Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 236, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 February 1924 — Page 3

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KU-KLUX EMPEROR URGES NATIONAL AID FOR SCHOOLS Dr, Evans Declares Present Educational System ‘lnadequate,’ When Dr. Hiram W. Evans fame to Indianapolis Tuesday he was imperial wizard of the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku-Klux Klan. Today he is emperor. Announcement of his election was made by Percy James, leader of the Cadle Tabernacle choir, who introduced Dr. Evans at a meeting on Wednesday night at the tabernacle. Establishment of a Government department of education, with a school man in the President’s Cabinet, was advocated by Dr. Evans. It was estimated that 4,000 per sons were unable to gain admittance to the tabernacle. “We are supporting a program that will establish a department of education and give national aid to our public schools,” said Dr. Evans. "Schools- Inadequate" “Our politicians seek not the common welfare, but their own success. Our schools are in every way inadequate. They do not prevent illiteracy, do not always promote patriotism; too often they teach a divided allegiance. “Many of our churches have become bickering centers and sources of ceaseless controversy, fighting not the forces of evil, but each other. “Out of it all there has almost ceased to exist that priceless boon to humankind known as news; propaganda. the modern curse of civilization that spawns prejudice and nurtures injustice, has taken its place.” “It is not yet too late for the redemption of the Republic, by means

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Worth It! By United Frets KOKOMO, Ind., Feb. 14.—Attorney Joe Cripe, city court judge, paid a fine of $5 for contempt of court for attacking a witness in a case before C. T. Brown, Justice of the peace. The witness had questioned the veracity of Cripe’s client, Mrs. Alice Kidder. “It was worth it.” Cripe said as he handed over the fine money.

of the public school for children, and its auxiliaries for adults,” he said. “Let immigration of every undesirable type be completely stopped until our own Illiteracy and internal strifes can be superseded by a literacy based on unselfish, unshackled truth and patriotism.” Dr. Evans urged that Indianapolis' Christian exert every effort to make “Indianapolis the leading city of Its size In an educational way.” A telegram, signed “Lou,” from Washington, D. C., stating that "Republican chiefs are planning to shelve the immigration till because of fear that Johnson measure will alienate votes during presidential year,” was read by “Grover Smith.” Foreign Vote “Republican Congressmen from foreign centers in New York, Pennsylvania. Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan have warned Longworth, Gillett and House Immigration Committee that passage of Johnson bill would alienate thousands of naturalized citizens who might otherwise vote the Republican ticket,” the telegram said. , "Republican Laguardia of New York City contends foreign vote in New York City might prove determining factor in presidential election.” Motorman In Accident Held Roy Miles. 1701 S. Meridian St., motorman on a S. Meridian car, was arrested after the rear end of his car is alleged by police to have struck Alvin Holt, 14. of 2437 S. Meridian St.; riding a bicycle at Meridian and Karcher Sts. The boy was taken to city hospital. His head was injured.

BREAD TRUST’ IS UNDER FIRE AS WKHOMES’ Legislative Action Demanded to Lower Price of Loaves by Progressives, By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. A colossal bread “trust” is robbing American homes of $1,000,000 a day, Basil Manley, head of the Peoples Legislative service, declared today in a report to Senator La Follette and other progressive leaders, demanding congressional action against the “combine,” Bread should be selling at 6 cents for a pound, loaf, instead of for 9 cents, Manley said, basing his statement on the present price of wheat. Manley’s report is based on an investigation as to why bread prices remained at war level while wheat •vent below pre-war price. Bread made from American flour is today being sold In England at 4 cents a pound, Manley reported. He charged millers, bakers and. retailers are making enormous profits on Hour and bread. Manley cited the General Baking Company which he declared in 1922 made 110 per cent on each share of stock. Bread prices in American cities were declared by Manley to be “arbitrary and artificial” and violating all economic laws. Bread posts 2 cents less a pound In New Orleans and Houston, far away from the wheat and flour milling States, than in Chicago. Ommaha, Butte and St. Paul, in the heart of the wheat belt he said. Women teachers in the United States outnumber the men 6 to 1.

