Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 37, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 June 1923 — Page 1

Home Editions FULL services of United Press, United News, United Financial, NEA and Scripps Alliance.

VOLUME 35—NUMBER 37

T T T j i Continued warm tonigKt and Sunday. \/% / /VO Tr £ll/* H /T\ O OI • Thousands of autoists will be on the 7f C LJL JL JL JL uJL L • roads. Pedestrians also will be seeking cool spots in the country.

BRITISH RUM, TAKEN FROM LINER BALTIC Entire Liquor Cargo, However, May Be Ruled as ‘Medicinal,’ and Therefore Legal—Work of Removal Halted for Opinion, By United Press NEW YORK, June 23.—Removal of liquor from the White Star liner Baltic began at 1:40 o’clock this afternoon in conformity with the ruling of Washington authorities that uo liquor other than medical purposes can be brought into American waters.

CITY MARBLE KING LEWES 10 PUT IK NATIONAITOURNEY Ross Beaver and Mother Carry Best Wishes for Success From Home City, Ross Beaver, winner of the Indianapolis Times city marble ' tournament, and his mother, Mrs. W. H. Beaver, 157 W. Twenty-Third St., were on their way to Atlantic City today, where Ross will play for the national championship. Ross is being sent to the national tournament by The Times. Determination to win the championship was expressed by the local winner before he left the city. He has been practicing every' day, and he is in the best of condition, although excited about the trip. Ross ■O, the youngest of the forty eham™ns who will play for national honors, but he beat older toys in Indianapolis and he believes he can do it again. First Stop at Washington The first stop on the journ'ey to the national tournament will be made at Washington, where all the city champions will gather Sunday morning. They will make a tour of the city, visiting the White House, the Capitol, Washington monument, Arlington National cemetery, and other historic points. At 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon the champs will board a special tram for Atlantic City. Monday they will be given a day of rest while the schedule is arranged. Play will start Tues day on specially prepared rings on the beach. The contests will continue through Friday, when the national championship will be determined. Each player who loses a set of games will be eliminated. Go to Philadelphia Saturday Saturday the players will board a train for Philadelphia, where they will be met by a special committee and taken to see the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, the home of William Penn and other places of interest From Philadelphia the home journey will be made. Ten rings have been set up at Atlantic City on raised platforms, where the crowds expected to gather for the contest will be able to see. The <.ham- ’ >ns will be divided into five regional ftions. east, north, south, central and west. Prizes will be given the national champion and each sectional champion. Losers will play consolation games and the consolation champion will be given a prize. DISABLED VETERANS GO TO CONVENTION Twenty-Five Thousand Are Expected at Minneapolis Sessions. Eleven delegates left today for the annual convention of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War at Minneapolis, Minn. About 25.000 v veterans are expected to attend the convention. Those who went from Indianapolis: Stuart Walker, B. C. Kloetzke, George Beckner, L. M. Meyers, Perry Nichols. Harry J. Winn, H. S. Childers, B. H. Harold, Carroll Faulkner, H. G. Klein, and Tony Lange. TRUCKS IN ACCIDENTS Farked Machine Is Struck by Auto—Driver Hurt. A truck v/wned by E. P. Long & Cos., 116 W. Thirtieth St., parked In front of 301S Kenwood Ave.. Friday night, was struck by an automobile driven by F. 3. McCord. 3349 N. Caplin* Ave. Frank Sabec, 27, of 737 \fPugh St., was driving south on Wright SL when his truck collided with a touring car driven west on Morris St. by Louis Amt. 1402 Leonard St. Both automobiles were damaged and Sabec suffered bruises. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 75 10 a. m S8 7 a. 78 11 a. m 91 LBa. m SI 12 (noon) 92 • a. ax. 84 1 p. m. 92

