Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 185, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 December 1921 — Page 9

LEGAL CONTEST FORESEEN OYER ENGINEERS’PAY School Board Refers Snider and Rotz Claims to State Accountants. CONFERENCE TO BE HELD Little business of Importance was transacted by the board of school commissioners at Its regular meeting last night and the session lacked the display of personal antagonisms that has marked so many board meetings In the past. Even the bringing up of the now famous Snider & Bota and L. A. Snider contracts failed to bring about a rumpus and when these standbys fail to convert a school board meeting into a battle royal It la certain that nothing else will do so. REFER UNPAID CLAMS TO BOARD OF ACCOUNTS. After a lengthy, but remarkably peaceable discussion. It was decided to refer ; all unpaid claims of Snider & Rotz, cngi : neers for the board, and L. A. Sn.der, 1 formerly building advisor, to the State board of accounts for the opinion of that body. In line with this the finance committee and Ralph W. Douglass, business director of the board, were directed to arrange a conference with the State board of accounts. Governor Warren T. McCray and Tj. 8. I.esh, attorney-general of Indiana, In regard to these contracts. The State board of accounts has held them Illegal and certified Its finding to the Governor, but Governor McCray never has sent the matter to the attorney-gen-eral for final action. In all probability, sometime somebody Is going to sue somebody over these contracts, but whether the suit will be filed by the State of Indiana against Snider & Rotz and Mr. Snider, to recover money paid under the contracts, or by Snider & Rotz and Mr. Snider against the school board to collect money claimed to be due under the contracts no one knows. At the last meeting of the board the entire matter was referred to Frederick XL Matson, attorney for the board, for hi* opinion as to the legality of tba board ordering payments under the terms of the contract. Mr. Matson answered. Just as he did last July, by saying that the matter had passed the “opinion'’ stage and that nothing short of a Judicial decision will ever settle the affair. MISS SCHOFIELD'S EMPLOYMENT APPROVED. By a vote of 4 to 1, Charles L. Barry voting in the negative, the recommendation of Miss Florence F’tch, head of the art. department, that >lls Belle Schofield, formerly a teacher In the Indianapolis public schools and now a teacher in the public schools at Oshkosh, Wis.. be employed as assistant at a salary of $2,700 8 year, was approved. Miss Schofield will succeed Hazel Snepp Brown, resigned. Mr. Barry based his objection to the appointment on the ground that every effort should be made to fill Important positions in the schools from the local teaching force. He Insisted that there had been too much ‘importation” of teachers In the art department In the past and said he believed that the selection of an Indianapolis teacher would strengthen the morale of the department. In answer to the statement that Miss

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Schofield formerly taught her* he pointed out that she was here only one semester a number of years ago. PROPOSAL REJECTED AS VAGUE AND UNTRIED. On recommendation of the Instruction committee the suggestion made to the board several months ago that as a memorial to Miss Charity Dye, for many yehrs a teacher In the public schools, a teacher be permitted to sit with the school board was rejected. It was explained that the rejection of the suggestion was not a disapproval of the idea, but that the action was taken because of the fact that the Idea as presented was vague and untried. Bids, which were opened last Saturday, for work on the old shops and powerhouse at Arsenal Technical High School, were awarded to the low bidder for each class of work. The successful bidders : were: Heating and ventilating, Hayes Brothers, $6,201; plumbing, Charles Fiel, $2,250; electrical work, Sanborn Electric j Company, $5,553. Bids for the building of a playground at school. No. 22 and retaining wall at school No. 31 were rejected and will be readvertlsed. In each instance only one bid was received. NO SCHOOL SESSION’S JAN. 2. Because of the fact that New Year’s day falls on Sunday and that the day following is a legal holiday it was decided that there will be no school Jan. 2. A special meeting will be held Saturday afternoon at which an effort will be made to dispose of all unfinished business. There Is only one more regular meeting before the two new members of thW board, Adolph Emhardt and Dr. Marie Haslep, come Into office and it Is the wish of the present board to dispose of as much unfinished business as possible before the first of the year. On motion of Rert S. Qadd, Invitations will be sent to the members-elect to attend the next regular meeting, Dec. 27. On recommendation of E. U. Graf, gnperlntendent, the following changes in the personnel of the teaching staff were approved: Resignations, Emma Ooepper and Helen G. Irvine. Appointments, eleemntary, Dorothy Albright, Henry Herod and Fanny Meldner; part time economics, Mabel Crossan and Stella Muterspaugh; evening school at Emmerich Manual Training High School, C. F. Hanske, science: Daisy Wedding, English for foreigners; Jean Clark, comptometer; Russell Clunie, shop; Myrtle Culbertson, commercial; A. C. Boren, automobile. Highway Commission Plans Cemetery Road In order that a cemetery near Huntlngburg, Dubol* County, may be reached by vehicular traffic this winter, the State highway commission Is building seven-tenths of a mile of road and rushing It to completion before severe . weather sets In. This road will In addl--1 tlon to relieving a distressing situation If the cemetery was Isolated from traffic, jis to serve as a sample of a type of construction —macadam and gravel sur- | face—which the commission contemplates using extensively. The road Is sixteen feet wide and on the French Lick to Evansville highway. J. S. Xelbert, a highway engineer, has been In charge of the project. ST. LOUIS SHOE MAN DIES. ST. LOUIS. Dee. 14.—George Warren Brown, 68, chairman of the board of the Brown Shoe Company, and who launched the shoe Industry here, died in Tucson. Ariz., yesterday, according to word received here.

