Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 231, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 February 1925 — Page 1

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VOLUME 36—NUMBER 231

BELIEF THAT ENTOMBED CAVE EXPLORER IS STILL ALIVE SPURS WORKERS TO RENEWED EFFORTS

Bv United Press AT THE MOUTH OF SAND CAVE, Ky., Feb. 6.—Cheered by the belie? that Floyd Collins still lives, rescuers hammered steadily today into the new shaft they are sinking sixty feet tv the point where Collins is entombed. Work-

LITTLE BAND MAKES FINAL PLANS FOR ‘END OF WORLD’

Dressed in Sunday Best, Robert Reidt and Flock Await Crack, of Doom They Say Will Be. Tonight.

Bn United Press |AST PATCHOGUE, N. Y„ Feb. 6. —Well, have a i___ nice day for it. Robert Reidt and his disciples who confidently expect the end of the world —or at least the beginning of the end —some time tonight, had clear skies in which to observe the first portents. Dressed in Sunday best, the apostle w-ith his trousers neatly creased and Fraulein Reidt in a crinkly silk dress, the little band of reformed Seventh Day Adventists moved somewhat stiffly about their last minute preparations for the coming of the crack of doom. Reidt, a German-American, hoarse fropi exhortation and explanation of the plans of the faithful for riding to San Diego on a cloud, explained that this end-of-the-world business is not due to arrive suddenly at midnight, as had been rumored. The phophet said tonight merely marks the beginning of the end. *• With ljis followers. Reidt Will keep a dog watch on the eastern sky, to observe Christ starting for earth. The journ%y will take seven days, Reidt explained, as the Savior will stop at several planet* to make arrangements for Hasty Bv United Press TOLEDO. Ohio, Feb. 6.—Believing judgment day was at hand as predicted, Karl E. Danzeisen, 49, sent two bullets into his wife’s body and believing her mortally Wounded, took his own life. She is near death. the return trip on which he will lead 144,000 of the “brides of the lamb.” Reidt and Brother Downs, gaunt, towering, angular farmer of Yaphank, who is Reidt’s righthand man, posed in a last terrestial conversation. There were thirteen in all, the Reidt family. Downs, an Italian boy just out of his ’teens, a spinster somewhat further removed and four negroes. These will await the end of the world. Reidt explained that what is about to happen is as follows: , “At midnight, myself and my followers will face the East. There will appear a cloud in the sky no larger than a man’s hand. It will be Christ on his way from Heaven, a signal of the beginning of the end. “Destruction of the earth will start, to last seven days. “When a second iign comes, those who believe will be carried to San Diegc on a cloud. From a top of a mountain near San Diego 144,000 ‘brides of the lamb’ will be led to Heaven, the journey taking seven days." SOLONS TAKE VACATION House and Senate Adjourn Until Monday Morning. f\ilowing a session which lasted HWWUgh the noon hour, the Indiana Senate adjourned until 10 a. m. Monday. This afternoon- .the House also adjourned to 10 a. m. Monday.

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ing frantically, they can proceed no more than thirty feet before night fall. “We should break through to Collins by Saturday noon," Brig. General Denhardt, officer in charge, said. “But I doubt if he can live that long.”

