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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
TAX CUT DELAYED
Board Members Disagree
on Utility Reduction.

Because two members of the State
tax board could not agree on the
amount of reduction to be made in
the valuation Of the Citizens Gas
Company for taxation purposes, the
tentative Gu tset Friday must come
up for rehearing next week.
A reduction of 100000 tentative
ly was set forth at the hearing Fri
day. The 1927 valuation for the
Citizens Gas Company was $6,231,-
600, while the new rate is 1881, 100
Philip zoercher, member of the
commission, held for an 100000 re-
duction, while William A. Hough,
another commissioner, held for a
100000 cut. owen S. Boiling, sec
rotary of the commission, who sat
in place of John j. Brown, chairman
of the commission, who is out Of the
city, held with zoercher.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
BED-RIDDEN
WOMAN Saved
FROM BLAZE
Policeman Carries Invalid
to Safety as Ceiling of
Home Falls.
DAMAGE IS $4,000
Four Houses Burned; One
Fireman Slightly Injured
on Duty.

Fire that destroyed two single and
one double houses in the 1000 block
on Hillside Ave. early today pro-
vided Traffic Officer Leo Troutman
an opportunity for thrilling rescue.
Damage was estimated at $4,000.
Dashing into the home OF E. j.
Emerson, 2015 Hillside Ave, where
the fire originated, Troutman
wrapped the invalided wife OF
Emerson in her bed clothes and
carried her through flames and
smoke to safety.
Just as he crossed the threshold
the ceiling gave way and fell with
a shower of flaming timber.
Bed-Ridden for Two Years
Mrs. Emerson has been bed-ridden
for two years. She was given tempo
rary shelter in the home of DR.. G. o.
Toles, physician, 2O21 Hillside Ave.
The Emerson home and all furnish
ings were completely destroyed.
The fire, said to be Of unknown
origin, started in the kitchen at
the Emerson home about a. nj.
Troutman had left for his work at
about $50 a. m, and his wife was
alone in the house. In a short time
the place was q mass of flames.
Troutman, who lives at 20l2 Hill
side Ave, saw the fire and dashed
over to save his neighbor, whom he
knew was unable to save herself.
One Firemen Injured
When the fire companies arrived
the flames had spread to the homes
of Edward Bond, 20f8 Hillside Ave;
Carl Blacketer, 2O19 Hillside Ave,
and Charles Utterback, 2OO9 Hillside
Ave. Furniture was rescued from
most of these houses, but the in
teriors of the houses themselves
were completely swept by the
flames.
One fireman received slight burns
on the arm when attempting to shut
off the gas in one of the burning
houses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
SNOW AND SLEET BLOCK
TRAFFIC IN EAST; GREAT
CROP LOSS THREATENED
Drifts Three Feet Deep in
Pennsylvania; Trains Are
Hours Late.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
PITTSBURGH, Pa, April ga
record spring snowfall of eight to
fourteen inches, accompanied by
sleet, paralyzed train and automo-
bile traffic and telephone and tele-
graph services east and south of
Pittsburgh today.
No relief was in sight, as repair
crews were hampered by the I'M
expected heavy snowfall. Snow
drifted three feet deep.
The Pennsylvania Railroad and
B. 81 o. trains running east of
Pittsburgh were one to two hours
late. Dozens of telegraph poles had
fallen on the tracks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
ANDERSON PASTORS
FAIL IN LIQUOR CASE

Federal prohibition headquarters at
Indianapolis.
Jesse Taylor, city mechanic, ar
rested in the raid, will be released
at once, authorities announce.
Several weeks ago the Anderson
Ministerial Association detailed the
Rev. Owen A. Knox, Grace Method
ist Church pastor, to spy on city
employees. The first result of his
efforts was a shake-up in the de-
tective department, the second the
garage raid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
First CoIOred Member to
Get Congress Seat
Since 1896.

