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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
LAND OWNERS
LOSEFIGHT TO
keep Street
Works Board 0VerruIeS Re-
monStrance Against
PennSy Elevation.
SATISFIES FORD PLANT
Ruling Closes Oriental and
Opens Leota
DriVeWayS.

The last technical barrier be
tween elevation of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad tracks, east, without
damaging the Ford Motor Company
assembly plant in E. Washington
ST., was out of the way today-un-
less property owners go to court.
Over the protest of a few scat
tered property owners the board OF
works Wednesday afternoon over
ruled circumstances and confirmed
the resolution for the closing of
Oriental st. between Southeastern
Ave. and the tracks and the open
ing of Leota st. between Southeast
ern Ave. and Washington ST., when
the tracks are elevated.
Ford Threatened to Leave
During four years, city admins
trations, the Ford Company and
citizens have been fighting over
whether such a resolution should 60
through. The Ford company threat
ened to move its plant elsewhere
and only reopened the plant when
the Slack administration promised
Oriental ST. would be closed.
If Oriental st. were open the Ford
company could not swing a switch
from the elevation across the street
down to its first floor, where the
assembly chain is located.
Company representatives let it be
known Henry Ford would move the
plant before paying for moving the
assembly system to the second floor
to permit switching on the eleYa-
ton level.
Protest Street Closing
Richard H. Neff, 1923 Park Ave,
one Of a delegation of ten citizens
Tuesday, said he would have his
lawyer seek an injunction against
the closing on the score his prop
erty would be damaged.
Charles Hoffman, plumber. and
William Foley, 80 S. Oriental ST.,
said their property would be dam
aged and pointed out they were
there long before Ford.
Charles L. Riddle, board member.
answered the protests with the
declaration that the board was leav-
ing the Ford plant out of the pic
ture-that the reason for closing
Oriental ST., was chiefly that it
would run into Southeastern Ave.
directly under the elevation and
create serious traffic hazard.
BY opening Leota st. only short
distance west the territory will have
easy access to Washington ST., he
pointed out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
LYNCHERS
HUNTED; STIRS CITY

been offered. Every witness to the
kidnapping is being closely queS-
toned.
Robert Powell, the victim, was
under arrest and charged with
murder of A. w. Davis, city detec-
tive. Davis was shot down on the
street Sunday night. Powell was
taken from the hospital bed where
he lay dying and hanged to bridge
post.
Coming on the eve of the DEM
ocratic convention, the lynching
was considered the worst possible
thing that might have happened.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
1874 DAILY is SAVED
BY CITY ASPHALT PLANT
Cost of Street Repair Work Is Cut
With Municipal Plant.

City Engineer A. H. Moore today
reported to the board of works that
operation of the city asphalt plant
is saving the city an average of
$134 day.
Average cost per ton of asphalt
under the old contract system was
$3.50 compared with $11.73 produc-
ton cost at the municipal plant.
The plant was reopened recently by
Moore.
Moore reported 1881 tons used to
repair city streets in f1fty-three
working days between March 10 and
June IS. averaging 67.73 tons a day.
The 41,238 square yards of asphalt
laid during the period cost $49, 1853,
according to the report of Edward
Rochat, repair superintendent. Ro-
chat Said the average cost of mate
rial and labor a square yard is $1.92.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
KILLS 2, WOUNDS 4
INVIENNACONGRESS

condition was not considered
dangerous.
The difficulties in the parliament
started when the radical deputy,
Puisha Ratchich, after a long oppo-
sition fiilibuSter, drew a revolver
and started firing at the benches
where the opposition party was
seated.
Several shots were fired, two of
which killed Paul Raditch, nephew
of the leader, and Deputy Bassa-
ricek. The assassin then leaped from
a window and escaped, although he
was followed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
Rn limited PreRa

BIZ United Press
VIENNA, June 21.-Reports from
Belgrade early today said the Skup-
schtina, the parliament, had ad-
journed sine die after the violent
outburst Wednesday in which two
deputies were killed and four others
wounded in a clash between gov
eminent and opposition deputies.
The two deputies killed were Paul
Raditch and Djura Bassaricek.
Those injured were Stefan Raditch,
Ivan Pernar, Granda and Jelasitch.
Stefan Raditch, noted leader OF
the opposition party, was seriously
wounded, but reports today said his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
Bv Times Special

