Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 74, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1924 — Page 7

MONDAY, AUG. 4, 1924

THREE ARRESTED IN INVESTIGATION OF IK DEATH Two Men Charged With Murder of Claude Browning, Earl Fairbanks, 21, of 321 N. Hamilton Ave., and Charles Jones, 25. of 119 N. Traub Ave., are in the city prison on murder charges and Mrs Lora Moore, 21, of Virginia Ave., is held on a vagrancy charge under $5,000 bond pending investigation by police and Coroner Paul F. Robinson of death of Claude Browning, 48. of 6161a Virginia Ave.. at the city hospital early Sunday. Browning was found unconscioius late Saturday in the rear of Mrs. Moore’s apartment by George and Harold Paxon, both of 933 Hosbrook St. According to Fairbanks and Jones and Mrs. Moore, Browning evidently was beaten during a drunken brawl, police said. Before he died, police said. Browning said Fairbanks had struck him. Footprints gave police the impression Browning had been thrown from the roof of the apartment house. Police said they are inclined to believe jealousy existed between Browning and Fairbanks over Mrs. Moore. Mrs. Moore told police Fairbanks struck Browning over the head with a chair ,but Fairbanks denied this and said he did not remember fighting with Browning. Jones said he did all he could to separate the other two men. Two other women were questioned, but not held. NEW KIND OF POISON Two Die After Drinking Beer With Viper in It. By Times Special BUDAPEST, Hungary, Ayg. 4. Martin Romler, a barkeeper in a local case, and one of his customers drank a glass of beer each from a freshly-tapped keg today and a few seconds later dropped to the. floor dead. When the keg was broken open the body of a viper was revealed. The snake is assumed to have crawled through the bunghole before the keg was filled at the brewery, the viper discharging its poisonous fluid into the beer during its struggle against drowning.

CONFER ON IRISH TILT Boundary Dispute Still Imperils MacDonald Government. By United Press LONDON, Aug. 4 —J. H. Thomas, colonial secretary, will go to Dublin tonight to confer with President Cosgrove of the Irish Free State on boundary dispute between the Free State and Ulster, it was announced In House of 'Commons today. The general Irish situation was described as unchanged and observers still believed it was fraught with gravest possibilities for the government of/Prime Minister MacDonald. CHURCH WINS, 9 TO 0 Congregation Protests When Ball Game Drowns Out Sermon. TOPEKA. Kan., Aug. 4. —Peace was restored at Roseville, near here today where baseball fans clashed with church-goers Sunday afternoon. Noise from the game on an adjoining lot drowned out a revival minister’s sermon. Members of the congregation called on county authorities when the players and fans refused to stop. Authorities ruled in favor of the revival and the ball players and spectators adjourned to another diamond. HE PICKED WRONG HOUSE Looked Into Judge’s Home and Is Given Sentence of Sixty Days. By Times Special ELKHART, Ind., Aug. 4. —Clarence Fowler. 21, for the next two months will do his peeping through Iron bars. He was caught looking In the home of City Judge Walter G. Walker. Walker arrested him at the point of a gun and he was sentenced later by Acting Judge Hawley Burke to sixty days and to pay a fine of SSO.

Serious Charge Made Roy White, 22, Washington State, is held at city prison today on a charge of attacking a 13-year-old girl. Sheriff Snyder said White was caught by Garrett Harrell, R. R. G, a driver for the Pure Oil Company, who heard the girl scream. FINDS STOMACHRELIEF AT 71 George Beck, Indianapolis, Ind., Gains Weight And Strength, Btrong In Praise of Todd’s Tonic. Which Has The Strength Building Qualities Os Rare Old Wine. “I am a man 71 years old hare to work hard. Lately I began to slip down. My stomach troubled me, I had pains all orer and could rot sleep or eat. Then the demonstrator at Haag’s Drug Store asked me to try Todd’s Tonic, at least a sample ot it. I tried it and he told me to take a bottle home. I am glad I did for it surely has done me a lot of good. It seems as if it has reconstructed my whole system. I am feeling better, eating better and can work harder. I want to recommend Todd's Tonic to all men who labor and hare to work hard. It surely will help them in their day s labor. It certainly ha 6 done me a lot of good at my age. and it surely will do the younger folks just as much good." GEORGE BECK. 422 North tVarman St. Indianapolis. Ind. Todd's Tonic, with its wine-like flaror, is moat pleasant to take. Todd's Tonic is sold at all Haag Stores and other good drag stores in Indianapolis and throughout this section. TODD’S TONIC LAXATIVE TABLETS—“A Dose at Night Makes ♦'- rfthlncr right."—Adrerltscm^i-*

Planes to Cut Fog, Bring Rain , • ‘ <5 .' •< * ; .'.*■* ' •••: ‘ 1 .''.ii'lV.; ' “Vj VoW?' Ste. Jn —-- H ARROW INDICATES SAND-BOX AND RELEASE UNDER PILOT’S SEAT.

