Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 196, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 December 1923 — Page 12
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GOOD NORTH ROAD GIVEN BY PAVING ON N. ILLINOIS ST. Construction on No, 6 and Bridge Work on No. 15 Divert Traffic, Completion of pavement on N. HEiEl-, above Thirty -Eighth St-, now sivea a better route tar northwest traffic, John E>. Williams, State high•way communion director, pointed oat today. Construction cn State road No. &, northwest of Indiana poll*, and conjunction of culverts and bridges on Nc. IS between Northwestern Ave. und the Marion County line are avoided by rising Illinois St., Williams said. Road conditions of highways out of Indianapolis are: So. 1 (Sew Albany Indianapolis Somth Beat Viehiran line)—F-avemeni open from ■ndiaaapoha to one one-half miles north of Carmel, betour one mile east, thence north © intersection of SbePUian llle road, thence northwest back to State road. Two detours further north are in force around • on*tend ion before reaching completed pavement nine miles south of Kokomo. At Lakeville detour three miles ea?t thence northwest to paved road to South Bend. Folow detour signs at end of pavement at Seymour. Ko 2 (National Ed.. Terre Hante, Indianaplois. Richmond) —Motion railroad overhead bridge at Putn.imvllle only wide enough for one-way traffic. Narrow grade at Glenn Home near Terre Haute traffic use north side croesing the T. H_ I. i E. tracks through Centerville. No. 15 (Indianapolis. Logansport. Michigan City)—Closed through Royal Centre, and from three miles south of Knox to two miles south of Knox: at north edge of La Porte, account pavement construction. Because 15 is rough in Marion County, parts of it are torn up due to construction of small bridges and culverts and the detour la bad. traffic is advised to leave Indianapolis via Meridian St., across Canal bridge to Illinois St. and continue north four onehalf miles, thence three miles west to No. 15.1 No. 6 (Madison. Greensburg Indianapolis, Lebanon. Lafayette Oxford)—-Go out N. Meridain St. to Canal, turn west and cross bridge to Illinois St., thence north about four one-half miles, thence three miles east to 15. Turn west at junction of 15 and 33 and proceed via Lebanon. No. 22 (English. Paoii. Mitchell. Bedford. Bloomington. Martinsville Indianapolis) Grading south of Paoii and on both Bides of English. Watch for grading gangs north of Bloomington. No. 12 (Vincennes Spencer. Martinsville. Indianapolis)—Grading between Valley Mills :*:.d West Newton to be completed Jan. 1. v.-w fill being widened at new bridge seven miles south of Spencer should be driven carefully.
SECOND MAN HELD IN BANK CASE RETURNED Webster Detectives Seek Third Suspect and Cash Loot. Oscar Sanders. 33, of Wavnesburg. Ky., arrested in Hamilton, Ohio, Thursday charged with complicity in rhe Tuxedo State Bank robbery Nov. 23, was placed in the Marion County ’ail late Friday night by Harry C. Webster of the Webster Detective Agency. Sanders was taken to Webster's office today for questioning. Information concerning a third man and disposition of the money is sought. Le Roy C. Young and Marjorie Callahan, arrested in Detroit, Mich., who are also held In jail in connection with the robbery, and Sanders, have all made detailed confessions of their parts in the robbery, according to Webster.
COLUMBUS DANDELIONS BRINGS HOBO DELUGE Vagrants Said to Be Lured to City by Spring Harbingers. By Times Special COLUMBUS. Ind.. Dec. 29.—This city has been suffering from a deluge of regular knights of the road, commonij called hobos, and the police have been troubled so much they are making open war on all the unshaved. Nearly a dozen vagrants, lured here by the published fact that spring has already brought dandelions, have been shooed from the city within two days. Aside from ordering meals at restaurants and then refusing to pay for them they have created no trouble, but Chief Walker says they are neither useful nor ornamental.
JENNINGS COUNTY SEAT IS NOW NORTH VERNON Election of Ul9 Recognized, Making Move From Vernon Possible. Bv Timet Special NORTH VERNON. Ind.. Dec. 29. The board of county commissioners Friday declared North Vernon the ounty seat of Jennings County as esult of an election held July 22, 191S. ine decision ends years of contro- . ersy between factions favoring and opposing the moving of the county seat from Vernon to North Vernon. The result of the last election was 2,232 votes for relocation and 1.404 votes against. The law allows two years for the erection of building and preparations for the safe-keeping of county records Legal moves have made it impossible for the board of commissioners to recognize the result of the election until the present time.
