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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-22
Canaries Die in Fire

RB United Press
CONNERSVILLE, Ind, March %.
-Four valuable canaries suffocated
in $50 fire at a grocery. The fire
resulted when curtains of the win
dows in the store caught fire from
a coal oil stove.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03

So Bosey, the ex-gob who knew
what was what. opened his bust
ness without the permit. The
mayor and his officials had the
respectable filling station owner
arrested and tucked away in the
cooler for sixty days.
Bosey got mad during those
nights in the silent spaces of New
buryport's Jail. And when he came
out he decided he'd be politician
and "show those girdS a thing or
two" He ran for mayor and led
in all the wards except one.
= Il
DOSEY, Monday, spent his first
IL day in the swivel chair of the
mayor office. But he wasn't in
much of the time. First he had to
be inaugurated.
Then he had 20 tell the news
paper boys about his plans.
Finally he had to figure out
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
Scores Are Marooned in
Homes; Lakes Cover
.. Vast Areas.
BD United Press
RM Tnited PrcSS

B1 United Press
LONDON, Jan. 3.-Flood water
reached the suburbs of London to-
day.
Many residents were marooned in
houses and traffic was disrupted in
many places. Some railorad sta
tons were closed, mountaineering
workers.
England rapidly was becoming a
series of lakes. Among the sections
affected by the flood waters were
Leicestershire, Bedfordshire, Ches-
hire, Nottinghamshire, Gloucester
shire, Sussex, Monmouthshire, Mid
dleseX, Surrey, Kent, Hampshire,
Lincolnshire NorthamptonShire and
Devonshire.
Willesden, a suburb Of London,
was the worst hit. More than 200
houses were flooded and many oc-
cupantS imprisoned on upper floors.
Rescuers in improvised crafts were
doing their best to remove people
from second-story windows.
Bungalow jewellers in the valley
of the Thames vacated their homes
and took refuge on the mainland.
Floods were increasing today in
the River Lea, submerging thou
sands of acres from Clapton down
into sections of Middlesex and
HertfordShire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
BANDITS take
$3.50 IN CITY
Negro Forces Gas Station
Man to Open Safe.

Brother, you've got just what I
want" a Negro bandit told attend
ant Philip Schneider, 718 E YER
mont St, at the Silver Flash filling
station at North st. and Capitol
Ave, as he was opening up the safe
this morning.
Without exhibiting gun, but
holding his hand in his overcoat
pocket, he took $50 from the safe.
Bandits got $104 in three hold
ups Monday night. Two were by
the same two men, police believed.
At the Standard Oil filling station
at Kentucky and Senate AYES,
threatening E. B. Shelby with au-
tomato pistols, they got $35 from
the safe. leaving behind all the
silver money. They held their hands
over their faces.
A little later they got $50 from
the Thomas o. Mullen drug store,
2737 N. Illinois st.
Two young men passengers on an
Emerson Ave. bus pulled gun on
Wilbur Sirep, driver, when all other
passengers had left the car and
made him hand over $10.75. When
he told them 81 of that was his
money. they returned the 81
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
PLANE SPLASH
HEARD ON SHIP
Crew Relates Story of New
GrayS0n CIeW.

III HitFu FFfSS
PORTLAND, ME-, Jan. ga new
clew to the fate of Mrs. Frances
Grayson and her three companions
in the "Dawn's" attempted New
York-Newfowndland flight has been
revealed by the story of the officers
and crew of the schooner Rose
Anne Belliveau.
Captain r. V. Comeau related
how the sound of an airplane motor
was heard at about 7:30 p. nj. Dec.
23 when the Belliveau was eighteen
miles northwest of Nauset Beach
Light on Cape Cod. The sounds
ended suddenly after about ten
minutes when heavy splash was
heard.
1t is believed that the plane had
sighted the lights of the ship and
tried to land beside it.
A heavy northwest gale and
raging seas prevented the schooner
from making a rescue, though the
boat remained in the vicinity for
some time.
This story was in line with the
report of the reception of a wire
less message on board the steamer
Oakley L. Alexander at the same
hour that "the plane was down"
The Alexander was not far from
the place where the Beliveau heard
the sounds which they believe came
from the Dawn"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
EIGHTH IN AUTOS
Magazine Sets Indiana'S
Place in Motor World.

