Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 18, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 June 1923 — Page 1

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VOLUME 35—NUMBER 18

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Marble Winners Play for City Championship and Times Prizes Saturday

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ABOVE. LEFT TO RIGHT—FOX THOMPSON, ROSS BEAVER. ALEX BERNSTEIN’, JOHN HAMILTON. KENNARD ONG, JOSEPH STUBBS. BELOW, LEFT TO RIGHT— KENNETH WILLIAMS, LEWIS WILLIAMS. LEROY SWEENEY, ROBERT NEAL, KENNETH SMITH. ADRIAN GREEN.

Doctor Dies in Seven Story Leap

Frankfort (Ind.) Specialist, Despondent Over II! Health, Commits Suicide by Jumping From Hotel Edward Window —Eye Giasses Unbroken in Fall, Clad, in his night clothing. Dr. James W. Hadley, 49, of Frankfort, Ind., plunged from a window on the seventh floor of the Hotel Edward, 126-130 S. Illinois St., today. Dr. Hadley’s body struck the pavement in Chesapeake St. 11l health and belief that he would not recover probably was the cause of her husband’s act, Mrs. Hadley said. The only witness of the tragedy was a colored man whose name was not learned by police. Mrs. Hadley and her husband occupied room No. 704 on the top floor.

Dr. Hadley picked up his safety razor and walked into t;ie bathroom at about 7:30 a. m. “When he did not return in 2 reasonable time I went to the bathroom,” said Mrs Hadley. “He was not' there The window was open. I looked out. Far down there was a crowd. A body was covered with a sheet. “My husband hart never threatened suicide, but ne had a fear that he c-ouid not recover bis health.” Police were told Dr. Hadley alighted fee* first when he struck the pavement. Bones in his legs were broken and he suffered internal injuries. He held his eyeglasses In his hand. They were not broken. suffered "Flu" Attach Dr. Hadley suffered an attack or influenza ome time ago. This caused a nervous breakdown. Two months ago his health caused him to give up his regular practice. Dr Hadley was a nose and throat specialist. He went to the Mayo Brothers Hospital at Rochester. Minn., and was told he hart suffered a breakdown as the result of the "flu attack. A growth had formed near one 01 I“r. Hadley's teeth, it was said. In company with his wife he came to Indianapolis Thursday to consult Dr. Carl D. Lucas. 902 Hum?-Mansui building, denial surgeon. Dr. Lucas was to have operated on Dr. Hadley today. Dr. Lucas said he met Dr. Hadley for the first time Thursday. Dr. Hadley was sent to him by Dr. Bergman of Frankfort. The operation was to have been for removal of tissue from Dr. Hadley's jaw to determine if he was suffering from a cancer. “Dr. Hadley may have feared he was suffering from cancer and realized the danger.” said Dr. Lucas. Dr. Hadley was horn in Hendricks County, Indiana. He was a graduate of Indiana State Normal at Terre Haute, Ind.. and was a teacher for several years Later he was graduated from the Illinois Medical College at Chicago. He practiced at Rossville. Ind., for eight years and at Frankfort for sixteen years. Father of Three Children. He is survived by his widow, three children, James Nixon Hadley. 13; Helen Hadley. 11, anci William Hadley, 7. and his mother, Mrs. A. G. Oliphant of Frankfort. # Mrs. Oliphant. 69. is in ill health because of heart trouble? Mrs. Hadley was worried over possible serious result of the news of Dr. Hadley’s death when his mother heard It. Motor Police Bernauer and Gooch, who made an investigation, notified Dr. Paul Robinson, coroner, who ordered the 'body taken to the city morgue.

