Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 292, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1923 — Page 2
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SENATOR CAPPER WARNS OF SERIOUS FARM LABOR CRISIS
1750 IN BONDS OF fILERT BANK FOUND NEAR ISLEY FARM lecurities Found Buried in 9 Fruit Jar After Months I of Searching, After month'; of searching beieo ves today were in possession of $750 i hoods. a rart of the U>ot taken from ie Alert State Bank in April 1922. he bonds were dug up *n a field orth of the Alfred Isley farm on the Irookville Road la*e Monday. Ronds worth about *IO.OOO were Hind buried on the Isley farm last November. A total of $64,000 .n bonds and *S. 00 In currency, was taken from le bank The robbers are believer! > have disposed of all the loot ex ?pt the securities found. The bonds were found in a glass r hv Claud" Worley special invest!• ator for Criminal Court: William temy. deputy prosecutor: Detectives IcMurray and McGlenn and Frank ymmes an atorney. representing ome of the defendants. Cecil Johnson and De Witt Parker om time ago entered pleas of guilty t the robbery , as® and each was ned SI,OOO and sentenced f'mn two ft fourteen year* in prison Mamie sley wa® convicted of conspiracy and Ined $1 000 and sentenced to two to ourteen y®ars in rh® womans' prison The cases of Alfred Isley. his daugh er. Opal, and diaries and Walter ’erdue ar® still pending Robert Pra er. who was held in the same case, vas taken into custody by Illinois au horities. IFTEENINDKTED BY GRAND IDRY Violators of Liquor Laws Most Prominent. Fifteen indictments were returned by the Marion County grand jury tolay. There were no dismissals. .Among those indicted. Robert Carver. 29, of 317 W. Tver ty-Fifth St. Violating liquor laws by owning a still. Arrested March 31 Thomas Stevenson, 23. one mile west of Ben Davis. Violating liquor laws by owning and operating still. Arrested March 19. Etta Crabtree, colored. 30. Nineteenth and Yarides Sts. Violating liquor laws by operating still. Arthur Green, colored. 24. of Columbus. Ohio. Burglary. COURT OVERRULES MOVE TO DISMISS
Duesenberg Attorney Seeks to Stop Receivership Suit, An informal motion of James Noel, attorney for the Duesenberg Automobile and Motors Company. Inc., to have the receivership suit filed against the company dismissed, was overruled by Judge James M. Leathers in Superior Court today. Noel made his motion after a statement by J. Fred Masters, attorney for the plaintiff, that he "did not know whether the company was solvent or not.” Arguments were continued during the afternoonNoel argued that since the Dues enberg company was incorporated under the laws of Delaware, he thought the receivership suit was beyond the jurisdiction of a county court here. Masters said that since the company was doing business here, it would come under the jurisdiction of a local court. H. S. COURSES CRITICISED Printing Association Opens Annual Conference Here. High school students are not getting the right training in printing and typesetting. C. E. Payne, of Chicago. acting secretary of the International Trade Composition Association. said in his report today at the third annual conference of the association. at the Lincoln. "University students are going to be the big men of the industry.” said Charles F. Goodfriend. of New York, international president. E. A. Kelly, of Indianapolis, also poke. A. H. Dunbar, district secretary of he United Typothetae of America, • pened the afternoon session with an address. Open discussion on the various phases of printing and composition followed. The conference will close Wednesday. UNIQUE OUTING PLANNED Immanuel Young People Are to Hunt “Treasure.” The young people's division of the Immanuel Reformed Church will hold a "King Tut” treasure hunt in Garfield Park at 8 Wednesday evening. Four '‘tribes” will be under leadership of "chiefs. ” The "chiefs” are Amelia Nordholt of the Susquehannas. Edna Dittrich of the Crowfeet. Orville Zellner of -the Mohicans, and Herman of the Sheiks. Aftei the ‘reasnn* is found there will be a wle Mr *OMt and eewnt.
