Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 177, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 December 1922 — Page 12

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ut officiar, OENBYDISGLOSES Annual Report Shows Concessions Made to Treaty Terms. ECONOMY IS EXERCISED Total of 376 Vessels Placed Out of Commission During Year. By Unittd Xetcs WASHINGTON, Dee. 4. —The Navy Department estimates for thè fiscal year beginning July 1, 1923, will be only 60 per cent of what they should be under thè terms of thè naval limitatlons treaty, according to Secretary Denby. Thls concession has been made posslble by thè exercise of utmo6t economy and postponement of severai projeets. As a result of this concession, Denby diselosed in his annual report, made public Sundav, thè Navy will be deflcient, at least for another year, in fast cruisers, aircraft carriers, seagonlg submarines and aircraft. In view of thè enforced economy program. during thè fiscal year 19211922, thè Navy placed out of commission or ordered out of commission, 376 vessels. “This sweeping reduction,” Denby declared, "was necessitated by thè cutting down of thè enlisted strength of thè Navy to a total authorized of 86,000 men and thè officer personnel to 7,885. “All thè battleships not retained in thè treaty on thè limitation of armament, and a number of other vessels, on account of their material condition, have been placed out of commission to be either scrapped or sold. A large number of vessels were decommissiond with a view to retaining them in ood commission for future Service. “The 173 destroyers, first line, are -iractically new vessèls, constructed , uring thè war, and great care was : iken in decommissioninjr them so that , hey should suffer thè least po.ssibld r.eterioration.

CHURCH COUNCIL HEAD TO SPEAK AT LUNCHEON Meeting Will Aid Campai gn for College in Orient. Dr. Robert E. Speer of New York 1 'ity, president of thè Federai Counv il of thè Churches of Christ in America, will address a luncheon meeting t thè Claypool Hotel Friday noon, i)ec. 15, in thè interest of thè movement to raise funds for thè support : C thè seven Union Christian Colleges for Women of thè Orient. Dr. Speer is internatìonally known for his work in foreign missions. More : lan 500 men and women from all ) arts of thè State, are expected to ati nd thè meeting, for which arrangei lents will be made by a special comì tittee to be named by Mrs. Felix - IcWhirter, chairman of thè Indiana < tmpaign for thè women’s colleges. CROWDS ATTRACTED TO SENSATIONAL TRIAL Mississippi Gorvemor Defendant in 5100,000 Law Suit. /.' i/ United Press OXFORD, Miss., Dee. 4.—Tiùs ; leepy little town awoke today to ti*ul i iself a vest pocket counterpart of < Jotham with hotels packed and : treets crowded. The SIOO,OOO suit filed by Miss Frances Birkhead against Governor I,ee M. Russell of Mississippi, l.rought in hundreds of politicians, witnesses, lawyers and sensation seekrs In thè expectatlon that thè trial would start today. Miss Birkhead bases her case on ( harges of a serious nature, including seductlon. INSURANCE MEN MEET Darby Day, Chicago manager for thè Mutual Lise Insurance Comppny of New York, will speak at thè annual banquet of field representatives of thè Indianapolis Lise Insurance Company this evening. The dinner vili be at thè Spink-Arms Hotel a .* p. m. Agents of thè Indianapolis Lise Inurance Company are holding a threelay convention, with Joseph R. Raub, W. Irving Palmer and Joe C. Caperton in charge of arrangements. WAREHOUSt IS ROBBED ,iy United Press WARSAW, Ind., Dee. 4. —Two thou<and dollars were stolen last night 'rem thè Beck and Levin warehouse bere, thè proprietors discovered on •pening thè place for business today. LAWYERS WILL ELECT Annual eommittee reports and election of officers constitute thè chief business to be transacted by thè Indianapolis Bar Associatlon at thè monthly dinner at thè Chamber of Commerce at 6 p. m. today. Legion Post Will Elect Officers for 1923 will be elected by Mcllvaine-Kothe Po6t No. 153, American Legion, at thè Athenaeum late today. Two tickets are in thè field. The post will give a dinner at thè Athenaeum Tuesday evening.

