Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 202, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 January 1924 — Page 1

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LIBERALS READY 10 AID MACDONALD, LLOYDGEOROESAYS _J3k Former British Premier Advises New Chief to Accept ► Task Without Delay,. .By THE RIGHT HONORABLE DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, O. M., M. P., Former British Minister. (Copyright, 1924. by UnTted Feature Syndicate, Inc.) LONDON. Jan. s.—(By Cable)— When the new parliament meets for business after the swearing-in of members it will have to set itself to diseutangle what, if one judges from appearances, will be the most confusing situation it has known during the lcr.g history of the British House of Ciimraons. There is a dramatic change in the protracted struggle for authority between Tory and Whig which lasted for hundreds of years with varying fortunes to the parties themselves but. on the whole, with good fortune to the people of this country, whose interests were involved in the issue of the conflict. A third party has leaped into the arena with a challenge for both old parties. That party now holds second place and to it, therefore, falls ihe traditional duty of calling to account the government in office with a view to ousting it from power and then replacing it. What Will Be Next? There will be r,o difficulty experienced inxpverturning the present gov- ' •ninent. for tla. majority of the momliters of the new House have been returned to coraiejnn the administration i in all its ways. But what next? Labor ;.nd Liberal may agree to reprobate the- Tory government. But can they unite in support of any other? If they cannot, then bow is an adrr.inistration to b* funned which would command that majority in the House of < 'oinmoils upon which its continued i xistence depends? The Conservatives are pledged to protection Neither Liberals nor Soi lalists can therefore keep them Jn rower, for even if they drop protection they have made such a mess of r.iTairs that the nation would not tol- : crate any deal which would perpetuate their rule A Conservative administration is therefore out of the question in this Parliament The Socialists are -pledged to a capi,nl levy and nationalization—to both these proposals Liberals and Conservatives alike are opposed The Liberals j:re committed, among other measures. a drastic reform of the land laws, i "hich the Conservatives certainly cannot support They ' are also pledged to the preservation of private enterprise as the principal driving force in industry This is radically opposed to the principles of the Socialist party. (Continued on Page 7)

BOLLES LEAVES AMERICAN LEGION Indiana Man Mentioned as New Adjutant Possibility, Russell G. Creviston. Marion. Ind., Kssistant national adjutant, today was talked of as the successor of Lemuel {EoUes, nationaJ adjutant, whose resignation was announced today. Eolles had been adjutant four and a half years. The new adjutant will be named by kthe national executive committee Jan. 113 or 14. ■ Belles has accepted a position with Barke, Austin & Lipscomb. New York publishers. Commander John Quinn of the resignation as “a loss American Legion.” BfrITALIST DROPS DEAD Harvey Succumbs Wltile GolfWith John D. Rockefeller. SpCyi'iutcd Prrts Pa '.iAND BEACH. Fla., Jan. 5. Harvey, aged New York Bipitalist, dropped dead today while playing golf two some with John D. [Rockefeller. COLISEUM MEETING OFF A meeting of the citizens’ committee directing movement for a coliseum in Indianapolis, scheduled at noon today at the Reverin, has been postponed until a later date.

