Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 69, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 August 1925 — Page 2

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DR. SHERWOOD SPEAKER AT CLUB MEETING \ Executive Board of Federa* tion Has Closing Session. Dr. Henry Noble Sherwood, State superintendent of public instruction, was the principal speaker at the cl6sing session of the executive board meeting of the Indiana Federation of "Women’s Clubs Saturday morning at the home of Mrs. O. M. Pittenggr, 1200 E Forty-Second St. Dr. Sherwood t.. e don the Importance of the county unit sydstem of control in education. He also talked about junior colleges which would add two years to high school work for students who can not afford to attend college’ Plans for the fall convention were discussed before adjournment for luncheon.

BOXER KILLED IN AUTO CRASH Eddie Malone Dies in Wreck at Marco. "When the automobile, which he was returning from a prize fight at Evansville, overturned today near Marco, in Greene County, Eddie Malone, 22, colored boxer, was killed. Malone is employed at the Joe 8.0-dey dey shoe shop, 1109 S. Meridian St. In the automobile were George Smith, 22, colored, 856 W. Twen’ySeventh St., who had fought with Malone at Evansvillle, and the driver, Danny Cohen, 834 Union St. Smith’s manager. The car ran into gravel and overturned, Malone’s neck was broken, but the other two were uninjured. Smith v as held for questioning by police when he arrived in Indianapolis.

U.S. BEGINS NEW DRIVE ON CLUBS Patrons Get Wet —Cabaret Gets Dry. Bu United Pretty , NEW YORK, Aug. I.—Armed with crowbars, sledge hammers and orders to “make Broadway dry” a squadron of twelve prohibition agents have started anew offensive against cabarets and night clubs in the White Eight district here. Led by William B. Stafford, known as the “plague of the north” because of fils border activities, the dry squad battered its way through iron shutters and oaken doors, arrested five men and seized liquor valued at $15,000 early today. The Broadway Club and the Paramount Club, each popular as an after-theater rendezvous, were raided. The squadron was forced to bring the crowbars and sledge hammers into play after “counter-signs” which had been obtained, were ignored by doormen. In each case, patrons were ordered Into the street where they stood in a pouring rain. But while it was wet outside, it was getting drier every minute inside.

TWO BUS LIMES GET APPROVAL (Continued Front Page 1) members of the Beech Grove town board. The commit si on took an important step with the adoption of a policy fixing a 2% per cent monthly depreciation on ail motor busses based on a 80 per cent annual depreciation. Asa result wf this policy the commission henceforth will consider bus regulation on the theory that the life of a bus is three and a third years. Fund Provided Each bus operator will be required to set aside 2Vi per cent of the original cost of each vehicle from monthly gross receipts for a special depreciation account. As the vehicles depreciate the fund will increases. When the vehicle no longer is serviceable sufficient funds will be available for anew vehicle. Among twelve new motor bus permits authorized by the commission on Friday afternoon, w r e two for the Newcastle Transit Company, to operate beginning passenger and property lines between Indianapolis and Newcastle, one through Maxwell and the other through Lewisville. Speed Alleged Application of the B. F. Davis motor line to operate between Indianapolis and Terre Haute was denied on grounds of excessive speed. Contract between the Indianapolis Street Railway Company and Mars Hill promoters, whereby the railway company will take over and operate the Mars Hill street car line for five years, was approved. The commission also issued an order tuthorizing the Indiana Bell Telephone Company to sell $12,000,000 in stock to reimburse the American Telephone and Telegraph Company on notes and to take over the Indiana Bell Bldg, at Meridian and New York Sts. INDIANAPOLIS IS LOSER Selection of Montreal for Kiwanis Wins Confirmation. Bu United Preen CHICAGO, Aug. I.—The 1926 International Kiwanis convention will meet in Montreal, June 7-10, the international board decided at its meeting today. Delegates frem 1,400 clubs favored the Canadian city over Memphis and Indianapolis. The selection was made at this year's meeting at St. Paul and confirmed jiy the board here. •

LABOR FEELS ‘SAVED’ Reaction to Provisional Settlement Is Expressed. B’J United Press LONDON, Aug. I.—English labor held today that the government’s provisional settlement of the coal crisis had saved it from being “pushed below the absolute poverty line.” This labor reaction to the adjustment was voiced in a speech of Secretary Cramp of the Railway Men's Union, in which he said labor could not claim a complete victory, but was entitled to congratulate itself on warding off a proposed lowering of living standards.

