Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 199, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 December 1922 — Page 11

1922

ggfGLIISSES §gf I US ■E IFTER HIM 316bMq amb! >: • 8 r: 'ci.ro r Sgfjßans, Ha.,, Yockcv. 3Bs AT CITY BANQUET fiSflH of Administration Is of Soeeches by Heacis of Departments. ,tß*s aree classes in Indianapolis ■m like to got me: they aro boor gambiera and - re. and 9HI anotlicr oh:ss libo l'ili Evans and E. Yockey," charged May or last night at a dinner beici in Columbia Club, attended by about jgyu heads of city departments. muHicipai employes and fiiends of thè ■dministration. W Referring to thè charges made rercently by Evans that thè pollce deI partment Is lax in law enforcement against gambling. and especially in thè “Tommy" Diilon case, thè ,mayor asserted that “if th prosccutor liad told me what was going on at Diilon’s t #eti\d have stopped it." “I'rri done with Evans,” asserted thè mayor. “Bill Evans is always trymg to seek notorietv and T don’t thir. s as much of him as I do that euriy black dog that runs around iny >ard,” charged Shank. Fraise of thè city administration and its achievernem of thè past year was thè burden of thè at thè dinner. Charles E. Coffin, president of thè board of Works. acted as toastmaster and reviewed briefly thè work cf his departmcnt. He pointed out that thè largest number of improvement contracts and resolutions had been acted on in thè history of thè board. An autline of a new boulevard System for Indianapolis was given by Charles A. Bookwalter, president of thè board of park commissioners. A comprehensive pian for an outer boulevard, which '.vili develop sections in thè north part of thè city, and for I exten6Ìon of th Pieasant Run Blvd., j are under consideration by thè park commissioners. Bookwalter said. Taylor E. Gronniger. city corporation counsel, gave a generai review of thè entire administration and read reports of all thè city departments for thè past year. Groninger Koads Reports Groninger said: “Almost one year lias elapsed sinee t'ne present administration took charge of thè .tffairs of thè civil city of Indianapolis. We asserì that thè first year of Mayor Shank’s present administration. men sured by econoiny, efficiency and achievement is romparable with any j year of any preoeeding administra- i tion.” Groninger pointed out that thè cost of thè munieipal administration this year was $1,310.309 less than thè cost in 1921. He stated that there was an unused balance of $2” ,000 that will revert to thè gen 'und- Jan. 1, 3923. “Accomplishments . thè police department,” salci Mr. Groninger, “notwithstandlng recent criticism from some quarters, are considerably greater than those of last year. There bave been from 30 to 60 per cent more arresta for violatlons of thè law affecting thè moraìs of thè people than during last year. These include oootleggers. gambiera and slmiiar offendere.’’ Theaters Establishcd In reporting tlie work of thè rccreatlon departmcnt Groninger said: "Two munieipal theaters have been establlshed. one at Brookside and another In Garfteld Palli. Approximately 250,000 people attended these theaters during thè summer months.’’ The department of public purchase, tmder Jesse E. Miller, has liandled 900 requisitions, representìng aproximately 20.000 purchase orders at an expenditure of $771,490.02. Groninger stated. ‘‘This is $014.974.07 less than was spent by thè department in 1921. Groninger said in closing: “Mayor Shank is determino,l that tlie city of Indianapolis bc a .afe city iti whicli to live. He has waged rclenttess war on gambiera. bootleggers and other law violàters Throughout thè year his officiai conduct has been marked by a Constant Service to thè whole people.” ‘DRY’ SQUAD ARRESTS SHOW LARGE INCREASE iVumber of Cambling and Liquor Charges Doublé In YeaG The police have made 2.315 arrests on charge of operating blind tigers during 1922 up to and incjuding Dee. 26, according to statistics preparod by Lìeutenant Forevthe. Of this number. $1,306 defendants were corvtcted. 890 dischargcd and 119 casca are pending. The total number of arrests forvio- i latlon of thè gambling laws was SU.! Of this number, 351 arrests resulted ! in convlctions, 424 defendants were ! discharged and 36 eases are pending. , During thè year 1921, t.he number! of arrests on blind tiger charges was ; 1,415, and during that year 4SO persons were arrested on charges of violating the gambling Jaws. WATCHMAN AT ALL STATE CROSSINGS PROPOSED A bill provldlng that a watchman be atatloned at every grade Crossing in Indiana has been prepnred for presentation in the Legislature by Representative Louis C. Swartz of Indianapolis. It is estimated the em- I ployment of the watchmen would cost j $1.000.000 annually. Schwartz said the System would prò vide employment for a large num ber of persons, particularly ex-service men. No wage provision is made in the bill, but Schwartz said he thought