SHRINE CHRISTMAS PARTY Afternoon and Evening Entertainments to be Given Children. Sbriners of the Murat Temple gave i heir annual Christmas party for children at the temple today. In the afternoon entertainment will be protided for children up to 12 years old. In the evening the entertainment will be for those over 12. The annual reception for Nobles and their families will be held at the Murat Temple the afternoon of Jan. 1. Restaurant Manager Missing Police were asked today to search for Claud Patrick, manager of Biacker's hotel and restaurant, 540 Massa ehusetts Ave., who Is missing. Blacker officials report $l5O missing from the cash register. Mtas Norma E. Beck: Hoads Home Mias Norma E. Beck has been appointed matron of the Florence CrltIrntlin Home, 2044 K. Illinois St. fUlsftiilt. sewing and household work taught the girls of the home.
East Meets West in Student Volunteer, Movement Sessions at Cadle Tabernacle
NEW YEAR’S EVE TO BE GAY UNDER LAW’SEAGLE EYE Indianapolis Will Welcome 1924 With’Dances and Dinners, Indianapolis wili dine and dance the new year In with all the merriment permitted under the Volstead law. Downtown hotels will be the scene of revelry as 1923 passes into history. Private fraternities, sororities and clubs are planning to observe the evening with special entertainment. Celebrations everywhere will be under the watchful eyes of police and Federal officers. Rigd enforcement of the liquor laws will be made, it was said. Prices of bootleggers are said to have risen slightly In anticipation of the heavy demand for holiday booze. The Lincoln and Claypool plan public celebrations New Year’s eve Monday night. The Lincoln will open its program at 10 p. m. with a dance in the Travertine room. Dinner will be served at 1 a. m. The Ciaypoo! will start serving New Tear's Eve dinner at 10:30. A program of music and special entertainment has been arranged. Nearly 1,000 reservations for the dinner-dance it the Columbia Club have been made. Dancing will start at 9 p. m. on three floors. Private organizations are planning ! celebrations at other downtown hotels. The Hoosier Athletic Club will j open its celebration with a dinner- j dance at 8:30 p. m. Several vaudeville acts will be given. Dancing will start at 10 p. m. The University Club will give a dance and musical program in its ballroom from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m. Extensive plans for entertainment have been announced at the Casino Gardens. The celebration opens at 9:30 with a dinner and cabaret program. Dancing will continue until after midnight. Dancing and cabaret entertainment are scheduled at the Athenaeum from 9 p. m. until long after midnight. The Guaranty Cafeteria has announced a special musical program and New Year's Eve dinner from 11:30 p. m. until 1:30 a. m. The passing of the old year will be observed at the -Fropylaetim with the annual dance of the Alpha Omega fraternity. Special stunts have been arranged. Downtown theaters are planning extra shows continuing through the midnight hours. A heavy seat sale has been reported. Evangelistic Campaign to Start The Rev. Guy Wilson, Boston, will begin a three-weeks evangelistic campaign at Cadle Tabernacle Wednesday evening under auspices of the Indianapolis Gospel Tabernacle Association.
SAFETY CLUB WINS MANY ADVOCATES Citizens Join in Times Move to Make Indiana Safe —No Money Required to Become Member of Organization.
The mail man brought to Times Safety Club headquarters today many pledges of citizens eager to cooperate in the movement to cut deaths in motor vehicle accidents next year. Among new members today were Perry E. Neal, 811 Coffey St.; Charles C. Lee, 1329 Pershing Ave.; Logan E. Washmuth, 4307 Royal Ave.; Peter Gufkie, 836 Harrison St.; Finley B. Brown, 1118 Villa Ave.; Miss Eva Webb, 938 N. Sheffield Ave.; Margaret Kile, 3275 E. Sixteenth St.; Lewis V. Heider, 650-52 Blake St.; Ellas V. Wamsley; 646 Birch Ave.; La Bertrice Stewart, 123 E. Vermont St.; B. C. Peters, 1833 Miller St.; Charles C. Clarke, 2752 N. Chester Ave.; C. E. Miller, 1314 Olive St.; Bert Calvin. 1314 Olive St., and Mrs. Edna Chapman, 909 W. Twenty-Ninth St. Man Gives Recipe Charles W. Mueller, 28 S. Dearborn St., among the first to become a member, gave his “recipe” for driving eight years without an accident. Mueller said: “I bought a light car April 13, 1916. I have not had
Times Safety Club m PLEDGE THAT: 1. I will drive carefully in 1924. 2. I will particularly watch out for children at the curb or playing In the street. 3. I will observe all traffic rules. 4. I will drive to the curb and stop when I hear fire truck, police emergency or ambulance sirens. 5. I will stop at dangerous crossings. Name Address CU P and mall $0 Times Safety Club Editor, Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Ind.
