Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 April 1920 — Page 1

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Monthly Average of

Must Be 570 Thermal Units.

Quality

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LEGION GET-TOGETHER.

Ralph D. Cale to Addrews First Bip

Gather!■« Sawday Aftensoon. Ex-service men of Marion county

wili hold their flrat big get-together meeting in the Riley room of the Clapool hotel Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o clock. Ralph D. Cole, of Findiay, O.. former Heeutenant-colonel in the 37th dvision overseas, will be the speaker. The Marion county Americanism committee of the American Legion, of which J. J. Swan is chairman. will be in charge of the meeting.

Commanders of each post of the

M Legion in the county have sent letRULES REGARD NG SERVICE i t«rs to the post members arsing them , w j not to be A. W. O. L-. and declaring

that the Legion's Americanism pro

Actioo of the Public Service Commission Effective May 1— Applies to State-

A new gas heat standard of 570

gram, which will be discussed, should be held of the greatest importance by

each Legion member.

A drum corps of Indianapolis Boy Scouts, in the charge of F. O. Belser. scout executive, will give a twentyminute program in front of the hotel. ; Just prior to the meeting. Four numbers will be played by an orchestra in

EASTERN STRIKERS SEEK ASSISTANCE

Ask Mayors of Jersey Cities to Intercede With Roads in Behalf of Idle Men.

T

PLAYIN’ NO FAVORITES

FREIGHT EMBARGO LIFTED

New York Central Releases Large Quantities of Merchandise Consigned to the West.

XEW YORK, April 24.—Hopes

British thermal heat units a cubic f"rmcr rst*s«rgeant*'vr* 1 S iead ! a °f striking railroad workers in the

foot of artificial gas is established for Indiana in an order of the Public Service Commission issued today. The order contains also many rules governing gas company service. It will be printed for distribution soon. The commission has been working ou th« rules for nearly two years and they are said to contain regulations based on the most approved and, prac-

.h, , u .rn,

of gas to vary from the standard to a maximum of <09 and a minimum of S40 B. T. V. but the monthly average must be »?9 B. T. U. Table of VartattoM. It tits monthly average falls to B. T. V. the rate paid by the consumer Is to be only It per cent, of the regular gae price a 1.000 cubic feet. A table of variations from the regular bill as the monthly average falls below the standard fe set up in The order Is affective May I. Ever since the war began Indiana has been

program of songs,

the t Cole.

The remainder of

_ ^ a

the meeting will be given ever to Mr.

INDIANA TOTAKEl CENTER DF STAGE

State Likely Factor That Will Determine Republican Presi-

dential Nomination.

v-e

New York-Jersey City district to regain their jobs with the seniority ratings taken from them by the railroad managers centered today, on a conference at Atlantic City of j strike leaders with mayors of sev- » eral New Jersey cities who were . Tasked to intercede for the men. Determination to seek the aid of the Jersey mayors wa* reached by the strikers yesterday after the Railroad Managers’ Association of New Ybrk had twice turned down requests for rescinding of the ultimatum under which strikers who failed to report by last Sunday lost their seniority. Railroad officials indicated today

SPEECHES BEFORE PRIMARY

acC the old

having been abandoned as impractical under modern operating conditions.

Charge te Coaouaier.

A table showing what per cent, of the regular price for 1,94# cubic feet of gas ths cofhpany may charge a consumer. If It tdilm to maintain a monthly average of less than MO B. From°6*0 B. T. V. to and including 550 B. T. U„ tl per cent-: from 5*0 to 540, M per cent., from 540 to 520, *4 per cent.; from 520 to 520, 02 per cent; from 520 to 510. 00 per cent.; from 510 to 500, 00 per cent.; from 590 to 400. 80 per cent.; from 400 to 480, II per cent; from 4S0 to 470, 80 per cent.; from 470 to 400, 75 per cent.: from 400 to 050. 70 per cent.; from 45© to 440. 00 per cent.; from 440 to 430. 50 per cent.; from 430 to 420, 25 per cent,; from 420 to 410. 20 per cent.; from 410 to 400. nothing. Th* rules provide that when the monthly average B. T. V. is lose than standard, but not low enough to rebate consumers, the company may be ired. on approval by the commie-

to pay a ■ within

pproval b; kssv

to the munlel

operates.

