Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 258, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1923 — Page 1

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FIRE VICTIMS RESCUED BY NEIGHBORS Dr, William L. Heiskell and Wife Found in SmokeFilled Home, FRIENDS RUSH INTO SMOKE Aged Man, Almost Blind, Attempts to Lead Spouse to Safety—Loss, $4,000, Their house in flames, Dr. William L. Heiskell, 76, and his wife, of 2253 N. Delaware St., were rescued early today by four neighbors. Dr. Heiskell is almost blind. He is commander of the George H. Thomas Post. No. 17. G. A. R. Awakened by smoke, Mrs. Heiskell aroused her husband and insisted the house was on fire. She said she saw a strong light in the bedroom, but Dr. Heiskell did not think it was their home. Finally convinced they were in danger the aged couple partially dressed. True to traditions of a veteran. Dr. Heiskell led Mrs. Heiskell from the room into a smoke-filled hall and they were slowly making their way to the stairs when Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Cooper, 2230 N. Delaware and Mrs. Sarah Lovett and daughter, Lorreta, 2250 N. Delaware St., rushed in. Regardless of the dense smoke and rapidly mounting flames they went on upstairs and took the aged couple to the Lovett home. When the fire was over they were taken to the Cooper home, where Mrs. Heiskell was in a highly nervous state. Damage was estimated at more than $4,000. Sparks falling on the roof started the blaze. A motor-man on a Central Ave. street car sent in the alarm. Three other calls followed quickly The flames spread to the home of L. L. Bird, 2251 N. Delaware St., where the roof was damaged and some windows broken. ARSENIC TWINS' TRIED SEPARATELY Court Grants Appeal and Mrs. Klimek Faces Jury First. By United Press CHICAGO, March 8. —The “arsenic twins"—Mrs. Tillie Klimek and Mrs. Nellie Koulik--were granted separate trials today. On motion of defense attorneys, Judge Marcus Kavanaugh ordered the two women, accused of poisoning many relatives, tried separately. Mrs. Klimek was immediately placed on trial for the murder of her third husband. Frank Kupezyk, who died in 1921. BELT ELEVATIONS TO START AT ONCE McCray Signs Measure to Provide Funds. The Belt Railroad will be elevated clear across the south and west sides, city officials announced today, after Governor McCray had signed the new track elevation bill. The bill provides the city shall pay 34 per cent, the county 16 per cent and the company 50 per cent of the cost, except at intersections where there are street railway tracks when the division shall be 15 per cent by the county, 5 per cent by the street railway, 30 per cent by the city and 50 per cent by the Indianapolis Union Railway. In case the railroad is financial unable to pay for elevation at once the city is empowered to issue bonds for the company’s share upon the company confessing judgment for its share, so that the city eventually would be re-imbursed. The city now has $300,000 in the track elevation fund, available for start of the work. Accepts Buffalo Position To become executive secretary of the Federation of Churches of Buffalo, N. Y., Dr. Don P. Tulle, field worker for the Near East Relief and former Y. M. C. A. State secretary, will leave Indianapolis about the middle of April. THE WEATHER Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity is fair tonight with lowest temperature 25 to 30 degrees. Friday increasing cloudiness with rising temperature. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m. 26 10 a. m. 33 7 a. m. 27 11 a. m. 35 8 a. m. 29 12 (noon) 37 9 a. m........ 31

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BOY SALESMAN FINDS INSPIRATION IN BIBLE

The days of heroes are not gone. A widowed mother temporarily crippled, rent to pay, food to buy, clothing necessary--that is what faced Carl sary--that is what faced Carl TucTucker, age 12, of 350 E. New York St. But he was un-n-daunted. He did not seek assistance from others. His mother, Mrs. Margaret Tucker, worked at the Progress laundry. Several weeks ago she became ill. She had to give up her job. There was no means of support—except Carl. Carl, being a real boy, [photo caption CARL TUCKER] knows nearly everybody likes Distiller’s Pastor Is Target of Sarcastic Comment by Judge Seventeen Defendants in Whisky Ring Are Sentenced — Krogman’s Bond Ordered Defaulted by Anderson.

