Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 73, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 August 1923 — Page 1

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VOLUME 35 —NUMBER 73

HEART OF AMERICA IS BARED

GOVERNOR ASKS CITIZENS TO PM TWO CHIEF State Executive Wishes Ail Activity Stopped for One Minute, MESSAGE IS BROADCASTED Indiana Prepares to Observe Day of Mourning Friday, One minute of silent tribute to the memory of "Warren G. .Harding at 6 this evening was asked of all citizens of Indiana by Governor McCray today. The funeral train will be in the State at that time. F.equest for this tribute was to be broadcasted from the radio station at Ft. Benjamin Harrison this afternoon. The Governor will attend the Harding funeral at Marion. Ohio, Friday. He was invited by Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary of State. The Governor will join the funeral party .vt Columbus, Ohio. ' Governor McCray has offered the services of the 113th Observation Squadron, Indiana National Guard, in dropping flowers on the grave of the dead President at Marion, Ohio, Friday. The squadron is in camp at Dayton. Watson to Washington Senator James E. Watson may be the only member of the Indiana congressional committee appointed to attend the funeral, to go to Washington for tlje sywice. Many Indiana persons are expected to go Marion. _ Senator Samuel M. Ralston said'.he ■ould be unable to go to Washington. Representative Everett Sanders of Terre Haute said he could not leave because of illness ir. his family. Representatives Merrill Moores of Indianapolis is ill at the Robert W. Long Hospital and Representative Will R. Wood of the Tenth district is in Europe.

Churches Pay Tribute Nearly every’, church in the city Sunday paid tribute to the memory of the dead President, were nown at half mast in front of the churches, many pulpits were draped with flags and pictures of Mr. Harding, draped In crepe were displayed. Impressive ceremonies were given at the Monument in the afternoon by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. In uniform, the men marched behind a muffled drum up the steps of the Monument. The line was headed by the Rev. T. R. White, pastor of the Meridian Heights Presbyterian Church and an ex-Army chaplain. •Taps’ Are Rounded "Our flag is at half staff: our hearts are filled with sorrow at this ocasion," the Rev. Whits said. ‘We-4hink first not of the man, Warren Ganjaliel Harding, but rather of our President. Our flags come down and our heads are bowed. From this tragedy we, should learn real respect for the President of the United States and for the man we put into that office.” Charles Edwards, senior vice commander of the State department, he-' K charge of the ritualistic ceremo’ -s. red layers, adjutant of the estate spartment, offered a prayer. A squad fired a tealute followed by '‘taps” sounded by a bugler. Britain Sends Sympathy Alvin Owsley, National commander of the American Legion, has received the following message from Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig: “On behalf of members of the British Empire Service League, pleas© accept our very true sympathy with our old comrades of the American Legion in the death of their esteemed President." George D. Lindsay, Marion, president of the Republican State Editorial Association, has named the following committee of editors to attend *the Harding funeral: M. W. Pershing, Tipton; A. M. Smith, Crawfordsville; J. A. Kuatz, Kokomo; F. A. Miller, South Bend: E. H. Harris, Washington. and G. W. Patched, Union City.

Firpo Acts Like Shy School Boy

[■T~] UIS ANGEL FIRPO, Argentine I prize fighter, looks like a giant LirLi schoolboy who Is not sure what it’s all about. Firpo got up at 11 a. m. -today. Twenty minutes later. Immaculately el-id, he shyly held out his hand In greeting to representatives of The Times in his rpom at the Claypool. He murmured a welcome. He speaks no English. Then the whirlwind of the ring "idled over to his bed and sat on .the footboard. His 6 feet 2 of hard muscle seemed helpless, especially before a girl reporter. "Oh, yes, he likes girls,” the fighter’s secretory, G. Widmer, assured her. “But he keeps away from them. He get* many ’xnaab notes, and. In New

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Silent Rites Suggested rrWIPON suggestion of the ’ 11 Washington News, mem--1 i her with The Times of the Seripps - Howard Newspapers, Lemuel Belles, national adjutant of the American Legion, today urged citizens throughout the * nation to • observe a five-minute period of silence while President Harding’s body is lowered into the grave Friday. Bolles also sent out the suggestion that legion post buglers be stationed at various points in every city to sound taps during the period. Bolles took the action in the absence from the city Os National Commander Alvin M. Owsley.

