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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-10
Courthouse Quake
Is Only Tiles

Earthquake" struck county
Courthouse today.
Loud cracklings on the first
floor of the building alarmed
clerks and attaches, who rushed
to the corridor, where they saw
the tile floor rise slowly in
ridges. The ridges would break
and cause a loud, swapping
noise.
Wet weather was responsible
for the floors crumbling. Sew
eral days ago a flood Of water
from the ceiling halted work in
one of the offices ande descend
ants of ancient generations of
rats now are skipping about
in all parts Of the structure,
despite inroads made by poison.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-10
A Speedy Bottle

PARIS, April 10.-The speed
record for floating bottles is SAID to
have been broken by one that was
thrown over board from a United
States photographic survey vessel
and was picked up by a French sea-
man. 1t had travelled 1900 miles in
32S DAYS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-10
81, SEEKS 18TH WIFE
Gaffir Sheik Says Never Stay Too
Long With One"
Times SpcciaI

Bp Times Special
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt. April TO-
Ninety-Seven-Ye ar-old Khamis Mo
manned FL Arab. sheik of the CAT
frs. has tired of his twenty-seventh
wife and is seeking another.
While Kahmis' youngest daughter,
a S.year-old, prattled on the floor,
and his eldest son. a septuagenarian,
ruminated on the disabilities Of tooth
less gums. the old sneik spoke his
mind on women.
Never" he warned. waste too
much time on one woman"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-10
NO MORE P0oLR0oMS
Boys Promise to Stay Away and Get
Suspended Sentence.

Two boys, Joe Wagner, IS, of
733 Park Ave-, and Joe Tulley, IT..
of 500 Arcn St., in city court today,
promised 10 stay out Of poolrooms
in the future.
AS a result they received only a
suspended sentence of 500 and costs
on a charge of petit larceny. 1t
was alleged they have been fire.
.quenting poolroems, and have stolen
nearly fifty motometers from auto
mobiles. +
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-10
Local Bank CIearingS
q Bank c%learings Friday amounted to
~. $685. 900. Bank debts were So .065. 600.
MARRIAGE Licenses

James Everett Golden, %. 1922 Cornell,
fireman; Pearl Elizabeth Mitchell. 10. 91S
E. Twenty-Seventh, office worker.
Ralph Carl Tyner, 80, 1869 N. Capitol.
fireman; Elizabeth Lillian Holden, 10,
1882 N. Capitol. domestic.
Stanley Robert Armstrong. "a. .246 n.
Lapp. 10. o411 Jackson. typist.
Clarence N. Davidson. Al, 1924 Brook
aide. laborer: Lille ID. Pitcher. As. 1924
Brookside. housekeeper.
Raymond Smith. ~. 635 w. Michigan,
tflcls driver: Esther Matte Hampton, 10,
60 rf"n+t h~nnSawork.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-10
Brewery a Church

LONDON, April lois Great
Britain getting prohibition" A
brewery was presented to the vicar
and wardens of a church near here
for conversion into a church.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-10

A giant mussell, measuring 10
inches across the shell, was caught
recently along the British coast.
This was one of the largest ever
caught.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-10
M arkets Closed

In observance of Good
Friday" Wall Street, Local and
Chicago Board Of Trade,
Thompson & McKinnon and
the local Indianapolis Stock Ex-
change were closed today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-10

Continued From Page II
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-10

BIZ Times Special
TITAN FRANCISCO, April 10
Dorothy Elllngson has been
III removed to an institution for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-10

blank petitions to drug stores in all
quarters of the city.
Anyone who is interested in the
city, and who has not had a chance
to sigh a petition should go to the
corner drug store and place his or
her signature on the blank at once"
was the appeal Of the board.
At nearly every church Sunday
a member of the Committee of
1000, who will also be a member
Of the church, will circulate the
petitions.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-02-21
FIVE YEAR PRISON TERM
 MAY BE GIVEN BOOTLEGGERS

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Feb. 2O.-Fol- lowing his inauguration Gov. Thomas J. Terral outlined his policy, the high lights of which include a gasoline tax of cents per gallon, luxury tax for school purposes on school tickets, and abolition of the penitentiary and sale of grounds and buildings with a transfer of headquarters to a State convict farm.
 He suggested also a fiv-eyear term for bootleggers and one-year term for pistol toters. Bills to this effect have been introduced.
 Senator Dulaney proposes a revision of the States basic laws and asks that a convention be called next July in Little Rock to draft new Constitu- tion or amend the present document drawn up in 1874.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-02-21
HOOVER URGES
 ELIMINATION OF
 INDUSTRIAL WASTE

