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MONDAY. JULY 28, 1924
TWO CITIES BEAR
WRECK BRUNT;
3 DEAD, 13 HURT
Ft, Wayne Citizens Killed,
Anderson Persons In
jured in Accidents.
Three persons, all of Ft. Wayne,
were killed, and thirteen Anderson
persons were injured in State auto
accidents over the week-end.
Harry Kirchner, 38, and Mrs. Ola
Sallier, 40, were killed at Columbia
City when their car went, over a
twelve-foot embankment. Kircher,
it is said, was out on bond at Ft.
Wayne on charges of transporting
liquor.
Charles W. Arnold was fatally in
jured at Ft. Wayne when he was
struck by a, car driven by Clifford
Gray.' He died at a hospital. Gray
was exonerated.
Two autos collided at Sulphur
Springs, near Anderson, and nine
were hurt, including: .Mrs. Charles
Hall, face cut: Kenneth Hall, 25
bruised; Katherine Hall, 12, should
er crushed: Francis Hall, 16, hurt in
ternally; Helen Hickey, 18, injured
about head; Ralph Reynolds. 45, cut
and bruised; Mrs. Ralph Reynolds,
fractured hip; Carl Reynolds, broken
arm.
Four more Anderson people were
hurt when a touring car driven by
Webb Paschal collided with a mHk
truck driven by a son of Richard
Brunt. Injured: Mrs. Webb Paschal,
two ribs broken; Mrs. Cora Booram,
sprained ankle; Almeta Paschal,
sprained wrist, and 8-year-old daugh
ter of Mrs. Booram had her shoul
der wrenched.
PROSECUTOR AND
GOVERNORCONFER
highway Commission Probe
Is Taken Up,
A formal conference was held to
day between William H. Remy,
Marion County prosecutor, Claude
M. Worley, his special investigator.
Governor Emmett F. Branch and
State Examiner Lawrence F. Orr.
Details of an investigation of the
State highway commission and its
division of equipment for considera
tion of the Marion County grand
jury were worked out.
They said there were no state
ments to make.
Governor Branch asked Remy to
make the investigation following a
conference with the commission last
Friday. Worley spent Saturday at
the Statehouse in conferences with
Orr and Fred E. Schortemeier, sec
retary to the Governor.
Criticism of the highway garage’s
handling of surplus war material
was made in 1920. Recently the ac
counts board reported ' mismanage
ment, extravagance and inefficiency
in the department. Examiners are
now investigating the commission's
disposal of war materials.
OFFICER GIBLIN
‘AFTEMMR
Denies He Won $8 in Base
ball Pool,
Benny Flagler. 649 Union. St., is
due to appear in Chief of Police Her
man RikhofFs office today if Patrol
man Frank Giblin makes good his
threat of Saturday.
“I'm not going to wait until Flag
ler complains to the chief that I
won $8 in a baseball pool,” Giblin
said after Flagler had accused him
in city court Saturday. "I’m going
to get Flagler and take him to the
chief.”
Flagler- became incensed Saturday
when his Joe Surber, 514
W. McCarty St., was fined SSO and
costs on a vagrancy charge. Flagler
and Surber were arrested in front
of a poolrooom at 25 Kentucky Ave.
late Friday by Giblin. *
Flagler told Judge Delbert O.
Wilmeth he saw Giblin collect $8 as
a baseball pool winnings. Wilmeth
told Flagler to report it to tho chief.
Rikhoff said he had received no such
complaint.
Flagler's care will come up in city
court Tuesday. He is held on a
vagrancy charge.
OPEN HOUSE IS HELD
Shaw-Walker Company Has New
\ Salesrooms.
The Shaw-Walker Company, deal
ing in office furniture and supplies,
held open house today in their new
salesrooms on the fourth floor Os the
Meyer-Kiser Bank Bldg. New offi
ces and display rooms are a work
of art in color schemes and arrange
ment. The warehouse of the com
pany. 121 S. Pennsylvania St., con
taining 10,000 square feet of floor
space, is to be retained.
Baby Escapes Injury
By Timet Special
WABASH. Ind., July 28.—Mr. and
Mrs. Francis Shepard believe their
young son, 7 months old, is born
under a lucky star. A delivery truck
struck the cab in which the baby
was being wheeled by Mildred Lee.
The ehtiri was thrown out. but es
caped injur> Mildred was hurt.
Second Fire at Evansville
By Timen Special
EVANSVILLE, Ind., July 28.
The second big fire in less than a
week destroyed a three-story tene
ment house at Seventh Ave. and
Pennsylvania St. Several families
were made homeless. Origin is be
lieved incendiary.
