Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 87, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 August 1924 — Page 12

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ARTICLE STATES KLAN KICKS IN FOR $3,000,000 Reasons Back of Steprenson’s Resignation Also Are Cited. Fully $3,000,000 has been contributed by members of the Ku-Klux Klan in Indiana to State and national headquarters of the organization. according to estimates of Ned Mclntosh, in the fifth of a series of articles on the Klan written for the New York World. The exact amount probably never will be known, the article states. A communication to D. C. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Klan in Indiana, and former imperial representative In twenty-one States, from Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard, states that Stephenson forwarded $641,475 to national headquarters Feb. 17 to July 14, 1923, the article states. Collected 51,282,950 Using the customary plan of division of 50 per cent of the membership fee of $lO going to national officers, Mclntosh estimates that in five months Stephenson collected $1,282,950 for the State and national organization in Indiana. These figures do not include collections from twenty other States, for which Stephenson was imperial representative. Stephenson is quoted as giving the following explanation of his resignation: “The $5 which went to national headquarters was supposed to maintain the executive staff, a national speakers’ bureau to carry on a great national program to bind the States together. “But none of the money was ever used for those purposes. What became of it no Klansman in America has ever been able to find out. Constantly Interfered With "While I was head of the Indiana Klan its work was constantly interfered with from Atlanta headquarters. which demanded that Indiana Klansmen do things which could not be done honorably. These demands included a long list of frame-ups and outrages upon various public officials and private individuals."

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CITY CONTRACTS LET City Garage and Market House to Be Remodeled. Contracts aggregating more than $325,000 have been let by the board of works for building and remodeling the municipal garage and the city market house. The garage at New York and Alabama Sts. wifi be | made two stories high. Successful bidders on the garage ! were: Latham & Walters, general construction, $115,640; Hayes Bros., plumbing. $7,397: Hayes Bros., heating, $9,947; H. M. Stradding, wiring, $3,555. Successful bidders on the market: Schlegel & Roehm, $114,356; Freyn Bros., plumbing. $22,979; Freyn Bros., j heating, $5,259; C. L. Smith, wiring, I $22,000; Triumph Ice Machine Cos., ; refrigeration. $21,500; Modern Sand ; Blast Cos., sand blasting, $2,975. REMEMBER BED-RIDDEN Scientech Club Asks Punishment for Thoughtless Motorists. Motorists should refrain from blowing their horns while yiassing hospitals. Scientech Club said in a resolution passed Monday urging the board of safety to punish those | violating city noise ordinance. / ) “We pledge ourselves to use all I proper means to discourage all an j noying noises, particularly in the j vicinity of hospitals," the resolu- | tion read. ESTATE IS POPULAR ! By Inited Press GOSHEN, Ind., Aug. 19.—Circuit ; Judge Drake was in a quandary toI day over disposition of the $75,000 estate of Alfred Lowrey, former I mayor of Goshen, who died in 1919 without leaving a will. Mrs. Almira Robinson of New York City, wrote Drake to claim the estate, saying she is the sole heir, i She is the 115th person making such \ a claim. G G G Is a Prescription for Colds, Grippe, Dengue Fever, Constipation, Bilious Headaches and Malarial Fever.

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Here’s why south side, citizens have been fighting for track elevation of Belt railroad for the past fifteen years. Actual count showed thjrtycight autos, one horse and wagon and a group of pedestrians held up ten minutes on Madison Ave. one afternoon this week while two freights, each containing about fifty cars, leisurely rolled by. The first freight, headed Wgst, pulled across the street, hesitated, and stopped. Then it got underway and slowly pulled on. Meanwhile traffic piled up. Motorists shut off their engines and sat in silence as the second freight, headed East, pulled onto the crossing just before the end of the first train went by. A Puzzle a Day A man had a picture which measured 12xlS inches. He ordered a frame and stated that he wished the area of the frame to be same .is the area of the picture; and he stipulated ihat the frame must be the same width all the way around. What was the width of the frame? Yesterday’s answer: As the distance between bases is 90 feet, the man who followed thi straight course ran 360 feet. Each quarter of the perfect circle measures approximately 100 feet. Hence, the man who followed that course ran approximately 390 feet. His time was about 13 seconds. The man who followed the straight course lost a half-second at each turn, his time being 12 1 ? seconds; hence, he lost the race by about 15 feet. MYSTERY AT ELWOOD Why Did Prowler Pass I p Perfectly Good Beds. Bu Times Special EL,WOOD, Ind.. Aug. 19.—Elwood police are stumped. They want to know why the burglar who entered the home of H. E. Hawkins passed up two beds and slept on the floor while the family was away. Police found the beds stripped of linen and evidence that the prowler had snoozed on the hardwood. Too. nothing was taken. VANDALS ROB LEGION Headquarters at Columbus Suffers S3OO Loss. By Vniter! Press COLUMBUS, Ind., Aug. 19.—Police today were hunting the vandals who entered the headquarters of the local post of the American Legion and pilfered it of between $250 and S3OO.

