Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 42, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 June 1923 — Page 1

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VOLUME 35—NUMBER 42

HOW READERS WOULD MAKE CITY’S STREETS SAFER

Every day the figures printed in The Indianapolis Times recording the number of traffic accidents are increased, but for several days, fortunately, the figures showing the list of deaths has not grown larger. The Times’ record of accidents, published to bring a daily lesson of danger before pedestrians and autoists, was commented on in city traffic court by Officers Walter Paul and Frank R. Owens, who are giving

BORAH FOES , DENIED AID BY HARDING Chief Executive Wants Help of Idaho Politician in World Court Plan, By LAWRENCE MARTIN / United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright, 1923. by United Press) WITH PRESIDENT HARDING, EN ROUTE TO BUTTE, Mont., June 29. —Efforts to get President Harding to lend his active support to the fight on Senator Borah fell through when the President turned down the pleas of Idaho politicians that he rebuke Borah while speaking in Idaho. Borah today is fighting the whole .Republican organization of. his State for bis political life. One group of party leaders is so embittered against him that its members want to throw him out of the nominating committee. refused to seat Borah delegates and repudiate him in the most ruthless manner. | Another group quite as hostile, but "afraid of a third party movement, I vill try to beat Borah for the senatorial nomination ■without giving a chance for a comeback. Would Oust Him Borah’s friends would not be sorry to see him excluded from tffe convention. The plain fact is they—and Borah shares their feeling to a degree—would just as soon he ran as an independent. If his re-election were left to the people of Idaho, Borah would probably make little or no campaign, but would go back to Washington and let the voters take care of him. The only thing that deters the party leaders from reading Borah out of the party right now is the ominous shadow of an independent movement (Continued on Page 10)

CITY JUDGE FIS CHARITYSOLICITOR Physician Accuses Christian Army Worker, "William Achteleben, 443 S. Delaware St., a solicitor for the Christian was fined $5 and costs for Crunkenress and a charge of vagrancy was continued indefinitely In city court today by Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth. Achteleben was arrested on a complaint from a local physician that when Achteleben approached him with his pockets full of jingling coins and asked for a contribution to the army, Achteleben was under the influence of liquor. William Waymeier of the same address, general of the Christian Army, told Judge Wilmeth his solicitors received 50 per cent of the contributions. “Do you need any more solicitors?” Judge Wilmeth asked. LOS ANGELES CHOSEN Retail Grocers Will Meet in California Next Year. By United Press ST. PAUL, Minn., June 29.—Los Angeles was selected as the next convention city of the National Retail Grocers Association in the annual convention. Many delegates went west to Glazier National Park on a group vacation. FORTY - FIVE DROWNED Steamer Sumatra Goes Down With All Hands Aboard. Ry United Press t MELBOURNE, June 29.—Forty-five rsons, all hands of the steamer Suitra, were drowned when the vessel foundered off the coast of New South Wales, according to wireless advices tiday. Ten of those lost were white, Including the captain’s mother. HOURLY TEMPERATURE ,6 a. m 49 10 a. m 59 a. m........ 55 12 (noon) 60 m 68 1 jv. m. .62

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public lectures on accident prevention. “If every person in this court room charged with traffic violation' will pay attention to the figures printed in* The Times, which is cooperating with us in accident prevention work, not one day, but with its daily reminder, that death figure jvill remain at 21,” the officers told alleged auto law violators late Thursday. “You will notice by reading The Times that the number of accidents is growing to almost unbelievable figures.” What can be done to make the streets safer, both for pedestrians and autoists. The Times is offer-

