Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 129, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 September 1926 — Page 2

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AVERAGE FACTORY WAGE 11,115 IN HOOSIFR CAPITAL $54,363,d00 Paid Workers in City Annually, U. S. Reports. Average annual wage of 45,818 factory workers In Indianapolis Is $1,115, according to 1923 statistics, made public today by the United States census bureau. Total pay roll in Indianapolis was $54,363,000, the report states. Higher North, West The census bureau warned that the total of workers includes many who work only part time, bringing the average wage for the entire year below that received by full-time workers. Higher wages are paid in the North and West, according to the survey in industrial establishments. Low Wage Here Average wage in Indianapolis was reported lower than some other northern cities. Other cities in Middle West: Akron, Ohio —Workers, 44,903; total wages, $71,284,342; average pay, about $1,600. Cincinnati, Ohio—Workers, 65,695; pay roll, $78,759,000; average wage, about $1,200. Cleveland, Ohio —Workers, 141,648; pay roll, $205,387,000; average |. wage, about $1,455. Columbus, Ohio —Workers, 27.618; pay roll, $37,236,000; average, about $1,330.

1110 TAKE MEN OUT OF INFIRMARY Will Be Improved, Says Commissioner. \ Proposal to transfer a number of men inrpates from the overcrowded county infirmary to a separate wing in Julietta, county insane hosplta', has been abandoned by the county commissioners, it was announced today by Commissioner Charles O. Sutton. * Sutton -and Commissioner Cassius Hogle conferred Friday afternoon with John A. Brown, secretary of the State hoard of charities;'*\V. H. Insley, president of the Family Welfare Society, and Eugene C. Foster, director Indianapolis Foundation. Under the law, only persons adjudged insane can he admitted to, Julietta. Plans are to be made for Immediate improvement of the old Infirmary building, Sutton said. He also said he would confer with Governor Jackson relative to removing all patients from Julietta to state Institutions. ATTACKED; IN HOSPITAL Motion Picture Offerator Victim of Gang of Men. Police today searched for eight following the attack on Frank Allen, 45, motion picture operator, in front of :he St. Clair Theater, Ft. Wayne Ave. and Alabama, St., Friday night. Allen told Lieut, (leorge Winkler he drove up in front of the St. Clair Theater, where he sleeps and was attacked by eight or ten men, who beat him with blackjacks. Allen was sent to city hospital, suffering from severe scalp lacerations. The men, according to witnesses, were in two 4ars. Two were recognized and their names given police. Allen’s home is In South Bend, Ind. He is employed as operator for the Oriental Theater. 1105 S. Meridian St.

FALL FESTIVAL SEPT. 24 To Mark Civic Progress in Northwest Inljunapolis. Civic progress in northwest Indianapolis will be marked by a fall fes tlval tinder the auspices of the Riverside Civic Association Friday night, Sept. 24 near Burdsal Parkway and Harding St., William Taylor, association president, announced today. Noble H. Corey is chairman of the committee in charge. Events will include street dancing, speeches On civic problems, a parade and special decoration of homes. CHAPTER GETS PHOTO Picture of Red Cross Head Presented City Body. In appreciation of the work ,gs the Indianapolis chapter nf the Amerl can Red Cross, Mrs. Kate Davison has given a large framed photograph of her deceased husband, Henry Davison, who was national chairman of the Red Cross during the war, to local the office. With the _ photo was a letter in Which Mrs. Davison praised the work of the local chapter. PROMOTED IN ARMY Announcement was made today of the promotion of John J. Shearer, staff captain and State superintendent of Salvation Army Sunday schools In Indiana, to general secretary for Kansas. A farewell service will be held in his honor at 8 4 p. m. Sunday in the Central Army hall, 24 S. Capitol Ave. ADMITS SIX BURGLARIES Edward Spann, Negro, 1217 Yandes St., was bound bver to the grand Jury on charges of larceny and burglary when arraigned before Judge Dan White in municipal court, Friday afternoon. Spann confessed to entering sig homes. LOT SALE IS SOUGHT The Illinois Bell Telephone Company petitioned the public service commission today .for authority to sell a lot In Hammond to Patrick J. Sullivan of Whiting for 17.500.

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The Bohhs-Merrill Bldg., which wMI be mnved from its preseir. location, 18 E. Vermont St., to anew site, 120-22 E. Michigan St., by the Kress-Oravetz House Moving Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., soon. When the building is established on the new site it will he sold to the State Au.omobije Insurance Association for about SIOO,OOO.

