Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 188, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 December 1924 — Page 1

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VOLUME 36—NUMBER 188

AUTOS CRUMPLED, 2 WOMEN INJURED BY PUMPER TRUCK Machines Forced Up on Sidewalk Into Shopper Crowd When Struck by Fire Wagon, BAD SKID FOLLOWS TURN Department Was Answering Call to Another Car in Flames. Three automobiles were smashed, two women slightly Injured and the downtown shopping district In the vicinity of Illinois and Washington St., thrown into a panic at 11:10 a. m. today when a pumper truck from Engine Houst l No. 13. skidded into a line of parked cars in front of the L Strauss & Cos. store, 33 W. Washington St. Mrs. Pauline Blake. 4343 Park Ave., and Mrs. E. W. Ora hood. 1124 the Lincoln, of Columbus. Ohio, were knocked down and slightly injured. The automobiles belonging to H. C. Churchman. IS4O Sr Talbott Ave., Mrs. Ixmis H. Kinier. 2716 Sutherland Ave., and Bess McAllister, 224S E. Michigan St., were driven over the curb to a sidewalk crowded with shoppers. Auto on 1-Are The Are truck was answering a call from Pennsylvania and Market Sts., where an automobile belonging to H. X. Johnson, Connersville, had caught fire from a short in the ignition system. As it swung east-bound into Washington St. from Kentucky Ave. the truck started to skid. Barely missing a street car. the rear end of the pumper swung toward the south side of Washington St. and crashed Into the three parked motor cars. Pedestrians Ijne Curb They were driven over the curb and cam® to rest with half their lengths on the sidewalk. Pedestrians, hearing the clanging gongs of the fire trucks, had lined up along the curb. Police said it was aimo s t a miracle that no one was Injured seriously. The pumper truck was not damaged and continued on its way without stopping.

BALTIMORE POST IN CASE Federal Judge Sustains Newspapers Demurrer. Bu United Pm* BALTIMORE. M. 1.. Dec. 16.—The demurrer filed by the Baltimore Post. a Seri pps-Howard newspaper, in Its Indictment for publishing in come tay payments was sustained today by Federal Judge Soper. The court has had the case under advisement since Dec. 9. when arguments were presented by United States Attorney Woodcock and Newton T>. Baker, general counsel for the Scripps Howard newspapers. The Baltimore Post was the first newspaper indicted for Income tax publicity, but two others—the New Vork Herald-Tribune and the Kansas City Journal-Post—already have won verdicts. All were test cases, designed for eventual decision by the United States Supreme Court. TWO VICTIMS OF RAGE Storekeeper, in Fit of Temper, Kills Wife and Self. Bu UnPed Prr** COUNCIL BLUFFS. lowa, Dec. If.—ln a fit of temper. J. H. Lang, 55, storekeeper at Lake Manawa. summer resort near here, trelay shot and killed his wife, aged 50. Turning the gun on himself, he emptied It Into his chest and died within ten mine tes. LUES IN WAGON BED Food and Clothing Provided Roy by Playmates. Torn Tompson., 15. of 1502 N. Sherman !>r., couldn't get along with his stepfather and brother, he said. Tod ly police discovered the boy living in a wagon bed at La Salle and Tenth Sts. He told the police he had been living there several days. Food and clothing was provided by boys in the neighborhood. Police ordered the boys’ step- j father and mother to appear in ju- ] venlle court, although they said they | did not blame the parents. Lions to Be Hosts Lions Club will be host to other noon luncheon clubs Thursday noon In the Travertine room at the Lincoln. Church Is Ihthhed Someone outfitted their home at the expense of the Bethel M. E. Church at Twenty-First and Franklin Sts., according to police reports today. F. T. Atkin, R. R. box 250. said thieves took a Sxl2 rug, lino- I l*um, floor lamp, a small desk lamp *aa a stove.

