Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 114, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 September 1925 — Page 13
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BATTLE FOR BEECH GROVE ANNEXATION ON
FINAL DAY OF FAIR GIVEN TO CLUB MEMBERS Radio Pianist and Double Race Bill Feature Program. Unusually attractive program teatures Including two appearances of Harry M. Snodgrass, radio pianist, and a double race bill at the Grand Circuit harness horse races, were counted upon to boost final day attendance figures at the State fair to anew record for the week. The closing day was dedicated to Indianapolis civic and luncheon clubs. One of the special features of the day will be a livestock parade In front of the race track grandstand at noon. Governor Jackson, members of the board of agriculture, nnd •’‘■veral bands will participate. Attendance Lower B Despite adverse weather conditions, necessitating postponement of the horse races and curtailment of the entertainment program, 52,413 persons passed through the turnstiles Thursday. This brought total attendance figures to 175,828, about 6,000 below the figures for the first four days of 1924. An attendance of 30,000 today would surpass the 1924 total of 205,000. Interest Thursday centered about niterior exhibits, livestock barns, the automobile and industrial show, the agricultural building and the livestock judging in the Coliseum. A particularly intersting display was the fish hatchery exhibit of the State conservation department. Since Monday this has proved a big drawing card. National Scope The national scope of the fair has been shown by the number and variety of displays from outside States. Cattle and horses have been brought here from all parts of the country for showing, California is represented with an elaborate ex hibit from Los Ingeles County which has been shown at fairs throughout the country. A “safety first” campaign waged by the Big Four railroad is shown in an interesting moving picture film which attracts hundreds of spectators. Modern crossing signal devices also are on display. NEW CHAIRMAN NAMED J. Kelly H etuis Newspaper Association Committee. Harry J. Kelly of Spokane, Wash., secretary of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association, has been named chairman of the special standing committee of the American Newspaper Association, to succeed Harry N. Kellogg. Kellogg has resigned to become secretary-treasurer of the Lyons Clay Products Company of Centerpoint, Ind. Accomplishments of Kellogg as head of the committee on relations between publisher and employees have been unusual. BURGLAR WAS ONLY~ RUG Woman Calls Police When Door Fails to Open. Far be it from Mrs. Gertrude Tice, 1207 W. Thirty-Fifth St., to go in a house when the door feels as if someone was pushing against it on the inside. She called police and the emergency squad in charge' of Lieut. Ralph Dean, cautiously opened the door. It still had resistance but the squad found themselves pointing revolvers not at a burglar but a rug that ha.d fallen against the door. BUS HEARING SEPT. 19 GREENSBURG, Tr-.d., Sept. 11.— Hearing of the suit of C. L. Henry, receiver of the I & C. Traction Com-
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Miss Clara Grimes and "Jack” Jack has a pussy cat complex, according to Dr. Elizabeth Conger, city pound master. He and a mouse were friends. Emphasis on the “were.” Jack—a white bulldog, alleged to have clawed a man who tried to beat him, is boarding at the pound. One day a mouse entered his kennel by mistake. Jack pounced on it, but spared its life/ Then
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He Is Translator of Hungarian Patrolman Vasili, Kociago HENEVER police get a Vy deep case in which a Hungarion person who cannot speak English is involved, Patrolmai Vasile Hociago is called as an interpreter. He is quick at translating. Hociago has been a member of the department since March 24, 1914, and at the present time patrols districts 7 and 8. They are bounded by Alabama and Illinois Sts., Louisiana and New York Sts. He works from 3 to 11 p. m. and many things take place in this territory. , Hociago lives at 1179 Kentucky Ave., and has covered most of the districts of the city since he was made a policeman.
pany, against the public service commission on petition to set aside cert.flcates of convenience granted Hiner’s Red Ball Lines for route from oere and Indianapolis has been set for Sept. 19 in Decatur Circuit Court. A demurrer has been filed by the commission.
the two became friends and daily cavorted in the Sawdust. Mouse escaped injury although Jack often tossed it hither and thither. . , But a mouse hasn’t any too strong a constitution. The • play got too rough and the mouse died this week. “You ought to look sadder. Jack,’’, said Miss Clara Grimes, Twenty-Fifth St., and Euclid Blvd., cle ’ f ’! 'lund.
