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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
FEDERAL INQUIRY
. MAY Be ASKED IN
|. HIGHWAY MATTER
Representative Carlson Says
He Considers Resolution
Asking for Probe by
United States,
JURY MEETS FEB. 10
Legislator Believes Affair Is
of Great Importance to
People,
JURY MEETS FEB. 10

Investigation by the Federal
grand jury, which convenes Feb. 10,
of charges of irregularities in the In
diana State highway commissions
sale Of war material loomed today
as the latest possibility in demands
for airing the department.
Lawrence E. Carlson, State rep
resentative, Huntington. chairman
of the House COMMITTEES on Federal
relations, announced he is consider,
ing introducing a resolution in the
Assembly next week that it is the
sense of the Assembly that the in
yestigation should be made by Fed
eral authorities ''at once"
This scandal involves Federal
matters as much. il not more, than
State, " said Carlson. The matter
has been before the Marion County
grand jury for months, and no ac-
ton has been taken, principally be-
cause the jury has been so busy
with local crime
tThe Federal matters's Carlson
said were involved are charges that
Army trucks and other war mate
rails supplied the State highway
commission are made the subject
of illegal sale.
IT know that Prosecutor Remy,
who has charge of the Marion Coun-
ty grand jury, did not receive the
final report on the subject from the
State board of accounts until some
time in November, and that before
his investigation could be completed
the grand iury's term ended by law
and new one was convened" said
Carlson. Il also know that the new
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andab

mi HE Soldiers and Sailors
Monument is suffering
- from vandals. according
to Col. Oran Perry, superin-
tendent.
An exhibit of regimentaI di-
visional insignia OF the World
War has been badly defaced.
he says. Insignia of several
divisions have been torn OF
and otherwise mutilated.
Picture frames have been
broken. Signs have been
moved to confuse visitors In
finding their way out Of the
gallery. Wreaths on the pic
ture of Abraham Lincoln can
not be kept in place because OF
the thieves.
Few Indianapolis citizens
were among the 100000 who
visited the Monument last year,
Colonel Perry stated. Tourists
from all over the world made MP
the greatest part.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
Country Aroused by Ex-
puISion of Church Patri-
archate From Con-
StantinopIe,
LEAGUE ASKED TO ACT
Government Attempts tc
Curb Extremists Who
Demand Use of Force Z

BV United Press
ATHENS, Jan. 31.-Greece today
severed diplomamtic relations with
Turkey and Athens buzzed with talk
of war because the Angora govern.
ment expelled the Ocemenial patri-
archaic, which for seven centuries
has represented the orthodox Greek
church at Constantinople.
Indignation has swept the Greek
nation.
There were violent scenes in the
Chamber of Deputies today. deputies
shouting "down with Turkey"
Former Minister Of War Pangalos,
in a stirring speech. declared, 1T is
only by armed force that Turkey can
be taught reason. :
The Greek nation is in mourning.
Church bells throughout the country
were tolIed today and the President
OF Greece cancelled a diplomatic
banquet.
Expulsion by the Turks of the his
toric patriarchate at Constantinople
marks culmination of their deter.
mination to obliterate- the Orthodox
Church in Turkey
At the Lauzanne conference, the
Turks, having just defeated the
Greeks in war. promised to respect
the patriachate.
The expelled patriarch and his
staff arrived on Greek soil today
and was received with great rever-
ence. He may stay at the mon
astery atop the holy mountain in
Macedonia.
Meanwhile the Greek government
Is doing it's best to curb extremists
who are crying for war.
The Greek charge J'affaires at An.
CORA was recalled today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
ANOTHER FR|G|D
WAVE EXPECTED
Drop in Temperature Pre-
dicted Sunday.

A cold wave for Sunday night,
with temperatures Of from 10 to IS
degrees. was forecast by ]. H. Arm
ington. Government meteorologist,
today.
Arlington said extreme cold in
the Canadian northwest is moving
slowly down on this section. He did
not expect sub-zero temperatures
here, however
Weather will be warmer today and
most of the night, he said. the drop
being expected Sunday afternoon
Little prospect for snow was seen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
Law Almost Stops Butler Exam

Patrolman Neal and
Leise lay in ambush at En-
erson Ave. and Washing
ton ST., as the professor ap-
preached in his car. He was
almost late for the quiz
then. He stepped on it,
to beat the Co. sign. Of
ficers charged he drove thir-
ty miles an hour.
The officers charged him
with speeding.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
EXPLORES
STATUES
TIP
SteepIejack Who Avoids
Publicity, Works at
Dizzy Height.

