Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 33, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 June 1923 — Page 1

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SCAFFOLD TOPPLES WITH MEN

Four Painters at Indianapolis Heat and Light Substation Are Injured, Four men were hurt, two perhaps fatally, when a scaffold on which three of them were working inside the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company’s substation, 222 N. Meridian St., dropped with the three today. They fell about thirty feet. The injured: ft CHARLES DAUGHERTY, 47, of 1926 S. Delaware St., skull crushed. Taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital. PORTER TERHUNE, 46, of 2628 N. Olney St., skull crushed. Taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital. ROBERT TERHUNE, 22, his son, same address, cut and bruised. Not serious. SAMUEL WHITE, 22, of 330 Station St., arpi injured. Three of the men were painting the celling and walls. Robert Terhune said a rope broke causing the scaffold to fall. White was standing under It. As Porter Terhune and Daugherty fell their heads struck heavy beams. Robert Terhune slid between the scaffold and a wall. The men are employed by the W. C. Terhune Construction Company 420 Board of Trade building.

PREUS WINS G. 0. P. NOMINATION FOR SENATORIAL SEAT Minnesota Names Carley, Dem,, and Johnson, Farmer-Labor, By United Press ST. PAUL, Minn., June 19.—Governor J. A. O. Preus, Republican: Magnus Johnson, Farmer-Labor, and James A. Carley, Democrat are the party nominees in Minnesota’s special senatorial primary, it appeared certain from returns today. The trio is to go before the voters July 16 in a special election to determine the successor to the late Senator Knute Nelson. Preus’ nomination is a victory for the Harding administration. The president indorsed him against a field of Republican candidates of various views. Supporters of Judge Oscar Hallam conceded the nomination to Governor Preus early today. Hallam is the “runner up’’ in the Republican fight. With about one-third of the total vote counted, indications were that Preus will get the Republican nomination by about 30,000.

COP INDICTED ON MURDER CHARGE Grand Jury Accuse Admiral Harris of Crime, An indictment charging Admiral Harris, colored policeman, of 2019 Alvord St., with second degree murder was included in a report of eleven indictments today by the grand jury. It is charged that Harris, on Feb. 6, 1923, “purposely and feloniously, but without premeditated malice," shot and killed Eugene J. Cordier, yhom he was trying to arrest on Indiana Ave. Ruth Burton, 1123 X. Missouri, was indicted on a charge of arson. It is alleged she set fire to the home of Kittle Minter, 2157 Boulevard PI.

UNION PLANS FESTIVAL Prizes Will Be Given in Contests Wednesday Evening. The Union Label League will give an open air meeting under the auspices of the Central Labor Union at the home of George Woods. 350 Leeds Ave., Wednesday evening. Prizes of union made goods will be given in contests. HEAT WAVE TO CONTINUE Weather Man Sees No Relief From - High Temperature. P Another hot night was predicted By J. H. Armington Etate meterologdst today. The minimum temperature last night came at 5 a. m. this morning when the reading was 71 degrees. The maximum temperature recorded yesterday was 88 degrees. The mercury climbed again today. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a_ m. 72 10 a. m 85 T a. m. 76 11 a. m 87 tin. 80 12 (noon) 88 la. BL 63 Ip. m. 89

