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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
K0NPART TISAN
SURVEY BOARD
TO BE- NAMED
DuvaII Says Business Men
Will Suggest Changes in
Government.

Mayor-Elect John L. Duvall to-
day indicated his committee of five
men to survey and suggest improve
ments in the present municipal gov
ernment will be non-partisan.
At his home. 6242 College Ave-,
Duvall received several Republican
leaders in the morning. He was to
be at the county treasurer's office in
the afternoon.
For instance, have in mind a
manufacturer, Democrat, who was
a SIS a month bookkeeper when l
came to Indianapolis" Duvall said.
II wish the business men / ap-
point to survey with a view of inn
proving efficiency"
Duvall said he had entrusted in.
vestigation of suitable committee
members to l.. V. Schneider, his Sec
retary, and indicated Schneider
would occupy a position Of greater
responsibility than have mayors Sec
retaries in the past.
Conferences and consideration of
appointments will occupy Duvall's s
time this week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
ARMY And NAVY
BUNGLES CITED
BY COMMIT TEE
House Investigators Find
Mitchell Is Right in His
Charges.
BY William j. McEvOy
oonurinht. 1925. ou United Press

C0DHrt0ht, Iy%5, on Ohtted fFeSS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 80. - A
charge that the high commands of
the Army and Navy have retarded
aviation development, concurrence
in many of the criticisms voiced by
Col. William Mitchell and recon.
mendation for a single department OF
national defense are the salient
features of the report of the House
aircraft committee, as drafted. It
was learned today.
Besides obtaining approval Of his
proposal for a merger of the national
defense organizations. Mitchell will
receive the committees whole
hearted support for his charge that
the nation is without an adequate
defense system.
The committee will disagree with
testimony by high ranking officers
that the United States is on a parity
with other nations in air strength
and that lack Of funds has caused
inadequacies that may exist. In
relative air standing the United
States will be ranked not higher than
third nor lower than fifth. Official
figures will be cited to show that
only 10 per cent of expenditures dur
ing the last five years have gone to-
ward new and remodeled planes.
The report will bristle with
criticisms of the high commands for
their lack of recognition of air power
and charge that the Army and Navy
have been backward in realizing the
possibilities of aviation as a com
batant arm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
Defense RESTS
In klP's SUIT
RhineIandar Again Takes
Stand to Refute Story.

BIZ Unitc1 Press -
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Nov. 30.
Surprising the large crowd which
had pressed into hear more details
of the sensational Rhinelander ro-
nance and marriage, counsel for
Mrs. Leonard Kip Rhinelander, de-
Tending the suit for annulment
brpught by her aristocratic young
husband, rested their case shortly af.
ter the trial was resumed today.
Mrs Rhinelander, the former Alice
Jones, daughter Of a negro cab man,
did not take the witness stand to tell
her side of the mesalliance as had
been anticipated.
In rebuttal Rhinelander, still
wearing spats, took the stand to
refute the testimony Of Ross Chi
dester, defense witness, that he said.
II don't give DAMN" when in.
formed two years before the mar.
riage that mis- prospective brides
father was a negro.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
Want Shortridge Backers to
Go Before Tax Session
Saturday.

Representatives of organizations
ani citizens interested in the fight
on the remonstrance against the new
Shortridge High School weer urged
by Indianapolis school board mem
bers today to appear in a body be-
fore State tax board Saturday at
$3.50 a. m.
The remonstrance, filed by the In
diana Taxpayers Association, will
be heard at that time.
School officials believe hundreds
will be present.
Ask Inspection
Charles r. Yoke, school board
president, and William II. Book, busi-
ness director, asked John j. Brown,
tax board chairman, to have the
boards engineer examine the plans
and specifications for the new Short
ridge. Book said the purpose was
to prevent delay on the remon'
STRANGE.
Brown told Book that Walter T.
Horne, tax board engineer, already
was at work on the plans and speci-
f1cations.
The Scientech Club at a meeting
at noon adopted a resolution declar-
ing that the taxpayers association
has done serious injury to Indian
apolis schools" and urging that the
remonstrance be withdrawn.
e. l.. Goldsmith was named chair
man of a committee to investigate
the State tax board. A delegation
will attend the hearing, it was de-
cided
Preliminary plans to bring the
question before Shortridge High
School students were to be worked
out by teachers. The faculty plans
to have the question of school de-
velopment presented to each English
and public speaking class.
Parents to Meet
Looking toward definite support
Of the school board, it was learned
that meetings of various committees
Of the Shortridge Parent-Teachers'
Association will be held this week.
Members CT the school board, Tax.
payers Association directors and re.
monstrance signers will meet in con-
ference at 2:S0 p. m. Tuesday to dis
cuss the remonstrance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
COUNTY SUED PEE
In BRIDGE WAR
City Seeks to Mandate for
Share of Costs.