WHAT ABOUT RUSSIA AND WORLD PEACE?,

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TWOARE KILEDIN NEW GERMAN RIOTS Workers Charge Police Who Fire Volley Into Crowd, By l nitrd Prent BERLIN, June 1. —Two persons were killed and six injured in an overnight clash at Bautsen near Dresden. Workers charged police ranks. Casualties occurred when the latter fired a volley Into the crowd. MANUAL HAS ‘OPEN DAY’ Hundreds of Parents, Friends and Alumni View Exhibits. Today was “Open Day" at Manual Training High School. Hundreds of parents, friends, and alumni flocked to the school to view exhibits. A battalion parade was held this morning. Classes In salesmanship gave demonstrations. A chorus of all classes sang. During the afternoon experiments were performed in the chemistry and physics departments. Spanish and French dramatizations were presented. KUCHIN RITES ARE HELD Funeral Service for North Carolina Congressman Observed at His Home. By United Pres* SCOTLAND. NECK, X. C„ June 1. —Funeral services for Representative Claude Kitchin. minority leader in the House, who died at Wilson, N. C., after a prolonged illness, were held from his home today. Hoy Shoots Brother By Timm sipirial I.EBANOX. Ind.. June I.—When a gun in the bands of Lolay Cornett, 13 accidentally discharged. his brother, Lorene J. Cornett, 10. son or Mr. and Mrs. Roy J. Cornett, near here, was fatally wounded. He diea twenty minutes later. The boys were playing with the gun. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 70 10 a. m 77 7 a. m 72 11 a. m. • 78 8 a. n t 74 12 (noon) 79 9 a. m 76 1 p. m.-. 79

BIRDMAN PLANS TO WRITE LETTERS IN SKY LATE TODAY Flier Comes From St, Louis to Pull ‘Stunt’ for Cigarette Manufacturer, Sky-writing was to be demonstrated this afternoon for the first time in Indianapolis. Capt. Derek Shepperson. former British army flyer, was scheduled to arrive from Terre Haute at 3 p. m. to "paint the sky." Shepperson, who is advertising Lucky Strike cigarettes, planned to write the name in smoke letters from a half to three quarter mile in height. His plane carries* a plant issuing 250.000 cubic feet of white smoke a second. The plane was to write at an altitude of from 10.000 to 12.000 feet from 3 until 4 p. m. Before the stunt Shepperson arranged to land at Shoen field, Ft. Harrison, for gasoline and oil. Other demonstrations are to be made Saturday. Sky-writing is considered one of the most dangerous air stunts. The flyer must make sharp twists and turns. Shepperson’s plane Is one of the tiny S. E. 5. A. British type, eighteen feet long with twenty-live and one-half feet of wing spread. The pilot must regulate the smoke flow as well as manipulate the plane. The writing is done at a speed of from 105 to 120 miles an hour. Shopperson’s plane* can do 150 miles, being capable of climbing from the ground to 10,000 feet in twelve minutes. HIGH SCHOOL GIRL IS KILLED BY LIGHTNING Students Sought Shelter Under Tree In Slorm. By United Press EVANSVILLE. Ind.. June I’Two1’Two seats at Central High School were vacant today. Ruth Webb. 15. was dead and Isabelle Moffett, 17, was in a serious condition. Both girls took refuge under a tree near their homes Thursday In a thunderstorm. The girl killed was standing with her back against the tree. Her father saw the fatal lightning flash strike his daughter. SOUTH SIDERS TO PICNIC Dance and said Party Will Conclude Columbia Park Program. A booster picnic for the south side will be held in Columbia Park Sunday under auspices of St. Roch’s parish. Jitney service will be provided from the end of the S. Meridian car line. A card party and dance will be given in the afternoon and evening, with Mrs. B. T. Costello in cnarge. Mrs. Henry Hermann has charge of a chicken dinner to be served at 4 p. m. Car! Spitznagel is general chairman.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1923

Lines drawn on photograph of Edward Hotel Building show how Dr. James W. Hadley plunged to death from window of his room this morning. MOTORCYCLIST INJURED Charles IJones Runs Mount Into Side of Street Car. When a motorcycle driven hy Charles L. Jones, 53, of 814 lieville Ave. ran into the side of East Tenth St. car No. 968, at Tenth St. and Jefferwon Ave., early today, Jones suffered a fractured left arm and-cuts about the face. Motor Police Schultz and Weddle, sent Jones to the city hospital. Curtis Chappell, 32. of 1130 E St. Clair St., was motorman on the car.

