Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 272, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 March 1924 — Page 2

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CONTROVERSY ON STREET WIDENING CARRIEDTO BOARD New York St. Improvement Brings Opponents and Proponents Into Open. While the board of works has the proposed widening and straightening of E. New York St. from Randolph St. to Arsenal Ave. under consideration until April 9. the proposed improvement continued the chief topic of conversation among east side residents today. After an hour’s public hearing late Wednesday, in which property owners for and against the improvement were heard, it was decided to withhold a decision two weeks. More than 200 citizens crowded the offices of tne board in the largest pubic hearing held tjy the board in months. Speedway” A delegation from Irvington urged the street widening, while property owners along New York St., who must bear part of the cost, opposed the project because of expense and the "hazardous” traffic condition it would cause. “Our street will become an Irvington speedway, and if it extended from Washington St. to Michigan St. if wouldn't be wide enough," said Margaret McGee, living at New York and Tacoma Ave. “Bottle” Traffic Other residents said the improvement would “bottle” traffic because it had no outlet in Irvington except email streets. Irvington residents headed by Fred D. Stilz. 450 N. Audubon Rd., president of the Irvington Business Men’s Association, said the improvement was necessary because of the future growth of Indianapolis. They made their plea a matter of civic pride. “It’s time Indianapolis was getting away from the small town ‘Main Street’ Idea and relieve some congestion on Washington St.,” said Claris Adams, of Irvington. REPORTS OF CONFERENCE African Methodist Episcopal Speakers Tell of Work Reports from district churches and missionaries were received today in the second day sessions of the district conference of the African Methodist In - 'pal Zion Church. The conference of twenty-eight churches is at CaiJweii Chapel, Eleventh ft. and Sheffield Ave. A Sunday school conference was arranged for this afternoon In charge of Robert L. Brokenburr, Indianapolis attorney and district superintendent.

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THOMAS A. WYNNE Indianapolis utility men and civic leaders today mourned one of their most widely known associates. Thomas A. Wynne, 59. vice president and treasurer of the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company, died late Wednesday at his home, 2110 W. Forty-First St.

GIRLS BELIEVED 10 BE INLOUIME Two Fourteen-Year-Olds Are Sought by Police. Police today asked Louisville police to search for two Indianapolis girls thought to have gone there. I.lizabeth Henderson, 14, of 416 S. Noble St., and Alice Owen, 14, of 1630 Gimber St. started to Manual High School, but failed to arrive. The girls were believed to have gone to Louisville.. Police have unearthed clews leading them to believe Dorothy Dobbins. 20, who left home, 740 N. Belmont Ave., eariy this week after talking of joining a burlesque show in Chicago, is in a company at a Cincinnati theater.

AUTO VICTIM DIES AT CITYHOSPITAL Injuries Received Sunday Fatal to Davies Greene. Davies Greene, 70, real estate dealer of 149 W. Pratt St., died at the city hospital today of injuries received in an accident Sunday, at Illinois and Walnut Sts. This is the sixteenth death from motor vehicle accidents in Marion County this year. According to police. Greene was struck by an automobile as he walked diagonally across the intersection. Police say Mullins McGinety, 25, of 3270 N. New Jersey St., driver of the car, was driving slowly. He was held on an assault and battery charge. Hospital attaches say Green died of head injuries. George N. Montgomery, real estate dealer, was appointed administrator of the $50,000 estate left by Greene. There was no wilL TAX CIRCULARS OUT County Meetings for Discussions Are Suggested. A circular urging the formation of taxation committees in every county in the State has been sent out by the State Chamber of Commerce. The circular also makes detailed suggestions for checking up the expenditures of taxing units and for making appeals from budgets and levies. It was suggested meetings of taxpayers be held in each county and the taxation platform of the State Chamber of Commerce be presented at these meetings.