Although a doctor's certificate showing William Krogman, Tell City, was too ill to leave his home, was presented in Federal Court today, Judge A. B. Anderson ordered the $3,000 bond of Krogman defaulted and a capias for his re-arrest issued. Krogman was the chief defendant in the case in which eighteen men NATIONS OF OLD WORLD PREPARE FOR SPRING WAR Reports Indicate All Is in Readiness for Conflict. By United Press LONDON, March 8.—All the old world today seemed preparing for war in the spring. Reports from half a dozen countries indicated martial preparations under way—with conflict apparently only awaiting the break up of winter. Some of the reports reaching London today were: 1. The French are rushing reinforcements to Syria and General Gouraud is going there in person, owing to warnings that guerilla warfare against France has been planned for April. 2. An unconfirmed report from Warsaw says the Poles have started machinery to call 300,000 reservists to the colors: Poland is believed preparing for possible war on at least three frontiers. 3. The shadow of a Holy war fell across the Near East with discovery of plots of young Turks to influence the new caliphs to summon Mohammedans to arms, followed by proclamations posted in all the Moslem quarters of Constantinople, ordering Mohammedans of military age, regardless of nationality, to report at onc to recruiting stations. 4. Britain is watching anxiously the Ruhr and Bavaria, in the fear that in one or both of these storm centers unrest may break into open warfare soon. It is believed likely, in view of recent developments, British troops will be withdrawn from the Rhine next month. 5. Jugo-Slavia, Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania, Soviet Russia and Greece are involved in guerilla warfare or anticipate resumption of half dormant conflicts when warm weather comes. IRISH FIGHTING HEAVY Many Reported Killed in Guerilla Warfare. By United Press DUBLIN, March 8.—The heaviest fighting since last summer is proceeding in the Kerry mountains, where Free State troops have ousted 400 insurgents from a fortified height. Many are reported to have been killed in extended guerilla warfare through the hills.

Times to Cover Regionais The second lap of Indiana’s great high school basket-ball championship tourney starts Friday when forty-eight teams will battle in three regional centers for the right to play in the State finals in Indianapolis March 16 and 17. The Times will cover the games in each regional fully. Scores, line-ups ami summaries and accounts of the games will be sea Hired. Buy a Times Friday and Saturday anti keep step with the most popular sport of the year.

were charged with theft of eighteen barrels of whisky from the Krogman distillery warehouse at Tell City In 1921. lie was to have been sentenc* 1 today on las plea of guilty. Others in the case sentenced today: Jesse Cunningham, former sherifi of Perry County, year and a Atlanta penit* at buy; Ellsworth E l unningham. Tell i ity, year and a day: V.TJiam Fuqua. Tel! City, t months Ip "jail; Theodore Brenner, Tell City, year and a day; Jam>s Masterson. another for- .-r ah - iff ~f ! orry County, eighteen months; Jo ph Schwartz, marsh'! of Tell City, six months; Dudley Hughes, Toll City, six months. "Yet Krogman pie-ode,l guilty after one day's trial. Th. ' just shows h<>w v.rong you, th> Government and Krogman were, when Krogman pleaded guilty.” Rex Wenchel and Welker Martin, both of Roekport, year ant i day !each. Mack I*irt!c anti Ivory Phillips, Owensboro, Ky., six months each; Thomas A. Owen, Owensboro, Ky., four months; Jesse Williams, Owensboro. Ky., year and a (layered D. Htrickler, Mansfield, Ohio, six months. Fred Webb, Evansville, six months: John W. Heyns and Herman Steinhilber, Evansville, a year ami \ day each. l’irtie, a garage owner, told the judge Krogman had told him “everything was tixed” s>> the robbery would be safe. "I just can't, believe that.” said Anderson, sarcastically. “His pastor wrote me a letter and said Krogman was innocent.” BROOM® PRQBEOF SUGAR Trade Commission Requested to Investigate Price Raise, Hi) Time* Siieeiul WASHINGTON. March 8— Senator P.rookhurt. lowa, today requested the Federal Trade Commission to inquiro into the recent increase- In sugar prices. The commission has authority to make an Investigation on its own Initiative. “Whether the, Department of Commerce makes an investigation or not, I think the Federal Trade Commission might also inquire in-o the price irianiplations," Brook hart said. NEW IS HONORED AT MARION CLUB Inspection of Federal Buildingon Schedule, Marion County Republican politicians had their unlinks with Postmaster General Harry S. New at a get together meeting at the Marion Club at noon today. New gave his usual hearty handshake and smile, and he wore his famous broad-brimmed black hat. He gave a short talk. Cheering was prolonged. New devoted most of the day to personal business matters. He will be the guest of the Federal building employes tonight. An inspection of th Indianapolis office while it Is at work was planned. The employes will meet their new chief in the Circuit court room. Arrangements are in the hands of Postmaster Bryson. New r will address the Optimist Club at the Claypool Friday.

