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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04
COOLIDGE MESSAGE
SHELVES FARM AID
TO EXTRA SESSION
Comment Following Upon
Verbal Bomb Points
to Delay.
BY PAUL r. MALLON
TTnikad pras9 STAFF CorreSnondent


WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Presi-
dent Coolidge'S annual message
raised as much CONSERVATION in
congress today as if it had been
a rhetorical bombshell,
The private comment was more
significant than the public state
ments of senator's and congressman,
but there was plenty Of both, indi-
eating the message would result in
definitely delaying farm relief leg
islation until Mr.. Coolidge retireS,
March 4, so the next farm bill could
be handled by his successor in the
White House.
1t was considered significant, too,
that the President voided any ref
erence to the Republican tariff
policy or to the upward revision
proposed for the relief of agricul-
ture. Some attributed his avoid
ance of the subject to the presence
of President-Elect Hoover in South
America where the proposed agri-
cultural tariff bitterly has been as
sailed as an effort to place an en-
barge on South American goods.
Johnson Encouraged
The Presidents position on Boul-
der dam and the naval cruiser bill
had a bewildering effect upon spon-
sors of the two legislative pro-
poSalS.
After comforting with President
Coolidge at the White House to as
certain what the President meant
by the suggestion to leave power in
the Boulder dam project to develop
ment by private enterprise, Senator
Johnson, author of the measure,
said he interpreted the message as
distinctly favorable to his bill.
Warns Against Spending
Chairman Hale of tie Senate
naval committee refused comment
on the Presidents request for elm
ination of the three-year time limit
proposed for building fifteen new
naval cruisers. 1t was indicated the
Senate would follow the House in
refusing to accede to the Presidents
desires on the time limit phase.
Warnings of the President against
additional appropriations was taken
as a warning against any new
spending spree" rather than an ef-
fort to curtail the present legislative
program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04
New Law TO FIX SALARIES
OF COUNTY OFFICIALS URGED
TO Save VAST SUM in fees
Bill Being Prepared by State Accounts Board
Affects z, 900 Persons; Divert Thousands
of Dollars to Public Treasury.
COMPILED BY FIELD EXAMINERS
Data Gathered From Every Point in Indiana,
as Provided by Resolution Passed
in 1927 Legislature.

bill which will set definite salary for each of the more
than 1000 county officials of Indiana and divert to the public
treasury hundreds of thousands Of dollars going into the
pockets of ocehoder fees being prepared in the Office
of Lawrence Orr chief examiner of the state board of
counts.
The bills provisions are being compiled from data gath
field examiners county provided by the con-
current resolution passed by the 1927 Legislature.
Abolition of the fee system and the placing Of county OIL
cas on adequate salary basis the idea the Legislature
had mind turning the work to the state board OF
accounts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04
MAYOR Will
SIGN REVISED
TRAFFIC CODE
Council Makes 5 Changes
as Suggested by
Slack.

Mayor L. Ert Slack today an
nounced he will sign the revised
traffic code adopted Monday night
by city council.
On motion of Councilman Robert
E. SpringSteen, safety chairman, the
council suspended rules and passed
the measure with a few minor
amendments suggested by Slack.
Council refused to continue the
ban on Monument Circle parking,
because of the storm of protest
raised by merchants and civic lead
erS.
81 wouldn't let that keep me from
signing the ordinance" he SaiG.
Effective in Two Weeks
Several councilmen were anx-
ious to "go along" with the mayor
on the parking provision, but they
felt they could not overlook the ap-
peal from citizens.
"We may be able to work some
thing out to take care Of that later,
said SpringSteen.
The ordinance will become ef-
fective two weeks after the mayor
signs or vetoes the measur. Slack,
who has ten days to make up his
mind, pocket vetoed" the first or
dinance because of some minor con-
flictS.
In adopting the new code Indi-
annapolis has led many cities in ap-
proving the model municipal ordi-
nance drafted by the national safe
ty council, which was designed tc
provide uniform traffic regulations
in all cities.
The council "bucked" on Slack's
request to omit the traffic stickel
plan. The plan provided that
City Clerk william A. Boyce Jr
keep detailed check Of sticker fines
and make monthly reports to coun-
ell.
II don't like the present plan
but have nothing better to offer,
explained the mayor.
RezOne Delaware Corner
The Amendments are:
Safety boards designation of taxi
and bus zones requires council ap-
proval.
Automobiles ain use" exempted
from all night parking ban.
Penalty for failure to give arm
signals changed from $500 and 100
days to from 81 to $25.
"Or preferential" inserted after
through" streets in designating
nonstop streets.
Only municipal ambulances per-
mitted to use red lights and sirens.
The council rezoned northeast
and northwest corners of Delaware
and Sixteenth streets from business
to apartment classification and ap-
proved purchase of two new fire de-
partment bumpers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04
SNOW COMES EARLY
Predicted for Tonight, Light
Fall Comes About Noon.

