Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 61, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 July 1921 — Page 15

WASTE COST OF BILLIONS - IN BUILDING Hoover Commission Makes Voluminous Report After National Survey. HOUSE SHORTAGE ACUTE

NEW YORK. July 22. —Waste, unemployment, high cost of construction and a score of other evils, are causing losses in the building industry of the country, running into billions of dollars, states the report of the Hoover commission on elimnation of waste in industry of the American Engineering Council, made public today. 1 Half a billion dollars a year In wages ia being lost through unemployment. Accidents cost the building Industry f120.C50,000. Loss through duplication of estimates, designs and bidding runs into millions. Strikes cause tn estimated waste of three million working days a year. sources of waste are irregular employment. Inefficient management and wasteful labor regulations. INVESTIGATIONS COVER COIN TRY. These are only a few of the discoveries of the commission. Its Investigations cover the entire country, but special attention . has been given to conditions in New York. Huston. Philadelphia, Cleveland. Atlanta and San Francisco. A hopeful sign, says the report, after a lenghty review of multifarious evils in the building industry is the recent action of builders and workmen in investigating causes and remedies for Irregular employment and the recognition of the necessity for increased production. Building with the trades and common labor Incidental to It is the sx'onii industry of the t'nlted States, the report mays, and contributes more thar - 000.000 to the wealth of the Nation. More than another billion could be added if the difficulties discovered could be removed. Application of safety methods would save the Industry 12.000.000 days a year. ACCTE HOtSINO SHORTAGE EX I TS. An acute national housing shortage exists, with costs prohibitive to householder and banker. Some improvement la noted as a re-nit of out th* war's "misfits" but both employers and employes are blamed for restriction of output. The commission chairman Is J. Parks Chancing, of New York. Other members are L. tV. Wallace, of Washington, rice chairman. Georg" L>. Qpbcook, l’eorla, III.: Morris Cook**, Philadelphia: Robert T-inton, Butt". Mont., and Ira L. Hollis. Worcester, Mass.

DEFUNCT BANK HEAD TAKEN Areola (III.) Man Is Arrested at Richmond. Special to The RICHMOND. Ind.. July 22.—John M. Etnst. senior member of the firm of John M. Ernst & Sons, g-ain dealers of Areola. 111., wos arrested by two detective* here today on a warrant charging eml*ezElement and conspiracy to defraud the Areola State Bank of Areola, 111. He waived extradition proceedings. The detectives alleged that Ernst had overdrawn bis account sl7l.(ioti and had borrowed $41,000 from the bank for his firm. Ernst came to Richmond In June. Woec detectives learned that he had relatives living near Richmond, they began to seek him here He was under surveillance for a week. Today the detectives were Informed that cn indictment had been returned against Ernst by the DougPs County grand Jury and they placed .dm under arrest. The bank failed on May 10. 1921. and its liabilities wen? placed at $500,000.

Reserve Board Quiz Proposed by Solon WASHINGTON, July 22.—At tho request of Governor Harding of the Federal Reserve Board. Senator MoLean, Conn., today introduced a resolution for a Cenate investigation of the board and of the office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Harding's request was the result of frequent and violent criticism of the board and its policy, both in congress and oat. Inclusion of the comptroller's office was based on recent attacks on the board by John Skelton Williams, former comptroller.

Budget Forms Ready Some Time Next Week Budget forms prescribed by the State board of accounts for the taxing units of Indiana will be ready for distribution early next week. It was announced today. The f>rms go Into detail as to the money t<> be expended by each unit G-xt year and Jesse E. Eschbach, chief examiner of the board of accounts, has stated that the board will approve no expenditures not contained in budgets. Necessary expenditures not listed on the budget may be wrtten In by officials of the taxing units, it was stated. DYING. HFRRIES WEDDING. LONDON, July 22.—Knowing that he was likely to live for only a few days, Alfred George Watkinson of Shelley expressed the wish that his daughter's weddiny should take place at once. His wish was carried out and the wedding ceremony was reformed at the parish *?hu~et. Keeur'ng from the wedding, the bridal party found him dead. GOTHAM SI SPEC T HELD. Ed Gntge. 25, negro, 2230 Yu tides street, wis arrested last night by Sergeant Cliff Richter on a charge of vagrancy. Gruge i being held in the city prison wiOhout bond while detectives communicate with ■Be New York Police Department. It is 'gdieved Gruge- is “wanted" in Gotham on I charge of murder.