B' OSTON, Aug. 4. — An airplane cuts over the skyi—line and into a bank of fog —and as the plane flies the fog disappears. As the fog disappears there is rain. Electrified sand, ejected from under the cockpit of the plane, is the magic worker that changes the weather in an instant.' This Is not a fairy story. It is the story of a twentieth century invention that will be used to aid our world fliers ride through the fog banks of Nova Scotia and New England^ It promises to: Eliminate danger of fog to ships at sea and in harbor. Provide clear air lanes in foggy weather for mail air planes. Yield rain to drought-stricken areas whenever there are clouds in the sky. In wartime disclose enemy fleets hiding under banks of fog or screens of smoke. Already the invention has proved its possibilities. Jn its most recent experiment, conducted secretly, the sand-ejecting airplane cut a giant sky window in a bank cf fog, and it did it as quickly as it could fly over its course. Although the Invention Is dhe that is being guarded by the War Department, something of its miracle working can be told without disclosing its secret. As explained by Dr. L. F. Warren, who has conducted the experiments at Harvard and at Aberdeen field. Maryland, fog, clouds and, it is believed, smoke, are naturally charged with either positive or negative electricity. WIRE FENCE HOLDS AUTO New Style of Retaining Wall Erected in New Hampshire. By Times Special CONCORD, N. H., Aug. 4.—Shooting in an automobile through the the curving embankment along the Daniel Wbster highway at the wooden fence that used to guard Lower River bridge over the Mer rimack River has become a thing ot the past. The State highway commission has installed a 200-foot ribbon of wire mesh fencing, which, it is said, will not only stop an automobile speeding up to thirty-five miles an hour, but hurl it back ontq the highway. The fence is made of heavy link wire, so fashioned as to stop a machine by its elasticity. It is the first of Its kind set up in New Hampshire.

SALOON OPERATOR HELD Sheriff Seizes 187 Quads of Beer in Raid on Camp. Peter Woodard, who operates saloon at Market and New Jersey Sts., is charged with operating a blind tiger. Sheriff George Snider” seized 187 quarts of beer and half a gallon of mule Saturday night at a camp on Big Eagle Creek operated by Woodward. Sheriff Snider said the camp consisted of two tents just south of W. Tenth St. The beer was found hidden in weeds covered with canvas, Snider said. He declared his war on "beer camps” will he pushed. Sliooting in Rent Argument Pete Crawford, 50, of 1039 Colton St., and Ewing Sweat, 42, deputy constable, both colored, were held by Sergt. Claude Johnson and squad today after they are alleged to have exchanged shots in an argument over rent. Sweat was struck in the right hand. School to Receive Portrait A portrait of Miss Charity Dye, founder of Charity Dye School No. 27, Parjt Ave. and Seventeenth St., painted by T. C. Steele, is to be presented to the school by the ParentTeachers’ Association. The portrait is on exhibition at the Herman Lieber galleries until September. Nil Clews in Hold-Up .Bv Times Special 1 NEWCASTLE. Ind., Aug. 4.—Authorities were practically without clews in the hold-up of the Sant Conn grocery Saturday night. Four bandits obtained $l5O and fled in a stolen auto. Baby Is Scalded Bv Times Special ELWOOD, Ind., Aug. 4.—Walter, 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Norris, was in a serious condition 'today from burns, received when he pulled a kettle of boiling water over on himself. Indianapolis Chosen The National Association of Negro Musicians selected Indianapolis a sthe 1925 meeting place, according to local delegates who attended this year’s meeting at Cleveland. New Church to Be Dedicated EVANSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 4.—The new St. Joseph’s Catholic Church will be dedicated next Sunday. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Joseph Chartrand of Indianapolis, will be in charge. New Chief Appointed Bu Times Special CONNERSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 4. Willis A. Jones is the new police -hies. He was appointed to succeed '*■* rc‘* ’♦'■♦chum.

