Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 August 1919 — Page 1
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COAL MOIK $TimE EIN>$.
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LONDON. Aivnat U.»Tha loeaf n«ia> era oi Tarkahtre, where asore than Miip iM men have heaa on atrlke stece Jnlir a. decided tadar to reaume work. npHi
ax^fcm waa taken at
at Banainr.
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trrUATtON MOSS SSSIOU8 THAN OUflINQ THS WAR.
CANNERS AND BAKERS AIDED
vault not
ware
tor with
to tx lOed nriOM.
trade
m.
food,
Ha:
oat
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prac TM^^aar nrioeA ao hot thd
-alceal the«kW&. li igild ^ la Mcked up hot lower : Aemmff iketing the mar- , of,,. the^^^^^Siledltiea li^ Ai™ aold twah^ buah- „ HJO; a hushei to a mar> fdl#; Tueeday ;^oi3iii|a> Th is ssatd tol^lcohaideri^y t^w the la price. Those apples were rest IQ cents a pound. thrM eowte luarter, and for froin « n»M.» The consumer got attle or It (ram the fact that the Amo /apples twenty-five miles K^nennad on Tvonty-thmo.
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/iilThs
Aewsi
take as aatHe part fho tedemt feed od-
/'ner Jodtapa acateet the -' ed .Artan. - f
::^^^1|l^/CiunpheiL;0ouaty lae#:ad-^
' llaa onoovSid renpootataaeaft tntd irSl dfroet She work toMA cke saHatanee of migantBathMUi to datar-
M fabneaa of AHM nenaratly
wjtowver w ftad oat the foo^ftat diayiiiiiid and the by ahalinalQra aod rerahInqectar MQ artU be itlHd
fey tiieieftHng carefatty
> see that tMm iO.a^^uaS-
^aatd
■ aa»ii u- _ ptaitMng a^ ntfoe
county.
He and hte amnot
ahstiMr
the i7ea*^
s?*!rtgn!ss*^rv 5w M ew win "
Si"«S
ha Oe eampalgn Rigid
e|eo be made into
tf
or
hyi
latmediate
and
amlsta&ce
mu
into aUaged _
__ The local emiiMeae marteat Uoee da^ a wa^ In adMiHi tamwa fertec fana p*ma«e for aala direct to the conanmara. la to be an.
eouttUKOd in every way poaalhie. AWiY FOOD AT tOQANSFORT.
ItaA SMnf'Sold hy OHa^—W. O. Mitp-
daak AygMiMbnaKt [fepcslal m The Indlanafatle KMia LOOAN8POBT. lad., Aanast 9ba tat coaatffuaiMit of aarplaa aittp fOad
AadSht by the dtp adadalaciatiMi to /^^.^hfRAr cut the hinii^ ooat of llelug wmm ’-jpljitili** — Mto to a downtovn botal ihiihy today. ^ The shlpa9V» conkbRa M.
pModa 9t baoML dO^ beet iMdA andjMRiiJ beer hiB Bacon stia ta'iFoMite av. aMMX' :'V>med beef
haih • cffita 4 caa and at # oaata a homsd ouk Two
.tlia PacluMra.
naad by .the packara’' ha
of aontrotUng
era It pra>
m lama ttuanthe maHwt as
aeavetty at
A etaatatiaa cry for sugar resouadad today at the oflice of Staoler Wyeiioff. IhAval feadmimlntatrator for Marion
m #|CMMia<y^ vmo has charge ot sugar dlatrl-i
iNr Mdiaaa. The sugar supply as hr asopQ aarious now than It
aooafdlng to Mr. Wyck-
mrn .hi jaMBfeg ovary Htort to dla-
ipnoHO A^viiaMo oo as to ore-.
lABf^’fbatortea from doai&g
mKlmthebakws goixdl.'