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Reward Offer Revives Search for Man’s Body Special to The Times. WASHINGTON, Ind., July 22—A reward of fI.OOO has been offered here, by August rtelemeter, for the recovery of the body of his son. Philip Pielemeier, 27, who is reported to have drowned July 12, in White River, at Hiudostan Falls. On account of the reward offered, searchers are renewing efforts~to find the body. Young Pielemeier is known to have carried Insurance to the amount of $30,000, which the insurance companies refuse to pay until the body has been found It Is believed that Pielemeier went down in a dangerous whirlpool, some distance b low the falls. Hundreds of people have i assisted In the search. PEACE TERMS NOT LIKED BY’ SINN FEINERS (Continued From Faye One.) trt saury would he purely voluntary. The latter also Is regarded as an essential. Ulster, is was stated, will not constitute so much of a problem ns Sinn Feiners are willing to compromise on that point. As to the form of dominion government. De Valera's colleagues pointed out that there are many varieties. They declared they wanted the British govern-tm-nt to state w-hether Ireland would rule itself as Canada does, or whether some other form would be put upon her. A highly important dr sire of the Irish is a ruling on hr right to secede from the empire and the right io remain neutral, if she desires in any British war. The Exchange Telegraph says that the government will not publish the text of the Irish proposals until De Y'alera has had an opportunity to consult with his colleagues and sends a reply to London. Then Premier Lloyd George will make a detailed statement in the Commons. The Exchange Telegraph learns that formal negotiations may start next week. Dublin is preparing to g:ve De Valera and bis colleagues a tremendous welcome tonight, said a dispatch from that city to the Evening News. It Is probable that Hail Eireann will meet them at D"blln tomorrow. Late this afternoon it was stated the General Smuts had postponed his proposed Irish visit until next week. GOVERNOR ELAINE WIRES PREMIER MADISON, Wls., July 22.—Governor John J. BJ:iine Thursday night sent a cablegram to Premier David Lloyd George at London, England, asking that Great Britain keep Its pledge of self determination to Ireland. Following Is the Governor's cablegram: "Premier David Lloyd George. “London. England "The pledge of America and her allies in the World War to the principle of self-determination for small nations un happily has not been carried out Great Briiatn now face the opportunity, and the Inevitable, to brea’ or keep that Pledge with the Irish nation. We earnestly hope that pending negotiation* will meet the pledge gmde to 'he world. “JOHN J. BLAINE.” Jugglery Found in Closed Chicago Bank CHICAGO. Jn!y 22.—A shortage of ap proximaely SSOe.OOO was revealed today in the preliminary audit of books of the Michigan Avenue Trust Company, closed by State Banking officials. Approximately one-half million dollar* in cash was reported taken from the bank and replaced by oil stocks and other securi ties of little value. TELLS OF WAR WORK. The .principal fentenre of the program for the weekly luncheon of the Exchange Club of Indianapolis today at the Lincoln Hotel, was a talk by Wayne Hanson, returned ver-scas Y. M. C. A. worker, whse subject was his experiences lu France.

TIRE BARGAINS We list below some of the most unusual tire bargains ever offered in the state df Indiana. Some of the well known standard makes of tires at from 10 to 15% less than dealers’ cost. Do not delay as you cannot secure these quality tires at prices mentioned elsewhere. GUARANTEED 6,000 MILES Name and serial number Intact. Quantity fcixe Make IJst Prices Barialn Trlcefi . 3 United Plain S 1 ° °° $ S.7S 11—30x3% United N. S 15.45 10.85 kgmk 9—32x3% Plain Goodrich or Quaker.. 18.20 15.65 /aM y : 17—32x3% N. S. Goodrich or Quaker.. 20.25 16.75 / /MHHI I 2—31x4 N. S. Cleve. Standard 22.50 15.00 W| 5—32x4 N. S. Quaker or Falls 26.90 18.75 SjS p£j| m 3—32x4 Plain Goodrich 26.90 16.75 i|jj £0 HBI 9—33x4 PL Goodrich or Quaker... 25.45 18.15 || Kfgj HI 12—33x4 N. S. Goodrich or Quaker.. 28.30 19.95 ||l Iffifj j fjSfl 5—34x4 N. S. Quaker or Portage.. 28.90 20.25 4 Hf f t||fj JgffJ 3—32x4% N. S. Goodrich : 36.00 24.25 |lfm Wrf. Igjjf 2—33x4% N, S. Quakers 36.1.0 25.75 4- N. S. Portage 37.15 26.95 OjSf 2 34x4%. Plain Goodrich 34.50 23.15 3 N. S. Quakers 38.35 27.50 2—35x5 Plain Goodrich 47.05 25.25 EXTRA SPECIAL 5-33x4 Goodyear N. S. Tires $27.25 Factory Equipment (First Quality) 27-30x3 V2 Goodrich N. S. Tires .. . $13.75 Others sizes not listed sold in proportion. _ Fresh clean stock; no N. F. Cs. (which means seconds); no war tax. Park on Delaware st. or New York st. side and we will change and mount your tires free. Parcel Post Paid on all Mall Orders. “Quality Considered, We Sell It for Less” OPEN SATURDAY EVENING TILL 9 O’CLOCK. Manager CITIZENS AUTO SUPPLY HOM irAJr> w MAIN 4165. CO. Mass. Ave. at Delaware and New York Sts.

