Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 290, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1925 — Page 17
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MANUFACTURER PRAISES CITY MANAGER PLAN
Dayton Business Man Writes E. J. Gausepohl Telling What Has Been Done in Ohio City During Last Eleven Years. THINKS SHANK WILL BE WON OVER EVENTUALLY Responsibility for Mistakes Can Be Easily Placed — 1 Says New System is More Efficient Than Old Type of Government. ' The city manager plan is of untold value to Dayton, Ohio, according to a letter to K. J. Gausepohl, ■president of K. .1. Gausepohl & Cos., and member of the executive board of the Citizens Committee of 1,000, from W. F. Cappel, Dayton manufacturer and dealer in trunks and leather goods. The letter is in reply to one by | Gausepohl seeking information on the city manager plan. Even Mayor Dew Shank will become convinced of its merit, after more complete investigation. Cappel says. Cappel’s letter “I have learned from a conversation with your mayor about the agitation in Indianapolis for the man ager form of government,” wrote Cappel. "From what he said, I do not think he is favorably disposed. No doubt after more complete in ! vestlgation he will become convinced of its merit. "Our city government has operated under a city manager during the past eleven years, and personally I think It has been of untold value to us. I would like to see a county manager in charge of our county. I believe it would stop much of the waste and extravagance. Tt is easy for anyone who has business with the city and county to see the difference "Our city operates on a budget. Purchases are made through a purchasing agent, and all business is transacted In an economical, busi-ness-like way, while In our courthouse mismanagement prevails. "It is true that several of our commissioners are not of the high caliber desired, but there are only five commissioners and responsibility for mistakes can easily be placed where It belongs. T would rather have a small commission of mediocre ability in charge than a body of/ icouncilmen representing their wards, and T believe that our city government Is far more efficient than our antiquatetd and expensive school board and county government. In fact, if they were equally ns well managed as our city our taxes could be greatly reduced, i Pays Dividends "If you adopt It. in your city the city manager fllan will pay you big dividends as compared with the old council. “Os course, I do not know much about political conditions in Indianapolis or whether you have suffered through crooked politicians, as —we did some years ago, and as most cities still do. But if such a, condition exists T hope the business men of Indianapolis will assert themselves, ns they can easily do through a little cooperation, and take charge. You will find the city manager plan one that will appeal to the business element. \V. F. CAPPED. Headquarters in the Meyer-Kiser Bldg, are being kept open by the citizens’ committee, which is going quietly ahead with organization for the future city manager campaign. More than the necessary 20,000 signatures to petitions asking an election on the plan aro on file, it is said. AID FRIEND, THEY PAY Two Batter Door Down to Let Man Escape .Jail; I/ocked Up. Ru Time* Special DA PORTE. Ind., April 17.—Because they helped a friend escape from the village lock-up at Chesterton, Elmer Anderson and George Gullstrom today were held in jail here. They used a crowbar to batter in the door of the lock-up. Their friend escaped, but they were capI ured. JOHN DUVALL IS LAUDED Alvah J. Rucker Praises Candidate at Ward Meeting. John D. Duvall, Republican candidate for nomination as mayor, will be the "Coolidge of Indianapolis," declared Alvah J. Rucker, in a Tenth ward meeting Thursday night. Rucker praised Duvall’s career as a business man and county treasurer. Rucker praised Duvall’s career as a business man and said he would apply Coolidge "common sense” principles to city affairs. Duvall also spoke. A member of other Duvall meetings were held in various parts of the city. Bicyclist Hurt by Auto Alphon Blaker, 15, of 225 Orange St,, was cut about the head today, result of being struck while riding his bicycle, by an auto driven by Miss Florence Fisher, 1535 8. East Bt., at Madison Ave. and Ray St. She was slated.
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Parents Start Sad Trip to QirVs Fresh Grave
Left to right: Miss Bea rice Sprat ley, Mrs. George Oberholtzer and Mr. George Oberholtzer.