EFFORT TO CUT STREET WIDTH HAS OPPOSITION Board of Works Gives Views on E. New York St. Project. Efforts of residents of E. New York St. to reduce width of the street from fifty-eight to forty-eight feet, under, plans drafted by the board of works, will face a stone .wall of opposition, it was indicated today. “There’s little use of half-way measures; we should widen the street to the fifty-eight feet specified or allow it to remain at its present width,” Dr. M. J. Spencer, board member, declared. “Our object is to afford the east part of the city t. thoroughfare that will permit a traffic outlet badly needed.” Held Several Months Spencer charged that city council had held the thoroughfare plan in committee for several months without taking action upon it. He said the specifications for the improvemer t of New York St., as drafted by the board, had been approved by the city plan commission. Mayor Shank, he said, had urged the board to hasten improvement of the street. Denies Ray’s Statement Charles E. Coffin, board president, vigorousyl denied a statement of Councilman Otto Ray that William Armitage, political director of the Shank administration, influenced decisions of the board. However, board members admitted that Armitage has attended a number of board meetings. “We all know Bill Armitage Isn’t spending his time for nothing at the City hall, especially in the vicinity of the board of works,” Ray declared.

COOLIDGE GETS NEW TAX IDEA Drastic ‘Madden Plan’ Would Entail-$350,000,000 Cut. United Press SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., Aug. I. President Coolidge today studied a new tax reduction plan, more drastic than any heretofore advanced. He approves the chief features of the plan laid before him by Representative Madden, Illinois, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. The “Madden plan,” as the administration bill probably will be called, would cut taxes $850,000,000, Madden said. If the treasury experts say these rates will raise enough revenue to keep the Government going, Coolidge will favor them. Madden hopes through his committee to hold down Federal expenditures to $3,100,000,000, or $125,000,000 less than this year, but he and the President have agreed the expenses of the Government then will have been cut as far as they can be. BURIAL INGROWN HILL Retired Railroad Engineer Dies; Came Here in 1848. Funeral services for James Cropper, 82, who died Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Zei*' Mclntyre, 319 W. Thirty-Second St., will be held Monday at 2 p. m. at Mrs. McIntyre’s home. Burial will be in Crown Hill. Mr. Cropper was a resident of Indianapolis more than soventy-five years and for many ye' rs was an engineer on the Big F> Railroad, retiring Jan. 13, 1913. was born at Carrollton, Ky., \i came with his parents to Indk. polis in a covered wagon in 18 >. "When he first became a fireman wcod was used as fuel. Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Mclntyre, Mrs. Pearl Matheny and Mrs. Ida Rock, all of Indianapolis.

Gone But Not Forgotten

If you see any of automobiles bearing- these license numbers call the police or The Indianapolis Times. Main 3500. The owner may be able to do the same for you some time. Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to: George E. Evard, 5934 College Ave., Overland, 23-580, from Vermont and Pennsylvania Sts. Theodore Frederick, 140 N. Arsenal Ave., Ford, 656-510, from Twenty-First St. and Northwestern Ave. Walter Kaehler, 3918 Ruckle St., Cleveland, 11176, from Pennsylvania St. and Union Station elevation. John Browder, 1648 Bell St., Maxwell, 537-750, from Market and Delaware Sts. - Ralph Lucas, Cumberland, Ind., Chevrolet, 600-489, from 18 N. New Jersey St.

