Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 June 1921 — Page 4

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Jntoana Stailu Sftmes INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351 MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. , . ... _ _ < Chicago, Detroit, St- Louis, G. Logan Payne Cos. Advertising offices | New York, Boston, Payne, Burns A Smith, Inc. • - 1 " 1 ■ 1 ■ ~ * 1 THOSE firemen who forgot to turn on the water are hereby awarded the well-known concrete bicycle. P - ~.■■■ '■ . * BERGDOLL says he will not return to the United States until amnesty is granted. Better send for your winter underwear, Grover. SHOULD we remove those high tension wires from the top of the West Tenth street bridge or arrange to keep small boys from climbing it? T>TE new prohibition director at Chicago Is named Kjellander. His test for sobriety will probably be having the suspect attempt to pronounce his name. TWO motor flushers have been purchased to wash the city streets. With the four flushers already at th' City Hall, this should take care of the job, all right. CHARGES of corruption and graft in the prohibition enforcement department, made by the Anti-Saloon League, come with rather poor grace when it is generally known that th<= dry officials being criticised are lor the most part former Anti-Saloon League workers. Put Out Your Own Fire! It is the history of the world that whenever governmental agencies fall in-the duties that are commonly left for .hem the community that survives is the community whose individuals take into their own hands the duties of the governmental agencies and perform them, either individually or in groups. It is being borne home to Indianapolis citizens nearly every day that in the matter of fighting and controlling fires the department of government presumed to function is not efficient. The next step must be individual flr prevention effort Doubtless there is a reason why the fire department makes such a poor showing in the handling of what are ordinary fires in other cities. It may be that the lack of proper regulation of buildings in the past makes nre& more dangerous here than in other cities, but if this is true it becomes ail the more reason why special attention should be paid to combatting them. None -will deny that the Indianapolis fire department is well equipped. In fact, since the administration recently bought more equipment than the underwriters recommended, it been asserted that the department has so much apparatus that it is undermar ned. Whatever reason exists for Its poor showing at recent fires could easily be determined were the board of safety to sidestep politics long enough to delve into the department for it, regardless of the political effect such delving would have. At present, the Indianapolis fire department has all the equipment It can possibly desire. An ample supply of water Is always available for fire use. The difficulty seems to be In getting the fire apparatus to the fires and In utilizing the available water when the scene of a fire Is reached. Such instances as the burning of eighteen houses on two streets, due to Inefficient fire fighting and the more recent attempt to pump water from a fire hydrant without first opening the hydrant can be attributed only to lack of organization in the fire department itself. This community has recently been called upon to join In a fire prevention campaign. It begins to look as though the citizens of Indianapolis would find it to their advantage to do, Individually, all that they can to prevent fires as a necessity of the.public safety. And would It not be well to appoint a special committee to neek the cooperation of the members of the fire department themselves?

Some Coke Facts Disclosures that coke, now being offered Indianapolis citizens at $11.75 a ton or 75 cents more than the best pocahontas coal, is being sold at $lO a ton or less in St. Louis and $8 a ton in Huntington all go to show that the Citizens Gas Company is not making much effort to dispose of its surplus in the domestic trade. G. M. Davis, manager of the St. Louis company that Is selling its coke, says: "But what good Is a coke pile of so many hundred thousand tons at $lO or sl2 or sls a ton if you can t get rid of it? Just as bad as none at all, isn’t it? We are trying to get around that condition by asking less for our coke and getting it moved, even though it means a loss to the company. The Citizens Gas Company in one of its recent advertisements says: “As previously explained, we embarked on a highly competitive Industry only after we had convinced ourselves that a large tonnage of coke could be 6old at remunerative prices. This involved thfe manufacture of coke of a grade that could be sold at remunerative prices. This involved the sale of a larger tonnage than Indianapolis domestic fuel buyers would probably taka at any price, and It involved getting a higher average price for the total output than they would pay for any considerable tonn. ge. The average prices which we have always obtained for our total output in any year have been much above the prices at which we have sold our coke as domestic fuel in Indianapolis in the same year." Here, then, we have exhibited the difference between two companies and the difference between $lO coke and SIL7S coke. The St Louis company, stocked with coke which it cannot sell at a profit, Is willing to sell it for what it will bring. The Indianapolis company, stocked with coke which it cannot sell in the usually profitable market, is unwilling to sell it at a price that does not bring it the usual profits. The St. Louis manager apparently realizes that he is stocked up with a stock for which there is little demand and he is willing to sacrifice profits to move it The local management doubtless realizes that it Is stocked with a product for which there is no market but it still has the idea that Indianapolis consumers ought to buy its product at a price that will yield it a profit No Indianapolis consumer Is going to pay more for coke than he is compelled to pay for pocahontas coal. The Citizens Gas Company is not going to develop the domestic market until it places the cost of coke to the consumer at a point as low as it is in neighboring cities and low enough to place coke in competition with the best grades of domestic coal. And It appears that the Citizens Gas Company will not do this as long r.s it has any hope of maintaining its revenue and saving its coke through "emergency orders” from our obliging public service commission.

