Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 7, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 May 1923 — Page 2

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CONVENTION ASKS HALF-HOLIDAY FOR POSTAL WORKERS Presbyterians to Send Resolution to Postmaster-Gen- * eral Harry S. New. Postmaster General Harry S. New was asked in a resolution passed today by the Presbyterian general assembly to recommend in the postoffice bill to be submitted to Congress a provision authorizing the Saturday halfhcliday for postal employes. This action was taken as a part of resolutions submitted by permanent committee on Sabbath observance. The assembly honored work of Hubert Work, secretary of Interior, in interest of the Saturday half-hol-iday for postal employes, while he was postmaster-general. Actors’ Position Given Dr. H. H. McQullkin, chairman of the Sabbath observance committee, declared the Actor’s Equity Association stood solidly for a Christian Sabbath. "Sabbath observance is more than a religious question; it is a patriotic question,” the Rev. H. L. Bowlby, secretary of the committee, declared. Dr. Walter L. Whallon, of Zanesville, Ohio, and the Rev. Daniel McCorkle, of Bear Creek. Mont., made a plea for a Sabbath rest day for all laborers. Bryan Replaced. Lieut. M. M. Witherspoon, navy chaplain, and Lieut. Col. Joseph L. Hunter, army chaplain, spoke on the need of more finance and larger publicity for army and navy chaplain work. The Moderator, Dr. Charles F. Wishart, announced Dr. Edward H. Pence as chairman of the committee on home missions to take the place of William Jennings Bryan, who refused to serve. John Willis Baer was named chairman of the committee on education and the Rev. Frank M. Sllsley. a member of the committee on resolutions. The assembly adjourned at 1 p. m. until 9 a. m. Monday. The afternoon was devoted to an automobile tour of the city. Tonight at the Claypool, the Men's Fellowship banquet will be held.

LESH OPINION LIMITS USE OF PARK MONEY Holds Assessments of Works Board Should Be From General Fund. Special assessment? against city park property for improvement projects inaugurated by the board of public works snould be paid out of appropriations made by the city counci' from the general fund, is an opinion submitted by Attorney General TJ. S. Lesh today to Lawrence F. Orr. chief examiner of the State board of accounts. In case improvements are made under the supervision of the park boarrt Lesh recommended the sum be paid from park funds. In the former case Lesh gave as an alternative a special assessment against all the lands and lots in the city. MRS. IDA STELLHORN DIES Mrs. Ida Stellhorn, 55, a lifelong resident of Indianapolis, ha3 succumbed to an illness of several years at her home, 3159 Graceiand Ave. Death came late Friday. Funeral services w T ill be held at the home Monday at 2 p. m. Burial will be In Crown Hill. Mrs. Stellhorn is survived by her husband, Harry Stellhorn, and one brother, Oscar Boecher of Indianapolis. To Discuss Rail Valuations City corporation 'counsel. Taylor E. Groninger, will represent Indianapolis at a conference in Chicago, May 25, 26, between public officials from all parts of the country to discuss railroad valuation by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The conference has been called by Senator Robert Lafollette. Charge Boys Took Watch Two 12-year-old boys were arrested today by detectives on charges of grand larceny. The boys are said to have taken a watch valued at $35 from H. T. Llneback, 324 Blake St. Sam Jacobs Arrested Sam Jacobs, 44. tailor. 2933 Ruckle St. xvas arrested on a charge of renting rooms for gambling purposes by Deputy Sheriff Claude Worley today. Marriage Licenses C. A Whitley 30, 615 W. Michigan; Sadie Webb. 30. 936_ Superior. W. W. Kemper. 20. Sanders. Ky.; Margaret Mast. 22. 1231 N. Alabama Frank Woods. 32. 2430 Wheeler; Thelma Young, 21. 2417 Wheelre. John Hargis. 43. Columbus. Tnd.: Minnie Higgins, 41. 1162 W. Twenty-Eighth. I. J. McKinzie. 21. 858 Oxiord: Florence Pierce. Ift. 1315 E Pratt W. J. {toons. 32. 310 S Illinois: Mary Eberhardt. 31.. 141 Comer A. G. Dunn. 24. 4750 Central: Frances Yount. 20 2000 Central Frank Washington. 48. 1003 N Senate; Florence Nixon. 39. Columbus. Ohio Births Boys Robert and Mattie Hagans. 431 S. Alabama IVilliam and Bessie Tripp 1321 Fletcher. Frank and Estella Payne. 1220 E. Georgia. Vincenzo and Josephine Amato. 733 e! Georgia. Thomas and Teresa Malad. 3714 Roosevelt. Ben and Dorothy Hunter. 862 W. TwentyEighth. Girl* Clyde and Pearl Neese. 4012 E. ThirtvFirst. Robert and Opal Dunham. 1405 Massachusetts Hubert and Stella Crihfield, 1067 Hosbrook. Deaths Randolph Hodges. 65. 1250 Charles hemiplegia. Mary Diseher. 48. Si. Vincent's Hospital, general peritonitis. Kate Carnine. 63. Central Indiana Hospital. Chronic myocarditis. Milton Taikington, 80. 942 Sanders, cerebral hemorrhage. Marjory Wilson. 31. Deaconess Hospital, puerperal eelampasia. Elizabeth L. O Brien. 32. Deaconess Hospital. streptococcus, meningitis. Ada F. Neu. 41, 1916 Bloyd. cerebral hemorrhage George Barto, 53, Lone Hospital, chronic nephritis. PA vis Parris, 68. 202 Minkner. chronic asttsaa. . Laura Belle Park. 17. city hospital, cere- j co spinla meningitis. Ben ,Caldwell Cooper, 72. 538 W. New fork, carcinoma.

