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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
UTILITY QUERY
NOT OFFICIAL,
AYERS ELLIS
Wants Demand for Ruling
on Merger Legality
Understood.
QUARREL is INTIMATED
Favorable Action on insult
Project by Commission
Is Forecast.

When Commissioner Howell Ellis,
who has the $70.000.O00 insult util-
ity merger in tow, learned Wednes-
day that Commissioner Calvin NC
Intosh had questioned the legality
OF the entire merger move, he went
10 Acknowledgement James M.
Ogden's Office and told him that
no official opinion had been asked
by the public service commission.
Mcintosh had requested an opin-
ION regarding the merger legality
in a communication TO the attOr-
ney-generaL. Ogden assigned the
matter to George w. Hufsmith,
deputy in charge Of utility cases.
It. was with Hufsmith that Ellis
conferred. Following the confer
ence, Hufsmith stated that he had
been informed that the query from
Mcintosh was 1.-The result Of a COM
missioner's quarrel"
Cites Examples
Mcintosh today asserted his right
under the law to request opinions
from the Encouragement as a
member of the public service COM
mission and cited numerous in
stances where such procedure had
been followed in the past without
criticism.
Ellis denied that he had acted for
the commission in the matter but
declared that he went to the attor-
ney-generaI's office of his own Volt
ton to tell them "how things
stood"
Il didn't want the attorney-gen-
eral to think the request came from
the commission as such" he de-
clared. "I know that Mcintosh has
a right to ask for such an opinion,
as has any other commissioner"
Ogden Understood
Ogden, before the Ellis visit, had
understood the request was from
Mcintosh and not the entire COM
mission. In assigning the case to
Hufsmith he pointed out that 1t was
customary to answer all such re-
quests from state officials, but that
the opinion remains unofficial until
asked for by the entire commission.
Ellis said the commission might
ask for an official opinion regarding
the legality later. The case Is set
for hearing Dec. .. however.
Those who have been following
the matter predict that the com
mission engineers and accountants
will bring in figures lower than
those offered by the utilities, but
that the merger plan is assured OF
Mt least three votes. Those listed as
favoring the move are Ellis, Char
man John w. McCardle and Com
missioner Jere West.
Commissioners Mcintosh and
Frank Singleton remain in the
doubtful column.
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wrote the first Of a series Of let
tiers to the startled editor Of the
Pompton Lakes Bulletin.
y
DEING an old newspaper man
- himself, Crowell did little
leg work and he soon had enough
ammunition to wage a good-sized
battle. Starting out only with the
mild premise that it annoyed him
to be dunned every Tuesday
morning by five children for
money to deposit in the school
bank, Crowell progressed.
He took the stand that a school
has no right to compel a child to
deposit money in a school bank
and to impose punishment If the
rule was not oheyed, even if some
body somewhere thought it was a
grand idea.
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asked his daughter.
mo, papa"
Did you fail to bound
Nebraska?"
mo. papa"
did you hand in your arith-
metic problems?"
Yes, papa, all of them"
Did you fall down on spelling
'aseptic?'"
mo, papa"
Then what, in heavens name,
did you do?"
"I didn't have my money for
the school thrift bank. 1t spoiled
our 100 per cent record, papa"
Crowell then became very mild
and calm. When he had mastered
his mildness and calmness to a
degree, he made the remark about
shotgun. Then he sat down and
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low who was driven to obtaining
job after school hours to earn
some money to deposit in the
bank.
Crowell said that children Of
poor but eminently respectable
families have been huIniliated-
and so had their parents-by the
deplorable fact that occasionally
papa was broke on Tuesdays.
Crowell's fight is not over. He
has, in fact, Just begun. If some
thing isn't done to ease the Tues
day situation for Pompton Lakes
parents, he threatens to forget
about the shotgun and make a
personal canvass Of the young de-
positors, to see If they have the
slightest idea Of what it all means.
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In support of this, Crowell cited,
in addition to the Magma Carta,
the fact that a child is not &C
countable for what its parents do
with their money. The parents
earn the money, ergo, it Is theirs,
not the kiddies', argued Crowell.
Crowell was moved to further
extremes of mildness because he
discovered that the school bank
was made a matter of school
spirit" and that the children were
made to feel that their school, at
any rate, must maintain an I'M
spotted escutcheon on the mat
ter Of 100 per cent thrift.
He cited reports Of children sent
home to get coins to deposit; Of
others who played hockey" be-
cause they did not have the
money, and Of one poor little fell
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
REAL silk SUES
union LEADERS
Injunction Is Asked to Stop
Coercion

