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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
Five Racers Disappear and
Police Warn Derby
Contestants.

A scooter Crime wave" broke out
in Indianapolis Friday, when five
scooter thefts were reported to po-
lice. Ernest Owens, 1885 Cornell
Ave-, notified officers that three
scooters, valued at $18, had been
taken from the garage in the rear
of his home. Dick Miller, Jr., 225
N. Mount ST., son Of The Times
golf expert, and Joseph Eihlers,
Jr., 246 N. Mount St., were others
whose scooters were taken.
Detectives are working on the
theory that the thefts were inspired
by the -eagerness Of boys bent
on entering The Times Capitol Dali
ries scooter derby. Warnings were
broadcast to keep all scooters in
safe places until after the running
of the races is completed.
Lowell Wilson, president OF Capt.
toll Diaries, Inc, joint sponsor with
The Times of the derby, has Of
fered the five boys and girls who
have lost their scooters the use of
Capitol Diaries scooters for the
derby, if they desire to enter.
1t is hoped, however, that the
scooters, all of which bear distinc-
tive markings, will be found before
the time for the races.
Any one of these five children
who wishes to take advantage of
this offer should come to Tho
Times Office, bringing his entry
blank properly filled out, and ask
for the Scooter Derby Editor.
Entries are coming in rapidly for
the event, and city playground Of
ficials are kept busy giving help
and advice to the contestants, prac-
ticing daily at the recreation cen
tiers. Contestants are requested to
get their entries in early and avoid
any possible tie-up at the last
minute.
Clip the entry from today's pa
per, fill it out and mail it to Tho
Times, or present it to an instructor
at the playground which you at :
tend. Then watch The Times for
the announcement of date of the
elimination race at your play
ground.
Meantime, practice daily and
keep your scooter in a safe place!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE is IS

So let us consider President Cool
idge. He celebrated his sixty-fifth
birthday by going fishing and haul
ing in a couple of trout while news
paper and news reel cameras
recorded the event for the edifi-
cation and amusement Of the
present generation and posterity.
Then he cut birthday cake and
gave some to the camera men and
reporters, his only birthday guests.
But that only took little part of
his birthday. What did he do the
rest of the day? What did he
think?
OF course we have no right to in
quire. But when man gets to be
IS and is alone with his wife and
son, e must think of the many
years which have gone and the few
whict are to come.
The Fourth of July accident toll
was about the usual thing. United
Press dispatches reported 234 deaths
over the country, but there probably
were more. There were 116 drown
ings. eighteen fireworks deaths,
twenty heat prosptrations, five air.
plane deaths, and so on.
There will be a greater number
the next Fourth Of July and nearly
great a number this week lend.
But with some 10000, 900 people in
this country the odds are at least
100000 to one that you won't he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
Battered Ship Turns Back
Rn United Press

BU DHiteG Press
KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, July 7.
The Russian ice breaker Krassin,
attempting to rescue. members of
the wrecked dirigible, Alfalfa, is
fighting against the northern ice
with a damaged propeller and a
smashed prov.
Advices here today said that the
craft had succeeded in turning
backwards and now was heading
south from it's northern position
last described as just about sixty
miles from the ice encampment
commanded by Lieut.. Alfredo
Wigieri
Meanwhile the French cruiser
StraSbourg arrived at Kings Bay
Today and took Lieutenant Luetzow-
1olm aboard. The cruiser started
Immediately in search of Road
AnundSen and Lieutenant Luetzow-
Holm will make accommodating
flights in a search for the famous
arctic explorer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07

among the unfortunate ones if you
use ordinary common sense in your
pursuit of happiness.
But the procession of life wasn't
all death. Miss Amelia Earhart re-
turned from Europe. Miss Earhart
flew to Europe, the first woman to
fly across the Atlantic. New York
welcomed her handsomely, but not
quite as loudly as it did Lindbergh
or Byrd or the Bremen fiiers. The
market is slightly overstocked on
flying heroes.
Two Italians did make the world
sit up and take notice.
Maj Arturo Ferrarin and Maj.
Carlo Del Prete of the royal Ital-
ian air service piloted their plane
from Rome to Natal, South Amer
ice They flew 1921 miles and we're
in the air 81 hours and "a minutes,
breaking all sorts of records.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
Crime WaUe RACES OUe1
City, ScOOterS Stolen
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen tc
police today:
Clate Pruitt, Freetown, Ind, Ford
from Maryland and Illinois SITS.
A. G.. Tanner, 1911 Kelley st..
from Riverside Park.
Charles Larman, 1902 E. Ohio
ST., Ford, from Market and Della
ware SITS.
B. E. Libowitz, 80 N. Jefferson
Ave-, Chevrolet, license 660-512
from Delaware and Washington
SITS.
Benny Smith, Colonial Hotel, Lo-
comobile, 66O-1O3, from North and
Meridian SITS.
E. G. Pointer, 1725 Arrow Ave
Chevrolet, 61s-396, from Capitol
Ave. and Eleventh st.
George Ottman, SIT Stevens St.
Chevrolet, 1927, from Riverside
Park.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
17-HOUR FIGHT
CHEATS RIVER
OF ITS PREY
CanoeiSt Is Rescued From
PeriIouS Rock Perch
in Potomac.
PM Initcd PrcSs