My oune from aiaay parts of the state. The telephoaa belie kept rimtag hhd tlmae at the oBier end of thelfnee h—ought Mr. WytAoff to expedite in •Tern way poartble the delivery of eugar •o.tbem. aiesiOnger boys rolled in with tolegraiina to the aaiae effect, letters here delivered and aumy representatives bsurtneee establishments called to
plead for sugar.
ff*i
feoki w
-ootim.'oa.
Citing
atcyage and baa bash ^ by ^ pddkefa.
unable to got said Mr. Mcitralnad to be-
, condftioaa we
. at this tima My btU t»nd sttaM in any way,
ao Mt the peapio beat/ benefits out
i| Statietlcs of the federal
■ hrtd in cold ajr&^
mmpared tetaU tlie manager of tL ii^ large
"' ’tai
Wyckoirs iwueat this
the van Camp eatd that the oemplied with
thfg
*Tt^ • ■'mi|i|ri[}ijiiiiiiiii>* W McKellar said. *'hr 2-3 per cent, profit on eggs aUlise. The only possible way in which Biese prices can be manipulated is through the medium of cold-stomge. Put a limit pn the time in which these goods can.^bt .Irntd and .the packers will
be dO)
dompel
«d, , are mdfeoi bauds of Uas ja in dte,wori_.
and they never n
to SelL*
Jarty. ttiv seaator aaserb
“They arp In th
y arp In the
giant monopoly thmm he QakL **The pHce the ~ the iwice at which mtt of all proportion, will come Aown untU
and regulated.'’
' fFreeent oMd itorage pmeUces also ara a menaee to pablieaealth. Senat Kellar declaniir adsvrttu that meat and poultry often aro Md too long In storage. Chtdcema he aaecrhid, are killed and moted wifftout removal of their heads and entrails, which conduce to quick putrefa<^on after they are
taken frwtn storage'
pany. At Mr.
car was turned over to
j^jdnm^kMBPaay. He C. Di. .Menny Company
the request wUllmly'
Lafayette jofeimrs telephoned they were out of eugar and that nerles in that dHtrl^ould e^ to cloest. Mr. Wpekoff la a
two oar loads of peashea were on the tracks ttiere. but thad their sale waa
\ atoppad haeijiias sugar could
aat ba^blatn^ M pm^a
Not a Car Binea AwMa ^
B. Diefendorf, of llOhdMil. wrote thM Mitchell has not received a car of sugar liDee June. Peaches are getting Hpe in Lawrence county, he wrote, and there ie practlcalhf no eugar to take care of them. If relief ie not received soon. Diefendorf said that it would be too late to save the fruit crop. He further said that the only sugar in Mitwell is controlled by a Jobber who wants from DLM to flLN a hailed pounds for it.
with freight added.
An laveaBgation of the prlcee Diefenderf says are aMted by the Jobber will probably be made by the federal au--thartUoa, for they are above the regular
tion pfta.
Mr, tVp^off thinks the ettuation will be eatfii^ n«xt we^. Prom the sugar egiuyfraMait board at New York, he received the f<dlowlng t^mram today: "Ten cars sugar from Atlanta probContlnuad on Fags Twenty-three.
NEKMiliSI mSGUNililSELr
ATTEhirriH DAYLIGHT HOLDUP IN iRfABHtNQTON.
DEMAND MADE FOR $150
WABHINaTOK. August 13.—A holdup man. mtorl^ th» banking room of the Mansey Trust Company, in the heart of ^ uptown husltteM distiiot, today pointed two pistols at a teller, demanded l^^ipAd after firing one shot at a clerii ttaked a pistol on himaelf.
PuBLlCjHe shot bl^Mlf in the Jaw and was
taken to a hospital.
Two money orders, issued at Defiance and Toledo, O.. were found in the holdup man's clothing. When he demanded the BMMy. the tatlar made a show of oovn^tg billa then dropped behind his eeunter as the robber fired a ballet that pkrevd the coast of a cimic neaihy. The feuBat tha robber Intended for hlmaeif vnoit througb hla Jaw and shattered a
j^te glass window.
