Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 228, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 February 1925 — Page 12

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FEELING AGAINST LABOR MEASURE STROM EAST Ratification of Child Work Amendment Fought by New York Politicians. Bv United Press ' ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 2.—With sentiment in New York State in opposition to the Federal child labor amendment, growing stronger daily, it seems extremely doubtful that the Empire State will ratify the amendment even though the major political parties declared for such action In their platforms. Both partis, Immediately after the Legislature convened this year, came out in favor of a referendum on the question. Governor Smith, for the Democrats, wants a referendum before the present session ends. Republican leaders, who control the Legislature, will not grant this request, but want a referendum next November. So it is certain that no action will be taken before next year, If then. Sentiment against the amendment also is strong In Pennsylvania, Maryland and De.aware, all industrial States. In Maryland there is strong feeling for States’ rights. The Legislature of that State, however, will not have an opportunity to express Itself on the subject until next year, there being no meeting of the lawmakers until then. v In Pennsylvania there is noticed a desire to hold up action until it is known definitely whether the amendment will be defeated. The resolution was introduced early in the session and has since been reposing in the Judiciary General Committee. Sentiment in Delaware is pronounced against the measure and indications point to its certain defeat when it is brought before the Legislature.

LIBRARY QUERIES TAKE WIDE RANGE ** v \ Branch Office Reports Busy Month During January—--5,000 Call for Information,

Has President Coolidge ever owned an automobile? What are the requirements for peddlers In Indianapolis? How are automobile Insurance rates made up? What is the magnetic declination of Indianapolis? Where can I find out about Uncle Joe Cannon’s article on dramatic events in Congress? These aren’t cross-word puzzle questions. They are a few of the hundreds of questions answered by the business branch of the public library at Meridian and Ohio Sts. Over 300 questions like these were answered at the library branch during January, according to Miss Ethel deland, branch librarian. Almost 5,000 persons used the branch office luring January. “That many persons actually came in and went to the shelves for information.” Miss Cleland said. "The number doesn’t include those who came for books or returned books.” There were almost 1,500 books and pamphlets loaned out during the month. About fifty telephone calls for information were made. “More people should make use of 1 Gone, but Not Forgotten Automobiles reported stolen belong to: . , John Arney, 1858 Barth Ave. (Overland), from Illinois St. and Union Station. Fred J. Davey, 319 Christian St. (Overland), from Maryland and Illinois Sts. Bruce Campbell, 901 N. New Jersey St. (Ford), from in front of same. Warren Cunry, 3721 Central Ave. fT'ord), from 18 E. Washington St. BACK HOME AGAIN Automobiles reported found by police belong to: Guisseppo Pinto, 220 N. East St. (Nash), found at New Jersey and East Sts.

J. E. Brittenbach, 2403 N. Gale St (Maxwell), found at 2638 Cornell Ave.

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EASY WAY TO GET , INTO JAIL FOUND But Reporter Loses Desire to Be Behind Bars During Encounter With Traffic Cop'. *

By ROSS H. GARRIGUS EAST week I told you s how I spent three hours trying to get in jail. Monday I almost got in without trying—proving the old wise crack, you never can get what you want when you want it. At Illinois and Maryland Sts., almost within “yoo hoo” distance of the city editor, I disobeyed the traffic officer’s sign. Had been out all afternoon hunt-

She said, as she tossed up a nickel, “Shall I buy some prunes or a But a sad trick of (2) Rolled the coin down a (3) My goodness, but ain’t Fortune (1) Small banana-shaped vegetable with warty projections. (2) Destiny, ungovernable circumstances. (3* Thing old-fashioned people used to sit in front of on cold evenings. (4) Jazzy.