RW tntcd Press
WASHINGTON, July sixteen
men from the United States Navy
Yard rescued Herbert Lugenbeel,
81, at dawn today from tiny rock
amid swirling Potomac River rapids,
where he had been marooned since
l p. m. yesterday.
All through the night searchlights
had played on the solitary pris-
oner perched on a rock slab,
two by three feet, jutting foot and
a half above waters in which no
man could survive.
About midnight the Navy men
put out in a strong boat to one
of three islands between the Mary
land shore and Lugenbeels rock;
to this island they made fast
rope, which they paid out until
they reached the second island.
They repeated the process until
they reached the third.
Saved After II Hours
Then they fastened ropes to two
of their number, who picked their
way among rocks to Lugenbeel's
side. A two-foot water drop over
night aided them in reaching Lu-
genbeel, who fell, weak and ex-
hausted, into their arms from the
slippery rock, where he had sat
cramped for seventeen hours.
Struggling against the current,
ot1f ofdnd Evy fIory
ried Lugenbeel to the nearest is
land and the Navy boat. The res
cuers then reversed their process
from island to island to the shore.
This time Lugenbeel was recover
ing sufficiently to smile and ask:
when do we eat?"
Lugenbeel and j. H. Angel, both
noted for heroic water rescues in
the past, set out in a canoe yester-
day to "shoot" the rapids in search
for the bodies of two drowned wom-
en-, one of which had been sighted
wedged among the rocks.
Canoe Is CapsiZed
Their own canoe capsized, as had
that of the two women. Each man
aged to reach a rock and cling fast
to it. Angels position was 200 feet
from Lugenbeers, and even more
hazardous. He was rescued by a
special fire department squad
equipped with a rope gun, which
made its way by fastening to sue
cessive rocks, and finally took him
off in breeches buoy fashion.
Meantime, the bodies of both
drowned women we're recovered
downstream. 1t was believed the
struggle to save the two men had
dislodged the body that had been
held between rocks in the rapids.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
Sleigh Driver Missing

BIZ United Press
ABOARD THE STEAMSHIP
BRAGANZA, EN- ROUTE NORTH
WAR FRODM KINGS BAY, July T..
Captain Sora, who commanded
one of the ice sleigh teams that
started in search of three missing
members of the dirigible Italia on
the far side of Northeastland, was
missing today and it was generally
believed he had met death on the
ice.
Sora had started alone, leaving
his ten Italian chasseurs behind, to
locate the three men. Sinct Jnel
he has not been heard from and the
ice has been breaking so rapidly
that it appears inconceivable that
Eora could have lived.
The ten chasseurs still are on
NOrtheaStland
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07


The plane was about halfway
across the English Channel, flying
about 1000 feet high. Loewenstein
rose from his seat> and started for
the retiring room. A while later
one of the others looked for him.
He was gone. He had mistaken the
entrance door to the cabin of the
plane for the door to the retiring
room. He opened the entrance door,
and having his mind on how to
make couple or more billions, or
whatever these people who don't
have to worry about where the
money for the next carpet for the
living room is coming from think
about, and stepped forth into death.
His body plunged 1000 feet into the
sea.
That is what we are told hap
pened. But no one knows. 1t was
a perfect setting for a mystery muir
der novel. Even--(name your IA
vorite detective story writer)-
could not have imagined a more
perfect. setting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
ARCTIC GAINS; MORE GONE

And in the far north the battle
to rescue more than a score of
men, wrecked in General Mobiles
Arctic dirigible exploration, con-
tinued. But the Arctic keeps gain
ing. There are more men trapped
in the frozen wastes now than there
were at the beginning.
General Mobile was rescued. And
this week Lieutenant Lundborg,
Swedish f1ier who brought Mobile
back, was taken away from the
camp of the Italia survivors by an
other Swedish aviator But the
rest Of the Mobile crew still are
fighting for their lives or are dead
among the ice foes. And Amund-
sen and five men who went with
him in a plane rescue attempt are
still missing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
JOHN D. PLANS
QUIET FETE ON
8STH BIRTHDAY
Will Visit Links With Old
CronieS, Motor With
Family Sunday.