The man told the police his name was Jeb.Q S. Fetser, US Blast street. Defiance, and that bis unide. Cltarlee R. Fetser, at the same addroaa. could t^ "why he couldn't get ahaad." The man is a mechmiio, thirty-four years old. He
here today from New York.
The man told the pcRce he picked out Washington because he understood t^ars was plcuity of money in the capital and that a holdup was easy. The hoRpM^ Mtysiciaim said he probably would recover. He said he had been Jn a Dmreit hospital suffering from an
eiectito Aock.
.m:
An Electrician by Trade. DBFXANCB. O.. August 13.-John E. Fetser. who. *hot hinmmf at Waahingttm. D. C.. is the son of Mr, and Mrs. Charles R. Fmaer, US Blast street. Defianoe. and is thirty-four years oIA He has bosn twelve years away from home, only ^dropMng in occasionally." according ta the parents, and had the habits of a recluse. He was looked on aa a queer Oharaeter, but the police sever had trouble with him. Fetser waa gives daQp and extended reading <ff booka ou ecleBco and medumlea. and Is SA eieetrtclan by hfude. WOULD RESTRAIN BOARD. Suit FHfed to Taab Oniir m Qwcdine
Bitoply Stations.
The legality of the action Of tlm board of public safety in ordering all ghseltse muima to be removed fnmi the etdeto tbsAowntown fire aone wHI be qaestioped in a suit which Is being prepared to^ Aivah J. Backer and IL C. Amd^ attomsys, on behalf of about ^ totrCg asaoUne maplr firms. The suit r Igp the CltUtens Auto Suiwly r SaaMW others, against the actmg
: 'gj<t£lts« and the board of public - enjela thma^from enfocelag ilhteb *• to haBame effbettve ' m Xsiivfti Mitoask. of cAv
Mill towL
Msn An Rstuming to Work Frmcticaliy Everywhors Excopt in Chicago and Boston.
PLANS FOR MASS MEETING
Witatoi'a Oamanda to Ba by Dologfetoc From Alt Parte of Country at Chicago.
GRATITUDE!
WUMssi amBaHt* raaaHna at teat Walker street, aiet an eld nesnnlsfnane froae MentleeU*. Ny.. last sight, snd task kiat te bis ream ts pravtde ladgiBg for toe mfetht. When Bmnunit nwnkened. ■bertly after midnight, he feaad tbe nrqnstatnnee knd left and had token Mg from the pmiket ef kki treneem. **rhat% gmtitnde.* onid Rram. a>lt» sa he reported the theft te the poMee.
Flvo Cariowfa ArHva.
Ftre can of auger reatdiad Indiana-
poHi toaiy. Mr. Wyekoff said that he. tfotod distribute them in toe best way
he aaald,to keM kartniss going. The Van Camp Packing Company in-
formed him that it had enough to last
two daya and would have to abut
doo^todeaa a new mipp^ oame in. Of
care received UkhDr is Indikfia-
g, sCeimy Com-
oaa pame to C g. “ ’" rckoff's
Wilt Do ConNdorod aa Soon aa tha
Strikora Rotum to Work.
'WASHINGTON, August 13.—Wage Incressee'for railroad emplojres will be considered by the railroad administration immediately after the last of the striking shopmen have returned to work, iDirector-0«merai Hines said today. Requests for increases are expected to come from all of the flftMn railroad
which have not yet presented de-
HARVEY mNKIllB INIfAPFROMeRIDGE
SOOY IDENTIFIED AT LOUtSVILUE, SHERIFF LEARNS.
