Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 91, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 August 1924 — Page 2

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BOARD APPROVES SCHOOL BUDGET, AFTERMEETING Proposed Levy to Stand Unless Changed by State Tax Board, Proposed tax levy of $1.1D6 on the 1100 for the 1924-25 Indianapolis school budget will stand as proposed by the board unless changes are made by the State tax board following another public hearing Sept. 9. It was revealed today the board has cut maintenance Items approximately SIOO,OOO, anticipating a saving under the proposed appropriations. The levy of $1,106 will produce actually SIOO,OOO less than the total of $9,697,852.24 in the budget. To raise the total asked for, a levy of $1,134 would have to be made. At the conclusion of a public meeting Friday night the board formally adpted the proposed budget. A preponderance of sentiment at the meeting Friday, attended by representatives of various organizations invited by the board to meet with them, seemed to favor the building program. Those who opposed the proposed budget spoke chiefly in generalities with destructive criticism unsupported by helpful suggestions. William Bosson, city attorney, who attended the meeting at the instance of Mayor Shank, delivered a tirade against everything generally thought of as progressive in educational measures, and threatened the board members with the loss of their positions and the teachers with cuts in salaries. May Lose Jobs “The school city is only a creature of the Legislature,” cried Bosson. “You men may all find yourselves without jobs. Instead of considering the ‘future citizens’ let's consider the present citizens.” “The school board is acting as judge, advocate and Jury now, but it won't be when it comes before the State tax board.” he concluded. Bosson pointed out many great men in the past had risen to distinction without the facilities which the board aeems necessary now. He decried tht teaching of domestic science and asked the board to explain what it meant by visual education. Fred A. Sims, of the Indiana Tax Payers’ Association, said the increase in the tax levy would be "an a laying thing.'” One Good Suggetion The only important suggestion fc>wering the levy was that tbit riJLrhortridge High School be built aSWvo units, thus spreading the money to be raised by bond issuer over a two-year period Such a plan would necessitate utilizing the old Shortridge High School building and prevent the sale of the building, which otherwise would aid materially in supplying funds for the board. Superintendent Graff pointed out the Inadequacy of educational facilities in building Shortridge in two units. Additional expense would be incurred for in-stalling-laboratory and other equipment in one unit and then duplicating the same in the next unit. E. O. Snethen, president of the Indianapolis Federation of -Community Clubs, expressed the organization's approval of the board's building program. He read an In dianapolls Times editorial before th meeting, and it was heartily received by those favoring the betterment of Indianapolis schools. I'p to Public Adolph Emhardt stated the burden rests with the public to show why the budget should not bo adopted, and so far it had failed to do so. "I would rather be criticised for doing something than for doing nothing at all.” Emhardt said. Brandt C. Downey, who said he didn’t represent anybody but himself, congratulated the board on its building program. Mrs. Nettie Bay, president of the Parent-Teacher Association of School 30, told how they had worked to make No. 30 a better school and she hoped the board would go ahead with its program. Rea 7 . G. G. Baker spoke of the former criticism against the board for not building, and approved the plans for hieh schools, congratulating the board on its work. Leo K. Fesler. member of the

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Fate Unkind to Father

GEORGE HANSEN AND SON. ROY.

By SEA Service Here's an example of how one of the "other half” of humanity lives. George Hansen's wife died in Pueblo, Colo., last May. Her dying request was that her 3-ypar-old baby Roy be taken to her husband's parents in Norway. His money spent through his wife's Illness. Hansen set out on foot, carrying the child to New York. Good-hearted motorists

Chamber *t Commerce committee, said no other board had ever tried to raise so much money at one time. He opposed the increased levy. John F. AVhite, speaking for the Chamber of Commerce committee, expressed the desire for cooperation between the chamber and the board tnd that he felt some reductions might be made. Rolla Chowning. member of the Brightwood Civic League, said the "wild spending of money" by the board was comparable to the trial of Leopold and Loeb in Chicago. No Penalty Provided V. Harrison, the Chamber of Commerce "expert" on budget reduction, intimated the board would not be compelled by law to provide a levy of 8 cents for a sinking fund and added that there would be no penalty if the board should violate the law. Board members showed today that the statutes of Indiana makes such violation a criminal of sense punishable by fine and im prisonment. They pointed out also that if they did not provide sufficient revenue for the sinking fund the market bonds of the school city would be ruined. RAZOR WIELDED; KIN ID VICTIM Fight Results From Argument Over Accident. Albert Schill of Youngstown, Ohio, is in the city hospital suffering from razor -wounds in the abdomen, and his brother-in-law. Albert Russell, 322 Koehne St., Is held on charges of ! assault and battery with intent to kill after police say Schiil told them | Russell had cut him. According to the story told police, SehUJ and Russell went to Mars | Hill late Friday to talk with th*> I driver of a machine that struck and injured Schill's son several days ago. On the way home, police were told, the two men purchased liquor, and after a few drinks Schill accused Russell of being responsible for the accident. The fight followed.

