Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 254, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 March 1925 — Page 1

basketball fan in Indiana, and there are tens of thousands of them, will be given an opportunity this year to attend the Indiana high school basketball championship tournament to be held at the State fairground, March 20 and 21. They will able to sit in their homes and hear a de-

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VOLUME 36—NUMBER 254

GRAND JURY WILL CONTINUE ROAD PROBE

Ilf WATER FORCE SEER AS MACE Fire Danger Poirlted Out as ■Mayor Makes Plan to Take Results of Pressure Tests to Public Service Commission Friday. MANAGER OF COMPANY WITHHOLDS COMMENT Shank Charges Mains Too Rotten to Bear Increase in Response to Alarms — Chief O’Brien Supports Executive. Mayor Bhifik will carry his battle flor iocrstifcl wat',r pressure for fire-fighting 'purposes to the public •ervice commission, lie said he would go before the commission Vrlday. He planned to call on the oommission today and report results <rf water pressure tests made by him Tuesday night, but was delayed by Other business. The *ests, Shank saia. showed Just a shads over thirty pounds in three separate tests. The pressure dropped to about ten pounds, he ■aid, after Ihe big fire department power pumpers had ceased operating. Rises on 2-dl Alarms According to Fire Chief John J. O'Brien, the pressure jumps to About sixty Jive pound*- on boll Alarms. Shank pointed out tht or’y about one-third of all alarms Are of this character, the *• —n^er being still alarms. O’Brle* said such A situation Is dangerous from a fireman's standpoint. 't think the truth is that the maJnjt are so rotten,” Shank said, ••that the dompany is afraid it will blow them out of the ground If the pressure Is put on.” v C. E. Davis, general manager of the Indianapolis Water Company, refused to comment on the situation. Davis Waits for Notice “The Mayor chose to go directly to the commission and not to us,” hJ ■aid. “For that reason I do not think It Is up to me to make any statement Until I hear something from the commission or the city.” Meantime the company’s bill for about $74,000 against the city for excess rates allowed by the public service commission on increased rates last ytar, remains unpaid. Joseph L. Hogue presented an appropriation ordinance to the city, council In January for the amount. Since then it has rested in the finance committee. Councilmen gave as a reason for the delay that the company ought to supply sufficient water pressure before getting the mdney.

PHONE COMPANY’S INCOIf SOARS Nearly $8,000,000 Jump Shown in Report. The net Income of the American Telephone A Telegraph Company, which owns all but a few shares of the stock of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company, was $107,245,548 in 1924, the annual report made public today shows. This compares with a net income of $99,624,472 in 1923 During 1924, the American eomCny paid dividends of $52,602,906, .vlng a surplus of $24,642,642, as compared with dividends of $72,428,•17 and a surplus of $27,195,C55 in 1928. Operating expenses during the year were cut from $429,076,069 to $466,614,275. Besides owning the stock of the Indlana#company and numerous other Beil telephone companies, the American Telephone A Telegraph Company receives from the Indiana Company for rental and service 4% per cent of the gross income of the company The Indiana company was granted substantial rate Increases in the ***** tn Wi

STATE BASKETBALL CONTESTS WILL BE RADIO BROADCAST PLAY BY PLAY

Senate Rules Cramp Dawes Bv United /rest CTTNASHINGTOM, March 5. |YY/| Vico President Dawes I ** ,1 has made his first and last speech to the Senate —at least during his present term. The very rules of the Senate which “Hell and Maria” so ingrossly assailed his Inaugural address bar him from further address except in the regular course of his duties as presiding officer. No provision is made for him to speak on any subject except interpretation and enforcement of procedure. The only chance he ever wiU get again to make a speech to the body is in the event he ie re-elected in 1928 for another term.

