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The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
MAYOR WILLING
TO CAMPAIGN FOR
MANAGER SYSTEM
Shank Says He Misunder-
stood Law for New
Form of Government
for City.
MAY RECALL PETITIONS
Headquarters to Be Opened
Next Week. City Head
Saws,
J MAY RECALL PETITIONS

Mayor Shank today expressed his
Willingness to recall petitions now in
circulation asking for a commission
form, of government, for Indianapo-
lis and to substitute petitions call
ing for city manager form.
The mayor also. announced plans
for opening headquarters next week
from which the campaign for a new
form Of city government will be con-
Quoted.
Misunderstands Law
"It has been my understanding,
the mayor said ''that the petition
we have now would give voters an
opportunity to vote either for city
manager or for commission.
He was informed that a commits
sion petition would allow voters to
express their opinion only on the
commission form and that city man
ager petitions would allow them to
vote only on the city manager form.
''I am for whichever form is best, +"
the mayor said. s'If the folks want
a city manager form, am for it,
Attends Meeting
shank attended a meeting OF the
real estate board at which the city
manager plan was discussed.
''I want everybody to pull to-
gether on this thing" he said before
attending the meeting. Whatever
the Real Estate Board is for, I am
for
The Real Estate Board has been
discussing only the city manager
plan.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
FIRST WOMAN NAMED
Mrs. James III. Taylor Made City
Plan Commissioner.

Mrs. James H. Taylor, 1908 N.
Pennsylvania st., wife of DIR. j. H.
Taylor. today assumed her duties as
the first woman member OF the city
plan commission. She was named
Tuesday to succeed Carl f. Walk.
resigned.
Mrs. Taylor, a Republican. is an
intimate friend of Mrs. Shank. She
has been active in civic and char
table work for many years and for
merly ws.s a member Of the board
of indianapolis Free Kindergarten
and Aid Society and indianapolis
Boys' Club.
Thomas L. Dillon was named pres
ident Of the commission ID, succeed
Charles E. Coffin; Gustav Schmidt
succeeded Dillon as vice president.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
VAN NUYS FOR
CITY MANAGER
PLAN

RI FREDERICK VAN NUYs former United district
r torney and former chairman Of the Democratic State
IL committees has Joined the forces seeking into effect
city manager plan government Indianapolis.
indorsed a the Indiana Demo-
night The meeting the
o woodrow Wilson.
Personally heartily of the managerial form
city said. passing
keeper Of the lives property of 100000 people simply because
single qualification g
cities these
will repudiate the which the city hall
recognition
son of their following in the Blue Goose poolroon.
This condition possible by the capitalization
fesiona politicians the Indifference
political
"One of the distressing conditions
Of which the
American politics. per
neglect exercise their suffrage
And there is
interest
selfish ambitions alarnngly
p Indifferent voters Is alarmnely high
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
collapses.
Roof Falls In

Weakened by more than 100 hours
of torture in the dank subterranean
passage, Collins begged for the am
putation at dawn.
See about having my leg cut off
il you can't get me out any other
way he told the men who have
been carrying on the attempts to
rescue him.
With fixed bayonets, a squad of
National Guardsmen took charge of,
Sand Cave late Tuesday to remain
on duty until Collins is brought
from the cave, dead or alive. They
assumed general charge of the work
of rescue.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
HAWKINS OUT ON BOND
Obtains Freedom Pending Appeal to
Chicago Federal Court.
~ Times NDecfdL

BIZ ItmeS SDectdt
CINCINNATI. Ohio. Feb. A.
Morton S. Hawkins, head of the de-
funct Hawkins Mortgage Company,
was free today following his release
on a $4,000 bond Tuesday night,
pending his appeal to the United
States Court of Appeals at Chi
cago. set for hearing Feb. 8. Haw-
kins is resisting the writ, issued by
Federal Judge Hickenlooper here,
ordering his removal to Indianapolis
to answer indictments alleging use
of the United States mails to de-
fraud.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
Junior Civic Committee

At the weekly, meeting Tuesday
night of the Junior Civic Club two
new conmittees we're formed. An
order ccinmittee was formed to take
charge Of the disorderly children at
the Shelby Branch Library with
Frank Gilberti. chairman Qnd COM
mitles was appointed 70 visit sick
Sissgsbera With James Cole ~ olaaar:
mar.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
WOMAN LIVING TORCH
Clothes Fired by Stove, May Die
From Burns.

