Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 305, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 May 1922 Edition 02 — Page 8
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Beautiful apartment buildings erected by the e. g. spine company, Indianapolis
Xo. I—66S1 —66S East Eleventh street, three-story brick building, twentyfour apartments, same as above, and like “The Latowa,” 1020 Central avenue, thirty-six apartments.
WIFE IN PIQUE GOES TO BED FOR3BYEARS lowa Woman ‘Retired’ After Row With Husband and Wouldn’t Get Up. Special Indiana Dally Tirr.*s and Philadelphia Public Ledger. TIPTON", lowa. May 3. —Thirty eight years ago Mrs. Alexander Wickham of Tipton “got mad" and went to bed. “I'm never. n“ver. never going to pet up again,"" she declared. A little while ago sfc° changed her mind and attempted to get out of bed and walk. Itut she found she was paralyzed from her waist down. Mrs. Wickham was a young wife when she went to bed. She is a wlilte-halred woman now. She is rich, but she gets IP tie enjoyment from her money. It keeps her out es the poorbouse. It permits her to employ a woman to look after her few v. ants and to remain in the room with her. and that’s shout a.lHow Mrs. Wickham retired to her bed to remain the rest o£ffirr life is an odd atory. One morning she was cutting 1 #• for -or breakfast. She and her ther-in-law were Old man Wickham made some remark she resected. She laid down her butcher knife and started for the door. "Where are you going?"" her husband asked. ••I’m going to bed. and I'm never, never, never going to get up again," answered the wife a* she walked into her room anil slammed the door. She stayed j □ l>ed ail that day. Her husband, thinking to humor her, brought her meals. The next morning she refused to get up. Attain the husband brought her meals. The third day was a repetition of the first and second. So were the fourth and she fifth and the sixth. "She’ll get over it."* said the neighbors when they heard of what was going on over at the Wickham farm. Mrs. Wickham spent her time reading books and writing poetry. After thirtytight years of such mailing she is undoubtedly the best read woman in all lew a. Also she probably has written more poetry than any woman in lowa. Neighbors came to see her after she took her to her bed. But she refused to see them. Gradually these visits ceased and she was let severely alone. Her husband called a doctor. "There’s nothing the matter with her." said the physician. “She can get up whenever she wants to.’" But she didn't want to. . Specialists from Des Moines were brought in. They could find nothing wmng with the woman. ‘Get her to say she will get up and shr will be all right."’ they said. But her husband couldn’t get her to want to leave her bed. The Tillage grew into a good sized town. A railroad was built through the piace. Mrs. Wickham could hear the whistle of the locomotives as they passed near her house. But she couldn't see j them. Her room was on tke opposite ! side of the house, and she refused to leave her bed and go to the window. NEVER SAW TELEPHONE. When the telephone exchange was set , up in Tipton the Wickhams had a tele- ■ phone installed. Mrs. Wickham never ; saw it. It was in another room. Styles in clothes did not interest her. ; She didn't wear any clothes, except her nightdrcsses. Tipton grew until -it almost inclosed the Wickham farm. The farm became j very valuable. When the father-ln-btw died, her husband became sole owner of ! the place. But ho gave up farming and j went in to raising collie dogs so he could | l>e at home all the time and could look ' after his wife. Two years ago the husband, worn out 1 with thirty-six years of constant waiting i on his wife. died. Mrs. Wickham" went . to the funeral. But she had to be car- i ried. She could r.ot walk. But she does not express a single re- i grot over her wasted life. Landlord Is Lynched for Increasing Rents FLORENCE. May 3. —Quick punishment i mas meted out to a local landlord who j boosted his rents above a point con- j sidered fair. After he refused to lower his rates, seven tenants of Luigi Salvato masked themselves at night and took him from his home into the country. ! There they hanged him to a tree. Ke- ? turning to town, they spread the news of i their act and several landlords im- | mediately lowered their rents. BABY-ISH EXCI SE. COLCHESTER, Eng.. May 3.—lsaac j Goldstein, arrested for using a friend's railway ticket, pleaded that the arrival of anew baby had so excited him that j he didn't know what he was doing. He | vs* fined $lO. -lOV IS FATAL. CLAPTON, England. May 3.—Excited | t>r the fact that the team he favored j Nvss winning, Joel Hopkins, a constable, j dropped dead.