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1923

candy. Capitalizing his knowledge of human nature, he got a job as a candy salesman for the Williamson Candy Com-

Son Wins Bride in Elopement as Parents Explore Tuts Domain ' **&*'-:> l W W MBS. EDW ARD MOIXCH

While Mr. rut-1 Mrs. Charles E. Mouch of New Castle, are invesUhl ' th> -T r.-i rs King Tut In Egypt, th* i r son, Edward Mouch, and AU-'-* Anna j --Ur--, Fudge, aughter of Mr. nttl Mr. J. W. Pc ' nos £336 X. Meridian Rt.. framed their own little* romance !r. the form of an eko * nvnt. Mrs. Mouch, who Is a popular tnuii'ii r of the v.mne'-r society set.

Time Is FlyingPaid Your Income Tax? Alimony is more profitable than breach of promise. This may be the conclusion reached by matrimonially inclined maids with financial 4EM? nnbitim •!. after perusing a state /merit issued by M. Bert Thurman, collector of Inte-nal revenue, today. For alimony receipts are not taxable Income, h<> said, while money rec-ivcd from a breach of promise suit must be Include ’ in tin* income tax r* turn of the receiver of the heart balm. The bureau of Internal revenue ruled receipts from breach of promise suits" are not to be regarded as a return of capital, since tho benefits of which the injured party was deprived were merely anticipatory.” All income t.,x returns must he filed before midnight March 15. You have seven days left! MAN CONFESSES TO MURDER OF WOMAN ITosecutor Announces Admission of Guilt by Accused Man. Hy l nit’ and I'ress WOODBURY, N. J.. March B. ! Prosecutor Joseph Summerville an- ■ nouncod today he obtained a confession from Harry Moll, Philadelphia, to; the murder of Mrs. Viola Staley Clou den, whoso body was found near burning shack on Mantua Crook. Feb. 26. Moll, wounded in the head, was found unconscious near by. COMPLYING WITH ORDER Gas Company Plea For Rate Cut Explained by MrC’ardle. Petition of the Citizens’ Gas and Fuel Company of Terre Haute for a voluntary reduction of 10 cents a 1,000 ‘ cubic feet on gas rates Wednesday was in compliance with an order of j the public service commission. Issued : when the present rates wi re author- j ized, John W. McCardle, chairman of j tho commission, said today. The re- j duetion asked will re-establish the j original rate of sl.lO, he said. '

Divorce Seeker Blames Wife’s Sermons

Life around home was one continual prayer or sermon, declared Bert Carter, Stubbing Hotel, railroad engineer. When bis friends cabled. Mrs. Carter insisted on “praying and ! reaching the entire time to plaintiff and his friends.” said Carter in a suit for divorce on file in Superior Court today. Various reasons were assigned by sixteen other dissatialied spouses for

pany. He did not allow his work to interfere with his schooling. He is in the 4-A grade at school No. 9.

attended Tudor Hall and was gradtinted from St. Mory's-of-the Woo ls < '■ >liege. Tho newlyweds are taking a wedding trip at..; will b- at house after March 15 in the Seville apartments. They have the blessing of Mr. and Mrs. Fudge and know they will ro oeive the s nr.,- message from Mr. and Mrs Mouch when word reaches them in the valley of the Nile.