Senator Wheeler Enjoys a Fight —and Like All
Other Fighters He Boasts a Manager, His Wife
’ July 2.v—
---j\jy I Senator Burton K. Wheeler,
| 1 having tossed his sombrero
into the vice presidential ring, is
breathing long sighs of happiness
and contentment.
Hi* new position as La Follette’s
running mate means fight—and the
Senator from Montana would rath
er fight than eat.
He showed he was far from an
effete Easterner—even though
born in Massachusetts —by his
fight gainst the so-called “Copper
Collar Gang” in the Anaconda cop
per strike.
During his expose of the gang's
methods, several oullpts came his
way. Wheeler actually' liked that,
and he’s still alive and kicking—
particularly kicking.
Wife Decided It
But every- fighter has a mana
ger, and Wheeler is no exception.
His manager is Mrs. Wheeler, nee
Miss Lulu White.
The romance started while
Wheeler was working his way
through the University of Michi
gan, selling cook books during
summer vacation. He came one
day to the White farm, in Illi
nois.
The Whites already had a cook
book, but when Wheeler recounted
his many troubles they invited him
to stay over night. Asa guest at
the farm, he. met Miss Lulu White.
TJien he stayed for two weeks!
They were married two years
after he had gone to Butte, Mont. v
in 1905 to practice law.
Mrs. Wheeler has been his man
ager ever since. When asked- if
he would accept the progressive
vice presidential nomination,
Wheeler said.
“Yes —my wife says it’s all right—
I guess I will!” .
Autos His Jinx
Next to fighting, Wheeler likes
fishing and picnicking with his
family.
The Wheeler family, starting on
such an expedition, is quite an im
posing sight. Besides Mrs.
Wheeler and the Senator, there are
five little Wheelers. John, 15, is
the oldest: Richard, 4, is “the
baby.” In between are Elizabeth,
Edward and Frances.
Wheeler’s “jinx” has been auto
mobiles that won't run. He's had
four, each one bigger than the last,
due to an increasing family.
LIEUT. METCALFE.
POLICE VETERAN,
DIESINHOSPITAL
Service Record of Twenty-
One Years Is Closed —
Cited During Flood,
Lieut. Charles P. Metcalfe, 60, of
1215 Marlowe Ave.. a member of the
police department for twenty-one
years, died today at city hospital
from an ailment from which ne had
suffered for years.
Metcalfe was taken to city hospital
last week and was operated on Sat
urday. He has undergone two opera
tions before and was considered to
be in a weak physical condition.
Metcalfe was promoted to a ser
geant three years after his appoint
ment in 1903.
He has been a member of tha
traffic department for years, afid in
1913 was placed on the roll of honor
'for work in the flood. At the be
ginning of the present administra
tion he w-as made a traffic lieuten
ant. t
The lieutenant is survived by the
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CHARLES P. METCALFE
widow, Mrs. Mary Metcalfe, and
three sons, Benjamin, Raymond and
Sanford, and one daughter,. Mrs
Minnie Wagner, all of Indianapolis.
He was a member of the Masonic
lodge, which will have charge of the
funeral. Burial in Crown Hill Ceme
tery. Time has not been set.
Fanner Hurt as Car Upsets
By Times Special
MONTICELLO. Ind., July 28.
Dewey Reynolds, Carrol! County
farmer, is recovering today from in
juries received when his car upset.
His wife, who ran from her home
to give first aid. did not know it
was her husband, until she found
him under the car.
Chief Lineman Electrocuted
By Times Special
ANDERSON, rnd., July 28.—Brad
ford Fiels, 45, chief lineman of the
Anderson division of the' Union
Traction Company, is dead. He
touched a high voltage wire.
Cripple Given Sentence ,
By Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind_, July 28. —Fact
that he was a pripple did not save
Clarence Dilte. convicted of violating
the dry law. He was fined SIOO and
costs and sentenced to thirty days.
Oysters cannot live in water con
taining less than thirty-seven parts
of salt to every thousand of water.
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SENATOR BURTON K. WHEELE R AND FAMILY.
ACCIDENTS KILL
THREE PERSONS
OVER WEEK-END
Lightning, Water and Auto
'Cause Deaths of Two
Boys and Man.
Death used three instruments
against Indianapolis persons over
the week end.
William Heid, 6, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Heid, 44 E. Legrande
Ave., was drovAied in Sugar Creek,
Franklin, Ind.