the telephone,” Miss Cleland said. ‘•We are always glad to find out any lpformation asked for, if we can, and call the person back on the phone.” The branch library has 12.963 pamphlets, 20,804 pictures, 1,245 maps and 5,262 books in stpek. Miss Cleland said. It subscribes to more than 300 general magazines, trade papers and financial Journals. WOMAN, 65, ON TRIAL Charged With Poisoning Husband, 67—Selection of Jury Continues. Bu United Press COSHOCTON, Ohio, Feb. 3.—Prospects of completing a jury within the next twenty-four hours for trial of “Grandmother” McCurdy, charged with poisoning her 67-year-old husband, were remote aa court resumed today. Although ten jurors were accepted tentatively, the State had exercised only two of its five challenges and the defense none. There is every indication |that the community is highly prejudiced against the death penalty for the 66-year-old defendant, but Prosecutor Turner today continued to ask each prospective juror whether he objected to capital pfinishment. MEN AND LOOT HELD Bring Warrants and truck Danville Sheriff told. Detective Inspector Jerry Kinney, called Sheriff Hollngsworth at Danville, Ind., today and told him. ?o come, to Indianapolis with warrants and a truck to take back three prisoners and a large quanity V* loot stolen from the Hess Genera? store at Danville several nights agr Men under arest are Edgar S larp, 19, of 926 E. Georgia St.; Alva Carney, 27, of R. It. D. Box 218 A.: Emil Martin, 32, of 420 E. Market St. Detectives Peats, Higgs, Brickley and Finneran and J. Dugan and J. Sullivan, who made the arrest, "say the men admitted the burglary. Ratarians Hear Editor “Dusty” Miller, editor Wilmington (Ohio) Daily News-Journal, spoke on “Explosions” at Rotary Club luncheon today it the Claypool. Ralph H. Burdick, president Indiana Automatic Sprinkler Company, a new member was presented to the club. Slayer Is Sentenced Bv Times Snecial RQCKVILLE, Ind., Feb. 3.—Joe Stiltz Jr., who pleaded guilty to shooting Eugene Cossel in a blind tiger raid last October, was under sentence of two to twenty-one years at the Indiana State reformatory on a manslaughter charge.

ing for something to write about. I was going at a thirty-mile clip—fifteen up and fifteen down, you know —and I didn’t feel like stopping at the corner. Too. a street car.had the “go” sign. I lowered the window and stuck out a graceful wrist, signifying a left-hand turn. Such a Stony Stare “Tweet, tweet,” went the whistle. “Ah,” I mentally grinned, “somebody’s getting it.” I kept on. “Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet.” I looked out the window casually to see the culprit. In the old days, I used to sing a song: “Was that somebody you?” Well, the somebody violating the traffic sign was me. Deserting his post, the officer walked rapidly up to my* coupe. Never before had I looked into such hard eyes. , Oh, Dear No! “Suppose you got more money than you know what to do with,” he suggested. "Want to give some to the Judge?” / I gulped anti-philanthroplcally. “Whereja think you were going anyway?” I was flabbergasted. Could think of no words at all to make funny copy. “I-er”—l was rapidly becoming the center of attraction. Folks were laughing at, not with me. “I didn’t see the sign,” I thought inspirationally. “You didn’t see the sign?” I saw right away I had said the wrong thing. “I heard your whistle and thought I had the ‘go’ sign,” I explained. Poor thoughts evidently. He looked even madder. Never before saw such an unreasonable officer. I began to get shaky. Any moment I expected to hear the clang of the patrol-bells that never peal joy. Quite Different When you have an assignment to get into jail, you can figure on your boss getting you out. But to get in on your own hook— Meanwhile traffic was jamming up. “Sorry, I ventured. “I really didn't mean to violate the sign. Guess I was just dreaming.” “Dreaming—rats.” No strain of romance in him. Honk, honk, went other autos —or whatever these new-fangled horns say. “You bonehead,” he muttered. “You guys oughtn't be allowed to drive cars.” And he walked back to his post. — RADIO IDEA GROWING Broadcast Listeners to Meet Tonight at Hoosier Athletic Club. The E&st Side Broadcast Listeners Club, at Liberty Hall. 3208 E. Michigan St., Monday night, planned to cooperate with other radio fans in organizing an Indianapolis listeners’ club. The east side club will be represented by a committee, which will meet with other broadcast listeners at the Hoosle- Athletic Club tonight. The club adopted bylaws MondAy night, and H. D. Barton spoke on “B” battery eliminators. He said the devices were in an experimental stage, but gave promise of becoming widely used. R. D. Scobey, president, spoke briefly on the elimination of squealing receivers. FLIERS TRY FOR RECORD Bv United Press French Aviators Start on Air Voyage to West Africa. PARIS, Feb. 3.—Two French aviators, Le Malt re and Arrachard, piloting a Breugeet plane, left Etamps airdrome at 11:39 a. m, on a non-st<ift flight to Dakar, in Senegal, Freiroi West Africa, in an attempt to break the world’s distance record. The distance from Etamps to Dakar is 4,200 kilometers. Loses on Appeal Henry Campbell, 225 W. New York St., faces a ninety-day sentence on the Indiana State Farm, and a SIOO fine, following convicted on a charge of operating a blind tiger and by Criminal Judge James A. Collins, Monday. He had ap- : pealed from city court.

