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Evening star., 1928-03-07
DEFIES HIS ACCUSERS.
Sentenced as Traitor, Jules Laperre
Boldly Faces French Court.

Boldly Faces French Court.
PARIS, March Z (AD.-~Branded as a
traitor and sentenced to life imprison-
ment In fortress, Jules Cesar Joseph
Laperre remained defiant toward his
accussers to the end of yesterday s court
proceedings.
He abandoned this attitude only
when his wife, who Swooned Monday
when called to testify. came into court
ready to tell her story. But the judge
would not receive her as a witness and
Lapcrre waved her away with a gcs-
ture that expressed the only kindly
feeling he showed during the trial.
Evening star., 1928-03-07
Would Classify Crime Data.

Maintenance and classification OF
criminal records under division of
Identification and information to be cs-
tabished in connection With the De-
partment of Justice has been proposed
in bill introduced by Representative
Graham. Republican. Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1928-03-07

Educational films are being shown on
railway motion picture theaterS that
travel from station TO station in India.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
COMP LETE LAST
PRELIMINARY IN
SCOOTER DERBY
District 5 Winners Chosen
for Finals Labor Day
in Circle.

The last of the semi-fnals of
The Times-Capitol Dairy Scooter
Derby were completed Friday with
races in District No. at Riley play
ground. Those in charge were Jesse
P. Mcclure, city recreation director;
Lewis Skinner and Henry Long, SUI
pervisorS.
Harold Frye, 843 River Ave, Riley
playground, won first in the junior
boys race. Wayne Campbell, 1924
W. wilkins ST., was second, and Rob-
ert Sanford, 1902 S. Richland Ave,
was third. Both were from Rhodius.
Jack Mcmahon, "a N. Belmont
Ave, Indianola, was first in the SEN
ior boys race. Slobodan Yovano-
vich, 167 Bright St., Kingan, was
second, and Floyd Skies, 9O1 River
Ave, Riley, was third.
Ferne Watson, 214 Geisendorff St.,
Military, was first in the girls race.
Anna Lascus, 1924 N. Belle Vieu Pl.,
Kingan, was second, and Lettitia
Lupear, 5161A w. Washington ST.,
Kingan, was third.
Other children who raced were
Ewel Farley, Kenneth Oliver, Mar
garet Lucas, Harriet Mitchell,
Helen Mitchell, Paul Revere, Rob-
ert Chance, James Neese, Joseph
Kelly, Thomas Elkins, Beulah
Huber, Hazel Englert, Mary Malta,
John Pappas, Francis Stefanko,
Daniel Davis, Cornell Lupear, Alex
ander Youanovich, Victoria Marsy-
kscu, Donald Ash, Harley Francis,
Christ Krethiotis, Arthur Francis,
Alexander Tudor, Ferne Watson,
Julia Sarvich, Wayne Campbell,
Kenneth Oliver, Louise Green,
Marjorie Wiemann, Mary Sanford.
Winners Of first, second and thiro
in each of the three classes in the
fly semi-final district races will
race in the finals at 10 a. m. Mon
day q the Circle. All prizes will
be awarded at that time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
Early Chilling Is Found to
Hasten Late Maturing
Crops.
BIZ Times Special

BD Times Special
LENINGRAD, Sept. Hardship
in youth is good for oats, as it is
said to be good for human beings,
This grain of the North thrives best
and ripens earliest when it is
sprouted at a low temperature, ex-
perimentS by Prof. N. Maximow
noted Russian plant psychologist in
dictate.
Prof. Maximow exposed seed grain
to temperatures of about 40 degrees
Fahrenheit, only about ten degrees
above freezing. The stalks from
these seeds headed out earlier than
those from seeds sprouted at a
warmer temperature. This was true
even when the early chilling period
lasted only for few days, and the
two lots of grain were grown at the
same temperature for the rest of
their lives. 1t was found that this
treatment held good for all plants
that have a late ripening period.
The experiments give scientific
DO4AlO W dill OlQ IOuooActll lOlk Soy rs =
"If you want to grow rich fast, SOW
your oats in the mud" It has long
been held by the peasants That the
best time for sowing oats is while
the fields are still muddy (and hence
chilly from the melting of the
winters snow.
Another striking example of the
effect of early influences was OBJ
tanned by Prof. Maximow, working
on the influence of light. He found
that the effects of artificially
frightening or shortening the day
for plants we're just about as pro-
nounced when the. treatment was
carried on for a short period during
the early Seeding stage as when It
was persisted in to maturity. Ac-
cording to it's specific nature, a
plant would ripen its seeds early
under the stimulus of heightened or
shortened daylight hours, even
though that stimulus had been APP
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
C. 0. P. TO OPEN
QUARTERS HERE
Indiana Campaign viii Be
Run From English.