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FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: ELLA SHESLER, BURNETTSVILLE; MARY W. LAWRENCE, EARLHAM; MART A. MORGAN, CAMBY VERENA BERGER, ST. MEAINRAD; CARRIE BEAVER, ADVANCE. REARROW: MARY F. OWIN'. MODOC; WINONA NEWSOM. CARTHAGE: KATHERYN HUOKELBERRY. WHITESTOYVN.
Women postmasters have figured prominently in the annual Indiana postoffiee conference which closes
COUNTY'S BATTLE ON WHITE PLAGUE SHOWING RESULTS Large Decrease in Death Rate Reported to Marion Association, The death rat® from tuberculosis in Marion County d®<reased 112 9 per thousand from 1914 to 1922. Miss Mary A Meyers, executive secretary of rh® Marion County Tuberculosis Association, reported to rh® association at itp monthly meeting at the <'nlumhia Club today. The rate for 1922 was twenty under 1921. Miss Meyers said there still is much to b® done In reducing the rate She said the following thing® are imperative Expansion of Sunnyside sanatorium: provision for nt least 100 cases c r tuberculosis (for both colored and white) in connection with the city hos pltal; a city ordinance giving health department authority to hospitalize or isolate the careless chronic consumptive: a child nutrition class in every school; more fresh air schools; a broader educational program in the home, school and community generally by alj organizations interested. CITY WILL NUT PAY ACCIDENT CLAIMS
Responsibility Shifted to Workmen for Injuries, Tne city will not pay any more : c’ainiß from unavoidable accidents in which city employes driving city cars a-e involved. A resolution stating that employes themselves would be held responsible fo*- all damages from such accidents was adopted at a meeting of the board of public safety today. Thomas .1. Flaherty was appointed substitute fireman. A silent policeman, similar to the one in use at Sixteenth and Delaware Sts., was ordered Installed at Morris i and Union Sts. Fire Chief O’Brien was granted a leave of absence for three days to | visit South Bend on departmental i business. Patrolman John Madden was grant ed a leave of absence for ten days. , Trafficman John Willis was granted a leave of absence for ninety days. PACKER WORKERS FIGHT FOR PENSION RIGHTS Sale of Morris Firm to Armour Made No IToviaion for Annuities. By United Pnn CHICAGO. April IT. —Four hundred pensioners of Morris & Cos., recently merged with the Armour Packing j Company today planned a court fight to protect their pension rights. Under the sale of Morris & Cos., the new own ers made no arrangements to take , care of pension rights and those now j receiving annuities will be forced to i shift for themselves after eighteen • months. Novelty Firm Incorporates The Advertisers’ Service corpora- ! uon, $3,000 capital buyers and sellers j of advertising novelties, today filed ar- ! tides of Incorporation with Ed Jack- | son. secretary of State. Incorporators are Hazel G. Brown and William B. Holton of Lexington, Ky., and Harry |N. Schmidt. Oliver E. Cunningham \ and John M. Caylor of Indianapolis. .