Back Home Again

Automobiles reported found by police belong to: Lee ,T. Smith, Bedford, Ind., Ford, at Cook and Georgia Sts. John Browder, 1648 Bellefontaine St., Maxwell, at Ohio and Pierson Sts. William Clark, Franklin, Ind., Ford, at Osage and New York Sts.

Pupils Face Another Winter in Frame Portables

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An example of the problems of the Indianapolis school board in providing adequate housing for Indianapolis school children is shown in School 72, at Carson and Troy Aves. Os the 450 children attending school there, more than 100 are forced to attend school in the two frame buildings heated by the oldfashioned stove. Cracks in the floor, caused by the shrinking of the boards, make little feet cold, as the nox h vest wind hits the buildings.

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When the Indiana-Ulinols twoState encampment of the uniform rank Kni—htg of Pythias opens Sunday ening at Martinsvii'e, Ind., Brig. Gen. William B v Gray, Covington, Ind., will be in charge of about 2,000 uniformed men. Dore B. Erwin, Decatur, Ind., Grand Chancellor, is to speak Monday afternoon. . Supreme Chancellor John Ballantyne, Boston, Mass., Harry Wade, Indianapolis, president of the K. of P. insurance department, and Sen-

18-HOUR RAIN FLOODS DETROIT Damage Estimates Range From One to Five Million. By United Press DETROIT, Aug. I.—Eighteen hours of continuous rainfall, which at times reached almost cloudburst proportions, placed the city on a near-flood basis when it stopped early today. Estimates of the damage done in this section range from $1,000,000 to $6,000,000. No lives have been reported lost. W. FAVERSHAM MARRIED Actor Secretly Weds Daughter of Former Phoenix Mayor. Bu United Press . . , HUNTINGTON, L. 1., Aug. I. William Faversham, the actor, and Edith Campbell of Phoenix, Ariz., were secretaly married July 20, at the groom’s summer home here, it became known today. This is Faversham’s third marriage. The bride is a daughter of Joseph Campbell, former mayor of Phoenix, and is an actress. YOUTH, 20, GIVEN LIFE Jury Decides Slayer Is Guilty And Not Insane By United Press CHICAGO, Aug. I.—John Meisner, a youth scarcely past 20, today faced the State Penitentiary at Joliet, 111., where he must spend the rest of his life for killing a taxicab driver during an attempted hold-up more than two years ago. A jury after more than three hours deliberation decided Meisner was guilty and not insane. WOMAN’S DEATH PROBED Said to Have Fallen From Back Porch Last May. Death of Mrs. Sarah Michael, 77, of 6602 University Ave., late Friday Is being investigated today by Coroner Paul F. Robinson. On May 14, Mrs. Michael is said to have fallen from the back porch of her home, and broke her leg. The husband, Johnson Michael, survives. Taken In Terre Haute Police were notified today of the arrest of Raymond and Joseph Sutton, 966 Eugene St„ in Terre Haute. They are said to have been in an automobile belonging to William Mallory, 710 Exeter St., stolen July 30.

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Jacob Hilkene, superintendent of buildings and grounds, said he would have to cover the floor this winter with linoleum or similar covering. The school board has just completed negotiations for the purchase of 7.66 acres of additional ground surrounding the schodl at a price of $9,000. The board hopes to provide an addition to the present twelve-room building as soon as money can be provided. The school is among those which need similar additions and for

ator James E. Watson are also scheduled to speak Monday. About 20,000 Pythtans, including Knights, Pythian Sisters and Knights of Khorassan from Indiana and Illinois will attend. A special train was to leave Chi-cago at noon today, bearing the First Illinois regiment ofthe Uniformed Rank and the regiment band. Special trains will run Sunday from Danville, 111., and Terre Haute, Ind. The encampment will close Saturday, Aug. 8. Vesper services Sunday evening will be the first event of the program. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday military parades of about sixty uniformed companies will be held. Prizes for best and largest companies total about $7,000. A class of 500 candidates will be Initiated Wednesday. A military ball will be the feature Thursday.