BIZ Times Special
HOUSTON, Texas, June 2l.-City
and county officials were bending
every effort today to find the five
to eight members of a gang which
invaded city hospital, took away a
wounded Negro prisoner and
lynched him Tuesday night.
State, county and city authorities
Joined in the search while news
papers, not only in Houston but
other south Texas communities.
denounced the tragedy as a blot
on the State and city"
Rewards exceeding $4,000 have
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21

Chelsea Presbyterian Church con-
gregation.
At night, he changes his profess
sion and attire. In a checked cap
and a sack suit, he becomes taxi
driver, who will, at a signal,
transport any fare" through the
streets of Manhattan to the &C
compartment of a clicking meter.
It occurred to him that the
average minister led too restricted
a life, and that the way to reach
the vast number Of New Workers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
STATE CHURCH BODY /
REFLECTS OFFICERS
Shelbyville Chosen for Religious
Councils 1929 Session.

Shelbyville Chosen for Religious
Councils 1929 Session.
By Times Special
LOGANSPORT, Ind, June al
OthcerS were reelected as follows
by the Indiana Council of Religious
Education which will close a three-
DAY session here today:
William Lowe Bryan, Blooming4
ton, president; G. E. Bugnot, first
vice president; Harry Eller, Indian-
apolis, second vice president; A. D.
Gray, Richmond, third vice presi-
dent; G. H. Gearhardt, Indian-
apolis, recording secretary, and F.
M. Dickerman, indianapolis, Treas
urer.
The Office of fourth vice prcsi-
dent was created and w. B.
Farmer, Richmond, elected as first
incumbent.
Shelbyville has been chosen as
the 1929 convention city.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
Water PLANT
DELAY faced
AT SUNNYSIDE
Action on Bids, Contracts
and Bonds in Way of
Construction. /
APPROVE $4,000 ISSUE
CounciImen Have No Hope
for Use of Project
This Summer.

Sunnyside tuberculosis sanator-
ium, assured a new water plant t.
replace an inefficient one that has
caused trouble more than a wear.
may have to worry through the
summer months without the per-
manent remedy.
Official red tape so binds the
matter Of issuing the $4,000 bonds
allowed by county council June /
the calling for bids, the sale Of
bonds, awarding of contract and
actual construction, that county
officials believe it will be autumn
before the dirt begins to f1y.
County Auditor Harry Dunn now
Is awaiting expiration of the protest
period on the bonds before pro.
ceeding with the next step.
Protest Time Ends July 5
If protest is made, as is often done
in other routine bond issues. and the
matter is appealed to the State tax
BOARD, a delay of several months
may be the result, Commissioners
CaSsiuS L. Hogle who has supported
the improvement from the Begin
ming, pointed out.
Protest period expires July s.
The $4,000 issue, approved bv ths
council despite expected opposition
because of the differences between
the majorities of the county COM
mlssloners and the councilmen, will
provide water supply adequate for
all Sunnyside's needs.
Chief in the project are a new
well, a large overhead storage tank.
and extension of the fire fighting
equipment.
Causes Fire Hazard
At present, fire equipment is woe.
fully inadequate, a committee Of
dlslnterested engineers of the IN
annapolis Water Company claimed
in a report for officials.
Engineer Charles Brossman has
been engaged by the county to pre-
pare plans and specifications. with
Che aid or engineers of the water
company, who have volunteered
their services.
Plans OF County Engineer Henry
Campbell, a member of the Repub-
Ican faction unfriendly to the
Coffin-Hawkins majority on the
council, were disapproved by the
council, several weeks ago.
$4,000 Plan Rejected
His plan called for expenditure Of
only $4,000 compared to the $50, 900
total finally approved by the coun-
Gil.
Hot summer months will not ina
crease appreciably the water cons
sumption at Sunnyside, Assistant
Superintendent William McOueen
said He anticipates no more trou-
bic unless one of the pumps, now
used to capacity, goes out.
Water shortage became so acute
IN February that $50 patients had
to be sent home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
POWDER PLANT FIRE
EATS WAY TO KILNS
PLAN CHURCH ADDITION
New Fletcher Place Structure to
Serve as Community Building.