Although the eleventh State in
population, Indiana is the eighth
State in number of motor vehicles
registered, according to the maya
zine, Motor.
Of the 23,226.191 motor vehicles
registered in the United States last
year, 811,072 were in Indiana.
Of the national total 20,232, 293
we're pleasure cars and 2,943,89S
we're trucks. Indiana had sos, 165
pleasure cars and 115,907 trucks.
The total Indiana figure was a
gain of 38,746 over 1926.
There we're no changes In the
relative standing of the States
which are the biggest users Of mo-
tor vehicles in 1927. New York in
creased its lead over California,
New York reporting 1,953,280 We
hicles to 1,714,986 for California.
Ohio was third with 1,592,500.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
Star WITNESS
FACES ATTACK
Defense Plans to ImpeaCh
Jeanetta Taylor.

BIZ Times Special
DELPHI, Ind, Jan. 3.-CounSel
for Lloyd Kimble today started its
supreme effort to save him from
death in the electric chair for the
murder of Daniel Sink.
Impeachment of Mrs. Jeanetta
Taylor, star State witness, is the
principal objective OF the defense.
Kimble will be pictured as farm
err financially ruined by depression
in land values, who have gave up
two farms he owned to protect
creditors and refused to take the
benefits of the bankruptcy act
1t is probable the case will reach
the jury Thursday or Friday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
CONGRESS BACK ON JOB TO CRIPPLE WITH PROFILE
MOORE AGAIN
TO HEAD STATE !
FARM BOARD
Predict Rochester Mans
Reelection at Annual
Farley Wednesday. /.

Levi P. Moore, Rochester, Ind,
vice president of the Indiana board
Of agriculture, probably will be
elected president at the annual con-
ference Wednesday in the House OF
Representatives, according to pres
ent officers.
E. D. Logsdon, Indianapolis, prob
ably will be elected vice president.
E. J. Barker, Thorntown, Ind, will
be renamed secretary treasurer, it
is indicated.
Eight persons will be elected from
eight congregation districts to the
board.
Re-eIect Present Members
Since there is no opposition to
the eight incumbents, they prob
ably will be reelected.
They are: S. w. Taylor, Boom
vile, First district; Guy Cantwell,
Gosport, now president of the board,
Second district; r. G. Jenkins,
Orleans. Third district; Logsdon,
Seventh district; w. w. Wilson.
Muncie. Eighth district: Thomas
Grant, Lowell, Tenth district; U. c.
Brouse, Kendallville. Twelfth dis
trict, and Moore, Thirteenth dis
trict.
The meeting Wednesday follows
the meeting today of the Indiana
Association of District and County
Fairs at the SEVERN.
Following committee reports this
morning j. A. Terry, La Porte, Ind,
spoke on Club Work Essential to
Fairs"
Boys, Girls Clubs Vital
Boys and girls clubs are essen
tial to the life of fairs through the
interest added to fair work. The
children become vitality interested
in the fairs and bring their par
ents into closer cooperation" he
said.
Mayor L. Ert Slack will speak
tonight at the banquet at the Sew
erin. Other speakers: Miss Betty
Ann Fort and Benny Barrett Fort
of Maxwell; L. A. Pittenger, Mum
Gle, and State Senator Andrew Dur
ham, Greencastle.
Association officers are: ]. E,
Green, Muncie, president: ]. H. Clas-
sen. Crown Point, vice president; z. .
w. Pickhardt, Huntingburgh, treas
urere, and Barker. secretary.
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which friends and supporters
would get the gravy"
I'm going to tell those guys
on the council who I want to get
the good jobs" he told reporters.
"And if they don't come through,
there1l be war. And a good one,
too"
A list of the officials who today
conceded their chairs to others
and were filling their waste paper
baskets with unofficial papers
sounded like a roster of the city
government.
The lineup read new fire
chief, city solicitor. assessor, sup
erintendent of highways, board Of
health, city messenger. overseer Of
the poor, building commissioner,
harbor master, tree warden, super
intendent Of parks, caretaker of
the city clocks. superintendent of
Gypsy Brown tail moth extermi-
majors, sealer of weights and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
FIGHTING EX-GOB GOES FROM CELL TO MAYOR CHAIR

