Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 273, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1933 — Page 2

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CITY VIRTUALLY REBUILT AFTER 1913 DISASTER Floods Here Left 15,000 Homeless: Damage Toll in Millions. With the state and city today recovering from a flood threat, Indianapolis residents recalled the inundation of 1913 that, twenty years ago .Saturday, made 15,000 homeless in the city and damaged millions of dollars worth of property. The flood that killed persons in every part of the state and brought Indiana one of its greatest major calamities, occurred two days after Easter Sunday. On Saturday, March 22. Indianapolis newspapers carried stories that fair weather would be on hand Sunday for "the biggest and best Easter day parade,” But the sunshine failed to materialize. Instead rain, which was to last five days and nights, started to fall. However, "easterly winds” were predicted for the following day i These proved to be a cyclone which took the lives of twenty persons and ; made 1,000 homeless in Terre Haute. < reeek Leaves Batiks Meanwhile, Indianapolis fought heavy rains, and on Monday, March 24, the first of scores of families was rescued by boat from their home on Kentucky avenue near Eagle creek. Eagle creek had left its banks and George Crunk Sr, and his wife and children were taken from their home.By morning of the 25th, Indianapolis faced its greatest flood crisis. It overshadowed the flood of 1904 and every section of the city, near Fall creek, White river and Big Eagle creek was endangered. It was estimated 2,590 families, chiefly in the West Washington Street-West Indianapolis district, were homeless. Street cars were halted on routes, the West Wash- ! ington car barns were flooded and Eagle creek was "a raging torrent from one-half to a mile wide.” Thousands Walk Home Business became paralyzed before nightfall as the waters spread. Lines ■ of communication were cut off and thousands of workmen who had ridden to work, walked to their homes that night. At Belmont street and Kentucky avenue 100 homes were flooded and the old Oakley Club, then a road- j house on Kentucky avenue, was ! flooded to the second floor. Howard street and Bismark avenue, now Pershing avenue, felt the force of White river flood waters. On Wednesday, March 26, the estimates of homeless reached 15,000. Sights of men, w'omen and children hanging to the roofs of houses in the cold and rain, calling for help were seen everywhere. The West Washington Street-White river bridge collapsed and the heavily stricken area of the city was without communication. Shank Pleads for Aid Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank pleaded for aid from all citizens not affected. The river left its banks at Broad Ripple and through the south and west sections of the city. Fall Creek climbed its banks and water went north as far as Twenty-sev-enth and Illinois streets and south to Twenty-fourth street. Hospitals were jammed with residents suffering from exposure and injuries. State troops w r ere on duty, watching every bridge and aiding the suffering. Rescue boats saved lives on West New York. Michigan and Tenth streets as the flood waters rolled over the low areas. Industrial companies with plants along the river and creeks found their properties inundated. Snow Storm Hits City And with all this tragedy a terrific snow storm and cold weather struck the city. The snow hampered relief work and there were hundreds of tales of narrow scapes end daring rescues. In the hospitals and relief sta-1 tions, fathers and mothers pleaded for aid in finding children. ‘‘Where is my wife?" or ‘‘Where is my boy and girl?” were heard again and again. • Many parents saw their children j rescued first and then when aid came they were unable to locate the boys and girls. Every bridge in the city was under guard, and on the north side only the Capitol avenue structure remained open. Thousands walked to work and the Polar Ice and Fuel Company, storage firms and other companies loaned wagons -for transportation. Money Pours In The motorists were in the height of popularity and many cashed in on the situation to sell rides. Mayor Shank closed every saloon on the west side. The next day came the plea for money. One hundred thousand dollars was needed. Fofxi and clothing were wanted. And the city responded. Relief stations, including Tomlinson hall, were crowded with mattresses, blankets and clothing and money poured into the relief committee. That was the turning point. Gradually the water receded. Some Indianapolis districts practically were rebuilt. Families were reunited. Another city had braved a crisis. - • Burglar Ransacks House Ransacking the home of Mrs. Margaret J. Nohl, 912 North LaSalle street, Friday night, a burglar took a .32 calibre revolver, valued at S2O; twa pair of field glasses, valued at S2O, and $2 in cash.

