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The Washington times., 1925-08-29
BIRTHS

charles r. and Susie j. stevens. boy
Charles A. and Sarah e. Bursdorfi
s'I Frederick W. and Dora B. Speaker
f SEBASTIAN j. and Cecilia. c. Pratico'
Harrv NJ. and Mildred Atherton. grit
THOMAS T. and Eleanor '. Hefferman'
Oo Washington I. and Susie 1. Possy.
waiter B. and Lola ]. Ford. girl.
Chester E. and Mary E.. Cox boy.
George A. and Nellie j.. Jarboe. boy.
william E. and Agnes II. Jackson.
William j.. jr.. and Frances Mel.
William N. and Josephine Chubb. girl.
Eiwood Q. and Marie A. McAfee. boy.
Howard NJ. and Hazel S. Lemaster'
boy.
James z. and Catherine 1. Allen, girl.
Clarence and Virgie A. Windsor, boy.
william j.. and Elizabeth King, boy.
Moses y. and Mary c. Hawkins. girl.
Sherman w. and Harriet B. Parker,
girl.
girl.
Charles E. and Jane n. Jones' boy.
Sylvester and Rosie Warren, girl
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THE TALKING
CHEVROLET
The Wonder of the Age
Will tell you all about the high
value in our traded-in cars.
YODUJ

must come to our salesroom this
week and get the facts on these
bargains.
Chevrolet Touring, SIS cash, go
Chevrolet Touring, $40 cash, $500
monthly.
Chevrolet Touring, sos cash, $17.1O
monthly.
Chevrolet Touring. $50 cash, $3.50
Smonthly.
Chevrolet Touring. $50 cash. sl4.5O
monthly.
Chevrolet Coupe. $125 cash. 5000
monthly. -
Chevrolet Coupe, 500 cash, $21.5o
monthly.
Chevrolet Coupe. SIS cash, $21
monthly.
Chevrolet Sedan, sl25 cash, $50
monthly.
Chevrolet Sedan, 500 cash, $s1
Chevrolet Sedan, $50 cash, 500
monthly.
Ford Touring, $50 cash, $50
monthly.
Ford Coupe, 500 cash, $22
monthly.
Ford Roadster, $50 cash, $50
monthly.
Ford y Sedan, $75 cash, ST
monthly.
Ford Truck, $50 cash, $50
monthly.
Overland Sedan, 500.
Overland Sedan, 1928 cash, $1s.45
monthly.
Hudson Sedan, good condition,
$500.
Ace Motorcycle, side car, SLOT
cash, $16.17 monthly.
Our statesmen are right on the
job every day, Sundays included,
$50 a. m. till 10 p. m.
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AutomOtive

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The Washington times., 1925-08-29
Births, Marriages, Deaths
Phone Notices to Main $3.50. Obituary Desk
LIEuT. JAMES Z. GILES

Funeral services for Lieutenant
James L. Giles, fifty-seven years
old, who died last night at his
home, 1926 Harrison street, Chevy
Chase, will be held Monday at the
residence. Interment will be at
Rock Creek Cemetery. Lieutenant
Giles, whose death was caused by
heart disease, had been confined to
his bed for a, week. He was sta
toned at the Tenleytown station
as private. sergeant and lieutenant
during the greater part OF the
thirty years of service with the
Washington police department.. He
had been prominent in local
Masonic circles for a long time
being a member of William r.
Singleton Lodge, No. 81. and
Thirty-second degree member OF
Scottish Rite Masons. He was past
master of Singleton lodge and at
the time of his death was presi'
dent of the Past Masters Associa-
ton. He was also member OF
the Junior Order OF United Amer
lean Mechanics, Reno Council, and
a member and Past Patron of the
Order of the Eastern Star, Friend
ship Chapter. He is survived by
his wife and two children, James
L. Giles, jr., and Miss Mamie Giles
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04
FOUR HURT I'M
AUTO CRASHES
Two Pedestrians and Bi.
CycliSt Included.

