Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 90, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 August 1920 — Page 9

I’S S3OO FROM EWELRY STORE es Abroad in Y. M. C. A. Dormitory. A window smasher used a padded brick to put a hole in a window of the Park Jewelry shop, 148 West Washington street, at 2:30 this morning. Jewelry valued at more than S3OO was stolen. B. B. Goldsberry, proprietor of the shop, told the police trays containing eleven ruby rings, four white sapphire rings, ten assorted ladles’ rings, two lavalleree, five gold pocket knives, a gold knife and chain, and one watch had been taken. Lewis Lloyd, night watchman at the Gem theater, gave the police a description of two prowlers whom he had seen loafing in the lobby of the Park theater a few minutes before the window was broken. Elisa Boiles, night clerk at the Oneida I hotel, 216 South Illinois street left the koffice of the hotel a few minutes early morning and when he returned STO ■s missing from the cash drawer. A negro porter was also missing. Burglars entered Max Itudenberg's dry beer saloon, 507 Indiana avenue, early this morning and carried away seven cartons of cigarettes and forty packages of chewing gum. Bud Jennings, negro, wto has a barber shop in the same room, told the police sl2 was missing from his cash drawer. 8. D. Goodall, rooming at the Y. M. C. A., told the police a suit of clothes valued at SSO had been stolen from his room and H. O. Thompson, living in the same building reported a watch missing. Chester O. Rice', manager of the Jamerson Clothes Shop, second floor of the Merchants Bank building, reported to the police that two suits of clothes had been stolen from his shop. Verna Hinkle, 17, 1307 University Court, awoke at 1 o'clock this morning and saw a man disappearing through the door of his room carrying a pair of trousers Hinkle found his trousers in the rear yard of his home, but a purse containing sl3 was missing from a pocket. A burglar entered the home of Arthnr Meriter, 518 West Court street last night and $29.75 was taken. E. G. Darnell of Crawfordsville. a guest at the Bates hotel, reported he left a typewriter on top of the safe in the hotel office yesterday afternoon and when he returned the typewriter was missing. It was valued at SSO.

Strips Off Garments; Saves Life of Girl Special to The Times. GAS CITY, Ind., Aug. 24.—Heroic efforts of Mrs. Mary Furnish of Gas City in stripping biasing garments f.om the body of her five-year-old daughter, Dorothy, saved the life of the child yesterday afternoon. The child’s clothing was ignited when a gasoline stoTe exploded. She was burned about the chest and arms. The mother suffered severe bums in her endeavor to save the girl’s life. Now His Salary Is Equal to Employes’ Special to The Times. MARION, Ind., Aug. 24.—The annual salary of Will E. White, city street commissioner, was Increased from $1,200 to $1,500 when the newsy organized board of public works investigated and found that he was being paid less than an> of the employes of his department. Until this week Mr. White was a member of the board of public works and was prohibited by law from increasing his own salary. McCray Speaks to Marion Rotarians Special to The Times. MARION, Ind., Aug. 24.—Warren T. McCray of Kentland, republican candidate for governor of Indiana, addressed members of the Marion Rotary club at a meeting here Monday. His subject was, "The Relation of the Farmer to the Community.” In the afternoon a reception in honor of Mr. McCray was staged at republican headquarters by the county central committee.

Howard County Gets No Coal Supply Bids Special to The Time*. KOKOMO, Ind., Aug. 24.—Twice advertised, no bids from any dealer haTe been received by the Howard county commissioner* to supply the court house, county Jail and infirmary with coal. A third advertisement has been made to receive bids Sept. 8. but the prospect of a response is not bright. Women Liable for Jury —but Pay No Poll Tax Special to The Time*. KOKOMO, Ind., Aug. 23.—Lawyers and court officials here accept the view that under the nineteenth amendment women are eligible and liable for Jury service, but are not subject to poll tax, owing to the peculiar wording of the tax law.

