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The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-01
Push Relief Plans
RVTApC HANCEN
United Press Special Correspondent


KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, June l.
Stern men who have braved the
rigorS of the Arctic to extend scien-
tific understanding of that zone
joined today in a magnificent effort
to save one of their select group,
Gen. Umbertc Mobile and his aids
Of the dirigible Italia.
The Italia has been missing a
week. 1t was shortly before noon
last Friday that the dirigible re-
ported it was making slow progress
down from the North Pole toward
Kings Bay. Since then there has
been only silence from the great air.
craft.
Today such famous figures as
Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth,
Capt. Riser Larsen and others
joined to help locate hat polar
dirigible.
AS understood now, Ellsworth, an
American, will finance the airDlane
rescue expedition that Amundser
will head for the government. Capt.
Riiser-Larsent and Lieut.. Luetzow
Holm. the latter one of Norway S
great fiiers, will aid Amundsen.
Ellsworth will arrive in Oslo,
probably about June IL, and shortly
thereafter the circuitous tour of the
polar regions will be undertaken,
under the direction Of the keen
student of the north-Amundsen.
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TeStifieS Against Indiana
Oil Head in Senate
Contempt Trial.
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WASHINGTON, June CHAIR
man Nye of the Senate Teapot Dome
committee, testified before a jury
here today that Robert w. Stewart,
Indiana Standard Oil chairman,
refu4 L to answer certain of his
questlc concerning the Conti-
mental aiding Cor pany's opera
tions.
Nye and Ser ltor Walsh of
Montana, appeared for the Govern
ment in the SEM te contempt trial
of Stewart, which resulted from an
indictment requested by their COM
mittee after Sewart had refused to
tell whether he had conversed re-
garding the companys Liberty bond
profits of $3,080,000.
Defense lawyers Strenouously OBJ
jected to parts Of Nye's testimony,
and charged that the transcript of
the Teapot Dome committee hear
ing, which was used to refresh Nye'S
memory, was inaccurate and
wrong"
Nye's memory was hazy about
some Of the questions he put to
Stewart last Feb. 2 and 3.
Il have asked so many questions
this winter that don't recall that
one exactly" he said. He testi-
fled, however, that he asked Stewart
if he had discussed the Continent
ais Liberty bonds with Sinclair and
whether Stewart knew of any one
who received the bonds.
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MINE AREAS QUIET
Troops Are Withheld as
Feud Subsidies.

National guardsmen will not be
sent into the Pike and Knox County
coal mine areas for the time being.
Adjt. Gen. William H. Kershner
said today upon receipt of reports
from two staff officers who reported
conditions quiet.
Kershner said one officer would
remain in the mining region as
long as a Semblance of trouble is
apparent in the feud between union
and non-union miners. The staff
officers were sent to Vincennes and
Petersburg Thursday upon orders
from Governor Ed jackson to make
inquiries as to the need for the in
tervention of guardSmen.
William johnson of Indianapolis,
president of the State mining boara
and general superintendent OF the
Gibson Coal Company, appealed to
the Governor Tuesday after he and
A. L. Hampson, another mining Of
ficial, were attacked by a mob of
union miners at the Littles mine,
south of Petersburg.
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A furry of excitement
spread over the field when a
report was received that the
Southern Cross had sent a mes
sage reporting the sighting of
land.
The report was credited to the
Mutual Wireless Company.
Later the Mutual Wireless Com
pany reported intercepting a mes
sage froom the Southern Cross say
ing, "These clouds fooled us. We
thought we had sighted land"
This message indicated the plane
was encountering clouds and foggy
weather along the last stretch of
it's flight over the ocean.
A subsequent message picked up
by the Mutual said: "We can stay
up four hours more if necessary
without exhausting our gasoline sup
ply. We now have been in the air
twenty-four hours and twenty-five
minutes"
The message did not give the ex-
act position of the plane, which
sent wireless message at 7:30 a. nj.
Pacific Coast standard time) that
it was less than 300 miles from
Honolulu and had increased its
speed to 100 miles an hour.
Captain Kingsford-Smith sent
word ahead that he was anxious to
avoid formal receptions as much as
possible.
But the population of Honolulu
was determined to make it as big
an event as when the two success
full planes in the Dole race from
the mainland last summer came
swooping down on Wheeler field.
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POWDER PLANT
BLAST KILLS z
19 Hurt, Building Wrecked
by Explosion.

