Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 April 1920 — Page 6

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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1920.

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mew TOM OPTICE—Tribune buiJdm* . Dan A. Carroll. Bepraamiatire. CHICAGO OFFICE—Firet Motional Bank

: * bulldiny. 3 E. Lute Hepreaentattre. •

WASHIMGTOK BCHKAD—Wyatt hcdMia*.

MAIL SCEaCHlPTIOM HAfES

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For each sane beyond the third t lawto* amounts ahauld be added to

ratea: One year. SO^awits: cents: ana veah. 5 cents

KUBAL EDmOM. A TMAM tuheertpuaea must be paid for t» ades—i

All taatruetiana to he eflechre as

ftp 0Tes tn writinp. paapeaeihie for erra are firm e»ar

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board of , trusteea tried to so* the servlcea of Talkinffton as superintendent. The trustees of the Penal Farm instated that he stay there and an arrangement aras made for him to assist the farm colony, board until the new institution was in running order. Talkington is a democrat, who was appointed by Governor Ralston. He has been retained under a Republican administration, seemingly because he was giving

satisfaction.

It is hard to see where the superintendent of the Penal Farm would

a£ gel have any incentive to scamp on food.

He collects nothing for feeding the prisoners and would not make a cent if fee fed them only bread and water. County sheriffs receive «« cents a day for feeding prisoners and may make a profit on meals. Talkington says that some state farm prisoners gain in weight at the farm. This would not be true if the men were starved. Nevertheless Mr. Talkington should insist on an investigation.

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IS BOLSHEVISM A\ ISSUEt Thc f denunciation of the Russian policy of the peace conference and President Wilson by Raymond Robins, headliner for Senator Johnson, suggests the question as to whether Bolshevism is an issue in the campaign. Of bur people have denounced the Russian policy of these eminent men. but an quite other grounds. Thsir theory uas that the dUied and associated power should hate come promptly to the rescue of 'the Russian people spainst those whose policy it was to saplott and murder them. France Is today convinced that such action should have been taken, and is Wttsrty opposed to the establishment of any relations with ths Lanin# government. Ihti Mr. Robins went to Russis. made an Investigation, and came out without being in any way shocked. The president did not follow his advice. The fair criticism of the allied and associated powers Is, ^pot that they pursued a wrong policy, but that they Aid not seem to have any policy at all.

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people Should not sits to be blinded to the of ths* Bolshsvists and

M.. Adams,

and he.

service in con-

ths Red Cross In .that

that is most

will tell

the children In

soviet Ruseta are under their ppedal protection • • ‘and that therefore the children ars entitled to particular care and attention — educational, fl’oral and physical/’ Tat all order and have disappeared from ths ars committees of chil-

what bhati be

studied and who shall teach them, and >mmttUes have power to dismiss the tsachftrs. Conditions have Improved ftsmswhat of lata, hut only be- ® “ - ■* teachers *Ttovs on ths child ran and practl- — risk of thsir own lives

n devotion

the love and re- ,** These teachers,

to the

line and suspected any .0acts ars manner."

schools.

,** under this system, to he "too appellate. it is said, left In Bolshevist • re closed for "owing to terrible

•fid

of heating.” Miss she visited houses in which there wars of frost In ths was practically no lack of sanltaseverest winter lived in cold, with no electric I do coodSM. -only llckt. proour,n. c.»..

THE ISJVSCTIOS

It was long ago observed that the law was very highly esteemed by those in whose favor It worked, and most distasteful to those agaiast whom it was successfully invoked. Much her 1 been said during the last score of years about "government by Injunction." It has been denounced by political leaders and condemned ^political platforms as the worst sort of tyranny. Of course, it never was government, tost only a weapon of government, and a very valuable dne. The assumption is that the writ is never granted on the petition of labor, or directed against capital. Tst ths books ars full of eases in which ths government sought to enjoin and did enjoin capitalistic combinations, and there are cases in which labor itself has sought and obtained injunctions. Several such injunctions have recently been granted by Judge Anderson. Last week, on the petition of a local union, the Judge enjoined the international union from interfering

with its,affairs. Thus there was a resort by labor to ths very remedy which labor has bitterly condemned when sought by others. Apparently everything depends on who it is that is restrained, on whose freedom of

was one of la * brldr#<1 ; The local union

no doubt thinks very well of the Injunctive process, while ths international organisation probably feels that It is a victim of "government by

injunction/’

Of course, the question in ail such cases is. not as to whom ths injunction restrains, but as to whether It is rightfully granted. It is the same as with ait othJr legal processes. The winner of a verdict Is likely to think

of work — is not simply against the brotherhoods, not solely against ths new railroad law. but against 100,000.000 American dtisena. The question is Whether a few railway work -

vary highly of tho jury system, while #r , ahm|1

he who loses Is disposed to be doubt ful of its value. Neither judgment Is worth anything, since each is biased by personal Interest. In ths master of the Injunction the thing to be decided If, not whether tfcfe injunction is good or bad —for it Is good—but whether the court abuses Its power.

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to be worn till they had horribly dirty, and then

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JAIL AMD GRAND JURY The Marion county grand jury last week returned Indictments against Sheriff Miller, five former jailere and guards, and one former federal prisoner. The sheriff is held under the statute providing a penalty for neglect by a constitutional officer to perform any duty imposed on him by law. The others are charged with assault and battery on prisoners, keeping a gambling house, knowingly permitting gambling, and allowing prisoners to escape. These men having been Indicted, they may be left for the

court to deal jslth.

