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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-17
BRIBERY CASE
OF FRANKFORT
SOON TO Jury
Final Arguments Started in
Trial of Realty
Dealer.
DEFENDANT ON STAND
Denies Moynahan Gave
Him ST, 400 for Ordinance
Passage Pressure.
DEFENDANT ON STAND

Attorneys made final arguments
in the Martin Frankfort bribery
trial in Criminal Court this after
noon.
The defense rested it's case this
morning, after putting Frankfort.
accused of being involved in one OF
the bribery deals in the spring Of
1927 which resulted in designations
Of six city councilmen, on the stand.
Frankfort was the only defense
witness. He denied the State
charges that he received $1,400
from Thomas A. Moynahan, real
estate operator, for obtaining pas
sage by council of an ordinance
rezoning property at Twenty-Sev-
enth and Meridian Sts., which
Moynahan owned, for business.
Use Called Legitimate
Frankfort declared the 81 400 was
for the use of plans and his sub
contractors by Moynahan to build
building.
Judge James A. Collins upheld the
defense in blocking Prosecutor Will
liam H. Reny from reading Frank
forts testimony before the grand
jury about the $1,400.
The State contends the 81 400 was
bribe money, part of which later
was distributed to some councilmen
Moynahan told Monday of being
sent to Frankfort by Boynton J..
Moore, then a councilman, when he
inquired about means to get the re-
zoning ordinance passed. Moynahan
also told of giving the $1,400 to
Frankfort to obtain passage of the
ordinance, and said the money was
paid on the subterfuge of being for
plans of a small storeroom.
Defense Is OyerruIed
The State, however, was unable
to introduce positive testimony that
the money later went to council
men.
The defense was overruled IN an
effort to bar testimony of former
Councilman o. Ray Albertson, Al
bertson, however, did not testify
definitely that he was paid for vot-
ing for the Meridian and Twenty
Seventh st. zoning ordinance.
Prosecutor William H. Rerny
asked:
estate whether or not after vot-
ing for the ordinance you ever were
paid for that vote"
Albertson replied, IT presume So"
His answer was ruled out as not
being a statement of fact.
Again the question, he replied,
mo"
Admits Getting Money
Asked whether he received in the
council chambers, or appurtenant
thereto, $780," Albertson replied,
IT did"
The defcrse rested its case at
11:10 a. m. Spoc'al Prosecutor Ems
ley w. johnson gaze the first half
hour of the State argument. De-
fense Attorney .enry Winkler made
an hours final argument for the
defense, and Prosecutor Remy was
to close for the State.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-17
BN United Press

BJ United Press
DETROIT, July 17-Down the
broad vistas of this city's boule-
wards, f1anked by cheering half
million persons, the greatest specta-
Gle in modern knights Templar his
tory was presented todal, as $4,000
members of the order marched to
the stirring strains of Onward,
Christian Soldiers"
The parade was the climax of the
thirty seventh triennial conclave of
American Templars Grand COM
manderies from the forty EIGHT
States, Canada and Mexico marched
as guards Of honor to Most Emmett
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-17
FOREST FIRES RAGING
Lust for Gold Blamed for Spread
of Canadian BIazes.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
WINNIPEG, Man, July 1.-THE
lust for gold has set the forests Of
the north ablaze.
The situation in the mineral areas
of Manitoba and across the Sas-
katchewan border is the worst it
has been since the forestry depart
ment commenced patrol by air.
,lanes. Over the entire region fires
are threatening to overtax the re-
sources of the service.
The presence of green" prospec-
tors in the area is believed to be
responsible for the outbreak.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-17
STORM LOSS is HEAVY
Tornado Swept Southern Saskatch-
evan Checks Damage.
Bv United Press

BIZ United PTesS
WEYBURN, Sask., July 17.-Al-
though communication was still dis
rupted today in the tornado-swept
districts of southern Saskatchewan,
fragmentary reports indicated that
damage was far greater than at first
believed. No deaths or injuries were
reported, however.
The storm, which started south
Of Limerick Sunday afternoon, left
100-mile path Of destruction to-
ward the east.
Crops we're reported destroyed
farmsteads shattered, livestock
killed and communication lines
torn down.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-17
BOND SALE IS DELAYED
City Banks Fail to Bid on Sanitary
District issue.