TOP ROW—MISS JOSHPIIIXE CANNON, MISS PEGGY MOODY, MISS KATHERINE BALKLEY AND MISS MARTHA HOOKE. SECOND ROW —F. FUKUMOTO, MISS H KOIKE AND Y. HIKIDA. THIRD ROWMISS SHWEN DJE YU AND THE REV. YOHAII MASIH.
AST meets West and grasps hands when Student Volunteers get together. From New England, China, India and Japan students have come to attend the Volunteer Movement Convention in session at the Cadle Tabernacle. Among the first from New England are Misses Josephine Cannon, Foggy Moody, Katherine Balkley and Martha Hooke, all of Smith College. Northampshiro, Mass.
STATE OFFICERS MAY HAVE SWAGERT CLEW Couple Held in Florida Said to Answer Description. State police today have information a man and woman answering the description of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Swagert, for whom a search has been made since early in December, are hold In a Florida city. State police refused to disclose the city where the couple are held. Mrs. Swagert, who was married to Swagert under the name of Robert Johnson, was Miss Marjsrle Lane, popular Franklin (Ind.) girl before her marriage Columbus, Ind., Nov. 17. She did not know of the two names. A week later she and Swagert disappeared and her parents caused the search. I,ocal police .say Swagert had u wife and child here. NAVAL UNIT PROPOSED Vincennes U. May Obtain Instruetion in Salesmanship. By Time* Spreial VINCENNES, Ind., Dec. 29.—Vincennes University Is to have a naval reserve unit, according to plans under way. It is understood the regular course of naval instruction will be given. One or two whale boats will be placed in the Wabash River for use of the unit and Vincennes will become a subdivision of the Indiana district.
an accident yet. I always look out for the other fellow.” Two hundred seventeen members iow are enrolled. Drivers are not responsible for all accidents, of course, but Times Safety Club mem bers pledge themselves to see to it that no blame will rest upon them In 1924. Snefhen Indorses Club The purpose Is to Impress In the minds of motorists the rules of precaution they might otherwise forget in moments of haste, such as have caused the death of hundreds In the State In the past year. L. O. Snethen, head of the civic club federation: “I think The Times Safety Club lsyi fine Idea and I heartily indorse the movement. Get the people to observe the rules of safe driving and It will ctit down accidents 100 per cent. Most of us are Just careless without thinking, but by signing the pledge the importance of driving carefully is impressed upon our minds and I, for one, am more than eager to become a member.”
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Japan is represented by F. Fukumoto, Miss 11. Koike and Miss Y. Hikida, who are members of the New York Cosmopolitan Club. Miss Shwen DJe Yu of Nanking, China, has been in the United States three years preparing herself for service in her native land. She is here with the California delegation from Pomona College. The Rev. Yohail Masih of Inj dore. Central India, is head of the Presbyterian college there.
Humiliating By Vnited Sew* Dec. 29. I ►*' I —Like the deep sea diver L ) who nearly drowned in his own bathtub, R. F. Atkinson, most daring of all steeplejacks, landed in a hospital Friday after falling downstairs in his home. Atkinson gilded the glol>e on the spire of the Woolworth Bldg, in New York; installed a lightning rod on Washington monument in Washington, and shined the shoes of the William Penn statue on the tower of Philadelphia's city hall. Walking in his sleep at home he fell downstairs and was seriously injured.
FOUR INJURED AS NEW GAS WELL EXPLODES Arkansas Drillers Sustain Severe Bums and Internal Injuries. By Vnited Press FT SMITH. Ark.. Deo. 29—Four men were Injured when a gas well brought In at AJma, near here, late Friday afternoon, exploded last night. A. L. Ollnger, Bert Bell, Jim Hill and Alonzo H. Thlbadeau, a driller of Ft. Smith, sustained sqrious burns and probable internal injuries. The well Is still blazing.
