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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-06
CLEAR SNOW
DRIFTS OUT OF
STATE ROADS
Northern Indiana Highways
Are Open to Traffic,
Says Director.

All State roads in northern Indi-
ana, which were blocked by snow,
were opened on Thursday the weekly
bulletin of the State highway de-
partment reported.
Director John D. Williams urged
trucking interests throughout the
State to get as much heavy hauling
as possible done while the roads,
other than those that are paved, are
frozen hard. He predicts that the
spring thaw will make them almost
impossible, due to heavy rains and
snow.
Surface conditions were listed as
follows:
Rd. Good stone surface from Rd. so
to, four miles north of Milan; avoid to
Rd S--Bridge run-arounds at one mile.
Wayne. Detour around grading three
Rd. eff food waters or ice cover road,
there will be a four-rnile detour at one
half mile west of Brimfeld.
miles southeast of Columbus. One-way
traffic bridges eight and ten miles north
Rd. s~Run-a5Ound via Mt Etna for
water or ice. a detour will be marked at
U. S. 20-Detour starting at one mile
east Of La Grange to Brushy Prairie is
U. S. 24-Short detour in Kentland De-
tour Just east of Huntington.
u s, 27-Brtdge run-arounds south OF
Traffic use cut of between Lynn and
EEu ,1't City; Short l detour one mile
mi ~ piChnNnnd nnfnnT 70 ND
one-tenth miles south of Richmond.
I'd 2S-R Ry 90 lust n9r rthr OF in
eTSecion OF 2g s edSs r. Bridge no
miles north of Knox. Detour from two
miles north of La Porte to junction of 20.
road for two miles north of Burlington.
U. S. 30-Short detour Just east of
Hamlet. in Plymouth and east of Etna
u. S. 31-when new grade eleven miles
north OF K .o.x is soft; tGaftic use the
Rd. 32-Run- arounds one and one half
miles east and one and e-half miles
edge Of Lebanon. Detour five miles west
Of Anderson.
Rd 3EDetours for local traffic Just
and Brownsburg. Through traffic be-
tween, IndianapoliS and Charlottesville
Rd s5~Narrow road between Corydon
U. S: 36-Short detour at Abner's Greek
Rd 37-Drive carefully past workmen
south of Grantsburg.
Rd. 39-Detour six miles south Of Frank
fort
U. 8. 41-Gravel approaches to several
new bridges between Vincennes and Sulli-
van. Detour from four miles north of
Attica to Boswell. Detour st. John to
Rd 43-Detour four miles north of Craw-
louisville. Bridge run-around two and
one-half miles north of Romney.
Rd 45-Widening road between Dale and
Huntingburg; traffic drive carefully.
Rd. 46-Bridge un-around three and
one-half miles east of Nashville. Bridge
run-around five and one-half miles west
of Bloomington. Drive slow at bridge
run-around five miles west Of Ellettsville.
Rd. 50-BEidge run-around seven miles
east Of Bedford. Bridge run-around Just
west of Seymour
u. S. 52-Drive carefully northwest of
Morristown
Rd. 56-Bridge run-around six, and one
half miles east of Paon. Closed for con-
struction between West Baden and Paoli.
Detour is poor. When thaw comes. heavy
loading is restricted between Paoli and
Salem. Earth surface between Salem and
Scottsburg impossible most of time. Tenn
porary bridge between Madison and Vevay
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-06
Board Kept in Continuous
Session by Angered
CohoeS Mayor.


COHOES, N. Y, Jan. 5.-The
Cohoes board of aldermen, sleeping
and eating during temporary re-
cesSes, remained in continuous Ses-
sion today while three missing alder
men, one a woman, needed to make
quorum, were sought by police.
Mayor Congo, against whom the
missing aldermen have declared the
most effective tilibuster on record
by disappearing, said he would keep
the board in session until they are
found.
The board recessed at 10 o'clock
last night until 7 a. m. today to
permit the three of the six alder
men who remained faithful to the
mayor to snatch some sleep.
The trouble started when the
board went into session Wednesday
afternoon to ratify the re-appoint~
ment Of Charles j. NesSon, the
mayors choice for president of the
board. Then came the holdout.
When the aldermen failed to ap-
pear Wednesday night, Congo :ssued
an order for their arrest. Mean
while, the board recessed at intervals
during the all-night vigil and at
intervals all of yesterday. Michael
T. Smith, Democratic leader and
head of the dissenting faction,
promised to produce them some
time during the day." but failed to
do so.
If the three are found and brought
to the meeting, the appointment will
be ratified by one vote - Mayor
Congo's.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-06
Tie Up City
APPOINTMENT by Hiding
BILL PROVIDES u. S.
JOBS FOR VETERANS
Preferential Employment Urged in
All Departments.

