Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 169, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 November 1924 — Page 1

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VOLUME 36—NUMBER 169

Aim By GAYLORD NELSON

r EVERAL. executives of tht I V j Hawkins Mortgage Company 1 k ~' I —whose sinuous loops have uncoiled in Federal Court for th * past two weeks —testified that thev were mere dummies. Just handy rubber stamps. With them the pay envelope was the object of reverence. So they per ; functorily signed documents thrust before them—income tax reports, directors' minutes, letters—with no more scrutiny than necessary to locate the dotted line. Vet believed the business to be prosperous. Because the advertising] literature and the head of the promo-! lion made that claim. Implicit faith and trust are noble traits. But the successful management of a corporation requires the services of men equipped with something more. Business is conducted by concrete men not by abstract virtues. Capable executives are more necessary than a clean bill rjf health from a State securities commission For wildcat promoters surround themselves with dummy executives who are long on trust and short on intractability. Who are only stuffed .shirts. And whose functions are to decorate the show window. If prospective investors would examine these window displays Instead of casualty admiring them there would be fewer spectacular bonfires of life savings. Pals rp-j RANCIS M. SMALL. 80 years Ir I Noblesville, recently i * I completed his third hike from Winfield. Kan., a distance of 900 miles. He believes he has walked farther than any other man in In diana. And has always taken a dog with him. The other day a former New York newsboy reached Indianapolis •■n a bike that has extended from New York ?<• the Pacific coast and return. And has consumed three yea rs. His fox terrier is accompanying him. Pedestrianism. in this motor age. is a solitary enterprise. One who engages in it is alone with his feet and his introspections. Man hates to be alone. For introspection is uncomfortable. There is no sociability itV visiting with hi? own soul. It doesn't chat amiably or bark gayly. It just sits up and glares at him with disconcerting intensity. A poor pal. So man who tramps delights in a dog's society. For it distracts attention from himself and his accusative soul. Identity 1 v Tj ILLIA W H. BROWN’ of Shelby County—aged Civil War veteran of the 9th Indiana Regiment lia? unsuccessfully sought a pension from the Government since 1913. Ile did not apply until he became feeble and unable to work. Then the pension bureau informed him that a pension had already been paid to William H. Brown of that regiment until his death and to the widow afterward. So. in the eleven years sine® he petitioned, he has failed to convince th® bureau that the pension rightfully his was drawn by another. Frequently men try to step out of their shoes and into shoes of others. But the shoes never exartly fit. The substitution is usually dis covered and the imposter exposed. The outward shell of two individuals may be identical. Or one may I>e altered by design to resemble the other. But personalities are never duplicated. They are fashioned by every incident and every human contact. Identity is the only unique possession of every person. And daily conduct determines whether it is worth preserving. Expense |rp HE public service commission 1 | —in the water rate hearing l— ■ J the other day—scrutinized the “operating expenses” of the Indianapolis Water Company. Included under that heading were such items as club dues for company officials, and cost of rate cases before the commission. Also other charges equally relevant to the cost of capturing wild water and taming it for consumers. What’s operating expense The term has a surgical sound And the operation apparently is on the consumer. For operating expenses enter into the computation of rates. Which consumers pay. And %vhen a public utility's operating -expenses—including club dues j and similar trifles—climb, it doesn ’ I faint. It merely falls on the neck I of the commission and pleads for a new rate. The private individual—with an nonelastic income and Christmas approaching—would enjoy being a water company for a few weeks. Because the common citizen doesn't find any soft spot to land when his expenditures mount above incoma. He can't fall on the neck of a public service commission. He merely falls on hie own neck and squashes—with a sickening thuu.

