Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 69, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 July 1924 — Page 2

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•SOUR NOTES AS BAND TRIES TO PLAY‘WHO’S BOSS' \ Bailey, Manager, and Geddes, Director, Both Drowned Out in Solos, Mayor Shank and Ernest L. Kingston, president of the board of safety, today joined in waving the baton over the police and firemen's band to restore tuneful chords among the members following hostility between band manager W. T. Bailey, assistant city attorney, and Lieut. Samuel Geddes. director/' While Fire Chief John J. O’Brien and Police'Chief Herman Rikhoff beat a' constant tom-tom against the band discord, Bailey and GWdes attempted to play their parts under the direction of the mayor and Kingston before the board of safety. Geddes Drowned Out "Now here all the band members want me, but it’s not me that is causing the trouble ” said Geddes. He was drowned out by other notes. “Now, if you’ll let me play my solo ’’ but Bailey likewise was silenced. “Now, listen, you two birds can get along with that band,” interrupted the mayor as Kingston and Shank joined in a duet. "You’re the manager, Mr. Bailey, and you re the director, Mr. Geddes.” shouted Kington over the humdrum. The jobs were agreeable to both, except they were just where they started a few days ago. “Never mind, that’s final,” added Kingston. Out of Breath and Pants “But how about those pants of Geddes?” asked the mayor, referring to Bailey having possession of a pair of pants belonging to Geddes. Bailey had taken the pants left on the special train on the recent trip to Montreal as an evidence of Geddes’ alleged incompetency. “He can have them.” said Bailey. “And now my $290 horn is back, too,” sighed Bailey. The instrument had been missing several days. Further check-up revealed that j Bailey had put new locks on the ! storeroom of the band in city hall to avoid other equipment from disappearing. Go-Betweens Named The board then named O'Brien and Rikhoff as an executive committee t° act as a “go-between” in case of further friction. "Both chiefs complained the band played too much. “Let me ask that the band plav in private tenight to get our troubles patched up,” suggested Geddes. That was all right with Bailey. mTiise’ MAY BE BAR TO RESCUEJN ARCTIC Cutter Bear Fast In Ice Floe and Badly Damaged by Crushes, Timet Washington Rro, 1522 S'ew> York Are. WASHINGTON. July 23.—That curse which Eskimos claim rests on Wrangell Island seems to have added victims to its long list of tragedies. . Last September a relief expedition sent to rescue three Americans and one Canadian left there in 1921 by Yllhjalmur Stefansson to claim the island for Great Britain, arrived too late to save any of the party but its Eskimo cook, Ada Blackjack. >. Undaunted by this tragedy, a Canadian and several Eskimos last fall contracted to remain on the island for two years so that Great Britain might legally claim It. Early in June, Edward Brewer, British financier, who had organized the belated relief expedition, became alarmed that this second group might have fared a similar fate. ,Brewer sought aid of Admiral F C. Billard of the U. S. coast guard. Always ready to aid when a life Is in danger, Billard sent a radio message to Capt. ,C. S. Cochran, commander of the cutter Bear, requesting him to go to Wrangell Island to see if the was still alive or tn want. At that time the Bear, veteran of half a century's battles with the Arctio, was jammed fast in a huge ice floe, but Cochran wirelessed back that he expected the drifts soon flow away. Recently, however, Cochran sent a second message that the Bear not only had been unatrte to get free, but had been so badly damaged that it would be impossible to proceed until repairs are made. Cochran reported the Bear had twice been crushed between huge mountains of ice and two blades broken from the propeller, the judder stock splintered and two great dents put in both sides of the ship. “This means that the Bear will have to go to Seattle for repairs,” Capt. S. S Yeandle, aid to Admiral Billard. stated todny. The Bear is the only cutter capable of braving the 450 miles of Ice floes from Nome to Wrangell Island, as the other three coast guard cutters'on Behring Sea patrol are steel ships not able to buck the ice floes. By the time the Bear reaches Seattle it will be too late to start North again. So the second party on Wrangell - Island may share the fate of the first, unless Brewer is able to organize a private relief expedition imnß diately. *

What's in a Sign? Ashes and Trash , Dumped Near the City Hospital , Blow Onto Patients' Beds

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TRASH AND DIRT DUMPED IN WEST TENTH ST. AT THE CITY HOSPITAL DESPITE WARNING OF THE BOARD OB’ HEALTH.

