Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 81, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 August 1923 — Page 2

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SCHOOL BOARD SPEEDS BUILDING PLANS DESPITE PROTEST

NO DECISION ON ORPHANS’ HOME AT CONFERENCE _____ / Commissioners and Councilmen Continue to Be Deadlocked. "No money will he appropriated t or anew colored orphans’ home until the county commissioners tell us what they intend to spend the money for. and how.” Insisted county councilmen today at a special meeting of the council called to provide the funds. "No plans can or will be made until we commissioners know how much money we will have to spend,” re lorted Commissioners John Kltley and Albert Hoffman. The meeting, the third of its kind, broke up. Council Meets Sept. 4 Nothing will be done until the annual meeting of the council. Sept. 4. towards providing new quarters for the colored orphans. \azo K. Fesler. county auditor, read two ordinances. One proposed appropriation of $150,000 from the general county fund, to be met by sale of the old workhouse property Aug. 27. The other proposed a bond issue. "Have the commissioners any information as to what type of home they propose, and what it will cost, or any specifications to present to us?” inquired Cassius L. Hogle. president of the council. Parties in Deadlock "We have not,” replied the commissioners. Commissioners who spend county money and councilmen who appropriate it, are in a deadlock as to whether the council has any right to know exactly how the money shall be spent. After the meeting Leo K. Fesler, county auditor, who is a third party to the scrap, said it “was funny the council is suddenly so jealous of the taxpayers’ interests.” “At the May meeting they took a sudden notion to build new additions to the poor farm.” he said. “Without consulting commissioners they had me get up an ordinance for $130,000 bend issue over night. It Was read and passed without any plans or specifications being submitted by commissioners, as are now demanded.” “Where is the consistency?" Fesler demanded. Hogle admitted Feeler's statement was true, but said the council made a "mistake,” and wouldn’t do it again. “Why, you see the result,” he said, “the work has just begun, and there is already a claim for $2,500 in for extra work, due to a defect in the architect's plans.”

DETECTIVE WINS RACE INARKANSAS Attempt to Take Prisoner From Him Frustrated, After a 150-mile race by automobile with Little Rock (Ark.) officers who were trying to take the prisoner away from him. Detective A. F. Field today arrived in Indianapolis with Dr. Max J. Connell, 27. alias Maximillian Char lssa, wanted here on, a charge of vehyde taking. Just as Field got requisition papers for Connell honored by the Governor of Arkansas Tuesday attorneys for Connell served notice on him that they had obtained a writ of habeas corpus for his release. Field rushed the prisoner to an automobile and sped for the State line. He got to Memphis, Tenn., and came on to Indianapolis without sleep. Dispatches said Arkansas offiicers, heavily armed, pursued the detective and prisoner by motor car. Connell is charged with stealing a $7,000 automobile from the Updike Automobile Company here two years Ago. AGED COUPLE ELOPE Ohio Groom is 71, While Bride is Ten Tears His Junior Bv United Press NEWPORT. Ky., Aug. 15. —The mystery of their absence from their home towns was cleared dp today when John A. Hamburger, 71 of Springfield, 0., and Mrs. R. Curry, 61, of Miamisburg, 0., announced they had eloped. They were married last night to Kenyon County. Kentucky. Methodists to Hold Revival The Rev. George S. Henninger, pastor of the East Tenth Street M. E. Church, will speak tonight at a revival service on the lawn of Roberts Park M. E. Church, N. Delaware and Vermont Sts., under the auspices of the Methodist Union of Indianapolis. Special music will be provided RoHinson Out on Bond Charles W. Rollinson, Indianapolis attorney, is at liberty today under 111,000 bond following his recjent arrest at Liberty Beach on changes of 'delation of liquor laws. An affidavits was sworn out by Sheriff George Snider. Gin was found in Rollinson s car, *he sheriff said. Rings Are Stolen Mrs. Fred J. Hayes, 120 W. Twelfth St., told police a $35 cameo ring and an SBS diamond ring were stolen from her home today. Frogs have bee ndiscovered which bark like dogs. Biggest stgdlarv the world has ever seen was iu ancient Athens; it ootfld

The First Hundred Are the Best

MRS. WILLIAM ROGERS OF SAVANNAH. GA„ HAS JUST TURNED 100 YEARS. “THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS AREN’T THE HARDEST, THEY’RE THE BEST.” SAYS THE OPTIMISTIC CENTENARIAN AS SHE BEAMS AMONG THE BIRTHDAY FLOWERS SENT BY MANY FRIENDS.