Injunction against continued I'M
lawful conduct of the defendants in
conspiring to interfere with con-
tractual relations of the plaintiff
and it's employees" is asked in a petit
ton filed in federal court by Real
Silk Hosiery Mills, Inc, against the
American Federation Of Full Fash
Toned Hosiery Workers local No. 35,
and others.
The petition alleges more than 700
employees in the full fashioned de-
partment have been threatened,
intimidated and coerced" to break
their individual working contracts
with the company. These contracts
provide the workers will not become
a member of a union while en-
ployed by the company, it is averred.
The Hosiery Workers Union will
resist the injunction petition on
grounds that the Real Silk Com
pany broke contracts with men
said to have been discharged for
alleged urging of a strike Monday,
Saul I. Rabb, their attorney, said
today.
The defense also will point out
that the company allegedy commit
ted a misdemeanor under Indiana
statutes in forcing upon employees
contracts forbidding them to join
union order, said Rabb.
Among defendants are: Harold E.
Steele, Milwaukee; Vernon Schultz
and Dewey Jones, Kenosha, Wis,
and John w. Edelman, Reading,
Pa, listed as officers and organizers,
and the following former employees,
all of Indianapolis: Earl j. Slater,
Alfred Drach, Melvin Calvert, Emery
Duncan, Thomas Brambett, Paul
Johnson, Leo Pundsack, Dorman
Richardson, Charles Spencer, An
drew Hubert, Elston Richardson
Raymond Montgomery and Charles
Edmondson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
National Fraternity Picks
City Man as President
0'NeeI Is Selected as New
Chief Officer of Sigma
Delta Chi.

Edwin v. O'Neel, of the 5t1ff of
The Indianapolis Times, today is
national president of Sigma Delta
Chi, professional journalistic frater-
nifty, following his election Wednes-
dav at the 1929 convention of the
fraternity, held at Columbia, Mo.
Nelson P Poynter, publisher of
the Kokomo Qnd) Dispatch, was
elected a member of the executive
council.
For the last year O'Neel has
served as national secretary of the
fraternity. He will relinquish the
secretaryship at the close of 1929.
He is a graduate of the De Paw
university class of 1925, and since
has been on The Times staff.
James A. Stuart, managing editor
of the Indianapolis Star, retired as
chairman of the executive council
at the convention. He was national
president in 1867. His successor
is Robert B. Tarr, Pontiac, Mich.
Other officers are: Charles E.
Snyder, Chicago Daily Drover Jour-
nal. first president; Blair Con-
verse. head of the journalism de-
partment of Iowa State university,
second vice-president; Walter Hum
phrey, Fl. Worth Press, secretary;
John G.. Earhart, Chicago Daily
Drover Journal, treasurer; Maurice
o. Ryan, editor of the Greater
North Dakota, alumni secretary.
Bristow Adams. journalism de-
partment head at Cornell univer-
sity, honorary president; Lawrence
H. Sloan, editor of Standard Stats
tics. New York City, trustee of the
Quill endowment fund, and Ralph
Ellis, managing editor Of the Kansas
City Journal-Post; Ralph Peters OF
the Detroit News; Charles A. Seq
ner, managing editor Of the Chicago
Evening Post. and Mr.. Poynter. eX-
/ oo,,,,oil Y1oor11horc
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
BY SAM LOVE
United Press Staff Correspondent

DOMPTON LAKES, N. j., Nov.
L 2l.-"Thrift" courses in the
public schools may be all right,
but making a bum out of papa is
different. in the opinion of Chester
T. Crowell, the writer and father.
Crowell. who has resided peace
ably in who's Who and this
charming vicinity for a number
of years, suddenly has material
lied like an angry thundercloud
over the heads of the local school
board.
Crowell has become a violent
reactionary and he not only de-
noances the local school banking
systsm-modeled on national
pattern regarded by the school
board as very progressive-but has
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
Two INDICTED
LIQUOR SPIES
STAY ON lob
Acknowledgement Retains
Shoppers in Spite of
Serious Charges.
WORK ON OLD CASES
One Faces Extortion Trial,
Another Arrested on
Girls Complaint.

