Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 152, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 November 1927 — Page 9

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LOW SCALE OF WAGES HIT AS BRAKEONCITY Indianapolis Near Bottom of List in U. S. on Average Pay to Workers. UNION LEADERS SPEAK Call for Change in Method If Greater Prosperity Is to Be Won. Declaring that Indianapolis is failing to achieve the prosperity that is its due, two international trades union officials, in a letter addressed to Edward O. Snethen, r.s chairman of the Indianapolis Industrial Foundation, lay much of the blame for the situation on the low wage level which they allege prevails here. James C. Shanessy, general president, and Jacob Fischer, general secretary treasurer, of the Journeymen Barbers International Union of North America, with he - dqu .rters here, authors of the letter, assert that statistics reveal Indianapolis stands fifty-first in a list of seventyfour large cities in average wages paid to industrial workers. The letter points out: # That Baltimore and New Orleans are the only cities equal to or larger than Indianapolis in population which pay a lower average wage, , Little Money to Spend That “the anti-union-low-wage policy” is injuring the city, in that men cannot “spend money in stores, with professional classes and the like if they do not have it to spend.” That the total average wage paid for every man, woman and child in Indianapolis in 1925, the latest figures available, was $149.96, as compared with a national average in seventy-four cities of $157.97. The letter in part follows: “It has come to our attention that you are engaged actively in a movement to establish a $1,000,000 industrial foundation in Indianapolis to promote the city’s prosperity and growth. As residents and property owners of this city, we are interested in any movement directed to this end and would like to help in our humble way. Unions Help Banks “You are aware, no doubt, that five important trade unions maintain their international headquarters in this city and have done so for many years. They spend money here, employ help at good wages and—what' may appear of more immediate importance—maintain large deposits of money in the local banks, which materially increase the industrial and commercial loaning power of these istitutions. “Mind you, we do not assume to speak officially for all these unions, but mention them here only to give significance to suggestions that follow. Assuredly they feel about the situation much the same as we do. “Indianapolis is known as a ‘low wage’ center and an ‘open shoppers’ paradise. Determined opposition of business interest, especially since the war, has served to defeat most labor organization efforts herfe. In consequence, wages are far below the average for cities of this class. “Let us reflect that such authorities as President Coolidge, Secretary Hoover, Secretary Davis, Owen D. Young of the General Electric, B. C. Forbes, business analyst; Henry Ford *and a host of others have declared that market strength and prosperity are dependent on the buying power of the masses, which means high wages. Methods Are Obsolete “That Indianapolis has not enjoyed an influx of factories, as a result of its anti-union wage complexion, is due to the fact that this method of luring industrial entreperieurs is obsolete. “Now, to fix the character of this city from the worker’s viewpoint. We are indebted to Thomas C. Lewis, statistician of the International Typographical Union, for these figures, which cover 1925. (If later figures were available, it is likely they would paint a more mournful picture.) “Among seventy-four large cities, for which governmental figures are available, to show average earnings of workers, Indianapolis stands fifty-first. Only two other cities of equal size or larger than Indianapolis pay their workers a lower average yearly income. Those two cities are New Orleans and Baltimore. “In the former city the low average is Accounted for by the large number of poorly paid and frequently idle Negro workers, while in Baltimore poorly paid Negro and women workers bring the average down. “Indianapolis industries fell short in 1925 of paying their workers an average income by the sum of $2,745,000. Hurts All Classes “That means that this amount failed to reach the pockets of Indianapolis merchants, doctors, lawyears, theaters, etc. For, mark this: The worker spends all his money, or nearly all, in his home town, whereas the owners of Indianapolis industries—many of whom live elsewhere —spend theirs in New York, Chicago and even in Europe. “In other words, as all leading economists preach the prosperity of any community depends upon the free circulation of money, as is had in all communities where workers are organized and receive fair wages. “We sincerely hope that the Industrial Foundation Plan will meet with success, but would it not be wise to examine employer strategy as a more immediate means of increasing the city’s prosperity?”

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EVEN PICTURES GO OUT WITH MAYORS Face of Duvall on Detective Chief’s Wall Is Gone and Worley’s Hangs in Its Place.