The grand jury also made an investigation of the jail, and a real one. It does not seem to have experienced any difficulty in finding many grossly evil conditions. It found that the jail was disgracefully insanitary, partly because of the defective plumbing and partly because of neglect on ths part of ths officers. Ths first floor cells were, it was found, "dirty, in an insanitary condition, and generally quite overrun with insects and vermin.” The beds and bedding were foul, and in many cases utterly unfit for use. Blankets and mattresses wars "soiled to the point of

being filthy.”

It was found that young and possibly innocent prisoners were herded

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together jrith old and often diseased offenders, and that ths insane **inmatee ars lodged in cpUe which are entirely insanitary, dark and poorly ventilated with no facilities such as padded celts, etc., to protect them from themselves." “The whole atmosphere/’ the grand Jury found, "is conducive to an aggravation rather than amelioration of their mental state.” All of which ought to make ths people of this county very much ashamed of themselves. But there wars abuses for which those in charge are directly responsible. In the report is this: * We have found many abuses in vogue at the Marion County Jail which do not constitute crimes under our statutes, such as disproportionate punishment of prisoners for petty infractions of jail rulea; the locking of prisoners In solitary confinement for long periods; potty grafting, such as accepting money by the guards for eye changing prisoners from one part of - _ the Jail to the other, this matter not * being covered by the present bribery

; the charging of excessive to prisoners for bringing to them from outside, which is now a crime, and many other which shquld be made misdeand a punishment provided

> melmoTD. I therefor.

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The Marion m *nt .tatute

Ths grand jury recommends ths abolition of "the system now la vogue in this state of permitting the sheriff to reap a reward for feeding his prisoners," though it does not exensp the sheriff for not providing decent food In sufficient quant! ties. The system to vicious, mjnd it should be abolished. It is urged that the impeach

aw then th. -Dclfc* of t 1 Farm to mediately on conviction:

strengthened so as to

the office imaa it la now.

officers with a short term can, in spite of impeachment, by appealing to the supretoe court, hold till the i of their terms. Of course ths Jail should at ones be put into proper the grand jury recom-

sgislation Is proper treat-

Whatever ure the

ment of prisoners should be enacted. But after everything has been done much wili depend on the character and fitness of ths men in charge of the jail, end on the energy and vigilance of thofee charged with the duty of inspecting it. It is remarkable that other grand juries and the charity boards should have found little wrong with the jail. It was found that the food now to "sufficient and of good quality.’’ We do not doubt that it is* For this relief the community is indebted to ths federal court. In this case, at least, ws have a complete failure of local seME-gov-ernment.

PUBLIC AND RAILROADS We have been told that there to no strike on the rail road a but that tHe men have simply quit work. Some of them are very anxious to have it understood that they are not strikers. In this country any man has a right tp quit work, though, if fee is charged with a duty to the public, he will. If he is careful of his obligations, be scrupulous in performing it. But if what we have is only a quitting pf work, there can be no question, even on the part of the men themselves, of the right of the roads to put others In their places. The country has suffered greatly from railroad conditions; and. though ths situation is improving, it continues to suffer. The people have a right to have #bod and coal delivered to them. Men employed in factories closed by the strike — or the quitting of Jobs — have a right to work for their wages. Indianapolis has a ri^ht to enough coal to enable the gas company to furnish suffices! heat and light. Today ths poqpie of this city go on sugar ratfcm*. largely because of congestion on the railroads. From one end of the country to another the people are subjected to the grayest inconvenience — and often suffering — because a few men have decided

to quit work.

It is time for the federal and state governments to realise that they have a very important duty to perform — that is to ksep the railroads in full operation, and to stop the interference with both interstate and intrastate commerce. The brotherhoods have done much, and will continue to do ai! they can. Here is a great public interest that far transcends any supposed rights of thoee who are now blocking commerce. Whether there is a combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade ws do not know, but there certainly to restraint of ra^e. The strike —or the quitting

whether it government people.

commerce, or

shall be Controlled by in the Interest of the

COUMBRCIAL ARBITRATION The growing American feeling that a court should be the last resort of disputants is brought out in the National Association of Credit Men’s campaign for commercial arbitration courts, or boards based on Jaw. Commercial arbitration is defined by tho association as “a modern method of adjudicating controversies which arise in the course of ordinary busin t** relations; it is accomplished through a business man’s court; ths findings of ths arbitrator have the ful! forfce of a court judgment; the proceedings are according to the statute and the negularly adopted rules for' arbitration/’ Commercial arbitration is as old as business itself. Shipowners used it In ths Mediterranean trade before America was discovered. Ths trouble at that time, and until the Chicago experiments in commercial arbitration based on law. was that ths loser could still hays recourse to Jhe regular courts, thus often adding to ths expense, delay and ill-feeling Involved in the controversy. The Chicago arbitration courts ars established on ths principle that the disputants must agree, before the hearing, to abide by the decision of ths court, and the penalty for failure is the same as in ths law courts. Quick and cheap settlement of business disputes by experts in the line ef business involved, without the publicity as to trade and business secrets involved in law court trials, and at a minimum risk to ths commercial friendship of the litigants, is an ideal arrangement that will he welcomed by many business men. Whether it can be realised through the arbitration court is as yet not proved, but the Chicago 'experiments have strengthened advocates of th# plan ia thsir belief and won ths support of old courts, to which points of law ars submitted by the arbitrators. Inters* ia the plan is hlghteaed hy r reassn of ths fact that there is now a movement to present it to the next Indiana

legislature.