Indiana Hoover Club headquar-
ters will be opened Tuesday at 106
Monument Circle, in the English
block, where a speaking campaign
in behalf of Herbert Hoover will be
waged daily until the election.
This announcement was made to-
day by Oscar G. Foellinger, FIT.
Wayne publisher, Hoover's Indiana
primary campaign manager, and a
member of the Republican State
campaign executive committee. Mr..
Foellinger will be chairman.
DR.. Harry E. Bernard, Indian
apolis, secretary of the Hoover-for-
President clubs of Indiana in the
primary, will be secretary in charge
of the Circle headquarters. Miss
Dorothy Cunningham, Martinsville,
Replican national committee wo-
man for Indiana, will be vice.
chairman.
Hoover clubs will be organized
through the State, Foellinger said.
in a spirit of complete cooperation
with 1.-THE State Republican commit
tee. The State and local clubs will
intensity and supplement the reg
ular party organization work in the
Statd."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
STUDY BUDGET
/. TO ADVISE CITY
ON EFFICIENCY
Slack to Get Committee
Report Recommending
Economies.

Councilman John F. White today
headed a committee Of councilmen
which is preparing recommended
tons to the Mayor to increase the
efficiency and economy Of operation
Of city government.
The councilmens study will be
an outgrowth of several weeks pc
rusal of the 1929 budget which was
adopted formally Monday night. A
tax rate of $1.10, an increase of rs
cents over 1928, was approved. The
levy will bring in about $9,373 900
on the $676,000,000 Of assessable
property.
Edward w. Harris, council finance
chairman, and Earl Buchanan will
aid White in drafting the recon-
mendations to the city's executive.
The report will embody some of
the recommendations of the
Chamber of Commerce civic COM
mittee report presented the council
by William H. Book, civic director,
and other facts revealed at the
council budget sessions.
persons before the budget COM
mittee gave us number of leads
to possible improvements in the
governmental policies. We acquired
a great deal of intimate knowledge
on matters of policy which are di-
rectly of interest to a legislative
body" White declared.
The recommendations will include
recommendation as to more de-
tailed budgets in 1929, budgeting of
special levy expenditures, listing of
salaries paid to persons receiving
money from more than one depart
ment, equalization of salaries,
lengthy sick leaves of police and
firemen and proper use of balances
In funds at the end of the fiscal
year.
The position Of bookkeeper in the
safety board Office, now held by
Claude Wilson, nephew of former
Mayor John L. Duvall, was not listed
in the 1929 budget by council. Coun-
cilment felt the position of secre-
tary and bookkeeper should be COM
bined.
City officials are prepared to de-
fend the rs increased rate before
the State tax board if that body
sees fit to reduce the 1929 appropria-
ton and levy as it did last year.
TrrvIrN TIT y
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
RUSSIA ACCEPTS
CHANCE TO SIGN
ANTI-WAR PACT
Makes Many Reservations,
Requests in Answering
French Invitation.
BY EUGENE LYONS
United Press Staff Correspondent


