Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 34, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 June 1923 — Page 1

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Safety Appeal to Boys: Don’t Go Bathing in Unsafe Places; More Pools Open Saturday

A N appeal to boys and girls to use municipal pools and bath- +■ ng beaches instead of dangerous spots in the river was made today by Edward E. Mcßride, director of recreation. Because of recent drownings, Mcßride ordered the pools at Ringgold playground, Willard Park and Douglass Park, the latter for colored children, opened Saturday, instead of a week

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GLENN A. PRITCHARD. altol sll ByINTERURBAN Three Persons -Seriously In- / jured—One Escapes, Three persons were seriously injured and ona woman escaped injury late Tuesday when tne automobile in which they were riding was struck by an in-bound Interstate Traction Company interurban car at Gimber and Shelby Sts. Walter Sabestine, 1631 Holliday St., was driving west on Gimber St. accompanied by Clifford Carr, his wife, Sophia, and Nellie Carr, all living 1411 Holliday St. Mrs. Sophia Carr injury. Carr. Miss Carr and Sabastine were seriously injured and were taken to the city hospital. The interurban was in charge of Hoy Eddleman, Greenwood, Ind. He said he was running his ear slowly. The automobile was badly damaged. CONDITIONS ARE SERIOUS Two Men Hurt When Scaffold Falla May Recover. Charles Daugherty, 47, of 1926 S. Delaware St., and Porter Terhune, 46, of 2628 N. Olney St., today were in a serious condition at the city hospital but physicians said they had a chance to recover. They were the two most seriously injured when a scaffold on which three painters wore working fell at the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company’s substation. 222 N. Meridian St., Tuesday. Robert Terhune, 22, the other man on the scaffold and Samuel White, 22, living on Station St., who was under the scaffold were not seriously hurt. Condition Still Critical. Condition of Stanley Hibbs, 9-year-old son of Mrs. Nellie Hibbs, 2147 N. Pennsylvania St., who suffered a fractured skull Saturday when he was struck by a boat at the chutes at Riverside Park, is still critical, Methodist Hospital attaches said today. w HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 74 10 a. m 85 7 a. m 78 11 a. m. • 87 8 a. m 81 12 noon) 88 9 a. m 84

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CADLE DISPOSES OF TABERNACLE D, L, Speicher and Walter Hansing Buy Interest of Founder —Expect to Continue Religious Use,

D. L. Speicher of Wabash County and Walter Hansing. former president of the Farmers' State Bank of Urbana, Ind., today purchased the one-half in terest of E. Howard Cadle in the Cadle Tabernacle at Ohio and New Jersey Sts. Speicher has held one half interest TEN THOUSAND IN ANNUAL SUNDAY SCHOOL PARADE Floats, Bands and Bright Costumes Enliven March in Downtown Streets, An army numbering nearly 10.000 Indiana Sunday school workers and young people from all over the State, at noon today laid siege to the business district of the city for the purpose of showing the strength of the Bible School movement in the State. Traction and steam lines as well as automobiles hourly brought workers from all parts of the State to take part in the biggest Bible School deinonstratioin ever staged in Indiana. Thousands of Indianapolis young people joined hands with their brothers and sisters from out-State Sunday schools. Hundreds of young people took part in pageants staged on floats. These pageants depicted the growth of the Bible School In this State afnd over the world. The following acted as judges of music provided by bands and orchestras in the parade: Prof. Alvah Roper of Chicago. Judges of the most artistic floats were George E. Beugenot of Auburn, vice president of the Indiana Sunday School Council of Religious tion; G. Lehman of Berne and Miss Edna M. Shover of Indianapolis, principal of the art school of the John Herron Art Institute. In addition to the marshals of each division named by Adjt. Harry B. (Continued on Page 2)