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FEDERfILQOURTS STARTCLEftN-UP New Judges Appointed to Relieve Congestion Caused by Liquor Cases. By l nitrii Press WASHINGTON, Dee. 29.—An Intensive drive by the Federai Courts to clean up the congestion of liquor cases with the view of making convictions keop pace with arrests, probably will come out of the conferences mvw being held here between Chief Justice Taft, Attomey General Daugherty and Federai Circuit judges. As the first move in the campaign, President Harding has started to All the twenty-one district judgships which are now vacant- Most of these vacancies are among the twenty-four additional Judgeships created by Congress last summer especially to handle liquor cases. Three new judges w'ere named yesterday. If the Federai Court can balance their dockets to the point whcre they can handle prohibition cases as fast as other classes of work, it is felt here that thè result would he strider enforcement of tlie dry laws and more severe penalties for violators. Authorities' here agree that one reason there is such continued hold dia regard of the dry laws bocause offendere at present are ofbn allowed to go months or years without being brought to trial.

‘Home Boy ’ Askìng for Alìmony With His Dìvorce Action

B il United Xrics CHICAGO, Dee. 29. —Kinilft Baum, a “home boy,’’ according to his wife, has suddenly acquired the distinction of filing the first divoree suit in the lilstory of Illinois whereln a husband asks for alitnony. Not only that, but Umile thinks Mr. Emma Fischer Baum, his wife, should help support their infant child as well as himself. He alleges desertion, but Mrs. Baum. a pretty 20-year-old girl, says he told her to get out. The pair eloped when both were 17. “In the last two years he has worked about two days. His mntber, Mrs. Evelyn House-Baum Voung, ha spoiled him. This femmine role he has aeumeni in the dlvorce sult isn’t anything new to me.” INDIANAPOLIS POULTRY SHOW SET FOR FEB. 7-11 Cai Display Is Feature—lMrrdue Experts lo AdvLse. The annua! Indianapolis Poultry Show, regarded as one of the leading shows in the country will be held in Tomlinson Hall Feb. 7-11, it was announeed today. In addltion to the poultry. there will be exhlbited a display of rabbits and cavie, and, during the last three days, a display of cats. Professor A. C. Phillips of Purdue Agricultural College will have charge of the educational part of the program. His entire staff of poultry experts will be in attendance to give advice to demonstrators. STEAMER IN DANGER By T'nttrd Pres BOSTON. Dee. 29.—The steamer Cortousie, believed to he south of Fire Island, is reported damaged and in need of immediate assistane*, according to wireless messages received here today.

Muskrats Paralyze Interurban Traffic By United Press RUSHVILLE, Tnd., Dee. 29.Muskrats tied up all care on the Indianapolis & Cincinnati traction lines today. Burrowing into tlie bank of the millraee which supplied water to engines in the I. & C. power house here, the muskrats weakened the support and thè bank caved in late last night causing a forty-foot washout on the I. & C. The millrae.e also ran dry and this source of water for the engines was destroyed. / Officiai of the line salti the washout would be repaired by tonight and traffic on the line would be resu meri then. Crews of men worked throughout last night building up what was torn down by thè