E7ISS INDIANA has had a
I'M shocking time.
FL Lightning and the ele-
ments damaged the statue on the
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
and necessitated repairs.
Work is being done by the ''un-
known" steeplejack.
He refuses to reveal his name
because
Several years ago his mother
asked him to quit steeplejacking.
She was afraid he'd be killed. But
he loves his work and he couldn't
give it up. He doesn't want his
mother to know. for shed worry
herself to death.
Ropes We're .slung high over
Miss Indiana's shoulders, by
means Of long poles and then in a.
just an ordinary board seat. the
unknown" went up, up, with just
a half-inch rope holding hin-to a
hole in the statue just below the
shoulders. Into this hole he
climbed and with bucket Of red
lead to paint the interior of the
statue.
"It was a tough job. he said
this man who has done perilous
work all over the country. There
was no place to stand on and
had to swing myself in that hole.
The hole wasn't so big either"
Inside the statue there is n,
ladder-only the braces and struc-
ture The Unknown ventured to
the head of the statue, repairing
leaks and holes. Orders first called
for him to "hold the hand of Miss
Indiana" too. 1t was believed
there was break there. In.
vestigation showed none.
New lightning rods were in
stalled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
MESSENGER CELEBRATES
Richard ToIbert Serves at Federal
Court Fifteen Years.

Richard Tolbert, SIS, Of 1921 North
western Ave-, colored nessengSr Of
Federal Court, will celebrate the
fifteenth anniversary of his appoint
ment Sunday. He recently was APP
pointed messenger to serve uEder
Judge Robert c. Baltzell and Judge
"A. B. Anderson jointly.
He became Judge Anderson's
messenger in 1910. Tolbert was born
in slavery near Frankfort, KY,
March 8. 1860. Prior to 1910, he was
a janitor in the old Federal Bldg
at Market and Pennsylvania SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
BLAZE Is BELIEVED DUE TO
AN OVERHEATED FURNACE
Woman Leaps From Fourth Floor,
Clothing Catches on Projecting Rod
at Thirds Taken Down Only
Slightly Hurt.
Rn United Press

BIZ
CHICAGO, Jan. 31-Eight known dead the latest
today by remen the blaze which swept thirtysix
apartment building the south side here Five bodies have
been recovered three visible in the smoking and
believed three bodies are buried
debris
Thirty persons injured and five may die But quick
thinking of two telephone girls and the herom of
ege students and remen and police kept the casualties from
being much higher
Rose Baker and Margaret Locke telephone girls Del
Prado Hotel adjoining the apartment building saved four per-
sons from what seemed like death The girls
and boy the fourth floor of the structure their
escape cut off by the flames.
Running to the fourth floor of the hotel the girls shouted
for the four be calm The girls long ironing
from their window the eghoot areaway and the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31

His picture of the highly
crammed young minds won
a respite and the officers
accompanied him to the
campus, where he got the ex-
animation started, ex-
planned his predicament and
left another instructor in
charge. Then he went to
police headquarters, and
was released on his own re-
cognizance by City Judge
Delbert O. Wilmeth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31

AOuT CIdWlCQ TO safety.
An unidentified woman. also
trapped by the flames on the fourth
and top floor. leaped from her win
dow. But her clothing caught on
a projecting rod from the third floor
window. Shrieking with pain and
fright as long tongues of fire
whirled around her, she dangled
thirty feet above the pavement.
To the Rescue
Several University of Chicago
students saw her plight. They Sc
cured ladders and two of them
scrambled to the rescue through the
flames and brought the woman to
safety. She was not badly hurt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olive Hardie and
their 9-months-old daughter were
trapped in their fourth floor apart
ment. Unable to penetrate the fire
and smoke. and apparently crazed
with fright, they leaped to the street
and we're killed. Their child, Doris,
was found burned to death III the
apartment.
Miss Loretta Brayor, 16. was
burned to death while fighting her
way along the blazing hallway Of
the third floor.
The body OF an unidentified woman
was taken from the top floor
Steven Cotton and his wife and
child were trapped in their fourth,
floor apartment Unable to make
their escape down the hallway, they
opened a window and stood poised
on the SILL
Lieut.. Horace Mclean, chief OF
the Sixteenth Battalion. yelled for
them to wait. Ladders were run UP
and flremen fought their way
through fire and smoke and carried
the three to safety.
Mrs. Isabelle Cunningham saved
her mother-in-law and 9-year-old
daughter. The nother-in-law. a
paraiytic, was helpless. Mrs. Gun
ningham placed the aged woman in
her wheel chair, took the terrified
child under one arm and made her
way through the dense smoke of
their second floor apartment to the
stairway. She wheeled the chair
down the stairway to the front door
where firemen yanked all three to
safety.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
HOURLY TEMpERATuRE

