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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-27
HUGE SNAKE TO, BE
HUNTED AT TAMPICO

ing territory will meet Sunday
morning and after organizing into
bands, will search the territory in
all directions from here, hoping to
drive the snake from cover and then
kill it.
Three theories are held as to the
identity of the reptile. One is that
is a black snake, another a bull
snake, while the third holds it to
be a circus fugitive of South Ameri-
can nativity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-27
so Insane Patients
Flee Asylum Fire;
Posses Push Hunt
2,272 Inmates Rescued as
Hospital Burns at Loss
of 100000.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 81
Urged by the knowledge that many
insane persons are lurking some
where in the vicinity of this city,
posses today pushed their search for
more than fifty inmates of the Cen
trail State Hospital for the Insane,
liberated when a 100000 fire swept
the institution today.
The fifty or more patients at
large escaped the vigilance of off,
GERS and set off afoot through the
fields surrounding the institution.
Among them are eleven men sent
to the institution after being con-
victed on grounds of insanity. Two
of them we're convicted of murder
All residents of Nashville have been
warned to be on guard for them.
Escape Into Rain
A bolt of lightning which struck
the building late Thursday is be-
lieved to have caused a short cir
cult in an electric light wire, which
caused the fire.
Erskine Young, night Waterman,
looked out of window shortly after
midnight, and saw one of the
cupolaS of the building afame.
Running to the Office of DR.. S.
w. Farmer, superintendent, he
pounded on the locked door and
finally aroused DR.. Farmer, The
superintendent took one look at the
blaze, towering above the central
building, while 2,272 helpless pa
tents covered in adjoining wings.
Turn the patients out" he
ordered.
Keepers went through the build
ing opening every cell, and the
hundreds of patients, many of them
clad only in night clothing or
wrapped in sheets, filed out into the
drizzling rain.
Lunatic Jumps Fire Truck
Memories of a similar disaster
thirty-t1ve years ago when many in
mates were burned to death in their
cells, prompted officers to hurry the
patients from the building.
Many stared duly at the flames,
without comprehension.
Everywhere guards and officers
guarded the crowd.
In spite of their vigilance, many
patients slipped away across the
fields and along the road to Nash
vile.
AS a fire engine from the city
swung into the prison yard, one de-
mented man swung himself aboard
and rode the truck.
After hours of fighting the blaze
was confined to the administration
building, and those patients who had
been kept on the hospital estate
we're taken to their cells.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-27
DEscR1BING a number

DESCRIBING a number Of
Leases in the British Medical
Journal, Lancet, Hadfield. tells us
of a doctor who remembered
fire that occurred when he was 8
months old. The fire completely
destroyed the house and no pic
lures of the home were preserved.
The doctor described the cir
cular staircase and a colored
glass window at the landing, and
the flames licking at the glass
panels. When he was about 7
years old he had told his par
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-27
BIZ Times Spccial

By Times Special
TAMPICO, Ind, July PA hunt
for a snake reported to be twenty
feet long with a body six or eight
inches in diameter, is to be made
around Tampico, Sunday. For
weeks mothers have kept children
close to home through fear of the
huge reptile. Many persons have
reported seeing the snake.
Citizens of Tampico and surround
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-27
LAMBDA CHI ALPHA TO
HOLD STATE BANQUET
700 Members of Fraternity Get
Invitations to Function.


Invitations to Function.
Seven hundred members of Lamb
da Chi Alpha Fraternity in Indi-
ana have been invited to attend the
third annual Statewide banquet
Saturday night at the indianapolis
Athletic Club
Harry G. Leslie, Republican
gubernatorial nominee, will be the
guest of honor. j. A. Harris, In
dianapolis Alumni Association presi-
dent, will make the address of well
come and Thomas F. Smith, former
international travelling secretary of
the fraternity. will be POSTMASTER.
Miss Florence McShane of Indian
apolis, dancer will feature the en-
tertainment program. The arrange
ments committee includes Smith,
Harris and Ellsworth S. Krantz.
physical director of the Indianapolis
Athletic Club.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-27
u. S. SIGNS TRADE
PACT WITH CHINA

in which China is granted freedom
to- assess tariffs on American goods.
Japanese newspapers here attack
the United States, saying that the
treaty represents deliberate at
tempt TO embarrasS Japan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-27
'HURDLER' FLEES COPS
PrOwler Makes Escape Under Fire
of Police.