Robert West and Horace Lyle,
Negro dry spies" now known as
the Gold Dust Twins, have re-
turned to work for the attorney
generals Office despite their arrests
on extortion and statutory charges,
Acknowledgement James M. Ogden
admitted today.
Lyle is awaiting disposition OF a
case charging him with extortion in
volving an alleged bootlegger at Ko-
komo. He was released by the feder-
al prosecutor at South Bend with
orders to appear when wanted.
West was bound over to the
Marion county grand jury on Oct.
IL, on statutory charge involving
16-year-old Negro girl. He was
released under $4,000 bond.
Both again are working as liquor
ferrets. Lyles return is with quail
| ificationS, Ogden announced, fol-
lowing a conference with the big
Negro at the statehouSe Wednesday
afternoon.
Admits Breath "Smelled"
Asked if Lyle had been drinking
before attending the conference, Og-
! den said that he Smelled some
thing like liquor on Lyle's breath
but pointed out that cts his bust
ness to buy drinks"
He qualified this later by saying
that Lyle now is ''just clearing ur
some old cases which he worked on
before his arrest"
West, however, is on the job full
time, he said, and at present is
doing his shopping around Indian
apolis.
West was arrested on warrant
from the Marion county prosecutors
office. The girl alleges she has had
numerous dates" with West, but
he denies the allegations.
Frameup Is Hinted
Ogden feels that there may have
been a "frameup" and assigned
Merle Wall, deputy encouragement
to represent West.
Both Lyle and West were recon-
mended by the Indiana Anti-Saloon
League, Ogden said. They have done
some professional work as dry spies
for league headquarters here.
Lyle was arrested on information
of Edward Nutter, proprietor Of a
barbecue stand near Kokomo. He
alleges that Lyle tried to get him to
"payoff" regarding an alleged pur-
chase of liquor at Nutter'S stand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
BUTLER NAMES 20
TO PHI KAPPA PHI
Tough on Thief
BIZ United Press

BV UnlteG tTeS6
EVANSTON, Ill, Nov. I'll
Acting Police Magistrate Sam
uel Harrison has matter to
bring up before himself, pro-
viding police find the thief who
stole the telephone, marble
desk set and court forms from
his bench.
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English as Is!
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
DETROIT, Nov. 21.-Tony
Flezar, who is suing Mrs.
Grace M. Wood for fraud
and trickery" in connection
with a real estate deal, was
asked in court to define some
words.
Fraud" he said, ais a little
thing which hops in the grass
and trickery is something in a
game of cards"
The defense commended Flies
Ear was influenced wrong
fully to bring the suit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
GAS SERVICE FAVORED
Greenwood Town Board Votes to
Grant Franchise.

GREENWOOD, Ind, Nov. I'll
The Greenwood town board has
adopted a resolution preliminary TO
granting Of a gas service franchise
to the Interstate Public Service
Company. A public hearing on the
matter has been set for Dec. 16
when remonstrances can De pre-
scented.
The proposed franchise is for a
period of twenty-five years and
provides service shall be started not
later than two years after it is
granted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
Missionaries Return

Bu Times Specidl
ANDERSON. Ind. Nov. 21.-The
Rev. and Mrs. w. o. Bailey,
Church OF God missionaries in
Kenya Colony, Africa, are spending
q few days here on furlough. They
were accompanied from the foreign
field by their five children who will
enter school at Torch Hill, o. Two
other sons. Homer and Orrin, are
students at Anderson college and
Theological Seminary. This Is the
Bailey'S first visit to this country
In ten years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
ESTATE CASE RECALLS
OCEAN FLIGHT TRAGEDY
Muncie Grocer to Get $4,000 Left
by Aviatrix Daughter.
gY Times SpeciaI

81 TlWCs NnfclGF
MUNCIE, Ind, Nov. 21.-A. j.
wilson, Muncie grocer, will go u
New York late this week to sett.2
the estate of his daughter, Mrs.
Frances Wilson Grayson, who dis
appeared two years ago after
ascending in an airplane in an at
tempt to fly across the Atlantic
ocean. She was declared legally dead
Dec. 81. last.
The estate has been the subject OF
litigation in New York courts for
about one year, but Wilson believes
this will have been cleared by the
time he arrives. Net value of the
estate is S13,215.
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and director OF the Catholic
Charitable Bureau of that city,
who came to New Orleans to
speak before the National
Conference Of Catholic Char
tiles on Why Men Leave
Home" He is a two-flsted
minister, famous during the
World war as chaplain Of the
fighting One hundred fourth
infantry, Twenty-sixth division.
III tell you what causes
men to leave home" Father
O'Connor told the delegates,
cts poor cooking; no man
can go on, day in and day out,
with poorly cooked food and re-
tain any interest in his home.
Next to this comes nagging, for
no man can love a woman who
nags him"
Few men desert their fam
lilies for other women, he de-
clared, but most of the wives
who desert do SO because of
other men.
Father O'Connor told his
audience of a study made of
assertions that we're re-
sponsible for 2,187 children
being in orphanages. The
fathers we're guilty of 10 per
cent of the assertions, he
said; the mothers Of 81 per
cent and both parents of 3
per cent.
Many desertions," he said,
ARE due to poor housekeeping
y,-NeAE
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
EmbezzIement Charge Fails