Juriedletlen Over Service. The commission In tho order recognises that it has Juriadtctton but it passes primary Jurisdiction over aervioe to municipal governments, and will eaerclse only appellate jurlsdic-

t :ot<

Other provisions of the oyder are

summarised as follows Oas oomi."“*‘ '

deposit but

they

It.

Main Conteat Apparently Between Leonard Wood and Hiram Johnson—Scheme te Split Vote.'

Ohs liompanfqs may require s meter

s outlook, is 'fete^SS^of

placed meters ary 1»

The »»

extension

Is equaled

of JHPV X. ' , . L — overcharges

meters,

. The eo

Indiana, often the pivotal state of national elections, and perhaps the factor that will determine the Republican nomination for President this year, will be in the national spotlight all of next week and until the results of the presidential primary election. May 4. become known. Scores of speeches will be made by the four contenders for presidential preference and by others who will

•peak in their behalf.

After April 27. when the Ohio and New Jersey primaries will be held. Indians will command almost undivided interest. California sharing a Jlttle because of the primary of that state on the same day as the Indiana primary and bacause of the contest in California between Hiram Johnson

and Herbert Hoover. Wm* aaS Jakaaoa.

Aa the Indisna primary campaign draws to a close. It has become apparent to those who have kept advised. that the main contest is between Leonard Weed and Hiram Johnson, as It has been <n other

primary states. While Warren Frank O. Lowden

and some followers, the

that neither te likely

any great popular you „

their workere has been that tha vote could be divided up in such a way as to keep any candidate, and especially Wood from getting a majority. For this reason they welcomed and encouraged Johnson, who did not file in the nilnoia primary and who did not file in Ohio, but Is co-operat-Ing with the Harding forces in Ohio by letting Harding candidates for delegate use him as second choice.

Plurality Deavsad.^

But with the development of a popular demand that the Indiana delegates support the plurality candidate because otherwise party harmony would be endangered, the futility of the scheme to apiit the vote haa so Impressed Republicans who had been In favor of Lowden or Harding that some of them have already declared that they will not throw their votes away by supporting candidates having no prospect of carrying the state, but will use their influence and votes to deterptine whether Wood or Johnson shall have the support of the thirty delegates to the national convention Wood. Harding. I,owden and Johnson will all address the voters of Indiana next week, and some of them will speak on May 2. the day before the primary. Excepting Tuesday, when Wood will apeak in Pittsburg, he will devote hie entire time to Indiana up to the day of the primary.

Wood Arrive* Meadsy.

He will arrive in Indianapolis Monday at « o'clock in the morning, and after taking breakfast at the Union station will go by automobile to Danville, where he will make a short speech about 8 o'clock in the morning. Then he goes to Greencastle by automobile, where he * will epoak about 0:30. From Greencastle he goes by tnterurban to Brasil for a short speech at about 10:30. Then he goes to Sullivan by way of Terre

Haute.

He expressed a desire to epoak at Sullivan because it is the home of Will H. Hays. Republican national chairman. He will be there about 2 p. m.. and will go from there to Vlncinnee for a short speech about 4:30 in the afternoon. At Vincennes ho will take a train for Evansville, where he will speak Monday night in the Soldiers and Sailors' Coliseum.

Return* «• Ft. Wayne.

Returning from Pittsburg to Ft. Wayne, he will go to Bluffton by interurban, and after a short stay there, will go on to Marion for a sptech there shortly before noon. In the afternoon he will appear at Lo- | gr.nsport. Peru. Wabash, and Hurt-

The same system and I fngton and will wind up the day

address at Ft. Wayne, he will speak at VTl-

P..II M

said that th

)a live irsars by the gross revenue to be derived from the extensions. An Arrangement Is made far the return of money advanced to the company by persons who wish extensions. If the extensions prove ramttneraUv^o tbs V °Th«r commission recommends that each municipality place an apparatus whereby it msr observe tbs quality of gaa, degree of pressure and such other standards as ere required of Certain maximum and minimum preset.res In the mains »re to be maintained each day. Teste are rewind .< (..nod.

