Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 128, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 September 1925 — Page 1

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CITY BUILDING FIGURES SHOW GOOD INCREASE First Half of Year Leads Over Same Period in 1924. AHEAD OF POPULATION general Boost in Labor Cost Is Seen. Timet WaahinOton Bureau, lii New York Avenue. WASHINGTON, Kept. 28.—Indianapolis is building: as well as growing During the first six months of |925 a total of 2,426 families were provided with new homes as coml[>ared with 1819 for the corresponding period 1924, according to figures compiled here. Latest figures available Indicate that the city, despite general increase In cost of materials and lnbor, is contracting per year foi 66 per cent more building construction of all kinds than in 1914. Ahead of Population Thl* construction is keeping well ahead of increase in population, The population Increase over the ten-year period has been about 82 per cent. Labor cost has Increased generally in Indianapolis. Bricklayers, who In 1914 were getting 75 cents per hour, are now getting $1.50. Carpenters who were getting 60 cents, now get sl.lO. Wages Increased Cement Unifiers have Increased from 50 cents to $1.10; hod carriers from 40 to 87 cents; Inside wlremen from 47 cents to $1.25; painters from 47 cents to $1.05; plasterers frorn-02 cent* to $1.50; plumbers from 02 cents to $1.35; stone cutters from 56 cent* to $1.12; structural iron workers from 65 cents to $1.26. Though wagee are higher than In some citlea. Indianapolis Is helping set the building pace for the country. While Indianapolis Is building f>s per cent more than In 1914, the average Increase In construction for the entire country over the ten-year Jperlod has been only 15 per cent. DEBT MEETING REACHES CRISIS

Caillaux Stands on Original Payment Offer. 811 VrMti Prctt WASHINGTON, Sept, 28.—The American proposal for funding the 14,200,000,000 French debt to the United States today wae rejected by Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux, bringing the negotiations to a crisis, Caillaux offered Secretary of the Treasury Mellon an.l hie colleagues a lengthy document analysing the American offer and pointing out its destructive repercussions upon French finance. He then read In English ft carefully prepared speech explaining the original French offer line by line and conclude-i by stating the offer was not a ' feeler,” as It has been Interpreted, but a plan which represented all that his commission thinks France is capable of doing. WEATHER TOO NICE Officer Has I Jet of Thirty-One Motorists Arrested. W “The nice weather of Sunday made autoists fudge a little on the speed limit,” said Kergt, Frank Owens, in charge of the police motorcycle squads today. Ho> backed up his statement with a list of names of thirty-one persons whom he said were arrested by the squad over the week-end and who were slated at the city prison today. He said it was not a drive on speeders, hut Just **> abundance of violations.

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hdltor'H Note—Thl* I* thp first, of a • ip* of artiolo* telling tho truth of condition* in Florida a* found by a rcrireaentative of The Indianapolis Times. By Harold Keats S 1- ~~1 ENT to find the secret of the Florida lure which has drawn i__| thousands upon tens of thousands from other States, 1 have just completed an Investigation of many weeks in that hectic commonwealth, I did not go as a stranger, for It was my third trip, but I went with an open mind. I was prepared to report that Florida is all it Is pictured by the most rabid real estate salesman, If I found that to be true. I was likewise prepared to report the contrary, if I found that to be true. With the latter possibility In mind, I kept myself free from obligations. I paid my own expenses. I was not carried about the State and wined, dined and entertained by those who have something to sell. I found It necessary, In fact, to refuse many attractive opportunities of this kind. The Investigation was (Turn to Page 14)

FORBID ARMY MEN TO TALK Discussion of Air Defense Stopped by Order. tiU Vntifd Preil EL PASO, Texas, Sept, 28.—Discussion of the air defense of the United States was placed on the forbidden list for officers by Brigadier General Oaatner, commander of the Ist Cavalry division of Ft, Bliss here today. “Any officer of my command who talks about the air controversy will lie court-martialed and put where he wll inever again be able to talk," Castner declared, "There will be no "Colonel Mitchell’’ on the Ft, Bliss reservation,” he said, "This idea of letting a bunoh of officers run around the country criticising their superiors doesn’t make an army, It makes a bunch of bolsheviks in uniform," NO ORDERS AT PORT \ Diwcusekm Not Prohlltlted by Brig. (rcri, Aukinan, Brig, Gan. Dwight Ault man, Ft. Benjamin Harrison commandant, today said that no order prohibiting discussion of the United States air service had been issued at the fort. He said no such order will be issued unless by the War Department, WOMAN, 70, CUTSTHROAT Quarrel Over Pried Potatoes Blamed, Police Toid. Mrs, Mary 'Tyler, 70, of 2207 Wheeler Ht., is in a serious condition at oit“ hospital today suffering from elf it flirted throat wounds. Police were told Mrs. Tyler slashed her husband and granddaughter, Daisy Tyler( aged 17, who objected to her frying potatoes which had been boiled for another meal instead of using now' potatoes. PLANE FORCED DOWN ON OCEAN Crew of PB-1 Is Believed Rescued. II il t'nill'd Preen WASHINGTON, Sept, 28.—The giant seaplane PB-1, built for the non-stop flight to Hawalll, on which the PN-0-1 was forced down in midocean, has been forced down at sea by engine trouble In an attempted flight from Sfin Francisco to Seattle, Wash,, the Navy Department was advised today, The PTM was flying to Seattle to the aircraft factory there, where repairs and modifications ordered by naval experts were to be made. The crew Is believed snfe. Advices In the message from the naval inspector at Seattle said that the seaplane was picked up by a destroyer and was being towed in. SCOPES CASE CONTINUED Supreme Court Gives Delay to Defense Counsel. flu I’nil e<t Preen KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 28. The appeal in the case of John Thomas Scopes, convicted Dayton evolution teacher, was continued twenty days toduy when it came before the Tennessee Supreme Court. The first motion filed as court convened, was a request by counsel for Scopes, for twenty days to file an assignment of errors regarding the trial at Dayton last July when Scopes was found guilty and fined SIOO, The request was granted.

