with your activities in any
way. Whatever the outcome of the
case, your department will receive
entire credit
"On, that's all right. sir Experience
had taught Heath that he had nothing
to fear in the way of los. kudos when
working with Markham. But ! don't
think, in spite of Mr.. Vance's ideas
that you'll find much IN the Greene
case to warrant attention"
Perhaps not" Markham admitted
However. I've committed myself, and
7 ~, n,14 ~ of
look over the situation il you'll give
me the lie of the land"
There isn't much to tell" Heath
chewed on his cigar cogitatingly "A
DR.. Won Blon-the Greene family
physician-phoned Headquarters about
midnight. I'd just got in from an up
town sitck-up call. and hoped out
to the house with a couple of boys
from the bureau. / found The two wo-
men, like you know. one dead and the
other unconscious-boths shot. I phoned
Doc Doremus, and then looked the
place over Mr. Feathergill came along
and lent a hand: but VIE didn't find
much Of anything. The fe low that did
the job nusta got in by the front door
some way. for there was set OF foot
prints in the snow coming and going
besides Dr. Won Blon's. But the snow
was too fiaky to get any good impress
sions. 1t stopped showing along about
IL O'Clock last night; and there's no
doubt that the prints belonged to the
burglar. for no one else. except the doc
tor, had come or gone after the storm.
IAN amateur housebreaker with a
front door key to the Green@ mansion" ="
murnured Vance. "Extr ordinry!"
I'm not saying he had a key, sir"
protested Heath. I'm simply telling
you what We found The door n1ighta
been unlatci1ed by mistake. or some
one migiata opened it for him"
Go on with the sto-y. Sergeant"
urged Markham, giving Vance reprov-
ing look.
We'll, after Doc Dore-nus got there
and made an examination of the older
wornan's body and inspected the
younger ones wound, questioned all
the family and the servants-a butler.
two maids and a cook. Chester Greene
and the butler were the ones who had
heard the first shot, which was fired
Evening star., 1928-06-01

"You score there, Mr.. Vance. I've
got both bullets--thirty-tw fired from
a revolver not an automatic. But
you're not trying to intims te-"
Tut, tut, Sergeant. I'm merely seek
ing for more illumination"
Markham interrupted this garrulous
evasion.
I'm going to the Greene house after
lunch, Sergeant. Can yod come along?"
Sure l can, sir. I was going out
anyway"
Good" Markham brought forth a
box of cigars. Meet me here at two.
And take couple OF these Per-
fectos before you 60"
Heath selected the cigars, and put
them carefully into his breast pocket.
At the door he turned wi h bantering
grin.
You coming along with us, Mr.
Vance-to guide our err.ne footsteps,
as they say?"
Nothing could keep me away" de-
clared Vance.
Evening star., 1928-06-01

hanging the river. Along the herring
bone bond brick walks were high
quickest hedges of hawthorn and the
inner sides of the encircling wall were
covered with compact espaliers. To the
west of the house an asphalt driveway
led 10 a double garage at the rear
an addition built by the newer genera
ton of Greenes. But here, too, we're
boxwood hedgerows which cloaked the
driveWays modernity.
AS we entered the grounds that gray
November afternoon an atmosphere OF
foreboding bleakness seemed to have
settled over the estate. The trees and
shrubs were all bare, except the ever
green's, which were laden with patches
of snow The trellises stood stripped
along the walls, like clinging black
skeletons; and, save for the front walk,
which had been hastily and imperfectly
swept. the grounds were piled high with
irregular snowdriftS. The gray Of the
mansions masonry was almost the
color Of the brooding overcast sky; and
/ felt a premonitory chill OF eeriness
pass over me as we mounted the shallow
steps that led to the high front door,
with its pointed pediment above the
deeply arched entrance.
Sproot. the butler-a little old man
with white hair and heavily scanned
face-admitted us with silent, funereal
dignity The had evidently been ap-
praised OF our coming: and we were
ushered at once into the great gloomy
drawing room whose heavily curtained
windows overlooked the river. A few
moments later Chester Greene came in
and greeted Markham fulsomely. Heath
and Vance and me he included In
single supercilious nod.
"Awfully good Of you to come, Mark
ham," he said. with nervous eagerness.
seating himself on the edge of a chair
and taking out his cigarette holder
Il suppose you'll want to hold an in
QUESTION first. Whomll summon as a
starter?"
I'VE can let that go for the moment"
said Markham. First, I'd like to know
something concerning the servants. Tell
me what you can about them"
Greene moved restlessly in his chair,
and seemed to have difficulty lighting
his cigarette.
Evening star., 1928-06-01
Continued from Yesterdays STAR }

