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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-30
RAIL WAY WAGE
BOOST URGED
Two Alternate Plans Pro-
posed by Presidents Board.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3O.-A 6+9
per cent increase without change
of rules or a 7la increase and the
elimination of the double-header
and tonnage limitation rules. were
proposed by the special emergency
board created by President Coolidge
to solve the wage dispute involving
10000 employees on fifty-five wes-
tern railroads, in its report made
public at the White House today
The Washington agreement, pro-
viding for an increase Of 719 per
cent on the standard rates for cor
ductorS and trainmen and a pro-
cedure including arbitration unde:
the railway labor act, under the
doubleheader, helper district, car
limit and tonnage limit rules nigh
be taken up by each carrier in spc'
cial orders where a carrier claims
such rules produce burdensome or
Objectionable decision, the board
proposed.
The board pointed out that the
first two proposals include the con-
tinuation of present differentials
for mountain or other special serv-
ice, and the addition Of the special
increase to baggage men for mail,
express and dynams service.
The suggestions, in the boards
opinion, should be submitted to the
employees for their election, and
whatever proposal finally is accept
ed should be made effective retro
active to May l, 1928
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-30
Greatest Adventure
BIZ United Press

BB United Press
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 30.-A 19-yearS
old youth with itching feet" a
wanderlust that has carried him
about North America since he was
13 to see what lies over the hills'
was in the midst of his greatest
adventure today far from his home
here.
Clarence Terhune had schemed
and executed an adventure that
outclaSSes boyish fiction and was
riding the treacherous winds of the
North Atlantic a stowaway on board
the Graf Zeppelin as the huge
dirigible fought her way eastward
toward Germany.
Like all residents in Vagabondia,
Clarence's residence has been tram
sient, his half-siSter, Mrs. George
M. Hall, told the United Press. The
lad had made his home here with
Mr.. and Mrs. Hall since his parents
were killed in a murder-suicide
tragedy in st. Louis July IL. His
father, Charles Terhune, a barber,
killed the mother, then committed
suicide, according to police records.
But five months ago Charles felt
the call of far places and drifted
west to the Pacific coast, where he
slowed away on government
cruiser. He swung off the vessel in
Nome, Alaska.
Among the soldiers and adven-
turer who understood his fever,
Charles found a home at the coast
guard station in Nome for several
months before his return. He drifted
back to st. Louis.
Ten days passed. The Halls sat
down to dinner. Charles did not
appear and they were prepared for
another chapter in his saga,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-30
HOW Bright
Is Baby?

Would you like to know how
bright your baby is?
Do you think that he is smarter
than most babies?
OF course you do, because he is
your baby.
1t is true that some babies are
brighter than others.
Not all babies are alike. Even In
the same family some of the chill
dren are different from the others
Some babies smile all the time
and others are fretful. Some babies
walk before they can talk and some
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-30

talk before they can walk. But all
babies grow and all babies learn.
Your baby may not learn jus5
exactly as your neighbor's babies do.
You will enjoy comparing what
your baby does with what the aver
age baby does
Perhaps he has done some things
long before the time the average
baby does them. If so, he is brighter
than the average. If he has not
done some things, you will enjoy
watching him to see when he be-
gins to do them.
If you would like to compare your
baby with the average baby, read
the unusual series starting in The
Times Wednesday. prepared by ex-
pertS who have made a thorough
study of babies for years. There
you will find a list of things that
your baby could do when he ar
rived in your home.
Copyright. 1927. by Science Service, Inc J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-30
CONFER ON FIGHT LAW
Legion Promoters Talk Over Stand
on New Ordinance.

American Legion boxing promot-
ers me this afternoon to decide on
the Legion's stand on the new city
council boxing ordinance.
Mark Hamer, president Of the
Legion benefit fund trustees, said
the meeting was called to decide
whether the Legion will continue
boxing matches at Indiana National
Guard armory or start a court bat
tie to test the validity of the new
city boxing regulation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-30
DRIVE FOR SAFETY
Police Tighten Enforcement
of Traffic Laws.