COUNTY 10 DRAFT W OF CATS Old-Fashioned Rat Catchers • Held Best, V Got a few husky kittens not afraid of rats? County commissioners today decided a few old-fashioned cats might be better to protect valuable records In the courthouse than a lot of patent rat traps and poison. John Carlisle, deputy, was authorizel to obtain "a te-w good ones.” Complaints have been received by the commissioners the Judges are almost afraid to stay in their offices at night while some of the stenographers spend a good part of the tltme perched on chairs yelling for aid. “If someone will bring in a few good kittens and leave them with Carlisle I think these big fellows will quit chewing the backs off the books.” said Albert Hoffman, president of the board.

later, as originally intended. This is a month earlier than they were opened last year. The Riverside pool at Twenty-Sixth St. and White River was opened June 9. Mcßride asks all children who cannot wait until the other three pools are opened to use this beach. Life guards are sta-

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in the tabernacle since it was built at a cost of more than slso.<>oo The tabernacle will continue to be operated for religious purposes, but will be incorporated under a board cf trustees. “An attempt has been made by several organizations at different times to purchase the tabernacle, but the parties who wanted to purchase it. would have converted it into other purposes than for which it was built, said Cadle. "It Is the purpose and plan of this r.ew corporation to carry on such religious, civic and municipal work that will morally, socially and spiritually upbuild humanity, advance the kingdom of God and unify the Chris tian forces for an intensive conquest against sin. lifting up Jesus Christ as the worlds only redeemer and Saviour. “The efforts of the tabernacle shall be directed for mutual'blessings and benefits of the churches. The continuance of this work will absolutely depend upon the spiritual, moral and financial support o/ the people.” Cadle stated that he was desirous of getting the property on a basis where it would always stand for the things for which it was built and that he thought there would be a better feeling among the churches and the tabernacle if it was governed by more than one man. The new plan calls for the selling of stock to people who are interested in the work of the tabernacle. CITY SWELTERS AS HEAT CONTINUES

Weather Man Sees No Immediate Relief. Indianapolis sweltered under a boiling summer sun today while-the mercury played about the,9o degree mark. Pedestrians noticed a breeze was prevalent because of its absence. The weather man. however, detected a “gale” with a velocity of six miles an hour at noon today. By noon the temperature registered 88 degrees at the United States Weather Bureau, but street thermometers showed from 5 to ten degrees higher. The lowest temperature of the day was recorded at 5 a. m. with the mercury at 70. By 7 a. m. it had mounted to 78. and continued an upward climb. No immediate relief from the hot weather was promised by weather bureau officials, who said it would continue for two more days. HEAT JUST PRELIMINARY Summer Will Not Be Here Until Friday Morning. Sweltering Hoosiers broiling in a June sun labor under the delusion that this is summer. It is not. It still is spring. Summer will not arrive until 7:03 a. m. Friday, according to an official announcement made by J. H. Armington, weather bureau meteorologist, today. Thursday and Friday will run a dead hlat for the honor of being the longest day of the year, Armington said. On each day the suli will rise at 4:16 a. m. and will set at 7:16 p. m., ho said.

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1923

BOY BANDITS , GIVE DETAILS OF ROBBERY Three Local Youths Admit Binding Cashier of Mohawk Institution and Taking More Than SSOO in Daylight Hold-up—Needed Money, They Say. “We needed the money.” This was the explanation given today by three youthful bandits who, Tuesday afternoon, bound and gagged the cashier of the ! Mohawk Bank and escaped with a sum of money exceeding SSOO, the exact amount of which has not been determined^ The robbery was carefully planned,.confessions signed by the three boys indicated.

ANOTHER BROKER FIRM IS ROCKS IN WALL STREET Zimmerman & Forshay Place Their Liabilities at $7,500,000, Bn United Finnnrial NEW YORK, .Tunc 20. —Another New York Stock Exchange brokerage house hit the wall today hard on the heels of the announcement from the president of the exchange that all members were In good financial condition. The latest victim was the house of Zimmerman & Forshay. Receiver Appointed An involutary petition in bankruptcy was field against the firm In the IT. S.’ District Court. A receiver was appointed. The partners in the firm also were made parties to the action. The curb exchange suspended the firm from associate membership.