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Entire Middle West Suffers Under Coldest Weather in Decade, By United Press The coldest weather gripped the midwest today, bringing a train of deaths, fires and interfering with wire and transportation facilities. Eau Claire, Wis., reported a temperature of 31 degrees below zero. In Nebraska the thermometer stood at all the way from 10 to 25 degrees below. In St. Paul it was 30 below. In Chicago it was 15 below 7; Kansas City, 15 below, and Ohio 5 below zero. Four persons were frozen to death in Chicago and one in St. Paul. Scores of fires were reported, due to overheated stoves and furnaces. Wire facilities suffered, particularly in Illinois, Indiana and the Northwest. Transportation facilities also suffered, trains being reported from one to fourteen hours behind schedule. The intense cold caused suffering among passengers. Some relief is on the way, the weather bureau in Chicago stated. Southwest Shivers By United Press KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Jan. s.—lntense suffering was caused throughout the southwest to<|ay by continuance of the cold wave which has nowheld sway for a week. Temperatures in Kansas City today touched ten below.- zero, the coldest in* eleven years. No relief is in sight. Charitable organizations in large cities were besieged for assistance. Heavy demands for coal, food and clothing were made by the needy. Most of the wheat was covered lightly with snow is expected, to be protected. Considerable loss waa reported to livestock on ranges. Wire and mail communication was demoralized. Frequent fires were caused by overheated Steves*and fur naces. Policeman Frozen By T nited Press ST. PAUL, Minn.. Jan. B-.-MDne fatality was reported in the twin cities as the result of the coldest weather recorded for a decade this morning when the temperature was 30 degrees ! below zero. Winnipeg reported 26 below. Charles Peterson, 65, a St. park policeman, was found frozen to death in Como Park last night. New Low Record By United Press MaDISON, Wia., Jan. 6.—The temperature fell to what is believed a new record low,? here last night when the thermometer registered 22 degrees below 7 zero. The Intense cold was accompanied during the night by a high wind, ice has formed six Inches thick on the lakes about Madison. Bottom Falls Out By United Frees FREEPORT, 111., Jan. 5. —The mercury registered 30 degrees below zero this morning. At Galesburg temperature was 22 below. Four Die in Chicago By United Press CHICAGO, Jan. s.—Four persons were frozen to death in the past twenty-four hours in the coldest wenther In a decade. ® Benjamin Case, 65, was found dead on the street a block from his home. Burt Anderson, negro, was frozen to death In an alley where he sought relief from the piercing wind. One unidentified man, 45, was foumi dead in the downtown district An un'dentifled woman of 28 succumbed near her home. The thermometer fell to 16 below i;erc today. In Wilmette, a suburb, it was 22 below 7 zero. Wind Aids Suffering By United Press MILWAUKEE, Wls., Jan. 5. —Milwaukee today experienced the coldest w-eather in years when the mercury dropped to an unofficial record of between 18 to 20 degrees below zero. A stiff northwest wind added to the discomfort. Three persons were treated at Emergency Hospital for frozen hands and ears. Snow Along Lake By United Press COLUMBUS, 0., Jan. 5. —A cold wave accompanied by high winds and snow struck Ohio today. Zero temperatures were general. Snows were heaviest along Lake Erie. Five below zero was registered. Noble County Hit By United Press KENDALLVILLE, Ind., Jan. 5. An old-fashioned blizzard struck Noble County last night and sent the mercury down to 20 degrees below zero at 7 o'clock this morning. It was the coldest weather reported here since the terrible blizzard of January, 1918. Farmers reported stock suffering severely.

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MR BELOW ZERO SCATTERED HIS FAVORS IMPARTIALLY TOriAY. MODERN AND OLD FASHIONED. METHODS OF TRANSPORTATION BOTH SUFFERED. " A. E. PLAYFOOT (LEFT). PROPRIETOR OF THE PLAYFOOT COAL COMPANY, 3539 ROOSEVELT A VE.. JOINED THE ARMY OK CRANKERS. LEE BRANTLINGER, 2170 OLNEY ST.. DRIVER FOR THE BEACH COAL COMPANY, TWENTY-FIRST ST. AND SHERMAN DR., PREFERRED WALKING TO FREEZING ON THE WAGON.

MABEL NORMAND ASKS PUBLIC 10 HOLD JUDGMENT Film Star Pleads for Chance to Prove Herself Blameless in Scandal. By United Press LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Jan. 5.—"1 am absolutely blameless In this matter, and it is unjust for the censors or. any one to condemn me before they have heard my story.’’ Mabel Normand, film star, whose chauffeur shot and wounded Courtland S. Dines, Denver oil mar, when he found Miss Normand In Dines’ apartment New Year’s day. today began her fight to prevent her films from being banned throughout the country. A plea to the public and boards of censors, not to condemn her to the fate of Fatty Arbuckle until her side of the story has been heard, the film star, from her sick bed In the Good Samaritan Hospital here. Have to Pay ”1 do not believe Greer (the chauffeur) had any attachment for mj. But because this man went out of his way, I have to pay the penalty. “I appeal to the sense of Justice and fair play of the people. “All 1 ask Is a chance to show I am innocent. “Until my story comes out in court, y ask the people to withhold judge ment. “There was nothing In any way wrong at Dines’ aaprtment. There was not a ‘party,’ such as seems to be the general impression. Condemns Censors Miss Normand, condemned from the action of cenrors of several States, who recommended suspension of her pictures, was visibly affected. “Because he (Greer) fired these shots, is every censor in th* country going to ban my picture*?’’ she asked. “Greer was out of his head. “I am not to blame.” HOOSIER EXHIBITORS CONFER Schmidt Says He Would Not Run Normand Picture. The Motion Picture Theater Owners of Indiana will meet at the Severin next Tuesday to discuss thelngattltuda toward the showing of pictures In which Mabel Normand apijears. The meeting is a result of the most recent Hollywood scandal. “I can’t speak for the organzlatlon as a whole,” Gustave G. Schmidt, chairman of the board of directors of the organization, said, “but personally I wouldn’t run a Mabel Normand picture for any price. I turned one down two days ago. “I think Indiana exhibitors generally will be very cautious about showing these pictures until there Is more light on the subject.” NEW PARK IS CONSIDERED f Sheridan Reports Ideal Site on South Side. The site between Walker and Troy Avcs. on either side of Keystone Ave. would make an ideal city park and golf course, Lawrence V. Sheridan, consultant for the park board reported today. The board has the territory under consideration for a'park for the south side. Bean Creek flows through the land, making natural beauty* for the development of the tract as a city paik.