Ashes, dirt .and trash dumped within 100 feet of the city hospital in W. Tenth St. are considered a menace to public health. Respite a sign of the health board, loads of trash are dumped in the early morning hours. Dr. Cleon Xafe. superintendent of the city hospital said.

COOLIDGE PICKS. G.O.P. CAMPAIGN TALKING POINTS a Tax Reductlorii Economy and Efficiency Will Be Stressed, Hi, Vnittd Frets WASHINGTON. July 29—President Coolidge had his accept ance address well blocked out with the issues selected which the Republicans will emphasize in their campaign. The notification ceremony, Aug. 15. will laun<i the campaign. The address, carried by radio to millions the country over, will strike the keynote upon which hundreds of campaign speakers will harp during the contest. Mr. Coolidge, it is understood, will make no new or startling pronouncements, but wilj explain and analyze the Republican program as originally outlined in a general way by the platform adopted at the Republican national convention. "Tax reduction, economy in Government and efliiency in Administration,” virtually has become tho official motto of the Republican campaign. To this Mr. Coolidge will confine himself without any attempts at placating sections by novel or purely local policies. In spite of the fact that the normal Republican headquarters have been established in Chicago and New York, the actual headquarters of the committees continues to be the executive offices at the White House. In spite of this active and personal attention to the political situation, Mr. Coolidge, by dint of long hours and strenuous application, is insisting the annual amount of routine official business be transacted. As a result he has vetoed all vacation suggestions. Last Saturday and Sunday he did not take even the usual week-end cruise^on the Mayflower. ’ WORLD PLANES READY FOR TRIP / U, S. Fliers Miss King's Party to Work on Ships, By Vnitrii Press BRO.UGH, England, July 29. American airmen probably will push ! off Thursday on their world flight, even if present inclement weather holds and they are forced to fly dangerously low over the sea on their way to the Orkneys, Lieut. Lowell Smith, commanding the 'round-the-world expedition, said today. The Americans expect to launch their machines in the Humber River at high tide this evening, when they will take on fuel from a tug. Under present arrangements, trial flights will occur Wednesday and the take-off the next day. The airplanes are cleaned and freshly varnished and as spick and span a$ when they started from Santa Monica, Cal. Lieutenant Smith and his comrades even side-tracked King George’s recent garden party at Buckingham Palace in favor of an afternoon tinkering with their planes, asking His Majesty to excuse them, as they were “accepting no invitations.” Pick pocket Gets S7O Mrs. C. M. Hughes, living with her daughter, Mrs. George Miller, 152*5 University Ave.. reported to police today that her purse had been picked in a downtown store, and S7O taken. Charged With Larceny Albert Branham, 26, of 1524 Lee St., was charged with petit larceny today after police say he took a horn and a spotlight from a machine parked near the Norc l vke and Marion plant. \

Sanitary officials deny that their trucks have dumped there since first complaints v|re registered. President Walter W. Wise and Otto Ray of the city council said they saw dust and dirt from the durdp piles blow into the open windows of the city hospital ontojpatients’ beds, part going into a room

