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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
CHEMIST BARES
THRIVING trade
'OILING' 'ALKY'
Exposes Process of Raising
Proof of Poor Liquor
With AduIterant.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
EVANSTON, Ill, Aug. IMAM
ufacturers of pure and spirits and
alcohol" were scarce around Chicago
until the bead oil" man appeared
with a chemical to raise the proof
of poor liquor, William Hoskins de-
clared before the American Chem
ical Society Institute tonight.
Hoskins, one of the country's
deans of chemistry, said he remem-
bered when there were only four
alcohol manufacturers in Chicago.
ut wasn't long before a bead oil
man came on the scene" he said,
"to contribute chemical that could
raise the proof of the liquor so it
could be passed off as par.
Wooden Water Pipes
Caramel coloring followed, and
the foundations of what now seems
to be such thriving anti-legal in
dustry was laid on purely scien-
tif1c basis"
Hoskins lived in Chicago in the
days when scientists and chemists
labored under difficulties to make
experiments.
1.-The first Chicago chemical
works we're devoted to the making
of wooden water pipes" Hoskins
said. Some of them, dug up re-
Gently. are looked upon as antiquity
rarities. Yet they were used in this
city in my youth"
Made Experiments at Night
In the days before electric meters
were discovered, he said, men car
ried zinc plates in containers over
their shoulders resembling Chinese
water carriers to measure current.
by weighing these plates after
charge" Hoskin explained, "the To-
cal company could determine the
flow Of it's current. The current
flow was little to brag about. There
wasn't enough for experimentation.
when I needed a large flow for
work on alloys, I would build a hut
near a transformer station, and
work between the hours of 10 at
night and 4 in the morning. After
seven years Of such experimental
ton. we developed chromal-the
wire used in thermopiles and other
electrical appliances"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
MT, vESUvIUS
AGAIN SPOUTS
BLAZING LAVA
Flames, Molten Rock Sent
High Into Air After
Brief LuII.
By United Press

By United Press
NAPLES, Italy, Aug. 17.-Mt. We
suvius renewed its spectacular erup-
ton Thursday night and today.
Liquid fire pouring from the bow
els Of the earth furnished a spec
tacle both terrifying and fascinat-
ing.
After a brief lull in its activity
which began Aug. Z, the uneasily-
sleeping giant began again to emit
lava, flames and dense smoke.
The molten rock slides down the
slope Of the summit through sub
terranean passage 1000 feet long.
then energies to break into three
fiery streams which fall into Hell
Valley" One stream, twelve feet at
the start, flows at the rate of six
feet a second, spreading out as it
advances.
The streams today had reached
the barrier of rocks raised in past
times on the eastern slopes Of Mount
Sonn1a to check eruptions.
The main eruptive cone Of We
suvious already is surmounted by a
smaller one, which enits dense, sui
phuric smoke in the daytime and is
a glowing pillar at night visible
for miles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
AL and WALSH
TO talk over
OIL. SCANDALS
Visit of Montana Senator
to Close Weeks ParIeyS
With Leaders.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. 17.-With q
visit by Senator Thomas j. Walsh
of Montana, Tea Pot Dome investi-
gator, Governor Alfred E. Smith,
Democratic residential nominee, to-
day will bring to a close a weeks
conferences on political conditions
and prepare to gain as much rest
as possible before delivering his &C
ceptance speech next Wednesday
night.
1t is anticipated here that Walsh
will go into details on conditions he
unearthed while investigating the
leases of the naval oil reserves, and
that the Governor will gain many
points from the Senator to use in
his campaign, particularly on the
subject Of honesty in government
and consolidation of the depart
ments and bureaus.
The Montana legislator is due to
arrive at the executive mansion this
afternoon, and pobably will be an
overnight guest of Smith, as was
Senator Walter F. George, Georgia
who arrived late Thursday evening
George Also Is Visitor
George declined to be interviewed
after his conference with Smith,
whom he joined at the dinner table.
Before seeing the Governor, how
ever, he expressed the conviction
that Georgia would be found in the
Democratic column with good ma
jority for the Empire State Gov
ernor.
The visit Of George marked the
third of we'll known southern dry
leaders, he having been preceded by
Josephus Daniels, Raleigh IN. O.
and Senator Garter Glass, Virginia
Smith today stood accused OF
raising a park issue with Repub-
lican legislative leaders ii g "des-
perate effort to distlAct attention
from the Governors unsavory leg
islative record recently revealed by
his opponents within his own
party"
The charge was made by Assem-
blyman Eberly T. Hutchinson, the
chairman of the assembly ways and
means committee, in an answer to
Smiths attack on the leaders for
failure to provide funds for survey
ing parkways and to purchase the
Albany Boys Academy in this city.
Issue in State Campaign
The assertion of the Governor
that Senator Hewitt, chairman OF
the Senate finance committee, ano
Hutchinson were Constructors" OF
the Long Island Park program was
characterized by the assemblymar
as an unqualified lie"
AS a result of the statements OF
the Governor and Hutchinson, it is
expected that the park issue will
be prominently raised in the COM
ing gubernatorial campaign, and il
also is believed that Smith will play
a more prominent part in the State
campaign than heretofore had beer
expected.
In his statement, Hutchinson in
sisted there is no emergency which
makes action imperative at this
time, and that legislative sanction
first should be had before any
further steps are taken He also
asserted an agreement was II
existence to the effect that no ex-
penditures would be asked for the
northern parkway on Long Islano
until the southern parkway anc
Jones Beach causeway are COM
pleted.
Smith is expected to make an
answer to Hutchinson today OF
Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
PROBE HOSPITAL DEATH
Man Unconscious Four Days May
Have Died of Rabies.

