Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 303, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 May 1923 — Page 1

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VOLUME 35—NUMBER 303

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IT’S SIN TO BE UGLY! And Beauty Is Virtue, Says Specialist Who Will Give Advice to Times Readers

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MADAME HELENA RUBINSTEIN. By MARIAN HALE U A WOMAN at 20 should aV be laying the foundations foT beauty at 50,” says Bkadame Helena Rubinstein, famous international beauty expert. “It’s easy enough to hold on to prolong one’s youthful loveliness, but almost impossible to recreate it, once it has departed.” “If In her youth a girl win learn the Bdentiflo car’s of her complexion and flgrure she can keep away the wrinkles, skin blemishes and avoirdupois that conspire to luxe away her loveliness. “A woman need not look more than an interesting 30 until she is 50 if she will give herself daily, faithful care. Fat and 40 need never occur. "Ugliness is a sin because it is un necessary. Beauty is a virtue because it is natural and is every woman’s right. Not to crave beauty is unnatural. Not to acquire it is stupid.” m + * Madame Rubinstein is the dean of all beauty doctors and for more than a quarter of a century she has been listening to women's prayers—“ Make me beautiful/' She has studied medicine as well as beauty culture with Europe's most famous specialists. She has traveled in all parts of the world and learned from women of all climes. She maintains beauty salons in London, Paris, Australia and India, as well as in New York. Her European clients have included members of nobility. The unjfijrtunate Russian Empress and the of Roumania and other first ladies have taken treatments from her. Her treatments are scientific applications of common sense and technical knowledge. She doesn't believe in beauty lotions that cover up defects, but rather in a program that brings to light every blemish and corrects it so that concealment is unnecessary. + • * Be g inning Wednesday, Madame Rubinstein begins in The Indianapolis Times a course; of ten lessons in beauty culture; which will enable you to keep your years at bay. She will take up the complexion first and tell you how to correct the moSt common ills and give yourself beauty treatments at home. TRUCK CRUSHED ON LIFT Elmer Schamtz Slightly Injured When Machinery Fails to Stop. When Elmer Schamtz. 23, of Lockerbie SL, started to drive a light truck off an elevator on the second floor of the Loeey-Nash Motor Company, 400 N. Capitol Ave., today, the elevator continued upward. The truck with Schamtz in it was pinned between the gyjor of the elevator and the ceiling. employes pried the truck: looae and extricated Schamtg. He was slightly hurt. The truck was de i molished. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m........ 65 10 a. m 71 -7 a. m 60 11a. m 74 * a. m........ -65 12 (noon) ...... 77 la. m........ 70

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BOYCOTT ON SUGAR WINS' HOOVER 0. K. ♦ ; Secretary Approves Action of Women to Bring Down Costs. By Unit'd Press WASHINGTON. May I.—Secretary of Commerce Hoover today approved the sugar boycott organized by American women in many cities as the most effective means of breaking the sugar gouge. "The women are on the right track.” i said Hoover. "The way to control prices is through spontaneous control of consumption.” Hoover's statement was made Jusrt! before the Cabinet meeting, at which were to be considered appeals from women's clubs. Governors, mayors and others that President Harding official ly Indorse the boycott movement, do-! signed to bring down priges. HARDING GIVES APPROVAL President Says Sugar Boycott Is Consistent and HelpfuL Bit United Press WASHINGTON, May I.—President , Harding believes the housewives' *u gar boycott is "wholly oonalsrtent,” and that it win be constructive and helpful in remedying the present high price situation. GRAIN PRICES BREAK Approval of Combine Cafew* Wild Scenes in Chicago Pit. By United Press CHICAGO, May 1. —Amid wild , scenes in the pit grain prices broke sharply on the Chicago Board oi j Trade today, chiefly as the result of Secretary of Commerce Hoover’s ap proval of a boycott on sugar. Trade was active and the drop rapid, May wheat selling off 4*4 cents | from the da/y's high at 11 JO and still dropping. The decline was further induced by heavy deliveries of grains at all markets; reports that some of the recent i advances might be investigated, and • favorable crop reports.

