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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
HOOVER WILL
REOPEN DRIVE
TO ARMS
to NegdHate With
Great Britain Early in
Administration 4
By PAUL Il, MALLON
United Press stan Correspondent
Copyright. 1929. BY United pressl

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-Presi
dent-Elect Herbert Hoover Is ex
pecting to communicate with Great
Britain early in his administration
to see if there Is a possibility Of re-
Stunning disarmament negotiations
which were broken off at Geneva in
1927, the United Press is informed
on reliable authority.
Sis Esme Howard, the British
ambassador. at Washington, gave
the United Press an Interview Fri
day predicting a new disarmament
drive. This is taken as meaning
Hoover'S offer for resumption of ne
gotiatior1s will be f~avorably received
in London and that there may be
a new disarmament conference pos
Sibly before this year is over.
The matter is a delicate diplo-
matte question and authorities in
touch with the situation decline
generally to make public state
ments at this time. For one thing
the recent senate debate over the
EltlCIlCdU IlbIdd GIu1obl DAOBl all
now adopted has directed interna-
tional attention to the, armament
construction programme of the United
States and Britain.
An appropriation to begin work
on the cruisers Immediately is pend
ing in the. senate. , .n..
President Coolidge, whose strong
Armistice day address severely
criticised the British attitude ex-
pressed at Geneva, is about to retire
along with his secretary of state.
Possibly the most important rea-
,son for silence in congressional
circles is the fact that Republic
an adherents of the building pro-
gram fear Sir Esme's statement
may be used by opponents of the
American naval program, seeking to
hold up the congressional approrri-
alton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16

Disorders Continue; Train
Is D%ynamited.
By United Press

BIZ United Press
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 16.-Re-
newed disorders in Mexico were re-,
ported Friday night with, deaths
tota1ing more than thirty-fve.
Incomplete dispatches from Qua
dalajara said a train was dyna-
mited between Los Reyes and Yure-
cuaro, state of Michoacan, and the
engineer, firemen and entire mill
tary escort killed. No passengers
were among the casualties.
Eight federals and twenty-five
rebels were reported killed in a bat
tie near Magdalena, state of J~alisco,
and two rebels were killed in an n
counter at Nopal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
BUSINESS is
ON UPGRADE,
SAYS WHITING
Expresses His Faith in
Sound Structure and Fu-
ture Expansion.
BY JOSEPH III. BAIRD
United Press staff Correspondent
copyright. 1929. by United Press


WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-Wil-
liam F. Whiting, secretary Of COM
merce, today expressed confidence
in "the fundamental soundness OF
the buS ness structure" of America
which. If maintained, would indi-
cate for the immediate future a
gratifying business progress"
His optimistic statement, made
exclusively to United Press, Was
coincident with a drop in the stock
market and an increase to 10 per
cent in the call money rates. 1t
followed, too, a warning by the fed
eral reserve board against further
loans for speculative purposes.
Secretary Whiting, a big business
man as well as head of the COM
merce department despite these
considerations expressed confidence
in the present financial and indus
trial structure.
Production Maintained
He cited the fact that production
and distribution by manufacturers
r being maintained at steady and
generally rising levels as an indi-
cation of fundamental solidity.
THE administration policies have
made for a substantial and uni
formly increasing stability in bust
ness for several years." Whiting
said.
This has aided in large measure
to relieve the fluctuations in bust
mes of previous years. All impor-
tant business indices show that
broadly speaking production and
distribution by manufacturers gen
orally are being maintained at
steady and gradually rising levels.
This points to the fundamental
soundness of the business structure
which, if maintained, would indi-
cate for the immediate future a
gratifying business progress.
Few Are without Work
IF these conservative. construct
i've policies of the government and
business are maintained, then there
would seem to be no reason why
the present economic situation
should not continue"
Secretary Writings view was
supported by the survey of the
United States employment service
today.
Relatively few persons in the
United States were without work in
January.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
Y. M. C. A. OPENS DRIVE
Dinner Starts Campaign for More
Members.