To dissipate the vapor, negative electricity is discharged into the positive fog or cloud, and vice versa. Thus fog becomes rain and falls to earth. This neutralization process is said to be scientific law and contains no particular mystery. However, the problem of how the effect could be accomplished was one that stumped the experimenters. Then the combination of an airplane and electrified sand was hit upon and tried out. A De Haviland light bomber plance, capable of flying eighty-five miles an hour, was equipped with sand tanks and devices to discharge the sand at will. The sand, when ejected, automatically becomes charged, negatively or positively, as it passes through the brass funnels. The charging device is the secret

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of the invention. A charger, designed by Dr. Warren, worked successfully on the last experiment and it is believed will be developed to such a degree that * the rainmaking possibilities of the inven-, tion ard not at all remote. The question of determining whether the vapor is positive or negative answers itself. If the negative sand fails to dispel the fog then it is negative fog and must be neutralized with poiitive electricity. The plane pilot merely pulls a second lever and the error is corrected. It is predicted that a squadron of five or six planes, discharging two tons of electrified sand, could clear up all of New York bay in as short a time as it would take them to fly over it.

LONE BANDIT, WHO TRIED TO BOLD UP GROGERYISSOUGHT Men See Masked Robber and f Flee —Two Shots Fired at Them, Search is being made for the lone masked bajidit who fled Saturday after attempting to hold up Isaac Mills, 2617 E. Seventeenth St., and Frank Sisson, of 1350 N. Delaware St., in a Piggly-Wiggly grocery store at 2329 N. Illinois St. Mills said he saw the man approach and fled with Sisson to the rear of the store. The bandit fired two shots at them. I A. C. Balch E. Tenth St. told p'Olice he saw the man walk slowly the store and get in an automobile. Balch trailed the bandit, but lost him. Charles Carvin of 105 W. Ray St., is confined to his home today, loser of S3O. He was found by James Bohannon, 1041 Maple St., in an unconscioius condition at Morris St. and Senate Ave. Police say Carvin was probably drugged. Two safes successfully resisted battering by burglars who entered the offices of the Coonse & Caylor Ice Company, 71 S. Tuxedo St., Saturday. Mrs. D. A. Hill. 2851 Central Ave., told police she lost or had stolen a bill fold containing sl7, a SSO Lib-

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GIGANTIC POWER IN NEW WABASH RIVER STATION Steam Turbines Installed Are Among Largest in x- State. Observations on the operation of the gigantic steam turbines installed at tbs' nw Wabash River superpower station of (Indiana Electric Corporation near Terre Haute are disclosing their efficiency. The preliminary figures called for a high theoretical economy in coal consumption, and operations so far observed show that this is being realized. These steam turbines are nearly the largest primary power producers in Indiana, and are certainly the largest in central Indiana. Two now in operation develop nearly 27,000 horse power each, and there will be five in all installed in the Wabash River station before its plan is fully completed. The theory of the installation of the Wabash Rives station was that it should be set down In the heart of the coalproducing territory and be suppjied with coal which would entail no railroad line haul, tthe most of such service Required being a switch movement. *At present the coal supply is fbom near-by mines, but the company has nearly 4,000 aerf\s of coal lands in its own ownership, which will be developed and held as a reserve. The contents of the company’s own coal lands are alone estimated to provide a forty-years’ supply for Wabash River station, this fuel supply insurance being increased by whatever amount is consumed from near-by mines in other ownership. One economic effect of this establishment on coal mining will be to make as much of it as is required for this power supply an every-day business, not dependent on fluctuations in the market or coai car supply. To the extent of the labor required for this production the mining labor used will be continuously employed. The new Wabash River station which was established to furnish power to subsidiary companies of Central Indiana Power Company giving service in Marion and thirtyone other counties, is being watched by electric power men the country over. It is the first modernly-buUt contribution to the super-power idea,

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erty bond and a $313 check at market Saturday. Other thefts: Charles Kettell, 2757 Baltimore Ave., drug store entered, merchandise valued at S4O taken; R. H. Crist, 1247 W. Thirtieth St., stand at Riverside Park entered and cigars valued at $4 stolen. Drug store owned by A. B. Hall, 1802 Madison Ave, cigars, candy, cigarettes valued at $25 taken. Mrs. Anna Gehbauerer, 207 N. Richland St., tobacco valued at $7.45 taken from stand at 134 N. Harding St. Long and Stewart store, 216 NDelaware St., $lO taken from cash register. AUTO THEFT CHARGED Youth Caught After Chase—Companion Hunted. A youth giving his name as Howard Ray, 20, of 702 E. Eleventh St., is held on a vehicle-taking charge. Police are searching for his companion, who, they said, escaped after a thrilling chase in Riverside Park late Saturday. Ashland Ave. found his car. stolen After Dallas Thormer of 1326 earlier in the evening from Sixteenth St. and Ashland Ave., parked at Riverside Park, he notified Motorcycle Pc lice Taylor and Whitsett, who hid near the car. ' Ray and his companion flee when they saw the officers, police said. Ray was captured after a chase in which twelve shots were fired by the officers. Councilmen See Hospital City councilmen were to Inspect the new Riley Hospital as guests of the Riley Memorial Association late today. After the visit, councilmen will be dinner guests at the Woodstock Club.

