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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
SLEET MARKS
APPROACH OF
FRIGID WAVE
Ten Degrees Above Zero or
Lower by NightfaII,
Is Prediction.
RIVERS AT FLOOD STAGE
Interurban Traffic Halted by
Ice Bound Lines; Wor-
ley in Warning.

A chill rain early today turned
to sleet endangering automobile
traffic, temporarily halting inter
urban service on several lines, and
heralding the arrival of a cold wave
predicted by j. H. Arlington, mete-
orologiSt, to arrive tonight.
Although no trouble was reported
on telephone lines in the state,
maintenance gangs we're alert for
wire trouble resultant from the Sleet
and ice.
No serious automobile accidents
were reported to police Or deputy
sheriffs here today, but Police Chief
Claude M. Worley warned motorists
to exercise extreme care on slippery
streets.
Rivers All Up
Rivers in the state were reported
near flood stages as the result of
persistent rains for more than a
week, according to the United
States weather bureau. However,
this danger was believed averted
with promise of fair weather after
today.
Two roads were reported flooded,
according to the state highway de-
partment. Suspension of traffic be-
tween Nashville and Bloomington
was threatened by fourteen inches
of water over state Road 46, and
the detour. The water was rising
today.
Rising at the rate of two inches
an hour, water covered state Road
81 in three places between Martins
vile and Spencer. Detours are to be
provided by tonight.
Unable to Operate
Interurbans on lines to Corners
vile, Greensburg, Newcastle and
Rushville we're unable to operate
this morning, and the Crawfords-
vile line was not used until II a. m.
Sleet on trolley wires made it i'm
possible for the cars to get current.
On lines in operation, the major
ity of cars we're running from a
few minutes to more than an hour
late. Buses also were well behind
their schedules, both in the city and
on state highways.
Snow Is Predicted
Snow is predicted for indianapolis
and vicinity this afternoon and to-
night. Thursday probably will be
fair and much colder, Armington
said.
The mercury, standing at 80 at
z a. m, was scheduled to drop to
10 degrees, or lower, by night, he
said. Temperatures in Indiana will
range from zero or lower in the
northern portions to from to Is
degrees above zero along the Ohio
river.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
FORD PLANT TO
REOPEN JAN. G
1000 Employees to Resume
Work by That Date.

approximately 1000 employees
probably will return to their work in
the Ford Motor Company plant, 1915
East Washington street, before Jan.
6, local officials said today.
Assembly of pleasure cars has
been suspended for several weeks,
and employees of the commercial We
hicle department were laid off few
days ago, according to Rex A. Hayes.
assistant manager.
Several hundred men suspended
from work in their usual depart
ments were employed in the main
tenance department. since the shut
down early in November, Hayes
said.
Work in the commercial depart
ment probably will be resumed by
Monday, and in other departments
about a week later. Other Ford
plants throughout the United
States, also closed to allow dealers
to rid their stock of machines on
hand, are resuming production.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
Identified as Peru Robber

b. HffeG Press
PERU. Ind, Dec. 18.-Positive
Identification of Fred R. Burke as
the leader and driver of an auto
load of bandits who robbed the
Peru First National bank of S93, ,00C
few months ago, has been made by
a Peru man.
The name of the man who iden-
titled Burke is withheld for feaI
vengeance might be visited on him
by friends of Burke.
The man said he watched Burke
for three minutes from a room
above the bank Burke, he said. was
on guard in the automobile with q
gun while the bank was being
robbed.
Another suspect, Harry Cook, "a
Is being held at Mishawaka.
Burke is wanted for Staying
Charles Skelly. at ST. Joseph, Mich.
Saturday night, and is suspected OF
being the man behind a machine
gun which was used in Staying seven
members of the Bugs Moran gang
in Chicago Feb. II.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
Session of Health Experts
May Lead to Adoption of
Drastic Moves.