CITY MANAGER IS 'GOOD business; OPTIMISTS TOLD , Miller Cites tyeed Here for Highest Type of Executive, “If Indianapolis citizens were stockholders in a private.' enterprise of the size and importance of Indianapolis and with a money investment equal to the $639,000,090 of our taxable property, oiey would insist on the very highest type of man to run the business,” Winfield S. Miller, former State Senator, said today in his talk favoring a city manager plan of government before the Optimist Club at the Claypool. Miller traced the increasing growth of the importance of city governmeet in national life. "In the early days of the Republic when 90 per cent of our population was rural, attention was centered upcn State and Federal Government. Cities were # few, small and of relatively little importance. Today 66 per cent of population is urban and cities have become of overwhelming importance. Last year 77 per cent „of the taxes we paid in Marion County went for'city and school purposes. We should have the very highest type of man to manage these affairs." . The city manager plan is the best solution, Miller said, after sketching the differences between commission and city manager plans. He declared the present system obsolete and ineffeficient. . • f MAYOR SHANK IS SCORED Representative Smith Refuses to Enter. Debate. Speaking of the present administration as a "municipal catastrophe,” Representative Claremont Smith today wrote a vitriolic reply to Mayor Shank. , a Shank challenged Smith to a debate on city manager or commission government in a stinging letter Feb. 3. Shank wag aroused over Smith’s bill to repeal the law under which cities may vote to adopt city manager or commission government. Smith refused to debate, referring to the challenge as “ridiculous.” NEW SCHOOL IS OPPOSED Jackson to Delay Building of Third State Normal. A third branch of the Indiana State Normal schools will not be established during the next two years because of opposition of Governor Jackson, it was learned today. The Governor is opposed to further expense in creating anew branch at thi stime and prefers to yai tfor the 1927 Legislature it was stated on high administrative authority today. Winona Lake, Valparaiso, IVRchlgan City and other northern cities seek the school. WIDOW, 65, FREED AT MURDER TRIAL Poisoning of Husband Not Proved, Judge Rules. Bu United Press COSHOCTON, Ohio, Feb. 6.—Following instructions of Judge James Glenn, the lury which "Grandmother” Clara McCurdy, *66, for the alleged murder of her aged husband, today returned a verdict of not guilty. There was cheering in the courtroom as neighbors of the womai hailed the acquittal with wild enthusiasm. The judge held the State's evidence did not support the murder charge, and ordered the acquittal verdict when the prosecution had rested its case. Appeals liquor Sentence James Parrott, 320 -W. Vermont I St., today appealed to Criminal Court from a city court fine of S3OO and a ninety-day sentence to the

Rescuers today were further from saving Collins than when the prisoner was first found with his foot pinned beneath a boulder. The tunnel through which they reached him first has swollen shut with the frost. The first man to enter this

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Motorists going east in Sixteenth St., at Central Ave., have to “look through” a telephone pole to see the “stop and go,” sign, as this picture demonstrates.

COUNTY UNIT REVIVAL Senator Says New Bill Will Be Offered in House. A movement to revive the county unit education bill was under way today, according to State Senator Steele. The bill was killed this week. Steele said anew bill would be introduced iu rthe House. - Thi* wouffl be similar to that killed in the Senate excepting It would provide for a referendum to voters. ENGLISH HAVE ‘FLU’ 202 Die During Week—2J,ooo 111 in London. Bu United Press LONDON, Feb. 6.—Two hundred and two persons died of influenza in England this week and 25,000 are ill of the same disease in London alene. The English brand of “flu” is extraordinarily contagious, but apparently mild attacks can be thrown off within a few days. GIRL’S TALE DISCREDITED Probe of Wholesale Poisonings She Confessed Dropped. Bv United Press LOS ANGELES. Cal., Feb. 6. Case against Alsa Thompson, 7-year-old “poisoner” was dropped by the district attorney's office today and the child turned over to parole officers for correction. She will be placed In a private home. Although she reiterated her confession of wholesale poisonings, her story was not given credence by authorities. “This girl is not insane, but she is mentally ill,” Judge Walter S. Gates decided. DIVORCE BILL OFFERED ‘ - / —S’*-*—— , Woman Legislator Seeks to Strengthen Laws. Strict provisions regarding marriage and divorce are carried in a bill introduced In the Indiana House today by Mrs. Antoinette Hagenw r ald. Representative . from Terre Haute, today. < The measure is similar in many respects to one drafted by Mrs. Edward Franklin White, now reporter of the Supreme and Appellate Courts, which was defeated at the 1923 session of the Legislature. Every divorce would carry a oneyear interlocutory provision under the Hagen wald bill. Causes for divorce would be adultery, cruel and inhuman 'treatment, abandbhtrient for two years, iqipotency, conviction of either party of felony, and habitual drunkenness. To obtain marriage license the contracting parties would be required to submit to publication of banns at two weeks before the ceremony. s Maguire on Plan Commission Albert M. Maguire has been named by the park board to succeed Charles A. Bookwfdter as park board representative on the city plan commission. Oppose Sunday Amusements The State Legislature is urged to pass laws prohibiting commercialized Sunday amusements and unnecsary industries in resolutions.adopted by the Bpworth League Institute at Roberts Park Methodist Church Thursday evening. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m. 43 10 a. m 51 7 a. m. 42 11 a. m...... 54 M a:::; ‘T TT.:::: .