Preferential Employment Urged in
All Departments.
BU United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. - The
Senate Finance Committee today
was considering a bill by Senator
Dill, Democrat, Washington, provid-
ing that World War veterans be
given preferential employment in
all Government departments.
A bill by Senator Frazier, Repub-
lican, North Dakota, calling upon
the Treasury Department to design
and issue a 1-cent piece in honor
of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
was under consideration by the
Banking and Currency Committee.
Senator Tydings, Democrat, Mary
land, introduced a bill providing
double pensions for the dependents
of officers and men who lost their
lives in the Ssh and S-4 submarine
disasters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-06
CALL TEACHER FARLEY
Educators to Attend Curriculum
Conference Here Jan. 27-28.

College and public school educators
have been invited to attend a con-
ference on curriculum building at
the Teachers College of Indianapolis
Jan. q and %. The principal speak
er will be DR., Frederick G.. Eouser,
of Columbia University.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-06

for one-way traffic. Detour one mile west
of Vevay, part Of which Is narrow:
with two miles earth road across river
bottoms between Rogers and Sandy Hook
impossible in wet-weather. Detour south
of Washington account bridge construc-
ton and bridge run-around three miles
north of Washington.
Rd. 62-New pavement is open on So
between Corydon and New Albany.
Rd. 65-Bridge run-around five miles
north of Mt. Vernon.
Rd. 66-Detour between Evansville and
Newburg account widening. Impair sable
between Newburg and Hatfield. with no
detour. Through traffic avoid Sc and
Evansville Rockport traffic route via As
and 81 until further notice.
Rd. 67-Only vehicle and load combined
of 5000. pounds allowed on bridge one and
one-half miles south of Bruceville. with
speed limited to three miles an hour.
Temporary. bridge now going up. Bridge
ruu-around four miles east of Gosport.
U. s. 15o-Under construction from West
Baden and French Lick to Paoli. There
is a local detour between West Baden
and Paoli. but through traffic had best
route from Paoh over sc and so via
Mitchell.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-06
CITY BOASTS
493 MILES OF
PAVED STREETS
City Engineer Figures Area
of Indianapolis Is 49.5
Square Miles.

Indianapolis now has 1887 miles
Of paved streets, according to sta
tistics announced today by Sherman
Hendricks, junior assistant city en-
gineer.
OF this STAB miles have been re-
surfaced and 436.24 miles are orig
inal pavement.
There are 90.89 miles of paved al
leys, seventy-two miles Of which are
concrete and twenty-five miles brick.
The report shows 641.26 miles of &C.
ment walks.
Types of original paved streets in
clude:
Asphalt, 232.45 miles; asphaltic
concrete, 86,48; brick, 60.51; wood
block, $500 and concrete, 31.81.
The exact geographical location of
Indianapolis, figured from the CEN
ter line of the Statehouse, is:
Latitude, 80 degrees, 46 minutes
and 10 seconds.
Longitude, IS degrees, minutes
and As seconds.
Other city statistics compiled I'M
der direction Of City Engineer A. H.
Moore:
Population, 398,O17 Getty directory
estinate.)
Area, 49.5 square miles.
Length, north and south, 1873
miles; east and west, 1917 miles.
Miles of streets, 1870.
Miles of boulevards, 1922.
Miles unimproved streets, 297.o4.
Miles sewers, 524.83.
Miles water mains, $685..
Miles gas mains, 769,371.
Number street lights, 6,122.
Fire hydrants, 5,037.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-06
Fewer Liquor Arrests
BIZ Times Special

Blu Times Special
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Jan. g.
Arrests under liquor laws, which
formerly ran as high as fifty a
month here, have dropped to two
monthly. Restrictions on obtaining
search warrants as laid down in
the Wallace case decision of the
Indiana Supreme Court are respon-
Sible for the decrease.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-06
SHOW WOMAN is BURIED
Mrs. Romena Roberts, One Of Twins
Weighed 600 Pounds.

