Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 June 1917 — Page 10

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1917.

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WISHES INIM1

VWFIC FINE OF SI

OEERY THINKS AMENDMENT IS IN INTEREST OF JUSTICE.

ACTION OF CITY COUNCIL

A latter from Deerr, of etty fv.jrrt. wa* read at a meeting of the f.ty <nun<:i\ !a*t night In which the r-sjtirt a»ked that an ordinance providing for the regulation of, traiRc fn downetreeta be amended so aa to provifi* id minimum line of fl instead of ^ The maximum fine provided in the ordinance la XV/). Judge Decry requested the amendment In the Interests of Justice. He pointed out that many person* ar* arreted tm minor violation of the traffic ordinance whi^h result from carelessness and that *uch offenders often wonder why a fine of tl® and costa Is assessed. The court ashed tha^the measure be changed V> that it would be possible to asms a fine of fl and costs. Storing of Gasoline. The council passed an ordinance amending the city building cods to provide for the storing of 1,100 gallons instead of 300 gallons of gasoline under biilldfngs. The gasoline must be kept In metal tanks surrounded by a sfxIpch ooatlng of concrets, and the top of the tanks must be three feet below the basement floor of the building. An ordinance favored by the Hooeier Motor Club, which provides that a load on any vehicle after sunset, extending five feet or mors over the sides of the vehicle, must have a red light attached as a warning signal, was passed. The council passed an ordinance approving a contract signed by the board of public work# granting Michael J. Barrett Kelley the right iio lay and maintain a sidetrack across Chicago street to the east bank of the canal The ordinance wss passed under suspension of the rules. An ordinance was introduced which would grant the board of public works the right to sigh a contract for the ponatnictton of cement walks, curb and graded lawns fn Orange street, former* 1'/ Downey street, from Meridian street io Madison avenue over the majority remonstrance of resident property owner. Another measure Introduced would dDannsg one-half of Olin avenue from Tenth street to the center of Little i at’l*' creek to permit the highway to be Improved by the township. Shea Had Not Heard. Mayor Bell reported to the council fl at he has signed a restdutlon adopted recently asking the board of public works to order th* Indianapolis Traotinn and Terminal Company to malnt in < Ity car service In College avenue from 1 airfield avenue to the dty limits. Kdward J. Harry, a member of the loum-H, asked Michael Bhes, president, whether the board of worka has Intlm a ted whether or not It intends to take t cthin on the resolution. Shea said he not heard what th# board inlands to do

Thief Rings Sleigh Bells

(■pedal to The Tndisnspolis News] FT. WAYNIG. lad.. June 1»_Mrs. <«e»rjr* C'sle. ef this etty. had beea •aneyed by the theft of flowers from her flardea. Th* Intruder, under cover of darkness, bad beea taking some of her flaest blooms. Mrs. Colo, a few nights ago, attached one end of a dark cord to a large geranium and the atker end ta a string of aletgh bells, which she suspended In her ball. Sbo placed a revolver filled with blank eartridges at her side, took her statlea la the ksll and waited. ‘Ulng-a-llag-a-ttag,’' tinkled tbe balls. Mrs., fJole forgot the revolver la her baste to detect tbo thief, hut her lagealotts apparatus resulted In the arrest Sf Mrs. Max Croll. The woman entered a plea of guilty and jher case waa continued Indeflaltety. WARTIME CLASS DAY HELD

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Exercises at Harvard Attended by Many Student Officers. CAMBRIDGE, Maes., June 1».-Claas day at Harvard was observed today with a wartime program. The exercises In the stadium were more simple than usual, there waa no bassball game with Yale, and many of the club events that have marked the celebration In former vo ire were canceled. Traditional ^oralions were deltvsred, however, In

•rtt theater,

Alan G. Paine, of Spokane, Wash., tra e tiie class oration. John D. Pars' ns. of Cambridge, led In the singing of (he class ode, aaststed by Roland K t ook, who returned from the ©ffll:era• morve training camp at Plattsburg to be chorister. The class posm, written, by \v •• < i more Willcox. Jr., who Is at a training camp and was unabls to return for the exercises, waa read by

Norman E. Burbridge.

in place of the Ivy oration which was to have been delivered by Hunt Wentworth, of Chicago, the Harvard officers’ reserve corps band gave a concert. Fifty member* of the graduating class arrived from Plattsburg on a furlough for the day. Many members, however, ei w in military service in France. Cheers were given for thbm by students and