TIE police drive on reckless mo-
torists who fail to observe traffic
signals was continued with renewed
vigor Monday night after the death
of Betty June Eller, 5, of 10 South
Rural street, who was injured ia
tally when struck by an automobile
Sunday.
Sixty persons, three of them wom-
en-, were "ticketed" for traffic vio-
lations Monday night
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-30

to the voting place where it is to
be used.
He said necessity of moving this
one machine made it mandatory
that it be closed and checked over
earlier than usual.
Machines at 5436 E. Washington
street and 6238 College avenue, were
closed today, Holmes said.
The machines at the Women's
Department Club and Chamber of
Commerce will be locked Thursday.
he said
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-30
Fair Weather for Zep

Tn UHttec ~ 7SS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.--A high
pressure area extending from north
of the Azores to eastern Greenland
assures the Graf Zeppelin Of excel~
lent flying weather on that leg OF
her trip to Germany, the United
States weather bureau announced
today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-30
Former Athlete Kills Self

BIZ Times Special
GLENWOOD, Ind, Oct. 3d.
Gerald Stevens, 81, former star
basketball player of the New Salem
high school, is dead here at the
home of his parents, a suicide by
shooting. Family troubles is said
to have been the cause Of the
suicide,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-30
VOTES AT NORTHAMPTON
Coolidge viii Go to Home State tC
Cast Ballot.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3O-Presi-
dent Coolidge will go to Northamp-
ton, Mass to vote Nov. 6, the White
House announced today.
Mrs. Coolidge will accompany the
President to his home state. She
will be unable to remain. with hef
mother, Mrs. Lemira Goodhue, H.
in Northampton hospital, because
of the social calendar at the White
House.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-30
Three Die In Explosion

ETHEL, Miss, Oct. 30.-Explosion
of a boiler at the o. E. Daniel
lumber mill plant near here, today,
killed three men and wounded two
others seriously. The plant was
wrecked.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-30


he was asked
Hoover" he replied. Il have
been in thirty-seven states since
the campaign started and 1 be-
lieve I know whereof I speak.
Smith will have to carry every
doubtful state to be elected. He
may have a $3.50 chance in each
of these states, but it is no $3.50
chance that he will win in all
of them.
BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON. Oct. 30.-Herbert
Hoover will ignore charges Governor
Alfred E. Smith made in his Balti-
more speech that the Ku-KluX Klan
and the Anti-Saloon League are
participating in the Republican cam
paign. it was learneed today.
Headquarters explained that any
answer made probably would come
from Senator Borah of Idaho, for
mer Secretary of State Hughes and
other campaign speakers who will
make radio addresses in the next
few days before the election.
Hoover has denounced injection
Of intolerance in the presidential
campaign, it was pointed at his
headquarters, and he feels he has
made his position clea in this re-
spect.
1--WE have denied and denied these
charges" Henry j. Allen, former
Governor of Kansas and director of
publicity. commented, adding that
the Republican national committee
would have nothing further to say
on this matter.
Clears Desk for Finish
Hoover cleared his desk today at
his Massachusetts, avenue head
quarters and conferred with his
campaign strategists on the final
phases Of the presidential battle
ending a week from today.
After he leaves here Thursday.
the Republican presidential candi-
date will make four speeches on his
way west. He has completed his
major address which will be broad
cast from st. Louis Friday night.
He consulted with his advisers to-
day regarding the three others
a ten-minute address at Cumber-
land, Md, and two longer ones at
Louisville. KY, and Pueblo, Colo.
At Pueblo, the Republican can
didate will speak over radio
hookup to all the mountain states.
Stress Farm Issues
Hoover will make the most i'm
portant speech of his campaign at
st. Louis. 1t will represent final
appeal to the broad belt of farm
states to accept his proposals for
farm relief rather than the Nc
Nary -Haugen bill solution offered
by Governor Alfred E. Smith.
Hoover at st. Louis will go into
the agricultural situation in more
detail than hitherto. He also will
discuss inland waterways and other
issues in a general way. He will
promise again to call an extra ses-
sion OF congress to take up farm
relief legislation, if elected, and if
adequate measures are not passed
at the coming short session.
While the Republican candidate
went over final campaign plans at
his headquarters, Mrs. Hoover was
experimenting the necessary details
incident to moving the household
from here to California.
Besieged With Visitors
If elected. it is not known how
long Hoover will remain in the west.
He may return before Christmas,
but 1t is not believed he will spend
great deal of his time here before
March 4 if he is chosen President.
He might come here for short peri
DDS, setting up his headquarters
elsewhere.
A newly elected President is be-
sieged with visitors. including many
Office e-seekers, and Washington
naturally is a haven for many of
this type.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-30
MERCURY HITS CITY LOW
Coolest Morning Shows Drop to
20 Degrees.