‘WILD MAN’OUT OF GUARDHOUSE Children Write Essays for U, F, W,-Times Contest, A wild man is loose in town. He’s “Zulo,” alleged to be chief of the tribe of Mininolas in the South Sea Islands. He had been locked un In the guardhouse of Hoosier Post, 624, Veterans of Foreign Wars, but now he’s gone. Veterans say they except him to return to a post's lawn fete at Spades Park Friday in native garb. He will be on the grounds Saturday in civilian clothes, In his saner moments being a prominent local professional man. The post will give $5 to anyone who recognizes him in regular clothes and takes him to the band stand. Meanwhile grade school boys and girls of Indianapolis are busy writing essays on “Why I Am Glad I Am an American.” to submit to the Patriotic Contest Editor of The Times.not later than 5 p. rg. Thursay. Hoosier Post is offering $lO for the best letter and $5 for the second best, donated by Harry B. Dynes, a member of the post. Essays must not be longer than 200 words, written in ink or typewriter on one side of the ‘iaper oniv

COUNTY PROHIBITS HEAVYHAULING Commissioners Limit Loads i on Roads. Trucks which? with their loads, weigh more than twelve tons were barred from using hard surface roads of Marion County by an order Issued by the board of county commissioners today. v This is for {.he summer season, April 1 to Nov. 1. The rest of the year the limit is fixed at six tons. Loads on gravel roads were ordered limited to ten tons and three tons, respectively, for the two seasons, except In thawing weather. Then no loaded vehicles, except school wagons, may traverse gravel roads. The roads were ordered posted with the above order. Notices will be sent to all gravel and hauling companies. At the first vilolation blanket court Injunction will be obtained to protect the roads. County Attorney Emsley W. Johnson said. WEEK-END ARRESTS DROP Eighteen Women Taken in Police Net —Booze Charges Lead. Eighty-nine men were arrested over the week-end, according to figures announced at police headquarters today. Eighteen women and two boys also were arrested. Os the men, seven were charged with gaming: twelve, intoxication; seventeen, blind tiger; five, operating a motor vehicle while drunk, and three, statutory. Four women were arrested for drunkenness, three on blind tiger charges, two on statutory charges and one for gaming. The total arrests were smaller in number than usual. HOURLT TEMPERATURE 6 a. m........ 75 10 a. m 73 7 a. m. 75 11 a. m. 74 8 a. m \o 12 (noon) .... 75 9 a. m 73 1 p. m. 77

York, two movie stars followed him around. But not for him—

“Firpo thinks American girls are the best-dressed he has ever seen, and he likes the blonde type. We have no blondes In Argentine.” Firpo wore a dark gray suit, brown shoes and a dark tie. His only Jewelry was an unpretentious tie pin and plain gold ring. He has the low forehead of the fighter, but lacks aggressiveness, out of the ring. “A dual personality,” the secretary continued, motioning toward the fighter. ”Out6lde the ring he is very quiet. “His diversions? Football and reading bis hem* paper and novels.”

COOLIDGE TAKES PERSONAL CHARGE OF CHIEF’S FUNERAL | President Starts Formation ot New Cabinet and Confers With Adams, v DAUGHERTY MAY RESIGN Gompers Calls on Executive at Temporary White House in Hotel, By United Press TEMPORARY WHITE HOUSE, WILLARD HOTEL, 'WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—Final arrangements to receive the remains of Warren G. Harding at the nation's capital tomorrow were announced today ,_J>y President Coolidge, who has taken personal charge of the funeral of his dead chief. The President will leave the temporary White House about 1 o’clock, accompanied by his military aide, Col. C. O. Sherrill, to meet the funeral train which arries at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow. 4 Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor* chatted with Mr. Coolidge for twenty minutes todafr on labor questions in general, but’ the threat of an anthracite coal strike was not mentioned. President Coolidge conferred with John T. Adams, cnalrman \ot the Republican national committee and William M. Butler, committeeman from Massachusetts, while, political gossipers of the National Capital foresaw anew organization of control in the Republican party, No Politics Discussed Adams announced after the conference no political matters .were discussed because Mr. Coolidge wished to avoid any refence to affairs of State during the period of mourning for President Harding. it was still emphasized that no Official step would be taken, nor changes of any kind made until after the period of mourning for Mr. Harding. The funeral arrangements are still uppermost in the President’s mind, but the business of Government must go on and Mr. Cdolidge could not avoid the obligation of organizing his friends and advisers into an unofficial round table to give him their counsel in his great task. Although the present regular Cabinet members elected by Mr. Harding will continue, temporarily at least, at (Continued on Page II)