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MAYOR REFUSES TO DISCUSS INDICTMENT Arrest of Muncie Chief Executive Follows Grand Jury Probe —Charge Is Interfering With Police Board.

By United Press MUNCIE, Ind., Jan 6.—Mayor John C. Quick, indicted on three counts by the Delaware County grand Jury late Friday and arrested by Sheriff Hoffman Friday evening, today continued his refusal to make public any statement regarding the action taken •against him. Anticipating the action of the Jury, he had made arrangements for bond

FROZEN TOMB OF EXPLOSION VICTIMS BAFFLESRESCUERS Workers Unable to Penetrate Pyre That Holds Score of Bodies, By United Press PEKIN, 111., Jan. s.—Wreckage of the dry starch plant of the Corn Products Company, the icy tomb of a score of victims of Thursday's dust explosion, today withstood the efforts of rescue squads. Two more of the men Injured died today, making the total known dead ten. Theodore Pickerel and Earl Griffin died in a hospital. Physicians fear others among the thirty injured also will succumb. With eight bodies in the morgue, every possible effort was made to reach the bodies of the remaining victims buried under tons of burned and twisted iron and steel. A heavy blanket of Ice covering the wreckage makes rescue work difficult. Tho thirty-one injured who are In hospitals, may die, physicians and nurses say. More than a score are still missing. Most of them are believed buried in the wreckage.

DGLLINGS CHIEF IS SENT TO PRISON Dwight Harrison Gets Three Years and $5,000 Fine, By United Press COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 6.—Dwight Harrison, vice president of the defunct R. L. Dollings Company, huge fiscal brokerage house, today was sentenced by Judge Duncan In Common Pleas Court to serve a minimum of three years in the peniitentiary and fined $5,000. Harrison was convicted of misrepresenting to prospective stockholders properties of the Phoenix Portland Cement Company, a Dollings subsidiary. $55,000 IN GOLF FEES The net income of four municipt! golf courses during 1923 was $55,000, R. Walter Jarvis, park superintendent, reported today. The Pleasant Run golf course was constructed from money of this fund.

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and half an hour after his arrest bond In the sum of SI,OOO on each count had been produced. He Is charged In each of the three true bills with Interference with the duties of the bos -d of safety ih their administration of the police department. Conviction on either of the. counts carries a fine of not more than SI,OOO and imprisonment not to exceed ninety days. The Indictment follows the may. r’s appointment of John Colling, former police board member to the position of humane*officer on the police force, and the. resignation this week of the entire board of safety when he refused to reconsider his action, declaring he “owed-Collins a political debt.” The new board appointed by him Thursday Is the fourth safety board since he entered office two years ago. Petitions asking that the city council bring Impeachment proceeding* against the mayor were placed In circulation in different part* of the city Friday night and were in evidence In the factories and In the uptown districts today.

Off Form Medicine Hat isn’t running true to form. ThU Canadian weather station where traditions says low temperatures are manufactured, re ported 22 degrees above zero, when It was 13 below In Indianapolis today. Western Canadian temperatures generally were reported to be above zero.

STRAWBERRIES ON A DAY LIKE THIS! Fine Fruit Declines to 70 Cents for Quart, Strawberries larger than walnuts slumped in price again today at the city market. They Sold for 70 Stents a quart. Quality was fine. Red grapes advanced from 25 to 30 cents a pound. Alligator pears Increased from sl.lO to $1.25 each and limes were cheaper at 40 cents a dozen. French endive reappeared at 00 cents a bunch. Head lettuce declined from 25 to 15 cents a head; cucumbers were cheaper at 10 and 15 cents each; green beans declined from 30 to 25 cents a pound; button radishes increased from 15 cents to 20 cents a bunch, and old potatoes from 35 cents to 45 cents a peck. Other prices: Pineapples. 35 cents each, sweet potatoes, two pounds 25 cents; Spanish onions, 20 cents each; artichokes. 20 cents each, and tangerines, 60 cents a dozen. Prices in the poultry market were unchanged. Shades of Galoshes Mere man smiled today as the sister sex out distanced all others on the downtown streets. No lingering to powder noßes or rouge cheeks before store mirrors. Cheeks were red enough. For once the summer attire of thin silk stockings and low necks seemed to be inadequate. judging from various’ bursts of speed observed.

