The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-22
CABLE SCORES
BASE DEFILERS'
OF TABERNACLE
Founder Launches Fight to
Regain Temple for Re-
IigiouS Use.

fFumigatel
"Scour!
Purge Cadle tabernacle-rededi-
cate it as a temple of interdenom-
national worship"
These things were urged-and
promised-by Z. Howard Gable In
mass meeting at the tabernacle
Sunday afternoon.
"Scour, cleanse, remove all signs
Of bloody prize fights and such blots
as marathon contests that should
have had no place in the temple"
he demanded.
And since old Clarence Darrow
spoke here we need to do plenty Of
fumigation."
Darrow, great criminal lawyer and
an agnostic, spoke at meeting in
the tabernacle, but did not express
his views on religion.
Lost Six Years Ago
Cadle outlined a plan and drafted
an organization to regain the build
ing Of which he lost control six
years ago because Of financial diff
culties.
Relating how the tabernacle had
slipped away from the uses for
which 1t had been built, Cadle told
how he fought for years to keep it
sacred as a memorial to his mother,
Mrs. Loretta Cadle, in whose honor
it was erected.
After recalling how thousands
had been converted in the first few
years after the tabernacles dedica-
ton, he said:
Flags Prize Fights
Here, instead of sinners press
ing forward to acknowledge Christ,
they built a prize fight arena,
where they shouted Kill him! Kill
him' and human blod was shed.
They brought shows here that
you would not want your daughter
to see.
Then for weeks ran on and on
that life-sapping dance marathon, a
blot on the city and civilization.
But when I came here one day
and found that they had removed
from the wall Of this tabernacle
the oil painting Of my mother, I'M
yelled here before 10000 persons
and I learned they had tossed it into
the coal bin-that was the crown
ing blow Of all.
$4,000 Needed Now
The Tabernacle Company, lately
owners of the property, gave it up
recently when they were unable to
make payments on the real estate.
Whether a new company, headed
by Cadle, will take over the struc-
ture hinges on the raising of $4,000
between now and next Sunday aft
ernoon, when another mass meeting
will be held,
If this amount has been pledged
by that time, Cadle will proceed
with the completion of his proposed
organization.
The $4,000 initial payment needed
is the total of back payments now
due the Fletcher Realty Company.
This firm, Cadle announced, has
offered the property for religious
and civic purposes if this $4,000 and
other remaining indebtedness for
the lots on which the tabernacle is
located is paid.
Less than Site Cost
If the $4,000 payments now over
due can be raised, Cadle said,
monthly payments can be arranged
to pay off the remaining sum.
Total cost of the property to the
newly-formed company will be
$4,000 less than he paid for the
lots alone when the tabernacle was
built Cadle announced.
At the Sunday afternoon mass
meeting, Cadle sketched the history
of the tabernacle.
Next Sunday afternoon he will
tell the story of his mother and her
effect on his life. He has told this
story several times at the taberna-
Gle, once before 10000 persons.
Describes Dedication
He described the monster dedica-
ton by Gypsy Smith, when 10000
persons who were unable to get into
the tabernacle we're turned away
He reminded his listeners of the
choirs Of 1900 voices that sang in
the two years following the dedi-
cation.
After his retirement from the
management. he related. he was
forced to fight in court even to keep
the name Cadle above the door, as
had been agreed.