Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 63, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 July 1923 — Page 6
6
ALLEGED WRITER OF ‘POISON PEN’ LEnERSIS FREED Court Dismisses Indictments Against George Maxwell, Music Executive. By United Press NEW YORK, July 25.—The ‘‘poison pen” indiictments brought against George W. Maxwell, president of the Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers, charging him with slandering wealthy society women of New York were dismissed today. Judge Mclntyre in General Sessions curt ruled ther was not sufficient evidence to hold Maxwell in the case which has mystified and startled society. District Attorney Maloney charged in his brief on the "poison pen” man who has been the mystery of an Edgar Allen Poe story: 1. That Maxwell wrote thirteen known letters —and perhaps hundreds more that are not known—to husbands of women he preyed upon. 2. For six years this had broken up prominent family homes and led some of the victims to commit suicide. 3. The motive was to rid himself of wives he tired of. so that he might continue unhampered to prey upon ethers. 4. No one else could have written the “poison pen” letters, because Maxwell was the only one who could know the details of all the affairs. In the brief Maloney maintains undergarments of Mrs. Allan A. Ryan, wife of New York financier, were found in Maxwell’s apartment. He submitted a radiogram said to have been sent to Maxwell by Mrs. Ryan, in which she called him “love” and said she wished he “was the father of my children.’
TRIAL OF MINE UNION OFFICIAL NEARING END Murder Case Probably Will Go to Jury Late Tonight. By United Pres* LEWISBURG, W. Va.. July 25. Eight hours of final argument by attorneys remained at the opening of court today before the fate of William Blizzard, mine union official charged with first degree murder in connection with the Logan Couny miners' insurrection, is placed in the hands of jury. Blizzard faces four possible futures' | Freedom, twenty years’ imprisonment, life imprisonment and execution. EIGHT CRIMINAL MANIACS MAKE GOOD GET-AWAY Four More of 41 Mad Men Who Escaped From Hospital Captured. By United Press CHESTER, 111., July 25.—Eight criminal lunatics, including one murderer, today apparently made good their getaway from the State Hospital for the Criminal Insane. Four more of the forty-one who broke to liberty from the bull-pen, after a concerted rush upon guards Sunday, were captured during the night. A State investigating board praised Superintendent O. C. Stubblefield for hla attempt to help halt the jail break. Os the eight still at large, thi§e were believed to have been seen by Rockwood police attempting to steal an automobile, and one is held at Bush. 111., fifty miles south of here, on suspicion. RURAL CHURCH IS BURNED Sparks From Thrashing Machine Starts $2,500 Fire. By Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., July 25Sparks from a thrashing machine started a fire Tuesday that destroyed the Vienna M. E. Church, six miles east of here, causing a loss of $2,500. The building was erected twenty-eight years ago and had one of the largest memberships of any rural church in the county. SHILOH MAIDENS DESERT Women Leaving Cult Since Probe Revealed ‘Harem.’ By United Press ST. JOSEPH, Mich., July 25.—A half dozen or more members and leaders of the House of David have deserted the cult since Judge Lingeman’s “one man” grand jury probe was recessed recently, authorities declared today. Among those leaving is Harryet Baushke Walker, “Shiloh beauty,” who once strenuously defended “King” Benjamin Purnell against charges of i.umorality. JESSE STRAIT IS ACTIVE Former Police Captain Cooperates In Hunt For Woman. Former Police Captain Jesse Strait, vrtth the Indianapolis force for thirtyone years before he retired, is taking an active part in the search for Mrs. Anna M. Cook, 51, of 2017 Hoyt Ave., missing since July 6. Strait has accompanied Mrs. Cook’s husband, George E. Cook, druggist at State and Lexington Aves., an intimate friend, on trips to various towns around Indianapolis. No trace had been found of Mrs. Cook today.
KIWANIANS WILL PICNIC Frolic at Holcomb Home Replaces Weekly Luncheon. Klwanians will meet at the home of J. I. Holcomb, president of the J. L. Holcomb Manufacturing Company, Forty-Fourth St. and Cold Spring road, this evening for an outing, which will replace the weekly luncheon. Golf, tennis, horseshoe pitching, billiards, cards, bathing and a chicken dinner are on the program The narty starts at 4 p. m.