Man Goes ‘Radio Mad’; Kills Sister and Husband, Then Self
By United .Veto* NEWARK. N. J.. April 17. —Edward Berthold, 25, was a "very religious” Sunday school teacher until radio entered his life. Then he went mad. When his relatives tried to tear him away from his wireless set, he saw red. He went to the cellar, got an auto axle. bat his sister and husband to death and struck his aged parents, who ran downstairs to interfere. Then he cut his own throat. Mrfl George Hewitt, who lived in th> same apartment, said:
Postmistresses Prominent in Meeting
today. At various group meetings they proved they were able to appreciate and discuss postal problems
Pigs Is Pigs, But Ohio Man Isn't Satisfied Ru ( nilxt Prexs HIRAM, Ohio. April IT.— A breed of pigs producing three hams each was In prospect today. Fred Yonker. who hits a pig with five fully developed legs, declared he would get In touch with a southern <>'iio fuimer who ( as a sow with a similar deformity. "If we can produce a breed of tive-leggers. hog raising will be more profitable In Ohio.” Yonker
EMBEZZLER GETS 10-YEAR SENTENCE Ex-Treasurer of Stock Yards! Pleads Guiltv to Charge, Py United Preu ST PAUL, Minn April 17 —J M Lindsay, former treasurer of the Union Stockyards Company. South St j Paul. today pleaded guilty to \ embezzlement of SIOO,OOO and was sentenced to not more than ten years in prison. Lindsay told Judge Hanft he was "sorry” that he had not been, able to pay back the entire amount. ”1 have paid off all but $40,000 of it, and have had to sell furniture to j provide for my family.” he said. He has a wife and three small chil j dren. COP FOOLED: THEN POLICE HAVE JOKE! J, C, Schwab Rides in Own Car to Headquarters. J O Schwab, president of the Purol Refining Company. 1951 Madison Avn., escaped a ride in th® police patrol today by concealing his Identity when Motorcycle Officer McCarty appeared nt his office with an affidavit for his arrest on a charge of parking in a safety zone. He rode to the police sta- | tion in his own automobile. In Traffic Captain Glenn's office. Schwab admitted he was the man the t fficer was sent to "bring in” and laughed a* th® jok® h® had played on the ofiTloer. Captain Glenn liked the joke so well, he said, he would not let Schwab out on his own recognizance, as he had Intended to do. but instead ordered him slated and held under SIOO bond Taking a big roll of bills from his pocket, Schwab counted out SIOO. gave it to the turnkey Schwab left the same way he had come—in his own car. according to police. . VETERAN EMPLOYE DIES William F. Marslachky 73, Will Bo lAiid to Rest Wednesday. William F. Marslschky, 73, veteran ; employe of the E. C. Atkins Company, died Monday at his home, 2421 Coyner j St. Funeral services will be held at the residence Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. and at 2 p. m. at the Brookside Lutheran cemetery. Surviving are the widow, three sons, Otto. William and Charles; three daughters, Mrs. Martha Albers, Mrs. Lena Mitchell and Mrs. Anna Rosdmeyer; a brother. Albert, and a sister, Mrs. Lena Basse, all of Indianapolis.
"For ten years I knew Eddie and never heard him raise his voice in anger. He was regarded as a paragon of reticence. Then he went in for radio. He would sit up all night working at his set. The Beyers, calling him to meals, would rap for hours on the steam pipe leading to his room before they would receive an answer. At the table he would say, ‘Do you hear that message?’ when nobody else could hear a thing. His sister told me once that he was slowly going crazy.”
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THESE BEAUTIES ARE NOT LADIES IN WAITING TO KING TUT, BUT ARE THE DASHING TRIEST ESSES OF ISIS IN THE SHRINE MINSTREL REVUE NEXT WEEK AT THE MURAT THOSE WHO WILL IMPERSONATE THE FAIR ONES WILL BE (LEFT TO RICH T) —GEORGE LTPPS. K ART, MATTHEWS. L. BTRAWMEYER. R E SEIBERT AND DON MORRISON. ALL ARE PROMINENT INDIANAPOLIS SHRTNERS
Bitten bv the Pharaoh bug” might we]! b® the title of the Shrine show to be given at Murat Theater four nights next week, beginning Wednesday, because Murat Temple's nobles just naturally have soin® nw ful times down In the valley of kings in and around I,uxor,” according to Horace Mitchell, show director "Mu iat in Egypt” Is the title of the niece, which started out ass min strel performance and wound up in being laid nut for a real extravaganza It is declared
RAIL MERGER MAY FORCE U. S. PURCHASE OF ROADS Twenty Billion Would Be Cost —Government Would Then Resell to Present Owners,
fly United Perm WASHINGTON, April 17.—The Ad ministration's new- railroad policy will be based upon consolidation of the, roads into a few great systems This may require government pur chase of the entire transportation sys lent of the country at a cost of more than $20,000,000,000. Such a purchase ‘FREMONSOL’ HAS NO MEANING TO BIG COP But Father of I/Ost Girl Explains With I/iitlo Difficulty. Fern Hemming, 3, was back with her parents at 2137 Ringgold St., today, recounting her adventure. Arthur Limb, groc®r, 1902 Shelby St., found her wheeling her doll buggy past his place late Monday. He asked where she lived. "Fremonsol," she replied. And that was all she would tell a big police man summoned by Lamb. Her father found her at police headquarters. "Fremonßol" meant "three months old," the father explained. "She sometimes gets her months mixed with years.”
