Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 305, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 May 1924 — Page 1

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BE CAREFUL IS ADVICE 10 VOTERS Only Citizens of United States Eligible to Cast Ballot at Primary Tuesday—No Machines Will Be Used in City. TAKE PLENTY OF TIME AND MARK IN SQUARES If Challenged Citizen Should Make Immediate Affidavit Reputing Charges—Don’t Draw Lines Through the Names —Fold Correctly. Here are instructions for voters, based upon information from the Marion County election board : The polls are open from 6 a. m. Tuesday to 6 p. a m. for voting in the primary elections. Enter the voting place and give your name and address to election officials. You will be furnished with a blank ballot of the party to which you belong. and the official blue pencil. Walk into the curtained booth and place a cross in the square at the right of the candidate's name for whom you wish to vote. Vote for one candidate only for the offices of President (Republican ticket only*. *4Jovcrnor Representative in Congress, prosecuting attorney, joint State Senator from Marion and Johnson Counties, treasurer, sheriff, coroner and surveyor. Four for State Senator Vote for four for the office of State Senator from Mario| County and eleven for Representative in the State Legislature. In addition, voters in the first com ! missioner's district vote for one for commissioner, and voters in the third ! commissioners’ district vote for one for commissioner. Also, vote for one precinct committeeman and a stated number of delegates Jo your party's State convention. There will be no office on your ballot for which you may not vote. Fold the ballot so the election clerk's initials will show, place it in the ballot box. and leave. All voting Is by blue pencil. Don't do the following, or your ballot will he thrown out! Don't vote for more than the number stated. Don't draw lines through the names of candidates you wish to vote against. Vote against a man by voting for his opponent. Don't put any writing, marks or other lines on your ballot except the little cross in the designated squares. Don’t extend the legs of the cross outside the squares. Don't be hurried into ruining your ballot. Voters Qualifications These persons may vote: Any man or woman 21 years of age. or who will be 21 years old on Nov. 4 1924. Citizens of the United States, who on the day of the primary, are actual lv a resident of the precinct, and who have not been disfranchised for crime. Aliens can not vote on “first papers.” , Such resident citizens may ask for the ballot of the party to which they belong. If his or her name does not appear on the registration books, the voter can obtain the bailot by making an affidavit he is a qualified voter of such precinct.' The voter votes either the Republican or Democratic ticket, as there are separate ballots for each party, and only one ballot is given one voter. If challenged on grounds of qualification, party allegiance, selling of vote, repeating, or other causes, the voter should make affidavit then and there refuting the charges, if untrue. Penalty for false affidavit is a prison term. Legally qualified voters may challenge another's vote. SANITARY BONDS SOLD Issue of $600,000 Goes to Two Firms on Joint Bid. The $600,000 bond issue of the city ! sanitary board which w ent begging j when first offered in March was 8 warded to the Fletcher Sovings & Trust Company and Eldridge & Cos., of! New Ycrk today on a joint bid of par,! accrued interest and premium of j $28.80. There were no other bidders, although It is understood the success- : ful bidders had a higher bid if any ■ competition appeared. Money will be used to finance con-; struction of the sewer interceptor system along Fall Creek and Pleasant Run. Bonds bear per cent inter- j est. Arrested After Accident Carl Pedigo, 20. of 923 Broadway,: was arrested today on charges of as- , sault and battery and failure to stop after an accident. Police charged j Pedigo’s automobile struck and I bruised Dave Fulton, 40, colored, 703 Cincinnati St., Saturday, at Massachusetts Ave. and Walnut St. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6a. m 50 10 a. m t. 65 j 7 a. m 53 11 a. in.... 6S j 8 a. rn..60 12 (noon) 7t> ! S a. m 62 1 p. in 74 i

