Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 311, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 April 1928 — Page 3

[APRIL 25, 1928

OPPONENTS OF DAYLIGHT SAVING CUT EAST TIME' LEAD

HUNDREDS OF BALLOTS FLOOD TIMES OFFICE Council Desires to Learn Sentiment of Whole City by Vote. WOULD CHANGE IN MAY Many Organizations Join in Poll; Railway Workers in Favor. Opponents of daylight saving got ! busy today and showered in votes ; in The Times poll to cut down the ; ratio of the lead which proponents had built up. Those favoring the summer time schedule still were far in the lead, however. The vote today stood 409 for day- j light saving to 193 against. The ratio was about 2 to 1 in favor of daylight time. Tuesday it was about 3 to 1 for daylight saving. The Times is conducting the poll to aid city council in sounding public sentiment. Councilmen are to vote- Monday night upon the ordinance establishing daylight saving ) time in Indianapolis the second Sunday in May. Seek Factory Sentiment They have declared they do not; wish to force the summer time upon ; the public if most of the people are ! against it. They are particularly desirous of ; knowing how factory employes who j have to arise early in the morning ' feel. Hundreds of ballots were arriving i at The Times office today, indicat- | ing that this will be one of the j most comprehensive straw votes | ever taken in Indianapolis. Meanwhile, a number of organi- J nations were taking polls and sendIng them to the council direct. The j Real Estate Board announced that j an informal vote at the luncheon j last week showed only one opposed, j This fact was sent to Mayor L. j Ert Slack and the council by letter j by Secretary Donald E. Rider. Many Firms Take Polls Employes of several firms have j taken polls and sent the results to, be included in The Times poll, j Among them were workers of the j H. T. Electric Company, 612 N. Capitol Ave., who voted 5 against and 13 for; Peoria & Eastern Rail- ; way, who sent in 43 votes for; ' Graves, Nave & Cos., Stockyards, 13 against, and Indiana Trust Company, 40 for. The Peoria & Eastern employes i sent a letter with their votes, in- j dicating intense rivalry between \ pros and antis. “If another list headed such as '• this should arrrive at your office, j designating that those signers are | not in favor of daylight saving, will j you kindly ignore same, as some of ! the ‘enemy forces’ captured the first; ballot, threatening to change it, and 1 forward the names to you as op- j posing daylight saving.” Opinions Are Voiced Here are some expressions from other letters: “Daylight saving may be all right for bankers, but not for working people who have to get out in the morning at 3:30 or 4 o'clock. If some of those birds had to get out at that time, they would change their minds.”—Amos Whitley, 42 W. Eleventh St. “We have been riding over enough bumps without adding another jolt.” —F. F. Toner. “How- would a man who gets up at 5:30 a. m. benefit from getting out at 4:30 a. m.—Earl B. Niles, 8 N. Hamilton Ave. “Perhaps it might be well if we had winter the year round. Yours for ‘daylight saving’ and length of light working days.”—E. B. ARRESTED AGAIN ON DRUNK DRIVING CHARGE Auicist Held for Second Time Within Few Days. Morton McConnell, 48, of 227 S. East St., was back at city prison today, facing a charge of driving while drunk. He was released a few days ago, after being brought in for the same offense. When police took him into custody again Tuesday night, he is alleged to have been driving on the wrong side of the street. While they were questioning him, Freeman Wilson, 1519 Grand Ave., came up and said McConnell’s car had struck his machine, parked at the curb. Reckless driving and failure to stop were added to the driving while intoxicated charges. B. L. McCoy, 2054 Adams St., was hurled through the windshield of his machine when it collided with that of L. W. Schupp. 2337 N. La Salle St., at Dearborn St. and Massachusetts Ave., Tuesday night.

Vote on Daylight Saving City councilman have declared they want to ascertain what public sentiment is on daylight saving before voting upon the ordinance putting it into effect in Indianapolis. The Times is printing this ballot to give citizens opportunity to express their preference. Results will be reported to the council before next Monday night. Mark an X in the square, sign the ballot, and mail or bring it to the Daylight Saving Poll Editor, Indianapolis Times. I am against Daylight Saving \~\ c I am for Daylight Saving £ Name Address