Elaborate control measures to
avoid any serious epidemic of spinal
meningitis in Indianapolis were
adopted today in a conference OF
health experts in offices of DR.
Herman C. Morgan, city health
commissioner.
No ban on Christmas parties was
ordered by the health board, but it
was indicated some restrictions viii
be levied the latter part of the week
if conditions do not improve.
City, state, and private agencie:
will cooperate in an intensive cam
paign to prevent further spread OF
the malady.
Homes, schools and factories viii
be invaded by the medical experts
to take throat and nose cultures
from between 1900 and $500 per-
sons who have been in contact with
persons suffering from the con-
tagion.
Public Christmas parties of large
size are 10 be 1roWneo on. Inc St
Margaret's Hospital Guild, which
annually gives a Christmas party to
about 500 children at the city hos
pital, has been ordered to discon-
tinue plans for the event. Instead
the guild will deliver toys, clothing
and candy to the children in their
own homes.
Entire resources of Eli Lilly &
Co., research laboratories have been
turned over to the city health de-
l.partment for work in connection
with the precaution move.
Under special permit granted BY
the state fire marshal the city hos
pital will move all meningitis
patients from the dispensary waro
into the old condemned dispenSary
building, making vailable the first
ward of forty-two beds for meningi-
tiS cases.
All nurses attending cases of the
contagion will be isolated from Other
patients and nurses.
All persons coming into contact
with persons suffering from the con.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
Ruling of Commissioners
Puts Miller Back on
Job.

Charles F. Miller, removed as
school superintendent Dec. 10, today
was Teinstated by majority faction
school board members at q special
meeting.
The meeting was attended only by
Mrs. Lillian V. Sedwick, Lewis E.
Whiteman and Fred Kepner.
The three issued statement de-
Tending their removal of Miller, ex-
planning that the change was made
in view of results of the November
election, to relieve the incoming
board of embarrassment of deposing
Miller, whom we considered one of
the best school superintendentS in
the United States"
The statement attributed today'S
action to the storm of protest from
the Indianapolis papers, all of
which condemned our action and
Endorsed Mr.. Miller.
Miller, when notified unof1cially
of his reinstatement, said he would
accept, but would not comment on
plans in connection with inaugura-
ton of the three new commission
erS Jan. /.
Removal of Miller was accom-
lished when Kepner and White
joined Charles w. Kern and Theo-
dore F. Vonnegut, deserting the
side of Mrs. Sedwick, Miller's
strongest supporter on the board.
Refusal of Donald DuShane, Co.
lumbus Qnd) superintendent, to
accept the acting superintendency,
resulted in a special meeting Tues
day, adjourned for lack of quorum
when the majority faction did not
attend. Kern and Vonnegut did
not attend today.
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tagion will be isolated and quaran-

tagion will be isolated and quaran-
tined.
Fumigation of homes after per-
sons suffering from the disease have
been removed, was ordered by the
conference today.
Closing of schools Friday for the
Christmas holidays was looked upon
by the health authorities as a hope
for curtailing spread of the cpl
demic, but parents were warned not
to permit the holiday-free children
to attend places where crowds con-
gregate.
Nine fatalities have resulted in
twelve days, the most recent being
Surullia Anderson, 4, Negro, PAIL
North Rural street, and John Ed
wards, II, Negro, 440 North Cali
fornia street.
Total cases rose to nineteen here
with the reports today of three more
victims stricken. They were: Or
vile Whitney, "a, Negro. 1049 North
Belmont avenue; Lawrence Will
more, %, of 161 GeiSendorf street,
and Charles Stanley, 81, of 1922 East
Market street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
Last Hope Yielded for Five Men Still
Locked Far Down in Chambers of
Poison-Filled Shafts
SCORES LABOR ALL THROUGH NIGHT
Hundreds of Gray-Faced Men, Women and
Children Mourn on Slopes Near
Scene of Tragedy.
Bu Cnited Press


MALESTER, Okla. Dec. 18.-Death held dominion in
McAester today grief that had given up all hope went
hand in hand with heroic efforts to bring out the remaining
bodies of the sxtwo coal miners trapped by the gas
ploson in the Old Town mine Of the sxyseven the NINE
five escaped alive.
Peril of further explosions haunted the entries and
shafts where than 100 weary labored far under
ground to bring out the charred forms of
fathers, brothers, and comrades Ffy-seven bodies
had been brought to the surface early today and hope had
been abandoned for the five others still locked in the cham
bers of the mne 1000 feet below the surface and
nearly mile from the mine entrance.
Dawn blinking through the murk caught up the CLEANS
of bonres scattered the slopes about the nav of the
min
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
Edge Presents
Credentials as
Envoy of u. S.