MANAGER PLAN IS SEEN AS SOL UTION i* /\r - ' Properly Conceived, It Will Eliminate Present Political Mess, Says John F, White.

By JOHN F. WHITE, Secretary of Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic Clubs. The city manager question is one in which I have a special interest, growing out of a long period of study and investigation, which has led me to believe this is the very best form of municipal government yet devised, we are to have responsible and efficient administration and a sane tolutidn of the problems con-, stantly confronting city populations. If honestly conceived the commis-sion-manager form will, in effect, have the very desirable tendency of eliminating partisan politics from control in the administration of public affairs, an essential result if the public welfare is to be of paramount concern. It is at least clear that in local affairs government by political parties is a painful failure, growing more pronounced every year everywhere, at no place more strikingly than in Ifdianapolis. Parties Not Fitted Political parties, in the very nature of their make-up, are not fitted to administer public affairs fairly and to economic advantage, and that they have been so utilized is a perversion and misconception of their real purpose. They have a highly useful' function in the field of thought and discussion, from

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Retirement Means Chance to Work to De Pauw Professor

Dr, Naylor Will Give Up School Position in June,

Bv ’T*”>es Special G'-’—IREENCASTLE, Ind., Feb. 3. —Dr. Joseph P. Naylor* 72, J professor of physics at DePauw University, who will be retired in June, says he expects to keep on working. “I have a bad case of science indigestion,” he said. "This is going to give me an opportunity to do some things I have looked forward to for years. ‘‘A professor has little time for original research. Now I will have a chance to get some Ideas out of my system. \“Radlo is bringing the world closer together and should make neighbors of every one. With better understanding of International affairs it should help in stopping wars.” Dr. Naylor, who attended Adrian College, Adrian, Mich., received his A. M. degree from Indiana University in 1884. He started the physics department at Indiana and in 1891 went to DePauw to build up a laboratory. The dean of Columbia University’s engineering school recently said Dr. Naylor’s laboratory is the best equipped of any private school in the country. He was first teacher of physics in the new Shortridge High School, Indianapolis. In addition to teaching, Dr. Naylor has been active in campus life, serving on the administrative committee fifteen years. He is noted among De Pauw students for his wit. He is a charter member and past president of Indiana Academy of Science and a Fellow of American Physics Society. He ixfints with pride to five of

DRUNKEN RUFFIANS KILLED ROMANOFFS Soviet Government Did Not Order Murder of Czar and Family, Former Russian Correspondent Says,