Mrs. Romena Roberts, 80, veteran
show woman. who, with her sister,
Mrs. Stella Kidd, travelled as "the
worlds largest twins" was buried
Thursday in Floral Park Cemetery
in a specially constructed casket. She
weighed 600 pounds.
Funeral services at Shirley Bros.
undertaking establishment, 964 N.
Illinois ST., we're attended by 300.
Mrs. Roberts died of pneumonia at
her home, 1868 w. Riverside Park
way, Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-06
PUzzLERS Get
MONEY PRIZES
Last Winners to Be Named
by Ted Tomorrow.
BY PUZZLE-HEAD TED

Here are the winners of today's
Puzzle-Head cash, puzzlers:
The winners of Ted's cash today
are those who sent in the lists cS
Puzzle-H Heads made from head lines
in last Fridays Times.
Mrs. Ona Binegar, ia s. Illinois
St., is the winner of the first prize
of SIS in cash. Mrs. Binegar's list of
Puzzle-Heads was humorous, clever
and complete.
Second Prices in cash-is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-06
s, 1928

contest. The winning lists will be
selected from those submitted from
head lines in last Saturdays issue
Of The Times.
There were hundreds of lists SUBJ
mitted to this last contest. Watch
for the winners tomorrow!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-06

awarded to William A. Henry. 1903
w. Locust ST., Shelbyville.
Mrs. Autumn r. Walton, 1904 W..
Market ST., Charlottesville, captured
third prize for the day-$2 in cash.
Tomorrow, Ted will announce the
winners of the final Puzzle Head
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-06
AUTHOR VISITS IN STATE
Maurine Watkins at Parents Farm
Near Clermont.

Maurine Watkins, author of the
play Chicago" which ran seven
months in New York and now is in
Berlin, Germany, is visiting her par
ents, the Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Watkins, on their farm three miles
north of Clermont, Ind. She leaves
for New Orleans next week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-06
Won't Ride in Cold;
 Gets Hit with Stove

NEW ORLEANS, March G. Mrs. Alice Hughes. thirty-one, is in a hospital suffering from burns which may prove fatal, her s4,600 home is in ruins and she is out a sweetheart because she refused to go riding on cold day.
 According to her story, Robert Gurley. her steady" called with car he had just bought and asked her to take the first ride" hut she, thought it was too cold.
 Then she said Gurley seized the legs Of small coal stove and cried: Well. maybe this will keep you warm," and threw the stove at her.
 One of the lids struck her. knocking her unconscious, and when she recovered, the house was in flames and her clothing afire.
 Police are searching for Gurley, a 250-pound iceman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-06
WHEELER HAS l HIS OPINIONS l ON CAMP AIGN
Wants Democrats to Have Progressive and Lib-
 eral Platform

WASHINGTON. March 6--Out- lining his views on a campaign platform. United States Senator Burton K Wheeler, of Montana, declared that unless the Demo- cratic Party becomes progressive and liberal it will be wiped off the political map
 The. Montana Senator spoke be- fore the Women's National Demo- cratic Club and avoided any ref erenee to candidates.
 The Montana Democrat, who in 1924 ran for Vice-President on the LaFollette ticket. said the Demo- cratic Party must take a fearless stand in protecting the masses against special privileges which he contended had been benefiting under Republican rule.
 ''If we draft a platform along progressive and liberal lines and name candidates in sympathy with such stands, there will no doubt be success in November. l hope the Democrats won't let big business dominate another convention" said Senator Wheel ef
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-06
FEW CHARGE
 DEvELO OPS ON
 NAVY PROGRAM
o k lahoma Representative Scents Scheme to Help
 Steel Industry

WASHINGTON, March 6-A charge that Congressional approv- al of $274,0OO.OO0 warship con struction program is sought al the present to stem depression in the ship building industry was made yesterday by Representative James V. McClintic, Democrat of Oklahoma. member of the House Naval Committee. in report dis senting from that of the other 20 members.
 Representative McClintic con tended the Navy needed subma- rines more than any other type of war craft and announced he will seek an amendment to the program on the House floor ) provide for 15 submarines instead of the proposed 15 cruisers.
 q am in favor of voting every dollar this nation needs to pro- vide adequate defense" said Rep resentative McClintic, but am not willing to expend $274.000,000 to stem depression of the ship building industry and provide ad- ditional Navy personnel and lux urious quarters, on type of ships not to be used in time of war, without the aid of submarines and aircraft The members of the Naval Affairs Committee have been told of certain Cabinet member. who resides close to the home of the steel industry, who advised the President concerning 2 the need of more work, therefore it Is not to be denied that this in fluence has exercised itself in be- half of the present ship building program"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-06
ALASKA BILL
 IS DEFEATED
House Votes Against Curry Measure-Opposed
 by Delegate

