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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
Veterans of Great War

ing the national convention of tht
American Legion.
At the meeting of the post held al
the Thomas Circle Club, 1926 Massa.
chuSettS avenue, June q Condr Ben l.
Fuller reported that the students at.
tending the Southern Business CollegS
under the scholarships conferred by the
Henry c. Spengler Post have success.
fully met the scholastic requirement;
and are making progress in their
studies.
Senior Vice Comdr. Watson B. Miller
captain OF the Blue membership team
has placed his team in the van by sub
hitting the applications of Ave World
War veterans for membership in th2
post
| delegation of members of the post. who
| are also members of the Societe DIES 40
/ Hommes ct s CheavauX. to the special
| wrecking ceremonial to be held at Phil
sdelphia July 8.
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
National Capital Post, No. 127, Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars. held its reg
ular meeting June u.s. Past Depart
ment Comdr. George Neuner gave a
talk on the national convention to be
held in Indianapolis, Ind, in Septer-
/ Der
The following delegates were elected
to represent the post at the national
convention: Comdr. Il. c. Muschlitz,
O. j. Hollinsworth and E, j. Sullivan.
The date of the annual outing was
advanced at the last meeting to Au-
gust Is at Marshall Hall. Chairman
Ernest Wickstrand is planning pro-
gram,
Potomac Post, No. 1895, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, held its regular monthly
meeting Thursday at Northeast Temple.
Ccmdr. Fawcett, who had resigned as
post commander last month in order to
be able to cast his vote at the depart
ment convention, was reelected TO post
commander.
The balloting for candidates as dele
gate resulted in the election of Henry
Ewing as delegate and Conlrade Faw-
cett as alternate to the national con-
vention. to be held in Indianapolis E.
Warren was elected trustee for period
of 18 months and Comrade Belt as
trustee for IL months.
About 80 members of the post and
auxiliary attended the crab feast at
Pentlebury's Chateau on the Chesa-
peake. given by the Department Of
Maryland. Y. r. w.
The post is holding an outing at Bay
Ridge today Those who have auto
mobiles will meet at Fifteenth and H
streets northeast at ii am. Those who
do not have autos will meet the ma
chimes at that place. There will be
plenty of room in the different ma
chimes.
Thomas Dobbs was elected to mem
berShip.
Edwin S. Bethlehem. ir.. chairman
of the national legislative committee,
Veterans of Foreign Wars. appeared
Wednesday before the committee APP
pointed by President Coolidge to in
vestigate and make recommendations
concerning veterans and veterans pref
erence in Civil Service positions. He
asked the committee to consider the fol-
lowing points:
That the wounded and disabled vet
Grams. especially those who are old
campaigners. be placed on a separate
roster in the Civil Service Commits
sion without further examination ex-
cept as to their character, habits and
evidence of military service and that
the positions of guard. Waterman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01

Insects have larger wings than birds
In proportion to the size of their bodies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01

The Standards. the boys base ball
club sponsored by the Henry c. Spen-
gler Post. No. IL, clinched its title to
supremacy In the B section of the local
American Legion Base Ball League. It
ii now scheduled TO meet the Sam Rice
team. champions Of the A section. for
the championship of the District of Co
lllrnbia area The winner of the con-
test viii participate in the play-on Of
the area champions at San Antonio dur
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
DEATH DRIVER
SENT TO PRISON
Upton Man to Serve Time
for Fatal Crash.

Death of Allen Campbell, 1s,
messenger boy. 852 w. New York
ST., beneath the wheels of hit-and-
run drivers car, Oct. %, 1927. was
avenged today in Criminal Court.
Glenn kirkpatrick. 33, Upton,
Ind, poolroom proprietor, pleaded
guilty to being the driver and was
given a sentence of one to ten years
in Indiana State Prison on an in
voluntary manslaughter charge.
Deputy Prosecutor Judson L. Stark
had been prepared to show in Kirk
patrick's trial, scheduled for today.
that Kirkpatrick, drunk, ran down
the boy. who was riding a bicycle at
Blackford nd w. Washington StS.,
and sped on.
Later in the night, still intoxi-
Gated, he accosted another uni
formed messenger downtown and
told him to get out of the way, that
he just had run down "one of you
boys"
This and other evidence led de-
tectlVeS to Upton, where the second
messenger identified Kirkpatrick.
He was arrested four days after the
boy was killed.
A special venire Of fifty men had
been called for the trial. Pauper
Attorney H. B. Pike entered the
guilty plea of Kirkpatrick today.
With good behavior, Kirkpatrick
will be eligible for parole in ten
months. He. was to be taken to prison
Immediately.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
WATSON FILES FOR
PRESIDENTIAL RACE