HAD ESCAPED MUNCIE JAIL
(Special to The XndlaiutpoUs Newe] MUNCIE, Ind., August 11.—Harvey LaenKm. of Indianapolis who escaped Jail here several we^s ago with George William Anderemi. a negro, murderer of Clyde Bednaum, a Mancie druggist, was killed last Friday at Louisville whmi he Jumped firom a bridge to elude a motmreyele policeman, who was chasing him for stealing an automobile, according to word received Wedneaday aftmmoon by Thomas Hiatt, rtieriff.. Identifiation of the body was made by George A. Lawson, of Indiani^lis. The dead man had lived at MB Blake street, Indiamipoiia. Lawson was arrested aeveral we^ by the Muncle polloe. after a runfight in which he was shot twice. A in a wounded condition he and Anderson, who was also wounded when he was arrested, escaped from the county Jail. Anderson was at large more than a week before he was captured near Newcastle. No trace of Lawson had been found until he was identified at Louisville. Anderson has been sentenced to the state prison for life. MAJOR DAVIS ON WAY HOME
CHICAGO. Auffust lS.>-Railway uffidals tottoy raported oontinued Inprovei&fiDt in tbe mihrey shopro«3*a strike situatkm in precticeny eeefy peri of the country wftb the exeepMon of Boston and Chicago, wbera a hugp of the men tfifuae-lo letum to wegk. Bgtam of tbe dbopmen in the Atlaitta (Gfi.) diririet improved the trafrie situatloB throoiritont the
8<hMIi.
, Is ChkaSo isvfiral bmMlrtd boiler, mhkers maployed hy ^ ddeego, IfEwaukee 4 St PSol toed tetod to
return.
TrefTle Reetored.
A aumbpr of tiatos wtodk were caneMed aevehal dairs on aeoount of ^ strike OB reUroafis renterteg here. wWe
reetoped today.
Oflkfws ot toe CSdeago dietrict oouedl of toe Federated Battway SbQpmtei. wim o^ed the coeotlT-wlde etrlke la defidnoe Of toe orders of tetetnetlgne! reprsMBtetives of the Unteu. tejihred wo^ today frmn Welker D. BtoUA ftoectorgirteral (ff toe railroads, tout too govmmment would not negotiate aey antle-
ment with thd local body.
Beprseentativea of strikhtg sfeepmea from every part of toe oountry arrived hers today to attmid toe mass ewQttPg to bo held tomorrow, when it wfil be decided what action will be token in regard, to PresMekit Wilson's demand teat the men return to work Immediately khd defer a settlement of toeir wage de-
mands.
WADE TALK HELD UP DY MSN.
mines said that the
ot
talM wap iaextrtaadi& louad up
km of wags adfrtmeoe. '
tpieet'
, „ that the long In rates urdbabty -w< velop BtttU the wa
wage
velop
tied
Car shortage Is hlNfihitog to be felt. Direetof-aeuntal Htnea MWV said, as toe railroad hnsineM pkskii up with the advance of the season and the movement of crops. Mr. Hinea believes that the operating deficit this month will be very
gmaU.
MORE RtRQAD MEN REHIRN TO HEIR WORK
EMPLOYES OF PENNSYLVANIA LINES TAKE VOTE.
OTHERS WILL DECIDE SOON
EImployes of the Hawthorne and ETast Washington street shops and engine houses of the Pennsylvania railroad who. for tbe last nine days have been participating in the unautoorteed strike of railroad shop employaa, today at a apoeial mooting by a big i^or^ voted to return to work Thursday mornteg^ The vote was reported to he about 280i tn-tovor of returning to work snd to the leadership of tho national oAcers of the brotherhoods and about ten voted in fkvor of eontlnuing the strUca Immediately after the. meeting a commttise of shtemiSB informed toe general super* hRmidittr of the decision of tho msn. A number of oloctrielans rsturned to wtoh at the shops this morning and seme the reundhouee employes returned to srwk in the afteniooa.
ftoburgo In Lifisfi.