POOLROOM OWNER GETS NEW CHANGE Mayor Tells Man to Clean Up Corner, "I'nfi going to take your case under consideration and in the meantime go back and see if you can run that place right. I’ll not revoke your license at present,” Mayor Shank told Roscoe Campbell, pool rdbm owner at Blake and New York St., in a hearing today. Campbell and his manager, Fred O’Rdurke, recently were convicted in city court on a charge of allowing minors in the poolroom. The mayor placed Campbell on his honor to help clean-up the corner, which he characterized as ‘one of the toughest in the city.’ OPERATES WORM FARM Bloomington Man Has Novel Side _ line. By Times Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind., May I. Charley Ramsey, mechanic, has the world beaten for a'novel side line. He adds sundry simoleous to his weekly wages by conducting a fish worm farm. Ramsey raises the worms in a box, feeding them coffee grounds and buttermilk. Piscatorial enthusiasts eheefully pay him top prices for the worms.

MAY DAY CAUSES SHARE OF TROUBLES

By United Press lAIN DON, May I.—British workers observed May day at huge Hyde Park mass meetings, at which the following resolutions were passed: 1. Sympathy for German workers in the Ruhr. 2. Denunciation of the Versailles treaty. 3. Demand for recognition of soviet Russia. 4. Demand for withdrawal of the Japanese from the Russian island of Sakhalin. _ PARIS, May I.—Troops were held in readiness in Paris barracks and others guarded the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate against possible trouble from labor extremists this day. Several hundred Thousand struck here for the day and another quarter of a million workers are participating in demonstrations throughout France, but the boulevards had morerthe ap pearance of a holiday than of ar. example of the power of labor.' BOLOGNA, Italy, May I.—A party of communist* usbersd it> day

‘Too Much Business’ Irks Postmaster General Harry New at End of First Month in Office

Indianian Plans Drastic Action to Prevent Breakdown in Service.

By HARRY B. HUNT NEA Service Writer WASHINGTON, May I.—Too much, business! Tha£? what’s troubling Hhrry S. New, of Indianapolis, post- ! master general, at the end of his | first month as head of Uncle Sam's postal service. New, it la unofficially reported j here* is considering violating the ! law in order to maintain deliveries ; and to prevent a demoralizing break j down in postal service. | The "violation” will consist in i shifting certain appropriations for 1 maintenance of the service which are rigidly fixed by law —by law i which New. as a Senator, supported. New is reported to have conferred ! with President Harding with regard to taking this action. Volume of Mail Increases With the volume t>f mail matter i increasing at an unprecedented rate. | New and his assistants are lying ; awake nights trying to devise ways to make the department live within I the Congressional appropriation j limits.' Early in March, a blanket order j was sent to city postmasters to cut delivery expense to the limit. The extent of these cuts was left to the discretion of postmasters. Asa result, many postmasters cut more deeply than discreetly. A large percentage of them sought to | retrench on parcel post deliveries. In some towns, where two deliveries a day had been made, one I delivery was ordered. Tn New York, where six deliveries were cut to five, ’■the operation was less painful. But the immediate effect was a loud and nation wide yelp on the , part of the public. The reputation for good mail service, which Will Hays had built up, seemed to be forgotten. Mail service curtailed —with the volume of business admittedly increasing! why? Wherefore? What's the big Idea? The public wanted to know. P. M’s. Use Own Judgement Quick admonition was sent to postmasters that they were ex peoted to use some Judgment in effecting the curtailments. Simultaneously, assurances were 1 handed to the press, for distribution \ to the public, that service, not surplus, is the aim of the postal service and that the malls will be delivered —eventually, if not now. A check made on postal business for the nine months ending March 31, however, indicates.an increase in the volume of business of 13.12 per cent, or about double the average annual increase for thw past forty years. Wherefore, Secretary New Is having his* troubles. The more business. the more tho expense and the greater deficit he must report. GOMPERS DUBS PACIFISTS ‘LADIES OF BOTH SEXES’ I.ahor leader Approves Weeks’ Rebuff of Peace Party’s Crillelsms. By Unit'd Press WASHINGTON, May I—ln a vigorous attack on the pacifists whom he called "ladles of both sexes,” Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, in an editorial in the American Fedcrationist today, approved Secretary cf War Weeks’ rebuffing of pacifists criticisms. WAGE SCALE IS BOOSTED Bricklayers and Hood Farriers Sign Working Agreements. New wage agreements involving slight Increases went into effect today. Agreements between representatives of the bricklayers and hod caryiers unions and contractors were signed Monday.

