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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-25
WORLEY URGES
BRAKE TESTING
Asks Citizens to Join Safety
Drive July 80.
By United Press

Contending that 10 per cent Of
the $4,000 automobiles on the streets
of Indianapolis have inefficient
brakes, Police Chief Claude M. Wor-
ley today urged all citizens to CO.
operate with the police and Hoosier
Motor Club in the annual brake
test to be held July 80 to Aug. IL.
"It is startling to consider that
there are on our streets every day
more than 1000 cars which cannot
stop at the proper time" Worley
said. "The ten days brake inspection
should rid the streets of this men,
ace temporarily, but it should also
be remembered that brakes need
attention periodically.
mo arrests will be made on the
day the car is tested, but the owner
will be arrested if he does not have
his brakes fixed and report back to
the police"
There have been 2,479 automobile
accidents in the city since the first
of the year, which killed fifty-one
and injured 1853 persons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-25
BANDIT CAR FOUND
School Principal Gets Auto
Used in Battle.

The Studebaker coach taken from
L. T. Stafford, Milroy, Ind, school
principal, by bandits the night Of
July 16 on the Pendleton Pike south
of Anderson, was returned to Staf-
ford today by George L. Winkler,
deputy dry administrator.
The car was turned over to
Winkler by deputy sheriffs who
found it Saturday in woods on
the Meyers farm near ShadeIand.
In the car, when found, were sew
eral cases of Canadian ale, similar
to liquor found in the Buick car
owned by Bryant Sando, Indian
apolis, also taken by the bandits
July 16.
Bryant's car was used by the
bandits in the battle with police in
which one bandit was killed and the
other fatally injured.
Stafford made an affidavit he
knew nothing of the liquor found in
his car. Winkler said he had
learned Stafford reported loss of his
car and went with the Madison
County sheriff the night of the theft
to look for the bandits.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-25
100000 TO
HEAR. SMITH
AT ALBANY
Outline Plans to Handle
Huge Crowds for Speech
of Acceptance.
TRAFFIC WILL HALT
Address to Be Made From
Platform at Capital;
Run Special Trains.

By United Press
ALBANY, N. Y, July 25.-With
Governor Alfred E. Smith ready to
launch formally his presidential
campaign as Democratic standard
bearer Aug. %, plans for handling
the enormous crowds expected here
that night, were begun today by the
city administration and members Of
the Democratic national committee.
A platform will be erected half
way up the eastern stairway Of the
capital, from which the Governor
will make his acceptance speech.
100000 May Hear
Behind him, special tiers of seats
will be set for the guests of the oc-
casion, while an amplifying system
will be set up through Capital Park
and Academy Park, directly north
of it, so that every word the chief
executive utterS will be audible to
the 100000 or more persons expect
ed to be jammed in the parks.
If the park area north of the
capital, is completed in time, the
amplifying system will also be ex-
tended through it.
Word was received here today
that the railroads are completing
plans for operating special trains
into and out OF the city, while
steamboat and interurban COM
panieS are planning an extended
service.
Hotel reservations began pouring
in today, one request being for a
block of fifty rooms.
Loud Speakers in Hotels
All traffic within the area around
the Capitol will be stopped half an
hour or more before the ceremony
begins at Z p. m. and to preserve
order the city police will be aug
mented by company of battalion
of the National Guard and several
companies of the State police.
A battery of flood lights will H..
illuminate the speakers stand on the
Capitol steps, so that the entire
scene will be visible from the two
parks.
The city committee today had un-
der advisement a joint request of
all the hotels of the city that the
loud speaker system be extended to
their lobbies so that in the event
of bad weather their guests may
hear the speeches without exposure
to bad weather.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-25
HIKE HERE FROM TEXAS;
TWO WOMEN ARE HELD
Hubby's Mandolin Playing Pals,
Sends One of Pair on Road.

Hubby's Mandolin Playing Pals,
Sends One of Pair on Road.
Two weary. dust-covered figures
in overalls, their bobbed hair and
ill-concealed beads revealing their
sex, lounged in the matron's Office
at police station today with the
promise of the first square meal Gin
long time"
They gave their names as Mrs.
Hattie Hellberg Kechie, %, of 1908
w. Washtnaw Ave-, Chicago, and
Miss Fern Thompson, 20, of South
Bend, Texas, who disguised in male
attire and set out last Saturday
from South Bend, Texas, to reach
Chicago afoot.
Lifts in automobiles got them in
to Indianapolis today, where they
came under the scrutiny of Traffic
Officer Alva Lee at Capitol Ave. and
Market st. At the station they said
the trip was occasioned by Mrs.
Kechie's dissatisfaction with her
husbands employment as mandolin
player and violin repairman in
Texas. They we're held while par
ents were informed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-25
CONSIDER OCEAN HOP
Pacific FIierS Plan to Cross
Atlantic.

