Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 184, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 December 1922 — Page 1

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DEATH CMS IH STIMKING John Wanamaker Succumbs to Short lllness Following Heavy Cold. WAS POSTMASTER GENERAL ì Pioneer American Rose From Poor Boy to Pinnacle of Success in Business. Hu Cnitrii Press PH ILA DELPHI A. Dee. 12 John Wanamaker died bere at 8 a. m. today. Ile was 84 years old. Wanamaker. lounder ot tìV stores hearing his name in New York and Philadelphia and former Postmaster General, had been ili for several weeks. During thè last few days. however. he took a tum for thè better and thè enc* carne suddenly aster a relapse. Wanamaker, one of thè pioneere cf America. was bora July Mr. Wanamaker, one of thè pioneers of .America, was born July 15, 1838, in thè County of Philadelphia a little more than seventeen years before its consolidation into thè city. His father. John Nelson Wanamaker, was a bricklayer and his grandfather was a farmer. Their ancestors carne to America at thè tinte of thè landing of William Per.n. His mother was Elizabeth Kochereperger, whose ancestors were thè Hugenots of France. Wanamaker attended public school until he was 14 years old and then obtained employment in a Philadelphia jhook store as an errand boy’at s#.ls "a week. Some tinte later his family moved to Koscìusko County. Ind., but returned to Philadelphia in 1856. , Starts His Fortune Anxious to engagé in business Wanamaker obtained a pnsition in a retali clotb.ing store at $1.50 a week from which he saved SIOO. This was thè foundatlon of his fortune. Confinement in thè store caused ili health, and in 1858 Wanamaker went to Minnesota. His health improved. and he returned to Philadelphia thè seme year, when ho was eleeted thè first paid secret art* of thè Y. M. C. A., which organization was then in its infancy. L'pon thè outhreak of thè Civil War ne sought to enlist in thè Aimy. but was refnsed oa account of bis phys trai condition. On Aprii 11. ISSI, thè day Ft. Sum ter was cannonadfd, he openeri a •mali clothing store War paratyzed tiade. but by remarkable business tact, Wanamaker brought his business through the ttirbulent timos and at the dose of the war he was a wealthy man. As years advanced Wanamaker hcr.mie more jiromi.ient and he widened bis mercantile oi>erations. Outside of business pursuits he engaged n religlous and social work. He oriranize-i thè famous Bethany Sunday srhonl with twentv-seven members and it new numbers more than 3,000 He | was one of the originatoti of the “Christian eommission” during the Civil War and was chairman of the generai relief committee during the lrish fantine. He served efficiently on thè finance committee of the Centenr.iail Exposition of IST6.

Founded I’enny Bank Wanamaker was thè founder of thè First Penny Savings Bank, helped to start numerous hospitaJs, founded Wanamaker's institute of Industries and thè Bethany dispensary and had erected Y. M. C. A. and college t-ulldings in India, China. Jupan and Korea. In 189 he was decorata! with thè legion of honor by thè French government and in November, 1914. he chartered two steamships and sent food to thè starving Belgians. Wanamaker nominated Fairbanks for vice president at thè Repobiican national convention in 1916, and in 1921 oelebrated sixty years of business lise. As father of thè Centennial exposition. he suggested thè sesquicentennial exposition for 1926, to celebrate thè 150th anniversary of thè declaration of independence. Wanamaker was taken ili about two months ago while at “Lyndenhurst.” his suir.mer estate near Jenkentown. He was brought to his home in Philadelphia so as to be nearer medicai attention. Though his malady was diagnosed as a severe “cold ’ his advanced age and its long duration made it serious.

THE WEATHER

Forecast for Indianapolis and viciniti' is fair and colder tonight. Lowest temperature about 5 degrees above jpro. Wednesday fair and coki. HOURLY TEMPERATURE. 6 a, m 19 10 a. m 13 7 a. m 18 11 a. m 14 I a. m........ 14 12 inoon) 14 3 a. m 13 1 p. in 14

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Wanamaker School Chum of Hoosier \ ,v| PI JOHN WANAMAKER ME.UORIES of the old days when they attended the sanie school in Philadelphia, were recailed today by Emanuel Schwerin, 733 N. Capitol Ave., when he learned of the death of John Wanamaker in Philadelphia. “John always was a studious boy.” Mr. Schwerin said. “We were in thè same grades. He was a very religious man. I can reraember when he was postmaster generai under President Hurrison. he never gave up his habit of attending Sunday school. “I remeniber seeing him drive up on Sunday mornings for Sunday school in an old buggy when he was a member of the Cabinet. “He never was too busy to go to church and he often carne over from Washington to Philadelphia to attend Services on Sunday. He was indeed the Merchant Princ.e. He was a bricklayer by trade when he started out.” Mr. Schwerin remembers when Mr. Wanamaker started in business at Sixth and Market Sts.. in Philadelphia. This was the start of this great builder of business. “John always was a clean lighter,” Mr. Schwerin said. He was tali in stature. I doubt if there is a man in Indianapolis as tali as John was."