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Radio Programs - Friday , Chicago, 111—KYW (Central, 536) 11:30 A. M.—Table talk. 6:50 P. M. —Children’s bedtime story. 7 to 7:30 P. M.—Dinner concert. 10 to 12 A. —Midnight revue. Schenectady, N. Y.—WGY (Eastern, 380) 2 P. M. —Music and talk, “Dress Accessories.” 6:30 p. M.—Children’s bedtime stories. 7:35 P. M. —Health talk. 7:45 P. M. —Radio drama-comedy, "Anr.e,” orchestra. 10:30 P. M.— American trio. Louisville, Ky.-WHAS (Central. 400) 4 to 5 P. M.—Orchestra. 7:30 to 9 P. M. —Concert. Cincinnati, Ohio—WIAV (Central, 309) 4 P. M.—Half-hour lecture recital. Davenport, lowa—YVOC (Central, 484) 12 M.—Chimes. 3:30 P. M.—“ Teeth, Their Function and Care.” 6:45 P. M. —Chimes. 6:30 P. M.—Sandman’s visit. 7P. M. —Sunday school lesson. 8 P. AJ/—Musical program. Detroit, Mich.—WWJ (Eastern, 517) 9:30 A. M.—“ Tonight’s Dinner.” 3 P. M.—Orchestra. 8:30 P. M.—Orchestra. POKER MISSES MARK Irate Housewife Chases Annoying Meter Reader in Street. Mrs. Mary Banks, colored, 511 Spring St., regretted today her aim with a stove poker was poor. A man saying he was a meter reader knocked. Mrs. Banks went to the front door; he was at the back. She went to the back; he was at the front. Finally he pushed right in. Mrs. Banks seized her poker and chased him to Michigan St., where she let the weapon fly. The meter reader picked It up and hurled tt back. He too. missed. All this according to officers who escorted Mrs. Banks safely home.

7fl(I) TO PROFIT By CUT IN RATES Light Company Reduction Saves $350,000, Affecting a saving of approximately $350,000 to more than 7,000 patrons, a reduction In electric power rates of the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company and Merchants Heat find Light Company has been ordered by the public service commission. The Indianapolis cut is in pursuance of a general policy of the commission inaugurated last summer In lowering electric power rates of utilities throughout the State. A conference was held by commission members at 3 p. m. Wednesday. The schedule, prepared by Harry Boggs, chief accountant of the commission, assisted by O. C. Herdrich, public accountant, was submitted and approved. A previous rate order was made in April, 1923. An Important Item in the new schedule is a provision for discount of 5 per cent on bills for cash if presented within ten days. RIOTS CONTINUE IN RHINE ZONE

One Killed When Communists Attack Police.. \ By l tilled Press COLOGNE, Feb. 14. —One man was killed and eight wounded when communists attacked safety police at Stettin during the night. The police were surrounded in a bank and several were wounded while a number of the attackers fell. At Hamburg 800 communists tried to demopstrate, but were dispersed. Meanwhile, separatists were slipping Tbaway from palatinate towns, fearing the fate suffered by Schwab, separatist commissar, and his followers at Plsrmasens, where many were hacked and burned Jo death. STONE BUSINESS IS GOOD Indiana Limestone Quarrynien in Annual Meeting at Bedford. By United Press BEDFORD, Ind., Feb. 14—Present building activity Indicates a continuance of prosperity, the annual report of the Indiana Limestone Quarry men’s Association, meeting her tod ty declared. The volume of winter building is re ported the greatest in history. January showed an increase of 23 per cent over last January. “Building is the real barometer of our Industrial life and this barometer now points directly to general prosperity,” President Thomas J Vernia declared. Stone output for the Bedford-Bloom-Inpton districts will total 20 000 cars if the present construe tiort pace, con tlnues, it was estimated.