-Four accidents, involving auto
mobiles, were reported to police to-
day.
Manuel Childs, 2054 Hovey St., was
injured when the bicycle he was
riding at Eighteenth and Capitol
Ave. was struck by an automobile
driven by Finas Wagner, $40 Ro-
anoke st. Wagner was slated.
William A. McAtee, So, of 1873
Fulton St., received a broken leg
when struck by an auto as he was
leaving a street car at Morris St.
and Kentucky Ave. Frank Wurtz-
Ter, 1042 E. Thirty-Sixth ST., the
driver, was charged with assault and
battery and passing street car un-
loading passengers.
When he was struck by an auto
mobile at 220S E. Washington ST.,
Walter Mundon, IA, OF 10 N. Jeffer-
son Ave, was injured about the
head. Thomas Sprouse, 916 River
Ave-, driver, was slated.
o. Fl. Reeves, 1888 Charles ST.,
was injured when an automobile he
was driving was struck by a. street
car at Morris and Meridian SITS.
Henry Brown, 1107 S. Illinois St.,
motorman, was charged with assault
and battery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04
instruction Given Free at
Riverside Dance
Palace.

The Charleston's caught on big!
Hundreds Of smiling persons at the
Riverside Dance Palace Tuesday
night agreed that under the in
struction of Gene La Verne, dance
instructor of los Angeles, Cal, the
fascinating new dance is easy to
learn.
Waving coupons clipped from The
Indianapolis Times which entitled
them to free instruction, the dane
ers began arriving shortly before s
p. m. La Verne showed both plain
and fancy Charleston steps, and soon
everybody was swaying happily.
Tuesday nights lesson was the
first Of a series of twenty that La
Verne will give every night at the
Riverside Dance Palace under aus
pices of The Indianapolis Times.
Lessons will continue from to
1890 p. m, and because La Verne
Is an expert instructor and teaches
lboth plain and fancy Charleston,
anzhady can IAazn- And funi Eyerse
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04
LINER BATTLES
GALE; 76 HURT
Injured Taken to Cherbourg
and Southampton.

BB United Press
SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 4.-Thc
Berenga11a arrived here today bear
ing twenty-six passengers injured
during Saturdays and Sundays
\ storm when the giant liner fought
Bwaves thirty to fifty feet high.
Fifty others debarked at Cher
bourg bandaged, cut and bruised by
being hurled against bulkheads as
the liner wrestled the waves.
Damage estimated at $4,000 was
done to the ships furniture and
erockery.
The captain described the gale as
the worst in his experience.
Passengers declared they were
hurled about as though they were
feathers as the waves buffeted the
craft. The ship carried $50 first
class passengers, including Mrs. w
w. Vanderbilt.
William A Pope Of Chicago said,
the waves were like mountains and
swept over the stern. flooding the
secon dand third class quarters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04
G. O. p. CLAIMS
MORAL VICTORY
In STATE VOTE
Democrats, However, Break
Into South Bend and
Marion.

With returns from all Of Indiana S
ninety-three municipalities practical
ly complete, Republican politicians
today were claiming a moral victory
In the State.
Republicans apparently held their
own in the majority Of the cities, in
addition to breaking through in
several normal Democratic strong
holds.
South Bend, long considered Re-
publican stronghold, went Demo
cratic, however. Chester Mont
gomery was elected mayor by an
estimated majority of 2,6S2 and
practically the entire Democratic
ticket was swept into office with
him.
Marion for the first time in twen-
ty years elected a Democratic mayor
John Mcconnell. Democrats also
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04
SUIT FILED ON
CITY TAX LEVY
Seek to Mandate Higher
Sanitary District Rate.

A complaint to mandate the coll
lection OF the Indianapolis sanitary
district tax levy at S.065, as au-
thorized by the city council over
Mayor Shank's veto, was filed in
Superior Court Five today by the
State of Indiana on relation Of the
city of indianapolis. Defendants
were the state tax board, Harry
Dunn, county auditor, and John l..
Duvall, county treasurer.
Suit alleged that the mayors cut
was without authority Of law. on
Sept. 21, 1925, the council passed
the $.065 rate over Shank's veto,
this rate being reported to the
State tax board. Tho board de-
clared this lower rate Of $.055 is le-
gal and valid
The suit asked that the court
mandate the tax board to order
Harry Dunn to enter the S.065 rate
upon his books and that Duvall
make his tax collections on that
levy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04
Hard Work Brought Sue
cess to DuvaII, Says
Wife.
Ohm l.. DUVALL had $4,000
hackers in his successful race
- 70 hacovpa fha paxt YnavOr