Claude E. Hadden, deputy
coroner, today was conducting an
investigation to determine wether
death of Gilbert Banks, 30, of 1916
w. Minnesota ST., late Thursday at
city hospital, was due to rabies.
Banks had been unconscious the
four days he was at city hospital.
He was bitten by dog two weeks
ago when he attempted to separate
two fighting animals, it was said.
DR.. Hadden performed an autopsy
and said there were some indica-
tons death might have been due
to rabies
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
CITY GOVERNMENT,
SCHOOLS COST $35
A PERSON IN 1927
Share in County Expenses
Also Included in U. S.
Estimate.

Cost of operating the city gov
eminent in indianapolis in 1927 was
$3.50 a person, according to figures
made public today by the United
States Department of Commerce.
This includes the city's share in
county government and also the cost
of the schools, but not the cost of
permanent improvements.
Total operation and maintenance
cost for city, city schools and 86.7 per
cent Of the county government, was
given by the department as $13,-
360,816. The per capital estimate is
based on an estimated population
Of 374,300.
Increase Shown
In 1926 the comparative per cap
ita for operation and maintenance
of general departments was $34.1O
and for 1917, 1882.
Payments for public service enter
prises in 1927, which included the
city market and Tomlinson Hall,
amounted to $22,603; interest on
debt was $1,477,65O, and OUTLAWS for
permanent improvements, $5,615,713.
Total payments, therefore, for oper-
alton and maintenance of general
departments and public service en-
terprises, for interest and OUTLAWS,
including the county and schools,
we're 20,476,782. The totals include
all payments for the year, whether
made from current revenues or from
the proceeds Of bond issues.
Revenues Listed
The total payments included for
the county amounted to $2,61O,845
OF this amount 81 ,623,118 represents
payment for operation and main
tenance; s37O,O26 interest on debt
and s617,7O1 OUTLAWS. The total pay
ments for schools amounted to S.
261 ,407, of which SIS, 408,585 was for
operation and maintenance; $483, 073
interest and $2,369,749 OUTLAWS.
The total revenue receipts, includ-
ing the county and schools. were
S19,595, 1866, or $5235 per capital
This was $4,734,297 more than the
total payments of the year.
The total funded or fixed debt
outstanding Dec. 81, 1927, was $780,
633,420.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
FRAUD is CHARGED TO
PURE FOOD RECEIVER
Attorney Robert Lee Sued on His
Bond by Guarantors.

