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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-18
CIVIC HEADS ASK
- MERCYFOR GRANT
Club Leaders Say Chicago Boy Should Not Hang With
Loeb and Leopold Sentenced for Life.

Public opinion in indianapolis Is
decidedly in favor Of giving Bernard
Grant, 1S, Chicago youth sentenced
TO be hanged on a murder charge,
after conviction on circumstantial
evidence, the same consideration as
Leopold and Loeb, wealthy Chicago
youths, also minors guilty Of muir.
Ger, according to-a symposium OF
Civic Club heads. made today.
MRS. c. T. AUSTIN, 2216 N.
Delaware St, chairman Seventh Dis
trict Federation>of Women's Clubs:
Bernard Grant was raised in an
environment that fostered crime. En-
vironment should be considered.
What is fair for one is fair for an
other"
MRS. 0. NJ. PITTENGER, Forty
Second ST. and Monon Railroad,
State president Federation Of Wom-
ems Clubs: II do not believe in
the death penalty"
MRS. E. MAY HOLM, 1888 N.
Capitol Ave. president Marion Coun-
ty Chapter of American War Moth
ers: 1T seems to me a precedent
was set in favor Of the rich in the
case of Leopold and Loeb. I am not
in favor of capital punishment, but
it j s alaw. If one escapes because
OF riches, certainly the Grant boy
should not be committed"
MRS. w. T. BARNES, Apt. 16, 25
W. Michigan ST., president Indiana
League of Women Voters: 81 think
that a dangerous precedent was es-
tablished in the a of Leopold and
Loeb. A large per cent Of banditry
is committed by boys near 81 years
OF age. I think something drastic
should be done to stop this wild rev
elry in crime among young people. I
would suggest immediate and severe
punishment"
EDWARD o. SNETHEN. 223 w.
Maple Rd., president indianapolis
Federation Of Community Civic
Clubs: "I do not think it is just to
hang a youth who is too poor to
hire expert counsel and give two
other youths, about the same age,
who have committed the same crime,
a life sentence because they have
money"
l. G. Fl. JONES, 2142 Station St.,
president Brightwood Civic League,
"I think-like thousands of others
if Leopold and Loeb got off with life
sentence, Grant should at least have
the same. Because he is a poor boy
and did not have expensive doctors
to testify as to the condition of his
mind, and because he did not plead
guilty, are probably the reasons he
was sentenced to death"
A. L. PORTTEUS, 2313 Coyner
Ave, president Brookside Civic
League: 81 do not think the evi.
dence conclusive enough to con-
vict him"
w. T. CULLEN. % n. Temple
Ave. president Englewood Hustling
Hundred: II think the Leopold and
Loeb verdict was a travesty on jus
tice. 1t is not right to let them use
wealth to escape and then give
Grant, who is the victim of pow
erty and improper environment, the
supreme penalty.p
JOSEPH L. DOERR, 1431 Union
st. president Thirteenth Ward Civic
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-18
WHEELER EXPECTS
SUIT TO Be FILED
Believes Attempt viii Be
Made to Intimidate Him.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 1S.-Ffght-
ing the "Daugherty system and the
"Ohio gang Senator Burton K.
Wheeler, Independent vice presideu
tial candidate, moved on toward
Columbus today, expecting action
against himself by Harry NJ. Daugh-
erty's friends by night.
Information is claimed to have
been received indicating that upon
his arrival in Columbus this after
noon he may be served with papers
making him defendant in a suit for
damages.
The case is reported to be the out
growth Of an automobile accident In
Butte, Mont, five years ago when
while he was riding in the a Of a
friend a smash-up occurred in which
a person was injured. Wheeler said
he believes the suit will be insti-
tuted as an attempt to intimidate
him against attacking the "Daugh-
erty gang"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-18
MICH|GANPASTOR
RECONC|LED AFTER
SUICIDE ATTEMPT
In Note Left to Wife, BIames
Women and Poverty for
P~redicament,
BIZ Tnited Press

