Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 137, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 October 1925 — Page 2

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MICHIGAN ST. IS SAID TO BE ‘MISERY ROAD’ Mr. Fixit Receives Complaint on Condition of Thoroughfare. Do You Know? Police who are forced to practice pistol target shooting must provide their own ammunition. Submit your problems concerning: improvements to Mr. Fixit. He is The Times’ representative at the city hall. Wrlet him at The Times. W. Michigan St., ‘‘Misery Road,” is the target of an attack from a citizen who wrote to Mr. Fixit today. The street is so rough a baby fell out of its cab crossing It the other day, according to the letter. DEAR MR. FIXIT: Is there any law that will compel the property owners or the city to repair about one hundred dangerous holes on W. Michigan St., between Tibbs and Olin Aves? I saw a lady overturn a baby buggy yesterday, throwing the baby out after hitting one at Berwick and Michigan. Also saw a man hit one big hole with his automobile and break his wind shield. Auto springs are broken in big numbers every day. Cars rig zag to miss holes and people on foot are nearly run down by them. The whole street from White River to Olin Ave., is in a disgraceful condition. The railroad tracks at Warman, Holmes and Michigan are getting in a death trap condition. I saw several drivers loose control of their cars and start up the railroad tracks. MR. MISERY ROAD, Tolt. and Hole Aves. Michigan St. is an abomination William H. Freeman, board of works member, agrees. However, the property owners must present a petition for permanent improvement if it is corrected. The railroad company Is contemplating repairs at the crossing soon, Mr. Fixit was informed. DEAR MR. FIXIT: Won’t you please try and coax an ash man around this way? Our ashes are of summer’s standing. They have been moved only once this summer and then I had to telephone. Ash men are difficult to coax sometimes, but the matter has been brought to the attention of Truly Nolen, inspector of garbage and ashes who will conduct an immediate investigation. DEAR MR. FIXIT: North St., the only crossing between N. Gray and N. Oakland, is In bad condition. Several hundred automobiles each day pass over this street, and now it Is almost Impossible to

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get across in places. Please remember ua with some cinders. TAXPAYERS. W. P. Hargon, clerk of the street commissioner’s office, will investigate. DEAR MR. FIXIT: Why doesn’t the city grade our street on N. Traub? There are so many holes in the street it is a wonder the automobiles don’t break their springs. We would like to have it graded and oiled. When they paved Belmont the big truck ruined our street. It is up to the city to fix it. TAXPAYER. Please give Mr. Fixit the street number so he may pursue the investigation with certainty. DEAR MR. FIXIT: We can hardly drive in our street in summer and can not even walk In it or cross it in winter. We try to get it graded, but have no luck. We offered to grade It ourselves and haul cinders on it If the city will let us have the cinders and they even refused that. Can you do anything for us? STEPHEN SHOCKENAY. Frank Reid, inspector of the street commissioners’ department, will conduct an immediate investigation.

e city grade our street on N. I Only Governor Jackson Can; aub? There are so many holes ’ - ,-v the street it is a wonder the au- Halt EXGCUIIOn OCt. 16. mobiles don’t break their springs. 81l Times Special o would like to have it graded and LA PORTE, Ind., Oct. 8. —Com- _ Mg® ed. When they paved Belmont mutation of sentence or a pardon e big truck ruined our street. It from Governor Jackson is the only if* if up to the city to fix it. hope left for John Koval of Gary, TAXPAYER. who murdered Mrs. Martha Sogers- EgSflivjly Please give Mr. Fixit the street ky. April 18. He is confined at r 'A umber so he may pursue the in- Michigan City prison, where on Oct. g estigation with certainty. 16. he will die in the electric chair. Ai DEAR MR. FIXIT: We can hard- according to Warden Walter Daly. drive in our street In summer and Koval, tried at Crown Point, n not even walk In it or cross it pleaded guilty and was sentenced winter. We try to get It graded, July 3, by Judge Martin Smith. His t have no luck. We offered to crime was particularly atrocious. BaMr ade it ourselves and haul cinders The story is ihat Koval and Mrs. Jk tnnfff ’ % W it if the city will let us have the Segersky were drinking moonshine id its and they even refused that, at the woman’s home where Koval in you do anything for us? boarded. He Is supposed to have *£ ; HaMWff STEPHEN SHOCKENAY. asked for cigarets and being refused Frank Reid, inspector of the cut her throat in a fit of anger. He treet commissioners’ department, was later captured by Gary police. § § § i— ■

Martin J. Hyland and pi eees of thirteen-loot root taken from N. Audubon Kd. server.

“big oaks from little ! /\| acorns ” so a wee tenl .J dril, hav.nw forced itself through a pore of a N. Audubon VISIT BIG FOUR SHOPS Business Must Go To Beech Grove in Special Train. Approximately 300 local business men were visitors Wednesday afternoon at the Beech Grove shops of the Big Four railroad. The party left the Union Station in a special train. Senator James E. Watson delivered a greeting to the railroad officials In behalf of the visitors. He emphasized the fact that wages of railroad workers would be maintained at the present level and would not be lowered.

