The Daily Republican from Rushville, Indiana • Page 1

The Only Daily In Rush County 87 Years Continuous Service United Press NE A Service THE DAILY REPUBLICAN Est. Weekly: Whig, 1840; Republican, 1852. IT'S MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Semi-Weekly May, 1902; Dally March, 1904. VOL. 25 NO.

72 RUSHVILLE, IND. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1928 SIX PAGES All The News While News Correspondence From All Parts of Rush County FRANK G. DAILEY GN FIRST POLL SERVICES AT Odd Fellows Will Hold Decoration Dav Exercises There Sunday for Deceased Brothers PITOS UPPCI Passes Plurality Mark of 593 Votes Before Fifty-Fourth County Can Cast Its Votes CROWD IS QUIETED, POLL SHOWS DAILEY RECEIVED 878 Members of Beech Grove lodge number 399, I. O. O.

will meet at 1 Sunday afternoon at the Odd Fellows hall in Arlington to hold fraternal Decoration Day exercises. A fine program has been arranged and member will take part in honoring those of the order who have passed away. The Rev. Gibson Wilson of this city will be the speaker at Arlington during the service. He will speak at 2 All graves Republican and Democratic National Conventions Expect Platfrom Differences To Brew BORAH TAKES TWO PLANKS TO KANSAS CITY SESSION Sweeping Victory for Man Who departed members will be decorated during this cermony.

It Carried State By A 50,000 Pulrality By BERT M. DEMBY Indianpolis, June (U.R)— Frank C. Dailey, Indianapolis attorney, today won the Indiana democratic gubernatorial nomination on the first ballot taken at the state convention in session here. Dailey won the nomination when he passed the required number of 593 votes, before the roll was called tor the fifty- fourth county to turn its vote. A majority of the 185 delegates is required for nomination.

Dailey passed the majority on the fifty-third and with 39 counties still to report. The convention went into such wild cheering that it was difficult to allow the other counties to turn in their votes. It was thought it would take several minutes to quiet the crowd and get the exact vote on the candidates who were running for the nomination. Finally the crowd was quieted and total was revealed as 878. The first real excitement of the convention came when nominations for governor were called for.

Phillip Lutz, first district chairman, arose to pass the right of his district to nominate a candidate. His remarks grew lengthy and Frank Baker, active Frederick backer, protested to the chair. is planned at present to hold the rites at the cemetery but if weather should prove inclement the exercises will be conducted in the Arlington church. Democrats Appeal for Program Without Specific Laws For Enforcement Bank Bandits Are Arrested By PAUL R. MALLON (U.

P. Staff Correspondent) Washington, June (U.R)— Platform troubles are brewing for both the republican and democratic national conventions. Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, one of the most famous orators of the republican party, will leave here tomorrow for Confessions Clear lip Several Kansas City with two proposed platform planks in his satchel, Robberies of Which One Is The Hagerstown, Hold-up Chicago, June (U.R) in- both of which may have an important bearing on the convention results. The first would set up the re- toxicated boast and a wo- i Publican party definitely as the confession helped yester- dry party of the United States, day to clear up four bank rob- pledging it to a more rigid beries committed in three states enthusiastic enforcement policy during three years.

than has been proposed in i i. vious platforms. Eddie Meadows, boasted gecond would condemn in a Hammond, saloon p0jiCy 0f campaign con- that he had cleaied $250,000 in trikutions and would seek to a aKnsas City bank robbery, vflace the party on record for re- bi ought the police of Hammond payment of the $160,000 cam- and Calumet Citv down upon paign contribution received by the bandits gang of tnree men former chairman Will H. Hays and two women. of repUblican national com- Other members of the gang mjffee fr0m Harry Sinclair, oil are Lee Wheatley and his wife; PHI SEEKS SWIMMING ML pm cm pin timi tiiwpiUT muli nmm Veterans of Foreign Wars to Hold Big Meeting June 14, 15 and 16 Session of City Council Was Busy One With Regulations For Fourth of July Being Passed The seventh annual department encampment of the Veter- (ans of Foreign Wars and La- I Auxiliary will be held in E.