" MOSCOW, Sept. Russia has
accepted Frances invitation to sign
the anti-war pact--but with many
reservations and requests for iu-
depreciation.
M. M. Litvinoff, assistant COM
missar of foreign affairs, Friday
handed French Ambassador Her
bette lengthy note accepting the
invitation. The note said that the
pact was incapable of preventing
war but added:
Nevertheless inasmuch as the
pact effectively imposes certain OBJ
legations upon the powers before
public opinion and gives the Soviet
government a new chance to put be-
fore all participants of the pact the
question of disarmament solution
the only guarantee for preventing
war-the Soviet government eX-
presses its consent to sign. the pact"
Claims Pact Indefinite
Litvinof said it seemed strange
that the Soviet government had not
been invited to participate in the
preliminary negotiations = Russia
was not invited as an original sigma
tory-recounting the Soviet efforts
ON behalf of disarmament at the
last disarmament conference in &C.
neva, and also her series of bilat-
eral treaties for outlawing war.
He regretted the absence in the
pact of any disarmament obliga-
tions and protested against the ''in-
sufficient defiriteness and clearness
of the first cause" which permits
arbitrary Interpretation by the par
Elephants.
He also cited the pact failed to
mention informal wars-the pact
dealing with warns of aggression
which he interpreted as "interven-
ton, blockade by military occupa-
ton of foreign territory and for
eign ports"
On this latter score he cited
previous interventions in Russia and
the present interventions in China.
Attacks British Clause
Litvinoff especially attacked the
British reservation which deals with
freedom of action towards certain
regions.
If that reservation means por-
tons of the British Empire, then
the reservation is superfluous. If it
means elsewhere the participants of
the pact are entitled to know
where the freedom of action of the
British Government begins and
ends"
He concluded by saying that this
reservation the Soviet government
can not but consider an attempt to
use the pact itself as an instrument
Of imperialistic policy"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
DENIES HOOVER
TRIED To CHECK
N. Y. DRY RAID
Mrs. WiIIebrandt Irked by
Rumor Nominee Asked
for Soft Pedal.
BIZ Times Spooinl

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, Sept. Her
bert Hoover is not interfering with
the enforcement of the prohibition
law in New York nor elsewhere in
the United States.
This is on the authority of Mrs.
Mabel Walker Willebrandt, as
sistant attorney general in charge
OF prohibition enforcement who is
credited with having inspired the
recent spectacular raids on Broad
way night clubs.
Mrs. Willebrandt, is outraged al
press reports that Hoover, after
confering with H. Edmund NIachold.
New York State chairman, and
William H. Hill. chairman Of the
New York Hoover Curtis campaign
committee, called in Mrs. Willie
brandt and sought to have her soft
pedal her official activities.
Denies Hoover Connection
After reading the articles which
appeared in some newspapers Friday
Mrs. Willebrandt invited newspaper
reporters to her office and dictated
this statement:
"It is perposterous that Mr.
Hoover or any other candidate for a
high and dignified office such as the
presidency of the United States
would presume to control the pub
lie officers in the discharge Of pub
lie duties. Mr.. Hoover has not
done so and will not do so. The
conduct Of my official duties was
not discussed with Mr.. Hoover"
Hoover is continuing his con-
ferences with political friends to-
day, his callers including Senator
Arthur Capper Of Kansas.
Hoover to See Babe Ruth
This afternoon he Is going out to
the American League ball park to
watch Babe Ruth and the New
York Yankees play the Washington
Senators.
Hoover plans to spend Labor day
quietly in Washington. He has no
speeches to make nor any political
engagements to keep. He plans to
take g. day or two off next week for
his annual fishing cruise in
Chesapeake Bay.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
PLOT AGAINST
THAW Barred
BIackmaiI Letters Sent to
Harry'S Mother.

By United Press
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sept. 1.-The
arrest of suspect today revealed
plot to extort money from Mrs.
William Thaw, mother of Harry K.
Thaw, police announced.
Detectives arrested William Beat
ty, a., on suspicious that he wrote a
letter to Mrs. Thaw threatening the
life Of her son if the demands OF
the writer we're not complied with
Beatty, who denied any connec-
ton with the letter, was arrested in
Highland Park at place where the
letter had directed $4,000 be left.
1--WE demand $4,000 from your
son." the letter read. eff he doesn't
take care of this matter his life will
be in danger"
Threatening letters of similar ma
ture have been received by other
wealthy residents of Pittsburgh re-
Gently, police said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
SelfMade Men i'm old
Egypt, Too, Rains ReUeal

servants, he stuck to his job and
learned it thoroughly, learned the
other fellows job and took that over,
climbing by degrees until he held
several portfolios in the Kings cab,
met.
In the land where rulerShip was
not only hereditary but a divine Of
flee, and the Pharaoh considered a
god, he could not, Of course, aspire to
the throne; but he did the next best
thing and married a royal princess
Their three children are represented
by statues in the sculptured family
group in Seneb's tomb.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
Career of Ancient Prince
Reads Like AIger
Tale.
By Science SerUice

