Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 August 1919 — Page 12
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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS. TUESDAY, AUCtUST 19, 1919.
to Intwrboroujrh official*, mean* —U increase In the pay roll of The agreement also provided w “ ,, ' •msnt of tbs strike cams at the a chaotic day In which the Inm«9 dally patron* plodn a drlvm« rain through t*. rode Jammed surtace m train® af*d «teaml»oats
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of. settlement were liberal by official* of »he sta>e and city offi* __ _ tm>therho>d employe* not accept them readily.
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ATTORNEY-QENCRAL OUTLINES - FAIR PRICE PROGRAM.
advancing it is hard to lower food costa, so If the committees can hold prices steady fen* a while, the reforms will come natural I/,’* he declared. ffe also said that 'if we can not get the New York dealers to blackball the crooks amongst ua, then we can't get anything done anywhere else.” He went on to say that he believed that a large part of the high coat of living is doe to unconscionable dealers who hare taken advantage of abnormal economic conditions to gouge the pubic.
COUNCIl VOTES RAISEIN PAV OF POLICEMEN
ORDINANCE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1.
Openly Rebelled et Finrt.
Exultant st their success In complete-
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fy tying up the Uses for two days, they openly rebelled when their ptestm-nt, P. J. Connolly, proposed acceptance, and It was only after Connolly M. J. Mangan secretary, and James M. Coch-
eergeant -at--arms, pleaded with for more than Hainan hour that the c ™** r> ** y ‘
however.
VIEWS MEW YORK AS CENTER
HOOVER AS PEACEMAKER.
ieke to End Strife Between GerB ; men# and Pelee. h WARSAW. August If.—<by the Asso>
u.-Hostilities broke out ye*between the German* and Poles
the southeastern Silesian frontier, the Germans suddenly attacking the
German side Of the line of demarca-
Hoover, chairman of the relief organization, who f* visitordered Amer
area to
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in the are* to eo-op-to brtng about a ees-
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from Vienna by Mr _ of the Amert Berlin was ordered him and with Colonel
in thia city.
NEW YORK. August IJ.-Au appeal for aid in sending to Jail ’‘tinconscientious profiteer* in the necessities of life” was voiced last night by AttorneyGeneral Palmer, addressing the fair prte* committee of New York city. He said that he had come from Washington to give instructions for conducting the
MEDAL AFTER DEATH.
campaign her* for fair price*, because "New York Is the natural leader in thia
movement, and the eyes of the nation
are died upon it”
"The prices set by fair price commit22? ** *«c*pt*d *« standard/' said Mr. Palmer, mid chargee In excees of those price* wttl be prims facie evidence
of profiteering.
VANDERBILT SUED.
Wife Baging Divorce Action Against New York Millionaire. NEWPORT, R. I„ August l».-Mrs. (Nettaon) Vanderbilt has bedivorce proceedings against her leginald C, Vanderbilt, of York, by having service made on ‘ * ’ mrm In Portsmouth. Mr*, alleges desertion and will custody of their only child, , CathJeen. Mr. and Mrs, r . were married sixteen years He Is the youngest son of Corne-
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Law to Make ll a Crime. "1 am trying to have congress pass a law which will make profiteering a crime. It la not now a crime unless two or more persons combine to do it. Hoarding, however, already is a ertme. T want the penalty for profiteering the aame aa for hoarding, a maximum fine of fS.DOO and two years in prison. To my mind a prison sentence is very, very much more effective than a fine. "As fast as evidence of profiteering is found it is to be turned over to the Washington authorities so that action can b* taken, but the fair price committaajklll »m the club of publicity. "Fair price eorhmfttees are to meet this high cost of living situation with the understanding that their work is fully as important as wa* their work during the war.
French Army Award la Sent to John
A. Crofts, of Near Evansville. [Special to The Indianapolis News] EVANSVILLE. Ind., August 19.—A
Croix de Guerre citation, signed by Field Marshal Petain. of the French army, has been sent to Evansville for delivery to Private John A. Crofts, oft Center township. Crofts died six! weeks ago of appendicitis. The cita- i tion reads: j
"When seriously wounded in the
arm and unable to act as stretcher bearer, he aided wounded men who were unable to walk He remained & day and night at bis post under heAvy
fire.