John K. RuckelShauS, local at
torney, will preside. The speaking
program will be broadcast over
WFBM, starting at p. m. The
banquet is at 6 p. m.
Resolutions indorsing Watson's
candidacy we're to come before the
State committee, meeting at 2:30
p. m. at the Severin.
Kitselman let committeeman know
ne would not permit any preference
by the central committe for any
candidates for committeeman or any
offices in the State. asserting their
selection was wholly up to the
voters.
Voicing his personal Endorsement
Of Watson, the State chairman told
committeeman that the senior Sem
ator might have made some mis-
takes in his long public career. but
that his decisions, he believed, were
based on honest convictions.
The resolution indorsing Watson's
candidacy carried praise for his
services to beneficial legislation and
his devotion to sound principles OF
government.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23

Petition of Senator James E. Wat
son asking that his name be put
on the ballots for the Republican
primary, May 8, as presidential
candidate, was filed with Secretary
of State Frederick E. Schortemeier
today.
Petitions from each of the ninety
two counties, bearing a total Of ap-
proximately $1,000 names, were filed
with the request. Five hundred
Signers are required.
Assistant Attorney General James
House filed the petitions after 4
conference with M. Bert Thurman,
Watson's campaign manager.
Delegations from a score of In
diana cities will swell attendance at
tonight'S Watson-for President din
ner at the Columbia Club beyond
the TOO mark, Thurman predicted,
The senior Senator will not be
present. Albert H. VeStal, repre-
sentative in Congress from the
Eighth District, will make the ad-
dress formally launching Watsons
campaign.
minute speeches will be made
by other prominent Republicans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
Sweet, but Too Popular, Is
Opinion of Most
Women.

Indianapolis women agree with
Chicago women that Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh would not make a
good husband. Four of five Chicago
women interviewed by a reporter
there didn't believe they would care
to be married to the Lone Eagle"
because he's too popular.
Five of seven Indianapolis women
questioned stood with the Chicago
majority and the other two would
consider Lindy as a mate only under
certain conditions.
Too kiddish, Says One
Mrs. Gladys Beckner. 1924 Broad
way, thought that Lindy would make
an excellent husband for a quiet
little country girl who wants to be
bossed. He has a mind of his own
that accounts for his success. He
needs someone who won't oppose
him."
Il think he'd make a good hus-
band if he'd stop flying" said Miss
Gertrude Curola. 1928 N. Capitol
Ave, Il wouldn't want him other
wise. I'd be worried to death all
the time"
Miss Frances Morrison of the Will
liam H. Block Company regards the
Lone Eagle as too kiddish." and
apt to be too spoiled to make a
good husband. Il think he's sweet
but I wouldn't want him." she de-
clared.
Couldn't Be Home Enough
Mrs. Pearl Frush of the Durand
Hat Shop thinks that Lindy would
make a splendid husband if he would
make up his mind to settle down.
"He isn't the type to be easily
spoiled by women and their flattery,
but he isn't in position at present
to make the attentive husband de-
manded by the modern women. He
would be devoted in thought, but
he wouldn't have the time to spend
with his wife" she said.
Hes sweet, but too popular and
too much in demand to make a good
husband" said Miss Mamie Wilkes,
ALP Boulevard Pl.
Wouldn't Trade for Herbie
The most emphatic no. however,
came from Miss Dorothy Morris of
the G. o. Warnock Company.
"He might make a good husband
but I wouldn't trade him for my
Herbie" It's a fortunate young
man indeed who can truthfully say
Shed turn Lindbergh down for
mel"
Miss Mildred Fisher of the same
company declares that she wouldn't
want the colonel.
II know some one much more in
teresting to me-" she said. From
the appearance OF the third finger
of her left hand one was inclined
to believe her.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
Swift Temperature Drop
Forecast for Tonight
by Arlington.
LOW WILL BE NEAR 10
Blizzard RACES in West,
Sweeping Eastward at
Rapid Rate.

