Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 May 1928 — Page 9

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PREDICT RISE IN SHOE PRICE THISSUMMER Dealers Say Increase in Quotations on Hides Is Responsible. ADVISE EARLY BUYING Increase of $1 Expected by September, Local Retailer States. Do your shoe shopping soon. This seems to be safe counsel for Hoosiets to follow. Already ultimatums have been issued by leading shoe manufacturers declaring that prices will soar this fall and winter. Their predictions are based on steadily rising prices of hides. Hide dealers here are inclined to accept the prospect of a continued price rise. Shoe retailers are divided regarding the immediate effect on the local market. They agree that if hides continues to increase in cost, the result will be reflected in the shoe market and to buy at the present prices is sound investment. Predict Two Year Rise Harry Weill, manager of the hide business of E. Raugh & Sons, 517 Ray St., asserts that hides will advance for the next two years. He points out that prices are about double those of the same period in 1927. He agreed with the statements of President Frank C. Rand of the International Shoe Company, quoted in United Press dispatches from St. Louis. Rand declared that the greatest price increase in recent years will be made in the shoe market this year. Current retail prices are below manufacturing cost and the hide market is constantly advancing, he said. Shortage of Cattle The economic reasons for this advance in hide prices, Weill contended, is the world scarcity of cattle. “During the war cattle production reached its peak and so did hide prices. When the bottom dropped out of the market many stock raisers quit the business, making an actual scarcity of production today, tion can be sufficiently increased to meet the demands and steady the market. In the meantime prices are bound to move upward, affecting the shoe business and all other leather trades.” Production Decreases Low hide prices, following the war years, he attributed to the slackening demand for leather. “Not a great deal of leather is required for harness, saddles and the like, as compared to some years ago,” Weill pointed out. “Then the old-fashioned automobiles took a large quantity for upholstering seats, particularly in the Open cars. “Now almost everything is closed type and the upholstering is done with fabrics. “The production decrease has been much greater than this decrease in demand however.” Increase of §1 by Fall

S. M. Gusdorf & Cos., 302 S. Harding St., hide dealers, declared that they also look for a steady rising hide market, but no phenomenal or abrupt increases. C. E. Young, manager of Strauss & Company shoe department, agreed heartily with the 1 Rand statement regarding the shoe market outlook. “It is likely that all shoes will advance $1 a pair by fall,” Young asserted. “The winter market is ' bound to be higher.” Manager Arthur Brown of the Marott shoe store stated that in his opinion the retail market will not! be preatly effected for some months. Dealers have quite generally contracted for their fall supplies and while there has been an advance in certain numbers no great price increase will result. BOSTONELK IS HERE Grand Exalted Ruler to Address Local Club Tonight. John P. Malley, Boston, grand exalted ruler, will be the guest of the Indianapolis Lodge of Elks No. 13 today on his tour of the larger lodges of the United States. He Is accompanied by J. E. Master, grand secretary. Malley will be the guest of Thomas L. Hughes, local exalted ruler, while in Indianapolis. Inspection of the Elks club, St. Clair and Meridian Sts., was scheduled for this afternoon. Malley will speak at 8 tonight at the club. TTie speech ■will be broadcast over WFBM. APRIL FOOL BOND CUT Divorce Parts Couple Wed After Courtship by MaiL Bu United Preen FT. WAYNE, Ind., May 16.—Judge Charles J. Ryan severed a matrimonial tie in Superior Court here when he granted a divorce to David H. Galloway, from Mrs. Nellie Galloway. Galloway said he had courted his wife by mail before their marriage, and that they were wed on April Fool’s day. The plaintiff charged his wife would not keep house for him and that she told him to get a divorce. The couple, it was revealed, was married April 1, 1927. They separated in March of this year. Apart 18 Years; Divorced By Times Special FT. WAYNE. Ind., May 16.—Mrs. Ella Rigsby, who became the wife of Miles D. Rigsby thirty years ago, but had not lived with him for eighteen years, has been granted a dniorce here, , , * \ t

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Menjou, Carver Wedding Stirs Interest of Paris

Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Menjou

HEAVY QUAKES SHAKE PERU Towns in Ruins Following Temblors. Bu United Press LIMA, Reru, May 16.—Earthquakes of great intensity, recurring regularly through Monday and Tuesday, caused considerable damage in Peru according to reports reaching here today. At least three persons have beerkilled and eleven injured. The epicenter was reported at Chachapoyas in the department of Amazonas, where the population is said to have fled their homes. Tuesday night many persons were housed in tents erected in the city plaza and in the fields surrounding the city. Chachapoyas is the capital of the department. All of the church towers in the city were reported to have been dislodged and most of the buildings in the city were affected. Officials of the city Tuesday night messaged the department of interior at Lima asking that air•planes be sent to aid in the relief work. Only the most vague details of the disaster were given.