LAW IS HELD INVALID By Times (Special ANDERSON, Ind., March 27.—The Indiana workmen's compensation law Is unconstitutional, according to a ruling by Judge Willis S. EJLts of the Madison Superior Court. Question of the validity of the law arose In the suit of Franklin Harmeson against the Anderson Stove Company, asking $25,000 for the death of his eon, Alonzo Harrneson, a minor, fatally injured In the factory last July. Judge Ellis took a motion for change of venue under advisement. Pay what you will—you will never find in any other cigarette the unique delight of

GRAFF INDORSES SECOND ANNUAL MARBLE TOURNEY ‘A Very Fine Thing,’ Says Superintendent of Schools of Times Contest. “.The Indianapolis Times marble tournament is a Very fine thing, especially from an educational point of view,” said E. U. Graff, superintendent of schools, today. “The trip East, especially the stopover at Washington, is one of the best things for a boy or glr}. Travel Is the best educator in the world.” That, of course, is for the winner of The Times annual marble tournament. But for the other fellows and girls who do not win: “Another thing, win or lose, it will help to develop a sense of true sportsmanship. Modest -winning and graceful losing are things that we are striving to develop in our beys, and girls. These games are good in developing that capacity, and in making boys and girls better citizens,” said Superintendent Graff. Sharks Practicing All the marble sharks are practicing. They want to be the champ and the trip to Atlantic City that is given absolutely free by the Indianapolis Times to the winner of the city tournament. Besides the trip to Atlantic City, where the National Marble Tournament is to be staged, there is a bicycle and passes to Washington Park, where the Indians pay, for the winner of the city tourney. The contest is open to all boys and girls under 15 years of age. The first tournaments will be held in your own community. Then there will be a big city tourney. Then the winner will try for the national championshln at Atlantic City, where he will compete with players from cities where other Scripps-Howard newspapers are conducting similar tournaments. Additional Entries Here are some additional entries: John Max Donald, 5620 Lowell Ave.; Louis Williams, 1131 N. Haugh St.; Robert Otey. 1313 N. Oxford St.; Eugene Wright. 4950 E. Seventeenth St.; Gilbert Fridale, Eighteenth and Bancroft Sts.; Edgar Williams, 29 N. Keystone Ave.; Charles Eickman, 62 N. Keystone Ave.; Howard Burton, 2025 Barth Ave.; Harold "C. Roeder, 244 N. Keystone Ave.; Robert Ross, 2822 Brookside Ave.; Jack Rubush, 5014 Orion Ave.; Harry Grimes, 942 £>. Missouri St. Sign your coupon today, and send it to the Marble Editor of The Times. All the rules governing the correct marble game were printed in Wednesday’s paper. If you didn't read them do so now.

TEXTBOOK LAW REPEAL IS ASKED ■ Shank Talks at Kokomo and Frankfort, j By Times Special KOKOMO, March 20. Good I churches, good schools and good roads | are a necessity, the prosperity of the country depends on them, but some ! one must pay the bill. Mayor Dew ! Shank of Indianapolis said In a speech | here Wednesday before the Lions Club. "Elimination of useless public of- | flees, consolidation of the many State | hoards and election of good men to the State Legislature will go far to- , ward bringing relief from the tax problem,” he said. Mayor Shank took a rap at tax free securities, saying that unless some means Is provided to curb the amount being issued the yttle homeowner, fanner and small manufacturer w$U be buried beneath the Improvement tax burden. Shank spoke at Frankfort Wednesday night. He asked repeal of the textbook law. FIELD MEET ARRANGED Ten High Schools Have Entered Annual Hamilton County Event. By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Lid., March 27. ! Ten high schools of the county have | entered the annual oratorical contest I and field meet here April 18. The Hamilton County Athletic and | Oratorical High School Association Is making arrangements. The meet will ! be held in the afternoon and the oi-a----j torical at night. Heze Clark, Rose | Poly athletic coach, will referee the | field events. . Gone, but Not Forgotten Roy Rich, 231 N. Pennsylvania St„ 1 Ford, from Meridian and New York Sts. Chalmers Schlosser, R. R. G. Bov, IF 7, Haynes, from Market and Delaware Sts. Remedial Finance Ccrp., 501 Peoples Bank Bldg., Ford, from Delaware and Market Sts. Richard Rice, 117 Beverley St., Ford from Monument Place and Meridian fit. BACK HOME AGAIN Automobiles reported found by police belong to: DeWitt Jones, 2516 Columbia Ave., Ford, near 227 W. Washington St. Floyd E. Trees, 36 Woodland Dr., Maxwell, at Georgia and Illinois Sts. Army Entertainer to Recite Bon Scovell, veteran actor and' entertainer with the armies of the W#f|d War and a veteran of the Boer j War, Is In the city and will give "The Sign of the Cross,” before a number of churches and other organizations. Scovell was wountJed during the war while entertaining with Sir Harry Lauder. \

