Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 124, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 October 1922 — Page 4

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For God so loved the world he gave His only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have ever, lasting life.—John 3:16. Old Enough to Vote SOME bright individual inserted in the Indiana registration la*v a clause requiring prospective voters to give their exact age. Each year since then thousands of registration clerks have iad repeated arguments with men and women over being obliged to reveal information of a personal nature in order to vote. For, 'ijfter one has passed a certain number of life’s milestones, any query as to one’s age becomes decidedly personal. And in particular many Indiana women have refrained from voting rather than atiswer such a silly registration question. From the outset, the principle of registering voters has had opposition from certain politicians, and it has been their game to clatter the registration laws with features that would make them ineffective or unpopular. It is possible that this age question was pi<t into the law with such a purpose. Ohio has had a similar experience, but for the particular benefit of the women voters the Ohio board of elections has just anno;inced that hereafter it will be sufficient if the voter vouches to be of voting age, or “over 21 years,” and does not give the exact age. Since Ohio does not allow the person who is 71 to vote any mo*e votes than the person just turned 21, and since Ohio does not refuse any person a vote because he or she is too old, Ohio has decided it is none of the State’s business how old a voter is, so long as he is OLD ENOUGH to cast a vote. This is an intelligent stand that Indiana voters who favor reasonable safeguards to an honest election would do well to insist be adopted in this State. High Cost of Homes IX MARCH, 1922, began one of the greatest revivals of building this country, and incidentally Indianapolis, has ever known. So great was the boom that the supply of building labor gave out in many sections and plasterers, bricklayers and other skilled workers were able to collect wages as high as $lB to S2O a day. The cost of building supplies advanced in kind. And rents, since March, 1922. have been slowly increasing all over the country, notwithstanding the great building boom. What are we common men to dot What will be the end of itt If the home maker builds, his house will cost him a young fortune. If he rents, he will pay some landlord or other a small fortune because expensively built dwellings and apartments won’t be rented at moderate prices. Last Saturday afternoon, and almost any evening, along E. T'hirty-Eighth St., a number of Indianapolis suburban families may be seen at work digging cellars and erecting homes. Pretty nearly the only way out for the average man is to build his home, if he can, with his own hands, assisted by his family and friends. More and more you see in the suburbs and nearby country modest little one-story houses and habitable so-called “shacks,” which have been built by amateurs, using cobblestone or cement or other material that is cheapest in the locality. The average American never knows what he can do until he tries. Originally every man built his own house with whatever he found handy in the neighborhood. Human education and intelligence are much greater now than then. Facilities and shaped materials are easy to get. Plans and advice are cheap. So why shouldn’t the modern man, forsooth, build himself a dwelling* place that is comfortable, if not pretentious 7 Daugherty’s Danger A TTORNEY General Harry M. Daugherty announces he is goin & t 0 ohio soon to make a political speech, where he “will exercise freedom of speech.” . He says he will tell the truth about war frauds prosecutions, about the impeachment proceedings brought against him in the House of Representatives, and about the Chicago injunction. Fine, we hope he means it. But have a care, Harry! You may have to arrest yourself. Sweet Sugar r P HE Great Western Sugar Company operates in Colorado. It A was capitalized in 1905, under the New Jersey laws, with $15,000,000 common stock and $15,000,000 preferred. In 1916 its directors gathered around the table and decided to issue to holders of common stock a dividend of 42 per cent, with a value of $17,000,000. For four years the company has paid annually dividends of 47 per cent. . This 47 P er cent was a l>ttle too high. The directors overhgured. So they had to go out and borrow $30,000,000. But the profits were so great that within a couple of years thiß $30,000,000 debt was wiped out. So the books of the company today read this way Liabilities None Assets $65,000,000 And for the benefit of this— and similar—companies, Congress fixed a tariff of 1.76 cents a pound on sugar. But Albert J Beveridge and Senator Watson come along and sav Congress is to be highly praised for it. Glory be!