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CITIZENS CHARGE W. H. ARMITAGE HAS INFLUENCE’ Injunction Petition Seeks to Block Blaine Ave, Paving Contract, Charge that they believe William H. Armitage. chairman of the Republican county executive committee and political leader of the Shank administration “has undue influence over affairs of the city of Indianapoil,” was made today by three citizens of 'West Indianapolis in a suit for injunction field in Superior Court. The citizens seek to stop work on a contract held by the Marion, County Construction Compary for permanent improvement of Blaine Ave., from McCarty to Minnesota Sts., because the contract calls for Berea sandstone curbing and they believe the cost is excessive. Judge Clinton H. Givan issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the city, the board of works and the contractor from continuing work. Gets Commission, Is Charge “They have reason to believe that there is a contract between said Armitage and a sand and stone company in Ohio which provides that he shall get a commission on all 'sandstone curbs used in the city," said the petition filed by Bartholomew D. Brooks William F*itzgibbon and the Rev. Joseph F. “Weber, the latter a priest, all residing in Blaine Ave. “They believe said Armitage stands to profit by the said pretended contrace," the petition continues. Armitage is at his summer camp on the Tippecanoe River. Denial that Armitage has any "undue influence” with the board was made by President Charles E. Coffin. Xo Conference on Curbing “I haven’t seen Armitage for some time and the board, of course, never lias conferred with him about curbing. I never have Jieard him speak of curbing," said Coffin. "Property owners have the right to petition for the kind of material in paving but the board has exclusive right to choose curbing. We acted upon the advice of City Engineer John L. Elliott in selecting sandstone in this instance." Records show that or April 23 a majority petition for asphaltic concrete paving with concrete curb was filed by the Rev. Weber, and that on June 8 another majority petition was filed by Stephen Fullen, another property owner, for sheet asphalt paving with stone curbing. At the same time Fullen fil’d another petition saying the property owners wanted nothin*? stone curbing. The contract was awarded June 15 for asphaltic concrete with Berea sandstone curbing at $6 a lineal foot, total, $53,246. Bids including cement curb were cheaper, records show.

ETERNITY JUST AHEAD, MAN THINKS OF WIFE Drowning Houseboat Owner Does Not Fear Death. By Tim's Special EVANSVILLE. Ind., June 19. “Don’t worry about me honey,” shouted L. Z. Brush. 38, riverman, to his wife, who stood wringing her hands and crying for help, while he struggled in the Ohio River. “I believe I can get out. I'm not afraid if I don't. Collect my insurance—don’t give me no expensive funeral—you’ll need the money.” Meanwhile the deathly whirlpool was pulling him closer. It sucked him under. Police today are searching for his body.

EVIDENCE GOES TO JURY Federal Body Will Investigate Alleged Beer Making. Purported evidence of wholesale violation of Federal prohibition laws in the sale of beer from the Norton brewery at Anderson will be presented to the next Federal grand jury’, Federal officials said today’. William Schramm and Frank Houser, both of Anderson, who were arrested in a raid on the brewery Sunday, were bound over to the Federal grand jury under bond of $2,500 each at a hearing before Howard S. Young. United States Monday. A large quantity of beer was found in vats. The beer tested about 5 per cent alcohol, according to Frederick Davenport, chemist for the prohibition department. SEVEN DIE IN HEAT WAVE Chicago and Middle West Prostrated Under High Temperature By United Press CHICAGO, June 19—A heat wave, taking a toll of seven deaths in Chicago in thirty-six hours, swept the Middle West today. After yesterday’s high of 91, the mercury' again early today started climbing, sending thousands to bathing beaches for relief. There were dozens of prostrations.

Lone Watchman in Fire Tower Paces ‘Castle’ Constantly to Protect City

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BOY, 8, DROWNED AS BROTHER LOOKS ON Charles Flora Wades Out Beyond Depth in White River — Mother Attempts Rescue,

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NEBRASKA FLOOD INUNDATES TOWNS Railroad Washed Out, Bridges Weakened by Torrent, By T'nitrd Prc** COLUMBUS, Neb., June 19. Floods from the Loup River did heavy damage in this section today. Towns of Fullerton and St. Edwards were inundated with three feet of water last night. Railroad tracks have been washed out and bridges weakened or s<vt-pt away.

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INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, TUNE 19, 1923