A suit to mandate county commits
sioners and county council to APP
propriate $194,S56.7f at once as the
county's share for erection OF two
bridges over White River as part OF
the city's flood prevention program
was filed today in Circuit Court by
William Bosson, city attorney. The
county has refused to pay on the
grounds IT has paid it's share for the
bridges and the city used the money
to purchase land for the flood wall.
The law says. the city and county
each pay as per cent and the prop
erty owners 10 per cent OF costs.
Property involved lies on both sides
of White River from w. Raymond
st. to w. Morris st.
Commissioner Charles o. Sutton
said that no meeting will be called
unless ordered by court. Civic rep
resentatives Of the south side have
informed Dunn and commissioners
that If the flood work is halted the
Belt Railroad track elevation pro-
gram will also be stopped.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
PRATER GIVES REMY.
POOL ROOM PICTURE
Youthful Bandit Gets Short
Sentence in Return for
Information.

Bu Times Special
r" OBLESV1LLE, Ind, Nov. 80
I'M Edward Prater, 16, of 1887
IL Deloss St., Indianapolis,
escaped the electric chair today by
telling Prosecutor William Fl. Remy
about conditions in two Indianapolis
pool rooms.
The youth was sentenced to two
to twenty-one years at the Indiana
State Reformatory on a plea Of
guilty to manslaughter. He was
charged with the murder of Forest
Van De We're, indianapolis street car
conductor, in hold-up last January.
Prater admitted he had loafed
around poolrooms in his neighbor-
hood.
Three Murders
'"Three murders have been COM
mitted by boys during the last few
months and they all hung around
poolrooms," Remy said. Prater,
after being sentenced. made a long
statement under oath, which Remy
will use in probable investigation
Mrs. Van Devere, widow Of The
slain man, was not in court. She
had interceded for the youth, ask
ing that he not be sentenced to
death. The case was venued from
Marion County. The lad had been
in Jail here since last spring.
Prater appeared in court with a
new necktie, his shoes shined and
his clothes freshly pressed.
Attorney Frank Baker entered his
plea of guilty for him.
Mother Happy
Mrs. William Prater, the youths
mother, a sister and brother were
in court. The mother appeared hap
py that her son faced probable re-
lease In two years.
Judge Fred e. Hines passed
sentence.
Lawrence Cottle, 16, of 1887 De-
loss ST., Indianapolis, Prater's al
legged accomplice In the hold-up, is
in Marion County Jail, awaiting trial
Dec. IS. on charges of being an acs
cessory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
SCHOOL BOARD ASKS
CITIZENS TO ATTEND
He Doesn't Mind
Being Mayor

m OMETIMES I say 1
NJ wouldn't like to be
III here four more years,
but really 1 would" said Mayor
Shank today.
Department heads had brief.
ly reviewed Shank administra-
tlon accomplishments of four
years in cabinet meeting.
Superintendent Celon Nafe
praised Shank for keeping city
hospital out of politicts."
President Charles L. Coffin of
the board of works said $50
miles of streets have been Inn
proved.
President Ernest L. Kingston
Of the board Of safety said:
"I know a lot of folks who
would support you for another
term, mayor"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
CHAPMAN WRIT
BATTLE STARTS
u. S. Does Not Want Ban
dit Court Is Told.