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SIOO DAILY FOR BEST ‘LOST LINES’ Rv LIMERICK LARRY

EISTEX. folks, here’s Santa Claus coming ahead of time with j great news. Slipping out the gladdest bit of tidings that has come this way for j a long time. 1 Warbling forth the fact that I’ve landed in town with a splash j of cash. Announcing a game that’s more fun than cross-word puzzles and that pays better than bonanza oil stock. Some play with good pay. EVERY DAY I’m going to give away SIOO in cash. Good, hard currency. Not stage money nor counterfeit, but real, honest-to-goodness cash. But that isn’t the half of it. Read on and find out for what I’m going to scatter this cash over Indianapolis and the vicinity. This SIOO A DAY is going out for Limerick “Lost-Lines.” And now we come down to the rarest part of the whole thing. You all know what a Limerick is. It’s a little five-line jingle, the foolishest sort of a jingle, with the first, second and fifth lines in one meter and rhyme and the shorter third and fourth lines in another meter and rhyme. A Limerick is the easiest and most entertaining sort of verse. Once you get started writing them, you can’t stop. That’s the trouble with me. But my Limericks aren't complete. T can write the first four lines, but that fifth or last line I can’t compose. 1 get that far and then I’m stumped. That’s where vou and the SIOO A DAY comes in. To get mv Limericks completed with that fifth or “Lost-Line,” I'm going to give away SIOO EVERY DAY. Here’s a sample Limerick vrrh the “Lost-Line " found and in placeWe want anew cow for our zoo, To bunk near the gay cockatoo, Near the rabbits and hares, And the white polar bears, To show kids pure milk isn't blue. My “Lost-Line” Limericks are like that only the fifth or last line is absent.

HOUSE SWAGE OVER, BUT RENT REMAINS LEVEL j Real Estate Secretary Says There Is Tendency to Make Repairs. “It is generally conceded that Indian ipotis ha? met it? housing short agp created by the war and such building going on now is normal growth.” i This was the statement today of j Heniy T. Hottel, executive secj rotary of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board. Hottel declared there was no congestion in the city with reference to housing and there was a tendency among,the highest priced rentals, not tr. lower rents particularly, but ! to make concessions in the way of j repairs and improvements. “Moderate and lower priced : rentals are stationery.'' Hottel said .3,000 Vacancies According to the hoard's records •here are aproximately 3.000 empty houses and apartments in the city now. out of approximately 125.0<f0 j homes. This is a normal percentage, according to Hottel. there being ‘ 2,000 vacancies out of 72.000 homes before the war. Hottel declared a small percentage of the vacancies might be due. to the season’s tendency to “double up” to save coal bills. There is no increase in rentals except in the down-town business district, Hottel said. “There is a demand for downj town business rentals, largely due |to the fact that the Indianapolis ! business district js at Its bursting j point and it's got to go out. Districts “Spreading Out” I “There are certain commodities that cannot stand a high rent, such as furniture and this business is j gradually moving to districts farther out such as on Meridian, south of Washington St. This is a big furj nit are district now. It used to be ■ entirely wholesale. Women’s ready ]to wear and department stores and ithe like, which can pay higher rents ■ are taking these places in the central business district,’’ Hottel said. Landlords are repairing and improving their properties in line with advice of Joseph Schmid, former president of the real estate board, in order to hold their rental values and at the same time beautify Indianapolis. according to Hottel. While several apartment houses are under construction, only two j permits have been issued recently and this is normal growth, according to Hottel. NO FEAR OF PLAGUE Kats Examined for Trace of Pneumonic Epidemic. Indianapolis Is In no danger of the deadly pneumonic or bubonic plague, Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health officer, said today, after ex- ! animations were made of several rats captured in various parts of the city. The rats were examined merely ns a matter of precaution after reports that the pnumonic plague was present in Los Angeles, Cai.