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PRIMROSE PATH ENDS IN PRISON AND FARM TERMS SSTWrecked Home, Death of Daughter and Sentence Faces Mother. A wrecked hi*me, a daughter dead, a prison sentence ahead, marked the end of the primrose path of broken marriage vows for Mrs. Jane .Menden ha 11 rs Plainfield, as Phe sat In | Juvenile Court today, waiting to be taken back to jaiL Sentence of six months in the Indiana Woman’s Prison was passed ; upon her by Judge Frank J. Lahr, j after a finding of guilty of child neglect. Janies Watson, also of TPlainfield, wAs given the same sentence at the Indiana State Farm on j charges of contributing to delln- ; quency of Mrs. Mendenhall's chil- ■ dren. According tn testimony. Mi's. Meni denhall left home and went to live with Watson At a construction camp Inear Cumberland. She took her two • hiidren, Ehelma Catherine, 13, and j Etheline, 11. Despite pleadings of her husband she refused to return |to her home. ~ A truck on which Mrs. Meflden- | hall, the children and Watson were | riding July 15 was struck by a T. H., I. & E. Traction Cos. interurban car near stop 11 on the Greenfield line, and Thelma Catherine died a few days later from injuries sustained in the accident. Juvenile Court then took a hand in hte case. Missing Driver Sought are being made by police to locate the driver of a certain automobUe which is said to be able to operate without a driver. The machine was discovered by police jat Merrill and Alabama Sts., Monday night after two men said it ran up fbeside them and stopped without a driver. Title card in the car was issued to Harry Flocks, Noblesville, Ind. ' Memory Training Is Topic John A. Boussilon - spoke upon “Memory Training in Business” at i the Mercator Club luncheon- at the Spink-Arms today. Earl Aumann, advertising munager of the Pettis JJry Goods Company, was silent booster. ‘ Wife Threatened, Police Say Clinton T. Strong, 627 N. Pennsylvania St., was slated by\ police today charged with intoxication, disorderly conduct and profanity. Police said he broke into his wife’s apartment pulled her out of bed and threatened her. Battles on Two Fronts James Swain, "81, and his wife, both colored, Fayette St., were to appear in city court today for trial for an alleged quarrel July 19. They are said by police to have had another mix-up today before appearing in court. Second charges of assault and battery were filed. Community Firtid Meeting Next year's campaign avd the budget which precedes it was considered by the Community Fund budget committee at the monthly meeting today at the Chamber of Commerce. E. A. Kahn, chairman, was in charge.

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where minor operations are performed. Although the street is a part of the proposed boulevard system, park board officials today said the thoroughfare was still in charge of the board of works. However, Mayor Shank directed park policemen to_stop the dumping.

OLD AND NEW “WAYSIDE POSTOFFICE” Days of the old-fashioned row of unsightly posts upon which assorted rural mail boxes perch are numbered. The modem way hs been adopted by anew addition in the 4700 block of AY. Washington St. The lower picture shows a concrete column with the boxes inset. Two such columns guard the entrance to the addition. It’s better looking and a lot more convenient for t/ia mail man. SENATOR BURSUM BACKEDBY VETS Veterans of Foreign Wars Urge His Re-election, Resolution commending the work of Senator Holm O. Bursum, New Mexico, on the ex-service men’s strongest advocates was adopted recently by members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars residing in Washington, D. C. at their recent department encampment. The resolution urges retention of Senator Bfirsum in the Senate and asks tho people of New Mexico to back him In the fall elections. Senator Bursum, as chairman of the Senate Committee on Pensions, was the author of the Bursum bill, carrying relief to pensioned soldiers of the Civil and Spanlsh-American War, which failed to pass in the Senate by one vote. He was a leader for the adjusted compensation measure. Detectives Are Active Detectives allege that forty minutes after Thomas Price, 21. of 211 Cable St., stole a tire, jack of oil from automobiles parked under the S. Meridian St. elevation near the UnlonS Station he was under arrest. Price told the offlers he weis out of work and stole the accessories. Quebec Gets New Exchange By Times Special QUEBEC, Quebec. July 29.—According to an official notice issued by the Bell Telephone Company, the construction of anew exchange in this city, which was announced a few months ago, is to start without delay, and in the fall of 1925 It is expected to be completed, providing for the operation of the aut.oma.tlo' system In more than half of the city.

