Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 256, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1926 — Page 1

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VOLUME 37—NUMBER 256

NEW BREAD ‘TRUST’ TO BE FOUGHT Local Civic Organizations’ Representatives Will Meet. TO WRITE CONGRESSMEN Prevention of Huge Foodstuffs Mergers Sought. The newly formed national “bread trust” is to be given a blow Friday at a called meeting of representatives of local civic organizations. Mrs. William H. Hart, president J3f the Housewives’ I/eague, local branch, has called the meeting for 2 m., in the directors’ room of the Fletcher American Bank. Tentative plans include sending letters of protest to Senators and Congressmen, asking them to watch the Ward Baking Company and a national foodstuffs corporation, and try to prevent two mergers being engineered by these concerns. Incorporation of a huge baking combine, headed by Ward interests, Is being held-up by the Government, pending Investigation. Among organizations sending representatives to the meeting are the civics committee of the Indianapolis local Council of Womn, Community Welfare department of the Woman's Department Club, and Federated Civic Clubs of Indianapolis, County W. C. T. U., Central W. C. T. U., Curren Events Club, Utlli Dulc.i Club, Mall Carriers’ Auxiliary. Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Meridian W. C. T. U., American Legion Auxiliary, Marion County War Mothers and the McGuffeyites. i

WOULD ADD 77 CITY POLICEMEN Councilman Todd to Introduce Ordinance. L Deciai .hg that a“ wave of lawlessness exists in the outer districts of Indianapolis, Dr. Austin H. Todd, city councilman, today announced he would introduce an ordinance to add seventy-five patrolmen, two captains three lieutenants, and several sergeants to the police force. “Many crimes are committed in the outskirts, such as attacks upon women, that are never reported to the police,” Todd said. “The present force is so small they are unable to cover the city.”

JORDAN IS LOSER IN APPELLATE COURT Verdict of $30,816 Given Son-in-Law Sustained Suit involved Validity of Divorce Contract.

Indiana Appellate Court today af firmed a $30,816.88 judgment against Arthur Jordan, local financier and philanthropist, awarded John S. Kittle, Jordan's son-in-law, by Judge Linn D. Hay, Marion Superior Court Two. The decision involved validity of a contract be.tween Jordan and his divorced wife, Mi's. Rosealba J. Jordan. According to the opinion, written by Judge Willis C. McMahan, Jordan 1 owned the City Ice and Coal Company and the Printing Arts Company. Kittle, as manager, was to receive $3,600 a year salary and onehalf of the net profits of the two establishments. Jordan allowed payments to Kittle to lapse, whereupon the latter brought suit to recover $27,985.59 in back pay. In the mantime Mrs. Jordan had sued her husband for divorce and had threatened to introduce letters Jordan did not desire to have made public. To avoid publicity he transferred to her the title to the two companies and entered into a contract whereby she would surrender the letters to an attorney. Jordan.

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CITY FUTURE GOOD, SAYS T. P. SEXTON Indianapolis Is Far Ahead of Florida, Declares Realtor. GROWTH IS PREDICTED Board President Expresses Faith at Dinner. Indianapolis is far ahead of Florida. Indianapolis is one of the best cities in the country. Indianapolis future growth can't be blocked. These points were stressed to friends tjy Timothy P. Sexton, Fidelity Trust Company secretary and realtor, during the Indianapolis Real Estate Board dinner Wednesday night at the Columbia Club. He returned Monday after spending four weeks in Florida. It was his third trip. On High Plane "Indianapolis is far ahead of Florida and it will take cities ‘of tnat State about five years to reach the same basis on which this city stands,” he said. “The land of boom has run away from itself. The people there have talked high prices and real estate, but they have not concentrated on many of the things that makes real cities, such as Indianapolis. “There are no such things as municipal sewage disposal, electric lights and gas plants there. All those things have been neglected. They must stop some time and establish them. “The booming is practically over. But yet, a real estate man will sell you a lot along the waterfront that Is submerged and you have to take a chance that the real estate company will fill it for you.” Sexton told of a real estate man there who told him he had a "bargain.” Sexton, basing his figure on Indiana values, told him he'd pay $7,500. The Florida real dealer said It “couldn't be touched for less than $50,000.” Bound to Grow He declared Indianapolis, with its location and thatype-of p* ,-c ihisl compose its population, has the brightest future of any city in the country. “Indianapolis can’t be stopped. She’s bound to grow,” he declared. Frank E. Gates, real estate board president, declared his faith in Indianapolis. Scott R. Brewer presented Gates with a traveling bag. Special features included poems by William Herschell and songs by Miss Louise Argus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Argus. A dance followed.