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gave, them many lifts, but through the bad-road regions, where machines were scarce. Hansen talked, with child in his arms, over 1,600 miles, on hie way to New York. Once in New York he found that he could work his way on a steamship to Norway easily enough—but- they wouldn't take the baby. Now he's en route, on foot, back to Chicago, where he hopes to get back a job he once had- there, to work and save for passage-money for the child.

1 ARE NOG TIED BY LAW,’ WRITES ZACH T. DUNGAN State Court Clerk Deplores Too Little Service Rendered, “We are today bog tied and hog ridden by law —a Jaw for every ill and yet we are living in an age of awlessness,” declared Zaoh T. Dungan, clerk of the Indiana State Supreme and Appellate Courts in an article written for the Exchangite. official publication of the National Exchange Club, in its August issue “As I sit in my office surrounded by courts of the State’s last resort, I hear law, read law, talk law —law in every form. " I have come to one • onelusion that we ha\e too much aw and too little service.” declared Dungan. a Not Ijving by Justice “It is not the law that saves the world or the statutes that govern the world. We ate not living by justice for fear too few want justice. Spme laws are rigidly enforced while others go uninforced. lam far from a pessimist, but Just a thought —Rome rotted and fell with the best Justinian code ever written. What about our own country? Render a Service “We live today and plan for tomorrow, but that Jiving and planning is naught unless we can render a service, by kindness or sound public ideals, that goes to make life more worth living. Basing his article on the proposition that the spirit of service is the world’s hope, Dungan describes the successful man as one. who “has lived well, laughed often and loved much and tried to leave the world better than he-found it. He looks for the best in others and gives the best he has. life to him is an inspiration, and his memory is a benediction.”

NEW THEORY OF HEAT ON MARS Temperature Would Permit Life, Astronomers Say, By WAGNER WHITE (Written for the United Press) LOWELL OBSERVATORY, FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Aug. 23.—Mars came within 34.000,000 miles of the earth Friday night, blinked his red eye and went away into space again, still as mysterious as ever in most respects. But delicate instruments at Lowell observatory here did record many facts concerning him and , will continue to do so for many more weeks as he falls behind the earth in the everlasting race around the sui^. Outstanding of the newest facts learned are those relating to temperature of the planet. Summed up, new evidence shows, in opinion of the scientists at observatory, that the heat on the planet Is such as would support an otherwise adapted form of organic life. Walb Host to G. O. P. By United Prett LA GRANGE. Jnd.. Aug. 23.—The Republican campaign got under way in La Grange County today. It was opened wh4c 1,000 voters attended a rally held country home of State OhaiWalb, Friday

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MOVE FOSTERED TO ABOLISH TAX UNITS OF CITY Shank's Threat of Budget Veto Scored by Department Heads, A well defined movement asking the 1925 State Legislature to abolish the separate city taxing units such as the sanitary board, park board, and the board of health, bringing them under direct control of the general city was indicated at the city hall today. Mayor Shank's statement Friday that he would veto the 1925 city tax levy and budget if the sanitary board obtained their request for 2.5 cents increased levy from the council, caused lines to be drawn more tightly. While William Bosson, city attorney, said he thought steps should b>? taken for abolishing the separate taxing units, Russell Mac Fall. mem ber of the sanitary' board, scored the "grand standing” of the administration in reducing the tax rate-, and at tl/a (same time crippling departments so they could not give proper municipal service. May Go to Council The sanitary board has been advised by attorneys that, the higher i levy requested can be obtained over the mayor's opposition through the council. Attorneys say the fact the sanitary board is a separate unit removes the jurisdiction from the mayor. In answer, the mayor said he would veto the city budget, when passed by the council if the increase is granted. This would automatically throw the city back to the 1924 levy of $1.0875. This year's levy was cut to $1,055 by Mayor Shank. The proposed sanitary board Increase would bring it back to SI.OB. Public improvements will be at a stand till next year, because of reductions made in the board of works j budget, William H. Freeman, mem , ber of the board predicted today. Will Stop Projects A cut in the street resurfacing fund from 5 to 3 cents will stop \ many major projects planned for j 1925, Freeman said. Frank C. I-in-l genfelter. city engineer, is also pro- ; testing cuts in the street lighting, fund. ”ls taxes are going to bn reduced, the only way Is to cut them.” said the mayor in explaining his position. “Taxpayers demand relief, and the city will have to get along on less ) money.”