ITALIAN TOWN BURNED Flames Destroy Village—live Persons Believed Dead. By t'nited Press ROME. Nov. 24.—Entire town of I Certosa, in the Venosta V ill y. was wiped out by lire ...day, according c advices frcin Venice. Five person® ; are missing and are believed to h oc been burned to death. Venice an 1 thorities have sent troops with a :itand food for 200 families made hone i less. CHAPLIN TO WED, RUMOR REPORTS j Comedian Said on Way Into Mexico for Ceremony. ] By 1 nitrd Press HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Not 24 Filmdom awoke today to the greatest i thrill in months —Charlie Chaplin ! due to he married again. The famous comedian, according I ' to reports from Mexico City, is on j route to Guaymas. Mexico, where he ' will wed Eita Gray, the little dark- j ey ed leading lady he picked for his I next production. Miss Gray and her mother are already in Guymas, It was learned, I while the funster Is due to cross the Arizona line into Mexico some time 1 today. CHURCH ENTERED, 1888 IS STOLEN Safe of First Baptist Congregation Taken. Police have few clews to bandits who entered the Firs* Baptist Church. Vermont and Meridian St.;.. Sunday night and carried away a safe containing SBO9. Miss Rose E. Roush, 1244 N. Illinois St., church secretary, and J. VV. Radcliff, janitor, discovered the theft when they went to the church to work today. Police say the burglars entered through a rear window and carried the small safe out the some window. It is thought the bandits used an auto or truck to haul the safe away Miss Roush said the money* consisted of a basket of envelope contributions. STOCK MARKET ACTIVE Ixiw Priced Rails Climb to New Higlis Oils Show Strength. By United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 24—A weekend accumulation of orders continued the post-election boom on the stock exchange again today, the turnover on stocks passing 1,400.000 shares at 1:30 p. m. Bond sales during the first three hours of the market were $11,609,000 Low priced rails were a feature in the early trading, some issues climbing to new highs. Oils also showed disposition to move up, wfith Maryland and other issues higher.

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, NOV. 24, 1924

All you have to do is think up a last line for me and the cash is yours. I’m going to give away SSO in gold EACH DAY for the best “Lost-Line” sent in, sls for the second best, $5 each for the three next best lines and $1 each to the twenty next best lines which receive honorable mention. Can you think of any onsior way to earn SSO for Christmas money or any other purpose than that? There will be anew Limerick each day for you for days to come and anew SIOO eaeli day for each Limerick. Winters will be announced a week from publication of the Limerick as it will take the judges that long to read all the answers and make their decisions. It doesn’t cost a cent to send in Limerick “Lost-Lines.” All you must do is follow a few simple rules, which you will note on Page 2. Get used to turning to Page 2 of The Times every day because that’s where the Limericks will he. So turn to Page 2, note the rules carefully, and then cast your eyes on Limerick No. 1. It’s right there below the rules with its four lines and that pesky “Lost-Line” missing. You think up a few words to make a snappy, punchy line in rhyme and meter with the first two lines and then if the judges think your “Lost-Line" is the best, the SSO in gold is yours. There’s Limerick No. 1 today and Limerick No. 2 will he there tomorrow. 1 ve got oodles of cash and oodles of “Lost-Line” Limericks, so get in the game early and practice up on Limerick N'o. 1. Send in all the “Lost Linos” you can think up. You aren’t limited to one answer. The more the merrier and the funnier the better. There will he a different set of Indianapolis people is judges for each Limerick. That prevents an\ favoritism by the judges. You'll note that Limerick No. 1 is about Mayor Lew Shank and his I’hanee to go hack on the stage after 1m finishes with the mayor’s job. It offers a chance to tell what you think about Mayor Lew and his ability as a mayor or actor. So if you can use SSO in cash and want a lot of fun in getting it, take a eraek at Limerick N'o. 1 and finish up the talc about Mayor Lew. All set? Turn to Page 2 and let's go.

