Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 64, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 July 1922 — Page 2

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BANKERS POINT TO 0000 COOPS AS ENCOURAGING Despite Railroad and Coal Strikes Outlook Is Hopeful. TIMES GRADUALLY BETTER Money Easy for Needs of Industry, According to Experts. By TF. H. GRIMES, United Financial Staff Correspondent. NEW yORK. July 25.— Despite the damaging rail and coal strikes New York bankers believe that the busim 3 situation Justifies confidence in prosperity. In interviews published by the Dow Jones Financial Agency big New York bankers point to the following signs that point to good business and to a sound basis for confidence: Crop3 are good throughout the country. Stocks of producers and consumers are low and naturally must be replaced.

Banks in Good Condition Banks are In good condition and money is easy and available for financing industry. Boon t.mes are not what the bankers look for. but a steady and gradual march to better conditions. George E. Roebrts. vice president of the National City Bank said: The business outlook in the immediate future is of the most encouraging character. Good Domestic Signs Many distinct signs point to a period of good domestic business. The banks are in a sound position and there are plenty of available funds to support industry. C. E. Curtis, vice president and cashier of the bank of Americry while deploring the strikes as likely to les- ■ sen industrial activity during the \ coming months, was nevertheless op- j timistic. Francis H. Sisson, vice president of i the Guaranty Trust Company ex- I pressed himself optimistically on the j business and credit outlook. shippinglrd lINEWRECORD Emergency Fleet Vessels Ready to Carry Coal From Britain. By United press WASHINGTON, July 25.—Shipping Board vessels now under charter to carry coals from Wales and England to the United States total forty-three, with a capacity of approximately 350,000 tons, J. Barstow Smull, vice president of the Emergency Fleet Corporation has announced. All of the vessels, according to Smull, are in European waters and the 350,000 tons of coal will be delivered in this country within the next forty-five days.' Chartering of th.s large number of vessels in a period of twenty-four hours establishes anew record in the maritime world. Shipping Board officials said. TAXING UNITS GET FUNDS County Auditor Makes July Distribution; City Receives 5100.P59.49. Leo K. Fesler, county auditor, announced today the following annual July distribution of funds to the townships and corporations: City or Indianapolis, $190,659.47; Franklin Township. $1,630.23; Perry. $3,521.04; Pike. $1,124.20; Washington. $2,626.47; Wayne, $5,095.41; Warren. $191,058; Lawrence, $1,650.45; Decatur, $1,102.53; Center. $1,592.41; town of Beech Grove. town of Woodruff Place, $4^2.50. MUST SERVEJERMS Court of Appeals Sustains Convictions of'Packing Company Officials. By United Press CHICAGO. July 25.—The United States Court of Appeals today upheld the decision of Federal Judge Evan A. Evans sentencing Edward J. Ader, secretary-treasurer of the Consumers' Packing Company to seven years in the Leavenworth penitentiary. Sentences of A der's nsssociates were Also upheld. They were convicted of using the mails to defraud. HOT METAL EXPLODES Resulting Fire Causes Damage Estimated at 81,400. A pot of aluminum exploded in the two-story frame building of the Modern Brass and Foundry Company, hurling boiling metal several feet today. The resulting fire caused damage of $1,400. The metal rained among a body of workmen, but no one was injured. BURIED ALIVE IN. SAND By United Press NORTH JUDSON. Ind.. July 25. William Nets. 11, son of Mrs. Hannah Neis, a widow, was buried alive in a 6and pit in an abandoned brickyard at the edge of town here late yseterday and died before he could be rescued. An avalanche of sand caved in on him. His sister saved herself. Distribute Iris Roots In connection with the gladiolus show to be held Friday and Saturday the Barkers Trust Company announce a distribution of iris roots to - the flower show visitors as an aid to the city beautification movement. Students Hear Burris B. J. Burris. State superintendent of public instruction, addressed the students of the Central Normal College at Danville today and will address Munold Normal student* Friday.

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BR YA N POINTS WA Y OUT OF WORLD DIFFICULTIES

By United Press \ COLUMBIA CITY, Ind., July 25. Brotherly love and the return to the principles of Christ were pointed out by William Jennings Bryan as the world's greatest needs in his address here.