A. C. REESE.

While fishermen and campers were near by, but helpless to aid in time, Charles Flora Jr., 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cha~’ - Flora, 1234 Sheffield Ave., 4waucit out beyond his depth, was caught In the current and d-owned 200 yards below Em r chsville dam In White River shortly before 10 a. m. today. The body was recovered by Warren Mims of Dallas, Texas, camping on White River. Motor Policeman Ams den, who also dived In to recover the body, and Motor Policeman Hyland, tried to revive the boy. • Charles’ brother, Harold, f\ saw him sink and ran home to his mother, while persons along the river rushed aid. Mother Is Frantic Mrs. Flora waded across to a sand bar in the middle of the river to try to recover the body. It was with difficulty that she was restrained from diving In. When thg body was recovered she fell prostrate into the river. Mrs. Flora told police she had warned her boys not to go near the river. They left home about 7 a. tn. At the time the boys entered the water Frank Mima, 16, brother of Warren Mims, aj>d other swimmers were in the water, but they left before the Flora boy waded out to his death. The drowning is the fourth in Marion County this year. Eleven persons were drowned In Marion County stre;ims last year. Six Children in Family “I have tried to watch my children ns clr selv as I could,” sobbed Mrs. Flora, “but I've got six of them, and It’s hard to know just where they arc all the time.” The Floras other children are Russell. 14. Gladys, llr Harold, 5; Catherine, 3, and Florence Mildred, 1 month old. There was a pathetic, scene at the home. Mrs. Flora was assisted into the house. Harold was crying. mother sank to the floor beside him and sobbed. Harold was unable to say little more than “Charley was swimming." The father is a street car motofman at the W. Washington St. barn.

POLICEMAN IS IMPROVED Speed Cop Hurt in Accident Reported Recovering. The condition of Motorcycle Policeman Lawrence F. McCarty, 313 Roberts Apartments, was reported improved today at the city hospital. McCarty suffered a fractured collar bone Monday when his motorcycle collided with a truck driven by Frank Pierpont, 32, of 126 W. Walnut St. The policeman was chasing a speder on Washington St. at Traub Ave. INJUNCTION IS SERVED Safety Board Receives Order Obtained by Junk Dealer. A restraining order against the police department and the board of safety in favor of Jacob Saperstine, a junk dealer at 336-358 W. Eighteenth St., was received by the board today. The order is good front June 16 to 23. Saperstine objected to a city license on his junk shop, saying other retail merchants did not have to pay such fees.

ORIGINAL B/yilK LOOTED Chicago Girl Says Former Sweetheart Robbed Her. By United Metes CHICAGO, June 19. —The original First National Bank is still functioning. But it is still unreliable and subject to runs and looting. Miss Mary Thiel testified in Judge La Buy’s court Monday, James-Lyons had looted hers to the extent of 41,575. Lyons, an alleged former sweetie of Mary’s, was held for the grand jury. SUICIDE ATTEMPT FAILS Joseph Gibson Cuts Self With Razor —Charged With Vagrancy. Joseph Gibson, 72, who lives with his daughter, Mis. Alma Tinley, 522 Lockerbie St., attempted suicide today by cutting his left wrist and ankle with a safety razor blade, police were told. He was taken to the city hospital, where his wounds were dressed and then to police headquarters, where he was charged with vagrancy. His condition is not serious.

Miss Indiana on Monument His Sole Companion, but He Never Gets Lonely,

By G. H. KISTLER , 4 4 I.' AST Is East, West is West, W~4 and never the twain shall meet.” But they get mighty close together when you can see Indianapolis from one vantage point, the fire tower on top of the Merchant’s Bank building *4 Meridian and Washington Sts., 295 feet up In the air. I crept through the trap door at the top and saw Miss Indiana standing on the monument, raising her hand as if to shake mine,-for she is eight feet below the tower. A. C. Reese, watchman, is one of the four who take turns looking for fires. He can see his home, 623 N. DeQuincy St., just as plainly as you can see fresh stop signs on the boulevards. Reese has been on this job longer than any of the other. This is his thirty-first year. 44 T XON'T you ever get tired, all IJ alone up here with nothing to do?” I asked him. “No indeed I’m always finding something new. As long as I've been here there isn’t* a day passes, but that I see something I never saw before." Then ho calmly picked up his binoculars. “Just a little brush fire at Fall Creek and Senate,” he said. How can you pick out* the very streets in all that maze?” I asked. “See that smoke stack there?" he pointed. "That’s the Merchant’s Heat and Light plant at Sixteenth and Alabama Sts. There's the Gas Company on Fall Creek. We have markers like that all over the city." How many fires did you find last year? "The tower reported 198.” I was curious. What do you do all day? “I just keep watchin.’ " he said. • • • THEN his relief came up the ladder. “Meet Charley Househotilder,” said Reese. “He lives over there” — pointing—”sßso Beeehwood Ave. Harry Davis. 1827 Ingram St., will V>e Houseboulder's relief. Henry Cook, 728 N. Noble St., isn't on duty today." “Yes," said Househoulder, “out there’s the Coliseum. Over here is Washington Park and out east you can see Butler. It's a smoky day, too. On clear days I have seen courthouses at Noblesville and Danville.” I asked him the old bothersome question, "What do you do all day?" “Just keep watching,” he said. It seems that that -is an axiom In that tower. “Did you ever notice that you can't get out of Indianapolis unless you go up hill? It's just like a saucer with the Monument In the bowl." They are a fine bunch of men constantly there protecting the city from fires. But it seems terribly lonely. Perhaps Miss Indiana keeps them from getting lonesome.