FIFTY HOMES OFFERED ABANDONED BABY

OMEWHERE out in the world a mother is thinking of the tiny haby girl she gave up. Perhaps she was afraid to face the world. Perhaps she felt she could not care for the child. Somewhere a mother is wondering what will happen to her babe. And. while she wonders, Indianapolis opens its arms to the child. At the city hospital the social

Mayor Shank Promises to Shoot First Aggie One Sectional Titleholder Is Out With Measles,

Mayor Shank promised today to > t- hoot the first marble in The Times city championship marble tournament at Willard Park at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. You’re invited to be present. "Count me in as one of the marble : players.” the Mayor said. According to Fred Knodie, the mayor’s secretary, who ueed to play marbles with him, the mayor is a crack shot. As soon as Shank opens the tournament, the sectional winners of tb: city will start championship ply. , WATER COMPANY MAY GIVE LAND FOR CITV LANE Geist Tells Shank 100 Acres Probably Will Be Available, That the Indianapolis Water Company will donate to the city approx imately 100 acres in the White River lowlands, northwest of tlie city ns part of the site of the artificial lake | proposed by Mayor Shank was in- j dicatcd today in a conference between j Shank and C. H. Geist, president of the water company. Geist assured the mayor the water \ company would cooperate with the city In building the lake. "What about that 100 acres of : land?" asked Shank. "It looks as if you are going to get ; it,” Geist answered Geist told the Mayor to have plans ; prepared to show just what the city j intends to do. He sa.ld he would send - Leonard Metcalf, hydraulic engineer ! for the water company, and Frank C. j Jordan, secretary, to go over the j plans with city engineer John L. j Elliott and the park board. Geist said the company is entering! n $4,500,000 fifteen-year improvement ! program which will cost citizens one-j fourth of a cent per capita a day. ROUGH STUFF AT DANCE Woman Says She and Daughter Were ( based—Home Bombarded. Police are investigating a tight reported by Mrs. Rose Ingals at a dance hall on W. Eleventh St. Thursday night. Mrs. Ingals said she and her daughter, Mildred, were in the hall when an "organized gang” started trouble, pursued them home and bombarded their house with rocks

service department is kept busy answering calls and taking people to see the child, who was found by J. Mart Haynes, 3042 Central Ave., Saturday night, in a suit box behind a vacant house at 30 (fl Central Ave. About fifty have called since The Times published the child’s picture Tuesday. Miss Eleanor Griffin, head of the maternity department, and her

They will be divided into two groups. Each group will play three games. The group winners then will play throe games for the championship. A disappointment to the marble players and to every one concerned came with the illness of Lewis Williams 1020 N. Haugh St. one of the district champions. The board of health has quarantined him because of measles and he will be unable to play. There are a lot of things Nn store for the players. Monday night they will be The Times’ guests with their mothers or fathers at the Rlngling Brothers-Pamum & Bailey Circus. Immediately after the final game the winner will be presented with a bicycle by The Times. National Meet This .Month Then will come the rush of getting ready for the trip to Atlantic City the last, week in June. The winner may take his mother or father with him. All expenses will be paid by Tjje Times A lot of prizes will be in store for the city champs at the national games at Atlantic City. The Indianapolis sectional champs entitled to play in the final games are: Robert Neal. 1830 Singleton St.: Kenneth Smith. 406 S. Dearborn St.; roy Sweeney. 619 Warren Ave.; LewWilliams. 1020 N. Haugh St.: Thompson. 1722 W. Washington St!r Kennard Ong. 2361 Park Ave.; Kenneth Williams, 1706 Olive St.; John Hamilton, 76 N. Ninth Ave.; Ross Beaver, 115 W. Twenty-Third St.; Joseph Stubbs. 46 Johnson Ave.; Alex Bernstein, 1107 S. Capitol Ave., and Adrian Green, 1018 W. Twenty-Sev-enth St. SHANK DECLARES HOLIDAY Half-I >ay Vacation Planned For Riley Memorial Baseball Game. Mayor Shank today declared a halfholiday on the afternoon of June 12 for the observance of Riley Memorial Hospital day at Washington Park, where the Indianapolis baseball team plays Minneapolis. Gate receipts go to the Riley Hospital for Children. The mayor asked all employes who can to give employee a half-day vacation. Shank will take all children from one of the orphan's home to the game. POLE FALLS ON MOTOR Car and Truck Collide—Drivers Are Not Hurt. M. C. Wirth, 3017 E. New York St., j narrow’ll' escaped injury w’hen a car he was driving collided with a truck ; driven by William Florkey, 631 Dorman St., at Fortieth St., and Washington Blvd. today. Wirth’s car was badly damaged after it was hurled against a telephone pole. The pole fell on it.

