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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01
DRIFT TO CITY
FROM FARM is
BEING REDUCED
Rural Regions Lost Only
$4,000 Last Year, Says
Jardine Report.
By Times Special

By Times Special
WASHINGTON, Dec. Drift
from the farm to the city is slowing
down, Secretary Jardine said today
in his annual report to President
Coolidge.
Last year the excess of persons
who left the farms for the cities
over the number leaving the cities
for the farm was only $4,000.
For the eight years from 1920 to
Jan. l, 1923, the net loss in farm
population was $685. 900, he said, an
average of more than 100000 a year.
Some loss of population from the
farm, Jardine said, is normal and
healthy. because Of the increased use
Of farm machinery. which requires
fewer workers. Continuation Of
the slowing down process will bring
the Nation in a few years. he said,
to point where the loss in farm
population just will about drain off
the excess in natural increase and
that caused by the wider introduce
ton of machinery.
Lack of modern comforts on the
farm. among the great causes of
people leaving the farm, was pointed
out strikingly in the fact that only
38 per cent of farms had telephones,
10 per cent had water piped into
the house and 7 per cent had gas
or electric lighting.
Only about 100000 of the 30,00O,-
900 people on farms live within five
miles of cities or towns having a
population of more than $500, he
said. and the rest are isolated cor
reSpondingly.
The only reason, Jardine said, for
the farmer not having modern i'm
provements is that he can't have
them. To prove this, he pointed out
that IS per cent of Iowa farmers
have telephones, and 66 per cent of
those in Indiana, while 48 per cent
of New England farms have water
piped in and % per cent of farms
in Massachusetts have gas or cleo
trio lights.
Jardine recommended extension
OF rural government activities, ex-
tension of modern comforts to the
farm, and better looking and more
comfortable farm homes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01
Plan Mail Test Flights

Experimental air mail flights,
daily except Sunday, from Dec. 10
to 90, between Winnipeg and Call
gary by way of Regina, and be-
tween Regina and Edmonton by
way Of Saskatoon, have been an
nounced by the Canadian admins
tration.
Only first-clsss matter prepaid at
the air mail rate Of cents for the
first ounce and 10 cents for each
additional ounce will be conveyed.
Registered and special delivery let
tiers will be accepted.
Special cachets have been author
lied to commemorate the first Of
fetal air mail services in The prai-
RE provinces. Stamp collectors
wishing to obtain these cachets may
forward letters under separate cover
in advance to postmasters on the
route.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01
MURDER PROBE I
REVEALS CULT
OF WITCHCRAFT
Faith in VoodooiSm Leads
to Burning Man Alive,
Tied in Chair.
BIZ United Press

81 Ohtted Press
YORK, Pa, Dec. 1.-EXistence OF
the superStitious frenzies of witch
craft in this modern community
stood revealed today as a man and
two boys were held for the murder
OF a farmer.
Raymond Rehmyer, SO, a farmer
of Mt. Aairy, was found burned to
death, tied in a chair when a mule
in his stable brayed and attracted
the attention at paSserby.
John Curry, IA. and Wilbert
Hess, 10, are under arrest charged
with Rehmyer'S murder. They
we're said by police to have con :
fessed that they and John Bly,
mire killed the farmer because h
would not give them lock of his
hair to remove a spell"
Advice for $40
Blymire, described by the boy
and the youth as a witch doctor,
was arrested Friday and also
charged with the murder.
The story of the murder, as po-
lice quote from the alleged con-
LESSONS of Hess and Curry, ran a:
follows:
Milton Hess, father of Wilbert,
had lost chickens, and road
through his land was closed.
Hess, a believer in witchcraft or
a form of voodooism. asked John
Blymire, regarded as an unfailing
witch doctor" what Blymire
thought of these happenings.
After receiving his customary SAC
fee, Blymire told Young Hess:
"Rehmyer has heXed (bewitcheO
you. You must take a lock of his
hair and bury it eight feet deep
back of your chickenhouse."
Beaten Unconscious
Blymire accompanied the Curry
boy and Hess to Rehmyer's farm
house to get the lock Of hair.
Rehmyer, also a believer in this
strange voodooiSm, refused to give
the lock of hair, causing them to
think he was their enemy ano
wished to spell" them deliberately.
In the woodshed, where Rehmyer
went for firewood. they attacked the
farmer. They beat him with sticks
of wood when he resisted and he
fell unconscious.
Thinking him dead, they poured
kerosene over him and set it aflre.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01
Special Air Stamps Made

