Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 225, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1925 — Page 2

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EDITORS TO HEAR SEN. RALSTON AT DINNERTHURSDAY Program for Democratic Mid-Winter Session / Announced. United State* Senator Samuel M. Ralston will deliver the principal address at ths mid-winter banquet of the Indiana Democratic editors in the Riley Room of the Claypool next Thursday night, it was announced today. Other talks will be made “by former Tice President Thomas R. Marshall, former U. S. Senator Thomas Taggart, W. H. O'Brien, Lawrenceburg; Mrs. L. Q. Elllngham, Ft. Wayne; Walter 3. (Chambers, Democratic State chairman, Newcastle; State Senator Joseph Cravens, Madison, and Dr. Carleton B, McCulloch, Indianapolis. Thursday at 4:30 p. m. Mrs. John W. Kern will entertain wives of the editors 4it a tea at her home, -1836 N, Pennsylvania St. , Rotation of/Offlce Friday at 10 a. m. business session of the association will be called in the Palm Room of the Claypool, with John F. Mitchell Jr., president, Greenfield, presiding. John Gorman, Princeton, becomes president of the association by rotation of office at the annual election. Following election, round table discussion on legal advertising will be led by Charles J. Arnold, Greencastle Herald-Leader. \ To Visit School E. A. Kelley, secretary of the In* dianapolis Typothetae, will talk. "School News" will be subject of a diucussion led by E. E. Gox, editor of the Hartford City News. John D. DePrez, editor, Shefbyville Democrat, will lead discussion on foreign adv rtising. * Thursday at 3 p. m. editors will visit the school of printing of the United Typothetae of America at 1500 E. Michigan St. ' FALLS IN VAT; SCALDED Worker Seriously Burned at Mahogany Company Plant. Oscar Best, 32, of 48 Norman Ct., 1475 Roosevelt/Ave., was scalded from the waist down today when he fell in a vat of boiling water at the Talge Mahogany Company plant, 1101 E. Thirteenth St. Police said a guard that covered the vat was improperly placed and when Best stepped on It, he was thrown in the water. He was pulled out by Elija and Raymond Harp of 819% Massachusetts Ave. Police also said Best did not see the vat because of steam in the room. POSTPONEMENT ADVISED Salary Boost Measure Is Sent to Another Committee. m Following recommendations of the 1-louse Judiciary- B committee to postpone indefinitely the Beblnger bill increasing salary of the Maroin County Criminal Court probation clerk from $1,200 to $2,000, the bill was committed to Fees and Salaries committee. Speaker Leslie granted Bebinger’s appeal for recommitment, although he disparaged the procedure. Realty Company Files The Edward Realty Company was incorporated with the Secretary of State today by Edward G. Sourbier, Theodore J. Sourbier and J. J. Kiser, Capital, 3120,000. The company owns business property at Illinois and Michigan Sts., upon which it proposes to erect a three-story building for general business purposes. The budding will be about 100 leet by 195 feet square. Motor Firm Incorporated George B. Ray, Inc., was incorporated with the Secretary oC State today by" George and B. Ray, 4133 College Ave., and Harry Morris, 2926 College Ave., witn SIO,OOO capital. The company proposes to manufacture and deal in automobile, motor board and airplane castings and in. general automotive and radio accessories.

