Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 92, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 August 1924 — Page 12

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COMPLAINTS MADE THAT CONTRACTORS BLOCKJTREETS Mr, Fixit Finds Reasonable Freedom Allowed Builders in Dumping Material, mHE city gives contractors reasonable freedom in blocking streets for construction work, but no unnecessary delays' are permitted, and at least half the street must be passable. Investigation of observance of this rule has been started, following complaints to Indianapolis Times. Mr. Fixit’s mail still continues heavy, as Indianapolis citizens reg'ster protests of bad conditions. They are being investigated as rapidly as possible, although in some cases delays ire necessary because proper authorities cannot be reached. Mr. Fixit's complaints today: DEAR MR. FIXIT—We are hav ing a lot of houses built in the 1600 block on Asbury St. Contractors have had the sidewalks covered with gravel for two months, and will not move it. There are no red lights on it. TIMES READER The board of works has ordered an inspector sent there to see what can be done. Reasonable freedom is permitted contractors in blocking streets. Red lights will be or- ■ dered. To FRED J. HORD. 2514 Martin dale Ave.. on complaint of lights out on Douglass Park playground and horseshoe courts. v Ed Mcßride, director of recreation. said the lights would be repaired immediately. Street t ar Company Again. MR. FIXIT —How is it that the street car company doesn't pave be tween tracks on Morris St. between Belmont and Tremont Aves? There is a raise from eight to twelve inches here. O. G., South Sheffield Ave. Tour case is just another one where the street car company tells the board of works it hasn’t the money to make the improvement. The board is planning to have these repairs made as soon as the company realizes more revenue from increased fare. The city is adopting the policy of having the company repair present tracks and equipment before making extensions. TO COMPLAINT of broken sidewalk at 566 S. Warman Ave. Officials at the city yards promise to investigate and see what can be done for you. If the contractors removed your walk, they will probably replace it. If they don't, report the matter to j the board of works, giving more details. DEAR MR FIXIT —I would appreciate attention to high weeds in the 1600 block on Bradbury St. Resi dent. Neglected to Give Name The weeds have been reported to W. P. Hargon. of the street commissioner's office, but you neglected to give your name. The city requires this as a witness when the lot ow-ners are assessed on the tax duplicate. If you make your name known, the weeds will be cut. DEAR MR. FIXTT —A short time ago. the city fixed the street under the elevation on S. Rural St., but failed to fix a large hole where water stands all the time. Times Reader. The street asphalt repair department will repair this place immediately. DEAR MR FlXlT—Since Lambert St. has been paved. Reisner and Lambert Sts. and Belmont Ave. and Lambert St. are dangerous corners. Motorists can not see approaching cars or automobiles. I think, it would be advisable to put automatic stop and go signals at these corners. Resident. The corners have been called to the attention of the police accident prevention bureau and the board of safety for investigation. MR. FIXIT—Last spring we peti-

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Bn United Prree rTTTJEW VORK, Aug. 25.—8e--1I cause she so 'd her I®’ I 1 months-old baby for S2OO, saying sh was, too poor to keep it —Mrs. Agnes Mack is in jail in Brooklyn. The purchaser of the baby, Irving Dathe. is also In jail. Both are held in SIO,OOO bond pending further hearing of the case. tioned the board of works for street lights along Raymond St. from State Ave. to Keystone Ave. What has been done? PROPERTY OWNERS. No Record of Request Board of works petition hook has no record of your request. At the present time no funds are available for street lights, but a transfer of money will soon be made. Tour original edition will be investigated to see what has held proceedings up. To J. I. HENNINGER, 1420 Nordvke Ave.. on complaint of improper street drainage: Inspectors from the street commissioner's office will see what can be done to relieve you. It appears the entire street will have to he graded to a higher level to drain into the sewer. HERO OF 1781 HONORED Monument Unveiled in Memory of Col. Archibald Loughrey and Men. By Time* Special LAWRENCEBURG. Ind.. Aug. 25. —A monument in memory of Col. Archibald Loughrey and his soldiers, who were killed near here in a battle with Indians 142 years ago. was unveiled Sunday at River View cemetery by the Daughters of the American Revolution. RURAL THEFTS CLEARED Shelbyville Man Under . Arrest Confesses Numerous Robberies. By United Perm SHELBYVILLE, Ind . Aug 25 George Reed. 35. is under arrest here today after a confession of nearly a score of robberies of schoolhouses and thefts of large quantities of oats, corn and other articles which have disappeared in Shelby and Bartholomew Counties. Winners Are Announced Contest winners of the Bethard Wall Paper Company picnic at Broad Ripple Saturday were announced today. They are: Mrs. Theron Waddell and Chester Newland, potato race: Miss Esther Chambers and N. L. Wann, straw contest; Miss Dolores Hitman and William Ray, relay; Theron Waddell, lucky number contest, and A. E. Chambers, swimming.