By United Press
CHICAGO, Sept. ia reconcilia-
ton affected with his wife early to.
day. the Rev. Leslie r. Anderson,
pastor Of the Evangelical Church at
St. Joseph, Mich, was still uncer-
tain whether he would return to his
%pastorate, following a suicide at
tempt here.
With farewell" notes in his
pocket and directions for a simple
burial, the Rev. Anderson stepped
in front of an automobile in the
downtown section Of Chicago
Wednesday. His injuries were not
serious however, and it was said at
the county hospital where he vas
taken that he would recover.
Il just broke down" the pastor
said in explanation Of his attempted
suicide. TOO much trouble. 1
wouldn't go through it all for heaven
itself"
The trouble started with a wom-
an in my congregation. I do not
want to say just what the nature of
the trouble was but it almost drove
me insane. I wanted to tell my wife
about It, but I was afraid she would
think I was responsible and 1 didn't
want to lose Their love. And so I
kept it to myself. although it almost
killed me-"
The pastor said he could not re-
member where he had been since,
but it was learned he had been en-
ployed as a farm laborer near Chi
cage. Police have been looking for
him since last Saturday.
The Rev. Anderson's wife came
here last night from ST. Joseph,
and after a long talk with her hus-
closed and has been forgotten"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-18
GIRL ATTACKED
Police Comb Lowlands Near Key
stone Ave. and Tracks.

Police searched corn1e1ds and
lowlands in the vicinity of keystone
Ave. and the Pennsylvania tracks
Wednesday, but failed to find any
trace Of the man who is alleged to
have attacked a 1~3-year-old girl.
The girl told Motor Policemen
Amsden and Hyland that she was
going through the field on a short
cut to meet another girl when the
man caught her.
William Wilharm, 1883 Evison ST,
a railroad switchman, said he saw
the two W. at the edge Of the field,
and saw them part and so in oppo-
site directions, he going back into
the field.
The girl said he was about IS, and
had on dirty overalls, q brown hat
and looked like a tramp.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-18
RETAILERS HAVE
ANOTHER ROLIC
Picnic at Broad Ripple Ends
Entertainment,

Hosts Of retailers in Indianapolis,
in observance OF Buyers week, pro-
NOTED by the Chamber of Commerce
and thirty-one cooperating wholesale
houses, viii join in g. picnic tonight
at Broad Ripple Park. Special en-
tertainment is planned under the di-
rection of l.. H. Haerle, chairman
Of the entertainment committee.
Dancing will feature the program.
Amusement devices at the park will
be free to buyers.
Friday will end Buyers Week.
Retailers are stocking up with large
quantities Of fall and spring mer-
chandise, heads of various firms said.
Sales are surprising the previous
years figures, they said.
Earl Ferguson, secretary OF the
chamber wholesale trade division,
said that railroad refund checks will
be mailed to all accredited and
registered buyers within the next
week, More than $4,000 was re-
funded last year, he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-18

League: II Judge Caverly granted
life sentence to Leopold and Loeb,
on the theory that they were under
age. it seems that it should be a
precedent for judges in other cases.
Leopold and Loeb confessed the
crime. The Grant boy. without edu.
cation and money. is accused OF a
crime he said he did not commit. He
also is under 81 years Of age. and it
seems to me he should be given the
same consideration as the other
boys"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-18
Hit Plume Smuggling

MONTREAL, Sept. 18.-Royal Ca
madam mounted police have broken
up a Canadian-American feather
smuggling ring that has been oper-
ating in Montreal, along the border
and in New York City for three
years. The ring was shattered
through the arrest of Josef Schlus-
sui of New York and seizure of para
disc pIumes valued at $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-18

Success Of Buyers Week is due
largely to the work Of these In
GianapcIis business men who have
worked for weeks through the
Chamber Of Commerce.
Ferd L. Hollweg. president
Mutual China Company. 12S s.
Meridian St. is chairman of the
executive committee; II. c. Kahlo.
President Ravens and Geddes Com
pany. 202 S. Meridian St, is chair
man of the reception committee;
Otto Keller. general manager; Z.
c. nolmetsch, 219 S. Meridian St,
chairman finance committee. and
Bert O'Leary, director Kiefer-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-18
WAIT FOR COURT
Division of Pardons Won't Act Until
Rahaarsnr Tc RYTad IN

Division of Pardons Won't Act Until
Rehearing Is Ruled on.
BIZ United Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Sept. IS
The division of pardons and paroles
probably will not consider any
petition for Bernard Grant until the
Supreme Court acts on the motion
for re-hearing of Grants case,
division officials indicated today.
The officials pointed out the
Supreme Court may grant a re-hear-
ing. IF 1t does any petition for COM
mutation OF sentence would be de
layed at least until the court acts
finally.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-18

Win part of SI5.OOO.OO cash prizes.
All money paid before Christmas. Simply
solve "Spark-PIug" Puzzles. Cash swsrds
every week. See next Sundays Chicago
Herald and Examiner for first puzzle Or
Senate Ave- Main 683z-Advextisemens.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-18