AMBULANCE WITH PATIENT DELAYED AT BELT CROSSING Cafety, Board Asked to Take Action on W, Washington St, Incident, Dr. Cloon A. Nafe, superintendent of the city hospital, today filed with the board of public safety a report asking Action be taken against the delay of city ambulances by trains on the Belt railroad. Leonard Cox, emergency ambulance driver filed /a report witji police stating that He was held at che Belt crossing over W. Washington St-, Wednesday night, for twenty-four minutes after he became Impatient and began timing with his watch. He said he believed he was held up at least thirty-five minutes while Duane Pierson, S months, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Pierson, 2033 W. Washington St., lay in the Bmbui- -.,ce suffering with spinal meningitis and phneumonia. The child was being rushed to the hospital. His condition is reported serious. Blocked at Another Street Cox said he pleaded with H. J. Meyer, watchman, to cut the train. He said the caboose and two freight cars were south of the street. The train was north bound. Growing worried about the patientv Cox said he turned out of the long string of autos, and two street cars that were held up and drove to Miley Ave., one block west and then north expecting to get across on New York St., but found the same train blocking that crossing. In turning the ambulance was disabled and finally the father, who was following the ambulance was forced to take the child hi his car to the hospital. Police Lieutenant Thomas said that a police car was delayed Monday by a Belt train while en route to a fatal auto Interurban crash, and other officers frequently complain of the same delays. The city code. Section 973, states that a crossing shall be blocked only three minutes, and upon conviction the fine shall not exceed SIOO Trainmaster Investigates J. J. Llddy, Terminal trainmaster of the Union Railway, said he had received a report of the tie-up from the crew. •'Engineer Henry and Conductor HL J. Warner state that their outbound train on the Chicago division on ‘Y’ Big Four was installed on the "Y” from 9:3t to 9:63 p. m. because the air on the train stuck,” said Llddy. ‘‘The Is the point where the Belt Joins in with the Big Four at Miley Ave., and a long curve makes the pull hard, but when that crew comes back I will call them m and find out why the air stuck.” Llddy said trainmen are ordered.to cut trains at crossings where there is a delay of over three minutes. SHANK OPPOSES CHANGE Mayor plgfits Abolition of State Highway Commission. Opposition to proposed legislation abolishing the present State highway commission was voiced by Mayor Shank in a letter to Senator William K. Penrod today. "In my opinion no greater calamity could befall Indiana than to change our highway commission and turn It over for a political machine and use our taxes to take care of Job-hunting politicians,” the letter said. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m..,,.. 26 10 a. m.,... 31 m ll a- m 88 8 a. m... 27 12 (noon) ... 88 I* 4 * 4 *! *"V - - -' * * 4 lf ,J * *

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tailed description of each game, play by play, the instant each play is made. They will hear the cheers of the crowd. They will be able to hear almost the very “plunk” of the ball as it is caught by a player. This will be accomplished through radio broadcasting arrangements made by The Indianapolis Times with the Mer-

DEFENSE IN STOKES CASE CETSBLOW Aged New York Millionaire Hotel Proprietor Nods Drowsily in Court at Attorneys Battle on Legal Point. COURTROOM JAMMED BY CURIOUS CROWD Wife Quits Attending Trial at Chicago In Which She Charges Conspiracy to Defame Her Character. Bu United Prett CHICAGO, Mai -ch s.~The defense of W. E. D. ?toks, 78, roUHonalrs New York hotel proprietor, waa dealt what State attorneys con dder a serious blow today by a court ruling which prohibited Btokea from test!t'ring to conversatlonoe he had in New York with more than a score of persons. Stokes, who is standing trial on charges that he conspired to defame the character of his comely wife, Helen Elwood Stokes, was asked by his attorney to tell of a conversation he had with Vaientlne Kublcke, a chauffeur. It was In this conversation, the defense claims, that Stokes was given his first hint that his wife's reputation should be investigated. Judge William Gemmill ruled that Stokes could not testify to this conversation or to those he had with a score of other persons in New York. Stokes, veteran of many a court fight, sat placidly on the witness stand while the attorneys battled. (Turn to Page 11)

