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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
VIOLENCE TOLL
1873 this YEAR
Report Shows % Homo
cideS and d Suicides.

Twenty-three homocidal and
forty-one suicidal deaths have oc-
cured in Marion County since the
first of the year. The total violent
deaths from all causes is 1879 accord
ing to figures compiled by Secretary
of State Frederick E. Schortemeier,
president of the Indianapolis safety
council.
Recent police and bandit Staying
has Swelled the total for homocideS.
OF the twenty-three listed, thirteen
were slain by firearms, two by knives
and six unclassified, which includes
clubbing and strangulation.
Fifteen persons shot themselves,
fourteen took poison, seven hung
themselves, four drowned them
selves and one died from aSphyxia-
ton.
Sixty-six were killed in traffic &C
cidents. Falls was the second larg-
est accidental cause, totaling thirty
one.
Drowning ranked third with ten.
Railroad accidents and firearms
each claimed six, burns four, acct
dental poisoning and street cars
two each. Six other deaths were &C
cldental and unclassifed, such as
electrocutions, fractures and the re-
suit OF being struck by objects.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
TWO HURT IN CRASH
Women Taken to Hospital,
Driver Disappears.

Two women we're hurt when two
automobiles collided on the Ma
tional Rd., four miles east OF the
city limits at 4:40 this morning
Mrs. Sarah Chapman, Ga, and Mrs.
Edna Chapman, 30, both of New
Albany, Ind, were taken to city
hospital.
A man, giving his name as Kur-
tier, 119 N. East ST., left the scene
before Motorpolice Charles Viles
and Warren Mcclure arrived.
Both cars were going east Oh the
National Rd. when the car with
license 228-66O crashed into the
rear of the auto driven by Claude
Chapman, SO, of 207 Sleener St.,
New Albany, Ind, in which the
women were injured. Chapman ana
his son James. IL, we're uninJured.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
WAIT PICTURES
To LEARN FATE
OF MALMGREN
Filler Claims Photos VIII
Show Three on FIoe
Before Rescue.
BY AIS ANDERSEN
United Press staff Correspondent

(COpyrlBnJ, 1915. Dy OnlUeQ FIeSSJ
KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, July
21.-The Soviet aviator Chukhunov-
sky, who first sighted Capts. Adal-
berto Mariana and Filippo zappi
and directed the Krassin to their
rescue, in an interview today said
he was greatly surprised when he
learned Prof. Finn Malmgren also
had not been rescued.
He said he and his five aides felt
certain they saw three men on the
ice foe when their plane first passed
over the little group.
when we espied the Malmgren
group on the ice foe we were con-
WINGED we saw three persons, the
first standing erect, the second
bowling and the third lying down.
Chukhnovsky said.
Saw Men Tied Together
"AT three we're tied together with
ropes TO prevent their slipping OF
the ice foe, which was only twenty
square meters, surrounded by open
water. We were greatly surprised
on learning that only two were res
cued.
"It is possible we mistook a pun
c1e of garments for third person.
However. we hope this will be clarl-
fed through pictures we took While
cruising over the ice noe.
The smallness of the spot FRO
hjbited our dropping supplies which
moreover. was inadvisable since Che
starving men would have gorgeo
themselves to death.
Mariana and zappi, after their
rescue by the Krassin, said Ihey
had left Malmgren alive after he
had been ur-able to proceed with
them on their walk across the Ice
foe. searching for rescue. Mann
gren had been injured when the
dirigible Italia crashed May To- OUT
he was leader of the small expeol-
+ion that started out for aid.
Suffers Frozen Leg
The two Italian captains said his
Injuries and a frozen leg prevented
him from continuing the march,
and that he had insisted they con-
tinue and leave him
Meanwhile the rescued 1ValiahS
of the dirigible prepared to leave
on the Citta Di Milano TO starC
hack to their homes in Italy. Inc
Citta Di Milano has been ordered
to carry the men to NarVik I'M
mediately so they may return 70
their native land.
The Krassin meanwhile is under-
going repairs on her prov before
Continuing a search for the ROAD
Amundsen party and the six men
who foated away with the e1Ve-
lope of the dirigible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
COOLIDGE PICKS
ROY WEST FOR
CABINET BERTH
Chicagoan Named TO Fill
Office of Secretary
of Interior.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
SUPERIOR, Wis, July 21.-Pres-
ldent Coolidge has filled one of the
cabinet vacancies growing out of
the presidential campaign by an
pointing Roy o. West Of Chicago as
secretary Of the interior The an
pointment takes effect immediately.
West succeeds DR.. Hubert Work.
who resigned from the cabinet to
devote himself to Herbert Hooyer.s
Republican presidential candidacy
as chairman of the Republican ma
t1onal committee.
Inc other cabinet vacancy Gre
ated by the campaign was Hoover's
resignation as secretary of Comerce.
Although Mr.. Coolidge is known to
be giving considerable attention to
the matter of a successor to Hoover
no indication has been given of
when the appointment will be made
West Active in 1924
West is Republican national COM
mltteeman from Illinois and took
an important part in the 1924 presi-
Dental campaign. He recently con-
1erred with the President at Cedar
Island Lodge. 1t was understood he
was offered the interiorship at that
time.
Mr.. Coolidge favors Paris as the
site for a conference next summer
OF signatory powers to the anti-war
treaty now being concluded by Sec
rotary of State Kellogg, it was in
dicated. The treaties would be
signed formally by the fourteen
major powers now interested at the
conference. 1t is felt that the
French capital would be more con-
yenient than an American city for
the meeting.
FavOrS Merchant Marines
1t has been learned that Mr..
Coolidge believes the terms of the
new merchant marine measure
provide a better market for Govern
ment-owned ships and at the same
time offer wider inducements to
private shipping interests. No de-
tails of the new measure have been
transmitted to the summer capitol
however.
The President has been invited to
attend a log-rolling contest, Aug.
1918, at Brownstone Bowl, near
Washburn, Wis. The invitation was
enclosed in followed veneered log.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
WORKS BOARD
FILES PLEA FOR
BUDGET BOOST
Asks $26O,OOO More for
Next Year; Pay-aS-Go
Plan Urged.