EXPERTSKERALD 1823 PROSPERITY Delayed Boom in Automotive \ Business Forecasted for Early Arrivai. FARMERS ENTER ARENA Heavy Exportation Expected to South American and Far % Eastern Markets. The year 1923 which is at hand and which is being heralded from every r.ook and corner of the globe as the dawn of the era of delayed prosperiti*, is being marked by experts of the Automotive world as the “promised year” in the automobile industry. M. Ij. Ileimway, generai manager of the Motor and Accessory Manufacturers' Association, who is in close touch with the automobile business, in a public statement made the following statements in support of the'popular belief: 1. The renewals of care during thè year alone will require thè production of 1,800,000 cars. 2. The re-entry of the farmer . into the buying market will produce a stimolati ng and extending i ì luetico on the passenger ear and truck sale. 3. Export business, particularly South American and Far Eastern domanti, will cali for increased production. 4. Improved credit conditions will contribute largely to thè stabilization of sales. > Manufacturers in every part of thè nation are expecting increased sales to follow closely upon the heels of the national #hows and are linlng up the production facilities of their pianta to care for spring orders. A large number of companies have undergone reflnancing during thè past six months’ period and are now in muoh better condition to receiv- orders than at the beginnlng of 1922. Indiana manufacturers, taken by and large, have passed tlirough tho revamping process with remarkable success, and though two or three companies have had to suspend operntions, othere have increased their production and their facilities and ex tended sales organizations to the end tiiat they are in better condition today than at any previous ttme. Studeliaker’s production, which has boeri reflected in the almost wnprecedented lncreasq in iti valuo of its stock on the fioor of the New York exchange, has served to bring Hoosierdom into the limelight among manufacturing States. A neighbor <>f Michigan, Indiana’s rank in thè file of the industry has steadily erept toward the top, and though it may nover quite equal its sister State, due to the location of the bulk of the na tion’s heaviest producere within ttiat State, i. bids fair to maintaln a commanding position in thè industry.

OLD PIENE CU HITS ROSO AGI ‘Motorette’ Takes Journey It Made Twenty Years Ago. A “horseless carriage,” which nuidn the trip from Buffalo to New York City in the latter part of 3902, was driven into New York City last week over the same trail Vovereil moro than a score of years ago. The “carriage” 1 made the trip in five days with the same. driver at the wheel, crcating no end of commont in the many cities threugh which it passed. Upon its arrivai in New York City the driver was greeted hy Mayor Hylan at the city hall, at which stood a Pierce-Arrow enclosed drive limousine, the latest. product of the company which began its career with the production of this “Motorette" in tho days when Ihe automobile caused wh ole countrysldes to assemblo to watch its passing and when every borse from Maine to California left the highway at the approach of one of those queer-looking contrivances. The latest model, it is said, ls able to cover the five-day Journey in fìfteen liours, with complete comfort to the driver and occupants aliko.

Pre-lnventory Sale of SHOES shoes like plot lire for ahout school shoes, broad toes, leather soles. rubber heels ' . Sizes to 2. Limit 4 pairs lo a customer. Also some sturdy fan and black slcuffer slioes, wit.h extension soles; sizes 6 to li. Come early, as there are only 288 pairs of the girla shoes and 42 pairs of the skuffers left. At this record-breaker prtee of SI.OO. ■ Children’s Rubbers, 69c INDIALA goods STORE 306 EAST WASHINGTON STREET The Economy Spot of Indianapolis

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Stop on Accelerator for All-Winter Drive Aways

TVhiVe continued wann weathor is ìeported to have slowed up car sales in some sections of the country whére prospeets were waiting for the first pirich of colti wcather before decidilig to traile in the sporttour for a coupé or sedan, it is also credited with one wliolesome effect on the industry l by James S. Marvin, head of the traffic division of tlie National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, who points to recent drive-aways as a means of relieving present freight car shortages. In the record for drive-aways, 1920, the number of cars delivered to dealers and customers over the road was 470,867 of a total production of 2,205,3 97. Even in the months of January and February of 1920, the number delivered by road was 29,283 and 43,739 respectively. Transportation by water is a small factor in tlie delivery >f tinished cars ics no more than 8,000 are delivered montlily in this manner, Mr. Marvin saysf. With continuai improvement of highways and increased efforts on the part of the Federai Government, cooperating with the various State hìgliway comniission, to keep the malti arterie* of travel free from snow hazards, the number of drive-aways Is expected to increase cadi year, Mr. Marvin’* report continues.

