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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
HOOVER NAMES AID
Minnesota Congressman Is
Picked as Secretary.

BU United Press
WASHINGTON, March 15.-Ap-
pointment of Representative Wal
ter H. Newton of Minnesota to be
third secretary to President Herbert
Hoover officially vas announced at
the White HOUSE today.
Newton will relInquish his seat
in congress Immediately. He viii
act as administrative assistant Ok
the President.
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SAFETY SCHOOL FOR WOMAN AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS

So with the vast amount Of ex-
perience in automobile racing and
aviation, this man is well fitted
and able toshold an audiences at
tention in conducting his lecture
courses in efficiency in automobile
driving.
Captain HocKbx is native Of
New York, spen' bis early life in
Buffalo. He was born fifteen
miles from the, famous Saratoga
race track.
Further announcements Of the
captains work viii appear soon
in The Times.
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short musical program also win
be given.
Twenty-six years ago, Captain
Hickox chose automobile driving
as his vocation. To become eff
cient in his line, he took up race
driving. appearing in prominent
dirt track events throughout the
United States. In his early ca
reer of race driving he expert
enced plenty of thrills and
chance-taking escapades.
His experiences in the roaring
bowl vested him with expert au-
thority as a driver. The seasoned
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on motor and mechanical high
lights of autol obi1es.
Captain Hickox has appeared In
many other cities in the interest
Of safety, before thousands OF
women drivers. In this city he
viii appear under auspices of The
indianapolis Times, with automo-
bile and accessory dealers who are
defraying cost of the safety school.
A DMITTANCE to the courses
IA is by ticket only They are
printed i've in a book and can
be obtained free at The Times,
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1900 BUILDINGS ARE ON
FIRE IN JAPANESE TOWN

Troops Are Aiding in Fight on
Flames; Wind Hampers.
By United Press
TOXIC, March 15.-Twelve hun
dred buildings at Ishioka, prefec-
ture Of Ibaragi, were on fire today,
advices received here said.
The postoff1ce was among the
burning buildings and troops were
aiding flremen in fighting the
flames.
A violent wind helped to spread
the fire after it started last night.
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race driver is the most careful
and considerate Of 1rivers. He
drives his automobil by strict
rules and regulations. He must
qualify with a perfect score un-
der any contest board supervision.
Turing the World war he be-
- came interested in avia-
tion, and through this activity
he qualified in efficiency as an
aviator. He was associated with
three flying circuses that later
took up commercial passenger
carrying operations.
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Kokomo, MartinsviIle and Columbia City Are
Eliminated From Title Play in
First Round of Tourney.
TECH IS FAVORITE OVER VINCENNES
Crowd of $4,000 Fans Cheers on Cagers at
Annual Event at Butler Fieldhouse;
Radio Broadcast Goes Big.
BY DICK MILLER

Frankfort Bedford and Horace Mann Of Gary survived
the opening of the Indiana high school basketball
tourney this morning. They will action again Saturday
morning in the quart6r-fnal round.
Columbus and Logansport were scheduled to clash at
Butler university edhouse at this afternoon with Technical
of Indianapolis and Vncennes ready to go on at clock
Attica and South Side of Ft. Wayne tange at o'clock
Two more contests will be staged tonight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
TWO SAILORS KILLED

Frenchman Die as Shell ExpIodes
in Target Practice.
BV United Press
LORIENT, France, March 49,
Two seamen were killed when six
inch shell exploded before the
breach of gun could be CLOSED IL
target practice on board the French
destroyer Smomali, it was learned
here today.
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Towns Under Water

% MOBILE, Ala, March 15.-Criti-
cal food conditions were reported in
a group OF southeastern Alabama
towns and cities today.
Breston and Geneva, Ala, were
said to be under water with resi-
dents taking to upper floors to es-
cape drowning.
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SNOW MAROONs q
Battle to Reach Tourists at
Inn Three Days.