BIZ United Press
EVANSVILLE. Ind, Feb. A.
Burned from head to foot when her
dress caught fire as she leaned over
her kitchen stove, Miss Carrie Fred
ericks, 25, was near death today.
Terror stricken, she ran from the
kitchen to the garage in the rear
of the house, where she was at
tempting to tear off the burning
clothes when neighbors came to the
rescue.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
RAILROAD BILL FAVORED
Senate Committee to Report on
Grade Elimination.

The Senate committee on rail
roads was to report favorably to-
day on the railroad crossing safety
bill, with amendments excluding
South Bend from the provisions.
The bill provides the State shall
pay so per cent and the railroads
40 per cent Of cost of grade cross
ing elimination. South Bend would
be permitted to proceed with an ex-
tensive track elevation program un-
der way.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
HUNDRED DIE IN STORM
Hurricane Wrecks Town in Asiatic
Turkey Heavy Snowfall.

BU Unifed Press
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 4.
More than one hundred persons are
dead. scores Of houses have col
lapsed and much suffering prevails
at Trebizond, IN Asiatic Turkey.
which was visited bx hurricane
and : snoUst0Em early today
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04

CityS First Woman Fireman Fights BlaSeS With
7ypezC1iter and Pen but Would Like Real Action

("7HE typewriter and pen are
as much a part of the fire
J fighting apparatus of In
dianapolis as changing gongs, hard
working bumpers and bright red
ladders.
Therefore, Miss Mary f. Flynn,
210 N. fremont Ave, citys first
woman fireman, appointed Tues
day By the board of safety, will
do all her fire fighting in the Of
fee of Fire Chief John j. O'Brien.
She was given substitute fireman
rank so her salary as a stenog-
rapher might be increased.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
NEW POSTAL MEASURE
Bill Goes to House as Substitute
for One Passed by Senate.
Bu United Press

BH United Press
WASHINGTON. Feb. A new
postal salaries increase bill was re-
ported to the House today.
The bill provides increases in pos
tai rates which viii raise $4,000, 900
in new revenue. This, according
to Representative Kelly, PennsyI-
vania. is enough to obtain the Pres
ident's approval. The salary in
creases provided arnount to $685.
600 ,000
The bill is a substitute for the one
adopted by the Senate, which in.
CURED disapproval of the House and
President Coolidge.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
NOW CONFINED IN BOX-LIKE
SPACE CUT OFF FROM OUTSIDE
Hours Of Ceaseless Toll Releases Foot
While Workers Returned for Can
vas to Garry Out Victim Roof
Collapses.

By United Press
CAVE CITY, KY. Feb. 1.-The that has held Floyd
Collins prisoner for than 100 hours refuses give him
About 10 o'clock this morning Collins plucked from
the sand vice that camped him to tunnel floor
last Friday.
But he freed from this prison than
mel wall collapsed Collins is again prisoner
Rescuers predict Collins viii die in the before night
where Collins lay.
Inch by inch they womed forward they had wdened the
that led the boulder After dreary
hours their labor rewarded Collins released.
Hastily the chain backed out.
The toers sought sheet of carry out
the victim
Roof Falls In
While they outside the roof fell in.
Only few bushels of earth sumped down. this dirt
heavy stone that completely closed the slim corridor
Air from the surface is shut off, Unless air gets Collins
from the cavern beyond the boulder he is doomed.
The roof in about twenty feet from where he lay He
was left in boxke space twenty feet long three high
and three feet wide.
AS Collins leg released he wrapped in blankets
fed and given stiff dose of whisky He had coughing
violently, but his stood true.
The train carrying Dr. W. H Hazlet Chicago surgeon ar
rived here at brought special drills from Louisville
Danger of Sufocation
Haze made the long trip to the amputate Collins
leg rescue unable free him the rock It's
another danger now that menaces Coins-suffocation
Rescuers fear to the drill danger of further
collapses
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
RECORD DEATH TOLL
Thirty-Nine Fatalities in New York
City Within "a Hours.