LURA FRANCIS PLEADS GUILTY IN U. S. COURT Indicted for Violai inn of Motor Yehiclo F.aw. Lura Francis, wife of Frank Francis. thè “confessing hurglar.” entered a pica of guiity in Federai Court to charges of violation of tlie national tnotor vehicie law. She was indicted la.it spring, together with .J. Herbert Hartman. deposed Reputiiican candì<lat* for polire judge at thè last city election. his wife, Laura Hartman: hle hrother, Fred Hartman: Cari Kunkel and Frank Francis. It is uiulerstood that Mrs. Francis will appear as witness for thè Government at thè trial. ARTIST REWEDS FORMER WIFE FOR THIRD TIME Daugliter ls Only Witness to Oremony in Paris. By Uniteti Pretis PARIS, Dee. 12. —Jerome L’hle, American artist and opera singer, remarried his former wife for thè third time here last Friday, it beeame" known today. The third marriage was oelebrated at thè American church, a 15-year-old daughter. Marion, scting as witness. The Uhles had been divorced twice. MISSES OVERCOAT Ali overcoat owned by Stanley Whitworth, 545 Central Court, south, was stolen last night from thè bowling alleys of thè Democratic Club. The coat was worth $65.

Cold? In Nebraska, Wyoming, South and Noi th Dakota, and Montana thè mercury has dropped far below zero, dispatches showed today. Among thè lowest teinperatures reported, all below zero, were: HAVRE. Mont., 34. HELENA, Mont., 22. SHERIDAN, Wyc., 24. DULUTH. Minn., 8. VA LENTI NE. Neb„ 10. HURON, S. D., 10. The Washington Weather Bureau h;us sent out cold wave warnings to Ohio. Kentucky, New Jersey, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New England, New York. Maryland, Delaware, Western Tennessee and extreme northem Mississippi.

POIJCE REDUCE MOUNTEO FDRGE TO IMI SCUSI Only Six to Eight Horses for Downtown Service Left in Department. AUTOS REPLACE DOBBìN Board of Safety Takes Step Toward Organized Fight Against Booze Traffic. The police horse in Indianapolis is to go the way of his brother, banished from the tire department. Reduction of thè mounted police force to six or eight tnen for downtown duty was ordered by the board of public safety today. The disinounted police are to he pit in automobiles. Harry il. Newby, superintendent of the municipal garage, was asked to submit a list of city automobiles, stored by other departnfents for the winter. They will he transferred to police duty until the board can purchase cars. Booze Squads The board also took the first step toward creatlon of a separate divisimi to handle the illicit liquor traffic when it promoted Sergt. Orville Hudson, head of one of the booze sqiuuis, to lieutenant. Trafficman Eugetie Khino was promoted to traffic sergeant. Bieyleleman William Engelbright and Patrolman Rert Walker to detective sergeant: Patrolman Charles Golan and Fred Judkins to wagonmen and Patroimen Arthur Ituffey and Da ve Moriarity to traffiomen. • New Patroimen 1 Glenn and John F. Weleh were appointed patroimen. Weleh formerly was a member of the department. reslgning last year. Charges of neglect of dutv against Patrolman Jesse Oiles were dismlssed. Twenty sppltcnnts for nnpointment as patroimen were instruet I to take pliyslcal examlnatlons. Mayor Shank said thè department needs flfteen new mcn to bring It to its budget-permltted strength of 511. It is expected thè appointments will he made next week. MEXICO BfIRTERS iKnnui Officials Would Exchange Clara Phillips for Criminal Fugitive.