‘MOTOR’SPEAKS OFW.C.MARMON Magazine Devotes Long Artide in Relating Car’s History. The November number of Motor devote a long and very interesting artlcle dealing with the lise of Walter C. Mamion, president of Nordyke Marmon, and to the piant itseif, tho nude us of which was formod in Richmond in 1853 and brought to Indianapolis in 1876. At that tlme the fìrm was engaged whotly in the manufacture of mllling machinery and equipment which has been exported to all civillzed lands on thè globe. The developmynt of the Marmon car began when Howard Marmon, younger brothor of the president, built a car in thè machine shops of tlie Marnion piant, which he duplicateti In tHo next year for six of his frionds. The success of these early rnachines, stated the urtici*, dctemiined the factory’s executive upon a couree of production which resulted in Ilio car wlnning race aster race and contest aster contest. In 3911 the orowning achlevement was ma le on the Indiar) apolis Motor Speedway at tho first interna,tional sweepstiikes’ classlc in which thè ".M irinoli Wasp,” ilriven hy y lity to botti speed md ei duram e by leading the fleld in which many foreign raro cars were entered The developnient of the Mairnon product from that timo forward, States the welter, has been marked by many achievenients, both of design and constru'tion which combiried, have plnced the product In thè fleld of “tried and trusted" motor cars which the public lms come to recog nlze as standard product, dependably built. HANCH ENUMERATES SOME ENGINEERING PROBLEMS Wliat are the problgms facing the automobile englneer? This questlon sounds superflupus, with the hlghly developed cars seen on thè Ptreets. But, according to C. Hanch, vice president of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce and executive vice president of the Lexington Motor Company of Con nersville, there are siili some radicai development to he considerali in automobile research and design, before the motor vehiele can be declarvd perfect. These he enumeiatcs as follows: Development of strong, llght metals; also steels and alloys with high tensile strength. Deslgtilng of carburatore which will reduce fuel consumptlon and also succeasfully utlllze low grado fuels. Improvement of bi-Hklng and spring devires. Building of more easlly manlpulated transmission. Advance In headlighting System which will xnlnimize giare. Simpliflcation of construction in generai. Dovelopments of equivalents or substitules for existing materials.

A side from expediting delivery, thè ilrive-away method of delivery was at one time regarded as an economy by factory heads and dealers and was patronized as freely as conditions pcrmitted. Under proper driving, the car which has been driven to a market 500 niiles distant, by all rules of prec-edi-nt, should be in better condition when delivered to the customer than when it left the factory, as it is a known fact that a large per cent of the motor troubles develop within the first 500 miles of driving. Praetfcally every driver is famlliar with the adage that the first 500 miles are the most trying and most important to tho lite amicare of an automobile. For this rcason the wlndshields of new cars are invariably decorated w*ith the sticker hearing the legend: “Caution, do not drive faster than twenty-flve miles ticr hour for the first £OO miles.” In addltion to this is usually appended the nolire lo change oil within that driving period. When care are pianeti in the hai ds of eompetent mechanics, familiar witn the operation of them, and carefulty driven to destination, dealers expitess themselves as eonfident they can dellver the car in as good if not in better meehanical condition than those delivered by rall.

OAKLAND'S BLUE PRINTS A/OULD PAPER 300 HOMES Four hundred thousand squero feet of blue print paper are used each year in the drafting departments of the Oakland Motor Car Company, Pointiac, Mich., or er.ough to paper thè Wall of more than 300 average sizeil hcimes. This paper ls used by the drafting divisions of the designing engineering and toll engineering departments. The tremendous amount of de talls and record to be kept by the designing engineering department of a largo automobile company may be gleaned from thè fact that approximately 50,000 blue prints of the parts of the cars aro <>n file at the Oaklami \ Tot/"ii* I r i>< t4*i d v

HAYNES MAKES SEVERAL REDUCTIONS IN PRICES New l’rieos Are in Kfì'ect Throughout Natimi. Increased production at the factory and Increased domami in the sales fleld has enablcd tho Haym-s Automobile Company of Kokomo to malte sub. stantial reductlon In the jirioe of severa 1 of its model, according to announcement from thè factory. : These reduction rango from S2SO to ? 100. They include a reduction of 8100 each on the prico of thè new, l:c3 Haynes 55 spi.rt touring car and thnew 1923 Haynes 55 standard touring car. The reductions are in effect throughout tlie Nation, says the announcc ment.

Bargains for Motorists Weed Cross l ire Chains, 3, 3 1 /zs 4-Inch C-, and Other Sizes, *iach Weed Tire Chain Pliers, 7C/* Pair J • 'C Lambert Repair Links for 1 A Tire Chains lUv Mend Your Spare Tubes, Rubber Boots and Hot Water Bottles With— DeviFs Grip Tire Patches, $1 Can 75c World’s Best Tire Patches, 50c Can 35c Shaler 5-Minute Vulcanizing Outfits, $1.50 Vaine 98c I II I V hardware co, A 114-118 E. Washington St.

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Radiator and Hood Cover For FORDS and Other Cars These covers have been going like tho proverbiai “hot cakes.” The reason? Tliey’re rea! merchandise sold at a price that means a big saving. They’re made so neat and tailored so nieely that they actually sell theraselves. Covers for rn Ford cars ìjIZ.DU For Other Cars We can supply covers for all makes of cars in a few days aster order is placed. These covers must he made especially for your car. Order as soon as possible.