A special hand cancellation stamp
has been authorized by the post
Office department, to be used on all
air mail letters sent from a tenn
porary postal station at the Inter
national Aeronautical exposition at
Chicago, Dec. l to 9, Postmaster
Robert H. Bryson announces.
The stamp will be in commemora-
ton of the twenty-fifth anniversary
of the first successful flight of a
heavier -than-air machine.
President Coolidge has received
acceptances from nearly all foreign
governments invited to attend the
international civil aeronautics con-
ference at Washington, Dec. u to
IA, in commemoration of the an
niverSary.
In connection with the anniver-
Sary, exercises will be held at Kitty
Hawk, N. c., incident to the laying
of the cornerstone in memory of the
fight made by the Wright Brothers,
Dec, II, 1903,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01

and buys Immediately at the lowest
offering, or sells at the best bid. The
floor of the exchange is dotted with
posts, which look very much like
traffic Semaphores. Specific secur-
tiles are traded III at these posts,
and it is here the specialists do
business in these particular issues.
The transaction is then entered
on the customers statement and
record is also made by the margin
clerk, so that he can know immedi-
ately whether the customer has
sufficient margin. If not, a "call"
for additional funds is sent out that
night. Margin" represents the de-
post an individual puts up against
the purchase of stocks. The better
class houses now require a deposit
of approximately one-third of the
market value of the stock.
AS soon as the order has been
executed, note is made of the
transaction by the uniformed re-
porters of the exchange indicating
the number of shares, name of the
security, and the price at which the
trade is made 1t is then handed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01

and mail it in to The Lonesome
Editor.
The coupon printed below is
solely for your convenience, and
you may use it or piece of white
paper with your name and address
written at the top of the sheet.
You do not have to be Times
subscriber and copies of the paper
may be seen at either The Times
Office, the Circle theater, or at the
public library. There are no re-
strictions as to how many titles you
submit; only confne Zach title to
not more than ten words.
Every one is eligible to enter the
contest other than employees Of The
Times, the Circle theater and Uni
verssl Pictures Corporation, the
producers of Lonesome" and their
immediate families
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01
Air Garage Is Opened
By United Press

By United Press
READING, Dec. believed to
be the first of its kind in Great
Britain, Reading is to have an air
garage with lock-upS for private
owners.
1t also will have a quick gasoline
service, repair shops where all spare
parts will be in stock, and depot
for planes flying westward from the
continent.
Work on the lookup hangers will
be begun this month, and it is eX-
pected that the garage" will be
ready for opening in the spring.
In addition, a service of air-taXis
will be run. There also will be q
school for flying, and sightseeing
tours la chars-a-banc.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01

A five-dollar bill looks good To
anybody, with Christmas sticking
it's ears over the horizon, and here's
your chance to tuck one away in
your purse for holiday shopping.
It's Simple-if you know how. The
Times and the Circle theater today
start their title contest and the best
title submitted will receive crisp
five-dollar bill. The next five il,
merit will receive a pair of tickets
each. to see Glenn Tryon and Bar
bara Kent, in Lonesome" which
opens at the Circle today.
Each day for five days, starting
today, The Times will publish
scene from the photoplay, Lone
some" which begins its weeks en-
gagement today at the Circle the
alter. All that you have to do to
win one of the prizes or theater
tickets is to give the picture title
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01
New Mail Route to Open