Hamilton Vreeland, of Stockton & Stockton, counsel for the collapsed firm, estimated assets at $9,000,000 and liabilities at $7,500,000. The Arm was admitted as members of the exchange on March 1, 1905. The floor members are L. Zimmerman and Simon B. Bluementhal. Other members of the firm are Louis J. Rees. M. H. Hauser, John S. Scully, Isaac Gutenstein and David Forshay. The firm was organized in 1872, con ducting a substantial busmess in froelgn exchange and foreign business in addition to a common brokerage business. In Business Fifty-One Years Leopold Zimmerman, head of the firm issued a statement pointing out the house had been In business in New York for fifty-one years and always bad endeavored to conduct its business along highest and most honorable lines. “During the past few days from a source we are unable to ascertain there have been persistent rumors affecting the credit of our firm," ZimnTerman said. mm bases OVER THEATER Rialto to Operate Under New Management, Frank J. Rembusch, theater owner of Marion, Ind., owner of a chain of theaters in Indiana, has taken over the Rialto Theater on S- Illinois St., it was announced today by Edward F. Gallighan, associated with Rembusch. Gallighan said the purpose was to operate a “family theater” by presenting musical comedies and feature novelties. “Musical comedies on tour will be brought to the Rialto under the new pol'cy,” he sajd. IN DI ANA ‘VETS’ IN ~ LINE 150 G. A. R. Men of State to Attend National Encampment. Between 100 and 150 members of the G. A. R. are expected to go from Indianapolis to the fifty-seventh national encampment at Mjilwaukee, Wis., Sept. 2 to 7, according to a statement issued today by Arthur Ball, State commander. Plans are being made to charter a special train.

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tioned there. Proper supervision given to insure safety. “Don’t cause your parents any more worry,” says McBride. “Use the municipal pools. The city has spent lots of money to make these places safe and we are opening them up as fast as possible. Use them.*’ They don’t cost you a cent.” Mcßride says the department is prohibited by law from

The bandits are registered as: HOMER L. DASEY, IS, of .1714 N. Pennsylvania St. ANTIS WALSH. 19. Greenfield, Ind. JOHN VINSfiN. alias Bornap. IS, of 3 750 N. Illinois St. Police are searching for some of the money the bandits said they threw away when they were pursued by policemen on Brookville road east of the city. The boys said some of the money was wrapped in a shirt and thrown into the weeds. The rest was recover, and when Dasey wait captured. A search also is being made for revolvers used by the bandits and which they say were thrown away in Brookside Park. Could Not Borrow Money “I was broke and I tried to borrow money, but failed.” Walsh said in his confession. “I got the Idea of robbing a hank and looked up the names of small banks close to Indianapolis. I decided the Mohawk Bank would be the best he,. I went to Dust y and asked him to go with me and he consented.” Dasey said he discussed the pro posed robbery Friday with Walsh and another youth and that they wished to commit the robbery then, but did not have enough money to rent a. car. “Tuesday Walsh and T rented a car at 110 N Delaware St Dasey said. “We then drove to Pennsylvania and Ohio Sts., where we picked up Vinson. From there we went to Vinson's homo and got a gun and then drove to my home, where I got a grip. Flat Tire Causes Delay “On the way out of town we had a flat tire and called up a service station. which sent a man to fix it. Then we went to Mohawk and stopped at a drug store, where we drank some sodas. , "Walsh went to the bank and talked to the cashier for about twenty minutes. Then he came back and (Continued on Page 2)

