Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 186, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 December 1923 — Page 2
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KORETZ OIL FRAUD REACHES TOTAL OF TWENTY MILLIONS
CITY HALL SAYS THEY TALKED, BUT JEWETT DENIES IT Combine of G. 0. P. Factions Not Yet Completed, Says Leader, The reported alliance or impending alliance between the Jewett-Lemoke fiction of the Republican party and the Shank faction entered th niy-tery stage *oday. At the City Hall the positive statemen; was made that a meeting nail been held Saturday between Jewett representatives and Shank representatives to form such an alliance. Charles TV. Jewett denied any such meeting was held. Friends of Shank have made the statement that they have been assured of the support of the Jewett-Lemcke faction in Shank’s race for Governor if it comes to a tight between Shank and Ed Jackson, secretary of State. Jewett denies anything of the kind happened. “We have made no alliance with any faction or for or against any candidate.” Jewett said. “There have been no conferences looking toward an alliance. “Nevertheless, we are going to be active in the campaign.” Jewett refused to say what form this activity will take. CONTRACTORS IN SPIRITED BIDDING ON STATE ROADS Proposals of Eighty-Three Miles of Paving Are Received, Bids on appproximate.y eighty-three miles of concrete paving, seven and 0 -, ■K-.’f nii’e-j of grading and five and one half miles of gravel base road w, .. .ceav.. today by the State highway commission. Bidding was said *o have been the most spirited in the history of the commission. Low udders on each project: Kerr & Murphy of Bloomington. 7.511 miles of concrete paving on the Dixie Bee line between Sullivan and Standard, $150,665.35. Geotge T. Miller, Lebanon, $162,244.62 on 8.309 miles concrete paving, Lafayette pike, between Lebanon and point two miles north of Royalton. Davis Construction Company, Tipton. $171,008.15 on 8.788 miles of concrete paving, Michigan road between New Bethel and points two miles east of London. Same company, $187,980.93 on 8.705 miles, concrete paving, Michigan road, Shelbyville to two miles east .of London. Bluff Road in List Fred Cunningham. Indianapolis. $135,536.38. on 6.126 miles of concrete paving. Bluff road, Indianapolis to Johnson County line. Frank J. Tillman, Milwaukee, Wis.. bid $154,569 S0 on 6.678 wiles of concrete paving on BlufT road from Marlon county line to Waverly. Eti-
WATSON PUTS NEXT MOVE TO COOLIDGE Indiana G, 0. P, Senator Tells President He Will Not Be Hostile Candidate in Hoosier Primary,
Timet Ru trial WASHINGTON. Dec. 18 —Senator Watson, Indiana, today told President Coolidge he would not be a hostile candidate for Republican presidential nomination in the Indiana primaries. Watson also told the President he might defer an announcement of his candidacy until next May. Ihe next move in the Indiana Situation is thus put up to Cos , and ><*. If he acepts the advice of Postmaster Genera' New. he win enter ,Ae Indiana primaries and without delay make the announcement. er triends of Coolidge are ad vising him, however, to do everything tc work in harmony with Watson and the conference today may result in Coolidge holding his candidacy in abeyance for some time. Watson said he told the President -- . 0 Poncrress was fine and had received a favorable reception, but na i a team of wild >, House and Senate, and that by May the viewpoint ..... - e changed. In hat event Watson indicated he certainly would be a candidate.
GREENCASTLE SENDS GRIFFIS PETITIONS National Commander of ex- Prisoners of War Association Fills Out List Containing 200 Names,
Petitions asking release of Corliss Hooven Griffis, from a German prison, following his conviction and sentence for attempting to kidnap the arch slacker, Bergdoll, continued to pour into The Times office today. Thousands have asked release of the exUnited States lieutenant. The largest single petition comes from John A. Friend, national comma mler of the Ex-Prisoners of War Associations, with headquarters at
New Evidence Regarding Missing ‘King of Swindlers’ Shows Victims Reach From Coast to Coast — ‘Find the Woman,’ Is Theory, Bu Cnitrd Prrt CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—Leo Koretz, missing “king of swindlers, cleared $20,000,000 through his sale of stock in the “Bayano River Trust of Panama,” investigators announced today. New evidence, from many cities, has raised the estimate of Koretz’s swindle from $5,000,( 00. His victims include hundreds of persons in New York, Denver, Colorado Springs and other cities.
