Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 194, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 December 1924 — Page 1

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VOLUME 36—NUMBER 194

PARK BOARD BLOCKS OFF STREETS FOR YOUNG COASTERS

y PON of The Indianapolis Times today Mayor Shank took steps to close street hills to traffic for the protection of young coasters who are taking advantage of the blanket of snow, the first of which began to fall this morning. “With the weather man predicting continued cold weather it looks like the coasting will be good through Christmas so well help the kids have a safe chance to try out their new sleds,” said Shank.

ALLIES DECIDE TO KEEP TROOPS IN , CITY OF COLOGNE British Will Not Evacuate Part of German Territory Jan, 10 as- Provided in Peace Treaty. CHARGE PACT DISOBEYED Commission Reports Disarmament Agreement Not Carried Out, By Vnit*4 Prfft PARIS. Dec. 23.—The allies will inform Germany that British troops ■will not evacuate Cologne by Jan. 30 as stipulate,! In the Versailles treaty. The reason given will he that Germany has not fulfilled her disarmament obiigation;This, the United Press learned, will be a joint answer to representatives concerning the evacuation made by German ambassadors at allied capitals Monday. Reports from Berlin Indicate the Germans are exercised because the first, or Cologne zone, is not to he I evacuated as provided in Article 429 t,f the Versailles tr* tty Tt.;> tiled for a return of the first zone of nc cupied Germany within live years of the coining into effect of the treaty, or by Jan. 10, 1925. Disarmament Issue The allied attitude, however, is that provision was made that Germany must have faithfully carried out other conditions of the treaty. The principal one of these had to do with disarmament of Germany. A report of the Inter-allied control commission regarding Germany's disarmament was received Monday by Marshal Koch’s Interallied military committee, which met to make recommendations about the evacuation of Cologne. It was learned the report Indicated Germany has not fulfilled the treaty requirements. The council of Allied ambassadors will meet Friday to discuss Marshall Foch’s recommendations and undoubtedly will decide that Cologne shall not he evacuated. Germanj Informed That Germany herself knows this Is Indicated by the fact that when the German ambassador at London called upon Austin Chamherlaln, British foreign secretary, and presented his government's demand for evacuation of Cologne, he suggested Great Britain reply separately, indicating to Germany some good reason why evacuation could not be effected at present. The reason as both Chamberlain and the German envoy knew was that the French would promptly move In If the British moved out. Great Britain declined to make & separate reply. $200,000; CRACK. BANG! Mayor’s Chain Breaks When High Finance Is Discussed. High finance practically ruins city hall furniture. Chairs in the boar.] of safety office seldom hear any amount of more than $2,000 mentioned. Today, Mayor Shank mentioned $200,000 when proposing improvements for the police and Are force next year before the board. His chair could not stand the strain. It collapsed sending the mayor to the floor. Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff and Fire Chief John J. O’Brien rescued him. BREAKS ANKLE IN FALL Clifford Morrow Sustains Injury on Icy Pavement. Clifford Morrow. 28, of 5809 Beechwood Ave., is in Methodist hospital suffering from a broken left ankle sustained today when he slipped Rnd fell to the jcy pavement.

Ben Ben Benjamin Benjamin, 50. of 1201 Broadway, today applied to Circuit Court through Attorney Emsley W. Johnson to have his name changed to Benjamin Scher. Benjamin, a native of Russia, was naturalized while a minor. The clerk asked him his name. 'Benjamin,” was the reply. Then he was asked his surname. Not understanding the English language any too well, he again replied •Benjamin." And that is what his name has been ever since, although his right last name is Scher.

