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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01
MAYOR FACING
JAIL TERM IN
UTILITY FIGHT
Huntington Official DefieS
Court Order; Contempt
Action Likely.

By United Press
HUNTINGTON, Ind, April l.
With a Jail term looming for him
self and his city electricians unable
to collect salaries, Mayor G.. ". H.
Bangs and his utility fight became
an involved affair this afternoon.
Continuing to connect private res
licences and business houses to the
municipal light plant, Mayor Bangs
was notified by his attorneys that
he was getting close TO a prison
term on a court contempt charge"
Despite a court order prohibiting
interference with service rendered
by the Northern Indiana Power
Co., service has been extended to q
score or more customers from the
city electric plant.
The conSempt citation looms at
the approaching hearing in the
Huntington Circuit Court before
Special Judge David Smith, Ft.
Wayne, when the power company
will seek to have a temporary re-
Straining order made permanent.
Six new customers were added to
the city system last week. The new
patrons included a city official and
five citizens who disconnected the
lines from the power company and
hooked up with the city plant.
Mayor Bangs has fought the util-
ity for 10 years since he came here
as president of Huntington Col
lege.
City electricians who sought their
pay Saturday as street mainte-
nance workers" after installing a
new 2300-volt distribution line from
the city plant, were given no prom
Use when they would receive their
checks.
Payment would be unlawful, city
attorneys said, and would be in
open violation of the restraining Or
der.
Power company officials today
we're planning further steps to pre-
vent Mayor Bangs activities, but
would not reveal the nature of the
action.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01
STAGE PREvIEW
AT HOME SHOW
Exhibitors and Sponsors to
Hold Dinner Tonight;
Opening Friday.

Exhibitors and sponsors of the
indianapolis Home Show will hold
a homecoming dinner tonight at the
Indiana State Playground and see
a preview of the 1885 show, which
will be opened formally at 8 Fri
day night.
Ted c. Brown, Home Show presi-
dent, will be master of ceremonies.
The committee assisting him is Wal
ter L. STAGE, assistant show director:
R. L. Mason, exhibits director, and
Edward w. Hunter, secretary.
Special guests Will be Tom Nc
Cornell, associate state director for
the Federal Housing Administration,
and R. S. Foster, Marion County
chairman Of the FILA. More than
$50 reservations have been made for
the dinner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01
K. OF P. BLDG.
TO Be REPAIRED
ModernizatiOn Work to Cost
$4,000 Announced by
Lodge Officials.

The knights of Pythias Building,
MaSSachuSettS-av and PennSyl-
vania-St. will be modernized at an
outlay estimated at S150,000. it was
announced yesterday at a meeting
of 300 representatives of the Indiana
Knights of Pyth.as lodges at the
Y. M. G. A.
New elevators will be installed
and the lodge auditorium on the
tenth floor will be abandoned and
the space utilized for offices. Klein
q Kuhn, realtors, will supervise the
work.
The Lafayette Pythian Home will
receive S125, 900.
Plans for obtaining the remaining
$685. 900 of the original S400, 900
financing program were completed
at yesterdays meeting. The cam
paign is expected to close here with
a meeting April "a, when more than
5000 Pythians are expected.
In advance of the state meeting
the Grand Lodge is expected to
meet to lay plans to bring the men,
berShip to more than $4,000. OF
this number at least 1900 are ex-
pected to be added before July /.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01
Chief Of Air Service
Scripps-HOward Junior Aviator

TTERE'S an idea! Since we've
IL having all sort of recOrd-break-
ing flights and races . . . speed, en-
durance, long distance . why
not do our own thinking on an
American contest that will out-rival
the England to Australia race?
Let's get busy and promote a race
from New York down through MeXi-
CO., down the West Coat Of South
America, across the Andes to
BuenoS Aires . and then back
up the East Coast of South Ameri-
ca, across cuba to Miami, and back
up to New York.
Now there's a thought! Let's
start talking about it.
Such a race course would be about
5000 miles for the round trip
and about 1000 miles longer than
the England to Australia event.
Such a race as I have suggested
would attract the attention of the
world and tie up the two
Americas to the benefit of both.
It's an inspiring thought and I
hope we don't wait until some one
else starts another foreign long dis
lance race. Let's get out and pro-
pose a bigger and better one .
one that would mean just as much
in the advance of air transporta-
ton . and one that very possibly
would reopen South American air
craft markets to our airplane and
engine builders.
You know, of course, that recent
cancellation Of airplane orders in
South America was a serious thing
for American aviation. AS this mar
ket is closed to us, European manu-
facturers are sure to move in.
So you can see how a race to
South America would be of real
benefit. First, paving the way
for an immense transportation syS-
tenn second, r%e-opening the
South American market to United
States aeronautical manufacturers.
QUESTION-What is the 'fair-
ing" on a plane?
All exposed parts, such as struts,
wires, tubes, tie rods and bracings,
are "faired' when an added form
is placed in back of them to give a
streamlined shape.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01

