Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 176, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 December 1924 — Page 12

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CITY MUST HALT PAVING PROGRAM SEVERAL MONTHS Inability of Car Company to Pay Share Causes Delay, Sf>nd ymir oomnHints to Mr. Visit i*t the Times. He is on the *nb to help you ret ee’Tiee from the oily If the eity fails down on the job teH r.’.-r troubles to Mr F:\it. S' - ' TEPS toward pavintr Hardin--: St front Sixteenth to Twnnty- —, ..J Xinfh Sts. will not he ma le until soring. Frank C. IJngenfelter. city engineer, staid today. Although the hoard of works ordered papers prepared. Dot. l ft . for Improvement. Lingenfeiter said the street railway company did not have sufficient money to bear its part of the cost. Company must pay for a concrete base for its tracks. This was the answer Mr. Fixit found for a. reader asking status of the improvement which lias he, n pending before the board for weeks. Again citizens will have to plowthrough the mud this winter. But next year city officials promise to be on the fob early with the improvement if the street car company can pay its part. Other answeis: • • - MR. FIXIT —The manhole or. New York St. between Pennsylvania St. and Massachusetts Ave. frightens me every time I drive over it. Sounds like T dropped my engine. Mrs. R. H. G. The street commissioner's office has your complaint and will see that the lid is set properly. • • • MR. FIXIT—I wonder if you could Fixit so we can have a decent road to drive over from Washington St. to Oliver Ave. We have nothing but rut holes. The roadway is ruining my car. Reader. Your complaint has been taken up with the park board, maintaining bouleards. and reiief has been promised. > T. P. A. TO AID FUND Knights of the Grip Asked to Give for Near East. Traveling men r.f Indiana will co operate in the observance of Gulden Rule day next Sunday. O. M. Zink, secretary of the Tndi ana division of the T. P. A., has sent out 6.990 letters to the membership over the State. "Knights of the Grip" are asked to eat a sacrificial dinner and send something to Thomas C. Day. treasurer of Near East Relief. 526 People's Hank I'ldc Hundreds of lo< al residents have phoned headquarters thev will observe Golden Rule Sunday. A number of Golden Rule teas are schedule,! for the week-end and Sunday. Mrs. Lillian Crockett Lowder has invited friends to a. tea in her apartments at the P.lacherne Sunday afternoon. Mrs. H. H. Fout. wife of Bishop Fout. will give a Golden Ride tea Friday at her home in Woodruff Place. Architects' Gyro Guests Indianapolis architects were guests of the Gyro Club at luncheon .today at the Lincoln. C. A. Brightlev. head of the Indiana Limestone Quarryn“n's Association, spoke on "The Limestone Industry.” Gyros will elect officers the evening of Dec. 9. Is a Prescription prepared for Colds, Fever and Grippe It is the most speedy remedy we kno-.v Preventing Pneumonia

FOUNTAIN PENS Waterman. Schaeffer IJfet!rn>I'onkltQ, Moore, Duofold. New In. proved Eversha-p Pencils Pena ond Pencils Ren aired CLARK & CADE Claypool Pru* Store

A New and Better Store Reputation for fair dealing, dependable merchandise reasonable price# has made us one of the best know# Jewelry concerns in the city. Tou wtl! find ua a good firm to de business with: always ellable and a! ways with the moat depemiab!. Jewelry at the lowest possible price#. Gray, Gribben & Gray 151 NORTH ILLINOIS BTREKT W # Tr?t Aitroßf TV It a Works

f i 79 Otr New f&UBA XMAS Gub QfV\ l !sNow :\L/ Forming JOIN NO W It will make giving easy. A few cents a week will bring plenty of money in time for comfortable shopping. You’ll be glad a year from now. 4% Different Plans to Suit 4% , on Savings Any Saver on Savings AETNA TRUST & SAVINGS COMPANY Ross H. Wallace, Pres. 23 N. Pennsylvania