Sale of $4,000 of sanitary district
bonds was delayed today by City
Controller Sterling R. Holt follow
ing failure of banks to bid on the
issue.
Bond houses declined to buy city
bonds because of Mayor L. Ert
Slack's clouded title to the mayors
Office. 1t is understood contractors
may arrange to purchase some of
the bonds in event they are not sold.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-17
RECEIVERS STOLEN CAR:
CAPTURES TWO BOYS
Lads IL and 16 Face Vehicle Theft
Charges.

Two youths, IL and 16, face We
hlcle theft charges as result of the
sprinting ability Of Abe Slender,
1861 Yandes st.
Monday night Stiendler's car was
stolen from his home. This morn
ing John Schilling, ga E. Nine
teenth ST., reported the car stand
ing at the rear of his upholstering
establishment.
When SLENDER went to recover
the car he saw the two boys at
tempting to start it. The youths
ran when they saw Slender, but he
captured them after chase of sew
eral blocks, he reported.
Forest Conover, Is, of 1902 Ash
land Ave, was slated on vehicle
taking charge. The 12-year-old
youth was taken to the detention
home,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-17
Diary of Dancer

Copyright, 1928. by United Press)
KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, July
17.-Sjef Won Dongen, boyish cham
pion dogsled driver of Spitzbergen,
tells in the following diary form
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-17
AIR MAIL EXTENDED

Dayton Cleveland Route to Open
Aug. 1.
BN United Press
WASHINGTON, July 17.-Post-
master General New announced
today air mail service between Day
ton and Cleveland, Ohio, will be es-
tahlished Aug. /, by the Continental
Air Line, operators of the Louis
VILE Cleveland route.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-17
OBREG0N PLANS POLICY
Uniform Labor Laws Keynote of
Program.

BIZ Untte6 Pfe8S
MEXICO CITY, July 17.-Gen-
eral Alvaro Obregon, newly elected
president of Mexico, has outlined his
policy of government-a policy that
has as its main theme uniform laws
through the nation.
His policy on the religious ques-
ton is quite similar to that of
President Gales and is in keeping
with his declarations on the church
situation when he was president be-
Nfore.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-17
MAYORS PARENTS HERE

MT. ana MIS-. Elisha y. SIAck OF
Trafalgar Visiting Son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha o. Slack,
parents of Mayor L. Ert Slack, are
in the city for a few days visit
with their son.
The mayors parents live at Ira
falgar, Ind, in Johnson County,
where the mayor was born. Slack s
father is 70 and his mother rs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-17
Fallen
Mother BIameS III Health,
Woman for Death of
Slain Bandit.
"OH, if I bad only TUNED aim

"NH, if I had only turned him
Oover to the detectives when
they were hunting for him last
week, maybe it wouldn't have hap
pened," moaned Mrs. Maude Wal
ton. 1910 Lexington Ave-, today.
She sorrowed over the death of
her son, Edward Reiter, %, in q
gun battle with policemen east OF
the city.
The mother told the old story of
a son in bad company. reforma-
tory term, attempting to go
straight, a woman, the final
plunge.
Reiter was not re 1arded as a
bad boy until he got in with a
gang stealing cars at Crawfords-
vile. Sentenced to Indiana State
Reformatory in 1924 he served
eighteen months and was paroled.
ID EITER contracted tuberculo-
N sis and went to the Indiana
tuberculosis Sanitorium at Rock
vile, where he sang tenor in the
choir and attended church SER
vices regularly.
When his health was better he
returned to indianapolis. Here
he attended Sunday school at a
Nazarene church so regularly that
on April 10, 1927, his teacher,
Mrs. Stella Schmittz, gave him
Bible, in the front Of which she
had written:
Read a portion of this daily
and it will be a light unto your
pathway, a guide post from earth
to Heaven. Yours in His service,
Mrs. Stella Schmitts."
A few weeks ago the youth sud-
denly stopped going to church and
Sunday school.
The mother said she heard her
son went regularly to an elaborate
south side apartment Of a wom-
an who specializes in young men
friends.
Il
ONCE, detectives say, the won-
- an has moved to a North Side
apartment, keeping her establish
ment going with what she could
take from her friends.
A week ago, detectives searched
for Reiter in their investigation
Of a robbery. The mother told
them she did not know where he
was.
Now she laments that she did
not notify officers when the youth
came home.
well, Mrs. Walton. perhaps it
is better this way" said Detective
Colder who was trying to COM
fort her. "At least you will know
where he is now"
= Eyes," said the mother. Maybe
it is best this way"
Buick coupe, and Reiter died while
Lieutenant Drinkut and Driver
Aulls went to Cumberland to cal
the ambulance.
There were four burned out flash
lights in the car. One shot hac
been fired from the revolver in the
hands of the other bandit.
The police fired seven revolver
shots and one rifle shot into the ban
dts car during the battle.
Three reporters in the emergency
car narrowly escaped being shot
One bullet whizzed between the from
and the folding seats in the center
of the car.
Drinkut's squad pursued the
bandit car, which had given the
signal to the other car at the time
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10
Illinois Picnic
ToBeAtAlamo;
Bids Are Mailed