Bp United Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-Thirty-nine
sudden deaths. most of them violent,
have been reported here in the last
twenty-foun hours. This is the
ls.rgest days record in many years.
Bullets, alcohol, automobiles, fires
and gas took toll of seventeen lives
in Manhattan, twelve in Brooklyn,
six in the Bronx and four in Queens.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04

Hr=1M going to ask the chief to
let me wear one of those
red tin hats and go out to
a real fire one Of these days" said
Firewoman Flynn. Whats the
use of having rank If you can't get
some excitement out of it.
even if couldn't perch up on
top OF a ladder with hose I'll
bet / could make coffee that would
keep up the courage of the boys in
zero weather" /"
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04
LABOR AMENDMENT UP
Child Work Measures Reported
Without Recommendation

The Federal child labor constitu-
tional amendment was reported out
without recommendationS today in
the Indiana Senate, by the Federal
Relations Committee. The amend
ment was made a special order of
business for 2 p. m. Thursday.
A public hearing was held Tuesday
night on the amendment, which is
before the Legislature for ratifica-
ton
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04

THE only complete hour-by-
4 hour radio program pub
lished in Indianapolis appears
daily in The Times.
The Indianapolis times., 1925-02-04

n BNERALLY fair tonight
VI and Thursday. Warmer
tonight with lowest tempera-
ture about 81.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-08
GOLF A S
Officials work Out Relay
Scheme for 0pe2 Meet.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
NEW YORK, May 8.-Officials of
the United States Golf Association
have worked out a relay scheme for
handling the record entry in the
qualifying rounds for the open cham
p~ionship.
There will be ninety qualifiers
from the three sections, according
to present plans. The eastern Sec
ton at Lido, Long Beach, was
awarded ffty-eight qualifiers; the
Middle West at Owentsia was
allowed twenty-seven while the
Pacific section at San Francisco was
allotted five places.
In taking care of the 270 con
~testants at Lido, the players will be
divided into two sections. The first
group. or 1876 players, will play
eighteen holes on Wednesday, May
81, and the second will cover the
course Thursday. The low sixty-f1ve
scores and ties returned on both
plays will play their final eighteen
holes on Friday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-08
TRACK MEET
Butler in Triangular Affair
at EarIham.

The Butler track team will com
pete in a triangular meet at Earl
ham Saturday with Franklin and
Earlham as opponents. Fifteen
local athletes will make the trip.
The Irvington squad, which has
made a fine record this spring, ex-
poets another victory. The mile re.
lay may supply some fast time as
Earlham has a speedy relay team
which defeated Wabash last week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-08
ESTES WINS TOURNEY
Score Of 81 Takes Annual Kiwanis
Club Golf Meet.

The annual Kiwanis Club golf
tourney was won by L. A. Estes
Thursday afternoon at the Coffin
course with a score of 81 gross. He
also tied for low net with Leon
Hecht. Both had 70. Estes handi.
cap was II and Hecht's "a.
Hal Raymond turned in a 80 for
second and Bob Sturm and Abe
Parry shot els for third.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-08
NICHOLS BEATS MILLER
Iowa Grappler Tosses Hoosier in
Mat Feature at Broadway.

Leon Miller Of Seymour was no
match for Hugh Nichols of Cedar
Rapids, Ia, Thursday night at the
Broadway wrestling show and was
Topped twice in rapid succession.
Kid Bennett Of Birmingham,
welterweight, won two falls out OF
three from AL Callahan Of Indian.
apolis. Jack O'Neal won over Hap
py King in the prelim.
It was announced that several
leading welters would be seen in &C.
hon at the Broadway in the near
ANture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-08
STATE FAIR PROGRAM ATTRACTIVE
Harness Horse Fans to Get
High Class Offering
Labor Day Week.

