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The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
Election to Democratic Post
Is Expected Without
Fight.

R. Earl Peters of Ft. Wayne Is
slated for reelection as Democratic
State chairman at, the biennial re-
organization meeting at the Clay
pool, Friday, probably without oppo-
sition.
Reelection of Mrs. A. P. Flynn, as
vice chairman and Marshall VIII
lams, secretary, also appeared likely
today as reports came in OF
Wednesdays district organization
meetings.
Following precedent, Edward B.
Raub is expected to retire a:
treasurer. No candidates have been
mentioned to succeed him.
Eight district chairmen were re-
elected. Only in the Second dis
trict was the election not decisive
There sixty ballots were taken, each
showing four votes for Peter F.
Schloot of Linton, present district
chairman, and for Mayor Claude E
Gregg of Vincennes.
Finally it was decided to put the
matter to the State committee for
settlement. Chairmen of Knox
.Daviess, Martin and Sullivan stood
with Gregg, while Monroe, Owen,
Green and Morgan stood pat for
Schloot.
Gregg's election might furnish
opposition to Peters candidacy for
reelection, it was admitted. The
Vincennes mayor is the only per-
son mentioned as at all likely to
contest the chairmanship
Personnel of the new State CEN
tral committee is: First district,
Philip Lutz of Boonville, succeeding
A. c. Thomas of New Harmony;
Second, deadlock between Schloot
and Gregg; Third, Eugene B. Grove
of Bedford, reelected; Fourth, Jo-
seph w. Verbarg of North Vernon,
succeeding Licoln Dixon Of North
Vernon; Fifth, Albert L. Clark of
Cayuga, reelected; Sixth, Charles
A Hack of Shelbyville, reelected;
Seventh, Charles B. Welliver OF In
dianapolis, reelected; Eighth, Vir-
gil Simmons of Bluffton, reelected;
Ninth, DR.. Wilbur Dunham Of
Kempton, reelected; Tenth,
Thomas Mcconnell of Fowler, sue
ceeding Mrs. John I. Gwin OF Rens-
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
EXTENSION OF
STREET URGED
Oriental May Be Cut Over
Into Leota.

Extension of Oriental st. south
along the Pennsylvania railroad
tracks to Leota ST., is contemplated
by the board of works, President
Oren S. Hack said today.
Hack explained that the street
was to be closed between South
eastern Ave. and Washington st.
because of the traffic hazard created
by elevation of the tracks.
Instead of closing the street,
we plan to extend it, cutting into
Leota, which leads to Southeastern
and Washington St. This plan
seems to be satisfactory to the
south side residents who have talked
it over with me-" Hack said.
Leota st. is to be opened for a
block between Washington and
Southeastern.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
OUTLINES PROPOSED
CRIME LAW REVISION
Caravan Club Hears Address by
Lloyd ClaycOmbe.

Past and present legislative pro-
grams fostered by the Indiana Bar
Association to improve the criminal
code were outlined to members Of
the Caravan Club at luncheon today
by State Representative Lloyd d.
Claycombe.
He pointed out the inadequacy
of antique court machinery in deal
ing with modern problems. The
IDEAL sought by the bar association
program is not long and severe
sentences, but speedy and sure jus"
tice, he said. He also told Of the
mental clinic plan for second Of
tenders, as adopted in Chicago.
This, he declared, often eliminates
potential killers before they kill.
Miss Gertrude Gugelius, soprano,
sang, accompanied by Mrs. A. M.
Bobbitt. President Frank D. Stall
maker presided. These luncheons
for all Shrine members are held al
Murat Temple.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17

until April 25 for the same rea-
son.
On the last date all evidence
for the five women was presented.
Physicians testified that medical
science knows no cure for their
malady. Presentation of evidence
was concluded on April q and
counsel for the company then
asked for another postponement
so they would have time to pre-
pare an answer.
The chancery court docket;
crowded with other cases, showed
that the nearest open date for a
hearing was Sept. 24-f1ve months
later.
Chancellor Backes told Berry
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
HEARING

portant and if the plaintiffs coun-
sci can get it moved up I will
cooperate,
"I do believe, however, that the
case is being over estimated. The
girls have lived seven years after
they stopped working in the ra-
dium plant. I doubt very much
that they will die within several
months"
The litigation now pending,
however, deals merely with the
injunction by which the damage
suit may get into court. After that
the damage action itself must be
tried on it's own merits. One doc
tor has testified that he believes
no one of the poisoned girls will
live out the year.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
STATE CHURCH SESSION
ADJOURNS AT BEDFORD
Disciples Choose Huntington as 1929
Convention City.