ALAMO, May 1o.-Former citizens
Of Illinois are to hold an allsday
meeting ut Camp Ebenezer, on the
highway just west of here, O. May
II, and invitations have been mailed
to every person whose name II on
file with officials Of the orgeniza-
ton.
The annual reunion, which has
been held for several years past, Is
expected to draw q record crowd
this year.
The notice Of the meeting says:
MAY IL will be Illinels Day at
Ebenezer camp, G. the west edge of
Alamo on the highway. Fried
chicken will be the state flower that
day and many people will bring
cherry pie in their baskets. People
are coming from all over the Val
ley, bringing their families and
friends.
There will be plenty Of ice water
and at moor the food will be placed
upon the long tables in the big hall.
"This promises 10 be the best
meeting yet of those who have lived
in Illinois"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10
CHORAL CLUB
HASPROCRAM
R~aymondville Organi-
cation Has First
Of Four Fetes

RAYMoNDvILLE, May Io.-Na-
honal Music week was fittingly OBJ
served here Tuesday evening, when
the Raymondville Choral club gave
an excellent musical program in the
high school auditorium. with an ap-
preciative audience present. The
club is a department of the Kay
mondville Woman's club. and was or
ganized about three months ago,
through the efforts Of Mrs. j. r. NJ.
Stephens. The program Tuesday
night was the first Of a series OF
four programs that will be given
during the year under the leadership
OF a different member Of the club.
Mrs. f. B. Burton is director o. the
choral club. and Mrs. B. $. Wright IS
accompanist, and each is very prof.
cient in her respective line.
The six numbers sung by the club
showed excellent training, and in
cluded "The Dance" from Faust, by
Gounod; Longing" by Camp; "Oh
Lovely Night" (Barcarolle), By Of
fenbach; Bedtime" by Dudley
Buck: "That Wonderful Mother Of
Nine" by Goodwin: and Rounded
Up in Glory" cowboy spiritually, by
Fox. In this number the choral club
was assisted by men.
Following the singing of the last
song named above. Messrs. Hays
Scissor. L. K. Boone, T. c. Green
and George Wright gave an impromp-
tn number, "Swing Low. Sweet Char
lot" which was heartily %enchored.
after which they gave several old
Southern songs.
Two selections, "Come Where the
Lilies Bloom" and "The World IS
Waiting for the Sunrise" by Sultz,
were sung by the sextette, which
was composed of Mesdames Finn,
Burton. Stephens, Holder, Green, and
Miss Mcmahon. The reading. The
Convict's Violin" by Mrs. r. 9.
Dodge, and the playlet, "The NUM-
cipal Davenport" acted by George
Wright and Mary Lee Stephens, both
won hearty applause, while the vocal
solos, "Blackbird, Keep Singing" by
Harris, sung by Mrs. z. B. Burton,
and "MotLer Machree." by Young,
sung by Mrs. Leigh Finn. were rem
dered with pleasing effect.
n pdNluIHluts lnG AUAy &AAgg
sung by Mrs. Stephens, was a beau
tiful number. Five young ladies',
Ruth Coulter, Mary Lee Stephens,
Anna Drayer. Mabel Nelson. and
Marjorie Sue Grayson depicted the
scenes portrayed by the song, while
colored lighting effects were used.
The Choral club is a permanent or
ganization, and the members are
highly pleased over the signal sue-
cess that the first presentation
achieved. The personnel is as fol-
lows: Mesdames w. H. Bostick, F. Z.
Dallou, VI. II. Dreyer, B. S. Luffield,
Leigh Finn, s. L. Gill, Earl Gil
Iiland, T. G. Green. w. T. Holder,
b. l.. Jenkins, Charles Kennedy, Geo.
Musgrave. Hays Scissor, c. J. Scott,
j. +. VI. Stephens. John Stiles. II. r.
TONNE. Esker Wheeler. E. B. Bur-
ton, and Misses Beatrice Mcmahon
and Louemma Rober.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10
c. Of c. Men In
Valley to Attend
Corpus Meeting
fSnecial to The Herald.l