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passageway at 4:30 am., Thursday, almost waa trapped and after his exit the cave mouth was barricaded. The shaft now being drilled is through crumbled sand stone and frozen gravel and engineers said It probably 'would not be neces-

CONGRESS BOOSTS COST OF RUNNING U. S. GOVERNMENT • 1 Federal Expenses for Next Year to Be at Least $43,000,000 Higher, APPROPRIATIONS RAISED Recommendations of Coolidge. and Budget Bureau Disregarded, - Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Despite President Coolidge’s econopiy efforts, the cost of Government is mounting. Tax payers will pay at least $43,227,866 more for their Federal Government next year, tabulation of appropriations for important executive departments showed today. The budget bureau and congressional committees slashed $14,738,935 from what the heads of ten important branches, Treasury, Postoffice, Interior, Agriculture, Navy, War, State, Justice, Commerce and Labor, asked but Congress has overridden them and appropriations are higher than those for this year. Here’s what Congress has done so far: ■ . , Increased appropriations for the Agriculture Department $59,007,042; 1 Hr- Trt'H-ur'. I ■ merits,' $12,019,150 and the Navy* 9,48i,507. Decreased appropriations for the Interior Department, $29,977,711; the War Department,, $5,330,802, and the State, Justice, Commerce and Labor departments $1,638,320. Bills that have not yet been completed are nearing completion and their amounts will not be materially changed. Oviy three minor appropriation bills, the independent offices, the District 'of Columbia, and the legislative salaries, are not included in the list above. The bills Included In the list contemplate expenditures amounting to more than $1,981,000,000. CLEW FOUND IN ‘PILLMYSTERY’ Poison Bottle Identified — Given to Student, B u United Press COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 6—lnvestigators of the Ohio State University f , “poison pill” mystery believed they were a step nearer a solution today when Dr. William A. Keyser Os the pharmacy department identified the strange bottle of strychnine found in the dispensary as the one he issued to a student almost a year agp. „The deadly poison which claimed lives of two students is believed toy authorities to have been taken from this bottle. “I don’t remember who the student was,” Dr. Keyser said. “The strychnine was issued for regular work in the pharmacy department.” (with this development >in the case. Police Prosecutor John Chester sought to determine how the bottle of poison got Into the dispensary. TEMPERATURE IS KIGH Within One Degree of City Record For Feb. 6, Bureau Says. Temperature of 61 at 1 today was within one degree of being the warmest day for 6, since 1882, weather bureau announced. A year ago today it was only 16 degrees above zero. ’/ “Mild temperatures are not unusual In February,” J. H- Armington, Government meteorologist, stated. The#warm spell will continue over Saturday, he said. GOOD NEWS FOR FOXES Union Township Farmers Plan Final Drive for Saturday. The final fox drive of tile season will be held by Unioh Township farmers Saturday at 9:30 a. m. Boundaries are: Township line on north, Morgan County- line on west, township line on south and Howard Canary Rd. on west. Russell Paris and Charles Sedam Records Otte Smith ScrrilJ Dcnuir^c

sary to blast. Use of explosives had been planned as a last resort if they struck hard rock. It would almost certainly mean collapse of the tunnel in which Collins lies and the victim’s death. Radio tests gffte workers asassurance that Collins not only

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FIGHT ON WARREN NOWTHREATENED d# Senate Confirms Stone ProBu United Press •WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—With nomination of Attorney General Stone to be a Supreme Court justice confirmed, 71 to 6, the Senate today turned its attention to the nomination of Charles B. Warren of Michigan, to be Stone’s successor. The Judiciary Committee will consider the appointment early next week. It will have befocp it a report of a sub committee, headed by Senator Borah, Idaho, neither indorsing nor disapproving the nomination, an unusual procedure. A fight comparable to that waged on. Stone is cohsidered possible. Several Senators have been reviewing testimony taken ten years ago in a sugar lobby investigation in which Warren figured. r TO CODIFY BANK LAW Senator Southwortli Would Protect Stockholders. Senator South worth. ’Lafayette, announced he wo,uJd introduce a ]pill in the Indiana Senate today providing for more security for depositors and stockholders of State banks, and for codification of the State banking laws. It also would increase number of State bank examiners from nins to fourteen. The bill, approved by the State Bankers’ Association and the State banking commission, takes the place of a similar bill introduced by Southworth and withdrawn. A DARK, GLOOMY DAY Sun Eclipse Is No Excuse for Speeding, Decides Judge. Garfield Royrer, 3917 Winthrop Ave., told City Judge Pro Tem. Garrett Olds today thht he “couldn’t see very well” the morning of Jan. 24 during the partial eclipse of the sun, and hence did not know he was speeding. Judge Olds fined him $25 and costs' for driving thirty miles an hour. WEST IS CUPID'S HUNTING GROUND , Marriages on Increase There —Drop Off in East. . NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—Dan Cupid, wielcer of the bow and arrow of romance, has proved that the west is the place to go if you want to get married. Figures compiled by the United Press from twenty-three representative cities show that despite the increase in population only 13,255. marriage licenses were issued last month, with 13,764 in January, 1924. This is a decrease of nearly 4 per cent. Seven of the larger eastern cities reported 5,873, compared with 6,235 a year ago. decrease of about 6 per cent. Sixteen western rifles report ed 7,652, increase of twqntA-three li-

