Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 75, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 August 1923 — Page 1

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VOLUME 35—NUMBER 75

FINAL TRIBUTE TO DEAD CHIEF PAID BY NATION

BIG GROUP FROM STATE WILL GO TO HARDINGFUNERAL Honor President Friday, MOST ACTIVITIES CEASE Memorial Services Held and Planned by Many Organizations, The Indiana delegation to the funeral of Warren G. Harding at Marion, Ohio, Friday, will number at least 200, it was predicted at Republican State headquarters today. The headquarters is arranging for three special cars to be attached To a Big Four train leaving here at 7 a. m. .Friday. Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart of Indianapolis, past president of the Women’s Auxiliary to the American Legion will place a wreath on the bier of the President in behalf of the organization. The Seventh District American Legion Auxiliary will hold a memor►lal service at the Palace theater frofn boon to 1 p. m. Friday.

Lawyers Named Five lawyers have been appointed by James J. Moran, president of the Indiana Bar Association, to represent the association at the funeral. They are Cassius Shirley, Indianapolis; Dan Simms, Lafayette; Donald Fraser Fowler; David A. Ayers. Greencastle, and Charles L. Jewett, New Albany. Many Indiana cities- are planning memorial services Friday. At Richmond, church bells will be tolled and traffic will be stopped five minutes. A joint memorial service will be held at Evansville and stores will be closed. Indiana University, at Bloomington, will be closed for the day and memorial services will be held. Community memorial services also will be held in Peru, Portlajid, Wabash, Franklin, Decatur, Anderson, Huntington and many other cities. The State Chamber of Commerce held memorial services Tuesday after its regular business session. Sons of Veterans Mourn The following resolution was adopted by Ben Harrison Camp No. 356, Division of Indiana, Sons of Veterans; “Be It Resolved, By the officers and members of Ben Harrison Camp No. 356, Division of Indiana, Sons of Veterans, that it is the unanimous sense of this organization that in the death of our citizen and brother, Warren G. Harding, late President of the United States, the Nation lost one of its foremost patriots; and our Government a fearless l leader among the of the world. P "Be It Further Resolved, That it is the sense of this organization that the well-known executive policies of our lamented ex-President, insofar as the same apply to our diplomatic relations wdth the other nations of the earth concerning the extent to which we shall commit ourselves in the settlement of the controversies of reconstruction in Europe are, and always will be. the best policies to be followed in the interest of the American people, to the end that we be not unwisely involved in foreign diplomacy In which we have no direct interest. With his noble widow, we bow our heads in. sorrow. With all the people we mourn the loss of a great man in a Nation’s crisis.” Memorial services will be held by Indianapolis Chapter No. 1, Disabled American Veterans of the World War, 682 N. Pennsylvania St., Thursday’ night. The State commander is expected to attend. John B. Reynolds, secretary, announced that the Chamber of Commerce will be closed all day Friday. Bishop "Joseph Chartrand of the Catholic diocese of Indianapolis has ordered that the prayer for the Republic composed by Archbishops Carroll be publicly said in all churches of the diocese Friday. Rabbi Jacob Bienenfeld called upon the orthodox Jewish community to observe a fast between 2 and 7 p. m. Friday. He also directed that preceding the night service "Maareev,” cantors of each synagogue chant "Mole Rachameem.” The Indianapolis Association of | Credit Men will hold a memorial 3ervFice at its weekly luncheon at the Claypool at 12:15 Thursday. Frederick E. Schortemeier, secretary of rhe Republican State committee, will speak. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a- m 71 10 a. m 77 7 a. m. • 72 11 a. m 80 8 a. m 73 12 (noon) 83 i iii s iAiffin>Mim m 82

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Mrs. Warren G. Harding, widow of late President, is frail and broken and presents a pathetic figure in her overwhelming grief.

