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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
STRATTON SELLS
MONROE INTEREST
Auto Concern Finds Plant
Too Small,

The Stratton Motors Corporation
has disposed Of it's interest in the
Monroe car, the corporation an
nOunced today. It was stated an an
nouncenent as to who has bought the
interest will be made In a few days.
The announcement from the STRAIT
ton Corporation said the corporation
will devote its entire time to market
ing Stratton cars. Frank S. Stratton,
president, said the Monroe factory Is
inadequate to build both Monroe and
Stratton cars. He declined to say
where the cars TO be built.
When the Stratton concern started
1t was announced an automobile to
sell for $685. would be built at the
Monroe plant. The Monroe property
was bought by the Stratton concern
at that time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
lfety Must Not Be Given VacatiOn!r
Summer Brings New Traffic
Problems as Children
Leave Schools,
School is out.

School is OUT
That means 10000 Indianapolis
grade school pupils and nearly 1O. 900
high school pupils are freed from
books and will now seek the fun of
vacation.
Parents and officials have a new
problem in safeguardi- the lives Of
children.
The police department is partic-
ularly on the alert to prevent traffic
accidents. They are asking parents to
cooperate.
Save the life Of an Indianapolis
child should become the aim Of In
dianapolis citizens.
Policemen were instructed today to
look out for the safety Of children.
The police department is using every
means to prevent the annual summer
tel of accidents.
Here are some instructions police
have asked parents to impress on
their children:
Don't 90 swimming except at pro-
tected pools or beaches.
Don't skate in the street.
Don't play games in the street.
Don't ride bicycles without lights.
Don't steal rides on trucks.
And here are some for motorists:
Slow down wherever you see chill
dren in the streets or sidewalks
Sound your horn whenever you see
children.
Don't permit children to ride on the
back Of your truck or wagon.
Don't permit children riding bicycles
to hold to your car.
Traffic Captain Michael Glenn says
If these instructions are properly OBJ
served and parents cooperate in In
structing children. accidents 70 chill
dren should be greatly reduced.
I'VE have been sending traffic men
70 schools all winter" Glenn said. in
structing children in safety rules
Many schools have their own traffic
departments, which have done much
TO protect the children.
Danger Of accidents TO children has
been greatly increased by the recent
practice Of playing a game similar TO
tennis in the streets. Glenn said.
Children found swimming IN places
unprotected by life guards will be sent
TO police headquarters. Glenn said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
Questions Cause Delay

Persons wanting information during
fires cause trouble for operators. West
stated that sometimes fifty calls come
In on one fire.
During the past winter as high as
seventy alarms have been reported in
one day. With dozens Of calls com
ing in on each fire. there is little
chance OF a breathing spell for the
operators.
But many calls on one fire are bet
ter than none, West said. in explain
ing what he termed the "neighbor-
hood or everybody S fire" West cited
an instance where several houses
caught fire and burned while hun
Adreds Of people watched. After the
Efre some one called the 1epartment.
asking why no apparatus had been
sent. Records showed thst no alarm
had been turend in. Every one had
been too busy watching the fire TO
think about turning in an alarm.
Fire Chief John ]. O'Brlen empha-
sized the necessity for using discre-
ton IN calling the department. as
every day more fires are reported over
the telephone and fewer and fewer
boxes are pulled. During the past
year of a total OF 4,O42 alarms. BOSS
were stills, coming in over the tele-
phone"
Chief O'Brien said ga were box
alarms. and estimated that many Of
these were pulled by children by mis-
take.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
SIX FOUND GUILTY
OF BLIND TIGERS
Bert Fowler Fined 500 and
Costs,

Bert Fowler. SS, 81 n. Mount St,
was fined 500 and costs for operat-
ing a blind tiger, in city court today.
He was arrested by police and Fed
eral officers, who said ninety-eight
quarts of whisky and ten gallons of
grain alcohol were found behind a
trap door in a bookcase at his home.
Other blind tiger cases:
Henrietta Brent, 27; fined $50 and
costs.
Herbert Smither %, 61o Russell
Ave; fined $50 and costs.
Bernard Ahlder. 40, 2015 s. Merid
ian St. fined 5000 and costs and SEN
fenced to thirty days on the Indiana
State farm.
Thomas Coger. 81, and George
Colby, 21. both colored, 946 w
Twenty-Fifth St. each fined 800 and
costs and sentenced to thirty days on
the Indiana State farm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
CITY OF ANDERSON
MUST PAY $263,698
Chicago Firm Wins Suit in
Federal Court.