It was annouBoed by the Pennsylvania railrc^ today fotowing the decision of toe aten to return to work that the embargo agsisBt freight in and out of Indlanito<^ had been • liftod and that all fTMght would again bo received. CmnaUttees representtog shop emplto^ss of the Big Four rallioad conferred With D. J. MuBen. superlnteBdent of motive power, today, in regard to retumteg to work Thuraday morning. A oqnuwkUe representiag employes of toe Aelby street toop aisured the Big Fbur olHfeials that regardlees ef the feottoa' token at the muelbf of rMtosentativet of the strlkiBg itoMaen at toe heedqusrters^ Oermanto hall tonigto. about fMi men woedd rmurn to work at Bbetor etreet tomorrow. The msD oi toe Beetm torses and Brlghtwsod ehegs In s^mrafe meeting were oehsldeffteg today toe queetlon ot retuniag to work. Ihnpleyss of the indtaaapolis Unhm railroad were also
discussing ths qussMon today. Satiava CHMii it Ovwf.
Officials of the railroad eompaay beclare that toe unauthorised strike movement in IndianapoUs has cotlapsed. Ths men, they say. ars regadtatlug the radiml leadership of toe strike movement, and in Mite of inerts of ’ strike leaders
from dolug so are DOld-
neetfngs whr ent grivealto ires m the m
where toe con-
rCkbur toon-
Gennanto
to prevent them ing separate mee servative tltenent
men a meetmg taoi^ tudl. si itoioh a number
were made ta favor of tho man returning to work. No vote on toe question was taksn at thui session, but it is understood there would be a vote at the
meeting tonight.
EMBARGO MODIFIED.
Strike Sitoation In Eagt Slightly Im-
prgvad—StHksrt Balloting.
BOSTON. Aummt to-Modifloatkms of the New Torit, New Haven 4k Hartford and the Boston A Mains embargoes todmr v removed the fisaru ct many oeraBitmitiea ceaeerntnf tha delivery ot fee, milk and loodstnffa ManT frHcht handlers on ths New Haven read wme idle today and it warmtoM^ that a large number of Boston A Mahie emf iloyes also will be laid off within a
ew days if the strike efiMniiued.
The sixth day of eurtaifsd freight and passenger eerviee caueed by toe strike last week of several thotaand shopn^ and mechanics in the employ of New Ehigland railroads found strikers and railroad managers marking time and awaiting the reeult of tbe vote on the question of a return to wotk pendhig settlement ot tbe wage dtemtta The ballofing will not be completed until to-
morrow night.
Bailroad officials announced . that attempts would be made to oemtinae the Continued on Pagg Twentyuthrse.
4tESURFACING IS PROVIDED
Indianapoiio Man Hat Been Aaeigned to the Cavalry. [Special to Ths ladlanspwiis Mews] WASHINGTON, August 13.—Major Pearls A. Davis, of Indlanapolla was in Washington today on his way honm frwn France. Major Davis was everts last fall with the 38th divisioo but was detached and assigned to the Slat or Wildcat division- He is now assigned to the cavalry and is on leave. He formerly was in the Indiana national guard. Major Davis was quartermastergeneral for Indiana under Governor Ralston. When the Indiana national guard was mastered Into the federal .service he wm in cmnmand of a squadron of bava^, but at Camp Slmlby, Miss., he was placed in oomnmnd of the militarv police. After arriving in France with toe Mto diviaiem he was transferred to the 321st InfSAtry and early this year he was placed on detached service and was sent to Poland with eight other officers, who acoompanted General Haller and three Polish divi-
sions.
Danleta Qeaa to Hawaii.
SAN raDRO, Cal., August 13.—Secretary Dahiels departed for Honolulu this muming on the battatoip New York, accompanied by hmt’ destroyers. No
eerc moiUeB marked too safltng.
Secretary DanMa BAk. DaniMa and their two awas are aboard toe Naur ^|k. Tbd ^Rroyetu Chaunoey, DtoL
ara acting sacorta te
WATER EXTENSIONS ORDERED OYM
FRANCHISE CONTRACTS MUST BE FULFILLED.
