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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-02
HONEST SCHOOL
HEATING PLANT
BIDS ORDERED
Tax Board Ready to Fight
Law Suit Threatened
by Manufacturer.

Adamant in its demand for COM
petitive bidding on city school heat
ing and ventilating systems, IT,,
State tax board today girded itself
for any legal action which 3. c.
Ship, heating and ventilator
equipment manufacturer, might
bring to force his systems into the
schools.
Shipp hurled his law suit threat
Thursday afternoon at a con-
ference with the board.
At hearing Tuesday on a pro-
posed 100000 city school bond
issue, the tax board announced that
the Indianapolis school building
program was brought to halt until
specifications calling for COM
petitive bidding are prepared.
Calls for Showdown
Whats this attack on me all
about" asked Ship after the board
had convened Thursday.
"All that we want is that speci
fications provide for open, competi-
tive, free and honest bidding We
have no inclination to discriminate
for or against anyone" answered
John Brown, chairman of the
board.
you can't show any specification
or a set of specifications issued by
the Indianapolis school board for
the schools in which my name is
mentioned" said Shipp.
THAT may be true, but the speci-
fications are so framed that they
can use only the Shipp system, y
Philip Zoercher, board member, con-
tended.
Competitors Blamed
1.-THE whole argument against me
is caused by disgruntled COM
petitorS," said Shipp.
There must be something wrong
when heating and ventilating costs
from Is to so per cent more in the
Indianapolis schools than else
where" remarked Will Hough, an
other board member.
Jumping up and brandishing his
finger under Hough's nose, Shipp
at once shouted: do you object to
my price because some money passes
through my hands?"
Hough answered: mot bit, pro-
viding there isn't too much passing
through your hands"
From then on the meeting was
replete with verbal fireworks, lent
color by Ships stalking to the head
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-02
SUMMON MUNCIE MEN
GilliOm to Take Dispositions for Use
Against Khan.

Dispositions for use in ousting the
Ku-KluX Khan from Indiana will
be taken next Tuesday, Attorney
General Arthur L. Gilliom an
nounced today.
Orion Norcross and Sam Be-
mendofer, both of Muncie, will be
called. Norcross is secretary of the
Protestant knights of America, and
Bemendofer is president. This Or
ganization used the name In
dependent Ku-KluX Khan, until
stopped by the national Khan Or
ganization.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-02
WIDER ROAD SOUGHT
Scouts Petition Improvement Of
MiIIersviIle Highway.

Widening of Millersvile Rd. from
Millersville to Bakers Bridge will be
asked by Indianapolis Boy Scout
council Of the county commission
ers. The road leads to the Scout
reservation.
Widening and improvement of the
thoroughfare already is on the coun-
tvs road program. Commissioner
Cassius L. Hogle said when informed
Of the project. Petitions signed by
property owners along land affected
have been prepared. They were
approved Thursday by the Scout ex-
ecutiYe board.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-02
BOY EXECUTES HIMSELF
High School Youth Found Dead in
Home Made Electric Chair.

By United Press
SPOKANE, Wash, March Am
investigation was opened today to
determine whether Kenneth F..
Brooks, 16-year-old high school boy,
used electricity as a suicide means
or whether his interest in electric
chairs claimed his life.
Brooks scared body was found
late last night iii a homemade
electric chair on the second floor
of his home here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-02
HOLSTERS MAY
LOSE z SEATS
IN CONGRESS-
Bill Reported FaVOrabIy for
ReapportiOning House
Members; Shift "a.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, March 2.-Indi-
ana would lose two members of
Congress out Of its present dele
cation of thirteen under the reap
portionment bill reported favorably
by the House Census Committee to-
day. The bill provides for holding
the House at its present number,
435, but stipulates that its member
ship must be redistributed accord
ing to Census Bureau estimates of
the 1880 census.
Under the measure the House
would be required to reapportion
by 1881, increasing its membership
Of AIS if it thought necessary. II it
failed to act by that time, reap
portionment would become effective
automatically, with a total Of 435
members retained but shifted
among the States on the basis Of
census population figures.
Shift "a Seats
The compromise giving the House
a chance to reapportion according
to its own ideas was adopted to
meet objections from States which
would lose by a reapportionment
based on 435 members. The auto
matte provision is club to force re-
apportionment, which has not been
undertaken since 1910. Twenty-four
seats would be shifted from certain
States to others under reapportion-
ment based on the present men,
berShip.
State to Lose Two
The States that would gain the
twenty-four seats under the meas
ure, on the basis of 1880 population
estimates made by the Census Blu
reau and on major fraction meth
cd, are: Arizona, 1; California, 6;
Connecticut, l; Michigan, 4; Mon
tana, 1; North Carolina. /; New Jer-
sey, Q; Ohio, 3; Oklahoma, /; Texas,
2; Washington, l, and Florida, /.
Those that would lose are: Ala
bama, l; Indiana, 2; Iowa, Q; Kan
sas, /; Kentucky. 2; Louisiana, l;
Maine, L. Massachusetts, 1; Missis-
sippi, Q; Missouri, 4; Nebraska, 1;
New York. 2; North Dakota. l; Ten
nessee, l; Vermont, 1, and Virginia, l..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-02
u. p. EmpIOye Dies