Attorney Robert Lee Sued on His
Bond by Guarantors.
Fraud was charged to Robert
Stewart Lee, attorney, in handling
affairs of the Pure Food Company,
now in receivership, of which he was
treasurer, in a suit on his bond
brought against him and the Union
Indemnity Company today by Re-
ceiver Laurens L. Henderson in Su-
perior Court Five.
Lee already is charged in Crimi-
nal Court as a result of his han
ding of the cafeteria company
finances. He was cited for contempt
by Superior Judge Byron K. Elliott,
before whom the receivership is
pending, for his alleged refusal to
turn over books and assets of the
firm to Henderson, soon after Hen
derson's appointment as receiver.
Judgment of $1,000, the amount
alleged to have been unaccounted
for, is asked in today's suit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
Old Injury Leads to Death

BIZ Times Special
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Aug. IT,
Heart disease which developed fol-
lowing an injury two yeras ago
caused the death Of Harry Oldon, SO.
While working at the Indiana
Veneer and Panel Company factory,
Oldon dropped a piece of iron on
one of his feet, his blood becoming
infected from the injury, causing
q heart maladY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
CHARGE DRUNK DRIVING
Police Stop Car With Three in
Front Seat; Probe Ownership.

William Burden, 38, of 2oOs N.
Keystone Ave. today faces charges
of driving an automobile while in
toxicated, drunkenness and driving
with three persons in the drivers
seat. He was arrested shortly after
midnight Thursday night by Lieut..
Robert Wooden. He failed to pro-
duce a bill of sale for his car and
police are investigating ownership.
Two men and a woman, passengers
in the Burden car, were not held.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
CHECK F0RGER NABBED
Denied Return to California for
Charges Here.

Detectives do not look kindly on
the desire of Louis E. Miksell,
Linden Hotel, to be returned to
California. NIikesell has admitted
he was sentenced twice at Los
Angeles to prison terms for pass
ing bad checks and said he is
wanted there by a parole officer
for breaking parole.
But detectives declared they had
enough evidence of fraudulent
check operations here. He was ar
rested attempting to persuade Isa-
dore Hessell, 48 w. Ohio st. to cash
a forged $1,000 check.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
DAMAGE ROLL FIXED
Estimates on Delaware St.
Property Made.

Damage roll for two triangular
tracts Of ground on the east and
west sides of Delaware ST., north Of
the Fall Greek bridge, was ordered
prepared Thursday afternoon by
the park board. Report of appraisers
set that value at $60,853.38.
Present plans of the board are to
construct diagonal bouleyards
across the plots from the bridge OH
Delaware ST., to connect with
Talbot st. and Washington Blvd.
Reports Of three appraisers
several weeks ago placed the valua-
ton at $4,000 and $4,000, but
these were rejected because ap~
praisers did not agree.
Report of B. Walter Jarvis, park
superintendent, on MS investiga-
ton of need for a playground to
serve the community bounded by
Forty-Second and Fifty-Second
SITS, and keystone Ave. and the
Monon railroad, was postponed
until Thursday.
Mexican Rebels Executed
BIZ United Press
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 17.-Four-
teen rebels were executed after a
battle with Federal troops in which
two rebels were killed, Queretaro
dispatches said today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
SCREAMS R0UT THIEF
Daylight Burglar Frightened by
Child.

A daylight burglar entered the
home of Mrs. Ray Rupert, 2121 w.
Walnut ST., when she went to the
grocery this morning, leaving her
son Charles. 7, in bed asleep.
Charles awoke to see the man
ransacking drawers in the room. He
screamed and the man ran.
Screams Of Sally Motley, 6, the
daughter Of Mrs. Lula Motley, 463
w. Eighteenth ST., frightened a
man peering into her bedroom win
dow at Lbs a. m today, Mrs. Mot
ley also saw the man, she told
police.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
.SACC0-V ANZETTI CASE
WILL BE VOTE ISSUE
wife of Powers HapgOod, Indian
apolis, in Governor Race.


apolis, in Governor Race.
BIZ United Press
BOSTON, Aug. 1.-THE Sacco-
vanzetti case will be made a politi-
cal issue in the forthcoming cam
paign of the Socialist party in
Massachusetts.
Late yesterday the party filed at
the office of the secretary Of state
its certificates of nominations.
The Socialist ticket will include.
Governor, Mary Donovan Hapgood
North Brookfield; heutenant-gover-
nor, Walter S. Hutchins, Greenfield;
secretary of state. Edith M. Will
liams, Brookline; United States Sen
ator. Alfred Baker Lewis, Cam
bridge.
Mary Donovan Hapgood Is the
wife Of Powers Hapgood Of Indian
apolis. Both we're Sacco-Vanzetti
sympathizers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
Mexico Honors Oregon Memory