PROGRAM GIVEN FOR CITY BOOST Greater Indianapolis Week Plans Under Way. Plans for Greater Indianapolis week, Aug. 17 -to 22, have been completed by the Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic Clubs. According to the program outlined by William T. Bailey, assistant city attorney, Friday night at a dinner at the Indianapolis Athletic Club, about 2,500 delegates, representing civic and fraternal organizations, will visit different sections of the city avery night. KLAN IN BRYAN TRIBUTE Cross Is Burned In Cleveland in Honor of Commoner. Bu United Press CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. I—A cross was burned here last night by the Ku-Klux Klan in honor of William Jennings Bryan. The burning of the cross was ac-, companied by a ceremony of Klansmen in full regalia. The cross is reported to have borne this inscription: ‘‘ln Memory of William J. ''ryan, The Greatest Klansman . i Our Times, This Cross Is Burned: He Stood at Armagedddon 'and Battled for the Lord.” SMITH TO FACE BOARD Settlement For Alleged Shortage Expected Next Week Harry B. Smith, former adjutant general, will meet Monday or Tuesday with representatives of the State board of accounts and the attorney general’s office to discuss charges of rpisappropriatlng $15,000 in State funds. Friends of Smith are said to have raised a fund sufficient to make a settlement with the State, and it is understood this matter will be one of the subjects of discussion at next week’s conference. Smith is represented by Martin Hugg, attorney.

which the board will obtain funds provided the State tax board approves its budget, now being prepared. The main building is an old Perry Township structure which needs a general overhauling. In many cases the woodwork inside the building is pulling away from the walls. The portables have been used there about three years. There are about thirty portables throughout the city. More than 7,500 Indianapolis children are housed in this manner, a survey showed.

MARKET HAS MUSHROOMS California Plums Also Put in Appearance. . Home-grown mushrooms appeared on city market stands today at $1.25 a pound. Nectarine plums from California were seen for the first time at 30 cents a pound. Fresh lima beans are cheaper at 90 cents a pound. Cherries are also cheaper at 25 cents a pound. White peaches are new and sell for 10 cents a pound. Other prices are: Tiptop melons. 35 to 60 cents each; Golden Bantam and sugar "orn, 3 ears for 10 cents; pears, 2 pounds for 25 cents; Damson plums, 2 pounds for 15 cents; Transparent apples, 5 and 6 pounds for 25 cents; Alberta peaches, 3 pounds for 25 cents; Kentucky Wonder green beans. 2 pounds for 15 cents. Eggs sell from 35 to 43 cents a dozen. Country butter is 60 cents a pound and creamery butter 55 cents a pound. Dressed chickens aro 40 to 50 cents a pound and live chickens 35 to 40 cents a pound. SIGNAL INVENTOR SUES Use of “Silent Policemen” Would Be Stopped By Action. Bu United Press CHICAGO, Aug. I.—Three Milwaukee men filed suit In Federal Court here today, designed to tie up traffic on Chicago’s South Side by restrain-, ing the city from using the electric "stop-go” traffic signals now In operation. The suit was filed by Frank Comerford, attorney, on behalf of Hugo A. Kleinstuqfcer, Thomas E. Hayes and William A. Callahan, of Milwaukee. The petition names Kleinstueber ns inventor of the signals and declares the city and the South Side commissioners are using his signals in violation of the terms .of his patent. *

BROWN COUNTY PICNIC Former residents of Brown County will picnic Aug. 9, at Garfield Park, A. S\ Anderson, president of the Brown County Association, announced today. Music, speaking and dinner at noon will be features.