'BLUE SUNDAY’ BILL IS KILLED y House Votes Measure Down by Vote of 48 to 44, By a margin of only four votes the Indiana House today killed the Kissinger "blue Sunday” bill. The vote was 48 to 44 for indefinite postponement. The bill brought heated debate on the floor of the House which lasted nearly three quarters of an hour. - At the same same time the Senate passed the Daily hill to prohibit the sale of lurid magazines in the State. Chief interest In the debate centered In a cross-fire between Representative GUI of Cloverdale, a minister, who opposed the measure, and, Representative Home of Osgood, another minister, who favored it. FLXPRERFANNY sag* , n so hwvicc One of my boy frlende has been

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 5,1925

In Path of Plunging Truck

tealtors Receive Letters ** 1$ in Effect. jSjgwtf Letters and pamphlets received V I he Indianapolis Real Estate Board - vv , , i ive evidence of the success of the V tty manager form of municipal gov- HlfT '■nment In various cities. Henley Hoitcl. secretary, wrote officials i a number cf . lues which, have ried tbc manager plan, after Hie K , ’’ 1 /. card went on recur.] favoring tp. ' JHr jfl *i*3 r ,Y§PC(ri’ tovetnent for a city manager for wßb* sjk. B[ ' *,>, *< fg. ndianapolis. iJ&m Mayor Frank D. Stringham of vBH

MANAGER CITIES CITE BLESSINGS ,0F NO POLITICS .... ...i—i' ■" i Realtors Receive Letters From Places Where Rule ‘ls in Effect, Letters and pamphlets received by the Indianapolis Real Estate Board give evidence of the success of the city manager form of municipal government irt various cities. Henley T. Hot tel, secretary, wrote officials In a number of cities which, have tried the manager plan, after the board went on record favoring the movement for a city manager for Indianapolis. Mayor Frank D. Stringham of Berkeley, Cal., writes: “The chief advantage of the city manager form over the commission form is that the city manager is the sole executive who reconciles the demands of the various departments, whilg under the commission form there are usually five or seven executives who present their tentative budgets in competition one wit a another, and who have not the incentive to live well within their respective budgets. “The most notable results of the city manager government In Dayton has been a continued administration of policies since Its inauguration. Jan. i, .1914, full cooperation, and co-ordinantion of effort among departments and an unusual spirit on the part of the whole administration of trying to give one hundred cents of service for every dollar expended,” says a bulletin on ‘‘Ten Years of City Manager Government In Dayton, Ohio," published by the Dayton Research Association, a non-pollti-cal citizens’ agency. No Upheavals The Knoxville Sentinel, Nov. 9. 1924 said: “World wide publicity has been given Knoxville’s new city manager form of government and particularly the 10 per cent rebate In taxes which resulted from business methods In the management of municipal affairs. Non-Partisan The city manager form is nonpartisan, po'ltlcs not being taken Into consideration In selection of officials. Capable citizens compose the city council. Earl C. Elliott, city manager, of Wichita, Kan., said, “To my mind the greatest thing trfat can be said of ths manager plan In Wichita, is the fabt that politics has been absolutely eliminated from municipal administration.” BORGLUM FIGHTS JASE North Carolina Seeks to Extradite Stone Mountain Sculptor. B v United Pres* ATLANTA, Ga., March 6.—Armed with requisition papex-s, a Georgia oP.clal will leave for Greensboro, N. .. Friday In an effort to bring kack Gulzon Borglum, fugitive sculptor. Indicted for destroying models of the Mountain memorial. Borglum will have a hearing In Greensboro Saturday on a writ of habeas corpus. It is understood he will fight extradition. Meanwhile, the United Daughters

chants Heat and Light Company. The Merchants company is opening its new modern broadcasting station tonight. The Merchants Heat and Light Company is having microphones installed at the big exposition building where the games will be played. Times sports writers, who know basketball, will describe each game just as it is played.

MRS. IRENE WRENNICK (ABOVE) AND MRS. IDA TRILLO.

A driver lost control of .a truck as he was attempting to round a traffic semaphore at Market and Pennsylvania Sts. Wednesday, and today— v Mrs. Irene WrennJck, 20, of 1405 E. Washington St., and Mrs. Ida Trillo. 35, of 1617 Park A ve., are at their homes with serious injuries.