Dale Hill, 4. son of Mrs Howard
Hill, 446 X. Rural St., died Sunday
of injuries sustained when he was
struck by a speeding automobile
Saturday evening.
Carl A. Dieterlch, 31, assistant dis-
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CARL A. DIETERICH
trict manager of the National Malle
able and Steel Cstings Company,
was killed and Mrs. R. Wingate Bar
raclough, Riviera Apts., 576 E. Fall
Creek Blvd., was seriously burned
when lightning struck a tree on
South Grove golf course.
In Shallow Water
The Held family had eaten a
picnic dinner nine miles south of
Franklin. William ran to the creek
to wash his hands He stumbled and
fell headfirst into eighteen inches of*
water. The father noticed him and
ran to him. The boy lived an houi.
Peter Swartz, a witness, tried
resuscitation. ♦
The picnic was one of the first
family outings in anew car.
Police are searching for the drvier
of the machine that struck Dale Hill
at Walnut St. and Massachusetts
Ave.
Mrs. Hill and her twins, Dale and
Dean, were crossing the street when
Dale stepped in advance of his
mother. A speeding car caught the
lad just as he left his mother's side.
One man is being held by police.
A bystander said that a star stopped
and abandoned about 100 feet be
yond the accident was the one which
struck the boy.
Coroner Paul F. Robinson is in
vestigating.
Dieterich was in foursome on the
South Grove golf course when the
rainstorm began Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Barraclough, Mrs/ A1 Ray, 606
Congress Ave., and Harrison Ben
nett, 222 E. Pratt St., were playing
with hifii. All the party ran to the
trees for shelter.
Club Carries Bolt
A steel shafted club which Mrs.
Barraclough was holding in her hand
and which was resting on the ground
probably formed a ground for the
bolt and saved her life, Harry
Schopp, professional at the club, told
police. Mrs. Ray and Bennett as
well as the caddy, Norman Robinson,
2515 Parkway Blvd., escaped, Mrs.
Barraclough was taken to the Metho
dist Hospital where her condition is
regarded as serious.
Dieterich is survived by the widow
and two daughters, Helen Blake, 7,
and Jeanne Starr, 3. His parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Dieterich,
live in Dubuque, lowa.
’ He is prominent in Masonic circles.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed.
Storm Causes Damage
The storm, which blew down limbs
and Interfered with public utility
THE INDIANAPOLib ±ju>±jg,iD
service, was severe for only a few
minutes, jtain, however, continued
to fall for more than an hour.
Lightning struck the home of
Charles Thomas, 413 W. Fortieth St.,
causing $lO damage to the roof.
Several street cars on north side
lines were burned out and stalled.
Many phones in the northeast sec
tion of the city, on the Washington
exchange, were put out of commis
sion. Some long-distance trouble
was reported.
Electric utility companies also
kept repair men busy until a late
hour Sunday. .
SUNDAY'S RAfN
KEEPS DRIVERS
FROM SPEEDING
Only Five Arrested for
Violations Thirteen
Slated Saturday.
Sunday’s rain cut arrests of al
leged speeders, police reports show
today. Thirteen persons were siat
ed Saturday night, however. Five
were held Sunday.
Those charged with speeding:
Harlan J. Lewis, 21, of Beech
Grove; Grab o- Hunt, 20, of 3939
Washing* ,-flvd.; William Burgess.
22, of L. 9 McClain St.; Richard
Stewart, ’2 of. 1010 Oliver Ave.;
Emmett O’Brien, 19, of 231 Hanson
St.; H. Newborn, 34, of 4322 Win
throp Ave.; Ralph Fausey, 39. rs R.
R. L., Box- 235. Walter TANARUS, Murray,
27, of 1443 Richland St.; Boyd Cour
in, 21, of 2924 Kenwood Ave.. Harry
Brown, 22. ofV 3009 W. Michigan
St.; George Katanich, 27, of 1505 N.
Delaware St.; Brooks Bushor.g,
of 3339 X. Meridian St.; Elmer Mc-
Cormick, 23; of Lawrence Ind.;
Harry Eastes, 17. of 24 Eastern
Ave.; Harry Hasewinkle, 39, of 421
X. Arsen,-! 1 ,ive.; C. E. Snider, 29, of
660 S. ' w Jersey St.; P. J. Plunkett,
36, ot z 8 X. East St.* also charged
with driving on left side of the
street; Michael Doody, 29, of 1128 E.
Vermont St , is charged with speed
ing and ' rivin? through a safety
zone,
Nettie Sherwood, 60, of 720 N.
Riley Ave., is charged withj driving
on the left side of the street.