Te*«lag *f Meter*.

‘revisions are mads for th* testing meters and for the refunding of

that they would Ignore any overtures made on behalf of the strikers by the Jersey mayors, asserting that the strikers could return only as new employee. Places of miny of the atrikers already had been Piled, it was asserted. and traffic was declared to be fast returning to normal. The New York Central railroad today announced that th* embargo on westbound freight, in effect since the unauthorised strike of railroad workera began, had been raised, releasing for westward movement large quantities of merchandise held here for

western purchasers.

GOVERNMENT’S NEXT MOVE.

ts

Official* in Dilemma Following De-

Aance of Cleveland Striker*.

CLEVELAND,, April 24.—Government officials here today faced the dilemma of either backing down from the ultimatum issued yesterday or arresting approximately 1.500 strikers and thus continuing the strike in jail. Threat of arrest made by John Sawen, of the department of justice, ff the men did not return to work, was met with defiance at meetings yesterday and last nifcht. The men •greed unanimouely to go to jail rather then return toi, work before

their demands are met.

The ultimatum was placed before the men by F. J. O’Rourke, president of the Cleveland Yardmen’s AssociatloiC and later by each of the system

chai rmen.

District Attorney Ed S. Wertx, who authorised the presentation of the ultimatum, would not say early today what the government’s 'next move would be. it was understood, however. that If the men are arrested they will be released providing they return to their swdtches. because of the difficulty of the railroads in oi>-

G. Harding and Ulnlng new' men to fill the vacancies, have organisations-«*’4*fficials of the department of Jus-

in Washington asserted thst the Ultimatum was entirely unauthorised.

New England States Highly Favorable to His Candidacy for President.

CITY’S POPULATION 0VENA$314,194 Census Returns Place Indiana, polis Increase at 34.05 Per Cent. Over Figures of 1910,

SOLID VOTE IS PROBABLE gain | N f EN y EARS

If There lo an Exception It Will Be Connecticut Where Brandegee Represents Cabal.

A NlFTV UTTUfc COPTUMfc MAY BE

made, tre Etc*.

wiluAm*I'-- •

11 SERIM-COST PLAN

COMMISSION JURISDICTION AND INTERURBAN CHARGE.

SEI FOR NEXT TUESDAY

INDICTMENT AGAINST RAY IS INj FIVE COUNTS, i

CAPPED AGAIN OPENS

SENATOR QUOTES FIGURES ON COTTON EARNINGS.

because of incorrect

i company m*v make a charge for turning on gas If It has t urned off f*»* for nonpayment of a bill. Ths company may charge tl for disconnecting and reconnecting a gas supwhen a gas consumer changes lo-

more than once In a year, commission worked out the

In connection with the Indiana

League, the Indiana Gas and the national bureau Is. It has Included in th*

order, however, some regulations not agreed on by each of the co-operating organisations, Paul P. Haynea member of the eommlaaion, principally waa In charge of experiments conducted in working out the rules. H. O. Carman, chief engineer for the commission, directed the technical

work.

GARDEN LOTS PLOWED. Aaseelatfo* Wilt Do Work m Apfcll-

rattoa »• Harry Miemw.

The Patriotic .Gardeners* Association will take care of the plowing of all small garden lots in Indianapolis, on application to it within the next weak. Harry Miesae. director, haa

aannunoed. :

the same charges for plowing in effect last year will agate

Mr. Mi esse

asks that teamsters desiring

Continusd on Rags Two.

tured by

1; lot 50x150 feet. M 12.55; lot 20x150

according to a dispatch received here. No order has been issued since the attorney-general Inatructed district attorneys that whenever they found ayldehca to warrant prosecutions of strikers they should be proceeded against under the terras of the Lever

act. the officials said.

