Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 126, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 October 1922 — Page 1

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VOLUME 35—NUMBER 126

FIRST ACTION VIEWS YANKS-GIANTS GAME

SERIES PKTUHES ecu ms 8i U.SMPIM Record Is Made in Delivery of Photographs Showing Plays of Initial Game. By utilizing the most modem methods of rapid mail delivery the Times today is able to furnish its readers -with the first action pictures of the world series opening baseball game, staged in New York yesterday. In the matter of speed this accomplishment eclipses any previous newspaper “scoop,” and likely represents the fastest delivery of any news pictures between the Atlantic seaboard Umd Indianapolis. Two-thirds of the * distance was covered by airplane and the remainder by train. The NEA Service photographer, j who snapped the scenes reproduced on this page, hopped off Manhattan i Island late yesterday in a Glenn i Martin plane, piloted by Weslej Smith, crack Government flier who ; won the distinction recently of being the first United Slates mail aviator to fly from coast to coast. • Land After Dark The fliers reached Cleveland in four hours and forty-five minutes, and made a perfect landing after nightfall at the Government mail plane field on the edge of the city. The undeveloped negatives were rushed to the NEA Service laboratories where prints were struck off with the same speed that a newspaper extra is issued, and a messenger put the photographs aboard a fast Big Four train for Indianapolis. Seldom does the layman see the human side of the big, efficient system housed in the stone building marked “postoffice.” But today, when word was passed to the inner section of the Indianapolis postoffice that world series pictures were in the mail for the Times, the men who work every day with such machine-like rapidity and exactness, unbent for the few seconds necessary to grab the Cleveland special delivery pouch, ex tract the proper package and hurry it over to the Times office. From the editor's desk through the engraving department and into the page one form, the pictures were /hot without a wasted movement, and here reproduced are the first photographs ever taken in New York one afternoon and published in Indianapolis the next. DOPE IS UPSET; SECOND CAME QE SERIESI DECK Clear Weather Greets Yank and Giant Contest—Shawkey Will Oppose Nationals.

FAIR AND WARMER By United Prr* NEW YORK. Oct. s.—Fair and warmer, with skies slightly over* cast in the early morning, but promising to be bright and sunny by game time, was the weather prospect for the second game of the 1922 world's series which will he staged at the Polo Grounds this afternoon.

By HENRY L. FARRELL Sports Editor United Press NEW YORK. Oct. s.—The grand old dope is all upset. The Giants are one-up on the Yankees and have battered the ace of Miller Huggins' hurling corps into submission. The odds that favored the American League champions to reverse last year’s decision and trample over the McGraw clan to a world's championship, slight as they were, have been proved unfounded. By beating the Yanks 3 to 2 yesterday in the opening game of the 1522 classic, the Giants proved themselves once more the truly great ball club that was there in a pinch. Turned back inning after inning by the blinding speed of "Bullet Joe" Bush. McGraw’s men climbed out of their tracks in the eighth inning, and with clattering hats that stung the best offerings of the Yank's star to all parts of the field, took the all-Im-portant first game before Waite Hoyt

THE WEATHER

I'ain has fallen since Wednesday in the middle Gulf region, in Florida, the north Pacific States, and from Lake Superior northwestward through Panada, while fair weather continued in other sections. Temperatures Tuesday afternoon were the highest cf October record at a numlier of places in the north central States. Over the Rocky Mountain States temperatures were considerably lower and frosts occurred last night in Wyoming and western Montana. Jacksonville reported the maximum i temperature of 74 degrees this morn ing. while Helena. Mont., reported a minimum of 38 degrees. HOURLY TEMPERATURE. 8 a. m 6$ 10 a. in 78 " a. m 67 11 a. m 81 > a. m 73 12 (noon) 85 l a. in 77 1 p. m......... 85

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These are the first pictures of the 1922 World Series between the New York National and American League clubs to be printed in Indianapolis.

