Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 212, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 January 1928 — Page 2

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BUDGET SLASH CAUSES CLASH OFPARK BOARD 7*o Members to Defy Slack's Orders for Dismissing Employes. Park board members Adolph G. fSmhardt and Mrs. Mary Hoss were expected to clash with Mayor L. Ert ■Slack this afternoon at a meeting of the board when a vote was to be taken on recommendation to dismiss several employes in accordance with the reduced budget. Emhardt, a Democrat, and Mrs. Hoss, active Republican, who have teamed during their term on the park board, bolted on Mayor Slack’s recommendations. If called to vote to break a 2 to 2 tie, Slack said he wtould decline to vote, for the time being, but would make a statement. Mrs. Hoss objected to the recommendations submitted by Superintendent R. Walter Jarvis to keep the pay roll within the limited fund because two of her relatives were in the list for dismissal. Seeks to Save Relatives They are Frank Hoss, construction superintendent, and Harold McClure, golf course employe. Hoss is a stepson and McClure a grandson. Slack asked Emhardt and Mrs. Hoss to resign from the board Jan. 3, to insure harmony with other board members and the administration. The first sign of dissension on the part of Emhardt and Mrs. Hoss was when they bolted on the mayor’s recommendation and went into a secret caucus with Michael Foley and John E. Milnor, other board members. Foley, a Democrat, and Milnor, Republican, are considered friendly to the administration. Mayor Slack May Vote It was understood Mrs. Hoss suggested she would vote for the dismissals if her relatives were left on the city pay roll, but it was indicated that the administration forces would not compromise. Dismissal of Recreation Director Jesse P. McClure and Landscape Architect A. W. Brayton Jr. are other important positions to be abolished under the recommendation. Mayor Slack would not say whether he would exercise his power to vote at the meeting, breaking the tie vote. PREDICT MORE HOMES Builders Expect 25 Per Cent Increase Over Last Year. Twenty-five per cent more homes are planned for construction in Indianapolis this year than last because of expected increased business by members of the Indianapolis Home Builders’ Association. Members of the association at the Athenaeum, Wednesday night, of•fered a standing reward of $25 for arrest and conviction of anyone stealing from construction work of an association member. T. E. Grinslade of the Grinslade Construction Company, spoke on problems and advantages in building five-room modern frame bungalows. Everett J. Holloway, past president, was presented a desk set.

CENTRAL DEBATERS WIN Co>Eds Given Decision Over Earlham College by Judges. Indiana Central College co-ed debating team won over Earlham College co-eds Wednesday night here in a debate on “Resolved, That the United States Should Now Withdraw From the Philippines.” The local negative team was composed of Miss Clara Proctor, Miss Vivian Mosher and Miss Marguerite Brockschmidt. Members of the visiting team were: Mi§s Norma Engle, Miss Frances Glasgow and Miss Elsie Swander. Judges were Prof. Claude Sifritt, Butler University; Prof. Harold T. Ross, De Pauw University, and Prof. E. H. Shidler, Franklin College. 14 Killed in Factory Blast By United Prett KURUME, Japan, Jan. 12.—Fourteen workers were killed and two injured in an explosion at a flreworks factory here today. TO KILL COLDS and prevent "Flu,'* Grippe or Pneumonia, take Bulgarian Herb Tea HOT at bedtime. Also fine for constipation—3sc, Tse. Druggists everywhere.—Advertisement.

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SUE KLAN FOR RENT $1,500 Damages, Receiver for Kluxers Asked. Evidence in a suit for $1,500 damages and appointment of a receiver for Marion County Klan No. 3 will be presented Superior Judge Byron K. Elliott next Thursday. The complaint was filed several months ago by August Buschmann & Sons against the county organization alleging part of the Buschmann building, Eleventh St., and College Ave„ was leased by the order and several months rent was unpaid. It also was averred that five electric fans and 200 chairs provided by the plaintiff were removed from the structure. Defendants named are: W. Lee Smith, trustee, Charles J. Orbiscn, John L. Duvall, Jesse P. McClure, Orin E. Davis, Alonzo Jeffers, City Clerk William Boyce and William C. Buser. It is alleged the Klan owns a lot here and asks a receiver be appointed for the sale of it.