~ degrees.
Indianapolis experienced the cold
est weather so far this season early
today when the mercury dropped to
90 degrees at z a. m.
The temperature was fifteen de-
greeS below normal. Cool weather
also prevailed over the state, the
lowest temperature, 26 degrees, be-
ing reported at FIT. Wayne.
1t will be 4 or 5 degrees warmer
tonight, United States weather
bureau officials predicted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-30

Cambridge Transfer Co. Lincoln
3509.-- Advertisement,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-30

Renew out of town friendships by
telephone. Basic rate to Detroit
only $l.35.-AdYertisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-30
KIan and Anti-SaIoon
League Link Reply Left
to Hughes, Borah.
READY TO END DRIVE
Trip West Will Start Thurs
day; Speeches at
st. Louis.
Comedies Hoover Win

BIZ United Press
BOSTON, Oct. 3O.-Norman
Thomas, Socialist candidate for
president is confident he will not
be elected.
who do you think will VIM"
he was asked.
Hoover" he replied. Il have
been in thirty-seven states since
the campaign started and 1 be-
lieve 1 know whereof I speak.
Smith will have to carry every
doubtful state to be elected. He
may have a $3.50 chance in each
of these states, bat it is no $3.50
chance that he will win in all
of them.
, 1928-08-14
correspondence

To the Editor of "St. Croiu Avj8",
Dear Mr.. Editor:
Some Gays !ago you wrote a
bout dogs roaming the streets at nights
after 10 o'clock contrary to the Police
Regulations. 1t is true that these canine
animals attack people in the streets and
disturb others from their sleep. If these
dogs are kept by their owners as watch
dogs, then they should be in the yards
and not be roaming about the streets
We are sure that as this growing nuisance
is brought to the attention Of the Police.
some notice will be>taken, as dogs are not
allowed to roam the streets between the
hours of 10 o, M. to 5 a N. according TO
the Police Regulations. Sometimes these
canine disturbers are seen in packs at
the street corners.
Thanking you Mr.. Editor for space
granted, we are,
-CITIZENS.
, 1928-08-14

action Of the sun which has given his
SKIN d dark tan, while all over his Oody
was covered with sears and 0IIstefs cauS-
ed by the sea water.
The deck Of the Ooat IS 50 c1oStrlcCed
that it clutches his body around the waist
when BE- sits and makes it Impossible Tor
water 10 enter. So was the situation Tor
twenty-eight days.
ShiDs Sighted
While on his p~erilOus voyage constantly
gambling with death, he met the Jugo
Slavian stea ner Epidaur0 which offered
him help. but on recai wing a negative re-
NV left MIN with an old Chart Whlc1
showed the route to the Virgin ISLANDS,
This same ) hip radioed back the news
to the KleDDar Co npany at R~os9nneln'
Bavaria. stating that they had met the
Deujschar SPORT aO0ur tWe1tf eISat anu
a half dsgra9s nOrtA lautIls anj fifty
eigtt degrees west Iongitude, and all
wa we'll. Hhis was on JIIy "a
He was making ABOUT 50 miles a 4ay'
when again he was compelled to take
down sails, and stand for five days ana
nights without scarcely eating and man
oeuvre the boat.
Before that, on July 10, he met the
Danish Motor ship Zane Maorsk. "a
july 20 he met the Swedish motor snip
Balboa. and the following day he met
six more. All offered him help but with
the stern determination Of a stalWart
reutan. resolved to do or die, he refused.
TO be continued
, 1928-08-14
WEATHER REPORT.