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CUPID WINS IN LOVE RACE American Home Has Survived Another Year, Survey Shows —More Than Four Times as Many Marriages as Divotces,

Here's how marriages and divorces for 1923 and 1924 in a number of principal cities and States compared: DISTRICT MARRIAGES DIVORCES 1924 1923 1924 1923 Atlanta Ga 3.350 4,301 1.848 1.828 Pittsburgh 10,867 11,573 1,180 1.170 Philadelphia 15,944 18,129 1.700 1,665 Wisconsin 18.000 17,758 2,378 2.210 Austin, Texas . 997 991 242 Phoenix. Ariz .. 1.009 989 244 254 ix>s Angeles 16,6<>5 16.900 7.882 7.782 Ohio 53.330 53.309 11.995 11,622 Minnesota 12,000 1,900 Oklahoma City 1,900 (Cos) 1.700 5.51 4.80 Kansas City 4.821 5,622 2.4'ifi 2.492 Reno, New. (Cos.) . . .. .. 484 81 District of Columbia 5.1 S6 5,733 !" 126 Copyright, 132 J. by f nitrit }’rr*i Nr" jc\V YORK. D> o. -The great American home ha* survive.] another year with oupid running well ahead of the apple of dis cord, according t<> figures from more than ;t score of States and cities obtained by the United Pr*ss today.

There were more than four times as many marriages as divorces in twenty principal cities anti States, and in many large areas of population the number of young couples embarking on the ship of matrimony ; was ten times as great ns those walkjing down th* gang-plank of divorce I New York City led the country iln marriages with 64.000 for the j year, compared to 63.430 last year. ; Total figures on divorces for the ; greater city were not available, but | in Manhattan, the principal borough, ; there were 1.200, compared with 1,159 : last year. Ixiok at Reno Reno, Nev., led the percentage of i i the country in divorces over mar- ! i rjagts as usual. Only 454 couples j went to the altar In the city, while j 840 were untied from unhappy al- i fiances. Cupid worked overtime in Chicago, and Cook County showed 42.239 marriages during the year, compared to 10,218 divorces. There were 42,863 marriages last year- and only 7,745 ; j divorces. Chicago had more marriages than j | the entire State of Massachuset's ; during 1923 and a lot more divorces. | too. Massachusetts statistics showed ; , 35,200 couples married last year and j j only 3,593 divorces granted. Figures j 1 for this year were not available. IjOs Angries Too Los Angeles shows one of the j I highest percentages of divorces in i | the country. There were 16.505 1 'marriages there this year and 7.782 j divorces. Marriages last year were j 16.900 and divorces 7.278. | The figures reveal that over the ; {country as a whole the number of i divorces granted during the year increased virtu "'lv little, if any, the ratio to the -umber of marriages remaining practically the same. In Cleveland, however, there was considerable decrease In divorces. I Marriages in the county for the year I j were approximately 10,132. compared j |to 11,256 last year, while divorces i Jumped from 3.066 to 5,256.

FIVE LIVES SAVED I BY CANARY’S ACT Family Awakes to Find Gas ■ in Home. By Tunes Special FRANKFORT, Ind.. Dec. 23.—Five j persons were alive today, due to a i canary. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hemmerling ; were awakened by the fluttering of the bird to find their home filled with escaping gas. Hemmerling aroused his daughter Daisy Harper and two grand children nnd then called the gas company, which sent Elmer Zwyers to locate the leak. W hen Zwyers failed to come from the basement where the leak was found, Hemmerling investigated and found him unconscious. He endeavored to rescue him. but was partly overby the fumes and had to leave. Fwyers was not rescued until Fire Chief Arvllle Henderson and neighbors with wet towels on their faces, went to the basement. Zwyers was revived after thirty minutes.