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0”1 T is not advisable to plant too many kinds of vegetables in the small garden. Asa rule, cultivation of not more than-10 or 12 varieties in the average sized plot measuring 30 by 60 feet should be undertaken. The time to plant Is immediately following the last killing frost. Nature will guide you to some extent in determining this matter. For, generally speaking, budding time is planting time. Watch for signs of life on the trees and plants about your home. But, amateur gardeners, especially those who will make their first attempt this year, had best consult a neighbor who is posted on the proper time to set out seed. Too much stress cannot be laid on this matter. For in the long run It largely determines the success of your garden. Plan Garden By carefully planning your garden and utilizing every available foot of space, it is possible to grow an almost unbelievable . amount of produce on even a very small plot. However, don’t make the mistake common to so many beginners who

Come Into Times Contest A’l you have to do to enter The Times Marble Tournament is to fill out this coupon and bring or mail it to the Marble Editor at The Times office, 214-220 W. Maryland St. The winner of the city tournament will be sent to Atlantic City by The Times. Name Address Age School

WATCHMAN AND THIEVESINBATTLE Men Believed to Have Attempted Dope Robbery. Dope thieves continued In action early today. Police believe that one of the men wa* wounded In a gun battle with a watchman. E. M. Hafltn, 329 W. New York St. night watchman at the Medical Arts Bklg., 445 N. Pennsylvania St., disco ve’ s 1 two men at the door of Dr. IC. R. Cofleld, Room 609. One of the men commanded the watchman to throw up his hands. He refused and they fired two shots a thim. Neither took effect and he fired three at them. Dr. C. F. Voylcfl. Room 715, said that a neatly dressed woman visited his office several times Wednesday and ask to be sold dope. She asked whether the stairs led all the way to the lower floor. The officers say this ]s the way the men escaped today. The woman is believed to have been an advance agent for the robbers. It 's thought the men mistook her directions and went to the wrong room. LIMBERLOST TO BE SOLD Ft. Wayne Funds May Make Porter Estate an Indiana Park. A movement to raise a fund in Ft. Wayne may pave the way soon for purchase of the Llrnberlost. estate of Gene Stratton Porter, Hoosier woman novelist and naturalist, a* a State park, Richard Lleber, director, of the State conservation department, said today. Acording to Ft. Wayne reports, Mrs. Porter will move to Los Angeles. $3,000,000 FOR RAILROAD Kansas City Man Buys K. C., Mexico and Orient Line. By United Press WICHITA, ICans., March 27.—Clifford C. Histed of Kansas City today purchased the Kansas City. Mexico and Orient Railroad for $3,000,000 at an auction ordered by Federal Court to pay indebtedness. The $3,000,000 will merely pay the indebtedness of tho concern to the Government and leaves nothing for the holders of $7,600,000 of gold notes of $31,000,000 in bonds

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show a tendency to go in too heavy for lettuce and radishes to the neglect of everything else. Try for a happy medium in your garden. Aim for an assortment of standard produce that will be of practical value to the entire family and come within range of the various, individual appetites. Bdets, onions, lettuoe, parsnips, carrots, turnips, radiphes, tomatoes, asparagus and artichokes In mild climates are best adapted to the small garden. Spinach is good,'too. t In a limited sized plot don’t attempt the cultivation of such vegetables as com, squash, pumpkins, melons and similar plants in any quantity, as they take up too much room. Buy Best Seeds Buy only the best seeds, as they are cheapest in the long run. Be sure the seeda aren’t too old for if they are, you are liable to reap nothing but disappointment. Old seeds often fail to reproduce. Don’t buy seeds in wasteful quantities. Enough is sufficient. Let it go at that. But if any are left over, put them in a ventilated tin or glass container until needed for later planting. NEXT: SPEEDING UP.