PRIVATE PEAT DECLARES MILITARY SPIRIT IS REAL CAUSE OF ALL WARFARE Veteran Pleads for Education of Children to Denounce Conflict Rather Than Glorify It as Taught at Present.
By A H. FREDERICK NEA Service Writer SAN FRANCISCO. July 25.—'"For every monument to a war hero build four to peace heroes. “In every book that tells of ‘the glories of -war’ tell also of the filth, the lice, the rats, life in mud and among the dead, of the brutal injunction ‘kill, kill, kill’ — always ‘kill, kill, kill.’ “Then may we expect to make headway in our war against war." This is not the plea of any pacifist or war-siacker, but of a man who lived in the trenches of Flanders' fields for two years as a soldier of Britain, who was under bombardment and “over the top" many times, a man who was wounded in action, a war hero himself —Harold R. Peat, more familiarly known as “Private Peat.” Since the war Peat has dedicated himself to lecture and write in the cause of perpetual peace: He has traveled all over the globe collecting data for his work and has studied constantly into the causes and possible preventives of international conflict. Heroes Would Sacrifice Glory “It is not that I would detract one iota from the honor due my comrades or to the heroes of other wars,” Peat says. “But building monuments to commemorate great men of war times and never a monument to honor the equally great men of peace times, is wrong. “These men of war are great heroes, yes, so great that, could they see the problem as clearly as my research work has caused me to see it, they would willingly forego their monuments because of the wrong impression on the young. “Every man seeks honor; it is an ambition whieh has its incipiency in childhood. ‘How shall I win honor?’ unconsciously asks the child of himself. “The monuments are his answer: ‘By being great in war ’ Nowhere are there numbers of monuments which answer; ‘By being great in peace.’ ” Economic rivalries may be the immediate causes of wars, declares Peat, but the real cause—or rather, cause of
lack of perpetual peace, lies deeper, in the fact that war’s realities are lost sight of after a long period of peace. "History shows that it is easy to start a war every twenty years or so,” says Peat. “That is because anew generation has come to fighting age, a generation which knows nothing except the glorified war presented to him in textbook and marble. To the young men, battle Is romance and adventure —which, so they always believe, will last a month or six weeks. "It is a continuation of the spirit which I meet everywhere In my travels. "I have put the question to boys of twelve different nations, boys of about fourteen: “ ‘What do you think of your country and its army and navy?' “Always there has been the same answer: ‘My country is the greatest in the world and can lick anybody in six weeks.’ Only the length of time has varied in the answer. “Here lies the real cause of wars.” Education Must Do It Peat believes the scrapping of armaments would have little effect except to change war tactics. The national pugilistic egotism bred in the young would make them fight with fists and sticks had they no arms, he says. “We must remember that 90 per cent of potential knowledge is founded on impressions and teachings when the child is 6 to 14 years,” Peat says. “And what do we give them in these years? Ever since the war I have studied over school textboks of all nations and in not one did I find war denounced. Rather it is glorified. “We hear people say that enduring peace would make us spineless and white-blooded. Rot. Is not the man who conquers a dread disease at cost of effort and risk to himself as courgeous as he who slays other men? Is not an Edison or Burbank as great as any general or admiral? “We admit it. but that is not enough. We must pass this knowledge to our- young by story, < textbook, monument. If we want them to be peace heroes, then eulogy of peace heroes must predominate in spoken word and in marble and bronze. “And when we tell of the victories and ‘glorious defeats of our soldiers, we must also tell of the corpses rotting in the sun or rain, of the widows and orphans facing want and endless mourning. "When we tell of the war cross won, we must give greater emphasis to the more potent fact that for each war cross won, 10,000 wooden crosses rise.”
