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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
Opinion Here Gentle i'm
Blaming Hoax Baby Wife
Was Justified, Think Some;
Should Have Adopted
Child, Say Others.

Indianapolis ministers, educators
and social workers were divided to-
day in opinion as to whether Mrs.
Myron L. Boyer of Detroit was JUS
tilted in deceiving her millionaire
husband into believing that an
adopted baby was their own flesh
and blood.
Most of those persons interviewed
by The Times held to the view that
a sensible agreement to adopt a
baby would have been far better
than the practice of deceit. but prac-
tically all were gentle in dealing
with the wife.
Views of Indianapolis persons:
The Rev Virgil E. Rorer, pastor
OF the Meridian ST. Methodist EpiS-
copal Church: she may have been
justified but not Sanctified in de-
he is extremely dull in the beginning
and throughout to have been so de-
ceived."
Mothers Love COndOnes Action
The Rev E. E. Guthrie, pastor of
the University Heights Christian
Church: Il believe she was justi-
fed although we are careful not TO
condone deception. I feel that she
was quite justified in this as the only
way to hold hei home together"
Frederick Van Mugs, attorney,
Grandview Dr.: THE inherent
mother love which prompted her &C
tions wholly justified her in what
she did"
Dr. I. j. Good. president of Indi-
ana Central College: 81 don't feel
that deception or fraud is ever JUS
tilted. 1 do not believe that any
woman should practice it in the re-
lationship that Mrs. Boyer did"
Mrs. Logan G.. Hughes, president
of the City Federation Of Parents
Teachers, 1928 Cross Dr., Woodruff
Place: Her intention was I'M
doubtedly noble and I believe she
was justified in doing what she be-
lieved would weld their domestic
life together"
AdNC fAuOptCA Anuu
Miss Isabelle Somerville, juvenile
court probation officer: Il don't
think that she was justified even to
keep her home together. She and
her husband should have peaceabIy
agreed to adopt a child. l under
stand the viewpoint. but still do not
think that anyone can profit by de-
ception of that kind"
L. E. c. Fackler, pastor of st.
Matthews Evangelical Lutheran
Church: There is too much de-
ception in modern married life as it
is. do not think that Mrs. Boyer
should have attempted to deceive her
husband. She should have adopted
a baby properly, and legally and
openly"
Mrs. Roy G. Taylor, club woman,
431O College Ave: ct don't believe
that deception is ever justifiable.
can understand Mrs. Boyer's view
point as woman, but it never pays
to do the thing she did"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
PROBERS Will
DIG DEEPER IN
C. 0. Poll LINK
Four Witnesses Are Called
to Appear Wednesday
at Quiz.
By United Press

| By United Press
WASHINGTON, March 6.-The
Senate Teapot Dome committee has
received information concerning the
disposition Of 100000 of Continen-
tai Trading Company bonds by the
Republican national committee and
has called four witnesses for
Wednesday to see what they know
about it.
Those subpoenaed include:
M. j. PesSin, advertising man of
New York, who is supposed to have
received $4,000 of the oil profits
from the Republican national COM
mittee in payment for advertising
work.
Wheat King SubpOenaed
James A. Patten, Chicago wheat
king, who is reported to have han
died some of the 100000 of Cont
mental bonds sent to Fred w. Up
ham. treasurer Of the Republican
national committee, by Will H.
Hays, committee chairman.
B. A. Eckhart and his son, Percy,
officials of the Eckhart Milling
Company, Chicago who are sup
posed to have worked with Patten
in disposing Of the bonds for Up
ham.
Hays recently testified that in
addition to the 100000 of bonds sent
to Upham, $4,000 was given to
former Secretary of War Weeks, and
$4,000 was used to pay off COM
mittee notes at the Empire Trust
Company.
This distribution did not take into
account $4,000 said TO have been
received by PeSsin, and the COM
mittee desires to clear up the dis
crepancy.
Plan Warrant for Stewart
A bench warrant for arrest of
Chairman Robert w. Stewart of the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana.
signed by Chief Justice Mccoy, of
the District of Columbia Supreme
Court, will be mailed to Chicago to-
day United States Attorney Peyton
0OA NOI dIlllOuIlCCQ COUdy.
Under the warrant the Rockefeller
company head will be required to
plead to the recent indictment
charging him with contempt of the
Senate in refusing to answer ques-
tons of the Senate Teapot Dome
committee in connection with the
Continental Trading Company in
veStigation.
Gordon said the warrant. with
certified copy of the indictment,
would go to the United States
Marshal at Chicago and that the
oil mans attorneys would notify
him to appear to accept service at
a time yet to be agreed upon. After
services. Stewards attorneys would
post a bond and he would be
directed to appear here for ar
raingnment and pleading on the in
dictment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Writer