FLAMES DAMAGE GOLF CLUBHOUSE Defective Wires Start Fire at South Grove. Fire starting in the attic of the South Grove Golf Clubhouse Elgtht< enth St. and Parkway Blvd. at noon today, threatened the entire building, * burned off the roof, and caused loss of $3,000. he building is a two-story brick structure. Fire gained headway before the department arrived. Considerable damage was done to clothing and contents of the building. Steel lockers prevented further loss. DEATH IS ‘EXAGGERATED’ Presumptive Corpse Steps off Train and Spoils Plans For His Funeral. By United Metes BAYFIELD, Wis„ June 19.—Relatives and friends of Edward Boutin, advised of his death in an Oshkosh hospital, flocked to the train Monday to receive his casket. Avery fine funeral had been arranged. The corpse presumptive, however, spoiled all plans by stepping off the train to greet them. The telegram had been erroneous.

A LESSON IN SAFETY Three Killed When Driver Races for Crossing. By Times Special HOBART, Ind., June 19. —Another expensive lesson on safety was tought when three persons were killed and one seriously injured when Gerald Clark raced ;A’ith a Pennsylvania train for a crossing near here. The dead: Mrs. John Clark, her sister and baby. Clark Is in a hospital here. MEROM HAS BIG FIRE Firebugs Blamed For §6,000 Blaze. By Times Special SULLIVAN, Ind., June 19.—Fire, believed today to have been the work of burglars to cover up their work, caused damages amounting to about $6,000 at Merom. Despite efforts of volunteer fire fighters the flames, originating in Pinkston pool room, spread to adjoining buildings. No clew to the robbery or flreibtfes has been uncovered.

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SICILIANS FLEE MOUNT ETNA’S FLAMING LAVA

Volcano in Violent Eruption

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PHOTO SHOWS MT. ETNA LOOKING FROM THE CITY OF CATANIA, A TRAIL OF SMOKE WHICH CONTINUALLY EXUDES FROM THE MAIN CRATER. EVEN WHEN THE VOLCANO IS'AT PEACE. THE SUM MI J RISES 10,000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. THE ERUPTION SUNDAY BLEW THE WHOLE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN OFF, OPENING UP FIVE NEW CRATERS FROM WHICH MOLTEN LAVA IS POURING.

Huge Volcano Dominates Sicily

THE towering volcanic cone of Mt. Etna dominates the island of Sicily. Wherever one goes on tne north shore it is In sight, rising 10.000 feet into the air. and having a base of low foothills ninety-eight miles in circumference. Roughly, its appearance is simi lar to the familiar pictures of Fujiyame, in Japan, the conical summit usually white with. snow. From this summit, in normal days, a long greyish pinion of volcanic smoke drifts away from the main crater, merging with the clouds. Sicily’s summer sky is cloudless, a robin's egg blue. Against this rises the huge mountain. Its upper slopes are sheer gray rock, its lower brilliant green with the foliage of orange and lemon groves

LAWMAKERS URGED TO PERUSE BIBLE Speakers at State Sunday Sc hool Meeting Say Solons Need Religious Instruction Dr, F, E, Taylor Speaks,