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ATTACKS COFFIN i IN MUNCIE TALK Adams Demands Removal of G. 0. P. Leader. By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., April 25.—1n the home town of E. Faye Kitselman, Republican State chairman, Thomas H. Adams, Republican candidate for governor, tonight challenged him to “demonstrate the good faith : of your selection as the new deal j Republican chairman by removing j George V. Coffin, who has dis- ! graced the party we love by being Republican chairman of the largest county in Indiana.” “With your predecessor on trial now for violating the Federal i banking laws,” Adams continued, “we, of the Republican rank and file have the right to learn from your lips whether you intend to take any definite steps toward the house cleaning that must be accomplished unless we wish to be defeated this fall by the Democrats.' “Those crooked six wards of Indianapolis which Coffin controls may decide the fate of the Republican party in Indiana. The candidates for president, senator and governor have the right to obtain an honest counting of the ballots which can not be insured if George Coffin retains control of the election machinery.” Adams said the State committee’s i failure to urge the resignation of Governor Ed Jackson “certainly j gave the Democrats additional; ammunition for next fall.”

FALLS FROM SECOND FLOOR: BLAMES GUEST Was Pushed Out Window, Hostess, With Broken Leg, Says. Jack Spratt hasn’t any more manners than his namesake who “licked the platter clean,” in the opinion of Mrs. Letta Young, 430 Vi E. Washington St. Tuesday, Spratt attended a party at her home and she declares that after the party got “going good,” he shoved her out a second story window. She was taken to city hospital with a broken leg. Spratt and Mrs. Maggie Beard. 222 N. Pine Et„ who also was on the party, were taken to city prison and charged with intoxication. Mrs. Young will face similar charges. Spratt asserts that Mrs. Xoung was attempting to crawl under a porch railing when she fell. She dropped about fifteen feet. $5,000 FOR MEMORIAL James H. Trimble Contributes to Lincoln Fund. Gift of $5,000 by James H. Trimble, president of the Western Oil Refining Company, to the Lincoln Memorial Fund, was announced today by Vice Chairman Leo M. Rappaport of the Indianapolis special gifts committee. General solicitation will open shortly after the primary election of May 8, Rappaport announced. Trimble’s gift, he made clear, was to express appreciation for the part Abraham Lincoln's mother played in the development of the President through early training. Other gifts announced by Rappaport included SI,OOO from Hibben, Hollweg and Company, SI,OOO from the Republic Creosoting, SI,OOO from the Levey Printing Company, $1,200 from officers of the Indiana National Bank, SSOO from the Kahn Tailoring Company and SI,OOO from the Vonnegut Hardware Company.

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Mrs. Clara E. Moore Three of the prominent officers of the Order of Eastern Star attending the convention of the Grand Chapter today ana Thursday are Mrs. Clara E. Moore, Marion; Mrs. Abbie Hanson, Hammond and Mrs. Jane Jones, Sullivan. Mrs. Moore is past worthy matron of Mississnewa Chapter No. 94 and was appointed grand electa in 1927. Mrs. Hanson is past worthy matron of Hammond Chapter No. 370 and was appointed grand Ruth in 1927. Mrs. Jones is grand Adah and past worthy matron of Sullivan Chapter No. 188. CITY WILL NOT PAY TAXES OF FIREMEN Several Indiana Towns to Bear Personal Assessments. Taxes of Indianapolis firemen will not be borne by the city, as is the case in several Indiana towns, Mayor L. Ert Slack said today. Public funds are to be appropriated by the city of Columbus to pay firemen’s personal and poll tax by authority of a law said to have been passed in 1859. The law exempts firemen from paying on assessments under SSOO, according to a Columbus dispatch. A magazine circulated among firemen is said to have discovered the ancient law, according to Mrs. Mayme B. Norton, Columbus city clerk. The Shelbyville council recently appropriated sll4 to pay city firemen's taxes. “Nothing of that kind is contemplated here. The volunteer firemen of small towns have been exempt from taxes for many years,” said Fire Chief Harry E. Voshcll. AIR INSPECTOR HERE Commerce Department Official to Locate in City. A Department of Commerce aviation inspector will be located permanently in Indianapolis within the next ten days, according to information received by the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. The inspector will have charge of issuance of pilots’ licenses and will make airport inspections in Indiana and southern Illinois. The inspector will be provided with an airplane and will probably have an office in the Chamber of Commerce offices until the Department of Commerce foreign trade branch office is established here.