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CITY’S GROWTH STUDIED Scientech Club Proposes a Regional Plan Commission. A proposal that Indianapolis have a regional plan commission to determine and control the future physical growth of the city metropolitan district, and study the control of motor thoroughfares, parking and otlier problems was made by a committee of the Scientech Club Monday. The suggested metropolitan district is included within a radius of twenty-five miles, the committee estimating that by 1940 Indianapolis wall have a population of 500,000 and the nearby suburban towns will bring the total to 750,000.

OLD-TIME DANCE HELD Fiddlers at. Acton to Tune Up for Virginia Reel. i By Times Sped''' I ACTON, In-.. Aug. 19.—Fiddlers, 'who recently Tipeted for honors in an old-time contest, will tune up again Aug. 23 for an old-fashioned dance. “The Virginia Reel." “The Girl I Left Behind Me" and “Old ; Miss Flannigan” wilj again come into their own. The Henpeck String Band will play. Mrs. Emma Jameson will put on a quadrille, whije Joe Williams, Joel Sutherland and Abert McLain will call dances. Harry Maze, Earl Sheaffer and Dr. Samuel McOaughey compose the committee in cherge. CATHOLICS FORM BUREAU Will Send Out News to Papers Over State. A Catholic information bureau, ori ganized for the purpose of disseminating Catholic news to papers over ; the State, was incorporated Monday in the office of Secretary of State, j The purpose of the organization's acj tivities will be, according to the articles of incorporation, “to inculcate among tho members of the organization and the public generally the truth concerning Catholic doctrine, belief, practice, ceremonies and history." William M. Madden is president. Joseph P. O’Mahoney, vice president; Daniel T. Doyle, secretary, and Thomas D. McGee, treasurer. AUTOIST FACES CHARGES Struck Bicycle on W hich Two Boys Were Riding, Police Say. Joseph Herron. 69, of 1459 Hoyt Ave., was arrested today charged with driving on the left side of the street and failure to stop after an acj oident. Police said on Aug. 16 his i auto struck a bicycle on which i Ralph Robinson, 1210 Cornell Ave., land Robert Matthews, 227 Spring St.. ; were riding. Neither boy was in- | jured. SHE PICKED POOR CAR Collides With Traffic Officer’s Auto— Faces Four Charges. It was unfortunate for Mrs. Alma Masters. 2218 N. Capitol Ave., that she picked out Traffic Officer Tolle's car to collide with, while driving last night on N. Capitol Ave. Today she meed four charges: Failure to stop after an accident, failure to display certificate of title, i Improper driving and speeding. MAN THROWN INTO WELL Police Seek Hunters Who Resented Farmer’s Order. By Vnlted Press PRINCETON, Ind., Aug. 19. | Sheriff Holien of Gibson County toI day bad found no t,race of the two I hunters who beat Frank Biel, 35, I into unconsciousness and threw him lin a well because he ordered them off his premises. j Biel regained consciousness and j pulled himself out of the well, but by the time help appeared the two men were gone.

From Far and Near Burglars broke Into a store at Mahomet, 111., loaded a 600-pound safe on a truck, drove five miles, opened It with sledge-hammers and got s2l for their trouble. Art collectors, dealers and museums throughout the country have been warned by New York police to be on the iookout for a painting said to be a fourteenth century canvas by Jacob Bassano of “The Last Supper.” It is valued at $25,000. Following a burlesque bull fight staged at Newark, N. J., the manager of an amusement park was arrested on a warrant charging the bulls were subjected to unnecessary “mental anguish,” sworn out by the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Louisville (Ky.) police officers are puzzled to explain the vivid green color of twenty-eight half-pint bottles of liquor seized in a raid. A marble bust of George Washington, presented to the United States by France and thought to have been lost in the fire which destroyed the congressional library building in 1851, has been discovered in an obscure marble cutter’s shop in New York.