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DOGS RACE DEATH to stricken city - —■— St Expect Diphtheria AntitoxirUo Reach Nome Monday, Bv United "Prein ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan.. 30. Speed records were being shattered along the frozen mall trails of the northland today as men and dogs “mushed” onward to save lives irv Nome. 4 Three hundred thousand units of diphtheria anti-toxin, lashed to dog sledges, are being carried by the fastest teams In the snow country -night and day while the mercury hangs around 50 degrees below zero. The anti-toxin reached Ruby, more more than salt way to Nome, late Thursday. Unless accidents prevent. It. will reach Nome Monday, six days after it was shipped from the Government hospital here by train to Nenana and consigned to men and dogs for the race against death. Assembly Sidelights L..— i Senator Harlan came In late, as the ayes and noes were being, called on a vote. As he came through the door the clerk called “Hartan!" “Present,” replied the Senator, who thought it was roll call. “We’re voting, Senator,” said President Van Orman. “Tell me what its all about and ni vote, too; in fact, I vote aye,” replied Harlan. * * * Fake dental colleges received ,a blow when Senator Dickermwrt*s. bill to require persons wishing to pull teeth must get a State license, after examination. If the dental board “flunks’* any applicant he can appeal to Circuit Court. •* • § Salaries of chief deputy auditor, clerk "fend , treasurer of Marion County would be fixed at $3,600 maximum by Senator English’s amendment to a 1)111 setting $4,000 limit. • ♦ • Lieutenant Governor Van Orman has lumbago, which somewhat cramps his style on the president’s platform. **'’ N Snuff giving to school ohildren of the State rou3t stop. The Senate committee on finance was to report unanimously on Senator Holmes', Gary, hill to that effect. • • * Speaker Leslie’s habit of planting himself, at off times, in a chair at the press table and chatting with the newspaper men has made him a general favorite with the scriveners. “I’m just a clodhopper, boys. Can’t see the flashy stuff a minute. After all, a farmer’s just a farmer,” Leslie says. LONG RESIDENT DIES David A. Fields to Be Buried Saturday. David A. Field, 74, long a resident of Indianapolis, who died Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harry Pyatt, 5288 College Ave., will be buried Saturday in Crown Hill Cemetery, following funeral services at 2 p. m. at the residence. Hospital Acceptance Bill State Representative Duncan, Indianapolis, today introduced a bill accepting the gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Coleman, Indianapolis of $250,000 to the State for construction of a maternity hospital in conjunction with the Robert W. Long Hospital.

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Thariks! Bv United *ress PRINCETON, N. J„ Jan. 29. *—The three Princeton students whose trousers excited comment from President Coolidge When they called at the White House today received a present of a pair of suspenders each, embroidered in college colors from a firm manufacturing bus- * penders. / The students who were advised by Mr. Coolidge concerning the length t af their garments were Joseph Prendergast, Evanston, 111.; Lawrence Hunt, Forest Hills, N. Y., and Richard Safer, Columbus, Ohio.

MRS. SHANK IS HEAD President of New Dairy and Food Council. Promition of child health and welfare will be the object of the newlyorganized Indianapolis Dairy and Food Council. Mrs. Samuel Lewis Shank, wife of Mayor Shank, was elected president at the organization dinner at the Claypool Thursday night. Other officers. Dr. Herman G. Morgan, secretary of the Indianapolis board of health, and Edward E.Mcßride, city recreation director, vice presidents; Clarence T. Brady, treasurer and Robert L. Hammond, temporary .secretary. BURIAL AT HOLY CROSS * - ‘ George Stocker, Hotel Chef, Dies at Home Thursday. With the death of George Stocker, 63, of 1712 S. Meridian St., 'Thursday, Indianapolis lost one of its bestknown chefs. He had lived hers twenty-five years. Mr. Stocker will be buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, following funeral services at 9:SO a. *n. Monday at the residence and 10 a. m. at Sacred -Heart Catholic -ChacaSu* jt,**^**.... ; After' coming to America in from Germany, his birthplace, Mr. Stocker was employed in several leading hotels. / Besides the widow, three sons, George, Joseph and Albert, and two daughters, Mrs. Morris Woods and Mrs. Joseph J. Klee, all of Indianapolis, survive. CLOSING IS FAVORED C. of C. Directors on Record is Oriental St. Elevation. Directors of the Chamber of Commerce were on record today as favoring the closing of S. Oriental St. when Pennsylvania and C., LAW. railroad tracks are elevated. The view was communicated to the board of works by letter. Citizens of the neighborhood desire the street left open because they feel that to close it would reduce property- values. Industries, particularly the Ford Motor Company and the railroads, want The street closed. FLOUR PRICES JUMP — : Dealers Blame Upward Trend in Wheat Market. Local flour prices have been on the advance for six weeks and dealers look for a 5-cent a twenty-four-pound bag rise within the next two weeks, according to H. E. Ramsey of tlic Piggly Wiggly Stores Inc. Best grades are now selling at $1.60 and $1.65 a twenty-four-pound bag, compared with $1.20 to $1.25 six weeks ago. The advances have been coming regularly every week dealers report and Just how. long this will continue would be hard to pay, according to a Columbia Grocery buyer. Dealers say the increase follows the upward trend of wheat prices. Gives $50,000 to Franklin Bit Times Special FRANKLIN, Ind.. Jan. SO.—-An-nouncement has been made of the pledge of $50,000 by Grafton Johnson of Greenwood toward the $200,OOff fund sought for th erection of a science hall at Franktl! College. Local' Banks Designated The Citizens’ State Bank and the Northwestern State Bank, both of Indianapolis, today were named State depositories by the State finance board. Twenty-two other banks were named. The Citizens’ Bank gets a limit of $26,000 and the Northwestern $6,060. Painters Select Ft. Wayne Indiana Association of Master House Painters and Decorators will hold its ne::t convention at Ft. Wayne, Dec. 8-10, it was announced today, following convention at the Lincoln, which olosed Thursday. Would Codify City Laws Senator Qulllln, Indianapolis, introduced a bill in the Senate today providing for appointment . of a commission of three members by the Governor to serve without pay to codify all laws relating to municipal corporations. V The. measure alio carries an appropriation of $2,6 £0 for expenses,

