Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1917 — GOODRICH CALLS FOR A SANE FOURTH [ARTICLE]

GOODRICH CALLS FOR A SANE FOURTH

Governor and Fire Marshall Ask That All Fireworks Be Prohibited This Year. Governor Goodrich and Horace H. Friedley, state fire married, have ’iegun a movement for a “safe and sone Fourth of July in Indiana.” Requests were sent to every city of toe state by Mr. FriedQey asking that the use of fireworks and -alii explosives he prohibited this year in celebrating the Fourth. With each letter was sent a copy of a model ordinance to prevent the use of explosives and fireworks, and Mr. Friedley asks that the ordinance be enacted at once. Governor Goodrich, in -his tetter, states his reasons for asking prohibition of the use of fireworks. He says: / “Alien enemies might take advantage of the opportunity to use explosives in destruction of bridges and other public and private property, material! used in fireworks can oe used in munitions; there is no doubt of toe suffering and injury caused through toe use of fireworks; millions of doflilars of property have been destroyed and it would be a calamity this year to destroy a warehouse, that this year all municipalities should prohibit toe use of fireworks, toy balloons and other similar devices and toat lit is the patriotic duty of all citizens to assist in this work.”