MEMORIAL FOR WOMEN PROPOSED
Erection of a national memorial for women who lost their lives in service for the World War is the objective of a body of women, headed by Elsie Davenport, who are organizing the American Women's War Memorial Association. The idea for such a memorial was suggested by Miss Davenport, a New Yorker, to President Harding, who referred the matter to Adjutant General Harris of the War Department. The result was governmental approval of the plan and the formal ion of a committee to take in hand the organization of women Interested in the project. In order to make the memorial a really National affair the units of the association in various parts of the country, as they are organized, will have to interest their congressmen, who will present the
RUSSIA BLOCKS ACCEPTANCE OF FINANCE REPORT Adds Further Menace to Life of Genoa Economic Conference. ; GENOA, May 3.—George Tclnteterln, : eoniiuisstoner for foreign affairs in the ■ Moscow soviet government and head of i the Russian delegation to the interna ' tional economic conference, announced j today that Russia would not accept the : report of the conference finance committee in the form in which it was adopted \by the plenary session. Tehitcherin said that Russia would only accept the report , with reservations. liy balking over the finance report, Russia has added fi rthcr ! menace to the life of the Genoa confer j ence. This German Is Rival to I. Moore . in Making Love BERLIN, May 3.—Don Juan is left 1 far behind by the exploits of a young ; solicitor named Lehe of Saxony, who has been arrested iu a charge of fraud, i The police, In -heir investigations, dis- , covered that during the last ter. months j Lehe had become engaged to no fewer than thirty-three young yoincn. lie is | said to have kept up constant correspondence with them all, and to have received extensive gifts of money, food , and clothing. i This super lover escaped from jail and I it was discovered that he had written * previously to each of fils thirty-three j lady loves that he would soon be with : her again. "JACK THE PEEPER” PANIC. I VANCE. England, May 3.—This village lias been terrified by a "Jack the I’eeper” j who jaecrs through the windows at night. Women are afraid fa venture on the i streets after dark. PROFITABLE PUBLICITY. LONDON, May 3.-Reformers' ..Hack i on the London night clubs as places of | "Immorality and sin" have resulted In these resorts being crowded every night.
Xo. 2 —Haugh Hotel, 11 East Michigan street; a sixty-suite transient hotel for particular people.
plan in Washington. The unveiling of the memorial then will become a ceremony somewhat similar to the burial of the unknown soldier on Armistice uay. 1921. American artists and sculptors have been ask'd to submit suggestions for the memorial, the base of which is to tie commemorative of the war work of all women and the surmounting figure or group a tribute to those who lost their lives. Designs for tablets, which local organizations can have placed In ttn-ir respective cities, also will be considered. Miss Davenport has already been promised the cooperatiun of the American Legion. American War Mothers, Gold Star Mothers, Veterans of Foreign Wars. American Defense Society, and other organizations.
LAYS COURAGE TO CIGARETTES Murderer Confesses Killing Wife and Son. WOOD BRIDGE N. .T., May 3. His nerve failing when he started to kill his twins, after slaying his wife and son, Martin Ehlers. 29, went to see Arthur Kefsehe, chief marshal of this town, and said. “Let me have a cigarette and I'll tell you a good story.” Ketsclie walked across the street and bought a package of cigarettes. “Now toll me your story,” said the ; marshal. “Wait until I get a smoke,” Ehlers re- ! plied. The marshal, smiling, stood by until Ehlers' tobacco taste had been satisfied. “I just killed my wife and son,” said Ehlers. “Get away,” the marshal said, “what are you trying to tell me?” Despite his unbelief, the marshal aecompanied Ehlers to the latter's home and there found Mrs. Ehlers and the son dead. Ehlers was placed in the county Jail. Ehlers told police he had quarreled with his wife ovej: financial matters and that after she had retired he loaded his shotgun. He waited until his wife was asleep and then went to her beside and killed her. Then Ehlers went into the bedroom of his son Walter and shot him. He told the police he next went into the room where his twins were steeping and was about to kill them when his nerve failed. WHAT NEXT? LONDON, May 3.—Fashionable women now have a craze for taking henna baths. Th<* purpose of the bath is to give the skin an olive hue, which is regarded as becoming when evening dresses of Oriental design are worn. ' AIRPLANES GO ASTRAY. GRIMSBY. England May 3.—A fleet of sixteen airplanes, which had lost Us bearings, halted above Grimsby. The commander finally descended, got his bearings and led the fleet away. TO STOP WOMAN’S TALK. LEEDS, England, May 3. —Israel Goldstone has sued to enjoin Leah Smith “to perpetual silence from boasting that she is his wife.” The woman claims they ■were married.