She Is ‘Trouble Shooter’ 1 for All City Departments

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HUNT DENIES ALL STATE’S CHARGES IN OWNDEFENSE Man Accused of Conspiracy Against .County Goes on Witness Stand, Taking the witness stand in Criminal Court in his own defense, Edwin A- Hunt, 3939 Washington Blvd., today denied all charges by the State that he conspired with Will H. Latta. attorney, and Richard V. Sipe, former county cferk, to embezzle SIO,OOO from a county trust fund. / Latta occupied the stand all morning, being subjected to a grueling cross-examination by Prosecutor William P- Evans. The subject of financial deals by Hunt and Latta while In control of the Aetna Trust and Savings Company in 1921 resulted in many verbal tilts between Latta and Evans, interspersed by many appeals to Special Judge Fred C. Gause of Newcastle, by Ralph Kane, attorney for Hunt, to bar answers to the prosecutor's queries. The judge allowed Evans to probe the financial condition of the Aetna, which bank examiners have testified was bad while Hunt and Latta ran it. Latta said he and Hunt have promoted many business deals in the last twenty-five years. .* The defense admits that Hunt got the money from Sipe, who went out of office March 2, 1922, and was a little later sentenced to prison for two* to fourteen years on a plea of guilty to a shortage of $143,000 in county trust funds. Sipe suggested they take the money, Ralph Kane, defense attorney, said in his opening statement, and Hunt borrowed it in good faith.

COLORED BAPTISTS IN STATEMEETING Officers Will Be Elected at Session Today, Election of new officers of Sunday school workers in colored Baptist Churches, who opened their fifty-sixth annual State convention Thursday at Mt. Paran Baptist Church, Twelfth and Missouri Sts., was to be held late today. It will be followed by a business meeting. The convention opened at 7:30 a. m. today with devotional services by the Rev. Charles W. Lewis, president. It was followed by discussions on Sunday school work. The morning session adjourned at 11:45 a. m. and the afternoon session convened at 2:30 p. m.' at which devotional services, readings and vocal solos were given. The night session will begin at 7:30 p. m. LOCAL DENTIST BANKRUPT Walter E. Johnson Filfes Petition In Federal Court. Walter E. Johnson, dentist, 3419 Salem St., filed a petition in bankruptcy Ih Federal Court today. He scheduled liabilities of $44,842.07 and assets of $12,300.

LLOYD GEORGE EXP LAINS PEACE TREATY—IN SATURDAY’S TIMES

ing a prize of SSO for the most practical suggestion. "the contest will close In two weeks. If more than one reader makes the same suggestion—and it is declared best —the prize goes to the first contributor. Therefore, send in your suggestion at once. Address it to the TRAFFIC PROBLEM EDITOR, INDIANAPOLIS TIMES. Suggestions picked at random from today’s mail include these: , -!- -|. Pedestrian Traffic At all corners where there are traffic policemen at any hour of day, make it unlawful for any pedestrian to cross line of traffic. In other words, pedestrians should move only in the direction in which automo-

What to Do —How to Do It — She Advises Citizens Every Day, urn HE Trouble Girl” would be an I appropriate name for Miss - Margaret Kern, secretary to Francis F. Hamilton, city building commissioner. She is secretary to Hamilton, clerk for the building department, clerk for Smoke Inspector Fred S. Beck, secretary to the board of electrical examiners, and when she nas nothing else to do, posts the huge book in which building permits are entered a* the rate of 2,000 a month. “Stick your head out the window, don’t you think its awfully smokey today?” “And where on earth is the smoke inspector and why don’t you do something to get rid of it?” residents inquire of Miss Kern. When persons burn trash in the alley, when kids build a harmless bonfire, and when a soft coal fire begins to smoke up the neighbor’s clean laundry, the telephone rings and Miss Kern knows what to expect. With hot weather, boys and girls selling lemonade and pop on the street have cut years from her life, she says. “This Is a residence district out here and children on every corner have -lemonade stands. I don't see why you let them turn this Into a business district. And I know their mother is back of the whole thing, teaching her children to get all the loose pennies In the neighborhood," says a feminine complainant. Miss Kern sees evidence of a neighborhood row and lets them go on selling lemonade. The building commissioner has ruled that this is not a business. If it were the zone law would prohibit the stands “They’ve just cut a tree down out here and there's a whole nest full of young squirrels in it. What will I do with them?” asked another. This question puzzled her for a minute, and then she told them to call the park board, as she believed they were the board of squirrels’ guardians.