LOS ANGELES, March Flu
neral services for Edward T. Con-
kle. veteran employe Of the United
Press Association. will be held here
tomorrow Conkle, who had beer
failing in health for several years
died at his home here Thursday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-02
NEW MANAGER NAMED
Joseph Goldsmith Takes Charge of
Liberty Store.

Joseph Goldsmith has been named
new manager of the Liberty Store,
clothing store for men, women and
children located at 80 N. Pennsyl-
Vania st.
Goldsmith comes here from New
York City. The policy of the store
under his management will be cour-
tesy, fairness and service, he an
nounced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-02
MISSING filters FOUND
Three Lost in Arctic Circle Feb. II
Reported Safe.

By United Press
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March 2.
Flying Officer A. A. Lewis Of Win
nipeg and Sergeant Terry today
were reported safe at Port Burwell
on Hudson Straits after being lost in
the arctic circle since Feb. II.
Word of the safety of the missing
men came in a radiogram from
Flight Lieutenant A. A. Lietch, at
Port Burwell.
On the morning Of Feb. II Lewis,
Sergeant Terry and native left
Port Burwell on a regular patrol
and observation trip. At 3:15 p. m.
Lewis reported from an unknown
position that he was landing on the
ice. No trace of the three men had
been found until today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-02

was replaced by
the convict num-
Der, 44,960.
Under t h a |
number she will
serve her SEN
tence of from
one to three
years for con-
cealing the facts
in connection
with the death
of Ray Ray
mond, her actor
husband.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-02
Political Eye on KokOmO
City Youth Wins School Honor

John D. Lyle. SOFA Kenwood Ave-,
student at the Carnegie Institute
of Technology, Pittsburgh, has been
elected a member of the Scarab,
national professional architectural
fraternity, according to word from
Pittsburgh today
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-02
CARTER ENTRY
SETS POLITICAL
:. POT TO BOILING
Senator Robinson Is Forced
to Build Organization
and Take Stump. \
MARCH 2. 1928
BY ROBERT BEARD

More fuel was thrown under the
bubbling political pot when Scion j,
Carter, Indianapolis attorney, en-
tered the Republican race for the
nomination for United States Sen
ator, shattering Senator Arthur r,
Robinson's hopes OF walking off with
the nomination unopposed.
The changed aspect of the Sen
atorship race was the significant de-
yelopment Of the week.
Robinson, whose announcement
Wednesday indicated he would not
excite himself about the primary
unless opposition appeared, got it
promptly and now is faced with the
necessity of naming a manager,
building an organization and taking
the stump.
Opponents In
He has had the experience be-
fore. He had four opponents for
che nomination in the 1926 prima-
Sies. With the Klan and Anti
Saloon League as aids he amassed
236,091 votes, as against 62,297 for
Archie Graham of South Bend;
1894 for Oswald Ryan of Andersno;
30,842 for Ward B. Hiner of In
dianapolis, and 1875 for James r.
Norrell, Negro, of Indianapolis.
However effectual Robinson's
campaign management may have
proved in 1926, one material change
is conceded certain for 1928-the
post of campaign manager.
Ora j. Davies, former State treas
Urer, who did the honors two years
ago, stands indicted on a charge of
having levied a toll of 1 per cent on
all deposits of State funds in the
now defunct American Trust Com
pany Bank at Kokono.
Democrats Are Active
While Robinson and Carter were
silent, the two Democratic candi-
dates for the nomination have been
campaigning loudly all over the
State. Walter Myers and Albert
Stump, both local attorneys, are out
to succeed Robinson.
With six candidates in the field
for the Democratic nomination for
Governor. and five announced and
Frederick E. Schortemeier's prom
iSed on the Republican side, the
gubernatorial tumble continues to
hold first interest in the gossip.
Schortemeier's protracted delay in
making his announcement has been
encouraging his rivals to believe
that chance remains of his stay
ing out. Schortemeier has smiled
at the report and indicated in posi-
tive terms his name will be on the
lists when March 8, the last day
for filing for the Office, rolls around.
Political Eye on KokOmO
The political eye, always at
tentiye when D. G. Stephenson is
escorted beyond the bounds of the
Indiana State Prison, centers on
Kokomo, where the Howard County
grand jury is investigating affairs
of the defunct American Trust
Company Bank.
Rumors emanating to the effect
that "a high State official" was
under scrutiny set speculation agog
for the political effect the outcome
might have.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-02