Plans for the building of an adj
dition to the Fletcher Place
Methodist Church, to serve as a So
cial settlement and community
building, were discussed at a din
ner meeting Of Methodist mission
airy workers Wednesday night at
the church. DR.. o. w. Fifer pre-
sided
A second meeting will be held at
the Y. M. G. A. Friday and another
at the church Monday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
Buys Capitol Ave. Property

DR.. Joseph Rilus Eastman pur-
chased the property at the north
east corner of Capitol Ave. and
Eighteenth St., from Mrs. Laura M.
Reyer, Wednesday for $4,000. The
lot has a frontage of eighty feet on
Capitol Ave, directly opposite the
new Methodist Hospital Nurses
Home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21

who never entered church was
to mingle more with them-not as
minister, but just as one of the
vast army who serve without
questioning or being questioned.
Brief experience as taxi
driver, he said, proved his theory
that the church has become too
removed from the man in the
street.
n - =
IT HAVE gone with the crowds
i to their night clubs and their
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21

By NEA SerUice
NEW YORK, June 21.-"God
IN is a long way from Gotham"
the Rev. Thomas H. Whelpley
concluded after a weeks expert
ence driving a New York taxicab
to gather first hand knowledge of
life in the New York streets.
I'm this great city," he said,
men and women live, move and
have their being, observing bus
one commahdment-Don't get
caught
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
KIWANIS GOLF TOURNEY
TO CLOSE CONVENTION
Election of President Business of
Final Session Today.
BIZ United Press


BIZ United Press
SEATTLE, Wash, June 21-
Kiwanis delegates end their twelfth
annual international convention
today on the golf links.
A championship tournament, the
last event on the four-day program,
will follow the final business session
this morning.
Election of a president and the
choice of their next convention city
were two of the matters before the
delegates at the last meeting.
Samuel Cummings of Kansas City,
Mo-, apparently was without OPP
position for presidency. The fight
for the convention was between
Detroit and Milwaukee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
GOD IS FAR FROM GOTHAM PASTOR TAXI DRIVER DISCOVERS

"I have seen them do things
unbelievably ugly, commit the
most unspeakable deeds and I'M
leash their hatreds, passions and
vices-all because God is SO far
from Gotham"
Mr.. Whelpley was first lieu
tenant in the Canadian forces in
the World War. He intends to
continue as a taxi driver-regard-
ing It as a laboratory for working
out human problems.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21

gambling dens," he said, TO their
hall bedrooms and their apart
ments on Park Ave. and the
wretched hotels on the lower
East Side.
"They pour into New York from
the ends of the earth. They bat
ter their heads against the city
walls.
Life gets them. Discouraged
and defeated, they give up and
the gutter claims them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21

1.-THE New York slogan is Take
what you want, take all you can
get, buddy, it's coming to you,
and if you don't get it, someone
else will-but don't get caught,
go as far as you like, grille,
short life and a merry one-the
sky's the linit-but don't get
caught"
DY day, Mr.. Whelpley attends
- to the spiritual needs of his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
BOY BREAKS ! ARMS

Slips at Play and Sustains Double
Fracture.
A box slipped from under John
Wolf. 8. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jake
Wolf. 1928 N. Pennsylvania ST., as
ha was about to jump. Both of his
arms were broken in the fall. The
bows father is president of stne
white Furniture Company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
Four Bishops in Wedding

By United Press
NEW YORK, June 21.-Four
Methodist Episcopal bishops took
part in the ceremony when Miss
Edith Mary Warne married Herbert
Francis Fisher. Miss Warne is the
daughter of Bishop Francis Wesley
Warne, retired. Q
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
CONVICTED in BOMBING
Hammond Theater Operator Faces
Prison Term.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ 7 tftG8 NUGCIUt
HAMMOND, Ind, June 21.-After
three hours elaboration, a Lake
County Criminal Court jury Wednes-
day night convicted William Klei-
hege of conspiracy in the bombing
of the State Theater here last No
vember. The conviction carries a
prison sentence of ten to twenty
years.
Kleihege, reputed to be million
aire, had the theater wrecked by a
bomb because business was poor. He
was operating the theater under a
lease.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
Woman Hit by Trolley