ROADS claim big gains. •tepmrt -Derided Break” I* Striker*’ Rank* I* Chicago. CHICAGO. April 24.—A "decided break in the ranks of the striking switchmen” was reported today by th# Western General Managers’ Association. representing twenty-seven roads in the Chicago district. Three hundred and fifty man returned to work, bringing the total number who have returned since the ■trikey began to 1.035. the managers’ statement said. Movement of live stock, meat and coal continued normal, the railroad executives added. Forty-two strike leaders, artested last week for conspiracy to violate the Laver act were arraigned before a Luted States commissioner and their cases continued until May v 3. John Orunau and Harold Reading, preside nti of the two •outlaw'* unions, were among those arraigned. The statement from the railroad managers I says: “The number of switching crews In service today was 651 as compared to 530 yeeterday and the normal to-

tal of 7*5.

“In addition to the other roads which have served ultimatums on the striker*, the Baltimore A Ohio Chicago terminal lines announced today that alLtnen on strike after 3 a. m. Monday will lose their seniority. , * Strikers Deny I. W. W. Plan. COLUMBUS. O.. April 24.—The Columbus Yardmen's Association, composed of tailroad workers who are on strike hewf. today issued a statement Continued on Page Two-

WALKER lES DESIGNS AS RAILROAD DIREM

FRANCHISE IS DISCUSSED

Two points engaged the principal —William Ray. colored.

attention of the public service commission today at the closing of its hearings on the proposal of the city of Indianapolis to have th% Indianapolis Street Railway Company operate bts system on a service-at-

cost plan.

One point was the duration of the commissions jurisdiction over the company and the other was the amount of money interuruan companies should pay the city company for using its tracks. Samuel Ashby, corporation counsel. and Woodburn Masson, an attorney. stood for a jurisdiction of the commission only until the pompany is able to make money with the franchise fare of 6 tickets for 25 cents in effect. They also urged that the interurban companies pay the city company more money. Existence of Franchise.

SPECIAL VENIRE'IS ORDERED

afclA'MBsethe Marion

teen, was indicted by the

county grand jury today on a charge of murder In the first degree. His trial in criminal court was set for next Tuesday by Judge James A. Collins. He was indicted as William Ray. alias William Hart. The indictment, which was returned after the jury had been in session less than two hours, is in five counts. It charges that Ray killed Martha Huff, fourteen, on or about April 21, by stabbing her with a knife. It is charged in the indictment thaj: the murder was committed in the perpetration of a criminal assault. The murder was done with -premeditated malice, it is

charged.

Venire of 150 Mea.

Judge Collins ordered ’the county jury commissioners to draw a special venire of 150 men for prospective jury service in the case. Ray will be arraigned before the selection of the jury is begun. Judge Collins directel Frank A. Symmes, county attorney for

the poor, to ag^ear for Ray.

Sentence

pronounced on

Ferdinand Winter and H. H. Hornbrook. counsel for the company, asserted that the franchise no longer exists. TRhey took no position on the

amount of mcney to be paid bv in- R a y at once. If he is cbnvicted, Judge terurban companies, but insisted that Collins said. The state will demand the whole plan not be held up until the death penalty for the negro, that point is determined. Witnesses for the prosecution in Mr. Ashby insisted that the city 1 the case, as named in the indictment, company be permitted to raise no I are Chauncey Manning, supervisor of

Continued on Page Ten.

Continued on Page Two.

WINS AGAINST IWRE 96,500 AUTOS WILL BE DELAY IN RAIL WAGES: MADE IN GUY THIS YEAR

FIREMAN’S LEADER ASKS “LIVING” PAY FOR MEN.

AT LABOR BOARD HEARING

PRESIDENT ACCEPTS TENDER OF FEDERAL ADMINISTRATOR.

EFFECTIVE DATE MAY 15

. lot feet.

CAILLAUX IS SET FREE I; AND G0ES1DHIS HOME

35 cents addiUona^>r each t lea^hanTuSO*yii^bc muhe |

MINERS CUT WAGE DEMAND.

SAYS THAT HE WILL NOT BE PARIS MAY 1.

teat.

NEW

t*ty se Schedule.

P.,; CONVICTED BY THE SENATE

WASHINGTON. April 24—Walker D. Hines, director-general of railroads. has resigned and his resignation haa been accepted by President

Wilaon. effective May 15.

Much work in liquidating the affaire of the railroad administration will remain after May 15 and a aucceeeor to Mr. Hines will be named,

i Max Thelen, In charge of the

‘department, probably will r*e apIN pointed- He is understood to be Mr. Hines's choice and it was said today at the White House'that the retiring director-general would name his own

successor.