HOOIII TEACHER ON LONS IKE’ 0, C, Ries Arrives in Washington From Indianapolis, Kind herats and a stout pair of legs brought O. C. Ries. English teacher at Technical High School, into Washing ton, D. C., last night, some hours' ahead of his schedule. Ries left here last Saturday morning. He had set out. for Europe, where he intends to tour the Ruhr district, Switzerland and France, and he counted on spending hot more than S2OO. “It was easy,” Ries said. "People are pretty kind and the automobile rides helped tremendously.” With frequent lifts and constant walking. Ries traveled here in three days. He left early this morning for New York, again disposed to accept the hospitality of motorists. Ries said he traveled about 8,500 miles last year, spent considerable time in London, and return to Indianapolis for about $65. NEW BANK IS CHARTERED Institution Will Open in New Postal Station. The State charter board today granted a charter to the Postal Station State Bank, to be located in the new Postal building on S. Illinois St. Capital stock is $25,000. Dick Miller and other officers of the City Trust Company head the new institution. Boys Organs Reversed By Timex Special WASHINGTON, Ind., June 20. Funeral services for Austin Murphy, 15, who was operated on for appendicitis, and whose internal organs were found reversed, was held today. The boy had always been in a healthy condition his father, Patrick Murphy, said.

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LEFT TO RIGHT—PATROLMAN BURKE WITH GRIP CONTAINING STOLEN MONEY, LIEUTENANT JONES, MOTOR POLICEMAN SCHLEY, HOMER H. DASEY', LIEUTENANT JOHNSON AND MOTOR POLICEMAN LONG IMMEDIATELY AFTER DASEY WAS CAUGHT AT THE END OF ORION AVE., WEST OF EMERSON AVE. 1

WATER OFFICIALS FEAR SERVICE CURTAILMENT

CHARRED BODY OF BOY FOUND BENEATH AOTO Car Overturned and Burned on Road East of City, The charred body of Lee C. Scott, about. 22. 508 Mount St., Greenfield, Ind , was found one mile west of Greenfield on the National road at 4:30 ,a. m. today pinned under his overturned automobile. The body was past Identification and the machine was destroyed by fire. Sheriff Claude New. Hancock County, who took the body and the wreckage back to Greenfield, based h,s identification on a check-up of the license numbers and the fact that Scott was not at his home this morning and had not been seen. According to the sheriff, neighbors in the vicinity called him to the scene. It was about 2 a. m. when the mishap took place. It is believed. So far, it has been learned only Scott wad m the machine, which was headed toward Greenfield and was on the left side of the road. Sheriff New said he could not find any skid marks or long-tire marks on the grass that would indicate Scott had been speeding and lost control. The automobile was too badly' burned to determine whether any' of the steering parts had been broken. th,*4taeriff said. Sheriff New, his deputies and the coroner of Hancock County are investigating. SAVANNAH RULED BY MARTIAL LAW Militia Patrols Streets After Riot and Lynching Attempt, Bu United Press SAVANNAH, June 20.—Martial law was proclaimed m Savannah today following a night of rioting during which one man was killed and several others Injured In an attempt to storm the jail and lynch Walter Lee. negro, alleged to have attempted assault on a white woman. Sales of firearms were prohibited. Although the town was quiet on the surface as units of the Militia patrolled the streets. Governor Hardenlck ordered marital law to prevent further trouble. Forty-nine person* are under arrest following last night'* riot. i Miller Addresses Firemen Newman T. Miller, State fire marshal. was principal speaker today at the annual meeting of the State Volunteer Firemen’s Association at Decatur.

opening any playgrounds and pooTs untiT after schooT is out. The hot weather of the last two or three days has caused hundreds of children to go swimming. Five deaths have occurred in the city this year from drownings. Bodies of two boys were taken out of the White River Tuesday.