R. CASADY RE-ELECTED TO CITY SCHOOL BOARD Greensburg on June 14, 15, and 16. Arrangements have been made by Lone Tree Post No. 1122 and citizens of Greensburg to make this the best encampment ever held by the V. F.

W. in Indiana. Two of the features of the encampment will be as follows: The Public Opening at the gym- Fireworks May Be Bought But 'seating capacity 3000n on Thursday evening June 14, Must Not Be Delivered Until The Day of the Celebration Mrs. Oma Hobbs Brings Suit for $15,000 in Damages Against Nellie Riffey In Circuit Court Here Today CLAIMS THAT DEFENDANT CAUSED HIM TO LEAVE HER Miss Amelia Earhart, who may be the first woman flyer to cross the Atlantic, looks enough like Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh to be his twin sister, judging from her latest picture, above.

Miss Charles Meakley, alias Robert Owens; and Mrs. Edith Owens, His sister-in-law. Mrs. Wheatley, who made the confession, revealed that the band was responsible for bank robberies in Kansas City in 1925, Portland, in 1926, Lynn Grove, last March, Lutz objected and the-two took and st Henry, O. The confes- man, who leased Teapot Dome and was adjudged guilty of jury tampering.

Borah will be a member of the resolutions committee which will draw the platform. Leaders, who favor less decisive expressions than Borah, have indicated they are fearful Earhart, Boston society girl and social has been flying since and was the first woman to be granted a license by the National Aeronautics Society. The picture shows her remarkable facial resemblance to Lindy, who is shown in the inset. Like him, too, she is built physically on slender lines. HOOVER SPENDS MORE MONEY THAI ALL BEST Borah will not be content with Official Figures Show That Sec- hold of each others arms.

Fist fight seemed imminent but Sergeant at Arms Jack Shea escorted Baker a few steps down the aisle. sion accounts for about 000 conducting a losing fight in the platform committee and may carry his demands to the floor The police officer members of, Qf convention itSelf. They are interested in ascertaining the gang were accused of killing was Capt. Armand of the Lafay The vote on the first ballot ette, police department who was: Daily, 878; John E. Fredrick, of Kokomo, 275; George Dale, of Muncie, 10; and Earl Crawford, of Milford, 22.

When the roll call was finished, Carl Cue, of Frankfort, moved that the nomination be made unanimous. Crawford seconded the motion and it was carried in a burst of cheering. Dailey was escorted to the platform and made a speech of acceptance. The convention then turned to nomination of a candidate for lieutenant governor. A surprise came when the name of Crawford was placed before the convention for that office.

Others nominated were: Addison Drake, of was slain while defending the Tippecanoe Loan and Trust company of Lafayette several urn to age hree what effect persuasive oratorical power will have on party delegates in the heat of a convention fight. Some democratic leaders too retary of Commerce Spent $380,822 in Primary Races The Weather AL SMITH RANKS SECOND TO HOOVER EXPENDITURES tonight, and Thursday probably fair, somewhat warmer. JACKSON BUREAU MEETING Jackson Township Farm Bureau Has Wheat Pool Anderson Meeting Saturday The Anderson township farm bureau will meet Saturday night at seven at the Methodist church in Milroy, according to an announcement made today by Claude Spilman, township Sullivan; A good attendance is Robert B. Hougham of Frank- urged, and a special program is lin; Robert Batton, of Marion; Fred L. Feick, of Garrett.

The name of W. C. Coryell, of Marion, was not placed before Washington, June 6 (U.R) have noticed disturbances lately presidential campaign of Secre- over the plan for a -harmony tary of Commerce Hoover has which would pledge more than the combined the party to law enforcement: totals of all other candidates in without eulogizing either the both parties, according to tabu- eighteenth amendment or the 1 lations submitted to the senate Volstead Act. campaign investigating commit- Many southern states have sel- tee by its accountants, ected delegates instructed to According to the official fig- vote only for a dry presidential ures, Hoover campaign managers candidate. They might carry have received $339,028 and spent their instructions to the resolu- $380,822.

tions committee seeking a bone Governor smith of New York Traction Line Is Incorporated urn to age hree Papers Taken Out to Make Old I. and C. Line The Indianapolis and Southeastern R. R. Company the convention.