XXTASHINGTON, March g.
w There is another Senator
from Idahol
Out in Idaho, where the big po-
tatoes grow, they know that very
well. But until recently if you
asked the rest of the country and
even most Of Washington to name
Idaho's two Senators, the response
would be, Bill Borah and-and-
well, let's see."
But many more people can an
SWer the question now that a
Senate subcommittee has investi-
gated conditions in the Pennsyl-
vania bituminouS coal fields.
For the other Senator from
Idaho, Frank R. Gooding by name,
was chairman of that subcommittee
and the manner in which he con-
Quoted that inquiry attracted ma
ton wide attention.
While Borah has served the
country as an international fig
ure, Gooding has been fighting
tenaciously for farm relief and for
his "long and short haul" bill, a
piece of legislation designed to
lower freight rates for Western
shippers.
He has been an active member
Of the Senate Committee on Ag-
riculture.
Gooding is self-made farmer.
He came to this country from
England when he was 9 years old.
BY 1915 he was one Of the biggest
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
DEMAND HEAVY FOR
EXOTIC VEGETABLE

Among the more exotic vegetables
to be had at city market today was
Broccoli, a combination of cauli-
flower and asparagus just making
its debut in these parts. 1t has
been in use in the East for some
time and though it is rare here there
is a large demand for it. Broccoli
is selling at Is and go cents a bunch
There are a number of things in
the out-of- season class. Strawberries
sold at rs cents a quart. Mush-
rooms, Scarcer today than at any
time last week, we're so cents
pound. Grapes also were higher, 40
cents a pound. Fresh asparagus was
priced at As cents a small bunch.
Brussels sprouts were Is cents a
pint. ArtichokeS were a little lower
and a little smaller. They sold at
20 cents a piece. French endive,
which was rather scarce, was 30
cents a pound. Chinese celery, only
to be found at one stall, was 20 cents
stalk.
There was not much difference in
price on the old stand-byS. Head
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
.AURD is APPOINTED
Architects Named City
Building Commissioner

William F. Hurd, architect, 1921
Olive ST., was formally appointed
building commissioner today in ac-
cordance with Mayor L. Ert Stacks
recommendation. This gave the
city two claimants to the job.
Slack announced Hurd's appoint
ment several weeks ago subject to
the engineering examination. Hurd
made a grad eof 88. Passing mark
is 70.
Building Commissioner w. A. Os-
bon, Republican, VIII owas named to
the board during the Duvall adj
ministration, refused to resign the
$4,000 post
1.-THE board will have to proceed
according to the statute before 1
will get out. The law provides the
commissioner can not be removed
without charges" OSbon said.
1t was indicated Osbon will file
suit for his salary after his name is
removed from the city pay roll.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
COMMITTEES NAMED
HoOSier Athletic Club Ap-
pOintmentS Made.

Appointments have been made
Hoosier Athletic Club by Harold
j. Hampson, president, as follows:
Entertainment, Harry Woodbury.,
chairman; Charles Nelson, Carl
Patterson, Ike Riley, A. o. Evans,
r. E. Creighton, Fred Denny, How
ard Muller; house, Walter B. Smith,
chairman; Joseph Morgan, Sam
Hoffman, Robert Wands, Russell
Goodrich; swimming. DR.. K. I. JEFF
fries, chairman; DR.. H. P. Clarke,
Harvey Elan, A. H. Moore, DR.. E.
M. Fitch, A. M. Taylor, E. w. Hill
debrand; membership, Joseph Nor
gan, chairman; Earl Blakely, A. w.
Fry, E. r. Klug, w. E. Singer, A. A.
Stein, Fred Townsend.
Publicity, George Wellbaum,
chairman; Harry Britain, Chris AL
bion, Albert Evans. Vedder Gard,
William Kellogg; dance, Carl Pat
terson, chairman; Earl Blakely, DR..
H. P. Clarke, Warde Fowler, Sol
Greenberg, Ralph Hart, E. r. Klug,
DR.. H. L. McIlroy, j. B. Marsh,
Harry Morton, J. H. Powers, Frank
Weber, r. H Whittemore, John w.
Davis, Harry Freeman, B. B. Ochs,
Ross Mitchell, Glen Riser. Otis
Skinner; finance, Otto Feucht,
chairman; Harvey Elan, F. w. As
perger, Warren Colby, Frank Kern;
bridge, A. M. Taylor chairman; C..
c. Stevens, w. w. Colby. w. c.
Best, Harry Conklin; cards, Joseph
Weir, chairman; E. L. Goddard, r.
A. Luley, w. v. Schultz, E. B. An
drews. A. E. Mantel, E. E. McFerren,
E. L. Steinmetz.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
Coal Strike Causes Nation to Discover
There Is Another Senator From Idaho