NEW HOTEL IS PLANNED Construction of a six-story, sev-enty-apartment hotel at the northwest corner of Fourteenth and Pennsylvania Sts. will start when present residences on the site are torn down. The new building will have six storerooms on the ground floor. An arcade will be built over the sidewalk on the Pennsylvania St. side. Articles of incorporation for the Pennsylvania and Fourteenth Realty Company, to operate the building, were filed Tuesday. Isidore' Feibleman, president, and Fred M. Meiere, secretary-treasurer, are incorporators. Tells Club Story of Tires Charles L. Knoerle, assistant branch manager of the Firestone Tire Company, talked to the Universal Club at the weekly meeting Monday noon on the story of tires. Harry Alexander of the Carr Tire Company, spoke on the important part which proper tire service plays in the life of a tire. Earl Dill, club member, who is a candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress, spoke.

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EASTERN STAR LEADERS OPEN ANNUAL PARLEY Notables of Order Here to Attend Sessions of Grand Chapter. The stage of the Murat Theater, with a background of flowers, ferns and palms and the bright colors of the gowns worn by the distinguished guests and past worthy grands seated in the foreground, presented a pleasing sight to the delegates and visitors to the fifty-fourth annual session of the Indiana Grand Chapter, O. E. S., which convened at 10 o’clock this morning. Mrs. Lettie M. Ferguson, Ft. Wayne, worthy grand matron, assumed the gavel following the opening formalities. Distinguished Guests The following distinguished guests were introduced and welcomed: Mrs. Amalia Heuhl. Chicago, right worthy associate grand matron; Mrs. Bessie Boise, Ohio, worthy grand Esther: Mrs. Robina Mains, Toronto, Canada, worthy grand warder; Mrs. Flora B. Schoppenhcrst, grand matron of Kentucky. The worthy grand matron announced the , following assistant sentinels: Mrs. Sarah Rogers, Mrs. Maude Wesselhoft, Mrs. Gertrude Carlisle, Mrs. Laura Rathbun. Mrs. Millie Gilmore. Mrs. Ethel Foxworthy and Mrs Roberta Mitchell. Due to the illness of Dr. Olin Holloway of Knightstown and Mrs. Nettie Ransford, grand secretary, they were not in their stations. Everett Lenon, association grand patron, assumed the duties of Dr. Holloway and Mrs. Martha Zoercher. Indianapolis, served as grand secretary. The morning session was taken up with leading of reports of the j grand officers. The afternoon session will be ! featured by the election of officers for 1928-29, scheduled for 3 o'clock. At 8 o'clock tonight the grand officers will exemplify the degrees. Sessions Close Thursday The meeting will close Thursj day afternoon with the installation ! of the newly elected and appointed officers. J. Earnest Teare, most i worthy grand patron of the General I Grand Chapter, will come Thurs- \ day to serve as installing officer. John B. Hessong and Edward Barrows, Indianapolis, past worthy grand patrons, will act as marshal and chaplain, respectively. Friday the annual pilgrimage will be made to the Masonic Home at Franklin. Ind.

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FIVE BEAUTIES PICKED IN FIRST Off CONTEST Judges Choose Quintet at Initial Test; 25 Girls on Stage. From a field of twenty-five girls, judges selected five beauties to enter the finals of The Times-Indiana bathing beauty contest in the first preliminary Tuesday night in the Indiana ballroom. The girls named Tuesday night who will compete Saturday night in the race for the title of Miss Indianapolis are Miss Kathryn Evans, 2444 N. Meridian St.; Miss Romane Kennedy. 1648 Lexington Ave.; Miss Alice Bennett, 1716 Broadway; Miss Fraunces Dobbyns. 230 N. Sheffield Ave., and Miss Florence Chapin, 2636 N. Capitol Ave. Judges w'ere John D. Hayes, swimming director of the Hcosier Athletic Club; E. S. Krantz, athletic director cf the Indianapolis Athletic Club, and La Salle Randolph Coats, Indianapolis artist. About thirty girls will be notified by mail to appear for the second preliminary Thursday night at the ballroom. The list of Thursday contestants also will appear in The Indianapolis Times on that day. Entries still can be made in person at the ballroom until 6 p. m. Thursday. Both Miss Indianapolis and Miss Indiana, who will be named May 7 in the Indiana Theater, will be awarded afternoon frocks and evening gowns by Rink's, and a Bradley bathing suit and cap by the Em-Roe Sporting Goods Company. * Rogers & Cos., jewelers, will give Miss Indianapolis a diamond dinner ring and Miss Indiana and her alternates three silver loving cups. LOCAL AND FRANKFORT i FIREMEN GET THANKS Newspaper Advertising at Lebanon Following Flames in Bank. Ilu Timet .s/i, einl • LEBANON, Ind.. April 25.—Members of the Chamber of Commerce here express thanks in a quarter page newspaper advertisement to Indianapolis and Frankfort firemen who aided the local department last Saturday in fighting the $75,000 Farmers State Bank fire. The advertisement reads in part- , "Thanks Frankfort! Thanks Indianapolis! You're our boy friends now! Glad to sec you! We’ll say we | were!” Plans arc already under way for rebuilding the damaged structure, i but details will not be completed until insurance adjustment is made