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Stores to Close Friday at 1 P. M. A bulletin issued by the Merchants Association to its members announces the closing of the stores at 1 p. m., Friday for the balance of . the day in honor of the late President. All retail merchants are requested by the association to observe Friday afternoon in a like manner.

C. OF C. ASKS APPROVAL Clubs Urged to Indorse Smoke Abatement Ordinance. The Chamber of Commerce civic department today mailed letters to all luncheon and civic clubs asking them to adopt resolutions approving the smoke ordinance drafted by the chamber smoke abatement, committee. Edward G .Snethen, chairman of the committee, said he will explain the ordinance to any clubs so desiring.

Friday—Mourning Day^—Aug. 10

"p - RID AY, America’s day of mourning for Warren G. Harding, bids fair to be marked by a complete cessation of activities the country over, as the United States comes to a halt to honor her dead President. Commerce and recreation, both will pause, at least momentarily, some time during the day. In several states —New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Nebraska and New Jersey—a legal holiday has been declared, thus enabling banks to close their doors. Governmental offices, Federal, State and municipal, will probably all be closed. Many stores and factories have announced they will not open their doors, or they will pause far a few mAgRDtR *. th Pvp.sidp.nUfl hndv Jr W.rpH intiv th^

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WEALTHY CLUBMAN FOUNDMURDERED Body Picked Up on Lonely Road Near Erie, Pa, Bv United Press S ERIE, Pa.. Aug. B.—Charles P. Laird, superintendent of the Homestead Steel Mills and wealthy clubman of Munhall, Pa., was found murdered on a lonely road near North Girard early this morning. Two bullet wounds and a stab wound were the cause of death. CORN DAMAGED BY WIND Loss In Northeastern Indiana Placed at Thousands of Dollars. Bv United Press KENDALVILLE, Ind., Aug. B.—The damage to the corn crop of northeastern Indiana as a result of a windstorm of cyclonic proportions which struck here late Tuesday is estimated at thousands of dollars. Telephone poles were blown over, trees uprooted and small buildings wrecked. The com crop, which promised to be the best in history In this section, is practically ruined, farmers say.

Prisoners Take Collection for Cops

r=r-|OLICE and firemen went beI M I hind the bars Tuesday night, | las members of the band gave prisdhers a two-hour Cbncert. To show their appreciation. In-

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First Pictures The Times furnished its readers with first pictures in Indianapolis of the Harding funeral train and views attending the short funeral service in San Francisco. The photos were rushed to The Times by airplane through NEA Service.

CUNO SAYS RESISTANCE IN RUHR TO CONTINUE Chancellor Declares It Is Impossible to Deal With France. Bv United Press BERLIN, Aug. B.—"lt is Impossible to negotiate with France under the present circumstances,” Chancellor Cuno declared in the Reichstag today. "Passive resistance In the Ruhr will continue until we know France’s terms.” LAD INJURED IN FALL Tonzel Purdy 6, in Serious Condition at Hospital. Tonzel Purdy, 6, of 2217 Miller St., today was in a serious condition at the city hospital. His skull was fractured Tuesday night when he fell fror/i a coaster wagon in which he was playing in front of his home.

mates of cells took up a collection amounting to sls and presented it to the band. Sheriff Snider added $lO to the total, all of which will go to the band fund for uniforms.

grave. Coal mines have been asked to suspend work by John C. Bryden, chairman us the National Coal Commission. And as Government and business pause to mourn, amusement centers, too, will be ctirtailing their activities. Many amusement parks will be closed. Bath houses at beaches will not do business. Major and minor baseball leagues will play no games. Will H. Hayes has asked that all motion picture theaters remain closed until late in the evening. Augustus Thomas has recommended that legitimate houses cancel all performances. E. F. Albee has asked vaudeville theaters to remove Friday afternoon matinees from their programs. There will be memorial services, public, fraternal, religious, the entire country joining in paying tribute to -it-g HpaH JLdiflgy