PAVING START SOON Tliree Short Stretches of Road to Kokomo to Be Improved. Pavement of three short gaps on State road No. 1 between Indianapolis and Kokomo will be completed within the next sixty days, John D. Williams, director. State highway department, estimated today. Word ha* been received from George T. Miller, Lebanon, that his machinery is now placed. Clear weather Is awaited in order to start construction on the two mile gap on the Westfield section. From Far and ' Near Griffin Long, 16, Atlanta. Ga., was sentenced Wednesday for making I whisky. Canada has decided to recognize Russia, Premier Mackenzie King announced Wednesday. William Jennings Bryan, suggested at St. Louis Wednesday a third national party might be successful this year. Terry Draggan and Frankie Lane, Chicago, silk stocking beer runners, hoped to prove in court that bootlegging Is a "respectable avocation." Question of Attorney General Daugherty’s resignation Is again being discussed at the White House. Bishop .Manning of the Episcopal Church has formally placed Rev. Dr. William Norman Guthrie under discipline for staging classic dances in his church, St. Mark’s on the Bouwerie. The Muscle Shoals project will be held up In the Senate for probably two weeks by the agricultural pro gram. Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, draft dodger was not among passengers on | boat train which left Berlin to make connections with steamer Deutchland. Prohibition agents stopped Eugene Begue’s $5,000-a-day confectionery business In New York when his chocolate bottles were found filled with cognac. Prosecutor Homy to Speak Prosecutor William H. Romy will address a meeting under auspices of the Business Women's Bible Class of the North Park Christian Church, Twenty-Ninth St. ar.d Kenwood Ave. Friday at 7:15 p. m. After the meeting Scout troop 82 will hold open house In the basement.

NEW KEAN BODY ELECTS MUNCIE MANPRESIDENT Wearing of Masks Left to Discretion of Local Chapters, By United Press MUNCIE, Ind., March 27.—80nd of $25,000 must be provided by the secretary and treasurer of the Independent Klan of America, according to the constitution adopted at the first national congress of the new organization. After prolonged argument the question cf whether the new organization should itpprove the wearing of the mask, the convention decided to leave the issue *> the discretion of each chapter. Applicants for membership must be white, protestant, native-born Americans or naturalized Americans who have resided in the United States for ten years. National officers elected were: President, Samuel H. Bemenderfer, Munoie; vice president, John M. Guyer, Chicago: secretary, Orion Norcro3s of Evansville, and treasurer, James F. Hildebrand of Muncie. Directors are; W. S. Seese, Alliance, Ohio; the Rev. J. Walter Gibson, Muncie; the Rev. J. E. Pritchett, Rluft’ton; D. H. Clearwater, Canton, Ohio; Mrs. Henrietta Brandt, Eaton, ('hie. Mrs Caroline Cordes, Indianapolis.

ENGINEER SEEKS SURVEYOR’S JOB Paul R, Brown Announces His Candidacy, Paul R. Brown, 3207 E. Sixteenth St., today announced his candidacy for the RepubHJlji Jjjß civil engineering eleven years. As PAUL R. BROWN a captain in the Engineering Corps he spent thirteen months in France. The candidate is a registered and licensed engineer under the State board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors and a member of (he American Association of Engineers. He is a member of the John TV. Holliday Post of the American Legion, the Masonic Lodge and the Shrine. Spring is coming, but not here yet. Use “O. G.” Witch Hazel Jelly for chapped lips and hands. Buy it at your drug store or toilet goods counter.—Advertisement.