Crofta returned from France December 2*. Ifi*. and died last month at his home near here. Officers of the army recruiting station at EvangviUe !!72 ten , *2 th< \ w * r department oi-diname
for farther iastructions.
BROWN AND MILLER ABSENT
An ordinar.ee increasing the pay of first-year patrolmen from *3.» to UM & day and other patrolmen and turnkey* from S3.9D to *4 a day was passed by the common council Monday night The ordinance as introduced had provided for a flat rate of R25 for all patrolmen and turnkeys and was to be effective January 1. The ordinance was amended and as passed carries a clause that it shall become effective Septem-
ber L
The seven council men present voted for the ordinance. Councilmon Brown
and Miller were absent.
Councilman Furntsa in explaining his vote said that he bad not signed the report of the finance committee on the
because he had desired the
ordinance amended to include firemen
Work of the Committee-
"In general these committee# are to fix local prices fair to the seller and to the public, and while there le nothing 'legal' about them. It Is the community Judgment that will count and that will be reflected in a jury box-and we will
get them before a Jury."
Even If the committees can not ac-
|U*ny cut prices down, Mr. Palmer said.
1 that their action from advancing and
prices would
as soon
would keep that meant
operate. This •top "to thia
tuld sag and begin to go down
-~r — —- vicious cirels of high, {Jrice^eauses, which to like a ddg chasing
■While food
»d prices
not he reduced and
are up wages
wage*
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a« well as policemen, but that the other
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of the committee had not seen
to do thia.
Policemen Applaud.
Ho added that he was voting in favor
of the ordinance, however, because he believed the city had an efficient police department and the members of it
should have enough pay to live on. A number of policemen were present
and they loudly applauded each vote. Council Camefix. chairman of the
finance committee, said here*
argument against the oralnance was that the city did not have the money to
meet the increase.
oilmen Camefix Pettijohn and Schmidt signed the report. Patrolman William Milan thanked the council In behalf of the policemen for passing the ordinance.
BRANCH MANAGERS MEET.
Henry Grleger and R, R, Kuhn, fS&ttth Bend: W. a. Wallace and Guy 8. Means, Ft. w*yae; C A. tjrrieger and H. S. Tucker. Lafayette, and J. E. Ullom and H. H. Kreea, Terre Haute. Each made a short talk.
. W. Steinhart Company Entertain* at Annual Conference. The annual conference of branch
realized one; managers and officers of the E. W.
Steinhart Company, salesmen of automobiles. was held at the Columbia Club
'If I am losing money running my Monday evening. Branch managers drug store/' said Mr Camefix. "that is ! 5 r ?" ri four 2i tte * Present, Short nc reason why I should trv to make < ta . 1 25® w tf e K iv ® n ** fWk>ws: my clerk work for half salary/ ] X h * Program for the Hooster State
s^iar). as Vtew#d i y our chlwf .* E yf. Stein-
Waiting for Year. hart, president; “Publicity Promotes CounctlmM PettUohn ^ h-(^
been waiting for a year to vote for such ! L. Esterly. vice-president and general an ordinance. The other coonciimen {manager: "Every Man a Booster/* H.
voted without making speeches. j R. SUegmeyer, sales manager; -System Councilman Willson later explained First,” J. K. Bryan, general auditor, that he had not signed the report of and "Talk to the Point. Alwavs— the finance committee on the ordinance ‘ Dodge,” Carl H. Wallerich, manager
because he also insisted that the fire- Dodge sales.
men receive similar increases. Ooun- j The branch managers present were:
STOLEN GOODS BURNED.
Wearing Apparel Taken From Home of Cora Michel. Cora Michel. 519 South Harding street, reported to biryclemen Bandy and Mangus that her home had been entered by a window. Monday night! and robbed of a suitcase filled with women's clothing valued at about |75. The contents and suitcase were taken into an alley and burned. She said she-did not know whether it had been a case of robbery or spite work.
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81x90 SEAMLESS SHEETS, linen finish; $2.00 value, AQ each tPAaTcO
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