April 34.—A reduction PARIS. April 24 —Joseph Caillaux.

of approximately 59 j former premier, who Thursday was per cent, wa* made today by repre- j convicted by the high court of the

sentatlves of anthracite n*ine work- ; senate of

and correspond-

ers on the subcommittee of miners j ence with the enemy, has been set

and.

ting a new j free. He arrived at his home in Paris for the hard t^in afternoon. He was accompanied

for shorter reduced and ‘ on until

ration,

asked a *0 for contract raise for day

to corgranted

presidenamounted contract workers

by his wife and several- friends, m. Caillaux refused to make a statement saying only that be would not be In Paris May 1. The former premier was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, his time spent in confinement pending his trial being deducted: ft,* years’ banishment and ten year*' uss of civil

rights.

WASHINGTON. April 24—Warning against further delay in settling the wage demands of the 2,00.099 railroad I workers of fhe country. Timothy Shea, vlde-president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, told the raif;road labor board today that the men !“were fed up on promises, and dogtired of delays.” Mr. Shea presentod the demands of the firemen and hostlers for a basic living wage of |6.50 a day, with differentials for skill, responsibility, experience and the increaae in the cost of living since the demands were first presented last

June.

He told the board that the lessons to be learned from the steel, coal and railroad strikes was that “men will not work when they can not live decently on the wages they are paid.” Repeat* Worker*’ Declaration. When he had urged the striking railroad men in the eastern terminal* to return to work Shea said their almost universal justification for striking was that they and their families were starving at work and they “might just as well starve not work-

. Ing.” <

j “We were patriotic.” he said i ywhile the thousands and tens of I thousands of war millionaires were | being created. We have been pa-

1 tie ‘ '** -

VALUE OF INDIANAPOLIS OUTPUT PLACED AT $167,337,500.

SURVEY OF THE INDUSTRY

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Approximately 99,500 automobiles will be produced by the ten motor car industries of Indiafaapoiis this year, and the total sales value of these machines will be approximately 1167,237,509. said B. A. Worthington, chair- | man of the industries committee of the Indianapolis Chamber of Com- j merce, today. His statement was based on a survey of the automobile industries made by Myroi\ R. Green, director of the bureau of industry. Wm Mea Employed. Other statistics compiled as a result of the survey show that approximately 12.399 men are employed in the manufacture of motor cars and that the capital inveated in the factories is about 124,900.900. The value of automobiles to be exported by Indianapolis factories this year is estimated at $5,445,000. Approximately 2,758,000 square feet of floor space 1* devoted to the manufacture of pas-

senger cars.

The figures do not include capital invested by accessory and parts manufacturers and the value of their products does not enter into the sta-

tistics. #

“I do not believe any dhe in Indianapolis had any idea of the magnitude of our automobile Industry until these statistics were compiled,** Mr. Worthington said. “The highest estimate placed by prominent business men on the vakie of automobiles to ! be manufactured during the year was $50,000,099. This shows that the most

REVEALS TRUST PROFITS

The Indianapolis News Bure**, 38 Wyatt BoUdinc. WASHINGTON. April 24.—“Respectfully referring” to AttorneyGeneral Palmer facts which he had collected to show that the United States Is* a “robbers’ roost,” Senator Arthur Capper, of Kansas, today declared In the senate that this country is going through an era of “Rampant, long continued and unrestricted profiteering.” Senator Capper declared at the out set that if the department of justice would enforce the laws and send the profiteers to jail, instead of “pursuing them with steakless Thursdays prices would soon tumble. The proof of the profiteering, he declared, is in the margin of profit of great corporations, and he said that every one knew that their profits had never been greater nor their “gre more insatiable.” Senator Capper paid particular attention to the earnings of cotton mills and insisted that speculatlfin in cotton and cotton goods ha* been “open, flagrant and scandalous.” The spread between the farm price of cotton and the price of cotton goods to the consumer had been shown to be 1.899 per cent, by a senate Investigation, he declared. Corpormtl***’ Earnings. Many of the large corporations in the United States, such as the American Hide and Leather Company, the woolen trust, the cotton trust, the steel trust, the United States Fruit Oompany, the Tobacco Products corporation, the Manhattan Shirt Company, the United Drug Company, the American Linseed Oil Company, and others were referred to specifically by Senator Capper. He declared that facts in regard to the exorbitant earnings of those corporations had been published. Senator Capper declared that If th* law enforcement officers of th4 government could not enforce the law* they should resign “and let men who can take their places.” Declaring that the proof of profiteering was in the margin of profit, the senator said that in ot^e year Continued on Pag* Two-