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Attorney Wins Suit Cupid Is Able Partner of Fred Van Nuys and Marriage Is Verdict. lIRIST Church on the Circle was the scene of a surprise wedding at 11:25 a. m. today, when Frederick Van Xuvs, jSpink-Arms was married to Mrs. Marie Chaney, Cleveland. The simple ceremony of the Episcopal Clihreh was read by the Rev. James I). Stanley, i pastor, in the presence of only a few friends of the bride and bridegroom. As the couple left the church they were met by a shower of rice and were hurriedly whisked away in a waiting automobile. After a short wedding trip they will he at home at the SpinkArms. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Louise Krug. .*l4Ol Guilford Ave.. and has been connected with the. William Taylor Company. Cleveland. Van Nuys is a member of the law firm of Ralston. Cates, Lairv. san Nuvs.& Barnard. He is prominent in Democratic political circles, being former Democratic State Chairman. He was also formerly United States District Attorney. Among those present at the wedding ceremony were Senator Samuel M. Ralston. Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Oates. Judge M. B. Lairv. Oeorge Barnard. Mrs. Dorothy Peterson. Miss Barbara Eiffert. Miss Oertrude Murphy. Miss Lenore Landers and Miss (’arm Krug, sister of the bride. FARE RESOLUTION BEFORE CITIZENS Englewood Hustling Hundreds Considers Student Rate v A resolution indorsing The Indianapolis Times' proposal for lower stro<t car fare for school children will be presented for adoption tonight at a meeting of the Englewood Hunstling Hundred at the community hall, 35 N Rural St The Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic Clubs and other ci\io organizations favor lower fares for school children. Members of the Brookside Civic league will vote on The Times proposal at their monthly meeting tonight at the branch library. Commerce and Nowland Aves. A Portteus said plans will he started for the annual “Feast of Lanterns.” spon sored by th'e league each summer in Spades Park. TELEPHONE GIRL ATTEMPTS LIFE Note to 'Dear Daddy’ Signed ‘Your Sweetheart,' Miss Margueriette Elizabeth Way. 21. telephone operator, attempted to end her life with poison today. Mrs. Lucille West. 737 N. East St., became alarmed when Miss Way didn't go to work at 1 a. m. today. She found the door to the girl's room locked and called police. Police found her lying on the floor, having taken She was taken to city hospital in a serious condition. A note addressed to “Dear Daddy” was found in the room. “Don't believe any lies you hear about me. 'cause I’ve been true to you.” it said. It was signed “Your sweetheart. Margueriette.” WIND STARTED ALL THIS! Horses, FYightened by Scrap of Paper. Cause Damage. A piece of paper, a gust of wind and a team of horses worked havoc in the 300 block in E. Vermont St., today. Frightened by the paper, the horses, pulling a Polar Ice and Fuel Company wagon, ran away. They crashed into an auto parked at 316 E. Vermont St., belonging to Chester Newland, I 1619 Ingram St., and into the window of a tafffVr shop operated by J. A. Black at 312 E. Vermont St. Damage to the tailor shop is estimated by the owner at S2OO. Dave Mallory. 39, of 548 W. Sixteenth St., driver of the ice wagon, was arrested on charge of failing to hitch his team. Aged Man Sought Police are searching for John Shaffer, 72, or 2120 Winter Ave., stepfather of Police Lieut. Charles Sum ner, who left home Saturday.

Uncle Sam Is Far Behind in Naval Construction Program Outlined in Disarmament Agreement

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l\ S. S. WEST VIRGINIA, AMERICA’S LATEST TYPE OF SUPER DUKA DNAI'CHT TO BE BUILT. TWO OTHERS OF THE SAME TYPE, THE CO LORA DO AND MARYLAND. ARE ALREADY IN USE.

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THE S-50. ONE OF UNCLE SAMS 78 COAST DEFENSE SUBMARINES, CARRYING ONE 4 INCH GUN AND FIVE 21 INCH TORPEDO | TUBES. * By CHARLES P. STEWART NKA Service Writer HwijASIIINGT<>N. May •>.—The 1 nited States is behind in its i YVI naval building program. The United Stales has not approached i* s (plota of naval armament assigned to it in the his I Ulrica! 5-5-3 disarmament agreement of 1921. Congress' appropriation of $300,000,000. naval anthfiritie* say. is not enough to [Wnide a fleet in keeping with the Waslti ington treaty. An allowance of $400,000,000. they add. is the least needed [to bring our navy approximately up to the 5-5-3 basis. These salient facts are brought out from a close study of I ncle Sam s navy, its facilities, effectiveness and possibilities in time of war. how it compares with the navies of other important j countries, and what this means to you and me. By the terms of the naval limitation treaty between America. Great Britain. -Japan. France and Italy, these five countries, the only sea powers which count, were put on a basis, respectively, of 5-5-3-1.75-1.7.). for capital fighting ships and aircraft carriers. I hat is to say. America and Great Britain are on an equality. *lapan is entitled to three to seven-twentieths.