Disciples Choose Huntington as 1929
Convention City.
BY Times Special
BEDFORD, Ind, May ia mis-
sionary breakfast this morning
opened the final days program OF
the Indiana Disciples of Christ
Churches annual convention, which
has been in session here since Mon
day.
During a business session Wednes-
day, Huntington was chosen as the
1929 convention city and the fol-
lowing we're elected directors of the
Indiana Christian Missionary Asso-
ciation: r. H. Kenady, Indianapo-
lis; M. R. Denison. South Bend;
l.. F. Sargent, Newcastle; T. E..
Winters, New Albany, and ]. N.
Jessup, Lafayette.
The Indiana Christian Ministers
Association elected the following
officers: President, j. G. Long, In
dianapolis; vice president, R. S.
Grubbs, Greensburg, and secretary
treasurer, G. H. Winders, Indian
.hpoliS.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
INDIANA U. C. T. OPENS
CONVENTION AT MUNCIE
Attendance of More Than 1000 Ex-

Attendance of More Than 1000 Ex-
pected at Three-Day Meeting.
By Times Special
MUNCIE, Ind, May 17.-Attend-
ance of more than 1000 is expec ted
here for the twenty-seventh annual
convention of the Indiana Grand
Council, United Commercial Trav-
elers of America, which opened here
today to continue until noon Satur-
day.
Various activities of the convan-
tion will be carried on at the Cham
ber of Commerce building, the Rob-
erts Hotel and Masonic Temple.
Secretary -treasurers of sixty Indi-
ana councils will hold a meeting at
8 this evening at the hotel. At 9
there will be an informal dance for
delegates and visitors.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17

By United Press
BOSTON, May ia three-line
notice in discarded newspaper
found on the docks of Copenhagen
has resulted in a fight for $4,000, 900
fortune.
Bruce Thornburn, E0-year-old
sailor, has enlisted the aid of Max
j. Moskow, Boston lawyer, to OBJ
tain the money believed due him
through his fathers will.
The newspaper notice told OF the
death, in Perth, Australia, of James
D. I. Thornborn. 1t said he left a
S., 100000 estate, and that his near
est of kin was sought.
Thornborn has a small photograph
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
32c Want Ad
Brings in $1,000

BGpwith so[ SSPTpg a5to 5e ne" s2g7
Says Mrs. Robert Rowland, 2168
N. Capitol. IT sold the bed for
cash as a result of my little 32c
ad in your paper. Of course I am
pleased. The surprise to me was
how many people came after the
bed was sold. Others should know
what The Times For Sale Want
Ads can do to produce results"
If you have used, but still useful
things about the place that you
wish to sell, call MA $500, order
a Times want ad.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
PHOTO LINKS SAILOR
AND VAST FORTUNE

of his mother, which she presented
to him just before she died at Sc
attic, Wash, about seven years ago.
On the back of the picture the
mother had written: Bruce, God
forgive me. Born Aug. S, 1908, Perth,
Australia, of Ena Hopkins and
James D. I. Thornborn."
Thornborn told Moskow his
mother never explained the photo
graph message. but he believed the
James D. I. Thornborn, mentioned
in the newspaper notice, was his
father.
The lawyer is seeking additional
information from Australian au-
thorities in tl-0 hope of supporting
Thornborn's claims.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17

full death, had been contracted be-
tween 1917 and 1920 but was not
diagnosed until 1927.
Il Il
NN the grounds that his clients
~ did not know until seven years
later that they we're doomed
to die, Raymond Berry, their
attorney, asked the court of chan
Gerry for an order restraining the
company from defending itself
with the statute of limitations.
The bill for injunction was filed
July 10, 1927. Hearing was set for
Jan. IL, 1928. On that date
postponement was taken until
April 2, because of the inability
of several defense witnesses to ap-
pear. Next came an adjournment
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17

them that the radium which they
had taken into their bodies while
painting watch dials soon would
prove fatal.
Markley said that the numerous
postponements which have pre-
vented the women from receiving
the protection of the law we're not
sought by the company which
has done everything possible to
expedite justice"
After the filing of the original
suit a year ago, counsel for the
Radium Corporation moved that
it be thrown out of court on the
grounds that New Jerseys two
year statute of limitations had ex-
pired. The radium poisoning,
which results in slow and pain
3 al
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
CAROL ARRIVES AT
HAVEN IN BELGIUM