Ohm l.. DUVALL had $4,000
hackers in his successful race
IL to become the next mayor
of Indianapolis, but his most en-
thusiastc booster is a woman-Mrs.
John l.. Duvall.
While Mrs. Duvall gazed fondly
at her daughter, Margaret Roberta,
Z. and listened attentively for
sounds indicating the awakening of
John L. Jr., Is months, today at the
Duvall home at 5242 College Ave,
she told a reporter her husband had
become the next mayor because he
had always tried to improve him
self and look to the future.
Duvall stayed at a downtown
hotel Tuesday night to avoid the
rush of job hunters and has said
he will leave the city for a two-day
vacation before considering appoint
ment Of his official family.
Likes Races
IT believe I would say horse rae
ing is Mr.. Duvall's chief hobby.
Mrs. Duvall said.
my husband loves the out-of-doo
and to play with the children in the
yard" she said. He also takes long
walks, many times before break
fast"
when Mr.. Duvall was a boy he
pictured himself seated in a hank
er's chair, and he became a bank
err" Mrs. Duvall said. "He has al
ways worked hard for his objec.
tive.
His father said John cost him
the least to rear and amounted to
more than any others of his chill
dren. Why, he waited on table al
Valparaiso University when his
father would have given him the
money to go to school"
Reads Much
Mrs. Duvall said her husband is g
consistent reader. preferring books
of history and government, with lit,
tie attachment for love stories.
Duvall has lived in Indianapolis
since 1902. He practiced law for
seven years, and then organized the
Haughville bank, now the Citizens
State Bank, of which he is vice
president. He organized other banks
later and developed first the idea OF
Christmas savings. He now is chair.
man of the board of directors Of the
Marion County State Bank.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04
Beech GROVE
VOTES FAVOR
Street CARS
Progressive Ticket Is Win
ner in Suburb of
City.

Beech Grove voted more than two
line to Indianapolis Tuesday. returns
showed today. The Progressive
ticket emerged victorious over the
Citizens ticket, candidates of which,
1t is said. pledged themselves to en-
courage bus transportation develop
ment.
William Gearhart was elected town
clerk, Charles Adams, town treas
urer, and l.. c. Dukes, w. S. New
conner and Harry w. Britton, trus-
tees.
FavOr Ordinance
The new tr 1stees are said to IA
vor enforcing, and readopting, If
necessary, a town ordinance, barring
busses from certain streets in the
suburb. Suit for an injunction
against the trustees, filed by bus
operators, is pending, as also is con-
firmation of the sale by the receiver
of the street car line, which has
operated at a loss.
The street car line was sold under
a guarantee that bus competition
would not interfere with the lines
earning capacity, and confirmation
of the sale will be hard to obtain,
friends of the street car transporta.
tion declare, unless busses are
barred.
Vote Given
The vote was:
Progressfves - Gearhart, $40;
Adams, 534; Dukes, 52S; Newcomer,
SGT; and, Br1tton, 539.
Citizens ticket-H. Z. Boutwell,,
for clerk, 210. Charles Hartley, for
treasurer, 166; and, for trustees,
Homer Church, 227; James Boyer,
PIT; and Hayes Nelson, 1873.
Peoples ticket-Vernon Perkins,
for clerk, 104; H. Lee Clerk, for
treasurer, 165; and. for trustees,
John Lancaster, 1913; Leslie Garri-
son, 90, and Ruben Brown, 129.
Howard Frances, running inde-
pendently for trustee from the
Second ward, received 2S votes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04

to put a tax valuation on lots in
Rochester, Akron, Kewanna and Full
ton. 10 per cent higher than the
present valuation. Zoercher was Of
ficially notified Of his citation this
morning.
The mandate followed an injunc-
tion issued by the court to restrain
the auditor from putting the prop.
erty on the tax duplicate at the In
creased valuation. The injunction
was issued at the, request Of remon-
strating tax payers, who declared the
valuation foo high.
According to board members the
mandate was issued to defend their
statutory authority to equalize such
real estate valuations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04
JUDGE RULES
FOR DIR. king
Motion to Dissolve Restrain
ing Order 0verruIed.