Plans Big Blimp

Dr. Karl Arnstein. chief engineer of the Zeppelin works at Friedrichshnfen. Germany, has started work in Akron. Ohio, on plans for j the world's largest dirigible—even bigger than the Los Angeles. POSTAL WORKERS’ BILL IS FAVORED :Civic Club Adopts Other: Resolutions. Resolutions favoring passage of "E ige postal sal .ry bill." providing ! salary increase for postal employes, ; the Orampton bill, patting Federal i prohibition ..fillers under civil service. and restricting illegal diversion i of alcohol, and Sterling-Reed e.lu-j national bill, promoting education by j Federal Government, were adopted by Englewood Hustling Hundred Monday night at meeting at Engle-j wood Christian Church. Copies of rt solutions will be sent to Indiana Congressmen William T. j Quillln, re-elect.*d president, said. O. X. Shirley is chairman of a committee to consider erection of an Indianapolis public im.-pital by the j Christian Church in Indiana. ♦it her officers: James A. Johnson, vice president: Guy Wilson, secretary. and Russel! Du Granrut. , treasurer. BUS SCHEDULES MADE Street Railway Auto Service Plans Are Announced Five- motor busses will be placed in service on Capitol and Central Aves. by the Inrfiarrjiolis Street : Railway Cnrr.j,.an> Wednesday. They will operate from Fifty Sec ond St to Thirty Fourth, connecting with stre*‘t car lines on ThirtyFourth St. Service will be maintained from 5:28 a. m. to 12:30 a. m. on Capitol Ave.. and from .' .44 to L 37 a. m. on Central Ave. Busses will run at intervals of ten to sixteen minutes, depending upon the time of day, on w-ek days and at ten to twenty minute interval-- on Sundays. PASTOR URGES FREEDOM i Nation Becoming Ijmd tf Pro- ■ liibitions, the Rev. I Jsdick Says. By I nit' J Press CHICAGO. Dec. 2.- -Substitution I j of the agencies of education and re- ■ i ligion for ieg.ii regulation of citizens j 1 "to preserve civilization," was adt vocated by the Lev. Harry Emerson l Fosdick. New York modernist leader, n an address, Monday night Attacking legalism, the Rev. : k.sdick declared the nation is be-1 coming a land of prohibit ions. "Freedom of the individual must be pi>-- ! . served if civilization is to stand." he i said. Building Fund Boosted Edgar H. Evans is chairman of a ! committee named by J. Martin Ani trim, president Indianapolis Board !of Trade, to cooperate in raising building funds for I'nited States Chamber of Commerce, i About SIO,OOO of the SBO,OOO quota set by the national organization has i been raised.

