Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 225, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 December 1926 — Page 2
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TIMES CLUB CHEERS 152 NEEDY FAMILIES
THREE DEAD AND SEVEN HURT IN HOLIDAYCRASHES Unidentified Man, 55, Found Unconscious on Roadside, Dies.' v
Three persons were killed and several injured in the Christmas eve accident toll in and near Indianapolis Friday night. The dead are: Sergt. Ollie Crowley, CO, of Ft. Benjamin Harrison. Robert Sanders, Negro, 54, of 1954 Lewis St. An unidentified man, about 55 years old. The injured are: Corporal Michael Berry, 24, of Ft. Benjamin Harrison. Cororal Harvey C. Knight, 25, of Ft. Bnejamin Harrison. Joe Dawson, of 540 W. Abbott St. Harley Byers, of 127 W. Walnut St. Private Marion Compton, 20, of Ft. Benjamin Harrison. Girder Skillern, 20, of 1140 S. Senate Ave. Carl Bowden, 43, of 1134 Bowman Ave. Sergeant Crowley and Corporals Berry and Knight were injured when a Government automobile in which they were riding to Indianapolis struck a Pure Oil Company gasoline truck driven by Guy Miller on the Pendleton Pike at Shadeland Rd. at 8 p. m. The car which Sergeant Crowley was driving swerved after the impact and overturned, pinning the occupants beneath the wreckage. The two corporals were taken to the post hospital. All three men are single. Crowley is from near Atlanta, Ga.; Corporal Berry from Philadelphia and Corporal Knight from Louisville. The men are members of Company F, 11th Infantry. Witnesses told police Crowley was driving fast at the time of the accident, Miller having turned out of the road to avoid a head-on collision. Sanders died at the city hospital shortly after he was found lying unconscious beside the Monon railroad tracks at Twentieth St. George Rosebrough, a Nickel Plate railroad switchman, who found the body, said he believed Sanders had started to cross the tracks to the rear of his home when he was struck by a switch engine. Had Badge The unidentified man died at the Robert Long hospital after he was found unconscious on the Rockville Rd., four miles west of the city, about 8 p. m. His skull was fractured and he had suffered a broken right leg, internal injuries, and cuts an£J bruises. The only mark of identification was a small badge wdth the inscription, “C. & T. Company, Badge 412.” The man had apparently been struck by a hit-and-run driver. Dawson was taken to the city hospital after the automobile he was driving collided with a truck driven by A. C. Demaree, of 530 Warren Ave. Byers, who was riding with Dawson, was cut about the face. Police slated Dawson on a charge of reckless driving. Compton, who is a member of Company F, 11th' Field Artillery, was injured about the head and bodywhen he was struck by an automobile driven by John Wheeler of Davis, near there. Thompson was walking to his home in Terre Haute to visit his parents on a week-end furlough. Wheeler said he did not see Compton, who was taken to the hospital at the fort. Skillern was struck by a hit-and-run woman motorist at Senate Ave. and Morris St., receiving bad cuts on his forehead. A woman called Mrs. Eula Gallagher, landlady at Skillern’s home, shortly after the accident and inquired about the man. Police are looking for her. Bowden received cuts and bruises when his motorcycle collided with the automobile driven by Dr. C. W. Koller, of 2311 E. Garfield Dr., at Madison Ave. and Raymnod St. Dr. Koller gave first aid to Bowden.
LINCOLN GROUP TO MEET Memorial Committee Will Convene Next Week. First meeting of the Lincoln Union committee will be held some time next week, State Conservation Director Richard Lieber, chairman of the executive committee, has announced today. Tentative date had been set for Monday, but this has been changed to later in the week, the exact date not being announced. The purpose of the early meeting is so that Will Hays, New York City, who will visit his former home at Sullivan, Ind., during the holidays, may attend the meeting. Hays is a member of the committee of 125 prominent Hoosiers and former Hoosiers appointed by the Governor to make plans for raising a memorial to Nancy Hanks Lincoln in Spencer CountyFORMER JUDGE DIES Thomas H. Terhune, 77, Succumbs in California. LEBANON, Ind., Dec. 25. —Report of the death of Thomas J. Terbdne, 77, former judge' of Boone Circuit Court, and at one time one of the State’s leading attorneys, in Alhambra, Cal., was received here today. The body will be brought here for burial. He was a graduate from Indiana University in 1873 and completed his law work in 1875. He married Miss May ICnissell in 1875. He moved to California in 1921- Surviving are the widow and two children, David Terhune of Linton and Mrs. Frank Witt of Indianapolis.
