Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 299, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 April 1921 — Page 9

FIVE DEATHS DAY’S ACCIDENT TOLL OF STATE ► Two Purdue Students Drown When Canoes Overturn in Wabash River. AUTO CRASH FATAL TO 1 to. The SHTvI.B \ v ILU.IS, t£>a., April to. —au Inquest will be held today by the coroner of Shelby County, to determine the cause of the fatal accident Sunday at London, ten miles northwest of here, where the automobile in which Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Overton, and their sons, George B. Uverton and Charles Overton, of University Heights, Indianapolis, were riding, was struck by an east-bound Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction car. Mrs. Overlon, 59, received Injuries that caused her Aeath twenty minutes after the accident. Sir. Overton was severally injured about the head and shoulders. The accident oecured near the London station, where the cars regularly stop and, according to the car crew, they were going very slowly. The automobile had Just crossed the Big Four tracks; according to George Overton, who was driving, and he did not know there was a double crossing. He said a large building obstructed his view of the approaching electric car. The interurban car was in charge of Conductor Earl C. Moore, of Kushville and Motorman C. M Brook, of Glenwood. Mr. Brook stated that he was running his car at a slow rate of speed in order to stop at the station. He said he did aot see the automobile until It suddenly appeared on the track a few feet ahead of him and that It was Impossible to •top before hitting the automobile. Mr. and Mrs. Overton and their sons were on their way to Inspect a farm in this county which they contemplated purchasing. Mrs. Overton’s body was taken to the home in Indianapolis. PURDUE STUDENTS CANOE VICTIMS LAFAYETTE, Ind , April 23.—Two students of Purdue University were drowned in the Wabash River late yesterday when their canoes overturned. Alonzo Dalton, 20, of Mitchell, Ind., was the first to go down. Although an expert swimmer, he was caught In an undertow and was pulled under the surface before companions could reach him. He died twenty feet from the shore. Walter Glenn Arnold, 18, of Morristown, Ind., a member of another canoeing party, sank when the boat was struck by a large wave about 100 feet from the shore. He tried to Ewim to safety but drowned after he had gone about fifteen feet. MOTHER OF FOUR KILLED BY TRAIN Special to The Times. SCOTTSBURG, Ind., April 25.—Mrs. W. G. Hills, 40, was fatally injured Sunday afternoon when she was struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train. She died within an hour. Mrs. Hills was walking on the railroad track when struck. She is survived by her husband and four children. DROWNED WHENPINNED UNDER CAR Special to The Times. CONXERSVILLE, Ind., April 25—William Guerin, 55, of this city, drowned In less than one foot of water, eight miles northeast of here, late Sunday afternoon, when the automobile in which he was riding Jumped from a culvert into a small Stream. Guerin was pinned beneath the car anl Irowned before other members of the tarty could remove the machine from ils body. He is survived by the widow. NEW SYSTEM TO HALT DIPHTHERIA Health Officers to Discuss Subject in Convention. A system of vaccination which may do away entirely with the spread of diphtheria will be inaugurated in the public acbools of Indiana within a short time. Dr. J. X. Hurty, secretary of the State board of health, announced tcday. The subject will be taken up at a meeting of the health officers of the State at the Claypool Hotel May 10 anil 11. The system will be explained by Dr. E. G. Kyte of Indianapolis. According to Dr Hurty, only certain persons are susceptible to diphtheria and others are naturally immune. The vaccination system will determine the persons who are liable to take the disease and those who do show such tests may have been entirely immunized, Dr. Hurty said. “If diphtheria continues to kill children it will be their parents’ fault,” Dr. Hurty said. He said the proposed system has been in existence about six years and has proved entirely successful. Another speaker at the convention will be Dr. J. H. Stokes, venereal disease specialist at the Mayo clinic, who will speak on the relation of venereal diseases to surgery. Public health nurses will hold a convention at the same time as the health officers and one joint meeting will be held. RECEIVER SUES SURETY FIRM Suit on a bond to cover alleged loss In postponing the sale of the machinery and other equipment of the Standard Electric Company was filed today in Superior Court, room 3, by Edward W. Pierson as receiver for the Standard Electric Manufacturing Company against the Republic Manufacturing Company from the action of the Superior Court in appointing Pierson as receiver on Jan 29, 1918. The receiver claims' that the manufacturing company appealed from the appointment of a receiver and gave bond. He claims that the appeal was dismissed by the higher court. The plaintiff claims that the delay In the sale of the equipment until after the war caused the value to decrease and that only $16,000 was realized on March 7, 1921. He asserts that the failure of the company to prosecute the appeal resulted In the postponement of the sale when It could have been sold for about $40.<100 shortly after the receiver was appointed. The receiver asks judgment for $30,000 against the casualty company. Shelbyville C. of C. i Has New Officers ■ Special to The Times. ■ SHELBWILLE. Ind., April 25.—Louis ■Todd, cldthlng dealer, has been elested of the reorganized Shelbyville Chamber of Commerce for the coming year. The other officers are Bin T. Smith, manufacturer, vice president; David H. Whitcomb, banker, treasurer, and James E. Palsgrove, secretary. The new directors are Dr. L. C. Sammons, Frank Whitcomb, O. H. Keith, George Nave, Dr. R. F. Barnard, Thomas Stewart, T. Dorsey Joses, James Vandegrift and Herbert C. Jonee.