PRINCE OF WALES OFF FOR AMERICA Sneaks on Liner Before Dawn to Avoid Crowd, By T nitrri Preee SOUTHAMPTON. Aug. 23 —While hundreds of Americans mingled with a great crowd that gathered here today to bid him bon voyage, the Prince of Wales eluded all the sightseers and unobtrusively boarded the Berengarla before dawn this morning. The Berengarla sailed for America shortly before 3 p n. The Prince's trip to America had developed such a social clamor, which ranges from the demonstra tion of goodwill oru part of the Britishers, who have a very deep affection for him, to the ridiculous antics of numerous dowagers who hope he will return a measure of this affec tion to their daughters, that he was forced to take extreme means to avoid publicity as to his getaway

HELPLESS WOMAN THROWN ON ROAD Said She Was Kicked From Machine, Miss Katherine Williams, 24. of Childress, Texas, who has been living at the Home Hotel, while in Indianapolis, was found in a dazed condition early today on Harding St., south of the White River bridge, by Motorpolicemen Gooch and Cooney, who responded to a call from Hiram Kinman, 846 N. Keystone Ave. According to Kinman, he was returning from Franklin, Ind.. with four companions when he saw the woman lying in the road. Miss Williams, who was held in the detention ward at the city hos pital-on a vagrancy charge, told police she had been out riding with a man whom she had met Friday night at a restaurant on W. Washington St. Police said, according to the story told-them. the man kicked her from the machine at the approach to the bridge. Her condition was reported fair by hosjHta'i attaches. Taxi Driver Slated Ralph Wolfehbarger, 24, of 605 Stephens St., taxi driver, was slated today on an improper driving charge. He was the second cab driver to be arrested today, as a result, police said, of Improper methods of picking up fares at the Union Station. More than 900 traveling libraries supply reajfcng matter to the people of Saskatchewan, Canada.

MY OWN STORY LOBBYISTS SPREAD RUMORS TO DISCREDIT LA FOLLETTE By ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE

“MY OWN STORY” is an exclusive newspaper version of one of the great autobiographies of modem times: La Follette s own Btory of adventures In politics as written by himself in 1912, together with an authorized narrative of his experiences in the years since then. SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS After two defeats as Progressive candidate for Governor of Wisconsin. La Follette is overwhelmingly nominated and elected in 1900. The political bosses buck the administration program at every turn. I-a Follette gives in person his message to the Legislature—advocating direct primaries and railroad taxation. The "machine” politicians gain control of the Milwaukee Sentinel and through it carry out their attacks on La Follette. The machine musters every insidious influence —money, business power/and the ‘‘lobby”—to defeat the* passage of a bill for railroad taxation. Despite the lobbyists, tlie bill passes the lower house: in the Senate, however, the machine men indirectly defeat the measure by passing a substitute. The gentlmen who opposed us were Ingenious. Under the Hagemeister substitute they proposed to try out the direct primary principle with respect to county offices alone. Now; they knew well enough that county elections scarcely touch the real problem of party caucuses, conventions and legislation; that they involve little besides personal strife for small local offices. They expected by the application of such a law to discredit the direct primary by bringing out a miserably small vote with a big expense charged up against it. They knew that it would take several years to try out the experiment and that by that time the progressive group, unable to prove the excellence of their policies, would have merited the distrust of the people. I was clear we should not stand for anything that did not strike at tne root of the whole boss system. So I promptly vetoed the Hagemeister bill and took the severe lashing of the same newspapers which had all along been fighting the direct primary. Railroad Bills After the direct primary matter was disposed of, the railroad taxation bills took foremost place in the Legislature. By this time the lobbyists had reached a good many of our men and we began to fear that we could not even control the Assembly. They held back the taxation bills and were evidently trying to smother them. I waited patiently and hopefully for the Legislature to act. Weeks went by. Hearings were strung out. It was perfectly plain that it was their plan to beat the bills by delay. Every hour, in the meantime, the corroding Influence of the lobby was at work. Business connections, social diversions, the poker room, entertainment of every kind, decent and otherwise, were employed, and all I could do, as I sat there day by day watching the precious time go by, was to communicate with the Legislature in one of two ways;—by message, or by personal appeal to the members to redeem the promises that we had made to the people as a basis for our election. The one way was provided foi* in the constitution, the other was not But I could not be stopped from making appeals to those members, I could not. It was very well known that I was the only man in the capital who could crowd that legislature to do its duty. That in why they attacked me chiefly. As the. editor of The Sentinel said to me: “If only you will take your hands off, we can take care of the Tlegislature.” They argued thuß to me: "You have sent in a strong message, you have made good so far as you are