Don R. Mellett, slain publisher of tiie Canton (Ohio) Daily News, whose death was avenged on Christmas Eve with the conviction of Patrick E. McDermott of a murder charge.
MAILMAN CARRIES A HEAVY STOCKING
Walks More Than 15 Miles With Big Load of Letters and Parcels. Pity the poor mail man at Christmas time! Think of carrying from forty-five to ninety pounds of mail about fifteen miles a day. That is what the average carrier has to do. The mail carrier during the holidays makes an average of five trips a day. On each trip ho has a load of from forty-five to ninety pounds of mail and sometimes more. Measured Distance A carried of the local ured the distance he walked each day with a pedometer. The shortest distance he walked during the week was twelve and a half miles and the longest distance was nineteen miles! An average of fifteen miles a day. This record was made during the summer when the mail was light. During the Christmas rush the figure is probably increased 50 per cent. Around the World It has been estimated by the post office department that every six years a mail ma ntravels a distance equal to the circumference of the eartH. He carries a heavy pack like Santa Claus, and it is never too hot or too cold for him to make his rounds. By getting to work at 3:30 a. m. Christmas morning and working hard they will be able to get off at noon. “But we help spread Christmas cheer,” one of the carriers said,” and can be styled as Santa Claus' helpers.”
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EGG DEALERS TO MEET The thirteenth annual convention of the Indiana Egg and Poultry Association will bo held at the pool Tuesday and Wednesday, March 1 and 2, according to an announcement made today by William Locks, secretary treasurer of the organization. The program of the convention will be announced later.
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Christmas Stands Out f or Those Helped by Generous Readers. BIG BASKETS DELIVERED Those Helped Express Their Gratitude. "Oh blcaningn for the peoplo. who li-ahUmr Uxi.iy. Have thought ot the little ones over the way: Oh blessings for people, who hearing their moans. Have lifted the barefooted out of the stones.'' —From Henry Stanton's "Moneyless Man.” By Eldora Field Magically from all the days of the year, this one—Christmas day—stands forth. It is the high point toward which all the streams of our activities have been flowing. We are happy today. Something like a benediction, a sort of ‘‘Well done thou good and faithful servant” rests in the air. And inevitably, those whose hearts are most at peace are those who have little sunshiny spots of memory about something, big and generous that have done within the last few hours. They feel today—because no man livoth unto himself —a oneness with the heart strings of the poor and needy. “I’m glad I helped. I’m glad I did not pass them by,” is the happy undercurrent of their thought. Wonderful Response Wonderfully have the readers of The Times responded to the call put forth a number of days ago, “Come tie Santa Claus to a family which without you, would likely have no Christmas cheer.” Dozens and dozens of persons called to inquire the names of needy families winch The Times, in cooperation with the Christmas Clearing House had ready to give out. Some days thf Santa Claus editor was literally snowed under with telephone messages, letters, personal calls—so many good folks—and all most anxious to help unfortunate needy ones. Coming in contact with all these fine, eager, generous persons, this same Santa Claus editor—a little frayed and weary today—is nevertheless quite buoyed up with a conviction that has gi*own with every passing day, “Why it’s a good world. People are wonderful. They care for others besides themselves.” And here’s the big, fine total—one hundred and fifty-two families taken care of by interested Indianapolis persons through The Times Santa Claus Club. Averaging five in a family for these folks whose fortunes have fallen by the wayside for the time being—well, count it yourself, and multiply by all this number, the joy that came to the poor mother of a family to which Dr. A. T. Custer, 2343 N. Meridian St., was Santa Claus, early Christmas eve. Scarcely a Home “When I went into their quarters —it was scarcely a home, the children of the family were huddled together,” said Dr Custer. “They were barefooted and a little toddler, eighteen months old came across the bare floor to me. The sight that im pressed me most however, was the most pitiful attempt at Christmas decoration that I have ever seen. Some place, one of the children had got hold of stringy bits of green and red paper. “This was waveringly festooned across the door line. “Look, mister, Nvo’ve got Christmas.” a 4-year-old proudly observed. The paper festoons were absolutely all that they had of any Christmas cheer. The mother seemed overwhelmed and pitifully grateful in the thought that the little ones were to actually have toys and gdod food for Christmas today.” An enthusiastic Santa was Jacob Cassell, 3055 N. Pennsylvania St., who, early Christmas eve, took three baskets of food and toys to the family he had taken under his wing. “In one room were the six children that I was looking for. Thero was a bed, but Tfot a single chair in the room—absolutely bare and very distressing looking, everything. They all seemed —the mother, too—absolutely unable to grasp the thought that the baskets their
Here Is a Typical Christmas Scene
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The above picture is a typical scene in lndianu|x>lis homes today. Virginia Burl Malcolm, 3. (laughter of Mr. and Mrs. .1, B. Malcolm, 1412 N. Tuxedo St., is shown looking at the presents of Mary Henderson, 12, at the home of her mother, Mrs. Maurice Henderson, 1110 X. Tuxedo St., which is next door to Virginia’s.
