Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 139, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 October 1931 — Page 5

OCT. 20, 1931.

EDISON'S PART IN CITY'S EARLY DAYS RECALLED Famed Inventor Was Associated With Charles C. Perry in Business. Death of Thomas A. Edison today recalled the part the famous inventor played in the early business life of Indianapolis. Mr. Edison, back in the early 80s, was associated with Charles C. Perry, pioneer in the electric light and power field in this section of the country, in formation of two companies manufacturing electrical equipment. Mr. Perry, who at the time of his death about six years ago, was president of the present Indianapolis Power and Light Company, was the father of Norman A. Perry, Indianapolis Baseball Club president. Became Warm Friends The elder Mr. Perry and Mr. Edlon became acquainted while both were Western Union telegraph operators. A warm friendship developed and after Mr. Edison had invented the electric lamp in 1879, together with certain other electrical needs, the two formed the Jenny Electric Company, here, and the Thompson-Huston Company, in the east. After Mr. Edison had assisted in organizing the General Electric Company, in the eighties, the two companies were absorbed by the General Electric Company. Edison’s fame began with the development of the direct current Edison three-wire system, which practically is unknown today,” Norman A. Perry commented today. First Lighted Theater Here ‘ Even few master electricians today ever heard of this system, and yet it was this which made possible, through development by Steinmetz, the present electric wiring system. "I remember hearing my father fell of selling this three-wire electricai system to the father of Fred C. Dickson, then one of the owners of the old Park theater, at Washington street and Capitol avenue. “Thus this theater became the first electrically lighted theater west of the Alleghenies.” The elder Mr. Perry formed the first electric light company in this section of the country, known as the Indianapolis Power and Light Company, later as the Indianapolis Light and Heat Company, one of the predecessors of the present Indianapolis Power and Light Company. AMERICA IS DECLARED •DEPRESSION IGNORANT’ Too Unfamiliar With Them to Face Hard Times, Says Magnate. It;i t nili il Press PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 20.—America's depression is due to the fact that the United States is unfamiliar with disaster and has had so many years of prosperity, Andre Citroen, | president of the Citroen Motor j Works, told the United Press today. I * "Now, in France, we are used to 1 revolutions, the depreciation of our j currency, foreign menaces from | across the Rhine and frequent changes of political leaders. “Asa result of that, we have learned, sadly and painfully, that it never is wise to spend too much when things seem the most prosperous. So now when many nations complain of bad times, we of France who always have saved while the balance of the world spent, find ourselves in a better position than other nations.” Bloek Coal Sold ft n Unit'd I’rcxs , BRAZIL, Ind„ Oct. 20.—Numerous trucks from Illinois and Missouri and Southern Indiana cities, which have taken livestock to Indianapolis markets, are loaded on return trip with Brazil block coal, .sold at low prices at .the mines.

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ESCORT OF GIRL HELD IN AUTO RIDE DEATH Victim Partly Fell and Jumped from Machine, Prisoner Asserts. By United Press MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Oct. 20 Serious charges are expected to be filed against Dennis Dorsett, 24, who lives near here, as the result of the death of Miss Hazen Brandon, 16. Miss Brandon, suffering cuts and bruises, was returned to her home by Dorsett a few hours after they had started out on an automobile ride. The girl is said to have told her parents that they were in an accident. When the girl lapsed into a coma from which she failed to recover, however, Dorsett told her parents that she was injured in a fall from his auto. She partly fell and partly leaped from the moving machine, Dorsett said. Dorsett surrendered to police and was released on $3,000 bond. Kidney Acidity Kills Energy If you foci old and run-down from Waking Ip Nights. Backache, Leg Bains, Nervousness, Stiffness, or Irritation, caused by Kidney Acidity, use quick-acting Cystex (Siss-tex). Often shows big improvement in 24 hours. Guaranteed to satisfy completely or return empty box and get money back. Only 75c at druggists.— Advertisement. ZEMO RELIEVES ITCHING BURNING ECZEMA Soothing, cooling ZEMO brings prompt relief to itching, burning skin; even in severe cases relief comes as soon as ZEMO touches the tortured skm. Eczema, Ringworm, Rashes, Pimples, Dandruff and other annoying skin or scalp troubles generally yield to this soothing, antiseptic lotion. ZEMO is safe and dependable. All druggists. 35c, 60c, SI.OO. Extra Strength ZEMO best for chronic cases—sl.2s.—Advertisement.

