Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 198, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 December 1925 — Page 3

SATURDAY, DEC. 19, 1925

FRENCH ‘7s' GUNS RULE DESERTED DAMASCUS

15 MONTHS IS TERM FOR ONE OF BOOZE RING John Marcus, Charged With Murder, Sentenced — Others Dec. 30. John Marcus, one of the twentythree defendants found guilty in federal Court Friday of conspiracy to violate the prohibition law, centering around the substitution of water Tor whisky in 890 barrels in the Jack baniel distillery at St. Louis, was sentenced fifteen months at the Leavenworth penitentiary today by [Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell. The sentence was meted out by Judge Baltzell to dispose of Mar(cus’ case, as he is under indictment at Toledo. Ohio, for the murder lof Max Gross, produce dealer. Toledo authorities today said they would begin proceedings immediately to have the sentence against Marcus suspended so he will face trial in Toledo. Other defendants will be sentenced Dec. 30, according to Judge Baltzell. Only three were acquitted. John Gehrum, his wife Ada, and August ■Walters of Cincinnati. Three Acquitted Maximum penalty faced by the twenty-three is two years in prison and SIO,OOO fine or both. They are: Arnold J. Hellmieh, collector of Internal revenue, St. Louis; Nat Goldstein, St. Louia Michael J. Kinney, State Senator of St. Louis; ■William J. Kinney, St. Louis; Michael J. Whalen, city politician, St. Louis; Toney Foley, St. Louis; Edward Melninger, manager of the Jack Daniel distillery; Harry Stratton, St. Ixjuis business man; Ben Doncaster, who was arrested near Jndianapolls two years ago for rum running. Others Marcus; Morris Multin, Sidney Mu'.tin and Isadore Multin, all of St. Louis; George Landon, Harry Levin, Edward J. O’Hare, William Lucking Daniel O’Neill, Robert E. "Walker, Don H. Robinson,'T. F. McCaffrey, Richard Fltzgibbon, and John Connors. Clifford and Carlisle Sampson and Leonard Brink, all of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty at the opening of the trial Monday. It is said George Remus, millionaire bootleg king and star witness for the Government, arrived at his home in Cincinnati Thursday and asked that a detail of police be kept near his residence. It is reported he said he “was in fear of his life.’’ VILLAGE AUTO PROBLEM ACUTE /.' ii V E 4 Service NE"W YORK, Dec. 19.—The National Automotive Chamber of Commerce reports that America’s larger cities are handling the traffic problem with ease while traffic congestion is resulting in confusion and accidents on the streets of the smaller cities. The small cities are just beginning to get the traffic problem and are unprepared to handle the situation which is causing an unproportional number of automobile accidents In cities of less than 100,000 population. The National Automotive Chamber of Commerce is urring civic bodies in smaller cities to conduct an intensive safety campaign to solve traffic difficulties and to prepare the citizens for the time w r hen a large number of automobiles will be in use.

COUNTY POSTS TO BE FILLED The county commissioners soon will announce about 150 appointments to county "jobs,” It was announced today by Cassius L. Hogle, who succeeds John Kitley as commissioner Jan. 1. Hogle has held several conferences with Commissioners Charles O. Sutton and John McCloskey. He said no one has yet been selected definitely for any position. Among the important positions to be filled are county attorney, road superintendent and district road superintendents, courthouse custodian, superintendents of county institutions and bailiffs of commissioners’ court. A successor to George G. Schmidt, county engineer, also will have to be selected. Schmidt has been named city engineer by John . Duval], mayor-elect. r HE’LL GO TO JAIL Because Miss Willa Pash, colored, 129% Mills St., ran away to St. .ouis, Mo., after she appealed from blind tiger conviction in city court. Criminal Judge James A. Collins declared lie could show her little consideration when she was tried Friday afternoon. Judge Collins sustained 1 he lower court’s ruling of SIOO and costs and thirty days in Jail. Building Permits . I*. Barnes, furnace. 56 S. Denny. $250. IS. Yehrlein. ifarage. 4017 Guilford. .‘SO. I. (}. McCullough, reroof. 1115 E. Tenth. $213. William Mayer, dwelling. 966 W. Thir-ty-Filth. 95.250. Harvey Roger*, dwelling. J 330 W. Iwen-t.v-Fifth. $3,000. Harvey Rogers, dwelling. 1338 W. Twenty Fifth. *3.000. Mary Wright, move. 133 N. Mlley. S4OO. Mary Wright, excavate. 132 N. Miloy, 9250. Duesetiherg .Motor, sign. 151 T W. Washington. $1,200. The Rev. William Payne, furnace. 938 W. Twenty-Seventh, $298. Louie Rose, floor. 504 9. Pennsylvania, vr.OO.