John Has Earned a Rest * The recent fiasco of resistance of the draft of the war, by Bergdoll, stands in great contrast with *.he history of an American citizen, bora in Greece but naturalized here. His name is John Cousougopoulus but he is called John Poulus for want of time. He came to this country ten years ago. When the first Balkan war occurred young Poulus was called to Greece as he was then a citizen of that country. He returned to America after military service, then was recalled for the second Balkan war. After.that the seasoned warrior again came to America and took out citizenship papers. This made him subject to the draft hi the World War. About half a year ago he returned to Greece to visit his home and was put in the ranks against Turkey. It seems that Greece refuses to recognize our citizenship in her former sons, if she can get hold of them. Now John wants to quit the war business. In contrast with Bergdoll, whose wealth Is recently taken over lute the hands of United States agents, there is a great gulf. The latter refused to enter the Army at all and ran away when placed there. The Greek at least has the satisfaction of having served his country, real and adopted, when needed. Occasionally there is a veteran who boasted of over four years’ service in the Civil War. This was because he had been in the regular service before or after the war. John Poulus has a record of almost ten years in the World War as all the Balkan troubles may be regarded as practically No wonder he desires peace.

CHARIOT RACE FURNISHES THRILLS In 'Queen of Sheba’ Movie

The big surprise In “Queen of Sheba” at the Lyrtc theater, New York city, is the chariot race. It is so exciting that hundreds of people have asked how it was made. J. Gordon Edwards, who directed the filming of the story for William Fox, answers the question as follows : “There Is no secret about it. You can't keep a motion picture set containing 5,000 people and covering 150 acres a secret. We simply built the arena, put on the races and photographed them from ever angle we could think of. Two of the chariots overturned, giving Jim Murphy, a driver, the narrowest escape of his career. Tom Mix, the cowboy staf, did some thrilling riding for us by way of what he called 'whooping it up,’ and Betty Blythe and Nell Craig, driving a chariot apiece, proved that they were as skilled and as daring horsewomen as ever I'd seen in my life. That's about all I can say.” It might be added that it took weeks of work to arrange for the race and that thousands of dollars were expended on It. ‘The Queen of Sheba” will be presented soon in Indianapolis. -1- -I- -I----OX VIEW TODAY. The attractions on view today, include: “Smilin’ Through,” at the Murat; “Adam and Eva.” at English's; popular vaudeville at B. F. Keith's, the Lyric, Rialto and Broadway; “Deception,” at Loew s State; “Scrap Iron,” at the Circle; “Among Those Present,” at the Ohio; “The Traveling Salesman,” at the lets; “Hush,” at the Colonial; “What s Your Reputation Worth?” at the Alhambra, and “The Mollycoddle," at the Regent.