is alive, but conscious. Shifts are made every hour and a half among the workmen to make quicker work possible. Seventy-five of the workmen here are employes of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, which has promised additional men

Marbles and springtime go hand in hand, they figure. “Knuckle down,” said William Von Hollingsworth, 12, of 1937 Park Ave., who claimed he was

■ ‘Sprig! ’ Bv United Press CHICAGO, Feb. 6.—Chicago is enjoying spring-like weather. Robins are being reported In all parts of the city. A straw hat was seen bobbing along Michigan Blvd. Highest temperature yesterday was fifty. Today the thermometer stood well above forty.

150,000 PROVIDED FOR PEST FIGHT Assembly Passes Fowl Scourge Bill Rapidly. An appropriation of $50,000 with which to fight the European fowl pest, discovered in poultry in eastern Indiana counties, was made available under suspension of the rules by the Indiana General Assembly today. In less than an hour the House and Senate passed the appropriation. The Governor immediately signed it. The fund is a,t the disposal of State Veterinarian R. C. Julian and Purdue University. Poultry shipments have been forbidden and quarantine established in these counties: Madison, Delaware, Randolph, Wayne , Henry, Hancock, Shelby, Rush and Fayette. THIEVES FAIL TO GET IN Attempi Made to Enter Atlantic and Pacific Grocery. Burglars were unable to get into an Atlantic and Pacifis grocery at 5424 E. Washington St., Thursray after knocking a hole through the floor from the basement, police were tpld. Mrs. Chris Fisher, colored, 835 Fayette St., reported jewelry and money totaling $84.50 taken from her home. RADIO STAR SENTENCED Singer Given Long Term for Alleged Attack on Doctor. Bu United Press FT. WAYNE, Ind., Feb. 6.—William Fletcher, radio singer who has appeared on the programs of a number of the large broadcasting stations of the country, was sentenced to the Indiana State reformatory for from ten to twenty years today on a charge of attacking Dr. E. W. Morel In the doctor’s office here and attempting to rob him. Mrs. Mary Gipe, alias O’Brien, daughter of a wealthy Cincinnati business man, was given a suspended sentence of ten to twenty years in the Indiana women's prison recently as an accomplice. RULING ON fINES GIVEN GiHJom Holds Working On* Penalty Does Not End Liability. Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom todky held that any person sentenced and fined by a court who served the sentence and, unable to pay the fine and costs, served it out at $1 a day as provided by law, still was liable for the amount of the fine and costs. The opinion, rendered to tbe pardons board, pointed out the fine and

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through the day. The railway company also sent tools jand machinery. Radio tests which determined Collins alive were made by means of the electric light which still burns in Collins’ living tomb. Radio amplifiers were attached

the best agate wizard in the section around College Ave. and Nineteenth St. He was challenged by Richard Litz, 13, of 1918 Park Ave., and Walter Miles, Isj of 1946 Broadway.