SAN BENITO, May I0.-Practically
every chamber Of secre-
tary in the Valley Will be at the
meeting Of the South Texas Com
mercial Executives to be held at
Corpus Christi May IL, according to
]. K. Bell, local secretary, and presi-
dent of the organization.
"And / expect most Of them will
advance ideas in connection with the
proposed organization Of South Tex
ans, Inc at the meeting" Mr.. Bell
said.
The proposal for the formation of
such an organization = to be made
ut the meeting by Mr.. Bell, with the
idea Of raising a fund Of a million
dollars annually TO advertise South
Texas.
Secretaries VINO VIII attend the
meeting from the Valley are G.. G..
Richardson, Brownsville; ]. Z. Bell,
San Benito; Myron F. Ward, Har-
lingen; j. W. Monk, Mercedes; L. W.
Bailey, Weslaco; W. r. Mccarthy,
McAllen; Leslie Neal. Edinburg, and
Kirk Mallory, Mission.
Mr.. Bell and possibly some other
of the secretaries will probably go
from Corpus Christi on to Wichita
Falls to help get the 1929 retail
merchants association convention
for the Valley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10
Donna Planning
For Garner Club

DONNA, May 10.-Plans for the
organization of a Garner-for-Cou-
gress club in Hidalgo county are
expected to be worked out here
Thursday night at a meeting OF Gar
ner adherents in the office of Judge
Alfred Lissiner.
All friends and supporters Of
representative John N. Garner in
sIs race for reelection to congress
from the Fifteenth district, ana a
capacity crowd is expected. The call
was sent out by Mrs. NJ. NJ. Huffor,
publisher of the Donna News.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10
Tomato Buyers Move
To San Benito Field

SAN BENITO, May 10.-The Val
ley's tomato crop. which is now NOV
ing in pretty large quantities, is at
tracing the attention of produce
buyers in many other parts Of the
country as shown by the number of
buyers who have moved here the past
few days.
Almost a dozen tomato buyers are
located temporarily in San Benito,
in addition to the regular produce
buyers and shippers here.
The condition is almost the same
in other parts Of the Valley, it is
said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10
Darwinian Theory
Stirs French School

TOURCOING, France R)-France,
like Tennessee, has its troubles over
the teaching of the Darwinian the
DRY. In T%ourcoing they took the
form Of a strike Of students at the
Colbert Technical shool.
A professor Of veterinary sci
ence, M. Rietz. explained to his
class the theory of Darwin. A
student protested and was expelled
from the school. Forty-four other
members Of the class followed him,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10
Day in Congress
(By The Associated Press.)

Thursday:
Senate again takes up tax reduc-
ton bill while house starts consid-
GRAFTON Of emergency officers retire
ment measure.
Senate campaign funds committee
takes testimony of Governor Smith
in New York.
Gilbert tobacco bill comes before
senate agriculture committee.
House naval committee considers
proposal to establish naval ammuni-
tions depot at Hawthorne, Nevada.
Measure TO permit states to tax ma
.ional banks before house banking
committee.
Great Lakes channel improvement
nroiect before house rivers and har-
bors committee.
House foreign affairs committee
studies bill recognizing state de-
eartnen4
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10
Visitors to City
Planning farley
To Return Friday

SAN BENITO, May 1O.-This city's
official delegation 70 the national
city planning conference in Dallas
will return Friday. and will imme-
diately make reports at a series of
meetings TO be held during the next
few days in launching San Benito's
city plan.
Those who made the trip from San
Benito are Mayor j. Scott Brown,
Commissioner F. b. Housel, and A. L.
Montgomery. city attorney.
The officials will rect with the
San Benito realty board Immediately
upon their return, and Monday night
Of next week a meeting will be held
with the San Benito Chamber Of
Commerce board Of directors. and the
members of the city commission. at
which definite action is 70 be taken.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10

refusing 10 return until the offend
ing instructor was removed.
The class was disbanded and the
course in Darwinian theory, as APP
piled to veterinary science, with
drawn from the curriculum.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10
NEW SCHOOL. TRIrSTFE