The following was received by radio
on Sunday:
Weather broadcast from Balboa. Pana-
ma:-Weather Hydro Caution advised
on the south coast of Central Cuba and
10 the southwest of Jamaica during the
next "a hours, Vessels are requested to
report any unusual conditions. East Gulf
of Mexico gentle south west winds over
northern portion and moderate south
west winds over southern portion. Wea
Their partly overcast Sunday. West Gulf
, 1928-08-14
CAPTAIN Romer Sails 2,944
Miles in Keeper Canoe Ar
rfvps Here ~ a. IN Greenwich
Time
RECORD BREAKING NAVIGATION
FEAT
NAVIGATION
Biography


Captain Franz Romer, son OF NakasIus
aud Maria Romer, Of Southern Germany,
arrived at this port in a special Keeper
Folding Boat on Tuesday at IL a. 10.
Greenwich time.
Franz Romer was born Oh the 7th De-
tober, 1899, on Lake Constance, in South
arn Germany. As a young boy he show
ed a great likeness for the sea, and when
he grew older he began his ocean care,
err. The last ship, OF which he served
as third o%ficeris the German steamship
RhOdOpis which is expected here shorty
His Record Trip
On March 3rd Romer left Lisbon with
900 tins of provisions, of which 50 were
of water. each holding one and a quarter
gallons: all made in Germany, and started
on his daring voyage across the blliOWry
ocean to New York.
After he was about 100 miles from
Cane ST Vincent he met high win Is and
was compelled to take down MS sails and
lust steer the boat. the sea at times foam
Ing about seven meters above alS little
craft. He finally put 10 at Las PaImas
and after a months stay took Oft again
on his record breaking trip across that
vast expanse OF water that mas claimed
SO many victims.
On he sailed over the pillows. blazing
y new trial and making the Keeper foiu.
ing boat a beacon in navigation.
While sleepiug and steering one day a
mountainous wave dashed over the deck
and carried away the only headZear ne
carried. About this time he wore his
second-the last suit-he carried. The
first being torn tO pieces by the salt Wa
ter and strenuous work
All through the day and night the con
slant action of the sun, rain and spray
baked and drenched him. On the exposed
part of his body can be clearly seen the
, 1928-08-14

81. CROlA OIAllON'
New York, August 18th, spot sugar
wa, firm. out as no sales were reported,
nrices were unchanged at 4 IL raw sugar
futures closed points higher. App ~
mate sales sc. 800 tons. Septic n3er
closed 2,23, December z 30, January 2,3I,
March 2.38, May 2,46, July 81 The
market for reined sugar was unchanged
at 5 IS for fine ~granuiated,
ChlcagO, August 11th. -EXcItei selling
and radical setbacks In price resulted
from tae United States Government crop
report. All deliveries OF wheat, corn
oqls and rye fell TO the new low price
ras0ld for the season. Inc worst break
was in wheat values WhicL at one um7
showed a maximum drop of % cents a
bushel. Wheat closed unsettled z to 4
cents net lower. corn Il to Ii cents
off. oats ~ to 5t8 cents and down and
provisions varying from 8 cents decline
to a rise OF IL cents
New YORK. Aug. 18th "A merger OF The
BROOKLYN edison Company Wltn the Con
solidaLed Gas Co of New York has been
UNANIMOUSLY approved by the pubic Ser
vice commission. The union of the two cor
poratlons put me consolidated in the mil
lion dollar class, with the control OF prac-
tically every power and light facility In
New York.
Miami, Flo, August 11th.-The Hopsy
Fish, Nassau flying boot. piIOted by BOD
, 1928-08-14
LOCAL

DR.. K. E. Lowman Il lecture tonight
in the Christiansted Theatre, The Doc.
tor nas appeared in pubic more than
once with his very interesting as we'll as
instructive lectures, and has always
found appreciatIvp listeners on Every oc-
casion. The subject tonight is one IN
which everybody ought to be interested
"Health". Don't fail to attend this lee
ture. Everybody is welcome at 8.l5
o'clock.
The concluding chapters of the Police
Serial "Oficer 444" were shown to a
very large audience in the Christiansted
Theatre last night. The Frog" the
master mind of a gang of crooks was at
last captured and brought to Justice,
followed by the applause of the audience.
AS usual the instructive news reel was
there, and the amusing comedy Greet
The Wife sent everybody home feeling
fine.
The yacht "To~windward" sailed from
this port for st. Thomas yesterday after
noon with the usual out going mail
and passengers Louise Fescn, Abraham
Brathwaite and William r Wilson.
, 1928-08-14