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JURY REPORT EXPECTED Federal Body to Make Final Return Says Ward. Federal Grand Jury will make final reports late today it was announced by Albert Ward, United States District Attorney. The grand jury made its first report Saturday afternoon when seventy-nine true bills were returned indicting ninetytwo persons.

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, SEPT. 28, 1925

SANITARY HEADS MEET WWte River Survey Discussed at Conference. Officials of the State conservation department, the State and city boards of health, the city sanitary department and the Indianapolis Water Company met today at noon at the Chamber of Commerce to discus* the sanitary survey of White River, whlc his in progress.

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VANDALISM AT SCHOOL Custodian Says He Ordered Away Boys Kicking Football. Vandalism at school 48. New York St. and Silver Ave., caused damage of $250, police say today. John Hastings, school told the officers that he ordered some toys kicking a football away from the ochool Saturday.

NO CHANCE FOR DEMPSEY FIGHT Law Prohibits Title Match, Says Official. The Dempsey-Wills fight, for the world’s heavyweight championship, scheduled for July 4, 1926 at Michigan City, Ind., will be prohibited under Indiana's anti-prize fight law, it was indicated today. Edward White, deputy attorney general, asserted that “such a fight as proposed would break every provision of this law.” He said it would be nearly impossible to sponsor such a match. The Governor’s orders of the matter will he based on the opinion of the attorney general. MAY OVERRULE MOTION Judge Gives Indication In Sewer System Assessment Appeal. Special Judge James M. Berryhill of Circuit Court indicated today he would overrule a motion to dismiss appeal cf more than 200 property owners living In southeastern Indianapolis who protested assessments made by the board of works for the Bean Creek and Pleasant Run sewer system. Arguments were to be heard this afternoon on request for a jury trial. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 64 10 a. m 76 7 a. m 66 11 a. m...... 77 8 a. m 71 12 (noon) .... 77 9 a* 74 1 p. 78

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High Seas, in Wake of Gale During Night, Force Derrick Boats to Suspend Operations for Rescue of Trapped Crew. NO REAL HOPE HELD THAT SAILORS LIVE Diver Finds Bulkhead of One Compartment Damaged, but Closed —Officials See Remote Chance for Survival of Some. By Carl D. Groat, United Tree* Staff t'orreevowlent NEW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 28. —Operations for rescue of the thirty-four men trapped in the sunken submarine S-51 were halted Mi is afternoon. The seas were running high in the wake of stormy weather overnight. The giant cranes. Monarch and Cnitury, counted upon to hoist the stern of the S-51, could not operate in the heavy swells. Bulkhead Closed An unofficial wireless dispatch received here shortly after 10 a. m. stated i hat a diver had found the bulkhead of one compartmnet slightly damaged, but closed. Navy officials here said if this Information was accurate there still was a remote chance that at least a few of the thirty-four trapped men might be alive. Precious moments in the rescue work were lost during the night when the tow lines connecting the Monarch with the tugs lurka and Sagamore became tangled with the Sagamore’s propellers. Three and a half hours were required to stfilighten the cables. First Attempt Falls The first hoist yesterday of the lone Merritt-Chnpman derrick failed as those on the grim line of vessels standing by had feared. Together, the two derricks have a lifting strength of 300 tons, believed sufficient to hoist the stern of the S-51 from the choppy waters, if weather permits. The undersea craft is 250 feet long and it lies in a sea of 138 feet deep, so that experts in charge believe the vessel easily can be tilted on its nose to allow the stern to stick out. There has been no outward indication that any of the men who went down Friday night when the S-51 was rammed by the coast wise steamer City of Rome, is alive. Rescue has been so long delayed that no real hope is held out for thp survival of a single man. At the most, it was said, six men for whom there was room in the air chambers may have survived. Divers Resume Operations A plan during the night to permit two civilian divers to explore the submerged craft was altftndonod because of the high seas which piade it difficult to attend the divers from the top. Diving work was re-j sumed at dawn. Divers went down repeatedly and tapped and hammered to those inside that rescue was near. Then they listened for the faintest answering tap from within the shell. But no sound came to tell that life remained within the water-flooded trap.