of woman prisoner replaced the
silk stockings and modish dress in
which she stepped through the
prison door.
Reaction was setting in from the
nonchalant air which she entered
the prison. She went dejectedly
about her temporary duties in the
women's building and at times
seemed on the point of tears.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-02
DOROTHY MACKAYE is
CONVICT NO. 44960

One-Time Stage Favorite Begins
Prison Sentence.
By United Press
SAN QUENTIN, Cal, March g.
Dorothy Mackaye, one-time stage
favorite, began today the monot-
onous routine of convict life in San
Quentin penitentiary.
The name which once was
blazoned forth from theater signs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-02
Guard Against Flu
With MusterOle

Influenza, Grippe and Pneumonia
usually start with a cold. The mo-
ment you get those warning aches
rub on good old Musterole.
Musterole relieves the congestion
and stimulates circulation. 1t has
all the good qualities of the old
fashioned mustard plaster without
the blister.
First you feel a warm tingle as
the healing ointment penetrates the
pores, then a soothing, cooling SEN
sation and quick relief. Have Mus
terole handy for emergency use. II
may prevent serious illness.
To Mothers: MusterOle is
also made in milder form for
babies and small children.
Ask for ChiIdren's MustcrOIe.
Jars & Tuess
!|!E J ] !!
Better than a mustard plaster
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-02

Coogan mother
of Jackie Coogan for $150OO charging alienation affections
named Mrs Coogn correspondent In divorce suit against Arthur
she the sensational legal action
tons the Bernstein
of Jackie Coogans film
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-06
Nationally Known Judges
Honor Newspaper for
Service of Merit.

By United Press
NEW YORK, June 6.-The Pull
itzer prize, a gold medal for "the
most disinterested and meritorious
public service rendered by any
American newspaper during the
year." formally was presented to
The Indianapolis Times at cere-
monies at Columbia University
Tuesday night.
The award to The Times, the
highest honor in American journal
ism, was announced by the judges
May 8.
The judges, all nationally known,
were: President Nicholas Murray
Butler, Columbia University; Mel
vile E. Stone of Associated Press ;
Ralph Pulitzer, New York World;
Arthur N. Howe, Brooklyn Daily
Eagle; John L. Heaton, New York
World; Robert Lincoln O'Brien,
Boston Herald; Joseph Pulitzer, st.
Louis Post-Dispatch; Rollo Ogden,
New York Times; Alfred Holman,
San Francisco; Casper S. Yost, st.
Louis Globe-Democrat; Stuart H.
Perry, Adrian (MichD Evening Tele-
gram; Julian Harris, Columbus (Ga)
Enquirer-S Sun, and Frank r. Kent,
Baltimore Sun.
The announcement stated the
prize was awarded The Times for
it's work "in exposing political cor
ruption in Indiana, prosecuting the
guilty and bringing about more
wholesome state of affairs in civil
government"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-06
THAW BARRED
FROM ENGLAND
Denied Permission to Land;
Planned European Tour.

Ry United Press
SOUTHAMPTON, England, June
6.-Harry K. Thaw was refused per-
mission to land in England when
he arrived here today after a voy-
age from the United States via
Cherbourg, on the Aquitania.
1t was thought Thaw might ap-
peal to authorities at London.
immigration authorities refused
to explain the reasons for their de-
cision.
A clause in the alien restriction
act bars any one who has been con-
victed Of an extraditable crime.
1t was recalled here that Amer
lean authorities for time con-
sidered barring Countess Cathcart
from the United States, though she
was accused of no crime, because
they had regarded her elopement
with the also married Earl of
Craven as evidence Of moral turpi-
tude."
Thaw had announced his inten-
ton of remaining in England for
about three days and then proceed
ing to the continent by airplane.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-06
WOMEN SET
FOR ATLANTIC
RACE IN AIR
Prospect of Miss BoII'S
Flight Spurs Crew in
Newfoundland.
WIND DELAYS START
Miss Earhart Is Restless as
Efforts for Start
Prove FutiI2.
WIND DELAYS START
BY J. T. MEANEY
United Press Special Correspou q mt