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Icy Cracks And Live Wires Keep Populace Stepping Lively on Sliopery Streets,

Patrons of the State Life dairy lunch w*armed*thelr hands over their ; coffee and talked weather, weather, weather. "Whiz* —whoosh—whish,” came an icy blast. ’’For heaven’s sake, shut that door.” shrilled a young woman. The ice man was delivering the day’s supply through the rear door. In (he good old summer time. In the good old sununer time. •trolling down the shady lane With. mur baby mine. You hold her henrt and ehr hold* /oure And that's e very rood sign Shell be your tootsy-*ooly In the rood old lummtr time. Skates in Demand For the first time in years there was a brisk demand for ice skates to 'day, sporting goods stores reported, ■fflespite previous slow business and low stocks, it was said the demand probably could be met. Whet Is so rare a* e day tn Juno? Then, if ever, come perfect day*. When nature tests earth If It be In tune. ‘Fine Weather,’ Say Plumbers Plumbers were experiencing a busy day fixing water pipes. Public garages rlso were busy thawing out frozen cars and storing cars In heated quarters. Noon time In June time, down around the rtver, thdin’ under klvver of swamp adb and el urn Heat Pipes Frozen IJght and heat companies reported seme difficulty In getting heat up to a normal temperature because of frozen pipes. Light and telephone wires were not. affected. Oh. the oin ewlmmin’ hole, where tha crick, eo still and deep, hooks like a baby river a-laytn* half asleep. And (he ripple of the water, round the drift Just below, Sound# like the laugh of something we onoo used to know Before we could remember anythin* but the cyee Os the angels lookin’ out as we left Paradise. Maybe We’re Wiser? Do tho women hide their ears more than they used to or what? Remember the great cold day In 1918 when nearly everybody had a frozen ear, nose, finger or foot? Doctors’ offices were crowded all morning. Survey of the Hume-Mansur an* Odd Fellow buildings, where many physlcuins have their offices, today disclosed only two cases of frost bite. And the lon* hirhway with sunshine spread As thick as butter on country bread. Not a Boxer, Either Polhsp Lieutenant Fred Simon appeared at headquarters today with his ears looktng like cauliflowers. He didn’t know it was so cold until he started to thaw out. In the sprin* when the *reen (its back In the trees. And the sun comes out and stave, And your boots pull on with a *ood tight squeeze. And you think of your barefoot days. And you ought to work, but you want to not. And you and your wife agree# It's time to spade up the garden lot. Why. work'a the least of my idee#. When the green, you know, gits back in the trees. Cold Checks Flood Danger of the Ohio River flooding State highways In southern Indiana has been checked by the sudden slide of the mercury to zero point, A. H. Hinkle, superintendent of maintenance, State highway commission, declared today.

City Street Car Service Is Resumed —T emperature Remains at Low Mark

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Five Persons Freeze to Death By United Press SOUTH BEND, Ind., Jan. s.—Mike Snyder, 40, was found frozen to death on the steps of his horn toda.y. Street ear and interurban traffic in this section of the State was paralyzed and wire communication interrupted. The mercury fell to 20 degrees below zero in the St. Joseph valley, the lowest in many years. Tour persons, including a woman, froze to death at Chicago.

The coldest weather in six years gripped Indianapolis and Indiana today. The minimum temperature was 13 degrees below zero, reached at 8 a. m. Little relief is in sight before tomorrow, according to the weather bureau. The forecast: “Fair tonight with temperature about 5 degrees below zero. Sunday fair and not quite so cold.’ 7 The coldest temperature ever reported ia Indianapolis was 25 below, on Jan. 5, 1884. Other extreme temperatures were 23 below, Jan. 3,1879; 16 below, Jan. 17,1912, and 19 below. Jan. 12, 1918. Tlie eold brought with it the most serious breakdown in street car and interurban service in years. Thousands of persons stood huddled on street corners and in doorways waiting for cars that failed to arrive. The service had been restored to normal at noon. Contraction due to the low temperature snapped trolley wires almost as fast as they could be repaired. Service ou lines where wires were not broken was slowed down because ear crews could not get to the barns to take out their cars. At one time fourteen breaks had been reported with these lines out: ( eutral, Stock Yards, Vi est Indianapolis, Northwestern College, East Tenth, Riverside, Illinois and all lines using Virginia Ave.