WOMEN ENTERTAIN G. A. R. Federated Patriotic Societies Give Picnic for V'eterans More than a hundred comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic were guests of the Federated Patriotic Societies at a picnic at Brookside Park today. A program of speeches and patriotic songs w'as arranged by Miss Addie M. Wallace, secretary. A dinner was served at 12:30 p. m. The Federated Patriotic Societies include anxiliary organizations of the O. A. R.. Mrs. Edna E. Pauley is president. ‘BURGLARS’ RAID HOUSE Police Emergency Squad Sent to Rout Sheriff Snider. “Come! Police! Quick! Burglars are in the house now," shouted an excited voice over the telephone to Operator Reeves at police headquarters. “There is a gang of them with searchlights.” By that time Reeves and Capt. Ed Schubert had the emergency squad on the road to the scene- 610 S. Missouri St. The squad found Sheriff and squad searching the home of Walter Hick-' son. Ijickson was n<|t home.
PRIVATE PEAT
BREWER MAN TO SUCCEED MURPHY Manager of Merchants Heat and Light Resigns, Announcement of the successor to Charles O'Brien Murphy as vice president and general manager of the Merchants Heat and Light Company w!}l not be made until Joseph B. Brewer, Grand Rapids, Mich., arrives In the city, officials of the company said today. Murphy's successor will be *r man who has been connected with the Brewer interests, it was said. Murphy resigned in order to go into a business other than a public utility, it was said. He has been vice president and general manager of the com pany since 1917. EPWORTH LEAGUE CONTINUES SESSIONS Convention Addressed by Drs. Bovard and Freene. By Times Special BETHANY PARK, Ind., July 25 The fifth annual conference of the Epworth League Institute which opened here July 23, continued here today. Dr. J. N. Freene spoke on “Paul, the Man in the Making,” and Dr. William H. Bovard used for his address, “How Shall We Think of Salvation,’ in talks before the assembly Tuesday. MULES THROW DRIVER Blast of Automobile Horn Frightens Animals—Man Hurt. Fred Wyant, 23, of Thorntown Ind., was taken to the Robert W. Long Hospital today, suffering a severe injury to his right leg. Wyant told hospital authorities he was driving a herd of mules to Tom Sawyer's barn at West and Pearl Sts. Nearing the bridge over White River on Northwestern Ave., a horn blast from an automobile frightened the mules. Wyant was thrown to the pavement by the animals. The automobile did not stop. A passerby caught the mules and brought Wyant to the hospital.
PATROLMEN NOT GUILTY Harris and Starks Cleared of Neglect of Duty Charges. Records of Admiral Harris and Fred Starks, colored patrolmen, today were cleared following action of the board of safety Tuesday, when they were found not guilty of charges unbecoming to officers and neglect of duty. They were suspended by Police Chief Rikhoff July 15, after It was alleged they interfered with L. E. & W. Railroad detectives in arrest of two colored men in the railroad yards. The case of William Rogers, building inspector, suspended by Francis Hamilton, building commissioner, was taken under advisement. WIVES EQUALLY GUILTY Michigan Judge Says Mates of Home Brewers Must Suffer, Too. By United Press MUSKEGON, Mich., July 25. Wives are equally guilty with their husbands if the latter run stills in :.he home, Circuit Judge Vanderwerp declared today. The judge said in future cases of “home hooch making” the wives must suffer the same penalty as men. "No married man can break law unless his wife consents.” Must Plan a New Roof Roofing tools, valued at $35, were stolen from the automobile of John L. Taylor, while it was parked in front of his' home, 313 E. North St„ today.