The Utopians believe that the
machine and chronological unem-
ployment are the basis Of economic
trouble and that consumption
should be balanced. Every one
would be granted an income Of at
least $4,000 a year. Incomes would
not be limited, however. Again
the bulletin speaks:
The rich will enjoy riches be-
yond any former concept OF per-
manent luxury; even those among
the 2l5 families who now control
90 per cent Of the industrial
facilities of the country. and
thereby temporarily control the
destinies of vast numbers OF
people.
Should they prove so stub
born or stupid as to refuse COM
pliance with the new order, they
will be saved, nevertheless, from
their own folly and will have their
abundant security thrust upon
them"
n y y
THE society is not an enemy OF
il capitalism, Mr.. Nordyke
pointed out. Indeed the only po-
litical group banned from mem
bership are the Communists.
Members must swear not to over
throw the government.
Other provisions of the Utopian
program are that only those be-
tween 25 and As shall actually
work and that every person shall
receive education until he is 25.
Although the society claims that
the program has been worked out
by science, which in the form OF
machines it abhors. nevertheless
the details Of how a nation may
be III in such bOunteous plenty
and without taxes is somewhat a
mystery to the initiated.
A central bank and the losses Of
one industry balanced by the
gains from another n two OF the
ways it would operate. Laws
would be passed by legislators who
have been wooed over to the the
cries of the Utopian, Mr.. Nor
dyke said.
Money would have a purchasing
value and not a profit value. the
Utopian explains. 1t would be
distributed by the government
yearly with the provision that it
must be spent. The money dis
tributed would be on a basis Of
goods produced.
The local organization has been
perfected and an advisory board
named. although Mr.. Nordyke re-
fuses to name the advisers or the
membership. At any rate, accord
ing to MI. Nordyke, it is here to
stay.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01


and universal education.
The indianapolis agent is r. s.
NOrdyke. a mild-appearing, but
earnest young man whose grand
father was one OF the founders Of
the Nordyke & Marmon Co.
The movement built up a gi-
gantic membership during the
campaign Of Upton Sinclair for
Governor OF California. Since
that time il has been somewhat
eclipsed by the Townsend Revolv-
ing Old-Age Pension plan.
The organization sought me out
and s.nce I have always been a
liberal. I gladly accepted the posi-
ton Of Indianapolis leader" Mr..
NOrdyke said.
TINE membership is organized
Il on an endless chain plan.
Each member is pledged TO bring
another into the fold. Small meet
ings are held in various places TN
I'll IL is felt that there are enough
persons interested to hold a mass
meeting.
The members are supplied with
pamphlets explaining the purposes
OF the society. But not until the
mass meeting are all the glOries
revealed through the dramatiza-
tiOns.
In answering questions Of the
intricate economics involved in
carrying out the society's program,
Mr.. Nordvke said, You really
can't understand il all until you
see the cycles. They explain every
thing
The first two cycles portray the
average American citizen ploW-
ing through the depression. The
last two cycles show him growing
10 prosperity and happiness under
the UtOpian scheme.
The SOcial-pOlitical ideas ex-
pressed by the society are the
product Of no one man. but. as
Mr.. NOrdyke frankly admits, IRE
a mixture OF many theories.
Y = n
IN bold type, the Utopian bulletin
IL states:
Unlimited education will be
provided for all. Few hours Of
easy work are required of only a
portion of the %citizenrv. and that,
i'm the fields Of their own choos-
ing. BOunteOus provision is made
for all averaged. sick or inca
pacitated without charity or hui
initiation. Crime and criminal
institutions will be 90 per cent
eliminated. along with the ugli-
ness OF present-day efforts at con-
troll. There are no taxes, no
mortgages. no debts. There can
not be. Fear of loss or poverty is
no longer the dominating infu-
ence in mems lives"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01