IS ABLE TO WORK AFTER BEING OFF FOR SIX WEEKS Indianapolis machinist was down with kidney trouble, lazy liver, disordered stomach and nervousness. Claims the new medicine Dreco has given him prompt relief and advises the public to try It.

™l>advie every one who baa a sluggish lXrer, weak kidneys or stomach trouble \to get a bottle of Dreco at once, for it \will surely relieve them,” declared t.be well known machinist, Mr. X. W. Tbioonburg, of 962 Ewing Street, Indianapolis, Ind. “I often \ had to get up five or six times during the night; this broke up ruy rest vettr badly and next morning I would be ' tired out and not fit for work, my litter was laxy, which gave headaches, dia.sy spells, and that no-*c-count feeling, my food did not digest well but lay hea’vy in my stomach. “Dreco put a atop to all this, and now I sleep the * whole night through without waking up; ts never have a Ulzzv spell nor a backache. Dreco did me so much good that my wife la also taking it. and it has about relieved her constipation and nervousness. Both of us are great believers in Dreco and have told a lot ofi our friends about it.” Dreco acts on the bowels and relieves constipation, rousos a sluggish liver to full action, strengthens the kidneys, purifies the blood, ouiets the nerve*, induces sound sleep and- acts as a tonic to the vital organs, g -lug renewed energy and resistance. All good druggists now sell Dreco and It Is being especially Introduced in In dia-s polls (by Clark & Cade's Caypaoi Hotel Drug.Sbor*.—Advertisement,

Rushville Sheriff Nips Jail Delivery Special to The Times, RUSHVILLE, Ind., Aug. 24.—A Jail delivery was thwarted here Monday when Sheriff Jones discovered that one of the iron bars of a window opening on a side street was almost sawed In two, and with a little more time several prisoners would have made their escape. A search by the officers revealed a small hack saw blade. The prisoners blamed each other for the attempt to escape. Carey Wayner of Elkhart, who is held here on a burglary charge in connection with the famous Demaree gang, said that while waiting between trains in the Anderson jail, he was given a saw by a prisoner there. To prevent further sawing the prisoners have been locked in separate cells. Just Fining Up Gaps in Education of Joe Special to The Times. SOUTH BEND. Ind., Aug. 24.—Joe Gallos, a Hungarian, Is minus $1,400 as the result of a gold brick game. Joe met two of his countrymen and was taken to their room In a local hotel. One of the men told Joe he had a wallet which contained $21,000. which he wished Gallos to distribute among the poor*of South Bend, but he expected him to add whatever mite he had to the amount. Gallos left the hotel and In a short time returned with his life’s savings, amounting to $1,400. The money was placed in a wallet and another wallet was handed to Gallos, who found, when he reached home, he had $4 wrapped in a newspaper.

Decatur Teachers’ Institute Is Held Special to The Times. GREENSBURG. Ind.. Aug. 24.—The sixtieth annual session of the Decatur county teachers’ Institute Is being held here this week. County Superintendent James R. Crawley announced the purpose this year will be to vitalize the rural schools and make them more effective. Changed conditions have come about in the last few years, he said, in the way of consolidation. Only twenty-nine one-room schools are left, in the county and twelve of them may be put out this year. Two new junior high schools will function this year, It is announced. Prof. Charles A, Dobson of Indianapolis has charge of the music features cf the institute. .... Marion Patient Sues Physician for $5,000 Special to The Time*. \ MARION. Ind., Aug. 24.—-Five thousand dollars damages are demanded by Earl <l. Haun, Marion, in a suit against Dr. William J. Rogers, physician and surgeon. Haun alleges he suffered injuries to his right hand on Dec. 31, 1919, and that the member is now "twisted, stiff, deformed and useless,” because the surgeom "carelessly and negligently failed to use the proper skill in setting the fractured bones.” All Roads Lead to Princeton and Cox Special to The Times. PRINCETON, Ind., Aug. 24.—AH southern Indiana roads will lead to Princeton Wednesday afternoon, when Gov. James M. Cox, democratic presidential nominee, will speak here at the fair grounds on his second invasion of the Hoosier state, for the big First district rally. Oov. Cox ■will arrive here at 10:30 a. m. on a special train. He will speak In the afternoon in front of the amphitheater In the fair grounds ad will review a big parade of floats and bands from all the counties in the First district. Women Voters Put Off Ratification Lunch The luncheon to have been given by | the League of Women Voters tomorrow noon at the Claypool hotel to celebrate the ratification of woman suffrage has been postponed until after the date for the national bell-ringing celebration has been set.