ST. JOHNS, N. F., June g.
Spurred on by prospect of a trans
Atlantic flight race with Miss Mabel
Boil, the crew of the monoplane
Friendship today were waiting i'm
patiently for a cross-wind to abate
and permit them to take off for
England from Trepassy Bay.
Miss Amelia Earhart, Wilmer
Stultz, her co-pilot, and Lou Cor
don of the Friendships crew, read
in local newspapers today of Miss
Boll's efforts to start flight.
Miss Earhart was restless and
deeply interested in having woman
competitor for the honor of being
the first woman to fly the Atlantic.
She and Stultz admitted finally
that the great secrecy they have
maintained regarding their plans
was due to fear that some other
plane might start across.
1--WE wanted to get the lead and
keep it," Miss Earhart said. THE
others had been preparing for
weeks ahead of us, and we know
that our sudden start from Boston
must have spurTed them on"
Stultz was confident that the
Friendship would win any race
that might ensue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-06
CADDY SUSPECT
IN CLUB HOLDUP
Youth Is Held After Boast
About Cash.

A 19-year-old Broadmoor Coun-
try Club caddy who boasted to a
girl that he had lots of money OBJ
tanned in the 100000 Broadmoor
hold-up last Wednesday was ques-
toned by detectives today for an
explanation of his statements.
A 22-year-old buddy" of the
caddy, with him with him when he
was arrested, also was questioned
by detectives.
Both we're held on vagrancy
charges under $1,000 bond
The girl told detectives that the
younger boy came to her room in a
downtown hotel and boasted he had
plenty of money and told her he
was implicated in the Broadmoor
hold-up.
He was drunk. the girl said, but
warned her to keep still"
He gave her the names of others
in the bandit gang and said most
of the gunner had gone to Kan
sas to pull big job" there.
Lieut.. Patrick O'Connor and
squad arrested the caddy and his
companion in an Ohio ST. lunch
room Tuesday night.
The caddy admitted he had been
talking to the girl. but said he was
drunk and did not know what he
had told her.
Police Chief Claude M. Worley
Tuesday mailed to principal cities
over the country list Of jewelry
and other articles taken from the
$50 guests at the BroadInoor Glib.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-06
MILK DRIVER
ROUTS BANDITS
Fists and Milk Bottles Best
Youths Revolver.

Two youthful bandits, with guns
and an automobile, proved to be no
match for Clarence Wilson, 1909
Roosevelt Rd., equipped with fists,
feet, a milk bottle and a Polk
Sanitary Milk Company horse
drawn milk wagon, today.
The bandit pair drove alongside
Of Wilson just as he was turning
his wagon to enter the Polk plant
at 100 E. Fifteenth st.
One of the youths leaped from
the machine and board the milk
wagon showed a gun in Wilson'S
face and ordered him to turn over
his money. The answer was kick
in the shins for the bandit and a
right swing to the jaw by Wilson.
Angered and excited the bandit
shot.
The shot went wide of the mark
and before another could be fired
Wilson had hit the youth on the
head with an er1pty milk bottle. The
bottle broke. The bandit leaped
into the car and drove sway with
his comrade.
Wilson whipped up his horses
and drove into the plant. He
turned the days receipts of $50
over to the cashier.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-06
Dare Typhoon Nest
BY SIR MAYNARD HEDSTRONI

United Press Special Correspondent
SUVA, Fiji Islands, June 6.-Eager
to reach the shores of Australia, the
air pioneers of the Southern Cross
tonight plotted the course of their
last 1,795 miles across the Pacific.
In Australia, the native land Of
Captain Kingsford-Smith and his
co-pilot. Capt. Charles T. P. Ulm,
one of the greatest homecomings in
the country's history awaits the
fliers It will furnish a fitting cli-
max to their achievement.
The course from the first, while
shorter than the two previous
water jumps, is almost as danger
Gus.
The stretch of ocean between the
Fijis and the continent is a nest
of typhoons. Violent tropical gales,
especially at this time of the year,
sweep down suddenly over this part
of the South Seas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-06
Hoover Wins Victories

