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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02

ooh, HO Hum" No beer no
w0rk"-CartOn by Henderson
from the American Issue Weste-
Will, Ohio, Anti-SalOon League
organ. Abuve, Billy Sunday driv-
ing out Demon Rum.
FHE self-denying mood of that
n innocent night in 1920 is diff
ficult to recapture by a genera
ton bred on open contempt for
the VolStead ordinance; a gene
ration which no longer marvelS
at open, abundant tipping; which
receives periodical price lists from
neighborhood whisky, gin and wine
vendors; a generation which long
since has passed through the
rather childish experience Of
drinking behind barred doors as
if it were a moral as we'll as
political Offense.
Today the country successfully
has nulliied the law which twelve
years ago seemed so durable and
sacosanct.
Well, the Demon Rum had been
vanquished in 1920. But presently
many men-honest householders
as we'll as gentry in the under
world-made the surprising dis
covery that grain and fruit juices
fermented as we'll, if not as pal
tably, in vessels and surround
ings which were unbleSSed by
government inspection as they
had in brewery, winery and dis
tillery.
Soon the people were embarked
upon one of the most remarkable
programs of law resistance in all
history; informal, unorganized but
vastly effective.
The night of Jan. 16, 1920. faded
quickly into memory Prohibition
died an aStonishingly swift death.
In the next article Mr. Davis
recaptures the nature and favor
of the long sustained attempt to
do away with King Alcohol before
the eighteenth amendment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
ESTATE CLAIM
RULING SLATED
Divorced Husband Seeking
Share of Property Left
by EX-Wife.

Ruling on whether husband,
after divorce, can claim any part
of an estate for old age that he
and his wife created, is to be given
soon by Superior Judge John w.
Kern.
After hearing closing arguments,
Kern took the case of William l..
Harris, &c. Tulsa, Okla, former
wealthy oil we'll operator, under ad-
yisement.
Harris, now penniless, battled in
court in an attempt to prove his
claim to a half interest in the
estate of his former wife, Mrs. Hat
tie Harris, 60, of 1119 Reid place.
Harris attorney charges his
former wife has property valued at
approximately $4,000 conserved
from large fortune the couple
made in Oklahoma oil.
Married in 1908, the couple was
divorced here in 1927. Mrs. Harris
returned to Indiana with an estate
valued at 100000, attorneys allege.
Harris contends that he conveyed
the property to his wife for pur-
pose of having it held "as a trust
for their old age"
Her attorneys told Kern the
former husband ran through his
money" and is trying to assert a
false interest in Mrs. Harris prop
erty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02

with difficulty. Yet few reserva-
tions were unclaimed.
Such hardened souls as turned
out for the obSequies were re-
warded. Tom HeaIy provided a
black casket into which mourners
were privileged to deposit their
bottles as emptied At the Park
avenue hotel the management had
supplied black wall hangings,
black tablecloths and, wherever
possible, black bottles.
The walters, trained mines,
adopted long countenances. But
no one precisely had his heart in
the show Wartime prohibition
had dulled the edge; the inevita-
bility of Volsteadism dampened
the good cheer of public hosts.
Many saloons were installing soda
fountains and sandwich bars.
No one at that time-and
middle aged persons should search
their memories-doubted the
sagacious reformers who asserted
that liquor and social drinking
would perish off the face Of the
earth. The dogma is a trifle diff
f1cult to swallow along with a
chilled drink at any ones house
I before dinner in 1888.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
CITY ATTORNEYS TO
MAP WATER ACTION
Future Moves to Be Decided
This Week.