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CAMPAIGN IN FINAL LAP OF FURIOUS DRIVE (Continued From Page One.) ! dresses by leaders. Ed Sourbler, proml- | net Shank supporter, spoke urging the workers to continued efforts In order that the victory of Lew Shank “may be ! made so decisive that certain Influences ! may be forever eliminated from Indianapolis politics.” “We all know now that barring some great accident Lew is going to be nominated,” he said. Others who spoke were Taylor Gronninger. Xewton J. McGuire, Robert Dalj ton, Martin Hyland, I'r. W. 11. Foreman, i John Bloomberg, Howard Kimbal and William Wright. Enthusiasm ran high at the meeting. Every ward leader was given time for a brief speech and the reports offered were loudly cheered. Headquarters leaders declared that the great task remaining is to get voters to the polls eariy. To that end it was announced that a large and competently manned fleet of automobiles would be at work on election day "to meet the efforts of the city hall cars." “The Indianapolis Xews says that few people take Lew Shank seriously," said Mr. Shank. "As usual, when the Xews erupts the wish is father to the thought. The Xews and Its bund of special favor seekers took Lew Shank seriously enough when he was in office. And they will take him seriously enough when as mayor of Indianapolis he sets out to see that all the citizens—not the hypocritical few—get a square deal In the next four years. That Xews is worse than a grocer who puts 6and in his sugar. It Is supposed to sell news, but it never puts out any news at all without first sprinkling poison In it ” Shank spoke at noon today at the Udell Ladder Works. Tonight he will address the following meetings: East Washington and Keysto te avenue. 963 Dorman street. State and East Washington, 2.VH Xorthwestern avenue. Engine House Xo. 24, Xiueteenth mil Dexter avenue, Illinois and Merrill streets, Missouri and McCarthy, and West and Marylaud streets. WILL HOLD RALLY IX FOURTH WARD. The Shank forces will hold a big rally In the Fourth ward tomorrow night at the Shank Fourth Ward t'lub, ThirtyFourth street and Capitol avenue. Music will be provided and there will be dancing as well as speaking. The Howe speakers be.gan their final week today with ten meetings on the schedule, throe of them being noon meetings. Mr. Howe spoke at noon at the stockyards. Thomas I*. Stevenson, secretary o' the Howe-for-Mayor t 'lub, spoke at the Fairmount Glass Company and Dixson H. Bynum spoke at the plant of the Central States Bridge. Company. At 1 o’clock this afternoon Mr. Howe and Miss Eleanor Barker spoke at a meeting at 646 Xorth West street. The Howe meetings for Monday night Include the following: 904 South Meridian street, 315 West Forty-First street. East Nlneteenth street and Arsenal avenue, the colored I. O. O. F. Hall on Indiana avenue, and Fortieth street and Senate avenue. A Howe mass meeting for the entire south side will be held Wednesday night In the South Side Turners’ Hall. Simon B. Fox will preside and Mr. Howe and Mayor Jewett will speak. DOWNEY OUTLINES PROGRAM IX SPEECH. Better street car service with more modern equipment, extension of the English avenue line to the Belt Railway, along with a south side market, and radical improvements in the central market, with farmers’ products to be sold at cost, was the program set out by J. B. Downey, Democratic candidate for the council from the Sixth district, to a gathering of women assembled in South Side Hall Sunday afternoon. "Over 3,000 people living east of the