NURSES PRESSED BY WAVE OF FLU More Than Half of New Cases Are Respiratory Diseases, Nursing facilities are being strained by th*' influenza wave sweeping the city, nccur ling to reports at a hoard meeting of the Public Health Nursing Association today. Miss Edna Hamilton, superintendent of nurses, reported that of 989 new cases during the past months, -165 were Influenza or other respiratory diseases. The association Is handicapped by tho illness of seven field nurses, it was reported. An appeal was made for automobiles for the use of the fourteen other visiting nurses, who are working under great pressure because of tlio large number of influenza cases. Persons having cars for this work are asked to call Mrs. isiuis Burekhnrdt, Randolph 3737. Dr. Herman <l. Morgan, city sanitarian. today said the influenza wave is no worse now than for the past few weeks, to his knowledge, and that he expects it to continue for another two to two and one-half weeks. Seven ileaths from pneumonia and two from influenza were reported Wednesday, and live from influenza today. FUNDS FOR EXTRA HELP Judge Collins Seeks Money From Auditor for Court Employes. Funds totaling $3,812.52 for additional help in Criminal Court during 1923 with asked of Leo K. Fesler, county auditor, and O. L. Ilogle, president of the county council, in letters sent by Judge James A. Collins. A special Investigator, an assistant bailiff tind an assistant judge will be paid front the fund. Wiliam ‘Me Kinney, at present clerk of Circuit Court, will l>o appointed assistant deputy, it is understood. Girl’s Watch Gone Bessie Whittaker, 15 X. East St., told police today a thief stole a S3O watch from her room.

filing divorce applications. There were ten husbands and seven wives. Dwight A. Hood. Beech (trove, telegraph operator, laid it. all on his mother-in-law at Greensburg. “The defendant said she would listen to her mother and do what she told her,” complained Hood. Mrs. Elizabeth Okey became “violently inflamed” when William Okey joined a fraternal ordfcr

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boxes of candy. Then he visits neighboring garages, fire .gjjJHRA stations, stores and other himself. “How are vou able to do all £jv3[ tliis?” he was asked. “J have inspiration,” he said. He exhibited a tiny book Jfsjsf .MBk “1 get a lot of help from this book,” lie explained. With all his work, Carl finds | time to play. He regularly at- I tends the Y. M. C. A. lie is a §f- Y marble tan. mrs. Margaret tucker Shh! Booze Peddlers See New Fields Open Under Gasoline Levy Visions of Speak-Easy Filling Stations Concealed in Woods Called Up as 2-Cent Tax Brings Higher Bus Fares—Bootleggers Get Busy

