Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 37, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 June 1925 — Page 7

BEECH GROVE BUS PETITION TO BE HEARD Residents Must Choose Their Transportation, Says Street Car Receiver. John W. McCardle, chairman of the public service commission, today set 9 a. m. Monday as the time of a hearing 1 on five petitions of the 6outh Side Motor Coach Company for certificates to operate busses. Chief among these is the one for right to operate a line to Beech Grove from Monument Circle. Must Decide Beech Grove residents must choose between the present street car line and the proposed bus line, wai the Ultimatum issued today by Fletcher Savings & Trust Company, receiver tor the street car line. The latter will be junked If the town residents not succeed in killing the bus pettilon. It was said. The bus line proposes a 10-cent fare and twenty minute service. Tha car line gives twenty-five minute service and has 10 cent fare. Beech Grove Divided Beech Grove is divided into opposite camps on the bus and street car question, it was indicated today. A number of citizens are expected to attend the hearings. Frank Struck, bus company president, announced more than 2,500 residents have signed a petition stating preference for bus service. Several days ago petition protesting the granting of permission to operate busses was presented the commission. COLORED MEN INJURED Large Auto Turns Over in Dftch on AllisonviUe Rd. Three colored men' were injured When a large auto in which they were riding turned over in a ditch eight miles from the city on the Allisonvjlle Rd. George W. Burks, 24, colored, 409 Blake St., and R. D. Burks, 22, colored, same address, were riding with William Fry, 27, colored, of Pratt St. and Capitol Ave. He seid bright lights from a truck blinded him. Four other colored men passing picked the three up and took them to city hospital. RIKHOFF TO INVESTIGATE Delay alb Railroad Grossing Alleged by Fire Chief. Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff was named today by the board of safety to investigate alleged delay by railroad crossing switchmen in cases of fire alarms. According to Fire Chief John J. O’Brien, firemen were delayed at the Big Four switch at Missouri and Maryland Sts. The Big Four crossing at State St. has also been the subject of complaints as holding up traffic. TRAFFIC SIGNS ASKED Petitions for traffic signals at Boulevard PI. and Thirty-first St. and St. Clair St. and Ft. Wayne Ave. will be investigated by Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff, following an order by the board of safety today.

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Shortridge Dramatic Club to Present Puppet Play l

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Above (left to right): Charles Colin McNauli, Harold DunUel, Norris Houghton, Shields. Below: Robert Wh’tham, Nellie Sielkin, Mary Louise Shields, Katherine Maclean, and Bob McCullough.

A puppet show, "The Queen’s Lost Dignity,’’ is to be presented June 28, 29 and July 1 and 2 by the Marionettes, a Shortridge High School dramatic organization. Two performances* will be given daily, one in the afternoon and one at night. This organization is composed of boys and girls under 16. The stage, stage sets, scenery, furniture and electric lighting, the puppets and costumes are all constructed by club members. The upper story of the garage at the rear of the residence of G. A. Mac Lean, 1 1 6 E. ThirtySixth St., houses t. • theater, with a stage six by ten feet.

RAIN BOON TO CROPS More Thunderstorms Probable, Weather Bureau Says. Cloudy and unsettled weather tonight and Wednesday, with probably local thunderstorms is the bill of fare for Indianapolis, and Indiana in general, the United State weather bureau announced today. Rain of .70-inch Monday night brought the total June rainfall to 3.50 inches, compared with the normal rainfall of 3.14 inches for the month. Rain during the last week has been a great boon to Indiana crops, officials state, and should aid greatly in bringing them back to normal, after a serious dry spell. Temperature today was about normal, with a forecast of warmer weather Wednesday. GREETED BY BURGLAR Slams Door in Owner’s Face. Escapes; Nothing Taken. W. W. Smith, and his wife, 15 N. Riley Ave., received a scare Monday night when they returned home from a show. Smith told police that as they entered the house a burglar slammed the door in his face and escaped through a side basement door. Nothing was taken. Charles McCann, 5047 E. Thirteenth St., reported a child’s bank and a $2.50 gold piece taken. Mrs. Frank Sectivy, 340 N. Arsenal Ave., reported $2 taken from her home. GRAIN DEALERS TO MEET Mid-Summer State Convention Will Be at Michigan City, Several Indianapolis persons will attend the Indiana Grain Dealers’ mid-summer convention Thursday and Friday at Michigan City. Charles B. Riley secretary and Bert A. Boyd, treasurer, are officer" from Indianapolis. Former Governor James P. Goodrich and J. J. Fitzgerald, Indianapolis insurance man, will speak.