The heart Of a patient in Charing
Cross Hospital, London, continued
to beat for four and a half hours
after she had stopped breathing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-18

ERD L. HULL LIZ
Stewart Company, Georgia st, and
Capitol Ave, heads the publicity
committee.
L. II. Haerle, secretary Hibben-
Hollweg Company, is chairman Of
the entertainment committee.
These FIVE men worked through
Earl Ferguson, secretary Of the
Wholesale trade division OF the
Chamber of Commerce, and Cliff
ford q. Dumphy, assistant &C.
rotary.
1t is estimated that nearly 1000
persons III being entertained and
received by the various wholesale
firms tins week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-18

TO MRS. A. J. PETERSON. 1856
y. Belmont Ave, regarding improve
ment Of Belmont Ave.
Efforts TO have Belmont Ave.
paved from Washington st. to the
C., I. & w. tracks represent a
tangled routine in city records.
Board Of works records show that
an order for~paving the street was
carried to Circuit Court Sept. Q,
1916, after a remOnstrance was
fled against the Improvement.
Since that time, two petitions, n
in March. 1924. and another in
July. 1924, have been referred to
the engineer by the board Of
works. Engineers say unsettled
court procedure holds up the i'm.
provement. Frank Ried, of the
street commissioners office said
he would order the street repaired
until the paving project was
settled. Additional Investigations
Of the paving status will be made.
TO COMPLAINT of dirt piled
along sewer ditch at Thirty-Thirt
ST., and Northwestern Ave.
Inspectors will be sent out and
order the sewer ditch properly
leYeled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-18
MOTOR|STSASK
Mr.. F|X|T FOR
FILLING STATIONS
Auto Drivers Name Site
Where They Say One Is
Needed.
Il It'll all the filing stations, au-
hxU tomobile owners are still
- calling for more.

-~ 90 a 4 SbAA 80 AAAAAAA0 ~A
nxV tomobile owners r still
Lvx calling for more.
Mr.. Fixit has been asked to OBJ
tain a station at Pine and st. Clair
SITS.
Its a bad corner to leave a car
when you run out of gas readers
explain. At the same time, property
owners in other parts Of the city are
protesting every time a station is
erected.
Various complaints found their
way TO Mr.. Fixit today.
Here they are:
MR.. FIXIT-Can't you see about
having a filing station at Pine and
st. Clair SITS? One is needed there.
It's a bad place to leave a a when
you run out Of gas. Auto drivers.
Station Can Be Erected.
Mack1in Mack Of the city plan
commission said territory at st.
Clair and Pine SITS. was zoned as
first industrial and a filling station
could be erected there. The next
move seems to be in getting some
oil company to buy the site and
build a station. Advancing private
business interests is out Of the
Jurisdiction of this column.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-18

Mr.. FIXIT-Catch basins at Car
Use Pl. and St. Clair St. are stopped
up. Rain stands in the middle Of
the street. Carlisle Pl. Times Read
ers.
w. P. Hargon Of the street com
missioner 5 office has ordered the
catch basins cleaned.
DEAR MIR. FIXIT-Newton Ave,
between Rural and LeSls SITS, is
nothing but big holes. It is nearly
impossible when it rains. Woodsidef
residents.
Thomas Newsom assistant com
missioner, said no grade had been
established on this street. but he
will order the holes patched, and
your street repaired. il possible.
To NJ. n. LEWIS. 26 y. Traub
Ave, on complaint OF weeds in va
cant lots adjoining:
Your complaint has again been
turned over 10 the board Of health
with instructions to order property
owners to cut the weeds. In many
cases this step is slow, for property
owners cannot be located.
DEAR Mr.. FIXIT--There is a
dangerous corner at Allen and Troy
AYES. A street light Is needed.
There have been several accidents
here. L. L. +.
No Light This Year
Funds for street lights = ex-
hausted, and IL win be impossible
for the city 10. put a light there
this year. Many petitions for
lights will have TO be ignored.
Your complaint has been turned
over to the police accident pre-
vention bureau. and an investiga-
ton will be made. II the view is
~obstructed. trees or hedge will be
ordered removed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-18
REFUSES TO BOB HAIR
Barber of President Cleveland Turns
Out Flappers.