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v jjl LEFT TO RIGHT—SIDNEY, EDWIN AND WALTER OSBORNE.

One adventure more or leas means little in the lives of Walter, Sidney and Edwin Osborne, of the United States, Guatemala, Costa Rica and the wide, wide world. Today the boys, ages 16, 14 and 11 respectively, their father in Venezuela, their mother in Costa Rica and their guardian, R. C. Philips, in parts unknown, are being cared for by Mrs. Laura Roberts, 645 E. Twenty-Third St.. under the direction of E. L. Osborne, chief agent of the bureau of investigation of the United States Department of Justice. Walter told this story. "I am an American, bora In New Orleans. Sidney and Edwin were born in Guatemala. "Mother and father separated several years ago and mother went to

RITES FOR MRS. NEU SET Local Woman Succumbs to Illness of Year—Funeral Monday. Mrs. Ada Florence Neu, 41, who died Thursday night at her home, 1916 Bloyd Ave., after an illness of more than a year, will be buried in Crown Hill, following funeral services at the home Monday at 10 a. m. Mrs. Neu is survived by her husband, John Neu, and two daughters and three sons, Helen, Rosalyn, Billie, Marvin and Arlyn Neu; a sister, Mrs. Alice Free, and three brothers. Harry Simpson, Indianapolis. William Simpson, South Bend, and Frank Simpson, Kokomo. TECH HIGH TO CELEBRATE Bryan Will Address Students at Special Program. William J. Bryan will address the student body of Technical High School next Tuesday, the eleventh anniversary of the day on which the Supreme Court decided that the city should have the Arsenal grounds for school purposes. Dean Coulter of Purdue University will speak later in the day. A more elaborate program In celebration of the school's birthday is planned later. PROHIBITION IS SUBJECT Bryan Will Talk Sunday at Tomlinson Hall Mass Meeting. William Jennings Bryan will speak on “Prohibition and Patriotism" in Tomlinson Hall Sunday at 3:45 p. m at the popular mass meeting of the Presbyteriaji board of temperance and moral welfare. Dr. Charles Scanlon of Pittsburgh, general secretary of the temperance board, will discuss the Eighteenth Amendment and bootleggers, with special reference to the pirate rum fleet off the New Jersey coast. Dies of Lock-jaw Lawton Ayres, 414 E. St. Clair St., died today of lock jaw at the Deaconess hospital. Lawton's hand was crushed while in the employee of the Rubtex Rubber Products Company on May 10, it was said. Coroner Paul F. Robinson is investigating. Rank Theft Cliarged By Timm Special FT. WAINE, Tnd.. May 19. —Vynul Eley. 18. is held today on a charge of stealing approximately $2,500 from the Tri-State Trust and Loan Company, where he was employed. The robberies are said to cover a period cf five months.

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Costa Rica. We were with her. I wanted to go to father in New York. So I went on board the boat and hid in the rope hatch. Admiral Cole laughed when he found me. “I got ;is '.ir as Panama, where American police arrested me. They let me go the next day. Met Philips "It was there I met Philips. Ho was in the Navy on the submarine 34. lie said if I didn't get to father he would send me to his farm lu California. Then father sent money for all of us and we went to New York with Philips, our guardian. “We then went to New London, Conn., and drove out here in an automobile. Philips put Edwin and me with Mrs. Roberts and took Sidney with him.