Appropriation of $1,615,ooo for
1929 expenditures was asked today
by the board of works following
pairing of departmental requests at
a conference with the board.
The figure is an increase of
$260,000 over last years appropri-
alton, principal increases being
$4,000 for water and light bills
and $4,000 for equipment in the
street commissioners Office.
I'VE have made up our budget on
a business basis irregardless of what
folks think. There are certain fixed
bills which the city has to pay
sometime and it is better to put
them in the budget than to pay 6
per cent interest on the indebted
ness" President Oren S. Hack said.
1--WE intend to pay as we go next
year. The board decided on a s.
cent levy for street resurfacing. We
asked the maximum because of the
necessity for issuing some $4,000
worth of certificates of indebtedness
this year to meet emergencies. By
including what money we will need
in the budget the city saves the
interest" Hack said.
Prepare Two Budgets
There will be a deficit of some
thing like $4,000 in utility bills
this year. Our request was increased
from the 100000 appropriated last
year because it is foolish to let the
deficit accumulate from year to
year and then retire the debt with
a bond issue after a court judgment
has been obtained" Hack declared.
Works board departments asked;
Administration, 1915, $50, an increase
of $4,000; public buildings, $4,000,
jump of $4,000; city engineer, $213,-
745. 500, 900 increase; assessment bu-
reau, $4,000; drop of $1,000; mu-
nicipal garage, $4,000, jump of $14,-
900, and street commissioner, $373,-
470, an increase of $4,000.
Street Commissioner Charles A.
GroSsart prepared two budgets one
based on the proposed motorizatior
of the department and the other
on continuation with mule power.
Replacement of thirty three
mules with ten trucks will make
possible saving of about $4,000
year in operation and mainte-
nance, increasing the efficiency of
the department 300 per cent, Board
Member Charles L. Riddle estimat-
ed. The saving the Iirst year will
pay for the cost Of the motor equip
ment.
Equipment Condition Bad
Grossart reported the street clean
ing and sewer department equip
ment in bad condition, most of the
departments trucks are ten years old
and require heavy upkeep costs.
He recommended replacement of
equipment by purchasing twenty
seven pieces of apparatus and
trucks. The entire budget was re-
classified, men being listed in the
departments to which they are as
signed.
City Engineer A. H. Moore asked
$4,000 for maintenance of flood
prevention walls along White River
and Fall Creek.
The board requested levy of 4.6
cents for track elevation instead of
the 6 cent maximum.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
PLAN TWO RIVER SPANS
State, Private Bridges to Cross the
Ohio at Evansville.