Mrs. Mack's poverty plea didn't touch the heart strings of the magistrate, when she attempted to regain custody of the child. Dathe. a physician’s assistant, must have had some sinister motive in purchasing the baby, the magistrate said Dathe has been identified as the son of Baroness Reichsperin Victorine Wolff Von j Zee Vnd Tedenmarch of Hamburg. WARRANTS ARE HELD UP i State Examiners Still Checking 800 las of Vincennes Bank. By t nitrd Prcee VINCENNES. Ind.. Aug 25. ; State examiners today were checking accounts of the North Side State Bank and the Knox Building and Loan Association. The bank closed its doors early j last week and the loan association i asked for a receivership Saturday. I following reports that Jasper M< formick. secretary, had admitted a shortage of s4o,o<K>. Evidence obtained by thp examiners is being turned over to the Knox County prosecutor, hut no warrants have yet been issued. PICNIC IS ENJOYED Patterson Engraving Employes Have Outing Along River. Back at work today, employes of the Patterson Engraving Company talked over their all-day picnic at Northern Woods Beach, on White River. Saturday. Eighty persons took part in a baseball game, horseshoe tournament and other games. After supper, the picnickers gathered around a campfire for singing and a wiener roast. KOKOMO WITHOUT GAS Fire in Mains Wrecks Chicken Dinners Sunday. By Time * Special KOKOMO, Ind., Aug. 25. —Chicken dinners were nearly rjjined Sunday when the Kokomo Gas Company was forced to shut off gas over practically the entire city, due to fire in the mains. Announcements were made in the pulpits of the churches, warning persons not to use their stoves or heaters. Restaurants and hotels were also I affected. Razor Was Dull Mrs. Levi Johnson, colored. 631 | Blackford St. is in the city hospital ! today wondering whether her ear is I tough or the razor used on it was | poor, as when her husband at tempt- | ed to settle a quarrel by using the j shaving instrument, it broke. A I slight gash was sustained by Mrs. Johnson.

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COUNCIL PROBERS ADMIT HALT IN CITY INVESTIGATION Wise, However, Denies Committee Is to Be Disbanded; $5,000 Spent, Activities of the special city council investigation committee, probing alleged irregularities in city government were admitted to be "temporarily suspended." by Walter W. Wise, council president and member of the committee, today. "There are several things holding up proceedings which I donT care to ’make public at this time,” said Wise. He denied reports the committee was to be disbanded and work discontinued. Two Resignations After a series of secret meetings, findings of the committee resulted in the resignation of John L. Elliott, city engineer, and Fred Cline, member of the park board. Evidence against Cline charging he profited in private real estate deals by his position on the park board is now before the Marion county grand jury. Elliott's relations with William H. Armitage. political director of the Shank administration, uncovered by the committee. caused Mayor Shank to demand his resignation. Exhaust Appropriation Councilman Otto Rqy, who brought the original charges against the city administration has been demanding the committee continue its work, or reorganize. It is konwn the committee exhausted nearly all | of the $5,000 appropriated for the in | vestigation. of this sixm, attorney I fees took a large part. Councilman Lloyd D. Claycombe, chairman of the committee, also denied that the committee was inactive. but said no meetings in the immediate future were scheduled. RIVER DRAGGED IN VAIN Police Unable to Kind Body of Man Reported Drowned. Police dragged White River near W. Tenth St in vain for eight hours Sunday for a man thought to have drowned there. Clarence and W. C. Gibson. 1630 W. Michigan St., fold police when they crossed the bridge early Sunday they noticed a man fishing from a canoe in the middle of the stream. t'pon returning a short time 'ater the Gibsons said they saw the canoe floating down the river unoccupied. Two squads of police went to the scene with grappling hooks. Gone, but Not Forgotten Thomas Hughes, P.rooklvn. Ind , Ford, from 134 N Pennsylvania St.; Ernest Martin. Westfield. Ind., Ford, from Washington Park; C. B. Koontz, 131 T Oliver Ave , Ford, from Capita! Ave. and Washington St.; F W Moore. 1056 N. Tremont Ave . Chevrolet, from New Jersey and | Ohio Sts.; Ben Silverman. R4l Maple St.. Ford, from Onpitnl Av. and Ohio St ; Otto Schwartz, 1285 Kentucky Ave.. Chevrolet, from Maryland and Illinois Sts : Herbert Shull. 1213 Naomi St., Oakland, from Capitol Ave. and Ohio Sts ; C. L. Shepherd. 4316 Guilford Ave., Oakland, from Washington St. and Virginia Ave.. R F. Noon. Palace Hotel, Ford. ! from East and Washington Sts.; ; Jean Mace, Sheridan. Ind., Ford, ; from Market and Alabama Sts.; Mor ris Huffman, 5219 Ellenberger St.. Oldsmobile. from Burdsal Parkway and Belt Railroad; Charles Williams, 516 N Sherman Dr., Dodge, from garage in rear of home; L. G. McManus. 3938 N. Illinois St., Ford, from garage in rear of home. BACK HOME AGAIN Automobiles reported found bqjong