WHITFIELD FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER \ Jury Had Deliberated All Night for Verdict, v By United Press CLEVELAND,- Aug. B.—A verdict of guilty was returned in the case of John L. Whitfield here this afternoon. The jury had deliberated since r *. m. yesterday. Three women and nine men handed the verdict to Judge Frank C. Phillips before whom Whitfield was tried. Overheated Stove Starts Fire An over-heated range in the doughnut room of the Indianapolis Baking Company’s plant at 318 W. Vermont St., started a fire on the second floor at 1:45 a. m. today. Loss was estimated at $25. , Purse Snatcher Gets $8.65. James E. Duke, 604 Blake St., reported to police today that a colored man grabbed his pocketbook, with $8.65, Tuesday night at Indiana Ave and St. Clair St.

A feature of the concert was playing of two selections, “Police and Firemen’s March,” and "Wings of the Morning,” composed by Patrolman Illey Reeves, cometlst.

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Body of Late President Harding Rests Beneath Dome of Capitol Building—State Funeral Presents AweInspiring Spectacle to Thousands. By LAWRENCE C. MARTIN _ United Press Staff Correspondent ■—■ THE CAPITOL, WASHINGTON, Aug. B.—Under the great gray dome of the Capitol, with time-honored ritual, the body of the late President Harding was placed today upon the historic catafalque of Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and the unknown soldier. While the leaders of the Nation bowed their heads in token of submission to the Almighty’s will, the funeral service was held in the great domed rotunda, whoseJofty, spaces echoed to the strains of hallowed and the prayers arising for the dead and those he left behind.

PHONE COMPANY GOES TO COURT FOR RATE BOOST Delay of Commission in Fixing Schedules Basis for Petitions* An injunction to prevent the public service commission from interfering with the collection of increased telephone rates as asked in a petition o:i file with the commission; was filed by the Indiana Bell Telephone Company in Federal Court today. Such an injunction would mean greatly increased rates in Indianapolis and elsewhere. Delay of the commission Is determining the rate case now pending was

Telephone Costs Compared The following table shows present rates in Indianapolis and those which the telephone company Is demanding: Present. Proposed. •Individual $9.00 $12.00 •Two-party .... 7.00 \ •Joint user 2.00 6.00 tlndividual .... 3.75 4.50 tTwo-party 2.76 3.7.5 •Rural 3.25 4.00 tßural 2.25 3.00 •Suburban 4.25 6.00 tSuburban 3.00 3.76 •Business. t Residence. The company proposes to eliminate measured residence service. Present business measured rate: $5 for the first 120 messages each month and 3 cents for each additional message. Proposed rate; $6 for the first ninety messages, 5 cents each for the next sixty. 4 cents each fcr the next fifty and 3 cents each for all over 200.

given as the reason for the action in the bill of complaint. "The delay of t.he defendant commission in view of all circumstances is unreasonable and without excuse, and the conduct of the commission in this connection has been arbitrary and capricious and has prevented the plaintiff from earning enough money to pay its actual expenses and to provide a fair return upon the value of its property,” the complaint charged. t Expect Further Delay. Final decision of the commission would be still further delayed for a considerable time was the belief expressed in the complaint. According to the complaint revenues of the company for the year ending June 30, 1926, amounted to $8,208,662.28, expenses plus depreciation of 6.08 per cent to $,7.740,752.27, leaving net earnings of? 467,800.01, which were less than Hi per cent. "Under the rates now in force there will be no substantial improvement in net earnings within the next year of eighteen months,” it was stated. Return Day Aug. 28 Return day was set for Aug. 28, when the case will be heard by three Federal Judges. Judge Albert B. Anderson is in Michigan on his vacation and it Is understood that Judge-Fran-cis E. Baker of the Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago also is away. Federal officials expressed the belief that Judge Samuel Alschuler of Chicago, United States Circuit judge, would select two other judges to sit with him in the case. The hearing must be held In Indiana. It can be held at Indianapolis or Hammond, according to wishes of the Judges who will sit. * Three Petitions to Be Heard. Three petitions will be on file when the case is heard. The petition filed

The President was leaving for the last time, the place where for more than two years he resided as chief of the nation—starting back to the Capitol, where he served as Senator, thence to go back to Marion, Ohio —home. The Marine Band crashed into the funeral march. The coffin came into view of the thousands of citizens backed in dense masses all around the grounds, held back by cordons of police and troops. The soldiers placed the casket upon a dead black artillery caisson and fastened it tightly with straps in two places.