The treaty puts no limit on naval establishments except as to the two classes of ships named; none as to personnel. In the matter of capital ships, mean ing battleships and battle cruisers. America, like (treat Britain and .Japan. was above her quota when the treaty was signed, and had to scrap seventeen old and eleven new vessels. Present Strength What strength does this leave us? We have 7,873 officers and 86,000 men. On the quota basis we should have 12.585 officers and 97.125 men. To offset the shortage we have a reserve of 4.256 officers and 18,179 men. Our 86,000 men, though first class raw material, for the most part lack the long training most old world man-o’-war men have had. Os capital ships we have eighteen, totaling 525,850 tons. This Is close to our full quota, hut several of the ships need modernization —conversion into oil burners, new boilers and better protection against submarine and aerial attacks. There is reason also to believe our guns are outranged by (lie British, about 11 to 8. Os modern high-speed light cruisers we have four of 30,000 total tons, with six more representing 45,000 tons now building, three of them nearly finished. On the treaty baeis we are entitled to nineteen of 137,883 tons Naval men agree we are dangerously short of this type of craft. Os modern destroyers we have 274, of a total of 325,412 tons. Numerically this is a strong showing but most of

Ncr Extras Because of the length of the ballots it will be impossible to obtain sufficient primary election returns Tuesday night to give any intelligible idea of the results. For this reason The Indianapolis Times will publish no election extras or attempt to give out results by telephone. Returns will be given to the public Wednesday in editflkns published as frequently as the news war rants. j

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i these boats were war-built, too hastily i to hr first class. Weak in Subs America has three modern. long | radius submarines, of 3.318 iota! tons, seventy-eight undersea boats of the coast defense type, representing 53,753 tons, and fifteen more under construction, of 13,122 tons <>f the larger, long-radius vessels we have not nearly enough, naval iofficers say. The others, adequate in point of numbers, lack speed and radius. Os aircraft carriers America has one in commission and two in process of conversion from the cruiser type. Miscellaneous auxiliary craft of all sorts in commission, including tenders, supply, repair and hospital ships, colliers and tugs, number 196. The principal complaint concerning most of then, is they are slow and would hamper a fleet for this reason. What of It? What does all this mean to you and me, to the inhabitants along the coast and to inland folks? Three centuries ago inland England was desperately poor. The inlanders obje' led to any ‘ waste” of money on warships. the coastal fringe worry. What use had they for a navy? Then England's foreign trade began to develop. The inland counties began to proaj per. The costal fringe did the shipj ping, but the isuanders supplied the j goods for export. To deliver these goods abroad ships were needed—and to protect the ships, a navy, THEN the islanders saw what a war fleet meant to them—even to THEM, as islanders. Exports Help In 1020 American exports reached about $8.109,000,000. Times were excellent. A drop of some $1,338,000,000 in exports followed. Times tightened. Agriculture especially suffered. Os late exports have been picking up somewhat. But not enough. The farmer’s beginning to get the point. He’s clamoring, quite properly, for a more intensive development of America's export trade. But does the inla4. farmer get this idea, too? — A mercantile marine is necessary to the development of a country's exf>ort trade, and without a navy no country ■ ’ v. hn in . marine

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S S MICHIGAN RUING SCRAPPED AT THE PHILADELPHIA NAVY ARM IN At 'riOß DA 4UK W-l Tll THE NAVAL LIMITATIONS TREATY.

Zero Hour Today is the last for paying spring installment of taxes. A double line of taxpayers ex tended from the treasurer's office in the courthouse, 100 yards long, down the corridors and out upon rhe steps. Women with market baskets some holding babies, old folks and young, were in the line. Some carried their lunches with them.

DEMOCRATS FIRED BI NEW, CHARGE Civil Service League Alleges Unfairness, /y I nited Pres* WASHINGTON. May 5. Postal employes who are Democrats are “framed an<j fired" by Postmaster General New and their places given to Republicans in disregard of the civil service laws, the civil service reform league charged here today. Informal investigations made by the league after New denied the opportunity to makt official inquiries disclosd that chargts against Democrats whom lie removed were trivial and that more seriors offenses of the same nature by Republicans had been disregarded and no recommendation of discharge made, Richard Boeekel, league's local representative, declared. Postal inspectors were used to persecute Democratic postal employes and drive them from office, Boeckl said.