Do You Know As Much As 14-Year-Old Boy? Here Are Four Questions Picked From Public School Quiz to Try Yourself On. Do you know as much as a 14-year-old boy or girl T Here’s a chance to find out.

Muiray I'alman, head of the department of research of Indianapolis public schoo l ' selected for The Indianapolis Times lists of typical questions In mathematics, English, history and geography, which have been asked recently in examinations of Eighth grade pupils. Answers to these questions on mathematics will be published Friday. Try your head on them: 1. The Third Liberty Loan was for $3,000,000,000 payable in 1928, ' bearing 4W per cent interest. If the popnlatioii of the United States is 100,00#,'000, what must be the per capita Investment in these bonds? What is the total .Interest the Government will pay on these bonds? 2. Mr. Clark bought twenty-five shares of steel stock two years ago at 140. It is now quoted at 96. How much wo ild he lose if

VOTE ON ‘CAL’ VS. DINNER

Bv Time* Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind., March s.—Five hundred children in Junior High School here voted to miss their dinners Wednesday to hear President Cool'.dge’s inaugural address over the radio. Mr**, t# S. Meloy, principal, conceived! the Idea of Installing the rad# for the but,

The truck plowed through a crowd of pedestrians crossing Market St. David Green, 42, of Pittsburgh, Pa., also was injured. The truck, driven by Horace Hicks, 19, colored, 1955 Hovey St., ran over Mrs. Wrenniyk, injuring her legs. Mrs. Trillo has serious internal injuries.

forced to sell now, brokerage % per cent on buying and selling? 3. One hundred telephone poles twelve inches in diameter are to" he painted to a height of eight feet. Find the cost of (he painting at 9c a square yard. 4. Solve for x: x plus (3 plus 5x —7 equal 0. sx—6 (3 —4x3 equals x—7 (4 plus x) c NEW RISE IN SIGHT Warmer Weather Forecast for Tonight and Friday. Rising temperature was piedlcted for tonight and Friday by the Weather Bureau today. Partly cloudy weather was expected to accompany the rise. Above freezing was forcast.

knowing that she ceremonies in Washington were to occur between 12 and 1 p. m.. she did not know how she was going to get her students to remain during the noon hour. She put the question up t.: them in the form of a vote. The students voted unanimously to miss their dinners.

All day long and all evening long o nthe two days and evenings when the games will be played, radio waves will carry to every corner of the State the story,of the games and the roar of the crowd. Tune in on WFBM, the new Merchants Heat and Light Company station, and sit in on the games in comfort. The wave length of the new station is 268 meters.

Chunty Officials Say Indictment of Six Men Does Not End Inquiry Into Affairs of State Highway Commission—George Bartley Sought. BOARD OF ACCOUNTS REPORT MAY BE MADE PUBLIC SOON Sheriff Seeks Return of Former Garage Superintendent From Jacksonville, Fla—Legislative Investigation Is Dropped. The probe of the State highway commission by the Marion County grand jury will continue, county officials announced Doday. Six men, including two highway officials, were indicted Wednesday on charges of irregularity in the sale of surplus war material. * Discussing wide-spread rumors that others were indicted, but their names suppressed, Claude Worley, Criminal Court investigator, who aided Prosecutor William H. Reray in the probe, said:

‘‘The nix persons named yesterday are all wjio have been indicted We are not-through. The investigation will clbnUnue." It was learned at the that the State board of accounts is about to complete its formal report upon its investigation of the war material sales. Data from this report was presented to the county grand Jury some time ago. it is uiderstood. ✓ . Meanwhile Sheriff Onier Hawkins was trying to arrange for the return to Indianapolis of George Bartley, former highway garage superintendent, and the only one of the six indicted not arrested and under bond. Bartley is said to be in Jacksonville, Fla. * Officials said they would ask John C. Rucklehaus, attorney for Bartley In another matter, to attempt to get In touch with Bartley. Assignment April 16 Rucklehaus told an Indianapolis Times reporter he was not retained by Bartley in the highway matter. The men indicted will be arraigned April 6 in Criminal Court before Judge James A. Collins, Prosecutor Remy said. The six defendants are expected to plead not guilty and to light the charges bitterly. Trials probably will be set for some time in May or June. Remy indicated. The men indicted are John D. Williams, director State highway commission; Earl Crawford, commission member; Moses L. and Victor Goldberg, 1302 W. Washington St., dealers in used war material; and Bartley, formerly In charge of the highway department garage and storehouse, all charged with conspiracy to embezzle and grand lar(Txim to Page 11) NEW JUSTICE CHOSEN Thomas S. Crutcher Will Succeed T. R. Rainey. County commissioners today announced appointment of Thomas S. Crutcher, attorney, 6503 E. Washington St., to succeed Thaddeus R. Rainey, 6604 E. Washington St., as justice of peace of Warren Township. Rainey's resignation was filed with Albert*!!. Losche, county clerk, Tuesday. Rainey is under indictment by county grand Jury on charge of conspiracy to blackmail, in fining of farmers for alleged violations of the workmen’s compensation laws. Crutcher was former Justice of peace of Warren Township. ATTACK OPENS Story of Argument With Conductor Heard by Jury. Trial of Robert McDamon, 26, colored, 1006 Adler St., charged with assault and battery with intent to murder, opened today before Criminal Judge James A. Collins. Fred McCalUstosr. defense counsel, and Prosecutor William H. Remy agreed upon a Jury shortly after 10 a. m. McDamon Is alleged to have shot James Schroeder, 643 Holly St., a street car conductor, after an argument over a torn transfer. Schi xeder said he pivxtested to McDamon vhen handed a transfer torn In two. He said McDamon hit him twice with a ball bot and got ors the car. He returned later, according to Schroeder, and shot at the conductor twice. The case may reach the Jury late thiq,

Forecast PARTLY cloudy tonight' and Friday. Rising temperature. Lowest tonight somewhat above freezing.

Times Readers Aid Widowed Mother Readers of The fndityiapolls Times are rallying to the aid of Mrs. Burton R. Davis. R. R. E. Box 391-0, widowed with four small children when her husband was killed Monday when an Inter-State traction car struck his automobile at Stop 6, Madison Rd., five miles south of the city. A Bainbridge (Ind.) woman today sent the Times a furtrimmed coat for Mrs. Davis. "Don't use my name. The coat will be Just as warm,” she said. Another woman telephoned she wished to send out groceries. A. J. Wells, of Crawfordsville. Ind., sent a check for $1.50 to start a fund to buy Mrs. Davis a home. Two children also sent in sl, their savings. vy^i O. S. Pollard of the Long Acre store, said the neighborhood fund had reached $l7O. Mrs. Davis left* W’ednesday to take the body of her husband to Madison. Ind., for burial. She will return Sunday, Pollard said.

TWO MORE HEED IN LIQUOR ‘RING’ Herbert Breedlove and J. M. Quigley Surrender. With the arrest of Herbert Breedlove and James M. Quigley, both of E. Walnut St., Wednesday evening, six alleged members of a “thousand gallon a week” liquor r;ing were held today to the Federal grand Jury, charged with conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law. Federal prohibition agents Indicated evidence Involving additional persons may be presented to the next Federal grand Jury. Besides Breedlove and Quigley. Mrs. Katherine West, 811 E. Walnut St.: Eddie Monfort, 5214 Broad way, alleged llnanclal backer of the outfit; Marshall Rowe. 1064 Oliver Ave., and William Crews, 129 B. Morris St„ are held to the grand jury. Breedlove and Quigley surrsn dered at the law office of United States Commissioner John W. Kern. 806 Merchants Bank Bldg. Bond of $2,000 for each was signed by Frank Lux, 685 E. Forty-Second Bt-, and Mrs. Ella Sherer, -924 Arbor Ave. METHODIST BISHOP DIES Fall Fatal to Southern Pioneer at Memphis. Ten. flv VnitU Prt MEMPHIS. Tenn., March S.— Bishop William Wilton Murray, 76. pioneer in southern Methodism, died 51 w** ss which him hip was fractured*