The Y. M. G. A. opened a men,
bership drive Friday night with a
dinner and meeting of 100 men,
bers who were organized into teams.
Charles F. Coffin, vice-president of
the State Life Insurance Company,
was the principal speaker. James
M. Ogden, encouragement, pre-
sided.
c. G. Isaac, membership secre-
tary, spoke on the campaign. w.
F. Hendren, r. j. Duke, William E.
Hart and Leo T. Brown, divisional
leaders, held conferences with team
members. William S. Springer of
the Security Auto Insurance Come
pany, was made leader of a team
in the drive for the fourth consecu-
tive year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
BOYS UNDER ARREST
HELP INJURED POLICE
Two Released at Wabash Due to
Chauffeur-Nurse Services.

BIZ United Press
WABASH, Ind, Feb. 16.-After
serving as chauffeur-nurses for po-
lice who arrested them, Harold But
Ter and Carl Whisman, each Is,
have been spared from punishment
on charges of burglary. /;
After warrants had been issued
for the two boys. they fled to Chat
tanooga, Tenn. Police Chief Charles
D. Bolte and Donald Muncon, a
special officer, went to that city by
motor to return them.
En- route home, the automobile
carrying officers and prisoners was
wrecked, Bolte and Muncon being
severely injured, While the boys
we're unhurt.
The car was repaired and the
boys took turns driving it back to
Wabash with their captors as pas
sengerS. officials refuse to press
the case against them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
WIRES TO THEATER CUT
Labor Trouble Blamed for Grip
ping Show at Bloomington.

BIZ Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Feb. 10
Labor trouble during remodeling of
the Indiana theater is believed to
have been back of cutting electric
wires leading into the theater, spoil
ing its plans for a first showing Of
talking pictures.
Patrons waited forty minutes
while efforts to locate the trouble
were made. Several then went to
the box Office and took refunds.
Others remained and saw a belated
show.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
BOOST FOR STEWART
Standard Oil Employees
Back Chairman in Fight.

.BR Jnttea~ Press
CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-Cautioning
against consideration of political
propaganda or personal desire of an
individual" employees of the Stand
ard Oil Company of Indiana have
asked large stockholders of the
company to re-elect all present di-
rectorS.
The message was from the aSso-
citation formed by the employees and
was taken as an indication of their
desire to support Colonel Robert w.
Stewart, chairman of the board OF
directors, whose removal is sought
by John D. Rockefeller Jr.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
COLD LULLs NIAGARA
Ice Cones 20 Feet High. Now Hang
on Cataract Walls.

BIZ United Press.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Feb. 16.
The cold spell of the last few
weeks has helped to lull the mighty
roar Of the Horseshoe and Ameri-
can Falls here:
Due to intense. cold, huge ice cakes
forming in the Niagara river have
caused the rushing water to become
a placid stream.
Ice cones, some estimated at tWen-
ty feet in length, hang majestically
along the wall of the cataract. Be-
tween cracks in the ice near the
edge of the precipice, thin lines of
water pour down and pound on the
jagged rocks below in a feeble effort
to emulate the thunderous roar of
Niagara in its full strength.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
Ten Feet From Death

BIZ Times Special
PLYMOUTH, Ind. Feb. 16-A
narrow margin between death and
life was experienced by Lester Mach
lin when a freight sr-loaded with
lumber fell 25 feet from a viaduct
10 feet ahead of the automobile he
was driving.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
T~HRESHERMEN PICK NEW
OFFICERS, END MEETING
w. HI. Newson, ELizabethtown, Is
President,