The Indianapolis Times

Eight cases of liquor were in the first batch taken from the hold. Federal prohibition Director Canfield of New York and several of his agents took charge of the liquor as it reached the dock and placed it in motor trucks, preparatory to removal to a Government warehouse pending final action in the case. After 1,004 bottles of wine, beer and whiskey had been removed, T. W. Little, surveyor of the port of New York, issued orders that not another bottle of the liquor still on the ship should be removed until the arrival of Dr. D. K. Sprague of the public health service. Dr. Sprague, it is understood, is to determine whether the entire stock of liquor is to be classed as “medicinal’’ and therefore legal. LOOPHOLE IS FOUND British Liners to Keep “Ample” Supply of Liquor as “Medicinal.” By ( niter! Press WASHINGTON. June British liners Baltic and Berrngaria, which arrived in New York carrying liquor supplies to test the ruling of the United States Supreme Court, will be allowed to retain on board ample supplies of “medicinal liquor,” it was decided here today. Acting Surgeon General White of the public health service, and James A. Britt, counsel of the Prohibition Bureau, agreed that the British law requiring five gallons of brandy or whisky for each 100 passengers will be observed. ■* ' Also. It was decided that if the ship’s doctors swear that from experience they know that this amount will be below the margin of safety with beverage liquor supplies no longer available, more “medicinal liquor” may be allowed. In addition ample supplies tt champagne and white wine, popular remedies for sea sickness, will be authorized for dispensation under the ship's doctor’s dirfcc tion. SHANK OPPOSED ON SHIRTSFOR COPS Would Burn Off Back, Says Chief Rikhoff, Mayor Shank met opposition from his department heads today in his effort to have traffic cops wear white silk shirts instead of hot, tight-fitting coats. “Why, a %-hite silk shirt would be burned off of a man's back after an hour in the blazing sun,” said Police Chief Rikhoff when the mayor brought the matter up at the monthly cabinet meeting. “Well, try out two or three of the men with them.” the mayor directed. President E. L. Kingston of the board of safety opposed the shirts, but said the board and chief would see if they could not find something cooler than the present uniform, Rikhoff suggested colored wool shirts. KING ALBERT INJURED Belgian Monarch Sustains Broken Wrist in Fall From Horse. By United Press BRUSSELS, June 23. —King Albert of Belgium sustained a broken wrist and lesser injuries today when he was thrown from his horse at Laeken.

Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson on “How to Combat the Heat”

By REAR ADMIRAL CARY T. GRAYSON, Medical Corps, United States Navy. "Written for and Copyright, 1923, by United News WASHINGTON, June 23.—Excessive heat is not only uncomfortable, but dangerous unless certain simple laws of health are observed. Here are a few very simple, brief, common sense suggestions, which, if followed, will preserve people from actual illness, though there is no prescription by which people can avoid discomfort during the heat waves. 1. It is a temptation to drink excessive amounts of ice water. To drink three or four classes of ice water at one time, and then go into the sun. is unwise. Drink smaller quantities at frequent intervals. 2. Avoid the sun and the baked pavements as much as possible during the hottest periods of the day. Keep in the shade as much as you can. 3. Even in hotfweather some exercise is advisable. It

‘Swim’ The “silent orator" on the Daylight Corner will carry this message in behalf of the Red Cross beginning Saturday night: Swim swim swim—learn to swim Be prepared to save life. The Red Cross teaches you how. Free instruction during week June 25 to 30. Register now at Red Cross headquarters, fourth floor Chamber of Commerce building. AGNES CRUSE, Secretary.