The menace of divorcing the Bible from the home and the necessity of sending men to the State Legislature who know the Bible was pointed out by Dr. Frederick E. Taylor of the First Baptist Church in welcoming nearly 5,000 Sunday school workers of Indiana to Indianapolis today at the opening of the fifty-ninth annual convention of the Indiana Sunday School Council of Religious Education at the Cadle Tabernacle. I)r. Taylor was chosen by Governor Warren T. McCray to represent the State executive when he found it im possible to attend. “The Bible has almost become divorced from the home these days, and that Is one reason why there are so many divorces of another nature," said Dr. Taylor. Bible Cure for Divorce “If the Bible had been kept In the home, the divorce courts would not be working over time. The Bible schools of the country are putting the Bible In the proper place in th> Hoinds of the young people. *‘l go to the Legislature and I look over those whom you send and I am afraid that not too many of them know too much about the Bible," Dr. Taylor said. * John N. Feasey, State president of the association, called upon Sunday

Volcano Toll of Past Among volcanic diasters during the past thirty-five years are: KRATHOTO A, Java. 1883— Sunda Strait Islands destroyed; 50.000 lives lost. TALAWERA, New Zealand, 1886 —Famous Pink Terraces destroyed; many lives lost. MONT ... PELEE, Martinigue, 1902—St. Pierre destroyed; all inhabitants, about 40,000, lost. MONT SOUFRIERE, Island of St. Vincent, 1902 —One-third of island devastated. TURKESTAN, 1902—Volcanic earthquakes; 10,000 lives lost. DHARMSALA, India, 1905 Volcanic earthquakes; 15,000 killed. FORMOSA, 1906 —Towns and vallages wiped put. VALPARAISO Chile, 1906Earthquake; 3,008 dead. MESSINA, Italy, 1908—Several towns and cities destroyed; 76,483 killed; 1,100,000 homeless. CARTAGE, Costa Rica, 1910Town destroyed; 500 killed. ABRUZZI DISTRICT, Italy, 1915 —Several towns and villages destroyed; 12,000 killed. SAN SALVADOR AND GUATEMALA, 1917—Earthquake due to eruption of Quatzaltepeque; cities of San Salvador and Guatemala practically destroyed.

About the island Is Hung the fiat, blue sea. dotted with whitesailed fishing croft. To the north one sees the cloud-like bulk of land that is toe of the Italian boot at Reggio. The Sicilian coastal plain is marked everywhere with past records of Etna. In the city of Messina huge cracked walls of ruined houses tell of the earthquake that destroyed the city, now largelyrebuilt. All houses are open to the air. permitting easy escapes in case of earth shocks. These houses are of concrete or stone. Lava is frequently sawed Into blocks and used in building houses or walls. Great fields of tortured stone —the lava rivers, now cold, of previous outbursts—twist across the plains.

school workers to produce the kind of spiritual life which will make America the leader of the world from a spiritual standpoint. “It is your duty to send men to the State legislature who know the Lord's prayer." Feasey said. Marion Lawrence. Chicago, consulting general secretary of the International Sunday School Council of Religious Education, made a plea for (Continueod on Page 2'

ALLEGED SWINDLER HELDATHAAIOND ‘Advertising Man’ Will Be Brought Here, Micky Davis, said to be the “advertising man” who swindled a number of Indianapolis firms by selling them “advertising" in connection with the Ringling Bros and. Barnum & Bailey Circus here June 4, is under arrest at Hammond, the police department announced today. Detective George Stone was sent to bring him to Indianapolis. According to the story told the police Davis told local firms his name was L. A. Patterson, and that he represented the circus. Among the deals said to have been made by Davis was one arranged with an automobile agency whereby one of its cars was to Jead the circus pageant. The company paid him SBO in advance. Circus officials said he had no connection with the show.

