Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 200, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 December 1922 — Page 20

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EKeo Commission Asks Time to Study Report. A pian of campaign In fighting thè recommended lncrease in gas rates for Indianapolis was dlscussed today at a meeting of thè public Service commlssion. The lncrease to $1.25 has been recommended by William P. Kappee, master in chancery, to thè Federai Court. A request of thè commission that argomenta on thè recommendation be postponed from Jan. 3 to Jan. 10 was granted. The commission will contend thè year 1921, taken by thè master as a basls for thè cost of operating thè gas company and thè Income of thè company, was not a typlcal year. The arguments will precede thè making of a final report to thè court. FOURTEEN SPEEDERS CET JUDGMENT IN CITY COURT Two More Arrested in Police Carnpaign. .j-i. Two speeders were arrested 4xTay and fourteen arrested were fined'when they appeared in city court. Those arrested: Andrew Pryorer, 18, colored, of 2447 Manlove Ave., truck driver.and Floyd Trusty, 37, of 129 E. Ritter Ave., a saiesman. Paul Robertson, 65 N. Ritter Ave., flned SIOO and costs, turned in his hcense pia es for thirty days and thè fine was suspended. Kines were as follows: Roscoe Zlegler, 412 E. Market St., Martin Williams, Linden Hotel and Cecil Enrica, Sherman Ave., and Speedway Road, S3O and costs; Comelius Becker, 20, of 2118 Station St., sls and costs; Dr. Otto H. Gripe, SI S. Hawthorne Lane; Cari Cor hran, 26 of 814 Greer St., John Burns, 35, of 3916 Winthrop St., Harry Hammond, 21 of 1504 X. Pennsylvania St., Albert Schneider, 35, of 1255 Shelby St., and Cari Major, 23, of 322 E. New York St-, all fined $lO and costs. Charles McCune, Columbus, Ohio, was fined $5 and costs and Judgment withheld in thè case of Charles Smith of Champaign, HL. THREE DRAW STATE FARM SENTENCES FROM SYMMES MaEcdons Trespass Oases Heard in Criminal Court. Throe men lndicted by thè county grand jury drew penai farm sentences today in Criminal Court from Special Judge Frank A Symmes. William Fryerson, colored, was sound guilty of a artatutory charge and given thirty days and a fine of SSO. Frank Moore and Joe Clark pleaded gnilty to charges of malicious trespass for breaking into a foundry. Both were fined SSO and Moore was sent to thè farm for a year while Clark got nine months. Both have been in jail 192 days, thè Judge learned, awaiting trial.

DURGLAR STEALS UNPAID BILLS AND TYPEWRITER Tlnef Ilad Good Imentions. Says Mrs. Pearce. “His Intentiona may have been to help us, but he didn’t do much good,” remarked Mrs. A. F. Pearce, 40S E. Thirtieth St, today when she loia police officers that a burglar entered her home and stole all of thè unpaid bills recently received by maiL “He may intend paving them. for h stole my typewriter, too,” she added, “and maybe he tv anta to irrite a business looklng letter.” A skeleton key was used. UNCOVERED JUG OF ‘MULE’ IS BLAMED FOR ARREST Inrin Coi Charged Wlth Operatine Blìnd Tiger. Irwin Coi, 22, of 3454 X. Illinois St., sound today that carrying a gallon jug contalning “white mule” whisky, uncovered, down thè Street in broad daylight is not a safe proceedlng, according to thè police. Lieutenant Coi and Patrolmen Martin and Moore, who were riding in a machine on E. Walnut St., said they saw Coi carrying thè glass jug. Coi saw thè officers and ran into thè Suez Storage House at 922 E. Walnut St., thè officers stateci. Cox was afrested on a charge of operating a blind tiger. XMAS ‘BOMB’ CAUSES POLICE HURRIED RIDE New Yorker "Joshes” Iloosier With Toy Infernal Maghine. Police got busy today when they received a telegram from F. E. Lederer, Far Rockaway, N. Y. p expressing fear that John M. Schmid, 3133 Fall Creek parkway, newspaper circulation man, had blown himself up, oniy to team it was all a joke. Schmid explained Lederer sent him a toy bomb, as harmful as a bottle of ollves, for Christmas. He wrote Lederer he was going to take thè “bomb” into thè middle of a fortyacre lot and try it out Lederer's come-back was thè telegram. STATE DIVIsToN BUDGETS TO BE CUT BY COMMITTEE Insti tu tions, However, May Get More Money. The recommendations of thè State budget committee to thè Legislature wlll be lower than thè appropriations made in thè last Assembly so far as departmenta other than State institutions are concerner, Jesse E. Eschbach, head of thè committee, said today. Recommendations probably will be made that institutions receive a little more than two years ago. TAX MEETING JAN. 15-17 The annual State tax conference of tax officiala from all parta of thè State will be held in thè Supreme Courtroom, Jan. 15, 17, thè State tax board aanounced today.