HEAT KEEPS UP, BUI NOT SO HO AS FRIDAY MARK Mercury Stays Around 92 in Middle of Day—No Relief Seen, We have with us today, folks. Old. Sol, who will attempt to beat his record established Friday—96.7 in the shade! “Continued fair and warm.” predicted United States Weather Bureau for Saturday and Sunday, with some considerable .chance that the mercury may climb a couple of notches higher. With Indianapolis scorching under a tropical sun the mercury had | touched 84 In the shade at 9 this , morning, recovering from a chilly slump to 72 at 4 a. m. Then started j climbing rapidly, reaching 92 at 1 p. m. “No permanent relief in sight” reI ports from ‘he weather man caused renewed attacks on ice. Ice cream and other cooling affairs in _al! circles. Fifteen hundred ton* of Ice were consumed Friday by parched residents of the city, the Polar Ice and Fuel Company estimated. That was about four times the sale a week ago. or approximately ten pounds per man, woman and child. Ice Cream by Tubs Ice cream by the tubfuls, some 10,000 gallons, was consumed Friday, the sales manager of the Furnas Ice Cream Company estimated. All local companies couldn't meet the demand, he said. Two weeks ago only 6.500 gallons were consumed in a day, he said. One man was Jubilant over the heat, i He was the sales manager of the Hat- | field Electric Company. Electric fans went like hot cakes | Friday, the first boom period of the i year, he said. Pfoplo were not backi ward about using the old-fashioned j palm leaf, Five and ten cent stores ! reported record sales of the year in j that line. Other Cities Hot Vincennes reported the hottest time of the year Friday—lol degrees in the shade In the afternoon. Bloomington, Lafayette and Columbus retorted 100 degrees. They wave etends over the entire United States east of ttje Roeky Mountains, with the center converging on Indiana, the weather man reported. Many apartment dwellers moved mattresses to fire escapes. Parks had their quota of sleepers on benches and grass. Kids out in back yards turned the hose on each other, while almost every one that knew the way to the river was either in it or on It. RAIN BRINGS RELIEF Five Lives Claimed by Heat in Twin Cities During Past Week. By United Press ST. PAUL, Minn., June 23.—Heavy rain early today brought an end to the heat wave that has claimed five lives in the twin cities in the last week. Severe wind accbmpanled the downpour west of here. Small build irigs were damaged and telephone and telegraph wires broken down In the vicinity of Excelsior and Lake Minnetonka. SUN SIZZLES IN OHIO Friday Hottest June Day in Fortynine Years at Cincinnati. By United Press CINCINNATI, June 23.—The temperature began climbing with the rising sun today and southern Ohio prepared for another sizzlc-r. Yesterday was the hottest June day here in forty-nine years—97.2 degrees.

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1923

Thousands of Children Throng Playgrounds and Swimming Pools , Thrown Open Today

f'K. A V 'Murder Farm 1 Spooks Have vV . -V* ••: ~ - ~ l v . - '[J No Terrors for La Porto

ENLARGED SWIMMING POOL AND THE MAYPOLE AT WILLARD PA RK,

Thousands of children who have played unrestrictedly In streets and alleys were under the safe supervision o i playground Instructors to day. Three municipal swimming pools and thirty-eight municipal playgrounds opened. Swimming pools were the most popular places although all apparatus was crowded.

CIVIC CLUBS PUSH WATER RATE FIGHT Organizations Believe Company Can Keep Pace With City and Not Increas! Rates,

“We have concluded that the Indianapolis Water Company can keep pace with the city without increasing its rates,” said Edward O Snethen, MICHIGAN ROAD BONOS APFROYED Old Dispute Over Paving Finally Comes to End. The State board of. tax commissioners today approved a $223,000 bond issue for concrete surfacing of the Michigan Rd., from Crooked Creek to the county line, 5 5 miles. The improvement has been held up several years while county commis sio!#Ts, property owners and the tax board mangled over specsiflcations and size of bond issues. A previous, lower issue, was denied by the board. Twice the tax board disapproved a contract held by the Pfizenmayer Construction Company to build the road, let Jan. 26, 1922, for $191,853, because It was “too high.” Pfizenmayer canceled his contract. The bond issue includes $196,6-13 for anew contract, let to the McConn Construction Company of Noblesville, May 21, and $21,662 to build bridges. The road will be of cement, twenty feet wide and eight inches thick. Work on the road will begin immediately, county commissioners said. Seriously Hurt, In Fall Gus Haywood, 50, of 2441 Puryear St.,-was seriously injured this afternoon when he fell down the elevator shaft at Plttman-Moore Manufacturing chemists. 111 N. Capital Ave. He was taken to the city hospital.

