Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 209, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1926 — Page 1

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pOLCTME 37—NUMBER 209

CITY NEW YEAR CELEBRATION DAMP

■ CGUHTf BFICStS IN IEH POSTS ■nmissioner, Treasurer Bnd Appointees Assume vDuties Board, With fclogle, Will Be Republican Hbr Two Years. WCIPAL COURTS A ARE IN OPERATION : ffipphes to Try Criminal " ®3i r i Session—Losche feypy Four Clerks for Judges Apples m°ut. S|ijj|Hlivc new county ol'- ' wP elected and the retoday took < Br positions at the with the advent of year. The elected ofjM3mere Cassius L. Ilogle, gHßican, new commissioner, A. Ramsay, liegaan, who succeeds MayorpjEflf John L. Duvall as county Several of the sevenreappointed. y Im'nWs ill* i V t:l--<-x> I n •••• BgBI|KII9Ha<-! f 'Lilies. Tw,. , .rn i distributed. PflP*SRHBv'-l.s Join, Kiti.-y, I x-m., BiPBPWBIiM’b 01 ' the hoard of Sa&Jg lapiiHaionefs. With llogle KPBSißml>oard will tie under He MNMRpitroi for the next two O. Sutton, eonunis-MyßElnjfiitepuhlit-aii while John tijePQSRMjSJv', third member, is u Itemo-Tal.s were i;i the past two rears Appointments IBRBbHB' major county appeine EmmßMtl became clf.N live lodar tlaas, c.iiiii, v all nr|BßnyflH.'edei'i('k May.a-, healtii • Benjamin Morgan. StoWEM' 11 * f, f •ihlictia, county in Clarence Uysun;; '■d. if- 3 ; ever; i.uilai IV x. ' y .tJWntendem ; < 'hni-les V. } Iwwinleuiici.t county in :* jHfcjAs. Dora Ringer, custorecords. Misses I’auline Kfegucjl Edith I Jeidc-r, co jnty HffiHHnx Claussen. county "Him; Leonard Knofti/1. suC>im to Page !•) Ifpx YIELDS w wcrease More Collected L ®y|Q uarter 1925. JPKjj®|Pfe of $791 ,(>49.70 in gasoeiT>ts for tlu: last Hi.-ec over tin- same t.eriocl Sr'S shown today in the ■Bjjjißßßf-onoH of Archie X Rob gasoline tax collector. Quarter of 1925 the BjgjcSSßMi took in 52.215.229.68, as B|fcjßßla2(>.s79.Si> in the last quarFor the last quarter year 75,951.906 Ballons BS-J&vSijß were consumed, against r>.i"*®allons in the final 1924 increase of 2,(>25,911 cal in December. L*VtS^H nted tn 3651,9X4.71, ittrounded u]> by the Decernher. 192 1, roller. $428,788 75, making an E88M1223.195.im for the latter P?yPMHln.c; November, for which f' A’fHaxes were collected 21. * were consumed, mnk | ; ’ , !j3rease c>f 292.494 gallons Tr nl' ii'B' 111 ' Inl ' 1 J ® 24 - j| is " IDENTIFIER Ir; vßthtiiitics Asked to Waite study of Man. r Ind.. Jan. I. Police 1' ">FEQH laer us Anderson, inden°t two bandits who held |MM|ffiHnoi)d chain grocery, obwith several other rely"-' Shßl and rest ,tu rtm robI-- ~ IBlUs have been asked I . M j., ' v-;,s parole.-. I jQL’I-.K Y IT RE 1. "• 28 I „• a. in I in -M

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$2 a Quart Strawberries Sell Here for Cocktails

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Joseph H. Beard with $2 a Quart Strawberries

i ID you di-ink or eat a straw Tj berry cocktail this mornI 1 ing as the old year gave way to the new? Nearly two crates of strawberries were sold here Wednesday for from $2 to $2.50 a Quart, and, according to Joseph H. Beard, 645 N. Temple Ave., they were to be used in cocktails—fruit or alcoholic. Jacob Zier,. another standholder, said the price is too high to allow