Her Happy Christmas Was Halted by Auto 9 6 .* > ii.yi v_ .; | ;• '■ f*' * ■ mv.. •>-' •• • ■ DokutHY RICHARDSON Preparations which the family of Dorothy May Richardson, 9. of 1625 S. Meridian St., was making for the little girl’s birthday Saturday, and Christmas next Tuesday, were halted today. Dorothy May was killeld Monday when she started to run cross the street crossing to her home from school and was struck by a machine driven by Robert G. Edwards, 56, of Plainfield. Ind. She died thirty minutes later at her home. Coroner Paul F. Robinson investigated and held Edwards on a (marge of involuntary manslaughter and released him on his own recognizance pending further investigation. g.noer’s estimate, $180,478.93. Dull Pro.he. s, Arcanum, Ohio, $281,794.05, on 10.39 miies of concrete puc j ing. Bluff Rd., Waveriy to point two mi es east of Martinsville. Kerr & Murphy, B oomington, $131,710 35, on 6.208 mi p's of concrete pav j ing on the D.xjo Bee line, Ft. Brancn an I Princeton'. * Giuss Brothers’ Company. Hrfmler. Ohio, $135.206. i5, on 6.069 miles oT con ore;e paving. Kangs Line RiL. Bunker Hill and Howard County line. Clem T. Cain, Bluffton. $169,631.37, On 6.847 miles of concrete paving be tween Bunker Hill and Peru. Foulks Construction Company. Terre Haute. $128,496.60 on 6.299 miles of concrete paving, French Lick road, Crystal and point two miles west of French Lick. Ellis & Scamahorn, Rookport. $56,726.84 on 5.595 miles of gravel base, Tell City-English road, between Don Juan and the north line of Union township. Perry County. Maggard & Maggard, Austin, $19,635.97, on 3.484 miles grading on Sa-lem-Palmyra road between point two miles north of Palmyra to south fork of Blue river. Same firm, $36,722.04 on 4.204 miles of grading on the same road between south fork of Blue river and middle fork.
Watson admitted, after the conference, in the event both he and Coollidge were candidates in Indiana. Hi ram Johnson would capture the (Indiana delegation to the Republican national convention. METAL WORKERS ELECT Charles Fouts today heads the local Sheet Metal Workers’ Union, No. 41. Others elected Monday night: C. D. Sperlin. business agent; Edward N. Martin, financial secretary; Lee Schludecher, treasurer; George Hocfcett. recording secretary; Edward Stevens, Joseph Hugg. Charles Fouts. John Bills. Frank Hodge, executive board. Schludeeher has been financial secretary of the local for twenty years. Guard Company Is Recognized Headquarters ocmpany of the 76th Infantry brigade, Indiana National Guard, located at Muncie. has' been recognized by the War Department. Adjt. Gen. Harry B. Smith announced today. First Lieutenant Charles G. Samuels is commanding officer of the "'’■fit.
Greencastle. Mr. Friend writes Greencastle is not to be outdone by Shelbyville, whose citizens sent in one petition with 104 names, and he fills out a list containing 200 names of business men and women of Greencastle and students of De Pauw University, Mr. Friend writes; "Here's luck for the success of our petition and we hope our buddie vvuL be home -in a i few- weeks.” . *.* . ’
I Convinced Koretz is no longer in the United States, authorities have asked District Attorney Banton of New York to question “Mrs. Marcy Schoener” of New York, to whom Koretz is said to have confessed he | was “going away for a long, long I time.' Meanwhile, .Mrs. Salo Auerbach, wife of a ‘wealthy Chicago theater | owner, sought as an important wit- ! ness in connection with Koretz’s disappearance, told What she knew of j the swindler's deals. Lost Every Penny “My husband and I invested more than $30,000 in Mr. Koretz’s oil business,” Mrs. Auerbach declared. “We have—like all the others—lost every penny, “I don't know where he is. 1 haven’t heard from him since he left. There is no reason why I should know.” I Mrs. Auerbach was named by 1 several witnesses in connection with a “love nest.” supported by the missipg “oil magnate.” Attorneys for the woman allowed her to testify providing she would not be asked regarding the alleged “love nest.” Picked Out Furniture A salesman identified Mrs. Auer- | bach as one of two women who j selected furniture for one of Koretz’s “love nests,” states attorneys said. * Mae Raymond, a telephone operator. ! forged another link to the “Auerbach j Koretz chain,” officials said by identifying Mrs. Auerbach as the wo man whom Koretz often called at a i northslde hotel. Mrs. Auerbach and her friend, Mrs ! Joseph Schwartz, lived for a time at the hotel, the operator said. Koretz. she stated, used the name of “A1 j Bronson” and held long conversations I with both women. • Are Waiting Questioning State's attorneys are awaiting results of the questioning of Mrs. ! Schoener of New York. A letter torn ! to bits and found on Koretz s desk, linked Mrs. Schoener and her sister, | Mrs. Jimmy Frazer of Atlantic City, with the investigation. Koretz. according to the letter, was deeply interested in Mrs. Frazer. A pen note from Mrs. Schoener implored Koretz to communicate with “Alt,” later identified as Mrs. Frazer "be cause she was sick and hurt because Koretz had not written." The old axiom of “find the woman” was injected Into the investigation when Mrs. Auerbach is said to have declared: . “I was not the only woman in Us life: why pick on me.” Asa grand jury returned an indict ment against Koretz, authorities started a thorough search of the city on the basis of an anonymous note which declared Koretz was in Chicago. The letter, which w?s signed "one who has faith, ” stated Koretz attended church in Chicago on Sunday and was still in the city. It declared that Koretz could liquidate with a nominal loss if given an opportunity.