The ninth annual meeting of the
Brotherhood of Threshermen closed
Friday at the SEVERN with the cleo
ton Of w. H. Newson, Elizabeth
town, as president. A banquet was
held at night with about two
hundred attending.
Other officers are S. C.. Herman of
Cowan, vice-president, and E. E.
Isenhower of indianapolis, secre-
tary-treasurer. Directors named are
Charles White of Switz City, first
and second districts; Otto GIeitz of
Corydon, third and fourth; L. S.
Page of Danville, fifth ana sixth,
and Charles Schilling of Indian
apolis, seventh.
Mrs. w. S. Arnold kas elected
president of the ladies' auxiliary and
Mrs. E. e. Eisenhower, was elected
secretary, easurer. Both are of
Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
Death Driver Sentenced
Tnited Press

bV UHittU PT635
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. 10
Frank Prick, 80, today is under SEN
tence of a 500 fine and a 180-day
penal farm term following convic-
ton on a dunk-while-d driving
charge. A car he was driving
crashed into another, causing the
death of Louis Wunderlicht, 18.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
MANSION is SOLD
Another of New York's Fifth Avenue
Homes win Be Razed.
BIZ United Press

BIZ Jntt6u Pf66S
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-The man
sion of the late Benjamin N. Duke
has been added to the number of
elaborate Fifth avenue homes that
will be demolished.
1t has been sold TO an unidenti-
fled group Of bankers and will be
torn down to make way for an
apartment house. The transaction
involved $1,000, 900.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
DEATH SENTENCE TO BE
PRONOUNCED MONDAY
Muncie Man Reads "ThrilIers" Pend
ing Fateful Words at TT. Wayne.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
Fl. WAYNE, Ind, Feb. 49,
Wayne Williams, Muncie, will be
sentenced to death in the electric
chair here Monday by Judge Sol A.:
Wood of Allen circuit court for the
murder of Glenn Foley, during a
holdup. At the same time, Williams
partner in crime, Carroll Cooper,
will receive a life prison term.
I'D rather die than spend the
rest of my life in prison" Williams
remarks. He puts in most of his
time reading magazines specialize
ing on stories in which master
criminals outwit detectives. 81 never
killed anyone. I'm not afraid to
die. I'm prepared to CO." the con-
demned man continues.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
STOCKHOLDERS
PAID

Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., Mails
S1,O OO, 900 to 5000.
BIZ United Press
LOS ANGELES, Cal. Feb. 16.-
Trust certificates giving beneficial
interests from inheritance of Cor
nelius Vanderbilt Jr., have been
mailed to about 5000 persons who
made investments in his publishing
enterprise. it was announced here.
The certificates total about $1,000
600 and will be reimbursed at the
death either of Vanderbilt's father
or mother.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
Must Be Dry

Any person who wants to
quiz Senator Chester A. Per-
kins, South Bend, regarding
his resolution to memorialize
congress for a change in the
eighteenth amendment to per-
nit passing of liquor regulation
laws must first sign an afh-
davit that he never has broken
any current dry laws. Perkins
took this stand in answering a
dry" letter today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
Britain Is Silent

GhIed PfcSS la,.5r agsf,Uv- .n
LONDON, Feb. 16-Great Britain
probably will be. unable to make
any further announcement on
naval disarmament until she has
consulted with her dominions, the
foreign office announced today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
Good Oil wen Near Rockport

by Times bpttidE
ROCKPORT, Ind. Feb. 16-An
oil well believed to be of 300 to 500
barrel daily production has been
brought in on the farm of Leo
Straseel four miles east of here on
a lease held by J.. Walter Randel
and associates.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
BETTER THAN LAW
Destroys PooIroOm Monon Ordi-
nance Could Not Affect.

BIZ Times Special
MONON. Ind, Feb. 16.-What the
law could not do fire has done. The
poolroom of Thomas Stockton, on
the outskirts Of this town, is in
ruins today.
An ordinance forbidding pool
rooms is in effect here, but Stockton
evaded it by operating the place
Just outside the limits. Tt is the
general belief here that the fire was
Of incendiary origin. Many citizens
we're strongly opposed to the pool
room.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
VIOLA DANA DIVORCED;
MOTHER FOLLOWS SUIT
Parent of Actress Charges Her Hus-
band Is Cruel.