Blu Ti~'es SDecfdi
CONNERSVILLE, Ind, Nov. 2i.-
Ross Hollingsworth, charged with
embezzlement, was acquitted by a
Fayette circuit court jury here. It
was ALLEGED that while caretaker
for the Connersville Country Club.
he received s26 from sale of sand
and gravel belonging to his en-
mover.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21

TUE VI oSSo1C la
a comedy. Poor
Father" to be pre-
scented by St. Cath
erin e's Dramatic
Club in its hail at
Shelby and Tabor
streets, at 2:15 and
8:15 p. m. Sunday.
Other cast mem
b erS are: lie O
Gootee, Georg e
Spander. William
w o ] SITTER, M a = =
guerite NJ a d d e II
Mary Roche, Al
verta w oil sifer,
E m e rson Soland.
nA,f;~~ NFff
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
November Roses

BIZ Times Special
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, Nov. I'll
T. w. Allen calls attention to a
climbing rose bush over a trelIis
at his home on which there are
twelve large roses in full bloom.
Aaron Mendenhall is picking a sec
ond crop of Transparent apples
from his orchard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
S1O4.70 Price on Finger

BIZ Times SDectdt
COLUMBUS. Ind. Nov. 21.-
John w. Bland, was given judg-
ment Of s10470 damages in q
friendly suit against the Branden-
berger brothers, contractors here,
for the loss of the first finger Of
his left hand. severed by rip saw.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
Three Escape Train Death

b. Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ind. Nov. 21.-
John johnson, Dewey Mails and
Bonnie Hewitt. escaped unhurt
when their automobile was struck
by a freight train. The automobile
was carried along the track more
than 40 feet and then rolled over
to one side. It was demolished
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
NO TRACE OF MISSING
TRIO OF GIRLS FOUND

Nine days have passed and par
ents of three Arsenal Technical
high school girls, who disappeared
Nov. II, are without a clew as to
their whereabouts.
The missing girls are: Georgia
Conant. IS, of $40 South Hamilton
avenue: Esther Henderson, ID, OF
SOP DrexeI place, and jeanette
(Babe) Altman, 1909 Marlove ave-
nue..
Police in Chicago, Detroit and
other cities have been appealed to
for aid in hunting the girls. They
! are believed to have left home to
become either professional dancers
or movie extras.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
300 TO HOLD SESSION
Wayne County Sunday School
Meeting at Hagerstown Friday.

Meeting at Hagerstown frloay.
HAGERSTOWN. Ind, Nov. IL
A WAYNE county Sunday school SUI
perintendentS' rally, the first OF It's
kind in the county, will be held al
the Methodist Episcopal church
here Friday. More than 300 persons
including superintendent, pastors
township presidents and other Sun
dav school leaders are expected 70
attend.
Speakers will include State Repre-
sentative James Knapp. Hagers-
town: E. T. Albertson, secretary OF
the State Council Of Religious Edu-
cation, and the Rev. William j.
Savers, Richmond; T. w. Druley,
president of the county Sunday
school organization, will preside.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
IT'S COOKS FAULT
Burned Steaks and Lumpy Biscuits Drive
Husbands to Divorce, Priest Declares.


NEW ORLEANS Nov 2Heavy biscuits and scoched steaks
wrecked far homes than seductive vamps and
brought about domestic riffs than almost
P OConno noted Boston social worker
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HERE ON old CHARGE
Return Alleged Killer After
Five Years.