PROVERB JUDGES 10 PICK WINNERS The Proverb Editor again points out that the winners of the proverb con est will be picked by tnree Judges. Edward .1. Gausepohl, president of the E. J Gausepohl & Cos.: Judge James I A. Collins of the Marion Criminal Court and George Buck, principal of: Shortrldge High Schooi. Only one p oveib answer is known to the Proverb Editor and that ariswe was published with the firs* proverb picture. Only the artist knows the proverbs and these proverbs are written on the bottom of each proverb picture and were deposited in the Fletcher American Bank with Ralnh K. omfth, vice president and casmer before the cont.es* opened. It will not be inng before the proverb contest Is closed and the $2,500 In prizes distributed. Remember the first prize Is SI,OOO and keep on trying. AUTO CRASH VICTIM’S CONDITION IS SERIOUS Mrs. Margaret TriesJeman Suffering From Injuries Received. Mrs. Margaret Triesleman, 65, 707 f-’anders St., who was injured Monday when the automobile in which she was riding was struck b. a street car at Virginia Ave. and N >w Jersey St., is in a serious conditicn at the ciiy hospital today. Mrs. Vlary O. Davis, riding in the same l'rachlne, driven by her husband, Orville Davis, 706 Sanders St., is recovering from biuises and cuts at her home today Charles Beeler, 328 Parker Ave., motorman, and Davis were held by the police on assault and battery cnarges. OLD-TIME YULE PARTY An old-time Christmas entertainment will be given by the Roberts Park Methodist Church Sunday school at 7:45 p. m Thursday. Program by the men’s Bible class and a Christmas tree are‘some of Santa’s treats, announced by Charles A. Sutton, superintendent, today. Participants are to bring presents. Prevent Influenza The Tonic and Laxative Effect of Laxative BBOMO QUININE Tablets will keep the system in a healthy condition anu thus ward off ail attcaks of Colds, Grip Sr Influenza. The box ben.* the signature of E. W. Grove. 30c.—Advertisement.
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Mammoth Painting for Christmas Pageant
William T. QuilUn, 22 N. Temple Ave., a member of the Englewood Christian Church, spent three months in making this painting to be used in connection with the Christmas pageant, “The Advent of
TRUSTEES ASSERT TAX CUT MEEDEB Economical Buying Urged by President From Lebanon. Reduction of taxes through economical buying, and opposition to the proposed county unit bill pending in the* State Legislature, as big ideals of township trustees of the State at their annual convention at the Claypool today. “Many of our purchases are man dated,’’ declared Alva Swope, Lebanon, president of the trustees' association. “Our aim is to get legislation that will allow us to buy more economically. For example, we are mandated to buy brooms from the Blind Institute. We pay from sl2 to sls a dozen for them. I could buy them Cor our township from a manufacturer Cor $7.50 a dozen There are many items just like that on which we could sav> money.” "Taxation could be reduced if un necessary school expenses were elim inated. There is no use trying to put the country schools on the same plane as city schools.” Mayor Shank and Governor McCray were to speak this afternoon. MARION PLANT TO REBUILD Officials of Box and Paper Company Vote to Start Work Immediately. By United Prett ' MARION, Ind„ Dec. 18.—Prepara tions were being made today to re build the main plant of the Lindley Box and Paper Company, which was destroyed by fire yesterday with a loss estimated at more than SIOO,OOO. Officers of the company at a specia, meeting last night voted to start rebuilding immediately. Many of the emn’oyes of the plant will find work | r >- -."hiff M- it. The company has 125 employes.
the Messiah.” The scene represents the little town of Bethlehem, with the watching shepherds and the approaching wise men. It stands ten feet in height and thirty feet in length.
Tobacco Cargo Stolen NEW YORK, Dec. 18. —A motor truck loaded with $2,000 worth of
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Motor Bus Schedule Leaving Circle —English Hotel and Circle Theater. Motor Busses leave the Circle on the hour, twentv minutes after and forty minutes after the hour.