DEFICIT FACTO IN SANITARYJIiBEET Four-Cent Levy on Reduced i Valuation Leaves Fund $30,000 Short. For garbage and ash collection and operation of the sewage and garbage | disposal plants in 1923, the board of I sanitary commissioners’ budget, comI pleted today, calls for $312,000. For i 1922 the figure was $307,480.76. Law limits the board to a 4-cent j tax levy. Such levy on the reported j reduced valuation would raise only I about $232,000. To make up the ani ticipated SBO,OOO deficit, board members said it is likely they will ask the 1923 Legislature to authorize a higher levy in 1924, and make temporary loans in anticipation of the increased 1924 revenues. In addition, the hoard will fix a j levy of approximately cents to j raise $107,174.05 needed to pay princii pal and interest on sewage disposal i plant contribution bonds in 1923. | Bonds and impest To be met total $161,350. but there will be a balance of $54,175.91 in the retirement fund from 1522. Donnell Takes New Job Ed Donnell, field examiner of the State boaro of accounts, will oecome Statehouse representative of ihe W. B. Burford Company, succeeding H. L. Troutman, who will become publisher of the Rensselaer Republican. W. B. Burford & Cos. has the State printing contract.

Butcher's Nag Converted Into Prize Winning Super-Horse

BY GENE COHN. PAN FRANCISCO.—From a delivery wagon plug, lazily whisking flies with her tail in front of a ‘"Main St.” butcher shop, to a wonder horse, the sensation of a horse show world —such is the romance of Queen Bess, 12-yqiar-old mare, who has romped to victory over the aristocracy of Western horsedom. “And in six months more she'll be a world-beater,” predicts Frank Hall, her owner and trainer, once a noted London horse fancier. "Five months before Queen Bess

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| appeared at the San Francisco horse I show,” Hall says. “I happened to be | walking down the main street of a | small ltown. "Tied in front of a shop I saw most wretched looking horse I have ever looked upon. She looked so pathetic, overworked and skinny tjx.it, as a hor6e lover, I almost wept. Faced Discard as Wagon Horse ”1 made inquiry. I was told she had ved her usefulness even as a deliver} norse. But I noticed her

ular resort for kids in town. The recreation department reported from 2,000 to 4,000 bathers a day depending upon the weather. Girls use one pool and boys the other. So many youngsters come it is necessary to let them go in shifts. Park officials say more pools like this may be built next year.

He referred briefly to the present problems of Government and then launched upon a bitter arraignment of the exponents of Darwinism, declaring that immeasurable damage is being done college and high school students by instructors who teach that "man is descended from monkey.”

•STRIKERS BELIEVE DRDEB_HELPFUL Shopment Given Partial Picket-' ing Power, Will Go to Shank Despite Ordinance. Officials of the Big Four and Penn-j sylvania Railroads said today they will 1 not raise the point of difference of 1 Judge Francis E. Baker's Federal 1 i Court injunction and the city antipicketing ordinance permitting, one picket at each shop entrance. The injunction permits one picket at each entrance to railroad property. The ordinance prohibits any form of picketing. L. V. Hart, strike leader, said steno graphic copies of Judge Baker's re • marks in court Monday are being ob- j ; rained. Armed with these, union I leaders will go to Mayor Shank and Police Chief Rikhoff and ask if the city intends to interfere with the lone pickets. Both Pennsylvania and Big Four i headquarters reported a number of strikers who did not want -to work near their homes have come to Indian apolis and taken rail shop jobs. Some left when they saw union men who knew them, it was stated. "That's nothing but damned propaganda," said Hart. Church 100 Years Old FT. WAYNE, July 25.—The one j hundredth anniversary of the founding of the First Baptist Church in this city will. be celebrated by members of the congregation with special services next Sunday morning. July 30.

