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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
SCHOOLS SET
HIGH MARK IN
ORDINATIONS
al of 100 Entering First
Grade Remain to Get
Their Diplomas.
AHEAD OF MOST CITIES
Average for U. S. Is Only ID
to 100; Vocational
Work Aids Many.

Forty-cne of every 100 pupils en-
tering the first grade in Indianap-
oils public schools are graduated
from high school, according to fig
ures announced today by Murray A.
Dalman, public school research di-
vision.
The average for the United States
is only fourteen out of 100.
"Indiana's compulsory education
law requiring pupils to remain in
school until sixteen years of age.
or until they have passed the eighth
grade, deserves part Of the credit, "
said Dalman.
Parents recognition of the value
Of a high school education also is
partially responsible.
Diversified and practical courses
offered by the indianapolis public
schools attract pupils.
more and more pupils are taking
advantage of the opportunity to
prepare themselves in the schools
for industry and consequently are
remaining in school longer.
Like Vocational Courses
1.-THE vocational courses are prov
ing increasingly popular in the high
schools. High school pupils now
may take such practical courses as
auto mechanics, learning from first
hand experience how to tear down
and rebuild automobile motors, and
similar work.
This increasing attendance in
higher grades is reflected in the cost
of operating the schools. The cost
Of educating a pupil in the eighth
grade is several times as great as
in the primary grade, and high
school costs to the pupils are many
times greater.
Stay Longer in School
"Out of the average 100 students
in the sixth grade of the loca
schools, lightweight will answer the
bell for seventh grade classes next
year. The eighth grade will see
eighty-Seven and seventy-four Of
the 100 will enter high school.
Sixty will be enrolled for the
sophomore year of high school
fifty-one for the junior year anc
forty-one will be graduated.
According to national figures re-
Gently published, only thirty-four OF
the pupils enrolling in the fifth
grade will be graduated from high
school,"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
Alabama Senator Resumes
Trades, Declaring He
Is Not Rebuked.
WORRIES PARTY CHIEFS
Harmony Again Is Men
aCed; Vote of Confidence
for Robinson.
BY PAUL r. MALLON
United Press Stan Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.--An I'M
easy peace settled over the Demo-
cratic half of the Senate chamber
today, after two days Of internecine
debate about Senator Heflin's reli-
giouS speeches attacking AL Smith.
Everyone announced satisfaction
that the squabble was over, but some
pious Democrats wagged their heads
doubtfully over the prospect that
Hef1in will continue his announced
policy Of attacking Smith and the
Catholic church continually until
the June Democratic national con-
Veniton.
The makeshift peace imposed no
restriction upon Helms future
course. The resolution adopted by
the Democratic conference merely
affirmed the confidence of Demo-
Gratis in the leadership of Senator
Robinson Of Arkansas, who Wednes-
day called Helm to task for his re-
peated religious TRADES.
Not Considered Rebuke
There was considerable doubt as
to whether the resolution was in
reality a rebuke to Heflin. The
Senator himself protested that it
was not. Senator Harris of Geor-
g1a and some other southern Sen
atorS who voted for it, agreed with
him. But Senator Bruce, Maryland,
and northern Democrats, who also
voted for it, said they could not
see how it could be construed any
thing else save a rebuke.
Generally, the settlement was re-
garded merely as an arrangement"
to quell party issue which first
was raised in the disastrous Madi-
son Square Garden convention of
1924. Its effect will be to permit
Robinson to continue in leadership
with Helm consenting, and Heflin
may continue his attacks upon
Smith as he chooses.
While the arrangement was not
desirable to all interested factions,
leaders indicated it was the only
thing which could have been done
to pacify the varying elements.
Silence to Be His Portion
For the future, Democratic lead
erS have decided to treat Hefiin with
as much silence as is possible, in
hope that they may preserve the
party harmony which they believed
was restored with the Jackson day
dinner here last week.
Helm reiterated his oft-repeated
attacks on the floor yesterday with
out objection by Democrats. Rob-
inson was not in the chamber.
Hef1in became irritated at the
reckling tactics of Senator Moses
(Rep), New Hampshire, who kept
insisting that Hef1in was attacking
the prospective nominee Of the
Democratic party.
HE is not the next nominee" said
Heffin, land furthermore I don't
have to listen to your barking"
Moses then addressed the audi
ence in the Senate galleries and
advised them to come there and
hear Hef1in every day instead OF
going to the movies, because some
times it's better and cheaper"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20