BIZ United Press
HARTFORD. Conn.,, Nov. S0.-
Gerald Chapman is not a Federal
prisoner and Federal authorities
have no interest in him, Assistant
United States District Attorney
Cohen declared in Federal Court to-
day when the hearing of the prince
of bandits" petition for a writ of
habeas corpus started. If granted,
the petition would return Chapman
to Atlanta Federal penitentiary to
serve out his lone Federal sentence
fer New York nsail robbery before
Connecticut could hang him for the
murder of Policeman SlSelly in New
Britain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
WIFE DEAD; MATE SHOT
Authorities Probe Tragedy i'm Clinton
Home.
Bu United Press

CLINTON. Ind, Nov. 30.-Author-
tiles were trying today to place re-
sponsibility for the tragedy in which
Mrs. Millard Clinton, as, died from
bullet wounds and her husband is
suffering of a bullet wound in the
brain.
1t Is believed that Mrs. Clinton,
suffering from a mental alteration,
shot her husband and then fatally
wounded herself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
BUSSES Vie
With CARS
In ClvILETY
Courtesy by Drivers and
Street Railway Employees
Marked.
RESULT OF HOT FIGHT
Children, Old Persons Get
Especial Attention.
Competition in courtesy !

Competition in courtesy!
Business of bus drivers stop
ping in the middle of a block
to let elderly persons off in
front of their homes because it
is raining!
Sight of street car conductors
actually helping mothers with
babes in arms off and onl
This is one of the results of the
battle of rubber tired and iron
wheeled conveyances for supremacy
on indianapolis streets.
The Indianapolis Street Railway
Company started it several years
ago when the late DR.. Henry Jane
son became head of the street rail
way directors, with the express idea
of bettering the public feeling to-
ward the utility.
Started at First
A. Smith Bowman, president of
the Peoples Motor Coach Company.
wrote courtesy into his policy from
the minute he invaded the transpor-
tation field Dec. 1S. 1923.
Every two weeks Bowman has a
meeting of his drivers and stresses
mis- policy of loyalty to the company
and courtesy to the public.
One-3eventh of Bowman's pas
sengers are school children. Drivers
are instructed to take special care in
handling them. Bowman points to
the practice of many mothers who
send very young children for n
couple of round trips in the bus OF
an afternoon when they need rest.
Efforts by Railway
The Street Railway Company con.
.tinues to make special efforts to drill
the idea of courtesy into employees.
Signs are posted in conspicuous
places in cars asking that any dis
courteous treatment be reported at
once to company officials. OF recent
times it is no unusual sight to see a
street car halted while the con-
ductor assists a blind man, aged
person or some child to safety,
Both street car and bus employees
are drilled in safety first ideas and
traffic laws and regulations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
NEW BOARD SECRETARY
Real Estate Organization Names
Successor to Hotel.

Robert MacGregor, a realtor, has
been named executive secretary Of
the Indianapolis Real Estate Board
to succeed Henley T. Hotel, who be-
comes real estate manager of Wash
ington Bank and Trust Company
Dec. 10.
For several years MacGregor has
been active in real estate circles,
Frank z. Gates, president, said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
DAMN ROT ExPUNGED
Mitchell Jurors Remark Is Stricken
From Record.
Bv United Press

WASHINGTON, Nov. 80. - On
motion of Representative Frank r.
Reid, counsel for Col. William Nit
chell. the jury Of generals trying
Mitchell for misconduct" today ex'
plunged from its records the damn
rot' incident Of last Friday. Brig
Gen. Edwin L. King, a juror. applied
the epithet to Reid's tactics during
cross,examination Of a prosecution
witness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
Sunny Florida

town section, overhowing into
business places and hotel Hobbies.
Storekeepers on Miami's main
thoroughfare were wading in a
foot and a half of water, moving
their stocks to higher shelves.
The Courthouse was closed.
Miami's electric light and pow
er system went out Of order.
Newspapers were unable to pub
lish
Rain still was falling and the
water had risen to a height OF
two feet In many PLACES.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
FATHER KILLS 0vlM SON

Lad Dies After Being Accidentally
Shot on Hunting Trip.
Bu Enitcd PrPns
WINCHESTER, Ind, Nov. 30.-
Sadness enshrouds the home of
Chester Gales here today.
Chester, IL, died from gunshot
wounds re ived when his father,
aiming at rabbit, slipped, and the
charge tore hole in the boys side.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30

BU United Press
n E,IAMI. Fla, Nov. 30
MI Many Miami streets were
GJ under one foot Of water
today as the result of a nine-inch
rainfall last night.
Led by the mayor, hundreds
waded to work. their trousers
rolled above the knees. Auto
mobiles were unable to move
through the water.
About fourteen inches Of water
covers the streets in the down
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
APPOINTMENT IS MADE
New Membership Secretary at Cham
ber of Commerce.