DUE IN NEW YORK TODAY Bishop (hart rand Returns From Visit to Pope. j The Rt. Rev. Joseph Chart rand. I bishop of Ind:;H:.*ip>dis win left In I dianapolis Hep', 19 for a (rip abroad •to visit the Pope at Rome, was ex ; pected to arrive in New York today ;on hoard tie Majestic, according to i I’nited Press dispatch. ('fficnils at he residence of the Rev. Chart rand ?aid they were not certain as to when la- will arrive in Indianapolis. MAILS USED IN FUND CAMPAIGN Effort for $650,000 Is Being Continued, A mail campaign was under waytoday* in an effort to bring the Com munlty Fund campaign, which closed officially Friday, to $6,>0.000. ! The goal was $700,215. Official figures showed the grand total as $623,696. The goal was $700.2 I 5 Official figures showed tin* grand total as $623,696. To this will be added about <SOO raised by volunteer women workers, who took subscriptions downtown Saturday, tin dor the direction of Mr- Hugh McGibeny*, and post-campaign donations. A deficit of $20,000, caused by many emergency calls prompted by the severe weather of last winter, cannot he wiped out this year unless the winter is unusually easy, according to fund officials. HE KNOWS HIS OWN FORD Conductor Secs Car Being Stolen—Hops Off and Saves It. Rome folks say all Ford coupes look alike, but not Jlersehel Reman, 2117 Prospect St., conductor on a Prospect street, car. While on his run today his auto passed his street car. He leaped off at Capitol Ave. and South St., commandeered another auto and over took the coupe at Merrill St. and Senate Ave., where he held Wayne Barrow, IS. of 1921 Broadway, and Herman, alias Freeman Parsley, 19, of 3022 W. Vermont St., until police arrived. Both boys were slated and held under high bond. Reman said lie had parked his car at Louisiana St. and Capitol Ave. EXCHANGE IS ROBBERY Bandit Takes Watch as Well as Switching Caps. David Ward, 123 S. Noble St., today wore a cap that belonged to a bandit. He told police he was held up at Washington and West Sts., robbed of a SSO watch and forced to exchange head pieces. CHICKENPOX INCREASES Health Authorities Take Precautionary Steps in Schools. Increase in the number of cases of chickenpox among school children is causing health city officials and school nurses to take strict precautionary measures. This month 183 cases of chickenpox have been reported, bringing the total for the year to 995.

SLEEPING CAR WRECKED Traction Passengers Escaped Injury .at Columbus. By I'nited Per .* I'< 11. lM I It'S. Hid . Nov. 7J. Eight passengers <m sleeping ■ ir on th*, Interstate Public Service lines , car jumped tin* track near hen* and tu . :ii'd o\ er. officials of the company started an invoHtigatlon to determine the cause of the accident. BILL FOR STATE POLICE BACKED Felix M, McWhirtcr Heads Banker Committee, The Indiana State Bankers' elation will a .era in sponsor a bill ’r> the nryr Legislature' providing foi establishment of a State eoosi.abula rv. according to announcement to day by Felix M Mr-Whir’er, pres; d<*nt of the Peoples State Bank. McWhirter has been named chair man of n committee of twenty-two banks to investigate and draw up a bill. McWhirter said “The daylight hold ups of three banks In Indiana within the last ten days and the escape of bandits in automobiles is an immediate object lesson on the need of State police in Indiana.’’ “It seems an inescapable conclusion that an efficiently organized, carefully trained and comprehensive State jiolice system with sub-stations at strategic points throughout the State is the only means of combating effectively this new form of banditry.” McWhirter estimated that approximately 200 men selected for their physical fitness, courage and bravery would form such a con stabulary. COOLIDGE LEAD IS BIG Official Figures Give President 205,411 Plurality. President Calvin Coolidge carried the State of Indiana by a plurality of 205,441 over John TV. Davis, according to official *' tires filed by the thirteen district marshals with the Secretary of State today. Ed Jackson, Governor-elect on the Republican ticket, was 183,560 votes behind Coolidge, his plurality being 81.881. Coolidge received 697,688 votes in the election in the State, Davis received 492,247 and La Follette received 70,778. Jackson received 654.184 and Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, Democratic gubernatorial nominee, received 572,303. McCulloch was 50,056 votes ahead of John W. Davis, presidential nominee on the same ticket.

Injured Autoist Kills Self

P.y I'nited Press OA.M ILTON, Ohio, Nov. 24. —Pinned beneath wreckage of the automobile which had crushed out the life of his companion, Vassie Combs, 22, today drew a revolver from his pocket and committed suicide.

