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The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
On the Frontier
TIES MONIES is the FROM

TIES MONIES Is the FROM
~ tier of science for the
next seven days. Leading sci
entists from all parts of the
United States are congregat-
ing there for the annual
meeting of the American As
ISOLATION for the Advance
meut of Science.
Latest diScoverieS-about the
stars, about atoms, about dis
ease germs, about the human
mind, about dozens of fields of
reSearch-will be announced.
David Dietz, Scrlpps How
ard science editor, is The
Times correspondent OH the
frontier of science. He will re-
port the Des MoineS meeting
for readers of The Times.
Watch for Dietz'S first dis
patch from the frontier of
science in Fridays Times on
the editorial page.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
STATE SCHOOL
FUND MISUSED,
LESLIE CLAIM
Governor Cites Alleged
0verpayment, Diversion
of Money.

Governor Harry G. Leslie today
struck back at critics of his state
school aid policy.
He placed much of the blame for
the present plight of state aid schools
squarely on the shoulders of local
officials. Producing voluminouS
correspondence, he cited instances
where there has been wanton waste
fulness of school aid funds and In
some instances downright illegal ex-
penditure, he charged.
"We have been covering up this
school aid situation too long" the
Governor declared.
Bill Defeated
II am being criticised because I
appointed a commission to get the
facts rather than call an immediate
session of the legislature. At the
last session, I sponsored a bill to put
the state aid funds under the board
of accounts and it was defeated.
when the funds were being han
died in that department, there was
a surplus at the end of the year
rather than a 100000 deficit. I
don't mean to place the blame on
the state department of education,
but on the local officials.
Numerous counties have been
getting state aid that do not need it
if they conf1ne themselves to nee
essary expenditures.
THE state aid was created SO
that all teachers will be paid a
minimum wage. Instead, the money
often has been spent for supplies
and the teachers permitted to go
without their salary.
These are the facts that I want
disclosed before taking any legisla-
tive action"
Feels Cost Too Great
Governor Leslie stated 236 town
ships are receiving state aid at the
present time. Charges for trans
porting pupils range from s1S to $64
month for each pupil. he declared.
The Governor said he feels this
range in cost is too great.
He cited an instance where a
school bus driver gets an $50 weekly
salary, which he thinks out of pro-
portion for similar work in the dis.
trict. Wife and son of one state aid
school official each draws $3.50 a
month for transporting pupils, he
asserted.
"The most glaring example of
misuse of school funds by trustee"
the Governor asserted, "is that of a
preacher who has taken the money
to buy baptismal founts for his
church, choir gowns and an ascen-
sion window.
This same trustee has sent flow
erS to sick persons in the community
and for social event and paid for
them out of school funds, according
to a report received by me. 1t Is
such cases that need investigation
more than more state funds"
Governor Leslie refused to dis
close the name of the preacher
trustee, but his secretary stated that
action to recover the funds thus
misused will be taken.
Expenditure of 500 for a globe
that could be bought from cata-
log house for from So to 81" was
another horrible example" cited.
Teachers have suffered because
Of the misdeeds of Others" Governor
Leslie contended. "I am not per-
turbed by their threat of a strike,
however. I feel that they will CO.
operate with this administration in
solving the problem"
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26

gloves turned into globules of per-
fuIne, perfume into face powder.
Aunt Marys bridge lamp now
is the first payment on radio
that Santa didn't bring. The
kerchief shower that Myrtle got
from her soririty sisters bought a
ducky cigaret case.
But for prize exchanging,
there's box of candy in North
Illinois street drug store that
would put six-day bicycle rider
to shame in the number of cir
cults it has made from sales
counter to "giftee."
1t seems that in the apartment,
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
COOPERATION SOUGHT
Postmaster Asks Help In Gaining
Access 10 Rural Mail Boxes.

