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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-18
Anderson at Wheel

Gil Anderson started the race at
the wheel of the Stutz while Wey-
man piloted the Hispano.
The cars were stripped Of tops,
front tenders and spare tires, but
otherwise appeared as stock models.
Windshields were left on.
Word spread through the crowd
before the race that the Stutz had
turned a lap at 81 miles an hour
and the Hispano at "a miles an hour
this morning.
The cars were served from special
covered pits south of the regular
pits. The pits were filled with gas
tanks, spare tires, spare parts and
swift, expert workmen.
The crowd got momentary thrill
when N. G. yNegs, an executive OF
the Chicago Herald-Examiner,
landed in a monoplane in the in
field.
Tom Rooney will relieve Ander-
son and Robert Bloch will relieve
Weyman during the long grind.
Rooney is noted on all American
tracks and Bloch enjoys European
fame.
Seth Klein, State representative
of the A. A. A., waved the starting
flag.
Spotlights on the cars and flood
lights on the track turns are ex-
pected to make the night driving as
easy as possible.
Use Electric Timing
The Speedway electrical timing
device is clocking the miles. The
cars are expected to run off about
1,750 miles by the time the finish
flag f1ips.
The Hispano-Suiza won the in
sternational stock car races at Bou-
logne, France, in 1921 and 1922. The
Stutz is the same type as the one
that won the Stevens trophy at the
local track last year for twenty
four driving in which the car aver
aged better than seventy miles an
hour.
The French car has a cylinder
displacement of 422 cubic inches and
the Stutz 298.
No Spectators at Night
! Spectators will be allowed to
watch the race until dark, at which
time the stands will be cleared
y Speedway officials said it was neces-
sary to do this to protect the
grounds against fire.
Tickets have been sold by the
q Junior League for box seats in
Grand Stand A.
Hourly bulletins will be broadcast
Through WFBM, Indianapolis Pow
Ter and Light Company radio station
|and two Chicago stations. A p. m
Ahis evening and Thursday evening
results will be broadcast to Eng
land and France over WGY, Gen.
4 leral Electric Company's station at
Schenectady, N. Y.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-18
CITY SURVEY ORDERED
Needs of Various Departments to
n

Needs Of Various Departments to
Be Determined.
City department heads today were
requested to submit a survey Of the
departmental needs which will re-
quire city council action in a letter
by Mayor l.. Ert Slack.
Slack said the departmental pro-
grams would be studied and re-
port made to the new city council
before its nex6 meeting.
Slack is endeavoring to untangle
the finances of several departments
and desires the information from
city officials before submitting re-
quests to council.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-18

Basti was decorating the din
ing salon of the Conte Grande
when the ship was being built at
Trieste. For years he had been
trying to hit upon a plan to get
to America without waiting the
six years required by the immi-
grafton laws.
While he worked at his decorat-
ing on the ship he secretly built
a small cabin and equipped it with
a sliding panel. Then he smuggled
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-18

BJ United Press
NEW YORK.. April 18-The
IN most ingenious attempt ever
made by an alien to smuggle
himself into the United States has
failed because his watch stopped.
Vincenzo Basti arrived Friday
on the Conte Grande, newest ar
largest of Lloyd Sabaudo liners.
He was stowaway de luxe, trav-
cling in a private cabin which
none of the crew realized ex-
listed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-18

a cot, a chair, food, reading mat
ter and wine into his tiny cabin,
and when the Conte Grande
sailed he was aboard.
Basti did not leave the ship when
it docked here Friday. Instead
he decided to wait until a lunch
con was given aboard and then
stroll out with the guests.' Tues
day morning he awoke, looked at
his watch and saw that it was
1;30, the hour when the guests
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-18
french ENTRY
AWAY IN LEAD
IN AUTO RACE
Hispano-Suiz Stock Model
Starts at Speedy Clip in
$4,000 Event.
ANDERSON AT WHEEL
FWeyman Drives Foreign
Car; Thousands Flock
to Speedway.
ANDERSON AT WHEEL