Previous to nomination, the convention endorsed the presidential candidacy of Evans Woollen, Indiana ad Woollen made a short speech. GIVEN TBIAL BATES being arranged. The Jackson township bureau held their June meeting Tuesdav night at the scool building, and B. B. Benner of Indianapolis, Justice Stech Court Will be secretary-treasurer of the In- Busy as Affidavits of Some diana Wheat Pool, was the prin- Time Standing; are Served cipal speaker.

A musical program wras also given, which included I a number by Mrs. Roy Beckner TWO CASES SET FOR THIS and Miss Siler of near Carthage. FRIDAY BY LOCAL JUSTICE Trans-Atlantic Flight to be a Face By J. T. MEANEY U.

P. Special Correspondent St. Johns, N. June (U.R)— Spurred on by prospect of a trans-Atlantic flight race with Miss Mabel Boll, the crew of the monoplane Friendship today was waiting impatiently for a crosswind to abate and permit them to take off for England from Trepassy Bay. Miss Amelia Earhart, Wilmer Stultz, her co-pilot, and Lou Gordon of the crew read in local newspapers today of Miss efforts to start a flight.

Miss Earhart wras restless and deeply interested in having a woman competitor for the honor of being the first woman to fly the Atlantic. She and Stultz admitted finally that the great secrecy they have maintained regarding their plans was due to fear that some other plane might start across. sey Bay with Miss Emai Earhart at the controls. Miss Columbia has been tuned at Roosevelt Field for a Several complaints that have been on file in Justice court for some time, have been set for trial in that court. The case of A.

R. Herkless against Elmer Morgan, a possession'suit, will be heard Friday morning is second, having received and expended $121,471. Other expenditures follow: Lowden received $68,123, spent Watson received $35.851, spent Reed received $41,430, spent Walsh received spent Goff received none, spent Willis received spent Hull received spent $845; Pomerene received none, spent $100; Curtis receipts spent George received none; spent $115; Hitchcock received $105; spent Dawes received $579, spent $579; Norris received none, spent $6,282. Totals, including Hoover and Smith, received $683,003, spent urn to age hree flight and the engine is in good at nine The action of shape, Wright experts said. The Lora Symons against Elmer machine still must be fueled.

LINDY IN INDIANA Indianapolis, June Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh left here at 8 a. m. today for an unannounced destination. He had spent the night here, pre- I "affidavit by Clara Floyd sumably looking over Indiana- injuring a growing apple for1 line, i case gd Goodman a- Moore7 a suit in replevin which was partially heard several weeks ago, will be concluded Friday night.

In this case the plaintiff seeks to replevin household goods valued at $150. A cross complaint by the defendant seeks $200 for services rendered. Affidavits were issued in this court today for Weldon Cameron and Ruth Newman, charged The second step in the reorganization of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company, recently purohased for $500,000 at a receivers sale here, has been made with the corporation of the company at Indianapolis under the new name of Indianapolis and Southeastern Railroad with a capitalization of $10,000 no par value shares. Incorporators are Charles T. DeHore, of Cincinnati, and Leroy E.

Eastman, of Toledo, Frederick D. of Muncie; A. M. Miller, Rushville and Miss Theresa E. Reardon and Donald L.

Smith of Indianapolis. The I. C. has been in receivership for more than two years. Considerable business before the regular meeting of the city council Tuesday night, with discussion held on a petition asking for a municipal swimming pool, and with other matters involving traffic regulations and the sale of fireworks on July 4, having an important part in the meeting.

E. R. Casady, whose time expires August first as a member of the city school board was again re-appointed for a three- year office, as such appointments are filled on the first meeting, in June each year. The Chamber of Commerce filed a petition asking for permission to use Memorial Park July 4th for a fire works display, and the request was granted. In this connection another request was granted as confined to the sale and use of fireworks.

The ordinance which prohibits the use and sale of fireworks on July 4th, was ordered lifted to apply only on July 4th. Merchants must restrict deliverance on fireworks until the morning of July 4, and they can fill orders anytime prior by keeping them in their Police will be instructed to arrest all persons found shooting fire crackers prior to July 4, and business men are urged to co-operate by not permitting any of their stock to leave the stores until the morning of July 4. A petition was filed by a long list of persons asking for the council to consider a municipal swimming pool in Memorial park, and after hearing various arguments on the proposition, a motion was made in which action was deferred until the next meeting in two weeks. The park committee announced that the summer band concerts at the park would start Sunday afternoon June 10. The high school band has the contract for providing a dozen concerts during the season at the park.