Miss Keough Is Miss 1926

tr“7>R. AND MRS. WILLIAM IJVI KEOUGH, 2210 E. New LV *1 York St., were parents today of the first New Year's baby born in an Indianapolis hospital. A baby girl was born to, them at the Methodist hospital smortly after midnight. A nine and one-half pound girl

DUNN 6S GIVEN $45,744 CHECK Final Quarterly Settlement Made by Courts. During the last three months a total of $45,744.64 was collected through Marion County courts and the county clerks offices, Albert H. Losche, county clerk, reported today. The final quarterly settlement for 1925 was made Thursday when Losche handed the check to Harry Dunn, county auditor. This money becomes a part of the county treasury. With the final settlement, a total of $105,664.18 has been turned over by Loscdie to the treasury. A total of $27,0CT.11, collected through fines and bond forfeitures, was converted to the county school fund. Other collections are, reverted to the county general fund. The amount over was collected through the following channels: Clerk's fees, $10,232.68; sheriff’s fees, $3,638.49; jury fees, $299.26; fines and forfeitures, $27,060.11; prosecuting attorney fees, $3,833.53; docket fees (State), $l5B, and docket fees (county) $523.01. ‘gooFbt Tor clerk Deputy City Official Signs Up for Finees I‘aid at Jail Last Time. When John Ambuhl, deputy city clerk, signed up for fines paid at the Marion County Jail Thursday, he wrote “Goodby” on the ledger opposite his initials in red ink. He secured four envelopes containing s9l from Deputy Sheriff Roland Snider. City Clerk J. W. Rhodehamel's term expired Thursday night and it was Ambuh”s last time to call for the money. HEARING plans made Road’s Petition to Abandon BrazilAnderson Line Coming Vp. Plans are being laid by the public service commission, on request of the Interstate commerce commission, to hear a petition early this year of the Central Indiana Railway Company to abandon its line beween Anderson and Brazil. Evidence the State body takes in the case will be forwarded to the Federal bony for decision. j EIGHT HURT Bu Timvn Bvtciul I MANSFIELD. Ohio. Jail. I. Eight persons were injured ih a collision between a skidding Uus and steam roller near Johnsvijle, ten miles from here, last night.

people to use the berries on any ordinary occasion, and they are now buying them to use for “large” evenings. The two crates of strawberries were shipped here from Florida and were the lirst sold here for several months. A shipment from New Yprk for Christmas never materialized. The price was to have been $4 a quart. There are about tlfty berries in a box, making the cost at $2 a quart n jarly o cents apiece.

was born to Mr. and Mrs. George Sibes, 935 Leslie St., at 4:20 a. m. at Christian Hospital. By a few hours, babies born to Mr. and Mrs. John Sanders, 3739 Boulevard PI., and Mr. and Mrs. Morris Drake, Shelbyville, missed being horn in 1926 at Long Hospital.

TIRE MAN IS FLEECED M. J. Dugan Discloses 1-ntest Method of Theft. Anew method of stealing auto tires was discovered by police today. M. J. Dugan, night manager at the Quick Tire Service, told police after receiving a telephone order Thursday night, he dispatched a deliveryman, Joe Johnson, Negro, to deliver them to Apt. 6, at 844 N. Capitol Ave. Johnson said he left his truck standing and Inquired at the apartment for the iHiih who ordered the tires and was told no one had placed any order from there. When he returned to the truck the two tires, valued at S2O, were gone. COUNTY TAXES SHOW INCREASE Totals for Year Given by Auditor Dunn. Marion County taxes for 1925, exceeded taxes for 1924, by $1,205,722.65, Harry Dunn, county auditor, announced today. The grand total of taxes for 1924, was $16,839,558.81 and $18,045,281.16 for 1926, Dunn reported. In 1924, a total of $2,172,977.73 was turned over to the State Treasury as compared to $2.0:(2,01t.63 for last year. The county’s share was $1,937,157.53 for 1925 and $1,604,465.52 for the previous year. Into the township coffer was poured $1,462,650.02 in 1924 and $1,471,798.64 last year. In the city civil tax levy the county realized $6,676,426.26 in 1924 and $6,669,343.80 the succeeding year. Dunn reported that during 1924 there were 36,519 transfers of property, and In 1925 there were 32,328. The tax duplicate numbers were 16,000 for 1924 and will run 180,000 for 1925, payable In 1926, said Dunn. CRASH VICTIM DIES Charles Heaton Hurt When Train Struck Auto, Succumbs. Charles W. Heaton. 71, R. R. M, Box 110, died early today at Methodist Hospital from injuries received when a Monon train struck his automobile at Broad Ripple recently. Mrs. Heaton was killed and Paul Heaton, the driver, a son, slightly injured. Heaton’s led was broken. After being set several times It was necessary to amputate It a week ago. He was a farmer and had lived near Broad Ripple all his life.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, JAN. 1, 1926