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WOMAN IS HELD AS SHOPLIFTER Detectives Recover Loot in Search of Home. Catherine Cossell, 50, of Ben Davis, was arrested late yesterday on the charge of grand larceny, but was released on a $2,000 bond signed by John W. Claypool vho stated his property Is located at 1120 River avenue. Seven plates, part of a set of twelve valued at SIOO per dozen, disappeared from the store of Charles Mayer & Cos. Saturday. The Qulgley-Hyland Detectlce Agency was notified and a woman operative investigated. Clerks declared three plates were stolen from the set, and later In the day four more plates disappeared. The dishes were missed Immediately after a woman left the store, and t' j detective was given a description of her. WOMAN RETURNS FOR A FEW MORE. Yesterday a clerk saw the woman viewing the remaining five plates of the dozen and asked her if she wished to pm chase them. “No, you have only five plates and I could not use them,” she said turning away. The detective watched her and alleged she stole a small vase valued at $2.50. Then she was nrj rested. With her was her daughter, and I the two were taken to the office of the Qulgley-Hyland agency, but the daughi ter was not arrested. The daughter re- | cently was remarried the detectives say, having obtained a divorce from a man who Is now serving a long sentence on ; the Indiana State Farm. SAY SHE CONFESSED TO OTHER THEFTS. After Mrs. Coesell was arrested she Is said to have confessed to a series of thefts in downtown department stores. She said her husband, a carpenter, was out of work mosr of the time and that she had taken la washings to make a living. “What do you think those plates were worth?" asked a detective. ' "Oh, about 25 or 35 cents each," she replied, calmly. I | Detectives searched her home which :1s near Stop 5, on the Terre Haute tractllin ; line and recovered loot valued at $31)0, i they declared. Among the stolen articles i were center pieces, laces, embroidery and fancy work worth $l5O, in addition to many ivory sets, perfume and other merchandise of that sort. Detectives say the series of thefts have extended over a period of abont a year. Library Notes New fiction books at the Central Library Include: “Torchlight,” by C. L. C. Aminoff; “Sheriff of Stiver Bow,” by Berton Braley; “Pamela Pounce.’' by Mrs. A. S. Castle; “Highly Colored,” by O. R. Cohen; “When Egypt Wont Broke,” by H. F. Day: “When Polly was Eighteen.’’ by E. C. Dowd; “Three Loving Ladles.” bv Hon. M. F. H. Dowdall; ’’Martin Conlsby's Vengeance,” by Jeffery Farnol; “To Him that Hath.” by C. W. Gordon; “Fortunes at Bandy’s Flat,” by Camilla Kenyon : “The Go-Getter.” by P. B. Kyne; “The Big Town,” by R. W. Lardner; ' Zaza.’’ by Ruggiero Leoneavello; “Ashes of Evidence, 1 ' by Eric Le\ison ; “Peter Rlnne.v.” by Archibald Marshall; “Persephone.” by Mme. Marcello Tinayre. and Rogues and Company,” by I. A. R. Wylie. New nonfiction at the Central Library Includes: “Guide to Paths In the White Mountains and Adjacent Regions;” “Ordeal of Mark Twain,” by Van Wyck Brooks; “Working of Steel,” by F. H. Colvin; “Linda <ll Chamounix” (music), j by Gastano Donizetti; “Automobile Weld- , lng with the Oxy-Acetylene Flame,” by M. K. Dunham; “Impressions and Comments,” by Havelock Ellis; "Boston and Her Story,” by F. A. Gulndon; “Meter Rates for Water Works,” by Allen

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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14,1921.

Hazen; “Steam Boiler Engineering;” "Story of Chautauqua,” by J. L. Huribut; "Press and Politics In Japan,” by Kisaburo Kawabe; “Design of Highway Bridges of Steel, Timber and Concrete, by M. S. Ketchum; “Why a Boy Should Learn a Trade,” by P. M. Kling; “Joy In Work: Ten Short Stories of Today,” edited by M. A. Laselle; “Make Your Own Hats,” by Mrs. G. A. Martin; “With the Wits: Shelburne Essays, Tenth Series,” by P. E. More; “Problem of Foreign Policy,” by Gilbert Murray; “Critical Introduction to the New Testament,” by A. S. Peake; “British Navy in Battle,” by A. J. H. Pollen; “Gianni Schlcchl” (music), “Suor Angelica” (music) and “II Tabarro” (music), by

The Deadly ■bhbbhh' Parallel YOUR CHRISTMAS Will bring you cheer. Will bind the family ties closer. Will cement friendship. Will quicken your spiritual side. WHA T OF THE POOR? THEIR CHRISTMAS