KEEPING HOUSE WITH THE HOOPERS

(The Hoopers, an average American family of five, living in a suburban town, on a limited income, will tell the readers of.the Dally Times how the nany present-day problems of the home are solved by working on the budget that Mrs. Hooper has evolved and found practical. Follow them dally 'n an Interesting review of their home life and learn to meet the conditions of the high cost of living MUk them.) WEDNESDAY. Mrs. Hooper had no opportunity to continue net covorsation with Helen concerning her visit to Edna Jackson's until she returned from school, as following dinner last night, when she expected to Join her in the kitchen while the dishes ver being washed and hear bet further explanation.-a friend of Henry's had come In for a half-hour's chat, and when he had gone Helen and Roger were settled at their home studies in the dining room. She hesitated about having a serious talk with the child that might carry with it the necessity of a reprimand Just before she went to bed. as she did not wish her sleep to be disturbed by upsetting thoughts. Mrs. Hooper had every reason to believe that Helen was not telling the truth when she claimed that she had spent the afternoon with Edna Jackson at her home on the hill. She followed her upstairs to her room on her return from school, and sitting down in the low chair, she said interestedly, "I'm sorry I didn't have time to hear what you had to say about Edna Jackson last night, Helen, but father's friend, Mr. Elkins, detained me until It was too iate to talk with you.” v “What do you want to know about it, mother?” asked Helen pertly. “She Just asked me to come up and see her and 1 went.” "What did when you got there?” Inquired Mrs. Hooper. “You say you rode up In the Jackson's car after you met Edna at the library. That was as far as you got when you began to tell me about it before dinner last night.” “Oh, yes,” the child began glibly, coming out of the closet, where she had hung her hat. “We drove up that lovely, long, winding drive with beautiful flowers anu trees on each side, and when we got to the big front door a man with a long gray coat and brass buttons cams down the steps and opened the door, and we went into the most beautiful room you’ve ever seen." “Was Mrs. Jackson there?" asked Mrs. Hooper as Helen sat down near the window, apparently very willing to go Into ail the details <Jf her marvelous adventure. “Oh, yes.” answered nclen without hesitation, “and she was so glad to see me, and then we went upstairs to Edna's room and'after a while a girl in a little white cap and an apron brought us cakes and tea and then Mrs. Jackson went away—and then we played." "What?” questioned her mother. “Oh, several things," was the slightly evasive reply, “and then we looked out the window into the park and Edna showed me all her silk and satin clothes and about ten hats and a little gold purse with money In It of her own.” “And what did you do after that?" pursued Mrs. Hooper. "Oh, after that I came home." "Did you walk?’t asked Mrs. Hooper. "They didn't send you home in the automobile, did they?” “Oh, no," returned nelen, "because, you Bee, Mrs. Jackson was out riding in ft " Mrs. Hooper pressed her for more details and they were all forthcoming with great readiness, but notwithstanding that she was more firmly convinced than ever that Helen had not been near the Jackson’s house, and was making up thi story out of whole cloth.” She wished to be perfectly fair and she refrained from accusing the child of falsehood until she had some evidence to support her belief. "Have you told Roger where you were yesterday afternoon?” pursued Mrs. Hooper after a pause. “No; you asked me not to, mother," she replied, “and anyhow I don’t think he would believe me.” “Why?” Inquired her mother, wondering'why the child imagined that she was more gullible than Roger. Certainly what the speaker at the club had Bald about children's psychology was true. “Oh, well, Roger thinks he's smart, and that I’m too little for any one to notice me.” “Well, perhaps It would be Just as well

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STANFORD W. GALORE. A prominent member In the cast of “Melody and i Rhyt'.m,” a dance offering on the currant bili at B. F. Keith'*, ia Stanford W. Galore of this city and a former Shortridge student, ne studied dancing with Mile. Then Hewes of Indianapolis. His engagement closes tonight at Keith's.

not to mention it,” continued Mrs. Hooper. with an idea of eliminating unnecessary explanations after she had verified Helen's story, “and if Edna asks you to visit her again, I want you to ask my permission to go.” "Very well, mother,” she answered submissively. “Is there anythtng I can do for you before l go out to play?” "No, nothing,” replied her mother, and she sat and pondered on this little problem of unexplainable perversity as Helen raced downstatrs and out In the garden for a romp with Betty. The menu for the three meals on Thursday 1*: BREAKFAST Grapefrntt Cereal Creamed Chipped Beef Toast Coffee LUNCHEON Stuffed Egg* Thin Bread and Butter Boiled Rice Orange Jelly Cocoa DINNER Corn Chowder Italian Hodge Podge Sliced Ham en Casserole Fruit Salad ITALIAN HODGE PODGE. Cook one package of noodles and then drain and turn into a salad bowl, and add three onions chopped fine, two grorn peppers chopped fine, one bfanch of celery, four branches of parsley, six tablespoons of salad oil and throe tablespoons of vinegar. Toss gently to mix and serve on lettuce leaves. • (Copyright, 1021.)

HOROSCOPE "The star* incline, but do not compel!"