SYDNEL, Australia, July 25.-
The first men to fly from mainland
to mainland across the Pacific ocean
are contemplating a trip by air
across the Atlantic in the near fu-
ture, it was learned here.
Captain Charles Kinesford- Smith
and Charles t. P. Ulm, pilots of the
monoplane, Southern Cross, on its
flight across the Pacific from the
United States to Australia, have
progressed so far with their plans
that they are conside- 'ng abandon
ment of the Southern Cross, it was
said.
They hope to span the Atlantic in
single motored plane of the type
used by Colonel Charles Lindbergh
In his New York-to-Par flight, it
was learned from an authentic
source. The Southern Cross is a
tri-motored ShiR
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-25
CLUB HEARS DALEY
Talks to KiWanianS on Al
and Hoover. y

Alfred E. Smith ard Herbert G.
Hoover, the presidential nominees,
are proof by eminence of their posi-
tions that "the United States is
still the land of opportunity" de-
clared Frank G. Daley, Democratic
nominee for Governor, addressing
the Kiwanis Club at the Claypool to-
day on Boys"
Smith, born in a New York tene-
ment house, the son of a dairyman,
and Hoover, born in West Branch,
Ia, the son of a blacksmith, "are
two men from poor families, whose
beginnings were obscure, who were
orphaned in early years, struggled
through boyhood, who as men,
worked with their hands and who
looked to have no chance" DALEY
said. 'sYet one or the other is to
be the next President"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-25
Church Leaders Plead With
Mayor to Press Cam
paign.

DR.. G. H. Winders and DR.. Ernest
N. Evans, Indianapolis Church
Federation representatives, today
conferred with Mayor L. Ert Slack
upon gambling condition in the city.
Winders said the police drive on
baseball pool selling had "just hit
the surface" and that promoters
are continuing to sell the pc~<
tickets.
Representatives of the pools even
call at your home and offer to sell
the tickets. Such gambling is ex-
tremely hard on poor people who
need their money for other uses,
DR.. Winders said.
Negro Citizens Appeal
The minister said his interest in
suppressing gambling and baseball
pools was aroused when a delegation
of Negro citizens appealed to him
to visit Mayor Slack and Police
Chief Claude M. Worley.
He said the delegation members
gave him the names of several per-
sons who are operating the pools
on a wide scale.
Il did not take the names, but
told them that I would give the
mayor an opportunity to talk with
them directly. The occasional win
ming of a relatively large sum of
money caused great excitement in
the poor communities and proves an
incentive for them to buy chances, g."
he said.
Slack VIII Seek More Data
"I am interested in DR.. Winders'
complaint and will confer further
with him on the gambling matter.
I probably will seek an interview
with the Negro citizens who talked
with him." Slack said.
Slack denounced paid protec-
ton" for gamblers and other under
world characters at the start of his
administration.
Police Chief Worley has been
conducting a drive on gambling for
several weeks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-25
SHUMAKER EVASIVE
Jokes About Jail Sentence,
WithhOIdS Plans.

By United Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind, July U.s.
Attorney General Arthur L. Gill
liom today filed an amended COM
plant against E. S. Shumaker,
superintendent of the Anti-Sa-
lon League. Today's affidavit, like
the former one, was based on Gill
LIONS allegation that Shumaker
violated the corrupt practices act
when he allegedly termed Gilliom
"wet of record"
Waiting reporters were all atten-
ton when E. S. Shumaker, Indiana
Anti-Saloon League superintendent
emerged from a conference with
friends at league headquarters to-
day to extend his hand and remark.
well. I'm going to jail"
But before newspapermen could
reach for telephones, the dry lead
er, who is pondering appeal to the
United States Supreme Court from
the Indiana Supreme Courts edict
that he must pay fine of $3.50 and
serve sixty days on the Indiana
State Farm for contempt. added:
II was only joking. There will
be no statement today; I didn't
want to keep you waiting"
Shumaker said his conferers were
not the members of the headquar
ters committee in whose hands he
has placed his course of action, but
described them as "just some of my
men,"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-25
Seek Youths Support