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
SCENE READY FOR CIVIC CLUB FETE ■ AT PARKTONIGHT Pantomime to Be Presented at Brookside League Entertainment, Work began early this morning in hanging of five thousand Japanese lanterns in Spades Park, in preparation for the annual “feast of lanterns” to be given at 8:45 tonight, under auspices of the Brookside Civic League. Mrs. J. D. Schneider, general chairman, said ten thousand people from all parts of the city are expected. More than fifty people will participate in a pantomime version of Shakespeare's “A Midsummer Night's Dream.” Dances are being directed by Mrs. C A. James, assisted by Mrs. Thomas Snyder, who is In charge of the pantomime. Other features will Include a baud concert, moving pictures, fortune telling, fish ponds and refreshments. A. Leßoy Portteus. president of the league, said proceeds will be used for civic Improvement. Mrs. Schneider Is assisted by Mr. "and Mrs. G. A. Everett, Mrs. J. D. Hosa, Mrs. C. A. James, Mrs. A. E.. Cotty. Mrs. H. C. Barnes, G. E. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Von Burg, J. H. Patton and 11. W. Painter.
MRS. B. J. T.JEUP RITESTHURSDAY Wife of Former City Engineer Succumbs to Illness. The funeral of Mrs. Ermna Jeup, 66, wife of B. J. T. Jeup, former city engineer, who died Tuesday night at the Methodist Hospital, will be held at the residence 2415 N. Talbott St., at 2 p. m. Thursday. Buriel in Crown Hill cemetery. Mrs. Jeup died from complications resulting from an operation for appendicitis. She was bom in 1856 In Brooklyn, N. Y., and had been a resident of Indianapolis fop forty years. She had been prominent in charity work and was a member of the First Congregational Church. She was also affiliated with the Needlework Guild and the Ladies' Union. Mrs. Jeup la survived by her husband, two children, Florence and Bernard Jeup. both of Indianapolis, two sisters, Mrs. Leslie Sulgrove of Helena, Mont., and Miss Agnes Dithmerof Indianapolis, and two brothers, Alvin G. Dlthrner and Henry L. Dithmer, both of Indianapolis. NORMAL LAKE LEVEL IS GUARANTEED AT CHICAGO Sewage Disposal Uses Water Sufficient to Impair Navigation. By United press CHICAGO, July 25.—Represent atives of the Chicago sanitary district .laid before the War Department at Washington today a certified $1,000,000 check to guarantee constrviction of compensating works in the St. Lawrence and St. Clair Rivers to maintain normal lake levels. For sewage disposal in Chicago more than 8,000 cubic feet of lake water a second Is being used now and 10,000 feet will be required soon. Lake States object, contending the water level Is reduced and navigation impaired. OTT FUNERAL THURSDAY Veteran of Two Wars Dies at Home of Brother. The funeral of Herman W. Ott, 45, Spanish-Ameriean aqd World Wat veteran, who died at the home of his brother, Carl Ott, 630 Fulton St., will be held Thursday at 2 p. m. at the Fulton address. Burial will be in Crown Hill. Mr- Ott for a number of years owned and managed a filling station at 2801 Massachusetts Ave. He served as a top sergeant in the World War, at Camp Humphreys, Va. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Anna Farrell; a brother, Cart and three nieces, Mrs. Magdalene Ramsey and Miisses Anna and Margaret Ott, all of Indianapolis.
ASPIRIN Say “Bayer” and Insist ! f H! \JUr\ 'yenuone) Unless you see the “Bayer Cross” on package or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer product prescribed by physicians over twentythree years and proved safe by millions for Colds Headache Toothache Lumbago Earache Rheu natism Neuralgia Pain, Pain Accept “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” only. Each unbroken package contains proper directions. Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Druggists also sell bottles of 24 and 100. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of , Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid.-
What I Was Doing at 20 —By— John D. Williams, Director of State Highway Commission
IWAS a sophomore, in Indiana University, majoring in mathematics. I had nothing definite in mind except a strong preference for engineering. ALIENATION SUIT FOR 125,000 FILED Mother of Four Children Involved, Residents in the vicinity of Bridge port today discussed a $25,000 alienation of affectionsuit filed by Harry H. Mann against Charles P. Yost, who lives on the National read, near Bridgeport. The complaint, tiled in Superior Court Tuesday, charged that Yost began calling upon Mann's wife Bertha, in 1321, and as result the Mann home was broken up. Yost apd Mrs. Mann made frequent trips to Ir. dianapolis, it was charged. Mrs. Mann is the mother of three daughters, aged 6, 8 and 12 years, and one son. 9, according to the suit. Charges were denied on behalf of the edefendant.