’l FTIMES great events are disCJi closed t 0 the world by the | observance of very minor things. Herewith is related a tale of portraits which perhaps shows anew line-up in Marion County politics. When John L. Duvall became mayor of Indianapolis and Claude M. Worley became detective chief under Police Chief Claude F. Johnson there appeared on the detective chief’s desk a handsome framed picture of Mayor Duvall. In those days Worley and Johnson were not the best of friends. That picture has remained there since Johnson, promoted to city controller and then reduced to detective chief, has been in office. Today It was mysteriously gone and in its place sat a handsome picture of the present police chief, Claude M. Worley. Likewise on the wall through the regime of Worley and Johnson as

SHUMAKER ‘IN DARK’ ON CASE REOPENING

Counsel Undecided on Call for Witneses at New Hearing Nov. 21. “We don’t know what it’s all about,” Ethan A. Miles, Indiana Anti-Saloon League counsel, said today when asked if defense witnesses were to be called in the reopening of the Shumaker contempt case scheduled by the Supreme Court for Nov. 21. Miles, James Bingham Sr., special defense counsel, and Secretary E. S. Shumaker of the Anti-Saloon League were expected to confer Wednesday regarding the new hearing of evidence. In setting the date, Chief Justice Julius C. Travis wrote a memorandum pointing out that witnesses may be called by either side. “We can lay no plans until we know what course the questioning will take,” Miles asserted. “It is of no use for us to select witnesses unless we know that their testimony would be of some value. After we learn what it is all about, we may request that court to extend time for introduction of defense witnesses.” The case was reopened upon motion of Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom, for increase of sentence because of the Shumaker-Watson latter incident. Defense motion to make the GijNliom motion more specific was turned down. Present sentence of Shumaker js $250 fine and sixty days at Indiana State Farm. Five Teeth Pulled; Woman Dies WORCESTER, Mass., Nov. 3. Extraction of five teeth proved fatal to Mrs. Jennie Kozloski, 59, who died in a dentist’s chair following a heart attack.

•HE OUGHT TO BE HANGED,’ SAY OIL TRIAL JURORS OF SUSPECTED ‘BROTHER’

BY RUTH FINNEY rrraASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—One YU verdict has been given by YY the discharged Fall-Sin-clair jury, although the verdict it had expected to givA awaits the decision of twelve other men and’ women. This concerns Edward J. Kidwell, one of them until he was withdrawn by the court. “That fellow ought to be hanged,” said one juror, and the rest agreed with various degrees of warmth.

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detective chief there had hung a picture of Arthur R. Robinson, junior United States Senator from Indiana. Today that was gone. A picture of Clyde Robinson, county treas-urer-elect was in its place. In the police chief’s office a picture of Duvall has hitng from the wall. Today it was removed from the nail and left lying face downward on a bookcase. Johnson and Worley conferred long in Worley’s office Wednesday and left seemingly the best of friends. Otis Dodson, courthouse politician, said to have replaced George V. Coffin as city hall boss, called on Worley later. As Dodson left several police officers shook him by the hand as if to say: “I’m for you. Do I keep my job?” Worley, Claude Johnson and Major Lewis Johnson went to lunch together.

Josephine ' Bu United Press WATERVLIET, N. Y., Nov. 3. Thieves looted Joseph Smith’s auto and he listed as among the plunder eight boxes of talcum powder, a manicure set, a brass flower bowl and two boudoir lamps.

FIND HANGING BODY Relatives of Missing Men Seek Identification. Belief that the body of the man found hanging to a tree limb at Harding St. and Troy Ave. late Wednesday might be one of the several missing men listed wtih the police missing person bureau was expressed by Miss Leona Foppiano, bureau head, today. The body, appearing to be that of In aged white man, was found with a slip noose about the neck, the knees touching the ground, by Lawrence and Melvin Anderson, 1845 Howard St., and Forrest McConnell, 1742 Howard St., while hunting. He appeared to be about 70, and wore dark clothing. Miss Foppiano was in communication with relatives of missing persons today so they might view the body. Deputy Coroner Austin Todd said the man had been dead a month. Quits Pulpit to Be Salesman EAST BRIDGEWATER, Mass., Nov. 3.—Unable to make a “comfortable living” as pastor of the local Methodist-Episcopal Church, the Rev. J. Marlin Hawthorne has resigned to become a salesman.

The eleven are indignant that one of their number has brought about a situation which even remotely connects them with scandal. “Everybody will suspect us of something or other after this,” said one man. “People won’t remember the details of this, and they won’t remember that we didn’t •do anything wrong, 1 but they will remember we were mixed up in it.”