Patrons of rural mail routes today
today were asked by Postmaster
Robert H. Bryson to remove snow
from their rural mail boxes to facili-
tate work of the carriers.
Bryson pointed out that the state
highway department. In clearing
roads, was forced to leave banks of
snow at the roadside. making it diff
ficult for carriers to reach boxes
without loss of time.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26

Club of Indianapolis is celebrat-
ing its Friday luncheon at the
Lincoln with a truly exchange"
session. Each member will bring
the most useless gift he received
Christmas and trade 1t for some
thing equally as useless.
The bars are down. Yellow scarf5
that would strangle Stranger"
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
Ho! HUM! ANOTHER OF THOSE NEAR MIRACLE YARNS

his gloves and Albert cleared his
free play The music
came clear brasy Rhine followed then
Night"
of whte-haired lady
incouptible Neither
goldn them play the Irish ballad
suitable the season. Hans explained and he and his
carong My Tannenbaum
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
DOG DEATH CAUSES STIR
Torturer of Canine Is Sought by
Irate st. Louisans.

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ST. LOUIS, Mo- Dec. 26. - The
death of a fox terrier, that starved
to deathe because some one sewed its
mouth shut with wrapping cord,
aroused widespread sympathy and
indignation in st. Louis today.
Rewards, totaling $3.50, with the
figure mounting hourly were offered
for information that might lead to
the capture of the torturer. The
dog, weak and emaciated, was
found in the rear of Mullanphy hos
pital Wednesday shifting in search
of food that it could not open its
mouth to eat.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
PANTAGES IN HOSPITAL
Theater Executive Is Believed
Suffering Heart Attack.
BV United Press

bN JNttCu n IS
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26.-Alex-
ander PantageS. the millionaire
vaudeville executive, who was con-
victed of aSSaulting 17-year- old
Eunice Pringle, was removed to the
hospital ward of the county Jail to-
day, after jailsrS had found him In
his cell suffering from what they be-
heved to be another heart attack.
Pantage's attorneys are trying to
obtain his release on bond with the
plea that his heart is so weak that
he may die in confinement. The
Snowman is under sentence to San
Quentin. but remains in the county
Jail pending an appeal from his con-
viction.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26

Lewis, nonworkable cigar light
ers and other nonsensical "doo-
dads" are permitted in the arena
of exchange"
So you see everybody's doing it..
You can exchange anything, trade
anything, but
Last nights headache today.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
Leaves for United States


LIMA. Peru, Dec. 26.-Dr. Her
bert Williams of the University of
Buffalo, who has been studying the
corpses Of mummies and ancient
bones for the last two months, left
for the United States Wednesday.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
'Dares" Cause Serious Injury

BIZ United Press
CLEVELAND, Dec. 26.-William
NIcSherTy, 28, accepted the dare"
of having a loaded gun placed in
his mouth Wednesday night. The
man holding the gun was dared"
to pull the trigger. He accepted, and
part of McSherry's cheek was blown
away.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
START INQUIRY IN
CUSTOMS SLAYING

coast guardsmen held under mill
tary arrest in connection with Dow
ney's Staying.
All state and city authorities have
been baked in their attempts to
question the trio as a result of
Templeton's order.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
GANGSTER Is KILLED
st. Louis Police Fear Revival OF
Feud, Following Staying.

BIZ United Press
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 26.-Authorities
searched st. Louis ghetto today for
the slayers of Frank Cosenteno,
gangster, shot to death here
Wednesday in what police believed
was revival of gang warfare.
Cosenteno's body. bullet hole IN
the cheek, was found in a vacant
lot, partially covered With zaQ6.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
AVIATORS IN HOSPITAL
French FIiers Go TO Rangoon; One
Suffers Hip Fracture.

By United PreeS
RANGOON. Burma. Dec. 26.-The
French f1ier, Joseph Lebrix, and his
companion. RoSsi. who were injured
when their plane cracked up in In
dis. were admitted to the General
hospital today. 1t was reported
RoSsi had a fractured pelvic bone
and would be in the hospital several
weeks.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
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NEW YORK Dec 26Anyone believes that
IN
differently
blowing Battery
tendorr the payment the
serenading
gathered quickly
PLAY Ach Leber Augustin.' shouted.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
THREE KILLED IN PLUNGE
One Injured Seriously When Car
Topples Over Embankment.