OLD SOL PROMISES REAL JUNE RALLY City Shivers as Mercury Drops to 48 Degrees, Back to the mothballs with men’s overcoats and out with the summer furs of the fair sex! Summer is coming back. This was the promise made today by J. H. Armlngton, weather bureau meteorologist. Indications are for fair weather and Blowly rising temperature, he predicted, with a return to normal summer conditions. Shivering Hooslers grabbed for blankets and extra covers as the ther mometer dropped to 48 degrees during the night. But this was nothing unusual, Armington said, fcs the temperature has been that low or lower In June twenty-two times in the past fifty-two years. The low hark for June was set at 39 degrees June 6, 1894. CHICAGOANS SHIVER Low Temperature of 52 Is Reached In Windy City. By United Press CHICAGO, June 29.—A June "cold wave” swept parts of the northern Middle West today. Temperatures In Chicago dropped to 52, the raw winds following within & few days a "heat wave” that took dozens of lives last week. t , Winter clothing was comfortable. Slowly rising temperature is predicted from now on by the Weather Bureau. VETERAN GROCERDEAD Services Will Be Held Saturday For John M. t'rabill. Last rites for John M. Crabill, 69, veteran grocer, who died Thursday, will be held 10 a. m. Saturday at the home, 622 N. Alabama St. Services will be private. Burial in Crown Hill. Mr. Crabill conducted a store at' Pratt and Illinois Sts., Jor many years. He retired two years ago. He was a native of Ohio, but had lived in Indianapolis most of his life. The widow, Mrs. Catherine Crabill, and a son, Marshall, survive.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1923

bile and street car traffic move and at the same time, and at no other time. DR. WAYNE O. HILL, 1038 Virginia Ave. . * Speed Governor I suggest “speed governors” limiting speed of all automobiles to comply with city and State laws; and a city law to make every owner of an automobile put on a speed governor until a State law is made. They have a muffler law now to stop noise- Why not governor law to stop speed? You must eliminate the cause, “speed,” and treating the effect to stop accidents and deaths by automobiles. JOHN LEO CONNELLW, 18% W. Ohio St.

Agate Contest Won By Columbus Player

HARLAN M COY. OHIO BOYPROVES HIMSELF KING OF f.IARBLE CHAMPS \ Columbus Player Defeats St, Louis Lad for National Title, By Times Special ATLANTIC CITY, N. ,T„ June 29.Harlan McCoy, 14, of Columbus, 0., Is the champion marble shooter of the United States. H# won the title here today, defeating Sammy Schneider, 11, of St. Louis in the final match of the marble championship tournament, which was backed by newspapers of the ScrippsHoward League, of which The Indianapolis Times is a member. The Scripps-Howard organization sent champions) *rom various cities in which it publishes newspapers to the national games, paying all expenses of the boys and one parent or other escort. McCoy was picked as Columbus champion in a contest conducted by the Citizen, a Scripps-Howard newspaper. Ross Beaver, Indianapolis champion, chosen in The Indianapolis Times contest, was defeated early in the elimination series. Schneider won the first game today, 8 to 5. McCoy came back and took the second, 11 to 2. Schneider rallied, however, and captured the third, 8 to 5. McCoy took the fourth, 9 to 4; the fifth, 11 to 2, and followed this up by winning the sixth. McCoy and Schneider were the survivors of forty competitors. The tournament started Tuesday on the sand here. Large crowds watched the play.