ment Of Public Works are negoti-
ating with banking interests for a
loan to hance the city's acquisition
Of the Citizens Gas Co, not one
official word has been received of
lust where the city administration
stands in regard to this purchase.
In view of the city's failure pub
licly 10 declare its policy on this
important venture. the following
recommendation might tentatively
be offered to Mayor Kern and the
Department of Public Utilities for
their earnest consideration:
l. Natural gas beyond question
should be substituted for the pres
ent expensive manufactured gas.
Rental Is Too High
>. There is a question whether the
CITY should take title to the Citizens
Gas Co. by paving out s7,766 900 1t
ACQUIRES only 337 miles of gas main.
or less than 40 per cent of the entire
system now in use. In order to gain
the remaining so per cent, negotla-
tons must be entered into with the
Indianapolis Gas Co.
3. The present rental OF S480,OOO
paid TO the indianapolis Gas Co. by
the Citizens Gas Co. is too burden
some for the city TO incur. A new
ARRANGEMENT should be made pro-
viding for a much lower rental.
4. Might not the entire Citizens
Gas Co. Set-up be subjected TO a
thorough ~Overhauling by the city
To determine whether the projected
sum should be paid. Let the OH
Gals assume the role of doubling
ThomaSes.' Citizens Gas has wan
dered n long way from its original
role and. IL the process. has added
substantially 10 its debt load. EX-
pansion since 1907 has not brought
about commensurate growth IN
earnings. In 1907 charges on debt
were 500. 600. Today they are sSl3,-
$50 annually. including the rental
under the lease.
Reserve Fund Advised
&. Might not the city engineers
weigh the proposition of construct
ing an entirely new gas main system
10 replace the present Set-up. II
might be possible for indianapolis
10 expend less money via this
method than would be demanded
by an outright purchase of Citizens
Gas. OF course obstacles are IN
the way OF such a program. Have
them brought out into the open and
appraised. Let the citizens of In
dianap0liS get the most for the least
expense.
6. \ reserve fund should be Great
&c bv the city agency when. as and
II the gas plant Is municipality
owned. Into this reserve fund
should 60 the taxes which would be
paid on the plant under private
ownership. In this way the tax
PAYERS would not be faced with the
prospect Of a boost made necessary
by the loss in revenue due TO the
disappearance OF the Citizens Gas
Co.
:. II the municipal gas system Is
10 be operated for the public good.
widest publicity should be given 10
the activities Of this project. In
this manner the taxpayers. who own
the plant. viii know what is 60
ing on
THE END
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen
belong to:
Henry WachteI. 1904 z. Morris-st. Ford
coupe. from garage in rear OF home.
Glenn Wells. 1872 z. Ohio-st. Peerless
sedan. from in front Of home.
John Duncan. 1880 Guilford-av. Pontiac
coupe. 1882. from in front Of home.
James Akers. 40 w. 2nd-st. Beech
Grove. Rickenbacker edan. from 1900
Woodlswn-av.
william Bassett. so3ts N. ssnats-av.
Buick sedan. 44-262. from i0th-st and
Senate-av.
Noah Bowman. sol W. 2sth-st. Buick
sedan. 4303l. from 9th and West-sts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01
S1235 IN BACK PAY
COLLECTED BY NRA
26 Indiana Workers Benefited by
Wage Adjustments.

Francis Wells, state NRA compli-
ance director, announced today the
collection of $1235.65 in back wages
for IS Indiana workers in the last
two weeks.
Fourteen cases were adjusted in
making these settlements. Of the
total, $728.5S was paid to 10 Indi-
annapolis employees, in the adjust
ment of seven cases. Wages of six
employees of the Terre Haute Truck
ing Co. were raised from SO to $18
and three from SO to 1920, the re-
port stated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01
BACK HOME AGAIN

Stolen automobiles recovered BY police
belong to:
Red Cab Co. Red Cab 24s. found at
st. Joe and Pennsvlvsnia-sts.
Capitol Ice Co.. 356 W. North-st. Ford
truck. found in rear OF I'll W. l2th-St.
stripped of battery.
Bert Dale. R. R. l.. Darlington. Ind.
Chevrolet coach. found near haywood.
Georgia Wright. 1914 z. 25th-st. Ford
sedan. found in front Of 1915 E. 1Oth-st.
Ford roadster. motor No. 27e7s8O. no
license plates, no certificate of title.
found in commons in rear OF the Dilling
Candy Co.
Ethel Roth. 62s E Michigan-st. stude-
baker roadster. found in rear Of 4001 e.
10th-St.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01
Utopians Organize Here;
Promises Guido Huey'S
Kingfsh Put in Shade by Offerings of Society
Founded on Coast; Nordyke Scion in Charge.