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2O.- While we currently assume that great advancement in living stand ards are brought about by new and basic inventions an even larger field Ior advancement of those standards is found in the steady elimination Of our economic wastes" Secretary of Commerce Hoover say sin the forward of a booklet entitled, "Sim- plified Practice-What Is and What It Offers," issued by the division of simplifed practice of the department of commerce.
 "The necessity of maintaining high-wage level requires that all processes of manufacture and dis tribution be reduced to the lowest possible cost Hoover wrote. "This can be done through the elmina- tion of those wastes arising out of too high a degree of diversifcation in certain basic products.
 quay UOZoUS OI QluoTouL sizes, styles, types and patterns of the most commonplace articles are plac- ed in the market by manufacturers who must possess special equipment and skill to produce these endless variations. Merchants accumulate great stocks, which turn but slow ly, because of the excessive diversity and lack of interchangibility in their components. Because of this situa- tion many manufacturers and dis tributors favor cooperation for sim plification and standardization.
 ''The saving in national effort through such cooperation as dem- onstrated by many we'll known ex- amples of simplification and stand ardization, runs into millions of dol 'ars. There is great area still un- touched, in which the application of these waste-eliminating measures may we'll save not millions, but
Seward daily gateway., 1925-02-21
WE WERE NEVER
 FRIENDS,"- ,"-DEMPSEY
"lF DEMPSEY WON'T FIGHT LET SOMEBODY ELSE HAVE THE TlTLE," kEARNS TELLS UNl- VERSE.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb 20.- Heavyweight Champion Jack Demp- sey said this afternoon that he and his manager, Jack Kearns, "never had been friends. Our deals were
 purely business ones," he declared. Dempsey's outburst came follow ing his announcement that he would marry May 20 and was through with the ring.
 Kearns, when asked about the latest development, declared that "the public wants fighting cham pion and if Dempsey doesn't want to fight then let somebody else have the title"
 Warming up to his subject, but with the introduction that he had mo quarrel with Dempsey" Kearns said:
 I've made just as much money for Dempsey as he has made for me, although some people have got the idea that I'm a kind of a para site living off the champion" Tex Not Disturbed NEW YORK, Feb. 2O-Unconvinc-
Seward daily gateway., 1925-02-21

Hoover as to justify it's continuation as a peacetime activity. He then appointed planning committee, in- cluding A. w. Shaw, Chicago, E. w. Mccullough, of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and A. A. Stevenson, of Philadelphia.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-02-21

Simplified practice, the booklet says, was begun during the war by the War Industries Boards conser- vation division. It's values were such, in the opinion of Secretary
Seward daily gateway., 1925-02-21

ed that Jack Dempsey intends to re- tire as result of his forthcoming marriage, Tex Rickard announced to- day he was going ahead with plans to match the champion and Tommy Gibbons for title bout here about June l.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-02-21

billions The rate of our advance must be, and will be, in proportion to the extent in which we all CO., operate for the elimination of waste"
Seward daily gateway., 1925-02-21

Brunswick Monographs and Re cords. The Alaska Shop. If
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
VET EMPLOYEES
HAVE E|ST|C
BATTLE
John Poore and Lee Denton
Settle Mystery Difference
on Ninth Floor

A furious fight between two
veteran employees Of the Veterans
Bureau on the ninth floor Of the
building yesterday afternoon, which
despatched the walls with blood, is
today being investigated by order of
Brigadier General Frank T. Hines,
in charge of the bureau.
The principals in the fight were:
John L. Poore, 1907 Park place
northeast, Randall Heights, D. G.
Lee F. Denton, 1000 e street
northwest.
Fight Was Seen
While there were eye witnesses
to portions of the fistic encounter,
none could today give the reason
for their fight outside of the fact
that it was apparent that it was a
personal matter.
Poore was so badly cut and
bruised that he was treated at the
relief room in the bureau and is
not at work today.
1t is said that both Of the men
are veterans of the world war and
one of them was disabled and given
rehabilitation training. They work
in the claims division, which has
it's offices on the ninth floor.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
Coolidge Discusses
Rent Situation With
N. Y. Corporation Head