BIZ United Press
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 1.-THE
first month of the anniversary Of
the death of President-elect Alvaro
Obregon was observed here today.
Biographies of the late leader we're
read in all schools. Traffic was
brought to a stand still at p. m.
Government buildings closed at this
time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
Fall Injuries Cause Death

BIZ Times Special
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Ind, Aug.
III. B. Linn, "a, Montgomery
County farmer, was killed when
thrown from a wagon when a team
of horses drawing it made a sud-
den start.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
ID APPEAL
 CASE Of DEAD MAN
Gok Executed But Protest Continues

Austin, Tex. Jan. 6.--&R1-A law yor whose client Governor Dan Needy refused to save from the electric chair plans to appeal the dead man's case to the voters of Texas.
 William E. Hawkins of Brecken- ridge, former associate justice of the state supreme court, defended A. V. Millikin against the charge of numbering Mrs. Virginia Petty. Since Millikins' execution. he has aanounc- cd himself a candidate for the democratic gubernatorial nomina- ton, challenging Governor Moody's refusal to exercise his power of ac- ton In the case. He contended that the prisoners constitutional rights had been violated at sanity hear ing.
 Governor Moody, himself a law yer. granted four reprieves to give the defendant an opportunity to ooek redress in federal courts, but he denied fifth reprieve after two federal judges refused to set aside the sentence imposed by state courts. Millikin's attorney then de- .termined to make the case an issue by his candidacy at the democratic primary next summer. Governor Moody, however. now serving his flrst term. has not said definitely that he will be a candidate for re- 
 nomination.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06

inch before they could open any valve and release any excess air. If there were less air pressure. and . valve opened. it would ini- mediately fill the compartment with water.
 'So, gentlemen, you see. it is much easier to sit around the table and say. Why did they not pump air into that compartment and thus keep these men alive?' Than it is to be on the job operating 100 feet below the surface of the water try ing to get air into an air-tight com partment."
 At this point LaGuardias time ex- pired. He asked for an additional ten minutes. and gained it through the silent attention of the nearly 200 members on the floor.
 "So. what they did then was to pump , pounds of air and then re- lease pounds. and they kept that up for more than 50 hours. In the meantime. il was ascertained that the men were no longer alive"
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
HOUSE MOVED BY LAGUARD|A'S WORDS
Dramatic Story of S4 Rescue Attempts Stirs Congress

Washington. Jan. 6 R1The un- adorned account that Representa- tive LAGuardia of New York. has ;Slven congress Of his 36 hours of investigation of the navy's rescue ef- 4orts at the scene Of the S-4 disaster has prompted probably more com- znent at the capitol than any speech in the new congress.
 Tn the house. where he spoke two days ago. the opinion of his col leagues can be summed up in the words Of one member-"Well, you've Igot to give him credit for what he lid"
 Early last season the veteran Theodore Burton of Ohio, held the undivided attention of the house for 90 minutes or more in an appeal for support of President Coolidge in in- ternational affairs. He threw into that plea the force of his quarter of . century experience in interna- tional relations and many members later admitted he had changed their votes. The speech still is talked about at the capitol.
 Not since the day Burton was master of the floor had the house membership accorded similar atten- ton until LaGuardia told them how members of tho navy's personnel risked their lives in . tossing sea in hn effort to savs their comrades in tho torpedo room of the sunken s~4.
 "Every one that has spoken to me about this matter has asked the Aame question: Why did they not pump air into that compartment and keep these men altve?'" said the Nsw Yorker. who was a major in the American air service in the World jVar. and whose accent discloses Italy hs the home of his parents.
 Well you may say. why did they Aot7 The reason. as I understand
 , is that these men were in an air. Night compartment full of air of normal pressure. If more air were bumped. 1t would soon make a high pressure chamber out Of that com bartment, and human life will not last long under such conditions. It would have been necessary to pump hir at the rate Of $ pounds to the
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06