Future moves on the public Serv-
ice commissions action increasing
rates for thousands of the Indian
apolis Water Company's consumers
and the companys federal court
effort to collect more will be de-
cided this week at a conference of
attorneys.
Conference date has not been de-
cided, Edward H. Knight, city cor
poration counsel, said.
Those who will attend will be
Knight, James Deery, city attorney;
A. B. Cronk and Harry K. Cuth-
bertson, attorneys for apartment
owners, and Walter G. Rothermel,
civic clubs representative.
The commission order in the per-
manent rates case increased the
minimum rate for 500 cubic feet
from S1.08, as it was set in the
emergency rate order, to $125.
Other emergency rates, including
the $4,000 saving to the city, were
left intact.
The company already has ap-
pealed to federal district court on
the grounds that valuation Of
$50 100000 set by the commission
is confscatory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
BY FORREST DAVIS


THE drinking decenly Barleycon
wartime prohibition
the July had abandoned
unrebeliously With
William Billy Sunday exhorer of his who claimed
likewise
ike-m statesmen from the tall belt.
Yorks melancholy farewell the form lifting
seemy fashion, the
amid the orgastc
aper mache imported from Milwaukee.
VolStead
Washington c. meeting utterng
cold water
publicly and
be chips Had fellow
by arisen Heays palace
Sundays tabernacle in Norfolk the First
Washington prophesy that within years
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
SAVE WRECKED NAVY
AIRPLANE AND CREW
Coast Guard Amphibian
Lands: Forced In Sea.

By tHitCd Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. Coast
guard headquarters were advised at
els a. M, today that the coast
guard amphibian plane Arcturus,
which was forced down at sea Sun
day off Fl. Pierce, Fla, had been
brought ashore with all members
of its crew safe.
The commander of the coast
guard station at Fl. Lauderdale,
Fla. radioed headquarters that the
Arcturus had been beached five
miles south of Sebastian inlet. He
said the plane partly was wrecked.
The message did not say whether
the Arcturus made her way to shore
under her own power, or was toWed
in by one of the feet of coast guard
cutters and other vessels which had
gone to her assistance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Other Quarters Needed for
Some of Inmates,
Is View.

Reporting that a building at the
county poor farm is unsafe, the
grand jury, in its final report rec
commended other quarters be OBJ
tanned for aged inmates.
Some of the inmates are housed
in building which is unsafe and
other quarters should be obtained
if the crowded condition continues, -
the report stated.
General conditions at the infirm-
airy were characterized by the re-
firing jury as favorable and dis
cipline good, in spite Of the over
crowded condition"
The county home for juvenile
prisoners, 225 East Michigan street,
is "dilapidated, dangerous and in
sanitary the report stated.
The jury recommended immediate
relocation of the institution, and
indirectly scored county commits
sioners for disregarding reports OF
previous grand juries.
Attention also was called to lin
adequacy of recreation space and
total lack of an outdoor playground
for the children"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02

He talked for thirty minutes with
Miss Mary Harrison, Is, of 1916
West Ohio street, before he APP
proved a license for her marriage
to Virgil Scales, 20, Of 233 Minkner
street.
A policy of approving youthful
marriages only lin exceptional
cases" has been followed by Cham
berlin.
1t is necessary for couples under
the age limit to get such approval.
You may marry. But don't come
back to court for divorce in a year
or SO" Chamberlin told the bride.
Remember you are taking on re-
sponsibilities by taking the marriage
VOW. Perhaps, the burdens will be
too heavy for a girl Of your youth.
when persons marry young it. is
difficult task to make a success of
marriage"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02

from the occasion. Ordinary
saloonkeepers, taking advantage
of the scarcity and their Gus
toners panic, likewise prof1teered.
Bottled goods mounted in price
on the last day. No one in his
right mind would pay $12 a bottle
for Scotch today, yet thousands
gladly put down that sum and
more on the last night"
Whisky sold at $1.5O drink;
the best rye, twelve years old, up
to $40 a quart. The customers
were sentimental, the saloon
keepers cynical.
French champagne went for as
high as $50 quart in the more
elegant spots. The price lacking
undeniably was sordid, justifying,
III part the reformers' antipathy
to the liquor interests"
DUT some gayety and certain
Ed originality marked the last
rites for Barleycorn, especially in
New York. The night was for
bidding, A heavy snow piled the
car tracks, baked the taxicabs
and served to deaden the ambition
of jewellers. People got about
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
HARD SURFACE ROADS
CONSTRUCTION GROWS
Expenditures Called Out of Proper
ton by Research Group.