Markham knew, by this elusive an.
swer. that for the moment Vance had
no intention of being more definite
and after a moment of scoWling silence
he turned TO the telephone
Il I'm to take on this case, I'd better
find out who has charge OF it and get
what preliminary information l can
He called up Inspector Moran. the
commanding officer of the Detective
Bureau. After brief conversation he
turned to Vance with a smile.
. Your friend. Sergt. Heath, has the
case in hand. He happened to be in
the Office just now. and Is coming here
Immediately"
In less than Is minutes Heath ar
rived. Despite the fact that he had
ben up most of the night he appeared
unusually alert and energetic. His
broad, pugnacious features we're as
inlperturbable as ever, and his pale
blue eyes held their habitual penetrat-
ing intentness. He greeted Markham
with an elaborate, though perfunctory.
handshake: and then. seeing Vance, re-
laxed his features into a good-natured
smile
Well, If 1t isn't Mr.. Vance! What
have you been up to- sir?"
Vance rose and shook hands with
him
Alas, Sergeant. I'VE been immersed
In the terra-cotta ornomentation OF
: Renaissance facades, and other such
trivalities, since I saw yoI last. But
I'm happy to note that crime is picking
up again. It's a deuced drab world
without nice murky mui der now and
then. don't y know
Heath cooked an eye. and turned in
Cuiringly to the District Attorney. He
had long since learned how to read be-
tween the lines of Vancn's badinage.
ITS this Greene case. Sergeant, "
said Markham
= thought So" Heath sat down
heavily, and inserted Dlack cigar be-
tween his lips But noth,ng's broken
yet We're rounding up al the regu-
lars, and looking into their alibis for
last night. But it'll take several days
before the check-up's complete. II the
bird who did the job ha1,l't got scared
before he grabbed the swag. we might
be able to trace him through the pawn
shops and fences. BIT something
ratified him, or he wouldn't have shot
up the works the way ne did And
that's what makes me think he may be
q new one at the racket. II he is. it'll
make our job harder" He held a
m tch IN cupped hands tc his cigar.
and puffed furiousiy. What did you
Cant TO know about the pTowl, sir?"
Markham f1esitated. The Sergeant's S
ohatter -of-fact assumption that COM
mon burglar was the culprit discon-
certed him.
Chester Greene was here" he ex-
planned presently: "and he seems con-
vinced that the shooting was not the
work Of thief. He asked me. as a
special favor. to look into the matter"
Heath gave q derisive grunt.
who but a burglar In a panic would
shoot down two women?'
Quite SO. Sergeant" r. was Vance
who answered Still. the lights were
turned on IN both rooms. though the
women had gone to bed an hour before
and there was an interval of several
minutes between the two shots"
Il know all that" Heath spoke i'm
patiently. But II an snachoor did
Evening star., 1928-06-01
Continued in Tomorrow's Starr

New South Wales has a plan for har-
Messing the Clarence River for electrical
power purposes and at the same time
controlling the stream against foods.
Evening star., 1928-06-01

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phosphates. Just the
elements needed if bal
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eth. builds strong sturdy
mes You see, we select our ingredients
th infinite care
Rich, wholesome milk i. i. double the
mount used in many breads. Carefully
elected -four. Fresh, sweet shortening Pure
-ane sugar.
That's why our Merir Bread is so widel,
endorsed by dietitlans And that's why il,
so wonderfully delicious why it keep.
its original freshness, too.
Children, you'll find, never seem to &c
enough They'll cat all you give them, plai
or spread with jam. And that goes for rh
grownups. too!
Evening star., 1928-06-01

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The Havenner Bakery. Continental Baking
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Evening star., 1928-06-01

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And yet, famous nutrition experts say
most children's food is VIGOROUSLY weak in
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Cross dispositions - sluggish minds
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II was for mothers anxious to protect their
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It's bread rich in calorics packed
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And IT'S so wonderfully delicious that thou
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Worldwide SaccO-
VanZetti Protest Meets