PRESBYTERY IN MEETING Consolidation of Two (.oral Churches Is Discussed. Indianapolis Presbyterian ministers today were In Martinsville attending a meeting of the Indiana Presbytery. One of the Important questions Is the proposed joining of the Fourth Presbyterian Church and the Grace Church of this city. The Rev. Edward Haines TCistler is pastor of the Fourth Church and the Rev. N. S. Sichtennan is pastor of the Grace Church. Both are in Martinsville today. As the congregations are said to approve of the consolidation, tne action taken by the Presbytery will be final. Young People to Meet The Young Peoples’ Council of District No. 8 will hold an executive meeting this evening at the Immanuel Reformed Church. MiSs Emma Brinkman, president of the district, will preside. Miss Julia Winterroud. assistant oung peoples’ superintendent of Marion County, will talk. Mother’s and daughter’s day will be discussed and planned. To Cure a Cold In One DayTake Laxative fiROMO QUININE Tablets. Signal ml of E. W. Grove is
masters attended the meeting of postmasters of third and four class offices at the Federai Building
A cast of principals and ens®mt\]e of 300 is promised by the producers, who point with pride to the fact that this entire production is the conception of Murat Temple Rhrin ers and is produced by no other than members of the local temple. I/O versos real music are destined to he phased with the offerings pre pared by Arnold F. Spencer, mu !< al director for the show Spencer ha* labored diligently with special music, rearrangement and ndnpta tion and has likewise written most
would, however, be only temporaryj and the roads when consolidated would! promptly be sold back to their present' owners President Harding believes consoli-; datlon offers the only way out of the, nation's transportation problem, aside; from government ownership. To that j he is opposed. | BURCH IS REAPPOINTED TO ROAD COMMISSION McCray Names Evansville Republican ; to Four-Year Term. Governor McCray today announced i re appointment of Alvin V. Burch of j Evansville, vice chairman of the State highway commission, for four years beginning at once. Burch, a Republican became a member of the commission two years ago, at time of re organization of the body, filling the ' unexpired term of John Oliphant of 1 Vincennes, who resigned. ! The Governor and members of the | commission, including Charles W. j Zeigler, chairman. Burch, Earl Craw- | ford, John D. Williams, director, and C. Gray, chief engineer, left this after- | noon for Pendleton to Inspect proposed location for a highway between Pendleton and the new Indiana re formatory, two miles south.
GASOLINE TAX DEFENDED Charles C. Benjamin Says Indiana System Is Superior. Superiority of Indiana’s gasoline tax law over a similar act in Kentucky was described today by Charles C. Benjamin, chief of the Indiana gasoline tax collection department, following his return from a conference with Kentucky officials. Collections, in the main, Benjamin said, will be made from sources of distribution. The Kentucky attempt to collect from retailers was a failure, Benjamin said officials there admitted. FAKE COLLECTOR ACTIVE Man Posing As Gas Official Takes 52.88 From Woman. A "collector for the Indianapolis Gas Company” got $2.88 from Mrs. R. H. Marshall. Davlan Apts.. 430 Massachusetts Ave.. when he told her her gas would be shut off If she did not pay her bill. When she went to the gas company to investigate. Mrs. Marshall learned the man was a fraud 1 nobr—.