WASHINGTOaf ~. arcn G. After a lengthy debate during which Delegate Sutherland and Chairman Charles F. Curry. of the Territories Committee had a heated verbal exchange, the House yesterday defeated the Curry Bill authorizing additional payments to Territorial officers, already appropriated by the AL aska Legislature.
 The vote was 130 to 12.
 Tho measure would virtually mean the repeal of the Terri |tory's organic act, Sutherland said, and mean the entrance of bureaucracy into Alaska" The Delegate added: "I do not see why the Delegate has to com promise with every measure deal ing with his Territory that is unfair and unjustified." Chairman Curry jumped to his feet and said:
 You have always got fair treatment"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-06
FIND SKULL OF MAN WHO MAY HAVE
 LIVED BEFORE SPEECH DEVELOPED

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, March 6-Finding of human skull with an upper jaw sharply pointed has suggested to scientists the possi. bility that It may have belonged to primitive man who lived be- fore speech was developed.
 Dr. A. II. Ousdal, Santa Bar bara anthropologist. who examin. ed the relic unearthed IT feet be- low ground by sewer diggers, ex- pressed the opinion that it ante dated the Neanderthal and Java skulls and that "it comes more near to connecting man with the ape than anything ever before un- 
 The skull was found impedded in hardpan where, says Dr. Gus
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-06

GAINESVILLE. Ohio, March 6. Mrs. Velma West, aged 21, hammer slayer of her husband, Thomas West. was today sen fenced to life imprisonment after entering plea of guilty to sec ond degree murder charge.
 Mrs. West received the sen tence in tears and slumped into her chair.
 Mrs West conIesseu she had beaten her husband to death, us- ing a table leg and hammer, fol- lowing dispute over her attend ing bridge party. Following the staying of her husband, she at- tended the party. returned to her home, packed up some of her per sonal belongings and drove by automobile to the home of her mother where she was arrested the following day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-06
L4BORERS CAV TR4I FL BACK AND FORTH 4 BETW FEN CANADA AND UNITED STATES;
 sCIRCUTTs COURT MAKES FINAL DECISION

NEW YORK. March 6-Canadi- an residents holding .sar seeking employment 1n the Jnis x States may cross the International boun- dary daily without respect to the Immigration laws. The United States Circuit Court has unanim- ously made this decision
 The decision affects thousands of Canadians who cross the Intac- national boundary daily to work in industrial centers on the United States side of the border.
 The decision is based OH the Jay Treaty of 1794 between the United States and Great Britain which is interpreted as granting residents of either side of the border the right to cross and re- cross daily to transact business without the usual immigration re- strictions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-06
Conln,unisf Terrorism
 Causing Thousands. to
 Flee in China Section

PEKING, March 6. = official dispatches from Swatow describe intensification of Communist ter rorism in the country districts of Northeastern Kwantung causing a wholesale exodus of refugees toward Swatow to the sea.
 It is estimated that 30.0OO refugees are rushing tward Swa- tow and the streets in that town are thronged with men. women and children facing misery and giving the city the appearance of Black Sea cities to which the White Russians fled after the Rolshevist revolution. All steam CTS going to Indo-C China and the Dutch Indies are crowded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-06
GIRL SEIZED kT HER HChiE: ;TAKEN
 OFF BY 5 MEN
Mother S Cries for Aid hge Futile Rejected
 Suitor Sought

McKittriclz, Cal Masgh = Three kidnappers who seiead Miss Edna Baker agsG E years. as the door of her home ad ears ried her away while her mashar cried in vain for hnlp ara being sought today by the Police
 A warrant has been issnsd sar the arrest of Kenneth Essl.ias. ansuecessful suitor Miss Baker is to be married next maaIa 10 Arthur Mills.
 The girls mother declared lhaE Erskine's Jealousy Is responsibia for the kidnapping.
 Erskine is said to have remark cd recently; No other man will ever marry Miss Baker
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-06
Four Iowa Sisters
 All Telephone Girls

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa-The Cedar Rapids office of the North western Bell Telephone Co.,, has a real sister act" Marvel, Alma, Florence and Lucille Scott all are hello girls in the same depart ment.
 They like the work so we'll. they are tutoring their younger sister for the same job and soon there win be five sisters plugging the board side by side.
 The ideal telephone patron. say the sisters, is one who knows his numbers, talks slowly and dis tinctly and realizes that some times delay is inevitable.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-06
NOMINATION
 OF ESCH IS TURNED DOWN