of Mexico gentle of moderate north winds
over eastern portion, gentle south east
winds e western portion.
Yesterday morning:
Weather reported normal by San Juan
Weather Bureau.
From the Vest India e Panama Tele-
graph Co,
Washington Aug 18th lilo a, m.
tropical disturbance small diameter, but
great intensity, central s%eventyiVe to one
hundred miles south or southwest Of CleE-
fuegos, Cuba, moving West Northwest,
caution advised vessels Yucat1n Chanoel
and region of Western Cuba next twenty
four hours.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-02
The World and All
THAT HELP
By Charles p. Driscoll.

Many inspiring letters have come in from readers
during the last week. do not know how many OF
these excellent letters I may get opportunity 70 quote
from the near future, but hundreds are SO good tina.
I'D like to share them with the other readers. 7 find
il necessary to take only parts Of letters, and e omit
most or the pleasant formalities, on account ot lack
Of space.
There Il a lovely. chatty letter from Mrs. Myrtle
Crawford, San Diego. Calf. Mrs. Crawford says many
nice things about "Thc World and All" that | must
omit. hut III quote snatches here and there from her
letter:
"Since a certain evening, many moons ago, ! have
rot missed reading a Jingle one Of your articles. AL
ways they interest me, many times they please me. and
sometimes they leave me wondering"
Well. I'm delighted. / had hardly hoped that there
was even one reader who found the column interesting
every day. In writing for such a large number Of
readers, | strive to take into account a great variety
Of tastes, and therefore to talk about a great variety
of subjects. N any individual reader finds something
interesting to him in the column three times a week, I
feel that that reader and ! can get along pretty well.
But Mrs. Crawford's letter gives me hope that there
may he some Others who find this little space inter
estinE even more often than three times = week.
Many times they please me-" That. too. is fiatter.
ing. This reader doesn't pretend that she is pleased
every time she is interested. But she can be interest
ed even when the conclusions ] reach are not specially
pleasing TO her. ! hope ] have many such readersi
and sometimes they leave me wondering" That,
too. Occasionally ! try to suggest lines Of thought.
without carrying them out for my readers. ! like II
have the reader pick up the thread Of an idea that |
fling out, and wonder about il, think about il, drawing
his own conclusions.
We'll, there 4. NJ room to quote more. hut take my
word for il. the letter was inspiring. About herself.
Mrs. Crawford tells me that she is a lover Of the out
doors, Is fond Of the toads that live in her garden, and
writes her letters outdoors, in an arbor q beautiful
flowers, where the bees seek nectar through the sunny
day.
California II must 30 Paradise, but it's a long
way from New York,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-02

NEW YORK. May 2.-Variegated
notes of a reporter covering the big
gest beat in the world:
The biggest coffee cups 7 ever saw
are in the Harvard club here. They
hold a pint.
Thomas "A. Edison ignores prog
ress in automotive science and still
drives his first car. OF 1912 vintage.
But he loves to speed in motorboats.
r. ". Foster. the famous bridge ex-
pert thinks one-deck Russian bank is
a better game. (See you Hoyle. IL
isn't "A sinful game. / was taught to
play II BY a bishop
In the nurses school at ST. Marks
hospital. the students are taught,
among other things. voice control.
Dorothy Stickney. Broadway show
girl says she is a cousin Of Presi-
dent Coolidge.
Countess Inga Nybo. or Roumania,
relative Of Queen Marie, IL in New
York looking for a JOB.
The average first novel sells about
500 copies. a publisher tells me.
Jazz's victory isn't quite complete.
The Metropolitan Opera company
crossed more than ST. 000. 900 in the
season just closed.
A chorus man who read in this
column that "in the profession
chorus men are held in low e~steenf.''
sends a protest. He points out that
the men in Broadway show ense m
hles are generally Of high class. most
Of them intent only upon learning