CALLS (XRINCIL TO SAVE TIPAVINGORDINANIES
MAYOR JEWETT NOT TO PERMIT
THEM TO DIE.
mONMATYIS TOBESPEEDEBUP
Committee to Begin at Once Shaping Program of Reserva* tions and Amendments.
HITCHCOCK MAKES DEMAND
Shantong Clause Is to Hava Teath Pulled—No Further Haartnga Are to Be Given.
The iMliaaapella Mews Bateae. 38 Wxatt WASHINGTON, Ai^t 18.—Tito foreign relations committee ef the senate today deeded to preqiied ah once with final consideration of the treaty of peace and to begin ^ thapmg of a resolution of latifics* tion in executive session, that will cmttaiii tlte program-of amandmeBta of tha Repedilieans and arhich alto will contain a Shantung reaervatioR or amandmant The iiuaetkm of mepaditing tha treaty was ImmiHbt ta a haad in tha e«nmittoa~whan Sanatto Hitchcock, of Nebrarito, Dtoaoen^ laader, demanded parooptarily to loibw sduit 'Fas going to be dooa fibbui tim treaty and whaft H itofi fofri« te ba
done.
This demand broutot a sharp retort from Ssimtor FhlL otNqw IIsxiqa and, s vwbsi cisrii liMtiimm .tbs two asim-’ tors, in which mmwior F^ 'fiaefinrefi that Ssnstor HitohoOek hsufiocitaatiy
been impugning the moUvia m
who wero opposed to the leaaUe of aSr tione, snd that he (Fall) did hot tatoad
to etand fo|[ further Insinuatlone. House Not to Be Calisd.
The question of calling F. M. House before the committee wss discussed, and the matter was finally dropped when It was decided that it would take too iPhg to get Mr. Houae here from Bngtend. The senstors were incltned to llstmi to the suggestion oC Ssnator HU<^toook that MrT House probably wmild act be able to throw any more light pn toe prooeedinfe of toe proro B^terenca
then "t3f,
Secrotary Lanei^, whe gavo
auc
Information.
le decision of the committee in respect to expiating the treaty means that there will be no further hearings. The committee will go to work OB a resolution of ratification which vrlll contain the amendments agreed on and which will atso contain the Shantung
reservation or amendment.
The President will not be consulted
further and the senators have given up any . attempt to persuade the Pr
the
rsuade the President
to give them the Information which
they have sought. No Pfg|rgm Flan.
TTi* commlttot^:^!! - not. it is annomioed. agree tejfABy Pfirttoular program ef reSerimtSiui suiVtotol.to M outsider such ao‘ex^Prestdaat or former-fienater but wild draw Its own VeemYhtibiA." Asnator Lodjto ia
Insistent on this polnK and that toe rMarvfetwBS »QittU]r
wlU
iltcans e the
repolt a reaeiut tomklg reecrvai White House hi
attitude of
JORDAN GETS INFORMATION
Mark H. MUIer, of tho board of pubUe works, today Informed F. C. Jordan, secretary of tbe Indianapolis Water Company, that the board proposed to order the company to fulfill its franchise requirements in tbe matter of extension of tnaina. Mr. Jordan protested against an order made by the board for tbe extension of mains In Christian street, from Bnglish avenue to Newton avenue. He said the high price of pipe, together with shortages of pipe and labor would make it difficult for the company to comply with previous orders of the Ixnird this year, “We do not propose to hold up the development of the city becatue of the lack of gas and water extensions.” Mr. Miller said, pointing out that the city got behind in this work during tto war. Hkita of Rato Increase. Mr. Jordan assarted that there would have to be a readjustment in prices of material and labor or the company would have to have its rates increased, A delegation of property owners inquired of toe board as to why toe Citizens Gas Company had asked them to pay in full for connection services before toe company had started its extension in Seburnmnn avenue, from Bightemith to Twenty-finit streets. Property ownero have been making a deposit of one-ball the ebargro. The board said the matter would be taken up with toe gas company. The gas company up to August 1 laid 3,024 net of mains fn etehteen streets and is now workhig on extenstons In eighteen other
streets.