CHARGE ASSAULT Police Hold “Speedway” Campbell After Fight Last Night. Harry “Speedway” Campbell, negro, 233 Allegheny St., was arrested last night, on a charge of assault and battery vith intent to kilL The police allege he cut Charles Smith, negro, 533>£ Indiana Ave., during a fight on Ave., last night. ATTENDANCE LARGER A noticeable, increase in the attendance at public schools in Indiana is seen in a partial report complied by the v/irfous C j ty and county SU p er . Jutendenis over the State, filed with Ben J. *3urris. State superintendent of public* instruction. The larger per cent of me increase is credited to the high achwols. 'Pioneers on Tour The Society cf Indiana Pioneers will make a pilgrimage to New Harmony The party will leave Indianapolis jat 12:15. They will be met by automobiles at Poseyville and conveyed to NJew Harmony.

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RELIEF OF GOAL SHORTAGE POT OP TO AIAYOO SHANK Council Recommends Appointment of Citizens Committee to Watch Coal Markets. Appointment of a committee of not leas than five citizens “to cooperate with the Federal fuel administrator and take all lawful steps to relieve any suffering from coal shortage,” Is up to Mayor Shank whenever he returns to the city. The city council last night recommended the mayor take such a step immediately. The council authorized a $50,000 temporary loan by the park board; licensed advertising signs at 1 cent a square foot and electric signs at from $5 to $25 a year: exempted trucks owned by persons living four or more miles outside the city limits from the city truck license; created offices of plan reading clerk at $2,400 a year and assistant clerk at $1,500 in the city building department, effective Jan. 1; approved the tentative draft of city plan maps and zoning ordinance. and recommended the city plan commission submit a final report, ar.d authorized appointment by President Theodore J. Bemd of two councilmen to attend the National Aero Conference at Detroit. Oct. 12-16, and to study traffic while there. Consideration of the ordinance licensing and regulating hotels, rooming houses and rating placed was delayed two weeks so Councilman Otto Ray can draft an amendment requiring display of a card showing regular rates in rooms.

Two weeks time also was granted on ths odor nuisance bill, so the law and judiciary committee can redraft it. Ordinances introduced included: Appropriating S6OO to the special city judge fund. Ordering permanent improvement of Twenty-Ninth St. from Capitol Ave. to E. Riverside Pkwy., and Parkview Ave. from Washington to New York Sts., over majority remonstrances of property owners. BEATS UP INTRUDERS Henry Meows Retains Field of Rattle as Thugs Flee. Henry Meows, 2329 Parker Ave., whipped two thugs who attacked him last n.ght. Meows was awakened by someone pounding on the door of his home. The door opened and Meows stepped into the' yard. As he did so one of the two men landed an uppercut on his jaw. Then there was a battle. * When the police arrived the two thugs had gone, but Meows showed them about half of the men's clothing. SUGGESTS HOSPITAL Charities Board Considers Plan for Poor Fanil. A hospital in connection with the County Poor Farm would solve difficulties resulting from the presence of crippled and sick among the inmates, it was reported to the county board of commissioners by the Board of State charities. Conditions at the jail and at Julietta. the Marion County home for incurable insane, were found good, it was stated. DISCARD HANDBAG Strangers in Anto Throw Out Woman’s Articles. Emmett Copenhaver, employed at a garage at 305 N. Senate Ave., turned over a woman's coat and handbag to the police. He said two men threw them out of an automobile last night in the garage when the woman failed to appear to accompany them on a trip to Louisville. The coat and hat were identified as belonging to Doris Older, a girl arrested and taken to the detention home earlier In the night. Police are investigating. PROTEST ROAD BUILDING Washington County Citizens File Report With Board of Accounts. That the Purlee road In Washington County is not being constructed according to plans and specifications is declared in a report filed with the State board of accounts by Washington County officials. The board has been asked to stop work on this road until the contractor, Alva Chastine, complies with the specifications. CUT BY NEGRO Joseph Betley Interferes in Talk With Woman. When Joseph Betley, 27, of 16 W. Michigan St., last midnight upbraided a negro for attempting to stop and talk to a white woman at Michigan and Meridian Sts. the negro slashed him with a knife. Betley was cut across the arm and on the hack. The police failed to find Betley’s assailant.