golf professional. "He's never been
so well before since I've seen him.
His golf is getting better, and his
shots are becoming more and
more accurate.
Hes always good hunored, and
will talk to anyone-except when
he's actually playing; then all
conversation except about the
game is out"
1t is not necessary for "John
D.'s' friends to make CONVERSE
ton. Usually he starts things.
Only recently he greeted every
one he saw, for a week, by
whistling a tune, running in his
mind, and asking them to identify
1t. NO one could and he never
found out what 1t was.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20

like the tourists to see him on the
golf course. Then he treats them
as he does other people, with
dimes as souvenirs; and he'll al
ways pose for them.
"You don't hear much any more
about Mr.. Rockefeller's gifts"
said another. "But we do. When
ever anyone gets sick and the
village doctors. don't know what
to do, he seems to hear about it.
HE sends them to his own
doctor. If it's too much for him,
Mr.. Rockefeller sends them up
north to a New York hospital.
When the hospital has fixed them
up, they go to recuperate on q
farm State"
No one calls him John q"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
FOX ILL after
ALIENIST TESTS
Slayer Belfast as Result of
Spinal PunctureS.
By United Press

By United Press
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20.-William
Edward Hickman, slayer of Marion
Parker, was i'll in his cell today,
physicians said, as an aftermath of
spinal punctures made by alienists
searching for traces of insanity.
DR.. Benjamin Blank, Jail ply
sician, declared Hickman had "a
fairly heavy pulse, some fever, and
considerable pain" He scoffed at
reports that the slayer might con-
tract spinal meningitis.
His reaction" Blank said, ''is a
natural one and he probably will
not recover fully until Saturday.
By United Press
Ell PASO, Texas, Jan. 90
Thomas Hickman, father of Edward
Hickman, Los Angeles slayer, who
goes to trial next week, was en-
route to Los Angeles today to aid
his son.
The father Is expected to testify
that he believes the son is afflicted
with hereditary insanity, inherited
from his mother, who once spent
term in an asylum.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
REJECT BUTLER u,
OFFER FOR SCHOOL

Proposal of Butler University
trustees to sell or lease the old
Butler campus to the city for an
drvington high school definitely was
rejected by the indianapolis school
board today.
President Theodore F. Vonnegut
declared the buildings were entirely
unsatisfactory, and that the same
reasons the university is moving are
sufficient to prevent the buildings,
use as high school.
Cost of purchasing and remodel
ing the Buildings would almost equal
the cost of new high school, Com
missioner Fred Kepner said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20

The Butler proposal was con-
demned in resolutions adopted
Thursday by the Irvington Com
mercial and Welfare Association.
Several other site proposals in
Trvington before the board were re-
ferred to the buildings and grounds
committee for recommendations.
E. F. Marberger Company was
awarded the contract for new
linoleum at Branch Library 3, on a
bid of $686.19.
Objections to transfer of school
funds to meet deficits occasioned by
levy reductions ordered by the
State tax board will be considered
at a special meeting Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
I. u. VILLAGE IDIOTS
ASSAILED BY ACTOR

driving a grocery wagon. No one is
responsible for this idiot-we all
know that. He is the village idiot
and always will continue to be.
can idiot cannot be changed.
There is no help for him, but he can
be controlled. I recommend his
control in Bloomington"
"If craftsmanship is not taught
ard there is no cultural value in a
college education, then every Ameri-
can University should be torn down.
"But we all know that no college
can help the village idiot. We know,
Of course, that college helps the vast
majority"
The gallery was silent through the
fourth act,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
GUARD CHILD KILLER
HotelIing Kept From Other
Inmates of Prison.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
MARQUETTE, Mich, Jan. 90
Just one week after the discov Try OF
one of Michigan's most brutal
crimes, Adolph Hotelling, Owosso
chWchman, was serving a life SEN
tence today for the murder of s.
year-old Dorothy Schneider.
Hotelling was confined in Mar
quette prison late Thursday. Three
days previously he had admitted
killing and mutilating the little girl.
Precaution was taken to keep
Hotelling away from the other
prisoners.
IF Hotelling were turned loose
with the rest Of the prisoners"
Warden Joseph Corrigan said,
They'd kill him in five minutes"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
ENGINEERS WILL MEET
State Society Convention Scheduled
to Open Here Thursday.