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CHIEF PROTECTS DOGS Policemen Instructed to Use Greater Discretion. Police today were instructed by Chief Herman F. Rikhoff to show greater discretion in “mad dog" cases and not. to shoot animals unless so ordered by the owner, or In absolute emergencies, following protest Friday by Dr. Elizabeth Conger, city pound master. Rikhf'ff told patrolmen to call Dr>. Conger and she would send an emergency truck to take dogs suspected of having rabies to the pound for observation. Police were called today to the home of Michael Hackett on a report. that his small daughter had been bitten by a dog owned by B. Senior, 917 S. Missouri St. Argument Over Bricks Pet Pfisterer, 52, of 1532 W. Washington St., and Harry Gwynn, 26, of 3645 W. Tenth St., were arrested today on assault and battery charges, following a. fight over "Irish confetti.” Police were told that Pfisterer, who sells bricks, and Gwynn. who had bought a load, quarreled over whether there were 750 or 800 bricks in the load.

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THE SENATOR IN HIB OFFICE. concerned, and the people will understand. Now quit; quit, and you can have anything you want.” About that time the Legislature passed and sent up to me a bill taxing the dogs owned in the State. The humorous absurdity of such a measure at once struck me—the attempt to raise a few hundred dollars in taxes upon dogs owned by a class of people already overburdened with taxes, while the corporations of the State were paying hundreds of thousands of dollars less than their Just share! I therefore the occasion of a message to the Legis lature in which I vetoed the dog tax bill and in the course of which I endeavored to outline the true principles of taxation. v I also held up to view, as I had done in my veto of the Hagem*ster bill, the exact conditions in the Senate, showing how the lobby had corrupted the representatives of the people. Both of these messages struck home and stung, as I intended they should, and both attracted so much attention throughout the State that the legislature was forced to a consideration of the bills. Both Defeated Af*er a brief fight, however, both of the railroad taxation bills were defeated. Thus the session of 1991 closed without our having accomplished any of the important things that we had set out to do. More than this, it had enabled the lobby and the bosses, now more strongly organized than ever, to win over some of our leaders. They even secured a manifesto signed by more than half of the Republican niem bers of both branches of the Legislature criticsing me sharply for what they claimed to be my encroachment upon the constitutional rights of the legislative branch of the State government, and organized themselves into a leagup to fight the progressive movement. I freely admit that as Governor 1 used all the power and prestige of the office to secure the legislation 'hat had been promised to the people. I arraigned the Legislature aa derelict of duly. No" normal condition would war-

DRIVER RECEIVES HEAVY SENIENCES Gets Year at State Farm and Fined Over SSO. Two sentences to the Indiana State Farm, totaling a year and fines in excess of SSOO was given in city court today to Joseph Newcomb, 41, jof 1133 Bellefontaine St., who, acj cording to testimony, drove his car 'upon a yard and ran over Evelyn I Holycross. 9, of 1639 Cornell Ave., May 29. Penalties fixed by Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth as follows: SSOO fine and 180 days on the Fqrm on a charge of operating an automobile while Intoxicated. Five dollars and costs and ISO days on the Farm on an assault and battery charge and $1 and costs on a drunkenness charge. In addition. Newcomb was bound over to the grand Jury on a charge of failure to stop after an accident. Newcomb appealed. Continuances delayed {he case. Wijmeth dictated g letter to Ed Jackson, secretary of State, asking him to revoke Newcomb's auto license. SPEEDERS DRAW ‘FARM’ Law Governing Second Convictions Enforced by Judge Wilmetli. After It was found that the new state law governning second convictions on speeding charges went into effect March 7, 1923, City Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth today fined Kenneth Fowler, 18, of 237 Rybolt St., and Julius Keller, 2337 N. Alabama St., S2O and costs each and sentenced them to thirty days on the Indiana State Farm. Both appealed. Keller was convicted for speeding April 11, 1923, and Fowler March 26 and July 23, 1923. Five Men Held Lee Taylor, 606 Fletcher Ave.; James Taylor, 40, of Kokomo, Ind.; Paul Doerzand, 44, of R. R. E.. Box 191. and Charles Wright, 27, and Earl Johnson of Greenwood, were arrested today on blind tiger charges. Police said they found tKp men at 2 N. East St. A