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BELIEVE WIFE OF EX-SOLDIER MURDERED HIM Say Woman Gave Poison to Get $5,000 Life Insurance. CLEVELAND. May 3 -County ProseI enter Edward Stanton today was awaiting th*- report of City Chemist Knapp, who is making a chemical analy- . sis of the vital organs of a dead soldier, ’ who died in May, 1921. and whose body wa.s exhumed yesterday, to determine whether or not Ms death was caused by poison. I pon the result of this examination will rest a possible charge of murder against his widow, who is now held in the county jail on i charge I of grand larceny. County officials are proceeding upon 1 the theory that the man, who was sup posed to have died as a result "f being gassed overseas, was murdered in order . that Ills widow might collect an insurance policy of carried on his life. An investigation by the Red Cross disclosed that jiu.t before his death an ap- . plication for s3.'kin additional Government insurauc was rejected. ROUGH GUY ON ; HIS PEDESTAL New York Still Debates Over Sculptor’s Ideas of Civic Virtue. NEW YORK, N. V. Mov 3.—After weeks of acrimonious debate a, to whether it should be accepted. 'The Rough Guy," as ur.esthetlc wags have dubbed Fr''b rick M.icMoniex' marble conception of Civic Virtue, has finally made his bow in City Hall Park. Thousands of office workers out for lum In on. s W armed .about the new statue, det blit g for themselves whether the representation of a husk v young man spurning and walking ov r the prostrate ! figuri sos two •‘women’’ was a proper j tonceptlon of civic virtue. The mayor, I aiding with wont* l critics, had held that , \t was not chivalrous to represent the ! temptations Civic \ irttie hud to overcome vs women, even if they were very ailur- ( lug women. And MacMonles had retort- • and that Hie figures weren't women at all, I but fish—mermaids with tins and tails. I The crowds appear to be about equally i divided between the fish and woman by- | pothesis. The figures have fins and tails, it is plain to he seen. But they also | have hips and busts and human features anil wavy tresses. The perplexity of the crowd was j summed nip In the comments of two | young women. j “It's two ladies," said the first. | “Not ladies moimaids,” said the other : emphatically. “See their tails.” “Yojih, they have tails, haven't they,” ; said the first, doubtfully, “but look !.t ! the tops of 'em.” At any rate, the “Bough Guy” Is up. I And Mayor Ilylan says he may stay up I!f the public doesn't rnind. But if a j great popular clamor arises against him j -down he comes. | House Underpaid at s7,soo—Mondell WASHINGTON. May 3.—Members of | the House of Representatives are as a | rule underpaid when their ability and i worth are taken into consideration, Rep- f resentative Mondell. the Republican floor leader, assured his colleagues in urging j them to support a recommendation for salary increases for officers of the shipping board. “The Government commands a very great deal of talent of a very high order generally at very low salaries,” he said. "That is true of this House. There are a great ninny men here who could earn many times the salary they receive here In private life, giving to private business no more time ami attention than they do to public business. There is no question about that.” The salary of a House member is $7,500 anti mileage. GERMAN BRIDAL RUSH. BERLIN, May 3. —Following publication of reports that many Australians want wives, thousands of German girls have applied for information as to howto get to Australia. BRIDEGROOM HAZED. CAMBRIDGE. England, May 3.—Fadergraduates of Cambridge University seized Henry Langston just after his marriage and paraded him through the town in a donkey cart. SALARY BOOST FOR PRINCE. j COPENHAGEN. May 3.—The Kigsdag ; will be asked to increase the annual $13,000 allowance of Crown Prince Frede I who is to marry Princess Olga of G reeee.
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Xo. 3 Exeter apartments, 2055 to 2059 North Illinois street, and 37 West Twenty-First street. Five-story reinforced concrete and brick fireproof apartment house, containing sixty apartments of living room, kitchenette, bath, reception hall, Pullman diner and one and two bedrooms each. Equipped with latest outside icing refrigerators and service doors, garbage incinerators and automatic passenger and freight elevators. Rentals from $53.75 to $78.75, including heat,, water, gas, electricity and ice. Fifty car capacity Exeter garage adjacent, 2051 North Illinois street Exeter pharmacy, barber shop, beauty parlor, grocery and cafeteria on first floor.
Old Style Country Store Doomed , Says Health Board Head I The country grocery store, with its t cannon stove, sawdust spit box anil open | prune barrel, is doomed, says I)r, John N. Hurty. secretary of the State board of health. Cross-roads forums and checker tournaments will be forced to act-1 mate themselves to closed food containers and dustlcss counters If the State board succeeds in establishing its model grocery store, which will bo exhibited at the Indiana Health Exposition at the State , fairground. May 19 to 27, ' The typical old style Hoosier store will be s“t up with all the familiar trimmings in sharp contrast to another of the modern and sanitary type advoeute-1 by the 1 oard and indorsed by the Indiana Wholesale Grocers' Association. The open well, with its bucket and rope. Is another relic which will be attacked by the State hoard at the exposition with Illustrations and analysis iof well water. A traveling tuilk laboratory will acquaint the public with friendly and unfriendly bacteria while explaining methods of city milk surveys.
