Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 223, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1924 — Page 3

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EDUCATORS WOULD DO BATTLE WITH ANTI-HIGH TAXERS ‘lf Legislature Must Wield Ax, Let It Not Be on the Schools,' The cost of Indiana’s common schools, bombarded by anti-high tax critics, was vigorously defended today by State educators. “If the 1925 Legislature must wield the wicked ax, then spare the schools.” Such is the plea of Leonard B. Job, assistant State superintendent of pub lie instruction. According to statistics prepared by William C. Harrison, secretary of the State board of tax commissioners. 36 cents of every dollar goes toward the cost and maintenance of the common school. "While it is logical to make the greatest tax reduction where the taxation is highest, such action against the school tax is not justified by facts, ’ Job declared. Pay Reductions? State educators ask: Would you reduce teachers salaries when they are *I,OOO to *1,477 a year? In 1914 the average' wage for elementary school teachers was *554; high schools, $755. While the pay for high school teachers has increased 95.4 per cent in nine years, the number of teachers has been raised 132.8 per cent. The World War is held responsible for a part of the 36 cents, and in this way: Facts prove that 33per cent of all money spent for school purposes was used for new school construction. This -was made imperative because of the suspension of building during the war because of abnormal material prices and labor shortage. Larger Enrollment If more teachers have been employed and more wages given, how about the number of school children? Showing enrollment figures, educators state that while the elementary school enrollment has increased only 24 per cent high schools have become tremendously popular with a resultant

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THEODORE ROBERTS AND DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR. ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR., WILL MAKE HIS LOCAL MOVIE DEBUT AT THE PALACE BY APPEARING IN “STEPHEN STEPS OUT.” HE HAS THE SUPPORT OF SUCH A VETERAN AS THEODORE ROBERTS IN THIS MOVIE.

Notre Dame Glee Club to Sing Here The Notre Dame Glee Club will appear in concert Saturday at the Knights of Columbus auditorium. This glee club of the University of Notre Dame will appear In this city as the first city of a number to be visited by this organization. The program is as follows: —Part I Part Songs—(a) "Lo. How a Rose E'er Blooming . . Praetorius-Davison (1571-1621) (b) “Ma’ona. Lovely Maiden ... Di Lasso-Davtson (1532-1604) Tenor Solo—"My Mother" Walelaff Mr. Vernon E. Rickard. Part Songs—<al "Viking Song" Coleridge-Taylor (b) “Songs My Mother Taught Me" Dvorak-Smith (c) “Funiculi-Funicula” . . Denza-Hilton

boom in classes to 120.6 per cent increase. And then —what all economists flourish as a trump card—there’s the decreasing purchasing power of the dollar. The State school cost is only 2 cerffs.

INTERMISSION. II— Part Songs—(a) “June-Time” Browne (b) “Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes” Morart-MacColl Baritone Solo—“My Little Woman". Osgood Mr. George Koch. Part Songs—(a) “Banjo Song" Homer-Brewer (b) “Old King Cole” Forsyth (c) “Hike. Notre Darnel" Ca6asanta-Browna -I- -I- -I' Attractions on view today include: “Why Marry?” at the Mterat, a Little Theater production: Vine and Temple at the Lyric, “Nifties of 1924” at the Capitol, "Dancing Fools” at the Broadway, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin" at the Lincoln Square, “Jocko” at Keith’s, “Pinched” at the Palace, “TTwentyOne” at the Circle. “Six-Cylinder Love” at the Ohio, “Cupid* sForetnan” at the Isis, and "The Meanest Man in the World" at Mister Smith's.

It is the common school, to which free education is a fundamental American principle, that costs. State educators assert education, even if not “free,” Is worth every penny.

ATTORNEY’S MOTHER DIES Mrs. Harriet McCallister Will Be Buried at Shannnndale, Ind. The Rev. Nicholas S. Bichterman, pastor of the Grace Presbyterian Church, will officiate at 8 p. m. Fii day at funeral services of Mrs. Harriet N. McCallister, 79, who died Tuesday. Services will be at the hotae, 2834 Byram Ave. The body will be taken to Shannondale, Ind., for burial. Mrs. McCallister was the mother of Fred McCallister, attorney. She was born near Crawfordavllle, Ind. She had llVed in Indianapolis fourteen years. Her husband died last April. Surviving are the son, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. FUND CAMPAIGN ORDERED Borst Ordered to Prepare for Deficit by lietter Contributions. In an effort to make up a *43,000 deficit which will face the Community Fund at the end of the year, Homer W. Borst, executive secretary-, has been instructed by the fund board to begin a letter contribution campaign next week. Increased unemployment over last year and the number of respiratory diseases demanding attention from charitable organizations, were given as the reason for increased expenditures which will cause a deficit. U. S. ACTION PROTESTED Employers Allege Inspectors Interfering With Interstate Commerce. Protests filed hy the Associated lira ployers of Indianapolis with President Cooiidge, Indiana senators, Represenative Merrill Moores and the Interstate Commerce Commission, Tuesday, against the removal of Pennsylvania Railroad engines by Federal authorities in the coal fields near Blcknell stated that inspectors are closing down mines and interfering with Interstate commeice.