SUICIDE IS FGUND BENEATH BRIDGE i Man, Believea of Cincinnati, Leaves Note to Wife, The body of a man, about 43, was found hanging to a rope tied to a rafter under a bridge over a small stream near Oaklandon. Ind., early today. A man riding by on a bicycle noticed the hanging body and notified Coroner Paul F. Robinson. A letter in the man’s pocket, according to Robinson, indicates that he was Fred Silber of Cincinnati, Ohio. He had been dead since Friday, Robinson said. A note to Mrs. Fred Silber, 1517 Dudley Ave., Cincinnati, was found in a pocket. It read: ‘‘l am rot fit to tio your sh@e laces or beaf my own nan*. I know Dod will be taken care oiand she won't have a living disgrace of a daddy. It can’t explain the tobtures of hell I have W?en through. Try to forgive.

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MOVE TO OWE NAVY REBUILT Congress to Be Asked to Probe Fleet Status, By WILLIAM J. LOSII United Fries Stuff Correspondrnt WASHINGTON. May s.—The movement for rehabilitation of the Navy was laid before the House today with introduction of two resolutions providing for a thorough congressional investigation of the fleet's status. Representative Britten, Illinois, and Representative Rogers, both Republicans. presented the resolutions. Both declared official reports had stated he Navy to he far below the 5 5-3 ratio set by the arms conference. Britten’s resolution was explicit in its demand upon the Navy Depart merit for information, listing twentyseven questions the secretary of the naA*y would be called upon to answer. Among them are: "Is it a fact that as a (igiiting unit the American Navy today is in third place among the naveis of the world." “How does the American construction program compare with that of other first-class powers?" ’ “Is the United States in third place in submarine strength?" “Is it a fact that Great Britain’s twenty-two first line battleships have superior speed, greater radius of action, better torpedo and aircraft protection and longer gun range facilities than have our eighteen first line ships?" DONNELLY MUST SERVE Court llecreas Former Pugilist Must Start Farm Sentence. Stewart (Stew) Donnelly, former pugilist now under /entente of sixty days on the Indiana State Farm for violating liquor laws, will begin his term immediately, Judge James A. Collins decreed today. That is. if Grover Hinton, Criminal Court policeman, can find Donnelly. The latter was sentenced a year ago on two charges, and lost appeals to tiie Supreme Court.

MAD, KILLS BABE AND SELF Mother Shoots Year-Old Rabe and Finds Own 1 ,ife. by United P.resx ADAIR, lowa. May 5. —Temporary insanity, it was believed, today caused Mrs. J. E. liaison to shoot and kill her 1 year old child and then commit suicide here late yesterday. Carson was talking to a neighbor in his yard when his little boy ran out and said “Marfbi’s dead.' ’ Father and Son Dinner Boy Scout Troop 26 will give a father and son banquet Friday night at the Broadway M. E Church. A words will be made to winners in an

FIGHT FIR PARTI Mill | M M ISSUE EXPECTED I TO HILL Blli PRIMARY VOlfl Unusual Campaign Brought to ClosJ With Interest High Despite LacW of Varying Platforms by Guber-1 natorial Candidates. •: MANAGERS FOR GOVERORSHIP ASPIRANTS CLAIMING VICTORY Nomination at Polls Conceded Improbable and Convention May Be Deciding Factor in Both Parties— Presidential Vote to Swell Ballot. Alter one <>f the most peculiar primary campaigns since this system of nomination was started in Indiana, the voters of the two major parties of the State are ready to go to the polls and make their choices known. The polls will open at Li a. m. Tuesday and remain open until fi p. m. A number of things an* involved in this primary. Among them are:

Whether Indi.ua Republicans pre- ! fer Calvin Coolidge or Hiram Johnson j as the party standard bearer this year. The preferences of the voters for Governor, Congressmen and county offices. Pasty Control Involved The control of the two major parties in both the State and the counties. One of the peculiarities of the campaign has been the large number of candidates for Governor. Another has I been lack of issues, candidates in both ! parties seeking nomination on virtual I lv- the same platforms. Another is the j lack of interest in the presidential con | test j It is generally agreed that Coolidge | will carry the State over Johnson by Ia safe, if not a large, margin. Coolidge headquarters issued statements predicting victory. The statements from a number of leading Republicans of various occupations, who indorsed the President. No speaking campaign has been made in the State for either candidate. While managers for many of the candidates for Governor in both parties are claiming victory, it is impossible to guess the outcome of the Governorship race. A number f elements enter into the present contest that have not been encountered before. The principal one is the influence of the Ku-Klux Klan Convention Key Point? It is rather generally agreed that | there will be no nomination in the primaty in either party and that it will be necessary for the < hoices to he i made in convention. But there is no agreement on the leading candidates, j Without making any attempt to indicate how the candidates will finish j in the race, these are some of the out j standing facts: REPUBLICAN ED JACKSON—Has the suppor* of! the Klan element. Has been opposed on grounds he indorsed the R. L. Do! lings Company. Repeatedly denied this during his campaign. Started ! campaign organization months ago. i One of last to start active speaking j campaign. EDWARD C. TONER—Unsuccess-j ful candidate for nomination four : years ago. Started slowly in present \ campaign, but gained momentum. Has powerful newspaper support. Re- : ports generally circulated that his strength has been growing rapidly. ; His opponents declare this statement j has been manufactured by his almost unprecedented publicity organization, j Shank Is Mystery SAMUEL L. SHANK—The mystrv of the present campaign. Has made; the most active speaking campaign of! any of the candidates. Predictions I among politicians platfe him anywhere ! from first to last. EDGAR D. BUSH—Was candidate ; four years ago, but withdrew before j primary. Has been making his cam- j paign “on a shoestring.” Has strength | in southein part of State and perhaps! elsewhere. ORA I). DAVIS—Mayor of Terre Haute. Littje known outside of his i home district. Principal plank In j platform is opposition to the Klan. ELIAS W. DULBERGER—Practically unknown to voters. DEMOCRATIC OARLETON B. M’CULLOCH—Bears Taggart stamp of approval. Was the (Turn to Page 11) *

After the Primary — Fireworks!

Cheer up, folks! The primary soon will be over and the city administration will begin running as usu^l. So careful has the Administration watched its step not a move aside from going in and out for luncij has been made at the City Hall. No friends were slighted. No one rocked the boat. But after the primary—fiere's what will happen. i The board of safety will • * s>, C - , - , ? .- Ja* .'St'At *>

Forecast INCREASING cloudiness and warmer tonight; probably followed by showers in this vicinity Tuesday.

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COUNTY W. C. I. U. SPLITS OVER G. 0. P. SHERIFF’S RACE ' " •*> ■ Law Enforcement Head and President Differ as to Political Activities, Split in the Marion County W. C. T. U . upon the rocks of factionalism appeared possible this afternoon as ’lie executive committee met in open discuission at the V. M. C. A. i At the head of one "wing”' is Mrs. Grace Altvater. county president. Bitterly op posed to her is Mrs. Willard fl. Gray. 29 X Hamilton Ave., superintendent of the law enforcement department. Sheriff's Race Cause IMfference over candidates for sheriff in Tuesday s primary is said to be al the bottom of the trouble. Mrs. Gray charges that several days ago Mrs. Altvater made a statement that a woman who styles herself law enforcement superintendent of the W. C. T. I'., had been active in supporting Claude Johnson for Republican nomination for sheriff, Mrs. Gray said Mrs. Altvater said the title of law enforcement superintendent had not been conferred upon “the woman.” Mrs. Altvater also denied the W. C. T. U.. had indorsed any candidate. Roster Is Produced Mrs. Gray produced the official rosier of the W C. T. U.. to show she bears the "law enforcement" title. She also showed a copy of “The Message.” State W. C. T. U. organ, which says Omer Hawkins and Johnson both were indorsed for sheriff. Mrs. Gray says Mrs. Altvater and her friends are for Hawkins. 1.500 ABSENTEES VOTE That Number of Ballots Received at Clerk’s Office to Noon Today. With the receipt of 100 absent voters’ ballots today at the county clerk s office, the number oast up to noon reached almost 1,500, according to Humphrey Harrington, county election board chairman. The number is below normal, he said. The absent voter ballots will be received until late election da* ‘GOLDEN STATE’ WRECKED Engineer Killed, When Crack Coast Train Is Derailed. United Frets SAN FRANCISCO, May s.—The Golden State Limited over the Southern Pacific, bound from Los Angeles io Chicago, was derailed one mile east of Larkspur, N. Mex., today. G. B. Thunn of Tucson, Ariz., was willed. Nc passengers were injured.

The board of works will decide whether more busses caji run. No more hearings will be continued by the zoning board. Cases under advisement by the board of safety will be decided. The city council investigating committee will report—maybe. New ordinances licensing automobile drivers will be drafted!!! Street cars will be rerouted. And— * i Mayor Shank will lie in his ol i, ' *