CO-OPERATIVE OWNERSHIP The tenants of an apartment house in New York found that they were paying rentals of between $20.000 and $30,000 annually. These sums appear large to the man who is protesting because his rent is $45 a month, but the New York apartments were located in a fashionable district, and each suite contained twenty rooms and seven baths. The tenants purchased the apartment house, and preliminary estimates show that their rental expense will be reduced 50 per cent. The theory that people might as well own the apartments in which they live is growing. One suggestion has been made by the agency representing an Indianapolis apartment house that carries out the New York idea. This suggestion, is that the property he taken by tenants who are willing to form a stock company. A book valuation would be placed on each apartment, and the tenant expected to take stock to that amount. His payments would be made the same as rent, and when the final payment was made he would own stock representing the value of the apartment he

occupied

The attractive features sf ths proposal arc protection against further increases / in rents, knowisdge »hst ths tsnant will havs a place to live

as long as he cares to remain, and a possible profit 1 In the future sale of his stock. Ths objectionable features include tho possibility of tho stockholders failing to agree about the upkeep of the apartments and the necessity of seeing to all details, such as gas, electricity, coal. Janitor service and the like. The stockholders also would have to pay the taxes and municipal assessments.

THE BONUS

The plan to distribute 91,000,000.000 among certAin classes of soldiers who served in the groat war is meeting with very determined opposition. Officers are excluded, as are all regulars who were in the army before America declared war, and all men who served less than sixty days. Those responsible for this program evidently feel that by reducing tho siso of the gratuity they can win favor for a vicious principle. Many of the men,who would get this money have no need for iT being well-to-do, and quite capable of caring for themselves. Even to those who do not need it. it would do little or no good — it would be simply a little extra spending money that would soon be gone. It should be said

General Wood’s Return

[Boston Herald] . In concluding that he belonged at his post of duty in Chicago, in a time of industrial crisis like this. Instead of prolonging a campaign here in the east. General Wood made a decision highly creditable to bis sense of the fitness of thingft. While we are all sorry not to have seen and heard more of him—and this will be true in other states as well as in Massachusetts—we feel that any man who places duty first, even during an authorised leave of absence, is setting the right example to his fellowcitisens. General Wood, we believe, has strengthened himself with the electorate by this decision-

INDIANA NEWS IN BRIEF

TEHEE HAUTE—Bom bsrbera of Terre Haute have announced *n advance in price*, effective Mar 1. Shave* will cost 26 cent* and haircuts. 50 cents, with pompadour*

rated at 60 cent*.

KCHOMO—Kenneth Snyder. *ge seventeen, who was arrested two Wek* m

General Wood on Duty

[Ohio State Journal]

General Wo&d is respected and applauded by right-minded Americans everywhere for his prompt action, as the railroad strike situation began to appear threatening, in canceling-his leave of absence from the army, quitting his speech-making tour and returning to Chicago to resume his command. He may not be needed there and the country frevently hopes he will not be, but he wished to take no chances of being absent in case the services of any of his troops are re

further that th. Athene*.. Lertoe

does not favor the plan. The Legion to not asking for tips. What it wants is a really constructive program that' would benefit those needing assistance. and also be of advantage to the

country. ;} ;i

Yet it Is proposed to burden the people with 91.000,000.000 of near taxes, taxes which, of course, would do nothing to help ths treasury meet its .present deficit. It is believed that one effect, would be still further to depreciate Liberty bonds. Prices would certainly rise, and by much more than the amount of the tax. Any economies that congress might conceivably be able to effect would be more than offset by this 91.000.000,000 bonus The country is in no condition to bear this proposed new impost. The very men who are demanding that taxes be reduced, and declaiming against extravagance, are proposing still further to increase expenditures and to raise taxes — and for no

good purpose.

We are not surprised to hear that protests against this bill are pouring into Washington. The people are in no\qppd to submit to such trifling with thsir interests. As has been said, ths bJU has no more Utter enemy than the American Legion, which has made wise, and constructive suggestions to congress, all of which have thus far been ignored.

has proved his ability to meet such conditions as may possibly develop new. * It was a courageous thing for a candidate to do, voluntarily to place himself in a position where a great element of the population might turn against him at a critical time in a campaign. We have observed, however, that in public as well as private life & man generally gains more friends than he loses by doing the right and manly thing in a trying

emergency.

A few weeks ago government agents went to great trouble and expense to induce retail meat dealers to offer the cheaper of meat for sale. The object was to educate buyers to the advantages of such meat, the differerfee between the price of these cuts and the more expensive cuts being considered in. connection with tho cost of preparation and the nutritive value. Retail dealers entered Into the spirit of this arrangement and the campaign was a sSccess. the only people overlooked being those who had been using thp cheaper cut all along and who claimed — not without reason — that ths government was doing nothing but increasing the cost of their meat. Now come rpports from all parts of tho country about overall clubs, and hot after these come the inevitable reports that where overalls have become fashionable and the demand general, the price has gone'up from leas than 93 a suit to more than 9^# suit. This extraordinary quick response is a matter of suspicion and regret to many persons, but to tho man whoso work calls for the dally use of overalls, year in and year out. It ia something mors. About all he sees in ths overalled rebels is a scheme to raite the pries of clothing which he must have. / Maybe civil Of anything can be called civil* in Mexico) war will ksep tho greasers from annoying other people. Those confident predictions of highpriced wheat may cause some regret concerning tho reduced acreage in

Indiana.