BU United Press
PARIS, Dec. 18.-Ambassador
Walter E. Edge presented his Gre
dentials to President CASTOR Doum-
ergue in a brief ceremony this af-
ternoon at the Elysee palace.
The presidential automobile took
the ambassador to the palace. Edge
was saluted by infantry troops and
bugles and drums were sounded.
The ambassador, with his staff
attaches, entered the palace where
he presented his credentials in the
grand salon. Edge delivered a short
formal address and the president
responded. Later they chatted in
formally.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18

All night hundreds of gray
faced men and moaning wom-
en- had stood among the fires,
holding babies in their arms
Or patting the heads of sob
bing children.
"This is the saddest Christmas
We'll ever know, son." said a gray
haired father, shivering in the zero
weather, as he wiped tears from
his face with one hand and held
the arm of a little grandson with
the other. He had a son somewhere
in the treacherous depths Of the
mine. The boy had father there.
Color Line Forgotten
Grief wiped out lines of color and
race among those who waited. Ma
tive Oklahomans, Mexicans and
Negroes shared the gloom, for of the
trapped miners, sixteen were Okla
homa men, thirty-four were Mex
leans and fifteen were Negroes.
The joy of families of five men
who escaped when the explosion
reared through the workings shortly
before noon Tuesday, flashed up and
then died away in the face of the
universal sadness.
Heroes kept coming from the
mine mouth throughout the night,
Juggling sacks that bulged with
bodies.
Another explosion as bad as
yesterdays may come any moment"
Miller Hay, state mine inspector,
told the rescue squads. Gas is so
dense in the lower shafts where the
rest CT the bodies are buried that
well have to be mighty careful"
Rises From Sick Bed
The spirit of the man was epito-
mized by what Bill DuvaI, mine
foreman, did. When he heard Of
the disaster, he got up from bed,
where he was lying i'll with in
fuenza, and hurried to the shaft.
Count me in, men," he said grim
ly, as he donned a gas helmet.
From o'clock last night until
daybreak he toiled with the others.
His brother and a nephew were
somewhere down below.
Red Cross workers, too late to do
anything for the men who had been
in the mine, turned their attentions
to the living.
They moved in and out among
the groups at the camp fires, urging
cups Of hot coffee on those who
would take them. Coffee was served
the rescue crews when they came
to the surface.
Identification of the victims pro-
gressed slowly. AS long as bodies
were unrecovered, men refused to
turn from the task of battering
through the debris.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
FEAR FOR AVIATORS
British Pair Unheard From
for 26 Hours.
BY UNITED PRESS

Without direct word from the big
plane, in more than &c hours, fears
were felt today for the safety of
two British fliers attempting nom
stop flight from Cranwell, England,
to Capetown.
The possibility that the f1iers,
squadron leader A. G.. Jones' Will
nans and flight Lieutenant N. H.
Jenkins, had met with disaster, was
raised by native reports from south
ern Tunis that an airplane had been
wrecked and it's two occupants
killed.
The plane was not identified and
French officials left TuniS Sunday
for the neighboring country Of Lib
va, en- route to the far east.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
CLUBBER is INDICTED
Muncie Slayer Pleads Not
Guilty at Arraignment.
BH United Press

Bu United Press
MUNCIE, Ind, Dec. 18.-The in
dictments charging James Wood, 80,
World war veteran, with first de-
gree murder of George and Eliza
beth Heath, aged farmers of near
Muncie, Tuesday night, Dec. 10.
we're returned by the Delaware
county grand jury today.
Wood was arraigned Immediately
after the indictments, and entered a
plea of not guilty by reason Of in
sanity. During the proceedings he
sat silent with bowed head.
Trial date was set for Jan. 20
1890.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
TWO CoNVlCTS ESCAPE

MOUNDsVILLE, w. Va, Dec. 18.
Two long-term prisoners escaped
from the state penitentiary here
during the night, it was learned
today. Prison officials declined to
discuss the escape. The convicts
were Adrian Bryan, %, and Daniel
Chroder, %.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
OUTLINE<.DRIVE TO
CHECK MENINGITIS
Cites Methods

Measures advised by DR.. Her
man G.. Morgan, city health
commissioner, to prevent a
serious spinal meningitis
epidemic in Indianapolis are:
Avoid exposure to severe
cold.
Spray nose and throat with
standard antiseptic solutions
twice or three times daily.
Avoid crowds and crowded
places.
Keep up physical resistance.
Watch bodily elirninations.
Take plenty Of outdoor
exercise, as the germs can not
live long in fresh air.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
MINE STRIKE NEAR END
Last Group of Illinois "Outlaws''
Expected to Resume Work.