BIGH.C.DEL PROTEST

THOUSANDS WATCH DENIM-AND-PATCHES PARADE.

ly James P. Rora*4sy. fttoff Cerrespewleat of The India ns polls News! BOSTON, April 24.—Leonard Wood ts the choice of the people of New England for President. No one, not even men who ardently favor some other candidate of the Republicans, questions the accuracy of this statement. At the outset ! he will, according to present indications, be voted for by at least sixty of the eighty-seven delegates f-T>m the states of Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Most of the politicians up this way expect to see him get the solid New England vote, with the exception of that of Connecticut, after the first or second ballot. Some persons have expressed surprise that more of the N#\v England states have not instructed for Wood. The explanation is that it has been the custom to send uninstructed delegates and It was not deemed advisable to deviate from that rule this year. New Hampshire Instructs. New Hampshire, the home state of th* general, haa instructed. The Maine delegation is made up of active Wood men and could not be more loyal to him under instructions. Vermont does not choose delegates until May 18, but the sentiment in the state is so overwhelmingly for Wood that no other candidate has asked for support. Connecticut, where Republican boss rule Is supreme, is not for Wood. This means that the delegates are being advised by Senator Brandegee that they are no*, to pledge themselves to the New England favorite. Senator Brandegee is a part of the senatorial cabal which Imagines it will be .able to pick a candidate of it* own particular liking. If an attempt is made by the inner circle of the party to bestow the nomination on some candidate other than Wood the Connecticut delegates will in all probability help promote that plan. Ob* of the Irvecoacllables. As an irreconcilable on the peace treaty Senator Brandegee Is anxious to see the national convention approve the course of that group of senators; the delegates from the state will, if the opportunity shall offer, vote for a platform plank praising the irreconcilables. But there is a fixed determination in another direction that no such opportunity shall be offered. If the national organisation can have its way, and it believes It can, the platform will indorse the tresty with the Lodge*reservations. Rhode Island is thinking of Wood only. The ten delegates from that state, it is asserted, will be for him "first, last and all the time.” Here in Massachusett* the prlmaries are to be held next Tuesday, the same day New Jersey and Ohio vote. Interest centers in the various district contest* and in the contests for delegates-at-large. There is not a direct contest being waged between the presidential aspirants. Wood and anti-Wood slates have been put up in scattered congressional districts* Count ob Maay Delegates. The Wood people count on getting from twenty to twenty-four delegate* out of these contests and they have every reason to believe, they say. that after the delegates who feel that they must compliment Governor Calvin Coolidge have done so, Wood will get additional votes. It Is generally agreed that Governor Lowden will have a few votes in the state and that Senator Harding will not,be entirely overlooked. - The Bay state is so rich in Republican statesmanship it. could not be expected to come to a complete agreement in advance on the dele-gates-at-large, but this year there are six candidates for the four places. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, ^former Senator W. Murray Crane, Frederick H. Gillett, Speaker of the house; former Governor Samuel W. McCall, former Lieutenant-Gover-nor Louis A. Frothingham and Edward A. Thurston. The candidates with the exception of McCall have not pledged themselves beyond saying they will vote for Governor Coolld; on the first ballot. McCall has d dared for Herbert Hoover.

Kokomo Return, 30,067, Decatur 4,762, Portland 5,058, Bate* ville 2,361.