SMI BOARD UP IN THE AID OYER BHOAOJIPPLE City Council Fails to Make School Property Part of Annexation. With the annexation of Broad Ripple, the Indianapolis board of school commissioners has found itself facing new and wholly unexpected problems. Tho annexation ordinance failed to take into Indianapolis the property on which stands the Bread Ripple High School and grade school buildings. The boundary line passes down the middle of the street immediately adjoining tho schools. This may result in further congestion of the city schools, already crowded beyond their capacity, for, unless the problem can be solved, It will be necessary, school officials say, to transfer all Broad Ripple school children to the Indianapolis schools. It has been suggested that arrangements with Washington Township authorities be made for use of the buildings or that anew ordinance, annexing the school property be passed. Another question puzzling school officials is just how soon the school affairs of Broad Ripple will have to be taken over by the Indianapolis school l>oard. Walter J. Twiname., business director, said that tvhile he was unable to give a definite opinion until the law had been looked into fully, he was inclined to believe that the local board will not assume control until the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 1923. He pointed out that contracts for this year with teachers and employes at the Broad Ripple schools had been entered into by the Broad Ripple officials, and that it would occasion considerable confusion to change everything at the present time. Also the budget under which the Indianapolis schools are operating has no provision for operating any schools other than those now under the jurisdiction of the board. TOM SIMS SAYS:

To get your name in Who's Who you have to know what's what. The late bird catches the sleep. All poor people are not poor financially.

SI \!S

Trains of thought usually are delayed by excess baggage. Every plugged nickel is familiar with collection plates. United we stand around, divided we fall for lots of things. AH that glitters is not coal. You can look up to these girls in longer skirts. The most expensive pipe to smoke is the stove pipe. Thanksgiving dav in Europe will he when the Turk is killed.

The electric fan has stopped, but the football fan blows harder. In foreign politics king is seldom high. The greatest question of the age is “How old is she?” AII red tape in Washington placed end to end reaches nowhere. Even if you know her face well don't got too familiar with it. Time killed stays dead. Having to swallow insults is hard on a man’s digestion.

The one picture shows Dave Bancroft, Giant shortstop, as he was thrown out at first, Ward to Pipp, in

‘Portable School Houses Disgrace City That Prides Itself on Civic Progress'—Nicholson

Editor’s Note—Because of his interest in things educational and because of his constructive attitude in civic affairs, Meredith Nicholson was asked by the Times to comment on the Indianapolis school situation. He wrote this article in compliance with that request. I don’t believe any citizen worthy of the name wants Indianapolis to be stingy in caring for its school children. If there are 3,000 school children in portable schoolhouses, it is too many! We are constantly reminding the rising generation of the great part they must play in the business of preserving and strengthening America. The children of Indianapolis are entitled to the best that can be given them. The teaching standards are high and the teachers are entitled to the best possible facilities for the performance of their work. The child thrust into a temporary structure is likely to feel aggrieved, and with reason, when other children are accommodated in modern schoolhouses. If we must cut and trim somewhere, all right; there are plenty of places; but let’s not give the school children the worst of it. Is it possible that our population has outgrown our civic consciousness and conscience? What’s the matter with Indianapol.s that it hasn’t exercised forethought in keeping ahead of school needs? lam not of those ivho look back longingly to the little red schoolhouse, and 1 don’t believe children are spoiled by tho comforts of the up-to-date school. This is the talk of back numbers who have lost touch with the Twentieth Century. A schoolhouse should be something that a child looks hack to with pleasant memories through life. 1 may say that I remember gratefully the Old Fourth Ward in West Michigan St., which 1 attended in my youth. There is, after all, such a thing as sentiment in this world. And a child in its most impressionable years