Police to Protect Fair Visitors Bootleggers, gamblers, pickpockets and other law violators will have a slim opportunity to victimize Indiana State fair visitors this year with seventyfive police stationed at the fairground under Capt. Louis L. Johnson, acting inspector. Eight detectiyes will mingle with the crowds to watch for purse snatchers and pickpockets. Capt. Walter White and Lieuts. Fred Winkler. Leonard Forsythe and Fred Drinkut are assigned to fair duty. Serge William Cox will head a booze squad, which will smell the breaths of visitors and single out bootleggers. Ten mounted police, under Sergt. Ralph Lambert. will patrol the ground. Fire department has special protection for property at th£ fairground.

Examine War Hero; Burglary Charged A war record, citing wounds received on three fronts and a croix de guerre awarded by the French government, was introduced by defense in asking for a continuapce in the case of Emmett Barnes, Negro, of 5435 Burgess Ave. Barnes was arraigned before Municipal'Judge Pro Tent. Sol I. Raub Friday. Barries was charged with burglary, by Sergeant Fields and squad on Aug. 30 when found at 4:30 n. m. in the drug store of V. E. Forsythe, 501 N. Emerson St. Loot was found on his person. According to Attorney J. L. Reagan, who the continuance, Baines had been wounded and gassed and was not in (it condition to he in jail. The judge granted the continuance, so the ex-soldier may be examined. Leopold Is Writing Book on Bird Lore JOLIET, 111.. Sept. 4.—ln his prison cell In Illinois State Penitentiary here, where he, with Richard Loeb, is paying the penalty for the murder of Robert Nathan Leopold, Jr., is writing a Ijook on "Ril'd Lore." MAYOR TO VIEW PLANT Ihivall Will lns|HM't Sewage Disposal Facilities Today. Mayor Duvall, who has commandeered huge quantities of oil to pour upon the troubled waters attending the operation of the city sewage disposal plant, will Inspect the plant today with O. C. Jloss. president of the hoard of sanitary commissioners. Ross Is backing ('. K. Calvert, acting superintendent at the plant, while Russell T. Mac Fall and George G. Schmidt, other board members, have assailed operation of the plant. lOWA MAN IS RELEASED ' Illinois Couple Held in Case of Baby’s Death. Tague, 35, of Otturfiwa, la., was released by-police Friday night. He had been held for questioning In connection with the death of an Infant hoy. found on the road between Covington and Kingman, Ind. A Danville, 111., couple are under arrest In connection with, the affair, according to Covington authorities. UTILITY MAKES CHANGE Second Vice President of Indianapolis Light and Heat Resigns. Thomas N. Wynne, second vice president and chief mechanical engineer of the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company, has resigned from the company and has been succeeded by E. G. Ralston, third vice president. who has been chief electrical engineer. FOURTH CAESARIAN Bn United Prcst NEW. YORK. Sept. 5 —Mrs. Frank Gramltch. 26. Is recuperating from her fourth Capsarlan operation. The latest ehlld a seven pound baby girl. All four children are living and

SOUTHERN PHONE COMPANYPROOED Seymour Firm Denied Merger Petition. An investigation was begun tafia y by the public service commission to determine whether L. C. Griffiths, president of. the Southern Indiana Telephone and Telegraph Company of Seymour, has violated the law In assuming management of the Madison Telephone Compeny without the commission's approval. At the same time the commission promulgated an 'order denying tin Seymour company's petition to buy the Madison Company, together with the New Washington Telephone Company and the Henryville Telephone Company. Because com bined value of the Seymour and Madison properties was only $82,6.091, the commision refused to peVmlt an SBOO,OOO securities Issue ou the two to finance* the meTTJhr. The commission regarded tlw margin of security as unsafe. Griffiths, by having his attorneys file a motion to dismiss when he learned the deal was to he denied, drew sharp criticism in the order. He was scored for the poor management of the Seymour exchange and for charging personal expenses to the company. —

INDIANA POURS IN TO BIG FAIR (Continued From Page 1) tha attendance reached the never-before-equalled total of 202,507 admissions. Not Much Rain I,eft Rain, fair officials said today, is the only agency that can forestall attainment of the attendance goal of a quarter of a million. “And there can't be much rain left,".they added, recalling the harvest season Just past. . A threefold program greeted today's visitors. First, there were the hoys' and girls’ club contests, bringing scores of juvenile agriculturists from every county of the State. It also was childrens day. so dedicated by officials of the fair, who saw that every son and daughter under twelve received a free admission. In the afternoon, running races, a. decided novelty for Hoosiers, were run on the one-mile track. An added attraction was the high school band contest. The night program In the (,’oMseum consisted of vaudeville and a western rodeo. Sunday's program is to consist of morning and afternoon sacred musical concerts. Forqjer United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge will speak on “The Bible as Good Reading.” All exhibits and stands will be open but the carnival and amusements will be closed, in keeping with the'-Sabbath spirit. Davis to Sneak On Monday, Labor day. the fair will begin in earnest. Secretary of Labor James J. Davis, a former Hoosler, will he the headliner at a Labor day program to he given in front of the grand stand at 10 a. ni. The afternoon wfil mark openingi of the Grand Circuit races, which c<Yptinue through Friday. A treat is promised for night visitors at the fair next week. Each night a pageant of fireworks. "The Birth of America,” will be presented in front of the grand stand. Simultaneously. the huge Coliseum will give nightly horse shows, Interspersed with vaudeville and parades of the winning ’livestock. Every preparation for the convenience of theXiorde of out-of-town visitors had been laid, according to officials of the agriculture hoard. Additional transportation facilities have been provided by. thV Indianapolis Street Railway Company and the People's Motor Coach Company. Through the Chamber of Commerce. Information booths have been erected at various points In the fa’r reservation and-at downtown stores, as well. Hospital accommodations for almost any emergency have been arranged, to Insure the complete safety of visitors,