LaGuardia then told how divers, among them two named. Fred G. MfcAaels. and Thomas Eadie, risked their lives IT establishing communi- ca;ioa with the submarine: how MichaAls became entangicd Nh the wrecsaea and how Eadie worked for 45 -.;,fs with hacksaw loo feet uat .ls water to release him.
 rae New York member. who said that before visiting the scene he lad prepared a. speech criticizink the raty's rescue work. concluded his remarks by reading several com- munications from Admiral Brumby. in charge of the rescue. commend ing these men for their heroism and service. and recommending that they be officially recognized for these deeds"
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06

ot the Exchange club at the Hotel McAlptn yesterday. Colonel Driggs depleted the airplane of the futurd. e . ,safe. fast and Inexpensive means of transportation In times of peace and . terrible instrument of destruction in war. He aaid Elmer sperry had developed . Diesel en- zine which uses no flame, con- sumes three. .fifths of tho amount Of fuel now used in airplane motors and is light and durable.
 An Engiish inventor. he said. is working on . device which pushes up the noGs' of.a plane when 1t starts a nose dive. This invention, he said, would serve to eliminate crashes caused by tho stailing of the motor. The airplane would flutter down, he declared.
 With the establishment of . New York to- Toronto air line, now under consideration by his company. he as- serted, Schenectady. N. Y., would become the center of air travel in the cast.
 The sperry Development company
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06

declined yesterday to dtscun the air- plane Diesel engine. Edwae6 Q. Hperry. son of Elmer 8perry. said that of all the developments upea which the company ' expesimsat- ing that vas the last 1t cared te lis- close. MT. Sperry said hts father Aad been working onthe engine for sosns time and he believed that he hld solved the fire hazard and othsf problems. but that the engine was not perfected. His principal reasea for refusing to discuss the invsntioa. Mr. Sperry said, was that the navy department had provided. some funds for the work and had inastsd that no publicity be given to the sx- pertinent
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
SEES DIESEL ENGINE
 IN FUTURE PLANE
Col. Drisss Says Spa1J H, InVeatM New Motor

New York, Jan. 6.-lR-Airplanes propelled at phenomenal speed by Diesel engines, airplanes that flut- ter to the ground Nke a wounded bird. and airplanes that drop deadly liquids which kills all life are in the process of development. according to Colonel Lawrence La Touretts Driggs, president Of the American Flying club and director of the Colonial Air Transport company.
 Speaking at the weekly luncheon
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
TAMMANY' HALL HAPPY

New York. Jan. 6 (UP)-Tam. many hall is happy again. Tho arm to which tho hall sold the old hssd. quarters made 370.00o profit . few days later. But the realtors benev- olentIy gave the profit to Tammany.s co6ers.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
WINS SUIT FOR LOST URN

Elmhurst, N. Y. Jan. 6 NiP)--For
 loss of an urn containing the ashes of their S-year-old son, Mir. and Mrs. Daniel Fuchs won a so,500
 damage verdict against a crcmatory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-08

phrases inconsistent with the letter and
spirit of the party's pledge?"
"A recent apologist for him" she
added, has by producing the minutes
of The resolutions committee at Hous-
ton sought to show that the plank in
the Democratic platform did not pledge
itself to prohibition. He says that was
left open for future action.
Even so. has the Democratic candi-
date not scrapped his partys guarantee
of open mindedneSS on the issue. when
he promises to use the power of his
office and national leadership to effect
q change? What. therefore. does he
do to the vast body of his party who
believe in prohibition. who have worked
for its adoption, who are opposed to
its evasion or nullificatiou?"
Cites G. o. r. Pledges.
The Assistant Attorney General en-
phasized as an outstanding characters
tic in the Republican plank the pledg-
OF Its nominees to the observance of
the law itself"
That is new contractual obli-
cation on the part of a great party.
but the intellectual honesty of 1t COM
mends il to wet and dry alike"
She asked that it be borne in mind
that the Republican plank does not
drive out the honest i-prohibitionists
of the Republican party
1T does not say" she continued,
they cannot work by every constitu-
tional method to change the national
policy. but the party refuses to allow
resort to evasion or notification as
means of bringing that change about, +"
The Republican party, she said of
fered its platform proudly, sure of the
faithful performance of both It's letter
and spirit: sure because of the man to
whom the party has intrusted the obli-
CATION of its performance
Mrs, Roosevelt spoke from WEAF in
New York and Mrs. Willehrandt from
WRC here. There we're 81 stations in
the hook-up.