TRUCK OPERATORS MOVE TO RELIEVE FREIGHT TIE-UP Looking toward the relief of congestion at railroad and traction terminals throughout the State, a meeting of all truck operators within a radius of one hundred miles of Indianapolis has been called by Thomas Snyder, secretary of the Indiana Truck and Warehouse Men s Association, which is taking an active interest in the motor truck transportation movement. The first meeting has been called for Friday afternoon, hut operators coming into the city during the remainder of the week will receive instructions as to return trips of trucks from outlying districts. If present congestion continues, Mr. Snyder said, formation of something approaching the Wartime Return Loads Bureau will probably take | place. Embargos now effective at terminals prohibit the handling of practically ajl classes of non-essential freight, operators are hoping to be able to move this by truck and in order to keep transportation moving in uninterrupted fashion and are asking closest cooperation among operators throughout the State. Two hundred and fifty tons of this class of freight are being handled out of Indianapolis daily, statistics show. ‘GASSED’ IN FACTORY 7?y United I‘rrx* NEW YORK, Oct. 5. —"Gassed” by strangling ammonia fumes which poured through the factory of the Skibo Confectionery Company in Brooklyn today, 100 persons, including eighty girls, staggered gasping to the streets. Firemen wearing gas masks entered the building to search for victims.

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, OCT. 5, 1922

the first play of the series. Umpire Hildebrand is shown just about to announce his decision. The second shows Babe Ruth

RIPPLE CITIZENS KICK Don’t Appreciate Moving Into City

City Controller Joseph L. Hogue, who went to Broad Ripple last evening to confer with the town board, said he found a crowd of more than 100 angry citizens outside the fire station. Leaders told him that the attorney for those opposed to annexation has dismissed the remonstrance in Circuit Court Wednesday without consulting them. A majority of the townspeople are opposed to annexation, hut the two-thirds necessary did not sign the remonstrance, it was said. The crowd adjourned to the Masonic Temple to denounce annexation roundly. Dr. Mason B. Light, member cf the committee representing anti-annexa-tionists, said the attorney was fully authorized to dismusse the remonstrance, but It was Impossible to notify every interested citizen. Hogue, acting in absence of Mayor Shank, said the town's affairs would not he turned over to the city for a few days. Four firemen and six motor policemen were assigned to the new terltory for protection purposes. Meanwhile the town's two firemen and town marshal will continue to serve. Technically the marshal is without a

MYSTERY Start reading the Flaming Jewel today. In yesterday’s Times Robert W. Chambers introduced Eve Strayer, the heroine; Mike Clinch her father, who is a pal of Quintana the internationally notorious jewel thief: a Levantine jewel merchant named Sard, and James Darragh to whom an exiled Esthonian wrote to put him on the trail of the famous gem which had left a path of crime and blood and broken hearts across two continents. Here are all the elements of a corking story of love, mystery and deeply plotted crime. Don’t fail to read today’s Instalment.

Yankee slugger, finishing up his first strike in tho game. Art Nehf, southpaw ace, had the Bambino's number. Ruth struck well

should enjoy every incentive that proceeds from dignified and beautiful surroundings. It is ridiculous that just after school architecture had been so highly developed with a view to its cultural effect upon the child-mind we should be going backward to the crude and temporary. Too little attention is given to the choice of school administrators in Indianapolis. Through absorption in our persona, affairs we are all prone to forget that men and women of the highest type must be elected to the board of commissioners if we would enjoy the highest service. We have had enough blundering and wastefulness in school management. The board of school commissioners is responsible to every man. woman and child in the city tor the performance of its obligations. Incidentally it might be asked: What qualifications have the present board of commissioners for the office they hold? How many of them have had any special training or experience that fits them for their jobs? Before there is nnother election of members of this highly important board the people of this town of more than a third of a million should find out what’s what and who’s who in school affairs and sec to it that only persons of demonstrated fitness are landed in these places. It would be a grand idea to have just once a board of'sehool commissioners that wasted no time in petty squabbles, but moved as a solid unit for the good of the youth of the community. The present board seems to be without definite policy or understanding of the business of education in a democracy. Modern education is a complex and difficult business and it should not bo entrusted to incapable hands. Portable schoolhouses are a disgrace to a town that has always been proud of its progress and eager to stand a little ahead of its sister cities in the field of education. MEREDITH NICHOLSON.