with a demonstration despite government ban. They sped thcough the city in motor cars, throwing cut leaflets ot literature, were fired upon and with/rew. MEXICO CITY, May I.—A thousand organized laborers paraded tho streets of Mexico City in celebration of May day. Several demonstrations were held in memory of the "Martyrs” of Mexican labor who died In the Chicago clashes in 1887. A corner stone is to be placed for a monument to those who died. DUBLIN, May I.—Jim labor leader, advised five thousand persons who welcomed him back for May day to seek peace. "There’s been enough killing ifi Ireland,” he said, "and any Irishman who takes it upon himself to kill another Irishman is unfit for theYommunity,” BERLIN, May 1. —Red flags were waved at the Lustgarten, where 100,000 workers gathered In celebration of May day. Columns of workers poured into the place in an orderly manner from all aacuons of ths city.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1923

WALKERS ARE HELD ON CURB BY CHAINS

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS MEETS IN STATE CONVENTION Reports From Thirteen Congressional Districts on Today's Program, Two hundred delegates from leagues of Women Voters in various towns over the State attended the formal opening of the fourth annual convention of the Indiana league of Women Voters at the Claypool this afternoon. Mrs. Walter Greenough of Indianapolis. Stjte president, presided. Considerable interns;, was evidenced in the reports from the thirteen districts or .he league by Mrs. Edward Klefner, Evansville; Mrs. .Tamos G. Henley, Bloomington; Mrs. W. O. Wilson, Jasper; Mrs. H. I). T/Ong, North Vernon; Mrs. Frank Brown, Clay City; Mrs. Charles Edy, Connersvillo; Mrs. Isaac Born. Indianapolis; Mrs. John Roush, Frankrort; Mrs. Ora Thompson Ross. Rensselaer; Mrs. D. S. Coppock, Pe.ru; Mrs. Maude Murphy, Helmer, and Mrs. J. J. Llttrell, Elkhart. This morning a meeting of the board of directors was held and at noon a luncheon for the directors was given at. the Lincoln. International relations will he considered by the women at a mass meeting this evening when Miss Ruth Morgan, chairman of tho national committee of International Committee to Prevent War, will be the principal speaker. She will be followed by Professor Robert Philips of Purdue University.

BOARD MEMBERS ARE REAPPOINTED Von Auken and Blessing Keep Public Service Jobs, Governor McCray today announced reappointment of Glenn Van Auken of Auburn and Edgar M. Blessing of Danville as members of tho pub lie service commission, to serve for four-year terms, beginning today. Van Auken isa Democrat and Blessing a Republican. <• ________________ Postal Receipts In crease Poßtoffice receipts for April amounted to $257,497.04, an increase of $12,396.09 over those of April 1923, Postmaster Robert H. Bryson said today. This was an increase of 4.45 per cent. By-Law Changes Proposed The by-law committee of the Gyro 6lub, Mark Rinehart, Russell Willson, J. G. Martin and C. Fred Davis, has sent to members several proposed amendments. The changes will be voted upon by the club May 15. laundry Is Missing Police today were searching for a thief who stole a large bundle of laundry from the porch of the home of Mrs. L. J. Woodruff, 669 E. Pratt St., Monday. Tbb laundry was valued at S4O. J