TIGER SUSPECT BROUGHT HERE FROM VIGO COUNTY Fred Gibbons Said to Have Assaulted Dry Officer. Fred Gibbons of Lyford, who was indicted last week by thè Federai grand jury for alleged violation of thè national prohibition laws, was transferred from thè Vigo County jail to thè Marion County jail today. Gibbons attempted to shoot Bert C. Morgan, Federai prohibition director of Indiana, during a liquor raid at Lyford last month, it was said. Harry Hannum, rural route carrier at Vincennes, was released on bond of SI,OOO. Hannum was charged in an indictment with einbezzlement of postai funds. • OFFICIALS SEND LETTER TO ROBISON S FAMILY City Workers Condole With Widow and Son of Shoot ing Mctim. A letter of condolence from city officiala was received today by thè widow and son of Edward Robison, Republican candidate for mayor at thè last municipal primary, who died Tuesday following accidental shooting. A committee appointed by Mayor Shank and composed of Charles E. Coffin, president of thè board of Works; James M Ogden, city attorney, and J. F. Ranier, chief clerk of thè, asseesment bureau, drafted thè letter, which reads in pari: “The mayot - of this city, thè heads of all departments and each employe feel that they have lost a very dear friend and adviser. His advice was always good and his judgment sound, for he had no other idea in mind only thè best interests and welfare of thè city he loved so well.”

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BUILDING GAIN SEMLLION Construction in City for 1922 Exceeds All Previous Records. Building permits issued in Indianapolis in 1922 amounted in valuation to $7,726,332 more than thè total for 1922, books of Francis F. Hamilton, building commissioner, showed when they were closed for thè year at noon today. The 1922 total was $26,106,532 as compared with $18,328,965 in 1921. The figure last year was thè record. GOVERNMENT BUREAU ‘FAILS’ IN CRUCIAL TEST Man Disgusted Because U. S. Does Not Hand Out Information. “Give me thè names of thè leading reai estate firms of Canada and Australia,” demanded a voice on thè telephone of Mrs. Anna Harris, chief deputy United States clerk, today. “We haven’t that Information here,” Mrs. Harris answered. “Well, get :t for me, I’H hold thè ’phone,” said thè person at thè other end of thè line. “We have no way of getting it for you through this office,” Mrs. Harris explained patiently. “That’s Government Service for you all right; spread a lot of bunk around about serving thè people and then a fellow can’t even get a little bit of Information when he wants it,” was thè partir.g shot of thè outraged and disgusted Citizen as he hung up thè receiver.

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I Spied Today Who Wouldn’t? Saw at least fìfteen men tum around quickly when a man coming into a crowded downtown cafeteria, called out loudly, “Hello, John!” —V. H. Chivalry? Saw a conductor on an E. Michigan car stand and unconcemedly watch a woman with a full shopping basket and three children (all under 6 years) struggle to get on his car. Another woman fìnally went to her assistance.—MßS. W. O. B. Old, But True I asked a man near thè Circle to direct me to Massachusetts Ave. The man gave me minute directions, telling me to go thi-ough thè Circle. I got Into thè Circle and became eonfused. Asked some other man thè iike question. He told me about thè same thing. Finally decided to stay right where I was because I carne back to thè same place every time.” —J. E. B. JEWELER-BUTCHER HÉLD"“ ON CONSPIRACY CHARGE Held by U. S. Court Aster Bankruptcy Proceeding. Oscar H. Bloom, formerly proprietor of a jewelry store and a meat market on E. Washington St., surrendered to Linus P. Mqredith, United States marshai today. He was indicted by thèFederai grand jury last week on a charge of conspiracy to violate thè bankruptcy laws. Ile gave bond of $2,500 signed by Emil Neautal and Mrs. Rachaei Kauffrnan, both of In dianapolis. li is said thè indictment charges that Bloom concealed assets of both thè jewelry store and thè meat market during bankruptcy proceedings.