BJ CntteG Press
NEW YORK, July 25.-Demo-
cratic leaders are planning a
special campaign to win the young
voters support for Governor Alfred
e. Smith.
This includes those in the draft
age" between 81 and 80 years of
age, with special emphasis upon
the youngsters who will vote for the
first time. The idea of a special
appeal for the younger genera
tons vote came here in letter
from western leader who Travelled
extensively and reported strong
support for Smith among the young
people in the West.
Veteran leaders who have grown
up with Smith, and know some
thing of psychology through long
experience in politics, say he has a
particular appeal to the youngsters,
They plan to stress the New York
Governors personality to reach this
voting class, which is always sizable
and whose party preference is
doubtful.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-25
CHARGE Shift
DELAYS SKEEN
TRIAL TO FALL
State Gets New Indictment
Alleging Waitress Jumped
Through Fear.
PARALLELS STEVE CASE
Open HearinG as Soon as
Possible. n Early Part
of September.
PARALLELS STEVE CASE

Trial of Carl Skeen, %, of 914
Foltz Ave, sfor murder, was de-
layed until September today, when
the State shifted for a second time
its theory of the death of Mrs. Pearl
Jarboe, "a, waitress, for which he
is accused.
The new theory, that fear of
Skeen and his intentions caused her
to leap from his speeding automobile
June IL, at Colorado Ave. and E. Six
teenth St., became the States
weapon when new indictment was
returned by the grand jury today.
Since arraignment and other pre-
iminaries must precede trial on the
new charge of first degree murder.
the case could not be set down for
trial this term, giving Skeen the
speedy justice promised at his ar
rest in Denver, Colo, several DAYS
after the death of his victim.
Makes Second Shift
Criminal Judge James A. Collins
offered to set the trial for next
Monday, giving up three days of
his own vacation period, but Attor-
neyS Earl Cox and Thomas G. Whal-
lon for Skeen said they could not
be ready for trial by that time.
The new indictment brings
the Skeen case even closer to the
D. c. Stephenson trial for the
murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer.
In that, the charge was that fear
Of Stephenson and remorSe for the
night train ride to Hammond caused
her to attempt suicide by taking
poison.
The first indictment against Skeen
charged him with involuntary man.
slaughter, specifically that he upon
a sudden heat, but without malice"
struck and mortally wounded Mrs.
Jarboe, pushing her from the car.
The second charged malice and
premeditation and forceful pushing
Of the woman from the automobile.
The second shift in the States
case today takes the theory that it
was fear that prompted the woman
to leap from the car. A second
count in the indictment also charges
Skeen with pushing her from the
automobile, giving the State two
theories if may pursue when the
trial comes.
No Effort for Bail
Prosecutor William H. Remy and
Chief Deputy Judson L. Stark said
the trial will be set as early in Sep
tember as possible.
Efforts to obtain bail for Skeen
were not pushed. First degree mur-
der, with which he is charged, is
not bailable.
Stark said the wording of the in
dictment against Stephenson was
used in some places in the latest
Skeen indictment, because the
charge against the grand dragon
went into details so fully along the
line the State probably will pursue
in the prosecution.
The newer charge is that Skeen
on the pretense of taking Mrs. Jar
Doe to a doctor for a Slight ailment
Of which she had complained, lured
her into his automobile and then
refused to go to the doctor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-25
NO BUSINESS SLUMP
Al and Hoover Declared
Safe" by Expert.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, July 25.-With such
candidates as Hoover and Smith in
the presidential race, business has
no reason for presidential year" de-
preston. Alexander Dana Noyes,
economist and financial observer,
writes in the current issue Of Scrib-
ner's Magazine.
Noyes says that presidential years
have not always been years Of slow
trade and should not be so. 1t is a
superstition existing the business
world, he says, and those who don't
believe it themselves make allow
ances for those who do.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-25
No Word From Stewart

BB United Press
CASPER, Wyo., July 25.-Col.
Robert w. Stewart, chairman of the
board of directors of the Standard
Oil Company of Indiana, here on an
inspection trip, could not be reached
to comment on reports from New
York that he had gained control of
a majority of the stock in the COM
pany.
Stewart, accompanied by his board
OF directors, arrived here last night
by airplane from Kansas City.
Early today he left for the COM
pany'S fields and said he would not
return to Casper until late tonight.
The party left Kansas CITY in the
tri-motored plane "Stanolind" at
1880 p. m, and arrived here at
7:15 p. m.
Included in Stewards party are r.
0. Seupert, president; Allen Jack
son, r. H. McElroy, E. G. Bullock,
general manager Humphreys. Cen
eral Attorney Stevens, and Director
OF Industrial Relations Curry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-25
PLANES SAVE SICK BOY
Warships, Radio, Airmen Join to
Bring Lad to Hospital.