- WASHINGTON, April Gloon
gress will have a Negro member
again for the rst time since 1896 be-
cause OF the death of Representative
Martin B. Madden (Rep), Illinois, it
appeared certain today.
The Chicago district represented
by Madden, whose sudden death
from heart disease in his Office Fri
day shocked his colleagues, is almost
totally a Negro district, having
Negro representatives in the State
Legislature and city council. 1t re-
Gently chose two Negro Republican
national committeeman.
Opposed by Negroes
Martin was opposed by three Ne
groes in his recent race for renomi-
nation. His clest Negro opponent,
William j. Dawson, whom he de-
feated by 1900 votes, may be the
next House member from the dis
trict.
Negroes came to Congress first in
reconstruction days. There have
been twenty Negro Representatives
and two Negro Senators.
Speaker Longworth today will ap-
point a special House committee to
attend the funeral in Chicago Mon
day, which will follow a State fu-
neral in the House chamber Sunday.
A Senate committee was appointed
Friday.
Wood to Get Post
President Coolidge, Vice President
Dawes, cabinet members, the Su-
preme Court, the diplomatic carps,
members of the House and Senate,
chief of naval operations, the Army
chief of staff and other officials will
gather in the House chamber at
noon Sunday for the special services.
Representative viii r. Wood
(Rep), Indiana, will succeed to
Madden's post as chairman Of the
Appropriations Committee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28

Yet it is right that there should
be held such ceremonies as we're
held in Arlington. Somehow, one
likes to think, sthe dead are
graced with them; definitely and
beyond dispute they are an aid,
an inspiration. to the living.
AS I stood by the grave with
the thousand others who had
braved the elements to be pres
ent at that hillside sacrament,
one line of verse ran perpetually
in my head:
Devon, oh, Devon, in wind and
rain" and as I pondered over it
I realized it was more than the
wind and rain that had put it
there, though wind and rain there
we're in plenty, to form a fit pass
ing scenes for the rider of the
storm.
T HOPE it may be pardoned an
l. Englishman If he says that
there were present in his thoughts
memories of the heroes of his own
land, and particularly of the sea-
dogs of the West country, who
made the name of Devon ring
throughout the world. Drake,
Raleigh, Hawkins-Drake above
all.
Just such a man as Drake was
Floyd Bennett, quick to act. fierce
as the lion. yet Of a gentle and
courteous soul.
I thought of the English sea-
dogs, many Of whom were laid to
rest on just such days of gray,
hard weather as was yesterday,
yet never forgot that Bennett
was not. of my land, but of this
newer dountry that was born of
heroic men, and in recognition
Of that giant birth bears heroic
sons today.
And with this double train of
remembrance in my mind, I well
coined that most noble life and
most glorious death of Bennett
as things that could only bring
my country and this great renub-
lie into a closer sympathy.
greater intimacy, a deeper under
standing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
BOXING ISSUE UP
City Councils Commission
May Be Abolished.

The city councils boxing COM
mission may be abolished and the
authority to supervise boxing and
wrestling matches delegated to the
city controller.
The athletic committee, headed
by Robert E. Springsteen, will meet
soon to discuss the commissions jul
risdiction.
Paul Bridges, named commission
secretary by the former council,
probably will be replaced if the
commission continues in its present
form.
Promoters of the fights at the In
diana National Guard Armcry have
requested a conference with the
new commission on compliance with
the city's regulations.
The Armory promoters clashed
with former councilmen over en-
forcement of the city regulations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
WATSON HERE TONIGHT
Will Speak at ArmOry Meeting;
Delegations to Attend.

Delegations from throughout the
State have promised to attend the
Armory mass meeting tonight at 8
when Senator James E. Watson,
opponent of Herbert c. Hoover for
Indiana's presidential preference
vote will speak.
Watson came to Indianapolis
Friday night, after four days
strenuous campaigning in the
Thirteenth district, Hoover strong
hold. Monday night he will speak
at Fit. Wayne, Tuesday and We'd
nesday will be spent in the Thir-
tenth district and Thursday and
Friday in the Calumet region. His
principal address there will be
made at Gary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
RETURN PLANE CHECK

StinsOn Company Refuses to Build
Ship for Transatlantic Hop.
BIZ United Press
DETROIT, Mich, April 28.-The
StinSon Aircraft Corporation has
returned to Thea Rasche, German
aviatrix, a check for $4,000 which
she proffered as the first payment
on a monoploan in which she hoped
to fly the Atlantic. Officials of the
corporation said today it was their
policy to discourage suicidal"
flights.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
By Times Special

By Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, April 28.-Min-
listers here have failed in their eff
fort to prove charges that the mu-
nicipal garage adjoining the city
hall was used for liquor drinking
parties.
Analysis of liquor sezed in a re-
cent raid on the garage discloses
it is near beer and denatured alco-
hol, the latter such as used as an
anti-freeze solution in automobile
radiators. The analysis was made
by the Indiana State laboratory and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
BANDITS ROB AUTOIST

Jump on Running Board Of Car and
Take $21.
Two armed bandits leaped on the
running board of the automobile of
D. H. Smith, 648 Arch ST., at Bluff
Rid. and the Belt railway Friday
night and robbed him of $21.
He refused at first, but they stuck
the guns to his head and threatened.
Both escaped in an automobile
parked at the curb. When Smith
first drove up they were pretending
to be fixing the machine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
Chicago Grain Opening

CHICAGO, April 2S.-Grain open
ing: Wheat, May up &c, July I'M
changed, September up &c. Corn,
May off &c, July off sc, Septem-
Der off &c. Oats, May unchanged,
July unchanged, September up %c.
Provisions lower.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
NEGRO TO SUCCEED
MADDEN IN HOUSE
And Why!
By Times Special

ny IWCS DpGCtub
SOUTH BEND. Ind, April
28.-Sergt. Ellis Diver in charge
of the police traffic work, he's
received the prize-w in Minis
alibi from a motcrist who
came in with three tags and
two letters regarding improper
parking. Diver demanded to
know why the motorist had
delayed reporting so long. ''I've
been in the county Jail the
past few days." the motorist re-
piled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
New York Curb Opening
Pump Paddock
By Times Special

- a tHsNo h'RNNtUe
NEWPORT, Ind, April 28.-
Ariet Willis, self-appointed one
man dry enforcement tribunal,
put a paddock on the well pump
at the Jacksonville school house,
where he is janitor, and the
fight wa son. Willis, according
to testimony in Vermillion Cir
cult Court here, was attacked
by Israel Hunt, who lives next
door to the school. Willis said
Hunt had been in the habit of
getting water from the well
and was angered because he
stopped the practice by putting
a paddock and chain on the
pump.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
GLORY HIS STROUD

BY PHILIP HEWITT-MYRING
Associate Editor Lon don Daily News
nix beneath the earth The natiant

coffin beneath the earth The patient crowds
told
thing in their lives of experience that had made i'm
possible for them to be just those they
Floyd Bennett has passed beyond ken and all the rump have
before left he added
splash of the world English
well claim the right rejoice find inspiration it.
There death The armans gallant spirit has but passed on
find ardent undergo greater adventure
which nothing but will know
not fair noble that
lowered yesterday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
QuadrupIets' Father Dies

By Times Special
NOBESVILLE, Ind, April o.
oscar Stevens, 40, father of quad
ruplets, said to be the only ones
born in Indiana, is dead here after
a several months illness. He was
the father of eight other children.
The quadruplets were born two
years ago. They lived about four
months.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
OLD RECORD BROKEN
SpOhn Sets ShOt-Put Mark AS
Tigers Trump Poly.
By Times Special

By Times Special
GREENCASTLE, Ind, April 3D.
De PAW University track team
overwhelmed the Rose Poly thinly
clads here Friday by the top-sided
count Of 111A to 142l.
Hugh Spohn, of the Tigers, set a
new De PAW record, when he head
ed the shot Al feet, 10 inches, four
inches more than the former record
made in 1898 by DOC" Roller.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
HOGS DOWN rs CENTS;
FIRST DROP IN WEEKS
Hog Top HOvers Around S1O.4O to
$10.45; Calves Lower.