ADMITS TAKING S6OO AND THREE CHILDREN- - 1 | __ Joe Lyons, E&Hing to Find Wife, Takes Kiddies to His Mother. Joe Lyons, 217 W. Pratt St., took S6OO from his wife and drove off with the three children, according to the story he told police today. His wife told a similar story Sunday. Joe Lyons went to police headquarters today. Lyons claimed the money was his. In company with two officers Lyons today went to the Brqadway Hotel, where he understood his wife was staying in company with Billie Ford, alias Sadie Henderson. Neither of the women was found. Lyons is on his way to Marion, where he told police he was taking his three children to live with- his mother. - ■ NO MORE % P.’ DUTY Rainbow Veto to Have “Berman nan t Service.’ The last possible reason for staying away from the regular meeting of the Veterans’ Association in Superior Court, Room 3, at 6 p. m. Wednesday has been removed, R. E. Murphy, secretary, said today. “Permanent kitchen police” have been appointed, and n volunteers will be called for. That’s the reason. Requisition Issued Requisition for return to Indianapolis of Maxllllan Charissa, alias Dr. Max J. Cornell from Little Rock, Ark., was Issued here today. Charissa is charged with having taken a $7,000 automobile from the tjpdike Auto Company here, Oct. 8, 1920.

of Jack Dempsey!) Over Firpo’s left eye a light scar showed. "He got that in the Bill Brennan fight, March 12,” Widmer explained. Firpo will fight Joe Downey at the Hoosier Motor Speedway, Wednesday night. He is scheduled to meet Jack Dempsey Sept. 14. As the reporters left, the fighter shook hands, murmured again, and thgn, with the grace of a Valentino and the shyness of the fighter, he opened the door and gave the almostsmile which once in a while brightens his somber face. P. S. Boston, home of staid descendants of Mayflower'voyagers, is one of his favorite cities!

- INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, AUG. 6, 1923

Coolidge—The Difference Twenty-Four Hours Made

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ABOVE CALVIN COOLIDGE, VICE PRESIDENT, ,IS PITCHING HAY ON HIS FATHB'S FARM NEAR PLYMOUTH, VT. BELOW cXLVIN COOLIDGE, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED SPATES. HURRIES TO WASHINGTON. GUARDED EY MOTORCYCLE POLICE AS HE CHANGES TRAINS* AT NEW YORK CITY.

Believe “Jinx” Is Broken

By Staff Correspondent TERRE HAUTE, lnd., Aug. 6. The Jinx of the New Yorker, Pennsylvania limited passenger train No. 30, has been broken, railroad men here today believed. ouiiday. July’ 29. - the train killed, four motorists at Highland, fll., and while making up time lost in this accident, killed nine more at Liggett, six miles west of Terre Haute Saturday the same train was speed ing eastward at Farrington, 111., three miles west of Liggett, when anothei automobile was struck, t No One Injured Sick at heart. Engineer Glenn Duffy, who was driving the train last week, and other trainment alighted and hurried back to the crossing, expect ing to find another scene of carngge. Instead they found six persons without a scratch, thanking heaven that the only damage was crushed fenders an(ka badly crushed radiator of their automobile. Wiley Nelson, 30, of Terre Haute, PRICE OF SUGAR DROPS SLIGHTLY I Decline in East Felt to Some Extent Here, Retail sugar prices have dropped slightly In Indianapolis following wholesale price cuts in the East. Some grocers here are sellings ten pounds for 92 cents. Retail price has ranged for several months around II and 12 cents a pound. Corner grocers reported the wholesale price to them on bulk sugar is $8.70 a hundred pounds, a drop of 75 cents wfthin a week.