PM BOARD WILE ASK HIGHER LEVY Increase of Four and ThreeTenths Cents Proposed,
Increase of four and three-tenths cents in the city tax levies for park and recreation purposes will be asked by the board of park commissioners if figures tentatively agreed upon ar6 finally fylopted, it was annaounced today. The board considered its 1924 budget at a special meeting Tuesday eveing. Proposed 1921 levies would be nine cents for parks, two cents for recreation and two and one-fourth cents for park bond sinking fund. The present levies are seven cents for parks, one and one-half cents for recreation and seven-tenths of a cent for park bond sinking fund. CHICAGO UTILITY BANS SLEEVELESS DRESSES Girl Employes Ordered to Wear Hats and ‘‘Lay-off” Make-up. By United Press CHICAGO, July 25.—Sijj hundred girl employes of the People's Gas, Light and Coke Company were today notified to refrain from wearing sleeveless dresses, using excessive "make up” and appearing on the streets with out hats. Miss Joahanns Doane, dean of women for the company, issued the order, declaring business cannot survive in a “stage setting.” Carmel Plans Chautauqua By Ui.ited Press CARMEL, Ind., July 25.—The annual Chautauqua will be held here from Aug. 21 to 25. All arrangements have been completed.
The Well-Managed Home
manager of a household is the purchasing m agent for a large proportion of the family \J__y needs. In order to do a good job she must know what, when and where to buy. She must study goods and the concerns which make goods and have them to sell. She must put her home on a business basis and run it on business principles in order to make the most of the family income. Information is the only basis for intelligent purchasing.' And the right way to get the greatest amount of necessary information is to read the advertisements. Advertisements tell you what is new and good in merchandise. They reveal improvements and inventions that make your home life easier, more comfortable and more convenient. They give you information about a thousand and one things that are useful and interesting. Every manager of a household—every member of a the household who shares the responsibility for the family’s welfare—should make a practice of reading the advertisements. They are daily lessons in economy.
Read the advertisements in order to buy wisely
First Photograph of Princess Fahmy w*First photographs to reach America at Marie Marguerite Fahmy, 32, and her husband. Prince Ali KamelFahmy Bey, for whose death she is held. The prince, a great favorite in London society, was found shot to death outside his luxurious suite at the Savoy Hotel, London. His bride was a French citizen.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1923
ARREST WOMAN IN BAD CHECK CASE Grand Rapids Authorities Also Want Her for Forgery, Authorities at Grand Rapids, MiGh., wired Inspector of Detectives John Muffin that they would arrive here tqday to obtain custody' of Una Hazel Coleman, alias Ula Morton, alias Mrs. F. Smith, 21, rooming at 521 N. Alabama St., arrested here Tuesday when she was alleged to have attempted to pass fraudulent check on the LoseyNash Company, 309 N. Capitol Ave., in payment on an automobile. The egr was not delivered. Detectives MeMurty and McQlenn gaid they found the check, signed ”J- D. Graves,” wa§ invalid. Miss Coleman told the officers she came here from Chicago last week and her home is in Grand Rapids. The officers say the Michigan police hold warrants for her on forgery charges. Two Purses Missing. Mrs. C. W. Allen, 221 N. Addison St., tqday reported a purse containing S9B missing from her heme. G. M. Young, 2026 Sugar Grove Ave., said he lost his purse containing s4l. THE LIFE OF A HOME A healthy, happy, contented wife is life and joy of the home and ' the gwitpst inspiration a man can have, yet how many homes in America are blighted by the ill-health and sufferings of the wife and mother, rt may be backache, headaches, the tortures of a displacement or some other ailment peculiar to her sex, which makes her irritable, despondent, and hgr whole life a burden. Every woman ‘iii’ this condition should rely noon' Lydia E. Pinkhsms Y<%@table Compound made from foots apd herb? tp restore her to health and happiness, for ' statistics prove that it benefits 93 out of every 100 women who try it.—Advertisement.