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PARDON BOARD REPORT APPROVED Governor Jackson Acts for First Time, Governor Jackson today approved all recommendations of the State board of pardons in the first report submitted to him since be became Governor. Eight cases were paroled, two of which were for murder; Robert Griffith, Knox Circuit Court, life, and Ottb Auman, Parke Circuit Court, life. Griffith has been in State prison since 1914 and Auman since 1919. The sentence of Frank Pierce, Marlon Criminal, Court, sentenced on robbery chargee to five to fourteen years in 1920, was commuted to four to fourteen years. Joseph Carr, Marlon Criminal Court, fined SSOO June 61, 1924, for carrying concealed weapons was given permission to pay fine in installments. He,bad been serving time at the Indiana State Farm. Thirty-five cases were refused recommendation by the board Including those of Frank Frolke, Marion Criminal Court, sentenced to four months for petit embezzlement and 'CArI White, sentenced in 1921 to five to fourteen yeans tor robbery. . ——— I UNUSUAL BUT TRUE Bv Times Special OLEAN, N. Y., Jan. 30.—Nineteen inches "of snow fell here in three hours late Thursday as afternoon passed into evening. Fourteen Inches fell In the first two hours. It was nice, dry snbw however, and didn't seriously Interfere with traffic. Bv Times Special CLEVELAND, Jan. 30.—Playing with a revolver, 5-year-old Joey Bordonaro shot himself. The bullet severed Joey’s appendix at the exact spot where a surgeon’s knife would have been applied. When the doctor reached In for the appendix they found it had been in such bad shape that It would have to be removed in a fvw years anyway. ' Bv Times Special BRIGHTON, England. Jan. 30. Great Britain’s two oldest twins celebrated their ninety-second birthday when Matthew and Mark Gunn each had an extra mug of beer and an extra pipe. Bv Times Special LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 30.—-The Ten Commandments would be displayed on the walls of every school room In the State, under a'bill introduced in the State Senate Thursday. Bv Times Special JERSEY CITY, N. J„ Jan. 30. Ellsworth De Groat and his family won a verdict of $1,715 from the Ward Baking Company, after eating fragments of an. electric light bulb imbedded in a loaf of bread. Bv Times Special WASHINGTON, Jan. 80.—Maybe your beet girl doesn’t wear ’em, % i and maybe ours doesn’t, either, but somebody must be buying ’em. The “Jazz age” was supposed to have ruined the corset business, but production of them in 1923 increased 3.2 per cent over -that of 3921—a business of $78,047,958 —and the number of factories increased from 173 to 21*. Bv Times Special FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Jan. 30. Because Helen Dennison, a Radcliffe senior, wants her wedding strictly , a family affair, Gcvernor Fuller commissioned her daddy, millionaire head of the Dennison Manufacturing Company, a Justice of the peace so he could marry her to Edmund Smith, a Boston publisher. Bv Times Special NEWTON, N. H., Jan. 80.—Gus Fowler, 84-year-old World War veteran, woke up from a six-year lapse of memory and discovered that during the lapse he had become parried and the father of two children. Auto Injuries Fatal Bv Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Jan. 80.— William Eason, 54, died today from Injuries sustained two weeks ago when he was struck by an automobile driven by Raymond McFall. Censorship Frowned Upon The House public morals committee has decided on indefinite postponement of the Hinkle movie censorship bill. The committee has reached rto decision on the bill prohibiting Sunday commercial ath|etic contests. Headaches From Slight Colds Laxative BROMO QUININE Tab lets relieve the Headache by curing the Odd. A Safe and Proven Rembox bears the signature of IJH| 80c.—Advertisement

Ah! Be United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. The “Jazz age” has had no depressing effect whatever on- the production of corsets —on the contrary, the number of factories, making thrtft and the total value of their output have increased, according to the Department of Commerce. Production in 1923 was valued at $78,047,859, an increase pf 3.2 per cent-over production in 1921, while the number of factories engaged in manufacturing them jumped 173 to 218. More than- 16,000 persons are now engaged in the industry.