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STREET R. R. SYSTEMS HIT IN U. S. REPORT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—Recommendations for drastic changes in the operation of street railway systems doing business in cities throughout the United States were made in the report of the federal electric railways commission to President Wilson, made puhllc here today. F w „ The commission appointed by the President about a year ago at the request of the secretaries of commerce and labor on the grounds that "the Industry as a whole is virtually bankrupt,’’ and that the continued shrinkage In the hundreds of millions of electric railway securities threatened "to embarrass the nation’s financial operations,” unanimously recommended that: 1. Street railways everywhere shall serve the public at cost, patterning themselves In this respect after lines in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dallas, Montreal and other cities. 2. Providing rides at cost, operating companies should be permitted a fixed return on their investments, the value of which Is to be determined by agreement. 3. Street railway management, employes and the public each have a solemn duty to perform, each toward the other. 4. It Is intolerable that the transportation service of a city should be subject to occasional paralysis, whether by strikes or lookouts. All labor dispute* shonld be settled voluntarily or by arbitration and the award of such a board should be final and binding on both parties. PUBLIC OWNERSHIP HINTED AT. 5. Public ownership and operation are undesirable save where private operation hag failed to give the public the service it demands. However, the right of the public to own and operate not only their car lines, but all public utilities, should be plainly recognized. 6. Whenever car lines are extended Into outlying territory in a way to benefit private property, the coat should be borne by the private Internets to the extent of the benefit acquired, and such extensions should not be included In tae total valuation of the railroad system on which a fair profit is guaranteed. 7. Street railway franchises should not be for any specified time, nor the fare to be charged fixed. Conditions should govern both.” Tho whole electric railway enterprise, the report stated, is in dire straits,

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The letter to the president, signed by Secretary of Labor W. B. Wilson and l.hen Secretary of Commerce William C. Redfleld calling for the appointment cf the commission, stated that alrendy flfty or more urban systems, representing a considerable percentage of the total electric railroad mileage of the country, are In the bands of receivers. FT. WAYNE MENTIONED IN LIST. The communities affected are among the most important: New York, Providence, Buffalo, New Orleans, Denver, St. Louis, Birmingham, Montgomery, Pittsburg, Memphis, Ft. Wayne, Dea Moines, St, Paul, Spokane and Chattanooga. The commission named by the president follows: Charles E. Elmqnist, president of the National Association of Railway sand Utilities Commissioners; Edwin F. Sweet, assistant secretary of commerce; Philip Gadsden, representing the American Electric Railway association; Royal Meeker, commissioner of labor statistics, department of labor: Louts B. Wehle, general counsel war finance corporation, representing the treasury department; Charles W. Beall, banker, representing the investment bankers’ association of America; William D. Mahon, president Amalga mated Association of Street Railway Employes of America; George L. Baker, mayor of Portland, Ore., representing the American Cities League of Mayors. Notwithstanding the varied personnel of the commission the report was signed by all.

Elkhart Man’s Body Sent Fr6m Canada CORNWALL, Ont., Aug. 24.—The body of Stanley Drenk, wireless operator on the United states shipping board steamer Lake Ikatan, who wns drowned In Cornwall canal, was sent to his home, Elkhart, Ind., today. Drenk waa drowned while swimming in the canal Sunday, hut hie body waa not recovered until late yesterday. He had been married but a short time. His widow and parents were traveling through California when informed of Drenk’e death.