President Coolidge today discussed
the general housing condition with
Allan Robinson, president of the
Commonwealth Bond Corporation
of New York. Mr.. Robinson told
the President that builders found
it extremely difficult to construct
apartments which would rent for
$40 or SO per room in view OF
existing labor and commodity prices
without making specific recon-
mendations, Mr.. Robinson told the
President that solution or the
housing situation would be reached
by more scientific and economical
methods of building and by having
public opinion focused upon 1t.
1.-THE President has already done
a great deal to help" said Mr..
Robinson. He has already drawn
attention to the need Of retrench-
ment in governmental expenses, and
his example in the matter of simple
and transformations living will not be
lost upon the American people.
1.-THE present high rents reflect q
good many factors, among them
they reflect the governmental ex-
pense and the high cost of living.
People who put their money in new
buildings today expect a large net
return from their investment, be-
cause it costs Them more to live
today than it did ten years ago.
Taxes are heavier and prices on
necessities are higher. What the
President is doing will have an in
direct but none the less substantial
result on the rent situation"
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
SCHOOL BILL IS
OPPOSED BY
D. c. HEADS
Commissioners to Fight Plan
to Give Independent
Status to Board

The District Commissioners will
oppose the Board of Education's
school reorganization bill providing
that estimates of the school system
be sent direct to the Budget Blu
reau, it was indicated today.
The Commissioners believe that
but one budget should be submitted
to the bureau, this based on the
estimated revenues of the District
of Columbia. Allowing the School
Board to send its budget direct
would undoubtedly cause confusion
and possibly result in such ex-
penditures of money as to make
material tax increases necessary, it
was asserted today.
The law provides at present that
the School Board shall send it's
budget to the Commissioners. Last
year, the Commissioners reduced
the school estimates by several mil
Eon dollars before forwarding them
to the Budget Bureau. The School
Board hopes, in submitting esti-
mates direct, to avoid such slashing.
1t is known that the District
Commissioners believe the public
SGhooAS SHOulu come unuer I10lr
supervision. They have publicly
stated they should appoint members
of the board, which power is now
vested in the President.
At the office of Senator Ball, Of
Delaware, chairman of the Senate
District Committee, it was said that
certain matters in the measure in
brackets and italics left doubt in
the minds of the committee as to
just what legislation the board de-
sired.
The bill as introduced In the
House yesterday provides for a com.
plete reorganization of the school
system under which the District
Commissioners would be precluded
from handling the school budgets.
In submitting the bill to Congress
the board explained that the legis-
lation asked was in keeping with
the report of the joint Congress.
sional committee which investigated
the system last year.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
DRY LAW TOPIC
At COOLIDGE
BREAKFAST
Judge Gary Heads Delegation
From Citizens Committee
of 1000

Across the White House break
fast table this morning, President
Coolidge was urged to impress Wig
orously upon all Federal officials
the Importance of obeying and en-
forcing the law Of the land. both
by ''precept and personal example. /"
The enlistment of Presidential
aid was in the form of resolution
adopted by the Citizens Committee
of 1000 for Law Enforcement, and
was conveyed to the Executive by
Judge Ebert H. Gary, president
of the United States Steel Corpora
ton, who acted as chairman Of
the delegation that gathered at the
White House for breakfast and q
discussion Of prohibition enforce
ment.
Judge Gary, in presenting the
resolution, told the President that
the citizens enforcement committee
felt a point had been reached where
successful application of the dry
laws was largely question Of
arousing favorable public opinion.
Following Judge Gary, John D.
Rockefeller, jr., took the floor and
6InUleSlZ0O DEIGLIy the 1IIlpOEIauCG
Of bringing about absolute respect
for the law among the officeholders
of the nation. He commended
President Coolidge for his personal
conscientious obedience to the pro-
visions of the Eighteenth amend
ment.
The President replied briefly to
the remarks of Gary and Rookie
Teller. and gave his unqualified in
dorsement to the principals out
lined by his guests.
Those who breakfasted with the
President included: Frederick A..
Wallace, Commissioner of Collections
of New York city and. Clifford
Barnes, of Chicago, both of whom
also spoke; s.. s. Kresge, Of Detroit;
w. F.. Cochran, of Baltimore: ".
Everit Macy. George A. Plimptou,
Colonel Patrick Henry Callahan and
Fred B. Smith, chairman Of the
citizens committee.
1.-THE people expect of their Off
Gals an unwavering loyalty to their
oaths of office with respect to
question so vital to the mainte1-
ance of our institutions" the reso-
luton presented to the President
declared.
It is planned to present like reso-
lutions to the governors of all the
States.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
GIT wide
FETE: IS
SEEN
Business Men Hopeful That
Coolidge Will Approve Big
Inaugural Plan