in return, was to provide her with SIOO,OOO to press the divorce on the single charge of cruel treatment. Mrs. Joordan immediately transferred her titles to her daughter, Mrs. Kittle, and Kittle was retained as manager under the old agreement. Mrs. Jordan and her daughter, however, refused to pay Kittle the amount Jordan owed him. Mrs. Jordan received a divorce In May, 1920, and delivered the documents to an attorney, who was supposed to destroy them. The Superior Court granted Kittle a judgment of $30,816.88, holding the contract between Mr. and Mrs. Jordan was Illegal In that it facilitated a divorce. This point was sustained by the higher court in affirming the judgment. TWO MORE LAID TO MAD SNIPER Police Say Carter Staged Fatal lowa Hold-up. Bv United Press OMAHA, Neb., Peb. 25.—Two additional murders were fastened on Frank Carter, the Omaha “sniper” by police today. Carter, awaiting trial for three killings from ambush during a tenday reign of terrorin Omaha, also took* the lives of two men during the hold-up of a Sioux City (la.) hardware store last September, Inspector of Detectives Ben Danbaum charged. Proof of Carter’s guilt was obtained through a microscopic examination of two .22 calibre shells the Sioux City murderer left held, indicating the shells had been fired from the same gun used in the Omaha killings, Danbaum declared. So far Carter has denied knowledge of the lowa slayings. TEACHER SESSION ENDS Ril United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—The most significant phase of American education is the Inculcation of Ideals for the development of ambition and character. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover told delegates to the National Education Association convention at its dosing session today.

OLD-TIMERS ‘STRUT THEIR STUFF’

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Times Party Great Success —Fiddlers Win Prizes. By Eldora Field Where in Indianapolis were thr most people having the most wonderful time Wednesday night? At the old-time dance at Tomlinson Hall, sponsored by The Indianapolis Times, something around three thousand persons agreed no one could be having a much better time than they were. Even the heavy rain failed to dampen the enthusiasm. The most important event of the evening was the old fiddlers' contest, in which about forty fiddlers from Indianapolis and other parts of Indiana took part. Joseph F. Lawson, 819 S. West St., white-haired 80-year-old fiddler, who kept up an amazing tattoo with his feet as he fiddled “The Irish Washerwoman” to victory, was almost deaf ened by the applause that marked him first choice of the audience. Lawson was awarded an engraved silver loving cup and $25 in gold. Second prize of sls in gold went to Charles F. Hall, 1124 S. West St. Hall, wjio is blind, made a neat little speech in which he thanked The Times, “and all the good folks present.” There was considerable see sawing about” tfie third prize winner,' as about five contestants, including a woman, Mrs. Etta Corlett of Camby, Ind., seemed almost equally good, but John Gash. 1322 Richland Ave., finally fiddled Into victory and $lO In gold with the "King's Head.” Before the contest and at Intervals all evening modern dances were held when Cliff Perrlne, Keith heailiner band, burst into strains of "That’s My Baby,” etc., but the crowd was best suited when the “Swing your partner” old-time square and barn dancing was holding the boards and hundreds of young-old folks tripped Joyously all through the evening. Mrs. Vivian Clapp, 2433 N. Delaware St., dressed in old fashioned hoop skirt dress, gave an exhibition old-time dance with Roy Simmons. Dorothy Wiltshire, a 11-year-old miss, living at 621 Arch St., performed an exhibition “Charleston” and two other “Charlestoners,” Carl Brooks, 518 N. Alabama St., and Miss Reedy Walrod of 1226 Tuxedo St., danced. The crowd, however, was out for the "old time” stuff and loudly applauded Harry Alexander, of 2030 N. Olney St., who on a combineod harmonica and guitar entertained with old-fashioned tunes SJome real champion old-time “callers” were present, and, taking turns, made the hall ring with their lusty "All hands round.” Close to midnight the old-time dancers were still swinging happily, but the '‘Charlestoners’’ had all disappeared. It was an old-time dance night to the last. The Times’ share of the profits of the evening will be given to charity.