LINCOLN DIXON WINS NATIONAL PARTY POSITION State Democratic Leader to Be Attached to Davis Headquarters, Lincoln Dixon, North Vernon, former Democratic the Fourth District, has been named for a position with the ’national Democratic committee, it became known here today. Dixon is one of the leaders in Indiana Democracy and was campaign m.inager for Senator Joseph (Sevens, Madison, in his primary race for Governor. Dioxn was a delegate to the national convention and a .member of the resolutions committee. Although the exact nature of Dixon’s appointment is not known, It is sated he will be assigned to Davis’ western headuarters inChicago, and probably will work in Colorado and California. Charles A. Greathouse, national committeeman from Indiana, and secretary of the national committee, will be retained in reorganization of that hody at Clarksburg, W. Va., Aug. 11. Bert New, another Indianian .will retain his position with the committee. Will Attend Ceremonies Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, Democratic gubernatoria 1 candidate, Greathouse, Mrs. Jarne-, Riggs. Sullivan, national committee woman; Mrs. A. P. Flynn, Logansport. State rice chairman; Meredith Nicholson, author, and candidate for the State Senate, find Judge John E- Cox, Terre Haute, will attend the Davis notification ceremonies at ClafkV burg, Aug. 11. Evansville boasts the first “Daris-for-President” club in the State in the formation of such an organization Monday. Other clubs, independent of the State organisation, will be formed, it was stated. Organize Political Clubs “McCulloch-for-Governor” clubs will also be organized throughout the State. Daily McCoy, secretary of the Republican Statu committee will necessarily be absent , from Republican headquarters at tne Severin during the serlods illness of his daughter, Mary Eleanor, aged 8. The little girl is suffering from typhoid-pneumonia at the McCoy home in Versailles. McCoy trill be at headquarters from 19:30 a. m. to 3:30 p. m. each day, I goin£ to Versailles overnight. Montgomery County Republicans i will ha!d an organization meeilrg at Crawrordsville Thursday night. Bid j Jackson. Republi fflTn candidate for Governor, will be the dinner speaker,

PLOTTED TO KILL HER* BRIDE Police Seeking Fred Karges at Evansvi ! le. By I nllrd Press EVANSVILLE, Ind., July 23.—Police today were searching for Fred Karges. son of the president of* the board of safety, on a warrant sworn out by his bride of three weeks, charging that he attempted to kiil her. Karges, three weeks ago, caused a sensation when he appeared before Judge Morris of Henderson, I<y.. and asked that his marriage be annulled because both he and his wife weVe intoxicated at the time of the ceremony. On filing the charges, Mrs. Karees said her husband took her for a ride in his machine. When thoy got about fourteen miles out of Evansville she said he started to beat her, saying, "I’ll kill you and throw your body in the ditch where no one will find it.” Karges is said to have bolted in his machine when three men came to his wife’s rescue. STOPPED TO TALI(, BANG! Lebanon Man Arrested Following Rear-End Smash. In Lebanon it may be safe to stop your car In the street and talk with friends, but not In Indianapolis, •Joseph Smith, 35, found out today. Monday night he stopped at Thir-ty-Fifth St. and Sutherland Ave. Another machine, driven by W'alter Lash, 3412 —N. New Jersey St., crashed into him. Robert Browder, 621 E. Twenty-Second St., and Miss Mafy Jordan, 427 E. Twenty-Second St., were slightly injured. Smith was slated on charges of assault and batters', obstructing a highway and failure to display a tail light. Police Woman Is Overcome. Mrs. Hettie Brewer, colored policewoman. 417 W. St. Clair St., collapsed today while on her beat at 543 Indiana Ave. from the ecect of the heat and extraction of teeth. She was taken to the cit yhospital and later removed t her home. Boss on Studies Job William Bosson, Sr/, newly appointed city attorney who takes office Aug. 1, was at the city hall today getting acquainted with a mass of routine matters in connection with his duties. James M. Ogden, city attorney, becomes corporation oounsel Aug. 1. f 6 6 6 is a Prescription for Colds, Grippe, Dengue Fever, Constipation, Bilious Headaches and Malarial Fever.

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One driven one cook, and on© bookkeeper! That’s the way these thfee young Indianapolis women divided their duties on a recent motor trip of 2,168 miles through the East. They “flivvered” through eight States and Canada, leaving July 4 and returning July 20. Armed with letters of Introduction from Senator Samuel M.

