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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11

Sweeping victory for telephone hroughouthe State
Federal Court today Defeated every in
obtain approval of the increases and service
changes instituted July the Indiana Bell Telephone Company
finally agreed accept the suggestion of Judge George T. Page
the United States Circuit Court Appeals that the ratesA
be discontinued until after hearing the entire telephone sit
uaton in Indiana by the public service commission.
Meantime stipulated that rates asked by the company
two years and refused by the commission Aug H. 1929
be placed in force \The State also agreed to dismiss its in
junction suit for hearing Saturday Superior Court two
before Judge Linn Hay and to refrain from litigation until
after completion of its hearing.
The hearing will be set possible probably in
September Samuel Artman chairman of the commission
nounced Preparations for will be started Immediately
cared Saturday morning the will ORDER
initiating valuation proceedings for the entire State The hear
for June 16 for the Indianapolis will cancelled
Heretofore the commission has used the inventory
of its property The valuation will by the CON-
mission s own engineers
Measured Service Goes Out
Abolition of the measured service for indianapolis
houses the outstanding feature victory
today According estimates made by Frank Wampler
Der of the commission, this the Indianapolis
alone would result increase of than 81 100000
nually in in the company's
Residence rates exactly where they today
increase of about % month the effect in
June except for individual residence This at
$450 a month.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
TWO ARE HURT
|NAUJO CRASHES
Police Seek Two Drivers
Who Did Not Stop.

Two persons were slightly injured
in auto accidents Thursday night.
An auto driven by a young boy
and bearing an Oklahoma license
failed to stop after 1t struck an auto
owned by Mrs. Bernice Harrah, 1902
Jones st. Her sister, Mrs. Leah
Wertenberger, 1438 S. Harding ST.,
was slightly hurt.
Autos driven by Miss Myrtle Beck
man, Greenfield. Ind, and w. B.
Martin, 667 River Ave, collided at
Sherman DIR. and E. Washington st.
Mrs Polly Martin, 667 River Ave-,
suffered an injury to her arm.
The driver of the auto that struck
an auto owned by Francis Welch,
22S n. New Jersey ST., and parked
in front OF his home. failed to stop
after crashing into the rear of the
Welch auto, badly damaging it. Po-
lice have the license number.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
CKPASSENGER
FALLS TO DEATH
Driver Held on involuntary
ManSlaughter Charge.

Benjamin Quackenbush, 65, Of 304
S. Noble ST., died today almost in
stantly when he fell from a truck
at Harrison and Shelby SITS.
Oscar Russell, "a. of 527 Lord St,
driver, was slated on order of Coro-
ner Paul F. Robinson, on a charge
Of involuntary manslaughter, and
released on his own recognizance.
* Witnesses told Motor Policemen
Schley and Branch that the truck
was going six or eight miles an
hour.
Russell told police that he bor-
rowed the truck to move a gas stove
from Quackenbush's home to 610
Fletcher Ave. In turning the cor
ner the stove leaned and Quacken-
bush fell with it, his head striking
the pavement. The body was taken
to the city morgue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
GIVEN
PROMISE Of
RAIL GUARDS
NickIe Plate Informs Rikhoff
FIagnen viii Be Added to
Meet Requirements of
City Code-BeII Signals to
Be Installed.

Nickle Plate Railroad officials
today informed Police Chief Herman
F. Rikhoff that they soon will have
flagmen on duty at north side cross
ings at points where The Indiapapo
lis Times discovered municipal code
was being violated by lack Of guards
at designated hours.
Rikhoff said that the Office of the
general superintendent notified him
there was no disposition unduly to
delay compliance with the ordinance.
A young woman was fatally injured
Sunday night at Thirtieth St. by a
Nickle Plate excursion train. This is
one of the crossings where twenty
four-hour guard is required. Com
pany has guarded the point only
from a. m. TO p. m.
The rail officials said, according to
Rfkhon. that steps are being taken
to erect watchmen's shanties where
there are none and to hire enough
more flagmen to comply with the
law. At dangerous points where
fiagmen are not required. modern
signal bells will be installed. Rikhoff
said 1t was promised.
II am going to the POLICE chiefs
convention in Montreal, Canada this
evening and will be gone a week, -
said the chief, but l have ordered
Capt. Charles Sumner to continue
his survey of all crossings and to
notify railroads where he finds or
dinances violated or where he be
reves additional safety precautions
should be taken. lie is under order
to make arrests If orders are not
complied with in reasonable time
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
NOTED DOCTORS
TO Be IN CITY
State Medical Association
Prepares for Convention,