HOLD-UP AND BURGLARIES START YEAR Grocer and Wife Are Accosted on Way From Store by Negro—Husband Is Knocked Down — No Money Taken. MOTORCYCLE OFFICER FIRES SHOTS AT BANDIT Woman Says She Was Halted on Street and Followed Home —Purse and Money Taken other Small Thefts. One iioltl-up and .several burglaries started the new year for police today. A Negro accosted Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mack of 2524 Paris Ave., as they were en route home from their grocery at 2461 Northwestern Ave., Thursday night. They told police thoy had Just passed TwentyFifth St. and Paris Ave., when the man demanded receipts from the store and struck Mack on the head with a blunt instrument, knocking him down. Mrs- Mack said she screamed and the-Nogo pulled a gun on her and threatened to kill her. lie then ran awa> without making further effort to take the mftny. Mack was taken to the city hospital. Fires st Bandit Motoreycle Officer Clifford Beeker, fired three shots at close range at a hold-up man late Thursday night, but he escaped. Sergt. Frank Owens and Beeker, said they were riding near Riverside Park when Ralph R. R. T. Box 144, called to them that he had been held-up and a purse and $3.30 taken. He told them the direction the bandit had fled. Beeker came upon the bandit and gave chase. The man stopped, police say, and drew his gun, but Beeker began firing and he turned again and ran, this time escaping. Two youths were arrested by Lieutenant Winkler and emergency squad, but Demaree failed to identify them and they were released. Miss Eva Barber. 1427 E. Washington St., said a man accosted her on the street and followed her home. She laid her purse on the bed and went into the rear yard after coal. When she returned she saw the same man leave the house and missed her purse and $6.20. S5 Missing Mrs. Hattie Burns, 1213 English Ave., left the house to go to the grocery and when she returned $5 was missing. A burglar who obtained a spade from the garage at the home of Thomas Blackwell. 6246 N. Delaware St., used it to pry open a window and enter the house. He took $27.50. The T. T. Watson hardware store, 2867 Central Ave., was burglarized and SI.BO in pennies taken, police say. The home of Taylor Groninger, 3046 N. New Jersey St., was ransacked during the absence of the family. Police were unable to learn what was taken. Miss Lena Cource, 710 N. Illinois St., was shopping when someone took a purse containing $23 and sl7 in valuables from her arm. Walter Zebe, manager of an Atlantic and Pacific store at 778 Indiana Ave., reported money stolen from the store. Standard grocery at 1401 English Ave., reported sl6 missing.

THREE BUS LINES SOLD Indiana Service Commission Authorized to Acquire Systems. The Indiana Service corporation was authorized by the public service commission Thursday to take over three independent motor bus lines running out of Ft. Wayne. Two John Donzelli lines, one to South Bend and one to Marion, were purchased for $107,600, and the Crawford and Sons line, to Warsaw, was bought for $21,406, of which $10,946 was for the certificate. Next week the commission will reassign three petitions of the People’s Motor Coach Company which originally had been assigned to Commissioner Clyde H. Jones. STAtT GETS $1,935,890 Jardinc Announces Apportionment of Road Aid Fund. Bv Initrd Pre WASHINGTON, Jan. I.—lndiana receives $1,935,890 of the $73,12&r000 distributed among the States by the Federal Government for road struction, according to Secretary Jardine.