We thought we were. going to
have luck right off the bat. A
Ford coupe was rambling down w.
Washington st. at a merry gait;
twenty-seven. twenty eight, twenty
nine, read Halstead's speedome-
ter But car track repairers
saved him. He had to slow up,
too, because Of street car. SO
he escaped. He'd shiver II he
knew how close he came to say
ing. Good morning. judge"
Farther on. we eased up on
Ford sedan. A woman was driv-
ing. We ordered her over to the
side ~ the curb.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
.EINSTEIN THREATENED
Woman Charged With Planning At.
tack ON Professor.
Rn United Preaa

BIZ United Press
BERLIN, AIN. s1-Eugenia Dick
son, said to be Russian;American,
was arrested today on charge Of
planning to assassinate Prof Albert
E. Einstein, exponent of the theory
Of relativity.
The woman was arrested in Paris
some weeks ago when she attempted
to attack Ambassadors Krassine She
declared then that Professor Elm
stein is .Azov, notorious agent provo
Gator of the Russian revolution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
Cops Teaches Reporer Good

cop. To be a good one, you have
to be a cross between a Hard
Hearted Hanna and an aviator.
AS an aviator I'm fair news
paperman. and as an a. II. H. I'm
a Soft -SouIed- -Sanmie.
Cause we pinched one guy who
was returning from funeral my
Conscience is creating more tur-
MOL than Coffin and Lemcke in
the Republican party.
Being speed cop has its advan-
tages. You can sail down the
street at = forty-five-mile clip. go
on left side Of street cars, motor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
"Than.k you. officer. I"

Score one for an original ex
cuse.
A rickety Ford roadster-H Hal
stead has a complex for picking
on fiivvers--was next. The driver
slowed down after what appeared
to be a thlrtynile clip. We were
unable to time him, but we or
dered him over to the curb He
was yOungster. freckled faced
garage northumberland scared
HaIstead said a good scare did
lots Of drivers good as be let tha
youth 50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31

fT7ISIONS of a classroom
X full Of eager young
minds waiting to divulge
what they know about eco
nomics in a final examina-
tion at Butler University
caused Prof. Irving Allen,
SO, Of 657 E. Thirteenth St.,
to show a little haste today.
AS a result the eager
young minds came near be
ing relieved of the burden
Of unburdening.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31

~~lEMBERS OF the Chamber OF
I'M Commerce publicity commit
Ill tee pointed to these photo
graphs today as showing how In
dianapolis hides her greatest shrine
of beauty--the Soldiers and Sailors
Monument at night.
The committee and a number of
patriotic organizations have ap-
proved the plan OF lighting en-
g1neer for tioodIighting the monu-
ment with soft glow from power
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31

lists don't cusa you if you get
stalled in the road. and you can
almost run down traffic cops at
the corner and get away with it.
To wit: We chassd fire truck
into the country.
Heck, said Haistead to me.
'Durn, II I'm going all the way to
Terre Hut, and he turned his
trusty steed around. Motor died
right in tIzsy middle Of the road.
And the other motorists: Slowed
up as nice as you please. almost
begged our pardon sighed to
think il IL had been me In my own
saiyver
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31

Going pretty fast, weren't
your, Halstead asked.
"Oh, didn't think so. officer:
we're doing Family welfare So
ciety work. =
.sUmr' said Halstead, and, Civ
ing me the wink, he says:
Captain. what do you say?"
II don't know" replied brill
linatly They weren't going so
fast. Family Welfare work. too.
Halstead took an agonizing time
to think the matter overS
Shall we let her of III she
promises to slow down.
! nodded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
Rv Ross H. GARRIGuS