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KEARNEY, N. j., June 1.-Two
men were killed and four seriously
injured today when a "digester'
machine exploded in the nitration
building at the Arlington plant OF
the Dupont Munitions Company.
The machine, which is used in the
manufacture of munitions, was in a
small building, which was damaged
badly by the conclusion. Only a
few workers were in the building.
The dead:
Robert King, 81, Arlington, N. j.
Jack O'Brien, 25, Kearny, N. j.
About fifteen others we're injured
less seriously and we're treated at
the plant and at hospitals.
Four of the injured in the West
Hudson Hospital are:
Donald Davidson, 25, Arlington,
N. j., fractured skull.
Michael Donegan, 60, Paterson.
N. j., contusions.
Charles Murray, 40, Paterson, con-
tusions.
Frank Newton, SIS, Harrison, N. J.,
bruises.
Two unidentified, both seriously
injured.
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pilots had difficulty seeing through
a haze.
The silver-winged plane sailed
ahead through the mist, however,
rising to various attitudes in seek
ing the level of best visibility, and
later reported it was going great"
Below them, somewhere along
that stretch of the Pacific, were the
ocean graves of Capt. William Err
win and Alvin Eichwald, who were
buffeted into a tail spin on their
flight of mercy in search of the lost
Dole f1ierS, and plunged into the sea.
1t was there also that Martin
Jensen, who safely negotiated the
dangerous flight, fought desperately
against cross currents to keep his
plane aloft.
When the plane left Oakland the
gasoline tanks held 1900 gallons of
fuel.
The f1iers carried no RATS or life
saving apparatus.
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BUTLER LINE ARRANGED

Extension of the Fairview street
car line on Boulevard Pl., from
Forty-Second to Forty Seventh Sts.,
thence west to Butler University
campus, has been practically de-
cided upon by the board of works,
it was reported today at city hall
The board, headed by President
Oren S. Pack, has been seeking a
new route for the car line to serve
the new Butler campus.
1t was said Forty-Seventh st. was
selected because traffic is light and
it can carry a street car line with
out widening.
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YOUNG BANDIT HOLDS UP
COUNTRY CLUB EMPLOYE
and FLEES With ST, 500
Farley i'm Air

The Indianapolis Times TO-
day made arrangements to
broadcast next Wednesday de-
tails of the Democratic State
convention from Cadle Taber-
nacle over WFBM, Indianapo-
lis Power and Light Company
station.
The Times will be on the air
over WFMB from 10:30 a. m.
to $50 p. m. Wednesday, the
most interesting hours Of the
convention. Balloting to
choose the Democratic candi-
dates for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor and other State Of
fees will occur during those
hours. Full details will be
given radio listeners by The
Times and WFBM.
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Hourly Tempera lures
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KANSAS CITY, Mo, June l.
Chairman William Butler of the
Republican national committee, ar
rived here today, to begin setting
in motion the ponderous machinery
of the national Republican conven-
ton.
Butler was accompanied by his
secretaries and a group of advisers.
Belief exists here that the pro-
posed farmers march on the con-
vention will not materialize beyond
the point of a few leaders outlining
the farmers demands before the
committee on resolutions. But
should the marching movement be-
come reality, farmers will find
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CALL TAMMANY HEAD
0Ivany Ordered Before Sen
ate Vote Fund Quiz Group.

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NEW YORK, June 1.-George w.
Olvany, grand sachem of Tammany
Hall, was subpoenaed today to ap-
pear before the Senate Campaign
Investigating Committee, but his Of
flee notified the committee that he
had left he city on a fishing trip
and would not be back until Mon
day.
The subpoena for Olvany was is
sued because of charges made to
the committee by Senator Heflin of
Alabama and others that Tammany
was playing an active part in the
campaign Of Governor A. E. Smith.
The committee will decide later
whether it will remain over until
Monday to hear the Tammany
leader.
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AMUNDSEN URGES SPEED
IN SEARCH FOR MOBILE
Weather in Polar Regions
Becoming Worse Daily,
Increasing PeriIS.

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OSLO, Norway, June Weather
in the polar ice regions which is
daily becoming worse, makes it nee
essary to hurry help to Gen. Um-
berto Mobile and his dirigible Italia,
Roald Amundsen. the explorer, said
today.
Amundsen said fogs especially are
becoming denser and will hamper
rescue work.
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Bookkeeper Forced to Hand Over Pay Roll;
Youth Makes His Escape in Blue Sedan
in Which Confederates Wait.
FAST POLICE CARS PUT ON TRAIL
Robbery Takes Place on High Trestle After
Bookkeeper Leaves Charlottesville
Trolley With Cash.

