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Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
Haiti Presents
Medal to "Lindy" {"
Ry United Press Leased Wire

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Feb.
"A country, some of whose nat
ives believe in voodo osuperstit-
ions and practice them, today paid
the greatest honor to America s
lone eagle-Charles A Lindbergh.
The flying ambassador of good
will circled to Haiti from San Dom
ingo yesterday and dropped to a per-
feet landing before a crowd esti-
mated at 100000 people.
In less minutes than it takes to
tell the story, Lindbergh had won
the hearts of the great throng.
Wednesday he will take off for
Havana, the terminus of the long
tour.
Haiti gave and will give Lind
bergh the greatest honors it can
do. A special postage stamp bear
ing Lindbergh S portrait will be is
sued. The principal avenue leading
through the city will be named the
Avenue Charles Lindbergh. The
order of merit, never before given
g white man, will be presented II
him by President Borno.
With this epidemic of kidnapping
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
Their Romance Began in War

when soldier stricken by
French battlefield soohed by
iage the other Indianapolis Clifton Knoble interior
soldier
king spain they
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07

When pupils in a New Jersey
school voted for "their heroes,'
two of the boys named "Dad."
There must have been a good show
in town that night.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07

The Montana state seed show viii
be held this year the third week IN
February, at Lewiston.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07

With this epidemic of kidnapping
the young and innocent, how is it
that the yeggs have overlooked the
Senate
Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-07
A|RPL LANE
AWAITING
TAKE-()F|' T
Attempt to Capture
Endurance Mark Set for
This Afternoon.
TESTS SUCCEED
Big Albatross Plane
Functions Perfectly OH
Trial Trip.

At o'clock this afternoon the
flight was postponed until Gle
tomorrow morning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
3 DIE IN TRAGEDIES
Accident, Drowning, Suicide
Are Reported.

One man accidentally was shot
to death, another committed suicide,
and a 15-year-old Negro boy was
drowned over the weekend.
Funeral services for Joseph w.
Payne, Al, of 1913 Sheppard ST., will
be held at 2 p. m, Tuesday at the
home, and burial will be at Crown
Hill cemetery. Payne was attempt
ing to extract bullet from an an
Gent muzzle-loading rife Saturday
night when the gun discharged,
sending the bullet through his heart.
Surviving are the widow, two
daughters. Jeannetta May, IL, and
Rebecca Alice, 6.
John HAYWOOD, Negro, IS, of 1907
Mill ST., took the dare" of his COM
panions and attempted to cross the
canal on water pipe at Eleventh
ST., placed about a foot above the
water. He slipped. Two hours later
police recovered the body.
Funeral services for Floyd G. Rus
sci, 90, of 1882 Lexington Ave, who
shot himself Saturday afternoon,
will be at 2 p. m, Tuesday at the
home with burial at Crown Hill
cemetery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
Mother AND
INFANT FLEE
DEATH Peril
State Soldiers Guard Home
of Millionaire, After
$4,000 Demand.

By United Press
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Jan. %
State troopers patroled the grounds
about the estate of Walter B.
Lashar, millionaire president of the
American Chain Company, today
while Mrs. Lashar sped South with
their infant daughter, as result of
receipt Of three letters demanding
$25, 1000.
The letters were signed by 1.-THE
Iron Hand" and gave no indication
OF kidnapping. Police say the let
tiers were written by some one with
good education.
The letters were received on Jan.
10, II and II. The guard since has
been maintained at the mansion
and floodlights have been thrown
on the house at night. Once a bag
was left at spot the mysterious
writer had named, but no one ap-
peared.
The one threat came in the first
letter, which said:
IF there is a slip we strike once
and that one strike will be worth
more to you than all your money"
Fearing the writer may have been
influenced by description of the
kidnapping and murder of Marion
Parker in Los Angeles, Mrs. Lasher
left the estate for an unnamed
southern destination, taking her
young daughter with her.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
zAHND AIDS NAMED
National Party Candidate
Appoints Campaign Heads.