I'LL needed the other day to
IA be the welI-known Mr.. Mer-
S cury-not the thermometer,
you understand, but that mythical
god OF speed-was pair of wings
on my ankles.
For was recruited in the police
war on fast driving-yes me n
Lieut.. Earl Halstead. :
Rode for three hours in a motor
cycle side car with him, and boy,
she was cold. no matter II J. H.
Arlington, did say the back Of
the near zero wave was broken
But I wouldn't make speed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
POSTAL BILL HITS sNAG
House Committee Objects to Senate
Originating Measure.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. The
House Ways and Means Committee
today reported out a resolution
recommending that the House return
to the Senate the postal salaries bill
passed by the Senate Friday.
The resolution declared the Senate
III originating the postal bil had ''in.
frsnged" on the constitutional right
Of the House to originate revenue
bills
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
EBAUGH BILL FOUGHT
State G. Of @. Starts Move Against
Removal Of Packing Houses.

John E. Frederick, president, State
Chamber of Commerce, today start.
ed movement opposing the Ebaugh
bill. prohibiting slaughter and meat
packing houses, soap, glue or can
ming plants emitting odors within
city limits, following recommended
tion of the Chamber legislative COM
mittee.
Passage of the bill would be a
drastic blow at industry In nearly
every Indiana city. Frederick de-
clared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
An ovsrIand rOlIod along At q

An Overland rolled along at a
merry speed. We eased it over to
the curb.
Drive on down to the engine
house. said Halstead. Wen
call the wagon
The victim was very pleasant
First time for me" he said.
Never been arrested for parking
overtime, for no lights or any
thing But that's what we tax
payers pay you fellows for. I'm
not kicking. Didn't think was
travelling SO fast.
I'm alszins you Cor twsnfy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
Sentenced on stolen Goods

Morris L. Wright was fined 81 and
costs and sentenced to one year at
the Indiana State prison today by
Criminal Judge James A. Collins. He
was charged with receiving stolen
goods taken from the store of Viii
liam Robertson. $40 Fletcher Ave-,
on Dec. 16.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
GAS JUMPS UP AGAIN
One Cent Rise Announced for Third
Time in Eight Days.

For the third time in eight days
gasoline prices jumped one cent a
gallon today The increase, an
nounced by the Standard Oil Com
pany of Indiana, was followed by in
dependent concerns. Retail prices
now are: Low test gasoline 20.2
cents a gallon; high test gasoline.
to cents higher, depending upon
brand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
New Home Occupied

Ninety-eight colored children were
removed this morning from the old
Colored Orphans Home at Boule-
ward Pl. and Twenty First s., to the
new home at keystone Ave. and
Twenty Fifth st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31

A dozen others were carried to
safety by firemen and police.
The fire started in the basement
from an overneated furnace. firemeH
believe. While the building was of
brick, the flames spread rapidly and
cut OF the escape of many OF the
tenants before the alarms could be
given. Scores made their way to the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
CIVIC EXPERT TO TALK
Dayton tOhio) Man to Speak on
Manager Form to Realtors.

DR.. Frank Garland. welfare direc-
tor of National Cash Register Com
pany, Dayton. Ohio. who was wed,
fare director Of Dayton city man
ager form of government the first
seven years of its existence, viii ad.
dress indianapolis Real Estate Board
luncheon Wednesday at Chamber OF
Commerce, Henley y. Hotel, secre-
tary. announced today.
"The City Manager -Commission
Form of Government. = Will be his
topic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
GALE WRECKS TRAIN
English Express Blown From Tracks
Three Killed.
Bg 'gnstsd Pre.s

Bg Emsted Press
LONDONDERRY. England, Jan.
s1.-Crossing the owencarra via
duct in the desolate Donegal Noun
tains during a terrific storm. the
neutrality-suspicious. port express
was blown from the rails and
wrecked early today, three persons
being killed and ten injured.
The train, toppled by the gale. fell
over against stone paraphet which
prevented it crashing 150 feet to the
river bed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
VIII HAYS in (stv

