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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-06
Liner Goes
Aground0n
Mud Flat
Paris, Carrying AIS First
Class Passengers. Waits
Turn of Tide.

bB tHUe1 PTcSS
NEW YORK, April 6.-The liner
Paris, carrying Ais first class pas
sengers, went aground off Bay Ridge.
Long Island sound, early today as
she was steaming down the bay to
open sea for her regular voyage to
Plymouth and HayTe.
Pilot boats we're on the way to
aid the French liner, but early re-
ports said it is unlikely the vessel
could be pulled free before late aft
ernoon.
Vessel in Little Peril
The Paris made the passage down
past Governors island without diff
f1culty, in spite of Squally weather,
but when she passed Owls Head
buoy, she struck the mud flats. The
tide was falling, and Captain J. T.
Ray found it impossible to move
the shop under her own power.
The vessel vas in no danger, it
vas said, but four tugs sent out by
the Moran Towing Company were
unable to move her OH the first at
tempt.
Of1ciaiS of the French line re-
ceiyed a radiogram from Captain
Ray in which he asked that on oil
barge be sent down the boy to
where the Paris vas stranded.
Wait Turn of Tide
1t was presumed he wanted to
transfer some of his fuel to the
barge before making another at
tempt to refloat the liner.
1t was expected the Paris would
be freed from the mud without diff
flculty by 6 p M, when the tide
comes in,
Among the passengers aboard the
Paris we're: Arturo Toscanini,
guest conductor of the New York
Philharmonic Symphony orchestra;
Marguerite d'Alvazer of the Metro
politan Opera Company: John
Erskine, the author: Count and
Countess Andre De Linur. and
Commander z. Pechoff, French
government Official.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-06
DRINKS OIL; LIVES
Baby Swallows Halt Pint
of Kerosene.

Even though Margie Armstrong.
s-months-old, doesn't know what
she ought to eat, she certainly knows
when breakfast time arrives.
She was pling this morning on
the floor of her home, 429 Coffman
place, when her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Armstrong, heard her
coughing. They saw Margie smil-
ing beside half pint of kerosene
in pint bottle. The bottle had
been full a short time before.
The child was rushed to the city
hospital where her condition is
favorable. Kerosene seldom is fatal,
hospital authorities say.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-06

THE party left at 8 a. m. so
l. they could be back in the
capital before dark.
Newspaper correspondents other
than press association representa-
tives we're requested not to ac-
company the President.
The White House automobiles
stopped at Madison Court House,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-06

THE last time he fished was in
l. hundreds of leagues of salt
water near Florida. and the time
before that he fooled our broth
ers in the Pacific off the coast of
Mexico, during his good will
tour.
Il only hope it rains, but just
the same bite at nothing that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-06
CITY CRUISER ASKED
Petition Navy to Name Ship
After Indianapolis.

A resolution addressed to the navy
department urging that one of the
new cruisers be named for Indian
apolis was adopted Friday at the
luncheon of the Indianapolis Op-
timists Club at the Claypool.
It pointed out that no capital
ship now is named Indianapolis
and asked that one of the new
cruisers be named for this city IN
diana was suggested as an alter
nate name.
Copies of the resolution were for
Warded to the President, secretary
of navy. and each of Indiana's sena-
tors and representatives
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-06

be fishing around here today" a.
leader of the old school said with
a wag of his fin. This man Hoo
yer is a fisherman from away
back and this is his first day out
since he was inaugurated Presi-
dent of the United States, more
than q month ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-06
MARRIAGE LOCALIZED
BY SPECIAL STATUTE
Connecticut Couple Strays Over
Line for Ceremony.

BIZ United Press
NEW BRITAIN, Conn, April s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Staunton E. Ashley
we're on their honeymoon today,
safely married through an act OF
the state legislature.
Soon after Ashley and his bride,
the former Miss Elva McKirdy, left
on their honeymoon, their parents
discovered the Shuttle Meadow
Country Club, in which the mar
riage took place, was just over the
Bristol boundary line. The license
to wed was obtained in New Britain
and should not have been recog-
niZed in Bristol.
The parents appealed to the legis-
lature, which moved at record speed
in passing a special act, validating
the marriage.
Meanwhile the marriage at the
club of Harold M. Benning Of St.
Joseph, Mich, to Miss Bernadine
Eleanor Walker of New Britain, in
1927, was under scrutiny. They also
used a New Britain license.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-06