The Indiana State Medical Asso-
c.ation is making preparations for
the most important meeting Of its
history Sept. a to 26 in Indianapo-
lis. according to DR.. Samuel E.
carp, president. Leaders in the field
Of medicine and surgery. including
DR.. William J. Mayo, Rochester,
Mimi, will attend.
Those who viii take part in the
surgery program include DIR. L. G..
Heyn, Cincinnati; DR.. Frank B.
Smithies. Chicago; DR.. Walter
Roothy. Rochester, Mimi; DR.. Clyde
GUNNER, Cleveland: DR.. Alfred
Stengel, Philadelphia; DR.. James B.
Herrick, Chicago, and DIR. F. NJ. Pot
tenger, Los Angeles. In the medi-
cal division those who will take
part include Dir. Bransford Lewis
and DR.. Everts Graham, St Louis:
DR.. Andre Croft. Columbus, Ohio;
DIR. Kellogg Speed and DR.. Allen B.
Kanavel, Chicago; DR.. c. A Hedlon,
Rochester, Mimi, and DR.. W. D.
Haynes, Cincinnati.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
JUDGE PAGE REDUCES PHONE RATES
Schedule Asked for by Company Two
Years Ago, Refused by Commission
Aug. II, 1923, Goes Into Effect
Business Cut, Homes Same.
What You VIII Pay

RESIDENCE party, $450 two-party, 1915;
party $3 These rates the those put into
effect July 1.
BUSINESS-Tndividual, unlimited, $12; measured, S.
including ninety messages cents for each additional
sage up sixty for each of next fifty 3a cents
for each message over 200.
PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE-Cord board, S.
First trunk unlimited $18 first trunk measured $12 ad
ditiona trunks $3.50 each Stations P B. X unlimited
$3.50; measured, 81.
The idence the those put in effect
July l. The business rates virtually the those
in effect before July L
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11

Business telephones go back to the
old $12 fiat rate with measured serv-
ice made optional.
From the beginning of the hear
ing it plainly was evident that Judge
Page had little sympathy for the
company in its efforts to set rates
without consulting the commission,
and took the company to task for
its attitude.
HThii court is not a rate-making
body" Judge Page said. "I take it
that power rests with the public
service commission. I assume the
commission will go into the question
adequately. All this court can do is
to decide if rates made by the COM
mission are confiscatory. The power
to make them always is with the
commission" Judge Page laid par
ticular emphasis on the word al
ways"
"QuarreEng Does No Good"
When Frank c. Daley, who con.
Quoted the case for the company
admitted the rates had not been
fled with the commission, Judge
Page said:
What did the company do with
them. Stick them in it's pocket?"
Judge Page then made his sug-
gestion for settlement by agree
ment pending the public service
commission hearing
This continuous quarreling does
no good" he said.
'It is expensive and the people
have to pay. l can see entangle-
ments here that will cost some one
money. The thing to do is to come
to some understanding. My sugges-
ton is that you let the whole thing
hang here and agree upon rates
asked by the attorney general of In.
diana"
Daley made futile effort to COM
bat the judge, arguing that since the
company filed its petition two years
ago many things had come up to
change conditions He said that the
schedule asked by Lesh and which
finally was agreed upon would yield
the company $4,000 more than the
rates now in effect. but that the
rates OF July were .'fairer." This
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
FIGHTING IN BULGARIA
Rebels Kill Officials-Many Shot
Down by Troops.
By United Press

ATHENS, July Marital law
has been declared in Burgas district
Of Bulgaria following revolutionary
uprising in which rebels killed the
prefect and other officials and many
were shot down in clashes with gov
ernment troops.
Sofa dispatches say sporadic up
risings on the part Of Agrarians
started last week and gradually took
the form Of a revolution throughout
the district along the Black Sea.
Troops loyal to the present regime
made more than 700 arrests at Varna
and elsewhere.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
CONDITION is SERIOUS
Boy Injured by Train Struggles for
Life at Hospital.