~ science SerCtce
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-The rise
of Herbert Hoover from an Iowa
farm village, and of Albert E
Smith from the sidewalks of New
York, doubtless will be pointed out
to many poor and ambitious boy
this fall, with the moral that "only
in America could such thing hap
pen" But that will be claiming a
little too much for our country, for
similar careers were possible nearly
five thousand years ago in the Egypt
of the Pharachs.
Excavations near the famous
pyramids of Gizeh, reported by Prof
Hermann Junker of the University
of Vienna have disclosed the climb
Of poor young man to place in
the highest offices of the ancient
nation on the Nile.
Seneb, the prince who started as
an underling in the chambers of the
royal wardrobe, had an even heavier
handicap than most modern self
made men, for he was a dwarf
Scorned and laughed at by his fei-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
Cold Speeds Ribening of
Oats, Experiments Shoe

piled weeks before the ripening
period and then withdrawn.
Plants are not concerned prirnar-
lily with the whole of the white day
light when they respond to arti-
fetal darkening, Prof. Maxinow dis
covered. He tried cutting off parts
of the light supply, and found that
when red and yellow light was with
drawn the plants acted as though
they were in the dark, so far as thier
response to the length of day was
concerned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
ADMITS OLD MURDER
Prisoner ConfeSSeS Staying
Five Years Ago.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. IA pris-
oner held in the county Jail here
today has confessed, according to
detectives, that he murdered Mrs
Clara Banneke, As, who disappeared
from Swartz Greek, Mich, five years
ago.
The mans name was withheld
pending the arrival of detectives
from Flint, Mich, today. He was
arrested here July q, on charges Of
carrying concealed weapons.
Thursday night the man sent for
officers and made the confession
voluntarily. He said simply that he
had killed the woman and disposed
of her body.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
Discuss Safety Measures.
BIZ Times Speetal

o y 7 FTVto oVVDItV
ROCHESTER, Ind, Sept. IAN
accident last spring in which one
child was killed and twelve hurt,
when a school bus was struck by a
train, resulted in holding a bus
drivers convention in connection
with the annual teachers institute
in session here. The convention was
arranged by County School Super
intendent Roy Jones for discussion
of safety measures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
TOWN ALMOST TAXLESS
Last Levy of 5 Mills Collected
in 1926.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
HARRISBURG, Pa, Sept. IA
taxpayers Utopia has been found
in Pennsylvania. Records on file in
the Office Of the Department of In
ternal Affairs here show that the
borough of Armagh, in Indiana
county, has such limited municipal
needs that the visits of the tax col
lector are few and far between. The
last time the residents of the Dor
ough paid taxes was in 1926. Then
the levy was five mills. The total
tax of $394.12 collected enabled the
borough to operate in 1926, 1927
and it is still running on the same
amount.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
Old Settlers in Reunion
R0 United Press

~ ONtt6U TF6SS
GEORGETOWN, Ind, Sept. L.
Old settlers of Brown County met
today in their fifty-third annual re-
union at Hartman's grove near here.
Music was given by the Morgantown
band. Several speeches were on the
program. Prizes Of SIS each were
to be given tn oldest man and
woman present who have not been
rewarded in previous years. An old
f1ddlers' contest was to be held also.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
Two Win Scholarships

BIZ Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ind, Sept. miss
Marjorie Hook and Miss Elizabeth
Westerfeld have been awarded In
diana University scholarships for
high grades az students in the local
high school.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
Three Killed at Crossing

DO UHlECU FTCS8
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Sept. l.
Three persons were killed and three
others injured today when their au-
tomobile crashed into a Pennsyl-
vania freight train at a crossing
near here today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
DOG CATCHER REFUSES
TO USE NET IN WORK
Fears Cowboys Will Shoot Him for
Butterfly Chaser.
By United Press