Va, to pick up their guide for the
drive through the national park
selected for the Presidents fishing
preserve. The days program in
volved about 205 miles Of motor
ing.
Selection of site for overnight
fishing expeditions later in the
season was the chief business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-06

even remotely resembles the White
HouSer'
With President and Mrs. Hoover
on the days outing were Secretary
of the Interior Ray Lyman VIII
bur and Mrs. Wilbur; Lawrence
Richey, White House secretary
and old fishing companion OF the
President and Horace Albright,
commissioner of national parks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-06
PORKERS UNEVEN TO
STEADY IN LOCAL PENS
Sheep, Lambs Prices Steady; Veals
so Cents Higher.

so Cents Higher.
Hogs we're evenly steady at the
local stockyards today. The bulk
of 10000 pounds brought around
s11.65 to $1190. Bulk prices held
mostly at $175. The top paid was
sl1.o0, which was paid sparingly for
10000 pound averages. Receipts
we're estimated at 5000, and hold
overs totaled higher, numbering
1,473.
The acttle market was steady.
vealers we're strong to 80 cents
higher, selling at s16 down. The
top brought $3.50
The sheep and lamb market was
quoted steady. Most sales were
billed direct.
The Chicago hog market opened
steady to strong with Fridays av-
erage. Few bids and occsaional loads
of choice 180-240 pound weights
brought $11.60 to sl1.70. Receipts
were 5000, including 1000 directs,
and holdovers from Fridays market
numbered 1000.
Cattle receipts were 200; sheep re-
ceipts we're 5000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-06
Hourly Temperatures
BY LAWRENCE SULLIVAN.
United Press staff Correspondent

VXTASHINGTON. April 6.-The
w elder mountain trout OF the
Blue Ridge streams gathered their
Young about them at daybreak to-
day and whispered words of warn
ing. and of wisdom.
president Hoover Is going TO
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-06
RAB|D DOG BITES 7
Treat Members of Family
for Hydrophobia.

BIZ T-nftrd PreGs
BLOOMINGTON. Ind. April s.
Seven members of one family we're
under treatment today for rabies
after having been bitten by the
same dog.
Those bitten. ranging in years
from to II, said the cog was peace
full one minute and a raging lion
the next.
The canine bit every member Of
the family before he could be
killed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-06
Warren Man Badly Hurt

BIZ United Press
MARION, Ind, April s.-Believed
to have been struck by speeding
automobile, Francis S. Wright, War
rem, was found unconscious on
highway near here TOD. Wright
was taken to local hospital In a
serious condition with bruises, cuts
and possible internal injuries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-06
Doctor Faces Prison Term

By UILtI FTt86
EVANSVILLE, Ind, April Cdr.
Ezra Pleak, SO, today faces a three
TO fourteen years sentence in the
state prison after being convicted
in circuit court here of performing
an Illegal operation, which caused
the death of a young woman. His
attorney announces the case will be
appealed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-06
Tremendous Property Damage Is Caused
by Storm That Sweeps Path in
Minnesota and Wisconsin.
FEAR TOLL OF DEAD WILL GROW
Many Buildings Demolished on Outskirts of
Minneapolis; Funnel Described
as Claw Out of Sky
BY HECTOR PERRIER
United Press staff Correspondent

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. April Ga tornado which clawed
its wav across Minnesota and Wisconsin Friday
night took toll of at nine lives injured than fifty
wreaked tremendous property damage checkup
revealed today.
The trail disaster led through southern Minnesota north
the outskirts of the twin cities and thence east into Wscon
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-06
In the Air

Weather conditions at $50 a. m.
at Indianapolis airport:
Southwest wind, twelve miles an
hour; barometric pressure, 29.ee at
sea level; temperature, IS; ceiling
and visibility unlimited; field good.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-06