Frances entry, the Hispano-
Suiza roadster, took the lead in the
start of the twenty-four-hou en-
!. durance race with an indianapolis
made stock Stutz Blackhawk car at
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
1this afternoon.
The Hispiano-Suiza maintained
the lead by a few hundred yards
through the first ten laps, speed
ranging over eighty miles an hour.
Racing fans from all parts of the
country, but mostly from Indiana
and neighboring States, were on
hand, attracted by the duel betweN
/ y. E. Moskovics, Stutz Motor Car
gCompany president, and G. T. Wey-
man, Paris, owner of the Hispanio-
Suiza. They have a side bet Of
$4,000 up as the prize.
French Car Leads
Aside from the $4,000 prize, the
crowd was interested in the test be-
tween American and European
engineering skill as represented by
the two cars.
,~ The race began at Up. m. 1t will
7 continue until p. m. Thursday or
until one of the cars is forced out.
At the end of the first twenty-five
miles the French car averaged 83.45
miles an hour and the Stutz 81.3.
The Hispano-Suiza was approx
imately one mile in advance.
About 5000 persons were in the
grounds when the race started, but
the crowd grew as the afternoon
advanced.
The grandstands presented a
miniature picture of a Speedway
race crowd, with the usual summer
colorS dulled somewhat by the
womens heavy wraps. Women for
the most part were clad in furs or
wrapped in brightly checked steamer
T11Cc 7.e<e@-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-18
MOTHER TAKES POISON
Deserted by Husband, Tries to End
Life; Condition Critical.

Despondent because her husband
deserted her and their two children
age 3 and 7, Mrs. Mary Britton, SO,
of II S. Oriental ST., attempted to
take her life with poison at her
home late Tuesday night. Her con-
dition is regarded critical at the city
hospital today. She has been liv-
ing with her mother-in-law, Mrs.
Elizabeth Britton, police said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-18
Woman Bank EmpIOye Dies

BU ItHI6S NDCCIuE
DELPHI, Ind, April 18.-Funeral
services were held today for Miss
Laura Grisseth, for forty years an
employee of banks here. She served
the A. T. Bowen bank for the last
twenty-five years and previously
had worked fifteen years for the
Citizens bank. She died Monday
after long illness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-18

would be leaving the luncheon to
return to shore.
Basti emerged from his cabin
for the first time and was seized
by members Of the crew. His
watch had stopped and it was 8
a. m, an hour when the decks are
deserted except for seamen who
were polishing brass.
Basti was taken to Ellis Island
and will be sent back to Italy
Saturday when the Conte Grande
SailR
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-18
HEART DISEASE CAUSE
OF MOST DEATHS HERE
Statistics Show Shift in Lists Of
Fatal Diseases.

SCaClStlcS SHOW SHllI III AlStS VI
Fatal Diseases.
Organic heart disease is given as
the first of the six leading causes
Of Indiana deaths In 1927, accord
ing to the State Health Board. Tu-
berculosis is sixth on the list, while
it was first in 1910.
The heart disease quota was
given as 5.517; cancer, 1882; apop-
lexy, 3,245; Bright's disease, $3.50;
pneumonia, 2,571, and tuberculosis,
1927.
Cancer has also made a tremend-
Gus increase in the last seventeen
years, the figures show The 1910
list went as follows: tuberculosis,
organic heart disease, pneumonia,
infant diarrhoea, apoplexq and can
poTs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-18
BAN DRY CARS SPEED
Prohibition Agents Must Drive Care

Prohibition Agents Must Drive Care
fully, DOran Says.
Prohibition agents must drive
carefully, according to a bulletin re-
ceived by George L. Winkler, deputy
dry administrator, from j. M. Doran,
prohibition commissioner, today.
Doran warned that only expert
enced drivers should handle prohi-
bition cars and that reckless speed,
endangering lives of innocent per-
sons, even in pursuit of bootleggers'
cars, will not be tolerated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-18
DRY RAIDERS NAB NINE
Three Agents Make Morning Sortie
at Madison.