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Baby Mine THERE MU9T BEI SOMETUING TO TWI<? CUPIETMA<7 BU9IHESSALLTUE KIDS AQOUNDUEPt Of roane yoot baby ha* aid or dose •omething just a. clever a* those rcported in this coluuui. Wrlte it on a postcard and scnd it to thè Baby Mine Editor of The Time* and ahare yoar chuckle with thè rest. How Dld She Know? Three-year-old Eleanor was entertaining visitors by ehowing them thè pictures on thè walL She named over “September Morn,” “Nigger in thè Tub,” “Uncle Steve,” and some of thè others. When she carne to her parents’ marriage certificate she announced, “This is daddy’s expense account." ANON. Speeds Up Trafile We took our son to dinner at a hotel. While waiting for dessert, he took a whistle out of his pocket, blowing a loud blast, and sald, “There, I guess that will hurry thè ice cream.” H. A. Now She Can Spend It Irene is a persevering child. Once she commences a thing she never stops until it is finished. She wa a given a bank book and told to deposlt a penny thè first week —lncreasing a penny each week for a year. Pennies were scarce in that family and often she had to deprive herself of some longed-for treat in order to have thè amount. On retuming from her last trip to thè bank she exclaimed with much reUef: “There, I’m through with banks.” M. E. G. CHRISIMASSEALS SOLDJTBOOTHS Business Men Aid Work of Tuberculosis Society. The Marion County Tuberculosis Aasociation today established booths for thè sale of Christmas seals and health bonds in thè lobby of thè Indianapolis postoffice and in thè Street floor of L. S. Ayres & Co. The locai Anti-Tuberculosls Association ls engaged under direction or thè Indiana Tuberculosis Association and thè National Tuberculosis Associatlon in its annual c&mpaign to finance antituberculosis work in this city and county for 1923. All educational work carried on against thè “white plague” in this community is pald for rrom thè proceeds of thè sale of Christmas ! seals and health bonds. Miss Virginia Durin is in charge of thè booth at thè postoffice and Mrs. Anna Wirt of thè booth at L. S. Ayres & Co. The annual sale of Christmas seals and health bonds has been under way since Thanksgiving day. Miss Mary A. Meyers, executive secretary of thè locai associatlon, announced many heads of large buslnesses and industries in thè city are purchasing health bonds and are sending with their checks lettera urglng that a broader program of health education against tuberculosis be carried on next year. •

PASSENCER AND CONDUCTOR FALL FROM STREET CAR Quarrel on Brightwood Line Resulta in Injury to Man. Frank Ball, 2224 Station St., and a conductor on Brightwood Street car No. 982 feU from thè car while it was In motion yesterday. Ball was injured. Ball told thè police his wife rang thè beU to get off at Tenth St., but that thè conductor was busy talking to some one on thè rear platform. The conductor did not pulì thè bell rope. Ball dernanded to know whether car stopped at that corner. Ball seized thè bell rope. He said thè conductor seized him and tried to push hlm off of thè car. Then both fell to thè Street. NO ‘WELCOME, STRANGER’ A prowler who made hlmself very much at home visited thè home of W. C. Porter, 2265 N. La Salle St., yesterday aftemoon. Porter was In thè garage in thè rear. The stranger rang thè doorbell. When no one answered he walked around thè house. He opened thè door and walked in. Porter sound thè man In thè llvlngroom. When thè stranger saw Porter ho ran through thè front door. AUTO INJURES BOY Horace Shotts, 11, of 1120 S. Sheffield Ave., suffered a broken leg yesterday when he was struck by an automobile driven 1 y Paul C. Denny, 124 S. Emerson Ave. The accident occurred near thè Shotts home. Denny took thè boy home. WARSAW PASTOR IS DEAD By United Press _ WARSAW, Ind., Dee. 4.—The Rev. Albert Léonard, $6. di ed suddenly he re last night from paralysis. He was a retired Presbyterjan minister living at Winona.