BIMBA TRIAL SPEEDED Eleven Witnesses to Take Stand In Blasphemy Case. Bv Ulit.-id Press BROCKTON, Mass., Feb. 25.r-The trial of Anthony Blmba, entered its second &ay here today' with' the State prepared to put eleven, more witnesses on the stand in support of th 9 charge that the Brooklyn editor broke the Massachusetts blasphemy law. Three witnesses testified Wednesday that the editor in a speech Jan. 29, violated the 229-year-old statute by denying the existence of God and Ills final judging of the world. BURNED DEPOT, CHARGE Believe Four .Also Implicated in PostaJ, Express Robberies. Bv United Press ROCK ISLAND, 111., Feb. - 25. Two men and two women were arrested here today charged with burning the railroad statiop a,t Elkhorn, Neb. Police believe also they are connected with .the • express • and postal robberies in Omaha,, Neb.; Des Moines, Redfield and other lowa towns. The men gave their names on Tom and Williams Burns.- The women said they were Mrs. Tom Brown and Mrs. Harry Boyd of Atlanta, Ga. Loot valued at $3,000 and a case of nitro glycerine are held by police. GRAIN RAIDING HIT Bv United Press WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.—An amendment to the futures trading act which would prevent any single grain trader from dealing in more than a million bushels daily was introduced In the Senate today by Senator Camper, Kansas, Republican, leader of the farm bloc.

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Above—Old tune clamors at 1 unos party. Below—Winners ill tlie old tiddlers’ contest tleit to right) Joseph . . F . Lwan, John Gash, Charles F. Hall.

SHORTRIDGE SHIFT FOUGHT

Cost of Dog in City Greater It costs more to own a. dog within the city limits of Indianapolis than in any other part of Marion County, declared Harry Dunn, county auditor, today. Dog owners living within the city must pay the uniform $2 dog license besides the county tax fixed by commissioners. The dog tax is $2 for females and $1 for males, Dunn said. The city license fee is the same for male and female. The tax Is paid to the county assessor in the courthouse basement, while the license is paid at city hall.

BANDIT THINKS VICTIM LUCKY Nerve of Druggist Foils Store Hold-up. ''You’re going to ,have to shoot if you want any money," George Schllllnger, druggist. 931 N. New Jersey St., late Wednesday told a robber who demanded money at the point of a gun. ‘■You’re a lucky guy,” replied the bandit as he pocketed his gun and fled from the store. WOMAN CUT ON HEAD Injury Believed to Have Been Received in Fall. Mrs. William D. Totter. 61, of 110 Laurel St., was in Methodist Hospital with a serious cut on her head believed to have been received today when she fell on a stairway at her home. Mrs. L. Roepke, 3702 N. Pennsylvania St., who called at the home to collect, the rent, found the woman in a dazed condition in her bedroom. LAKE ARGUMENT HEARD BV United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—The Chicago sanitary district never has been a navigation project, but is a sanitation and power project for the benefit of Chicago, the States of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania charged in United States Supreme Court today.

Property Owners to Talk 1 Change in Site Before Board. Indianapolis school board members i will be' asked to build Shortridge high school immediately at ThirtyFourth and Meridian Sts., at the special meeting of the buildings and grounds committee tonight. North side property owners living near the present site will urge the board to speed plans for the new building there and annex more property north of the site. Property owners near the proposed site, Forty-Sixth St., between Central Ave. and Washington Blvd., will plead with the board not to build there because of damage to property values. The board Tuesday night authorized business director Ure M. Frazer to advertise for the sale of the Thir-ty-Fourth St. property and take steps to buy the other tract, about two acres larger than the present one, for $120,000. Charles W. Kern, majority faction member, promised that if persons appearing at the meeting had objections strong enough to warrant action, a special board meeting would be held and action of the board rescinded! Thomas F.. Carson, representing several persons near the ThirtyFourth St. site, said if the board does not take action favorable to property owners in both neighborhoods, an organization mass meeting will be held.. The advisory committee, appointed by Board, president Theodore Vonntgut and headed by Clyde Hoffman, to make pecQmmendations in the selection of a site, will ask the board to listen to “certain recommendations’* the committee has in mind. At the tpe committee has in mind. FIREMAN’S HANDS CUT live Ooal Causes SSOO Damage at Roadhouse. Lieutenant Walter Gray, Pumper Company 25, 6433 E. Washington St-, cut his hands seriously today when lie broke a window to shoot a stream of water at The Cedars, chicken dinner place, Brookvllle Rd. and Clyde St. A live coal fell out of a grate, Ignited the floor and cauged S6OO damage.

