Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 230, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 February 1928 — Page 3

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SO UTH SIDE PLANS MASS MEETING ON MA YOR TANGLE

BARTHOLOMEW’ WANTS CHANCE TO STATE CASE Delay Action on Resolution Asking Councilmen to Offer Resignations. IS READY FOR DEBATE Council President Asserts He’ll Not Quit Post, Despite Challenge. A mass meeting of south side citizens Wednesday to hear Council President Otis E. Bartholomew's defense of city council’s attack on Mayor L. Ert Slack was considered today by south side civic leaders. No meeting place has been selected. Southeastern Business Men's Association delayed action Wednesday night cn a resolution asking Republican councilmen who voted to oust Slack as mayor to resign. A group of south side leaders met to adopt the resolution, but postponed consideration because Harold Koch, president, believed such a question should not be discussed in a private business place. Bartholomew Is Defiant All Republican councilmen who are fighting Slack, a Democrat, are under indictment except O. Ray Albertson, who turned State's evidence on thq. other councilmen. Bartholomew and Walter Dorsett, who introduced the resolution to oust Slack, voted with three democrats to elect Slack mayor in Nov. 8. Bartholomew, one of the councilmen whose resignation was to have been requested, appeared shortly before the meeting convened. “Just what is this meeting for?” asked the council president. "A number of false rumors are going around. I wish you would call a mass meeting and I’ll be glad to tell •the people the straight of the story. Won't Resign “I have no reason to bow my head ■ in shame and will be pleased to look | the south side in the face any time you say. I'll say now that I do net intend to resign. “I’ll debate the council's stand with anyone,” Bartholomew declared. Noble T. Crane, South Side Citizen editor, said a representative of the Slack administration would be invited to attend the mass gathering. The sesion will be an “open forum.” Some south side civic leaders were working “under cover” to prevent interference from politicians. Emil Schaad, South Side Boosters president, announced the organization will meet Monday night at Garfield Park M. E. church basement, Shelby St. and Southern Ave. Resolution to Come Up Schaad said a resolution on the political situation probably would “come up.” Reports that the Republican councilmen planned to impeach board of safety members who ordered a war on gamblers recently, at a special meeting soon, were circulated at city hall. Councilmen denied they planned another special meeting. Councilman Walter Dorsett is reported to have called a safety board member and Police Chief Claude M. Worley, asking “who ordered policemen to guard city hall.” Safety board members ordered the officers to guard Mayor Slack’s ofefie when it was rumored councilmen planned to seize the office, after naming Ira M. Holems, Republican, as mayor. BRIGGS FACES ACCUSERS Diploma Mill Defendant Returned to Washington, D, C. Otis E. Briggs, Indianapolis, facing Federal indictments at Washington. on an alleged diploma mill’s operations here, was taken to Washington Wednesday night by Harry Wertz, deputy United States marshal. Wertz was accompanied by Albert C. Sogemeier, deputy United States clerk. The Rev. Charles H. Gunsolus, Indianapolis, similarly indicted, recently gave $5,000 bond to appear in Washington for trial. Grieving Father Kills Self *l/ Times Special EL WOOD, Ind„ Feb. 2.—Guy Osborne, 50, grieving over the death of a son in an accident recently, killed himself by hanging in a barn at his farm home, seven miles north of here.