Railroad Engineer Plans ‘Easy Life’ for New Year

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Charles N. Zepp and A. C. Harrison

SCHLOSS BROS., CLOTHIERS, TO QUIT BUSINESS 9 i'vi X-V-Big Sale Will Start Monday —Location Leased for 10-Cent Store. Soli loss Brothers Company, 17-2JL E. Washington St., one of the city's largest clothing stores, will retire from business, Eli Schloss, secretary treasurer, announced today. Lease on the present site first and second floor and basement of State Life Bldg., has been sold to the J. G. McCrory Stores Corporation, of New York, operating a syndicate of 5 and 10 cent stores. W. A. Brennan, Meyer-Kiser Bank real estate manager, closed the deal. Value of the thirty j year lease was not made known. W. H. Block owns the State Life Bldg. Schloss announced a “retiring from business sals” will start Monday, to dispose of stock. Under the agreement, the rooms must be vacated by May 1. “The lease was sold while several other locations were being considered. Expansion of our business was planned when the lease was sold. None of the propositions were agreed upon, and we are forced to retire because we have no location,” Schloss said. The lease had seven years to go when it was sold. 1 “The past year has seen the best business we ever had. We will remain in Indianapolis, hut have not decided what business we will enter,” Schloss salil. Schloss said a building likely will be erected on the site of the Pembroke E. Washington St., on which the firm holds a ninetynine year lease. Definite form of the improvement contemplated has not been determined. Schloss is a director of the Equitable Securities Company, Kiwanis Club, and a member of the executive council of Indianapolis Boy Scouts. Sol Schloss. firm president, is city health board president and vice president of Marion County Tuberculosis Association. He formerly was president of the National Association of Retail Clothiers. • The store is In it’s sixteenth year of business at the present location. NEW judgTls lenient Wetter, in First Case, Withholds Judgment. Paul Wetter, one of the four neW municipal judges, started the year in a charitable frame of mind when he withheld judgment against Mrs. Nellie Burbridge, 37, Negro, of 1946 Lewis St., who was charged by New York Central Railroad detectives with stealing a lump of coal. Wetter’s bench, on the second floor at police headquarters, was decked with flowers sent by a number of friends. FIRE RAZES VILLAGE Belle Union Suffers $12,000 Damage Thursday Night. Bv Timrt Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Jan. I. Damage estimated at $12,000 was done by a fire at Belle Union, southeast of here, Thursday evening. A store, telephone exchange and residence were destroyed. The to\4bi had Ino water for fire fighting pu/poses,

years as a Big Four Railroad engineer. And to A. C. Harrison, 69, of 2635 Station St., just one moie year of work. “What am I going to do?” said Zepp. “Huh, I'm going to take it easy.” Harrison grinned: “And I'm going to get me a pick and shovel and get myself another job when I retire next year.” “And he could do it, too,” said M. B. Frits, division yardmastel of the Big Four. Zepp was hired by the Big Four when he was 14. At 20 he was made an engineer. He has ridden the engine cab ever since. He is married and has one son, Maynard, a newspaper man. Harrison has seen forty-one years of service with the Big Four. He has been an engineer since 1901. Previous to that he was a fireman for eighteen years. Zepp officially quit at 3 p. m. Thursday.

START RIGHT; TUNE TONIGHT Quartet and Ensemble on Times Program. Starts the new year right. Tune in tonight at 9 over WFBM, Merchants Heat and Light Company, and hear the great radio musical festival offered by the Indianapolis Times. From the Times’ radio at the Severin, the Victor Herbert Ensemble, under the direction of E. E. Kerner, and the quartet of the First Presbyterian Church under the direction of Tull E. Brown will broadcast the best program on the air tonight. Resolve to tune in on this delightful musical treat. The program is such that the Times takes pride in presenting these two fine groups. The soloist with the quartet will be Mrs. Mary Case, soprano; Miss Norma Mueller, alto; Thomas R. Knox, tenor, and Charles A. Clary, bass. The Victor Herbert Ensemble in addition to two splendid 'orchestral groups will present a soloist; Virgil Henry, trombone, and Edd Leane, flute. FIRE BUG AGAIN BUSY a Confectioner Attributes Blaze to Pyromaniac. The Indianapolis fire hug. who has worried Fire Chief John J. O’Brien for several months, did not take a vacation New Year’s Eve. H. B O’Connell, owner of a confectionery at 1318 Bates St., told lireman who extlnquished a blaze at his store he found evidence the building was fired at the side by coal oil. ‘VAN’ MAY ENTER RACE Lieutenant-Governor Urged for Senate by Friends. Bv Time Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., Jan. I.—Lieutenant Governor F. Harold Van Orman is being urged by Evansville and First district Republicans to make the race for the United States senatorial nomination in the spring primary. Van Orman would oppose Arthur Ft. Robinson, appointed by Governor Jackson to fill the unexptred term of the late Senator Samuel M. Ralston, It is said.

