Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 107, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 September 1922 — Page 1

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SHOPMEN AGREE TO JEWELL PLAN FOR MIL PEACE Policy Committee Accepts Leaders' Proposition After Arguments. NINETY MEMBERS DIVIDED Majority Favors Agreement Sending 15 Per Cent of Strikers Back. By United Press CHICAGO. Sept. 13.—The policy < ommittee of the shopmen's union has accepted the "Baltimore peace j plan,” by which about 15 per cent of j the 400.000 men who struck on July . 1. will return to work on certain j roads, the United Press was reliably i informed today. Official announcement of the action 1 will be made here at *5 p. m. The vote, according: to information ! given by one member of the commit-1 tee, was 45 to 35. Individual settle i rnents with the various roads will | follow. Roads Included Roads included in the settlement 1 are the St. Paul. Northwestern. Bal-1 timore & Oh.o, Southern, Seaboard j and others to a total of about thirtyfive, or about 15 per rent of the mileage effected by the strike. The shopmen’s organization is expected to proceed with negotiations with other railroads. Bert M. Jewell, shop crafts leader, recommended adoption of his plan. The vote was taken after three long j days of strong opposition. JDS OUTLOOK IS DODD.SURVEYDF COUNTRY SHOWS Vast Improvement in Past Year Seen in Industrial Situation in Nation. By Hi B. HUNT WASHINGTON. Sept. 13 —As compared with one year ago. when more | than 5,000,000 men faced the winter 1 jobless, the present employment situation is declared most encouraging by the United States Employment Serv- j Ice. True, decreased coal production and j the handicap of impaired transpor-! tation due to the strike of railway ] shopmen are reflected in a downward ! curve in employment, in some locali- j ties, according to the latest figures j gathered. Although latest figures show a small j total decrease In employment of ] sixty-five leading cities for which employment data Is compiled, thirty-ninte! show increases as against twenty-six reporting decreases during the month of August. Local situations In the various' States, summarized from detailed reports from both industrial and agricultural centers, are given below: MAINE General improvement. Email shortage of workers in textile Industry. Shoe industry shows de(Tura to Page Seven)

EX-SHERIFF OF COUNTY EXPIRES Thomas Price Shufelton Was Lcng an Active Worker in Local Politics. Thomas Price Shufelton, former sheriff of Marion County, died last night at St. Vincent’s Hospital, after a long illness of cancer of the throat. Mr. Shufelton was born in Centra'iia, Ohio, in 1857, and came here at i the age of eight. Politics was one of Mr. Shufelton’s chief interests. He was nominated and elected sheriff, hut was defeated in a secord attempt. He became market master under the Bookwalter administration. BURGLARS GET MONEY Force Kitchen Window and Obtain Small Suin. Burglars entered the home of Rob- 1 ert Patterson, 1434 Cornell Ave., dur- j ing the night by forcing the kitchen window. A hand bag containing $4.75 and a flash light worth $3.50 were taken. THE WEATHER Showers have occurred on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts and in the upper j Mississippi valley since Tuesday | morning. Elsewhere weather has been generally fair. It is somewhat warmer over much of the central valleys and cooler in the eastern States. The readings east of the Rockies are for the most part near the seasonal normal, except in middle Western Canada where they are somewhat below. • Yesterday's highest temperature was at Jacksonville where readings of 78 degrees was reported at 7 a. m. Rapid City, S. D., reported minimum temperature of 42 degrees. HOURLY TEMPERATURE. 6 a. m 5910 a. m 74 7 a. m 6111 a. m 76 8 a. m 6612 (noon) ...... 78 • a. m 72 2 p. m. 80