SLASHES IN GAS PRICE REACH TO EASTERNSTATES Reductions Announced in New England and Along Seaboard, Bv United Press NEW YORK. Aug. 15.—Reduction in gasoline prices in Atlantic Seaboard and eastern States was announced by Dow-Jones Financial Agency toda.y. The Gulf Company reduced the tank wagon price here and in New England and New Jersey 1 cent a gallon to 19 cents. The Texas Company made cuts of 1 cent to 2 cents In Virginia, West Virginia and North and South Carolina. Northwest Pennsylvania refiners reduced some grades half a cent a gallon. The Standard Oil of New Jersey reduced Its tank wagon price 2 cents in West Virginia. North and South Carolina and Virginia and 1 cent a gallon in New Jersey, District of Columbia and Maryland. The Texas Company met these latter 1-cent reductions in three districts.

SAVES MILLION DAILY Cut in Gas Price* Is Met By Most Independent Companies. By United Press . CHICAGO, Aug. 15.—The gasoline war In the twelve Middle Weetern States where prices have been reduced 6.6 cents a gallon, la saving consumers was estimated by both indepenent dealers and “old line” companies today. Most independent distributors have abandoned their reluctance to erst more than 5 cents a gallon, and have met the Standard Oil reduction of 6.6 cents. „ CUT IN CRUDE EXPECTED Standard Declares Price of Gas I.owcr Than Cost of Production By United Sews NEW YORK, Aug. 15. —A sharp cut in the price of crude oil is ex pected by Wall street on the heels of the gasoline price war In the west. This expectation is based on a statement from the Standard Oil Company of Indiana that the present retail price of gasoline is lower than the cost of production and distribution. CONSPIRACY IS FEARED Ohio Governor Starts Probe Through Attorney General’s Office. Bv Unitr.d Press COLUMBUS. Ohio. Aug. 15.—Ohio probed State oil distributing companies today, to determine whetner a exists to fix gasoline prices. The investigation was launched by the attorney general’s department at the request of Governor Donahey. THREE NEWSBQYS FREED Judgment Withheld in Cases of FieryCross Salesmen Judgment was withheld by City Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth in the cases of three newsboys, sellers of the Fiery Cross, a Ku-Klux Klan publication, arrested some time ago by police on charges of violating Sec. 851 of the city code. The newsboys are Albert Starkey, 21, of 2008 Parker Ave.; Herbert Keyt, 27, of 634 W. Thirty-fourth St.; Martin H. Cook, 24, of 405 E. Washington St. The case of George Tipps. 24, of 441 N. Meridian St., is to be decided on Aug. 31. _ Hot Time Over Furnace While the August sun shone today lawyers prepared for a hot time over a furnace next winter in Superior Court. Suit to replevin the furnace, with “smoke-pipe, warm and cold air pipes and connections,” from the house of Mrs. Ida Wilson. 2418 N. Rural St., was filed by the Holland Furnace Company. "Single Folks” Plan Excursion The Widows, Widowers, Maids and Bachelors Lodge No. 5 will meet at 8 p. m. Thursday in the Farfleld Park shelter house to arrange for an excursion to Kokomo, Ind., Sunday to at:en)f ihe annual picnic of Lodge No. 2 of tnat city, J. W. Winningham. president of the local organization.