Bv Times Special NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—Czar Nicholas of Russia was shot down ns he held in his arms his little son; the Princess Anastasia was clubbed to death with a gun butt; the other Romanoffs and their attendants in captivity were murdered at the same time —in a dirty cellar by four drunken renegades. That is the picture of the end of the Romanoffs, painted by F. A. MacKenzie, former newspaper correspondent in Russia, in a lecture on Monday night. “The Soviet government did not murder the Czar,” MacKenzie declared, and offered as proof his owh investigations into where the murders were committed. “After the murder was done, Moscow accepted, responsibility for it,” he said. Seized By Workers The Ekaterinburg workers’ committee captured the royal entourage from a Bolshevik commissar, according to MacKenkie. The Czar, Czarina, their five children, a physician and two attendants were imprisoned In a private home. “Here they wero exposed to very kind of indignity," MacKenzie related. "But the reports that the Princesses were outraged are false. A workman once boasted that he had outraged one of the Princesses. Some Cossacks heard him. They seized him and alternately dipped him In boiling and Icy water until he died. Prepared for/ Journey “At midnight, July 16, 1918, the prisoners yere told to get ready to travel. An hour later they came downstairs. Nicholas led the way, carrying his son In his arms. As they passed through a cellar leading to the street they were ordered to halt. “Yurovsky, a watch repairer, who had lived In America, approached with three companions, half drunk. The four men fired together at the

well as the common welfare. The present political situation in Indianapolis is a striking illustration of this effect, with partisan factions warring against each other for the spoils of office. Self Interest First The self interest of the partisan necessarily prompts him to favor party or factional interests first, the common interest becoming secondary as -a natural consequence. In a commission-manager plan of government, therefore, the method ot election is of vital consequence. The ballot must be non-partisan (without party emblems), with either a proportional representative system or some form of selective voting with a given number of choices, In order that ptrty interests may be diffused into the common interest. With merely a commission form of government, with the commission electing one of its members to sen s as mayor, I have np interest whatever, since, in my opinion, it could be no better, if as good, as the present -Federal form under which we are living. It is essential that we have both the element of personal responsibility and the best managerial ability, as is implied In the city manager form, where merit will be

Vm H HHHr B§L -Jwy Am BHB Jmmi l Ml al W Jf| DR. JOSEPH P. NAYLOR his students Who now are heads of physics department in State schools. They are Dr. Lynne B. McMullen, president Northern Normal of Arizona; Prof. Frank Life, University of Arizona; Dr. George W. Stewart, University of Iowa; Dr. Oscar Stewart, University of Missouri, and Dr. Arthur L. Foley, Indiana University. Dean of Leland Stanford School of Education and head of physics department at University of Chattanooga also are former students of his.

Czar and then shot the otherb. The maid held up a pillow to shelter herself and ran to escape. Anastasia, the youngest Princess, fell to the ground, feigning death. Guards finished off these two with the butt ends of their rifles.” Tlje bodies were removed to a nearby wood and destroyed with sulphuric acid and paraffin, Mackenzie said, after the murderers had stripped them of clothes in a search for jewelry and money. GAS ATTEMPT FAILS Domestic Troubles Blamed for Husband’s Act. Domestic trouble was given as the probable motive for a reported suicide attempt made by Donald Kressler, 23, in his room at 227 E. New York St.; early teday. Early arlsers smelled gas and Mrs. Joseph Summers investigated and traced it to the Kressler room. Kressler was found unconscious with all the gas Jets on the stove turned on. He was taken to the city hospital, but is thought to be out of danger. Mrs.' ,Mary Craig who runs the rooming house said Kressler’s wife left Monday night. s STUDENTS ON PROGRAM Hanover Gospel Team to Appear at Conference. Hanover College gospel team, of which Jack Williams is chairman, is on the program at Presbyterian young pe.ople’e conference Sunday at 3 p. m. at Second Presbyierian Church. Other members of bhe team are Peter Sudan, a native Galilean; Carmello Mendoza, Porto Rican; Gael Lemmon, singer, and Edwin Burlingame, pianist. Small Boy Struck Christoff, 7, of 730 Haugh St., is suffering today with severe cuts and bruises about his face and legs received Monday when he was struck by a truck at King Ave. and Michigan St., after alighting from . machine driven by his uncle, Boris Platch, 726 Haugh St. Paul Hodges, 29,, of 624 N. Illinois St., driver, was slated. Milk of Magnesia Users Try This! Science combines Milk of Morneeia with Mineral Oil to fight constipation and acidosis Modern civilisation with its heavy overeating and its lack of exercise has brought two great foes of human health; constipation and acidosis (sour stomach). Your indigestion, heartburn, that dark brown taste in the morning—•are all symptoms of this condition. Milk of magnesia Is fine for neutralising harmful stomach acids but milk of magnesia alone, only goes half w,iy. Therefore Science has combined pure mineral oil with this splendid agent. Haley’s Magnesia-Oil is the name of this perfect, emulsion upon which the U. S. Government has granted a patent The milk of magnesia counteracts and neutralises the acids' and the mineral oil lubricates the intestines, overcoming constipation naturally without forming a habit. Haley’s M-O • can be taken safely by young or old. It is non-habit-forming and contains no drugs or other harmful agents. Stop at your druggist’s today and ‘get a bottle of Halev’s Magnesia-Oil. Take :ooe tonight before going to bed and get up tomorrow morning feeling like anew person. All druggists—family sise, SI.OO. The Haley M O Company, Indianapolis, Ind. i&tofciArO /J 4/Vyi c f P f yyj