Madge Oberholtzer’s Nurse Comforts Mother and Father. Accompanied by Miss Beatrice Spratley, the nurse who attended Madge Oberholtzer during the four weeks in which she fought in vain for life, pfter taking poison following an alleged attack by D. C. Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs. George Oberholtzer, took their last farewell of their daughter Thursday. During the funeral services at their home, 5802 University Ave., Mr. and Mrs. Oberholtzer remained upstairs with relatives. As they left the home to go to Memorial Park Cemetery, the parents walked through a lane of flowers held by friends and neighbors. During the services at s he grave, Mr. and Mrs. Oberholtze.* leaned upon each other, as if to gain strength for their ordeal.
Clean-Up Spirit Hits Courthouse
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Miss Kathryn Durflinger (Left) and Mi's. Gladys Xushaum
The spirit of the Clean-up and Paint.-up campaign sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce has invaded the courthouse. Even the pretty typists and stenographers are donning aprons and using the paint brush. “I just couldn’t stand those dark, dingy and dirty corners,” said Mrs. Gladys Nusbaum, 5 Eastern Ave. "So I t nought a little soap
‘Don’t Gossip/ Says Census Boss Ru Times Special ADBANY, N. Y. f April 17. Mrs. Florence Knapp, Secretary of State, issued her first order to prospective census takers as follows: “Don’t gossip!'’ “No person who serves in this State census Is going from one house to the next and pass along in formation about the neighbors,” she explained. “I shall make an example of anyone caught at it."
Saturday Set for Essay Winners Winners of The Indianapolis Industrial Essay Contest will he announced Saturday. Judging was being completed today. Judges are E. J. Gausepohl, of E. J. Gausepohl & Cos.; O. B. lies, president of the International Machine Tool Company, and Elmer W. Stout, president of the Fletcher-Ameri-can National Bank. The Chamber of Commerce, in which the three Judges are active, has been Interested in the contest because of the Chamber’s program for a bigger Indianapolis. High school hoys and girls who wrote on the subject, "Why Industries Should Come to Indianapolis,” In the future will he the civic and industrial leaders of tho city. Watch Saturday’s Times for names of the winners of the three prizes, sls, $lO, and $5.
water, paint and elbow grease would Tighten things up.” Mrs. Nusbaum enlisted the aid of Mrs. Kathryn Durflinger, 1002 Palmer St., typist, and purchased a can of silver paint for the radiators. “It makes the place look much brighter and when you know it is clean you can work better and feel happier,” smiled Miss Durflinger. When there isn’t any typing to | do. these young women find S pleasure is playing housekeeper. I For finishing touch they have j purchased artificial flowers. Both I work In the clerk’s office. Pocahontas to Meet Ru Time* Special | SEYMOUR, Ind., April 17.—Eleven councils of Pocahontas will hold a Joint meeting at Brownstown April 21 when State officers of the lodge will confer the great council degree and the Salem lodge will confer another. Bedford. Bloomington, Oolitic. Columbus. Paoli. New Bellview, Spiksville. Sprunica, ‘Flat Rock and wgilville will be the other councils prMent.
WILBUR TELLS WHY OF SHAM BATTLE I Secretary of Navy Writes Article on Present Test Attack Upon Oahu Island for Benefit of Times Readers.