1t was reported early today
that others were dead IN north
ern Wisconsin, but lack of COM
munication lines made a check
there impossible.
The known dead were:
Andrew Hanson, AZ, North Minne-
apolis.
John Lundgren, Al, Forest Lake,
MINI.
C. F. Bryan, 81, Taylor Falls,
MINI.
Martha Rave, Is, Rice Lake, Wis.
Mrs. Lewis Reed, so, Rice Lake,
Wis.
John Salmon, Clayton, Wis.
Douglas and Dorothy Pittman,
children of Richard iPttman at
Reeves, Wis.
Lawrence Pittman, young con of
John Pittman, Reeves, Wis.
Early reports placed property
damage high although an accurate
estimate was impossible.
Hail and heavy rain accompanied
the wind.
Many buildings we're demolished
in the outskirts Of Minneapolis.
Scores of Houses Razed
Scores of farm houses we're blown.
down or damaged, trees uprooted,
power and communication lines dis
rupted and scores of automobiles
wrecked in the path Of the tornado.
The swath was a mile or more
wide and about 200 miles long.
The business districts of Min
neapolis and st. Paul escaped DAM
age by the twister, but a few power
lines in ST. Paul residential districts
we're blown down.
The black funnel shaped cloud,
described by eye witnesses as a
huge claw out of the sky" was
observed shortly before p. M,
sweeping northward toward Min
neapolis.
Scoops Up Buildings
The funnel scooped up buildings,
trees and Wreckage, finging it over
the countryside as victims, trapped
in their houses, many of them at
dinner, screamed and fed.
Cutting a semi-circle around the
business district, the twister swept
east toward Wisconsin.
The region around Rice lake prob
ably was the hardest hit in Wiscon-
sin. A score of farm homes we're de-
molished, barns and out buildings
were crushed and residents fled in
terror.
The Lewis Reed farm home in
which Mrs. Reed was crushed to
death, was only one Of many lev
elled by the black funnel.
Roberts, Erin Prairie and other
Wisconsin villages we're severely
struck with the reported losses of
homes and business buildings.
PuIverized by Wind
Thomas Edwards. operator of the
radio station WRHM, was found
entombed in the basement of the
station plant. covered by debris.
Two school buildings. one at
Brooklyn Center and one in Mound
View township, we're pulverized by
the winds and scattered for blocks.
A garage was picked up at Rob-
binsdale, carried owe "a two-story
department store and came TO rest
on trolley wires. Two concrete silos
in the Mound View township area
were hurled a hundred feet or more
into the air before they fell and
shattered.
Virtually all telephone lines north
and west of Minneapolis are dis
rupted by the wind. as we're many
in northern Wisconsin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-14
John S. WOODRUFF.
DIES OF INFLUENZA
Navigation Director of Ship.
ping Board to Be Buried
at Arlington.

Lieut.. Comdr. John S. Woodruff, So
years of age, director of navigation re-
vision work of the United States Ship
ping Board, died yesterday morning at
George Washington Hospital of in
f1uenza. Funeral services will be held
in the Fort Myer Chapel tomorrow and
lnterment will be in Arlington Gene
terry.
At the time of his death Comdr.
Woodruff was engaged in the task OF
c%odifying the United States navigation
laws and was to represent this country
at the International Conference on
Safety of Life at Sea to be held In
April at London.
"A graduate of Yale and the Harvard
Law School, he entered the practice
of admiralty law in New York In
the late COS, which profession he fol-
lowed until the World War, when he
accepted a commission in the Navy.
He resumed his law practice at the
close of the war and was engaged in
that calling until five years ago, when
he accepted a position with the Ship
ping Board.
Comdr. Woodruff Is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Marion Parker Woodruff,
1920 r street; his mother, Mrs. Mahlon
j. Woodruff of New York; a daughter,
Mrs. Charles Peter Weeks Of San Fran
cisco, and a sister, Mrs. Oscar A. Wood
ruff of New York. He was a member
of the Yale Club Of New York, the
Essex County Golf Club and the Union
League Club of New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-14
GARAGE ROBBERY
NETS YEGGS $1,000
Earlier Attempt Yields Band
but $14.50 at Radio
Institute.

Using tools found on the premises,
robbers forced three safes in two BUSH
ness establishments Sunday and Satur-
day, escaping with approximately $1,000
in cash.
The safe crackers first visited the
National Radio Institute, at 1886 u
street. When Manager j. E. Smith n
tered his Office yesterday morning, he
found that both safes had been drilled
and opened.
Approximately $4,000 in non-negoti-
able checks and money orders was left
behind, the total loss being $14.50. The
robbers also ignored a Canadian SIS bill
in of the safes. The drill used be-
longed to the institute.
Using tools from the repair depart
ment, another band of yeggmen forced
a window in the Office of the Wash
ington Cadillac Service Station, 1922
Twenty-second street, knocked the
combination from a safe and removed
about $1,000 in cash. The robbery was
discovered by Victor Little, assistant
manager, this morning.
The robbers dragged the heavy safe
to a oom where they could work in
the light Of a street arc lamp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-14
WI PRIZE CONTESTS
SLATED AT FOOD SHOW
Babies to Enter Elimination Com
petition Today-Fat Men in
Special Feature Tonight.