aids have named the baby Virginia May House. As the many g?ujd-be mothers — t nch and poor, young, middle aged and old —come to see the little girl, she looks up at them with a smile and wins their hearts. Not one has said, after seeing A irginia, that she did not want the child. On the contrary, so eager are they that each woman insists she was the first to telephone, so she may be

L’ovd George, former British premier, who is a special contributor to the Indianapolis Times, analyzes the s Ration thoroughly and reaches a conclusion that may startle you. Reach his views in The Times tomorrow.

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M’GRAY State Committeemen Are Angry Because Chief Executive Fails to Consult Them When It Comes to Passing Out Fat Jobs, GOVERNOR’S SECRETARY CAUSE OF ANOTHER PEEVE Politicians Complain They Are Unable to Get Into Conferences Because of Woman Official —Ah! Campaign Contribution Is Another Rub,* Another serious split in Republican ranks was revealed eoday. Members of ehe Republican State committee have entered objections to Governor McCray making appointments without consulting committee members. Leaders are trying to minimize the difficulties, but it is known the situation was one of the principal subjects for discussion when the committee met in secret session May 22. It was discussed again when the committee met Thursday.

GUT OF SALARY FOR HATCH DOES NOT DATE IN MAY Friends of Hospital Head - Indignant at Action of Commissioners, Dr. H. S. Hatch, superintendent of the county tuberculosis hospital at Sumjyside, today drew $350 salary for May from the county despite an order Thursday by county commissioners that he would get $250. The board of commissioners modified their order, stating that the salary cut would become effective today. Dr. Hatch and Irving W. Lemaux of the board of managers of Sunhyside demanded that the action should not be made retroactive. “There are no politics connected with this salary reduction," declared the three commissioners, one of whom ie a Democrat. “We merely noticed that his salary was raised, and found it had been for fourteen months. It is too much, that’s all, and Dr. Hatch will get $3,000 a year from now on." "The commissioners noticed his salary on the payroll, and ordered it reduced,” said Leo K. Fesler. county auditor. "I didn't have anything to do with it. Dr. Hatch was really getting about $6.0(,0 a year, as home and everything is furnished him.” Friends of Hatch protested the reduction vigorously. The board of managers will meet with commissioners when Dr. Albert Henry, board chairman, returns from a business trip. The managers oppose the reduction. MAT SETS RECORD - FOR NEW BUILDING Department Figures for Last Month Show 1,809 Permits, The number of building permits issued by the local building department during May—l,So9—breaks all records. The largest previous month was May, 1922, when 1,798 permits were issued. No estimate on the valuation has been made by the department because it is far behind in its work. For the first eighteen days of the month valuation on dwelling, house permits amounted to more than $900,000. BOYS TELL STORY OF FINDING NUDE BODY Police Are Convinced “Murder” Was Hoax. By Times Special ELWOOD, Ind., June I.—-When a tale of Virgil Waymine and David King, both 11, of a nude and mutilated body of a baby a field near an abandoned farmhouse, reached police headquarters, Chief of- Police Walters and officials left hastily to investigate. A crowd of Elwood people armed with shotguns assembled. Thorough investigation failed to reveal the body. One of the boys finally admitted he had not seen the body, but had heard about it from the other kid. The other stuck to his story. Police are convinced the "murder" was a hoax.

placed first on the list of applicants. But Virginia’s home will be determined by Juvenile Court, which announced today suit would he filed to take over the care of the child, hwo, nurses say. will not be able to leave the hospital for several weeks. Somewhere a mother’s heart is aching while the doors of fifty homes stand open to her little girl.