.Mias Jessie Marie Murphy and Austin Hewson.
in connection with the tournament of the Union Printers International Baseball League at Washington, D. C. Austin Hewson, a
FRANKS KILLERS IN CELLS YEAR Loeb and Leopold Hold Good Prison Jobs. Ril Tailed Press JOLIET. 111., Sept. 11.—Nathan F. Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb, millionaire Chicago youths, today completed the first year of their sentence of life for the murder of Bobby Franks, young son of another Chii cago millionaire. Leopold, who started prison life as a worker in the shoe factory, has been advanced to a “white collar” clerkship of the plant. Loeb has I graduated from the chair factory to I the position of “straw boss" of the \ prisoners whose duty it is to keep the prison yard clean. Dr. Walter Martin, prison psychiatrist, says the mental condition of | the two youths is good. Loeb sufj sered a mental breakdown several | months ago. but is fullly recovered. MACEDONIAN TO PUBLISH Paper, to Be launched Here, Will Boost Liberty Movement. Publication of The Macedonian Tribune, to boost the Macedonian liberty movement will begin here soon, it was announced today by P. G. Shaneff, Indianapolis, president i of the Macedonian congress, which j closed Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Bulgarian Church, 226 N. Blackford St. Shaneff, re-elected for another j year, said an editor will'be selected i soon. The paper will reach all | Macedonians in the country. WANT CHURCH HISTORY Presbyterians Will Be Urged to Save Biographical Sketches Preservation of historical data will be urged by the Presbyterian Church, the Rev. F. Backemeyer, general secretary of the Indiana Synod, chairman, announced today. A State committee has been named to discuss plans for the Synod centennial next year at Viucennes. Presbyterians will urge members of the denomination to perserve biographical sketches and other historical materials. The Indianapolis Presbytery will meet at Greenfield, Sept. 21-22, the Rev. Backemeyer said. Arrangements are being made for the regional conference on church building and vl nance at Second Presbyterian Church Sept. 28. BY GOLLY, LEW MAY ACT Member of Mayor’s Family Pretty Sure He Will Go on Stage. Broadway has vanquished Main Street. The merry twinkle of the footlights has conquered for a period the sombre appeal of a business career for Mayor Shank, it was indicated today. "I’m pretty sure Mayor Shank is counting on going in vaudeville for a while after Jan. 1,” a member of Shank's family, said today. Shank Is expected to return home Saturday or Sunday from the East. He roamed about Broadway’s theatrical district and was expected to discuss terms of a vaudeville contract with a national syndicate. BLUE GILLS THAT COST Bu Times Special WINONA LAKE, Ind., Sept. 11.— Ernest Widup, Los Angeles, Cal., was fined $18.50 for catching six blue gills in Winona Lake without an Indiana license. DRIVER IS EXONERATED Bu Tnitrd Press PERU, Ind., Sept. 11.—Perry Cornell, 50, Rochester truck driver, today was cleared of blame for the death of Max Mills, 7. The boy was killed by Cornell's truck while playing in of his parent’s home near here. ~
INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1925
vice president of the International Typographical Union, is shown presenting her with a loving cup.
Telephone Pioneers Elect Officers * C. A. Breeoe Hoosier State Chapter. No. 16, Telephone Pioneers of America, has its new president C. A. Breece. elected at the annual meeting. Others elected were: Minor Goulding. senior vice-president; O. D. Green, second vice-president: Margaret Cooper, secretary; Flora Eagle, treasurer; W. F. Johnson and Misg Dessie Brice, executive committee members, and W. R. Hirst and Miss Margaret Evans, delegates to the society’s national convention. Twenty-one years of telephone service constitute elegibillty for membership in the society. ENTERTAINMENT URGED Pastor Says City Should Launch Move to Care for Visitors. Launching of a movement to entertain visitors in the city was urged by Dr. Lewis Brown, pastor of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, at the triennial homecoming dinner of Raper Commandery, Knights Templar, at the Masonic Temple Thursday night. The dinner was in honor of the commandery drill team, which placed fourth at the Seatttle (Wash.) conclave. Capt. George W. Thompson, team commander, was presented a silver chest. COUNTY RECORDER DIES Bu Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. Sept. 11 Funeral services were being? arranged today for John T. Grace., for eight years Vigo County recorder who died at his home here Thursday. He was a native of Terre Haute.
Cheap Lawyer for Her “Ol.d Man” I O a colored woman’s | | pleas to he granted a ULJ marriage license though she already had one husbapd. County Clerk Albert H. Losche was adamant. • • “No, lady, I won't allow you to commit bigamy, even if you haven’t seen your husband for sixteen years." he said. “You'll have to get a divorce.” “Do you mean I got to pay out good money to get rid of that worthless husband of mine before I can marry this good man?” the woman queried. “Yes, that’s about it, or else they might send you to jail for quite a while,” the clerk told her. “Well, I want a cheap lawyer, just about the cheapest there Is in town, because I don’t figure on wasting much money on that old man of mine.” was the reply.