Il ME Utopian Society Of America. one Of the many "isms' which have
Il mushroomed from California in the last year, has arrived in
indianapolis and will soon present its four dramatized cycles to the
public.
To one and al OF good moral character" it offers a program which
would guarantee an income Of $4,000 a year. about $1,000 a year more
than Huey Longs "Share-the- Wealth" plan, no taxes, no mortgages
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01

ton. clears the skin Of eruptions and blemishes
and you gain strength.
Mrs. Marie Bruce of 1852 Champlain St.,
Toledo. Ohio. said: Il was suffering from a
poor blood condition and my appetite and
general health were affected. l took DR..
Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic
and all these troubles cleared up"
New size, tablets so cts, liquid S 100. Large
size. tabs. or liquid. $1.55. All druggists.
Write Dr.. Pierce's Clinic. Buffalo. NY.
Advertisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01
ROOSEVELT FINDS HIS
FISHING LUCK GOOD
President Cruising on Yacht in vi
cinity of Barbados.

By United PTcfs
, MIAMI. Fla. April 1.-Invig-
Grated by a week of cruising in
tropic seas. President Roosevelt
today remained in the vicinity of
Crooked Island. Bahamas, where
excellent luck attended his fishing.
The chief executive anchored off
Crooked Island after a run from
the Great Inagua Island near the
Cuban coast. Soon after the Yacht
Nourmahal arrived. two Navy sea-
planes came alongside with mail
and papers from the temporary
executive offices here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01
MYSTIC TIE LODGE TO
HOLD DINNER TONIGHT
Father and Son to Receive Master
Mason Degree.

Mason Degree.
D. Lee Edwards, Lebanon, and the
Rev. j. Ambrose Dunkel will be
speakers at the dinner tonight OF
Mystic Tie Lodge. 39S. Free and Ac-
cepted MasonS. Preceding the din
ner two candidates. a father and {
son. will receive the Master Mason
degree in ritualistic ceremonies be-
ginning at 5. Charles A. Breeze
worShipful master, will preside.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01
INDIANAPOLIS GIRL Is
|. u. COED COLONEL

Mary Margaret Failing Elected to
Honorary Post.
By Times Special
BLOOMINGTON. April MARY
Margaret Failing. popular Indiana
University freshman coed from
Indianapolis. has been elected
honorary coed colonel OF the In
diana University r. o. T. c. regi-
ment. Miss Failing is a member CT
the Pi Beta Phi Sorority. and last
fall was elected the most popular
freshman coed as the university.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01
MINERS TAKE OFFICE

Farmersburg Man Becomes New
Eleventh District President.
By United Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, April l.
While Indiana miners remained
idle today in celebration of the an
%niversary of the eight-hour day,
new officers of District II, United
Mine Workers of America, assumed
their duties here. Their terms ex-
pire April l, 1887. Frank Barn
hart, Farmersburg, succeeded Joe
Timko, Terre Haute, as president.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01
ACCESSIBILITY OF
BUYING GAS co.
REQUIRES STUDY
Building of New System
Might Prove to Be
Less Costly.

Tir e t6s ssvsn.ernfh and concluding
arrir's ~ go ssr.ss Er-ten by vincent
L71-r Trs Times Financial Efifor. on
the gas situation IN I-udianapols-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01
'1mpregnable Wall" Claimed

The Commission recognized 'the
induStry'S right to make public an
impartial presentation of the essen
tial facts of its industry so long as
it does not impose a burden on the
rate payer or deceive the conSum-
ing public" but added that even
where a utility speaks and spends
directly and openly against govern
ment ownership, it raises the ques-
ton to what extent a publicly
granted monopoly may properly use
funds collected from the public to
~perpetuate itself through control Of
public opinion"
1t dwelt at some length on eff
forts Of the industry to sell its stock
to a large number of small holders,
and quoted A. Emery Vision, chair
man Of the Customer Ownership
Committee of the National Electric
Light Association, as having an
nounced that in this plan the utili-
ties had at last found material to
make impregnable the wall around
private business"
1T is on this wall that the indus
try is relying today to defeat the
Rayburn utility holding company
bill.
TOMORROW - Washington's
No. 2 Industry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01
A TONIC AND BUILDER