A baby contest this afternoon and a
fat man contest tonight are features
at the food show in progress at the
Washington Auditorium. Babies of 1a
months and under will compete in a
daily elimination contest, while the
finallst will be chosen Saturday and
presented with SIS in gold by the Retail
Grocers' Association, which Is sponsor
ing the show. The fat man contest will
be held at 8 o'clock tonight.
The cooking school, directed by Mrs.
Mary Harris Hoar, is proving one of
the most popular attractions at the
pacity classes daily between 2 and 4:30
pm. Not only housewives but their hus-
bands as well are in attendance, Mrs
Hoar reports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-14
BITTER COLD HOLDS
MIDWEST IN GRASP
Duluth Registers 81 Below to
Be Coolest as Chicago Feels
Minus 10 Weather.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 14.-All that
had gone before vas as nothing COM
pared to the bitter cold that held
Middle and Northwest America in a
sub-zero hug over the week end.
No relief of consequence is in sight
before Wednesday, and the Weather
Bureau was not prepared to say if the
cold would be diSsipated then.
One of the low thermometer readings
of the week end was at Duluth, where
a minus "a was the coolest the Min
nesota city at the head of Lake Su-
perior has had in II years. Green Bay,
Wis, was another frigid spot with 20
below, while temperatures throughout
the Middle West, with hardly an ex-
ception. skated under the cipher mark
yesterday and last night.
Three Deaths Laid to Cold.
Chicago had an official 10 below, with
some suburban thermometers showing
as low as minus II. There were three
deaths directly attributable to cold, and
there were several hospital cases of
persons suffering frozen hands, feet or
faces, or persons injured in falls on
slippery sidewalks and pavements.
Cary, Ill, was believed to have been
the coolest spot in the State Sunday
Wnen the temperature nC 81 DelOW
during a ski meet. At Pana the snow
and unusual cold brought out sleighs
for the first time in a quarter OF a
century.
Among the ia alarms the Chicago
Fire Department answered yesterday
was a spectacular blaze atop the Fore
mar National Bank Building, under
construction at La Sale and Washing
ton streets. A salamander left to keep
the concrete from freezing was believed
to have started the fire in the tower,
which became a torch, lighting roofs OF
surrounding loop skyscrapers n send
ing flaming brands to nearby buildings.
Scaffolding and tarpaulinS from the
twenty-fifth floor to the top Of the
40-story building were destroyed by the
fire, which has not as costly as it was
threatening. Firemen worked 800 feet
in the air in below zero temperatures,
and came down when the fire was out
coated with ice. The loss was estimated
at less than $1,000.
Snow Disrupts Traffic Lanes.
Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Minnesota and the DakotaS all expert
enced the serve cold. Snow banked
railroads, ~disrupting schedules, and
many highways were blocked. .
Temporary relief late today-about
90 above, the weather man said-was
expected to be followed by new cold,
borne across the Midwest by winds from
Alaska and accompanied by snow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-14
STREET GIVES IDEAS
FOR CHEST ESSAYS
Three Points of View May
Be Taken in Writing of
Fund, He Says.