Petitions for Joining Town to Indianapolis Are Circulated by Residents—Said to Have Obtained 400 Signatures. MANY ARE OPPOSED TO BEING TAKEN IN Great Fight Expected When Plea Is Presented to Councilmsn —City Property Owners Pay Lower Taxes. There’s a bustle and hum of activity at Beech Grove these days. The long-expected battle between those who wish to be annexed to Indianapolis and the solid citizens who prefer to retain their identity as Beech Groveians, with a town board and everything, has begun. Signal for the first skirmish was the circulation of petitions for annexation to Indianapolis of the town, which would be joined to this city by Churchman Ave. The new corporation lines would extend from Raymond St. down Churchman Ave. to the present limits of Beech Grove. The boundaries to the Beech Grove limits would be the width of the avenue. except for a small strip of ground belonging to the park board which is bounded by Churchman and Southern Aves. and Oxford St. New Bottle Ne<-k The new addition would be joined to the city proper through the bottle neck of Churchman Ave.. similar to the annexation of University Heights via Shelby St. Petition circulators took the field early In the week and are said to have obtained 400 signatures for annexation. They must persuade three-fourths of the town’s population estimated at 8,000 peopl*. As the annexationists progress with their petition, they often encounter their antagonists who are seeking signatures to a remonstrance against being added to Greater Indianapolis. The understanding is that annexationists will present their petition at an early meeting of city council and that before that body the battle of Grove will occur. One of the most effective arguments employed by the annexationists is the fact that Indianapolis property owners pay lower taxes than persons who live in Beech Grove. Boost for City If annexationists win, an estimated oft 3.893.210 wil! be added to Indianapolis and the city will have In its boundaries the large shops of the Big Fbur Railroad. Beech Grove now is governed by a town board of three members. Bank Commissioner Is Appointed Governor Jackson has announced the appointment of Thomas D. Barr, formerly of Falrmount, as State banlc commisL sloner, succeeding fe; j. -•• * whose resignation 4 j becomes effective ’jSj*! Oct. 1. Barr, who jpfck haa been conlb ~ nected with the department since nfti ’ i!IH 1919. will be suereeded Luther i GFSgjp' f|||p Symons. Lewls- | \ x flHj ville banker. Kl * l||i| ment of Lewis S. WWiite* HH! Fitch, former InTlumias U. Barr dianapolis man, as State sanitary enflneer, to succeed L. A. Geupel, also has been announced. JEWELER BUYS BLOCK I/tuis Berghdin Purchases Site tn Terre Haute. Bu Special TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Sept. 11.— Announcement was made here to day that luis Bergheim. Indianapolis jeweler, had purchased business property near the principal business section of the city. Consideration was given at $37,000. Property belonged to heirs of Hinder Zimmerman. It is understood the site was purchased as an investment. POLE DROPS ON BOY, 4 ITilld Playing in Yard Kililed in Unusual Accident. Bu Vnitcd Press VINCENNES. Ind.. Sept 11.—’The Knox County coroner today investigated an unusual auto accident which cost the life of 4-year-old James Balthus Thursday. • An auto driven by Albert Ashby of Edwardsport sideswlped a truck while traveling at high speed and crashed into a telephone pole and knocked It down. The pole fell on the boy, playing in his grandmother’s yard, and crushed his skull. £
Ex-Life Guard Rescues Two Drowning Children
I/’ft to Right: Henry Stock, Uhar les K. Bobo and Elsie Stock.
A knowledge of first aid, and his past experiences as a life guard and wrestler was given today by Charles K. Bobo, 31, of 1811 N. Harding St., as the reason he was able to rescue Elsie Stock. 10. and her brother, Henry, 9. of 1948 W. Michigan St., from drowning in White River. Bobo was returning home from work Wednesday in his automobile when Walter Bonn, 1950 W. Michigan St., cried out that “someone was drowning” as Bobo neared the W. Michigan St. bridge.
DENY BUYING BUILDING Modern Woodman Deputy Says Order Has Not Bought Yet. Reports that the Indiana department, Modern Woodmen of America, had purchased property at 320 E. New York St., for the purpose of erecting a building, was denied today by C. A. Osborn, district deputy of the order. “We are going to buy property, but there is no truth in the report that we have bought this specific property.” he said. PLAN RECTOR SERVICES De Pauw University to Honor Benefactor on Oct. 16. Bv Times Special GREENCASTLE. Ind.. Sept. 11.— Memorial services for Edward Rector, who died in Chicago in August and who was the leading benefactor of De Pauw University, will be held here Oct. 16. according to announcement from Dr. Lemuel H. Merlin’s office. THREE MEN SENTENCED Bu Times Special COLUMBIA CITY, Ind.. Sept. 11.— Pleading guilty to a charge of stealing an automobile, Clem and Milton Heath and Harry Cunningham, Columbia City, were given sentences of one to fourteen years in prison.