BV United Press
TARRYTOWN, N. Y, July T.
John D. Rockefeller, ST., once the
worlds wealthiest man, will cele-
brate his 89th birthday Sunday,
changing but little the routine of
his daily existence at his Pocantico
Hills estate.
He plans to sit long at the
breakfast table with his family and
few guests. Then he will read the
many kilograms and letters of con-
graduation that his birthday al
ways brings him.
If it is clear day the late fore
noon will be spent in a nine-hole
game of golf with three of his Gro
MES on the links. Following a light
luncheon, Rockefeller will go mo-
toring for 40 or SO miles and dinner
will be served at 7:3O in the eve
ming.
Good Health, Spirits
The dawn of his Goth year finds
the elder Rockefeller in good health
and good spirits. Relieved now of
the cares of business by his son,
John D. Rockefeller. Jr., he is bet
ter able to cope with the ravages of
age
His years become more subject to
routine-Ormond Beach in the win
ter, Lakewood in the spring and Po-
cantico HillS-a 6,000-acre estate
in the summer.
There is little trace of the John
D. Rockefeller who fought his way
to the top of the oil industry,
ruthlessly eliminating his weaker
fellows. Now he is known by his
neighbors as kindly old man
whose habit it is to bestow shiny
new dimes on those who please
him.
Given Away S54S,OOO,OOO
A list recently prepared at his
Office showed that father and son
have given more than S548, 900 900
to upwards of fifty individual char
tiles.
Rockefeller's fortunes once was
estimated at nearly a billion dol
lars. 1t is generally believed that
he no longer has a vast fortune
in his own name and that he has
given the millions to his son.
At the age of so Rockefeller was
quoted as saying:
"I believe it is a religious duty
to get all the money you can, fairly
and honestly, to keep all you can,
and to give away all you can"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
STATE EXAMINER SCANS
RECORDS SUICIDE LEFT

Checks Papers in Office Boone
County Township Trustee.
BIZ Times Special
LEBANON, Ind, July IA State
board of accounts examiner is
checking papers relative to build
ing a consolidated school in Wash
ington- Township, following the sui
eide Tuesday of John S. Moore,
township trustee. The check was
started several days prior to Moore s
death, Lawrence F. Orr, chief eX-
aminer, announces.
According to Orr, the examina-
ton is being made on petition OF
25 residents of the township. Crit
icism of Moore's conduct of affairs
of his Office is believed to have
caused his suicide.
Lon Robson has been appointed
by Miss Merl Harvey, Boone Coun-
ty auditor, to succeed Moore.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
SCHOOL OPENS SUNDAY
Weeks Session Will Begin Battle
Ground Assembly Program

BIZ Times Special
BATTLE GROUND, Ind, July Z.
The 1928 session of the Battle
Ground assembly will open Sunday
when the first meeting of a weeks
school of missions will be held. Mrs.
G. H. Taylor, Greencastle, will be
the school dean.
An Epworth League institute will
be held July Is to %, with the Rev.
T. F. Williams, Lafayette, dean. A
Sunday school training conference
is scheduled for July % to %, with
the Rev. H. P Ivey as president. A
Bible school will be held July % to
Aug. s.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
LundbOrg Starts Swedish
Relief Planes Back for
Italia Crew.
SLEIGH DRIVER MISSING
Russian Ship Turns Back
With Battered Prov and
Broken Propeller.
BY ERIK BERNDSEN
United Press staff Correspondent


