Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 202, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1925 — Page 1

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MORGAN DECLARES HIS BOOZE ORDER hf But Observers Say Liw Flowed - About as Freely y Ever at Places Wher* Revelers Met, /

FEW ARRESTS ARE/ A\DE Celebration Extendi Wee Small HoursY Into! Drivers Pilojf-Taxi “I regard the efforts / bHion department in / , ment of the prohibit!/ the prohiTear's Sv* 'as very/ le enforcesaid Bert C. Morgan/ i aw New h&bitiow Director for j, successful,” “Club committees Prospers gave us very Indiana. My own agents macli house manrests. Police officers7 e cooperation, one of the dryest Nci very few ara polls has ever seeij e u me i t was But persons wb Year's Indianciubs and hotels jcould tell Morgan A Spited cases, agents apparentiyAv . Year's eve Opinion l ew things his ygwjdid not report. Some citizens * it was about ’ Differ eve as Indianaw ere 0 f the opinion Some taxi c /wt a .New Year’s they hauled mejjg ever saw. in many year/ drivers reported at it. in some e dru nks home than today. For , The .revellers were cases, after daylight 0 two couples portable talking ma- “ 6.30 a* m. the downtown ! served hot, black cof-of-persons still in evepersons Four PSwever, slated only eleven Intoxication charges. Achingj-gojjg were slated on blind that diz^W 3s, wobbling knees, and ling reminded hundreds ers that they ushered more than ordinary cn- -. Hi. hotels, theaters, arets reported heaviest years. of midnight was the *° r r * newe<s celebration, and joined In shouting greetings midrf New Year. Factory whistles, '**> 1 bell? knd horns added to the J i ' noise. "Happy New Year” heff& y nie Mfipmlnp After unr } the city back to a fpGi@dule withs ores, banks beiiidings closed. Streets m deserted appearance the crowds a few hours \°fe on “hip pocket" parties • iy partially successful. At cabaret several couoffered home and one • ?t was made. Police guarded I to most public gatherings, appearance of officers was the for tdssing flasks and bot- ° finder the tables, whore they seized. No one would claim And the dances con-

I people want to violate the do It despite the risk.” Jwd one cabaret manager after the Celebration. ' ' ' I At private clubs, liquor was ’not lo tmrch in evidence as in other Iveavs. Warnings of Federal officers Appeared to be more effective there. ■Dancing continued until 4 a. m. at Icluhs. Festivities were closed with [serving breakfasts. L Nearly two thousand persons Bfw the old year pass at the IndianAthletic Club. Music from Bree orchestras enabled three floors to be used. Hkt the Columbia Club and Hoosier Hthletic Club the number who Hronged the celebrations far exHaded reservations. The University H&enaeum and other clubs held Hnne- dances. Hotels Crowded K Downtown hotels were crowded Kith revelers,‘the Claypool, Lincoln, Beverin and Washington presenting Beenes of hilarity during the evening. Parties at private homes and Bn apartments were numerous. F Churches and fraternal organizations held watch parties and celebrations over the city: Knights of Pythias danced at the Banner Temple, and more tthan 500 'Knights of Columbus celebrated at the hall until the wee small hours. > The Bare Knees Club welcome ? he new year with a dinner dance at the Woodstock Club. Members of the Broadmoor Country dub participated in a (celebration at the clubhouse northwbst of the city. Taxi companies reported a heavy rush of business throughout the night, while the Indianapolis Street Railway Company and Peoples Mo[tor Coach Company operated on ex'holjday sessions held If. C. Atkins ft Cos. General Sides Conference Continued. v Salesmen of E. C. Atkins & Cos. Lspent New Tear's day at all-tay seskclis of their general sales convenjiy| at the Severin. The convention, Belt opened Monday, will close

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Hobos 'a lollege for Wandering Willies Opens in Chicago—Knights of the Road Make'Good Students,

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DR. REITMAN By ROY J. GIBBONS \EA Service Writer yTIHICAGO, Jan. l.—“ Dog L lives here. Beware!” ‘‘The pies in this house are exceedingly indigestible. Back. Mysterious hieroglyphics conveying these tokens adorning thousands of fence-posts about the countryside soon may be seen no more.

