Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 52, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 July 1921 — Page 12

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We Will Help You 10 Save Safely Jflftrtjrr anb Crust Company BOARD OF TRADE FOR SOLDIER AID Passes Resolution Urging Congress to Give Assistance to Disabled Veterans. "That those physically or mentally Injured and their dependents have the first and greatest claim for assistance and that auch constructive steps along this line should be taken immediately and prior to the consideration of a caah ‘bonus.’" was the belief expressed in a resolution, relative to the claims of disabled ex-service men and their dependents, that was adopted at the monthly meeting of the governing com mittee of the Indianapolis Board of Trade last night. The resolution r$ solved “that the governing committee of the Indianapolis Board of Trade take all necessary steps possible in promoting proiwr legislation for financing and inerwsing the efficiency of governmental authority toward hospitalization, rehabilitation and acquiring of vocational education for disabled veterans.” William H. Howard was re-elected secretary of the board; Samuel A. Holder is retained as chief grain inspector and welghmatter and L. E. Banta was reappointed traffic manager. The board unanimously opposed the petition of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company for increased rates in Indianapolis and a copy of the resolution will be sent to the public service commission. Another resolution asks that the commission Investigate thoroughly the request of local industries for reductions in rates at which electrical energy is provided by the various public utilities and requests, In the resolution, that should the investigation warrant such action the rates be reduced immediately. A number of standing committees for the year were announced, of which the following are chairmen: Finance, Edward D. Evans; arrangements, James H. Taylor: membership, L. L. Fellows; house, George H. Evans; law, Aquilla Q. Jones: communications, John E. McGettigan; by-laws, Mark H. Miller; arbitration. Linton A. Cox; appeals. William J. Mooney; city interest. Fred Hoke; manufacturers. Brodeburat Elsey; public health and charities. Dr. Fletcher Hodges; relief, John H. Holliday; industrial education, Edgar 11. Evans; graiq, Harvey Mullins; grain arbitration. Edward I). Evans; grain discount, Fred Ileinrjiller; seed, Edward M. Burge: grain inspection appeals, Charles A. Shotwell; call, William C. Hayward: hay. O. D. Kendrick; flour inspection, George G. Doran; mercantile interests. Frank D. Staluaker: produce, H. M. Glossgrenner; railroad and traffic, H. H. Bingham; fire insurance. Bichard Lleber; real estate, John J. Appel; live stock. Charles W. Sedwick.

PHONE COMBINE SOON COMPLETE Work Progressing Rapidly, Is Report Statement. Consolidation of the automatic and manual telephone systems is nearing completition. according to a report filed with the public service commission by the Indiana Bell Telephone Company.' The report states the major portion of outside plant work and all work of changing dials on subscribers' telephones has been completed. It states abont 65 per cent of the private branch exchange equipment has been received and about 80 per cr-u installed. The additions in the manual office are 75 per T completed and those In the autoaiaofflre 65 per cent completed, according to the report. The report says plans for the cutover from the two systems to the unified system have been competed and this can be accomplished as soon as central office equipment is Installed, in a recent peti tion for increased rates the company said it expected to bring about unification l?te in September. Teachers Threaten to Sue for x Special to Th Times. COLUMBUS. Ind , July 12 —Suit for pension money due them since last October may be filed against W. G. Oliver, auditor of the State, by seven Bartholomew County teachers. The teachers, who have retired after having taught for thirty-five years or more, have not received their pensions since last October are trying to determine some method of obtaining the money due them. The fund- for the payment of the teachers’ pensions in the county was exhausted last October. The retired teachers they are entitled to pensions are I’. It. Loetutter Wallace Norman. C. N. Bruce, Robert C. Hart, O. D. McQueen. Amos Joslin and Minnnle B. Keith. Boy Politicians in Columbus Rap Mayor Special to The Time*. COLUMBUS. Ind., July 12.f—The mayor of Columbus would be laid off during the summer months when the business of the city administration is slack, according to a proposal made by two local grade school boys. The proposal was made in the form of an editorial which appeared in a recent issue of the weekly paper published by the boys, Maurice Book and George Reeves. It followed the action of the mayor In declining to appoint a successor to Cyrus Clevenger, city engineer, who recently resigned. The mayor stated that by not appointing an engineer for several months he could save SSOO for the city and the boys pointed out that if the mayor was laid off for a like period SI,OOO would be saved. / Two Moonshine Cases in Columbus Court Special to The .Times. COLUMBUS, Ind., July 12.—Several gallons of “white mule,” a quantity of mash and paraphernalia for making a still were found by local officers who raided a camp near here Monday. Clifford Grove, owner of the camp, was arrested and ifaced charges of unlawfully haring Intoxicating liquor in his posession and the manufacture of the same. In a raid on a soft drink place operated by Charles Bohannon, two gallons of “white mule" were found. Bohannon vas arrested but pleaded not guilty to a charge of having the liquor in bis possession. Cuber Instructor Accident Victim Special to The Time* WIN AM AC, Ind., July 12—Charles Bnieklemeyer. 22, a teacher in Culver Military Academy, was killed Instantly chout two miles east of this city. Muu‘ay, when his car turned over, breaking his neck. Brucklemeyer and Ora Conner, a studej| at the scademy, had been visiting in city and were on their way home. said Conner is Injured seriously.