MEETING FOR CITIZENS Noted Speakers to Talk at Tabernacle and In Churches. Indianapolis persons will have opportunity to hear notod speakers here for the Student Volunteer convention Sunday and Monday. Many speakers will appear In various churches. From 3 to 4:30 Sunday afternoon R. E. Speer, general secretary of th# board of foreign missions of the Presbyterian church. New York City, and Dr. Y. Y. Thu. professor of sociology', St* John's College, Shanghai, China, will speak at Cadle Tabernacle. At the same hour and place Monday Dr. Cleland B. McAfee of McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago; Prof. Andrea Osuna, Mexico: Prof. Yohan Masih, India, and Dr. Paul Harrison, Arabia, will talk. BIBLE CLASS BOOSTED “Silent Orator” Flashes Invitation to First Baptist Church. The “Silent Orator” at Meridian and Washington Sts. is carrying this message: “Young men—We offer you friendship In exchange for friendship. You need not be lonesome or alone in Indianapolis. The Young Men’s Bible Class of the First Baptist Church, Meridian and Vermont Sts., welcomes you Sunday at 9:30 a. m. Charles P. Benedict, teacher." Hotel Razing Permit Issued A permit for razing the Bates Hotel, Market St. and Monument PI., the site of a proposed garage, has been issued by the city building commissioner, in compliance with a mandate from Superior Court. City officials are still confident that the two ordinances prohibiting cutting of sidewalks in the congested district willblock construction of the garage. Fire Insurance Rates Approved Formal approval of the schedule for reduced fire insurance rates, effective in Indianapolis, Jan. 1, has been given by Thomas S. McMurray, State insurance commissioner. The reduction will'amount to 3 per cent on contents cent on buildings.
THIRTY LARCENIES REPORTED IN ONE - NIGHT OF CRIME 1 Police Hunt Three Men Who Hold Up Confectionery and Rob Register. Police today searched for three • men who held up a confectionery, and had under arrest one colored man i charged with entering a house to commit a felony and grand larceny. They arrested him In a search for another 1 hold-up man. Thirty larcenies, a I larger number than usual, were rej ported during the night. Three men in quest of coffee, who paid for It with thrusts of revolvers, robbed a confectionery operated by lohn Kotsevetes and C. B. Alexopou- | !os, both of 106 S. Ritten Ave., at 5519 j E. Washington St., early today. They took $219.75, contents of cash register, and KotsevetJa' wallet. The three escaped in an automobile. John McCreery, 511 N. Bolton Ave., and Philip Cornelius, 47 N. Layman Ave., followed a car with three men irt it over east side streets before it escaped them. The license they gave police was issued to Charles Brossj man, 801 N. Layman Ave., who told tho police the front license plate of Ills car was taken three weeks ago. Mrs. Carrlo McClelland and Mrs. Ethel Wagner, operating a grocery at 220 E. Sixteenth St., became suspicious ’ of a man who inquired about hot coffee and cigars, neither of which they had in stock. He proved his ipno- | cence, but during search for him police followed Frank Jones, 19. colored, 454 Rampaugh St., to the Sacks Pawn : Shop. 314 Indiana Ave., where he had | agreed to sell an overcoat for |7. The ! coat was found to be stolen from William L. Phillips, 774 N. Emerson Ave., employed at the Banner Furniture Company, 31 S. Meridian St., accordI lng tq police.
CONNERSVILLE HAS $20,000 FIRE LOSS Building Supply and Coal Plant Burns. By I'niten Pre** CONNERSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 29 ! Damage estimated at $15,000 to $20,000 was caused by fire which destroyed | tho Consumers’ Coal and Building i Supply Company's plant here early I today. Loss is partially covered by insurance, officials say. One automobile and six delivery trucks, a large quantity of lumber and ! shingles burned. Origin of the fire is unknown. FIVE UNMASKED BANK BANDITS GET $15,000 Scoop Cash Into Sack at Summits 111., and Escape. Bu l’nite/1 I'rem SUMMIT, 111., Dec. 29.—Five unmasked bandits entered the Kumnvt State Bank today, forced the cashier to open the safe, scooped $15,000 into a pack and escaped in an automobile to Ch.cago. A sixth bandit stood guard at the bank entrance. As they entered tho bandits fired a fusillade of shots over the heads of employes and two customers. I. N. G. TO GET BACK PAY Opinion of I*sh Releases Money to Reimburse Guardsmen. Indiana National Guardsmen will receive $54,271.40 in back pay following an opinion rendered by Attorney General U. 8. Lesh today. Appropri I ations for the State fiscal year expired Sept. 30. State Auditor Robert W. Bracken withheld payment be cauae the pay vouchers for the 4,750 men came in after that date. Lesh held that under the 1901 law providing $75,000 available annually from Jan. 1 to Deo. 31 for guardsmen’s pay tho $54,271.40 could be paid. Payment of $23,000 In armory rentals was (Authorized some time ago. Community Fund Short Detectives say today that they are questioning Miles Thompson, 21, of 508 N. East St., held under a high vagrancy bond, in Investigation of an alleged theft of S3OO from a community fund of the Real Silk Hosiery Company, 640 N. Noble St., Dec. 20.