America’s knights of the road are demanding something a little more high brow. 300 Students Their committee on language revision is attempting to devise an entirely new set of hobo symbols that will meet with the approval of even a university English professor. - The committee is doing its research work here at the new American Hobo College, which has opened its doors t<y the weary Wandering Willies. There Dr. Ben L. Reitman, long

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friend of the hobo, and a student of his problems, :s busy endeavoring to substittite a thirst for knowledge in his charges. The college is self-supporting. It can accommodate 300 students. It’s Remaking Them Regular instructors from the University of Chicago and Northwestern University drop In to give lectures on historical, economic and hygienic subjects. The students do all the work around the place. Soms " act as

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• chambermaids, others mop up the floors. Still others cook and wash dishes. “Many of the boys,” says Dtw Reitman. “never had a chance. Their inclinations are not pf t : e best and''their condition has been aggravated in many cases through inability to obtain employment. “Their response to study has been surprisingly good. Education can remake 'the hobo.” SHooim IN KLAN outbreak Bullet Hits Conductor -in - . v :./ Fray at Niles, 0, \ Bu United pres* NILES. Ohio, Jan. L—The old enmity which caused serious rioting between Kian and anti-Klan factions broke out again New Year’s Eve. Earl Jones, street car conductor, was shot through the stomach by a stray bullet in front of a hall where the Ku-Klux Klan was. giving a dance. Several shots were fired at a large electric fiery croiis, which hung in front of the hall. Special precautions were planned by police for tonight when the antiKlan faction gives a &&<? mt Avon

BERLIN IS SCENE OF CELEBRATION ON EVE OF 1925 Germans Shake Off Wartime Mourning and Indulge in Record New Year Activities, LID IS LIFTED FOR NIGHT Carp, Boiled.in Beer, Is Popular Dish —Foreigners Are Scarce, By Time* Special BERLIN, Jan. I.—Germany shook off wartime mourning and the rags of poverty Wednesday night to indulge in the first wide-open New Fear's celebration since 1818. The lid was officially lifted and cabarets, jazz Jalaces, hotels, beer restaurants and coffee houses were open ancf noisy until the dawn of Jan. 1, 1925 calmed the festive spirit. More than 1,500,000 Berliners celebrated either in hotels or dance halls and the streets. Including the famous Unter den Linden, were jam filed with joyous celebrants. From the tiniest beer tubes to luxury hotels like the Adlon, with its famous bar ar.d noted dining salons, there arose a riotous racket as midnight approached. Nearly 1.000 guests crowded the Adlon and were glad to pay 40 cents a plate for the privilege of doing it. Wine was extra, and cost from 20 to 60 marks a bottle. Two years ago the same bottles of wige would have cost 2,000 to 8,000 marks, but In American money' that would have been only a little more than sl. Foreigners. Absent Foreigners. and particularly Americans, who have predominated in previous after-war celebrations in Germany, were among the absent •Wednesday night. The time when a foreigner with a pocketful of silver ctruld order and pay for a banquet in the Adlon passed with the stabilization of German currency at par, which is approximately 25 cents. Three thousand-odd < orchestras','' eight hundred actors and actresses, singers and cabaret performers, twenty thousand waiters and the necessary crew of behind-the-scenes workers carried the water and wine, sang' the songs and mixed the drinks for the merrymakers in Berlin alone Carp cooked in beer, with pepper cake and spice, is Germany’s favorite celebratory dish, / despite the legendary popularity of saunr kraut,, and thousands of the lazy fish were slaughtered and dropped into pots of boiling beer to appear on the New Year tables. Punch Also on Tap Next in popularity to the sluggish carp were pfrannkuchen, a dough-nut-shaped goody filled with luecious paste. Millions of them were consumed along with the carp and wine and beer. Asa sort of reserve beverage, hotel and private diningrooms provided bowls of punch. Lotteries were drawn in most cabarets and hotels as the /?-l year went out. Prizes varied from checks to saddle horses. While the rich played in the brilliance of hotels, the middle classes, sought their favorite beer restaurants where one may enjoy the brew of Pilsener and sing songs about it while banging a heavy stein on the table by way of accompaniment. CRASHES RESULT IN TWO ARRESTS Girl Injured In Accident cn Circle. Arthur Bayless, 80, of 364 S. Ritter Ave., was under an assault and battery charge today, following an accident at Delaware St. and Madison Ave. Police said his auto struck a coal truck by the Allied Coal Company and driven by Isiah Bruce, 1118 S. Pennsylvania St., Wednesday. Baylesa and Arthur Phillips, 23, of 1838 Orange St., with him, were cut. Steven Senteny, 26, taxi driver, 1002 Bates St., was charged with assault and battery and driving on the left side of the street following an accident early today at Meridian St. and Monument Circle. Police said the taxi struck an auto driven by Charles Hacker, R. R. K., Box 422 R. Miss Winifred Brown, 4gio Carrollton Ave., in the Hacker auto. Was cut about the head and tfiken to the Deaconess Hospital. Makes Suicide Positive By Tim* Special MONTPELIER, Ind., Jan. I.—A widow and child today survived Roscoe Coleman, 21, who made hla suicide certain drinking poison and shooting himself. Domestic trouble was blamed. Fanner Fatally Hurt By Time* Special ' CLINTON, Ind., Jan. juries, received when hla auto was struck by a crossing here by a C. A E. I. passenger>eratn, were fatal today to