Extension of air mail service on
Route to include Fond du Lac,
Oshkosh, Appleton and Green Bay,
Wis, has been authorized, effective
Dec. Is, Postmaster Robert H. Bry-
son announced today. At present
the route extends from Chicago to
Milwaukee.
The four new cities on the route
will be furnished & special cancella-
ton for use on air mail covers dis
patched on the opening day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01
Endorses School
BIZ Times SpcciaL

BIZ IlWcS SDCCtdE
VINCENNES, Ind, Dec. 1.-The
Egyptian Airway School, Marion,
ILL.,, has submitted a proposal to the
Chamber of Commerce for estab-
nshment of an aviation school here.
The chamber announces that it in
dorses the plan. which includes
stipulation for 100 flying hours to be
contracted in advance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01

Chamber of Commerce to be used as
an airport. 1t was pointed out that
airport will be of nearly as much
value to Covington as to Danville,
because it is about half way between
them. The land is now in corn
which is being cleared away for 9
rye crop. In the spring. however,
beacon lights and a hangar will be
erected. The field will be known as
the Danville Chamber of Commerce
airport.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01
Flying to Be Taught

BR Times Special
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Dec. Am
aviation school will be opened here
Dec. Is by the Shockley Flying
Service, Kokomo. The Curtiss Fly
ing Service, Indianapolis, is also
planning to conduct classes here. In
addition to instruction, both sery-
ices plan selling of planes and parts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01

to one of the operators Of the ticker
sending stations, who transmits 1t
to a clearing station, which records
all transactions in sequence, by
means of a master sending appa-
ratuS which looks very much like
typewriter keyboard. Thus it ap-
pears on the tape which we hear
clicking so merrily in the brokers'
office.
When the ticker Is abreast of the
market, the customer can read on
the tape the report of the execution
of his order within from one to two
minutes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01
EIkhart Plans Field

BB United Press
ELKHART, Ind, Dec. six
sites are available for the proposed
municipal airport here, and a
Chamber of Commerce committee
which has been working with city
administration representatives on
the project is expected to make a
definite report within two weeks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01
BY MRS. G. G. WYCKOFF.

BY MRS. G. G. WYCKOFF.
Copyright 1928, by NEA Service, Inc.)
NEW YORK, Dec. Among the
millions who are interested in Sc
curitieS today, only a small per-.
centage know exactly what happens
to the order which they either
write, telephone, telegraph or per-
sonally deliver to the brokerage
house with which they are dealing
With the turnover in securities on
the New York Stock Exchange run
ming from three to almost seven
million shares per day in the last
few months, although the facilities
have been severely taxed, the ma .
chinery for handling the business
has functioned with astonishing
rapidity.
All Due to Code
All this is due, in the first place,
to the code which exists between
the members on the floor of the ex
change, enabling a man in perfect
confidence to accept orders for the
purchase or sale of thousands Of
shares of securities running into
tremendous sums, with nothing but
O. verbal order to establish the
transaction. One can not disavow
a purchase or sale whether the
market goes in his favor, or against
him.
Thus, when you place an order
with your broker, it is written on an
order pad printed in black for buy
ing order, and red for selling orders,
showing name of stock, number of
shares and prices at which the order
is to be executed and the name of
the customer. 1t is then handed to
an order clerk in the cage.
In the cage" which is the name
brokers give to the room that houses
the order clerk. margin clerk, book
Keepers, and cashier, there never is
an unnecessary moment lost in
transmitting the order to the floor
of the Stock Exchange, because any
delay might mean a serious loss to
the customer.
Sent to Floor
II the clerks are familiar with the
customers account, the order is tele-
phoned Immediately by private wire
to the floor member"-on the floor
of the exchange. AS only Stock Elk
change members and uniformed en-
ployes are allowed on the floor, the
telephone clerk hands the order to
an exchange page" who promptly,
delivers it to the floor member. 1t
takes but fifteen to forty-five sec
onds from the time the clerk re-
ceiveS the order until it is in the
hands of the floor member.
If the order is "at the market"
the floor member goes to the
post" where the stock is traded in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01
Ordinance for Airport
~ Times Special

~ Times Special
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec. Am
ordinance regulating the municipal
airport has been drafted by the
works board and will be submitted
to the city council at an early date.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01
Naval Omcers Mother Dies.