COLD WAVE WARNING Chicago Weather Bureau Reports Alaska Storm on Way. By Vnited Press CHICAGO, Dec. 23. —Another cold wave is on the way. the weather bureau warned today. It is pushing southward from Alaska and is now in the Canadian northwest. Snow is falling over a considerable section of the country today. Lincoln, Neb., registered five inches today, with snow still falling. lowa, parts of Illinois and other middle-

Snow will continue to fall throughout the day and probably Wednesday, according to the weather bureau. Total fall up to noon was 1.2 inches. Colder weather forecast for Wednesday will assure a white Christmas, the bureau stated. Shank directed the board of safety to empower the park department to block the streets and assigned John F. Walker, superintendent of street cleaning, to aid R. Walter

OWNERS Os BANK SLOCK BILLER IN BUILDING MEETING Disposal of National City Property Still in Air After Hot Words, After three hours of argument, heated words and threat*, stockholders of the National City Bank, .'tonday afternoon, refused to grant authority to the board of directors to sell the bank building oil E. Wash digton St., "for not less than $650 - 000." said to have been the offer of Meier Block, son of William H. Block. Vote of proxies controlled the meeting as only approximately sev-enty-five of the several thousand stockholders, scattered over a score of States were present In the banking room. The faction favoring sale of the building appeared to be led by Janies P. Goodrich, former Governor of Indiana and former president of the bank, while the militant bloc was led by George J. Marott, local shoe merchant, and Arthur B. Ayres, Fortvllle. Ayres and Roy C. Shaneberger, president of the bank and chairman of the meeting, engaged in a word battle and the two became rather heated when Ayres declared "the stockholders wouldn't let the board of directors run over them." Ayres (Turn to Page II)

In 1925 B<> I vitfl l‘r>n rprq VRIS. Dec. 23.—President Ir* Coolidge will abandon 1 J his post. Russia will change Its government. England will witness a tremendous growth of socialism. The King of Italy will have many troubles. Spain may revolt against the directorate. These are the principal prophesies for 1925, issued to- 1 flay by Mme. De Teleme, . “prophetess of the Stars.”

BANDITS GET SIO,OOO Unmasked Men Escape In Crowd With Diamonds. By Times Special FT. WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 23.—Police were combing the city today for two unmasked bandits, who held up and robbed the Wayne-Lit tlefield Jewelry store, in the business district late Monday afternoon and escaped in a crowd of shoppers with SIO,OOO in diamonds.

Santa Thanks Those Who Helped Through Times

HE I N DIANAPOLIS TIMES Santa Claus sat ,-■ back today and surveyed the accomplishments of his helpers and himself since he made his first annual appeal for aid two weeks ago. He found that Christmas dinners have been provided for eighty families who were not expecting any sort of Christmas. Besides this, many children have been given toys, clothing has been furnished to whole families, rent has been paid on homes

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, DEC. 23, 1924

LIST OF LEADING CUSTOM ENOS IN WHISKY HAUL Genuine Scotch Liquor Is | Seized by Federal Agents When Discarded ‘Order Book’ Is Found. ONE MAN UNDER ARREST Raid Made on Wareroom of Auto Company—Booze Believed Imported. I A list of customers, many of them prominent Indianapolis citizens, j thrown ..wav by Daniel T.irnsky, 'alias IKdwar.ls, and found by FedI era] prohibition agents, led to (lie seizure today of si,\ei'.ty-two quarts lof genuine White Horse .Scotch (whisky a' the National .Motors t’ornj pany war--room. Tw'nlv Sonml and j V.tildes Sts Prohibition Director jl'.ert Morgan s .id the liquor undoubtedly hoi been smuggled into | the t'nlt< t States. Tarnsky acted as Indianapolis I representativ e for shippers it. the ! Ha.-t. Morgan said The whisky was shipped by American Express from D. Heed, Brooklyn, N. V, to D. Ed- | wards. In can of the National' Mo- | tors Company. Arrests will follow. ! Morgan said. Tarnsky was arrested .Friday at the home of GuLseppo l'lnto. 220 N Fast St. The liquor was in six cases, in two largo wooden boxes labeled "automobile parts." Officers Robert NVilan, Jack Horner and John King assisted Morgan in the seizure.