Groninger Says City Will Resist Rate Increase Despite It. Despite the arguments of Frank C. Jordan, secretary of the Indianapolis AVater Company, that failure to obtain a rate increase would mean curtailment of the $10,000,000 expansion program of the water company. Taylor E. Groninger, corporation counsel, today told Jordan that the city would fight any rate boost to the end. Jordan said that he placed the good will at the people above any' raise in rates in a conference at Groninger’s office. He stated that he wished to find out the exact attitude of the city on the improvement planned. Groninger said that the water company was making enough returns to grow gradually, and advised the making of improvements slowly at the present time due to the high cost of construction. City Has Authority i It was pointed out by' Groninger that if the company failed to obtain increased rates and stopped maki*tg extensions commensurate with the growth of the city that the citiy had power to order any reasonable improvements. It would then be up to the water company to place the case before the commission and show where they were not able to meet the orders, Groninger said. With the employment of Edward Bemis, consulting engineer for the Interstate commerce commission and of the Bemis Company of Engineers of New' York. Groninger anounced active work in preparing the city's defense against the rate petition will begin Immediately. The public service commission will hear che petition July 18. Bemis is to arrive for a conference with Groninger Thursday. Bemis, Groninger and Benjamin Perk, expert utility accountant recently employed by the city, will take up preparation of the case together. Perk already is at work checking up on the valuation of the utility's property.

KLAN FORMS HONOR GUARD AT FUNERAL I’ews for a Hundred Members Reserved in Church. By Timex Special COLUMBUS, Ind., June 20.—KuKlux Klan guard of honor accompanied the body of Leland Lasse 11, the youth who was drowned in Flatrock Creek Sunday. Services were held in the Tabernacle Christian Church. The Rev. W. H. Book pastor of the church preached the funeral sermon. Pews for a hundred Klansmen were reserved. RECEIVERSHIP POSTPONED Wills St. Clair Auto Cos. Allowed Time to Reorganize. By United Press DETROIT Mich., June 20 —Receivership of the W. H. Wills Automobile Company, manufacturers of the WillsSt. Clair automobile was postponed today to July 3, to allow more time for probable reorganization of the company. The Security Trust Company, receivers, applied for the postponement.

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

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FIVE PASSENGERS HURT AS STREET CAR RUNS WILD Motorman Leaps From Post After Brakes Fail — Truck Is Hit, Five passengers were Injured when a southbound S. Meridian street car struck a truck and continued its course unchecked for a block, after Motorman Charles Lackley, 506 Division St., jumped from the car with the power on at Soutn and Illinois Sts. today. The injured: Mrs. Y’etta Hahn. 31, of 1202 S. Merdiian St. Ankle sprained. Body injuries. Taken to city hospital. Mrs. Manzie Stearns, 52, of 315 Union St. Injured about arms. Taken home. Homer Kaylor, 23, of 213 E. North St. Right arm broken; cut on head. Miss Lizzie Wechsler, 854 S. Illinois St. Cut on head, taken home. Mrs. Auster Miller, -915 Union St. Injured about arms. Taken home. Lackey was arrested after the accident on charges of criminal gence:The hand brake on the car was broken In the collision, making it impossible to stop. As soon as the motorman leaped, other passengers jumped from the car to the street until the trolley W'as jerked from the wire and the car stopped. Lanzo Law'rence, 907 Daily St., driving the truck escaped uninjured. The truck was slightly damaged.

MONEY AND BOY GONE Man Reports Robbery and Disappearance of His Son. George Prince, 1506 N. Illinois St., told police today someone entered his home by a bedroom window and stole SIOO from a stocking hidden between the mattress and springs of his bed. When Motorpolicemen Pfaffenberger and Bartlett went to his home. Prince also reported his 15-year-old son, Thomas, was missing. Thomas is described as being five feet eight inches in height, weighing 130 pounds, dark hair and eyes, blue shirt and overalls and a light cap. ‘GOBS’ READY FOR RACE Sailors Will Handle Four Entries of Naval Balloons July 4. Twenty-one naval officers and enlisted men will compose the party which will handle the four balloons entered in the national balloon race here July 4. by the United States Navy. The party will arrive June 30, according to word received by the naval recruiting office today. It will be composed of four officer pilots, four aides, and a handling party of one officer and twelve men.