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High Cost of Marriage •*rr>T“)AY. Mister, I got $9, I I will that be enough to 1 1 get married on?" a man asked County Clerk Albert H. Lose he over the phone. “Well, if you don’t want to go to housekeeping in too pretentious style I guess tt will carry you through,” replied Losche. “This is the first time T ever got into this business, and I would like to know just exactly what the cost will be,” was the reply. “License, that’s $2.50. Then you pay the Justice of peace or preacher according to the value you put on the bride. Then there's the ring, the furniture, the house, the ” “Oh the license and about $2.50 for the preacher, that's enough.” said the prospective bridegroom. “That’s all we need now. We got a place to stay tonight. Save me out a license, will you, we’ll be right down after it.” Ix,sche promised to lay a license aside. “It s not the original cost, it s the upkeep, young man,” he warned.

POSTAL SALARIES MEASURE BRINGS CLASH IN SENATE Democrats Fight Rate Raise —Try to Force Vote on President’s Veto, Bv I nitfd WASHINGTON. . Dec. 16. - ntroduction of the new postal bill, increasing second • kc--s rates to pay increased salaries to postal employes, touched off an explosive opposition to the measure in the Senate today. Senator Ashurst Arizona Demo crat. refusing to grant the bill the courtesy of being referred to the committee, moved to take up the veto message of President Goolidge on the postal increase bill adopted at the last session of Congress. His motion uaj held in order by President Pro Tem. Cummins and it seemed certain that a vote must be forced on the measure. Vote Demanded Democrats in favor of over-riding the President's veto immediately demanded that a vote he taken, but Republic anleaders forced a temporary delay with a demand for a quorum call. Ashurst charged that Senator Sterling. South Dakota Republican, who introduced the bill, was attempting to defeat ultimate adoption of a postal increase bill by tacking on the provisions for raising revenue. “The most cynical words that ever i fell from the lips of a President.” came in Coolidge’s veto message on ! the postal salaries Mil. Ashurst do- ! dared. “Let me tell the President that the Postoffice Department is, not being conducted for profit,” he said. On th* first test of strength advocates of overriding the President's veto showed a strength of 51 votes. The vote came on a motion to consider the veto. It showed 51 in favor of immediate consideration and 30 against. Fifteen Republicans Fifteen Republicans voted against the President. Included in the number were: Brookhart. Couzens, Cummins, Edge. Frazier. Howell, Johnson of California: Jones of Washington: Ladd. McKinley, McNary. Norris, Shortrldge. Stanfield and Wadsworth. Sterling then moved the veto message be referred to the postoffice committee and declared he wanted “to be heard.” If he speaks until 3 p. m. he will prevent a vote, as the Senate at that hour by an unanimous consent agreement takes up the Jones amendment to the Fnderwood Muscle Shoals bill. NEGRO BOY LYNCHED Band Enters Hospital and Makes Off Witli Wounded Youth. It )/ I nitrrl Bren* NASHVILLE. Tenn.. Dec 16. — Masked, hooded men broke into General Hospital here today, covered attendants with shotguns and carried away Samuel Smith. 15 yearold r.egro boy. who was hanged to ’ a tree and his body riddled with bullets. The negro had been placed in the hospital after he was wounded in an attempt to hold up a groceryman named Ike Eastwood. The boy shot Eastwood, wounding him. during a hoid-up battle. Sheriff's office has started an investigation.

Tip to Dutiful Hubbies

By United Pre * IT. LOUIS, Mo.. Dec. 16. A man who aids his wife in washing the dinner dishes has no especial claims upon the title of “model husband," Judge Calvin Miller ruled here today. William Schrader was on trial for non-support of his family. A friend testified Schrader was a