IS NOW ‘WORK OF ART’ Eva Has Face Done Over to Remove All Wrinkles. Bv United Sews LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15.—After a month in a Hollywood beauty parlor Eva Tanguay, the "I Don't Care” girl of veteran stage fame, left for Broad way Tuesday with her wrinkled face changed into a “work of art.” The eleven horizontal wrinkles have disappeared from her forehead and her baby complexion that audiences once admired has bee nrestored. JULY GAS TAX TO ' PUT 11,000 IN STATE TREASURY

Reports Delayed by Lack of Familiarity With New Levy, Officials today estimated the State’ gasoline tax for July would exceed $400,000, due to the enormous increase in consumption during the vacation period. Carl Cue, deputy State auditor, said the July receipts totaled $251,263 at noon today, and predicted receipts for the next few days would increase the total greatly. Forenoon receipts today were $41,218. Cue said the extra day in July alone would add 3 per cent to the June receipts of $383,000. Wholesalers' and retailers* reports are supposed to be made out today for July, but Cue said there would be several days' delay during the next three or four months, until the tax Is more thoroughly understood. Governor McCray frequently has expressed satisfaction with the tax. and especially with the economical mode of collection. He had predicted that July receipts would exceed $400,000. On a recent automobile trip to northern Indiana, McCray said he counted cars filling their gasoline tanks along the Dunes Highway. He paid that in four miles he counted thirty Illinois automobiles, nine from Indiana, four from Michigan and one from lowa.. The figures are taken as significant of the argument that "foreign automobiles will have to pay for Indiana roads when they use them.” BOARD ACTS ON BANKCHARTERS New Institution Organized at Pleasantville, The State charter board today chartered one private bank, renewed the charters of two State banks and granted anew charter to a trust'company. The Maywood Trust and Savings Company of Hammond was granted a new charter, with $50,000 capitalization. The Columbia State Bank of Oakland City was re-chartered, with $35,000 capital stock, and the French Lick State Bank charter was renewed, with $60,000 capital stock. The Peoples Bank of Pleasa.ntville, Suljivan County, a private institution, was chartered with SIO,OOO capital stock. Eban Walcott, State baqk commissioner, said the board probably would meet Thursday to reorganize the Redkey State Bank and the Farmer’s State Bank of Redkey, both of which failed recently. Wolcott and Thomas D. Barr, deputy, have supervised preliminary reorganization work. Alleged Thief .Arrested James Tapp, 20, was arrested at Bloomington today and brought here by State police. According tc police, he is charged with stealing an automobile belonging to M. P. Edmundson, Muncle, at Capitol Ave. and Maryland St. June 12. The machine was recovered in Bloomington. Clermont Settlers to Meet The forty-second annual picnic of the Clermont Old Settlers will be held Aug. 16 at Brown’s Grove, one-fourth mile west of Clermont, Ed Updegraff,

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Plans for Six Structures Approved With Two Others to Be Passed on as Soon as Drawings Are Completed— Five Signatures on Remonstrance Questioned.

School children of Indianapolis will be given modern, sanitary, fireproof school buildings to replace the port ables, temporary shacks and make shifts now used by 5,000 pupils if the school board is permitted by the State tax board Jo carry out its building program. This was made certain Tuesday night when the board, without a dis senting vote, approved plans for new buildings and additions at six schools and announced that plans for two others will be taken up as soon as they are completed. Hearing Next Wednesday The action was token in tne face of a remonstrance signed by fourteen persons, said to be taxpayers, now pending before the tax board. The remonstrance for the time being at least has prevented the sale of $1,650,000 worth of bonds for the erection of the eight buildings. Hearing on the remonstrance has been set for next Wednesday at 9 a. m. Approval of the plans and specifications for the six buildings was made after Commissioner Charles L. Barry made a long speech in which he said that, although he was in favor of the building program, he believed action should be delayed until after the board could consider the plans at greater length. He did not vote against ap

EXTENSIVE PARK PROGRAM WORKED OUT BY OFFICIALS Plans Include Construction of First All-Year Swimming Pool. Extension of amusement and recre ation facilities Is planned in all city parks for 1924, following a series of conferences between R- W alter Jarvis, director of recreation, and Mayor Shank, it was said today. The program calls for construction of the first all-year swimming pool at Meike! Bt., on the south side. Plans are under way for a brick structure to house the pool. City officials hope to have it in use late next winter, loiter it it hoped to add a gymnaatum and auditorium. Ice skating will be conducted on extensive sgale this winter under city supervision, according to the mayors pPn£ 4 The lagoon in Garfield Park will be one of the centers. Concrete areas will be laid out in city parks next year, so children may roller skate safely. The mayor believes congested traffic conditions make sidewalk skating unsafe. Skating courses may be laid out in Garfield. Brook side and Riverside parks. In line with the safety campaign, bicycle tracks are planned In Riverside Park, where bicyclists may ride safely over ideal roads. Reductions In park and recreation levies have made additional land purchases almost Impossible. Recreation officials will direct activities toward developing present sites and adding playground equipment. Marauders Poor Chauffeurs Mrs. Jesse Gray, 1010 S. Belmont Ave., told polico would-be thieves broke the accelerator and damaged the ignition system in a futile attempt to take her automobile from her garage Tuesday night.