MAN folks have
1Vl thin, pale blood
they're weak, feel
tired, logy and dull.
DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery is
a dependable tonic
which will increase
, the appetite and E.
Intimate poisons from
the. intestines. 1t
stimulates the diges-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01
PAST SCANDALS
MAKE WORK OF
LOBBYIST HARD
Record of Abuses Revealed
by Each New Probe
in Congress.

This is the third OF Ave articles by
Ruth Finney on lobbying in Washington
as practiced in the past and today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-01

Is That the taxpayers. being so
vitality affected by any steps taken.
might rishtfully question whether
the dividend aCcrualS on the Clti-
zrns Gas CO. common stock. which
viii amount 10 100000 on July l. Is
legally a direct obligation because
Of the fact that d several years
earnings were insufficient 10 war
rant such disbursements.
While the directors OF the Depart
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-20
PennOck Island Pioneer Resident Who Came To North in 1885 Was Wait ing for License To His "CrematOrium" When Death Struck.

Richard Bonnet, 75-year- old recluse who lived on Pennock Island, was found dead in his cabin home re- gently by N. O. Hardy, dep- uty United States marshal. The man apparently had died of heart disease, says a recent issue of the Ketch ikan Alaska Chronicle.
 He had been seen last by a neighbor, Conrad Benson who reported to the marsh al's office that no sign of life existed around Ben- nett's cabin. When last seen he was cutting fire wood. MT. Hardy investigated, making the trip to the is-
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-20
Natives Win Basketball Games:
 Proceeds Are To Go Xmas Fund

The two basketball games played at the gymnasium of the Office of Indian Af- fairs school between Nome Grammer School and the Native school, and the Nome High School and the Alaskans resulted in a vic tory for the two native teams.
 The first game was be- tween the two grammer schools and the final score was 15 to 13 in this game. The final score in the game between the AlaskanS and the High School was 25 to 20. Both teams were play ed before a capacity crowd, many of the spectators hay ing to stand up and child ren occupying seats on the floor. Both games were close all the way thru and thoroughly exciting.
 The amount of money talk en in as proceeds of the game will be donated to the
 tCOntinued on Page FOur)
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-20
Alaska Game Comm. Ends
 llth Session
(By The AsSoclateo Press)


 Juneau, Dec. 20, - The Alaska Game Commission which ended it's eleventh annual session here yester- day, adopted a resolution asking the Advisory Board established by the migra- tory bird treaty act under the Department of Com- merce, to divide Alaska in- to three zones for migra- tory birds, a move which was previously recommend ed by requests of sports men and chambers of com- merce.
 The services of one or more expert coyote trap pers was also requested, as a great damage had already been inflicted on wild life in Alaska.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-20
(By The Associated Press)

Undated, Dec. 20, Prem- fer Laval of France decid- ed he would not resign, af- ter a conference with Pres ident LeBrun and rightest members of the cabinet.
 Laval said today: "There may be an epidemic of re- signations, but l do not feel affected"
 The French press pictur- ed France as the last great power of the League hold ing out against the peril of a general European war.
 High British sources dis closed that the government in recognizing the immin- ent danger of war following the failure of the peace plan has launched a bold drive to mobilize other members of the League to meet a pos sible Italian attack. Talks are already underway with a number of the principal powers in an attempt to gain iron-clad assurance
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-12-20
Advices Say Jhn. Dunn to Oppose
 Dimond, Dele,
(By The Associated Press)

'Dy lut hSSOCldISu l-Soj
 According to private ad- vices received from Jun eau, John Dunn, former Clerk of the United Stat es district court of the 1st Division in Alaska, will be a candidate to oppose An thony J. Dimond for dele gate to congress from AL aska. Presumably Dunn will run as a Republican. At least he served as clerk of the court several terms under the Republican ad- ministration. He was replac ed by Robert E Coughlin, and has been re- siding in Southern Calif- ornia since retiring from office.-The Alaska Fishing News.