measures, library director and
registrar of vehicles.
Il n
IF there was any one else beside
Il the police, Basey had over
looked him.
The police! and thereupon
Bosey broke into a lament to the
reporters.
They're under civil service"
he walled. "Ain't that a hell of a
mess for a>fellow like me? ] call
it a rotten trick. Well, believe
me, boys, those birds are going
to earn their pay. And I don't
mean maybe
Every lame duck goes out. And
every one of them Squawking."
And so Newburyport awaited its
meeting Of the city council much
as the ticket holder at the side
show waited to see il the bally-
hoo of the barker was true or not.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
FLOOD CONTROL
AND FARM AID
Ar FOREFRONT
J Compromise Measure Will
Be Drafted to Solve
South'S Trouble.
TAX CUT TO GET REST
Numerous Investigations to
Be Resumed: Supply
Bill Is Up.
TAX CUT TO GET REST
BY PAUL II. MALLON,
United Press staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-CongresS
comes back tomorrow after its two
weeks Christmas recess to get at the
real business of legislation flood
control and farm relief.
The House flood control commit
tee will resume hearings Thursday
TO frame bill for presentation with
in two weeks. The differences that
have arisen over the report of the
Army engineers have complicated
the committees problem, but COM
promise measure will be fastened
rs soon as possible.
The House Agriculture Committee
will start brief hearings on the old
McNary- Haugen price sterilization
bill and proposed compromise meas
ures on Jan. 16. The Senate Agri-
culture Committee also is expected
to begin work on the pending meas
ure, in hope that some sort OF farm
relief bill will be passed before the
Easter holidays.
The $29000O,000 tax reduction bill
passed by the House before the re-
cess may languish in the Senate
Finance Committee for the present,
while Republicans and Democrats
fight over whether to pass it before
the March IS treasury receipts are
known.
Numerous Investigations are to be
resumed and some new ones author
lied. The Mexican inquiry by the
Senate investigating committee will
be resumed tomorrow; the Smith
(Illinois) election contest will have
a hearing Jan. z; the Walsh resolu-
ton for investigating the power
trust" will be considered by the
Senate Interstate Commerce Com
mittee within two weeks, and an in
vestigation of the American consular
and diplomatic service will be con-
sidered by the Senate Foreign Re-
lationS Committee.
Resolutions are to be proposed also
seeking investigation by a House
or Senate committee, or both, of the
sinking of the submarine S-4.
Muscle Shoals, Boulder Dam and
railroad consolidation proposals are
to be considered by various commit
tees of both Houses.
The immediate business before the
House is the State and Justice De-
partments' appropriation bill. The
Senate will debate the Norris reso-
luton for eliminating lame duck
sessions of Congress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
DISAGREE ON
EARLY DEATH
FATE OF MAN
Scientists Doubt of Longer
Life Span Draws Fire
at Conference.

By United Press
BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Jan. s.
An alluring picture of men and
women past middle age who will
have leisure without idleness and
plenty without loss of ambition. was
drawn today at the Battle Greek
Race Betterment Conference.
Putting the world in the posi-
ton of a man with a pension. who
proverbially never dies" is the ulti-
mate goal of science, DR.. Louis Eau
geras, bishop Of ForGham University,
declared.
1T can't be DONE" DR. Alexis Car
rel of the Rockefeller Institute, re-
piled. He argued that early death
is the price We pay for being such
biologically complicated creatures.
Merely Increase Burden
1.-THE artificial methods which
have improved tire crops of The
fields. made fleeter horses. more
industrious hens, more delicious
fruits and beautiful flowers, can not
be applied to the multi-celled Or
ganism of man." CarreI said.
why do it if we could?" asked
DR.. c. G. Little, president of the
University of Michigan and presi-
dent Of the conference. His thesis
was that if longevity merely would
increase the burden On first rate
men OF taking care of the less fav-
ored. Degeneracy would be increased
as man passed his defects along to
future generations.
But. DR.. Eugene Lyman Fisk, of
the Life Extension Institute showed
that it could be done-that medical
science in the past 400 years had
proved it by adding thirty seven
years to the average life time.
ut Can Be Done"
"There is no known limit to what
mans intelligence may effect in the
way of life length" he contended.
Fisk took issue with Titles prem
Use that if it could be done it would
have to be through control and de-
velopment of the heritahility factors
OF longevity.
Man did not inherit the ability
to fly, or the ability to see and talk
around the earth. but he hes &C
quired it, said Dr.. Fisk. "Ee did
not inherit a life cycle of 100 years,
but he may we'll acquire it."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
FOES ATTACK
AIS silence
ON BIG ISSUES
Controversy Is Stirred Up
Among New York Chiefs
Supporters.