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NEW TRIAL IS REFUSED. Muncle Court Busy With Liquor and Gambling Cates. (fipeclel to The Indianapolis Now*] MUNCIE. Ind,, June 1#.—Sumner W. Haynes, of Portland, acting as special Judge of the Delaware circuit court yesterday overruled th* motion for a new trial filed by Lucius SUUson, convicted of operating a "blind tiger’’ in stton with his wholesale liquor

business. Stinson filed notice of appeal. The case of Patrick Duffy, former saloon keeper, widely known in politics,

if not all of next, will be taken up In circuit court with the trials of men charted with liquor law violations, gambling and other misdemeanors growing out of those two, the defendants being some of th* 160 Indicted in the cleanup campaign of the reform prosecuting attorney, Horace G. Murphy. Taylor University Graduate*. ispeclal to The Indianapolis Now»] UPLAND, Ind., Juno XJ.—Tho following senior* wars graduated from Taylor unlver-

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Prom th* collogo. with th# dogroo of bachelor of arts: Glen R. Aspltn, Clinton J. Buehey, Loslt* M. Brooke#. Ruth EL Copley, Beautrtx Grave#, M. Everett Hanson. Bertha M. Looergan. Gladys Miller, Warner P. Patterson. PhlUlp# B. Smith, Helen H. Smith, Robert H. WlUlama From th# academy: Laura E. Armltage, Mabel A. Black, Luvada Rachael Brown. Elisabeth Dancer, Charles H, Jennings, Ruth Maeten, Lecna M. Neff. Mont C. Oliver, Blanch V. Rankin. Ruth W. Rtgout, Joyce Spalding, John D. Show. May R. Skew. Merle B. Stephen#. Maude B. Whybrew. From the English Bible course: Clinton V, Birmingham, Geneva Horn. From th# school of music: Miss NtU* L. Smith, with the dogre* of bachelor of music In piano, and Miss Esther Armltage. In puollo school music. The honorary dogre* *f doctor of divinity was confer rod on James D. Bills, Ocean Grove, N. J.; Albert E. Day, Delaware. O : Goorg# Shaw, Upland, Ind,. and H. P. Sloan, Redbank. N. J. Th# honorary degree of doctor of music waa conferred on Professor A. Verne Westlake, director of tbo conservatory of music, of Ttyior university. Negro Mob Threatens Negro. ST. LOUIS. June ».-A squad of police with difficulty dispersed * mob of about thirty negroes who gathered early today In front of police head-

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quarters, muttering threats against Walter Diggs, a negro, who confessed that he attacked and murdered Pearl Newbold, nlne-year-old negro girl The bodv of the girl was found In an ashplie In the rear of Diggs's home, Diggs as sorted another negro had a part, in the

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Free lessons daily in knitting and crocheting by a competent instructor

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The Red Cross needs your help. Give all that you can for our boys who are fighting

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■ s Splendidly Ready to Help Make Your Home More Cozy and Comfortable During the Hot Summer Days That Are Coming FourDaysof Specially Featuring Summer Furniture, Rugs, Draperies and Decorative Art Wares—Fourth Floor The thousands of homes we have furnished—not alone in our City Beautiful, but throughout Hoosierdom and in adjacent states, stand as proof that L S. Ayres & Company can best serve your summer needs for the home. Of one thing you may always be assured—Whatever You Buy Here Is Good and prices are always fair—frequently less than you would be asked to pay for the same high-grade merchandise if purchased elsewhere. Hot weather means a rearrangement of the home and to some extent a refurnishing. Let us help you.

For Serving Your Guests With Refreshments Whether it be in a shady nook on your lawn, in the vine-covered arbor—on the porch or in the breakfast room you will find one of these Tea Tables at $17.00 is Ideal ♦ - ( V'( They are built of rattan, artiatic in design and fitted with an under-bal-cony shelf. # Large, roomy porch gwinga in a combination of rattan and willow. On* of our choicest is priced at $33. A low, comfortable rocker is built with wide arms and roll back, suggestive of real comfort. The price is only $8.50. An extra deep couch is of willow, in natural color and has wide arms. The price is $33. In addition to these there are at least a hundred other chairs, rockers and tea and reading tables. Should you desire it any purchase you may make will be tinted or stained to suit your individual desires. These may be done in old ivory, green, rose, gray, tan, brown and black. US Arses 5c

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Time Now to Slip-Cover Your Furniture—a Change That is Delightfully Restful

The picture shows the chair, screen and even the bed with Ayres slip-cov-ers. The entire color scheme of a room may be changed by the use of these coven.