POLICE REWARDS FOR THIEVES AND MURDERERS VARY Is Placed on Heads of Hold-ups, Survey of rewards posted by other j cities of the United States and I Canada show that more money Is I offered for apprehension of thieves ; than of persons charged with taking 1 human life. Supervisor of Detec- | tives Jerry Kinney said a total of ! rewards which are posted at local j headquarters would reach a million : dollars. Check showed that the Pittsburgh. Pa., police offered a S2OO reward for a negro murderer and SIO,OOO for capture of a thief. SIO,OOO for Koretr. While Cleveland police department offered <6.000 for capture of the i murderer of a policeman. Chicago : postal department offered a SIO,OOO reward for Leo Korefz, alleged i master swindler, recently captured In Canada, now In Chicago. A S9OO reward was offered for capture of the murderer of a Nashville (Tenn.) policeman, while ls Angeles (Cal.- police department offered a $5,000 reward for the reeov j ery of $9,635 worth of stolen LibI erty bonds. In Melbourne, Ont.. Canada, a $3,000 reward was offered for cap!ore j of two men wanted for bank robbery and murder, while a slo,o>'o reward was offered for return of $25,000 in ! jewels stolen from a patron of a Havana (Cuba) hotel. In Springfield. Mass., a reward of only $5 )0 was offered far return of $90,000. Reward for Überty Bonds An Oregon city offered a $14,400 j reward for capture of four men wanted for .a ;, tin robbery and kill itig of four men. In S'. Louis, Mo., a SI,OOO reward was offered for cap j rure of murderer of a policeman, while another reward of $lO 090 was offered for return of $100,090 in stolen Liberty Linds At Lafayette. Ind.. a reward of SSO was offered for return of $3,900 worth of stolen clothing. While a number of cities throughout the country have a reward fund, local police department has none, Kinney said. BOY. 16. GAINS FAME Swedish Vcademy V, cepfs f,,r Publication \stronomieal Work. lit) Times .special 'STOCKHOLM Itee. 2 —The Swedish Academy ,-f Scler.ce has a.! for publication the ast r-.nomt-al work of 16-year-old. Bengt Stroem ; gr*'-ns—probably the world's youngI est astronomer. This work, which young Stroetngrens began three : years ago is a remarkable contribution to the world's literature on astronomy, and represents great improvement in the method of calculating the exact position of stars. Bengt Stroemgrens !s highly esteemed by the astronomers of h‘~native country Denmark. He is the son of the leader of the Copenhagen < ibservatory. SCHORTEMEIER GETS PEN Indiana Republican Editorial Association Presents Gift. ! Following his Inauguration Mon day, Frederick E. Schort-tm-;<-i\ Sc,-. J ret ary of State, was present'd with ;ii pen a* a t"k*-n of esteem from Iri jdlana Republican Editorial Associa-' I tion. Efforts are being made to hive At torney General Harlan K. Stone ad- ! dress the editorial meeting Jan 29 | and 30. Northern district Repub-; i licans maiie a bid for recognition on j the State tax board, as office of John J. Brown, Rockport, expired Menday. George M. Poland. Crown I Point, and Mayor Ell Peebrit, South j Bend, are backed for the Job. HOGUE MAKES CHANGES City Controller Appoints Thomas Bowser, Deputy. Joseph L. Hogue, city controller, today announced that Thomas I Bowser, bookkeeper, has been promoted to deputy city controller to ! succeed Emmett Tyler, who will be- | come a license clerk in the office Jan. 1. Ralph Boyers, present, license clerk, will relinquish his position at 'end of this month. Avery B. Good has been named new bookkeeper to succeed Bowser. T. Hewes Seeks State .Job Theodore Hewes, 2051 Hillside Ave.. is an applicant for the secretaryship of the Indiana State fair, according to statements of poultry men today. Hewes is manager of the Coliesum Poultry Show at Chicago, The Tomlinson Hall Poultry Show, the Heart of America Poultry Show at Kansas City and the Greater Buffalo Show at Buffalo, N. Y. Gibault Fund Boosted Madison J. Walsh, attorney, was host to fifty members of the Indianapolis Knights of Columbus, at a I dinner at the Claypool Monday night. Walsh urged guests to coil operate in a campaign for funds for | the Gibault Home for Boys at Terre j Haute. Salem Pioneer Dies ; By Times Special SALEM. Ind., Dec. 2. —Funeral j services will be held Wednesday for j Edwin G. Berkey, business man, who | died here Monday. Ho succeeded to the business, established by his ; grandfather more than eighty years | ago. Poultry Convention March 10-11 | Dates for the Indiana Egg and ; Poultry Association spring convenj tion have been changed from March 3 and 4 to March 10 and 11, William I Locks, secretary, announced today.