A cold wave and snow storm will
descend on indianapolis from the
northwest tonight, according to ].
H. Arlington, United States
Weather Bureau head.
The temperature will start drop
ping this afternoon and by Friday
morning will be down to 10 degrees
above zero, Arlington said.
AS heavy snow storm as fell
last Friday night is not unlikely,
he said.
The amount of the fall cannot be
estimated in advance, but strong
winds from the Northwest will cause
heavy drifts if the fall is heavy
enough, he declared.
Snowfall began at 1890 p. m.
The temperature had dropped from
Al at 10 a. m. to 81 at l p. m.
The cold wave is expected to con-
tinue at least over Friday, but Fri
day will be fair.
The advance guard of the storm
already has reached over the region
immediately west of the Missis-
sippi, Arlington said.
Temperature has dropped 20 to 35
degrees there this morning. Zero
temperatures we're recorded this
morning in northwestern Iowa.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
CRASH ENDS FIRST
VACATION IN YEARS

Daniel Engle, 7S, has been a farm
er all his life, accustomed to breathe
deep of the winds as they sweep
across the fields and meadows of his
Randolph County farm near Carlos.
He wasn't used to being 'pent up"
in a city apartment.
So he went for walk today and
a coal truck interrupted the pleas
ures of his first vacation from his
farm in five years and sent him
to city hospital in a serious condi-
ton with fractured left leg and
serious skull injuries.
Engle has lived all his life on the
farm. Seven Of his eight children
live with him and en- nearby
farms. One, Mrs. Earl Morrison,
lives at 4302ts E. New York st.
There isn't much to do on a farm
in winter, SO Engle came to visit
his daughter here last Sunday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23

BIZ United Press
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, Feb. 2S
American attempts to wrest the
motor car speed title from Great
Britain have ended fol this year
through the untimely ACCIDENT that
sent Frank Lockhart and his Stutz
Blackhawk catapulting into the
sea-and chief interest today GEN.
tered in Captain Malcolm Camp
bells attempt to break his own rec
ord.
Captain Campbell sent his big
Napier Bluebird over the Ormond
Daytona course Sunday, at a speed
Of almost 207 miles an hour, to
break the record of H. o. D. Sea-
grave, also an Englishman.
The British driver again will test
the full power of his Napier today,
in an attempt to obtain an average
speed of 210 miles an hour.
Lockhart's beautifully constructed
little Stutz racer today was
wreck while the 23-year-old driver
was in hospital. recovering from
injuries which doctors said would
not prove, serious.
Whirling along the sun-baked
course yesterday at speed
estimated we'll in excess Of 200 miles
an hour, Lockhart's machine
suddenly plunged crafty sideways,
overturned. and finally stopped 100
feet out at sea. Lockhart was
pinned in the machine.
Helpers ran to the stricken
driver, held him above the water,
and removed him from the
wrecked machine. His hips had been
crushed and he had other injuries.
The young drivers wife was in the
stand and tainted when she saw her
husbands speed machine go zig
tagging into the sea.
Mechanics said they believed a
frozen" differential had caused the
accident.
The other American entry, the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
HOOVER is AGAINST
DRY LAW REPEAL