A youthful bandit held up Bookkeeper Charles
H. Horn of the Indianapolis Country Club at 11:3O
a. M today as Horn left Charlottesville interurban at
stop near the club with the club weekly pay roll of
$1,000 The pay roll is insured
The youth forced Horn to hand over the pay roll
and ran to blue sedan, waiting on the Charlottesville
Rd across the tracks, with three other men it. The
car speeded west.
The bandit had ridden from Indianapolis on the
same car with Horn.
The Country Club is ten miles northwest of the
o1f1
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BUTLER, AIDS MAKE FINAL
PLANS FOR G. Q. p. SESSION

ample housing quarters awaiting
them here.
The dramatic appeal Of such a
march probably would go a long
way toward impressing the resolu-
tions committee with the serious
ness of their demands.
James w. Good of Iowa, general
issimo of the Hoover forces, started
the convention campaign of Herbert
Hoover with the prediction that the
Secretary of Commerce would be
nominated early in the convention.
Good said the marshaling of the
fam forces was a movement
against President Coolidge and not
against Hoover or the Republican
party.
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Island Population Plans Great Welcome for
Aviators; Governor Is Waiting
at Flying Field.
FOG IN LAST STRETCH
Machine Has Supply of Gasoline to Remain
in Air for Four More Hours; Speed
Is 100 Miles an Hour.


WHEELER FIELD, Honolulu, June 1.-Governor Wallace
Harrington of the Hawaiian Islands and group of officials
Of the city of Honolulu arrived Wheeler field early today
to await the arrival of the Southern Cross from California
High army and naval officials also hand to greet
the four amen upon their conquest of the dangerous 200
mile flight from the mainland.
The crowd that had been waiting since before dawn
increasing rapidly and additional baaOns troops
ordered out to help hold in check until after the landing
the plane
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Enjoy Good Fortune
BY GERALD P. OVERMANl

limited Press Stan correspondent
SAN FRANCISCO, June IA
quartet of valiant f1iers today ap-
peared near completion Of their at
tempt to span the treacherous air
currents of the Pacific which in the
last twelve months have taken the
lives of nine men and one woman.
Captain Kingsford-Smith and
three companions, flying to Honolulu
from here on the first leg of 7,778-
mile flight to Australia, were ra-
doing regularly that their Southern
Cross was performing perfectly and
that the end of their journey was in
sight.
The three motors of the silver
winged Fokker were performing per-
fectly as the big plane roared over
the last few hundred miles OF its
nonstop Pacific flight from Oakland
airport.
Throughout the journey, which
began Thursday morning, good for
tune has followed the crew of the
Southern Cross. Z
Early today radio operators here
heard Harry Lyons, operator aboard
the Southern Cross, radioing to Ha-
Waii.
Message to Governor
The message was addressed to
Governor harrington of the islands.
"a Brother Beta is coming to see
YOU on the Southern Cross. Lyons" !"
the message said, referring to the
college fraternity of which both
Lyons and the Governor are mem
bers.
my receiving batteries are run
down." the message added. I'VE
now have TOO miles to CO."
Fifteen minutes later the South
ern Cross radioed that it was fly
ing at an altitude of 5000 feet above
large masses of clouds.
"One seldom sees such beautiful
sight as this moonlight on top of
Clouds" the message said. Speed,
10 knots. All o. K, cheerio. Kings
ford Smith"
tits been a great trip" the plane
crew radioed earlier. "Three motors
spinning as nne as ever. snip
weaving bit but Flowing right
along"
During the first half of the voy-
age they had averaged about eighty
miles an hour.
The Southern Cross passed the
halfway mark in its 2,400-mile flight
to the Hawaiian Islands early last
night.
The most hazardous part of the
voyage up to that point had been in
passing over the spot where several
c. ;he Dole fiers we're believed to
have been lost last summer.
Over Spot of Peril
The Southern Cross scared over
the place at dusk. The air currents
began to shake the plane and the
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Log OfFHght