BY ruse the visiting prince man
aged to leave England without be-
ing detected. A large limousine, its
blinds drawn, whirled through the
roadways and crowds followed, be-
lieving it was the prince.
Finally it was learned the limou-
sine contained only baggage, and
that Carol and Mime. Lupescu had
proceeded more leisurely to Dover.
They boarded the vessel unnoticed
and got to their stateroom before
being detected. They refused to
leave the stateroom to see anyone.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17

that if he could obtain in writing
the consent of the attorneys in
other cases, another hearing on
the application for an injunction
could be held May %. That was
done and the next hearing now is
set for next Tuesday.
q = q
NTARKLEY, the company at
1V1 torney, said the delays were
the natural result of the present
court system.
MANY cases in which the de-
fendant lost a leg or an arm or
in some cases both, have been
waiting on the docket for two or
three years." Markley said.
1.-The case Of these girls is i'm
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
S2,506 FOR BULGARIA
Relief Fund Raised in City for
Earthquake Sufferers.

The Indianapolis Red Cross
Wednesday announced gifts totaling
$2,586 for relief of sufferers in the
recent Bulgarian earthquake The
money was collected by the Mace
donian political organization and
st. Stefan's Church. P. G. Shanef,
Indianapolis, is national head of the
Macedonian organization. While
there is no campaign for subscrip-
tions locally, contributions may be
sent to the local Red Cross Chapter
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
SLATE EARL PETERS
AS STATE CHAIRMAN
Happy Henry

Ri United Press
d" PHILADELPHIA, May H.
Henry Ford left his "key to
happiness and wealth" in Phil
adelphia. -
Ford, who was here to re-
ceive and Elliott Gresson medal
from the Franklin Institute,
said:
Work and be content, in
terested and happy in your
work if you would be young
to the end of your days"
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
KLAHOMA is
STORM swept
Wind and Hail Take Toll
Over Wide Area.

BIZ United Press
WICHITA FALLS, Texas May II
Heavy property damage from
wind, hail and rain storms in west
ern Oklahoma was reported today.
The section around Mangum,
Brinkman and Jacksonville was
struck most severely, the storm de
moralizing communication in many
parts of the area.
The deluge washed out railroad
tracks at Clarendon and Leila
Lake, officials of the Ft. Worth &
Denver Railroad said.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
PU United Press

BU United Press
BRUSSELS, May IL Prince
Carol of Rumania, who was asked to
leave England, arrived here today
with MmS. Lupescu.
The Rumanian prince, who re-
nounced his right of succession tC
the throne of his fatherland because
of his love for the red-haired Mime
Lupescu, hurried out of England
yesterday.
This morning Carol went to the
Chateau D'Ardene. He had refused
statements, thus far, as to his plans.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
RULES ON TENURE LAW
Gilliom Gives Decision on School
Teacher Regulation.

Teachers entitled to enter into an
indefinite" contract under the
teacher tenure law must have been
employed five successive years i'm
mediately preceding the year for
which they enter into the contract,
Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom
declared today in an opinion to Roy
P. Wisehart, State superintendent
Of public instruction.
Where teacher is a permanent
teacher under precision of the law
she is entitled to be thereafter
employed as a teacher in the schools
of said corporation" but the COM
pensation and to what particular
school the teacher should be as
signed is not fixed permanently, Gill
liom also ruled.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
HOOSIER WOMEN SENT
TO PENNSYLVANIA JAIL
Young Pair Sentenced for Passing
Worthless Checks.

BU United Press
PHILADELPHIA, May 17-Oris
Pamset, "a, of Martinsville, Ind, and
Betty Todd, alias Betty Donald, Of
Indianapolis, pleaded guilty today
in Quarter Sessions Court of at
tempting to pass worthless checks.
They were sentenced to one year
each in the county prison.
At the time the two were arrested.
May 4, police believed they were
part of group Of young women who
had passed checks in Chicago, Cleve-
land, Louisville and Indianapolis.
The two denied the charge in court
today and said Philadelphia was
"the first town we worked in"
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
Gymnasium for Clinton

BIZ Times Special
CLINTON, Ind, May 17.-Erec-
tion of a gymnasium here to be
separate from proposed city hall,
has been approved by the city
council. 4 to 8.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17

selaer; Eleventh, A. M. Pursley OF
Hartford City, succeeding Robert
Baton of Marion; Twelfth, James
D. Adams of Columbia City, re-
elected. and Thirteenth, Frank
Mayr. Jr., of South Bend, reelected.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
Scientists to View River.