should be taken either in the early morning or late in the afternoon. There should be no extreme exercise. For most people, eighteen holes of golf in an afternoon in superheated weather does more harm than good. 4. Light clothing, both indoors and outdoors, is essential. 5. Eat meat not more than once a day, but eat freely of vegetables and fruit, particularly green vegetables. 6. Starch and fat produce heat units and, therefore, should be eaten sparingly. # 7. It is very important that there be at least one good bowel movement a day. 8. There should be a daily batl\, preferably, if possible, in the form of a shower. If not taken in the morning, it should be taken an hour before the evening meal. The best form of a shower bath is hot water followed by cold. If it is not convenient to take a shower bath, a similar effect will

Play Safe!

At Willard Park, one of the largest playgrounds, 287 hoys and girls plunged Into the pool, recently doubled in size, when it was opened at 9 a. m. Another crowd of 250 went in at 10 and so It went all day, according to Mrs. Dora Cooper, matron. Other pools opened were at Ringgold playground and Douglass Par k.

' president of the Federation of Com- | munlty Civic Clubs today, following | a meeting Friday night at his office tn the Indiana Trust building. The meeting was called at the request of Frank C. Jordan, secretary of the company, to present the company’s situation to the civic club committee. Jordan was unable to attend. "We want to be fair to the water company, but above all we want to look to the welfare of Indianapolis,” | Snethen said.' The company contends It must have more money or It can not keep pace with the city's growth. Snether said investigation shows the company has been paying good J dividends to common stockholders. | It was disclosed that the water | company is paying at present 8 per : cent on common stock, the dividends | amounting to $400,000 annually. Those at the meeting were: Edward O. Snethen, Clarence E. Weir, Taylor |E. Groninger, Edward W. Bemis of Chicago, consulting engineer; IV P. i Woodson and Sumner Clancy. Clarence E. Weir, president of the | College Ave. Civic Association said he j is preparing a brief of the legal aspect | of the water situation in language the average citizen can understand. He will present this to representatives of all local civic clubs at his home, 2428 Broadway, next Saturday evening. JURY HOLDS WOMEN NOT GUILTY OF MURDER Mrs. Anna McGinnis Charged With Sister in Killing Husband. By United Press CHICAGO, June 23.—The jury In the case of Mrs. Anna McGinnis, Miss Myna Pioch, her sister, Francis Nee and Charles Schade, tried on a charge of slaying Michael McGinnis, Anna’s husband, returned a verdict of not guilty today.

Entered as Second-class Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis Published Daily Except Sunday.