BARTO RITES ARRANGED Muncie Man Succumbs in Ix>oal Hos pital—Funeral Sunday Here. Last rites for George Barto, 53, who died Thursday afternoon at the Robert Long Hospital, will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday in Frankfort, at the home of his sister, Mrs. Clara Hollis, 451 W. Barner St. Burial will be at Frankfort. Mr. Barto’s home was In Mnucie. He was a member of the printers' union there. Surviving Mr. Barto are the widow, Mrs. Olga Be "to; five children, two sisters, Mrs. Clara Hollis of Frankfort. Mrs. Ida Lewis of Chicago and a brother, James Barto, of Lafayette. C. C. C. HOLDS INITIATION Klan Will Hold Public Meeting al Eagles' Home. By Times Special ELWOOD, I ml.. May 19.—The Cu Cltix Clan held a public initiation in the southern part of the city Friday night. A class of about 200 women was taken in. Several hundred people were attracted to the scene, where a large fiery cross was burning. The Ku Klux Ivlan of this city will have a public speaking in the Eagles' home Monday evening. May 21. A speaker of national repute will discuss the issues of the Klan and the public is invited. Printers' Election Rules Delegates to the International Typographical Union conventlo >. to be held at Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 13-18, will be elected by union locals throughout the country May 23. Election regulations have been mailed to union officials from international headquarters here. Files Third Complaint By Times Special FRANKFORT, Ind., May 19. Perseverance seems to be the motto of Mrs. Mabel F. Jordan. She has filed a complaint for divorce from her husband. Trade F. Jordan, for the third time this year. Her grounds are cruel and inhuman treatment. She also desires custody of their child. Travelers Hold Convention By Times Special MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., May 19. About 700 delegates attended the annual convention of the Travelers’ Protective Association. Delegates were taken on a tour to the State prison. A reception was held for women attending the convention. Election of officers was to occur today.

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EVOLUTION FIGHT SPLITS ASSEMBLY (Continued From Page 1) time I can from my other work to informing Christian people. "Fully 90 per cent of the professing Christians never have accepted the hypothesis that man is a descendant of the brute. "The alleged fear of discord comes with poor grace from those who are responsible for the attempted overthrow of the Apostles’ creed.” The bills and overtures committee today had In Its hands, for recommendation, the Fosdicks overture. It reads in part: “Resolved; That the Presbytery of Philadelphia hereby respectfully overtures the General Assembly to direct the Presbytery of New York to taken such action as will require the preaching and teaching in the First Presbyterian Church of New Y’ork City to conform to the system of doctrine taught in the Confession of FaJth. Adopted by the Presbytery of Philadelphia. Concurred in by the Presbytery of West Jersey." Heresy Charged The “Philadelphia overture” wa-s written after an evangelist, engaged to preaeh on Sundays at the First Presbyterian Church, New York, delivered his now famous sermon on “Shall the Fundamentals Win?” It is alleged he raised the question of whether It was necessary to believe in the Virgin birth of Christ. The Presbyterian Church cannot try Dr. Fosdick for alleged heresy because he Is a Baptist minister, it is stated. The only way the General Assembly can get action is to direct It against the New York Presbytery. Since the opening of the General Assembly, copies of a protest by some members of the Philadelphia Presbytery against the "Philadelphia overture” have been received here. This protest states. In part: "It is our conviction that the Presbytery of New York, with its long roll of faithful and able presbyters, is suf

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fieiently wise and careful to be trusted to the care of its own pulpits. Moreover, we realize that until the church in Philadelphia is much more effective in meeting its primary responsibilities than at present, it is not becoming in our presbyteries to call attentions to defects of a neighboring Presbytery. “We are persuaded that the overture of the Presbytery at Philadelphia violates the spirit of our Lord’s intercessory prayer 'that they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in me; that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that Thou hast sent me.’ ” This protest is headed by the names of the Rev. George A. Avery and the Rev. George Emerson Barnes and twenty other ministers of the Philadelphia Presbytery. ASSEMBLY VISITORS TO SPEAK The following program is announced for Sunday by the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church: Morning 11:00—Sermon by moderator. In First Presbyterian Church, Delaware and Sixteenth Sts Sermons by commissioners and visitors in various churches. Afternoon 2:3o—Popular meeting under direction of permanent committee on Sabbath observance, at Tomlinson Hail. 3:46—Popular meeting under direction of board of temper tnce and moral welfare, at Tomlinson Hall. Evening 7:4s—Popular meeting under direction of the general board of education, at Tomlinson Hall. CITY AND COUNTY AGREE ON DELAWARE ST. BRIDGE An agreement was reached between county and city today on plans for the proposed Delaware St. bridge over Fall Creek following inspection of the site by city engineer John L. Elliott, Mayor Shank and John J. Griffith, county engineer. A resolution for the building of the bridge was adopted by the board of works Friday. Tentative plans call for a 100 foot curved roadway on the north leading from the bridge on to Washing ton Blvd. Delaware St. will be probably be widened to 100 feet for a distance of COO or 300 feet from the south en trance of the bridge.