KOGSTON NEW FIRE MARSHAL Marion Man Named to Take Miller’s Post. Governor Jackson today announced the appointment of Alfred Hogston, Marlon attorney, as State fire marshal to succeed Newman T. Miller, who resigned a short time ago only, ten days following his reappointment, Hogston, several years State Senator from Grant County, was known principally for his sponsoring of a measure to abolish the public service commission. At the last primary he was defeated for renomination for State Senator. He is married and has a family. His four-year term begins Oct. 1. PUPIL TAKES POISON Girl, 14, Becomes 111 at School— Mother Says Mistake. Police were called to School 2, Walnut and Delaware Sts., today, where they found Frances Castle, 14, of 536 N. Illinois St., pupil In the 8A grade, suffering from the effects of poison. The girl was sent to the city hospital. Police were told the girl took the poison at breakfast. She became 111 at school. Mrs. Ruth Phiffer. the girl's mother, said she believed the girl obtained the poison by mistake.

Forecast FA t R tonight; Tuesday increasing cloudiness and probably unsettled; not much change in temperature.

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PARENTS’ HOPE TWO LADS ARE SAFE UNSHAKEN Faith Outshines Despair in Indianapolis Home of Submarine Victims. REASSURED BY LETTERS Chum Wires Belief 'God Will Save My Pals.’ BULLETIN Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Tescluv maelier this afternoon decided to go to New York and later to New London, Conn., headquarters of rescue work. They -will leave late today. Faith and hope that know no discouragement today outshine despair in the pretty home of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Teschemacher, 4u71 Collego Ave., parents of Frederick and Charles Teschemacher, twins of the Navy, entombed with thirty-two other men In the sunken submarine S-51 off the Connecticut coast. “Our boys will be saved," the mother says bravely. And the father, young to he a parent of 17-year-old boys, lifts his head proudly and says: "If they have to go, I’m glad they died under the Hag." Then comes a telegram from the East, where Mr. and Mrs. Teschemacher lived until six months ago: “llo|>e God will save my pals, Buster and Willie.—Arthur llauck, Newark, N. .1." Another from the Navy yard at Boston: "Only three men saved. Sorry your sons are missing.” "Why my boys wrote me and told me not to fear.” the mother said. " ‘Even If darkness comes, nothing can happen,’ they said in the letter. ‘We’ve emergency arrangements. We took Mrs. Vanderbilt down with us down forty feet. Y'ou know Mom, If the ship wasn’t safe, they wouldn’t take a woman like her down. Don’t believe newspaper reports If anything happens. We’ll he all right.’ ” And n*wa from New London that deep sea divers have failed to communicate with the men in the submarine has not dimmed the faith of the mother. "They told me that they could not be heard outside unless they I had metal to hammer on metal. I Maybe they haven’t any metal. ‘ That’s why no sounds have been heard." The father reiterates his pride of country. He’s emphatic In lauding the United States Navy. That If he (Turn to Page 14) FLOOD PERILS TWO MILLION 1,500 Square Miles Inundated Already in Shantung. /? United Preen PEKIN, Sept. 28.—A fresh break in the banks of the Yellow River today endangered the homes of 2,ono.ooo residents of the Shanghai peninsula. Fifteen hundred square miles are flooded, with the area increasing hourly. Reports received here estimate that a hundred have been drowned. Geologists fear the river course will be altered to an outlet In Ki Su province. The is described as the worst in China since 1867. "(OrS" CHANGED Mayor Shank today ordered John Berry, city electrician, to lengthen several seconds the time of the "go" signals on N. Meridian St. Several complaints have been received, according to Shank. IRVINGTON CLl’B HOST The Irvington Club will l>e host to the Mercator Club at luncheon at the Irvington Masonic Temple on Tuesday.

Another Janitor in Political Seas With the good old city hall ship starting a leak In every seam and floundering In the teeth of a heavy gale, “Captain” William H, Armltage is having hard times these days bringing her Into port for John Li. Duvall, Republican aspirant for mayor. “Seaman” .Tames Hamilton, erstwhile mop pusher at May’or Shank's official cabin, walked the plftnk this morning as a mutineer, Hamilton immediately struck out with a powerful breast stroke for the armored cruiser of Walter Myers, Democratic candidate, which has been hanging on the rear of Duvall's sea-going ferry-boat, raking the latter with broadside after broadside. In other words, the board of works this morning fired another city hall Janitor because he wouldn't support Duvall, and the janitor, Hamilton, announced he Is supporting Myers.