Editors Note: As you read these lines, somewhere between San Francisco and Honolulu 2.OtM miles southwest of the Golden Gates, the preatrst fleet of fighting ships that ever sailed under the Ameriean fiav is sleamlui; toward the Hawaiian Islnndh. On or about April 27 this armada o! l.’tO ships and 40.000 bluejackets, marines and airmen will "attaek" the island oi Oahu, our “Gibraltar of the Pacific." in j the mightiest test of Its defenses ever made. The regular Army. Navy ami Aerial garrison stationed there will de fend it Every Amem an is vitally inter . eeted in the outeome for upon Oahu the safety of jam and yours and your country itself may one day depend. To give you a better idea of what it s | all about, the heeretary of the Navy has j written a s rlrs of three articles especially for Tile Indianapolis Times Here is the I first. Read it. By Curtis D. Wilbur. Secretary of the Navy WASHINGTON. April 17.—We I have only to look at the destroyer* tied up in our navy yards, at the obsolete vessels out of commission and awaiting repair, at the iron and wooden vessels built during the war for the Merchant Marine slowly rusting and rotting away in our harbors to realize that the battleship without the man is a dead | thing. A ship is a mere instrumentality, for the men on board to use. In one sense the ship is carrying men —in a more real sense they are carrying the ship, for without them the ship would not move. We all recognize the necessity of training the hand and the eye, and j what we sometimes call the subjective mind, so that there is a | spontaneous and almost unconscious application of the hand to the task. In a great fleet not only must , each individual perform his accustomed task readily and with a response to orders or to situations that may develop so spontaneous that he will perform his own duties perfectly, but also there must be the functioning of all of the personal on j board a ship In their relative duties and obligations. Men Must Be Experts The men have to be trained until j they become experts in their par- j ticular field, so that a large part of the crew of a modem battleship con- | sists of men who are evperts in their various fields. There are dally drills and constant discipline on a ship with a view of having the crew cooperate in duties pertaining to its operation. It is Important that ships operate together perfectly. Not only must the ship’s force know the relative positions of their ship in the various evolutions that are to he carried out, but they must know how to reach those postlons with the least possi- ] hie expenditure of energy and the ! least possible delay, and they must be able to so control their machinery that for hours and if need he for days they will keep their relative positions in the various fleet formations. ' Not only must the ship be operated In harmony with other ships, hut, her guns must also be operaetd effectively. It Is one thing to opemte these guns when they are unloaded and quite another to operate them when the ship, the gun -and the crew are subjected to the terrific strain due to actual firing. The rush of air after each explosion Is of such force as might throw a man overboard if taken linawarcs near the side. If he stood too close to i he" nuzzle of the great guns he might be killed or suffer a permanent injury. In actual battle, not only will a salvo of big guns he fired every minute, but the five-inch guns may be fired In salvo, ten or fifteen times a minute, the larger anti-aircraft guns may be fired fifteen or twenty times a minute, according to the calibre, and the antiaircraft machine guns will he constantly sputtering at approaching enemy planes. To this, in actual battle, will be added the effect of the enemy's shells, and the man at the firing key must not vary so much as a hair's breath as he pulls the trigger, if le is to be successful. It is con ddered that the accuracy of fire during a battle will be about a third of that in target practice. Anything that can increase this ratio so that performance in battle may more nearly equal performance in target practice will vastly Increase the efficiency of the fleet. But accuracy In target practice Is only achieved by constant training and effort. Operation Automatic The maneuvering of the fleet corresponds in a measure to the operations of the human body. With the body the heart must beat, the lungs must operate, and we must be able to walk without taking thought. The control of these functions must be relegated to the subconscious mind so that our objective mind may be free for the tasks of the day. So with the flet. The operation of its machinery in the ordinary movements of the ship, and the movement of the ship itself In taking its place in the fleet and during an evolution must be performed with the same unconscious precision with which a man breathes and walks. The radio has become the means by which great fleets are oper ited. The commander may be reached at any momont by the Commander-in-Chief at Washington. One of the reasons for the trip to Australia is to test out radio communications in the
southern hemisphere and the facilities and difficulties in communication with the United States and between the fleet ships In that region. There also are problems of compass deflection and of magnetism involved in proceeding from the northern to the southern hemisphere. But more than all is the necessity of constant effort and cooperation In order to have the fleet function as a unit. Tomorrow; If war comes where It will likely he fought, and why.
Sisters Celebrate Sixtieth Wedding Anniversaries
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Left to right: Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Colter, Mr. and Mrs. Silas Andrews.