The Olympic team now in Europe
left one good hurdler in the United
States. A police squad was sent to
621 Patterson St., early today on the
report of a prowler in the rear
yard. Motor Policeman Pat Pur-
cell saw the prowler and opened fire
when the man started to run. He
fired two shots, but the prowler hur-
died several fences and made his
escape.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-27
BRAKE TEST DAY. SET
HOosicr Motor Club Joins in Safety
Campaign.

Campaign.
Upon request of President Duane
DUNCAN of the Hoosier Motor Club.
Friday, Aug 8, has been designated
as Hoosier Motor Club day in the
ten-day brake test which starts
Monday, Police Chief Claude NJ
Worley announced today.
DUNCAN urges that all members
of the club have their brakes ready
for the test, which will be staged
by police and club officials at a
special location to be announced
later.
Todd Stops, secretary and man
ager of the club, will see that tests
are promptly given all club mem
berS, he announced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-27
Find Stolen, Blind Pony

A bay pony, blind in both eyes,
and wagon are being held by po-
lice until the owner calls for his
property. The outfit was deserted
by man caught stealing at 374 s..
Senate Ave, Thursday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-27
TAMMANY HEAD is SO
John VOorhis Celebrates Birthday;
Still Active in Politics.

OIHI ACIIFC III UIIIICSs
By United Press
NEW YORK, July 27.-John r.
Voorhis, chairman of the board of
elections and G. md sachem of Tam
many Hall, celebrated his ninety
ninth birthday today.
Voorhis, one of the oldest political
leaders in New York, still is active
although he said he would not take
part in Governor Smiths presiden-
tial campaign.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-27
Elaborate Hotel Opened to
Bid for Gaming Trade
of Americans.

By NEA Service
GAN DIEGO, Cal. July 27.-A
y new-world rival to Monte Carlo
is running full blast at Aqua
Caliente, Mexico, just across the in
ternational boundary line and a
bare eighteen miles south of San
Diego.
The Aqua Caliente Hotel and
Casino, newly erected, is bidding
for the trade of big time" Ameri-
can Misunderstanding for it, and
getting it.
None of Europe's great gam
bling centers has much on Aqua
Caliente.
The big casino, lavishly furnished,
is doing land Office business; $780,
900, is said to be a low estimate of
the amount of money that passes
across the tables every weekend.
Is Spacious Place
The casino, where the games of
chance are played. is a spacious
place, with a big bar running across
one side.
In the center are five roulette
wheels, tended by croupiers in eve
ming dress. No bet lower than one
dollar is accepted.
For those who want to proceed
more slowly, there are other games
practically every kind of game Of
chance known to man, from poker
to craps.
But roulette wheels are the most
popular. The commonest bet on
these wheels is $25.
Hotel Is Elaborate
The new hotel was built at a
cost of $1,500,000 by a company
headed by Writ G. Bowman and
Baron Long. Associated with them
are some of the best known names
in the realm of sports.
There are accommodations for
500 guests in the huge, one-story
building, built in the Spanish style
and grouped around an open patio.
At the entrance is an elaborate
set of chimes which ring every hour
and can be heard for miles up and
down the quiet Tia Juana valley.
Adjoining the hotel is an 18-hole
golf links, while natural hot springs
nearby, said to have medicinal val
ues, are being surrounded with bath
houses.
The whole layout is designed for
tie patronage of wealthy Americans.
The bar serves complete line of
drinks, most of them retailing at
so cents a glass. Good champagne
is sold at SIS a pint.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-27
Body Found on Park Tree