Paul Shannon, At, Negro. Of $40
Blake street, was returned today to
this city from Chicago Heights, H.,
by detectives to face flve-year-old
murder charge.
Shannon was arrested in Chicago
Heights on burglary charge. Chi
cago police discovered he was
wanted in Indiana in connection
with the Staying of Ossie Burkhaltei,
Negro, on Aug. 80, 1925.
Police here say Shannon killed
Burkhalter following a quarrel.
Shannon denies the charges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21

Allan bacon, Mary Ryan, and Hen
~ BiSchoff. Charles F. Braun Sr., is
directing the production.
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inexperienced constantly upset
of Mas biscuits and scorched steaks there's no
chance for harmony in the home And too until women learn
nag there will be assertions"
childhood blamed by the priest for the lack OF
mutual understanding that brings about separations
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
BY JOSEPH #. HEARST
United Press STAFF Correspondent

CEDAR RAPIDS Ia Nov finding hard to believe that
their friend Jim of his home city went about the sad
task of preparing at II Friday OF Secretary
Of al w. Good
The body accompanied two Lieutenant
Colonel Campbell representative OF President Hoover
friends arrive at 3:45 p. today
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
Truck Driver Cheats Death

0T COLUMBUS, Ind, Nov. I'll
Henry Schuder, driver of truck
for an oil company escaped injury
when the machine crashed into the
side of a Pennsylvania passenger
train.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
Three Smallpox Case:

Three Smallpox Cases
DUBLIN Ind, Nov. 21.-Three
members of the family OF Isaac
Fields, farmer, living mile north
of here are i'll with smallpox.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-21
CLUB TO OFFER COMEDY
Helena Siebert Has Prominent Role
in Poor aFther."

Miss Helena Siebert viii play the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-01

Bank de Luton Parisienne. Other In
stitutions party to the agreement In
clude the Banque de Paris, Banque
Rationale de Credit, Credit Commercial
de France and Societe Generaldo. 1t
Is possible that the difference OF opinion
as to the methods to be pursued may
result in the formation OF q second
acceptance institution with the Credit
Lyonnais and the Compton National
Descompte as the principal participants.
It Is hoped that the FIRST acceptance
house will do business in time totaling
100000, 900 francs. The present VOL
ume Of acceptances in France Is esti-
mated at about $4,000, 900, as COM
pared with $240, 900 900 before the war.
English acceptances are estimated at
1850, 900, 900.
The heavy taxation on foreign securi-
ties and transactions admittedly has
lessened the volume Of trading on the
Bourse and the flow Of French funds
into foreign finance. II the govern
ment is enabled to carry out It's pro-
gram the Bourse will be completely
reorganized and some of its most
troublesome taxes removed.
One or the principal aims back OF the
whole program Is to bring into tbs
issue OF the world credit structure sonaS
considerable portion of the Immense
gold supply of France, which hithert1
has rested in comparative idleness.
(Copyright. 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-01
FORESEES PARIS
ASBANK|NG CENTER
Tardieu's "BuSiness Govern
ment" Proposes 1t Shall
Rival London and New York.

BY Radio to The Star:
PARIS, November 30-Tardieu's
business government" Is pushing plans
to make of Paris a world banking CEN
ter, comparable with London and New
York. The Bank Of France, the pri-
vate French banks and officials of the
Bourse are cooperating with the gov
eminent, represented by Cherot, in the
development of the latent facilities OF
the French capital as a great interna-
tional money market. Measures which
have been in process of realization to
free Paris Bourse from the burdensome
taxation under which it has labored,
and other obstacles to unhampered ac-
ton, are being extended. Through
OO,000,00 franc acceptance house,
which is being established by group OF
prominent French banks, Paris will bid
for a substantial share of international
acceptance business, hitherto largely
monopolized by the London banks.
France has promoted the acceptance
project and is prepared to extend re-
discount facilities. Two primary con-
ditions for the development Of a world
banking center are fulfilled, in the view
of observers here, in that France is now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-01
Tampa's Miss 1929
Loses Big Fortune
In Failure of Bank

TAMPA, Fla. (P.-Tampa's
prettiest girl-vintage of 1928
has lost fortune larger than the
combined riches of the Rockefel-
lers, Morgans and McCormicks,
all because Of a recent bank fall
ure.
The future fortune Of Tampa's
most beautiful girl was Fred Hut
to's idea, conceived in the pleas
ant surroundings Of his restau-
rant. He took a 81 bill to the
bank January 10, 1923, and de-
posted it at interest Of 4 per cent
a year, compounded quarterly. He
estimated that the deposit and
accrued interest would amount to
1853, 421 ,000, 0O0. 900, 600, 900 900
100000 If everything went ell
right.
1t didn't. For some reason the
bank closed recently and Miss
$685." whoever she may be, will
have to look elsewhere for her
pin money.