Kansas Solon Declares Agricultural Bloc Will Consider Lifting of Immigration Ban With -Caution. —Pleads for Former Aid,
By l nited Preiix TOPEKA. Ivan.. April 17. —The present farm labor shortage is a warning of a serious situation now developing, Senator Arthur Capper, congressional farm bloc leader declared today In a statement to the United Press. Capper asserted that low agricultural prices may result in so many people leaving the farms it will cause a food shortage. Referring to a pre- ! diction of employment experts that i farmers might force Congress to admit I more immigrants to alleviate the farm labor shortage. Capper said the farm bloc would be inclined to consider such a thing with ''caution.” Capper said: "Farming has been unprofitable in the last three years and they are quitting for (he better opportunities of nearby cities. "Naturally they will quit. We can not expect the farmer to continue th® hard work of producing food indeft | rltely when there is no financial rej ward. So long as the farmer is pe-
of the lyrics The score therefor® is declared to be it, th® light epera class and enthusiasts who have heard many of the musical numbers soy Vic Herbert may well look to his laurels. Paul Richey, who wrote th® book, has prepared a lively story of comedy and adventure Each night following the show there will b® a grand ball for all show patrons, in which the wonderful nw Egyptian room of Murat Temple will be used. POSTOFFICE BANDITS DANGEROUSLY WOUND 2 Robber* Flee After Dynamiting Pawluiftka iOULa.I Building. flu I nited Pretx PAWHUBKA, Okla., April 17.—The son of Chief of Police Wllkerson and a tax! driver were dangerously wounded when shot by five handtts who were surprised during an attempt to rob the postoffice today. A charge of dynamite shook the poatoffice building a few minutes after the two were shot. The bandits fled without securing any loot. Utility Hearings Set Representatives of the Clarence G. Geist utility interests, including the Indianapolis Water Company, the Northern Indiana Gas and Elecrtlc Company, the East Chicago Water Company, and the Peru Gas Company. will appear Wednesday before the State board of tax commissioners when the latter fixes taxation valuation for the coming year, it was announced today. The Indianapolis Light and Heat Company is scheduled for the afternoon hearing.
"Cause and effect" is Nature’s law ~
It controls life—science is based on it—no one can escape it. Many people find that coffee and tea, both of which contain the drug, caffeine, are often a cause of nervousness, headache and loes of sleep. There are many, too, who have found that the easy and sure way to avoid coffee and tea troubles is to
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nalized by our economic system for being a producer, just as long will the young folks on the farm be at tracted by high wages and the short hours in the city. “This labor shortage is merely a warning of what is to come. 1 hope the country will see it in time. This movement will continue until the pur chasing power of the farmers' dollar has been restored.” GARY’S CHARGE DENIED Commissioner Declares Immigration Law Is Not Cause of Labor Shortage. Bv United Prrxx WASHINGTON. April 17.—E H. Gary’s charge that the immigration law is to blame for a labor shortage in the United States is illogical. Immi gration Commissioner Husband declared today. VI do not know how the immigration law can be blamed for a labor shortage when, during the next two or three months, the quota of Germany will permit immigration of 39,000: that of the United Kingdom. 17, 000: Sweden, 7,500, and Norway's 5. 000." said Husband.