The city council will attempt to arrange a conference with the county commissioners regarding the building of the paved road in North Main street near the entrance into Park boulevard. A difference of opinion between engineers has caused the county to elevate a curb and gutter on the east side of the street, and the contractor is threatening to fill in the curb and gutter already built on the west side by the city. An effort to adjust the matter without cour intervention will be made. Since the Big Four railroad urn to age hree with the Hon. Solon J.

Carter as the principal speaker; and a banquet in the social room of I the Methodist Church on Friday came evening At his time a program of fun and music will be enjoyed. Jury Trial Continues and Promises to Consume Major Part of This Week Only Silence Follows S. 0. S. Fear Now Expressed That Mes- sage Purported to be From Italia Was Only Garbled Rescue Flash Charging in a complaint filed today in the circuit court that Nellie Riffey had alienated the affections of Bert Hobbs, his wife, Hobbs, seeks $15.000 judgment against Mrs.

Riffey, alleging that she caused her husband to leave his family on May 30. Mrs. Hobbs sets out in her complaint that she and her husband were married in 1914, and lived together happily until during 1926, when the defendant is charged with having thrown her affections toward him, and caused him to lose interest in his own home and family. The plaintiff also charges that the defendant purchased him a By EUGENE LYONS (U. P.

Staff Correspondent) Moscow, June 6 (U.R) silence after re- ring, held different meetings ceipt of a mysterious radio mes- i sage indicating that the lost I with him and took him to In- 4 polar dirigible Italia had 4andedjcianapoas on numerous in or near Franz Josefland, to- and trips of pleasure, day caused government officials culmination of tne alleged a- ing of affections, Mrs. Hobbs to fear that the message was not, as had been hoped, from the airship. There was no doubt that a message had been picked up, bnt officials feared, after a country-wide check-up, that it had been a garbled version of a message broadcast by one of the many rescue agencies. Regardless of their pessimism, government officials continued to rush plans for airplane and ice-breaker search of the Franz Josefland vicinity. With true Soviet efficiency, the government ordered that charges that her husband left on May 30 for the purpose of living with the defendant.

According to the suit, Mrs. Riffey is divorced, and was divorced because of her alleged attentions to Mr. Hobbs. In court today the jury continued to hear evidence in the complaint of the Indiana Electric Corporation against Eva Lantz McDaniel and others, and indications were that the case would require the greater portion of the week before being given over to the jury for a the steamship rescue expedition verdict conduct scientific observations in connection with the search for the Italia. Prof.

Vieze, meteorologist and Arctic explorer, was ordered to take charge of scientific work. Amsterdam, June Werkma, radio amatehr at Hui- fuRN to age hree PARTS OF INDIANA FLOODED VETERAN IS BURNS WAS ARMED William Native of Rushville, Dies at Home in Elwood Prisoners in Jail With Baxter and Burns Say They Had Revolver When They Left With Deputies WATSON TO APPEAR Motion For Thirty Day Contin uance Is Asked In Case Of Forging an Affidavit TRIAL MAY WAIT UNTIL CONVENTION IS ENDED polis, as a possible stop tree transcontinental airways in which he is interested. He paid the city a it by landing terday afternoon. William Jefferson Snook, 81, Civil War veteran, died Tuesday of paralysis at the home of his brother, Edward Snook, living near Elwood. He was the son of Peter and Catherine Snook and was born near Rushville.

During the Civil War he served with Lafayette, June 6 John Burns was armed with a revolver when he left here February 7 with Deputy Sheriffs Wallace McClure and John Grove for the state reformatory to Asked whether or no i.ndiana- Mabel Boll today contin- I polis would be on the new route, ued in New York plans for start of a trans-Atlantic flight. She hoped to start before the airplane Friendship leaves Trepas- he replied no route as yet has been selected. The present tour, he said, is for a general survey of available stops. Sarah Carr, a complaint for labor performed, has been Alta Grimm, of Elwood, and I set for trial Monday morning at Mrs. Wreaha Young, of Chicago, eleven and one brother, Edward Snook, The case of the State against at whose home he died.