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TAINTED? SIOO,OOO at Stake By United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—Members of New York's underworld met In legal battle with persons from the upper strata of society for the 100,000 tainted dollars Conroy, the King of Chinatown, "happened to have left when he died last winter. “The Blue Bird”—Conroy’s com-mon-law wife —has presented a will to Surrogate George A. Wingate. Brooklyn, which she claims “the boss" signed on his deathbed. Other relatives, led by Mrs. Mary Moran, Cleveland, charge that Conroy was Illegally Induced to sign the tostament as he lay dying of paralysis. The money was raked in over the bars and gaming tables of “Bart’s place” at Mott and Canal Sts., which, in the heydey of Chinatown, was notorious the country over. NURSES OF STATE OPEN CONVENTION 500 Delegates Expected to Enroll at Twentieth Annual Meeting This Week. The Indiana State Nurses Association opened its twentieth annual convention today t the Hotel Lincoln. Five hundred delegates were expected. Miss June Gray of Indianapolis is president. The convention will end Friday. Voting by ballot for the new officers began today. A banquet will he held tonight at the Hotel Lincoln. Mrs. Demarchus Brown will speak and William Herschell will read some of his poems. PLEADS NOT GUILTY Casino Gardens’ Manager Denies Liquor Charge. A plea of not guilty was entered by Garnett R. Davis, manager of the Casino Gardens, when arraigned before Judge James A. Collins of the Criminal Court on a charge of violating the liquor laws. Frank 8. Roby was appointed special judge to try the case, under a change of venue. Davis was arrested following :* Federal raid on the resort. W iilm.ni F. Evans, county prosecutor, has asked the courts for a perpetual Injunction to close the place on the grounds that It Is a public nuisance. STRUCK BY TRAIN Howard Lusig Is Hurt on Big Four Track. Howard Lusig. 28, of 1519 De St., was in a serious condition today at the city hospital as a result of injuries received last night while walking on the Big Four Railroad near keystone Ave. Lawrence Murray, 18, a laborer employed at the Pennsylvania Railroad, met Lusig in the railroad yards and they walked along the track together. When the train passed one man walked on one side the tracks and the other man was on the other side. Lusig waa struck. RECEPTION PLANNED New Commandant at Ft. Harrison to Be Honored. A formal reception and dance will be given on the evening of Oct. 13 at Ft. Benjamin Harrison in honor of Brig. Gen. Dwight E. Aultman. new commandant of the post. The reception will be held in the officers’ club building. WRECK STOLEN CAR Drunks in Crash With Anto Owned by Frank Stevens. Three intoxicated men In a stolen automobile failed to make the turn at East and Louisiana Sts. last night, and the car plunged into a ditch and was wrecked. The trio escaped. The car was owned by Frank Stevens, 627 Dorman St.

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COUNTY SCOOOLS CLOSE OCT. 13-21 Kids Get Vacation While Teachers Attend State Association Meetings. All public schools in Marion County will be closed Thursday and Friday, Oct. 19 and 20, It was decided today by the county board of education at a meeting in the offiice of Lee E. Swalls, county superintendent of schools, to allow the teachers to attend meetings of the State Teachers' Association in Indianapolis. City schools will also be closed. The meetings will be held Oct. 1821 in the Cadle Tabernacle and an attendance of 15,000 is expected. Speakers announced for the meetings are Ruth Bryan Owens. Alexander Powell, Edward Howard Griggs, Gilbert Parker, Allen Albert, Mark Sullivan, Richard P. Burton, John J. Tigert and William B. Owen. A rate of one and one-half fare to Indianapolis and return has been arranged with all railroad and electric lines.