Burglar Removed the “Bark” Police today sought a burglar who stole his victim’s protection "Wednesday night. Earl Noble, 254 S. Trowbridge St., said the robber who ransacked his house took nothing but two valuable watchdogs, an airedale and a shepherd.

TAX BILL SENT TO PRESIDENT May Become Law Today— Mellon Well Pleased. BV United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and the leading tax authorities in Congress of both Republican and Democratic parties today expressed approval of the $387,811,000 Federal tax reduction bill which was sent to the President for his signature today. The measure is entirely satisfactory to the administration Mellon said. Chairman Smoot of the Senate finance committee; Senator Simmons, North Carolina. Democratic tax leader lh the Senate; Chairman Green of the House Ways end Means Committee which drafted the measure, and Representative Garner, Texas, Democrat, minority House tax leader, approved the bill as a whole, although the Democrats disapprove various items. President Coolidge is expected to sign the bill this afternoon or Frl day, making it a law. The Senate passed it late Thursday, 61 to 10. BAILEY DEFIES BOARD Band leuler Refuses to Return Instruments and Uniforms. ”I*m not going to give up the instruments and uniforms.” William T. Bailey, former Police and Firemen's Band leader, today hurled this defiance at the board of safety, which legal "taps for recovery of $4,000 worth of band property they say Bailey holds. Bailey "Said forty-four members agreed to “carry on for the public good."

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DEATH AND DAMAGE IN WIND WAKE

Several Lives Reported Lost as Tornado Hits Mississippi. COMMUNICATION CUTOFF Rural Districts Suffer Heavy Property Loss. BV Unit'd Pent MEMPHIS, Tcnn., Fob. 25. A tornado today struck several towns in southern Mississippi and passed northward over Tennessee, leaving its mark principally in the rural section. Several lives were reported lost at Enid and Greenwood, Miss. Telephone lines were crippled and area was cut off. The tornado is believed to have spent its force at these two villages. Property damage there and in rural sections as far as the Tennessee line were severe, according to meager dispatches. Several houses In Memphis were badly damaged by the wind and outlying sections of Bhelby and Lafayette counties reported damage to farm house* and smaller settlements. The storm passed off through southern Arkansaii, leaving Terines see practically unscathed. Jennto Ark., reported one Negro killed and two Injured. One man was Injured at Lake Village, Chicot County, and many farm buildings through the southwest sections were badly damaged. The known casualty list at noon stood at one death and three Injured. Enid, Miss., said to have suffered the brunt of the storm, is yet unheard from. THREE CHILDREN HURT Miniature Cyclone at London, Ohio— Floods Feared as Rivers Rise. B# United Prtst COLUMBUS. Ohio, Feb. 25. Three children were reported Injured when a mlnature cyclone struck London, Ohio, today, uprooting trees and shaking buildings. A forty-mile gale swept Columb it. tanglli.g wires. tearing down chimneys and interrupting communication. Rivers throughout Ohio were rising aa torrential rains swept sections of the State, flooding basements, undermining power lines and causing other damage, j In the Toledo area, the Maumee ! River was rising and although lmi mediate flood danger was feared, ice Jams at Waterville and Perrysburg were breaking, Imperilling minor shipping. Maumee River lowlands were flooded. At Hamilton, a school I buildings was Inundated. I Considerable wire trouble was re- | ported with communications to all i sections of the Stato Interrupted.

STORMS IN lIJ.INOIS little Property Damage Reported at Cairo. Bv United Press CAIRO. 111.. Feb. 25.—High winds which swept over southern Illinois and the lower Ohio valley last night did some damage to telephone wires, but at no time reached tornado violence, reports here indicated today. Property damage was very slight. The storm has subsided this morning and clear weather prevailed. NOW OVER GREAT LAKES Snow and Colder Predicted by Chicago Bureau. Bv United Press CHICAGO, Mo., Feb. 2a—Weather bureau officials today said that the center of the storm which swept Memphis and other Tennessee cities was now over Lake Michigan Snow in the lake region and a lower temperature elsewhere were predicted. MINESECTOR STAYS QUIET Reported ‘Union Army’ Fails to Materialize. Bv United Press EVANSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 25. With two airplanes of the Kokomo unit of the National Guard patrolling tne soutnwestem Indiana mine fields, quiet continued to prevail today throughout the district. The reported “union army” thus far has failed to materialize and local authorities declare there Is no cause for alarm. • Late Wednesday an automobile containing eight union mlneis stopped along the road near the “air base" on the outskirts of the city. The men refused to move on and held their ground until Vanderburg County authorities, summoned by the guardsmen, arrived. A dance at Newburg Wednesday night was under military surveillance. Five nonunion ml nee were reported working in Warrick County, but none of them had a full force.