BURGLAR GIVEN ROUGH DEAL BY MOB OF NEGROES Colored Men Use Bricks on Man Found in Grocery Store. If ail burglars were handled as roughly as Harry Thatcher, 39, 326 East St. Joseph street, was handled late last nlglit after be was discovered In a grocery on Prospect street, the great and popular pastime of stealing would soon lose its popularity. Pearl Dudley, negro, discovered some person In Bell Jones' grocery, 8301 Prospect street, at 10:45 o'clock last night. Dudley hurried to a poolroom and told Walter Alexander, Charles Buck and Chester Buck, all negroes, and these men. Joined by about twelve oilier husky negroes. surrounded the gvocery. Thatcher Is said to have run out the back door and attempted to Jump a fence. The negroes caught him. but be fought himself loose. Then be started to run. Taking advantage of the plies of bricks in the street which Is being repaired, tbe negroes bombarded the alleged burglar. Thatcher, unconscious and covered with blood, was lying in the street when Sergeant Johnson and tog emergency squad arrived. SEEDS FOUND IN HIS POCKET. In "‘Thatcher's pockets were found a number of packs of garden seeds later Identified as having been taken from the grocery store. In the store tbe police found all the candy dumped Into a big bucket near the window that had l.een broken open by the burglar. Soap, bluing. canned goods, of all kinds were piled In the center of the floor. A large bunch of lamp wicks and canvas gloves were found near the window. Foliee officers went to the home of Thatcher, and his mother, Mrs. William Thatcher, told them that her son had suffered a nervous breakdown about two months ago when -be became overheated while attending a Salvation Army meeting and she declared he was not in his right mind. Thatcher was charged with burglary and entering a house to commit a felony. He was taken to the detention ward at the city hospital Burglars early today* broke into Williams & Sons’ grocery store, 1601 Cornell avenue, by cutting a screen from the side window. A pay telphone containing $6. two boxes of cigars and a revolver were stolen. Charles fhaeffer, 401 Limestone avenue, today reported to the police that his chlcke-i coop was broken Into by a thief during the night. Ten hens valued at S2O were missing. A burglar broke the glass froth the front door of the Wangelin Sharp automobile company’s store, 443 Virginia avenue, early this morning. The police did not learn what, if anything, was missing. Albert 11. Blume, 410 North LaSalle street, notified the police that a lock was broken from a door of a house at 112 South Bradley avenue and*paint brushes worth sls stolen.