RH United Press
LARAMIE, Wyo., March 15.--
Road crews on the Lincoln highway
between Cheyenne and Laramie
battled through snowdrifts today TO
reach Summit Inn, twelve miles
east of here, where twenty-five
tourists and motorists have been
marooned for three days. The res
cuers hoped to reach the inn before
night.
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Horace Mann was the first
team to survive the final dash,
defeating Kokomo in the open
ing clash Of the morning. The
team from the north was be-
hind at the half, but presented
a fine drive to emerge victor
ious.
In a thrilling overtime game
Bedford shook a jinx of years and
sent the Martinsville team to de-
feat in the first upset, 31-29. Frank
fort coasted through an easy game,
winning over Columbia City with
ease.
$4,000 See Games
Never in history has such
throng been on hand for the open
ing game.
More than 1000 watched the
opening tossup and then the crowd
grew gradually until $4,000 on hand
to cheer the Artesians and the
Stone city five to supreme efforts.
1t was just such game as the
vast throng expected when they
trudged through the rain to reach
the mammoth arena and the Stone
Cutters we're cheered wildly as they
overcome a seven point lead and
dashed into the front only to be
overtaken in the last seconds of the
regular game.
Thousands Of parked automobiles
lined streets for miles around the
field house.
A large police detail in charge Of
Major Lewis johnson and Sergeant
William Rowe directed the handling
of the traffic as well as the parking
systematically OF the thousands Of
automobiles.
Tech RoOters ON Hand
Hundreds of ushers were on hand
early to see that every one got his
reserved seat.
Trucks carted thousands of ''hot
dogs" and buns, bottles of milk,
hundreds Of pounds candy and thou
sands of pies. Those were to feed
the vast throng by cafeteria style.
The sides of the fleIdhouse was lined
with lunch counters.
A large Technical following was
on hand early this afternoon to
cheer the first Indianapolis high
school team ever to enter the final
tournament with even an outside
chance to win.
They tore paper to bits and show
cred the air with confetti as the
green team trotted on the floor.
Once before a Technical team en-
tered the finals, but lost in the first
game. It was Vincennes that year
that eliminated the locals. John
Adams and his Vincennes five again
are the opponents Of the locals this
year.
:. Hundreds Of Correspondents
Tech win a one-point victory over
the Alices in regular season game
a month ago, and because Of that
was a pre-game favorite.
Adams had his team at the floor
edge all morning watching play
Several hundred kilograms we're
received by the Indianapolis Times
broadcasting the games over WFBAff
Fans all over the state who failed
to get tickets sought out the radio
sets today to listen to the accurate
accounts Of the play by Blythe
Hendricks and his staff Of an
nouncers.
So great has the Indiana tourna-
ment grown that many out Of state
papers had special correspondents in
the press box getting ringside views
for their readers.
Hundreds Of Indiana corresponds
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Glass Veteran Dies

BIZ T3nfes Special
ELWcOD, Ind, March 15.-Fu-
neral services were held today for
John Kltunmpp, 81. manager of the
McBeth-Evans Glass Company, and
world famous as a glass blower. He
died of paralysis. He had been en-
gagged in the glass industry more
than fifty years.
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Bow Rescued From Roof

. WABASH, Ind, March 15.-Ralph
Shepler, II, was rescued by f1remen
from a perilous position on the roof
of the Methodist church here. He
had climbed to the roof seeking
pigeons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-12
BIBLE TEACHER
MAKES ATTACK
ON NEWSPAPERS
Masters of CuSSedneSS,
Says Dir. Lhamon OF
Press.