appointment OF Charles N. Barr Of
Des Moines, Iowa, as membership
secretary of the indianapolis Cham
ber of Commerce to succeed Morris
f. Floyd, whose resignation became
effective today. was announced by
John b. Reynolds, Chamber secre-
tary. Floyd has gone to a New York
concern.
Barr. formerly membership secre-
tary of the senior Chamber and ex-
ecutivc secretary Of the junior Cham
Der of Commerce at Des Moines. For
thirteen years he was a teacher
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
ONE DIES; SCORE ESCAPE
Engineer Killed; Twenty School Chill.
dren Escape Death.

BV United Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Nov. 30.-Tom
Murphy, SO, engineer of the third Of
four locomotives. was killed and a
score of school children in a pas
senger coach attached to a Rock
Island freight train narrowly escaped
death today, when the train was de.
rallied on a sharp curve near here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
MINISTERS ARE WARNED
Georgia MethOdists Required to Alb
stain From Tobacco.

Bu Times Special
MACON, Ca, Nov. 30.--A warn
ing TO ministers who "!smoke on the
sly" was issued Sunday to delegates
attending the north Georgia confer.
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, south. Ministers are re-
quired to take n pledge that they
will abstain from tobacco.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
sHOPLIFTING CHARGED

Veldah Lambertson, 80, of 21 W.
Sixteenth ST., an alleged shop litter
was arrested today by Quigley-
Hyland Detective Agency operatives
in a downtown store, and charged
with petit larceny.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
STOVE BREAKS LEG

William Strenge, 26. of 725 n.
Capital Ave, is suffering with a
broken leg today received Saturday
at 1928 N. Alabama ST., when a stove
which he and Orville Horton, 1878 w.
Twenty-Sixth St., were carrying. fell.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
UTILITY SEEKS CASH

Interstate Company Expects TO File
Plea for Stock Sale.
Harry Reid, president Of the In
terstate Public Service Company.
and Carl II. Mote. the company's at
torney, conferred with the public
service commission today regarding
the Interstate's plan to sell approx
mately S1,500000 in stock to increase
working capital. A formal petition
is expected later.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
He-Mannequins
Appear

BU Times Special
ONDON, Nov. 30.-"Ile-
III mannequinsH appeared
0 today at the London
male fashion show, latest in
spiration of tailors, while young
''men-about-town" slipped cock.
tails and talked critical about
the Creations"
Trousers remain wide. Coats
are trife less close. Overcoats
are military. Double-breasted
waistcoats disappeared, though
double-breaded jackets main.
tanned their popularity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
cP .SES CHICKEN; HURT
Man CelIides With Fence Post In
juries May BE Fatal.

BN United Press
LOGANSPORT. Ind, Nov 30
Henry Bandow. so. is lying at the
point Of death in a hospital here to.
day as the result of colIiding with a
fence post while chasing a chicken.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
GARY NOW FIRST CITY
Bigger Than indianapolis il Area,
After Annexation.
Bu United Press

BH JHttfU PFFSS
GARY, Ind, Nov. 30.--Ga~v'z an
nexation of thirteen square 1ailes. by
action of city council m a secret
meeting, brings t total area up
to sixty-four - re miles.
This max Gary The largest city
in Indiar .outraalSing Indianapolis,
in ter cory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
SEVEN NATIONS TO SIGN
Looarno Treaties Get Signatures
Tuesday.
BU Times Specidl

Bu Times Special
LONDON, New. 3O.-Statesmen
representing Germany Great Bri-
tain, France, Belgium, Italy, Czecho-
Slovakla and Poland will sogn the
Locarno treaties at the foreign Of
flee Tuesday while movie cameras
record the incident. The treaties
amount to a charter of peace for
western Europe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
THREE ARE KILLED

BU TINlcs NDfcinF :. -
FEz, Morocco. Nov. SO.-Three
persons were killed. twenty injured.
te nplanes damaged and part ~
French aviation headquarters de-
stroyed by a cyclone Sunday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
LAD HAS TO WALK NOW
First His Bicycle Is Stolen; Now
His Sled.