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, JAN. 1, 1925

THE SMILES OF 1925 • ... Miss Mary Elizabeth Tells the World That 1924 Very Best in Her Whole hife

(Tv/} HEE! Welcome 1925! It i jWj didn’t take any artiii- ... v \ cial stimulus to make Mary ''ltyßpl' >■ * i ** I Wm m • Elizabeth Bradway, daugh- ‘ ' j§|. \ % ter of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. A J§ , \ % Bradway, 1129 N. Tecumseh JHrajk ' .Jr St., happy that another year k mMA has rolled around. It was. I f' her birthday—her first. Summing up 1924, Mary 0 beth broadcast by her ■GMtti w simile that was the very BMM- ■ mZ i ~f-st >' , ar in ’^ r whole life. ■■Hf '' 1 B i-v: 'Jp • im - Wht : ' ■ - ' *ll t % s- ' y ■ . .... : ; . ' . ■ * *

STRAY BULLETS FATAL TO TWO CHICAGO REVELERS

Four Others Are Seriously Wounded as 1925 Is Weit. . corned —Esflmated $1 ,000,000 Is Spent for Dinners—Celebration Breaks Records, By United re* „ , , CHICAGO, Jan. I.—Two men were killed and two women and two men were seriously wounded here as the New Year came in. All of the victims were struck by stray bullets, fired in noisy welcome to 1925.