Judgment of 1858 69S.SS, one of the
largest ever granted in Federal Court
here. was entered against the city Of
Anderson in favor of Green & Sons
Co., of Chicago, by Judge Albert B.
Anderson today.
This brought to a close long litiga-
ton over Anderson's famous million
dollar sewer" 1t is understood that
funds to pay the judgment will be
provided by an issue of refunding
bonds.
The sewer. which was built by
Green & Sons, was completed in No
vember. 1921. The contract price was
$916,O00. The city failed to pay a
balance represented by the amount of
the judgment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
FLAPPER SLAYER
IS STILL UNKNOWN
Victims Widow Fails to
Identify Manicurist,
By United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO. June Is. - The identity
of the murderer Of Richard T.
Tesmer lapsed again into an 'un-
solved mystery" today when Mrs.
Tesmer, the widow. failed to identify
pretty manicurist arrested in an
early morning raid as the slayeress.
Mrs. Tesmer witnessed the Staying
during the robbery at the Tesmer
Gold Coast" home She said the
latest suspect was not the girl with
blue eyes and a smile" who shot
Tesmer.
A score or more of girls have been
taken before Mrs. Tesmer, but she has
failed to identify any of them.
Mrs. Tesmer collapsed following fail.
lowing failure to identify the girl. She
became hysterical and is confined to
her bed.
"I can't say for sure" she declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
AVIATOR PASSES
HERE At G A. NJ.
CroSS-County Plane in Trial
Flight to Missouri.

Lieut.. Russell Maughan. from Day
ton, Ohio, who started on an explora-
ton trip to St Joseph, Mo, prelim-
mary to his proposed transcontinent-
al "dawntodawn" flight. passed over
indianapolis shortly after a. m. to,
day, according to officials at Schoen
field at TT. Harrison.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
MRS. VENA DEAN FACES
EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE
Buyer at Ayres Alleged to Be Short
i'm Accounts.

Trial Of Mrs. Vena Dean, 2348 Pros
pect St, on charges of embezzling
funds while head and chief buyer of
the basement millinery department of
L. S. Ayres & Co. was resumed this
afternoon in Criminal Court.
Robert L. Stancill, 334O N. Meridian
ST, an official of the Quigly-Hyland
detective agency, testified that Mrs
Dean signed q statement that her total
defalcation fro mthe time she was en-
ployed in September, 1921, would not
exceed $65."
Mrs. Dean testified that she was
made head Of the department Sept.
I, 1922. She denied all charges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
Second Graduation

Herman Bamberger, son OF Mr. and
Mrs. Michael Bamberger. 1904 N.
Pennsylvania St. a graduate Of Short
ridge High School was graduated to-
Cay at the Carnegie Institute of
Technology at Pittsburgh. He was
awarded the bachelor of science de-
gree. He majored in machine pro
Guction. Mr.. and Mrs. Bamberger
attended the commencement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
LAUNDRY TO EXTEND
Progress Company Plans $4,000 I'm.
provements at Plant.

The Progress Laundry Company,
420 E. Market St, will start imme-
diate extensions and improvements on
its plant costing approximately s110,-
900. including erection of a three-stOry
building, 1t was announced today by
Russell n. Edwards, architect
A power plant will be erected in the
rear of the building.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
ARM IS SHREDDED
IN LARD CUTTER
Prompt Action Saves Life Of
Henry Edwards,

Quick action on the part Of his en-.
ployer probably saved the life Of
Henry Edwards. IS. Craig Hotel. and
employed az the Midway Meat Mar
ket. 1873 E. Market St. when his
right arm was caught in an electric
lard cutter today.
z. II. Mueller, who owns the shop.
heard Edwards cry for help. Shutting
off power Mueller released the shredd-
ed arm from the machine and tied
band tightly around it at the shoulder
Sergeant Dever sent the injured man
to the city hospital. where 1t Is said
the arm will have TO be amputated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
CITY ORDINANCE WOULD
RESTRICT PAY INCREASE
Councilman Wise Favors Wage Boost
TO Laborers Only.