band Is Cruel.
By United Press
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 10
Viola Dana, film actress, and her
mother, Mrs. Marie Flugrath, both
appeared in the divorce courts here.
Shortly after Miss Dana was di-
vorced from her husband, Maurice
Lefty Flynn, former Yale football
player, Mrs. Flugrath appeared and
asked for a divorce from Emil Flu
grath.
The daughter charged her hus-
band with being habitually drunk.
Mrs. Flugrath said her husband was
cruel and that he ignored her. Her
case was taken under advisement.
Miss Dana and Flynn were mar
ried three years ago. They had been
termed by Hollywood as the Ideal
couple"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
Auto Victim. 81, Buried

BIZ Times Special
LA FONTAINE, Ind, Feb. 16.-
Funeral services were held today
for Mrs. Katie Hursh. 50, who died
Wednesday from effects of injuries
suffered IN an auto accident last
fall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
Marshal Foch Gets Better

PARIS, FEB. 16.lMarshaf Ferdi.
nand Foch's slow progressive i'm.
provement continues, a bulletin is.
sued today after a thirty-minut.
consultation by five physicians said
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
He u SWab

By Times Special
LA PORTE, Ind, Feb. 16.-A
rancher near Jordan, N. M,
has written to- the Advance
Runilex Company here offering
to trade a buffalo for a trac-
tor, one of the company's
products. He writes that he
will pay the freight on the
buffalo if the company will do
likewise with the tractor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-16
TRoTsN TO ANGoRA
Exiied Soviet Leader Leaves Con-
stantinople.

bU UHlItu PTtS8
CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. 49,
Leon Trotzki left ConstantinopIe
Friday. 1t was believed he was en-
route to Broussa and from there by
automobile to Karakaya, where the
express for Engora passes at mid
night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-07

1t was firing and monotonous work
but the IL tons were moved in day
Yesterday the front wall Of the hangar
was torn down, and the blunt. agrees
sive nose of the plane was exposed
A blow torch was put under the
pendulous sack from the motor cover
ing to heat the center motor. While II
was being warmed. trench was dug
ahead for a dead man." and block
and tackle rugged from this to a bride
on the landing gear of the plane.
BY the time this was done the motor
was ready to start, and at the first i'm.
pulse of the starter 1t turned over and
purred rythmically, as if it had been In
use every day instead of lying idle wait
ing this day fer more than year.
Lines were made fast to the tail skid
on either side of the fuselage so that
the tail could be guided by men hauling
on either rope, and all was ready.
Grew Take Places for Job.
Harold June, who. although a pilot
can do NEST anything else and who has
been working on the radio of the Fair
child. with Dean Smith, for several days
took charge of the maneuvering outside
while Balchen climbed into the cockpit
to the throttle, with Dean beside him
Ccmdr. Byrd stood watchfully by to see
that everything went smoothly The
rope in front was manned by 20 men
and J'lne raised his hand to go ahead
Balchen opened the big motor. $50
horses pulling at once. The men on
the ropes behind pulled the tail back
and forth to break out the skis. There
was a "Yo-ho" on the rope in front.
and the huge plane moved forward
easily and up the ramp, the cloud of
snow blowing out behind it hitting the
rear wall of the abandoned hangar and
shooting miniature blizzard into the
air
Halfway up June waved to halt the
plane a moment, as 1t was turning
slightly It was pulled straight in a
few moments and then the huge, UNI
wieldy bulk slid ponderously up to the
level surface. Comdr. Byrd and every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-07

one around were looking as pleased as
punch It had been a neatly executed
bit of work.
The plane was then TAXED into posi-
ton on the edge of the field.
AS there was no rudder, for the tail
surfaces are now being put in place,
men had to run behind the ship guild
ing It with ropes. and they had all the
experience of being out in a terrific
blizzard. Half concealed by the flying
cloud of snow, they stumbled along
behind. their faces cut by tiny snow
particles. which even dug into their
ewes and sheeted eyelids. nose and
checks with Aim of ice. 1t didn't last
long. but it was severe punishment for
a time.
The plane was turned and TAXED into
place beside the Fairchild and then
secured by ropes fastened to dead
men" in front. The tail was slightly
raised also to cut down the angle of
incidence, or. in other words, the lifting
power of the wing, if a storm should
come UP. When the tail surfaces are in
place and the engines tuned 1t will be
all ready for trial flight.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-07
GENERALS ADVANCED.