Will be without cheer; without gifts; without necessary comforts. Snow will seep through their shoes; the bitter wind will find the rents in their threadbare clothing. Memories of other and more prosperous days will make Christmas an occasion of bitter memories, unhappiness and despondency. WHA Tare YOU GOING TO DO? Are you going to be selfish in your giving this Christmas? Are you going to forget thousands of men, women and CHILDREN in Indianapolis—your townspeople—while you enjoy creature comforts and congratulate yourself on prosperity? OR Are you going to help the poor? Are you going to put a roof over the head of the friendless, homeless man? Are you going to provide milk for babies, care and comfort for poverty stricken mothers, and shelter for erring girls? YOUR SUBSCRIPTION - A SUBSTANTIAL ONE-TO THE COMMUNITY CHEST WILL MAKE YOUR CHRISTMAS A REAL ONE. FORTY AGENCIES IN THE COMMUNITY CHEST CARE FOR THE POVERTY STRICKEN, SICK AND DISTRESSED OF INDIANAPOLIS. YOUR FAILURE TO GIVE WILL STARVE BABIES—NOT IN RUSSIA OR GERMANY -BUT RIGHT HERE AT HOME. MAKE YOUR GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY CHEST ONE OF YOUR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. THAT KIND OF GIVING WONT HURT. SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY CHEST CAN BE PAID OVER A 12-MONTHS PERIOD, BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 1922.

Giacomo Pucini; "Dally Bread," by M. K. Heely; “Book of Life,” by U. B. Sinclair; “Romance of Aircraft,” by L. Y. Smith; “Printing for Business,” by J. P. Thorp; "Governors and the Governing of Prime Movers,” by Willibald Trlnke; “Ballo in Maschera” (music), by Giuseppe Verdi; and “Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Rare Old Persian Pottery.” FUNERAL OF WILLARD HERETH. Funeral services for Willard Weeks Hereth, 24, who died at Eutler, Pa., Saturday were held at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon at the home of his father, William L. Hereth, 209 Hampton drive. Mr.

Hereth was graduated from Shortrldge High School In 1915 and later attended Purdue University. During the war he served In the Navy. At the time of hts death he was an efficiency engineer for the American Water Works and Electric Company. Besides his father, a sister, Miss Bessie Harr’s of Indianapolis, survives. rOLICE ARREST COULE. Apollce squad visited 1433 Kannlngton avenue, today and arrested Fred Prlnell, 26, and Nevada Lewis, 31. The two are charged with a statutory offense.

Written in, about and by a man from INDIANAPOLIS MEREDITH NICHOLSON the distinguished Hoosier novelist, has found right here in Indianapolis the setting for a sensational, rushing story of the most interesting subject in American life—the American girl. Does too much moralizing in the home make children wild and reckless? Have we all inherited a taste for forbidden fruit from Adam and Eve ? How much can parents ‘ ‘ overlook” without encouraging weakness? How much can parents "preach” without forcing children into rebellion and deception? Read the answer in Meredith Nicholson’s new novel Broken Barriers Starting in January Cosmopolitan If any other author had written this story, it might be called sensational. Frankly, and without reserve, it tells of the modern business girl’s temptations in the city of Indianapolis. But Nicholson has told it all in good taste, with brilliant writing—and with broad, firm tolerance of the weaknesses of youth. You will recognize, among your acquaintances, many Grace Durlands. You will know and recognize the neighborhood in which she lived. You may think you know the park Nicholson calls "Military Park,” and even think you can discover the house in which Grace Durland lived. You will recognize the big department store —called Shipley’s—in this novel, where Grace Durland takes her first business position, and where the first barriers are broken down.

DO YOU THINK YOUR FATHER IS A NUISANCE BECAUSE HE IS GETTING OLD? If you are young, inclined to sneer at men who are slipping into their fifties and sixties-—if you are old and feel a gradual lessening of your confidence, read THE OLD UN—Boy Norton’s greatest sea story, which describes the sinking of the fishing fleet of Brixham town —in this issue. WHY DID FATHER LEAVE US FOR THAT OTHER WOMAN? That is the question Marjorie Hale asks in another thrilling chapter of THE BREATH OF SCANDAL. Men, who are restless, and wives and daughters, who fear the restlessness of their husbands and fathers, should ?ead this searching account of the pitfalls which lie in the path of even the most level-headed of men —in this issue.

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SHE WIPED AWAY HER HAPPINESS WITH A FACE CLOTH “I’ll kill you if you are not faithful to him,” said the girl from whom Naomi had stolen Dixon. "I’ll tell him the tale Broadway whispers when it hears your name,” said the man who had introduced Naomi to Dixon. But Dixon wouldn’t be saved. And then—with one sweep of a white cloth, covered with a thick lotion, the beautiful Naomi wiped off all the carefully laid-on cosmetics of her dressing room, and Dixon saw not Beautiful Naomi, but a wrinkled, sallow woman. Read GREASE PAINT—by Rita AYeiman—in this issue. And in Addition: THE HOOTCH RUNNERS —Second article on prohibition. ARE YOU AMERICANS MAKING BEASTS OF YOURSELVES?—By Elinor Glynn. Together with contributions by GEORGE ADE, ARNOLDBENNETT, MONTAGUE GLASS and ten other great features.

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