Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 277, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 March 1932 — Page 7

March 29,1932.

JAIL SPECIALIST SI,IOO BEHIND IN ALIMONY ‘DUES’ Physician Seized at Clinic; Former Opera Star, Now Wife, Aids Him. Hll United Press CHICAGO, March 29.—Alimony row held Dr. Maurice E. Meslrow, noted specialist, today while his second wife, Mme. Irene Pavloska, . former Chicago Civic Opera prima *4ionna, sought legal means of freeing him from county jail. Dr. Mesirow was seized at a clinic at Michael Reese hospital, after confirmation by the appellate court of conviction of contempt of court for failure to pay $l,lOO alimony to Mrs. Eda Mesirow, his first wife, now reported ill in Los Angeles. Dr. Mcsirow’s marital difficulties k started in 1927 when his first wife filed suit for divorce, naming “Jane Doe,” identified in court as Mme. Pavloska. g The physician must serve a six months’ sentence unless he pays the overdue alimony. In addition, he now faces a second citation charging he is *1,200 more in arrears.

CASE IN COURT SINCE 1905 AGAIN CONTINUED plaintiff In Suit Dead; Matter May Be Settled Soon, Is Hope. * Oldest case on the superior court one calendar, growing out of a dispute to property title that began in 1905, but continued again today. Since 1921, a dozen attorneys have attempted to bring the case to trial —always to have it continued to a future, date. Charles M. Cooper, plaintiff in the suit, is dead. Likewise, two attorneys, who handled negotiations for Cooper, have died. TTiey were William N. Harding and Omcr W. Newman. The case was postponed today when Jess Martin, attorney, was out of the city. History of the case, against the Plymouth Savings and Loan Association No. 2, defendant, fills first xhree pages in the court docket. Marlin Hugg, attorney, served as special judge in the case ten years, hearing the case. He resigned in 1931 and was succeeded by Smith. Trustees under the will of Cooper continued the suit after Cooper died. Yet, after the long delay, attor*ft'*ys say they expect to settle the matter out of court.

INCOME TAX SHOWS INCREASE IN MARCH Collections $16,000,000 Above Orig- > inal U. S. Estimate. FiU United J’rcs* WASHINGTON, March 29. March collections of the new income tax today went above even the largest of the treasury department’s estimates for the month. The total collected througli March 25 was $190,624,156.63 as compared ,with $329,116,991.75 for the corresponding period last year. Collections so far are $16,000,000 above the treasury’s original March estimate Rnd just over the revised estimate f> f $190,000,000 made when it became apparent the first was too low. QIGARET IGNITES FUMES City Fireman Is Burned as Another Forgets Cardinal .Safety Rule. 9 Fireman Charles Kersey, Engine House 23, forgot one of the elementary lessons in fire prevention, and today Lieutenant George F. Mueller of the fire company is suffering from severe burns on his legs. While gasoline was being put in an automobile tank at the engine house Monday, Kersey lit a cigaret and an explosion resulted, the flaming gasoline striking Mueller. His Tegs are burned below the hips. He was treated at city hospital. Eats 55 Eggs; Collapses ]t’i United Prete TOLEDO, 0., Mach 29.—A Door street restaurant proprietress offered patrons all the hard-boiled eggs they could eat for 25 cents. Charles Hammyr, 52, ate 55, then collapsed.