Unto the Least Adoption of Four Indianapolis Orphans to Be Formally Completed This Christmas,

Verily I nay mitu you Inasmuch a* ye have rion*i it unto the leant of llieo toy brethren, vet have done It unto me Matt. XXV 40. THE centuries-old verse will have real meaning for four In- >- .. —J dianapolis families this Christ mas—and for four children whose Imven has been the Indianapolis Orphans Home. For Christmas marks the' time when three babies and a girl of high school age become the legally adopted children of Indianapolis persons. The foster parents have had the children for somo time, but the courts do riot formally ratify adop tion until the parents have proven they will be good fathers and mothers. In the four instances the families have qualified so Christmas day the new parents may gather their adopted little ones to their hearts safe in the feeling that not one but the God who gave may take away. A Christmas party was held at the home Monday night under the direction of Mrs. Ernest Wales. Carols were sung by the children and selections were played by the Boys' Band. Santa Claus concluded the party by distributing gifts furnished by directors, dubs and individuals. DID YOU NOTICE” IT? Inspector Says Railroad Smoke Violations Decrease. Violation of the city smoke ordinance decreased from 14.6 per cent in November to 8.2 per cent in December on railroads, 11. F. Templeton, assistant chief smoke inspector, reported today. The department made 219 observations this month and found eighteen violations. Twenty-six notices were sent.

jured, coal has been sent to families who dreaded the cold days ahead, and interest has been aroused in many needy folks. The final Santa Claus list was published Monday. Santa was busy today picking up loose ends and seeing that no one on the list is neglected. Clothing and toys still could be used in several instances. One friend of the needy sent in $3 anonymously, with instructions that it should be used wherever it was needed, for

Jarvis, park superintendent, in designating and blocking the streets. Jarvis announced he would have sevtral hills blocked this afternoon. Walker called upon his street cleaning force to aid park employes in blocking and guarding tint hills. Among hills first designated for blocking were: Thirtythird St., east of Central Ave.; Graceland Ave., Thirtyninth to Thirty-eighth Sts.; Thirty-ninth St., Graceland to Capitol Ave.s.; Delaware St., Thirty-second to Thirty-first

Career of Young Woman Lawyer Is Ended by Death l os A LIND ORB ENGLISH PARSONS, daughter of Senator ID I and Mrs William English, who v..is killed in an automobile L 1 v 1 accident Monday afternoon near Oreencastle, wrote and published privately a book of poems before she was 10 years old. This poem is taken from the hook.

XMAS TIDE To Mr Dear. Dear Mudder. "I hope Mudder will like line poena "I wish tier a very happy Xmas. From her baby. oil Xmii Tide . here uxitiii. With all its hanpiiis- iml joy. When children h hi ixl-t ar* y. oldened with many ami many a toy. I.ike the Ansels, let us *r,. ‘'Peace on earth, good will to men.

j-JgjL MRS. ROSALIND ENGLISH PARSONS

Body of Mrs. Rosalind English Parsons, 21, daughter of State Senator and Mrs. William E. English, who wax killed Instantly Tuesday night In an autorrfoblle accident on the National Rcl. near Oreencastie, was brought to Indianapolis today. Mrs. Parsons was returning with Kenneth C. Hurtt from Terre Haute when the accident occurred. She was pinned underneath the machine and Hurtt was thrown

POSTAL MEASURE PROTEST DENIED Senate Committee Refuses to Hear Publishers. By I'nited Press WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. —The postal salaries increase committee today declined to delay hearings on the Sterling bill which is being speeded through the Senate to replace the measure vetoed by President Coofidge. A plea of the American Newspaper Publishers Association that the hearings be postponed to give that organization an opportunity to present fully its protest against increased rates was rejected when hearings were opened. Chairman Moses of the committee, announced that instructions of the full committee were to attempt to report back the new measure to the Senate before a vote can be taken Jan 6 on the vetoed bill.

plied to the overdue rent of Family No. 7. This family has had a hard time getting along on the small compensation the father has been getting since he was struck and seriously Injured by an automobile several weeks ago. There are six children. Thanks to the generosity of Santa’s aids, this family’s worries have been lessened. There seems to be no lirjjit to the kinds of gifts. FrorrU toys to overcoats, stockings to coal, the list runs. Truly, it promises to be a