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! A Puzzle a Day 7~i r , , r 1 —-I—i 1 —i B 13 -q-L. B JIB j fj 19 [l7 Ly L 8 LB A grocer had six packages of the ! weight shown in the drawing; their , contents were coffee, tea and sugar. which were, of course, not mixed, i There was only one package of tea. i The grocer sold all the coffee and | all the sugar, and received the same total of money for each. But the price of coffee was six times as much per pound as that of sugar. Which packages contained sugar, which coffee and which tea? Yesterday's answer: 48 48 is the puzzle number. Add one to it, it becomes 49, a square num--1 her (7X7). , Divide 48 by 2, making 24, and j add I. which gives 25 —also a square ■ number (5X5). IMPROVEMENTS AT lACK-0-LANTERN iNew Pavilion and Movie Studio to Open Jan, 1, \ new combination dancing pavilion and movie studio n' Jack O Lantern Gardens, Fifty-Sixth St. and : Shadeland Ave., will be opened by Jan. 1. nc'-nrdlng tn plans announced today by Carlos Hamrnor.-.1. proprietor. A sk..*:r.g pond a Til be np-> -d Dec. 12. according to tentative plans. A winter carnival will be held each ' Thursday The present building will be made ‘into a clubhouse, wliv private i dances can !.*■ given. A ronserva- , tory will he ad-led Hammond said. Plans also were announce,! for a nine-hole golf course, i„. c.im pk-ted next spring, swimming pool, polo grounds, large Japanes- pt coda, to bo reached by a 200 foot swinging br:<lgo; Belved.-re u-a- , house, steep!, cruise <>ur-e to |be used as bridle path, and tables I for saddle horses The whole grounds w and be laud escaped, aid a s.-,n,p!e ~,f .-very tree jin Indiana will }..- planted and be i holed. Hamm-nd said. THEFT ‘RING’ CHARGED Five Men Arrested in Vuto and \reessorles Robberies. It, ••otlves r day chargf 1 f:ve men under arrest made up a ring of four vehicle and auto accessory thieves ind mu- "fence," a. second-hand a- ai ir. who dispo-e jof the s'v’.vn prop erty. Those tinder arrest are Herman Rtmdberg. second hand dialer at 54 i S Missouri St.: Clint White. 27, of 231 U. MCarty St.: Louis Manus, 41. ~f 257 E Merrill St ; Wayne Barrow. 19. of 1321 Broadway, and Freeman Burs.dy. 19, of 3022 W ■ Vermont St. I).-•-■(■•;v. s said they recovered batj terles. windshields, side curtains, tires, spoC-.ghts, motoinetcrs and two boxes of -agars at the Rundberg place iairse'y and Barrow were arrested several days an" when they were se,-n In an auto belonging to Her- ! Ia man. 2417 I’rospect St., as they drove by the street car on which Beaman wa ; eondu tor. polka said. The cigars were in an • uto owned by Frank Moss. 409 Gladstone St . stolen Nov. 2, accord Ing to police. CIVIC HOUSE TO OPEN rhristamore Settlement Will Dedicate Building Saturday New Fhristamore community \ house, 2400 w. Michigan St... will be opened to the public Saturday. Mem hers of the hoard of directors and the Settlement Association will act as hosts. L. C. Hiwsmann will preside at the dedicatory exercises at 2 p. in. A silk flag and a flagpole i have been presented by the Caroline ! Scott Harrison chapter of the D. A. It. in memory of chapter members, j who died this year * Fort Improvements Asked Expenditures of $1,434,000 for ad jditional barracks and officers’ quarters are contemplated at Ft. Benja I min Harrison, according to a report to Congress submitted by John W. Weeks, Secretary of War. During the summer many soldiers were quartered in tents at the post.

Thousands Recommend it r JPHEY have 1 learned <rom ex Pcriy -, yi'aß er.ee that no rC fiwTjry*! matter how many other {MPw >t -, trea tmenti have been tried without V success. Resinol Ointment ig often the one that bring# speedy relief from chafing, eczema or similar itching, embarrassing eruptions. Its soothing healing action is brought about by qualities which cause it to sink deep into the pores and reach the very root of the disorder. It is absolutely harmless and doe# not smart or burn when applied to the most irritated surface. To keep the skin healthy many people have adopted the daily use of Resinol Soap. Unsurpassed for toilet and bath. All druggists sell Resinol products. Resinol