Last Look Taken at Dead.

President Coolidge, Secretary Hughes and other Cabinet members, Senators and Congressmen, passed from the house where they had just looked for the last time upon the features of the dead and entered their automobiles. At the same time, blocks farther down Pennsylvania Ave., where the head of the procession waited, the word of command was given to start. An Army band struck up “Onward Christian Soldiers.” With General Pershing in the lead, the parade moved off, proceeding at a fairly rapid pace. Pershing was >igid and pale as he sat on a big bay horse and led the funeral procession of his commander-in-chief. Mrs. Harding rode in a closed carriage, with curtains drawn, just behind the caisson. As she came from the White House to enter the car, she looked very weak and leaned heavily for support on the arms of General Sawyer, the President’s physician, and Secretary Christian. When she stepped into the automobile, Mrs. Harding’s head drooped and there was a faint moan. At her request there was no attempt on the part of photographers to take pictures.

Wilson Looks Old and Gaunt.

Following President Coolidge and Chief Justice Taft, just behind the widow, came Woodrow Wilson, looking old and gaunt, as he sat slumped down in his open touring car in the terrific heat, lie was accompanied by his wife and by Admiral Grayson. As the strains of “Onward Christian Soldiers” from the Army band died away down the avenue, glittering in the bright sunshine, another band playing “Rock of Ages” swung around the Treasury corner. Company after company of infantry and artillery passed along till the regular tramp of marching soldiers filled the avenue. Every officer wore a black band of crepe on his left arm for his dead chief. Looking from the Treasury at the west end of Pennsylvania Ave. to thepapitol, the vast crowd had a pink hue. Bright summer dresses blending with the predominant white toned down the flashing colors. \ No grandstands were erected, but the crowd pressed against cables guarding the street. It was a silent throng. Even before the procession started there was only a low hum of voices and the late President’s body moved through a lane of silence. As the procession swung down Pennsylvania Ave. the crowd around the Capitol was increasing with such rapidity police estimated they would have to handle 100,000 people before the end of the day. The people sweltered in densely packed masses, upon which the blinding sun beat down with steadily increasing intensity. Along East Capitol St., which extends due east from the rotunda of the Capitol, thousands of people began to form the line of the general public which will pass by the bier this afternoon.

“Blue Jackets” Form Cordon.

A double row of soldiers, sailors and marines, the “Blue Jackets” dressed in snowy white, formed an aisle up the Capitol steps for the casket. A steady Stream of distinguished personages continued to arrive for the ceremonies. Diplomats, Senators, State Governors and high Government officials took their places around the rotunda.

Mrs. Coolidge arrived, accompanied by the President's military aide. She passed directly through the‘rotunda to a reception room, there to await the arrival of the official party. Frank O. Lowden,- former Governor of Illinois, one of the late President’s rivals, took his place near the catafalque. As the Marine Band passed the temporary White House its fife and drum corps played the March Dirge. The marines following the band gave relief to the drab khaki of the Army.

Forecast G\ ENERALLY fair tonight r.nd f Thursday. Cooler Thursday.

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leau Woods and Chateau Thierry were In their famous blue uniforms, reminiscent of the review of the Spanish War veterans In 1898. Behind them came the blue jackets. The advance guard wore the navy blue and white leggings. Then came rank on rank of the navy boys in white, the blue collars standing out from white backgrounds of their uniforms. With the ta.mcvo Ha,v y band fading faintly into the almost oom-