William Doll, 3332 N. Sherman Dr., Ford, at Shelby St. and Troy Are; Dr. J. R, Boots, 639 Highland Dr., i Stevens, at 427 N. Meridian St ; Ern--1 est Martin, Westfield, Ind,, Ford, at Fifty-Second St. and Capitol Ave.; | Charles Otto. 1602 E. Vermont St., Btik'k, at Keystone Ave. and Sixtyj Second St.; Charles Williams, 660 N T . i Sherman Dr., Dodge, at Coatesville; i Thomas Hughes, Brooklyn. Ind., ; Ford, on Millersvllle Kd. Empty Bottle Has “Kick” Police are searching today for the woman who hurled an empty mule ! bottle which struck Ray Ridge, 821 S. Capitol Ave., as he was riding his bicycle in front of 947 S. Capitol Ave., Saturday. Police said the woman threw the bottle from one of the houses, but a search failed to reveal any trace of her. Woman Is Held Miss Alice Jackson, colored, city, is held today on charges of drawing deadly weapons, robbery and petit larceny, aftet* 1 police say she was identified as the woman who, armed with a razor, robbed Robert Cooper, 439 W. Vermont St., of $7 at Adelaide and Vermont Sts. Third of Trio Sought Arthur Crowder, colored, of 2336 Columbia Ave., and Gus Sleets, colored, of 2250 Yandes St., are held and police are searching so ra third member of the trio charged with attacking Robert Corthan. colored, 2215 Barrow Ave., Saturday. Cor- ! than said the three men came on ' is ! porch and without provocation attacked him. Membership Is Increased j United Spanish-American War Veterans have six new members in their organization today as a result of a picnic and district meeting held Sunday at Garfield Park. MaJ. Harold C. Megrew was in charge.

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A man had a triangular piece of carpet, of the shape shown in the di-awing. He cut it into four equal parts, which he re-sewed together in the form of a square, thus forming a neat and symmetrical design. Can you cut the carpet and reset the pieces? Answer to previous puzzle: If two equal glasses, containing one-half, and one-third of ink, are filled with water, and the contents of both glasses poured into a pitcher, from which one of the glasses is finally filled, the final mixture will be 5-12 ink, and 7-12 water. In order to solve the problem, the mixture in the pitcher, namely the contents of two glasses, must be taken as the unit. Then each glas ß represents 1-2. Thus the ink in the first glass repreents 1-2 of 1-2; the ink in the other glass. 1-3 of 1-2. When these two proportions (1-4 and 1-6) are added together, they total 5-12 as the proportion of ink. TWO ARE KILLED IN CAR WRECKS Woman Loses Life in Collision of Autos, Two were killed and two were hurt in auto accidents over the State Sunday. AT BLCFFTON —The collision of two speeding autos at a crossroads near here Sunday cost the life of Mrs Willian Furnisa of Ft. Wayne. She died almost instantly from a frac-tui-ed skull. Mrs. Jennings Kiser of Ft. Wayne was slightly injured. AT EVANSVILLE- Jack Schliss ler, 22. was crushed to death when in auto sides wiped the car on whi n tp was liiing. Sehlissler was stand ing on the running hoard and had no chance to leap to safety. / 1 BLOOMINGTON—EarI Crum rt > gviisvillp. teacher, was seriously hurt when his automobile turned over near here. At Munole, Charles Rollins, a farmer living near Eaton, was seri ously injure.! when his car was struck by an auto driven by Vern Hunt on an uptown street. Hunt was speeding, according to witnesses. STEFFLER ADMITS THEFT Postoffire Inspector Obtains Confession From Suspect. By United Pren NOBLESVILLE. Ind. Aug 25. A confession front Fred Steffler, a prisoner in the county jai! here, that he robbed the postoffice at Willow Branch. In Hancock County, was in the hands of postoffice Inspectors toda j - . Steffler's confession implicated Dick Tracey, a prisoner in the Marion County jail at Indianapolis. The robbery netted only S3O. Missing Boys Sought Police have been asked to locate Cecil Draper, 19, of 915 Buchanan Ft., who has been missing from his home since Saturday. Search is being made for Antonio Kacconi. 16, of 115 S. Davidson St., who left home Saturday In his father's machine.