Street improvemant BldA
BHs were reoRved ta the inuMtmiment of the foUoiring streets. South street betwemi Xlllnuis and Alabama streets, resurfacing—UntoR Aiipbalt Cmuttructimi Company, wooden Idocfc; 310J0. a lineal foot: Mead Construetkm Company, wooden block tishui Ctoss A oil, 311.^; J. N. Morgan A Snt, wooden block using coal tar distiltae oil, lULtO; James E. McNamara Construettuh
Company. Tbrick. 1323.
South street from Illinois
street to
Kentucky avenue. rMUriActng—J. K. Morgan A Sin, wooden block usT
tar distfllato
wooden block using coal oil. 311.30, and using coal
tar paving oil. Sit: Mead Construction Gbasfenny, wooden block, usteg Clase A CfiAllmiafi feu Page Twairi/’throfi.
Mayor Cliarles W. Jewett today issued a call for a special meeting of the common council Thursday night to act on mrdioancro for the resurfacing of .North street from Pennsylvania street to Mamachusetts avenue and Meridian street from the alley north of Merrill street to McCarty street. These ordinances would have died in council before the next regular meeting as they must be acted on within sixty days aftsT remonstrances to the improvements are
filed.
It Is underetood that comoMrclai organisations of Indlaiutoolts are to demand that toe ceifimen coufecfl co-qper-ato with toe beard of wmtoi bi Its efforts to gut the sfreete of tiro <4y in pAisahle cernffitton. In eaero triiere valid remonstoanoes are filed before the tward of puMto wtRks. toe oouncO must give the tmiurd imtomrtty to proceed with the IffllRoveBtont. In Hferttte of Cemmittee. All of these ritat Improvement ordlnaacee have be«o to tks hands of toe city wslfare consmlli^ of whidi Councilman Kiroeh is ChSJj*man. Already two of the^^effihuuMtoi have been permitted to ^ to coundg.; Itay wen for the roubitasiti gmi from Noble to Pine and toNiby atreet from the alii^ of Project street to Pleasant The cotiitcil voted tknryi ing improvenseiiti: Babt street from ^aie avenue to „ street; Meridian street- from ItaHnuMbt Circle to ITermont stetot and street from Washiitetoil to street. The council has the tmprovenMnt of Mffeth street from New York stoeet to Indimm avenue; Sixteenth street from Alatetoto street to Senate avenue and Bteet Wi%Ington street from Tuxedo street to Ural street. Immediate Action Neeeeeery. As the season for street work is drawing to a close immediate action must Tbe taken by tbe council if the street improvement program is not to be delayed for another winter. Ordinances are pending In the council for the improvement of the following Continued on Page Twenty4hree.
reMV*** to^jSe fideoptebit to Ml the
^ b aenatA
toano edit be able to b w raufloatiou eonns is aasured. The been hoitoig that the
^ oro Borah, tof Idaho, and Johnson, of CalifornllL who are hostile -to any kind of a league, would make it impossibTle for the committee to report a defittite {irotroTh or reeervations. But both these- senators have i| announced that, alihou^i they will move, at first, to strike the league covenant ftom the treaty, they will: when this move is unsucoesafUl, vote for the
Republican reservations.
T^li will Insure a majority ih ths committee for the BepubUcans. assuming that Senator McCumber, of North Dakota, will vote with the Democrats.
Four ClkMeo Finiliy.