THURSDAY, JI NK 3. Astrologer# read till# as an uncertain (lay. Although Jupiter and Venn* are in beneflc espect. Uranua rule* with 111 omen. It 1# a sway under which most business enterprises should be fairly successful. There Is promise for those who engage In large commercial enterprise#. W omen w-lil undertake stupendous enterprises, but they are likely to be too ambitious and should remember that caution indicates wisdom. Person- whose blrthdate it t# should not maze any changes i n the coming year, which seems not to be fortunate for removals, or even for travel. Children born on this day are likely ■to be energetic and persevering, but Inclined to be careless about money. These subjects of Gemini are usually kind and sympathetic.

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(Any reader can get the anawer to any question by writing THE INDIANA DAILY TIMES INFORMATION B( REAP, FREDERIC J. BASKIN, DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON, B. C. This off*r applies strictly to information. Tne bureau cannot give advice on loan], medical and financial mntters.w n does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive research on any subject Writs your questions plainly and briefly. Give full nnme and address and enclose 2 cents In stamps for return postage. All replies are sent direct to the Inquirer.) INVENTOR OF DEPTH DOMB, Q. Who Invented the depth bomb? E. McC. A. The depth bomb was Invented by W. T. lingo of Swedish nationality. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE. Q. What style of architecture la the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. ? K. H. A. The original Smithsonian building is of brown3tone in twelfth century Nonnnn or Lombard style. WOOD FOR XYLOrnONES. Q. What kind of wood aro xylophones made of? M. G. C. A. The bars of many xylophones are made of Nagaed wood. This give# a clear and brilliant tone and is hard enough to withstand hard usage. The

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PUSS IN BOOTS JR. ■ Ur David Cory. CHAPTER OCCLXI. Now, as I told you in the last story, rust Junior felt very sorry for the two old parents of the beautiful girl, who cared for nothing in the whole world but to deck herself out in fine clothes. So ho said to himself, "I’ll have a talk to her parents, and maybe I can show them a way to cure her of her foolishness. So he knocked on the door of the little cottage, and there he found the two old folks, sitting in the dim twilight, weeping. "What la the matter?” asked Puss, although of course he kq£w all the time It was their daughter's selfishness that made them so unhappy. And then they told him that it was the behavior of their daughter that mad* them so miserable. “Cheer up,” said little Puss Junior. “1 will find a way to help you.” And then he went ont and climbed up a hill and knocked on the door of a little house where lived a fine young fellow niinieu Jolly Tom. And after Pus* had told him all about the pretty girl and the trouble she caused her two kind parent#, he said: “If you win marry the girl I will show you how to iaako a good wife out of her." "Very well,” said Tolly Tom,” "1 need a wife, and as j 'U seem to be a very wise cat, I will marry her and and trust to yon." "Come with me, then.” said Pnss. So he and Jolly Torn 'started off down the bill to see the old parent*. “What! Marry our daughter?” they cried, when Jolly Tom asked for her hand in marriage. "She is vain, and idle, and bad-tempered." • “Oh, we'll manage all that," said little Purs Junior And he winked at Jolly Tom, who began to feel discouraged, yon know. So the next day Jolly Tom and the pretty girl were married, for she was very anxious to be the mistress of a home, and they took Puss Junior along with them to the little house on the hilL And whenever Mrs. Jolly Tom got angry or cross. Puss would double himself up and turn somersaults on the floor until she was obliged to laugh. And if Mrs. Jolly Tom sat. Idle, witt’ folded hands, when there was; plenty to do, Puss would say, “Oh, what a fine wax figure. Please cover It from the dust!” And then Jolly Tom would throw a shawl over her, or dust her with a feather duster, and then he would laugh his Jolly, happy laugh until ahe was glad to go to work. And every time Mrs. Jolly Tom dressed herself up in all her finery and stood before the looking glass, Puss Junior went out and bought n peacock, so that in a short time the yard and the barns were so filled with them tlfht one eould scarcely stir for peacocks. But, every day she behaved well all day. Puss gave away a peacock, nr.d by and by she grew so good that very few were left. So I’uss wished them both goad by and went upon hi# way, but before he left Mrs. Jolly Tom gave him a big hug and promised to make Jolly Tom happy for the rest of his life.—Copyright, 1021. y (To Be Continued.)