By Times Special
LOGANSPORT, Ind, May ia
geological excursion along the Wa
bash river is on the program OF the
Indiana Academy of Science which
convened in annual spring meeting
here today to continue through Sat-
urday.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
Burglars Get Bacon, s5s

Burglars who entered the A. & P.
grocery, 2806 Brookside Ave-,
Wednesday night, not only stole
twenty pounds of bacon, but also a
six-pound ham and $50 cash.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
BUS DRIVER HELD UP
Robbed of S12.S5 BY Bandit Weld
ing a Shotgun.

ing a ShOtgun.
A bandit, using shotgun for a
weapon, held up Henry Fuller, SO,
of 2416 Bellefontaine ST., at Emer-
son Ave. and Sixteenth ST., late
Wednesday night, and took $1285.
Fuller, Peoples Motor Coach Com
pany driver, told police. He said
he was parked at the end of the
line figuring receipts when the man
knocked on the door. Part of the
money was his own, Fuller said.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
GOODMAN is PRESIDENT

Kirshbaum Community Center
Elects Officers.
j. A. Goodman was reelected
president of the Jewish welfare
fund at the annual meeting at the
Kirshbaum Community Center.
Other officers ore Louis Wolf, vice
president; Samuel Mueller, treas
urer, and Samuel Frommer, secre-
tary.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17

This is the third and last of series
on the five women who slowly are dying
of radium poisoning as result OF in
lection contracted in factory work
during the. World War.
Ry United Press
ORANGE, N. j., May H.
" E. A. Markley, attorney for
the United States Radium Cor
poration, protested today against
the implication that his client is
responsible for the legal delays in
the case of five former women
employees who are dying of radium
poisoning.
A year ago this month the
women fled joint suit seeking
$250,O0O each from the radium
corporation to ease the last days
Of their lives. Doctors had told
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17
BREMEN RESCUERS
ARE CLOSE TOGOAL

scent in case the Amphibian cannot
land.
There was no indication today of
when this fight would be attempted.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-17

BED-With Springs; like new; sacrifice
for $12. 2168 N. Capitol. Ha. 3297
Evening star., 1928-05-13

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Evening star., 1928-05-13

You ought never
to experience a
blowout Or any
similar trouble
the chances against
it should be about
1000 to l.
For months, now
we have been run.
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Goodyear Double
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offering it to the
public.
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and return, on
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-06
WOMEN TO Give
Benefit DANCE
Pennsylvania Railroad Aid
Society Is Host.

A benefit dance and entertainment
is to be given by the Pennsylvania
Women's Aid Society at the new
Pennsylvania gymnasium Friday
night. Frank Endsley, foreman Of
the Hawthorne engine house, is di-
recting arrangements and has Sc
cured professional entertainers.
The program will include an ex-
hibition by the Sahara Grotto Blue
Devil drill team, under Captain
Mike Seully. Among the entertain
ers will be Miss Hazel Branham,
singer Of popular songs; Joslin and
Shanke, radio singers; the Frohne
sisters, known as the harmony
queens; Ray Sands, tenor: Johnnie
Robinson, Xylophone artist, and
Louise Powell and Allen Carey,
dancers.
Three boxing bouts will be staged.
Music for dancing will be by the
Johnnie Robinson dance orchestra.
Proceeds will go to the Women's Aid
of the indianapolis division, COM
posed Of wives and members of en-
ployes' families. Membership totals
1926.
Mesdames r. P. Endsley, Howard
L. Mote, j. w. Meyer, A. A. Tillett,
J. L. Ballinger. FosS Schenck, Her.
man Corbin, E. Shortridge, Henry
Bade, William Taylor and r. A.
Scott will serve as ushers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-06
NAB CRIME NOVICES
Youths Caught Before Hold
ups Are Accomplished.
BV JHitCd Press