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Safety Board Prohibits Turns at Meridian and Washington Streets, Pedestrian traffic at Meridian and Washington Sts. will bo forcibly regui lated between 4:30 p. m. and 6 p. m. each day, beginning this afternoon, Michael Glenn, traffic captain, announced today. Posts to which chains are attached have been erected on the .southeast and southwest corners of Meridian , and Washington Sts. During the hours specified a bell will ring ten seconds before traffic signals change Policemen wljl hold to the chains and prevent pedestrian movement until the proper signal is given. Glenn also announced anew system of signal lights for automobile traffic has b*en Installed at Washington and Illinois Sts. The lights will correspond with those in the tower -at Meridian and Washington Sts. and drivers will be expected to watch the lights Instead of the traffic policemen. The board of safety has decided there shall be no turns, either to left or right, at Meridian and Washington Sts. between 11:80 a. m. and 2 p. m. and between 4:30 and 6 p. m., Glenn said. FIREMEN PRAISED •FOR SAVING LIVES Safety Board and Chief O'Brien Commend Squad No, 1, Firemen of Squad Company No. t today were publicly the board of public safety 'for saving Mrs. Anna Dushane, and her three small children from their burning home last Friday, at 202% East St. On the recommendation of Fire Chief O’Brien, a letter of commendation will be written. Patrolmen Thomas Kegrls and Ralph D. Keloh were promoted to traffiemen. Fireman Ralph Burgess was promoted to chauffeur. Ralph Staub, building inspector, resigned on the request of Francis F. Hamilton, building commissioner. William F. Wilson was appointed to fill the position. Patrolman Andrew A. Rhodes resigned of his own accord. RAIL STRIKE ORDER MAY BE PERMANENT Court Will Rule Tuesday on Injunction Against Shopcraffs. CHICAGO, May I.—Judge James H. Wilkerson will hear arguments tomorrow in United Stamps District Court on a motion of Federal prosecutors to make permanent the temporary injunction restraining railroad shopcrafts union from carrying out their strike. JURY CHARGES BIGAMY Woman Alleged to Have Had Two Husbands. Bigamy is charged i nan indictment returned, today by the grand Jury against Goldie Harper, "alias Etenburn, alias Wilson,, alias Ryan,” 546 W Market St. The jurors charge that on March 3, 1921, she married Wesley Wilson In Morgan .County.- Then, it is alleged, she married Homer Etenbum, 216 N, East St., en M&ruh 4, 1928.

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ARMY OFFICERS ME PLANES 10 FLIER’S FUNERAL Pay Final Tribute to Reservist Who Lost Life Sunday in Fall, - Two army airplanes, manned by officers from Schoen Field, flew today to Bloomington for the funeral of Ralph O. Huntington, lieutenant in the officers reserve corps, who was killed In an airplane crash at Shelbyvllle Sunday. The funeral of Joseph 1,. Jackson, sergeant In the reserve corps, who fell with Huntington will be held at the resident, 2949 Park Ave., Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. Burial will be in Crown Hill. Services will be in charge of Itaper Commandery, Knights Templar Jackson died late Monday at the Deaconess Hospital without regaining consciousness. The crash was caused by the low altitude at which the plane was flying, according to Lieut. J. G. Parker, commandant at Schoen Field, who Investigated. EFFORT TO KILL STATE PROHIBITION DROPPED Action Carried to Federal Supreme Court Dismissed. Attempts to invalidate Indiana's dry law in the United States Supreme Court were halted today, when attorneys for Harry Palmer of Vigo County, asked for dismissal of an appeal. Action was based on contention that Indiana’s 1917 prohibition law automatically became void with enactment of the eighteenth amendment. Mrs. Edward Franklin White, deputy attorney general, said the case had been decided against the defendant in two lower courts. MOB LEADERS KNOWN I’rosecuter Declares at Least Twelve Indictments Will Be Drawn. By United Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 1 "The leaders of the mob that lynched James Scott at Columbia, Sunday morning are known to officials of Boone County and we expect to get at least a dozen indictments,” State’s Attorney Hulen declared today.