limbs were trim and I thought I might fatten her up for beginners at riding school. "I'll never tell what I paid for her, because l was offered $2,000 for her the other day. After two months of good feed Bess was anew horse. I gave her a try-out and to my amazement found a spirited anlm,al. She lias cleared the poles at six feet four and is a star lightweight hunter now. I "There was 6nicker when I entered this unknown at the horse show.! The usual crowd of fashionables was there. "Odds were on ‘Peaches,” a prize

| entry, and on two horses from the ; Qanadian stables of Walter Sporle. ; Bess wasn’t noticed. Well, they all ! went through their bag of tricks and it came Bess’ turn. "Blood will tell. Five minutes later the judges announced: Queen Bess—first place. “Thexe wasn’t any shout of triumph. An unknown bad accomplished what is told only in story books. "I’ve often wondered what the butcher thinks. “

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NEST BEAD! FIB HIS FORMER WIFE ‘Man in a Million’ Awaiting Acquittal of Mrs. Obenchain. By United News CHICAGO, July 25.—Ralph Obenchain, “the man in a million” is furnishing anew home here in anticipation of the acquittal of his former wife, standing trial in Los Angeles for the murder of her sweetheart, J. Belton Kennedy, a broker. Obenchain received a message from his former wife, stating that she was so confident of acquittal that she was i packing her things in the jail cell where she has lived for nearly a year and that she would come back and remarry him. Obenchain earned his sobriquet—“a man in a million.” when he hurried to Los Angeles to defend his ex-wife, who he allowed to divorce him when she told of her love for Kennedy. He gave up his law practice and lived near the jail. He appeared in a movie to earn money for her defense. “I don’t want to discuss my personal affairs,” Obenchain stated, “but I don't mind saying that the greatest thing any man can do is to make a home for the person he cares most for. Madalynne is a remarkable woman and she has been horribly, mis judged in this whole matter. In California they made political capital of her case. District Attorney Woolwine wanted to run for Governor and he had to make a reputation at some one's expense.” COURT ENJOINS ACTION BTPABTy i ; Third District Democrats Must Defer Selection of Candidate. By United Press BEDFORD, Ind., July 25.—Demo cratic leaders of the State and of the Third Congresr ional District were! temporarily enjoined In Circuit Court j here today from selecting a successor ! to John W. Ewing, who died wihle! I the party's nominee for Congress, j j The injunction was granted to Rob ! S art C. Brown, defeated by Ewing tn i the primary, who sought the noniina j tion at Ewing’s death. The Demo j cratic State chairman, district chait j man and chairmen of every county j in the district were named defendants! and the injunction was made return -j 1 able in the September term of court MAN USES KNIFE James Grunt Slashes Clothing of Woman in Fit of Anger. Lucille Wilson and James Grant! were fellow boarders at 623 Adtv j laide St. Lucjile made a face at James, which j displeased him, he said. James frowned, drew a penknife and j slashed Lucille's sweater, she said, j Then he cut up S3O tvorth of Lucille’s j clothes that hung In a closet. James was brought into police court j to answer a charge of malicious de- j structlcn of propeity. Judge Pro Tem. Raymond F. Mur-1 ray fined Grant S3O and costs and) sent him to jail for ten days. RAIL GUARD ARRESTED Prisoner Said to be Wanted in Illinois for Retaining Gun. James Brown, 25, of 2011 Hovey j St., was arrested as a fugitive from < justice today. Police said he was' wanted on a charge of larceny at j Kankakee, 111. James explained it probably arose over his Job there of guarding railroad shops. , The strikers told him to get out, or they would "knock his head off," he said. He left on a passing freight train, j Now the company has him arrested j for leaving without turning In badge or gun. MALADY KILLS CHICKS County Agent is Unable to Diagnose j Peculiar Disease. Scores of chickens on the farms around Broad Ripple and New Augusta are dying from a strange malady. The fowls lose control of their faculties. Royal L. W. McClain, county agent, was unable to diagnose the disease. A hen from the farm of Arthur Cline, of Near Broad Ripple was sent to the Purdue Veterinary Department for examination today. Poultry raisers say they have never seen a disease similar.