Attorney Frank M. Hatfield of the
G. w. Chapman Company, Chicago
investment house, announced at the
Statehouse today that the Evans
ville-Ohio River Bridge Company,
incorporated by his firm, will COM
mence at once to erect bridge over
the Ohio at Evansville.
The bridge will be private toll
project. Director John D. Williams
of the State Highway Department
says that the highway commission
is going forward with plans for
erection of a State-owned bridge
there as directed by the 1927 Legis-
lature.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
FIREMEN PLAN PICNIC
Big -Four Enginemen to Hold River
side Outing Next Thursday.

The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen of the
Big -Four Railroad will hold their
annual picnic at the Riverside
amusement park next Thursday.
-Four hundred members are ex-
pected to attend.
The mems committee consists of
G. w. Bowersox, A. j. Abdon and
Harry E. Smith, while the women's
committee is composed of Mrs.
Emma Ford, Mrs. AL Abdon and
Mrs. E. j. Miller.
There will be athletic and other
contests during the afternoon, it is
announcde.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
PUPIL VISITS TEACHER
OF FIFTY YEARS AGO
Mrs Anna Ferre Recalls Old Days
in Boone County.


School days of a half century,
ago were recalled by Mrs. Anna
Ferree, 2l5l Central Ave, recently,
when she received a visit from Mr..
and Mrs. Marion Coffin, Los Angles,
Cal. Coffin was a pupil of Mrs. Fer
rec when she was Miss Anna White
and taught the primary grades at
the old Friends School in Boone
County, near Thorntown, Ind. The
place was then known as the Sugar
Plain School ana had fine reputa-
ton in central Indiana.
Among the early principals of the
school we're Professors John
Chawner and Absolem RoSenberger
both of whom still are living in
California. Prof Chawner is almost
80.
Mrs. Ferree is 80, but is able to get
about freely. Her former pupil has
gained fame as an. architect, being
one of the designers Of Union
Station here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
DENY HUFF RD. PAVING
Tax Board Refuses to Authorize
$4,000 Bond Issue.

The $4,000 bond issue for i'm
provement of Huff Rd., known as
Shadeland Ave, between Thirty
Eighth and Fifty-Sixth SITS, was
denied today by the State tax board,
following inspection of the road.
Members SAID the improvement is
not Of sufficient immediate neces-
sity TO justify the cost, considering
the financial structure of Lawrence
Township.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
NAB 8 FOR AUTO THEFT
Car Returned to Owner Before Re.
ported Stolen.

Police at a. m. recovered an
automobile owned by Robert A. Boil
yard. 2539 Broadway, before he had
reported the car stolen from Ohio
and Meridian st. Lieut.. Otto Petit
arrested three Negroes who we're in
the car on Indiana Ave. The men
gave their names as: Leon Swan
ningan, Ais Minerva St.; Eugene
Campbell, 600 w. Tenth ST.. and
Charles Jones, Ala w. Vermont ST..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
INSPECTS HIGHWAY SITE
Tax Board Investigates Proposed
e. Huff Road.

Members of the State tax board
Friday inspected the proposed loca-
+ion of the j. E. Huff Rd, Lawrence
township, Marion County, for
which a $4,000 bond issue has been
asked. Objection has been raised
bv citizens on the ground that the
road does not go to a schoolhouse,
where needed, in their opinion, but
is designed to benefit realty
holdings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
ADDRESS ROTARY CLUB
Fred Hoke and Dick Miller to Talk
on Each Others Records.

Two Rotary Club members are to
talk about each other at the Rotary
Club luncheon at the Claypool
Tuesday. Fred Hoke, of the Hol-
comb and Hoke Manufacturing
Company, will tell the club Of the
financial and industrial activities OF
Dick Miller, City Trust Company
and Chamber of Commerce presi-
dent. Miller will talk on Hoke's in
dustrial and community activities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
METHoDISTS INCREASE

State Ranks Fifth in Number of
Churches, Members.
Indiana ranked fifth in the men,
bers of Methodist Episcopal
Churches and membership in 1926,
according to Department of
Commerce report.
Membership of 2S8,1S1 in the
1,449 t'oosier churches was shown
The survey showed the membership
in the United States increased from
3,717000 to 100000 from 1916 to
1926. The number of churches
dropped from 29,315 to 26,13O. Penn
sylvania led the States, with Ohio,
New York and Illinois following.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
SCOUTS FILE PETITION
Troops of Nearby Towns Ask to
Join Local Area.