MARION PREPARES FOR ‘SON’S’ FUNERAL

Home Folks Busy Draping Courthouse in Black President's Body Will Lie There in State,

By United Press MARION, Ohio, Aug. 6.—A rosestrewn lane of sorrow through which the funeral procession of the late President Harding will pass from the home of his aged father on Center St. to the little green cemetery two miles from town was planned today as a fitting tribute to Mario' i’s fondest memory. The entire route is to be draped in sombre black and white, the committee in charge announced. Tentative plans, dependent on Mrs. Harding’s wishes, call for having the body of the late President lie in state at the Marion County Courthouse from IQ a. m. to 4 p. m, Thursday, the day before the funeral. Thousands tVill Attend The little town todqy went about its work of preparing for the thousands who will come for the funeral with strong hopes that Mrs. Harding will allow the town folk who knew Waren Harding from boyhpod, to view his mortal remains, f The courthouse, a humbel building In the center of town, already is being draped for the occasion.

was the driver of the automobile. With him were Mrff. Sarah Nelson, 68, his mother: Mrs. Jennie. Crowther, 74,

Half Holiday Here Friday Suspension of all business and entertainment in the city from 9 a. m. Friday until 12 noon was proclaimed by Mayor Shank today so citizens may pay tribute to the memory of President Harding. The city hall will be closed during those'hours, the mayor said. Movement for a city memorial service in a downtown theater or Cadle Tabernacle is being discussed. All offices In the county courthouse will be closed all day Friday, according to an order issued today by county commissioners. One man will be left in the county recorder’s office.

WILSON PAYS TRIBUTE TO HARDING AS MAN ‘Would Esteem aa Honor* to Take Part in Funoral. By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—Former President Woodrow Wilson wrote a letter to President Coolidge today, stating he “would esteem an honor’’ to take part in the funeral processioff of President Harding. “I sincerely grieve as you do over the death of President Harding, who had undoubtedly wort the esteem of the whole nation by his honorable and conscientious conduct In office,’’ Mr. Wilson said.

Marlon Is guarding the places made sacred by Warren Harding’s death like a heart broken father holding close to his heart some memoir of a son who has passed away. Silent sentinels patrol the Center St. home of Dr. George T. Harding, where the funeral Is to be held, against seekers of souvenirs. Street Being Repaired Workers were busy this morning in a frantic effort to repair the street in front of Dr. Harding’s home in time for the funeral. President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge will be among the high Government pfficials in Marion to pay a final tribute to the memory of Warren G. Harding. Col. F. P. Lahn of the general stafT is here with blanket orders from President Coolidge to take charge of the official end of the arrangements and make any plans for the funeral Mrs. Harding may desire. National Guard troops are already patrollng Marion cemetery, where Mr. Harding is to be laid at rest, and the home of his father. Dr. George T. Harding, where the funeral service is to be held. f

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his aunt; Mrs. Grace Coons, 29, a neighbor, and her children, Michael, 6 and Lucille, I. , Nelson said his car was sliding on the i)|uddy road in a blinding rain and he did not see the train until too late. Th^front of the car stopped on the rails. The motor died. Nelson sheeted frantically for the occujjants to junqp. All but Mrs. Crowther and Nelson got out. * 1 Then Lightning Strikes. Nelson’s attempts to start \hs- car finally were successful and he backed enough before the train came to be clear of everything but the huge engine’s drivers. They did the damage to the front end of the automobile. Almost at the same Instant lightning struck a railroad telegrpah pole about 100 feet in front Os the locomotive. setting It on fire and burning in two ail wires on both the St. Louis and Peoria divisions' of the Pennsylvania. A half-mile away lightning turned a hay stack completely over, but did not set fire to it.

