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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1922
Page
1
The city plans heavier police presence for New Year’s Eve as liquor squads monitor downtown hotels and private parties. Mayor Shank says dances Sunday night are allowed but warns proprietors to enforce liquor laws and enables arrests for violations. Police permit rules for after midnight events are relaxed for New Year’s Day.
Freeley Sims 35 of 1625 South Alabama Street, despondent over ill health, slashed his throat and left wrist with a razor at the E. E. Gross undertaking establishment on Delaware Street. He was treated at the city hospital and may recover. Sims, employed as an embalmer, had returned to work after illness. He left a rear room after a conversation with Alfred Luiker and Rhinehart Krebs. Luiker and Krebs forced the door and found him. He told them See I have cut my throat with a razor. Sims has a wife Lucretia and three children Paul 9 John 7 Marion 2.
Charles Mawyer of 1220 Herbert Sr. was fined $5 and costs for assault after driving a horse and wagon toward a parking space and clashing with Indianapolis Times reporter Here Clark, who had moved into the space. Special Judge Ralph E. Updyke presided in city court. Mawyer appealed.
A cloudy and warmer trend continues tonight and Saturday in the Indianapolis area. Rain is likely Saturday afternoon or night with mild temperatures around 27 to 28 degrees through the day.
United Press Europe reports Britain steers toward war or peace as Lausanne stalls. Ismet Pasha may blame Britain for Turkish stance on international courts while allies press oil land tensions in Mosul. Greece fears renewed war with Turks is inevitable.
London dispatch says the British cabinet met to discuss reparations amid a volatile Near East situation. Lausanne talks edge toward potential rupture as naval policy and Mediterranean orders signal elevated crisis. Greek moves include Venizelos calling for redeployment and Pangalos reportedly moving toward Salonika.
William P. Kappes in chancery hearings finds a fair return requires 1.27 per thousand cubic feet. He cites a valuation of 16 009 516 dollars, about 2 million above the public service commission stance. Recommends 1.25 as new rate, notes 90 cent excess collected since suit, and transfers excess to Judge A B Anderson for final ruling.
City civil engineer John L. Elliott reported gas quality yesterday under a 5 cent increase recommendation as the poorest of the year. Good gas measures 600 BTU. Prospect plant tested 530 and Langsdale plant showed lower quality, per Elliott.
Jennie, a French poodle owned by William F. Kessel of 417 N. Liberty St, will be buried after funeral services at the Kessel home. The coffin rests there today and services are set for Saturday at 10 a.m.
A state board of agriculture announced a farmers exposition to run February 19 to 24 in the Manufacturers building at the State fairground. The event aims to connect sellers with farmer buyers by showcasing items for sale.
In 1922 Marion County saw 4 512 marriage licenses issued and 2 205 divorces filed by couples seeking to sever ties. County officials note high court accetpance of divorce and cite fees from licenses totaling about 2 265 for the clerk and predecessor. The six county divorce courts handle filings with typical costs around 25 dollars, and Judge Moll holds the quirk of divorcing the same couple twice in three years.
The Midnight Hundred Club of the Hayward-Barecus Post American Legion will relive war experiences tonight. Members hike from the city courthouse to Garfield Park then to Chapman Price Steel, return to the Courthouse, enter the tunnel to the county jail, and finish at police headquarters at midnight with coffee and doughnuts.
Mayor Lew Shank and Motor Policemen Wilkerson and DIL lane captured Donald Hawkins aged 15 after a two mile chase at forty to fifty mph through the north end. Hawkins faced juvenile court around January 10 with charges likely against his father for permitting him to drive.
A Chicago man, Charles Striebel, was found by night riders on Washington Street at 3 a m with letters and photographs from women nationwide. He was charged with vagrancy and questioned as detectives pursue claims he may be a heartbreaker.
By VUimes Special ENGLISH, Ind., Dec. 29 Voilo A. Deal, 30, of Marengo, father of five, drank poison at his home and died shortly after. The motive cited is the recent death of his wife and financial problems.
In Mer Rouge Louisiana a one million dollar defense fund forms to resist state action against the Moorehouse Parish terrorist group. Prominent criminal attorneys have been approached to defend suspects in murder cases as federal investigators trace funds to aid the mob. Dr B M Mechain former mayor seeks 20000 to stop his return from Baltimore where he faces two murders. Federal agents decline to release confessions linking forty five parish members to the case.
Cole Motor Car Company announced a stock dividend of 1 000 000 dollars payable to stockholders of record December 16 1922. The dividend doubles the capitalization and is covered by the company's surplus. President J O Cole said production will expand next year.
The Indiana Public Service Commission prepares for a renewed challenge to William P. Kappes master in chancery who recommended a 1.25 dollar gas rate. Attorney A B Cronk argues the opinion is erroneous and the fight may shift to new valuations using ten year averages to set a fair rate base.
Mayor Shank compared the gas funding issue to taxation and promised to consult the city legal department. He criticized issuing four to five million dollars more stock and bonds than property value while charging the public seven percent.
Bergdoll remains in Berlin as dispatches report the American draft evader not yet in the United States. A message from Eberbach says he kept Christmas there and is still in Germany, with earlier notes claiming he was en route to a Pacific port for a steamship to America.
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