11.888 DEFICIT BE HAWKINS CB. ERASED BT PEN Accountant Testifies He Showed True Conditions in Audit. Wiping out of a $500,000 deficit tnl establishment of a book surplus of more than $125,000, was accomplished by the Hawkins Mortgage Company of Portland. Ind., by Mi** simple expedient of marking up the value of $7,000,000 stock in va rlous welfare b n associations to Frank C Willis. Indian apolis accountant, testified in Federal i’..iirt to.lay. Will s, one of six'* -a defendants on trial charged with using the mails in • scheme to defraud, ineonneetion with opera t'.>n ->f th rt Hawkins company and subsidia.ru s. \\.,s one the stand most of the morning He insisted the audit of jlm books of ihe company, which t*< uilted in his indictment, represented only the condition of the books ns he found them, and was not or did not purport to he a statement of the actual i financial condition of the company. Capital for Dividends Willis, with Frank J. Haight, said he was employed to make an audit of Hawkins' books in 1922. On cross-examination lie snid that the | Hawkins company from 1919 to 1922, Inclusive. spent capital and unearned money to pay dividends on stock. It was brought out that the com- | pany's books showed losses over : those years varying from $26,000 j to $200,000, but that a printed statement of conditions of the company showed it to ho making money and that it was able to pay all its debts and still have accumulated $129,264. Willis said he wrote an explanatory confidential note to accompany his audit and the explanation was not made public. On direct ques(Tiiiti to Page II) FRENCH BONDS SOLD One Hundred Million Dollar Ijoan Over-Subscribed in 55 Minutes. By United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 24.—The SIOO,000,000 French loan arranged by J. P. Morgan & Cos., was over-sub-scribed fifty-five minutes after the bonds were offered for sale today. The bonds went on sale at 94 and will yield approximately 7.53 per cent. When the offering is subscribed total United States foreign loans for the year will have reached the vast total of $1,136,506,600.

Lewis Simpson, 22, was killed instantly when the automobile left the slippery road on a sharp curve. Two others in the car were not seriously injured. Unable to free Combs from the wreckage, they went, for help, and lv„* their absence Combs killed himself. EX

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HEW CLEW UNEARTHED IN FURNACE MYSTERY PROBE; STAINS FOUND IN CELLAR Investigators Discover Reddish Brown Marks, Believed to Be Blood, and Finger Prints—Strengthens Theory Pastor’s Wife Was Slain. PATHOLOGISTS ALSO SEEK PROOF WOMAN WAS KILLED

Guinea Pigs Thrust Into Flames in Experiment to Determine Effect of Fire on Flesh —Make Tests of Charred Remains of Animals. By United Peers COLUMBUS. Ohio, Nov. 21.—New evidence pointing more directly than ever to the possibility of murder in the furnace j mystery was unearthed today when Prosecutor John R. King and detectives made a thorough search of the Lutheran parsonage. Stains, which may Tie blood, were discovered near the furnace in which Mrs. Addie Sheatslev’s bodv was found.