They may be as decorative as they are useful. We make them to suit your own individual needs and they may be of linen, plain soft tones or of lovely flower besprinkled chintz, plain or striped denims, damasks or charmingly colored cretonnes. Slip covers are a

special feature of our furniture section.

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Garden and Porch Pottery Like Growing Flowers and Shrubbery Lend an Outward Charm to the Well Kept Home : The artistic possibilities of the famous Galloway pottery and its unusual durable qualities make it ideal for garden and outdoor decorative uses. Flower jardinieres range in price from $1.25 to $8.00. Bird baths at $5 to $28. Handsome urns at $18.00. . Fern boxes with supports, $20 to $24. Sun dials, $30 to $45. These and a number of other choice pieces, including sun dials and bird baths, are your disposal in the decorative art wares section. Special prices will be made to individual order when desired. LMykes & (p-

A Number of Room-size Rugs Are Attractively Lowered in Price

These are odd rugs—one, two or three of a kind; designs that we will discontinue. Some slightly soiled, but each one an

exceptional value at these lowered prices. Six Wiltons, size 9x12 feet, priced now at Two Axmtnsters, 9x12 feet, priced now at Six Brussels, 9x12 feet, priced now at Three Body Brussels, 9x12 feet, priced now at. . Three heavy Wiltons, 9x12 feet, priced now at. Two heavy Wiltons, 8.3x10.6, priced now at... One seamless Velvet, 11.3x12, priced now at....

Also a number of others in various sizes up to 11.3x15 have been greatly reduced in price for this four days’ sale.

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"V' ■ ■ $57.50 $23 50 $19.75 $21.50 $42.50 ....$27.50 $25,00

For the Porch and Summer Cottage Hundreds of Choice Rugs at Low Prices Waite Grass rugs, Crex de Luxe, the New Vogue—all w'oven * from tough fibered northern grass. Rugs suitable the year round for bedrooms, halls and dining rooms if desired.

Size 18x36 inches, at Size 27x54 inches.. Size 36x72 inches.. Size 54x90 inches

Waite Grass Rugs Are Listed

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Plain colors with neatly stenciled borders

Size 6x9 feet Size 6x12 feet Size 8x10 feet Size 9x12 feet

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Many New and Attractive Pictures Now Being Shown in Our Galleries In some respects the choicest collection we have collected in many months. Notable among others are some splendid specimens from abroad, the best work of modern artists who are famous for their wonderful execution in the subjects they have chosen to reproduce on canvas. American artists are represented by a number of very choice pictures. Our collection is representative of such well known artists as Cox, James, Webber and Henderson—noted chiefly for the

exquisite beauty of their mezzotints.

Beautiful Etchings by Haig—De Latenay— Thaulow—Fonce—Richards—Westwood—

Sherwood and Brewer

r, Country and colonial life is charmingly represented by Wallace Nutting whose exquisitely colored photographs are known throughout America ^or their faithfulness to nature and the charming manner in which his subjects are handled. , As a wedding or birthday gift one could not select that which will be more* appreciated than a choice picture. For personal use our

collection offers unlimited possibilities.

Picture Framing a Fine Art This work done in our own shops by a man who in his work is an artist as well as those who produce the pictures. Each picture is treated individually and with the object of placing it in its proper setting. You will be delighted with our showing of new pictures and quite as pleased with any framing we may do for you. Always at

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Followed by Crex de Luxe Rugs ... $2.50 Size 6x9 feet, at. $7.50 ...$5.50 I Size 9x12 feet, at $12.50

Size 3x6 feet, at... Size 4Vfcx7H feet, at

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In the Days of Our Grandmothers ^ Rag rugs a necessity—Now quite as desirable. Particularly suitable for ; bedrooms, porches and the summer cottage. They are practical, washable and sanitary. ' > Beginning at 95C for one 2x8 feet in size, prices range upward to $13.50 for a carpet size 9x12 feet The colors are charmingly variegated. ; ■ One special lot in these sizes—27x54 inches, $1.15; 30x60 inches, $1.35; 3x6 f M t. $1.75. LSA^S Sc (9-

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Last Minute Suburban Shopping News Other Items will be found on the last page today.