A Good Time to Be Prudent and Careful ThelndianaTrustf:"’".’ A Strong Financial Company The Oldest Trust Cos. in Indiana Member Indianapolis Clearing House Capital $1,000,000 Surplus $1,000,000 A Service Always Ready and Always Willing .’ Open Saturday Evenings 6to 8 o’Clock

IMPROVEMENTS UNDER WAY ON CITY CAR LINES Street Railway Company Spending $500,000 This Year. Reconstruction and improvement work to the extent of about $500,000 is being carried out by the Indianapolis Street Railway Company this year, according to company officials. The work involves the laying of more than seven miles of new track, Installation of more than fifteen miles of new trolley wire, installation of expensive switches at corners where traffic is unusually heavy and various other improvements. Adverse financial conditions for several years following the World War made it Impossible for the company to keep up its maintenance properly, officials said, and the present program is intended to remedy this situation. New Track’ I-aid New track already laid or in course of construction includes, Central Ave., Twenty-Third St. to Fall Creek, 4.000 feet; West, Morris to South Sts., 3,500 feet: Minnesota. South to Moris Sts.. 4,500; College Ave., ''arious stretches, 5,000 feet. W. Tenth St., Pershing to Tibbs Aves., replacing single with double track, 10,000 feet; Harding, TwentyFirst to Twenty-SeVenth St., renewal of all equipment except rails, 3,600 'eet; Twenty -First St., Illinois St. to Boulevard PL, 1,500 feet. In addition to this list the company will install 3,000 feet of new track on the Oliver St. bridge over White River as soon as it is completed and 4,000 feet on the Kentucky Ave. bridge. New curves are now in course of construction on the Pennsylvania St. line at Sixteenth St. Joints Welded An expensive item, Invisible to the eye, but adding much to the comfort of passengers, has been the making of 4,000 thermit welded Joints between the rails. This welds the track Into one continuous whole. This work costs from $12.50 to S3O a joint. Renewal of frogs and switches is a big item In the program. This was done at Delaware St. and Massachusetts Ave. and at Maryland St. and Virginal Ave., the cost being not far from $40,000 in each instance. About $50,000 was expended in similar work at the W. Washington St. car barns, resulting in an increase in car-storage capacity from about 200 cars to about 280. Fully fifteen miles of new trolley was Installed at a cost of about $1 a foot.

BURGLAR HELD FOR OFFICERS Employe Captures Intruder —Second in Ten Days. William Sloan, 60. living near Erie and South Sts., Is held in the city prison today under high bond charged with burglary and grand larceny.

PoMce say he is the second burglar to he captured within ten days while at work. August Naab, employed in St. Vincent Hospital, shares honors with Howard Meeker, 2841 Ruckle St., who captured a burglar in his bedroom last week. Naab said he awakened to see a man armed with an iron bar moving toward

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his bed to strike him. He said he sprang from bed and grappled with the man, who had taken his S6O camera. In the scuffle Robert Worth, another employe, was aroused and aided Naab in disarming the man. They held him for the police. Hospital authorities said Sloan hail formerly worked at the hospital. Police said ho had been drinking.

DEMOCRATIC RECEPTION The Eighth Ward Democratic Club will hold a reception at the Indiana Democratic Club, 618 N. Pennsylvania St., Thursday at 8 p. m. Walter E. Smith is president of the ward club.