D, ir Cluiel was born and in a manner lay. That | whv we celebrate Xmas day: And when Christ on the cross was crucified. To lu-lp Hint save us then, was wh.v he died So la.: 1 help us thi harm gmaaday To do -<mxl to the poor that come our w ay ■ And let us (rue thanks for our great mercies all Till to cm,-e this earth comes the final call.

from the car. The auto turned over three times and went over a thirty foot embankment. Hurtt had complained of something being wrong with the ear, it is said, Just before the crash. A. it Hanson, secretary to Senator English, and Dr. J. W\ Wright went to the scene of the tragedy. Mrs. Parsons was a member of the Indlaanpolls bar, and was active in Republican politics. She engaged in law practice with her father in offices at Hotel English. She was married to Stewart W. Parsons in 1919. A suit for divorce was filed Nov. 4. Mrs. Parsons had attended Tudor liall, Ferry llall, Chicago; St. Marys-of the-Woods of Terre Haute, and Benjamin Harrison Law School. She led her class when a senior in law school. Mrs. Parsons last talked with her father Sunday night at Engliston Park, in Spencer County. She planned spending Christmas here. Mr. English came to Indianapolis at once when notified of the accident. A telegram from New York, signed “Stewart,” was found in Mrs. Parson’s purse. Tho funeral will be held Friday in the drawing room of the English suite at the English. Episcopal services will be read. Mrs. Parsons wrote and published a hook of poems before she was 10. She was to have entered tho Columbia University Law School next year. She would have been the first woman to take the course. Senator English’s Christmas present to his daughter was to have been an antique diamond ling set with nine largo stones. The husband will arrive from A1 bany, N. Y., tonight. Although a divorce suit was on file, a reconciliation between Mr. and Mrs. Parsons had been probable, according to the parents. CHARGED WITH PEEPING Dale Hendrixson Caught by Two Men at Y. \Y. C. A. Dale Hendrixson. 36, of 1731 Arrow Ave., was charged with being “Peeping Tom" by police who arrested him at the Y. VV. C. A. Monday night. A. W. Hellenberg, Room §7, the Y. M. C. A., and John Bland, 306 W. Twenty-Fifth St., Y. VV\ C. A. houseman, caught Hendrixson peep-

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Sts.; east side of Highland Park, Marlowe Ave. to New York St. Jarvis was making a survey of the south and west sides to locate good hills to close. Jarvis announced coasting is fine in Brookside, Rhodius. Jameson, Garfield and Riverside Parks. Skaters, scraped snow from the ice at South Grove lagoon and continued the merrymaking of the past three da vs.

SHANK PROPOSES OUTLAY OF $150,000 BY CITY 10 IMPROVE SAFETY SERVICE Board Orders Police and Fire Chiefs to Prepare Estimates on What Is Needed in 192-5 —New Equipment Is Suggested. DEPARTMENTS GRAFTLESS BUT HANDICAPPED, MAYOR STATES Electric Flash Signal System to Warn Motorists of Approach of Apparatus and Summon Officers on Emergency Calls Considered. Expenditure of $i:>0,000 to $200,000 for development of the | police and lire departments in 1925 was proposed by Mayor | Shank today before the hoard of safety. The board ordered Fire Chief John J. O'Brien, Police Chief Herman l - . Rikhoff and John Berry, city electrician, to prepare estimates of what was needed, and submit them to the board, A conference will then he held with the safety committee of the council asking the appropriation.