in the liquor question, however, I
will say again that I do not favor
the repeal of the Eighteenth
amendment. I stand, of course, for
the efficient, vigorous and sincere
enforcement of the laws enacted
Hereunder. Whoever is chosen
President has under oath the SOL
emn duty to pursue this course.
Our country deliberately has
undertaken a great social and eco
nomic experiment, noble in motive
and far-reaching in purpose. 1t
must be worked out constructively."
Commenting on Hoover's reply,
Senator Willis. his rival in the Ohio
presidential primary, said:
"All want is to have my letter
placed beside Hoover's and let the
American people judge as to the
clarity, completeness and respon-
sivenesS to the question"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
Defiant Oil King Serves
Notice of Appeal on
Liberty Ruling.
BAIL is SET AT $1,000
Reasons for Refusing to
Testify Are Denounced
as 'FrivoIouS.'
BY HERBERT LITTLE
United Press STAFF Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-Senate
arrest Of Col. Robert Stewart, oil
king and defiant Teapot Dome wit
ness, was upheld by the courts to-
day.
Justice Jennings Bailey of the
District of Columbia Supreme Court
discharged a writ of habeaS corpus
under which the chairman of the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
obtained temporary freedom from
Senate officials seeking to arrest him
for further questioning and perhaps
summary commitment to Jail.
Stewards lawyers noted an appeal
to the District Court of Appeals.
The oil king was released on $4,000
bail.
Sixty Days to Appeal
Justice Bailey dismissed the writ
and remanded Stewart to the Gus
tody of the Senate sergeant-at arms
in less than half a minute.
Stewart has sixty days in which
to perfect the appeal. Unless it is
expedited the appeal probably will
not be argued until next fall.
Justice Bailey filed short opinion
in which he denounced as frivolous"
Stewards reasons for refusing to tes-
tify fully concerning the deposition
of the bonds.
The opinion pointed that Stewart
voluntarily testified in part, but re-
fused to tell the whole truth and a
part truth may be as misleading as
a falsehood.
1t was Stewards duty to answer
fully all questions if they were per-
tinent and his refusal could have
bee ntreated as an act of contempt
of the Senate, the opinion pointed
out.
Senate Course Lenient
"The Senate might thereupon
have had him attached to be
brought before the bar Of the Senate
to answer for his contempt as he
has done in several cases, but in
stead took a more lenient course
in having him brought before the
bar of the Senate to answer such
pertinent questions as might be
asked him there"
Replying to Stewards contention
that ne had answered all questions
of public interest put up by the
committee and that the disputed
questions sought to go into private
affairs, the opinion said:
ut may be assumed that the SEN
ate had in mind the possibility Of
the need of further legislation"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
CRASH VICTIM DIES
Miss Frances Spencer Hurt
Jan. 29.

Miss Frances Spencer, So, of 3115
N. Meridian St, injured in an auto
mobile collision at Meridian and
Thirty-Eighth SITS. Jan. 20, died at
st. Vincent's Hospital early today.
Miss Spencer, an organist, was one
of four passengers riding with A. F.
Bentley, 958 N. Pennsylvania ST.,
when their automobile collided with
one driven by C. H. FosS, 1904 N.
Pennsylvania st.
Miss Spencer had been organisI
at SIS. Peter and aul Cathedral for
twenty years. She had been q
music instructor at Tudor Hall girls
school for fifteen years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
Storm Wrecks Havoc

BD United Press
CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-Sleet and
snow storms, accompanied by sud-
den temperature drops, left commu-
nication lines crippled in the Middle
West, near Northwest and South
west today.
Nebraska, Kansas and Minnesota
were hardest hit.
Six deaths were attributed to cold
and storms in Minneapolis and ST.
Paul. Sleet and snow fell over most
Of the State.
An official temperature of 5 above
zero was reported in Lincoln, Neb.
A light snow fell in Chicago this
morning, and the temperature was
dropping.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
HEAR HOGUE'S CASE
Mayor Suit Arguments
Made in High Court.

Arguments were made before the
State Supreme Court today for
Joseph L. Hogue, city controller
under the late Mayor Lew Shank,
who seeks the mayors chair in the
place of l.. Ert Slack. Hogue's Cir
cult Court quo warranto suit
against Slack is on appeal before
the higher court.
Solon J. Carter, representing
Hogue, said the election of former
Mayor John L. Duvall was void be-
cause of the acts of bribery commit
ted by the candidate that were
brought out in his conviction for vio-
lation of the corrupt practices act.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
Hot Skipper
By United Press

- y I HhtCb ZOO
EVANSTON, Ill, Feb. 23.-
Flagpole setting, ambassador of
good willing and other here
tofore distinguished feats of
skill and daring we're over
shadowed today by the record
breaking achievement of Ches-
ter Levere, who skipped the
rope $4,000 times for new
worlds record.
Levere celebrated his fifty
eighth biTthdly by breaking
his own record of 10000 skips.
His achievement was gained at
great personal sacrif1ce-the
sacrifice, to be exact, of thir-
teen pounds of person, accord
ing to the scales at the Ev-
anston Hotel, where he skipped
for three hours and 80 minutes.
Levere averaged 68.49 skips
per minute.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
BIZ United Press

By UHttCd Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-Secrc-
tary Of Commerce Hoover, candidate
for the Republican presidential
nomination, informed Senator
Borah today he does not favor re-
peal of the Eighteenth amendment.
The answer was in reply to Borahs
dry" QUESTIONABLE, sent to Hoover
and other presidential candidates.
Upon my return to Washington,
I have taken up your letter"
Hoover wrote. Il feel that the dis
ctlssion Of public questions by reply
to questionnaires is likely to be un-
satisfactory and ofttimes leads to
confusion rather than clarity.
Replies to the scores of such in
quiries on many questions are i'm
possible.
"Out of my regard for your
known sincerity and your interest
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23