Mrs. Sallie Whorton, 81, Of 2513
James ST., is suffering from cut
on her left hip today as a result of
being struck by an E. Washington
street car, at Washington and Penn
sylvania Sts., late Wednesday. She
was taken home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
Planes to Meet Ship

BIZ United Pre8s
NEW YORK, June 21.-Passenger
planes will meet the S. s. Majestic
when it arrives at Cherbourg from
New York, and will provide accom-
modations to Paris. The fare. will
be $40.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
Finds 500; Seven Claim It

By UniteG Press
NEW YORK, June 21.-Mrs.
Christine T. lombard found 500
bill and advertised for the owner
Seven persons claimed it immedi-
ately. A magistrate will determine
who is the owner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
SELECTS HARTFORD CITY
Muncie District Epworth League
Chooses Convention Place.

BIZ Times Special
FORTVILLE, Ind, June 2l.-
Hartford City was chosen as the
1929 convention city of the Muncie
district Epworth League during this
years meeting here.
The following officers wera
elected: President, Miss Gertrude
Crouch, Fortville; first vice presi-
dent, Miss Marjorie French, Alexan4
dria second vice president, Miss
Joy Anderson, Pendleton; third vice
president, Miss Mildred Cary, Alex
andria; fourth vice president, Miss
Ruth Clemens, Muncie; secretary.
Miss Florence Schwartz, Fortville:
treasurer, Robert Hamilton, Eatons
Junior League superintendent, Miss
Cora Hill, Muncie; district editor,
Miss Georgia Vincent, Anderson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
Dog Bites Six Persons

BIZ Times Special
WABASH, Ind, June 21.-Six
persons and several head of live
stock were bitten by dog supposed
to have rabies at the home of Mrs.
Jacob Rousch north of here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
Officer Kidnapers Sentenced
By Times Special

By Times Special I
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, June 21.-
Jean Riley %, and Leona Kramer,
26, today are under prison sens
fences of two to fourteen years each
and each fined $1,000, as a result
of their participation last Febru-
airy in kidnapping Fred Wyeth, local
policeman. George Kramer, huS-
band of the Kramer woman, Is al
ready under sentence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-21
G. A. R. MEET CLOSING
Veterans in Session at Columbus
Select MartinsvilIe for 1929.

Select MartinsvilIe for 1929.
By Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ind, June 21.-
Final business sessions and auto
trips were on the program today for
the closing of the four day encamp-
ment of the Indiana Department,
Grand Army of the Republic. Mar
tinsville has been chosen as the 1929
encampment city.
Wednesday was the most impor-
tant day of the meeting. A parade
in which 300 veterans marched was
feature in the afternoon, and at
night the annual campfire was held.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-28
L.ENIN MEMORIAL.
MEET 4 PARTY
Achievement
By BERT MILLER.

WHEN in the face of long period of
" attacks upon our Party, in the
face of growing unemployment and
depression, we are able to mobilize
$4,000 workers in Madison Square to
demonstrate against war and for Len
inism, it is worth considering how
this was done and further to draw
some lessons from this achievement.
Back of the enthusiasm, and the
color of Saturdays demonstration one
must see the party machine, the direct
motive force behind the meeting. One
must realize that the masses came
and demonstrated because of the eff
fective distribution of many thousands
of leaflets by our party members, in
the shops and factories of city, the
spread of hundreds of posters at
points where workers congregate.
Back of the meeting is the ceaseless
personal propaganda, carried on from
day to day in the fac tories, and work
ingclass organizations by party men,
bers. The meeting is living tribute
to the influence and prestige which
our party has won, by it's militant
leadership and tireless day-to-day ac-
tivi.y in the shops, in the unions, fra
ternal organizations, etc.
The fact that the party was able
to produce dramatic production in
which masses of workers participated.
a production which stirred deeply the
workers assembled, is proof of The fact
that our message, the message of
Leninism, is penetrating the very life
of the workers, is taking on flesh and
blood, and that it is taking on such
force that it is able to move emotion
ally as well as in .ellectually, masses
of workers.
One could feel new sense of class
pride and consciousness among the
thousands of rank and file workers,
who participated in the pageant, and
who so effectively expressed the spirit
of the events of the Russian Revolu-
ton, that it swept the audience by
storm.
1t is now our task to carry on the
work, which we have begun so well.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-28