BIZ United Press
ODESSA, Texas, Sept. 1.--While
the police department was adding
riot equipment, and various county
officers we're displaying modern ma
chinery for handling their business,
one official fatty refused to join
the up-to-date craze.
Tom Fifer, city dog-catcher, won't
use a net in his end of the bust
ness, although he admits that 1t is
being done by better class dog
catchers in other cities.
He's afraid to use one, as he ex-
planned; eff some Of these old cow
punchers saw me running around
town with net, they'd think I'd
started chsaing butterflies and shoot
me-"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01

BIZ Times Special
WABASH, Ind, Sept. 1.-The Wa
bash County Veterans Association,
Civil War survivors organization,
will hold its thirty seventh annual
reunion here Thursday. Frederick
Lands. Logsnpsort. will speak.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
JUDGE CONDEMNS 1000
Men and Women Executed During
One Year.

Do UtI6U PTt5S
PEKIN, Sept. IA foreigner liv-
ing in Kweiteh, Honan, in territory
controlled by Marshal Feng Yu-
Hsiang, reports that one Chinese
judge, Hsing Cheng-C Chang, has
ordered the execution of 1000
men and women during the past
year. The charge is chiefly banditry.
The report adds that recently one
Of the judges own spies was in
volved in the theft of $50. The
judge thereupon himself shot down
the man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
PRISONER CAN'T RECALL.
ALL HIS ROBBERIES
Man COnfessing at Elkhart Claims
to Be De PAW Graduate.

By United Press
ELKHART, Ind, Sept. Henry
Runpf, 48, South Bend, today con-
fessed to more robberies than he
could remember, according to police
here.
Rumpf, who claims to be a gradu-
ate of De Paw University and for
the past seventeen years a school
teacher, confessed to petty robberies
in Elkhart, Goshen, South Bend and
Mishawaka.
Acting under the instructions of
Rumpf, South Bend police found
most Of the loot in Rumpf's home
in South Bend. For the most part
it was composed of women's wear
Ang apparel, iewelry and other small
articles. Rumpf was returned to
South Bend today from Elkhart.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
Support obregon Principles

BIZ UHited Press
MEXICO CITY, Sept. Stand
ing before an oil painting and bust
of Aware Obregon, 1874 deputies of
the Obregon bloc swore today to
uphold the principles of the
assassinated president-elect. Ricardo
Topete was reelected leader.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
Pumpkin weighs 100 Pounds

BU Times Special
RENSSELAER,, Ind, Sept. IA
120-pound pumpkin is on display at
the Jasper County fair here. It was
grown near Tefft by John Collins
and won a blue ribbon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
BOXER BEATS WIFE
Featherweight Champ Arrested On
Mates Complaint.
BIZ United Press

81 LHltcH PFtSs
NEWPORT, r. L, Sept. l.
Claiming that her husband misused
his boxing skill and gave her beat
ing in family quarrel Mrs. Chick"
Suggs has had New England's
featherweight champion arrested on
an assault charge.
Mrs. Suggs told police her hus-
band knocked her down when she
resented his attentions to another
woman, The boxer was released
under $500 bonds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
MOTHERS MEDICINE is
FATAL TO 2 CHILDREN
Babe Drinks Contents of Bottle and
Dies.

h1Oe UrinkS COuCeuCS VI DOICe ana
Dies.
By United Press
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Sept. l.
Faith Taylor, 3, had too much acid
in her blood, She lay crying fret
fully in her parents home at Balls
ton, Va, near here.
Her mother gave her some medi-
cine from a bottle, then impatiently
went to the door to see if the doctor
was coming.
Vernon Taylor, Is months. toddled
near his sisters crib. He picked up
the bottle and drank. Some of the
medicine clogged his windpipe. He
fell, choking.
The mother took both children
to a hospital here. Faith died
Thursday morning. Vernon died
Thursday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01
British Filler Killed
Rnrnited Press

BH Lnited PTeS8
GRANTHANI, England, Sept. l..
Pilot Officer Edward tombstone
was killed today in the crash of
q Royal Air Force training plane.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-01

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