Followers of the harness horse
racing sport are promised high class
entertainment State Fair week here
In September when the combination
Grand Circuit-State Fair speed card
is staged.
The list Of entries shows horses
Of splendid track performances and
Secretary B. J. Barker of the State
board of agriculture is well-pleased
with the outlook.
After many years Of absence,
Grand Circuit racing is to be re-
sumed in Indianapolis Labor Day
week, Sept. Z TO II, and horsemen
from many sections Of the country
will be attracted here. Entries this
year are from eighteen different
States, Barker said.
Twelve Early Closers
A total of 353 entries is registered
for the twelve early closers, includ-
ing the two divisions of The Horse
man stake. offered by The Horse
man, a ace weekly published in this
city.
For the ten early closing events
offered by the State fair manage
ment. 31S entries were received. The
trotting division of The Horseman
stake drew twenty-six futurity stars
and nine came in for the pacing d.
vision of The Horseman stake.
The Lew Shank stake for two.
year-old t~rotters drew the largest
entry with fifty-two. Local business
houses came to the front and as
sured attractive purses to round out
a strong program.
Prominent Stables Entered
Leading stables are represented IN
the State Fair entry, among the bet.
ter known being those Of Lon Nc
Donald, Sep Palm, Clair Wolverton,
Allen Bros. Forest Park stock
farm, Walter Cox, Tommy Murphy.
Ben White, Walter Gambler, Laurel
Hall farm. Harry Stokes. Charles
Valentine. Chef Kelly. Dick Nc.
Mahon, Henry Thomas and others.
The early closing program stacks
up as follows:
2:04 trot: Pluto Water Stake; so. 900.
twelve entries.
2:1O trct; L. s. Ayres Stake: So. 1000:
t~wenty-nine entries.
gas trot; The Governor Stake; 81 900;
thirty -four entries.
$40 pace; Silver Flash Stake; So, 900;
twenty-seven entries.
T~hree-year- old pace Msrott Shoe Stake:
81 NO, thllJy-snIev onI.Os.
TwO-year-o.d trot: Lew Shank Stake
81 600: fifty-tNvo entries.
2:n5 psna' '''"ss Bros. Stake: 81. 600;
twenty-four entries.
gag pace. o~sSmeier Cafeteria Stake.
81 900; thirty-six entries.
2:14 trot: SEVERN Hotel Stake; 81. 600
thirty-three entries.
Three-year-oid trot: The senator Stake:
81 900: thirty eight entries.
Horseman stake; ~trotting division es-
timated value SO 600: twenty-six entries.
Horseman Stake; pacing division; nine
entries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-08
ROJAS KIDD
Young StribIing Puts Romero
Down in Fourth.

BIZ United Press
BOSTON, May 8.-Young Strib-
ling, Georgia light-heavyweight, won
his first victory in the heavyweight
division when he stopped Quentin
Romero Rojas, South American
champion. in the fourth round on
Thursday.
Romero was on the floor twice in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-08
The Talk
Of the Town

~ about, we believe, as no
other clothing store in the
city.
This is sufficient proof that
the days of opportunity never
are over. We have found
that the merchant who does
something better than it ever
has been done before is i'm
mediately recognized and ap-
preciated by the public. Rob-
erts, by selling all-wool, finely
tailored suits at $21.50, has
succeeded in giving men bet
ter values than they ever
have been offered before.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-08
Mostil Shows Speed

Johnny Mostil Of the White Sox
seems bent on grabbing the base
stealing laurels from his manager
Eddie Collins. this season. In the
first three weeks Of play Mostil
swiped an even dozen sacks. giving
him a big lead in both leagues. He
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-08

the third round and was down once
in the fourth before the bout was
stopped by the referees. Romero
could not defend himself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-08
Bernstein Victor

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK. May Slack Bern
stein, former Junior lightweight
champion, won a six-round decision
from Earl Baird, California, Thurs
day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-08
Are Our
Best Statesmen

WE like to have men bring
w their women folks with
them. They're the best sales
men we have. They know
values, materials and needle
work and are quick to recog-
nize these qualities. When
men bring t h e r wives,
they're sold twice and become
old customers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-31
Dempsey May
Meet Madden This
Year in Indiana

New York, July 30.-(AP)-Possi-
bi!ity of a heavyweight championship
fight this year at Michigan City, Ind,
between Jack Dempsey and BARLEY
Madden was revived today with the
departure of Charley Rose, Madden's
manager. for conference in Chicago
with Promoter Floyd FGtzsimmons.
Indication Of Dempsey's disapproval
of Harry Greb as an opponent in a
fight this year Increases Madden's
chance of obtaining a title match, in
the estimation of close followers Of
boxing.
Coincident with the departure of
Rose came word from the Pacific coast
that Jack Kearns. manager of the
champion, is Fastening east. AS man.
ager of Dempsey he is recognized by
the New York state athletic commits
sion as authorized to sign for a Harry
Wills bout. Since the board has is
sued an ultimStum to Dempsey and
Kearns regarding a fight with Wills,
observers here believe that Kearns'
visit will either bring forth articles
for the match or the dethroning of
Dempsey in New York by the commits
sion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-31
Active Bearers
At Bryan Funeral