Forecast Generally fair tonight and Saturday. Not much change in temperature.

TWO CENTS

Last night a committee of th® State committee composed of Clyde A, Walb, La Grange, chairman: Lawrence Cartwright, Portland, vice chairman, and Frederick E. Scbortdmeier, Indianapolis, secretary, called on the Governor at his homo. It was announced this sub-commit* tee merely talked over the "general program." Governor's Stand It was admitted today the Govern nor has taken the attitude that he is making his appointment for what he believes to be the best interests of the State and not necessarily at the request of politicians. The immediate difficulty arose over the Governor’s announced intention to appoint Oscar H. Ahlgren, Republican floor leader in the House, as prosecutor of Lake County, Jo succeed Dwight M. Kinder, sentenced to Atlanta (Ga.) Federal penitentiary on a charge of conspiracy to violate the Volstead act. Kinder s has not yet resigned. The present discussion was started 'y George M. Foland. Lake County chairman, who is said to have “blown up” because he knew nothing about the proposed Ahlgren appointment until he read it in the newspapers. It is understood the Governor talked to other Lake County Republicans, but did not consult Foiand-Ahlgren. as Republican floor leader, was the administration representative in the House. Others Voice Objection It is understood some other members of the committee added their objections to that of Foland. objecting to some minor appointments. At this point someone is said to have suggested it might be possible for some committee members to consult the Governor if they had been granted admission to his office. W. J. Robinson of Lebanon is said to have fold the committee that when he attempted to see the Governor he had been denied admission by Miss Adah Bush, the Governor's secretary. It is understood Lawrence E. Lyons, who resigned as chairman at the May 22 meeting, also was "peeved” because Miss Bush would not admit him to the Governor's private office whenever he wanted to see the chief executive. It Is understood Lyons said many of his difficulties as State chairman were due to his inability to see McCray. Opposition Is Recalled Lyons and Miss Bush have been unfriendly for some time owing to the opposition by Lyons to the fifty-fifty bill which would have given women equal power with the men in the Republican party. The bill was killed in the Legislature, after it had disappeared for some time and then was subjected to parliamentary manipulation. Miss Bush was one of the leaders in support of the bill. She had the cooperation of many Republican women. There were other "peeves” concerning Miss Bush. It was charged she had not paid her last campaign assessment. It is the rule that State employes must contribute to campaign funds. In the last campaign, it is understood, the Republicans collected 14.000 from State officials and employes. Resolution on Records A resolution setting forth all of these “kicks” was drawn up and is on the records of the State committee. Governor McCray refused today to comment other than to say there was “nothing sensational about it.” He said he did not care to break Into print in connection with the controversy. Walb admitted there had been difficulties and that Governor McCray is “inclined to use his own judgment in making appointments.” The State chairman said he thought the situation could be smoothed out. New committee members who “hadn’t got into the swing of things” were responsible, he said. Walb said the committee called n the Governor last night and was with him for several hours making an effort "to get everybody together.”

MAYOR IS BACK ON JOB “Kinda” Fun to Run the Town After “Seeing World” a While. It was “kinda" fun to actually be mayor again today, Samuel Lewis Shank admitted. Spending Monday at Marion. 0.. Spending Monday at Harion, 0., watching his race horse fall down and lose a great race. Speaking at Memorial Day services at Pearson’s Mill, Wabash County, Wednesday. Watching the horse work out at the fairgrounds most of Thursday. Calling on the cops at headquarters for a while this morning.