Shaking hands verbally with
higher criticism Of the Bible" and
giving resounding sIaps at the al
legealy wet metropolitan press"
and Fordisn. Or. w. j. Lhamon.
biblical teacher at Eureka college.
Eureka, Ill, spoke before the board
Of Christian education Of the Dis
ciples Of Christ church at the Sew
erin Thursday afternoon.
Higher criticism moves on a
plane above deuominati0nalism.
said Or. LhamOn, and in a breath,
he attacked "Fordism' with: Can
we find messages IN our Bible for a
nation smitten with Fordism?
In attacking the newspapers he
said. we must send men to the
pulpits that are daring enough 10
ouJthunder the wet metropolitan
press on the prohibition question.
Men who are ready to be cussed, not
disappointed when they are cussed
by masters Of cussedness."
He named the Chicago Tribune as
one Of the delinquent papers Of
the nation
With the caustic phrases he told
Of the need i'm Chicago's racleteer-
ing wave for an Isaiah. John
Knox, a SavOnaroie instead Of ar
euments ~ to the authorship OF
Deuteronomy
They make mole hills into noun
taius he added IN referring to
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disease and we're ready to begin life
anew.
But there was not enough money
to continue the work among the
5000 lepers on the island, Mrs. Wade
said. 1t is not the leprosy that she
physicians must contend with but
maInutrition and insanitary living
conditions.
Indianapolis quota is $4,000.
Frank Stalnaker, Indiana National
Bank president, heads the local
committee:
Those who heard Mrs. Wade and
then gave were: j. K. Lilly Sr.,
$4,000; Edward A. Kahn, $1,000; Mr.
and Mrs. Frank D. Stalnaker, $500;
Arthur Baxter, $500; Arthur V
Brown, $3.50; Nicholas Noyes, $3.50;
Eli Lilly. $500; A. NJ. Glossbenner,
500; Elmert Stout, $500; William j
Hogan. 500; Louis E. Lathrop
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nor general Of the Philippines, Wis
tied Culion and went away with the
unshakable belief that something
must be done to alleviate the con-
ditions of the poor iorsaken lepers.
Then came the discovery in In
dia that chalmoogra oil was curing
leprosy. Wood appeared before the
Filipino congress and asked that an
appropriation be made to try chal-
moogra on Culion.
"A $4,000 appropriation was made
and one American doctor, six native
assistants and seven trained nurses,
with two drums of ChalmOogra OIL,
went to Culion.
mo bulletins were sent back. but
three years later the coast guard
vessel carried back to Manika 449
men. women and children who had
been Overwhelmingly cured-of the
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Thursday. was so graphic that twen-
ty-five Indianapolis business men
and women dug into their pockets
on the spot and laid down s9,640
for the Leonard Wood memorial
fund TO eradicate leprosy.
Mrs. Wade is the wife of DR.. H.
Windsor Wade. who is in charge OF
the leper colony. She has been in
America year aiding the $4,000
600 Leonard Wood leprosy eradica-
ton fund.
She told the business men and
women how the colony was estab-
lished on the island-"a city Of I'M
buried dead"
Bare, with little nipa, or matched
shacks, without the very common
est kinds Of comforts, the men,
women ard children sent to the
island knew it was a living death,
never would they leave.
THE late Leonard Wood, COVER
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newspaper stories Of discussions Of
religious and biblical questions.
William Jennings Bryan is dead"
he asserted, let Fosdick go march
ing on. We need teaching that
viii put the Golden Rule in the
Standard Oil Company and United
States Steel"
Higher criticism Of religion has
destroyed a brood of isms-it has
been blessedIy destructive and
blessedly constructive. Modern man
has not lost his message but t. res
no hope against criticism f. n
the pulpiteer who rails at them, the
newspaper editor who throws ink
wells at them Brains must answer
brains" DR.. Lahmon said.
Biblical criticism is marching
alung with other sciences.
The Bible cannot escape the
modern mind it must go to the
crucible," Dr.. Lahmon declared.
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5000; Mr.. and Mrs. Evans WoolIen.
$500; j. I. Holcomb, s1O0; H. r.
Danner, 500; DR.. Carleton B. Nc
Culloch, $50; Allen A. Wilkinson.
500; F. S. Cannon, SIS: Mrs. H. J.
MCGOWAN, $500; Robert w. Fleisch-
er, 500; Otto Gresham, $50; John
M Price, $40; j. w. Fesler, $50;
Henry H. Hornbrook. S25; H. Mex.
Landon, 500; and n A Gladding,
500.
Donations may be mailed to Stall
maker at the Indiana National Bank.
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CLOCK TICKS 62 YEARS

GREEN BAY, Wis, April l2.-
A clock is in possession Of a
citizen Of this city which has licked
continuously for siXty-two years In
Sheyboygan there is another clock
which has worked faithfully. never
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Street Work considered

GREENCASTLE, Ind, April l2.-
Plans for improvement of three
streets, Hanna, Bloomington and
Vine, are being discussed by city
cnuncil members
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POST TO GET RADIO
Fort Sam Houston to Relay Canal
Zone Messages.

BIZ United Prcss
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, April 12.-
Announcement is made here that Fit.
Sam Houston is to become the re-
lay station for ali government COM
munications from Washington to
the Canal Zone as soon as a new
crystal controlled one-kilowatt short
wave transmitter is installed at the
post.
Captain Harry Reichelderfer, sig
nal corps officer Of the Eighth Corps
area. said it will be in operation
soon.
The new transmitter. four times
as powerful as that now in use at
the post radio station, IS to be in
stalled for the special purpose of
relaying messages to the Canal
Zone.
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CITY DONATES
S9,64O TO WOOD
LEPROSY FUND
rs Business Men, Women
Raise Amount; Mrs.
Wade Speaks.