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FORD PRODUCTION PfISSES MILLI! November Output Establishes Record for Piant. Tlie Ford Motor Company has just nnnounced that it built, sold and delivered 10,327 passenger cars and tmcks during the month of November, establishing a November record for the organlzation. The accumulateti total for the first eleven months of the year reached approximately 1,200,000 on Dee. 1. The Ford factory has produced more than 100,000 cars monthly for the last eight months and business, according to a recent report, bids fair to continue into 1923 unabated. The Ford plants have been operating at capacity production throughout the year and have not been able more than to keep up with the demand, said a dispatcli. The November business of the past year was praotieally doublé that of November of 1921. It has been computed by experts that the Ford company produce 43 per cent of all thè American built care on the average year and present indications would support the belief that 3922 production of the company will hold its own with other years.

AMERICANSTAKE MOSTMOJORGARS Hanch Says U. S. Has 87 Per Cent of Cars in World. C. C. Hanch, vice president of the Lexington Motor Company of Connersville and vice president of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, In a recent address in Washington, presented some interesting figure concerning the importance of the automobile industry In the United States. Approximately 2.430,000 are dircct!y or indirectly employcd in automobile construction throughout thè Natimi at the present time, of which number about 600,000 work in tlie Hir ■ ■ Pilo plants alone. In Round there are 10. \ ras in use in the country, or orìje to < very ten inhabltants of tlie NuÀlon. The world's total registratici is 12,500,000, of which per cent is credited to tho people of the reti f : at<*s, he sititi. Teli 1 \Ar •>. Mr llunch stated. tho regisßnlion fnr tho United States was some- ! thing libo 600,000, or a little more riunì one twentieth of the number now in use. The efficiency of the automobile la 1 ine increased more and more threugh simpliflcation and lnter changeabillty of rarts and unita.

Tail Light That Conforms to Law Under a similar ordinance, this tail light has been passed and approved by the state of Massachusetts. The clear glass window at the bottom of the light throws a white sharp light over the entire lìcense piate, making it easily read at a distance of 100 feet. A heavy ruby ; lens acts as the tail light proper. Body and piate for attachlng license of A r o heavy black enameled metal. Com- {> | Oli plete, ready to attach X - 1 " 1 | : y ■ ' ■ ~ Denatured Aleohol AA _ Guaranteed 188 proof. Sold gH M only at service station opposite JL V store.

GU ARANTEE Sft Every lt<*m on Ibis pfiße. with thè Mreption of the aleohol, will be sent postpaid to auy addres within 300 miles of Indianapolis upon reoelpt of check or money order.

SPEED CONTROLLER Traffic accidents in Cincinnati have aroused 30,000 inliabitants to sign a petition for the passage of an ordinance requiring a speed controlling

-Tail Light LawWc have a tail light which complies with the State law, which is now being cnforced. v 1 Extra special, Saturday only JL

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Heaters E x h a u s t Heaters. Very desirable for open or closed cars. Drive in comfort, $lO value, extra special, $5.95 Gloves, to SB.OO Auto Robes, .53.3Ì5 to $15.00 Radiator Bar Caps for all cars, 75£ to $1.75 Boyce Motometers, 2 to $12.00 Denatured Aleohol, the best made or sold. Radiator and Hood Covers for all cars.

Heat and Cold Mats for Fords These mats fìt around the leve: slots and keep out the cold in winter and the heat in summer. Made of extra ru: Skid Chains The prices listed are for Weed and Rid-o-Skid tire chains. Both are of the same design, but thè Weed chains are case liardened, whìle the Rid-o-Skid are not. Size. Weed. Skld. 30x3 $3.45 $1.95 32x3 Z 2 $4.00 $2.10 31x4 $4.40 $2.25 32x4 $4.50 $2.35 33x4 $5.00 $2.40 34x4 $5.25 $2.60 34x4'/f $6.25 35x4i/ 2 $6.75

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Weed and “Rid-o-Skid” Chains Rid-o-Skids are made by same manufacturers of weed chains and used where initial cost is considered. Special Prie** SUe. Pair. 30x3*4 $1.95 $2.70 Sizes not ilsted sold in proportlon. Ford Rad. Covers, extra spe- QC cial, only