Expenditures for construction of
hard surface highways in Indiana
have increased out of proportion to
those for other governmental pur-
poses. This assertion is contained
in a study prepared for the Indiana
State Chamber of Commerce bureau
of governmental research, by Virgil
Sheppard, statistician, who is head
of the bureau.
In the periods from 1919-1920 to
1931-1932, Sheppard states that an
increase of ITS per cent in total
governmental expenses is shown.
Exclusive of highways, the increase
in cost has been only Sc per cent
In the same periods, the cost of
living has been reduced 80 per cent,
and income, upon which ability to
pay taxes is based, has decreased
40 per cent.
Gasoline tax collection total of
$18,300000 in 1882, compared with
that of 1924. shows a 257 per cent
increase on per capita basis, &C
cording to the study In 1924 the
tax was 2 cents a gallon, in 1882,
4 cents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Children's Coughs
Need Creomulsion

Always get the best, fastest and surest
treatment for your child's cough or
cold. Prudent mothers more and moro
are turning TO Creomulsien for any
cough or cold that starts.
Circumcision emulsihes creoeote With
six other important medicinal elements
which soothe and heal the inAamed
membranes and check germ growth. 1t
is not a cheap remedy, but contains no
narcotics and is certain relief. Get
bottle from your druggist right now
and have itssady for instant use. (sdx9
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Poor Farm Building Is
Unsafe, Says Grand Jury
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen
belong to:
Ralph Lockwood. Golden Hill, Plymouth
sedan. from Vermont and Meridian street.
Mitchell Goldman St. Louis, Jordan Sc
dan, U 1874 Texas. from Cambridge
City. Ind.
Jack Walsh. 1928 North Pennsylvania
street. DuTant coach. 64;2l9, from in
front of 1928 North PENNSYLVANIA street.
William Miller $3.50 Broadway, Olds-
mobile coupe. 5000. from Tenth and
Delaware streets.
Dr.. Bolin, Frankfort. Cord sedan. 562-1S9.
from Frankfort.
R. E. zimmerman. Greenfield. Ford Tudor
592-349. from Greenfield,
James w. Corbett. 5033 washington
boulevard, Ford coupe. $4,000. from 500
North Meridian street.
Wayne B. Walters. Franklin. Plymouth
coach. 2-164. from Senate avenue and
Anna Richey 1898 North California street.
Ford coupe. 57-5O7. from 400 Indiana ave-
Chauncev Carson. 1921 North Senate
avenue Lincoln sedan. from in front Of
e22i2 North Senate avenue
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
BACK HOME AGAIN

stolen automobiles recovered by police
belong to-
Paul Bell. Brazil. Chrysler sedan. found
at Is North Tacoma avenue.
Arville A. Cambridge. 2265 Union street:
Chrysler coach. found at Alabama and
Jean Fitzgerald 2e4s Napoleon street.
Chevrolet coach found in alley near 2648
Napoleon street.
Lillian D. Morgan. Ruth and Sylvan
drives. Studebaker sedan. found in front
Of 524 East Washington street.
P G. Gibbs. 800 North New jersey street,
Chrvsler coupe. found at Capitol and In
Joe Gelman. 45lO North Meridian street,
Buick sedan. 1910. found at 45l0 North
Catherine TROY. <s22 Guilford avenue,
Ford coupe found al 5000 Central avenue.
Garland Alice. wilkinson, Chevrolet
coupe, found at Georgia street and Capitol
Row R. Yates. Cincinnati. Ford Tudor,
found at Thirty sixth street and Washing
DR. Robert Wisehart Methodist hospital.
Ford coupe. found in parking lot at Metho-
dist hospital.
at Meridian and McCartv streets
Allen c. Harper. 80 South Edgehil road.
Nash sedan. found near Brazil.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Ne1U Legislators
Baby Member
Of AS e m bly,
Dry Law Foe

NNE of the most ardent work
~ ers for repeal of the Wright
bone dry law in the house of rep
resentatives this session will be
Lenhardt E. Bauer, Terre Haute,
representative from Vigo county.
Bauer, %, will have the distinc-
ton of being "the baby of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
STRANGERS JOIN PARTY,
OBTAIN $50 IN LOOT
UNLIMITED Guests Are Shown Door
When Found at Coats.