BIZ Times SDeciGt
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-The con-
tinued silence of Governor Al Smith
Of New York on issues in the forth
coming presidential campaign has
stirred up a controversy among his
supporters. Some urge him to speak
out; others praise his silence.
The New York World. in a lead
ing editorial, asserts that Governor
Smith is much too important a fig
ure in American life to be wasted
on mere struggle for control be-
tween the factions of his party.
There is no use in his running
if. as his advisers are now insist
ing. he must muffle and deaden the
impact of tine issues with which he
is identified" says the World.
Defended by HapgoOd
1.-THE question before Governor
Smiths supporters is not how to
obtain the nomination at any price,
but how to obtain it under condi-
items which will permit him to
make good use of it. The first thing
to do. in our opinion. is to dispel
the impression created by Governor
Smiths silence that he will take
the nomination at any price. The
way to dispel that impression is for
the Governor to break his silence
and speak out clearly on the larger
domestic and international ques-
items"
The worlds editorial provoked a
letter of opposition from Norman
Hapgood. the writer Hapgood says
Smith speaks when he is ready, and
has his own ideas about how long it
takes for the public to reach its peak
of attention, ideas which in the past
have proved sound.
Hapgood says the most devoted
vets are satisfied with what came
out casually at a dinner recently"
Opponents of financial imperialism,
he says. could hardly ask more than
what he said recently in connection
with Mexico. Smiths position is
known on armament reduction, the
World Court and water power con-
troll. Hapgood points out.
The New York Times adopts a
similar view. commenting on the fact
that Herbert Hoover, leading Repub-
lican candidate. likewise is silent.
And, The Times adds, the campaign
of silence appears to be progressing
finely in the case of both men.
THE more the New York Repub-
lican leaders point out Secretary
Hoover's weakness in this State, the
greater appears to be his strength"
it says. LAS for Governor Smith,
he does not need to unbosom him
self. His vociferous enemies every
Gay are improving his chances by
their violent attacks on him.
"All told, it is q great time for
the gospel of silence; and it now is
being preached among the heather
of the political world in way that
would have gratified Carlyle him
self"
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PD United Press
NEWBURYPORT, Mass, Jan.
IN 3.-His honor the mayor of
Newburyport was planning war to-
day.
And war with all of Sherman's
garniShing, for Andrew j. "Bosey"
ellis, red-haired ex-gob, who
within the past six months spent
sixty days in jail for punching the
mayor in the jaw, was going to
make his city council give his
friends "the gravy"
How Bosey got to be mayor was
a long story. but its short title
was From jail to mayor in ninety
days"
It all started when Bosey, the
towns bad boy, wanted to- settle
down to the respectable business
of selling gasoline. The mayor
would not grant him a permit be-
cause the filling station would not
beautify the landscape.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
GIFT TO JURY COSTLY

ATLANTA, Ga. Jan. "a carton
of fags-$100. That's what it cost
the defendant in q law suit here
when he gave them to the, jury try
ing his case. At the same time the
bailiff who delivered the gift was
discharged.
The Georgia Court of Appeals
held: whenever the time comes
that the sacredness of the jury box
shall be invaded by any character
of influence-juStice will flee from
this court and no citizen who comes
into this court will have any assur-
ance that he is going to have fair
trial"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
CHAPLAIN BOOST ASKED
Higher Rank Sought for Pastors in
Army by Davis.

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Higher
rank for army chaplains is pro-
posed by Secretary of War Davis in
a bill just submitted to Congress.
The measure provides that chaplains
shall he promoted to the grade of
captain after three years service as
first lieutenant; to the grade of
major after twelve years; to the
grade of lieutenant-colonel after
twenty years and to the grade Of
colonel after twenty-six years
service.
Further, the chief of chaplains
shall hold the rank of brigadier
general. being appointed for four
years from any grade not below that
of major.
At present the highest rank a
chaplain can attain is colonel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
CAPITAL 'CLEW FOUND
State SleuthS Think They're on Way
to Solution of Burglaries.

Indiana's bureau of criminal
identification found a clew to work
on today right in the Statehuose
where their Offices are located.
Monday night the third of a
series of petty burglaries occurred
there. Office of the historical COM
mission was entered by the transom
and So in change and 81 in stamps
taken from a desk. All desks were
lif1ed, as were also those in the
State board of accounts.
A finger print was turned over to
the criminal bureau, taken from a
towel in the historical commission
ONCE.
Similar burglaries have occurred
in other Statehouse Offices within
the last few weeks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
LONDON'S SUBURBS
SWEPT BY FLOODS
PROTEST LAKE FINDINGS
Five States File Exceptions to
Hughes Recommendations.