MISSION, May 10.-Hollis H. Ran
kin, local business man, has been
named a member of the local school
board to fill the unexpired term Of
s. NJ. Duffie, resigned.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-10
Alto Toll

LoNDON.-Automobiles killed a.
719 persons in Great Britain in 1927
an increase of 373 over 1926.
The Washington times., 1928-09-13
HICKMAN SCHOOL
HAS LONG RECORD

The Hickman School OF Speech
and Expression, now entering
upon the twenty-fifth year of its
existence in Washington, can
rightly lay claim to being one of
the oldest educational institutions
in the National Capital, having
been founded in 1904.
1t is inaugurating the occasion
by consummating a plan that It
has long had in contemplation
the addition Of an extension de.
partment to the school for the
teaching of self-expression and
public speaking, through home
study, to students in other parts
OF the country. as well as OF en-
aDling those in Washington and
vicinity who are too busy to come
to the school in person to take the
course.
The course to be given in this
department is an exact reproduc-
ton OF the class and personal
teaching of the school. and has
been carefully planned and ar
ranged in practical form through
the written word, for home stud
purposes.
The regular fall term OF the
school is now beginning. Nsw
classes are being formed both IN
practical public speaking and in
sef-expression, as well as the
various arts of expression. The
particular claim OF the Hickman
school, along the line of teaching
which 1t represents. is that only
such things are taught in the
school as may be. in some man.
ner, Of actual practical value in
everyday life.
The Washington times., 1928-09-13
DECORATING ART
WILL Be TAUGHT

Fully aware that this IS an age
Of keen competition which re-
quires highly specialized educa-
ton and practical training to in.
sure success, the Master School
OF Interior Decoration, 1906 Con-
necticut Ave. n. w. ever since
it was organized. has made the
study OF the interior decorative
arts it's only and exclusive master
subject. No other subjects are
taught.
The instructors at the school
are competent and experienced
and are practical experts in their
! respective lines. including color,
drawing, domestic architecture
period furniture, Axtiles. w4Ii
! and floor coverings. art history.
The school, cooperating with
the trade, occupies three floors of
the building at 1906 Connecticut
Ave.. and has at its command in
It's lecture and workrooms a
large and well selected collection
or period furniture, fabrics and
textiles. wall and floor coverings.
domestic architectural details.
mantel pieces and accessories of
every kind which are used in
practical manner for purposes OF
demonstration and teaching.
The course finishes within Ia
months including two months
and half of summer vacation.
and the school makes every EFF
fort to obtain suitable positions
Tor those students who have
passed a satisfactory final exam
ination.
Arrangements are now being
made for the organization Of a
new beginners class to take up
studies some time in September
and further information may be
obtained from the director of the
school, Rudolphe de Zapp.
The Washington times., 1928-09-13
Abbott School
Adds Teacher

An advisory council Of tecog-
nized artists and one more meu.
ber Of the permanent teaching
staff have been added to the
personnel OF the Abbott School
Of Fine and Commercial Art.
1924 H ST.. which opens Its win.
ter term October 1. Two new
courses are offered. M;ss Anne
r. Abbott. director. announced
yesterday.
Louis Wolchonolx, OF New York
city, has been appointed to
teach etching. architectural
drafting and commercial Illus.
tration, He has Just returned
from Paris. The Bibliotaeque
Naticnale In Paris is showing
one of his etehipgs In It's per-
nlanent exhibition. His water
colors have representation IN the
Cleveland. Ohio Museum.
The new courses offer instruc.
tion in architectural drafting
and textile design.
Inc interior sueCOEAllnB SGuESt
has been increased to tour wears
by students who wish college
credits. Instruction In pattern
cutting has been added as
phase Of the costume design
course, while draped models will
be available to illustration 'tu,
dents this year in both tie s.fter.
noon and evening classes.
A full two-year course in
teacher training has been added
to prepare artists for positions
as teachers OF art in uubac and
private schools The original
brief teacher.training course OF.
fered by the Abbott school to
augment the regular teaching
course in the normal schools will
continue as last year.