By United Presti LOS ANGELES. Dee. 12—Mexico today bartered for thè return of Clara Phillips, "hammer murderess," to thè United States. Leandro Garza Leal, consul for thè Obregon government here, announced he had a communicatlon frorn high Mexican officiate saying that thè ex change of Mrs. Phillips for a badi}' wnnted Mexican fugi'ive, Ih-- latteinow in thè United States, “would be welcomed.” Mrs. Phillips is believed to Lave fied into Mexico foilowing her esfape from jail here aster being s* ntenced tc prismi for thè slaying of Mrs Albert. Meadows. She was reported to bave been seen In Juarez. and al though she has not been eaptured. it is believed that thè Mexican goverrment will make un usuai efforts to tirici and extricate her if thè barter {iroposition is accepted by American authorities. GHIÉF’S SONSEIiIT TO OEFBOITORT Leniency Ineffective in Case of Youthful Porger. Leniency didn’t work in thè case of Léonard J. Kelly, 22, North Vernon, son of Chief of Police Richard Kelly, there. Judge James A. Collins of Criminal Court senter.ced young Kelly to one to live years in thè State Reformatory last Feb. 7 for passin," a fraudulent check for $l5O on thè Fletcher American National Bank, Dee. 15, 1921. Sr ntcnce was suspended on Kelly’s promise to reimburse thè bank and pay his fine and costs, amounting to $38.65. He paid only $4 on thè whole amount and a few weeks ago was arrested for issuing another bad check. The court today revoked thè suspension and ordered Kelly to prison. CLERK FILES BOND Albert H. Losche, elected county clerk on thè Democratic ticket in thè last election, fìled his bond today and took thè oath of office from Frank Childers present deputy county clerk. The l>ond was fìxed at $150,000, with thè Fidelity and Deposit Company as security. Ixische tukes office Jan. 1, 1923. i t

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, DEC. 12, 1922

Boy Lobbylsis Win City CounciVs Promise to Power Licerne Rates on Bicycles for Kids

Above, left to right—Knox Martin, Paris Belcher, Kermit Slack, and Cornelius Roberts. Below, left to right—Councilman Otto Jtay, Miss Florence Mainili, and Ed Bryan. The hoys compose the committee \yhich went before the city council in behulf of lower bicycle license WINTERWEIITHER URIRU9 15 FISES TO MS Detective Flues in Main Responsible for Large Number of Small Blazes. The coM snap that hit the city today was responsible for many fires. Flfteen runa, inaile by the tire departmen, show ed the alarmi* to he sounded on everv cause'from a scare by an ovorheated fumare to a amali roof lire from the udiULional stir to get up more heat. A coni oli stove exp’oslon at the homo of H. Cohen, 4016 E. Washington St.. caused a loss of S2O. Charles Irby, 1558 Shelby St., callad the department to his homi on nccount of an overheated flue but tho loss was almost nothing. Detective Flues Cause A buming fiue also was the cause !of a. run to the horne of C. Brinker, 1305 N. Olney St., where a very small | loss was lncurrcd. Hot ashes was the reason for a run |to th*- hoine of E. Seldman, 707 N. Alabama St. There was no loss. A stove pipe soli down at the homo of Howard Garry, 023 N. Oakland St., and in the excitement the tire apparatila was called. Flying sparks caught lire to the homo of B. Fields, 221.8 N. Delaware St., rausing a $5 loss, to the honte of Mrs. Brandenburg, 2163 Central Ave., where they caused a loss of S4O, and to the homo of F. Eydle, 718 Fulton St., where the loss was $5, to H. Harpers homo, 1437 N. Cornell Ave., causing a loss of $5, to the homo of Mrs. Pfieer, 501 S. Warman Ave., for a loss of $7, and to the home of James Davidson, 2249 College Ave., for a loss of 820. and at tho residence of James Brown, 416 S. Harris St., where tho loss. was $5. Loss Is 5175 A bad flue at the home of Charles Kohulo. 1515 Woodlawn Ave. caused a Are and thè rlames'gained headway before they were put out. A loss of $175 was incurred. A $5 loss resultcd from a lire as tho rosult of an overheated stove in the homo of W. W. Reedy, 1332 Bellefon talne St. When a furnace in the home of 11. 'Allison, 1447 Southeastem Avtj., becarne overheated the department was called. but no loss resulted.

BECIN DiSTRiBUTION OF NEW AUTOMOBILE PLATES Distributkm of thè 1923 auto license plates begun today throughout thè State. Applications already have been received by mali by thè State department and thè various bureaua throughout thè State. State motor police will allow owners until Feb. 15 to secure thè plates. OHIO ENGINEER. TO SPEAK John H. Hunt, chief englneer of thè electrical di Vision. General Motors Research Corporation, Dayton, Ohio, will speak at thè December meeting of thè Indiana section, Society of Automotive Engineers, Thursday evenir g. Ilunt will talk on “What Engineering Owes to Pure Science.” Dinner will be served at 6:30 p. m. STRIPPED OF TIRES Two tires v ere stolen last night from an automobile owned by Richard Madden, 118 la W. Ohio St., while thè car was parked in front of his home. The tires were worth SSO. AUTO IS MISSINO James Beckman, 446*4 W. Washing t.on St.. told police his automobile was stolen from thè rear of his home last night.