By Times Special
MADISON, Ind, April iS.-Nint
persons were arrested here today ir
an early morning raid by three
Federal prohibition agents.
The prisoners are Mr.. and Mrs
Gem Lockridge, Mrs. Robert Cheatl
nam. Barnard Schultz, william
Marble, Roy Dill, Floyd Lee, Harry
Miles and Henry Gibson, ST..
The raiding officers we're Oscf
johnson, Charles r. Lieber and r
Negley.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-18
ELEANOR WINS SUIT
Booking Agents Claim Against Miss
BOardman Denied.

BOardman Denied.
By United Press
NEW YORK, April 18.-Murray
Phillips, theatrical booking agent,
lost his suit for $4,270 against
Eleanor Boardman, screen star, in
Supreme Court today.
Phillips alleged Miss Boardman
owed him the money under a con-
tract which provided that he should
receive 5 per cent of Miss Board
mans stage earnings and 10 per
cent of her motion picture income.
The jury ruled no contract ex-
listed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-18
Sick Man Kills Self

IBD Tunes SpecidT
ALBANY, Ind, April 18.-Funeral
services vii be held Thursday for
ak'oert Locke. rs, who committed
&c by hanging in a barn at his
|ere while respondent over i'll
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-18

v COFFEE IN TOWN. Sec
I p without charge. FETCH
FETERIA, basement Fletch-
t Bldg. 1890 a. m. to 7:30
Advertisement. I
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-09-27
Credit Rating Board
Is Formed In County

A local board has been recently
organized, in Plentywood and tribu-
tary towns, the object being the eli
mination of credit losses, by plac-
ing the control of credits into the
hands of the merchants, business
and professional men.
Modern times demand modern
methods in dealing with credits and
with this modern system in opera
ton, will tend to operate as a real
benefit for both the business world
and the Honest buying public, as it
will check these that are unworthy of
credit, thereby eliminating terrific
losses, which in many cases the
worthy customers are compelled to
buy indirectly. thus making it more
and more difficult to secure credit
accommodations.
The local board is a branch or
unit OF the Northwestern Credit Rat
ing Bureau. with its principal office
T. Fargo. North DaIota. According
10 the rcpr, sa;.tat YES that were mere,
this. concern operates in practically
every town and village in North Da-
kita, and at the present time boards
are being organized in the eastern
part of Montana.
A bulletin is issued every thirty
days, which shows just how the in
dividuals handle their credit accounts
and in this way it will Immediately
check up on delinquent debtors.
Their slogan is, "Pay your bills
promptly. Your credit demands it,"
IA good credit, your greatest
asset"
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-09-27
Class "F" Sheaf Grain
Class &c" Sheaf Forage
Crops and Grasses

Sheaves entered in this class must
be at least three inches in diameter
at the base and snugly tied In at
least one place.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-09-27
PREMIUM LIST All GIRLS CLUBS

Open to any girl enrolled IN All
club work in Sheridan County for
1923.
Lot No. LIST End
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-09-27
COUNTY LIBRARY NOTES

The county library subscribes for
several daily and weekly newspapers.
Among these are two daily papers
which are published in Montana: The
Great Falls Tribune printed in Great
Falls and the Montana Record-Her-
aid printed in Helena. A publication
especially for the farmer, The Nation
III Farm News, is in the library also.
Besides these we have vicinity papers.
The Medicine Lake Wave, The Plen-
tywiod Herald, the Producers News
and the Redstone Review. Another
paper which may be had at the Ii
brary is the New York Times, a
weekly publication which contains
world news.
The library will be open on We'd
nesday and Saturday evenings from
seven until nine o'clock.
There are still a few copies of old
magazines left which anyone may
have.
A recent book If travel in Arabia
which is very worth reading is "Tht
Revolt in the Desert" by t. E. Law.
renee. Colonel Lawrence makes il
very vivid and exciting; the wilt
Arab fighting and looting, the raid:
on the railways, the terrible marche:
through the heat or bitter cold Of
that country, the horrors of the Turk.
ish retreat and the entry into Dam.
ascus. 1t is a great story greatly
written.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-23
ROCKET
MAKES SPEED
IN FIRST TEST
New Invention of Ger
man to Go Around
World in Day, Be-
lieves Its Builders