about that organization first hand,
for he was Governor of Idaho
during the famous Hayward
Moyer-Pettibone trial.
Who was Gooding when he re-
turned from Pennsylvania?
He was a conservative who, in
the eyes of the coal operators, at
least, had gone radical.
Never before had he identified
himself as a strong friend of
union labor. He never had the
support of labor He was re-
garded as a standpatter
But the sights he saw in the coal
fields made him burn with the in
justice of it all. Protests had been
expected from Senators Wagner
and Wheeler, but Gooding sudden
ly began to Guido them.
1t takes a good deal to shake
the Gooding Stolidity. 1t takes a
while for things to sink in. But
once he's aroused and sure Of his
facts, there's no stopping him.
So it was that for the first cou-
pie of days he let other members
of the committee do all the talk
ing and examining.
Then he suddenly pitched into
the operators and their bosses. He
showed them that he was chair
man of that committee, and be-
came ruthless in exposing camou-
f1age. Gooding is 81, but he was
tireless in his quest for informa-
ton. He was up every morning
by Z and held hearings all over the
coal fields that often lasted past
midnight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
CONGRESS- Will
STAY TILL JUNE
Lawmakers Will Recess for
Conventions.
By Times Special

By Times Special
WASHINGTON, March Con
gresS will not adjourn before the
national political conventions as
semble in June, congressional lead
erS have decided.
Instead of seeking to complete the
legislative program during March,
April and May, an apparently i'm
possible task, it has been decided
to accomplish as much as possible
and then take receSses during June.
This will enable Democrats and
Republicans alike to attend their
respective conventions and return to
Washington in July for the compile
ton of the Congress.
This plan was adopted four years
ago. A handful Of members will be
in Washington. They will meet,
discuss and pass "unobjected" bills
and recess for three days at time
until the conventions are over.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06

lettuce went at 10 and IS cents a
head. New cabbage was higher
than Saturday at 8 cents pound
Caulif1ower ranged from 20 to IS
cents a head. Heart celery was a
quarter a bunch for hearts and 10
cents stalk. Mustard green's were
Is cents a pound and endive 10 and
20 cents a head.
Button radishes we're 10 cents a
bunch and the long reds two
punches for Is cents. Green onions
went at two punches for Is cents.
Green peas were 20 cents pound.
Wax beans sold at 40 cents a pint.
Tomatoes are 35 cents a pound for
the better grade and beets 10 cents
bunch. Carrots were cents a
pound for the old and 10 cents q
bunch for new. Florida new white
potatoes were two pounds for a
quarter.
Eggs were IS cents a dozen today
and chicken As cents a pound.
Tempting little squads still we're rs
cents a pound.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
MISSING BAKER
FOUND IN OHIO
H. H. Freeman, Lost Twice,
Located in Cincinnati.

H. H. Freeman. formerly of 1870
Graceland Ave, who had disap-
peared for the second time within
five weeks, walked into central po-
lice headquarters at Cincinnati to-
day and asked the officers to care
for him.
He was sent to General Hospital
He said the was unable to recall his
past. Identification was made upon
a note in his pocket bearing the
name Of Mrs. Freeman and the In
dianapolis address.
Freeman, former superintendent
of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Company bakery, first disappeared
the night of Feb. /. He left the
bakery with his salary in his pocket,
saying he was going home. He was
not heard Of again until Feb. %,
when he returned home after wan
dering about the West.
A week ago today Freeman tele-
phoned his wife about p. m. that
he had an appointment downtown
at 4:30 and would be home for din
ner. He did not appear and a new
search was started for him. His
wife gave up their home here and
went to Dayton. Ohio, to be with
her mother. The first word she re-
ceived of the missing man went 70
her today in a telegram from The
Times.
He told Cincinnati officers he re-
called nothing except that a few
moments before Il was almost
struck by an automobile down by
the bus station and I realized 1
ought not be walking around the
streets like this"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
PEDESTRIAN HURT WHEN
CAR CATCHES OVERCOAT
John VOlmar, 20, Run Down While
Crossing Street.