John zahnd, National Party
candidate for president, of Indian
apoliS, and Wesley H. Bennington,
of Cleveland, vice presidential
candida today announced from
party headquarters here campaign
managers for six districts which en-
brace the entire country.
There is no doubt'A >Zahnd an
nounced, that the partys strength
is much more than the 1924 vote for
the La Toilette ticket which was
supported by the party in 1924 and
polled 100000 votes and was sec
ondIin eight States"
He predicted the vote would
double in 1928 and that there was
nothing to keep his party from WIN
ming in a "three-cornered race with
the two old parties.
People of prominence from every
State" he said, ARE writing that
they are getting sick and tired of
corruption and misrule in national
and local politics"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
Hammer Killer Refuses to
Plead; Judge Grants
To-Day Delay.
PvCnitcd Press

By tntted Press
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Jan. 3d.
Legal technicalitieS Of an enactment
recently passed by the Ohio Legis-
lature threatened today to cause de-
lay in setting date for the trial of
Velma West, confessed Perry, Ohio,
hammer murderess.
On advice of her attorneys, Mrs.
West refused to make a plea when
formally arraigned for the murder
of her husband. Judge A. G.. Reyn-
oldS entered a plea of not guilty.
Francis w. PoulSon, defense at
torney. announced he had in
structed his, client not to make a
plea, to protect her rights under
the amendment to the general
code, which provides sanity exam
ination by a commission before the
actual trial begins. The commission
in turn makes report to a special
jury.
PoulSon asked ten days in which
to decide whether he would petit
ton the court for appointment OF
such commission.
Judge Reynolds granted the re-
quest, asserting that in view of the
status of the case he would not fix
a trial date.
Poulson indicated that the ques-
ton OF the sanity enactment's con-
stitutionality might be taken to the
State Supreme Court, which would
mean a delay of months before the
case comes to trial.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
Cincinnati Man Takes as
Bride Woman He Met
During Conflict.

A romance of World War days re-
suited Sunday afternoon in the
marriage Of former Countess Helen
L. M. De Bournat, of the French
nobility, and Clifton j. Knodle, dec
orator of Cincinnati, Ohio, at the
home of the bridegroom's brother
in-law, w. A. Thomas, $50 s. Audit
bon Rd.
The Rev. H. T. Wilson off1ciated.
The couple left Immediately after
on a thirty-day wedding trip. Their
destination was secret. They will
make their home in Cincinnati.
The countess did not use her full
title. but preferred plain Helen
Bournat, New York, designer and
decorator"
She is a Bourbon and direct
descendent of Napoleon; cousin
of King Victor Emmanuel Of Italy,
King Alfonso of Spain and the king
of Portugal.
The bride came to America five
years ago to continue work as in
terror decorator. She has lived since
in New York City, Columbus, Ohio,
and Cincinnati. Both are expected
to return to Indianapolis for a brief
visit after their wedding tour.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
BOY KILLED. BY
SHOCK is Alive
Hit by High Tension Wire,
Thrown 20 Feet, Revived.

BIZ United Press
MAGNOLIA, N. j., Jan. 23.-
Michael J. Lynch, Is, was alive to-
day, but only after what doctors
believed was almost a living death,
The youth was watching a fire
near his home here when he came
in contact with a 5,O00-volt wire
which had melted and was hanging
from a tree. The wire struck Lynch
on the head.
The force of the jolt, bystanders
said, created a great ball of flame
and Lynch was thrown through the
air for about twenty feet. William
Dodos, public service employe.
went to Lynch and could detect no
pulse and no heart beats. +
Public service employees started
giving respiration and in twenty
minutes there was a Slight futter-
ing of the heart. Within an hour
the heart beat again and was reg
ular. Soon Lynch jumped to his
feet.
Lynch'S mind today still was up
set, but doctors believed he would
recover completely.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
Abduction Threatened

By United Press
WELLSVILLE, Mo, Jan. 2s.-
Citizens of Wellsville were aroused
today by identical blackmal letters
threatening kidnapping of Mayor
John McMurtry'S daughter, Virginia,
a student at Stephens College, Co
lumbia, Mo-, and Edward Oliver,
Wellsville banker.
Both demands specified that $500
in $40 bills be left beneath sign
posts near Wellsville, and in the
case of Miss McMurtry, the letter
warned that the girl would be kid
naped and held for higher ransom
if the money were withheld.
Montgomery County authorities,
advised of the threats, endesvored
to trap the authors of the letters
by placing counterfeit money be-
meath the signposts, but the extor-
tionists did not appear.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
OPEN FIGHT ON
NAVY PROGRAhl
Admiral Claims War With
British Is 'InevitabIe.'