VIRGO BAY, Spitzbergen, July 7.
Lieut.. Einar-Paal Lundborg res
cued after almost two weeks on the
bleak ice wastes off Foyn Island,
plans to start back Immediately in
an attempt to save the five men
of the diriGible Italia crew with
whom he lived during his arctic
isolation.
Lieutenant Lundborg today was
ready to direct a group of Swedish
f1iers in rescue attempts for the
five men, including Lieut.. Alfredo
Viglieri and Natalie Ceccioni. The
1iiers are ready to leave today.
Saves Stranded Pilot
Ceccioni was injured when the
dirigible Italia made it's forced land
ang on the out OF The way, Barren
Ice Island. He has been in painful
condition ever since, receiving only
the medical attention that his
friends could give. He has recuper-
ated greatly however, so much SO
that he insisted General Umberto
Mobile be taken off the ice encamp-
ment ahead of himself
When Lieutenant Schiberg flew
TO the encampment Friday and
made the dramatic landing, he re-
moved Lieutenant Lundborg because
the Swedish lieutenant knew best
what methods should be pursued in
the rescue attempts.
Directs Rescue Work
Lundborg made one successful and
one unsuccessful landing on the ice
foe. He is thoroughly familiar with
conditions here. 1t was for this
reason that Schiberg rescued him
so that he might direct plans to-
ward rescuing the other men.
Schiberg'S landing on the ice foe
was described as a masterful bit of
: piloting-just as was Lundborg's
landing and take-off in saving No
bile. The Swedish pilot, with Lund-
borg as a passenger, had only a few
meters runway, but made perfect
getaway and brought out his hero
passenger.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
New Bank at WiIIiamspOrt

BIZ Tunes NpeCtdT
WILLIAMSPORT, Ind, July T.
The Citizens State Bank has been
chartered here, with a capital of
$4,000. There is no connection be-
tween the new institution and the
Warren County State Bank closed
recently, State banks department
officials announce. H. G. Crays is
president and H. H. Young cashier
of the new bank.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
STARTS U. S. CONTRACT
Local Company Begins $1,OOO,OOO Job
RecOnditioning Plane Motors.

Allison Engineering Company has
started work on its 100000 con-
tract to recondition airplane engines
for the United States Government.
The work will be done on 1900
Liberty motors, which have been in
storage since the war.
Several local firms, including the
Indianapolis Tool and Manufacture
ing Company and the Link-Belt,
have contracts to furnish supplies
in the construction work. The re-
built engines will be water cooled
and placed inverted in planes to. in
sure greater visibility for the pilot
and increased power for the motors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
Costly Squirrel

BIZ Tunes NDfCtnT
SCOTTSBURG, Ind, July T.
Frank Smith, farmer, paid fines and
costs totaling $7O35 following ar
rest by a game warden for killing a
squirrel out of season and for hunt
ing without a license. Smith was
hunting on his own farm when ar
rested
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
BACK HOME AGAIN

Stolen automobiles recovered by
police belonged to:
j. C. McClain, Shelbyville, Ind.
found on Southeastern Ave.
Ford, 23-846, found in front o;
$500 Shelby st.
Roy Daniels, 85s w. Twenty
Ninth ST., Ford.
Estil Hauser, 1914 E. Twenty
Fifth ST., Ford, found at entrance
of Riley Hospital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
Prepare for Highway Bids
BIZ United Press

Dy UJtLbU b33
vINCENNES, Ind, July 7.-Knox
County commissioners will meet in
special session Thursday to advertise
for bids for the George Rogers
Clark Memorial boulevard to be
constructed along the city's water
'front.' Building of the thorough
fare probably will be started this
summers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
Sewer Trench Caves In

BIZ Times Special
VALPARAISO, Ind, July Part
Of a trench being dug for this city S
100000 sewer system caved in as a
result of heavy rains, and as a re-
suit an estimate of 100000 for COM
plotting that portion of the work ly-
ing in the Donahue marsh will prob
ABLY be revised inward.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
DeUiHSh!
BIZ Times SpecieE

BIZ Times Special
COLUMBIA CITY, Ind, July
TT allowed the devil to take
hold Of me-" was the only de-
Tense made by the Rev. Will
liam E. Atteberry, Free Metho-
dist minister, pleading guilty
before Justice Of the Peace J.
P. Harrison to a charge of as
sault and battery on his wife,
Mrs. Myrtle Atteberry, mother
of six children.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
SUSPECT TWO IN DEATH
Jacksonville Officers Delay Ar
rests in Barrackman Staying.

rests in Barrackman Staying.
BIZ Times Special
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind, July z.
Authorities investigating the STAY
ing Of Lew j. Barrackman, SO, here
Wednesday, indicate two persons
are suspected, but no one-has yet
been placed under arrest. Funeral
services for Barrackman we're hell
today.
The body. with four bullet
wounds, was found in the Barrack-
man home by the widow, who as
serts robbery was the motive, a
theory not subscribed to by author
tiles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
HOosier to Notify AL