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TOM SIMS SAYS: Movie stars seem to consider being married sufficient grounds for divorce. Our shipping board xjeV 1 threatens to build two | 1,000-foot liners. SIMS Babe Ruth has a ; swell job. All he does when he wants j to go fishing is cuss an umpire. Oyster soup is back, says our dry cleaner. The rail strike has its bright side. Car load of egg plants rotting on side track. Anew machine makes 50,000 clgarets an hour. Necessity is the mother of invention. Human nature Is what makes a man brush his front teeth and let ihe back ones go. Man asks $20,000 because truck ; broke his legs. He needs it to get on ) his feet again. ■ Besides not having to wash the ■ tub, the nice thing about a hotel Is i you can knock cigaret ashes on the ! floor. The big corn crop is causing a jug | shortage. OPTIM ISM Mis OPENING SPEECH BEFORE RANKERS D. R. Crissinger, Comptroller of Currency, Speaks at State Convention. 1 "Facts attested by the commercial I reports, the crop statistics, and the ; financial statements all indicate that the world is on the upgrade,” D. R. j Crissinger, comptroller of the currency ; declared today, in an address before the twenty-sixth annual convention of ; the Indiana Bankers Association. “Jt has less of war, less preparation :i*r war, less of the wasteful fabrieaj tion of instruments for war. than at any other time since the calamitous j da>;s of August, 1014.” Stabilizes World Mr. Crissinger laid partcular stress upon the wide influence of this j ; country in stabilizing the financial i conditions of the world. About 800 bankers registered for the two-dav convention. More than I.ooo] hankers and their friends were pres- . ent last night at a get-together smoker and dinner given at the Athenaeum. This -fternoon round table discussion of tax problems, county organi-; zations, educational campaigns, and j I Government financing held the chief j j interest. MRS. HARDING IS MAKING PROGRESS Slow Changes Are Noted in Her Gradual Recovery, White House Says. By United Press WASHINGTON. Sept. 13.—Mrs. Harding’s condition appeared' * early today to have undergone slight change from yesterday, it was stated at the White House. Whatever change there was, it was added, was in general for the better.

Much stronger by reason of her j ability to take nourishment more j regularly, Mrs. Harding got to sleep early liust night. Dr. C. E. Sawy nr I j and Dr. George T. Harding Jr. were I the only physicians of the corps of six j that attended Mrs. Harding during the ! crisis in her illness who remained at ! the executive mansion last night. REAL FATHER WINS Stepfather Finds “Blood Thicker Than Water. “I am going home with my real father,” declared Olene Hagan, 13, as she put her arms around the neck of Ulis Hagan of Urbana, 111., who i found her after eight years' search. Mrs. Hagan ran away with a man at Muncie eight years ago and lived here until her death recently. The stepfather did not want to give up Olene. Oleno, wearing anew blue silk dress and anew red hat, left juvenile court for her future home on a farm | near Urbana today. WANT RULE MODIFIED Pool Room Owners Petition Mayor to Allow Card Playing. Five pool room owners, who said ; they represented others, protested I against prohibition of card playing in ! tlieir places by the police to Mayor Shank today. • "I told them I would get a ruling from the city legal department as to whether it is against the law to play cards in a pool room if there is no gambling,” said the mayor. ‘OBEY’ STRICKEN OUT House of Bishops of Episcopal Church Amend Marriage Ritual. By United Press PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 13.—8 y a vote. 37 to 26, the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church, in session here, decided brides db not need to promise to “obey” their husbands. The change will become effective 1 when formally indorsed by church' officers.