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President, Who Is Sunday School Teacher, Held on Murder Charge. By I ailed Press HEADRICK, Okla., March 25. W. C. 'Bill) Ernest, 50, veteran bank examiner, was shot to death Friday shortly afterm he hung a closed sign on the Citizens’ State bank here. J. H. Brock. 36-year-old president of the bank w’ho once wrote a book titled “Tribulations of a Banker,” surrendered to officers, and insisted he fired a bullet into Ernest’s heart in self-defense. Brock has been a teacher in the Baptist Sunday school since coming here three years ago from Barstow’, Tex. He began his banking career in Post City, Tex. In the prologue of his book he said “I have fought the good fight. I have tried to keep my conscience clear.” Books Are Audited On orders of State Bank Commissioner W. J. Barnett, Ernest and his secretary, Virigina Doane of Altus. came here Friday morning to audit the books. The bank had reopened after the holiday under withdrawal restrictions W’hich Brock had protested, advising the commisisoner he would not observe them. Shortly before noon Ernest elephoned Commissioner Barnett at Oklahoma City a report in which he recommended closing the institution. “The books are in a hell of a. mess and there is considerable shortage,” Ernest reported to his chief. Miss Doane, Brock and his wife, the cashier, were standing near him. Post Closing Notice Concluding the converastion, Ernest posted the closing notice and returned to the teller's cage. Brock asked his wife and Miss Doane to step outside. Mrs. Brock went home, across the street. Miss Doane stood outside, looking into the bank. “I want to talk over some personal matters with Mr. Ernest,” Brock explained, the secretary said. "As I started across the street, I heard a shot,” Miss Doane said. ”1 returned to the bank as Brock hurried out to a filling station. Mr. ‘ Ernest was dead.” CLOTHING MODELS ARE HELD AS STOWAWAYS ! Rtf I'titled Press BROOKLYN, March 25. Two Brooklyn girls, clothing models, who have been missing from home for a week, were reported today as held by police of Brcmerhaven, Geri many, where they arrived as rtow- ! awaj’s on the North German Lloyd i liner Bremen. Their names were given as Lo- : retta Carney, 19. of 819 Fortieth ; street, and Jerry Noonan, 20, of 1 373 Eighty-fifth street. At the i Noonan home a girl, who said she j was Jerry's sister, reported that the stowaways had left behind a letter saving they were going out “to look for adventure.” Captain William Dreschel. marine superintendent for the line, said today a recent change in the German statutes increased the penalties for stowaways and classified the offense with embezzlement.

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BEER HELPS BUSINESS Lumber Company Reports Big Order for Brew Case Material. By Times Special CHICAGO, March 25.—The return of beer is helping the lumber industry. The E. L. Bruce Cos. today reported orders for a quarter million feet of oak and cottonwood lumber for making beer cases. HAVE COLOR IN CHEEKS If your skin is yellow’—complexion pallid—tongue coated—appetite poor —you have h a bad taste in your mouth—a lazy, no-good feeling—you should try Olive Tablets. Dr. Edw'ards Olive Tablets—a substitute for calomel —were prepared by Dr. Edwards after 20 years of study. Olive Tablets are a purely vegetable compound. Know them by their olive color. To have a clear, pink skin, bright eyes, no pimples, a feeling of buoyancy like childhood days, you must get at the cause. l'r. Edwards Olive Tablets art on the liver and bowels like calomel—yet have no dangerous after effects. They start the bile and help overcome constipation. Take nightly and note the pleasing results. Millions of boxes sold yearly. 13e, 30e, 60c.—Advertisement.

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JAPAN IS NOT ‘U, S. vassal; SAYSDIPLOMAT Obligated to Explain to No One, Says Matusoka: Makes Plea. BY SANDOR S. KLEIN United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK. March 25.—Japan is I not obligated to explain her activities in Manchuria to any nation. ! since she is "not a vassal state to the United States, nor to any other country,” Yosuke Matusoka. chief of the Japanese delegation to the League of Natioas, declared Friday upon his arrival from Europe. The dynamic little Japanese diplomat, who stalked dramatically from the league halls because of the league’s “interference” in Manchuria, was firm in his exposition of Japan’s rights and duties in the disputed territory. He admitted Japan has “suffered ; from misunderstanding and poor , propaganda” and said he believed his nation should, for that reason, i make the Manchurian situation clear. “We are anxious to promote world peace,” he said, “and the greatest enemy to peace is lack of understanding. “But we can not allow any hostile people to control Manchuria and to carry on intrigue and warfare against Japan.” Matsuoka agreed that it w’as difficut for Americans, 5,000 miles away from the scene, to understand some of Japan’s activities in the Asiatic empire. “But it is just as difficult for some Japanese to understand America’s occupation of some countries in the western w'orld,” he added. WAGE SCALE IS SET Millwork Carpenters in Chicago Agree to 75 Cents an Hour. By Times Special CHICAGO. March 25.—A wage scale of 75 cents an hour for millwork carpenters w’as agreed on here Friday, at a conference of the carpenters’ district council and the Millwork and Cabinet Manufacturers’ Association, on an arbitrator’s decision. The new agreement will be in effect until June 30, 1937, and is retroactive to Nov. 1, 1932, when the old contract expired. Pending the agreement, the wage has been 60 cents an hour. The old scale was 85 cents.