If HI Johnson's reception at tho Columbia Club tomorrow is not so enthusiastic as It la possible for such receptions to bo, there’* the fact that ha’s the fourth candidate on the list to be considered. The novelty Is waning. ^ ^*ZZ r;/ Another way to improve country automobile traffic In general is to more all tho mudholea to- tho immediate vicinity of grade crossings. That low ramble was not thunder, but the country laughing over ths reference made by the board of gov- , ernors ef ths Now York Stock Exchange to "a free and open market." , Enthusiasm for the overall movement should not ho allowed to interfere with wearing out old* clothes. ’McNulty’s charges against ths Stats Penal Farm management sound like army camp days when dvery buck knew of a follow who had hoard that a mouse was found in ths slum spooned out to a certain company.

Think what a chance gasoline is missing by not being able to strike when the spark is hot! Who remembers when some dissatisfied rebels tried to bust up the Union of which A. Lincoln was President ? Ten cents for a cup of coffee is not so high if it brings back the prewar standard of what constitutes a cup of coffee. A lot of alleged beer bee been found in a Ft. Wayne candy factory, where it eras made. In the old days nobody evor misused a brewery that way. And if the Marion county sheriff does not cars to give bond he can stay In his own jail. It begins ter look like the job of temporary chairman of the Republican national convention might go to a dark horse. The candidate makers should remember that a few may pick a nominee, but It takes the people to elect him. ;/4'-Z ; Another nice thing about overalls is that you can scratch a match on

Whip-Sawing General Wood

.{Gary Evening' Post]

Senators Johnson and Harding seem to have a great plan of whipsawing General Wood in Indiana. Johnson, assisted by Senator Borah. Raymond Robins and others, will spend most of their tiipe campaigning in Indiana during the next three weeks. They will go after the Republican and ex-Bull Moose. Harding also will spend moat of his timo in Indiana in an effort to draw off the reactionaries and conservatives. It is a great game and may work, because if they can attract one-half the votes to their cause, either to the radicals or the standpatters. Indiana delegates can vote as they please. If the people of Indigna remember that Johnson is an extremist opposed to wise and reasonable means of preventing war through a league of nations which is already operating, they will not want him. General Wood is a better, compromise than either Johnson or Harding. This is an astute method of beat-

ing the general oat of the delegation. What the general should do la to ar

ganlse a force of about a dosen good speakers and keep them busy the

last week of the campaign.

SAYS WATER MUST BE USED

James E. Smith, of St. 'l&uls. Shows

Inland Channel Neeeasfty#

ST. LOUIS. April 19.—The United

if she expects to retain her position ia ths world of commerce, speakers at the convention of the ^Mississippi

appears ws do not apalue as carriers of our

James E. Smith, of St. Louis, president of the association, asserted that America compares with Europe of fifty years ago when that continent discovered the necessity of using waterways as carriers and bullf arti-

ficial channels.

"We have natural channels," he

said, "but it ap] predate their va

products.”

Brigadier-General F. T. Hines, chief of the transportation dlvlsiofi of the war department, which has control over government inland waterways transportation, in an Address said the railroads welcomed revival of water transportation as a "necessary ally In the solution of the transportation

problems/’

Resolutions were presented demanding that the congress pass the Newton hill, which would provide that approximately 935.000,000 be appropriated for waterways improvements and completion of channel widening projects on the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers begun ten years ago. UNIONS PRESENT DEMANDS

Shslbyvtlto Employer* Refuse to

Grant Closed Shop.

* [Special to The IndisnspoBs New*) 8HELBYVILLE, Ind.. April 10.—Demands mads last week by the members of local union No. 2109, Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, and local union No. 1102, United Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Pa perhangers on local manufacturers wars mads public today. The main points the men are requesting ars a closed shop, a forty-four-hour week, time and one-half for overtime, double time for Sundays and holidays a minimum wage scale of 70 cents an hour for carpenters and 06 cents an hour for painters, and elimination of piece work, and the settlement of all

disputes by arbitration.

The m an tffactor era presented each employe with a statement of their po sit ion Saturday. The statement safe that they would refuse to treat with

charge received

the

s/L acs, ir.STttJ’sSr/s

Indian* reformatory.

MUNCIE—The Delaware County Woman’* FrsnehiM League formally came to an end Saturday afternoon when it held it* 1*** meeting at a local hotel. It had bean expected that the women would reorganlae aa a branch of the League of Women Voter*, but this action was not taken. SHELBYVHJLE—Grover Borden, age ten. •on of Mr. and Mr*. Jacob Borden pf m»*r London. Shelby county, waa badly hurt Saturday afternoon when he was thrown from a horse which became frightened at a dog. The boy struck the ground on hi* head and chouldera. He suffered a coocuMton of the

tafniag. Mr*. A. «. Bumpier, of Indiuiapoli*. president of the state federation, will make an address on The Individual Club and tba Federation.” The chairman of the counties to the district ere: Martin. Mrs L C.

Oacn.

Beard. , The city council ha* adopted a resolution authorizing the construction of a new municipal electric light and power plant at Eaetaide park at a coat of approximately $116,000 final derision on the question to bo submitted to a referendum of the voters in a special election to be held May 0. The new plant replace# the old plant on West Main street, which t* about worn out. Quick•and beneath the old plant prohibit* the construction of foundation* for new machinery that must be placed. The old plant recently wa* changed from a IS-’keyrie plant to the standard sixty-cycle plant. Since the chance new business has been added to such aa extent that the old plant is now heavily over-

abovs hau l dwell;

Tbeugh^at my rill your

Lawless sad loud tomorrow as todfr.