CONTROVERSY DELAYS SEWER CONSTRUCTION Fifty-Sixth Street Improvement Held Up by Dispute Over Crossing Canal. That construction of the $280,000 FiftySixth street and Westfield Road mam sewer, sanitary outlet for practically all of the city lying north of Fitty-Seconu street, is being held up by a controversy over the manner in which It shall cross tile canal at Fifty-Sixth street was disclosed today. Merle N. A. Walker, attorney for the Sheehan Construction Company, which has the sewer contract, came before the board of public works In a conference attended by B. J. T. Jeup, engineer for the Indianapolis Water Company, and criticised the board for falling to effect an agreement with the water company as to the manner In which the sewer Is to cross the canal before the contract v as let FALLS FORFSE OF SEGMENT block.. The contract calls for the use of segment block, throughout the length of the drain, Mr, Walker said. The water company contends that sewage will seep into the canal and further pollute the city's drinking water from such pipe and stands out for Iron p:pe in the section which pusses under the car.al. The board of works Is said to favor solid concrete pipe. Mr. Walker said his client will not deviate from the contract unless extra compensation is allowed. Meanwhile work on the sewer has been stopped, not only because of the disagreement over the kind of material to be used, but also ns to the method of putting it under the canal bed. The contractor contends that he will have to block half of the canal bed with a coffer dsm and build the sewer to the center, then move the dam to the other half and complete the crossing. The water company, according to Mr. Walker, declines to permit any blockade which will not leave a free channel of approximately thirty fee'. HOLIDAY’S VIEW OF MARYLAND STREET JOB. Belief that contractors have refused to bid upon the resurfacing of Maryland street from Illinois to Pennsylvania street with asphalt over the old brick surface because such a job will be about five times aa cheap as to teer up the bricks and lay on entirely new base and surface was expressed by J. 8. Holliday, president of W. J. Holliday & Company, one of the projierty owner* to be u*cs-*ed. He together with several business men with buildings along the street were before the board. Several days ago the board advertised for bldg for resurfacing the section of Maryland tr*iet but no contractor aubniltt"d a proposal for the asphalt over brick type of pavement, which practically all of the property owners desire. The board saiil that contractors do not care to bid on this type because they must guarantee it for five years and art* not sure It will Inst. City Civil Engineer Frank C. Lingcnfelter expressed himself in favor of putting in an entirely new street. “Y’ou can readily understand that tlu-se contra tors do not want to spoil a (food thing,'' bald Mr. Holliday. “I quite understand why a contractor would not want an innovation of this kind to come In. It would cost the contractors millions of dollars n year In business. “I spent SIOO myself last year tilling up holes in brick pavements talit I had been trying for five year sto get the board of uorks to fill and T found the use of asphalt over brick satisfactory." PRIVATE CONTRACTING PROPOSAL DENIED. Mr. Holliday suggested that the property owners be permitted to privately hire a contractor and put asphalt over the bricks if no contractor would publicly bid upon such a Job. but the !>< nrd refused. Irving W. Lemaux. sitting a* chairman pro tem., announced that the matter will be taken under advisement