A picture Of the sufTerings of the
lepers on the island Of CuIion, south
OF the Philippines, painted by Mrs,
Dorothy Paul Wade at a luncheon
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missing tick except once, during
the last 100 years.
Evening star., 1929-07-01

ton, he said, mean that much less ex-
pended to detect, apprehend and pun
iSh criminals.
The 1900 delegates Of the representa-
tive assembly, the associations govern
ing body, were called today to organize
and nominate candidates for the ONCE
of president Of the association.
The only two names known to be
before them were those Of Miss Ruth
Pyrtle, principal Of Bancroft High
School, Lincoln, Nebr., and Miss Effie
Mcdregor, principal Of John Burroughs
School, Minneapolis. 1t was understood
that their nomination viii be made
public today for election later. while at
the same time It was made known that
Miss Florence Hale, State supervisor Of
rural schools in Maine, had withdrawn
her name until 1891. It is customary to
name q man and q woman as president
on alternate years.
The morning and evening sessions
today were devoted to general sessions
and the first representative assembly.
while the afternoon was to be taken up
in departmental meetings and councils
Of allied organizations.
Evening star., 1929-07-01
|NEUHS LAST RITES
SET FOR TOMORROW
Funeral Services 10 BE Held OF
Residence, With Requiem Mass
In st. Gabriel'g

Funeral services for Karl II, Neuhs
heating and ventilating engineer Of the
District, who died Saturday, win be
held tomorrow morning at the resi-
dence. 4sos Illinois avenue. Requiem,
mass viii be celebrated in st. oabriel's
ct o o'clock.
Mr.. Neuhs was Q native Of New Ha-
ven, Conn, and received his early edu-
cation at st. Boniface's Parochial
School and the New Haven High
School. He was an honor student
throughout fCur-year course at Cath
olic University, in this city, and was an
active member Of the university's stu
dent Army training camp during the
World War. A week before the sign
ing Of the armistice he had received an
oficial appointment to Plattsburg.
He entered the District service in
Mr.. Neuhs was O member Of the Cath
olic University Alumni Association, st.
Gabriel's Holy Name Society and the
Society Of Mechanical Engineers. He
sang in st. Patrick's Sanctuary Choir
for several years.
Surviving Mr.. Neuhs are his widow
Mrs. Margaret G. Neuhs: his son, Karl
H. Neuhs, jr.: his mother, Mrs. Bart
Neuhs, and two sisters, Mrs. w. H.
Steinecke Of New Haven and DR.. Eliza
beth N. Smith Of Washington.
Evening star., 1929-07-01
D. C. ATTORNEY DIES
FROM APPENDICITIS
Martin W. Cookerow, Associate Of
Bascom Slemp, Succumbs After
Operation at Hospital.

Martin w. Cookerow Of $500 Four
teenth street, certified public account
ant and attorney at law In the ONCE Of
G. Bascom slemp Of this city, died ut
the Georgetown Hospital early today
following an operation for appendicitis
early this morning. He was resident
Of Washington for over AZ years.
Mr.. Cookerow was born in Centralia,
Ill, in 1885. He came to Washing
ton about 1907 as clerk in the Depart
ment Of Commerce. At the same time
he studied law at Georgetown Univer-
sity. Following his graduation In 1911
he was associated for number Of years
with the Federal Trade Commission.
In the last years of his life he has
been engaged in the practice Of law
and accountancy in the Office of G.
Bascom Slemp. He was Q member Of
Barrister Lodge, F. A. A. NJ, Scottish
Rite Mason and q member Of Almas
Temple Of the Shrine. Surviving Is his
wife, Mrs. Alma Cookerow. and son,
Martin Cookerow, Of this city.
Funeral services will be held ut
the Hines funeral parlors, 290l Four.
teenth street, at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon. Interment viii be at Gen.
tralia, Ill.
Evening star., 1929-07-01
TEACHERS ARE TOLD
SCHOOLS IN DANGER
Moves Are Afoot in Most
Legislatures to Harm Sys-
tenn, Lamkin Says.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, July Ia charge that
there were organized movements afoot
in most State Legislatures to curtaN
public education today was before the
National Education Association con-
vention. gathered here for Its first
formal meeting.
The thrust was made by DR.. Uel
w. Lamkin, president Of the associa-
ton. in an address to Summer stu
dents of the University Of Georgia, at
Athens.
Declaring that only one Of the State
past IL months had shown whole-heart-
ed support Of public education, DR..
Lamkin said the attitude of lawmak-
ers generally indicated a backward
swing which ultimately would lead to
'deplorable conditions" He urged all
teachers to fight the plans Of the
enemies of educational progress.
Dr. Augustus o. Thomas, Maine
State Commissioner of Education and
president Of the World Federation OF
Education Associations, addressing q
Second Baptist Church audience here,
declared that women have written the
most brilliant page in history since
college doors were opened to them
he said, women have advanced from
non-property- citizens TO holders
in their own names OF a. per cent Of
the national wealth.
But, he said, educationis goal Is far
from realization. He pointed out that
but L u per cent Of the public and pri-
vate income was spent for education,
while crime costs accounted for nearly
9 per cent. The more spent on educa-
Evening star., 1929-07-01
COL. WILCOX BURIED
TODAY AT ARLINGTON
Retired Army officer, Who Died
Suddenly Friday, Had Been
in Service 80 Years.