Mrs. E. O. Proctor. Apartment 19. 726 North East street, reported to the police that a fur scarf worth SIOO had been stolen from her home. FAMILY AWAY; BURGLAR WORKS. Russell Hager, 334 West Twenty Ninth street, last night found that a burglar bad visited his home while the family was away. The thief cut the wire from the screen door amj ransacked every room. He took two children's banks •containing $lO, and also $lO in paper money fonnd in a drawer. James Thurman. 720 Johnson street, told the police that a burglar entered his home, taking a pair of grousers worth $6, and sl3 in money. Andy Sweeney, an officer employed by the park board reported to police headquarters today that a plow owned by the park board had been stolen from River boulevard aad West Washington street. Mrs. Minnie White, 21SVj Indiana avenue. telephoned the police that a blarx leather bag, containing $25. had been stolen from her. HICKSITE FRIENDS TO MEET AUG. 7-11 Richmond to Entertain Di\jsion of Church. Special to Th Times. RICHMOND. Ind , July 12—The Hicks lte Friends yearly meeting wlil be con ducted here Aug. 7 to 11, inclusive, in the North A. Street Friends Church. •One of the features of the meeting will be the Young Friends special program to be held Tuesday afternoon and night Aug. 9. Albert J Brown, Indianapolis, will address the Young Friends In the afternoon. Young Friends and older Friends are to join a camp on the meeting house grounds Saturday, Aug. 6, preceding the Meeting. n*iends from a distance who will be in attendance are: Dr O Edward Janney and Anne W. Janney. Baltimore; J. Barnard Walton, Philadelphia: Allen C. Blackford, Bedford, Pa., and Mary Whit- : son. The summer school Idea will be carried and competent Instructors will be secured for both adults and children. Pians In elude excursions to Glen Miller Park and other points of interest. Tents will be used for the camping on the church grounds. Muncie Copper Hurt in Crash of Machine Special to Th Times.. ANDERSpN, Ind., July 12—John Galliher, 55. a Muncie policeman, was In - pjured, probably fatally. Monday when the automobile in which he was riding with Harry Roessler, William Grundy and Harry Hope, also police officers of Muncie, crashed into the railing of a bridge three miles east of Anderson. The men had been here to attend the funeral of George Wlndoffer. an Anderson policeman. Following the accident, police here were notified and an ambulance brought "Galliher to a local hospital, while tbe other men, who were uninjured, went on to Muncie. Reports that the men had been drinking is denied The officers blame the driver of the automobile for the accident Aid Service Men Special to The Times. RICHMOND, Ind., July 12— Funds rpallied from the shows held here under the auspices of the local post of the American Legion will be used for the support of local ex service men who are physicially unable‘to work. Commander Ray Mather announced today.

Too Poor to Wed NEW YORK, July 12.—Cupid wa* given another besting by H. C. L. today when IS was learned that Lieut.. A. L. Kloor, heroic naval balloonist, can’t get married because he Is too poor. Kloor, pilot of the balloon which came down In the frozen wilds c? Canada, near Moose Factory, last winter, Is unable to wed on a lieutenant's pay—s2,ooo a year. Mrs. A. J. Fiowerton, mother of Mias Alexandria FJowerton, to who-n IKloor was engaged, gave this as the r4son in announcing that the’ engagement was terminated.

| DOG HILL PARAGRAFS ' jjjgpirw ii * % — 1 M \ s£% I Sile Kidew says Dock Hocks, our tonsorial artist, Is getting to be a real barber noW, as ho never falls to ask the customer who In the world It was’ that made such a botch at Cutting bis hair the last time. • • * Raz Barlow wrote himself a long letter today. In It he expressed the hope that it found him well and doing well, and as soon as it reaches him ho will reply to It • * • Following a sharp decline In the prcle of dressed lumber the manager of the Tlckville Hotel announces that he has again got to the point where he can furnish a toothpick with each meal.

LOW DEATH RATE TRIBUTE TO CARE Heat Wave Claims Few Infants Here. Here are some figures the Chamber of Commerce can send broadcast with tse blessings of hundreds of Indianapolis mothers and daddies. Awhile babies have been dying at the rate of from ten to twenty a day In Chicago, New York and other large cities during the hot wave the youngsters or Indianapolis seem to thrive. Since June 15, the approximate beginning of the torrid apell, only thirteen babies, less than one year of age. have died from causes traceable directly or indirectly to the heat, records of the board of public health show. “It’s a fine tribute to the watchful care the parents of Indianapolis have been exercising and :t' proof of the value of being very watchful of our milk supply It will be an Ideal record If we can keep It up," said Dr. Herman G. Morgan, secretary of the board of public health. '

8 FINED UNDER TRAFFIC LAWS Speed, Muffler and Light Violations Charged. Eight autolsts were fined/In city court yesterday afternoon by Judge Walter Pritchard for violation of traffic ordinances. Five were charged with speeding. Arthur Richardson, 941 South New Jersey street, was fined 30 and costs; E. J. Chslonpeck, 720 East Forty-Fourth street, S2O and costs; Ted Phllpot, 902 North Illinois stret, 15 and coats, and B. D. Yarion, 470 Broadway. 510 and costs on speeding charges. Arthur Pike, 208 East Norwood street, received a lighter fine of $1 and costs on a similar charge. William Murphy, negro, 411 Btackroro street, and Earl Poverty, 072 Elm street, were each fined $lO and costs on a charge of violating the muffler law, and Kol"e Nlssen. 834 Fletcher avenue, whs fined $1 and costs for falling to display nis lights. Motorcycle officers McKinney, William Brooks and Halstead made the arrests. * AUTO CASES ARE DELAYED AGAIN Held Over Now Until October Court Term. Special to The Ttmca. SHELBY vILLE. Inc!., July 12.—Th© cases (ft John and Harry Anderson. Leo Hardebeck and George X. Ogden, charged with conspiracy and grand larceny, in connection theft of a number of automobiles at Indianapolis, have been continued on motions of the defendants filed In the Shelby Circuit Court, and the cases have been set forward until the October term of court. The four men were charged In Indictments returned by the Shelby County grand jury two years ago, following an Investigation of the attempt.to sell an automobile here which had been stolen at Indianapolis by Howard Cerf, habitual criminal, who Is now serving a life sentence In the Indiana State Prison. Cerf was brought here to testify at two trials of Ogden, Jn which the Juries failed to reach an agreement. The cases have been advanced from one term of the court to the next since tbe close of the second Ogden trial. Judge John W. Craig. Greensburg, is the special Judge, ap pointed to try the case*.