BIG TEMPERATURE DROP TONIGHT IS PREDICTION HERE | Weather Bureau Says Mercury Will Fall to 15 Degrees After Mounting to 59 Mark, RELIEF AGENCIES READY Cold Wave Headed This Way From West —£elow Zero in lowa. 6 a., tn IS 10 a. n 54 7 a. tn 49 11 a. m 56 8 a. m 50 12 (noon) .... 58 9 a. in 51 1 p. 9 With the temperature mounting Until at 1 p. m. it stood at 59 degree., the Weather Bureau this afternoon predicted it would tumble ! precipitately to between ID and 15 degrees tonight. i The drop will start after dark, it was predicted. Mercury rose from 48 degret s at 6 a. rn. , Relief agejicies busy with plans (for Christmas, paused to prepare for many calls for aid f the weather • proves as cold as predicted. Cold weather, expected to be the most severe of the season, is headed • this way from the West .1 11 Arm :ng!on. Government meteorologist. ! said. Sioux city. lowa, reported zero this morning. Canada is experiencing temperatures as low as 40 below zero, he stated. j In the northern parts f the .State as low as 5 degrees is expected. : Snow flurries may accompany the ’ mercury drop forecast being unset j tied weather. I The cold spell will Inst through i Wednesday and probably Thursday, j Armington stated. He doubted if zero weather would be experienced j in the State. ZERO IN NEBRASKA Temperatures Several Degrees B>low Are Reported. OMAHA. Neb. Dec 16. First valid in Nebraska today Valentin®, Neb . reported 4 below-. Nor- ; folk, 2 below, and Kearney. 4 above.

CHINESE TROOPS ] BURN, LOOT CITY American Firms Suffer When Soldiers Run Wild. Tty 1 tii'ed Fret* PEKIN. Dec. 16. --Chinese soldiers } mutinied at Kalgan Monday night, burned three business blocks and : plundered stores, th“ postoffice and i banks. Several American firms, including the Standard < fil and Liggett 74 Meyers Tobacco Company. were I heavy losers. Lives ~f Americans and other foreigners were spared, but several Chinese were shot. Kalgan Is an important business I city 125 miles northwest of F’ekin Repetition of the looting tonight was feared. The foreign legations have requested the Pekin governI merit to t ush troops to restore order. PIANIST WIRES SHANK “King of the Ivories” May Appear at l/tral Theater. While Mayor Shank is out of the i city he has a chance to make some extra money on the side awaiting him in the form of a telegram. A wire from the Imoking agent of Harry Snodgrass. “King of the Ivories." known to all radio fans by his playing In the Missouri Stats Prison, has asked the mayor for an offer to schedule Snodgrass in Indianapolis upon his release from prison next month. The mayor wired Snodgrass last week, explaining he wanted to book Snodgras at a h,cnl vaudeville house as soon as possible. STUDENT LOSES HAND Noblesville High School Student Vlrtim of Saw. By 7>m* if NOBLESVILLE, Ind.. Dec. 16 Russell Gonant, 16, student in the manual training department of the Noblesville High School, lost his left hand Monday when he reached across a table to get a block of wood j and touched a baud saw. He Is the son of Horace Conant, business man.

model husband even going so far as wiping the dishes. "What was the wife doing when Schrader was drying the dishes?" Judge Miller asked “She was washing them,” the witness testified. "Then Schrader has no claims to honors. The court, has wiped dishes many times.” Judge Miller sentenced Schrader to two years in the penitentiary.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, DEC. 16, 1924

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*C'22'J If Y SO pensive. little \ay miss?” . “I'm writing to Santa Claus, sir. 1 ’ she said. Writing to Santa clans with confidence that he'll bring her about everything she ,-ks for Confident ’ .•-cause M; Ann R

CHRISTMAS SPIRIT In Indianapolis Is Very Good, Declares Santa, as Aid tor Times Families Rolls In.