Henry L. Mencken, that
cauStic commentator, always
has pertinent and impertinent
answers on questions of life,
both past and present.
And now Philosopher Will
Durant asks rs Thirty the
Love Deadline?" Can any man
or woman more than thirty
years of age fall in love?
But versatile Hank" Menck-
en- has been quizzed by other
experts, too. And he has a
ready answer to the question.
1t is in today's Times. Just
turn to Page 2 and see what
he has to say.
P. S.--Mencken is more than
thirty and unmarried.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23

This morning he went for a walk.
His sight is not as good as it once
was and his hearing is not perfect
any more, according to Mrs. Nor
risen.
He walked into the side of a coal
truck, driven by Albert Summers,
33, Negro, 1912 Columbia Ave, at
New York st. and Colorado Ave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
Blizzard Hits Southwest
BIZ Enitcd Press

By United Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Feb. ga
blizzard of severe intensity descend
ed upon the Southwest today, caus-
ing a sharp drop in temperature.
Considerable snow fell in Kansas,
Missouri and Nebraska. The storm
originated in the eastern Rocky
Mountain region yesterday and is
travelig east, the weather bureau
reported.
Sleet, which began falling at mid
night. turned to snow. Drifting snow
slowed up transportation in many
sections.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
JIMMY WALKER is ILL

BV United Press
ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. GA tooth
ache and a fondness for sleep kept
Mayor James j. Walker in his berth
when his special car reached At
lanta today, EN- route home from the
Mardi Gras at New Orleans.
Members of the party said the
mayor might be up by noon"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
SPEED DEMON
OUT AFTER RECORD

Triplex, entered by j. M. White Of
Philadelphia. has been ruled out by
the A. A. p. because it has six
wheels instead of four. White said
he might make a try at an uroffi-
cial record today and was confident
the machine would develop a speed
Of 200 miles an hour.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
ADVERTISE FOR LOAN
City Controller Issues Order for
Bids on SI25,0OO.

r Advertising for bids for the
$l25,000 temporary loan for the city
health department, to be received
Feb. %, was ordered today by City
Controller Sterling Holt.
The loan has been held up for
some time by the contention of city
council that Ira M. Holmes, whom
Republican councilmen have de-
clared mayor, should sign the au-
thorizing ordinance. Holmes refused
to sign on the ground he did not
want to be a party to hampering
the health department.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
WAR ON PARKED CARS
WITHOUT TAIL-LIGHTS

Eighty Eight Motorist Arc Ordered
to Appear in Court.
Eighty eight motorists were Or
dered to appear in Municipal Court
today and explain why their cars
we're parked without tail-lights
Wednesday night.
Police tagged cars without lights
in the residential districts.
Chief Claude M. Worley promised
a ride in the patrol for those
ignoring the tags.
He declared today that war on
parking in streets overnight will be
continued.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
VETERANS HERE AUG. 26

Twenty Ninth Encampment of v.
of F. w. to Be Held in City.
Exact date for holding the twen-
ty-ninth annual encampment of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars in Indi-
annapolis was announced today as
Aug. 26-31, according to a United
Press dispatch from Kansas City,
Kan. the national headquarters Of
the V. of F. w.
Salon A. Enloe, Indianapolis.
Spanish american war veteran, is
general chairman of the encamp-
ment executive committee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
RADIO
BILL

House Committeeman Favor Extend
ing Federal Commission.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-The
House Merchant Marine Committee
reported favorably today, with vital
amendments, the bill passed by the
Senate extending the life of the
Federal Radio Commission for
another year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
Recover Miners Bodies

BB United Press
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa, Feb. 23
The bodies of the ten miners
killed in an explosion in the Kin
lcch mine of the Valley Camp Coal
Company at ParnassuS Monday
night we're recovered today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-23
BANDITS TAKE $1,000
Two Flee After Robbing Bank at
South Bend in Daylight.

South Bend in Daylight.
By United Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Feb. 23.-
Two bandits held up the Fordor
State bank here today and escaped
in motor car with $1,000.
A cashier was the only person in
the bank at the time.