tu Times Special MARION. Ind., April 16.—Two sisters. Stives of Grant County, this month have the unusual distinction of celebrating their sLxty-
ROBBERS ENTER CLEANING SHOP v Total Loss Is About SI,OOO in Stolen Apparel. Finished suits, coats and other i wearing apparel, total value approximately SI,OOO, according to officers, were taken from the Fashion Dry Cleaners, 1901 Ce'ntral Ave. Thursday night. Oeorge Turner, manager, . who reported the robbery to police, | said entrance had been gained by i forcing a rear door. Motor Policemen Schiley and j Stick reported the theft to headquarters, and detectives are now investigating. CLEAN FRONT YARDS URGED Campaign ‘Days’ Set by Junior C. of C. Efforts in the clean-up campaign sponsored by Junior Chamber of Commerce and fire prevention bureau, were .devoted to “Front Yards’' today. Saturday, attention will be turned to cleaning out “Back Yards.” Other days to be observed next week are “('lean Attic Day,” Monday; “Clean Closet and Cellar Day,” Tuesday: "Clean Oarage and Outbuilding Day,” Wednesday; “PaintUp Day,” Thursday; “Dandelion Digging Day,” Friday, and “Vacant Lot Day,” Saturday. ROBBERS ARE CAUGHT Two Men Confess Entering Gary, Ind„ Store. Bu United Pre CHICAGO, April 17.—Sam Borden. 31, and Frank Pacelli, 28, both of Chicago, were arrested here e;.rly today and confessed to the robl ery last night In Gary, Ind., of lingerie valued at $15,000 from the Miller and Wall store. The'goods was found in an automobile in their possession here. Extradition papers were signed and the robbers are on their way back to Gary. He Teased, She Sues Bu United Pram LA PORTE, Ind., April 17.—Ruth I. Black obtained a divorce from Dewey Black when she testified that he threw chairs, knives and pictures at her. H’jrt In Fall at Home Joseph Jackson, 533 S. Harding St., was at the city hospital today suffering from injuries f received, when he fell down stairs at his home. v
TREES PLANTED ON ARBOR DAY Schools, Organizations Join in Ceremonies. With ceremonies at practically every public school and exercises conducted by a number of Individual organizations, Arbor Day was observed In Indianapolis today. Through cooperation of the city park board, trees were planted m eighty-seven school yards. Following appropriate ceremonies, tree was to be planted by employes of Indianapolis Dlfe Insurance Company on lawn of former Fairbanks estate, now occupied by the company. Twenty trees will be set out in honor of departed dead of the Ma rlon County W. C. T. U. near the Olney St. entrance of Brookside Pars at 3 p. m. Saturday. Parade, led by police and firemen's band, will form at 2:30 p. m. on N. New Jersey St between Walnut and St. Clair Sts., and will march to Brookside Park.
second and sixtieth wedding anniversaries five days apart. Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Colter, formerly of'this county, now residing at Burlington, Kan., celebrated their sixty-second anniversary
Rain Only Hope for Her; She’s Doomed to Be Dirty
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Literature in Indianapolis is sooty. Literature is the name of a woman—an unusual woman. She has had one bath since 1906 and that created a young hullaballoo. She's supposed to havea dirty face and neck. Even if she wasn't, it would be hard for her to get a bath. She'd have to go to Congress and ask for a special appropriation to pay for it. A statute to clean a statue. Where does this woman live? On the second pedestal at the east entrance of the Federal building. She is made of stone. Her companions need cosmetics, too—they are Justice, Agriculture and Industry. "Years ago," said Assistant Custodian M. P. Bonham at the Federal Bldg. “The late L.„. G. Rothschild, then custodian, ordered the slatues cleaned—or rather polished. Soon one of the Government architects happened in the city. He objected right away to the bath. Me said the statues, as well as the whole building, were sup-
Meetings Here Saturday Beta. Duncheon. Board of Trade. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Duncheon. C. of C. Kappa Kappa Kappa. Breakfast, 730. Meeting All Day. Duncheon. Claypool. Mayflower Society. Dinner. 6 P. M. Spink-Arms, Sigma Kappa Card Party. 2 P. M. Splnk-Arms. East Side Gun Club each Saturday. 2 P. M.
TO BERMUDA SATURDAY Naval Dirigible Ready for Trip Southward. Ru United Prow LAKEHURST, N. J.. April 17. The naval dirigible Dos Angeles, safely housed in its hangar, will be “walked out” between 3 and 5 a. m., Saturday for its second flight to Bermuda. Yesterday it cruised for six and a half hours over the Jersey coast and after returning it was decided to postpone the Bermuda flight until mechanics could go over the engines again.
Wednesday. Next Monday Mr. and Mrs. Silas Andrews of Jonesboro will observe their sixtieth wedding anniversary. Both couples are post eighty.
posed to be dark looking—that the plan was for a low, dark, massive building. So the statues haven’t been cleaned since and they won’t he." And Saturday night— Well Just like Monday, or Tuesday or Wednesday to Miss Dlterature and her three sisters —unless. —Unless it rains.