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 18.-FIap-
per haircuts are more complicated
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-19

The newest wrinkle in pencils is one
whose point IS constantly heated by an
electric current, the same as the ia
miliar electric iron. 1t is connected
by a plug and cord TO an electric
socket like the iron and other famil-
lar appliances. The writer grasps
and uses 1t just as he would an oydi-
nary pencil There Is a special shield
TO protect the fingers from the hot
point The heat is SO intense that
one may write on steel and other met
ais. II Is therefore useful for mark
ing tools and the like. 1t may be used
for decorative etching on wood,
leather, and even glass. 1t Is far safer
than any ordinary pen or pencil for
writing checks. as the characters. fig
ures. etc. are scorched into the paper
SO that erasure and alteration are cut
OF the question.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-19
What Superpower Is.

The electric industry in the United
States has had a remarkable growth
in every item Of Importance the
past year Greatly increased use of
electrical power in industries and a
wider application of electricity in
the home is the cause.
Within the last few months the
country has begun to hear of
"Superpower." 1t is proposed that
we burn coal in great central power
stations, at the mouth of the mine
itself, thus saving useless waste in
transportation, useless loss in
valuable by-products that amount to
many million dollars annually, and
useless small-scale conversion into
power in thousands of furnaces that
now waste 80 per cent of the
chemical energy in coal as heat. 1t
is proposed also, that we really begin
to tap our vast resources of water
power-now less than ten per cent
developed-hitching them into the
great systems fed by burning coal
1t is proposed to generate power at
Its sources and ship it along trans
mission lines, at new voltages which
engineers are beginning to command,
to interlock the country in finely
woven copper net, That is Super
power.
With electric power generated by
a waterfall IN Oregon you can light
reading lamp today in Yuma,
Arizona. There is a great electric
horseshoe in Michigan that links ten
of the largest cities in the state !;
there is a Superpower project under
way in eastern section of Ohio; there
is a power trunk line of nine
hundred miles across the APP
palachians that links n Carolina, S.
Carolina, Ala, Tenn, and Georgia.
A Superpower system already
exists in the Northwest, stretching
1000 miles east and west with 5000
miles of transmission lines and a
combined capacity of 100000 horse
power. In California superpower
has for some time been a reality.
Every step in this direction means
increased advantages for consumers.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-19
JAeAN,s oREAT PROBLEM

The acceptance OF western civiliza'
don by the japanese people has con-
ferred many benefits upon their coun-
try. Il has increased the production
Of wealth, raised the standard Of liv-
ing, introduced countless modern con
veniences, won for the nation rec
OgnitiOn as one Of the worlds great
powers. Yet II was this vecy ciyiliZa-
ton which is responsible for the vast
ness of the disaster which has over
taken the island empire. Throughout
her recorded history Japan has been
subject to repeated earthquake shocks.
In the period since the year 6S3 A. ID.
there have been no less than 20 major
disturbances, some of them of great
violence. But under former simple
conditions Of japanese life the loss Of
life was cOnsplcuously small. Former
~, at the first Ominous runblings, the
people could rush out Of their little
one-story houses to the safety Of the
open spaces, while 50 light were the
structures that even to be caught by
the falling tImbers often was not
fatal But conditions in the recent
disaster were different, says the New
York Sun and Globe. Although mod
ern steel buildings are reported to
have stood well the repeated shocks,
many thousands persisted In the col
lapse Of less sturdily constructed fac
tories and hotels; bursting gas pipes
lit innumerable fires which swept the
cities and added to the destruction OF
human life the vast concentration Of
population made 1t difficult to supply
the survivors with food and shelter,
or TO care properly for the Injured. In
the rebuilding Of her ruined cities
Japan faces the problem Of reconcil-
ing the instruments of modern civ
ilizatlon to the great seismic disturb
ances to which she is SO peculiarly
susceptible.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-19

There is art In literature, in prose,
in poetry. The japanese poet, Basho,
produced masterpiece; "Ol1 pond
frog jump in-water sound" That
means nothing If you are not familiar
with II, writes Mataihcl Mya, in the
North American Review. But the
translation of his thought into the pic
ture: A little Ottage near the old
pond, where re palms grow in the
garden of green moss-the stone Ian
tern and the simple gate One rainy
day In spring Bash0 seated himself In
front Of his desk, looking through a
round window toward the pond, and
medltated Suddenly. he heard a sound
OF splashing water, then he saw a
frog swimming, and Basho jumped
and In ecstasy he called out, for there
was inspiration and he started his
poem. "Old pond--frog jump in
water sound" He composed his poem,
unconscious, dreamllke; what a won
derful inspiration that was. The poem
contains II "Hlrakana" syllables, ac-
cordlng to the japanese rule of FIVE
seven-flve. No artist can lllumine a
picture so wildly In so few words.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-19