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SHADOW SEEN BY GROUNDHOG Sunny Morning Gave Forecast for More Winter. Unless Mr. Groundhog is a very early riser he didn't get much more than his nose out of the ground today. For the sun rose at 6:53 and any even fairly observant groundhog could have seen his shadow, and, according to annual custom on Groundhog day would have ducked back into his hole, decreeing six more weeks of winter. And then it was chilly this morning—16 above zero at 7 a. m.—very uncomfortable for any summer loving groundhog. f But the whole thing doesn’t mean much, according to Weather Man J. H. Armington. It w r ould be a very extraordinary year if Indianapolis does have at least a little winter after Feb. 2, he says. Armington promises warmer weather tonight and Friday. The lowest temperature tonight should be between 25 and 30 degrees above zero, he said. The coldest last night was 15 above at 6:30. MILNORJS SLATED Mayor Attends Park Board Election Meeting. Mayor L. Ert Slack attended a park board meeting this afternoon at which election of officers was scheduled. Slack intends to attend board meetings when he can spare the time. “I want to familiarize myself with the work of each department and keep in touch with questions before them,” Slack said. It was expected that President John E. Milnor, Republican, would be re-elected. Michael E. Foley, Democrat, is vice president. There was no indication that Adolph G. Emhardt. and Mrs. Mary Hoss, who refused to resign on request of Slack, would bolt on Milnor’s election. In event of a tie Slack would cast the deciding vote. Foley and Emhardt compose a committee to recommend slashes in executive officers’ salaries to keep expenditures within the 1928 ap-, propriation.

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BY ARCTOMYS MONAX NEA Service Writer I never have been able to learn the identity of the person who fastened on me the reputation of being a weather forecaster. But whoever it was, the thing has gone far enough. I want to make one final and unqualified denial that me and my shadow have anything to do with the end of winter and the coming of spring. The idea is too ridiculous for words. For one thing, they say I never wake up from my winter slumber until the second day of February. That's pure canard. I’m no such sleepy-head. See the picture that accompanies this article—the one of me and my suburban home? Well, it’s an old one out *of the family album, and it was taken, I remember, on the January. Time after time this tal lcthat I’m a weather regulator, has been disproved. But still people hang onto the old hoakum* How can they be so silly? I might say that I’m writing this piece mainly as a matter of justice to the United States Weather Bureau. If oyu really want to know what sort of weather there’s going to be after Feb. 2, ask your nearest materiologist. If he tells you wrong, don’t blame the groundhog. FUND MSSES S4OO Destitute Family Assured Necessities; Drive Ends. The fund for the relief of Mrs. Leroy Arnold and her two babies today reached $436.25, assuring the little family of the ex-soldier a much happier future than they faced when a week ago Wednesday a hit-and-run driver killed the father. Members of Company F, 11th Infantry, at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, sent sll.lO to Treasurer Edward B. Raub. Arnold was discharged from the Regular Army at Ft Harrison in 1925. Pumper Company 20 of the Indianapolis Fire Department sent in $2 collected from its members. The total amount will be turned over to Raub, Indianapolis Insurance Company vice president, late today. A committee from the auxiliary of the John Holliday Jr. Post, American Legion, will administer the fund. The committee will consult with Mrs. Arnold. As the total already received is regarded as sufficient to assure the future of the wido v and her babies no further gifts are solicited.