Children’s Money Is Latest Loot Pennies, saved by kiddies to buy a lollipop, or bag of candy after school. That’s the loot of Indianapolis’ latest, and perhaps meanest "school thief, ’ at School No. 16, Bloomington and Market Sts. A total of $2.75 has been taken from children’s purses in cloakrooms. "It surely can’t be the work of an adult. The practice is too mean," commented the school principal.
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LAYMEN BALLOT TO END SPLIT IN METHODISM Unanimous on Proposal to Unite North and South Churches. Ru United Press ANDERSON, lnd., April 17.—The Daymen’s Association of the North Indiana Methodist Conference, in session here, today voted 132 to 0 in favor of merging the North and South Methodist churches, split since Civil War days. Ministers will probably vote on the proposal probably late today or Saturday. The association also voted 83 to 29 In favor of admission of laymen? in the conference. Haynes Speaks Speaking before the conference Thursday Roy A. Haynes, national prohibition director, declared that dry law violations will decrease as soon as public expresses itself more forcefully. The public’s own realization of its responsibility in enforcement of the dry laws will solve the prohibition question, Haynes said. His speech bristled with figures used to prove the efficiency of the prohibition department. Praising the new Indiana prohibition law because it makes the buyer equally guilty with the seller. Mr. Haynes says that its enforcement will make bone-dry prohibition an j actual fact in this State. As data on j State enforcement activities, Mr. i Haynes says that from July 1 to Feb. 28, 1924, a total of over $52,000 worth of property was seized by prohibition officers. According to his figures, dry law enforcement is handled much better in -Indiana than In other States, quoting New York as an unfavorable comparison. Watson Speaker Senator James E. Watson also addressed the conference. Superintendents W. W. Martin, ! Ft. Wayne district; F. -A. Hall. Loj ganspori district; Somerville Dight, j Richmond district, and W. B. Free- ; land, Wabash district, read their final reports and retired through the : working of the new limited service rule. Each was given a reward in I appreciation of services. Laymen’s Association elected the following district presidents: Ft. Wayne district, L. N. Scott of Ft; Wayne; Goshen district, D. C. Turner of Mishawaka; Dogansport district, G. E. Beck of Kokomo; Anderson district. C. H. Neff of Anderson; Richmond district, 11. D. Burr of Newcastle; Wahasl> district, A. H. Sapp of Huntington.
MARBLEGAME IS CLOSE ONE William Boughton Wins Fourth District Match. Fourlh district game in The Times annual city marble tournament, was a close one William Boughton, 12, Apt, 9, 634 E. Ohio St., won over Wallace Skinner, 13, of 148 Gcisendorff St. Boughton won the district meet last, year at School No. 9. He is going to put up a strong battle for the city championship in the finals which will be played at Williard Park, about May 15. The last neighborhood match this week was to be played at 3 p. m. today at Thomas D. Gregg School No. 15. E. Michigan St. and Bevllie Ave., If weather permitted. Announcement of next week's schedule will be made Saturday. Games will be played at 3 p. m. every day from Monday until Friday. Boys and girls under 15, who live in the neighborhood, can enter, although they attend another school. Saturday will he a good time to get in some practice. BEST ALL ROUND DOG Third Show of Kennel Club at Atlianaeuni Ends. Honors for being the best dog in all grades were awarded to Charles Watkins’ Armaud Frank, a pointer, at elose of third semi-annual dog show of Hoosier Kennel Club at Athenaeum Thursday night. Owner is W. D. Johnson of Dayton. Ohio. Second place went to Muiravenside Challenger, bulldog, property of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. MeElroy. STIGMA IS REMOVED “Illegitimate Children” Now “Boro Out of Wedlock” in New York. Bu United Prrsn ALBANY. N. Y„ April 16.—The stigma of illegitimacy was removed from children born out of wedlock in New York State, Thursday, when Governor Smith signed the Antin hill which provides that the legal term for such persons shall be “child born out of wedlock." The hill prohibits the use of synonymous terms in the statutes and court records. This is said to be the first instance in the history of the United States of such an attempt to end the stigma of illegitimacy. Girl Falls in Manhole Elnora Klapper. 11, of 1715 Spruce St., was suffering fram a bruised leg today, received when the lid of a manhole tipped as she stepped on it. ton her way home from school. She fell partially into the hole.