By United Press
PEKIN, July 25.-Arthur, nine
year-old son of Captain and Mrs.
Patrick j. Madigan of the United
States Medical Corps, owes his life
to United States warships, wireless
and airplanes.
The boy became i'll of appendicitis
while aboard a German steamer off
Taku bar, near Tientsin. The United
States ship Trenton radioed to the
United States Marine Corps at
Hsin-Ho and told them Of Arthur's
plight.
Two amphibian planes immedi-
ately despatched to the steamer, the
boy taken aboard and carried to the
Army hospital at Tientsin, where he
was successfully operated upon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-25
Rockefeller
LOSES BATTLE
TO stewart
Chairman Gains Control of
81 Per Cent of Stock in
Indiana Standard.
CRUSHER FOR JOHN D.
Colonel Left Free to Link
Resources Closer With
Sinclair.
BIZ United Press

By OHtted Press
NEW YORK, July 25.-The New
York World says today that Col.
Robert w. Stewart had checkmated
John d. Rockefeller, Jr.'s efforts to
force him out of the chairmanship
of the $5OOO0O,OOO Standard Oil
Company of Indiana.
The World says it's authority for
that statement is from an "unim-
peachable source" and that Stew
art had gained control of 81 per
cent Of the stock of the company.
which he now controls by direct
ownership or proxy.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., recently
demanded Stewards resignation
after the colonel had defied the
Senate investigating committee
which sought to examine him in
connection with the deals of the
Continental Trading Company.
Battle of Giants
The fight settled down to a IT,
tanic financial battle between the
Rockefeller family and Stewart, for
mer South Dakota attorney and
Roosevelt Rough Rider, for control
Of the Indiana corporation. the
worlds largest gasoline refner.
Rockefeller said Stewart had
promised him he would resign If
called upon to do so by Rockefeller.
When Rockefeller lost confidence
in the chairman, however, and de-
manded that he give up leadership
OF the corporation, Stewart refused.
John ID. Small Owner
He was reelected to the chair
manship with Rockefeller withheld
ing his votes. Rockefeller owns only
14.9 per cent Of the corporations
stock.
If Colonel Stewart has won his
fight, the defeat is the most crush
ing Rockefeller has ever suffered in
his long and brilliant business
career.
1t leaves Stewart in control to
complete, if he desires a possible
tightening of the alliance between
his corporation and the companies
of Harry F. Sinclair, with whom he
was associated in the mysterious
deals of the Continental Trading
Company, whose profits found their
way into the Golfers of the Repub-
lican party in 1921.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-25
HUNDREDS FIGHT FIRES
RAGING IN MANITOBA
winnipeg, 500 Miles Away, Under
Pail of Smoke.

NNAAAAPO61 OOO 4'AAANo AAWGJ1 CAAACA
Pail of Smoke.
BIZ United Press
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, July Is
Forest rangers fought throughout
last night in efforts to check two
score brush fires raging in the
northern mining district of Mani
toba. Every available hydroplane
of the Royal Canadian air force had
been concentrated near the Pas to
carry additional men and equip
rnent to the scene of the fires.
Winnipeg, 500 miles from. the
scene, was wrapped in smoke all
day yesterday and the smoke
drifted S. lthward as far as the Da-
koats and Minnesota.
Some 5000 miners are scattered
throughout the affected area. 1t is
believed the blazes were caused by
prospectors burning of brush to aid
the min their search for minerals
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-25
3 i'm 1OHaUe TT
BIZ United Press

By United Press
NEW YORK, July U.s.
Richard v. Lewis, partner in
the oldest kitchen furnishing
concern in New York, says a
mans chances of getting an
ideal wife are three out of
ten.
He bases his deduction on
years of experience in watch
ing women choose fittings for
their kitchens.
American wives fall into
five classes" Lewis says. "They
are home-makers, the ideal
type, 30 per cent; jazz, or
can-opener type, 20 pei cent
nagging type, is per cent;
drudge type, 20 per cent, and
the baby doll type, IS per cent.
Women are just as inter-
ested in their kitchens today
as they were in grandmother's
time. Give them good 'lrlakin's'
in their kitchens and the per-
centage of the ideal type will
Jump"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-25

Times and WFBM Will
Broadcast Big Fight
Thursday Night.
THE indianapolis Times and