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until next Monday, whe nthe full board Is present This did not meet with Mr. Holliday’s approval. “I’m a pretty heavy taxpayer,” he said. "I expect I’m about the heaviest taxpayer among us here. It Just strikes me as being useless to tear up thousands of dollars’ worth of these good brick streets that might serve as excellent foundations for new surfaces. Why people In authority, Just because they are in authority, continue to Just tear up millions of dollars worth of such pavements and waste them Is more than I can see. I just can’t see how practical men can do It.” “You wouldn't want us to do anything that wasn’t accordin gto law?” asked Mr. Lemaux, asesrting that the board could not legally permit the property owners to have the resurfacing done by themselves. . “I sometimes find that doing things according to the law is a damned foolish way of doing them," replied the manufacturer. “Os course, though, I don’t want you to do anything illegal a J wouldn’t if I were in your place.” OHIO STREET WORK IS TO BE STARTED SOON*. Widening end resurfacing of Ohio street from Alabama to Delaware street, an improvement which has been held up in various ways for two years, will be started within four or five days, the board announced after awarding a contract to the Indiana Asphalt Paving Company on its bid of $20.36 per linen! foot, total, $18,777.38. The contractor is to open up the ten-foot strips on both sides of the present forty-foot street biefore tearing up the original pavement so as not to interfere with traffic any more than is necessary. Resolutions were adopted as follows: Sidewalks in Central avenue, from Fortieth to Fifty-Second streets, sidewalks in Morgan street, from Belmont to Pershing avenues, sewer in Forty-Ninth street from Pennsylvania street to a point 370 feet west, sewer in Forty Ninth street from Meridian street to point 430 feet west, sewer In first alley south of Michigan street, from point forty-nine feet east of Alton street to point ninety-five feet west of Berwick street, sewer in Meredith avenue from Rural to Gray street and sewer in Spencer avenue from Burgess to Brookv'lle avenues. The Merchants Heat and Light Company was ordered to install arc llguts at Warman avenue and St. Clair street, Twenty-Sixth street and Koehne avenue. West and Fifteenth streets, Barnes avenue and Thlrty-Se ond street, Barnes avenue and Thirty Fourth street, Belmont avenue and point half way between Washington street and the Big Four railroad, Belmont avenue and poiut *<>' feet south of Blg Four railroad. Berwick avenue and North street, Tremont avenue and Jackson street. Forty-Sixth street and Carrollton avenue. Thirtieth street and Orchard avenue, Wlnthrop avenue and point half way between Fortieth and Forty-First streets, Winthrop avenue and point half way between Maple Rob 1 and Fortieth street. Thirtieth street and Ralston avenue, Indiana and Pugir Grove avenues. Garden and Roche.-ter avenues. Harden avenue and point half way betwen Rochester and Tibbs avenues in 'front of 73b St. Paul street. Hovey and Thirtieth streets and Forty-Ninth and Illinois streets. The Welsbach Lighting Company of North America was ordered to install gaslights Mt ’'Tremont avenue between Washington and Jackson streets and at Sheffield and Turner avenues. Plans were ordered for sidewalks, grading and curbs on Stautou avenue from Sherman Drive to Gale street and for the grading.

Hibernians Ask Removal of Sims DETROIT, Mich., July 22.—The removal of Admiral Sims as bend of the Naval War College was demanded of Secretary of the Navy Denby In a resolution adopted by the convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians In s-*>slou here. The resolution characterized the admiral as one whose “notorious pro-English tendencies were such that he was no longer an American citizen.” STOCK JIDtiES CALLED. HARTFORD CITY, Ind. July 22.-A call for members of the Blackford County stock Judging team was Issued by O. W Mansfield, county agricultural agent. Thursday. The team will enter the State Fair contest. Last year the Blackford County team won first place.

TRACTION LINE ORDERED SOLD No Bid of Less Than $150,0G0 Accepted for Vincennes Street Railway. Public sale of the property of the Vincennes Traction Company of Vlncenes, Ind., was ordered by Judgo Francis E. Baker, United States district judge, in a decree of foreclosure filed in Federal Court today. Accord) g to the terms o*f the decree the sale, which will be In charge of Charles L. Martlndale, master, will be held from the steps of the Knox County court house about the middle of September. A definite date will be announced later. It is ordered that no bid of less than $130,000 be accepted. The decree is the result of a petition of the Mercantile Trust Company of St. Louis, filed sometime ago against the traction company and the Citizens Trust Company of Vincennes, receiver for the property. When the matter was heard before Judge Ferdinand A. Geiger here about a month ago the defendants made no fight and the entire hearing was given over to an explanation of the street car situation in general in Vincennes. According to the decree there are now outstanding bonds amounting to $282,251,44, principal and accrued Interest. These bonds were put out In two Issues, the first for $200,000 in January 1903, due in 1923; the second for $50,000 in May 1900, due in 1931.