FARMER TO BRAVE QUNNESSGHOSTS ON CRIME SITE 'Murder Farm 1 Spooks Have No Terrors for La Porte Man, By United Press LA PORTE. Ind., June 23.—Ghosts of slain men, and of a woman and her children who perished in a fire that wiped out the record of one of the world’s most grewsome crimes held no terrors for John Nepsha, who is building a home on the moss-grown foundation of what was once "Indiana’s murder farm.” The ruins of the Gunness home, shunned for more than fifteen years as a place of mystery and dread, have been cleared away. Nepsha. Ills wife and four children are ready to defy the curse that js popularly supposed to hang over the place. Hillside Graveyard In 1908 the shocked interest of the world was drawn to a hillside farm near here when th“ bodies of Mrs. Belle Gunness and her three children were found after their home had been destroyed by fire. Further search brought to light t-ho bodies of ten men who had wooed Mrs Gunness—only to be brutally murdered for their money. The bodies were nil burled In shallow graves near the "deathhouse.” Some Insisted that Mrs. Gunness did not die in the fire but that the “woman Blueheardess” had burned the house and her children to hide the evidence of her inhuman crimes. A hired man who was alleged to have known the true story of the place, died in State prison at Michigan City several years ago. his lips sealed to the end. A world-wide search, conducted for years, failed to reveal a trace of Mrs. Gunness. Nepsha Laughs Despite the heritage of terror w-hich clings to the farm and the site of the building which was burned. Nepsha laughs at the suggestions of ghosts. Even a dismal swamp near-by and the moaning of the wind through the pine trees fair to awe him. "I’m not afraid of the dead ones, it’s the live ones 1 watch.” he says. “When I move up here 1 can keep folks from stealing my fruit.” FOUR MEN BURNED IN ICE CREAM PLANT BLAST John Sharkey Seriously Injured by Explosion. Os four men burned about the face [ and arms Friday night in an explo- i sion, one was in a seriou3 condition i today. Three went to their homes. The explosion occurred at an ice cream factory In the rear of 602 W. Maryland St. The men injured: Tom Billions, 57, of 602 W. Maryland St.; Tony Poopas, 57, of 602 W. Maryland St.: Frank Thomas, 32, of 40 N. West St.; and John Sharkey, 47. of 2815 N. Illinois st. Sharkey's condition is serious. Sharkey had been called to the factory to repair a leak in the air compressor where gas was escaping.

be obtained by sponging, first with hot water, and then with cold; or, by a dip in the tub. 9. Sleep is very important during prolonged hot weather. Heat tends to produce nervous exhaustion, and there is no better reaewer than sleep.. People say they can’t sleep in hot weather, but they must try, when they lie down, to relax, whether it is hot or not, and sleep follows relaxation. 10. Excessive smoking during hot weather is injurious. Every smoker, no matter what his quota, will do well to cut it in half during the heated season. 11. Plan to work systematically so as to spread the work evenly over the day. 12. In conclusion,. remember that the heat will not fast forever. Like other afflictions, it is something to be borne as philosophically as possible, and, unlike some forms of afflictions, we know definitely that it will end. A philosophical old farmer was asked: “Do you think it will ever stop raining?” and he replied: “It always hasA’

Twenty-one persons have been killed in traffic accidents in Marion County this year. The toll of injured in Indianapolis is 774. Bear these figures in mind and do your part to cheat Death.

BANK MERGER . COMES BEFORE STOCKHOLDERS *• Commercial National Votes on Proposition to Be Taken Over by National City—Sufficient Proxies Lined Up Before Meeting to Swing Deal, Consolidation of the National City Bank and the Commercial National Bank was scheduled to be consummated this afternoon. According to plans revealed early in the day the National City Bank was to take over the other institution. A meeting of stockholders of the Commercial National Bank was called at 3 p. m. j

