Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 266, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 March 1925 — Page 11

THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1925

LONG INQUIRY TO , PROVE EXPENSIVE Investigation of Railroad Rates to Start Soon, Bu Time* Special WASHINGTON, March 19.—An Investigation which probably will prove the longest in the history of the country and cost an inestimable sum of money will start soon, when the Interstate Commerce Commission begins to study the entire transportation rate structure. The system will be probed especially as regards rates on farm products, with a view to making any adjustments found necessarjj. All freight, express and passenger rates, will be covered. The investigation, provided by the Smith-Hoch resolution passed by the last Congress, was ordered formally Tuesday by the commission. Hearings are expected to begin about the first of June. All common carriers, Including railroads, ship companies, telephone, telegraph and cable companies, express companies, pipe line companies and other agencies engaged in transportation have been asked to submit data. The commission, in its order, included a special notice to the public, outlining the purpose of the investigation and asking that any individual or corporation interested submit a statement of its desires. BLpies ox ti; order were sent to State Governor. Vet’s Children Need Help Appeal for clothing for three children of F. J. Taylor, World War veteran, has been made by Mrs. F. H. Hoover, 2359 Bellefontaine St., chairman American Legion Auxiliary welfare committee. Taylor was Injured during the war and the small Govenment disability allowance is insufficient for family needs, Mrs. Hoover said.

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Morton Place, Rich in History, to Lose Esplanades

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Historio Morton PL is to lose one of its landmarks. The esplanades are to be taken out of Delaware St. from Nineteenth to Twenty-Second St. Progress will be served. Up the street where once ran race horses and Army horses, where later stately carriages made their d'gnifled wav, automobile* now rush in steady stream. That they may move with greater ease, the board of works has decided to remove the esplanades and widen the street, to make Delaware a main artery for traffic. It was in the days before the

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Civil War that the State fairground was moved to what Is now Morton PL a residential center, but then country. The fairground covered territory between Nineteenth and Twenty-Second St., and Central Ave. and Delaware St. “What were the fairs like In those days?” CoL Oran Perry, superintendent of the Soldier* and Sailors Monument, was asked. “Not much different Irom these days,” was the reply. “There were horse races, same as now. Fairs and circuses don't change much.” But the fairground did change. With the rumhe of battle as the

bership does to one thousand. Next meeting will be held Tuesday evening at the Severin. SIGMA CHI TO DINE Postmaster New and George Ade Are Invited. Annual State dance and banquet of Sigma Chi national fraternity will be held at Lincoln April 4, according to John M. Ckylor, chairman of arrangement committee. Plana are being made to entertain Harry S. New, Postmaster General and national fraternity president. George Ade, Indiana author, alao a Sigma Chi, will attend, Caylor said.

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Civil War opened, it was turned into a soldiers' camp, Camp Morton. In it was a prison for Confederate soldiers. When the war ended, fairs were resumed. But not long after that Morton Place —the name stuck after the camp was broken up—was bought by the late Judge E. B. Martlndale and the late E. F. Claypool, and cut Into lota. As the streets were laid out, the esplanades formed a distinguishing mark. In Delaware, Alabama and New Jersey Sts. But now, the automobile has coma Delaware St. Is the first in Morton Place to lose Its parkways.

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CHAPMAN FAILS IN FIRSTLEGAL TILT Juflge Overrules Motion for a .Change of Venue, Bu Timet Bvecia 1 HARTFORD. Conn., March 19.Gerald Chapman, notorious mall bandit and alleged slayer of Policeman James Skelly of New Britain, lost the first skirmish of the battle for his life when Judge Newell Jennings in Superior Court denied late a motion that Chapman be tried in some county other than Hartford. The motion was made by Charles W. Murphy, Chapman’s Connecticut counsel, on the grounds that the mall robber would not receive a fair trial In Hartford, due to the newspaper publicity he has received here.

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DOWNTOWN Meridian and Pratt Kentucky and Senate Are. Capitol and Indiana Aves. New York and Alabama Sts. Capitol Are. and North St. St. Clair and Alabama Sts. Virginia Ave. and S. East St. E. Washington St. and Southeastern Are. E. Michigan and Delaware Sts. N. Delaware and Pratt Sts. N. Meridian and 13th Sts. N. Meridian and 30th Sts. ( /wsm \ i I

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The defense presented ten witnesses. including publishers and managing editors of prominent Connecticut newspapers, but the Judge ruled their evidence insufficient to make him believe Jurors would be too prejudiced to give Chapman a fair trial. The case comes to trial March 24. Improvements Voted Permanent improvement of S. Alabama St., Terrace Ave. to Lincoln St., has been provided in a resolution adopted by the board of works. Eighteen contracts for paving and sidewalk construction were awarded by the board Wednesday. Criminals Are oYunger Criminals are becoming younger, according to William H. Remy,

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Bald average age of murderers 1* 22 yearn as against 36 years ton years ago.

E. Michigan and Sherman Drive Massachusetts Ave. and Bellefontaine St. 62nd St. and College Ave. Tenth and Rural Sts. Massachusetts Ave. and Rural St. Maple Road (38th St.) and N. Illinois St. Madison Ave. and Morris St. Fall Creek Blvd. and Central Ave. E. Washington and Randolph Sts. 22nd and Meridian Sts. Fall Creek and Maple Road Blvd. W. Washington St. and Belmont Ave. E. Washington St. and Brookville Ave. Tentli St. and Senate Ave. S. Meridian and Adler St. 49th St. and College Ave. N. W. Corner 29th and Capitol N. E. Corner Massachusetts Ave. and North St. N. W. Corner Shelby St. and Pleasant Run Blvd. 29th and Clifton Sts. Oliver Ave. and River Ave. West Michigan and Tibbs Ave.