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Hoosier Sisters Make $10,000,000 in Florida

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Miss Ethel Pruitt and (Inset) her sister, Mrs. Florence Kuehner.

By Aliens Sumner Bn NE t Service SAMPA, Fla., Dec. 19.—Two years ago the two sisters were running a millinery store “up north.” It was a good enough store and they made a good enough living. But life was a little bit tame. The two sisters wanted to do things, to light real battles in the world of real business. And so they came to Florida and now they’re millionaires! That, presented briefly, is the story of the sisters Pruitt—or, to be more precise, of Miss Ethel Pruitt and Mrs, Florence Kuehner, her widowed sister. “The only thing I want you to be sure to say about me,” said Miss Pruitt, “Is that I’m the only woman who made good in Florida entirely without the help of uny man hanging on my coat tails.” And it’s true! The story of the Pruitt sisters is one of those fairy tales that Florida is full of. Here it is : The two sisters lived in Columbus, Ind. Their father was an Inventor, who was devoting his life to perfecting anew airbrake for railroad trains. They Sold Hats Inventing Isn’t a very lucrative profession. The Pruitt household occasionally found the exchequer j’ather low. Sio the sisters started a millinery shop on Main afreet. The shop did well. Every penny went to promote ths father’s invention. But when he died the girls looked for wider fields. They went to Buffalo, N. TANARUS., and established a millinery shop on a larger scale. This shop did even better. The price tags on the hats were higher and they sold more of them. But still they weren’t satisfied. “I’ve always wanted to do a man’s work,” said Miss Pruitt to Mrs. Kuehner, “I’m tired of this hat business. Let’s go to Florida and make cities or smathlng.” And so to Florida they came, landing at Tampa. The first three week they worked for a real estate man at sl6 & week. And then they invested their savings and started In selling for themselves. Within two months the monthly Income van into four-figures. And still they weren’t satisfied. They wanted to do even bigger things. Miss Pruitt had her eye on at big tract of land over on old Tampa Bay. She had almost enough money to make a down payment on it—but not quite. Then the two ex-milliners met the wives of tw o capitalists. These women, Buffalo residenes, had been customers of theirs. They provided the additional money and the Tampa Bav property was bought. Then Mis* Pruit had to go to Washington to fight for the riparian right to “Mlrsdor,” as the new subdivision was called. She has just returned—with 2,000 feet more than any other operator ever got from the government! “She’s the only woman who ever had the nerve to come here and get her own rights," says Major North of the War Department. “She daserved all she got.” Worth Ten Million “Mirador” is now valued at $lO,000,000. The sisters have cleared more than a million apiece since reaching Tampa. Other Columbus (Ind.) people have profited, too. "Al. ’ who used to sweep out the store there, is auditor of "Mirador” now. The. girls who helped the sisters trim hats and the boys who ran errands have jobs with them here. And their chief engi neer is a Columbus man who always made his wife Huy her hats from ’“the Pruitt girls." Marriage Licenses 1 • (forgo IIF Murphy 22 1731 Ashland. I dentist: Bessie TANARUS,. McCoy. 18 28 N. Sherman, stenographer. Tom Coffey. 26 (t W. South: Ethel Ya*es. 27. 6 W. South. Otto H. F. Cook. 27, Hancock County, farmer; aLura J. Thomas. 16. Lawrence. Ind. Thomas R. SUewart. 35. 460 N. Senate. tiSS&tbi 2&2i! *• 81

CHALLENGE TO SANTA HELPERS ((Vintinued From Page 1) flies straightened out and the telephone rings. It’s another person so full of Christmas cheer he has some to spare for the needy. " Have you picked out the family you want to play Santa Claus for? The following list was selected from the Christmas Clearing House list. The clearing house says these folks may have a doleful Christmas day unless someone helps: 62. A widowed daughter with her 3-year-old child takes turns with her mother working to support the little family. Her father is out of town hunting work. A basket is recommended by the Family Welfare Society. 65. Here is an old couply, a man too old to work. Surely someone will want to bring them little gifts and a Christmas basket. 66., Two little girls, aged 2 and 4, are waiting for Santa Claus, but their father has been out of work so long that even with his temporary job things don’t look promising. A basket of food and gifts for the children wil 1 be welcomed. 67. Thair father has been sick and out of work a long time, but at last he has recovered and has a steady job. In a little while they will be back on their feet again, but the 3-year-old girl and 5-year-old boy need- Clothes. A basket and little gifts are reoommended by the Family Welfare Society.