COUNTY" OFFERS $20,000 TO MAKE SICK QUARTERS (Continued From Page One.) and suggested that the children there be removed. FAVOR ADDITION TO SUNXYSIDK. The councilman adopted a resolution favoring the purchase of four additional acres adjoining Snnnyslde. If this tract Is bought it will add a farmhouse and a barn to Sunny side. The house can be used as a residence for the superintendent. Although, County Engineer John J. Griffith asked for a bond issue of SIOO.000 for the repair of bridges and for building new ones, the council after con suiting with Auditor Fesier appropriated SOO,OOO out of the general fund for bridges, repairs and the like. In this way the council avoided a bond Issue at this time. By making an appropriation instead of a bond issue, work on the repair or building of five bridges can start at once. A bond issue would have caused more than a sixty day delay Commissioners agreed to use part of the free grav’d road fund for painting certain bridges.

HAWAII OUT OF JAP AGREEMENT So Nippons Hold in Sending Immigrants. WASHINGTON. July 22.—Japan has hold that the Japanese exclusion agreement of 1908 does not apply to Hawaii and this 1* the reason for the large increase of Nipponese Immigrants to the mid-Pacific Islands, J. V. A. McMttrray, of th* Far Eastern division of the State Department, told the House Immigration Committee today. His statement came as a surprise and the committee Immediately passed a resolution demanding all the diplomatic correspondence leading up to the 1908 agreement which was framed while Senator Knox was Secretary of State. McMurray Indicated that under the agreement the I nltcd States has been forced to accept tlds view.

COUNTY SUES SERVICE BODt Marion Commissioners Want Grade Order Vacated. A suit was filed in the Marion County Circuit Court today by the Marion County commissioners against-John W. McCardle, Glen Van Anken, George M. Barnard, Maurice Douglass and Edgar

SATURDAY DURING REMODELING IS TO BE A RECORD BREAKER AT THE We moved our entire stock to the front of our store and we certainly are crowded, consequently v e are almost giving merchandise away in order to move it. IF YOU WANT TO' PRACTICE THRIFT BE HERE SATURDAY. f=r7ji MEN’S SHOES LADIES’HIGHSHOES f~j I \*Vi &*3 /Tl Ladies’ High Top Cloth 7Q ( I \uV I Cl/ik and Leath r Shoes I/C j / \.\ tjjf.t/0 Slippers, Pumps and Cl DO I’ V ' Oxfords / A Space will not permit us High Top White Fjr iff/ L t° list the hundreds of Tj.ir.if qhnoc <sl 4.Q F /f XSI shoe values for the en- DUCK bnoeS.9l.4J // \ tire family to be had vx'hite Canvas r- -j *l si . *\. 9B WOMEN’S WEAR MEN’S WEAR Crepe de Chine and Georgette Waists, We have the most wonderful values in sold before the fire for $4.50 rtQ Pants of the finest quality of serges, ami $5.00. Now... q) 1 .UO worsteds, cassimeres, thlbet and cheviots. Beautiful Voile, Gingham and Organdy Pant3 that sold previously for from $3.00 Dresses, which we have sold for SIO.OO to to $16.00. Now $3.98, $3.49, d-| or* $15.00. Now for $3.98, $3.49, qo $1.98 and $1.98 and a few at 0/C Men’s Shirts, the finest quality, some of Silk Hose of all colors, sold previously which we have sold for as high Ap for $2.00 and $3.00, now 98<J /Q as SB.OO, now 82.98 and ?OC and as low as U*?C Boys’and Men's Suits at unheard of prices These goods only slightly damaged by smoke Sale Opens 9 A. M. Continues Until 9 P. M. Granger Department Store 336-333 West Washington Street

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M. Blessing as members of the Indiana State public service commission and the Lake Brie & Western Railroad Company. The commissioners ask that the commission be required to vacate an order of June 24, last, by which tbe commission wholly denied a petition of the county commissioners asking "for the separation of the existing surface grades of the Labe Erie & Western Railroad Company and the AUisoUville Pike, and also of the L. E. & W. Railroad and East Forty-Sec-ond street and that said crossing be or-

dered consolidated for purposes of sucll separation.” The commissioners contend that th( court should order the commission to va< cate its order a* well as require thl commission to carry out the request oj the commissioners as to the proposed consolidation of the crossings. The county commissioners claim . thaf the State commission in denying tbe petit tion did so on grounds not sustained bj sufficient evidence and 'bat ... r ol the commission is contrary to law.

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