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proval, however, when the question was, called to a vote. Barry Took Actove Part Two years ago when the last building program of the school board was brought to a halt by refusal of the State tax board to approve a bond issue on remonstrance of ten members of the Taxpayers’ League of Indiana, Barry took an active part in ’’defeating the bond issue. Throughout the hearing he sat with attorneys for the remonstrators and made a long and impassioned speech against approval. Officials of the board today renewed their investigations of the tax records to see if the fourteen remonstrators were qualified to sign the remonstrance. Status of Signers Questioned They said there was strong probability investigation would show that at least five of the signers were induced to sign under misapprehension of the facts or were not qualified by law. In this event the State tax board will be asked to throw out the petition. The law requires that a i remonstrance be signed by ten taxj payers other than poll tax payers. ' The matter was touched upon by ; Richard O. Johnson, business direci tor, in his report to the board: He said. “Otto Graf, who signed the remonstrance, says he was misled by someone from the office of Edson T. Wood into signing the remonstrance and desires to have his name removed therefrom. John G. McCullough claims that he signed the remonstrance at the request of Mr. Wood, not knowing its purport, and it is to be presumed that the two men connected with him in office also signed under like misapprehension.” Two Alleged Misled The two men referred to, Johnson explained after the meeting, were Herbert G. Heckman and Edward F. Keller. “The tax duplicate does not show the names of Heckman, Gaylord A. Wood or Jooeph A. Miont or Minot,” Johnson said. Buildings for which plans and specifications were approved and their estimated costs: No. 30, ten rooms, Elder Ave. and W. Washington St., $157,512; No. 38, eight rooms, Winter and Bloyd Aves., $188,858; No. 62, ten rooms, Wallace and N. Tenth Sts., $189,237; No. 70, Central Ave. and For-ty-sixth St., eight rooms, $203,175; No. 75, twelve rooms, Rochester Ave and Fourtenth St.. $220,815; No. 76. sixteen rooms. College Ave. and Thirteenth St.. $243,622. Plans to be Considered Plans for No. 23, eight rooms. Missouri and Thlrtenth Sts.. $102,130, and No. 67, ten rooms, 3616 W. Walnut St.. $218,651, will be considered as soon as they are completed. . The number of rooms refers only to class rooms. In addition there are manual training, domestic science and other rooms necessary to modern school buildings. These appointments to the teaching staff were announced by E. U. Graff, superintendent of schools: Clara Ledig, physical training and; Roy Pitman, manual training, elementary schools; Gertrude M. Schul- j ler, attendance department; Peter j Scherer. German and French; Gretch- ; en Scotten. English; Bernice Baldwin, ; art; and Margaret Nysewander, English. all at Emmerich Manual Training high school. Stock Issue Authorized Bv United Frees WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. —The Southern Illinois & Kentucky Railroad today was authorized by the Interstate commerce commission to issue $40,000 in common and capital stock to be sold to the Illinois Central, the proceeds to be applied to building of a new line from Edge-wood, 111,, to Metropolis, 111.

Oh, for the Bounding Deep!

HERE IS SPORT AS PRACTICED NEAR LOS ANGELES. AQUAPLANERS ARE OUT IN DROVES THIS SEASON AND THEY RECOGNIZE NO SPEED LAWS, EITHER