President Coolidge,s concurrence
in the plan for a city-wide festival
on March A, BETTING the occasion
of his inauguration, is both hoped
for and expected today by. the
civic and business interests of
Washington.
Exactly what basis is had for
this assumption is unknown, mas
much as the Chief Executive has
yet to communicate his views on
the matter to William T. Galliher,
chairman of the Inaugural Com
mittes.
Awaits White House Call.
The chairman sat by his tele.
phone expectantly today, waiting
for call from the White House.
1t is very. probable that the tele-
phone bell will have the right
tinkle for Mr.. Galliher during the
late afternoon, as the President was
earlier hours of the day that Sec
rotary Slemp was unable to squeeze
in an engagement to discuss the
March plans.
1t was learned that the proposal
for a celebration of befitting mag
nitude and grandeur was SO well
presented to the Chief Executive
that it would be difficult for him
to refuse, although he personally
dislikes fuss The argument for
a big inaugural was based on the
broad grounds of tradition and civic
pride. Washington has always
taken pride in displaying it's beau
ties to visitors during the quadren-
NAL inaugural season, and seldom
has been disappointed or disappoint-
ing in this respect, the President
was. advised.
Mr. GaIliher said today he was
unable to go into details as to his
conference with the President yes
terday, but that he acquainted Mr.
Coolidge with the District citizens
desires for an appropriate celebra
ton.
I'VE haven't a great deal of time
in which to prepare the city for
the Inauguration, If the President
should see fit to recommend big
celebration" said the chairman
"Still, we can do it,
In view of the fact that less
than two months lie between this
date and March 4, it is expected
that the President will notify the
committee as soon as he can digest
the plans submitted for his ap.
prevail.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
IDGE
ASSURES
OF HIS
help
Longworth confers With Pres
ident-Promises Vote
BY March 4

President Coolidge discussed the
proposed District rent bill with
Congressman Nicholas LongwOrth,
majority leader Of the House, to-
day.
The legislative situation in the
House was analysed at the con-
ference, and at its conclusion Mr..
Longworth Indicated he believed
the House would have ample OPP
portunity to consider the rent
bill thoroughly and to reach
vote upon it before March 4, whel
the session ends.
Coolidge Shows Interest.
President Coolidge indicated again
his interest in the legislation. He
said he was aware that It required
thorough-going analysis and study.
ana that he wanted the lawyers TO
give 1t the benefit Of their legal
knowledge.
Congressman Longworth express
ed the opinion that while there
would be opposition to rent legis-
lation he was sure that it would be
considered on the floor and would
reach q vote. Without directly
saying so, he indicated that this
measure was one of the bills to
which the President would give
real support.
N. Y. Realtors Hit Bin.
Opposition to the passage by
Congress Of rent legislation for the
District is voiced in a petition sent
to the Hosue today by the Real
Estate Board of New York.
The board characterizes the bill
now pending as zone OF the most
radical ever introduced" and asked
that it be given hearing on the
measure.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
THE TOWN TERROR.

When was young and tender.
/ fear ! was inclined
To go through many actions. that
you could not call refined.
I Welcomed any chance at all to get
To display matchless prowess and
my Herculean might
1 battered all the fellows, tin made
them good and sore.
1 licked the husky neighbor boys. a
dozen times or more;
I jumped on every lad met. and
made him yell enough"
And gained a reputation for being
strong Ind tot gh.
And then one day found myself,
without a worthy foe,
l longed to conquer other worlds,
couldn't find them though;
But just when was feeling sad.
gasped in Joy to see
A pale faced, sickly, stranger lad,
come walking up to me.
Murray" 1 shouted to myself, and
then in hard boiled tones,
you going Bones?"
The sickly lad looked up at me, and
said, you horrid thing,
''How rude you are to gentlemen.
my name is Egbert King"
And then the fireworks started. in a
most emphatic way,
A pleading voice was lifted begging
mercy in the fray,
A nose was bleeding freely, and two
eyes were turning black,
4 lad conceded his defeat, and fled
from this attack.
Now friends. you always seem to
hear Of puny Egbert King,
Surprising husky DULLES, but this
doesn't mean "A thing,
For in this tragic happening. poor
Egbert had to flee,
And leave the victor's laurels to the
wicked villain, me.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
STONE REFUSES TO o. K.
SUGAR FIRMS MERGER