In this city early u»

be settled here by the voters at a May primary election is whether a show and sales bam for pure-toed live stock shall be fancied. Stock raisers hare petitioned the county commissioners several times for the sales pavilion, but each time the body ruled

against it.

JEFFERSONVILLE—Paul Haynes, of the Indiana public service commission held a hearing here Saturday on the petition of the United Gas and Electric Com

H gas, to

place the present surcharges of 20 and 15 cents. The hearing was adjourned until

April 80.

BUSHVILLE—Rushville Lodge No. 1307. Benevolent* Protective Order of Elks, has voted to buiki an addition to the Elks’ Club this summer at a cost of $20,000. The addition will include a large dance floor,, dining room, ladies’ parlors and basement, which probably will be utilised later for

bowling alleys.

WIN AM AO—The Winamac schools will close April 30. when high school commencement exercises will be held in the Presbyterian church. The Rev. J. Boyd Jones, pastor of the Bloomington Christian church, will make the address. The baccalaureate exercises will be in the Methodist church Sunday. April 26, and the Rev. L. C. Brink

will deliver the address.

BOONVILUS—A jury in the Warrick (hr-! man cult court here, in the case of Mary T. Wells. I Miss

nual county eighth exercises to be held

June.

INDIANA DEATHS

!LL° .**5*“? e* * 7* U the^home hTda^hlMwil VilfiS

N. H.

was educated at at one time a i

his daughter

> nativ Exeter

He was a native of Masesdi'

Academy, sod was

England towns. He moved to Ohio in 1

settling at Eaton, and eng*

tice of law. He was

ITillage. n setts:

ntnr.uj. SOd W** in schools in New ed to Ohio in 1056.

I engaging in the prae-

elected mayor of Eaton three times, and later came to Richmond where he engaged in the practice of law until seven years ago, when he returned to New. England to make his home with his

daughter.

GREKNSBURG. Ind.. April 18—Mis* Mary HaunerjL age thirty-one. of Newpoint. died Saturday. She is survived toy her parents, three sisters and two brother*.... Funeral services for Mrs. Jane Freeman

age eighty, who died Safurdi tomorrow afternoon. Mrs rived by two children.

ay, will be held Freeman is sur-

Missouria

j Pemberton, of this city, and A

!man. of RuriiriUe. .. Funeral services foi

Mary T. welts.; Mis* Alice Springer, age sixty-three, whe

administrator of the estate of Wilhsm Wells.! <*»«»_ Saturday.. held this afternoon

against the Public Utilities

Compan

aosville. has returned a verdict for the

defendant. An Evansville *tr*ct car struck and killed Wells. His sister, who is an in-1 valid, filed suit for $10,000 damages. The i

were held

of Connersville.

•“• nrt - v ' d breU " r '

ipril 10.—Funeral today for Joseph

esse was brought here on a change of venue) oWj*

HUNTINGTON—Gr.h.m E. |

SHELBYVILLE. Ind.. A service# were held here

Wolfe Bilim an. a*9 seventy-six.

law. in

Sullivan. Ind.r whsro'he ^“prariteed^“ ten year*. He was a Republican and cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln for Preri denk Surviving *«, two daughter* MU, 01* Bilhnan, of this dty. and Mr*

citation issued posthumously to hi* son for gallantry in action and especially meritorious service. Scott had served oil four fronts before he was killed July 19. 1918. He was a member of the 20th infantry, and the citation was signed by Major-General Sumraerall. Colonel Stephen O. Fuque and Lieut.-

Col. R. B. Fraile.

GREENCA8TLE—Eighth grade school honors for 1020 in Putnam county were carried «ff by the Bainbridge school, five of the honor pr”

town. * Their teacher and the honor pupil

with a grade of 07 7; Ludle Darnall. 97.1; James Edwards, 97; James Smith, 96.6; Mary Lucy Black. 96.1. The aveaage for the 200 graduates was about 10 per cent,

higher than for 1010.

GREKNSBURG—All bid* for the erection of the Decatur County Memorial Hospital were rejected Saturday afternoon by the board of trustees. The lowest bid amounted to $133,776. and the highest was $165,000. The appropriation is $100,000. and $3,000

■ ‘ * site.

thirty chools. duated

Jane Famh&m, age sixty-two, for M five years a teacher in the public schoo f^ the^^^ high^ISool^Mis, ‘rSnham became a teacher in the Hulfnan school, where rite served until two years ago, when she suffered a stroke of paralysis. For a number of year* she wae principal of the school. She had no immediate relatives

the specifications so that it will be possible to build within the appropriation. Names of the bidders, all Indianapolis firms, were

not made public.

LOGAN8PORT—A citi tens' committee, which is working for the retention of A. H. Douglass a* superintendent of the Logsnsport school*, has appealed to the school board to submit the question to a referendum vote at the May primary. The school board notified Mr. Douglass several weeks •{ ago that his services as head of the Logansport schools would not be needed after August 1. The committee offered to make all arrangements and to pay all expenses of

States must developMfitnd encourage _ , ^ feer inland waterways transportation taking the vote. It also was requested that

women be permitted to vote on the issue FRANKLIN—Mr*. Grare Porterfield Polk, of Greenwood, has announced that the musical composers' convention is to be held in

Valley W«.r« n XMOcUUon d.-j ^ 0 r^ir , ^

parts

it comof the

are to be awarded

folk song,

on the proconvention,

Indiana day. prizes

in an Indiana song eon-

A prize of $100 is offered for the best ■ ong. and *100 for the best art song. Thd prise songs are to be sung on Indiana

<*hy.