68. A hard working widow, a colored woman, goes out by the day and her oldest son brings home his wages, but even so they barely have enough money to go around. The boys are 6, 8 and 21. The girls are 12 and 15. Family Welfare Society recommends & generous basket. 69. Since the husband deserted this family of five children, this oolored woman works part time, but has needed the assistance of the Family Welfare Society. The boys are 2 and 4, the girls 6, 9 and 11. They will appreciate a basket and small gifts. 70. In this colored family the man has been out of work, but has eagerly picked up every kind of Job possible and they have managed to get along without asking tor reUef. There are a boy of 3 and a girl of 15. The Famliy Welfare Society, which has been helping the man get work, recommends a basket. 71. Here are four children, glrla of 6, 10 and 12 and the baby. Their father has just gone back to work after a long illness and may never recover his health entirely. Their mother takes in washing. They need clothing and food, according to the school nurses who have been watching the children’s health. 72. An elderly woman works when she can to support her two orphaned granddaughters 10 and 13. loitely she has been out of a Job and their funds are low. The school recommends basket and clothing for the two girls. 73. A widow, a colored woman, has been doihg her best to support the family, Aid the two children have helped. The girl Is 14, the boy 17. The Family Welfare Society suggests a Christmas basket as a pleasant surprise. 74. Seven children ranging from 9 months to 15 years depend on the meager and irregular earnings of their father. A generous Santa Cla.ua is needed to fill the stockings of the baby boy, his brother age 2,4, and 15, and his sisters, 6, 8 and 11. Salvation Army and school nurses would like to see these children remembered. 75. Deserted by her husband, this woman goes out to work by the day, but barely makes enough for herself and the four children. The boys are 4 and 6, the girls 13 and 17. The Family Welfare Society has been helping her. A basket and gifts for the children are recommended.

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Rebel Groups in Ancient Market Place of World Driven From City by Hundreds of Hangings—Famous Bazars Are Closed. By John 0 ’Brien United j‘rStoif t orrr,sinmdept DAMASCUS, Via Haiti, Oct. 18.—Via London, Dec. 19. Damascus, one of the oldest cities of the world and formerly the wealthiest, busiest market of the Orient, is now practically deserted.

COUNTRY WIDE MOVEMENT TO STUDY TRAFFIC Engineering Council Organ--1 izes Experts in All Branches. Bn NBA SemAce NEW YORK. Dec. 19.—Organiza tlon of a Nation-wide movement among engineers to solve the grow ing traffic problem Is announced by the American Engineering Council. The work will be carried on by the council’s thirty national * and local societies, in cooperation with other agencies, according to an announcement by the organization’s president, former Governor James Hartness of Vermont. A general committee, to function as a clearing house of ideas between the engineering societies and the national conference on street and highway safety, of which Secretary Hoove” of the Department of Com merce is chairman, has been named. “In every community in the United States,” says the council’s announcement, ‘the traffic problem is acute in some form. The country is beginning to realize that this problem is essentially of an engineering character. “This is because in most places the local police have reached the Umlt of accompUshment and still the problem continues to grow with increasing speed and seriousness. Under these circumstances It behooves the engineering profession to undertake to meet its responsibility In the matter.” BRITAIN PLANTS TREES Douglaa Fir and Sitka Spruce Secured From Canada. Bn Timet Special OTTAWA, Ontario. Dec. 19. Great Britain, for years practically bankrupt of timber, Is being reforested with Douglas flr and Sitka spruce grown from Canadian seed, according to D. Roy Cameron, assistant director of forestry of the Dominion government, who has returned from a tour of the United Kingdom. “More than 39,000,000 trees were planted in England this fall by the British Forestry Commission,” said Cameron. “The new groves occupy 22,000 acres of what would otherwise be waste land. The commission's program for the next ten years provides for the reforestation of 250,000 acres in England, Scotland, and Wales with 450,000,000 trees. “The Canadian seeds are shipped in hags from Vancouver to special nurseries maintained by the forestry commission in England. STREET CONTRACTS-LET improvement of Allen and Dewey Ayes. Ordered.