In the third hour of the new
year Sunday, two unlimited guests
at a party given by Dewey Lewis,
5429 Winthrop avenue, obtained loot
valued at nearly $50.
Lewis told police that the men
appeared at his home and joined
the party, although neither he nor
others present were acquainted with
them. When they were found
searching overcoats Of guests, they
were forced to leave.
Missing articles include a top
coat, gloves, sweater, eyeglasses and
a purse which contained So.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
VETERAN FIREMAN
TAKEN BY DEATH
H. D. GIazier, 81, Was in
Department Since 1894.

Harvey D. Glazier. 81, of 81 North
Alabama street, a member of the
indianapolis fire department since
1894. died at his home Sunday.
Mr.. Glazer was promoted to lieu
tenant of Hose Company 10 in 1908,
was transferred to old Chemical
Company No. /. in 1911, and served
there until 1916. He was serving on
the supply wagon at the time of his
sickness. Funeral services will be
held at 2 Tuesday afternoon in the
j. c. Wilson funeral home, with
burial in Crown Hill cemetery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02


o himself
holy What Consulting past precedent
political turmoil
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amendment repealed rrepresbe issue bids fair to
In toward phase
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
HENRY SLUTSKY, II,
JEWISH LEADER, DEAD
First President of South Side
Synagog to Be Buried Today.

Funeral services for Henry Slutsky,
II. a native of Russia and a resident
of indianapolis fifty years, who died
Sunday night in the Methodist hos
pital, were to be held in the home,
1858 College avenue at ? today.
Burial will be in KnesSes Israel
cemetery.
Mr.. Slutsky was the first pres
ident of KnesseS Israel Congregation
and was active in Jewish welfare
work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
DYNAMITE Failed

BALDWIN CITY, Kan, Jan. a.
AL Winters breathed a prayer and
mentally said "good-by' at the
same time when his truck over
turned, after colliding with another
machine. The truck was transport
ing fifty pounds of dynamite and a
supply Of capes. No, there WASH
an explosion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Illinois Bar Veteran Dies

BIZ United Press
WINCHESTER, Ill, Jan. q
James A. Collans, 81, former mem
Der of the Illinois general assembly,
died at his home here Sunday fol-
lowing a brief illness. He was one
of the oldest members of the Illi-
nois Bar Association and a Scott
county public official for more than
thirty-eight years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
|. u. PUBLIC SERVICE
SHOWS BIG INCREASE
Dental, Medical Treatment Figures
Boosted by Depression.

BB Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Jan. q
UNPRECEDENTED volume of service to
the public was given by Indiana
university during 1882, according to
p report of the administrative office,
with the explanation that conditions
due to the economic depression
caused the increase.
Increase of 81 per cent was re-
ported in service Of the university
dental school at indianapolis and
of 6 per cent in patients of the uni
versity's medical center hospitals.
Extension services were given to
409, $40 persons, the largest number,
67.440, receiving visual education.
Science service, including aid in
geology, biology. chemistry. physics,
botany and psychology was given
more than 100000.
Tests for $4,000 grade and high
school pupils were prepared by the
school Of education. A decrease of
Is per cent was shown in enroll
ment for the term
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Wild Bull Breaks Neck

BIZ United Press
ROLLA, Mo, Jan. "A Jersey
bull, while being loaded into a
truck headed for the slaughter
house, went "berserk," ran the own
er, Alton Hawkins, against a fence,
breaking several ribs, jumped into
the truck and then jumped out,
breaking its neck.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02

meeting of Democratic workers
was held at French Lick the week
end before the 1880 state conven-
ton. The proposal then was
turned down.
1T was on this issue that I
made my primary race and I shall
continue in this fight until the
change is brought about" Bauer
asserts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02

legislature, as
he will be the
youngest mem
Der of either
house. He is an
attorney and
was graduated
from Indiana
university.
AS a student
at In d i a n a,
Bauer was the
one to make the
proposal that
Wright law re-
peal be included
in the Demo-
cratic platform
in 1890 when a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Two Aged Women HOnored