James Patterson. 8, of 326 $. I1ar-
ris ST., injured at the Mt. Jackson
coal yards when he was run over by
a coal car Wednesday still was In a
serious condition ia the city hospital
today, One of his legs was ampu-
tated at the knee.
He was picking up coal when the
accident occurred. Both of his feet
were pinned fast under the wheels
of the car until the car was moved
with a crowbar.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
CARMEL FIRE is PR0BED
State Investigators Assigned to
Farm Blaze.

Investigators of the State fire
marshalls office wetn to Carmel, Ind,
today to investigate fire which de-
stroyed farm house, two barns and
a corn crib Thursday night A
week ago, it is understood, fire
started In one of the barns, but was
extinguished before damage was
done. Indendiarism is suspected.
since quantities Of oil had been
poured out near where the first fire
started, it is understood.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
MANSFIELD REELECTED
Pennsy Employees Honor Dayton
Man for Fourth Time.

For the fourth time H. l.. Mans
field Of Dayton, Ohio, was reelected
regional chairman Of The keystone
Association of Miscellaneous En-
ployes on the Pennsylvania Railroad
r. N. Ward, go Majestic Bldg, an
nounced today. Other officers: d. II.
Sprenger of Seymour, vice chairman,
and R. H. Ward of Columbus, Ohio.
secretary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
FARM BUILDINGS FIRED
Residence and All Buildings De-
strOyed-Incendiary Seen.

BU ItWeS NUecfuI
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, July IL
Fire destroyed the residence. two
barns and all of the outbuildings of
the William Whicker farm near this
city early today with a total loss Of
more than $4,000.
The fact that all of the fires
started at the same time and that
some of the buildings were several
hundred feet apart leads to the be-
lief that the fire was of incendiary
origin. A number of rags saturdated
with coal oil were found.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
REBELS CAPTURE CITY
Brazilian Governor Forced Out,
American Consul Says.
By United Press

By United PreSs
WASHINGTON. July 11.--Rebel
troops are in control of she city Of
Sac Paulo. Brazil, the State Depart
ment was advised today by Arminus
r. Haeberte, the American consul at
Sac Paula.
The governor of the state has
withdrawn from the city. Protec-
ton of life and property has been
promised.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
AT HOME TO STAY!
North Side Folks Have Suits Stolen
at Cleaners.

Some folks will be out of luck
when they call for their suits at the
cleaning and pressing establishment
of Fentress& Bailey, 1850 Boule-
ward Pl. Police were told thieves
took S215 worth of clothes.
r. G. Winters, 4317 E. Washing
ton ST.. reported loss of his purse,
containing 81, at the Shrine circus
Thursday night.
j. G.. Glatt, 1902 E. Washington
ST., said $40 worth of cigarettes and
candy was taken from his refresh
ment stand at Broad Ripple.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
HARRISON COMMENDED
C. of C, Expert Receives Anonymous
Letters on Police Survey.

Leonard V. Harrison, head of the
Chamber of Commerce civic affairs
department, today received several
anonymous letters upholding his re-
cent survey OF the Indianapolis po-
port did not criticize the department
half enough.
John B. r. Reynolds, general sec
retary, and Henry l.. Dlth1ner presi-
dent of the Chamber Of Commerce,
said they would not answer Mayor
Samuel Lewis Shank's offer to ap-
point Harrison as a member OF the
force.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
FLIERS NEAR EUROPE
American ROund-the-World AiImen
Rest in Constantinople.

BIZ United PfeSs
CONSTANTINOPLE. July IL
The American world flight effort is
proceeding swiftly and smoothly,
without hitch, and Lieutenants
Smith, Nelson and Wade will be in
Europe on their next hop.
The United States airmen arrived
here from Aleppo Thursday after a
nine-hour fight. They are resting
at the American embassy and Satur-
day will hop over to the Balkans,
making landing at Bucharest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
SUICIDE ATTEMPT FAILS
Young Wife to Recover After Eat
ing Poison in Biscuit.