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If Uncle Sam would accept such captivating mail, all the girl students Indiana Academy, Cicero, Ind., would have to do would be to stick stamps on their cheeks, go out and climb into the mail box. They believe that their mail box, pictured here, is the largest in the country, Miss Virginia Ashley (left) and Miss Esther Crabtree found it almost roomy enough to include the school mascot, Laddie (looking up./

LAYMEN AID CHURCH Christian Union Hears of Work of England. Work accomplished by the individual layman, who is truly interested in tilings of the spirit, was stressed by Julian Elews of Leeds, England, in addressing the Christum Church Union at Third Christian Church Tuesday night. Elwcs is treasurer of the home missions board of the Christian Churches of Great Britain. He declared that in the British Isles 80 per cent of the preaching is done by laymen and but 20 per cent by Christian ministers. The speaker was introduced by Jesse M. Badger of St. Louis, Mo., general superintendent of evangelism of the United Christian Missionary Society. New directors of the union elected

1 at the meeting were the Rev. Homer Ic. Boblitt, Linwood Christian I Church pastor; George W. Payne i and Charles Marshall, all re-elected, and O. H. Greist and Jesse Martin ; to three-year terms. BOOSTS AL: SHOT AT Texas Deputy lires on Officer for Backing New York Governor. | Hn I nited l-ress EL PASO, Texas, April 25.—Deputy Constable Joe Spivey’s anj nouncemcnt that he favored Gov- ; ernor Alfred Smith for the presidency caused Deputy Sheriff John Boone to fire a revolver at him. Sheriff Seth Omdorff said today in announcing Boone's indefinite suspension. Spivey was uninjured. Refinance your debts now and re- ; pay as you earn. Low cost. Confii dential and quick. CAPITOL i LOAN CO.. 141 1 it E. Wash. St.—Adi vertisement.

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CHILDREN JOIN JUNIOR C. OF C. . CITY CLEANUP Health Secretary Urges Use of Airtight Garbage Cans. Use of air tight garbage cans to prevent breeding of flies in hot weather was urged today by Dr. Herman G. Morgan, board of health secretary, in connection with the Junior Chamber of Commerce clean-up, paint-up campaign. The campaign, which began Monday, will continue until May 5. During this period citizens are urged to clean up their yards, beautify their homes, remove fire hazards and trash. Children Inspect Humes Forty inspectors under Fire Prevention Chief Horace W. Carey plan to inspect every home and business place in the city before the campaign ends, pointing out fire hazards. Sanitary board trucks are collecting ashes and rubbish, placed in containers in alleys, this week. Collections are being made on the regular ash collection days. A feature of the campaign will be inspection of homes of school children by the children themselves. The children will be told of hazards to look for, and then will note these hazards on a blank provided by teachers. Public and parochial school pupils are participating in an essay contest on the campaign which will close Friday. Public Nurses Help Essays written by public school pupils will be sent to Miss Maud<f McVicker, at the school boar*l offices.. Parochial school essays w/\i be received by Harmon Suoku Junior Chamber of Commerce secretary. Prizes will be presented t® the winners next week by the Junior Chamber. Public health nurses visited half ; the city schools today and delivered board of health pamphlets pointing out dangers of infection and disease from unsanitary conditions and urging children to help clean up their homes and keep them clean ; throughout the year. The remain- : ing schools will be visited Thursday. Boy Scouts have assisted in the i campaign by placing posters and by cleaning up unsightly spots in their home neighborhood. 8350,009 School Dedicated NEW ALBANY. Ind., April 25. This city’s new $350,000 high school ! was dedicated with Byron W. Harti ley, Louisville (Ky,) school superj intendent and E. G. McCullum, 1 Jeffersonville school superintendent, 1 as speakers.