BU nIt0n PfcS9
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Dec. rs.
Three persons we're killed and one
was critically injured when their
automobile plunged over twenty
five-foot embankment today. The
dead are Mrs. Bernice Barnes, Eau
Claire, Mrs. Frank Jolliffe, Chip
pewa Falls and William r. Erick-
son, Eau Claire.
Edward De Rusha, Eau Claire, Is
not expected to live at a hospital
here. The party was returning to
Eau Claire from a Christmas dance.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
Christmas Causes Death
BIZ United Prcss

BIZ United Prcss
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-Overwork
during the Christmas rush, which
placed an added strain on his
weakened heart, was believed re-
sponsible for the death Wednesday
of James Ryan, so a mail carrier.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
BY ARCH sTEINEL

TAKE backl Take backl Oh,
Il take back those diversified
pajamas from me-"
Singing this ditty in variation
of hosiery, table linen, and in keys
as high as motor cars and dia-
mond rings, Indianapolis today
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
SCHOOL FUND OFFERED
John ID. Jr. Willing to Aid in Build
ing French Medical College.

BIZ United Press
PARIS, Dec. 26.-Georges Eugene
Henri Roger, dean of the faculty
of medicine, announced today that
John D. Rockefeller Jr. had Of
fered $6,Ooo,ooo for the construction
of a new medical school in France
The offer stipulates that France
must contribute an equal amount.
Professor Roger said the sum
would permit the finest medical
center in Europe to be built, ca
pable of accommodating 10000 STU
dents.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
Gas Believed Death Cause

BIZ United Press
EVANSVILLE. Ind, Dec. 26.-Ap-
parently overcome by gas fumes
from half-opened oven Jet in the
kitchen. Clark P. White, so. man
ager of a rock crushing business at
Hopkinsville, Ky- was found dead
N his home hera
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
MURDERS WIFE, SELF
Staten Island Man Shoots Mate,
Then Is Suicide.

bJ JNlTtN FItSS
ARLINGTON, Staten Island, Dec.
26.-Three hours after his wife had
been found dying from three shots
In the garden of their home, Otto
kohrman, 64. was found dead in a
building of the old Downey shipyard,
apparently a suicide.
Police said he shot and killed his
wife. Kohrman was found by a
searching party in the abandoned
foundry building at the shipyard
half a mile from his home.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
Draws Sentence on Check Charg'

Thomas j. O'Brien, As, was fined
$25 and costs and sentenced to
thirty days at the penal farm by
Municipal Judge Paul Wetters to-
day on charges of issuing FRAUDULENT
checks. He is alleged to have
passed two small checks while In
toxicated.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
BOOZE is IMPROVING
Five Die Over Holiday, but
None From Poisoning.
By United Press

Christmas drinking, although re-
ported to have been as widespread
as in other years, took only five
lives, a United Press survey in
dicated today.
Four men and one woman died
from the effects of acohol i'm
bibed to celebrate the holidays, but
there was no evidence that the
liquor was poisonous.
All but one of the deaths were
reported in the east.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
Received by Pope

81 Unifed Press
VATICAN CITY, Dec. 26.-The
duke and duchess of Aosta, the duke
Of Spoleto, the count of Turin and
the duke of Abruzzi visited the pope
today. They were received with
great pomp.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26

traded this years Christmas pres
ents for next years practicality.
It was exchange day in down.
town department stores-and how
they did exchange!
Where one pair of hose graced
a holly-Wreathed box on Christ
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
Two Sets of Twins Born

Bp rnited Prcss
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-Christmas
day saw the arrival in Chicago of
two sets of girl twins. Mr.. and Mrs.
William Siedler and MIR. and Mrs.
Geraldine Goldman are the par
ents.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
French Deputies to Recess

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PARIS. Dec. 26.-Premier Andre
Tardieu announced today that the
chamber of deputies will recess
Sunday night until Jan. Il
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
Salvation Army Workers Dine

Employees of the Salvation Army
industrial home at l27 West Geor-
gis street, were guests at a Christ
mas dinner Wednesday. Presents
were distributed to the fifty attend
ing.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
FLIERS' BODIES FOUND
French AviatOrs Apparently Were
Killed Instantly, Reports Say.
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BIZ United Press
PARIS, Dec. 26.-The bodies Of
three French f1iers. missing for ten
days in Africa, have been found on
the Libyian coast, the air ministry
was advised unofficially today.
The f1iers apparently died instant
ly when their small plane crashed.
the advices said. The three f1iers
were Victor Joseph Lassalle, Marcel
Rebard and Raymond Saltot.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
ROYALTY TO SEE POPE
Belgian King and Queen to Be
Received Before Marriage.