Promise you won't tell a soul, but— Booze-running may soon be passe. Really. 'Twill be- much more f .shionublo, ns well as more profitable, bootleggers say, to be a gasolinerunner. Now that Indiana has a 2-cent t. x on gasoline, one may expect to .sec Fierce. Sparrows hearing Illinois or BEDFORD YOUTHS HELD FOR DEATH OFJOWNMARSILAL Shooting of William Sutherland Was Accidental, According to Boy’s Story, Py l nited l'rens BEDFORD. Ind., March S. —William Sutherland, 6S. night policeman at Mitchell, m- ir here, was killed instantly last night by a revolver, which three Bedford boys, held in connection with the shooting, claim was accidentally discharged. Morgan Pattison. George Cupps, and Clarence Tabor said the gun was discharged when Pattison surrendered It to tho marshal The three youths had visited a skating rink at Mitchell, Pattison was dare-1 to shoot an tire light He shot it. Sutherland heard the shot and ran to th,* scene. The boys scattered. Eater Sutherland encountered the trio and demanded the gun. Pattison. Cupps and Tabor say that Pattison offered to surrender it and that when Sutherland grabbed it, the cartridge was exploded. Sutherland fell over dead. ASK PURCHASE OF KETCHAM’S WOOD Civic Society Wants Site for Park Purposes, Every effort will be made by the Mapleton Civic Association to induce the board of park commissioners to purchase K* tcham’s Wood, the home stead site and part of tho estate of the kite William A. Keteham. and convert it into a city park. Harry Calland, president of the league, said today. The wooded tract is between Illinois St, and Capitol Ave., north of Fortieth St. The matter of Its purchase will be brought before the park board in about two weeks, Oallarul said. Under Official Talks J. W. Atherton, financial secretary of Butler University, was on the program for the luncheon of the Indianapolis Credit Men today at the Claypool to discuss plans for moving Butler to Fail-view park, and of the endowment campaign now on.

he charged in his suit. For two years her remonstrances, steadily growing more strenuous, were dinned in his ears, he said. Emma A. Michael, wife of Samuel A. Michael, wealthy Lawrence Town ship farmer, alleged she was forced to live a servant’s life ten years—carrying wood, water, washing, ironing, cooking, and seeing her two girls by a previous marriage abused. She asks 515,000 alimony.

Ohio licenses stopping Indiana cars on lore-ly country roads to slip them a few gallons of the fluid of the road. Or Indianapolis autos may go .sittnibliiv-r into picturesque, but more or h.. rough. Brown County, to get moonshine gas from stations concealed in thick, dark woods. Bootleggers, both of Indiana and Illinois, tire said to be passing along "he word that the anti-Yolsteadian will find the new form of law-breaking a pleasing variation. So don't be surprised, Mr. Expressman. if that box of canned tomatoes gives forth an odor like a flivver going at ti fast clip. And, Mr. Tired Business Man. if .your bootlegger asks how many gallon-; you want, instead of how many quarts, act as if you expected it. Word comes from several com-n'lnUb-s that bus line and taxi op* rants may be forced to raise their fares, be* a use of the gasoline tax. At Martinsville rates are to jump from 15 to £5 cents a trip, according to messages from there today. < if course, if you live near the State line, you may run across to Illinois or Qhio or Michigan (unless the gasoline tax bill planned there goes .through) or Kentucky, and evade the tax. For, ’tis said that already series of gasoline s ations are being planned just over the borders. But if you live in the center of the State it must be either bootlegging or paying the tax. HOUSTON OFFERED JOB AT SIOO,OOO Assistant Secretary of Commerce Proffered Position, Hu l nited Press WASHINGTON. March 8. —C. H. Houston, assistant Secretary of Commerce, has been offered the job as manager of the World Commerce Corporation with a salary of SIOO,OOO ! it year, it was learned today. The corporation plans to promote foreign commerce, operating a lino of ships and developing certain foreign fields. ADVERTISING TALK GIVEN I. L. Miller Discusses Work In I’ubliciiy That Is Questionable. . “Questionable Advertising” was the subject of I. J,. Miller, State food and j drug commissioner, before the Advertising Club at the Chamber of Com-j ineree today. All of sixty-two new members enrolled in a campaign - which just closed had been urged to attend. PETITION HEARING HELD Bower l<> in pany Ask Authority to Issue $688,000 in Bonds. Hearing on a petition of tho Northern Indiana Power Company for authority for a $688,000 stock and bond j issue was held today before A. B. t Cronk of the public service commis-! sion. Betterment and extension of the company’s property at Sheridan, Kokomo and Noblesville is the purpose. TEXAN DENIES CHARGES

Millionaire Says Evansville Girl’s Story Is a Fake. /?// ( wip'd Press NEW ORLEANS, La., March 8.The suit for 84,000 “back allowance,” tiled in New York by Olga Ralph, of Evansville, who alleged she travelled with John S. Kirby, Texas millionaire, as a daughter, was declared to he “a fake and groundless” by the Texan Ik re today. "I m ver entered into any agreement or understanding with her on any person representing her. to employ her as companion or secretary or in any other capacity,” Kirby eaitf.