At $9.95

Handsome New Silk Skirts For Women Who Are Stout Charming, indeed, are these cleverly designed garments for street and dress wear. Fashioned of high-grade taffeta silk; some pleated models, others with large pockets. The colors include black and white checks in combination, with green stripe*, green and gold and tan and blue, in striped effects. Correctly tailored in the latest styles. Splendid values at $9.95. —Gray Room, sixth floor.

From Japan Came These Beautiful Peacock Chairs These chairs are a high back type and areras decorative as they are unique. Comfortable fo the last degree and suitable for any place in the home that suits your fancy. Priced at $30, $32 and $35 Charming tables of rattan and reed for which one may find various uses are priced at $15 and $17.50. Beginning at $5.25 and' ranging upward by easy stages to $30.00 are comfortable, roomy rockers of willow, reed and rattan. These are in various styles—some with pockets for papers and magazines. And of chairs for the porch, sun parlor or breakfast room one may choose at most any price from $4.25 and upward to $35.00. Magazine stands and 'book racks are shown in natural colors, at $12.75. Choice lounges are ideal for real comfort and quite the most restful piece of furniture one may have in the home or for lounging on the shady porch. Prices range from $18.50 upward to $50.00. . USAGES 5?fr

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Suggestions of Warm Weather Comfort—These Low, Roomy

Rockers and Chairs

It is a pleasure to offer for your home such splendid Summ e r Furniture and at such very reasonable prices.

$7.00, $7.50, $10.50, $13.50 and Upwards to $33.75 Some are built of willow—some of rattan; others of fiber and reed. All are cool in appearance—pleasing to the eye and as comfortable as they look. There is a wide variety of styles and sizes to choose from. Chairs and rockers suitable for the porch, the breakfast room, the sun parlor and for any room in the house. You will find pleasure in choosing those suited to your individual needs. [j5 AYHE$ & Q.

Draperies a Joy to Li ve With —Thousands of Yards at Your Disposal —New Cretonnes from Liberty O’London Our collection of beautiful drapery fabrics has won the admiration of thousands of women who have beautified their homes by the use of these fabrics. Women who like a touch of exclusiveness in their home furnishings will find much to admire in these. New Cretonnes from Liberty & Co. Ltd. Modestly Priced at 50c to $2.50 a Yard These draperies are shown in Indianapolis only at L. S. Ayres & Company’s. The designs are decidedly pleasing as are also the handsome color combinations. ' , lijl ^ * * j Colonial Cretonnes at 20c to $1.50 a Yard Exclusiveness of design is a feature of this department and applies to a great many of the American drapery fabrics j shown. This is especially true of the “Colonials” than which there are none more attractive, varied or pleasing in coloring. You will, no doubt, eventually buy draperies of L. S. Ayres & Company. Make this your opportunity. Wall Paper an Important Factor In Making the Home Beautiful Particular care has been exercised in the selection of our wall papers with the object of being able to furnish both wall coverings and draperies that harmonize in color. Should you choose for your draperies or furniture covering an old-fashioned flower besprinkled chintz you may also select wall paper of similar design and coloring at 15c to 30c a roll. This includes both American and foreign makes. At 20c a roll are handsome stippled papers in gray and ivory producing the effect of hand stippling in paints. ^ White and cream satin striped papers are lovely for bedrooms and cost but 20c the roll. Mentioning, as we have, but a few of the thousands of rolls here at your command gives you but a faint idea of the pos- ' sibiUties offered. SAYRES & (p< ■ *'’ 1 ■ '

Instruction in Needlework is Without Cost The inclination of many women not previously interested in needlework now turns toward the production of articles for the soldiers and the Red Cross. Our regular instructor will be .glad to assist all such. These lessons are absolutely free and are held daily, morning* and afternoon*, on the sixth floor. Mrs. McKinney is in charge.

Two Groups of SLIPPERS in a Bargain Disposal They have been culled from regular stock to afford a special Suburban Shopping Day inducement. Group 1 consists of fabric slippers, slippers of black and white satin, black velvet slippers and other styles in which size assortments are somewhat broken. Choice, $1.65 a pair. Group 2 consists of low heel, white satin slippers somewhat soiled, low heel black satin slippers and other broken groups of low cut footwear, mostly in small sizes, choice $1.45 a pair. ? —Second floor.

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