BIZ United Press
VATICAN CITY, Dec. 26.--The
king and queen of Belgium will
visit the pope Jan. Z, the day be-
fore the marriage of Princess Marie
Jose to Crown Prince Humbert
The same ceremony will be used as
at the recent visit of the king and
queen of Italy.
Prince Humbert and his bride will
see the pope the next morning
Their reception will be strictly
private
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
THREE DIE FROM GAS

Apartment Is Unknown.
BH Tinted Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Two men
and a woman were found dead from
gas today in three-room apart
ment at 237 Forty-eighth street,
Brooklyn.
Another man in the same apart
ment was unconscious and was
taken to Norwegian hospital, where
it was said his condition was criti-
cal. The identity of the victims was
not learned immediately.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-12-26
CHRISTMAS is FlRELESS
Electric Bulbs Use Cited Reason for
Lack of Tree Blazes.

In sharp contrast to "the good old
days" Indianapolis did not have a
single Christmas tree fire WedneS-
day or Wednesday night.
Use of electric bulbs for the lights
is cited by fire department officials
as the reason for lack of calls.
Santas whiskers were not even
singed in a single case. fire depart
ment records showed today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-06

The Bull Moose party received its
name from the remark made by
Theodore ROOSEVELT feel as fit
as g, Bull Moose
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-06
REVENUE BILLS
To SLASH TAX
BOOST PUSHED
Corporation Levy, Licenses
for Chain Stores Pro-
posed.