Entered as Second-rlasa Matter at Postofflcs, Indianapolis. Published Daily Except .Sunday.

Wild Parties at Roadhouses With Police in Uniform Taking Part Reported by Observers—Reckless Drivers on Streets. •• i . :;vl iM • 'Jj*f v % - - %*M ■ l - mJL ' OBSERVANCE ONE OF DRYEST, U. S. AGENTS SAY, HOWEVER One Home Broken Into by Raiders and Nine Arrested Clubs and Dance Halls Meet 1926 in Festive Style. Indianapolis’ celebration of New Year’s eve was damp in spots, observers said today, despite the official verdict of Federal agents that it was one of the dryest on record. At the advent of 1926, crowds in clubs, hotels and at private parties, sang, danced, threw confetti, hursted balloons and participated in other noise-making amusements.

Sheriff Omer Hawkins and four squads reported things “extra dry.” The squads made the rounds of barbecue dance halls and outlying resorts at 1 a. m. with the order “close up,” and by 3 a. m. the places were dark. Liberty Beach, a dance resort on White River, north of Ravenswood, was not open at all, deputy sheriffs reported. Police made few arrests, gathering a total of fifteen for drunkenness and ten others on other liquor charges. Federal officers “pulled'’ an illegal merry party in full flight at 32 W. St. Clair St., arresting nine persons on charges of operating a blind tiger. A Federal agent had previously bought evidence in the shape of w'hite mule at the address, according to Ansel U. Harris, Federal prohibition director here. Observers reported little effort made on part of the police force to arrest drunks, officers in uniform drinking witli merrymakers in one place, U was said. Drinking at Home At the larger clubs and hotels, while drinking was done, it was dry compared to last year’s fling, according to the consensus of opinion. Many seemed to have done their drinking at home and then to have taken to their autos with their “jugs," as motor cars whizzed about the streets, beginning about midnight, at high rates of speed, with minor accidents numerous.

Tile whole celebration, as far as booze was concerned, was late in starting, Federal raids this week and reports of poison booze cramping the merry-makers’ style by erecting a mental hazard. Downtown clubs were extra dry until midnight, a contrast to last year. The Charleston was in full swing at the lesser dance halls, making it difficult to say whether a couple staggering was drunk or just doing anew step, “It was dry, I’ll say dry!” declared Deputy Sheriff Frank Keinpf, who was in charge of one of the sheriff’s squads. “Last year was a wet one, and this was nothing compared to it. 1 know, because I was out on duty both years. Os course there was drinking going on, but it was a dry celebration, in comparison." leasts to Daybreak Thousands made an all-night affair of the celebration, and finished the night frivolity at breakfast with friends. Traffic was fairly heavy until daybreak. All night restaurants were crowded between 4 and 6 a. m. by persons in evening clothes. A chorus girl with colorful makeup, wearing men’s short trousers and suspenders over a flannel shirt, attracted considerable attention at one place. Three men friends provided her with liquor, an observer stated^, When greeted by a friend she threw her foot on the counter and said “look -I have lost my heel.” White persons were permitted to attend Negro cabarets on Indiana Ave. IJquor Hid Quite a celebration was in progress at a suburban cabaret when a Times reporter entered shortly before midnight. The management warned men to keep liquor hid as they entered the checkroom. Many persons ushered in the new year with drinks at tables with law enforcement officers present, observers said. Women drank as freely a men, both being taken care of by friends who remained sober in many cases. During the evening about eight “plain clothes men” and ten uniformed polire, a Federal agent and two deputy sheriffs visited the place. The Federal officer complained of lack of cooperation of local police. Harris said he would investigate. The Federal agent was instructed not to arrest portions taken drinking, but to take their namfc, to he used as witnesses In case the place is padlocked, it was said. At 1:30 a. m. the greater'part of the crowd had begun to sober up and many returned to town for an early breakfast. “Happy new year, old man,” was a familiar greeting between strangers who were intoxicated. bought soft drinks at