BERLIN. May 23.-P1-The "Open
rocket car" propelled forward by the
explosion Of rockets placed in the
rear Of the machine was demonstrat-
cd for the first time on the Avus
speedway today. attaining a speed
v~ariously estimated at 100 miles an
hour. Fritz Won Open was at the
wheel.
The car started with n terrific roar
emitting a sheet Of flame and a cloud
of yellow smoke as the successive
rockets exploded. The machine gain
ed momentum as one rocket after an
other, all Of uniform power, was shot
off, the car taking a lunge forward
every time a fresh rocket exploded.
Won Open said the machine was
not intended to revolutionize motor
ing, but was a practical step toward
solution OF the problem Of flying at
a terrific speed through the highest
attitudes Of the earth's atmospheric
strata with the object Of making a
flight between Europe and America
within a few hours or encircllng the
earth within a day.
A motor-driven airplane, he said,
ceases to be effective mt the highest
attitudes because Of inability TO carry
p requisite amount of oxygen. This
obstacle. he said, can be overcome by
the rocket system which he said was
discovered in an old Latin manuscript
Of 1920.
Won Open did not attempt TO at
tain a maximum speed in today's
trial, but will make an effort next
month on a straight-away railway
stretch with a car on rails to shatter
existing speed records.
Won Open recently said that dur
ing trials with n driverless motor
car, a speed Of 400 miles per hour was
attained for a few seconds.
He is of the opinion that there is
practically no limit TO the speed
which could be reached by the new
machine. which has the appearance
Of the ordinary racing car, except that
the back part consists Of a steel
chamber with IL round openings out
Of which project the steel pipes from
which the rockets are discharged.
Fuses are connected with the pipes
and are linked up on an auto switch
board and are controlled from the
drivers seat. The rockets are dis
charged by means of an electric spark
and a sheet of flame bursts out from
behind the car which shoots off at a
terrific speed enveloped in a cloud
Of smoke.
The drawback to the new invention
is that each rocket costs a small for
tune.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-23
POPPY SALE
HERE May 26
Go to War Vet
Grams Hospitals;
Reserves to Sell

Members Of the newly organized
Girl Reserve group of Brownsville
will be in charge OF actual selling Of
poppies Saturday for the annual
poppy sale conducted each year by
the American Legion auxiliaries, Mrs.
Ben G. Clark, president Of the unit
has announced. Headquarters of the
sale will be the room formerly occu-
pied by the Williams radio shop next
door to the Queen theater.
An exhibit Of interest will be in
the window at this place featuring a
chaplaiu's flag, chaplain's over seas
service cap, field glasses in n German
case taken from n dead soldier after
the battle of the Meuse-Argonne, 4
pair Of gas gloves used in handling
gased bodies, British knapsacks, a
gas mask, all donated by Rev. X. O..
Macintosh. "A two-pound cartridge
and a helmet loaned by John Elan
niEan Of Los Ebanos will also be in
the exhibit.
Money realized from local sales
this year will 20 to the rehabilitation
fund for World war veterans IN hos
pitfalls located at San Antonio, Kerr
willie. and I'll Paso. il is said.
Contrary to past custom the pop
pics will be made exclusively this
year BY disabled war veterans or
members Of their families who N
turn receive n certain sum for their
work. Previously these peoples had
been made by local Auxiliary units.
The newly adopted plan gives more
work for those who need II and are
able 10 work.
Departments making peoples for
national distribution this year are
Minnesota. Wisconsin. Kansas. Idaho,
South Dakota. Oklahoma. and MIS-
sissippi. Those states making tnen'
for their own use are Arkansas. Cal
fornia. Florida, Georgia, Illinois.
Iowa. Kentucky. Maine. Michigan,
Missouri, Oregon. Pennsylvania, W.
rinia, Washington. and West Nir-
ginia. All work is being done IN hos
pitfalls or in workshops.
The largest distributing Is AZ
Kansas City. Mo-, where 2s7 men en-
ployed making peoples while 175 re-
ceive no direct compensation whiie
the rest Of them have less than 10
ner cent.
Brownsville will be divided into
districts for direct house c%anvasing
while the business section will be COW
cred BY other volunteer workers. Last
year n good showing was made oy
the sale but members Of the auxiliary
poirg far above the receipts last year
in the coming sale.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-23
Steel CREWS
CUT to- MEN
Steel Work on Bridge
AT End; Painters
Start Work