Improvement of Allen Ave., from Garfield Dr. to Troy Aw., at $29,782.29 and paving of Dewey Ave., from Arlington Ave. for a block east at $3,883.50, was contracted by the board of works Friday. Both projects must be completed before June 1, 1926, according to the agreement. John F. White and Edward J. Sexton, of the Southeastern Clvlo Improvement Club, discussed cost of opening and extending Shelby St., with board members. The board also confirmed a flood prevention resolutions between Mor rls and Raymond Sts., to cost $884,970. x DAMP UNDER TRUCK Man Says Bra Aoddent Was "All Wei." Bn NBA Service PENGE, England. Dec. 18.— Powerful Jacks were required to lift a bus off Thomas Skellam, who was pinned under the vehicle as the result of a traffic accident. Men worked twenty minutes before they were able to release him. His only comment while the men were working to give him aid was, "It is pretty damp down here.” He was removed to a hospital, where it was found that his injuries were not serious. WOLVES KILL CATTLE Rnssia Declares Open Season on Vandal Beasts. Bn NBA Service MOSCOW, Dec. 18.—Russia has declared open season for wolves and the government is sending out hunters to kill the animals which are causing th) country a huge waste. The wolves have destroyed nearly 400,000 head of cattle and horses already this year. In many parts of the country the beasts have-de-stroyed nearly one-fifth of the whole yearly Increase of cattle. DIES IN ELEVATOR Bn Titnee Special ROCHESTER, Ind., Dec. 19.—Over exertion Is believed to have caused the sudden death of Joseph Ault. 60, who dropped dead when attacked by apoplexy at the Denleton •levator.

Trains of automobiles, native carts and all manner of vehicles are winding their way over the roads leading from the city. The merchants and other tradesmen of the city, their conveyances piled high with household goods, are fleeing with rheir families from the ancient city •f historical and mythical history as though from pestilence. The famous bazars, where merchants once sat cross-legged and displayed' their wares, are closed. Hotels are empty. The streets are deserted, except for loungers in the .Vlerdje central square (where revolutionaries were recently hanged by the Hundreds), and the beggars in “The .Street Called Straight”—and troope. Soldiers Everywhere Soldiers are everywhere. Black, yellow and white, these soldier squads move through the narrow streets constantly, arresting revolutionary suspects. Three vernacular dally newspapers and two comic weeklys have been suppressed by the French authorities. Meantime revolutionary organizations called the “Iron Hands," "Watchful Eyes,” and "The Moslem Stalwarts,” are circulating secretly printed inflammatory proclamations telling of supposed French disasters. The venders of these proclamations are arrested by secret service agents the moment they are discovered. Promptly at six o’clock each evening the curfew sounds. A grave like silence descends, broken only by the heavy rumbling tanks, the clattering of armored cars, the sound of galloping hoofs as cavalry moves through the streets. Then, from time to time, comes the distant crack of a French “seventy-five.” You know it is bombarding rebel groups, hidden away outside the city. Wailing Chant Then there comes a waili/g chant and from high up in the minarets a voice calls the faithful to prayer. This is the Damascus of rebellion: the ancient city after revolt against French control and subsequent bombardment. It is evident that the rebellion is broken in Damascus for the moment. But the fires of revolt are still smouldering and It will be long before the French are able i to relax their control and permit even a resemblance of civil government. Revolts In the South have been suppressed, but bands of maumders and revolutionaries are roaming the country. I was escorted by a troop of gendarmerie upon coming into Damascus and witnessed a running fight with a score of bandits who had cut the railroad. Groves Are Cot The French are now cutting down groves and des roylng the gardens In the suburbs of Damascus. It was In the grovee and the gardens that the revolutionaries concealed themselves. The city also is being encircled with a cordon of barbed wire, while every military police poet is guarded by sand bags and machine guns. Sentries keep constant watch from ‘.he roofs of buildings, while the batteries of Ft. Gouraud are trained directly upon thoee sections of the city that are regarded as most dangerous. FIGHTING IS RESUMED French Again Active in Moroccan and Score Heavily. Bn Untied Frees PARIS, Dec. 19.—A resumption of the French offensive along the entire Moroccan front has followed cessation of winter rain storms, the Foreign Office announced today. Revere fighting around the Kiffane region in which a force of several J thousand French troops advanced ! twenty kilometers, driving out Rif- | flans who were building a post at Jedda was reported. PRISON AN HONOR Natives of West Africa Prefer Jail to Home. Bn NBA Service LOANDA, Africa, Dec. 18.—The ' natives of West Africa consider it ! an honor to be placed in a prison. I They get better living conditions than they provide for themselves and when released are considered an especially favored citizen by their j fellow natives. A native who had j been released early for good conduct j took the respite as a great Insult i and inquired what he had done that j he should be turned out before the ! proper time. BCHORTEMETKR TO TALK Bn Timet Spxial NOBLESVILLE. Ind., Dec. 19. j Frederick Schorterfieier, secretary of State, will address the Business Men's Bible Class of the First M. ! E. Church, Sunday morning. The class is taught by Judge Fred E. Hines of the Hamilton Circuit Court. Christian Science—New Generation INDIANAPOLIS BRANCH 1 THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PARENT CHURCH Os the New Generation Sunday Service 11 A. M.—" Lincoln Room" (14th floor) LINCOLN HOTEL Subject: CHRISTMAS Sunday School for Children up to the air sixteen years. 9:45 a. m. “Lincoln Room This church is not connected with the ' organization now known as The First : OBurcM oi Oxf I*4. fernta tut. in Boston Haas.