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end of the English avenue line are in desperate need of street car service," declared Mr. Downey, “and if I am elected to the city council from the Sixth district I propose that this extension shall be the first work undertaken by the street car company. This line should at least go to the Belt Railway tracks and beyond, ts possible. I intend in addition to see that the equipment on all the south side lines shall be of the same modern kind that now is used on the Meridian Heights and Central avenue lines and that we have service as frequent as on those lines. If enough of this equipment is not available at once, I Intend to see that we have our ahar of the modern ears, that is, that all parts of the city share alike.” Mr. Downey asserted that not only did he Intend to see that a south side market was established, but that he would Inaugurate radical changes for the Improvement of the central market. He proceeded to unfold a plan that he had been working on whereby trucks be longing to the city would traverse reg ular oountr yroad routes and gather farm and garden products direct from the producer, bringing them to me new south side market and the central market, at which places they would be disposed of at cost to the people. SKULL CRUSHED FIGHTING M. B.’ The death of James .Tones. 23, of Danville. Ind . whose body was found tn a ditch west of the city at 4 :.’!0 a. m, Sunday, resulted in the arrest of two men and a 15-year old boy, and the police are today searching for Addison Foreman, in whose home a fifteen-gallon still was found yesterday. The still was found during the investigation of Jones' death. Jones’ death was due to concussion of the brain and exposure, according to Dr. Paul Robinson, coroner. The death was the climax of a “white mule" whisky party, the police say. Sergeant Johnson and a squad of police went to Stop 1, on the Danville lnterurhan line early yesterday following a telephone call that a man had been killed. The police found Floyd Davis, 15, of Rockville, Ind., who led them to Jones' body lying In a ditch 2<*) yards west of the interurban stop. Davis told the police that at 4 p. m. Saturday ne purchased a quart of "white mule" from Stanley Raeburn, living in Bertha street. He said that In company with Joies he started to walk west on the Danville interurban tracks and that they drank the whisky. When he awoke he searched for Jones. When he found Jones he was unable to awaken him and he went to the home of some negroes living near by and asked for a doctor. The negroes called for police. Following the Investigation of Davis' story the police arrested Raeburn on the charge of operating a blind tiger. Approves Sale of Hoosier Spring Plant An order approving the sale of the Connersvllle spring plant of the Standard Parts Company of Cleveland, Ohio, was entered In Federal Court today arter It had been approved by Judge Ferdinand A. Geiger. The order provides that the plant shall be sold to Frank Anstead and Frederick A. Barrows for the sum of $270,000, payable one third in cash, one third In four months and one third In six months. | The Standard Parts Company has been in the hands of a receiver for several months with Frank A. Scott and J. O. Eaton of Cleveland as receivers. Earl R. ('onder of this city has been receiver With Mr. Scott and Mr. Eaton for the property’ of the company located in this state.

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Wallace O. Lee, chairman of the committee, who is shown in the front of the picture with Frederick If. Falinley, said today he believed the memberslilp reports would show an enrollment well beyond the maximum of 2,000 fixed last fall.