Firemen Find Fishing Good at Wawasee
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They're biting fine at Lake Wawasee, according to Indianapolis firemen. “Why, a three and a half pound bass jumped in our boat while we were after some frogs," they said.* Orville Ma rshall. 3717 E. Vermont
“When I peered down I saw the two children struggling in the water. The girl had sunk for the last time when I plunged in," Bobo said. The river at that point is over nine feet deep. “My greatest trouble was in getting ashore with the two,” said Bobo. “The cement wall is very slippery at the water's edge and my feet would slip from under me when I attempted to land. I managed to grasp a crack in the cement and got the two out.”
AUTO INSURANCE TALKED Department of Indiana Farm Federation Has Conference. Licensed legal reserves of mutual insurance companies were discussed i at a conference of the auto insurance I department of the Indiana Farm Federation Thursday night at the Lincoln. Speakers were G. J. Mecherle, Bloomington, 111., presb dent of the Illinois Farm Bureau Auto Mutual Insurance Company, and W. H. Settles, Indiana Farm Bure-i.u Federation president, j District leaders who attended M. H. Houston, Mishawaka; H. L. ' Plummer, Roanoke: George McMullen. Idaville: E. C. Salisbury, Bluffton; L. J. Edward, Lafayette: A, Bailey Duncan,- Morristown: H. B. Ogden, Hartsville; FTed J. Orth, Terre Haute; Lewis Taylor, Newburg, and D. H. Fountain, Medora. SCARES GAS THIEVES Motorist rviuhtms Mrn Trying l„ Rob ITs Tank. F’rancis B. Crowley, 1305 N. Delaware St., by a timely return to his auto saved himself a long walk to a filling station, police say today. Crowley said when he returned he saw two men with bucket and hose syphoning gasoline from his tank. He gave the license number of the auto they escaped in.
Orval Marshall, Henry Joll itie and Oscar R. Ragsdale
St., Oscar Ragsdale, 2020 Hoyt Ave., and Henry Jolliffe of Trafalgar, Ind.. exhibited the above string of bluegills and bass as one morning's catch The firemen, the majority of whom are from Central head-
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EXPECT AX TO FALL UPON PAY NOLL OF STATE Orr Asks for Detailed Reports on Present Salary Lists. Preparatory to a meeting of the State budget committee later this month, for making a general adjustment In salaries of appointive. State officials and employes. Lawrence F. Orr, chief examiner of the State board of accounts, today maile dletters to all State institutional and department heads asking for detailed reports on present pay rolls. In view of the Insistent demand of Governor Jackson that State expenditures be curtailed. It is predicted that a general slash will be made in many ,of the salaries not specifically set by statute. Orr directed that the report* be in his hands on or before Sept. 21, which is the date set by the State tax board to fix the State tax levy. It is understood the budget committee will lay its figures before the tax board for the purpose of adding to the contemplated decrease in the present State levy of 28 cent*. The State budget committee is composed of Governor Jackson, Orr, Senators Robert L. Moorhead and Walter S. Chambers and Representatives Lemuel A. Pittenger and Thurman A. Gottschaik. Final action on the levy is taken by the tax board, working in cooperation with the Governor and State Auditor L. S. Bowman. AUTO ARRESTS MADE Youth Fares Charge—Boy Taken to Detention Horae. Hibbard Ball, 19, of 1128 N. Illinois St„ was charged with assault and battery after his auto is alleged to have struck Mrs. Merle Long, 26, of 318 N. Alabama St., at New York and Alabama Sts., Thursday night. She was taken to city hospital. Cordy Robson, 13, colored. Murpihysburg, ICy., was taken to detention home charged with vehicle taking. Police say a stolen auto he was ! driving collided with on<j driven by J. W. Sherwood 231 : Minerva .St., at North and California Sts. Police hre seeking the driver who abandoned his auto late Thursday after colliding with an auto driven by Ora Baxter, 1524 Churchmann Ave., in the 1400 block Cornell Ave. BEEF HERD ASSEMBLED Calve* for Exhibit Purchased at State Fair. To hail the return of the beef cattle Industry to a place of profit for farmers, a baby beef demonstration herd Is now being assembled by the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation for showing at the j Texas State Fair, Dallas, in October, at the American Royal Show, Kansas City, in November, and the International Live Stock Exposition, Chicago, in December. Samuel R. Guard, Foundation director, was at the Indiana State fair today and bought four senior steer calves for the herd. Guard posted a prize ofer for Indiana farm boys and girls in which a series of twenty prize trips were offered to the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago. THREE DRIVERS TAKEN Walter Turner, 40, colored, 1807 Yandes St., is charged with speeding, I reckless driving and assault and battery b.v police today. William C. Williams, 32, of 116 Markwood St., is charged with speeding and reckless driving. C. Miller, 29, of 518 j Myrtis St., is charged with speeding.
quarters, were on *an outing at Oakwood park at the lake. They Included John W. Miller. Clarence Taylor, Elmer Wilkins, Lee Jackson. Arthur Rosemeyer, Herbert Wald, Jesse Ray and Chief Harry Jtl. Fulmer.