ORPHANS’ HOME AID IS PINCHED FOR SPEEDING ‘Slow Down, or There’ll Be More Business,’ Warns Judge. Business of an employe of the Indianapolis Orphans’ home is no alibi for speeding forty-two miles an hour on East New York street, j a court ruled today. Mrs. Frances Morgan, 4107 East Washington street, was arrested at I Hamilton avenue Monday afternoon, but told Paul Rochford, special municipal judge, today she was ’on business for the orphans’ home.” “If you don’t slow down, there’ll be no more orphans and more business,” Rochford warned. He suspended a $5 fine and costs. Ralph Kelly, 17, of 22 North Dearborn street, drives his uncle’s car because the tatter has qualms about driving through traffic. Monday *afternoon he was clocked !

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at forty-four miles an hour on New York street and today Rochford suspended the youth’s driver’s license ninety days and assessed a suspended $lO fine and costs. Although the motorcycle of Roy Johnson, Negro, 2350 Northwestern avenue, operates for a drug store on deliveries, has a governor that "prevents the vehicle from speeding,” he was fined $lO and costs by Rochford for traveling fifty miles an hour. “That governor must keep it from going under forty,” Rochford said. Thirty-day sentence for operating an auto while drunk, although a charge of drunkenness was dismissed, was meted out to Charles Freeman, 40, R. R. J, Box 2, by Rochford. Freeman was arrested at Capitol avenue and North street after he was said to have failed to stop at the preferential street. Fine and costs on the operating charge were suspended as were fines for failure to stop at the street and failure to have a driver’s license. Wabash Gets $15,000 By United Press CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Oct. 20.—A gift of $15,000 from the Carnegie corporation to Wabash college here is announced by Dr. I. B. Hopkins, Wabash president. The money, to be used for library purposes, will be received at the rate of $3,000 annually for five years.

MAN PLUNGES ELEVEN FLOORS TO HIS DEATH Salesman Goes to Death Before Office Worker Can Prevent Fall. Dropping from a window ledge on the fifteenth floor of the Merchants Bank building, H. M. Mannheimer, 57, of St. Louis, Mo, plunged eleven floors to his death late Monday afternoon. Mannheimer, a jewelry salesman, was seen clinging tc the window ledge by persons in the building, but before aid reached him he had dropped. His death was pronounced suicide. Miss Gertrude Link 1632 Pleasant street, an employe on the fifteenth floor of the building, told police she saw the man astride the ledge, and that she called to Irving Fauvre, 1501 East Thirty-eighth street. But

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CARGO CARRYING SUBS PREDICTED Practicability Proved by Nautilus, Says Inventor. BY BOYD LEWIS United Press Staff Correspondent MILFORD, Conn., Oct. 20. Although it failed to reach the north pole, the submarine Nautilus expedition proved the practicability of using cargo carrying submarines to open up shorter trade routes and

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new trade areas, Simon Lake said today. He was enthusiastic over the results of Sir Hubert Wilkins’ expedition and not the least discouraged at Its failure to travel under ice to the north pole. “I don’t care If they never go to the pole.” he exclaimed. “That’s In-cidental-more spectacular of course —something to catch the public’s j eye. But the main thing is that 1 Arctic navigation by submarine has been successful. “And if they could accomplish what they did with an old boat hastily rebuilt, think what they | could do with a submarine constructed specifically for that purpose."