UAL COLLEGE IS PROPOSED BY IRVINGTON CLUB I Legislators Told Butler; Buildings Could Be Used by State, Establishment of a State normal j school iti the present Butler Unlverj sity educational plant. 1 Establishment of a State institu- ) tion at Julietta Hospital f,:,r the Xn- | sane, Including purchase of additionI al ground for a farm colony. These measures were sponsored at i a meeting of the Irvington Ilepubllc;an Club at 20C S. Audubon Kd.. i Tuesday night, with members of the ; Marion County delegation to the i State legislature. Cassius L. Hogle, county council president and county commissioner- ■ elect, spoke in behalf of turnI ing Julietta, a county institution. | over to the State. i James Kingsbury, former State I legislator, spoke for establishment of the State normal school at Butler. Thomas Howe, former president of i Butler, also spoke for the third ■branch of the State normal school, j with Indianapolis as the logical city. Room for 500 Students The new Icglslatora-elect were ; told: That the present Butler plant can take i ire of more than 500 students with plenty of available room for enI largement on the thirty acre tract. That Julietta has been a political plaything as a county Institution and a i ,11 will be introduced In the Legislature providing for a farm colony at each of the State Institutions for tic Insane That the Central Hospital for the Insane could use the farm colony lat Juliet'a. and that land is available cheap to establish the farm colony. Officers Elected I*r Samuel McGaughey. Marry Hubbard. Edward Meeker an 1 odi i tflii ,-rs elected were: T'.m V. White, president: M <’ Hash, firs' i vie.- president ; Charles S. Owens, second v Ice president: Sam H Hu Shane, secre. try, and George \V it.,."•■!!. treasurer. Fraud suit Dismissed on motion of the j, ilntiff the ? "00 damage suit of executors of the .state ~f William A Spi-s of New York. again-t Samuel M Foster, f • ca r president of : .e Waynn Kt::t tine Mills, of Ft. Wayne, Ini. ivi, : dismissed by 111 d;-• • \ B \ ' lei ' The plaintiff . h:fge<t tin' Spies, ' : trerly a stockholder in tne mills, was defrauded by Foster in buying tic plaintiff's shares of stock at a low figure and soiling tV ni later to • . Munslngwe ir corporation f M n r‘pa polls at a much higher price

Electric Washing and Wringing Machine TJ is a < • rist mas g.*’t that I everlasting v I apprec. ition ot’ eve r y ( over-vorked housewife. M 7ou present your wife Jf with hours leisure p jHT that she needs when you j v give her an Eden. Dmionst ration in jour home. W Sold on lihfritl irrms. ; Hatfield Electric Cos. j Meridian at Maryland MA in 0123

BRING THE CHILDREN to the THRIFT for |!pl Their Winter mX FOOTWEAR I Plain and fancy styles for boys, U- girls and children. Shoes for dress, for school and hard service. Well built, warm and 11 comfortable. Real values at these low Thrift prices of $ 2 rt (V % Infants’ Sizes, ' X. SI.OO and Up 'yk Mail orders given l Jy prompt attention. 1 Inclose 5o per pair extra for postage and packing. THRIFT s m E Merchants Bank Bldg.—Downstairs WASHINGTON AND MERIDIAN STREETS.

PERSHING IS SATISFIED Retired General Requests That He Remain Out of Service. Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the A. E. F. during the World War, is wadi satisfied out of service. In a letter to James A. Drain, national American Legion commander, General Pershing, who retired Sept. 12, asked the Legion to drop its plans for special congressional legislation to restore him to active serv Ice. "Mv retirement Very properly took j place in accordance with the law, ( the letter stated, “and it is my opinion that no exception should be made in my favor." PORTTEUS HEADS CIVIC CLUB AGAIN Brookside Organization Plans Party. A. Ijeßoy Portteus. 1207 Newman St., cashier of Indianapolis Life In ■ suranee Company, heads Iho Brook - I side Civic League for the third year. Me was re-elected president Monday evening at branch library No. 0, ■ Nowland and Commerce Avis. A community Christmas party, with churches, schools and civic organizations participating, was planned. Logan Hughes, president of Parent Teacher Association of Whittier school No 33, will cooperate. Now officers will outline the year's program Wednesday night. A free con.-ert will he given Dec. ls at the library. .Subscriptions of $25 to 1 filer M -n oiJal Association and sls to parent Tea. her Association were pa i (I Oth-'r officers: Vice president, C H. < ddhani, Hr. William Ktinkle and Chester A James; Mrs. J. II Schneider, secretary, and Max Ho sea. treasurer. WEEK-END EXCURSIONS Cincinnati, O $4.00 Hamilton, O $3.00 Decatur, 111 $5.00 Springfield, 111. . $5.00 KOI Ml Till I* Fvfr> stiirl-*> amt Stinl;i>. (.tMxi RvfuriiinK \j> to * olfowlnic Monday. Th-kHS (i<hml oh MI Train** Sunday Excursions Every Sunday Rushvilie and Connersville sl.oo—Round Trip--SI.OO (hmml on Vll Truin'. € it> Tirkft Offlrr. ;iK West Ohio St. < Ir It* 0 t d|on Million li< U‘t *' >1 *’• T