Federal consent to the merger OF
the American Sugar Refining Com
pany and the National Sugar Refin-
ing Company of New Jersey was re-
fused by Attorney General Stone
yesterday.
In a letter to Willett & Gray, of
80 Wall street, New York city,
Stone said that he had made an in
vestigation Of an application for
modification Of a Federal court de-
cree which prohibited the American
company from acquiring assets Of
the national corporation.
"This inquiry did not disclose
such a change in competitive condi-
lions in the sugar industry since
1922, when the decree was catered,
as to warrant my consent to the
proposal" the Attorney (iSNaINl
wrote.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
WOMEN s CITY
CLUB To HOLD
LUNCHEON

Doctor A. Frances Foye, president
of the Women's City Club, will pre-
side at the forum luncheon to be
given at the club Saturday at 1
o'clock.
Mrs. Mabel Walker, assistant at
torney general, will give "Spotlights
on Prohibition" and Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey will talk on tine
Third Degree"
Among the guests who have az
cepted invitations to the luncheon
are: Judge Mary O'Toole, Miss
Patch, Miss Olive Beatty, Mrs. John
Ash, Miss Lily Thomas, Miss Amy
Leavitt, Mrs. Retta Campbell, Mrs.
Lolita Moran, Mrs. Mary f. Kenny,
Mrs. T.. r. Thomas, Mrs. F. G.
Riley, Mrs. Jean Holt, Mrs. Mckee.
Mrs. Edna b. l.. Johnston, Mrs.
Frank Hiram Smell, Mrs. e. st. john
Grebel Mrs. Laura Bradley, MISS
Edmonston, Mrs. Caroline Stevens
and Miss Nell Price.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
subcommittee to Hold
Joint Hearings on New
District Rent Measure

The fight for enactment by Con-
gress of permanent rent legislation
for the District of Columbia will
open at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. when subcommittee of the
Senate and House District commit
tees will begin joint hearings on
the rent bill.
The joint committee expects to
curtail the hearings as far as pos
sible, holding them to a discussion
of the provisions of the bi4itself.
Members of the committee feel that
the extensive hearings at the last
session of Congress supplied all the
information Congress needs regard
ing the existence of a housing
emergency in Washington.
The supporters of the bill are
confident of it's passage by Con-
gress. 1t VIII have practically the
solid support of the Republicans
in both bodies, including members
of the so-called 'insurgent bloc.
Many Democrats voted for the rent
bill during the last session of Con
gress and probably win vote for the
new bill, 1t is held.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
THE OLD AND THE NEW.

Our fOrefathers used to take
their guns and dogs and go hunt
game, but in these days fellow
takes his girl and a pint and goes
out hunting good time.
-~A~A
ThIrty-ttco degrees Is freezing point,
But taco in the shade Is squeezing
point.
Paper currency aUGs first spoken
of 4ohen the doVe left the ark and
brought a green back.
GUS LANGLEY.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
TOMPKINS ON PROBATION
FOR PASSING BAD CHECKS

Judge MattingIy and Assistant
District Attorney Ralph Given to-
day placed Frederick Tomkins,
twenty-seven, on probation for VIC
lating the bad check law.
Headquarters Detective Ira Keck
journeyed to Baltimore yesterday
with a warrant for Tomkins which
was served as soon as the young
man was released from jail after
serving nearly five months OF q
years sentence for passing bad
checks. A sentence of sixty days
imposed by the court here was
withheld and Tomkins was released
in the custody OF his friends.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
GIVEN BEDDING TO GET
BOOZE, PATIENT SAYS

Declaring that after a drinking
party at Walter Reed Hospital he
was entrusted with bedding, which
he was to exchange for whisKey.
Melvin Minor, colored, a patient at
the hospital, pleaded not guilty to
two charges of larceny before Judge
Mattingly I'm Police Court today.
Minor said that Emile Bourque.
the orderly in his ward, provided
liquor for all the patients and that
when their booze ran out he was
given a blanket and two sheets to
take into town for barter. Judge
Mattingly gave him four months
in Jail,
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
STONE. DECIDE CASE
ON COMMUNITY PROPERTY

A decision in the California COM
munity property case will be an
nounced before Attorney General
Stone retires to become {. Supreme
Court Justice, the Treasury said to-
day. Secretary Mellon and Stone
have held a personal conference,
and it is understood an agreement
has been reached as to the course
to be pursued by the Government
Senator Shortridge, Republican,
Of California, has predicted a deci-
sion in favor of the taxpayers.