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CORNERSTONE IS PLACED AT SHGRTRIOGE Commemorates Sacrifice and Valor of All Those Who Served. RITES ARE IMPRESSIVE School Leaders and Alumni Participate in School Ceremonies. The new Shortridge High School was compared to the War Memorial building,” commemorating the valor and sacrifices of all who served,” by Dr. Herbert T. Wagner, alumni representative, at corner stone laying exercises at the new school building, Thirty-Fourth and Meridian Sts., this afternoon. The exercises, presided over by Principal George Buck and witnessed by a large gathering, were impressive. A dedication poem, written by Mrs. Angeline P. Carey, faculty member, was read. Shortridge pupils were dismissed at 1:40 to attend in a body. Music by the Shortridge band, conducted by Earl Cristoph, and introductory remarks by Principal Buck, opened the exercises. Addresses were made by Superintendent Charles F. Miller, Dr. Wagner, and James Howard Otto, representing the student body. School Work in Store Archives deposited by Emmett A. Rice, vice principal, included signatures of all graduates since 1869, 1 the 1926 annual, the first annual published in 1894, copy of all Shortridge publications, list of studies, report cards, copies of Indianapolis newspapers, samples of school work, an album and articles written by George W. Benton and Lawrence C. Shull, former principals, and the dedication poem. The corner stone was laid by Theodore F. Vonnegut, school board president. Dr. Wagner paid tribute to faculty members, past and present, for inspiring the spirit of sacrifice and service and for their efforts toward better manhood and womanhood. “Shortridge stanas for broad culture and what is noblest in American citizenship,’’ he said. "Graduates of Shortridge of fifty years ago. still are making worthy records for themselves and bringing credit on their school and city. Sees New Opportunities “While the alumni regret abandoning the old building we all learned to love, still we appreciate the increased opportunities of the Shortridge of the future.” Dr. Wagner paid tribute to old teachers, including Miss Laura Donnan, Mrs. Angeline P. Carey, Miss Amelia Platter, Miss Charity Dye, Miss Rhoda Selleck, Mr. Mueller, Junious Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. George Hufford, Edgar Forsythe “and others who have taught alumni how to be good citizens and to take an active part in things worth while.” “The old Shortridge has been glorious, but the new Shortridge will be even more glorioius,” Otto said, “and her ideals of scholarship, sportsmanship and citizenship will endure like the corner stone we are laying today. • “Removed from the noise of downtown streets, the quiet of this neighborhood of homes will be appreciated. This modern, wellequipped building will become a community center that will contribute to our education for citizenship. New Home for Memories “Laying of the corner stone marks the transition from the shortridge of the past to the Shortridge of the future, but the new Shortridge ii net anew institution, rather anew home for the old school with its rich traditions and hallowed memories “The ideals, as shown in student enterprises, have been established firmly and will be maintained.” “Education is not merely a preparation for life; it is living day by day in such manner that one can be looked upon as a force in all things that make for social betterment,” Miller said. Eliminates Drudgery “Not merely from the economic standpoint should we stress education takes the drudgery out of toil. “The longevity of the republic, the maintenance of law and order, the prosperity of our people, the sanctity of the home depend upon a welldirected intelligence of our young manhood and womanhood." The new building, to be completed Dec. I 1928, will cost more than $1,250,000. It is nearly a block long, extending from Meridian to Pennsylvania St., between Thirty-Fourth and Thirty-Fifth Sts.

K TIDWELL never did any talking around us,” said another. “He was so silent we thought he couldn’t talk at all. I don’t know where he got that stuff about card games and craps. There wasn’t any of that going on.” The jurors all said they were unaware they had been followed by Burns detectives. “They sure had a hard time if they followed me last Sunday night,” said one young man. ‘I