WIRE LEAK IS HUNTED Radio Waves Being Wrecked at Rush ville. By Times Special RUSH VILLE, Ind.; Dec. 2.—-A determined hunt is on here for a serious electrical leak which Is disturbing radio waves, putting the most expensive radio sets out of commission. Three places have been pointed out—the telephone exchange.

FOR CHRISTMAS The Circus Has Come to the Toy Floor

r \ a^°l)e ? '53.50 Animal Wagon, $2 Band Wagon, $7.50 I SI.OO, $1.50, $2.00 and $3.00 Undressed ff Mechanical Train, on I_A Doiis Ready for Christmas 81.75,' SIS up to S7 Charles Mayer and Cos. 29-31 W. Washington St. Established 1840.

Lower Prices on All Dental Work Our low prices on Dentistry | should interest those who [a§!|iil|§ J are looking for good depend- - l WmmMM I wliieli every one can afford ( H —remember the location, , j| Come in at Once —-Save on Your FREE Plate Work , Crown and EXAMINATION Bridge Work and Crowns Have Your Dental Work Complete Before | Christmas, W'hich Is Less Than 4 Weeks Away | Dr. J. W. Cofield, Dentist ROOM 208 MARION BUILDING, 2nd Floor Corner of Ohio and Meridian Sts. Entrance 10 W. Ohio St. OFFICE Morutny, %V*dnedny, Saturday, 8:S0 a. m, t. I IJJ jp Q l amia,, Thnrmlay, Friday. 8:30 a ro. to sp. ca, rIUUKj tiumJay. 0 . in to 1 p. tn..

r- W i-t —- 1 ROUND OAK GAS RANGES AND HEATERS DEMONSTRATION WEEK. DECEMBER 1 TO 6 Factory representative to demonstrate superior qualities of Round Oaks. Small payment delivers any Round Oak, or win hold stove until wanted. Given Away During Demonstration Week Only—Chest of Rogers Silverware or Porcelain Top Kitchen Table. Your Old Stove As Part Payment. CHARLES KOEHRING 878-BS2 Virginia Ave. DRexel 9401

“SS t Southland” J/ so Florida If fjM Through sleeping car service to Jackson- !( Ljj v il!e via Pennsylvania R. R,, Cincinnati \IJJJ and L.. &N.R. R. XV // Leave Indianapolis ...,10:00 P. M. (C. TANARUS.) /A'/j Arrive Atlanta 8:55 P. M. (C. TANARUS.) fjAS Arrive Jacksonville ... 9:50 A. M. (E. TANARUS.) JKJH This car will run through to Miami, effectlv# Ljw*J December 28, arriving 11:50 p. m. Ask any Pennsylvania Railroad Ticket Agent for In- i / ffejjni formation, reservations and tickets, [ }\ J- C. MIEESPAI OH, iilv. ra. Afcnt, Pran. R. R. 1 3§!iiL£m.y / J - U - MILLIKEX, Distrirt PaaaenKer Agent, E. Sr X. R. K. Indianapolis. 1 Railroad System

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the city water and light plant and the Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company, All three conce: Aj are cooperating in the hunt. ■ The telephone plant shut down one night, but the noise continued. The city r electric fight plant also shut down, but the trouble is still uni solved. The traction company offijcials are now using a ground detec- ; for to see if there is a leak in the i wires.