Funeral Theodore Clevenger, charged services will be conducted at with shooting fish, has also been the East Main Street Christian set, and will be tried Friday church in Elwood at 10:30 a. night, following the other case that has been set for that night. which he had been sentenced, Company 153rd Indiana In- state witnesses in his trial for fantry. murder of the officers in Tippe- Surviving are the widow, Mrs. canoe circuit court here de- Lucinda Snook; three daughters, clared.

Mrs. Cliffie Mull, of Homer; Mrs. The witnesses, some of them Heavy Rains of Last Four Days Caused Flood Conditions At Madison and Anderson (By United Press) Heavy rains in the past four days have caused flood conditions in two sections of Indiana. Twenty families were forced from their homes at Madison when Crooked Creek overflowed. A state bridge and fill under construction were badly damaged by the Creek waters.

Basements of several homes at Anderson were flooded as a The defendants are attempting to seek adjusted damages from the plaintiff for building a high powered electric line across their farm in Orange township. The demand being sought is $5.000. It is understood that a previous award was $3.400. In the petition for citation for contempt of court filed by Morris Howell against Frances Howell Lakin, the court has issued the order for her appearance in court June 9. In the complaint of William H.

Gray and others against Vincent Gray and others, a petition for partition of real estate, in which a change of judge was sought, the court has appointed Judge Arthur VanDuyn of Greenfield as special iudge. In te list of triers submitted, the plaintiff struck off Judge Miller of Franklin and the defense Judge Sharpnack of Columbus. In the case pending on support of Mattie Easley against Orville Easley, in which the defendant is seeking a change of venue from the county, the court has designated Decatur county as the place for hearing result of White River and Kilbuck creeks overflowing the petition. urn to age hree i their banks. Southern Cross to Start for Sydney Sydney, N.

S. June Kingsford-Smith said, would be Kings- made at Naselai, where there is ford-Smith and his crew of the a three-mile stretch of sand that airplane Southern Cross hope to I he regards as the best airplane Thursday by the pastor, Rev. V. Hayes Miller. prisoners in the local jail with Burns and Samuel Baxter, his partner who is still at large, said the two planned to shoot their way to liberty, Burns declared he would never serve his sentence at the reformatory, they said.

He and Baxter were sentenced on banditry charges. Indianapolis, June torney Howard D. Phillips today filed a formal motion for a thirty day continuance of the trial of Earl Klinck, Evansville, alleged former lieutenant of D. C. Stephqnson.

Phillips said that United States Senator James E. Watson has requested him to file the motion so he could appear as a defense witness, after the national republican convention at Kansas City. Klinck was charged with forging an affidavit for presentation to a grand jury. Phillips also said he would like the continuance in order to gain time for A1 Sanders, former Evansville, editor to appear at the trial. Phillips, the continuance motion said is believed to be in California.

take off from Suva, Fiji Islands, at 3 pm today, he radioed here today. Kingsford-Smith added that he hoped to reach Brisbane at daylight Friday. The take-off from Suva, TREASURE CHEST The Daily Republican has founcf a treasure chest that contains money for certain individuals in this county. It contains money that belongs to these people, who will be named from runway in the world. Favorable weather was predicted today for the flight to Australia of the airplane Southern Cross.

A destroyer has been ordered to patrol the route off Australia. Reports that Capt. Kingsford- Smith, backer of the flight, and Charles Ulm ran $30,000 in debt to make the flight from the United States brought immediate opening of a subscription fund for them. It was reported also that the government would make them a substantial grant. Captain Kingsford-Smith announced the two Americans with the Southern Cross, Captain Harry Lyon, navigator and time to time, and by watching for this announcement, you may James Warner, radio operator, be named next.

If the person continue the flight to named below will call at the Daily Republican office, qnd bring this paper along, the way to the treasure chest will pointed out: Lewis McMichael, amount cash, $1.95. Australia. Originally the Americans I planned to leave the expedition 4 be here. Captain Kingsford-Smith in and his fellow countryman, Charles T. P.

Ulm, relief pilot urn to age hree.