FLETCHER PLANS TO MAKE NEW START (Continued From Pag© 1) pany will be in good hands. Then the statement went into the history of the Midwest Engine Company difficulties. “I have had to take my losses, but the future of this company i3 quite hopeful,” Fletcher said. He asserted he had no idea of going into the Midwest Company until the Government, during the war made a demand for plants to build marine turbine engines. He pointed out he had retired from two successful manufacturing companies, each of which was making more than $1,00,0000 a year. These companies are the American Creosoting Company and the Remy Electric Company. “Cost of $9,000,000” Fletcher continued: “At that time the Hill Pump Company of Anderson, Ind.. had 1 a contract with the Emergency Fleet Corporation for the construction of a large number of turbine engines, involving a cost of some $9,000,000. They were without sufficient funds or plant capacity. "The Lyons Atlas Engine Company of this city had an enormous plant which was under the domination of an ownership which was apparently not undertaking its proper quota of war work. Sufficient appeal was made to me from these quarters—the Government and the two situations at An derson and Indianapolis—to lead to the determination of combining these two companies, financing them and bringing competent management to their affairs. “I organized the Midwest Engine Company and placed in charge those who had previously rendered totally efficient service with remarkable sue cess in the management of the Remy Electric Company and the American Creosoting Company, each of which companies, when I sold my interest in them, was showing a profit of more than $1,000,000 a year." Fletcher pointed out the Midwest

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company came into existence without a complete analysis of facts and conditions because an emergency existed. He said he has never denied he intended to make a profit. “With the termination of hostilities the .Government cancelled our contract before it had been completed and I found myself facing a real problem, possessing two plants ana no commercial product to manufacture at the larger one, the Indianapolis plant,” Fletcher’s statement continued. “Products suitable of manufacture had to be developed, popularized and marketed. A number of things xvere undertaken. This necessarily expensive operation had to he faced, in addition to meet'ng enormous fixed charges which surround a property of this size. Slump of Business “The readjustment period appeared, followed by financial depression and general slump of all business. These things for the time being were insurmountable. “I had placed every resource I had behind the company, and when I say 'every resource' I mean just that, which some apparently still do not, or will not, realize. The indorsement, guaranties and liabilities which I voluntarilly incurred remain. A great many people joined with me in furnishing such funds as appeared to be sufficient to solve the problem of this property. “My respect for my direct liabilities and my obligation to those who made investment with me lead me to turn to a more lucrative field of activity, whore my earning capacity will, I hope, permit me to more quickly discharge them. I have every confidence in the future and believe that I will accomplish this purpose, and I trust accomplish more.” Directors’ Statement The directors of the Fletcher Bank and the Fletcher-American issued the following statement on the reorganization: “Much as ws regret to lose the services of Mr. Fletcher, we take pride in the fact that we have within our organization men of the type of Mr. Stout and Mr. Forrey, who are thoroughly qualified to assume the important duties which have been

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intrusted to them. We are sure that under their leadership these two institutions will continue to prosper and occupy their proper places in the commercial and business life of the community. Although Mr. F9etcher retires as an officer, his family name, so long associated with successful bankinsg operations in the State of will continue to be linked with our institutions. The resignation of Mr. Fletcher came as a logical sequence to the occurrences during the past eighteen months. When offered, we could not refuse it because we realized that he must have the opportunity to employ his genius and ability in the world of finance in such a way as to enable him to accomplish those things which lie before him. "During his career as a banker his constructive advice has been helpful to many persons and business organizations and he can now be equally helpful as an independent adviser. He leaves us enjoying our fullest confidence and respect. He has our kindliest feelings and best wishes.” About New Executives Stout, the new president of the bank, was born in Paoli in 1876. He attended public schools in Paoli, Earlham College, from which he was graduated in 1896, and he was graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1901. He practiced law in Indianapolis until 1916, when he became xdee president of the bank. Forrey was bora in Anderson in 1882. He was graduated from Culver Military Academy in 1899 and from Williams College in 1903. In 1905 he became Indiana manager for Breed & Harrison of Cincinnati and in 1912 assisted in the organization of Breed. Elliott & Harrison, of whic™ he became vice president. In 1920 he became vice president of the FletcherAmerican Company and a director of the Fletcher-American National Bank. Watches Disappear Two watches were reported stolen today. Owners were H. T. Lineback, 324 Blake St., and Mrs. Ora Roberts. 1738 Lockwood St.