LEBANON—Judge Parr, of the Boone circuit court, sentenced Harry Voorhis. of this dty. to the Indiana Reformatory Saturday for one to fourteen years. He was convicted of grand larceny by a Jury. Voorhis was one of a gang which stole clover seed the farm of David C. Price, a farmer south of Lebanon, and from the local Haute, Indianapolis A Eastern traction freigbthouse. The seed was sold to an elevator near Pike, in the north part c the county. Elsa Harmon, another member of the gang, ha* been in the reformatory for several weeks. v / CRAWFORDSVILLE—Dr. A. R. Roes, of Lafayette, and Dr. Carl D. Lucas, of Indianapolis. Vert the principal speakers at a meeting of the Ben-Hur Dental Society here. The society* is composed of dentists of Parke. Montgomery. Fountain and Boone counties. Dr. Ross spoke on the “Business Side of Dentistry/’ while Dr. Lucas discussed “New Dais on Pul pies* Teeth.” Dr. E. S. Eubank, of Kingman, led the diacussipn on the paper by Dr. Ross. The annual all-day outing of the society will be held in July si the Crawfordarille Country Club, five mile* west of the dty. i

any committee or delsfmtes, but would negotiate with each man individually. They also refused to arrant the demand for a closed shop. The first trouble growing out of ths situation arose Saturday ntg^it, when John Collins, a nonunion factory employe, was arrested and fined 92s and costs on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. It was- charged that Collins had threatened to shoot union man. with whom He had been

aryuing.

Those coal prices may be inexcusable. but they are expected to be paid In real money just the aarne.

TO PROTECT PROFESSION. Music Teachers’ Will Discuss New Legislation at Convention. — [Special to The Indianapolis News] RICHMOND. Ind., April 10.—In addition to the routine business sessions and the recitals at the convention of the Indiana Music Teachers’ Association. which will open here tomorrow, proposed legislation for the protection of the profession will be discussed. Ralph C. Sloane. of Richmond, president of the association, said that If the profession ef teaching music was to be brought to the high standard of some other professions, it would be necessary to have its membership protected against inferior teachers. It to proposed that the general assembly of Indiana shall be asked to enact a law which would provide the registration and examination of all teachers of music. The law would provide that a special comraieeion created by the association examine all candidates for licenses. L. N. Hines, state superintendent of public Instruction, will be here to attend one of the sessions of th# convention and he wiU make aa address.

’’Showsafsr’ Huh I

[ft. Wayne News and Senttosl] Of course. It was not expected or hoped by the friends of General Wood th>mt he would carry Illinois, ths boos of Governor Lowdsn. and the effort there was merely for the purpose of establish lag a second choice. This tion of Governor Lowden’s managers. They must acknowledge that General Wood Is ths second choice ef their 'state- i. ^..

EVANSVILLE—In memory of Evansville and Vender burg county soldier*, who gsv# their lives to the world war. trees were planted Monday in Sunset park tons and mors will be planted Tuesday. • In all.-eighty-eight trees win be put out. Fortyeight will be Norway maple, twenty sugar maple and the remaining twenty .pin oak.) For each tree, a shield wifi be supplied by the - Funkhou*er Post. American Legion, bearing the name of the soldier and his military record. Later fitting exercises will be held at which an address will be delivered

by s national official of the legion.

LA WHENCE BUR0—A jury in the Dear born circuit court, which heard the test!mony in the case of Oscar G. Burnett, a farmer who Bvee in Sparta township, against the Baltimore A Ohio Southwestern Railroad Company, awarded 91.000 damages to Burnett. He sued for a Judgment of 910.000. Barnett, driving -* team and wagon, was struck by a freight train at the Cold Springs crossing several months ago. He alleged that hi* spine was injured..., Dr. James A. Wood burn, head of the history department, of Indiana University, delivered an address bsfore the Franklin County (Indiana) Univarsity Alumni Asso-

ciation hers Saturday evening! |

COLUMBUS—At s Joint meeting of the Bartholomew and Shelby county commissionw. hers Saturday. » petition wia grant*I tor the Hendrickson road on the Uim between the two counties The Bartholomew and Decatur county commissioner*, who also met to Joint meeting to this dty. ordered the Talkington read, on a Une between the two eeuntiaa, adrertteed. The Bartholomew county board granted petition# for the Newsom and Harris roads id Bartholomew eoun-&-•--A jury heard th£ evidence in the 910,000 damage suit of Mrs. Mary X. Ben nett, of Jadteos county, against the W. T. Thompson Veneer Company, of Edinburg, to SK8S rs. ^fo.’S^Tysa? SUV z which rise wye driving wae hit by an auto mobile driven by an employe of the veneer company.... The Columbus Woman’s Frsnqhto* League, whldh has been to existence tor sight years, wee disbanded at the regureorganization meeting. The new organfsatton will have representative* from each township in the county Twenty-right di-

rectors and officer* win he elected.