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MINERS RETURN TO PICKET LINE Desperate Attempts Made to Block Work. Bu United Press DENVER, Nov. 3.—As coal mines in Colorado slowly began reopening, 1., W. W. leaders today made desperate efforts to influence striking miners to resume picketing. With collapse of an announced picketing campaign yesterday, miners meeting in Aguilar. Ludlow, and Walsenburg were urged to “win the strike by picketing.” At Aguilar forty men agreed to be on picket lines at 4 a. m. today. Leaders at Walsenburg claimed that 150 automobiles loaded with picketers would be ready at 6 a. m. In Ludlow and Trinidad pickets also | were organized, but there was no i definite claim as to when they would march against the mines which have reopened durng the last tv.o days, t Governor William 11. Adams issued 1 another warning against picketing, when notified of the action taken by the meetings. “The moment picketing is begun, the miners will find out to their sorrow the move was unwise,” he said. 24 LOST IN FLOODS Hundreds of Homes, Mines Damaged in Wales. Bu United Press CARDIFF, Wales, Nov. 3.—Hundreds of homes and coal mines have been flooded, and railway, telegraph and telephone lines have been cut by serious floods following torrential rains in southern Wales. It is feared twenty-four persons have been lost and two Irish vessels which have not been heard from since Friday’s storms. ‘COLD FEET’ AT ALTAR Gary Woman Asks $20,000 for Marriage Failure llil Times Special m GARY, Ind., Nov. 3.—Charles Piestanskis obtained a marriage license in Chicago and another at Crown Point, but still refused to marry her. Miss Stella Liekes of this city alleges in a $20,000 breach of promise suit. The plaintiff alleges that she spent SSOO for wedding clothes and the wound to her pride makes up the remainder of the $20,000 she is asking. POLICE ASK FOR SWORDS Swedish Officers Find Night Sticks Is Not Enough. Bu United Press STOCKHOLM. Nov. 3. The sword is mightier than the night stick, in the opinion of the Stockholm police. Representatives of the Association of Policemen submitted a letter to the police commissioner urging that the sword be reinstated as a regular police weapon. The letter claims that the batom with* whicll the Stockholm cops have been armed for some time past is not a sufficient protection. The flashing blade of the sword is required to make night prowlers cringe in fear of the law, say the policemen. Hats Stolen at Church Bu United Press HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Nov. 3. —Hats belonging to five men attending services at the United Brethren church here were stolen by thieves who made the rounds of cloakrooms, selecting only the best hats.

took my girl home and we drove around about forty miles before we got there.” But they had been aware of certain people about the courthouse who apparently were much interested in what they were thinking. “A man came up to r-e here in the hall,” said one juror. “He said, ‘Say, I don’t think the Government has much of a case, do you?’ I told him to go away from me because I was a juror.” Several others told of similar incidents.

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Hens Pile Up Profits When Illness Forces Her to Quit Business Career; Dog Stays on Guard. BY GLADYS CRAIG Eight thousand baby chicks were raised this year by Mrs. Georgianna Webber, who in partnership with her husband, runs a model poultry farm on W. Kessler Blvd., called Gerrywood. More than 4,000 of these chickens were sold for consumption in their adolescence, which in chicken jargon is called “frying size.” About 2,000 were allowed to reach maturity because they proved to be prolific layers, and the fate of the rest hangs in the balance. Four thousand eggs a week constitutes the dull season at Gerrywood. In the busy season from March to June, the hens lay more than 20,000 eggs a week. Four years ago. Mrs. Webber found herself In failing health. For years she and her husband had been partners in a wholesale millinery concern. Close confinement to business t combined with responsibilities of home, wifehood and motherhood, proved too pressing.

“It was then that I thought of the poultry farm,” said Mrs. Webber. “Mr. Webber and I retired from the millinery business and found refreshment in the outdoor life, and a change of occupation.” Her rosy cheeks and trim figure illustrated the truth of her statement. Her workday attire is a fresh gingham dress, and her hair is bobbed and marcelled. “I never let anyone call me the chicken-lady, or the egg-woman,” she declared, smiling. Mrs. Webber went to Purdue to the poultry school. Then she came back and erected an up-to-date chicken village, with modern double boarded houses, windows, screens, ventilators, and heat for the little ones. She engaged a capable henhousekeeper to keep the place in order. Later, after 200 fowls lost their heads at the hands of a chicken thief, who carried away their bodies and left their heads behind, Mrs. Webber bought a large police day “Jack,” who guards the fathered citizens. Approves Careers for Women Mrs. Webber approves of careers for women. She does not think think that business makes women less able as wives and mothers, but more interesting. “I took two years off when my little girl was born,” she said. "It is the only time I ever lost from my work. Business has not separated

EF I had * nown there were detectives following me around, I would have thought the Government was suspicious of me, and I sure would have been sore at them,” said one man. The jurors found the case extremely interesting, they said, in spite of the fact that they never had taken the trouble to read about the oil scandals in the past. Several had questions to ask 'about the past history of oil

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me from my husband, but has Proved to be a bond between us. “Nor has it interfered in any way with my companionship with my daughter. We are just like two sisters and we write to each other every day.”