All but four steel workers were
laid off Tuesday afternoon by the
Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging
company when a survey Of the work
showed IL practically completed, Ar
thur Kinkade. general superintendent
said Wednesday. The four men re-
tanned will complete the work left
within a day or two. such as driving
up rivets and placing n rev smaller
cross members. kinkade said.
simultaneously with letting off
steel men. n crew OF painters were
thrown on the great structure to
put on the printing coat. All steel
has been painted red when leaving
the mills. the prime coat. and much
Of il rubbed off in transit. These
Scared places and rivet neads are
being prime6 preparatory to putting
on the aluminium paint. The alum
mum paint has been shipped. Kin
kade said. and three weeks should
suffice for the putting on of the two
coats specified by the owners.
Pouring Of concrete for the APP
nroach on the American side will
begin soon, the superintendent de-
clared. Forms were being built
Wednesday and reinforcing placed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-23
|. c. c. Hearing
Is Postponed

HARLINGEN, May 23.-The Inter
state Commerce Commission hearing
on Valley vegetable weights and stan
dard packs. which was scheduled 70
be held here May 81 to June 2, has
been postponed indefinitely. Notice
OF the postponement was received by
Missouri Pacific and Southern Pa
eific officials in Harlingen Tuesday
night.
While no definite date has been
fixed for the h--&ing, it is under
stood it will be held the latter part
of July or August. Press of bust
ness. which would not permit an ex-
aminer to come to the Valley, is
understood to have been the cause of
the postponement.
The bulged pack, separations on
seed potatoes and the charge that
seed potato rates from Wyoming and
Nebraska were among the principal
subjects to come before the examiner
at the hearing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-23

matter to the residents Of that sec-
tion to decide.
Contracts for grading and struc-
lures on five projects in the San
Benito precinct will be awarded AZ
the same time contracts are award
ed for paving.
Commissioners Logan, Baughn and
Laroche advertised for bids on nav
ing in their respective precincts on
May II. the Brownsville precinct be-
ing unable to advertise at that time
on account of the Boca Chica in
junction which was set aside by the
civil district court Monday, Nav 2l.
At a special meeting Of the con-
missioners court il was decided that
il would be advisable and more eco
nomical 70 award NIL contracts AZ
one letting. The previous call for
bids was rescinded. and the military
and Southwest roads included in the
notice for bids.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-23
Old Resident OF
Point Isabel Dies

POINT ISABEL. May 23.-Funeral
services for Mrs. Ramona We. de
Valent. age 81, who died AZ her home
here Monday, May 81. were held NJ
the Catholic church Tuesday after
noon. Rev. Fir. lie officiating.
The funeral was attended by a large
concourse Of relatives and friends.
Mrs. Valent was a native Of Point
Isabel. having been born at Brazos
Santiago Feb. q, 1851. and had re-
sided on Brazos island and Point
Isabel all her life. Her husband.
Don Antonio Valent, died several
years ago.
Deceased Is survived by three
daughters. Mrs. Pedro Barrientez.
Miss Margaret Valent, and Miss Do
lores Valent; two son Antonio. who
is now constable at Point Isabel. and
Pablo, a member Of the coast guard
crew: also two brothers who reside
in Corpus Christi, and fifteen grand
children.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-23

"Attenshun. forward. march!S
That is the command that ONE
10 mind when one sees this mill
tary looking little frock. Smart,
isn't il?
The material is a combina-
ton Of flat rayon and LGnvin
green crepe, showing a delight
fully swinging movement Of the
front fullness. which is gathered
instead of pleated. The mill
tary touch in tn trim
ming, which is made Of circlets
Of dark green rayon braid with
tassels.
The chic little beret worn with
this frock adds to the MARTA!
look. The frock may be worn
with or without a coat.