PJ Times Special
BOONVILLE, Ind, Dec. Flu
neral services were held Friday for
Mrs. Mary D. Meyerbacher, IS,
mother of Commander Ralph D.
Weyerbacher, u. S. N, noted for his
achievements in flying. She died
Tuesday of paralysis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01
o. K. on Landing Field

BIZ Times SDccidl
PRINCETON, Ind, Dec. This
city's landing field has been ap-
proved by the aeronautics division,
department Of commerce. according
to adviceS received by E. r. Maxam,
manager of the field.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01

.ss....s.sss..'s' 's'''s's's''
Name ...........' '.'''''''''''''''
Address ......... ..............
Jingle No. 10 gives you another
chance to show your talent in writ
ting last lines. If yours is good
enough, it'll be one of the three to
win a pair of tickets to the Circle
theater show next week, Lone
some" one of the big hits Of the
year.
Last lines are coming in by the
hundreds every day, so the COMPETE
ton is hot. But don't let that stop
you. Try No. 10 today and watch
for No. IL Monday.
Winners of No. 6 Jingle contest
are Mrs. Belle Anderson. 1924 Hoyt
avenue; c. Connolly. 730 South
Missouri street, and Lydia Rine-
hart, 1920 Park avenue.
Here's Mrs. Anderson's offering:
The folks who start their shopping
now
Their own sweet time can take,
While those who don't will later find
It's push and ShOve-and still they
wait.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01
Airport Site Leased

bW JHIItU fFte6
CONVICTION, Ind, Dec. IAN
eighty-acre field, about halfway
between Danville, ILL.,, and this city
has been leased by the Danville
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01
EXPERT FINGER
TRACES RAPID
ORDER COURSE
Mrs. C. G. Wyckoff Tells Of
Many Moves in Stock i
Purchase.

Just how the Stock Exchange operates
Is described today by Mrs. C. G. Wyck-
Off, president of Wall Street, in a second
exclusive article for The Times and NEA
Service. In her next and last article.
this prominent financial writer will tell
about women and the small investors In
the market.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01

Mr.. Connolly's last line was:
I'm the Christmas rush their lives
at stake"
Miss RinehartS:
"a jam, no choice, too late"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01
FAV0RS GAMBLING CURB
Jardine Desires Law 70 Stop Grain
Market Activities.

Market Activities.
By United Ptess
WASHINGTON, Dec. Hope
that congress will pass a law to
curb activities of grain gamblers
was expressed today by William Jar
dine, secretary of agriculture.
A bill amending the grain flu
lures act to prohibit excessive
trading for purely speculative pur-
poses" was Introduced at the last
session of congress and still is alive
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01

NEXT: Women investors in the
stock market.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-01

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ....'.'.'s''''
Name ............ ..........'..''''
Evening star., 1928-11-18

The club member Every SO often the
Friday Afternoon Literary Club, Of which
Helen is member, gets Prof. So-and-so
few things about politics. and Helen comes
home with all sorts OF interesting bits
He told US says Helen. "all about direct
primaries, and it wasn't SO very interesting
| think it was more the way he looked and
talked that made it SO deadly, because really
| have never seen a homelier man. Bessie
Bagley sat next me and we tried all through
his lecture to figure out what kind OF little
animal he looked like
Evening star., 1928-11-18

The dyed in the wool.
Once, and once only, did
Lucius V. Vestry, esq, vote
the Democratic ticket. That
was the year Cleveland was
up for President, and there
were several things about
the ensuing administration
that Lucius found fault
with. Ever since then he
has voted Republican party,
come what may. LuciuS
loves to talk with a crony
or two about high protec-
tive tariff and about the
Bull Moose scare back III
1912. Not very progressive
Evening star., 1928-11-18