PASTOR RELEASED BY CONGREGATION Rev, Eakins Leaves Memorial Presbyterian Church, The congregation of the Memorial Presbyterian Church, 722 E. Eleventh St., accepted the resignation of the Rev. James M. Eakins, 615 E- Twen-ty-Second St., at a called meeting Thursday night, it was annourced today. The resignation is dated to take effect Sept. 1, but the Rev. Mr. Eakins preached his last sermon last Sunday. The congregation passed a resolution asking the presbyetry of Indianapolis to dissolve the relationship of its present pastor and church. The resignation will be officially effective as soon as that is done. The meeting also passed resolutions edmmending Rev. Eakins for his work while pastor. The resolutions stated that the church has made splendid strides in numbers, financially and spiritually. It Is understood by members of the church that the Rev. Mr. Eakins resigned so that he would be able to carry on his work in a larger field. Begin Hospital Construction, By Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June 29. Construction of the Vigo County Tueberculosis Hospital was started today. The hospital will accommodate seevnty patients.

Whipping Post Let the council, if it possesses such authority, pass a whipping post ordinance for all violators, and I say to you, Mr. Editor, you will find no violators. The punishment will be their foremost thought. CAREFUL will be written across the brow of every man and woman who operates a machine. JAMES SHOWALTER, 10 Emerson PI. -I- -I* -I* Move Together Street cars, automobiles and people all move together, going either directly east and west, or north and south. Hold cars making turns at

BOV ABUS MURDER OF AGEDWDBW Sixteen-Year-Old Youth Sobs Story as He Faces Armed Mob. By United Press SPRINGFIELD, 111., June 29. —Believing that an armed posse of 150 farmers was waiting to lynch him, Ivan Wooten, 16-year-old grade%chool graduate, broke down and confessed he murdered Mrs. Mary Seales, 72 years old, a widow and rich landowner of Auburn Township, who had taken him from the Edgar County children’s home at Paris, 111., to rear to manhood. “I shot her because I wanted to get away; get out in the world; get a Job and make my own living, and she refused to let me go,” was the lad’s only excuse for the crime. In Knee Trousers The youth, in knee trousers, who was graduated from the Patton school near Auburn and received his diploma at the commencement in this city June 15, admitted his guilt in fear of the mob after he had sneeringly* denied to Deputy Sheriffs William Dickerson and Jack Walsh that it was he who had committed the crime. “It was a tramp whdtn Mrs. Seales had refused food,” shouted young Wooten to the armed posse who had gathered to search for the slayer of the woman, vfho had been shot down while eating her dinner in her home, one mile east of Auburn. Running from one group to the other, the boy graphically described how the tramp had killed the woman with whom he lived and made his escape. There was not a tremor in his voice and the mob placed credence in his story. Tramps Story Unfounded While the youth was telling the story, the phone In the Seales home rang and a man answering the description of the tramp was reported seen walking along the hard road toward Springfield. Members of the posse leaped Into automobiles In hot pursuit. But they returned empty handed. Deputies charged the youth with the crime. “The mob outside may be waiting to get you, if they think you did this,” mentioned the deputies. The boy walked to a window, saw the set faces of the manhunters and began to shake. “I did it, I did it,” he sobbed. His detailed confession followed.

What I Was Doing at 20 0 By Edward O. Snethen, President Federation of Community Civic Clubs

WHEN I was 20 I was a teacher in my second year In a oneroom country schoolhouse near the farm upon which I was born and reared, in St, Joseph County, near Walkertorl. I had lived all my twenty years in this neighborhood and had gone to the same school In which I was teaching. I had graduated from tho high school at Walkerton. I had a vision of some day becoming a lawyer. Until I started teaching I had worked on- the farm which we still own. This was before automobile were becoming plentiful and I was tho proud -possessor of a horse and buggy which I used on Sunday evenings to take my lady love out riding. The girl I courted Is my wife. Those were happy days and, although I had many hardships to go through, if I jvere to live life over I would be glad to take the same course.