Snow, predicted for Indianapolis
tonight, fitted down on the city at
11:3O a. m. today.
The fall likely would stop later
in the day to resume tonight,
United States weather bureau Off
cials said.
There may be an inch or two or
snow on the ground by morning,
and again there may not be, for
snow is mighty uncertain
thing" said J. H. Arlington, bu-
reau chief.
The temperature will remain in
the 3Os today and the early part of
the night, but will drop to a low
point of from 20 to rs degrees
Wednesday morning he said.
The temperature drop had been
expected this morning, but a dis
turbance in Arkansas caused south
east winds to blow over Indiana and
hold off the winds from the north
west carrying the temperature drop,
he said,
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fective in controlling the result.
There's a law of cauSability as
akin to the law of cause and ef-
feet as it can bel"
EOR the enlightenment OF
IL women in tn eaudience, Hickey
made humorous explanations of
many baseball terms used in re-
counting baseball yarns with a
moral.
Ladies'" he said once, there Is
nothing immoral about stealing
bases in baseball game. In fact,
the more of them you steal the
more moral you arel"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04
Hourly Temperature

ing at Roberts Park M. E. church
this afternoon, 2:30 o'clock. hickey
and Connor are on the program
for the high school students mass
meeting at the Roberts Park
church tonight, 1880.
"The Perils Of Modern Home
Life" will be Connor's topic at the
mems mass meeting in Cadle tab
ernacle tonight at 7:3o O'Clock.
The council will close with
Wednesday nights tabernacle
meeting when former Governor
Clifford Pinchot will speak on
THE Progress Of Prohibition"
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He told of introducing Babe"
Ruth to a mems luncheon club
with the words, "a man whose
responsibility perhaps is greater
than any of yours. for twenty
million boys are watching him,
worShipping him. Let your ap-
plause be a plea that he keep
faith with those boys by his con-
duct on the field and off of it."
Rickey's hearers applauded
loudly-"just as the luncheon
club did," he said.
"You have to know God before
you can lead boys to him." he
concluded,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04
king RALLIES;
PRESIDES At
BED COUNCIL
His Majesty Signs Order
Creating Body to Do
His Work.
BY KEITH JONES
United Press Staf Correspondent

OuASOu GECSS OkdA NOEICSpOuuchk
LONDON, Dec. 4.-King George
rallied sufficiently from his critical
illness today to preside over privy
council and to sign an order-in-
council creating a commission to
carry on the royal functions while
he is incapacitated.
The Central News described the
dramatic events of the morning at
Buckingham Palace, telling how
the privy council was conducted
to the kings bedroom, where its
members remained about ten min
uteS while the king signed the proc
lamation.
The queen, although not privy
councillor, was present.
1t was said to have been the first
time a privy council ever was held
in the kings bed chamber.
Still Improved
The king turned over his duties
to a commission consisting Of the
queen, the Prince of Wales, the
Duke of York, the Archbishop OF
Canterbury, the lond chancellor and
the prime minister.
While his majesty's condition still
was matter of concern, great op-
timism prevailed everywhere after
the days developments,
His five physicians paid him an
unexpected joint visit and issued
bulletin revealing that his fever
had risen a little, but that the
slight improvement in his general
condition was maintained. The bull
letin, issued at $3.50 p. m. follows:
"HiS majesty the king passed a
quiet morning. Although his tenn
perature is now 1902, the improve
ment in his general condition
noted in the last bulletin has been
maintained.
The earlier pulletin referred to
was the regular mid morning an
nouncement. which said:
Announce it to House
"The king passed a. quieter night,
although anxiety concerning his
heart must continue. The improve
ment noted last evening is so far
satisfactorily maintained"
News of the appointment of the
royal commission to act for the king
was announced to the house of COM
mons by Premier Stanley Baldwin.
Meanwhile, the new Archbishop of
Canterbury, at his enthronement
ceremonies in Canterbury Cathedral,
stirred vast audience by announc-
ing that the king had slept six hours
during the night and adding, al
though anxiety is not yet removed,
we have good cause to be thankful" "
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04
U. S. AGENT LEAVES
J. J. Keene, Narcotic Divi-
sion, Transferred.