We Furnish E. G. Spink & Cos. Both Ice and Coal
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The Most Modernly Equipped Coal Yard in the State of Indiana. We urge the users of Steam Coal to get in touch with us before contracting for their re- • quirements for the ensuing year. Also on your summer tilling of High-Grade Domestic Cofl for next winter. City Ice and Coal Cos. John S. Kittle , President Frank F. Fitch, Mgr. Coal Dept. MAin 1098. General Offices, 720 East Washington St. Lincoln 8621
Indianapolis—The City Beautiful Over one hundred years ago a commission was appointed to select a location for the site of the capital of Indiana. After mature deliberation this body of men chose the spot where Indianapolis now stands. Its gentle rolling ground, surrounded by picturesque bluffs covered with splendid forest trees, in addition to the unlimited water supply from its several streams, caused this wise decision. After many years of hardship and self-denial on the part of our forefathers and progressive effort by later inhabitants we now have this beautiful and well-known city as our home. ALL SHOULD PUT THEIR SHOULDERS TO THE WHEEL TO CARRY ON THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN SO WELL BEGUN. \7e wish to announce that we have furnished practically all the lumber and mill work used by Mr. Spink in his very large enterprises, which have given to ‘lndianapolis a truly cosmopolitan standard of constructional beauty and comfortable service. Indianapolis' I umber fix Jj[ thing in Lumber ”
COUPPLANNED BY STATE IN MINERS’ TRIAL Logan County Sheriff, Regarded as Strikers’ Enemy, May Testify. CHARLES TOWN. W. Va„ May 3. Maneuvering to confuse the defense, the prosecution made a last minute change In plans in producing I>. I>. II Morton, mine superintendent, as the first witness of the bay in the treason trials here. This action resulted from a midnight conference. Pr'or to this conference, it was said the prosecution would place members of the constabulary on the stand and the defense made Its plans accordingly. Reports were that Don I'hafin. sheriff of Logan Couuty had arrived to and the prosecution. Attorneys for the Slate defense to verify the report. Fnion miners consider Ch.afin their greatest enemy. Several attempts have been made on his life.
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No. 4—Wildwood and Boulevard apartments, 2442 to 2458 Pierson avenue. Two two-story stucco, four-apartment buildings, having five and six rooms, bath, pantry and basement each.
No. 5—2441 to 2461 Pierson avenue, two two-story, four-apartment, one two-story two-apartment stucco buildings, five and six rooms, bath, pantry and basement each. Rentals from S6O to $65 per month, including heat, water, gas and electricity.
STORY SERVES TO AROUSE PARENTS A reader of The Delineator, the father of five children, put down “Dancers in the Dark,” and said to the editor: “That isn't typical of anything In this country. My children are certainly not like that. Except in the movies. I’ll bet they never heard of such people." The editor of The Delineator replied: “You have a hoy in college. He is a fine boy and a truthful one. Ask him to read ‘Dancers in the Dark’ and tell you what he thinks of this side of present-day life. Ask him if he would be willing for his sister to go without her mother to college proms." A week later the father of that boy came to our office. It had been a terrible week in his life. He had come to realize that he did not know his own children. He had not understood the life they were living, any more than did these young people them solves. The sophistication of It appalled him. He admitted that his son had said he would not want his young sister to attend a prom carelessly chaperoned. The young people of today already know the story of “Dancers in the Dark.” Miss Speare has written it with the hope that It will reach nodding parents. From the March Delineator.
MAY 3,1922.
NOTE LEFT BY SUICIDE BEGS FORGIVENESS Body Found in River by Boys Believed to Be That of Solodus M. Stinson. The body of a man, believed b# Solodus M. Stinson, tree trimmer, 414 North Delaware street, was found In two feet of water under the bridge over White River at Sixty-Fourth street this morning by two boys, Edwin and Arthur Hor- | ton. 1127 Central avenue, as they were going fishing. In the pocket of the man's coat, which : the boys found on the bridge, was found ja note reading: I ‘Take my body to the Flanner & Bueharan undertaking place. Cremate. God forgive me.” When the boys found the coat they I made an investigation and soot discovered the body. Sergeant Allison sent the body to the city morgue.