HOME SHORTAGE EXISTS IN U. S, QUARRYMEN SAY Five Billion-Dollar Building Scarcity Shown in • „ Survey, Bv United Press CHICAGO, Feb. 3.—A five billion dollar building shortage exists throughout the United States, according to figures contained in a survey by the Indiana Lime Stone Quarry-men's Association, released today. “The present year promises to be the greatest construction year since the war. There still remains a shortage, of more than five billion dollars in all sections of the country,” Thomas J. Vernla, president of the association, announced. Residential Shortage “While a few of the largest cities report a surplus of apartment buildings, the nation as a whole shows a marked shortage of residential buildings. “Commercial structures and public buildings of all types are far behind requirements, particularly in the smaller cities and towns. Great extensions and improvements in railroad terminals are necessary, and for the first time since the war railroads are unable tc* meet the situation. “The anticipated recession in the Metropolitan area of New York which showed such remarkable strides last year should be easily offset by other districts.” Money Plentiful Vernia said money for building purposes is as plentiful aa last year when 12 per cent of the national income was applied to construction. Total construction for the whole country during January was around $357,000,000 with eastern and central sections leading, he declared. AWARDED BROWN DERBY Councilman Say Board of Safety Takes Prize for Stalling. When it comes to stalling off an appointment requested by a city councilman, the board of safety wins the brown derby. This was the consensus of opinion at the council meeting Monday night. "Just let me ask for appointment of a fireman about Dfec. 1 and the board tells me with a long face that th, funds are exhausted and the beard is about $50,000 in the hole,” William E. Clauer, councilman, said. “They don’t tell me that, they just kid me along by telling me to come back next meeting and they will appoint my man," Councilman John E, King replied. Students to Visit Statehouse Civics classes of Sacred Heart High School and St. Agnes Academy will visit the General Assembly Wednesday morning. Supreme Justice Lewis Ewbank will speak to the classes at the Statehouse upon duties of the Judicial branch and Governor Jackson upon the executive division.

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LAD DISTURBS it COURT DIGNITY Asks Judge Wilmeth to Help Him Find Gun, Court dignity means nothing to ml 6-year-old colored boy who appeared at police headquarters this morning with a tale of woe about the theft of his gun by a boy "somewhere on E. Washington St.” When Lieut. Claude Johnson sent* the lad to detectives, who in turn told him to “go upstairs and take out a warrant,” the boy walked Into the city courtroom, up the judge’s bench and tugged at Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth’s sleeve right in the midst of a trial. Wilmeth suggested he would get police to look for the gun, but that failed to appeal to the victim. After he had wandered about the corridors, tearfully repeating his story, a collection was taken up and he was sent away happy to get a new gun. The boy said his name was Albert Drake, and he lived "somewhere on E. Washington St.” Oil Company Purchased Senator Thomas A. Combs, of Lexington, Ky„ representing a group of Chicago and London capitalists, terminated negotiations here Monday night whereby he acquired properties of the Union Gas and Oil Com* pany, of Lawrence and Johnso * counties. The transaction involved property valued at $6,000,000.

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