VEHICLE TAKING CHARGED Detectives Say Youth Confessed Stealing Four Autos Oscar Pratt, 19, of 3608 E. TwentyEighth St., was under arrest today chraged with vehicle taking. Detectives say the arrest solves the theft of four automobiles. Several days ago two automobiles were abandoned in a woods at Thirty - Second and Dearborn Sts. Late Tuesday Pratt went to the woods, where he was arrested. Detectives s-ay Pratt confessed stealing automobiles of these persons: July 28. H. O. Fledderjohn, 123$ W. Thirty Second St.; Aug. 4. Phillips S. Williams, 1044 River Ave.; Aug. 11, Walter A. Ford. 22 E. Thirty-Third St., and Aug 13, Daniel P. O'Donnell, 334 Douglass St. FEDERATION CONSIDERS MARS HILL CIVIC CLUB Picnic of Central Body to Be Held at Swain Home Aug. 31. Executive officers of the Federation of Community Civic Clubs and representatives of members clubs will hold a business meeting and picnic Aug. 31 at thi home of W. M. Swain. 2537 Parkway Dr., Edward O. Snethen. president of the federation, announced today. Application for membership in the feaeration of the Mars Hill-Lafayette Heights Civic Association will be voted upon, Mathews Is presl dent and Edward A. Wlshmier is secretary of the organization. Efforts will be made to encourage all civic club members to use otnee as a means of smoke abatement and have each club pass a resolution favoring the smoke ordlnanace which will he voted upon by the city council In September. Two Hurt in Accident When a motorcycle driven by C. N. Smith, 606 Luett Ave., struck Mias Ella Mae White, 18. of 266 N. Holmes Ave., as Miss White was running to board a car at Washington St. and Holmes Ave. today, both Smith and Miss White were hurt. Injuries were not serious-

MYSTERY ATTENDS BRUTAL MURDER Mutilated Body Found in Georgia Creek, Bv United Press NUNAN, Ga.. Aug. 15.—Mystery today surrounded the murder of MUalrd Trouton, 33. whose mutilated body was found floating in Line Creek, near here. Two men. James Freeman and Charles Selbman. were arrested and held for investigation when It was learned they called Truton from his home last Friday night, ostensibly to ! take a walk. He had not been seen alive since. The two men told the sheriff while in company with Trouton, a short distance from the latter's home, an automobile dashed up and Trouton was spirited away.

SLEEP IN A COOL ROOM “What!” you say, “sleep in a COOL room when the thermometer is doing the loop-the-loop and even the ice-man is perspiring?” Yes, we still say, “Sleep in a cool room,” for there ARE cool rooms—rooms which are happily so located as to catch the evening breezes. Read the “rooms for rent” columns in this paper and choose a room which will suit you best. Some rooms overlook radiant flower gardens; others seem to nestle under great, cool shade trees. Others have particular advantages such as unusually convenient access to transportation lines. Whatever your personal requirements may be, look for your room first in the columns of this newspaper. THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Main 3500 Read for Profit

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 15, 1923

COOEIDGE PLAN TO AVERT STRIKE BEFORE COAL MEN President Determined to Protect Public in Threatened Walkout, By PAUL R. MALLON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. The United States coal commission today deeded to submit the Coolidge program in the anthracite coal situation to the miners and operators separately. Five members of the commission voted to meet President Lewis of the United Mine Workers and three union delegates at 2 p. m. Later the commission will see the operators’ representatives. The results of the conference then will be forwarded to Mr. Coolidge at the White House. The commission decided upon this plan instead of a joint conference of all three as had been previously arranged. John Hays Hammond, chairman of the United States Coal Commission, will tell the differing miners and operators just how the. govervnment is stacking the cards to protect the public against a fuel famine and offer the services of the government for mediation . Hammond has received his instructions from Mr. Coolidge. They are: 1. The government, while not attempting to force the two opposing factions into agreement, will lend its services through the coal commission to arbitrate the difficulties and press for a settlement. 2. Public needs will be protected at all costs and fuel substitutes will be provided to consumers through government channels, thus breaking the final force of the strike. Hammond meets the miners and the operators at the Hotel Pennsylvania at 3 p. m. The miners’ leaders are professing to be adament as ever on the question of the “check off." now rapidly becoming the chief bone of contention In the dispute. Before leaving Atlantic City for the parley. John L. Lewis and his associates made clear once more their absolute insistence upon the system, whereby union dues are deducted from the miners’ wages by the companies. A statement issued by S. D. Warriner, spokesman for the-operators. indicated the owners are still opposed to this “check off” but are now willing to submit It to arbitration.