By Times Special
HAMMOND. Ind, July 27.-Ap-
parently a suicide, the body of a
man about so was found hanging
from tree on the Wicker Park golf
course by a group Of players on
the course.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-27

R,y United Press
PEKIN, China, July 27.-Ameri'
can Minister MacMurray and T. v.
Soong of the Nationalist government
signed today the new Chinese
American trade treaty of July Is,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-27
SCHOOLS LACK PUPILS

Two Nebraska Districts, With One
Student Each, Closed.
III United Press
NORFOLK, Neb., July 27.-Two OF
the school districts in Madison
County have but one pupil who will
attend school next year. This was
reported after a meeting of the
school board, where it was decided to
pay the children's transportation 10
some other districts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01

data for presentation later when the
opportunity becomes present.
The department Citizens Military
Training Camp committee, which Is
headed by Mr. Bcattie, upon the
recommendation of the chairman of the
national committee. is also active in
planning ways and means by which the
local department may further assist
Of the youth of the country. They are
considering a plan for organizing a
club to include all Citizens Military
Training Camp candidates who have
not yet completed the prescribed train
ing, with view tc stimulating their
interest, bringing them into closer
bond of friendship and to aid them in
their work This plan will be an
nounced when perfected and it Is be-
lieved 1t will prove of great assistance
ir aiding the Citizens Military Train
ing Camp movement in this locality.
This committee is COMPOSED of the
following members Joseph F. Beattie,
chairman; Harold w. Breining, vice
Harry Coope. Charles II. Kelley and
DR.. E. G. Dexter.
The local department was repre-
SenCed Dy large delegatlon AT tne
shore outing of the Department OF
Maryland last Sunday. These members
were received by tho comrades of Mary
land. The evening before the depart
ment commander. Capt. Lockhead, at
companied by the retiring commander.
Mr.. Beattie, were guests at banquet
given in the Emerson Hotel Baltimore,
as part of the opening exercises of
the MARYLAND State convention Both
Comdr. Lockhead and Mr.. Beattie made
addresses.
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guides and in information booths In
Government buildings, which does not
involve the protection of Government
funds or the necessity of the use of
armed guards be made available to
veterans on this roster before they are
available to any other Civil Service ap-
plicants.
That Congress be urged to enact legis-
lation similar TO the Fish bill as ampli-
fed by the Guyer bill which will pro-
vide definite legislation for adding five
points to the earned rating of veterans
taking Civil Service examination with
an additional five points for disabled
veterans. That all veterans having a
passing mark shall be first selected IN
filling all offices and employments now
included, or which may hereafter be
included i'm classified Civil Service. That
no amounting officer shall appoint any
one having :lon-veterans preference If
and while veteran preferred eligible
remains ca the list
That legislation be enacted which
does away with the jurisdiction OF the
Bureau of Efficiency and the Personnel
Classification Board over Civil Service
employees and the consolidation of any
Of these matters be placed under The
head of the Civil Service Commission
This will be means of definitely plac-
ing the responsibility.
That the same preference afforded
to veterans upon entrance into Civil
Service be afforded to them in .nain-
tanning their position and advancing
by way Of promotion.
When 1t becomes necessary for any
reason that might arise where the
veteran is not afforded preference in
IN fat, i.;n
either by reduction in personnel or
transfer. then the officer shall file full
and sufficient reasons not only in the
veterans file but with the Civil Service
Commission and with the veteran him.
self and in such cases the veteran shall
have the right of an appeal first before
board established within his bureau
or department: secondly. to a board es-
tablished by the Civil Service Commits