Attendants at city hospital today
said Mrs. Beatrice Wiseheart, 10, of
1929 Roosevelt Ave, would live.
Thursday ngiht she put poison in
biscuit and ate it. She told police
she had had domestic trouble.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
All, THE BLOODY TRAIL
Sherlock, You're Wrong-It's Only
Frankie Being Artistic.

Artistic nature Of 3-year-old Frank
Davis. colored. gave police thrill
today.
A call came in that a shooting had
occurred at 965 W.Twenty Fifth ST.
Evidence: Blood, blood, blood. Police
found Frank was painting his veloci-
pede ar d split red paint profusely.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11

Misses Virginia Fitch. Cornelia Man
son. Edith Jane Dyer, Elizabeth
Helm, all of the Hoosier Athletic
Club Junior Red Cross life saving
crew; Miss Catherine Black. formerly
of the Red Cross life saving corps of
Parker, Conn.,, and Mrs. Clare Mas
teller OF the Y. w. c. A. Red Cross
life saving unit.
A total of 2.400 children between
ages of Q to 16 has registered to take
lessons every day next week at one
OF the seven pools to be used. Miss
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
Girl Risks Life for Brother and Sister
Miss Edna Lucille Holt, 10,
in Serious Condition From
Four-MonthS-Old
Baby SucCumbS En- Route
to City,

If death overtakes Miss Edna
Lucille Holt, Is. Of four and a half
miles east Of Upton, Ind, in Meth
odist Hospital. she dies a heroine
of the first rank.
AS doctors announced that skin
grating upon the limbs and body
may be necessary to save Miss Holt,
neighbors in Upton County told how
the girl risked her life twice to save
the life Of her sister Alice. 13. ard
her brother. Louis Meredith. 4
months. when a coal oil can ex-
Ploded at their farm home on Thurs
day afternoon. Twice she rushed
into the flaming inferno which re-
suited.
The baby died in an ambulance AT
Noblesville on the way to the hos
pital here. But his heroine sister
did everything possible to save him
Baby Caught in Crib
According to information from
Upton. Alice was in the kitchen
preparing supper, while Louis Mere
tiith was playing in mis- crib near the
stove. In some unexplainable man.
ner a can Of coal oil fell from a shelf
to the stove and exploded. Edna
Lucille. who was in the yard help
ing with the chores, rushed into the
flaming house, seized her sister. car
ried her to the yard and smothered
her sisters burning clothes by roll.
ing her in the grass.
Regardless of her own pains and
with her clothing afire. Edna Lucille
dashed back into the house a
flaming furnace. and snatched her
baby brother from the crib.
Heroine Collapses
Not until she had gained the yard
and extinguished their burning
clothes by rolling in the grass with
her small brother clasped closely in
her arms did the girl collapse.
Clem~ Holt, father. was on an ad-
joining farm harvesting wheat and
the mother was in the barnyard at
the time of the explosion
The house was totally destroyed.
Loss was estimated at $4,000.
Besides Edna Lucille and Alice
and his parents. FIVE brothers and
sisters survive Louis Meredith.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11

was disputed by commission attor-
neys.
Conference Is Held
Daley then asked for a con.
ference with Curtis H. Rottger,
president Of the company, and other
telephone company representatives
and lawyers. At the end of the con.
Turn to Page 81
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
Robbery at GreencastIe

BIZ Times Special
GREENCASTLE. Ind, July IL
Thieves looted the c. A. Kelly Gro
Gerry here early this morning. Pro
prietor was unable to estimate the
loss.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11

Helen Cruise, who is directing the
campaign, said.
Instructors are: Miss Wilson. Miss
Black and Mrs. Helen Scott, Y. w.
G. A.; Ernest Hoelscher, Boy Scout
physical director, Miss Helm and
Miss Smith, Willard pool; Robert
Winsted. Red Cross life saving
corps. Twenty-Sixth St bathing
beach; Miss Dyer, Miss Manson and
Miss Fitch, Broad Ripple, and Mrs.
Masteller, Y. w. c. A. Instructors
and assistants are to be appointed
for other pools.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
Lost: A Gorgeous Dog

Little Helen May Case cried her
self to sleep Thursday night over
the loss Of her gorgeous" dog, a
black water spaniel, according to her
father, e. G Case, 1915 Ruckle ST.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
B0NDSMEN REINSTATED
Judge WiImeth Warns Against Re
sumption of Old Practice.