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Counties Attempt to Evade Road Bond Law Attempts to evade provisions of the law which limits the Interest rate for road bonds have been unearthed by S. N. Cragun, a member of the state board of tax commissioners, who spent last week in southern Indiana hearing pro tests on road bond Issues. County engineers, In many Instances, Mr. Cragun discovered, In making estimates for roads, included Items for bond discount, to enable road contractors to bid In the bonds at par and then discount them with the extra margin of profit allowed by the special Item In the estimate. Ttyese conditions are known to exist in four counties, and Mr. Cragun states that the other cases may be be, uncovered. It Is considered that examiners of the state board of accounts may investigate the action of tho county officials, where the Illegal item has been added to Gie estimate. Tries to Kill Husband, Then Swallows Poison Special to The Times. ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. 24. Mrs. Maud Hawkins, 50, after attempting to shoot her husband, Lacey Hawkins, tried to end her own life by swallowing poison in a gravel pit In the west part of the city, late Monday evening. The shot fired at her husband went wild, after which she ran to the gravel pit. City Patrolman Brooks, who had been called as a result of the trouble, reached the woman’s side it time to knock the bottle of poison from her hand. She was severely burned about the mouth, but is expected to recover.

Meetings The Wednesday Needle club, Myrtle Temple, No. 7, Pythian Sisters, will meet Wednesday with .Mrs. Jean King, 1711 Barth nvenue. G. W. Bennett circle, No. 23. Ladies of the O. A. R., will meet tonight on the fourth lloor of the courthouse. A public card party will be given tonight in Musicians’ hall, 143 East Ohio street, by the Only Euchre club.

50,000 Rooms for ‘Boys’ of ’6l Thousands of rooms in private homes will be needed for the G. A. R. national encampment, here Sept. 19-25. An average of one room for every home must be obtained. If you will house a veteran of the Civil war and his wife, fill out the accompanying blank and mall it to Scott Brewer, 701 Chamber of Commerce building. Street Owner Phones No. of rooms With bath... •' Without bath Nearest car line * Price Remarks

Realtors to Wield Hammerat Luncheon *A "knocking” program hss been arranged for the weekly luncheon of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board, at the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow noon. So many nice things have been said about the board and lts officers and committees and members and their individual and collective work that it was decided to devote one weekly meeting to "knocking.” The bars will be thrown down, so t* speak, and no one will be exempt; but It seems that the executive secretary, Harry

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G. Templeton, is to be the center of the good-natured “attack.” All will receive full opportunity for retaliation. Police Aid in Search for Insane Patient The police today are searching for Earl Serritt, 27, a patient at the Hospital for the Insane at Julietta, who escaped late yesterday. Benjamin M. Morgan, superintendent of the hospital, said Serrett had been a patient et the hospital several years and might return of his own accord.

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$42,000 Given for Richmond Hospital Special to The Times. RICHMOND, Ind., Aug. 24.—A group of persons whose numes are net made public have donated through the county commissioners the sum of $42,000 for the construction of a hospital at the county tuberculosis sanitarium, six miles south of here. The institution is the gift of a pioneer citisen of this county. The donors of the latest gift propose to give $50,000 in liberty bonds, the present value of which is $42,000, providing the county issues to the donors bonds to the amount of $50,000 bearing 4H per cent interest, the donors to receive the interest until their deaths, when the bond issue would be liquidated. The commissioners have asked for a legal opinion to see If the terms of the offer can be carried out. Represents Richmond at Prison Congress Specla.l to The Times. RICHMOND, Ind., Aug. 24.—Mayor W, IV. Zimmerman today appointed Timothy Nicholson, for more than fifty years an active prison reform worker, to represent Richmond at the American prison congrerss, which meets at Columbus, 0., Sept. 14 and 15. Indiana’s advanced prison system Is attributed to Mr. Nicholson.

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