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HIGH MARK OF SAFETY IS SET AT AIR FIELD Only Two Fatal Crashes in Two Years Here, With Three Dead. Flying in Indianapolis has kept pace with the advance throughout the country in the matter of safety, according to statistics made public today by Captain H. Weir Cook, U. s. Army instructor assigned to the Indiana National Guard and on duty at the Indianapolis airport. There have been but three fatalities at the airport in more than two years, Captain Cook reports. At Schoen Field, the aviation division of the U. S. Army at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, there has not been a single mishap injuring personnel during the last two years. Damage to planes at both places have been slight. Figures completed by Captain Cook, and on file at the National Guard armory here, show that officers and men spent 1.303 hours and 33 minutes in the air between June 30, 1926, and June 30, 1927. Two Fatal Crashes These are actual “flying hours”, that is, hours of the various ships in the air. “Man hours”, meaning the number of hours men were in the air, sometimes two or more in a single plane, total 2,470 for the period. Fatal accidents at the airport occurred in October, 1926, when a National Guard lieutenant was killed and in August, 1927. when a sergeant and a woman passenger fell several hundred feet and died shortly afterwards. Lindbergh’s flights greatly have stimulated interest in flying here as elsewhere, and commercial and several private planes are making daily trips at the airport. AH in the Day’s Work “Persons no longer are afraid to fly.” Captain Cook declared. “To most of us it is alt in the day’s work now. Flying is both safe and practical.” Inauguration of the air mail here was another boon to aviation. Records of air mail fliers have been unusually free from serious accident and the few deaths have largely occurred during storms. Record for safety and service of the air mail is reflected in the following statistics of miles travelled with mail: In 1925 there were 2,976.764 miles traveled, with 9,300,520 letters; 1926, there were 2.256.137 miles, with 14,145,640 letters; while in 1927 there were 2.329,553 miles traveled, with 22,385,000 letters. Letters average 40 to the pound of mail. So safe has flying become that many insurance companies have abolished the practice of requiring suspension of policies during the time spent in air . They now require an additional premium, about $25 on SI,OOO insurance, from those engaged professionally in flying. For the person who takes an occasional flight as a passenger, no additional premium is required and the policy remains in force. A questionnaire must be answered by each applicant regarding his aviation tendencies, however. New ships asquired by the National Guard at the airport will make flying even more safe, Captain Cook asserts. The latest acquisition will be flown here from Buffalo, N. Y., on Friday. It is the latest type of army observation plane and two more cf similar design are to be added in the spring, Captain Cook said. FACES DEATH CHARGE By Times Special SEYMOUR, Ind, Feb. 2.—William Judd is awaiting trial on charges of manslaughter, liquor possession and driving while drunk, as a result of the death here a few weeks ago of Melville S. Coryea. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad crossing watchman. A truck driven by Judd struck Coryea as he sought to warn him a train was approaching. The watchman was thrown beneath the train. The driver was rendered unconscious when his machine struck the train.

New Director

D. A. Coulter, 40 E. Ohio St., was elected a director of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board at the weekly luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce today. He succeeds Frank L. Moore, who resigned several weeks ago to become executive secretary of the Indiana Real Estate Association.

DRIVER SENTENCED Judge Orders Man to Farm; Deprived of Car. Thomas B. Staley, 39, Stilesville, Ind., was fined $l2O and costs, sentenced to sixty days on the Indiana State Farm, deprived of his automobile and prohibited from driving for six months, by Municipal Judge Paul C. Wetter Wednesday when the judge decided to show leniency. Staley presented as his defense a letter from Judge Joseph W. Williams of the Morgan Circuit Court, who sentenced him to four months at the farm cn a blind tiger charge last October. The letter stated that Staley had been a good citizen while on the farm and had been punished sufficiently, and asked Wetter to show leniency. Staley was arrested on charges of operating a blind tiger, transporting liquor, drunken driving and failure to have certificate of title. Sept. 23 on the National Road, near Bridgeport. When arraigned in court the next day, he provided bond and was released. On Oct, 2, he was arrested in Martinsville and sent to the farm. SWIMS IN ICE FOR DOG Braves River Floes 108 Yards to Rescue Floating Pet. Pi/ United Press NEW BEDFORD, Mass.. Feb. 2. Swimming more than 100 yards through ice floes of Acushnet River, Harold C. Fisher, chauffeur, brought to shore a small dog which had been drifting on an ice cake toward the open sea. Returning to shore, where he was cheered by a large crowd, Fisher ran to his home, changed clothes and in half an hour was driving his employer's automobile.