sion, and finally to the Chief Execu-
tive
Provided. however, that the member
ship Of these boards shall contain at
least one veteran who is not MEM
Der OF the department concerned ap-
pointed by the President.
That IN cases of appointing officers
or promoting officers or other heads of
department division. bureaus, sections.
SbS.s dAdiLtSt WttUiiI are UlSQ
violation of these veterans preference
provisions, shall be called upon to give
a full report. under oath and in writ
ing. before a duly constituted board of
his reasons and explanations and de-
Tense of the matter and that the con-
duct of his trial and investigation shall
be prosecuted by representative of
the Attorney Generals Office, and that
a schedule of reprimands. warnings.
fines. disnissals. etc, should be drawn
up as basis of punishment of officers
50 violating the veterans preference
regulations
That the committee recommend the
elimination of the so-called S2.5 average
regulation, which permits Of Juggling
of ratings and in many cases a preven-
ton of advancement of veterans in
civil service employment and that pro-
visions be made for defining the word
good" or establishing at numerical
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rating Of 10, which the veteran Is re.
| quired to maintain in all positions ex-
cept those mentioned In the first rec
ommendation above In order to main.
/ tain their preference herein mentioned
That the veterans preference men.
! toned above shall become eligible tc
widows of veterans and wives or wild.
owed mothers of veterans who them
| selves are so disabled as it becomes
| necessary for the wife or widowed
mother to work to support them.
| Columbia Post. No. 833, Veterans OF
Foreign Wars, will furnish an enter
tainment to the patients of the shut
in" wards of Walter Reed Hospital at
80 pm today. The Honolulans, ma
tionally known broadcasting artists,
who are heard regularly over WMAL
and WIFI Stations will furnish the
musical features. and Mrs. Harriet
Poole. local dancer. will give = vivid por-
/ trayal of Hawaiian danrss. Edward
the arrangements Grc m charge of
John L. Hart and Mai. r. n. Hale. men,
bers of Columbia Pose Refreshments
will be served II thc "shut-in" patients
following the Entertainment. This n
the first inr.arce In which enterts.fl-
ment of tits character has been pro-
vided for the "shut-in" patients.
w. Lawrence Hazard has just been
advanced from major to lieutenant coll
onel. Infantry Reserve. and is assigned
to command the lst Battalion of the
320th Infantry, 80th Division, Reserve
| The following members of the post
who are commissioned In the Reserve
Corps, received orders to report for ac-
tfNyA Aa1fx tNHf VNtSA rxytAI TxA
fantry, Reserve, July /: Col Winfield
Scott, commanding; Lieut.. Col. w. l.
Hazard, Maj. J. B. Jones, Maj. Fred
Livingstone, Capt. Chester M Reich
Lieut.. Jesse Sweeney and Capt. j. A.
Giovanoni. Maj e. H. Dale will report
| for active duty in the Adjutant Gen
erals Department July 10.
! Comdr. Alvin D. Hathaway announces
| the post delegates and alternates to the
national encampment at Indianapolis
are to be chosen at the July meeting
and is anxious to have full attend
ance to discus the posts position or
important phases Of organization mat
/ ters
Department Comdr. Capt. Frank
Lockhead. U. S. A., accompanied by
the past department commander
Joseph F. Beattie, chairman of the
department c. M. T. C. committee, pre-.
sented the Macarthur Trophy Medals to
| Col. Arthur Moses of the Army. who
represented Maj. Gen. Arthur Near
thur. commanding general of the Sc
Corps Area. The ceremony was held
in the headquarters of the Washington
Reserve units of the Army. of which
, Col. Moses is the senior instructor
| Thursday afternoon. An appropriate
talk was made by Capt. Lockhead, to
which Col. Moses replied. These medals
will be presented to the six best
G. M. T. c. students in as many camps
in the Sd Corps Area during the COM
| Ing Summer. In addition each winner
will have his name inscribed upon the
| Macarthur Trophy Cup. The presenta-
ton in each camp will be made by a
member of the department to be select
ed by the department commander
This has been busy week for the
| civil service preference committee APP
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pointed by the department commander