Washington, July 3O.-(AP)-The
official list of active and honorary
pail bearers at the funeral tomorrow
of William Jennings Bryan was an
nounced tonight as follows:
Active pail bearers: Josephus
Daniels, former secretary Of the
navy; Senator Fletcher. of Florida;
Colonel P. H. Callahan. Louisville,
KY: Charles A. Lord, Lincoln, Neb.;
N. f. Dunlap, Jacksonville, Ills. and
State Senator Charles E. Hull of H.
limbs.
Honorary pail bearers: Senator
Swanson of Virginia.; Senator Ash
urst of Alabama: Senator Sheppard
of Texas; Senator Mcclellan of Ten
nessee: Senator Norris of Nebraska:
Representative Oldfield of Arkansas:
Representative Upshaw of ~Seorgia;
Representative Yates OF Illinois;
Governor Donahey Of Ohio; William
s. Wilson, former secretary of la
Dor: Bishop Thomas Nicholson OF
Michigan; Former Senator Hitchcock
of Nebraska; John Shelton Williams
of Virginia, former comptroller gen.
eral; Glenn Shaver of West Virginia,
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee; Edward F. Goltra of
Missouri; James Kirby Risk Of Indi-
ana; Norman f. Macl; Of New York:
Howard Russell of Ohio; Charles E.
Douglas of Washington. D. c.: Char
les +. Horner Of Missouri: and Man
ton w. well of Washington, D. c.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-31
Newspapers Forced
To Abandon Use
i. S. Mail for Delivery

Philadelphia, July 30-(AP)-The
purported excessive cost of deliver
ing newspapers by the United States
mails as compared with the cost by
private agencies, was declared to-
day before the special congressional
joint subcommittee, sitting in hear
ing on the new postal rates, to be
an important factor in the alleged
postal deficit.
Newspapers prefer to use the
postoffice to private distributing
agencies" Elisha Hanson. attorney
for the American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. told the con-
gressmen, but the cost since 1917
has increased so overwhelmingly
that publishers have withdrawn their
mail deliveries as far as possible"
The cost of delivering 100 pounds
Of papers by mail. said James p. Con-
sidine, speaking for the local metro
politan dailies as chairman of the
Philadelphia Newspaper Publishers
Association, has been s1S5. whereas
similar service has been obtained from
baggaged, motor truck and trolley
lines at As cents.
Senator Lawrence c. Phipps of Col
orado declared the testimony was mot
fiat comparisons of identical services,
as in the mase Of mail contrasted with
private deliveries" and that 1t was
mot convincing"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-31
Amundsen Will Use
Dirigible in Next
Flight to the Arctic

Halifax, n. S., July 30-(AP)-Ev-
cry member Of Captain Road Amund-
sens recent Polar flight expedition is
looking forward to another attempt to
reach the North Pole by air, said Lin
coin Ellsworth, American member of
the expedition. on his arrival here to-
day from Oslo aboard the steamer
frederick VIII. He said he did not
peileve that Captain Amundsen had
made any definite plans to attempt an
other flight to the Pole, but he said
he felt certain that the Norwegian
would continue his work.
The next flight. Ellsworth believed.
would be made in a lighter-than-air
ship, the last expedition having prov
ed that plane capable of sustained
flight is needed.
The American brought with him pic
lures of the Amundsen planes caught
in the ice jams which held them pris-
oner for month. He said from OBJ
servations the expedition made he was
convinced that the Pole Is covered by
sea of ice, with no land in the i'm
mediate vicinity.
The foes drift slowly over the Pole,
he believed. In the month their planes
were Rebound. Mr. Ellswort hsaid,
they drifted some 20 miles befor a
shift of wind sent them floating back
twelve.
Are You going back?" Mr.. Ellis
worth was asked.
Il hope to-" he replied. II would
rather be going there now than to
New York"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-31
ADJUSTMENTS
OPERA HOUSE

Suppose you found your girl IN an
other mans arms on the eve OF your
wedding-That's where Percy Mar
mont found his fiance in "a Woman's
Faith" which is one Of the feature
pictures at the Opera House today
This picture Is taken from the fam
Gus Ladies Home Journal story en-
titled Miracle" Mr.. Marmont is
ably supported by Alma Rubens'
Zasu Pitts, Andre Beranger and other
stars.
Girls I have a secret to tell you.
There were just as many fiappers IN
Mothers day as now. Mabel Balm
plays the part Of sweet and simple
girl of days gone by and so as to have
a contract the director introduces
some of the girls who were not SO
nice" in fact those who were the
trial and worry of their parents
Bring your mother and prove to her
that you are just as nice as the girls
In Beauty and the Beast"
Don't forget that this is the next
to-last episode of 1.-THE Great Circus
Mystery" which has interested you so
much the past weeks. Don't miss IT,
ADV.