CHIEF DEMANDS BAN ON TONGUE WAGGING

"Tongrue Wagginf" in the police department must sto* Chief Rlkhoff ordered today. The order was sent to all captains and were read at roll calls/ It followed Instructions to the same effect from Mayor Shank. The order: "Recently there has been In this department a great deal of talking which has nothing whatever to do with police work. “I Want all religions, lodge and secret order, and polltloal talk stopped among officers Immediately. Also 1 want all propaganda about premiutxw

Six-Year-Old Son of Wireless Corporation Engineer Lured From Home—No Motive for Abduction Is Known to Father, By United Press SCHENECTADY, N. Y., May I.—Kidnaped by a man who lured him away by offering to give him a rabbit, Verner Alexanderson, 6, son of K. F. \Y. Alexanderson, chief engineer of the Radio C orporation of America, was being sought by wireless all over the eastern part of the United States today. Alexanderson said that so far as he knew he had no enemiao. He has received no threats, nor demands for money. 1

The kidnaping evidently was carefully planned. The abductor's description was given in detail by Edith Alexanderson, 11, one, of the boy’s sisters with whom he was playing ! when coaxed away. Gertrude. 7, an- | other sister, also was able to tell something of the man, having seen him several times. Talked With Children The man had stopped several times during the past few days to talk with Verner and his sisters as they played in front of their father’s house. Repeatedly he told them he would get them some rabbits. He took pains to make friends with all three. Yesterday he stopped again and informed the children that the "bunnies” were ready. "You little girls go and fetch a box for the bunnies,” he said. "Verner and I will go down the street and get them.” Edith and Gertrude went for the box. The last they saw of their brother he was marching away, hand tn hand with tho man. When they returned with the box, Verner wps nowhere to be seen. Monday night radio fans in many cities heard a description of the lad and his abductor coming through the ether. Verner is blonde, with a fair, ruddy complexion and a friendly manner. . When he vanished he wore a blue serge coat, rompers, sailor hat, brown shoes and stockings. Woman Gives Clew The first response to the wireless call came from a woman who telephone police she had seen a man and a boy answering the description of Verner and his kidnaper, walking through the south of Shenectady about 3:15 p. m. The next clew came from W. E. Smith, who declared he saw a man and a boy answering the descriptions boarding a downtown bound street car a few minutes after the kidnaping. Another clew led to a boy. Harold Buechelf told police ,he saw a man and a boy alight from a Schenectady taxicab in front of the Union Station. They entered the station, but emerged in a few minutes and got into the taxi again. The theory is that the kidnaper rode on several different car lines and made a number of false starts before leaving Schenectady in order to throw police off his trail.

LITRE MOVING IN INDIANAPOLIS May 1 Exodus Faiis to Take Place in City, Whye figures were being compared and reports circulated all over the country today concerning "international moving day,” Indianapolis transfer man and rental agents went about their general routine with only a slight change for the better. Some haulers say Indianapolis movers are a whole month behind. A report from Chicago stated that more than 100,000 started their annual migration. Apartment houses, for the most part, suffered the loss of their winter tenants. Indianapolis real estate dealers say although they are short in their single and double house supply and that apartments are deserted for the cooler hemes tn the warm months, Indianapolis residents do not observe “moving day” as in other large cities, but "move as the spirit moves.” 1 ROBBED MOTHER, CHARGE Claude Roush Alleged to Have Taken Furniture From Own Home. Alleged theft of furniture valued at $l6O from his own home, resulted in Claude Roush, 16, of 308 E. South St., being slated for grand larceny today. Robert Green, 17, of 60 E. LeGrandc Ave., also was arrested on the same charge, and Joe Frank, 641 Russell St., was charged with receiving stolen goods. Police allege the two boys stole the furniture from Claude’s mother, Mrs. Grace Roush, tuid then sold it to Frank.