ANDERSON—The Miami Reserve district opoteenee of the- Chriettan (Newlighti church doeed a four-day eesrion here tunfs. 2“|. &

jpw 0 w * a*. MASmmXKm sIMy

rward movement, discussed the quota of

W. Fisher, of Pittsburg.’. .~David’w~l£2! vived by a widow, one son and two too ® L ? r0 2P- Ind ' I®—Mrs. Altha MeUnda Binraman age eighty-five. until recently a resident of Marion, died at the home

Wllham H. B;ngaman. of this ' was buried beside that of

chapel, four miles soute^of^Kokorno^Sun-

day afternoon.

TERRE HAUTE, lid., April 19,—Mim

feVAN9 VILLE,

April 19.—Joseph -three, one of the

export* in

1 known safe combination

s^part of the'state, tot dead of paralysi*

Ind.,

eighty

be*t known

this part of ,. w „,

at his home here. He was a native' of Germany, and came here twenty-one year* ago. He is survived ’by a widow and five children Mrs. Rose Kreipke, age sixty-three, is dead at her home in Evansville. The hotly will be cent to New Harmony for burial. .. .Joseph Rollet, age sev-enty-nine. i* dead at his home in the lower Mt. Vernon road near the dty. Ha w born in Alsace-Lorraine, and cam# America with hi* parents when ha w twelve years old. He i* survived by widow, two sons and three daughters. ROCKPORT. Ind., April 10 —Louis Davis, a former resident of Hammond town-

ship. Spencer county, -is

of his son ’ ”

be brought

vived by two sons

LEBANON. Ind.. April 19—Richard T. Pinnell. age seventy-two., died Saturday at th* home of hi* brother-in-law, W. H/Nlckerson. to tbl* dty. He was s native of Ken-

wsd into Mime* OS that adarf m war* Uhs s duet, end leaves

love behind.

long ago

And winnowed WTilch taken

but

Hither Felidty Both climb to me. ‘ryr One grosbeak, too. mid apple bode s guest With bud red breast. sinsf fifth eg*.

SCRAPS

ner resident oi Hammond townser county, is dead st the home at Paducah, FTy. The body will . here for burial. He Jm sur-

tucky. but was reared in this county, where him are € sitter. .... -. hslf-brother. Julius W. Pinnell. of Indl-

spent

ing hl#n

vtijo (-uunhj« witrrw entire life, Surviv-, Irs. Betts Black, and

anapok*.

^LOGANSPORT. Ind.. April 10-—Daniel W. Clary, axe fifty-five, died at his home near here Saturday after aa attack of asthma which lasted only a_ few hourt. He is survived-by a widow and three children. „ V 1 WASHINGTON. Ind.. April 10.—Mr*. Catherine Baches, age ninety-five, a pioneer of this county, died of Infirmities Saturday. Previous to her death, there were five living tiona in the Bsckes family. Mr#,

bom

Backes 'was born' in Germany to l'826, and SsTfindtog at U $frw York after a*seventyj two-day voyage across the Atlantic in a sail boat. They came direct to _ Washington, and lived here continuously after I

rival Thomas G. -

at hi# home here

i widow and beth Dagley. died Saturday

Flynn, age fifty-nine. nd riSSf'chUdrei.'T tr. widow of James ly at her home la

MUNCIE Ind.. April 19—Thomas W.

twelvs years, is dead of ■

au acre, as (2m site for a •rhooi win be sreeted^riMChest'rpsz r/^r-a wjl's (he district eeboois of Lafayette township. Anderson township to preparing to mem* Stetson district schooto brio four districts, with new, modern buildings for each dsstr rt It to beteved that rich tv-one one-room district school bunding* ia Madison county will be ruminated to two years. .. .Oscar H. Guilkey. district superintendent of Mate od. petrols for (he Pendleton pike Pendleton to Anderson sad the Ale*-. , ntke between Anderson sad AI Mr. Guilkey will superrtee ISO tie road* in Madison and adj< ea. He ha* five army trucks sad i gs sod scrapers for repair wortt. STOTON—Extensive preparations £2 aj-jranSSS tty Win sestet to th* enter-

Blaine Goodricn. ootn oi wuncu daughters. Mrs. George Pickerel!. ED 0 ThSwf-aiK

Saturday

lowing

young woman, young business • graduate of

member

social all her

Pickerel!, of Muncie.

Betqa.,.. who i -

StSlE? v

man ox this dty. She was t o- efi

or,.m!,llon. .nd h»l Ured 1» Xunot.

p me. rifiT mnmuun was j

NOBLESVILLR. Ind

Edwards.-#*»

st

survived by

not known

April 10.—Tbomaa

of heart disease

hte^hoSE intois'^ritv "sa^ued^ nif noma m ini* city saturaiiy. He i*

age forty-seven, to deed at her home north

lor „

of this oity from the effeots tion of several weeks ago. A

the following children survive; Hffi. and Mrs. LotoMillen of Cicero; Frank

sad Clara. Leone and

Miller and Mrs. Lola M Wiles, of Arcadia, ai Mabel Wiles, st home.

»! M(jg. Cor*

RUSHVILLE Try* April ip - - v mg gaturda** Stor^a ^prtJloSii'* 1 honw her * survived by a widow iu Mrs. Mirian Dailey age

ItliMfi

piSto*igid* t iitoLJ5 0,,i i her * on Md five 'children**,

died of ursemic pdiMtefl

home In this city, husband and sen

died st an Indianapolis hospital of mjarias she received e few weeks ego by felling out of bed, wee brought to this dty end buried in the Oreendeto cemetery 8w

two, wife of Irs r hem. were held Pleeeant church children survive. ■ caqcer of the liver.