Only city employees classed as la
borers will receive salary increases
under an ordinance to be introduced
in city council Monday night. Coun-
Gilman Walter W. Wise said today.
Wise is chairman of the council
committee which has been recently
Planning to a readjusted wage scale
for city employees. An ordinance
asking increase in salaries for city
employees amounting to about 100000
a year was introduced at the last
session Of the council.
Wise said members OF the commit
tee had agreed to act only en- a 10
per cent raise for laborers and take
other salary boosts under consider
alton. The labor raise amounts to
about $4,000 a year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
Prowlers Frightened Away

Two men thought by police to be the
men who ransacked several homes in
Woodruff Pl.. this week, were fright
ened away from a garage in the rear
of the home of Herman Schoellkoft,
1922 E. Tenth St. Thursday night,
police records showed today.
Mrs. Mary Galloway, 1913 Windsor
St, went into the rear yard of her
home and saw the men. They ran. A
search failed to reveal any trace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
PEDESTRIAN RUN DOWN
Boy, -, Struck by AutO-Driver Is
Hold on Two Counts.

Clarence Bartholomew. u. Of 1924
Broadway was in a serious condition
today at the city hospital following
injuries received Thursday night
when he was struck by an automo-
bile driven by Robert c. Siewert. 26,
of 1903 z. Tenth ST. at Massachusetts
Ave, and St. Clair St. Siewert was
arrested on charges Of speeding and
assault and battery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
VERDICT FAVORS
CROKER'S WIDOW
Jury AbSOIveS Woman of
Costs in VIII Case.

DUBLIN. June 15-The jury IN
the Croker will case today returned a
verdict in favor Of Mrs. Bula Croker.
The verdict also absolved Mrs.
-Crocker from having to pay any Of
srhe costs of the trial.
Richard Crocker Jr., and other
heirs brought suit to break the will Of
the late boss of Tammany Hall. under
the terms of which mis- fortune was
left to his second wife. Bula, a former
Oklahoma girl Of Indian ancestry.
The contestants alleged that Bula
had been married to Guy Narone. a
Northampton, Mass. tailor and that
she wed Croker without getting a
divorce from Narone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
HE'S ONLY AN AMATEUR!
Judge "GOes to Pieces" After Two
Holes of Golf.

Col. George H. I1eaiey. clerk Of the
State printing board, in addressing
former fellow townsmen a; Frankfort
Thursday night, told the following
story on Judge Earl B. Stroup of the
Clinton Circuit Court
The judge was fast becoming a
devotee Of golf. A friend asked:
What did you make on your last
round, judge?"
Well, 1 made the first hole in
twelve. the second in fourteen. and
then I went to pieces" the judge
replied.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
HELD IN TRIPLE CRASH
Three Charges Made After Auto Hits
Street Car and Truck.

Robert Brunson. Gil n. New Jer-
sey St, was to face Judge Wilmeth
in city court today on charges OF va
granCy. improper driving and ma
licious destruction of property. fol
lowing a triple auto collision at New
York and Pennsylvania SITS. Thurs
day.
Brunson, It is said, struck a city
car and hurled 1t into a truck be
longing to the Indiana Condensed
Milk Company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
Missing Man Sought.

Police are searching for Carl Burd-
low. So. Of 225 Geisendorf St, who is
missing from his home. His wife,
Matte Burdlow, told police he was 5
feet inches in height. weighed 1876
pounds and wore a brown hat and
light suit,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
Water Causes Damage

Water leaking from wash room on
the second floor of the Pembroke Ar
cade Building during the night caused
considerable damage to the stock OF
Eldiridge Music Shop, it was said
today. Police turned the water.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
Improper Alarms

Most persons do not know how to
turn in an alarm properly" West
said. Thousands of dollars could be
saved, and the companies could get
to fires more quickly if persons would
only use a little judgment in calling
the department and turning in alarms. q"
Excitment is the worst thing opera
tors have to contend with during a
fire, West explained. A person calls
and reports fire. Before they have
had time to order out a company, all
lights on the switchboard flash
All calls have to be answered as the
operators think that it is probably
another fire. But nine times out OF
ten these questions are asked:
Where's the fre?'
What time Is it?''
why hasn't the apparatus ar
rived?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
SaVe-a-Baby