Petitions of Boy Scout commit
tees of Edinburg, Greenwood and
Noblesville to become members Of
the proposed Indianapolis area were
presented at the council meeting
Friday night at the Chamber of
Commerce.
Under the proposed six-county
area plan, a field executive would
be available to aid all in develop
ing their county scout work, it was
explained by G. M. FInnell, national
associate region executive of chi
cago.
The petitions were signed by Will
lett Pallar, Jr., and Mark Adler OF
Lebanon; M. T. Kelly and Walter
Grass of Greenwood; Carl Jump and
Donald jenkins of Noblesville, and
S. c.. Harrell of Edinburg.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
Bee--CanSe
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
DECATUR, Ind, July 2l.-
When Mrs. Floyd Death at
tempted to drive a bumblebee
from an auto she was driving
after it stung her on the fore
head she lost control of the
machine and it turned a
somersault. She escaped with
minor cuts and bruises, but
the car is believed damaged
beyond repair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
NEW DRY AGENT QUIZ
WAITS RESULT IN FIRST
Civil Service Test Will Not Be An
nounced Until August.


nounced Until August.
New civil service examinations for
dry agents will not be announced
until results of the first examina-
ton have been compiled, probably
the middle of August, according to
information received by Henry M.
Trimpe, local civil service secretary.
Rating of written examinations
has been completed and oral and
character Investigations rating will
be completed early in August.
New examinations will be held
only in States where there are in
sufficient eligibles, it was announced.
Incumbents in the $500 newly
classified dry agent, posts are serv-
ing under temporary appointment.
Ten of twenty three Indiana dry
agents failed on the written test
last winter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
AUTO BOMB DETAILS TO
BE AIRED AT INQUEST
Story of Attentions to Slain Mans
Wife Will Be Told.
BIZ United Press

chOAJ VI hbLClAOiOIlo W Oldln MAN
Wife Will Be Told.
BIZ United Press
ROCKFORD, Ill, July 21.-The
story of the attentions paid by Paul
Reed of Oregon, H., to Mrs. Vernon
PLACER will be told today at the in
quest into Players death.
He was killed by bomb con-
cealed in his automobile which ex-
ploded when he stepped on the
starter.
PLACER, before his death, accused
Reed of the bombing. Reed, sur
rendering to Oregon authorities, de-
MED the accusation.
Mrs. PLACER said she eloped with
Reed last year, but returned to her
husband two weeks later and was
forgiven. She said Reed had been
annoying her recently.
1t was established that the bomb
placed in Players automobile con-
tanned a heavy charge of dynamite.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
HIRAM JOHNSON
SWINGS FORCES
TO AID HOOVER
QuaSheS Hopes of Al Smith
to Win California,
Leaders Believe.
BY PAUL r. MALLON,
Omitted Press star Correspondentl


PALO ALTO Calf, July 2l-The
Hiram johnson leadership which
never has been more than lukewarm
to the candidacy of Herbert Hoover
is enthusiastically getting aboard
the Hoover band wagon.
Governor c. c. Young of Cali
fornia, a Johnson leader, notified
Hoover today that he would be his
first guest and was invited to lunch.
simultaneously, announcement
was made that johnson himself will
be one of the first callers when
Hoover opens his palatial villa Office
for conferences next week.
Leaders to Pledge Aid
Both Young and johnson are
coming to inform the Republican
presidential nominee they will take
as prominent a part in his campaign
as he desires, according to Hoover's
friends.
These friends believe Wholeheart-
ed support from the johnson leaders
will eliminate whatever chance Gov
ernor Alfred E. Smith, Democratic
nominee. had of carrying this State
which gave the presidency to Wood
row Wilson, a Democrat, in 1916.
Young's call was primarily a mat
ter of state, but its political signifi-
canoe was remarked by political OBJ
servers in the Hoover camp.
The swing OF johnson and his
leaders to Hoover was not unex-
pected. They did not oppose him
in the State primary, Some of them
had indicated, however, they might
not desire active work for the
Hoover ticket.
Rest Over Weekend
News that they will, has pleased
Hoover's friends and a binding peace
pact is expected No other VISITOR
than Young will be received by Hoo
yer until Monday, Then johnson
and numerous other State leaders
will be consulted.
The nominee and Mrs. Hoover de-
sired to rest over the weekend
IN their San Juan Hill villa, over
looking the campus Of Leland STAN
ford University. Mrs. Hoover
pulled through without physical
difficulty, the ordeal Of attending
Friday the funeral of her father, G.
D. Henry, Monterey banker, whose
body was cremated by his order and
placed in a vault in Cypress Hill
Cemetery.
The ancient capital of Siam
Ayuthia-has been hidden in the
Jungle for four centuries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
U. S. GIRLS ATTACKED