More than nineteen bondsmen, sus-
pended from operating in city court
since April 8, were reinstated by
City Judge Delbert o. Wilmeth to-
day on condition that practices pre-
vious to suspension would not be re-
sumed.
The judge declared that If bonds
men again filed the Railways and
solicited prisoners, or charged rates
higher than those set by. the court.
he would make the suspension order
permanent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
Sneak Thieves Operate

Sneak thieves operated in the city
today. Mrs. John Meyers, S25 S.
Delaware ST., told police s400 was
taken from her home. Mrs Paul B.
Coble, 1717 N. Talbot ST., Apt 3.
reported $12 stolen from her home. a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11

begnt work tha has piled since his ssnb amem
Frimdshe hd will tonic hin,
is dfmm
return from ymuth t
farming" an excuse
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
KLAN BUI1LE
SOUNDS At
WEST BADEN
White-Robed Brothers As
Semble Across Way as G.
0. P. Editors Meet for An
nuaI Session = BoSSert
Visits With Leaders,
BY WALTER A. SHEAD
Times Staff Correspondent

WEST BADEN. Ind July IL
Republican editors. Republican poll
ticans. candidates., Just plain Re.
publicans and many fancy Repub-
hcans fraternized here today at the
midsummer outing Of the Repub-
Hcan Editorial Association.
''If you're not a Republican you
ought to be, or if your not a disciple
Mf Coolidge and Dawes you're all
Pet" was the spirit that prevailed
Throughout the gathering.
Optimism over the party's chances
in the State this fall was apparent
and the Senator Ralston iasco at the
New York convention boosted feeling
several degrees.
Politics and more politics was the
word where ever two or more of the
scribes gathered together. One man
was heard talking to himself. The
women folks were even more talka-
tive.
Politics Rampant
In fact politics rampant on a cross
Of red might be fttingly unfurled
from one of the hotel turrets. for
over at French Lick, Tom Taggart's s
own stamping ground, the white
robed brothers were having a little
gathering all their own and distant
notes Of the weird Kan bugle could
be heard in the hotel lobby here.
And then in stalked Walter Bossert,
Klan dragon. He shakes hand with
a few G. o. P. leaders, says hello
to others and :s gone. BOssert is
not registered at the Baden.
Whats that guy doing around
here?" inquired George Elliott, New
Turn to Page 13l
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
Alleged Speeder Arrested

Link Whitehead. 21, Of 1888 Lud-
low Ave, was arrested today on
speeding charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11

Press.
sdet Of
ncemetry a Pymouh,V vt, where Ein haest a
Mrs oidg very tired bu s. hers wbravey.
rbea and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
lAIREsT and best awimmen
corps viii give instruction.

IL ARREST and best swimmers
+ r OF the Red Cross life saving
corps viii give instructions
not only in swimming next week as
part of the lea-n- -to-swim Campaign,
but also in how to save the drown
ing. Miss India Wilson, Girl Scouts
head. is seen endeavoring to ''re-
vive" Miss Lowena Smith OF the Y.
w. C. A. Red Cross life saving unit,
by the Schaeffer prone pressure
method of resuscitatlon.
Watching the demonstration are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
BUS WRECKED; II HURT
New York Doctor Held, Follow
ing Crash.

b. United Press
NEW YORK, 5uly 11.-Twenty-
one persons were injured so severely
they had to be taken to hospitals
and forty badly shaken up when a
Tf1fth Ave. bus collided with an au-
stomobile on Riverside DR.. early to-
day and overturned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11

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