A Biblical Cornerstone By Oscar Schmidt The parable of the Good Samaritan is applied to everyday life In the principle of the Savings and Loan Association. Its reason for existence is the helping of American families of moderate means to secure homes of their own where they are forever freed of the bug-bear, rent paying—where they can dwell on year after year without fear of commercial conditions causing a boom in rent or of receiving notice to move as the property has been sold. The Savings and Loan Association Is a mutual concern, dividing Its profits equally among its stockholders. Investors and borrowers. How different from other savings institutions which neither divide equally with stockholders or permit borrowers to share in the profits. It is the friend of the laboring man and a foe to the profiteer and every dollar Invested In a Savings and Loan Association at 6 per cent is a direct blow at the “hog of finance.” We took the “if” from "Thrift." MONUMENT SAVING <& LOAN ASSOCIATION 31 Monument Circle 6 Per Cent < ON YOUR SAVINGS
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COUNTY BOARD TO KEEP DAY-BY-DAY RECORD OF WORK System Abolished by Leo K. Fesler to Be Reinstituted by New Auditor. Plans to institute a system of record for the board of county commissioners whereby minutes will be kept day by day and signed by the board are announced by Harry Dunn, incoming county auditor, and John Kitley, Democratic commissioner who will head the board in 1924. After a conference with commissioners and Russell J. Ryan, new county attorney. Dunn announced he will reinstate a deputy auditor to take the minutes as they occur and present the record at the next meeting. The practice was discontinued by Leo K. Fesler, county auditor sinco 1915, shortly after his election. Signing Informal Dunn said the system would be similar to that, used by the city board of public works and park board. Attention was called to the matter when Fesler presented the hoard of commissioners a record of their doings for the entire year 1923. with Instructions to approve and sign the day-by-day minutes In the proper blanks. The record was compiled, it whs said, from documents and con tracts signed and approved by commissioners as they happened to stray into the office, nd formal meetings being held. $3,000,000 Spent in 1923 An unofficie! estimate shows that the board spent nearly $3,000,000 in 1923. “I guess that is a record of what we did last winter and spring, but I don't remember,” said Kitley. The record of the board’s transactions In 1922 was not signed by any of the three county commissioners, who refused on the grounds that the record should have been kept up from day to day. In similar fashion, only one commissioner affixed his signature when the day-by-day minutes were presented the board for the entire year at the close of 1921. Perfection Bntter MiOte* Kiddle* Grot*.—Afiv.
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Under the Christmas Tree There were presents aplenty in the homes of our Xmas Club members. Join yourself for next Christmas NO W. There’s a club to fit your pocketbook and it makes presents easy to buy. Join Today Open Saturday 6 to a P. M. Aetna Trust & Savings Cos. Ross H. Wallace, Pres. 23 N. Pennsylvania St.
Thrift Is a Habit Habits are our greatest virtues and our gravest vices. Thrift is a habit just as easily acquired as extravagance. In the end, one brings happiness and contentment; the * other misery and disappointment. In this respect you are the “master of your own destiny. ” v Begin Your Savings Account Today. Security Trust Co* 111 N. Penn. St. 4% on Savings Open Saturday Evening
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MESSENGER’S Semi-Annual ' 5-Day Cash Sale Awiffir Jan. 2d to 7th, Inclusive $125,000 stock back of this sale. If Interested in (homo furnishings, don’t miss it. Store closed from Saturday night till Wednesday momVjS ing 8:30 making preparation for this event f Watch for Further Announcements 201 E. Wash. St.
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