\ list of needy families will be toilful on Page 3. NI)I AN AJ’< ILLS’ heart is iu the ripht. place,’ The ln--1 dianapolis Times Santa Claus declared today as he looked over the list of persons who are going to give a merry Christmas to the need\ of the city.

i So great has l„ .-n the use •* | The Times Santa’s first amnia! call fir help that the number es families lass been increased. Seven new | famines arc listed today, and t few others whoso needs have not all been cared for. Each family has been lnves'igated by visitors from organizations affiliate.! wi’h the (’hri-’mas t’tearing House, and is known to be worthy. Organizations Help The response is coming from both ■lndividuals and organizations Km I ployea of the Kahn Tailoring Com pany will provide food and toys for one family on The Times list e.s on* of about fifty familC to be helped with proceeds <>f f, bazar and dance ito be given Wednesday night. The Marion County chapter < f American War Mothers, of winch Mr Eliza both Marvel. Mr. Cable St., is chair | man of the relief committee, will care for another family. The Gamma T’hi Gamma Sorority will see that seven children of another family have food and toys on Christmas morning Mrs. Francis Reitz. 2911 Boulevard I’l., is chairman of the charity committee. if Santa Claus can make ono family forget tire shadow of tiro will to plague that hangs low over Rs home, lie will bring the mother and children nearer to happiness than they have been for a long time. The father, after trying in vain to regain his strength at homo, has returned to KunnysMe, the county sanitarium for tubercular persons. No. 33 Needy Tire four children are attending fresh air school. A good dinner, clothing and books and games or other toys, would make Christmas a red letter day for this family. No. 33 on The Times Santa Claus list. That is just one of the many families that still wonder w’hether Santa is coming around. When you deci.de which family you would like to help, call The Times. Main 3500. or come to The Times office. Aak for The Times Santa Claus You will be given the name and address of the family you want to help, and may visit the family, if you wish, or provide the needs from the description In The Times. Indianapolis has caught the true Christmas spirit of giving. 0t M /#••" I•< •• • i P i: sjjo' • ; ; ; S i

ter 6, knows her fattier and mother, Mr. and Mrs S C Bit ter, 622 N. Wallace St., are on Intimate terms with Santa Claus. But vvilat of tii,-. little girls and bov s who do not have f etnas an 1 n,(Chern or whose parents at o too p(M,r to hobnob with St Nick?

JUDGE ROLES FOR ‘WOMAN POISONER’ Mrs, Sweetiri Wins Fight to Keep Out Confession. Bu t nitrd Ptrs* MT. VERNON, 111, Dec 16— Con Tension of Elsie Sweet in. in which sim admitted poisoning her husband, Wilford Sweetin, was rub-c out >,s testimony in the case today by Judge J. C Kern. Judge Kern ruled Mrs Sw-eetin eigne,i ttie confession under duress and that her constitutional rights had been violated tn obtaining the document. It was a victory for Mrs. Swot in's attorneys, but not for the complete defense, as she and liwrence M. Might, indicted with her. arc lighting separate battles for tHeir freodom. Monday Mrs. Sweetin was on the stand twice and testified she signed the confession only after Might had frightened her by saying a mob was outside waiting for them. ACTORS TO ENTERTAIN <0 Local Theater Will Aid Firemen’s Parties Next Tuesday. 'Vaudeville entertainment from local theaters will appear in the thir-ty-one fir, stations in the municipal Christmas parties next Tuesday night, Fire Chief John J. O'Brien announced today. Special music is being arranged by Lieut. Samuel Oeddes. director of the police and firemen's band. At least ten thousand children are expected to participate in the celebration. BANKERS PLAN MEET Association Committee Hold Luncheon at Claypool. Indiana Bankers’ Association protective committee, of which A. G. Brown, Greencastle, is chairman, met at luncheon at the Claypool today. The committee: H. C. Webster, Indianapolis; Frank E. Wright, Spencer; R. C. Stephenson, South Bend; C. D. Billings. Seymour, and C. S. Kitterman. Cambridge City. Plans for the annual mid-year meeting here early in February were discussed. Shots Pirrd; Woman Held Mrs. Carrie Campbell, 28, colored. 311 Douglass Kt... was arrested today charged with shooting in the city limits. Police found a bullet hole in the rear door glass of 225 W. New York St. i

Mary Ann thinks it is just fine that The Indianapolis Times is helping bring Santa Claus to such girls and boys by putting fortunate f.,!ks in touch with the unfortunates through the Christmas clearing house.