City Dads Submit to Arguments of School Committee - Wheels . Help Lads Pay for Education.

New worlds to conquer were sought today by the boys of thè 8-A civic Council of the Calvin Fletcher School, Virginia and Lexington Ave. Apparently they had won their movemont to abolish the ci;y bicycle license for hpys and girla under 16. “It feels kind of funny to he a pollticlan." said Ed Bryan. 13, uf 720 Cottage Ave., chairman of a school committee which called upon thè city council and talked it into promising to pass an ordinance either elirnlnatlng or reducing the bicycle license for ••kids." Stili on Job “We didn't know it would ite so easy to get what we wanted, ’ said Bill!* Taylor. 1317 Olive St But politicians bave made promise before and practlcal players in thè great American gante never relax their vigilane© until victory is hog(ied, padlocked, rivetod and c hai ned. The boys are going lo keep right on

GIRL CHARGES SHE WAS ABDUCTED BY AUTOISTS Myrtle Esther Brunton Says She Was Forced Into Machine and Taken to Morgan County.

"Tliey sa.d tliey were detectives and I thought 1 had to go with them,” Miss Myrtle Brunton, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Brunton, 2217 W. Morris St., explained tearfully today as she told of her abductlon by two men who took her ir an automobile to a lonely spot in Morgan County late yesterday. “I was looking for work,” Miss Brunton said. “As 1 got off thè elevator in a downtown department store two men, one about 25 years old and thè other about 18, stepped up and said: ’We are detectives. Come with us.’ Giri Frightened “I was frightened and I went with them.” Miss Brunton said she walked with thè men to a spot on Kentucky Ave., south of Washington St., where they told her to get into an automobile. She obeyed, she sakl, and as she did so another man ran from a poolroom and joined thè othet two. “The men then poinied revolvera at me and insisted that if I screarned they would shoot,” thè girl continued. “The older man had one revolver and thè younger had two. “The men drove out Kentucky Ave. to Maywood, where thè third man, who had joined us, got off thè car. The other two men drove on and we carne to another town which I recognized as Martinsville.” Miss Brunton said they drove on through Martinsville into thè country. Brouglit Back Again The kidnapers brought her back, stili threatening her with revolvera if she caused a disturbance and told her to get out of thè car at thè corner of Coffee St. and Oliver Ave. The girl ran to thè home of an aunt, Mrs.

thè job unti! the council paases the mensili© and the mayor signs it. If Councilman Otto Ray had not come along and helped the boys get their promise from the council. an elaborate program to arouse public sentiment in favor of the moveinent would bave been carried out. Teacliere Help The youngsters had gone so far as to appoint a committee which was to ppeak before civic council of public schools throughout the city. A boy’s bicycle often helps him carri money which ìs helping keej> him in school, and to have him properly edneated is worth more to the community than the bicycle license fee, thè youthful politicians argued. Miss Florence Hamill, civic inctructor, and Miss Mildred Weld, Principal of thè Calvin Fletcher school, stood behind thè hoys in their tight.

Mabel Herman, near by, and she was taken home. Miss Brunton was apparently suffering from shock. She broke down repeatedly as she told her story. Tho police were given accurate descriptions of thè men. but thus far have sound no trace of them. BANDITS GET $4,000 /,’.!/ United Press HI.TO, Minn . Dee. 12. —Three bandits bound a cashier and a customer in thè First State Bank here today and escaped with $4,000 in cash.

Couldn ’t Wait for Santa; Boy Chided, Ends Lise By United Press C'NIIICAGO, Dee. 12.—Gordon Tucheband, 13, couldn’t wait Ji for Santa Olaus to coine. Today he is dead. Gordon shot himself through thè head aster his mother chided him for opening Christmas presents. Last night Gordon’s father brought him a number of mysterious packages. Gordon, his sister Doris, 11, and hrother Robert, 8, all de* manded “just one look.” Tucheband ordered them to leave thè house and take a walk. Gordon and Doris sneaked into thè closet, where they were discovered by Mrs. Tucheband. A few minutes later a shot was heard and Gordon’s body was sound on thè floor. His father’s gun was elutehed in one hand.

Entefed as Second-elass Matter it Postofflce, Indianapolis. Published Daily Except Sunday.