THE indianapolis Times and
4 WFBM, Indianapolis Power
and Light radio station, will broad
cast the Tunney- -Heeney champion
ship ring battle Thursday night, be-
ginning at approximately 9 o'clock.
The main bout only will be broad
cast by WFBM.
The British Broadcasting Com
pany has asked and received per-
mission to rebroadcast the fight
Thursday night through the cour-
tesy of The Times and twenty-five
other Scripps-Howard newspapers.
The British company, as well as
the New Zealand stations, plan to
pick up Graham McNamee's de-
scription of the bout through the
short wave tranSmitter of WGY at
Schenectady, and rebroadcast it on
the regular wave band.
This addition to the American
and Canadian stations already
hooked up on the National Broad
casting Company system for the
Howard broadcast will set
a record Tor coverage of a sport
event.
The main bout is expected to
start at 8 p. m. Indianapolis time.
A number of the stations will hook
up at 8 p. m. for the preliminaries,
while others will not come on until
9 p. m. unless the main bout should
start before that time.
Stations to broadcast beginning at
8 are:
WEAF. New York. WEEI. Boston.
VITO. Hartford. WAR. Providence.
WTAG. Worcester. WCSH. Portland.
WFL philadelphia. WRC, Washington.
WGY, Schenectady. WGR, Buffalo.
WCAE. Pittsburgh. WTAM, Cleveland
"WJ. Detroit. WGN. Chicago.
WKVA. Richmond, WSAI. Cincinnati.
Stations to broadcast at 9 D. M,
or earlier, if the main bout should
start before, are:
WFBM. Indpls. WFAA. Dallas.
KoA, Denver. WOAI, San Antonio.
WCCO, Minneapolis. WBT, Charlotte,
WCCO, st. Paul. WAX, jacksonville
WSM, Nashville. WMBH. Joplin.
woe. Davenport. WEDH. Erie. Pa.
WOW, Omaha. WBRC. Birmingham.
KVOO, Tulsa. WNOX, Knoxville.
KPRC. Houston. CKNG. Toronto.
VINO, Memphis. KSL. Salt Lake.
WEBC, Superior. WSB, Atlanta.
WDBO, Orlando, Fla. KPO. San Francisco.
WPG. Atlantic City. KGO. San Francisco.
WTMJ. Milwaukee. KGW. Portland.
WHAS, Louisville. KOKO. Seattle.
.KSD. st, Louis. KHO. Spokane.
WHO. Des Moines. XII Los Angeles.
.WDAF. Kansas City.
indianapolis theaters, through the
courtesy of the Times and the Unit
ed Press, will give their patrons the
fight, blow by blow.
The theaters using the Times and
United Press service will be the Ber-
kell Players at English's, Stuart
Walker Company at Keith's, Loew's
Palace, the circle and the Indiana.
The Apollo will have a special
telegraph wire and the returns will
be read into Vitaphone by Captain
Howard Clark of Ft. Harrison.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-25
DETECTIVES ON WAY
TO BRING BACK GHERE
Haag Murder Suspect Arraigned in
West on Robbery Charge.

While two city detectives, William
Rugenstein and Harry McGlenn are
ell route to California armed with
extradition papers for Lawrence
Ghere, wanted here for the MUIR
der of Wilkinson Haag, May 4, 1926,
Ghere and a companion, Nelson
Chittick, we're arraigned on robbery
charges at San Francisco.
They are suspected Of being mem
bers of an international jewel theft
ring. California authorities have
expressed willingness to let Ghere
return here to face the murder
charge,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-25
JUDGE BANS BAD BILL
COLLECTIONS IN COURT
viOIatOrs> VIII Be Prosecuted,
Justices Announce.


Justices Announce.
Declaring war on the practice of
using the Criminal Courts as a col
lection agency, Deputy Prosecutor
John Caylor today filed charges Of
compounding felony against A. D.
Warren, 2O5 N. Delaware st.
The charges were later dropped
in Municipal Judge Paul G. Wetter's
court.
Caylor alleged that Warren had
filed bad check charge against G.
r. Grey, r. r.. l., Box 39S, a
farmer, who gave Warren $40 bad
check for seed purchased. When
Gray paid the seed bill the charges
were dropped, Caylor said.
This practice of collecting bills
has become general and must cease,
he declared, and announced that
in the future persons using this
method will be prosecuted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-25
For Cat Sake
Bv United Press

By United Press
JAMESTOWN, N. Y, July 25.
"A pet cat with a bad case of
fieas brought out the fire de-
partment today and caused
hundreds of patrons to rush
from a smoke-fllled downtown
store.
The store manager told fire
men of the cats misfortune
and of how he helped to rem
edy the condition by lighting a
dozen sulphur candles in the
cats basement home. When
firemen, equipped with gas
masks, reached the candles, the
cat had disappeared.