Py United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. ga Bit
ter fight in Congress over the Nays
plan to build $500, 100000 worth of
warships in five years was foreseen
today as the House Naval Affairs
Committee continued to question
navy officers concerning the pro-
gram.
Senator Borah forecast the oppo-
sition's viewpoint in an utterance
characterizing as madness" the
huge navy program coupled with
Rear Admiral Plunkett'S declara-
ton in New York Saturday that war
with Great Britain is inevitable in
the near future.
Such statements put out by naval
officers are notice to all the world
and particularly Great Britain to
get ready for war;" Borah said. II
regard such declarations as mis-
chievous to the last degree.
Those who must pay the taxes
and do the fighting and dying III
case those people succeed in bring
ing on war ought not to delay in
taking part in this affair. They are
entitled to be heard before this mad
policy becomes fixed"
Borah said the addition of a lin
tied number of cruisers to round out
the fleet and protect commerce was
reasonable proposal, but "the
program for the largest navy in the
world is, together with the wild and
excited statements about war, sheer
madness"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
WINKLER CRITICISED
Dry Chief Declines Com
ment on Muncie Affair.

George L. Winkler, deputy prohi-
bition administrator for Indiana, to-
day declined to comment directly
upon criticism of his handling OF
the Muncie liquor situation as "in-
Efficient" expressed in a conference
Of leading dryS there Saturday.
Winkler, however, pointed out the
number of arrests made there, de-
clared an efficient agent is on the
JOB now and that the withdrawal
of Agent Sanford Starks, who re-
signed after he was transferred
from Muncie to Chicago, was not
unusual.
Starks had been termed an mex
perienced and inefficient agent in
letter of E. G. Yellowly, dry adj
ministrator, Chicago. to a Muncie
pastor. At the conference Satur-
day r. G. Minton, Yellowly's legal
adviser. apologized for this state
ment and insisted that Starks was
not removed because of political
pressure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
two FIREMEN
ARE INJURED IN
TRUCK CRASH
Sudden Stop Due to Auto
Driving in Front of Blaze
Fighters.

Two city flremen are recovering
at city hospital today from injuries
suffered Saturday night when En-
CINE Truck 81 crashed into the rear
of Engine Pumper 81 on which they
were riding in front of $40 N. La
Sale st.
William B. McKissick, 40, Of IA
N. Jefferson ST., and r. G. Wallace,
IS, of 402 N. Meridian ST., were
bruised and cut.
The truck was going south on La
Sale st. to fire at 448 N. Tuxedo
ST, when an automobile drove in
front of it. The driver of the truck
was forced to stop suddenly and the
pumper which was following it
crashed into the rear of the truck.
The automobile driver did not stop.
Miss Edith Meyer, 614 N. East ST,
suffered a broken right arm and
severe body bruises Sunday morning
when she was run over by an auto
mobile driven by David MeekS, 421
E. Michigan ST., in front of her
home. Miss Meyer, at city hospital,
faces a charge of intoxication. Meeks
was arrested on charges of assault
and battery and failure to stop after
an accident.
Other injured in weekend traf-
fic accidents: william Hoy, .46,
Churchman Ave. and Wade ST., leg
bruises; Betty Ann Fox, 9, daughter.
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Fox, "a Gar
field Pl., body bruises; Miss Hazel
Cook. 10, of 1852 w. New York St,
bruised and cut.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
FLAWS MODERN LICENSE

"The tendency to cast off the
conventional chains and find hap
pineSs without regard for the old
idea Of self control and perseverance
is encouraged by plays, books,
esSayists and hundreds of pages of
printed matter advocating I'M
restricted license" said Or. William
Lowe Bryan at the Y. M. G. A. "Big
Meeting" at English's Sunday.
DR.. Bryan assailed the modern
idea of self-expression and pointed
out the degenerative effects of
license on any race.
The speaker next Sunday will he
Evans, the Welshman, cousin of
Lloyd George. His Majesty, Mr..
Average Man." will be his topic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
PROTEST ROAD MOVE
Holt Property Owners Ask
Damages for Change.