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With bayonets gleaming and flags lifted in a new’ spirit of nationalism reminiscent of Hohenzollern days, an honor company of German soldiers is shown heie goose-stepping in review before Adolf Hitler, the republic's chancellor, and President Paul von Hindenberg at ceremonies in Berlin honoring the fatherland's World war dead.

MUNCIE PASTOR TO FACE ASSAULT TRIAL Special Venire Called for Tuesday Hearing. By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., March 25. The Rev. G. Lemuel Conway, 52, suspended pastor of the Madison Street Methodist church, will face trial here ni circuit court Tuesday on a charge of attempted criminal assault. The complainant is Miss Helen Huffman, 18-year-old high school girl, a member of Comvay’s congregation. She alleges that the attempt took place Dec. 20. A special venire of fifteen talesmen has been drawn. A second venire may be called, due to the wide publicity given the case. A church trial was held last week, with Bishop Edgar Blake of Detroit presiding, and the suspension order issued for one year. ( Tobacco, Matches Are Lost Matches, tobacco and 25 cents in cash was the loot of a burglar w’ho smashed the window of the Kroger grocery at 2629 Shelby street, Friday night.

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City Couple to Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary

Open House to Be Held on Monday by Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Bonsib. H. S. Bonsib, 76, a temperance worker for half a century, and Mrs. Bonsib, 71. will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Monday at their home, 642 North Dearborn street, with open house in the afternoon and night for friends and acquaintances. They have been residents of Indianapolis thirty years. Their marriage on March 27, 1883, was at Zumbrota, Minn. He was born in St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs. Bonsib is a native of Wisconsin. Before moving to Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Bonsib resided in Vincennes, where he operated a temperance lecture bureau and Mrs. Bonsib w r as a private teacher of art. The couple has twin sorts, Roy and Ray, and a daughter, Mrs. Vera Blackburn, and three grandchildren. The latter resides with the parents. Roy is director of safety for the Standard Oil Company and lives in

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New’ York. Ray. an architect, lives in Cedar Rapids. la. The sons attended Indiana university and Columbia university. New’ York, and Ray was prominent in athletics at both schools. During the 1932 campaign. Bonsib was secretai-y and treasurer of the Indiana organization of the Prohibition party. He will leave next month for Wisconsin, where he will be engaged several months in work for the party. Mr. and Mrs. Bonsib are members of the Second Presbyterian church. STATEHOOD IS GOAL Puerto Ricans no Longer Working for Independence, Says Speaker. Statehood, rather than complete independence, is the desire of thinking leaders of the Puerto Rican government, the Rev. William B. O’Neill of Chicago stated at the Arlington M. E. church Friday night. Enlightened opinion, he believes, is causing the island to look tow’ard statehood, although it manifest a desire for independence a few years ago.

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MARCH 25, 1033

NO BEER FOR INDIANS' FANS THIS SUMMER Neither Will Golfers Get Chance to Take Drink on ‘Nineteenth.’ Baseball fans probably will not be able to watch the Indianapolis Indians this summer, take a long draught of ice-cold beer and then scream with added gusto: “Kill the umpire! Oooh, you robber! and “Why don't yuh get a horse. Jesse?" Neither will golfers on municipal courses be able to forget their eighteen holes of bickering with a glass of peace at the nineteenth. Norman Perry, owner of the Indianapolis American Association club, has made no plans yet toward applying for a license to handle beer at the park. Even if he does, however. it is unlikely that one could be issued because of the unelastic provisions of the Indiana beer control act. No Formal Opinion The Indiana art provides that the public sale of beer be confined to bona fide eating places serving .food to travelers—and about the only travelers at the balll park will be the visiting team. There is an eating place at the ball park, but its chief function is that of a refreshment stand. It does sell sandwiches, coffee and milk, but most of its stock in trade is soft drinks, confections, cigars and cigarets. Herbert Patrick, deputy attorneygeneral. who is the state expert on liquor law’ interpretations, said he would not give a formal opinion until he has been asked to do so by Paul Fry, state excise director, and Fry will not ask one until he receives an application. Dig Out Old Ruling The bad news for the muncipal course golfers w’as contained in a ruling by the Indianapolis park board w’ith a musty and moth-eaten city ordinance as its authority. Passed years ago, the ordinance prohibits the sale of intoxicating beverages in municipal parks or amusement places. Despite the fact that legalization of beer by congress means that 3.2 beer is not intoxicating, the park board feels that beer sale in city parks w’ould not be fitting. Woman Tries Poison Death Miss Blanche McMathis. 26, of 142 Detroit street, is in city hospital today receiving treatment for an attempt at suicide early today by swallowing a deadly but slow acting poison.