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SIK SEEK POST AS LEGION HEAD State Convention Opens at Evansville, t By United Preen EVANSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 25. The State American Legion convention opened today with delegates present from every county in the State. Attendance is estimated at 5,000. Interest among delegates at the I opening was centering on three questions: 1. Election of officers, which always furnishes plenty of fireworks. 2. Indorsement of plans for erection of a national shrine at Evansville In honor of James Bethel Graham, first American soldier killed in the World War. < 3. Indorsement of Defense day plans as outlined by the War Department. Workers are aligning delegates for their favorites for State commander. Leading contenders now are Thomas McConnell, Fowjer; Hiram Bears. Peru, and Frank McHale, LogansI port. In addition, Henry Walker, local j attorney, and Dun McCarthy, Evlansville, are being groomed by ! southern Indiana delegates for the : State post. j The convention probably will in dorse the Defense day idea, but it iis doubtful whether resolutions will i be passed requesting Legionnaires to j enlist In the "skeleton army” for the | day, It was indicated. RAZOR SLASHES SERIOUS Man Out of Work and Despondent Trie* to Take IJfe. John Snyder, 38. York, Pa., is in Ia serious condition at city hospital today suffering from razor slashes across his throat and right wrist, said by police to have been self ini dieted Sunday at the Washington in I an attempt to end his life. Snyder told Motorpolicemen Gol- ; der and Thompson ne had been out ! of work and despondent. Becoming alarmed when Snyder ■ did not appenr Sunday. R. G. Hendricks. assistant manager of the hotel, found Snyder in a pool of blood. MISTAKEN ALL AROUND Police Taken for Hold-Up Men— Fire as Man Runs. Bruce Shields, 3758 Park Ave., is none the worse today from his experience Sunday, when Patrolmen Gish and Gaither fired a shot in the air in an attempt to halt Shields when he was seen walking through I the woods in the vicinity of ThirtyFifth and College Ave. According to police Shields was going to see if his son Charles. 14. who with three other boys was sleeping in a tree-house in the woods, was safe. When he was commanded to halt, Shields took to his heels thinking the officers were hold-up men. After arrival of the emergency squad things were explained Quakers Meet at Richmond By Tfmc* Special RICHMOND. Ind.. Aug. 25. Prominent speakers will address the 104th annual conference of Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends, which convened here today. It is the largI est body of Quakers in the world.

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Philip Carovans, New York, gathered a nice mess of mush rooms for Sunday dinner. They turned out to be toadstools, and seven persons are in the hospital. Edward J. Rooney, Chicago fireman and World War veteran, drowned at Buff Lake, 111., after rescuing his sweetheart and girl friend from a capsized rowboat. Fooling the chickens pays, says George D. Smith, director of the geological survey. Dr. Smith, who recently visited England, says farmers there get 20 per cent more .eggs by using electric lights in chicken coops to make the hens believe it is daylight. What friends believed to be blood proved to be chocolate syrup when Frank Saiklev, Danville, 111., grocer, was taken to a hospital. Saikley fought a bandit who attempted to .hold him up. One of the bandit’s bullets struck a syrup bottle and splashed the contents over the grocer's clothes. Search for missing handbags belonging to Lady Ames, wife of Sir Herbert Ames, financial director of the League of Nations, delayed sailing of the liner Volendam from New York twenty minutes. The bags were found just where Lady Ames left them, ship officials said. Gas escaping from two open jets on a kitchen stove caused death of Mrs. Gus Anderson, 45. and her daughter, Ruth, 4. Four children were carried unconscious from the room by neighbors. Electric lights and radiators were installed in the huts of the West African natives in the British Empire Exposition.

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WOUNDED MAN SLATED BY POLIOS Story About Alleged Attacks Are Scouted. Jackson Wiggans, 25, colored, 630 W. Vermont St., in city hospital suffering from two bullet wounds in the chest and one in the thigh, was ordered held by police today on a vagrancy charge, following investigation of the shooting of a prowler Sunday night by John Bedford, 908 N. West St. Wiggans told police he was attacked by white men who asked him to get some liquor. However, when police went to the home of Redford today they were told by Mrs Densella Porter, a roomer, she heard someone trying to enter the hack door. She said Redford went to the door and ordered the man away and shot through the door when the prowler refused. Tuesday a trail of blood was discovered which police followed to the home of Mary Rogers, 852 S. California St. She told police a man had come to her home saying he was sick and she called a taxi. The taxi took the man to the office of Dr. O. L. Ballenger, Blackford and Vermont Sts., who called city hospital. Tjio Is Held Abraham Drummond, Jr., 121 fl Wade St.; Henry Hess. 1419 gen St., and Abraham Drummond, 1421 Hoefgen St., are held today on assault and bettery charges after police say they attacked Logan Welsh, 1424 Hoefgen St., Saturday. Welsh could assign no motive for the attack.