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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1925
Page
7
The Indianapolis Times lists W. A. Mayburn as business manager and OY W. Howard as president. A statement declares no law shall restrain free interchange of thought or right to speak, write, or print on any subject, citing the Indiana Constitution. It credits United Press and NEA Service for content.
Indianapolis voters face a Tuesday choice between John L. Duvall a banker and county official and Walter Myers an attorney. Each ticket promises a city government driven by a political faction with Duvall led by a single boss and Myers backed by an unstructured group. experts warn the Duvall boss could dominate city hall while Myers offers no clear leadership. The piece discusses party power, potential governance, and the dangers of entrenched political machines.
Interstate bus lines move freely across state borders with no state utility control. The Supreme Court deems such traffic as interstate commerce, stripping states of regulatory authority. Critics doubt the benefits of a federally regulated transport system amid scarce federal action.
The piece argues that minimum wage laws are waning in effectiveness and that constitutional amendments may be sought in future Congresses. It notes protective statutes failing,830 proposes relying on worker organization for women to gain protections, while asserting men would oppose similar wage controls. It suggests women must endure hard efforts, but eventual benefits could follow.
An editorial Q and A style page lists reader questions on topics from halibut shipping to World War II survivors pensions. It covers dependent parent compensation limits, tarantula bites, pruning fruit and walnut trees, origins of crackline glazes, and recommended biographies of Woodrow Wilson with various author candidates.
A sermon by Rev. Jo explores Job 38 31 using the Pleiades as a metaphor for quiet virtuous life. It emphasizes that small acts and gentle words spread goodwill like celestial influences, shaping the world in unseen, enduring ways.
Indiana town of Schmond celebrates paying off bonded debt maturing 1930 to 1940 at its municipal electric light plant. The plant now has a $50,000 cash surplus for depreciation and a debt free, cheaper-to-consume service. The turnaround came from businesslike, nonpartisan management over three years, not miracles or politics, prompting questions about broader city administration.
A stunt driver aims to drive 100 hours through Indianapolis streets without stopping, and another plans to drive blindfolded through downtown. The column questions the value of such feats, noting they test neither engineering nor economy and compare unsafe driving to other reckless acts.
ARRY NAUMAN a cross HIing watchman at Ham mond Ind has been awarded a bronze medal by the Carnegie hero fund commission for snatching a woman from a speeding passenger train. He was the only Hoosier to receive a medal at the fall meeting which recognized 32 acts of conspicuous heroism.
A United States Department of Commerce study shows Indiana marriages fell from 40 971 in 1923 to 36 308 in 1924 while divorces rose, with Indiana reporting about one divorce per three marriages in Marion County during both years. Wives account for over 80 percent of divorces, with cruelty abandonment and drunkenness cited as main grounds.
A 1925 collection of pithy lines and aphorisms on backing, trying, love, character, and hypocrisy. It muses on ambition, marriage, neglect, and habits with a humorous tone and brief moral reflections.
Selections extoll the union of husbands and wives citing Ephesians 5 28 and a line attributed to Pope praising the wife as a heavenly gift. The brief lines contrast earthly goods with the unique value of marriage.
William E. Clauer, Democratic city chairman, filed a protest alleging that seven of ten Democratic voters in a precinct did not receive absent voters ballots. He said envelopes from John W. Rhodehamel's office were sent without ballots.
Paris reports Premier Painleve will announce to the Chamber of Deputies that France plans to reopen debt negotiations with the United States. He will address the body for the first time since forming the second Painleve cabinet and emphasize seeking a settlement after Caillaux's failure in Washington.
Edward Dry Stuart age 2 son of James Stuart managing editor Indianapolis Star died of pneumonia this morning after a brief illness. Survived by parents a sister Miss Rachel Stuart of Denver and a brother James Stuart Jr. Funeral arrangements await word from the sister.
The Rev. Willis D. Engle a longtime Indianapolis Episcopal rector and dean of the Masonic order died Sunday at his home in Indianapolis. Funeral services set for 10 30 a m Tuesday at St Pauls Episcopal Church with burial at Crown Hill. The grave rites will be led by Mystic Tie lodge past masters and the funeral oration by Charles Barker. Engle born October 22 1846 in Niles Michigan lived in Indianapolis since 1865 and is survived by his widow and two stepchildren.
Roswell Johnson former Gary mayor and Republican, along with fifty Gary men, was convicted of conspiracy to violate prohibition laws last spring and sentenced to eighteen months at the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta. He will return home on the eve of the municipal election.
The State tax board vacated its order reducing tax levies in New Castle and Henry County. The original levies were found based on too low valuations, and a hearing is set in New Castle this afternoon to make an adjustment.
Indiana Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliam told prosecutors that many citizens fail to observe the state day law while prosecutors claim meaningful enforcement. He cited a May June survey showing 6 098 public order charges with 3 825 convictions.
Divers today recovered the ninth body from the sunken Navy submarine 851 lying on the sea floor off Block Island. The recovered body identified is Henry L. Crawford of Ardmore Oklahoma.
Jo anna, a young woman described as a modern figure, suddenly receives a fortune valued at one million dollars. The Times tomorrow chronicles how this sudden wealth alters her life, choices, and public attention surrounding the inheritance.
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