THOUSANDS GREET MISS INDIANAPOLIS ON TRIUMPHANT RETURN FROM ATLANTIC CITY

NATIONALLY FAMOUS BEAUTY HOME AGAIN

COAL SHORTAGE Nil AFFECTING LOCAL INDUSTRY Gas Conipanv Handicapped, Official Says Could Make More Coke. i The coal shortage is not affecting | seriously the manufacturers of Indian- ! apolis, according to statements obj tamed today from officials of a numI her of representative concerns, hut it j is hitting hard the Citizens Gas Com- ] pany. Utilities Own Aline * The Indianapolis Street Railway I Company, the Terre Haute, Indian- I j apolis and Eastern Traction Company, | the Union Traction and the Interstate ■ Public Service Companies face no shortage, officials said, because they ] ] are joint owners in a Sullivan County I i mine. This mine is now being open- f I ated, and, with what coal can he j j purchased in open market, will alleviate shortage. | The situation existing at various ] factories, according to statements j made by officials, follows: E. C. Atkins Company—All set. Getj ting all coal needed. No trouble about I getting coal if we pay price, j Bertermann Brothers Company, j I Florists —Present supply will last one J month. Some dowers need heat :t'l J year. Ford Motor Gar Assembling Plant i ;—Have supplies for three months.) j Prepared to burn oil. Shortage has had no effect on Indianapolis branch. National Malleable Castings Com- j pany—Going full tilt. Have three j weeks’ supply and some coal In tran- | sit. Shortage not affecting us at all. j Indianapolis Casket Company— j Shortage not affecting us seriously, j Reasonably sure we will be supplied ] by local firm with whom we have con- I tract. Affected Two Ways Chandler & Taylor Company, Boilers j and Machinery—We are affected in ' two ways. If we have to pay a dollar or two more a ton for coal, someone must pay it. The coal shortage curtails purchases from us. Have enough coal to run plant for a couple of weeks. Talge Mahogany Company—Could run sixty days on supply we have now. Have he n able to buy all de- 1 , sired. "People can get It if they pay price.” Kingan & Company, Packers—Get- l ting all coal required. No trouble. I Have surplus. Van Camp Packing and Products I Company—Have comfortable stock in I all plants. Present stock could run I fifty days, over the tomato canning season. No effect on production. DIVORCING ACTRESS Lientenant Barnette Has Papers Served on Musical Comedy Star. By United Preen BOSTON, Sept.. 13.—Julia Sanderson, star of the Musical Comedy playing here, has been served with notice of divorce proceedings instituted by her husband, Lieut. Bradford Barnette, U. S. N., It was learned today. GROCER DISCHARGED A. Dorman Not Guilty of Receiving Stolen Goods. A. Dorman, a grocer at 1401 E. Washington St.,, who was arrested some time ago on the charge of receiving stolen gtoods after he had bought a quantity of sugar from some boys, was discharged in city court yesterday because of lack of evidence. RELIEF IS RUSHED American Destroyer Taking Supplies to Refugees in Smyrna. By United Press CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 13. I The American destroyer Elsall has j started for Smyrna with relief sup- ) plies for the 700,000 refugees wlw flocked there before the Turks seized the city from the Greek army.

INDIANxYPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13, 1922

Miss Thelnm Blossom ns Miss Indianapolis, center: Mrs. C. Roltare Eggleston, chaperon at the famous and victorious Atlantic City Pageant, and Mrs. R. E. Blossom, mother of Miss Indianapolis, seated in the car of S. Leopold Kohls which was donated to the Kiwanis Club for the parade. The picture was taken by The Times photographer just as Miss Blossom and her party were entering the Cluypool Hotel to attend the Kiwanis Club welcome home luncheon.

Sees Own Suit in Store; Finds It Was Stolen A suit of clothes hanging in a sec-ond-hand store looked mighty familiar to Dewey Hudson, colored, 418 W. j Vermont St. Dewey hurried home, and sure . enough his room had been ransacked lard h,s suit was gone. The police recovered the suit and started a search for the thief. TOWNSEND WINS NEWBERRY FIGHT Michigan Senator Victor Over Four-Cornered Field in Primary. By United Press DETROIT. Mich., Pert. 13.—United ! ' States Senator < 'harles E. Townsend, who supported Senator Newberry In ! his fight for a Senate seat was renomii nated by a majority of nearly 20,000 in Tuesday’s four cornered battle for Michigan’s Republican Senatorial nom- | ination, reports showed today. Gov. Alex J. Groesbeck proved a ! general favorite and was easily rej nominated over a field of four competitors. 6HARD TO GUILD BREW SCHOOLS Commissioners Also Decide to Construct Additions to Two Present Buildings. Eight new school buildings and two additions to present buildings will tie constructed by the Indianapolis board of school commissioners, it was decided last night. They are as follows: Eight-room ; buildings at 39 N. Elder Bt.; E. Tenth I St. and Wallace Ave.; Central Ave. and Forty-Sixth St.; Winter and ] Bloyd Ave.: Fourteenth St. and i Belle View Pi.; sixteen-room build- [ ;ng at College Ave. and Thirtieth St.; an addition of eight classrooms to school No. 67, 5615 W. Walnut St., and an addition of four classrooms to school No. 25 Missouri and Thirteenth Sts. KNOCKED FROM CAR E. Whitaker, Conductor, Strikes Elevated Abutment on Kentueky Ave. E. Whitaker, 708 Lynn St., conductor on a Stockyards street car, was seriously injured today when he was knocked from an open street car which was passing under the elevated railroad tracks on Kentucky Ave. Whitaker was collecting fares and leaned out too far. Ho struck an abutment of the elevated tracks. He was taken i to the city hospital.