LAKE STEAMERS SAFE w rechage Washed \shore Sunday Believed F'rntn Ship Sunk Nov. 1. !’u United 7’rr S S, MARIE, Mich, Dec. 16. With all ships known to have been ■ m Lake Superior during the Sunday -tale accounted for, coast guard sta tionrt tod.tv believed the wreckage wagged ashore during th storm Sun i day. first thought from a foundered : freighter, was from the ill fated ’Glen I.v non that went down Nov. 1 AH of the fleet of twelve grain ships caught in the storm were ac- ■ unted for when th Glencarn pissed through the locks here last ; night. NINE VICTIMS OF BOOZE Week-End Orgies Take Largo Death Toll in New York. /tv United Pretit NEW YORK. Dec 16.—Deaths from waek-end booze orgies readied nine today when another victim died in a hospital In Brooklyn. Bellevue Hospital established a a record for the winter with sixtyseven patients in the alcoholic ward. U. S. PROPERTY STOLEN Technical High School RcjKrts Robbery to Police. F F. McCrea. property officer at the supply building at Technical High School, told police ft window of the building was broken and fifty shirts, some belts and more than 3.009 bullets stolen. All is the property of the Government. CHARGES DENIED BY M. A. HOWARD Irvington Constable Asks Separate Trial, M. Albertson Howard. 75, Irvington Justice of the peace, pleaded not guilty to three charges of conspiracy to blackmail, before Criminal Judge James A. Collins today. Howard was Indicted with T. R. Rainey, Justice of the peace, and John O'Brien, a deputy constable, on charges of conspiring to blackmail employers into paying fines and fees under threat of prosecution for failure to have workmen’s compensation Insurance. He Is in jail, failing to give $3,900 bond. Collins denied a motion to quash the indictments. Howard asked for change of judge and attorneys agreed upon upon James M. Leathers'. Howard also asked for separate trial before a jury. ‘SUNSHINE’ LUNCHEON Rotarians Will Provide Christmas Cheer for Needy. Rotary Club held its annual sunshine observance at luncheon today at the Claypool, with Dr. F. S. C. ‘Wicks, chairman, in charge. A collection was taken to furnish Christmas cheer for “overlooked” children. VV.t H. Insley. president, spoke on behalf of Family Welfare Society, and Judg James A. Collins, for the Foreign House. Rotary Glee Club, under direction of Ed Nell, sang. Christmas dinner will be furnished Indianapolis orphans.

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SIX PERSONS PERISH! MH TEMBIT FIRE; PtMIIIAC SUSPECTED Forty-Four Escape From Burning Buildings in Harlem District of New York—Ten Families Forced Out Into Cold. PATIENTS IN HOSPITAL NEAR BY ARE ALARMED AT FLAMES Aged Man Falls to Death in Street Attempting to Escape Roaring Inferno —Mother Saves Two Small Children. By Unit'd Pres* NEW YORK. Dec. 10.—Six persons perished today when flames of suspicions origin .swept through a Harlem tenement house near the Mount Sinai hospital. Survivors of ten families were driven to the streets iD near zero weather. Patients in the hospital alarmed ly the glare of the fire were quieted by the prompt art ion of nurses and doctors.