Forecast CLOUDY and warmer predicted for tonight ; Saturday fair.

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roadhouses and “spiked” them oi. the roadside when refused permission to drink by proprietors. One reveler, wearing a loud checked coat, paraded a downtown street crying “Who said we had prohibition,” at daybreak. Dancing w-as the big feature at most clubs and hotels. Elaborate programs were provided by antei tainers. After shows, many ifK'ew Year’s pleasure hunters resorted U private parties in homeland apart incuts where privacy couftl be eu joyed. Home Raided ____ Federal agents, assisted byitolMn ' .'tfSPse-J broke down the doors and raided the home of Waiter Baker, 32 W. St. Clair St., arresting Baker, bis Wife, and seven others. Those fir rested at the home wen Frank Siruhs 23. Os 1433 W. Mart -1 St.; Russell Robertson, 26, of 3*.D Minturn St.; Virgil Brant, 31, of 1029 S. Illinois St.; Charles L. Albers rneier, 19, of 3329 N. Capitol Ave. Robert Morris, 22, of 617 Marlon Ave.; Jarnen F. Blacker, 27, of 831 N. Illinois St., and Miss Helen Stone, 25, of Bloomff&ld. Strubs tried to take the blame auri told officers the whisky belonged te him. Mrs. Baker scored officers “for interfering with a little New Year’s party.” Officers said she refused to admit them, forcing them, to break du|?ii the doors. Five Hurt Five minutes before the new yeai. arrived, five persons suffered injur ies when a car in which they were riding was struck by a Nickel Plate Railroad train at Thirty-Fourth St. and Sutherland Ave. Fred Fisher, 26, 361 E. Twenty. Fourth St., dr /er, was knocked unconscious. Le ter, however, he refused to r~ tc the hospital. Slightly iijured were: Frank Gauchat, 24? > J3. Tenth St. George Dtdway, 1723 N., Meridian 8t; Edward Coryell, 447 N. Alabama St., and Josephine Ginsz, 650 E. Thlrteentn St. Police learned Fisher failed to heed a lantern warning of R. 15. Sample, conductor, Peru. The car was carried ten feet down the track. Hit and Run Driver A “hit and run" driver run from an automobile after it had struck Mr. and Mrs. George Edwards, Edgewood, Ind., at Meridian and South Sts., early today. The two who were injured about the body and head were sent to the city hospital. They told the officers that the auto was occupied by two young men and a woman. Trouble at Club •' The New Era Republican Club 227 VV. New Yoyk St., contributed Its quota of injured in New Year casualties at 4:15 a. m. today. Following an alleged assault by Clay Hickle, 20, Negro, which terminated in a rapid descent of stairs (Turn to Page 9) ADVERTISERS HEAR EDITOR Rives Peterson, editor of The Hardware Retailer, spoke on, “How Do You Advertise?” at the Indianapolis Athletic Club luncheon Thursday at the Claypool.

Smoking O. K. With Council Head TyJjH.TER R. I DORBETT, Yy who will he president pro tem. of the incoming city council, today quashed a rumor that smoking will not be permitted during sessions of that body. “I'm here to tell you smoking helps clear the atmosphere, not literally, but mentally, when a ticklish pointy is at issue,” he said. ~ “Why if you’d give the average fellow who doesn’t want you to smoke, a cigar, he’d ask for a match.” Councilman Otis E. Bartholomew ‘blew smoke rings in aecftrd.