food and toys, were meant for them. I certainly enjoyed being Santa Claus to them.” Among- others who were happy Santa was Mrs. Joe Maloff, 1604 Cos Ave. “The family lived upstairs in a rickety place and seemed in dire need.” Mrs. Maloff remarked. There was a little boy, Dav’d, 3 years old. His little baby heart was full of love and he wanted to put his arms around me when I gave him some of the toys. I’m so very glad I took this family to help.” Chili Is Santa The Sunshine Club, with Mrs. Edward Bothkopf, 1012 Taber St., at their head, was the happiest and jolliest kind of Santa to their family. “It was an experience we all enjoyed,” remarked Mrs. Rothkopf. “We took three baskets of food,’ which will last for several days, and the family seemed very worthy and very happy at our- visit.” The day girls of the Webster telephone exchange were bubbling over after they returned from beings "Santa.” “The children of the family were tickled to death,” said MlsA Gertrude Rasener, “and the mother was so sweet and grateful that we quite fell in love with her.” The family which Mrs- A. P. Stephenson of Fairfield Ave. took care of was overwhelmed' with joy when their Santa arrived. “Go 1 bless you,” the old mother of the family said again and again. Many others who had taken over the work of being Santa to needy families, telephoned in to the Santa Claus editor and expressed themselves as delighted with having given out Christmas joy in this way. One generous Indinaapolis Santa, not heretofore mentioned, who took ear* of two needy families was Harry Rubens, 40 W. Washington St. Miss Estelle Deery, 1115 N. New Jersey St., also provided two families with baskets. Other Santas included Mrs. Celia Keers, 19il Dexter Ave.; Misses Pearl Oakes, and Martha Leonard, representing the Beta Gamma Tau sorority; Mrs. Milton Cohn, 3527 Col. legs Ave.; Mrs. J. M. Vance, 651 E. Forty-Fourth St.: Mrs. W. L. Borinstein, 5009 Washington Blvd., and Cnarles Sansbury of the Royal Hotel. WRECK DEATHS AT 20 Badly Mangled Body. Last Found, Not Yet Identified. Bu United PrrtH ROCKMART, Ga., Dec. 25. —the tangled wreckage of the crack southern flyer, the Ponce De Leon, a badly mangled body was found Christmas eve, bringing the total list of dead in the crash of the flyer with the Royal Palm Limited to twenty. Three others, seriously injured, were near death in hospitals. The body found last nig'ht was in such condition that identification 4s practically impossible. With the blame for the wreck of Thursday placed by Southern Railway officials on Robert M. Pierce, engine foreman, who was at the throttle when the crash occurred, plans were under way today to push Federal legislation rpaking it unlawful for anyone hut a train engineer to control the throttle during a run. Representative-elect L. J. Steele, successor to Representative Upshaw of the Fifth district', Georgia, will back the proposad law. FIVE TAKEN IN RAIDS Dry Agents Make Four Raids in Christinas Clean-Up. Four arrests were added Friday to the one Thursday arrest, as a result of four raids made by Federal prohibition agents, under the direction of A. R. Harris, deputy prohibition administrator. Fred Smith, 40, and Henry Mitchell, 28, Negroes, were charged with the sale and possession of liquor at 643 Indiana Ave., and William Howard, Negro, operator of a poolroom at North and Missouri Sts., was charged with maintaining a nuisance. Myrtle Farmer, Negro, of 932 Fayette St., was charged with the sale of liquor, and August Poxvell, of 715 Holmes Ave.. was arrested Thursday and charged with the sale of liquor. BOY SAVES DOG Twelve-year-old David Hadley, 3132 N. New Jersey St., leaped into the icy waters of Fall Creek Friday to save a neighbor’s dog from drowing. The dog was Bobby, 6-month-oid collie of A. F. Lewis, 3141 N. New Jersey St.