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This Indianapolis girl, Miss Marie Schneider, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. C. Schneider, 1124 Pleasant St., was one of the Wittenberg College freshmen girls saved from flames which wrecked the girls’ dormitory at Springfield, Ohio, Tuesday. Firemen carried them from their second floor sleeping rooms. One girl was suffocated and burned to dr,ath.

COUNCIL TO BRING NOTABLES TO CITY

Second annual conference of the Indiana Council on International Relations, to be held at the Lincoln, May 23, will be devoted to discussion of the Kellogg multi-lateral treaties to outlaw war, Mrs. W. S. Lockhart, secretary, announced today. Prominent speakers from throughout the State and nation are scheduled to appear. Special attention will be given to the Briand-Kellogg correspondence, Mrs. Lockhart stated. President James A. Woodburn of the conference, will speak on “Our Country’s Call,” and Rabbi James G. Heller, president of the Cincinnati Peace League, on “The Gordian Knot of War,” ,

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Movie Stars Plan Tour of England as Honeymoon, Studying Rural Life. By United Press PARIS, May 16.—A send-off combining the elements of a mob scene and a movie jazz party was given Adolphe Menjou and Catherine Carver, American film stars, after their marriage here today. Menjou, idol of French movie fans, and Miss Carver were married at the city hall of the Sixteenth Paris district. After changing into traveling clothes, they went to the grimy, dismal Gare du station to leave for London. A tremendous crowd was awaiting them. As the bride and bridegroom started to enter the Golden Arrow express for the French coast, an American jazz band on the platform got into action, photographers jumped to the tops of nearby trains to record the departure, and porters and trainmen left their jobs to join the crowd. Will Travel in England Menjou and Miss Carver, after culmination of their romance that began on the motior picture lots at Hollywood, planned to spend two days in London and later to make a motor tour through England, studying country life. Before their return to the United States they intend to go to Italy. The couple was married in the same room where Gloria Swanson recently was married and also where the late Max Linder, film comedian, was wed. Menjou gave his age as 38 and the bride gave her age as 25. The bride gave her real name as Catherine Drum. The ceremony was performed with a smoothness similar to the marraige scenes from the movies. Only one disturbing factor arose, and that was in the late arrival of a representative of the American consulate. Menjou Needs Drink Despite this smooth ceremony, however, Menjou said after the i ceremony: “I was as nervous as a cat and need a drink now.” Mayor Brosse of the Sixteenth district city hall pronounced the couple man and wife. A crowd of admirers animatedly watch the civil ceremony. A large number of moving picture cameras clicked a record of it. Menjou was dressed as if for a film. He wore a long-tailed coat—the “morning coat.” Miss Carver wore a peach-colored cloak, costume, and hat, with a fox fur. She had a smothering bouquet of orchids. Menjou responded without an accent to the mayor’s marriage questions. Miss Carver’s American accent, as she also responded in French, was strong. Menjou placed the ring on Miss Carver's finger and kissed her. Then the mayor, in full evening dress, with a broad riubon signifying official decoration, draped across his chest, made the customary marriage speech.

Other speakers and discussion leaders include Mrs. Laura Puffer Morgan, Washington, D. C., leader in the Cause and Cure of War movement; Mrs. Samuel Ashby, Miss Helen Guynn and Mrs. Carl Wolf, delegates to the national council; Dr. Homer L. Morris, Earlham College; Dr. Alva W. Taylor, secretary of the American Social Service Board; Dr. F. Lee Benns, University of Indiana; Dr. A. D. Beeler, Butler University; Miss Dorothy Detzer, Washington; Dr. Frank H. Streightoff, Indiana, and Dean Frederick D. Kershner, Butler. The meeting will be open to the public, but only members can take part in discussions, unless given special permission; from the floor,