Ford Says Government Body Is Playing, Profiteers' Game By United Press DETROIT, Sept. 13. —“The present so-called coal crisis show's up the Interstate Commerce Commission,” Henry Ford declared today. “In its control of empty coal cars, the Interstate Commerce Commission is playing right into the hands of profiteers under the guise of regulations for the public good. “The same interests who own the public utilities, railroads and mines, are using the commission as part of their scheme to fleece the public. Through newspapers they spread propaganda about a coal shortage so that everybody starts trembling for coal.

Visit Recalls Shank s Famous Capitol March With memories of the famous "march on tho StatehoiAc," denizens of the city hall listened for loud rumblings from the seat of State government today when they heard Mayor Shank was going over to meet the public service commission. But nothing beyond a pleasant round of greetings happened. Corporation Counsel Taylor 10. (Ironlnger said he aranged the p.-rty because he thought the mayor ought ti know the men "lie’s been cussing.” 1 The mayor has urged abolition of ’ the commission. MORE DEPUTIES GOTO PRINCETON Fifteen Men Sworn in for Duty at Southern Rail Shops. Fifteen additional deputy United States marshals were sworn in todday and sent to Princeton. This, with those sent Monday, brings the total number of United States deputies at Princeton to twenty-five. The Southern Railroad shops there opened yesterday. Thjse sent were E. Skelton. Bain bridge, George E. Prince, INUS Cen- - tral Ave.; Ernest T. Lane, Danville; j R. A. Freel, Muncie; Charles Porter,] 6340 Bellefontalne St.; S. W. Me- j j (’ready, 1124 Wright St.: M. S. Itt- j ner, 827 N. Capitol Ave.; Virgi! Jones, | 58 N. Hamilton Ave.; N. 1). Short.. Seymour; J. A. Blettner, 229 E. Min-; nesota St.; George F. Shumaker, 1646 i I Arrow Ave.; Horace ,V. White, 45 K. I South St.; George Worley, 305 W. Thirtieth St.; Charles Danettell, lt4 N. Senate Ave.. and Howard Lamb-J don, 3922 Kenwood Ave. PROTESTS COAL PRICE Crawfordsville Commerce Secretary Says $8 Is Asked C. M. Coons, secretary of the Crawfordsville Chamber of Commerce, has written John W. McCardle, chairman of the public service commission and the State fuel emergency committee that residents are complaining of prices asked for coni by dealers. The complaint stated $8 per ton was being asked for .domestic soft coal. BUCK DECLINES JOB Turns Down Offer to . Coach at Indiana University. By United Press APPLETON. Wis„ Sept 13.—Howard Buck today refused to accept the ] offer of position of head coach at the Indiana University. He said ho had turned down the proposition even after the Hoosler officials had greatly increased the original offer in salary, and said he would remain as I coach of various Wisconsin athletic i organization with which he is now associated.

CITY OFFICIALS FORA! SYNDICATE TO BUT HOSPITAL Mayor Shank Tells of Offer to. Be Made for Deaconess Plant. All offer of SIIO,OOO for the real and i personal property of the Deaconess Hospital, Senate Ave. and Ohio St., will be made late today to Roy Sahm, trustee In bankruptcy, by a syndicate of city officials and others, Mayor j j Shank announced. j Associated with the mayor in the j enterprise are City Controller Joeeph L. Hogue, City Purchasing Agent i i Jesse E. Miller. Fred Cline, member! j of the board of park commissioners. I ! and Dr. M. J. Spencer, member of j ! ihe board of public works, according to Shank. Five other citizens prob- l ably will be taken into the company, j the mayor said. Need Court Approval If the syndicate succeeds In getting approval of Judge Solon J. Carter. Superior Court, room 6, where the bankruptcy case is pending, the deal will be closed at once, the mayor said. Persons interested in the hospital desire that it be continued ns a medical institution, Shank stated. The syndicate would operate it probably with Dr. Spencer at Its head, the I mayor said. The hospital property comprises almost 200 by 197 feet of ground, the main building containing 485 beds, a three-story brick nurses' home with fifty beds, a small frame dwelling where nurses live and a heating plant.