Will H. 2Isgs, motion picture po-
tentate. speat few hours in Indi-
annapolis Friday afternoon before go
ing to his home in Sullivan, Ind.
Hays win leave Sullivan Sunday for
California.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
SHIP SINKS; 90 MISSING
Indian Government SIoop Wrecked
Crew Takes to Boats
Bp United Press

Br United Press
RANGOoN. Jan. s1.-Ninety-two
members of the crew Of the Indian
Government sloop Elphinstone are
missing today. following total wreck
OF the sloop on the Nicobar Islands
in the Indian Ocean.
to cling to life boats. but none has
Been reported safe
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31

fuI incandescent lamps upon sur
rounding buildings.
Ed Hunter, B. w. Breedlove and
William A. Mayborn are on a sub
committee narned by Chairman e.
J. Gausepohl of the Chamber OF
Commerce publicity committee to.
place the matter before the State
Legislature. Appropriation OF
about $4,000 for. equipment and
s., 800 year for maintenance viii
be necessary for the new lighting
system.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31

How much bond do have to
get?"
"One hundred dollars
well. I'll have to draw on my
savings account You couldnt
drive me down to the bank frst2
Heck we aren't running taxi
service. =
The victim sighed. Il was r.
turning from funeral" he So
That's no pathetic a
Halstead said as wiped
from my eyesit had b.
'swsit III Ne arrest
ean with another man
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31

street in night attire and were taken
in by the hotel and neighboring
apartment dwellers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-31
Forecast

UNSETTLED tsnight fol-
" lowed by fair Sunday.
Colder Sunday with cold wave
by afternoon or night.
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Home Edition

TsHE only complete hour-by-
4 hour radio program pub
lished in Indianapolis appears
daily in The Times.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-09-11
OTHER DAYS IN AMERICUS
oIs25 sr HEA SERVICE, INC.

charge Of sumter's exhibit at the
Atlantic Exposition, is now loading
his exhibit here and at Smithville.
and will leave Sunday or Monday
for Atlanta for the purpose of ar
ranging the display
Among the several young people
here who will leave today to resume
their studies in College are Messrs.
Fred Crisp and Shelby Myrick, who
go to the University of Georgia. the
latter entering for the senior year.
Mr.. ]. C. Wheatley goes to BELLEVUE
College, Va.
Manager Bloom Brown is adding
the finishing touches to the interior
of the opera house and many sub
stantial improvements are to be
noted. A large amount of handsome
SCENERY has been added and this
Stage Manager Charles Lingo is fast
placing in position. Americas pretty
theatre will present a very pleasing
appearance on opening night.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-09-11
Governmental
Efficiency

Efficiency may not be the
most important thing, but it is
at least the one we Americans
value highest
Well, let us measure ourselves
by this, our own standard.
The French finance bill was
introduced one day, and was a
law the next, after having been
debated and passed by both
houses. The budget was slower.
1t took nearly two weeks.
America, during the war,
broke all its records of speed in
governmental action.
We are not quite so fast now:
Next years finance bill will
probably take US ten months, in
place of Frances one day. But
that is infinitely better than we
could ever do, until the war
forced an efficiency budget on
US.
Our way may be better. But
if it is, it means that government
is and ought to be the exception
to the standard of efficiency by
which We Judge Everything else.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-09-11

If you are still interested in evolu-
ton, think of this: Only two ex-
plantations have ever been offered
of the fact that the earth is inhabit-
ed by many kinds of creatures.
One is evolution.
The other is special creation.
then destroyed most of them and
by the on explanation, God first
created each species separately, and
the ndestroyed most of them and
created others.
Nearly all the species that ever
lived ON earth are now extinct.
Through millions of years they have
followed each other in a constantly
growing order.
Each kind lived for time, and
then gave way to another Kind,
slightly different.
This part is not "theory."
1t is fact. The explanation of it
is theory.
One theory is that God destroyed
each kind, leaving it no descendants,
and then created another. having no
ancestors, and that he kept it up,
species after species, for countless
ages.
The other is that life from the be-
! ginning was endowed with the now,
err of variation, and that all the crea.
lures inhabiting the earth at any
particular time are descended from
those which inhabited it before
those surviving which varied in Tho
new conditions, and those that die
not vary, or varied in the other di
rection, perishing.
You may debate these two theo
ries, to explain the facts, but tn
facts themselves are beyond debate