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16,1928

INDIANA ROAD PLANS TOTAL $14100,000 Great Program of Highway and Bridge Building Under Way. TRAFFIC DEMANDS MET Contracts Let by Cities o' State in April Over ‘ Million. With the Indiana State Highway Commission’s plans calling for the investment of more than $14,000,000 in bridge and road construction work in Indiana this year and with county programs running into the millions. Indiana highway work in 1928 will more than keep pace with increased traffic demands, according to a summary of April reports in the Construction Digest, published by the Indiana Clipping Service. Street construction jobs awarded by Indiana cities during April exceeded $1,000,000, according to the summary. Counties Award Contracts The State highway commission advertised during April 64.359 miles of concrete, bituminous concrete or brick road work and 140.67 miles of bituminous surface treatment or retread top. Contracts awarded by the highway commission during April from advertisements of the preceding month totaled $1,401,495.62 for Kentucky rock asphalt and $421,872.70 for concrete. Bridge awards by the State during the month totaled $244,471.55. Contracts awarded for road construction by the counties were in excess of $500,000 value. The roads advertised by the counties for future award calling for Kentucky rock asphalt, concrete or macadam exceeded $1,230,000 and included work in the following counties: Lake $336,300; St. Joseph $323,204; Porter $102,701; Dearborn $107,965; Allen $56,753.49; Daviess $59,833; Monroe $49,900; Vanderburgh $45,360; Hamilton, Boone Jay, Wayne and Madison in varying amounts. Cities Plan Improvement The roads advertised for gravel or stone construction by the counties called for investment of more than $500,000 and are divided among the following counties: Whitley, Elkhart, Jasper, Warrick, Decatur, DeKalb, Fountain, Pike, Shelby, St. Joseph Washington, LaGrange. Putnam, Porter, Daviess, Hendricks, Kosciusko, Marshall, Miami, Monroe, Noble, Wabash and Carroll. Leading cities in streets awarded or projected during April were Indianapolis, South Bend, Bloomington, Gary. Elkhart, Vincennes, Evansville, Richmond, New Albany, Hammond, Lafayette, Peru, Michigan City and Ft. Wayne. Indiana contractors were awarded contracts in adjoining States to a value in excess pf $2,000,000 during the month.

WISEHART OUT FOR SCHOOL JOB AGAIN

State Chief of Public Instruction Seeks Renommation. Roy P. Wisehart, State Superintendent of Public Instruction today announced his candidacy for the nomination to this position in the Republican State convention. May 23 and 24. Wisehart was appointed State superintendent by Governor Jackson, Sept. 1, 1927 when Charles F. Miller resigned to become Indianapolis school superintendent. He was superintendent of Union City schools for eight years when he was appointed. The superintendent is a graduate of Indiana University and Columbia University, has attended the University of Wisconsin and Bordeaux in France. Wisehart enlisted in October 1217 and served in the army twenty-two months, fourteen overseas. He was gassed in action. NEW WFBM DIRECTOR Thomas Hatfield Appointed to Succeed Hendricks. Norman A. Perry, Indianapolis Power and Light Company president, today announced the appointment of Thomas F. Hatfield as director of WFBM, the company’s broadcasting station. Hatfield succeeds Blythe Q. Hendricks, who will be transferred to the advertising department. Hatfield recently sold his interest in the Hatfield Electric Company, of which he was vice president and general manager. Hatfield formerly was studio director for WOH, established here in 1920. Unique Commencement By Times Special FT. WAYNE, Ind., May 16.—Central High School graduates, desiring to avoid the usual form of commencement exercises, will hold a pageant, “The Torchlight and the Highway,” preceding awarding of diplomas June 7. De Pauw Trustees Re-Elected By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., May 16. Charles W. Jewett, Indianapolis, has been re-elected a trustee of De Pauw University representing alumni.

City Pupils Show Sketch Talent

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Pencil, a sketchboard, and the talent of George B. Figg Jr., Manual Training High School pupil, produced this drawing of the Indianapolis terminal. Below is George in action, perched on a car bumper, and Miss lona Johnson, another pupil in the art department sketch classes.

YOUNG ARTISTS FIND BEAUTY IN STREETS

‘Free’ Music Bu Times Special EL WOOD. Ind., May J. 6. Chester M. Strader of this city, who is serving a term in the State reformatory at Frankfort. Ky., for stealing an automobile, is to be released soon because of his musical ability. Clemency is to be extended by Kentucky's Governor, who has heard the prisoner play on the piano, accordion and handsaw. Strader intends to seek theatrical engagements after he is released.