PEIS IN BOOST ON ORGANIZATION Coal Operators and Miners Present Marked Opinions in Conference. By United Press CLEVELAND. Ohio. Oct. 3. Marked differences among coal operators meeting the union mine leaders here thus far has prevented any agreement between the two factions, regarding a 1923 wage scale. Suggestions were before the operators caucus today that a national association of union bituminous operators be formed. Phil H. Penna, secretary of the Indiana Coal Operators' Association and chairman of the operators' caucus, said it was unlikely that such a body would be organized, however. WELCOME! Duncans Get In By United Press NEW YORK. Oct. 3.—Miss Isadora Duncan, classic dancer, and her new Russian husband, the poetic Serge Eseenten, demonstrated to the satisfaction of immigration authorities that they had not turned “red” while mingling with the Bolsheviks and were admitted to the country.

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SEE LION? Two Are Loose By United Press KENTON, Ohio, Oct 3.—lndians, airplanes and dogs today pursued two mysterious lions which have terrorized this section of the State for the past three days. Hundreds of children were kept home from school as additional reports of the lions’ activities were received. Several domestic animals were found dead. Lion tracks were discovered in a score of places. Citizens of Mt. Victoria and Kenton were raising a SI,OOO reward to be offered for the capture of the oeasts.

CITY FINER SCOW LARGEJNCREASE Penalties Heavier Last Nine Months Than All of 1921. More money has been paid as fines to the city clerk in nine months of 1922 than was collected last year. The records of the clerk’s office show that in 1922 during the first three months $30,812, was collected; second three months. $43,894.20, and during the third three months, $54,000.50, making a total of $128,706.70. HELP IN CHEST DRIVE Ministers Appoint Commitee to Go Before Churches. The Indianapolis Ministerial Association today began co-operating with the Community Chest after appointing a commitee to assist at a meeting held yesterday at the Y. W. C. A. The commitee consists of Rev. Jean S. Miller, Rev. W. B. Farmer, Rev. W. C. Davis, Rev. W. O. Trueblood and Rev. E. N.-Davis. This committee will aid the chest committee in presenting its campaign for funds to the church people of the city. The association voted to observe Oct. 22 as “Law Enforcement Day” and Oct. 29 as "Church Federation Day.” TEACHERS TO FROLIC Shortridge Pedagogues Plan Picnic Excursion Friday. Teachers of Shortridge high school will cast digit, ty to the winds Friday afternoon and will frolic as gayly as their least and gnifled pup.ls. They will hold their semi-annual picnic on the farm of Edgar T. Forsyth, head, of the history’ department, twenty-four and one half miles south of Indianapolis.

COUNTERFEIT FOUND Federal Agents Searching for Maker of Ten Millions Bogus Money. By United .V eyes CHICAGO, Oct. 3.—A counterfeiting gang, composed of twenty or more Sicilians or Italians, which 13 said to have passed bogus currenly to the amount of $10,000,000 in the past year, is being hunted throughout Illinois, following an alarm sent out Monday by Capt. Thomas I. Porter, 'head of the Federal secret service here. Warning that the counterfeiters

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The Times Sworn Statement MADE UNDER THE POSTAL LAW Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, etc., required by the Act of Congress of August 24. 1912, of The Indianapolis Times, published daily, except Sunday, at Indianapolis. Indiana, for October 1, 1922. State of Indiana, County of Marion, ss: Before me. a notary public in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared O. F. Johnson, who. having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the Business Manager of the Indianapolis Times, and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the Ownership, Management and Circulation of the aforesaid publication for the dale sliown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912. embodied in Section 443, Tostal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to-wit: 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business manager are: PFBLISHER Indiana Daily Times Cos., Indianapolis, Indiana EDITOR F. R. Peters, Indianapolis, Indiana MANAGING EDITOR Blaine McGrath, Indianapolis, Indiana BUSINESS MANAGER O. F. Johnson, Indianapolis, Indiana 2. That the owners are The E. W. Scripps Cos., Hamilton, Ohio. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees and other security holder* owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages are other securities are none. 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stockholders and security holders. If any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company, but also in cases where the stockholder or security bolder appears upon the books or the company as trustee or In any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given ; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trusties, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner: and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds or other securities than as so stated by him. 5. That the average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the six months preceding the date shown above is 54,841 O. F. JOHNSON, Business Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2d dav of October 1900 (SEAL ) W. B. NICE\VANGER, Notary Public. My commission expires Jan. 29, 1924.

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