Coolidge f s Uncle Pulls a Mean Bow Over the Catgut

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h VBA Service r=rn LYMOUTH, Vt., Dec. 19 Ir* I Mellie Dunham may have * * played for Henry Ford, but Uncle” J. J. Wilder played for 'alvin Coolidge when the President stood on unsteady baby legs kicking iis first Jig. He has fiddled more times than he a years old in the parlor of the old 'oolidge home to the accompaniment >f a venerable organ which has seen tong service with several generations ff Coolidges. He is the President’s uncle and, ioy, he can fiddle! During the past few months he has strummed the old strings many times at the bedside of the President’s father. Even this may be insufficient introduction! Do you happen to remember the Quadrille Band? No! Well that was just after the Civil War when fiddlers were fiddlers. You had to do something more than make Henry Ford prance to win your plaudits in those days. “Uncle” was getting away to a fine start then. He became conductor of the Wilder Band, but marriage sidetracked this for a time. But he never let himself get out of practice. The fiddle he uses now Isn’t his

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"Uncle’’ J. J. Wilder

own. One of his neighbors had a fiddle that Is a century old and "Uncle” likes the tone so well that he uses It whenever he is going to do some "special stuff.” “Uncle” wasn’t so sure he wanted his picture taken when newspapermen called on him. “The President might not like it,” he said. His wife upheld him, but he finally consented to pos<fin the very room in the old Coolidge mansion in which President Coolidge was born. Asked what he thought of Mellie’s ability, "Uncle” replied: “Well, I’m going to do a little scraping on my own fiddle and then you can tell whether I've got him skun or not.” In an effort to keep the States of Maine and Vermont on a friendly basis the reporter declared It a draw.

SECOND CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCBENTIS\ LBB9ON SERMON . Is tlie Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force ? Delaware at Twelfth St. M SUNDAY SFRVTOK l A M AND BTV M TESTIMONIAL MEETING w Wednesday evening at 8 o oJoclt. FREE READING ROOM 910 Meridian. ’2O YEAR* room *' This ehureh in a branch oV Thi 3 Mother Church. The First Church of OhriM. SricptUt In Boston Mwenchuctt* ————

NEW BOARD TO RECEIVE RIDS I ON SHORTRIDGE Present Group Rescinds Action Fixing Bond Sale Date. Official action on receiving bond Issufl and construction bids for the new Shortrldge High School will be taken. by the new school board, which will meet about Jan. 10. Any possibility of the present board taking any action on the bids faded Friday afternoon at a special meeting when the board rescinded action on an amendment to a former resolution, fixing the datea for the advertisement and sale of the bonds, on -the $1,200,000 issue. The board received, but did not act upon, an amendment fixing date of the bonds, and fixing tho date of receiving bids as Jan. 22, 1926, In stead of Dec. 28. Blocked Fourth Time This is the fourth time since the bond issue figure was placed In the hands of the State tax board for consideration, that the opposition of Dr. Marie Huslep and Adolph G. Em hardt blocked any chance for the present board to act on the new school. The new members, Theodore Von negut, OhnrlPH W. Kern and Mis Lillian Setlwick, before election, an nounced they were in favor of the building-program. Vorinegut, however, today said he did not favor the sale of valuable property such as Shortrldge, but thought a 99-year lease would be more beneficial to the school board. Opposed to Sale am opposed to the sals of any piece of property now valuable, that will continue to increase in value, as the Shortrldge sits will do,” he said “I an in favor of the school building program, as I announced during the campaign, but I believe the property should be leased for 99-yea.rs, even though it will retard slightly the building program.” Vonnegut denied rumors of being elected president of the school board at a secret session of the new members. “Nothing has been done,*’ he said The present school board will hold Its last meeting. Dec. 29. ■' *New Jersey St. M. F. Church Cor N. N*w Jcruey and FI. New Yr>rk At*. H R. Borneman, Pastor 7:30 P. M. A Christmas Carol Service By the Epworth League 9:15 A. M., Sunday School. 10:30 A. M., Preaching Service. fi:4s P. M., Epworth League Devotion.

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