TRACTION KILLS WOMAN Victim Thrown 25 Fee* by Car; Die* of Injuries. Bu limes Special GREENFIELD. Ind., Jan. 30.—Mrs. Jennie Brown, 68, widow of Robert Brown, died here Tuesray from injuries. Mrs. Brown was walking along the T. H., I. & E. traction line tracks when Hi ruck and thrown twenty-five feet by a car. She was the mother of seven children. Funeral services will be held on Thursday morning at the Nazarene Church. BLAST VICTIM RECOVERS Everett Weishans Better—Burned in Engine Explosion. Everett Welshans, 2231 Spann Ave., boiler inspector, is recovering today at the Methodist Hospital from burns received about the arms and body Tuesday when an arch tube in an engine in which he was working at the Big Four roundhouse, 300 Shelby St., blew out and Instantly killed Reese Ward, 27, colored, 946 Hosbrook St., a helper. Widow' Would Break Will Bv Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Jan. 30. Mrs, Nancy J. Billings has brought suit to set aside the will of her late husband, Marshall Billings, charging that he was nf unsound mind at the time the instrument was executed. The will bequeaths the widow all real estate and personal property during her life and after that it is to be divided among the children. The estate is said to be worth $40,000. DRONCHITIS pw At bedtime rub the throat and chest thoroughly with— VICKS ▼ Vapoßub Out / r Million ArtAw£JWij^

EARLY RULING ON DIVORCEEXPECTED Two Alienists Say Mrs, Leland ‘lmagined’ Relations. Bu United, Press CHICAGO, Jan. 30. —Judge Foell today was expected to announce a decision in the sensational divorce proceedings of Albert R. Leland, who accused Rev. Carl D. Case of misconduct with his wife. Testimony .of three alienists, late Tuesday, was believed to conclude the evidence. Doctors Harold Singer and W. O. Krohn testified they believed Mrs. Charlotte Leland was a victim of hallucinations and she merely “Imagined” intimate relations with her pastor. Dr. Sidney Kuh, the third alienist, however, told the court ho believed Mrs. Leland was not “legally insane.” , Leland in his petition for divorce declared his wife confessed mieconduct with Dr. Case. Mrs. Leland reiterated the confession. Club to Erect Building Temporary headquarters for the Columbia Club will be opened In the Denison about March 1, to be used while the new building on the club's property on Monument Circle is being erected. Bids on the building have been received, but the building committee has taken no action.

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Twenty Years of Successful Automobile Building 3 January 28, Buick celebrates its twentieth birthday. Proud as Buick is of its growth within the short space of two decades, it is not in its vast organization that Buick takes its greatest pride. Rather it is in what these attainments indicate. Buick’s position of leadership has been achieved 'solely by the accomplishments of Buick cars in the hands of more than a million owners. In their dependable performance, in their satisfying comfort, and in their year by year fulfillment of every demand of motoring, Buick cars have won the place they occupy. From the rich background of experience—with all of its unequalled manufacturing facilities—and inspired by a deep sense of personal obligation to Buick friends, owners and the general public —Buick will seek ever to maintain on an even higher level the confidence of the public which it now enjoys. BUICK MOTOR COMPANY, Indianapolis Branch WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Meridian at Thirteenth Huff-Buick Sales Company, Central Buick Company, Illinois at Vermont Street 2917-19 Central Ave. Thomas-Waddell Buick Company, 3839 East Washington Street *> fcstfr ** * * *** ** * 1 * * r Sullt, Buick will iilH itia m

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UNUSUAL PEOI*LE Band Leader Is Good Ad Man By NEA. Service Br-” “1 ROWNWOOD, Texas, Jan. 30. Captain Wright Armstrong, i__ band leader and secretary of the Chamber of Commerce here, not only Is a good musical conductor, but Is accorded 3 premier honors as an advertisement solicitor. Without a bit of e x p e r 1 e n ce, Armstrong obtained forty full page newspaper ads within ten days. The money he received for this novel venture he used to cover expenses for transporting his band to the last American ARMSTRONG League convention in San Francifico. There are fifty members on Armstrong’s band. It was selected by the Texas Legion to represent the State in the national convention. Rotarians Express Sympathy Members of the Rotary Club at their weekly luncheon at the Claypool yes terday unanimously adopted a resolution paying tribute and expressing sympathy over the death of Arthur Sanford, Rotarian and local contractor. Frederick E. Matson, In behalf of tjie business relations committee, gave a brief talk.

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NEW GRAND JURY FINALLYACCEPTED Seventy-Six Men Examined in Court, After seventy-six men had been examined, since Jan. 1, a Marion County grand jury was completed today, when Criminal Judge James A.. Collins accepted Noble M. Hinds, 1813 W. Morris St., as the sixth man. The judge appointed Carl R. High, 85 N. Dearborn St., as foreman. Other members are Thomas J. Eales, 3906 Hillside Ave.; John Clossey, R. R. E., Box 238; Benjamin Graham, R. R. P., and James K. Robbins of Schmid & Smith estate firm. Charles Koerner, 84, Civil War veteran, was reappointed bailiff. The jury was specifically instructed to allow no defendants to appear before it. CALEDON lANSJCELEBR ATE More Than 300 Attend Burns Supper and 'Concert. There was a decided “Scotch air” at the annual Burns supper and concert of the Caledonian Club of the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church Tuesday night. Alexander Hamilton, president, had charge. T. R. ifnox, J. Kerr, Duncan Campbell and Harry Simpson sang. James Moffat danced the “Highland Fling.” D. K. Stuart spoke on “Burns and Scotland.” More than 300 attended.

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MAN ‘GUILTY’ IN KILLING William Lockett Sentenced to Prison for Manslaughter. • William Lockett, 32, colored, today was ..under sentence of two to twentyone years In the Indiana State prison. He was sentenced by W. W. Thornton, special judge, after being found guilty of manslaughter by a Criminal Court jury, which deliberated one hour Tuesday afternoon. Evidence showed Lockett shot Ernest Rice, colored, in an argument over a craps game July 14, 1923. Ira M. Holmes, attorney, contended the Indictment against Lockett was faulty because it charged the shooting was done with “a revolver loaded* with gunpowder and metal balls,” whereas evidence showed It was done with a pistol.

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