(Hours in Log Are Pacific Coast Standard
Timel
THURSDAY
$3.50 A. M.-Took off from Oak
land airport.
9:02 A. M.-First radio message:
Were over the Golden Gate"
1908 A. M.-"Weather fine
Motors working perfectly"
Ills A. M.-"19O miles out. AL
we'll"
1909 P. M-"3OO miles out. Low
clouds. Visibility only fair. Fail to
pick UP radio beacon"
1P. M.-"Can't see much Of ocean
Speed eighty-two miles; clouds
lower"
1:25 P. M.-"5OO miles out. Still
listening for. Beacon"
6P. M.-"Hazy; sun going down
soon. Night not so good"
ITO P. M.-"Going strong. Sea
smooth"
7:2O P. Meeting dark. Try
ing to eat. We are 300 miles from
San Francisco"
$50 P. M.-"Our position is
latitude 30.42 north, longitude 14O
west"
This indicated that approximately
half Of the journey to the Hawaiian
Islands was completed.
10P. M-"We just passed throue h
an air pocket and had to drop down
a bit"
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conveyances, the new steamships
will be built 100 feet longer than
any of those now used.
Airplane travel will not be
stressed by the Dollar Line. 1t in
tends rather to give flying to those
who care to fly and donkey carts
to those who prefer mules.
Later, Dollar says, they will
want to fly.
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Indianapolis Country Club" on
the side.
The youthful brigand scrambled
down the steps and dashed to the
road, to speed away with his watt
ing companions in the blue Buick
sedan.
Bandit Appears Scared
The bandit appeared to be about
% or % years old, light weight and
about five feet six inches in height
He wore a sweater and cap.
The witnesses differed on the
color of the sweater, some remem-
bering it as brown, others as dirty
white. He had on light flannel
trousers.
"The boy appeared to be more
frightened than I was" said Horn.
HE was shaking when he told me
to hand over the bag. If any of
us had had a gun we could have
stopped him easily as he scrambled
down the steps. But have been
getting the pay roll for three years
and I never carried a gun"
Questioning Of witnesses after the
excitement died down disclosed two
stories as to what kind Of a car
the bandits had. Those in the
group held up were sure 1t was a
blue Buick sedan.
Conflict on Car Identity
Bud Shank, 16, and Miss Minnie
Ruddle, 25, who live in farmhouse
near the holdup scene, saw the
youth dash to the car and hoped
in their own. They followed the
speeding blue car as far as Cler-
mont and were sure it was a blue
Graham-Paige sedan. They also
believed there were only two men
in it.
At Cle1nont the bandit car was
halted moment by a stop sign,
but got the "go" and was speeding
west, out of sight, before Shank
and Miss Ruddle arrived to spread
the alarm in the town.
A few minutes before the holdup
according to persons lounging about
the club, two men in a Graham
Paigne sedan, drove up to the club
house, about a quarter mile from
the holdup scene.
Ask for Manager
They asked for the manager.
Welsh was out at the time. The
two men got in the car and drove
away. Some persons said they saw
the car later, by the car tracks.
Police had not cleared up definitely
whether there were two cars in the
holdup or the one upon the iden-
tity Of which witnesses differed.
Lee Nelson, golf professional at
the club, saw the bandit run to the
waiting car, but thought nothing of
it until the victims reached the
clubhouse.
Insurance companies who suf-
fered in the 100000 robbery
Wednesday night at the Broadmoor
Country Club today considered Of
fering a reward for information
leading to capture of the bandits
and recovery of the loot as move
to spur the hunt for the daring gun
men.
Indianapolis police still held seven
men today in their investigation of
the holdup, but had little evidence
to connect them with the crime.
Furniture Man Freed
Six of those held are Chicago
youths, arrested in a green sedan
at Lebanon Thursday, who said
they came here for the Speedway
race, and the seventh is a Chicago
youth who has been rooming on N.
Kenwood Ave. for several weeks. He
was arrested late Thursday when
two of the Chicago youths said they
had stayed with him Wednesday
night. His landlady verified the
story, declaring they we're in bed
by IL p. m. The robbery occurred
about 10:45 p. m.
A local west side furniture dealer
who was questioned several hours
Thursday was released when de-
tectives found six persons who veri-
fed his story of his Wednesday
night activities.
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that something was wrong, he
shouted at the man, who drove
rapidly away.
Kinney observed his automobile
license number and officers are
searching for the license. Kinney
also was able to give a good descrip-
ton of the man.
The child lived near the place
where she was accosted.
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water and round the-world sight
seers will be permitted to see the
foreign countries from above.
The development is a natural
one, according to Dollar, and
eventually will be adopted by all
steamship lines. He merely hopes
that his company will be first in
the parade.
The Dollar Company program
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MOTORIST TRIES LURE
GIRL INTO AUTO; ESCAPES