MOORE’S FRIENDS DENY FUND REPORT State Accountants Investigate ' Books, Field examiners of the State board of accounts, investigating nooks of Dewitt V. Moore, who resigned as secretary of the State board of registration of professional engineers and land surveyors July 1, have discovered shortages In the neighborhood of 53,700, it was learned at the Statehouse today. Moore had charge of collection of registration fees. Moore could not be reached for a statement. Friends said they believed any reported shortage could be explained. * Members of the engineers board have planned to meet early this week to appoint a successor to Moore. Moore, it Is laxderstood, will be asked to attend themeejyng and will be requested to make good the reported shortage. He" Is understood to have deposited license fees at his bank. FEDERAL MEN TO MEET Employes and Officers to Honor President at Services. A memorihl meeting in honor,, of President Harding will be held in the Federal Court room by Federal oicials and employes at 7:30 p. m. W. P. Kappes, United States clerk, will preside. The Rev. F. A. Hayward, secretary of the Baptist Association, will make the prayer. Addressee will be made by Evans Woollen, Horner Elliott, United States district attorney, and Frederick E. Schortemeler.

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[“ TnPPOINTMENT of Miss Ella | H. Snyder, 1920 Beliefo*r -I taine St., tor twenty-one years secretary to the postmasters of Indianapolis, as assistant postmaster, was recommended by Robert H. Bryson, postmaster, today. The appointment will be made by the poatofflee department at Washington. Mias Snyder will be tha first

Vast Throngs Greet Funeral Special as Train Sweeps Through People Stand Along Route in Countless Small lowa Stations, FUNERAUPARTY UNEASY AT FLIER’S TERRIFIC SPEED Slight Accident Mars Journey as Engine Drive Wheel Loses Tire at Chappel, Neb, —Impressive Ceremony Prepared at Chicago. By LAWRENCE MARTIN United Frees Staff Correspondent ABOARD HARDING FUNERAL TRAIN, CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Aug. 6.—The great heart of the middle west pulsed in sympathy and sorrow today as the train bearing home the body of the late President Harding flashed by countless small stations in lowa. All through the night and day, as the train maintained terrific speed on its way across the State, people stood along the route. There was not an hour not marked thus of men, women and children. 4

If ever America's heart laid hare. It has been In the days of this transcontinental funeral trip. People who stay up all night to stand at attention as a train streaks by at sixty miles an hour, are animated by more than mere (furiosity. It was nearly 3 a. m. when the train got Into Omaha, Neb., but there was a vast throng, stretching away into the dim shadows of the night. And then, as the train crossed intJ>* lowa, there were smaller groups whose faces swept by In a blur as the train, trying to make up lost time, made the rails ring with its furious speed. Some members of the party wora unable to sleep because of the train's speed. Remembering yesterday’s wreck at Chappell, Neb., they feared some mishap. But nothing happened except the constant passing of these blurred groups of faces. Everywhere the flag was In evidence —bound with the mourning band, of crepe. Another man sits in his place in Washington, but Warren G. Harding is still the President out there. f And so. a s the day came, they gathered in ever-increasing numbers-*-at Boone, Ames, Marshalltown, Tama and at little places in between where' the train rushed past so rapidly the name of the station was indistinguishable. Farmers Pause in Fields Farmers paused in their fields and I took off their broad straw hats with reverent gestures. Tomorrow they may find it necessary to criticse the Government. bOt today*, the dead President was passing by. The train is now a little behind schedule, in spite of every effort to catch up. At Cedar Rapids the usual silent ceremonies were repeated: more flbwers to be placed within the fu-, neral car, where the guard of honor now stands knee-deep in blooms and the air is drugged with the fragrance of the wreaths and bouquets. Mrs. Harding remained secluded in her stateroom. It 1# Just like life —the passing of this train. It pulls into a station and pauses a Tew minutes: new faces seen and then It goes on—to other towns and other {aces, pushing"always restlessly toward that final goal which, for the silent figure In the flower-laden car, typifies rest*? • A tire slipped from the forward driving wheel of the big locomotive drawing the funeral special as it was rolling slowly through Chappell, Neb., Sunday. Had the train been traveling at high spaed, a serious accident might have occurred. As it was the engine of'a train following was com(Continued on Page 11)