SHANK PROMISES ACTION IN BOOZE CONVICTION CASES Restaurants May Be Closed for Violation of Law by Owners, Mayor Shank today sent a letter to Bert C Morgan. Federal prohibition director, stating that be had received an opinion from Corporation Counsel Taylor E. Groninger that the licenses of poojroom operators, restaurant and hotel keepers convicted of violating the liquor law could be revoked and that he would take Immediate action in such cases. .Morgan had asked the mayor to adopt the proceedure. The mayor's letter, in part: Asks Cooperation "Today 1 requested Judge Wilmeth to send me the names of persons convicted in the court of liquot law violations who may be poolroom or restaurant keepers. I will have charges presented against such and if found guilty I will revoke or suspend their licenses. I want you to send me such names, also, of those tried in Federal Court." The mayor invited Morgan to cell on him at anv time in regard to the matter, saying that ho was making an honest effort to curb liquor law violations in th city. Groninger’s Opinion Oroninger's opinion, in part: "There is no city ordinance providing for a license of a soft drink parlor. We hav® ordinanaces licensing restaurants, hotels, poolrooms, etc., but none covering the soft drink parlor "It le your duty to revoke or suspend any city license upon a hearing if it Is found that the operator Is guilty of a violation of the ordinance relating to the place of business licensed. "Wherefore the license of any pool room, restaurant or eating house maybe revoked .” TWO CHURCHES ROBBED Burglars Take S7O in Visits Reported to Police. Robberies of two churches were reported to police today. The Rev. Ray Ragsdale. 2414 Station St., pastor of the Brightwood M. E. Church, reported that the church was entered and S6O stolen. The Tuxedo Park Baptist Church, 29 N. Garfield Ave., was entered and $lO was stolen from a locker, C. A. Schultz, a trustee, told police.
TUESDAY, APRIL 17,1923
‘UPPING BOSS’ THREATENED BY SEGUE! SOCIETY Legislative Probe of Florida Convict Camp Continues in Session, fly United Prtxx TALLAHASSKM Fla April 17. The joint legislative committee probing the death of Martin Tabert, North Dakota youth, in a Florida convict camp, resumed its session here today. Witnesses called to testify today told of the flogging of Tabert and other prisoners in the convict camp. 7he alleged flogging caused Tabert's death, the State of North Dakota contended in demanding the investiga tion. Just before the session W. G. Knee shaw. assistant attorney general of North Dakota, announced he had re ceived a letter postmarked in St. Louis, declaring if the courts failed to convict Walter Higginbotham, “convict boss.” of charges of murdering Tabert a secret organization would see that he is punished. Higgin botham was indicted by a grand jury on a charge of murder. An alleged letter written by Sheriff J R. Jones of Leon County where Tabert was sentenced for stealing a ride on a freight train, was introduced at the hearing. This letter, written to a Munich, X. D.. attorney, stated money received by the sheriff for Tabert's release had been returned because Tabert was no longer in Leon County. The letter was intended to refute alleged statements of Jones that he had not communicated with any one regarding the young prisoner. TWO SHERIFFS DIE IN BOOZE BATTLE Rum Rutmers Open Fire With Volley—Posses Form, fly United Press NEW ORLEANS, la . April 17. Two deputy sheriffs were killed in a battle with alleged bootleggers near here today. Joseph Esoptinal and August Esteve. deputies, attempted to halt a truck driven by alleged rum runners in St. Bernard parish and were met with a volley of shots, the reports said. The two officers died almost instantly. Posses have been formed and are searching for the hootleggers. The shooting was the culmination of numerous clashes between rum runners. hi jackers and deputies. Twa persons w-ere injured in a battle between hi jackers and whisky runners in the same highway a w T eek ago SCOUTS ASKED TO HELP IN CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN Executive Belzer Issues Call to All Indianapolis Troops. F. O. Belzer. Boy Scout executive, today issued a special call to all Indianapolis Boy Scout Troops to s-ssist in the city-wide clean-up campaign being conducted by the City Clean-Up and Beautification committee of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. "Definite effort is requested in Inspecting neighborhood conditions, giving special attention to oid buildings, alleys and side streets, and reporting to Scout headquarters where clean-up work is necessary," Belzer said. Public service medals, offered by the local Boy Scout Council, will be given for definite work done by the Scouts, it is said.
drink delicious Postum as the mealtime beverage. Try Postum in place of coffee or tea. It is pure, healthful and has a delightful full-bodied flavor. Your grocer sella Postum in two format Instant Poe torn (in tins) prepared instantly in tha cup by the addition of boiling water. Postum Cereal (in packages) for thoe>4 who prefer to make the drink while the meal ie being prepared; mada by boiling fully 20 minutes.