GROWTH BY DECADES. The growth of WMS44 la wmpnlatlon la the last decade, haa kaea the greatest actual Increase ta the ten-year period* la the history ef ladlanapolla. It ia latereattag to note that th* per eeat. of taeroaao haa been slightly lower la each sueeeedlag tea-year period except la that endlag la 1900, aad the aetaal Increase Ip popalatloa has beea greater ia each period than the precedlag decade laerease exeept la that endlag la I860. The followtag table she** the popalatloa aad per eeat. of taereaaet Per Cent. Ye,r - Population, laerease. i®*® 814.194 X4.n l* 1 ® *33.6*0 sa.i I®0® 190.194 90.4 1 8*»« 10S.439 40.4 18*0 76.009 66A 187® 49.844 169.8 1®®® ia.911 189.9 199® 9,901 890.9 3»4® 2,998 Increase* at the end of the decades since 1840 have beea aa fellows t 18SO. 6,890) 1890, 16.580, 18T0, 39.9331 1880, 26.812, 199k 30,380; 1900, 63.738, 1910. 94,499, aad 1939, S0.544.

STORES LOWERING PRICES

NEW YORK, April 34.—Thousands of New Yorkers protested against the high cost of clothing today by watching an overalls parade of hundreds. An organized old clothes demonstration centering about Broadway was thoroughly enjoyed by mul titudes watching from the sidewalk

and buildings.

The parade turned out to be in part a demonstration against pro-

hibition.

While elephants in blue denim and chorus girls in automobiles were also in the parade, marchers in patched up trousers and plain overalls were in the majority. Girls in gingham

:umbi

waa not

made public, but it was that the director-general

had desired te return to the practice of law in New York when the roads were returned to private control March 1 and that he had consented to

until the task of liquidation

was well under way.

In accepting Mr Hines’s resignation the President wrote that he could not let the director-general retire without telling him how he had ’ personal! v valued and admired the quite unusual services you have rendered the gov-

ernment and the country.”

Mr. Hines has served with the railroad administration since its creation in December, 1817. He was appointed then as assistant directorgeneral and when Secretary Me tdoo

J? rtlr * te u,e II.

1818. Mr. Hines was made director-

general.

' of unending'",ii '^177'''* j 5»o.ooe.owo. i me snows mat tne most t 5 rtr * almost outnumbered inlv tong en^gh to .k»5^L en T «nthuslastlc boosters for our city do ! by Bin* in overal s.

ery of out government’s promise that

living costs would be reduced.

Strikers Tara to The congress is to be petitioned to pess a resolution asking President Wilson to direct the railroad labor board to bear the complaint of the nonrecognised railroad workers. R. J. Mitchell, of the Chicago Engineuvea’s Association, announced today He aaid letters were being prepared placing their request before senators and representatives from the various districts where the men have quit work. The White House recently rejected a request of the striker* that it intervene to have the board hear their complaints.

anapolis is.*

Twenty-eight Cars a Day.

These figures mean that 240 car* are being made in Indianapolis monthly, or about twenty-eight a day. The figures mean that the value of the output of our ten motor car factories is approximately $13,844,800 a month; $454,820 a day; $18,397 an hour; $322.80 a minute or about $5.38

for every second of the day and night

the current year.

__ motor car factories give direct employment to about 12.200 men.

during

“Our motor car

e current year

Our city owe* mud, of ft* prosperity and growth to the automobile industry. If praaent plans of the comies mature the statistics on ths

ESU

astounding

cr^for ISJl will be svsn more

Cheese Club la the Lead.

Members of the Cheese Club, who introduced New York to the overalls mode, led the parade behind mounted police. Thousands went to Columbus circle In old clothes for ths start of the parade, but preferred to be spec-

tators.

Every class was represented. The well-to-do business man marched shoulder to shoulder with the “white collar boy” of static salary envelope. High school boys and girls, municipal employes, humble cltisens of the lower east side and a Chinese delegation from Mott street had place* In the line, not to mention score* of theatrical stars of both sexes and all Continued on Pago Two.

After the First Ballot. If Is assumed that the four elected out of th* six, unless McCall should win, will after th* first ballot be guided by the wishes of the voters of the state. Thus if Wood does as well in the primaries as hi* friends expect him to the delegates-at-large will support him. With exception, the Republicans of the state accepted Governor Coolldge’s declination to be a candidate at Its face value. The Governor undoubtedly did mean it. for he has not permitted hie friends to do anything in his behalf in his own stats or elsewhere. And yet there are influential members of ths party here who are ■till insisting that the Governor shall be pushed to the front. Senator Lodge ha* just disposed of* the doubt as to whether he will support Coolidge at the convention if the Governor so wishes, by saying: “I told Governor Coolidge last auContlnuod on Page Two.