The small son Of e. L. Tatlock,
1850 e Thirtieth St., is having a
hard time keeping a means Of trans.
portation. police say. Tatlock today
reported his sons sled was stolen
Last week his bicycle was taken.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
ARCHITE ECTS
AROUSE IRE
OF CHURCH
Second Presbyterians Ap-
pear Before County Com
misSionerS. s.siss
IN SITE OF MEMORIAL
Speakers Urge Main Build
ina Elsewhere.

The architects who designed
the World War Memorial
Plaza were blamed by repre-
sentatives of the Second Pres
byterian Church for agitation
for the purchase and removal OF
the two churches located in the
plaza at a hearing before the
county commissioners today.
Caleb S. Denny, Second Presby-.
terian trustee, severely scored the
architects for "thir selfish reasons"
in wanting the main plaza building
erected in the block occupied by
the churches.
State Senator Speaks
state Senator Robert Moorhead,
a member Of the church and a
member of the American Legion,
said that the Legion has not asked
that the churches be removed. He
also fiayed the designers.
The two churches, the Second
Presbyterian and the First Baptist,
are located in the block TO be pur-
chased by the county in original
plaza plans. The last Legislature
provided the churches should be al
lowed to remain for twenty-five years
IL they make improvements and tho
buildings are not purchased by Jan.
/. Both churches are planning Inn
provements.
Moorehead said that IL the COM
missloners should authorize bond
issue for purchase Of the church
properties the Indiana taxpayers
would file a remonstrance.
1t was urged that IL the main
plaza building is built in the block
in which the Indiana School for the
Blind is situatred, the churches
would not mar the approach. Denny
said it was originally agreed by the
plaza commission that tho building
would be erected in that block, but
the architects changed the plans.
Other Speakers
Others who spoke for the church
were Arthur G. Moore, an elder;
Bert Mcbride, trustee, and Kenneth
Reid. Denny also cited an agree
ment which the county commissions
ers entered into with a committee
from the church not to condemn or
buy the property at any time.
John McCloskey, president of the
commissioners, said he had been ap-
preached by persons he thought
members Of the Second Presbyterian
Church, with figures on the cost OF
the property. Denny denied the con-
gregation had authorized any such
move.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
THREE GIRLS DISCHARGED
State Industrial Board Complies with

BuuEtL UTOUpS hUHHB.
In compliance with request OF
the states budget committee, three
girls employed temporarily by the
State Industrial board, were dropped
from the pay roll today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
Forecast

NLOUDY tonight with prob
~ ably rain or snow, followed
by fair Tuesday, not much
change in temperature.
--,~-S
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-30
Home Edition

M Isl. ,.A help .0L
N1 Ai'h your problems at the
City Hall. His column appears
on the editorial page daily.
Evening star., 1925-03-08

The library of the British Museum is
the largest in the world and its col
lection is being added to at a rate
of 100,0 900 volumes a year.
Evening star., 1925-03-08
FAME OF MACKENZIE
LAST KNOWN AT HOME
Famous Heart Specialist of Glas-
cow Gained World Fame Be-
fore Britain Knew Him.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.
GLASGOW, February 9.-The fame
OF Sir James Mackenzie, heart spe-
ciaiist, who died last week, had
spread to the United States, and to
other parts of the world, long before
he became a figure in the medical
world of Great Britain. In connec-
tion with his passing the story is
told of the visit of DR.. Simon Flexner,
director of the Rockefeller Labora-
tories for Medical Research, who came
to London In 1911 and was entertained
at the London Hospital At a dis
tinguished assemblage of surgeons
and physicians, DR.. Flexner inquired
why James Mackenzie was not there.
Mackenzie? every one queried, and
the answer all round was: why, we
have never heard of a doctor by that
name who has accomplished anything
of note"
Well" DR.. Flexner replied, Mac
kenzie is mighty well known in
America, and so are all his works on
the heart"
London then sat up and took notice.
Not long afterward DIR. Mackenzie had
become the chief consulting physician
for heart diseases at London Hos
pital and a special department was
created for him SO that he could carry
on his work.
Evening star., 1925-03-08

Alma White of New Jersey. founder
and head of the sect known as the
Pillar of Fire, is believed to be the
only swoman to hold the rank of
bishop.