Professional problems will be dis
cussed by leading engineers before
the Indiana Engineering Society
convention next Thursday at tn
Lincoln.
Engineering authorities from Pur-
due University and other institutions
will speak.
President Lawrence v. Sheridan
and Secretary Charles Brossman,
indianapolis, will report.
Colonel George B. Pilsbury, De-
troit, will speak at a dinner Thurs
day night.
Joint sessions with the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers and
American Institute of Electrical En-
gineers will be held the second day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
STATE GUARD TO
GET NEW PLANES
Bye-Bye, DObbin

1t was too nasty a day for
horses Thursday, but the auto
mobiles weren't left at home.
Because it was so drizzly and
windy, Traffic Captain Lester
Jones had his three mounted
traf11cmen leave their horses in
the barn and stationed them at
Washington and Meridian Sts.,
1.-THE Crossroads of America"
to do a little counting.
They counted up to 1876.
That number of automobiles
passed the corner from 9 a. m.
to 5 p. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
WANT PASTOR TO STAY

Sutherland Church Declines to Ac.
cept Resignation.
The resignation of the Rev. John
L. Prentice. for eight years pastor
OF the Sutherland Presbyterian
Church, was declined unanimously
by approximately one hundred
members of the congregation in a
meeting Thursday. Mr.. Prentice of
fered the resignation Sunday with
the view of taking the vacant
Southport pastorate. 1t is expected
that he will remain in his present
charge, in view of the action of the
congregation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
KLAN LOSES RENT SUIT
Judgment Of $l,1I1 Is Awarded by
Superior Court Judge.

Judgment of $1,111.50 against
Marion County Khan No. 8 was de-
creed by Superior Judge Byron K.
Elliott Thursday.
The entry was made in suit
brought by August Buschmann &
Sons for rental Of a hall at Eleventh
st. and College Ave, and for chairs
and fans removed from the build
ing.
Funds to pay the judgment are
expected to be derived from the sale
OF a lot at E. Washington st. and
Linwood Ave-, owned by the county
Khan.
The Peoples State Bank was
named receiver for this property by
the court Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
By Tim es Special

By Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Jan. 90
Through three acts, Richard Ben
nett, star of 1.-THE Barker" bore
cat calls and boos from Indiana
University students in the gallery
Of the Harris Grand Theater here
and then called for a curtain speech
by the appreciative audience on the
lower floor, he broke loose thus:
"Village idiots gather from all
over Indiana. They attend col
lege here. They sit up in the gall
lery and boo actor folks on the
stage-even the most superior actor
folks.
"They finish college and go back
home-to continue as the village
idiot. They find their proper level,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
WoOIIen Speaks in Iowa

Evans Woollen, Fletcher Savings
and Trust Company president and
candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for president, made two ad-
dresses Thursday at Des Moines,
Iowa. In the morning he spoke at
Drake University and in the eve
ming was principal speaker at a
post Jackson day banquet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
POTTERY TO BE TOPIC

Methods win Be Explained to ChiI-
dren's Glass at Art Institute.
Pottery Methoda and Examples
will be discussed by Miss Ann Has
selman, Art Institute curator. be-.
fore the children's class at the insti.
tute Saturday morning. Arthur B
Carr, children's museum curator.
win talk on "The Inca Civilization
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
TRANSFER FORT OFFICER
Colonel George ID. Freeman Is Sent
to Instruct Florida Guard.

Transfer Of Col. George D. Free
man, commanding officer of the
18th Infantry at Fl. Benjamin Har-
rison, to st. Augustine, Fla, as
Florida National Guard instructor,
was announced today by the War
Department. Colonel Freeman has
been stationed at the local post since
1925. No successor has been named.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
Attempts Suicide in Jail.