scrIpps- Howard staR Correspondent

Scr1pps-HoWard stan correspondent
KANSAS CITY, June 6.-The
cleavage in the Republican national
committee becomes more pro-
nounced as the contests over south
ern delegates are heard.
The Butler -Hilles faction and
other groups opposed to Hoover
have come to grips repeatedly with
the Hoover forces, and in every in
stance the commerce secretary has
emerged victorious.
Hoover already has acquired a
third of the seventy-odd delegates
in dispute, and unless there is a
radical change in the lineup he will
win the remainder.
Where the question Of what can
didate will be supported is at issue,
Farm Belt and Eastern leaders have
tried frantically to change the align
ment in an effort to block Hoover's
mounting total of votes, but they
have not been able materially to
alter the division.
Ninety-six votes were recorded
in an out-and out test in the
Louisiana contest Tuesday and
Hoover won, fifty-five to forty y-one.
The outcome of the contests may
decide the nomination, since Hoover
managers here claim he is assured
of more than 500 votes at the out
set.
The Texas dispute, involving
twenty-six votes on a clear-cut
Hoover fight, will be heard late to-
day or tomorrow, the pro- Hoover
faction, led by National Committee
man R. B. Creager, will be seated
unless there is an unexpected shift.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-06
DRY Chief is SHOT
Residents Hoot When Asked
to Aid Agent.
United Press

BIZ United Press
CHARLESTON, w. Va, June O.
State Deputy Prohibition Commis-
sioner o. E. Summers was shot from
ambush today while attempting to
arrest five alleged rum runners at
Leetown, in Wood County.
Summers was removed to a hos
pital at Parkersburg. where little
hope was held for his recovery.
Fellow officers said feeling against
Summers had been aroused in some
communities by his recent arrest Of
an 8-year-old boy and 14-year- old
girl on charges of operating a still.
After Summers was shot, Con-
stable VIC. Burdette said he asked
nearby residents to help him take
the dry officer to hospital They
refused and hooted him, he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-06

R. Earl Peters, State chair
man, brought the convention to
order shortly after 10:3O
o clock, and opened the verbal
attack on the G. O. P.
Dan w. Simms, Lafayette at
torney, as temporary chairman and
keynote speaker, eXtolled Demo-
cratic principles and drew cheers
when he bitterly condemned the
"false leadership" of the Republican
party.
Lew O'Bannon, Corydon publisher
took the gavel as permanent chair
man, after adding sharp reproof of
the State and national Republican
administrations.
Daley Men Confident
Delegates supporting Frank C.
Daley for the nomination for Gov
ernor went into the convention con-
f1dent that Daley would be nom
4AlclJCd Ol4 VAC al oh Va 0COOAAO CeAAAOOs
The only cause for questioning
his nomination on the initial bal
lot was the prospect of some
counties spreading their first votes
over the field to improve their po-
Sition when balloting begins on
other nominations.
John E. Friedrich, Kokomo manu-
facturer, who ran $4,000 votes be-
hind Daley in the primary race,
refused to withdraw his name, de-
spite the certainty of Dailey's nom
ination. Rumors persisted that the
names of Earl Crawford, Milton
and George R. Dale, Muncie, the
only other gubernatorial candidates,
would not be placed in nomination.
No Nomination Addresses
No nominating speeches will be
made, the committee on rules and
permanent organization decided
Tuesday night. Another rule pre-
vents county delegations from pass
ing vote on the roll call and is
UeSlgneO 10 prevent counties WlCn-
holding their votes to learn the
strength of a candidate before
climbing on the bandwagon.
The committee ruled that In
diana's delegates to the national
Democratic convention will go un-
instructed for second choice for the
presidential nomination.
Friends of AL Smith, New York
governor, we're contending that
Smit would get the majority of the
Indiana vote should Evans Woollen,
"favorite son" candidate, withdraw
his name. The primary law pro-
vides the delegation shall support
Woollen as long as his name re-
mains before the convention.
The Tenth district adopted
resolution Tuesday night directing
it's two national convention
delegates to support Smith in the
event of Woollen's withdrawal.
Despite the claims of Smith sup
porters, Democratic leaders insisted
that the State delegation would be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-06
RAIN USELESS AS LINDBERGH SLIPS AWAY TO HOTEL

both fair and otherwise.
Shortly after Lindbergh arrived,
the girls arrived at the airport
and demanded of mechanics that
they be led to Lindbergh.
Told he had gone to the city,
the girls announced intention of
remaining there until Lindbergh
returned. After two hours of
standing in the muddy field, being
locked out of the hangar contain
ing Lindbergh's plane, they finally
gave up their damp, chilly vigil
and returned ITO the city.