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show him that English labor had
not forgotten. On August % tens
of thousands of London workers are
expected to meet in Hyde Park and
Trafalgar Square.
Meets Turnout U. s. s. r.
The week of August 1925 will be
observed throughout the Soviet
Union, from Leningrad to Vladivos-
tok as Sacco-V anzetti, Mooney
Billings week. In the remote vii
lagos special meetings will be held
] and great demonstrations are
planned in the leading cities. 1t
was Leningrad workers who saved
Mooney from hanging in 1917.
A group of Boston liberals will
hold a memorial meeting August %
in Steinert Hall. Among the speak
ers will be seen Edna st. Vincent
Millay, Alexander Meiklejohn and
Robert Morss Lovett. Sponsors in
dude Samuel Eliot Morrison Of Har-
ward, Alice Hamilton of Harvard
Medical School, Mrs. Gertrude l..
Winslow, Catherine Huntington,
Creighton Hill and Gardner Jack
son. Of the Sacco-V anzetti Defense
Coumittea
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-17

the remaining 4115 per cent. of the
outstanding stock. On July 8, 1919,
the Ford Motor Company was re-
organized under the laws of the
Delaware, for an authorized CAPT
talization of 100000. The COM
pany was chartered to build auto
mobiles, trucks, tractors, aircraft,
internal combustion, engines, ships,
locomotives and all allied products.
The Ford organization represents
a complete industrial chain. Raw
materials, transportation and manu-
featuring are entirely under the
company's control.
The company operates 35 branches
in the United States, Of which 80
are assembly plants. 1t has foreign
offices and associate companies in
South America, Cuba, Mexico, Eu-
rope, Egypt and Japan. The Ford
Motor Company of Canada is 10
Gated at Ford, Ontario. 1t supplies
the trade in Canada and the British
Empire, except the British Isles. 1t
has foreign plants in all important
centers Of the world.
The first Ford car was completed
in 1892. 1t was not until 1903 that
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FORCE MILLS TO
CLOSE Up AGAIN
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Mahon with not having the sup
port of the union membership in
Passaic. In the statement Keller
declares that this charge is untrue,
pointing to his election as the Pas
sale delegaet to the coming national
convention of the Textile Mill Com
mittees in September, while he was
away from his home local.
Plans are rapidly. being COM
pleted by the New Bedford Textile
Workers Union to make the well
coming reception for w. T. Muir
doch memorable one. Murdoch,
union leader will be freed Monday
after completion of three month
prison term for picketing.
A mass welcome meeting, which
is being prepared for Monday will
also inaugurate a new membership
drive for the Textile Mill Commit
tees organization.
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MILL STRIKERS
STANDING FIRM
Intimidation of Court
Fails
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fused by this threatening terror, a
number of strikers were said to have
denied membership in the T. M. C.
These, and many other, received six
months probation terms. Most of
these, however, came to the head
quarters of the union later and af-
firmed their allegiance, declaring
that they did not understand what
they were doing after being con-
fused by the barrage of questions in
court. Several, however, actually
deserted the ranks on being faced
by six months Jail term.
Manuel Pacheco, husband of a
woman striker beaten up on the pic
ket line by the police, rose courage
ously in court and defiantly hurled
at the judge 81 will stay with the
Textile Mill Committees till the
very end" Joseph Travis, 17-year
old striker staunchly maintained his
legal right to strike and picket and
denounced police brutality on the
picket lines. They were included
among those receiving six months
terms. The others were James Ried,
union leader; Manuel Rogers, Jesse
, Cordiero, Antoine Sousa, Joseph
Pachecho, Louis Ferriero, Bill Ser
Okla and Henry Lavoie. Bail of
$1,000 each was demanded in add
ton to the surety bond of similar
amount.
Strikers Determined.
Tactics of the mill owners and
their agents in the courts in falling
strike leaders and every man rising
from the ranks to assume the helm
of the struggle, will fail, strikers de-
clare. They are determined to stay
out till they win the wage cut fight.
The union and the International
Labor Defense are issuing appeals
to raise the enormous funds neces-
sary to gain the release of the
leaders. In ensive efforts are to be
made to spread the walkout, and the
union leaders release will hasten
this event, the appeals state.
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Automobile Industry and It's Reia-'
ton to War.
There are two factors that make
the automobile industry essentially
war industry always at the dis
posal Of the governmental machine.
l.. The utilization Of the motor
truck on a large scale for military
transport and as means for the
quickest mobilization of the army,
especially for shorter distance hauls.
Those who followed the world war
know what Importance the motor
truck played generally In the war
and especially in surprise attacks.
2. The machine shop and other
factories of the automobile indus
try are very easily convertible to
the making of war material, guns,
shells and airplanes,
The Ford factories were turning
out thousands of machine guns
during the war and are now already
converting soma Of their plants for