c-birese Policemen Is Accused IN
Crime at Hankow.
81 United Press
HANKOW. China, July 21.-Re-
rorfs reached here today that two
American girls. 8 and 10 years Ola
had been attacked at Yu Ling by a
Chinese policeman.
The girls were said to be daugn-
+ers of a Seventh Day Adyentlst
missionary.
I. P. Lockhart, consul general at
Hankow, has asked Yu Ling au-
thorities for details preparatory 70
protesting officially.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
Burglars Loot Church

BIZ Times Special
BASS LAKE, Ind, July 21.-Bur-
glars have left only the pews and
organ to the Lutheran Church.
Bibles, song books, baptismal font,
carpets and rugs were stolen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
ANTI-WAR PACT IS
APPROVED BY JAPAN
Acceptance by Entire World Is Pre-
dicted in Note.

Acceptance by Entire Worlo Is h'0
dicted in Note.
- WASHINGTON, July 21-Accept-
ance of the remuneration OF war ,
treaty "by the whole civilized Wofla
Is foreseen by Japan. whose noVe
annroving the American draft OF
the anti-war pact was published to-
day. sauosead
In the note. which was addressed
IN Ambassador MacVeagh in Toxic,
Foreign Minister Tanaka said l
cannot conclude without congraCu-
Iating your Government most
warmly upon the rapid and general
acceptance which their proposals
have met with. H.. ,on4
Czecho-slovakias' reply, the last
10 be received from the fourteen
nations invited to sign the pacC'
probably will be made public TO-
night,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
HITCHCOCK GIVES TALK

Exchange Club Hears Theater Star
at Lincoln.
An appeal for good nature and
kindliness was made to Indianapolis
Exchange Club members Friday at
the Lincoln by Raymond Hitchcock,
theatrical favorite appearing this
week at the Lyric theater.
Hitchcock urged temperance,
which he said is not synonymous
with prohibition. He said intelli-
gence or morals cannot be legis-
lated.
A feature of his talk was a
learned, somewhat involved, discus
sion Of the Einstein theory of
relatively. Hitchcock is a member
of the Cleveland Exchange Club.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
TRAIN FALLS IN RIVER
Long Island Car, Is Passengers,
Plunge From Bridge.

BIZ United Press
..EW YORK, July 21.-A COM
mutation train of the Long Island
railroad was wrecked when it ran by
a red signal at Hammill drawbridge
on long Island today.
One car, reported to have been
carrying fifteen passengers, went off
the bridge and into the water and
another car turned over.
All of the passengers were rescued
from the water, but few were in
jured, according to reports reaching
the railroads main Offices here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
In The Air
CONDITIONS AT $50 A.

CONDITIONS AT $3.50 A. M.
Compiled for The Times by Government
Weather Observer j. H. Arlington and
Donald Mcconnell. Government aeron-
autical observer.)
cealing, unlimited; visibility. miles;
barometric, 1898; wind west, m. p. b.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
Initials Linger
By Times Spccioi

By Times SpCCioI
EVERTON, Ind, July PA
land terrapin on whose back
Virgil Griffith and Walter
Moore carved their initials May
II, 1904, has been found by
Donald Wilson on his farm
southwest of here. The letter.
ing is still almost as plain as it
was when carved twenty-four
years ago, Wilson says.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
Fire Damages Iron Works

Sparks from an emery wheel,
which ignited some paint, caused a
5000 fire at Central Iron Works, 119
w. Norwood ST., late Friday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21
PLAY PLANNED IN PARK
Will Feature Wednesday Night Pro-
gram.

gram.
1.-THE Victory of a Good Citizen"
a playlet, will feature the program
to be given in Christian Park
Wednesday evening under the direc-
ton of Miss Emmeline Joseph.
Miss Joseph has developed a gen.
eral pageant from the dancers in
the entertainment under the direc-
ton of Miss Hazel Albeit, pageant
supervisor. Besides the playlet and
the pageant, there will be folk
dances, songs, recitations and must
cal specialties.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-21

The ancient capital Of Siam
Ayuthia-has been hidden in the
Jungle for four centuries.