POLICE ORDERED TO WATCH TRUCKS SPILLING GRAVEL Mr, Fixit Told Paved Streets Become Dirt Roads From Material, T-*a RUCKS passing over city streets spilling gravel, mud or water are violating city ordinance, and police have been instructed to arrest offenders. Times readers are complaining to Mr. Fixit that their paved streets are becoming dirt roads due the material falling off these trucks. Police have been promised to see that this city ordinance is observed. Only two car loads of oil remain to be distributed over city streets, it has been announced at the street commissioner’s office. This will take care of approximately seven miles of streets. These streets have been listed, and it will be impossible for citizens to obtain oil unless their street is billed in this list. Here is Mr. Fixit’s mail today: Mr. Fixit —Morris St. east of Warman Ave. was last fall, but today it resembles the road it used to be on account of gravel trucks spilling mud and water. Wagons carrying iron dust will soon litter the road with it. Can this be remedied? West Side. Police Are Notified Police have been notified of this law violation and promise to station men there to arrest offenders. You might also see your patrolmen and ask them to stop this practice by arresting truck drivers found guilty. T. G. F. Runyan, 736 Woodlawn Avenue: William H. Freeman of the board of works will send an inspector to see if the telephone pole can be ordered down by the city. Dear Mr. Fixit—Can the weeds on vacant lots on N. Denny St., from Twenty-Eighth St. to Thirtieth St., be cut? Also the garbage men do not. come out here regularly. N. Denny St. residents. W. P. Hargon of the street commissioner's office will order the weeds cut. The sanitary department has promised to see that you receive regular garbage collections. Ixxik for Speeders To north east residents: Lieutenant Halstead of the police speed squad will have men stationed on your streets to catch speeders. The street commissioner's office will order weeds cut on vacant lots between 2176 and 2198 Temple Ave. Dear Mr. Fixit —The sidewalk on Thirty Eighth St. between Parker and Wheeler Sts., has been broken for several years, and the weeds are so high one can hardly get to the car. Residents of Thirty-Eighth, Parker, Oxford and Wheeler Sts. Officials at the city yards will attend to the sidewalk along ThirtyEighth St. The street commission-

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er’s office will see if the weeds can be cut. Dear Mr. Fixit —For two months we have asked to have Terrace Ave., 1700 and 1800 blocks, oiled. Terrace Ave. residents. Records at the street commissioner's office show your street is not on the last few remaining to receive oil. Only two more cars are available. However, officials will investigate, and will oil your street if possible. Harry Atwood to Speak Harry F. Atwood of Chicago will address the Indianapolis Association of Credit Men at a dinner at 6:15 p. m. Thursday at the Severin.

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Gold Fish with their brightness and activity, arouse interest. Very entertaining for convalescents and children. A lively, very choice lot has just arrived, the first of this| year’s crop. Common Gold Fish, medium size, each, 15 Long-Tailed Comets, fine variety, each, 25c. Molded Globes, clear glass, I Blown Globes, clear glass, 1-gallon size, each, 50c; 2- I 2-gal. size, $1.75; 2%-gal. gallon size, each, Ss£. I size, $2; 3-gal. size, $2.50. Colored Molded Globes, squat shape, in colors, blue, amber and canary, 2-gal. size, each, $1.85. Sundries Black Glass Stand, 50<L Fish Moss, choice Cobomla, Makes a fine contrast for the P er bunch, 15 L colored globes Ornaments for Fish Globes, colored globes. varying in style and sizes Fish Food, per box, 10<i. from to sl. . Sample Dolls at One-Half Price Charles Mayer & Cos. 29-31 W. Washington St. Established 1840.

EXCURSION to CULVER and SOUTH BEND SUNDAY, AUGUST 24TH $2.70 Round Trip to Culver $2.75 Round Trip to South Bend Special train leaves Indianapolis at 7:05 A. M. Returning; train No. 320 leaves South Bend 4:45 P. M. and Culver 5:55 P. M. Central Time. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD SYSTEM

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