Once ths reroluUon of ratification is reported, the fight will be reopenfjli in the senate with four classes of senators seeking to have their way about the resolution. One class will be the small, well-known group of Repttolkmns who
to the whole tniag. Another
are opposed to the whole tRiag. Another will be the bulk of the BepublimUiS seizing strong reservations. Still another class win he the "mild” reservatlonists, including several Republicans and ons or two Deraoivats. The fourth class will be the Democrats, who will vote ag^nst any kind of reservations. This form of the final resolution of ratlflcatloa will be voted on by a majority vote. When ths resolution is framed It will come up for a tWo-thIrds vote for ratification. At thte point it will be with toe Democrats to say whsthsr they will accept the Republican roservations or will defeat the resolution containing the reservations.
Qfitting Together.
There has been, in the last week or ten days, a "getttog together” of the Re-
s which
publicans
ieh makes it appear that
TO TiKOlCHAK FORCE
they will have sufficient unity to put through stronger reservations than had at first been generally sttoPoeod- There is eo Httle difference at this time between the "mild" and "etrong” reservattoniMs. that the wording of reaertotlons of a compromise natnro that will satisfy both is now regarded as little short of a formality. Furthermore, there Is also a noticeable unity among the Bepublicans on the Shantung question. and it is probabls Hiat the reoomntondations of the coiw^ttee on this question, which beyond doubt will be a strong one, will,be foUewed by the senate even with the aid of Democratic There is a feeling that the ItoUMiteg raserratloa or amendment will fie pf ttoch nature that it win be necessaryi to tefiii the treaty back to the pence ctefirtnee. even if toe rMcrvstlmo to toe leagqe covenant Al jnot make thte aotlen neceseary. The ctousee of the trdttv sre the wtAketo and most-vulnerable part of tbe-freaty. They have given the Preiident no ef concern, snd he has 4km» hie b«A, it would seem, to strmtgteten tlupn by taring the Jiqtaneye govetomeiit to tata a statement of its introttone toweiw IteteAtnng;. But thki M fg now certain. has toiled to meet ita to«L and toe Repttolioans will go «htod with their Idea of prevrotag Unh^ States from becoming a lairty to toe HAnatung clauses.
RIFLES AND AMMUNITION WAY TO VLADIVOSTOK.
ON
MOfm SUPPLIES TO BE SENT
WASHINGTOH, August 13.-Material aid for Adateal Kolchak's retreatlag army in Siberia te being rushed to Yladlvoutok by the American govemmeat It said officially today that 4I.3H itfee tad several mliUon rounde already had been eent .:ico ta* additional equiteiMBt tasAd go forward this wsek bn an ^The a^ate fifjBNutiirtel ordered to Siberia vA not dlicioerili, but was said to be "very lerge" and to inolude motor vtofeiM Shd toriStoM euppita aa well as rifles , JtetwtaitiaB. -^Tfee ortrinal after of Koiolwk’e •rota It
tad Th^i Ha Said: “Yas”
rSp«clai to TH» IndUnapoilii Ne«s} WASHINGTON. August 13.-Vice-
President Marshall had his little joke today, after a busy day yesterdH\, pounding hts ivory gavei end attempting to keep the gaUertea toom hitoing and
cheering.
Soon after the senate met at noon, a bill fathered by Beaata Fernald. of Maine, came up. Theto was no ttojei - tion and Vtoe-Pr«»M«nt MartoaM rushed tt t^raufh.lts various leglaletlve
stogw,
"The
off tJhs words:
to toe senate and
Are there any
teta no amend--heroro the smiate m tovor say aye.”
rat ^
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open to ar amendments? menta, toe bill for enactment.
No one
"Those opposed?” Still no BMiater responded. * Senator Fernald was busy talking to hie colleague, Senator Hale, of Maine. "Did the senator from Maine vote for the bill?" asked the Vioe-Prestdent. "What’s that?" asked Senator Fernald in surprise. "Did toe senator vote ta the bill?'* repeated the Vice-President. “Tes.” said the author ef toe mien
ure.
"The bill te paaaed." ruled (Afe Tloe* Preeifent tgrlmioly and the fiMiSS