1t becomes the duty of the Workers
(Communist) Party under these cir
cumstances to scrutinize very care
fully the policy of the socialist party
in Reading as elsewhere.
We must particularly direct the at
tention of the workers to the miser-
able conditions prevailing in the open
shop industries of Reading.
We must note very. carefully the at
titude which the socialist party ad-
ministration will adopt towards eff
forts to organize the unorganized; in
the fight against the injunction; in
the broader struggles for a labor
party; against imperialism and the
war-danger; for protection of the
foreign born, defense of frame-up VIC
tins and in all the other vital strug-
giles of the workers.
The record of the socialist party
and their action in all these matters
should be Systematically exposed and
criticized. Such exposure is car
dinal duty to the working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-28

agents of local unions in this city,
expressed optimism regarding the
outcome of the strike. Collins has
not visited the strike region since he
was assigned to, Pittsburgh. His war
on the coal operators is waged in the
coy atmosphere of Pittsburghs best
hotels and at the banqueting board,
while the striking miners are suffer-
ing under the regime of the coal and
iron police, the mine deputies and the
state constabulary.
Those highly-paid "labor leaders"
are making no serious effort to raise
money for relief. They are making
no effort to organize the morgan
lied in the non-union fields that are
glutting the market with cheap coal.
They are making no effort to smash
the breaking injunctions that
would shackle the miners struggle
provided the miners We're foolish
enough to obey them.
They oppose mass picketing or any
kind of militant fighting policy.
Their main activity is trying to drive
out OF the United Mine Workers of
America all those who have honesty.
trade union loyalty and the backbone
to put up the best possible fight for
the winning of the strike, the saliva
ton of the miners union and the
whole trade union movement in the
United States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-28

examinations that are interested in the
building and promoting of sports and
athletic activities among the workers,
to participate in this conference by
sending one delegate to the confer
ence. If the organization does moi
meet before the conference, then the
executive committee or the president
of the organization should appoin,
the delegate.
Against Boss Sports.
Sports and athletics are used in
many ways by the employers. For
example, the bosses organize athletic
clubs, teams, and various sports in
their factories amongst the workers,
especially the young workers, to
keep their minds off their miserable
conditions under which they work
In many instances these athletic or
CARNATIONS are the basis upon which
company unions are organized. AL
athletic organiza ions that are I'M
der control Of the employers are used
for the purpose of spreading anti
union propaganda. They are also
used as strike breaking agencies.
1t is for the purpose of doing away
with the bosses sports and for the
building of strong labor sports
movement in America that the Labor
Sports Union is calling this Confer
ence for the promotion of Labor
Sports Activity and Organization.
With fraternal greetings,-Walter
Burke, President Detroit Labor Sports
Union, for the Executive Board Of the
Labor Sports Union of America.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-28
Workers Unrest Revealed Eve1 by Readings Peum CITY Eecl

which has served also as the official
organ of the central labor body of
the city of which the socialist mayor
elect has been the head for many
years.
The above should be sufficient to
show how little the socialist party as
a parry had to do with the success of
the campaign. The particularly bra
zen methods of the old party politi-
clans in discriminating against the
small property owner in favor of the
rich; the natural frugality of the
Pennsylvania Dutch" which makes
this a good issue; and the job-hunger
Of the opportunistic and in some
cases unprincipled individuals W h o
remain in the Party all combined to
make possible this "great socialist vic
tory"
What the Elections Mean.
1t would be a mistake to treat the
elections as matter of no conse-
quence. 1t gives to Berger, who is
very eager to act as father to a
third party" or, as he designates
1t, a big, strong opposition party
founded on principle irrespective
of what name it will use, another
success to point to as evidence of the
Superiority" of his policy. The
Jewish Daily Forward now has a new
victory to brag of as a means of
bolstering the morale of those who
have received very little return of
late for their servility to Matthew
Woll and company.
Reading Elections and Labor Party.
In the effort which the workers
must make to launch a mass labor
party in the 1923 elections, the So
cialist party officialdom will try to
utilize their Reading victory" to con-
fuse the masses and to prevent effec-
tive action.