Job, since there is no town left for him to be marshal of. Kmsley W. Johnson, attorney for the town board, said withdrawal of the remonstrance came as a surprise uml it will he several days before the trustees can wind up affairs. Hogue said the city will receive from Broad Ripple the new fire station and motor apparatus, costing $33,000, of which approximately $3,000 has been paid. The board has about 34,000 in cash with some hills to meet, ho said. The annexation adds 1,152 to the city's population and about 32,000,000 to the tax duplicates. PUBLICITY A La Fairbanks Ry United yews NEW YORK, Oct.. 6.—Douglas Fairbanks, posing as Robin Hood for a publicity stunt on the Ritz-Carlton Hotel roof, shot an arrow into the air. It fell to earth he knew not where. But Abraham Seligman, furrier across the street, received the flying shaft just above the heart and was taken to a hospital. Damages will be settled out of court.

FARMER IS INSISTENT Wallace Says Railroad Freight Rates Must Come Down. DAVENPORT, lowa, Oct. 5. —The Amei-ican farmer is determined to secure a reduction of railroad freight rates. Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace declared in an address to 5,000 lowa farmers here Wednesday. Wallace denied that the farmers were in favor of Government ownership of railroads, or that they wish to cut freight rates below the line necessary to efficient operation.

under tho ball in his first attempt. He fanned. Umpire Idem and Snyder. Giant catcher, are shown behind the plate.

BANKERS DECLARE NATION MOST HELP RESTORE EUROPE NEW YORK, Oct. s.—The time has come for the United States to keep with other nations in bringing about an' economic restoration In Europe, the report of the resolutions committee of the American Bankers' Association today declared. President Harding was urged to have the United States participate officially in the reparations commission and Congress was asked to give the American debt-refunding commission greater powers to refund the allied debt.

BABY MINE

Much Obliged Little Karima, age 4, and her daddy sat down to dinner alone one night whiel her mother was ill. Karima is very fond of noodles, which were on the table. Dady asked her to return thanks for the food. She waited with bowed head for him to prompt her, hut he tol dher to go ahead and say the blessing. This what followed: "For this bread, ihisc butter and this bread and butter, and—-these good noodles. Amen.”—R. A. F. Family Affair Ethel, who is almost 3 years old, went with her grandmother to call on a friend. The friend Is very fond of Ethel and made a great deal of her. “What pretty shoes you have on,” she remarked. “Yes,” admitted Ethel, "I wear them for every day and mother wears them for Sunday.”—C. A. Griffith. i

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COUNTY AUDITOR DEFIES STATE BOARD; SAYS HE WILL IGNORE IT’S ORDER Leo K. Fesler Says He Expects to Make Collections as Planned Despite Official Order —Rate Reduced 1 Cent. SCHOOL TAX HAS BIG REDUCTION Commissioners Set Levy at $2.39, as Compared With Proposed Rate of $2.50 Old Rate Was $2.42 —Civil City Is Hit. Marion County will ignore a cut in rates ordered by the State tax board today and will assess taxes on the basis of the rate originally proposed, Leo K. Fesler, county auditor, declared today. “I do not intend to abide by the ruling of the tax board,” Mr. Fesler said. “I intend to be just as arbitrary as they are.” He pointed out that the county had not asked for an increase in rates over those of last year. If Fesler carries out his threat legal complications in the collection of taxes are expected to ensue. The action may result in a further test of the authority of the tax board. A cut of 10.1 cents in the tax rate to be paid by property owners in Indianapolis was ordered by the State board of tax commissioners. The rate, including all levies, will amount to $2.3!) on each SIOO of taxables, as compared with a proposed rate of $2.50. The old rate was $2.42. The school levy suffered most. It was cut from 93.5 cents to 86.1 cents. The cuts include a reduction of the special school levy from 16.6 cents to 14 cents; a reduction of the library fund from 6.7 cents to 6.1 cents; a reduction of the tuition fund from 58.9 cents to 55 cents and a reduction of the teachers’ pension fund from .4 of a cent to .1 of a cent. The county levy was reduced from 27 cents to 26 cents. To make this change the county unit road fund was reduced from 13.5 cents to 13 cents and the road repair fund was reduced from 4 cents to 3.5 cents, _ The city levy was reduced from 97.6 cents to 94.9 cents. This included a reduction in the general fund levy from 64.5 cents to 62 cents. The township teachers’ tuition levy was increased from 4 cents to 5 cents. Washington Township’s levy of $2,786 was allay ed to stand by the board. Decisions on other townships will not be made before Saturday.