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LOCUSTS EAT LOCUSTS Breed “Cannibals” to Fight Crop Menace in Greece. Bu Science Service WASHINGTON, May 16.—Big predatory locusts, that prey on their own fellow insects instead of on growing grain crops, are being tried out in Greece as one means of combating the pest of ordinary locusts now threateing the fields, according to word received here from Athens. These modem descendants of one of the plagues of Egypt have been causing serious losses to Greek agriculture during the past few years, and the ministry of agriculture is preparing to spend 16,000,000 drachmas (approximately $3,200,000) in a campaign against them. FORMER CITY MAN DIES Edward S. Schmidt, Once Marshal Here, Is Dead. Relatives here received word today of the death at Washington D. C., of Edward S. Schmidt, former United States marshal here. Mr. Schmidt was treasurer of the United States shipping board.

Everyday Indianapolis Has Secrets, Fit Subject for Sketches. BY DAN M. KIDNEY American doughboys in France a decade ago used to pause, more or less astounded or astonished, when they came across some French youth or girl seated complacently before an easel busy with paint brush or penci.. Whether on the boulevards of I Tf.nch cities, in the army-truck-rutted streets of the villages or among the peaceful hills along the Loire this business of “being arty” was all a bit puzzling. But America has come of age, say the sages, since the war. And to be of age means to take art as a serious factor in life. Therefore, it is not so puzzling to the one-time doughboy or leatherneck to see sketchers busy with board and pencil on the streets of this most typically American city. Any Subject Will Do If you haven’t noticed them yet, you will. For daily whole classes of students in the advanced art department at Manual Training High School are permitted to seek their subjects on the streets. For two periods they roam and work and bring back the results to the teachers for criticism and approval. Just now these embryo artists are at work on the rapidly rising facade of the beautiful new Scottish Rite Cathedral. They park on stools brought from school, or stand or sit on whatever may be handy. George B. Figg Jr., 1038 Southeastern Ave., one of the leaders of the sketch class, says that an automobile bumper makes an ideal seat for an outdoor artist. Beyond Junior Rating Both he and Miss lona Johnson, 1822 Lockwood Ave., are juniors at the school, but might be rated beyond that in their sketching. Everything from the railway-car hamburger establishment on the east side of the schqol building to the gigantic proportions of the Indianapolis terminal has attracted their swift-moving pencils. “We try to teach them technique and then turn them loose to develop their own pictorial sense,” Instructor Lewis E. Finch explains. “When their pictures are completed they are submitted and no mistakes are corrected. They are pointed out and in the next attempt the student will not repeat an error.” All are encouraged to enter exhibitions with work that is good.

CITY VALUATION IS AHEAD OF ENGLAND

Bu Times Special NEW YORK, May 16.—Indianapolis, with an estimated population smaller than that of Bristol, England, has real estate of an assessed valuation ten times greater than Bristol, George Henry Payne, tax commissioner of New York City, declared in a speech Tuesday night at a dinner of the Building Managers and Owners Association. Indianapolis, with an estimated population of 374,300, has an assessed real estate valuation of $453,667,990, and Bristol, with 376,975 population, has an assessed valuation of $42,000,000, he said.

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SENATE BURIED IN FINAL RUSH Late Bills Pile Up, Calling for Night Sessions. BY KENNETH CRAWFORD United Pres, Str.ft Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 16.—The usual twelfth-hour jam of unfinished business piled up in the Senate today, as leaders prepared for adjournment May 26. Tax reduction and Boulder Dam bills, conference reports on the Jones’ shipping bill, and the Xc-Nary-Haugen farm relief bill, and scores of less important measures claimed attention. All important amendments to the tax reduction bill have been disposed of except one by Senator Bingham (Rep.) Connecticut, providing for repeal of the Federal estate tax. Senator Borah (Rep.) Idaho, requested that the amendment be withdrawn to save time, but Bingham refused, and it will probably be debated at length. Borah predicted the discussion would consume two or three days. The tax bill was temporarily laid aside late Tuesday for consideration of the conference report on the Jones bill. This had not been expected to require more than an hour, but Senator Blaine (Rep.) Wisconsin, objected to hasty action. Senator McNary (Rep.) Oregon, announced early this week that he would seek adoption of the conference report on the farm bill before Saturday. This is expected ,to pass without prolonged debate. The Senate will meet at 11 a. m., one hour in advance of the usual time, today, and start holding regular night sessions next week. Girls Assailant Held By Times Special NEWCASTLE, Ind., May 16. Marion Rider, wKo shot and seriously wounded Miss Helen Redick as she handed his engagement ring back to him, is held in the Henry County jail here without bond. Miss Redick has a chance to recover, her physician announces.