jerome ]. Keene, federal narcotic
agent in charge of the Indianapolis
Office since 1915, will leave tonight
for East st. LouisS, ILL.,, where he
has been transferred.
Keene will be succeeded by E. A.
McHugh, transferred here from
Milwaukee. McHugh arrived today.
He has been in the government
service ten years.
Keene, a former Indianapolis
druggist, was appointed in March,
1915 and served here continuously
until early in 1926, when he was
transferred temporarily to Kansas
City, and later to st. Louis. He
returned here late in 1926. At the
time of his appointment he was a
member of the state board of
pharmacy.
E. A. Crews, recently transferred
from the Indianapolis Office to Chi
cago, has been transferred to Mil
waukee in general reassignment
of narcotic agents.
Keene expects to maintain his
home here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04

JAMES ENDICOTT, Toronto
a. former moderator of the United
Church of Canada, in the second
address of the evening, defended
missionary work in foreign fields
against the criticism of those who
profess to be Christians, but de-
clare they do not believe in mis-
SionS.
The Rev. Mr.. Stone and Ralph
Connor, author, lecturer and
preacher of Wonnipeg. Can, were
to address a women's mass meet
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04
ADMITS nine
BOYS Slain ON
DEATH RANCH
Killed Five Himself, Officers
Are Told by NorthCott;
Seek Bones.
SEARCH OVER DESERT
Refuses to ImpIiCate Any
Others in Crimes on
Chicken Farm.
SEARCH OVER DESERT
BY GEORGE H. BEALE
limited Press STAFF Correspondent

RIVERSIDE, Cal, Dec. 4-Out
on the Mojave desert through the
night and today, George Stewart
Northcott led Riverside and Los
Angeles county officers on search
for remains of victims of his as
serted murder farm" activities.
Nine boys were slain on the
chicken ranch in Riverside county,
Northcott stated. Of that number
he personally did away with five,
police said he confessed. He ad-
mitted Staying one in his written
confession made Monday night.
"The other Killings" Earl Red
wine, assistant district attorney,
said Northcott remarked in making
his confession, well, let the others
make their own admissions"
Taken Into Desert
Shortly after 8 o'clock Monday
night Northcott was taken from the
Riverside county Jail and into the
desert near Victorville. \
He promised deputy sheriffs he
would show them the spot where
he buried the head of the Mexican
youth he killed and where the body
Of boy he said his father, Cyrus
Northcott, murdered was inferred
Officers did not put too much
trust in his offer to point out the
burial spot, but they waited with
him until daylight so that a thor
ough search might be made.
COnfesses Killing Mexican
Especially Northcott and the
officers sought the skull of the
Mexican, whose body was found
near Puente, Cal, in Los Angeles
county, and who, until Monday
night, remained unidentified.
In the written confession, he
Identified his Mexican victim as
Alvin Gothea.
Il killed Alvin Gothea on the
ranch Feb. 2. 1923. No self defense,
the note he gave to\ Redwine read
1t was signed Gordon Stewart
Northcott."
The postscript, will plead guilty
in Riverside county tomorrow" was
added.
This postscript was initiated &c
S. N"
Walter Collins, Lewis Winslow
a youth named Richard, and an
other boy, whose name was not
learned, were the ones Northcott ad-
mitted he killed, Redwine said.
Slayer Highly Nervous
Nelson WinSlow, brother of Lewis
was killed by Sanford Clark, whose
revelations led to Northcott'S arrest
the confessed slayer said.
Northcott declined to reveal who
was responsible for the other slay-
ingS.
Northcott was highly nervous
throughout the day and night. He
frequently made contradictory
statements. After confessing in the
presence of witnesses, almost in.
variably he would deny such con.
fessions a few minutes later.
Under present plans, he will bt
brought back here today for ar.
raignment this afternoon in superior
court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04