Butler and Feland Promoted to
Major Generals by Senate.
+ Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler and
Brig. Gen. Logan Feland. both OF the
Marine Corps, were advanced to major
generals bv the Senate in executive
session late yesterday.
Col Robert H. Dunlap was raised to
the rank of brigadier general, Marine
Corps.
The Senate at the same time con-
firmed Benjamin H. Littleton for APP
pointment as a judge of the Court of
Claims and Walter E. Hope to be
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-07

Then the canvas roof over the front
of the snow hangar was removed, and
the three bladed metal propeller for the
big center motor put in place.
With the roof off, the hangar seemed
enormous. It was like looking down
into the excavation for large house
The plane, on its large skis. stretched
far back into the gloom in the recesses
Of snow.
Day before yesterday every one in
camp who could be spared began to
shovel snow from in front of the plane,
making ramp up which it could be
TAXED to the surface. Forty-one tons
Of snow were dug out in one day.
The snow was sawed into blocks
weighing so to 100 pounds and then
hauled on sleds TO the surface and
dumped. 1t reminded one of a pic
sture of Egyptian slaves quarrying stone
for the Pyramids, hauling blocks up
camps with ropes over their shoulders
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-13
WORK ON SCHOOL
|. BUILDING DELAYED
Murch Home and School
Body Urges Traffic Light
for Davenport Street.

Completion of the Ben w. Murch
School, now under construction at
Thirty-sixth and Davenport streets, will
be delayed from a month to six weeks
beyond December Is, the date originally
set for the turning over of the struc-
ture TO the school authorities. This was
announced late yesterday by Henry
Draper. supervising principal of the first
division, in an address to the Ben w
Murch Home and School Association
meeting in the Methodist Home for the
Aged.
The news of the structural delay in
the new school was received with dis
appointment by the members of the as
sociation, who had expected that their
children, six grades of whom are quar-
tered in four frame portable buildings
on what will be the new schools play
ground, would be moved to the per-
manent structure before the real Winter
weather sets in. The parents pointed out
that their portables leak in heavy rains.
and that they are not sufficiently warm
In cold weather. It was recalled that it
was one of this group of buildings from
which a roof was blown last year.
The association adopted a resolution
urging the immediate installation of
trafflc lights at Connecticut avenue and
Davenport street, so that more safety
will be assured the increased number of
children who will cross the arterial
highway with the opening of the new
school. 1t was explained in the meeting
that traffic officer is stationed at the
intersection when one can be spared"
but as the policeman's presence is not
always possible, there is at present no
assurance that school children may be
given protection as they walk to school,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-13
Mothers of Freshmen Girl" at G. W U.
May Attend School Tomorrow

Mothers of George Washington Uni
versity freshman girls will turn back
time in its fight for day tomorrow
when they attend classes at the univer-
sity in observance of the institutions
annual Mothers day."
The mothers will register" at 9
o'clock in the morning in Corcoran Hall,
where they will be welcomed by re-
ception committee of woman members
OF the faculty. This committee will in
clude Ruth Atwell. associate professor
of physical education and director Of
women's athletics; Irene Cornwell OF
the Roman language department, Anna
Pearl Cooper of the English department,
Frances Kirkpatrick of the home eco
Monies department Elizabeth A. Lath-
rop of the division of library sciences
Florence Marie Mears of the mathe-
mates department Mary Quick Bow
man instructor in zoology; Martha Glib
bon. instructor in English; DR.. Thelma
Hunt of the psychology department
and Janet Peirson Jones, instructor in
physical education.