State board Of health members
will continue to be restrained from
removing DIR. William Il. King,
board secretary, from office and
from interfering with his work, ac-
cording TO a ruling given today by
Special Judge Oren S. Hack in Su-
perior Court Four.
Judge Hack overruled a motion of
the health board to dissolve n tenn
porary restraining order granted DIR.
King against the board members.
The board charged malfeasance,
growing out Of an alleged charge
that DIR. King increased salaries OF
department employees without au.
thorization OF the board.
In his ruling Judge Hack declared
the State health board members are
"acting entirely beyond the limits of
of their authority" when they try
to remove another board member.
He said that where a person is
elected or appointed to an office for
a specified tenure the persons seek.
ing to interfere with his legal duties
are without authority of law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04
DuuaU Wins Eleuen Wards, Myers -Four
Republican Mayor and
Council Candidates Swept
Into Office by Majority
Over 8,000-KIan School
Ticket Also Victorious.

John L. Duvall, Republican
candidate for mayor, carried
eleven of the fifteen wards in
the city in polling an 5000 ma
jority over Walter Myers, his
Democratic opponent, unof-
icial tabulation Of official elec-
ion returns showed today.
Myers carried only the Third
Ninth, Twelfth and Thirteenth
wards. In the Third ward official
totals compiled by election commits
sioners gave him a majority of
votes.
With Duvall the entire Republican
city ticket and the Klan slate of
school commissioners was swept into
office.
The returns show these Repub-
llcans elected.
John L. Duvall, mayor.
William A. Boyce. city clerk.
Walter R. Dorsett, Claude E. Neg
ley, O. Ray Albertson, Austin H.
Todd, Otis Z Bartholomew and
Boynton j. Moore. city councilmen.
The Democrats, by virtue of the
law providing six of the leading
party and three of the next highest
party candidates shall be city coun.
cilmen, elected these three council.
men, the highest Of the six Demo
cratic candidates:
Edward B. Raub, Robert z.
Springsteen and Arthur w. Lyday.
The new school commissioners,
backS by the Klan:
Theodore f. Vonnegut, 2,116; Mrs,
Lillian Sedwick, 30,284, and Charles
w. Kern, 20,082, all for the term
beginning Jan. 1, 1926. Fred KEEP.
ner, 30,761, and Lewis E. Whiteman,
31,9S7, for the term beginning Jan,
1, 1928.
The citizens school committee slate
aid not run close to the Klan slate
with the exception of the candidates
fors'the term beginning in 1928. Fred
Bates Johnson Of the citizens slate
got 27,475 and Charles r. Yoke OF
the same slate 29,113, both being less
than 5000 behind the Eklan candi,
dates.
The citizens candidates for the
term beginning in 1926 received these
votes: Mrs. Elizabeth f. Moore
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04
Wales Lights on
His Head

LONDON, Nov. 4. The
Prince of Wales lit on his head
in a ditch Tuesday in his third
start Of the fox hunting sea-
son, which began officially
Monday. Neither Wales nor
his horse was injured, although
the latter was mired and re-
quired the assistance of his
royal rider and others to get
out Of the mud.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04
Myers Regrets
Efforts Fail

WALTER MYERS, defeated
= candidate for mayor, today ex-
pressed regret that the tireless
efforts OF Democratic work
ers and his friends had not
resulted in success and said he
wished to thank all citizens
who supported the ticket.
IT congratulate Mr.. Duvall
on his election" he said. 1--WE
are not ashamed Of the fight
We made, but stand ready and
willing to give our best and
most earnest efforts to a better
and greater city in the future"
Myers said.
We're not licked perma-
nently. Just wait until the
Democrats elect two United
States Senators this fall"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04
STATE TAX BOARD
MEN FACING JAIL
Brown, Zoercher and Hough Cited for Contempt by Judge
of Fulton County Circuit Court