1--WE appeal to the red-blooded
warm-hearted people of Indian
apolis in our effort to save the
starving babyhood Of Bible lands
thousands of tiny tots-the or
phans OF prosecuted Christian
parents.
1T costs but a few cents to
purchase a can Of condensed milk
-life-saving milk. We urge
every citizen to stop at your
grocer or druggist Saturday. buy
a can of this milk and place 1t in
a Save a Baby" barrel. One
little life may depend on each of
you"
Advertising Club OF Indian
apons. Frank B. F'lanner, presi-
dent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15

The ''gamewelT' is the nerve cen
ter Of the fire department.
To a mere observer It is a room
filed with all sorts Of delicate instru-
ments, with a large switchboard in
the center. But every fire alarm in
the city must be received by the
gamewelI operators. either over the
approximately 400 boxes that ring in
there. or over the nine trunks com
ing into the telephone switchboard,
before a company can be sent out on
"a fire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
Auto Hits Bicyclist

Norris Young, II, of 27225 E. Wash
ington St, was slightly injured in an
accident near his home Thursday
night. Young was riding a bicycle
when he was struck by a automobile
which did not stop. A
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
Fall From Tree Fatal

bV JHiTeU IreSS
MUNCIE, Ind, June 15.-William
J, Kennedy, 60. died at a hospital
of injuries suffered when he fell
twenty feet from a tree he was trim
ming.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
PUBLIC UTILITY CONTROL
BY CITY is THREATENED
Declares Companies Must
Stop Seeking Increases
Civic Clubs Join Fight,

Municipal control and ownership
of public utilities was threatened TO-
day by Corporation Counsel Taylor K.
Gron.nger
Unless these public utilities stop
asking for rate Increases the city will
either be forced 70 buy and control
them or the public service commission
will have 70 be abolished and the
control placed back into the hands
Of the city council" Grontngor stated
In discussing his plans to resist the
petition OF he indianapolis Water
Company for new rate schedule.
GronlnGer stated that the water
company was on a firm financial ba-
s!7 and was not entitled TO any raise
The company IS merely asking the
public 70 furnish capital for an eX-
pansion Of their business" Groninger
rtTgeJ
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15

Friends of three Indianapolis grade school principals who
discharged Thursday by the school board today
testing against their dismissal
The principals who retired Mrs Helen Dubois
school No 90 Miss Mary A McKeever No 25
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
FLASHOF REDLGHTS.
FIRE ALARM SOUNDED,
THEN CITY SPEEDS AID
Switchboard at City Hall Is Nerve Center of Com
pIex Trunk Branches Improper Signals
Often Prove Costly
BY ARLOW r. PIFER-

y ED lights the switchboard fash "Theres fire at my
IN house - excited excaims the fur
ther information is offered.
This only instance of the scraps of information
ceved and only part of the trouble met by Walter West
Gamewell operator at the city hall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15

DISMISSAL
CRITICISED
Friends Of Three Grade School Principals Discharged by
Board Voice Objections 10 Summary Action
Pensions viii Be Paid.
BULLETIN

About 100 pupils of School No went to school headquar
ers today in body to protest against the transfer Of Miss
E Huebne their principal ordered among the sweeping
changes Thursday
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
Groninger Backed

A resolution presented by A. lie Roy
Portteus, vice president OF the fedora
ton asking the federation to back
Groninger, was adopted.
A resolution offered by Clarence f.
Weir. president of tho Capitol Ave
nue. Civic League, urging each club
to send ten representatives to the
hearing Of the water company petit
ton, July 10, was adopted unani-
mously.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
NOTED HISTORIAN DEAD

Daniel Joseph Ryan Succumbs to
Long Illness at Columbus. Ohio.
BIZ United Press
COLUMBUS. Ohio, June 15.-Daniel
Joseph Ryan. 6S. nationally known
historian. died at his home here to.
Gay.
Ryan had been I'll more than a year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
Experts to BE Used

Groninger said that arrangements
have been made to hire an expert
accountant and engineer TO investi-
gate tho petition and be ready to
place facts before the commission
when hearings on the rate case be
gan.
Federation Of Community Civic
Clubs today Is squareIy behind Gron-
niger In his opposition 10 increased
water rates, following Groninger's talk
at a dinner at the Chamber Of Com
merce Thursday night.
There is no rule by which the value
OF a public utility can be estab-
Ishcd," said Gron!nger. Utilities
should earn enough operating expense
to meet taxes and receive q fair In
come"
Groninger pleaded for the moral
support and active assistance of the
citizens OF indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15