TAYLORVILLE, Ill, Dec. 49,
The outlaw" coal strike of the
National Miners Union, which last
week kept 1000 workers out Of
shafts in the southern Illinois fields,
practically was at an end today.
Only one mine at Kincaid still
was idle and workers were to vote
today on a proposal to return to
work if national guardsmen were
removed from duty there. Promises
that the soldiers would be with
drawn have been given the miners
and an overwhelming vote in favor
Of ending the strike was expected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
ORDER SHIP TO U. S,
Wright, With 500 Marines
on Board, to Come Home.
RN Tnffeh Presa

BW tHffed Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.=The
aircraft tender Wright, with ap-
proXimately 500 marines aboard, has
been ordered to return to the United
States, it was announced at the
state department today.
The Wright was ordered to Haiti
during the disturbances of a fort
night ago, but at the suggestion of
Brigadier-G General John H. Russell,
the Wright was diverted to Guam
tanamo bay, Cuba, when Haitian
conditions improved suddenly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
ACCURACY LICENSE NEED

Warning against misspelling
words and otherwise improperly
filing out applications for automo-
bile license plates for 1880 was
issued today by James A. Bradley,
head of the license plate division,
who said several hundred applica-
tons were being returned daily be-
cause Of mistakes.
Information on the applications,
particularly addresses, must be legi-
bic and accurate, he said. Feb. has
been set as the deadiine for 1929
akRHR
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
MAHOLM ORDERED
JAILED BY COLLINS

ney, also was delayed because of his
failure to appear.
Maholn is not member of the
Indianapolis Bar Association, Judge
Collins announced.
He is a former justice of the
peace and has been defeated as
Republican candidate for the GRIM
inal court judgeship on several oc-
casions. His Offices are at 312 East
Washington street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
In the Air

Weather conditions in the air at
$50 q. M:
North wind, twenty-four miles an
hour; barometric pressure, 2972 at
sea level; temperature, 80; ceiling,
400 feet; visibility, one mile; sleeting
and smoky: field soft.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
CentervilIe Man Dies

CENTERVILLE, Ind, Dec. 18.---
John T. Voorhees,. 81. is dead here,
He was born near Whitewater. Ha
leaves a daughter. Miss Inez Voo
hees, at home, and two brothe
w. D. Voorhees,, Centerville,
J. c. Voorhees,. RichuaaA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
HOLD SLAYING SUSPECT
Question Man for Possible COnnec-
tion With Teacher Murder.

B7f nited Press
BELLEVILLE, Ill, Dec. ia
man answering the description Of
one wanted for questioning in con-
nection with the Staying of Miss
Cordelia E. Gummersheimer, Rock
ford, H., school teacher, was held
in Jail here today.
The man was said to have at
tracted attention when he sought a
room in Hillstadt. He admitted he
formerly lived in Rockford. Miss
Gummersheimer was dubbed to
death as she lay in bed. Belleville
was her home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
DEATH THREAT BY BOY
Prisoner, 16, Held at Fl. Wayne
With Revolver and Cartridge.

BH Times SDeciGt
FIT. WAYNE, Ind, Dec. 18.-Fred
A. West, 16, will be called upon to
explain in city court here Dec. 26
his statement to police that he in
tended to kill Mrs. Ross Pollos, a
member of a charitable organization
at Wabash.
officers found the boy lettering
here. He carried a .32-caliber re-
volver and a box of cartridges. He
said he was a former inmate of
Whites Institute, Wabash, and had
been mistreated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
Seek Burke in Detroit

BB THifed Press
DETROIT, Dec. 1S.-Police squads
today raided alleged underworld
hauntS of Fred Burke, the most
dangerous man alive" and arrested
two men and two women
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
ON WATCH FOR SANTA CLAUS


thrilling child play Unlucka, however, tired
this ladies probably has all the better of Hngs-
at eastgo gothe
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
POSTPONE STOCKS QUIZ
King Resolution to Be Taken Up
After Christmas Holidays.