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COW STABLE IS ‘BLIND’ Concrete Room Raided by Liquor Squad—Still Found. In a secret room beneath a cow stable at 4620 Roy Ave., entered through a concealed trap door, police found a still In operation and a quantity of liquor early today, officers said. William Ciark, 55, of that address, was arrested. The room, walled in concrete, was equipped with sewer connections, eleotrlp lights, a pump and other modern conveniences, police said. SHDRIDGEPUPILS in herron Exhibit Teacher Wins Honors in Indiana Artists’'Show, Two Shortridge teachers and several pupils have won distinction in the seventeenth annual exhibition of the work of Indiana ed much attention. - Rhys Schmidt, RHYS SCHMIDT student - assistant to Mist Selleck, exhibits a batik wall hanging. Other students in the Shortridge art classes whose work is prominent in the exhibit are Virginia Baughman, Leeter Horton, Harold Muessing, Lola Sherrill, Ruth Todd, John Black, and Norma Mueller.

TAX REDUCTION WEEK APRIL 1 Indianapolis and State Bodies Asked to Observe Occasion, Trade and civic organization of Indianapolis and Indiana will be asked to participate in observance of National Tax Reduction Week, beginning April 7. accordng to a letter received by William H. Howard, secretary of the Indianapolis Board of Trade, from Major General John F. O’Ryan, chairman of the Citizens’ National Committee in support of the Mellon tax and reduction proposal. Under the program suggested by General O’Ryan, organizations are asked to devote their meetings during the week of April 7 to a discussion of plans for the reduction of taxes. Individuals are also to communicate with their Representatives in the Congress regarding the proposals for tax reduction. Students Win Art Awards Paul Stockdale, John Herron Art School student, has been awarded the first prize for the best poster announcing Boy Scout week, March 30 to April 5. Donald Bur*e, another art student, won first prize for the best banner. Prizes were offered by Chafes Rush, city librarian, and F. O. Belzer, Scout executive.

THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1924

PENNSYAGENT TO RECEIVEHONORS Henry C, Shepard Retires From Service, Marking his retirement to the pension roll of honor of the Pennsylvania Railroad System, effective April 1, a banquet will be given for Henry Chapman Shepard, Spink-Arms, for twenty years division freight agent at Indianapolis, at the Union League Club In Chicago, tonight. The banquet is on Shepard’s seventieth birthday and will be attended by seventy-five prominent Pennsylvania officials. C. B. Sudborough of St. Louis will act as toastmaster. Shepard has been employed by the railroad for forty-six years. The moon Is the most important of the secondary planets. lOWA PHYSICIAN MAKES STARTLING OFFER TO CATARRH SUFFERERS. Fonnd Treatment Which Healed His Own Catarrh and Now Offers to Send It Free to Sufferers Anywhere. Davenport. lowa.—Dr. W. O. Coffee. Suite 1185, St. James Hotel Bldg., (his city, one of the most widely known phy-, sicians and surgeons in the Central West, announces that he found a treatment which completely healed him of catarrh in the head and nose, deafness and head noises after many years of suffering. He then gave the treatment to a number of qther sufferers and they state that they also were completely healed. The Doctor Is so proud of his achievement and so confident that his treatment will bring other sufferers the same freedom it gave him. that he is offering to send a 10 days' supply absolutely free to any reader of this paper who writes him. Dr. Coffee has specialized on eye, ear, nose and throat diseases for more than thirty-five years and is honored and respected by countless thousands. If you suffer from nose, head or throat catarrh, catarrhal deafness or head noises, send him your name and address today.—Advertisement. When Joint-Ease Gets In — Joint Agony Gets Out If you want to take the pain and misery out of rheumatic joints or reduce the swelling—or limber up stiff creaky joints—then you want JointEase—it’s for the joints only—that’s why it succeeds when* ordinary remedies fall. 60 cents a tube at Hook Drug Company and all pharmacists.— Advertisement.

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