BRAZIL OPPOSES LIMIT TO NAVIES Washington Program Held Unfair to Countries in South America. By l r nited Xrws GENEVA, Sept. 13.—Opposition to extension of the Washington naval limitations treaty to all nations appeared when the disarmament commission of the League of Nations began consideration of proposals submitted by Lord Robert Cecil of Great Britain. Oliveria, the Brazilian delegate, told the commission that the Washington naval ratio was fixed between cue great powers who w'ere at their maximum strength, whereas the South American countries had already reduced their navies to the minimum. METHODISTS LESS NOISY Bishop Leete of Indianapolis Opens Greensburg Conference. By Times Special GREENSBURG, Ind., Sept. 13. That while Methodists today are less noisy than when he was a boy it did not necessarily follow that less emotionalism meant less religion. Bishop Leete of Indianapolis stated in opening the ninety-first annual Indiana Methodist Episcopal conference. BUSINESS BETTER Statements Filed With Securities Commission Show Upward Trend. A general improvement in business conditions throughout Indiana is indicated from statements filed with the Indiana securities commission for the six-month period ending June 30, Maurice L. Mendenhall, administrator of the commission announced today. Improvement in the manufacturing group led the procession, while the oil stock or more speculative group iagged behind.

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Parade From Union Station Through Downtown District Attracts Attention of Folks at Home. CHEERS MARK BIG DEMONSTRATION Kiwanis Club Members Give Local Girl Rouss ing Reception Police Escort and Band in Line. By WALTER D. HICKMAX. Indianapolis’ most beautiful daughter, Miss Thelma Blossom, officially known as “Miss Indianapolis,” and Mrs. C. Roltare Eggleston, chaperon, were welcomed home today by the Kiwanis Club, thousands of citizens who lined the streets and by 400 guests of tlxe Kiwanis Club. Miss Blossom and Mrs. Eggleston were swept right into the arms of citizens at the Union Station when they arrived shortly before noon on the Pennsylvania’s St. Louis special from the east. Women and girls threw kisses at the Atlantic City Pageant winner, men hailed her with eheers and Mrs. Eggleston was greeted as the one who chaperoned Miss Indianapolis to victory.

HOME —Photo by Dexheimer. MRS. C. ROLTARE EGGLESTON Even before tha fast Pennsylvania train arrived in Indianapolis, Mrs. C. Roiture Eggleston, who chaperoned Miss Indianapolis to victory at Atlantic City, wired that there is no place in the world like her Indianapolis home.

GERiNY PLANS BELGIAN REFUSAL Semi-Official Statement Is Issued on Reparations Ultimatum. By CARL D. GROAT United Press Staff Correspondent. BERLIN, Sept. 13.—The German j government plans to refuse the Belgian demand that 100.000,000 j marks in gold be deposited in Belgium ] as a guarantee that August and Sep- j tember reparations payments will be met, it was semiofficially stated today. This development undoes the work of the last meeting of the reparation commission at which it was decided that Belgium accept for the. commission at which it was decided that Belgium accept notes for the payments. DYNAMITERS CAPTURED Attempt to Wreck Atlantic Coast Line Trestle Frustrated. By United Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 13. Two men were in custody today and tw'o more were sought, following an attempt last midnight to dynamite the Mill Creek trestle of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, north of here. Deputy sheriffs surprised the alleged dynamiters. INCREASES SENTENCE Criminal Court Hands Pat Dugan S2OO and Ninety Days. Pat Dugan, 1328 Blaine Ave., was fined S2OO and given ninety days on the State Penal Farm on a charge of operating a blind tiger. He was found guilty in Criminal Court by a jury. His sentence in city court had been j S2OO and costs and sixty days i jail.