"Ho have police and fire departments about as free from graft as I know us," said th' 1 mayor, "hut they arc handicapped by obsolete methods of control and old equipment." Extensive Program Improvements suggested: 1. Installation of electric red signal system to flash in all parts of the city warning citizens, police and firemen of emergencies such as fires, hold-ups, or other crimes. Police would immediately get in touch with headquarters, and the entire force be put on guard. Motorists would be warned of approaching Are trucks. 2. Erection of a north side police substation with anew fire station. 3. Building of new fire stations at Sixteenth St. and Ashland Ave. and Irvingto.n New Pumper Asked 4. Purchase of anew ],OOO-gallon pumper for the fire department. 5. Addition to police headquarters to house police automobiles. Berry estimated that the flashwarning signal system could he installed by the city electrical department for $25,000. He recommended extension of the police and fire telephone system to take care of natural growth of the city. "I don’t believe any citizen will object to money expended that will Increase the efficiency of the police or fire department, and these changes are certainly needed," said Shank.

EMPLOYES HOLD FROLIC Santa Claus Gives Candy at Lewis Meier A Cos. Plant. More than 400 employes of the Lewis Meier A Cos., 1002 Central Ave., and families and friends today were happily recalling the Christmas party given by the employes Monday night In the plant's dining room. Girl employes decorated the room and arranged the program. Santa Claus visited anil gave each persons a bo xof candy. Many gifts were exchanged. Warm lunch, coffee and ice cream was served. Dancing. cards and singing carols featured the program. There was also a large decorated Christmas tree. SYMPATHY IS COSTLY Tired ‘Hunters' Who Purchased (ftiail Were Wardens.

Two hunters went to Jesse i Buckle's restaurant and poolroom at j Seymour, Ind., the other evening, j tired and hungry. One quail and j one rabbit was in their bag. Buckle j sympathized and offered to sell them j a dozen quail for $-1. They bought ; the birds and used them for evidence before Mayor Kestler of Seymour Monday in prosecuting Buckle for selling game. He pleaded guilty and was fined 575. The hunters were game wardens who had been “laying” for Buckle for three years, according to tho State department of conservation. Commission Garage Entered Garage of the State highway commission today was reported entered (Monday night and a S2OO aluminum crank case stolen. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 23 10 a. m 24 7 a. m 23 11 a. in...... 25

Forecast SNOW probable tonight and Wednesday. Lowest temperature tonight about 25. Colder Wednesday.

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Mail Moves SHE post cold wave Christman mailing rush was in full swing today. Postal employes kept a record breaking amount of mail moving without congestion. Postmaster Robert 11. Bryson reported 1,472,126 pieces of mail handled Monday, anew single day record. On Dec. 22, 1923, only 1.131,210 pieces wer handled. The office cancelled 1.059.830 pieces Monday. Most city carriers made only one trip today because of their heavy loads. Albert H. Steele, superintendent of the parcel post terminal at Union Station, an important cog in the mail system of the entire Middle West, reported unusually heavy mail, but no congestion.

OITHMER CITES TAXATION DELAY

Committee Named to Study Social Legislation, Delay in putting into effect plans for raising money by taxation for the care of the needy In Indianapolis may result in serious cnosequences, Henry L. Dlthmer, president of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, declared today. Dithmer announced the final Appointment of a committee to consider the proposal. The committee; J. K. Lilly, Fred Hoke, Peter C. Reilly, Henry C. Alains, Albert Goldstein, William Fortune, O. B. lies and Felix M. McWhirter. Dithmer pointed out that if the necessary law is passed by the Legislature meeting next month the plan could not be put into effect before 1927 and that it would be necessary to depend on the Community Fund in the meantime. He pointed out the differences between the Community Fund sponsors and the Chamber of Commerce on Ihe plan, some of the latter having expressed their opposition. He said it was the feeling of the Chamber of Commerce that the initiative should be left to Com munity Fund sponsors and therefore he gave them a majority on the committee.

Saves By Times Special LOOGOOTEE, Ind., Dec. 23. —Frank Imback, 26. Swiss artist, is saving his small change today. .He has received word that his ug-ie living in Switzerland, has left him $300,000 with a stipulation ho has to return to Swltzerlan^oi^none^earned