John Volmar, 70, of 522 E. North
ST., suffered severe bruises when the
door handle of an automobile driven
by James A. Post, 46, of 1884 N.
Pennsylvania St, caught his over
coat and hurled him to the pave
ment at North and Meridian SITS.
late Monday.
Volmar, who was on his way home,
was crossing Meridian st. when he
walked into the side of Posts car,
police learned.
John Summers. 862 N. Bosart
Ave-, is in city hospital with scalp
decorations suffered Monday night
when his auto crashed into the
rear end of another car in the 300
block on E. Washington st. Sum-
merS' car turned over.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
PROPOSE new
Feeder MAINS
Expenditure of 100000 in
1923 Program.

Additional feeder mains, costing
approximately 100000, comprise the
major item in the Indianapolis
Water Company'S construction pro-
gram for 1928, H. s. Morse, man
ager, announced today.
Expenditures of 100000 are con-
templated during the year, Morse
said. While feeder mains comprise
the largest item, S70,5O0 will go into
replacement of two boilers at the
Riverside pumping station. An
equal amount already has been ex-
pended on this project.
Two hundred forty new fire
hydrants will cost approximately
$4,000, Morse indicated. Electrical
ly driven pumps at the filter plant
to take care Of peak loads will cost
$4,000, he sale.
Additional feeder mains hinge
upon the city's paving and sewer
program. Mains already included
in the water company's program for
1923 are on Manlove Ave, from
Forty Second st. to Forty-Si
ST.; Forty Sixth ST., from Manlove
Ave. to Ralston ST., and on to the
Monon railroad; English Ave, from
Emerson Ave. to Ritter Ave; Turner
ST., from Holmes Ave. to Mount St..
Turner ST.. from Pershing Ave. to
Belmont Ave; Vermont ST., from
Holmes Ave. to Warman Ave;
Nineteenth St, from Meridian st.
to Park Ave; Beecher ST., from
Madison Ave. to Fast ST.; Washing
ton ST., from East st. to South
eastern Ave: Locke ST., from In
diana Ave. to Michigan ST., and
Pleasant Run Parkway, from
Churchman Ave. to keystone Ave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
BY ISRAEL KLEIN
Science Editor, NEA Service

WASHINGTON, March g.
Every evening a scientist at the
United States Naval Observatory
at Washington sits down to a
transit instrument, which is really
a small telescope, and gazes stead
tasty into the sky.
Patiently he waits until a faint
light appears. Then there's a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
TEN May RUN
IN G. 0. P. RACE
FOR GOVERNOR
Eight Already Announced
and Two More Ready to
Toss Hats in Ring.
SCH0RTEMEIER GETS IN
u. S. CeSh Also to File;
Lands and Draper Pre-
pairing to Take Plunge.

Prospect of at least ten candidates
seeking the Republican nomination
for Governor increased today as
Frederick K. Lands, of Logansport,
and Luther o. Draper, State SEN
ator of Spiceland, prepared to file.
The lists close Thursday.
Candidates seven and eight en-
bered the gubernatorial race today
In announcements by Frederick F..
Echortemeier, Secretary of State,
and u. s. Lesh, former attorney gen.
eral.
Disclaining alliance with any
faction, Schortemeier said: 81 plead
for harmony within the Republican
party. AS secretary of the Repub-
lican State committee for five years,
] was not a factionist and I am not
controlled by any faction. I believe
every public office should be con-
Quoted independent of favoritism of
prejudiceS."
Stands for Enforcement
Schortemeier asserted Improve
ments should be made in the con-
duct of our primary elections" but
held that responsibility for any
changes rested with the party plat
forms and the Legislature.
He said public utilities merit con-
slant attention, that capital should
have proper protection, but that
interests Of the public should be
guarded zealously."
Enforcement Of all provisions of
the Federal and State ConstitU ions
is urged by Schorteneier
1.-THE people know or can ascertain
my record as Secretary of State
during the last three years" he said.
ct stand upon that record"
Schortemeier was born in Shelby
vile, Ind, March 25, 1889. He was
educated in the public schools here,
later being graduated from Butler
College and Harvard law school.
Lesh Enters Race
He was secretary of the Re
publican State committee for nearly
six years and in 1924 was elected
secretary of State. He was reelected
in 1926.
Lesh said: ST do not interpret the
popular demand for new deal to
contemplate candidate mex
perienced and unfamiliar with pub
lie business, but rather one whose
appeal reaches beyond factional or
group support; who is capable and
10 nf "
as they arise and not waste time and
money on questions that have been
disposed of; who can be depended
upon not to enter into secret
bargains inimical to the public good
to obtain support, first TO be revealed
in the unfolding Of an administra-
ton; and who would not use the
office to further selfish purposes"
Lesh was born on Wells county
farm. After graduation from the law
department of Michigan University
in 1891, he began the practice Of
law in Huntington.
He was appointed assistant attor-
ney general in 1917, serving four
years in this capacity. In 1920 he
was elected attorney general. Since
expiration of his term in January,
1925, he has been practicing law
here.
The six others who have an
nounced their candidates. for the
Republican gubernatorial nomina-
ton are: Charles w. Jewett, Indi-
annapolis; Arthur Synmes, Linton;
Alvah J. Rucker, indianapolis; Har-
ry G.. Leslie, Lafayette; Charles
Lowry, Portland and Thomas H.
Adams, Vincennes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
REMEDIES FOR
POLITICAL ILLS
ARE PRESCRIBED
Candidates FIay Corruption
in Office in Appeals
to Voters.