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(LUMBER YARD FIRE LOSS BIG Cause of SB,OOO Blaze Is Undetermined—Meat Market Burns. Fire of undetermined origin that started in the sheds in the northwest part of the yards of the Home Lumber and Supply Company, 91<J East Michigan street, at 12:30 o'clock this morning, caused a loss of SB,OOO. Nine lines of hose were used by the firemen and water was poured on the blaze until 4 o’docK. When the firt fireman reached the scene they sent In a second (■'alarm. Tne flames had gained considerable headway and a supply of roofing in a big shed was destroyed. Some heavy timber, as well as gome light siding, piled under sheds, was destroyed or badly damaged. The flames spread accross the alley, reaching a barn owned by Albert lzor, 519 North Pine street. Mr. Izo'r’s loss was $l5O. Fire brands dropped on other nearby barns, but the flames were extinguished before damage was done. The Busy Bee Meat Market, 828 Massachusetts avenue, caught fire at 1:50 a. m. The market Is owned by E. L. Hubert and the loss is estimated at SBOO. Firemen gave the cause of the fire as mice and matches. ' NUDE GIRLS CRY ‘SISSY’ AT COP; DOUSED IN POOL Officer , Hidden Behind Tree Watching Bathers , Falls Victim of Wiles. BALTIMORE. Md., July 12.—This Is the tale of a peeping policeman find what befell him when he dashed from his observation post in answer to calls for help from a fair but nude bather. Let It be understood that while the polioemnn, secreted behind a latge tree that flank* the Big Stone Dam at Lake Roland, was getting an eyeful he also was performing a duty not at. all unpleasant at first, but fraught with many perils. For some days a Baltimore County police department marshal has received reports that certain young girl* have been escaping the hot wave by bathing in the dam. They did not allow themselves to be Incumbered with garments of any description. The marshal waj assigned to makq an Investigation and put an end to the frolicking of the mermaids. Hiding himself behind a tree near the south bank of the stream the marshal waited for arrival of the bathers. Within a short time a group of pretty girls assembled on tbe opposite bank and" began to disrobe. There were several splashes, and the merry party dis appeared beneath the surface of the clear waters. Soon a scream for help echoed frqai the other shore. It was then that duty called the up holder of the law. Dashing from his hiding place he reached the bank in but a few strides, and was about to plunge into the water when other voices called out: N “You big sissy policeman: No one wards any help. Why did you come here? We've a great mind to give you Then two of the girls who had reached the bank pushed the patrolman info the pool, while other bathers dragged him Into deep water. They also pelted him with mud aud stones ns he mado a hasty retreat. Fotirth Victim of Accident Is Dead to ' r h * T ,r n* SEYMOUR, Ind . July 12. Adam Fox. 34, of Highland Park, 111., who was Injured last Friday when the automobile In which he and his family were riding was struck by an lnternrban car at Crothersville, died here Monday, the fourth victim of thn accident. Two daughter* were killed Instantly and Mrs. Fox died last Saturday.

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Wheat Crop Is Short 50 Per Cent This Year Special to The Times. COLUMBUS, Ind.. July 12.—With the wheat thrashing neany finished In Bartholomew County, this year's crop is estimated to be 50 per cent short of an average yield. The last of the crop Is expected to l-e thrashed this week. The wheat yield was good In parts of the country and very poor In other parts. Charles Datrich of Harrison Township, obtained a yield of twentynine bushels per acre and U. tt. Flshel of Hope, obtained a yield of twenty-two bushels to the acre while 130 acres of land in Columbus Township gave an average yield of only three bushels per aero. The thrashing of oats has begun In the county and a poor yield of this grain is also being reported. The corn crop of the connty Is in great need of rain, the ground being parched by the extreme heat. Farmers report that the corn has begnn to “roll Its blades," an Indication that rain Is very badly needed.

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