and demotions and general ‘police ehakeups’ stopped. "Such wholesale tongue-wagging Is detrimental to the morale of this organization. It is impossible for officers to spend their .time talking on any' of these subjects and do efficiently the police duty for which they are being paid by the taxpayers. "Any ranking officer or patrolman whom I find engaging In any of this talk will be taken before the board of safety and I will recommend that he be dismissed from tl\e forces B" sure that all officers t the depart dtent Bite acquainted with this orAer."

Forecast INCREASING clomiiness, probably followed by thunder showers tonight or Wednesday.

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M’CRAY SAYS TAXES CAN BE REDUCED Governor, in Speech, Calls on Local Officials to Cut Rates, By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., May I.—lt is reasonable to foresee a reduction In taxes in Indiana, Governor McCray declared in a speech here this afternoon. The speech was delivered at a Second district Republican meeting. Senator Watson also was on the program. , The reductions, the Governor said, should come through a reduction in rates by city, county and township officials, who, he said, control 90 cents of every dollar collected in taxes. In speaking of taxes, the Governor declared the total expenses of the State for the next two years cannot exceed $26,000,000. "Does this sound like $40,000,000 to $45,000,000 being spent anually, as talked by the Democrats when the Legislature was in session? he asked. Highway Program Discussed The Governor reviewed in his talk the plans of paving 1,000 miles of highways and pointed out that of these roads 100 miles are In the Second District. In defending the reformatory construction, the Governor declared labor and material are being obtained on the cheapest possible basis. He declared the Reformatory is a necessity and that the erection of such an institution is an event of a century. Much of the Governor’s talk was given to a defense of his action m vetoing the cooperative farm marketing bill. Cooperative Bill Hit "The farmers' marketing bill permitted organizations without capital to incur debt without limit, which could become a liability against the farmers belonging to the organiziticn,” he said. “Absolute control of the farmers’ products was placed with the organizations and its members could be tied up for a period of ten years. No accounting was required of the organizations. The farmer in such an organization was shut c ft from dealing outside of it; barred from the right to contract with his neighbor. "There was no parity between the obligation imposed on the farmers and the responsibility resting on the 'rganization. Freedom of contract was denied and imprisonment for debt was possible—two rights secured by our Constitution.’ ’

OHIO SUSPECT IS NOT ‘KING’ BENJAMIN Scissors Grinder Resume* Trade Freed of Any Suspicion. By United rregg MARYSVILLE. 0.. May I.—Joseph Kawalskl resumed his trade as a scissors grinder today, freed of the suspicion of being “King” Benjamin Purnell, missing ruler of the House of David. Kawalskl was released from jail after a photo of “King” Benjamin revealed the prisoner resembled him only slightly. GLENN B. RALSTON IS DISCHARGED BY COURT Updike Holds Possemion of Boom Not Unlawful. Holding mere possession of liquor is not unlawful, Judge Pro Tern. Ralph Updike in city court today discharged Glenn B. Ralston, 2326 N. Talbott Ave., on trial on a blind tiger charge. Ralston was arrested by Trafficman Records, April 23, near Wabash and Delaware Sts. Records testified he found a flask of liquor in a pocket of Ralston's automobile which he was searching for a certificate of owner ship. Ralston was fined $2 for parking overtime and $2 for failure to display certificate of title. Two Fined for Shooting Docks On pleas of griilty to shooting threa mallard ducks in violation of the migratory bird act, Henry Elberts and James O. Gorman, both of Evansville, each were fined $lO and costs in Federal Court today. Three Cars Reported Stolen. Three automobiles were missing today. Owners of the cars which were stolen Monday were: John A. Rust, Union City, tr.d.: William R. Blackburn. 2243 N. Meridian St.., and Base Kiezmer, 2202 Martindale Ay*.