SHANK TO STUDY RULE Will Inspect City Manager Government at Cleveland. Mayor Shank will make a study of the city manager plan of government of Cleveland, Ohio, when he is there Feb. 11 to address the Cleveland Advertising Club. "I have heard a lot about the Cleveland plan, which seems to be far better than our present form of municipal government in Indiana, .and I want to.- find out Just how it works,” he- said. r , - EX- GOVERNOR IS DYING * , —r— ————r . - - Former Wisconsin Chief Executive * Seriously IIL Bv United Press - OCONTO, Wia, Jan. 30^—Little hope was held out today for life of Edward Scofield, 83, twice Governor of Wisconsin who is critically ill at his home here. Scofield played an important part development of the lumber industry of the State. He saw activa. service Jn the Civil War and waaoliacharged with major. BURIAL AT AURORA, IND. Louis Paid Dies at Home of Daughter Early Today. Louis Paul, 67, retired, who lived with his daughter, Mrs. Walter Kirsch, 1833 N. Obney St., for the past three years died early today. He was born at Rising Bun, Ind. Burial will be at Aurora Monday following services at the residence here Sunday at 2 p. jinL Besides Mrs. Eirach, Mr*. G. E. Grabthanj, v daughter of Annapolis, Md., and Carl B. Paul,’a son, Indianapolis, survive. TALK ON CITY MANAGER Junior Chamber of Commerce Will Hear Attorney. /. James W. Mellen, attorney, will address the Junior Chamber of Commerce on the city manager plan of government at a dimmer at 6:30 p. m. Monday rilght at the Chamber of Commerce.' <C. August Schrader, president,' has 1 announced that this form of government will be fully presented to the membership and others interested at a later meeting. Thomas E; Halls, head of the Indiana Secret Service, will tell some of his experiences. RAIN WATER SHORTAGE Ben Davis Cisterns Drained in Vain to Sate House. Home of Paul Bare, Ben Davis, Ind., was destroyed by fire late Thursday. Truck Company 1 and Pumper No’. 18 answered the call but were hindered by the lack of water. Nearby cisterns were drained but supply was insufficient to extinguish the flames. The fire started from sparks of the chimney and caused a $3,400 damage. Part of the furnishings were saved. Friend Is Remembered Av Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 80.— •Patrick J. Kelly of the Hercules Buggy Company, bachelor, who died recently, left a diamond riiwr and SB,OOO to Miss Anna Henry, a according to his will, just filed for probate. * ' - Traffic Tower Condemned Condemnation of-the traffic tofver at Meridian and Washington Sts., has been expressed by the. Indianapolis chapter of the American Association of Engineers. At luncheon Thursday resolutions were adopted control by regulartraffic officers. New Debt Limit Proposed Counties would be authorized to incur Indebtedness representing 2 per cent of their assessed valuation for county unit roads under a bill Introduced today by Representative Carter, Salem. The present limit is 1 per cent. Two Drivers Arrested Ora Linn, 32, of 127 E. Michigan St., was arrested today on a speeding charge. Walter Deaver, 29, of 1461, -who failed to appear in city court Thursday, was rearraattMl