GARY SLAYER TO DIE NEXT WEEK Only Governor Jackson Can Halt Execution Oct. 16. Bn Times Special LA PORTE, Ind., Oct. 8. —Commutation of sentence or a pardon from Governor Jackson is the only hope left for John Koval of Gary, who murdered Mrs. Martha Segersky, April 18. He is confined at Michigan City prison, where on Oct. 16, he will die in the electric chair. No appeal in his case is pending, according to Warden Walter Daly. Koval, tried at Crown Point, pleaded guilty and was sentenced July 3, by Judge Martin Smith. His crime was particularly atrocious. The story Is ihat Koval and Mrs. Segersky were drinking moonshine at the woman’s home where Koval boarded. He is supposed to have asked for cigarets and being refused cut her throat in a fit of anger. He was later captured by Gary police. Mrs. Segersky was the mother of six small children.

Rd. sewer pipe, grew Into an Immense root, measuring thirteen feet, 6 Inches and was removed with much difficulty. The pipe, from which the root was removed, was twelve feet under ground, and men with cables and hooks worked from one manhole to another for several days before they were able to remove the giant root. In circumference. It almost filled the ten-inch pipe through which it grew, and a willow tree, fully forty feet away, was the parent of the phenomenon, Martin J. Hyland, street commissioner, said. “While this root Is the largest we've ever removed,” said Hyland, “we frequently find roots several feet long, obstructing the sewers. This is particularly true in Irvington, where the sewer pipes are

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much smaller than In any other part of Indianapolis.’’ RAZOR - PISTOL BATTLE Four Hurt As I’oJce Try to Half Downtown Duel. Bu United Pre GAJir, Ind., Oct. B.—Four men are In a hospital hers, today serious ly Injured, two probably fatally, as the result of a pistol-razor fight on a downtown street comer Wednesday. The Injured are William Boger, deputy sheriff and John Poe, colored outlaw, probably fatally hurt, aad Thomas Ladsworth, deputy constable and William Thomas, colored, severely cut. The fight occurred when the officers attempted to halt a razor duel between the colored men.

UNPAID INCOME TAX COLLECTED Internal Revenue Agents Must Trace Mistakes. About SIOO,OOO In delinquent and unpaid Income taxes is collected each month by officials and agents of the Internal Revenue Department here. Most of the collections of unpaid taxes grew out of bookkeeping mistakes in the fffees of corporations, according to George Foot, deputy collecter. Many individuals can not be traced when they have not listed their Incomes and escape payment, while mistakes in the records of corporations are disclosed by the agents, he said. “The public does not help us much In getting In touch with people who have not listed all their sources of income,’’ Foot said. "Most of the work of tracing Incomes not listed is done by our agents. "Many persons will Inquire about their neighbors’ income tax and stand aghast at the figure quoted. But none of them want to tell us why they believe their neighbors should have paid more than they did.” In Scottish homes the porridge bowl is yielding to the breakfast plate of fish, ham and eggs.

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Parrot Writes Its Own Poetry M r—— ]R3. KATE KENDALL. caretaker at the James l___| Whitcomb Riley home on Lockerbie St., has a parrot —very old and wise, who frequently surprises visitors with bits of apt conversation. Mrs. Kendall recently conceived the idea of teaching the parrot to recite a line of a Riley poem for the anniverasry of the poet’s birthday. Upon several occasions lately the bird placidly repeated: “Good-by, Jim, take keer cf yourself,” but on Wednesday the parrot took to Improvising and all he was heard to say on the anniversary was, “Hello, Jim: how are you today?”

CHANG WINS JAZZ PRIZE flu tnltcd Press TIENTSIN, China, Oct. S.—Chang Hsueh-llang, 26-year-old son of the famous "Mukden war-lord” Tso-lin, has added another laurel to his crown. In addition to being a proved mil ltary commander, air force chief, and general No. 1 man to his noted father, young Chang Is now known as a champion dancer. At a recent Jazz festival here, the Junior Chang and his fair Chinese partner carried off the first prize.

INDIANA MAKES FINANCIAL GAIN Increase in Balance on Hand Oct. 1 Shown. Indiana began the fiscal year Oct. 1 Just $3,240,629 better off than she was the year previous. It was shown today In a report by L. S. Bowman, State auditor, based on the total balance of all funds In the State treasury. It was pointed out that $1,400,000 should be deducted from this amount, representing the increase in receipts brought about by the extra

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one cent gasoline tax. That would make the State's net increase sl,840,199. The balance In all State funds on Oct. 1, according to State Treasurer Ben H. Urbans, was $8,628,300. as compared with $5,382,770 a year ago. The new composite goneral fund showed a balunce of more than $6,000,000. The biggest balance Increase was shown in the benevolent institutional fund, which grow from $5,803 to sl.193,012. The old general fund grew from $399,579 In 1924 to $1,784,278. Al’TO INJURIES FATAL BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Oct. B. John Bender. 65, is dead in a local hospital today as a result of Injuries sustained last week when he stepped In front of an automobile. Bender was partially Mind.

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