Police today searched for a man
VINO George Kinney, railroad detec-
i've, sawFtryins to lure little girl
INTO his automobile at the Nickel
Plate Railroad and Thirty Third st.
Thursday night.
The child refused the mans in
vitation to take a ride. Before he
could attempt to force her into the
car, Kinney came into sight Sensing
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is to be in the nature of a tribute
to Robert Dollar, pioneer seaman
of the Dollar Line, who will reach
his 85th birthday next year.
n
TINE planes are to carry six or
n eight passengers. In order to
care for the space necessary for
sheltering the heavier than air
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larry seaplanes which will be used
solely for sight seeings."
= It
THE Dollar Line intends to
l. build five new ships during
the next two years. Each OF the
vessels will be equipped with aux
iliary sea planes.
When foreign ports ale reached
the planes will be lowered to the
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eBY GEORGE H. BEALE

United Press staff Correspondent
II OS ANGELES, June 1.-See
l. the Orient without a rick
shaw, Venice without a gondola,
the pyramids without a camel,
that is the vision of the Dollar
Steamship Company.
The future vessels Of the round
the-world line will carry seaplaneS
for passengers use, r. Stanley
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Dollar, vice president, said before
he left here for San Francisco
this morning.
There is no speculation in this
venture" he emphasized. Mod
ern competition demands SPEEDY
adoption of modern methods of
travel. The donkey carts gave
way to the air craft. Our new
ships will be equipped with auxii-
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NYE TELLS JURY STEWART
REFUSED TO TALK IN QUIZ
STATE GETS S4,OOO,OOO
Shares in United States Appropri-
alton for Highways.

Indiana will receive about $4,-
100000 for road construction for the
two fiscal years ending June 80,
1881, out of the 100000 Federal
road appropriation bill passed by
the last Congress, it was announced
today by the State highway COM
mission.
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CIVgs
Police and sheriff's squad
were unable to ascertain from
the first hasty description Of the
one bandit, closely observed,
whether there was a possibility
that this was part of the same
gang which held up guests of
the Broadmoor Country Club
and took 100000 in money and
jewelry Wednesday night.
Squads in fast cars paused at the
holdup scene only long enough to
get descriptions of the bandit and
the car and then spread, fanwise,
to the west.
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FRIDAY

1:25 A. M.-"Three motors still
spinning as fine as ever. It's been
a great trip. Ship weaving a bit
but plowing right along"
4 A. M.-Radio operator aboard
sent fraternal greetings to Cover
nor Harrington Of Hawaii and an
nounced planes receiving batteries
were down.
AIS A. M-Reported flying in
moonlight above clouds at altitude
of 5000 feet.
$50 A. M.-"All WE'LL" plane re-
ports. Estimate 575 miles from
Honolulu.
1880 A. M-Radio message from
Southern Cross says she is within
300 miles of Honolulu increasing
speed as islands draw near, to 100
miles per hour.
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Cupid Opens Bride Month
With Rush for Licenses

CUPID appeared well the to June 1st bride
~ record at today.
woudbe brides and prospective brdgrooms had
oba marriage licenses to All day Thursday only
licenses issued
total of eighteen permits issued
County Clerk George Hutsen expected rush this after
todays total that mark
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$1,000 CIGARET HAUL
Burglars Use Truck to Garry Loot
Away at Michigan City.

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MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, June l.
Police today searched for robbers
who entered the Michigan Central
freight house here Thursday night
and escaped with 1890 cartons of
cigarets valued at more than $500.
The thieves gained entrance
through a transom and loaded the
cigarets on a stolen truck.
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PICKS U. S. TREASURER
Recess Appointment Given Tate of
Tennessee, by Coolidge.

Tennessee, by Coolidge.
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WASHINGTON, June 1.-Presi-
dent Coolidge today granted a re-
cess appointment to H. T. Tate of
Tennessee, to be Treasurer of the
United States.
Tate, an Assistant Treasurer, has
been serving as active Treasurer.
His recent nomination as Treasurer
was not acted on by the Senate
before its adjournment May 20.