Forecast CLOUDY and colder tonight with temperature near freezing; Friday generally fair.

Small Hurricane at Vernon, Ind., Blows Roofs From Buildings. TRAFFIC IS IMPEDED Heavy Gale and Rain Visit City and State. High win da from the south • west, which developed into n, small tornado at Vernon. Ind., and reached a velocity of fifty miles an hour in Indianapolis, impeded traffic on highways and traction lines in the central part of the State today. In northern Indiana torrential rains, which washes] out numerous highways in the vicinity of Warsaw, were followed by a terrific gals, causing dam ago estimate at more than U.OOO. Before most of the residents of Vernon, $8 miles south of Indlauj upolls, had arisen at 5 a m.. the i tornado descended upon the town innd vicinity, carrying roofs from j buildings, uprooting trees and blowj ing out windowa. The Vernon Hotel, ! used aa an office building, was un- | roofed. Recent rains have caused i the Musoatatuck River, near titers, to overflow. Phone I Jure Damaged Telephone lines over Indiana were damaged in Isolated cases. Workmen wore watching wire* and repairing damages, tho Indians Bell Telephone Company soldi Wires wore down In four places in Indianapolis and one pole was blown over, according to reports to police. Wires were down at Morris and West Sts., Arlington and Washington Sts.. Bertha and Harris Sts., and at 420 N. Deluware St. A pole was down in front of 1200 Beecher St. Accompanying the wind in Indianapolis, a min started about 7 p. m. ami totaled .88 of an inch during the night. The morning canto with dull, cloudy skies, which are due to remain through this evening, according to tho Unltod States weather bureau. Clear and colder weather should come Friday, J. 1L Armingtor, meteorologist, said. The thermometer, after registering 46, or nearly 20 above normal, at 7 a. rn,, started down. It should reach the freezing mark during tho night, according to tho forecast. Rare Gale A fifty-mile gale, which bureau Instruments recorded at 6 a. m., ordinarily come only once or twice In a year, Artnlngton said. A forty-mil* wind Is considered a heavy one hers. Evansville reported a fifty-mile wind and Louisville a forty-Slx-mlls one, both from the south-west. Winds should be from the northwest this evening, but should not be so heavy, according to the meteorologist. Traction traffic was paralyzed on two lines and seriously interrupted on two others. Poles Across TrsHts Telegraph poles were blown across the Union Traction Company tracks at Kharpesviile, is tween Tipton and Kokomo, and across the Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company rails, between Bhelbyvlll* ond Greensburg. Union Traction officials planned to restore service to regular schedules before noon and I. A C. heads thought they also would be able to resume car operation between Greensburg and Shelbyvllle by then.

Cara Cancelled I Ten regularly scheduled cars, five each way, were cancelled between , Grecnsburg and ShelbyvUle. It was announced at the office of | Superintendent M. T. Btmhan of the Union Traction Company that service was interrupted seriously on the Anderson-Muncle and liOg-sne port-Kokomo lines. Cars were run nlng late. It was said. The Postal Telegraph Company said poles were torn up by the wind near Columbus, Ind. F*rank W. Spooner, chief operator, said word received by the company located the storm area center between Cln clnnatl und Eaton, Ohio, and Dayton and Columbus, Ohio. IJnes An O. K. Western Union Telegraph Company officials said all lines were In working order. Thirty seven minor eases of trouble were reported to the Inapolis offices of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company. This was the first State-wide trouble report for Indians, officials sold. No trouble was reported on Mer chants Heat snd Light Compan\ lines. Three poles of the Indianapolis Light and ITeat Company wer blown down The poles and wires were repaired. HOURLY TEMPER ATTO® 6 a. m 46 SO a. ax., M , 40 7a. ta,,. #a 4$ 11 a ta..,., 8e I v m. 48 12 (noonj m*. 39 • W ro 41 Lp. nu.>,. U