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VALENTINO DEATH DETAILS GIVEN ' OUT BY DOCTOR \ 'Statement for Use in Any Possible Investigation of lljrjess. Hu Tyiited rrrt . NEW YORK, Sept. 4.—Technical details of the illness of Rudolph Valerttino were made public here today for use in "any possible investigation” of the circumstances surrounding the movie actor's death. Various reports that Valentino died from poison ffnd violence have stirred Broadway; despite denials by S. George Oman, his manager. Dr. Sterling C. Wyman of Brooklyn. I’ola Negri’s physician, released a letter from Dr. Harold E. Meeker, who operated upon Valentino, describing the illnfss and death. Examining the actor Aug. 22, Dr. Meeker found: “He was'suffering great pain, had % moderate rise of temperature a vettj' rapid pulse, a board like rigidity j of the entire abdominal wall ami j presented the picture of a rapidly j spreading, vicious peritonitis." Operating, he found: “The abdominal cavity contained a large amount of fluid, and food \ particles. All the viscera was coated ; with a greenish gray film. A round hole, one centimetre in diameter, was seen in the interior wall of the! stomach, three centimetres front the pylorous, and two centimetres below the lesser curvature. "There was no walling off by natural processes and fluid was still com Ing through the opening. The tissue of the stomach for one and one half centimetres immediately surrounding | the perforation was necrotic. The j appendix was acutely inflamed from Ia secondary Infection, turned on it ; self, and ho fixed by a plastic exu- ! date at its tip and by an old band i at Its midpoint as to constrict the ileum." The letter does not comment on , possible contributing causes of these | conditions, but continues to describe the various turns In Valentino's condition until his death on the i eighth day, "overwhelmed by sep

WOMAN'S FOOT • BADLY BORNEO Rested on Exhaust —Found Stupefied—Man Held. Mrs. Hattie So\\<Jers. 36. of 439' 2 E. Washington St., may lose her right foot as the result of having it badly burned “by n re'd hot exhaust pipe on a "truck in tyhivh she was riding. Mrs. Sowders and Lewis Pitzer, 47, of 4404 E. Washington St., were found lying in a stupor along th** roadside on Thirty Eighth ■St., near Emerson Ave., late Friday She was taken to city hospital and Pitzer to jail. Police say she fell asleep in the truck, parked along the road with the motor running. Her foot lav against the exhaust pipe. Finally she fell to the ground. Pitzer was asleep in the ditch. Both were stupified with liquor, police declared. Pitzer, owner of a carnival show, said he was going to Goldsmith. Ind., from Shelhyvllle. Ind.. and had picked up Mrs. Sowders. Orval Ellis. 40, of 608 E. -Market St., taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital with a broken arm and charged with drunkenness. also is being held. Police believe He had been with the two.

Plant With Leaves Like Face Is Stolen Bu t utted Prrte KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Sept. 4 Mrs. J. J. Laughlln has reported the theft of a rare plant with 'leaves "that look like the profile of a woman's face.” Mrs. Laugtrlin did not know the name of the plant and said she grew' it from two leaves given to her eight years ago. HAS / 92D BIRTHDAY Frederick Selimoe Reads Bible and Makes Toys for Children. Reading the Bib'e and making toys for children are the favorite pursuits of Frederick Schmoe, who Friday celebrated his 92nd birthday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles B. Harrison, 3708 E. New York St. Twenty-fours grandchildren and fifteen attended the hirthday dinner in honor of Schmoe. BAR ADOPTS RESOLUTION In Memory of Ralph G. Rubier, Local Attorney. A resolution in memory of Ralph G. Buhler, local attorney, who died recently on a train in West Virginia, has been adopted by tthe Indianapolis Bar Association to be in scribed op the records of Circuit Court. "By his constant labor on behalf of his clients he won their absolute confidence," the mdmerial stated. HOOSiER~TENTH~TO~ DIE \ -r .Mishawaka Man Latest Victim of Trolley Crash. liu Time* Surf i'll MONROE. Mich.. Sept. 4,— Death of Edward M. Thornton. 48. of Mishawaka, Ind./at Monroe Hospital here today brought the list of dead from the inferurban train collision Thursday to ten. N 1 PLEBISCITE FOR SPAIN By United Prett MADRID, Sept. 4.—A national plebiscite. designed to express Spain's confidence) in the governmentof Primo de Riiera. will be held throughout SpaW, Sgpt. 10 to. 12.