EXAMINERS FIND ILLEGAL ACTS ON TRUSTEES’ BOOKS ReporfSays Thousands of Dollars Paid to Their Own Families, Thousands of dollars have been paid out by Kosciusko County township trusteed to members of their families and members of the township advisory hoards, according to a State board of accounts report made public today. The examiners point out that it is Illegal for trustees to make purchases from members of the boards or families or to hire them for any kind of township work. ’ __ Several trustees aro- also charged with putting In claims for o Tice rents when they conducted their offices in thflir owp homes. The amount usually totals S3O. Much of it has been repaid. In one instance, F. O. Ramman, trustee at North Webster, Ind.. paid the firm of Gerard nnd Jiumman $1,197 for supplies. He was a member of the firm. In a report on the county auditor's office the examiners show county commissioners to have sold corn and oats to the county. Charles D; Beatty, president of the commisrioners, sold $253.65 worth of to the county and E. A. Arnold, a commissioner, sold more than SBO worth of grain to the county. A road grader costing $781.50 had been purchased from the J. D. Adams Company, Indianapolis, without bids, the report says. Illegal payment of $750 to the city of Warsaw for fire hydrant rental was reported. --The report covers all county, township arid school officers. ORDER IS SET ASIDE Commission Grants Greensbure New / A Hearing on Water Kates The public service commission today set aside its order of June 30 increasing the water rates at Greensburg, ind., and petition for a rehearing ' The commission approved contracts between Millersburg and the Millorsburg Water Company arid between town of Galveston and the Galveston Water Company, wherein the companies leased their plants to the ciety. The Indiana Fuel and Light Company at Kendallville and Auburn, was granted permission to Issue $500,600 iq new bonds. , War on Drugs Promised Following confession of Robert Haslup and Lester Johnson, charged wKh larceny, that they had purchased drugs in Indianapolis, Prosecutor William H. Remy today delared he would institute a war against the alleged drug traffic. Tok Dress, Charge Mrs. Helen Pitts, 24, of 322 Indiana Ave., was slated at police headquarters today for petit larceny after operatives of the Quigley-Hyland agency said she took a dress and other wearing apparel from downtown store, r Lyons Club Frolic Wednesday Members of Lyons Club, their families and guests will frolic at the annual picnic Wednesday at Walnut Gardens. Albert W. Bushman is president. t Falling Hair, Dandruff 1 and Itching Scalp Cause __ BALDNESS We stop these forerunners of BALDNESS and give a WRITTEN GUARANTEE that we will regrow y6ur hair if we accept yon. Come in for FREE EXAMINATION THE THOMAS SYSTEM A Nation-Wide Institution. MEN'S HAIR SPECIALISTS 509 State Life Building TREATMENT AT OFFICE ONLY Honrs—Tne*.. Thura., Ba*., if) to A:30; Mon.. Wed. and Itt, 19 to lilt

Ralston and Mayor Shank, the Hooeier tourists found the “whole world” opened to them when they entered hotels. Most of the nights on the two weeks’ trip were spent camping out, for the young wanted to show their friends that they could make the trip, and they did. Mrs. Vorhees shown on the right drove the entire distance.

SHIFTS MADE IN POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS I . ~ Chiefs Rikhoff and O'Brien Recommend Minor Changes. ' Mfnor shifts In police and fire departments were made by the' board of safety today 'on recommendations of Fire Chief John J. O’Brien and Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff. The board found Patrolman Lawrence Fleming guilty of neglect of duty, but acquitted him of intoxica* ’t.ion charges. Fleming was suspended for thirty days. The ease/Of Patrolman Patrick i Kinney who was tried last week on j assault and battery charges was con- | tinued pending city court trial, j The beard promoted Patrolmen j OUie Wooley and George Beeson to | wagonmen, reducing wagonman | Henry' Nelis to patrolman. Patrolj man Hprt was transferred to I the electridfl department ami Albert I Keers was- transferred from the I electrical department to patrolman. Captain William Goodin, colored, I of Pumper Cos. No. 1. was reduced I to the ranks and transferred to the 1 fire prevention bureau on recommen- | dntion of O’Brien. Goodin received j a broken hip in a fire last February I making him incapacitated for an acj live fireman. Liety. Clarence Miller, colored, was promoted to captain succeeding i Goodin. Rensel William, colored, j was promoted to lieutenant, and j Fbed Martin, colored, was promoted S to chauffeur. BRYAN’S ATTITUDE AROUSES BRANCH Governor Talks on National Defense Day Spirit. Governor Emmett F. Branch today commended upon the attitude of Governor Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska. Democratic vice presidential nominee, toward national defense day Sept. 12. Bryan has said he would mobilize the National Guard as requested, but would hardly go farther. “Bryan comes from a pacifist family and thinks accordingly,” said Branch in his statement. “We will pever be kept out of war by being unpre pared. statement of Bryan is such that, Inasmuch as Indiana has been asked, .together jvith all States by the Fstfleral Government to participate in this observance, I deem It my duty to inform the people of Indiana as to my understanding of this celebration.”