Brandt C. Downey, cashier and vice president of the Commercial National Bank, and James B. Goodrich, former Governor of Indiana and president of the National City Bank, were In conference today. The last report of the Commercial National bank showed paid in capital of $300,000, surplus of 842,000 and undivided profits of J 33.745.33. The National City bank reported capital stock paid in of $1.000.C00 and undivided profits of $71,186.33* There was no doubt of the approval of the consolidation by stockholders of the Commercial National Bank, persons interested in the merger said, i Sufficient proxies to assure a twothirds vote in favor c-f the consolidation already have been obtained, it was stated. The personnel of the new institution may not be announced until next week. It was understood that the entire clerical staff of the Commercial ! National Bank will be provided employment. SECOND OFFENSE SPEEDERS DRAW JAIL SENTENCES Judge Imposes Punishment Under New State Law — Records to Be Watched. Kenneth Fowler, 237 Riebolt St., and Forest Fox, 2306 Ashland Ave., were fined $1 and costs and sentenced to thirty days in jail by City Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth today. Their conviction marks the first under the new State law by which a second speeding offense carries a jail sentence. Judge Wilmeth, following the hearing, instructed Traffic Captain Michael Glenn to keep a card index file of all speeders, so that second offenders can be watched closely. Fox. it Is said, was going forty miles an hour In a Fronty-Ford labeled "Don't Cry,” when he was nabbed b> Motor Police Morissey and Brooks after a chase on College Ave. from Thirty-Fourth to Thirty-First Sts. Police say he offered them sls as a bribe. Motor Police Fisher and Glenn said Fowler was driving thirty-five miles an hour. Fox had been fined $5 and costs for speeding on May 31, and Fowler was | fined sls and costs on April 26. BULLETS SPEED PROWLER Police Take One Suspect and Search for Another. Police are searching for one colored youth, and Charles Sneed, 19, colored, 706 Darnell St., is under arrest on a vagrancy charge- John Davis, 2347 N. Alabama St., told police Friday night two men were prowling in an alley in the rear of his home. Motor Police Heller and Petit arrested Sneed, but the other suspect escaped in a shower of bullets.

Forewarned YOUR day will never be complete unless you read The Times regularly.

TWO CENTS

SHANK TO START STUDY OF STREET RAHWAY LINES Wants to Know if Higher Fare Would Mean Better Service Here, Expressing displeasure at the service of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company, especially the poor condition of some of the tracks and the delay in extending lines. Mayor Shank today said he intended to appoint a committee to investigate street car systems in other cities with a view of determining whether a higher fare is needed. The mayor said that the committee would consist of members of the beard of works, City Controller Joseph L. Hogue and a prominent citizen. The system in Cleveland will be particularly studied. He stated that if it was impossible for the street car company to maintain good service on'the present fare charged that a higher pate to put the company on its feet might not be opposed.

ROMANTIC BANDITS SEND BACK VICTIM'S CHECKS i Franklin Fitting Station Operator Get Letter From Indianapolis. ! By Timm Special FRANKLIN, Ind., June 23. —Robin ! Hood like, the three men who held up Harry Bowen, filling- station operator, Tuesday, taking money and checks, have mailed back the checks, and a season ticket for the Franklin High School basket-ball games. Bowen says he is glad to get back the checks, worth sls to him, but he Is hankering to see the bajidita again—behind bars. The letter wa3 mailed at Indianapolis. CABINET MEETING HELD ; Shank Asks Department Heads For Suggestions. Mayor Shank called a cabinet meeting at his office today. He ordered city department heads to give suggestions for the betterment of the city. NEW WARD FOR HOSPITAL' Dr. H. G. Morgan Proposes Psychopathic Department in 1&24. Estimate of funds for a psychopathic ward at the city hospital Is to be included in the city budget for 1924, Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city sanitarian, told officials at the monthly cabinet meeting today. Morgan also urged the mayor to cosider the necessity for a 100-bad tuberculosis hospital. GIRL BRUISED IN CRASH Suffers Mishap When Parked Automobile Is Struck. Everett Fallen, 924 Charles St., struck a parked car belonging to Joseph Strauss. 725 W. Twenty-Sixth St., at Union and Palmer Sts., with his automobile today. Alta Rolland, 924 Charles St., was thrown out of the machine. She was found under Strauss’s car badly bruised and cut under the eye. PAGE GOOD SAMARITAN! And Have Him iGve a Few Lessons to Tins “Cripple.” Kindness toward a supposed cripple today cost G. H. Humphrey, 756 Highland Ave., $lB5. Humphrey was boarding a street car at Washington and Pennsylvania Sts. He noticed a man apparently unable to get on. Humphrey assisted the man to the platform. As the car started the “cripple” jumper to the street and ran. Humphrey noticed the absence of his money just a moment too late to see where the man ran. The “cripple” is described as about 45 years old, about five feet and eight inches tail and weighing about ISO pounds. He wore A jf