BIZ Untted PTe5s
WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-The
King resolution, proposing con-
gressional inquiry into the price
manipulations on stock exchanges,
viii be taken up after the holidays
by the senate banking and currency
committee, Chairman Norbeck an
nounced today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
Cuba's Oldest Woman Dies

Cuba's Oldest Woman Dies
BU United Press
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec. 18-Mar-
garita Fernandez, who claimed to
have lived 121 years, and who was
known as the oldest woman in
Cuba, died Tuesday at her home
in Madguga.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-02
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE To the
taxpayers of Garrett county that the
annual levy for 1929 has been made
and published and to call their atten-
ton to the following abstract of Sec
ton As, Chapter Sc, Acts of 1890, re-
lating to the discount to be allowed
and interest to be charged on all tax
bills:
Cali county taxes shall be due and
payable on the first day of September
next succeeding the date of the levy
thereof, and on all county taxes paid
on or before the first day of Septem-
Der a discount of per cent will be
allowed, and after the first day of
January all county taxes shall bear
interest at the rate of six per cent per
annum until paid. The treasurer shall
take the discount from and charge
the interest on the tax bills for coun-
ty purposes regularly in the manner
aforesaid, and shall note the same
upon his books and upon the receipts
given on the taxes paid. But the dis
count shall not be allowed unless the
whole amount of State and county
taxes are paid when the same is
made"
Under the provisions of Section 4S
of Chapter $50 of the Acts of 1916, all
State taxes shall be due and payable
on and after the first day of July in
the year in which the same are levied,
and if not paid on or before the first
day of September of said year, shall
bear interest from said date at the
rate of six per cent per annum. No
discount is allowed on State taxes.
ALBERT L. LEE,
10-4t County Treasurer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-02
SATURDAY, MAY II, 1929,

at the hour of two o'clock p. NJ, in
front of the Court House in the Town
of Oakland, Garrett county, Mary
land, l will offer for sale at public
auction to the highest bidder all of
the following real estate, situate, ly-
ing and being near Thayerville in
Garrett County, Maryland, to-wit:
MILITARY LOTS NOS. 1922 and
1741, containing in all 100 ACRES,
and being the same which were con-
veyed to Adolph L. Schmidt by deed
from G. S. Hamill and E. H. Sincell,
trustees, bearing date April 26, 1906,
and recorded in Liber E. z. T., No.
So, folio 264, one of the Land Records
of Garrett County, Maryland.
Said land adjoins the John F.
Browning Farm, is about two and one
half miles from Thayerville in Dis
trict No. IA, Garrett County, Mary
land; is partly under cultivation and
is improved by house, barn and
other buildings.
TERMS OF third cash
on day of sale; one third in 6 months
and the remainder in IL months, or all
cash, at the option of the purchaser,
the unpaid portion to bear interest
and to be secured to the satisfaction
of the trustee.
ERNEST RAY JONES,
9-4t. Trustee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-02
Notice to individuals and
Others Requiring
Traders License

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, To
all persons engaged in business where
traders license is required that I'M
der the provisions of Senate Bill No.
SO, which has recently been passed by
the General Assembly of 1929, there
is imposed on persons who fail to
take out licenses in the month of May
penalty of ten per cent per month
on the cost of the license. In other
words, licensees may take out licenses
at any time during the month of May
without having to pay a penalty, but
on and after June LIST anyone applying
for license, who was in business in
the month of May preceding, is re-
quired to pay, in addition to the cost
of the license, a penalty of ten per
cent per month or fraction of month.
business during the license year they
are only required to take out license
for the remaining part of the year,
but they must take out their license
in the month in which they begin bus
mess.
There has also been passed at the
recent session of the General Assem-
bly, bill requiring a separate license
for each place of business owned and
operated as such by individuals or
corporations.
The Acts above referred to makes
it mandatory upon the undersigned
to collect the penalties prescribed by
said Acts in the case where licensees
are delinquent in applying for their
licenses and leaves no discretion on
my part as will be held accountable
for the penalty by the State when my
books are examined, hence all per-
sons required to take out license are
urged to make early application and
thus avoid the undue expense of ten
per cent per month penalty imposed
by the law above referred to.
E. 2. TOWER, Clerk,
Circuit Court for Garrett County.
advertisement 9-4t.