HIDES SECRET 40 YEARS Saw Ebert, German Leader, Clip Finger to Escape Army. Bu United Press SIOUX CITY, lowa, Nov. 3.—An lowa farmer probably could have doomed the late Fritz Ebert, first president of the German republic, to political oblivion but for the careful guardring of a secret. Silent for forty years, Ferdinand Fricke of Ashton. lowa, life long friend of Ebert, recently divulged the secreet. He claims he saw young Ebert, when the two were boyhood chums, cut off ts finger in order to escape service in the GTman army. Devotion to socialism prompted the boy Ebert to seek to evade military duty, Fricke says. Plans to Build School Bu Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Nov. 3.—Erection of £he consolidated school building a mile south of Chester, at a cost of $75,000 to SBO,OOO, is under consideration by Charles Hodge, trustee of Wayne township.

leases, and expressed intense interest in the Supreme Court opinion handed down the w ;k before they were sworn as Jurors, cancelling the lease of Teapot Dome. Tney had known nothing about it, they said. The two women Jurors .laid they hadn’t the slightest difficulty in following the Government’s intricate case, and expressed keenest disappointment that they would not hear the rest of it.

FUND CANVASS WILL BE FAST ANDWOUGH Army of Community Chest Workers Is Ready for Start Friday. PLANS ARE WELL LAID Chairman Marmon Deplores Rumors Without Basis That Hurt Drive. Speed and thoroughness are to mark the eighth annual campaign for the Indianapolis Community Fund which opens Friday, if plans formulated by the campaign executive committee are carried out along the lines indicated in final Instructions to all workers. "It is up to the public to help the army of 3,000 men and women to do Its job quickly and in a thorough manner,” said Walter C. Marmon, general campaign chairman. “The city-wide campaign opens Friday and is scheduled to continue for ten days,” added Marmon. “From reports brought in by the special gifts committees, at work for the last week, everyone connected closely with the campaign is more than optimistic over the determined spirit on the part of Indianapolis citizens to make this campaign a complete success. “Moreover, the army of fund workers is organized highly this year, and we are out to set a record. Cooperation of the public is what we need to put this campaign over within the ten-day- period, Nov. 4-14.” Interest Is High Earl Beck, general chairman of the employes' fellowship, organized this year, and which is taking an active part in the campaign, announces “far greater interest in the thirty-eight social service agencies supported through the Community Fund than ever has existed in Indianapolis before.’’ “Members of the employes’ fellowship will be disappointed keener if the number of fund subscribers among those employed in the city’s industrial establishments does not exceed last year’s donors in the same classification by at least 50 per cent,” Beck said. One inquiry frequently being received at fund headquarters relates to where subscriptions should be made. Chairman Marmon announces that the answer to this query is “give where you work.” Few Calls at Homes For the vast number of Indianapolis women whose chief work is housekeeping, this means that they should make their subscriptions at home when called on by some fund worker, unless some member of the family already has made the entire family donation at his place of employment. Asa general rule, says Marmon, no calls will be made on housekeepers whose husbands work in factories and stores and who are enrolled as fund subscribers. “There will be no promiscuous ringing of doorbells in the campaign,” Marmon said. “The army of fund workers has done its organization work before the drive and each worker has been furnished with prospect cards.” Chairman Marmon also spiked the rumor that workers receive a percentage of subscriptions they obtain. Rumor Is Spiked “This is a vicious rumor that has no foundation either in fact or fancy,*’ said Marmon. “In this same category falls the rumor that fund workers who attend the daily report luncheons are given free food. On the contrary, each workers is asked to pay his own bill. “Another inquiry we have received is ‘why don’t the wealthy give tills money?’ The answer is ‘They do give most of it.’ Last year the 211 largest givers contributed $347,308, more than half the total. “The Community Fund never Wvi be as large and as helpful o* It should be until every citizen in giving in proportion to his means. We want at least 60,000 givers this year.” GETS 25-YEAR BADGE Telephone Worker Ends Quarter Century of Service. A gold service emblem denoting twenty-five years in the telephone service has been presented to Charles A. Breece, general superintendent of interest companies. Breece started in 1901 as night switchboard repairman in the Akron exchange and was transferred to the division wire chief’s office in Columbus in 1907. The same year he was transferred to the equipment engineering force of the general office, Central Union Telephone Company, Indianapolis. As superintendent of unification, Breece joined the two telephone systems in Indianapolis Into one smoothly operating system in February, 1922. He has held his present position since that time. HOTEL HAS MINISTER Sermon Preached in Lounge Each Sunday Morning. Bu United Press CLEVELAND, Nov. 3.—Religious services are being offered along with other special conveniences for guests at a downtown Cleveland hotel. Each Sunday Dr. Alzamon Lucas, Baptist minister, preaches a sermon of about an hour’s duration In the lounge of the hotel. It Is believed to be the first time in America that a hotel has offered such servlcea.