Russell Uhl. 20, of 1331 N. Tuxedo
St.; Percy Shorter, 25, colored, 1944
X. Tandes St.; Joe Goe, 43, of 1034
N. Mount St.;'Harry Chappell, 36,
of FortviUe, Ind.; Roy Leanord, 27,
of 830 Udell St., are charged with
driving while intoxicated.
Ernest Hale, 29, colored. 16 Ogden
St., Is charged with failure to dis
play title; Arttnir Scholz, 28, of 1125
X. Beville Ave., is charged with
driving through a funeral procession,
and Frank Craig, 45, of 124 N. New
Jersey St., and Elmer Stewart, 28.
of 610 E. Georgia St., are charged
with failure to display license and
title. George Seidensticker, 23, of
3126 Broadway, is charged with fail
ure to stop after an accident.
Marion Holman, 43, and William
Porter, . 24, both of 529 Scioto St.,
and Albert Steiner,. 23, of 2403 W.
McCarty St., are clfarged with fail
ure to display lights.
Gone, but Not Forgotten
Autos reported stolen belong to:
Ernest E. Riner, Carmel, Ind.,
Ford, from Delaware and Market
Sts.
C. H. Wilston, 624 Elwood St.,
Ford, from garage iq rear. "
BACK HOME AGAIN
An automobile reported found be
longs to: t
Harry Plackas, Noblesville, Ind.,
Auburn, found at Alabama and Mer
rill Sts.
Bread Price Boosted
By United Press
MARION, Ind., July 28.—Marion
bakers increased the price of bread
from 7 cents and 10 cents to 9 and
12 cents on the pound and pound
and-one-half loaves, respective to
day.
Mystery at Portland
By Times Special ,
PORTLAND, Ind., July 25.-v
Bruises found on the body of Dallas
Deaton, 79, eccentric bachelor, have
led authorities to believe his death
is d.ue to foul play. The coroner is
investigating.
ELUSIVE BANDITS
ENTER GROCERIES
OVER WEEK-END
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Woman Thought to Be Ac-
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complice of Hold-up
Trio.
Police are making all efforts today
to apprehend a woman and two
male companions 'as the result'of
two grocery hold-ups Saturday, and
robbing of a drug store Friday.
When W. R. Matney, 2630 English
Ave., manager of a Kroger store,
Eleventh and Alabama Sts., was
waiting on a customer a man entered
and took $35 from the cash drawer
and both fled.
E. Green, 812 Woodlawn Ave.,
told police he saw the two men leap
in an old Ford at Eleventh St, It
was ‘driven by a woman, he said.
Enter Another Store
The same trio is thought by po
lice to have held up and rubbed
Charles Kelly, 729 E. Fifty-Seconl
St., manager of an Atlantic ana Pa
cific Tea and Coffee Company s
Store, 5406 College Ave., about an
hour aSter the other robbery. Kelly
fired three shots at the men, .who ob
tained ssl in cash and sl3 in creeks.
Although no, woman was seen near
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| BROAD RIPPLE DAM- \
INDIANAPOLIS WATER CO. -J,
Police Dog Does His Stuff
Bu United Press
HICAGO, July 28.—A Gei'-
lU* man pqlice dog, two ban-
I dits and a hotel proprietor
staged a comedy here today, and
the dog became a hero.
Joseph Picte proprietor of Le
Grand Hotel, stood behind the
clerk's desk. Two men entered.
■ “We’re from police headquar
ters aid have come to search the
place,” said the men, showing of
ficial looking badges.
“Where’s , your search war-
the robbery it is thought she had
the machine hidden nearby. No
trace of the men could be found
when a hunt was immediately Part
ed.
A comparison of descriptions
shows that the trio who were ac
tive Saturday, the same who
held up and robbed Herman McLeay,
druggist, at 3301 E. New York St.,
Friday.
May Have Been Man
Inspector Walter White said it was
probable that the “woman” who
figured* in the robberies might have
been a man disguised.
No trace has be&n found of the
two men who were put to flight
Saturday when Mrs. Raymond
Dunn, 21u2 N. Meridian St.,
screamed after she and her husband
were accosted in front of 2108 N.
Meridian St.
A search is being made for a col
ored auto bandit who failed in an
attempt to hold up Clarence Nichols,
128 W. Twenty-first St., Saturday,
at North and Illinois Sts. Nichols
said that as he was driving his car
Historical
The original Broad Ripple Dam was constructed in 1537 in connection with, the
building of the Indiana Central Canal.