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BY BEN STERN

“'ll/'HO is the head man in this * ’ show?” is the big question being heard along the “avenoo” on the eve of the primary. There are seven claimants for the title of being the most important Democratic Negro politician in town and that means the head man on the ‘‘avenoo.” Bass of the Negro vote means something, for there are approximately 35.000 voters of that color in the city and selection of one is giving Democratic leaders a headache. To be the boss you must be on the winning side and party principles mean little to the claimants. Backing the winner is the important thing. Being a Republican one year doesn’t preclude being a Democrat the next if it means that the head man can swagger down Indiana avenue and fix slight infractions of the law for this man and that. There was a time when more than slight infractions were “fixed” and the inability to get away with it at present is one source of discontent with the present boss. n a a Take for instance Henry Fleming of the Sixth ward, who, for the last two years, has been boasting that he is the bellwether for the Negro vote. It appears that he can’t take care of the boys in the manner to which they have become accustomed and there is clamor for anew boss. List of heir apparents is incomplete, but there arc at least six of them: Carter (’Bonus') Temple, formerly Fifth ward chairman, in which lies the main part of the “avenoo,” tells the Democratic powers that he is the one to trust. Along comes Buster Lee, who, to keep the record clear, is no relative of “Goosey” Lee, Coffin ward heeler, now languishing in durance vile, after several collisions with federal law. “Buster” is vying with Rufe Page, Coffin ace for yvirs, for control of the Third ward. n n v Then there is Bevesvy Howard, custodian of Tomlinson hall, who divides his time between that job and running Vie First ward. This custodian business is good, as attests Jim Cross, who runs Douglass park when he isn’t out in the Second “straightening the boys out.” Then there Is Henry Walker, whose standing with the electorate of Fifth ward must not be forgotten, for it rated him a berth as deputy sheriff. And inasmuch as the column doesn’t want to be responsible for a siucide, the name of Chris Fisher, the mayor’s messenger, must be printed. Fisher is Second precinct committeeman of the Sixth ward.

PROHIBITION BATTLE SWINGS TO SENATE

Hearings Open on Measures to Change Procedure of Amending Constitution. li’j t nited Press WASHINGTON, March 29.—The senate prohibition fight shifted to another front today as hearings opened before a judiciary sub-com-mittee on three resolutions of Senator Hiram Bingham tßep., Conn.), (0 change the procedure of amending the Constitution. Bingham’s resolutions do not mention prohibition specifically, but were designed to make the matter of amending the Constitution a question of popular sentiment, which Bingham and other wet senators believe overwhelmingly favors of modification of the dry laws. One resolution would add to the

INSULL SEEKING TO PUT ACROSS STANDARD RATE Striving for Approval of Power Loop Plan in Central Indiana. Having put across their power loop plan of standardized rates in southern Indiana, after three unsuccessful attempts, Insull interests now are seeking similar action from the public service commission for their central Indiana properties. In a petition filed with the commission today the Northern Indiana Power Company asks that a rate investigation be instituted and "reasonable, sufficient and nondiscriminatory” rates be fixed in the central Indiana territory. A number of petitions from citizens of the district now' are on file with the commission asking that rates be reduced. Halted by Depression The company petition sets out that 200 reductions were made at various places in the territory during the last ten years and work toward standardization w-as progressing when halted by depressed conditions causing drop in revenues. A 61.67 per cent tax increase since 1921 is cited as one handicap toward rate decreases and it is pointed out that assessments now have mounted to about 45 cents a month for each consumer. In 1924 the total state and local taxes were $22,943 and in 1931 were $360,443, the petition sets out. Serves 185 Communities The Northern Indiana Power ! Company, into which was merged ! the Wabash Valley Electric Com- | pany and the Attica Electric Com- | pany on Jan. 1, 1932, serves 185 i communities and rural areas in cen- ! tral Indiana. Among the larger towns and cities , are Huntington, Kokomo, Nobles- ! ville, Rochester, Wabash, Clinton, ! Martinsville, Sullivan, Jasonville, ' Greencastle and Attica. Former attempt to establish the power loop basis of rate-making re- | suited in the famed Martinsville decision in federal court, which up- ! holds the commission’s contention ! that a local community must form the basis in making rates there. Called ‘Rate Reduction’ Although the commission adheres to this theory it finally did recognize the so-called “south system” by an Insull move similar to the present, which was called by Commissioner Harry K. Cuthbertson a “rate reduction.” Since his advent on the commission, Cuthbertson has been fighting for the Insull power loop plan. Under it, all properties in the power loop must be valued to form the basis for rate making and all rates would be standardized throughout the system.

bill of rights in the Constitution a provision that any amendment conferring on the government any added powers over the rights of the people must be ratified by special state conventions, rather than by the Legislatures. The second would provide that no such amendment be valid until ratified by state referenda in threefourths of the states. The third would provide for congress to call a national constitutional convention, on a vote of twothirds of its members or petition of two-thirds of the state legislatures. “The states now submit every change in the state constitutions to a vote of their people,” Bingham contends. “If that is good for the states, it’s good for the federal government.”

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