AUule L. helIer, SCnOOl NO. 10.
1t was indicated that q number Of
delegations will attend the next meet
ing Of the board.
Typical of objections being voiced is
"a letter received by The Times from
Miss Mary c. Hunt, president Of the
Hunt Soap and Chemical Company.
The school boards action in dis
missal Of woman principals is a public
+ injustice of the most fragrant kind
and deserves more than passing men
ton" Miss Hunt said.
An Insult, She Says
1T shows:
Il. That this is not the first time
this board has insulted its respected
teachers. just a month or so ago
their disapproval to Miss Cullen and
others who went abroad to enjoy their
well earned rest was aired in the daily
papers. which was a disgrace. The
OVerZealous board members who would
investigate their rights, etc, would
have found they were entirely mis-
taken.
"2. The whole proceeding IS a heart.
less injustice 10 these good women,
who should If anything be offered a
years notice and a pension. AS It
IS. their credit and good name IN the
community is assailed by abrupt dis
missal and for no other reason than
not having their A 3. degree at this
late date"
Hold Long Service Records
Miss Hunt points out Miss Nc
Keever taught ffty-one years. Mrs.
Dubois. forty-fve years, and Mrs.
Reiter, fifty years.
1t was announced at the school
board offices that the three former
principals viii be pensioned. Their
service record is being examined. and
II was said each probably will receive
the maximum. $500 year.
The board gave no reason for the
dismissals, but it was indicated that
they were in compliance with resolu-
tons regarding employment Of in
structors Of advanced age or infifrm-
ity. adopted recently.
Miss Dubois said she had been given
no reason for her dismissal and that
she did not wish to discuss it now.
She said she expected TO talk to f. L.
Graf, superintendent of schools.
about II.
Miss McKeever and Mrs. Reiter re-
fused TO comment at this time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
CONDITION OF BONAR
LAW GROWS WORSE
Former British Premier Suffering

From Throat Trouble
By United Press
LONDON. June 15.-Condition of
former Premier Andrew Bonar Law,
VIII oresigned last month because of i'll
health. was reported today to be
growing steadily worse. Bonar Law
was suffering from a severe throat af-
Fiction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
POLITICAL WIRES
PULLED TO SWING
RALSTON IN 1924
Taggart Statement Regarded
as CamoufIage to Ap-
peaSe Factions,
By P. B. SCOTT.
United Press Staff Correspondent.

FRENCH LICK. Ind. June IA
Opinion is growing today that wires
are being pulled to swing the Demo
cratic presidential nomination to
United States Senator Samuel NJ. Ral-
ston, of Indiana, and that Governor
Alfred L. Smith, Of New York-if he
has any presidential ambitions. which
he denies-will have to sit on the side
linues and be content with a lower po-
sition on the ticket, II any at all.
In event he does not land on the
ticket. he may be permitted 10 dictate
a wet or damp plank in the platform.
although democracy throughout the
Midwest is not favorably disposed
toward plank Of any degree Of damp.
ness a s a whole.
II developed today Tom Taggart.
political boss of Indiana Democratic
circles, saw Ralston before making
his statement Wednesday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
HOOsiers Indifferent

It would be decidedly bad form for
Taggart 70 issue any word which
might result IN making enemies Of
friends, and Taggart and Smith are
friends, politically and personally.
So far not a single district leader
Of the Democratic party In Indiana
has called at the hotel to see Smith.
Indiana political writers are interpret
ing this as indicative Of the indiffer-
ence Of Hoosier democracy to Smiths
plans or policies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-15
Taggart Behind Ralston

Taggart is strongly behind Ealston.
admits It privately. and has said so
publicly to a limited degree. The
statement denied Taggart is behind
~ organized movement for Ralstons
candidacy but Is generally regarded
as camOufage here.
Il Is believed-and this is June
politics a year ahead OF the conven-
tion-Taggart is planning TO use Raj
ston as a compromise candidate in the
event the Smith. McAdoo and Under
wood booms reach sufficient strength
to bring about a deadlock on the con-
ventiOn floor.
Should such a situation materialize.
ii IS thought, Taggart viii spring
Ralston's name on the convention
floor for the first time. and be in po-
sition to get away with It.
Taggart's statement. which was
worded most automatically, was given
out at this time and in such diplo-
matte form to avoid any possible
chance Of friction between himself
and Smith, who is here for a ten-day
rest,