HOIGERISPLEI IN HOUSEBREASIG Man Feeds Paroled Prisoner Who Robbed Him. “I was out of work and hungry,” said Cari Morris, 26, "and I broke Irto your home.' 1 ITe stood in an upstairs hall at the home of W. B. McCabe. 1860 N. Pennsylvania St., last night. McCabe had returned home suddenly and had sound Morris. McCabe placed his band on his hip pocket and Morris, thinking he was about to draw a revolver, raised his hands above his head. “There is a restaurant at the corner, and I will take vou there and fili you up.” said McCabe, when Morris told his story. Morris walked with him to a drug store, where Morris was detained unti! the police arriVed. When searched, Morris wats sound to bave jewelry and other articles valued at $l4O, stolen from the McCabe home. Morris has been living at the Craig Hotel, police were told. He said he had been in Indianapolis since Nov. 2, and that he was paroled from the Ohio State Prison at Columbus, v.-here he had served a sentence for housebreaking. according to police. CHAPLIN ADMITS POLA NECRI IS HIS SWEETHEART Rv Vniicd Xetcs LOS ANGELES, Cai., Dee. 12.—Although Charlie Chaplin will neither affimi nor deny that he is engaged to rnarry Pola Negri, beautiful Polish film vamp, he admitted to Charles M. Schwab, steel magnate, she is his “sweetheart.” “Splendld—eplendid,” replied the Steel magnate. "I congratulate you both." Charlie grinned.

Forecast FATR and colder tonight, lowest temperature about 5 above zero. Wednesday, fair and cold.

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™IED BY MYSTERY Little Child Found in House— Uncle and Aunt Are Victims. HAD BEEN DEAD FOR DAYS Baby Almost Exhausted—Skulla of Couple Crushed With Biows of Hatchet. By Times Special XEWCASTLE, Ind., Dee. 12. —The bodies of William G. Shaffer and wife were sound twelve miles north of bere today. They had been murder e<l and were dead for days. Shaffer was a wealthy fai*mer. In the house was the 3-year-old nephew of Mrs. Shaffer, unharmed, but almost exhnusted from lack of food and attention. The bodies were sound by Howard Brown, a neighbor. * Shaffer's body was lying in the barn from which his automobile evidently had been stolen by the murderer to make his escape. The body of Mrs. Shaffer was lying in bed where she had retired. The skulls of both victims had been crushed with a hatchet. The hatchet was sound in the kitchen. Last Seen Wednesday. The Shaffers. according to neighbors, i were last seen Wednesday night. On that day the Shaffers visited Mrs, Shaffer’s brother, William Huffstickle, |at Muncie. When they returned home ! they brought the baby with them. There were indications of a struggle in Mrs. Shaffer's bedroom and in the barn. Blood was on the wall in the bedroom. The child’s clothing was blood-marked. It is believed ths baby was in bed with Mrs. Shaffer •when the murder oceurred. Robbery Believed Moti ve The Shaffers were reputed to hav kept large sums of /money and vab uable jewelry in the house. A purse which had been turned inside out was sound in Mrs. Shaffer's room. A diamomi necklace, diamond ear rings and other jewels were untouch ed. Authorities believe the robber either overlooked the jewels or was afraid to take them. Locai authorities believed they bave a number of clews to the identity of thè murderer. No one has been di rectly charged with the crime. It was reported later Shaffer's automobile had beer. sound deserted neaf here. The police, sheriff. eoroner and prosecutor are working on the case.

WERTHER lIELPS SPEEDGIPH Police Siate Only Two for ‘Stepping On ’Er. The cold winds aided thè locai police drive in thè Suppression of tha speeder today and as a result only two names appeared on thè poliuu siate with charges of speeding. Mayor Shank’s chauffeur, Robert Newby, spied a speeding automobila right in thè downtown section. When thè driver was stopped at New York and Pennsylvania Sts. He gave his name as Frank Heaver, 22, 134 E. Twenty-Second St. He was charged with doing twenty-nine miles an hour. Ralph Davis, 27, 427 Arnold St.. also vas arrested on a charge of speeding. Those who paid speeding fines in city court were Roy Jackson, SSO and costs; Otto Ricker, $lO and cot#f Clarence Wyckoff, S2O and costs; Cìtt* ford Holy, $lB and costs; Jack Rose, sls and costs: Virgil Reeves, $lO and costs: Frank Woods. $lO and costs; Mildred Hamilton. $25 and costs; Walter Marks, $lO and costs; Ralph Davis, $lO and costs. / TAXES COMING SLOWLY; STATE TREASURY EMPTY Board of Finanee May Borrow Monoy for Period. The State board of finanoe met in special session today to devise waya and means of carrying thè State government through December penrìing receipt of taxes due thè State from various counties. The board considered borrowing money to build thè generai fund which practically is exhausted, County auditore are siow this year in sending in State funds, according to State Auditor Bracken. Only a striali per cent has been received. This money is due in thè State office, not later Uiau Da-, 51.