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PASSENGERS AID IN SAVING LAI Sick Bay for 10-Year-old Carefully Guarded on Long „ Trip. By United News NEW YORK, July 25.—The passengers and the band on board the Munson liner, American Legion, all felt they had some part In saving the life of 10-year-old Thomas McConnel, Jr. The little lad fell ill with pneumonia on the trip from Buenos Aires. The i ship s surgeon swung a hammock for i him in the open air and declared a ! sick bay on tha* part of the deck, j The band refrained from playing ! and the passengers from dancing or j even strolling on that side of the deck, j Tommy's sick roo mwas all out of ! doors, but it was as silent as any j room in a hospital. The little chap was almost well, I when an ambulance toqk him from I the ship at New York. ISSUESINTEXAS WIIELTIIABIANT Ku-Klux # Candidate Runs Against Advocate of Wines and Beer, By United press DALLAS, Texas, July 25.—Earle B. Mayfield, carrying the support of the ; Ku-Klux Klan, and James E. Ferguson. impeached former Governor, opposed to the klan and to the Federal reserve system, and an advocate of light wines and beer, probably will meet in the second heat, of the Texas Democratic primaries to succeed United States Senator Charles A. Culbertson. Mayfield Is assured of first place. Governor Neff has been renominated and will stand for re-election wltnout the necessity of a run-off. NEWBME BETS BAB START Aviator and His Passenger Escape Injuries, But Plane Is Damaged. By Unit'd Press FT. WAYNE. Ind. July 25.—Falllng to clear high tension wires as he rose from the field at. Taylor St. and Rt. Mary's River. Urmston Kinney of this city, who had just opened anew air transportation service in Ft. Wayne, suffered a bad fall and wrerked his plane late yesterday afternoon. One of his first passengers. O. M. Larso i of this city, a salesman. fell with him in the plane. Both men escaped without injuries. Half an hour after the spill gasolines fumes were ignited by a spark Ignition and the plane was almost ruined. COL DALTON HONORED Will Be Awarded Distinguished Serv ice Medal by Secretary’ Weeks. By Times Special WASHINGTON. July 25.—C01. A. C. Dalton. Indiana, head of the army transport service In New York City during the war. wlil be awarded the i distinguished service medal in Secre j tary Weeks’ office Wednesday after j noon. Colonel Dalton enlisted in the Regu lar Army from Indiana in 1899 and climbed to the rank of brigadier gen oral during the war. He now is in the quartermaster’s corps at Washing ton. OPEN HIGHWAY BIDS Ft. Wayne Man’s Lowest on Stretch in Lake County. Bids for the improvement of the Lincoln Highway from the Illinois lino to Shererville, in Lake County, were opened by the State highway commission today. The lowest bid was from the T. J. O'Connor contracting firm of Ft. Wayne, whose figure for the three and one-half miles of concrete road was $71,686.25. Bids for six months' supplies of tires for the commission's trucks were also opened. No awards were made. Truck Hurled 30 Feet A heavy steel gravel truck, driven by T. Orr, 627 E. Market St., was hurled thirty feet when struck by a south bound Alabama St. car No. 626, at Alabama and North Sts., today.

Science Investigates Mysteries of Oklahoma ‘Haunted House’

By NBA Service NORMAN, Okla., July 25.—Can science solve the mystery of the new Antigonish—a ghostless haunted house —a spooky "fire home Where sheets burst into flames as one gets into bed And wash rags start burning when raised to the face? That’s what J. L. Wagoned, fanner here, says happened in his house.

HAUNTED? THE J. L. WAGONER HOME AT NORMAN. OKLA., WHERE TWELVE MYSTERIOUS FIRES BROKE OUT IN 48 HOURS. And members of his family bear out son who entered or left the house was

his story. Farmers around Norman attribute these ghostly happenings to the supernatural. But authorities are seeking a scientific explanation—thus far without success. In two days there were twelve fires —all of mysterious origin. The first occurred when Wagoner’s wife opened a clothes closet. A flash of flame shot into her face. Several hours later the roof of the house started burning. The farmer picked up a wash cloth

HOOVER READY TO TAKE STEPS AGAINST GRAFTERS

By United Press WASHINGTON, July 25.—The Federal Government Is prepared to take charge Immediately of any coal dis trict in which the operators refuse to cooperate with the Government in the prevention of profiteering. Secretary of Commerce Hoover warned today. j It was stated that the Government is determined to use all its powers to check the climbing coal prices. One of the first reports received by Hoover revealed a case of flagrant profiteering. A price of sl3 a ton was being charged for coal in one.part of the Kentucky fields, as compared with $3.50 —the maximum price which Hoover is seeking to establish through