IrrepresSible Boy" with many
anecdotes of the diamond.
TOO many of us say, You can't
count on what a boy will become.
Small, trivial things seem 70 con-
troll their careers
1.-THE truth is, we are too willing
to excuse ourselves of response
bility by pointing to these trivial
things
II have learned from experience,
that to the extent that base
ball club accepts responsibility for
it's own faults and failures-just
to that extent will it become ef-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04

CLEVELAND Ohio "A decision unique the annals Of
~ Judge Harrison
pleas stipulation of three
Otto the applied
a divorce.
you impose chlren yourselves
told couple IT, therefore refuse the d
impose three of birth control"
couple have three children.
children three should not be allowed the judge
husbands salary is $24 weekly
eloped married 1928 Kourlm then
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04

"DOYS are hero worshippers!
ID Are we ready to substitute
the heroism of men for the
heroism of Christi"
Branch Hickey, vice-president OF
the st. Louis National League
baseball club, fired that question
at 1000 Methodist men and women
attending the indianapolis Area
Mems Council of the Methodist
Episcopal church at Cadle taber-
nacle, Monday night
Hickey, a ball player himself
until he rose to managerial ranks,
illustrated his address on "The
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04
Judge Sentences Couple to Birth Control

HE most problem presented to court the
that which heer children involved 1hey
are the important principals in the case
their age was gay adventure
matrimonial problems and child
old, could given
them They before juvenile
they not given lessons
could not raise than
needed school
medical
get along small family while the husband still was earn
inga a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04
Maine Metal for Tablet
By Times Special

By Times Special
KOKOMO, Ind, Dec. A tablet
cast from metal of the battleship
Maine, sunk in Havana harbor,
Cuba, will be placed on the new
Howard county courthouse here by
Everett Griffith post, No. 6, Spanish
American War Veterans,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04

The resolution carried an
appropriation of $4,000 to
carry on the work, the money
being paid out of the Cover
nor s contingent fund.
A survey of every county office in
the state, was made and the data Is
now being used by Field Examiners
Edward Brennan and Ralph Hesler
in preparing the bill under Orr'S di-
rection.
Study All Offices
Study was made in the offices OF
all county auditors, clerks, sheriffs,
recorders, surveyors, assessors, COM
missioners, prosecutors and school
superintendents.
Salaries for these offices and the
office of township assessors will be
fixed in the bill. Judgeships also
may be included, Orr said, making
the total number Of officials af-
fected 2,13O.
The fee system already has been
curbed somewhat in Marion county.
The last legislative session took
away from the county treasurer the
Barrett law fund interest. Before
this was done the treasurer re-
ceived interest and fees, over and
above his $1,000 salary, of more than
100000.
The data gathered for the bill
from Marion county in 1928 shows
that SCI, 900 in fees was collected by
Treasurer Clyde Robinson, in ad~
dition to his $4,000 salary.
Salary of the Marion county AUDI
itor, which is $500, will be taken as
the gage by which other salaries in
the bill will be set Orr says.
Scale All Counties !
Population, tax valuation and area
were used in determining a factor
for the survey. The field examiners
then gathered data on the number
of tax transactions, assessment
units, mortgage exemptions. taxing
units, administration record, bonds
liquidated, miles of road, school
fund loans, receipts, disbursements
and deposits in completing the fac
tor. This data rated so per cent,
according to Brennan.
The factors we're then used to
scale all of the counties and thus
provide an equitable salary basis.
This is the first salary bill, as
such. to be introduced since 1885,"
Brennan explained. ''It became OBJ
vious to the legislators at the last
session that much unfairness ex-
lists in the money paid by various
county offices.
"In large population counties, like
Lake and Marion, the fee system
has resulted in almost untold sums,
while in small population counties
the meager salary originally pro-
vided has not been adequate to
meet modern conditions.
Lake County Is Example
Another inadequacy is often
shown in counties whose population
has grown beyond that Of others
where higher salaries are paid. We
hope to remedy this situation in
the bill which will be ready when
the session opens.
"This will give ample time for
discussion and we hope passage of
the measure. 1t will mean the
saving of hundreds of thousands of
dollars to local taxpayers and hon
est pay for honest work by the Of
ficials."
An example of salary differences
unwarranted by population is shown
by the authorship in Henry and
Cass counties, In Henry, the larger
county, the auditor receives
$3,03380, while in Cass the same Of
flee pays $3,720.
A flagrant example Of where the
fee system has turned into a huge
political pork barrel is Lake coun-
ty. There the prosecutors office,
on a fee basis, pays more than
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04
DO You LOUe
Your Boss?