of which Secretary Hoover is a prominent exponent, and the leaders In the business are observing its operations to furnish ideas for other power producing plants in im:tatior> of its design and practices. citThousewives LIKE MICE Polar Company Urges One Trial of New Product, “Hohum," sighs the Indianapolis housewife who is buying scored ice from the Polar Ice and Fuel Company, ‘ I don’t have to wqgry any more about the wasted ice the iceman leaves in little chips ail over the back porch when he cu.s fifty pound? into twenty-five.” * -It didn’t take long for the alert housewives of Indianapolis to see the many advantages and points of merit to scored ice," says Henry L. Dithmer. Introduced only a few weeks ago by the Polar Ice and Fuel Company, scored ice has swept the city like a storm and Is ndw the approved anj accepted ice In thousands of homes hi Indianapolis. Scored ice means ice that has been scored by machinery in our plant so that the blocks break evenly without any waste, muss or loss. Moreover, Polar Ice meets all the requirements of the health authorities and has been pronounced the purest of ice. being made of pure distilled water only. Any one of the thirty cash-and-ca* - y stations in the city are anxiously waiting .for every housewife in Indianapolis to try scored ice, convinced that bne try will convert them.

HOTEL SPINK TO BE OPTO SOON Between Sept. 15 and Oct. 1 there will tie opened across the street from the Union Station, on the corner of McCray St. and Jackson PL, anew fireproof hotel, The Hotel Spink. The William A. Holt Company will operate the establishment which is to have 200 rooms and 200 baths with a fiat rate of $2 “no more, no less,” says Mr. Holt. Every bit of the furniture in the building will be steel, the window frames and floors are also inflammable. A small up-to-date lobby will be finished in mahogany with a gray marble floor. A cafeteria will occupy the basement and the storerooms on the first floor will be occupied by a drug store, a barber shop, a tailor and space will be taken by the Postal Telegraph. This commercial hotel at a low fee, under such dependable management as William A. Holt and E. G. Spink will fill a long-felt need in Indianapolis.

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HIGHWAY POSITION UNDERDISCUSSION Proposed Appointee to Confer With Director, Harvey G. Shafer, former vice president of Nordyke-Marmon Company, was to confer today with John Williams, director of the State highway commission, concerning Shafer’s appointment as chief of the commission’s equipment division. The place was vacated when George Bartley resigned shortly before the State tj*ard of accounts made public its report charging extravagance and mismanagement in the division Governor Emmett F. Branch recommended Shafer’s appointment after conferences with four widelyknown automotive engineers, who recommended Shafer, but expressed doubt as to the possibility of getting him to leave a higher-salaried posi tion in the East for the $4,000 commission job. Shafer, however, accepted Branch’s proposition and will be appointed if the conference with Williams is satisfactory. Manual Holds Reunion Former students of Manual Training High School who were members of classes from 1904 to 1909 participated in the first annual reunion and basket dinner in Garfield Park Sunday. Nearly seventy-five attended. Frederick E. Schortemeier was appointed chairman of a committee to arrange next year’s picnic. E. H. Kemper McComb, superintendent of the school, spoke.

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FORMER RESIDENTS MEET Societies Elect New Presidents at Reunion. Brookside Park Sunday was the scene of a reunion of former residents of Franklin and Ripley Counties at which 250 were present. F. A. Doll, 602 W. Twenty-Ninth St., was elected president of the Franklin and Ripley Counties Society. The Spencer County Society met at Jameson park. Elijah F. Osborn, Wintnrop Ave., was elected president. About 300 former Spencer County residents were present. BIG ORGANIZATION FOR LAFOLLETTE Labor Council to Muster 3,000,000 Workers, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. 4 A hugo epolitical organization, with 30,000 committees, hundreds of speakers and 3,000,000 active workers, will sweep the country this fall in behalf of Senator Robert M La Follette, independent candidate. This offensive was decided upon by the executive council of the American Federation of Labor here in a session devoted to arrangement of details of the political organization. Samuel Gompers, veteran labor leader, will be in active control of the movement which he believes “will prove the biggest political undertaking yet attempted by labor in this country.”

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