CONSIDERING A GLAD CHRISTMAS IN HOLLYWOOD Dan Thomas Writes of the Inside Dope on Star Activities. By Dan Thomas NEA Serrlce Wrlftr HOLLYWOOD, CfeL, Deg 1 . 24Wandering here and there among the Kleigs: Mildred Harris driving down the boulevard with her year-old son ....she used to be Mrs. Charlie Chaplin... .Ken Maynard wearing knickers... .he would look more natural in chaps.... Ken is one of the few movie cowboys who really hail from a western ranch.... Mme. Naztmova watching the workmen erecting anew hotel where her sumptuous home once stood... .Pauline Starke giving some instructions to her chauffeur Johnnie Walker and Eugene O’Brien chatting about nothing in particular Georgia llale wearing a white and tan cowhide coat....they are X’ery popular this season Paul Ellis with a very pretty girl... .wonder who she is? ....he used to he a bull fighter in Mexico... .now he is a dancer and a sheik on the silver sheet Walter Hiers coming out of a cigar store ....he looks even fatter... .and there’s Trixie Frlganza just across the street... .what a great couple they would make... .Glady’s Brockwell. young flapper, who often plays mother roles, buying some beauty cream.... Mary McAllister’s wondering if she will again be teamed with “Rfd” Grange when the famous pigskin carrier returns to this hamlet of cameras Jerry Miley “bumming” a ride with John Miljan.... wonder where his own car is? James Kirkwood and his wife, Lila Lee... .wonder why they never play opposite one another on the screen? ... .perhaps it’s because directory are afraid a woman couldn't inject enough passion inter a love scene with her own husband... .they are
American Beauties
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All the American Beauties at Pasadena’s fortlieoming Tournament of Roses won’t be the kind that grow on stems. This picture proves It. It shows Miss Ouina Lisk with an armful of blooms waiting to take part In the tournament.
very devoted, though... .and never figure in any scandals. Once there xvas an assistant director who said ’’no”—which is quite an achievement in this industry of “yes men.” The man was Richard Rosson and the “no" was his reply when he was offered his first job as director. “I wanted to wait until I knew that I could put my first picture over with a bang,” explains Rosson. And Rosson did just that. His first picture, Gloria Swanson in "Fine Manners,” was a huge success. Now lie’s directing Adolphe Menjou. Ten babies, heirs and heiresses of the film colony, saw Christmas for the first time this year. They were Sally Anne Carewe, Marcella Bushman. Barbara Anne Blue, Donald Hughes, Marie Reachi, Carey Anthony Wilson, Sydney Earle Chaplin, Helene Beverly Carr, David Herbert Rawlinson and Pamela Behn. Tom Gallery, husband of Zazu Pitts, who for the last two years has been match-maker for the Hollywood Legion Stadium, has decided that the boxing club doesn’t keep him sufficiently busy. So he has gone back into pictures as a leading man. Colleen Moore has a doll house which she furnished herself and with which she amuses herself during dull hours. Milton SiTs likes to patter around in his garden. Lewis Stone never misses a summer session of an officers’ training camp. Billie Dove goes in for swimming, riding and golf—all learned before the camera. So go there hobbies. In 1915 Count Ilya Tolstoy embarked upon bis first venture in a small Russian village. He was the director and played an important role. The townspeople were used for "atmosphere." Today Tolstoy is an important figure in the film capital. He is a technical advisor for the filming of “Resurrection.” The next step forward in the motion picture industry may be natural vision photoplay and stereoscopic projection. Commodore J. Stuart Blackton, founder of Vitagraph, and George Spoor are backing the new invention. The secret lies in a new-ly-invented camera lense which records an object just ah it is seen with the eyes. The film used is sfightly more than twice the size of that now in use.