Suggestions on the writing Of essays
by Washingtonians on the advantages
of the Community Chest in the Capital
were issued today by Elwood Street
director Of the Community Chest cam
paign, when he announced that the
prizes of 500 for the best essay and
$50 and $25 for the second and third
best pieces would be awarded January
% at the dinner at the Mayflowel
Hotel opening the Community Chest
drive. The contest, sponsored by The
Evening Star, will close Wednesday,
January %, and will be judged by a
board of editors of The Star. The
essays must be under 300 words In
length.
three points Of view" Mr.. Street said
today.
Economy Comes First.
Economy could be regarded as the
| primary consideration for the Commu-
nifty Chest" he declared. From the
| study we have made of the experience
| of similar organizations in other cities
we expect to cut the cost of raising the
money from about 20 per cent to abou,
6 per cent. The elimination OF the
| competition of the various charity or
carnations, each with its own FUNDS
drive going to the people OF the city
81 times a year, and the convenience
of the single appeal are big features IL
| favor of the chest and should not De
overlooked by the essay writer.
1.-THE advantages of the plan, from
| the humanity point of view, come nexl
in Importance" Mr.. Street said. 1.-THE
evening of the work, proper diStrlbu-
| ton Of funds so that each charity
would get enough, none too little anc
none too much, for the work at hand
is another great feature Of the plan
| The better-organized effort Of the exec
| utives and the better service of all work.
ing toward the welfare Of the charities
in one great drive than in many small
appeals, cannot be forgotten when pre-.
pairing pieces on the chest.
Combined Work Featw.
"Then, too" he added, comes the
picture of all creeds and races working
| u~nfortunates of humanity. The Com
munity Chest is to be run without re.
ligious sect or color lines, and a scien.
tiic appraisal of the needs of all, witt
! the consequent supplying of those needs
is the principal goal to be reached"
MIR. Street sees in the contest much
to encourage Washingtonians to take ar
interets in the coming chest campaign
and to meet the problem with which
the chest has to deal. From the essay:
he also expects suggestions on the con
duct of the chest which will prove o.
inestimable value to the chest eXecu'
functioning.
The essays must be submitted to thu
Community Chest Essay Contest Editor
at The Evening Star and be in hi,
hands before January %, according Il
the rules of the contest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-14
COOLIDGE IS HOST
TO 10 SENATORS
Twelve Republicans and ]
Democrats Are Guests at
White House Breakfast.

The White House this morning was
the scene of another senatorial break
fast, the President having 19 members
of the upper branch of Congress as
his guests. AS was the case Satur-
day, when the President had 20 men,
bers of the Senate for breakfast, the
company was made up from both sides
of the Senate, there being present this
morning II Republicans and Z Demo-
Gratis.
It is understood the President intends
to 60 through the entire Senate list
before he goes out of Office March 4
in making up companies for breakfast
parties.
The Presidents guests today were
the following Republicans: Couzens,
Michigan; Deneen, Illinois; Bratton,
New Mexico; Edge, New Jersey; john
son, California; Metcalf, Rhode Island;
Oddie, Nevada; Thomas. Idaho; Fra
zier, North Dakota: Jones, Washing
ton; Norbeck, South Dakota, and
Phipps, Colorado.
The Democratic guests were: Black,
Alabama; Harris. Georgia; Kendrick,
Wyoming; Robinson, Arkansas; Shep-
pard, Texas; Broussard, Louisiana, and
Wheeler, Montana.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-14
. Continued from First Page.)

weather was predicted for tonight, to be
follo&Hd tomorrow by snow.
In& New York City and other points
in the East the change began about
dayESak, serious fire damage occurring
in SEVERAL cities. Three firemen were
forced from duty at a 5000, 600 fire in
a business block on Washington Heights
in New York City, where intense cold
quickly draped fire apparatus and hose
lineSsin ice. A 100000 factory fire &C.
CURED at Woburn, Mass.
Where p~uSsy-willows had sprouted
and some garden flowers bloomed in the
previously moderate temperatures of the
season, mercury readings below zero
were common in many places. The low
est temperature reported was Is degrees
near Saranac Lake, N. Y, at 10 am.
However, the reading was 10 degrees
above in New York City and the mer-
curry was rising.
Extreme cold weather prevailed in
some parts of Canada. At White River,
Ontario, A. degrees below wa recorded,
a record mark for the province, and
temperatures at other points ranged
from 80 to 81 degrees below.
At Og~densburg, where it was IL
below zero, the st. Lawrence River
froze owe for the first time this Winter,
A light snowfall ushered the cold
wave into New York City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-14
LIEUT.. WATKINS DIES.
Army Officer Retired for Disability
in August, 1925.

First Lieut.. Robert B. Watkins, U. S. A.,
who was retired for disability In
August, 1925, died at his home, 1408
Thirty-first street, yesterday. He prob
ably will be buried in Arlington National
Cemetery. He was unmarried and his
nearest relative Is a brother, Raymond
D. Watkins Of Keswick, Va.
Lieut.. Watkins was born In Chester
field County, Va, November 81, 1849,
and was a student at West Point Mill
tary Academy from July, 1870, until
June, 1873. In October, 1873. he enlisted
in the Signal Corps and was a sergeant
in that branch until April, 1883, when
commissioned a second lieutenant, Sig
nal Corps. In 1891 he was transferred
to the Cavalry in the grade Of first
lieutenant, and served In that arm until
his retirement.