PROMOTED IN BANK Neal Grider Vice President of Peoples State. Neal Grider, cashier of the Peoples State Bank, has been elected vice president and cashier, Felix M. McWhirter, president, announced today with other promotions in bank personnel. Raymond D. Jackson, bond department head, was named vice president and manager of the bond department. Montgomery S. Lewis, of the bond department, was advanced to assistant manager. “Despite the fact that this is one of those years in which the cry of presidential election and its detrimental effects is heard, I think the industrious man in the United States has little to fear in the immediate future,” said McWhirter. The institution also doubled its surplus, he said.

PRESS FIGHT ON FIRES Slack Contemplates Improvements in Prevention Bureau. Improvements in the fire prevention bureau are contemplated by Mayor Slack, he said at a meeting Wednesday at the Walker Theater. Slack spent the afternoon on a tour of buildings where fire fighting methods and drills were demonstrated under direction of Fire Prevention Chief Horace Carey. Value of the fire prevention department and the need for extending its activities were cited in Slack’s speeches. Hoosier Soldier Wounded By Timex Special WABASH, Ind., Jan. 12.—Relatives here have been advised of the wounding of Lieut. W. T. Minnick, U. S. A. medical corps, during fighting in Nicaragua. He formerly lived in Wabash county and for a few years practiced medicine at Somerset. \

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FIND STOLEN GOODS Woman Store Proprietor Is Held as ‘Fence.’ Miss Thelma Benninger, 22, of 2313 N. LaSalle St., was under arrest today for the second time this week on charges of being a “fence" for stolen merchandise. She was arrested Monday when detectives investigated her dry goods store at 1829 Central Avc., following clews developed by the shooting and arrest of her brother, Clarence Benninger, 26, last Friday night. Benninger was shot by State Policeman Charles Bridges when he tried to escape arrest on charges of stealing an automobile. Officers said shirts, stolen by burglars m a Broad Ripple dry goods store, were found in the store operated by Miss Benninger at 204 S. State Ave. They allege that S3OO worth of other stolen merchandise was found at this store and her other on Central Ave. The goods are said to have been identified as those stolen from the store of Mrs. jllva Bok at 1006 N. Bosart Ave. on the night of Oct. 27.

SCHOOLS INSPECTED Four Improvements to Cost Half Million. Inspection of conditions at four schools where additions are planned this year was made today by school, State tax board, Indiana Taxpayers’ Association and Chamber of Commerce officials. The proposed improvements are located at School 80, Marion Ave. and Sixty-Third St.; School 47, at 1240 W. Ray St.; School 43, at 150 W. Fortieth St., and School 66, at 604 E. Maple Rd. Estimated cost of the four additions is $582,865, for which a SBOO,OOO bond issue is planned. Those making the inspection included several tax board members, Willis Nusbaum, Indiana Taxpayers’ Association attorney; William H. Book, Chamber of Commerce Civic Affairs director; Charles W. Kern, school commissioner; Jacob Hilkene, buildings and grounds superintendent, and Albert H. Walsman, business director.

PUSH REQUEST FOR MINE STRIKE PROBE Senator Johnson Claims Conditions in Field Are Intolerable. Bu Timex SDerial WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Senator Hiram W. Johnson has asked the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce committee to take prompt action on his resolution calling for investigation of labor conditions in the coal field of Pennsylvana, West Virginia and Ohio. Johnson called for the investigation at the urgent plea of the United Mine Workers of America, after Senators in the territory affected had been appealed to and has refused to interfere. “The conditions reported beggar description, “Senator Johnson said in putting his resolution before the Senate. “I ask that the Interstate Commerce Committee give its best effort to learning if hese reports are true, and if conditions exist as outlined, I ask that the committee uncover them fearlessly, and let the people understand exactly what is happening.” AID TO POLICE WIDOWS Seventy-four widows of Indianapolis policemen received benefits from the police pension fund during 1927, the annual report to trustees by Capt. O. D. Thomas, secretary, shows. Eighteen orphans, fifty-two retired policemen, two retired policewomen and ten disabled men received annuities, and thirteen death benefits were paid.