Forecast I s* AIR tonight with lowest temperature 25 to 30 degrees. Friday increasing cloudines.s with rising temperature.

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WATSON-NEW FEUD STIRS STATEG.O.P. G. 0, P, Organization Fight May Result From Hoosier’s Appointment, ‘WAS POLITICAL BLUNDER’ Harding Must Battle for Primary Delegates in 1924 Campaign, By JOHN CARSON Times Stuff Correspondent 'WASHINGTON, March B. Conditions are developing which may force a Republican organization battle in Indiana. And it may be that Postmaster General New, who is visiting in Hoosierdom, will bring back to Washington a report on the situation and plans for the fight. According to the story in political circles here the situation develops like this: President Harding will be a candidate for re-election and he must make a fight for the Indiana primary delegates. Harding will have New as his close friend, his advisor, the man he relies upon. In appointing Xew, he deliberately chose to affront that part of the Republican party in the State which inspired the attacks made on Xew by Representative Will Wood of the Tenth District. The suspicion has always been here that the attacks on Xew were developed by friends of Senator “Jim” Watson, by the Republican State organization leaders of today. Oh, Not So Rosy Regardless of the formalities and the pleasantries, there Is some belief in Washington that President Harding is not tremendously fond of Watson and that Watson is not so proud of the President an a his Administrator. With these facts in the pot, the question asked in Republican circles Is whether President Harding in his primary tight in Indiana should have the Indiana organization led and con(Continued on Page 7)

POTENTATE QUEST OF MURAT NOBLES McCandless Inspects Addition to Temple Here, Stopping in Indianapolis on his annual tour of the 150 Mystic Shrine Temples in the United States, James McCandless, imperial potentate of the Mystic Shrine, inspected the new addition to the Murat today. McCandless and his wife were met at the Union Station by Lewis G. Buddenbaum, potentate of the Murat Temple, and E. J. Jacoby, past imperial potentate, and escorted to the Claypool. A banquet in their homes was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Lewis G Buddenbaum, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Orbiser.; Mr. and Mrs. George M. Spiegel, -Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Boekstahler, Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Barker, Mr. end Mrs. Arthur R. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Elder, Air. and Mrs. Leslie D. Cleancy, Atr. and Airs. E. J. Jacoby, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer S. Gay, and Mr. and Mrs. E. J. seoonoger. The program will close with a theater party at Keith’s tonight. From here McCandless will go to Dayton, Ohio. COURT GiVES THREE RULES FOR WEDDED BLISS Wife Says Hubby All Right if Ini.aws Didn’t Mix In. Itv l nited A’cits CHICAGO. March B.—Judge Atorgan gave three rules for domestic hap piness to a husband in Domestic Relations Court. They were: “Keep away from your relatives. “Leave other women alone. “Support your wife properly.” Airs. Genevieve Handley, with her four children, claimed that James, her husband, hadn’t supported her, but she knew he would boa good husband if the in-laws didn't mix in. Boy Struck by Auto Dewey Kirkendojl. 7. of 737 E. Eleventh St., was slightly injured today when he was struck by an automobile driven by Ora Pralewait, 5144 E New York St., at Ashland Ave. and Eleventh St. The boy ran across the street and into the path of the automobile, police said. He was taken to his home REBUILT CARS ‘ The medium through which men with cars for sale most quickly meet men who want them is the “Automobiles” columns in the Want Ad section of The Times.