-Four confessed beginners IN
crime, caught before they had OPP
portunity to get started on their
burglary and hold-up plans, are
held at police station today.
William Clayton, 10, of 1208l2 e.
Tenth St, and Chester Ingersoll,
90, Of 932 Bellefontaine st. arrested
Sunday night, confessed, detectives
said, they intended to ride an I'LL
nois street car to the end Of the
line and hold up the conductor.
Clifton Matlock, II, of 2104 N.
Meridian 81, and Robert Rebholtz,
II, of 2239 N. Capitol Ave, we're
arrested while prowling behind the
Standard Oil Company filling sta
ton at Fall Creek Blvd. and Cen
trail Ave. They are said to have
confessed to attempting to rob sew
eral north side stores, but said they
we're frightened away.
Bryant Ponder. 26, Negro, SIT N.
Senate Ave, was arrested at 4 a. m.
at Vermont and Indiana Ave. on
charge of carrying a gun.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-06
BUCKEYE BOOST
HANDED Willis
is DISCOUNTED
Nine Congressman Moved
for Personal Reasons,
Washington View.
BY LEO r. SACK

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-The ac-
ton of nine out Of Ohios sixteen
Republican Congressman in indors-
ing the presidential candidacy of
Senator Frank B. Willis, in prefer
ence to that Of Secretary of Com
merce Herbert Hoover, is discount
ed in political circles in Washington.
They were acting from a purely
personal standpoint. it generally is
agreed. and as such their motives
are understood.
The Congressman, are candidates
for reelection and they are anxious
to avoid anything calculated to dis
turb the alleged harmony" among
Ohio Republicans.
The Congressman. also. are under
political obligation to Willis and 1t
is necessary for them to play the
game" with him, because. regard
less Of how the Ohio presidential
primaries go, Willis will continue in
the Senate for four more years.
Everything to Gain
AS a candidate Willis has every
thing to gain and nothing to lose.
But the Congressman are not so
fortunately situated. They are up
for reelection next fall and are
confronted with the threat of Sena-
tor Willis that every candidate must
choose between him and Hoover.
without Willis, for example. these
HNrN YRnf aVa1ntV4f n
postmaster in the smallest village in
their districts. The Senator main
tains the veto power and can pre-
vent confirmation by the Senate.
Without Willis assistance these
Congressman can not get through
Congress legislation helpful to their
districts.
In order to have a new public
building for their districts included
in the new s1OO,eO000O Federal
building program, the Senator's as
sistance is necessary.
More Politics Involved
Another political consideration
involved in the Congressmen'S desire
for harmony is the fact that Willis
dominates the State central COM
mittee. This committee can easily
trot out opposition in the primaries
to Congressman and hereby cause
them expense and embarrassment.
Failing to embarrass them in the
primaries the committee can be in
different in the general election
when stubborn Democratic 0ppo-
Sition appears.
Aside from the Congressman, most
Of the Ohio organization is indebted
to Willis. He therefore, has a we'll
oiled machine now active, which,
like the Congressman, deploreS
Hoover's entry into Ohio, because it
will mean fight. This machine,
taking it's orders from Willis, is
willing to echo his demands that
Ohio voters be desprived Of the OPP
portunity of demonstrating that the
dominant sentiment among Ohio
Republicans for President" is for
Hoover.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-06
SOUTH Side TO
UPHOLD SLACK
Ban COunCiImen Speeches
at Wednesday Meeting.

City councilmen may attend the
South Side mass meeting called for
the purpose of Saving the city
from council antics. but the council
men will not be invited to speak.
This was announced today by
John F. White, president of the
Federation of Community Civic
Clubs. White said the meeting will
be held Wednesday night in I. o. o.
F. hall Shelby and Prospect SITS.
White will preside
Council President Otis z. Bar
tholomew had announced his will
ingness to explain the attack of
Republican councilmen on Mayor L.
Ert Slack. Democrat, at the mass
meeting. He challenged administra-
ton forces to a debate
I'VE are not sponsoring q de-
batting society for city officials. No
one will be barred from the meet
ing. but city officials will not be on
the program" White said.
1--WE are meeting to act on several
things which are interfering with
the orderly process of government.
We want them settled and this
gathering will be an open forum for
citizens"
THE meeting probably will voice
some suggestions to Mayor Slack
and seek to prevent further council
actions against the Mayor" White
said.
Noble T. Crane, South Side Citi-
zen editor, was selected resolutions
chairman at conference Sunday.