CAPT.~ HENRY IN CITY Former State Official On Way to California. Capt. James R. Henry, Civil War veteran, formerly of the State Bank examiner’s office and now connected with the alien property custodian’s office in Washington, D. C., is visiting friends here while on his way to California. Captain Henry was a well-known politician in Indiana. He has been connected with the Republican national committee. Man Drowns Self By Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 19.—Police today were dragging Wildcat Creek in an effort to find the body of Walter Lynge, 52, whose clothing and bank book containing a note ,to his wife, mother and father were found on the creek bank. The note indicated that financial trouble %led to the suicide.

Forecast CONTINUED warm and generally fair tonight and Wednesday is 24-hour forecast.

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Thousands Homeless as Liquid Wall of Blistering Rock Sweeps Island, B i/ United Press CATANIA, June 19.—Between fifty and one hundred thousand persons are homeless as a result of the terrific eruption of Mount Etna Sunday and Monday. Flow of molton lava from new fissures opened in the volcano’s side continues and earth tremors are adding their terrors to those that drove the population of towns at Etna's base into frantic flight. Flow of molten lava from new fissures opened in the volcano’s side continues and earth tremors are adding their terrors to those that drove the population of towns at Etna’s base into frantic flight. But little townships, nestled at the foot of the mountain, have been wiped out by the fiery streams of lava, thirty and forty feet in< height, that poured relentlessly down upon them. Anew lava stream advanced today toward the town of Glarre, of 20,000 inhabitants, which is doomed unless some event impossible to foresee intervenes. Rumblings and leviathanic mutterings beneath the earth over a largo area of eastern Sicily continued incessantly this morning. Refugees were thrown further into panic by these demonstrations] Fifty thousand at least are housed here, or huddle helplessly in streets and fields, while it is estimated close to an equal number have fled elsewhere. Human Life Impossible. Over their shoulders as they flee, the farmers see the advancing lava walls, thousands of feet wide, thirty to forty feet high, carrying along great incandescent weighing tons. A blistering heat precedes the onrushing lava; human life is impossible within a mile. Wells for miles around have dried up; vegetation is withering. Still farther up the mountain, like a shroud over the destruction wrought by the fiery streams, a steady downfall of ashes, hot cinders, stones and lava, fragments are spreading a gazeous blanket already three Inches over the entire mountain as far as Giardini. As the panicky exodus from threatened towns grows in volume, roads are clogged and the farmers drive their cattle, horses and beasts of burden, upon whose backs is everything they could remove from before the lava, across fields and down drying river beds in their haste. The of Terror Inhabitants of towns that have not yet felt the heat of the descending masses, but whence the uninterrupted incandescent display of giant fireworks from Etna’s top is plainly visible, spent a night of terror. At Pledimonte, the entire populace camped out in the public square, huddled together around a statute of St. Anthony, praying throughout the night. Church bells tolled incessantly, booming above the voices raised In prayer. Every now and then thunder from the mountain top shook the village. With the dawn inhabitants of Lingua Gloss a. believed doomed, held a lebgious procession ‘as close as sib't to the fiuy forty-foot wall of lava that threatens at any moment to engu.i their homes People Pray to Saint Against the apparently irrecistible advance they held up a statue of Saint Iganus, their patron saint, credited with having stopped a flow of lava that reached the gates of the city In 1873. The religicus believe implicitly the miracle will he repeated. Pope Pius anc. King Victor Emmanuel have interested themselves In the rescue work. The king will come to Catania this evening, if news from the devastated areas at Etna’s base become more alarming, while the Pope has ordered all religious building on the Island thrown open to the refugees.

G. 0. P. MEETING TO BE HELDINJULY Prominent Republicans Are Invited to Session, A big Republican meeting in the nature of a reception for Clyde M. Walb, new G. O. P. State chairman, will be held in Indianapolis some time in July, Frederick E. Schortemeier, secretary of the committee, announced today. The meeting will be preliminary to the opening of the campaign. Among the guests will be Governor McCray, Senator Watson. Albert J. Beveridge, James P. Goodrich, Winfield T. Durbin, Edmund H. Wasmuth, Lawrence E. Lyons, Joseph B. Kealing, county and district chairman, including both men women. Republican editors and Republican members of the Legislature. DetjUls of the meeting have not feMua com pmiod.