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corners until traffic moves in that direction. As it is, when signals are given for east and west and north and south-bound traffic, people will start across the street and be in the way of cars makipg turns, whereas, if these cars waited until the traffic from opposite directions passed, there would be no people crossing in the way. Seems, too, that it would be a great time saver for the street cars also, as they could go on without having the third signal to turn corners. MAUD F. SMITH, 207 Indiana Trust Bldg, Direct Movement 1. Have a. direct east and west bound movement for five blocks,

CITY ASKS 19 WATER QUESTIONS

Tries to Die After Domestic Troubles

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POISONED WOMAN FIGHTING DEAIU Mrs, Myrtle Ware Attempts to Take Own Life, As the result of poison said to have been taken with suicidal intent. Myrtle Ware, 34, of 2048 S. Meridian St., is in a critical condition at the city hospital. Motor Police Cooney and Harms were called to the S. Meridian St. address late Thursday. They called an ambulance and sent Mrs. Ware to the hospital. Domestic trouble, police w-ere told, was the cause of her action. * The trouble started Monday when it is said Mrs. Ware who is the wife of Charles Ware, objected to the parents cf her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ware, living In their three-room ar.artment. Mrs. Ware went to the apartment of Mrs. Lizzie King, who owns the building, and drank the poison. Mrs. King attempted to take the poison away from her, but it w r as too late. SHELBY COUNTY AGENT DENIES LABOR REPORT l Wage Demands Are More Discouraging Than Shortage, Says Jackson. By Times Special SHELBYVILLIS, Ind., June 29. That there is no seripus farm labor shortage in Shelby County, was the statement of H. D. Jac cson, agricultural agent. Reports to that effect are exaggerated and may cause higher wage demands, he said. Demands for $5 and $6 daily by labor are causing more discouragement than labor shortage, Jackson said. PENNSYLVANIA GENEROUS Fund to Decorate Graves of War Heroes Now $112,947. Raising its total to $9,211.23, Pennsylvania retains the leadeship in contributions to the American Legion fund to provide for the permanent annual decoration, at graves of American war dead In Eufope, according to announcement at headquarters here. Donations from legion posts and individuals during the last few days have raised the national total to $112,947.27. It has been estimated that $200,000 will be required to decorate the graves during the lifetime of war fighters.

without left turns, from Senate Ave. to Alabama St. or reverse. 2. Have a direct north and south bound movement for four blocks from Ohio St., to Georgia St., or reverse—pedestrians to move with traffic, as directed, in crossing streets. 3. All street cars using loops should cross with north and south bound traffic from Capitol Ave. to Pennsylvania St. 4. All pedestrians and autoists should be familiar with traffic rules and use plenty of horse sense. S. S. LONG, 2023 Wilcox St. •I* -I* -IAs to Turns East and West Traffic—No right

Corporation Counsel Desires Information Upon Capita!, Book Values, Expense sand Other Data From Utility—Hearing to Be Short, Corporation Counsel Taylor E. Groninger today filed request for information from the Indianapolis Water Company upon nineteen points involved in the water rate controversy. The request was filed with the jmblic service commission, asking the commission to order the water company to furnish the information.

The information desired: 1. Ai detailed statement of all land with Improvements on same at time of purchase, now owned by petitioner (the water company) the general description of each piece, date of acquisition, original cost, whether now used in furnishing the service and the total original cost of all such lands with improvements. 2. A general statement showing original cost of all personal property now used in serving the public. Wants Book Value 3. The total book value of petitioners’ property. 4. Tax valuation by State board of tax commissioners for 1923. 5. A statement showing the total outstanding issues of securities, including common stock, preferred stock, bonds and other dividends, rate of dividend or interest paid on each, present market value of securities of petitioner anl securities authorized to be issued, but w r hich have not been. *• 6. Income account for the years 1920, 1921, 1922 and for the first six months of 1923, as far as available. 7. Proportion of water produced by river and wells. 8. The number of meters in service, number of flat rate in service and the percentage of saving by meter service. 9. Increase in customers, both domestic and industrial, during the four years beginning 1920. 10. What new capital- does the petitioner propose to invest during the (Continued on Page 14)

Summer Hours The summer schedule for closing downtown retail stores goes into effect July 5. To give clerks more out-of-doors time many stores will close at 5 p- m. during July and August, except on Saturday, when a majority will locks doors at noon.