And would you let him make
love to you, while he was pay
ing you a salary for the work
you did every day?
That's the problem in
Orchid" the story of a mod
ern moon goddess, which starts
Friday in The Times. And
here's where you come in:
Thirteen cash prizes are
offered by The Times for the
best letters giving the writer's
views on this question. Read
the details on Page 8, then sit
down and write your letter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04
"THANKS FOR HELP"
CURTIS TO ROBINSON

Democratic Nominee Has Unique
MementO From Curtis.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. A tele-
gram from Senator Charles Curtis
expressing thanks for the "help'
given him in his e-presidential
campaign is being kept by Senator
Robinson as a momento of the re-
cent campaign.
Curtis was the Republican nomi-
nee for Vice-President and Rob-
inSon the Democratic nominee.
The form message was used by
Curtis's clerical force to answer
the congratulatory letters and tele-
grams and Robinson inadvertently
got one of them in reply to his
telegram of congratulation to his
opponent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04
PRESIDES AT MEETING
Health Board Secretary to Head
Conference of Engineer.

DR.. William F. King, secretary Of
the state board of health, today an
nounced that he will preside at a
conference of engineers of the Great
Lakes drainage agreement at Gary,
next Monday and Tuesday.
King is chairman of the agree
ment organization. He stated to-
day that several Canadian provinces
have asked to join and the agree
ment will thereby become interna-
tional.
The agreement is to work out
measures to abolish lake pollution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04
Wounded Marine visits

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Dec. A.
Charles E. Turner, United States
marine corps sergeant, is visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Turner here, while recuperating
from wounds received during a
battle with bandits in Nicaragua.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04
CARRY AWAY SAFE, $3.50

Robbers Smash Window In Ohio
Street POolroom Robbery.
Burglars who threw a brick
through a side window of the Wallie
Brunswick poolroom, 50 West Ohio
street, hoisted the poolroom safe
containing $3.50 out Of the window
and carried it away early today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04
INFLUENZA SPREADING

Fear Expressed as Disease Increases
in Delaware County.
BIZ United Press,
MUNCIE, Ind, Dec. 4.-Accordins
to an announcement here today
influenza is reaching alarming pro-
portions throughout Delaware
County.
Several county schools are on tha
verge of being closed and there arc
many cases of the disease here, the
report said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04
BUTTER DEMAND UP

.. 5. Consumes IWlce AS MUCH AS
2S, Years Ago Report.
By United Press
CHICAGO, Dec. 4.-The people Of
this country are eating twice as
much butter as they did twenty
eight years ago, w. F. Jensen, busi-
ness manager, reported today to
the twentieth annual meeting Of the
American Association Of Creamery
Butter Manufacturers
I'm 1900 the people Of the United
States ate only 1900 100000 pounds
of butter" Jensen said. I'm 1928
they ate 5000, 100000 pounds"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04
GENTRY INCORPORATES

Old Time Circus Man Now Out I'm
der New Banner.
Incorporation papers for the
Sparks Circus Company were filed
today by Henry B. Gentry, Bloom
ington, with the secretary Of state,
Gentry is a veteran Snowman who
will re-enter the circus business
after an extended retirement.
The circus is the fourth to be
Incorporated within the last two
weeks. Others were the three large
circuses wintering at Peru. Sam p.
Dill and Roy Feltus are incorpora-
tors with Gentry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04

1t pays to telephone. Basic rate TO
CINCINNATI only 70 cents.-Adver-
tisement,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-04
BAD BREATH; IN AGAIN

and Is Locked Up as Drunk.
Charles Sauter, As, of 1413 Tabor
street, was supposed to appear be-
fore Judge Paul G. Wetter in
municipal court today to answer
to vagrancy charge.
Charlie got there, but
Bailiff Freeman Smock Smelled
his breath. The bailiff told the
judge. The judge ordered him held
in city prison on a drunk charge.