In the present production, what is known professionally as a "skeleton set” is used, and by its use only slight change in detail transforms the throneroom of the Queen’s palace to a forest scene weher the "marble” pillars take on the rough, bgpwn coating of great tree trunks and the flight of steps leading to the throne become a rocky hillside. The lighting system has a central switchboard with eighteen switches. Seven puppets, used in presenting this play, constructed of modelers’ clay and so wired that the head and legs and arms movS freely an 3 independently.

W.F. O’DONNELL RITES ARE SET Construction Company Official Dies. Funeral services for Walter F. O’Donnell, 53, of 1740 N. Pennslyvania St., who aied Monday night, will be held at 9 a. m. Thursday at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Clara Maloney, 24 S. Hawthorn Lane, fallowed by services at 10 a. m. at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral. Burial in Holy Cross cemetery.' Mr. O’Donnell was secretary-treas-urer of Columbia Construction Company and rlsjiley-O’Donnell Fuel Company. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and attended St. John’s Boys School here. He was a member of Indianapolis Athletic Club, Knights of Columbus and old Marion Club. G. 0. P. MAY HEAR MOSES Senator Expected to Speak at Ft. Wayne on Wednesday. Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire is expected to talk at the northern Indiana Republican meeting at Ft. Wayne "Wednesday, it was announced today by Clyde A. Walb, State chairman. Moses was invited Monday when it was learned he would pass through Indiana on his return from the funeral of Senator La Follette. A large number of Indianapolis Republicans will leave for Ft. Wayne tonight. night Watchman dl£s On Duty at Now Hotel—Complained After Eating We. A man known to contractors for the new Spink Hotel, Fall Creek Blvd., and Meridian Sts., as James Shurdaugh, address unknown, died suddenly early today, while on duty as night watchman. The body was taken to the city morgue pending finding of relatives. Thomas Mullen, another watchman said Sherdaugh complained after eating a piece of pie. One London wharf firm now keeps fifty cats at its docks to keep down the rate population.

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Those taking part in this performance are Nellie Sielken, Josephine MorHs. Mary Shields, Harold Dunkel, Charles Mac Null, Bob McCullough and Bob Whitman. The producing director is Norris Houghton and stage manager Charles Shield?. Officers of the club are Helen Hyde, president; William Hantzis, secretary; Lawrence Price, business manager. Other members of the club are Charles Cring, Frances Shera, Charlotte Walnwright, Bert Johnson, Malcolm Davidson. Katharine Mac Lean. Alberta and Loma Alexander. Martha Pittenger and John Mellett.

UTILITY MAN TO TALK Kiwanis Chib to Hear M. K. Foxworthy, Wednesday. "Electricity in a City's Daily Life,” will be topic of M. K. Foxworthy, of Merchants Heat and Light Company, before Kiwanis Club luncheon Wednesday at the Claypool. Fred I. Willis also will speak. Everett Deupree, Raymond Doud, and George W. Miller, are new members.

Penny Day Wednesday June 24th Riverside Park. All Rides For Young And Old One Cent 1 to 5 6 to 11 Just For Fun

GUARD PRIVATES IN COUNTY JAIL OVER WEEK-END Three Are Released —One to Be Tried by CourtMartial. Three Indiana National Guardsmen, privates in Company D, 151s*. Infantry, who spent Saturday, Sunday and Monday in the county jail at the behest of their commanding officer, Capt. Atlee Slentz, are out today. They missed drill, according to Captain Slentz. and one will be court-martialed on Wednesday night. The guardsmen who were dragged from their beds early Saturday morning by city police, enjoined by law T to make the arrests, are Roy De Long, 1449 N. New Jersey St.; Mark

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Stewart, 516 W. Fortieth St., and Ralph C. Lovell. Charged at -lail The three were charged at the county jail with "absence without leave” by Captain Slentz. who cited the acts of 1911 as his authority. De Long will be tried. The 1923 amendments to the National Guard laws give the presidents of court-martials and summary court officers, when the guard Is not on active duty, power to have arrested such men as disobey ordArs to appear before such court, a copy of the charge having been delivered to the accused with such order. “Full* Authority” "I have full authority to commit my men awaitirg court-martial, ' said Slentz. Adjutant-General W. IT. Kershner said he thought Slentz was “well within his authority,” although the guard has not been called out by the Governor for active duty.

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C. OF C. BACKS VET HOSPITAL Meeting Will Be Held at 8 p. m. Wednesday. John B. Reynold*, secretary of Chamber of Commerce, has asked J representatives of organizations interested in securing a Veteran’s Hospital for Indianapolis to meet, at 8 p. m. Wednesday at the Chamber. The proposal has been under consideration for some time. Reynolds said it Is hoped to develop a concerted public opinion which will ’ carry weight with the Veteran’s Bureau. “Disabled men and women of Indiana are entitled to hospital facili-

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