Legislators today cast approving
glances at newly printed bills
placed on their desks offering a way
around 1O-cent increase in the
state tax rate.
Representatives found before
them the corporations excise tax
measure expected to yield between
$3,500,0O0 and 100000 annually.
Introduced only Tuesday, the bill
was reported favorably by the ways
and means committee before adj
journment and advanced to second
reading. Rules may be suspended
today so that the measure can be
passed and sent to the senate with
out routine delay.
Licenses for Chain Stores
On senator's desks lay the chain
store licensing bill expected to yield
at least $1,5O0OOO and possibly dou-
BILE that amount annually. Received
from the house late Tuesday, the
measure was reported favorably by
the senate finance committee with
amendment providing that all
revenue SO raised shall go into the
general fund. Finance committee
members said they will amend the
bill on second reading to reduce
license fees of stores in large chains
which would have to pay as high as
$3.50 each under the bill as it now
stands.
AS received from the house, the
chain store bill would have contrib
uted $250,000 to state school aid for
the remainder of this year, $550,000
for the first half of 1890, 100000
for the last half and 100000 an
nually thereafter.
This provision was removed when
Senator AlonZo Fl. Lindley intro
duced measure proposing a state
wide school levy for teachers SAL
aries, replacing in part local school
levies.
Calls for 27-Cent Boost
The Lindley bill would necesSitate
a state levy of about 81 cents for
school purposes, representing a 27-
cent increase over the present 7-cent
school levy, Local taxes for school
purposes would be correspondingly
reduced, however, Lindley declared.
Printed on special order, the bill
was distributed today. An effort was
made to suspend the rules to facili-
tate immediate action.
Designed for regulation rather
than revenue, the house bill estab-
fishing ST licensing fee for gaso-
line dealers passed the senate late
Tuesday and now goes to the Gov
ernor. Bond not to exceed $4,000
would be required to insure payment
of the state gasoline tax. The bill
is expected to curb the operations of
gasoline 'bootleggers," who bring
gasoline into the state from tax-free
states.
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would get cold as ice when he
touched her. She admits that she
wanted a Romeo with curly hair,
but he never came to her balcony.
And so the author permits us to
see part of her reactions to her
dumbell of a husband, who always
wanted to so to Switzerland so he
could get a genuine Swiss watch.
She allows us to look in on the bed
room on the bridal night. And the
wife was a sorry neurotic mess and
her husband just a laundering and
rather bad hammered husband.
But the wife would not become
human, even after the birth of the
child. We get an arty introduction
to modern motherhood by being
allowed to see the mother in her
bed in the hospital. She cares not
for her child, knowing that her
husband has fat hands.
Wife breaks out in time and goes
to a Speakeasy. This entire scene Is
silly and unintereSting and in bad
taste. Here she meets her Romeo
and he is such a fast worker that
he gets her into his room in no time.
There she pulls that soul stuff and
declares that she feels purified after
her affair with him. He tells her
how he got freedom from bandits in
Mexico when he killed them by
beating them over the head with
bottle filled with pebbles.
Then she sees her way to free
dom. And she socks her husband
on the head with a bottle. Then
we have the trial scene, rather
mixed up affair. 1t is just plain
melodrama. No arty soul stuff study
here, just meller.
She confesses. Next we see her
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supposed to arty and full Of deep
passages that would show the work.
ing of woman's soul in rebellion.
1t will take something more than
the Snyder trial to inspire writer
to turn out masterpiece. 1t didn't
last SO long in New York. AS a
play, to me it is plain junk. And to
save it, the play then had to have
unique stage handling, sets and di-
rections. And that is just what
"Macihnal' has. That and nothing
more.
This play landed in town last
night for the rest of the week at
the Playhouse as one of the offer
ings of the Little Theatre. Just
now I am not going to take up the
point whether "MachinaP should
ever have been produced by the
Little Theatre.
This organization has a right and
duty to produce new plays which
demand unique and new stage di-
rection and sets. That is the only
way such groups can keep lis in
touch with what is new on the
stage. After seeing the play, had
the feeling that Mrs. Lee Wood as
the Young Woman, the gal with the
starved soul who would murder her
husband with a bottle filled with
pebbles, but she wouldn't divorce
him because she couldn't hurt
him that much" was wasted upon
a poor play.
Mrs. Wood gave highly dramatic
performance, but the character was
such trifle that the fine talents of
Mrs. Wood were lost. I know that
I will be able to list the performance
of Mrs. Wood as one of the five best
of the present season at the Play
house, but I will never remember
the play as a play.
The playwright tries to be refined
and dirty at the same time, covering
up the dirt with arty soul remarks
staged in unique sets.
1t seems rather silly to study the
soul reactions of a woman who
married man to escape from
working in an Office day in and day
out. She didn't like her husband,
because he had fat hands and she
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-06
AERIAL SURVEY
OF ALASKA TO
LOCATE WEALTH
Navy Uses Three Planes to
Chart Interior and Dis
cover Timber.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, March 6.-The
hope of locating accurately rich
timber land and sources of water
power, as well as gathering data for
maps, has prompted the navy to
complete an aerial survey of Alaska
begun in 1926.
Three Looming amphibian planes
from the battle fleet, usually sta
toned in the, Pacific, will be sent
to Alaska late in May, the navy de-
partment has announced. They will
be accompanied by the U. S. S.
Cannot, as tender, and a barge.
Survey $4,000 Acres
Lieutenant Commander A. H.
Radford, u S. NJ, has been recon-
mended as off1cer-in-c charge of the
expedition. B. H. Sargent of the
interior department will probably
accompany him, it was announced.
Nearly $4,000 acres are included
in the tract to be surveyed. Aerial
photographs will be taken from an
altitude of 10000 feet with a T-2-4
lens camera. The area to be mapped
is, the Chicagof and Baranof islands
and the Alaskan Canadian frontier
in southeastern Alaska.
I'm addition to the valuable data
for maps" the navy department
said, "oblique photographs showing
timber areas and water falls to be
obtained are Of considerable impor-
lance to the bureau of fisheries and
forestry bureau"
Began Work in 1926
Interior and agriculture depart
ments are to pay $4,000 toward the
expense of the expedition.
The survey of Alaska was begun
in 1925 when naval party made
aerial photographs of the areas
around Kitchikan, Wrangell, Peters,
burg and Juneau.
Following this earlier work, the
interior department told the navy
it would have required ten seasons
work by ground methods to accom-
plish what the aviators had done
in three months.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-06
CELEBRATE AT CENTER
Fifth Anniversary of Baptist Insti-
tuition Is Observed.

Celebration of the fifth anniver-
sary of the Baptist Christian Center,
1924 North Blackford street was
held Tuesday night with program
of speeches, music and entertain
ment.
Speakers at the anniversary were
DR. John Hentenes; the Rev. G. M.
Dinsmore and Rev. r. e. Hayward.
Glasses at the center gave a
demonstration of their work.
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