to cooperate with the special committee
named by the President. Comrade
Beattie. the committee chairman, has
appeared before this special presiden-
tial committee upon two occasions. AT
a later date the department command
er also expects to appear and present
his views on civil service preference
for former service men.
AT each appearance the department
committee has stressed, In addition to
the need for according the former serv-
Ice man some recognition for his serv-
ice In the form of added credits, the
need for reform i'm efficiency ratings In
so far as the general average clause
In the various appropriation acts is
concerned. 1t was pointed out that in
some cases an individuals rating must
be reduced or increased so as to con-
form to the general average clause, In
other words, en lndividEa.'s true ef-
ficiency rating In revised upward ~
downward SO az to tx his rate of gay.
The committee claims that this altera-
ton OK the trre efficiency rating results
IN loss OF preference given the vet
eran by the sct OF Congv:ss of August
%, 1912. AZ amended. and tie execu-
tive order of October "a. 1921, because
place in many instances leaves him be-
low the mark of 80. which is regarded
as good" This condition. 1t was de-
clared, seriously affects the veteran in
the matter of retention In the service
when reductions take place or for
qualifying for promotion The de-
partment committee, 1t was said. be-
lieves an individuals efficiency rating
should deal solely with his ability to
perform his assigned tasks rather than
as a means for determining his rate
of pay
The department committee endeav-
ored to impress upon the members of
the Presidents committee the need for
providing honest employment for the
ex-service man, so he may take his
place beside his fellow men and earn
livelihood without the need for ask
ing charity. 1t was shown that, despite
the popular belief that ex-service men
were being amply taken care Of the
Department of the District Of Column
bia. Veterans of Foreign Wars. con-
stantly found the need for aiding
veterans.
During a period of six years ending
last year. 1t was stated, the department
relief officer. Charles Kohen provided
4,678 overcoats. 1891 suits of clothes.
7,2l1 pairs of shoes and socks, and ties.
shirts and undertaking without num-
Der. These articles were given veterans
who were without funds and were COM
PEELED to seek help. their number being
largely composed of men who came to
Washington seeking help with compen-
sation and other matters.
The department civil service commit
tee is composed of the following men,
bers: Joseph F. Beattie. chairman.
William L. Thomas, vice chairman;
Claude Babcock. Harvey l.. Miller r.
G.. Muschlitz. Mai John c. Donovan,
Arthur c. Fowle. DR.. Dunlap Penhallow
and Harry Hites.
The committee will continue the
study of the problem of civil service
preference for ex-service men after the
hearings before the Presidents commit
tee end Much of its time will be de-
voted to the collection of supporting
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! for alleged personal injuries. He says
he was struck by the defendants auto
mobile at Potomac and NJ streets June
5. 1927, and sustained serious injury.
He Is represented by Attorneys James
c. Wilkes and Henry A. Schweinhaut
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SEEKS $4,000 DAMAGES.
v. x. Flaherty Alleges Personal
Injuries in Traffic Collision.

Vincent K. Flaherty, 1899 Park road,
has filed suit for $4,000 damages
against Morris Cohn, 1905 Varnum
street, for alleged personal injuries.
The plaintiff claims he was injured in
collision of his truck with COINS au-
tomobile at 18th and Clifton streets
June 4. Attorneys Adkins 81 Nesbit
appear for the plaintiff.
Richard e. Kiester and his son. Will
liam E. Kiester. Center Market. were
sued for $4,000 damages by Louis N.
Sillman. 1888 Morse street northeast.
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Wife Seeks Decree.

Mrs Florence r. Tryon, 1922 C street
northeast, has filed suit for an absolute
divorce from Richard A. Tryon, 525
Kennedy street. They we're married
February s, 1923, and have one child.
The wife charges misconduct. She is
represented by Attorney w. Cameron
Burton.