Noted Visitor

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Nicola Sansanelli of Itally, president of Fidac, who was the guest of national headquarters of the American Legion here today. He was feted by officials and civic leaders as well as by the veterans.

Great Britain has an antiquated taxation system, the taxation there being based on rateable or renting value, he explained. Although New York is only about half the area of the enlarged city of London, Its real estate value is three to four times the value of London, he declared. According to Payne, a fair valuaation of all the real estate of London would be about five billion dollars, while that of New York, on the same basis of calculation, would be fifteen billions. _ .

UPDIKE BALKS AT SERVICE IN VOTE CONTEST Refuses to Accept Papers Served by Marshal in Washington. RECOUNT GIVEN HALL Congressman Quotes His Rights and Immunities, in Rejection. Bu Times Special WASHINGTON, May 16.—After two hours of maneuvers and counter-maneuvers Tuesday afternoon, Congressman Ralph E. Updike of Indiana, was—in the opinion of Ring and Cobb, Washington’s attorneys—legally served with notice of a contest as to his nomination in the recent primaries. In Updike’s opinion, he has not been served, because he refused to take the proffered notice or to receipt for it. With today marking the last day for service of the notice upon Updike, the air mail early Tuesday afternoon brought the petition from Indianapolis attorneys fighting Updike’s nomination on behalf of Archibald M. Hall, runnerup in the Republican primaries. The firm of Ring & Cobb, Washington correspondents of the Indianapolis interests, .eceived the papers and Daniel S. Ring and Harvey L. Cobb immediately went to thd Capitol, looking for Updike. Refuses to Accept He was on the floor of the House and was called out to the cloakroom. A corridor conference ensued. Updike was informed of the purpose of the law visit. “I know something about this contest,” he said, “but I am not going to sign this receipt of service or accept this notice until I have had advice from my attorneys. I won’t do it without their permission. That’s all there is to it.” It was urged upon him that his refusal to receive the formal papers would place him in a position where he later would be prevented from denying knowledge he then was being given opportunity to acquire, but he would not accept service. Ring and Cobb consulted the office of the sergeant-at-arms of the House. That office, however, was reluctant to become involved. It had to do with mileage and things like that, the attorneys' were informed, but forcing a member to accept service of notice of contest in a primary was something outside of its jurisdiction. Page Clerk Won’t Act The next conference was with John Tyler, page clerk of the House; page did not know, he said, of a precedent. Primaries are matters of State concern entirely, he pointed out. Next place of resort was the United States marshal’s office at the District of Columbia Supreme Court. There the attorneys convinced Assistant Marshal Stephen Callahan that this notice was a matter which emanated from a case in a court of competent jurisdiction in Marion County, Indiana. Deputy Marshal Ceremile was ized to serve the notice. Updike was returning to his office in the House office building when Ring and Deputy Ceremile met him. in the corridor. Deputy Ceremile then served him in the customary involuntary manner, placing the paper on his left shoulder. Paper Falls to Floor Updike shrugged his shoulder. The paper fluttered to the floor. It lay there disregarded, while Updike expounded on the rules of the House, which, he said, make service of notice of contest of a primary election a matter which be voluntary as far as a Congressman is concerned. Refusal to receive service, he said, was in the power of a Congressman and he could not be served legally after such refusal, under the House rules. He also mentioned the matter of immunity afforded by the Constitution.

lURY GIVES $1 AWARD Frankfort Woman Gets Damages for Auto Crash Injuries. Bu Times Special FRANKFORT, May 16.—After deliberating more than five hours, a Circuit Court jury returned a verdict in which Mrs. Lurlean Routh was awarded $1 in a damage suit against Walter W. Stigall for injuries sustained in an automobile accident several months ago. More than four days was required for the trial. Mrs. Routh charged in her suit that she and her husband were riding as guests in the Stigall car and that through the negligence of Stigall, the driver, the car was wrecked and that she suffered injuries which are permanent. BANQUET FOR OFFICIALS General Motors and Financiers’ Representatives Guests at Muncie. By Times Special MUNCIE. Ind.; May Motors Corporation officials and representatives of New York financiers on an inspection tour of the corporation’s plants here and at Anderson, were guests at a banquet tendered by the local Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night. Among those in the inspection party are Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., president, and Walter Carpenter, vice president of the corporation; George Whitney and J. S. Morgan of J. P. Morgan & Cos.