— Weekly Book Review Winter Came, Ma Hunter Was Alone, but She Wore Crown of Motherhood
By WALTER D. HICKMAN ’NTER came to Ma Hunter yy just as it comes into the life of i ■' every mo.her. Ma was all alone when the wir.ter of her life came, but she wore the wonderful crown of motherhood. When the summons came to her for her final journey. Ma’s only thought was for her two sons—Felix and God frey. “Pa” had gone on before and Ma knew she would meet him “over there.” I became acquainted with Ma Hunter, Pa, Godfrey, Felix, Grumps, Aunt Julie and Auntie Lallurns in Frank Swinnerton’s “Young Felix.” While I read this book I wanted to go to some very quiet place and there talk to Ma, Felix. Pa and all the others. I received my copy of "Young Felix" from the publisher, George H. Doran Company, New York. Swinnerton is the author of “Nocturne." Can pay no higher compliment to “Young Felix" than to state that its characters not only exist within the 439 pages of the book, but I have them | also in my memory box. I have never encountered in modern writing a more beautifully drawn character than Ma Hunter. She is the mother that I know —the woman who knocks up against adversity every day and yet never complains. She is the woman | who wears with so much honor the j crown of motherhood. No nation honj ors Ma Hunter on the anniversary of j her birthday. She is indeed an uncrowned queen. I have the impression that no novel- | Ist wrote this book, but that life, real i life, whispered facts into the ear of Swinnerton and that the author acted j only as a stenographer. Os course | that is not fair to the author because |he has given us a story which re fleets thv life that the average fellow \ meets. He does not write of the false life we find nearly all of the time in the modern novel, but he paints life In- its natural color. It is my hope that many people will take the time to read “Young Felix." It is so really worth while and so true to life. There Is so much of the really human in this story that I am afraid that by over praising It you will be frightened to undertake the task of reading this lengthy story. I believe that the real human note of the story Is reached when Ma learns with alarm that Felix (her best loved son) Is going to marry a featherbrain girl. Ma Is not Jealous of the woman who is taking Felix away. Ma knows the girl that Felix is to make Ids wife. She knows that the marriage will result in disaster. It does. When Felix te Is his mother that he is going to marry Estelle. Ma says: "She’ll wear you out. She'll make every demand upon you that a worn an can make upon the man she maries. She doesn’t plan It. It’s In her
The pageant is to be staged throughout next week, beginning Sunday night. Fifty" characters, supported by a chorus of fifty voices, are to participiate. The pageant depicts the advent of the Messiah.
tobaeo and clgareties was stolen by bandits on the streets of Brooklyn today.
New Doran Books "The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen,” How-ard Carter and A. C. Arace. ’ Questions of the Hour,’’ Viscount Miner. “What Books Can Do for You,' Jesse Loe Benneri “W. S Gilbert His Life and Letters," Sidney Dark. “War, It’s Causes, Consequences, and Cure ’ Kirby Page. “The New Wot Id of Labor," Sherwood Eddy. “R. L. Stevenson,” Frank Swinnerton. “George Gissing,” Frank Swinnerton. "The Bookman Anthology of Essays,” Edited by John Farrar. “Parsons’ Pleasure,” Christopher Morley. “Womanhood :n the Making," Margaret W. Eggleston. “Symbolical Masonry,” H. L. Haywood. “The Great Teachings of Masonry,” H. L. Haywood. "The Men's House,” Joseph Fort Newton. "Antic Hay,” Aldous Huxley.
blood. She’ll sap your energy and your courage. She’ll exhaust your nerves and your body with her demands. It’s in her blood. It’s in the b'ood of her brothers. Look at them! i a hasn't escaped. She couldn't escape. Felix, can’t you feel that she’ll be . . . insatiable?” “Young Felix,” is the best story of
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family life I have ever read. It deals completely with the lives of the Hunter family. The book is divided in five parts as follows: The Child, The Boy, The Young Man, Ihe Husband and Beginning Again. Here is careful writing. Honest wrltng. Not cheap melodrama, but life just as you and I have knocked up igainst many times. I believe that people should real what they want to read, but if >ou ere looking for the better things on he bookshelf, then by all means a copy of “Young Fehx.” It is a masterpiece. 81 TRUCKS HELP" YULE MAIL RUSH Early Mailing Campaign Is Big Success. Eighty-one motor trucks will help relieve the Christmas rush congestion at the postoflice. Robert H. Bryson postmaster, announced today. The normal number in service is about twenty-five. The early mailing campaign has had its effect, and more early mailing of Christmas packages has been done this year than ever before, he said. This has resulted In unexpectedly easy handling of mails. By noon practically all outgoing mail had been dispatched and all .'-coming mail received during the morning distributed.