HAWKINS RITES SET Telephone Official and War Veferan to Be Burled Monday. Funeral services for Bertram Stoddard Hawkins, 37, of 6038 College Ave., who died Friday at the Methodist Hospital, will be held Mondny at the Ragsdale funeral parlors, 1219 N. Alabama St., at 2 p. m. Mr. Hawkins was assistant traffic manager for the Indiana Bell Tele phone Company, and was active In American Legion affairs of Indianapolis. He served with the Amerl can Expeditionary force in the army of occupation at Coblenz, Germany. He was a member of Overseas Lodge, F. and A. M., Service Club and Memorial Post, American Legion. Surviving are the widow, three children. Gaylord. Edward and Caroline Hawkins, two sisters. Miss Martha Hawkins and Mrs. H. C. Ketcham, and the father, George C. Hawkins. ELEVEN HERE NAMED On List of 193 Who Are Given Rector Scholarships, Bu Time* Special , GRKENCASTLE, Ind., Aug. I. List of new Rector scholars who will enter De Pauw University this fall includes 193. Os this number, eleven are from Indianapolis. They are: Aaron Arnold, Truman Ewing, John Hanger, Donald Hawkins, Donald Higgins, William Landis, Thomas Markey, Marion Ryan, Richard Tennant, and Ernest L. and Guersney Van Riper. YIELD IS HIGH Bu United Press LA PORTE, Ind., Aug. I.—B. F. Headly, Lacrosse farmer, harvested 1.050 bushels of wheat off 21 acres, making the yield averaging 60 bushels to an acre.

Good Service Promotes Prosperity The efficient service performed hy the -railronds of the country is a subject of discussion and favorable comment everywhere. Good railway service is not a matter of convenience only. It speeds up business, and therefore it has a commercial value that is measurable in dollars and cents. Prompt, and adequate transportation means a reduction in the amount of capital tied up in commodities in transit and awaiting shipment. It also means there is no need for manufacturers, wholesalers, jobbers, retailers and consumers to carry large stocks to protect against transportation shortages or delayed shipments. These savings in interest charges lessen the cost of conducting business. When goods move promptly, there is prompt payment for goods that are sold payable on delivery, and prompt payments in turn mean quicker liquidation of loans made to finance business operations. In short, good railway service means more ready money for the needs of business generally. One of the most important benefits of good railway service is the stabilizing influence it has on production and consequently on the facilities and labor employed in production. Fluctuations in prices are avoided to an appreciable extent by making supply more readily responsive to demand, and both the producer and the consumer benefit thereby. As production is stabilized and there is less unemployment, demand also becomes steadier, to the immense benefit of everyone. Add all these benefits of good service together, and the total saving in money becomes an impressive sura. Only a few years ago leaders in publio life were talking about the billion-dollar losses resulting from delayed and inadequate transportation. Now it is time to talk about the billion-dollar savings growing out of prompt and adequate transportation. That we have prompt, and adequate transportation today does not mean that the demand for transportation has lessened. In fact, the demand for transportation is constantly increasing. Prompt and adequate transportation is being provided today because the increase of railway capacity has been even greater than the increase of transportation demand. This improved situation has been < brought about by the money the railroads have spent—much of it borrowed—on improved and increased facilities, supplemented by the increased efficiency of the railway organizations and the increased co-operation of the railway patrons. Encouraged by the support and appreciation of the public, the railroads will continue to improve their service in the knowledge that they are thereby adding to’the prosperity of the country as well as to their own prosperity. Constructive criticism and suggestions are Invited. C. H. MARKHAM, President, Illinois Central System. CHICAGO, August 1, 1925.

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FLUCTUATION IN INDIANA PRISON FIGURES SMALL Institutional Population Fairly Constant, Records Show. Although the Federal prison population of the United State* haa practically trebled itaelf In the laat dec ade. according to T>epariment. of Justice reporta, Indiana's priaon poptt lation over virtually the aame period has remained fairly conatant, State records show. Last official State reporta. which were for the fiscal year ending Sept 30, 1924, show a total of 3,298 adults housed on a daily average In the four State pnal and correctional Institutions, the State Prison, the Reformatory, tho State Farm and Women’s Priaon. For 1917 Eight yenra before, represented by the 1917 flsenl year, a daily a.rag of 3,824 inmates were housed -fit those same Institutions. During the World War and the year following, there was a sharp loss on the number of sentence* to penal and correctional institutions, and thereafter a slow, steady gain until the present. The following table shows the annual fluctuations in Indiana prison population. AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE State Reform- State Worn n Prison, atory. Farm Prison (Hi }M J Ig 11 lh! til i I