MITCHELL FIGHTS AIR‘INEFFICIENCY’ Appears Before House Committee; Repeats Charges. Bu United Press WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.’—With demotion the possible penalty, Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, assistant chief of the air service, today flung defiance at his chiefs. Appearing before the House aircraft investigating committee Mitchell "stood pat” on his previous criticisms of the air service, reasserting that conservatism and inefficiency” is blodking aviation development in the War and Navy Departments. Mitchell declared “false information, evidence and testimony” had been presented to the committee by other witnesses. He warned that Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy are gaining on the United States in air progress and urged a unified air service. ALLIESINTERVENE IN GREEK CRISIS Take Hand in Dispute With Turkey. Bv. United Press ATHENS, Feb. 6. The allies, through representatives at Athens, intervened actively today to prevent hostilities between Greece and Turkey. The Greek government was urged to accept expulsion of the ecumenical patriarch, the Most Rev. Constantinos, from Constantinople, an event which aroused the nation. It was proposed that Greece agree to election of anew patriarch, who cannot be legally expelled. As for Turkey, the allies urge that no more metropolitans be expelled. SIX s. MOTORISTS SLATED Motorcycle Squad Keep Sharp Eye Ij. on Alleged Speeders. Increased vigilance of the motorcycle squad resulted in six persons being arrested on speeding charges Thursday night. Those held: Sam Campbell, 26, of 1609 E. Minnesota St.; Robert Kennedy, 27, of 725 De Quincy St.; H. L. Williams, 29, of 3510 N. Meridian St.; Floyd Woods, 17, of 727 Unior. St:; Nathan McCune, 23, of 358 Terrace Ave., and -Veri Lee, 18, of 802 N. West St. SING SING FOR SWINDLER New Yoik Man Pleads Guilty— Draws Five to Ten Year Sentence. Bu United Press NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—Mae Thurman, whose pyramided borrowings over a period of ten years resulted in losses of more than $2,000,000 by his creditors, was sentenced to five to ten years in Sing Sing today on his plea of guilty to second degree forgery. . J Judge Kelly he

Forecast MOSTLY fair tonight. Increasing cloudiness Saturday. Mild temperature. Lowest tonight above freezing.

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to this wire and the light was cut off. Listeners distinctly heard Collins fumble with the light bulb in an effort to get the light on again. When It was turned on again these sounds ceased. Testers asserted there was absolutely no other- possible source of the sounds.

CADLE REPORTED IN DEAL TO BUY BACK TABERNACLE Founder May Regain Control From D, L, Speicher and Restore Purpose. HOME FOR BiG CHOIR 'Price of $170,000 Said to Have Been Set on Building, The Smith choir may go back home. It was reported today that a deal was under way whereby E. Howard Cartle, builder of Cadle Tabernacle, New Jersey and Ohio Sts., would regain possession of the tabernacle and restore it to its original religious purpose. During financial difficulties two years ago, Cadle sold the tabernacle to D. L. Speicher and others, retaining only enough stock to give him a lever to enforce a provision the building should never be used for any irreligious purpose. Speicher since has gained practically complete ownership. Several week* ago a movement to organize a company of persons interested in religious uplift to buy the tabernacle was started. It is understood that a price of $170,000 has been set on the building, and that whoever took it over would assume the original longperiod contract wjth the Stoughton Fletcher heirs for purchase of the land for $190,000. Before Cadle relinquished control of the Tabernacle the Gipsy Smith choir of several hundred voices, outgrowth of the revival service which preceded construction of the Tabernacle, was split into two factions. It Is understood that should Cadle regain control there will be a reunion of the choir and that Its music will be one of the chief attractions at evangelistic services. When Cadle had control he employed a minister to conduct evangelistic services every Sunday. PAY OF DEPUTIES FIXED Representatives Would Set Salaries at $4,000 Annually. Salary of deputy county clerk, deputy treasurer and deputy auditor in Marion County would be fixed at $4,000 a year, under a bill Introduced In the House today by Representatives Ebaugh and Clark of Indianapolis. The measure provides that county officers at the beginning of their terms shall file a list of deputies and employes necessary and their salaries with the county council providing, however, no salary except the three mentioned above shall be more than S2OO a month. 9 PERSONS SENTENCED Hyman Haspiei Given Term by Federal Judge Baltzell. Nine persons were sentenced Judge Robert C. Baltzell In Federal Court today. Sentences totaled eighteen years and fines totaled S4OO. Hyman Haspiei, convicted of conspiracy to violate the national prohibition laws, was sentenced to one year and a day and fined S3OO. Haspiei was arrested In 1922, when a raid was made on a house at Arlington Ave. and St. Clair St., where a 150-gallon still was In operation. BRICKS SHOWER ON HOME Wall Collapse* Next Door; SWiptey Girl Endangered. Wall of anew building under construction next to the home of J. NScherer. 1115 N. Illinois St., collapsed during the night, police were told today. Windows of the Scherer home were broken and furniture damaged. Scherer said a brick crashed through a window and fed on the bed on which Miss Monta Rem, a stepdaughter, was sleeping. She was not hurt. . ■ sp. BREAD INCREASE NEAR? Bakers Have Not Decided, but Keep Eyes on Wheat Price. Leading Indianapolis bakers todaysaid they had not decided upon Increases in bread prices, but they be