COLLEGE MEN DEFEND FRATS V - , - A-l-7 > Secret Orders Polish Rough Ones, Spokesman Says, Bv United Press EVANSTON, lU., Jan. 30. fraternities at Northwestern University today denied charge of Malcolm MacDonald, son of the former British premier, that American college fraternities are exclusive and snobbish. “A fraternity is a cooperative enterprise,” their spokesman, Wade Fetzer, president of the intrafraternity council, told the United Pres*. “It smooths the edges off the rough diamonds and it removes the excess shine from the slickers. It is the function of the fraternity to take men from all classes and force them to meet other jn®n and accept responsibilities.” Fetzer, a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, said most of the Greek letter societies make it possible 4 for young men to secure a college education by finding jobs for men who wish to work their way. ‘MANAGER’ TO BE TOPIC Realtors to Take Up Proposed Change at Luncheon. City manager government -for Indianapolis will be “discussed by the Indianapolisf .Real ’ Estate Board at luncheon L< the Chamber of Commeroe next Wednesday, President Frank E. Gates announced today. The board is expected to decide whether it will favor the change. Directors of the' board discussed the movement informally late Thursday without reaching a decision, Gates said. An expert' on city manager government will be invited to address the board luncheon. LIVED iHERE 51 YEARS Mrs. Emma Vaughn TaU to Be Burled Saturday. Funeral servioes for Mrs. Emma Vaughn Tall, 81, of 43 W. Thirtieth 35., who died Wednesday following illness of six months, will be r held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the residence. Burial in Crown Hill cemetery. - Mrs. Tall, who was born in Princess Ann, Md., had lived here sirice ,1411,' Forty-one years of her life in this city lyere spent residing at 2921 N. Illinois St. Three sons. H. H. Tall, P. F. Tall, O. B. Tall; one daughter, Mrs. William Paulsel, all of Indianapolis, survive. . Indianapolis Men Elected Joseph E. Mattingly, Indianapolis, is new president of Sheet Metal Contractors’ Association of Indiana. Among directors elected Thursday at the Severln are Joseph C. Gardner, retiring president and /Harry W. both of Indianapolis.

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WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON Members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce will be hosts tonight at an Americanization program for persons who are natural-ized-today in Superior Court 1 by Judge James M. Leathers at the American Settlemeht House, 617-W. Pearl St. Eighty-two persons were to qualify for final papers. William Henry Harrison, chairman Amerctahlzation committee, arranged the program. Cimtnal Court James A. Collins will preside. A. M. Hall will be the principal speaker. Musical numbers will be given fry the Seventh restrict Federation of Clubs. The Servian Orchestra will play and Edward Noli, soloist, sing. C. .August Schrader, president, has sent invitations to all applying for citizenship. MRS. HAUGH IN NEED Divorced Wife of Local Man Stranded in France. Unable to obtain assistance to enable her to return to the United States because of her French citizenship, Mrs. J. Guy Ilaugh, divorced wife of J. Guy Haugh of this city, and her two children, 6 and 11 years old, are In need in Paris, France, according to a dispatch printed in tjje Chicago Tribune today. Mr. and Ml*. Haugh were divorced in 1919 at Rushville, Ind. She said her husband contributed to her support until last November. Since then she had received no help she said. Radio Theft Charged Burglary and grand larceny charges were filed’ today against Ralph Carter- 24, colored, 131 W. Sixteenth St. Detectives Trabue and Sneed charged theft of candy, cigars* clgarets and a radio set, valued at $270, from the saloon of J. H. John 1102 N. Senate Ave, Jan. 15.

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AMENDMENT GETS ‘CDIDSHOULDER’ House Indulges in Parliamentary Acrobatics, After several parliamentary flour-i the Wrlght-De Haven bill toMay was sent back to the Indiana House Committee on State Medicine for further recommendations. Representative Leer, New Paris, called dowa a motion to reconsider action in attaching the Gottschalk amendment, which defeated original provisions ot the bs!l to create a separate chirdpractic board of registrar tion. The Gottschalk amendment merely would have added a chiropractor to the present medical registration board. Representative Harris,'Gary, seconded the' Le<4 motion and immediately offered another to table Harris’ motion failed j to receive a majority and Leer’s was carried on a standing vote: Leer s, motion Jo recommit also carried. Effect of the whole procedure Was to committee that the bill ,would not paas carrying- the Gottschalk amendment. HER TROOPSREMOVED Death of Leaders Ended Strife, Residents Say, Bv United Press HERRIN, 111., Jan. 30.—“ Bloody Williamson County” is back to normal today, with the last indication of Saturday night’s hate war removed. Late Thursday, immediately after the funeral and burial of 8. Glenn Young had been completed, the company of State militia on duty here was removed. \ ■ Townspeople today were predicting that the “hate war” has ended. Malice which stirred up the battle departed with Glenn Young and Ora Thomas, they say. Even George Galligan, sheriff of the county and Nemesis of the Klan, believes the trouble is over.' POETIC JUSTICE DEALt Boy Sentenced to Read “Eulogy to a Dog” for Cruelty. Bv Times Special HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 30.—Poetic justice was meted out to a 13-year-old youth tried in juvenile court here on a charge of cruelty. Judge Bryan ordered him to write Vest's "Eulogy to a Dog,” 500 times. Tiie boy wks paroled to his father, who was told to give his -ban. dri good spanking. The youth was found, guilty .of Jabbing a wire down- a dog’s throat.