April 19.—Funeral i Mean* age forty pax ■ was caused by

attached to toe Chine, end Mre. Mrs. George T

legation falter Sisson. Wa Beebe, of AalJM j al will take piece The body wiU be tel

Canada's first lumber export to Franco in l«<7. All tbo grroat historical-diamonds of ths andante cams from India. Ths water of the Dead sea has d«ht times as much salt as ths ocean. The highest elevation of Denmark | proper a# 900 foot above sea lovoL 1 More than 1,000 families living in and near Greensburg. Pa., are raising t rabbits to avoid paying tbo high] prices asked for other meats. To relieve ths hand of ths man! forced to become a strap-hanger Iu a crowded car a New Jersey"inventor j has patented a hooked wristlet. By a new invention, it Is posslblsl to speak a message Into a telephone^ receiver and have it recorded on a Phonograph record at tho other end of ths line. g g J The weaving of a genuine 'eoslM mere shawl of ordinary pattern occupies three weavers for thr« months, and tho more elaborate ant coetly. from twelve to fifteen month* Al Bhartol, who for fifty-four year has shined shoes in Dayton, O., at th* rats of 10,000 pairs a year, boasts] that he has blacked ths boots of thre« Presidents—xleyes, Cleveland end McKinley. While nightmare is said to bs capable of causing death to a physical!] weak adult, this has nqvsr been] known to happen to a child; yet chll-1 dren ars more subject jtp niKhtmare| than adults. i Owing to the high price of cotton,] of which staple It has mors, than on* and three-quarter million acres undei cultivation. Egypt Is today a richer country than It has boon sines th* days of ths Pharaohs. Mike, a veteran firs horse, sold by the fire department at Muskegon,! Mich., to ths water department, re-J fuses to work unless his driver weari a fireman’s uniform. Now ths drivel ,wears a fireman’s coat and cap, Aft* Mike is satisfied. The chief of the Bertillon bureau oi the Buffalo police department sayj that the government ought to regist the finger prints of everybody in tl United States. There would bo sfl many advantages in this, he say* that no good citisen would be willlr to be unregistered. The tomato is a nativs of South America and was Introduced into Europe by the Spanish in 15*8. In the United States prior to 1*90 it wa* called love-apple, a translation of ths] French name pomme d’amour. Th* /English word tomato is derived from the Spanlsh-American tomato. No Paisley shawl has been woven since 1990, when the beautiful shawls went out of fashion and none is likely ever to leave ths looms’again. Ths shawl had its origin in ths ambition of the Paisley weavers to produce on ths loom the amaxingly elaborate patterns wrought by ths noedls, of ths Cashmere shawls that had beet* sent home from the east by Scottish officers and traders, and they surpassed their models. About one-fourth of tho United States, or 650,000,000 acres, is in forests. Forests publicly owned contain about one-fifth of all the timber atandlng. The remaining four-fifths is privately owned. The original forests of ths country covered an area of 950,000,000 acres, and contained a greater quantity and variety of timber than on any aria of similar siss in the world. The present rate of cutting for all purposes exceeds the annual growth of ths forests. In 1*03 a scientific mart named Drummond discovered one solitary aronia plant in the wooda of St. Tammany parish, Louisiana, and it is cherished today at the Arnold arboretum. Now Harvard has written to New Orleans asking to have Louisiana searched again for the rare growth, and the New Orleans Garden Society has offered a prise of 55 for the discovery of another aronia plant. Harvard also wants Louisiana searched for a certain variety of ash, discovered near New Orleans about a century ago, and never seen before or

sines.

The following is giVen in ths Bos-

ton Globs as means of foretelling ths weather: "A gray, lowering sunset, or one where the sky is green or yellowish green, indicates rain. A red .sunrise, with clouds lowering later in ths morning, also indicates rain. A halo occuring after fine weather indicates a storm. A corona growing •mailer indicate, rain; growing larger, fair weather. A morning rainbow i« regarded os a sign of rain; an evening rainbow of fair weather. A deep blue color,of the «kF, even when •een through cloud* indicate, fair weather; a growing whjtsne**. an approaching etorm. Fog. indicate aettied weather. A morning foft usually breaks away before noon. Unusual clearness of the atmosphqre unu.ual ll£t frost are usually preceded by

temperature very much above

s

re norms

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS M 1 "

z toon two it to emeu

bushel* of hard coal dart?—Firs quantities with coal. - A Subscriber—Doe# th* maintain a public h< No. unless they are L. H. »—To wtw oerning the oceupan meat lands?—Gener ment of th* interior. 0. J. J —In what Kin Hubbard l women, one a homebody, to ”

14. 19*0

t*, D.-—to th see soy ftMftsf writing s letter, provreec torn ooatms senson who reed* only English?—ho. H. G.—Kevins r*md shout th* gnat past whom should I write about it7—Freak N. Wallace, state entomologtet, SUteboue*. todisaapotto. _. ' . / i ■

frame *"*2

1907. we the mat?

f March 31 April Sure In eoeae s

, 10 derree* and stayed oaoo ot April 1. I

Women Eliminate

•tvs

[Special to The Indianapolis News) COLUMBUS, Ind . April It. I acre tract of land, two miles this city, on which

waa sold al an here Saturday George Daum for

erty wos„a part

Hen;

•nry Wolt

reached 9

bidders,

time until th#

After,

It, *>>.

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