WASHINGTON. .siarch 6.-An unfavorable report on the renom- ination of John w. Esch as a member of the Interstate Com merce Commission has been ord cred by the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. The vote was ' to 10 against.
 Esch's nomination was. oppos- ed particularly by Senators from the southern coal States because of his change in his vote on the Lake Cargo Coal Case whereby railroads serving the Pennsyl- vania mines were permitted to reduce rates to lake ports.1 this increasing the differential in fa- vor of the Pennsylvania coal fields as against the mines of West Virginia. Virginia, Ken lucky and Tennessee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-06
YOUNG GIRL KIDNAPPED BY 3 MEN
BALTIMORE BLUELAWS
 TESTED; CONVICTION

BALTIMORE, Md, March c. Charged with violating the Blue Laws. John Gallan, member of the Maryland Legislature and two col leagues of the Liberty Dsfenre League. which sponsored Sunday movie shows. have been convicted by d jury in the criminal court. Sentence was suspended when motion for a new trial were made
 Conviction followed series of test cases when efforts were made to introduce Sunday enter tainment into Baltimore.
 The verdict is interpreted as closing the long fight in the Balti- more Legislature which arose each session when the Baltimore delegation sought unsuccessfully to repeal the Blue Laws.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-06
] GIRLS KIT
 BY AN AUTO
Two Victims Are Dead, One Unconscious
 Driver Arrested

SEATTLE, March 6. The sec ond victim Of an automobile which crashed into q gro'1p of five high school girls waitsuH for street car. Louise TsanA.. stisass tvaasss s.ss aged l6 died a flow minutes after the accident.
 George Diebold confessed driv- CT. and Joe Mckay. companion. have been arrested.
 Victoria Astlett is still uneon- scious. Two other girls are out of danger.
 Diebold and Mckay, taxi drive CTS, stole the car after they be came drunk.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-06
MANY TRAPPED BY FLAMES IN
 HOUSE, QUEBEC
Mother Dies When Trying to Save One of Her
 Eight Children

QUEBEC, March 6-Ten per sons were killed in fire this morning which destroyed the home of Thomas Cliche in Parish Ste Marie Dobeauce.
 Mrs. Cliche died in vain at tempt to rescue some of her eight children who were trapped in the blazing house. Cliche also tried to reenter the dwelling after he dashed from the house in his night clothes to give the alarm, but he was driven back by the flames
 Mrs. Ciiche climbed through a window and was not. seen again.
 Charles Cliche, father of Thom- as. sleeping on the top floor. is believed to have been suffocated.
 An overloaded furnace is be- neyed to have been the cause of the fire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-06

BEM ERSYDE, Seetland, March V-Bemersyde Castle on the rive Tweed, for thousand years tha home of the Haig clan, has for it's new master bonnie young laird
 A ten-year-old viscount has in- herited the ancient feudal estate and title of his father, the late Field Marshal Lord Haig.
 The ascension of the young Wis count Dawick, Lord Haig. as the only son of the field marshal, has given new lease of life to the old family home. and has fulfille1 literally the prophecy long ago Of Thomas the Rhymer, legendary Scottish soothsayer::
 "Betyde, betyde = whate'er
 betyde
 Haig shall be Haig of Bemef-
 syde."
 The young master was born about the time of the great Ger man drive on the Somme in March. 1918, when his father, as supreme head of the British army. was issuing his famous order: With our backs to the wall and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight on to the end"
 The lad is greatly beloved by the Scotch tenantry of Bemersyde. He and his sister, Lady Irene. just a year younger, romp una;-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-06
Kenneth Macintosh h To Be Candidate for
 Seat of Senator Dill

OLYMPIA, Wash, March 6.--- Chief Justice Kenneth Mackin- tosh. of the State Supreme Court, has rendered his resignation to the Governor to take effect on April Is. It Is understood that Macintosh will be a candidate for the seat in the United States Senate held by Senator C. c. Dill of Spokane.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-06
Says SkagWdy Residents Play Coli AH Winter

MONTREAL March G. While golf enthusiasts have been Hooking to Southern re- sorts in pursuit of their sport, residents of Skagway, Alaska, have been enjoying the game on their nine hole course, within 400 miles of the Arctic Circle, said l.. J. Johnson, Railway Agent in the Yukon and Northern. British Column bia who has arrived here. He said the game of golf has been played all winter on the Skagway links.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-03-06
Spouse Discovers
 He's One Too Many

SAN FRANCISCO March Frank Mansre promised 10 l3va. honor and
 But when his wife, Mrs. Mar garet Manfre, told him q few days after their marriage. that she haa another husband "somewhera. and "a dear little son." he didn't feel so good.
 So he told his troubles Q Jaaaa Edmund F, Morgan and added that his wife is back again with her first husband. "Annulment granted" the court ruled.