The farm vote. Mrs. Frieda Finn,
the farmer wife, comes of a house
divided: Minnie. the hired girl and
Mrs. Finn voted for Hoover. while
MIR. Finn and Archie, the hired
man. did their bit by Smith.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-12

branched out and ramified until
fully ten important families of to-
day can trace their descent from it
in the male line.
An example of this is the great
number of aristocratic families, in
GLIDING twelve peers, descended
from the old Stewart family of
Scotland, the originator of the fam
lily line being the first Steward of
the King of Scotland. Thus in
actual numbers, a balance is kept,
and aristocracy as whole, as we'll
as royalty, does not die out because
of any degeneracy or weakness due
to it's rank or wealth.
Of the royal families of today,
both reigning and non-reigning,
nearly every one, through the male
line, shows a continuous position
of nobility or royalty traceable as
early as the eleventh century"
Three or four thousand members of
various royalties are living in
Europe today, and they are all hav-
ing large families.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-12
DENIES WEALTH
ENDS LONG Line
IN FAMILY TREE
Survey Shows Many Girls
Cause Royal Name to
Die Out.
BIZ Science Service

DU SCb6HC6 SCI CtCO
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.-Royalty
and old families do not die out be-
cause of their age, neither do they
become degenerate and sterile be-
cause of their wealth and power,
declares DR.. F. A. Woods of the
National Research Council, in a re-
port to the American Genetic Asso-
citation.
Facts taken from the history OF
the British peerage furnish proof OF
this, he says, in contradiction to
popular notions about inherited
wealth and position. Since families
and family names continue only in
the male line, many old families
have become extinct only because
all the children of Ole generation
were girls.
It is not fair to say that old fam
flies are dying out because certain
names are no longer found in the
peerage. On the other side OF the
picture it was found that over half
of the British peers of 1921 trace a
continuously aristocratic descent in
the direct male line to as early as
the year 1850.
Every instinct and desire of pow
erful and wealthy families would
tend, biologically, toward their
growth in strength and numbers, DR..
Woods points out, mentioning the
desire for children, particularly
sons, and the selective mating of
aristocratic families, a mating de-
signed to strengthen the family.
While nine out of a certain ten
old families may have died out, due
to a preponderance Of girl children,
the remaining one will have
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-12
ELECT INDIANA MINISTER
Lutherans Place Richmond Man at
Head of District Synod.

Z : EVANSVILLE, Ind. Oct. 12-The
Rev. MIR. A. L. Nickals, Richmond,
was elected president of the West
ern district, Evangelical Lutheran
Joint Synod of Ohio and other
States in session here at the Eman-
ual Lutheran Church, to succeed DR..
H. j. Schulz, Anna, Ohio.
DR.. S. A. Stein, Springfield, Ohio,
was elected vice president, with the
Rev. Mr.. Irwin Otto, Celina, Ohio,
secretary; the Rev. Mr.. o. R. Smith,
Mt. Healthy, Ohio, treasurer, and
Carl Bogen, Middletown, Ohio, stat
iStician.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-12

There is more in coffee than in
any other beverage. 1t contains
water, sugar, caseine, gum, fat, oil,
mineral water, wood and caffeine
a drug composed of nitrogen, car
bon. hydrogen and water.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-12

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-12

Harvest Sale Price
Sparkling diamond set in
a gorgeous hand-en-
graved 18-kt. solid white
gold mounting. While
they last ...............
ONLY SOC DOWN!
Evening star., 1928-01-08

Patience 10 more than q virtue when the thermometer
10 flirting with And these three citizens Mrs O.
Singleton. Miss Margaret Livingstone and J. W. Hume
field waited hours in the cold New Year day be first
70 greet President and Mrs. Coolidge. 9F - r"""'