mounds of snow and make the
roads all glommy At morn we
toddle forth attred for winters
sternest rigors; but ere we've to
our beds retired we're sweat be-
sodden figures. Perchance the
morn is warm and bright and
out we gaily shuttle sans overcoat,
sans ear-laps tight, sans all of
winters duffle; and then the sunlight
turns to shade and zephyrs bleak and
frigid freeze up the frames Of man
and maid until they're stark and
rigid. I've acking chilblains on my
feet, frost ulcers on my beezer; and
as | twang my lyrics sweet | wipe my
dripping sneezer. And so, | wot,
when you are gone to join departed
ages, old January, ven cry Bon"
and sing to beat the sages. But
February gray and grim, awaits
without the portal to make our
rising hopes grow dim and still each
joyous chortle.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-19

The rajah IN the island Of Bali lives
in magnlhcence with many wives.
dancing girls and servants says the
Detroit News. A raJah is responsible
90 the Dutch government for the good
conduct Of the people In his district
and the proper administration Of the
laws. Except that 4 Dutch controller
now sits at the council table with him
and his native officials his plan Of gov.
eminent is much Ike that OF his an.
cestors. Bali is still feudal The ma.
Jority OF the population are virtually
serfs, owing labor and a 1.-THE q their
crops to the ratah. who Is the nominal
ruler OF the district His demands.
however. are not heavy, FOR his people
are spirited and resentrul Of tyranny.
and the Dutch controller keeps a firu
hand on the relns Of government
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-19

The unit among Arabs is the tribe.
One tribe is as distinct from its neigh
Dor as is any one nation from another
Religion alone unltes them and so far
no leader has yet arisen who had suffi-
cient individual influence TO unite al!
the tribes. Alone of all the Arab
tribes the Kababish resisted the all
powerful, all-conQuering Mahdi, Mo
manned Ahmed, who oyerran the SUI
dan in 1882, utterly annihllatlng an
amy Of 1000 men under the British
general Hicks Pnsha at Eel Obeld, cap
cured Khartoum and slew General
Gordon, and ruled the country in a
welter of blood, reducing the popula-
ton In three years from 100000 to
100000. The arab empire is the
oldest of all empires. Records as far
back as 5000 b. c. tell of a firmly
founded Arab empire limited then to
the Gizaret-el-Arab or Gardens of the
Arsbs-the country now known as the
Arabian peninsula
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-19
NU AR

Oh, January is time of quick
and sudden changes; one day It's
like the Palm Beach clime-the
next we hug the ranges. Wild
blizzards hurtle from the pole to
shake the doors and easements;
and make us use up scads of
coal from out our sundry base
ments. And then refreshing
breezes blow from zones so warm
and balmy to melt the heaving
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-19
High School Notes.

Mr.. Connors, principal of the high
school, has announced the Honor
Roll for the months of November
and December. The following
students are on the Honor list:
Seniors-Agatha Kurilla, Ivy
Kuusisto, Lloyd Menestrena, Maurice
Sher and Roman Sturgul.
Juniors-Margaret Smith, Mary
Borgo, Nellie Tiff and Constance
Garbarach.
Sophomores-Claire Wilcox, Jane
Hambley, Evelyn Colenso, Elma
Enkkeli, Sylvia Kempi, David Sher,
Charles Odorizzi, Charles Persons,
Charles Thomas and Virginia
Varelh.
Freshman-Taimi Lehtinen.
The following students are given
honorary mention:
Martha Eddy, Amanda
Ellos and William Aspinwall.
Juniors-Chester Barto, Kenneth
Drawer, Elizabeth Frigo, Annie
Rowe, Doris Nagley, Avis Kirby
and Lorraine McCauley.
Sophomores-Isabell Aston, Clara
Matusewic, Arne Niskanen and
Domenic Chiapuzio.
Freshmen-Irene Carpenter, Fran
ces Fish, Walma Hamburg Dorothy
Menestrena, Gertrude Merilainen,
Louise Santini, Minnie Sher, Minerva
Sotka, and Mario Giannunzio.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-01-19

At certain seasons Of the year large
numbers Of swans are t. be found on
the Niagara river, in the vicinity Of
the great falls, There. on several o.
casions, tragedies In wild life have
occurred, On foggy nights hundreds
Of swans have been carried down the
river and over the falls TO their death.
once they get into the swift water
above the falls they seem 20 be hew Il,
dered, and make no effort to escape BY
flight