‘MUNCIE PONZF AND 72 OTHERS INDICTED BY U. S. (Continued From Page One.) Sexton, Chicago; Samuel J. Barnett, Indianapolis. Carl L. Heldt, Evansville, is charged with a violation of national banking laws; John Crony, Ft. Wayne, violation of motor vehicle act; Itober Fukmer, Luther Lutes, Charles A. Allison, Victor Wtnkley, Clay Cobel and John Fulmer, all of Monon, stealiug from interstate freight shipments. These men are all under arrest on Indictments returned last year and the present Indictment is in addition to the old charges. Harry 1). Avery and Arthur Thompson. Anderson, are charged with a violation i of the Mann white slave act; Fred E. j Bacon. Muncle, violation of postal laws;; Lee Robinson, Clem Webber, Clarence j Miller and R. E. Potorff. charged with j violation of the national motor vehicle act. Potorff has admitted in a signed statement that he has taken part In the stealing of dozens of flivver automobiles, which were taken from Indianapolis to Suntnan and Wright’s Corner, Ind , and after undergoing a number of changes were sent on to Cincinnati for sale. Mayella Kimrnel and Lizzie Gains, Indianiipolis, are charged with forging postoffice money orders; George L Belle, Fast Chicago, impersonating Government officer; William MeMurray, Ft. Wayne, violation of postal laws; Alpha L. Holaday, Muncle, using mails In a scheme to defraud; Jeff Hooks and Andrew Jen kins. East Chicago, violation of postal lews; Clyde E. Rhoades, Indianapolis, formerly constable In the court, of Justice of the Peace Rainey, violation of Mann white slave act; James F. Dowd and Joseph Cochran, Indianapolis, transport lrig stolen automobiles in interstate traffic. Ignoraml were returned in the following cases; George L. Knox, negro, publisher of a negro newspaper In this city, and T. J. Larrlmore, charged with using the mails in a scheme to defraud In connection with a contest for the obtaining of subscribers to the newspaper owned by Knox; Frank Newkirk, charged with operating a baseball lottery; Lucille c Cunningham and Alone Jenkins, both of Cjulnry, 111, violation of Mann white slave act: Charles White and Louis Oishon, Indianapolis, violation of national motor vehicle net; Elizabeth Fouts and Louisa Wallace, violation of Mann white slave act; Sherman Crawford, violation of postal laws; Peter Argenta Clinton, Harry Jenkins and James Lawhorn, Terra Haute; Nathan Bowman, Indianapolis, violation of prohibition laws; Oren Rarnard, Greenfield, violation of motor vehicle act, and Mabel Speers, Evnnsvllle, charged with sending poisoned candy through the malls. It is not believed any arrests will be made on the new Indictments until tomorrow or Wednesday. Noble C. Butler, clerk of the Federal Court, must first prepare the capiases, which is a big task, after which they will be turned over to United States Marshal Murk Storen for service. ] Hold Off Action on Disarmament Move WASHINGTON, April 25 Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee today postponed Indefinitely a meeting to consider disarmament proposals now pending in the House. It Is understood ! that the action was taken at the request! of Administration leaders who urged that | no action be taken which might embar- I rass the President in any steps he might j desire to take toward disarmament. Congressman Rogers, vice chairman, Is! understood to have conferred with Secretary of State Hughes before postponing the meeting.

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CITIZENS CLAIM ASSESSMENT IS EXCESSIVE (Continued From Tnge One.) property owners for more than six weeks, he said. The charge that the Indianapolis Street Railway is behind the move for the elimination of the Job was insinuated by several property owners. Mr. Miller declared the street railway company is not behind it and does not desire it because it will have to pay several thousand dollars to change its double tracks and pave between them to conform to the new route of Michigan street. “How much is Woodruff Place assessed?” one property owner wanted to know. Part of Woodruff Place would be within the assessable district if it were not a separate corporation. WOODRUFF PLACE TAX EXEMPT. "We cannot assess Woodruff Place for an improvement under the law any more than we can Evansville,” replied Mr. Miller. “I’ll agree with you that it is verjunfair for Woodruff Place to remain outside of the city. I think the people

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in Woodruff Place should oe made to pay for public improvements like this in which they have a great share of the benefits but how to do it I don’t know. They don’t pay and yet they receive the benefits." Expressions of indignation that the street railway company not only gets a 6-eent car fare, but also numerous favors from the city administration, drew from the board president a statement that Corporation Counsel Samuel Ashby “fought as hard as many man could" to prevent the fare increase. “The street car company Is going to pay more than anybody else because of this improvement,” said Mr. Miller. "Where do they pay it?" asked an angry property owner. "Let ’em pay it,” said another. The argument finally reached the point where somebody said something about politics. Board Member Thomas A. Riley said that the board is not playing politics. “We’re not saying you’re playing politics," answered' a property owner,

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“But we are saying that you are playing to the street car company and as soon as they get this crook out of the street they’ll take two cars off of the East Michigan street line.” At this point Mr. Miller asked for members of the delegation to serve on the committee to audit the roil and got three. The citizens started talking among themselves and Mr. Miller arose to ask for order. Somebody shouted: “Oh we don’t care what you’ve got to say. We’H ao our talking in court. Come on folks, we’ll do our talking in court." Asa large part of the delegation started out the door somebody else shouted: “Yes and we’ll talk at the polls." LIBERTY VETERAN BURIED. LIBERTY', Ind., April 25.—Funeral services for Simon E. Snyder, who was killed in action in the World War, were held at the Presbyterian Church in this city Sunday.

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