S10.45; Calves Lower.
Dropping for the first time in
more than two weeks, hogs went
down IS cents on the hundredweight
at the local yards today after hold
ing steady since Wednesday. The
top was S8.45 and the bulk weigh
ing 160-275 pounds sold at 5000.
Receipts were estimated at 1000.
Calves were lower again today
falling off SO cents. Other ma
terial was mostly steady.
The Chicago market opened very
slow asking steady. Most bids were
10 to Is cents lower with 180-220
Founders receiving bids Of 5000.
There we're 5000 received and 1000
held over.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
CounciImen Divided

Councilmen are known to be d.
vided. The votes in The Times poll
will be one of the deciding factors
showing whether the public desires
the adoption, of fast time"
No petitions are being circulated
by The Times to encourage voting
in The Times poll. Some groups of
employees and neighborhoods are
voting together on petitions, how
, ever.
y ALI votes are being sent to the
poll editor on the initiative of the
voters, thus insuring a fair ex-
preston of a crosS-section of the
city.
A number of other expressions
of opinion are to be presented to
council Monday night, it is known.
Petitions are said to be circulat..
ing in several theaters, which are
to be put before council at the
special meeting.
Theater Men Oppose
The Associated Theater Owners
of Indiana, representing 500 theater
owners in the State and fifty in
Indianapolis, has gone on record
against the proposed time change.
Charles r. Metzger, president, in
a statement today, attacked the
time change plan as "class legisla-
ton and a fad which is being pro-
noted by luncheon clubs, whose
members wish an extra hour of golf
in the evening"
He declared such an ordinance
would work a hardship on the
working man, because it robs him
of the best hours of sleep, namely
in the early morning, when the
temperature is the coolest and when
the atmosphere is most refreshing
in hot weather"
The Marion County Bankers AS
ISOLATION is gathering a petition for
the daylight saving proposal The
association unanimously voted for
"fast time" adoption last week.
Milling Employees Opposed
Evans Milling Company employees
voted eighty-two against and one in
favor on a petition sent for in.
clusion in The Times poll. Twenty
one Of the Paramount Glass work.
ers voted mo" and only one, the
night Waterman, voted Eyes"
Indiana Electric Company en-
ployes, however, forwarded f1fty-ont
favorable votes and National Furni-
ture Company seventeen eyes" bal
lots.
Sixty-four Kingan & Co. employee:
sent negative votes.
Considerable opposition to the
daylight saving plan developed at &
meeting of the Indianapolis Fedora.
ton of Community Civic Clubs a.
the Chamber of Commerce Friday
night.
Confusion prevented Councilman
John F. White, president of the as
ISOLATION, from counting votes OF
the question. White is opposed Il
the measure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
Dozen Fine
By Times Special

By Times Special
RIDGON, Ind, April 28.-
Assets Of $31.52 and liabilities
of 1855 were left by Lawrence
Spitzmesser, missing grocer
here, according to the report Of
the Elwood Trust Company,
receiver. Creditors of the gro
Ger will receive .00862 per
cent of their c laims.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
Cold Cash
for Ice Box

ICE BOX-Oak, rs lbs. porcelain
lined. Call on Sunday, 4473 College.
Mrs. E. M. Grass, 4473 College
Ave, ran the above want ad
in The Times only one night
and sold the ice box for cash.
Sell your articles of household
goods, furs, musical instru-
ments, etc., that you no longer
need. Buyers with cold cash
await your announcement. A
little for sale ad in The Times
does the job. Call Main $500.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-28
THOUSANDS OF
BALLOTS CAST
ON FAST Time
Clock Change for Saving of
Daylight Favored by
2,437.
1889 mo- VOTES IN
Debate Grows Hotter, With
Decision Up to Council
Monday Night.
1889 mo- VOTES IN
For daylight saving .2,437
Against daylight saving ...... 1889

Against daylight saving $500. 1889
With votes accommodating faster
than they could be counted, the ra-
ito for and against daylight saving
remained about the same in The
Times daylight saving poll today.
This mornings total was 2,437 for
and 1889 against. Because of the
large number Of votes received in
the mornings mail, total will be
compiled at noon today.
The final total will be counted at
non Monday. All ballots must be
at The Times Office by that time,
to be counted.
Monday night the ballots and
letters accompanying them will be
turned over to city council, when
that body meets in special session
to consider the ordinance providing
for daylight saving here this sum-
mer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10
LEGION THEME,