The celebration broke all records for Chicago. Hotel hnd dafe pro fcrietors said they never expe-ienced such af demonstration or profitable evening before. Wines and liquors of all kinds were displayed openly, despite warnings from police and prohibition headquarters. Only a few minor raids were conducted, and, except for the accidental shootings, no serious disorders were reported. , Something new in New Year’s celebration was practiced when thousands of people—unable to get tables at the better hotels and cabarets — descended upon soft drink parlors and drug store soda fountains. Counters and fountains were strewn with liquor bottles, patrons ordering ginger ale and ‘‘empty glasses.” j One newspaper this morning estimated that $1,000,000 was spent for dinners alone at the city’s fifteen leading cases. This did not include the liquors, wines and other refreshments. GOTHAM PATS TRIBUTE r _____ liquor Flows Freely as New Yorkers See New Year. Bv United Preie NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-—Father Knickerbocker's annual tribute to Father Time was paid l*et night and it was neither quiet nor wholly dry. When Baby 1925 came creeping down Broadway the Roaring Forties catapulted into an ecstacy of glee. The that the newcomer was accompanied by one of these cold waves the weather man is always talking about failed to restore calm. * Though liquor flowed freely and many a toast was given ala mode, it was the first New Year’s Eve in ten years, that no intoxicated person Was arraigned in night court. Twenty-two tinhorn peddlers were arrested charged with making too much noise. _ For hours Times Square was a solid mass of New Tear’s enthusiasts. Theaters hung out the S. R O. sign early. TWO DIE IN DETROIT > . Soldier Shoots 15-Year-Old Girt— Turns Gun cm Self. Bv United Preee DETROIT, Mich., Jan, L—Three persons were injured, two fatally, in New Tear*b reveleries in Michigan early today. Imogene Campbell,, 15, died a few minutes after being shot by Joseph Ryan, soldier stationed at Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens. Ryan turned the revolver on himself a moment later and doctors feared his wounds

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died body of Adolph Bonnie, 21, in a house after a New Year’s party early today. Charles J. the house when Bonnie’s waa'discovered, was arrested and Is being held for investigation. He refused to tell of the circumstances of Bon-, nle’s death. MAN.STRUCKBY S TWO AUTOS, DIES Driver Is Held on Charge of Manslaughter, Struck down by a machine driven by Harry L. Dorman, 61, of 4140 N. Capitol Ave., and run over by another machine, driven by David Kollinger, 4214 N. Capitol Ave., Thomas Donahue, 85, of 8761 Boulevard PI., died in St. Vincent’s Hospital Wednesday night. The accident occurred at Thirty-Eighth St. and Capitol Ave. about 10:30 p. m. Do'man was held on an assault and ' battery charge which was changed to manslaughter after the report of Coroner Paul Robinson today. Kollinger was not slated. Police said they were told Donahue was walking across the sgreet when' Dorman’s car knocked him down in the path of the Kollinger car, which was following closely. PICKPOCKETS GET $36 Shopper and Street Car Rider Vic-, tims of “Dips.” A “dip” operated downtowp. on Wednesday, police reports showed todp.y. While Mrs. Orville Sanderson, 2809 Indianapolis Ave., was shopping. her purse was opened and $9 taken. Louis Cooper, 1044 E. Market St., was robbed of $27 while boarding a street car.

$40,000 Entertainment Bill mNDIANAPOLIS spent approximately $40,000 for entertainment in nine N d*vntown clubs, cases and hotels and in the principal downtown theaters New Year’s eVe entertainment, it was est ; nated today. The estimate was based upon reports of managers-of attendance at various affairs. 4?

jyjjrrlHEE! "Welcome 1925! It I didn’t take any artifecial stimulus to make Mary Elizabeth Bradway, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Bradway, 1129 N. Tecumseh St., happy that another year has rolled around. It was her birthday^—her first. Summing up 1924, Mary Elizabeth broadcast by her smile that it was the very best year in her whole life.

Papers Serve ' R‘ lADIO and the I pers are going to, save i . I Uncle Sam some money, beginning today, according to J. H. Armington, in charge of the Weather Bureau. The daily weather forecast card, time honored institution, wad suspended with Wednesday’s issue. Armington announced. “The same information is available in the noon and later editions of the afternoon papers through which the forecasts receive a much wider and quicker distribution than can now be affected by the limited means at our disposal,” said Armington. “The forecasts also are now broadcast by a number of radio setations, a list of which, witrf the time of broadcasting and wave length may be obtained upon application to this office.