County commissioners today took
under advisement circumstances OF
taxpayers living along Holt Rd., who
object to changing the roads route.
Commissioners announced they
will move the road from twelve to
seventeen feet west in order that the
center will be on the county section
line.
Property owners are asking $4,000
for damage they allege will be done
if the road is altered. The Indian
apolis Water Company is seeking
$4,000 because change Of the road
way will throw the water mains on
private property.
Commissioners explained that a
second purpose of shifting the road
bed is to take out many Of the joys.
For several months efforts have
been made to resurface the road,
which leads to the Indianapolis air.
port at Mars Hill. Commissioners
will view the road Wednesday
morning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
CHAMbERL|N TO
START ON TOUR
Filler Ready for First Hop Of
Nationwide Trip.
Ru Tinted Press

By United Press
GARDEN CITY, N. Y, Jan. 90
Clarence D. Chamberlin was ex-
pected to take off shortly before
noon today on the firsts hop of his
country wide Slecture tour.
Final adjustments on the tiny
Sperry biplane were completed and
Chamberlin was to make short
test flight before he left for Allen
town, Pa, where he will speak to-
night.
Other towns in western Pennsyl-
vania were included on the itinerary
before the aviator continues to West
Virginia.
He expected to return to New
York, Saturday, when he will make
another attempt to break the worlds
endurance flight record.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
FiRE:MEN BUSY
IN 40 ALARMS
Blaze Causes $4,000
Damage to Dorfman Firm.

Firemen responded to forty alarms
from 5 p. m. Saturday and a. m.
today.
Damage estimated at $4,000 was
caused by fire at the Dorfman Rug
and Linoleum Company, POT w
Washington st. early Sunday morn
ing. The blaze was believed of in
cendiary origin.
One fire started in the basement
After it was eXtinguished another
was discovered in the rear of the
store. Ten lines of hose were laid
and all downtown apparatus was
brought into action.
Bernard Dortman, proprietor, re-
ported the, store Office had been
.ranSacked and small amount of
money taken. He attributed the
fires to disappointed thieves.
An overheated furnace caused
$1,000 damage at the home of DR..
William E. 3odenhamer of 243
Hampton Dr., early today.
Fire thought to be of incendiary
origin, caused $3.50 damage to vacant
house at 645 Johnson st. The house
belongs to j. r. Walch.
A $500 garage and an automobile
valued at $500 was completely de-
stroyed by fire originating from a
short circuit in the electrical APP
paratus of the machine. Both be-
longed to Michael Michoff, of 621
Holton ST., where the fire occurred
Damage of $3.50 was reported at
the home of Mrs. Ruth Hill, of Ais
w. Ohio ST., fire being caused from
a defective f1ue.
A defective f1ue caused a $500 fire
at the j. M. Campbell home, 1917
Bellefountaine Ave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
oM OF EIFFEL TOWER, WORLDS HIGHEST STRUCTURE

suicides. Some climbed the tower
to get a view and jumped over to
obey sudden irresistible impulse
which doctors call height madness.
If the tower ever should fall, it
would bear out the dire predictions
of most of the engineers and pub
lie men of Eiffels day. His struc-
ture ridiculed as the modern
tower of Babel" while it was be-
ing built, was bitterly criticised.
AS a clinching argument. one
member of the academy said in
public session that "even America
would not tolerate such a mon
Strosity."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23

IN recent years this tower has
u paid its way. The French army
used it during the war for observa-
ton and ignalpurposes. The post
Office department uses the wireless
station for transmitting messages
over great distances.
The electric advertising signs
on its sides bring 100000 francs a
year. The bars, restaurants, post
card shops and dance hall on its
various floors all show a profit.
The tower also served as a
jumping-off place in its thirty
nine years OF existence for al
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23

Eiffel, constructed it to stand
twenty years. When he died in
1923 he expressed the hope that
modern engineers would find a
way to enclose the tower in shell
of stone Nor concrete, in order to
preserve It for posterity.
If the tower comes down, Paris
will lose 1.-The highest American
bar in the world" a bar which
serves cocktails to Americans,
Germans and other world travel
ers on the top floor of the tower,
905 feet above the ground.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
Youth Under Arrest

b. United Press I
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. %
Kirby Binkley was under arrest to-
day, charged with an attempt at
kidnapping which paralleled the
method used by Edward Hickman.
Binkley was alleged to have gone
to a trade school and told the
teacher Of a 12-year-old girl that
the girls father was i'll. He was
alleged to have attempted to obtain
custody of the child.
The teacher, remembering the
similar tactics used by Hickman,
called police.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
ENGINEERS PRONOUNCE DOOM OF e.