wood of which the bars are made la seasoned for from three to seven yEars, In order that the bars will stay In tuna. The sonndlng board frame# are usually made of white quarter-sawed oak with sound boards of spruce. MENDING BREAK IN CABLE. Q. How is a break in a cable under water mended? L. S. A. The Bureau of Standards say# that steamers are specially equipped for the purpose of finding a break in a cable under the ocean. Steaming at right angles to the cable they pick up one end of it with grappling irons. They pass along this till they come to the break. Anew piece is spliced on, the other broken end picked up and another splice made. RAT BAIT WITH rOTSON.. \Q. What kind of food should be used with poison as rnt bait? R. It. A. The Department of Agriculture stresses the fact that It Is necessary to tempt tha well fed rats of this country by providing a variety of foods. Select bait from the three classes, met. vegetables and cereal, combining each with barium carKonate in the proportion of one part poison to four parts food. If one kind of food does not attract the rat, probably another will.

PLANS TO BUILD STATE BRIDGES ljighway Commission May Expend $1,500,000 in One Line of Construction. Bridge construction by the Indiana State highway commission this year will cost between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000, \V. J. Titus head of the bridge Dureau of the State highway commission, said today. The bridge building program this year greatly exceeds that of last year, according to Titus, although the prices of sand, gravel and cement have not dropped. Highway construction was held up in the face of prevailing prices, but this does not affect bridge construction, Titus said. Thirty-eight contracts are to be awarded by the bridge department within the next month, or as soon as the plans can be completed. Twenty-one new bridges will be built to replace dangerous ones on the National highway between Terre Haute and Richmond, Titus said. These will cost $650,0C0. There are three railroad croaslngs which the commission must separate because of the danger In their proximity. The crossings are those of the Pennsylvania and Monon railroad*. One bridge will be built on the State road known as Route 1, between Plymouth and South Bend. Two dangerous crossings on this highway also will be eliminated. On the Lincoln highway between Lake and Porter counties five bridges will be constructed and one on the same road in Allen County. Other bridges contemplated are: Route 5, Knox County, two bridges; Route 24, between Jackson and Washington Counties, one bridge. Route 4, in Jasper County and Orange County, six bridges; Route 10, Gibson County, one bridge. There are many bridges in need of repairs, particularly the one at Waynetown, which are not in the program. None of these bridges is under contract. Should construction start on thesJ>roposed bridge at Hazleton In the near future the commission would add to lt’a

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Illinois Central System Calls Attention to Things the Public Does Not See The public is accustomed to see passenger and freight trains arrive at stations and depart from stations and travel between intermediate points on the railway, performing a necessary service without which almost "'ll commerce would be paralyzed. It seldom gets a glimpse behind the scenes and realizes the magnitude and diversification of railway operation. The public sees an engineer and a fireman in charge of a locomotive—a conductor and brakeman in charge of a train. It sees comparatively'little of all there is back of the actual running of a train—the executive and general officers, the heads of departments, the division officers, the train dispatchers, the signal maintainors, the foremen, the skilled and unskilled laborers, the shopmen, the track walkers, the miners producing the coal, the workers producing the steel, the woodsmen producing the ties and the plants where they are treated with preservative chemicals, the mills producing the lumber, the refineries producing the lubricants, the rock quarries and rock crushers, the gravel pits and steam shovels, and the thousand and one other operations which enter into the production of railway transportation.^ Few outside of those whose business it is to do so ever examine the anatomy of a modem locomotive, a passenger coach, a refrigerator car or an ordinary freight car. A modem locomotive contains more than 4,200 parts, not including rivets and holts, all of which must be inspected daily and kept in perfect condition, some requiring the constant attention of highly specialized experts. For example, the lighting system is cared for by a corps of trained electricians, the superheater attachment is loosed after by specialists, the boiler requires the attention of expert boiler makers, the separate and distinct engine which operates the reversing mechanimsm must have special and constant attention and the airbrake system also demands the attention of experts. I^A modern all-steel passenger coach, exclusive of bolts, rivets, screws, nuts, washers and nails, has more than 2,000 parts. The wheels, trucks, airbrakes and draw gear require constant inspection and special attention. The dynamo which generates electricity for lighting the coach when the train is running, also storing the batteries to provide lighting when the train is standing, must be carefully handled. The same is true of many other parts. The single item of cleaning and ventilating passenger coaches runs into large figures. A modem refrigerator car has more than 1,500 parts. Perfect insulation must be maintained and the car must be kept absolutely clean. The ice boxes and many other parts require constant attention. The ordinary box car has mo-e than 500 parts which must be regularly and constantly inspected and kept in safe condition. Just as a chain is as strong as its weakest link, the safety of a train is gauged by the weakest car in the train The men who actually operate the trains on the Illinois Central System compose a comparatively small proportion of the more than 50,000 employes back of them. One out of every eleven persons in the United States depends directly upon the railways for a living, counting one worker to every five persons. $ N Railway prosperity is necessary to national prosperity. Anything that injures the railways also injures the public. Anything that helps the railways helps the public. The railway# consume 28 per cent of all the bituminous coal produced in the United State#. They consume 25 per cent of all the steel produced in the United States. They consume 18 per cent of all the timber and lumber produced in the United States. They are also large users of lubricating oils, and other commodi ues. The Illinois Central, like other railways, is a citizen of each town on its lines. It pays taxes and means as much to the life of each community as any other business concern in the community. It has but one thing to sell—transportation. When you buy that transportation, remember the investment in the property that makes it possible to run the train that furnishes you with service, and remember the great expense back of running that train, aside from the salaries of the enginemen and trainmen whom you see and the agent with whom-you deal. The railways do not claim perfection. Every railway in the United States has locomotives and cars that should be replaced by better ones; machinery and appliances that should be replaced by later and better models; steel rails that should be replaced by heavier ones; track that should he provided with better ballast; terminals that should be enlarged. The railways are striving to overcome these deficiencies. They are succeeding gradually. They are fighting for the privilege of serving you—the public. They ask no advantage of any kind. They ask only a square deal. Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited. C. H. MARKHAM, President, Illinois Central System.