Forecast Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday.

TWO CENTS

Hundreds of people crowded into the plaza at the Union station. Capt. Michael Glenn, Sergt. John L. Wilson and patrolmen, Lieut. Charles Metcalf and mounted police took part in the parade and handled the large crowds. Committee at Station When Miss Indianapolis and Mrs. Eggleston stepped from their Pullman at the station they were greeted by an official committee of the Kiwanis Club consisting of George Jackson, Harry Repp, S. E. Miller, Eli Schloss, O. T. Roberts, Ralph Lieher, William Trimble, Fred H. Fillery, •T. Ralph Fenstermaker, Edward J. Treat and Jack Quill. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Blossom, parents of Miss Indianapolis; E. Roltare Eggleston. O. B. lies, president of the Chamber of Commerce; Captam Glenn. Mr. Miilspaugh of the Pennnsy]vania; John B. Dubuc of the Yellow Cab Cos.; Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Baker, grandparents of Miss Indianapolis; Blaine McGrath and F. R. Peters, as representatives of the Times; Elmer Steffen. ] marshal of thd parade, and others l were members of the committee. ) Miss Blossom was presented with Ia big bunch of red roses in behalf I of the Kiwanis Club by Mr. Lieber. j Through cheering throngs Miss In- | dianapolis and Mrs. Eggleston were I escorted to a waiting automobile at ] the station. Their presence was the ] signal for a big ovation. Miss Indi- ] anapolis, Mrs. Eggleston and Mrs. Blossom were given a place of honor in a big McFarland touring car. Captain Glenn and Marshal Steffen occupied a Studebaker touring car i placed at the disposal of the Kiwanis Club by the Buick Automobile Company. Police Lead Parade With the mounted police leading the way. followed by a band under the direction of W. S. Mitchell, and many automobiles carrying members and friends of the Kiwanis Club, Miss Indianapolis and Mrs. Eggleston, were given a wonderful ovation along the entire line of march. Throngs crowded around the Claypool Hotel to welcome the honored guests. In the parade Miss Mary Catherine Coulter drove a large touring car filled with Pi Beta Phi sorority sisters of Miss Blossom. Those in Miss Coulter's car were Helen Gandall, Madeline Byrkit, Margaret Kellenbach. Frances Martin and Geneva Hungate. Miss Blossom had a kiss for each one of them. in the Riley room of the Claypool Hotel the Kiwanis Club, with members and guests numbering more than 400, welcomed Miss Blossom and Mrs. Eggleston. In front of Miss Blossom were the I judges, Mrs. Felix T. McWhirter, Mrs. Myra. Richards, Mile. Theo Hewes, Miss Margaret Scott, Dr. Harry G. Hill. Dr. Robert J. Aley and John B. Reynolds, who selected her as Misa Indianapolis to go to Atlantic City. President lies of the Chamber of Commerce made the welcoming address. He then Introduced Mrs. Eggleston. chaperon. Mrs. Eggleston, proudly introduced Miss Indianapolis, Blaine McGrath, managing editor o< the Times, spoke for the paper, and President Aley spoke in behalf of tha local judges. Egbert Van Aistyne, pianist and composer, and Mr. Dacey, who arc appearing at the Circle Theater, gave a short recital. Other music was furnished by the Pasquale Montani oi> chestra. Conduct Examination Entrance examination for the fifth year of the library training course will be held at the Indianapolis Central Library Thursday, Sept. 14, beginning at 9 a. m. WHAT DID YOU SEE? B. G. M. saw a drunken man shake his finger at a skeleton in the window of a surgical goods store, tell him to get some clothes on and that he ought to be ashamed of himself. D. K. M. saw a woman driving an automobile down Washington St. with her right hand while sucking tha thumb of her 'left hand. A. P. O. saw a sailor stumble on the steps of a Proad Ripple street car and say, "Excuse me!” F. R. saw a man walking down tha street wearing an overcoat and a Palm Beach suit. D. B. saw a dapper fellow, wearing spurs, get out of an. Automobile^