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DOUBT IF U. S. IS SINCERE IN ANTI-WAR PLAN Church Leaders Declare Move ‘Mere Gesture’ to France by Administration. That Secretary Kellogg’s proposal for a multi-lateral peace treaty with France is insincere and “a mere gesture, safe to make because he knew France could not accept” was the almost unanimous declaration of speakers at the annual congress and open forum of the Disciples of Christ, which closed Wednesday night at the Central Christian Church. The sessions were devoted to talks regarding the various ways and means of making war impossible. Four things were prescribed by Dr. Albert W. Palmer, pastor of the First Congregational Church of Oak Park, 111., principal speaker Wednesday night. They are: “Outlawry of war, as nearly as possible: reduction of armaments to a minimum, ultimate joining of some sort of world court as a cooperative enterprise for discussion of world problems and development of the international mind.” Training for Children “Civilization lias advanced in all lines except in the matter of warfare.” Dr. Palmer declared. “The warfare of today is no longer a fight between two armies of professional soldiers; It is a struggle between tivo entire civilizations.” “We must train our children in the schools to know that the genuine enemies of any nation are too much money, disease, ignorance, overpopulation and crime.” Dean Frederick D. Kershner of the Butler University School of Religion framed in words the attitude of the meeting regarding Kellogg’s French proposals. “If the United States would not even join the League of Nations or the World Court, why would it be willing to enter into such a treaty?”, he asked. U. S. Is Preparing “The United States soon will be better prepared for war than any other country,” the Rev. Clarence; E. Lemmon of St. Louis, Mo, added. Others who spoke in similar vein were Editor Charles Clayton Morrison cf the Christian Century, and Dr. Alva W. Taylor, secretary of the board of temperance and social welfare of the Disciples of Christ. The Rev. Robert L. McQuary, pastor cf Central Christian Church at; Anderson, was elected president of the congress. Other officers elected were; Dr. Lemmon, first vice president; C. M. Sharp, Detroit, Mich., second vice president; the Rev. M. L. Pontius, Jacksonville, 111, third vice president, and P. A. Wood, secretary-treasurer. Directors elected were: The Rev. W. F. Rothenburger and the Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith, Indianapolis; the Rev. C. M. Cummings, Springfield, 111, and Homer Carpenter, Chattanooga, Tenn.

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RICH AND POOR MOURNERS FILE PASTJAIG BIER Britain Paying Last Honors to World War Marshal; Funeral Friday. By United Press LONDON, Feb. 2. A steady stream of people today continued to pass by the brier of Earl Haig, wartime commander pi the British army, as the nation paid last respects to the field marshal, who died so suddenly early in the week. Richly gowned women and smartly tailored men mingled with the poorer dressed in the common grief at the passing of the great soldier, who gave so much of his post-war time in aiding those the war had hurt the, most. The body was in state at St. Columba’s Church Wednesday and will remain there today. Friday the body will be moved to Westminster Abbey for funeral services after which it will be taken to Scotland for burial at the Haig home in Bermersyde. The Prince of Wales will represent the King of England. The late field marshal will be borne on the same gun carriage on which the unknown soldier was carried. This carriage also bore the gun that fired the first British shell in the World War. 81,500 in Terre Haute TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Feb. 2. A survey just completed here shows Terre Haute has a population of 81,500, an increase of 665 in a year.

Kirk’s Slogan Prize Delayed Contestants Deluge Judges; May Take Week. So many thousands of answers were received in the Kirk’s furniture store SIO,OOO slogan contest that it will take the judges at least a week to sort and judge them, it was announced today. * The judges are Frank Morrison, business manager of The Indianapolis Times, and Don U. Bridges, advertising manager of the Indianapolis News. Kirk’s, which operate furniture stores at 22-24 E. Washington St, and 311-313 E. Washington St, offered these prizes for the best store slogan: First, 1928 Chevrolet; second, diamond ring; third, wrist watch; fourth, toilet set. Slogan suggestions were received from all over the State. Entries were received from Dec. 27 to Jan. 31. Kirk's rules provided that no Kirk employe nor relative of an employe could participate. Each entrant was permitted to enter as many slogans as desired. The judges are hard at work and will announce a decision as soon as it is possible for them to go through the mountainous stacks of mail and give fair consideration to every suggestion. (Adv.)

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