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BUDGET QUESTIONED Slack’s Authority to Cut Draws Clerk’s Fire. City Clerk William A. Boyce Jr. today questioned the legality of Mayor L. Ert Slack’s reductions in the 1928 appropriation to meet the reduced levy ordered by the State tax board. Boyce pointed out the 1927 statute authorized the State tax board to designate where tax levy reductions shall apply in the budget, but does not give it power to delegate the authority. The State board ordered Slack to make a $60,000 reduction in the appropriation after several conferences between the board and city officials. The board announced members felt the mayor could make the cuts more Intelligently than the board. Boyce reminded Mayor Slack in a letter that the city clerk’s office is not under direction of the mayor, since it is an elective position. Boyce took exception to a letter from the mayor in which he said “I hereby order you” to make a budget reduction. Eoyce replied that the reduction already had been recommended by him.

COUNTIES GET SCHOOL MONEYS FROM STATE Marion Leads With $199,076 in Semi-Annual Distribution. Marion County’s school fund today was richer by $199,076 as a result of the semi-annual distribution of the State school fund by Ray P. Wisehart, State superintendent of public instruction. Distribution is made on the basis of school enumeration in each county and on per capita apportionment of $2,137, and Marion County, in addition to the per capita distribution, receives $1,717 in unpaid transfer charges to be distributed between the Indianapolis city schools and the school sos Franklin Township, the city schools receiving $1,214. Total school enumeration for Indiana gathered in April showed 843,713 children of school age, Marion County leading with 92,319. The State school fund accrues from the seven-cent State tuition levy. This fund totaled $1,865,755, from which $559,726 was deducted as 30 per cent of the December tax collection to be placed in the State aid fund. I. U. Students Give Revue Bn Timm Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Jan .12. Ninety-seven students have parts in “Campus Affairs,” all-student revue presented by the Garrick Club of Indiana University. The second presentation of the revue will be given on the campus tonight. The first was offered Wednesday night.

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INSPECT SEWAGE PLANT Mayor Heads Tour of Garbage Reductions System. Mayor L. Ert Slack headed a party making an inspection tour of the Indianapolis sewage disposal and garbage reduction plants today under direction of Charles H. Hurd, consulting engineer. The party included President O. C. Ross of the sanitary board; City Engineer A. H. Moore; William H. Insley of the City Manager League; Corporation Counsel John W. Holtzman, and Dr. William F. King, State health board secretary.

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REMY DECLARES GAMBLING WAR Three Men Sentenced for Operating Resorts. “Gambling in Indianapolis must be halted,” declared Prosecutor William H. Remy today. This followed sentencing in Criminal Court Monday afternoon of three men for operating gaming places. The men and sentences are; Raymond Silverman, 109 Kentucky Ave., $lO and ten days in jail; George, Shockley, 309 Marion Bldg., four’ months on the Indiana State Farm and SSOO fine; William Maher, 702 Massachusetts Ave., ten days and SIOO. “I believe it is not right to arrest nickel craps shooters and let men who are trimming persons of thousands of dollars in systematic gambling get away with it,” Remy told Judge James A. Collins. William Reilly, attorney for Shockley, announced appeal will be taken from the court’s ruling. He told the court that if Harry Underwood, the State’s chief witness, who testified he lost $6,000 to the defendants, had won the money “nothing would have been said about It.” NAMED EAGLE SCOUT Ralph Thompson, Troop 55, First to Win Honor This Year. Ralph Thompson, Troop 55, was given the rank of Eagle Scout Wednesday night, at a meeting of the court of honor at the First Presbyterian Church. He is the first Eagle Scout this year. Sixty merit badges were awarded to members of twenty-two troops. Star rank was won by Chester Starkey, Troop 76; Leonard Schneider, Troop 49; Robert Jarvis. Troop 40; Clarence and Charles Nelson, Troop 38. The next court will be held Feb. 8, at the public library. ADVANCE BANK WORKER Burk Nichols Made Assistant Trust Officer of Fletcher Bank. Burke Nicholas was advanced to assistant trust officer at the annual election of the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company and all other officers re-elected. Nicholas has been an employe of the trust company for six years. Francis A. Ohleyer also is assistant trust officer. Two subsidiary companies, the Fletcher Joint Stock Land Bank and the Fletcher Savings and Trust Bidg. Company, re-elected officers.