THREE HELD FOR ROBBERY Lawrence County Residents Suspected of Postdffice Theft. Three residents of Lawrdnce County were in Jail today at Bedford charged with robbing the postoffice at Tunnelton, Lawrence County, the morning of July 24. The three. John Doyle Shrout, Ralph Tanksley and Clarence Tabor, were arrested Saturday on Federal warrants sworn to by W. R. Briggs, postoffice inspector from here. According to Federal officials the postoffice was one of several bullding'arobbfed. The men are suspected in another postofflce robbery, officials said. picnic~date!s changed York Rite Party Saturday Instead of Friday. Masonic lodge officials today announced that the York Rite picnio scheduled at Broad Ripple Park Friday has been postponed until Saturday In respect for President Harding’s funeral day. The program otherwise is unchanged. Man Held by Police A man giving his name as ’ John Davis was picked up by officers on W. Washington St. today when he was thought to be acting peculiarly, police said. When taken to headquarters he admitted he had escaped from the asylum for the Insane at Julietta last month.

woman to become assistant postmaster in a city as large as Indianapolis, Brysoq sal<L She will succeed Charies H. Byfield, who resigned because of 111he&lth last week after thirty-eight years of service. “Har knowledge of the postal servloo gained through her long experience as secretary *.<> Indiana postmasters since 1801 has aqulpj^sd : ■ J

Forecast THUNDER showers tonight atfd probably Tuesday morning. Cooler Tuesday afternoon.

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STATE AUDITOR POTS IN MODERN DISBURSING PLAN Blanket System of Issuing Pay Vouchers is Abolished. Attempts to modernize the method of receiving and disbursing State funds, begun last year when State Auditor Robert Bracken assumed office, will be continued until an up-to-date system has been established, according to Bracken. Since Bracken assumed office the old blanket system of making out pay vouchers has been abolished and replaced by a system in which itemized statement of each expenditure is required. ■ ' Under the old system a department could/ draw an unlimited number of salaries under the same voucher. It is said the new system would have precluded the chance of such a shortage as that alleged to have been accumulated by Roy Couch, Statehouse custodian, who w-as recently dismissed and" is now awaiting trial for embezlement. Department heads are now required to certify each disbursement, and the auditor’s office makes out a warrant which Is negotiable at banks or at the office of the State treasurer. Eventually the warrant system will be- improved by requiring carbon copies of each warrant. By this means it wiU be possible to hdye double files of each disbursement, first through the filed vouchers and second through the duplicate warrants. Field examiners for the State board of accounts, who have been engaged several weeks making a check of the auditor’s office, will recommend the continuation of Bracken’s program, it is understood. If is said that no notations, other than notes held by banks, was ever made of the State’s debts. Bracken has required reootds to be kept of every item in the State’s indebtedness. Persons familiar with the system of keeping the State’s accounts declare ft has been the most “antiquated and country store’’ method In the central West

MRS. GWINN HEADS DRIVE Rensselaer Woman Appointed League Membership Chairman. In the State-wide campaign of the League of Women Voters to raise membership to 2,000, Mrs. John L Gwinn of Rensselaer, Is general chairman. She was appointed by Mrs. Alice Foster Mullins, State president. The plan Is to double the membership by means of teams and ward membership parties between now and October when the ninety-two branch leagues, will give final receptions in honor of their new member*. BANKRUPTCY SUIT FILED Motor Sales Company of Auburn Named in Proceedings. Bankruptcy proceedings against the Superior Motor Sales Company of Auburn, Ind., were filed in Federal Court today by the National Dlsoonnt Company of South Bend, the National Supply Company of Ft. Wayne and the Ajax Rubber Company of Delaware, creditors for about $6,500. A receiver also was asked. Mandaville A. Meadors, harness maker of Nobles villa, filed a petition In bankruptcy. He pcheduled liabilities of $3,321.11 and assets of $1,720.

her excellently for the position. There Is not the slightest doubt of her ability to fill the position splendidly,” Bryson said. Miss Charlotte E. Yule, 425 N. State St., will suoceed Miss Snyder as secretory. At present she is special clerk In the executive division. She has been connected with the local postoffloe since 1912. | *