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(The Indian*poll* New* Bureau, 33 Wjratt Building! WASHINGTON, April 24.—The population of Indianapolis for 1920., as shown by the official returns of the United States census bureau last night, was 314,194. This is an increase of 34.05 per cent, over tho population of 1910, which waa given as 233,650. Ths gain is 80,544. The rapid and yet healthy growth of the city of Indianapolis as shown by the census report was the subject, of comment here today, Indlanapoll* having shown a larger percentage of increase than any city in the United Staten of its slse or larger. Ths increase in population of 60.4 per cent, in the decade from 1890 to 1990, the increase of 88.1 per cent, from 1900 to 1910 and now the Increase of 24.5 per cent, from 1910 to 1920 shows, it Is declared by cenaua officials, that while Indianapolis is not a boom town, it has shown a steady and consistent increase that ha* been shown by few other inland cities. Leads Otkear Cities. The fact that th* percentage of ia^> crease for Indianapolis. 34.6. is greater than that of any city of its class or larger is shown by th* following percentages of increase of citiss of this class; Indianapolis, 34.5; Cincinnati, 19.1; Washington. 32.1; Milwaukee, 22.1; St. Louis. 12.6; St. Paul. 9.2; Minneapolis. 26.2, and New Orleans, 14.3.^ That Indianapolis should have shown a greater increase than Washington, which gained thousands and thousands of government clerks during the war, wa* the subject of some comment and much surprise here. Some of the cities smaller than Indianapolis, for which census figures have been given out, show larger percentages of increase than Indianapolis. Figures comparing the Indianapolis increase with smaller cities follow: Indianapolis, 34.5; Toledo. 44.1; Louisville, 4.9; Syracuse, N. Y., 26.1; Nashville, 7.2; Dayton, 31.1; Memphis 23.8, and Akron. 201.8. Increases at Akron and Toledo are well known to have been due to great industrial booms in those cities. Dayton, however, also had a big industrial boom, but its percentage of increase was not as great as that of Indianapolis despite the fact that IndlaaaContlnusd on Pag* Two.

WEATHER INDICATIONS.

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SMITH BROTHERS TAKE CHARGE OF HOSTELRY.

CONTRACT EXPIRES IN 1922

Local Forecast— Local forecast for Indtanapotls aad vkteity for the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. m. April 36: Partly cloudy tonight, beeonlnr unsettled and warmer Sunday, probably fallowed by rain. Forecast for Indiana: Parity cloudy tonight; probably frost tn northeast pari; fanday cloudy and wanner, probably followed

by rate.

Forecast for Illinois: Pair tn northern part tonight and Sunday; cloudy in south and west part with probably showers, not stack change in temperature, f Forecast tor Kentucky-—Pair tonight: Sunday cloudy and warmer, probably followed by showers in w*rt : part. Forecast for Ohio: Pair tonight and probably Sunday; frost tonight: rising tempera ture Sunday. —Precipitation— Amount of preetpitotioa for twonty-fenr hours ending 7 s. m . 0; total amount ot precipitation since January 1, 1990, 13 77. excess sines January 1, 1920, .01. —Weather in Other Citie*— The following table shows the state ei the weather in other etties at 7 o. m.:

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The Denison hotel building has been leased by the D. P. Erwin heirs to W, B. and H. J. Smith for about two and one-hslf years. The Smith brothers announce they will continue to operate the hotel until the expiration of the lease. September 21,

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Besides th* Denison hotel the Smith brothers own and operate the Lorraine and th* Stubbins hotels. \ The present lease on the Denison hotel to Crawford Fairbanks expires the last day of April, but by arrange ment with Mr. Fairbanks the Smith brothers took over the hotel today. jThey bought the furniture and other fixtures from Mr. Fairbanks. It Is announced that the Denison will be redecorated and other minor improvements mad*. The present staff of employes is to bs retained.

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