UNITISI DEFIES WEMHER Mrs. Noblet Starts Booster Trip to New Orleans. Despite a drizzling rain and overcast sky, Mrs. Margaret Noblet, wife of M. E. Noblet, secretary of thè Hoosier State Automobile Associatlon and thè Hoosier Motor Club, left Meridian and Washington Sts. today on an automobile trip which will carry her to New Orleans over thè Jackson Highway. Mrs. Noblet ls making thè trip alone in thè car. J. L. Champlin, sign painter, will follow in a small truck to assist In logging thè highway. The purpose of Mrs. Noblet’s trip lies chiefly in thè club's desire to cooperate with thè national Government in rehabilltating thè Soutfiland trail. Mrs. Noblet’s course is through Loulsville. thè junction of thè two main divisions of thè Jackson Highway; Nashville, Tenn., and Hattiesburg, Miss. Signs marking thè route will be placed along thè way and highway booster meetings are scheduled for all important towns and cities through which she will pass. Mrs. Noblet explained that she was in no hurry and that she would pass whatever time was necessary to thè proper advancement of her mlsssion. She left with full expectation of encountering many hazardous obstacles. but explained that she was thoroughly accustomed to them. She departed in thè Cole Eight pathfinder car of thè Hoosier Motor Club, thè officiai vehicle for thè trip. ‘MULE’ DISAPPEARS Four boys sound a flve-gallon jug cf “white mule” in a sand pile In thè rear of 51 Warren Ave. They poured some of thè liquor into a milk bottle and hld thè Jug in thè commons near thè Perry manufacturing plant. The boys ehowed Motor Police Mangus and Léonard where thè Jug was hidden. but some or.e had stolen lt. Three of thè boys had drunk some or thè “mule.” HOUSE IS ROBBED Phillip Shapiro, 613 Russell Ave., report ed to thè police that a thief took S2G, a brown leather coat valued at $45 and a $lO pair of trousera from his home.

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RAZOR FIGHT PUTS TWO MEN IN CITY HOSPITAL Ilolman t Davis Said to Have Attacked Harry Lanhan. Holman Davis and Harry Lanhan, 3488 N. Noble St., were in thè city hospital today as thè result of wounds received when they fought In their rooming house. Davis attacked Lanhan with a razor while thè latter was in bed, police were told. Lanhan was seriously cut about thè neck and face. Broken glass cut Davis. FIREMEN WILL BE GUESTS The second luncheon for captains and lieutenants of thè Are department will be given by thè Indianapolis Water Company at thè Riverside pumping station Wednesday noon. Brief addresses will be made by Frank C. Jordan, secretary of thè company, Flre Chief O’Brien, Mayor Shank, C. L. Kirk, vice president and generai manager of thè water company, and T. C. M. Mauch, engineer in charge of thè pumping stations.

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TIERNAN ELUDES DEPUTYSHEiIIFFS South Bend Professor Evades Examination for Sanity. By United Press CHICAGO, Dee. 4.—Professor John P. Tiernan, prominent figure in th% notorious South Bend patemity case, today continued to elude deputy sheriffs armed with warrants for his committment to thè pyscho-pathlc hospital for examination. Authorltles hoped that Peter Tiernan, brother of thè former Notre Dame professor who was expected from New York today would be able to throw some light on thè whereabouts of his relative. Mrs. Augusta Tiernan, and thè professor’s “bride of a day,” Mrs. Bianche Brimmer of lowa were also in seclusion. Both declared through friends

Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Indianapolis Ànnounces a Free Lecture on Christian Science By John J. Flinn , C. S. of Evanston, 111. Member of The Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, ./ Boston, Massachusetts. Murat Theatre Tuesday Evening, December 5 Eight Fifteen O’clock The Public is Cordially Invited to be Present

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