Other stains, ft reddish brown in color, were found on an asbestos pipe above the furnace door through winch Mrs. Sheatsley’s body passed into the firebox. Three finger prints were plainly discernible In the dust on another asbestos pipe. King immediately ordered all of the marks ami stains carved out and turned over to Charles Long, chemist, for analysts. The half filled bottle of carbolic acid, which was missing from the parsonage immediately after Mrs. Sheatsley’s death, had been returned to its place on the bathroom shelf. King found in searching the house today. “This is merely further proof of the absurdity of the theory that Mrs. Sheatsley committed suicide,” King said. King said that ho found nothing else in the house to aid him in his investigation, but several other stains, or.e on the woodwork in the kitehen and another on the corner of a rug, were removed and turned over to a chemist. A pair of the Rev. Sheatsley’s trousers In an upstairs room were badly stained, but the prosecutor said lie believed the stains were rabbit blood. The minitser had been hunting the week before and had skinned several rabbits at home. Pathologists today burned the bodies of two guinea pigs in the furnace, hoping through this experiment to learn something of the. circumstances of Mrs. cheatslev’s death. With King at his side. Dr. H. M Rrundage thrust the bodies into the fire and watched them hurtled. Tiie fire was brought to approximately the same heat as that in which the pastor's wife was found. The guinea pigs were allowed to char until their flesh resmbled htat of the furnace victim and then they were removed to Dr. Rrundage 's laboratory for further study. HOOSIERS SEE PRESIDENT Bland Frges lifwis Appointment —Goodrich Calls on "Cal.” By Times Spreial WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.—Judge Oscar Bland of the United States Court of Custom Appeals, today urged President Coolidge to appoint John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America. Secretary of Dabor to succeed James J. Davis, who will retire in March. Shortly after Bland's visit, former Governor of Indiana James P. Goodrich called on the President, but no statement was made regarding the subjects discussed. $1,300 NOT TOO MUCH? Amount Is Suggested as Pay for Each Flection Commissioner. County commissioners today indicated $1 300 each might not be too much to pay Tsto K. Fesler and Humphrey N. Harrington for supervising the recent election in Marion County. Fesier was Republican and Harrington Democratic election commissioners. They received $1,200 for their work in the primary. County Attorney Russell J. Ryan recommended the payment. Cojnmissioners withheld action until the election officials submit bills. Sticker Violators “Bidden" Police today swore out warrants against twenty-six minor traffic rule violators who have failed to obey “sticker" summons to headquarters. They will be ridden to headquarters in the patrol wagon. The first person so arrested was Lawrence Welch, 29. of 23 W. Ohio St., charged with improper driving. HOURLY TEMPER VTI RE 6 a. m 33 10 a. m 31 7 a. m $4 11 a. m 31 8 a. m 32 12 (noon) .... 31 9 a. m.lll Ift PVw, #ll

Forecast PARTLY overcast today. Tuesday fair. Not much change in temperature anticipated.

TWO CENTS

BRITISH TROOPS PARADE; EGYPT PATS FOR BEATH Assassination of Sir Lee Stack Causes Downfall of Government, By t'nitrd Press CAIRO, Nov. 24.—British troop* paraded in the streets of Cairo today after the Egyptian government, headed by Zaghlul Pasha, had paid indemnity of 500.000 pounds for th assassination of Sir Leo Stack, gov-ernor-general of the Soudan, and then resigned. Other troops seized the customs houses at Alexandria, while warships trained their guns on tha port city. Cairo was quiet, the populace apparently stunned by the rapidity of developments. The Bourse was in a panic at the opening, hut confidenca was restored before the close. Ziwar Pasha, president of the Senate, was attempting to form a government to succeed that which fell this afternoon. Payment of the sum, nearly $2,500,000, which severely taxed the Egyptian treasury, was made under guns of a British warship, the Benbow, which arrived at Alexandria today. Tha check was accompanied by a brief note protesting that some of Britain's other demands, delivered Britain's other demands were unjustifiable. Seven Demands The ultimatum delivered by Lord Allenby contained seven demands and threatened appropriate measures if they were not complied with within twenty-four hours. This tima limit expired and anew note waji presented, demanding the payment of the indemnity by noon today. One of Britain's supplementary demands was that £I,OOO (nearly $5,000) he paid to a native policeman wounded while pursuing Sir Lee's assassins. The Egyptian government paid this sum today and Lord Allenby went to the hospital and gave the money to the policeman. Money to Family The government remained in offiea just long enough to meet most pressing of the British demands. Two of these were met—the indemnity, which probably will be divided between Sir Lee's family and benevolent institutions in the Soudan was paid and an apology was tendered. But the situation is far from easy, for the Egyptian government refused to accept responsibility for the murder and protested demands having to do with withdrawal of Egyptian troops from the Soudan were unjustified.

BATTLESHIPS ON WAY British Cabinet Orders Five War Vessels to Egypt. By I'nitcd Press JiOXDON. Nov. 24.—FMve British warships converged on Egypt today to enforce the demands of Great Britain for reparation for the murder of Sir Gee Stack. A full cabinet meeting at No. It* Downing St. resulted in the battleships being ordered to Alexandria at. o ' _____