Members Of the State tax board
were to confer with Attorney Gen.
eral Arthur L. Gilliom this afternoon
TO consider measures to defend them
selves against possible jail sentences.
Phillip Zoercher, John j. Brown,
and William Hough. boaJ mem
bers, Monday were cited o. ldge
R. r. Carr. OF the Fulton County
Circuit Court for contempt n man.
dating the Fulton County auditor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04
AIDS DEFENSE THEORY GIRL
HAD HOPES SHE WOULD LIVE
State Wins Point in Questioning Expert
When Chemist Says There Is No
Real Antidote for Bichloride of
Mercury Poisoning.
BY John L. Niblack and William L. Toms
Times star Correspondents

CIRCUIT COURTROOM NOBLESVILLE Ind. Nov A.
late eight days before her death he thought Madge OBJ
erholtzer would recover Dr. Warve pathoogs Of the
Methodist Hospital Indianapolis testified this morning in the
trial of c. Stephenson Earl Gentry and Earl Knck charged
with the girls murder.
Dr. Warve the specialist who performed blood trans
fusion the poison victim April He said that Madge
much improved a result of the TRANSMISSION.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04
TWO DEAD MEN
Are ELECTED
One Dies After Polls Close
Other Before.

BY United Press
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4.-Phila-
delphia elected a dead man for dis
trict attorney. John M. Patterson,
Republican candidate, died during
the night and stickers which would
have elected a successor when Pat
terson's condition was found to be
critical yesterday, failed to stem the
tide of votes to the dying man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04
$4,000 TAKEN
BY MASKED MEN
Messenger Beaten and Rob-
bed in Business Sector.

BU United Press
VANDERGRIFT, Pa, Nov. A.
Leaping from an automobile in the
main section of the business district
here, two masked men beat and
robbed James Walthour, a mes
senger of the Vandergrift Savings
and Trust Company of his satchel
containing $4,000 at noon today.
Walthour was about to board a
train for Pittsburgh where he was
to make the banks weekly deposit
when robbed. He was then in sight
of the Pennsylvania station
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04
FIRST CHARLESTON
NIGHT is POPULAR

body was laughing and having a
great time the first night.
Indianapolis folks are good
dancers-I see that already" La
Verne remarked. "And everybody
going to be crazy about the Charles
ton here. It's fascinating. People
everywhere are wild about it."
Remember instruction is absolute
ly free. Just clip the coupon from
today's Times and come out to the
Riverside Dance Palace tonight,
from 8 to 10.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04
PLAN PARSONS TRIBUTE

Organization Of the campaign for
a memorial to DIR. w. w. Parsons,
former president of the Indiana
State Normal School, who died re.
Gently and for Prof. Howard
Sandison. was completed at the
Claypool. Monday night. Henry
Cromwell OF Terre Haute was un-
animously elected chairman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04
SAKLATVALA BEATEN
Communist Member of Parliament
Loses to Dead Conservative.

BU United Press
LONDON, Nov. 4.-Shapurji
Saklatvala, Communist, recently
barred from America on State De-
partment orders, was defeated in
the borough of st. Pancreas by a
dead man. He was beaten by his
Conservative party opponent who
died between the time he was
nominated and election day.
Saklatvala's seat in commons was
not affected, the election being pure
ly local.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04
KLAN LOSES IN DETROIT
Mayor Smith Decisively Beats His
Opponent.
Rn limited PreRR

DETROIT, Mich, Nov 4.-Mayor
John w. Smith of Detroit, seeking
return to office on ar anti-Klan
platform, decisively defeated his
Klan-endorsed opponent. Charles
Bowles in yesterday municipal
election. Complete returns gave
Smith a clear majority Of 2s,S71 In
total poll Of 255,o11. Smith
partisans also won five cut of nine
seats in the city council 4
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-04
DEMOCRAT is WINNER

Bu JnttCd Press
BOWLING GREEN, KY, Nov. 4.
John w. Moore. Morgantown,
Democrat. was elected TO Congress
yesterday from the Third District,
to succeed the late Robert y.
Thomas.