CERIOUS corosion of the metal
~ work has increased with time
and although 100000 francs is
spent every year on its upkeep
and painting, the tower long since
would have fallen had not squad
of men crawled continually over
its face, replacing bolts and
tightening screws.
Built in 1889 for the Worlds
Fair, the tower already has passed
its span of life by nineteen years.
Its builder. Alexandra Gustaye
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
SCHURTE is SPEAKER
Railroad Y. M. G. A. Secretary Gives
Lecture at Boys Meeting.

Secretary Samuel L. Schurte of
the Railroad Y. M. C. A. gave an il
Illustrated lecture, ''The Mask" at the
boys meeting at the Central Y. M.
G. A., Sunday afternoon.
j. 1. Hymer of the Remington
Arms Company will be speaker at
the meeting next Sunday.
Officers elected Sunday were
Theodore Weakley, secretary of reg
istration; James Hogatt, keeper of
the treasury; Charles Herin, attend
ance secretary; Floyd Morrison, or
derby; Clyde Fister, secretary of pro-
motion, and Thomas Strouse, ticket
collector.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
QUARTET WILL RETIRE
FlonzaleyS, Chamber Music Leaders,
to Close Career Next Year.

NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-The F1on-
zaley quartet, internationally known
for twenty -five seasons, will close it's
career next year, after a farewell
tour. The Flonzaleys are the undis-
puted leaders in chamber music,
supplanting the Kneiseis early in the
century.
The members of the quartet, now
ON southern trip, are Adolfo BETH,
Alfred Pochon, Nicholas Moldavan
and Ivan D'Archambeau.
The organization was founded in
the summer of 1908 by Edward j.
Decoppet Of New York and Switz-
erland. The name derived from De-
coppet's chateau Flonzaley, on Lake
Geneva.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23

sands of residents in one of the
richest quarters of Paris.
The ministry of interior, in an
nouncing today appointment of
the commission of experts, said
that an examination last May re-
suited in the replacing Of many
rivets. The tower was pronounced
safe, however.
Passing Of the Eiffel Tower
would be regretted by all French
men, to whom it has become a
landmark, as important a part Of
the Paris skyline as the towers
Of Notre Dame.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
TWO WANTED IN DEATH
OF POLICEMAN HELD

Youths Accused of Staying at North
Vermont 1925.
BIZ Times Special
NORTH VERNON, Ind, Jan. 90
John and Jacob Wright, brothers,
wanted here on charges of Staying
Edward Fowler, policeman. Sept. 20,
1925, are in custody at Troy, Ohio,
local authorities are advised.
The two pleaded guilty at Troy to
a theft charge.
Fowler was shot down by one of
two youths whom he stopped on the
street and asked, where are you
going?" An automobile, later iden-
titled as having been in their pos
session, was stolen from E. w.
Trook, Indianapolis lawyer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
U. S. SEA HERO DIES
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23.-The
body of Rear Admiral Victor Blue,
United States Navy, will be sent
this afternoon to Marion, S. c., for
burial.
Admiral Blue, 81, Spanish
American and World War hero, died
from a heart attack near Lannin,
S. c., Sunday while on a train en-
route from Jacksonville, Fla, to
this city. He had planned to enter
Walter Reed Hospital here for treat
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
ICY PLANE DEATH CAUSE

Diary Reveals Filler Lost Control,
Took to Parachute.
By United Press
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. %.
Ice forming on his plane caused
Fred, HoVt, Wichita, Kan, aviator,
to lose ccNstrol of the machine and
abandon it in parachute, diary
made public by his brother, George
Hoyt, revealed today.
Hoy't body was found on snow
covered waste land thirty miles from
Holbrook, Idaho, Saturday night
after he had been missing seven
days. His plane had been found
earlier in the day ten miles from
where his body was found.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
WOMAN TRIES SUICIDE
Desire for Her Children of Former
Marriage Blamed.

Dependency brought on by de-
sire for her children of former
marriage who are living with their
father, caused Mrs. Elsie Hall, 81, of
637 Arbor Ave-, to attempt to COM
nit suicide by poison, police said
today.
Mrs. Hall at first refused to go
to city hospital, declaring, Let me
alone. 1 want to die if I can't I've
with the children police said. Hos
pital attaches said she will recover.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
Countess Ma71ieS Here
in World War Romance
Hot Case
By Times Special

By Times Special
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. %.
1t looks like a hot time in
Federal Court here. The Gov
eminent has filed suit to con-
fiscate three barrels of black
pepper shipped here from st.
Louis, Mo, on an allegation
that pepper is adulterated with
corn products and q fiber ma
terial.