BIZ Times Special
BONNEVILLE, Ind, July T.
Charts H. Garrison, Warrick County
Democratic chairman, viii represent
Indiana, when Governor Alfred E.
Smith is formally notified Of his
nomination for President.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
Predict Late Melon Crop

BIZ UnlteG PTe8S
SEYMOUR, Ind, July Jack
son County's watermelon crop will
be late this year, according to local
growers. All indications are that
the crop will be plentiful and good
but about three weeks late. Usually
the melons are ready Aug. /.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
M0ONSHINERS MIGRATE
Forced Into Pennsylvania by Raids
in CarOlinaS
BIZ United Press

IN CarOl1naS
BIZ United Press
LANCASTER, Pa, July 7.-Driven
from their homes in the south by
the activities of Federal prohibition
agents, moonshinerS are invading
Pennsylvania in large numbers, Of
flcials Of the Pennsylvania State
police say.
Recent raids along the Maryland
Pennsylvania line, in the mountain
sections near here, have revealed
that the population is increasing
rapidly.
The majority of the newcomers
are moonshiners from North and
South Carolina, the State police
say,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
The PASSING
PROCESSION
: BY BOB BArMAN

1t rained, it got hot, Coolidge
caught some fish before the camera
and Loewenstein died.
Everybody celebrated the Fourth
Of July and over 235 people were
killed on that great national holiday.
1t is a great mystery-that death
Of Cant Alfred IOeWenStein. the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
Ne1US
of the
Week
Boiled
Down

the third richest the world LoewenSten
flying England to France in his private plane The plane
read
valet visitor and the pilot
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-07
CLAIMS BABY CANDIDATE

Montana Youth, %, in Race for
State Representative
BIZ United Press
BUTTE, Mont, July 7-Silver
Bow County claims the youngest as
pirant for public Office in the State,
Joseph P. Monaghan, who has filed
for Representative in the State Leg
aslature, is % years of age, and has
Just graduated from Mount st.
Charles College.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-14
Mayor Freeland
Back From Trim

McALLEN, Sept. 14.-Mayor +. B
Freeland who with his family has
been away from McAllen for n per-
iod Of six weeks has returned and
MS the mayor expressed II, "We had
a good time but the Valley and Me-
Allen certainly looks good to. me
and we are glad 10 be back home
The mayors trip carried him up
the Atlantic seaboard to Canada
and back.
Mayor Freeland complimentcd Act
ing Mayor Harrison on the way the
affairs Of the city had been handled
during his absence. The mayors
first official act upon his return
will be consideration OF a petition
presented during his absence re-
questing the city commissioners to
authorize the issue Of city war
wants, the money 10 be used in pro-
viding an airport for McAllen. This
petition will be considered al the
next meeting of the commission
which will be held Sept. 81.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-14
TEXAS SERIES
idle FRIDAY
Spuds, Bluffs One-All
3rd Game Saturday
AT Houston

HOUSTON, Tex, Sept. 14.-LP-
Deadlocked in their battle for the
Texas League championship the
Houston and Wichita Falls baseball
teams relaxed for a day Of rest, upon
their arrival today from Wichita
Falls, where the home team evened
the series yesterday at 4 all with a
10 TO 4 triumph.
The series reopens tomorrow with
each team needing two more VIC
tories to clinch the title. The rest
was welcomed by the Houston mound
staff, fou members of which were
pounded in yesterdays Suggest. With
Mike Cvengros, battling southpaw
hurler. fresh for tcmorrow's con
flict, Manager Galloway OF Wichita
Falls had little to worry about, be-
yond keeping his men in the vicious
hitting mood they developed yester-
day.
Houston started confidently yester-
day with a homer in the first inning
and another run in the second. In
the home half Of the second, how
ever, Wichita Falls began hitting and
continued 70 hit until every man on
the team had at least a single to his
credit. In the sixth, Lapan, Wichita
Falls catcher slapped a homer over
the fence with one man on the bases
and in the eighth Turgeon. Wichita
Falls second baseman dropped one Of
Penner's fast ones over the fence
with two men or the bases.
A capacity crowd was expected for
the third game of the series. II was
uncertain who would pitch for Hous-
ton.