building program coats of approximately $900,000 bringing the total up to $1,800,000. “This la a greater program than we had last year by $400,000,” Titus aald. BRITAIN’S COAL EMBARGO LIFTED Foreign Supplies Are Flowing In. LONDON, June 1. —Foreign coal, much of it American, was again flowing into Great Britain today as a result of the decision of the railway men and the transport workers to lift the embargo. At a long conference of representatives of these two branches of the labor “triple alliance" last night it was decided that the blockade against foreign coal should be abandoned as once on the ground It was "bad tactics.” The embargo was imposed shortly after the national coal strike began on April 1 to help the miners. Although the government's new proposals have been rejected by the miners there was a feeling of optimism that the coal strike will be settled within the next week. Victory Highway Proposed in West TOPEKA, June I—With the assistance of road boosters, automobile dealers, good-road organizations' and civic societies from California, the Topeka Cooperative Club has launched a campaign for a coast-to-coast paved highway through Topbka and Kansas City, in recognition of the achievements of the heroes of the World War. The route would be known as the Victory Highway. George Stansfleld is the originator of the idea, and he has proposed that It be laid out by th„ Federal department of public roads over a consolidation of present integral highways. The California Good Roads Association, through its manager, Benjamin Blow, has pledged the California —s■oclation to bear half the expense of making the new highway from Topeka to the Pacific Coast. Mr. Blow mad# a special trip to Topeka to assist in launching the plan.

ROAD CONTRACT HELD ILLEGH Contend Schofield Road In Partly Within City. Because a part of the Schofield road lies within the limits of the city of Indk.uapolls and the board of works has refused to approve Its Improvement, a contract let by the county commissioners of Marlon County for paving the road is illegal, according to a report of the State board of accounts. The portion of the road which was to be paved was three miles long and the pavement was to cost $56,000 a mile. The road enters the city In Brlghtwood on Thirtieth street and proceeds to Keystone avenue, where It turns south. It was stated that the board of works refused to approve the rodd because U meant the construction of sewers under the pavement. While the contract for the road was let Jan. 10, 1020, no action toward Its construction has been taken because the i county has been unable to sell the boncU^ MARMON MEN 5 IN CONVENTION Salesmen From All Parts of Country Meet Here. Approximately 200 Marmon automobile salesmen are In Indianapolis attending a two-day convention at the Nordyke St Marmon plant. Sales branches in practically every part of the country are represented. David Beecroft, New York City, president of the Society of Automotive Engineers, spoke last night at a banquet at the Claypool Hotel, attended by the Marmon distributors. Tommy Milton, winner of the 500-mile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Memorial day, was a guest at the banquet. F. E. Moacovlcs, vice president of the Nordyke St Marmon Company, presided. The convention will close on Thursday with an all-day business session at tba factory.