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to wash his face. But the cloth began to burn! Bed Sheets in Flame That night, the linen on his bed turned into a sheet of flame. The family ran from the house. The next day they returned. The mysterious blazes broke out anew. Sheriff W. H. Newblock threw a guard around the place. Every per-

searched. But the mystery wasn't solved. A chemist from the University of Oklahoma took a hand. He is endeavoring to find a liquid solution that is combustible when it dries. He hasn't found it yet. So Farmer Wagoner still is haunted by fear that the mysterious fires may start again at any. time. People hereabouts' are recalling the famous haunted house at Antigonish, N. S., where similar phenomena were reported.

voluntary* agreements. Many oper ators in this district, however, are ad hering to the $3.50 price, he said. NECK BROKEN; LIVES Y’outh Awaits Plaster Cast to Help Him Rest in Hospital. By United Press WHITING. Ind., July 25.—Joseph Bumhour. IS, who clJve off a springboard at the city beach last Friday, passed his ninetieth hour at noon to | day with a broken neck. Bumhour is held suspended in a gro-! tesque attitude in the emergency ward of a Hammond hospital, awaiting the moulding of a plaster cast so that he can rest. He has never been unconscious.

JULY 25, 1922

TESTIFY BOOZE SOLDJERY LOYJ Nine Elwood Dry Saloon Proprietors Appear Before U. S. Commissioner Moores. Bargain counter prices ill bootleg whisky have prevailed in the Elwood moonshine market. according to statements made before Charles W, Moores, United States commissioner, at a hearing of nine men charged with violation of the prohibition laws today. White mule has sold at 23 cents a drink, whereas the usual price throughout the State is 50 cents, it was testified. Norman Benner, Thomas Reid and Herman Hansher were bound over io the Federal grand jury under bond o? SI,OOO each. The cases of John Stroud, Edward Kelley and Marshal Laub were set for Wednesday, while those of Ralph Gates, Raymond Taylor and Lawrence Gaunt will be taken up Friday. Almost all defendants are proprietors of “soft drink parlors.” DOVER RETIRES FROM TREASURY Long Standing Dispute Ends With Acceptance of Resignation. By United Press WASHINGTON, July 25.—The longstanding dispute in the Treasury Department between Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Elmer Dover and Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and Revenue Commissioner Blair was ended today when the 5411116 House an nounced the acceptance of Dover’s resignation, effective today. No indication as to his successo* was given. Dover clashed with Mellon and Blair when he attempted to oust large numbers of Democrats from the Treasury Department 3Jid replace them with Republicans. M’CRATwiRES rotarians Message Sent in Behalf of Riley Memorial Hospital Fund. "Play your hardest, but while you play I know you won’t forget the 10.000 kiddies of the State whose crippled limbs may be straightened and they, too, can play when the Riley Hospital for Children is completed,” said Governor McCray in a telegram today to Rotarians in session at Marion. Tim Governor sent the message to Frank E. Hatfield, governor of the Indiana district of the Rotary International, who is attending the Marion meeting. Mr. Hatfield recently sent letters to each of the clubs in Indiana urging them to aid in the raising of the $2,000,000 building fund for the erection of the Riley hospital. POISON IVY To relieve itcb and smart apply lightly—do not rub in— V>CKS w Vapoßub Over 17. Million Jars Used Yearly

TCHY MPLES ALL MCE Hardy Large and Festered. Healed. “ My trouble started with a breaking out of ugly, red pimples on my face. They were bard, large and festered, and scaled over. The pimples itched and burned, and were in blotches all over my face, causing me to be very much disfigured. •‘‘l tried many remedies but none seemed to help me. I began using Cuticura Soap and Ointment and they afforded relief. I continued using them and was completely healed in three weeks.” (Signed) Miss Nellie Gardner, R.F. D.3, lantha, Mo„ Jan. 18, 1922. Make Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Talcum your every-day toilet preparations and watch your skin improve. Staple tul Tree be VaO. A-Mrms: "CaCearalakcr.fcoru*, Dept. H, Majdan 41, lUh.” Sold anr*> where. So*p2Bc. Ointment26and 50c. TaJecmma. (9V*Cuticura Soap ahavea without aw.

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