Dy Itt6 NVtCtuE
NEW ALBANY, Ind, Jan. 20
John M. Carney, 35, Louisville, KY,
is recovering from self inflicted
razor cash in the neck at the jail
here, where he is serving a SEN
tence for violating the prohibition
law. Garvey slashed himself from
ear to ear, but not deeply enough
to cause dangerous injury.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
G. A. R. Encampment Set

BIZ Times NDect0I
COLUMBUS, Ind, Jan. 20.-The
annual Indiana encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic will
be held here June 10 to 81, it was
decided at meeting of G. A. R.
department heads and officials OF
ajliated organizations here Thurs
day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
Muncie Bankers Dean Dies

BIZ IimeS NDocinL
MUNCIE, Ind, Jan. 20.-Charles
H. Church, 88, Muncie bankers
dean, an organizer and former
president of the Indiana Bankers
Association, is dead here after a
brief illness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
AVALON CLUB REFLECTS

@'~' % 1~UDUVV W OVA1UAHuC dS 1CdU,
Paul CrOSier Vice President.
Two hundred members attended
the annual election meeting of the
Avalon Country Club at the Sphinx
Arms Thursday night.
M. j. Abbott was reelected presi-
dent of the club and of the Avalon
Company. Paul Crosier was elected
vice president; Charleston N. Carter,
treasurer, and o. F. Hammer, sec
rotary. Directors, except F. v. Haw-
kins, who was succeeded by Crosier,
were reelected. There was a din
ner, musical program and dancing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
BY CHARLES M. MCCAIN
United Press Stan Correspondent
lCnnurinht 1919 hu .I1nitad p-ac.A

Copyright, 1928. by United Press)
NRMOND BEACH, Fla, Jan.
~ 20.-Voluntairly out of the
welter of world affairs, and happy
in a little, peaceful sphere of his
own choice, John D. Rockefeller
smiles half to himself occa-
sionally, and his eyes sparkle, as
if he had played joke on fate.
Twenty years ago he was con-
demned in the popular mind to
life diet of soda crackers and
water. Then he was a Millionaire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20

NEW York girls can dress on
4 ' 5000 a year. Atlanta, Ca,
women need $500 per annum. In
dianapolis girls require from 5000
to $4,000, survey by the Times
shows.
The highest figure came from a
member of the Indianapolis Four
Hundred.
But the lowest estimate was
made by one of Saturdays chill
dren," Miss Irene Berliner, 3249
N. Illinois st., cashier at the
SEVERN.
Its not difficult to dress on
5000 a year, if you know how"
said Miss Berliner.
"You see, I have a good many
birthdays and Christmas comes
once in a while. And then, too,
I make lots of my own clothes.
For instance, this coat Shown
at left in picture) is awfully good
looking, but inexpensive. And the
dress (center), is chic. The bath
ing suit (right), is one of my most
treasured possessions. I like it
and can hardly wait until sum-
mer, so can promenade on the
beach and go swimming"
=
ONE married woman said her
" clothes cost $3.50 year, al
though she confessed that her
family budget called for only 5000.
A stenographer in a downtown
office spends 5000 a year for 104
pair of hose. Her entire years
clothing bill amounts to $597.
Another type pusher spends
$3.50 a year for clothes, and buys
twenty pair Of hose. IT always
get lots of hose at Christmas" she
says.
Four newspaper women spend
$500, $615, $796 and $8O7 each.
Here is a typical budget: Shoes,
eight pairs, $72; hose, twenty
seven pairs, $57.10; lingerie and
pajamas, $3.50; work dresses,
ten, $3.50; hats, four, $50; evening
dress, $75; afternoon frocks, two,
$17O; summer coat, $50; bathing
suit, $3.50; haircuts, $40; mani
cures, $13; gloves, three pairs,
$3.50.
The total is $SO7.6O.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
Dry Chiefs Transferred

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Jan. 90
Harvey Reid, Milwaukee, Wis, is
the new head of Federal dry en-
forcement work here, succeeding
James T. Browning, transferred to
Bloomington.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20

This Is the third and last story of
the series which gives a new picture
OF John D. Rockefeller as he spends
his declining years.
Putnam patriot., 1928-10-18
HERE'S MY STORY, BRIEF