TWO PRISONERS ESCAPEDEPUTY Work Gang Members Leave as Officer Eats, Jack Lewis, 22, colored, 433 Indiana Ave., and Elmer O'Bannion, 24, colored, 320 Ellsworth St., county prisoners, walked away from guards at the old workhouse, Twenty-First St. and Northwestern Ave., today. Police said they were told the men escaped from Deputy Sheriff Amos Compton as he was eating lunch. Lewis had ten days to serve for petit larceny and O’Bannion, nineteen days for assault and Ibattery, CHECK FORGER IS SOUGHT Man Buys Furniture on Worthless Check and Keeps Change. are searching for a man* who made out an alleged fraudulent check for SSOO today, which was presented to the Banner Furniture Company, 33 S. Meridian St., In payment for furniture valued at $356. According to police the man has not been seen since he received the $144 change.

Forecast FAIR tonight ana Saturday. Slowly rising temperature is forecast.

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or left turns between Delaware and Capitol Ayes; West-bound traffic, right turn at Capitol Ave, left turn Senate Ave.; east-bound traffic, right turn at Delaware St., left turn at Alabama St. North and South Traffic —No right or left turn between New York and Maryland Sts.; southbound traffic, right turn at Maryland St., left at Georgia St.; northbound traffic, right turn at New York St., left turn Vermont St. Pedestrians —To go with auto traffic in same direction at street crossings. They should wait for signal. Street Cars —Street cars should cbey signals but have privilege of right and left turns. EDGAR E. STONEBURNER, 2303 Bellefontaine St.

CATHOLICS FAVOR CHURCH DAILY 10 ADVANCEACTIVITY Press Association Discusses Bureau Possibilities in Sessions Here, A national Catholic daily newspaper, backed by the Catholic Press Association, was urged In a letter to the thirteenth International convention of the association at the Lincoln today In a letter from the Rt. Rev. Louis S. Walsh, D. D. of Portland, Maine, chairman of publicity. Either Washington, D. C., or New York should be the home of the paper, the letter said. A resolution favoring a national press service to Inform secular press on Catholic affairs was turned over to the resolution committee. The nominating committee, as appointed by the retiring president, F. W. Harvey, Jr., Chicago, is Francis C. Kelley, D. D., chairman, Shomas P. Hart and E. Lester Muller. The election will be held Saturday morning. In the absence of Governor McCray, his representative, George Barnard, gave the address of welcome. Justin McGrath, director of the news service, told of the progress of the National Catholic Welfare News Service. Other speakers today were James A. Stuart, representing the secular press; Joseph P. O’Mahony, editor of the Indiana Catholic and Record; the Rev. John Danihy, S. J„ of the school of journalism at Marquette university, and Patrick Scanlan, editor of the Brooklyn Tablet. A banquet will be held tonight in the Travertine room of the Lincoln. Mgr. Kelley will give the address.

STUTZ APPLIES TO STOCKEXCHANGE Local Concern Seeks Place on ‘Big Board,' Dispatches from Wall Street today told of application made to the New York Stock Exchange for the llstin.f of 263,000 shares of no-par stock o.’ the Stutz Motor Car Company of America, Inc., of Indianaoplia. J. J. Hotz, treasurer, declined to comment. The application would remove the stack from trading on the New York curb exchange, on which it was listed by Charles Schw9b, steel magnate, when he purchased controlling Interest In the company from Allen A. Ryan, New York broker. Wiiliam N. Thompson, president, is in Uniontown, Pa. The new move would re-list the stock on New York’s “big board.” The Chase National Bank of New York acts as transfer agent for the company. For the Children A miniature Japanese garden on the loan desk has been made for the enjoyment of the children who frequent the children's room at Central Library during the summer months.