DEC. 25, 1926
LOCAL LIVESTOCK, BUSINESS SHOWS SEASONAL EFFECT \ Conditions Here and Elsewhere Normal for " Period. The past week has been a normal one in the local livestock market, considering the fact that it immediately preceded Christmas. Conditions here have corresponded favorably with other market, centers, and with the same period in previous years at the Indianapolis stockyards. Receipts of all livestock have been lower than in recent weeks, but mueh the same as other prerChristmas xveeks. In the hog market there was less change of prices than usual at this season. The week closed with ‘prices 20 to 30 cents higher than a week ago. Friday the bulk sold at sl2, the top paid was $12.10 per hundredweight. For some time tho price has lingered around the sl2-mark, and tho killers show a willingness clean up the receipts, so it they consider the porkers worth that amount. Orders have been soarce above sl2. Better cattle trade here is anticipated for next week. Receipts dropped off, strong prices on heavy steers resulting, while Christmas yearlings were forced down $1 to $1.50 below the price a week ago. Heavy cat’tle is expected to be preferred to yearlings with the opening rtf* another week, and with better trade at the local stockyards. More Calves The calf market was the only one here to increase receipts this week over last. In spite of the greater number the week closed with the bulk selling from $1.50 to $2.50 higher than the preceding Saturday, and the top was $1.50 above the best price the previous week-end. Sheep and lambs closed little different from a week ago, although there had been some fluctuation of prices during the week. Throughout the circuit receipts have been light, and the market showed more strength. The table below shows a comparison of total receipts of all livestock at tho local exchange for the five-day period ending Dec. 24 with the market week closing Dec. 18, and the difference between these two. Table Live- —Week Ending— Difstock Dec. 18 Dec. 24 ference Hogs .... 35,000 21,000 —14,000 Cattle 6,500 3,300 —3,200 Calves ~.. 3,600 3,800 -|- 200 Sheep .... 4,800 2,200 2,6<^— DINNER FOR FRENC® Sigma Delta Clii Head Here Manday Night, Roy L. French, national president of Sigma Delta Chi, will be the guest ■of the Indianapolis alumni chapter at a dinner Monday night at tho Chamber of Commerce. French is professor of journalism at tho University of North Dakota. Hilton U. Brown, secretary and treasurer of the Indianapolis News, Benjamin F. Lawrence, general manager of the Indianapolis Star, and Boyd Gurley, editor of The Indianapolis Times, also will be guests. Prior to the dinner a num”ber of associate members of the Butler University chapter will be given the initiatory work. Edwin V. O’Neel is president of the alumni chapter. 69 SLATED AT PRISON Women Lead Men in Liquor Law Violations. Women outnumbered men hold on liquor charges at city prison Christmas day. Three women were charged with drunkenness, while there were only two men slated. Nine women and seven men were held on blind tiger charges. Forty-five men and twentyfour women were slated between 5 p. m. Friday and 7 a. m. Others were charged witli statutory offenses, larceny, assault battery, gambling and deadly weapons. Muncipal Judge Dan V. White and Paul Wetter held court, and dismissed those Jield on minor charges. , FOUND DEAD IN ALLEY Unidentified Negro May Have Taken Poison. Motor Policemen Eller and Cooney found an unidentified dead Negro in the rear of 323 W. Wabash St. early today. Two small empty vials, which might have contained poison, were found by Dr. Paul F. Robinson, coroner, who ordered the body removed to city morgue. Hospital authorities said the man, about 45, had been dead several hours. BANKRUPTCY PETITION Kirkpatrick (Ind.) Merchant Makes Plea in Federal Court. Thomas E. Gray, Kirkpatrick, Ind., merchant, has filed a petition for bankruptcy in Federal Court, listing his liabilities at $2,736.92. His assets are stated to be $1,069.89, of which he claims an exemption of S6OO. SLAIN IN AUTOMOBILE Bu Lnitrd Bren* KANSAS CITY, Kan., Dec. 25. Francis Martling, 29, salesman, xf’fcs shot and killed as he eat in his automobile in front of his home here last night, preparatory to delivering Christmas gifts. Martling was found fatally wounded and died* before he could make a statement. A reward of SI,OOO Was ottered for capture of the fiureg.