~ mica Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-The
States CT Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York
today filed formal bills of exceptions
objecting to the recommendation of
Special Master Charles Evans
Hughes for dismissal of their suits
to stop Chicago's diversion Of Great
Lakes water through the drainage
canal.
The bills were filed in United
States Supreme Court.
The Chicago aanitary district, CO.
defendant with. the State of Illinois,
filed motion asking for an early
argument Of Hughes report and the
exceptions.
AL complainant States now have
excepted, the exceptions Of Michigan
having been presented last week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
NO CLEW OF MISSING
CITY GIRL IS FOUND
Young Woman, Is, Conc From
Home Since Dec. rs.

Young Woman, Is, Gone From
Home Since Dec. rs.
Her parents have no clew to Miss
Loretta Townsend, Is, Of ATS Bal
tiulore St, who has been missing
from her home since Dec. rs.
Dayton police have been sked to
watch for her, in the belief that
she might go to the home of rela-
times there.
She was believed to be with Miss
Juanita Hudson, Is, of 1747 E.
Fcrty-Sixth ST., also missing since
Dec. &c.
The girl wore a blue figured dress
with black coat and tan collar
and a. black hat with gold band.
She also wore dark slippers and
bright sport socks. About feet,
inches tall and of medium build,
size has dark hair and dark blue
ewes.
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Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen to
police belong to:
Harry Albertsmeier, 1914 E. Wash
ington ST., Apt. II. Stutz, 511-541,
from New York and Illinois SITS.
Frank Wills. ITO N. Belmont Ave,
Ford, $3.50, from Indiana Ave. and
West st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
CARS DERAILED; 5 HURT
Four Coaches Leave B. & o. Tracks
and Overturn in Ohio.

p. United Press
MARTINS FERRY, Ohio, Jan. s.
Five persons were injured when
two coaches and two Pullmans Of a
Baltimore g. Ohio passenger train,
en- route from Pittsburgh to Char
lesion, w. Va. were derailed and
overturned at Raven Rocks near
here today. A defective rail caused
the wreck, according to advices to
the B. & o. offices here. No one
was reported injured seriously.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
CRIME SURVEY is BEGUN
Columbia Professor Starts HOOsier
Work at Statehouse.

Professor Raymond Moley Of Co.
lumbia University, New York, re-
ported at the Statehouse today to
begin q survey of crime and Grim
inals in Indiana.
He will start by studying records
of the new criminal investigation
bureau and institution records OF
the State charities board. From there
the study, which is being made
under auspices of the National
Crime Commission, will extend
throughout the State.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
Oakland City Church Burns
BIZ Times Special

bU 7 IWIfS SUtCIUI
OAKLAND CITY, Ind, Jan. s.
Flames which ragged five hours de-
stroyed the United Brethren Church
building here Sunday with loss of
$4,000. Local and Winchester fire.
men succeeded in preventing spread
of the fire to nearby structures only
by desperate efforts. Frozen by
drants hindered the firemen. An
overheated furnace and defective
flue are blamed for the fire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
River Yields Two Bodies

BU Times Special
SHOALS. Ind. Jan. 3.-Bodies of
Samuel Albright, 48. and Thurman
Jones, 38. drowned Friday in Lost
river while hunting were recovered
Monday. Albright was the father
of nine children, and Jones of three.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
COURT REPORTER QUITS
A. g. Metcaf Resigns Due to Illness;
Sen Is Appointed.

A. G. Metcalf, II, shorthand re-
porter in indianapolis for fifty years
and Criminal Court reporter for
fourteen years, today announced his
resignation because of illness which
has kept him at his home, 1929 N.
Pennsylvania ST., for several weeks.
Judge James A. Collins appointed
Metcalf'S son, Norman E., to sue
coed him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03
PASADENA PICKS WINNER
Beverly Hills Float Is First in Tour
nament of Roses Parade.
B1 United Press

BH United Press
PASADENA, Cal. Jan. 3.-The
many-hued Kingdom Of Paradise, -
Beverly Hills float, won the grand
sweepstakes In the annual tourna-
ment of roses parade here Monday.
Freshly picked blooms represent
ing an enchanting courtyard scene
earned for the float the most beau
tiful entry award.
San Marines offering, Spring
time in New York" was declared the
most expressive of this years theme,
Estates and Nations in Flowers"
1t was estimated that more than
100000 persons saw the 300 units
of the parade.