Few automobiles were in service because drivers could not start them. Taxicab companies could not meet the demand of persons trying to get to work. Worst Tie-I p Since 1913 On the S. Meridian line at Kansas St. an axle on a street', car broke, further tyiug up traffic. An official of the company said the tie-up was the worst since the 1913 flood and strike. Os twenty interurban cars scheduled to leave from 5 a. m. to 7 a. m., only three left. The service was reported to be almost completely demoralized, due to trolley wire breaks in and out of the city. Steam trains were running late. Considerable suffering among the poor was reported. Social and welfare agencies reported numerous re quests for food, clothing and coal. Tae Family Welfare Society and the Salvation Army reported they have been able to take .'■are of the demands. At the same time demands for coal were made on local dealers by householders whose supply was running low. No Coal Famine in Sight No coal famine is likely, however, dealers said. At the office of the Indianapolis Coal Company It was said leu days of below zero weather would bo necessary to endanger the fuel supply of the city. Streams and ponds were frozen and Ice skaters were busy. The park department planned to turn the casting pond on Fall Creek Blvd. into a rink. It also planned to flood a number of vacant lots, the water freezing as fast as poured on the ground. The cold *wave Is general over the central valley, the weather bureau re ported. The lowest temperature, 3t* to 34 degrees bgelow zero, was report ed from Minnesota. The temperature in Indianapolis was as low as any officially veported in the State. Ft. Wayne reported 10 below, Farmland 12 below, Terre Haute 12 below, Evansville 4 below, and Louisville, Ky., 4 below. Ice harvesting on northern Indiana lakes was in progress. Since 6 p. m. Friday firemen answered twenty-nine alarms. No serious blazes were reported. These fires were reported: Mrs. William Springhorn, 2014 N. Talbott St., wood near furnace, SIOO loss. F. K. Clark. 3132 N. Illinois St.;

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Frank Hughes, 814 fi. Meridian St.: G. C. Sharp, 193$ Boulevard PI. - H. F. Spreen, 36 N. Oakland Ave!; K. F. Benson. 427 3. Gray St' A G Wilcox. 36 N. Webster Ave., H. C. Loomis. 3336 Bellefontaine St., all defective flues. Atlantic & Pacific Grocery. 6288 College Ave., $260 loss, origin unknown - O. H. Turner, 618 N. Alabama Stoverheated furnace: Dr. J. A. Aldred 3434 W. Michigan St., lighted match! 5; Mrs. Cruppel, 1114 W. Roach St.. sparks on roof, $2. I). Sommers & Cos.. Capitol Ave. and W. Washington St., spontaneous combustion in basement, no loss; A. V. Rader, 2169 Madison Ave., gas water heater exploded, no loss; Rasbun & Cos.. 1136 Bellefontaine St., steam valve broke. Frank Livingston. 3314 Carrollton Ave.. board on top of furnace, no loss; Harry Dads, *52 Fletcher Ave., smoky furnace, no loss: George Schnull and Advance Transfer Company, Ho S. Alabama St., small blaze, origin unknown, $2 Joss; automobile belonging to G. E. Hashman at Michigan St. and Hamilton Ave., back-fire, sls loss. A live wire ignited a tree at Hamilton and Southern Aves. Firemen answered two calls at the residence of Mrs. M. Lee, 1434 N. Missouri St., as the result of a defective flue. No loss. Other fires: George Shebel, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., overheated stove. $25 loss; H. C. Pauli, 1944 N. Tacoma Ave., broken steam valve, no loss, and Russell Cornelius, 4016 Corpelius Ave., defective flue, no loss. ' Mail Men on Job All mail deliveries started on time this morning, the Postofflce Department reported. Rural and home deliveries were expected to be delayed somewhat because of the cold. Tangled in Wire Ben Brown, 610 Congress Ave., es capod Injury when he Jumped from his car as It became entangled in a falling trolley wire at Thirty-Fourth and Pennsylvania Sts. Queer Cold Result Motorpoliceman Fred Hague lost a revolver whfTe investigating a fallen trolley wire at Indiana Ave. and Blake St., early today.

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