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This strenuous exercise d<esii't look very exciting, but the Scotch think that tossing the caber is real sport. The braw' Hielander here is taking part in the games at Invarary Castle, the residence of the Duke of Argyll. One thing about throwing the logs around is that it'doesn’t cost anything but a lot of effort.

FATHER IS SLAIN BY HIS STEPSON Negro Said to Have Berated Wife, Youth Atter Party. Because lie berated his wire, Mildied, age 40. and stepson, Herbert Johnson, 21, for amending a liquor party Friday nighs, Harold Hmith,

And with this Greater Movie Season comes jj ? bu! Pm’ - £•“/' *’• Picture if, howcsPLcnseUanCotte .. . . , , the heet show rn town! .uy i amount Ptctures and delivered joy to \ 1 overflowing! Now here’s another! v=== —'

Indianapolis Joins in the Paramount Week Celebration!

£)hio Theater i Sept.s-11 Clara Bow Ernest Torrence in “MAN TRAP” Story by Sinclair Lewis

ZARING’S EGYPTIAN THEATER Sunday, Monday, —: Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday One Glorious _ Saturday , r i ccim A TlWf vnilTU’ PARAMOUNT W-E E K Ford Sterling in *■**. ***** ** I -THE SHOWOFF”

31, Negro, 622 N. Senate Ave., is lead today. Johnson is under arrest charged with murder and Mrs. Smith is held on a vagrancy charge. Police called to the Senate Ave. address shortly after midnight, found Smith's body tying In a pool of blood. His jugular vein-was cut. Johnson immediately confessed to the murder. He said he and his mother returned from ;t drinking party and that Smith attacked her. When he called on his stepfather not to strike his mother. Johnson said that Smith knocked him down. He then threw a pitcher, which struck Smith on the rieek. Police are investigating Johnson's story.

The Following Indianapolis Theaters Will Also 4 Celebrate Paramount Week

SANDERS THEATER SOUTH SIDE THEATER STRAND THEATER CASSELL THEATER GARFIELD THEATER HAMILTON THEATER MECCA THEATER TWO JOHNS THEATER > CAPITOL THEATER ORIENTAL THEATER

F. J. REMBUSCH THEATERS CRUMPS, Columbus, Ind. GRACE, Martinsville, Lid. ROYAL, Danville, Ind. STI|AND, Knightstown, Ind.

NOMINATED AS KNIGHT ■ . .. W. R. Holmes Named Candidate by K. of C. Body. William P. Hplmes was named candidate for the office of grand knight of the Knights of Columbus by the nominating coaimitte at the Spink-Arms Friday. Other nominations James E. Deery, deputy grand knight; George Bischoff, chancellor; Thomas Jones, treasurer; James A. Hallinin, recording secretary; Edward L. Dietz, ad*" vocate; Paul E. Just, warden; Peter Hickey, insfile guard; Harry E. Calland, trustee, and Abner Akers and Harold Bridge, outside guards. DEBS TO GO TO SANITARIUM By United Prat Terre h.,cte, ind., sept. 4. — Eugene Debs will ggteback to Lindiahr, near Chicago, the sanitarium at whfch be regained his health shortly after his release from Atlanta Federal penitentiary, it was learned today. Debs has been ill since his return from Bermuda sev eral months ago.

Apollo Theater Sept.s-11 Thomas Meighan in “TIN GODS” with Rens Adoree and Aileen Pringle Meighan’s Best Picture

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Palace Theater Sept. SS Betty Bronson in “THE CAT’S . PAJAMAS” With Theodore Roberts and Ricardo Cortez

WASHINGTON THEATER TUXEDO THEATER IRVING THEATER DREAM THEATER BELMONT THEATER SHELDON THEATER MY THEATER ILLINOIS THEATER ORPHEUM THEATER ST. CLAIR THEATER

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SEPT. 4, 1926

16 INJURED IN ' • ILLINOIS WRECK 1 Washouts Blamed for B. & 0. Crash. fu United rre.tt t SPRINGFIELD, 111.. Sept. 4. Sixteen persona were injured when a Baltimore & Ohio local passenger train, running three hours behind schedule time because of washouts along the line, crashel head-on into a freight train two miles west of here Friday night. Cleve Engle, fireman of the passenger train, was the most severely injured. He leaped from the cab, while Engineer J. W. Murray, who stuck to his throttle, was only slightly scratched. Rescuers worked for hours giving first aid to the Injured in a driving rain.