Remedies for political ills were
prescribed with variations in four
meetings in the city Monday night.
three Of them in Irvington.
Addressing the Irvington Repub-
lican Club, Inc, in the Carr Bldg,
5436 e. Washington ST., Cassius l..
Hogle, county commissioner pleaded
for more Simon pure" Republican,
ism and less factionalism. Hogle
lauded Republican State and county
administrations and urged a new
county organization be built to
unite factions for the coming cam
paign.
Asks Intelligent Voting
Edward j. Hecker, proprietor of
the Irvington Print Shop, address,
ing the Irvington Republican Club
at 54401a E. Washington ST., blamed
political corruption upon "the fall
ure of the people to vote intelli-
gently in the primary elections and
to understand party organization"
Decrying the need of a house,
cleaning in Indiana, Hecker warned
Republicans against turning to the
Democratic party for relief. Such
voters, he declared, would have to
choose between aligning themselves
with the "Keach faction or with the
factiaon headed by Mayor l.. Ert
Slack, which is trying to build up
an organization such as ours"
Promises Prosecution
Judson L. Stark, deputy prosecu-
tor and candidate for the Repub~
lican nomination for prosecutor, adj
dressed members of the South Irv-
ington Community Club at a meet
ing at English and S. Emerson AYES.
Explaining the work of the prose-
cutting attorneys Office, Stark said:
MY experience in the Office has
shown me the futility of any prom
ises to rid the county of vice. A
conscientious effort to prosecute
every possible law violator is all that
any human can do and all that I
believe is asked of a prosecutor"
He asserted, that if elected, he
would conduct the office free from
political influence.
BlameS Republicans
Raymond F. Murray, Democratic
candidate for the nomination as
prosecuting attorney, charged the
Republican party with response
bility for corruption in politics and
government, while addressing a
meeting of the Democratic Progress
sive League in the Indiana Demo-
cratic Club
"The Indiana voter" he said,
will not clean D. c. Stephenson
mud from the political boots of Re-
publicans by electing them to Office
in 1928"
II am opposed to criminal prose-
cutions instituted for political effect
and faithfully promise that indict-
ments will not be permitted to be
barred by the statute of limitations
because of political reasons"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen to po-
lice today belong to:
w. J. Barrett ST., 1901 N. Delaware
ST., Apt. Al, Ford, from in front of
residence.
John A. Boyd Motor Company, 833
N. Meridian ST., Buick, M-39l-l9.
from rear of Office.
Roy Holtzclaw, 226 N. New Jersey
ST., Ford, from 1900 block on w.
Morris st.
Thomas Roger, 2O32 Buckle ST.,
Chevrolet, 40-197 from in front of
residence.
Jack Goddard, 3419 Winthrop
Ave-, Auburn, 1O-950, from in front
of Lincoln Hotel.
w. E. Carter, Danville, Chevrolet,
from Delaware and New York SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06

click, a signal is set and the exact
time is recorded.
This time record is the ultimate
authority. The master clocks at
the naval observatory, from which
we get our broadcast time signals,
are thereby set.
The time is the time of the
stars. That is the basis Of all
time recording. 1t is based on the
daily rotation of the earth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06

ONCE we can't see the earth ro-
~ tate, we do see the stars above
APPARENTLY move from East to West.
1t is this movement of certain So
called fixed" stars on which we
rely for our exact time.
The scientist sets his transit to-
ward a fixed point on what is
called the meridian. This is the
line that divides the sky directly
overhead from north to south.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-06

He's waiting for a certain star
to cross the meridian at this point,
in its westerly course. He knows
beforehand exactly what time it
will be when the light from this
star shines through the transit
and notifies him the star is one
the meridian, for this time has
been calculated by exact mathe-
NAUTICAL methods.
Down in an underground vault