Funeral services for Col. Charles Will
cox Of 2017 @ street, Medical Corps,
u. s. A., retired, who died suddenly at
Walter Reed Hospital Friday, were held
in Arlington Cemetery at 2 o'clock
today.
Born in Philadelphia in 1865, Col
Wilcox attended Yale University, re-
ceiving o Phi. D. degree, and was later
graduated in medicine from the Uni
versity of Virginia. He entered the
Army in 1892, and served through both
the Spanish-American and World Wars.
Col. Wilcox was placed on the retired
list Of the Army in 1922, after SO years
served as physician at the washington
Terminal for the Pennsylvania Rail-
road.
Surviving him is his widow, Mrs. Jane
A. Wilcox; q daughter, Miss Caroline
Wilcox, and son, Arnold A. Wilcox.
Evening star., 1929-07-01
CONFERENCE OPENS
ON WAR PRISONERS
America Represented at
Geneva for Revision of 1864
Red Cross Convention.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, July IA diplomatic con-
ference called to revise the Geneva
convention of 1854, which established
the International Red Cross, and to
draw UP an international code regard
ing treatment of prisoners of war, was
opened here today by Robert Haab,
president Of the Swiss Confederation.
Forty-Seven states were represented,
the delegates numbering about 140.
The United States has Q strong delega-
tion headed by Eliot Wadsworth, who
was vice chairman Of the Red Cross
during the war and subsequently As
sistant Secretary of the United States
Treasury. Others among this delega-
ton are Hugh r. Wilson, American
Minister to Switzerland, and advisers
from the State. War and Navy Depart
ments.
The subjects under consideration
were taken up at two preliminary con-
ferences, held in Geneva in 1925 and
1923, when the Geneva convention was
examined in the light Of the experiences
Of the World War.
President Haab. in the opening ad-
dress, alluded to the Kellogg peace
pact. This, as well as the League of
Nations and various arbitration treaties,
he said, placed means at the service of
peace which gave great hopes for the
future. But, he added, so long as
peace was not absolutely guaranteed
it was the practical duty of govern
ments to seek to render future wars
as humane as tragic necessities allowed.
Evening star., 1929-07-01
U. s. EDUCATIONAL
STRIDES PICTURED
College Work Is Being Point.
ed Toward Life Problems,
Council Is Told.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Ga, July 1-Dr. John
J. Tigert, president Of the University
Of Florida, told the National Council
of Education In the annual session here
today that higher education was learn
Ing how to meet actual life problems.
There is q decided emphasis" he
told the council, which is meeting with
the National Education Association, "on
better articulation of college work with
life situations. This is evidenced by
the establishment of guidance and en-
ployment services, continued raising OF
standards due to the fact that more
students are still seeking admission than
can be accommodated, more cooperation
than competition among colleges and
adoption Of adjustments to improve in
struction."
DR.. Tigert was reporting on ''Educa-
tional Progress in 1925" and touched
upon the efforts Of many nations to
raise their educational standards. China,
he said, was striving for O universal
language; Russia struggling to formu-
late q complete educational program,
and England advancing the compulsory
age requirements.
Evening star., 1929-07-01

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Lag. asn g. his ,rn Tss,ssnss; lsia lamont
Of jsssis BAILEY ssewart.w w fun.rni npsDsRe serg.
ices At All Souls. Church. 18th ana Hsr-
p.m.. Remains resting az the q. II. HineS
90; funsEsl y W.ah bone asOi ilth 81. NV. until
June 80. 1898, at her residence. ez0s
TAdE THAlddEswEoSd Iu Iaysnus. Chevy Chase, Nd,
devoted wife Of Frederick 8. Stitt' ssry.
Ices IN the Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Cnurch ESQ p.m. Tuesday, July 4. Z In
THAYER. CHARLES c., Jr Suddenly an
Sunday, June 80. 1929, at Colonial Beach.
"a CHI CHARLES G: THAYER;..Jr son OF
neral services from his late residence,
sSzs coloTado ave. sw., Wednesday, July
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