Those who escaped from tin- - Ing inferno * :p> which the fames quickly converted the five-story ■ to have started under the front stairs, where a baby carriage was kept. The disastrous blaze was in that part of Harlem known as the "pvromaniac district.” A mad*hian. who sets tiro to baby carriages, was re sponsible for loss of a score of lives in the neighborhood a year or so ago. One Identified Only ope of the six victims today was identified He was Edward Russell. 64, who was driven from a window bv flames and foil to his death. Three women are among the unidentified victims, the other two being so badly burned It was at first Impossible to determine the sex. Mrs. Esther Goodman, who was trapped on the fourth floor with two email children, fought her way through smoke arid flames to a rear fire escape and lowered a son. 7. and a daughter, 2. to the ground. She was badly burned and was taken to a nearby hospital. Miss Ida Goldberg, a boarder who was on the fourth floor, fell in the hallway when smoke poured up from the stairs and Is believed to have perished in the ruins. Mrs. Minnie McShane is another woman who was missing when the occupants were checked over. Forty-four Escapt* Forty four occupants escaped from the burning tenement, while two tire men nearly lost Mfieir lives effecting rescues In the tear “f the building. Added suspicion that the tire origl nated wit l a pyromaniac was lent by the rapidity with which the flames first swept through the front of the tenement. Edward Russell’s death came alnuit In tragic fashion The old man. who. recently had been 111 with pneumonia, was found hanging by hts hands to a ledge of a window, from which flames were shooting. Firemen on a roof above shouted to Russell to hold on and lowered him a rope. Instead of passing it about his body lie attempted to swing by his hands Weakened by illness and burns, he lost his grip and fell to the street. Treasury Official Picked Tty United I're-t WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—President Coolidge sent the following nomination to the Senate today: To he comptroller of the currency— Joseph Mclntosh of Illinois.

Buy Your Tree Early TETTER buy your Christ mas tree now if you want to get it at present low prices, is advice of dealers about the city market. Whether this advice is to boost sales or not, the fact remains that trees are of poorer quality than In former years, and dealers claim they are having to cut up their larger trees to get well-shaped, full-foliaged ones, and that prices will advance before Christmas. Prices range from $1.50 to $5 in balsam, pine and cedar, cheaper than last year. A tree that cost $5 last Christmas can be purchased now for $3.50, dealers say. There is no scarcity, and large shipments are coming in from Minnesota, Michigan and Canada. Holly wreaths of good quality, full of berries, are .selling at 25 and 35 cents, with the market well supplied. Mountain laurel is plentiful, dealers say.

Forecast PARTLY cloudy and unsettled tonierht and Wednesday with a cold wave. Lowest temperature tonight 10 to 15.

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DUCKWALL FANCY ! BOOZE LAYOUT IS DOOMED 10 POUR Judge Collins Says He Will Order Sheriff to Destroy Stock, A fancy collection of domestic and foreign liquors, 709 bottles in all. containing about 159 gallons, will be poured Into the sewer in the near future by Sheriff George Snider under court order. The liquor |vas seized in thjc cellar of Herbert E. Duckwall, 381S N. Delaware St., in November, 1923. by Deputy Sheriffs Omer Hawkins and Frank Kemp. Values ranging i from $lO. "09 to $ 15.009 have been | placed on the collection. Following argument today before j Criminal Judge James A. Collins hv | Prosecutor William H. Remy anti jF. I. King, attorney for Bert ■ Mcigan. Federal prohibition director, , on one side, and Floyd Mattice, at- ! torney representing Duckwall, -Judge : Collins ordered Remy to file a petition asking the destruction of the liquor. To Order Destruction “When that is done t will order Sheriff Snider to pour it out,” said Collins. No one claimed ownership of the ; liquor during the court hearing. I Remy said he would prepare his petition in a day or two, showing (Turn to Page 11) ROMPERS’ BODY ON M EAST Funeral Train Passes Through Indiana, Tty f iiited Pren WASHINGTON. Dec. 16—The train hearing the body of Samuel Gompers. dead leader of the American Federation of Labor, now speeding across Ohio and West Virginia, is due to arrive here at 2:45 p. m_ today. The train to which the funeral car Is attached left St. Ixvuis Monday afternoon. The first Important stop was at Vincennes. Ind.. where five hundred persons gathered at the sta* tion to pay homage to the dead bor chief. Stops were also made at Cincinnati and Chillieothe, Ohio. Grocers to Nominate Indianapolis Retail Grocers’ As sociatlon will nominate officers to he elected Jan. 6. at the Chamber of Commerce tonight. Two candidates for each office will he named. Do You Remember — When “Dock” Sherwood was fire chief and used to go to the fires in an open bupjjy drawn by a Jnpino horse and his long black side whiskers rapped around his neck by A’he wind?