BOSTON, Jan. 2. - Dorothy
George, a painter. and Jean Nutter
Oliver, artist and author. are the
first two women ever to be admitted
to membership in the 76-year-old
Boston. art Club.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Crash Injuries Cause Death

By tujtcd Press
NEWCASTLE, Ind, Jan. I'm
iuries to Tom Lester, 80, Mt. Sum
nit, Ind, received when his auto
mobile crashed into a coal truck
said to have been parked on road
north of here Saturday night, vera
fatal. Lester died soon after the
accident.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Wounded in Holdup at Evansville

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. 2.-Clar-
ence Bass, 81, Evansville, was in a
serious condition in st. Mary's hos
pital here today suffering from
wounds d were received in a
holdup. g
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
THlEF'S LOOT is FOUND
81, 500 in Express Company Checks
Recovered From Sewer.

Recovered From Sewer.
American Express Company checks
for $4,000. which, with $3.50 in cash,
were taken by pickpocket from
T. A. Vesper, West Jefferson, O., at
the terminal station Saturday, were
recovered from a sewer basin at
Capitol avenue and Georgia street
Sunday by L. A. owens, zoos Hoyt
avenue, who turned them over TO
the company. The money was not
found.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
PAY DEBTS OF
SOUTH WILL Be
BRITISH PLEA
Defaulted Loans to Eiqht
States to Be Aired Again
Soon.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP STMMS
Scripps Howard Foreign Editor

WASHINGTON, Jan. "A Wig
orous and perhaps final effort to
collect upward of S350,0OO 900 on
the defaulted loans of eight south
ern states will begin in London as
soon as Britain's war debt to this
country comes up for revision short
ly after March q.
The states which the British
charge are in default, and the
amounts borrowed are: Alabama,
$l3,000000; Arkansas, S8,70O 900;
Florida, $8,000000; Georgia, S13-
$4,000; Louisiana, $4,000 900; Mis-
sissippi, 100000; North Carolina,
Sl3,0O0,000; South Carolina,
100000 900.
IheSe sums, multiplied by FIVE
Will give the approximate amount
including interest in arrears, which
private British bondholders claim
now is due.
Borrowed After Civil War
Most Of this money was borrowed
during the reconstruction period
following the Civil war. Those were
the notorious "Carpetbag days"
Northern governors, imposed by the
federal authorities, were in charge.
and they, the states in question
claim, negotiated the loans and
controlled the spending of the pro-
ceeds.
When the states again took over
the management Of their own af-
fairs, they allowed the debts to go
into default.
Such are The bulk Of the debts
which British bondholders will seek
to include in any new war debt set
Element between Great Britain and
and the United States. 1t is their
only hope, for a foreigner can not
sue state, either in law or equity.
One of the chief contentious is
that the federal government was, in
effect, in charge of the southern
states after the Civil war and, there
fore, is morally if not legally re-
sponsible.
Loans to Individual States
Before, during and after the war
between the states, the British and
other foreigners lent more than
$1QQ000,000 to individual states of
he union.
OF this total, $12,OO0,OOO auto
-nGtilcally was wiped off the slate
because it was loaned to the con-
federacy during the war, and the
Constitution forbade either the
states or the federal government
assuming or paying obligations in
cured in aid of instruction or re-
bellion against the United States"
Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland,
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Tennes-
see and Minnesota we're at one time
or another in default on foreign
obligations some before as a result
of the panic Of 1887, but most of
them following, and as a result of,
the Civil war. But all subsequently
made settlements.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Judge Advises Bride, Is,
as Last Act on Bench
Chamberin Spends Half Hour Citing Marriage Pitfalls
Before Giving Approval.

Five think will that
a
This prospective bride Circuit
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
SET LAST RITES FOR
MRS. SYLVIA SUTTON

tian Church Lived Here Since 1901.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sylvia
Ann Sutton, 60, of 1855 Central
avenue, who died Saturday in st.
Vincent's hospital, will be held in
the Flanner and Buchanan NOR
tuary at 1920 Tuesday. Burial will
be in Crown Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Sutton had been resident
of Indianapolis since 1901 and was
a member of University Park Chris
tan church.