JUDGE COLLINS SENTENCES 10 SOT JOT-RIDERS The practice by Indianapolis High School hoys of taking automobiles for “joy rides” received another jolt in Criminal Court today when Robert Beery, 16. of 3453 Kenwood Ave., and Loren Simms. 16. of 3018 Kenwood Ave.. were given terms at the State penal farm. Beery was fined 325 and costs and given six months on the farm when he pleaded guilty to taking an automobile belonging to Elmer H. Landers. 18 N. Riley Ave. He was given another dose of like amount, to be served concurrently, when he pleaded guilty to taking a car belonging to G. A. Deitch. Evidence showed that lie “borrowed” the second car while out on bond for stealing the first. Simms, a sophomore in Technical High School, was sentenced to ninety days on the farm and fined 325 and costs for assisting in taking the Landers car. Stanford Green. 10. a junior in Technical High School, was released upon promise of good behavior, as he did he did not take any more stolen rides after his first experience. “God help you if you violate my confidence and are brought before me for taking any more cars. Just because all of you come from fine families is no sign that you can break our lass,” Judge Collins told the offenders.

INTERESTING SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF CHILDREN Contributed by Times Readers,

1 ISN’T IT FUNNY WHAT A LITTLE THING YSILL START A BIG FUSS. , SAFETY PINS FOR 'IHSTAMCE i 1 Put your Daly say or Jo anything un nsual today? Writ* it on a postcard and send It to the Baby Mine Editor of The Times.

Forecast Fair tonight and Friday. Cooler Friday.

TWO CENTS

SPEAKS ON LEVY CUT Hogue Says General Fund Revenue Will Re Reduced $200,000. City Controller Joseph L. Hogue said the reduction in the city general levy was expected. "It will reduce our expected revenue for the general fund approximately 3200.000. The levy will be 1 cent higher than this year. We can get by if all departments retrench. ’• MUDANIA SESSION OPENS PATHWAT TO PEACE PARLET i Bis l nitrd Pros CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. s.—The way for a final peace conference between Mustapha Kemal and the allied leaders is believed to have been effectively opened at Mudania. Kemal is understood to have agreed to withdraw troops from Thrace pending the further discussion of the issues involved in the dispute. Allied leaders are said to have agreed to request Greek withdrawal, but (lie attitude of the Greeks is uncertain. Reports from Athens say volunteers are being recruited for a campaign to retain Greek supremacy in Thraa*. TURKS ENTER KANDRAf J7t/ United rrrss CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 5.-10:15 a. m. —Turkish cavalry has just entered the city of Kandra, adjacent to the Ismld neutral zone.

Reinforcement It was Christmas eve and Quentin was going to speak his first piece. He had watched the door continuously and knew his mother had not yet arrived, so when he was called at the beginning of the program, he said in a loud voice: “I want to wait until mamma comes.” Sure enough, a little later, when his mother walked in, he proudly marched to the platform and said Ills piece. Everybody cheered. M. A. Modem Emma could not pronounce R. One day while drilling her on suen words as river, run, etc., I told her to say “children.” She thought or a second and replied, "No, mamma, I can’t say that, but I can say child and kids.” A. EL F.