THEKILLEDIN CROSSING CRASH Taxi Driver and Passengers Crushed Under Freight. By United Press SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dee. 30.—A Crossing accident claimed three lives here early today. Louis Rubenstein, hotel clerk and Rex Gibney, taxi driver, were killed instantly. Ruth Vanator, died while being taken to a hospital. Their automobile which was struck by a fast freight train on thè New York Central tracks, was demolished. Artista and photographers say a woman’s face usually is more beautiful seen from thè left side.

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VARIED LOOT Loot consisting of watches, carneras, cigar holders, elgars, cigarettes and candy was stolen last night when burglars gained entrance to thè drug store owned by Russell Maring, 901 S. East St., by breaking thè glass in thè rear door, Maring reported to police today. CREDITORS FILE A creditor’s petition in bankruptcy against Robert Baumstein, proprietor of thè Clinton Cut Price Tire Store, Clinton, was filed in Federai Court today by thè Gibson Company, Indianapolis; Cunningham & Berrien, Wilmington, Del., and thè Mason Tire and Ruber Combpany of New York City. HEADS DRUGGISTS Joseph Wade was elected president of thè Indianapolis Retail Druggists Association at a meeting in thè Chamber of Commerce building. He succeeded J. C. Mead.

BVERY year Indianapolis grows bigger and bigger. Every year it demands more and more water for its homes and factories, for its fountains and lawns, for its sure protection against thè ravages of tire. And thè Indianapolis Water Company has more than kept pace with thè growth and progress of this dynamic, growing city. We must build and grow with Indianapolis, not from year to year, not from this year to thè next, but for thè Indianapolis of thirty years from now, for thè Indianapolis of 500,000 population, which only a few years hence will see. „

dancing backward over thè progress of thè year vour Water Company has kept stop with thè growtli of Indianapolis. We installed in 1922 more than 85,000 feet of cast ii on water pipe. We drilled four new wells at thè Fall Creek station, adding more than 2,000,000 gallons per day to its eapaeity. We built a new concrete bridge over thè canal on West Ohio Street, and made estensive improvements on thè Fourteenth Street, bridge. We ma ’e improvements in thè filtration plaut and pumping stations and inereased their efifieiency and eapaeity. To protect Indianapolis from tire we installed 170 new 2-wa.y and steamer tire hydrants on new and old mains, and replaced many old 1way hydrants with tho new 2-way and steamer hydrants. For 1922 added 4,000 new customers to our rolls—thè largest numerical gain in our history. Looking forward —your Water Company is building for thè years to come, when Indianapolis will be a greater, tiner city than even onr dreams forsee. Under thè direction of Mr. C. H. Geist* President of

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thè Company, thè Company’s own engineering force, aided by some of America’s most eompetent Consulting engineers, is making its construction program now for thirty years hence. An adequate water supply is of vital importance to thè development of thè city. And Indianapolis shall always have an adequate water supply. The construction program calls for immense impounding (or Storage) reserveirs with capacities of billions of gallons. The filtration plants and pumping stations will be vastly inereased in eapaeity. Many miles of permanent iron water mains will be laid. All thè old smaller tvpe tire hydrants will he replaced with larger ones. A great 36mch feeder main will be laid to thè north portion of thè city. This is an enormous construction program. Indianapolis needs it. As Indianapolis grows, its water company will grow with it. Always this company intends to furnish Indianapolis with a water Service unsurpassed by that of any city in thè United States.

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