Continued from page one.)
again and again and again. and the
demonstration at the end Of his
speech lasted ten minutes.
After speaking of the American
Legion in Paris last year., and the
parade. Major Seapini continued:
Yesterday | saw again evidence of
your union and strength. All this
r~eawakens in me memory Of q time.
not so long ago when we we're sacri-
ficlng side by side in the trenches.
Much misery has come out Of this
war. We veterans have touched with
our hands those sufferings. II is our
duty to instruct the generation which
follows US in the horror of war; to
show them its absurdity.''
Comrades Of the American Legion,
We carry on our shoulders a heavy
duty 70 work with all our strength 70
maintai npeace and hand in hand we
can accomplish this duty-and then
all the dead fallen on the fields of
honor will sleep in peace"
Major Scapini read a message from
General Gourard of France, who
numbered in his command, the firty
second. the second. including the ma
rines, an dthe thirty sixth divisions.
Assurance was given that no
changes will be made in the constitu-
ton at this session when the report
of the committee on that subject,
rejecting all proposed amendments,
was unanimously adopted.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10
Reveal Utilities
Pay News Service

WASHINGTON. Oct. 10.-Py-Fi-
nancial support given by utility in
terests TO the E. Hofer and sons
news service, which circulates from
Salem, Ore, TO between 10000 and
$4,000 newspapers all over the coun-
try, was examined today in the pow
er investigation Of the Federal Trade
Commission.
A subscription list was identified
which showed that Ss4.S20.s0 had
been received from electric and gas
companies during 1927. IL was testi-
fled that financial support from
other industries had approximately
equalled that amount. !.
A sheet was produced containing
reprints Of editorials printed in ru-
raj newspapers in various states,
and Hofer said this had been circu-
lated by his firm. Aealy inquired
whether the service had consistently
opposed the government going into
business and municipal operation OF
utility plants and Hofer said this
was true.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10
Will FINISH
HANGAR Soon
Runway, Gas Installa-
tons Under Way at
Muny Airport

COMPLETION of the $1,000 hangar
of the Brownsville Municipal Airport
within the next three o. four days
was seen by Airport Manager Les
Maundin before leaving by automo-
bile for San Antonio Tuesday eve
ming.
The all-metal structure was we'll
up at that time, all beams and
framework having been placed under
the personal supervision of a factory
representative.
Work Of installing standard air.
port gasoline facilities and graveling
Of a runway also has got under way.
The runway angles across the field
in such a manner that takeoffs can
be made into almost any wind. No
definite finishing date could be
placed on the graveling due to the
element of weather. IL was said.
The underground gasoline facili-
ties, composed Of two tanks TO con
tain high pressure and regular fuel,
will cost in the neighborhood OF
S4.l00.
The airport managers home will
be ready for occupancy when he re-
turns from a trip TO Texas airpork.
The administration building will Be
in completion stages the last OF Oc-
tober. it was said.
Mauldin's trip will take him to
Austin, San Antonio, Temple, Wac,
Dallas and Fort Worth. All air
ports will be visited in an effort TO
pick up new ideas and 10 advertise
the local project.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10
HUNG JURY IN
JOHNSON Case
Pleads Guilty to For
gerry; Asks Sus-
pended Sentence

II had TO leave Harlingen or get
shot" was the statement of c. B.
Johnson, former Harlingen resident,
who plead guilty Tuesday when ar
raigned in the district court on a
charge Of forgery
Johnson, who admitted that his
real name Is c. w. Owens, was ar
rested at Wichita, Kans. A Harrington
woman whs is alleged to have been
with him. stated to Wichita police
she had been kidnapped from the home
Of her mother at Oklahoma City.
Johnson made an application for q
suspended sentence, and the jury
failed 10 reach an agreement. A sec
ond trial Of the case was set for Dc
tober %. at a special term.
According to Johnson's testimony
he was married in Kansas and is the
father of five children, ranging In
age from rs to 10 years. A few years
ago he was married at Sapuipa. Okla,
taking the name Of his wife, Mrs.
G. B. Johnson.
He was employed as an automobile
salesman at Harlingen, and admitted
he had forged the signature of +. c.
Wade, Brownsville garage man, TO a
check for S76.27, cashed by a Har-
lingen bank. stating he needed the
to get out Of town. The check
was refused when presented at a
Brownsville bank for payment, and it
is understood the Harlingen bank has
not been reimbursed.
The case went to the jury late
Tuesday afternoon, and the foreman
announced Wednesday morning they
had failed to reach an agreement re-
garding the suspended sentence for
which the defendant had applied.