Important Notice! Effective August Ist, 'arrangements have been made forTiandling freight to all points on tlie Shore & South Bend Railway front South Bend to Hammond, Indiana, inclusive. And effective Aug. 25th, ro points reached bv this line in Illinois. ,/ . * This means first day delivery from Indianapolis after sufficient tonnage can be secured for through cars, and second day delivery on present L. C. L. Shipments. Try our service and be convinced. UNION TRACTION COMPANY OF INDIANA \ i

TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1924

PARTLOW WINS ifj COURT BATTLEj .FDR NEW TRIAU - fj Remy Announces Appeal finji ' Ruling of Judge MUr 4 jnan. The five-year battle for & new trta| waged by John L. Partlow, formerly an Indianapolis automobile convicted in 1919 in Criminal Court! of receiving stolen automobiles, ro* suited in victory .today. John W. Holtzman, special Judge*, ruled the new trial should be grant* ed. However, Partlow must figh| to retain the fruits of victory William H. Remy, prosecutor, an* rounced he wfPl appeal to Supreme Court. Meantime Partlow, who entered Indiana State prison in February to* serve a two to fourteen-yeav sen*tence, must remain in prison until his bond ii fixed by the Indiana Su preme Court. Holtzman refused requests of Partlow’s attorneys to fix the 'fiond, saying that matter should be decided by the higher court. Newly discovered evidence wart the basis of the ruling,, Partlow was convicted largely on testimony of Carl Bernauer and Thomas Sterrett, confessed automobile thieves. Later they made affidavits, presented to Supreme Court by Partlow's attorneys, saying they had “framed" Farlow. The Supreme Court then sent the case, back to criminal court for ruling on a motion for new trial. Several week? ago they signed | new affidavits repudiating their first | ones, and saying their original testimony was correct. MAYOR ORDERS BUREAUINQUIRY Accident Prevention and Traffic Branches Involved. Investigation of the activities of the police accident prevention bureau was ordered by Mayor Shank today j after he said he had learned that the j bureau was nine months behind in j .ts work. With the probe, the mayor also i ordered the board of safely to in- | vestigate the traffic department in ; charge of Inspector Michael J. ! Glenn. “We’re going to look into that deI part ment and make some- changes if we find serious defects,” said the I mayor. “There’s always somebody who. can step into those places.” j The bureau work, recently taken | over by Mrs. Mary Moore, former ; secretary to Chief Rikhoff, Motor i Policeman Harry Smith and Patrol- : man Jack O'Neal, all with the rank !of sergeants, is so heavy, due to ! back work, that they are Required jto put in many extra hours, the mayor said. DESERTER IS SOUGHT t Military Police at Fort Harrison Ask .Aid. ' Police were requested by the military police at Fort Harrison to arrest- and hold as a deserter, William | W. Wilson, IS, formerly of 920 Bates I Street. Police are also seeking Bonnio | Miller, 12, of 1854 Gent Ave., and ' Earl Johnson, 9, colored, of 411 In--1 diana Ave. Roy Swain, Princeton, Ind., haa asked police to search for his brother, Herschell Swain, 31, who has been in St. Paul, Mi{in., for two years, but who left there recently. Mrs. C. A. Port of Roanoke, Va., in a letter states that she believes her husband, C. A. Poss, i3 in this city. Baseball Pool Broken Arthur Dess, 25, of 233 Indiana Ave., was slated on a charge of keeping a gaming house and pool selling. He is charged with selling baseball pool tickets and six men found In his place by Lieutenant Stoddard and squad are charged with pool buying.

Come to VONNEGUT’S Everything in Hardware 120-124 E. Wash. St.