PUBLIC of Putnam exceptional opportunity MONEY RIGHT NOW will seasonb and furnishings the be- ginning when ready discard winter REASONS JUST THESE: Labor cond Business practically at andst and obga BE PAID, in order make this the greatest EVERY ITEM in stock ALL MUST GO All the in and purchase backed by of satisfaction the BEST MERCHANDISE MONEY CAN BUY. Yours respectfully,
 ". J DUPRE
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-25
Timely Views
TRAFFIC PROBLEMS DISCUSSED

Og hhAhCR We ~
President OF the American Engineering Council.
arthur W. Berresford was born in Brooklyn in
1872. He studied electrical engineering at Cornell
university and was graduated in 1898. Berresford
has worked along lines of electrical engineering
with various companies. He served as vice presi-
dent and manager Of the Iron Clad Resistance Co.,
at Westfield, ~. j., from 1898 to 1900; as superin-
tendent from 1900 to 1905, and general manager
since 1905. He also is connected with various
other engineering concerns. Berresford has been
president OF the American Engineering Council
since 1921
The principal reasons why signals to control street
trfafic should be installed are to increase the safety Of
pedestrians and vehicles at cOngested intersections. to
facilitate the movement of traffic with a minimum OF
delay at eOngested intersections. to provide for the
continuous movement Of traffic throughout q heavy
route, and to interrupt a heavy traffic stream at in
tervals so as to afford opportunity for cross traffic TO
move.
The most generally effective mechanical device used
to increase safety and to facilitate traffic at intersec-
tons on city streets is the automatic traffic control!
signal. but there is a tendency to use traffic control
signals unnecessarily.
Some are installed indiscriminately, without a
thorough analysis Of the conditions and Of the PROB
able effects Of their installation. Many are installed
and operated where and when their use is not justified.
It is clearly obvious that some cities are making two
fundamental errors in installing street traffic signs.
signals, and markings. These errors are:
First, placing traffic control devices without ade.
quate study of the conditions which their use is in
tended to improve, or Of the evil effect produced at
some intersections resulting from the attempt to cor
rect undesirable conditions at one particular intersec-
tion.
Second, employing traffic control devices at places
and times not justified by the conditions.
II these tendencies continue, the inevitable result
will be a public recognition Of the errors, and a conse-
quent neglect or unfriendliness toward street traffic
signs. signals and markings.
This neglect will lead to the ultimate defeat Of
useful and effective methods OF traffic control. Such
fundamental errors can be avoided by obtaining expert
engineering advice before any system Of street traffic
signs, signals, and markings is sstablishde.
In most cities the responsibility is placed upon
some branch Of the police department. No standard
official organization handles questions relating to traf-
fic signs, signals and markings, and this defect IL per-
haps enc Of the most serious features Of the present
condition.
AS there is great variation in the state laws regard
ing signs and signals, it is obviously impossible 70
recommendations thta can be universally sdoptsi
until many such laws are amended.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-25

eustomariiy presents proposals to amend the ~constitu-
tion in the form Of joint resolutions with one pro-
posed amendment in each resolution. In the instance
Of the two educational amendments, however, both ara
included in . single document, House Joint Resolution
No. IL. Furthermore, actual technical grounds for
making the error are furnished by the resolution itself.
which, after listing the two amendments in separate
sections, refers to them in the singular, that is, ~
"the foregoing constitutional amendment" In two
other places the plural is used, but unfortunately the
word amendment" appears in the important section
giving the date Of election.
Indeed. according TO the strict wording Of the reso-
luton, it might be open to question whether the in
tention was to submit one or two amendments. Reason
seems to be on the side Of construction as separate
provisions, however, for the proposed changes pertain
TO different sections Of Article 2, and it is hardly prob
able that the legislature had in mind that the two
should stand or fall together. The secretary of state
interprets the resolution as two amendments and has
so notified officials having in charge the printing Of
the ballots. Apparently the matter has not been called
to the attention Of the attorney general.
II will be recalled that confusion arose two years
ago because the amendment to abolish the state board
Of prison commissioners was submitted to be voted
upon Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1926" whereas Nov. > was
actually Wednesday, not Tuesday, and the general cleo
tion was on Nov. ..
II is not amiss here TO suggest that IN tne iulurs
the legislature should not permit itself to become 50
engrossed in ~weightier matters that II overlook the
decidedly essential process Of simple copy reading