ELKS ENTERTAIN BOYS Two Hundred High SrUtml Youths Attend Banquet- at XoblesvilJe. Bv Times Special NOBLES VILLE. Ind., Feb. 14. Two hundred Elks were “fathers” to 200 high school boys at a banquet given Wednesday night at the Elks Home. The Rev. A. H. Moore made an address on Lincoln. The Rev. W. J. Malcolm, ,Beaver Dam, Wls., who organized the boys into a club known as the Ironsides, presented them with a large copper shield bearing the inscription, “Fight for Right.” Judge E. E. Cloe presided. ST. PATRICK SPEAKERS Committee Advances Arrangements for Meeting and Parade. Elaborate plans for celebrating StPatrick’s day are being made by the St. Patrick's day committee, according to E. J. Sexton, secretary. Speakers at Tomlinson Hall chosen include Mayor-Shank, James E. Deery, and the Rev. Pierce Dixon of Terre Haute. Governor McCray has indicated he will take part in the celebration. Sexton said. Anthony F. Sweeney will be grand marshal of the parade. Staff officers and aides will be named later. ARMED BANDITS GET SIOO Indianapolis Poire Match for Gunmen After Danville Robbery. Three heavily armed bandits held up the Terre Haute & Eastern Traction Company station agent at Danville, Ind., today, and rifled the cash box of SIOO. The men left in a coupe headed toward Indianapolis. Sheriff Charles Clark followed. At Mt. Jackson he called Indianapolis police and told therp he had failed to get sight of the men or car. PIMPLY?WELL, DON’T BE People Notice It. Drive Them Off with Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets ✓ A pimply face will not embarrass you much longer if you get a package of Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets. The skin should begin to clear after you have taken the tablets a few nights. Cleanse the blood, bowels and liver with. Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets, the sue--Sssful substitute for calomel; other’s no :kness or pain after taking them. Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets do that which calomel does, and just as effectively, but their action is gentle and safe instead of severe and irritating. No one who takes Oliva Tablets is ever cursed with a “dark brown taste,” a bad breath, a dull, listless, “no good'’ feeling. cnstlpation, torpid liver, bad disposition or pimply face. Olive TaDlets are a purely vegetable compound mixed with olive oil; you will know them by their olive color. Dr. Edwards spent years among patients afflicted with liver and bowel complaints and Olive Tablets are the immensely effective result. Take one or two nightly for a week. See how much

WILLIAM CARPENTAR DIES V Funeral Services to Be Held at Residence Saturday. . Funeral services for William Carpentar, 79, w r ho died Wednesday at his home, 725 Euclid Ave., will be held at 2:30 p. m. Saturday at the residence. Burial In Crown 1 Hill cemetery. Mr. Carpentar was born in Morgan County. He*had lived in Indianapolis ortyf-eight years. Surviving are the widow, two sons, Claude and Robert, and a daughter, Grace, all of Indianapolis. WORRY CAUSES ILLNESS 11. H. PhiljLips in Hospital—Brother Missing in California. H. It. Phillips, 3131 N. Illinois St„ is in St. Vincent’s Hospital today,

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suffering from a nervous breakdown Induced partjy, it is said, by worry over his younger brother, Warren L. Phillips of Los Angeles, Cal., who has been reported missing there. The younger Phillips, according to dispatches, wrote letters saying he had gone into the mountains in an effort to die from starvation and exposure. Posses are hunting him. H. H. Phillips has not been told of his brother’s letter. Thirst Prompts Stabbing Demanding a drink of whisy, an unidentified colored man knocked at the door of Eli Jackson, 23, colored, 146 S. West St., and when refused his wishes, stabbed Jackson three times. Police took Jackson to the City Hospital and his wounds, which weie not serious, dressed. They could find no trace of the assailant.

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