The successful construction and operation of the Erie Canal in New York State
influenced the State of Indiana to pass the General Improvement Act of 1836, which
authorized an expenditure of Ten Million Dollars by the State for the purpose of
constructing a system of canals and railroads approximately 1,300 miles in length.
One of the most important of these canals was the Indiana Central Canal,
which was planned to connect the Wabash River, near Wabash, Indiana, with the
Wabash & Erie Canal, near Evansville, Indiana. That part through the City of
Indianapolis, from Broad Ripple to Washington Street, was completed, operated
and maintained by the State,, and is today one of the few remnants of the canal
system planned during the breat Internal Improvement movement.
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During the early years of the State’s operation of the Canal, the revenues from
the sale of power, etc., were very small, and the maintenance cost the Canal
property was very liigh and from time to time the State was forced to appropriate
money for the Canal's maintenance. This burden became so great that the Staie
decided to dispose of the Canal, and in 1851 the Canal, wjth all of its property and
was sold to private parties. It is now owned by the Indianapolis Water Com-*
pany, successor to the original purchasers.
Broad Ripple Dam
. The original Broad Ripple Dam, built in 1837, was reconstructed forty-two years
a.go. It is a rock-filled timber dam, improved with concrete apron and face-wall,
and is located at a point where the river makes a complete horseshoe bend. Its
crest is 8 feet above low water, and backwater extends for more than four miles
upstream.
The storage reservoir back of the Broad Ripple Dam is now the main source of
water supply for the City of Indianapolis. The water is taken through the head
gates at Broad Ripple, into the Canal, and flows in a southerly direction, cross
ing Fall Creek over a reinforced concrete aqueduct, and continues south until it
reaches Washington Street. In its length of nine miles, it accumulates a head of
30 feet, and this is used in operating the water turbines at the Washington Pump
ing Station. \
The Canal supplies water for the filtration sy.tem, the intake being located near
21st Street. The water flows from the Canal through the filtration system, and
through the conduits, to the Riverside and Washington pumping stations, entirely
by gravity. * j
INDIANAPOLIS WATER CO.
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rant?” Pick asked.
For answer, the “detectives”
leveled revolvers at Pick.
“Here Rex,” the latter called.
’The police dog leaped upon the
desk from.'behind and lunged
straight at one .of the bandits.
The other bandit fired, inflicting
a flesh wound on the dog.
Both gunmen fled. They
jumped into a car half a block
away. When last seen, the dog
was still chasing the car.
the colcred man swerved in front
of him and attempted to bring him
to a halt.
Police are searching for a colored
woman who took s2l from Arthur
Friedman, 32% N. Senate Ave.,
shopping him in the 200 block N.
Capitol Ave., Saturday.
Other thefts reported to police:
T. J. Foster, tailor shop, 298 W.
Fortieth St., entered; Adam Reichel,
drug store, 4001 Boulevard PI., win
dow smashed and pay phone con
taining sls taken; Bernard Cohen,
726 E. New York St., drug store en
tered, 5 worth of stamps and money
stolen; Herman Kothe, 3845 Guilford
Ave., diamond set fraternity pin
valued at $300; Mrs. Glenn Pell,
4810 Central Ave., diamond ring val
ued at 125, taken from downtown
beauty parlor; Herbert Smith, 323 E.
Raymond St., $l2O in auto accesso
ries from car that was stolen; Henry
Porter, 2402 Northwestern Ave., S2O
by raised $1 bill: C. B. Haymos,
North Vernon, Ind., sl4 by pickpock
et; Wijliam Gilmore, 109 W. St. Clair
St., sl7 from home.
CITY QUIZ STILL
ALIVEJSE SAKS
Individual Investigation Is
Under Way, He Explains,
A. reported let-up in the city coun
cil probe of alleged irregularities in
city government was denied today
by Walter W. Wise, president of the
council, and Lloyd D. Claycombe,
chairman of the committee.
“While we haven’t had any ses
sions recently,” said Wise, “we’re
doing a little Individual! investiga
tion which will come out in time.”
Councilman Otto Ray likewise in
dicated that the committee was still
ready to act in case other matters
came before it. Activities of the
park board may bring additional in
vestigation of that bodyi he said.
Findings of the committee to date
have brought about the resignations
of Fred Cline, park board member,
and John L. Elliott, city engineer.
Masons Given $40,000
By United Press
NOBLESVILLE, Ind., July 28.
Noblesville Masons are to receive
$40,Q00 from the estate of Benjamin
Wise, here, according to his will,
which he has completed today.
A telescope weighing more than
1,000 pounds has been made by a
British firm for the Russian govern
ment.
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