rant any executive, State or Federal, in calling the legislative department so sharply to accoupnt as I did in the veto of the Hagemeister bill and in the veto of the dog tax bill, but In this case the situation was not normal; after a series of campaigns; the Republican party, tht party iri control of the governmant of Wisconsin, had pledged in the platform of 1898 a reform of the nominating system, and of the unequal and unjust tax laws, and tht Legislature elected on that yjatform had defeated the will of the people and denied them the legislation for which a majority of them had declared. Again in 1900 the same pledges had been made. The people in the election had by more than one hundred thousand majority voted that such legislation be enacted, and again the Legislature had defied the will jf the electorate. It was plainly the end of representative government in Wisconsin. It was the rule of a minority through trickery, bribery and corruption. It was a state of revolt. The situation called for extraordinary, aggressive and strong action on the part not only of the executive but of every man who cared to see democracy gnaintained. The abuse of power was not on the part of the executive. It was on the part of tlie Legislature. The legislators were the ones who were abusing their power. The executive was pbeying the mandate of the people. I understood perfectly well not only that the position which I was taking would raise an Issue with the Legislature, but that it would be made the basis of a bitter attack upon me. But I was content to go to the people with my messages and place my record side by side with the record of the Legislature, and let it be fully discussed and talked out with plenty of time for the people to consider whether I had taken a course menacing to a republican form of government, or whether this Legislature was undermining and destroying every semblance of representative government. Accepts Issue So, when this manifesto was promulgated, I accepted the issue. I caused mAny thousands of copies of the messages which were criticised to be printed and sent broadcast over the State. If this had been all, therefore, I might have looked upon the situation more hopefully. But the strain under which I had worked for six months, the high pressure, the long hours, the anxiety—l suppose I worked more than eighteen hours a day steadily—had so impaired my health that as soon as the Legislature adjourned, my health gave way. This, also, was made the occasion for unremitting attack. They published stories that I was losing my mind, that I had softening of the brain —anything to discredit me with the people.But there was never a moment that I was not determined that I would fight it out with them again. At the opening of the Legislature of 1903, I felt that the time had arrived to advance vigorously with the railroad regulation issue. There were gor*l reasons for doing this. We had the support of the public. We had discussed the subject pretty thoroughly in the preceding campaign, so that the people were prepared to back us up strong ly in our plans. (Copyright. 1924. NBA Service. Inc.) (Continued in Our Next Issue)

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CITY COMBED FOR ALLEGED TROLLEY 6ARN BANDIES Police Mystified When Yeggs Slug Cashier and Take $205, Hindered by the inability of tha victim to talk, detectives are attempting today to unravel the mysterious circumstances attending attack and robbing of Hubert Sconce, 32, of 82 N. Ritter Ave., who was slugged and robbed of $205 while at work in the cashier's office at tha Louisiana St. barns of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company Friday night. Rufus Guliedge, 1715 E. Minnesota. St., a motor man, held by police for* questioning after he was seen leaving the office shortly before the discovery of Sconce in a dazed condition, was later released. Jesse Bandy, 509 St. Paul St., employed in the office, told police when he went upstairs after checking up on the incoming crews he found Sconce sitting at a desk unable to talk, with blood streaming from a, wound ni his head. Bandy notified, Clinton Hu ft, 1517 N. Tuxedo St., night superintendent, who called police. Blood on Roof Two pools of blood, found on th* roof of a shed under the windows in the cashier’s office, led police to believe Sconce had crawled back into the office after being carried onto the roof by the robbers. By mumblings and signs made by Sconce, who made a desperate effort to talk, police were inclined to believe Sconce was in the rest room and was called to one of the windows. where he slugged. It is thought Sconce was struck when he put his head out of the window in. answering the call. This fact is strengthened by the orderly condition of the room, which shows no sign of a struggle. It is believed at least three men participated in the robbery, all of whom were familiar with the surroundings. In Serious Condition Hospital attaches say they do not believe that the blow fractured Sconce's skull although he was reported as in a serious condition at the city hospital. Police under Lieut. Ed Schubert and Sergt. Harry Nagleisen. immediately spred a dragnet and police watched roads leading from the' city. Men are at the bedside of Sconce in case that he will be able to give descriptions of the robbers. EXPECT LARGE CROWD Spanish-American War Veterans’ Picnic Sunday at Garfield Park. More than 500 persons are expected an all-day outing of the United Spanish-American War Veterans at Garfield Park. Members of the organization, *ts auxiliaries and families are invited. Delegations will come from Muncie, Richmond and surrounding towns. Games and contests will feature the program. Refreshments will be distributed.