SNOW IN SOUTHWEST White Blanket Accompanies New Year—Trains Unaffected. Bu United Pres* ’ KANSAS CITY. Mo., Jan. I.—A fresh blanket of snow, over the southwex: greeted the new year today. The fall ranged from one inch in Kansas City to three and fourinches In western Kansas, and was expected to continue today and tonight, the weather burea-u stated. Train and wire service whs not affected, according to reports here. FIREMEN TO CELEBRATE . ' Dance Will Be Given at Broad Ripple Engine House Tonight. Firemen at Engine House 32, Broad Ripple, will celebrate New Year with a dinner and danefe at the engine house tonight. Dinner will he served at 6. Dancing will start at 7:30. The program is In charge of Capt. B. J. Riley and Flfemen Arthur Shaffner, J. B. Day add Marion Wildrick. /' t Broad Ripple citizens and flcials, including Chief John J. O’Brien, MAyor Shank, Battalion Chief James McKinney and Assistant Fire Chief John J. Blackwell, have been, invited. , * 7 L ~ HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 23 9 a. m 22 7 a. m.,,.,. 22 10 a. m...... 23 $ a. m...... 22 11 a. m...... 34

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CONSUCnVE lAS Fi cut hnistram MUNICIPAL PROPOSED BY MERLE SIDENE^ ployes Be Placed Under Strict Civil Constructive plans for the city administwrtion Jthi yeap; are reaching Mayor Shank's office in’ response to ids quest for suggestions from representative citizens,. With cooperation of The Times, letters received at the city hall are being reprinted in part, and suggestions mailed Times will be put in the mayor’s hands for As soon as more replies are in, a special cabinet meeting to consider a definite program probably wiJJ be .called mayor.

*A department of municipal publicity is urged by Mei'le Sidener, of the Sidener-Van Riper advertising agency. The bureau would exploit advantages of Indianapolis as a manufacturing and home city. City Not Appreciated. “Indianapolis is the best city in in the United States, bar none,” writes Sidener, “but Indianapolis can not be appreciated by the out .side world until our own citizen ship has a better appreciation of Indianapolis. “What better service could your administration give the community than to educate us on what we have? “My suggestion is that you create an l educational department i whose business it will be to ‘give our citizens comprehensive information about Indianapolis.” Civil Service Urged , C Edgar Evans, of the AcmeEvans Co*, urges a civil service system, reduction of the number of city employes and of taxation. He suggests: 1. All departments of city employes under strict civil > service rules. 2. Board members should not be disturbed when terms expire, unless for cause. 3. Uniform system of “stop and go” signals to Teplace the present cumbersome plan. Buffalo system suggested. 4. Reduction of number of employes. 5. Reduction of taxation. “From . general observation, I believe you -doing everything at your command to give us a safe, sane, and honest administration,” writes Gerritt A. Archibald. “If you can meet all expenses And reduce taxes, it wIU miet the approval of the general public.” Park Board Praised. The park board was praised by Lynn B. Millikan, general contractor, who cited development of the j park program. “I would suggest making all property south of Fall Creek toS Washington St. for business,’* wrote Millikan./ “I would also j recommend taking street ears off I Washington St. between Illinois | and Pennsylvania Sts., by routing j them on Ohio and Maryland Sts. “Downtown parking should be I limited to thirty minutes and give j busses a free chance to use our streets upder a tax system.” The Shank administration was lauded by John L. Clough, of the Blaine-Thompson Cos. “You have an extremely difficult responsibility with honesty and ability,” said - “You have my active support in continuing this policy." I. W. I-emaux, manufacturer and Republica/i city chairman, write*, 1 “It was a good administration, I have no suggestions at hand,” Reckless Driving Worst | “I would concentrate on improve-l ment of \ traffic conditions,” writes Anton Vonnegut of the Vonnegut Machinery bompany. “Emphasis has been laid op. speeding instead of careless driv- j ing. Speeding by a competent di-lver is not so dangerous as poor or reckless driving. Best results ; can be obtained 1 by courtesy on the part of the traffic officials. _ "Schools and sanitations are factors affecting the greatest num- j her of-persons.” ~ , TANARUS; ' J Parking of automobiles indefifuta-.j I'.- in the congested area with no j time limit was suggested by Ho c® j

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